A Line of Hope

the

tribal tribune

WANDO HIGH SCHOOL

volume 38, issue 3

MT PLEASANT, SC

nov. 2, 2012

hope a line of

two juniors share a bond over fishing, and the friendship leads to a fundraising effort to buy a service dog.

JODI LEE // staff

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warrior ink » 10

cafeteria food » 13

election » 14-15

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learning the hard way

Inspirational speaker Sarah Panzau visited the Wando PAC on Oct. 10 to speak to over 2,000 students about the dangers of drunk driving.

11 engineering

the future

Junior Alex McArthur pursues his passion for engineering and programming after taking an Inroduction to Engineering Design course.

facts & stats

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1957 was the first year the fair was held

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2012

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got talent

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President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney are neck and neck in the Gallup polls. Read more about the candidates on page 16.

The annual Wando Talent show took place Oct. 17.

Read about the winners, The After English, on page 19. To see photos, see wandotribaltribune.com.

coastal carolina fair deep fried twinkies have 425 calories

tickets at the gate are $8 for ages 13 and older

cheer

Senior Yvonne Manigault coaches the Gymnastics Academy of Charleston in her free time. Read more about the bond she has developed with these girls.

at the fair

The Coastal Carolina fair has arrived again. Check out the festivities that Wando students have engaged in. Take a look at page 32 for more.

Check out the Tribal Tribune website.

Using your smart phone, scan the QR code below.

www.wandotribaltribune.com

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keyboard

headphones

I got my first piano in third grade on Christmas. I started playing and really enjoyed it. When I’m feeling bad, I can always go home and play it to make me feel better.

I really like music and so I always have my headphones close to me.

I use them every day. I even have them in my bookbag when I go to school.

boxers

mom’s gift

My aunt got them for me a while ago. When I started wearing them, I realized lucky things were happening to me. Not only are they lucky, they are also really comfy!

I made this box for my mom when I was in fourth grade and she wanted to pass it down to my children and grandchildren. My mom died three years ago, so now I keep it.

brother’s note

jungle book

My brother went away five years ago and this is the first note he wrote me. He wrote about how he would always love me and how I would need to take care of my little brother now.

The Jungle Book was the first play I was ever in. After being in that play I realized I really enjoyed acting and I was good at it . Doing that play led me to everything that I do with drama now.

ALL PHOTOS BY EMILY CAPPELMANN // staff

things I can’t live without

getting to know » junior ja vaaron conyers

future plans:

My dream is to go to college at New York Univer-

sity and major in theatre and then become an actor.

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an added pressure

teen drinking poses more lasting and dire effects than most teens realize ali cherry staff writer “Why do you feel the necessity to drink before coming to a school event?”

“It makes you have more fun.”

“Are you having more fun now?”

This was the conversation between School Resource Officer Michael Reidenbach and a student during one of the season’s first football games. The student was found to be under the influence and stumbling in the stadium.

Frustration and disappointment were emotions that washed over Reidenbach as the student was escorted out of the stadium by police officers.

Reidenbach, who graduated from Wando in 2000, said drinking hasn’t changed since he was in high school.

It’s still a problem among teenagers.

“I feel like perhaps there’s this false belief in a lot of people’s minds that in order to have fun they have to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs or something else,” he said. “They can’t just have fun on their own being with their friends at a school event. I think that’s an unfortunate thing.”

After-school events tend to be the prime opportunities for students to drink, but the consequences outweigh how much “fun” anyone could have if caught under the influence, Reidenbach added.

As part of his duties as assistant principal, Bryan Hearn watches the Chophouse at football and basketball games. His front row seat of the students never fails to have its surprises.

“I think there are different factors for every underage drinker; I think there’s different reasons they’re doing it,”

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Hearn said. “I don’t think anybody’s out to say ‘look how careless attempt at having a good time. cool I am,’ because obviously when they’re the ones getting “The influence of alcohol on a person’s life can begin busted and being handled by the administrators and the with drinking for fun as a teenager then spiraling towards police, they’re not being so cool at that point.” alcohol dependency in years to come. 80 percent of adult Students caught with alcohol or under the influence addicts started using when they were teenagers,” Magid at any school function – dances, games or club events – said. will be faced with legal issues as well as disciplinary action Alcohol acts as a depressant and literally “slows you through the school. down,” according to Magid, who added that the pressure Kate Darby is chairman of the Wando School Im- teens experience can cause them to feel the need to drink provement Council, which is mandated by the state and and “let go.” deals with big picture issues within high schools. Com“It prevents kids from reaching important milemittee members are currently working towards having stones. So for instance, kids that abuse alcohol and other students, faculty members, teachers and parents to come substances early on, more of them do not graduate high together through newly formed programs to create more school, more of them do not graduate college or don’t awareness about the consequences of drinking and sub- go to college and more of them have marital problems,” stance abuse.

Magid said. “And so it prevents you from being a pro“I think we have to do a lot. I think we need to make ductive member of society. In the long-run, people who the parents see the consequences. A lot of the times par- abuse alcohol tend to have a lower self-esteem.” ents are saying ‘it’s not a big Magid warns that all deal,’ and ‘it’s a rite of passage,’ people have problems they “They can’t just have fun on their find unsolvable at times, but so we need to ensure that there is communication at all levels,” own being with their friends at a binge drinking won’t make Darby said. “Either through school event. I think that’s an unthem go away. schools or churches –hopefully “It can make depression, we will impact some of the stu- fortunate thing.” anxiety and other mental dents, and influence them to health problems worse. So make good decisions.” if you start drinking when According to Dr. Viktoriya you’re 16 because something Magid, a clinical psychologist bad happened to you and at the Medical University of South Carolina, not only is you’re trying to cope and forget about your worries, if drinking underage a risk to get a criminal record, but also you continue to drink, you’re probably going to be more the development of the brain. depressed when you’re 30 than if you didn’t drink,” she “Our brain is actually still continuing to develop until said. we’re about 24 or 25,” Magid said. “21 is a little bit arbitrary With all the pressure a teen faces, alcohol simply in this sense. If you drink but your brain is not fully devel- adds to that pressure. oped, it might not ever properly develop.”

“15, 16, 17 year old kids have enough problems makAnd the consequences and risks only escalate further ing good decisions sometimes, and alcohol exacerbates as drinking becomes more of a lifestyle – more than just a that problem,” Hearn said.

the thin yellow line teen alcohol use kills about

6,000 people each year almost every 90 seconds, a person is injured in a drunk driving accident

michael reidenbach

on average, 1 in 3 people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime.

1 in 5

teens binge drink --all statistics courtesy of madd.com

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learning through tragedy

BRIA GRAHAM // editor

BRIA GRAHAM // editor

Wearing only a tank top and gym shorts to show her scars, guest speaker Sarah Panzau speaks to students about the dangers of drinking and driving Oct. 10. Panzau shares her life story with the students, giving the sequence of events that would go on to change her life forever.

Guest speaker Sarah Panzau gives an interview about a pivotal point in her life, losing her arm in a nearfatal drunk driving accident nine years ago. Panzau now tours the country, cautioning high school students about the dangers of drinking and driving.

woman finds new calling after life-changing drunk driving accident megan parks writing editor It started with a video.

She made it herself. Moments flash on the PAC screen -- a girl in high school, newspaper clippings of past achievements. She’s the star volleyball player of Bellville West High School. A siren blares from the speakers -- the screen quickly flashes to the scene of a car accident.

Sarah Panzau walks through the doors of the auditorium.

You could hear a pin drop in the packed audience.

She’s dressed in the bare minimum -- equipped with a black tank top and shorts. The past is displayed on her body. Memories, forgotten instances that led Panzau to her current state.

Her legs and face have come a long way -- a few minor scars are all that remain after nearly 40 reconstructive surgeries. After 77 days of calling the hospital home.

But some consequences are irreparable.

Every day Panzau is reminded of her accident. Every day she is reminded of her actions. And she is reminded not just as a result of her scars. Not merely due to memories -- in fact, pronounced clinically dead on the scene, Panzau doesn’t have any recollection of the accident itself.

She is reminded by the empty space that remains

where her left arm once was. The empty space that no one ever believes they will have. The one that Panzau never suspected to be haunted by.

The accident was a mounting cataclysm -- a wake-up call of sorts resulting from years of substance abuse that began at age 19.

“I was the person who I always thought I would never be. In high school and in college I was this athlete, the outside hitter, all-American,” Panzau said during her Oct. 10 visit to Wando. “And I looked at people that were doing the drugs and drinking and partying -- those kinds of people -- and just thought, ‘Oh, get a life.’ But here I was. 21 years old, the person I never thought I would be.

And I just kind of fell into a vicious cycle and I couldn’t get out of it.”

Now, nine years later, Panzau is not merely a walking statistic. She is living proof.

Proof of the consequences of drunk driving. Of what can stem from underage drinking. What years of pushing people away -- the ones that, though it may not be blatantly obvious at the moment, love you -- can lead to.

And since her Aug. 23, 2003 accident, Panzau’s dramatic lifestyle changes have altered not only herself, but numerous schools across the country. If the accident hadn’t happened when it did, her life would have been taken by other means, Panzau said.

Drugs, alcohol and a continuation -- a further downward spiral -- of the self-destructive life she was living.

“I was irresponsible. I just wasn’t making good choices,” Panzau said. “And when I woke up, all those stupid choices that I was making could have ended my life.

And they could have ended somebody else’s life. That is where I had my breaking point.”

Traveling across the country, telling her story, Panzau has signed with Anheuser Busch to be a part of the AB Speakers Bureau. She treats each presentation as a time to instill advice into teenagers she wishes someone had told her when she was in their place -- things she would tell her past self.

“I would ask myself to wake up and to open my eyes.

And to listen to the people that care about me and to take their advice,” she said. “To not be so hard-headed and stubborn, not to think that I know everything. Because I don’t. This world is so huge, and there are so many things out there that can break you.”

There are two incomparably valuable lessons that Panzau has learned -- two key points she strives to get across besides the hazards of drinking. The importance of family and the significance of treating people with kindness. How you need to hold on tight to what you’ve got -- even if it isn’t much.

“Everybody in my family was always telling me that I had a problem and that I needed to take care of myself.

I pushed all those people away, and when I woke up, all of the people I pushed away were the only ones there,” she said.

“That was when I realized, ‘Wow, these people might be dysfunctional and we might not get along sometimes and my dad might not be around, but the people that I have were so important,’ she added. “And I didn’t value that before.”

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1 diversity excursion

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LIZ BENSON // editor

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BRIA GRAHAM // editor

Wando and Burke students joined together for a Bull’s Island excursion with Coastal Expedition, part of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Center. The tour emphasized the diversity within the barrier island and is designed to educate the students about both estuary diversity and social diversity in the Lowcountry.

Science teacher Erika Chivarou was the coordinator of the trip.

“We live in a very diverse area and diverse ecosystem…and we live in a very diverse area demographically, largely obvious in the many differences between the white people and the black people,” Coastal Expedition guide Christopher Crolley said. “The purpose of this field trip is to show the similarities between the two different situations and to bring the human history and natural history together.”

After the boat ride to the island, students toured the historical remains, Boneyard Beach and Alligator Alley. Special guest Vera Manigault spoke about sweetgrass baskets and the Gullah Geeche culture. Manigault taught about the differences in every sweetgrass basket and the history behind them.

(1a) Senior Georgia Compton share a laugh with Burke students on the ferry ride over. (1b) Naturalists drove students to all the main spots on the island where they then walked to their final destination and back, and (1c) senior Easton Owens climbs a tree in the “Bone Yard” on the South end of the island.

-- anna grace ewing

2 cheerleaders The competition cheerleadeing team was named overall grand champions on Sept. 29 at the Viking Classic Competitive Cheer Competition hosted by Spring Valley High School in Columbia. The team also won first place in the AAAA division and best stunt sequence.

The team has qualified for the AAAA Lowerstate Championship, which will be held at White Knoll High School Nov. 6. If the team places in the top five at Lowerstate, it will be eligible to compete in the State Championship on Nov. 17.

-- georgia barfield

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Seniors Haley Byers, Claire Bogdan and Ryan Berberian show the third place trophy from the Bands of America Super Regional in Atlanta Oct. 27. The band also won the AAAA championship during the preliminary contest.

band takes third at BOA The marching band won third place overall and the AAAA division championship in the Atlanta Super Regional Bands of America Super Regional Oct. 27.

Band director Scott Rush said he was pleased with the performance. “The lineup in Atlanta this year was one of the most impressive lineups we’ve had in many, many years,” he said. “So being third in that company of people was tremendous.”

A total of 34 bands competed in the competition which was hosted in the Georgia Dome. Tarpon Springs High School from Florida won first place, and Harrison High from Kennesaw, Ga., won second.

“I thought that they did their best, especially under the circumstances of it being really cold outside,” Drum Major Haley Byers said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better performance and I’m really proud of everyone.”

The JROTC will be hosting the November Warrior Challenge on Nov. 10, located in the East Parking from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The challenge will be a showcase where the Wando JROTC will compete with the JROTC from seven other local schools.

Team categories in the competition include Drill Team, AFOPs, Colorguard, Unarmed Drill Team and Kitty Hawk Team.

» coffee house

The Advanced Concert Choir and Wando Singers will be hosting their annual Coffee House on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.

Students will be performing self selected songs. The show will be held in the chorus room and tickets can be purchased at the door for $5.

» tie day

The entire school came together in honor of math teacher Joe Kutcher, who passed away in July, by wearing ties Oct. 24.

The idea came about through a council of teachers, including math teacher Stefanie McGuffin.

“The reason we came up with Tie Day is because Joe Kutcher wore a different tie every school day, and we thought the best way to remember him would be for the entire school to participate by wearing different ties of their Senior Mark Vito honored math teacher Joe Kutcher by wearing 26 ties on Tie Day own,” she said.

Senior Mark Vito wore many Oct. 24. different ties around his neck, saying, “I could honor him a bit and help, and even though I [didn’t] know him all my life, I wanted to support him while I could.”

Senior Mariah Logan was selected as the Wando Student CCSD Superintendant Advisor for 2012-2013. “It’s an honor to be able to voice the students’ perspective on issues in our school to Dr. McGinley,” she said.

Special needs teacher Allyson Brown was selected as Teacher of the year for 2012 by the faculty. “I was very excited and very honored to get this award, my colleagues think that I am worthy of the Teacher of the Year Award.”

Sophomore Rika Win qualified for All Region Orchestra for violin.

“I was excited that all the hard work you put in the music paid off in the end,” she said.

Freshman Lars Nelson qualified for All Region Orchestra for bass. “I’m pretty excited because I get to find out what position I am at All Region,” he said.

Senior Casey Wells qualified for All Region Orchestra for viola. “This is my fifth year and it feels amazing knowing all my hard work has paid off. Getting in is such an honor,” he said.

Senior Elizabeth Levi won a first place Gold Circle award for news feature writing from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. “At first I didn’t realize it was such a big deal, but when I found out, I was honored,” she said.

SARAH RUSSELL // staff

» ROTC showcase

Drum Major Ryan Berberian attributes the band’s success to band members’ dedication this year. “We worked extremely hard this year and we had a very difficult show this year,” he said. “The kids worked extremely hard and put a lot of dedication into it and to see it pay off was very gratifying.”

The band’s 2012 show is an Egyptian-themed performance entitled “Immortal.”

“I think my favorite memory from this weekend was probably after the semi-finals performance; just seeing the faces of the students and knowing that they did a great job was very gratifying,” Rush said.

“I really think that this is the best job we’ve ever done at BOA,” said Drum Major Claire Bogdan, “Especially since the company we were up against was really talented and it was really humbling to see how really great we did.”

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fishin’

friend works to help aid with fundraising campaign for service dog amanda sharpley

writing editor Juniors Luke Varadi and Tucker Dodson have been best friends since elementary school. Dodson has spearheaded the fundraising campaign for the dog. They go fishing at least every week together off Sullivan’s Island where Dodson lives.

ALL PHOTOS BY JODI LEE // staff

Junior Luke Varadi’s Type-I diabetes requires him to prick his finger to test his blood sugar level numerous times throughout the day and night -- as many as 10 times a day.

Varadi also carries a diabetes pump with him along with his meter.

Two hooks rest patiently in the water.

Murmurs of conversation and laughter can be heard not far above the surface, facile and free flowing.

A parallel to their surroundings -their boat effortlessly floating in place.

As they lie in wait for a slight tug from the other end of their rods, they know they have already made a worthwhile catch.

One lasting and binding.

Juniors Luke Varadi and Tucker Dodson have been friends since elementary school.

For them, fishing is an escape from outside elements -- it serves to strengthen their bond and unite them further in their brotherhood.

But the waters are not always placid and serene.

Lingering in the murky depths lies the unsettling concern of potential highs and lows.

Varadi was diagnosed with Type-I diabetes at the age of three.

For his family and him, life has been a constant guessing game lined with blood sugar monitors and insulin pumps. Frequent late night checks and attempts at maintaining the right medium of blood sugar are all part of the protocol -- preventive measures lest things should turn life threatening.

However, thanks to Dan Warren, the founder of Guardian Angel service dogs, a new way to more accurately aid diabetics and promote a sense of comfort in their everyday lives has been made available.

A Type-I diabetic himself, Warren previously trained dogs in the military to sniff out bombs and narcotics. Now he trains them to sniff out altering blood

sugar levels.

“When it smells a high blood sugar it smells like bubble gum, and a low blood sugar it smells like vinegar, “ said Carol Varadi, Luke’s mother. “People can’t smell it, but the dog can detect it.”

Lately the dogs’ success rates have grown, and knowledge about them has increased -- persuading the Varadi family that now is the right time to invest in one themselves.

“I’ve been following along a blog that this other family, this woman named Tanya Hanchon, has been writing about her seven-year-old daughter who has a dog that they just got two months ago, and the stories that I’m reading about how the dog can detect high or low blood sugars before the child feels them,” Mrs. Varadi said.

“And everyday she’s writing an amazing story about all these different experiences, and I can’t wait to have the same thing happen in our family.”

And thanks to the overwhelming generosity of a widespread community -many touched by the the heartwarming concern of one friend -- the Varadis are on their way to gaining that greater peace of mind.

Last month, Dodson spearheaded an event called Fishin’ For A Dog -- part of a fundraising campaign aiming to reach a total of $20,000 to purchase one of the dogs.

“My mom helped me with the idea.

She asked me about the dog, and I thought ‘Yeah maybe we can try and raise some money for that.’ So we brainstormed together and we came up with the idea of fishing for a dog and it’s turned out to be a great success so far,” Dodson said. “You could either donate or you could participate in the event by purchasing a raffle ticket. And all the money that we collected from the raffle ticket purchases we donated to Luke.”

The three winners of the raffle each received a fishing trip with both Dodson and Varadi.

And while the two boys are still a ways

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for a dog

away from fully reaching their goal, they said in many ways their friendship already makes them winners.

“He always says its like giving back to me because I’ve helped him learn how to fish and I’ve taught him all these different things,” Varadi said. “He’s just nice to do it. He’s already raised like half the amount that we need to pay for the $20,000 dog.”

And if that isn’t a substantial amount on its own, other sources of outside help have rapidly been flowing in.

“Kate’s mom [Tanya Hanchon] put together this group to help others with Type I diabetes raise money for a dog. And so she got us started and we were amazed at how rapidly people just came forward and were so generous and kind,” Mrs. Varadi said.

“We were just amazed. It was just such an uplifting feeling to see.”

And from there the levels of contribution -- as well as compassion -- skyrocketed.

“It’s just so neat to see people we don’t even know donating. It started out family and friends donating, then it was friends of friends, then it was businesses and then it was strangers that just were inspired by the newspaper articles,” Mrs. Varadi said. “And so it’s just grown. And people have a connection with fishing, with diabetes, with dogs and then children, and so with it all connected it’s just pretty amazing.”

One donation in particular happened to resonate especially close to home.

Ron Silverman -- author of the short story “Miracle Fish” -- read about Fishin’ For A Dog in the Post and Courier and brought a copy of his story for both Varadi and Dodson.

“He autographed it and wrote them a nice note about how fishing brings friends together,” Mrs. Varadi said. “He was so moved by their function and the purpose of it that he came and he gave a nice contribution and he was very thoughtful. It took real initiative to do that and take part in our event. And plus he had it wrapped in dog gift wrap paper when he gave them the little books.”

And as the immense sense of generosity and community continues to grow, heartfelt letters and money have been sent and donated from all over the country.

Even old classmates and former teachers have been reaching out to be apart of the cause.

“One of the girls that he went to Moultrie with, she said that her mom read one of the articles with tears in her eyes and said ‘I wanna donate.’ It’s so sweet. People are so moved by it,” Mrs. Varadi said. “Especially with Tucker helping out, you know, one friend helping another friend, and at age 16 to take on something this big. Because he raised over $11,000 for it.”

One friend’s concern has helped in shepherding the improved future livelihood of another -- and the Varadis will now soon be able to carry a reestablished hope of a better everyday.

“He can tell sometimes how he feels if it’s high or low, but sometimes when you get to the point where he feels low it’s too late and he’s dropping and it gets lower,” Mrs. Varadi said. “But the dog can catch it before it gets to that point so that he can eat and take care of it so that it doesn’t get to those extreme highs or lows. So that’s really gonna help with managing his sugar much better. And he’s very independent with it now, but it’s just gonna be very reassuring for him to have this dog to be his best friend, and to help him deal with this.”

Once the dog arrives, a trainer will spend three days working the family. They will then come back every 90 days for two years teaching the dog additional ways to assist Varadi with his blood sugar levels -- retrieving his blood glucose meter, juice boxes, and even triggering 911.

The anxiously awaited arrival of the new canine addition to the Varadi family is said to be sometime between November and December.

All checks and donations are made to Checks are made to Guardian Angels Service Dogs Post Office Box 791 Sullivans Island 29482.

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warrior ink: making their mark ALL PHOTOS BY IAN HURLOCK // editor

Junior Alec Pendleton uses the heat press to apply a design to a t-shirt.

Warrior Ink regularly does large orders for local businesses and organizations. The heat press can also put designs on purses, tote bags and other fabrics.

Warrior Ink showcases a board of their previous works in downstairs H Hall. Warrior Ink is able to create t-shirts, pins, notebooks, magnets, posters and more.

student-run print shop gives students chance to design, sell merchandise sam walker staff writer A barrage of finished products adorn yellow cinderblock walls. Pieces of black tape etch their way across the floor, and a multitude of Mac desktops sit on the desks.

Computer teacher Rosemary Lengsas’s students — only about a dozen in total — are clustered in small groups throughout Room H-107 working on projects. The atmosphere is quiet and laid-back, a distinct characteristic of Wando’s Warrior Ink, the studio that has overseen the production and distribution of Warrior-related merchandise for the past four years.

Lengsas, the class’s instructor, came to Wando in 2011 to teach Digital Desktop Publishing and Webpage Design and Development for a semester before assuming the role of course head for Warrior Ink. This will be the program’s fourth year.

Junior Taylor Russell said the class is a print shop as well as a design shop.

“We call it a print shop. [Our] design team will give us a vague idea of what they want, design it and make it a computer image,” she said. “Then we’ll print it and use the padding compound -- basically glue — to put it all together. We also make t-shirts, buttons, magnets, car stickers, vinyl birthday signs [and] wall decals. We’ll sell them to students, we’ll sell them to teachers.”

Lengsas said Ink’s impressive output within the confines of one semester is its greatest accomplishment so far.

“We printed and designed the soccer programs for the soccer team, we did the cafeteria signs, we made over 6,500 buttons [celebrating the hundredth anniversary of

Junior Sarah Richards uses all of her weight to push down the heat press. Heat presses are used to apply different designs to shirts for students and other clients.

the girl scouts] for Patriot’s Point,” Lengsas said. “We made a couple hundred T-shirts, so we just got a lot done for only being up and running for one semester last year.”

Russell said she believes Warrior Ink’s most celebrated projects are the signs in the cafeteria that were put up in 2012.

She said that these took months to make — from November 2011 to February 2012.

Russell took a pause. “What else?”

Her silence was broken by Lengsas and other students pressing her to talk about these projects — ones mentioned only minutes before.

“Car stickers!”

“Buttons! Buttons!”

Warrior Ink advertises its business with signs jutting out of the lawns on the edge of campus telling of new offers from the print shop, cafeteria raffles and merchandise seen daily in the School Store and on campus.

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robotically inclined kate frain staff writer It’s the usual consensus, the reasonable conclusion.

He wanders down the hallway with a rolling book bag rattling behind him. Startles every time somebody asks him a question.

Junior Alex McArthur’s head is in the clouds - always just slightly somewhere else.

They just happen to be the data clouds, instead of the usual garden-sky variety.

As the library scanner he built beeps in the background, McArthur tips his chair back and grins widely, remembering the first time he ever constructed something.

“A wooden shelf, to get to the saws in my garage,” he says.

“I must have been about 9 or 10.”

Since then, his work has gotten remarkably safer as he progressed from mechanical engineering to programming.

Discovering coding languages like Python, which is “very, very basic - a step up from English” in the way it allows users to give the computer simple, easy-to-recall commands.

McArthur was prompted to begin creating programs like the current Wando library scanner, which uses student ID barcodes to track who has entered the media center, as opposed to the old system of a mechanical sign-in.

McArthur has also used programming to advance through Vex Robotics and the Wando Advanced Robotics First Robotics Competition team, whose robot took second place overall at a scrimmage Oct. 20.

He credits the moment he first discovered he wanted to be a programmer to Wando’s Introduction to Engineering Design course.

David Roemer, the course instructor, remembers Alex in his freshman year as “quiet, respectful, very curious about engineering, very hardworking - the kind of student all teachers want to have.”

The quiet boy went on to excel in the class, working above and beyond the requirements - in particular, on a reverse-engineering assignment that Roemer still notes is “one of the best I’ve ever seen.”

Placed with several other top students, McArthur had to disassemble and computer-diagram a toy car - “extremely difficult to do, because of all of the shapes.” In his freshman year, McArthur created a project that his teacher still recollects today.

In the end, it was the computer science that captured him – not necessarily the diagramming, but the elegant

ANGELICA COLLINS // STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

junior displays aptitude for engineering, robotics and passion for programming

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For junior Alex McArthur, welding at school is not uncommon. He often goes to the robotics lab to build robots that shoot basketballs or any other robot he can possibly imagine.

McArthur checks in with the library scanner he programmed.

McArthur checks up on the library ID scanner he designed and built.

code that allowed him to take command of five-pound hunk of metal and command it to do whatever he wanted.

He has refined that command to allow him to participate on a team dedicated to making a 50-pound robot shoot basketballs, and a library scanner that drastically increases overall efficiency.

The hardest robot he ever had to build was a Vex robot -- requiring a precise counterbalance on the claw mechanism to make sure that it did not tip over, That too ultimately joined the long string of successes that constitutes his current robotics career.

A career he hopes to continue by gaining a summer internship at SPAWAR and parlaying his talent and dedication into a Carnegie Mellon degree.

Programming is advancing. Computer technology and sciences are changing faster and faster in a time of increasing technological advancement. Roemer admits that programmers can hardly ever master their craft, that technology in itself is changing almost too quickly.

Still, he has this to say about McArthur: “Many students do what they have to do to get by - even the smart students. Alex always takes it one step further.”

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lunch time decisions With such a large cafeteria, it’s plain to see Wando isn’t short on food options. Healthy, nutritious meals aren’t always easy to spot, however; with this quick guide, you can easily pick out the healthier option.

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don’t eat: sausage pizza

eat: cheese pizza

Meat-covered pizza may not sound healthy, and well... it’s not.

With almost 700 mg of sodium and 18 grams of fat, a few slices of this will leave you with 19 gram of protein, but almost no nutritional value.

While obviously not the healthiest option in the cafeteria, all are guilty of craving pizza now and again. If the urge strikes, however, try to stick with the option that will come off the most guilt-free. With 14 grams of fat and 500 mg of sodium, this is the healthiest, most delicious cheese-slathered choice.

ALL PHOTOS EMILY CAPPELMANN // staff

kacey gouge, staff writer Substituting healthier options can potentially cut in half the calories and fat in a recipe. Common substitutions can be used for ingredients when baking and cooking, as well as entire recipes.

Using a substitution instead of the original ingredient can be a simple change to a healthier life.

Some Common Substitutions: 1.) Ricotta cheese for cream cheese -- cuts down on the fats and oils -- 1 cup per 1 cup

2.) Unsweetened applesauce for

sugar -- half of the called for amount

3.) Avocado puree for butter

-- when baking, substitute this puree for butter so the recipe keeps its moisture (the taste of the avocado is baked out).

4.) Greek yogurt for mayonnaise don’t eat: caesar salad (with caesar dressing)

Caesar salad, in general, is made with a ton of heavy, cheesy dressing that, while delicious to eat, is very high in calories and fat.

Added to the high sodium content of the salad itself, over 1000 mg, and the dressing, the entire salad comes in at about 23 grams of fat; not a benefit when looking for a slim salad.

eat: chef salad (with heinz light ranch dressing)

While salads are widely thought to be the healthiest cafeteria food available, it isn’t always the case when you factor in high-fat dressings. This salad, when eaten with Heinz Light Ranch Dressing, comes in at about only 300 calories, and 379 mg of sodium.

Plus you get the added benefit of healthy leafy greens.

don’t eat: ham & cheese wrap While still considered healthy, this wrap is the highest in sodium and fat available. With 1127 mg of sodium, half of the daily recommended amount, and 13 grams of fat, this wrap is one that can be easily replaced with a healthier, still-delicious substitute.

eat: turkey wrap Wraps are perhaps one of the most nutritious things you can purchase in the cafeteria, and turkey is the cream of the crop. With only 234 calories and 492 mg of sodium, it comes in with half the sodium of other wraps, plus only eight grams of fat.

side note: Bringing fresh, healthy foods from home, or even a small healthy snack, is a great way to add a little extra nutrition to your day. So if given the chance, try and grab a quick apple on your way out the door.

-- deirdre borland

-- when making tuna or chicken salad, this is great to cut out the fat -- 1 cup per 1 cup

5.) Pumpkin puree for oil 6.) Black beans for flour

-- drained and rinsed black beans work great in a brownie mix by cutting the gluten and adding a serving of vegetables

7.) Rolled oats for bread crumbs -- minimizes the sodium and adds a serving of whole grain

8.) Coconut milk for cream

-- works well in recipes for stews, soups or wherever heavy cream is called for

9.) 2 egg whites for 1 large egg 10.) Honey for corn syrup -- 1 cup per 1 cup

Sources: www.allrecipies.com/HowTo/Light-Substitutions/ http://greatist.com/health/healthy-recipesubstitutions/

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who who would would you you choose? choose? electoral college

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alyssa musheff, guest columnist President Barack Obama took office in 2009 in the midst of the extreme economic recession. He promised change and many Americans question today whether President Obama accomplished what he said he would.

Yet, whether or not people choose to believe it, the president brought about much positive change, and created a safer and healthier America. The changes are many.

The president is responsible for restraints on tobacco companies and produced the Affordable Care Act, an act that prevents patient discrimination based on existing health conditions and cuts the overall cost of health care.

On the international stage, the president signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia, eliminated ter-

rorist threat Osama bin Laden, and ended the war in Iraq.

President Obama is also working toward equal opportunity. He is the first president to openly support marriage equality. Furthermore, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act, a law that combats pay discrimination in the workplace. Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. This law helps prevent such inequity. By the way, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan voted against this equality.

Many Romney-Ryan advocates claim that the president’s spending habits have hurt the economy. This assertion is false. While there is no denying that the national debt increased during his presidency, this occurred because the president had to stimulate the recession economy that came from previous Republican presidencies. The president has lessened the tax load on the middle class and supported small business growth.

Both candidates have promising attributes as well as flaws. While each may be qualified, if you want an America that ushers in safety, equality and economic success, then President Obama is the man for the job.

Top 5 Issues

1. Taxes President Obama wants to increase taxes on the upper-classes, invest in the middle class and reduce the deficit more than $4 trillion over the next four years.

2. jobs President Obama has a four-point plan which includes increasing investment, hiring more state and local workers, doubling the size of payroll tax cuts and adding new tax cuts for small business and companies.

3. health care President Obama passed “Obamacare,” a law that levies a tax against those who do not have insurance policies.

4. education President Obama has a “Race to the Top Act” that rewards higher performing states with billions of dollars for educational funding.

5. Deficit President Obama has a proposal that would limit the ability of wealthier Americans to use certain tax deductions and raise taxes on certain business sectors, such as the oil and gas industry.

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jameson wojewodka, guest columnist Mitt Romney’s better than you. He has more money than you. My argument for Romney’s superiority could end there, but I’d be leaving out an equally important reason. His hair. Romney’s slickback is flawless. That’s the business power slick we need in the Oval Office.

If you can’t tell by now, I like Mitt. A lot. He’s a great guy. He looks presidential. He has credentials. Like a lot of money. And nice hair.

But Romney is more than a man blessed with fantastic hair and money. He was Republican governor of the most liberal state in the nation, and did a pretty good job.

And by pretty good job, I mean that he eliminated a $1.5 billion deficit and made the state tax code more efficient.

I’ll admit, Romney isn’t perfect. He’s a flip flopper, his

republican democratic battleground split state

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Top 5 Issues

who would you vote for?

anonymous teacher poll:

barack obama

30%

barack obama

32%

who would you vote for representative?

mitt romney

45%

mitt romney

57%

keith blandford

9%

gary johnson

7%

gary johnson

6%

bobbie rose

16%

other not voting

7% 11%

other

5%

tim scott

61%

not voting

0%

other

14%

total polled // 234

tax and budget plans don’t add up and I worry about his lack of foreign policy experience.

That being said, Romney’s plan to take advantage of this nation’s energy sources will be essential to lasting job and industry growth. His plan to dismantle and circumvent teacher unions is the start to increasing school performance and standards, something desperately needed as American children become increasingly dumber compared to children in other developed countries.

Romney could pass immigration reform his first year in office, a promise Obama has failed to keep.

Last, Romney has tax cuts and deregulation plans to stimulate growth among small businesses. Most importantly, though, Romney is a shrewd politician and a pragmatist. He will find ways to get legislation passed, like he did working with Democrats in Massachusetts. He will do what needs to be done while in office, even if it means angering or disagreeing with Republicans.

Romney may not be the president liberals and many conservatives wanted, but he’s the president this nation will need.

total polled // 137

total polled // 249

1. Taxes Governor Romney wants to lower the tax rate across the board, close tax loopholes that create tax deductions and lower corporate taxes to 25 percent.

2. jobs Governor Romney has a five-point plan including energy independence by 2020, school choice, new trade agreements and retaliation against nations that cheat on them, cut the deficit, regulations, taxes on small businesses and repeal the ACA. 3. health care Governor Romney’s against financial penalties for those who fail to comply within mandates and plans to give states the opportunity to opt-out of Obamacare while he tries to repeal it. He plans to hand control of Medicaid over to the states and make Medicare an opt-in program.

4. education Governor Romney supports “No Child Left Behind,” where students from lower performing school districts can go to school elsewhere. He wants the federal government to have less control.

5. Deficit Governor Romney wants to repeal Obamacare and plans to place a hard cap on federal spending to force the government to end spending.

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the afterenglish take home first place in the talent show sam walker

staff writer No pounding hearts.

No sweaty palms.

No sharp intake of breath.

The thought of winning had barely crossed their minds. Electrifying an audience was all in a night’s work for The AfterEnglish.

Guitarist and lead vocalist, senior John Butler, along with juniors Luke Fedorko, drummer, and Alex “OJ” Orrell-Jones, bassist, performed the final act of the annual talent show Oct. 17. As what the latenight Facebook buzz could only describe as “the Green Day of Wando,” their band, The AfterEnglish, rocked the PAC with their song “New York City, California” that spoke of angsty transience and captivated the judges enough to award it first place.

According to Fedorko, the hard-rocking trio can trace its roots back to a Wando locker room in the 2010-2011 school year with nothing but an acoustic guitar and budding inspiration.

“I’d play on a bench and [Butler] would play acoustic guitar. Then eight months ago we met OJ [Orrell-Jones], and he’s a crazy bass player, so that’s where the band came from,” Fedorko said.

“OJ” — the professed future stage name of the bassist — found the group and after a couple of jam sessions was chosen to be the band’s bass player.

“They had found me, and I guess when I started playing with them it evolved into this enigma of music and joy,” he said.

But he had to do a bit of deceiving to earn entrance into the band.

“I had never picked up a bass guitar before, and I actually lied and told them I knew how to play bass, and I had no idea how,” Orrell-Jones said. “So I went into practice and played it and it sounded good.

So I was just like, ‘All right, I guess I’m gonna play bass now.” And I love it. There’s not a lot of bass players [out there] and this gives me an upperhand.”

After discussing the prospects of being a band member at length with his parents, OrrellJones said he opted to trade in his alto saxophone for a bass and a place in the punk-rock band. “[The AfterEnglish has] originality, and it’s what people want to hear, and it’s something that could actually go somewhere,” Orrell-Jones said about what he had told his parents to convince them to let him join the band. “And [they] understood that, and ever since they’ve been willing to accommodate anything I would need.”

Fedorko aspires to have something to fall back on. He said his parents are encouraging him to take school seriously.

“Neither of [my parents] went to a traditional kind of college. My mom went to nursing school; my dad went to broadcasting school. And so they both really want me to get a degree and focus on school,” he said. “Especially junior year like this.

So I, for the sake of them, try not to let being in the band get in the way of any of my schoolwork.”

Yet he’s seen parental support as well. “[My dad] program directs at this radio station and he also manages bands and stuff,” Fedorko said. “He really helped develop our professionalism from early on.”

For vocalist Butler, winning the talent show wasn’t on the forefront of his mind.

He said he didn’t even think about it—the talent show was just another date on a calendar.

EMILY CAPPLEMANN // staff

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Junior Luke Fedorko (left) plays the drums while junior Alex Oral-Jones plays bass in the band AfterEnglish with lead singer senior John Butler. The band won the talent show on Oct. 17. To see more pictures of the talent show, look on www.wandotribaltribune.com.

“It was like, ‘Okay, we just gotta haul our stuff into this place and play,’” he said.

“I only thought about it when we were standing up there. I didn’t even think we placed, though.”

Reflecting on his own showmanship, Butler said his style ties into his performance.

“I’ve always wanted to be whatever I wanted to be and dress however I wanted to dress. It kind of gives me an excuse; ‘Oh, well I do this and this is why I look like this.’

It’s an easy way for people to get to know you and what you’re about,” he said.

The night of the talent show, Butler paused in the middle of their song, “New York City, California,” to request a continuous clap from the audience, just long enough to dole out complementary copies of their debut album, “The AfterEnglish,” to the front rows while Orrell-Jones and Fedorko played their solos. He then returned to the stage as seamlessly as he’d left it.

Such stage presence could come in handy, as their objective — if not made obvious by Fedorko’s climactic banging and clashing or Orrell-Jones’s fluid drop-basstoss-guitar-pick-across-stage maneuver — is primarily to get their name out there.

Fedorko, Orrell-Jones and Butler all concur that confidence is key when involved in a project like this.

“I think anyone would be confident to be able to say we put something together that not very many people do,” Orrell-Jones said.

Fedorko, however, drew similarities to theatre production.

“Rock n’ roll is about theatrics,” he said. “A live show is about putting on a performance. When you’re on stage you have to be larger than life. Just like how theatre actors have to project, we have to project.”

In fact, they said they hope to implement their post-graduation plans as soon as possible.

“We’ve been talking pretty seriously recently about going to Nashville after high school, depending on what really happens up until that point, and trying to pursue it,” Fedorko said. “We’ve got a couple of people that we know in Nashville that are pretty cool.”

According to him, funding their albums will come easy. They’ve already proven their self-sufficiency to their parents and themselves.

“When we went to produce our own record in Nashville, it was all self-paid. We played two shows over two nights, both were like three, three-and-a-half hour sets, and we got 250 bucks for each night,” Fedorko said. “So we made the money for that record in just about a week, so we’ve already profited economically from it and we definitely hope to do so in the future.”

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Located on Coleman Boulevard is Page’s Okra Grill.

We were -judging by the packed parking lot -- convinced amber kallaur it would be a long page’s okra grill wait. Instead, we were greeted instantly and in less than a minute we were seated and welcomed by our waiter.

The service was phenomenal and the prices were reasonable; breakfast for two totaled only $17. It was a family friendly environment -- almost like a classic diner but with a southern twist. The menu offers typical breakfast foods, but Page’s also has a choice of local classics as well. The country ham biscuit and different “country style” omelets all tempted our appetites.

After we were finished, we understood why Page’s Okra Grill attracted such a large crowd.

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Located in the center of Mount Pleasant at 1039 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Charleston’s Café provides scrumptious jack drennan breakfast dishes charleston cafe with friendly service.

I entered the small, homey café, decorated with lively colors and a magnificent display of foliage. Once seated, I ordered a breakfast of pancakes with strawberries and bacon. Within minutes, I started to savor the delicious flapjacks with maple syrup.

Together, the meal, service and ambiance were blended perfectly.

At the end of this, I thought there would be no downside to this restaurant, until I discovered the catch. The total for a plate of three pancakes and bacon with one cup of orange juice was $13.

Although the price was higher than other restaurants, this café offers excellent food and customer service.

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Every portion of Halloween enthralls me. From the cliches of pumpkin patches and black cats to its eerie uncertainty generated by varying mystical elements and archaic foretold legends, it has always appealed to the part of me that holds an intrigue for the unknown. Whether it’s the chilly fall air settling in or something more wicked coming this way, its compilation of dark folklore and cultural traditions leaves me with great fascination and numerous devilishly delicious haunts to be had. After all, life’s no fun without a good scare. And who doesn’t love a good trick? Or shall I say treat...

PEEVE: germs

My pocket hand sanitizer is my best friend. Slung from my bag, close in reach, we surge forth against The Walking Pathogens searching to deteriorate the human race with their quest for uncleanliness. I’m your basic germaphobe -- a distant relative of Howard Hughes. I wash my hands so often I could list it as an extracurricular on college apps. The way I see it, humans are their own walking plague. And I’ll use whatever evasive tactics necessary to combat them for my own peace of mind.

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IHOP is not what I would call five-star dining. The menu, the length of a People magazine, has plenty of breakfast options to choose from. Howellie mcdermott ever, the portions looked like way too ihop much for one person to eat, so I decided to split something.

Our “breakfast sampler” came with two pancakes, two eggs, two bacon strips, two sausage links, two pieces of ham and a big mound of hash browns. The food is no better than the portion control.

Unless you have the taste buds of Paula Deen, the butter-drenched food is not very appealing. IHOP also has an unappetizing atmosphere of hard tacky leather booths and a uniform feel.

On a positive note, it wasn’t very crowded, making the service fast and the restaurant quiet.

Also, the cheap prices made it a good place to eat for my budget.

amanda sharpley co-writing editor PICK: snow

When it snows, something in me clicks. It’s like catnip. I can smell it in the air a week before it arrives -- nature’s postcard that my dear old friend is on its way to stop in and pay its salutations. Snow has this way of momentarily taking away all the harsh and offensive elements of the world. I feel as though I can truly breathe for the first time in a long time; my spirit’s light and lifted. The world changes when it snows.

It’s quiet. Everything softens. It envelops the landscape in its shimmering, ethereal blanket of white and forms a blank slate where all my earthly cares have left me.

PEEVE: social rituals

Socializing: unless you’re a politician, why bother? It’s all just peacocking and flashing your persona in front of someone else’s. For me, the only result of being a social butterfly would be my wings wilting. As I’ve incessantly been pushed and prodded into bleak and asinine social rituals and gatherings, all I feel is drained. I’ll socialize when there’s a worthwhile point to it, not merely because it’s deemed the required norm in society in order to be a full-serving individual.

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

“Try a Little Tenderness” Otis Redding

Complete and Unbelievable This first danced its way into my life with Duckie from Pretty in Pink. From that moment on, Otis’ soulful sound has become one of my favorites. It is a perfect example of how music should be.

“Carry on My Wayward Son” Kansas

Leftoverture Classic rock is the perfect genre to lose all of your inhibitions and let loose. When the song starts, all that can be heard is the group harmonizing to one of the best hooks of all time. This song is perfect to jam out to on any car ride.

“Me and Bobby McGee” Janis Joplin

Pearl Absolutely my favorite song of all time. Maybe it’s Janis’ raspy voice or Kris Kristopherson’s song writing -- most likely its the beautiful combination. This song is a classic.

“I’ve Just Seen a Face” The Beatles

Help!

This song is no doubt one of the famous four’s more kitschy tunes, but its upbeat quality never ceases to put a smile on my face.

The blatant optimism and love-struck goofiness of this song places it on the top of my Beatles list.

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inspiration blooms

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

-- compiled by amelia beilke

film evokes questions and inspiration to viewer

SELLING SONGS

amanda sharpley co-writing editor

duck dynasty Don’t worry; you don’t have to hunt to get hooked on this show. I don’t hunt and I’m a “Duck Dynasty” fanatic. This show follows the Robertsons -- a family that has made their millions in the duck-call business.

Phil Robertson, the family patriarch, abandoned a promising career as a football player to do what he loved and make duck calls. He started his own business -- Duck Commander -- and has al-

lowed his son Willie to take over as CEO. Willie now leads this family business where he has hired various other Robertsons, all of which have ZZ Top-esque beards.

The Robertson men are fond of their facial hair and their redneck heritage.

Every day after work the Robertsons hang out on the Robertson land hunting and fishing. Every episode concludes with a fullfledged family dinner and prayer.

The Robertsons have a working balance between work and play, and are always searching for ways to avoid work and increase play.

Tune in on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on A&E.

--jonathan rice

i knew you were in trouble // taylor swift gangnam style // psy

SELLING BOOKS reflected in you // sylvia day sessing the same foundation of only a handful of people -- created many diverse and unique story lines. Unfortunately, this left me hungering for more of each than just the mere taste upon my lips with which I was provided.

Nonetheless, the film touched on the pieces necessary to get across the larger concepts, if not the less obvious ones skillfully weaved in.

If anything, Cloud Atlas reinstilled the drive in me to create within similar designs. To evoke the feelings in others that this film evoked and then echoed within me.

Watching it unfold and piecing together minuscule details subtly stringed into a moving symphony bloomed emotions down within my gut and reawakened my consciousness. I was inspired to inspire.

red Taylor Swift’s new album, Red, was released Oct. 22 and shows Swift’s steps away from her previous country style. Her songs have more of a new pop culture sound to them but definitely stick to her usual themes of love, heartbreak and moving on.

This album gives all of the previous TSwift haters who didn’t like her style of music a chance to acquire a liking to her songs that are relatable to almost every teenage girl. Red, just

like the color, is a bold and vibrant album, including much variety between the songs that show Swift branching out in the music industry and switching things up.

The majority of the songs in this album focus more on breakups and the feelings that come with the heartbreak of losing someone who is loved.

Swift sends a message of hope to every teenage girl through this album, and lets them know that giving in to a bad relationship is not an option.

All in all, Swift did an outstanding job with her new album, making this the fourth in her music career.

--anna ewing

the casual vacancy // j.k. rowling

GROSSING MOVIE paranormal activity 4 // schulman argo // affleck

TV RATINGS sunday night football // nbc modern family // abc

SELLING ALBUMS red // taylor swift babel // mumford and sons

SELLING VIDEO GAMES fifa 13 world of warcraft: mists of pandaria

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“There’s a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well.” This was the reoccurring warning that went unheeded throughout the film’s plot -and throughout history itself. Cloud Atlas surpassed the superficial clichés associated with the delicate infrastructure of time and the passages trodden by all -- from one threshold closing, opening way to another -- from one moment fleeting, giving room for another to land. And while at many points it would be fairly easy for the viewer to grow lost when attempting to follow the elements of the plot that peculiarly, and quite fittingly, added to its overall effect.

A sense of uncertainty begins to boil within, leaving traces of open-ended questions lingering in the air long after the film’s end. Why do we keep making the same mistakes? And can they all truly be categorized as mistakes, when it can be argued that is necessary for some of them to be made in order to instigate change -- to lead a movement and reflect truth itself? And perhaps that on its own is part of the natural order, so that we may evolve.

The myriad of characters -- though essentially pos-

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1. Initial impact zone

andrew glover boys basketball and football did you get your Q: How concussions? have had two concusA:Isions; I got knocked out in both basketball and football.

did you treat Q: How your concussions?

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gela] Whittington and Coach [Mark] Buchman. were your sympQ: What toms? stiff neck A:Headache, and my vision was painful and blurry.

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anymore when I play those sports. A few times, the same kind of play where I got hurt the same type of deal has happened, so I just haven’t really tried.

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Severe concussions cause the brain to twist during the rebound.

--information courtesy of The Seattle Times

2. The impact forces the brain to strike the surface of the skull and rebounds.

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4. Swelling of the brain occurs in severe concussions which puts pressure on the brainstem that controls breathing and basic life functions.

concussion confusion growing awareness of concussions leads to talks of prevention ali antley staff writer The last thing junior Alex Pumilia remembers is rushing to make a block during the Summerville JV football game Sept.

12. Suddenly, his chin strap snaps. His face mask slips and smacks his face. From out of nowhere, he is hit by a Summerville player.

Then everything else is a blur.

He thinks he made it to the sideline by himself. He didn’t even realize anything was wrong at first -- he just needed a new chin strap. But then he started feeling weird. Trainers stepped in and gave him the concussion test, rating symptoms on a scale from none to severe.

Pumilia’s results diagnosed him with a minor concussion.

As recognition of the seriousness of concussions continues to spread, the head injuries have become more noticed in high school sports.

“Students are recognizing the signs and are reporting them,” Head Athletic Trainer Mark Buchman said. “We might have 10 to 15 a season.”

According to Center of Disease Con-

trol and Prevention, during the last decade reaction-related injuries have increased by 60 percent. The sports where they occur the most are football, soccer and lacrosse.

Many coaches are doing different things to prevent concussions for their players. “We teach proper techniques to hit, like lead with the body not the head [when rushing an opponent],” head lacrosse coach Lance Renes said.

An important measure to take when a concussion occurs is to report the problem. “In high school, I never told my coach when I got a concussion and it affects me today,” Renes said. “I’ve noticed I have an abnormal amount of headaches.”

The athletic trainers are the first to have a look at injured players and they have a step-by-step list of things to be done when a concussion occurs.

“We rate their symptoms, how bad, and if they have them or not. We do memory questions and some balance tests,” Buchman said.

If the trainers are unable to diagnose the problem, athletes are taken to an orthopedist who is usually on site.

One well-known story of the negative effects of not reporting a concussion is that of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, who suffered from a concussion he didn’t report in August.

He went back to racing and soon suf-

fered a second concussion. He finally sought help and pulled out of two races, consequently costing himself a possible NASCAR Championship for the year.

Student athletes who get a concussion have a required a period of time they sit out, according to Buchman.

“Usually the student is out for one to two weeks due to the second impact syndrome, which can lead to fatality or severe brain damage,” he said.

Adolescent Medicine Doctor Murry Thompson extolled the dangers to the brain caused by concussions.

“Think of [the brain] as jello in a bowl,” said Thompson, who has been working as the team physician since 1990 and also recognizes the rise in concussions on young people who play sports. Thompson was explaining how if one area of the head is affected, then the whole brain will be affected, like jello.

Not reporting a concussion can cause long term brain damage and lead to many problems. Some symptoms include headache, nausea, memory loss, balance problems, dizziness and depression.

“It is known that if you have had a concussion you are at higher risk to get another one,” Dr. Thompson said.

“That’s why we encourage parents to think about letting there child come back and play at all.”

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student athletic trainers find their futures in the career field of sports ellie mcdermott

staff writer She didn't make the volleyball team her junior year.

But she couldn’t just sit around – she had to do something with her time.

Senior Madison Hamilton learned about Wando’s student athletic trainer program through her sports medicine class. She decided to volunteer.

Hamilton goes to the training room everyday after school -- along with the other student athletic trainers and head athletic trainers, Mark Buchman and Angela Whittington -- to assist the athletes.

Among her duties, she gives them water and ice, and wraps up ankles or wrists, the program is a hands-on experience, Hamilton said.

“We do a lot of ‘rehab’ in the training rooms for injuries to get them back in better shape” Hamilton said.

Rehab, or rehabilitation, can consist of exercising leg muscles on the stationary bikes or doing arm exercises with a rubber cord.

After hanging out and assisting athletes after school in the training room, the athletic trainers make their way out to the

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Senior Madison Hamilton wraps junior Kirk Evans’ ankle after he sat in the whirlpool and did his rehabilitation exercises. Ample amounts of tape, bandages and other materials are used to help the players in aiding injuries, as well as preventing them before they happen.

practice football fields on the “gators,” or John Deere carts. And, yes, they get to drive the carts, which are full of bags of tape and wrap and other medical supplies they may need.

The first task at hand when they get out to the practice fields is to fill up the “watercows,” or big water tanks on wheels to make sure the football players stay hydrated.

After lugging the containers to their proper place, the volunteer trainers watch and make sure the players stay safe. It’s a lot of responsibility, Hamilton said.

For the first time, along with football, athletic trainers this year will also be dealing with other sports -- baseball and wrestling.

“Spring is so crazy with all the sports going on at once that we have to just stay after school and help with all the rehab and

taping,” Hamilton said.

With currently six student athletic trainers on staff, they’re like a big family, Hamilton said.

This group is an important part of the Athletic Trainers’ Program, head athletic trainer Mark Buchman said.

"Our student athletic trainers are also our eyes and ears on and off the field," Buchman said. "They will let us know if something is wrong or someone is injured."

To be a part of the program, Hamilton recommends first taking sports medicine classes to be prepared and then talking to Coach Buchman about it.

“Be cautious and be prepared for whatever happens,” senior Rachael Hicks said.

Being a student athletic trainer requires students like Chase Burton and Hamilton to be on the field at every foot-

ball game.

“It’s so much fun being on the sidelines. The student section is a blast, but it’s nothing compared to being right beside the action next to the players for every second of the game, there’s really nothing else like it,” Burton said.

Sophomore and athletic trainer Sophie Warren said she has learned a lot from the program.

“It’s taught me a lot of stuff that I didn’t know before about sports medicine,” Warren said.

Hamilton, who wants to go into the medical field, said her decision to get involved helped her realize sports medicine is not for her.

Hicks, on the other hand, had a different experience, "I figured out this is what I want to go to college for," she said.

speaking of sports: with nine days left before college basketball begins, who do you think will win the national championship and why?

“I think UNC will win because they have a good shooting guard.”

freshman travis jenkins

“I would say Kentucky.

They have two of the top three recruits from high school going there.”

“Michigan because they have Trey Burk who is the best point guard in college basketball.”

“COC because they have a power center who’s a quality athlete.”

“UNC because they have a great coach and a really strong offense.”

sophomore jeff owens

history teacher darrel hedrick

junior nicholas richardson

senior katie kopp

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For the varsity volleyball team, 40 is much more than a number. This season marks the 40th straight playoff season for the team.

Ever since the recognition of Wando volleyball as a school-sanctioned sport, each and every girl that has come through the program has been a competitor in the playoffs.

“The kids really are dedicated, they are very determined, they play good volleyball and they have a passion for it,” varsity volleyball coach Alexis Glover said.

With 27 years under her belt, Glover has led her team through more than half of the 40 seasons.

With a 45-7 record, the team played Lexington for a spot in the Lowerstate playoffs Oct. 30, winning in three straight matches.

“I think we’ve done remarkably well,” Glover said. “In every tournament, we’ve placed really well . . . I hope we place well

cross country heading for state meet

Both the boys and girls cross country teams are heading into the state championship meet Nov. 3 in Columbia, ranked in the top five.

The girls are second in the state and

IAN HURLOCK// photographer

volleyball heads to lowerstate

seated

Coach Alexis Glover has a pep talk with the varsity volleyball team. The team currently is 46-7 and moving into the playoffs for the 40th straight year.

in the state tournament.”

The team kept the winning tradition going by defeating Summerville on Oct. 23, 3-0, in the first round of the playoffs. The victory over Lexington in a home match on Oct. 30 earned a spot in the Lowerstate

Championship game, set for Nov. 1.

The team hopes to make it to the state championship game on Nov. 3 at White Knoll.

--tommy sanders

football gears up for playoffs

have three runners under 19 minutes. They also won Coach’s Classic Sept. 8 for the fourth time in a row. The boys have maintained a top five state ranking for the entire season.

Both teams won the region titles and had good showings at the state qualifiers.

The girls are working to beat Lexington and win a second straight state title, while the boys are hoping to move up and compete for a title.

--virginia gilliam

With nine victories, the football team is tied for the most wins in school history.

One game remains in the regular season before the playoffs begin. “[With our current record] we have pretty much assured ourselves of a playoff berth,” head coach Jimmy Noonan said.

tennis falls in second round

With a second year coach and a young team, varsity womens tennis coach Leigha Jakious led the team to an undefeated region record and a 10-5 record overall before playing in the second round of the playoffs.

The team was eliminated from the playoffs after a loss against Sumter Oct. 25.

“The match was extremely close. It was tied 3-3, and it went to a tiebreakers doubles match that in itself went into a tiebreaker set,” senior Tommi Nagumo said.

This season is much different for the team than last year. With so little upperclassmen on the team, it has been difficult to achieve all that they have achievedin the past.

After losing five seniors, the new seniors, Tommi Nagumo, Legare Passailaigue and Sarah Wieland, stepped up to fill those positions.

“The team has changed a lot from last year since we lost so many seniors.” Jakious said, “We are a very young team this year and we have a lot to learn, but we are doing extremely well.”

--tommy sanders

The final game against Sumter Nov. 2 will determine whether the first playoff game will be at home or away.

Goose Creek leads Region 7-AAAA with a 10-0 record. Wando and Stratford are tied for second, but Wando holds the tiebreaker because of a 42-7 win over the Knights Oct. 12. Goose Creek plays Stratford Nov. 2 at Goose Creek.

Wando beat Cane Bay 30-10 Oct. 26 after dropping a 35-14 Oct. 19.

--caroline rothkopf

JODI LEE// photographer

JADE YOUNG// photographer

Sophomore Robert deCosta leads the pack at the junior varsity cross-country meet Sept. 26 at the newlyopened Laurel Hill County Park off Highway 41.

The Wando Football team prepares to push against Sumter on Nov. 2 in a new record-breaking season before leaping into the play-offs.

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Senior Yvonne Manigault looks up at a student from the Gymnastics Academy of Charleston’s cheer team. Both Manigault and Lexy Kroll, close friends and coworkers, work with the girls on their cheer routines.

on the

freshman bailey hart

JODI LEE // staff

As the JV quarterback, Hart has thrown for 728 yards and eight touchdowns.

“He has been a two-year starter and shown great poise and leadership abilities,” Coach Edward Cornings said.

sophomore jacob spencer

He ran a personal best during the Lake Murray Invitational Sept. 22. “Jacob has been very consistent and is always our number two or three runner,” Coach Bret Davis said.

junior natalie tucker Tucker has been selected as volleyball All State in Class AAAA. “Natalie brings a lot of excitement to our team, and her biggest plus is that she is left handed,” Coach Alexis Glover said.

seniors mackenzie lesemann and brenna lauer

lauer

lesemann

Both seniors, Mackenzie Lesemann and Brenna Lauer have been selected to the North-South All Star team Nov. 15-17 at Erskine College.

“They are really the heart and soul of the team this year,” Glover said. “They are the captains and they have led us to success.”

manigault giving a cheer senior’s love of cheering leads to coaching career sarah russell staff writer Senior Yvonne Manigault is no average cheerleader.

She has cheered for various schools and teams, but Manigault found her true calling sophomore year -- coaching the Laing Middle School cheer team.

“It was a rec team so they had a mom that signed up to be the leader,” Manigault said. “She didn’t know anything about cheerleading.”

Manigault and close friend Lexy Kroll, 22, were allowed to take over coaching the team. That year they won their biggest competition.

Manigault and Kroll met at their previous gym, Tricountry Elite, and soon became close friends.

“After that first practice, our friendship was basically instant. We just kind of clicked,” Kroll said.

Manigault and Kroll continue to coach together today. “I don’t think I could ever coach with anyone besides her. We never fight, there is never a problem,” Manigault said. “Our collaboration is perfect.”

This summer, the girls started high

school. Manigault and Kroll began looking for new coaching opportunities right away.

They looked around Mount Pleasant for a gym that would allow them to coach a team. The search took three months.

“That doesn’t seem long, but it was terrible because I wasn’t doing anything with cheerleading for three whole months,” Manigault said.

Manigault finally found Gymnastics Academy of Charleston. She and Kroll took over the cheerleading program and now have two teams of girls from ages 9 to 16.

Manigault and Kroll have a unique style of coaching.

“Lexy and I, we get really close to [the girls] and we take the time to get to know them,” Manigault said. “We’re still, of course, their coaches and we expect the respect of a coach.”

This approach both satisfies the girls on their team and draws in others. “We get really attached and the parents love that about us. Now we have people from other gyms that want to come and cheer for us,” Manigault said.

The success of the duo as coaches is apparent. “The owners of that gym notice how much I love it and how much dedication I have,” Manigault said. “Before I got there, they had two people. Now they have 25.”

Coaching is Manigault’s passion, and

she hopes to make a future out of it.“ I definitely want to [coach] as a career,” Manigault said.

Manigault and Kroll plan to stick together. “Originally, I had personal plans for what I wanted to do. But after working with Yvonne the past few years, our plans have just kind of molded together.” Kroll said.

Although they have aspirations to open their own gym, Kroll and Manigault expect to stay at their current gym in the near future.

“We want to stay close with Gymnastics Academy of Charleston because they’re such a great program. They’re the best gymnastics program in Charleston,” Manigault said. “Eventually they’re gonna let us take over the cheerleading aspect – we’ll run it, we’ll make the decisions.”

In the meantime, Manigault juggles her various passions. In addition to coaching, she is also stage managing Wando’s Greece musical and videoing for the girls’ basketball team.

“Like today, we have auditions going but I have to leave at 5:30 because I have practice. I’m definitely putting as much time into both as I can,” Manigault said.

Although she has some rough days and many busy ones, Manigault’s passion keeps her motivated.

“I always manage to make it work.”

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the hope in a mother’s eyes junior reflects on her mother’s diagnosis, ongoing battle with cancer COLUMN BY It was one of those days you don’t forget. It sticks with you -- everything about it. The smell of the room, the solemn looks of others around you, the soft voice of your mother, telling you something calmly in a few short words. Those few words were the words that changed my life forever.

The house was full of family -- the kind of full where every room was occupied. No space to be alone. No space to have a clear thought. We liked it though. Being the only two kids in the house, the extra company meant more excitement for my sister and me. Little cousins ran from room to room, chasing the cats and shooting each other with Nerf guns. Meagan and I joined the madness, being our distraction from whatever the grown-ups were doing.

Knowing my family, the men were watching golf and the women were drinking wine at the dinner table, discussing the latest family drama.

No fifth grader like me was going to stop the fun and look around. Notice the difference in their faces, and the worried glances at the clock. Notice the absence of my mom and dad.

Just a doctor’s appointment.

I had heard the day before, but must have forgotten they were leaving. My sister certainly had. I can still see her running after little McKenna Ray, lifting her into the air as my parents both walked in the door.

Suddenly the adults jumped into action, rounding up kids and bringing them back down to the first floor, leaving my small family of four to talk.

“What’s wrong, momma?”

“Nothing, baby! We just need to talk about something with you girls.”

“The doctors said the pain in mommy’s ankle is cancer.”

Blurred sight and ringing ears. This wasn’t real. This was a joke. Okay, maybe not a joke, but at least a mistake.

It simply wasn’t possible. Things like this didn’t happen to happy kids like me.

Despite the questions and doubts in our minds, we remained silent. My sister sat on the floor, twirling her blonde curls around her finger like she always did when she was stressed or sleepy. My bottom lip sat in between my teeth as I chewed at it like I always do when I’m nervous. My eyes stayed glued to a spot on the glossy hardwood floor of my large kitchen. I thought about the hours and hours my mom put into that kitchen. Every detail, every cabinet. No room for mistake; it was perfect.

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madi brandli, staff writer

Junior Madi Brandli and her mother Lesley Brandli sit in the sun room off of their house in Mount Pleasant. In their lap are their beloved cats, Jasper and Lillian. Brandli’s mother has lived with leiomyosarcoma cancer in her ankle since 2008.

“Madi Jean? Baby, are you listening?”

I nodded. I was lying. I bit harder into my lip. I didn’t want to listen. All I heard was chemotherapy. I knew what that was from science class and movies. The drug they gave you that made you lose all your hair. The one that made all the people with cancer in the movies really weary and sick looking. Just then, it hit me. I was scared. Was that what was going to happen? My momma was just going to shrivel up and die? Like the people in the movies?

I glanced at my sister. Her fingers still working away at the same curl.

She had Leiomyosarcoma, a bone cancer, in her ankle.

That’s all they knew.

My momma lost her hair and took on chemotherapy like a champion. The image of seeing her in her bed after the first surgery and start of chemotherapy is one I will never forget. She wasn’t my momma. She was someone else. Someone with a fake wig and a hollow voice. I didn’t believe it was really her till I got close. She may have lost her hair and her perky energy, but the power in her eyes was as strong as ever. The hope she had in her eyes that day never left. It was there to stay.

Although the first trial was successful, the cancer returned two years later. This time in more treacherous places like her spine and her liver. And now she is back to the

chemo. To this day, she gets her dose of chemo and surgeries, in attempt to make her as healthy as possible. Luckily by this point, my family has grown stronger than ever. We have been playing this game of Red Rover for years now.

One thing after another, attempting to knock us down.

But we stay strong together.

As the years go on, I hardly go a day without hearing those dreaded words. “How’s your mom doing?” The thought is always sweet. It is an immediate question for most who know my name and my family. Like there is nothing else to ask me about. I’ve never liked answering this question. Sometimes, it is just easier pretending nothing is really happening, even though it’s a weight I carry with me every second of every day.

Over the past summer, I saw a Facebook post from a girl I knew in middle school, saying how happy she was that her mom was officially cancer free. My initial reaction was excitement. Who wouldn’t be excited? But then I felt a pang of jealousy. How great it was for her, but what about my mom? Why isn’t she better? Soon after, I was ashamed of my selfish thoughts.

My mother’s story WILL have a happy ending. Maybe in two months or 40 years. But until then, we will pray, pray and pray. Nothing can break our family and certainly no one stops the hope beaming through my momma’s beautiful face.

“Things like this didn’t happen to happy kids like me.” madi brandli

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senior expresses devotion and personal appreciation of art

COLUMN BY

megan parks, writing editor The grass in my backyard is wet beneath unscathed seven-year-old toes. I stand with a childhood friend in my haven sheltered by nature, my sanctuary fringed by paint chipped bird houses and symphonies of flowers fresh from sodden spring dirt.

My dogs begin to bark at the wind. I bark back and convince my young confidant that I, too, speak the language of the dogs and other furry beasts. I translate each bark and growl, every yelp and woof, as my playmate looks on with wonder and curiosity.

Personifying things, giving hushed creatures a voice, creating illusions. They are gifts that every child is born with the fanciful understanding and desire to do, yet, also must be nurtured in order to last well into the droll banality of adulthood. Though my trick was fit only for a fellow naive child, and even deviously acted out, it was all in the name of the sacred nature of make believe.

A trait that has not quite yet died in myself, but matured into an art form, a way to both escape from and deal with my own reality.

Art, mirroring life, is about growth. That is one of my most beloved aspects of creating. Growing through your work and making art reveals the shape and colors of one’s soul and the inner depths of the subconscious. I’m inspired by artists like John William Waterhouse, with his water nymphs and ethereal, other-worldly scenes.

I try to learn from Leonardo da Vinci and his beautifully chaotic Deluge, wavy-haired maidens and glasseyed angels. I consciously dream to the sight of Salvador Dali’s stilted beasts and famous melting clocks. And Egon Schiele’s use of color, distorted lines and intense expressionism never fails to lure me to my sketch book.

The same flutter of lungs and quiver of skin that I encounter upon discovering a mind-melting piece of art or writing, any visual feast, is what I hope to instill onto some poor unsuspecting soul someday.

Like my favorite artists of the past, I strive to express a sense of uniqueness in my own work. But because of the abstractly subjective nature of art, one can never be assured. You must learn to live conscious of your unvarying naivety. Because to be an artist, one must know there is always growth ahead. Time and room must be allowed cultivate. And the growing never stops. A blossom destined to surpass trees, the clouds, only to find that there is more beyond. And this is the lure of art. Not purely for the sake of creation of the physical, but for the personal evolution of the mental. Not merely because as I put my hands on oil paint and graphite and ink I am able to create and alter, able to interpret the inner, the superbly personal, once more. But also because I must put my hands on these things, give life to paper and canvas -- I must preserve the satisfying familiarity of touch and scribble and shade.

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But which facts? Paying attention to the news for the past couple of months has taught me that NBC and Fox, Romney and Obama use different (and often conflicting) “facts.” “Surely,” I think, “I can’t be the only prospective voter to have doubted each new, damning statistic?”

But the national conventions drag on.

COLUMN BY Now we’re left with debates and commercials. andrew taylor, staff writer My answer to the madness came in class one day While I’ve had my fun consenting to x-rays without when I heaped my political worries and doubts on an mommy present and paying taxes at my place of business, unsuspecting, politically minded fellow student. turning 18 has not dramatically affected “Have you read the parties’ platmy way of life. I haven’t been sent to big why vote: forms?” he asked. kid prison – yet -- or kicked out of my “Platform?” I thought. “A complete, 24% concise house. But where I’ve evaded responsibil- parents: explanation of a political party’s ity and the scary mantle of adulthood party: 21% beliefs and aspirations in detail, for free on thus far, one tiny obstacle is still standing 36% the internet?” in my way: I am expected to participate issues: So I read my first platform. It was in a sacred and timeless sacrament of candidates: 31% incredibly enlightening. While I can democracy, the presidential election. be sure about this or that supposed other: 16% never The days of accepting my parents’ economic indicator, I can now understand -total polled: 225 political convictions undisputed and the ideas and ideologies fueling various unquestioned are over. And with Election political groups.

Day drawing closer each minute, friends’ and family’s And while I’m preparing to do my civil duty of voting loaded questions of “aren’t you going to vote for Candifor the man I believe best equipped to lead our country, I date A?” are turning to near-murderous exhortations to might just read the platform of the “United States Pirate “consider the facts” and vote for the “right” candidate.

Party” for fun.

student faces the ultimate coming-of-age decision: voting

Talk of the tribe

Which political party do you af-

“I like the Demo“[I am] Indepencratic Party bedent because I cause Obama is the don’t like Obama first black presior Romney. dent, and he’s done [Obama] said good things since four wasn’t he’s been in office... enough to make a change and now I don’t keep up with politics like he wants four more.” that, but I think he’s a good guy.”

-- Freshman Jonathan Yenawine -- Sophomore Dionte Manigult

“I like Barack Obama because I think that he believes in things that I believe in and he wants to legalize things that should have been legal years ago.”

-- Freshman McLain Fowler

“I support a lot of Republican views. I just tend to go moderate. I don’t believe that going in extremes in either direction will solve any problems.

-- Junior Alexandra Sadeghian

“I would probably have to go with Romney because he has a good foreign policy.

That’s probably the only thing that would win me over because I really do not like either of them.”

-- Sophomore Wesley Carey

“I’m affiliated with the Libertarian Party because that’s what my ideal log test said, and it was probably because I believe in a free market economy as well as giving each person their own liberties and privacy.”

-- Senior Alex LoCascio

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soaked and staying that way Pouring rain is not exactly a rarity in South Carolina weather, and neither is the sight of hundreds of drenched students trudging into school. Most can laugh it off, but for many, the long run from the main building to a trailer class results in a lessthan-cheery attitude.

Almost every student who has ever had a trailer class knows the dread of rolling storm clouds. Arriving to class with soaking books and clothes is bad enough, but when the normally sub-zero temperatures of the classrooms are added in, it can make for a miserable 90 minutes.

Wando is known as the largest school in the state, and it doesn’t show signs of slowing down. With 200 new students more than the previous year arriving on average, it’s understandable why the trailer classes are a necessity; the main building simply can’t hold every student and teacher.

With 25 outdoor trailers, the system has certainly taken some of the burden off of the tightly packed school. If each trailer holds the average class size of 20 students, that’s about 500 people outside at once.

And when it rains, it’s that many soaking wet students.

So the big question: why not do something about this very obvious problem?

Why shouldn’t there be a simple covered overpass for students to move through from the main building to their class while staying dry?

The answer lies at the front of campus.

Wando’s Middle College began construction this last summer and plans to open in the summer of 2014. And while those two years may seem long to a high school student, when the building is complete the need for a covered overpass will be completely abolished.

The reason why boils down to student population and funds.

According to the Moultrie News, when the building is complete, it will completely sever the need for outdoor trailers. With dimensions of about 125,000 square feet, the Middle College has the capacity to hold about 600 students, eliminating the need for overflow trailers.

The building itself comes at a price; its

high-tech labs, automotive technology and greenhouse are planning to run the district $49.7 million.

According to Assistant Principal Jeffrey Blankenship, Wando has previously looked into the possibility of a covered walkway, and estimated the cost to run at around $250,000.

While this may seem a small sum to the district after the cost of the new building, it is deemed almost pointless to spend a quarter of a million dollars on a structure that will be considered null and void after the two years of construction on the new building.

That’s not to say Wando is lacking a back-up in case of heavy rain or any severe weather. According to Blankenship, each teacher with a trailer classroom is issued a main-building room for inclement weather.

So despite the fact that the new building will not be complete for another two years, students will have to do without a covered overpass and remember to pack an umbrella.

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Juniors Sean Barnett and Nathan Glyder and seniors Yasmin Buarque, Cecelia Leto and Parker Bourne let gravity take them for a ride on the Gravitron.

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The 56th Annual Coastal Carolina Fair’s focus has been the same for years: to raise money for charities, education and community needs, along with local grants and scholarships.

The Coastal Carolina Fair in Ladson will run from Oct. 25 - Nov. 4 at various hours during the week.

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In 2011, the fair had 230,000 come through its doors.

They also awarded 620,000 in grants and scholarships to over 60 organizations to the Lowcountry.

Senior Yasmin Buarque and junior Nathan Glyder enjoy their ride as it simultaneously increases speed and switches directions.