November 2010 - Vegetarianism

The NOVEMBER 19, 2010

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[VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE] ISSUE THREE

Page [3] Facebook hackings lead to campus-wide criminal investigation, punishment could be jail time

Page [18] Junior’s family hosts two out-of-state minor league hockey players while they play in Texas

The Veggie Life A healthier option or misleading diet?

Page [22] Staff calls out parents, government for children’s unhealthy dietary habits which lead to diabetes

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the marquee [newsmagazine] editor in chief luke swinney

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entertainment editor molly spain

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opinion editor carley meiners

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[5] POSSIBLE SCHEDULE CHANGES In an attempt to save money for next year, the district explores three different options for the 2011-12 school year. by olivia tarlton

feature/ [9] MOTORCYCLE MAYHEM A family trip to Costa Rica quickly turned dangerous for junior Trevor Brook after he was hit by a motorcycle. by alex mcginnis

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[14] DATING DISASTERS Most teenagers have had at least a few bad dating experiences in high school and The Marquee found four of the worst. by molly spain

sports/ [17] SWIMMING Spending around 27 hours per week in the water, one senior balances two swimming teams while another balances work as a lifeguard. by lauren rose

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String of Facebook hackings spark concern Mysterious hacker could face up to ten years in jail if caught by recent investigations by police, administration story by carley meiners and jasmine sachar

The Flower Mound Police Department is investigating a string of Facebook hackings of several juniors. The crime, online harassment, is a third degree felony and the hacker, if 17 or older, could face up to 10 years in jail.

The situation unfolded late last month when a hacker accessed five accounts in a period of a few days. He or she then impersonated the victims while posting a series of comments, statuses and even some pornographic and violent images. One status posted by the hacker accused a student of raping two girls.

Junior Madison Carr was amongst the juniors who were hacked. Madison said she got a text in school from her boyfriend notifying her that someone had clearly hacked her account. She immediately called her parents. Madison’s dad, Jim Carr, filed charges for online harassment with the FMPD. Carr said he was pretty angry about the situation and didn’t think Facebook would be a lot of help, so they filed a report.

A reward was posted by Carr for $2500 for any information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator and is still in place.

“I think it’s really dumb that someone has no life and they feel the need to basically go in and try to ruin people’s lives,” Madison said.

According to the Texas Penal code, online harassment occurs when a person “uses the name or persona of another person to create a web page on or to post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site without consent with the intent to harm or threaten.”

Mitchell cannot comment on any specifics of the case. Still, he did say that the police department has assigned an investigator to the case, and leads have been uncovered. Currently, they’re in the process of obtaining subpoenas so they can trace the computer or phone of the hacker through an IP address.

Flower Mound Police Officer Jim Augustine is the investigator assigned to the case, and he’s currently trying to determine whether the suspect attends Marcus or is an outside force.

Junior Alex Olson was one of the first to get hacked. He said one night he got an email saying that his Facebook password and email log-in had been changed. He was locked out of his account. The hacker interacted with various other students, posting rumors and insults. According to Olson, “only someone from Marcus would know these sorts of rumors.”

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think he’s doing it for his own self pleasure or maybe someone else is in on it and he’s doing it to humor them.”

Most accounts that had been initially hacked were eventually shut down by Facebook. Though the hacker had been inactive for just over two weeks, junior Sarah Ellenberg’s account became the latest to be breeched, allegedly by the same person. “It’s a revolution my friend,” the hacker said on a status.

“Are you ready?”

“I’m afraid that whoever it is will read something that one of my friends told me and then one of their secrets will be given out to everyone,” Ellenberg said.

School administration, which normally stays out of criminal off-campus cases, was brought into the conflict after the hackings had taken place. According to assistant principal Erum Shahzad, the hacking problem started to become “a major disruption” on campus.

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Students involved and other witnesses were brought in to administration and questioned. The extent of the punishment for the hacker, if he or she attends Marcus, is somewhat speculative. Assistant principal Amy Boughton says he will definitely be put in DAEP, but the rest depends on what is else is discovered and proven.

“It’s all contingent on the facts,” Boughton said.

“With Facebook it’s hard to prove. But there have been some more severe allegations, let’s just say that.”

Though online bullying has been brought to the school’s attention before, Boughton said identifying the harasser has been easier in other cases.

“It’s concerning I think that you guys are very technologically savvy with your own accounts,” Boughton said. “My reaction was it must be somewhat fairly easy for someone to break in there. That’s scary.”

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Increase in diabetes incites health concern Reports say one in three Americans will have type 2 by 2050 story by devon miller

said. “That’s the only different thing. It doesn’t take enior Autumn Olsen listened attentively as much time, but sometimes it the dieticians explained her condition. She is just an extra responsibilhadn’t eaten since she had been admitted to ity I don’t want to deal with.” the hospital earlier that day and she was slowly losing Olsen said one of biggest focus. From now on, they told her, she would have to changes after being diagcount carbs, check her blood sugar and give herself nosed was having to check 4-6 injections of insulin a day. She’d known for al- her blood pressure. most a month that she had diabetes, but today, May “At first it was really un23, 2010, was when she was diagnosed. Today she comfortable, but I’ve gotten actually had to face it. used to it,” Olsen said. “It’s “It took awhile for it to sink in,” Olsen said. “At my life now.” first it was all adrenaline, but it was scary, too.”

Olsen is the oldest of eight Olsen was in the hospital for five days after her siblings and a member of the official diagnosis. A month before, Olsen had diag- band. Mrs. Olsen said at first nosed herself with type 1 diabetes after reading the she was worried about how symptoms online and realizing she had most of them. her daughter would manage However, she didn’t tell her parents at first. her schedule with diabetes, “I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to but said she has handled the have diabetes. Who does?” Olsen said. “Finally it just situation well. got to a point where I just did not feel good and I was “She was really responsisuper emotional and tired, and I just couldn’t do it. ble to start with, but she has So I told my parents.” become even more mature On May 23, Olsen told her parents what she through this,” Mrs. Olsen thought was going on. Olsen’s mom, Heather, im- said. “She’s also always been mediately asked a friend whose daughter has type 1 a compassionate person, but diabetes to test Olsen. When her blood sugar tested I think even more so now high, they rushed her to Children’s Medical Center. she understands what peoType 1 diabetes is a type of diabetes usually diag- ple are going through when nosed in children and young adults. While type 1 is they have to face something usually genetic and often hereditary, type 2 develops big in their life.” later in life and is often caused by weight gain and unIncreases in cases of both type 1 and type 2 diahealthy diet. According betes have caused to the Center for Disscientists to look to ease Control and Prenew methods, like vention, by 2050 one stem cell research, in three Americans will for cures.

I didn’t say anything because I didn’t have type 2 diabetes.

“They’ve come a “There’s a stigma long way with the want to have diabetes. Who does? attached to diabetes way they treat dia- AUTUMN OLSEN, 12 because of type 2 diabetes,” Mrs. Olsen betes being more of a said. “I’m hoping lifestyle type thing,” that one day they’ll Mrs. Olsen said. “I find a cure for it. think that’s the hardest We actually banked thing for her with her stem cells with some having type 1. There’s of our children hopnothing she could have ing some day that we changed about her life to control that. I think there’s might actually be able to use that to help Autumn if a lot of ignorance about diabetes and what it means. they discover a cure through stem cell research.”

The more people are educated about diabetes, the To raise awareness for diabetes and research for easier it is for people like Autumn to live with it on a cures, November is Diabetes Awareness Month. day-to-day basis.”

While scientists are searching for a cure, organizaEvery day during lunch Olsen ignores the strange tions, like the Southwestern Diabetic Foundation, try looks she gets from other students as she checks her to help kids and teenagers who have type 1 diabetes blood pressure and gives herself a shot of insulin. by holding a camp, called Camp Sweeney, every sum“I have to be constantly monitoring myself,” Olsen mer to teach them about the disease and show them

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• 18% of Medicare beneficiaries (about 7 million Americans) have diabetes and they account for 32% of Medicare spending.

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how to deal with it. Senior Daniel Volker attended Camp Sweeney after being diagnosed with type 1 in 2002.

“You do all the normal things you do at a camp except before lunch you test your blood sugar with everyone,” Volker said. “You all do your shots at the same time so you get in the habit of doing it so that you know how you’re supposed to take care of yourself. Going to camp is what made it so easy because you do it with all the other kids. You’re not the only one.”

Volker said that though diabetes caused him to grow up faster, Camp Sweeney helped teach him how to be independent.

“Basically since I was diagnosed I’ve had to do everything on my own,” Volker said. “My parents would help me out at first, like giving me shots, but when I went to Camp Sweeney I started doing shots on my own and since then I’ve done everything on my own.”

While those with type 2 have to cut back on eating sugar, Olsen needs sugar in her diet to stay healthy. With 2,200 people diagnosed with diabetes every day, Olsen said the best thing to do is keep a good attitude.

“Stay positive,” Olsen said. “Don’t give up. It’s going to be hard but you’ve got to keep going.” november 19, 2010 | the marquee

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Medieval play

Bible literacy

Many were whisked into the time of King Arthur when varsity drama performed the play Connecticut Yankee on Nov. 11 - 14. They will perform the play for the last time this weekend for a thespian festival. Connecticut Yankee is about a teenager who is transported to the times of King Arthur, Lancelot and Queen Guenevere.

Director Rita Powers said she enjoyed doing a play with elaborate costumes.

“Connecticut Yankee is a time travel piece,” Powers said. “We will be using period medieval costumes that I love.”

Senior James Arnesen plays King Arthur and Hercules in the play and was initially hesitant about the play because of the plotline.

“At first it was kinda iffy, but we pull it together every year,” Arnesen said. “It’s just all around fun.

It talks about the really old times with King Arthur.”

Years ago the idea of a Bible literacy class was brought forward by state legislation. A curriculum was created, mainly of teachings from the New Testament and Hebrew scripts. The two nine-week courses would be considered an elective, but would be taught by a higher level English teacher.

Though the class’ main focus is the Bible, it would not be about religion, but rather a mixture of history and English.

A survey taken by Flower Mound High School FCA revealed that many students showed interest in such a class, and Lewisville High School has said they are possibly willing to test the course. Duncanville ISD, Wylie ISD and Plano ISD both currently offer a Bible literacy course.

No definite plan has been set for the Bible literacy class in Lewisville ISD at the present because of differing opinions.

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ROTC honors vets

On Veterans Day, ROTC members Christopher Wellen 10, Derek Rivera 10, and Jeff Hurt 11, honored veterans in a ceremony held outside on Nov.11. They were joined by the ROTC groups from Flower Mound, Lewisville and The Colony high schools. They listened to group commander, senior Ryan Gracey’s speech of what Veterans Day meant to him.

Seven period school day proposed at meeting

To cut district budget, schedule change is being examined compiled by olivia tarlton

The 1995-1996 school year marked the beginning of the accelerated block schedule in Lewisville ISD, the schedule that is still in use today.

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If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?

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you die?

A: Get a lock of Rob Pattinson’s hair for my shrine.

Q: What’s your dream job? Why? A: Become Leonardo, a hero in a halfshell.

Why? Fight crime and eat pizza, what more could I ask for.

Q: If you could be one character from Harry

Potter, who would it be?

A: Hagrid. I’m always consistently mistaken for Hagrid with my huge beard and wand.

Q: Who is your role model and why?

A: Soulja Boy. He’s a great lyricist and continues to inspire.

Q: What’s the best dance move you know?

A: Dougie. I’ll teach you all how to dougie.

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Who’s your favorite Spongebob charac-

A: Patrick. Living under a rock with furniture of sand, what more could you ask for.

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Starting a chain reaction of kindness

‘Rachel’s Challenge’ visits Marcus, inspires students to change outlook story by alex cain

The words “you may just start a chain reaction,” ring through the crowd as over a thousand students crammed into the gym watch the white screen that covers a wall. Speaker Cody Hodges tells of a common goal that every student has the opportunity to be a part of - Rachel’s Challenge.“Who is ready to accept the challenge?” he asks. Hands shoot up as hundreds of students accept Rachel’s Challenge. This new program, Friends of Rachel, is already catching the interest of hundreds of students.

“I think it could really change Marcus, and it’s a really good cause,” junior Gabby Kubas said. “Everyone could learn to be nicer to change the school.”

Hodges became a speaker and promoter of the program after hearing Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Columbine shooting, and has since been traveling all over the country, talking to almost a hundred schools and organizations yearly.

“It opened my eyes to a lot of things that I could do better, differently. A bigger impact I could make on people long term,” Hodges said.

After Rachel died, her father, Darrell Scott, found an essay in which Rachel had written that she had an idea that if people were compassionate to each other, it would start a chain reaction. Her father started the Rachel’s Challenge Foundation so he could share Rachel’s message and fulfill her dream of touching millions of people.

“I agree with what Rachel was saying in her ideals, to make a better world so we can live comfortably and safely,” junior Josh Felt said. “It’s awesome and I would like to do it.”

Rachel’s first challenge was to rid the world of prejudice. This idea was brought upon by her brother, who watched the gunmen shoot his best friend because he was black.

“You can walk into a room and just judge people totally by what they are wearing and how they look.

We need to focus more on who a person truly is,” junior Jesse Wood said.

Rachel’s second challenge was to dare to dream because Rachel had dreamed to make an impact on millions of people.

“I believe in ‘Dare to Dream’,” sophomore Jeremy Edwards said. “My dream is pretty outrageous.

I want to be a famous musician someday. Hopefully that will work out.”

The third challenge was to choose positive influences. Because the gunmen had watched destructive videos and played violent video games, their ideas on society were warped.

“Negative influences contradict her challenge and cause people to not necessarily do the right thing,” Felt said. “Positive influences can really factor into producing a better world.”

Rachel’s fourth challenge was to use kind words and show kindness to everyone. Rachel was famous for her kindness to other students at school that were having a bad day or being picked on.

“I was inspired by her story and her way of being really positive and going out of her way to talk to people and the whole random acts of kindness,” sophomore Kara Perez said.

The fifth challenge was to start a chain reaction by spreading compassion.

“Just one small thing could make someone’s day, and before you know it, you could be best friends,” Wood said. “Help them have a better day, then they would feel better and hold the door open for the next person, and that person would help the next person out.”

photo by alex cain Former Tennessee Titans player Cody Hodges speaks against prejudice as a spokesman for Rachel’s Challenge on Monday, Nov. 8 in the auditorium.

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Eyeing the cure for neurofibromatosis

Junior runs to aid friend, raise awareness for disease story by alex mcginnis

tended through the left side of her face. Each tumor is extremely painful to the touch and can have devasJunior Chris Marriott is a runner. He’s been tating effects on the body such as blindness, scoliosis, running cross country since freshman year, but on learning disabilities and nerve damage.

December 5 he will run in the Dallas White Rock “No child should have to go through that,” Chris Marathon. This will be his first marathon, so he’s said. “It feels good to know I can help them out.” intensified his training by adding longer runs every Kylie has gone out of the country for homeopathic week as the race approaches. Completing the mara- treatments and and has also undergone chemotherathon will be a major accomplishment for Chris, but py to stop tumor growth. Though the Earle family has he’s not running for himself, he’s running for a girl faced many struggles, Kylie’s mother, Angela Earle, he barely knows. considers Kylie a normal four-year-old girl.

Four-year-old Kylie Earle was born with glau“She goes to Pre-K, plays with her sister, and encoma in her left eye joys life,” Mrs. Earle which was eventusaid. “The only thing ally diagnosed as that’s different is she neurofibromatosis. has one eye and a tuNF is a genetic disormor.” der that also inflicts The Earle family It’s one thing to just go out and run a dark brown spots all has wasted no time in marathon for youself. To run for a reaover the skin. These spreading the word son gives it a different purpose. spots eventually about NF. Through grow into tumors on the support of family - Carolyn Marriott the nerves and skin and friends, the Earle which have to be refamily has been able to moved through dozbe proactive in raising ens of surgeries over awareness on Kylie’s a lifetime. Currently condition. They put tothere is no cure, but gether an annual picNF Endurance along with The Children’s Tumor nic in honor of Kylie to raise awareness and pay for Foundation has a team in the marathon to raise mon- medical expenses. ey and awareness for research on the condition.

“It’s always impressed me because the family is so The Marriott family learned about Kylie’s story close. They don’t want people to feel sad, they want from her aunt, Wendy Looper, and immediately people to be there in support,” Mrs. Marriott said. jumped at the chance to run for Kylie’s team, which The 26.2 mile race will begin at 8 a.m. The Marnow has 50 participants. Chris’ mother, Carolyn riott family will sport neon yellow track suits with NF Marriott, and sister, Amy Marriott, will also be run- written across the front in bright blue lettering. As ning the half-marathon in honor of Kylie. race day approaches, Chris will continue to increase “Its one thing to just go out and run a marathon the difficulty in his runs. He will finish off his training for yourself,” Mrs. Marriott said. “To run for a reason with a twenty mile run the week before the marathon, gives it a different purpose.” where he hopes to run for about four hours straight.

Since her diagnosis Kylie has had five surgeries on “Whenever I want to stop training, I know I can’t her left eye and eventually had to have it removed because of Kylie,” Chris said. “She’s still the happiest during the last one. She also had surgery to remove kid that you could ever meet even with all the surgera disfiguring tumor over her left eye socket that ex- ies, and I think we should all try to be like that.”

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Junior Chris Marriot passes a Flower Mound runner at the Oct. 30 district meet. Marriott is preparing for the 5K Dallas White Rock Marathon.

Info about Neurofibramatosis:

-Kylie has type 1 NF, which occurs in 1 in 4,000 births.

-NF type 2 occurs in 1 in 50,000 births.

-NF type 2 is usually not diagnosed until puberty.

-NF can generally be diagnosed by unusual freckling in the underarms and groin.

How to contribute to the cause:

-If managed properly, people with NF can lead a normal life and have a close to normal life expectancy.

To run in the marathon, register at www.runtherock.com

For further information:

To donate to his marathon team, put money in an envelope, address it to Chris Marriott and leave it in the front office.

To volunteer to help at the marathon, volunteer at runtherock.com For more information, contact Chris Marriott

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Junior hit by motorcycle in foreign country, recovers with help of family, friends story by alex mcginnis

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eather Brook lounged in the pool with her family in the small beach town of Jaco, Costa Rica. She waited for her son, junior Trevor Brook, to return from his tennis lesson about a half mile from their condominium. Around 5 p.m. the blistering July sun started to sink down closer towards the horizon when a woman who Mrs. Brook had never seen before came up to her. With her she brought news that still scares Mrs. Brook to this day.

“She said that I should go change, and to hurry, because [Trevor] was hurt bad,” Mrs. Brook said.

What started out as a relaxing vacation soon turned into a nightmare. Mrs. Brook was informed by the woman that she and three other men who were American missionaries had seen Trevor get hit by a motorcycle and had taken him to a local clinic.

Mrs. Brook found Trevor lying limp on a massage table at the clinic, blood streaming out of his mouth, holding his two front teeth in his hand. His face was swollen and cut, and his right leg had swollen to twice its normal size. Doctors moved all around him, cleaning his cuts and stitching up his face and knee.

Given that Trevor was the only one who spoke Spanphoto submitted ish in the Brook family, the missionaries stayed with them and translated for the doctors. Because they Trevor Brook sits in the hospital awaiting treatment in San Jose, Costa Rica after the accident. were worried about the bruising on Trevor’s stom- a private hospital in San Jose. At 1 a.m. they were fi- Trevor to arrive. They greeted him with a brand new ach, they recommended transporting him to a hos- nally comforted by clean floors and bilingual doctors. iPod that they and other members of the tennis team pital in Punta Arenas, two hours away, where they There they learned that Trevor didn’t have a crack in had bought to replace the one Trevor had smashed had an X-ray machine so that they could check for his skull, but he did have a concussion and a cracked during the accident. Stanton arrived later, and the jaw bone. He had also hurt his right knee and ended group hung out with Trevor the rest of the day. internal bleeding.

The rest of Trevor’s summer was spent sitting at “When a doctor tells you to do something, you do up with seven stitches in his knee and nine in his it,” Mrs. Brook said. “I told Trevor everything was go- chin, but after seeing dozens of specialists, Trevor home and going to physical therapy, but Stanton, his ing to be okay, but I was really worried he was going was expected to make a full recovery if he underwent father, and his friends were by his side while the rest physical therapy. of the family finished out their stay in Costa Rica. to die from internal bleeding.”

After Trevor awoke in the hospital, he immediately “Trevor’s condition looked so painful that someThe hospital in Punta Arenas was not like a stanasked his parents what times all I wanted to do was make a big deal about it dard American hoshad happened and if and cry, but I knew that would make him feel weird pital. The waiting anybody had called so we just hung out like a normal time,” Stanton said. room had no doors his girlfriend, junior Now, almost four months later, Trevor is left withand dirt layered the Jaci Stanton. Stanton out any lasting effects besides a few scars and the abfloor. Trevor was I didn’t even know if he was alive. I was supposed to fly to sence of a few of his teeth, which will get replaced in placed against the Costa Rica that week eight months. The details of the accident will always wall with his IV bag started hyperventilating and crying, to spend time with be something the family will never be able to fully unhanging over the and all I wanted to do was talk to him. the Brook family, but derstand since Trevor has no memories of the event.

EXIT sign.

- Jaci Stanton, 11 was told by Trevor’s “We’ve tried emailing the missionaries to see what “It was like a younger brother Derek happened, but they haven’t responded,” Trevor said.

M*A*S*H hospital, not to come because “Sometimes I’m glad that I don’t remember what you know, with old there had been an ac- happened, but at the same time it’s a huge mystery to tiles, half of them cident. me and I’d like to know.” broken,” Mrs. Brook “Derek told me he Even though Mrs. Brook still tears up when remisaid. didn’t know what had niscing on the moment she found out Trevor was After a visiting doctor from another hospital helped with transla- happened either, so I didn’t even know if he was hurt, she and the rest of the family have maintained a tions, Mrs. Brook was relieved to find out that Trevor alive,” Stanton said. “I started hyperventilating and positive outlook on the situation.

“We all feel very lucky that everything that hapdid not have any internal bleeding. However, another crying, and all I wanted to do was talk to him.”

After three nights in the hospital, Trevor and his pened to Trevor is fixable,” Mrs. Brook said. “Trevor worry from the doctor came when they said Trevor might have a cracked skull and needed a CAT scan at father flew home. Juniors Nic Record, Bryan Horner, and the rest of the family have also come to learn that another hospital in San Jose-another two hour drive. Dylan Blount, Ali Schlomen and Zak West waited most people are truly genuine and that even strangMrs. Brook insisted that Trevor be transported to outside the Brook home for over an hour waiting for ers will do whatever they can to help.”

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Going to the greener side Students explore vegetarian lifestyles story by lauren rose and luke swinney The images flashed across the screen.

Sick piglets thrown against the hard concrete slab on the slaughterhouse floor. Forklifts operated by muscled workers impale a helpless mother cow, flinging her across the slaughter house. Turkeys raised so fat that they cripple under their own weight.

Sitting at her computer, senior Lindsey Watson watched in horror at “If Slaughterhouses had Glass Walls,” an investigative documentary narrated by Paul McCartney. With an inside look into some of the tragedies animals face in slaughterhouses across America, the video moved Watson. At that very moment, she made a decision not only for herself, but the animals in the video, that she would become a vegetarian.

“I never realized how brutal it is,” Watson said. “I just thought they killed them and we ate them. I never realized the process of it all. The video made me cry. It made me sick to my stomach.”

Along with the treatment of animals, Watson also looked into the health benefits of being a vegetarian.

By eating fruits, vegetables and mock meats, fake meats made with vegetables, a healthy protein-filled diet can be met.

“I’ve lost 15 pounds becoming a vegetarian and I became more energetic and just better all around,” Watson said. “I don’t take any supplements or anything different when it comes to getting my proteins and vitamins. I don’t have to do much to stay healthy.”

In a society where meat is a central part of the diet, Watson said it’s sometimes difficult sticking with her strict diet. After a year of being a vegan where she could not eat any animal-based products like eggs or milk, Watson recently switched to a vegetarian lifestyle where dairy is allowed.

“People started to think I was a vegan extremist and started to look down on me,” Watson said. “People wouldn’t judge me as much if I was just a vegetarian so I just decided I would benefit more.”

School nurse Kathy Saucedo said that vegetarianism could be a healthy diet depending on which vegetarian foods they choose to eat.

“Cookies are vegetarian, but depending on whether

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you eat a gallon of ice cream or a salad, that’ll reveal how healthy the diet really is,” Saucedo said. “You really have to have good self-discipline. If it’s a parent’s choice for a child, the child would have to be closely monitored when growing and getting nourishment.”

Sophomore Shailavi Jain has lived with her vegetarian diet since birth. Growing up under Jainism, an Indian religion which believes in non-violence, Jain was raised to not kill animals just for human consumption.

“I don’t even have to think about giving anything up because it’s how I was raised,” Jain said. “It’s kind of like when you haven’t had something, you don’t know what you’re missing, so you don’t want it. I’m not sacrificing anything.”

However, Jain faced pressure in elementary school because of her diet. Walking in to the lunchroom, children surrounded her, not understanding her family’s choices in diet.

“Whenever I was little it was hard to live here because people didn’t understand why I wouldn’t eat meat and I would get made fun of,” Jain said. “People would shove meat in my face trying to get me to eat it, but I would just walk away.”

While Jain has been a vegetarian since birth, Watson only began a year ago. By making the sudden decision to convert her eating habits to something more animal-friendly, she’s sometimes been ridiculed from high school students as well.

“It’s really annoying how people try to change me to eating meat,” Watson said. “I’m not trying to change the world by making them stop eating meat. Humans have been eating meat for hundreds of years and it’s a ritual that’s not going to change. I would just appreciate some more respect from people for being different by being a vegetarian.”

The taste of meat still taunts Watson, but her morals and personal choices overpower temptations. She said her lifestyle choice has only been positive.

“Sometimes I forget I’m a vegetarian when I smell something I used to eat like chicken,” Watson said.

“When I smell it I want it, but then I realize the process the meat goes through and it makes me sick. I realize what I would be putting in my body and what kind of bad processes I would be promoting.”

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Chickens stuffed in cages, wallowing in their own feces and lambs butchered mercilessly assaulted my pre-teen eyes. The horrors I found on a simple search to the pro-animal rights website, PETA, convinced me to become a vegetarian for the welfare of animals and for my health.

Immediately, I bought into the healthy aspect of vegetarianism, unknowingly buying the unhealthy processed soy products in place of meat – soy chicken nuggets, burgers and tofu turkey at Thanksgiving.

After two years of being meatless, I realized that I was stupid. Not eating animals is a great goal to have, but all the junk food labeled as vegetarian wasn’t making me healthy and every day I felt sick after I ate. As a result, I started researching vegetarianism, finding surprising results.

I found that there were genetically modified soybeans from China in my soy milk. The main ingredient in my veggie nuggets was texturized vegetable protein, which contains MSG, a questionable food additive. Then I found out that 91 percent of soy grown in the US is genetically modified. It got to the point where every time I ate soy, I became incredibly sick to my stomach. So, I found another diet to follow – raw food veganism.

My parents thought I was crazy when I embarked on the raw food vegan diet as it was incredibly restrictive. It consisted of nothing heated over 112 degrees as it kills enzymes, no refined sugars and no animal products whatsoever. I bought a $200 dehydrator in order to make foods like raw pizza, which consisted of sprouted barley, flax seeds and nut cheese. Throughout my raw food journey, I realized how limited my options were and how difficult it was to actually follow this diet for a long period of time. I felt better than ever though – I had a lot of energy and didn’t have to sleep as much as usual.

Then the one night came where I caved in and baked chocolaty sugar, egg and butter-laden brownies. After I ate some, I started crying uncontrollably on the cold tile floor. I don’t know why I was crying – all I knew was that I felt awful for eating brownies after staying raw for two months. My actions were ridiculous - people eat sugar, eggs and butter without guilt and here I was crying. In this moment, I was done with veganism.

I spent too much time adapting to this restrictive way of life.

Now, I eat naturally. I try and find the best quality of everything I eat – local and organic. I drive to an Oak Cliff farm cooperative to buy non-homogenized fresh whole milk and organic eggs. I visit farms as much as possible to pick the small blueberries in the bright morning sun, to carefully choose peaches from an orchard without getting ambushed in the face by beetles and to get to know the farmers.

To me, it is important to find where the food that goes in my mouth comes from. I feel better about eating meat and animal products if I support the people who are treating their animals with care. Sure, it gets expensive. I am very picky and selective about food, which doesn’t only annoy my parents but also limits my choices of eating out.

In the time I was a vegetarian and vegan, I did learn how to like vegetables more and eat less meat. But I am happier now, eating food that are products of nature, not food science.

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Dates take a turn for the worse compiled by molly spain A couple sits at a restaurant while on their first date. The woman attempts to unclasp a bracelet that was annoying her wrist, and the man jumps up to assist her. While ripping the bracelet off, his elbow launches a plate through the restaurant. It crashes with a loud clatter on the floor and silence ensues. The man whispers, “Whoops.” This is just one of those dates that didn’t go as planned, but was remembered years later because it was so awful that it’s just funny. Many students have exactly these kinds of dating experiences, and these dating stories will be remembered for many years to come.

“So I went on this date and we were going to dinner.

This guy had been really rude the whole time. At the end he told me that he left his stuff in his car, like his money.

So I ended up having to pay for it and he never called me back after that. It sounds kind of story book, but it happens!”

–Alexis Millum, junior

“It was our first date and I was bringing her to her house afterwards. She is like six inches shorter than I am, so it was really awkward because she had to stand on her tiptoes and I had to bend down really far to kiss her, and we kind of missed. It was really awkward walking back to my car after.”

–Chase Tucker, junior

“I went on a date with a guy sophomore year. I went over to his house first and his parents were there. They drove us to Interskate, except it was a Friday night and we went with his little sister. We didn’t know it was Kid’s Night, so we were roller skating around the tiny roller skate pen with these fiveyear-olds. He was skating really fast trying to impress me and I had huge blisters on my legs, so I sat down and was like ‘All right, well I’m done skating now.’ And he was like, ‘Okay, well I’ve got my own skates so I think I’m just gonna skate for a little bit longer.’ He was roller skating for another hour with the little five-year-old kids and I was just sitting there. I still have scars on my ankles from those stupid roller blades! It was a horrible date.”

–Anonymous

“We went to a hockey game and we were on the way back. We went the opposite way we were supposed to.

We went to downtown Dallas instead. On the way back I had to pee really badly. It got really really bad to where I was like hyperventilating. They wouldn’t pull over for meand then he just slammed on the brakes. I peed on the side of the road in front of my boyfriend, my sister’s boyfriend and my sister. I got back in the car and they were all really mad at me. We left and it was just really bad for me.”

–Morgan Epperson, senior

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES compiled by lauren rose

Teen Court

Summit Club of Flower Mound

Greater Lewisville Cares

Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue

What: Serve as attorneys, master jury judge, baliffs or jurors in juvenile court-ages 13 to 17 Where: Lewisville Annex or Flower Mound Municipal Court Who to Contact: www.cityoflewisville.com

What: Varies from cleaning the community to working with senior citizens-available to all ages Where: 5500 Morris Road, Flower Mound Who to Contact: info@greaterlewisvillecares.org

What: Breakfast with Santa event-available to all ages Where: Community Activity Center Multipurpose Rooms When: Dec. 4 at 8:30 a.m.

Who to Contact: summitclub.org/contactus.aspx

What: Clean cages and accessories-ages 12 and over Where: 698 Metro Park Circle, Lewisville When: Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Who to Contact: Julia Hinrichs, theguineapigrescue@yahoo.com

For more service opportunities try contacting: Animal Rescue League YMCA Lewisville Senior Center

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IN CONCERT compiled by olivia tarlton

Rapper makes name for himself online story by shannon mccauley

everything by himself and writes his own lyrics. He’ll go far because I know Russell and he always does what he says he’s Gently tapping the keys with nimble fingers, senior going to do.”

Russell Williamson logs on to his Facebook account.

Rap music has been Russell’s life since he was a child.

Ignoring the friend requests and event invites, Russell clicks But in tenth grade, Russell started to consider rap as more on the notifications, waiting for the screen to light up with than just something to download on his iPod. Through difdifferent comments and feedback from his friends. Seeing ferent rappers and his own personal experiences, Russell the positive words and encouraging comments brings the has been able to write lyrics and create his own music. exact kind of criticism he wanted to hear. “When I put songs “I kept writing and writing until I got pretty good…then I out I usually ask people ‘What do you think 100 percent?’” started recording it,” Williamson said.

Russell explained.

Living on the East Coast Two years ago, the idea has opened different styles of that people are listening rapping for Russell. He feels to his music would not this is effective when writHe’s really good. He comes up with evhave appeared in Russell’s ing with his partner, Kalen mind. His daily conversaEtheridge. The two have been erything by himself and writes his own tions have transformed friends since the fifth grade. lyrics. He’ll go far. over the years from what’s Being from New Orleans - Brendan Fagan, 12 on TV that night to what has given Etheridge a more different rappers inspire southern style of rap that him. Scribbles in his notemixes well with Williamson’s, book have taken the form New Jersey feel. of new lyrics that he plans to record later that night. With “He thought it would be a good idea if we rapped togeththe release of the songs Williamson has posted on Facebook er,” Williamson said. “His style is way different. He’ll talk and YouTube, he hopes to have a serious career of rapping about different stuff and has more of an accent. He also uses in front of him. different words than I do. East coast is more like the city.”

“I get my stuff out through Facebook,” Williamson said.

Music has always been a significant part of Russell’s life, “That’s where my friends listen to my music and comment.” but rap music is what makes all the difference for him. RusSenior Brendan Fagan, who’s been friends with Russell sell said rap sets itself apart from all other genres. since the third grade and a fan of Russell’s music, raves “I really don’t know why I like rap the most,” Williamson about Russell’s process when writing his lyrics. Fagan be- said. “It’s just a unique type of music. You can get your point lieves in big things for Russell’s future. across with rhyming and making it sound good. I just like “He’s really good,” Fagan said. “He comes up with that whole concept.”

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Nov. 19 Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack with Saves the Day 7 p.m. at The Palladium Ballroom $31.76 Nov. 23 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin 8 p.m. at the House of Blues in Dallas $17.77 Nov. 24 Usher 7:30 p.m. at American Airlines Center $38.98-$114.88 Nov. 24 Le Freak 8 p.m. at the House of Blues $28.50-59.91 Nov. 26 The Wrecking Crew with Joey Love and the Love Machine 8 p.m. at the House of Blues in Dallas $16.77 Nov. 27 Rhymin’ N’ Stealin’ 8 p.m. at the House of Blues $19.88 Nov. 27 Young Jeezy 10 p.m. at The Palladium Ballroom $53-113.20 Nov. 29 Hinder with Saving Able, My Darkest Days and Default 6 p.m. at The Palladium Ballroom $34.48 Dec. 4 How the Edge Stole Xmas 6 p.m. at Verizon Theatre $29.50-49.50

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Two video games are critiqued to find the winner

Lustrous neon lights spark across the screen and strike the dancers. The DJ jogs onto the platform in front of tens of thousands of screaming, high-on-life fans and puts on his headphones.

The bass commences and the on-screen highway lights up. It’s time to scratch.

This is the immense start on the newly released DJ Hero 2, the sequel to DJ Hero, which gave gaming fans a fresh look on rhythm based games. Now with its new dual-play action, two players can co-play a mix on the DJ Hero scratch board while a third party sings on the microphone to the lyrics of the song. With 105 songs mixed into 83 mixes, DJ Hero 2 is a music lover’s dream.

The new DJ Hero 2 has multiple perks to the sequel itself. Now, the player can unlock playable DJs such as Deadmau5, Tiesto and DJ Qbert and customize his or her own character. The player can also play as his or her XBOX 360 avatar in the game. With DJ Hero 2’s “Party Mode” the player has the option of letting the music play itself (like a DJ at a party) or hopping in and playing themselves. The game even features hit songs like “Say Something” by renowned rapper Drake and “Lollipop” by Lil’ Wayne.

Yes, DJ Hero 2 is a sequel, but most feel that the newcomer is not up to par with its predecessor. The range of music type is a bit too wide. Lady Gaga, Snoop Dogg, Salt N Pepa and Eminem don’t exactly sound like things that could be intertwined with Jackson 5 and House of Pain. The gameplay is not at all easy. During “Freestyle” mode, you can play however you want, but you can also mess up a totally amazing mix with what you don’t even know will sound good or not. One blink of the eye could mess your whole game up.

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Def Jam Rapstar

review by breyanna washington

“We don’t condone bitin’ see them selling crossbones, protecting what I’m writing – don’t clash with the Titan who blast with a license, to kill rap reciting.” – Method Man and Redman These lyrics from “Da Rockwilder” are part of the classic hip hop track collection found on the highly anticipated Def Jam Rapstar.

The game itself is a karaoke-type video game with 40 songs from legends and new rappers who have impacted the music game with their unique lyrics and style. With Def Jam Rapstar, the player can actually record themselves rapping and be rated. With a microphone in hand, the player can hit the notes and lyrics on several unlockable difficulty settings while earning the right to call themselves a “star.”

Rapstar has some perks. Although the genre focuses entirely on hip hop and rap, the artists vary widely. From New Boys to the Notorious B.I.G to Lil’ Kim, much of the music is not all new or all old.

It’s also not hard to unlock achievements in the game. Most achievements can be accomplished when rating a fellow rapper in “Community.” Songs and difficulty is unlockable via getting high scores when you rap. The music video is displayed while you play, and fortunately, it’s not been edited or cut. The entire video is shown.

Rapstar has flaws as well. The game itself is not enough to be a challenge at all. The player can hum most of the words. There is no story line, no characters, nothing to look forward to at the end (unless you enjoy credits) and the censoring ruins most of the songs.

Most of the good rap songs aren’t even on the American version of the game. The gamer has to purchase the French or German version with less song choice. And instead of earning points, the player earns teardrops. Not the coolest scoring for a music game.

All in all, Def Jam Rapstar is the first of its kind where a microphone can be used to tap into the player’s inner lyricist and make it interactive. But because it’s the first, it was extremely flawed. DJ Hero 2 is a fun, visually attractive game with a lot to offer. Do all the mixes get you hyped? No. In fact, some of them are just awful, but all the other features make up for it.

Swift delivers on third album review by jasmine sachar

Critic or not, it’s hard to deny that Taylor Swift has an almost supernatural awareness of her audience. Her signature way of crafting songs as part diary entry, part girl-next-door poetry has proven to be a successful strategy and her new album Speak Now, which hit shelves late last month, can testify to that.

The album continues to dominate the top iTunes album spot and has sold more than 2 million copies in its first month.

In her last album Fearless, Swift seemed to play it relatively safe. But some tracks on Speak Now are remarkably risky, sometimes gut-wrenchingly raw and occasionally vengeful. Swift has made her enemies, and she’s calling them out now. In “Dear John,” arguably the strongest song on the album, she mourns her involvement with rocker John Mayer. She broods, “Don’t you think 19’s too young to be played/by your dark twisted games/when I loved you so?” In “Better than Revenge” Swift bitterly tears to pieces the new girlfriend of an old flame. The CD covers Swift on all degrees of the spectrum, from vulnerable to combative.

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when grilling them in song form is refreshing. When Swift described each track as “a confession to a different person,” fans rushed to get a hold of the lyrics, research and interpret them. The album was a buzz weeks before it was released.

Swift wrote all songs on the album and remains a brilliant lyricist. Still, some songs on the album miss

the mark melodically. Songs like “Haunted” and “The Story of Us” are cleverly written but the tunes aren’t as catchy as Swift has been previously. It’s even safe to say that most of the songs are average where music is concerned with a few hidden jems.

For most of the songs, it seems Swift has drifted from the country genre into more mainstream pop, which may disappoint some original fans, though she still makes some attempts at incorporating string guitar rifts wherever she can, most notably in the unforgiving single “Mean.”

As for song originality, Swift continues to produce those old standbys present on each album: the happy relationship song, the unrequited love song, the bitter break-up song, etc. Though “Mine” sounds eerily similar to her previous single “Love Story,” Swift does a relatively adequate job of exploring new themes and emotions. The title track “Speak Now” is quirky, original and pure Taylor.

The album certainly has darker undertones than her previous two. It’s understandable considering the two years album break and her life in the celebrity theater. Her growth as an artist is evident. With Fearless, many critics remarked that Swift was stagnant when it came to expressing emotions, but it seems that the 20-year-old starlet has spoken louder than ever before. The world is listening once again. november 19, 2010 | the marquee

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Two swimmers try to balance life with team story by lauren rose Wake up, eat, practice, school, practice, homework, repeat.

It’s 5 a.m. It’s too early for the sun to be up and the cool over-chlorinated water of a local pool greets senior David Durand as he prepares for his Lakeside Aquatic Club National Training Group Team practice. Two hours pass and Durand is off to school and at 2:30 p.m. the school swim team’s practice begins. The work out isn’t why Durand swims for club and school teams, but the thrill.

“I love the thrill I get from racing at meets and challenging myself to push my body to the next level,” Durand said. “Both of my teams push one another to reach new heights and accomplish things they never thought were possible.”

Every weekday during fourth period, the swimming and dive team goes to the Lewisville Natatorium to prepare for their next meet. Tomorrow swimming finals will be at Loos Natatorium in Addison and boys diving will take place at the LISD Aquatic Center.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Durand practices in Keller along with Saturday morning practices that vary between Keller and the Colony public pools.

The strict practice schedule bonds the team according to Durand.

“The individuals on the teams I swim for are honestly like my second family,” Durand said. “It almost seems that I see them more than I see my actual family because I train so much.”

While spending over 27 hours a week in the water, Durand is limited

to free time and has to balance friends with school work. Late nights and early mornings give Durand time to finish his school work. Instead of hanging out with friends after school Durand values weekends when he has time off from practices to spend time with friends.

He said that his school coach, Shannon Gillespy, works with club swimmers to make their chaotic schedules work.

“It’s hard to be on both teams because I am constantly competing at swim meets and spending most of the day at the pool,” Durand said. “The one weakness I have is not being able to sleep enough. I really wish I had more time to sleep. I’m swimming, sleeping, doing homework or traveling to practice.”

Along with Durand, senior Kevin Pellino balances a swim team schedule along with working as a lifeguard at Great Wolf Lodge on weekends.

“I work three days a week,” Pellino said. “It’s just really stressful sometimes trying to beat traffic and get to work in twenty minutes without being late.”

Working at Great Wolf, Pellino normally works the 5 - 10 p.m. closing shift.

Though he works about 15 hours every week and practices with the school team every day during fourth period, Pellino said that the long schedules have bonded the team, letting the team know each others strengths and weaknesses and encouraging each other when they struggle.

“Even though swimming gets hard to deal with sometimes, it’s worth it to me,” Pellino said. “I’ve made a lot of friends swimming this year. We really are a family even though everyone’s schedules are tight.”

photo by taylor thomas Senior David Durand swims a butterfly stroke on Tuesday Nov. 2 during a meet against Plano West at the natatorium. David won the 100 yard fly event with a time of 54 seconds.

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On the backside of the course, senior Craig Lutz surges a slight incline at the UIL State meet in Austin on Saturday, Nov. 13. Lutz went on to become state champion.

Boys cross country places third at state story by carley meiners and devon miller

Tears rolled down senior Sean Canavin’s face as the words “third place” echoed in his mind. This was his last shot, his last chance at a state championship. But it was all gone in a matter of thirty seconds.

Last weekend the boys cross country team placed third in the 5A UIL state meet. Canavin, though disappointed, said third place is still a success.

“We all thought we were going to get first,” Canavin said. “Third place is still third place. Out of all the schools in the state we’re the third best.”

Bringing home a state medal for any team is an achievement. Coach Steve Telaneus said it’s hard to come home with a medal and not feel good about it.

“They didn’t run poorly,” Telaneus said. “You don’t get third in the state and run bad. They’re a talented group of guys and they work really hard. They put themselves in a position where they had a chance to win.”

Although the team placed third overall, senior captain Craig Lutz placed first in the meet. Lutz said it’s hard to win two state championships in the state of Texas.

“Texas has a long tradition of being a powerhouse in running,” Lutz said.

“You’re going up against the best people in Texas, so it’s a honor to win two state titles in a row.”

In the past four years the team has gone from eleventh place to third. Lutz said they’ve been trying to build the team up for four years.

“Out talent is the number one in the state but we just didn’t show that at the meet,” Lutz said. “Now, we all have to live with the lost opportunity.”

This year the team will be losing their top four runners to graduation.

Junior Chase Brown said he will step up to be the top runner next year. Although Brown has potential, he said he didn’t have a good race at state.

“I wasn’t doing that great and I kind of dragged everybody down,” Brown said. “I wish I would have stayed with the team all the way through. I was a good thirty seconds off of what I usually am at. We went out into the race really fast.”

Tomorrow the team is racing at the Nike regional meet, hoping to qualify for the national meet in December.

Telaneus said this race will be a repeat of last weekend but harder. The race consists of all teams from the state no matter what district they’re in and three other states including Lousiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Lutz and Telaneaus both agreed that the team has a chance of winning the Nike meet.

“My expectations for this weekend are the kind of performance we expected last weekend,” Telaneus said.

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Minor league players find new host home off ice rink Molly Spain

Rangers steal third, home, then my heart

It’s hard to believe that it’s just a game because just any baseball game could not evoke the emotions that overwhelm me as I sit here. While nestled on the couch with my eyes fixed intently upon the TV screen, anxiety floods my mind and my hands tremor from nervousness. This is really it. This is really happening. The Texas Rangers have made it to the World Series.

My heart flutters as the announcer calls each Ranger to the field. Andrus, Hamilton, Kinsler...

The Texas Rangers have been in my life for as long as I can remember. It’s easy to recall the early years of Rafael Palmeiro and Pudge Rodriguez. I cheered for the Rangers throughout the seasons with the current Yankees A-Rod and Mark Teixeira while they were clad in Ranger red. I remember clearly the game on April 15, 2009 when Ian Kinsler made history after hitting for the cycle and at all six at-bats, and I blatantly confess to having a framed Kinsler poster on my bedroom wall documenting this game.

I’m the person that claps, cheers and yells at the TV while watching the baseball game in my living room, and the Rangers are the reason for this.

Given my devotion to the team, it’s hardly a surprise when I say I’ve watched all 162 bat-breaking, hysteria-inducing games this season, whether they were live or recorded for me to watch later. From the unbelievable game on July 16, 2010 in which Bengie Molina hit for the cycle in Boston to the defeat of the Yankees in the playoffs, the Rangers never ceased to amaze me. They have worked tirelessly throughout the entire season, giving every game their best effort despite the bankruptcy of the entire franchise.

Regardless of their loss in the World Series, the Rangers deserve every win made this season. After years of being the underdog, the Rangers have become a favored team, and my heart swells with pride to know that I cheered for them even when they weren’t the subjects of talk radio and sports stations. For every pitch thrown and bat swung, I can sense the passion, I can taste the drive deep within the Rangers’ hearts that no other baseball team can compete against.

The Texas Rangers have completed a season that will forever be immortalized in baseball history. I know they have changed my life in such a way that this moment, this World Series, this night in which I watched the Texas Rangers play their first World Series game will never be forgotten. Because for me, this is not just a game, it’s everything.

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Sophomore Tanner Karty steals the puck during practice Nov. 9 at the Dr. Pepper Star center in Farmers Branch.

story by devon miller Sophomore Tanner Karty laughed as he removed the last board from the bed. He quickly left the room and waited for senior Blake Malecha to return. A few minutes later, Malecha walked into his room and sat down on his bed, which collapsed. Karty burst into laughter as Malecha crashed to the floor, glaring up at his housemate, then laughing himself.

Malecha and Karty, who play for the U18 Dallas Stars AAA Hockey Club, are billet players, meaning they leave their hometowns and live with a host family here during the hockey season.

Malecha of Waseca, Minnesota and Karty of Oklahoma City live with junior C.J. Scherer, his mother Nicole Scherer and their family, who have been billeting for eight years.

“We’ve learned how to meld with other families,” Mrs. Scherer said. “It taught our kids a lot of valuable lessons on how to learn the give and take of living with other people of different cultures.”

This is Malecha’s first season living with the Scherers and playing for the Stars. Karty, who also lived with the Scherers and played for the team last season, said that being away from his family is difficult, but it’s something he’s gotten used to.

“I talk to my mom every other day and my dad once a week,” Karty said. “It was hard for the first five months, but after that it was all fun and games.

It’s a bunch of kids and we all mess around. (Coming back to the Scherers) was like coming home.”

Mrs. Scherer, who said she has hosted between 16 and 20 players over the years, got into billeting after taking in some Slovakian players for two weeks while they played in a tournament.

Karty, who plays center, started playing hockey because of his dad and has been since he was two.

Left wing Malecha, who has been playing for 13 years, became a hockey player after watching the

movie The Mighty Ducks.

Every weekday, Karty and Malecha practice at the Dr. Pepper Star Center in Farmers Branch. The team usually leaves for tournaments on Thursday and returns on Sunday.

“You don’t really have a social life, but you give up a social life for what we gain,” Karty said. “I’ve already been offered college scholarships last year as a freshman and that’s something that doesn’t happen at this age unless you’re doing what you’re doing and going from 3-6 every day. Giving up a little bit of social gets you places.”

Malecha said this team is the closest he’s ever played on.

“We do everything together,” Malecha said. “We travel together and on the weekends, we don’t have games we all hang out together. It’s awesome.”

Malecha, who has also received scholarship offers, said he is unsure if he will play hockey in the future.

“I plan to go to college somewhere,” Malecha said.

“I’m not really sure where yet. I got offered (a scholarship) by the University of Minnesota and I’ve also been talking with Yale.”

On the other hand, Karty, who has been offered four full-ride scholarships, said he isn’t sure if he wants to go to college at all.

“I plan for hockey to take me somewhere, not school,” Karty said. “I got protected in the first round of the WHL. If I did that, I would make money now but I can’t go to college. So I don’t really know what I’m going to do.”

Scherer said the hardest part of hosting is saying goodbye to her players.

“They’ve become part of our family,” Scherer said.

“The hardest part is when they leave because it’s like losing a family member. One of my favorite parts is that I stay in touch with those boys and they still come back and visit me. I go to their weddings when they get married. It’s like I’ve gained another child.” november 19, 2010 | the marquee

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Passion leads LAX player to Coppell team story by alex cain Sweat-drenched players line up on the field line, getting ready to start practice. Loaded with pads covering their bodies and cleats protecting their feet, they gear up for the initial pass of the ball. They carefully plot out plays and pass the ball aggressively, hitting each other to get score a goal. The Coppell High School lacrosse team runs through two hours of practice on a dark Monday night to gear up for the fall season.

Ryan Lambert is one of a few students at Marcus that participate in this high school sport. Because Marcus does not have a lacrosse team and because the sport is not a UIL sanctioned event, Lambert and other students are able to play for other schools in the district if that school has a team and enough room for the players. Although lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the country, it is overshadowed by the football popularity of the south, Lambert said.

“A lot of football players that don’t make starting varsity come and pick up a stick and really just hit people and get penalties,” Lambert said. “That’s what makes it kind of hard in Texas.”

In a sport where whacking each other with a stick can be legal, injuries are common because of the super aggressive nature of the players.

“As long as it looks like you are aiming at their stick, you can hit them in the arm.” Lambert said. “It hurts.”

Coppell lacrosse has a reputation as being one of the more aggressive teams in the state, even more so in division II. Their team also contains football players that play on the defensive end of the field that have been known to injure players.

“Our best defensive man Brandon Mullins legally

hit a kid so hard that he had to get a tracheometry,” Lambert said. “After that the team quit and didn’t want to play anymore. The other parents were really mad. It was pretty dramatic and kind of gave us a bad reputation.”

He started the sport when he was a sixth grader at Briarhill Middle School when his best friend Brian O’Connell introduced him to lacrosse. He then joined the Coppell Recreational lacrosse league. Because the Coppell league directly correlates with the high school team, Lampert and a few of his other teammates that played on recreational team were granted permission to play for the Coppell High School team.

“We were grandfathered in, as they call it, because we were playing there before,” Lambert said “but now no one else is allowed in.”

Because Lambert has been playing for so long, he has developed a relationship with the team and coaches and has even become one of the leaders of the Coppell team.

“He’s a natural leader by example, by how hard he pushes himself and the other guys on the field. I think that whenever they see that at practice, they push themselves harder,” Jared Venia, lacrosse coach at Coppell said.

Lambert plays midfield on the team, meaning that he helps both on the defensive and offensive ends of the game. Because of the necessity of midfielders to be all over the field, the position requires speed as well as endurance.

“He has hustle, enthusiasm and effort that he puts on the field,” Venia said. “He’s the kind of guy that I love to coach. He gives me a hundred and ten percent of what he’s got and then makes the best of his abilities. He goes harder and stronger than about anyone on our team.”

photo by kyle anderson At the American Indoor Sports facility on Wednesday, Nov. 3, junior Ryan Lambert receives a pass from a teammate. Lambert plays for the Coppell High School lacrosse team.

Bowling rebounds from FM loss, beats Hebron, Lewisville story by luke swinney

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Sliding for the frisbee

On Wednesday, Nov. 3, senior Ian Blair attempts to block the pass of a Lewisville player at Lewisville High School. Marcus won the game 11-4. History teacher Rob Doyle sponsors the team and practices are held at the freshman campus fields every Monday and Wednesday.

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ith a batch of new bowlers filling the void left by last year’s graduates, the bowling team is focused on teaching the fundamentals of the game so they can beat the district’s top-ranked team – Flower Mound.

Their match against Flower Mound on Oct. 30 ended in defeat for the Marauders, but coach Allen Nance said the loss will inspire the team to practice even more. It was the first match of the year and Nance said the new bowlers weren’t accustomed to the competition league yet.

“Now we’re looking forward to beating them the next time around,” Nance said. “It’s always good to have a goal to look forward to, so playing Flower Mound first helps us improve push kids in the right direction.”

Last weekend the Marauders played two different matches. On Saturday Nov. 13, both the girls and the boys lost to Lewisville and The Colony respectively, but they both came back to win on Sunday against Hebron and Lewisville. The teams’ next match will take place on Dec. 4 at AMF Lewisville.

Flower Mound benefits from having the number one youth bowler in the country, but since the competition league is set up by teams and not by individual scores, one person can’t carry their school to victory. Nance said it will be possible to beat Flower Mound once the team gets more experience from.

“Bowling is one of those sports that anyone can learn how to do, but how much you apply what you learn will make the difference on how much you improve,” Nance said. “I think that our new bowlers seeing the Flower Mound match and seeing what their goals are, it will inspire them.” design by james hubbard 19

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you’re not my father

Luke Swinney

Online school = huge headache

Sleep until 9 a.m. Go to PE. Go to newspaper. Go to theater. Go home.

I’m living the senior dream. I don’t have a core class and I don’t have homework. I can snooze through senior in and stay up through all hours of the night. Underclassmen would kill for my electivefilled schedule. And oh yeah, I’m failing.

Online economics. Our district’s “eSchool” lets students take certain courses online to make room for other classes during the school day, and to me it seemed like a great alternative. I’d get to take senior in and wouldn’t have to sit through lectures every day. Instead I could work at my own pace. My logic was flawless, or so I thought. After a month into the class I already knew I made a huge mistake. eSchool is the most unorganized thing I’ve ever seen and considering the current state of my bedroom, that’s saying something. After logging in, I had to find my class, sign-in and then scavenge through all the forums, lesson plans and resource materials until I got to the first unit. Sounds simple enough, but with the maze of links to search through and the complete lack of helpful instructions, I was baffled.

Maybe the eSchool creators are forbidden to use spell check on Microsoft Word, I’m not sure, but the constant typos completely discredit the class. On the online quizzes and even the tests, questions are repeated multiple times and all the answers can be found word-for-word on web services like Answers. com and ChaCha. I honestly haven’t learned a thing.

The course originally stated students had until December to complete all the assignments, but just recently the class was given a due date to complete units three and four. The due date was given less than a week in advance and only three students out of the whole class saw it and completed the lesson.

The rest were given failing grades and deemed “ineligible” for UIL activities, including myself.

After frantically emailing the LISD eSchool coordinator about my problem, she said the due dates were posted earlier than a week in advance. But on my computer screen I sure didn’t see it. eSchool’s disorganized system is failing 75% of the class with little warning.

Here I am in my senior year with the easiest schedule I’ll ever have and I’m failing my first class.

Sleep until 9 a.m. Stress about eSchool. Go to PE. Stress about eSchool. Go to newspaper. Stress about eSchool. Go to theater. Stress about eSchool. Go home. Stress about eSchool.

Not the senior dream I was hoping for.

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Ballin’ sports discounts

Finally serene again

Office creeping

Marcus Football coupon books are keeping more money in our pockets and our stomachs full. Slamming the free queso coupon down at Chilis brings more satisfaction than the creamy dip itself. Plus, having all these restaurants in Marcus territory allows us not have to travel over to the other side.

Habitat for Humanity is sprucing up the abandoned Serenity Gardens by weeding ten years worth of death and decay. The garden can now be enjoyed by all students but not just as smoke break area for teachers like in the eighties. Maybe now the smell of roses will mask the stench of old cigarettes.

Quickly after our last issue, the TV outside the front office started to mega creep on students by plastering photos in an original power point presentation. It’s strange to see us on TV, but all in all, this is a definite improvement. Keep on creeping office staff.

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Carley Meiners

One by one, friends slip away

I thought high school was supposed to be all about making friends. But here I am in my senior year and I feel like I’ve lost more than I’ve gained.

The majority of the girls I call my best friends are all part of one organization. Most of them I’ve known for six years. From making stupid videos of our inside jokes to staying up all night, they were everything friends were supposed to be. But I don’t have their dance abilities. I’ll never be one of them.

It started my sophomore year. After working so hard, my best friend made the team. I was thrilled and proud when she made it, but I wasn’t thrilled about the time it was going to take from our friendship. Still, I knew it was what made her happy so I supported her 100 percent. I went to every performance and made sure I was in the audience no matter what cheering her on.

The more and more time she spent with them, the less time we spent with each other. Deep down I knew things would never be the same.

But I didn’t just let the friendship die though. I constantly tried to hang out with her. I always let her know I was here ready to rekindle our friendship. But I hated feeling that I was on a one way road that never seems to end. I felt like she didn’t want me around. I wasn’t her top priority. The only time I ever saw her was when she performed. But that just wasn’t enough.

Gradually I became closer than ever with a girl I

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met freshman year. It was a breath of fresh air to finally be friends with someone else not in the organization I found myself surrounded by 24/7. She was always happy to see me. She made sure I knew she cared. But most of all she had time to spend with me, time to be my best friend.

Then it all became spiraling in when she told me she wanted to be one of them. She saw how close they were. All she wanted was to be a part of it. On the outside I supported her, but on the inside my heart was breaking. I knew that once she was in their group our friendship would slowly start to disappear, the exact same way it happened before.

This year is the first year she has been a part of their team. She promised she wouldn’t be like the others. She wouldn’t let our friendship slip away. But here I am with tears rolling down my face, knowing that once again I’m losing a friend.

The thing that hurts the most is knowing that I can’t do anything to prevent this from happening. I want for things to work out so badly, but all I can do is sit back and watch things unravel. In just a couple of months I’ll be going to college and I’ve always thought that would mean it would be tough to leave my best friends behind. But it looks like that’s already happened. I wish I could repair everything, but it almost feels like it’s too late.

It’s my senior year and my friends keep slipping away from me.

“Yes. There can be a problem with texting. If a person doesn’t like someone they don’t have the nerves to confront them so they will text them.”

Shannon Styer, freshman

“No, because when people usually mess around on Facebook they are messing around and don’t mean anything they say.”

Tanvi Shah, sophomore

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Turn those TVs on Teachers are turning off their TV’s, leaving students unable to know the time.

This only forces students to using their last resort - their cell phones. Just leave the TVs on faculty, it doesn’t make any noise so it’s not disrupting the classroom, but that light emitting from students’ pockets does.

Pep rally failure

Nomadic showering

Freshmen are missing out on high school’s greatest experience - pep rallies. Because of inefficient cables that can’t handle the distance between the gym and the library, grainy footage is what they’re staring at. Let’s fix this soon so all freshman can enjoy pep and team spirit.

Many teams are constantly locker room hopping every week due to construction on their own locker rooms. Different students are using the same showers every week and throwing their clothes and belongings wherever they may please. The lack of locker rooms is just gross.

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Breyanna Washington

Different shades of black

I was dark. Not light like the mixed girls or caramel like the lighter-skinned black girls. No one cared that I was black like my other friends. I was just dark.

And unfortunately, dark was not the new black.

I was never bothered by it. All of my friends had just seen Breyanna. Heck, some of them just saw a cool black chick to be with, so I never had issues with my friends. I only had issues with people who weren’t my friends. The black guys who would hang with the pretty black girls with good hair and hazel eyes only liked those girls because they were caramel. Those girls were closer to white than black anyways, so both whites and black preferred them. Up until sophomore year, it never bothered me. I was just some cool black chick that people knew. But then the bullying came.

I would hang out in the commons with my friends from middle school. We would stand and laugh and just chill with each other. One day we noticed a new set of black boys that came through the doors. They were handsome, athletic looking boys with bright smiles. They came closer and closer until they approached us in the commons. My friends were overwhelmed with joy as they rushed up to introduce themselves. I went as well.

“Hey, I’m Breyanna! What’s up?” I asked. But instead of a hug or a head nod, I was overshadowed by my friends. I wondered and wondered. Why didn’t they talk to me? Was I not loud enough? Could they

“Personally, no because nobody bothers with me.

For the student body, I believe there is a physical bullying problem but not a cyber one.”

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not see me because of my height? I looked at my friends and then at the back of my hand. There was something wrong with me. I was too dark. They could hear me, but even with the lights on, I was too dark to be noticed.

After a month of beating myself up for not being more caramel, I tried to make myself more “appealing.” I dressed more feminine. I straightened my hair.

I avoided tennis shoes and baggy jeans. And when I was with my friends, they complimented my style.

But did the black boys start noticing me? Yes, they did. They noticed enough to call me names. I was “Darkie.”After the boys had spent their time laughing, I realized that I wasn’t even pretty. There was always something wrong with me. I was like a broken toy – unfixable. I was worthless. I was just Breyanna.

Every chuckle was followed by an insult. I hated myself. I hated those boys. But hate never made them stop laughing. Hate made me look worse and the light-skinned girls look better.

Were those light-skinned girls any better than me?

I don’t know. Do I care? I only cared because it hurt.

It hurt to be ridiculed. It hurt to try so hard to be as pretty as I could and just be made fun of. We’re not all the same, but we’re not too different either. Sure, I’m dark, but I couldn’t imagine myself any lighter.

There is no way to make myself lighter or change my family’s skin tone. All I could do was be myself, satisfied and all. And I am.

“Yes. I hear a lot about how people gossip about what they saw on Facebook and other social networking devices.”

Scott Heinz, senior

“There is a probably a slight problem with cyber bullying because kids are mean. Kids in my class have experienced cyber bullying.”

Byron Crump, teacher

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Devon Miller

Friendship pattern leads to apology

I’m sorry.

I’m sorry for the way I treated you. For lying about everything. For throwing away our friendship without a second thought. But I’m mostly sorry that you’re not even the first person I’ve done this to.

I don’t even remember how we got here. I know things got bad, and I know we fought a lot. All I can remember is one day we were friends, the next we weren’t. It’s never a mutual thing when I get rid of friends, but maybe that’s why this time is so different. Maybe you didn’t want to be friends either.

It happens every year. One friend is a little too whiny, a little too creepy, a little too annoying and I kick them out of my life. They never see it coming.

One minute we’re friends and the next they’re gone.

It’s a bad habit I’ve struggled with for years.

You know what happened. You made some mistakes that I let you get away with. I led you to believe that everything was fine while every day I was getting more frustrated with you. One day, it all came out. It was downhill from there.

It’s never a clean break. There’s always a messy fight. By the end, my former friend is torn to pieces.

The friendship is damaged beyond repair. No one comes out of a fight with me unharmed.

Only after the damage has been done do I realize I made a mistake. If you were any other friend, I’d talk to you and ask forgiveness. Not one of them has turned me down.

You’re different, though. You know all my games and you can play them just as well, if not better. If I gave you some sob story about how I miss you and want our friendship back, you wouldn’t believe me.

You’d think I would’ve learned by now that when you treat people badly they won’t be too happy about forgiving you, but it had never ended badly before.

I’d always been forgiven. I always came out on top.

But now I don’t know what to do or how to fix things.

For the first time in my life, I’ve lost.

I don’t like to take a risk and put myself out there unless I know I won’t get hurt. I’ve always treated life like a game that I couldn’t lose. Now that I have lost, I realize I can’t treat people like pawns in my greater plan. I can’t just use my friends to get what I want and then drop them and pick them back up, over and over again. I need to end the cycle now.

It’s not a lie when I say I miss you. I’m not trying to manipulate you when I say I need you in my life.

I’m going to try being honest this time. I’ve learned my lesson. I’m going to do it right.

I hope you can forgive me, but I’ll understand if you don’t.

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Diabetes patterns start at youth Surrounded by the chaos of small kids, a little girl sits in the lunch room of her elementary school. She starts to unpack the contents of her lunch and spread them on the table. A colorful Little Debbie snack cake, a high fructose corn syrup-filled juice box, highlighter orange Cheetos and a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich comprise her meal. This meal has a caloric intake of 922, which is about three times the ideal number of calories that should be eaten at a meal for a person her age. This type of lunch is common, but years from now, this little girl may be facing type 2 diabetes. Actions must be taken to prevent the spread of this epidemic of diabetes in the future.

First of all, parents should take action and monitor their kids to promote healthier lifestyles. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every three Americans is predicted to develop obesity-related type 2 diabetes by 2050. Type 2 diabetes requires one to inject insulin into their body due to high blood sugar levels. To prevent even more children from being subjected to sticking needles in their fingers for the rest of their lives, when grocery shopping for school lunches and meals at home, parents need to search for the healthier food choices.

Any foods that have expiration dates longer than a year is not good for the body. Whenever possible, always opt for the organic choices that, although may be more expensive, will pay off in the long run by providing better nutrients. Parents need to include wa-

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ter, fruits and vegetables in their children’s lunches, and should force kids to attempt some physical activity every day, whether it is running, playing a sport or even just walking a dog.

It is not only the parents, but the government as well that needs to take action to prevent the spread of diabetes to children. As of 2010, the United States is ranked third behind India and China as having the highest number of diabetics according to the International Diabetes Federation. One way to help this is having the government regulate the foods that are sold in local grocery stores. Too many stores fill their shelves with processed junk food that have zero health benefits for the body. The government could ensure that organic, not chemical-packed foods populate shelves. More commercials could be aired on TVs that endorse healthy foods rather than the typical snack foods that appeal to little kids. Fun governmental programs could be instituted which promote exercise activities that kids could enjoy such as races with prizes and awards for the winners.

Schools also have a responsibility in a community to help students. With each year, the number of people infected by type 2 diabetes increases by about 1.6 million, and about 23.6 million people in the United States currently live with diabetes. The number of students affected with diabetes increases every year.

Schools can help by integrating lunch programs with only healthy choices. The cafeteria could put nutri-

tion facts for its meals on display so students can monitor their calorie and fat intake. Graduation requirements in high school can be changed to include four credits of physical fitness, and more programs such as fit gram can be started.

Although part of the blame for the high numbers of diabetics in the United States can be placed on society for its unhealthy foods and alluring technologies that diminish the idea of exercise, it is really the individual that needs to take charge of their bodies to prevent the onslaught of diabetes. Local governments can encourage its younger citizens to participate in fun exercise activities or regulate the sale of unhealthy foods. Parents and schools need to help push their kids to change their lifestyle into a healthy one. Students should encourage friends and family to exercise and make better food choices because right now, anyone can be the next target for diabetes.

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, It’s another typical school day and of course I’m hungry. I had a blueberry bagel and a cup of coffee for breakfast as I was driving to school at 7:30, but that never holds me over for five whole hours until C lunch starts. Does anyone have time to eat a full egg and pancake breakfast every morning? I know I certainly do not. Between showering, finding something to wear and generally waking up, I barely make it to school on time, let alone eat a hearty breakfast.

I am only asking for a small thing, which is to extend one passing period so that I have time to go to the commons and eat a quick snack. Take one minute from each passing period and add it onto the passing period between 1st and 2nd period. That extra few minutes would give those hungry individuals time to eat at the appropriate location. An even better idea would be to allow the first five minutes of 2nd period to be a snack time. This would give everyone a chance to stock up on some much needed carbs. It really would not be a crime to let me scarf down a bag of Lays chips during class. I will even bring some wet naps so I do not touch my greasy fingers everywhere.

In all honesty though, we the students must learn to respect our school or none of our demands will ever be met. It is really not hard to clean up after yourself or throw your trash away. We are, after all, mature high school students. If we could all follow these simple lessons then maybe soon you could be enjoying some Cheerios during a much deserved snack time.

Let snack time be implemented in school, and I promise that we will all be far more productive. I mean who can talk with a mouth full of banana muffin? I certainly know I was taught better manners.

So trust that the student body will act like ladies and gentlemen, and please let me eat my Lucky Charms.

Sincerely, Megan Fox, 12 P.S. Even teachers could use a snack time. november 19, 2010 | the marquee

Marauders fall to Denton Guyer 28-35 in first round of Division II 5A playoffs

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1. Two players hug after a devastating loss to Denton Guyer on Thursday Nov. 11. The score was 35-28.

2. Senior inside linebacker Alex Vogel quickly tackles a Denton Guyer player to stop a first down.

3. After darting outside of the pocket, junior Deion Sanders Jr. prepares to make a pass to an open receiver.

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Head coach Bryan Erwin stands in silence. Sobs echo around him. Players bend over and hold their stomachs. Some seniors are on their knees, hands cradling their helmets. Fights had broken out on the field, some in the stands. It starts to rain.

“You gave it everything you had,” Erwin says after a moments pause. “You laid it on the line. You fought like champions. And you’re hurting like champions right now.”

It was one of the more somber moments in what had been a relatively successful 8-2 season for the Marauders. Their hopes of reaching state were dashed in the first round of the 5a Division II bi-district playoffs by a formidable Denton Guyer on Nov. 11. The final score was 28-35.

The Marauders altered the line-up for the game, with another quarterback, freshman Cole Erwin, entering into the mix alongside junior quarterback Deion Sanders Jr. Receivers like junior Cody Apfel were plucked from the JV red lineup to enhance the passing game.

“We wanted to be balanced this year,” Erwin said.

“But when you’re not good at it, you don’t do it. We were best at running the ball. We weren’t real good at throwing and catching the football.”

Guyer was lead by Oklahoma State commitment J.W. Walsh who found ways to nimbly evade defensive tackles. Also aiding Guyer were running backs like Treavon Walton who scored three touchdowns and rushed for 124 yards.

Guyer also held the Marauders to a uncharacteristic 332 yards of total offense and a staggering 177 rushing yards, with only 3.77 yards per rush attempt.

The season average had been much higher with 381 rushing yards per game. “(Guyer) had a really good front seven and really good team speed on defense,” Erwin said. “They were the most talented team we’ve played all year long. To win a game like that, you gotta take some chances. You got to get some turnovers. We needed a couple more.” design by james hubbard 23

BUMP, SET, SPIKE Volleyball travels to Abilene for region, but finishes just short of advancing

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Niesler (#1) and junior middle blocker Lauren Douglass (#5) block a hit from a Tascosa High School player on Friday, Nov. 12.

2. Assistant principals Leigh Ann Lewis, Joanie Finch and Amy Boughton hold up a single finger to represent the one point needed to win the game.

3. Junior Dalton Dallas led the cheer “We believe that we will win” followed by the rest of the Marcus students. The school provided a bus to take 37 students to the game at McMurry University in Abilene.

4. In the last timeout of the game, coaches give words of encouragment before “breaking” to go on and win the last match.

5. Senior middle blocker and right side hitter Bailey Bunting prepares to spike the ball and eventually win a point. Marcus won the game against Tascosa on Friday night but was defeated

by Hebron on Saturday. The team finished as the regional tournament runner up in the 2010 5A district.

november 19, 2010| the marquee