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([SHUWV JLYH LQVLJKW LQWR WKH DUW RI FKRRVLQJ D FROOHJH %ULWWDQ\ &KR 0DQDJLQJ (GLWRU After the wave of bliss that accompanied college acceptance letters passed, senior Cindy Thaung realized that all good things come with a price. After looking on various college websites, including Emory and Brown, and reading the fine print of financial aid packages, she learned something that greatly impacted her choice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you receive miscellaneous scholarship money from outside of your selected college, and this money goes directly to the college, some will subtract it from financial aid they give you,â&#x20AC;? Thaung said. Financial aid is money colleges give to needs-based students based on their parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; income tax returns. Guidance counselor Glenda Lovel says collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scholarship cash is limited. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that colleges have a lot of in-house money but I also know that most of it is given away by the holidays,â&#x20AC;? Lovel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I encourage students to apply early so they can get a hold of some of that money.â&#x20AC;?

Senior Marissa Vega said she was caught off guard when she discovered numerous add-on costs colleges impose. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a ton of little fees that add up,â&#x20AC;? Vega said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like at UF, to apply to their honors college, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a separate application with a $40 application fee, which I found surprising. UF also made you pay to reserve your spot for housing, which other schools do as well.â&#x20AC;?

Additionally, Vega was surprised at how fast application fees added up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re applying to schools, you need a limit,â&#x20AC;? Vega said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I applied to six, but I think the most one should apply to is 10. Some fees for applying are $30 and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that bad, but out-of-state schools cost about $80. I ended up having to pay about $300 in

application fees.â&#x20AC;?

Paying for college is just half of the process; the other half is getting accepted. Thaung said sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found the major one chooses could play a role in whether or not he or she gets admitted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Majors like biochemistry are incredibly popular,â&#x20AC;? Thaung said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say you apply as a biochemistry major to a school thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notorious for premeds. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a necessarily strong background in science, then that could actually hurt your application because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re competing against a bunch of other biochemistry majors.â&#x20AC;?

But Patrick Herring, the director of admissions at the University of Florida says choice of major is not a critical consideration for freshman applicants because research done by the university shows almost two-thirds of incoming freshmen will change their major in their first two years. But transfer applicants are a different story. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transfer applicants, on the other hand, are considered solely on their choice of major because transfer students apply directly into their majors,â&#x20AC;? Herring said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Admission decisions are made in the college or department offering the major.â&#x20AC;?

Additionally, guidance counselor Dina Dearmin says students often underestimate how important a single defining factor is in the admissions process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of students will just create a laundry list of activities that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean anything to them whereas other students realize the importance of [that extra something special],â&#x20AC;? Dearmin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have students volunteering where their friends are or doing a beach clean up here and there, and others say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you know, what if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m interested in a medical career one day, wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it be great to use my time wisely at the hospital?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That looks great on your college applications; that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done something meaningful.â&#x20AC;?Â

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Antenucci said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is going to have a big effect on my sistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tuition if it keeps going up. One of them is only four years old.â&#x20AC;?

For each of the last six years Florida state universities have raised tuition, but despite those increases, totaling an additional $8.27 per credit hour, or $248.10 for a typical 30 credit hours per year, Florida ranked 45th in the nation in average cost for state colleges and universities, according to the College Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2011 Trends in College Pricing report. Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average rate of $5,531, is 32 percent below the national average of $8,200. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Post-secondary tuition rates in Florida historically have been kept low. The fact that Florida ranks 45th in the nation for tuition rates attests to that,â&#x20AC;? State Rep. Denise Grimsley, a Republican from Sebring said via email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even with modest tuition rate increases, Florida will still be below the national average, offering students a quality education at a reasonable cost.â&#x20AC;?

Grimsley defended the legislatureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval of a 10 percent tuition increase for state colleges and a 15 percent increase for state universities is based on having a finite number of public tax dollars approved to fund universities. The approved increase shifted rising costs to students rather than taxpayers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To provide flexibility, we have given, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not mandated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the ability to raise tuition rates up to 15 [percent],â&#x20AC;? Grimsley said.

In their quest to become nationally recognized research institutions, Florida State University and the University of Florida asked the legislature for permission to raise tuition above the existing 15-percent-a-year cap. This would have increased UFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tuition

$855 and FSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tuition $776.40, but Gov. Rick Scott recently vetoed the schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; request.

Under the proposal, UF and FSU could have required three to four extra classes for first-year students. Also, freshman entering the universities would not have been able to apply their dual-enrollment or Advanced Placement credits towards their majors.

Guidance counselor Chuck Keener said the raise in tuition would have affected studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice of college. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We most likely would have seen more bright kids going to UCF and USF, who are generous with financial aid, rather than the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major research universities,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Supporters of the measure contended that extra money would have helped the University of Florida and Florida State University compete with other well-known universities in the nation.

Universities were required to get permission from the Board of Governors to raise

their tuition. In addition, the schools must have met a list of requirements such as accepting students with high SAT scores, putting $200 million towards research per year, keeping at least 90 percent of their incoming freshman and having a nationally recognized staff.

In a letter posted on the UF â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gators for Higher Educationâ&#x20AC;? official website, possible future projects to improve the university such as hiring top-ranking faculty, recruiting the brightest graduate students, offering smaller classes, and reducing the student-faculty ratio were to be funded by the increase in tuition. Keener said regardless of Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to veto the bill, the two major research universities can succeed without increased revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;University of Florida and Florida State University are doing fine without the tuition raise or the change of education requirements,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The bill] was just not the right plan for the state universities.â&#x20AC;?

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-XOLD /HY\ 6WDII ZULWHU With the amount of funding for Bright Futures decreasing, state officials have proposed offering larger scholarships to students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM fields, or offering them exclusively to these students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eventually the program will be gone because less people are buying lottery tickets, which is what funds [Bright Futures],â&#x20AC;? guidance counselor Glenda Lovel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until then, the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to do all they can to keep the program alive.â&#x20AC;?

Recently Gov. Rick Scott told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune the he wants to shift state university funding to STEM fields and away from departments such as psychology and anthropology because STEM field graduates are more employable and therefore better for the economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students need to know that by looking at job statistics jobs with those majors are very hard to get,â&#x20AC;? Lovel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream then they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t defer from that but have a backup plan if their intended profession doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out.â&#x20AC;?

A Georgetown University study shows STEM occupations will earn on average $500,000 more than non-STEM occupations over a lifetime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Math and science are our greatest need right now,â&#x20AC;? Advanced Placement Psychology teacher Jim Pustay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, not everyone can be a scientist, a mathematician or an engineer.â&#x20AC;?

Senior Victoria Heuston plans to major in sculpture at the University of Florida and has earned the Bright Futures Acadamic Scholar scholarship. Heuston said she says liberal arts majors offer a different kind of thinking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was touring UF, the head of the sculpture department said that he and the head of the biology department were collaborating in order for their students to learn biology through art,â&#x20AC;?

Heuston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re different perspectives, and when you combine the two together you get a good product.â&#x20AC;?

According to The Miami Herald, 47 percent of Florida undergraduate degrees in liberal arts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bright Futures doing this restricts people from doing what they want in life,â&#x20AC;? Pustay said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If someone wants to be a scientist thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine but if someone wants to be a teacher thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fine too.â&#x20AC;?

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The ADHD pills, Adderall, stimulate the central nervous system to control hyperactivity and impulses in the brain. They are designed to help students diagnosed with ADHD stay motivated and focused in school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes you clear of random thoughts for hours,â&#x20AC;? the senior said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My [SAT] scores improved by a lot.â&#x20AC;?

As good as higher test scores and more focus sound, Adderall use comes with side effects including depression, rapid breathing, tremors, aggressiveness, panic and hallucinations according to PubMed Health. Adderall is a schedule II controlled substance, classified with morphine and opium as highly potentially addictive. If used habitually, it can cause serious heart problems and sometime even death. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t socially interact well on it,â&#x20AC;? a junior, who also gets Adderall from a sibling, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your anxiety rises, it makes food seem gross to you and you feel really tired. The more I took it, the more I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to take it.â&#x20AC;?

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A former student said illegal Aderall use is rampant at the university he attends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like college candy,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone does it, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so easy to get from friends.â&#x20AC;?

In addition to the health risks posed by Adderall use, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a firstdegree felony to distribute Adderall, according to Student Resource Officer Chuck Landmesser. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There may be certain guidelines if a student is caught with just a few pills, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a criminal offense if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in your possession without a prescription,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The senior said the only good thing about Adderall is the focus and improved test scores. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that I think about it, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really want to take it anymore,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a societal message that kids are trying so hard in school, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading to this.â&#x20AC;?

:RUNHUV VHHN VRXUFH RI RGRU LQ %XLOGLQJ (PLO\ 'XEHF +XQWHU 6SHFLDO WR 7KH 5RDU Tests to figure out how to stop the reoccurring sewage smell in Building 4 have yielded no solutions, but have confirmed the source. Though the methane gas still circles through the rooms, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pose a threat to people in the affected rooms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one that has looked at it so far has indicated, or even remotely thought that it was a dangerous situation,â&#x20AC;? Assistant Principal Jim Melia said about the smell.

Melia said unless the entire room were to fill up with methane gas and someone were to light a Bunsen burner, the situation doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pose a safety at risk.

Workers from the district maintenance department are investigating the odor.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been consistently doing stuff,â&#x20AC;?

Melia said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you have something that only shows up for about an hour and a half every day, only at that time, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to figure out exactly where it comes from.â&#x20AC;?

Over the span of two years, the odor has occurred only occasionally, usually an hour and a half after lunch ends, mostly affecting classrooms on the bottom floor.

Most of the pipes in that building are casting iron and were installed for what was Eau Gallie Junior High School in the late 1950s.

They weren't designed to handle the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current population of older students.

Workers have discovered that the top half of some pipes have eroded and dissolved.

About two years ago plumbers replaced all the pipes near the rest rooms, thinking that would solve the problem.

This year, a private contractor was called in to do a smoke test and render an opinion. The test involved pumping smoke into the pipes to find any leaks. The contractor thought it found the source, but later the smell came back.

Locating the source of the odor poses two problems. First, plumbers have been unable to recreate the conditions and, second, when the odor does occur, the school doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough resources to locate its source it before the smell disappears. After lunch, tremendous amounts of water are pumped into the pipes and the gas has nowhere to go. Plumbers have a hard time investigating the problem without disrupting classes on school days. But looking into it on weekends or during the summer doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide the same situation.

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7HHQV OHDUQ WR FRSH ZLWK ULVLQJ JDV SULFHV &DUOHLJK :DOWHU 1HZV (GLWRU As summer approaches, thoughts turn to road trips and beach excursions, but those typical June and July adventures might be greatly curtailed this year because of a spike in gasoline prices.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update on May, the cost of gas on average is $3.79 per gallon. While the price dropped 8 cents a gallon from the previous month, teenagers continue to feel the effects high fuel prices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My bank account is really low and I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go anywhere like restaurants and movies because I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay when I get there for things like tickets and food and stuff,â&#x20AC;? junior Sarah Kinsey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been saving up money for a long time, but now I have to get a job. So thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much going to ruin my summer.â&#x20AC;?

Kinseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is a familiar one for many of the young drivers in Brevard, and with the slow economy many are having a difficult time finding a revenue stream.

Seniors Cole Alcock and Chris Coble have cut their fuel-comsumption costs by turning to an old-school solution: car-pooling in groups to share driving costs.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just happened,â&#x20AC;? Alcock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We figured why would we both drive when we live literally like a minute away from each other, plus it gives us time to talk.â&#x20AC;?

School isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only place Alcock carpools with Coble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ride together to rock-climbing practice and competitions. Whenever weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hanging out or going to the same place, we just drive together,â&#x20AC;? Coble said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nowadays with gas reaching four bucks a gallon, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to have an extra set of wheels. We saved double our money in gas, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a steal.â&#x20AC;?

While carpooling works for Alcock and Coble, a former member of the carpool saw a negative side to the solution and now chooses to drives alone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re basically stuck with whatever the driver  wants to do, so you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stay after school or anything,â&#x20AC;? senior A.J. Draper said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now that I drive by myself I have the freedom to be like a bird and do my own thing.â&#x20AC;?

Those who wish to drive alone have found other ways to cut gasoline expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I actually calculated how much I spend on gas in attempt to convince my mom to pitch in,â&#x20AC;? senior Mike Seft-Greenberg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spend $40 and something cents getting to [soccer] practice every week and $25 to and from school, not including personal trips

like going to my girlfriendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house.â&#x20AC;?

Since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending an average of $50 a week on his minivan, Greenberg plans to use the moped he fixed up for his Senior Project once he gets his special motorcycles license. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It holds 1.5 gallons and gets 80 miles to the gallon,â&#x20AC;? Greenberg said of his moped. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s van definitely doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick up the chicks, but neither does my moped.

Now that gas are rising at least it could at least save me a couple dollars.â&#x20AC;?

One junior who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have her license looks to the Space Coast Area Transit city buses to get around.

Sara-Renee Weatherby started riding public transportation in the eighth grade when her mom spoke to the parents of fellow junior Emily Cordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents.

The closest stop to the school is at the Chevron Station on the corner of Wildcat Alley and Babcock Road, but the student fare is 60 cents and free for Melbourne residents. More information can be found at the SCAT website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There can be a lot of people on it and most of them tend to be poor or homeless. It can be pretty creepy, but they just leave you alone,â&#x20AC;? Weatherby said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly easy to get around on and the bus routes go to a lot of different areas.â&#x20AC;?

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“Going to the same school for middle and high school is not as exciting,” eighth-grader Ana Rosal said. “You already know everyone and you know the place, so it’s the same always the same atmosphere.”

As the end of her eighth-grade year approaches, eighth-grader Megan Ward perceives the transition into high school as bland.

“We don’t get an eighth-grade graduation ceremony, and we don’t go to Gradventure [Universal’s eighth-grade celebration],” Ward said. “I know a lot of eighth-graders are sad that we don’t go, while all the other middle schools like Central and Southwest do.”

Eighth-grader Kaylee Wilner explains how the expected work ethic of her grade is not reciprocated with some sort of reward.

“In eighth grade, we have to take the Math FCAT, algebra end-ofcourse exam and the algebra final,” Wilner said. “We don’t really get a reward for our hard work, so it’s hard to stay motivated.”

Upperclassmen comment on the integration of middle school

curriculum into a high school atmosphere.

“If there was more separation between middle- and high-school kids, like assigned buildings or something, then maybe it would seem more obvious to treat them differently,” junior Taylor Bartusek said. “Honestly, I think it’s part of the deal when you come here that you realize it’s a 7-12 grade school.”

Assistant Principal Jim Melia describes how the usual eighthgrade festivities originated and how the lack of them came about.

“About three or four years after the school was created, [former history teacher Bob] McLaren, who was the eighth-grade sponsor at the time, decided to hold what we call a ‘Crossover Ceremony’,” Melia said.

Because of holes in the planning, the event slowly deteriorated.

“No one could replicate the same results,” Melia said. “[McLaren] just had this vision and set the bar high the first couple of years.

Over time, students lost interest in the ceremony, so we stopped putting it together.”

However, eighth-graders might not be the only class who are unrewarded.

“If you want to talk about a grade that gets gypped, think about the freshmen and sophomores,” Melia said. “Middle school students get two dances a year. Juniors and seniors get two school-organized dances a year: Homecoming and Prom. Freshmen and sophomores are the two grades that are left biting the dust.”

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/HVOH\ :ULJKW (GLWRU LQ FKLHI “Don’t forget your sunscreen!” More than likely an adult—whether it be your mom, grandpa, or in some cases anatomy teacher Sherie Jenkins—has told you this all too familiar warning as you head out into the sun. With 2 million cases of skin cancer every year in the US alone, this crucial piece of advice tends to be easily forgotten.

“It just takes one bad burn as a teen to predispose yourself to skin cancer for the rest of your life,” Jenkins said, a skin cancer survivor herself. “The ultraviolet (UV) light radiated from the sun causes mutations of DNA within skin cells, leading to their uncontrolled growth.”

Unfortunately juniors and seniors alike were all exposed to the sun’s harmful rays during the annual Wildcat Challenge held on Apr. 23. Senior Jared Walker’s mom, and fellow French teacher Jennifer Walker, decided to intervene.

“My mom was nagging me to put on sunscreen since she had skin cancer, but I thought it was extremely embarrassing when a teacher [Jenkins] slapped sunscreen on me,” Jared said. “But I do regret not wearing sunscreen before that point.”

Most common inquiry: What exactly is SPF? For starters, it stands for Sun Protection Factor. According to MIMA dermatologist Dr.

Larry Bishop, the amount of light that induces redness in sunscreenprotected skin, divided by the amount of light that induces redness in unprotected skin is the SPF. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends wearing an SPF of 15 to 30, or higher for maximum protection. Although SPF is available in levels from 1 to 60, an SPF of 50 provides only 1% to 2% more protection than an SPF 30.

“After that [the sunscreen incident], I just stayed under the tent for the majority of the games because I could feel my back and shoulders starting to burn, and being genetically predisposed to skin cancer, I was worried for my well-being,” Jared said.

Bishop says a substantial percentage of lifetime sun exposure occurs before age 20. According to a study recently conducted by the CDC, research showed that sun exposure during childhood and teen years increases the risk of skin cancer later on in life. Their study of over 15,000 high school students found that overall, only 13% of students used sunscreen always or most of the time and that the use of sunscreen was almost twice as low among males as females.

“UV radiation exposure during childhood and teenage years plays an important role in the development of skin cancer,” Bishop said. “Protect yourself now from harmful sun damage while you’re young by using sunscreen and limiting your exposure to the sun’s harmful rays. You won’t regret it when you’re older!”

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Cliques donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t click for sophomore I boldly remember the summer before I came into the ninth grade at West Shore. I was talking to my friend Abby about the social aspect of the school. I wanted to know if I would fit in easily, or if it would just be like on television where the cheerleaders, band geeks and jocks all shun everybody else. She told me that everyone was like a huge family; everyone helps each other out through thick and thin. She told me how everyone knows everyone, and I would fit in perfectly.

Though there is no particular â&#x20AC;&#x153;nerd herdâ&#x20AC;? because we are at West Shore, and everybody is somehow academically advanced, it seems to me that my high school years at West Shore are probably more cliquey than my middle school years at Cocoa Beach were. It was a pain in the butt to find a place to belong; everyone was already preoccupied with their little friends and foes.

As we get older and go through our high school years, we are going to have to learn to rely on one another, so we might as well start now. In a few years, nobody is going to care who is the most popular, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got the most luscious hair, or who has the cutest boyfriend.

We are stuck with these classmates until your high school career ends. Stop being so judgmental and go make a new friend. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tania Martin, sophomore

Exiting after exams

Why is it that some schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; students are allowed to leave campus when they complete their mid-term and final exams, and the students of West Shore canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? In college when you finish a test or exam youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re allowed to leave the class and do something more productive with your day; not just sit in a classroom and twiddle your thumbs for an hour.

Arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we supposed to be a college prep school? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure about everyone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion, but I think we should be able to leave school after our final exams. I know that academically weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being prepped for college.

The school should also prep us by giving us a taste of what it will be like when we have to take tests in college. I believe giving this opportunity to us students would greatly benefit us in the testing season.

We could use this valuable time to study for upcoming exams or even just relax. In college after you leave you can use your time more efficiently. Schools such as Melbourne High School get to leave after their exam is finished.

As long as parents approve their child leaving I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see why students canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave. I assume that a lot of the students feel this way, and this idea should really be considered. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Austin McKeever, junior

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Q: When do you plan on starting your summer reading? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I plan on starting it the last week before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to shred the gnar.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Aidan Wixted, 9th

Q: What movie do plan on seeing over the summer? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Avengers because Captain America is my all time hero.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Scott Adams, 11th

Q: If you could change one thing about your high school experience what would it be? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait until my senior year to get my license.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michael Senft-Greenberg, 12th

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Media drain justice from Trayvon Martin case Recently, the well-known case of Trayvon Martin has been hyped, blown out of proportion and covered to the point of obsession in the media. For those of you who have been left out of the loop, this case involves the fatal shooting of Martin, a 17-year-old boy armed only with a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, by a member on the neighborhood community watch, George Zimmerman.

What initially began as an ordinary report of an unfortunate event has evolved into a frenzied nationwide debate, leading to the public crucifixion of Zimmerman by the media.

As this craze caught on fire, proponents of both sides have taken action to make their voices heard. Martin’s supporters launched protests dressed in hooded sweatshirts, carrying cans of iced tea and bags of skittles in honor of him.

Such public demonstrations have received extensive coverage by the media, mostly portraying Martin more as a fallen hero than a teenager who was fatally injured. Also, NBC was forced to apologize publicly after altering Zimmerman’s phone call to make him seem like a bigot.

The problem is that the misconceptions presented by the

media have prevailed in the public while the truths and delayed apologies remain obscure. With such polarized reporting by the media, how can we expect justice to be carried out?

Our concern isn’t about who the guilty party is or the specific police details of the case. Our objection is to the role of the media. The media has plucked a tragedy from the streets of Sanford, Florida, and turned it into national “news,” feeding off of this staunch political and racial debate in America.

The most bothersome factor is that the nation is fighting over the many surmised details of this case and who the victim was, while the most obvious truths are ignored.

This isn’t about race or politics. This is simply an outcry over the fact that while the country is caught up in a debate, Trayvon Martin is dead without a proper justification, and George Zimmerman is already condemned by the public before his trial has even begun.

If we as Americans pride ourselves in upholding justice, then I think its time that we all take a hard look at the media and decide if their profit-motivated methods are truly in step with our ideals.

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*RYHUQPHQW VKRXOG OHDUQ WR DGPLW HUURUV 0LOOLH 5RVDVFR 6WDII ZULWHU Controversy recently has arisen over whether the government has the right to censor 18 photographs of U.S. troops posing with the corpses of Afghan soldiers. I think keeping those pictures for “official eyes only” is wrong. While I’m not promoting the actions in those photographs, I belief these images should be released for the public to see because I believe our country has a difficult time admitting when it’s wrong.

Not only does everyone have the right to see the truth, but I think our nation’s biggest problem is that the government tries to act as though its actions are perfect and that it doesn’t make mistakes.

The United States often looks at other countries and criticizes their actions and choices, yet never humbly gets over its own. Instead U.S. leaders more or less try to deny them.

I think the U.S. would have a more respectable reputation abroad if it acted as we’re taught to in elementary school: Apologize when you should, learn from your mistakes and take responsibility for them.

We often learn in history class of all the bad things that were done to us, such as Sept. 11 and Pearl Harbor, but what about the bad things the U.S. has done to other countries, or even inside its borders such as slavery, segregation, or not always stepping in to protect our allies?

Growing up, we’re taught that mistakes are OK and perhaps even expected. After a squabble, your kindergarten teacher would say, “Now Jack, say you’re sorry to Sydney.” The result? Three minutes later the two were again best friends.

I understand our nation lives in the “real world” and things aren’t as simple as “Now America, say sorry to the world,” but I do believe if the U.S. acknowledged its mistakes, the world could be much different.

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Book Pro. At first, I was rather reluctant to Another irksome feature were the scrollswitch from my six-year-old, held-togetherbars. Initially, they appear and disappear at with-tape-and-love will in an attempt to force MacBook, but I was users to use the trackpad 0DFERRN 3UR convinced, as the tape gestures. They can be 26 ; /LRQ and love no longer turned on permanently, seemed entirely sucbut the new scrollbars are cessful. For someone about half the old width Creator: Apple who skipped the — and Apple has moved several operating systhe change-window-size tem, the new OS Lion function from the bottom was a bit of a shock. While some features right corner of the window to a scrollbar’s of Lion—particularly its compatibility with width from the edge of the window. Hence, the variety of devices and cables scattered when reaching for the scrollbar, I tend to around my house—are a welcome upgrade, change the width of — or move — the entire others leave me tearing my hair out. window.

One of the most obvious upgrades in Unfortunately, Apple’s array of default the MacBook Pro is the trackpad: no more features belies its claim to be an “artistic” dingy, off-white button, just a smooth computer. While Microsoft’s Paint gets silver square. The trackpad is clearly part more advanced with every release, the Mac’s of Apple’s nefarious plan to gradually turn default image-editing program has only computers into iPads with keyboards so that the most basic features, allowing cropping, everyone will just buy an iPad and a separate re-sizing and adding comments to PDFs. keyboard and actual laptops will become The word processor, TextEdit, has improved, obsolete, leaving Microsoft to feel the same making it easier to change fonts and sizes, agony of struggling to lure followers away but that’s only when it works. After several from a bastion of the market that Apple has uses, it won’t open files or save them because experienced with computers. Disregarding either they “do not exist” or I do not have my conspiracy theories, you’d think that six “permission” to open them. Originally, the months of iPod use would have accustomed Safari web browser worked beautifully, but me to elaborate touch-screen gestures, but after installing an update, it became a mess, I quickly turned off most of the trackpad ma- refreshing tabs or windows whenever I left nipulations because I was getting tired of the them, logging me out of websites or resetting page scrolling or summoning the dashboard my activity. While Lion was initially superior when I dared to accidentally trail more than to Tiger, the longer I use it, the less it works, one finger across the trackpad.

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1HZ FRDFKHV DFH WHQQLV VHDVRQÂśV ÂżQDO H[DP .UXQDO 3DWHO 6WDII :ULWHU After acquiring Coach Rick Boysen at the beginning of the season, the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tennis team had a successful campaign, making it to the regional semifinals for the first time in school history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This season was very good,â&#x20AC;? junior Chris Wong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Boysen was very inspiring. The coach helped produce the results that we needed to achieve.â&#x20AC;?

The boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team greatly improved from last year, finishing with a regular season record of 9-2. Making it all the way to the regional semifinals, before falling to Jupiter Christian, losing the first four matches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This season was a test of our courage and bravery,â&#x20AC;? freshman Colin Apt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a very good season, and for the first time in West Shore history we made it to the regional competition.â&#x20AC;?

Looking ahead, more than half of their team consists of freshman and sophomores, so the team will return several key players after the current seniors graduate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team was great this year and they beat expectations,â&#x20AC;?

Boysen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Within a few years, we will be able to compete with better teams.â&#x20AC;?

According to Apt, the team feels it has grown and learned a lot from Boysen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Boysen was really knowledgeable and taught us a lot to help us improve our game,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Although the girls were led by first year coach Brian Johnston, the team actually took a step back from its previous season, making it only to districts, while last year they were runner-ups at the regional competition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a good year, but not as good as last year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard

to beat the private schools because they are so much better,â&#x20AC;? junior Jaclyn Martin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was hard to take that we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get on past districts.â&#x20AC;?

The girls finished with a regular season record of 3-8 and were eliminated in districts in their respective lines by players from Saint Edwards, Holy Trinity, and Melborune Central Catholic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am proud of the team for working throughout the loss of top players from last year and a tumultuous start to the season this year,â&#x20AC;? Coach Brian Johnston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team was determined to make the most of this transitional season, and I think we did.â&#x20AC;?

The girls will benefit from having such a young team as only second-line player Danielle Miller will graduate this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that it will take a few years for the team to rebuild from when we lost our top two players last year,â&#x20AC;? Miller said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of potential for the team to improve and succeed.â&#x20AC;?

Even though the team will lose one of their key players, Jaclyn Martin says she believes the team has a bright future ahead of them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Next season will definitely be more challenging because we will lose our second best player, but as long as we can teach our current players, we can become better,â&#x20AC;? Martin said.

Following this season, Johnston decided to take his coaching talents elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The West Shore tennis program always has my full support,â&#x20AC;?

Johnston said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coaching the team is a significant schedule commitment, especially during club soccer season. Coaching this group of fine young people has been a huge honor.â&#x20AC;?

According to athletic director Bonnie Bettis, Boysen will become head coach and will take over the coaching duties for both squads.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure you said no to at least one of these, but then I ask this: why do all three of these air on ESPN every year? ESPN, the Entertainment SPORTS Programming Network?

To me? No. Chess, scrabble, spelling words: None of these are â&#x20AC;&#x153;sports.â&#x20AC;? Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re activities, diversions, but not sports. The line between activities and sports has been tested and crossed far too many times.

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Despite the lack of tallies in the win column, First played by Native Americans, lacrosse members of the team remain optimistic. games included up to 500 men on each team, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This season we had a new coach so we basioften turned violent and had a tendancy to in- cally had to start over again. It was a struggle volve fatalities. getting through this season but I was pretty The varsity boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; breakthrough season ended happy overall,â&#x20AC;? Moore said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For next year, with the team battered, pride bashed and re- we definitely want to win at least more than cord bruised, but not one game. This offseadeceased. The boys son we will be training Âł, WKRXJKW WKH WUDQVLWLRQ more so next year we struggled with the transition from a club sport not have the same ZDV KHOSIXO EHFDXVH LW will to a varsity sport and finresult.â&#x20AC;? ished the season 1-12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I UHDOO\ LQWURGXFHG WKH However, girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; laxwas not happy with the crosee teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the tranVSRUW WR RWKHU SHRSOH LQ sition to a varsity sport transition from a club sport to a varsity sport,â&#x20AC;? appeared to bring the RXU DUHD ´ sophomore Jack Moore squad into a new light. ² 5DH $QWHQXFFL said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to play â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought the tranother varsity teams that sition was helpful behad already been established for at least six to cause it really introduced the sport to other eight years.â&#x20AC;? people in our area,â&#x20AC;? senior Rae Antenucci said.

Unlike the majority of varsity lacrosse sqa- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we have a lot of new girls that have beuds in the area, the varsity team is made up of come interested in playing lacrosse, so the seamostly freshmen and sophomores. With only son was more enjoyable.â&#x20AC;? eight upper classmen on the squad, it was a The girls finished with a record of 4-5, their struggle aginst opponents who were mostly season ending in a 13-12 loss to Viera in the juniors and seniors. district tournament. They had some extra help â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had hoped we would have won at least one with the arrival of their new Assistant Coach regular-season game. Before the season start- Mike Moscrip. ed, I did not know we were going to be this â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our new coach, Mr. Moscrip, brought a lot bad,â&#x20AC;? senior Dillon Thompson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Truthfully, to the team,â&#x20AC;? sophomore Christine Sherry said.

I thought we might have been pretty good until â&#x20AC;&#x153;He pushed us in practice and taught us a lot of the games actually started and then we just got new skills that helped out during the season.â&#x20AC;?

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Competing in a difficult district and region, the track team held its own and advanced to regionals in seven events. Lauren Burns, Luke Redito and Joel Wadzinski were three of the athletes that advanced to regionals and barely missed going to state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were a lot of obstacles to overcome this season and I just wanted to do my personal best,â&#x20AC;? senior Joel Wadzinski said. Junior Sarah Day was the district champion in the 3,200. She went on to state and finished

fourth in the 1,600 and was runner up in the 3,200, setting a personal best time and new school record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overall states was an awesome experience,â&#x20AC;?

Day said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s satisfying to get that far and PR. I am looking forward to next year and improving even more.â&#x20AC;?

Wadzinski won the boys MVP award and Adam Kline won the Wildcat Award. On the girls team, Kate Crowley earned the Wildcat Award and Lauren Burns and Victoria Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Esposito took home Most Improved awards. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Micah Weber, Staff Writer

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6HQLRU VHZV IDVKLRQ VHQVH IURP OLIHÂśV VWUXJJOHV 0HDJKDQ 3LFNOHV 6SHFLDO WR WKH 5RDU Stephanie Latta grinned and jumped up from a gym bleacher to a round of applause to accept her senior classâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Dressedâ&#x20AC;? prize, a coveted award in her high school world. But her own world was much bigger, and becoming a recognized fashionista wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the most important thing on her mind. There was always her mother. Latta was forced to grow up when she was only 13, when a tragedy struck her family and sent them reeling. In 2006, Lattaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gherigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease) and that was when everything changed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She lost her ability to move her muscles and her ability to communicate gradually declined,â&#x20AC;? Latta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I helped her out by feeding her meals on occasion and making sure she was comfortable and happy.â&#x20AC;? It was the worst of circumstances. Latta was the ultimate middle child â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a sibling smack in the middle of two sets of twins. Her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job was a frenzied mix of work, taking care of his wife, and keeping his five kids in line. This left Stephanie with a lot of things to learn very quickly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom was diagnosed in [2006] and that was about when I was going into middle school. Usually, mothers are the ones who kind of help their daughter through those awkward years, but my mom couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that. So, I taught myself.â&#x20AC;? Without a motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aid, she found her own tastes. She taught herself â&#x20AC;&#x153;what clothing looked good, how to actually match your clothing... how to apply makeup and which to buy...â&#x20AC;? A pause. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All those girly things.â&#x20AC;? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;girly thingsâ&#x20AC;? in which her mother could never take part. But with her two passions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fashion and, most importantly, family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she fought through the pain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The disease really brought my family closer as we helped out my mom,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a big challenge that my family had to go through so we all became really close to get through it.â&#x20AC;? She never fights with her dad, she said. Her 22-year-old sister

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She explained her Senior Project designs and detailed her current cravings: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m craving brightly colored heels and clothing. I probably sound like a weird addict.â&#x20AC;? But that passion took Latta through seven years of her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illness, and, ultimately, her death. In the summer of 2011 she passed away. Those who saw Stephanie standing at the front of that gym probably never wondered how she had gotten there. They never asked themselves what she was thinking, or, maybe, wishing. They never knew it had all began with a seventh grader trying to learn all those â&#x20AC;&#x153;girly thingsâ&#x20AC;? on her own. Stephanie Lattaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fashion sense, it seems, is more than meets the eye.Â

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