Modern Times

THE MODERN TIMES A Mini WSS Publication

Tong Yu, Alyssa McKeone, Franne Rizzo, Audrey Hopewell

INSIDE: Joy Under the SunThe Modern Times’ inside scoop on the Iowa City Farmers Market

May 31, Volume 1, Issue 1

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Modern Times

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CONTENTS May 31, 2012 VOL. 1 NO. 1

JUNE SPOTLIGHT

Frannie Rizzo: Editor in

Simple Summer Ideas

Chief

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Monthly music: new

Alyssa McKeone:

CD’s of the summer

4

Discover your personality: Horoscopes

Designer, writer

12

Audrey Hopewell:

summer

Designer, writer

Trying new things: 100 things to do this

13

Counting calories:

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How young is too young?

Walking down hallways: How to socialize

Features Art BY// TONG YU

14 Three months: Students’ Summer plans

7 02 TABLE OF CONTENTS

6 MEMORABLE MOMENTS

Students and staff share their favorite 2011-2012 moments

7 BENEFITS OF FARMERS’ MARKETS Discover 10 health benefits of fresh produce

10 STARTING FRESH

Learn to use homemade jam to make fruit tarts

Tong Yu:

Writer, artist

One Direction Up All Night

This group of young Brits has been turning ordinary girls into screaming, teary eyed monsters/fangirls across the globe in less than a year since their debut. This is not surprising, considering how there’s not one, but FIVE handsome lads singing about love, love, and what else? Love. While most of their appeal is aesthetic (thank goodness they’re not color coordinated teletubbies), their songs are not too shabby. Songs like “What Makes You Beautiful” and “One Thing” are up tempo and catchy; they have the potential to become the 2012 summer anthem for teens. But the real standouts of the album are the ones with the slower tempos, like “More Than This”, which proves that the group can be serious at times.

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Lana Del Rey Born To Die

With an exotic name like Lana Del Rey, I was a bit disappointed when I heard her voice for the first time: soft, low, and unfortunately, lifeless.

But Del Rey is the kind of artist that grows on you. There’s charm in her dark, sultry singing style; rather than belting out notes after notes, she slowly whispers her stories into your ears, feeding your mind a song that seems more like sad poetry being read out loud by a wise but tired woman. Her songs are drenched in melancholy, ranging from lost love (“Blue Jeans”) to a lonely girl-behind-the-smile motif (“Carmen”). This isn’t the most spectacular thing ever bestowed upon my ears, but it’s not in the category of Kids-Bop-Let’s-Butcher-Another-Song either. It’s somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Maccabees Given To the WIld

This British rock band knows rhythm for sure. Foot tapping is not only encouraged, but strictly mandatory. Songs like “Go” cleverly incorporates hand clapping into the central part of the heart beat. Their sound is doppelganger of Bon Iver’s husky voice entwined with sparks of excitement. Sometimes, it’s hard to hear what the words are or even what the song is about (save for the titles), but that doesn’t seem to matter because the Maccabees succeed in making the listeners ‘feel’ something, like the nostalgic sensation it gives you after “Forever I’ve Known”. I can’t pinpoint exactly what makes them so nice to listen to, but then again, certain things are not meant to be put into words.

By Tong Yu

Life is like a box of chocolate. Music is like a solitary plastic bag floating in the air against a desolate backdrop. Some people can find extraordinary beauty in its movement while others cannot.

But here are my thoughts on three new CDs released in 2012.

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YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS

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This year had its ups and downs, from the loss of two students to several state championships. One thing is for sure--it was certainly memorable!

PHOTO COURTESY OF// CLARISSA HIRD

“Girls win-

ning state champs in volleyball!”

PHOTO COURTESY OF//CHASE PLANK

“Seeing Everybody come together after the passing

Chase Plank ‘15

Caroline Found and then Raymone Bryant. Evenif they of

didn’t know them, they still bought LLL shirts and wore them to games...”

-Chase Plank ‘15

Clarissa Hird ‘13

-Clarissa Hird ‘13

PHOTO COURTESY OF//CAT REBELSKY

“Winning state volleyball against

Cat Rebelsky ‘12

City. Even though the odds were against us, we came together and did it for

Line.”

-Cat Rebelsky ‘12 COMPILED BY// AUDREY HOPEWELL AND FRANNIE RIZZO 06 FEATURE

Joy Under the Sun 2012 Iowa City Farmers’ Market

PHOTO AND ART BY// TONG YU 07 FEATURE

Joy Under The Sun

BY ALYSSA MCKEONE

alyssa.mckeone@wsspaper.com

People stroll through the 142 vendors that fill the Iowa City Farmers’ Market. One lady gazes at a homemade cherry pie while another looks at various plants for sale. Customers have a wide variety of products to choose from.

Popular foods include wine, cheese, meat, and baked goods.

An old Iowan favorite, sweet corn is popular during the later months of summer. The popularity of corn in Iowa is shown every day at the market. “ Frank Miller ( a corn seller) came in with a truck load of corn and sold out in seventeen minutes,” said Tammy Neumann, the Iowa City Farmers’ Market Coordinator.

Neumann started organizing Tammy Neumann the farmers’ market in 2005, although she’s worked in the department at the Iowa City Recreation Building since 2000.

The market began in 1972 with only 55 stalls for vendors. In 1972 there was a waiting list for vendors that patiently stayed on the list in hopes of being accepted into the market. Forty years later, there are 142 stalls and over 100 people on the waiting list. “We wouldn’t have the success of the market without all the vendors,” said Neumann.

ed because they’ve been on the list longest, but based on which product they are selling, in hopes that the product ratio can be maintained. Also, they are chosen based on on which vendors will be next to the incoming vendor. For example, bakery vendors aren’t placed side by side.

Some of the new vendors this year include a juice vendor, a doughnut maker, a swedish pastry vendor and a vendor that will be selling classic American foods such as breakfast bowls and brats.

Not just biology goes into the farmers’ market to make it successful. The science of organizing also goes into the market. One minor yet major detail of the market is that a ratio of 30% arts and crafts and 70% food products is maintained.

However, this sometimes fluctuates because some produce isn’t available at the beginning of the season. Arts and craft stalls fill in for the missing produce vendors at the start of the season.

People come to the market for a wide range of reasons yet there is one key reason m a n y people come to the market: the products are local.

“I like the interaction wit

The waiting list isn’t as simple as it may seem.

Many things are taken into consideration when decid- Radishes sit on a table at the Iowa City ing which vendors to let Farmers’ Market, which offers a wide in. Vendors aren’t accept- variety of local produce.

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CinnaMini

made and is available to customers to try.

Another popular event is Kids Day. “Kids day is my favorite event,” said Neumann. The day is dedicated to children and various activities take place. One of the most popular events last year was a replica of a cow that kids could learn to milk.

Tie dye shirts hang in the farmers’ market, which maintains a 2:1 food-craft ratio

the vendors,” said Neumann. In addition customers like the peace of mind of being able to know where their food came from and that it was recently picked or baked. “Some of our baked goods are still warm from the oven,” said Neumann.

“THE

FARMERS’ MARKET IS A SUNNY PLACE OF

JOY”

CinnaMini will be selling doughnuts (made on-site) and delicious coffee.

Selling Days: Saturdays only COMPILED BY// ALYSSA MCKEONE

Captain’s Getaway Captain’s Getaway may sound like seafood, but it’s classic American all the way. Highlights include brats, burgers, and breakfast bowls.

Selling Days: Saturday COMPILED BY// ALYSSA MCKEONE

Fresh Fresh will sell delicious and nutritious smoothies, perfect for breakfast on the go. Examples include The Hulk and a strawberry smoothie.

Selling Days: Saturdays COMPILED BY// ALYSSA MCKEONE

Various reasons bring people to the market, whether it’s Kids Day, the local produce, talking to people, or helping to support the local economy. One thing is for sure though: the farmer’s marNot only does the farmers’ market sell products ket is a sunny place of joy. The Iowa City’s farmers’ market yet they also offer fun events for people of all is alway open on Wednesdays 5 to 7 and Saturdays 7:30 to ages. One event is Taste of Market which fea12:00. tures foods that have vegetables or other proPHOTOS BY// FRANNIE RIZZO duce from vendors in their recipes. The recipe is 09 FEATURE

ALYSSA’S French Fruit Tarts is here and farmer’s markets KITCHEN Summer are unveiling their delicious goods.

BY ALYSSA McKEONE alyssamckeone@gmail.com

The smell of a buttery pastry fills the air as the round circles rise and the indentation in the middle rises trying to force a hole in the dough. I decided that with the opening of local farmers markets I’d try to make a recipe that’s been handed down through several generations of my family starting with my Mennonite great grandmother. They are great with any type of jam and are great desserts or snacks.

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Don’t know what to do with that jar of fruit jam you bought? Look no further.

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ALYSSA’S KITCHEN

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1. Margaine, flour, and cream cheese are key ingredients to a golden dough.

2. A deep depression in each tart can be made with the outside of a melon scooper or a spoon.

3.After taking the tarts have come out of the oven let them sit before filling with jelly.

4.After the tarts have cooled fill with jelly or jam.

FRUIT TARTS 2 dozen If you’re short on time 6 oz. cream cheese the dough only needs 1 cup of margarine 2 cups of flour to be in a refrigerator 1 jar of jam or jelly for a few hours but they are best made when in a refrigerator overnight. Also, before putting the tarts in the oven be sure the indentation is very deep yet doesn’t break through the dough on the bottom.

1) Soften cream cheese and 6) Use a floured melon margarine for approxiscooper and place deep mately 20 to 30 seconds. indentations in each ball of dough in their centers.

2) Mix cream cheese and margarine together.

7) Heat oven to 425 degrees.

3) Slowly add flour.

8) Bake for 15 minutes or 4)Cover the bowl of dough until golden brown. and place in a refrigerator for several hours or over- 9) Cool tarts and fill indennight. tation with jam or jelly.

5) Make the dough into small balls about the size of a golf ball.

Recipe used with permission of Carol Miller 11 FEATURE

Summer

BUCKET LIST

BY FRANNIE RIZZO frannie.rizzo@gmail.com

Summer is almost here and it’s time to forget school’s strict schedule.

Days with friends at the pool await but on those hot July days, there’s no reason to think you have nothing to do!” or “I’m bored”. So no more excuses, pick something on this list to try this summer.

1. Go swimming at midnight 2. Plan a roadtrip with your friends 3. Make friendship bracelets 4. Send a friend a handwritten letter 5. Have a picnic in your backyard 6. Volunteer 7. Befriend a stranger 8. Plan an elaborate dinner 9. Make your own pizza 10. Tie-dye shirts 11. Lay out under the starts 12. Write a story 13. Have a wet t-shirt relay 14. Make an ice cream sundae 15. Go to a waterpark 16. Play frisbee golf 17. Have a movie marathon 18. Go somewhere you used to go when you were little 19. Go on a bike ride 20. Make a sand castle 21. Make a photo journal of your summer

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22. Have a watermelon seed spitting contest 23. Make popsicles 24. Plan a family vacation 25. Have a cookout 26. Create a summer jams playlist 27. Play in the sprinkler 28. Watch fire works 29. Go to a baseball game 30. Have a bonfire 31. Make a huge slip and slide 32. Plant a small garden 33. Blast music and have a dance party 34. Have fun!

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Big-girl diet: healthy or harmful?

Every April, U.S. Vogue puts out a “Body Issue.” Often, this is controversial, considering Vogue’s promotion of health and simultaneous use of size zero models. However, this year’s publication has brought about significantly more discussion than usual, because one story tackles a rather sensitive issue: childhood obesity. Rather than the generic doctor talking about how childhood obesity is bad (which seems obvious and overdone), the story is by Dara Lynn-Weiss, a mother with a personal story. At age seven, her daughter Bella was diagnosed as obese by the family doctor. Lynn-Weiss writes that she has struggled with weight issues her whole life and often tackles them with trendy diets or cleanses, so for her, the solution seems obvious. She will put her daughter on a diet.

For the most part, there is nothing wrong with diets or trying to help your dangerously overweight child lose weight, and it is clear that the author’s efforts are out of love and concern. However, the way Lynn-Weiss handles the issue is definitely not ideal. Instead of teaching her daughter how to choose healthy foods, eat sweets in moderation, and learn portion sizes, Lynn-Weiss admonishes her for partaking in a chicken salad once on “pizza Fridays” or not refusing a snack offered to her by a friend’s parent.

Often, Lynn-Weiss describes publicly yelling at her daughter at parties and creating scenes when extra sweets are offered, bringing up questions about how her methods will affect Bella’s self-esteem. She punishes her daughter for partaking in a French culture day at school where students ate Brie and baguettes. The examples of this harsh behavior are numerous--Lynn-Weiss even decides their consumption of five pieces of fruit each day is “excessive.”

Granted, the diet Lynn-Weiss puts her daughter on was created by a doctor, who they consult often. Still, it’s doubtful that any credible doctor would recommend yelling at an eight-year-old in front of her friends for being offered a second cupcake at a birthday party. Lynn-Weiss herself admits to having ongoing body image and weight problems, and her love-hate relationship with food is obvious in the way she handles her daughter’s diet.

When Bella finally loses the weight, her mother rewards her with “lots of new dresses.” This seems to further the feeling that the focus of the diet is on losing weight and being “pretty”, rather than focusing on how to make good choices and stay healthy. It is doubtful that Bella will keep the weight off, and if she does, it might not be in a healthy way. Her mother has given her the idea that weight directly correlates to worth or beauty and will most likely continue to enforce that ideal. No one can know the effects of this, but one could speculate that Bella might develop her mother’s weight issues.

Still, the saddest part of the article is not Lynn-Weiss’ account of how she punished her daughter, but Bella’s comment “That’s still me.

I’m not a different person just because I lost sixteen pounds”, which shows her beyond-her-years insight about how weight shouldn’t be the focus of her young life. Unfortunately, Should kids be put on her mother seems to have a differcalorie-counting weight ent view that will continue to hurt loss focused diets? both of them. This article serves an important lesson to everyone-- we need to teach children to make good decisions about food, rather than count their calories and worry about how skinny they are.

The Modern Times editorial board voted against extreme diets for kids.

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Simply Brilliant You know her. You’ve had seven classes with her for the past seven years and maybe you guys even had a friendly chat about this mundane life just seven hours ago. But you’re not super BFF friends.You know, that kind of friend to whom you can unravel your deepest darkest secrets (I LOVE JOHNNY DEPP). So when

BY TONG YU you see her walking down the halljuliann.skarda@wsspaper.com way after second period, what do you do? Stare her down until she makes the first move out of sheer discomfort? Or simply look away and give a half hearted wave (more like a pathetic flap of the hand) to no one in particular? A better question is: What can you do?

Perhaps if I was a blabbering social butterfly with a halo of golden popularity following me wherever I go, I would not have this problem at all. But I’m socially awkward. Not the cute bumbling and fumbling toddlers awkward style (spelled “awwwww”-kward) but the legit kind.

Usually, my typical approach in the hallways is to look straight ahead and if a friend happens to be within my linear radar, I’ll casually wave. And she may not wave back. You see, this is the core of the problem here, the root of all evil looming in this sweaty high school. One little gesture will be misunderstood (oh my god, Susie didn’t wave back to me. Oh my god. SUSIE HATES ME.) and it will linger in my head much longer than it should. Of course, there are better explanations for this ignorance, such as the fact that people don’t look at every single face that walk down the hallways. But when you’re a teenager, you always expect the worse.

Sometimes, this happens in reverse. I’ll only realize this seconds after I’ve past them, and it makes me feel guilty that maybe just because of that one ignorant gesture, I’ve ruined their day. But all things considered, this this just silly. It’s such a small matter that probably won’t matter in 10 years or much less in 10 minutes. I probably shouldn’t be critically analyzing every single thing that happens in a twenty four hour period. Life’s too short for that.

But I do suggest that we create an assembly line down the hallway to greet every single student as quickly as possible within the time limit to reduce stress induced by socialization. Simply brilliant.

2011-2012

EDITORIAL BOARD Frannie Rizzo Audrey Hopewell Tong Yu Alyssa McKeone

13 OPINION

What’s on your

hand

this summer?

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Mayu Oya ‘12

Jennifer Wu ‘14

Chaein Jung ‘13

Barbara Newhall ‘13

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Lauren Logsdon ‘13 PHOTO OF HANDPRINTS BY// Michael Kumm