Can We do Better

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tribal tribune

WANDO HIGH SCHOOL

volume 38, issue 6

MT PLEASANT, SC

jan. 31, 2013

GRAPHIC BY LIZ BENSON, EMILY LOR, & DAVIS HAITHCOCK

can we

do better? credit recovery » 8

2012 rewind » 15

In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., major reforms have been proposed.

The Tribal Tribune looks further into the big issues at hand on pages 17-24.

oscar awards » 28

staph prevention » 33

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what’s inside » 11 farming

new skills

The exceptional education classes head to Thornhill Farm twice a month and learn life skills such as making honey and collecting eggs. Learn about their adventures on page 11.

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to school

Alumnus Linard McCloud returns to the band room to “give back” to the program that helped guide his musical career. Read more about him on pages 13 and 14.

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After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, gun control and mental health have become the country’s most pervasive issues. See pages 17-24 for more.

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lightning

The Wando Theatre Department is performing its rendition of Grease: The Musical on Feb. 15-17. Discover the chemistry of the iconic T-Birds and Pink Ladies on page 27.

cinematic statistics

There are three movies tied for the most Oscars in history*; Ben Hur Titanic The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King *each of these movies has 11 Oscars

33 stopping

the spread

Prevention is the most important aspect of stopping the spread of staph, and the wrestling team shows how it tackles the problem on page 33.

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bear plunge

The annual Polar Bear Plunge on Sullivan’s Island is not just cool and fun, but a way to give back to the community. Read more and see the pictures on page 40.

Check out the Tribal Tribune website.

Using your smart phone, scan the QR code below.

corrections: The Tribal Tribune made the following errors in Issue 5, Vol. 38: On page 13, we incorrectly attributed the pulled quote to McClain Fowler. The quote was said

by Maggie Fowler.

Shtompil’s instrument as a foil. It is an epee.

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aprons

I’ve loved to cook ever since I can remember, so for my birthday my best friends made them for me. Best birthday gift ever.

sunglasses

Whether I’m either going to the beach, driving to school or hiding my no-makeup face at Walmart, these go everywhere with me. I could never live without them.

doll

It was a gift from my daddy from one of his many deployments to South America. I always loved his gifts.

monogram

Another birthday gift from my best friend [senior] Grace Craig. I love it to death – the fact that it’s my monogram and that it’s homemade. I love to look at it so I put it over my TV.

lilly cup

My cup… it’s beautiful and I love it. It makes whatever I drink, from water to soda, look fashionable. This is something I don’t think I could live without.

jacks

These are my favorite shoes, even though I just got them recently. This love affair has been going on since I first saw them freshman year. They’re classic and go with everything.

They’re also functional, which is why they mean so much to me.

i-pod

Music is a big part of my life, just like everyone else’s. This iPod has been with me since eighth grade, so it’s a dinosaur compared to the new ones.

It’s been with me through all the hard times.

ALL PHOTOS BY EMILY CAPPELMANN // staff

things I can’t live without

getting to know » senior erin dunahoe

record

I got it from my grandma. This record has moved my heart – the classic artwork along with the big shiny vinyl in the middle. The love grew stronger once I heard it at my grandpa’s funeral, playing his songs. I’ll never let it go.

lilly planner

I always love to stay organized, no matter what I’m doing. If I don’t write something down, I usually forget it.

That’s why it’s important.

future plans

Next year, I plan to attend Winthrop teacher, and later to get my master’s University in Rock Hill, S.C. I plan to degree at University of South Carolina study for my undergraduate there as a to be a speech therapist.

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making history once more MCT

after the retirement of former junior senator, haley appoints scott

After being appointed to take resigning senator Jim Demint’s seat in the Senate, S.C. Rep. Tim Scott is sworn in by his mother, Frances Scott, and Vice President Joe Biden Jan. 3. (Right) Scott stands with a World War II veteran after an Aug. 9 event. Scott and his mother laugh together, and (bottom right) Sen. Scott gives a speech during a campaign appearance.

san support, Scott soon gained a reputation for staunch yet thoughtful conservatism.

He stood against higher taxes and helped bring Boeing to Charleston.

And then Sen. DeMint announced his plans to, in effect, retire. Scott was the almost-surefire choice. Never facing any real opposition from a Democrat or third-party contender, Scott commanded the favor of several powerful political figures, including one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R-AL).

It was Gov. Nikki Haley’s favor that mattered most, however, and Scott had that too.

“The biggest difference for me has been the opportunity to represent everyone in the great state of South Carolina,” Scott enthused in an e-mail interview earlier this month. His staff is currently uprooting his old office and transferring to a new one in Washington.

Despite the quick ascension of his political star and potential opportunities in the future, Scott said he “can’t think of a better place to be than representing South Carolina.”

Knowing that Stall High School was watching him when he swore in was his “best moment so far,” he said.

He remains intensely loyal where he came from, vowing to stay in touch with the voters through social media especially.

“My goals and principles are the same,” Scott said. “I will work tirelessly to unleash opportunities for folks to make their lives better -- I want the absolute best for South

COURESY OF TIM SCOTT

staff writer All that’s changed is everything.

S.C. Rep. Tim Scott became the senator for South Carolina Jan. 3, sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden and tapped by Gov. Nikki Haley to replace Sen. Jim DeMint after he left to work with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

It’s been a long rise.

Scott started small – even more than small, some might say. Tiny. Infinitesimal.

As the eldest son of a single mother, a young Scott had the responsibility of a man without any strong male role models to look up to. His family always came first; by 13 he had his first job to help pay for the bills his small family amassed.

His grades, unfortunately, suffered.

Scott was 14 and on the verge of failing out of high school. His mother tried to keep him off the streets with tough love – but slowly, Scott was sinking. And it was then that John Moniz showed up.

The owner of a local Chik-Fil-A took the troubled young man under his wing, teaching him the importance of hard work and intelligence. Under Moniz’s mentoring, Scott thrived. His grades shot up, and eventually he attended Charleston Southern University on a football scholarship.

One year later, Scott exchanged his football scholarship for a Christian Leadership one. Christian influence -- and the value of family, mentoring and education -- has remained an integral part of Scott’s politics ever since. Even now, he calls his family “his biggest supporters.”

When he found out that he had been chosen to be senator, Scott said, “I immediately called my mom to share it first with her.”

Scott has served in South Carolina government since 1996 and responded in an email interview to questions from the Tribal Tribune.

He first ran for Congress in 2009. A Republican graced with unusual biparti-

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quick facts about Tim Scott:

Age: 47 High School: Stall High School College: Charleston Southern UniverCarolina and our great nation.”

To achieve that, he will focus on tax reform and economic policy decisions that will affect every voter.

Scott also remains closely tied to education, aiming to bring teachers, parents and even students into the decision-making process for schools, allowing schools more individual leeway.

It is one of his many ways of helping the institutions that helped raise him.

Tim Scott is a unique man. As the only black Republican in the Senate, and the first black Republican in the South since Reconstruction, he has already made history. And yet he hopes to top these already astounding accomplishments in Washington.

“Representing the whole of South Carolina as a U.S. Senator is a great honor,” he said, “and I am not taking it lightly.”

sity, B.S. in Political Science Career: Owns insurance agency Religion: Evangelical Christian, member of Seacoast Church

by the numbers:

1: Number of black senators in America 5: Number of black senators elected in America 1: Number of black senators appointed in America until now 3: Number of black senators who have been from Illinois 0: Number of black senators who, until now, have been from South Carolina

in the senate:

The first black senator was elected only in 1870 - Hiram Revels of Mississippi, who served only a year. Illinois has supplied a number of black senators, including Carol Mosley Braun, the first female African-American senator, and Barack Obama, who claimed the presidency in 2008 and recaptured it in 2012.

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1 winter formal

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MOLLY LONG // staff JIMMY MASALIN // staff

IAN HURLOCK // editor

Strobe lights, people in masks and blaring music. Winter Formal proved to be another success for Student Council. Approximately 650 tickets were sold, according to Student Council advisor DiAnna Sox. This year’s dance on Jan. 26 required many hours of work, according to Sox. “It’s hours and hours of work,” Sox said.

“We were probably there six hours ahead of time setting up. It’s a really grueling day, but as far as the dance goes, I think the people who were there had a really good time.”

Many members of Student Council arrived at Wando at 9 a.m. on Saturday to begin the long process of transforming the gym into a masquerade-themed winter wonderland.

“Since we did a tent, we actually had to lay out the fabric, and the measurements that we had to hang the mask didn’t match the fabric measurements, so we had to scrunch the fabric,” junior student council member Betsy Wallace said. “It all got a little messed up, but we fixed it.”

Despite the hiccup during preparations, the overall result was better than expected.

“I had a great time. I thought it was great. I think that everybody who put in the work think it was worth it,” Wallace said.

--alli cherry

2 ROTC ceremony

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Every semester brings new changes in ROTC. Cadets are nominated and promoted to different positions and awards are given. On Jan. 25 the PAC hosted the ROTC Award Ceremony. Two cadets were awarded the prestigious position of wing commander and deputy commander: cadet colonel.

Junior Scott Schiller and senior Gina Romanelli were named deputy and wing commanders, repectivally. Scott and Gina are “in charge of day-in and day-out running of the core,” Major John Farese said.

Freshmen Kelsey Bianco, Alex Eltringham and Ncik Theres (2A) take part in the ceremony.

-- caroline rothkopf

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notable achievements

At the auditions held at Lexington High School on Jan. 26th, 65 Wando students made All-State, 19 became alternates and 82 made region band.

Included in the group are juniors Grace Law and sophomores Megan and Vanessa along with senior Matthew Glaser.

playing into all-state records Hard work, dedication and preparation. The three reasons, associate director Lanie Radecke said, Wando High School had more students make All-State band than any other high school in South Carolina.

The auditions were held at Lexington High School on Jan. 26. Sixty-five students made All-State, 19 became alternates and 82 made region band.

“They put in a lot of hard work, and they were more prepared than they’ve ever been,” Radecke said.

Last year, Wando had 47 students who made AllState. The second place high school had 13. Radecke attributes Wando’s huge success to a “culture of excellence.”

Five students – two more than last year – made jazz

Science teacher Larsyn Runion works every day to make a difference in her classroom -- and her school. Runion, who began teaching at Wando this year, was named January Teacher of the Month by the Charleston County School District for several achievements, including teaching, coaching and carrying over a health and wellness club from Laing Middle School to Wando.

“I was very excited but humbled at the same time,” Runion said about the award. “I never expected to get that award. I owe it all to my students.”

Runion has been teaching for four and a half years and has a master’s degree is in Health and Exercise Science. She said her passion drives from a combination of education and athletics. Currently, Runion coaches junior varsity girls lacrosse.

Overall, Runion said she enjoys being a part of the Wando community.

“I’m happy,” she said. “It’s fun! The people who I work

Junior Grace Law made the 2013 Honor Orchestra of America. “This will be my second time going, so I’m excited to see people from last year again,” she said.

Senior Claire Bogdan made the 2013 Honor Orchestra of America. “I’m looking forward to getting to work with kids from all over the country,” she said.

Anatomy teacher Deana Sutler received the Project Lead the Way official teacher certification for the state of South Carolina.

MOLLY LONG // staff

band: seniors Patrick Magwood, John Newton, Reese Meares, Luke Imholz and sophomore Derrick Burbage.

“They practiced hard, and we spent a lot of time learning to improvise,” associate director Jeff Handel said.“We try to set them up with an education that will give them success in the future.”

In addition to having the most students make AllState in South Carolina, Wando also beat a personal record.

“They work really hard, and that translated to [their success] at All-State,” Handel said.

--sarah russell JADE YOUNG // staff

»teaching achievements

Senior Ryan Berberian made the 2013 Honor Band of America. “I was happy to have made it because I didn’t make it the past two years, so I worked really hard this year to make it,” he said.

In her first year at Wando, science teacher Larsyn Runion was awarded January Teacher of the Month by the Charleston County School District.

with are amazing. The students I teach are amazing.”

--jack drennan

Science teacher Jason Sox was awarded the Most Outstanding Science and Mathematics Education award for the Masters Degree program at College of Charleston in December.

Biology teacher Ruth Truluck received the Project Lead the Way official teacher certification for the state of South Carolina.

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the path to recovery

as budgets decrease, CCSD has to make tough choices regarding school programs

Over the course of a year, an estimated amount of 400 kids -- 10 percent of the student body -- recover lost credits, according to administrator Sharon Randall, but budget cuts have limited the number of available interventionists for recovery programs. ashleigh horowitz Besides recovering credit, Saturday School is available webmaster to help students catch up on make-up work or get tutoring Broken down computers, extra charges on school if time is an issue during the week. The program was not meals, cut classes -- signs that the budget for CCSD has available at all last semester, according to Matesi. Because gone down. The next targets of the financial decline are of cuts in funding, there was a shortage of interventionists the people who are the backbone to extra student re- to help, supervise and teach students in need.

“We’re limited in the fact that I can’t help a calculus sources--interventionists.

The job of interventionists is to track down and help, student, but if we had an available interventionist who had in any way possible, a struggling student by getting them the upper level math skills and taught that, we would be extra help, catching them up on credits or boosting their able to offer more to students,” Matesi said. “[Budget cuts] cut the available staff. Basically overall grades to avoid failed in order to have an after-school courses. Within the interven- “We are hoping because the program you have to pay the tionists’ umbrella of programs, credit recovery is one of the economy is turning around that teachers, and in order to have many academic boosters that that will change by next school a Saturday school you have to pay the teachers.” benefit students.

The computer-based inCredit recovery is exactly year and we’ll get back to full tervention programs, such as how it sounds: a way to recover funding...but the thing about credit recovery, have fewer a credit for a failed class.

One week after grades go Wando is this is such an excep- classes held, and Saturday into the school’s computer sys- tional school we, [and] we have school has been cut all together a few times because of untem for the quarter, semester available funding. or year--if a student struggled such an exceptional faculty...”

For credit recovery specifbut failed between a 61-69 perically, computer labs have been centile -- credit recovery is an cut from two to one, which available program that gives students the opportunity to boost their failing grade to over the course of the year cuts eight possible classes.

This gives students less of an opportunity to keep up a passing one of 70.

This isn’t to be confused with its sister program, with their credits and can result in a student not graduatquarter unit recovery, which is given when a student is ing in time. This problem is commonly seen several times currently enrolled in a class that is semester or yearlong. before prevented with intervention programs, according to In this program, students bring up their average to pass- Randall.

“We are hoping because the economy is turning ing for the specific quarter they are in.

“Intervention has really provided extra support for around that that will change by next school year, and we’ll students who’ve needed it, and I think there are students get back to full funding,” Randall said. “But the thing about who might not have earned their credits or passed their Wando is this is such an exceptional school; we have such classes without it, their are a lot of valuable teachers who an exceptional faculty that in many cases people are donatwork with the program,” interventionist Jamiell Matesi ing their time to make sure no kids fall through the cracks.” said.

sharon randall

twilight

Used primarily for discipline--students can only be placed in Twilight School by Principal Lucy Beckham or CCSD personnel. Held in B-206, it is supervised

by math teacher Mark Woodhall and the overall program is overseen by Assistant Principal Jeff Blankenship.

renaissance

computer-based learning

Renaissance school is available to students who need to catch up on credits or want to get ahead. The program is held in B-231 and supervised by teacher Mia Rooks.

Computer-based learning as a second delivery method or to catch up on credits. It is held during school hours in F-215 and supervised by teachers Mickey Hunter and Janet Woodhall.

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steps to finding success need to know how to get into credit recovery? follow these four steps.

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Students who fail a class with a 61-69 are eligible for credit recovery.

Consult with your guidance counselor about your options.

Fill out the enrollment paperwork for the credit recovery online class.

4 Take the online class during school hours, which, if completed properly, will raise your grade to a 70.

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Juniors Aziz Madaminov and George LeClair separate seeds under Karis Johnson’s supervision, one of the hands-on activities the volunteers take part in on Wednesdays.

harvesting new skills biweekly field trip provides alternate learning experience amber kallaur

staff writer Wednesday: it’s hump day, middle of the week, only two days left to the weekend. But for exceptional education students, it’s so much more.

The group volunteers at the Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry, part of Thornhill Farms in McClellanville, every other Wednesday. The hands-on activities they take part in are learning opportunities, according to exceptional education teacher Allyson Brown.

The students are able to feed animals such as donkeys and chickens, and they love to just be outside and pet the animals, according to Brown.

“A lot of my students with autism are more concrete thinkers and they can’t think abstractly, and so it’s great for them to have the beginning product and the end product and being able to see the different stages of growth. It just helps them to connect what it is they’re doing,” said Brown, Wando’s 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year.

Simple activities such as collecting eggs really help the students, Brown said.

“It helps them learn to care for something other than themselves, also to follow directions,” she said, “and learn how to be a little more gentle and aware of everything and everybody around them.”

Exceptional education teacher Sharon Knisley agrees that the field trips are important.

“They get to really see the whole process of the animal -- they collect the egg, they go back into the house, they wash the egg up and then they see we use eggs to cook,” she said. “And it’s just so beneficial to them.”

Brown said the farm offers special accommodations to help the students.

“The farm has been wonderful to the kids,” she said.

The farm has provided raised beds for the students that are in wheelchairs so they can participate and learn also, Knisley said.

On the Wednesdays that the students don’t travel to the farm, farm workers come to them with activities.

Recently, the farm has brought pumpkins for them to carve, and they also were able to take the seeds out and roast them, Knisley added.

They also participate in planting, weeding and harvesting while volunteering. Students also do the gardening for 17 North, and the chef uses the plants in

the restaurant, so a lot of people in Mount Pleasant have eaten what they have grown, Brown said.

In addition, exceptional ed students also are involved in creating loofah soap, their own seed paper and organic potting soil, Brown added. For the loofah soap, the students actually grow the loofahs on the farm and peel and cut them to prepare the loofah for the soap. They also grow indigo which they use to color their homemade seed paper and make organic potting soil.

The students measure all the different components, bag them and put the labels on them to get them ready for the farm to sell in their store.

“We are hoping that they are going to maybe learn some employable skills and that they will be able to work for a local nursery,” Knisley said. “And if it’s not an employable skill, hopefully it will become a leisure skill for them.”

Knisley said she cherishes the moments that she gets to watch the students help out and have fun while they’re doing something that they’re really enjoying.

“It’s just very rewarding to see them enjoying something that they’re doing and being able to work towards an end product and kind of seeing the light bulb go off when they finally realize that yes, this is something I’ve created,” Brown added.

busy bees

One of Michelle Schannon’s goals is for people to understand how important bees are. They don’t just make honey -they help all food production. And after attending a convention, Schannon has made it one of the goals for the exceptional education teachers and students to help out -- bee keeping at Thornhill Farms.

They don’t directly get to work with the bees; the actual bee keeping is done by the teachers. But the students were able to build the hives and paint them.

They also sell the honey.

“They are learning about more of the business part of it: the bottling, the selling and the labeling,” Exceptional Education Specialist Schannon said.

The farm allowed the children to have a part of the farm to build and create their own bee hives. The farm is not associated with the bee hives -- they are all of the students and teachers responsibility to take care of the bees and collect the honey, Schannon said.

The students love the whole experience, according to Schannon.

“They get to see the honey in the frame, the way the bees put it in there, and then they spin it out, and the next thing you know it’s flowing out of the bottom,” she said.

The students took off 80 pounds of honey the summer of 2012, and the product sold out to teachers and family members. They also use the honey for projects like making their own granola bars in their classrooms like they did in previous years to sell to students and staff, according to Schannon.

The profits raised go to a transition fund that teachers use to promote job training for the students out in the community to help with future employment, Schannon said.

The teachers love doing something so helpful and enjoyable with the students.

“It is an amazing process and is pretty important for sustainability,” Exceptional Education Specialist and bee keeper Norma Kulseth said.

Both Schannon and Kulseth would love to work with a science teacher on this project.

“Kind of build the bridges between the regular kids and the exceptional kids,” Kulseth said.

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volunteering opportunities

Horticultre teacher Erin Donohoe stands with Willie Rogers and Gernan teacher Stephanie Mignone as he thanks them for their generous gifts that multiple teachers and students provided for his family this past Christmas.

february events Francis Marion National Park cleanup: Feb. 2

Feb. 2; 8 a.m.- 12 p.m.; meet at 2967 Steed Creek Road, Huger, S.C. – Call 1-877-725-7733 to volunteer – lunch and supplies are provided.

teachers and students provide a custodian with a merry holiday gabriella tilley staff writer Christmas is a time of year that brings joy and happiness to most. But for janitor Willie Rogers, a sense of depression arose when he thought about the holiday. He wouldn’t be able to provide a Christmas for his nine children, ranging from ages two to 24.

“It’s hard for me now because I want to take care of them, but I’m struggling to take care of them,” Rogers said. “But they know I love them.”

Rogers describes his struggles throughout his life beginning in his early childhood -- a time when he had to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, a result of his parents walking out early in his life.

Though Rogers has suffered, he works hard with three jobs. Without a car, he does all he can in order to make a better life for himself and his children.

“I’ve been up before, and right now I’m down,” he said. “But I know it’s going to get better, I just know it is.”

Rogers’ worth ethic is what drew the attention of Stephanie Mignone and Katherine Donohoe.

“Mr. Rogers is the person who’s charged with keeping the trailers clean

and the floors in nice shape and takes his job very seriously and demonstrates excellence that we try to do at Wando,” Mignone said. “And we [teachers] really appreciate that.”

After getting to know Rogers by talking to him as he cleaned their trailer classrooms, Mignone and Donohoe decided that they should do something for him and his family during the Christmas season.

When telling Rogers of their plan, Mignone wanted to make sure he knew that this wasn’t a “charity” for him, but an appreciation for all his dedication and hard work at Wando.

They decided to collect money from the teachers in the trailers and get him a gift card to help with Christmas for his four boys at home. Only a small amount of money was expected, but a large response by students and teachers was the result, Mignone and Donohoe said.

“The whole thing just grew. People were buying things like toys and shoes as well as giving money” Mignone said.

Mignone remembers one specific time she went into Social Studies teacher Meredith Buckendahl’s room and told the students about her idea for Rogers. Wallets were opened and small but helpful donations were given.

“They knew that he [Rogers] was cleaning up after them, and it was just an amazing moment seeing those kids step up that way,” Mignone said.

Rogers said that he is always helping the people around him, his family and Wando, and explains that receiving these

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giving as a whole

presents was the first time he felt like all his giving had finally paid off. A form of karma -- a reward for his hard work.

“It was amazing. I saw that people were noticing the things I’ve been doing, and I felt like finally I was getting shown the type of helpfulness I had been showing everybody else,” Rogers said.

However, Rogers doesn’t take all the credit for the work he’s done in his life.

Looking up towards the ceiling, Rogers is constantly thanking God as the benefactor in his life.

“God is great, and he has given me so much,” he said. “I am here today because of him, and I thank him every day I wake up breathing.”

Rogers was in absolute shock when he found out about his Christmas surprise.

“I just couldn’t believe it. I just couldn’t believe all the love and support that I got,” Rogers said.

As a man with a tough beginning in life, Rogers is continuing the struggle to provide and support his family and himself. He works through occasional bouts of depression but continues to say he knows God is there supporting him. He feels obligated to push forward, even through the heartache and pain, he said.

“I know my babies love me, and I know that I’m going to work through all this and just pick myself back up. Sometimes being happy is hard, but I’m trying. I’m smiling and remembering God is great, and God is giving me the strength to get through,” Rogers said.

Southeasern Wildlife Exposition(SEWE): Feb. 15-17

Fill out the application at www.sewe.com/voluneer to register. Various positions available.

Key Club Tons of Love February - March 7

Bring in dog food, collars and other pet items to the designated boxes in the Media Center or Kirk Beilke’s room (H-134).

Year-round Events

Crisis Ministries, 573 Meeting Street, downtown Charleston

Volunteers are needed to purchase food, cook and serve meals. To sign up, student volunteers ages 14-18 must complete the volunteer information form at charlestonhomeless.org and sign up for a tour of facilities. Potential volunteers will be contacted

by Crisis Ministries staff and confirm their attendance at the tour.

The Charleston Animal Society, 2455 Remount Road, North Charleston

Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent and register with the Youth Engagement Program. Volunteers play with animals, walk dogs, do laundry and other tasks. Volunteers over 18 that have been at the shelter for at least six months and attended special training sessions can work with stray animals. New volunteers must attend orientation before working.

Those interested can sign up at charlestonanimalsociety.org.

-- compiled by sarah heywood

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JANUARY

FEBRUARY

JAN 13 An Italian cruiseliner, Costa Concordia Crash, partially sank; 32 died.

MARCH

MARCH 18 Rising Price of Gas

FEB 5 The New York Giants beat the the New England Patriots, 21-17, in Super Bowl XLVI.

MARCH 6 The Apple App Store passes 25 billion downloads.

JAN 13 Joran Van der Sloot, suspected killer of teenager Natalie Hollaway, was sentenced to 28 years for the murder of Flores Ramrez in Peru.

FEB 26 Unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was killed

by George Zimmerman in Florida neighborhood.

MARCH 25 Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational Tourna

APRIL

MAY

MAY 13 President Barack Obama publically supports gay marriage.

APRIL 3 Tornadoes break out across the Midwest; 162 killed in Joplin, Mo. APRIL 9 Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion.

APRIL 18 Dick Clark dies.

MAY 13 The Syrian government attacks the village of Houla, and 32 children are killed.

JUNE

JUNE 22 Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 of 48 charges of child molestation June 22. On Oct. 9, Sandusky was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison.

2012

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JULY

JUL 17 In a showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Co., a shooter entered a theater and fired into the audience. Twelve people died; 58 people were injured.

JUL 27 The 30th Olympiad took place in London. The U.S. took home 46 gold medals.

OCTOBER

OCT Charleston was named the best city to visit in the world by Conde Nast Traveler.

OCT 21 Fidel Castro appears in public for the first time in many months.

OCT 22 Hurricane Sandy hits New Jersey and New York; at least 253 people died with $65 billion in damages.

AUGUST AUG 6 NASA sends Curiosity Rover to Mars.

AUG 11 Hurricane Isaac hits Gulf Coast seven years after Katrina hit.

AUG 27 Republican National Convention held in Tampa. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is nominated as presidential candidate.

NOVEMBER

NOV 4 After a year focused on campaigning, incumbent President Barack Obama beat out challenger Gov. Mitt Romney to enter his second term as president.

NOV 9 Then director of the CIA, Gen. David Petraues, resigned his position after the uncovering of his affair.

SEPTEMBER SEPT 4 Democratic National Convention is held in Charlotte.

SEPT 11 The American consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, resulting in the deaths of four people, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

DECEMBER

DEC 15 Boeing produces first Dreamliner.

DEC 17 S.C. Gov. Nicki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to replace Sen. Jim Demint, who resigned to take over at Heritage Foundation.

DEC 17 At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shooter entered the school and killed 26 people as well as himself and his mother.

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musical alumni

Multiple alumni have gone on to pursue careers in the music industry — many of which have evolved out of a dedication to the band.

alison thigpen Thigpen currently works as assistant band director at the University of Notre Dame. She graduated from Wando High in 2001, earned a BMUS in Music Education from the University of Georgia in ’05, and an MME in the same field from the University of South Carolina in 2007.

“As an assistant band director, I work with many of the ensembles in the band program, including the marching band, concert bands and chamber ensembles,” Thigpen said.

cameron handel The wife of percussion teacher Jeff Handel is also a Wando alumnus. As a trumpet player, she’s found herself playing alongside larger-than-life acts. Handel studied classical music at the University of Georgia and jazz at the College of Charleston.

“I am the trumpet player for the singer Michael Bolton right now, and it definitely involves my interest in music. I get to play music around the world for a living,” Handel said.

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love of music leads alumnus to return to classroom to give back to program sarah russell staff writer

As Linard McCloud takes his place, facing some of America’s top high school musicians who make up the Wando High School band, emotion fills his eyes. He is not only leading a world-renowned band – McCloud is leading the band that he was a part of just five years ago.

When director Scott Rush and associate director Lanie Radecke attended the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago Dec. 19-20, McCloud was the logical choice to lead the band in their absence. Not only would it be an invaluable learning experience for McCloud, an aspiring band director, he would also have the chance to give back to the band

Senior Ryan Berberian plays during a saxophone lesson from alumnus Linard McCloud, who teaches private lessons.

that taught him so much.

A saxophonist since fourth grade, McCloud grew up around music. His father is a band director at Burke High School, his older sister participated in band from middle school to college and his mother is a multi-instrumentalist.

McCloud considers it no surprise that he ended up a musician.

“It was already in the genes, in the blood,” McCloud said, his smooth jazz tone as proof.

During high school – and the rest of his life, as he would find – music and band were always of foremost importance for McCloud.

“It didn’t dictate my life, but it took priority a lot of times over studying,” he said.

Rush remembers McCloud as an outstanding and inquisitive student. Under Rush’s direction, McCloud developed his talent for playing the saxophone.

“His musical maturity really took flight at Wando,” Rush said. “Not only was he an exceptional saxophonist, but we had wonderful discussions about everything musical.”

Band tested McCloud. “It’s literally a full-time job,” he said.

But it also provided him with valuable friendships. Music allowed McCloud to become friends with people he wouldn’t have ordinarily approached, leading him to find personalities he genuinely treasured.

“The best part of band was making music with friends and even making friends through making music,” McCloud said.

In addition to the extensive participation required by band, McCloud challenged himself with all honors and AP classes. Managing a busy and demanding schedule taught him valuable lessons no ordinary class could impart.

“I learned how to endure a lot, how to push through anything,” McCloud said. “I didn’t enjoy [the experience] while I was going through it, but I appreciate it looking back.”

McCloud graduated Wando High School in 2008. When he arrived at Uni-

versity of South Carolina in fall of that year, McCloud realized his hard work had paid off – McCloud found himself a semester ahead in his classes and even further when it came to band.

“I realized just how far ahead of the game I was and how unique my experience was at Wando. What the kids get here with Mr. Rush, Mrs. Radecke and Mr. Handel, musicians don’t get everywhere,” he said.

“Kids here are blessed.”

During his time in school, although McCloud had always been open to specific careers, he had no doubt that he wanted to pursue music.

“I was always really passionate about music,” McCloud said. “I knew it was what I wanted to do.”

With heavy influence from his father, McCloud originally hoped to become a band director.

“And then we get to that age when we’re not fans of our parents so we don’t want to do anything they do,” he said, smirking at the memory.

This sparked a long series of switching career plans – first a saxophone teacher, then a conductor or a music theory teacher. McCloud remembers a final change of mind before he found the track he’s on today. His senior year at All-State, McCloud decided he was sure that he wanted to be a band director.

“By August I had changed, because I didn’t really want to teach children -- that’s the last thing I want to do,” he said sarcastically. “But I’ve since matured and I see the need for good educators.”

Today, McCloud still has a long list of things he wants to be when he “grows up.”

He believes in open horizons and marketability. He also feels a strong calling to be a teacher.

McCloud sees a need in the classroom – kids, he says, need teachers who care, who are good examples, role models, motivators. He doesn’t blame today’s teachers; he just sees flaws in the system.

“Kids are sifted like wheat from kindergarten. ‘This one’s smart, this one isn’t.’

They don’t have a chance,” he said. “They really need good people in the classrooms.”

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In order to fill that need himself, McCloud is pursuing teaching certifications through a program called PACE, which offers alternative certifications in the area of your major. McCloud hopes to obtain certifications to teach math as well as music.

McCloud still wants to be a band director – “I guess my dad did win,” he said wryly – but he now has even bigger plans.

In college, McCloud said his life changed dramatically.

“I met the Lord,” he said simply.

As a result, his religion has become his greatest passion.

“I want to preach the gospel around the world,” McCloud said. “Of course I will be band director and do those other things, but that’s number one.”

Rush and Radecke hoped choosing McCloud to lead the band in their absence would be a win-win situation: he could gain real world experience as a band director and the students would be under great care.

“It’s also great for the current band students to see one of their own be successful,” Rush added.

In addition to giving regular saxophone lessons to 18 students and helping his father with the band at Burke High School, McCloud is currently working as a math TA at a charter school downtown.

His immediate thought when he got the call was “how quickly can I fill out the paperwork to take the days off?”

His enthusiasm was understandable – being asked to lead a band like Wando’s was a big deal for McCloud.

“This is an opportunity you don’t get,” he said. “Wando is of the highest caliber of high school bands. This program is worldrenowned and just to be asked is such a privilege and an honor.”

McCloud took the days off from work and led the Wando band for the days Rush and Radecke were away. Although he had logical apprehensions, McCloud knew he was capable.

“I was expecting there to be some hiccups and hang-ups, but I was also really confident as far as my ability to really know a piece and to work with the kids,”

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McCloud said.

McCloud wasn’t able to go over the scores before he arrived and much of it was new material. The process of learning how to conduct the parts of every instrument in a piece can take weeks, but McCloud was up to the challenge.

“The students had a wonderful time,” Rush said. “They respect Linard’s work and he’s a wonderful musician.”

Reflecting on all that the Wando band provided McCloud with, he was grateful for Alumnus Linard McCloud the chance to return the favor. band directors Scott Rush and Lanie Radecke while the two were at the Mid“It was exciting, extremely exciting, just west International Band and Orchestra Clinic from Dec. 19-20. to give back a portion of what was given to me,” McCloud said.

Besides being able to give back, McCloud also relished the opportunity to be refreshed and reminded of his passion for music.

“Doing anything, day-in and day-out for such a long period of time, you just get tired of it,” McCloud said. “Then you have an experience that challenges you, kind of pulls you out of that comfort zone, the mundane.”

An experience like this was just what leading the band offered, and just what McCloud needed.

As for the future, McCloud’s horizons are ever open. He’s sure he wants to be a band director, but he also wants certifications to teach math. He gives saxophone lessons and works at a charter school, but he also wants to spread the Gospel.

M c C l o u d shared a characteristic anecdote: “After the Olympics I was like, ‘I could do that.

If I start training tomorrow, I could definitely do that.’”

There is laughter in his voice, but I would not be surprised to see him on the medal stand in 2016.

“I’m just 22,” he smiles. “We have our whole lives ahead of us.”

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after the newtown tragedy, school safety is reevaluated

security

sam walker staff writer Adam Lanza’s rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 lasted less than half an hour, yet the repercussions of this tragedy have yet to cease.

Across Charleston County, school security measures were reevaluated. Principal Lucy Beckham witnessed these changes firsthand.

“When I came to Wando long ago and we had to create a plan, we sat down with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department and the SWAT Team,” she said. “In our own school setting, we have a pretty involved safety plan, [but] after the Sandy Hook situation, we did a complete safety review.”

The Monday after the massacre in Newtown, Beckham met with all members of the staff for a discussion on security. She spoke with administrators about patching up holes in the system.

“It was very simple: what suggestions do we have for improvement? We made a master list that’s probably two pages typed, single spaced,” she said.

School Resource Officer Michael Reidenbach, who also is an alumnus, is involved in the decision-making that affects the outcome of the school’s security.

“Conversations are had that review all of our procedures that are in place in the context of this tragedy. We look at our plans and say, ‘How would our plans help to prevent something like that from happening here?’ [And] so those discussions started happening,” he said.

Beckham elaborated on the different roles of security officials at the school.

“You’ve got the School Resource Officers, which are Mt. Pleasant policemen.

They would answer ultimately to the Chief of Police. Across America, most high schools and middle schools have Student Resource Officers,” Beckham said.

Security cameras are one of the school’s primary defenses against crime. With 130 on campus, administrators can use them to find missing items and student misconduct.

Beckham said she considers the SROs a tremendous asset.

“You’ve got a small city here. This is the Town of Wando. And they are the best officers for the town. So if you have somebody outside who is a trespasser, an irate, bizarre-behaving person, or somebody who is starting an altercation, the principal is not the person who is dealing with them,” Beckham said. “Somebody who is trained is dealing with them and can arrest them if there is a reason.”

Assistant Principal Jeffrey Blankenship pointed out that even with 60 radios used by administrators throughout the school, these devices would be meaningless without the police officers that wear them.

“Whenever I’ve been in meetings

about SROs, and concerning whether or not they should be in this school, everybody just says look back to the times where they were not [here] and how bad it was, as far as fights on a daily basis, for example.

And we really want to have them here as a preventative measure, not only for fights but for large-scale things like what happened in Connecticut,” he said.

Beckham knows the officers are invaluable. “They take care of this school because these are their children,” she said.

“These are the children of this community and so these policemen would do anything to keep them safe.”

The officers adhere to protecting Wando’s population.

“The ‘four’ [officers on campus] are

not reflective of a danger at Wando, the ‘four’ are reflective that there are probably 4000 people here at any moment. There’s really no town or no athletic event in the state that’s got that many people that’s not going to have security,” she said.

According to Assistant Principal Robert Woody, a threat would likely be detected before it made its way through the doors.

“We have over 130 cameras that are based on a motion detector,” Woody said.

“The range of problems that we’ve been able to solve and investigate has been widereaching. From things being stolen from teachers, to things taken out of students’ book bags as they walk down the hallway during a class exchange, the cameras have been able to catch it. We don’t have them in any area where it’s going to violate a student or adult’s sense of privacy.”

For Reidenbach, it is important to ensure schools are not becoming easy targets for shooters in the 21st century.

“I’d say that, historically speaking, if you look at the security measures that have been implemented in schools — really post-Columbine — that schools have become what we call ‘harder targets,’” Reidenbach said. “So there’s been a focus on exterior security with fencing and there’s been a focus on managing how people get inside and out of the building. So I think they have become safer over the years. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that [schools] are fortresses; they still have vulnerabilities that have to be addressed.”

Beckham agrees. “I think that any place can be a target if a person is deranged.

There’s a sense of horror because, as a nation, we pretty much love our children.

But I was just as surprised that somebody shot up a movie theater. I would’ve never thought of that,” she said.

“I think that anywhere there is a gathering of people, you have the potential for somebody deranged to do something,” she added. “But the odds of it happening here are infinitesimally small. And the fact that there are policemen here all the time makes it even safer.”

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ASSAULT

weapons horseplay turns deadly for one family lucie wall staff writer “She at least got to give her heart to a guy.”

Senior Sean Shanahan said about his 11-year-old cousin Blair. For the Shanahan family, tragedy struck all too close to home after a young man used a gun carelessly.

Blair, from Kansas City, was killed July 4, 2011 when men in their 20s were shooting a gun.

Blair was with her family, dancing outside. The bullet struck her in the neck. Her family chose to have on life support until her organs could be donated.

The 16-year-old boy who got her heart was one of the five people young Blair saved.Blair was the type of girl who was always uplifting, Shanahan said, one who gave her bike away to help those in need.

One who kept giving even after she was gone.

“It was Fourth of July so everyone

was out celebrating,” Shanahan said. because that was his granddaughter,” he said.

Four men were outside, one shooting Of the four men, authorities never off a gun in the air. Fireworks in the sky found out which one was using the gun masked the gunshots and so no one knew that night. The man who owned the gun what happened when the dancing 11 year took responsibility -- although no one old “dropped,” according to Shanahan. would admit who shot it -- and is now serv“They saw someing three years for thing hit her neck, and “There was never a down m a n s l a u g h t e r. they thought it was his moment with her she was gun “It[thewas man a firework,” he said.

He was shocked when always fun, always smiling convicted] and he his aunt walked out of the and happy.” owned up to it,” room with the telephone Shanahan said. pressed to her ear, sobbing.

“In court, Blair’s “She came back dad forgave him.” into the room and The consaid that they don’t victed man know what happened, but Blair’s never stopped crying during the enin the hospital,” Shanahan said. tire time in court, Shanahan said.

“I actually didn’t go to her fuWith his family touched so personally, neral,” Shanahan continued. His Shanahan said he does believe in some gun grandfather was not going to be able to limitations. “I own guns and believe people attend because of business. Shanahan should own guns, but there needs to be a said he would stay and take care of the limit on it, people need to know what to business so his grandfather could go. do with guns and what not to do,” he said.

“I stayed so that my grandfather could “I believe they’re for recreation, but when go, and that was a big thing with me. I they go out on the streets that’s when they thought he deserved to go more than I did should be taken away.”

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WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? as the nation reels over the debate over gun control, a spectrum of questions are posed on improvement megan parks & amanda sharpley “Can we truly say, as a nation, that we’re meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we’re doing enough to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm?”

It’s the question that’s been plaguing news reports. It’s there -- haunting and pleading -- accompanied by a flurry of opposing views.

Through the television, internet or newspaper, the inevitable truth is that violence is a prevalent factor in media coverage.

And it’s the reason President Barack Obama spoke those words at Newtown High School on Dec. 16.

Incessantly strewn across every media outlet. Over and over. Gun violence. And given the current events, a scramble of sorts has begun in the United States to reduce the misuse of weapons.

So where does that leave South Carolina?

Senior Alex Hendry, who “grew up with guns,” is against many of the proposed gun control laws.

“I definitely agree with the background checks and more strict laws about that; making sure [guns] don’t end up in the wrong hands. If you’re responsible, you’ll be fine,” Hendry said. “I guarantee you all the people doing the school shootings are definitely not responsible and most of the time they got their guns illegally. So I think that if you grow up teaching your kids to respect the weapon, I

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think you’ll be fine.”

Less than a week after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, a new law was proposed by state Rep. Phillip Lowe, R-Florence, that would allow public school employees with concealed weapons permits to carry guns in South Carolina schools. The proposed law, according to the Charlotte Observer, has been met with “heated opposition” and has been called “idiotic” by State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Bamberg.

“I’m not quite comfortable with [the proposed law].

We do have a gun control act that says schools are gun

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free and I do believe in the Second Amendment, but at the same time, I think we’re focusing on the wrong issue,” said Charleston County School Board member Elizabeth Moffly, who is also a Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives.

The topic of gun control has been accompanied by a focus on mental health and its correlation to the violence.

In turn, a new question is now being asked.

What can be done about mental health?

“Somehow there has to be a safety-net for people who are sick. We don’t have a lot of tolerance in our society, I

ANXIETY DISORDERS: 18.1% -Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia and specific phobia).

think, for mental illness,” Principal Lucy Beckham said.

“If somebody has cancer, we’re very sympathetic. If somebody has been burned on their face, it’s ‘oh, that poor person.’ But if their problem is between the ears, we have a really hard time being empathetic unless we’ve had someone in our family who has suffered that kind of illness.

It’s like, if we can’t see it, they must not have it. And that’s not good.”

However, the notion that mental illness and violence go hand in hand, though easily derived from media coverage, is one that isn’t necessarily true, MUSC/NCVC

Postdoc Zachary Adams said.

“One thing that I think is really important to keep in mind is that we’re talking about violence; we’re talking about mental health -- we’re talking about two things that overlap, but they don’t overlap perfectly,” Adams said.

“Most people who are suffering from some form of mental illness like depression, or ADHD or anxiety, or schizophrenia or any other mental illness, most folks who have those diagnoses are not violent. The second thing is that most people who are violent, like the vast majority of people who commit violent crimes, don’t meet criteria for a

MOOD DISORDERS: 9.5% -Mood disorders include major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder.

-Symptoms include persistent feelings of sadness, helplessness and hopelessness, excessive guilt, sui-Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depres- cidal thoughts, sleep disturbances (i.e., insomnia, sive disorders or substance abuse. hypersomnia), changes in appetite, hypersensitivity to failure or rejection.

mental illness.”

However, this isn’t to say that the people committing these crimes are sane -- distinguishing sanity is a line mainly drawn by attorneys, judges and juries. But it’s psychiatrists who often do the assessments to determine how somebody is doing to then inform the courts, Adams said.

“Usually what it boils down to is trying to make a decision of whether this person can discern reality from not, and whether or not they can sort of make decisions about right or wrong around that time and whether or not they understood what they were doing, all those kinds of questions,” he said.

The issue with mental health is often the concern of neglect -- that students who need the most help aren’t being recognized, Moffly said.

“There was a study published called the joint legislative study on children’s health and safety in S.C., and this was a very rude awakening to me, that out of 20,000 in 2011/2010 incarcerated juveniles at the depart of juvenile justice, over 18,000 of those were for non-violent offences under disrupting the learning environment,” she said. “And what they found was those 18,000 plus students either had a learning disability or some form of mental health issue that had not been identified at the school level.”

There are laws and institutions in place to assist both the general public, and those who need guidance either do to a mental illness or a faulty moral compass.

What needs to be discerned is who falls under what category, and what laws need to either be additionally establish or reinforced.

“Laws are made for honest people, and the more laws that you make, the more honest people are going to follow those laws,” Moffly said. “But dishonest people are going to find a way to get around them. Period. That’s just the nature of law.”

PERSONALITY DISORDERS: 9.1% -A pattern of behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it -These patterns tend to be fixed and consistent across situations and are typically perceived to be appropriate by the individual even though they may affect their day-to-day life in negative ways.

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hitting home student reflects growing up near newtown grace barry, staff writer Newtown, Conn., is like any small town: a bustling main street sprinkled with churches, mom-and-pop restaurants, quaint shops and a small river that runs through it. It has hard working people -- parents just trying to make it down the road of life as smoothly as again, no one does.

But tragedy struck, when on Dec. 14 Sandy Hook was attacked leaving 26 dead and more in mourning. Having grown up in Connecticut in an area nearby, this massacre has put a hole in my heart. When Newtown was struck, so was I. My childhood was attacked, my home was shaken and turned into something that it is not-- a place of sorrow instead of a place of love. When people think of Newtown, Conn., they think of destrucof the innocent community that I do.

Some members of my family live in the small town right next to Newtown, so I had to travel through Newtown many times. The memories of the ordinary place still rings in my memory. The to visit and the small bakery that had the best cookies I have ever tasted in my life.

After the shooting, people came up to me, asking if I knew where Sandy Hook is. I would say yes, and would be responded by an apology for my home being destroyed.

Because, it has. under a cloud of pain.

But this will change, and hope will come back. The town I once knew will be restored. As long as there are loving and generous people in the world, we will rebuild and restore our peace.

Although we will never forget what has work toward a bright future.

rootsof the memory tragedy strikes at home again for one teacher madi brandli staff writer When some people use the expression “that really hit home for me,” it is often just an expression. But when lacrosse coach Lance Renes heard about the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colo., home was truly the only thing on his mind.

James Holmes opened fire July 20 on a theater during the premier of The Dark Knight Rises. Twelve people were killed in the shooting and more than 50 were hospitalized with major injuries.

When Renes woke up the morning of July 21, he heard there was a shooting in Aurora -- his hometown. He didn’t think it was anything large scale.

“I just thought it was your typical gang shooting, but once I turned on the news and saw the reality of it, it hit pretty hard,”

Renes said.

While watching the news that day, all day long with his wife, the dark memories of the Columbine shooting came back to him.

Renes was in middle school when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold committed the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. The two students killed 12 fellow students and one teacher, and wounded 24 high school students all in a 45- minute shooting massacre.

Columbine High School was not far from Aurora, so the effects of the tragedy were full blown in Renes’s home town.

Renes remembers the day perfectly. He was in math class when his teacher’s husband called and said there was a shooting at the high school. Later that day, Renes was sent home from work because of the tragedy.

He vividly remembers seeing the images of crying parents and students, mourning the loss of the kids on the televi-

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sion of that day and feeling a general sense of overall sadness.

Another thing he remembered of the next day was the weather. The next day, April 21, there was 16 inches of snow. Snow in April is not uncommon, but there was no forecast for snow.

“It was interesting because 16 people had died the day before,” Renes said. “Kids were quiet, humble and sad. There was no animosity. Kids were all very respectful towards each other.”

There had been many shootings in Colorado between the Batman shooting and Columbine, so when Renes was asked about his initial reaction to the Batman shooting, his answer was desensitized.

“In a sense, a little desensitized to these tragedies. I feel like America in general is desensitized by these tragedies,” he said. “Yes it’s sad. We stop, we think, we reflect, but the more it happens the more we get used to it.”

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from darkness to light despite hard times, sister’s love for younger brother prevails COLUMN BY

caroline rothkopf, staff writer My brother is part angel, part devil. He makes my life hard and difficult, but he is also a part of my fondest childhood memories. That is the definition of family-- the only time you can truly dislike someone and still love them at the same time.

But Matthew is special. He has a mental illness; there is something having to do with his brain that doesn’t quite match up. The way he reacts, the way he thinks, even the way he learns is different. Everyone knows someone like my brother, whether it’s an acquaintance, a friend or a relative.

Only not everyone knows how to deal with people like him. He is a misunderstood child. He is the reason I write.

I hate you.

Three little words that resonate throughout the house.

I hate you.

Why is it so calm? Why has nobody said anything?

I hate you and I wish you were dead.

Who is he addressing? Is it my mom, my sister, his twin brother... me?

If I had a gun I would shoot you.

Does he mean it or is this another empty threat?

What provocation could have caused a loving, 10-yearold child who still kisses my mother every morning before getting out of the car to say these words with such spite and sincerity? The truth is hard to understand, admit and even accept because as much as try, we can’t change his nature.

He has been diagnosed with ADHD with an emphasis on impulsivity and is prone to anger episodes. His brain works differently and his actions prove this, but he can’t be allowed to feel like this, an outsider.

It began with the small things but soon escalated.

What would first start out as a temper tantrum in the car over a girls’ McDonald toy would soon become an outburst in the middle of a Target parking lot over a smoothie.

He would cross his arms and sit in the road, deadweight, as we drag him by his limbs back to the car -- fists flying, face defiant. He was seven or eight years old when he started

the tantrums.

Since then we have learned a lot.

People like Matthew, as my mom would say, don’t know how to use their words. They are impulsive; if they want something they just take it. My mom used to spank him like she did with all of her other kids and we’d whine, and cry and sob the whole time but it wouldn’t even faze Matthew. This is why when he says, “I hate you,” everyone is silent. Looks are given and eyes are rolled, but underneath we’re really just holding back.

For the sake of my mom and our brother.

It takes patience and self control in order to help him, which is something I struggle with the most out of all of my siblings. We can’t call him names, or laugh at him when he does something wrong. We can’t hit him back or provoke him like we do with each other. When he takes his pill in the morning, no one is allowed to talk.

These are the unspoken rules of the house, but sometimes they’re too hard to keep. No matter how many times

my mother explains this to me, begs me to understand, the fact still stands that I’m selfish. I question the sacrifice I must make to keep him sane. It’s my first-child rights that are on the line and I’m just as stubborn as he is.

When Matthew visits the psychiatrist, he practices control and admitting he’s wrong, something he rarely does. It’s hard to determine whether or not he feels remorse after slapping his brother or hiding his toys. He never apologizes because he wants to. It’s only if my mom threatens him or he manipulates her into not punishing him if he will say sorry. He’s learning how to handle being wrong.

It makes him seem like a bad person because he can be manipulative and abusive, annoying to the point where you can’t stand it. But the most terrible thing is what he goes through. He’s alone in my house. Nobody wants to play with him or take his side. Most of the time we’re against him, except for my sweet sister Ryan who is the middle child and full of compassion. His twin’s friends bully him at school, curse at him and exclude him. This only aggravates his condition.

He’s actually a great boy. He’s immature most of the time, far below the standards of a fifth grader, but he’s friendly and open to everyone, despite their appearance.

He’s a hugger and a lover, the first to admit to his kindergarten class that he likes a girl. He sings all of the time and we all love to watch him dance, a goofy expression on his face as he takes off his clothes and runs around the house naked, my dog chasing him.

But all of this could change. If people keep putting him down and making him feel worthless, eventually he won’t be able to shake off his anger and depression. The funny, smiley child will become an angry, self-loathing adult.

I love my brother and I know that I can’t punish him for being himself, despite how difficult it is. There are many cases of misunderstood children, harassed and beaten down, made to endure a lifelong suffering because of things they can’t help. Threats can become realities and hurt can lead to revenge.

What you don’t understand about people like my brother is that although he has a mental illness, he accepts and receives love the same way everyone else does. There is more humanity in people like Matthew than any other person you can name.

He is my brother. He is mental illness.

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The undeniable fact that the United States has a history with gun violence is demonstrated by a string of agressive outbursts -- more frequently over the past 15 years -- where acts of violence are an unfortunate reality of living in modern America. The debate of whether or not these acts are preventable is a hot topic in American politics.

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Paducah, Ken. A 14-year-old gunman opens fire on a group of praying students at Heath High School, killing three and injuring five more.

Littleton, Colo.

Two seniors shoot 13 fellow students and staff members before taking their own lives at Columbine High School.

Nickel Mines, Pa. A gunman unaffilitated with the school shoots and kills five school girls as well as seriously injuring another six in an Amish school house.

Blacksburg, Va. A senior kills 32 people and then himself in a shooting spree at Virginia Tech.

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Delaware A freshman shoots two students at Delaware State University.

DeKalb, Ill. A 27-year-old former student fires in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing five and wounding 16 before committing suicide.

Huntsville, Ala. A biology professor opens fire during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama, killing three and wounding three.

Oakland, Calif.

A gunman unaffiliated with the school kills seven and wounds three during an attack on Korean Christian college Oikos University.

Newtown, Conn.

A gunman kills 27, including 20 children and six staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School before committing suicide.

--compiled by kelsey vories and lucie wall

data from: www.newsmax.com/US/mass-shootings-us-colorado/2012/07/id/44597/ and http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/14/4545795/calif-school-shooting-teen-charged.html

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benefits of an intolerance amanda sharpley co-writing editor Food is a beautiful thing, people. I fall in love about three times a day at every meal time as the smell of a newly concocted delicacy wafts my way, stirring my senses.

Wherever food is present, you can be sure to find me courting it.

After all, who doesn’t like to eat?

Cooking is an art, and like many forms of art, there is a myriad of ways in which to approach it, thus enabling so many potential mouthwatering outcomes.

So you can imagine my dismay when my world turned topsy-turvy as so many of the friends my tastebuds and I had held dear were now separated – a relationship gone sour. We had grown dangerously unhealthy for one another, and no amount of couples therapy was going to make things right.

Last February I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. That means no cook-

recipe for glutenfree pie crust ingredients:

1 1/4 cup almond flour 2/3 cup gluten-free oat flour 2/3 cup tapioca flour 1/2 cup teff flour 1/2 cup potato starch 1/4 cup sweet rice flour 2 teaspoons xanthan gum 1/4 teaspoon guar gum 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 5 tablespoons butter, cold 4 tablespoons leaf lard, cold (*see note below) 1 large egg 6 to 8 tablespoons ice-cold water

directions:

1. In a large bowl, mix the almond flour, oat flour, tapioca flour, teff flour and potato starch. Add the xanthan and guar gums and the salt. Mix well.

2. Add small pieces of the ice-cold

ies and milk while you sit in front of the TV in your p.js recreating the feeling of being a child. No soft, fluffy, buttery croissants in which to indulge Parisian moments, passport free. No scones to dip in your morning coffee or tea, and no birthday cake – whether it’s your birthday, someone else’s or just because.

Rather than looking with longing and despair at the foods I can no longer eat, I have learned to instead put a positive spin on the benefits I have gained.

There are several forms of gluten intolerance – gluten being a type of protein found in all forms of wheat, rye, barley and triticale – and some are consequentially more serious than others.

But whether you suffer from any form of gluten intolerance or not, cutting out the amount of gluten in your diet presents many added health benefits, both immediate and long term. These benefits range from reduced sluggishness and higher levels of energy to generally greater digestive health.

Additionally, as gluten has been eliminated from my diet, aside from an overall uplifted feeling of well-being, I have found that I now have a greater opportunity, and a greater sense of motivation, to dig up my

inner Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart I was previously so sure take-out menus and frozen waffles had annihilated in me. In fact, recreating the foods I love as well as a few of my own new concoctions is a new love of mine.

If you’re willing to put in the time and effort, gluten-free living doesn’t have to feel like you’re giving up an arm and a leg. A lot of the traditional foods and recipes you hold so fondly can easily be made glutenfree through little substitutions.

These include, but are not limited to, trading whole wheat flour for a brand of gluten-free all-purpose flour to fit all of your baking needs, or using gluten-free bread sliced into cubes in exchange for croutons in a stuffing recipe.

However, if you don’t see yourself making an appearance on the Iron Chef anytime soon, and the thought of graduating beyond the bounds of cereal and frozen TV dinner’s poses the liability of a stroke or aneurism, keep in mind that there are also many pre-made gluten-free foods to be found in stores as companies are adjusting their products to fit the growing range of diverse dietary needs.

butter to the flour mixture, not much bigger than a pea. Afterward, *add the leaf lard in small portions of equal size.

3. Use your hands to scoop up the flours and mix in the fats. Go slowly. Rub your hands together. Feel the fats work into the flours with your fingers.

4. Combine the egg with 3 tablespoons of the water and whisk them together. Add the eggy water to the dough. Work the dough together with your hands, a rubber spatula, or combine them all in a food processor, drizzling water on it till you get the right texture (not sticky and wet but not dry either). When the dough feels coherent, stop.

5. Wrap the pie dough in plastic wrap (or in a bowl), and let it rest in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Take it out and roll out the dough between two pieces of parchment paper. This means you won’t work any extra flour into the dough. Roll it out as thin as you can. Carefully lift the top piece of parchment paper, and turn the dough upside down on the top of a pie plate. Rearrange until it is flat.

6. Place the pie dough in the pie plate

and crimp. When you have a pie dough fully built, you are ready to make pie.

7. Place the pie dough in the refrigera-

what is gluten-free?

A gluten-free diet is one that excludes the actual protein, gluten. Gluten is found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye).

why do people use a gluten-free diet?

A gluten-free diet may be used to aid in subsiding symptoms of those with a gluten intolerance or Celiac disease, which is a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing parts of food that are important for a balanced, healthy diet.

Gluten causes inflammation in the small intestines of people with Celiac disease.

Eating a gluten-free diet helps people with the condition control their signs and symptoms and prevent complications.

--http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ gluten-free-diet/my01140 - - h t t p : / / w w w. n c b i . n l m . n i h . g o v / pubmedhealth/PMH0001280/

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tor while you pre-heat the oven to 325 and prepare the filling of your choice. Then fill and bake for about 40 minutes.

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“Yes, [Sandy and Danny] are important.

But trying to communicate to people that it’s not exactly the same[as the movie] has been a real challenge.”

With rehearsal almost every day after school, it can be difficult to find a balance between school and the musical.

“Playing Danny has made me more conscious because I know that I can’t just go home and wind down for a bit then start my homework for my AP classes and stuff,” Glyder said. “I get home at like 7:00, and I realize I have three hours of homework I have to do, then I think how am I going to do this and still have enough energy tomorrow morning; it’s a handful.”

Taking place in the ‘50s -- a time period where leather jackets were in and the cool thing to do was smoke cigarettes and cut class -- it’s been hard to adjust to playing a teenager in the ‘50s for most of the cast.

“It’s a ‘50s musical so you’re playing a teenager. but you’re also playing a teenager in the ‘50s so we’ve had to learn how to not necessarily be goofy teenagers from the 2000s,” senior Kellsey Vickers (Frenchie) said. “It’s almost more refined; you have to get into their mind set; these kids hate school so we are all kind of adjusting to just the mind s e t of thinking in the ‘50s.”

Many of the actors in the musical have learned life lessons from their characters, whether they have a direct effect, or it’s something they will take with them after the musical is long finished.

“I’ve definitely learned from Sandy to be myself, and it’s okay to be yourself, and you shouldn’t change for a guy and let

other girls harass you and make you feel bad about yourself,” senior Grace Goldston (Sandy) said. “You have to be you, and that’s okay.”

With over half the musical done and the show premiere just around the corner, the cast and staff are working around the clock to make it a must see show, with shows Feb. 14-17 in the Performing Arts Center.

Pink and leather. Hairspray and grease.

The essentials of the two iconic groups of this year’s musical -- Grease.

The 10 lead actors that make up the Greasers, also known as “T-Birds,” and the Pink Ladies have used this opportunity to come together outside of the bounds of the script -- making the bonds within the musical genuine.

“At first you have when auditions come out; you’re kind of unsure about the parts, but as the musical initially develops you realize that every person is perfectly cast,” senior Kellsey Vickers (Frenchy) said. “And by our casting being so perfect to who we are -- it just makes a flow of everything, and we have all really bonded.”

The lead actors have gained a special bond with their character. For some, the character is a challenge. A way to explore a new identity -- a personality vastly different from their own.

“I’m not really like my character personality wise,” junior Nathan Glyder (Danny) said. “Danny is supposed to be like this tough guy, really strong, that also shows emotion. And I’m actually really shy and not good about making conversations with people or being rude like Danny is sometimes, so it’s been kind of a challenge getting over that wall of having to act a part that I’m not really at all.”

For others, the acting is a job made ALL PHOTOS BY JODI LEE // staff easier by the character similarities they share.

“I’m really a lot like my character Doody,” senior Robert Spearman said. “I think all my friends think so too. I’m really loud and generally talk in a high pitched voice to people, and I’m goofy as can be.”

Though the classic characters many know and love are still dancing around the familiar, toe-tapping songs -- the ones that stick in your head all day -- a few things about this production differ from the movie. Grease was a musical first.

“The other characters are much more important than just Sandy and Danny,” Senior Kelsey Vickers, senior Cori Nuttal, junior Isabel Philips and senior Anna Singer rehearse their Head Musical Director Lori Carroll said. scene for the musical (Feb. 14-17). (Above) Senior Grace Goldston and junior Nathan Glyder ready for their roles of Sandy and Danny. For more photos, see www.wandotribaltribune.com.

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The past year has had many great movies; here’s the reviews for the nominees for best picture.

Amour: An onslaught of critical praise has

been given since Amour’s release, causing people to take note of this dark horse. Honestly, it’s not the kind of movie that would gain widespread success in secular America. For starters, its in French. Then there’s the depressing aura of the film. The plot involves the deteriorating health of Anne, an elderly woman who had a stroke, while her husband Georges becomes distraught over caring for her. Writer/director Michael Haneke knows how to get under your skin. He shows a familiar heartache -- being forced to watch loved ones take the journey towards death. The cinematography and haunting piano music shape the subject matter into an austere form of beauty.

So if you find yourself in the mood to have your heartstrings tugged, you might as well let Amour do the tugging.

Argo: Making it to the gate of an airport on time has never been so important. Audiences are kept on the edge of their seats throughout Director Ben Affleck’s newest film, Argo.

Based on the true story of an undercover mission to save several of the Iranian hostages in the 1970s, Argo is intense and overall satisfying.

With a cast led by Affleck, John Goodman and Alan Arkin, the acting is strong in this film, making the audience feel connected with their strife and wishing for them succeed. It is not surprising that this film sports Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Affleck) and Best Supporting Actor (Arkin).

Beasts of the Southern Wild: I felt as though I was watching a gritty

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documentary showcasing the shockingly modern day poverty experienced by the residents of Lousiana Bayou, made all too real with the footage of a girl tearing scraps of meat off of a chicken carcass. At other times, the film takes a contrastingly surreal genre. Direc-

tor Zeitlin’s dizzying footage caused me to feel a thrilling sensation with an uncanny resemblance to carsickness. The blurred cinematography caused fantasy to maintain a constant presence throughout the films duration. It is this categorical ambiguity, Zeitlin’s ability to blur the lines between blunt reality and hopeful fantasy, that make this a truly exceptional film.

It conjures up the possibility that extraordinary things can be achieved in even the most unsuspected places.

Django Unchained:

The newest film from Quentin Tarantino is about an exslave (Jamie Foxx) whose bounty hunt quickly dissolves into a mission to “rescue the girl.”

If you long to see two souls reunited by love but can’t stomach a slave woman being dragged naked and screaming out of a well, you should consider other movies. Give Les Mis a try.

But that’s the thing. This director has the power to elicit a sacrifice out of each of his millions of viewers: to experience his film, you have to get through the grit.

I recommend this movie because sometime in the last 20 years he’s been a director, Tarantino stopped taking himself so seriously. Django is a character who can laugh at himself.

Les Miserables: Director Tom Hoop-

er’s newest film is the much anticipated Les Miserables. Riding on a wave of excitement and expectation, this film was definitely worth the wait.

The world-wide musical phenomenon is brought to the big screen, bearing its renowned story of a freed convict hoping for redemption, as well as its unforgettable music.

After their stand-out performances, both Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway are nominated for Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respectively. Among these other nominations, the film also boasts a nomination for Best Picture.

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Life of Pi:

Generally, books about boys who eat tiger poop do not become blockbusters. It turns out that there’s a good reason why. In Life of Pi, the acting was flawless. The music was excellent and visually, the film was incredible. But the imagery was also unrealistic, and the central story is not the central focus. By the time Pi does make it to sea, the movie feels about halfway over, or at least you begin to hope it is. I do not anticipate this movie winning an Oscar.

Lincoln:

Staring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and other well known actors, the cast of Lincoln spared no lack of talent.

The film follows the 16th president’s efforts to obtain passage of the 13th Amendment that would abolish slavery in the United States.

It wasn’t as intense as it may sound.

No doubt, the beautiful mix of a brilliant director and an all-star cast worked wonders in turning the average history lesson into a brilliant movie.

The length was its sole problem. It felt as if you watched two hours and 15 minutes of in-depth history, five minutes of the good stuff and then 10 minutes of end credits.

Is Lincoln worth seeing, however? Yes.

Silver Lining Playbooks: Silver

Linings Playbook gives a serious and hilariously frank look into the lives of people who live with mental illness.

The movie, adapted from a book of the same name, follows the journey of Pat Solitano(Bradley

Cooper), a man with bi-polar disorder, and Tiffany Maxwell(Jennifer Lawrence) a sex addict, trying to readjust to “normal life.”

The dialogue was simple, real and funny. It didn’t feel forced or unnatural. The actors were not over the top, never made a mockery of the serious issue at hand. They made it clear that everyone is different. Everyone is messed up in some way and is a bit crazy.

This movie is never overdone and rings with truth. If it brings home no Oscars, my faith in the Oscars will be gone.

Zero Dark Thirty:

The story follows Maya, a young and unlikely heroine whose budding career lands her a position at the U.S.-Pakistani Embassy as a CIA Operative. Her mission is to track down Osama bin Laden, weaving through a decade of self-doubt. Her persistence eventually pays off.

ZDT was the work of Kathryn Bigelow, who also did The Hurt Locker, the best picture winner in 2008.

The final raid scene won’t disappoint. But if you want to catch a glimpse of Osama himself, be sure not to blink.

What officially won me over was the sensory contrast between Zero Dark Thirty’s beginning and end. The intro was eruptive, an amalgam of sounds from Sept. 11th. The ending, however, was a plane after takeoff — an exhale.

Who will win best picture?

Amour 0.0% Argo 2.4% Beast of the Southern Wild 0.7% Django Unchained 27.1% Les Miserables 29.5% Life of Pi 11.2% Lincoln 5.2% Silver Linings Playbook 9.9% Zero Dark Thirty 14.0% --284 polled

Zero Dark Thirty is honest, cinematic gold.

What movie should have been nominated for the Oscars that wasn’t?

Moonrise Kingdom Skyfall Hobbit Looper Dark Knight

14.1% 26.4% 29.4% 6.6% 23.5%

--255 polled

the critics

associate editor madison ivey

movie reviewed: Silver Linings Playbook favorite movie: Funny Face pick for best picture: Lincoln

features editor georgia barfield

movies reviewed: Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild favorite movie: The Graduate pick for best picture: Django

staff writer grace barry

movies reviewed: Argo, Les Miserables favorite movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail pick for best picture: Les Miserables

staff writer kacie compton

movie reviewed: Lincoln favorite movie: Caddyshack pick for best picture: Lincoln

staff writer kate frain

movie reviewed: Life of Pi favorite movie: August Rush pick for best picture: Argo

staff writer sam walker

movies reviewed: Zero Dark Thirty, Django favorite movie: American History X pick for best picture: Zero Dark Thirty

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I decided first impressions are not the strong suit of Fleet Landing on 186 Concord St. when gazing at its squat concrete exgeorgia barfield terior. This lack of aesthetic appeal is completely forgotten once inside the restaurant.

Trendy light fixtures, sleek chrome seating and seascape photographs all contribute to its modernist vibe.

They served up a stellar menu offering an variety of dishes from both land and sea. They offered up southern seafood classics kicked up a notch with some gourmet influence like she-crab soup with subtle spiciness. And they did not falter with the more plebian variety; the shrimp basket featured just the right amount of crunchy batter. The only thing that might be considered a downfall for this place would be pricing; entrees ranged from $15-$28.

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Tucked away in the Old Village, the Wreck on 106 Haddrell St. doesn’t even look like a restaurant. Its stark grey exterior looks mitch winkler uninviting, but you shouldn’t judge this book by its cover.

The inside is surprisingly cozy. It’s dimly lit and there are candles on every table with a fireplace on the side. It’s pretty haunting in a stellar way, especially at night time.

Now the food. First the boiled peanuts: so good, the perfect amount of salt. Those are free, which is nice because the menu is pretty expensive for the food you get. You’ll probably spend anywhere from $20-25 on an entrée. There’s not much variety either.

Shrimp, oysters, scallops and fish are the main options. You can get them either fried or broiled. I got fried shrimp and scallops; the shrimp was pretty mediocre, but the scallops were delicious.

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Settled on Shem Creek, Vickerys, on 1313 Shrimp Boat Lane, presents itself as a shabby beach house. The first thing we noticed while ensarah yergin tering was the artsy feel of the place. One wall was inlaid with dish wear, another wallpapered in old ashtrays and the other made of glass. We were instantly impressed by all of this, but sadly it all went downhill from there.

The food was difficult to overlook.

The salmon: overcooked. The grouper: undercooked. The shrimp and scallop pasta: drenched in lemon juice with only the occasional shrimp or scallop hiding within the noodles.

The only food item we collectively deemed edible was our starter soup: tomato basil with feta cheese.

The three of us left with to-go boxes, a receipt for $47 and dissatisfaction.

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PICK: smiling

PICK: journaling

I can’t help but feel happy whenever I see someone smile.

But not the fake, polite smile. I’m talking about the teethshowing, squinty-eyed, cheek-hurting kind of smile -- the kind of genuine smile that reflects true happiness. It’s those kinds of smiles that make me look goofy by causing me to smile to myself. And there’s nothing better than a goofy look to make other people smile at you.

There is nothing better than cuddling up with a cup of chai tea, a warm blanket and putting pen to journal. From ranting about annoyances to contemplating philosophical theories, my journal is the best friend who doesn’t talk back. Journaling not only allows me to get everything off my chest, it’s a book of memories. In ten years, I can’t wait to look back on my entries and see how petty some of the major parts of my life are.

PEEVE: makeup

PEEVE: bad car hygiene

I would like to reserve the right to wake up 20 minutes before I have to leave, brush my teeth, throw on some clothes and barely look in the mirror before I head out the door. Now, I’m not saying that my naked face is perfect, but the girls who cake on layers of makeup each morning just make me think they’re hiding an infectious disease behind all of it. Do me a favor, ladies, and sleep in a little more and makeup a little less.

And if you insist on wearing makeup, just please keep it simple so I don’t have to guess what your real face looks like.

Nothing bothers me more than seeing some spoiled kid with an expensive car and then seeing it abused. Remember, cars have feelings too. How would you feel if your owner banged you into a mailbox or forced you through a puddle of mud?

So keep your car clean, be cautious while driving it and realize its value. Regardless of a car’s worth, it needs to be taken care of.

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caroline rothkopf Every issue a Tribal Tribune staffer will share her taste in music, selecting the top four songs she thinks every one should have on their playlist.

“1979” Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness Soft and nostalgic, 1979 is both simple and complex.

While the sound itself is defined by its slight chord variances and the repeating melody, Billy Corgan creates depth in his cathartic lyrics that reminiscences the invincibility of youth.

“Sweet Disposition” The Temper Trap Conditions It started with a man riding his bike. He looked out into the rain, plugged in his headphones and just rode. It was only a commercial, but I was already in love with the bleeding, choirboy vocals that drowned under layers of sound.

“Waves” Electric Guest Mondo High tempo and upbeat, this song plays around with sounds by strumming acoustic chords while pressing buttons to create a blend of music that is Electric Guest. The bass is catchy, the drumming decisive and the mood lively.

“I Got ID” Pearl Jam Merkin Ball Eddie Vedder is raw.

His voice shakes with the emotions he suffers in his lyrics theme of unrequited love. This collaboration between Vedder and Neil Young is a clash of sound as the tone shifts from one guitar riff to another.

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the sister inside of me zhang’s debut novel shocks and fascinates reader kate frain staff writer

I used to talk to children who really weren’t there.

It was a typical day in the life of a two year old, I’m sure - chatting with imaginary friends, girls whose transparent faces and boys whose invisible names I now forget, though my mother assures me they were beautiful and myriad. It was a typical scene walking into my room, finding me conversing with walls, dolls and other pretty objects.

But what if there really was someone else there? What if the sister I created was alive inside of me?

There is a gorgeous wrongness to Kat Zhang’s writing. Her debut novel, What’s Left of Me, seizes the clear concept of the imaginary friend and paints it opaque with a thousand unexpected shades.

What if everyone had two personalities living inside of them?

What if one day, your sister faded away?

What if your parents wanted her to?

Eva is a normal teenage girl existing in a strange America. A warped America. A paranoid America. If

a game of thrones A Game of Thrones is no book for fools.

From the very beginning, George R.R. Martin made this novel a very challenging read.

The novel was told from eight different perspectives, each chapter a different perspective. This helps the reader to get a clearer understanding of what is going on in the world.

The use of different perspectives and story lines is what made the book so hard to put down, even for a second.

If one chapter was boring, you kept reading just to find out what would happen to a different character after the fantastic cliffhangers at the end of most chapters.

The plot revolves around the life of the family of the Starks. Throughout the book, lord Eddard Stark searches for the truth surrounding the mysterious death of his friend, Jon Arryan.

A Game of Thrones isn’t a book for children. It’s a book about a struggle over political, financial and social power.

A story like that wouldn’t be complete without a fair deal of sex, drugs and violence. Despite the difficulty of the book it is a great read if you’ve got the time.

--tommy sanders

anyone finds out that she’s alive, she’ll be killed. Because she exists inside her sister Addie. Because, as the recessive soul, she was long ago supposed to fade away.

In a society where pseudoscience and half-lies define history, America has been cut off from the rest of the world as the last bastion of the single-souled. In every other nation, two souls walk in every body, two souls shifting control as needed. Not America; children’s bodies change, but soon one of the siblings fades. This is normal.

This is wanted.

But Eva refused to let go. She’s been hiding in her sister’s body, mute and motionless, for so long she can no longer move her own hands. She can’t speak to anyone but Addie.

And then one day the chance comes to walk again.

Illegal drugs, a desperate chance. In a nation where children are warned every day to watch for hybrids, twosouled malevolent and hiding, every shift risks both their lives.

And so, of course, Addie and Eva are discovered. So the books always go.

Though predictable in places, Eva’s desolation is haunting. And Kat Zhang’s narrative is magnificent, building alternating suspense and conflict so real that it hurts. Deftly woven throughout the book is a fascinating study of fear.

And the terror of the girl whose imaginary friends are real and will not go away.

hummingbird For many bands, the sophomore album offers a window of opportunity enabling them to venture in a new musical direction. In their second album, Hummingbird, the Local Natives are skeptical of bold metamorphosis, using the album only as a keyhole of opportunity for change while they meander towards a new musical direction at a leisurely and careless pace.

In many ways the Local Natives maintain affectionate fidelity to the optimistic west coast rock of their debut, Gorilla Manner. Hum-

mingbird is a class reunion party attended by trademark alumni: echoing vocals, sunny guitar rifts and cheerfully spastic percussion. From the start, the Local Natives had a good thing going. The familiar elements heard on the new album prove that there is no shame in sticking with the same routine.

Still, the band experiments with outright electronic sound through the use of ‘80s-style keyboard in “Ceilings.”

Also, it seems they have departed from their heavy reliance on three-part vocal harmonies, giving lead singer Kelcey Ayer a lot of solo time and only occasional back up.

Regardless of who’s singing when, the overwhelming dominance of the group’s vocals radiates through the music.

--georgia barfield

top twos

Ever wonder what the top songs, movies and TV shows are for the month of January?

-- compiled by sarah yergin

SELLING SONGS suit & tie (feat. jay z) // justin timberlake thrift shop (feat. wanz) // macklemore

SELLING BOOKS inferno // dan brown my beloved world // sonia sotomayor

GROSSING MOVIE pitch perfect // jason moore dredd // pete travis

TV RATINGS grey’s anatomy // abc the big bang theory // cbs

SELLING ALBUMS long.live.a$ap // a$ap rocky pitch perfect // various artists

SELLING VIDEO GAMES ni no kuni: wrath of the white witch call of duty: black ops II

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-- compiled by jonathan rice

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Junior Tyler Egonut pins a West Ashley wrestler in the match on Feb. 28; the Warriors won the Regional Championship, 68-3. Wando will bring one wrestler for each of the 14 weight classes to the Regional Tournament on Feb. 30 at Stratford High School.

The top three wrestlers from each weight class will move on to Lowerstate on Feb. 15.

Q&A aaron brown

senior varsity basketball player does making the allQ: What tournament team mean to a huge honor. I mean, I A:“It’s couldn’t have done it without my teammates, for one. I think I made it because of my hard work and hustle, but without my teammates that couldn’t have been possible.”

Q: A: Q: A: Q: A:

wrestling clinches

region title

In which tournament were you named to the All Tournament team?

“I won the All Tournament team at the Piggly Wiggly Round Ball.”

staph prevention aims to keep wrestlers on the mat

What’s the best thing about the basketball season this year?

“It would have to be being a senior and the privileges that come with it -- the leadership.”

Who’s your most memorable moment?

“Probably getting elbowed

by Hampton Harvin in practice and making me bleed all over my jersey.

That happened just this Sunday.”

staff writer Staph gets along with anyone.

If skin comes into contact with other skin, shared surfaces and contaminated objects, athletes are automatically more likely to get the skin infection.

Athletes often are more prone to staph –an infection caused by the germ staphylococcus that is commonly found on the skin or in the nose of healthy persons -- because of the constant skin contact with sporting equipment and sometimes even other athletes. More specifically, wrestlers can become susceptible to staph due to the constant skin-to-skin contact with other wrestlers and mats.

Wrestling Coach Adam Schneider, who has coached for 14 years, said staph is a manageable problem with few serious incidences.

“It’s not just been with our program,” Schneider said. “I think it’s kind of everywhere -- this year’s been pretty bad.”

The infection is preventable, Schneider said, and one of the most important aspects is cleanliness.

“You just have to make sure you keep

do you feel about Q: How the February tribute to Mr. Kutcher?

“I think it’s awesome. Mr. A:Kutcher -- I looked up to him

a lot. He was definitely one of my inspirations. He was a teacher of mine, and actually a few of my siblings he taught, and he was a great man, a great leader and a great role model.”

-- compiled by amanda sharpley

anna ewing

everything clean. Not just the mats and the room, but your guys too,” he said.

Because four wrestlers had a skin condition this year, including ring worm, Schneider and the other coaches took precautions and cleaned the entire room that they wrestle in with antiseptic wipes -- everything from the walls to the underside of the mats.

Knowing that the wrestling room can become an ideal breeding ground for the infection when the lights are off and it is humid, Schneider makes sure to air out the room with a fan and open doors whenever it is possible. Since wrestlers usually come into contact with skin infections when they are wrestling on the mats, the coaches took an extra precaution to wiping the mats before and after practice by buying antiseptic wipes.

Today, there are new wipes and creams that can keep the wrestlers and other athletes from both getting the infection and spreading it, according to Schneider. The wipes can clean the skin just as a shower would by wiping the bacteria right off while the cream will stay on the skin and create protection that way.

“The cream lasts about four hours. You apply it before your match or practice and it creates a barrier so that when you get in the shower anything that’s on you will come right off,” he said. “It won’t really get

ALL PHOTOS BY LIZ BENSON // editor

you?

Later in the match coach Adam Schneider chants junior Hunter Allen’s name with the rest of the team.

to your skin and create a problem.”

Those that did get the infection on the wrestling team this year were able to successfully treat it with creams and antibiotics without missing too much wrestling, Schneider added.

Senior Aaron Anderson-Rolfes, who contracted staph on his head about a month ago, now spends extra time wiping down with alcohol wipes and showering constantly. “I’ve learned it sucks, it’s gross, and it’s not fun,” Anderson said.

Senior Brennan Medders said he did have a staph infection, but it was treatable also. “It wasn’t that serious at all, it went away in about two week,” he said. “I was just mad I couldn’t wrestle.”

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COLUMN BY

jonathan rice, co-editor in chief

ALL PHOTOS BY JODI LEE//staff

It’s July 28, 2013. Cooperstown, N.Y. is a ghost town compared to its regular summer time bustle. This is the first time since 1965 that the Baseball Hall of Fame does not have a living inductee.

This follows a single inductee --Barry Larkin in 2012 and two inductees in 2011 --Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar.

The dwindling number of inductees is due in part to the Steroid Era of baseball from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

The Steroid Era has cast a dark shadow over all players that were active during this time period. Even though players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa may have taken steroids, others like Craig Biggio, Curt Shilling and Mike Piazza are presumably innocent. The stock of the deserving and innocent players from this era has taken a hit, and only time will tell if they will be inducted.

To be on the ballot for the Hall of Fame, a player must have played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball and have retired five seasons ago. Once on the ballot, a player can be voted on for 15 years by the Baseball Writers Association of America as long as he gets five percent of the vote.

These past three years have marked the first of 15 years where the first wave of Steroid Era players will not be on the ballot. The trend of little or no inductees cannot continue.

The Hall of Fame it all too important to the town of Cooperstown and its economy, but beyond the hurt it would cause to the town it would also hurt the sport of baseball.

Baseball needs to move past the hiccup referred to as the Steroid Era -- it has affected the sport, players and fans enough. A cloud of suspicion has been put over the MLB, and steroids have become the public’s justification for a player’s success.

There is no need to keep the Steroid Era players out of the Hall, even those who were proven to have taken steroids. If a player’s statistics are at par with other players in the Hall, then they are just as deserving of recognition; it should not matter when they played the game.

How much of their impressive statistics is due to their use of steroids? Despite athletes taking performance enhancing drugs, the talent and skills needed to perform to the level that they did is equal if not greater than others in the Hall of Fame.

I would appreciate nothing more than the forgiveness of Steroids Era transgressors, not for the sake of the transgressors but for the sake of baseball.

Top right, the Craig twins, sophomores Mary and Katherine, watch on the sideline during warm-ups as their teammates play.

(Bottom) Eighth graders Ashley and Taylor Oppold receive balls at the same time in a drill during practice.

on and off basketball court, twins find common ground in sport they love tommy sanders staff writer Some teams have that pair that’s at their best only when they’re together. The pair that just works. The bowtie to their tuxedo. The one pair of siblings, or in this case, twins.

For the girls junior varsity basketball team, twins are not the exception but the norm with two sets playing on this year’s team. Sophomores Mary and Katherine Craig are the first of these pairs; eighth graders Ashley and Taylor Oppold are the second pair. The Craig twins both play number two guard while Ashley Oppold plays number four guard and Taylor Oppold plays numbers two and three guard.

Playing the same position has helped when it came time to practice, said Mary.

“I feel like we have a better connection, and we just know what we are doing together,” Mary Craig said.

The Craig twins would be almost impossible to tell apart on or off the court, even for their coach, Ashley Kalinich. “Mary and Katherine are identical twins,” Kalinich said. “They play the same, they look the same and I have to have little cues to keep them separated, like their shoelace color or their jersey number.”

Mary and Katherine have been on the court together ever since kindergarten. “Over all the years on the court, basketball has done a lot for the us.”, Katherine said. “It really brought my sister and I closer.”

Katherine and Mary may have always played on the same team, but it never stopped their competitiveness. Always pushing each other to do better, Mary said.

The years playing together gave the Craig twins more

than identical looks. Mary and Katherine even play similarly. “Their feistiness and how they play defense, how they shoot; they shoot the ball the exact same. It’s crazy,” Kalinich said.

The Craigs, however, are not the only twin combo on the court. The Oppold twins attend Moultrie middle school.

Although Taylor and Ashley Oppold are also twins, they are not identical and they play a different style. But that does not mean they do not share the same close relationship as the Craigs.

“No matter what we’re doing, we are always together,” Taylor said.

Taylor is a second-year player on the team, but her sister is a new addition to the program, and Taylor is doing what any big sister would do.

“Taylor has taken Ashley under her wing and kinda taught her the ropes,” Kalinich said.

Having a pair of twins on a team is a unique thing.

Having two pairs is an even rarer spectacle.

“All four of them are great kids,” Kalinich said. “I’m so lucky to have them all.”

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Seniors Henry Trotter, Tucker Willlis, Spencer Willis, Sam Bonner and Mace Gosnell cheer on the team as they play against West Ashley Jan. 22. Senior Trey Price takes a breather after a play in the game, which Wando won, 59-49.

aces ield on the

freshman rosa-marie compton ALL PHOTOS BY LAUREL MCKAY // staff

Made the girls Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

sophomore jacob spencer Made the boys Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

sophomore andrew gawryluk Made the boys Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

senior melissa fairey Made the girls Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

senior andrew tyler Made the boys Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

senior georgia compton Made the girls Post and Courier AllLowcountry Cross Country team.

Boys basketball head coach David Eaton watches the end of the game unfold as the Warriors win against the rival Wildcats.

Girls basketball head coach Mickey Hunter motivates the girls during a timeout. The girls have a record of 12-13.

warriors building the spirit memory of kutcher inspires boys’ team kasey gouge staff writer It’s what the varsity boys basketball team knows best. Being a part of the team -- being a part of the spirit.

Time and dedication spent to perfect the sport is familiar for these boys. So was time preciously spent with Joe Kutcher -- the team’s former announcer for every game and biggest supporter until his death on July 17. In honor of Kutcher, the team has dedicated the Feb. 1 game against Goose Creek to him and will recognize him and his family during a halftime ceremony.

“He was a big part of our program, being our announcer, and when he started going through the battle with cancer was like a motivation for us and just an inspiration to see how hard he worked,” senior Eric Wagenlander said.

Wagenlander, a member of the varsity team since his sophomore year, searches for ways to show his respect for Kutcher

and what he did for the basketball program.

“When he passed away this summer, it really touched all of us, and it was terrible to see him go. We dedicated the season to him, and we just always think about him and think about all the fight he went through, and that pushes us forward to work for success this year for him,” Wagenlander said.

Coach David Eaton said the credit for the team’s success goes to players, not himself, for their 3-1 conference record and 13-8 all-around record.

“It feels good [to be leading such a strong team], but I know that a lot of the accomplishment goes to the players -- they have to make the choice to be good leaders, have a lot of spirit and be a good basketball team; it just feels good to be a part of it,” Eaton said.

Winning has become normal to the team, partly due to its wide section of students in “The Chophouse” cheering the team on.

“We know our goals, and we know what we gotta go for and what we need to do to get there, and Coach Eaton reminds us of that all the time so it lifts our spirits and expectations,” said junior Robbie Ross,

who has been on the team since his freshman year.

Ross has been on the team since his freshman year and believes being together as a unit provides for a better team.

“We do a lot of team tournaments, team activities, team fund-raisers and do other stuff off the court besides practice, so we are obviously together all the time as a unit,” said Ross.

Allowing Kutcher to be the inspiration for the season encourages the team to push forward and strive for more in his name. “(Kutcher’s cause) is motivation and something to base the season off of.

Even though it’s not gone as well as past seasons, he’s been a part of the team since Coach Eaton has, so we treat him like one of our own coaches [treated him like a part of the team],” Ross said.

“Teachers keep trying to remind the kids with the tie day and everything to keep him in memory,” he added, “and teammates like [Andrew] Glover and Wagenlander put ‘RIP’ or ‘for Kutcher’ on their shoes for the season,” Ross said, “and we’ll break it down (in games or practice) in a huddle and say it’s for Mr. Kutcher.”

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with your friends and do something really great, like score or make a great play,” McDonough said.

The team, made up of 24 Wando and Academic Magnet athletes, plays as a club sport and is affiliated with the South Carolina Scholastic Hockey Association. The team practices on Wednesday nights and plays games on Friday nights at the Carolina Ice Palace.

Despite their dedication to and love for the sport, many are doubtful for a bright future for South Carolinian hockey.

“It’s not that popular down here… [Hockey] is growandrew taylor ing more in the South, just not South Carolina,” Gwinnup staff writer said.

“In the South, they have football stadiums. In the In the middle of a moderately warm South North, they have ice rinks,” added Gwinnup, a native of Carolina January, while most sports-enthusiasts Davenport, Iowa. are watching the regular season of basketball or Still, the most dedicated hockey players have options. preparing for the Super Bowl, a few dedicated “A lot of people, if they’re good enough, will move fans are gearing up for the first games in the up North.

I have friends that moved up North to play on season of a sport better venerated in colder better hockey teams, ” Gwinnup said. climes — ice hockey.

The team continues their season, undeterred by geoThough the sport enjoys immense graphical woes.

The team, which currently has two wins, fame in North America — especially in eight losses and one overtime loss, is preparing for the Canada — it tends to be all but forgotstate tournament, which begins March 1. ten in the nigh-perennial heat of South Coach Joe Hutari remains hopeful.

Carolina. Senior Cai Gwinnup, captain “The sport grows when the Stringrays grow,” he said. of the “Wando Warriors” hockey team, said “When they are playing good there is more interest to the sport is growing elsewhere but not in South Carolina.

“I love hockey and play.”Hutari has been involved in hockBut for Gwinnup, these impediments have never everything about it” ey for over 18 years. He began coaching six years ago at the request of forstopped him from playing mer coach Buddy Wallace. Since then, the game he loves. he has faithfully coached the team.

“I started out playing “I expect us to improve every street hockey with neighbors,” practice and every game, ” he said. he said. “Then I went ice skating and loved it.”

“It’s so much fun to me.

I love hockey and everything The progression to ice hockey came naturally. about it, ” Gwinnup said.

Similarly, teammate Casey McDonough said Likewise, McDonough remains a fan of the wintry he started playing when he was four because his sport, saying “hockey is the manliest of man sports, next older brother played hockey. And though his to rugby… if a real hockey player breaks his nose or colbrother, Kyle, no longer plays, McDonough conlarbone, he doesn’t go on medical leave of absence, he tinues. spits blood and gets back on the ice.”

“The best part is the moments when you work

senior players, coach reflect on playing and future of their sport

Forward Zach Bauer, a freshman, body checks on an opponent from the side at the Wando-Bishop England/Porter Gaud hockey game Jan. 4. The hockey team’s record is 2-8-1

cai gwinnup

JADE YOUNG// staff

speaking of sports: who do you think will win the super bowl? why?

“49ers because their QB (Collin Kaepernick) is better than the Ravens QB.”

“I think the 49ers because I think they’re a good team and Collin Kaepernick.”

“Ravens because of their experience and Ray Lewis.”

“49ers because Collin Kaepernick is really good.”

“The 49ers because they actually have a good team.”

freshman reid scharling

sophomore jazmine grant

history teacher bret davis

junior joseph dunn

senior jacob jones

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remembering the past to live in the future

COLUMN BY

elizabeth levi, co-editor in chief “Are you hungry? You must to eat!”

Savta’s thick Arab accent is persistent.

She finds joy in shoving a spoon into my mouth. If she succeeds, another is to follow.

“You want to eat?” she asks.

I’m irritated as she looks up with pleading eyes. They’re the same eyes my father uses when asking me a favor. I, too, inherited their gaze; mine reflect her expression – pleading her to cease the feeding.

Her eyes penetrate much further than mine. Behind them is much more than a woman enticing her granddaughter to eat.

Behind those eyes lie a story of courage, strength and chutzpah.

My father’s mother was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Basra, Iraq. She was the oldest of seven siblings, and at 16, she married an affluent, 30-year-old lawyer.

They were prosperous, but it was not easy to be an Iraqi Jew during 1949.

Public hatred towards the Jews began, and my grandfather refused to endure it.

He decided that they must escape to Israel.

But the borders were closed. They would leave behind their family, their fortunes, their property and, essentially, their life.

Twice they were arrested before escaping. Their few valuables were sewn into clothes hems and concealed within the braids of Savta’s hair. They emigrated to Iran where a plane took them to Israel.

Once there, they were placed in a refugee camp – living in tents for two years.

In Israel, my father was born – the first native Israeli in his family.

63 years, three children and four apartments later, Savta still speaks to her siblings in Arabic. I yearn to understand their guttural sounds - wonder if they speak about their past. Usually I am disappointed to find the conversation lingering around their descendants’ reluctance to eat.

Just as she forces me to eat, in broken English, she told me her story.

It is part of who I am, what motivates me to be my best. My freedoms, my opportunities, my success are all due to them.

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trouble in the middle east syrian civil war proves difficult to solve

COLUMN BY

madison ivey, associate editor Syria. A country whose name first appeared on the media map in 2011 when protests started against the dictator-like rule of Bashar al-Assad. It looked like another Arab spring, but it hasn’t turned out that way.

In the last year, 60,000 people have died. It’s more than the 50,000-plus U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam.

With the rebels’ cause gaining momentum and recognition, the predicament in Syria has grown concrete.

With such a problem, the United States was bound to get entangled. We Americans tend to have a hero complex. While historically we have proven our name, our growing economic problems coupled with the extraction of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan is making the American people ask, is this really our fight?

So, what do I think about the situation in Syria? It’s awful.

Did I fully hate the reign on Bashar al-Assad? No. He has provided free health care and quality education. He was even given the nickname “The Hope,” but his violence against the protesters shows his role as a leader is not in the country’s best interest.

Do I think America should get involved? No. I think the idea of placing

troops on the ground of a country to help install the ideals of democracy is a beautiful idea and I fully support our troops, but we can’t repeat the same mistakes we just made. We are only just now pulling troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. We had noble intentions there, but we have found that the end result we had aimed for is not so near.

President Barack Obama’s administration seemed to take a step in the right direction when he froze al-Assad’s assets in the United States and all of its jurisdictions after the protests ended in violence.

This was followed by subsequent acts by other countries, and it pressured al-Assad to make a speech on reform. This, however, did not happen. The Syrian government responded to the protests with torture, arrest, propaganda and censoring.

Since then, the rebels have formed the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionaries and the U.S. has recognized them as a viable entity. The United States’ recognition is basically a stamp of approval. Not only have we recognized a band of rebels who we know basically nothing about, we have armed them.

There is concrete evidence that alQaeda members are part of the rebel force.

The rebels have pledged allegiance to the al-Qaeda group Nusra Front, a group responsible for killing U.S. troops in Iraq.

Are the rebels the best course of action? I think people tend to see the rebels as evilfighters, but evil can try to replace evil with the face of good intentions.

The Obama administration is currently sending troops to neighboring countries

like Turkey and Jordan with the goal of containing the violence -- a move that I believe is sticking our nose in more places that it does not belong.

There once was a time when the principles of America included non-interventionism. The basic idea being that we would avoid being drawn into wars not related to direct territorial self-defense.

Sometimes war is necessary, but it is never good.

Recently, a new player has been added: chemical weapons. Possessed by the Syrian government is an arsenal thought to be the fourth biggest in the world.

Now, this needs attention and not only from America..

There is speculation that the Syrian government will not even use these weapons, but better safe than sorry. We don’t want such an unstable country to be in possession of such unstable weapons. It is estimated that 250,000 troops will be needed if our goal is to retrieve the weapons. And whose to say that they won’t use the chemical weapons while our troops are there? Luckily, that is the mindset of our government at this time. No proactive action is in the works.

Now, I realize I have given contradictory advice. We need to do something, but not anything that will put anyone else in danger.

There really is no right answer to such a complex and hazy problem.

I say Obama needs to talk to other world leaders and determine the best course of action.

syria at a glance: in the beginning

may 2011 May 6 - “Friday of Challenge” May 7 - Siege of Bahiyas May 8 - Siege of Tafas May 13 - “Friday of Free Women” May 14 - Siege of Talkalakh May 20 - “Friday of Freedom” May 28 - Siege of Rastan & Talbiseh

june 2011

June 3 - “Friday of Children,” largest protest outside Daraa with 50,000 people

June 17 - “Friday of Saleh al-Ali”

June 24 - “Friday of Lost Legitimacy”

july 2011

July 1 - “Friday of Departure” July 8 - “Friday of No Dialogue” July 15 - “Friday of Freedom for the Hostages” July 27 - “Friday of Klalid ibn al-halid Grandsons” July 29 - “Friday of Your Silence is Killing Us”

august 2011

Aug. 5 - “Friday of God is with Us” Aug. 12 - “Friday of We Won’t Kneel Except to God” Aug. 19 - “Friday of Beginnings of Victory” Aug. 26 - “Friday of Paitence & Steadfastness”

Protests took place primarily after Friday afternoon prayer services in the beginning of the Civil War. Each Friday was given a name of protest.

--compiled by liz benson and madison ivey

EVERYTHING

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what could go wrong? brother’s gift a unique one for sister

COLUMN BY

wesley maszk, staff writer It was a ridiculous confluence of events on that mild January evening that led to being pinned face down on the ground, cuffed at gunpoint.

The day was Jan. 4, 2010, my sister’s 17th birthday. There was a gathering of various and assorted family and friends that night to throw my sister a surprise party.

People arrived at around six. There was booming laughter and much anticipation of my sister’s arrival at around 7:45. Everything was ready, the food, the drinks, people dressed in silly party outfits, even face painting, which I took part in and would seriously come to regret.

As the time dwindled away and people grew ever more anxious, it was decided that there needed to be a look out so that we would not have to sit crouched in the dark waiting for my sister to be fashionably late to a party she did not even know about.

I was selected.

They sent me out the door to hide and watch for my sister. I was wearing shorts only, no shirt or shoes. It was not a warm night, but that never bothered me.

I found a suitable spot across the street in my neighbor’s bushes with a clear view of the road. So I waited in those bushes with my cousin’s brand new phone clutched in my hand (mine had been out of charge), ready to call and alert the boisterous party goers at a moment’s notice.

Cars came intermittently down the road. As they came I would retreat farther into the brush to avoid being spotted by my sister.

Unbeknownst to me, people in the

adjacent neighborhoods had reported a strange occurrence. A man barely clad had been going around and exposing himself to women.

Normally this would not have affected me, but that night was a perfect storm.

After what seemed like forever, a car came up. It was obviously not my sister, so I did not bother hiding. It pulled into the driveway by the bushes where I was hiding. The car dropped off some of my neighbor’s children that live in that house, but the car lingered awhile as if the driver was waiting or watching something. It was dark, and the windows were tinted.

I was unaware that the driver of the car was staring at me.

The female driver, wary of the rumors of this naked man, informed the neighbors of whose bushes I was hiding in that there was a man half dressed hiding in their azalea bushes.

Of course, my neighbor called the cops.

This all occurred while I innocently sat there twiddling my thumbs.

The cops were now on their way.

From my hiding spot, I saw them driving down the street. There were no sirens or anything to alert me that they were doing anything other than simply checking the neighborhood.

As they approached the spot where I was nestled, the brights of their headlights flickered on. They leaped out of the car, guns and flashlights in hand. They began barking orders at me to get out of the bushes.

Naturally I complied.

Next they told me to drop whatever I was holding in my hands. It was my cousin’s phone. Not wanting to drop her new phone on the ground, I tried to set it down. This angered them. They kept LOR Y TA yelling till I just threw it on the ground. Keep in mind the fact that I had crazy face

paint on.

Next thing I knew, I was on the ground and having handcuffs put on me uncomfortably tight. They asked me what I was doing. As I tried to explain the situation through my panicked gasps of air due to my utter and complete shock, my

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mom headed out towards us.

Apparently another one of our neighbors called her and informed her that her son was currently being forcibly detained.

She came out and calmly explained what happened.

Once the officers heard the entire story, they laughed heartily at my expense, took off the cuffs and promptly drove away. I then went into the house and told everybody what had happened. The only thing that could have matched their laughter was my feeling of embarrassment.

After we all calmed down we sat silently in the dark and waited till my sister came home. The night ended up rather well. My sister probably got more enjoyment out of that story than anybody all night.

In retrospect I gave her the best birthday present she could have asked for, her little brother being manhandled by the police.

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a dangerous proposal Guns are powerful things and should be placed in the hands of those who are fit to handle them. Although it may -- in theory -- sound like a good idea to put powerful objects in the hands of teachers and administrators, it can be more destructive than helpful.

In light of the recent shooting in Newtown, Conn., leaders from both sides of the aisle have proposed plans on how to prevent similar tragedies from occurring again.

President Barack Obama released a plan on Jan. 16 that would return the country to the Clinton-era gun laws and help fund programs to help mental illness.

In response to this proposition, some members of the GOP and the National Rifle Association claim this plan trounces on the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Instead, some believe this country should make firearms more widely available as opposed to making them more scarce.

The idea is that teachers with weapons in the classroom could protect students, should a gunman come and try to attack them. This proposal has been raised by lawmakers in at least six states, including state Rep. Phillip Lowe of South Carolina.

More recently, however, some wish to expand this plan and implement it in schools across the country. This would allow teachers and administrators to possess concealed weapons in the classroom, to

protect the students should the need to do so arise.

To put it simply, this idea is not fundamentally solid. If this country were to allow teachers to have firearms in the classroom, this would most likely lead to more problems than good.

Although teachers are generally to be trusted, no one can claim that they are all saint. There may come a time when a teacher has a breakdown of their own and is not thinking straight. Do we really want a gun in the hands of a mentally compromised person who has access to the students that easily? The answer is most likely no.

And then there is the matter of getting the guns themselves. Would we, as a country, pay with our taxes to buy every teacher a gun, or would the teachers bring their own guns?

There is also the matter of how effective this new law would be in general. Realistically, as the gunman was carrying a semi-automatic weapon, it would take little time to walk into a classroom and fire. It does not seem likely that a teacher would have the ability to reach their desk, take out the gun, load said gun, aim and fire in the little time allotted for them to do so.

Back in 2009, a military doctor opened fire at the Fort Hood Military Post in Texas in 2009, killing 13 and wounding 30 others. These people are surrounded by and trained to handle guns. If people who know what they are doing can’t stop this type of

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occurrence from happening, how will a teacher who has little experience with guns supposed to do any better?

That also leaves the students themselves. Should a student be overcome with destructive tendencies and the teacher leave the room for only a minute, who is to say that the teen cannot find a way to reach that gun?

According to recent federal statistics, there have been 33 violent school-related deaths between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. These numbers are alarming in that they show how dangerous people are not always trespassers and could be students or faculty themselves.

Many schools have also already hired School Resource Officers who would hold weapons on campus. These men and women are trained to handle these weapons and are there for the sole purpose of protecting the school and its inhabitants.

Teachers are there to teach, not to fight.

It would be wise to leave the protecting to the people who are there and are well prepared, as opposed to someone who may or may not be trustworthy of having a firearm at all.

Quite frankly, this idea of guns in the classroom is not a wise one. There are too many ways in which things could go desperately wrong, and very quickly.

Other gun laws may be up for debate, but guns in the classroom is one idea that should not be taken any further.

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Juniors Sam Bunce and Jeremy Dinda stand waiting for the air horn to signal the line up. They came dressed as swamp people.

Seniors Haley Sabados and Jared Anderson stands with the Seidman family, dressed up as caution cones.

Members of the entourage carried signs that say, “Welcome to the Construction Zone.”

The Polar Bear Plunge, a local annual charity event in the Lowcountry, is considered a tradition for many families of Mount Pleasant. As every year, the Plunge was held on New Year’s Day and hosted by Dunleavy’s Pub as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics of South Carolina.

Families from all around the Charleston area came out on Jan. 1 to donate and dress up in elaborate costumes before “plunging” into the Sullivan’s Island waters. With over $60,000 raised last year, the Plunge has been a local event for 16 years. Over the years it has raised $200,000, all of which has been donated to the S.C. Special Olympics.

Seniors Nicki Seidman and Lindsay Mandel, along with their extended family, were among those who attended the Plunge, taking full advantage of the costume opportunity. “Construction Land,” as the group was called, was among the more creative of swimmers.

“We’ve been going for about 12 years,” Rick Seidman, Seidman’s father, said. “The first time we loved it, and now it’s a tradition. We have a meeting about a month before to decide what we’re going to dress up as. One year, we all wore ladies’ dresses. It’s a great cause, and a great tradition for our family.”

--deirdre borland (Above) A Dunleavy brother starts the countdown until everyone can plunge.

(Right) At 2:30 p.m., an air horn sounds signaling people to line up at a rope on the beach. Sixtyseconds to the plunge and a countdown starts in the crowd. With three seconds left, the crowd jumps the gun and starts running to the water.

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