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Recent national and local cases have brought to light the need for more education to prevent sexual abuse. For more information, see page four.
08 Lending
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East Cooper Community Outreach has been helping the Lowcountry for over 20 years, continuing to support outreach programs.
16 The
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Having trouble finding the perfect gift at the perfect price? Check out this issue’s centerspread for helpful gift-giving tips for everyone on your list.
22 Making
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Powderpuff went through rule changes for this year’s season in an effort to make the game safer. See the recap of the changes on page 23.
32 Winter
the switch
wonderland
We may not have snow, but Christmastime in Charleston is still a unique and beautiful experience. See page 32 for all the winter festivities.
Seniors Josh Walker and Micah Kinloch -- as well as three other players -- make the transition from football to basketball in a matter of days.
by the numbers: Winter in Charleston
that’s what you said...
Oh the weather outside is frightful -- or is it? Charleston winters are known to be fairly mild, but we do see the occasional snowfall or freezing temperatures.
When do you first start listening to Christmas music?
1989 year eight plus inches fell between Dec. 2225, the most in the history of the city.
3.4 inches amount of snow that fell on Feb. 12,
12% Before Thanksgiving 15% The day of Thanksgiving
56%Not until December starts 17% I never listen to Christmas music
Does you family put up a real or artificial Christmas tree?
Do you attend any Christmas parades?
45%
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42.6 F Average temperature for December 2000, the coldest December for Charleston.
57% Real 37% Artificial don’t put up a Christmas 6% We tree
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2010.
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-- Statistics courtesy of wikipedia.org and postandcourier.com
56% Yes
19% I participate in at least one parade
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No, I don’t get any presents at all
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Getting to know senior
Jake Hartwell
How to... wrap a gift
Tribal People 03 The holiday season is here, and with that comes gifts. Tribal Tribune staffers Lauren Fraser and Sabian Mignone show how to wrap the perfect present.
by lauren fraser and sabian mignone
1. Remove all price
5. Take the tip of
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Cut the paper so that there is enough to cover the entire gift.
6. Tape where the
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7. Flip the gift over.
4. At the edge of the
8. Present your
tags and put gift in a neat box if your gift is not square. Roll paper out and place gift in the center.
the triangle and pull it towards the gift. Repeat on the other side.
Tribal Tribune: What is your dream job? Hartwell: Professional film actor TT: What’s your favorite thing about the holidays? JH: I guess probably seeing family.
triangles meet.
TT: What’s your favorite kind of pizza? JH: Philosopher’s Pizza from Mellow Mushroom. It’s steak, mushrooms, olives and artichokes. TT: If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go? What would you do there? JH: I would go to London because I’ve always wanted to go there. I’ve always
ger edges together so they meet in the middle. Tape the two ends together.
Curl a ribbon with scissors and attach it to the top of the gift in a large bow.
liked the British culture. And also Israel so I could learn more about my Jewish culture. It looks pretty there. TT: What’s your favorite season and why? JH: Winter because I love the cold. TT: What’s your biggest pet peeve? When people don’t know when to stop talking. TT: If you had a genie, what would your three wishes be? JH: 1. Enough money so I don’t have to
gift, where there is excess paper, make two creases into a triangle. Take the edge and fold it towards the gift.
newly wrapped gift to the lucky recipient!
work anymore 2. To get my dream job 3. And for my family to be happy TT: Who inspires you? JH: Harvey Milk because he was a really inspirational person. He was the first openly gay mayor of San Francisco and he was assassinated for it.
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Fighting the fear
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co-writing editor, staff writer It’s the silent crime, targeting one in four girls and one in six boys before age 18. It’s the silent crime that in the U.S. alone holds more than 42 million adult survivors. It’s the silent crime that doesn’t discriminate, affecting both males and females. Sexual abuse has recently become prominent in the media with the allegations made against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky and former Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine. Not even Mount Pleasant has been spared from the horrors of alleged sexual abuse. Local teacher, coach, husband and father, Louis “Skip” ReVille, 32, has been charged with molesting nine boys in Mount Pleasant and is under investigation in Charleston, Summerville and Hanahan. Carrie Busch, the Pediatric Violence, Intervention and Prevention Fellow at the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center, works with the victims of child abuse. “We see all ages. Unfortunately, we see this kind of abuse in the very young, in school-aged kids, and we also see it in teenagers,” Busch said. “It does not discriminate.” Since 1991, the center has helped over 18,000 families as they struggle with overcoming the trauma that can come with child abuse. In 2010, 55 percent of the children seen at Dee Norton were evaluated for sexual abuse. Dr. Don Elsey, the Director of Clinical Services at Dee Norton, said often, as in the allegations against ReVille, perpetrators are active in their communities and work with children. “[Perpetrators] are people that usually the kids and
family trust. To have access to kids you normally have to gain the trust of the child and family. People think that this is done by strangers, and it’s rarely done by strangers,” Elsey said. “It’s almost always done by someone the family knows. People who do this don’t want to get caught, so they are good at getting the child alone or getting the trust of the family to be able to have access to the child.” Experts worry that far too few victims report their abuse. According to Busch, numerous variables factor into a child’s decision to report. “I think it does depend on the age of the child. Younger kids, sometimes they’re so young they won’t even recognize that something bad is happening to them,” Busch said. “They don’t recognize that this is assault; they certainly won’t recognize that it’s sexual, and that’s part of how predators work their way into these kids’ lives.” Experts said victims often feel at fault for their abuse and keep it secret because of this. “It’s very hard for kids to report abuse. They’re often scared,” Elsey said. “They’re often made to feel like it was their fault, and even though we of course know it’s not, the people who hurt our kids want to make the child feel it’s their fault because they’re less likely to tell.” Elsey believes expecting children to report abuse is unfair. “We put the onus on kids to stop this and kids can’t,” Elsey said. “It has to be us, the adults, to stop child abuse.” As a licensed social worker, Ann Thompson has worked with victims, their parents and perpetrators of sexual abuse. She now facilitates trainings in the Charleston area for Virtus, a program the Catholic Church instituted in 1998 in response to its own sexual abuse scandals. She said many children are threatened into not telling an adult. “Kids don’t report because there’s always an implied threat when a child is sexually abused,” Thompson said.
“‘They aren’t going to believe you. You led me on. You enjoyed it.’” Those who do not report incidents immediately should still not feel at fault. “There are a lot of misperceptions that kids tell right away, but it’s very difficult to do that,” Elsey said. “We shouldn’t put a lot of pressure on the victims of abuse to make them feel like it’s their fault they didn’t tell right away.” Children often fall into a perpetrator’s grooming techniques. “The perpetrator will let the child watch porn or look at dirty magazines [and] build on it,” Thompson said. “Some perpetrators take months to work on their relationship with a child and Dr. Don Elsey increase the abuse by increments.” For Busch, it is society’s responsibility to make sure children know what is appropriate and what is not. “I think a lot of it is kind of as a society we don’t talk to our young kids enough about what is appropriate touch and what is inappropriate touch,” Busch said. “We don’t make it ok for our adolescents and teenagers to come forward with information like this,” It is important to make sure parents provide a safe environment for their children to talk about issues as well. “It’s important to ask your child, to make sure they understand,” Elsey said, “that as parents, I can hear whatever you want to tell me, and it’s my job to keep you safe,” The good news is that counseling treatments for abuse victims show remarkable success, but victims can’t get help if they haven’t reported. Thompson believes that it is important for a child to have a safe place to go.
“It’s very hard for kids to report abuse. They’re often scared.”
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Dear Wando Families, Although we have had a wonderful year at Wando in so many ways, I continue to be troubled by the on-going stories of sexual abuse of some of the youth in our community. Although I do not know how many Wando students were affected, there is no doubt that some of our students knew the person who apparently did this. I am so proud of the victims who have come forward. They are courageous and brave to face this issue. There may be other students here who are also victims or who were impacted negatively by their previous friendship with this adult. The following information was provided by the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center and may be useful to you. Everyone has been impacted by the news that an adult in a position of trust used that position to harm children. Knowing this contributes to feelings of fear, anxiety, sadness or anger. Being trained in the prevention of child sexual abuse and understanding its risks are clearly a first step. However, as adults we have to be willing to take action when we see indicators of abuse and to respond when something does occur in our community. Your children will watch how you manage this information, and it will impact them. It is critical for you to be willing to talk to and listen to your child because you can guide his or her understanding of what has happened. No child is responsible for an offender’s actions. Everyone deserves to know the adult bears the sole responsibility for the abusive behaviors. Those impacted whether directly or indirectly must be afforded an opportunity to have their questions answered and to understand being victimized doesn’t define who they are. It takes courage for any victim to report their abuse. We, as adults, need to show the same courage and willingness to talk about this difficult issue. Talking and being supportive will provide an opportunity for victims to receive the services they need, and it will create an environment which will encourage other victims to come forward and say what happened to them. We are thankful to live and work in a place where parents, schools and community organizations address child sexual abuse head-on and ensure families have the information necessary to guide their response in dealing with this difficult issue. Not dealing with this matter directly and allowing an undercurrent of gossip, innuendo and false information to flourish is harmful. Not understanding the seriousness of sexual abuse can lead to inappropriate comments which may result in a form of emotional bullying. As we move forward, please know that we care deeply for all of you and want to help if there is any way we can. We want you know our guidance counselors continue to be available to speak with you and your child(ren) regarding any related concerns you may have, and they will provide you with additional community resources as needed. Lucy Beckham
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Art teacher Ashley Webb was awarded Charleston County School District’s Star Teacher for November. “I am honored because I was chosen by the administrators,” Webb said. “It means a lot that the administration chose me and I’m proud to represent Wando.”
Senior Bogdan Bordieanu achieved a 2400 combined score on the SAT, receiving a 1600 on the June 4 test and a perfect writing score on the Oct. 1 test. “[When I got] the 1600 I was shocked. But then, the second time I took it in October, I was hoping for [2400] and I was happy . . . So yeah, I wasn’t as shocked as I was the first time,” Bordieanu said.
Senior Emily Latham won the All Star Cast Award during the SCTA Conference at Winthrop Nov. 11-13. “This is probably my most prized award I’ve ever won because acting is something that you love,” Latham said. “It’s just the most amazing feeling in the entire world.”
Teacher Lynne Plumb was awarded Charleston County’s Distinguished Teacher of Reading for 20112012. “It’s humbling because I’m surrounded by distinguished teachers working here at Wando in the district. It’s always nice to get recognized for doing what you love to do,” Plumb said.
Junior Courtney Leopold won the Schneider Recognition Award for her drawing “What has become of me” at the Coastal Carolina Fair Oct. 27-Nov. 5. “I was really happy [when I found out I won] because I remembered being frustrated with that piece,” she said.
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Notable achievements
2011-2012 Teacher of the Year Jason Brisini (left) shares a hug with English teacher Shandra Drayton, who was teacher of the year in 2010, when Brisini receives his award.
Brisini wins Teacher of the Year When AP Geography teacher Jason Brisini saw who was standing at the door, his face lit up with a smile. Principal Lucy Beckham and other administrators smiled right back, holding cards, plaques and greeting cards. “It is great to know that out of over 200 staff members from the biggest school in the state, I won teacher of the year,” said Brisini, who has been teaching at Wando for four years. “I was excited, and even though after [English teacher] Shandra Drayton won last year and said to me, ‘It’s your turn next year!’ I definitely did not expect it.” Brisini has gone above and beyond as a teacher and football coach, Drayton said. “I expected Brisini to win because he deserved the TOY award! He is one of the hardest working men I know, and he never, ever complains about how much work he has to do,” she said. “Coach Brisini can be counted on 110 percent of the time and I am proud to call him my colleague, but even prouder to call him my friend.” Brisini’s achievements include creating Wando’s AP
DECA members place in Regionals
Junior Ben Rabin was the Jefferson Award winner for the month of November. “This community has provided me with everything I have,” Rabin said, “and this is the least I can do, to give back.”
The DECA Region III business role play competition was hosted by Wando for the sixth year on Dec. 7. Seventy-two students competed to qualify for state, a record not only for Wando but also for all of South Carolina. 51 Wando students actually qualified to continue on to the state DECA competition Feb. 24-26. Emily Gugel, David Altenburg, Aaron Anderson and David Leggett won first place in Accounting, Apparel and Accessories, Business and Financial Services and Food Marketing Services respectively. Forty-eight other students placed and will compete at state. “I was excited [when I saw the Wando results],” Marketing teacher Kirk Beilke said. “You really want [the students] to try and push and do the best they possibly can, and as long as they did that, then I’m very happy.”
Human Geography curriculum and having an 89 percent AP exam passing rate in its first year. This year’s AP Human Geography enrollment increased from 46 students to 127. And this summer, he put new combinations on 953 lockers. “I am so very very proud of Jason Brisini for winning the teacher of the year award. He is a role model for us all. He is quite deserving in that he is such a hard worker,” Social Studies Department Chair Charlotte Flint said. “He is here from sun-up to sundown. He does what it takes to allow his students to be successful, and he works so hard at his job. He is very committed! I can’t say enough good things about him. He is a wonderful person and a wonderful teacher.” Brisini said he was thrilled at the award. “I think the biggest compliment I got was when someone said they would like me to be their child’s teacher,” he said. “That really meant a lot.” -- devon bowen
Wando acclaimed model school Project Lead The Way named Wando on Nov. 7 as one of 16 model schools in the U.S. for 2010-2011 for pre-engineering classes. The class, taught by David Ronmer, was recognized as what a model school should strive for due to difficult curriculum, teacher credentials, class growth rates and student engagement within the community.
Youth Art Show winners
Ten students from Ashley Webb’s art class placed in the Youth Art show at this year’s Coastal Carolina Fair. Included were Cara O’Leary first place, Hannah Sloger first place, Anne Pride first place, Bethany Summers first place, Irene Erich second place, Ansley Vaughn second place, William Shanahan second place, Devan Walsh second place, Alexandra Owens third place and Claire Gleason third place.
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‘Neighbors helping neighbors’ Local charity provides various services to the community
The “Green Door Store” is where ECCO volunteers receive donated linens and blankets, then proceed to sort and fold the donated clothes.
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he warehouse is full of goods -- canned food, frozen food, toiletries, diapers. The gray-haired man pointed to some of the products stacked neatly around the fully-stocked room. “There are poor people in Mt. Pleasant. Down that street right there, there are trailers that are falling apart with six or seven people living in them,” Paul Suchy, East Cooper Community Outreach warehouse manager, said as he led two Tribal Tribune staffers on a tour of the facility Nov. 30. ECCO -- funded 20 percent by grants, 10 percent by fundraisers, 45 percent by donors, 10 percent by businesses, and 15 percent by civil organizations -- has been a part of the Mount Pleasant community since its foundation in 1989, after Hurricane Hugo. “After the storm, many fences were blown down, revealing poverty in Mount Pleasant. In response to this, Monsignor James Carter, pastor for Christ Our King, saw a need to feed these poverty-stricken people and any others that needed emergency food,” Suchy said. As word got out about the help, lines for food kept growing, according to Suchy. And as more and more churches got involved, there was need for a building, leading to how ECCO “was born,” Suchy said. Known through numerous food drives at Wando, ECCO does much more for the poor than provide communication, providing job interviews and GED classes. ECCO helps rebuild people’s lives, Suchy said. “We try to educate [ECCO clients] so they can get better jobs, so that one day they can get out of their situation,” he said. “Some times it works; some times it doesn’t.” ECCO also sponsors a free dental clinic, open at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. “It is something we do for MUSC to graduate,” said Peter Choi, a fourth-year Medical University of South Carolina student. The program is geared towards people without dental insurance, and MUSC students who are studying to become general dentists volunteer at the clinic. In addition, a free MUSC medical clinic with certified doctors is available at 5:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students at MUSC do evaluations for the clients prior to treatment. “It is first come, first serve. They only treat eight people a day,” Suchy said. ECCO houses “Catholic Charities,” which provide low-cost immigration legal services, and the facility also helps immigration victims of household violence and
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Warehouse manager Paul Suchy explains how the process of receiving the donated food and how it ends up with qualified clients during a tour on Nov. 30.
other crimes. To provide those in need with linens and clothing, there is the “Green Door Store” that gives free clothes and bedding. Across the hall, there is a furniture department that gives out chairs, tables, mattresses and much more. “Those whose houses have burned down become first priority,” Suchy said. The biggest part of ECCO is the food bank, which takes in over 6,000 pounds of food a week. Each client gives information on their household: the amount of people in the household and their ages. This is how ECCO determines what kinds of food they get and how much, according to Suchy. ECCO has helped around 5,000 people this year, he said. “It is important now [to help the poor] more than ever because of the economy.”
Aisles of nonperishable food in the ECCO warehouse. The warehouse also contains aisles of clothes, blankets, linens, furniture, toiletries and other necessities.
ECCO by the numbers • ECCO sees over 50 clients a day in the food and clothing warehouse. • ECCO has 394 volunteers. • The volunteers work a combined 24,716 hours. • ECCO has helped out over 5,000 residents in its 20 years of service. -- source: eccocharleston.org
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Giving for the holidays Looking to donate this holiday season? Tribal Tribune reporter Sarah Russell did some research on some great Christmas charity organizations.
Christmas charities
SJS buddies
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St. James Santee students got a chance to see a glimpse of what it is like to be in high school on Dec. 9. This field trip continued the development of the mentor relationship between Wando High School students and St. James Santee students. “It was a great way for Wando students and St. James students to influence each other and form a better relationship. Everyone had a great time when St. James came here. A lot of the Wando students were able to spend more time with their buddies and to show them what their life is like and to introduce them to a high school experience,” said junior Jenny Bailey, one of the student leaders.
Christmas Commandos
Christmas Commandos is an organization for children who are facing their first holiday season after losing a parent. Toys are collected and fundraisers are held throughout the season to gather gifts. On Christmas Eve, a group of darkly dressed volunteers leave the presents in the front yards of the children. The next morning, the children find Barbies hanging from trees and bicycles propped against the stairs -- a Christmas they will never forget. You can help by donating toys or money, sponsoring a child, helping to wrap the gifts or even hosting a toy drive. For more information, visit christmascommandos. com.
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Lowcountry Orphan Relief
Lowcountry Orphan Relief supplies various goods and services to abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Lowcountry. Donated clothes, toiletries, school supplies, stuffed animals and books are sorted through and organized by volunteers. Eventually these items are distributed at schools and homeless shelters. You can help by donating money for the organization and goods for the children, or even by spending a morning folding clothes and filling orders at LOR’s Children’s Closet downtown. To donate immediately or to sign up to volunteer this Christmas season, go to www.lowcountryorphanrelief.org.
Families Helping Families
The Palmetto Project’s Families Helping Families is a group that allows financially secure families to help needy families. After you choose what size household you would like to help, you receive a Christmas “wish list” with items that each member in the family wants or needs. Many times, lists are filled with necessities like food and coats. You can help by encouraging your own family to sponsor a less fortunate family. To get started, visit palmettoproject.org/families-helping-families. --compiled by sarah russell
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Debi’s Kids provides a merry Christmas morning to underprivileged children in the Charleston area. Volunteers collect, sort, wrap and pack gifts to be distributed to families who have been chosen using the federal poverty guidelines. Recently, Debi’s Kids teamed up with the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree organization to be able to spread even more holiday cheer this year. Angel Trees can be found at numerous locations, from Walmart to MUSC. You can help by donating and wrapping toys for Debi’s Kids or sponsoring a child through the Angel Tree program.
St. James students got a chance to follow their buddy around the school. They were able to choose three classes to visit. The teachers of these stations prepared age appropriate activities. The stations included yearbook, Tribe Talk, library, P.E., Spanish, Dance, Engineering and others. Senior Jenny Gilmore watches a demonstration with her buddy.
A St. James student gets a chance to hold one of the video cameras used for filming Tribe Talk.
The Engineering station offered the students a chance play with cars on a track that they built.
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Senior Justin Garraux and his buddy share a smile while playing math games on the computer. At the library station, the kids learned how to check-out books and log in to the computers. NATHAN GLYDER/staff
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Becoming American by choice Hard work allows a Brazilian mother to pave the way for her children’s futures kristen evans
Junior Yasmin Buarque (left) celebrates her mother’s birthday with her family. Her mother, Dulce Wint, immigrated to the United States when Yasmin was in the third grade. Also pictured are Buarque’s step-father, Roy Wint, her brother Daniel and her sister Isabelle.
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staff writer
It takes a leap of faith to leave everything behind. The original plan was simple: get away from Brazil for just six months and come to America to earn money for her and her daughter. But once she came, America could no longer be a temporary idea. America was going to be her home. So Dulce Wint left everything behind. Everything but her eight-year-old daughter, Yasmin Buarque. Ten years later, junior Yasmin Buarque and her mother are citizens of the United States of America. The road to citizenship was not easy. While the actual citizenship test involved rigorous questions, the studying was not the challenge. Buarque’s mother arrived in America with her in 2001, looking for opportunity. Brazil’s education and employment opportunities are far less wide than in the United States. “Remotely good education is so expensive and parents were sacrificing so much to put their children through school.” Buarque said. Wint knew how hard it was to build yourself up in Brazil and decided to make the move to America. She came back three years later with her daughter and from that moment on, Wint has had a signature phrase that her family lives by -- “no excuses.” She started off as a waitress with broken English, then started selling furniture, then became an interpreter for a company and finally was a coordinator for all Latin singers in the Christian music industry -- all in the span of five years. She was also completely legal the entire time. She started off with a visa that lasted six months and renewed it on the expiration date, right on time. When she was eligible, she and Buarque obtained Green Cards to live in the U.S. and finally, they brought themselves to earning their citizenship. “America can be a place full of opportunity -- if you play by the rules,” Wint said. “You have to respect the country, pay your taxes and abide by their laws. Then you will be successful.” That’s not to say starting over in a new country is a piece of cake. “It was never easy for me living here,” Buarque said. “And it definitely wasn’t easy for my mom either.” Buarque moved in third grade with no English skills and had to fight to keep up with her classmates. Now, as an 11th grader, she takes AP Language and Composition and is a reporter for Tribe Talk. Wint, who also started off with broken English, would take a notepad with her everywhere she went the first few years and wrote down every word she didn’t recognize
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that she saw or heard throughout the day. But they stuck to Wint’s “no excuses” policy and chose to ignore the struggles and be optimistic, pushing through financial and linguistic difficulties. Wint stopped working when she met and married her husband, Roy, a few years ago and decided to have more children. Although Wint was no longer employed by a company, she never stopped working. When citizenship was an option, she began working to earn that. She studied 100 questions about American government and history -- some simple, but some beyond the scope of most Americans’ knowledge. When she took the test, only five questions were asked. She passed. She and Buarque became citizens. “I feel very fortunate that God brought me to this country,” Wint said. Buarque agrees with her. “I know there’s so many minors trying to get their citizenship through their parents and can’t,” she said. “I’m really lucky.” “I’m proud to be an American by choice.” Wint said. Yes, it’s true they left everything behind when they left Brazil, but that doesn’t mean they are never going back.
They still call Brazil home. “It’s not just some awful place,” said Buarque, adding that Brazil is very family oriented. Wint has seven sisters back in Brazil. “The food is great, too. It’s a different type of culture...and I love it.” To stay connected to Brazil, Wint and Buarque each chose to get a dual citizenship. Unlike most families, they have the privilege of calling two places home. Buarque still feels fond of the family, friends, food and culture in Brazil and makes it a point to revisit as often as possible. “I go back every summer to see my family. One of the hardest parts about being here is having to leave them.” She values everyone there, especially her father. And when she leaves Brazil each summer, although some sadness seeps through her on the plane back to America, she would never trade her life here for one in Brazil. She knows how fortunate she is and how hard her mother worked to give her this life. For anyone seeking any sort of success, Buarque and Wint leave two words of advice: “no excuses.”
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To experience culture and learn language, alumnus studies abroad for semester haley brimmer
staff writer
Abroad and beyond PROVIDED BY FRANCIE ANDERSON
Argentinian adventures
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Corazones abiertos -- open hearts -- is the only way to describe how alumnus Francie Anderson was welcomed into Argentina by her host family in the spring of 2011. Anderson, who graduated in 2009 and now attends Clemson University, only made contact with her host family one time before heading overseas to live with them for five months. “My family was just so generous,” said Anderson, who participated in the study abroad program through Clemson. “They were the kind of people that just want to host somebody in their house, a very special kind of people.” As welcoming as the family was, the adjustment still wasn’t an easy one. “It was very hard to adjust,” Anderson said. “I lived with an Argentine family, which I absolutely loved, but they spoke not a word of English and in the beginning, I didn’t speak very much Spanish.” Alumnus Francie Anderson experiences a taste of Argentina’s cuiAlthough the language barrier was present, it did not sine consisting of cow tongue in the spring of 2011. hold Anderson back from experiencing the Argentinian Anderson wasn’t always traveling, though. She spent culture. many weeks in her home town, meeting the people and “I guess the main culture difference is how open they learning the culture of Cordoba. are and how much they loved me. Even though I didn’t “They are very family centered. They are open and lovspeak much Spanish, they just loved to talk to me and ing and always want to hear about your day and greet you hear my broken Spanish,” she said. “They love to talk to us with a kiss on your cheek,” Anderson said. “We got pretty [Americans] and try to speak English to us.” close [Anderson with her host family] and all ate meals toLiving in Cordoba, the second largest providence in gether. ” Argentina, Anderson was able to travel as well as gain a Besides the language barrier and the culture shock, number of new experiences. Anderson was forced to function on “I took sevan entirely different schedule than she eral trips with was used to. With classes starting in my other group the middle of the afternoon rather from Clemson that in the morning, Anderson found and then my it more convenient -- and natural -- to friends and I spend most of her “awake” time durtook a numing the night. ber of weekend “They are very centered on nighttrips,” Anderlife. If you went out at night, like to a Alumnus Francie Anderson son said. “I restaurant or club, you wouldn’t get never actually back until three or four in the mornleft the country, but Argentina is extremely long. We traving, ” she said. “My [host] mother did that, too -- she would eled a lot.” come home at like three in the morning, and it was just Visiting places like the Iguazu waterfall, salt flats and normal. ” botanical gardens, Anderson made sure she learned about It was a group of girls from Clemson, though, that Anthe local tribes as well as the sights. derson bonded with the most. “In the north, we got to go to this tiny little pueblo “I met three girls from Clemson who went down there and meet the people. It was kind of crazy to see how they [to Argentina] with me, who I didn’t know before,” Anderlive in comparison to the people in Buenos Aires, just two son said. “The crazy thing is that as much as I loved my hours away, who lived in shacks,” Anderson said. “It was time there, those girls were what made it that time. They just kind of cool to see the differences, like the tribal dancwere American, so we spoke English a lot, but the Lord just es and tribal clothes.”
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blessed me with those girls to go around Argentina with and to enjoy all that Argentina was. I’m still with them now at Clemson, so I think that was probably the best experience there.” For Anderson, studying abroad seemed like the perfect experience. “I just always knew I wanted to go abroad and I had always wanted to learn Spanish,” she said. “The people in Argentina and the custom was something that I pretty much fell in love with. I’d love to get my nursing degree and go back to Argentina to live for a while.” With so many new experiences and so many things learned, Anderson believes the thing she learned most about was actually herself. “You kind of have to be independent -- you can’t really rely on other people,” she said. “Because no one knows you, you can kind of be whoever you want to be. You pretty much have no limitations because you have no parents, no responsibilities, so it’s kind of cool to be able to rediscover yourself.” The most valuable thing she got from the whole experience: “I guess it’s the people I met that opened me up to real life, and how much there is out there than just America,” Anderson said. “There’s a whole other world out there that values things completely different than I do, and it’s really cool to experience that.”
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Junior Nicki Seidman lights a menorah with her parents, Rick and Karen. Hanukkah starts on Dec. 21 this year at sundown and lasts for eight days. According to Jewish tradition, once the candles are lit, they are not supposed to be blown out. Instead, they should burn themselves out.
A time for celebration Seidmans cherish Hanukkah traditions in family home madison ivey
staff writer
No Santa Claus, no Christmas tree, no caroling. This seems strange to most people, but it is nothing out of the ordinary for Jewish people all over the world. Instead it’s menorahs, dreidels and matzo ball soup. “It’s just kind of strange. When I say I don’t celebrate Christmas, I celebrate Hanukkah, people are like ‘You’re Jewish? That’s so weird I don’t know you were Jewish,’” junior Nicki Seidman said. “It’s religion. Everybody believes in something different so it shouldn’t be a surprise.” Hanukkah, or Chanukah, is an eightday festival of lights that commemorates the revolt of the Maccabees. “The first night is normally the most formal for us,” said Seidman. “It’s the start
of Hanukkah and that’s when we’re most during the eight days of Hanukkah and religious, but we’re really not all that re- decorating the house. We also cook tradiligious. What we do is light the menorah tional Hanukkah foods like potato latkes -which has nine places. One is for the mid- pancakes -- and matzo ball soup.” dle candle, which you use to light the rest of Seidman uses her religion as a way to them, and then we’ll say a prayer and bless be different than everyone else. the candles, and then the first night we’ll “[Being different] was never really a have a big dinner. The other nights are like problem for me because my mom would normal, we’ll just light the menorah and come into my class and bring all the trathen we will open presents.” ditional stuff and I would think ‘Yeah, I’m In a nacool beHanukkah is viewed as a fun holiday cause we tion where the majordo all these ity of the but not nearly as religiously significant d i f f e r e n t population t h i n g s ,’ ” c e l e br at e s Seidman as many other Jewish holidays. Christmas, said. Rick Seidman S e i d m a n’s There mother are misKaren said you learn to accept differences. conceptions about Hanukkah, just like any “Our kids have been going to Hebrew holiday, Seidman said, the most common school since they were 3 years old and have one being that it is the most important Jewlearned about all of the Jewish holidays ish holiday. including Hanukkah,” said Mrs. Seidman. “We make it really big in America, but “We also have always celebrated it at home, it’s not really our biggest holiday at all,” she lighting the menorah candles each night said. “Our biggest holiday would be Rosh
Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year, and then it’s Yom Kippur which is 10 days after that, which is the Day of Atonement and we miss school for that.” In fact, Hanukkah is more celebratory than religious. “Hanukkah is viewed as a fun holiday but not nearly as religiously significant as many other Jewish holidays. The fact that is usually falls sometime around Christmas makes people think it is a religious holiday,” said Rick Seidman, Nicki’s father. So, what do Jewish people do on Christmas? It differs with every family. “On Christmas we go to the movies because that is always open and then we have Chinese food because that is the only place that’s open also. That’s kind of a tradition for us,” Seidman said. Whether you’re Jewish or Christian or Muslim, the holiday seasons are a time to celebrate and be with your family. All religions do share one common pet peeve. “What bothers me -- not that much, because I really do like Christmas music--” she said, “is the playing it for Thanksgiving.”
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Senior Ashley Lewis decorates her house for Christmas. In addition to the stockings (right) and Christmas tree (below), Ashley sets up her favorite decoration: the manger scene.
The reason for the season Christmas means more to senior than presents and Santa Claus elizabeth levi
writing editor
Christmas for the Lewis family is filled with presents, snowmen decorations and Santa. They decorate the outside of their house with Christmas lights. They pick out a live Christmas tree and decorate it as a family. They open presents on Christmas morning. They are like any other family. But behind the decorations and presents, behind the Christmas lights and anticipation of Santa Claus, the Lewis family focuses on another part of Christmas -- the Christmas story, volunteering to help the needy and going to church. “We do the usual Christmas things,” senior Ashley Lewis said, “but we make sure we understand why we are celebrating.” Part of Lewis’ favorite part of celebrating is picking out the Christmas tree, but she said the Christmas story really impacts her. “I just love the Christmas story because it marks the
birth of my Savior, which is one of the most key, most important moments of my life, so I just love that,” she said. “I love getting to celebrate and getting to honor him for that. It’s a special time, it’s really cool.” Every year, part of the Lewis family’s traditions is setting up a manger scene in their house. “It’s kind of one of the focal points in our house,” said Lewis’ mother, Laura, “and it’s just having fun and knowing it’s ok to have fun, but when it gets right down to it -- whether we have tons of money or we have nothing and no gifts -- that we would still celebrate for what it’s really about.” Lewis also believes Christmas time should be focused on non-materialistic values, even though she appreciates the presents she receives. “[My Christmas is] not too terribly different; it’s just that I have a different mindset for it. I can’t get on the hustle and bustle and worry that I can’t get this present, I don’t have the money for this present,” she said. “I have to remember that this is a time that I have to remember what my God did for me – how he humbled himself and came into this world to save it – that’s how my Christmas is different.” These values have been instilled in her by her parents. “My parents, they always enforced the Christmas story,” Lewis said. “We always went to the Christmas service,
which I don’t mind -- my church is my second family -- so it’s never a chore; it’s always just another part of Christmas which I love.” Mrs. Lewis said she emphasizes the religious aspect of Christmas “just to keep the focus where it needs to be.” She doesn’t think the focus should be on the presents and material items Christmas comes with. “Christmas has become so materialistic and just another money making holiday,” she said. “It seems that everyone seems to have lost the focus on what [Christmas] really is -- what God gave his son for. What’s really important for me and our family is to keep that focus there.” Overall, the Lewis family thinks Christmas time is a time for the world to come together. “I think that there’s a certain time of the year when everybody has come together and we see that there’s a lot of good out there,” Mrs. Lewis said. “You just have to look for it, and we all kind of come together.”
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Entertainment upcoming events
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Ballet Dec. 20 N. Charleston Coliseum
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new movies Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Dec. 16
Chitty’s reign as Miss Charleston Teen about ‘beauty within’ jessica afrin
staff writer Senior Maddy Chitty is a pageant queen. She is bubbly, beautiful and another “b” word sometimes not associated with pageant girls -- bright. “Every girl here [in a pageant] is very smart and knows exactly what’s going on in the world. They’re not in their little bubbles; they’re not cocky. They’re all really nice,” said Chitty, who is the reigning Miss Charleston Teen. “They’re all very accomplished, they all have amazing personalities. It kind of sucks that we’re looked at as the blond Barbie dolls that just stand there and wave.” Sandy Chitty, Maddy’s mother, agrees. “A lot of people think [pageants are] just based on your looks, or your beauty… It’s deeper than that.” Mrs. Chitty said. “It’s not about beauty; it’s about beauty within.” After competing in Miss Wando her freshman year, Chitty decided she enjoyed the experience and wanted to try it again. This led to her competing in -- and winning -- Miss Colleton County Teen 2010 and then Miss Charleston Teen 2011. Both of her county wins sent her to state. “I did not know going into my first pageant that I was going to go to Miss South Carolina [Teen]. It was really nervewracking,” Chitty said. “You don’t know what to expect because it’s 50 girls all figuring it out at the same time.” While she did not place, Chitty treasures her experiences at Miss South Carolina. “Talent at state this year, I picked a really difficult piece, and to go through it well was really meaningful and important,” she said. The pageant experience also gave her time to bond with her family. “My sister got really into it, and my mom got really into it,” Chitty said. “I feel like we really grew together throughout the whole experience, and it meant a lot for them to be there with me.” Mrs. Chitty has been supportive of her daughter throughout her pageant years and enjoys watching Chitty take part in the
competitions, especially the talent portions. “I love to watch her sing on stage. That’s my favorite,” Mrs. Chitty said. “She puts a lot of time into it and I just love to see her perform.” Pageants take a lot of work, though. One of the most time-consuming tasks takes place far from what is seen on stage. “A lot of it has to do with paperwork. The local pageants don’t have a lot of paperwork, but [Miss] South Carolina [Teen] had stacks and stacks of paperwork that you had to go through. It took me months to do,” Chitty said. Another pageant duty is choosing a platform -- a cause the pageant participant chooses to endorse. Chitty’s platform has changed over her time participating in pageants. For Miss Colleton County Teen, her platform was based on arts for children. However, for Miss Charleston Teen, she switched to helping veterans. Chitty has received multiple titles and awards for her work towards honoring veterans, earning the President’s Volunteer Award for 100 hours and the bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh medals. She also works with the Mount Pleasant VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), is the creator of the Honoring Veterans Club at Wando and is the South Carolina chairperson for visitingveterans. com, an archive of veterans’ stories. “[I collect veterans’ stories] to share them. I feel like the men are going to get old and forget and pass away, and they’re not going to be documented or remembered,” Chitty said. “It’s important that we share their stories before it’s too late to remember them. You don’t think about all the things these men have done that nobody’s ever heard until you ask them.” Chitty is enjoying her title of the current
Miss Charleston Teen. “The most exciting moment [of the pageant experiences] was winning Miss Charleston Teen because it was the title I really wanted all of my Colleton County year and all through Miss South Carolina [Teen],” she said. “[The best part of being Miss Charleston Teen is] the people you meet. You meet so many interesting people -- Miss America, the Prince of England -- Prince Edward -- and just people in our community who are important.” Having aged out of the Teen competition, though, Chitty has decided to take a break from pageants. “I’m going to wait a little while and focus on studies,” she said. “It’s my time to focus on other things before I go back.” Despite her own break from pageants, Chitty is adamant in her belief that more girls should participate. “Come compete in Miss Charleston in February [25, 2012].” Chitty said. “I will be giving my crown away and I’d love to crown a Wando girl.”
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The current Miss Charleston Teen, senior Maddy Chitty, is encouraging girls to compete in the Feb. 25
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The Lowcountry’s best: soup elizabeth levi emilee kutyla and devon barkley staff writers
Ladles
The quiet, cheerful atmosphere of Ladles, located in the Harris Teeter shopping center off of Highway 17, has a wide variety of soups and sandwiches which can please almost everyone -- providing the option of tasting each kind. With about 13 different soups to choose from, I stuck with the classic chicken noodle.
The soup was very flavorful, though a tad on the salty side. The thick noodles reminded me of the homemade soup my grandmother makes, which is of course a good thing. The overall price was very reasonable: $4.95 for a bowl of soup and about $8 for a meal of half a sandwich and a bowl of soup.
Five Loaves Five Loaves is the perfect when you’re looking for a nice meal. When we arrived for dinner, the place had only a few customers. Unfortunately, there are no set soup choices on the Five Loaves menu, but daily specials of about five or six. You have the choice between a bowl (about $5.50) or a cup (about $4). Five Loaves also gives the
option of ordering three small soup pours for $4. I took advantage of this option and chose four interesting soup flavors. When you’re looking for a good dining experience, with polite service, and not your average soup choices, we highly recommend going to Five Loaves located in the Crickentree Village Shopping Center.
Atlanta Bread Company The warm and welcoming atmosphere of Atlanta Bread Company always makes me feel welcome. The crowd, however, is less attractive than the environment that the restaurant has to offer -- finding seats was more difficult than I would prefer. The restaurant offers about six soups
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daily while some of those differ from day to day. Their loaf of soup offers a fair amount of soup inside a tasty bread bowl for just a little more than $5, while adding a drink to make it a combo comes out to around eight dollars. The French onion soup that I tried was delicious and certainly worth the price.
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Picks & Peeves with rebecca sydow opinions editor
PICK: Coins Cashiers may give me a mean looks, but I like my pennies. With sales tax, I buy a lot of things that end in .59 or something just as unfortunately priced, and I have an aversion to breaking a dollar. So I pull out my coins and count out perfect change. The next time I get ice cream with dimes, I won’t care that I’m in a minority because I’ll be eating ice cream.
PEEVE: Suicide jokes I know you’ve done it. “If I have to take another quiz I’m going to kill myself.” You’re not funny. You’re not original. In fact you sound stupid. Suicide is a feeling of pain that consumes you and pushes you to an act of pure fear. Someone close to committing suicide doesn’t think about a quiz. They’re thinking about what pain is coming next. So the next time you feel a line you think is super witty on the tip of your tongue, think it over.
PICK: The Daily Show I’m in love with Jon Stewart. He has sanity in this mess of a political and economic climate and pushes for his watchers to do the same. Don’t tell me that he only makes fun of the conservative right, either. He finds the ridiculous on every side and in everyone. He despises fear-mongering, embraces insult and brings to light the cuckoo of Washington. I’m really in love, and you should fall for him too.
PEEVE: Indecisive weather Last week when I stepped outside, the temperature was in the 70s, closing in on the 80s. This week, it’s hovering in the 60s, dipping down to the 50s in the shade or when the sun goes down. A few years ago it was hot on Christmas and freezing on New Year’s Eve. I can’t stand it any longer. Make up your mind, weather; you’re driving me insane. I love my sweater weather, not continuous switches between humidity and biting cold.
“Animal” Miike Snow Miike Snow
“Immigrant Song” Trent Renzor and Karen O Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Techno music doesn’t have to be a mess of bleeps and bloops thrown on top of a drum machine. Claiming the genre of indie techno pop, Miike Snow sounds like some weird mixture of Sufjan Stevens, MGMT and a piano pop group. I know it’s a stretch; just listen to it. The soundtrack for the movie was produced by Trent Renzor and Atticus Ross -- the two won an Oscar for best score last year with The Social Network. Their production combined with Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs births a song that might just beat Led Zeppelin’s original.
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Reviews
tanner hoisington
photography editor
Forty-six percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to violence by a man. Thirteen percent of women in Sweden have been subjected to aggravated sexual assault outside of a sexual relationship. Ninety-two percent of women in Sweden who have been subjected to sexual assault have not reported the most recent violent incident to the police. We have all seen the buzz word “sexy” tossed around in marketing campaigns, yet for this book I seemed to notice it used more than usual. Even on the back of my copy of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there is praise from writer Val McDermid that
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Top twos heralds it as “a sexy, addictive thriller.” But after tearing through the first installment of the international bestselling trilogy by Stieg Larsson, I have come to the realization that this isn’t a book that is sexy. This book, as indicated by the statistics of sexual abuse in Sweden that preface each section, is quite the opposite. The original title of the book when it was released in Sweden was Men Who Hate Women; it more or less sums up the main drive of the story. The book follows a middle-aged journalist Michael Blomkvist who is forced to resign after an article he wrote in his magazine The Millennium leads to a libel charge. Now out of work, Michael is persuaded into investigating the 40 year old mystery of the murder of Harriet Vagner, the niece of prestigious 82 year old industrialist Henrik Vagner. But after Blomkvist begins work on solving the mystery of Harriet Vagner, we learn more about the subject of the book’s title. The girl with the dragon tattoo is Lisbeth Salander, a pale, skinny, introverted 24-year-old woman who is considered by the government of Sweden “legally incompetent.” This forces Lisbeth under the care of a legal guardian to supervise her affairs.
When her last guardian dies of a stroke, she is assigned to a new one who uses his control over Lisbeth’s finance as a means to sexually assault her. This only happens two times in the book -- after that Lisbeth gets revenge, solidifying her position as a true bad rebel. But reading the rape scene in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was one of the hardest things I have ever read; it was the first time that I have audibly denied what I was reading in a book. The middle of the book shines as the two characters join forces to try to solve the disappearance of Harriet Vagner. If the entire book was as exciting and well thought out as the middle section, then the book would be an instant recommendation. Unfortunately the opening and closing chapters of the novel are nowhere near as interesting to read, and I can’t advise the average high school student who already has a lot on his plate to pick up this book when the first few chapters on the economic state of Sweden feel like another book for school. But if you can overlook its flaws and enjoy a great murder mystery, then this addicting -- but not sexy -thriller would be well worth your time.
Ever wonder what the top songs, movies and TV shows are for the month of December? SELLING SONGS “Sexy and I Know It” - LMFAO “We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)” Rihanna
SELLING BOOKS Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (Fiction) Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (Non-Fiction)
- New York Times Bestsellers
GROSSING MOVIE New Year’s Eve The Sitter
- Studio estimates for Boxofficemojo.com
TV RATINGS “Pawn Stars” “Austin & Ally” - TV Ratings Excluding Sports from tvbythenumbers.com
-- compiled by: tanner hoisington
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Tiny Tower is the free app that’s causing more than a handful of students to take their eyes off the Smart Board and keep them glued to their phones. Available for IOS and Android, this game allows players to build and manage a skyscraper and all of the “bitizens” who inhabit it. There is even a friends tab under the menu where you can view your friends’ attempts to beat you in the race to build the tallest tiny tower. -- jackson wood
Swedish film leaves impression In the Swedish adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the instances of rape are brought to life in a way not possible by reading the novel, leaving nothing to the viewer’s imagination. These intense, violent dramatizations left a lasting
impression on me, causing me to wonder, “So...why am I watching this movie?” But when I looked past the rape scenes, I found a pretty decent film. Noomi Rapace steals the spotlight as Lisbeth Salander, dividing her time in the movie between puffing out her wellchiseled cheek bones on cigarettes while beating up bad guys. Pace delivers a heartwrenching performance as a woman who fights against sexual abuse having experienced it firsthand.
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The substantial plot and acting is further amplified by excellent cinematography. Set in Sweden, the remote Swedish countryside is captured beautifully, giving the entire movie a cultured feel. Overall, Män Som hatar Kvinnor is an enjoyable movie, but for those who are uneasy around sexual assault scenes, plan on keeping the fast-forward button handy. -- georgia barfield
What are your fellow students listening to? Check sophomore Sarah Faulkner’s picks:
1. Beautiful Ending - BarlowGirl 2. If I Die Young - The Band Perry 3. The House That Built Me - Miranda Lambert 4. Turning Tables - Adele 5. Always - Kristian Stanfill
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TANNER HOISINGTON/photography editor
Sports Doing it all Q &A with boys’ varsity basketball player...
Alex Holba
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How does the Chophouse help the team? Actually a lot. They motivate us and control how much energy we have out on the court.
What changes have you made to your game since last season?
I added more post moves. I also got a lot stronger and taller.
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What is the team’s biggest strength and biggest weakness?
Our biggest strength: We have a lot of depth on our roster. Our biggest weakness: We don’t have a player who has stepped up and become the team leader yet.
Who has been the MVP thus far? Terrance Jenkins. He is a gamechanger. He gets the crowd pumped up and into the game.
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Walker to convince Kinloch to join the football team. “Josh told me that the team needed wide receivers and he knew with my abilities that I would make a good receiver,” said Kinloch, who played football for the first time since the eighth grade. “I started playing football for Wando to widen my options for college.” There was no room for slacking -- or for sympathy for a rough schedule. As a returning senior to the football team and the basketball team, Walker knew what was expected of him as soon as the season ended. “Coach [David] Eaton doesn’t want us to use the fact that we play football and basketball as an excuse,” he said. “The people that aren’t on football and basketball have a head start. They know all of the plays, but once we get to practice we are on their level again.” Coming into the season, conditioning wasn’t the worry for the football players who had to come straight into basketball practice. “My body will get tired, but my body knows this is what I do, and is used to it,” Kinloch said.
(Top) Senior Micah Kinlock leaps for a lose ball as he avoids contact from senior Terrance Jenkins. (Bottom) Senior Josh Walker brings the ball down looking for a way to penetrate towards the basket as fast as possible with the clock winding down.
With the success of this past football season and last basketball season [the team won the 7-AAAA region], the standard is set for a good remainder of the basketball season. “Playing football makes me tougher and puts me in better condition for basketball,” Walker said, “[and] since we had a good football season, it sets us up for a good basketball season.” Kinloch also was ready to enter the basketball season and play for the possible state title at the end of this season. “Football brought mental and physical toughness to my basketball game,” Kinloch said, “and we are the best in the Lowerstate [as of last season] and we could win state if we step it up.” The beginning of the season started out slowly, with a two-point loss to St. John’s on Nov. 29. Yet the team has rebounded, winning three straight, including beating St. John’s by 36 points in a rematch Dec. 10. “We turned the ball over a lot against St. Johns [on Nov. 29],” Walker said, “if we play like I know we can play, and don’t turn the ball over as much, we are going to win state.”
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POWDERPUFF POLICIES
1. The center will snap the football from one knee, then turn around toward the defense and block. The center has an arm shield pad instead of a halfround pad.
2. Since the center will be snapping from one knee, no defensive player is allowed to line up directly across from the center.
(Top left): Junior Zach Daucher prepares to signal to his team the next play.
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The offense line will use halfround pads for blocking; the linemen cannot extend their arms. If the arms are extended, there will be a penalty.
4. When the flag is pulled, the de-
fender must hold the flag in the air until an official blows the whistle. After the whistle is blown, the defender will then return the flag to the offensive player.
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If the defender throws the flag on the ground or does not return the flag, it will result in a 10-yard penalty.
(Above): Freshman Kendall Mercer narrowly escapes a sophomore in their first game. (Left): Junior Chandler Hulsey puts on war makeup before the game. (Bottom left): Megan O’Conner raises her hands in celebration as she scores the winning touchdown.
(Right): Seniors Bonnie McGoogan, Devan Walsh and Alex Richey maintain their game face during a close game.
New rules, new views New rules help prevent injury and create positive outlook for the players georgia barfield
staff writer
It happens once a year. With it comes school spirit, Facebook drama and more than a few bruises. It’s Powderpuff and on Nov. 30, yet another night of all-girl football took place. Because of past controversy and some injuries, new rules and changes were made to Powderpuff this year. One of the most noticeable new rules was the requirement for the offensive linemen to carry large foam pads that act as cushions and prevent serious injury. The pads received a lot of positive reception from the players. “We added the new rules because in years past there
were many severe injuries and the games were kind of boring to watch.” “I thought the pads would be really annoying, but they weren’t,” senior Katie Woodberry said. “I thought that [the pads] worked pretty well,” junior K.D. Askins agreed. “They helped prevent injuries that occurred in previous years, so that made a big difference.” Even so, the pads weren’t enough to make Powderpuff completely fight-free. “I think that they are a good improvement, but I don’t think it really prevented the crazy girls from hitting each other,” senior Caroline Fraylick said. “Powderpuff, I think, will always be really rough no matter what rules they change.” Coach Jason Brisini, who helped create the new rules, is satisfied with their effect on the game. “Everything we intended for the rules to do, they did,” he said. Powderpuff has become infamous for injuries that have occurred in years past. Players have experienced ev-
erything from broken collar bones to bruises. “Powderpuff is one of my favorite times of the year, but sometimes things get a little physical. After a game, I looked at my leg and there was a black and blue bruise,” junior Georgia Compton said. “I never realized it happened until I saw it.” “There were no serious injuries this year,” Brisini said. “There were several last year.” Another improvement this year was dividing the football field in half and having two games going on at once. By doing this, all the games were played within a three-hour time period. “Having two games at once really helped cut down with the time we had to spend out in the cold,” Spangler said. Spangler said she is pleased with the changes made to Powderpuff. “I wouldn’t change anything for next year’s Powderpuff,” she said, “except the weather so it could be warmer.” A total of 16 teams competed -- 452 players in all. A senior team, “Team Chandler,” won after facing a freshman team, “The Sharks,” in the final round.
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5 teachers, 5 months, .5 marathon
Teachers train together to run the race of their lives -- each for their own reasons
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This is a map of the route that will be run by faculty members Emily Reed, Josie Oakley, Margo Shisler, Lauren Wier and Holly Kut during the second annual Charleston HalfMarathon on Jan. 14.
jonathan rice
sports editor Socks, check. Shoes, check. Shirt, check. Shorts, check. Water bottle, check. Watch, check. These are the only items that five teachers need to run a half-marathon. After five months of training together, the five will be taking their first steps on the 13.1 mile journey at 8 a.m. on Jan. 14 in the Second Annual Charleston Half-Marathon. English teacher Emily Reed is running for more than to stay in shape. She’s running in memory of her father, who was an avid runner. He passed away in 2000. Reed and her sister will be running the race together to honor their father. “It’s our tribute to him -- that we can run like he did when he was our age,” she said. Social Studies teacher Josie Oakley ran hurdles and sprints on her high school track team, “but never got into distance running.” Oakley was approached last year by English teacher Lauren Wier about running a half marathon and thought of it as a possibility, but never started serious training until this year. “I’ve even downloaded a training app on my iPhone to use for the next two months called Hal Higdon Half Marathon,” she said. “I guess the reason I’m ready to run this half is it’s on my bucket list and it’s what I feel would be something good to do before I’m 30.” For junior varsity volleyball coach Margo Shisler, running a half-marathon is something to check off of her bucket list also. She finds the halfmarathon training schedule “makes me accountable for working out on a regular basis.” Shisler was talked into running this race by Wier. Wier, also the head cheerleading coach, is hoping to one day run a full marathon and is running this race to
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train for that day. “I’m getting more exercise, eating better, sleeping more, and have overall better time management,” Wier said. “It is rare to find a group of people with similar goals and schedules, and the teachers training for this race are all such great motivators on days when I just don’t feel like running.” Health teacher Holly Kut gave birth to her third child just over a year ago, and is running this race to prove to herself that she can still run long distances. Kut also uses teaching health classes as a motivator. “I want my students and my own children to understand the importance of an active healthy lifestyle,” Margo Shisler said Kut, who said she feels better about her self and seems to have more energy during her training. “I have also been very careful of the foods I have been eating,” she added. “I no longer run to eat, I eat to run.”
I always thought that those people that just run for the sake of
running were crazy . . . and now I’m one of them.
Kut and Wier are not new to the 13.1 mile race; this race will be their third half-marathon together. Reed and Shisler are new to running long distances but both played high school sports. “I always thought that those people that just run for the sake of running were crazy,” Shisler said, “and now I’m one of them.” As race day approaches the training difficulty increases. Since August, the teachers have been meeting a few days a week after school. They run anywhere from two to five miles on the roads in the neighborhoods that surround Wando. On Saturdays, the teachers meet somewhere off campus and complete their long run for the week. The long runs started out at five miles and have progressed all the way up to 12. “We’ve done Isle of Palms, Sullivan’s Island, Daniel Island and downtown so far. Keeping the scenery different each week makes the runs more interesting,” Wier said. The teachers find it easier when they can all train together. “We all have crazy schedules, so everyone tries their best to meet,” Kut said. “It’s a good day when we can all be there to push each other along.”
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COURTESY OF LEXI SCHUCK
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Despite injury, cheerleaders work together at state
ashleigh horowitz
staff writer
Senior Christian Sease
Just signed to play golf with Winthrop University.
Senior Jackson Moore Just signed to play golf with the College of Charleston.
Senior Lexi Schuck was completing a move she’s done dozens of times before -the double twist cradle. It was high tension on Nov. 19 -- the first time the cheerleading team had qualified for state since 2006. It was all on the line. But it went wrong. Schuck collided with another cheerleader’s head in the middle of her double spin from on one foot. She hit junior Sydney Wolk, who said she doesn’t remember what happened the rest of the cheer, but continued with the routine. “My mom told me I looked like a unicorn,” said Wolk about the large bump that came up on her forehead after the accident. Wolk was checked by trainers to make sure she didn’t have a concussion. Schuck, meanwhile, was going on with the routine as well -- with blood dripping from the gash on her head. “At first she was just wandering around aimlessly, she really didn’t k n o w what she was doing and everyone was jumping and she was still on the ground walking,” junior Kasi Griffin said. Her original reaction was just to stand there, Schuck said, but she knew to keep cheering. “I [had] blacked out for a second and I was just really confused,” she said, “[But] once I got in my spot I kept [cheering] and I remember smiling, my face hurt so bad [and] my head.” Griffin thought Schuck “definitely did good,” however. “We’ve done the routine so many times, I guess she just knew what to do,” she said. Cheerleading coach Lauren Wier said no one -- even Schuck -- realized how serious the injury was at first.
Senior Lexi Schuck smiles, despite her bloody head injury, as she continues with her cheer routine.
“If [Schuck] had known and I had known how serious she was hurt, then she definitely should have sat down,” Wier said, “but the way she was so strong and continued, nobody realized.” Other cheerleaders did realize that something was wrong when Shuck got up on some other girls’ shoulders to do a pyramid. When Shuck got up onto senior Rachel Maggy’s shoulders, blood dripped down onto her. “We had to go and get all the blood wiped off of us [afterwards],” Maggy said. At first, though, Maggy didn’t know whose blood it was and panicked. “After we were walking off the mat, I saw Rachel Maggy and she was screaming ‘Whose blood is this? Whose blood is this?’ and freaking out about it,” Griffin said. As soon as the routine was over, trainers with gloves came out to clean up the blood off the mats. The cheerleaders, however, had to Senior Lexi Schuck go into the bathroom and use wet paper towels to clean up. “[Schuck] just started getting into it and she even tumbled more and did more stunts and everything; she acted perfectly fine, [but] then afterwards we could tell that there was something majorly wrong with her,” Griffin said. While the competition ended with drama, the cheerleading squad was still pleased to have competed, finishing with a 220 out of 300. The annual competition, held at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, was the first trip for Wier. “We set a goal of qualifying for State this year and our Lowerstate performance [a 254 out of 300] went really well,” she said, “and that’s where we met our goal to
I [had] blacked out for a second...
Senior Tyler Stasky Named the captain of the South team for the North vs. South All-Star football game Dec. 10.
Sophomore Megan Kinsley Named The Post and Courier’s high school swimmer of the year along with teammate junior Zack Lierley.
[But] once I got in my spot I kept [cheering]
qualify.” After the performance, Shuck had blood in her hair, skin and clothes. “At the very end of the routine I realized I had blood all over me and I just started crying because I realized it was my blood,” said Shuck. Her first action was going over to the coach apologizing, worried she had messed up the routine. “I couldn’t find my spot in the dance because I couldn’t see for a while. I felt so bad because I thought I had messed up the routine, so I was [saying to Weir] ‘I think I’m bleeding; I’m so sorry’ and she just grabbed me and took me to the [trainers],” Shuck said. Wier rushed Shuck to the trainers, who wrapped a large bandage around her head, got her on a stretcher and took her to the emergency room. A torn muscle and stitches later, Schuck still has a scar on the left side of her face. Schuck said she was glad she could finish. “It was State and if I wouldn’t be able to finish then I would feel bad for the rest of my team,” she said. Wier said she was proud of all the team. “I’m really proud of [Lexi] for pulling through the rest of the routine, and I’m most proud of the team in general for qualifying this year; I think it was a good season overall,” said Wier, who added that double-down moves will be eliminated from the routines. Schuck, who had already torn her ACL twice since last July while cheerleading, said she is ready to move on. “I love cheerleading and tumbling and stuff but I’m kind of glad that it’s over in a way even though I’m going to miss it,” she said. “I’ve just been injured so many times. It’s good to be over, but I still finished this season strong.”
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Battle of the BCS titles
keanau ormson
sports editor
associate editor
Okay, I’m going to leave out my feelings about how the BCS bowl game system works for this bowl. Oklahoma State has lived up to its potential this season. Yes, the Cowboys did lose to Iowa State, but the Sooners beat Iowa State and then were crushed by the Cowboys, 44-10. Every team has its slip-ups, but I think Stanford doesn’t stand a chance. Stanford has proved itself offensively, but the focus is too heavy on their QB, Andrew Luck. If OSU does any preparation for this game, they will prepare for the passing game. I’m taking the Cowboys, 35-24.
LSU Tigers
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Fiesta Bowl: Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 2
BCS Championship: New Orleans, Jan. 9
Stanford Cardinal
The number one and number two match-up of the season, again. But I think the Tide is going to get its win this time. They may have slipped up the first time against LSU, but after seeing the Tigers’ first half against Georgia in the SEC Championship game, I don’t see LSU as being quite prepared enough for their rematch against Bama. I think it’s a matter of who shows up in this game, and I honestly think it will be the Crimson Tide. Final score: Crimson Tide 16-12.
Alabama Crimson Tide
BCS Championship: New Orleans, Jan. 9
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Michigan Wolverines
Virginia Tech Hokies
The ACC Championship was horrible for the Virginia Tech Hokies, that much is clear. But that game was nothing like Hokies this season. The Thomas-Wilson duo will return in this game; it is an absolute necessity. They are playing against a tough Michigan defense, but there is no doubt that Wilson’s running game will exceed at least 14 points. And as long as the Hokies’ defense can rally in both passing and rushing, Michigan’s QB Denard Robinson will be little to no threat. Virginia Tech, 21-17.
Oregon Ducks
Sugar Bowl: New Orleans, Jan. 3
Wisconsin Badgers
Rose Bowl: Pasadena, Jan. 2
This is the offensive battle bowl game. Oregon and Wisconsin have averaged over five and a half yards per carry this season. The Ducks’ only losses came against USC and LSU, but the Ducks still scored 27 points against LSU. The Ducks will have to worry about the Badgers’ rushing game. Wisconsin held its opponents to under four yards per carry this season and their RB, Montee Ball, has scored 32 rushing TD’s and averaged over six yards per carry. As long as Ball stays healthy and the Badgers keep up with the Oregon offense, they’ll win. Badgers, 31-28.
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This game will ensure the SEC its seventh consecutive national title. The LSU Tigers beat the Alabama Crimson Tide, 9-6, in overtime on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa. This time around, the game will be played 80 miles from LSU’s campus. All it takes is a spark produced from the Honey Badger, LSU’s cornerback and punt returner Tyrann Mathieu, to ignite the LSU offense. LSU needs to stop Trent Richardson from reaching the end zone to ensure a victory. Geaux Tigers! 16-10.
Fiesta Bowl: Glendale, Ariz., Jan. 2
Two big time quarterbacks will face off: Brandon Weeden of OSU and Andrew Luck of Stanford. The Big 12 schedule of OSU offers more difficulty than Stanford’s Pac 12 schedule. Cowboys’ wide receiver Justin Blackmon is arguably the best receiver in the nation -- 15 touchdowns and over 1,300 yards. Other than Luck, who else does Stanford have? I don’t see enough fire power on their roster to cause OSU many problems. OSU has something to prove after not being chosen to play in the national championship game. Cowboys, 42-14.
Rose Bowl: Pasadena, Jan. 2
This is a battle of two of the nation’s top running backs, Montee Ball and LaMichael James. Ball has accounted for 38 touchdowns this season and rushed for over 1,700 yards. Despite missing two games, James has scored 18 touchdowns and rushed for over 1,600 yards. Wisconsin’s two losses have come on hail marys, and Oregon’s two losses were against number one LSU and Southern California, who somehow ended up in the AP Poll’s top five to end the season. Oregon’s speed is too much for Wisconsin to handle. 42-24 Oregon.
Sugar Bowl: New Orleans, Jan. 3
Where did Michigan come from? Quarterback Denard Robinson leads his team in passing and rushing yards. And it is surprising that Michigan’s defense allows only 17.2 points per game — seventh best in the nation. Virginia Tech’s QB Logan Thomas is at times Cam Newtonesque, but VT struggled against a fast-paced offense. Denard Robinson and the rest of the Michigan offense will tire out the Virginia Tech defense and win the game. Wolverines 31-14.
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Who do you think will win the BCS National Championship -- LSU or Alabama?
Freshman Harrison Smith
Sophomore Victor Harper
English teacher Shandra Drayton
“LSU because of their defense and Tyrann Mathieu; their defense has gotten better.”
“LSU because they beat Alabama the first time.”
“Alabama because the ‘Roll Tide’ is cool.”
Junior Erin Dunahoe
Senior Ben Deibold
“LSU because they “LSU because they are really have their stuff better and because of together this year.” the Honey Badger.”
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Choosing the picks bowl picks cont.
Orange Bowl Miami Jan. 4
Pick: Clemson
WVU Mountaineers
Pick: West Virginia
I’m picking the West Virginia Mountaineers in this one. The 9-3 Big East champion Mountaineers are riding a three-game win streak and before the 10-3 Clemson Tigers’ ACC Championship win, they had dropped three of four. Look for Mountaineers quarterback Geno Smith -- who is only 22 passing yards away from 4,000 for the season -- to have a big game through the air against the Tigers. But don’t count out the Clemson duo of quarterback Tajh Boyd and wide receiver Sammy Watkins. Expect the Duce to get loose at least once against the Mountaineers. I don’t think that Dabo can rally the troops this time. Print that. Tweet that Clemson fans. 34-28 West Virginia. --jonathan rice
Clemson Tigers
Clemson won its ACC title. We printed, tweeted it, whatever. WVU won its championship too. The only way Clemson can win this bowl game is to stop the Mountaineers' passing game, and I think they have proved that they can do this. The Tigers' defense was able to intercept the ball twice against the Hokies' QB Logan Thomas and kept him to a 38 percent pass rate. The Clemson defense was also able to keep Virginia Tech's running back, David Wilson, to under 2.9 yards per rush. If Clemson can keep their pass defense up to speed with the Mountaineers' offense, they will have a fantastic defensive game. As long as Tajh Boyd plays as well as he did against the Virginia Tech blitz the second time around, Clemson will beat the Mountaineers. Clemson: 24-14. --keanau ormson
CapitalOne Bowl Orlando Jan. 2
Pick: Carolina
Pick: Carolina
Nebraska Cornhuskers
I think South Carolina is the heavy favorite in this game. Carolina’s Quarterback Connor Shaw and running back Brandon Wilds have hit the ground running since the departure of Stephen Garcia and the injury to Marcus Lattimore. And the Gamecocks’ defense has been solid all year, allowing only 18.8 points per game. Defensive linemen Melvin Ingram and Jadaveon Clowney have been beasts this season. Nebraska made the transition from Big 12 to Big 10 after last season. The Cornhuskers need a win to tie their record of 10-4 from last season. The Cornhuskers’ pesky running back Rex Burkhead might sneak one or two in, but it will not be enough to beat Carolina. Gamecocks: 27-17. --jonathan rice
USC Gamecocks
It has been 27 years since the last time Carolina has been in the running for an 11-game season. Not once in the history of Carolina’s football program has there been such a thing as 11 wins in a season. QB Connor Shaw has shown up after the removal of Stephen Garcia from the 'Cocks' football program and the injury RB Marcus Lattimore sustained in the sixth game of the season. Shaw has gradually gotten better and reached his peak in his 100-yard rushing game against Clemson. The Cornhuskers haven't shown anything that stands out substantially other than their running back, Rex Burkhead. I think as long as the Carolina defensive line can hold its ground in this game, the Gamecocks can add a much needed win to their bowl record. Gamecocks: 38-17. --keanau ormson
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Bowl controversy survives Ever since I became a college football fan, my love for the season has been shot down every year by one thing. The BCS selection system. With the system in effect, any team with a 6-5 record qualifies to play in a bowl game. There’s no fun in knowing that a team like Arkansas -- who’s 10-2 -- has the same chances as a team with a 6-6 record, like Arizona State. It feels like I’m watching T-ball at the college level where every team gets a medal. I’d be perfectly fine with a winning season and no playoff game rather than playing in some game no one knows about. And that’s just before we get to the actual process of selecting the BCS Top 25. When you break down the BCS selection system, there are three categories that make up the standings: the Harris Interactive Poll, the Coaches’ Poll and the Computer Rankings Poll. Both the Harris and Coaches’ Polls are made up of former players, coaches, administrators and media figures. Bias. There is simply no avoiding it with something like this. Now the Computer Rankings Poll is also another third of the votes that decides what ranking each team has. Six computers use statistics from each team to calculate Is the BCS to blame or is it the unrealistic desires of the fans? What is the alternative? A playoff? All of the bowl-eligible schools competing for eight to 16 spots in a post-season playoff is not logical. It would anger the fans of the teams that would have made a BCS bowl but with a playoff bracket now do not. This year’s Orange Bowl features West Virginia, number 23, and Clemson, number 15. Neither team would be in a BCS bowl if they had not won their conference championship games, and both teams would have had trouble making it into the proposed playoff. The BCS creates suspense and drama. Not every loss is equal. Michigan lost to Michigan State on Oct. 15. At the end of the season, both teams had 10 wins. However, the Spartans suffered one more loss than the Wolverines -- the last week of the season, in the Big Ten Championship game Dec. 3. The Wolverines got a BCS berth and the Spartans did not, the loss in the first annual Big Ten Championship game keeping the Spartans out of a BCS bowl that the team they beat went to. The BCS takes team’s strength of schedule into consideration. Boise State
an average that decides the team’s ranking. The idea of using computers for team rankings seems better in my mind, but not the best solution, and the computer votes only make up one-third of the votes, so the bias is still present. There is only one solution that makes sense to me: bracket-style playoff games. It’s simple. You take the top eight teams with the best records and pit them against each other; the winner of it all gets the national title. In other words, you start where the Elite Eight is in March Madness. With that there’s enough games to play a fair playoff, but it doesn’t take months until the national championship is played. The way I see it is if you play well enough to win your conference championship, you deserve a shot at the title. Take Oklahoma State for example. The debate is whether Alabama or Oklahoma State deserved the number two spot. With a bracket-style playoff, we could have seen who really deserved it. All in all, the BCS needs to rework the way the rankings are done. I think that either they need to implement a playoff to the national title or at least find a new system. --keanau ormson suffered its only loss to TCU, and Virginia Tech suffered two losses to Clemson. Virginia Tech’s schedule is much more difficult than Boise State’s -- the reason why it was chosen for a BCS bowl and Boise State was not. Who wants to watch Michigan vs. Boise State? It has increased the interest in college football. People from the West Coast are now interested in games with teams from the East Coast. They are hoping that certain teams will win or loose, and propel their team to a higher BCS standing. It also preserves regular season rivalries. Where one loss in any week could break a team’s title hopes. Teams don’t have a playoff to use as a crutch to propel them to the National Championship Game. Teams have to compete for a spot in the national title game every week. The BCS makes every game matter. Did the BCS make a mistake by picking Alabama over Oklahoma State? No. It is the BCS’s job to pick the two best teams in the nation, and it did just that. There will always be controversy if some teams are left out. --jonathan rice
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Lessons from my Church
Senior Katherine King and her mother Sarah talk together in their family den. Ms. King was part of an organization hailed as the “Folk Heroes of America” by People magazine. The group worked for the rights of children.
Catholic sees mistake of her Church repeated
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caitie armstrong, staff writer
My Catholic faith is everything to me, and because I love it so dearly, the child sexual abuse scandals of the late 20th century and into today are unbearable. The shame was not in the actual abuse, for there are bad people in every religion. Some of them become priests, and they do not act for me or for the Church. The shame was in the cover up. The decisions not to report abuse were made by bishops, men raised in a time when sexual abuse was a taboo subject. It just wasn’t talked about or reported, so they stuck with the path they knew: inaction. The bishops also did what they did because they thought it would protect the reputation of their Church. But they were wrong. When the stories eventually came out, they hurt us on two fronts: the abuse and the coverup. Yet we did it over and over, and the gashes left on the children were far worse and deeper than those left on our publicity. I don’t try to excuse these bishops, but I do give leeway to those who covered up decades ago, when we didn’t understand sexual abuse or the compulsive nature of child abusers. But into the ‘90s and today, the Church officials who repeated our earlier mistakes were not only immoral but simply stupid. And the same should be said for the general population who is still hesitant to report sexual abuse. Now that we know the effects of child abuse, now that public officials are accessible, now that it’s encouraged, even mandated, to report sexual abuse, it is simply unacceptable for any functioning adult to stand by. Officials at Penn State, Syracuse and here at the Citadel didn’t learn from my Church’s mistake. In their own ways to their own allegations, they launched internal investigations and let serious allegations die. Both these universities and my Church have been fighting a culture of silence. It’s time to break it. If you see a child abused, it’s your responsibility unless and until said perpetrator is in the hands of capable and willing law enforcement. There are no excuses, not for the perpetrator, and not for the silent witness. In an attempt to save their universities, these did just the opposite. Just as my Church’s failures subjected me to condemnation and to Kathy Griffin’s “Kiddie F****r” jokes, the chauvinistic decisions at the Citadel, Penn State and Syracuse have hurt their fans everywhere. Newsflash: it’s shameful to cover up abuse. Learn from the mistakes of my Church. Hang a lantern on your problems. Get out in front of them. Rip them from the ground. Eradicate every root. Heal their effects. Do it for your PR. Do it because children are being harmed.
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Passion for justice leads senior’s mother to take brave steps for children
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“The beauty of living in America is that one person can make a huge difference if they want to.” -- Sarah King. Just 30 years ago, people didn’t discuss child sexual abuse. Today, you can’t turn on the news without hearing of another case within all walks of life -- the Church, the football field, the school, the home. But in the early ‘80s, over 600 women were in prison. Their crime: trying to prevent their spouses or former spouses from molesting their children. When brought to court, judges were so horrified and unbelieving of the accusations that they often gave the child to the molester, usually the father, and jailed the mother. The practice was so rampant in courts that it was labeled “The Sexual Abuse Backfire Syndrome -- how the judicial system responds to protective parents.” Now that sexual abuse is in the news all around us, one might wonder why I’m bringing up ancient history. It was my mom who was one of the main activists who made this country listen to the silenced cries of these victimized children, and it makes me stop in awe of the cause she chose to take on. Sarah King, now the director of public relations at the Medical University of South Carolina, learned of the travesty impacting sexually abused children and their protective parents the hard way. A 13-year-old girl told her mother, a friend of King’s, who was in the last stages of cancer, what her father had been doing to her. Her mother pleaded with King to protect her child. King, like the rest of the world, was in denial until the child told her what was happening. King was in the process of moving to Charleston, so she took the child with her. It was the beginning of many court battles in which King spent thousands of dollars and was given three jail
sentences for contempt of court because she refused to send the child back for more abuse. Her trials ended when she filed a Writ of Prohibition against the judge and won. The judge was found guilty by the attorney general of Virginia for abusing King’s constitutional rights as well as the child’s humanitarian rights. King was awarded custody of the girl when her mother died, just a week after the court proceedings ended. King was confused, angry and upset. Why would anyone have to go through all of that to keep a child safe? She started doing research and discovered the same thing was happening to women and children all across America. That was the beginning of M.A.R.C., Mothers Alliance for the Rights of Children, and the Underground Railroad for abused children and their protective parents. USA Today wrote an article titled “Four Angry Housewives Hit Washington D.C.” King and the three other co-founders spoke all over the country, appeared on TV shows like “60 Minutes” and “Larry King Live,” wrote articles and lobbied Congress. Jane Podesta, editor of People magazine at the time, called them the Folk Heroes of America. In the mid-90s, the Polish ambassador’s wife read about King’s endeavors in the Washington Post. She asked King to help with breast cancer awareness in her country. King went to Poland. In the process she convinced her new Polish friends that a country should be judged by how it treats their children. In turn, they started a program that rivals America in the field of protecting their children from sexual abuse. On every keystroke of this column, my eyes and heart have swelled with respect and admiration for my mother, Sarah King. Her heart is golden and has shined through in the darkness at every turn in my own life, and in the lives of thousands of children across America. Her compassion rivals those of every person I have met or heard of. “All that is necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.” -- Edmund Burke. This is the statement my Mom lives by.
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Latkes and Christmas cookies Jewish-Catholic background brings different perspective
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Even as an eight-year-old, junior Elizabeth Levi lights the menorah for Hanukkah while wearing a Christmas hat to celebrate her two heritages at her house.
he winter season is always busy in my house. Between my Jewish father and my mother’s Catholic family, the December holidays overwhelm our household with Christmas lights on the front porch while menorahs and dreidels are on display inside and Hanukkah music plays throughout the house. The contradiction may appear ironic to any outsider walking in the front door -- a stranger might wrongly suspect a Christmas tree or Advent calendar lies inside -- but to me, it is one of the comforts the month of December provides, reminding me of my unique background. My mother grew up in a large Catholic family with her mother’s own German traditions. And every year, my whole family -- aunts, uncles and cousins -- makes the pilgrimage to my grandparents’ tiny house in the outskirts of Athens, Georgia for our Christmas Eve celebration to pass out presents and be together. It’s like any other large family gathering -- about 25 people wandering in and out of the living room and kitchen that barely holds 10 people, aunts and uncles yelling at each other, older cousins playing practical jokes on the younger ones and babies wandering around trying not to get stepped on. It seems pretty normal for any big family celebrating Christmas Eve -- unless Hanukkah falls on that night. Then, as the Jew of the family, it lies on me to make
everyone quiet down and listen as I recite the Hanukkah prayers and light the candles. The problem arises, though, when we forget the menorah at home. My Catholic grandparents, of course, don’t own one, so sometimes it’s up to my family and me to use our imagination to come up with items that will serve the purpose of holding the candles. Once, my grandmother handed us a donut to place the candles in. Somehow, on the little plate the plain Entenmann’s donut was placed on, the six candles fit and lasted until I recited the blessings. My family watched attentively, muffling their laughs and attempting to sing along in a language they didn’t understand. Then, the donut began to blacken where the candles were placed. Tradition tells the Jewish people that the candles are supposed to be left until they burn out, but in a Hanukkah-Christmas emergency, we blew out the candles before the whole donut caught fire. Most years, though, we don’t forget the menorah, and the tradition of lighting the Hanukkah candles goes hand in hand with the tradition of placing presents under the fake Christmas tree. And yes, I do receive presents for both Hanukkah and Christmas, though it’s not as great as it sounds. I usually get one big present for Hanukkah and my Christmas presents consist of socks, books and other things that I don’t really need. On Christmas Day, we usually make the five-hour trip home. When we arrive, the fake Christmas tree is nowhere to be found and the forgotten menorah sits in the foyer. But the blend of my Jewish-Catholic background remains evident with the smell of latkes -- potato pancakes -- and Christmas cookies still in the air.
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I wait all year for these 45 minutes. These precious 45 minutes will be the highlight of my childhood. On Christmas Eve, I gather with my older siblings Sarah and John and my little sister Caroline around the Christmas tree and write Santa Claus. The tradition of writing to Santa started on my parents first Christmas after they got married, and we still do it today. Sarah or Caroline is normally the scribe, writing whatever the other kids dictate. We tell Santa what happened in the past year to almost everyone in our family--33 individuals--and in the world. We argue over the chronology and laugh or sometimes tear up at memories. After the overview of the year, we move onto our wish list. The kids’ lists vary depending on where they are in life, but Mom and Dad’s always stay the same: Dad wants new underwear, peanut M&M’s and a few surprises, while Mom wants a beach house. Finally, we pass the letter around to let everyone sign--normally our full name, as if we’re not all in the same family--and Caroline faithfully signs for our two dogs with drawing paw prints, putting her artistic ability to work. We put the letter by the freshly baked cookies and milk, finish our last minute wrapping, then go to
bed.
The next morning, if Dad’s singing and bellowing “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merrrrrrrry Christmas!” doesn’t wake me up, Sarah and Caroline jumping on my bed will. We go downstairs, open presents, then eat breakfast. It’s at breakfast when we read Santa’s reply, curiously in Dad’s handwriting. Afterward, we get the stocking out
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The school board’s recent decision not to dramatically raise their own salaries was reassuring, but the fact that it came to a vote at all reflects a larger misallocation of funds throughout the district. This money for school board salaries would have wasted precious resources, just as the district has put exorbitant amounts of technology funding into the wrong avenues. Two years ago, the district set aside $42.5 million for technology upgrades, chiefly for Smart Boards in every classroom. We don’t deny that Smart Board technology can streamline the classroom and even engage students, but it will only do so where qualified, talented, experienced and committed teachers already exist. Smart Boards are not detrimental to a classroom, but they do waste precious resources. We fully support technology funding; in fact, we find it vital. But Smart Boards in every classroom haven’t improved the district’s statistics and test scores in any core subject nor have they boosted students’ computer literacy in any substantial or quantifiable way. Since the low of the “Great Recession,” American GDP has recovered, but the employment rate hasn’t. American companies are doing the same work with fewer employees. A central reason for this troubling situation is technology integration. Book
publishers are losing jobs to the Kindle and Nook. The factories still based in America are becoming more automated. Even the self-scan lines at the grocery store reduce the number of workers that an employer needs. But jobs are being created in the very industries taking these jobs away: computer science and engineering. And this upward trend shows no signs of slowing. From medical advances to energy resources, engineers, programmers and chemists are in great demand. These socalled STEM subjects -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- are becoming a greater focus of schools and universities across the country. In his last State of the Union address, President Obama committed to training 100,000 new math and science teachers in the next decade. But America is not increasing fast enough. Meanwhile, the Chinese, who already threaten our position in the world economy -- and also countries like Japan and India -- are giving their kids intensive education in STEM subjects. If America’s younger generations don’t catch up and catch up soon, we’ll find our unemployment rate much higher for much longer. Smart Boards may create an engaging learning environment, but being able to work a Smart Board or document cam-
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era doesn’t impress employers. Whether students are going into the work force or are enrolling in college, computer skills are desirable, and intensive backgrounds in science and mathematics give students practice in logic and reasoning that is helpful for any career field. The district needs to make concerted efforts for specialized computer science and engineering programs as well as accelerated chemistry and mathematics courses in high schools. It also needs to lay the basis for STEM education with strengthened math, science, and computer literacy programs in elementary schools -- which would have the benefit of improving math test scores in low-performing schools. If the school board ever again set aside tens of millions of dollars for technology, it needs to be for useful technological programs. In the meantime, let’s take the $120,000 that was suddenly available to pay the eight members of the school board $15,000 each and put it into hiring a new computer science teacher or paying more to keep the extraordinary STEM teachers we already have. Sooner or later, computer science will be a required part of standard high school curriculum, along with English, mathematics, and civics requirements. Wando has done a phenomenal job with STEM subjects, namely engineering, but we can always improve. It’s time for the district to make these strides across the county.
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(Left) Senior Christian Brumme and senior Katie Woodberry dance to “Perfect Christmas Night” at the chorus holiday concert on Dec. 6. (right) Sophomore Sarah Russell’s family decorates their Christmas tree.
Holiday lights illuminate the streets of Towne Centre.
What is the best Christmas gift you have ever received?
My mom got me a pocket knife once that she had made for me. It’s from my mom and I camp a lot. It’s just an all around good tool to have.
Senior Jerome Knight
I got a trip to Alaska. It was so much fun. It was daylight for 22 hours all day. Just seeing the preserved land, I loved that.
Getting a puppy that I found in my room. I woke up Christmas morning and walked past it.
Senior Bridgette Cloninger
Sophomore Matthew Dingle
I got tickets to see Dancing with the Stars a couple of years ago. It was in Connecticut and it was in an envelope on the Christmas tree.
My mom knit me a shirt once. It was green and very interesting. It was made of wool.
Junior Annita Echlin
Senior Justin Garraux