Issue 9 (May 2017)

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Finish The Year Below is a checklist of items to do before you leave school for the summer

o Study for finals

o Get teachers’ signatures

All equipment, materials due to LTC by May 26 Roland Tomsic Staff Writer Laptops, chargers, and textbooks are due Friday, May 26, by 2 p.m. in the LTC. “Remember that all the laptops will be wiped clean so if there are any documents or files or anything that needs to be saved by a student, they need to be saved,” Building Technology Coordinator Brenda Isherwood said.

Students also are encouraged to check ports for personal USB devices before returning their computers.

o Have friends sign yearbook

o Sign friends’ yearbooks

o Clear out lockers (gym and hallway)

o Turn in textbooks by the last day of school o Turn in Laptops to the LTC by the last day of school o

Say goodbye to the seniors

o Go to graduation to celebrate

Graduation to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Friday at Moby Miles Rodriguez Staff Writer Graduation will be on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the CSU Moby Arena.

“Parents, families, and community members will be there, as well as school board members, teachers, and administration,” assistant principal Emily Dunn said. “Anyone part of the Fort Collins High School community is welcome to come.”

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and seating will be on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Graduates will begin lining up at 6 p.m. in the lower east hallway.

For graduation, bring only gowns, caps, tassels, medals, and honor cords or sashes. Audience members are asked not to bring any personal items, air horns, beach balls, bells, whistles, and other distracting items. Noise makers will be confiscated and there will be no place to leave keys or other valuables.

Summer school deadline May 26 Joseph Vasseur Staff Writer The deadline to register for brick-and-mortar summer school classes at Fossil Ridge is May 26.

“Summer school is good for students that have failed any classes and need to make up credit or get credit recovery, so they can stay on track for graduation and graduate with their class,” Counselor Tanya Vigil said.

Tuition for five credit classes will be $175, and students in the free and reduced program can fill out a form to request lower tuition.

Those who wish to sign up should talk to their counselors.

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Avery house remains FTC landmark Molly Lubbers Sports Editor “The Avery House” conjures up images of Victorian-style housing, red brick, and an intricate roof.

Students often vaguely remember elementary school visits, and adults may know couples who held their weddings there, but the namesake of the Avery House is lost.

For those who do remember any story surrounding the Avery family, it usually is of Franklin Avery, a founding father of Fort Collins, as he dramatically shaped the town. A New Yorker, he arrived in Colorado in 1870, and in 1872, he planned the roads of Fort Collins—in fact, he is the reason Fort Collins has such wide streets.

Avery rose to be a prominent member of the town, first being elected County Surveyor twice then founding the First National Bank in 1890. He later became president of the Larimer County Ditch Company, and he contributed to many water projects that helped agriculture, which was the base of the economy at the time.

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served as a City Councilman three times.

With all this impact on the town, it is no wonder the house he and his wife Sara built has become famous in Fort Collins.

However, the darker side of the family story is rarely talked about. In the First National Bank, Franklin’s brother, William, and Frank Millington worked as business partners. Whispers of rumors began about Mary, William Avery’s wife, who was said to be having an affair with Millington.

When William suddenly died, it was attributed to illness. But when Mary and Millington fled to Nebraska and married, Fort Collins officials performed an autopsy on William’s body. There they found lethal amounts of arsenic in his system.

However, when this suspicious occurrence went to

court, Mary and Millington escaped punishment, as it was ruled William could have ingested the arsenic purposefully.

While one cannot visit Mary and William’s house, the Avery House is open to the public for free on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. The house, built in 1879, is located on Mountain Avenue and Meldrum. At the time, it took $3,000 to build, though it was continuously expanded. When Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc., purchased the home for preservation in 1974, it sold for $79,000.

To experience a more in-depth look into the Averys, people can visit the Annual Tea on the Avery Lawn, which will be held on Saturday, June 3. Tickets are $30, available at poudrelandmarks.org or at (970) 221-0533. While sipping tea amid history, attendees can bid in a silent auction and tour the new clothing exhibit, the Margareth Merrill collection.

leading the way for AVID classes to come.

“We don’t want any kid in this building to fall through the cracks,” Cordova explained. “Any kid that is willing to work hard and put in the work to go to college—we want to make sure each one of those kids has an avenue to do that.

Through AVID, students can achieve their dream of going to college.”

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in who I am as a person,” senior Tanea Madrid said. “I made a little change in the community and that makes me feel good about myself.

I learned a lot throughout the semester, working with others, being responsible, and contributing.”

As the end of the semester also brings an end to four years of preparation, the first graduating class will walk across the stage,

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The first AVID graduating class of ten will receive their diplomas at Moby Arena this Friday. Sami Lentine is not pictured. Photo courtesy of AVID

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On Friday, the first 10 students to graduate through AVID at FCHS will accept their diplomas at Moby Gym. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, teaches students the skills and behaviors needed for academic success, working to ensure that students traditionally underrepresented in higher education have the support necessary to achieve their goals.

“It has helped keep me organized,” senior Maria Cornejo said. “AVID really helps you guide yourself towards college, and gives you the steps that you need to change. It has helped me build connections and get to know my teachers more personally.”

In addition to a focus on organization, the program emphasizes standards in writing, inquiry, collaboration, and reading.

in AVID go through an application and interview process in which they must show they have the desire to do well and are willing to take the rigorous classes that will help them achieve their goal of college.

“The essence of AVID would be helping those that lack the skill or resources or drive to succeed,” Kline said. “It pushes students to give a crap in high school. I wouldn’t have pushed myself to take more AP classes, or any AP classes, without AVID.” This year’s senior class also worked with CSU students in the Public Achievement program to plan and carry out a service project that entailed providing food, water, toiletries pet supplies, and haircuts to those in need. “Supplies for Lives” focused on giving back to the community while building personal connections in the group.

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As the students work with their mentors to build skills, they also form close bonds.

“I think I’ll definitely have relationships from AVID that will last a while,” senior Andy Kline said. “The family feel of this group was my favorite part of AVID.” AVID was first introduced to FCHS in 2013 in an effort to close the achievement gap and raise the number of college-bound students.

“I was really excited to have the program,” social studies teacher Francisco Cordova, who was the first AVID elective teacher, said. “I knew the program worked, so I was excited to get it going. I was very optimistic, to say the least.”

Since the beginning, Cordova has been joined in teaching the elective class by Megan Folkerts, Chris Lee, and Anne Colwell, and Andy Crosby will begin next year. The school has also trained over 60 percent of the staff in the curriculum.

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Senior AVID students set up “Supplies for Lives” tables for the homeless April 23 at the Northside Aztlan Community Center. This class community-service project provided snacks, toiletries, pet supplies, clothing items, and haircuts for those in need. Photo courtesy of AVID

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In Brief Theater department receives lighting grant Seraphina Discoe

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Staff Writer The theater department received a grant from the Innovative Technology Foundation that will be used to purchase equipment to allow technicians to control features such as shape, color, and focus of lights through a wireless light board.

“Technicians from ninth grade on will be able to get their hands on these new DMXs,” Theater Director Tyler said. “It will also help us on stage— the backgrounds—and for the actors, because we can do a lot more inventive and cool light structures for all the shows.”

The wireless system will be more like boards used at universities and in professional theaters, according to Tyler.

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Before band or orchestra students leave for summer, all instruments should be returned to Orchestra Director John Hermanson, or Band Director David Miles.

Those continuing in the music program next year may take instruments home during the summer to continue practicing.

When returning an instrument, students should make sure everything included with the instrument is there, and remove any belongings from cases.

“They need to be returned in the same condition they were checked out in,” Hermanson said. “and if there has been significant damage, there will be a fine.”

Spring Canyon park to host ‘Kites in the Park’ CC Apodaca Staff Writer The 10th annual Kites in the Park will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spring Canyon Park on Sunday, May 21. Attendees will have the chance to fly and decorate kites for free in this family-friendly event.

The event also features a stick horse rodeo, kite demonstrations, and various food and merchandise vendors.

Free parking is offered at Hughes Stadium and there will be free shuttles to take people to the park.

An application for volunteer opportunities, consisting of kite informant, festival magician, and kite maker positions, is also available online.

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Finding passion solidifies self worth, identity

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The last day of eighth grade, I was walking around with my friend signing yearbooks, and we approached this boy I knew from the few classes we’d shared. My friend knew him a little better so she asked him to sign her yearbook. When he finished, he looked at me and asked, “Did you go to this school?”

I’d never felt so shocked and hurt.

I was hardly a wallflower in middle school—I did band, I had friends, I was a WEB leader.

Yet through it all, I felt some sense of disconnection, a fakeness, like I needed to act out this part but I wasn’t doing it right which made me invisible, forgettable, to other kids.

That boy’s comment was like confirmation that all my insecurities were: despite everything I did, I was nobody. And that hurt.

So I suppose it’s miraculous I found“This Song Will Save Your Life”

by Leila Sales that same summer.

The book is about Elise, a precocious teen who has no real friends and wishes desperately to be someone else but cannot be. At the time, Elise’s voice put into words every complex feeling I’d ever had about my social awkwardness.

“I get this feeling a lot, but I don’t know if there’s one word for it. It’s not nervous or sad or even

lonely. It’s all of that, and then a bit more,” Elise says. “The feeling is I don’t belong here. I don’t know how I got here, and I don’t know how long I can stay before everyone else realizes that I am an impostor. I am a fraud. I’ve gotten this feeling nearly everywhere I have ever been in my life.”

No matter what, it seemed, I couldn’t make myself into somebody people talked to or ate lunch with.

My attempts to interact fluctuated between trying, failing, giving up, and trying again.

I’m not sure if that’s called perseverance or insanity.

“People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be,” Elise’s dad says to her.

Going into high school, I’d kind of accepted I was not noticeable and wouldn’t be for a long time. But my new attitude wasn’t as depressing as it seems.

Elise feels hopelessly lonely and trapped in a sense of nonbelonging. That is, until she discovers a mysterious nightclub and her talent for DJing. The new passion she pursues not only makes her a better person but makes her more comfortable with herself.

At the start of freshman year, I didn’t have an outlet like hers, but I lived with the hope I would find one, some place I could take root in and grow.

From the plot of a book to the reality of my life, I found that place in Spilled Ink. When I was too scared to speak to teachers, this column gave me a voice. Maybe not everyone knows I’m speaking but it helped me become comfortable with my own words and thoughts so that even if I am nobody to somebody, it’s OK because I’m secure in myself.

Finding a passion you can and w a n t to pour yourself into is critical to securing a genuine sense of not just i d e n t i t y, but in s o m e cases, s e l f worth. It doesn’t involve drastically altering yourself overnight or casting off who you are; just the opposite in fact: it’s about developing who you already are.

“You think it’s so easy to change yourself. You think it’s so easy, but it’s not,” Elise says.

“True, things don’t stay the same forever: couches are replaced, boys leave, you discover a song, your body becomes forever scarred. And with each of these moments you change and change again, your true self spinning, shifting positions—but always at last it returns to you, like a dancer on the floor. Because throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable. And isn’t that—just you—enough?”

Makeup helps student express, discover self Maya Bode Managing Editor Attending cosmetology school, working at a salon, and getting licensed in specializations from esthetics to hairstyling are all part of junior Elliot Bankston’s future plans. He also hopes to move to California.

“That’s where most of the special effects makeup is,” Bankston said. “That’s where the jobs would be for movies.”

Despite potential challenges in the field, Bankston’s passion for the art of makeup is persistent. He has learned about himself through makeup, and applies his talent to school assignments as well as in the theater program.

Bankston’s desire to pursue makeup as a career was born in his Financial Life Management class sophomore year.

“We had to do a presentation on what we wanted to do after high school, and I told her, ‘I have zero idea.’ She was like, ‘What is something you’re interested in?’ and eventually I got around to being like, ‘Well, maybe I want to do makeup,’” Bankston said.

What started as a school assignment quickly became a significant part of Bankston’s life.

“As I looked into it more, I realized, ‘This is a really realistic thing that I could do,’” Bankston said. “It had never occurred to me before.”

Although this insight took place relatively recently, his experience with makeup is not new. Bankston first began wearing makeup in seventh grade.

“I wore blue eyeliner, and that was it,” he said.

“Then when I got into high school I started doing more makeup – foundation, eyeliner, all that.”

After coming out as transgender, Bankston stopped wearing makeup, but he continued

to spend time doing others’ makeup and watching tutorials on certain styles.

“I really like to do different kinds of eyeshadows,” Bankston said. “I like to experiment with different colors. I do a lot of special effects makeup, more horror-type, but I also want to start trying to do just different makeup looks.”

Bankston does friends’ hair and makeup for events, and in his Creative Photography class, he uses makeup to evoke certain emotions or moods in his photos. Bankston has also been involved in makeup and costumes for theater productions, including Mary Poppins.

“That was really the first time I was really put on a deadline or given a certain amount of guidelines for what it had to be,” Bankston said.

In addition to the time constraints, doing his peers’ makeup for the show offered exposure to a variety of real-world social dynamics.

“Normally I’ll do my sister’s makeup or my girlfriend’s makeup, and they’re not going to be super critical,” Bankston said.

“They’re super relaxed when I’m doing it.

But when you have someone during a show who has five minutes, and they have to get changed and do their hair and makeup, you see a different side of a person.”

In addition to the stress of personal interaction when it comes to doing makeup, Bankston has confronted certain stereotypes and misconceptions.

“People think that makeup is for girls, like if you do makeup, you’re more girly.

I haven’t been directly told, ‘You’re not trans, because you do makeup,’ but it’s kind of been implied that because I do makeup I’m not really a guy, and that’s not true at all,” Bankston said. “Anyone can do makeup.”

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the experiment, while others realized they wouldn’t be fond of the body art long term. Some playfully pretended the tattoos were real, and because of the convincing appearance of the ink, many were believed.

The ink, which is made from natural ingredients was gentle on the skin. My skin is so sensitive that brushing my hair can cause my scalp to break out in hives, yet the ink didn’t cause any skin irritation as some had worried it might.

Overall, staff were satisfied with Inkbox tattoos.

Although temporary, they look very realistic, and provide a great way to experiment with body art. Application turned out to be a fun, creative activity to socialize over, and the bottle design made it clean and easy.

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then dries into a paste which is left on for an hour before being rinsed off. Initially, the tattoo is very faint, even invisible in some instances. It gradually becomes darker over the next day, developing like a polaroid until the tattoo is a dark blue or black. The tattoos, which painlessly stain the epidermis, are resistant to soap, water, and sweat.

For the staff, the application process was entertaining. The ink was easy to apply and basic designs could be drawn with relative ease. Controlling the flow of the pigment was manageable but bubbles would occasionally form in the gel, causing some difficulty. However, if the gel is removed quickly enough with a wet rag, minor mess-ups won’t appear on the final design.

Many staff found the ink to be a fun, commitmentfree way to experiment with body art. Some decided they may consider a real tattoo following

Samantha Fitz — CSU Colorado Springs

The messages conveyed through tattoos can be incredibly powerful. A burly anchor tattoo can show the tough side of a biker, while a semicolon tattoo can show someone’s courage in the face of suicide. In some cultures, tattoos are used to represent status or age.

For this month’s staff review, Spilled Ink staff wanted to experiment with body art, without the pain and permanence of a real tattoo.

Inbox, fortunately, makes a black henna- like gel, which stains the skin leaving a tattoo which lasts two to three weeks, allowing people to experiment with body art. Ink can be bought for $10 for a 10-milliliter bottle, which is enough ink for about five 2x2 tattoos. They also offer patches with pre-made designs for $10 - $30.

The gel pigment is applied through a hollow tube directly onto well-washed skin. It

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DORM DECOR Small decorations make rooms feel like home Joseph Vasseur

Sponsler livens up his Stanford University dorm with LED lights, posters, Staff Writer and his favorite books which he likes to This room is fully equipped with a stale read in his free time. He tops it all off bed, a window with no view, and blank with a desk he hardly maintains as it is walls that can drive a person insane. Much always the victim of strenuous work. like a solitary confinement cell, college Other collegiate students like dorm rooms can be boring and lifeless 2016 alumna McKenna Christian are without even the tiniest bit of character. completely different in their style.

Dorms are typically small rooms, where “For me, I have photos everywhere, I two or more students will live together in a have lights hanging up, and I have lots of bigger apartment-like building near other live colorful sheets and books and things dorms which also house students. Staying like that hanging up,” Christian said. “I in a dorm can be a hard thing to avoid, especially decorated with a lot of bright as most colleges require a year in them. colors because I wanted to feel very at To make you more comfortable when home when I got back to my dorm. I wanted you first move in, decorations can be a it to look very cheerful and I wanted it to way to ease into the new place you will call be an expression of my personality as well.” home. Decorating dorms can be an outlet Meanwhile, 2015 alumnus Zach for people who are homesick or a way to Stetter keeps his desk organized, show off one’s personality through art. but his room messy overall, much Some people, like 2016 alumna Emmalee like his home back here in Colorado.

Rutherford, put up posters and pictures “My desk is lined with figurines and of their loved ones and pets. But style books,” he said. “I generally have my room differentiates depending on the person. pretty messy. Yeah, I’m a pretty messy guy “It reflects my personality the same way but it helps me relax after a tough day. that notes you take in history class or math Plus, it’s nice to have somewhere to come class or in lectures reflect your personality home to that feels good, rather than just with all the little doodles and inconsistencies,” a place to live. It’s just generally happier 2016 alumnus Joe Sponsler said. place to live versus a place just to stay.”

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If you’re sharing your dorm with others, get to know them! You want to know if you’re living with a murderer or a chef as soon as possible.

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Keep yourself organized! It’s important to keep track of things like your papers and notebooks, and especially your wallet and keys.

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With the help of a small, hand-held machine made to puncture skin and inject it with ink, the tattooer begins to carefully and skillfully leave a perpetual work of art on the skin of the tattoo’s commissioner.

Tattoos are a unique and permanent option for self-expression that many younger individuals, especially teenagers, are happy to get as soon as they can to forever exhibit something they find meaningful or aesthetically pleasing to the rest of the world.

“I think it [young people getting tattoos] is a great idea,” senior Zach Priest said. “As long as it means something to you and you know you’re actually going to want the tattoo, go for it. It’s important to get something that actually means something to you—it can’t just look cool. It should tell a story about you.”

Priest spent a few months before deciding to get his first tattoo, a Celtic cross with a vampire’s skull biting into it, when he was 16. This design was chosen by him to represent two of the things he values most in his life—his religion and boxing.

For some people, such as Priest, it’s easy to settle on a design within a few months of careful planning, and for others, it’s not that simple. Senior Ashley Sheaman spent a couple of years really thinking about what tattoo would be able to carry a meaningful message with her forever, and it wasn’t until last year that she finally decided what to get.

“It’s an infinity sign with the words, ‘so small,’” Sheaman said. “It’s the title of a song by Carrie Underwood. The song’s lyrics say, ‘That mountain you’ve been climbing is just a grain of sand. What you’ve been up there searching for forever is in your hands,’ Basically, it just means to take everything as a grain of sand because it’s not going to last forever.”

Even when someone is feeling 100 percent certain about a possible tattoo, regardless of the time spent considering it and its significance, tattooers will take it upon themselves to step in and offer advice. According to tattooer Tyler Lathrop, while it’s possible to have a tattoo lasered off or covered up, it’s more painful and expensive than just finding a tattoo that will continue to be significant in the future.

“Don’t lose any sleep over not getting a tattoo right when you want it,” tattooer Tyler Lathrop said. “Self-expression feels like you have to do it, like it’s make or break, and it does feel great, but it doesn’t feel great to get a tattoo you don’t want removed.”

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Before the ACE award night begins, senior Sherri Adolf picks out a plate of food from the refreshments table.

The ceremony recognizes students for their participation and outstanding work in the ACE program as well as staff and community members for their support in helping students find jobs and internships.

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Unique education program provides hands-on work experience in school setting Spilled Ink Staff Spilled Ink Staff Despite walking by them every day, many don’t realize the student-run coffee shop, Klydaccino’s, and consignment store, Klyde’s Closet, are staffed by students taking classes through the Alternative Cooperative Education program (ACE).

The ACE program is open to all students. The aim is to allow students to get required credits for economics or Personal Financial Literacy (PFL), while simultaneously getting work experience on or off campus.

“ACE is hands on. For PFL and economics, you can receive credit for required courses,” ACE Coordinator Cathy Hettleman said. “Instead of just doing a lot of worksheets and career interest inventories, we talk about work through working.”

ACE allows participants to engage in many of the same activities as PFL students, such as writing resumes and taking career interest surveys, but whereas traditional PFL explores more advanced

topics and terminology in finance, ACE students begin finding work.

“They actually give you a kind of simulation of what the real world jobs are going to look like and what you might face,” junior Luke Wilgers said. “They take you on field trips, to show you what jobs you might be interested in.”

This active approach to learning differs from traditional classroom environments.

“Most of the classes are based on paperwork, essays, books — whereas here you get hands-on experience for what it’s like working in different jobs,” Wilger said.

Students in the program can work as teachers’ aides, at Klydaccino’s or Klyde’s Closet, or helping the kitchen staff with meal prep. FCHS jobs pay 50 cents an hour, in addition to school credit.

“You have your time card, you sign in, you work there for about the whole period, and you make drinks for people, clean around, make sure everything’s in order,” Wilgers said.

Working at Klydaccino’s or Klyde’s Closet comes with a variety of responsibilities.

“You have to check everything to see if its restocked, you have to count the money, and things you check – donate or register, and stuff like that,” junior Ryan Dillon said.

ACE participants may also work outside of school, bringing in pay stubs from their jobs as documentation to incorporate their work into the class.

“At Klyddaccino’s I learned to make drinks, and now I work at McDonald’s,” Wilgers said.

Aside from working on or off campus to make money and add to their resumes, aspiring entrepreneurs can earn credit by developing a viable business model andpresentingitastheirfinalproject.

“If you’re wanting to make your own business or you’re wanting to create a business, they give you the option to work on that while you’re waiting for people to go to your shop,” Wilgers said.

FCHS students can turn to ACE for an affordable cup of coffee from Klydaccino’s, an entry level position in food service, or an opportunity to get graduation requirements while diving into the working world.

Students in ACE often spend one semester working in the Klyd Shop, Klydaccinos, or the FCHS Café to gain relevant job experience. They can then find jobs and internships with partnering businesses such as Fish Crew, Larimer County Food Bank, and Kruse Elementary.

Photos courtesy of Cathy Hettleman

A sweet swirl of ice cream melting on your tongue, juicy drips of a fresh peach dribbling down your chin, the satisfying crunch and squelch of your teeth digging into corn on the cob: summer is so close, you can almost taste it.

Our gustatory sense calls to mind many memories of the past and hungers for the future. That’s why, for this school year’s final issue of Spilled Ink, the In-Depth theme is taste.

Serving up tasty drinks is a cornerstone of Klydaccino’s business. The coffee shop and Klyd’s Closet are run by students in ACE, a program profiled on page 10.

Once school lets out for summer though, the need for delicious drinks and snacks remains.

Page 14 is a guide to affordable restaurants in Fort Collins for lunch dining. The variety of different eateries in the local area will likely satisfy any craving you may have the next three months.

What kind of food you desire may say something about your personality. On page 11, the flowchart tries to determine what kind of person you are by what kinds of food you like and dislike.

Tastes can change over time, however, and not just for food. On the centerfold, seniors reflect on the acquired taste of their high school experience and the impact it has left on their personal preferences.

Going along with the story are templates for you to make a personalized recipe for high school pie—what flavor will yours be?

Also on the centerfold is a story which adheres to the theme a little less literally; taste the rainbow with the profile on SPLASH, an LGBT youth group.

Our tongues can taste five flavors, maybe even six, but the concept of taste extends far beyond sweet and salty into our businesses, our personalities, and our memories.

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If you like sweet foods, you must be sweet, not to mention optimistic.

It’s slimy, way too salty, and flat out makes me gag.

You’re a bit sour toward social gatherings.

Your stomach gets upset often which matches your hot-headed personality.

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Every student’s high-school years leave a unique taste in his or her memories. Much like the ingredients in a baked good, experiences of different classes, friends, and teachers mix and react with each other in the oven of our minds to make one uniquely flavored dish—in this case, a pie.

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LGBTQ students are two times more likely to be bullied than heterosexual or cisgender students, according to the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey in 2015. LGBTQ students are also 1.5 times less likely to have an adult to go to for support. When there isn’t a safe place to connect, LGBTQ students can feel lost. Since school is ending and the support of GSA will no longer be an option for students at FCHS, SPLASH can provide an alternative.

SPLASH (Support, Pride, Learning And Social Happenings) is a group that provides LGBTQ youth with the community they need in the Northern Colorado area. They have branches in Loveland and Greeley, though their largest group is in Fort Collins. The Fort Collins group meets at Dazbog at 401 Mason Ct. every Saturday from 3:30-5 p.m., and works to create a comfortable and non-judgmental environment.

“Our goal is to create a welcoming and safe space for people for LGBTQ youth in the Fort Collins community outside of school so that way, people feel safe to share without fear of being seen in a different way,” SPLASH ambassador Dylan Thomas Cowart said.

Due to possible isolation after coming out, SPLASH knows the importance of suicide prevention, especially in LGBTQ youth. Thus, some ambassadors, members of the board, the two regional directors, and some parents in the Parent Connect group are being trained in QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) to help with this. The final program to combat suicide will likely start at the end of June.

“So the idea is that with having so many people certified, when we have calls or messages come in, anonymous or not, we can have someone on duty to take those calls,” cochair of SPLASH’s board Tess Buchannan said.

To strengthen LGBTQ inclusivity across northern Colorado, a panel called SPROUT (Students Promoting Reeducation, Openness, Understanding and Tolerance) is a branch of SPLASH. “We have a panel called SPROUT, that are our ambassadors—a group of youth that are our role models and they go to talk to counselors, teachers, therapists, the school board, as well as businesses,” Buchannan said. “So in some cases, that’s more of a trans panel and we go in and talk about pronouns and how teachers can respect students, as well as how to be more inclusive in the classroom. Just working on education for everyone all around and make everything way more welcoming for everyone involved.”

Along with all these resources and programs, events are also put on by SPLASH to encourage fun activities where teens can be themselves.

They hold dances three times a year, panels, round tables, and more. Thus, perhaps the largest support SPLASH provides is a community.

“There’s a lot of benefit to being a member of this community and network we’ve created, with kids who all have something in common and who can all relate and get rid of that isolation,” Buchannan said. “But there’s also a lot of benefit to being one of the people who are making a difference in people’s lives and helping organize this really wonderful thing, because I do think it changes people’s lives and helps them be confident in their identity and person that they are because it’s not something they can change.”

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influenced my hobbies or values at all,” sophomore Benny Khouri said. “I think I can make my own decisions.”

The desire to be different or stand out in a crowd may also affect the likelihood of whether a person will latch onto a trend.

“If there’s a lot of people liking the same thing…if you like to be an outsider, then you’re probably just going to hate it,” sophomore Jaden Scott said.

Alternatively, those who prefer to blend in or seek connection with others may tend to develop tastes that align with popular opinion. According to boundless.com, conformity can stem from the desire to gain social acceptance, meaning that students may be more readily willing to participate in a trend if those around them are.

“I think you’re more likely to like it or at least pretend to like it, just because you want to fit in,” sophomore Milan Khosla said.

In addition to the occurrence of peer influence, teenagers are frequently targeted by advertising, whether it’s a poster in the hallway or a social media campaign. These visuals serve to spread awareness and excitement about clubs, causes, or events, and regardless of what specific information is conveyed, even their simple presence can make an impact.

According to psychcentral. com, people often develop a preference for things that are familiar, in a phenomenon known as the mere-exposure effect.

“I think based on what the media puts up, that’s what you start to like, because that’s what you’re exposed to,” Khosla said. “Then people start telling you about it, and you get even more exposure.”

High school can be a transformative part of life. A variety of factors contribute to teenagers’ tastes and opinions, and different students are impacted in different ways.

“There’s a lot of things going on,” Scott said. “It kind of just depends on what type of person you are.”

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now, and laid back.”

These types of changes could be explained by the idea that “some of the socialization functions served by parents are increasingly shifted to peers during the teen years,” according to ndsu.edu.

Depending on where they go to school, what classes they take, and who they meet, adolescents pick up new traits or become more similar to those around them. Although conformity often has negative connotations, shared interests do offer some benefits.

“For video games, I prefer to play with a friend rather than alone,” freshman James Alaimo said. “I like it more if my friends like it also.”

Because of this, students sometimes shape their activities around other people.

“I definitely have my own interests and stuff, but a lot of what I do just goes around what my friends want to do,” sophomore Carina Sakkal said.

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Lunch Summer is a prime time for eating out—especially now that lunch doesn’t have a time limit—but getting a forkful of quality food shouldn’t mean forking over your entire wallet. Spilled Ink’s “build your own” lunch guide provides a list of unique yet affordable restaurants for your choosing.

Drinks Tropical Smoothie Café ($) 700 S College Ave

From veggie packed “superfood” smoothies to “indulgent” chocolate smoothies, this place can blend a drink for any mood. Also serves wraps and salads.

Alleycat Café ($)

120 1/2 W Laurel St

The array of local art adorning the walls and ceiling and wide selection of coffees and “cat” lattes sets Alleycat apart from your typical coffeehouse. Its relaxed atmosphere is well-suited for after meal conversations.

Fiona’s ($$)1001 E Harmony Rd

On top of an impressive bakery and deli selection, Fiona’s also boasts a classic soda fountain serving hand-dipped malts, Italian sodas, and root beer floats.

Brunch Waffle Lab ($) 130 W Olive St

The Belgian-style food truck’s brick-and-mortar location offers soups and salads as well as familiar sweet and savory variations of their classic Liege waffle—which uses leavened dough instead of batter—such as the PB&J and Chicken & Waffles.

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Locally Inspired FoCo Café (n/a) 225 Maple St

The first non-profit restaurant in Fort Collins, this café’s unique pay-whatyou-can policy means customers donate only what they want to or are able to. The menu changes every day based on donations and availability of fresh, locally grown ingredients.

The Colorado Room ($) 642 S College Ave

This local restaurant serves a diverse selection of sliders, wings, and poutines in a casual atmosphere for low prices.

Tasty Harmony ($$) 160 W Oak St

In alignment with their commitment to bring healthy, plant-based cuisine to Fort Collins, the majority of the food served is vegan and organic. Not recommended for those with nut allergies.

Dessert* Walrus Ice Cream Company Inc ($) 125 W Mountain Ave

Snooze ($$) 144 W Mountain Ave

The menu of this historic shop rotates a list of daily homemade ice cream flavors, some of them highly experimental. Their most recent addition is coconut charcoal which temporarily stains your lips and mouth black.

Urban Egg ($$) 230 S College Ave

123 N College Ave and 2842 Council Tree Ave

Despite its name, the popular a.m. eatery is a real energizer with its vibrant atmosphere and large portions of flavorful breakfast dishes.

Their extensive menu features mostly breakfast dishes but also standard lunch fare; all are made mainly from locally grown, organic ingredients.

Mexican Big City Burrito ($) 510 S College Ave

Build your own burrito, from the type of tortilla to each individual filling.

The final product will be perfectly suited to your palate.

Dam Good Tacos ($) 120 1/2 W Laurel St

Tucked away in an alley, this eatery might be easy to miss, but walking past it would mean missing a lengthy list of freshly-made, specialty tacos.

So don’t miss it.

La Luz ($$) 200 Walnut St

The family-owned restaurant offers a casual and speedy lunch of staple Mexican dishes like street tacos and quesadillas.

Mary’s Mountain Cookies ($) The store’s dedication to cookies is visible through its enormous selection of freshly baked cookies. Day-old cookies cost $5 for 2-4 cookies.

The Chocolate Café ($) 102 W Olive Street

With its assortment of creative homemade desserts like chocolate peanut butter pie, tiramisu cheesecake, and chocolate ravioli, the cozy European-style café will satisfy any sweet tooth. Also serves savory lunch items.

Full menu price range key $: $0-10 $$: $10-15

Restaurants are organized under main menu attractions, but some have other food items as well. *Spilled Ink recommends having more than just dessert items for a fully balanced lunch.

Place a beach ball under your shins and assume a plank position. Keeping your back straight and your arms shoulder length apart, lower your body up and down in a push up.

Sit upright with your knees bent and a beach ball between your feet. Lower your back into a crunch position, then lift your legs as they hold the ball.

Hold for ten seconds, then place your feet back on the deck.

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Hummus provides healthy dip option with good fats Ingredients 1 Can well rinsed garbanzo beans 2 Tablespoons olive oil ¼ Cup tahini ¼ Cup water 2 Tablespoons lemon juice 1 Teaspoon salt 1 Teaspoon paprika 2 Medium garlic cloves

Adelaide Tomsic Perspectives Editor Whether it be by the pool, after a baseball game, or during a long road trip, this summer you will need a healthful snack to properly fuel your fun activities. Often, packaged foods are an easy grab-andgo option, yet they tend to be full of refined ingredients like sugar.

Hummus, made by pureeing garbanzo beans with several other healthful ingredients, offers a high fiber alternative, rich in unsaturated fats.

“Olive oil, which is in hummus, is actually really good for you,” CSU nutrition master’s student Brianna Rodgers said. “The good fats in it bind to cholesterol, which helps to clear it away.”

It can be spread on chips or sandwich, or used as a vegetable dip, encouraging you to eat more healthy greens and it can be stored for a week in an air-tight container. Because it can be transported easily in most containers, hummus makes a great, easy snack option.

Steps Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender.

Puree until smooth.

Serve with vegetables of your choice.

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Sonia Price Foster — FRCC

Due to the short length of the pool noodle, this will force you to jump up higher than usual to get over. Start with the noodle in a curved “U” shape, with the bottom of the curve resting on the back of your calves.

Swing it around your head, but before hitting your legs, jump up and over the noodle, and repeat.

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Beach Ball Ab Hold

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Beach Ball Push Ups

Hold your towel loosely behind your back with both hands and press your shoulder blades together, and repeat.

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Sit with your knees bent and your feet flat on the deck. While holding a rolled up towel, extend your hands out so they are shoulder-width apart. Then, lowering your back to a 45 degree angle to the ground, twist to the right and touch your hand on the deck.

Straighten your back and repeat on the other side.

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During 15 minute breaks at the pool, it is easy to get bored.

A quick workout is perfect for keeping your muscles warmed up and ready to swim, and will dry you off faster.

Here is your fellow Lambkin, senior Peter Linenberger working out at the pool.

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Ashley Sheaman — FRCC

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Jake Siwek — Wright University

Staff Writer Wax on, wax off. When people think of mentors, they often think of old people like Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Kid.” But that’s not always the case.

Junior Nicole Pihlstrom and sophomore Michael Hovey are avid Taekwondo coaches at Galeforce Martial Arts.

Pihlstrom coaches every Monday, and during summer Rank Advancement Training camps. The Rank Advancement camps are for students who want to level up in Taekwondo.

Although Pihlstrom is paid for working at the summer camps, both volunteer their time during the school year to help coach. But they both are completely willing to do the job for free because of the rewarding feeling they achieve when kids grow under them.

“My students are some of the sweetest kids and it always makes my day when I can help them have a good time while exercising and learning,” Pihlstrom said. “I think the kids motivate me more than anything as I think it’s really amazing to see them grow in both Taekwondo and overall, which is also why I made the decision to start coaching.”

Hovey decided to begin teaching

While coaching, sophomore Michael Hovey’s student Kaden Schohl thanks him for helping with his form, and Ryan Seymour practices punching with junior Nicole Pihlstrom. Photos by Molly Lubbers Taekwondo after taking classes with his sister. Since then, he has found the same satisfaction as Pihlstrom.

And as far as staying motivated throughout their time coaching, both have similar methods.

“The reward of seeing kids grow is what keeps me motivated,” Hovey said.

Coaching can be tough sometimes, but watching the kids grow can make it hard to

give up. Hovey has a particularly special story about a time when a student thanked him after a successful testing day, and it kept him hooked on coaching.

“One testing day one of the students I helped teach became a black belt,” Hovey said. “I wasn’t his main instructor, so I was surprised when he ran up after gave me a hug to thank me for helping him.

And after that he also asked me

to sign the board he broke as part of his testing requirements.

I was actually on the brink of taking a break from Taekwondo because of the monotony, but that helped me to continue.”

Hovey and Pihlstrom plan to continue coaching for a long time to come.

“I hope to continue at least until I go to college,” Pihlstrom said. “And maybe even after that as well.”

Dirt bike riders find friendship, freedom in passion for sport Roland Tomsic

William Scratchley — Gap Year

Alexis Serrano — Working

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Kyle Schwartz — Kansas State University

Owen Ross — Undecided

Han Gill Ryu — CSU

Michelle Saenz Carrasco — Dona Ana Community College

Alliyah Sanchez — Regis University

Makoa Santos — CSU

Michael Scarberry — FRCC

Daniel Scher — Carnegie Mellon University

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Soaring through the summer wind is something humans will never have the experience of doing without help of some sort of device, but people still crave that feeling. Many attempt to mimic the experience. Some will scale 3,000 foot walls to get a bird’s eye view of our world; others will jump out of planes to feel the wind brushing their skin, and some ride dirt bikes off of jumps to get a brief taste of what it is like to fly.

Junior Ryan Toomey feels this when “shredding a race track” on his 2005 Yamaha YZ250. Every weekend, with his friend Sophomore Steve Meyer, Toomey finds time to go out to recreationally ride dirt bikes.

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by Molly Lubbers to ride four years ago they have ridden together about twice a month since then.

“Riding makes me feel free,” Toomey said. “Getting air going 25 miles per hour on a dirt bike feels like you are flying.”

After Toomey learned

the basics from Meyer he still had room to improve.

He would crash often and stall the bike when he was learning to shift, but after a while he got the hang of it.

Toomey has ridden at Berthoud Moto Park, Thunder Valley, and sometimes Milliken MX track since he first

learned how t o ride dirt bikes.

Supercross racer Ryan Villopoto is Toomey’s idol in the sport of motocross.

He has won AMA Supercross races four times and motocross races three times, and in the next few years, Toomey plans to start racing with

Meyer. Races usually consist of three laps for beginners and five for expert riders.

Meyer thinks Toomey has the drive and excitement to be good.

“I just like the joy and the motivation he has just to go ride and try new things,” Meyer said.

Meyer is greatly inspired by Toomey’s bravery and affection towards his friends.

A few years a g o , when Toomey, Meyer, and a group of riders were having a wheelie competition, Meyer fell on his foot and broke it. Toomey sat by his side comforting him and telling him that he would be all right.

But a broken foot isn’t a broken wing.

Meyer and Toomey can still fly. And fly they will.

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As if peering around a corner, Lane Brlecic slightly tilts his head to the left as he begins his explosive pitching delivery. What lurks around that corner is either greatness or danger, which makes Brlecic, all 165 pounds of him, the embodiment of the 2017 Lambkins baseball team.

Finishing the season 10-9, the team showed flashes of brilliance but also fell into the pitfalls of their inexperience. The unpredictability of their season oozed into their clubhouse with the exuberant behavior of their seniors—of which there are only four, meaning the team is overflowing with young talent.

“Wehavealotofgoodfreshmenthisyearsoourteamhas crazypotentialforthenextfewyears,”Brlecic,aseniorpitcher and shortstop, said. “I’ve never been on a team this young.”

The Lambkins’2017 season was as bizarre as the spelling of Brlecic’s last name. Starting out the season 6-1 with a run-differential of +38, the team looked like one of the best teams in the conference. Their following 10 games put them under .500 with a stretch that found them winning only two games. But against their two toughest opponents of the season, Broomfield and Fairview, the Lambkins pulled out back-to-back victories to end their schedule.

“Baseball can do all kinds of crazy things. We’ve been losing against teams that are pretty low in our league and we just beat Fairview and Broomfield which are some of the top teams in the state,” senior pitcher Colby Carlson said. “So baseball is pretty unpredictable and a lot of crazy things can happen all at once.”

The upperclassmen on the team know this best.

“Anything can happen at any point, like anyone can win the game. But, of course, when that happens against us, that’s not good. So it can be frustrating but also amazing,” Brlecic said. “I’ve been through some ridiculous games over my career.”

To make every game memorable, Carlson enjoys pumping up the team in the dugout.

“I do a lot of joking with guys,” he said. “I’ll crack all kinds of jokes and I’ll mess with them: dump seeds on their heads and spray water all over stuff and get real loud. They all laugh at me and look at me as the jokester and that’s the way I feel.”

This is an experience the other seniors have grown familiar with over the years.

“Colby just always gets really rowdy and really wild and pushes people and smacks them on the back to get fired up and make them focused,” senior first baseman Cory Lange said. “I’ve played with Colby and some of these guys forever and it’s really cool because I’ve grown up with them and I know them really well. I just love the team atmosphere these guys create.”

The underclassmen hope to continue this exuberant environment but they also want to keep improving their play of the field.

“Baseball is the thing I love to do most and enjoy most,” freshman centerfielder Caleb Shade said. “My goal is to win a state championship within the next three years, and just play baseball as long as I can because, to me, it’s my life.”

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It all started with a low-budget winner—a romantic fable about a wholesome, u p b e a t Philadelphian club boxer w h o gains his manhood, written by and starring then-unknown muscle-bound Sylvester Stallone. With a Denzele s q u e prowess, Stallone managed to be repulsive one moment and noble the next. In “Rocky,” he’s amazing to watch: there’s a bull-necked energy in him, smoldering, and in his deep caveman voice he gives surprising, sharp, fresh shadings to his lines.

He’s revisited this character six times since the 1976 Oscar-winning picture, and over 40 years later, after a couple slip-ups, the franchise is doing better than ever.

With last year’s release of Ryan Coogler’s “Creed,” the Rocky universe was revitalized in the most astounding way possible—a scene where Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) is sitting outside a gym and a kid on a moped comes up to him and says, “I heard you were Apollo Creed’s son” and Adonis responds “Yeah,” and the kid goes“That’s what’s up”and pops a wheelie.

This scene is a pretty good metaphor for the “Creed” experience in general. All the Rocky fans were exhausted by all the back-to-back blows of “Rocky V” and “Rocky Balboa” just as Adonis was exhausted from his training. And then Coogler came along and asked us if we wanted another movie and we all said “Yeah,” and then Coogler gave us a masterpiece which is represented by the wheelie.

“Creed” is immaculate; not only does it contain a breakout role by Tessa Thompson, Jordan at his best, the most invigorating training sequence of any Rocky film, but it somehow gives us the best Stallone performance. It synthesizes everything that makes the Rocky franchise great. It continues

the tradition of great names; Adonis Creed joins the likes of Clubber Lang, Spider Rico, and Ivan Drago. It has the compelling villain, a void that’s been unfilled in the Rocky universe for over 30 years. It has the captivating love story which hasn’t been achieved in a Rocky movie since “Rocky II.” While “Creed” manages to sneak past “Rocky” as the best in the series, “Rocky II” is a close third place.

It doesn’t pull any emotional punches. It opens with the iconic finish to the first film, and proceeds to deliver even more classic scenes of its own. With comas, tigers, and, of course, a rematch with Apollo Creed, “Rocky II” is the quintessential sequel.

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Stallone has forgotten something—there’s the Italian Stallion taking a brisk run through Philadelphia.

This time he’s joined by hundreds of kids and then he takes off alone up those familiar stairs. Then we all ask ourselves “Where does Rocky go from here?”

The answer is he regains the eye of the tiger and becomes a national hero who ends the Cold War in the third and fourth installments. By toppling the acidic Clubber Lang (Mr. T) and the lethal Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the movies create the same satisfying blend of superhero cartoonishness and residual authentic feeling from the first two films.

But this doesn’t continue into “Rocky V.” We don’t talk about “Rocky V,” where I come f r o m .

“Rocky V” never happened, d o n ’ t w o r r y a b o u t “Rocky V.” “Rocky B a l b o a ,” meanwhile, despite its reputation, is a fitting conclusion to the Rocky era and leads perfectly into the Adonis era. It combines the nostalgic feeling of the originals with sentimentalism. The movie has a deep story about how Rocky ended up after all those years in the ring and, of course, after Adrian’s death. If “Rocky Balboa” hadn’t been made the way it was, “Creed” wouldn’t have been made at all. “Rocky Balboa” took a franchise that had become bloated and cartoonish (though it was brilliant) back to its roots. It’s the film that the series needed in order to be taken seriously, after the unmentionable disaster of 1990.

The Rocky franchise manages to balance itself between being a series of films that are pure Hollywood fantasy (and very well made Hollywood fantasy, at that) and being a bunch of films that are as brutal in their humanity as they are in the ring.

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Risk of lower grades decreases chances of college admission.

Early graduation can open new opportunities sooner.

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Graduation is one of the biggest stepping stones in someone’s life, and some students have the option to do it early. At first it seems like an excellent opportunity, until you consider all the other opportunities to take advantage of in the course of four years to make the most of a free education.

Taking concurrent enrollment classes is just one of the ways to do this. These are paid for by the district, providing both high school and college credit, and they are open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Graduating early means students who intend to go to college forfeit this option.

In addition, early graduation means trading hours of free time for hours of cramming. If you do the math, getting a diploma in three years requires a schedule with only one off hour for lunch and the other seven periods packed with classes to fill credits.

This means tons of homework and no time to enjoy your youth or just take a day off. And contrary to what seems to be popular opinion, social interaction is necessary for healthy development according to parentingscience.com. Having an overbearing number of classes can leave you mentally exhausted.

If you take on more than you can handle in a super-rigorous schedule, it can also lead to faltering grades, defeating the original purpose and

His goal led him to an early graduation because he felt Staff Writer like the classes he was taking did not help him academically At the age of 16 or 17, there is so and did not interest him. much to look forward to. Outside “I really enjoyed not having of the walls of a high school, new to go through another year horizons are waiting. There is a of high school taking classes buffer between students and the that I felt like didn’t get me outside world, and going to college anywhere,” Sullivan said. can break down that buffer letting But to graduate early you must those new opportunities be seen. have a plan laid out for after high One great reason to graduate school. Junior Emma Davidson high school early is to get a start on is graduating early this year what you want to do with your life. because she has had her mind Kevin Sullivan, who graduated set on cosmetology school since last year as a junior, knew that he sophomore year. This year she wanted to go to college as soon plans to go to Paul Mitchell The as possible.

School, in Denver, to follow up on that plan. She came to this conclusion after her counselor came and talked to her class about graduating.

“He said that mathematically speaking you can graduate a year early, and when I heard that I was just like ‘I’m doing that,’ so then I just talked to my counselor,” Davidson said. “I had to make sure I picked the right classes, and got all of the required classes in.”

Early graduation can also show that you are a hardworking individual on your college application or for job applications.

When applying, employers can see you put in extra effort to get all of the credits you need to graduate sooner.

Graduating early is a completely manageable thing, but you should have a plan in place for after graduating.

You can get a head start on furthering your Graduating in three years education, can show you are a hard getting a job, worker. or going on travels.

Receiving your credits earlier can buy extra time for college.

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eliminating chances to do sports and extracurricular activities. A student who failed a required class would have to make it up; a student who failed two, would have to go to summer school or into a fourth year. Low grades also threaten eligibility, and without extracurriculars, students are less likely to earn college admission and scholarships.

Speaking from personal experience, I am glad I didn’t graduate as soon as I could.

Heading into my senior year, I have more time with friends and less time stressing about the hours of homework I need to get done. The idea might seem nice when you first learn about it but in the long run it’s better to take advantage of other opportunities while you have the chance.

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Senior understands importance of pursuing passion I’m most afraid of stagnation. I work in a grocery store, and some of the people there have been working in the same tiny area for nearly 20 years. I’ve been there for barely a year, and the repetitiveness and monotony of it has driven me to levels of fatigue and weariness I never thought I would have to experience.

When work is for work’s sake, I can’t stand it. I need something of substance, something the grocery store can’t give to me. I clock in, I clock out, nothing changes.

I intend to always be moving, changing, and bettering myself in whatever I do.

A “cares to the wind” attitude has guided me throughout my life. It’s not a philosophy I tried to develop over a period of years; it’s something that’s always been with me. So, when I came to FCHS with a 1.1 GPA, I knew my grades weren’t putting me where I wanted to be, but I never felt

any real fire under my ass to perform. This is not the fault of any adults or role models in my life; I just have different priorities – I’d always rather go hiking with my dog than go to school or a job.

So, while I’m at pretty much the bottom of my class, I don’t feel bad about it.

School is just another extension of the grocery store: it’s work for work’s sake.

And please don’t view me as weak or spineless with no dedication. I’m really the opposite. When something of substance comes around to challenge and motivate me, I can’t get enough of it. Working at Spilled Ink, a job that is more grueling than any grocery or department store job, has been the highlight of my high school career, and I love it. It’s going to be the one part of high school I’ll actually miss.

And when I look back on what high school has been for me, and what I’ve experienced,

I’m happy. My integrity stood, I stayed true to what I believe and I didn’t let any external force change me or beat me down. I consider that a huge success, and I’m proud to say that I could resist the naturalizing process that most are affected by passing through school.

At this point, I believe I’m one of the happiest people at FCHS. And it’s not momentary joy, brief ecstasy, or temporary euphoria, but longhaul, authentic happiness. It’s my greatest achievement, and although it’s not something visible to others, I’m proud to say it’s the way I am.

So, no matter where I go, or what I do or where I end up, I know I’ll be OK. And I will strive, continually reaching for something just over the horizon I know I want. When I find my passion, nothing will stop me from excelling at it, dedicating myself to it. That’s the most important lesson high school has ever taught me.

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Sitting cross legged in the large gymnasium, I listened to the third encore of the song “We Recycle.”

My fourth grade self was a recycling enthusiast but even I was counting flies during the later parts of that assembly. It had already eaten away ten minutes of recess, and I was losing patience The playground at Harris Bilingual Elementary school was my second home and the proof was my hands.

My small mitts were covered in callouses from the multitude of hours spent on Harris’ four sets of monkey bars, which I would play on exclusively for the entirety of every recess.

My obsession with these bars started at a young age. My

family lived near Harris and we would visit it often even before I was a student there.

I was drawn toward the monkey bars. My father would hold my hips as my hands swung from metal triangle to metal triangle. After each completion of the set, my smile would grow even larger and I would insist that my father help me again.

But one time it was different.

My four-year-old self had decided it was time to conquer this challenge by myself. I crawled onto the platform directly below my adversary (at the time we were of equal heights so this act required much more effort than the simple large step it would require now). As I summited the platform, my eyes became fixated on the bars. My father approached me and asked if I needed help. With a slightly upturned nose, I looked at him and said, “No, I am going to do it all by myself.”

I crouched down and channeled my concentration and strength into my right hand. I launched from the platform, keeping my eye on my target. Success! I had grabbed the first bar. For one glorious moment I was gliding through the air, and in the next I was falling. I landed with a thump,

a skinned knee, and bruised pride.

I felt utterly defeated, but my four-year-old brain moved on pretty quickly, looking at the large expanse of brightly colored equipment. However every time we returned to the playground, I would try to conquer the monkey bars again.

As a kindergartner at Harris, I could practice my high-flying skills daily. I could get further and further on each successive try. I slowly mastered each set of monkey bars on the playground and progressively became more confident. I was soon able to perform fancy tricks and even skip bars.

The constant friction of the bars on my skin had begun to show. I would continually get blood blisters which I would hastily cover with band aids before continuing to play. Every day I would develop new callouses and come home with red, blistered hands.

At the time, it felt like the most natural thing. I wanted to continue to progress regardless of any challenges I may have faced.

Although most of my clothes from that time don’t fit, I still wear emblems of the past, symbols of my intense passion and determination which will help throughout my life, in college and beyond, visible in the faint white circles on my hands.

Seraphina Discoe Staff Writer As the weather gets hot, most look forward spending time with friends, outside, and eating.

But occasionally, we get into a rut and can’t get out of it. This can lead to laziness and boredom.

However, ways to banish this feeling and be productive during the summer are easy to find.

Going on a hike, swimming in a pool, or even walking around Old Town with a friend to share the experience is better than sitting stationary on

Collins. Bike paths and walking trails can be found all throughout downtown and up to the reservoir.

Whether you are on your own or with your friends, the summer season brings treats of many kinds, even if some can make you feel gross after eating them.

Grilling chicken, sausages, hamburgers, and Portobello mushrooms are all great for a barbeque or a picnic, but if you feel like those items are too heavy for your stomach, alternatives are out there. If ice cream is a personal favorite, maybe switch it up a bit for frozen fruit or yogurt instead. Not only do these options leave you feeling happy and healthy, but, according to healthyeating.sfgate.com, they can boost your energy for the rest of the day.

It’s important to keep your mind moving, and in some cases your body, so take advantage of the weather and free time during the summer holiday. Don’t waste those precious days in a dark room on the couch.

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“I’m going to volunteer at the animal shelter and go to New Mexico.”

“I’ll be swimming and hanging out with friends.”

“I’m going to play baseball and relax.”

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a couch watching TV. That way when the summer ends, you’ll have memories to look back on.

You and your friends don’t need to exercise to keep from being lazy. Slacklining, camping, and road trips are great ways to keep your mind and body active. Not to mention all pools in neighborhoods are open by the end of the day on May 26 for those who want to cool off after the final day of school.

Those wanting a little movement can follow senior Avery Merton’s lead. Merton is an outdoor enthusiast who participates in dynamic summer activities. She states that being outside keeps her mind entertained.

“On my days off I like finding free places to swim,” Merton said. “I personally enjoy cliff diving because I get to swim and climb on rocks, but you have to always take a friend and make sure the water is really deep before jumping.”

If you can’t contact a friend during the summer, easy solo activities are available all over Fort

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Keep learning: Students can forget up to two months of learning over the summer, so try reading or watching educational films to keep your brain from melting away in the summer sun.

Exercise: Working out releases endorphins which make you feel happier and more energetic. The warm summer weather provides plenty of opportunities to get outside and get moving.

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Wake up early: Even though you may not have anywhere to be, wake up before the day is halfway over to encourage yourself to do something productive.

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Take some time each day to make a fresh and healthful meal.

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In-Depth Editor A car goes down the road at 40 mph. It is approximately 150 feet from the stoplight when the light turns yellow. If the car’s deceleration rate is negative 20 feet per seconds squared (it’s an old car), and the yellow light lasts four seconds, will the car be able to stop in time?

Sounds like one of those convoluted textbook problems which try too hard to fit into the real world, right?

In fact, it’s what I was thinking during my drive to school this morning.

Thanks to a distressing rearending incident a couple of months ago, I actually think about mathematical models of my car’s speed and acceleration quite often.

Even though I would never be able to solve such equations during a split second of driving time, playing around with variations of the deceleration model reformed how I thought about judging distances while in a moving vehicle, and ultimately made me comfortable with driving again.

I was never one of those kids who would ask “When will we ever use this?” about c l a s s e s p a r t l y because I ’ v e always enjoyed learning for the sake of learning, but also because

I kind of assumed I already knew the answer: most of what I would learn in high school would be functionally useless in my future.

I was wrong.

Before this year, if any of my math teachers had told me the reason I’d need calculus is so I could improve my conceptual understanding of when to hit the brakes at a yellow light, I probably would have just smiled and nodded like all the other times anyone tried to convince me anything past basic algebra had real-world application.

And yet that’s exactly where advanced math became relevant.

Even better, math is not the only subject where this has happened to me.

I’m sure we have all experienced the slight frustration of having to take a required class in a subject area in which we think we have no interest. For me, it was U.S. history.

Before entering the class, the idea of spending an entire year learning about the bickering of dead old men represented the pinnacle of everything wrong with public education and its lack of student specialization.

After finishing the class though, I couldn’t believe I’d ever functioned without knowing what I now do.

I can make

connections I couldn’t see before, process my world—which at the time was the insanity of the presidential election—in new, exciting ways.

Similar epiphanies happened during my psychology, statistics, economics, English, and even my weights classes.

Each new class reinvented how I looked at people and events, things I was interested in which I never would have guessed would be touched by seemingly irrelevant courses.

Had I not been pushed into filling credit requirements, I never would have known what I was missing.

And when it comes to the practicality issue of school, that’s exactly the problem: we don’t know what we don’t know.

The circularity of that statement reflects the issue itself; we can’t see how something is useful until we know it.

This is because most tasks in life will not point out the gaps in our knowledge preventing us from reaching the most effective solution. It’s not like learning how to do taxes wherein you know exactly what you need to learn.

Honestly, when I know what I need to learn, I go online and learn it. I need school to teach me the things I’ve never heard of, the things I never wanted to learn,

the things I think I’ll never use until suddenly, I realize they’ve become an integral part of my life.

Most of what we learn in school doesn’t have clear-cut, obvious applications and that disturbs some students, but it shouldn’t.

At his Stanford commencement address, Apple founder Steve Jobs said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

Jobs said this after describing how a random calligraphy class he took in college allowed him to develop typefaces for PCs 10 years later.

I hear people complain about the convergent thinking style of schools, but without consuming the many subjects we sometimes feel forced to take, we would never be able to achieve divergent thinking. If new information is dots, then school provides us with as many dots as possible so we can look back and see a complex, beautiful picture.

I realized all this my junior year and jumped into my senior year, required classes and all, prepared to learn everything I could, regardless of immediate practicality, with the hope it would enrich the areas of my life I pursue in the future.

School did not disappoint.

I’m going to college after I graduate, jumping from one school to another. And when I finally graduate “for good” from school, I will keep learning.

I don’t know when my knowledge will become “useful” but I know it’s worth having and that’s e n o u g h for me.

T h e answer to the car problem, by the way, is yes, the car can safely brake.

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Student body urged to voice concerns, collaborate Collaborating is a crucial function of society, allowing for more efficient work. When ideas are expressed and effort is put in by everybody, a society can flourish. Student Council was created to encourage collaboration, coordination, and organization among students by providing the student body with elected representatives who can address and resolve issues in our school community.

But for Stu-Co to improve our school, equal communication and participation is required of the masses. Stu-Co, as an elected representative base, requires a high voter percentage to fairly represent the school, and this past year’s turnout of only 407 voters is not sufficient. Students need to vote and should voice concerns to Student Council so they may be addressed, improving our social environment to better represent the colorful community, ensuring nobody feels discriminated against.

Many choose not to participate in elections because they feel Stu-Co isn’t representative of school diversity, but this issue is circular and a direct result of low voter turn-out. So, as a student body, we should encourage diverse representation b y striving for 100 percent voter participation during elections and by encouraging

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struggles. Still, it can be difficult for Student Council to see every issue in the building, but if the problem is shown to them, they can address all needs. Stu-Co members, like real council members, can collaborate to change our community, but sometimes they require help from students and staff to see what change is vital.

So, as a member of the FCHS community, if you see injustice or a need for a service in our school community, communicate it to one of your elected representatives.

Stu-Co meets during 8th period in L112, you are likely to share a class with a Stu-Co member. Also, in this upcoming year, take a few moments to consider who you want to represent the school community, who you want to work for your values, and vote.

Participate in your student government to uphold the values of democracy in FCHS ensuring all people in our diverse community are represented.

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66 percent of participants in a Pew Research study say email has improved connections with their friends.

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Long distance spouses report less anxiety, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.

According to the Journal of Communication, people were more likely to share meaningful thoughts and feelings with their partners when in long distance relationships.

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72 percent of email users say they like email because they can stay in touch with friends without having to spend as much time talking to them.

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With any luck, the people we are in relationships with are people we like. And when we separate from them for short or long periods of time, it can be hard to do anything without thinking about them constantly. It seems that when we’re away from the people we have deep attachments to, even day to day activities and tasks can be almost impossible to concentrate on, without having thoughts and judgments clouded by a sense of sadness and loss.

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in your life can be an awakening experience.

“When I took a backpacking trip over the summer, it made me realize that I’m too difficult with my mother,” senior Ian Shields said. “Spending time alone made me think about my relationships, and I realized how much she cares about me.”

Coming to terms with and realizing how important your loved ones are to you is something that can be easier to recognize when you don’t have them near you. Becoming aware of their absence may solidify the fact that they are not only important to you, but vital to your happiness and well-being.

And the distance isn’t always permanent.

According to annualreviews.org and statisticbrain.org, people in lasting long distance relationships see each other an average of 1.5 times a month, and end up living in the same city after an average of 1.3 years.

Being in a relationship is difficult, and many variables and aspects of a relationship need to be considered. Taking the time to find distance that is meaningful can help strengthen relationships, helping those in any relationship realize the importance of the other person in their life.

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Walker Discoe

A&E Editor

distance, especially in romantic relationships, can be not only a healthy and positive aspect of the bond between people, it can strengthen the connection. Relationships end for many reasons, and many of them could be solved by taking time to create some distance, and finding out what the relationship needs to survive.

According to an MSNBC survey, 12 percent of relationships in adults over 18 ended because of “inconsolable differences.”

Distance in relationships can help both partners come to terms with one another before their differences become insurmountable. According to The Boston Globe, “People in long distance relationships simultaneously reap the benefits of being in a relationship, and being single,” and “they may have ‘more independence to do things such as work out, socialize with friends, and sleep uninterruptedly, which are important to maintaining mental and physical well-being.’”

When distance, voluntary or involuntary, enters any relationship, whether it be with a romantic partner or your parents, recognizing the role of the other person

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Distance in relationships allows for reflection

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Perspectives

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The Backside

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What is your best memory at FCHS?

Nizhoni Draper

Avery Troop

Senior

Senior

“The assemblies are my favorite because you get to see the whole student body.”

Katie Brock

“‘We got to go to the Stanford debate tournaments. I won second in my regional event.”

Emily Hay-Arthur

Grant Houdesheldt

Senior

Senior

Senior

“I have some of the best memories from school dances.”

Jason Read

“I got the opportunity to meet so many new people.”

Jason Burgett

Natalie Botton

Senior

Senior

Senior

“While hanging out at the bonfire, I made a bunch of new friends.”

“I had the best time with sports, especially the tennis team this year.”

“The morning jazz choir meetings were my favorite part.”

“Homecoming and prom.

It’s a fun time to get weird.”

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