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CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOLVolume 46, Issue 6May 22, 2012

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Two seniors receive prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarships

Senior Salute!Goldies, Senior

Projects and Ads finish out the year

The winner takes it all!

Student wins gold medal at DECA Internationals

Ryan NaramoreOpinion Editor

“The Big Purge” inside CHS

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Emily LundquistNews Editor

Seniors Romarick Mukuna and Caleb Huang have been chosen as Gates Millennium Scholars. The GMS Program selects 1,000 talented students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Support for graduate degrees for continuing Gates Mil-lennium Scholars may be received for the fol-

lowing fields: computer science, education, engi-neering, library science, mathematics, public health or science. Stu-dents selected as Gates Millennium Scholars could potentially re-ceive up to 10 years of funding, up to the com-pletion of their terminal degree, if they choose to study one of the seven GMS-funded fields. Huang is a Taiwanese-American planning on earning a PhD in biol-ogy at Yale University. “I don’t know why

they chose me. I tried to explain my pas-sion for biology into my application and I guess they liked my resume,” Huang said. “ I don’t really think I’m that much differ-ent than other students. I suppose I love biol-ogy and maybe that’s what makes me a good student.” Huang said. Mukuna was born in the Congo and came to the United States three years ago. He is plan-ning to go into pre-med at Boise State and he

hopes to eventually earn a PhD in Public Health. He said he plans to spend, “One or two years at Boise State then move to another state, to a bigger school.” Mukuna is a Up-ward Bound student with instructor Grace Casper who he cred-its for pushing him to apply for the Gates Millennium Scholars. “She’s been with me since the beginning to the end. She’s the one that motivated me to apply,” he said.

All of CHS will be loaded into about 60 semi trucks at 3:30 pm on June 1st for summer renovations. The school will be receiving new floor-ing to replace the as-bestos tiles, and an improved gym floor. All rooms except for the outside portables will be put into boxes and packed into the trucks for storage. Principal Jon Ruzicka is excited for the reno-vations, and said, “This is going to be a huge process and project. Ev-erything will be in stor-age for the entire sum-mer, and then moved back in by August.” The school has hired a moving company to move all the furniture and boxes the day af-ter school ends to start the project right away. “I am looking at how much work is go-ing to be done, and it is massive,” Ruz-icka said. “Knowing we have new floors in the hallway and class-rooms is exciting.” Athletic Director

The Golden Girls Spring Show cel-ebrated senior danc-ers’ last show and head coach Julie Stevens retiring after 40 years. A reception after the show included Gold-en Girls from past years who came from across the country to attend and celebrate Stevens’ long coach-ing career at Capital. They came from states including California, Oregon and Arizona. Stevens said, “There are so many great memories [here]. Each year had special mo-ments. I would have to say my whole experi-ence at Capital has been one wonderful experi-

ence to last a life time.” Stevens plans to con-tinue to start judging dance competitions and help PNW stay strong. Senior Golden Girl Terra McBroome said that performing her final show was, “re-ally emotional, after dancing for so long, it was weird knowing it was going to end.” “[This] year was the year we were a threat to the bigger schools,” McBroome said. McBroome explained that joining the Golden Girls team was the best decision she made in her high school career. After having a suc-cessful season, includ-ing coming in second at Nationals, senior Taylor Musgrave said, “It was nice to know that our se-

Steve Sosnowski is in charge of supervising the gym floor improve-ments which includes a new design which was drawn up by Sos-nowski and both the basketball coaches. “The district will hire the people to come in and sand, paint and finish the floor,” said Sosnowski. The gym’s renovations will begin in July and be finished by August 5. Teachers around the school are preparing for the renovations. Not only do they have to pack everything from their classrooms into boxes clean out years of storage items. Video Broadcasting and Biology teacher Rob Parsons was lucky enough to get rid of a long-time little friend in the process of clean-ing out one of the biol-ogy specimen rooms during a recent Satur-day “clean out” with other science teachers. When Parsons was a CHS biology student in the 70’s, a taxider-mied (stuffed) white weasel sat on the counter behind him. Whenever he took a test, it felt as if “someone was watching me,” Par-

sons said. He was happy to, “finally get rid of it.” Another aspect of the renovations in-cludes cutting down several large trees in Eagle Spuare and bringing in 13 more tables with umbrellas for a total of 20 tables.

“Birds, bird droppings, and tree droppings has kept us from using the [Eagle Square],” said Ruzicka. “The booster club is going to help the school develop this for the Fall open-ing, it is very open, but very clean and useful.”

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Preparing for the building-wide floor replacment this summer, Biology teachers John Gough and Jason Gor-don clean out over 40 years of stockpiled science ma-terials. All teachers must go through this process.

Caleb Huang

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Romaric Mukuna

Senior

GG’s enjoy bittersweet Spring ShowDevin RameyNews Editor

nior class gave Capital’s name back [in dance].”

Musgrave said, “[The Spring Show was] real-

ly good, a lot of people showed up. It was a good

way to say goodbye to the seniors and Julie.”

PHOTO BY TODD NUTTING

Above: Over 65 former Golden Girls gather around at the reception after the Sping Show for a picture. They all came back to Capital to celebrate the 40 year career of dance team head coach Julie Stevens, who is retiring at the end of the year.

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THIS SUMMER,

Capital faculty says farewell as they end an “amazing journey”

Left: Assistant coach Jason Willer rallies the Varsity girls basketball team on January 21 at their Pink-Out game. It was a Pink-Out game to raise awareness for breast cancer.

DECA member wins gold at international competition

DECA attends a Salt Lake Bees baseball game during their trip to Salt Lake city for theNational competition during April 27 - May 3.

Katie AckermanStaff Writer

Devin RameyNews Editor

16,000 students from all over the country congregated in Salt Lake City, Utah for the annual DECA In-ternational Confer-ence April 27 -May 3. The event itself con-sisted of two role plays that require students to act out a business situa-tion and then take a 100 question finance test. Senior Joel Johnson received a gold medal for having one of the highest scores on the business finance test. Although it was a Na-tional competition, the trip was not just about being serious and pro-fessional all the time. DECA offers stu-dents the opportu-

nity to travel around the country and meet many different people. “The trip was about sleeping, swimming, meeting kids from other states, and eat-ing at In-N-Out [Burg-ers],” said Johnson. The group also went to Lagoon Theme Park,

received a private con-cert from the Eli Young Band and watched the Jabbawockeez dance group perform. The guest speaker there was CEO of Men’s Ware-house, George Zimmer. Sophomore Say-lor Fisher enjoyed “spending time with the

team” and thought it was “pretty awesome.” “[It was] definitely worth it,” Fisher said. Fisher described the competition as “controlled chaos.” “It’s neat seeing and talking to kids from so many different states,” said Johnson.

While seniors move on with their future plans of college and job paths teachers and fac-ulty are doing the same. Golden Girls head coach Julie Stevens, US history teacher and assistant Varsity girls basketball coach Jason Willer, teacher’s secre-tary Nancy Koch, and German teacher Ja-mie Gilderhus, are all leaving Capital at the end of the school year. Stevens has been at Capital since 1972 and started off as head coach of the Drill Team. She has also been the dance team head coach

at Boise State Univer-sity since 1982, and coached the cheerlead-ers there for 29 years. “It has been an amaz-ing journey from the wiglets and boots to shorts and hair down,” Stevens said. Stevens also said, “spring shows at Capi-tal became a high-light after the first year and we loved doing the assembly for the school and the evening show. It was a great fund raiser as well.” Willer, who has been a part of the Capital staff for two years, is moving onto Borah High School to teach Economics and coach girls basketball. “I have just enjoyed all of my time with

the students in my classes and the bas-ketball players I have coached,” Willer said. “My plans for the future are to beat the Capital Girls mul-tiple times each year,” Willer said, jokingly. Koch has been here for 14 years as atten-dance secretary, and the past six years as the teacher’s secretary, and is retiring at the end of this school year. Koch plans on spending time camp-ing, traveling with her husband and spend-ing more time with her three grandchildren. “I don’t think I could pick one [favorite] moment at Capital. I would have to say

the last 6 years have been my favorite mo-ments,” Koch said. Gilderhus has been at Capital for three years, and will return back to us after her one-year leave of absence to teach at an international school in Salzburg, Austria. “They offered the po-sition to me both the summer and the fol-lowing school year. Fortunately, I was able to get a leave of ab-sence of this opportu-nity,” Gilderhus said. Gilderhus said, “I am most looking forward to practicing my Ger-man, becoming a better educator, and experi-encing everything that Austria has to offer.”

Nancy KochTeacher

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Jason Willer

U.S. History Teacher

Julie StevensDance Team

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Jamie Gilderhus

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Junior Kaali (Kat) Davis, and seniors Samantha Johnson, Katheryn Kroenecke and Megan Grossl work on creating a “multiple image” during the regional SkillsUSA photogra-phy competition in March. Davis went onto take a Gold Medal in Job Interview at the state SkillsUSA competition in April and will go onto national competion in Kansas City in June.


Photo student senior Morgan Ackley won an Honorable Mention for her photo of a Backyard Pine Tree at the 2012 “Look to the Forest” Ar-bor Day Photo Contest. About 150 people entered pictures ac-cording to Michelle Youngquist, the IFPC/Project Learning Tree Education Coordinator. “We were thrilled with the participation in our 2nd year of the con-test. Our judges were impressed with the va-riety of photos submit-ted,” Youngquist said. Ackley has been tak-ing photos since 9th grade when she re-ceived her first camera. When she received the award she said, “I was kind of surprised they chose my picture.” Ackley said, “I had worked on it for a

Photo student qualifies for Skills USA Nationals

Brenna PatrickEditor in Chief

Photo student honored in Arbor Day Photo contest

Top Ten Seniors

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Luis SarriaSports Editor

month. I just wanted to make sure I got the right picture.” Her favorite part about the picture was, “the contrast of colors, the bright blue sky against the dullness of the tree.” For Ackley, she loves taking pictures because,

“I like taking a mo-ment and capturing it and making the people feeling a certain way.” All the winning pho-tos are at www.ida-hoforests.org/arbor-day.htm. Click on the link below the 2012 Arbor Day graphic.

Morgan AckleySenior

PHOTO BY MORGAN ACKLEY

Morgan Ackley’s photo of a Pine Tree got an Honor-able Mention in the “Look To The Forest” Arbor Day Photo Contest to celebrate Arbor Day, a holiday to honor planting trees and helping the enviroment.

Andrew Tinker “It’s good to have this

confirmation of all my hard work

over all these years.”

Sierra Bell “It was pretty cool to be

recognized.”

Sujata Bhandari“Some small dreams do

come true.”

Aaron Blackburn“I thought it was real cool.

I was excited when I heard my name.”

Jennifer Briggs“I was really surprised. I

feel honored.”

Caleb Huang “It feels overwhelming, I didn’t expect to get the

award.”

Sara Leonard“I was actually really proud of myself, and it was a goal since sopho-

more year.”

Advanced art student paints pride:Senior Alyssa Cooper stands proudly next to the mural that she painted in the Main Office that took her roughly “twenty hours” to paint. She loved the experience and the fact that she had the ability to paint it. “I liked all the compliments people gave me for it,” Cooper said.

Nathan Stark“It feels like I’m on top of the world, and it’s an

honor...”

Dominic Williamson

“I feel like it’s an honor. I was surprised when I got it,

but I feel good.”

Dakota Poole“I was surprised. I want-ed to get the award but I didn’t want to tell anyone, so in the end I wanted to

be who I was.”

Outstanding students nominated by faculty and staff

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA CADE

Kaali DavisJunior

Junior Kaali “Kat” Davis-Ewing has quali-fied to go to Skills USA Nationals in Kan-sas City, Missouri this June to compete in the Job Interview contest. Davis is the only Capital student going to nationals and was one of the three students

that made it to state. Those students in-cluded senior Sam Johnson and senior Me-gan Grossl who com-peted in photography. “They could only take so many [pho-tography] students so I decided to do “job interview” instead,” Davis said. “I went in just trying to have fun but it developed into me being chosen to go to Kansas City.” Johnson said, “It was a pretty big process actu-ally. The first step was to go to Skills USA regis onal competi-tion which they held at Columbia High School in Nampa as a prelimi-nary for State and, then, each instructor got to take their top two pho-tographers to State, which ended up being

me and Megan Grossl.” “They didn’t place but you can tell they really improved their skills,” Davis said. “I wouldn’t say that I’m an Ansel Adams by any means, but I take incredible pride in my art. My biggest passion lies in portraits because it is truly amaz-ing what can be cap-tured in people’s emo-tions,” Johnson said. “My passion for pho-tography is like the French for their wine. I may be stereotyping, but in all honesty, there is very little I love more than the feeling I get when I capture a great photo and create the im-ages that I do,” Johnson said. “If you were to look in my room, you could see my photos are all over the walls.”

Editor: Brenna Patrick PAGE 4

Senior Projects Tuesday May 22, 2012

Each senior this year volunteered their time to make our community here at Capital and in Boise a better place. Seniors will be presenting their projects to a panel of judges on May 16th and 17th. Our seniors have done some incred-ible things: As a result, Capital now has a food pantry with food supplied by the Idaho Food Bank, a Future Hispanic Leaders of America Club, a supply of caps and gowns for seniors who cannot afford graduation. Additionally, students helped build houses for Habitat for Humanity, coached youth sports, and spent many hours at the Veterans Hospital.

Nathan Stark Get Fit to Stay HealthyAmanda Evans Children’s MinistryPaden Munson Preparing for the I.R.I.Nikalai Lapien Caring for the ElderlyLynsey Heller The Ronald Mcdonald HouseSavannah Slichter The Ronald Mcdonald HouseMegan Grossl Veteran’s HospitalLindsi Hansen Helping the VeteransConner Smith Help for the HomelessTaylor Douglas Building a Softball FieldConnar Coleman Writing the FutureTrevor Owens Community Garden GreenhouseBrandon Price Creating Food and Clothing BankVictor Kennedy Russian-American CollectionSamuel Favela Helping a Peruvian

Church ProsperBreanna Gibson Rancho de Sus NinosDanielle Renfro The Humane SocietySpencer Lipkin Backpack DriveTyler Case Preparing for the I.R.I.Brett Loertscher Helping Senior CitizensJacob Adams Community GardenSydney Smith Big Brother Big Sister ProgramChanelle Long Habitat For HumanityLauren Herrick Animal AbuseMitchell Bogue Coaching 5th Grade Y-ballPetar Kolarov Youth DevelopmentDomonic Williamson Art in EducationKatelyn Patton C.A.T.C.HHolly Winburn Make-A-WishFranky Figs Habitat For HumanityKayleigh Davis Babies In BlanketsNatalie Mason Save the MusicMichaela Murphy Art in EducationHailey Warner Habitat for HumanityJohn Franklin Habitat for Humanity- RestoreStewart Driflot Habitat for Humanity- RestoreJack Burton Raising money for struggling seniorsSarah Hurt Struggles of Teenage PregnancyJoshua LeDuc Coaching Freshman RugbyBryan Patterson Helping Feed the Less FortuanateBrody Leatham Assistant TrainingKelly Mooney Arts and Crafts for VeteransKaitlin Jackson Art is EssentialJacob Yates Free Labor on Car RepairsEvan Kramer Care PackagesKylie Touchstone Saint Patricks Dance at Veteran’s HomeStephanie Stallman Community Craft DaySamuel Zamora Bake sale for the homelessAliya Talaso Break Through 2012

Marsing/ HomelessnessLauren Forrey Local Missions TripLindsey Sparhawk Look! Save a Life VolunteeringClaudia Razo Peru OutreachBecky Hiatt Nursing Home CareGarret Van Etten GraduationAlex Pennie The Boise River Greenbelt ProjectNicholas Mangum Camp Rainbow GoldJacob Walters Diversity within AmericaAlison Harrod Diversity within AmericaDenis Popudnik Rugby at RiverglenCoby Willis Capital High Baseball CampRochelle Phillips Habitat for HumanityBailey J. Barrett Capital Cheer Kids CampAlexis Mecham Kids in the KitchenPaul Blakely Habitat For HumanityDmetrey Goretoy Obesity in AmericaDonovan Hawn Homelessness and FeedingTrae Doornek Hope for Equal OpportunityMichael Wickham Coached baseball camp

Kylie Porter Helping the Public Understand Scientific Info.

Camryn Behnken Volunteering at ReStoreTaylor Wong Youth Softball CampTravis Goodrich Helped build homes for the

communityAlexander Munn Helping Kids Read, So They Can

Succeed!Khoa Nguyen Dance is Movement is LifestyleMorgan Buhr Coached Girls AAU

basketball teamKellen Buhr Fitness equipment for the

Allumbaugh HouseCody Sprague Served Dinner to the VeteransJacob Lingo Volunteered at underfunded

elementary schoolDaniel Ramirez Volunteered at Valley View

ElementaryCourtney Jacques Volunteereed for IRI at

Morley NelsonChristine McLenna Created Writing club at

Pierce Park schoolAmber Kloepfer Volunteer at Idaho AquariumFederica Vecchio Carnival at Pierce Park ElementaryCarolina Silva Carnival at Pierce Park ElementaryFederico Ronchi Carnival at Pierce Park ElementaryJuliette Mukuna Social Interaction and TechnologyAndrew Quijas Baseball Camp for KidsShawn Powers Baseball Camp for KidsMason Dugger Voluntered at the RestoreJordan Eggers-Myers Preparing for the I.R.I.Tanner Lewis Created care packages for the

Rescue MissionDenis Becirovic Collecting money for caps and

gowns for senior classJericoe Hensley Christmas Toy DriveReid Tueller Painted a mural in the

principal’s officeErica Tracy Worked with kids with medical issuesTayler Weston Helping teenage parents at

Marianne PritchettRyan Worthington Composed/Arranged music for a

junior high trumpet choirRuben Arceo-Limon Pierce Park CarnivalKatheryn Kroenecke Boise Art Museum volunteer

and created censured art piecesElyse Hynes Volunteer with the Elementary

Honor OrchestraJonathan Tapia Preparing for the Idaho

Reading IndicatorHallat Khalid Volunteer at the Boise’s first

Community Center Cheer ClinicAndree Romero Hand Up for PovertyKade Kendrick Community GardenThomas Goehring Assisting disabled veteransCorey Shadduck Volunteer work at Boise valley

Habitat for humanity Re-storeZachary Kinzel Web Building for Capital HighLucas Barrutia Coached Riverglen Junior High

Tennis TeamAaron Blackburn Put on puppet show at

St. Luke’s Children CenterTanner Griffith Kayak classes at the Y.M.C.AHayden Fowler Volunteered with the Immigration

Department at World ReliefKara Wheeler Put on a puppet show at St. Luke’s

Children CenterShannon West Anti-Bullying Variety ShowBrandon Ayllon Helping the less fortunate

through community serviceGustavo Esquivel Morely Nelson Reading ProgramShay Webb Volunteering with the Little Eagles

Wrestling ProgramGabrielle Reid Raising money for McPaws Regional Animal Shelter

Instructor: Matt Jacobson


Senior ProjectsTuesday May 22, 2012

Seniors who took English 101 first semester continued their inquiry essay, “What is food?” and turned it into their persuasive senior paper advocating solutions to problems related to food issues. They presented their papers to panels of community members and district staff on March 21.

Gavin Beck Canned Food DriveKyle Bongiovi Volunteer at Idaho

Humane SocietyLauren Conrad Women's and Children's AllianceAndrew Davis Teen Resource GuideLauren Haggerty Raising Money for SeniorsDalton Douglas Habitat for HumanityPaige Holloway Collecting Gowns and

Money for GradsKatie Griffith Voluteer at Idaho

Humane SocietyJustin Holstad Helped out a Single

father with his familyErik Albizo Teachers Jean Week at RiverglenAbbigail Killian Helping the program C.A.T.C.H.

collect items for homeless familiesAnthony Hoop Volunteered at Idaho

Humane SocietyLauren Laraway Creating Anti-Harassment Posters

and post them around schoolLucero Hernandez Volunteering at Life Care

of Treasure ValleyTiffany Larsen Volunteering at the Booth

Memorial Homeless ShelterAdam Dixon Tutoring at Boys and Girls clubWilliam Meeks Teaching kids KarateAbby Vines Food PantryKalli Williams Raising Money for SeniorsRomaric Mukuna Childrens Sports &

Children Being ActiveShanna Clark Roadtrip Nation muralKianna Bauman Keeping the Arts

Alive in EducationZachery Coates Idaho Food-BankBailey Cullen Working in a second grade

classroom at Shadow HillsTaylor Musgrave Idaho Humane SocietyKlay Htoo, Min Habitat for HumanityTerra McBroome Veteran CareMichael Harbert Importance of Donating BloodJamey Feeney Preparing, serving food, & cleaning up after dinner at

Homeless shelterAlyssa Carley Keeping the Arts Alive in EducationMark Larson Teen HomelessnessSilje Naavik Multicultural EducationJamie Oliver Worked with the C.A.T.C.H

program to help homeless familiesAlma Rudan Prepared, served and cleaned up

at the Homless shelter.Allison Reid Capital Cheer Camp

to prevent bullyingLaura Quinn Gymnastics should be added to our

schoolsAlmedin Kuljancic Healthy Lifestyle and Well-BeingElisa Saunders Worked with the C.A.T.C.H.

program to collect donationsAsa Shepherd Coached Basketball at

Pierce Park ElementaryMarcus Tovar Coaching youth rugbyDylan Thomas Coaching youth rugbyLogan Staudt Held a kids baseball campHunter Nettles Coached YMCA basketballChrista Wolfe Giving back to those who can’t

help themselvesTynisha Eidum Organizing drive for Rancho de Sus Ninos Orphanage in MexicoJennifer Briggs Teaching and promoting art in

public schoolsSujata Bhandari Health Care as a C.N.A Student Nicholas Briggs Habitat for HumanityMichael Kelley Assembling a food cabinetMarrissa Marquette Donating and raising items for

Rancho de Sus Ninos OrphanageBenjamin Harris Advertising for people to donate to

the Humane Society of IdahoDylan Brown Held a youth baseball campJohn Ballantyne Planted sagebrush on land

devestated by wildfireEdward Pettinger Assisted a teacher of a 3rd

grade Sunday schoolKeoni Fleming Worked at the Re-StoreShawn Tikala Worked at Habitat for

Humanity restoreIsaiah Walker Volunteer for Idaho Fish and GameOlivia Mann Volunteered at Boise First

Community CenterJose Martinez Started FHLA club at

Capital HighschoolSteven Nick Volunteered at Habitat for

Humanity RestoreCameron Meier Vounteered at Arial RentalCorbin Richards Volunteered for Camp

Rainbow GoldMatthew Hoffman Volunteered at Life-Care Center Kevin Mejia Caps and GownsRyan Miller-Forbes Volunteered at Habitat for

Humanity Re-storeRyan Corbett Volunteered at Salvation Army

homeless shelterJustin Dearmin Helped out a kid with disabilitiesJesseph Nedeau Habitat for Humanity ReStoreMataya Taylor Working with the C.A.T.C.H

program gathering donationsShelbie Becker Kids Cheer CampTaylor Cash Kids Cheer CampMarissa Gessford Special EducationAndrew Gessford Coaching Youth BasketballGregg Jones Assisting the ElderyDerek Valdez Ocean PollutionMichael Robins Volunteered at a food bankAlec Sargent Volunteered for Habitat for Hu-

manity (construction)Katelyn Foote Make-A-WishSawyer Diaz Give Back to SocietyJenny Prado Maritnez Future Hispanic Leaders of

AmericaDiana Bravo Reaching out to Hispanics

Instructor:Carla Zumwalt

Instructor:Paula Uriarte Dorothy Grigg Small changes to health benefitsDakota Poole The Ideal MealSavannah McIntier Advertising to kidsPayton Gates College obesityAdrian Hinojosa Food contaminationLuciana Langdon How globalization affects foodZach Bronstein-Moir Ban food advertisingGene Bacigalupi Hunger in AmericaKaitlyn Pederson Food allergiesMackenzie Welsh LocavoresHermione Yu Fad diets Brenna Carlson Obesity

Taylor Blake-Ferguson Negative images of women causes eating disordersTyler Smith Corruption in the food industryLindsey Lutjens Organic versus non-organicTyler Hoffman College athlete meal plansCullen Eckhart Brain foodJohn Hofheins Paleolithic dietBrittany Ramirez Family mealsVictoria Hunemiller Mediterranean dietEleanor Collins Tax junk foodMason Wassmuth Fast Food Industry


Entertainment Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Doctor Emily P.h.D certified in Google

Graduating with game


Art Show 2012

Senior Allyx Wheaton won the Talent Show on April 26. Senior Khoa Nguyen was runner-up, and junior Daniel Galeano placed third in the competition.

The transition from high school to college can be a scary experience for any graduating senior. I realize the amount of work that it took to get to where the seniors are now, and I person-ally salute all they’ve

done these long thirteen years from Elementary School to High School, then as they shift to college life next year. Going into college prepared is very im-portant, and, with a few pointers, hopefully it will make it easier on all students to ad-justing to the new life.You have power over your own learning. You go to college be-cause you want to, not because you have to. In High School passing is mandatory if you want to graduate, but in col-lege, your learning is in your own hands. So, stay on top of your grades and work and it will pay off in the long run.Prioritize and set goals. Keeping yourself or-

ganized and schedule planned for studying and homework will relieve stress and mo-tivate you to do better in classes. It will also leave more free time for you to relax, gath-er your thoughts, and hang out with friends.3. Keep your options open. For students that are not sure what they want to do with their future, choosing a major can be difficult. There are so many to study, so why not branch out and experience what the college has to of-fer. Taking classes of different interest areas could make it easier on your decision in what you want to do for your future career.

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Best of Show- Ceramics- Marisa Weyn

Best of Show- Mixed Media- Uili Tuifua

Best of Show- Photography- Hans Landgraf

Best of Show- Art- Luciana LangdonBeginning Drawing

1st Rachel Tuttle2rd Shianne O’Daniel 3rd Lindsey Hansen

Advanced Drawing1st Kristine Kapral2nd Alyssa Cooper

3rd Maddie Humphreys

Beginning Opaque Painting

1st Cory Hallum 2nd Christian

MelendezKatheryn Kroenecke

Beginning Transparent

PaintingChalina Jones

Katheryn KroeneckeJennifer Briggs

Advanced PaintingLiz Saucedo

Luciana LangdonLiz Saucedo

Design Alyssa CooperDarianne Willey

Jade Tilden

IllustrationWhitney Blackburn

Andee MarloweCam Carlson

Mixed MediaJackson TurnerMiranda Elliot

Kaylona Hunter

Honorable Mention Art:

Christian MelendezCam Carlson

Binali KhazikovKatheryn Kroenecke

Andee MarloweMegan GrosslJames AllowayMadison KlingAlex Meyers

Gillian ChandlerReid Tueller

Beginning CeramicsKatie JacksonCece Harris

Abbie Mocettini

Advanced Ceramics

Wheel thrown Spencer Goffin Lonnie AdamsBreanna Freel

Hand builtMarisa WeynKatie Jackson

Christian Harfmann

SculptureAlex Baca

Marisa WeynClaire Lalicker-

Ramirez

Honorable Mention Ceramics:

Shane SprattMelannie Hiller

Steven MerrillHayden FowlerEmily Myers

Shiloe SewadAmanda Yoest

Honorable Mention Photography:

Rachel TaylorUli Landgrat

Connor SmithPaige ArmstorngDaniel RamirezSean Couture

Samanha JohnsonSean SoutureClaudia Razo

Reece SweeneyAmanda YoestMadison KlingMorgan Ackley

Kaali Davis-EwingSamantha Johnson

Daniela Flores ZarateMatthew Patterson

Samantha WestKearney Thompson

Reece Sweeney

Cece Harris Spencer Goffin

Jess NedeauAlex Baca

Rachel Howard Shiloe Seward

Anna Maki Marisa Weyn

Ashely BrintonJack Burton

Caitlin GaubySusan BeasleyKatie JacksonAshley FarraSierra Moore

Advanced PhotographyMegan GrosslSpencer GoffinSpencer Goffin

Beginning PhotographyConnor Smith

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Editor: Shantel Moore PAGE 7

Scholastic Goldies

Shantel MooreArts Editor

Students in Ceramics 1, taught by Margaret Ste-vens, were given a proj-ect called The Relief. Senior Logan Knowles and sophomore Ashley Farra decided to make their project the Gold-ies Eagle Award. The eagle then was cho-sen as the Scholastic Award on April 20th . “Originally, Mrs. Ste-vens’ idea was a re-

lief project, but then she informed us that the Scholastic Award Competition was just as good towards the grade and I decided to go for it,” Knowles said. The Relief Project is normally a three di-mensional piece with three mediums. The first layer is known as your background. You can carve or add clay to this in order to build your piece. Then the middle is higher up then the background but its

not your main object. It helps complete your background. The last thing you add is your main object. This is also your highest point when you look down. “The process for creat-ing the Goldies did take awhile. The most time consuming and diffi-cult part was the feath-ers in the main wing. Each feather needed to be cut separately. Then carefully attached in-dividually to ensure structural integrity.

Relief project results in student-created award

Senior Logan Knowles holds the eagle before and after it was painted. It was then glued onto a black plaque.

Each individual award also had to be hand carved, trimmed, and then touched up before we could fire and paint them,” Knowles said. The tradition here at Capital is a stu-dent makes the award and then the staff de-cides which one they want to hand out. “I felt honored that the faculty of Capital felt my eagle was worthy of this special award. It is a sign of an accom-plishment for me, as

the designer. This rep-resents that if you work hard, and never give up, you will always be re-warded,” Knowles said. Stevens said, “I am proud that two Ceramic 1 students received the honor of being chosen for this. They worked hard on their eagles to make them the best they can. I do think Knowles and Farra de-served to be chosen.” “An eagle is a strong symbol, one that is per-fectly fit for this school.

See Goldie Award

winners on pages 8-9

PHOTOS BY SHANTEL MOORE

It is a majestic creature that can soar peace-fully among the clouds or become a ferocious hunter at an instant no-tice,” Knowles said.

Senior Ads Tuesday, May 22, 2012

10Editor: Ashley Carpender Assistants: Spencer Goffin, Kearney Thompson

Willaim Meeks

Yanni ~ You are smart, funny, handsome, and a great kid.

Keep making us proud!Love always, Mom and Dad

Lucas Barrutia

You’ve been rockin’ us for 18 years! Now go out and rock the world!

All our love,Mom and Dad

Jessi Brady

May your effervescent light forever shine, we are so proud, we love you! Always and Forever, Mom, Dad, Alli,

Kassidy

Nicholas, Jennifer, and Brandon Briggs

You have all three exceeded our greatest expectations. We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom and Dad

Brandy Larsen

You’ve come such a long way. You make us so very proud.

Love, Dad, Suzanne, Nikki, and Skylar.

Jordan Jene’ Braught

May your fountain of life always be filled with chocolate!

Now, GO dive in!Love, Mom, Dad, and Jack.

Trevor Owens

Congratulations! We’re so proud of your achievements. Soar boldly like

an eagle toward your dreams. Love and hugs, Your Family

Katheryn Elisabeth Kroenecke

I love you ALWAYS! Love is the greatest sacrifice; has the most risk

to the heart. I love you! Mom

Kalli Williams

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Love you lots, Dad & Mom

Allison Reid

Congratulations Alli!We are so proud of you.

Love – Mom, Dad and JakerGBR!!

Taylor Blake

Follow your dreams and soar, the best is yet to come. We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom & Dad

Alexandra Howell

You are amazing. We love you. An infinite number of possibilities

await you. Go for it!Love, Dad and Mom

Cody Sprague

Aim for the stars Codeman! Love, Mom & Dad

Justice Danielle Tilley

Do great things baby girl, you’ll make us proud every step of the way.Love you to infinity and beyond.

Mom, Dad, Kiana & Paige

Reid Tueller

Reid, with hard work and a smile you will accomplish great things!

We are so proud of you! Love, Mom & Dad

Lauren Forrey

We’re so proud of you! God’s love shining through you is amazing.

Aim high & go far! Love, Mom & Dad

Shelly Elaine Evans

You’ve Come a Long Way Baby! Keep Up The Good Work!

Your Future Has Just Begun!

Andrew Lyman

Congratulations Andrew! We are proud of you. We are excited

to see what the future holds. Love, Mom & Dad

Lauren Haggerty

We are so proud of you, and so excited to see all

the great things you will do!Love, Mom, Dad, and Thomas

Federico Ronchi

This Italian “chick” is now soaring—to Idaho and beyond! Love, Mom and Dad (Natalie and Todd)

Carol Alt Silva da Silva

You’re the real star here, rocking the USA.

Love, Mom and Dad (Natalie and Todd)

Zachary Moir

You make me proud. Continue doing great. Live your dreams. I still love

you more than you know what. Dad

Thomas Goehring

Thomas, we are so proud of you. Rock on sailor boy. Rock on.

Love, Dad, Mom and your sisters.

Mark Charles Larson

Wherever you go, go with all of your heart.

Love, Mom

Luke Lindauer

May the force be with you…always! We are very proud of you,

Mom, Dad, and Elle

Landon Browning

Landon - we are so proud of you and look forward to your promising

future! Love, Mom and Mark

Ryan Miller

I am so proud of you. Keep the hard working attitude and

you will reach your goals! Love, Mom

Cullen Eckhart

Thank you for the joy you gave as we watched you come of age.

The best is yet to be! Love, Mom, Dad, and Emilie

Damian B. D’Amato

Every door is open for you now. Find your passion. Follow your dreams.

Know you are loved very much!

Senior AdsTuesday, May 22, 2012

11Editor: Ashley Carpender Assistants: Spencer Goffin, Kearney Thompson

Senior Party DonorsThe Class of 2012 and the

Senior Party Committee

would like to thank the

following donors for their

contribution to our Grad

Night! Because of you and

your generosity, our cel-

ebration will be amazing!

20th Century Bowling

Lanes

Angie McIntier

Anytime Fitness

Applebee’s on Emerald

Arby’s The Bailey Co

Auto Zone

Axiom Fitness

Baskin Robbins

Big O Tire

Blue & Orange Store

Boise Hawks

Boise Racquet & Swim

Boise State University

BSU Admissions

Café Ole

Cap Ed FCU

Chuck-A-Rama

CWI Admissions

D & B Supply

daVinci’s

Dan & Dawn Goichoecha

Denise Touchstone

Discovery Center of Idaho

Domino’s Pizza

Dorian Studios

Fast Lane Kart Racing

Flying Pie Pizzeria

Goody’s Soda Fountain &

Candy Store

Idaho Conservation League

Idaho Dairy Council

J Nails & Spa

Jackson’s Food Stores

Jacob Jarvis Orthodontics

Jimmy Johns

Karin Caidedo

Karl Buhr

Kim Armstrong (Studio

233 Salon & Spa)

Krispy Kreme

Lagoon

Mark & Carolyn Rich

Metro Express Car Wash

Mike & Joni Porter

Moxi Java

Murphy’s Seafood &

Steakhouse

Northgate Reel

Old Spaghetti Factory

Paul Mitchell The School

PoJo’s

RC Willey

Ronald & Sara Gambassi

Sidney & Kathryn Mooney

Smash Burger

Stacey Buhr

Swire Coca Cola

Texaco On the Fly

U of I Admissions Office

Wahooz Family Fun Zone

Walmart

Sherri Davis

Martin & Jaruwan Franklin

Dart Zone Meridian

Grad Night Chairs:

Kris Barrett

Ann Lindauer

Cynda LeDuc

DaNell Fischer

Beth Bogue

Jeanette Slichter

Denice Haener

April Beck

RossAnne Gibson

Diane Eckhart

Gregg Heller

For those who donate to the party after this publication deadline, thank you.

A special thanks to Capital High, Jon Ruzicka and Marie Head.

We also would like to thank all the parent volunteers who have, and will, put in countless hours to make this event a success.

Thank you, The Class of 2012 & the Grad Night Committee

Abby Vines

Congratulations, baby girl! Your mom and I are so very proud of

you. We love you so much.

Alec Ward

Congratulations, Alec! We are proud of you!

Love, Mom, Ron, Jack, Claire and Julia

Eric Reichel

If you can dream it, you can do it! We are so proud of you.

Love, Mom & Dad

Erin Mustard

First day of 1st grade…and still using the same Winnie-the-pooh

lunch box! Love, Mom, Brad, and Jamie

Stewart Driflot

You are one in a million – here’s to the next chapter in your life.

Love, Mom

Tanner Griffith

We are proud of your accomplishment. Life is an

adventure, and your journey is just beginning. Love, Mom & Dave

Paige Holloway

Your supreme kindness will shine in all you do! The world needs more

Paige Holloway’s! Love, Your Family

Conner Smith

Lacrosse goalie training 101. And don’t forget your cup.

Congratulations, Conner, job well done!! Love, Mom, Dad, Braedon

Mitchell Bogue

We are so proud to have a son like you! Congratulations!

Brett Loertscher

Risk everything, fear nothing, and have no regrets. It may not be the easy way, but it’s the cowboy way!

Taylor Cash

We are so proud of you! Be excited about the future, You’re ready!

Love, Mom and Dad

Savannah Slichter

Your smile is sunshine, you are smart, you are kind, you are important.

Love ya, Dad, Mom, Victoria, Trey

Mark Mouser

We are proud of you and love you so much! The world awaits-

bring your talents!

Alexis Mecham

We are proud of your accomplishments and are excited to see you continue your journey.

Love - Mom, Dad and Cale

Abbie Mocettini

“Give me freedom, give me fire—give me reason, take me higher.”

Go Abbie go! Love, Mom & Dad

Caden Alder

In a world where you can be anything, Be your wonderful self. Your gifts

and smile inspire so many. Love, Mom & Dad

Daniel Vega-Myhre

Keep climbing, son! We are SO proud of you!

Love, Mama and Papa

Editor: Luis Sarria GarciaPAGE 12

Sports

Lacrosse trying to make a come back

Jonathan ReffSports Editor

Girls Rugby, “Could be one of the top five in the country”Athleteof theMonth


Right: Senior Lacrosse team captain Shawn Tikala shoots after a pre-season captain’s practice at Capital after school while helping to teach the new players how to shoot. He also was giving practice shots to the fresh-man goalie.

Devin RameyNews Editor

Undefeated Boys Rugby TeamPushes to, “Be

the best we can be.”

Brenna PatrickEditor & Chief

Sport: Softball

Years Playing: 11

Hours dedicated to sport each week: 15

Loves the sport be-cause: Not everyone can hit a curve ball, and it’s fun.

Favorite Opponent: Rocky Mountain

Benefits from playing sport: Being with my team everyday and getting a nice sun tan line.

College Plan: Playing softball at a Junior College

Difficulty Level: 10

Activities Outside of school that involve sport:Volleyball

One word to describe sport: Fun

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

This year’s rugby team is currently undefeated with a record of 6-0. Senior Joshua LeDuc is the captain of this year’s rugby team who plays at the hooker position. “I play the position be-cause I know the game of rugby well and know the rules,” LeDuc said. “[To be the captain you need] Physicality and knowledge of rug-by. Being able to lead the team,” said LeDuc.

“Our head coach is awesome, he knows a lot about rugby and pushes the team to be the best we can be,” said LeDuc. “I expect my team to win but to also play their hardest no mat-ter what the score is. I have a unique bond with everyone on the team, we are all very close,” LeDuc said. “There is no sport better than rugby and I encourage everyone to play it, 70 minutes, 30 positions, two hook-ers, and one puck. Play rugby,” LeDuc said.

Top: Junior Brooke Church runs with the ball towards the triage, or end zone, while a Meridian defender follows on her tail, while Reff watches closely for any penalties.

Photo By ANNA MALik

The lacrosse season is coming to an end with the Varsity boys team trying to make a come-back. As of May 16 the team had a record of 3-9. Senior goalie Con-nor Smith said, “It is a young team with a lot of beginning play-ers. I have been happy with our growth of in-dividual players. We have some talented guys who love playing that really helps keep us fighting in the games.” “I am leaving, but I have high hopes for the goalie replacing me. He has a lot of potential and I can’t wait to see him step up and lead the team,” Smith said.

“Our team’s perfor-mance is definitely improving. We have good, hardworking teammates,” junior Hayden Woods said. Woods also said, “The wins would of helped, but that’s not what’s its all about.” “We need to work on our communication to strengthen our already tough defense, and it will help all over the field to get more goals and more wins on the board,” Smith said. “I hope the team can keep continuing to work hard, and hope-fully we can have a successful season next year,” Woods said.

In their last matches the girls’ rugby team beat Centennial High with a score of 77-0 and they beat an All-Valley team with a score of 17-5. “The girls did an amaz-ing job. They continue improve and should win a state title,” said Head Coach Matt Jacobsen. Jacobsen also thought the girls could be one of the top five in the country. “I think we improved a lot since last season. We got to play a lot more matches than in previ-ous years,” senior player Samantha Johnson said.

“I am hoping they get selected to the USA Nationals Tourna-ments,” Jacobsen said. During this season junior Sarah Hae-ner scored the most tries in one game. “They were much bet-ter than last year. They were more athletic and learned to play rugby much better than last year,” Jacobsen said. Coach Laura Fred-rickson ran the girls’ practices and coached all the matches for the season while also playing for the Boise Nemesis, the city’s woman rugby team, “She’s nice but tough. She’s not afraid of being strict on us,” Johnson said.

The track season is now officially over with after the State competition that was held on May 18-19 with about 21 com-petitors from Capi-tal that participated. Competing this year for the 4x800 meter boys’ team was senior Nathan Stark, junior Da-vid Steele, sophomore Tanner Estep and fresh-man Corbin Williams. At the Varsity dis-trict meet on May 11, Jade Childs ran the 100 meter hur-

dles in 14.39 seconds, which is faster than the state meet record. Another track member that competed at state this year is senior Asa Sheppard in the pole vault and high jump. Last year Shepard took 5th in State and said that this year he was look-ing forward to, “Win-ning State for redemp-tion from last year.” His expectations for the track team were, “Just to get as many people into State as pos-sible,” Shepard said. Shepard loves be-ing on the track team and said, “Pole vault-ing is the best,” and

encourages others to join track and try it. Junior Anna Maki, who does both the long jump and triple jump, said she looked forward to, “Making new re-cords and meeting new people” this season. Maki loves the people in track and knew they would do well at state. Her most memorable moment from this year was, “[at] City, I final-ly got over my mental block and started lead-ing [the team] better.” Maki’s hero in the sport is senior Jade Childs. “She’s the hardest worker and a really good motivator,” Maki said.

Photo By CoNNeR sMith

Senior Jade Childs does the 100 meter hurdles at the District track meet at Rocky Mountain High School. Childs won the District event at a State record time of 14.39.

Childs breaks State record at District meet

Photo By kAtie ACkeRMAN

21 compete at State competition

Kimberely CarrJunior

SportsTuesday, May 22, 2012

Editor: Jonathan Reff PAGE 13

PHOTO BY LOREN ESKELIN

PHOTO BY JONATHAN REFF

PHOTO BY JONATHAN REFFPHOTO BY LOREN ESKELIN

Varsity softball team places 2nd in District Tournament against Mt. View High, heads to State

The Varsity softball team were the “under-dogs” in the district competition, beating second and third seed schools, Meridian High and Timberline High. As of May 7, the team had beaten Timberline with a score of 7-6 and Meridian with a score of 2-1 in the District tour-nament and played in the District Championship game on May 9, losing to Mountain View, 5-0. The State Tourna-ment will take place


on May 18-19. Hope-fully, with their hard work, they will right-fully earn the State title. Varsity Head coach Shane Alder has been proud of this team’s accomplishments this season; they have im-proved their defense “immensely,” he said. Even though they had an up and down season, they don’t let “errors bug them and they play through it great,” Alder said. He, as a coach, miss-es his team every year after the season is

Hope to “come back even stronger next year”


As of May 7, the Var-sity baseball team’s record was 12-11. Sophomore pitch-er Sam Wong has been playing base-ball for ten years. “I have always been a pitcher. I started pitch-ing when I was six and I’ve loved it ever since,” Wong said, “It takes a lot of mental tough-ness to be a pitcher. My coaches always tell me to try to forget about the bad stuff that has hap-pened in the past and focus on every pitch.” Wong feels that the team has a chance to

“Agility and quick-ness,” Foley said. Foley also said that this year’s team has a great chance to con-quer the state title. “We all have good chemistry and are all friends,” he said. Varsity first base-man and pitcher Se-nior Dylan Brown has been playing baseball for 14 years. “Hollow is a good guy and he does what he can to make our team better,” Brown said. He said the best mo-ments of baseball are, “Just being around my team and hav-ing fun every day… and winning games.”

win the state champi-onship this year due to their good team chem-istry and if they don’t, they will come back even stronger next year. “I think our sopho-more class this year is really strong. So we should be really good in the future,” he said. “Coach [Jerry] Hol-low is a really good coach. He has been here a long time and he knows what he’s talk-ing about,” Wong said. Sophomore Jacob Foley currently plays shortstop and has also been playing base-ball for ten years. To play the short-stop position, it takes,

Senior Ryan Corbett hits the ball, forehand style, during practice on Mar. 7.

The Capital tennis team hosted the biggest tennis tournament in the Northwest on April 28. Thirty two teams com-peted from Washing-ton, Oregon, and Idaho and Capital placed 3rd and 4th in the semi-fi-nals in the Main Draw. Senior player Jor-dan Braught plays girls doubles, singles, and mixed doubles. Braught said, “The tournament was great. We had wonderful weather! We lost in the

Shantel MooreArts Editor

over, “especially the seniors,” Alder said. “This team’s chem-istry will be hard to match,” Alder said. Senior Taylor Wong had her last season at Capital, and said she will miss her teammates the most. “I have played with most of them since I was eight years old,” Wong said. Wong believes the team has improved most on “working to-gether as a team and knowing that ‘we be-long’,” Wong said.

As for Districts, Wong was proud to call them-selves the ‘underdogs’, “we proved every-one we were right and [were] in the District Championship game.” Sophomore Heather Tracy has been work-ing all season to cor-rect her goals so that she and the team can, “come together and make one great team.” “We have really im-proved playing on together and mak-ing the plays that are there,” Tracy said. As for the District

Senior Taylor Wong pitches the softball during practice.

semi-finals, but had a super fun time playing.” Sophomore player Amanda Yoest plays girls doubles and said, “It was really fun and there were a ton of amazing teams.” Sophomore player Tresa Bild plays mixed doubles and singles. “For me, personally, it was great! I have a great mixed doubles partner who played re-ally well,” Bild said. “I love playing ten-nis. We are all one big family. We have so many great memo-ries,” Braught said.

Northwest Tournament

PHOTO BY CRISTINA CATALAN

Senior Alec Ward serves the ball during practice on Mar. 7.

PHOTO BY CRISTINA CATALAN

Athlete of the Month

Sport:Tennis

Years Playing: 5 years-since 8th grade.

Hours dedicated to sport each week: 20

Loves the sport because:It’s the only sport I’m good at.

Favorite Opponent: Boise, because they are the best

Benefits from playing sport: I get a free tan, physi-cal fitness and it’s fun.

College Plan: Playing tennis at Puget Sound in WA

Difficulty Level: 8.5

Activities Outside of school that involve sport:I do private lessons.

One word to describe sport: Intense

Above Left: Sophomore Blake Dittman of the JV team swings the bat during the home game against Vallivue High on Mar. 8. Above Right: Sophomore Garret Pearson swings the bat during the home game against Eagle High on April 27. Left: Pearson stops short of 2nd base during the game against Eagle.

Cody Smith

Championship game on May 9, the team suffered a close loss to Mountain View but was still eligible in the State Tournament.“We hung with them very well and had a great defense, but they

came out on top in the end,” Tracy said. Tracy said she will miss this season with her team, but will miss the seniors the most, be-cause “I’ve known ev-ery single one of them since I was seven.”

Senior

“Amazing”semifinals make great memories

Mildly successful season

Opinion Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Editor: Ryan Naramore Page 14

Castle doctrine in effect. There are three required rules to use the doctrine. First, you must believe that the intruder plans to commit a felony and/or do serious harm. Sec-

Idaho Castle Doctrine stirs controversy


Andrew Tinker

“My most embarrassing moment was sophomore year, trying to find my way around school I fell down a flight of stairs. I will look back at Capi-tal as the best few years of my life... so far.”

Memories of Capital’s SeniorsThe class of 2012 started their tenure at Capital in 2009, since then these

seniors have seen and experienced a lot here at Capital.


Issue of Homophobia closer to Capital then we thought

. of the LGBT commu-nity, I have made a de-cision to combat, with words, homophobia. Every student and fac-ulty member at Capital is human and saying that a homosexual is not human because that person likes someone of the same sex then they should just leave. If you want to learn more about what the LGBT community does, then once in a while, go to

a Gay Straight Alli-ance (GSA) meeting in English teacher Di-anne Ruxton’s room. If you want to take a stand against ho-mophobia then, by God, do it. Nothing’s stopping you except yourself. Report peo-ple who harass homo-sexuals to the Capital staff. If you are a ho-

mosexual then stand up for yourself but without the use of physical violence. En-gage in passive vio-lence. If you’re a guy and you want to make a statement by wear-ing a dress at a dance then do that. If you’re a girl who wants to wear a suit at the same dance then do that!.

Idaho has a contro-versial law known as the Castle Doctrine that states that if there is an intruder in your house and you believe they’re going to commit a fel-ony, you can use lethal force to stop the intruder. In South Florida the Trayvon Martin case had a situation in where a teenager was shot and killed by a man who felt threatened. Because of this, questions have arisen whether this doc-trine is acceptable or not. Idaho’s Castle Doc-trine is different how-ever from Florida’s rule. In Florida, if you are legitimately threat-ened then you can retaliate even if you are not on your own land, as opposed to Idaho where you can only retaliate if you are on your own land. The Idaho Castle Doc-trine was passed in 2006 and Idaho is one of the 25 states that have the

In my opinion, I think a problem is occurring at Capital High School. That problem is ho-mophobia, meaning the fear of LGBT people. LGBT stands for lesbi-ans, gays, bisexuals and trans gender individuals. The cause of this fear is unknown. It may be certain individu-als who have started rumors over the past hundred years saying that LGBT people are un-human. Well guess what? They aren’t. I find that a given fact. But there are some people who think that with being homo pho-bic means that you should resort to vio-lence and put fear unto the LGBT community. I admit I was one of those people when I was younger but due to hav-ing made friends with such great people and having relatives as part

ond, you must have not provoked the intruder and you may need to an-nounce your intent be-fore retaliation. The last rule is kill or shoot only to be protecting yourself or any someone else. I believe this law is good because intruders usually don’t just stum-ble into someone else’s house, they usually have an intent to harm. People are overreact-ing to the doctrine be-cause of Trayvon Mar-tin, which is illogical because we don’t have the same rule as Flori-da. Florida’s says that if you are threatened, you can attack, which left to the resources of the average citizen, is not a good idea. Also, we rarely hear stories such as Trayvon Martin so, obviously unjusti-fied murders under the proclamation of de-fense rarely happens. I understand the other point of view’s per-spective though. It isn’t safe to trust citizens to ‘protect’ themselves from an intruder, even though the intruder may have a reasonable excuse but he won’t be able to explain himself. Maybe just telling them to leave would work, but the thing is, it usu-ally doesn’t, especially if you have a house that is physically impossible to just ‘stumble’ into. If someone ends up inside your house, they prob-ably aren’t there for fun. Basically, the doc-trine is a less than per-fect way to develop a home security system, but it probably saves more lives than ends.

ARIELLE SARGENT

JohannaOverholser

“My best memory at Capital was in creative writing my junior year. It was a presentation where the seniors sang a song, it was amazing.”

Morgan Buhr

“[My favorite memory] was going to state for basketball during ju-nior year, when all the students were given an activity absence.”

Kyle Ward

“My best memory was dragging Dakota Poole up and down A-Hall sophomore year with Ryan Corbet. My fa-vorite teacher was Ja-cobsen, because he be-came more of a friend to me than a teacher.”

Lindsay Sparhawk

“Some of my favor-ite memories involved all of my extra ac-tivities and classes like choir and color guard. [My favorite year] senior, by far. ”

Mackenzie Welsh

“My favorite thing about Capital is the im-mense amount of pride we have here. It’s hard to say what teacher I like the most here, I would probably have to say Mr. Schroeder.”

Dakota Poole

“During sophomore year I would hang out with the juniors in the hallways at lunch, those were probably my greatest memory of Capital.”

Zachary Bronstein

“My most embarrass-ing moment happens everyday, I continu-ously out-do myself. But my best moments at Capital were just making new friends.”


Bullying.Is there an endemic in our school?

There is an endemic occurring through-out our schools and its name is bullying This disease has run its course many times through our school as well as others. It’s a silent virus but it can be in many dif-ferent forms like teas-ing, hazing, harass-ing, and taking ad-vantage of a people. It can be stopped though. Telling the staff is a great way to get a handle on bullying. Now I know this might feel like a grade school move but would you rather receive physical and men-tal pain or just tell the staff? You can even tell them you would prefer

to remain anonymous when they deal with the bully if you prefer. Another option would be to leave school, but I don’t suggest it. When confronting bul-lies speak strongly and firmly, face the bully directly, look straight in the bully’s eye, use appropriate lan-guage, don’t stand to or too far away from the bully, and have a calm look on your face. A new law called Bill 1105 was passed in the Idaho legislature in March for a harder crackdown on bully-ing. Since I believe only the teachers in most cases can stop bullying, this editorial is also for the faculty and staff.

Congratulations to our seniors and good luck with all

your future endeavors.Everyone have a great

summer! -Flight Staff

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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Goldies

Sujata BhandariTop 10 Senior

Nathan StarkTop 10 Senior

Caleb HuangTop 10 SeniorHall of Fame

National Merit FinalistScience

Andrew Lyman AVID

Jennifer BriggsTop 10 Senior

Dominic Williamson

Top 10 Senior

Demir DelicNational Merit Commended

Calvin FuhrimanMusic

Dakota PooleTop 10 Senior

Sarah Leonard

Kristin MitchellNational Merit Commended

Shahad MajilliELL

Award of Excellence

Aaron Blackburn

Top 10 Senior

Andrew TinkerTop 10 SeniorHall of Fame

Social Studies

Daniel Vega-MyhreNational Merit Finalist

Luciana LangdonArt

Liz SaucedoArt

Jessica BradyLanguage Arts

Alyssa CooperArt

Marisa WeynCeramics

Samantha Johnson

Connor HeikkilaLanguage Arts Drama

Photography

Top 10 SeniorAvid Student of the Year

Johanna Overholser

Language Arts

Kevin Brown Alexander BacaNational MeritCommended

National MeritSemi-Finalist

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PhotographerSamatha Johnson

Photographer AssistantsMegan Grossl

Kaali (Kat) DavisClaudia Razo

Sierra Bell Abbie MocettiniTop 10 Senior World Language

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Demir Delic

Adam Dixon

Eleanor Collins

Ashley FarraGoldies Production

Diana BravoFamily and Consumer

Science

Logan KnowlesGoldies Production

Gianna Ciacedo

Endeavor Award

Principal Jon RuzickaCapital High School

2012 Newsweek Top 1500 High Schools

Katelyn Foote

Mrs. StevensGoldies Production

Brenna PatrickNewspaper

Mrs. Younger

MarketingMarketing

Goldies Production

Marketing

Alexander Baca

Kaci Pickett Mackenzie MossDebate

Andrew Hoth Debate Hall of Fame

Landon BrowningMath

Josie BlairHall of Fame

World Language

Jonathan HawnVideo Production

Lindsi HansenEngineering

Abbie Mocettini

Taylor Blake Yearbook

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