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The West Lafayette debate
team waited eagerly and held
their breaths as the fi nalists were
announced at the state tourna-
ment held in Kokomo on Febru-
ary 1st and 2nd.
“There was pretty much an ex-
plosion of cheering and jumping
up and down and mass hugging,”
Robin Zhang ’14 said. “That was
the moment when we knew we’d
captured the state title.”
The last time the debate team
were named state champions
was in 2007. Last year they lost
to Chesterton. Sarah Cai ‘14 said
this tournament was amazing be-
cause they were able to take the
state title back from Chesterton
after several years of getting sec-
ond. This was the fi rst time West
Lafayette has ever beat them.
“It’s one of the best seasons
we’ve had in a long time,’ said
Mr. Smith, the debate coach. Cai
’14 and her partner Zhang ’14
got second in state losing to An-
drew Redd ’13 and his partner
Debate takes stateBY SARA JOHNSON
Charles Hansen ’13 in the Public
Forum category.
In the tournament, there are 3
preliminary rounds, with 2 judg-
es in each round. From this, the
top 16 from each category break
into octafi nals. Each round has
3 judges and is single elimination,
the fi nal round having 5 judges.
As a group the categories met
weekly to collaborate. However
preparing for the tournament
is a year long process. They try
to fi nd out what the opponents
will use as arguments and prac-
tice with other members in the
team.
“Andrew and I practiced with
other members of our team,
worked outside of school and
during break to prepare for the
topic, and got help from Mr.
Smith and our assistant coach
Nick Kwolek” Hansen ’13 said.
“Everyone puts in a lot of
time and effort,” Redd ‘13 said.
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“It was more than the mon-
ey ... everyone was cheering for
us,” said Mrs. Newgent, who has
taken over the Hoops for Hope
program in the past few years.
Hoops for Hope began fi ve
years ago, in February of 2008,
when Newgent’s daughter Caro-
line was diagnosed with Leuke-
mia. The student councils at
West Side and Harrison came
together to organize a fundraiser
for Caroline.
Every year now the boys bas-
ketball game between West Side
and Harrison is the “Hoops for
Hope game”, a fundraiser for
children like Caroline in our
community.
That fi rst year a total of
$17,000 was raised. The money
went towards paying for Caro-
line’s medical bills.
“This money makes an imme-
diate, direct impact,” said New-
gent, adding that it “made a huge
difference” to her family.
Mrs. Newgent is in charge of
designing the Hoops for Hope t-
shirt, as well as organizing sales
and getting the word out. The
other work gets done with the
help of the Harrison and West
Side student councils.
“The togetherness we see
through the West Side student
body and Harrison student body
makes this a great cause to be a
part of,” said committee mem-
ber and student body president
Andrew Redd ‘13.
The committee is formed in
Hoops for Hope is more than just a game
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GRACE PALMIERI
BY GRACE PALMIERI
Continued on page 2
Dances, prom in a grind
Continued on page 2
BY NEHA RAMANI AND ARTHI PURI
Complaints from parents
after the fall VISTA dance
prompted discussion of poten-
tially banning grinding from fu-
ture school dances. After much
deliberation, however, grinding
will not explicitely banned and
students are instead asked to
follow a set of rules outlining
appropriate dancing.
A committee consisting of
members of the Prom Board,
the VISTA exectutive board
and the administration met af-
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DB8 IS LIFE: The debate team goes wild with their trophy after tak-
ing state on February 1st and 2nd. The pair of Andrew Redd ‘13 and
Charles Hanson ‘13 took 1st in the state in Public Forum.
August and then the planning
begins in December. The most
important job they take on is de-
ciding who will be the recipient
of the year’s proceeds.
After considering fi ve deserv-
ing causes, this year’s fundrais-
ing will benefi t two needs. One
is Rachel Cambron, a Harrison
sophomore who was diagnosed
with end-stage kidney failure this
past August. A donation will also
be made to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation in honor of Maya
Getz, an incoming Harrison
freshman who died from inju-
ries sustained during an ATV ac-
cident. Maya’s parents chose to
donate her organs, which saved
the lives of seven people.
ter the fall dance.
“After quite a bit of discus-
sion, the majority of the com-
mittee favored a course of ac-
tion seeking to stop grinding at
the dances,” said Prom Board
president Brad Krause ‘14.
Students presented a mixed
response. Many students took to
Twitter and “tweeted” their dis-
pleasure, using the tag “#WL-
Footloose.”
“People should be able to
dance however they want,” said
Pablo Jimenez-Corredor ‘13.
Other students echoed his senti-
ments.
A vocal minority, however,
supported the administration’s
decision. When asked whether
grinding should be allowed at
school dances, Ellie Brower ‘13
fi rmly responded, “No!”
Yet, as VISTA geared up for
its winter dance, in which the
grinding ban would be imple-
mented, students showed a lack
of interest.
“Ticket sales were not hap-
pening,” said VISTA sponsor
Mrs. Espinoza. The dance was
initially cancelled.
On January 31st, the Prom
Board held a meeting to com-
pile a list of socially accept-
able dancing styles that was
presented to Mr. Shriner. The
administration and students
compromised and decided on
a self-policing model.
Continued on page 2
NewsPAGE 2
West Side
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
On January 11th, West
Lafayette sent representa-
tives the MIT campus in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
to compete in the Zero
Robotics competition.
“Zero Robotics is a pro-
gramming competition
created by MIT and NASA
where you program these
robots called SPHERES”
said competitor Albert
Hwang ‘14. Each year,
teams from all over the
country to watch their pro-
grams work against each
other, in a form of robot-
ics in which their creations
are actually controlled
from the ground but mov-
ing in space. West La-
fayette competed for the
second time this year, get-
ting second in the country
The tournament it-
self is designed to imitate
real life challenges. “The
spheres fl y to their starting
positions, which are in one
half of a cube, before the
round starts.” Said Adam
Anderson’14. The robots
then make virtual dust
clouds for the comput-
ers. “The teams then try
and “clean up” the other
robots dust clouds, and
the one that gets the most
wins.” said Anderson
Cade Kane’14 said
that the team received
a tour of the MIT Mu-
seum before the awards
ceremony. The competi-
tion is also about creating
future careers in Science,
Technology, Engineering,
and Math, or STEM fi elds.
“Saturday we got up ear-
ly and went back to cam-
pus for a talk from a MIT’s
admissions counselor and
tour of campus,” said
Kane. “It was beautiful.”
Currently, about 100
teams from the United
States, and an additional
30 from Europe partici-
pate, but the event has only
been going on since 2009.
“The event is becom-
ing more popular, but
I think the main reason
more teams are joining
is because it’s becoming
more known and is pretty
prestigious” Hwang said.
The school team is spon-
sored by Mr. Florence, but
the competition is spon-
sored by organizations
like DARPA, Defense
Advanced Research Proj-
ects Agency, and NASA.
“I really like the fact
that you can program
something that you can
see fl y on the Internation-
al Space Station. It really
gives your work a sense
of meaning,” said Hwang.
For the longest time,
high school students
could grab a quick snack
before their lunch peri-
od. However, these days
have come to an end.
High school students
who were in sneaking
into the Grab ‘n Go
line for food between
classes were in violation
of pre-existing rules.
Until recently, this was
not an issue. However,
as the number of high
school students in the
lunch lines during fi fth
hour have increased,
measures have been tak-
en to enforce this rule.
“I don’t know why
it was put into effect,
but I was just told my
Mr. Walbaum to keep
the highschoolers out of
the junior high lunch line
so that they aren’t tardy to
class and so that the junior
high kids can eat when
they’re supposed to eat,”
said Nicole Grogan. Gro-
gan is the current substi-
tute for Beth Yoder. While
some students easily com-
ply, others are not as polite.
“I’ve had multiple stu-
dents ignore me. I’ve had
students who have back
talked me, and I’ve had
students mock me,” said
Grogan. “[Some high
school students will say]
‘Oh, so and so is in line.’”
Grogan doesn’t let the rude-
ness get to her. “It’s not a
big deal to me because I’m
just doing what I’m told
to do by Mr. Walbaum.”
Some students, how-
ever, feel that the stance
the school administration
has taken is too extreme.
“I say it’s outra-
geous, because some
high school students
don’t eat breakfast, so by
the time fi fth hour rolls
along they get hungry,”
stated Kyler Eckert ‘15.
Eckert ‘15 feels that stu-
dents should be able
to take advantage of
the available food. “I
mean, it’s just at the grab
‘n go. It’s just a little
snack.” Other students
a g r e e .
“I don’t think it re-
ally matters as long as
it doesn’t disturb the
peace or bother anyone,”
stated Ben Nyquist ‘14.
West side zero robotics goes to MIT
Fifth period lunch off limits
Between 2008 and 2012,
over $90,000 has been
raised through the Hoops
for Hope program. Vari-
ous fundraisers are done
leading up to the basketball
game each February. Aside
from t-shirt sales, recently
$10,000 was raised during
Harrison’s “Mr. Harrison”
talent show. Newgent and
other representatives asked
for donations in the park-
ing lot before a Purdue
basketball game and raised
$400 more.
Although West Side-
Harrison is always a big
BY ANDREW MOSER
PHOTO BY ANDREW MOSER
Hoops for hopeContinued from page 1
Dances, prom in a grindContinued from page 1
The team hopes to keep
the state title for a while
and keep improving a a
whole. Redd said the best
part about debate is widen-
ing you view on a subject.
“Going into a topic,
most people are one sided,
but once you leave the top-
ic and have done research
on both sides, you see the
other view point clearer.”
Despite the competi-
tiveness of the activity, the
team is all very support-
ive of each other. “Even
though we all compete
against each other and the
stakes can get pretty high,
we all want each other to
do awesome. I’ve made
so many great friends
through debate, people I
wouldn’t have met other-
wise,” Zhang ’14 said. In
fact, Neha Ramani ’13,
the president of the de-
bate team, described in her
pre-tournament speech
the team as truly a family.
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rivalry game, Hoops for
Hope helps to bring to-
gether the West Lafayette
community. “The fact
that this has became more
then a basketball game, but
a community, gitves it a
positive feel,” said Coach
Wood.
Debate wins state
State Results
Continued from page 1
LUNCH LINE BLUES: Andrew Kotlarz’13 waits at the grab-and-go. The service was
first offered this year.Public Forum:
Octas: Jake Gutwein/Jesse Sasser
State Runners-Up: Sarah Cai/Robin Zhang
State Champs: Andrew Redd/Charles Hansen
Policy:
Octas: Ben Tally/Adam Anderson, Brian I.
Choi/Alyssa Cheng
Quarters: Mariana Cisneros/Agustina de la
Fuente, Albert Hwang/John McDougal
Lincoln Douglas:
Octas: Austin Moore
Quarters: Hannah Lazarz,
Chris Shin
Congress:
Semis: Daniel Smith, Erica
Gibson
Finals: Sang-A Yun, Neha
Ramani (8th)
“There’s no ban against
grinding, but any form of
dancing that simulates a
sexual act means a student
has gone too far,” said
Prom Board sponsor Mrs.
Barry. Krause believes the
self-policing model will
work.
“You know inappropri-
ate dancing when you see
it, and if people keep their
dancing tasteful, we do not
need the harsh policies,”
he said.
The next VISTA dance
on Saturday, February 23rd
will test his theory.
“The VISTA dance gives
students a chance to show
they can act appropriately,”
said Espinoza.
PAGE 3SportsWest Side
FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Indiana. When said,
most people think of a
few things: Corn, more
corn and basketball.
Growing up in the
Hoosier state and watch-
ing basketball, I have
learned one thing: it
doesn’t get any better
than Indiana basketball.
I’ve heard it all; Bobby
Plump’s game-winner in
the 1954 state title game
to give underdog Milan
the win to Larry Bird
leading the Sycamores to
a near undefeated season
in ‘79.
As a basketball play-
er in junior high, I was
fascinated with Indiana
high school basketball.
I read numerous books
about the history includ-
ing Jeff Washburn’s book
Tales from Indiana High
School Basketball. These
books only fueled my
love for the sport.
Those books showed
me one thing, that the
state of Indiana is amaz-
ing when it comes to bas-
ketball history.
The Hoosier state is
loaded with basketball
talent, including players
Oscar Robertson, Steve
Alford, Glenn Robin-
son, Larry Bird, Gordon
Hayward and many many
more. This list goes on
for a long time. Indiana is
also the home to several
coaching legends such as
Bob Knight, Gene Keady
and the late great John
Wooden.
You can’t forget about
the countless moments
that Indiana basketball
has provided. The Indi-
ana-Purdue rivalry, which
is arguably the best rivalry
game in the country, But-
ler’s magical run to the
national title in back to
back years, Keith Smart’s
game-winning jumper in
the ‘87 title game are just
a few in among a large
list.
For most basketball
fans in Indiana basket-
ball is what they live for,
easily the most dedicated
fans in the nation when it
comes to basketball.
The historic ven-
ues, Hinkle Fieldhouse,
Mackey Arena and As-
sembly Hall are possibly
the best venues in all of
college basketball.
Needless to say, In-
diana is the state for bas-
ketball; its rich history
says it all.
THE HOT CORNERIndiana is the true basketball state
BY RYAN SCHMIERER
Indiana. When said,
most people think of a
few things: Corn, more
corn and basketball.
Growing up in the
Hoosier state and watch-
ing basketball, I have
learned one thing: it
doesn’t get any better
than Indiana basketball.
I’ve heard it all; Bobby
Plump’s game-winner in
the 1954 state title game
to give underdog Milan
the win to Larry Bird
leading the Sycamores to
a near undefeated season
in ‘79.
As a basketball play-
er in junior high, I was
fascinated with Indiana
high school basketball.
I read numerous books
about the history includ-
ing Jeff Washburn’s book
Tales from Indiana High
School Basketball. These
books only fueled my
love for the sport.
Those books showed
me one thing, that the
state of Indiana is amaz-
ing when it comes to bas-
ketball history.
The Hoosier state is
loaded with basketball
talent, including players
Oscar Robertson, Steve
Alford, Glenn Robin-
son, Larry Bird, Gordon
Hayward and many many
more. This list goes on
for a long time. Indiana is
also the home to several
coaching legends such as
Bob Knight, Gene Keady
and the late great John
Wooden.
You can’t forget about
the countless moments
that Indiana basketball
has provided. The Indi-
ana-Purdue rivalry, which
is arguably the best rivalry
game in the country, But-
ler’s magical run to the
national title in back to
back years, Keith Smart’s
game-winning jumper in
the ‘87 title game are just
a few in among a large
list.
For most basketball
fans in Indiana basket-
ball is what they live for,
easily the most dedicated
fans in the nation when it
comes to basketball.
The historic ven-
ues, Hinkle Fieldhouse,
Mackey Arena and As-
sembly Hall are possibly
the best venues in all of
college basketball.
Needless to say, In-
diana is the state for bas-
ketball; its rich history
says it all.
THE HOT CORNERIndiana is the true basketball state
BY RYAN SCHMIERER
As a fourth grader, John
Duvall ‘14 began to wres-
tle for the fi rst time. He
joined the clubs at Happy
Hollow when his current
head coach Mr. Roseman
suggested he go out for
wrestling. At the time Mr.
Roseman was Duvall’s
fourth grade teacher.
“He told me to join
[wrestling] because I
was big and at the time
they needed more heavy-
weights,” said Duvall.
Since then Duvall as only
gotten better. This season,
as a junior, he has posted
a practically spotless 26-1
record and recently earned
himself a spot in semi-
state, where he lost.
Duvall, one of the
team’s three captains, has
been able to achieve such
great heights through hard
work and determination.
“He is one of the hardest
working kids in our room,”
said Coach Rick Roseman,
“Most heavyweights aren’t
hard workers.”
Not only does his hard
work help himself, but
it also rubs off onto his
teammates. “He beats
me down everyday, which
sucks,” said teammate
Casey Crosser ‘15, “But it
makes me better.”
As one of the quiter
members of the team, Du-
vall is known to lead more
by example rather than
through words. “Being the
biggest guy on the team
and still working as hard
he does shows to the team
that they can do it too,” de-
scribed Crosser.
As he is only a junior,
Duvall hopes to have
many more memorable
moments. But for now
John Duvall defines dedicationBY RYAN SCHMIERER
Movie: 21 Jumpstreet
College team: Ohio State
Food: Spaghetti
Sport (besides wrestling): Football
Holiday: Christmas
John’s Favorites:
3- The number of wrestlers that
advanced to semi-state.
7.9- Number of rebounds Brian
Bangs averaged per game this
season.
9- The number of games the
girls basketball team won to end
the season.
13- The place that Allison Green
fi nished at state for diving.
43.9- Tory Eger’s three point
shooting percentage this season.
51- The total number of steals
Shelby Mann had this season.
COMPILED BY RYAN SCHMIERER
By the numbers
winning conference and
sectionals are what really
standout in his career.
After this wrestling sea-
son Duvall will return to
the gridion for his senior
football season. But as of
now he is uncertain on his
future plans.
PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIERER
Pushing through the pain: John Duvall practices on February 8th, the day before semi-state. He typically wrestles
against coach Arthur Wright (right) or teammate Casey Crosser.
With the boys varsity
team shooting lights out
in their games and looking
hungry for more wins, let’s
take a jump back and take
a look at the boys of next
year’s varsity team.
The JV team is a strong
this year and hopes to im-
prove and hone their skills
for when they hopefully
move up to varsity. All of
the boys are biting at the
bit for a chance to play in
their fi rst varsity game, and
that effort is clearly shown
in their performance on
the court.
In their game last
Thursday against Frontier,
the boys played very well,
winning the game 51-28.
Most impressive was their
shooting from behind the
arc. Also, they excel at hit-
ting open teammates for
shots, which they usually
make.
With the season prac-
tically fi nished, looking at
the not-so-good aspects
of the game might not fi x
anything, but in Thursday’s
game the boys didn’t have
the best free throw shoot-
ing in the world. Luckily,
it didn’t effect the score
of the game considering it
was a blowout.
Truthfully, next year’s
varsity team is looking
solid even with the seniors
leaving and they should
look to stay behind the arc
and shoot threes most of
the time.
Boys JV team strives to make future starsBY NICO FRIEDMAN
PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIERER
WINNING BIG: The boys junior varsity basketball team is full of talent and shows that
by blowing out everybody in their way. Caleb Smith was a large part in the game against
Delphi on January 25.
PAGE 4
West Side
FEBRUARY 14, 2013FeaturesHome away from home
Imagine moving across
the globe to study. Imag-
ine leaving everything
you have known behind
you. Imagine learning a
whole new, complicated
language. Now imagine
doing all of this with-
out your family. Several
students at West Side do
not live with their bio-
logical families.
Many of the stu-
dents who do this fi rst
came to America while
on a sabbatical at Pur-
due with one or both of
their parents, and then
stayed to continue their
educations once they
were done.
“After spending a year
at West Side, I wanted to
experience more here in
America,” said Chris Shin
‘13, “so I decided to stay.”
One of the biggest chal-
lenges in the cross-conti-
nental move is learning the
new language. American
English is an extremely
complex languages used in
the world today because of
its derivation from several
roots.
Another diffi cult and
sometimes awkward prob-
lem is that, often times,
these students are living
with complete strangers.
Forever Alone Strikes V-day
We’ve all seen the mov-
ies where the guy wins the
girl in some big roman-
tic gesture and then the
credits roll. The important
thing to remember is those
people are paid to happily
fall in love at the conve-
nient plot point, and they
also had script writers to
tell them what to say.
The rest of us, that
aren’t living in the fi ctional
realm of the silver screen,
have to fend for ourselves.
Love, or even a decent
date, is mostly made out
of luck and timing.
“Most of the valentine’s
I have ever had didn’t work
out just because of tim-
ing,” said an anonymous
sophomore girl, “We were
both too busy, couldn’t get
a ride, you know things just
came up.”
So maybe we put too
much pressure on the day.
Some times it doesn’t work
out because it’s a school day
or coincides with another
important event. Maybe
the pearl of wisdom is that
Valentine’s Day is what you
make it.
“People put so much
pressure on the day, so it
“It creates many small,
daily problems, like food
and laundry” said Shin,
“It’s incredibly inconve-
nient not to have your par-
ents around.”
Many of these students
continue to live with their
host families for the rest of
their high school careers.
Even if they originally
came with their parents, it
is diffi cult for the parents
to stay in America due to
jobs and other barriers.
This program, though
taken for granted by many
west side students, is actu-
ally very unique. Students
are not citizens, and there-
BY SOPHIE HULEN
BY HALEY ARNDT
BY CRYSTAL WANG
Tsunami Japanese Fu-
sion is a little hole in the
wall of a restaurant on
Chauncey Hill. Squeezed
in between Taco Bell and
yet another sushi place,
they can be easily over
looked.
Tsunami only adds
to the plethora of Asian
restaurants in this town.
Don’t get me wrong, I
love oriental food, but
they didn’t present any
new dining options, nor
did it enhance the standard
Japanese meal, making me
question what the ‘Fusion’
stands for in their title.
Tables cover the small
box of a restaurant, mak-
ing it hard to maneuver
around the cramped fl oor.
Although, I have to admit,
that the sitting was very
comfortable as long as you
didn’t feel the need to leave
your seat.
They mainly serve ‘fast’ su-
shi, but none of their fi sh
was cooked and I didn’t
trust them enough to try
it.
Tsunami was also con-
fusing in serving- fl ip-
fl opping between a nice
sit-down meal and a serve
yourself establishment. We
ordered at the counter and
our meals were delivered
to us, but with out utensils
and drinks, which we were
apparently supposed to get
ourselves.
Our server was very nice
about everything, getting
us the utensils we forgot
and the drinks we didn’t
know we were supposed to
pour, but he did forget my
miso soup.
The food was perfectly
fi ne. I ordered Beef Teriya-
ki, which came with sticky
rice and a small salad. It
was good, but pricey. At
$10 I felt the food was too
expensive for the amount I
received- it didn’t even fi ll
me up.
Likewise, my eating
companion was still a tad
FAST FACTSRating: 3/5Price: ~ $12Location: 135 S. Chauncey AveMiles from School: 0.9 miles
BY KATHRINE SCHULZE
Home away from home
Imagine moving across
the globe to study. Imag-
ine leaving everything
you have known behind
you. Imagine learning a
whole new, complicated
language. Now imagine
doing all of this with-
out your family. Several
students at West Side do
not live with their bio-
logical families.
Many of the stu-
dents who do this fi rst
came to America while
on a sabbatical at Pur-
due with one or both of
their parents, and then
stayed to continue their
educations once they
were done.
“After spending a year
at West Side, I wanted to
experience more here in
America,” said Chris Shin
‘13, “so I decided to stay.”
One of the biggest chal-
lenges in the cross-conti-
nental move is learning the
new language. American
English is an extremely
complex languages used in
the world today because of
its derivation from several
roots.
Another diffi cult and
sometimes awkward prob-
lem is that, often times,
these students are living
with complete strangers.
“It creates many small,
daily problems, like food
and laundry” said Shin,
“It’s incredibly inconve-
nient not to have your par-
ents around.”
Many of these students
continue to live with their
host families for the rest of
their high school careers.
Even if they originally
came with their parents, it
is diffi cult for the parents
to stay in America due to
jobs and other barriers.
This program, though
taken for granted by many
west side students, is actu-
ally very unique. Students
are not citizens, and there-
BY SOPHIE HULEN
disappoints them no mat-
ter what,” said a junior
boy.
Sometimes this extreme
amount of expectation
leads to the embarrassing
Valentine’s memories. “I
expected the movie mon-
tage of the perfect date,
and even though my boy-
friend set aside time and a
small gift for me, the poor
guy had no chance,” said a
senior girl.
So girls give your guys a
break, and guys just try to
remember the date. Happy
Valentine’s Day West Side!
hungry after his meal.
He ordered Udan, which
is cooked eel over sticky
rice.
All in all, Japanese
Fusion is the place to go
if you want a meal in a
hurry, but are tired of
your run of the mill fast
food.
This Valentine’s Day, I
could just give everyone
tips on what to buy for girls
or how to bear with the
immense pain that comes
with the dread of dying
alone, but let’s be honest,
we’re in high school.
A teddy bear and a rose
goes above and beyond all
expectations, and unless
you’re super weird or have
dandruff, you still have a
chance of fi nding your dia-
mond in the rough.
The real issue at hand is
one that has been ignored
by the mainstream. For
years, we have allowed this
epidemic to spread with-
out action.
Now is the time to ad-
dress the problem head on:
Candy hearts are the least
acceptable concoction ever
invented to be considered
“candy”.
Every year, the cor-
rupt candy confectionery
known as “Necco” manu-
factures more that eight
billion candy hearts at this
time of year.
With that same raw mate-
rial, more than one million
schools in Africa could be
provided with chalk for ten
years, rather than millions
of mouths provided with
revolting pseudo-candy.
Cheeky phrases tell eat-
ers of this nasty to “Chill
Out” or “Marry Me”.
Like, seriously?
You’re a piece of candy.
Shut up, don’t tell me what
to do.
This Valentine’s Day, I
urge readers to help me
become part of the change
needed to revolutionize
the conversational candy
scene.
These candy hearts have
monopolized the words-
on-food competition and
have taken advantage of
our dormancy.
If people actually pur-
chased candy hearts, I
would urge everyone to
boycott them, but serious-
ly, who buys candy hearts?
Think in your brain right
now: How many times have
you eaten candy hearts?
Now, think: How many
times have you purchased
candy hearts?
The proportion is prob-
ably somewhere near a
hundred to zero.
Most of the time, you’re
offered candy hearts by
some vagabond plebeian
with no taste buds.
To get rid of this can-
dy heart pandemic, you
must shame these peasants
into not ever acquiring
candy hearts ever again.
Respond with “SORRY
SIR, I DON’T LIKE TO
TALK TO MY FOOD”,
or “ARE YOU SERIOUS?
I WOULD LITERALLY
RATHER EAT PAPER”.
Say everything in all
caps, too so that they are
also shamed by all sur-
rounding witnesses of this
monstrosity.
There’s virtually no dat-
ing advice this month, but
it’s for a worthy cause.
Be part of the move-
ment.
Stop candy hearts to-
day.
fore must obtain papers
on a national level to
legally live and study in
America. Not only do
they have to get national
Visas, but they also need
special permission from
the school administra-
tion.
Though the process
is rough, many students
in this situation intend
to stay in the country for
post secondary educa-
tion.
“I am defi nitely go-
ing to college in America
next year,” said Shin, “I
don’t know what I’m go-
ing to do in the future.”
Tsunami Japanese Fusion fails to impress
PHOTO BY KATHRINE SCHULZE
CHOMP AWAY: The Udan of baked eel and avacado was perfectly fine, but wasn’t anything new. It was about $8 and included Miso soup.
Candy hearts are the real problems of
Valentine’s Day.
Home-stay students grateful, but face challenges living and learning away from family
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Ranked second in
the state, our school
has a lot of confi dence
in the way we prepare
students for college.
Does West Side live up
to its great reputation?
We asked West Side
alumni from a variety
of colleges and teach-
ers for their opinions.
Sameer Mishra ‘12, a
valedictorian last year at
West Side, attends the Ivy
League School, Colum-
bia University. He said,
“West Side has prepared
me tremendously well
for college, especially in
math and the sciences.”
Mishra was a com-
mitted policy debater
during his high school
career and believes that
the skills he learned
from the program have
enabled him to eas-
ily present his opinions
with confi dence to his
professors and peers.
Are we prepared for college?BY RHEA MAHAJAN AND YASMEEN HAFEEZ
TIPS FOR SUCCESS:
-Challenge yourself with dif icult classes.
-Focus on learning the material rather
than just memorizing the material.
-Read the textbook.
-Do not cheat.
-Come to class prepared and ready to ask
questions if you do not understand some-
thing.
Other alumni, like
Beau Westbrook ‘12,
agreed and stated that
the academic atmo-
sphere created by the
students of our school
is comparable to the
colleges they attend.
Westbrook now at-
tends American Univer-
sity, a private liberal arts
college in Washington
D.C. She stated, “Col-
lege and high school are
two different environ-
ments when it comes to
work, but the academic
atmosphere of West Side
was defi nitely benefi cial
in coming to college.”
She added that she
is among the few at her
college that come from a
more competitive envi-
ronment in high school.
Mr. Watson said
that the success lies in
how much the students
at West Side challenge
themselves through their
Students predict Oscars 2013
One-hundred West Side students voted on their predictions for who will receive the most prized cat-
egories in this year’s Oscars. Be sure to watch the Oscars on February 24th on ABC to see if your guess
was correct!
BY ABBY BIEN
Best Supporting Actor
Poll Winner
30% Christoph Waltz; Django Unchained
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Tommy Lee Jones; Lincoln
Best Lead Actress
Poll Winner
58% Jennifer Lawrence; Silver Linings Playbook
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Jennifer Lawrence; Silver Linings Playbook
Best Lead Actor
Poll Winner
35% Daniel Day Lewis; Lincoln
35% Hugh Jackman; Les Miserables
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Daniel Day Lewis; Lincoln
Best Director
Poll Winner
63% Steven Speilberg; Lincoln
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Steven Speilberg; Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Poll Winner
77% Anne Hathaway; Les Miserables
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Anne Hathaway; Les Miserables
Best Picture
Poll Winner
33% Les Miserables
Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction
Argo
choice of classes bal-
anced with their extracur-
ricular activity choices.
Mr. Overley said the
main reason for our suc-
cess is that “West Side
allows its students to
succeed; whether it’s in
sports, academics, or art.”
PAGE 6 Arts and En! r" inment FEBRUARY 14, 2013
BY NEHA RAMANI
Rena Johnson ’16 works vintage to
look fresh and up-to-date
The Civic Theater of
Greater Lafayette, our
community theater, is
currently preparing for a
few plays featuring West
Side students; “Fox on
the Fairway” and “Knuf-
fl e Bunny”.
Fox on the Fair-
way
“Fox on the Fair-
way” is a romantic com-
edy, focused on a young
man, Justin, and his love
interest, Louise. Hannah
Lazarz ‘13, who will play
Louise in the upcoming
Civic Theater produc-
tion of the play, has high
expectations for the per-
formances.
“The play is about
two country clubs who
bash heads at their an-
nual inter club golf tour-
nament, but things go
awry and the storyline
gets pretty ridiculous,”
Students take on art show
Students star in community theatre
She may only be a
freshman, but Rena John-
son ‘16 is style wise beyond
her years.
She described her look
as “vintage and girly” but
added that she tries to not
limit herself.
Rena enjoys wear-
ing dresses and skirts year
round, but in the winter
is often found in an outfi t
involving tights, shorts and
combat boots. She cited
cardigans as a staple item,
and said, “You can wear
them with anything.”
Rena said she doesn’t
usually wear accessories
because she likes to keep
things simple. Her excup-
tion is an ear-cuff.
“It’s simple but still
edgy,” she said.
Her favorite item she
owns is a pleather skirt
from H&M. Pleather re-
sembles leather in appear-
ance and adds edge to any
outfi t, but unlike its real
counterpart, pleather is
animal-friendly.
Rena shops at a vari-
ety of places, but especially
favors vintage, thrift and
antique stores. Her advice
to aspiring thrifters is to be
patient.
“It’s hard to fi nd pieces
that are good, unless you
devote yourself to looking
for it,” she said.
Rena also makes many
of her own clothes. She
is proud of a Pinterest in-
spired simple, denim dress
she made this past sum-
mer.
She said, “I added a lace
Peter Pan collar to make it
more girly.”
Rena gets a lot of style
ideas from Pinterest, in
essence an online inspira-
tion board, and Polyvore, a
website on which users can
curate looks using clothing
from real stores.
“I’m probably a little
too obsessed with Pinter-
est,” she laughed.
Rena looks up to the
British style icon Alexa
Chung for inspiration. A
little closer to home, Rena
also takes hints from big
sister Sara Johnson ‘15.
“I defi nitely wear half
the things in her closet,”
laughed Rena.
Rena’s love for fashion is
a positive part of her daily
life.
“I think waking up and
changing and looking nice
helps you throughout the
day,” she said. “For me,
fashion is another reason
for me to wake, rather
than that being a reason to
not.”
This year’s fourth an-
nual high school art show
at Artist’s Own once again
proved that as the years go
on the talent never fades.
Teachers from lo-
cal high schools submitted
the selected works of their
students featuring every-
thing from photography to
ceramic.
The duration of
the show was from Janu-
ary 12th to February 9th
and had 96 entries from 6
high schools; of those, 45
pieces were chosen to be
displayed by the AO Mar-
keting Team .
Four West Side stu-
dents made the cut for the
juried show; the gallery
featured photography by
Christian Gatmaitan ‘13
and Tori Hamilton ‘14,
and drawings of Anastasya
Halsema ‘14 and Hayden
Smith ‘13.
Gatmaitan won an
award for the “Best Dark-
room Photograph.” His
photo was titled “Stairing
at Meghan,” which is an
extended view piece, or a
piece created by taking a
lot of close up shots of a
larger subject.
Gatmaitain said, “
I wanted to make it inter-
esting by showing multiple
versions of Meghan, but
I owe it to Mrs. Yoder for
giving me the means to
create this piece and al-
ways being such a patient
and caring teacher.”
Halsema was featured
for her oil pastel named
“Toaster.”
Smith was featured for
his chalik pastel painting
named “Waiting.”
Hamilton was featured
for her black and white
photo entitled “Artichoke.”
She was assigned to make
a fruit or a vegetable look
sensual, so she picked
foods that had an odd
shape or texture.
Hamilton said, “ I think
my piece was chosen be-
cause it was a clean cut and
classic photo; everything
in the photo was techni-
cally right.”
The Artist’s Own Gal-
lery provided an opportu-
nity for young artists to
display their work amongst
other professional art-
ists and get critique from
the public and other art-
ists, rather than just their
teachers.
BY ARTHI PURI
Max Schladetzky is wired on art
she said. “The fi rst time I
read the script I was dy-
ing of laughter. I love the
characters and I know the
audience will too.”
The show will be run-
ning the weekends from
March 8 - March 23. Friday
and Saturday performanc-
es are at 7:30 P.M. and the
Sunday performances are
at 2:30 P.M.
There will be a pay-
what-you-can preview
night on Thursday March
7.
Knuffl e Bunny
“Knuffl e Bunny” is a
sweet musical for children,
with a somewhat sour sto-
ryline.
“It’s a children’s show
about a toddler (Trixie)
who loses her stuffed bun-
ny at the Laundromat,”
said Annie Furtner ‘15,
who is part of the chorus
in the production.
Katie Fultz ‘16, who
is also part of the produc-
tion added that it has a
good moral. “It’s about the
family’s growth and Trixie
growing up,” she said.
Unlike “Fox on the
Fairway”, “Knuffl e Bun-
ny” is a musical, featuring
children as actors.
“It has cute music and
it’s really good for kids,”
Furtner said.
The show will be
running February 15 to
February 17. The Friday
and Saturday perfor-
mances are at 7:30 P.M.
and the Sunday perfor-
mance is at 2:30 P.M.
BY SOPHIA BERGMANN
BY ERICA GIBSON
Walk into the West
Lafayette City Hall
and you’ll see a small
collection of welded
sculptures. These aren’t
made by some hired art-
ist, but by one of West
Side’s own seniors, Max
Schladetzky. He uses
welding and found ob-
jects to create his own
unique pieces of art.
“They’re very
modern and an interest-
ing perspective on mesh-
ing man-made materials
with nature,” said friend
Adam Tarko ‘13.
Schladetzky ‘13 was
attending a welding class
at Ivy Tech University
when he decided to try
creating sculptures. He
has taken many of the
art classes offered by the
school and still does pho-
tography in order to take
pictures of his sculptures.
“I pretty much start
out by grabbing scrap met-
al and thinking ‘what could
it be’?” said Schladetzky. “I
base it [the sculpture] off
of what the metal is and
what I think it should look
like.”
In fact, photography
teacher Mrs. Yoder sug-
gested the idea of sculpt-
ing to Schladetzy when
he told her about his class
at Ivy Tech. Later in the
year when he found him-
self with free time in the
class he decided to try it
and then showed her the
results. His culptures in-
cludes metal gear and rivets
shaped to look like people
or animals.
“He brought a couple
to me just to show what he
was doing and they were
really cool so I suggested
that he bring them all
in,” said Yoder. “They’re
on display right now at
City Hall.”
ACT IT OUT: Katie Fultz ‘16 and Isaiah Butler practice
a scene from Knuffle Bunny at Civic Theater. Fultz takes
the lead in the play as Trixie.
BY SOPHIA BERGMANN
PHOTO BY ERICA GIBSON
HOOKED ON ART: Max Schladetzky ‘13 started creating
sculptures this year. Go to the City Hall to take a look at
his creative and modern works of art.
PHOTO BY ARTHI PURI
PRIZE WINNER: Christian Gatmaitan ‘13 wins best dark
room photography with his photo “Stairing at Meghan. The
photo is an extended view piece.
OLD IS NEW: Rena wears
a dress that once belonged
to her grandma. Underneath
the dress is a Forever 21
shirt. Her black high socks
are from H&M and her shoes
were thrifted from Goodwill.
“I just really love it,” Rena
said about fashion and style.
PHOTO BY NEHA RAMANI
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STAFF EDITORIAL
While walking the
hallways between class
it’s not uncommon
to hear the comment,
“West Side’s the best.”
, being thrown around,
especially in compari-
son to the surround-
ing high schools. Al-
though it is true that
academically WLHS is
successful, the staff of
The Scarlette feels that
our bark may be bigger
than our bite.
School is for aca-
demics, but it is also is
a place to socialize and
interact with other stu-
dents; this is wear we
feel we lack in skill. Our
students are a tight knit
group, largely because
we have been attend-
ing school with each
other since we were six
years old. The majority of
our friends we have known
for years, unlike other high
schools who meet new
people starting freshman
year. This factor contrib-
utes to our inability to
make many new students
feel welcome.
We are comfortable with
our friends, and with our
routines. Because of this,
new students are usually
found hanging out with
other new students. The
Scarlette encourages you
to branch out from your
groups of friends, and in-
troduce yourself to the
kids who aren’t used to the
West Side atmosphere.
Another contributing
factor to our unwelcom-
ing behavior is the lack
of socio-economic diver-
sity in the school. A large
percentage of the students
have grown up in a Uni-
versity Farms-like neigh-
borhood with college-
educated parents who are
very involved in their kids
Too much West Side pride?
“Branch out from your
groups of friends.”
Why do we still live in a
backwards society? When
confronted with perceived
disparities in maturity, the
correct response is not to
assume superiority, but to
take all surrounding fac-
tors into perspective.
In the article “The Boy
Problem Grows,” pub-
lished on January 24th, it
was said, “The important
thing to remember is to not
let these problems make
you cynical because… it
only gets worse and even-
tually you’ll become alone
and ugly.”
The author then pro-
ceeds to ignore said advice,
and provides so called
“constructive criticism” to
men. However, what failed
to be realized was that
men are held to a different
standard than girls when it
comes to relationships.
When society allows a
woman to write an insult-
ing article and assume that
no response will be fi elded,
we further the oppression
that men face.
Several of the actions
that men take which our
author regarded as “im-
mature” are in fact the
ways that men bond with
one another. When we
are subject to double stan-
dards and scathing insults
by the opposite gender, it
is clear why men “hang out
with guys more than 99%
of the time.”
Girls need to wake up
and realize that every guy
who starts a conversation
with them isn’t hitting on
them. Sure, women may be
attractive, but that can only
take you so far. A girl as-
suming that a man is trying
to “win a girl over even if
she’s made it perfectly clear
that she is not interested”
if they continue to have
conversations with said girl
is an unfounded narcissis-
tic view which indicates
need for serious overhaul
of their personality.
My advice for men is:
don’t sacrifi ce your per-
sonality and individuality
for women who favor con-
formity and shallowness.
When girls ridicule you for
what you perceive as hu-
morous (teasing) and bene-
fi cial to the world (correct-
ing grammar), they should
not be given weight in your
life. When a woman per-
ceives you as being “weird
and annoying,” move on
from Queen Shallow. If
all she wants in a man is a
factory-produced muscle-
head, you should probably
look for someone in touch
with reality.
With regards to the
accusations of mothers
picking out men’s clothes,
some men feel the need
for reassurance in the way
they dress because of the
harsh and judgmental at-
mosphere that women cre-
ate with their fashion ob-
session and expectations
of perfection from men.
Men don’t have the cop-
out nor the acceptability of
wearing yoga pants. This
“pseudo fashion” is kept
for high school girls.
Remember: You are
surrounded by high school
girls. Any advice given by
them should probably be
disregarded due to the fact
that they are just that- high
school girls.
Just because you don’t
fi t into their Ryan Gos-
ling/Taylor Lautner fanta-
sies doesn’t give them the
right to claim superiority
over you. If men treated
women as though they
don’t live up to our Emma
Watson/Mila Kunis ide-
als, relationships wouldn’t
even begin to work.
My fi nal two pieces of
advice for guys: don’t apol-
ogize for being a man, and
don’t go for judgmental
girls. Seriously.
-Charles Hansen ‘13
Letter to the EditorMen opressed in dating (for dumbos)
On Thursday, January
24, 2013, I was one of the
few devastated students
when my fi rst hour teacher
said, “You are not to be in
the cafeteria and/or Grab-
and-Go lines during junior
high lunch.”
As one of the students
who has gotten food dur-
ing the fi ve minute passing
period between 4th hour
and 5th hour, I could not
say that I was happy with
the enforced rule.
At fi rst, I could not un-
derstand why high school
students getting food dur-
ing that passing period was
such a big problem for the
faculty members.
One explanation I heard
was that the high school
students are scaring the
Letter to the Editor
Junior high lunch not just for junior high students
lives. This makes it dif-
fi cult to open up to the
students at school who
don’t live similar lives
at home (it’s more than
you think).
If you’re not con-
vinced of our hesitance
towards people be-
ing different, here’s an
example. If there is a
student who becomes
pregnant while attend-
ing WLHS, odds are
they will transfer to
Jeff or Harrison within
the coming months.
West Side students
aren’t very accepting of
people who are differ-
ent than us; it makes
us uncomfortable. You
should strive to open
up your eyes and go
against the West Side
norm.
junior high students. If
high school students are so
scary, how come there are
junior high students taking
classes with high school
students, such as a foreign
language or math?
Furthermore, not ev-
ery high school student
frequents the Grab-and-
Go during the fi ve minute
passing. With some math-
ematical deduction, we
would fi nd that it is highly
impossible for students on
third fl oor to run down
to the grab and go. I have
seen only about four high
school students at the most
at the grab and go during
the passing period.
A faculty member might
ask why do high school stu-
- Sang-A Yun ‘13
Not every high school student fre-
quents the Grab-and-Go during
the fi ve minute passing period.
dents go to the Grab-and-
Go in the fi rst place. In 50
minutes, they get their own
lunch period. Personally, I
use the Grab- and-Go dur-
ing jr. high lunch only for
certain instances: 1) I am
extremely hungry and am
on the verge of passing
out if I don’t put some-
thing in my mouth right
now or 2) I have about one
million activities during
lunch. These activities are
not talking with friends or
doing last-minute home-
work, but something actu-
ally important such as talk-
ing to a teacher, working
on a lab, going to a club,
or some other extreme cir-
cumstance.
Now, I know for #2, a
faculty member might say
something like, “But West
Side Students get 50 min-
utes of lunch! That is very
long compared to other
schools’ lunch system.”
Dear Faculty Member, if
our school’s lunch is so
long, then, why is it so
harmful for us to get a
morsel of food at the
Grab-and-Go during jr.
high lunch? It’s not like
a junior high student will
not be able to eat lunch
because he or she did
not have time to because
of the oh-so-scary-high
school students.
Although I agree with
many rules in our school,
I certainly cannot agree
with the “No high school
students in the cafeteria/
grab and go lines during
junior high lunch” rule.
Seriously Speaking
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What’s your favorite pick-up
line?
“Did it hurt when you fell from
heaven?”
Julia Bittner
Freshman
“You’re hot.”
Sophie Millsaps
Sophomore
““Do you have your library card?
‘Cause I’m checking you out.”
Austin Dienhart
Junior
“Did you just fart? Because you blew
me away.”
Lorenzo Domondon/Jack Erdman
Senior
“Are your feet tired? Because you’ve
been running through my mind.”
Ms. Dixon
English Teacher
Who am I???
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I was born on June 16, sometime during the 1960s, in Con-
nersville, Indiana.
I have also lived in Muncie and Monon, Indiana.
In high school I was involved in band, National Honors Soci-
ety, and 4H.
I attended Ball State University, graduating with a major in
Education and a minor in American History.
The most fascinating place I have been to is Altstadt, Switzer-
land.The best decision I have made is taking the job at West Side.
I have worked here for ten years and at North White for more than
15 years.
In my free time I enjoy biking and politics.
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BY KATHRINE SCHULZE
FAVORITES
People PAGE 8FEBRUARY 14, 2013
From the soccer fi eld to
the classroom, Anna Searle
‘13 maintains an energetic
attitude and hard-work-
ing mindset. To everything
she does, Anna brings her
diverse background and
sense of humor.
“I think I’m really lucky
because I’ve grown up be-
ing exposed to two really
different cultures,” Anna
said about growing up
in a multicultural home.
“However, I should admit
that I bring shame to my
family because I can’t actu-
ally speak Chinese.”
Anna’s diverse
background has led her
all over the world. “I’ve
been to Taiwan to visit
my grandparents who live
in Taipei, which is a really
cool city,” she said.
Anna has also been
to Italy and Jamaica. She
went to Mandeville, Ja-
maica for a mission trip
with her church last sum-
mer, working with children
of all ages in two different
orphanages. “We worked
with babies and that was
really fun,” she said. “All
the babies were really sweet
and adorable.”
When Anna isn’t globe-
trotting, she keeps herself
busy with a wide array of
activities.
In orchastra, Anna has
played all four instruments,
but she mainly plays the
violin.
She also plays goalie for
the varsity soccer team and
forward for the varsity bas-
ketball team, participates
in the pit orchestra and is
an active member of SHO
(Student Humanitarian
Organization).
“Looking back at her
in goal while being on the
fi eld always made me feel
more confi dent know-
ing she had my back,”
said Laurel Fricker ‘13,
who plays center midfi eld
on the soccer team. “She
saved our team many times
and is an amazing keeper.”
In the winter, Anna
switches from soccer to
basketball. She has been
playing the game ever since
she was a kid. “When I was
little Kayla Jones’s [‘13] dad
had a team and I played on
it. It was really fun, and we
just kept playing until for-
ever,” she said.
Basketball teammate
Grace VanSickel ‘13 said
that Anna always works
hard during the season.
Anna will be venturing
into unknown territory this
spring by trying out for the
girls’ tennis team. “I like
playing tennis just for fun
when I’m goofi ng around
with my friends,” she said.
“So, Maggie [Oates ‘13]
and I made a pact to try
out together this spring!”
Anna’s more than just
an athlete, though. She is
a witty, smart and an all-
around caring person. Her
friend, Sarah Collicott ‘13,
remembers the kindness
Anna showed her after her
best friend moved away the
summer of her 8th grade
year. “I was really wor-
ried I’d have no friends but
Anna was one of the ones
who really reached out to
me after Kacy [Dunn] had
moved, and we have been
friends ever since!”
In the classroom, Anna
enjoys math the most. “I
think it goes back to Patty
Hufford’s eighth grade
Algebra 1 Honors class,
which was the best ex-
perience of my life,” she
laughed.
Math isn’t the only
subject she enjoys, though,
which makes it challeng-
ing for her to make future
plans. “I’m still deciding
between Purdue and IU,”
she said. “Or, in other
words, I’m deciding be-
tween engineering and
business.”
She stressed that she
didn’t have any defi nite
plans, but wants to keep
her options open.
Despite the uncer-
tainty of the future, she is
excited for next year. “I
love meeting new people
and getting fresh starts in
new situations. I’m not in
any huge rush to be done
with high school and there
are a lot of things about
high school that I’m going
to miss, but I’m ready for
something new and excit-
ing!”
Anna Searle is all-around awesome
Movie: ‘Casablanca’
TV Show: ‘Downton
Abbey’
Actor: Russell Crowe
Food: Italian
Restaurant: Triple X
Athlete: Carissa Pekny
‘12
Life Goal: To remake
the Harry Potter Movies
and make them better
than they actually are.
ANNA’S FAVORITES
SCORE! Anna
Searle ‘13 takes a
free throw during
the game against
Northwestern,
which the Red
Devils won 50-32.
Anna has been
playing basketball
since she was a
little kid.
PHOTO BY KATHRINE
SCHULZE
Color: Cerulean
Band: the Hush Sound
Candy: Take 5
Movie: The Cinderella
Story