Cub Reporter Issue 7

REPORTERLawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Volume 64, Issue 7

March 1, 2013

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BAC Reverse Raffle April 27 The Bears Athletic Club will host its 25th annual Reverse Raffle at 7 p.m. April 27 at Incredi-Plex, 6002 Sunnyside Road. The event offers dinner, silent auction, casino games and games of chance. Tickets are $30; proceeds will benefit LC’s athletic programs. Advance tickets and information are available at 964-7440. The event is adult-only; ID is required.

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

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

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

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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BRIEFSSnow make-up date April 22 School will be in session on April 22, the snow make-up day, because weather forced a closing on Feb. 22. Because the missed day was a gray day, the April make-up day will be a gray day.

Yearbook orders still being taken Orders for the full-color 2013 yearbook are being taken in the bookstore. The cost for the book, to be delivered in August, is $65. Orders can also be made online at www.yearbookorder-center.com. Conners a Lilly winner with ringing proposal Music teacher Joy Conners is the recipient of a $10,000 2013 Lilly Teacher Creativity Grant to study change ringing, where eight to twelve ringers congregate in church towers with bells and perform ever-changing peals. She will study in Indiana, Il-linois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and England during the summer. Conners was also a 2005 grant winner.

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March 1: Freshman class ring meeting, 10:30 a.m., auditorium March 5: Winter sports awards night, 6 p.m., Commons and auditorium March 6: Herff Jones class rings family order night, 3:30-7:30 p.m., Commons March 8: Variety Pops, 7 p.m., auditorium March 9: SAT, 7:45 a.m., Stu- dent Life Center

March 10: Daylight savings time begins; turn clocks ahead one hour March 14: Spring sports parent meeting, 6 p.m., Studio The- atreMarch 27: LC Players dinner theater, 7:30 p.m., Studio TheatreMarch 29: Spring breaks begins at 3:40 p.m.April 8: Classes resume after spring break

A report released this week by the Governors Highway Safety Association says that Indiana has had the largest increase in teenage driver related deaths in the nation. In the past year, 16 Indiana deaths have been caused by teenage drivers, who in many cases are simply too new to driving to make wise choices. Cub photo/Glynnis King

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Central Sound and Sweet Sensation will compete at North Central Saturday.

On Feb. 23, at the Classic Show Choir competition at LC, both choirs performed in exhibition. On Feb. 16 Central Sound placed second and Sweet Sensation did not place at Center Grove.

Central Sound, LC’s coed show choir, is performing a show about music over time, but sophomore Courtney Swanson said she thinks the show is also about becoming less glamorous.

“Our first song is very showy, very all about looks,” Swanson said, “but slowly as the show goes on, the girls remove their jewelry, they

change out of their sparkly, fancy dresses and into leggings. The guys change out of their suits into jeans. It’s just that, underneath, there’s something deeper than what is on the outside.”

Sophomore Sarah Ro-denbeck said that Sweet Sensation, LC’s all-girls show choir, is performing a show about powerful women.

The new choir director, Milo Ellis, has made some changes, according to Swanson. “A lot of people were used to having (Mrs. Adrianson), and they were used to the way that things were,” Swanson said. “Mr. Ellis came along, and he changed some of them, but I think some of the things that he changed are for the better.”

Swanson also said that she is excited about singing modern songs. She said that when she was in Sweet Sensation last year, she remembered being opposed to singing modern songs.

“But actually doing it and the arrangements that Ellis has, the songs that he picked himself, and the choreography that we’re working with, is really good,” Swanson said. “I’m glad that we’re doing it, and I think it will give us a great show.”

Rodenbeck said that to be in show choir “you have to have a good attitude… and you have to be able to put up with the time commitment.”

Both choirs will compete at Lafayette Jefferson on March 9.

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Show choirs bringstyle and substance

Sweet Sensation sophomore Tranaye Cook dances to “Rock Steady,” an Aretha Franklin original, during the closing of the show. And the Central Sound guys sing and dance to “You’re So Wonderful, You’re So Marvelous,” originally by Tower of Power. Cub photos/Carley Lanich

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Artists earn 40 Scholastic [email protected]

Twenty-five LC artists have won 40 awards in the Scholastic Arts and Writing competition. The awards are presented for exceptional art, photographs or writing. They are Gold Keys, Silver Keys and honorable men-tions.

Gold Key honors went to six students, Silver Key honors to nine. The rest of the 25 win-ners were awarded honorable mentions.

Vicki Shafer, head of the Art Department, said she be-lieves this is the largest number of winning entries LC has ever had.

Gold and Silver Key entries will be on display at Clowes Memorial Hall March 5-17. The

honorable mentions are on dis-play in LC’s Commons.

“I was motivated to take it just to widen my portfolio,” said junior Adam Oppenheim about his Gold Key photo-graph. “It was significant to me because it shows who Steven (Szalaiy) is, and it portrays my photography style.”

The competition is regional; those who placed have an im-mediate entry into the national competition, which includes scholarships. National medal-ists will be announced March 15.

The Gold Key acrylic on wood (right), titled “Stages of Growth,” was

created by senior Donavin Whisler. The Gold Key photograph of Steven Szalaiy

(above) was taken by junior Adam Oppenheim.

Editor’s note: Photos do not display the complete painting or photo.

Gold Key winners: Alyssa JacksonEsmeralda Murillo Adam OppenheimMackenna Perry Lindsey Redifer Donavin Whisler

Silver Key winners: Emily BacaTaylor Bohlman Laura Coleman Tricia MoffattRachel Powell Lindsey Redifer Whitney Shaw Kylah SiemersDonavin Whisler

Scholastic Art competition

for nationals,” varsity guard weapons captain junior Tiara Strong said.

The “A” Guard competed for the second time on Feb. 9, when they placed fourth over-all.

“I think it will be a really exciting year, there are so many students involved and they are all working very hard,” Per-

f o r m i n g Arts direc-tor Matt James said. “Their main goal is to do the best they can and move up in the national standings.”

The In-ternational guard’s show is in-spired by the movie “American Beauty” and includes lines from the movie during the closer.

In one part of the show, fans blow a sheet of silk to create an airy effect.

“In the second part of the show, we pull out silk and use fans to make it look like a liquid floor,”junior Meredythe Cross said. “The judges and audience members love that part.”


Winter guard takes first, fourth

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The guard is in a great position to medal this year. Our show is very dynamic...

Tiara Strongvarsity guard weapons captain

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The varsity guard, which competes as a World Guard, took first place in their first two competitions and fourth in the WGI regional competition on Feb. 23.

“I am excited to go to the Winter Guard International (WGI) finals. It is a once in a life-time experience that I would not pass up for anything,” said varsity guard member junior Makalie Hasley.

The LC ju-nior varsity, which competes as an “A” Guard, took first at their first competition on Feb. 2 with their 2013 show “What’s Left is Right.” This allowed them to move up a class from “AA” to “A.” This boost allows them to compete against the top ranked guards in the state.

“The guard is in a great po-sition to medal this year. Our show is very dynamic and in-teresting. This year’s talent is going to take us to new levels

Students earn top honors in German

German students finished as state runner-up at the an-nual state German competi-tion, Staatskongress, hosted by Ball State on Feb. 16. Sta-atskongress consists of a se-ries of culture workshops and academic completions, as well as a Quiz Bowl.

Points are given to stu-dents based on where they placed in various academic competitions. Seniors Jona-than Specker and Sara Heiny were awarded the Best Male Student and the Best Female Student. Heiny, Specker and junior Kate Harris were the top three finishers overall.

LC also won both levels of the Quiz Bowl finals. The top teams from Group A (German I and German II) and Group B (German 3-advanced) ad-vanced to the Quiz Bowl fi-nals. LC’s Group A finalist was composed of freshmen Nick Atkinson and Jami Pfau and sophomore Simeon Enoch. LC’s Group B representative team was made up of seniors Heiny, Specker, Rebecca Joel and Harris.

For the first time in the 20 years that LC has been com-peting at Staatskongress, both teams won their division.

“Staatskongress was a great chance to show how great of a German program we have at LC,” Specker said. Nearly 500 students from 20 different schools competed at Staatskongress. LC had 32 participants.

“So many of them ex-celled, and it was so exciting to win both levels of the Quiz Bowl,” German teacher Carol Heckman said.

LC finished a close second to West Lafayette High School.

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PFO gives grants to 15 teachersTeachers received grants

from the Lawrence Central Par-ent Faculty Organization (PFO) Jan. 18. These grants ranged in value from $250 to $750 de-pending on the needs of the specific teacher.

The application process was simple. Teachers filled out a form stating how much money they desired, what they would purchase with the grants and how it would impact their curriculum. The applications were then turned in to principal Rocky Valadez who later re-viewed them with the PFO.

Out of 16 applicants, only one did not receive their re-quested grant.

“We knew that teacher had just received a grant from the Lawrence Township School Foundation, and so we felt like she had received that money for what she had wanted to fund,” PFO break-fast club co-ordinator Bev Fudge said. “ E ve r y b o d y else, we went ahead and gave them the full amount of money they asked for.”

The PFO gave out of to-tal of 15 grants worth $7,500. Much of the money raised for these grants came from morn-

and WIN.The PFO has not given

grants in the last two years.“We have been building our

reserves up,” Fudge said.Grants will be specifically

used to help fund field trips, purchase new classroom mate-rials and even allow for guest speakers to visit IB classes.

“The teachers ask for such a wide variety of things,” Fudge said. “I just like that we have the opportunity that we can help fund some things over and above what your regular bud-get will allow…and give teach-ers some extra tools and extra resources that they can add to their teaching curriculum to make things a little more inter-esting or just add to the learn-ing experience.”

ing breakfast sales in the Com-mons. Every weekday morning the PFO sells breakfast items ranging from 50 cents to $1. The organization raises an average of $400 to $500 a week from

b r e a k f a s t sales alone.

G r a n t money is also p r o v i d e d through the PFO’s Cam-paign for Aca-demic Excel-lence (CAE), which accepts d o n a t i o n s from LC fami-lies through-out the year.

The CAE also helps fund aca-demic programs like the MAC

In the closer of the International Guard’s show “What’s Left and Right,” junior Allison Reid is lifted by her dance partner freshman Jessica Hudgins. Senior Jordan Wells dances with a sheet of silk during the closer, which is blown by fans to create an airy effect. The show, inspired by the movie “American Beauty,” ends with each partner group in a different pose. A larger sheet of silk is used in the second part of the show to create what looks like a liquid floor. Courtesy photo/Meredythe Cross

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I just like that we can help fund some things over and above what your regular bud-get will allow.

Bev FudgePFO breakfast coordinator

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Speech team prepares for sectionals

Last week, in the midst of the cold weather, Richard Phillipy and Michael Burr’s interdisciplinary studies classes ‘beat the winter blues’ with Hawaiian An-nexation Day. The Studio Theatre was decorated with palm trees and Hawaiian scenery, and students brought exotic foods. A pineapple-cutting demonstration (above) was given by Burr. Phillipy said this Hawaiian Day was originally his idea, while Wild West Day was Burr’s. Burr’s social studies classes discussed the Hawai-ian annexation and manifest destiny prior to the celebration.

“It fits into our studies wonderfully,” Phillipy said. “We also talked about how the Hawaiian Islands are a melange of cultures.”

Students in Shari Jacobs’ and Nick Derado’s interdisciplinary studies class cre-ated posters which described specific decades. Junior Madeline Barillo (left) and her group were assigned the 1930s. Cub photos/Ali Duff and Coleman LaBarr

The speech team has experienced success this season, despite drawbacks regarding participation. The team of two, seniors Samantha Strong and Adam Thorne, has placed in nearly every meet this season.

Last weekend, Strong competed in the Columbus East Invitation, bringing home a first place win in international extemporaneous and finishing second in impromptu; Strong, as a team of one that meet, brought home sixth as a team. On Feb. 16, Strong competed in a tour-nament at Lawrence North and brought

home tenth out of more than 25 teams. “Sometimes it’s disheartening to see

teams of 50 speakers surrounding our team of two,” Strong said. “It’s really too bad; I would not be the person I am to-day if it weren’t for speech team. Other students should branch out and give it a try.”

Despite the difficulties of being a small team, Strong says she has created lasting friendships.

“One of my favorite aspects of speech is the friendships I have formed with competitors. Sectionals is always a long day, but the hours are spent with great friends,” Strong said. “No number of ribbons can replace the friendships.”

The team is currently preparing for the sectional meet, where the top six speakers in each event will move on to the state tournament March 23. The sec-tional meet is Saturday at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School.

Thorne will compete in dramatic in-terpretation, where speakers memorize and interpret excerpts from theatrical pieces.

Strong will compete in international extemporaneous, where competitors are given three questions regarding current events and asked to pick one for the speech; competitors then have 30 min-utes to prepare a five to seven minute speech answering this question. Strong

will also compete in impromptu, where competitors are given a topic, ranging from a single word to a phrase or object, and then have 30 seconds to prepare a three to five minute speech.

Strong says she has progressed con-siderably since her freshman year on the speech team.

“I can’t believe how far I’ve come as both a speaker and a person,” she said. “I remember when I gave my speech from one side of the Commons, while my coach stood on the other side, so I would ‘project.’ Speech team has allowed me to gain more confidence and grow not only as a speaker, but as a friend, teammate and individual over these four years.”

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Changes to come after ‘incident’[email protected]

Following two pepper spray incidents in the building last month, academic dean of operations Ryan Banas has cre-ated a new evacuation plan for the school. Every teacher has received specific instructions on where to report with their class-es in the event of an indoor, out-door or off-campus evacuation.

Teachers are required to take these instructions with them in the event of an evacu-ation. In addition to mapping out the exact spot classes are to report to, the plan includes master lists of students. Teach-ers are to use these lists to take attendance before, during and after an evacuation.

“What I hope for is that it relieves some anxiety for teach-

ers and kids so you know where you’re going,” Banas said. “It’s just a more organized process of getting kids in a spot where we know where they’ll be.”

Another change follow-ing the incident includes an increase in security personnel. According to principal Rocky Valadez, there now is an ad-ditional resource officer inside the school building and an ad-ditional police officer outside the school building.

The school is also now on an indefinite period of restricted movement, meaning that stu-dents may not leave classrooms without passes. Valadez said he hopes this restricted movement will create a similar feeling in the hallways like that of finals week.

“As long as people have passes, we’ll honor those,” Va-

ladez said. “It’s really just a re-focusing on keeping students inside the classroom, and that’s as much about instruction as it is about prevention.”

In the days immediately following the incident, classes recorded low a t t e n d a n c e . Many teach-ers reported classes with fewer than half of their total atten-dance present. Some students chose to stay home after threats sur-faced on social media.

Immediately following the incidents, administrators began monitoring social media.

“We really dug in and tried

to find every single hit that we could find, tracing it back-wards…where you were al-lowed. Unless tweets are pro-tected, the sender’s protected, or the receivers are protected, you can trace it back,” Valadez

said.Using tips

from parents and students, a d m i n i s t r a -tors have been able to iden-tify at least 17 students as re-sponsible for the release of pepper spray or for being in

related fights. These students are facing

suspension, expulsion or crimi-nal charges.

Valadez said he believes if

one thing could be improved about the administration’s re-sponse, it would be better com-munication.

“In hindsight, I would’ve liked to communicate more quickly with our students who could then communicate more quickly with parents,” Valadez said.

The district is now looking into new ways to communicate with Lawrence families, some being similar to those of text alert systems used on college campuses.

“If anything, (this incident has) motivated me to make the place as safe as possible, to re-focus on what’s important and to let our students know that we’re going to do everything we can every day to give them not only a safe place, but a great education,” Valadez said.

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...(this incident has) motivated me to make the place as safe as possible.

Rocky Valadezprincipal

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MARCH 1, 2013 • CUB REPORTER EDITORIAL

30-second editorials• Allstudentsshouldberequiredtohave

astudyhall.Studyhallsgivestudentsextratimetogettheirworkdone.Theyalsogiveteachersabreakfromteachingallday.

• ItisimportantforLCstudentstogetinvolvedintheLCvs.LNdodgeballtournamentbecauseitwillraisemoneythatwillgobackto-wardtownshipfamilies.ItwillbeanicechangeforLCtohaveacompetitivedodgeballtournamentbecausewehaven’thadonesinquiteawhile.

• Theinteractionbetweenolderandyoung-ergenerationsisimportantbecauseithelpsuslearnaboutdifferenterasoflife.Volunteeringorgettinginvolvedinsuchorganizationsclosestheagegapbetweenthetwo.

• TheScholasticArtandWritingawardisagreathonortoreceive,andtohave25presentedtoLCaloneisexceptional.Artandwritingshouldbeencouragedtoallstudentsbecauseitisawayto

See related stories on Pages 11,16, 14/15, 12, 24See related story to the editorial on Page 5.

expressyourselfinacreativeandartisticway.• TheDr.Seussbooksaretimelessclassics

andhisbirthdayshouldbecelebrated.Hischildren’sbookshelpedchildrenlearntoreadandusetheirimaginationssimultaneously.From“TheLorax”to“TheGrinchWhoStoleChristmas,”Dr.Seussisanauthorwhoseworkshouldberememberedforyearstocome.

• CongratulationstoseniorsReedDillonandMyronHamiltonforqualifyingasStatefinalistsindivingandwrestling,respectively.DillonfinishedsixthatStatewhileHamiltonfinishedseventh.Bothathleteshavehadfantasticseasonswhichhaveflownrelativelyunderthestudentbody’sradar.Ifyouseetheminschool,congratulatethemonthesuccessfulseasonandthankthemformakingLCproud.

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Staff.Editor-in-ChiefSamantha Strong

Associate EditorCarley Lanich

News EditorCaroline Varie

Opinions EditorsMeredith NordmannDarian Benson

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Sports EditorsAlex KryahJacob Helmus

Online EditorLeah Arenz

ReportersHaley HamiltonAnna Zanoni

PhotographerColeman LaBarr

Graphics ConsultantSara Heiny

AdviserElizabeth Granger

PrincipalRocky Valadez

REPORTERcub Drop the ‘tude

There’ssomethingintheair…Andno,it’snotpepperspray.It’sdisrespect.Thelevelofrespectwithin

thesehallsisminiscule.Studentsdonotrespecttheirpeers,theired-ucatorsorthemselves.Profanityhoversinthesehallsatahighervolumethanmostinstitu-tionsorindividu-alswouldtolerate;somemaysayit’sallinfun,butinrealityitisinsulting,degradinganddisrespectful.Thisdisre-spectsayssomethingaboutnotonlythosewhodeliveritbutthosewhotolerateitaswell.Wearenotpreparingourselvesorthosearoundusfortherealworld,aplacewherethisprofanityisnotwelcome,notacceptedandnottolerated.

TherecentnegativenewseventshaveputtoomanyLawrenceTownshipschoolsinabadlight.Thecommonthreadineveryoneisdis-respect.While,yes,actionwastakentoendthedisrespectonthosespecificdays,actionwasnottakentolimitthedisrespectexperiencedeveryday.Andthatisthenextstepwemusttake.Wemustlimitthisdisrespecttowardeachother,

towardoureducatorsandtowardourselves.Howdowedothis?Bysettinganexample.Re-spectisnotagivenright;itisearned.Anditseemswehaveforgottenthat.Nexttimeyoubegintospeak,whetheritiswith

afriend,parent,teacheroradministrator,thinkfirst.Thinkaboutwhatyou’vedone,thinkaboutwhatyou’regoingtodo,andthinkabouthowitmayaffectthosearoundyou.Youmustfirstshowrespecttoearnrespect.

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Junior Caroline Varie spent fi rst semester of this school year in Los Angeles, Chile, through a foreign exchange program. She spoke only Spanish, lived with a host family and went to Chilean school every weekday. She left for the program July 24 and returned to the States Jan. 4.

mous. The general population, myself included until recently, classify where they live as their home. Maybe it’s because they are fully themselves at their houses, or maybe because it’s the place they always go back to at the end of the day. Either way, it’s a matt er of comfort. We like to feel comfortable.

Aft er studying abroad, many students return to their native countries, questioning what home is exactly. They see that they can adapt to a new home, and wonder, aft er seeing a completely diff erent world, if they’d prefer to live in the country they studied in.

I don’t consider Chile my

home. I don’t consider In-dianapolis my home. I don’t think I’ve found home yet, and believe it’s the same for many people; they’ve just never questioned it. I began to question my defi nition of home when I was having a conversa-tion in Eng-lish with a friend from Sweden. Aft er a few minutes, she said, “You don’t like speak-ing English, do you?” And I realized the answer was no. I didn’t feel comfortable speak-

ing it, I wasn’t proud to speak it, even though every country seems to teach it. I don’t enjoy speaking my native language. It’s something that I had never

given much thought to until then, when friends asked to speak in English and I was hesi-tant, when

I spoke and despised the way it sounded. This led me to the realization that although I live in the United States, it’s not my home.

The reason for this is not simply because I don’t like the language. It’s the ideals and values of the country. I am lucky to live in this country. But when I told people I was from the United States, they saw me in a diff erent way. I wish where we live didn’t de-termine who we are as much as it does. The ideals of our native countries do not necessarily defi ne us, and we shouldn’t let them. There’s no deciding where we are born and raised; we can only decide what we believe in. Although we may not choose where we live, we choose what we consider our home.

Home. Some defi ne it as where we live. I have lived in Indianapolis for 17 years. How-ever, I don’t call Indianapolis home. It’s simply where I live; and I don’t believe home and where we live are synony-

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I wish where we live didn’t determine who we are as much as it does.

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doesn’t make our att itudes right, but it exposes a harsh fact ¬ that many kids my age would rather block out the out-side world than acknowledge it. But now this fact poses the question: What are many of us trying to avoid?

Addressing the root of why many zone out isn’t easy. When I visualize my schedule and see only a mountain of responsi-bilities, I shut down. Emotion-ally fatigued by the thought of tackling so much work, I

turn to music to recharge. With every beat that resonates, I delve deeper into a realm of peace.

Yes, I have a ten-

dency to connect my iPod so I can disconnect from reality. Sooner or later, though, reality sinks back in.

The song ends, my iPod dies, and I remember that my backpack is fi lled with papers to write, projects to fi nish and homework to do.

With the notion “the sooner

you start the sooner you fi nish” cheering me on, I att ack the in-evitable and begin the tedious task of homework.

Honestly, the hardest part about homework is gett ing started. But as Benjamin Franklin said, “You may delay, but time will not.”

So stop avoiding the world, muster up some will-power, and get it together.

That being said, I’m writing my column on pro-crastination a day before we print. Touche, universe, for fi tt ing procras-tination, laziness, and irony into one column.

Yes, I habitually delay doing what I have to do, but even-tually I’ll get my act together. One day I will be productive.

Nevertheless, today I live by the philosophy: “Why do it today when it can be put off until tomorrow?”

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Yes, I have a ten-dency to connect my iPod so I can discon-nect from reality.

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Putt ing in my headphones, turning on my music and lett ing my mind go blank is one of the simple pleasures in life. Aft er a fast-paced life bombarded by bells, alarms and lectures, the lull of music transports me into a realm of calm.

At fi rst I didn’t rec-ognize this behavior as avoid-ing reality, but slowly it became clear that I’d rather hear Tupac’s voice than carry on a conversation. Call it lazy or rude, but by the look of how many people cruise around LC with Beats headphones on, it seems like others may share my apathetic stance.

Pointing out I’m not the only one who ignores others

Is home really where the heart is?

Anna Zanoni

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Music, beating out reality

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Speak Your MindDo you think people overshare on social media?

“M8 equals Starbursts.”Haylee Link, 12

“Stripe twins with Ena Tully.”Kyra Cullison, 11

“I used to have a Twitter, but I shut it down because I thought people were following me.”

Chad Sharp, 9

“Love lost, but a lesson gained.”

Donavon Green, 10

“Three months and one day until graduation.”

Ashley Jackson, 12

“Be yourself, because there is only one you.”

Izzy Pelaez, 11

“People are so busy thinking about the future they forget about the past.”

Edgar Santamaria, 12

“It doesn’t matter what other people say as long as you believe in yourself.”

James Davie, 10

“Live for today. Pray for tomorrow.”

Edwin Orozco, 12

“Is it Friday yet?”Alexa Austin, 9

So much homework means so little sleep

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Sleep or good grades? I’ve found that you can’t have both.

“Read Chapter 34 for APUSH, write lab report for chemistry and fi nd 10 articles for English. And by the way, there is a math test next block. Bett er do that review sheet.

This is my typical home-work load for a gray day.

Yeah, I know it’s rough. This year, I have all of my core classes on the same day. Just imagine how heavy my

backpack is… And aft er school, with soccer and hours upon hours of homework, I hardly have time to sleep.

That is, if I get any sleep at all.

When I picked out my classes last year, I never expect-ed my sophomore year would consist of staying up until 3 a.m. working on a research paper. I, as well as many of my friends, have started sacrifi c-ing precious shuteye in order to fi nish the large amount of homework that we are as-signed.

Sleep or good grades? I’ve found you can’t have

both.

My doctor said that the average teenager should have at least 10 hours of sleep a night. If I am lucky, I get about a solid fi ve. I am prett y sure that only get-ting half of the recommended amount of sleep is not healthy. But there are just not enough hours in the day to complete all of my assignments and get a good night’s sleep.

I have tried just about everything I can in order to get both my homework done and

a suffi cient amount of sleep. Wake up early? The APUSH book just makes me more tired. Homework on the bus? It’s really hard to draw graphs

when the bus is going over potholes. And doing my math home-work at lunch sounded like a great idea. That is, until I

got pasta sauce on it. Homework is supposed to

be done at home. But I don’t have time to do it there unless I stay up all night and look like a zombie. Sure, a large amount

of caff eine fi xes the whole zom-bie issue. Until I crash during second block and fall asleep at my desk.

Let’s go back to our kinder-garten days and have manda-tory nap time.

I have an easy solution to the whole homework versus sleep issue. No homework. Or at least less.

Just because we can cover double the number of topics during classtime because we have blocks, it doesn’t mean we should have double the amount of homework.

I have six other classes to do work for, and I am already sleep deprived.

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“Yes, oversharing promotes cyberbullying.”

Nate Parker, 11

“Yes, they think everything revolves around them.”

Brett Leedy, 12

“Yes, some things don’t need to be out there.”

Danielle Morrow, 12

“Yes, they do it because other people do it.”

Lena Nguyen, 11Jaylah Johnson, 9 “Yes, people tell everything they do.”

Alex Chestnut, 10“Yes, personal things should stay personal.”

“Yes, they post pictures they shouldn’t.”

Jasmine Ballard, 10“Sometimes personal business is not needed.”

Jordyne Adams, 9

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Should every student be assigned a study hall?

No, because it takes up space in people’s schedules. Students

can take more classes without a required study hall.

Definitely. There are times in the month when assignments

start to build up and study hall gives you the time needed to get caught up. That hour and a half

is a great window of productiv-ity for students. That block

allows students to seek help from tutors at the MAC

and make up tests.

Should everyone have study hallat the same time?

No. Although I find my study hall block

extremely helpful most of the time, every

student is different. Students who aren’t

interested in working tend to cause distractions.

I would not change anything. There was talk of a schedule

change for our district where the whole student body would be in study hall at the same time. It’s a good theory but would severely

disrupt study halls.

Yes. Study hall gives students a break to gather and organize themselves as well as work on homework for other classes.

Study halls are a good use of time depending on the stu-dent. If the student chooses to make the most of their time when they are in study hall instead of goofing around, being distracting or sleeping, then yes, study halls are defi-nitely a good use of students’ time.

No. If the student chooses to stay home or go home, then that should be their decision rather than them being forced to stick around. If they do not want to be there, then they probably will not make good use of their time anyway.

I would take away the silent rule, and let people talk during study hall. If students can control themselves enough to have a quiet speaking voice then they should be able to talk.

Yes, students would always be able to go to their teachers and get help during their study hall, because their teachers would never be teaching dur-ing that block. However, this could eliminate things such as the Perk and student as-sistants.

Are study halls a good use of students’ time?

Should students with a 1st or 4th block study hall be required to be at school?

If you could change one thing about study halls, what would it be?

No. When I’m trying to finish my work there are

always people around me, being distracting because

they have nothing to do. If everyone had the same study

hall, there would be more people with nothing to do

who are distracting others.

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“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Dr. Seuss was one of the most brilliant children’s au-thors of all time, grabbing the att ention of all those who lis-tened with his creative, catchy poems. Along with some of the cleverest characters, Seuss gave every story a powerful mean-ing and life lesson.

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born March 2, 1904, in Spring-fi eld, Mass. He wrote and published 46 children’s books, many of which have become short fi lms or movies including “The Cat in the Hat,” “The Lorax,” “Horton Hears a Who” and “How the Grinch Stole Christ-mas.” Every year, the National Education Association (NEA) brings awareness to reading on Read Across America Day held on Seuss’s birthday.

On this day, children across the country celebrate the importance of reading. Some of Seuss’s bestselling works include “The Cat in the Hat,” published in 1957, “Green Eggs

and Ham,” published in 1960, and “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,” also published in 1960.

What made Seuss’s books so popular?

Seuss’s stories were not only full of rhyming and imaginative fun, but they also taught children valuable life lessons. “The Cat in the Hat” taught children how to read; “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” taught children that Christmas does not come from a store, but it means much more. “The Lorax” has

also encouraged readers to take care of their environment.

Junior Leah Hamilton said her favorite Seuss book is “Green Eggs and Ham.”

“I like (it) because it

rhymes, and it’s catchy. When I was in elementary school, we had green eggs and ham on his (Seuss’s) birthday,” Hamilton said.

Freshmen Delaney Casson and Yasmene Leath remember Seuss as well.

“He has a creative fl ow and good use of his imagination,” Casson said.

“His stories are inspira-tional and they rhyme really well,” Leath said.

Senior Ashley Hudgins

says her favorite Seuss book is “The Cat in the Hat.”

“I like The Cat in the Hat, because I like cats,”Hudgins said with a laugh.

Senior Davontay Brent said, “I like Dr. Seuss because he was a great poet and the rhymes were cool.”

Seuss died on Sept. 24, 1991, in La Jolla, Calif. His books, characters and their thoughtful meanings are likely to always be remem-bered by children and adults around the world.

Seuss wrote, “Remember me and smile, for it’s bett er to forget than to remember me and cry.”

LC’s favorite Dr. Seuss books1. Green Eggs and Ham

2. The Lorax

3. The Cat in the Hat

4. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

5. Oh, the Places You’ll Go

6. Horton Hears a Who

7. The Sneetches

8. Hop on Pop

9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

10. Go Dog Go

Poll results: 120 students responded

LC’s favorite

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Sophomore Rebecca Green woke up shaking. She had a big pre-calculus test the next day, and she was starting to sweat. Her head was spinning as she took uneven breaths.

Green was experiencing an anxiety attack.

An anxiety attack, also known as a panic attack, is a sudden attack of fear, terror or extreme stress resulting in a severe cycle of anxiety and fear. According to mental psychiatrist Shawnita Ruperts, “People have anxiety due to either brain chemistry, genetics or environmental factors such as stress at work, school, or in a relationship.”

Green has been experienc-ing mild to severe anxiety since she was 6 years old. She said, “When I was younger, I had separation anxiety. Now the cause of my anxiety is normal-ly school-related. I get shaky, I breathe faster and I start sweat-ing. I have bad thoughts that won’t go away. This can last anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours.”

Junior Hayden Deford has been diagnosed with clinical anxiety. “In stressful situations or situations where I have no control over the outcome, I experience severe anxiety,” Deford said. “With medi-cine my anxi-ety is moderate. But without medicine, it is severe, accompa-nied with paranoia. When my stress bubbles over, I normally

start having panic attacks.”Last year, freshman Chad

Sharp was in the hospital for three weeks due to anxiety.

“I rarely get anxious, but when I do it causes horrible migraines,” Sharp said. “I missed three weeks of school last year because of a migraine that would not go

away, which just added to my anxiety.”

According to Sharp, a mi-graine is a chronic neurologi-

cal disorder characterized by recurrent moderate to severe headaches often caused by severe stress. While Sharp was in the hospital, he experienced a migraine with symptoms including nausea and sensitive-ness to both light and sound.

“Anxiety can be a hard battle to fight, but you can overcome anything with the right set of mind and people to support you,” Ruperts said. “Clinical therapy, engaging in interactive activities or hob-bies and sometimes medicines are just some ways people can overcome their anxiety. Talk to trusted family and friends about your anxiety or your

doctor. Trusted adults are some of the key people that can re-ally help you.”

Green said, “I talk to people to try and take my mind off of it. My parents and friends help by reminding me of ev-erything good. They really help calm me down. I also listen to music or do something active to get my mind off of things.”

Sharp also said that talk-ing to his family and friends help him overcome his anxiety. He said, “When I am having anxiety, I know that I can talk to my mom. She is always there for me.”

Deford has another way of coping with his anxiety. “When

I am experiencing severe anxi-ety there is a number of symp-toms that I may have. Some-times I fidget, sometimes I feel like running a marathon and sometimes I just want to cry. In order to deal with this, I have started practicing my own form of meditation,” Deford said. “I go into a quiet room and start doing mindfulness exercises and simple breathing techniques. This really helps, and it calms me down.”

Deford has advice for other students with anxiety. “Re-member, you are not alone,” he said. “Seek advice and talk to a trusted adult. Over time you will be able to over come this.”

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...you can overcome anything with the right set of mind and people to support you.

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Too anxious? You’re not alone

form of medication• Take deep breaths to

calm down• Draw, read a book

or do other mindless activities

• Take small breaks from what you are doing so you will not be overstressed

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Anxiety Tips • Have a routine sleep

schedule and eat right• Participate in physical

activies• Listen to calming

music• Take a walk outside for

fresh air• Talk to a trusted adult • If severe, talk to your

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Turkey, green beans, pump-kin pie and cranberry sauce: two hours. Jean Berry spends two hours eating her favorite meal. At 91-years-old, she is usually the last one out of the dining hall at Westminster Village North, an assisted living facility. Berry is hardly concerned with her food as she talks about her family, her church and her great-granddaughter’s “electronic pad.” Juniors Minna Ett ers and Cathy Jones listen as they clear the tables of the empty dining hall.

“She’s almost always the last one here,” Ett ers said. Both Ett ers and Jones have worked at Westminster for two years; they are familiar with the residents, what they want to eat and who needs to get their meals fi rst. But they don’t just serve the residents—they listen and learn from them, too.

“I’ve defi nitely learned how important it is to enjoy your life at each stage so that when you’re in your 80s and 90s, you can look back and feel content,” Jones said.

Berry says she is happy with her life at Westminster and loves the young people that work there. At 91, she talks about her life as a kid growing up on a farm, gives a bit of life advice to Ett ers and Jones, then jokingly tells them to go away so she can fi nish her green beans. At 17, Ett ers and Jones laugh with her and refuse to leave, because Berry is the last one left in the

dining hall. With an age diff er-ence of 74 years, Berry, Ett ers and Jones still laugh and learn from each other.

“It’s important really to understand if I made it from 1921 to present time and lived in Europe for fi ve years that there’s so much that can be learned,” Berry said.

Resident Evelyn Riley agrees that much can be learned from the elderly, as well as from young people.

“I think sometimes you can get in a rut if you’re stuck with old people all the time, which is who lives here. I love see-ing the young people here; it’s a reason to come down for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Riley said. “There are a lot of people in this world that don’t have anybody to listen to, and I think that’s what old people are good for.”

The benefi ts of interaction between diff erent generations can also be seen at Still Waters Adult Day Center, part of the Castleton United Methodist Church. On Feb. 18, members of the Fall Creek Valley National Junior Honor Society assisted seniors at Still Waters in mak-ing cards of encouragement for elementary school students in the township.

“The service hours don’t count, but it’s still really fun,” eighth grader

Emma O’Leary said.

Still Waters Adult Day Center provides activities for seniors, many with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Some are no longer capable of being at home or need the stimulation of the activities and socialization provided.

“When they (the day guests) come here, they’re busy, they’re tired when they leave, they get a good night’s sleep and their family members are a lot less stressed,” staff member Amy Hogan said.

In addition to the middle school students that visit Still Water, children from ages 2 to

5 come to visit the seniors.

“The seniors like to discuss what life was like when they were younger, and they like being around young-er people; it just makes them

happier and feel good,” Hogan said. “For some of them, being able to reminisce about the past is gone from their memory. To be able to talk about that is re-ally neat for them.”

As with the residents at Westminster, guests at Still Waters get to know the kids they interact with, and the kids get to know them. Although many of the guests at Still Waters suff er from memory loss, visits from young people trigger memories of their own children.

“It’s so wonderful to have younger people around… we enjoy it because we are losing

our memories, and you re-member your kids when they were litt le, and the memories that are impressed in your heart and mind,” guest Pat Samples said.

According to the United Nations, the population of persons over the age of 60 is growing rapidly in all regions of the world. By 2050, the population of older persons is expected to reach more than 2 billion, a 22 percent increase since 2012. While this number increases, the number of work-ing-age adults is decreasing in developed countries. The fi nancial strain this will cause on future generations and the care the elderly will need will be very much in the hands of today’s younger generations.

Intergenerational interac-tion is a vital step in solving this potential problem. These interactions not only have a functional purpose, but, like with many Still Waters guests like Mary Beck, bring smiles to their faces.

“They lift my spirits; that’s the biggest thing,” Beck said. “It’s the younger generation that’s going to take care of the older, and it would be very short sided of the older genera-tions not to nurture the young and help them along.”

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91-year-old Jean Berry loves to talk, and so do many of the residents that juniors Minna Etters and Cathy jones serve at Westminster. They do more then clear the residents’ plates-- they listen to them. With an age difference of 74 years, Etters, Jones and the residents laugh and learn from each other. Cub photos/Caroline Varie

In the hands of a younger generation

Lawrence Township students interact with older generations, creating relationships and closing the age gap at Westminster and Still Waters

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Lawrence Central, Law-rence North. Two schools, one rivalry. Ever since the establish-ment of the two high schools in Lawrence Township, sporting rivalries have been a source of competition, excitement and school pride. Sports like foot-ball, basketball and baseball have always been important

dates on the schools’ calen-dars, ones that students look forward to every year. And the newest game being added to the LC vs. LN gaming list? Dodgeball.

The Lawrence Township Schools Student Foundation (LTSSF) is sponsoring and co-ordinating a dodgeball tourna-ment between LC and LN 6-9 p.m. March 18, 19 and 20, with final game play on March 25 and 26. All dodgeball games

will be in LN’s main gym, up-per gym and fieldhouse. Each team will play two matches per night, at 15 minutes each. Both schools will recruit players in early March.

All players on a team must be from the same school; the first three days of the tourna-ment will consist of LC vs. LC games and LN vs. LN games, and the last day will bring the township’s inner rivalry to the surface with an LC vs. LN

game. Teams can have any-where between five or 10 play-ers, but five must be playing in every match. The cost per team is $50, or $5 per player if the maximum player limit is met. Signup fliers will be available around LC during the first week of March; LTSSF repre-sentatives will be collecting forms outside of the cafeteria and have extra forms available March 11-13. Forms will be due by the end of the school day on

March 13.Team fees will go to LTSSF

to support Lawrence Township programs, schools and individ-uals. The organization recently donated $2,000 to the MAC programs at LN and LC.

“Not only will students have blasts playing dodgeball games, but the money raised by the tournament will go back into our Lawrence Township community,” LN representa-tive Audrey Muston said.

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Off Franklin Road, Law-rence Park is the natural habi-tat of Andrew Arnold, a senior who’s making a name for himself by following his dream that started eight years ago.

“All my friends at the time were (skating) so I just learned for fun,” Arnold said. His mom bought him his first board and quickly after that, his hobby became an ob-session.

“Once I started learning a couple tricks, that’s when I started to prac-tice a lot until it got to become really all I did,” Arnold said. “(Skating) is still kind of all that I do.” His childhood interest budded into a passion. Now he skates for four to five hours a day around Indianapolis and at local skate parks with his friends.

“I plan on going pro. But for me right now, I’m just try-ing to skate and have fun,” Ar-nold said. Even with this mind-set of not looking too far into the future, Arnold has attracted the attention of big-name spon-sors, including skateboarding company Billabong.

“When I was in California, they had a demo and I decided to skate at it. The company

manager of Billabong no-ticed me,” Ar-nold said when recollecting his ‘most memo-rable moment’ to date. “They asked if I was sponsored, and I wasn’t at the time. So I sent them videos of me skating, and now I’ve been spon-sored with them for about three years.”

Arnold is skating in the right direction, because becoming sponsored is one step closer to becoming a professional skateboarder.

“I send them videos and

in exchange, they give me free products every few months. Eventually it can get to the point where I get paid, but I’m cool with this for right now,” Arnold added.

Since he was signed, Ar-nold occasionally goes back to California, but mostly to visit family.

“I used to live out here,” he said in a phone interview from California. “My mom and I moved to Indiana, and sister

and dad stayed here,” he said. “So I come out to visit every now and again.”

With the sunshine state be-ing his second home, the senior skater has already scoped out the local skate spots.

“I really like Westchester plaza in LA. It has smooth ground and good obstacles,” he said.

But after falling after a trick, Arnold is restricted with what he can do now.

Courtesy photos/Andrew Arnold

“I tore my ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) by jumping and landing too stiff (on my leg), basically hyperextending it.” Even so, Arnold brushes off the injury as just another part of skating.

“I’ve already had surgery, and until I’m fully healed, I need to take it easy. Recovery is six to eight months, but in the meantime, I can still ride around without making tricks.”

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of these essential tip.

Many novice drivers are guilty of the following haz-ardous driving behaviors:

Inattentiveness1

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Excessive speed

Driving with others or with distractions inside the car

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Use of alcohol or other drugs while driving

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When turning, always turn into the nearest lane traveling

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“The fi rst day I ever drove a car was the day I destroyed my sister’s house.”

Sophomore Kory Campbell re-members the incident well. He was 13 at the time, living in Missouri. Campbell was coming home from a friend’s house in a Ford F150, and his sister’s husband had suggested that the novice driver could have his fi rst lesson.

“The whole trip was downhill from my friend’s house... I didn’t have to use the accel-erator at all,” Camp-bell said. “When I had to go into my sister’s sloping drive-way, I hit the gas.”

But he ended up hitt ing the accel-erator too hard. He became so paralyzed by fear that he was unable to fi nd the brake.

“I was totally freaking out,” Campbell said. “I drove straight through the house.”

Sophomore Jasmon Henderson was accompanying a friend when she experienced her own accident.

“I was sitt ing in the back seat when she was doing her driver’s test. She was making a right turn and ended up in the other lane with oncoming traffi c. She yanked the wheel to get back into her own lane, and then the speed limit changed. It was lower, so she slammed the

brakes and started going at 18 mph,” Henderson said.

It is not uncommon to see such incidents from student drivers. Ac-cording to a recent report released by the Governors Highway Safety Association, Indiana has had the largest increase in teenage driver re-lated deaths. In the past year alone, there have been 16 deaths caused by teenage drivers.

Drivers training teacher Charles Pinkerton has seen his share of mishaps on the road. “I was driving on ice once and made a sharp turn. I did a complete 360 and miraculously

ended up not hitt ing anyone and going in the right direction,” he said. “I also had a deer jump over the front hood of our car without us hitt ing it.”

Pinkerton says he became a driving instructor because it

was a good source of extra income, and he has been an instructor for 16 years. Over the years, he has com-piled a few tips for young drivers.

“Watch your speed and check your mirrors frequently,” Pinkerton said. “Pay att ention to the people in front, behind, and beside you.”

Campbell agrees with Pinkerton. “It doesn’t matt er how good of

a driver you are,” Campbell said. “It matt ers how bad the other driv-ers are.” Campbell says that even though his sister has since moved to Indiana, she still will not let him drive with her in the car.

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What’s H t in Indy

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Naptown Roller Girls at Bankers Life Fieldhouse

Pacers vs. Chicago Bulls

his wife to get a restraining order against him. Despite his parents’ protestations, Pat is convinced that by gett ing into shape and main-taining a positive att itude, he can win back his wife’s aff ections.

While at dinner with a friend, Pat meets Tiff any Maxwell (Law-rence), a recent widow who has just lost her job, and the two form a friend-ship centered around their shared prob-lems. As they train together for a dance com-petition, Pat and Tiff any slowly learn more about each other as the days progress.

Bradley Cooper does an amaz-ing job as Pat Jr. Pat’s dialogue in the movie is humorously and oft en startlingly blunt, yet Cooper’s de-livery is spot on. Cooper is clearly comfortable in his role and it shows on-screen in both his chem-istry with Lawrence, and with his on-screen father, portrayed bril-

liantly by Robert De Niro. Oscar winning actress Jennifer

Lawrence is tremendous in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Her charac-ter of Tiff any is both mysterious and open, happy and depressed, perfectly healed and irrevocably broken, all at the same time. While Tiff any is an engaging character

in herself, the sheer power and life that Lawrence brings to the role cannot be denied.

“Silver Lin-ings Playbook” may be an

independent fi lm, but it is nothing short of spectacular. There may not be any “A” Listers buried under layers of makeup, and the dialogue may make you cringe at times, but behind “Silver Linings Playbook” stands a group of people who gave everything they had to this movie, and that’s what comes across on screen. “Silver Linings Playbook” is showing in theaters now.

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“However, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook is unique.

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ scores big

Some people don’t like in-dependent comedy-drama fi lms with quirky characters and offb eat dialogue. However, David O. Rus-sell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” is unique.

Starring “Hunger Games” actress Jennifer Lawrence and “Hangover” star Bradley Cooper, the fi lm chronicles the trials and tribulations of the bipolar Pat Soli-tano Jr. (Cooper), who has just got-ten released from a mental institu-tion aft er a violent episode caused

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The Naptown Roller Girls will be taking on the Windy City Roll-ers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 10. Admission is $17 at the door.

The Pacers will play the Chicago Bulls at 8 p.m. Sunday at Bank-ers Life Field-house.

Cub photo/Carley Lanich

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‘Sister Act, The Musical’ at Old National Centre“Sister Act, The Musical” will be at Old National Centre through March 3. It will be performed at 8 p.m. today; 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday; and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. For information about tickets, call 317-231-0000.

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Chicken Parmesan has always been a staple food in my diet. I call it unnecessary carb-loading.

At George’s Neighborhood Grill, a local fam-ily restaurant and bar in Indianapolis, the carb-loading is worth it. I was torn between gett ing the chicken picatt a that was a daily special and the chicken Parmesan at fi rst, but decided on the Par-mesan to compare it to previous ones I’ve tried.

The entree I got was more than enough for one girl; some meals were pricey but the amount of food made up for it. Mine came with two chicken breasts on top of pasta, covered with marinara sauce and melted cheese. It was a heavier meal than most and fi lling to say the least, but it was defi nitely satisfying.

I had originally heard of George’s from having our volleyball awards banquet there last fall, so my family decided to return to try it themselves. The menu is extensive, off ering ev-erything from steaks to wraps to healthy choices like their California turkey burger. They provide

a classy, upscale atmosphere with a friendly and prompt waiting staff .

Because George’s is a local restaurant, they don’t lack the homey environ-ment that most

chain restaurants do. It’s your typical neighbor-hood bar and grill, but the food makes it worth taking a visit to. It provides a perfect location for a meeting place, a family get-together, or a place to gather with friends and bond over food.

Cub photos/Katie Billman

The Children’s Museum’s Gecko exhibitThe Indianapolis Children’s Mu-seum is exhibit-ing 15 diff erent species of geckos now through March 15. The ex-hibit includes learning how geckos adapt to their environment and looking at them “Up Close and Personal.” Cost is included with museum admission.

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ hits theaters today“Jack the Giant Slayer” opened in theaters today. The movie is about a war between humans and giants that is reignited when Jack opens a gate-way between the two worlds.

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The Rhythmic Revolution

Artist: Tim McGrawAlbum: Two Lanes of FreedomGenre: Country

Artist: Tegan and SaraAlbum: HeartthrobGenre: Pop

Similar Artists: Third Eye Blind, Goo Goo Dolls, Train

Similar Artists: Meg and Dia, An Horse, Eisley

Similar Artists: Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Brad Paisley

Leah ArenzSong Suggestion: “Closer”Rating: 1 - 2 - 3 - - 5

Meredith NordmannSong Suggestion: “Two Lanes of Freedom”

Similar Artists: The Eagles, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton

The Local Natives released their album, Hummingbird, three years after their debut album, Gorilla Manor, topped the new artist charts in 2009. The Local Natives are emerging onto the Indie-folk scene with their melancholy three-part har-monizing, first displayed on their new album in “Ceilings.”

The calmness of this album appeals to those who listen avidly to Indie, while it could be a downfall for pop lovers who are looking for radio-worthy tracks. Each song on Hummingbird is easy to listen to, but not a song for sing-a-long. The most climactic and less airy songs, “Heavy Feet” and “Break-ers,” continue to be the most popular on Hummingbird, according to iTunes.

rounds a band that is pulling apart at the seams. A new outtakes CD provides

a peek into the band while in the studio, with a raw, a fly-on-the-wall quality.

The additional live CD offers a rare

glimpse into the band’s 1977 tour, and an array of emotions is portrayed on the live setlist.

Overall, Rumours (Deluxe Edition) is a tremendous album by a band who has endured possibly everything a band can. If the 1977 album captured a mo-ment in time in the heart of a crumbling band, then the 2013 edition extends that moment. The album is a must have for any Fleetwood Mac fan, or simply anyone looking for an album that can touch your soul.

Three-time Grammy winner actor and singer Tim McGraw released his 12th new album Two Lanes of Freedom last month. The album is a new fresh start for out of the spotlight McGraw with the song “One of those Nights” currently on the Top 10 single chart. This album portrays a broad emotional range having a mix between the fun and light-hearted song “Truck Yeah” and the slower and more emotional “Two Lanes of Freedom.” This song is a more mellow and laid back song compared to his other upbeat and summery songs.

This album is aligning with the

other current Country albums which seem to be inspired from modern Country songs like those from Jason Al-dean’s, Luke Bryan’s, and Brad Paisley’s

albums. There is a vibrant energy present through-out the whole album giving a message of free spirit, freedom

of summertime. Summertime inspired music was timely because of his sum-mer tour that will be featuring this album in the summer of 2013.

Tegan and Sara released their sev-enth studio album, Heartthrob, on Jan. 28. The Canadian twins released their last studio album, Sainthood, in 2009.

In addition to their new album, they’ve gotten an entirely new sound. Since Sainthood, they’ve grown away from their old alternative sound and created an album centered on the all-so-popular topic of heartbreak but with loud dance beats, so that it can’t be branded as a depress-

ing “heartbreak album.”They’ve incorporated an electronic

sound into the album with heavy dance beats running through most songs. Their lyrics also seem to be quite repeti-tive. During the chorus of “Goodbye, Goodbye” they repeat the word “good-bye” eight times in three lines.

It’s probably more accurate to draw a parallel between Heartthrob and Katy Perry or Britney Spears than to The Black Keys or The Killers, although Tegan and Sara did

tour with both of the latter bands. It’s not surprising that they worked with a producer whose client list includes P!nk and Kelly Clarkson.

Artist: Local NativesAlbum: HummingbirdGenre: Indie

Song Suggestion: “Ceilings”Caroline Varie

Both of these songs exhibit a style more closely related to Gorilla Manor’s top radio-worthy track, “Airplanes.”

They are a different type of Indie band, setting themselves apart with their more organized beats and melo-dies. This album boasts a more mature sound than Gorilla Manor and shows that this band is no longer simply hop-ing to produce music, but continuing

to top charts. The masters of easy listening, Local Na-tives have produced their second dose of genius with the Hummingbird.

British-American rock band Fleet-wood Mac originally released their album Rumours in 1977 to widespread critical acclaim. Now, the band re-released a deluxe edition of Rumours on Jan. 29, 2013.

The deluxe edition is, like its origi-nal incarnation, an album that captures a moment in time. While making the 1977 album, the band was breaking up, not only as romantic couples within the group, but also as an entity in itself. The lyrics speak of love, anger and fear, everything that sur-

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Jennifer Brown has shined a new light on teen dating violence.“

Title: Bitter End Author: Jennifer BrownPersonal rating: 1- 2- - 4 - 5 Personal rating: 1- 2- - 4 - 5

Bitter End is bittersweet

What LC’s reading

Bitter End is bittersweetBitter End is bittersweetBitter End

Haley Hamilton

Rambling about Ramble John Krohn

Jennifer Brown has introduced us to a whole new reality in her novel “Bitt er End.”

When a somewhat popular high school girl named Alex meets her dream guy Cole, she assumes that absolutely nothing can go wrong. That seems to remain the case for the fi rst few months aft er they begin dating. Cole is the best thing Alex could ever ask for.

But as the months pass and Cole begins to act extremely jeal-ous of Alex’s best friend Zach, Alex att ributes it to Cole just being an overly protec-tive boyfriend. When Bethany and Zach, Alex’s best friend since kindergarten, start to notice Cole’s random outbursts and controlling behavior, they try to convince Alex to end her relationship and she refuses.

Alex stays with Cole and con-vinces herself that his anger is due to his dysfunctional family life.

She tells herself to stick by his side no matt er what. Her viewpoint is swayed, however, when Cole goes too far and hits Alex. Her perfect relationship illusion remains un-broken, however. She continues to

make excuses, blaming herself for his violent outbursts. Rather than asking how to fi x Cole, she tries to dis-cover ways to

fi x herself. She believes it was a one-time event, and Cole loves her enough not to do it again.

A few months go by and every-thing appears to have gone back to normal. That is until yet again

Cole goes overboard and hits Alex. She still refuses to admit she is in a abusive relationship. She begins to tiptoe around Cole, avoiding all things that could set him off again.

She is still afraid to end things until she meets one of Cole’s ex-girlfriends, and the girl admits that Cole abused her and ended up put-ting her in the hospital. Alex goes back to work and cries to the only mom she has ever known, her boss Georgia.

She decides to fi nally end her relationship with Cole, and as she leaves work to do so he is waiting outside for her. He says his ex is lying and procedes to abuse Alex both mentally and physically until she can not take any more. Geor-gia runs out and stops Cole, he is arrested and Alex is allowed a second chance at life.

Jennifer Brown has shined a new light on teen dating violence. “Bitt er End” has earned three stars.

“The Devil Wears Prada” by Lauren Weisberger-Caroline Kocot, 10

“The Spectacular Now” by Tim Tharp-Brandon Steenbergen, 11

“Fallout” by Ellen Hopkins-Torrell Williamson, 10

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry-Kendra Riding, 10

“Variant” by Robison Wells-Charla Dodson, 9

“Sherlock Holmes” by Arthur Conan Doyle-Dara Metcalfe, 11

“Love By Design” by Liz Matis -Hailey Clemente, 10

As time goes on, and the Clapton, B.B. King and Pink Floyd that fi lls my music playlists becomes older and older, I fi nd myself running out of new music to listen to. Oft en, I’ll have a friend suggest a band or artist to listen to. Nine out of 10 times, the artist either raps or has a similarity to Fall Out Boy.

However, a buddy introduced me to an artist who produces synthesized beats, instrumentals and does remixes of previously produced songs. The art-ist’s name is Ramble John (RJ) Krohn, bett er known as RJD2. The name RJD2 came from a friend refer-ring to him as RJD2 in one of their raps.

He was born in Eugene, Ore., but moved to Co-lumbus, Ohio, early in his life and began working as a DJ with a pair of turntables he bought. He released several underground albums and mixes before being discovered by Defi nitive Jux Label. He began his solo career with the debut album Deadringer.

He began recording with a Columbus based rapper, Blue-print, and the two called themselves Soul Position. Aft er releasing two albums, Soul Posi-tion stopped recording and

began their solo careers again.RJD2’s best years were from 2007 to 2009, when

he released two albums that hit the Billboard Top 200. Magnifi cent City was a collaboration with Aceya-lone, and it has live trumpets, trombones and many other jazz elements to it. The album contains the song “A Beautiful Mine,” which was used for AMC’s Mad Men. A year later RJ released his third solo album, The Third Hand, which he toured extensively for in 2007 and 2008.

In 2009, RJD2 established his own label, RJ’s Electrical Connections. Within that year, he released his next full length album The Colossus, my least favorite work. Aft er taking a year off , RJ released an-other album on his own label. He fi nished a tour in 2012 and rumors have been buzzing for a 2013-2014 tour. However, RJ hasn’t confi rmed the rumors.

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“Often, I’ll have a friend suggest a band or artist to listen to.

“The Fault In Our Stars” by John Green-Katie Morgan, 11

“Black Hills” by Nora Roberts-Erin Davis, 10

“My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult-Sarah Smith, 11

“Crescendo” by Becca Fitzpatrick-Michelle Sanchez, 9

“Freddie Mercury” by Peter Freestone-Justice Springer, 10

“Needful Things” by Stephen King-Nick Olbina, 10

“Holes” by Louis Sachar-Titus Wallace, 11

“Think Big” by Ben Carson -Evelyn Nicholson, 12

“Double Identity” by Margaret Peterson Haddix-Rachael Sanders, 9

“The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom - Lauren Sebring, 12

“Inside Out” by Terry Trueman-Teondre Williams, 12

“Payback Time” by Carl Deuker- Jacob Robinson, 12

“Ashes” by Ilsa Bick -Ma’Lea Caldwell, 12

“How to Ruin A Summer” by Simone Elkeles-Alexis O’leary, 12

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The Life

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Let’s just focus on a select few of the countless freaky things in the world.

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Welcome to the freakshow

Preserved bodies and de-formed animals, anyone?

Let’s just focus on a select few of the countless freaky things in the world.

In 1832, British philoso-pher Jeremy Bentham att ached a complex lett er to his will before he died. It instructed his apprentice, Thomas Smith, to dissect and preserve Bentham’s body aft er his death. Smith did as his mentor desired, yet when the box containing the real head was targeted by pranksters, a wax head was made and used instead. The box currently resides at the University College in London.

If you’re looking for a quirky book to curl up with, check out Geek Love by Kather-ine Dunn. Geek Love concerns

two married sideshow per-formers, Aloysius “Al” and Crystal Binewski, who, to save their struggling business, use toxic combinations of pills, drugs and radiation to geneti-cally alter their children so they will be born with deformities and can join their parents’ business. The book takes place in two eras, the fi rst focusing on the rivalries between the Binewski children throughout their lives, and the second deal-ing with Al and Crystal’s daughter, Olympia, and Olympia’s relationship with her own daughter, Miranda.

The unique, offb eat “Freakshow” debuted Feb. 14, 2013 on AMC. The series follows Todd Ray, a former music producer who gave up his album-producing lifestyle to start a sideshow in Venice

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However, in addition to odd people, Todd Ray also procures an impressive collection of deformed and other-wise freakish animals. But

while the title might discour-age some potential viewers, Todd is adamant that he is working to turn the word “freak” from a derogatory slur into a positive term.

“Freakshow” is on Thurs-day nights at 9:30 on AMC.

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“Inferno”by Dante Alighieri

“The Help”by Kathryn Stockett

“The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“The Cat in the Hat”by Dr. Seuss

“What I Got”by Sublime

“Safe and Sound”by Taylor Swift

“Irresistible”by One Direction

“All I Do is Win”by DJ Khaled

CUB REPORTER • MARCH 1, 2013 PAGE 23SPORTS

Girls tennis looks to repeat as Sectional champs

Short game key for golf

Returning seniors to anchor softball

Spring sports back in action

The softball team returns to the diamond after finishing last year with a 10-12 record. The Bears were an inconsistent team last year, going on mul-tiple winning streaks as well as multiple losing streaks before seeing their season end in a 0-5 loss to the Roncalli Rebels.

This season the Bears return many of their starters from last year, including senior Kather-ine Powell who had a .463 bat-

ting average along with five stolen bases. Pitching will be the Bears’ strongest asset, led by senior and three-time varsity pitcher Nikki Jones. Jones was a workhorse last year as she compiled 113 innings pitched and nine complete games along with an 8-10 record. Jones will continue to be counted on for her pitching but she will have help this year coming from freshman Amanda Melzoni.

With LC losing only two players from last year, junior Sydney Norris as well as the rest of the team think they are poised to make a deep run in the state tournament.

“I think we have a chance to get out of Sectionals this year. It’s something we haven’t done in a long time and this season we have the pieces to do so,” Norris said.

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The girls tennis team has high expectations for the up-coming season.

After advancing to the Re-gional round of the state tour-nament last year for the second times in three years, the Lady Bears look to improve upon that mark. Head coach Tim Taylor said the ultimate goal for the team is to not only get to the State championship, but to win it.

“It’s nice to have a lighter approach to this year. But the bottom line is, we plan on mak-ing it three (Sectional titles) out of four (Sectional appearanc-es),” Taylor said. “We’re going to be stronger without a doubt this year. You have to work to-wards that goal…we should as-sume that we’re going to win

After ending last year with a seventh place finish in Re-gionals, the boys golf team is looking to have similar success, if not better. The team is return-ing three starters in juniors Tony Rogers and Drew Nixon and sophomore Colin McCar-thy. Two seniors, Zach Yurack and Jack Weir, will play signifi-cantly this season after splitting time between JV and varsity last year.

To get back to where they were last year, Weir said that an improved short game will be the key to the team’s success this season.

“From, like, 120 yards in, that’s where 90 percent of your shots are going to come from,” Weir said.

The golfers still have a long way to go before the season gets under way. Their first match is at their home course, Winding Ridge, against Southport.

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After winning the state championship last year, the boys track team looks to begin its outdoor season in seek of an-other championship.

On the girls’ side, the Lady Bears still have a bitter taste in their mouth after finishing third but being only 9.5 points away from claiming a state championship.

According to coach Tim Richey, the boys’ team will be led by the distance member, featuring four runners who are

committed to run in college, in-cluding Adam Turner and Matt Dorsey, who will be attending Notre Dame and Air Force, re-spectively.

Richey also said that senior Deontre Gray has been doing well in the indoor season thus far and expects him to score well in multiple events.

The girls will look to replace sprinters Montayla Holder and Jasmin McCray as well as pole vaulter Kimyana Rudolph, all of whom graduated.

Richey mentioned the girls will also rely on junior throw-ers Adriana Brown and Demara

State is goal for TrackSphomore Aaren Bandy practices his form on the shot put. Bandy, along with juniors Kevin Willis and Cameron Garret, look to have big years on the shot put as the track and field team looks to make another state run. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

Compton. Brown placed third in the state meet last year in the discus throw while Compton finished 27th in the shot put.

Winning the state champi-onship is the ultimate goal.

But for now, Richey said that both teams’ goals are to fill the missing holes and to contin-ue to develop talent to get back to No. 1.

Some key dates for the track team this year include March 16, when both teams run and throw in the Hoosier State Re-lays, and the Throwers Show-case on April 16 at Warren Cen-tral. -See TENNIS on page 24

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The Lady Bears basketball team saw its season come to an end with a loss in the first round of Sectionals to cross-town rival Lawrence North, 38-77. This was LC’s second loss of the season to the Wildcats, the first being a 36-68 defeat only one month ago. Junior Kyra Tucker led the Lady Bears with 17 points and freshman Jasmine Shelt was a perfect 3-3 from be-hind the 3-point line.

The Bears finished the sea-son with a record of 7-13, and 1-6 within Conference Indiana. The Lady Bears did not end the season the way they would have liked, dropping the last three games of the season by a total of 17 points. This season, Tucker paced LC with 15.6 points per game. The Lady Bears suffered three losses by one point; had one more shot got in for them, they could easily have a 10-10 record.

“All in all, we competed and at times were a good team, and for the returning players who chose to come back, we have a lot of work ahead of us,” head coach John Albers said.

Next year will be very dif-ferent for the Lady Bears as they graduate three out of the five starters, including Jones, Hosea and Hosea’s twin Cha-lyn. However, Tucker will be back for her senior season and she will be expected to take on more of the scoring load, along with a leadership role. Despite losing a lot of the seniors from this year’s team, Albers is opti-mistic about next season.

“I am excited for a new be-ginning. The possibilities are endless as long as we believe in each other.”

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Dillon places sixth at stateThe swimming season

came to a close in Sectionals as neither the boys or girls teams were able to advance any swim-mers into the state swim meet. Diver Reed Dillon, a North-western com-mit, however, made it past Sectionals and Regionals to advance to the state meet last weekend at the IUPUI Natatorium.

“I have to work on my consistency be-cause this is one of the tough-est high school state meets in the country and a small margin like 2 points could mean the difference between placing sec-ond and eighth. As long as I am consistent with my dives, then

Senior diver Reed Dillon, above, completes a dive on Senior Night against Heri-tage Christian. Dillon placed sixth at the State meet on Feb. 23 and has committed to dive at Northwestern. Senior Mitch Prather, left, swims butterfly at the Sectional meet on Feb. 16 at Lawrence North.

Continued from page 23Sectionals. Now it’s time to go to the next step.” Taylor said that he may make anywhere be-tween six to nine cuts this year, especially with a strong senior class. Taylor said he would be content with 17 players on the entire roster this year, espe-cially “after going through the guys season and seeing 12 dedi-cated guys” play.

Arguably the player with the most game and smarts, however, is junior Veronica Clark.

“Maybe not the most ath-letic individual on the team, but Veronica has won a state cham-pionship in another state,” Tay-lor said about the junior. “She knows the game and she knows how to play.”

The girls have some “young

guns” coming in this year as well. Freshmen Peyton Carrol, Allison Himes and Alexandra Richardson are all vying for varsity spots this year and may be big difference makers. Tay-lor added that all three of the young players have been work-ing hard over the offseason and “are ready to kick butt and take some names.”

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I should be in good contention for a top 3 finish,” Dillon said as he prepared for the meet.

In the event, Dillon placed sixth. It was a five spot im-provement for Dillon as he placed 11th out of 16 divers as a junior in last year’s state meet. This was also Dillon’s third con-

secutive ap-pearance at state.

E v e n though the s w i m m e r s weren’t able to accomplish the goals they set at the be-ginning of

the season, the memories they made will last.

“Swimming created memo-ries that will last my entire life. The camaraderie and the pas-sion that was shared is some-thing that is unforgettable,” se-nior Mitch Prather said.


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nior class to anchor a team that has aspirations past Regionals this year. Seniors Mackenzie Spicer and Meagan Froman, among several others, have a lot of talent but also have areas of their game that they need to work on. Taylor said he be-lieves that with the hard work the girls have been putting in, a deep run in the state tourna-ment is possible.



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Senior Myron Hamilton raises his fist after a victory on the first night of State. The senior would go on to be 2-2 for the weekend. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

After advancing seven wrestlers to Semi-State, only one, senior Myron Hamilton, qualified to wrestle at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Feb. 16. Ham-ilton finished second at the S e m i - S t a t e meet and fin-ished seventh at State, going 2-2 on the weekend.

Semi-State was a rough day overall for the boys. The Bears were aware of the dif-ficult task at hand when they entered New Castle’s gym that

weekend, but only Hamilton was able to pass the test. Senior Scott Swingle finished fourth, however, and qualified as an al-ternate for State. Though there was an injury scare from one of

the wrestlers who quali-fied, Swingle did not wres-tle.

“I had a couple of close take-downs that went out of

bounds,“ Swingle said of a match in which he lost 1-0. “He just rode me out in the third pe-riod for the win.”

Senior Riley Newkirk felt that this was the year for him

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to win it all. Unfortunately for the 113 lb. senior, Newkirk tweaked his lame leg in the semifinal match of Semi-State and was unable to secure a spot in the State meet.

Regardless of the results, the wrestlers felt that they ac-complished a lot this season and hope to have repeat success next year with a team that will have a very different look to it as nine seniors are graduating. Many seniors, like Hamilton and Swingle, have appreciated the lasting marks that LC wres-tling have left on them.

“The best part about this has been all the gains that I’ve had,” Swingle said. “Every-thing from physical and mental gains, and the new friends.”

Hamilton seventh at StateIn his Friday night match, Hamilton rushes his opponent and hopes to get in position for a take down. Hamilton would finish seventh when it was all said and done after his opponent in the seventh place

match decided to forfeit. Senior Scott Swinlge was an alternate for State after finishing fifth at Semi-State, but he was not called on to wrestle at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr


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Baseball turns a new page

Boys take on Tech tonightWith six seconds left, se-

nior Alan Willis sprinted the length of the court and threw up a one-handed floater at the buzzer that kissed off the back-board and fell through the bas-ket, giving the Bears a dramatic 44-43 upset victory over the Warren Central Warriors in the first round of Sectionals Tues-day. Willis scored 14 points in the game,, 10 of those coming in the second half.

The Bears were once down in the first quarter by as many as 11, but thanks to the outside shooting of senior Davonte Har-ris, LC was able to stay within striking distance the whole game. Harris led the Bears with 15 points, 11 in the first half.

Devin Davis led Warren with 16 points. After the win, the elated Bears ran off the court, pointing up to where some of the Arse-nal Tech players were observing the game. The message, accord-ing to Harris, was, “You’re next.” Many Indiana high school basket-ball gurus did not see this one coming after the Bears stumbled to a 3-8 record midway through the season.However, LC has now won seven of its last nine games to improve their record to 10-10.

The Bears have seen signifi-cant numbers of lineup changes throughout the season but the

Bears seemed to start clicking with the insertion of freshman sharpshooter Nash Griffin into the starting lineup.

Griffin has given the Bears another threat from the perim-

eter, playing alongside fel-low freshman Kyle Guy, se-nior Davonte Harris, junior Devin Heath-Granger and senior Davon-tay Brent.

Since Grif-fin has been inserted into the starting lineup, he has knocked down 45 percent of his 3-point attempts. Griffin has been in-strumental in the Bears success but overall, it has been a team effort every game.

“We just really bought in to the team concepts and our roles and started to believe that we could hang with any team in the state,” Guy said.

The Bears wrapped up the regular season with a hard-fought win over Broad Ripple, 52-49.

Harris led the Bears with a season-high 24 points. Throughout the season Harris led the team with 14.7 points per game while Guy was right behind him with 13.8 points per game. Guy also led the Bears in rebounds at 5.1 per game while Harris paced the Bears in assists per game with 3.3.

Sectional 10, which the Bears are a part of along with Cathedral, Tech, Warren Cen-tral, Lawrence North and Ron-calli, is considered by most high

school basketball experts to be the toughest sectional in the state. But the Bears do not seem to be too worried about it.

“Neither I or anybody else on the team really cares because we are just going to play our hardest and execute to the best of our ability,” Guy said.

With the win over the War-riors, LC now plays 10th ranked Arsenal Tech tonight at 6 p.m. at Warren Central. Tech handled the Bears earlier this season by a score of 65-78, thanks in large part to Tech’s junior center Trey Lyles.

Lyles is considered a top 5-star prospect by every recruit-ing service in the nation for the Class of 2014. If LC can shut him down they could very well be playing for another Sectional title.

Senior pitcher Knox Patie delivers a pitch in a game last season. Batie, one of nine seniors on this year’s team, will be a regular in the pitching roatation. Cub file photo/Coleman LaBarr

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After only making it to Sectionals last season, the vast group of seniors on LC’s base-ball team seeks to leave on a high note. The Bears will em-bark to improve upon their 17-11 record from last season when LC opens their season March 25 at Roncalli. The Bears’ home opener is against Ben Davis.

The Bears lost seven seniors who graduated along with longtime coach Dan Roman, who left LC to coach Carmel’s baseball team. Roman coached 16 seasons at LC and had a re-cord of 322-171. New Bears coach Matthew Buczkowski has taken his role by storm.

Buczkowski said he has players working out Mondays and Fridays in the morning starting at 6:15. He said that is the time when the pitchers get their arms in shape and oth-ers to field and hit. There is no

doubt that Buczkowski has his players preparing for this up-coming season. Buczkowski said that they will go through the season by taking it “one game at a time.”

Buczkowski said the ul-timate goal for his team is to get better every day. “With the players we have, if we get better every day, we have the poten-tial to do some special things,” he said.

Two players he mentioned that have impressed through-out the training are sophomore Jarrett Montgomery and junior Braxton Krieg. Krieg said his team goals are to win County and win State.

This upcoming season will certainly be an exciting one with 11 seniors returning, the team will be clawing for a good season to send the seniors off on a high note. Is there a County, or State championship in the Bears future? Only time will tell, “One game at a time.”


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Plight of the PacersOriginally, I was going to

write this column about how the Pacers needed to make a deal at the trade deadline. Not just a small trade, but a big trade that would have possibly gotten rid of Danny Granger or Lance Stephenson, two of my favorite guys.

But then I watched the Pacers thrash the Knicks one night before I was set to inter-view the Pacers the next day at practice (which was probably better than Super Bowl Media Day solely because I follow the Pacers almost religiously). I watched as Indy not only played their signature suffocat-ing defense, but also play stel-lar offense. They were pushing the ball when they got defen-sive rebounds and were forc-

ing turnovers frequently. They were scoring in the half court, as well as snagging offensive re-bounds, making the Knicks’ big men look like high school play-ers. Indy put on a clinic that the rest of the league should take notes on.

There’s a reason experts are picking us to make a deep run in the postsea-son. Defen-sively, no one has come up with an answer to score on Indy since Frank Vogel took over for Jim O’Brien nearly two years ago. The entire team is athletic and has a high defen-sive IQ. They all play good pres-sure defense, close out to the

ball well and rotate quickly and intelligently. Lance Stephen-son and Paul George both told me last week that they all take pride in playing hard-nosed individual defense, and they buy in to what Vogel is teach-ing, which is a key ingredient to

any winning team.

O f f e n -sively, they’ve struggled all year. They manage to put up only

around 92 points a game and shoot just above 43 percent as a team. Paul George and David West have been anchoring the squad, and impressively at that, while the other starters, includ-ing George Hill and Lance Ste-

phenson, contribute adequate-ly. The bench scoring, however, has been anemic. Tyler Hans-brough is the leading scorer off the bench. As much as I love his intensity, a guy that averages 6.5 points off the bench can’t cut it come playoff time

But here’s what’s going to turn the bench play around: Danny Granger.

The return of their leading scorer and possibly the most efficient perimeter shooter to the starting lineup will pay dividends beyond just the score book. It’s going to take pressure off of guys like Paul and Da-vid who feel pressure to score most nights when the rest of the team isn’t producing. It’ll also move Stephenson to the bench. The guy is averaging 11 points

over the last month, and he’s electrifying on both ends of the court. Instead of having to play Sam Young or Orlando John-son more, Stephenson, who has proven he can be an effective starter, will carry their load. He said that he’d be more than willing to come off the bench as the sixth man. The improved play of Jeff Penderpragh as of late has been a huge boost to the second unit as well.

I’m not going to delve into the greatness of Paul George yet. That’s a column for another time. I think he’s going to win a couple MVPs before he’s done playing. But before then, he’s going to get an NBA title. If he keeps lighting it up, then watch out, LeBron, because it could come sooner rather than later.

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The Bowling Bears, both the boys and girls bowling teams, took home the title as the 2013 Sectional champions. Sectionals were held at Wood-land Bowl on Jan. 26 as the Bears took on Carmel while the Lady Bears took on Brebeuf. LC boys finished with a total of 355 against Carmel’s 331. The girls were able to beat out Brebeuf finishing with a 332 to the Braves’ 316.

“It felt great,” senior Mi-chael Smith said on winning Sectionals. “It was nice to go out and compete. Our team pulled through.”

With the team moving on to Regionals, many also competed individually in the singles com-petition. Seniors Marty Cundiff and Ryan Benslay were part of the top 4 in the Sectional singles roll-off along with sophomore Andrew Benslay.

In the roll-off, Ryan and An-drew Benslay faced off against each other. Ryan was able to fight off his little brother, de-feating him with a 225 to An-drews’ 222.

In the end it came down to two bowlers to determine who would be the Sectional singles champion. Cundiff came out on top with a 236-203 victory.

“I had to bowl against my own teammate, but it was still fun,” Cundiff said. “Out of my three years bowling for LC this has been the strongest team we’ve had.”

Senior Ashley Mooney was the girls singles champion in a 194 to 148 victory.

“It felt amazing,” Mooney said. “This was my third year winning Sectionals individu-ally, but winning as a team made all the hard work worth it. It was the best way to end my senior year.”

The boys would take on Franklin Central at Expo Bowl

in hopes of becoming Region-al champions. However, the Flashes were able to capture the victory bowling a 391 to the Bears’ 368. The boys would still take home runner-up med-als and advance to Semi-state. Cundiff would again be the boys’ singles champion taking out Avon’s Nick Corbin in a 219 to 190 victory.

At Semi-state, the boys would compete against Pend-leton Heights at Southern Bowl to determine who would bowl for the title against the Flashes. The boys would go down to the Arabians in a 395 to 401 loss and place third overall in Semi-State to have a chance at the State ti-tle. For the singles competition Cundiff would place third and Smith would place fifth and go on to compete in the State sin-gles competition the following Saturday.

The Indiana High School Bowling season came to a close at Arrowhead Bowl in Lafay-

ette on Feb. 16. LC placed sev-enth out of 12 teams in the State bowling competition. Smith

would come in ninth place in the singles competition while Cundiff finished 18th.

(From left) Seniors Ryan Benslay, Michael Smith, sophomore Andrew Benslay, seniors Marty Cundiff, Jake Ford and freshman Trevon Hall celebrate a Sectional championship at Woodland Bowl on Jan. 26 Courtesy photo/Trevon Hall


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Senior Maddy Roach has a knack for running. In fact, the senior running star recently committed to run at Brigham Young University in Utah. For Roach, the choice was pretty easy.

“It was like all of the other schools that I enjoyed on my visits,” Roach said on her de-cision to choose BYU. “But the main thing that set it apart was the church concept. It incorpo-rates my church and beliefs into it.”

The road to Roach’s success began in middle school, when in sixth grade she decided to commit to running after hear-ing about the enjoyment of the cross country and track teams.

“I started because everyone said the team was awesome and you build lasting friend-ships,” Roach said with a smile on her face. In fact, Roach said, her favorite part about running has been the group of girls that she’s run with here.

“It’s the best group to be around because they have high standards,” Roach said.

The camaraderie hasn’t been the only thing that has driven Roach, however.

“The competition is excit-ing also. It’s hard, but it’s defi-nitely fun and rewarding after the hard work-outs.”

The senior will run the mile, 800 meter and “occasionally” the 3,200 meter, which, she said, she isn’t too fond of. Roach has high expectations for herself in every event that she runs.

“I want to break my mile re-cord that I set, which was 5:04, and to get under 5:00,” Roach said. “I also want to get under 2:16 for the 800.”

Roach has also had enor-mous success during the cross country season, making it all the way to Semi-State.

Her work ethic has already taken her far in running, as well as in the classroom. If Roach keeps it up, there’s no ceiling for her success.

Cub Athlete of the Issue:

Maddy Roach

Running stand-out to continue competing at Brigham Young

Cub Reporter Issue 7

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