Cub Reporter Issue 5

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Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Volume 63, Issue 5

November 18, 2011

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Cub Reporter again named ‘best in state’ -Please see Occupy on page 8T his is the year of protest, the year of

voice, the year of change. 2011 has transformed lives through empower-ment. Starting in Tunisia, protests be-

The Cub Reporter has won a Hoosier Star from the Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA), designating it among the best high school publica-tions in the state. LC and Car-mel share the title for Division III schools with 2,000 or more

came the new style. Protests seemed to begin ev-erywhere practically overnight. We have heard about these protests in Egypt, Yemen and Libya. We watched the protests on Channel One and on the news. It seemed these protests were hardly aff ecting our lives.

That is, until now.

students. Judging was based on is-

sues from the 2010-2011 school year. Co-editors in chief were Greg Price, Ali King and Brad Oppenheim, all 2011 graduates.

The award continues a tradition of Hoosier Star and Hoosier Star fi nalist honors for the paper that goes back to the 1990s.

In addition to the Hoo-sier Star, the Cub Reporter has earned two other awards, a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University and the Gallup award from Quill and Scroll. Both are the highest cri-tique honors in the organiza-tions’ annual judging.

“We try to present the news

that LC not only wants but needs,” Cub Reporter adviser Elizabeth Granger said.

Granger is in her 23rd year teaching here and advising the Cub, continuing the school’s “tradition of good journalism.” She said the Cub tries to local-ize its pages by having a tie to LC in every story.

“We strived to keep the

Cub Reporter in good stand-ings, because it’s a good institu-tion not only statewide but na-tionwide,” said Price, who is a freshman at Indiana University.

Price said the staff tried to incorporate more hard news stories than it had in previous years and to have a more varied collection of students in their stories.

Occupy: Big vs. littleWhile Occupy Wall Street has taken root in New York City, it has branched out into cities nationwide. Within Indiana’s borders, Occupy Indianapolis and Occupy Bloomington have sprouted. Above, protesters in NYC speak against large corporations. Cub photos/Sally Finkel

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Staff.

Editor-in-ChiefSamantha Strong

Online EditorColeman LaBarr

News EditorsCaroline VarieMeredith Varie

Opinions EditorsCarley LanichMeredith Nordmann

Features EditorsKatie BillmanSara Heiny

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Clear, concise reporting on the good, the bad and the ugly. Someone’s got to do it.

Students’ perspectives on problems affecting Lawrence Central’s halls and the world beyond 56th Street.

In-depth coverage of students, global issues, rising trends and the not-so-average Bear.

Trends are changing, the popcorn’s popping and yesterday’s in is tomorrow’s out. Don’t worry; we’ll help you keep up.

Scores, matches, games, meets and touchdowns. Lawrence Central Bears are back and with a vengeance.

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Sports EditorAlex Kryah

Social Media EditorLane Creech

ReportersAvarie BowmanCandace BullockSally FinkelEsbeida FloresJacob HelmusTorre Kennedy Glynnis KingMolly LissKristen Swanson

AdviserElizabeth Granger

PrincipalThomas Oestreich

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The advanced nutrition and well-ness classes practiced cooking up a healthy meal last week. The recipe: taco soup.Left: Senior Marquis England slices and dices onions. “Slicing on-ions makes me feel like a chef but cry like a baby,” England said. Right: Senior Aaron Tichenor and junior DashawnTurman stir their soup in one of the final steps of the recipe.Below: Senior Jennifer Hymes, sophomore Trey Corley and junior Dericka Goms stir and prepare meat to add to the taco soup.Cub photos/Katie Billman

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The MSD of Lawrence Township (MSDLT) faces a civil lawsuit filed last week by the family of a victim of sex-ual abuse. According to the complaint, “Jane Doe” seeks “damages for sexual abuse by her coach and those…who en-abled it to happen.”

In addition to MSDLT, the com-plaint names as defendants United States Swimming, Inc., Indiana Swim-ming, former Lawrence Township swim coach Christopher Wheat, and two indi-

viduals who allegedly had knowledge of Wheat’s inappropriate behavior but failed to report the incidences.

Jane Doe’s attorney, Jonathon Little, filed the lawsuit last week. “We chose to hold a press conference because this is happening everywhere…we are trying to draw as much attention to this issue as we can,” Little said Monday.

The complaint alleges that the per-sons in charge of the Lawrence Swim Team (LST) in 2000 and 2001 had knowl-edge of Wheat’s behavior and could have prevented the 2009 incidents from

happening to Jane Doe. Wheat, arrested in 2010, pleaded

guilty to two counts of sexual miscon-duct and one count of child solicitation and is serving a prison sentence with the Indiana Department of Corrections. At the time, Wheat was the head coach and executive director of the LST and the as-sistant coach for Lawrence North.

The complaint alleges that two as-sistant coaches in 2001 had knowledge of the incidents and that they in turn reported them to one of the defendants. The defendant allegedly failed to report

the incidences. Wheat resigned as the swim coach in 2002 but was rehired in 2003-2004 as head coach of LST.

Little argues that Jane Doe “should never have even come in contact with Chris Wheat if the adults who had the chance to remove him from Lawrence Schools in 2000 did their job. The bot-tom line here is the Lawrence Schools screwed up by letting Chris Wheat back into the schools.”

Neither the legal representative for MSDLT nor the superintendent could be reached for comment.

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in their communities. Casson described her defi-

nition of social justice in one word: “Lis-ten.”

“ T h e youth have a voice and can offer a point of view, but some don’t lis-ten,” she con-tinued.

C a s s o n went on to talk

about what she and students here were doing to stand up for what they believe in.

“I told them about the Skip-

Senior Destiny Casson is among today’s youth speak-ing out on social justice and how students have a right to be heard. She appeared at the Indiana Town Hall Series on Social Justice last month to pro-vide her input.

“I was there to give my per-spective on social justice and how it affects youth today,” she said.

Casson, along with other

students, discussed several questions on this topic.

Social justice is “a society based on the principles of equality that values human rights and rec-ognizes the dignity of ev-ery human be-ing.”

Town Hall d i s c u s s i o n s ranged from naming icons of social justice to describing it in one word to talking about goals students had for improving social justice

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The youth have a voice and can offer a point of view, but some don’t listen.”

A-Final policy, how we wore red, had buttons and the sit-in in the Commons,” Casson said. “I feel (democracy) is at its best.”

She said she believes the students’ voice affected the cre-ation of this year’s Skip-a-Final policy. It gives seniors the op-portunity to skip one final this semester and possibly all finals in the spring.

Casson continued: “De-mocracy means listening to the people. ... We live in a demo-cratic society, taught in class-es. It would be disgraceful to go against something we are taught.”

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Casson speaks out on social justice

Nov. 19: Performing Arts craft boutique, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.. enter LC through Hall of Fame entranceNov. 24-25: Thanksgiving break; no school Dec. 3: Mandatory 21st Century Scholars meeting, 9:30 a.m., Room 450, IUPUI Campus CenterDec . 3: Free SAT practice testing, Sylvan Learning Center, Fishers — registra- tion due to LC’s counseling center by Nov. 28Dec. 8: ECA English 10 retesting, 8:50 a.m. Dec. 8: Holiday Extravaganza (concert), 7 p.m., auditorium Dec. 10: ACT, 8 a.m., enter LC through Door 5CDec. 10: Regional Thespian conference, 8 a.m., Brown County Dec. 12: ECA math retesting, 8:50 a.m. Dec. 19: Final exams - M5, M6Dec. 20: Final exams - G1, G2Dec. 21: Final exams - M8, M7Dec. 22: Final exams - G4, G3Dec. 23-Jan. 8: Winter break; no school Jan. 9: Spring semester classes begin

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FOR PARENTS

Snow day guidelines When school is to be closed or delayed because of bad weather, an announce-ment will be made on local TV and radion stations. In addition, information will be available at www.twitter.com. And automated phone calls will be made to district families. Families may also request an email notification by go-ing to www.ltschools.org and selecting Listserves from the light blue menu bar, then selecting the Weather Related School Closing Notification section on the list. Because students are to be in school 180 days, snow days must be made up.

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Gov/law classes second, thirdLC’s government/law class-

es placed second and third in Monday’s district We the People competition. Cathedral cap-tured first place.

Both of LC’s government/law classes, taught by Drew Horvath, broke off into six teams of three to five people each. Each team was assigned

won awards for three units. Horvath’s M7 class won

Units 3 and 4. His G4 class won Unit 6. Cathedral won all of the other units.

“The kids worked hard and studied. They were able to demonstrate critically think-ing about issues of the day and the principles based upon our Constitution,” Horvath said. “I thought today was a really suc-cessful day.”

ing, application, reasoning, evi-dence and responsiveness.

LC’s G4 gov/law class came in second, the M7 class third.

“It’s (getting second place) very satisfying,” said senior Victoria Thomas. “My unit as a whole put in a lot of teamwork, a lot of effort and a lot of prac-tice.”

The judges awarded one team per Constitutional issue as well as an overall award. LC

a different Constitutional issue to research, study and write an essay about.

At the competition, each team presented a four-minute essay in front of judges. After the essays were read aloud, the judges asked follow-up ques-tions, or units, pertaining to the team’s particular issue.

Students were judged in their responses to Constitution-al issues including understand-

Above: Senior Brittany Cain studies her notes before giving her say at the We the People competition.

Left: Seniors Austin Galm, Lauren Madsen, Tony Williams, Kevin Schmitt and Jeron Brown look over their material prior to judging.

Cub photos/Kevin Kryah

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Are you smart enough to be onAnswer these trivia questions to see how you would fare in this battle of the brains!1. What animal is classified as lagramorpha?

2. What name is given to a rock consisting of pebbles and gravel cemented together?

3. What plant is pictured at the right?

4. Name the smallest country that bor-ders France, Germany and Belgium.

5. What group in Afghanistan restored ancient statues of Buddha throughout the country in 2001?

6. Who is the author of Northanger Abby?

7. What nickname is given to the sports teams of Valparaiso University?

8. What is the smallest South American country bordering the Pacific?

Key Club members continued their volunteer vision early this month by helping build a home for someone in need. On Nov. 2, the day of parent-teacher conferences, they spent the day working on a home through Habitat for Humanity. Throughout the day volunteers used power tools to put in cabinets, doors, and vents. Above: Junior Alyssia Dawson drills a hole into the back of a cabi-net before installing it into the bathroom of the home. Right: Junior Ashley Sparks lends a hand to junior Nicolas Haerer while working on putting in a vent cover in the Habitat home.Cub photos/ Melissa MacNeur

Brain team defeats Guerinin season opener

LC’s Brain Game team de-feated Guerin High School 19-12 in their first match of the year. The taped competition aired on WTHR-Channel 13 last Saturday.

LC will play North Central in round two of the competition in January.

Every Friday at 7 a.m., six Brain Game students put their knowledge to the test. These early rapid-fire questioning ses-sions are only preparation for the TV competition.

Juniors JZ Forbes, Sam Short and Samantha Strong, and seniors Calvin Mendel, Ari-elle Russel and Meredith Varie, are members of the Brain Game team.

This academic competition, coached by English teacher Richard Phillipy, tests knowl-edge and recall.

“This is not for students that spend hours on the AP and IB tests,” Phillipy said. “Rapid recall matters.”

Brain Game is a Jeopardy-like competition, complete with buzzers. Questions in subjects including English, science and math, social studies, and mis-cellaneous are asked during a match.

The competition, sponsored by Westfield Insurance, consists of five rounds, beginning with 48 teams. After a team loses one match, it is out of the running for the finals.

Westfield Insurance awards $1,000 grants to each school that places fourth through eighth. The semifinalist school receives $2,000, and the finalist school earns $5,000. The champion-ship school takes home $7,000.

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12. What series of popular books is based around a character named Greg Heffley?

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Marching band in state, national � nals

The Spirit of Central (SOC) Marching Band competed in both state and national fi nal competitions recently.

Last Saturday, SOC com-peted in the Bands of America Grand Na-tional Cham-p i o n s h i p s , and placed 9th out of 12 fi nalist bands. The compt-etion, held at Lucas Oil Stadium, con-sists of three performance rounds: pre-l i m i n a r i e s , s e m i f i n a l s , and fi nals. The compe-tition began

SAT cheating scandal raises questionsit can vary from cheat sheets to glances… I don’t believe it should happen, but it’s hard to get control of it,” Gardner said.

Cheating is a problem ex-perienced at LC as well. Junior Petr Sliva says people have tried to cheat off of him before, but it doesn’t really bother him. He also thinks that it’s up to the administration whether or not they regulate cheating. “It’s their decision to be or not to be careful of students who try to cheat,” Sliva said.

On the other hand, teach-

cause students to feel the need to cheat. However, he also be-lieves that cheating is very se-rious. “The stakes are so high

because not only are you going to get a 0 on the SAT, but col-leges are going to know that you aren’t a respon-

sible person.” Junior Griffi n Gardner

thinks that all forms of cheating on the SAT are hard to prevent. “It’s tough to control because

rector to help them tighten test-ing security. LC teacher Richard Phillipy said that cheating on the SAT is a major issue be-cause it involves so much mon-ey, like college s c h o l a r s h i p s . “They’re (the College Board) trying to pre-serve the integrity of the exam,” Phillipy said.

Junior Alex Larsh said that since the pressure on the SAT test is so high, this could

er Robert Hasty said that he doesn’t usually fi nd his stu-dents cheating. “I do observe occasionally wandering eyes, and when I do, I just make a general statement, ‘Make sure you keep your eyes on your own paper.’ I don’t think that’s a big issue for my groups,” Hasty said. Although there are cheating guidelines for teach-ers, including losing a grade and contact with a parent, Hasty doesn’t usually have to deal with it.

A 19 year-old was hired to take the SAT for 6 students in Long Island, NY; criminal and misdemeanor charges were fi led against all 7 of them in late September. Although the test-ing agency has publicly stated that this case is unique, many teachers and New York pros-ecutors believe diff erently.

However, the College Board wants to ensure that cheating is taken seriously and has hired Louis J. Freeh, a former F.B.I. di-

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What teachers are saying about cheating

“They’re (the College Board) try-ing to preserve the integrity of the exam.”

Richard PhillipyEnglish teacher

with 92 bands, cutt ing to 36 semifi nalists and 12 fi nalists. Bands come from across the nation, including Texas and Oklahoma, to compete in BOA fi nals.

To prepare for the last com-petition of the season, James says that the band had to work

on their con-fi dence and performance level.

“ W e ’ v e had some rough spots but that hap-pens every season.” Ju-nior Shan-non Reed said. “When you hear the crowd cheer-ing you on, it just gets you in the mood to

perform.” Spirit placed sixth out of 10

schools in the class A ISSMA (Indiana State School Music As-sociation) State competition at Lucas Oil Stadium on Oct. 29.

SOC also competed at the BOA Super Regional Champi-onships in Indianapolis on Nov. 5.

“Regional was quite a bet-ter performance than at ISS-

MA.” band director Matt James said. “It was the fi rst time with the tarp so that caused a bit of weirdness. The band was more confi dent at BOA (Bands of America).”

Above: The band comes together after a woodwind feature to play one really loud chord,” junior Derrick Gowan said. “they go in to choreography in the next part of the show.”Left: Senior color guard member Ashley Watson balances atop four snare drums in the fi nale of the show, Drumatic. Cub photos/Meredith Varie

See page 9 for more about cheating

“One of the most common ways is people just copying one another on group work.”

Mike Nickels English teacher

“Phones are a big issue...students don’t understand how big of a deal it (cheating) is.”

Melanie Gleasonmath teacher

“Students that don’t want to work for it will spend more time cheating.”

Anne Marie Milligan science teacher

“Cheating takes place a lot more than you think...looking at writing in calculators is common..”

Jessica Holmanmath teacher

“I use turn-it-in.com so it becomes obvious when students cheat or copy. I think cheating runs rampant in this school... if every teacher used turn-it-in for every paper or subject, plagiarism would be at a zero.”

Jan Weir chemistry teacher

“I think students think it’s an easy way to improve thier grade. They’re just being lazy...”

Robert Meiersocial studies teacher


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La elección contestará la pregunta

En las eleccio-nes presidenciales del 2008 Barack Obama se gano el 67 por ciento de los votos Latinos,

porque tenia planes de hacer mas trabajos para los Latinos de este país. Todos estaban ilu-sionados con la idea de que la situación para los Latinos pud-iese mejorar. Obama dĳ o que apoyaría el plan que proveyere un camino hacia la legalización para estudiantes de colegio y

miembros militares que fueron traídos a este país cuando eran niños.

La verdad es que muchos de los que votaron por el presi-dente Obama están desilu-sionados. El d e s e m p l e o en la comuni-dad Latina ha aumentado y muchos están perdiendo sus casas por esta razón. El desempleo de Lati-nos estaba a un 4.9 por ciento en Mayo del 2006 comparado con 13.1 por ciento en Oct. del

2009. Aparte de los problemas económicos por los cuales es-tán pasando los Latinos, otros critican el gran número de de-portaciones que ha habido bajo

la presidencia de Obama y la falta de progreso en un plan inmigra-torio compren-sible.

Empezaron a haber depor-

taciones de inmigrantes Latinos que no tenían record criminal. Esto duro mucho tiempo hasta hace poco que solo están siendo deportados los que si tienen

mal record. Estos cambios lle-garon tarde para todos aquellos que fueron deportados a su re-spectivo país sin tener record criminal. Aparte de esto no ha habido progreso hacia una re-forma migratoria para los que califi quen.

Con las elecciones acercán-dose es difícil tratar de predecir cuantos Latinos volverán a vo-tar por el presidente Obama. La pregunta fundamental será si la situación económica de la comunidad Latina es tan severa como para pasar por alto de la posición antiinmigrante del partido republicano.

The new fi nal exam sched-ule for fi rst semester has only two classes a day.

For each class, students will have a study review session fol-lowed by the fi nal exam for that class. Finals count for 20 percent of the students’ overall grade in a class. The setup of the study sessions is at the discretion of the teacher.

“I didn’t want students to have fi nals and have to go back to that class aft er they took their fi nal,” principal Thomas Oes-treich said. Oestreich said he arranged the schedule by de-

termining what students need most to do well on their exams. Each day will consist of review sessions, restroom breaks, regu-lar lunches and two fi nal exams.

McKenzie Career Center (MCC) students will fi nish their exam and will not leave early from class. The buses will be held so students can catch their bus for the following block. Seniors eligible to skip a fi nal fi rst semester may do so if they have the teacher’s permission and a grade of 92.5 percent or higher. Seniors are allowed to leave during the class in which they are skipping a fi nal, but all students are expected to att end school during fi nals.

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In the 2008 presidential elec-tion, President Barack Obama earned 67 percent of the Latino votes, because he had job cre-ation plans for Latinos in this country. All were excited with the idea that the situation for Latinos could be bett er. Obama said he would support a plan to provide a path to legaliza-tion for high school and college students and military members who were brought to this coun-try when they were children.

The truth is that many of those who voted for President

Obama are disappointed. The unemployment of Latino com-munities has risen and many are losing their homes as a re-sult. The unemployment rate of Latinos was at 4.9 percent in May 2006 as compared with 13.1 percent in Oct. 2009. Apart from economic problems that Latinos are facing, others criti-

cize the large number of depor-tations that have happened un-der the Obama administration as well as the lack of progress for comprehensive immigration reform.

For a long time Latinos were being deported regardless of re-cord. Now, however, only those who have a criminal record are

Election will answer question

Finals: just two classes each day

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BRIEFSAmong nation’s best The school district has been recognized by the Na-tional Association of Music Merchants Foundation as one of the best communities in the country for music educa-tion. MSDLT was cited for outstanding support of music education enriching the lives of children, and advancing student achievement.

Re-testing begins Dec. 8 Juniors and seniors who have not yet passed the End of Course Assessment test for English 10 and/or algebra I will be tested in December. Those students have been as-signed to remediation study halls, English in 410 and math in 411. Students who do not att end the remediation sessions may not qualify for waivers if they cannot pass the tests.

Mandatory IUPUI meeting Seniors who are Twenty-First Century Scholars are required to att end a Dec. 3 meeting in Room 450 of the IUPUI Campus Center at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 3.

Free SAT practice test The Sylvan Learning Center of Fishers is off ering a free practice SAT to seniors and juniors at 9 a.m. Dec. 3. To qualify, LC students must register in LC’s counseling department by Nov. 28.

Toy drive continues The National Honor So-ciety is still collecting money for their annual toy drive for needy Lawrence families. Qualifying parents will be able to “shop” at LC, choosing toys for their children. NHS members will help wrap the presents here. Contributions of money or new toys may be left with sponsor Pam Walters in Room 137.

being deported. Changes are ar-riving too late for all those with-out criminal records who have been deported to their respec-tive countries. Apart from this there has not been any progress toward immigration reform for those who qualify.

With the approaching elec-tions, it is diffi cult to predict how many Latinos will vote for Obama again. The fundamental question will be whether or not the economic situation of the community is severe enough to overcome the Republican anti-immigration position.

“Es difícil predecir cu-antos Latinos volv-erán a votar por el presidente Obama.”

Monday Dec. 19

Final Exam Schedule

Thursday Dec. 22

Wednesday Dec. 21

Tuesday Dec. 20

G4 8:50-10:21 (study and review) G4 Final 10:28-11:54G3 12:01-2:07 (study and review)G3 Final 2:14-3:40

M5 8:50-10:21 (study and review)M5 Final 10:28-11:54 M6 12:01-2:07 (study and review) M6 Final 2:14-3:40

G1 8:50-10:21 (study and review) G1 Final 10:28-11:54 G2 12:01-2:07 (study and review) G2 Final 2:14-3:40

M8 8:50-10:21 (study and review)M8 Final 10:28-11:54M7 12:01-2:07 (study and review) M7 Final 2:14-3:40

Would you rather go to a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard?1) Apple orchard2) Pumpkin patch3) Apple orchard4) Apple orchard5) Pumpkin patch6) Pumpkin patch

If you could be in any movie, which one would it be?1) Band of Brothers2) Titanic3) Transformers4) Any movie with Chris Brown or Channing Tatum5) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off6) Hoosiers

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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 taking a minute to get to know our student body. Match each student’s number with the numbers on the an-swers. Watch out, you could be next.

senior4) Demeri Radford

What’s your favorite college?1) Purdue2) Purdue3) Butler4) FAMU5) Herron School of Art, IUPUI6) Butler University! Go Dawgs

What’s your favorite LC meal?1) Chick-fil-A on Thursdays2) I bring my lunch3) Pizza4) Samurai5) None6) I bring my own

3) David Madisonjunior

5) Wendy Goldenart teacher

6) Tom Oestreichprincipal

Where is the farthest you’ve ever traveled for Thanksgiving break?

1) My grandma’s house2) Michigan3) Ohio4) Brownsburg, Ind.5) Arizona6) Tucson, Arizona

2) Ena Tullysophomorefreshman

1) Ernie Harshman

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ters… It’s what you do.” According to the official

Occupy Wall Street website (oc-cupywallst.org), more than 100 cities in the United States have followed the protests on Wall Street, and more than 1,500 cities globally.

In Indiana there have been protests in Indianapo-lis and Bloom-ington.

These pro-tests have sparked excitement across the nation and across the world. People with the Oc-cupy Wall Street protests have worked to take the nation’s matters into their own hands.

“A boycott by con-sumers will cre-ate more change than 1,000 Occupy movements.”

Donald Weireconomics teacher

By the numbersOccupy Wall Street protest began on Sept. 17.

100 cities in the United States have followed the lead of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Similar protests have occured in 1,500 citites worldwide.

The Occupy protests aim to rally against the richest one percent of our population.

Occupy Wall Street began Sept. 17 and is still happening today. Millions of people are protesting against the corrup-tion of banks and the power major companies have over our nation. These people are rebel-ling against major businesses such as Wal-Mart, the banks in our nation, and Wall Street it-self because, it is believed, they are at fault for the gaping hole in our economy.

During fall break I visited an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.

Tents were set up with stations supporting different views on how our economy should be changed. A popular sign advertised by many of the protesters read, “WALMART: It’s not what you say that mat-

There is often some confu-sion about what these protests are really about.

According to economics teacher Donald Weir, the pro-

tests are about the CEOs of major busi-nesses receiv-ing “bonus checks” now that the com-panies are making prof-its.

To add to this, the un-employment

rates have skyrocketed along with the country going into greater debt. These problems were promised to be fixed by President Barack Obama’s cam-paign.

“Congress and the Presi-dent have not worked together, and we seem to jump from one problem to the next without any solution,” Weir said. “After 10 years, people are mad and want something done.”

Although the protests around the world and in years past may have been effective, Weir said, the Occupy Wall Street protests have failed to make a stinging impact.

There are, he said, too many causes being protested, and all are without organization.

“You need to remember that the true power in this coun-try rests with the people. If you think that a company is doing something wrong, you can pro-test all you want, and you may even get the government to write a law or two,” Weir said.

“But if you want real change, then you need to do something about it and stop purchasing the company’s products. A boy-cott by consumers will create more change than 1,000 Occupy movements.”

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Most students hate the SAT. We hate gett ing up early on a Saturday. We hate sitt ing in an uncomfortable room that is either sweltering or freez-ing. We hate walking out into the glaring sunlight four hours later, palms sweaty, fi ngers achy and brains the equivalent of mush.

The fear evoked by the SAT is unsett ling. It takes a lot to frighten 17-and 18-year-olds, but the College Board does a fi ne job. Four hours of fi lling in bubbles on a Scantron has proven more frightening than a horror fi lm.

The terror the SAT shakes into its victims is not provoked by that specifi c Saturday, but by the thought of a Saturday one or two years down the road.

Our lives depend on the SAT.

Or so we think. The SAT has taken on a

life of its own, and it leaves no prisoners. The SAT defi nes us; a combination of four digits

reveals who we are, where we are headed and what we are worth.

For some students, this defi nitive moment becomes so overwhelming they resort to desperation: cheating.

In late September, seven students from Long Island were arrested for being in-volved in a cheating scandal on the SAT. Six of these students paid another student, who was a sophomore in college at the

time, to take the SAT for them. They paid him from $1,500 to $2,500 for one test. Their investments nett ed scores ranging from

2140 to 2220. Not bad.When we cheat on the

SAT, we are not only cheating the system. Scoring well may put us into a good college, but when we do not have the actual skills needed to succeed at that institution, we cheat ourselves.

These students felt that without a good score on the

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Hugs to fi eld trips, but Growls to never having any.

Hugs to winter sports begin-ning but Growls to all the snowy weather to come.

Hugs to the Thanksgiving dinners, but Growls to all the weight you can gain.

Hugs to fall colors, but Growls to winter weather.

Hugs to another break, but Growls to it being so short.

Hugs to leftover Halloween candy, Growls to siblings eating it.

Hugs to parent-teacher con-ferences, but Growls to another maroon week.

Hugs to colorful fall leaves, but Growls to raking them.

Hugs to cute sweaters, but Growls to cold weather.

Hugs to pizza Fridays com-ing back, but Growls to the long lines.

Hugs to Black Friday sales but, Growls to the crowds.

Hugs to our football team making it far, but Growls to Car-mel winning.

Hugs to hot apple cider but Growls to a burnt tongue.

Hugs to school spirit but Growls to boring pep rallies.

Hugs to yummy hot choco-late but Growls to bitter coffee.

• For as long as I can remember my favorite type of pie has been apple. Apple is a classic American choice and has been for hundreds of years. Pumpkin is far less original and is not as healthy. • Few students apply for scholar-ships at Lawrence Central. When col-lege tuition is constantly on the rise, this seems a bit crazy. Scholarships are basically free money awarded for your hard work in high school. Aft er putt ing in your four years at LC, doesn’t it make sense to be rewarded for your eff orts?• Thanksgiving has turned into a holiday consumed by food and shopping instead of actually giv-ing thanks. Too much att ention is focused on the day aft er Turkey Day rather than the holiday itself. It should be a time of year used to

30-second editorialsappreciate and express gratitude toward our families, friends and the blessings in life.• Every year, kids are encouraged to get fl u shots. Every year, despite fl u shots, there is an outbreak of the fl u. It’s understandable that some students want to avoid the pain of a fl u shot, or never get around to doing it. But it’s not understandable that students still come to school cough-ing, sneezing, with a fever and close to passing out. Yes, it is diffi cult to make up even a day’s worth of work, but spare those who are still healthy. I don’t want your germs.•I am really glad there is a new fi nal schedule. We would normally be in class jumping and messing around. In some classes we just do nothing so I am all for the new and improved fi nal schedule.

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Growls

Hugs

ANDCheating only cheats ourselves

SAT, their lives were on the line. Sadly, they are not the only ones.

Walk into a classroom any day at Lawrence Central and you will witness cheat-ing. Homework assignments shared via facebook, texting test answers to students in later blocks, taking pictures of tests, sharing binders for binder checks, trading out assign-ments due earlier in the week and claiming you “forgot to put your name on your paper” in order to change an answer.

The classic stretch toward

the desk next to you is so outdated. In order to keep up with the cheating scene you must be tech-savvy, cutt hroat and not all that secretive. In high school it may be all about passing the tests, but once you walk through these doors, diploma in hand, the stakes become much greater.

No one will be there to text you the answers; no one will take a picture of your test. It’s just you. And aft er cheating your way through four years of high school, that’s not much.

Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr“It takes a lot to frighten 17- and 18-year-olds, but the College Board does a fi ne job.

• As the calendar approaches the time for Thanksgiving and Christ-mas, there’s no time like now to give. One of the most rewarding things to give is your dedication, time and love to someone you care about or to someone who may need you. Special needs programs like Tops are great activities to join in on because they allow you to reach out and give joy through the simplest of activities.• The season opener for the Bears boys basketball team is again against none other than Lawrence North. But this game will be played at Conseco Fieldhouse. As a sports fan, that is going to be cool. But as a Lawrence Central fan, I haven’t been this excited for a sporting event since the football team played in the state championship. It’s going to be quite a show.

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peak Your Mind:Winter WeatherS

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TinyTempa’

Leaving school the day before Thanksgiving has always been the

best thing to me. Sometimes, I really don’t look forward to Thanksgiving break, but, eventually, I just need to get away from my everyday

schedule.Thanksgiving is a time to not

only eat, but to be thankful for everything you have. In experience, my family cooks all this food and most of it seems to go to waste.

Yes, the food is good, but why don’t we cook like that every day. I sometimes can come off as a very picky eater, but I do eat well. Usually my plate consists

only of macaroni, baked beans, a couple pieces of ham and a piece of cheesecake.

Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to realize how much they really have. I don’t feel that only one day out of the year should be the only day for giving thanks to anyone and for anything. You should always want to be thankful for what you have or the things that you receive on a daily basis.

Being able to go home to a family every day and always have a meal on the table is something everyone should love. There are people in this world that don’t have the opportunity to go home to a family or get a hot cooked meal every day. Always be thankful for what you have and not for what you want.

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AllBear it

“Music is the best thing that ever happened to the world.”

Tyennys Huggins, 9

“I love Blue’s Clues.” Azea Sharp, 10

“Two is three too many.”Malik Martin, 10

“I love Carl Thomas!”Krystal White, 12

“Real men do show choir.”Vencent Hill, 10

“Floor squad until I die.”Clayton Wylie, 10

“That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.”

Adam Turner, 11

“Out rocks to rock.”Whitney Shaw, 11

“Kids, you know the Mac Miller CD.”

Brandon Mabrey, 10

“Pop it, lock it, put it in your pocket, snot rocket.”

Destiny Jackson, 11

“I love the LC BEARS!!!”Datruce Johnson, 9

“Originality is the key to life. A bow tie is mine.”

Dexter Clardy, 11

“Even though you hate school now, you’re going to miss it. Be thankful for what you have and never forget your roots.”

Trevor Dunbar, 10

“Every day I’m shuffling.” Jackson Morrow, 12

“Ni hao.”Cora Hullinger, 10

“Happy Thanksgiving!”Keaton Lawrence, 10

1) What is your favorite winter weather activity?

2) What is your biggest winter weather concern?

3) How do you feel about snow days?

4) Snowmen or snowball fights?

1) Playing in the snow.2) Getting attacked by the abominable snowman.3) I enjoy them im-mensely.4) Snowmen.

1) Indoor baseball.2) If the roads are shut down.3) I love them.4) Snowball fights.

1) Unexpected snowball fights.2) Driving off the road.3) Bad. I’d rather be at school learning.4) Snowball fights.

1) Trailing cars on sleds.

2) Slipping on ice.3) Thumbs up.

4) Snowmen.

1) Hockey.2) People who can’t

drive on the ice.3) They are the best, but there’s got to be,

like, 24 inches.4) Snowmen. Any

kind of violence stinks.

1) Sledding.2) Driving on the

roads.3) I think they are

great.4) Snowmen.

Kevin Coxfreshman

Braxton Kriegsophomore

Joseph Smedleyjunior

Gretchen Foleysenior

Tim Taylortennis coach

Kristi Duffmedia center I.A.

Thankful every day

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laughter wherever she goes. For me, it’s definite that at least 70 percent of my laughter is dedicated to Liss. For this I thank her. Everyone loves to laugh, so we should all be thankful for anyone who has made us chuckle, giggle, cry from laughter, or who has just given us a reason to crack a smile.

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From theInside

November is personally a favorite month of mine. It’s when I can brag to my friends on the swim team about my ability to shave. It’s when I continue to drag out my birthday (for those who don’t know me, my birthday lasts until Hanukkah). It’s when I eat like there’s no tomorrow.

November is also when I think about what I’m most thankful for. This year, I am grateful for laughter which goes hand-in-hand with my wonderful opinions page neighbor, Molly Liss.

For those of you who

are first time Cub readers, Liss

writes the column, “The Low Down.” This column is genius, and I highly recommend that everyone should read it

after my column, of course.

Seriously, mine’s at the top of a page for a reason.

Liss is a best friend of mine, so I think that considering I am so thankful for her, I should

show my thanks by writing this

edition all about why she is superb.

Let’s start at the beginning. In her first column, Liss wrote a heartfelt article about the positives of being short. Thank you, Liss. You

helped me understand that being 4 feet 11 3/4 inches is not a tragedy, but a gift. Now when my friends who are at least 6 feet tall make snide comments about my height, I can defend myself with confidence. Can they still play on the monkey bars? Nope, but I can. Thank you, Liss, for reminding me that being short is truly stupendous.

Liss is a mastermind of words. She never lacks ideas for her next article which are undeniably hysterical. Let’s not forget about the column about the leaves’ trendy needs. Although I hate to break it to you, Liss, but the leaves change color because of the loss of chlorophyll.

My personal favorite, however, is her column about how to get rid of trick-or-

treaters on Halloween. This is perfectly ironic considering that Liss speed-

walked to many houses, asking for candy. Nice try, Liss.

I suggest that every one should walk up to her and introduce your self. I mean,

who wouldn’t want to be friends with Liss? OK, do not answer that, but consider how much you want that splendid bathing suit body during your winter break vacation to Florida. With Liss as your pal, her humor will cause you to laugh so hard that your abs will harden up instantly.

It’s agreed that Liss has an impeccable knack for causing a wave of

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“Being 4 feet 11 3/4 inches is not a tragedy, but a gift.”

“Wait… if LC is fantastic for four reasons, shouldn’t there be one more group other than teachers, administrators, staff and students? That’s only three,” cousin Brain Liss said. “I’ll think of another one and get back to you, don’t worry.”

“It’s great!” Aunt Marva Liss said. “So well-written, splendid topic choices, it’s rather marvelous, I must say.”

“I wish she’d write something about economic advice,” cousin Penny Liss said.

“Maybe the

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This year, I’ve been sharing space with a certain other columnist. If you haven’t noticed, that would be kind of sad, considering all you have to do is look at the top of the page. Don’t look up! Come back and read my column!

If you’re new to the Cub scene, here’s a little critique of Sally’s column to fill you in, courtesy of my relatives.

“I don’t know; can you just help me find my earring? I’ve lost it… again,” my aunt, Help Liss, said.

lunchroom chairs?” Brain Liss added.

“She actually does research and makes sure her facts are true? Well, that’s dumb,” cousin Care Liss said. Don’t mind him. He has issues getting anything done right or on time. He’s probably just

jealous.“Maybe the

lunchroom food? Just kidding. But seriously, the fries are delicious.”

“You tell them, girl! Don’t go easy on them, I’M TALKING ALL

Families always give the best opinionsCAPS!!!” cousin Ruth Liss said.

“No, I’ve got it, LC is fantastic because of—oh darn. I had a good one. I really did.”

“These columns are what people at this school want to read; well done to her,” Uncle Payne Liss said. He’s a dentist.

“She should write about something really controversial; now that’d be awesome. She might get beat up in the hallways, but that’s not that serious,” cousin Fear Liss said.

This is what my family had to say about Sally’s awesome column. Brain Liss never did get back to me with his last reason why LC is fantastic, but he’s never been that on top of things.

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“Pumpkin pie is so much bet-ter because it’s pumpkin pie. Who doesn’t like pumpkin pie?”

“I like apple pie bett er because pumpkin pie is a no deals!”

Anastasia Williams, 12

Facing the subject: What’s your favorite — Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie?

Cub photos/Coleman LaBarr

“I like apple bett er because the fl avor is way bett er.”

“Apple, because it is sweeter.”

Thomas Richardson, 11Alize’ Beach, 10Aaren Bandy, 9

Topic: Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie?

On Thanksgiving Day we all look forward to sitt ing down and enjoying a nice evening fi lled with music, laughter, family and most importantly, food. One of the best things about Thanksgiving, besides friends and family coming together and giving thanks, is gett ing to help prepare that wonderful Thanksgiving feast.

The aroma of turkey, homemade dressing, also known as stuffi ng, greens, sweet potatoes, and more fi ll the air, and let’s not forget about dessert. There are cakes, cookies, brownies, ice cream and my favorite, pie. There’s nothing like a slice of your favorite homemade pie a la mode (with a scoop of vanilla on top/side).

For me, you can’t go wrong with apple pie. It’s simple, traditional, easy to make and, of course, delicious. Pies, once called “coffi ns” because of the crusts which were used for storage or preservation of the food inside, have been around for centuries.

Dating back to the 1300s anything could be baked inside the thick, crusts. Meats, custards, crème, vegetables,

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you name it was all packed into these crust covered pies. Tarts pies without a crust covering were usually fi lled with fruits and were popular among English sett lers. The basis of today’s modern apple pie came from these English apple tarts.

Now, apple pie has become the “American Pie” fi lling up the tummies of families on this glorious holiday. For those of you who have not had apple pie or don’t like it, something is seriously wrong. Apple pie is very easy to make and usually doesn’t take longer than an hour or so to bake. However, no matt er how long the wait, it is surely worth it on the fi rst, delectable bite.

Plus, there are diff erent types of apple pie and not just the basic, traditional apple pie. This includes Dutch apple pie, caramel apple pie, apple crisp pie and so much more.

My favorite is caramel apple pie; the sweetness of the apples, the sticky caramel and the crispness of the crust, perfection. See, pumpkin pie doesn’t have all these cool fl avors and textures; besides pumpkin pie is only seasonal. You can get apple pie year round and be more than satisfi ed.

The aroma is tantalizing. The sweet, silky texture is luscious. The fl aky, butt ery crust melts in my mouth. As I loosen my belt a notch, I feel no remorse or guilt. I stretch my arm out over the triangle of beauty and sink my fork into its smooth, fl awless surface. My mouth waters as the cold metal comes closer and closer to my lips; my jaws open, waiting for the wonderful sensation to overwhelm my taste buds. As I swallow the fi nal particle of bliss, I sit back in my chair, sigh and release all of my worries.

This is the magic of pumpkin pie. Few desserts have the power to

bring pure delight upon its consumer; however, pumpkin pie succeeds. Pumpkin pie, with its warmth and lustrous appearance, provides more than a delicious end to my meal. It provides a sense of closure and content, a sensation of calm and collectedness. Pumpkin pie is not only the perfect complement to any Thanksgiving dinner, it is also the perfect accompaniment to any autumn meal. Its rustic visual appearance

makes any table complete. The warm aroma of cinnamon and pumpkin will waft through my home, bringing even the most frustrating of teenagers to the kitchen.

Apple pie may be the “American Pie,” but it will never take pumpkin pie’s place on the autumn table. Pumpkin pie is cherished only one time a year, and when it is that time, no one can deny its glory.

Not to mention the amount of preparation needed for apple pie. Apple pie takes time, a lot of time. In order to make an apple pie even remotely close in terms of fl avor and enjoyment to that of a pumpkin pie one must dedicate time and commitment. Apple pies require making two crusts, slicing and peeling eight cups of apples and hoping for the nearly seven apples to not become soggy and brown while making the crust.

Pumpkin pie, however, is simple and easy. You merely combine all of your ingredients and pour them into a single crust. That’s all there is to it. No chopping, no crossing fi ngers, no dangerously sharp objects. The hardest part is waiting for it to cool for two hours, which is half the time necessary for an apple pie.

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Sophomore Jarred Clemons woke up one recent morning with a headache, sore throat, chills and the sniffles. He was hot and cold and very tired.

All of these are symptoms of the Influenza Virus, more commonly known as “the flu.”

Clemons didn’t know exactly what he had. He just wanted to get better. Turns out, there’s not much he can do but let the virus take its course.

There are some things a person can do to ease aches and pains, however, like getting a lot of rest, drinking a lot of liquids and taking Tylenol.

Clemons did not get a flu vaccine this year. He does, however, try to keep himself from getting sick. “I

always wash my hands before I eat, but at school I try to at least use hand sanitizer,” he said.

Clemons tried to treat his symptoms with cough syrup and Theraflu to help him with the coughing and the congestion. “It is extremely hard to get any sleep when you keep coughing,” he said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu season can begin in early October and end as late as May.

When someone has the Influenza Virus, he usually has to miss school or work. In more serious cases, he could be hospitalized.

It is estimated that there are already from 10 to 15 students this year that have missed school for flu-like symptoms. It’s possible that there are more students who have had the

flu, though, because parents are not obligated to give any details when they report a sick child to the school.

According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized and 36,000 die from an influenza-related issue each year.

The virus can infect others any-where from the one day before symptoms begin showing to seven days after becoming sick. The virus can also live up to eight hours on surfaces. Clemons’ brother was sick about a week before Clemons showed signs of the same symptoms.

“Being sick while trying to do homework makes it harder to focus on the assignments,” Clemons said.

There are ways to prevent missing school due to the flu. These include doing the everyday preventative actions

like cleaning the counters and washing your hands to get rid of germs.

“Good hand washing and the flu shot are the best preventatives,” school nurse Marijo Trissler said.

The CDC recommends that everyone get a yearly flu vaccination, which is the most important step in preventing the flu virus.

“I think I will get it (the shot) soon, because I don’t want to have to go through this again,” Clemons said.

There are many strains of the flu that go around every year. When some one catches a single strain, it is unlikely that he will be infected with the same strain a second time. However, he can catch a different strain in the same year.

Clemons suggests washing your hands frequently and cleaning your house of any germs if you don’t want to get the flu shot.

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Colors are symbolic messages. Their origins date back to the time of the cavemen as they recorded their lives on the walls of their homes. As time has progressed, new meanings have been associated with each color. Blue has become a symbol of peace and tranquility, green has come to represent luck as well as jealousy, and purple represents royalty.

Professional psychologists have devised a type of code to try to defi ne personality through color, although it cannot be consistently and scientifi cally proven. One of the leading psychologists in this topic is Taylor Hartman.

Hartman’s The Color Code is an international best-seller and provides information about discovering one’s personality through color analysis.

Furthermore, he provides tips on how to work with, and get along well with, others catergorized under diff erent colors. For example, Hartman believes that in dealing with reds, one should never embarrass them in public. One should never be rude or abrupt in front of a blue. Whites should never be forced to face confl icts, and yellows should never be ignored.

Hartman’s Color Code is broken down into four major colors: red, blue, white and yellow. These four categories are briefl y summarized to the right, but keep in mind that these are not the only colors in the rainbow and that all people have the right to be who they are and become who they want to be.

“I just like red. It demonstrates power and passion in whatever you do.”

Carlos Rodriguezsenior

What does my color say about me?

“I am a very happy person who tries to bring a smile to every-one’s face.”

Rebekah Deatonjunior

“It’s calm, and yet fun. It’s one of the unexpected colors and I do a lot of unexpected things.”

Megan Huntjunior

“I’m not sure...calm and collec-tive.”

Jesus Bazansophomore

“I really don’t know. I guess it means I am unique and creative.”

Allison Reidsophomore

“I am very girly. I like to look pretty and I’m a creative person.”

Asia McCloudjunior

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Reds.Red personalities are motivated by power. They

are oft en leaders and visionaries. They strive to look good academically, to be respected and search for approval, but only from a select few. They love a good challenge because they are decisive, asser-tive and proactive but are limited by their selfi sh-ness, arrogance and obsessions.

Blues.The core motive of blue personalities is inti-

macy. Blues are exceptional people in regards to producing projects of quality and providing service to others. They strive to be understood and appre-ciated all while remaining secure. They are com-passionate, thoughtful and loyal people limited by their own worries, self-righteousness and jealousy.Whites .

Whites are motivated by peace and are natural-ly talented at providing clarity and being tolerant. Whites like their space and they don’t like to share their insecurities. They are generally very inde-pendent people. They are kind, considerate and adaptable in nature, yet can be indecisive, stubborn and indiff erent.Yellows.

Yellows are motivated by a need for fun. They provide enthusiasm and optimism wherever they go and want to look good socially and to be praised. They are fun-loving, charismatic and spontaneous people limited by vanity, lack of con-centration and impulse.

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Every person is a color. Every color is a person.

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radition, tradition,

2. Senior Joshua Knickerbocker eats a big Thanksgiving dinner with his mother, father and sister. His parents make unique dishes like green bean salad, oyster dressing and vanilla-banana wafers, along with the classic stuffi ng, dinner rolls, corn, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

Although Knicker-bocker eats a variety of foods, the essential Thanks-giving turkey is his favor-ite. Turkey is his favorite, because meat is his favorite type of food.

“Meat is my favorite thing in the world,” Knick-erbocker said.

1. Junior Kymberlyn Tutt ’s favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving is ham. Ham is Tutt ’s fa-vorite Thanksgiving food because it is made by her grandfather who comes to town every year for the holiday. Originally from New Orleans, Tutt ’s grandfather makes his special ham for her family’s dinner. Along with turkey, Tutt enjoys another Thanksgiving favorite, cornbread, also made by her grandfather.

3. Junior Jacob Lane’s favorite food on Thanksgiving is vegetables. His favorite vegetables are sweet corn and cooked greens.

“They’re the best,” Lane said. “They taste so good.”Lane likes to eat his favorite greens with steamy beef,

turkey, mashed potatoes and cookies. Lane’s favorite Thanks-giving greens are made by his grandmother.

5. Sophomore Alana Jones’ favorite Thanksgiv-ing dish is deviled eggs with paprika. Jones espe-cially likes deviled eggs made by her aunt. She says that because many Thanksgiving foods are served warm, she enjoys eating the chilly deviled eggs.

“I like the coolness,” Jones said. “Most Thanksgiving foods are served hot so deviled eggs are diff erent.”

4. Sophomore Malik Martin’s favorite dish is the Thanksgiving dessert favorite, pumpkin pie, made by his grandmoth-er. This dessert is Martin’s favorite because he loves the pumpkin fl a-vor accented by cool whipped cream.

“The fl avors are exquisite,” Martin said.

7. Freshman Illora Ismin makes her own Thanksgiving dinner complete with chicken biryani, rice, curry, chat and lamb. Although many of Ismin’s Thanksgiving dishes are inspired by her Muslim heritage, her favorite dish is the familiar mashed potatoes and gravy. According to Ismin, mashed potatoes and gravy are the best because “they tingle my taste buds.”

6. Freshman Cydney Burd’s favorite

food on Thanksgiving is mac and cheese. Burd’s

grandmother makes turkey, mashed potatoes, ham and

corn, along with the mac and cheese. It’s Burd’s favorite dish

because it’s creamy and delicious. Burd spends Thanksgiving with

her family and aft er they fi ll up on their Thanksgiving feast, they take all

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Several local schools, including LC, have their graduation ceremo-nies at the Pepsi Coliseum. Courtesy photo/Pepsi Coliseum

The Indiana War Memorial honors all military personnel. Admission is free. Cub photo/Elizabeth Granger

A Norman Rockwell painting de-picts Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by U.S. Marshals. She was the only black child in her New Orleans school in 1957. Her story is part of “The Power of Children” exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

Admission to the Indianapolis Museum of Art is free. Exhibits are found not only in the main building but also in the surrounding gardens. There’s also the Lilly house, typically decorated for Christmas tours. Courtesy photo/IMA

Senior Charlie Rebholz re-searched the Indiana State Mu-seum. Courtesy photo/C. Rebholtz

in their own ouristsT back yardOn a warm fall afternoon,

I walked around the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. After a pleasant walk, I headed inside for a tour on contemporary art. I really love art, and contemporary art is incredibly fascinating and cap-tures my imagination. The tour was informative and I had a lot of fun checking out the mu-seum and the gardens on that day. But my day had a pur-pose; I was there to research an English 12 project.

When teacher Elizabeth Granger assigned a project to choose a historic landmark in Indianapolis, visit it, and write about it, I had no idea where I could go. After giving it a good thought, I realized I could write about one of my favorite topics: art! Who would have thought that working on an English project could be this much fun?

Sara Flentje agreed. She visited Lucas Oil Stadium. This project was important to her because her uncle is a tour guide there. He gave the tour on the day she visited and she could see how much he loved what he was doing. Not only did Flentje get to spend the day with her uncle, but she also learned a lot about the stadium.

This project allowed stu-dents to learn about the city and state that they live in, but to Hery Patel, it was also an opportunity to learn about his new country.

Hery moved from India to

the United States in September 2010, and he still has much to learn about the history and culture here. He chose to write about the U.S.S. Indianapolis Memorial site, and along the way he learned about other sites in Indianapolis that he would like to visit.

Other students, like Dion Jones, developed a real emo-tional connection to the site that they wrote about. The In-diana War Memorial increased Dion’s patriotism and his apreciation for the everyday work that the soldiers do for our country. His desire to join the ranks of those brave men, like his great-grandfather and cousin, has also grown since he began this project.

While Dion found a con-nection to the project in his own family, Shainita Caffey found hers in her culture. She had gone to the Children’s Mu-

seum to learn about “The Power of Chil-dren” exhibit. She was really interested in learning about Ruby Bridges. It captivated her to learn about African Americans

who have made a difference, and she recommends the exhibit to anyone who wants to learn more.

Josh Wilkerson was equally captivated to learn about the C.J. Walker Theatre. Josh talked about how he would normally choose Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X to write about, but in his research of the the-ater, he came to realize how women’s impact in history has been just as large as men’s.

“African American men

I’m sure many others felt this same way.

Though I’m sure at first this project appeared a bit challeng-ing for some, now that we have wrapped up our assignment, we can look back and realize how much we came to learn about the city we live in.

This assignment taught us that there is no need to travel very far to see new sights and learn interesting facts. We can act as tourists in our own back yard. We can sightsee and take tours here in Indianapolis and learn so many things we never knew before.

Hopefully our assignments can encourage others to do the same.

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tend to look at strong African American leaders who are men. We need to recognize that women are just as important,” Josh said.

No doubt, this project was a great opportunity for us as students to research and learn about a topic that interested us personally. At the end, it became something for us to be proud of accomplishing. An-toinette Sanders certainly felt this way. She did her project on the Pepsi Coliseum. After taking a tour, researching for her project, and printing out the finished product, she was glad. “I’m actually proud of this. I can’t believe I did this,” she said.

“They have so much fun doing the simplest activities. It’s not always soccer, but whatever they do, they love doing it.”

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Kelsey Thornton, senior

Tops is a program that gives special needs children the opportunity to play soccer the way any healthy person does. The head coach of the U13 and U15 Dynamo FC teams, Jason Brown, started the Tops program in the spring of 2010.

The athletes participate in many activities, small-sided games and passing drills just a couple. To recruit buddies, Brown reached out to some of the players on his club team, including senior Kelsey Thornton, to help teach the basics of the game.

“Seeing how much fun the players have is the best part of this for me,” Thornton, who has played varsity soccer at LC for four years, said. “They have so much fun doing the simplest activities. It’s not always soccer, but whatever they do, they love doing it.”

The team just recently started to play competitively against other teams like Tops. In their first game, it went “pretty well,” according to Thornton.

“We stopped keeping score after a while, though,” she said. “Once both teams scored four goals, we just let them play.”

One of the referees for

Tops’ inaugural competitive match was junior Petr Sliva, a three-year member of LC’s boys varsity soccer team. His brother, Tommy Sliva, was one of the players of the opposing team, which is a Special Olympics team. With the help of Sliva and fellow juniors Alex Tubbs and Jonathon Specker, Tommy, who has Down syndrome, learned how to play the game of soccer.

“Jonathon, Alex and I help Tommy and other people on the team with basic skills and teach them how to play. The main goal is to get everyone involved so everyone has fun,” Sliva said.

Sliva has a great love for soccer, making it fitting that he is an involved.

Just like Thornton, Sliva’s favorite part of helping with special needs athletes is watching them go out there and have fun. Whether it’s watching them score goals or just dribbling the ball across the field, there’s so much happiness involved, from the coaches to the players.

Although these athletes are not experts in the field of sports, they may have shown us one of the greatest messages to be taken out of playing a sport: Have fun and spread the simple joy of playing.

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For the fun of the gameAlec (left) gets a break away during an 8v8 (eight players on each team) soccer game in Lawrence Park over the summer. He goes to shoot at coach Jason Brown. Courtesy photos/Kelsey Thornton

Senior Kelsey Thornton (left) poses next her buddy, Stephanie, at the Tops soccer fields.

MINGLE

Holiday concerts have been a long tradition at LC, but the current holiday shows are more new.

“It’s been a Holiday Extravaganza for about eight years, and we keep adding costuming and other elements,”

choir director Jena Adrianson said.

Approximately 500 students will be performing Thursday and Friday nights. Students in bands, choirs, orchestra and dance are all involved. As a result, the Holiday Extravaganza

is one of the biggest performing arts fundraisers.

“The money goes into the general fund to help support all groups. It

Holiday Extravaganza to be modeled after Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

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When: 7 p.m. Dec. 8, 9 Where: Auditorium

Tickets: $12 at the door, $10 in ad-vance online at www.lcpaa.org or in the box office

Above: Junior Hunter Goodspeed and senior Raven Powell practice the chorography for “Deck the Halls,” one of their numbers for the holiday show.Lower Middle: Senior Olivia Gan-gi and junior Sarah Desautels of Cen-tral Sound warm up for their practice. They will perform several numbers for the holiday show. Cub photos/Meredith Varie

A holiday on paradeselections. The Macy’s theme, though, will add new elements to this year’s show.

“We’ll have some makeshift TV announcers that will narrate some of the acts. We might have a marching band, makeshift floats, balloons and things of that nature. You’ll have to come to find out,” James said.

This Thanks-giving will mark the 85th anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and will, similar to the holiday concert, feature performance groups, balloons, floats, bands and clowns.

This year’s holiday concert is the traditional Holiday Extravaganza with a twist: It is going to be modeled after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

“We’re trying to model it after the Macy’s Parade to tie it all together,” band director Matt James said. The “Holiday on Parade” will feature music, dance and acting from all performing arts groups.

In keeping with tradition, there will be a guest appearance from Santa Claus and all acts and music will be seasonal

“We might have a marching band, makeshift floats, balloons and things of that nature. You’ll have to come to find out.” Matt James

band director

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LC’s bands, choirs, or-chestras and dancers will perfrom at this year’s holiday show. Other at-tractions at the show include parade inspired ballons and floats. Cub g r a p h i c s / C a ro l i n e Va r i e

Above: Junior Bekah Deaton runs through ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ on her viola. The orchestra will also perfrom the Tran Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Eve.” “This year will be different because we’ll be playing to the music video for ‘Christmas Eve,’” Deaton said. Upper Middle: The clarinet and bassoon sections in concert band prepare for the holiday show.The various bands at LC will all perform different numbers thoroughout the shows.

could buy color guard flags, orchestra music, Central Sound costumes or help to cover marching band fees. It helps so that kids do not have to pay so much money in fees,” James said.

Tickets are $12 at the door and $10 in advance. Tickets may be purchased for the discounted price at the per-forming arts box office until 4 p.m. or online at www.lcpaa.org until 6 p.m. on Dec. 8.

The Rhythmic RevolutionArtist: Patrick Stump Album: Soul Punk Genre: Electro-pop

Artist: ColdplayAlbum: Mylo XylotoGenre: Soft Rock

Artist: Michael Buble Album: ChristmasGenre: Christmas Jingles

Artist: Mac Miller Album: Blue Slide ParkGenre: Hip Hop/Rap

Similar Artists: Gym Class Heroes, Fall Out Boy,

Similar Artists: Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa

Similar Artists: The Fray, U2, The Script

Similar Artists:Jason Mraz, Harry Connick Jr., Josh Groban

Candace BullockSong Suggestion: Wanted you moreRating: 1- -3-4-5Rating: 1- -3-4-5

Alex KryahSong Suggestion: Blue Christmas Rating: 1-2-3-4-

Carley LanichSong Suggestion: Charlie Brown Rating: 1-2-3-4-

Lane Creech Song Suggestion: Diamonds and GoldRating: 1-2-3- 4-

The former lead singer of the hit pop-punk band, Fall Out Boy, began his solo career aft er the band announced they were on an “indefi nite” hiatus. The successes in his former band precede him and he has big shoes to fi ll musically to amount to what Fall Out Boy has in albums like From Under the Cork Tree. Patrick Stump introduces Soul Punk as an album that fully expresses his taste in music. Stump says Michael Jackson had a major infl uence on his album and it is shown through the familiar grunts and vocals throughout the entire album.

The fi rst song, “Explode,” greeted me with catchy, radio-bound beats that I couldn’t help but bob my head to.

The contrast of the song’s volume and Stump’s vocals sound wonderful to the ears and the second song doesn’t sway me from my initial reaction. However, the album goes downhill from this point with “MJ-wannabe” squeals and cheesy inspirational lyrics like “You can be your own spotlight.” The rest of the songs are cliche and blend together, making me check what song I was in on numerous occasions.

I could see what Stump was trying to do with the pop/funk-esque beats but there’s no substance.

2000 hit “Yellow,” the album features slower acoustic tracks such as “Us

Against the World.” Another notable

diff erence in MX is its story.

To fully appreciate the album, you have to listen to the

album as whole, as opposed to only buying your favorite tracks. Each song is craft ed into the next, and as a whole, the album completes the story of a relationship.

Mac Miller’s debut album, Blue Slide Park, has caused quite a stir. The album shot up to No. 1 on iTunes immediately aft er its release. Mac has risen to fame over the past couple years with several popular mix tapes including KIDS and Best Day Ever. The Blue Slide Park tour has sold out shows all over the world — quite an incredible feat for a young, independent artist.

Blue Slide Park is very diff erent

from Mac’s mix tapes. This album has a variety of topics that the previous mix tapes did not have. Mac raps about everything from his philosophy on life to relationships to partying.

Mac has a sound unique from the rest of the rap game. His beats are lively, fun, and rarely disappointing. His lyrics are just as enjoyable. As he is only 19, he raps about topics that

teens can relate to. The track “Up All Night” is a true party anthem, something we have not seen from Mac before. As a whole, however, this is

defi nitely a more serious work. You won’t want to skip a single song.

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Though there are still about six weeks until Christmas, artists like Justin Bieber and Michael Buble have put out their holiday albums.

Despite the fact that the albums are released a litt le too early for my taste, Buble creates a masterpiece with his new album, Christmas.

Buble doesn’t write any new material for his new album. Rather, he just remakes holiday classics such as “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” and the Mariah Carey hit “All I Want for Christmas Is

British band Coldplay’s fi ft h album, Mylo Xyloto, was released on Oct. 24 and has already reached No. 1 in all 35 iTunes stores worldwide.

In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Coldplay’s front man, Chris Martin, said the name Mylo Xyloto means “whatever you want it to mean.” With this new title comes a new sound.

Mylo Xyloto, unlike previous Coldplay albums, features greater aspects of pop styling, as heard in the lead single, “Paradise,” as well as “Princess of China,” a track featuring pop artist Rihanna. For fans of Coldplay’s earlier works, such as the

You,” and other classics like “Jingle Bells.”

Buble brings a warm and mature vibe to the album, as opposed to the upbeat style the songs were originally meant to

be played with. Buble’s smooth and suave voice

gives Christmas music a new twist. He creates something to listen

to year-round, not just during the holiday season. Buble wins the batt le of Christmas albums over the star-studded Bieber.

So sett le in with some hot cocoa and cookies and listen to this wonderful rendition of classic tunes.

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Happy Feet 2 taps and waddles into theaters

Scotty’s Lake House10158 Brooks School Road

Fishers, IN 46037(317) 577-2900

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Happy Feet 2 comes out today. This is the sequel to the original Happy Feet. The fi rst movie was about a litt le penguin that couldn’t sing but was a great dancer and changes the culture of his waddle of penguins. This new movie promises even more fun. You have the option to see this movie in either regular 2D or 3D.Tickets at:www.fandango.com

The Carolina Panthers are coming to Lucas Oil Stadium to take on the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 27. We don’t play the Panthers oft en so don’t miss the chance to see our hometown team play its last game against a non-divisional opponent.

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John Mellencamp comes home to rock and roll

John Mellencamp, or as some of you may know him as “John Cougar,” will be stopping in Indianapolis on his “No Bett er Than This” tour this week. The concert will be at Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall on Nov. 19. Tickets range from $41 to $125. Tickets are available at:htt p://halltickets.org/ResultsTicket.aspx?evtid=1695971&event=John+Mellencamp&ppcsrc=7389208227&nid=1

Scott y’s Lake House is a self-proclaimed burger joint. Their menu consists mainly of 16 diff erent burgers. There are 15 burgers that are always on the menu, and the 16th changes every month.

What makes Scott y’s Lake House diff erent from other burger joints, and even the other members of the Scott y’s Brew House chain, is that not all of Scott y’s burgers are beef burgers. Scott y’s off ers turkey, bison and even vegetarian options. On top of that, the menu features organic and locally sourced ingredients. Scott y’s also composts all of their food waste and recycles as much as possible.

When I go to Scott y’s I usually go for the Buff alo Chicken Wrap, but on my most recent trip I decided to try something new. I ordered the California Tuna wrap. This wrap consists of a honey wheat tortilla, lett uce, spinach, cucumber, Asian carrot slaw, sriracha garlic mayo, teriyaki sauce and sliced ahi tuna. I was a litt le skeptical but in the mood for something diff erent. Aft er the fi rst bite, I was very glad I had decided to take the risk. This wrap has a very Oriental taste with a litt le kick to it.

Overall, Scott y’s is a very fun and enjoyable place to eat. The staff is friendly and there are televisions everywhere. It’s a great place to sit back, watch the game and enjoy some really good food.

Panthers and Colts are set to battle it out

Starting on Thanksgiving and through Dec. 30, the Indianapolis Zoo will be participating in Christmas at the Zoo. There will be millions of twinkling lights and more than 150 larger-than-life sculptures that depict holiday scenes and animal favorites such as lions, penguins and giraff es. Guests can enjoy carolers and live animal feeds and rides. Christmas at the Zoo is free for members and included with regular Zoo admission.

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Christmas at the Zoo promises a jungle full of fun


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Scotty’s Lake House serves up some stellar food

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The rise, fall and rebirth of Sublime

CINEMANIACHistory is relative in movies

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Genre: Action/Comedy Director: Brett RatnerRating: PG-13 Length: 105 minutes

Tower Heist illegally good

“I don’t really care how a director goes about portraying a time period.”

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As much as I whine about movies, there is a category of mistakes or errors that movies make that I don’t usually worry myself over: historical accuracy. From my observations, my movie-watching friends get angry with tiny litt le anachronisms, especially when wars or technology are involved. Such nit-picking has never really concerned me; as long as the movie is good or at least tries to accomplish a goal, I don’t really care how a director goes about portraying a time period. A chief example of this is Marie Antoinett e. Sofi a Coppola’s fi lm about the 18th century French

queen is fraught with technical and narrative anachronisms,

but the deliberate nature of these errors help enhance Coppola’s study of privileged boredom.

As can be ascertained by my preceding example,

my general stance on historical accuracy is lax, but I do have two conditions. The fi rst is that the history portrayed on fi lm can aff ect the fi lm’s narrative, but it mustn’t harm the narrative. My second

rule is that the history

on fi lm can’t insult or patronize the audience. An example of this is Don Bluth’s Anastasia, which presents the Russian Revolution of 1917 as a tragic att ack made by sinister mystical forces against the benevolent Romanovs, whereas in real life the Romanovs were a

corrupt, stagnant cabal of nobles who oppressed their people for decades. And that was a children’s

movie. I shudder to think there were kids who took that as fact.

From what I’ve seen, however, movies that

break either of those two rules are hard to come by, and while Hollywood and history aren’t exactly friends, at least they aren’t bitt er enemies. And this is how it should be, for, aft er all, a movie is just a movie.

Marie Antoinette: how to fl aunt history in Oscar-winning style.

Director Brett Ratner maintains, in my humble opinion, one of the worst positions in the fi lm indus-try today. From the critics’ circle, he’s a hack. From the fanboy camp, he’s an abomination. Even other directors (please rise, Matt hew Vaughn) are comfort-able with riffi ng on the poor man. I concede that he isn’t a particularly groundbreaking or stylish direc-tor, but as a journeyman he’s one of Hollywood’s more reliable fi gures, and for all the hate his movies (particularly X-Men: The Last Stand, in which case the blame lies with the script, not Ratner) garner, they really aren’t that bad. Rush Hour, for instance, is a fi ne example of Ratner’s specialty: comedy driven action propelled by a starry ensemble. Following in this mold, this month’s Tower Heist is the fi rst movie Ratner has made since the fi rst Rush Hour that has had a similar sense of fun.

The plot is a gleefully silly mix of capering and topicality, as Ponzi scheme victims (Ben Stiller, Casey Affl eck, Michael Pena) and a down-and-out stockbroker (Matt hew Broderick) team up with a wisecracking ex-con (Eddie Murphy, who steals all of the scenes he’s in) to rob the penthouse suite of the unscrupulous Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who has defrauded his employees and is set to get away with it. Given the protests on Wall Street going on right now, a comedy about the 1 percent gett ing a litt le payback should, theoretically, resonate, but there is a defi nite irony in that the blue-collar, everyman employees are played by movie stars who, in fact, belong to that ever-so-insidious 1 percent.

Regardless of this underlying reality, the en-semble does a fi ne job, which is good because the script doesn’t do them any favors; the comedy is hit-and-miss, but standouts Murphy and Alda carry the movie through its slower sections. As for the ac-tion aspect, Ratner isn’t Tony Scott (the Michelangelo of action movies), but he gets the job done and the overall pacing of the movie keeps one from dozing off or gett ing bored. Overall, as long as you don’t expect a masterpiece, Tower Heist should keep you entertained.

Sublime’s third and fi nal album was released shortly after Nowell’s death.

Bradley James Nowell was the lead singer of the Long Beach originated band, Sub-lime. The band was formed in 1988. They consisted of Bradley Nowell (guitar/vo-cals), Bud Gaugh (drums and percussion), and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Gaugh and Wilson had been childhood friends and decided to form a band; meanwhile, Nowell was busy dropping out of the Uni-versity of California to pursue a career in music. Nowell met Gaugh and Wilson and introduced them to reggae and ska, while they pri-marily listened to punk rock music. The band got their fi rst break when Michael Happoldt met with the

band to become their manager and let them use the studio that was at the school he at-

tended. The band released three albums in their

time; the fi rst two didn’t receive much recogni-tion until tragedy struck on May 25, 1996. Nowell was found dead in his home; he had overdosed on heroine. Shortly aft er the band released their third and fi nal self-titled

album and it became No. 13on

Bill-boards Top

200 al-bums. Although they received much more fame aft er his death, the band immedi-ately split up because they knew it would’t be the same anymore.

In 2009, Wilson and Gaugh de-cided to get the band back together

with frontman of Badfi sh, a tribute band to Sublime. The singer’s name is Rome Ramirez. The band

was sued for using the name Sublime, since Nowell still had copyright. So they changed the name to Sublime with

Rome. Although they are still enjoy-

able to listen to, it’s just not the same. Nowell is the greatest musi-cian of all time and no one will be able to replace him.

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“Nowell is the greatest musician of all time and no one will be able to replace him.”

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What’s LC’s...

By the Numbers CUB COMIC

TV SHOW: SONG/RINGTONE:Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Prett y Litt le Liars

Someone Like Youby: Adele

That 70’s Show

Crazierby: Taylor Swift

Kieran Hyde, 10

Marquis England, 12

Jordan Gates, 11

Nicole Moff at, 10

May Lin Russell, 9

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Percent of a jellyfi sh that is water.

Number of calories a kiss burns in a minute.

Weight of the moon in tons.

Lifespan of a tastebud.

Steps theaverage America walks a day

Number of people you share your birthday with.

Number of elevators the Empire State Building has.

@CubOnline: What are your thanksgiving traditions?

@nicole_mo� att Nicole Mo� att, 10 We make dinner together then have a huge family dinner.

@kaycheerb Kaitlyn Cherba, 10

@ohitsdess Destiny Jackson, 11

@k_topps Katherine Toppe, 12

@party_animal21 Tim Welcher, 11@Lauren_Hebel Lauren Hebel, 12

@shaibell Shai Bell, 12 @emmrogers Emily Rogers, 12Being at my house with all my family.

My family has pumpkin bread-o� s We all go to my grandparents house in Louisville and we all watch football after we eat.

On Thanksgiving we always plan out what our black friday plans are! #seriousshopper

We eat and watch movies as a family. We all play euchre and watch football

The family always come over and we cook a big meal, watch football, and play poker

TOP 10 FAVORITE NOVELS AT LC 1. The Hunger Games - Collins, Suzanne 2. Hanging on to Max - Bechhard, Margret 3. Chibi Vampire Series - Kageski, Yuna 4. Hush, Hush - Fitzpatrick, Becca 5. If You Really Loved Me - Schra� , Anne E

6. Outrunning the Darkness - Schra� , Anne E 7. Impulse - Hopkins, Eleen 8. Fullmetal Alchemist Series -Arakawa, Hiromu 9. Wild� ower - Schra� , Anne E 10. The Book Thief - Zusak Markus

Top 10 list researched and compiled by Avarie Bowman

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Boys to start season at Conseco

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“ Trey Whitejunior wide receiver

We had a good sea-son, but it felt incom-plete.”

In a season when the Bears dominated the local football scene on the ground, it may be fitting that the opposing rush-ing game would be their de-mise. In the second round of Sectionals, Carmel rushed for 280 yards as they throttled LC 14-35. Four of the Greyhounds’ five scores were scored on the ground. The Bears were the polar opposite. They were held to their lowest rushing output for the season as they ran for only 34 yards on 21 carries.

“They (Carmel) were really tough on defense. They made no mistakes,” junior wide re-ceiver Trey White said. After going on to beat War-ren Central and Ben Da-vis, Carmel will take on Center Grove in semi-state compet i t ion tonight. Although LC didn’t get to the state cham-pionship finals like the 2010 team did, the Bears still had a reasonably successful season. They posted an 8-2 record and proved that they really

were not a “one hit wonder” as some had suggested. “We had a good season, but it felt incomplete,” White said. When he was a sophomore,

he said, “We went to the state champi-onship. On my second year on varsity, we lost in the sec-ond round of Sectionals. We

could have done more.” As with this year, the 2012 team will have a new quarterback — se-nior Dre Townsend will be gone. Junior Drake Christen is slated to be his successor.

“He’s going to do really well,” junior fullback Alex Ro-driguez said. “He’s a good lead-er, and he knows how to win.” White agreed. “He’s an all-around winner. Ever since freshman year, he has known how to win games. He can get the ball to the right place at the right time.” Possibly the biggest void to fill will be at running back. Seniors Anthony Shellman and Marciellion Gardner led one of the state’s top rushing attacks this year, which may lead to a different style of running next year. Gardner and Shellman are two of the elite runners in the state.

There are still many “if’s” going into the off-season, as there is for every team, but one thing the boys know is that they have to work. As for specifics for the off-season, Rodriguez and White gave the exact same answer: “We have to hit the weights more.” They also said they need to lift as a team, not just indi-vidually. Winning in any sport requires great team chemistry. Whether it’s the timing between the receivers and quarterback or the offensive line communi-cating on blocking assignments, team chemistry is a key ingredi-ent for success.

Bears fall to Carmel in Sectionals

The boys basketball team has began to practice after their tryouts druing the week of Nov. 7. After a disappointing loss to North Central in the sectional championship and an overall record of 15 wins and 10 loss-es, the Bears are looking to re-bound in hopes of competing for a state championship.

While the Bears lost last year’s assist leader in point guard Tre Granger, they have the right pieces in place to make a championship run. It all starts with senior forward Jeremy Hollowell, who is rated 59 out of 100 prospects in the Class of 2012 on ESPN.com.

This “do it all” player could potentially lead the Bears to Conseco Fieldhouse at the end of the year, as long as he gets some help from role players like seniors Tyler Corley, Tyler Fischl and junior Richard Free-man.

The Bears take the hard-

wood for the first time this sea-son when they face crosstown rival Lawrence North Nov. 23 at Conseco Fieldhouse.

A pep rally will be held in the main gym during M8 on Wednesday.

”I feel pretty confident about the game. I think we are going to win and give them a run for their money,” sopho-more Marquez Winston said. The Bears split their two games with the Wildcats last year with a 55-61 loss in the first game of the season, which was played at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The second time the teams met, the Bears came out on top 66-64 in the second round of the Mar-ion County tournament.

”The main goal for us this season is to win state,” Winston said.

If the Bears get good leader-ship and quality play from their seniors, especially Hollowell, and have a better record on the road, they can be expect ed to be playing at Conseco Fieldhouse again in March, but this time for the state championship.

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Scanning the defense, senior Steven McCann is guarded by returning starter, senior Tyler Corley. Corley, along with fellow seniors Tyler Fischl and Jeremy Holowell, are expected play big roles on the team this year, not just because of their experience but because of their talent. Cub photo/Lane Creech

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Finishing a lap at practice, senior Thomas McGuire prepares for the boys’ first meet on Dec. 1. The girls have gained many freshmen, while the boys have upperclassmen talent. Cub photo/Meredith Nordmann

The girls swim team defeated Covenant Christian and Franklin Central by one point in the first meet of the season.

The girls and boys swim team finished the season strong last year. They made it to sectionals, but were defeated by township rival Lawrence North.

“I’m excited for this season coming off a hot finish last year,” junior Mitchell Prather said. “We are also looking to surprise LN this year, who we are ranked higher than in the state preseason.”

The boys finished tenth place out of sixteen at county, seventh out of eighth at Conference, and fourth out of

ninth at Sectionals. Their final record was 5-10.

The girls also qualified for the IHSAA Sectionals, where they ranked second out of ten other competing schools. With the loss of a few seniors and gaining many freshmen, they have a positive outlook this season

“I do believe that we have a really good and promising season ahead of us for not only girls but for boys as well,” sophomore Bailey Garey said. “We have a lot of potential to do well this season and even more compared to last season.”

The first home meet for both girls and boys will be Dec. 1 against Roncalli.

“I think that we will do better or just as well as last year, but it is all about hard work,” sophomore April Eales said.

News reports have told us that on Nov. 5, former Pennsyl-vania State defensive coordina-tor Jerry Sandusky was arrested on 40 criminal counts in eight different cases of child moles-tation from 1994 to 2009. It gets worse. It is report-ered that the school’s athletic

director (AD) and vice presi-dent were arrested on charges of perjury. Es-sentially, the charges

mean they were aware of the alleged molesting commited by Sandusky. News reports continue to say that then school president Graham Spanier was fired be-cause of his knowledge of the situation. Legendary head football coach Joe Paterno also knew about the crimes.

Reports say that Paterno, after hearing of Sandusky mo-lesting a child in 2002, alerted the school AD, as he is legally obligated to do. The problem arose when the AD, nor the vice president or president, alerted the police about what was go-ing on. The school even knew that Sandusky molested a child on school grounds. He received no punishment, and the school only barred underage children from entering the team facili-ties. Why did Penn State keep this a secret for nine years? Why didn’t Paterno reach out to the police when his superi-ors clearly weren’t doing any-thing? There are pieces to this case we don’t know about and, quite frankly, probably never will. We can only speculate as to why anyone would hide this heinous felony. Reports say Pa-

terno and Sandusky were great friends; that would be the easy answer. But throughout Pa-terno’s 46-year head coaching career, he has preached suc-cess through honor and taking the high ground in situations like these. That only leads to more confusion. News reports told us Pa-terno was fired last week after he announced he would retire at the end of the season. This is an awful way to send out one of the greatest icons in sports. But what he has done is so dis-appointing. He may have ful-filled his legal obligation, but he should have taken it a step further. Where are his morals? Where are his ethics? Where does he draw the line between fair and foul? His judgment has been blinded by something.

Reports say Paterno said

he’s devastated by what hap-pened, but what in the world compelled him to keep this a se-cret from someone who would do something about this? News reports told us that, in an eerily coincidental situation, Christopher Wheat, the former Lawrence North assistant swim team coach and former Law-rence Swim Team head coach, was not granted an early release last week. Wheat is currently serving a 15-year sentence for molesting a 14-year old female member of the Lawrence Swim Team two years ago. In both situations, the ques-tion I keep coming back to is, why? I can’t give you an answer. We probably will never get the true answer. What happened is disgusting and repulsive. This shines a blinding light on not just the dark side of sports, but the dark side of humanity.

NOVEMBER 18, 2011 • CUB REPORTER SPORTS

“... we put (state) as our goal to beat.”

Tyler McCrearyCoach

Boys � nish sixth at [email protected]

The boys cross country team placed sixth of 24 teams that ran at the State meet on Oct. 29 at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute. Junior Cole Hester placed the highest for LC as 21st out of 196 runners. Other top runners for the meet included juniors Chandler Ball who placed 31st, and Matt Dorsey, who placed 44th. “There was a collective att itude the kids had that we put (state) as our goal to beat,” coach Tyler McCreary said. “They just worked really hard and did all the litt le things every day to get there.” The last time LC competed in the State Championship meet for cross country was in 1946; the fact that they would be making history also helped push the team. Boys cross country ended their season on a high note. “Matt Dorsey was an outstanding

leader for the group, and he’s the type of guy that really leads by example,” McCreary said. “Carter Marshall is the guy this year that really showed a lot of character and became a greater leader

for the group.” Other runners who

were acknowledged for their leadership skills throughout the season were Hester as well as seniors Ross Pereira and Sean Gassen.

Junior Chandler Ball (above) runs toward the fi nish at the State meet. He placed 31 out of 196 in the race. Juniors Matt Dorsey and Cole Hester (below) are neck and neck until the end for the Bears. Hester fi nished 21 and Dorsey fi nished 44. Courtesy photo/Geoff Bowles

Loss to Carmel in Sectionals

Sixth at state

11/29 vs. Pike at Pike High School


11/19 at Hamilton Heights Invite

11/23 vs Lawrence North at Conseco Fieldhouse


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“This is my senior year...I want it.”

Clay LaBarrsenior

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State title is the goal

After a rough stretch withan overall record of 7-12 lastseason, and 1-6 in ConferenceIndiana,theLCgirlsbasketballteamislookingtoitsseniorstoleadthemtomorevictoriesthisseason. Coach JohnAlbers said heis excited about this upcom-ingseason.Theteamhasacoregroupofreturningplayersthathave experience playing to-gether,andAlbersbelievesthisiscrucialtoavictoriousseason. Althoughthepast10yearshavebeendifficultforthegirls’basketball program, last sea-son the team broke a 45-gamelosingstreak inConference In-diana. However, Albers wantstheteamtocontinuetofightforeachgame. “Ourgoalyearafteryearistobe competitivegame inandgame out and be a true con-tenderforthesectionalchampi-onship,”hesaid. Albers is lookingto these-niors—TaylorSanders,KaceyJohnson,DesaraeHolmes,Nik-kiReevesandSharheaPerkins—toleadtheteamthisseason. Thegirls’next threegamesare away games, with the onetonight against Pike. The girlsnext home game is the firstround of the Marion Countytournament.

Senior leadership key for girls

Devastatedwith injury lastyear, the Bearswrestling teamwant to turn things around.Anewseasonmeansafreshstart,and witheight return-ing varsityw r e s t l e r s ,expectationsarehigh. “ W ehave greatnumbersthisyear,andwe’renotwanting tobuy tickets to the state cham-pionship,wewant tobe in it,”headcoachTomCorbettsaid. Themaingoalthisyearistowin thefinal team state cham-pionship.Ahealthyteam,greatcoachingstaffandmajortalentwilldefinitelyhelpgettheteamtoConsecoattheendofthesea-son.Somethingshavechangedthis year, though. Various

weight classes have changedand this will be the last yearthattheIHSAAwillhave“teamstatechampionship.”

This year there are onlyfourseniors:ClayLaBarr,Dom-inique Robinson, Demitrius

Jackson andJohn Standley.Though thereare only fourseniors, thereare numer-ous juniors in-cluding RileyNewkirk, Max

BrutusandScottSwingle.Withthe experience, success shouldcome easier to the Bears thisseason. “Thisismysenioryear,andwith thisbeing the last chanceatastatechampionship,Iwantit,”seniorLaBarrsaid.TheboysbegintheirroadtothestatechampionshiponNov.19at theHamiltonHeights in-vitational.

Community wins over St. VincentsANov.1schoolboardvote

finalized a contractwithCom-munityHealthNetwork(CHN)intended to save the districtmore than $1millionper year.The 4-1 vote in support of thecontractcameafterdiscussionsoftherecentlysubmittedSportsMedicineProposal.

Lawrence Township (LT)enteredintocontractwithCHNon July 1. TheHealth Partner-shipAgreementwas approvedbytheboardlastsummer,withtheagreementthatCHNwouldsubmit a SportsMedicine Ser-vices proposal to supplementtheexistingcontract.

The CHN SportsMedicineServices proposal providesfor physician services, athletictraining, physical therapy, oc-

cupational therapy, sport per-formance services, concussionmanagementservicesandvari-ous diagnostic services. Sportsnutrition and sports psychol-ogy servicesmay be added inthefuture.

ThroughenteringacontractwithCHN,athletictrainerscur-rently employed in thedistrictthrough St. Vincent’s SportsPerformance Program will bemovedoutsideofthedistrictinthe2012-2013schoolyear,whenCHN sports medicine special-ists and strength trainers willbeginprovidingservicesinLT.

LT currently has five ath-letic trainers and two strengthcoaches employed through St.Vincent’s Sports PerformanceProgram. CHN will providesix athletic trainers and twostrengthcoaches.

LC’s two athletic trainers,

JustinMillerandAliciaLysiuk,have spent 19 years combinedinthedistrict.MillerandLysi-uk’sworkincludesdiagnosing,treating and rehabilitating in-juredathletes.Theyalsoattendsportingeventstotreatinjuriesthatmayoccurduringacompe-tition.

“It’s kind of like a secondhome here,” Miller said. “Toknowthatallofasudden,attheendofthisyearit’sgone;it’sdif-ferent.”

Around 90 students aretreated by Miller and Lysiukevery week. Lysiuk treats stu-dentsatbothLCandBelzer.

“My favorite part aboutworking at LC is the staff andthestudents,”Lysiuksaid.“Igetto see studentsgo froma childtoanadultheadedforcollege.”

The original proposal, pre-sentedinJanuary2011,includ-

ed provisions for a wellnessclinic for employees, wellnesseducation programs, sportsmedicine specialists, strengthtrainers and twomedical clin-ics for students and the com-munity.

The final vote determinedwhetherthecontractwithCHNwouldbefinalizedorabolishedentirely.

Trying to get loose from junior Riley Newkirk, junior Max Brutus practices for the upcoming season. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr


INTHE Spotlight

BMX

“Bmxing isn’t just a hobby; it’s a lifestyle, and I love it so much.”

Cub Reporter (CR): What made you start bmxing?Andrew Brannan (AB): Well, when my dirt bikes got stolen, I went into my garage and saw my bike and fi gured I’d give it a shot.CR: What’s your favorite trick?AB: The tail whip is my favorite trick. It’s when the back of the bike does a spin around. It’s probably the one that I have practiced the most. It’s like second nature.CR: How long have you been riding?AB: Since like 7th grade, so like fi ve years.CR: Where’s your favorite place to bike?AB: My favorite used to be the Carmel Skate Park, but now I like Noblesville a lot more.CR: What has been your favorite experience biking?AB: My favorite experience would probably be gett ing to ride with some professional bikers.CR: How long do you see yourself biking?AB: I see myself being old and still biking. Maybe one day I’ll teach my kids how to

Senior Andrew Brannan airs out of the quarter pipe at Major Taylor skate park in Indianapolis.

bike.CR: What kind of injuries have you had?AB: I have broken my foot, sprained both ankles, broke four out of fi ve toes at once, broke my pinky, had three concussions, messed my face up prett y bad a couple times, and lost a tooth. CR: Have you been in any competitions?AB: Yeah. I’ve been in two this year. The were both in Anderson, Ind., and I placed second in one and third in the other in the expert class.CR: How oft en do you BMX?AB: Like everyday. If I’m bored, I’ll go into my back yard and just ride there, or if I’m up to it, I’ll go

to a park or something.CR: What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?AB: In Cleveland, there was the 6-foot drop that was made for mountain bikes, and it went into a slant. I thought it would look really cool to do a 360 into it, so I did.CR: Do you like riding alone, or with other people?AB: Defi nitely riding with people. When you’re with people, it motivates you to do bett er and try things you’ve never done before.CR: What’s your favorite thing about biking?AB: Biking in general is just amazing, so there isn’t really just one thing that I can say is my favorite. I love how it gives me something to do all the time. I make a lot of friends, it takes me places, and I really love the adrenaline.

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