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Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Volume 63, Issue 11

April 27, 2012

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COMMONSCentral Sound made a sur-prise appearance in the Com-mons during lunches last week. After rolling in the piano, they performed a few numbers from their show while an audience of students and staff gathered to watch.

“We wanted to show the school what we do, because so many people don’t even know show choir exists,” senior Cen-tral Sound (CS) member Valerie Tubbs said. “I was a little ner-vous at first, but it was fun to see people’s reactions.”

Junior CS member Elicia Schweitzer said they also per-formed as a means for recruit-ment. “We did the flash mob to try and recruit more people for choir because we’re losing about 40 seniors from choir this year. It was fun to see how many people were interested in seeing us perform,” Schweitzer said. Cub photos/Elizabeth Granger

Prom 2012 was at the In-diana Roof Ballroom last Sat-urday. The theme was “Let’s Dance.”

Students had the opportu-nity to enjoy dinner served 7-8 p.m. and dancing 8-11 p.m. This year’s prom court was also in attendance.

“It’s something that many LC students look forward to each year,” senior Kimyanna

Rudolph said. The nominees for king and

queen were juniors Delon Pet-tiford, Dexter Clardy, Ike Well-hausen, Matt Dorsey, Tyler Ruch, Jasmine Allen, Katherine Powell, Rachel Fazekas, Elle Krauter and Natalia Mayo.

“It’s pretty cool knowing people nominated me for prom court,” Clardy said.

Dorsey shared the same feelings. “I feel honored, be-cause I didn’t expect for so many people to vote for me,”

he said. On the other hand, Fazekas

described her reaction to the nomination as “shocked.”

Many of the nominees made posters, banners or signs to promote themselves to win the vote of their peers.

“To win would make me really happy, because prom is also on my birthday,” Pettiford said.

“I’d like to win,” Dorsey said. “I’d feel great, almost sur-real; it’d be awesome.”

“If I won I would be the happiest girl in the world; it’s something that you can look back on and have that unforget-table moment to tell your chil-dren how you were queen for a night,” Mayo said.

Students who attended the prom voted for the king and queen. After the votes were tal-lied, English teacher and prom coordinator Richard Phillipy made the announcement; this year’s King and Queen were Matt Dorsey and Natalia Mayo.

“We wanted to show the school what we do...”

“If I won I would be the happiest girl in the

world; it’s something that you can look

back on and have that unforgettable moment

to tell your children how you were queen

for a night.” Natalia Mayo

quoted before prom

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Skip-a-final policy changes

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Students prepare for ECA testing

“Kristie Corn

associate principal

It is critical that students be here on time on the test day with a good at-titude.”

Although seniors were allowed to skip only one final in the fall, they are allowed to skip as many finals as they qualify for this spring. The skip-a-final rule regarding underclassmen still ap-plies, as all freshmen, sophomores and juniors are required to take all exams.

To be eligible to skip a final, seniors must have a 92.5 percent or above in the class and have the teacher’s permission to do so. Eligible seniors may skip finals in any class, with the exception of IB (International Baccalaureate) tests and finals.

Principal Thomas Oestreich said he feels it’s important that seniors demon-strate they have mastered the material throughout the semester, which can be viewed as motivation to skip finals and finish the year off strong.

Senior IB students have a deadline of May 1 for completed coursework, and they will spend the majority of May testing and preparing for tests. IB coor-dinator Kathleen Legge will lead study sessions to prepare for the senior IB tests taken to earn an IB diploma.

On the other hand, junior IB stu-dents must take all of their tests.

“The IB diploma opens doors for students to be successful at the next lev-el, so they do not get a break, as juniors, to be exempt from classroom exams,” Oestreich said.

Junior IB student Petr Sliva is cur-rently enrolled in five AP classes, and he is petitioning to let juniors skip some finals. If he isn’t able to skip any tests, he would have to take 15 finals, which in-cludes AP finals, IB finals and academic coursework finals.

“A majority of us are in extracur-riculars, which take up a lot of our time, and we do a lot of community service as that is one of the requisites of being in IB. With all of this, we don’t have time to study for 15-plus separate finals, and it would be overwhelming for all of us,” Sliva said.

The skip-a-final forms will be avail-able in the attendance office May 7. Forms must be turned in by May 13, when a list of approved submissions will be made and posted prior to the start of exams.

Friday, May 18

Monday, May 7ChemistryEnvironmental Science

Psychology

8 a.m. noon

Tuesday, May 8Spanish LanguageComputer Science A

Wednesday, May 9

Calculus ABCalculus BC

Art History

Thursday, May 10

English Literature and Composition

Japanese Language and Culture

Friday, May 11United States HistoryGerman Language

Studio Art

Monday, May 14Music TheoryBiology

Physics BPhysics C: Mechanics

Tuesday, May 15United States Govern-ment and Politics

French Language

Wednesday,May 16

English Language and Composition

Statistics

Thursday, May 17

MacroeconomicsWorld History

Microeconomics

Spanish Literature

AP Test Schedule

Students will take their ECA (End of Course Assessment) tests May 9-18.

Students in Biology 1, Algebra 1 and English 10 will take the ECA. Each ECA consists of two sections, each of which is 55 minutes long.

The ECAs are given twice a year, in May and then again in December. Stu-dents who did not pass in May will need to retest the following December.

This year’s seniors needed to pass only the Algebra 1 ECA and English 10 ECA to graduate. Beginning with the ju-nior class, three ECAs — English, math and biology — must be passed.

“It’s important for them (students

taking the ECA) to believe in them-selves,” associate principal Kristie Corn said.

Last May 58 percent of first-time testers passed the English 10 ECA, 41 percent passed the Biology 1 ECA and 69 percent passed the Algebra 1 ECA.

Some ques-tions have multiple parts that need to be answered. Corn suggests students answer every question thoroughly and detailed.

“It is critical that students be here on time on the test day with a good at-

titude,” Corn said. There is a small window where stu-

dents can make up the tests they missed.“The most important preparation

students can do for the ECA is to go to class every day and participate,” Corn said.

To have a clear mind, students should receive eight hours of sleep the night be-fore and eat a good

dinner. “I would suggest a light breakfast,”

Corn said. “Don’t just eat something that gives you a sugar high for a little bit.”

Students will take Advanced Place-ment (AP) tests May 7-18 in morning and afternoon shifts, depending on the course(s) the student is enrolled in. AP courses are taken in high school to earn college credit, which can be a time- and tuition-saving opportunity. The tests are also used as a means to measure a student’s competency in a giv-en subject matter as well as a student’s preparedness for college materials.

“AP exams are important also for fulfilling Academic Honor diploma requirements,” as-sociate principal and AP testing coordinator Kristie Corn said. “Most im-portantly, AP courses offer a challenging cur-riculum and knowledge base.”

To graduate with an Academic Honors diploma, students must take two

AP classes and earn passing grades of a 3, 4 or 5 for both exams. The skip-a-final policy does not apply for AP tests, even if the stu-dent is a senior.

The tests are graded on a scale of 1-5, with 5 be-ing the highest. A score of a 3, 4 or 5 is required for the student to pass the exam and receive college credit for participating schools.

A score of 3 is considered quali-

fied, 4 is con-sidered well

q u a l i f i e d , and 5 ex-t r e m e l y well quali-

fied.“ T h e s e

scores guaran-tee college

credit at Indiana state funded universities. Granted credit is up to the university but can be granted as elective credit or credit specific to a major or de-partment,” Corn said.

LC’s AP scores have been consistently progressing over the

years, with the most noticeable im-provements in the United States his-

tory and biology scores. AP calculus and studio art scores are stronger scoring

subjects as well.From 2010 to 2011, the number of

LC students taking AP classes increased from 461 students to 478 students. In ad-dition, LC’s passing AP scores improved from 44 percent to nearly 61 percent in those same two years.

“The percentage of students earning 3s, 4s and 5s, which earn college credit, are improving. This is great news for LCHS and its students,” Corn said.

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April 27-28: Spring musical, 7 p.m., auditorium April 29: Spring musical, 2:30 p.m., auditorium May 2: Jazz Night in the Commons, 7 p.m. May 5: SAT, 8 a.m., enter LC through Student Life Center May 5: ISMAA state competition, LC May 7: One Acts, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre May 7-18: AP (advanced placement) testing May 9-18: ECA (end of course assessment), English and biologyMay 10: Spring Thing, 7 p.m., auditorium May 13: Mother’s DayMay 15-18: ECA (end of course assessment), math May 16: Cap/gown/tickets delivery, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Studio TheatreMay 18-23: Senior finals May 22-25: Underclass finals May 24: Senior Service Day May 25: Graduation practice, 11 a.m., Pepsi Coliseum May 26: Graduation, 3 p.m., Pepsi Coliseum

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FOR PARENTS

Reminder about dress code Students and their parents are reminded that even with the arrival of warm weather, there is a dress code that stu-dents are expected to follow. Among the expectations: - Shorts and skirts need to be at lease at fingertip length. - No midriff is to be showing. - There are to be no spa- ghetti straps on tops. - There is to be no excessive cleavage. - There is to be no excessive sagging in pants - There are to be no “muscle” shirts for males. - There are to be no basketball jerseys without a shirt underneath.

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Guard ends in top 10 nationwideThe varsity division of the

Color Guard, the World Guard, placed seventh in the World Guard International Champi-onships in Dayton, Ohio, on April 14.

This national placement is a new record for LC. They fin-ished with a score of 87.80 out of 100. World Guard completed a “dropless run” in their na-tional finals competition, which means they did not drop any props including sabers, rifles and flags. The Varsity Guard competed against 14 other Scholastic World guards.

In the semifinals competi-tion on April 13, they placed eighth against 19 other guards

with a score of 85.95 out of 100. “It was a very good season,”

sophomore Allison Reid said. Color Guard was motivated

by a quote that was given to them by their dance instructor, David Crook.

“A while back in practice he gave us this story that was ‘I am, I can, I will’ and we’ve been using that for a very long time and it kind of motivated us throughout the season,” Reid said.

Guard members are now working on a performance for the 2012 Spirit of Central Marching Band Kickoff.

New position to align curriculaThe 2012-2013 school year

will see the role of a new town-ship-wide position take shape. “The township has created a new leadership role—a high school language arts leader,” LC English department chair Linus Peck said. “This person will be a third department chair for both high schools to work on aligning the English curri-cula.

Current English depart-

Block scheduling retained for now There have been rumors

of a move away from the block schedule for high school stu-dents, but no change will take place for the 2012-2013 school year.

The district is just in the ear-ly stages of working with teach-ers to determine possibilities for a new daily schedule, and is looking to implement any change in the 2013-2014 school year.

One potential schedule would be an ABC schedule.

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ment chair and teacher at Law-rence North Jonathon Romine with take this new position starting in the summer.

“Mr. Ro-mine will work hand-in-hand with the d e p a r t m e n t chairs at both high schools,” Peck said.

In addi-tion, the position will serve as a keeper for all the English data and growth information from

both high schools. Romine will spend one day in each building, working with teachers in both high schools, leading the dis-

trict English initiative with the depart-ment chairs and assisting in the profes-sional devel-opment and evaluation of

teachers, Peck said. The alignment of curricula

will first be focused on Eng-

lish 9, 10, 11 and 12, with the remaining classes to potential-ly follow. “I think it’s a good thing,” Peck said. “It provides more support for our school departments as we continue to work on growing kids into the skills they need to be success-ful after school high levels of reading, writing and compre-hension, and the ability to work well with others.”

The liaison position will come to a more definitive form over the summer and through the 2012-2013 school year.

“ Linus Peck English department chair

It provides more sup-port for our school departments.”

“Our current schedule takes two days to cycle through all classes. The ABC schedule takes three days with each class meet-ing two times during the three-day cycle. Students attend five classes per day so the length of each class period would be ap-proximately 70 minutes,” ex-ecutive director of the office of secondary education, college, & career development Steve Goeglein said.

In addition to financial rea-sons for a change, the current required study hall has created some problems.

“Most people like the Block

8 schedule, but the 86-minute class periods seem a bit too long. There’s also the issue of study hall. The ABC schedule does not require students to take a study hall. Instead, we have the return of SRT (student resource time) which is held every third day. SRT is a time when the en-tire school stops so students can get extra help from a teacher. We had this many years ago, but financial constraints forced its elimination,” Goeglein said.

Currently, Avon High School is using the ABC sched-ule.

“Most districts that have

moved away from the Block 8 have moved back to the tradi-tional seven-period day. Avon is on their third year with the ABC and had positive com-ments,” Goeglein said.

The transition from an eight-block schedule to any oth-er schedule will not be without problems.

“The biggest changes will be adjusting to the daily sched-ule,” Goeglein said. “No sched-ule is perfect, but the ABC seems to be one that allows us to retain what we like about Block 8 and address some of the things we don’t like.”

Balancing a saber, junior Abigail Martens practices for the World Guard performance where

the team placed seventh. Courtesy photo/Cindy Martens

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After the negative news in the last column, I did not want to go without writing about something positive. The only thing that can change the future of thousands of undocumented students with the dream of at-tending college is the Dream Act.

The Dream Act is a legis-lative bill that would give il-legal students the opportunity

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This is the English translation of the column above.

Dream Act ayudará estudiantes universitarios

Dream Act to help university students

“...estudiantes indoc-umentados tienen que pagar el costo internacional...

“...the Dream Act pro-vides an opportunity for students...

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Four to study abroad in France, SpainFour world languages ju-

niors will study abroad this summer with the Indiana Uni-versity Honors Program in For-eign Languages (IUHPFL).

Samantha Strong, Khadei-sha Boone and JZ Forbes are bound for a seven-week trip to France, and Rebecca Duke is off to Spain. Strong is going to Sau-mur, France; Boone and Forbes are going to St. Brieuc, France; and Duke is going to Oviedo, Spain.

These students have been studying a foreign language since middle school.

“I started taking French in seventh grade, because I was

determined to be a chef, and I wanted to go to the Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris,” Strong said.

In terms of her expectations for this summer, “I just want to survive… I’ve never been away from home for more than a week.”

IUHPFL applicants must be in the third year or higher of their foreign language. Stu-dents take a proficiency exam and complete an application in English. If they are accepted, they complete an additional ap-plication that is used to match them with a host family.

“At first I think it will be a little awkward and strange, but I’m hoping we grow close and relaxed quickly,” Duke said.

While abroad, students ex-perience complete linguistic and cultural immersion and are prohibited from speaking Eng-lish.

“In our Spanish classes, we try to simulate an immersion experience as closely as possible by using the target language 90 percent,” Spanish teacher An-thony LaGrotto said. “That way when students find themselves abroad and are forced to speak only Spanish, it does not come as quite a shock.”

Duke said that LaGrotto’s class has prepared her well for the experience in Spain.

“I think I know enough Spanish to be successful dur-ing the trip, but I definitely still have a lot left to learn,” Duke

said. The IUHPFL also provides

students excursions to differ-ent cities or historic landmarks. Boone, Forbes and Strong will take an excursion to Paris dur-

to pay for higher education as if they were in-state students who already have permanent residence. Students would not have better a better privilege than being able to go college without paying the internation-al cost. This privilege should not be given to whomever, but only those who meet certain re-quirements.

Many people think that the Dream Act is meant to encour-age and reward illegal immi-gration. In reality, the Dream

Act provides an opportunity for students, for children that did not have any other option but to come to the Unit-ed States with their p a r e n t s . There are other peo-ple who ar-gue that the Dream Act is doing legal students an injustice who have to pay the full cost of col-leges. But this argument has no

foundation; the Dream Act does not permit illegal students to receive to financial aid from the

government. Some Re-

publican sena-tors voted against the Dream Act say-ing that they would not ap-

prove a law such as the Dream Act without raising the immi-gration control along the bor-der. There is no longer any

D e s p u é s de las malas noticias del último artí-culo no me quería ir sin presentar algo positivo en

todo esto. Lo único que cambi-aria el futuro de miles de estu-diantes indocumentados con el

eron otra alternativa más que venir con sus padres. Hay otras personas que ven esta ley como injusta hacia los estudiantes legales que tienen que pagar el costo total por las clases de universidad. Pero ese punto de vista no tiene sentido ya que el DreamAct no permite que estu-diantes ilegales tengan acceso a ayuda financiera del gobierno. Algunos senadores republica-nos votaron en contra dicien-do que no aprobarían una ley como el DreamAct sin aumen-

que pagar costos internacio-nales. Este privilegio no seria dado a cualquiera solo a aquél-los que reúnen los requisitos.

Personas piensan que el DreamAct seria como fo-mentar y rec-ompensar a la inmigración ilegal. En re-

alidad, el DreamAct le daría una oportunidad a los estudi-antes, a los hijos que no tuvi-

sueño de ir a la universidad es el DreamAct. El DreamAct es una propuesta legislativa que le daría la oportunidad a estudi-antes ilegales de pagar por la universidad como si fueran del estado ya que tendrían r e s i d e n c i a condicional . Los estudiantes no tendrían privilegios mayores más que el de ir a la universidad sin tener

excuse as the number of border agents has doubled in the last seven years, resulting in a re-cord 21,000 officers.

The most recent proposal to the Dream Act was on 8 Dec. 2010, when it was approved in the House of Representa-tives, but did not meet the 60 vote threshold required for it to pass in the Senate (55 voted in support, 41 against). As more people support the Dream Act, hopefully it can be passed into law in the future.

tar refuerzos inmigratorios. No tienen excusa ahora ya que la cantidad de agentes en la fron-tera se ha duplicado en los últi-mos 7 años, llegando a la cifra record de 21,000 uniformados.

La más reciente proposición del DreamAct fue el 8 de Diciembre del 2010 y fue apro-bado en la casa de represent-antes pero no alcanzo el umbral de 60 votos en el senado (55 a favor y 41 en contra). Entre más personas apoyan el DreamAct ojala esto cambie en el futuro.

ing their stay.The stu-

dents will de-part in early June for their study abroad experience with roughly 30 other students.

They will re-turn to the Unit-ed States in late July.

“Language is culture; culture is language. One

without the other is like a musi-cal score without instruments to play it. They are interdependent if they are going to communi-cate anything to anybody,” La-Grotto said.

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BRIEFSFree SAT/PSAT prep available PrepMe, a free SAT/PSAT prep program, is avail-able to every LC student. It provides curricula, quizzes and tests to prepare students for the tests. Students who use PrepMe raise their SAT scores on average by 305 points. Students can access the program online via their Naviance account atwww.naviance.com. If stu-dents have not yet created Naviance accounts or have misplaced their Naviance password, they are to see their guidance counselor.

‘Most outstanding’ The Cub Reporter has been named a First Place with Special Merit publica-tion in judging through the American Scholastic Press Association. In addition, the Cub has been designated a “most outstanding high school newspaper for 2011-2012.” The critique judge wrote: “This is one of the best publications seen this year.” Journalists capture national Quill and Scroll honors Four Cub Reporter staff members have won six awards from Quill and Scroll, the international honor society in journalism. They are:- Junior Samantha Strong in editorial, “Time to put a stop to bullying,”and in-depth individual, “Anatomy of an athlete.”- Senior Kevin Kryah in fea-ture story, “To read or not to read,” and review, “Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol shoots to thrill.”- Junior Sara Heiny in feature story, “Dark skies, dreary times.”- Junior Molly Liss in general column, “This just in: pizza identity crisis.”

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Netbooks take root in LT schoolsMiddle school students at

both Belzer and Fall Creek Val-ley middle schools received Dell Inspiron Mini netbooks the week of April 9.

The school district has part-nered with T-Mobile to bring 24-hour internet connection to these netbooks. The 3G/4G T-Mobile network can be used anywhere on the MSDLT is-sued netbooks when not in MS-DLT Wi-Fi range. The district is also currently updat-ing its infrastructure to support netbook connectivity in the school buildings.

These are just the latest advancements in the district’s net-book project. MSDLT has been research-ing the integration of technology in the classroom for about a year and a half. Netbooks were test-ed in classes at Law-rence Central and Lawrence North in 2011. Media Center

mean the district would have to supply approximately 5,500 students with netbooks.

In addition to having a smaller student body, it is ben-eficial for the middle schools to receive netbooks first because middle school students could possibly keep these netbooks going into high school.

The netbook project is still in its early stages. Possible sce-narios include renting out net-books in a system similar to textbooks or having students buy the netbooks and keep

director Nocha Flick said these trials brought new discoveries for future implementation.

“The thought process be-hind this is to move away from print material and maximize resources by moving to an elec-tronic environment,” Flick said.

The netbook project was then taken to middle schools. They were chosen to receive net-books before high schools be-cause of a smaller student body. To be fair, both high schools would have to receive netbooks at the same time, which would

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The Academic Super Bowl teams competed in the state qualifier meet April 17. Teams include the four basic core sub-jects of English, history, math and science, along with fine arts and interdisciplinary, which in-cludes questions from each cat-egory.

Coaches are Linus Peck, Bob Hasty, Chad Sivertson, Amanda Cole and Vicki Shafer, respectively. In order to deter-mine who qualifies for state, the top scores achieved by schools throughout the state are com-piled and the top six teams are chosen out of this statewide list. In the case of the six teams from LC, no one qualified for the

this year.“I think the biggest thing

that for all the other extracur-ricular activities there is a regu-lar pattern to how they prepare and compete. With Super Bowl we don’t get any feedback ex-cept for that one practice meet before the actual meet ... we have no real frame of reference before the real meet,” Peck said.

Each year a different topic is presented for all six catego-ries. This year the topic was the American Revolution.

Those interested in compet-ing with Academic Super Bowl next year can see the coaches for each subject area based on their interests.

“I expect that the challenge for next year will be rebuild-ing,” Peck said.

dents, with each team having a captain. The competition is comprised of six different ses-sions. Each session, one for each category, includes 25 multiple choice questions. The competi-

tors work to-gether with roughly 30 seconds to answer each question. The team with the highest num-ber of accu-

rate answers wins that specific event. Teams that score a cer-tain number of answers correct will move on to the state com-petition, to be held May 5. None of the teams from LC will pro-ceed to the Purdue University sponsored state competition

state meet; however, progress has been made from past years’ performances.

“Our English team did a great job with some challeng-ing content this year. Some of the content in previous years has stymied our efforts at p e r f o r m i n g well, but this year the group has another year of expe-rience and exceeded last year’s performance,” English coach Peck said.

Academic Super Bowl teams practice throughout the second semester, beginning in mid-January. The teams are made up of three to five stu-

them as their own.The middle school net-

books have been checked out like textbooks for the remain-der of this school year. The price of the netbooks has been covered for this spring, but in the future the price is expected to be included in textbook fees or purchase fees by the student. Each Dell Inspiron Mini net-book at the middle school costs an estimated $300. Connectivity through T-Mobile is paid for by the district.

High schools are expected to receive similar technology as early as the spring of 2013.

“It is still a ques-tion whether this technology would look like a tablet, iPad or netbook,” Flick said.

“There are a myriad of opportu-nities for learning that allows student participation in en-gaging learning envi-ronments without a computer lab and that places technology in the hands of students at school and home.”

“Linus Peck

English coach

This year the group ... exceeded last year’s performance.”

Cub photo/Caroline Varie

APRIL 27, 2012 • CUB REPORTER OPINIONS

Just a minute with...

Got a minute? Then we’ve got some questions. With 2,600 students, it’s tough to know everyone. We’re tak-ing a minute to get to know our student body. Match each student’s number with the corresponding numbers on the answers. Watch out, you could be next.

If you could be any shape what shape would you be?1) A circle.2) A tetrahedral.3) A triangle.4) A square.5) A trapezoid.6) A square.7) A square because I’d be solid.8) A triangle.

What would you do if you had a million dollars?1) I would help my family and start my own business.2) I would pay off all household bills and save some for college.3) I would help people.4) I would go on a shopping spree, buy a car and help people in Puerto Rico.5) I would tease people, because I’m rich.6) I would give back to my neighborhood, buy a car and buy a mansion.7) I would invest it, so when I get older I can spend it on whatever.8) Buy a house.

Who is your favorite athlete?1) Derrick Rose.2) Allison Felix.3) Cristiano Ronaldo.4) David Beckham.5) Larry Fitzgerald.6) Michael Jordan.7) Clay Matt hews.8) Don’t have one.

What is your favorite magazine?1) Don’t really have one.2) ESPN Rise HS Edition.3) Glamour.4) Glamour.5) Sports Illustrated.6) Game Informer.7) Muscle Development.8) Don’t have one.

2) Kimyanna Rudolph senior

1) Joy’Don Johnsonsenior

5) Daniel Davila sophomore

3) Paulina Hernandez junior

6) Nick Powell sophomore

7) Aaren Bandyfreshman

8) Dereon Bradley freshman

4) Marisela Abel junior

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CUB REPORTER • APRIL 27, 2012 PAGE 9EDITORIAL

Hugs to Mr. Phillipy for orga-nizing prom so well, but growls to the rowdy dancing there.

Hugs to the end of the year, but growls to taking fi nal exams.

Hugs to spring, but growls to showers and cloudy days.

Hugs to the musical, but growls to production week.

Hugs to May fl owers, but growls to April showers.

Hugs to not having any growls, but growls to not getting any hugs.

Hugs to good summer mov-ies, but growls to wack spring ones.

Hugs to college acceptance letters, but growls to rejection.

Hugs to Ball State’s J-Day fi eld trip, but growls to having make-up work.

Hugs to tornado relief aid, but growls to the destruction in the fi rst place.

Hugs to possibly getting netbooks, but growls to middle schools having them fi rst.

Hugs to awesome spring sports, but growls to such a short season.

Hugs to having a month left of school, but growls to it drag-ging on and on.

•Although the Cub website has been outdated, it’s back in action. The website can now be used to fi nd the latest stories in news, sports and other sections. As the technology era continues to evolve, students should take the opportunity to check out the revamped CubOnline.org.• It’s great that MSDLT is explor-ing new options to bring technology into the classroom. In the chang-ing world of media, it is important that students know how to use this technology. It is also a great way to lighten students’ book loads and avoid heavy backpacks. The middle school netbook program is certainly a step in the right direction, and it will be interesting to see what technology

30-second editorialsthe district plans to bring to the high school level.• Astronomy has been a source of wonder from the beginning of time. From Galileo to the Apollo mission, humans have been fascinated with this ‘fi nal frontier.’ It’s disappoint-ing that Indianapolis has become a place where stars are rarely visible. However, nearby planetariums at LN and Butler provide the opportunity to see what the skies have to off er. It’s important to keep space in our view, because although it is millions of miles away, the imagination is needed close by.• Central Sound deserves some props for doing a fl ash mob for every single lunch on April 13. Knowing

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Growls

Hugs

AND

some of the ruffi ans at this school, it couldn’t have been easy to withstand some of the heckling they might have received. Still, they persevered and showed the school that show choir is a great activity to get involved in.•The schedule for the upcoming years at LC has been up for debate now for a while. If classes were shorter then we would have to do more work out of class as home-work. The more time we have in class learning, the less time we have to teach ourselves. In the end, the current schedule prepares students more for college.

See related stories on Pages 13, 7, 14

Seniors have thrown their books upon the musty carpet of their classrooms. They have stomped down on their unfi nished homework as if sacrifi cing the grade is equivalent to a full-scale rebellion. The seniors are done.

They have decided, as they do every year, that enough is enough, and the administration is allowing this. Through the skip-a-fi nal policy, seniors can skip all of their fi nals as long as they fulfi ll the grocery list of requirements for their specifi c course. The fact that the policy for this semester is limited solely to the students who in many cases have proclaimed school unnecessary, and have essentially ceased all att empts to put forth eff ort in their class-es, is unfair.

Yes, seniors have had to prove they’ve earned the privilege to skip fi nals with grades above 92.5. But so have underclassmen.

Students involved in rigorous academic programs such as International Baccalaureate (IB) or Advanced Placement (AP) see nothing but a daunting month approaching. Despite the year-long commitment to their education, there is no skip-a-fi nal reward. In fact, it

is as if the administration is penalizing these students for choices made in the counseling offi ce.

Some students have more than 15 tests in May – tests that do not just result in possible college credit but tests that determine if they can graduate with specifi c diplomas. The redundancy behind taking an AP exam, IB exam and course

fi nal all for one class is absurd. The administration needs

to extend the skip-a-fi nal policy to underclassmen involved in these rigorous programs. Students in AP classes should not have to be tested over the same material twice in one month, especially when one exam lasts more than three hours.

Students in IB courses

should not have to be tested in one course three separate times, especially when one exam continues for multiple days.

The administration needs to allow students enrolled in AP and IB courses to skip the fi nals in these courses, as long as they have a 92.5 or bett er in the class and take the AP or IB test in May.

Cub graphic/Katie Billman

Skip-a-� nal for all students

join a club, play an instrument, star in a production, make

the grade and, most im-portantly, build lasting

friendships. Think about

the last year. Did you do

everything you wanted to? Can you honestly say that in 15

or 20 years, when you look back on your life in

high school, that you will have no regrets and have left

nothing out?

to the next step in their lives, whether it is college

or a job. Students can’t wait to graduate and take the next step. Clearly, our days at Law-rence Central are numbered.

Students get only four years of high school, a time many adults like to remem-ber later in life. Students get only four years to play a sport,

Everyone is counting down the days (about 20, by the way) left until summer break. The end of this school year is approaching quickly, and for some students, this means that they are another year closer to graduation. Seniors are only a couple weeks closer to gradu-ation.

It seems like that’s what students look forward to the most — the day they graduate from high school and move on

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peak Your Mind: NetbooksS AllBe

ar it“Of course it’s happening in your head, but why should that mean it’s not real?”

Emma Engler, 9

“The Colts are Luck-y.”Kevin Carson, 12

“Might as well, YOLO.”Tanner Peckenpaugh, 11

“It’s just another 13-hour day.”

Jessica Kahms, 9

“Imma die a bachelor.”Matt Lindsay, 11

“Making Oreo cupcakes.” Gracyn Burns, 10

“Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones... what?”

Olivia Gangi, 12

“Chase your dreams, you might catch one.”

Niimah Collins, 11

“MERP!”Lorin Jones, 11

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Make your four years countThinkingAloud

See related news story on Page 7

1) What do you think about getting netbooks in the future?

2) How do you feel about middle schools getting net-books before high schools?

3) How would netbooks change the learning environment in the class-room?

4) Would you rather have a school provided netbook or one brought from home?

1) That would be cool.2) I don’t know.3) I don’t know.4) Provided netbooks.

1) It seems good.2) It’s not OK.3) We could do things a lot faster.4) Doesn’t mat-ter.

1)They would be cool.

2) Not cool.3) We could

listen to music and be chill.

4) I don’t want to buy one.

freshmanAngelica Torressophomore

1)That would be useful.

2) That’s stupid.3) It would make having materials

easier.4) School pro-

vided.

Dean Gardnerjunior

Katie McVayjunior

1) It would be very helpful.

2) I don’t care.3) It would make

learning more self-directed.

4) School provid-ed one.

1) I think we should.2) I don’t care.3) We wouldn’t have to use text-books.4) School pro-vided.

Raymond Hudsonsophomore

1) They would be very useful.2) That’s dumb.3) Don’t care.4) School provided.

Jordan Richardfreshman

seniorTaryn Bowman

1) Yes!2) It’s OK.

3) It will help me understand

better.4) Brought from home.

Donte Pannell

Ariana Ghantsenior

Probably not, and lucky for you, there is always next year. And that goes for seniors, too.

Whether you’re going to be stuck in high school for another year, or two, or three, or you’re finally moving on to college, get involved in your school. Join that club you’ve always liked or take up that sport you’ve never had time for.

Make time and get in-volved.

Just do something, because before you know it, those pre-cious four years will be gone.

CUB REPORTER • APRIL 27, 2012 PAGE 11OPINIONS

From theInside

A few words of encouragement

The Low-down

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Keeping motivated through May

“What high school students want, even need, is encouragement.”

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The air outside is starting to warm up, fl owers are beginning to sprout, geese are taking over parking lots everywhere and the weather is wonderful… at least while I’m editing this. That’s right. It’s spring. You know what that means. The end of the school year is coming up fast, and as it gets closer, there always seems to be a bit of a motivation issue. I’m not naming any names; you know who you are, especially if a diploma is in your very near future. It isn’t just seniors, though, so here are

a few things anyone can try in order to keep on task until the end of May.

The No. 1 thing to remem-ber is to always, always, always have the television on. The sound of people talking will cause you to get your work done faster because you feel rude ignoring these nice people asking you to buy things. I mean, the Arby’s guy just wants you to be in a good mood. It also ensures that you will end up with quality work since you have such quality dialogue as an example. It’s best to have a show on that you really enjoy. Then you will feel relaxed with something familiar playing in the

background.If you’re not big on tele-

vision, I suggest food. Food will keep you super motivated to work, especially when it’s just sitt ing there next to you looking super delicious. It’s

encouraging, too. Instead of reaching for your calculator, just grab a chip to keep your strength up. There are lots

of butt ons on those calculators. Don’t try to make the food last, either. One time I tried telling myself, “OK, Molly. You can have another bite once you fi nish this problem.” Bad idea. Ultimately I ended up just eating anyway before I fi nished the problem. Just eat it. It saves time.

Waiting until the last minute gets you super motivated… it’s just all condensed into a time span of about three hours the night before something’s due. That is some serious work ethic.

And if your iPod/iPhone/phone is distracting you, just set it down in front of you and give it a death stare. Dare it to distract you. That will keep it in check. Just try to avoid any type of physical contact, because if you touch it, then it’s game over. It will release its addictive thumb controlling powers and then sorry, homework, that’s it for you tonight.

If you try any of these tactics, then staying motivated until the end of the school year should be no problem.

“I mean, the Arby’s guy just wants you to be in a good mood.”

In one day, we spend seven hours in classrooms. In the total 180 days of the school year, we spend 1,260 hours absorbing information. In our entire school career, we will spend 15,120 hours behind school walls. Let’s not lie, these numbers are depressing. We devote practically our entire childhood preparing for a future that feels as though it

will never arrive. Our daily lives revolve around life at LC. How

can we handle the pressures of

gett ing good grades, making the baseball

team, gett ing callbacks for the

musical and then maybe squeezing in a few hours of sleep?

High school students are busy 24/7. As much as we don’t want to admit it, high school students are vulnerable to destruction. We put up a hard exterior

that causes society to tag us as obnoxious drama

queens. The world doesn’t understand that all high school students want, even need, is encouragement.

With eight classes, it’s a struggle to prioritize. Regardless of the diffi culty of classes, students still manage. How is this possible? I credit the success and failure of the students to the amount of encouragement given by the adults in our school.

Haven’t we all had a mentor who didn’t inspire us to work to our greatest potential? We have all had an adult, whether it was a teacher, a coach or even a parent, who just never seemed to understand that students need

guidance and patience to learn. A “role model” who, when asked a question, resulted in being condescending toward the student. When most students ask questions in class, it isn’t because they didn’t do their homework or because they didn’t listen, but it’s because they want help. And a reason why a student would

ask for help is because they care.

High school is supposed to be a time when students can create a general image

of how their future will take form. Students will walk into the world with whatever it

is that was taught in these halls. If students are to understand respect, responsibility, tolerance

and love and caring for all people, it must fi rst be taught by the adults of the schools.

I write my columns not only

for the students, but for the leaders as well.

It is always my goal to change LC for the bett er, so I ask that everyone who steps into the doors of LC strives to make it a school worth spending 1,260 hours a year in. The next time you see a student walking around the halls of LC, I challenge you to remind them just how important they are to the school, to the future, and most of all, how important they are to you.

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Isaiah Benberry, 12

Facing the subject: Should our class schedule change?

Cub photos/Avarie Bowman and Carley Lanich Larissa Earley, 11Demara Compton, 10Dioncia Petty, 9

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Topic: Should our class schedule change?

FACE OFF

them for college, when classes meet every other day, or possibly even less.

Yet another benefi t that comes with block scheduling is the increased class time. On a traditional schedule or Avon model, periods would clock in at around 45 minutes to just over an hour, respectively. Think of one of your less productive classes; how much time is spent just gett ing ready? In some classes, a teacher would barely be able to boot up their computer by the time the bell rings. In the safety of block scheduling, teachers can not only get through longer lessons, but engage in more sophisticated types of teaching, such as Socratic seminars.

Students aren’t the only ones benefi tt ing, though. With block scheduling, teachers have a full hour and a half for a prep period. With modular scheduling, teachers would have double the number of classes but half the time to prepare. Being the lifeblood of the school, teachers need, nay, deserve a full block’s worth of prep, and such a luxury would disappear with a new schedule type.

While the traditional schedule and the Avon model have their benefi ts, a consensus among the students would likely favor block scheduling. It works for this school, and it works excellently.

A change to our schedule is needed. Sitt ing in the same class for 90 minutes is elongated. Students tend to get bored toward the end of class and teachers scrounge to have enough ma-terial to teach. Changing the schedule to something diff erent than what we have now, be it the recently dismissed Avon schedule or an alternative sched-ule, is needed.

Sitt ing in a class for the last 20 minutes wishing you weren’t in the same class you were for the last 70 minutes is a waste of time. To fi x this problem, the classes need to be shorter.

With shorter classes come more classes per day. To the people saying you won’t get as much learning done, adding another class a day includes more learning. Yes, it would be odd and somewhat confusing to have fi ve classes a day, but we’d get used to it.

Instead of spending the last part of class doodling or daydreaming, students could spend their time more effi ciently by having a shorter class and more classes per day.

In the Avon schedule model, they proposed to having fi ve classes per day and taking out study halls. Before

everyone freaks out, study halls would be replaced with SRT (student re-source time). Unlike our study hall this year where study halls are in diff er-ent blocks, everyone’s SRT, including teachers’ as well as students,’ would be the same block

Most of our schedules are packed with homework and aft er-school activities, making it hard for people to fi nd time to get together for group projects. The SRTs make it easier for students and teachers to collaborate without having to come in before school or stay aft er.

The Avon model is more convenient and benefi cial for all of LC. Although the model was shot down for next school year, there is hope that a new schedule will be in place for the fol-lowing year.

Regardless if it’s the Avon plan or another model, LC needs a change.

No. Then we would have more home-work.

No. I think our days feel shorter.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fi x it,” or so goes the old adage. While there is defi nitely a valid case against block scheduling, the current day schedule

is far superior to a traditional schedule or any other variant, like the currently considered Avon model.

For starters, the homework in this schedule is far easier to handle. With the vast array of sports and extracurricular activities available at this fi ne school, having to do homework for seven classes each night would be disastrous to anyone involved. Block scheduling

off ers a solution that allows students to budget their time when it comes to homework, which in turn prepares

No, because I like the whole idea of one day you have classes and you have extra time to do it instead of cram-ming it in one day.

I think class sched-ules are fi ne just the way they are because it gives time for you to do homework.

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The workings of space are still largely unknown. People like senior Janie Reed gaze at the moon to feel global connections.

“It’s universal,” she said. “It’s the same for everyone everywhere. The moon I see is the same moon someone else will see in a diff er-ent part of the world.”

Or they gaze at the stars, like senior Aus-tin Galm, who said he likes to look for con-stellations because they’re “a brain teaser.”

On a clear, early morning, one can fi nd the three stars of Orion’s belt just overhead rising from the southern sky. The downward slope of Orion’s belt points one’s vision to the brightest star in the sky, called Sirius, which marks the neck of Canis Major, the Dog, and just underneath his belt sits the constellation Lepus, the Hare. The millions of stars in the sky create a total of 88 recognized constella-tions with their own unique positions around the celestial equator which is also marked by Orion’s belt.

But what is largely unrecognized is the movement of the planets in relation to Earth.

Oft en mistaken for an extremely bright star, Venus, found in the western sky and one of the fi ve planets visible from Earth, has dominated 2012 with celestial events.

Feb. 26 marked the fi rst of the events as Venus aligned with Uranus, although Uranus is not visible from Earth.

Then, on March 14, Venus and Jupiter aligned. Eight days later, Jupiter and Venus, still appearing aligned, sat just above a smil-ing crescent moon.

“My mom had called me outside and as soon as I walked out of the house I could see it. It looked like someone had drawn a verti-cal line in the sky right down the middle of the moon and everything was aligned on it,” said junior Rebecca Joel.

But Venus isn’t fi nished with provid-ing spectacular events in 2012. On June 5, Venus is set to cross the face of the sun in what is known as the Venus Transit.

The Venus Transit occurs twice per centu-ry and only seven have occurred since Galileo invented the telescope. The last Transit was in 2004. Before that was 1882. Aft er June 5, the next Venus Transit is predicted to occur in December 2117.

But why should people on Earth care about when planets pass in front of the sun? Isn’t it just another celestial event we can choose to watch, or not to watch?

True, but also false.

It’s hard for some to comprehend, but many people believe the movements of the planets guide and aff ect our lives. This branch of study has been termed astrology.

In astrology, the interpretation of Venus’ movements coincides with the disposition of the Roman goddess Venus who is the Greek equivalent to Aphrodite. She is the goddess of love, beauty and victory.

Therefore, it is believed that the Venus Transit will bring gratifi cation or successful

fulfi llment. In personal lives, Venus is believed to grant protection and support to success and achievement in life.

The Sun, in astrology, is fuel and energy for life, acting like a human heart that constantly gives off light and power.

It has therefore been predicted, that as the second Transit of the 21 century comes to a close, the world will be faced with a revolu-tion.

“If we are going to have a revolution, it would be government revolution. The country is splitt ing, opinions are polarizing politically and people aren’t cooperating like they used to. If we keep doing what we’re doing, things aren’t going to work,” Reed said, “The world needs one.”

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A brief history of the Venus Transit Source/Midlands School of Astrology, lunarplanner.com, MCT Campus

“If we keep doing what we’re doing, things aren’t going to work. The world needs one.”

Janie Reedsenior

A revolutionary Venus?

Dec. 7, 1631 Dec. 7, 1639 June 6, 1761 June 3, 1769 Dec. 9, 1874 Dec. 6, 1882 June 8, 2004 June 5, 2012

Galileo discovers the telescope and insists that the Sun is at the center of the universe, not Earth. Rene Descartes develops a new philosophy that brings order to thought. Science and philosophy fi rst challenge the Catholic Church by defying ideas that were believed to be under the control of God.

Britain becomes the dominant power in North America after several years of military victories. However, the seeds of the American Revolution had been planted and grew to fruition by 1776. Captain Cook explores the Pacifi c Ocean and an industrial revolution takes hold of Britain.

America pushes west with ideas of Manifest Destiny. Farming is mechanized with the in-vention of the combine and reaper-thresher. The telephone and light bulb were invented and the Theosophical Society and the Christian Science Movement were founded in 1875.

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Cub Graphic/Sara Heiny

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The power of musicSenior Melissa MacNeur and junior Lorna Hannoy assist in cleaning up the destruction caused by the tornado in Henryville, Ind. The tornado created destruction in the beginning of May and was rated an EF4 violent tornado, which is on the higher end of the tornado intensity scale. Volunteers gathered in Henryville to listen to the stories of families’ affected by the vio-lent weather. Courtesy photos/Nancy Barnes

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Tornadoes ripped through Hen-ryville, Ind., on March 2, leaving only destruction in their path. The harsh weather and high winds left people in the area without homes, without jobs and without money.

Because it is difficult for the fami-lies to rebuild their community, senior Melissa MacNeur, junior Lorna Hannoy and art teacher Nancy Barnes, represent-ing LC’s Key Club, have joined efforts to help raise money for the families affect-ed by the tornadoes.

On April 16 the three traveled to Henryville to assess the situation and

learn how they could help. “It was heartbreaking talking to the

families and listening to their stories,” MacNeur said.

One family in particular lost their entire business be-cause their garage was destroyed. They have no family income, so earlier this year students in the National Honor Society raised money for the fam-ily. What MacNeur, Hannoy and Barnes are doing will also contribute to the family’s funds.

To raise money for the families, the Wayne Township Fire Department and Joy Lorch, the woman heading the fund-raising program, will sponsor a benefit

concert at Ben Davis High School on June 16. The concert will be open to the public. One hundred percent of the pro-ceeds will go directly to the families af-fected by the disaster.

During their visit to Hen-ryville, the LC trio discussed concert details and how the re-lief payments would be made to the families in-volved.

M a c N e u r said she wanted to create a way for LC students to get involved as well. Mac-Neur, Hannoy and Barnes will soon set up a table in the Commons for students to sign up to volunteer for the benefit concert. It won’t be a program run by

“Nancy Barnes

Key Club sponsor

All you see in nothing ... everything built that once existed was swept away ... all is silent.”

LC’s Key Club, so they want other stu-dents to help organize the concert.

They also encourage LC bands to sign up to perform at the event. The stu-dents who volunteer will get in free, but everyone else that attends will have to pay $10.

Bands interested in performing at the benefit concert can contact MacNeur for details.

MacNeur, Barnes and Hannoy are also expecting some of the Henryville families to attend the concert.

In addition, they will host a small-er free concert during the summer for everyone in Henryville. At this con-cert, they will wrap up their fundraiser and give the families tornado relief aid checks.

“It is a big thank you to the families, and giving them the checks they de-serve,” MacNeur said.

June concert to help raise funds for tornado victims

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Are you a senior?

GET BACKTO WORK!

Senior classesrule!

How would youdescribe your

work load?

Why soserious?

Have you been accepted?

Trying torelax?

How’s your work ethic?

Really?

Do you go tothese classes?

How areyour grades?

Are yousure?

Do you stillcare about

school work?

Stop lying.

Seriously?

Better thannothing?

Lots ofSenioritis!

Oh dearme...

Showingsigns.

You’re anoutsider, kid.

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I like tolearn!

Difficult.

ehhhh...not too bad.

still some effort left. pretty

much.

I want to get into a good college.

No :(

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Well...no. Yes...

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Nope! Who cares?

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senioritis?Got

odds

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A teenage dream is to have a license, car and money to get around. However, the ability to have cash to pay for the increasing gas and everyday items is slip-ping away. Due to the recent recession, the overall unemployment rate has been pretty high, and teens will begin to feel the heat this summer as they search for jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statis-tics, 49 percent of teens were employed in July 2011, which is the lowest percentage of teens in the work force since 1948.

Students aren’t simply losing money in this deal; they are losing marketability in the workforce when they get older.

According to Glenn Augustine, vice president of communications at the Indiana Youth Institute, having a job as a teen will help you get experience and gain the soft skills, which employers deem as everyday traits to get by in the work force. Examples include communicating well, being on time, dressing appropriately and just performing well in the work place.

“You can’t develop unless you work in a job as a teenager; you’re going to have to wait later in life to develop these skills,” Augustine said.

In a job market that isn’t look-ing good, teens need to change their ways of going about getting a job.

According to the latest labor statistics, the unemployment rate for teens is 24 percent, which is three times higher than the national aver-age for others.

Even though sta-tistics have shown that the unemploy-ment rate has been decreas-ing slightly, this has had no effect on the teens’ jobs op-portunities.

Junior Desmon Wells knows all about this, because he is looking for a summer job.

“I think it’ll be hard for kids to get jobs because employers are look-ing for more education and higher degrees than teens,” Wells said

Employers easily overlook teens who don’t have as much experience as adults with plenty of experience on their resumes. So teens should go

out early to apply for jobs.“They need to apply not only to

places that have ‘help wanted’ signs, but apply to places that may not have a ‘help wanted’ sign, and be persistent in both instances,” Augustine said. “It may be that teens need to be a little more creative and try to find or create

their own jobs. There are ways to build those skills without being in a ‘conventional job.’”

Augus-tine said teens shouldn’t solely be looking for jobs at places

like the local food restaurants, because everyone is applying there, but they should also look for opportunities in their neighborhoods, mowing lawns or babysitting.

Although working the odd jobs around the neighborhood doesn’t make teens as much money as minimum wage, it gives them the experience they need to succeed in the labor force.

If teens are looking for experience to compete with those laid off by the

recession, they can always go to em-ployment offices and ask if they have odd jobs that they can do for free.

This will give them quick experi-ence. Teens shouldn’t do these jobs for long so they don’t get ripped off, but this copuld be an easy way to build a resume.

“The picture does not look much brighter this year than it did last year; it’s still not the best job market for teens,” Augustine said.

Building a resume with experience can make teens more marketable, where they are fighting for jobs against adults that have recently been laid off. Ac-cording to Augustine, employers expect adults to be persistent when applying for jobs, and they expect teens to apply with the same persistance.

“Without jobs, kids don’t gain any skill, but when it comes down to it, it’s all about the money,” Wells said.

“Glenn Augustine

VP of communications at Indiana Youth Institute

The picture does not look much brighter this year than it did last year.”

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Clockwise from top left: The Ensemble rehearses for the “Ten Minutes Ago” waltz; sophomore Scott Van Wye, as Lionel, prac-tices putting on the glass slipper that Cinder-ella left behind; senior Jared Robinson and sophomore Alana Jones dance at the ball; Prince Christopher (junior Ike Wellhausen) dances with Queen Constantina (junior Elle Krauter). Cub Photos/Leah Arenz

“We have a really good cast. There are not very many leads this year, but the few that are leads are very good.

Dana Oakessophomore

Sophomore Scott Van Wye raced around the auditorium trying to fi t the glass slipper prop onto the feet of various cast members during re-hearsal. Twelve eager girls fought him to squeeze a foot into the shoe to prove they were the special girl from the ball.

Van Wye plays Lionel, the Prince’s messenger and friend, in the spring musical “Cinderella,” debuting tonight. The title role is played by senior Charli McGuirk, and junior Ike Wellhausen portrays Prince Christopher. The show is a slight variation on the Disney ani-mated classic and more closely related to the 1997 Whitney Houston version that is updated and more diverse.

“Five years ago we did “Peter Pan,”

and we decided to kind of do another fairy tale type of thing … to rotate shows around,” drama teacher Kath-leen Horrigan said.

“Cinderella” premieres tonight at 7 p.m. and will be shown again on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 at the door and $10 before 4 p.m. today.

Because “Cin-derella” focuses on only a few major characters, the lead roles are restricted to an unusually small number.

Sophomore Dana Oakes has a positive outlook on the situation.

“We have a really good cast,” she said. “There are not very many leads this year, but the few that are leads are very good.”

The cast and crew are being put to

the test this weekend and have worked long hours for the past few weeks to get everything put together on time.

“It’s really hard. Rehearsals are long, and they take a lot of outside work, too,” freshman Jessica Kahms said.

The limited time was a struggle for the cast and espe-cially the crew.

“The time crunch is really hard,” freshman set builder Lind-say Vest said.

According to fellow set builder Meredythe Cross, only one platform had been built just

a couple of weeks before the premiere. “You expect it to be somewhat like

other productions you’ve been in, but it’s more crunched,” freshman ensemble member Courtney Swanson said.

The time crunch is also leading to

confl icts with classwork. “It’s actually really hard because

some rehearsals you have to stay late … but every free moment you get you have to be doing homework,” Oakes said.

Instead of using people to play the small animals, four cast members will act as mice and a cat through puppets. Costumes are being imported from Japan.

“Our costumer is very creative in what he does,” Horrigan said.

Horrigan said she expects this show to “get away from the real world a litt le bit and … live that fairy tale (or) that princess life.”

Cinderella Show TimesWhen: 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday2:30 p.m. SundayTickets: $12 at the doorSeating is reserved

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The Rhythmic RevolutionArtist: Jason MrazAlbum: Love Is A Four Letter Word Genre: Pop-rock

Artist: TrainAlbum: California 37Genre: Pop

Artist: The All-American RejectsAlbum: Kids in the StreetGenre: Pop

Artist: Fun.Album: Some NightsGenre: Indie-pop

Similar Artists: Andy Grammar, Michael Bu-ble, Ben Rector

Similar Artists: Queen, Tokyo Police Club, Young the Giant

Similar Artists: Matt Nathanson, The Script, O.A.R.

Similar Artists: La Roux, Passion Pit, Two Door Cinema Club

Jacob HelmusSong Suggestion: I Won’t Give UpRating: 1-2-3-4-

Carley LanichSong Suggestion: This’ll Be My YearRating: 1-2-3- -5Rating: 1-2-3- -5

Scott Van WyeSong Suggestion: Some Nights IntroRating: 1- -3-4-5Rating: 1- -3-4-5

Jason Mraz, most popular for his single titled “I’m yours,” released his fourth studio album titled “Love Is a Four Lett er Word” on April 17. Once again, Mraz delivers a great album that includes a plethora of catchy songs such as, “I won’t Give Up,” “93 million miles” and “The Woman I Love.”

Mraz continues to please his audience with his smooth and soothing guitar play and his soft vocals that complement the music perfectly.

In the song “I Won’t Give Up,” he starts out with acoustics, then slowly brings his guitar into the song and eventually it builds up into a soft rock

song. It is one of those songs that gives you chills down your back because it’s so beautiful.

That song is a refl ection of the entire album, and it only gets bett er because of the great vocals not only from Mraz but also from the featured artists like Mike Daly and Michael Natt er, along with great instrumentals.

Put those two things together and you get a great album, which is exactly what Mraz produced. And if you listen

to it, you will be jumping out of your pants for his fi ft h studio album, just like I am. He’s that good.

Pop rock trio Train released their sixth album, “California 37,” on April 17.

Train keeps feelings light with a variety of upbeat rhythms and refreshing lyrics on their latest album. “California 37’s” lead single, “Drive By” is reminiscent of the popular hit “Save Me, San Francisco.” The two songs share a similar fast-beat, feel-good quality that keeps listeners coming back for more.

Train, while still staying true to the upbeat tunes of their previous album, experiments with new styles in “California 37.” “50 Ways to Say

and “The Gambler.” Now they come out swinging with the heavy “We Are Young,” a repetitive and dreary anthem to being… well, young.

Repetitive and un-original, “Some Nights” is an angsty whiner of an album that focuses on being a pop soundtrack to those “crazy” nights instead of celebrating the small things in life like the fi rst album. It was a leap

by Nate and the gang. It received mixed reviews ranging from poor to stellar. I hope this isn’t a permanent

change for a band who shows so much potential.

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Goodbye” includes a new trumpet sound and gives off a mariachi band

vibe. The title track “California 37” sounds like an appeal to younger audiences with more spoken word vocals. “Bruises,”

featuring country artist Ashley Monroe, has a pop-country crossover feel.

Overall, “California 37” is a quality album. There are a couple so-so songs, but bett er, upbeat tracks make the album well worth the listen.

“Some Nights” is the child of Nate Ruess, the former co-head of indie rock band, The Format, and his current musical entourage, Fun.

Finding their way into the music business with their fi rst album, “Aim and Ignite,” Fun showed us that they were upbeat and loud with the likes of “Walking the Dog” and “Benson Hedges.” The band also showed us their sweet side with “Light a Roman Candle with Me”

The All-American Rejects have produced big, mainstream hits in the past such as “Move Along” and “Dirty Litt le Secret.” But those hits are too far in the past, and the band has yet to create another song up to the quality of their former works.

The All-America Rejects hoped to get back to their old form in their new album “Kids In The Street,” but their att empt comes up short. While the album does produce some solid songs like “Beekeeper’s Daughter,” the cover song, “Kids In The Street,” fails to produce the same

vibes. The lead vocals are weak, and the tune isn’t anywhere near catchy. Unfortunately, that is how most of the

songs from the album feel. As you listen to the album, you almost get the sense that they weren’t giving a full eff ort to make good

music.The album is even more

disappointing because we know the quality of songs they are capable of making. When you fi nish listening, you can’t help but feel upset and ask yourself, “That was it?”

“Kids In The Street” is not a total failure, but it fails to create anything to the level of the past hits.

Alex KryahSong Suggestion: Beekeeper’s DaughterRating: 1-2- -4-5Rating: 1-2- -4-5

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11699 Fall Creek Road Indianapolis, IN 46256

(317) 598-9011www.bellavitaatthemarina.com

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For an offer you can’t refuse, visit Bella Vita

The 2012 Earth Day Indiana Festival will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis. There will be more than 140 environmental and conservation exhibits, live music, good food and special activities for kids in the children’s tent. Admission is free.

Indiana Earth Day Festival Saturday

The 2012 Country Music Expo is Saturday and Sunday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The performances will be going on all day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gold Reserve tickets are $70 which include entry for both days and reserved seating or $20 for general admission and fi rst come fi rst serve seating. Performing artists include Rodney Atkins, Phil Vassar, Hunter Hayes, Laura Bell Bundy, Thomas Rhett , Miss Willie Brown, Corey Cox, Rachele Lynae, The Dirt Drift ers, Mark Cooke, Andy Gibson, The Lost Trailers and Jaida Dreyer.

Country Music Expo comes to Indy

The world famous act Cirque de Soleil will be coming to the Ford Center starting April 27-29. This featured act Quidam is about an imaginary world fi lled with unworldly creatures. This world class act that is a mix of street entertainment and circus act has toured all over the world and is here for the next two days.

The featured movie Marvel’s The Avengers will come to theaters May 4. The featured fi lm will be available in 3D and in Imax 3D. The fi lm is a mix of diff erent Super Heros including the In-credible Hulk, Iron Man and the main character Nick Fury. As the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D., he brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

Marvel’s The Avengers comes to theatres

Three time Grammy award winner, comedian and singer songwriter Weird Al Yankovic will be coming to the Murat Theatre at Old National Theatre to entertain guests of all ages. He oft en is a parody of current and contemporary music. His Alpocalypse tour is coming on May 6. The event will start at 7:30 p.m.

Weird Al Yankovich come to the Murat Theatre

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On May 19, there will be a Lucas Oil Family Night hosted by The Indianapolis Star. The Indiana Fever will be playing the Atlanta Dream at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The game will start at 7 p.m. Tickets range from $10 to $105.

Cirque de Soleil comes to Ford Center

Country music star Brad Paisley will be playing at Klipsch Music Center in Noblesville on May 19. Country art-ists Scott y McCreery and the Band Perry will also be performing. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. Lawn tickets will be $20 and ticket prices in the pavilion will vary.

Brad Paisley to perform at Klipsch Music Center

Fever host Dream on Indianpolis Star Family Night

Cub photo/Lane Creech

Bella Vita is an upscale Italian res-taurant located on the Geist Reservoir in the Marina. Bella Vita serves Italian dishes as well as a variety of seafood options.

With Bella Vita being on the water, it defi nitely has a diff erent feel than the typical Indianapolis restaurant. Bella Vita feels more like the type of restau-rant you would go to while on vacation by the ocean.

The interior of the restaurant is very prett y and chic. You can sit inside, on the upper-level or outside on the deck area by the reservoir.

Although I have been to Bella Vita for private events and for their “Teen Nights” during the summer, I have never actually been there solely to dine.

Most of everything on the menu sounded quite delicious, but my friend and I decided to split a Caesar salad, the Mozzarella Fritt i appetizer and the Ravioli con Pollo.

The Mozzarella Fritt i was essen-tially mozzarella sticks that came with a really tasty marinara dipping sauce. The Ravioli con Pollo was truly to die for. This was a spinach and cheese ravi-oli layered with chicken, mushrooms and sundried tomatoes tossed in a light cream sauce.

As Bella Vita is a bit pricier than an average restaurant, I would probably come back for a special occasion with the family or perhaps a date. I defi nitely recommend this restaurant if you are looking for an upscale feel and great Italian food with superb service.

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No sympathy for Bully

“What do the main-stream movies of to-day say about us?”

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source/fandango.comWhat do the main-

stream movies of today say about us? While many will say there is no connec-tion between themselves as an individual, history has shown that the relationship between Hollywood and the audience is viciously reciprocal. For instance, in the ‘60s, fi lms began to represent the changing values and culture of the time (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate); in the ‘70s, paranoia and dissatisfaction with the government or society were the norm, as shown in fi lms like Taxi Driver and The Conversation; and in the ‘80s, Reaganite right-wing enthusiasm came to a head in Top Gun and Red Dawn. Society of the

past can best be viewed through the looking glass of fi lms from

varying eras. What, then, do the

fi lms of today represent? It’s tough to determine. Say what you will about Top Gun or Clerks (the

epitome of Gen X apa-thy), at least they took a

snapshot of cultural values at the time. So many fi lms from the last 10 years have such litt le individuality or originality, there aren’t many mainstream fi lms that squeak by that say

things about

our society. Instead, and this began to take root in the ‘90s, inde-pendent cinema has had to speak up and say what mainstream fi lms couldn’t or wouldn’t say.

Perhaps, though, the lack of identity in mainstream cinema to-day says all that it needs to. In this age of social networking and digi-

tal communication, is individuality of any value anymore? Our econ-omy, our culture is service based;

it’s all about desire and gain. Identikit sequels and ac-tion movies like Transformers and Batt leship are safe and profi table, and aren’t those

the values that we as a society have placed on a pedestal? Perhaps, and there isn’t anything wrong with that per se. When our descendants judge us, though, how will a movie like The Avengers hold up against Dr. Strangelove?

Top Gun, a huge hit in 1986, has become a cultural souvenir of the ‘80s.

There is a point in Lee Hirsch’s Bully when a formerly bullied student laments with a ring of mel-ancholy that “They used to bully me until I stood up for myself. Now they just see me as another kid in the halls.” This is a moment that, in the documenta-ry, is presented as tragic. If confi dence and defi ance of bullying are to be presented so negatively, then what is the actual solution to bullying?

The only answer Hirsch seems to give is to sup-port the Stand for the Silent program (SFTS), the propagation of which dominates the fi nal reels of the fi lm. Now, there’s nothing wrong with SFTS or their goals; indeed, they are to be commended for their struggle to end the ages-old issue of bullying in schools. This review, however, is not over SFTS. No, this review is over Bully, a meandering, biased and shallow att empt to bring att ention to the issue.

The narrative focus (what litt le there is) is cen-tered on bullied middle-school student Alex Libby, who the fi lm fails to make endearing, despite “ador-able” and “candid” looks at footage of him as a baby or his interactions with his sister. No, Alex comes off not only as genuinely awkward, but quietly terrify-ing. This disturbing trend is carried on to Ja’Maya Jackson, who aft er suffi cient bullying feels it is nec-essary to scream and threaten her bullies with a gun. We’re meant to feel sorry for her.

Meanwhile, there is next to no footage of the actual root of the problem: bullies themselves. This documentary could’ve been groundbreaking if it tackled why some kids actively choose to bully or demean others, how they got that way, and what could be done to teach them the error of their ways.

However, such an opportunity was not seized. Instead, schools’ administrators are made out to be the villains, with counselor Kim Lockwood standing out as a Kafk aesque antagonist to Alex’s concerned parents. The adults in the fi lm all blame authority fi gures (police, teachers, etc.) and rally together to, in the words of parent David Long, “create an army” to stand against bullying and make a diff erence. Un-witt ingly, this paints the devoted parents as heroes while showing the bullied children as ineff ectual na-ïfs who can’t even stand up for themselves enough to keep focus in their own movie.

The fi nal verdict: support SFTS, skip this fi lm.

As a kid, I loved music. However, the spark for the love I now have for it didn’t occur until I heard my fi rst blues song. I will also never forget that song. It was “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan, who is one of the greatest blues artists of all time.

As I joined the jazz band in middle school, I began lis-tening to more and more blues and jazz, and I realized that not many artists make blues music anymore. At least not like they used to.

I’ve come to the conclusion that the music industry (not in-cluding the underground, non-radio artists) has come to an abrupt

halt and something needs to be done to save it. The Black Keys, on the other hand, are

one of the saviors that this industry is looking for.

This band is the de-piction of the best case scenario for any garage band.

The Black Keys con-sist of only two mem-bers, but two is enough to put forth the blues rock

sound that they cre-ated in drum-

mer Patrick Carney’s base-ment.

The band formed in 2001 aft er Carney and vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach dropped out of college to pursue a music career.

They grew a huge under-ground fan base from playing

shows in clubs and bars. The success didn’t come until aft er a few hit and miss albums. They

recorded an album with famous pro-ducer Danger Mouse called “Att ack and Release.” This helped them

get recognized; however, when the Keys released “Brothers” in 2010, they hit the charts big time. Their famous single “Tighten Up” won three Grammys.

Last year they released “El Camino” and hit No. 2 on the Bill-board Top 200.

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“This band is the perfect depiction of the best case scenario for any garage band.”

The Black Keys started a wave to bring back blues with their own touch of rock.

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Don’t Stop Believin’by: Journey

Float Onby: Modest Mouse

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Shelby Tackett , 9

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Jasmine Ballard, 9

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Number of feet a penguin can jump

Number of feathers on an eagle

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@CubOnline: How do you feel about the new skip-a-� nal policies?

@nonnorcash Connor Nash, 12The new policies are unfair to stu-dents that attain good grades and complete all their assignments.

@karlatino Karleigh Latinovich, 12

@alisonrusso Alison Russo, 12

@melismaac Melissa MacNeur, 12

@saviorxavier Xavier Somerville, 12@kelseyhall1 Kelsey Hall, 12

@ajlupinacci Arielle Lupinacci, 12 @whitschwagg Whitney Shaw, 11

I like them because I’m a senior but I would hate them if I were an under-classmen.

I feel like they’re good because they reinforce the seniors doing well and staying in class.

they’re awesome for seniors but I’d hate to be an underclassmen!

It’s bogus. 95% attendance rate and only 2 absences is unrealistic for AP classes.

As a senior I think they are pretty fair since we have known the rule all through high school.

I think it’s unfair because juniors have had the opportunity before.

I think they are pretty fair but seniors should only have to have a C or better

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4. Butler University

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6. UCLA

7. Oxford College 8. Notre Dame University

9. Ohio State University

10. University of Missouri

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Percent of the hu-man brain that is

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Batman: The Animated SeriesKayla Becnel, 12

APRIL 27, 2012 • CUB REPORTER SPORTS

Girls tennis off to hot start

Junior Megan Froman tosses the ball in the air as she begins to serve the ball. The Lady Bears beat the War-ren Central Warriors 4-1, giving them three wins in a row at the time. Cub photo/Nyreeja Cox

Track focused ‘on one meet at a time’

“We also just need to enjoy the journey while it lasts.”

Tim Richey head coach

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The Lady Bears are off to a scorching start to begin their season, going 6-2 in their first eight matches. On April 9, the Lady Bears faced off against the Arsenal Tech Titans. The Bears took it to the Titans early and often as they rolled to a 5-0 sweep of Tech. The Bears won ev-ery varsity match, both singles and doubles.

Perhaps the biggest accom-plishment of this young season was the match against cross-town rival Lawrence North. For the second year in a row, the Bears beat the Wildcats by a score of 3-2. No. 1 singles player sophomore Veronica Clark han-dled the Wildcats’ No. 1 singles player Kathleen Rutherford in two sets by scores of 6-3 and 6-0, and the Bears rallied behind her strong perforrmance to pull out a tough team win.

“It is awesome. LN is the biggest game of the year and to beat them is always great. I just hope we keep progressing because we may see them again in Sectionals,” head coach Tim Taylor said.

The only blunder of the

season for the Lady Bears so far came a day after the victory over Lawrence North. LC lost a close game to the Perry Me-ridian Falcons 3-2. The spirits and adrenaline were high, es-pecially only a day after beating their archrival, which may have

caused them to slip up. Even though the ladies lost, it does help them, in some ways, to see what they have to improve on

to move on and keep winning matches.

“We need to get more con-fident and assertive on the doubles courts. Even if we don’t have the biggest serves, we can compete better by being more proactive.” Taylor said.

On April 16, the team went up against an undermanned, six-lady team of International High School and won 4-1. The Bears then faced the Pike Red Devils the following day and defeated them by a score of 4-1 again.

The busy schedule contin-ued for the ladies on April 18 when they increased their win streak to three games with a 4-1 win over the Warren Central Warriors. The Lady Bears three-game win streak was halted, however, on April 19 as they

lost to Conference Indiana foe Columbus North. The Bulldogs defeated the Bears by a score of 4-1.

“...we can compete better by being more proactive.”

Tim Taylor head coach

The girls have three games next week, including two key games against Conference Indi-ana opponents Franklin Central

and Bloomington North. At this point their conference record is the teams only weak spot so these games will be pivotal.

The boys and girls track teams have gotten off to solid starts this season as both teams have maintained top three rankings in the state. In fact, the boys have stayed at No. 1 the whole season. The boys have not been able to compete much this season, but in the two meets they have participated in, they split with one win and one

loss. Their loss came in a meet early in the season on March 21 to North Cen-tral, but large-ly because the runners were still trying to find out what events they are better at. On April 17 the Bears got into the win column by winning a meet against one of their conference

foes, Southport. The girls have had better

luck this sea-son as they have com-peted in four meets and have won all of them, in-cluding a big win on March 29 against two ranked op-

ponents, Ben Davis and North Central. Usually being ranked

adds a lot of pressure, especial-ly when you’re ranked as high as the Bears, but the runners and throwers aren’t letting it get in their heads.

“Our kids have responded pretty well. I don’t think the rankings are a big distraction. We try to use that as motiva-tion rather than be scared of it,” head coach Tim Richey said.

The season is still young for both teams, and there is more they need to fix in order to reach the ultimate goal of a

state title. “Rather than focusing only

on the State meet, we are fo-cusing on one meet at a time. We need to keep adding more depth and win more events to boost confidence. We also just need to enjoy the journey while it lasts,” Richey said.

The girls’ next meet is a big one as they face off against all of Conference Indiana tonight, and the boys also will compete against Conference Indiana at the same time.

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Passion. Pride. Winning.Touch

All‘Em

“The success has been a collective effort.”

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Softball still has work to do

“ Thomas Corbetthead coach

We’re really happy with where we’re at right now.”

Indiana has historically been the home to basketball in America. But in the last few years, there has been a severe absence of success for the In-diana Pacers. The Pacers have gone through major make-

overs since the Malice at the Palace in Detroit, yet none of these ove-

h a u l s of the organization have resulted in a winning season.

Then 2010 hit. The Pacers surprised their entire fan base (which remains anemic com-pared to many other successful organizations) when the earned an 8 seed to the playoffs to take on the Chicago Bulls. The Pacers soon shocked the entire country

when they almost (and should have) went up on the Bulls 2-0 in the series (darn you, Kyle Korver). It was at this point when NBA fans everywhere knew that the scrappers from Indiana could rise from the ashes and be-come a force in the league.

How have the Pacers formed their tarnished rep-utation into a reputable one? For starters, they released every thug on their team. The Pacers front office knew that once Hall of Famer Reggie Mill-er left the team, they were in for a major remodeling. After the former Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace…) pummeled De-

troit Pistons fans in ’04, Larry Bird and Donnie Walsh decided to part ways with him, Jermaine O’Neal (who was quickly be-coming ineffective), Stephen Jackson and Jamal Tinsley. Af-ter a few fruitless draft picks

(i.e. Brandon Rush, Shawne Williams and David Harri-son) and some solid ones (Roy Hib-bert, Danny Granger and

Paul George), the Pacers were back to playing at least digni-fied basketball. Indiana still suffered from the departure of Walsh, the CEO and president of the organization, and from the dreadful coaching of Jim O’Brien.

When O’Brien finally got the hook, interim coach Frank Vogel turned the struggling Pacers into a formidable post-season opponent. The additions of David West and George Hill over the offseason gave the Pac-er fans a reason to believe that this season would be a good one.

And it certainly has been. The success has been a collec-tive effort by literally every single player on the team, from Danny Granger to Lou Amund-son. Granted, not every player is putting up big numbers, but everyone still makes a contri-bution to every win. It’s a re-vamped team like this that has earned the Pacers a 3 seed. It is basketball like this that has brought exciting basketball back to its rightful home.

The Lady Bears have started off with a record of 4-4. One of the team’s biggest victories so far was their win against cross-town rival Lawrence North 6-0.

The Lady Bears continued their winning streak by beating Pike 11-1. One of the team’s other victories was against Chatard where the team won a close game 10-9.

“We’re really very happy with where we’re at right now,” head coach Thomas Corbett said. “The team is very competitive this year and the girls are getting along great as a team and they’re working very hard as a whole team.”

The girls lost a game to Perry Meridian 6-9 after having a 6-0 lead. They also lost their first game against Fishers with a final score of 6-1.

The loss was due to a lack of mental focus during the middle of the game, and now Corbett wants to make that a

high priority for the rest of the season.“Mental lapses happen and errors

occur sometimes, especially when the big run is needed. We just have to focus a little bit more and get our head in the game,” Corbett said.

Conference games started last week. One of the games resulted in a loss to Columbus North 3-0.

Still recovering from the loss, they followed their next game by losing to big competitor Cathedral 10-4.

“Even though we have our losses and

there are still skills to work on, I am very happy with where the team is right now in the season. I am excited to see what else our team can bring, especially for our upcoming conference games,” said junior Nicole Jones.

The team will have a double header Saturday against Noblesville at 9 a.m. and at 1 p.m.

The following weekend the girls will play in the County tournament at Pike.

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Junior Kennedi Julch makes contact and hits the ball to the left side of the in-field. She followed through to get a base hit off an error.

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Trampolines have always been known as a children’s toy; most everyone had the neigh-bor who owned one or owned one themselves. However, a fairly new business called Sky-zone Indoor Trampoline Park has accepted that challenge and has made trampolines popular once again.

The building is divided into five sections; two dodgeball trampoline courts, a basketball trampoline court, a main court, and a trampoline foam pit.

The main court is a sea of trampolines, all connected to form a large trampoline sur-face. On the walls are even more angled trampolines that allow you to bounce off the walls, literally.

Skyzone is a walled-in trampoline park with 36 locations across the United States. A new facility has been added to the Fishers area.

My favorite? The basketball court, of course.

CEO and founder Rick Platt first got the idea when he got a patent for a giant trampoline, yet had no idea what to do with it. The idea came to him when some neighborhood kids would come over and ask to use the trampoline.

Platt and his son, Jeff, opened their first walled-in trampoline park in 2004 in Las Vegas. The location had great success, selling 130,000 tickets in the first year alone.

The following year, Platt opened another location and made $3 million in only two years. By 2008, the company had opened 24 locations across the United States. However, Platt believed that more loca-tions would eventually be nec-essary due to the rapid growth in ticket sales.

The company topped the charts and reached No. 1 on thinkofthat.net, which is a web site that puts the stories behind million-dollar companies.

After hearing about how fun the place was, and how in-expensive it was, I decided to try it for myself and share my experience with Cub readers.

First of all, I would consider my-self a fairly athletic guy, and this place wore me out.

T h e cheapest session is $9 for 30 minutes of jumping, which, be-lieve me, is plenty of time on the trampolines.

Not only is the park great for a leisure pastime, the com-pany holds birthday parties and other events.

SkyZone also offers dodge-ball tournaments, which are the most attended events at SkyZone. Just like traditional dodgeball games, balls are lined up at the center and six players on each team run for the balls. But add this factor: The floor is made up of trampolines.

The customer service is also way above par. While try-ing my skills at dunking, I received many point-ers from some of the

workers. Also, one employee taught me how to gainer into the foam pit.

“I’ve been working here since we opened and there hasn’t been a day where the placed wasn’t packed at least once in the day. We’ve had

Ashley Taylor

...there hasn’t been a day where the placed wasn’t packed..”

much success and I believe that this place is here to stay,” Sky-Zone employee Ashley Taylor said.

SkyZone is open to custom-ers of all ages, shapes and phys-ical ability.

Monday: ClosedTuesday - Thursday: 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.Friday: noon - 9 p.m.Skymania Friday 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. Ages 10 - 15Saturday: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.SkyjamSaturday 10 p.m. - midnightAge 16 and upSunday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.Prices30 minute jump: $960 minute jump: $1390 minute jump: $17120 minute jump: $20

The price to jump

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Writer Coleman LaBarr tests his skills, attempting a gainer (above), and gets some distance with a dunk (left).

Cub photos/Charlie Rebholz

CUB REPORTER • APRIL 27, 2012 PAGE 27SPORTS

Baseball finds its stride

Balance drives golfers to success

“We’re pretty bal-anced right now...”

Norm Starkeyhead coach

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After a rough 0-2 start to the season for the reigning Con-ference Indiana champions, the boys have bounced back and now sit at 8-5 with a 2-0 record in Conference play.

“No one is really dominat-ing right now,” assistant coach John McCormick said. “Every game has been close and we can play with anyone.”

That point was certainly proved when the boys won their first game of the year over the Rockford Rams, the 48 ranked team in the nation and No. 1 ranked team in the state of Michigan.

Led by junior Scott Swing-le, who pitched five innings of shutout ball, the Bears would go on to win, 1-0.

The boys hit a rough patch the week following Spring Break, though. After a complete game shut-out performance by junior Alex Kryah against North Central, the boys lost two straight games to Green-field Central and Richmond, the former on a walk-off grand slam.

The boys would head into the weekend with a double-header against Floyd Central

and the 26 ranked team in the nation, Lake Central. The boys would defeat Floyd Central in the morning game, but the af-ternoon bout with Lake Central was canceled due to rain.

The boys began Conference play on the road against Perry Meridian on April 17. A 4-1 win on this day and a 6-3 win against the Pike Red Devils the following day would put the boys on top of Conference In-diana.

Part of the boys’ recent suc-cess has been the approach that they have taken into each game.

“We see everyone as No. 1,” McCormick said. “When we play good teams, it’s not dra-matic for us. The only thing that holds us back is ourselves.”

Indeed, that would come back to bite the Bears in the loss to Lawrence North last Friday. A 6-run top of the seventh for the Wildcats would be the dif-ference maker in a 6-8 loss, a tough one to swallow for the seniors.

The boys would bounce back the next day as they were crowned champions of the Northview Invitational, de-feating Northview and Gibson Central.

The Bears will take on Broad Ripple next Tuesday.

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The golfers were only two days removed from spring break when they earned their first victory over Southport on April 10. The boys narrowly edged out the Cardinals by six strokes in a 166-172 victory.

That kind of success has been prevalent throughout the young season as the boys are off to a 4-1 start with wins over the aforementioned Cardinals,

Roncalli, Perry Meridian and Scecina. Thanks to a talent lad-en squad, the boys have taken down many solid opponents, like Southport. The only rough patch for the Bears thus far into the 2012 campaign was a loss to Noblesville, one of the top ranked teams in the state. But there was a silver lining in the loss — the Bears scored a 46 in the match and still lost by only 8 points, 156-164.

“We obviously brought back quality players from last

year,” head coach Norm Star-key said. “But we’ve also been pleasantly surprised with fresh-man Colin Mc-Carthy and s o p h o m o r e Drew Nixon. We’re pretty balanced right now, which is exactly what we want.”

McCarthy has certainly been hot this season. He has had only one round above a 42,

which was in the loss to Nobles-ville. He is averaging less than 40 strokes per round and has al-

ready medaled in a match.

But he hasn’t been doing it alone. S o p h o m o r e Tony Rogers has medaled in two of the

team’s matches so far, while shooting over 40 only once. His consistency has been a

testament to how hard he has worked to reach this level.

“Both of those players (Mc-Carthy and Rogers) hit it awful far and straight. They work on their games a lot, and they have good attitudes. They always score well,” Starkey said.

Starkey also noted that the boys’ schedule has been “pretty friendly” so far. The boys take on Chatard Saturday at their home course, Winding Ridge, and will then go to the Chatard Invite the following weekend.

Senior Derrian Smith rips a fastball into right field for a single for the Bears against Pike. The Bears would get the 6-3 win, giving junior Knox Batie his second win on the year Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

INTHE Spotlight

STUDENT INTERESTPAGE 28 APRIL 27, 2012 • CUB REPORTER

Sophomore Bill Stowers plays a sport unlike any other, one that is more physically demanding than most ... rugby.

Bill Stowers

“(I started because) it was a contact sport that was different from any I have played.”

CR: Why did you get started in playing rugby?BS: I started playing my freshman year because my friends

played in middle school and told me how much fun it was.

CR: What position do you play?BS: I play prop. It’s a part of the pack, and it is similar to an of-

fensive lineman in football. However, you can’t block in rugby, so our job is to ruck and tackle.

CR: What are your future hopes for your rugby career?BS: I hope that I become a full-time starter next year and that we will win State again.

CR: How do you feel or prepare right before a game?BS: I’m excited before every game. I’m second string right now, so I hope I get in and play.

CR: How do you benefit from playing rugby?BS: Rugby is my way to get in shape. There is no sport as physically demanding as rugby. It consists of continuous play like soccer, so there are no timeouts. You also play offense and defense, so there is no time for rest.

CR: Who do you play for?BS: I play for the Lawrence Claymores. We are made up of kids from LC, LN and Warren Central. We are a club sport with our own field; we have played three games and our record is 3-0 so far. We are one of the original teams (since 1990) and the original state champ. We have won three state championships and we came in third last year.

CR: What’s your rugby schedule like throughout the year?BS: We practice every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and our games are on Saturdays. We are a spring sport; we play around 13 games a year against other teams in the state, and then we play in the state tour-nament.

CR: Why did you choose rugby over other sports?BS: It was a contact sport that was different from any I have played. It is also the third most popular sport in the world. Football, parts of soccer and modern day basketball all came from rugby.

CR: Why is the game important to you?BS: It’s a great sport that is growing in popularity in the United States. My team is very close, and I have enjoyed playing very much. We will take anyone that shows up, no matter how big or small.

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