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WHS hosts Positive Impact competition
Students present biopsy needles from Intel Challenge Frida Valdes Asst. News Editor WHS hosted the Midwest Research Competition Positive Impact on April 13, where students who partnered with Intel, ANSYS and Angiotech showcased their designs for the Intel Supercomputing Challenge. Sponsors, Angiotech engineers and Robert J. Dold, U.S. Representative, attended the event. Keynote presenters included Dean Hart, Executive Vice President of NanoProfessor, Ann Redd and Karen Lindebrekke from iBio Institute, Jacklyn Naughton, science teacher at Niles North High School, and Katherine Konyar, science teacher. “The U.S. Congressman is a real advocate of STEM; having him interested is really exciting and a little nerve racking,” Daniel Weidner, physics teacher, said. Students participating in the Intel Supercomputing Challenge worked on the optimization of the design of Angiotech’s BioPince, a biopsy needle for cancerous cells in order to increase its efficiency in obtaining samples from cancerous tissues for testing. At the Positive Impact competition on April 13, Michael Forst and Eric Ruttenberg, juniors, present their poster for the Intel “I think they’ve worked extremely hard, Supercomputing Challenge about their research in designing a biopsy needle for cancerous cells. They explained the design process and (put in) countless hours, put in a lot of the challenges they faced to the judges. work,” Jeffrey Bott, engineering teacher, Jennie Alcantar Web Editor said. None of the individual projects entered a new project. I feel overall it was a really by WHS students qualified for semifinals, good experience,” Barnas said. but WHS students who participated in the According to Megan Vasey, senior, Intel Supercomputing Challenge showcased because of limited time, designs for a biopsy needle. some of the group’s Dan Shriber and Yogesh integrants could not Karwal, seniors, and redesign or obtain data Matthew Barnas, senior Students received a from the machines at Buffalo Grove, won the they used. very unique experience; Intel Supercomputing “It (the project) high school students Challenge, so they could have been better don’t usually get these received iPads. with more time; given opportunities. I’m “I was jumping the time that we had, extremely impressed with joy,” Karwal said. it’s the best it could “We’re quite happy we with what the students have been,” Adam experienced this before have done. Zaucha, senior, said. going to college.” Both Zaucha Students worked with Daniel Weidner and Patrick Gray, faculty sponsors and physics teacher senior and integrant Angiotech engineers before of two of the five teams and after school and created simulations to that participated, wanted to gain real life test the product’s performance. Participant’s experience and obtain an exposure to the presentations consisted of their approach, engineering field. constraints, research, process and models “I would say there’s a great opportunity of their group’s simulation of the biopsy in the school, (and) in the community. All Jessie Livingston Staff Photographer needle. you need to do is actively look for these Patrick Gray, senior, talks with a judge about his project for the Intel Supercomputing “(I wanted to get a) new experience, opportunities; open up doors for yourself,” Challenge. After presenting the project posters, judges had the opportunity to ask the something out of the blue, something that Mr. Weidner said. students questions about why they designed the needle the way they did and about any an engineer would have to do if they created
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Seniors receive chance to see Dalai Lama speak in Chicago to give them this Solinna Chong Alan Wahlert, Forum Editor opportunity,” social science division head,
Students and staff from WHS and other schools in District 214 will attend the 12th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on April 25 to see the Dalai Lama. “The Nobel Peace Prize put an effort to build social response and activism. They reached out to many schools
said. The event will include two sessions. The morning session will be about nuclear weapons and power, and the afternoon session will be a special panel with the Dalai Lama. “I was excited because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear the
Dalai Lama speak,” Lester Caramba, senior, said. “I’m really looking forward to hearing what he has to say about life and the world now.” The district requested the tickets to go to the Summit. On March 7, its request was granted, and 104 tickets were permitted to the district, which is about 20 to 25 tickets per school. Students of all
grades can be nominated, but since the event falls on PSAE testing, WHS nominated only seniors. “The way that I selected my four students out of a class with many seniors is a lottery. I thought it was the most fair way to determine who goes. It was purely by luck if they were selected,” Lou Wool, social science teacher, said. Along with nominating
students, Mr. Wahlert also held a lottery to choose another chaperone for the trip. Patricia Baima, psychology teacher, was chosen. “I’m excited to go, but I know other teachers like Ms. (Sandra) Chico and Mr. (Robert) Kupon (social studies teachers) wanted to go too. So I’m happy but also sad. I have mixed feelings,” Ms. Baima said.
The event will take place at the Symphony Hall in Downtown, Chicago. Students who attend must dress in appropriate, formal attire and be prepared to leave by 8:30 a.m. “To be in the presence of the Dalai Lama is something that not everyone can say they’ve done. Out of this, I hope to be more culturally aware of other places,” Mayra Ocampo, senior, said.
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news news Girls learn self-defense Bender, Schwartz win first at State for DECA flash flash Megan Jones Focus Editor
After being added to the 2012-2013 curriculum, AP European History has been eliminated due to low enrollment. Battle of the Bands will take place from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on May 5 at Ivy Hill school. Students age 12-21 years must sign up and pay a $40 fee. The Fine Arts Department will present “Beauty and the Beast” at 7:30 p.m. tonight and at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets cost $10. Latino Club will host the Cinco de Mayo dance to fundraise for student scholarships on May 6. NJROTC will host Military Ball on May 5 at 828 E. Rand Road in Mount Prospect. Cadets arrive at 5:45 p.m., and guests arrive at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $35.
When students look on their report cards or transcripts next school year, they will no longer see their class or quartile rankings listed next to their GPA’s. District 214 has decided to eliminate class rank and quartiles, starting with the 2012-2013 school year. “Students will be evaluated based on their own accomplishments as opposed to their own accomplishments compared to other students,” John Hammond, college counselor, said. Two years ago, Dr. Johnnie Thomas, associate superintendent for student services of District 214, proposed to eliminate class rank. Starting with
the 2010-2011 school year, the district chose to start reporting quartile rankings, starting with the Class of 2013. The school board revisited Dr. Thomas’s proposal and finalized the decision to eliminate class rank on March 16. “I think it’s good because we shouldn’t compare ourselves to other people,” Jon Castellanous, junior, said. With this decision, District 214 has followed the examples of other school districts, including District 211 and District 125. “Concerns were raised at the competitiveness of District 214 with other schools that were no longer reporting class rank and college acceptance,” Dr. Lazaro Lopez, principal, said.
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After Adam Bender and Jenna Schwartz, seniors, heard their names called for first place at DECA’s State competition, Bender said they “were completely speechless.” “They called third, and I turned to Adam and said ‘we’re done.’ When they said ‘from Wheeling High School,’ I wasn’t paying attention. Adam said, ‘oh my god,’ and when they said our names, I jumped up and hugged him,” Schwartz said. By placing first, the two qualified for Nationals. Nationals will take place from April 28 to May 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah. “I’m going into Nationals as an open book, more for knowledge and experience. It’d be amazing to make it in the top 10,” Schwartz said. “With all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and Canada represented, it’s an honor to even be competing.” They competed in Sports and Entertainment
Marketing, where they made a promotion plan for a minor league baseball team. “Going in, we hadn’t had much prior experience, so we just wanted to place,” Bender said. “We worked to hit the top ten, so winning hit us as a big shock.” As a part of their marketing plan, they had to write a paper with a max of 11 pages and organize a 20-minute presentation with visuals. Before Nationals, they plan to revise their paper and reorganize their poster. “This was their first time doing this type of event. It’s an accomplishment anyway, but for their first time, it’s amazing,” John Kritek, DECA sponsor, said. Although they qualified for Nationals, WHS does not pay for any competitions beyond State. Because of this, Bender and Schwartz have fundraised to attend. “At Nationals, I hope they do really well and reach top ten,” Tricia Anderson, business education teacher, said.
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Female juniors and seniors, along with their parents, learned ways to reduce the risk of being victimized and strategies for staying safe. The “Girls Fight Back” program, which took place at Forest View Educational Center, was inspired by the murder of Shannon McNamara, alumni of Rolling Meadows High School, in 2001. The program hopes to spread the message that violence can happen even on the safest campuses. “This program is very powerful to me since there was a D214 connection. It all goes back to a young girl who attended Rolling Meadows, and that connection directed us to holding the Girls Fight Back presentation,” Lee Stanley, Rolling Meadows High School associate principal, said.
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Students must expand their horizons during high school Once we graduate from WHS, we are no longer “kids.” We leave as young adults, the future just ahead of us. Though this may sound overwhelming, we must face the truth. In November, many of us will vote to make a difference. Although some of us will not be able to vote yet, Spokesman believes this gives students no excuse to ignore political issues. Living in a suburban area, we rarely witness political demonstrations,
but many of us will discover these once we leave WHS. With demonstrations for Kony occurring today in Chicago, it only seems right that our generation becomes aware of the world around us. Even after Kony videos went viral, many students shrugged off the issue, not caring enough to research information. Even though high school is meant to challenge us academically, Spokesman believes that high school is also a place in which
students should challenge critical thinking skills. themselves as members of Students should not our society. Spokesman feel guilty for having more encourages students to privileges than others, but develop they must realize g l o b a l that awareness All 13 members of will help foster knowledge. W H S the editorial board skills necessary p r o v i d e s agree. to lead once clubs, such older generations as Debate, cannot. D E C A , We cannot Interact With Africa always rely on our elders to and WPAC, that all make decisions for us. We provide students with the constantly blame society for opportunity to learn to keeping us in a narrow box; take initiative and develop however, we have the key
to push for change: being informed, knowing how to make a clear argument and using that to push forward. Students must realize that it is never too early to start learning politics and forming opinions. Spokesman urges our generation to prove that we are not too young to care or understand. We must remember that change does not occur overnight. We must be aware so we know what we want to make of our country.
Unemployment continues to negatively affect adults, teens
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Solinna Chong Store after store, rejection after rejection. It seems impossible for a teenager to get a job these days, let alone adults. I spent all of last summer finding a job and failed; I was hoping to help my parents pay for groceries, gas and other little things. The unemployment rate today is at 8.2 percent, and the unemployment for teenagers is at 11.8 percent. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the highest the unemployment rate has been for the longest consecutive period of time. My mom lost her job about two years ago. She spent her entire
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time searching non-stop for another job. She tried scanning through newspapers and calling local companies, but that ultimately failed. Then she started using career-finding agencies or websites. These agencies and websites help clients find a new job based on their resume and qualifications like Monster or CareerBuilder. The information blurb on Monster’s website states, “Find thousands of relevant articles on resume advice, job-hunting guidance, career planning tips and more.” Well if there are “thousands” of opportunities to get a job, then why is the unemployment rate still above 5 percent? Although the government works to make more jobs for the unemployed, they contradict that deed by replacing people with technology. For example, the Indian
Trails Library used to have librarians scanning books in and out. Now, those 50 workers lost their jobs to computers that do their job just as well. The article “How technology is eliminating higher-skilled jobs” states “We’re losing higherskilled, better-paying jobs to machines --- like bank tellers, airline check-in agents, accountants and whole floors of actuaries in insurance companies.” Although technology has helped the world through medicine, easier labor and so on, it hurts the people economically. My mom finally got a job about five months ago, but she is still paranoid as to whether she will be able to keep it or not. I, on the other hand, am still unemployed. This summer, I will go job-hunting again; I heard there was an opening at the library for shelvers, so hopefully a robot won’t beat me to it.
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To CSC (Crucial Step Clique) for winning state for the third time. Great job girls and keep this streak going. To Operation Snowball for reaching out to more students to participate in the club. The club not only reaches out to students, but also benefits them. To teachers and the administration for taking the time and effort to make sure all juniors get the scores they want on the ACT test. To Michelle Issen and Ben Reiff, seniors, for receiving the 2012 Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois. Of the 135 students, two were chosen from WHS.
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Increased gasoline prices require use of other options
Valerie Westin As gas prices continue to rise, many students now understand what it means to experience “pain at the pump.” The average national price of regular unleaded gasoline remains close to $4, and Chicago continues to have one the most expensive gas prices in the country.
Gas prices are too expensive to handle; my grandfather used to complain when gas cost 25 cents per gallon. Today, with gas prices averaging at $3.79 a gallon, I would be interested to hear what my grandfather has to say. According to <www. chicagogasprices.com>, as of April 16, the average price of gas in Chicago is $4.25 a gallon (the fourth most expensive), compared to the lowest average price in Tulsa, Arizona with $3.51 a gallon. When I started my first job, my parents expected me to partially pay for gas. When they noticed the
rising prices, they realized that if I completely paid for gas, all of my summer money would dissipate in a matter of months. Although I am lucky to have parents who will pay to fill my car, not everyone avoids the responsibility. Andy Gonzalez, senior, decided to pay for her own gas because “(my parents) always taught me responsibility with money.” Gonzalez uses about 60 percent of her allowance to pay for gasoline. According to <www.upi. com>, Americans spent a record of $481 billion on gasoline in 2011--- that is an average of $4,155
per household. If we can eliminate our dependence on oil, we could avoid spending that much a year. Also, the U.S. has a high dependence on foreign oil, those foreign countries control the fluctuating gas prices. Although there is little to prevent increasing prices, we can reduce our personal oil dependence and help the environment, too. TLC’s “20 Ways to Reduce Your Oil Consumption” article brings awareness to everyday objects that contain oil products like Nylon, Aspirin and soft contact lenses, and how to lessen our dependency on
such products. On <www.switchboard. nrdc.org>, Luke Tonachel, blogger, shares some reasonable options to reduce oil dependence. The options include carpooling, using public transportation and investing in fuel efficient vehicles and tires. I, myself, use these options, like biking in the summer and carpooling with friends. Even though completely cutting usage of oil remains unrealistic for most, especially those who live in the suburbs, we have some options in order to lessen the cringe we take on at gas stations.
To the nap being on a blue late start. Although SADD had good intentions for looking out for students’ health, the nap should have been on a regular school day. To Illinois running out of money for the Monetary Award Program (MAP). The program provides grants to residents who need financial help to go to Illinois colleges.
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Adapting to adoption: Mach, Mick, Zammatta develop through adjusting, obtaining knowledge of family, past Daniel Brount Editor-in-Chief Before her parents adopted her, Julia Mach, sophomore, spent her time in an adoption home located in Barnaul Altaisky krai, Russia. “I remember not so much memories as emotions,” Mach said. “I was hungry. People were always leaving, and new faces came. There were a lot more guys than girls.” Her parents, Betty and George Mach, adopted J. Mach when she was 3 years old. “In the adoption home, they did not pay as much attention because there were four women to 100 kids,” J. Mach said. “When I met my parents, it was interesting to me because of the new attention I never got before. I was a little sad, but I was happy at the same time to be with these people who give me the time of day.” Although Mach’s parents adopted her at age 3, Marissa Mick, junior, joined her family a few days after her birth. “I feel lucky because I’m grateful for my family and all they give me and how much they love and care about me,” Mick said. Similar to Mick, Amanda Zammatta, senior, was adopted at birth. “I found out I was adopted as soon as I was old enough to understand what it meant,” Zammatta said. “My mom used to tell me I was adopted even when I was too young to comprehend it.” Mick’s parents told her about the adoption while she was in first grade.
“I was kind of shocked, but then it didn’t really matter because my parents are my mom and dad, and they raised me, not my biological parents,” Mick said.
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When Zammatta began to understand adoption, she struggled with the concept. “Growing up I had a very difficult time handling it. I used to ask my mom ‘why couldn’t I come out of your tummy?’ I remember having a lot of nightmares and just a constant feeling of not being good enough,” Zammatta said. “I would worry that my adoptive parents would leave me in the middle of the night, and so I chose to occasionally sleep on the floor outside of their room.” To help her cope, Zammatta’s parents hired a social worker. “I learned that my birth parents loved me so much that they wanted be to have the best life possible, even if it wasn’t with them,” Zammatta said. “Now the only problem I have with being adopted is not knowing 100 percent what my background is.” While Zammatta struggled more with the concept, J. Mach had to adjust to a new country. “Introducing her to the family and other kids in the neighborhood went well,” Mr. Mach said. “Preschool was the tougher part. She was behind and didn’t know the language as well.” J. Mach’s parents tried pointing and facial expressions in combination with speaking
“My ear looked naked without them and I needed an earring to make my ears look somewhat normal,” Jocelyn Guerra, senior, said.
Top Left: Claudia Herrera, senior, currently wears half an inch gauges, this is the size Jocelyn Guerra, senior, wants to reach. Right: These are the rubber bands that come with the gauges. These are used to keep the gauges in place.
to help her understand the language. They also hired tutors. “In the adoption agency, you don’t get adequate learning. You only learn what the four women (at the adoption agency) teach you,” J. Mach said. “Kids in the U.S. knew colors, shapes and stuff. I was behind, but you catch up after a while.”
“Everything we read and were told was to be up front from the very beginning and not to hide it,” Ms. Mach said. “When she was younger, we explained that she didn’t grow in my tummy, but in my heart.” Mr. Mach said they “treat her like any other child we would have had, no different whether adopted or not.” Even though her parents do not treat Background her differently, Mick still has Although all three questions about her past. know little about their “Sometimes we talk People say ‘it was so background, recently J. about what my ethnicity good what you did by Mach has begun to look could be, but other than adopting’, but I would more into her past. that we don’t talk about me Jason Kopkowski, J. being adopted,” Mick said. say it goes both ways. Mach’s health teacher, “One day I’d like to meet my She’s given us a lot, too. assigned a family biological parents and see history project. J. who they are and figure out Betty Mach Mach approached Mr. Mother of Julia Mach, sophomore what my ethnicity is.” Kopkowski since she On the other hand, lacked that information. Zammatta remains unsure about meeting “I told her I had never met my biological her biological parents. They send her a card dad, so 50 percent of my genetic makeup and gift for her birthday and Christmas in was unknown. I made a point to look him up addition to an annual letter describing their and meet him,” Mr. Kopkowski said. “I can year. Zammatta’s mom sends a letter back, relate to adopted people having questions and according to Zammatta “that really has and choosing to go forward to find the been as much contact as I need recently.” answers to those questions.” “When I was younger, I wanted to meet In order to find out about her past, J. them and ask them questions, but now I am Mach talked to her parents and researched. just fine with being adopted,” Zammatta “With my parents, it’s a touchy subject said. “I almost feel as if meeting them would because you have to put in the feelings of open a wound that has been healed for those who raised you,” J. Mach said. a while. My opinion about meeting them However, J. Mach’s parents remain as might change as I get older, I will just have open as possible. to wait and see.”
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Gauges influence perspective Gaby Najera Associate Editor Taking a quarter and placing it over her left earlobe, Jocelyn Guerra, senior, describes to her friends the size she wants her gauges. “I’ve always wanted them since freshman year, but my dad wouldn’t let me get them,” Guerra said. Miguel Guerra Sr., J. Guerra’s dad, was originally concerned over J. Guerra modifying her body at a young age. Guerra began gauging over the summer. Unlike J. Guerra, Claudia Herrera, senior, more easily convinced her parents. “My mom bought me my first pair and I just started showing up with bigger ones,” Herrera said. According to Herrera, some of the common concerns about gauging are the appearance of them and that gauges do not always close up properly. Herrera would like bigger gauges, but her parents won’t let her until she moves out. Likewise, J. Guerra wishes to go bigger. M. Guerra doesn’t know J. Guerra has passed double zeros. She hides her gauges by keeping her hair down at the dinner table. “You start with little ones; it (the gauging
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process) hurts so bad. You have to wait about a month to move up,” Guerra said. “I did it every two weeks.” According to J. Guerra, you have to put lotion on them because you cannot have them dry. The down side is that they smell so she has to disinfect them. “You have to pass the zeros to stick out now because everyone has gauges now,” J. Guerra said. Olga Beley, senior, remembers when it was uncommon to see gauges. Her boyfriend and friend of Herrera, Brian Czarnecki, 17, gauged his ears sophomore year. “I think I was like, ‘what is that?’” Beley said. “But then I liked them because back then, not a lot of people had them.” According to Herrera, Czarnecki took off his gauges recently because he got bored of them. Although Beley does not have gauges, her parents did not approve of Czarnecki’s. Both J. Guerra and Herrera get stared at due to their gauges. Herrera has also heard students as well as teachers whisper about her gauges, but she ignores the comments. Herrera does see them being a problem later in life however. “I think I will eventually have to take them out if I
get a job that makes me take them off,” Herrera said. There are plugs that cover up gauges and some plugs have other earrings attached to them to disguise the gauges. These plugs help cover the holes created by gauging and make them more “job appropriate.” J. Guerra’s boss allows her to wear her gauges since he once had gauges. Although people at J. Guerra’s work stare at her ears, she says her gauges also make for conversation starters. “Random people will come up to you to ask you what size and how cool it is. Then they talk about their gauges” Guerra said. Herrera gauged her ears to make Garing jealous since his parents did not allow him to gauge his. Unlike Garing, J. Guerra’s boyfriend, Cesar Valenzuela, senior, finds gauges disgusting. “I think being able to look through her earlobes bothers me. It takes away from what makes Jocelyn look beautiful to me,” Valenzuela said. He worries that the gauges could have longterm effects on J. Guerra. “I heard from people that the earlobe starts to smell horrible after awhile. It bothered me to think that could happen to her,” Valenzuela said.
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Goals to enlist lead students to training
Cowan, Remigoso, Carrasco plan to enlist in different military branches after graduating high school Kristina Piamonte Asst. Photo Editor
Percent that went into the military
family and friends and go overseas for their safety,” Cowan said. Like Cowan, other students such as, Alex Cowan, senior, prepares to enlist Kevin Remigoso, senior, plan on enlisting. into the army by rigorously working out Remigoso plans on enlisting into the Air every week on her own and attending Force right after graduating this school year. private workouts. She has gone through Preparing himself for boot camp, officer training, basic combat and survival Remigoso works out at home on his own training to get ready for enlistment. and mentally prepares himself by limiting Craig Ameel, John Hersey High School his frequency of social networks and cell special education teacher and Cowan’s phone usage. track and field coach, helps Cowan in her “I just want to have a head start, preparation toward enlisting. He has given financially, for college because the economy her advice and let her know it will not be today is not going well. It’s better to sacrifice easy. four years than thirty years of paying for “ B e college debts,” Few graduates choose to enlist aware about Remigoso said. what you’re Remigoso’s 1 getting into f a m i l y because respected his there will decision to be times enlist into the when you Air Force and want to give supports him up, but you for choosing just need to to protect his remember country. why you’re D a v i d doing this Carrasco, and get junior and 0 Class of... 2008 2009 2010 through N J R O T C it,” Coach m e m b e r, Ameel said. also plans on enlisting into the army after After Karen Henderson, Cowan’s graduating next year. grandmother, was diagnosed with Similar to Cowan, Julissa Carrasco, D. ankylosing spondylitis, a long term disease Carrasco’s older sister and ‘11 graduate, that causes inflammation of the joints, enlisted into the army this year, influencing Cowan was inspired to enlist and train for D. Carrasco to do the same. seven months for the health benefits that D. Carrasco prepares for his enlistment she will receive for her grandmother. by going to boot camp this summer and After enlisting, Cowan plans to get a studying for the various tests that he will job in the government as an officer or undergo when enlisting. psychologist. “I’m looking forward to this, and I expect “It’s (enlisting) for the greater good. I to become a stronger individual and a more enjoy fighting for my country to protect my confident leader,” D. Carrasco said.
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Spokesman April 20, 2012
KONY
2012
ONE THING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON
JOSEPH KONY
• Kony, a Ugandan war lord, claims to be fighting to install a Photo from BBC News government in Uganda based on the Biblical Ten Commandments. • His rebels, known as Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), have terrorized the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and the Central African Republic. • He is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. • He has forced more than 60,000 children to fight in the LRA.
INVISIBLE CHILDREN
• Invisible Children is located in Central Africa and in the United States. • In 2006, Invisible Children became an official 501 (c)3 • non profit organization. • They have launched the campaign, Kony 2012, through YouTube, which has spread to millions. • They hope to encourage the arrest of Joseph Kony and stop the LRA.
What is the Obama administration
How ‘Kony 2012’ Spread Although Kony 2012 started with a viral YouTube video to spread the message of stopping Joseph Kony, leader of the LRA, Invisible Children has been trying to spread awareness about conflicts in Africa since 2003. The Kony movement geared Facebook: to make him famous in hopes of 38 percent encouraging the United States Mobile government to help the effort. A media frenzy was created Devices: around Kony 2012 leading to 58 percent the “social media” campaign. The campaign plans to move offline today as people Google are encouraged to “cover the Search: 1 percent Twitter: 2 percent night.” Infographic by Megan
Social networking sites reduce
President Barack Obama deployed roughly 100 U.S. forces to central Africa in 2008. “These forces will act as advisers to partner forces that have the goal Krista Sanford of removing from the battlefield Joseph Kony and other senior With a click of a button, leadership of the LRA,” President a piece of news can spread across the world. A celebrity’s Obama said in a letter to Congress. While troops are combat equipped, they will only be providing information and assistance to the other forces. U.S. troops would only fire on LRA forces “in self-
Wikipedia page immediately updates shortly after his or her death gets announced. People have access to news faster than ever before. But with all this information at my fingertips, the line between news and gossip blurs. I’ll admit I’m guilty of sometimes using Facebook as a resource instead of going to a news site, but I know I’m not
getting an accurate account of that news. Not only can unreliable websites produce false information, but they can take precedence over real news websites, which produce better information. On the other hand, the speed of the Internet works as an advantage. The news about Joseph Kony blew up in just a few days. People shared feelings and actions needed to take against Kony through status updates. Since more websites spread the word about Kony, the topic gained more publicity than ever. A blogging website, Tumblr, spread awareness about Kony through a video Invisible Children posted. Before I knew it, everyone knew about Kony. Unfortunately, I had no idea who Kony was or what
he did. I gave up Tumblr for Lent and due to my absence, I missed Kony 2012 spreading awareness. I had to find other resources to figure out what it was all about. I typed “Joseph Kony” into Twitter’s search box. After looking at the results for less than 30 seconds, 20 new tweets were posted mentioning his name. The Internet is a useful tool when researching a topic. Different views of one thing aren’t ever out of reach. But, some of the websites lack the credibility. Keep using the Internet as a way to find out about current events, but always make sure what the social networking websites are reporting can be backed up by actual news websites or newspapers.
Photo from <barackobama.com> Infographic by Megan
“Get involved because the U.S. is the only country who has the power to interfere with oversea matters.”
What should the United States do in response to Kony 2012? Sung Yeo, freshman
Gosia Markiewicz, sophomore
“We shouldn’t do something just because of the Kony thing. We should have used it as an excuse to help Africa; this has been a problem for a long time, and we should have already been helping them.”
Focus 7
Spokesman April 20, 2012
Kony, ‘the social movement,’ succeeds Popularity decreases as Kony 2012 moves to a ‘fad’
Megan Jones With the intention of rejuvenating the movement, the Invisible Children Organization released the “Kony 2012 Part 2-Beyond Famous” video. The part 2 video had over 1 million views on the 11th day of release. The original video had over 100 million views on the sixth day of release. Despite the decreasing popularity of the movement, Kony 2012 has conquered what it set out to complete. Joseph Kony, Ugandan war criminal, is now a common name, often appearing in news feeds and media outputs. Luis Moreno-
Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal court, says he has “no doubt” that Kony will be arrested this year due to the spotlight that helped boost the hunt for him. Two resolutions were introduced into Congress that condemn the crimes committed by Joseph Kony and the LRA. It calls for the implementation of the policies the Kony 2012 campaign advocated. Eightyeight members of Congress have become co-sponsors of this resolution and offered support. With the breakdown of Jason Russell, Invisible Children co-founder, combined with the suspicions already against the organization, the movement has died down into more of a “fad.” Celebrities like Angelina Jolie, actress, and George Clooney, actor, support other third world countries while
they are in between movies. They can do this because they are used to the criticism they receive by being in the spotlight. The average man does not take this criticism the same way, such as Russell. Russell was detained in March for vandalizing cars and masturbating in public. According to Danica Russell, J. Russell’s wife, J. Russell’s breakdown was due to malnutrition, dehydration and sleeplessness brought on by criticism of Kony 2012. Since then, no news of J. Russell has recently been obtained. According to Jedidiah Jenkins, Invisible Children Director of Ideology, J. Russell is on the road to recovery, and “it’s going to be months.” In the sequel video, J. Russell is mostly absent compared to the first video. Also, while the first video allowed open comments
on YouTube and served as a discussion forum for users, the second video has disabled comments, ending that communication. While the program continues sending e-mails and ramping up for their “Cover the Night” event, many are on the edge as to whether or not to support this organization. As Kony 2012 moves to more of a “fad” and falls off Twitter’s trending topic list, it maintains a positive impact by bringing awareness of the LRA crimes. Invisible Children set the path on what can be known as a “social media campaign,” which shows just how quickly things can go viral and how easily information can be spread. Alex Perry of Time Magazine asks after watching Russell fall, will anyone be brave enough to conquer trying to change the world like this again?
How to get involved today: Wear your KONY2012 shirt all day (Make one if you don't have one.) Drop off your advocacy letters in the mail to Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin. After work, school or whatever it is you do all day, meet up with your team and do three hours of local When the sun goes down, it’s time to hit the streets and execute your team’s plan to spread the word about bringing an end to LRA violence. Keep it legal and go huge - Invisible Children
Other
April 24: Invisible Children will be showing the short Kony movie at the College of DuPage. April 28: A benefit concert will take place at 6 p.m. at Congress Theater. The entrance fee costs $15 and all profits go to Invisible Children.
Information by Gaby Najera
Kony 2012 Timeline March 10- Peak Positive Reactions March 5Invisible Children posts “Kony 2012.”
March 8The video reaches 50 million views.
March 12The video reaches 71 million views and 7.6 million Facebook shares.
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The social media campaign laid out with pros, cons, and suspicions.
Hector Juarez, junior
The speed of which it went viral was amazing and helped us quickly realize who Joseph Kony was. Even if you don’t agree with Invisible Children, having a high level of awareness is better than no level of awareness. Celebrity power has helped the campaign as they helped launch the social media efforts on Kony 2012 using the hashtag #STOPKONY. Two resolutions were introduced into Congress that condemn the crimes committed by Joseph Kony and the LRA. According to Luis MorenoOcampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal court, Kony will be arrested this year.
March 24- Negative Backlash Spreads March 15Jason Russell, co-founder of Invisible Children, is arrested.
Dislike Chris Abbas, filmmaker, claims Invisible Children stole images from his film “Cassini Mission” and used them in “Kony 2012.”
Kony left Uganda in 2006, and the original campaign called for helping stop the LRA in the Ugandan area. Only 32 percent of money raised went to direct services (if you support the issue you may want to choose a more worthwhile charity). On March 14, Ugandans threw rocks at a screening of “Kony 2012.” They complained that the film is an “inaccurate account.” Jason Russell, Invisible Children cofounder, was detained for allegedly vandalizing cars and masturbating in public.
April 5Invisible Children posts “Kony 2012 Part 2- Beyond Famous”
April 20Invisible Children asks people to “Cover the Night.” Infographic by Megan
Suspicions? To get to Kony, soldiers would have to kill some of his army, which consists of some child soldiers.
A photo was released of three of the Invisible Children members with guns posing with members of Sudan People’s Liberation Army. On March 27, a video surfaced of Jedidiah Jenkins, Invisible Children Director of Ideology, drinking from a vodka bottle and bragging he would keep $900,000 out of a $1 million grant the group had received for Haitian earthquake relief. According to Jenkins, the video was meant to be a joke, and it was only water in the vodka bottle. According to foreign affairs, Kony is just one small player in the conflict in Africa; killing Osama Bin Laden didn’t end terrorism. Infographic by Megan Jones and Jessie
“I don’t like how people are realizing how extreme the situation has become. I don’t think the government should get involved because it’s been happening for so long.”
Maria Tinajero, senior
“Nothing because it’s been going on for so long, and people are taking it into consideration now. I know it’s never too late, but if they wanted to stop it, they should have done something before it progressed Tod Schwager, social to where it is now.” sciences teacher
“The U.S. should follow the United Nations. The U.N. should be the ones who take care of the situation, not the U.S.; it’s their job, not ours.”
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Spokesman 20 de Abril 2012
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a premiar $80,000 por cuatro años pero luego me dijeron que también cubrirían mi matricula y el alojamiento onjunto y me Mientras muchos estudiantes de último establecerían un plan de alimentación para año corren contra el tiempo para entregara que yo puedo comer allí lunes a viernes,,” aplicaciones de becas para su universidad Ortiz dijo. Ortiz viene de una familia de cinco de preferencía, José Ortiz, senior, se puede relajar sabiendo que ya tiene todo bajo incluyendo El. Tiene un hermano menor de cinco años llamado Daniel y una hermana control. “Soy probablemente el peor cuando menor de 12 años llamada Brenda. Siendo se trata de planifecar poque sólamente el mayor, la presión ciertamente existe. Ortiz tenía UIC y Loyola como opciones pero dice que esto lo pone nervioso porque no últimamente escojí UIC por los rumores sobre quiere decepcionar a su familia. “Estamos felices porque su reputación acerca nuestra situación economica de sus programas de no es muy buena y se me hace farmaceuticos,” Ortiz, algo imposible que mi hijo Estamos felices en lo senior, dijo. fuera a la universidad, pero UIC tiene el que el quiera estudiar, apesar de esa inconveniencia mayor porcentaje de lo importante es que José nunca se dio por estudiantes latinos el se sienta bien con lo vencido,” Ana Garcia, madre y afroamericanos que esté estudiando. de Ortiz, dijo. que cualquier Big 10 Si el está feliz, nosotros Ortiz participa en la banda, universidad. Ocupa también. cross country y track and el numero 26 en Ana Garcia y Roman Ortiza field para WHS, pero el año maestrias otorgadas Padres de José Ortiz que entra sera una diferente a los latinos y los historia. afroamericanos. “Yo queria correr cross country allí, Según <www.uic.edu/pharmacy> “EE.UU. News and World Report pero mi mamá me convenció de que no nos clasifica a UIC el septimo lugar entre los correspondía a nosotros sin saber lo duro diez mejores colegios de farmacia de la que la universidad va a ser. También, el nación. Estudiantes de la UIC farmacia entrenador quería que corriera tiempos que persiguen el Doctorado en Farmacia( no podia hacer para ser considerado como Farmacia) grado, que es el más alto nivel parte del equipo,” Ortiz dijo. Jordy Arriaga, senior y buen amigo de de formación profesional en este campo. El plan de estudios centrado en el paciente Ortiz, expresa sus sentimientos sobre el ayuda a desarollar confianza, la capacidad gran futuro que le espera a su amigo. “Yo creo que el sentimiento que debe estar de adaptarse y satisfacer las exigencias necesidades de la sociedad asi como los pasando es algo como un autocumplimiento, como un sentimiento de gran éxito porque avances en las ciencias farmaceuticas.” Este programa usualmente es de ocho viene de una familia que nunca tuvo el tipo años, pero la beca de Ortiz le quita dos años de oportunidades que han jugado una gran parte en su favor y estoy seguro que el está de estudio igual que muchos beneficios. “Originalmente dijeron que me iban muy orgulloso,” Arriaga dijo.
Jocelyn Torres La Voz Editor
La Universidad Y Los Latinos
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Ortiz recibe beca; admirabe ejempo para latinos de WHS
Oportunidades abren para participantes del Club Latino Perla Jimenez Staff Reporter El club Latino donará al menos tres becas a estudiantes graduandose este año. El club Latino se enfoca en mejorar la comunidad hispana, ayudar a los estudiantes latinos en el camino hacía la universidad, y ayudarles apreciar sus culturas hispanas. Bertha Sanchez, patrocinadora de el Club Latino se envolvió en el por casualidad. Desde que un maestro le pidió ser patrocinadora temporaria, se involucró en el club. Ahora, participa regularmente para ayudar a estudiantes como Emma Perez, senior realizar sus sueños como estudiantes. Perez es un miembro activo de el Club Latino y piensa pedir una de las becas este año. Perez ha estado en el Club Latino desde su primer año en WHS. Participa en los varios eventos que crea el club para sacar fondos para las becas. Usualmente, el Club Latino genéra multiples becas de quinientos dólares para los graduados. El Club Latino tiene suficientes fondos para dar tres becas éste año. Con el baile en el 6 de mayo y vendiendo comida el 5 de mayo, el Club Latino espera sacar al menos otra beca, o aumentar las otras tres. Esta vez, el club cambió
su táctica para poder recaudar más fondos. Esperan que éste 5 de mayo sea el evento más éxitoso del año. Para recibir una de las becas, un estudiante debe ser miembro productivo de la comunidad y de el Club Latino. Rossy Peralta, sophomore, es uno de los estudiantes más involucrados en el Club Latino. Ha estado en Club Latino desde el año pasado, y ha anunciado el club como un lugar positivo que ayuda a los estudiantes latinos cambiar de manera positiva. “Deja a la gente saber que no somos todos los estereotipos,” dice Peralta. Mariana Martinez, sophomore, también espera recibir una beca cuando gradué. Igualmente, es muy activa en Latino Club y en la comunidad. Martinez está en el Club Latino porque siente que es un club que tiene un impacto positivo. El Club Latino prepara a los estudiantes para la universidad en más que solo darles becas. A lo largo del año, los miembros de el Club Latino tienen la oportunidad de ser voluntarios de varias causas. Actualmente, el Club Latino tiene miembros ayudando en Walt Whitman Elementary School. Los miembros usan estas actividades para aumentar sus posibilidades de entrar a la universidad.
El Club Latino también les provee un ambiente positivo. Los estudiantes llegan a el CLub Latino buscando apoyo de los demás miembros y de los patrocinadores. “Conocí gente con quien disfrutaba. Parecían muy cercanos... Se divertían mucho juntos,” dijo Martinez. Los patrocinadores de el Club Latino también traen oradores para motivar a los miembros de el Club Latino y aconsejarlos en como prepararse para entrar a la universidad. Escuchan sobre los problemas que han enfrentado latinos que han llegado a la universidad y sobre como los resolvieron. Muchas veces, los estudiantes latinos tienen que superar obstaculos muy distintos a los de los otros estudiantes. El Club Latino apoya a los estudiantes y los ayuda a ser estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad productivos. “Me ayuda a salirme de mi zona cómoda,” dijo Peralta. “El Club Latino me ha aydudado crecer como person. Me ha dado esperanza, una razón para creer en mi misma, y me ha enseñado que puedo hacer lo que quiero si trabajo duro y pongo mi mente en ello. Me ha enseñado no dejar que nadie me diga lo que sí puedo o no puedo hacer,” dijo Perez.
A&E 9
Spokesman April 20, 2012
All Arou d Fi e Ar s
Graphic Headline by Jessie Livingston
Pit orchestra prepares for musical
What to look for Album: Justin Bieber’s “Believe”
Robert Perales Staff Reporter Pit orchestra will have a part alongside band in the upcoming musical, “Beauty and the Beast.” “If the musical didn’t have a pit orchestra, the audience would just be listening to singers and actors reciting lines,” Adam Korber, junior, said. “It’s not exactly the typical musical feel. We are basically acting as their headphones while they are singing. We give them some confidence, and we help the singers establish and improve the notes and rhythms that they have to sing.” According to Korber, pit orchestra has about 14 members, and they practice from about 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. to produce a total of about 25 songs. Although Korber found preparation for the musical “harder than one would think,” he plans to return to next year’s musical. “Beauty and the Beast” took place at 7 p.m. yesterday and will also take place at 7:30 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. tomorrow.
Choir overcomes copyright issues Robert Perales Staff Reporter Despite starting the year with copyright issues, Julia McCarren, senior, said New Dawns “put out an entertaining and enjoyable show” in a short period of time. Amidst preparing their showcase for competition, New Dawns met copyright issues forcing them to change their setlist and choreography a few months before competing. McCarren saw the setback as a challenge. “In a small amount of time, we were able to learn choreography and vocals to three new songs and pull a competition show together quickly,” McCarren said. New Dawns competed at two competitions at El Paso High School and the Chicagoland Showcase at John Hersey High School. “We really worked hard to put our show together, and although we didn’t place at any competition, we learned from our mistakes and tried our very best every time we were on stage,” Maritza Carvajal, junior, said.
With a lot of hype surrounding a changing image, Justin Bieber’s new album is the showcase for it. Make sure to check out his album “Believe,” being released in early summer.
Book: “Divergent” by Veronica Roth
Valerie Westin Photo Editor Alex Linzmeier, senior, and Eric Ruttenberg, junior, play their French horns with the Wind Symphony during a concert held on Feb. 15 at Buffalo Grove High School. Pieces for that concert included “Circus Bee,” “Amazing Grace,” “Aurora Awakes” and “Overture to Candide.” The wind symphony also performed these songs along with “Danzon Number Two” for the “Music For All” competition on March 15 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Band competes at festival, prepares for Superstate Castillo, junior, along with WHS, the only other District 214 school to make Band performed at the Superstate was Hersey. National Concert Band “I’m really excited that festival in March and has our band made it again this been accepted to compete at year. We’ve worked hard Superstate. all of this year to learn our Although music at the National a high Concert level,” We’ve worked our Band festival Castillo butts off, so we have does not s a i d . a good chance (of rank its “Last winning Superstate). contestants, year was W H S a lot of received a fun, so Kylie Gember five minute I know junior standing this year ovation from the audience. will be great.” According to Maria Alex Linzmeier, senior, is
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also excited to attend. “I think we have a shot to win this year, so we’re going to go into it with a good attitude,” Linzmeier said. Aside from her excitement to perform at Superstate, Castillo also feels honored to watch other state qualifying bands. “You get to listen to the best bands from around the state that sound amazing, and I’m glad we get to play in the same hall as other great bands,” Castillo said. Band will compete for the seventh year in a row at Superstate on May 5 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Upcoming school events, performances April 20, 21: “Beauty and the Beast” Musical at WHS
May 4: Improv Theatre at WHS
May 3: New Dawns and Vocal Jazz Concert at WHS
May 10: Band Concert at WHS
May 11, 12: Spring Art Show At Forest View
May 15: Orchestra Concert at WHS
May 17: Choir Concert at WHS
May 21: Senior Choir Recital at WHS
Pop-culture changes rather quickly, and with the release of “The Hunger Games” movie, Roth brings a new fandom for the culture. The second book of the trilogy, “Insurgent” comes out May 1.
Concert: Hot Chelle Rae
After a new album, “Whatever,” Hot Chelle Rae returns to Chicago on tomorrow. The band will play at the House of Blues.
Event: The Kardasians Come to Chicago
May 23: Night of Jazz Concert at WHS
May 31: Guitar Recital at WHS
Information and Infographic by Krista Sanford For more information check out the Fine Arts Calender on <www.whs.d214.org>.
The opening of the “Kardashians Kollection” clothing line for Sears brings the Kardashian girls to Woodfield Mall from 5-6 p.m. today. If you make a purchase from the collection between April 15-today and are one of the first 200 people in line, you will receive an autographed photo.
Movie: “The Lucky One”
‘Friendship, passion’ help Orchesis dance make State Krista Sanford A&E Editor According to Jami Kahn, junior, the close friendship between her and her two other dancers--Chelsie Coren and Kaitlyn Nielsen, juniors--somewhat influenced the reason their dance, “White Winter Hymnal,” made State. “This piece was a lot different than any other piece that I’ve done because it’s with only three people, and I’ve never done a piece that small,” Kahn said. “We’re really good friends, and we got more input and more attached.”
Coren choreographed the dance herself, but she asked both Kahn and Nielsen for their inputs. “She had a basic idea (of what she wanted for the piece),” Kahn said. “She knew what she wanted; it was just a matter of actual movement. She was really good at taking suggestions. She asked but she made it her own.” According to Kahn, State normally does not accept trios. Despite that, Coren decided on choreographing a trio. “I wanted the dance to feel intimate and I just thought three was a perfect number,” Coren said.
According to Coren, the dance deals with “conformity and wanting to stay true to yourself and failing in the end.” While Kahn and Nielsen contributed to the choreography of the dance, Coren decided to change the music halfway through. According to Coren, she thought the music was too predictable and wanted a change. “I’m the kind of person that needs order,” Nielsen said. “So when she said she changed the music, I was about to strangle her to death. But I ended up loving it.” State will take place on May 19 at Buffalo Grove High School.
Zac Efron. Must I say more? The story of a soldier finding the girl from the picture that saved his life. Based on a book by Nicholas Sparks, Efron and Taylor Schilling come together to play out the story. Released today.
Information by Gaby Najera
A&E 10
Spokesman April 20, 2012
Students create art, upload portfolios for AP Art class Rosalie Chan News Editor With a rolling pin, Dasha Krayova, senior, flattens a gray lump of clay she had just scooped from a metal bucket. A round, gray disk begins to form. She then picks up the circle of clay and begins to roll it into a long, thin rope. With this roll of clay, she plans to create a coiled pot. Krayova has taken Art I, Intermediate Art, Advanced Art and AP Art; she continues to create artwork by taking an independent study of art to work with clay. “If I don’t have an art class throughout the year, I can’t handle it,” Krayova said. Last semester, Krayova took AP Art. Unlike other art classes, where the teacher guides the class in making art pieces, students in AP Art can choose their own assignments and create the art pieces they want to make. “You get a chance to do what you like,” Krayova said. “You can expand your own imagination. That’s basically what AP Art is all about.”
About AP Art
Valerie Westin Photo Editor Dasha Krayova, senior, draws an outline of a vase to use as a guide to make a coiled vase during her art independent study. For her independent study, she focuses on working with clay, and she must complete four sculptures. After creating the guide, she began wedging clay in order to remove air bubbles from the clay. “I’m just taking this to get the experience of working with clay because I’ve never worked with clay much,” Krayova said.
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The AP Art class has finished, so AP Art students now work on uploading their art portfolios to the College Board. Unlike other AP classes, students do not have to take a test. Instead, they upload their portfolios to submit to the College Board. “Sometimes they walk in and know what they’re interested in,” Rebeccah Silver, art teacher, said. “The class is over, but there are students who continue to work on concentration and on portfolio...I’m proud of them. They always do such incredible things.” AP Art students must make 24 pieces in a year. They make 12 pieces for the breath portfolio and 12 pieces for the concentration portfolio. In the breath portfolio, students must show a variety of uses of media. In the concentration portfolio, students focus on a specific media or theme. For Krayova’s concentration portfolio in AP Art, she manipulated digital photos. Fonzy Noveron, senior and AP Art student, chose to draw charcoal portraits.
“Basically, I start from scratch, listen to music and put my head down. Throughout the thinking process, I think of stories... Then I sketch it out really quick,” Noveron said.
Future Plans
Noveron decided to take AP Art not only because he enjoys drawing and art, but because he can receive credit for college and he plans on attending art school. “I love the freedom of what we can draw, literally whatever we want. Once it’s the second term, we start to draw concentration. There is no need to listen to lectures,” Noveron said. Noveron will go to Columbia College in Chicago and plans on majoring in game design and working in game art, which includes concept art, modeling and animation. However, Krayova does not plan on going into art. Instead, she will go into psychology, but she will continue doing art as a hobby. “It’s hard to find a job. It’s really competitive,” Krayova said.
Choosing to take AP Art
Maribel Aguilar, junior, plans to take AP Art next year. She took Intermediate Art II last semester, where she saw Krayova, Noveron and Sal Maya, senior and AP Art student, working together to brainstorm and critique each other’s art pieces. “I got to see what they got to do. You don’t have to follow what Ms. Silver is saying. It’s more free,” Aguilar said. AP art students can choose to take 3-D design, 2-D design or drawing. 3-D design involves creating sculptures. 2-D design involves photography and graphic design. Drawing includes drawing and painting. This year, the 10 students who took AP Art only chose 2-D design or drawing. However, in the past, many students have taken 3-D design. “Some of them are considering a career in art. Some of them know this might be the last chance they have, so they take advantage of it. It’s the last chance they have to take a free art class,” Ms. Silver said. “Their creativity and ingenuity comes up, and it makes me pleased for them.”
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Spokesman April 20, 2012
Baseball adjusts to ‘young team’
Boys’ track organizes mattress fundraiser and heightened prices Valerie Westin marketing and Photo Editor with
Daniel Brount Editor-in-Chief Nick Riccardi, junior, releases the ball after pitching against Cary-Grove on April 10. The Wildcats lost the game. Their next game is tomorrow against North Chicago High School.
Kristina Piamonte Asst. Photo Editor With the season beginning, baseball concentrates on adjusting to a ‘young team.’ “The team’s not doing well compared to last year,” Kalvin Thong, senior, said. “Last year, we had a lot of talent, but those people graduated that year.” The team also worked on conditioning. “We started to work harder, like wake up at five for practice, but it’s gonna pay off in the long run,” Ryan Bendewald, junior, said. Matt Padron, varsity coach, trains the ‘young team’ by combining both training from track and football. “This year has been shaky so far. It’s not the start we hoped for as a team, but as
an individual, it has been pretty good. But there is still room for improvement,” David Shapiro, junior, said. Both Shapiro and Bendewald express individual progress since last year. Thong has high hopes to become all conference and all area to prepare for college baseball. “They are progressing and taking a good mental attitude,” Coach Padron said. “Goals are different for every person. They need to get the right mindset to compete and make a commitment, no taking days off.” Coach Padron stresses the value of good grades by having the players do a weekly grade report. Otherwise the player will not play in the next game. “With all the changes, hopefully we are gonna be a better team,” Bendewald said.
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Differing from the typical fundraising technique of selling candy or food, varsity boys’ track and field will host a mattress fundraiser. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21 in the WHS cafeteria. Tom Polak, head boys’ track coach, wanted to go through with the idea after receiving a cold call with the suggestion. He also discovered that Niles North and Maine East High Schools had a similar fundraiser earlier this year with successful results. “At first I thought it was exotic, but I’ve heard that other schools have made thousands of dollars,” Jeremy Frederick, senior and varsity track member, said. Since the team will purchase the mattresses directly from the manufacturers, they eliminate the difficulties
normally buy. “It sounds deceiving, name brands. In this way, but in the end, it’ll help us customers will receive the a lot,” Chad Mikosz, junior same quality mattress as and varsity track member, any name brand but at said. discounts ranging from Each track member 30 to 60 percent off retail received 50 flyers to hand prices. They will also offer out to spread the word. free layaway and delivery If someone purchases a service. mattress “The a n d r o l e provides a “It will be of the flyer with beneficial for us athletes a student’s because we’ve is to name on it, bring the student always needed new people will receive equipment.” i n , ” a supply Jeremy Frederick Coach or cash Polak reward. senior said. Since “The money will directly Coach Polak has never benefit the athletes done a fundraiser like themselves.” this before, he does not The fundraiser will know what to expect, but feature 20 mattresses he hopes to raise around with a professional $2,000 or more. salesman in charge of the He also distributed sales. Depending on the 1,500 flyers to MacArthur, mattress’s price, $25 to Holmes and London $100 will go toward the middle schools to further boys’ track and field team spread the word. to spend on team dinners, If interested, Coach equipment, shirts and any Polak has more flyers in other supplies they would room 190.
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Mattress Fundraiser Information • What? Mattresses will be sold to help boys’ track and field raise money • Where? WHS cafeteria • When? 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21
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Sports Volume 48 Issue 7
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April 20, 2012
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Girls’ track freshmen make their mark
Left: Ashley Talken, freshman, prepares for pole vault at the meet on April 10. The Wildcats took second place with 57 points. Prospect scored 88 points; Hoffman Estates scored 40 points. Read more about the meet at <wheelingspokesman.com>. Middle: Alanah Greenberg, freshman, throws the ball for shot put. She placed fourth. Right: Hailey Dammeier, freshman, runs in the 400 meter dash, taking third with a time of 65.8 seconds. She also won the high jump. Photos by Daniel Brount
Daniel Brount Editor-in-Chief As multiple freshmen qualified to compete for the girls’ varsity track and field team, they proved they deserve their spots through making the Wildcat’s all time top 20 list. While Hailey Dammeier, Alanah Greenberg and Jessie Sanford, freshmen, consistently compete on the varsity level, Aurora Mala and Ashley Talken, freshmen, move back and forth between varsity and junior varsity. “We actually have a pretty talented freshman class,” Michael Theodosakis, head coach, said. “If they’re not ready to compete, we don’t put them on varsity, but the girls have been of a very high level.” The Top 20 list has rankings from all of the different competition areas with girls and records from throughout the track and field team’s existence. See the yellow sidebar
for information on which freshman made the list. “The top 20 list is nice because it’s not impossible to crack, but gives something to shoot for,” Coach Theodosakis said. “Basically of all the girls on our varsity, 90 percent of them are in the top 20 list of Wheeling, so it’s an impressive group. They are pretty impressive performers.” Dammeier broke into the top 20 in both high jump and triple jump. “It’s really exciting and fun knowing that I can break records that people work toward all four years, and I can still break them later on in the future,” Dammeier said. According to Eva Poznanski, junior, seeing freshmen succeed makes her work harder. “Having Hailey (Dammeier) in high jump makes me want to do better, and it reminds me of how I was in my freshman year and makes me set expectations for myself to improve,”
Poznanski said. Freshmen have succeeded in a variety of other areas, such as shot put, where Greenberg made the top 20, and pole vault, where Talken made the top 20. Mala also made the top 20 list. She said she feels “honored” to have the “privilege of competing against people older than me.” “We have a lot of great leaders verbally and by actions on our team,” Coach Theodosakis said. “They’ve done a nice job of letting the youngsters know what they need to do to compete.” According to Jessie Zuba, junior, the different age groups on varsity act as equals. “It doesn’t matter that they are freshmen. We all push each other to get better, and the top 20 makes competition with each other that makes us better throwers,” Zuba said. “I try to give them pointers and critique them, but we
Freshman in Top 20 Refer to story for Top 20 explanation.
Hailey Dammeier: Triple Jump 10th with 31’ 2.75” High Jump 7th with 5’ 3”
Alanah Greenberg: Shot Put 15th with 33’ .5”
Aurora Mala:
Triple Jump 20th with 29’ 10.5”
Ashley Talken:
Pole Vault Eighth with 7’6”
all help eachother out that way.” Although injuries prevented Kim Voltaire, senior, from competing this year, she has taken on a coaching role to help the
rest of the team. Through her work with the freshman class, she believes they will allow track to continue growing over time. “It makes us stronger because hopefully these
girls continue to compete for the rest of their high school career. It’ll make us stronger each year having girls that know what they are doing,” Voltaire said.
Girls’ water polo overcomes small team
Rosalie Chan News Editor
Despite lower numbers on the team, girls’ water polo has had a 9-2 record as of press time. According to Bob Savitt, varsity girls’ water polo coach, Leah Malsom, senior, scores most of the goals at games. In addition, the team has a strong defense. On an average, the team has only given up 4.4 goals per game. “When we have Kat (Dobrowski, junior) playing great defense and Leah (Malsom) playing great offense, we’re hard to beat,” Coach Savitt said. Coach Savitt said that
beating Prospect 13-5 on April 3 became a highlight of the season. The Wildcats have only lost to Schaumburg and Barrington High Schools. Malsom did not play at the Schaumburg game, and the Wildcats lost a close game with Barrington, 7-8. However, at a tournament on April 14, the Wildcats improved and won over Schaumburg. “There were a couple of tough losses, but we’re coming together and working on our chemistry,” Malsom said. The entire girls’ water polo team only had 14 girls, and three more joined this year. “We don’t think of it
(having a small team) as a nemesis,” Coach Savitt said. “You could say we’re a small but mighty team.” The Wildcats hope to win first in conference and go to State. Last year, they lost in semifinals in Sectionals, but they hope to beat Stevenson High School in Sectionals this year. The Wildcats played against Buffalo Grove High School on April 17. Results were not available by press time. “I would say that a highlight of the water polo season is that we improved on communicating to each other and talking to each other during games,” Keara Myatt, junior, said.
Rosalie Chan
News Editor
Shannon Richards, freshman, guards a Hersey opponent on April 12. The Wildcats won the home game 7-4. At the game, only eight of the Wildcat girls played, including one substitute.