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The Wildcat Tales volume lxvi
April 23, 2012
Issue Ten
Plano Senior High School
Plano, TX, USA
Campus clean up
Greek life
Blue Like Jazz review
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Page 4 & 5
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One woman’s sauce is another woman’s dress By Dani Sureck
If her love for Chik-Fil-A was not clear before, it is now. She has found a way to incorporate Chik-Fil-A into her wedding someday with a fountain of mini chicken nuggets, so it comes as no small surprise that senior Ridha Ahmad will design a Chik-Fil-A dress for the Advanced Fashion Design fashion show on May 18. “At lunch one day my Advanced Fashion Design friends and I were talking about the fashion show and we were exchanging ideas,” Ahmad said. “I brought up the idea of making a Chik-Fil-A dress, and they just encouraged me to do it.” Ahmad has sketched the dress to be white and have the bodice filled with red rhinestones in the Chik-Fil-A symbol. The back of the dress will be open halfway and that part will be detailed with red rhinestones as well. The most unique part of this dress is the skirt of the dress, which will be made out of Chik-Fil-A sauce packets. When Ahmad finished her sketch she brought it into the Chik-Fil-A located off of Spring Creek and Coit. She talked with the manager to discuss any copyright issues with her design, and when she was told that there weren’t any problems, the manager proposed a deal with her. Ahmad’s dress will be on display at the Chik-Fil-A after the fashion show. Because Ahmad is a frequent customer and no other Chik-Fil-A has a dress on display, Ahmad accepted the offer. Ahmad said she is thrilled that Chik-Fil-A has decided to display her dress because she
spends most of her paychecks there and goes to that location almost every day for lunch. This passion for Chik-Fil-A is not only what gave her the idea in the first place, but also motivates Ahmad to finish the dress. Ahmad and her classmates estimated that 157 sauce packets are needed for the dress, and as of April 9, Ahmad had 71 packets stored up. “Every time we go in, we all save our sauces and give them to her,” senior Rachel Ruhman said. “It’s a really cool idea, and it’s fun because she really loves ChikFil-A, so it fits her personality perfectly.” Ruhman and senior Tinea Lacy, both Advanced Fashion Design classmates of Ahmad, agreed that it has been interesting to watch Ahmad work on this dress since there are no other dresses like this one in the fashion show. Lacy said it is creative of Ahmad to create a dress with something she loves, especially because it will be difficult to sew. “The Planoettes told me about this strong glue that they use for their rhinestones,” Ahmad said. “I am going to use the glue with invisible thread and sew the sauce packets together.” Ahmad said she is eager about this piece because, normally, she is more avant-garde with her make-up for her models rather than her costumes. However, this dress is out of the ordinary. “I figured, why not make something out of my inspiration?” Ahmad said. “I’ve never done something as creative as this piece so I’m just really happy to put it all together.” Photo by Danielle Deraleau
Using different tools, senior Ridha Ahmad works on a garment in Advanced Fashion Design.
The right to vote
Students share views on voting at young age By Jessica Allman Voter turnout among Americans age 1824 declined steadily from 1972 until 2008. Not even half of registered voters in this age group followed through with voting. “I feel like a lot of us just don’t care at all,” junior Zoe Zurkowski said. “When you hear about teens voting there’s always some sort of negative connotation to it.” However, the elections in 2008 had the largest turnout of younger voters since the downward spiral starting in 1972. The amount of young voters nearly doubled, but Zurkowski still said she feels teens are apathetic towards the elections. “I don’t have a strong opinion about the elections,” Zurkowski said. “I really couldn’t even tell you who is running. I don’t think my vote would make much of a difference anyway.” The 18-24 age group is one of the largest age groups in America. Although
some in this age group said they don’t care, junior Shruthi Prabhu said she understands the importance of the elections. “They determine the future of our country in political, economic, social and intellectual aspects,” Prabhu said. “All of these things impact you as an individual.” Prabhu said she doesn’t have to have strong political views to get involved in the elections. She will not be old enough to vote in the upcoming elections, but said she has enough knowledge to make an educated vote. “I’m not an expert on politics,” Prabhu said. “I don’t know everything there is to them, but I feel like I’m aware enough to have a good idea about each candidate’s strengths and weaknesses.” Senior Niraj Parekh has been closely following the elections. Parekh said he cares about the elections and knows he will vote for Obama in the fall.
“He was pretty good at getting the economy on the right path,” Parekh said. “I would say I’m more of a liberal.” Parekh said although he cares about the elections, he recognizes that a lot of teens do not. “It upsets me because we are old enough to vote now, finally, and our generation doesn’t seem to care about what happens to our country,” Parekh said. Zurkowski said that her peers have different opinions about how old the voting age should be - most think the age should be lower. “I don’t necessarily think being able to vote should be based off of age,” Zurkowski said. “It should be based off of intelligence. Some 18-year-old teens are qualified to vote, but some aren’t.” Prabhu said she agrees with the current voting age and feels that more people become more aware of the the political climate in American at 18.
“Eighteen is the age when most people are getting more mature and vote because they want their voices heard,” Prabhu said. “Not because they think that candidates are ‘cool’ or something like that.” Parekh said that if our generation doesn’t start to care in the future elections, things will only go downhill. “If this apathy continues, we won’t have a good government,” Parekh said. “I feel like as our generation matures more people will start to care. As you get older and have to start paying taxes and covering your own bills the government and what they are doing will start to matter more to people, but right now it’s just not very important to most teens.”