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Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Volume 63, Issue 9
March 9, 2012
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3Contact us.Lawrence Central High School7300 E. 56th St.Indianapolis, IN 46226(317) 964-7400
Tell us.Letters to the editor are welcome, but they are limited to 200 words. The author’s name will be printed with the letter. Let-ters should not contain obscene or libelous language. Letters may be submitted in Room 132, placed in the mailbox of Cub Reporter adviser Elizabeth Granger or e-mailed to her at [email protected].
Purpose.To provide news to the Lawrence Central community.
Advertising.Businesses may advertise in the Cub Reporter if their ads adhere to guidelines. The advertising policy is available in Room 132 or via email at [email protected].
Staff.Editor-in-ChiefSamantha Strong
News EditorsCaroline VarieMeredith Varie
Opinions EditorsCarley LanichMeredith Nordmann
Features EditorsKatie BillmanSara Heiny
A+E EditorKevin Kryah
Sports EditorAlex Kryah
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arts+entertainment
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Clear, concise reporting on the good, the bad and the ugly. Someone’s got to do it.
Students’ perspectives on problems affecting Lawrence Central’s halls and the world beyond 56th Street.
In-depth coverage of students, global issues, rising trends and the not-so-average Bear.
Trends are changing, the popcorn’s popping and yesterday’s in is tomorrow’s out. Don’t worry; we’ll help you keep up.
Scores, matches, games, meets and touchdowns. Lawrence Central Bears are back and with a vengeance.
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Social Media EditorLane Creech
Online EditorsLeah ArenzColeman LaBarr
ReportersAvarie BowmanCandace BullockSally FinkelEsbeida FloresJacob HelmusGlynnis KingMolly LissKristen Swanson
AdviserElizabeth Granger
PrincipalThomas Oestreich
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Corrections.The Cub Reporter corrects its mistakes. If you believe the Cub Reporter made a mistake in a previous issue, please let us know by contacting a member of the staff or sending an email to [email protected].
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CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 3NEWS
Robotics competition season beginsThe McKenzie Center for Innova-
tion and Technology’s robotics team has been awarded a scholarship from J.C. Penney’s Co.
The scholarship will be used for the robotics competitions the team com-petes in.
“It’s (the competitions are) for the development of the team, but it’s also for us to learn and progress,” senior Sarah Littell, who is in her seventh year on the team and is team leader of external af-fairs said.
The competitions vary from year to year, and the tasks the teams’ robots are to complete change accordingly.
“We build a robot that corresponds with a challenge that they give us at the beginning of the season,” sophomore
Matt Pickle said. This year, the task for the robots to
complete is to successfully shoot a ball into a basket and to score more points than the opposing team.
The rules are intricate and many. This year, the standards and goals for the team have increased. The team said it is their goal to win a regional and to travel to the world champion-ship. In order to participate in the world champion-ship, the team can either win their way or pay their way in. The first regional for the Kil-A-Bytes is March 15-17 in West Lafayette.
“The cool part about the beginning of the season is we have a kickoff that is broadcast around the world at the same time to every FIRST robotics team,” Lit-tell said.
Robotics provides students with an imaginative and innovative outlet. There are many schools in the na-tion that aren’t given the same advantages and opportunities as those in the pro-gram here.
A c c o r d i n g to robotics’ team
coach Jeffrey Smith, the team is truly unique because of the interaction be-tween the students and their mentors. The students have 12 mentors working
with them.The mentors work at places such as
Precise Path and Rolls Royce. They pro-vide robotics team members internships.
“It really got me into programming,” Pickle said. “I didn’t do anything with it before, and now I can’t stop.”
“To compare it to sports, that would be like having the Indiana Pacers work with our varsity team. Nowhere else will students get that experience... As opposed to sports, everyone can succeed in robotics—there was over $14 mil-lion awarded in scholarships last year,” Smith said.
The robotics team faces the same challenge every year: the time crunch.
“The biggest challenge is the same as in most years—time,” Smith said. “From the day they announce the game, we have 46 days to design, build and test the robot.”
IN THECLASSROOM
What society thinks we do What we actually do
The McKenzie Center for Innova-tion and Technol-ogy’s robotics team recently completed the preliminary construction of their robot in prepara-tion for the coming season. The team enters various competitions; the team will compete in the world champion-ships in St. Louis, Mo., this April. Cub graphics/Samantha Strong
“Jeffrey Smith
robotics’ team coach
Nowhere else will stu-dents get that experi-ence... there are over $14 million awarded in scholarships last year.”
NEWSPAGE 4 MARCH 9, 2012 • CUB REPORTER
Modified calendar finalized
5 Teacher day6 Teacher day7 First student day
17 President’s day
14-18 Fall break21 First day after fall break30 Parent teacher conference
2 Labor Day
2 First day after Thanksgiving breakDec. 23-Jan. 3 Winter break
6 Teacher record day7 Students return 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
25-29 Thanksgiving break
26 Memorial day30 Last student dayJune 2 Last teacher day
7 First day after spring break
26 Last day before spring break27 Snow make-up day28 snow make-up dayMarch 31-April 4 Spring break
The MSD of Lawrence Township voted Feb. 26 to approve the Modified Calendar for the 2013-2014 school year in its final form. The vote finalized the dates of the beginning of school, the end of school and breaks.
In 2013, school will begin for stu-dents Aug. 7. Fall break will be extend-ed from the current four days to one week, to be Oct. 14 through Oct. 20. Thanksgiving break will also be one week, from Nov. 25 through Dec. 1.
While the proposal to move to a modified calendar was approved in January 2012, the schedule was not fi-nalized until February 2012.
“Actual dates were not approved at the prior meeting as we wanted to include all of the teacher days and to ensure we had the days balanced be-tween first and second semesters since a few tweeks were made to the original plan when the board voted to move forward with the modified calendar,” board of education president Carol Helmus said.
During the 2013-2014 school, there will be 86 student days first semester and 94 student days second semester. There will be three additional staff days first semester and two additional staff days second semester.
Changes will also include a built-in parent-teacher conference day and snow make-up days. There will be two snow make-up days preceeding the week of spring break.
Summer vacation will be ap-proximately nine weeks for students, and their school year will begin on a Wednesday rather than a Tuesday, as it has traditionally begun.
The change in calendar will have effects beyond the dates of breaks, however.
“The biggest positive outcome we are hoping for is a reduction in sub costs. Other districts that have gone this direction have seen a drop in those costs of $200,000 to $300,000, and we are hoping for similar relief,” Helmus said.
‘Inappropriate’ conduct leads to dismissal
An assistant coach/instructional assistant lost his job at LC after an investigation of inappropriate conduct toward students.
MSD of Lawrence Township (MSDLT) released a public statement regarding the issue. The statement said:
“An incident that occurred on Friday, Feb. 10, was reported to Lawrence Central High School administration on Monday, Feb. 13. The incident involved inappropriate conversations and actions by an instructional assistant toward three students. The situation was immediately investigated by Lawrence Central administrators and public safety authorities. The administration took swift and just action and the administrative assistant was put on leave pending further investigation of the incident. The results of the investigation confirmed the allegations and the instructional assistant was immediately terminated from employment. It is the priority of the Lawrence Township schools to ensure the safety and security of all students.”
Principal Thomas Oestreich made an all-call to LC students and families on Feb. 16 and read the statement.
He then said he needed to refer further inquiries to executive director for human resources and communications, Sharon Smith.
“There is an ongoing investigation and we will not comment at this time,” Smith said.
According to Lawrence Police Communications Director Gary Woodruff, the victim of the incident did identify the individual who they allege committed the assault.
“…it is fair to say everyone involved with the incident is known. The detective is interviewing all of the witnesses, victim, and person accused. The results of the investigation will be shared with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office for consideration of filing charges,” Woodruff said.
He continued: “…while it is accurate that this investigation is still at the allegation/investigatory stage, the process is on-going to further investigate the incident, and sharing the results with the Prosecutor’s Office. Everyone involved in the investigation has been cooperative with detectives.”
MSDLT and the Lawrence Police Department did not release the assistant coach/instructional assistant’s name.
“We have not publicly identified the name of the accused person yet, as no arrest has been made. The case remains under investigation,” Woodruff said.
“ Gary WoodruffLawrence Police
communications director
...no arrest has been made. The case remains under investigation.”
Total student days: 180 Total teacher days: 185Additional student make up day necessary beyond those listed will be at the end of the school year beginning on June 2.Editor’s note: This calendar is accurate as of the Feb. 27 board meeting. Cub graphic/ Meredith Varie
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 5NEWS
March 9: End of the nine- week marking periodMarch 9: Variety Pops, 7 p.m., auditoriumMarch 10: SAT, 8 a.m., enter the building through the Student Life CenterMarch 11: Daylight savings time begins at 2 a.m.; set clocks ahead one hourMarch 12,13: Auditions for the spring musical, 4 p.m., Room 196March 15: Mandatory parent meeting for spring sports, 6 p.m., Studio Theatre March 30: Spring break begins at 3:40 p.m. April 9: Classes resume aft er spring break
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College fairs at Pike, LN The 100 Black Men of In-dianapolis and Indiana Black Expo will host a College and Scholarship Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pike High School Freshman Center, 6801 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis. The Indianapolis College Fair will be held 7-8:30 p.m. March 14 at Lawrence North. Representatives from a num-ber of colleges will be pres-ent to speak with students. The event is free and open to students from any school.
Security cameras, such as the one above, are going to increase in prevalence across LC. The camer-as are being provided by a district-wide grant for advancements in se-curity. Cub photo/Meredith Varie“
Ryan Banasacademic dean of operations
School safety plan-ning is a continuous and ongoing pro-cess.”
Information compiled by CR staff
Tip line uses texts to report troubleStudents are now able to
anonymously report any suspi-cious activity to administrators with their cell phones.
Principal Thomas Oestreich has created the LC Tip Line, a text messaging service empow-ering students to report inci-dents or inappropriate activity to any administrator. Adminis-trators will not see the name of the reporter; however, they will see the phone number.
“I think we will be able to
make our school a bett er place,” Oestreich said.
The idea for the tip line came from Lawrence North’s similar service. Oestreich said he was working with Lawrence North principal Brett Crousore when he witnessed the service in action.
“They (Lawrence North ad-ministration) were able to take care of an incident that would have gone unnoticed,” Oes-treich said.
Oestreich said he hopes the service will encourage students to empower themselves and
take action to make the school a bett er environment for all stu-dents.
“We live in a world where we can’t snitch, and this is a great way to text in a tip,” Oest-reich said. “It’s no diff erent than going down to the dean’s offi ce and fi lling out an accident re-port.”
Oestreich said he expects the fi rst initial weeks of the ser-vice to be fi lled with “silly” tips and nonsense text messages. However, the administration can block numbers if the non-sense persists. Oestreich said
he has high expectations for the service.
“There is a misconception that students feel they can’t go to anyone,” Oestreich said. “I want to give them a medium to speak up.”
The service hopes to help students by promoting its mot-to: See something, hear something, say something.
“We’re doing this service in an eff ort to help improve com-munication within the student body,” Oestreich said. “We want to help empower the stu-dent body.”
Security cameras doubled LC is in the process of buy-
ing and installing nearly double the number of security cameras.
The cameras will be placed throughout the building as well as outside of the building, so the hallways and commonplac-es will be completely covered. The video recording system will have the capability of re-cording for extended periods of time in hopes of increasing se-curity presence in the building.
The cameras are being bought through a district-wide grant. The grant will benefi t all K-12 schools in the district for advancements in security.
“It’ll be a web-based prod-uct so that through a website, I can pull up any camera in the school at any time,” principal Thomas Oestreich said.
All administrators will have
continuous access to the online system.
In addition to buying a sub-stantial number of new security cameras, Oestreich has spread administrators around the building for safety purposes. Some administrators have had their offi ces moved so LC can be more evenly monitored.
In cr e a s -ing camera coverage and moved of-fi ces are only some of the new safety solutions.
“ S c h o o l safety plan-ning is a con-tinuous and ongoing process. We are constantly evaluating, and student containment aft er school is just one area we are looking to possibly make some additional changes with,” aca-
demic dean of operations Ryan Banas said. He said the school should be open only to extra-curricular programs and tutor-ing services aft er school.
Another part of the ongo-ing security process includes a door access system that will al-low administrators to lock the entire building with the press
of a butt on. Banas said he hopes every entryway will be covered with cameras so the focus can be on at-tendance and the decrease of vandalism.
Now known as hard or soft lockdowns, “Code Blues” are being improved as well.
The diff erence in lock-downs includes how securely the building is locked and how
LC still functions inside.Banas said the Central Of-
fi ce administrators do their best to maintain school safety. In ad-dition, he advises that kids do their part in safety by reporting issues or problems. A new tip line (see below) has been creat-ed to give students an easy way to report concerns.
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“Samantha Strong
junior
I have gained so many skills and abilities from both events.”
Teaching techniques see changes
Harris in running for German trip
Junior Clark Harris has been chosen as a finalist for the opportunity to study abroad in Germany. According to Harris, only a few are selected to go, and he is the only finalist in In-diana who has been extended this offer. This program is spon-sored by the American Asso-ciation of Teachers of German (AATG).
Harris was awarded this chance by scoring in the 90th percentile in the National Ger-man test. In addition, he had to write a four-page application and several essays, all of which detailed his interests and what he wanted to learn in Germany. The final phase of the process was a German-language phone interview with three German professors.
In addition to learning in German schools, Harris would live with a host family and ex-perience German culture first hand for three to four weeks. “This would be a good experi-ence for learning German be-cause I will be immersed in German culture and language,” Harris said. “I will have to com-municate almost entirely in Ger-man, which will help me learn new words and phrases from the people I will be around.”
Harris is curently in Ger-man 3. If he is chosen, this would be Harris’ first time trav-elling to a foreign country. He says he is both nervous and in-terested about this.
“I think it would be very interesting to go to a country where I have a basic under-standing of their language and culture,” Harris said. “I am nervous about always hav-ing to speak German, though. It would be embarrassing to know what you want to say in English but to not know the German translation.”
From chalkboards to white boards to Promethean boards, teachers are adjusting their teaching techniques to incorporate new technological advances.Cub photo/Caroline Varie
In light of the recent tech-nology advances sweeping throughout the school, teach-ers and students alike are benefitting. The installation of Promethean boards in all core classes pushes teachers to change their curriculum and how they teach their students. But the progress leaves unex-plained setbacks. Computers in the past couple of weeks have been slowing down and keep-ing teachers from doing grades and from teaching kids using the computer as a medium.
“When the internet is run-ning slowly it can be from dis-trict-wide network problems,” media specialists Nocha Flick said. “The folks at the network operations center are continu-ally giving us network perfor-mance upgrades to prove con-
nectivity.”These updates are per-
formed on Mondays and they make sure the computers are constantly upgraded with new software to keep them up and running. The updates also help
keep the programs in the best condition and the Promethe-an board programs running smoothly. The implementation of these Promethean boards can be somewhat daunting for teachers that are just now
receiving them. However, for Promethean board veteran and science teacher Jan Weir, it is a move in the right direction.
“It should positively affect what a teacher is doing in the classroom. Regardless of the content area, these interactive white boards have the potential to change learning and teach-ing. It’s up to the teacher to em-brace this new technology and attend the myriad of training opportunities so that they can use it effectively in their class-room,” Weir said.
The question of whether or not that new technology has an affect on the technological is-sues is to be determined. But regarding the installation of the Promethean boards Flick said, “It’s exciting to see truly inter-active classroom lessons and it will be more exciting when we are able to get ones for every classroom.”
Can you give a five-minute speech with 30 seconds’ prep? If not, don’t worry. We’ll show you how. 1. You will get an index card with a single word, quote, current event or question. As soon as your eyes touch the card, your 30 second countdown begins. 2. Take a deep breath. Clear your head and think of three distinct points to discuss about the topic. 3. Begin the speech with some-thing funny, a personal story or a joke related to your three points. 4. More often than not, you will forget one (or all, unfortunately) of your three points. When this occurs, wing it and hope for the best. Ready to give it a go? Here’s your topic... Word: ZealQuote: “A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.” Ralph Waldo EmersonQuestion: Should the presiden-tial candidates’ personal lives be considered in choosing a future president?
How to do [email protected]
J u n i o r S a m a n t h a Strong has ad-vanced to the state speech competi t ion in impromptu
and international extemporane-ous (IX).
Strong was named sectional champion in impromptu and runner-up in IX in the sectional speech meet on March 3. She will compete in the state speech com-petition in both events at Fishers High School on March 24.
Strong is a three-year mem-ber of the speech team, coached by Julie Alexander. This year is the first year Strong will com-pete in the state competition.
“It’s really exciting for me because of the progress I’ve made. Freshman year I couldn’t even imagine making it to state, let alone earning first place. I was speechless,” Strong said.
Strong began competing in impromptu speaking as a soph-omore, but began competing in IX this year.
“Freshman and sophomore year I did very different events and those events didn’t really click. International extempora-neous and impromptu clicked with me. I enjoy the stress and pressure I feel during the 30 minutes and 30 seconds (of preparation) for IX and impromptu , respectively,” Strong said.
“ E v e n though its stress puts me on edge, at the end of seven min-utes there’s a feeling of accom-plishment knowing that you’ve done something.”
Both IX and impromptu re-quire on-the-spot preparation. Competitors in IX are given three questions to choose from, each concerning an internation-
Strong advances to state speechal policy or issue. Upon receiv-ing the question, they have 30 minutes to prepare a speech ap-proximately five to seven min-utes long using magazines and newspapers as resources.
Impromptu provides the participant with an object, quo-tation, or idea and requires the preparation of a three- to five-
minute speech in 30 seconds.
“ ( T h e events) are each challeng-ing in their own ways, but IX can be more challeng-ing because
there is less freedom and you must stick to your sources. But I have gained so many skills and abilities from both events—just completing tasks more effi-ciently and speaking to others on the spot,” Strong said.
“Speech team has helped me grow in so many ways,” she added.
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 7NEWS
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Children’s Theatre March 28 The LC Players will pres-ent a night of Children’s The-atre at 6:30 p.m. March 28 in the LGI Room. The night will have a family friendly dinner and dessert and two one-act plays appropriate for all ages. The cost is $8 for those 12 and older and $6 for chil-dren under 12, in advance. Reservations are required by March 24 to [email protected].
Musicians honored Ten orchestra students earned a gold rating at the ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Association) solo and ensemble contest. They are seniors Lily Alexander and Sarah Littell, juniors Alex Floyd, Molly Liss, Dean Gardner and Perri Smith, sophomores Sally Finkel, Sarah Higgins and Nigelle Radoc and freshman Emma Engler.
Show choirs at Bishop Luers Central Sound was the first runner-up and earned the caption award for out-standing vocals at the Bishop Luers Invitational last week-end. Sweet Sensation earned second runner-up honors.
Color guards move to stateLast weekend, the
World and A color guards placed second and fourth, respectively, at the state preliminary competition. Both guards advanced to the state finals, which will be held at Center Grove on March 17. The World Guard will then compete at the World Guard International Regional in Cincinnati. The Cadet Guard, composed of Belzer students, will perform in their final competition at the state divisional finals Saturday at Franklin Central High School. Information compiled
by Cub Reporter staff
LT works to keep measles out
As of March 1, there were 15 reported cases of measles in Central Indiana. Although there are no cases currently in Lawrence Township, the administration is taking pre-ventative measures to protect students from an outbreak.
All teachers born on or af-ter Jan. 1, 1957, must provide the township with their vacci-nation records. If a teacher has not been immunized from the measles, he must schedule an appointment to become immu-nized.
Many teachers are contact-ing their pediatricians, high schools and colleges to track down their immunization re-cords, which is proving difficult for many of them.
Chemistry teacher Greta Murphy said she’s in the pro-cess of finding her records. While she said she knows she had the vaccination, it’s been hard to find evidence of it.
“My pediatrician is no lon-
ger alive,” Murphy said, “so it’s been a chal-lenge.”
Anyone born before 1957 is assumed to be immune to measles because they were alive before the immunization was created. They should have experienced several measles ep-idemics, so about 95-98 percent should be immune.
If an outbreak were to oc-cur here, any staff member who has not been immunized must not go to work for 21 days af-ter the last confirmed case was reported.
The symptoms of measles include white spots inside the mouth, a rash which usually starts at the hairline and can be accompanied by a large temperature spike, achiness and fever. Measles can lead to other serious infections. One in 10 children with measles will get an ear infection, one in 20 children will get pneumonia, one in 1,000 children will get encephalitis, and one in 1,000 children will die.
Measles can be spread from person to person through coughing and sneezing. The vi-
rus can live on an infected surface for up to two hours, as well.
Ninety percent of those close to a person with measles will also con-tract the virus, and that person is contagious for up to four days even before a rash is present.
Students should have had a measles immunization before entering school. If a student
is suspected of having measles now, his health care provider should be contacted. So should the
Marion County Public Health Department.
“Measles is a vaccine pre-ventable disease,” LC nurse Marijo Trissler said.
Both LC nurses have said they are aware of the students who do not have the vaccine, so if an outbreak were to occur, those students would be re-quired to stay away from school as well.
More than 650 pairs of jeans donatedThe number was big: 656
pairs of jeans were donated by LC for a “Teens for Jeans” drive.
“Teens for Jeans” is a na-tional drive that collects any color, shape or size of jeans and distributes them to those in need. LC students turned in new and used jeans to be shipped to the Wheeler Mission facility downtown. The jeans were then sorted and distrib-uted to homeless shelters, mis-sions and women’s shelters in the Indianapolis area.
The drive was conducted by the science department and LC’s SUPER team. It was the groups’ fourth year participat-ing in the drive and they hope to continue for years.
“I think that the students should have some responsibil-ity in helping out others in the community,” SUPER team club sponsor Greta Murphy said.
She encouraged her stu-dents to help and said that it’s important they contribute to the cause. She said it’s easy to help out other teenagers by do-ing something as small as do-nating a pair of jeans.
According to the “Teens for Jeans” organization’s website, one in three homeless people in the United States is under the age of 18. To help give back to those teenagers in need, they’ve collected and donated more than 1.5 million jeans over the past four years.
Additional information about the organization is avail-able at teensforjeans.org.
Students here donated 656 pairs of jeans to be distributed to home-less shelters, missions and women’s shelters throughout the Indianapolis area. The drive was conducted through the “Teens for Jeans” organiza-tion. To read more about volunteerism, see pg 9. Cub photo/Samantha Strong
Teachers required to produce records after area measles cases arise
“ Marijo Trisslernurse
Measles is a vac-cine preventable disease.”
Measuring MeaslesThe World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) provides various statistics on measles.
Last year, there were 164,000 deaths from mea-sles worldwide.
More than 95 percent of measles deaths occur in low-income countries.
Due to vaccination, there was a 78 percent drop in measles deaths from 2000 to 2008.
PAGE 8 MARCH 9, 2012 • CUB REPORTER OPINIONS
Just a minute with...
Got a minute? Then we’ve got some questions. With 2,600 students, it’s tough to know everyone. We’re tak-ing a minute to get to know our student body. Match each student’s number with the corresponding numbers on the answers. Watch out, you could be next.
What is the No. 1 thing on your bucket list?1) I want to be in a band.2) Skydiving.3) Hang out on a beach with Zac Efron.4) To own a nice Ferrari.5) Skydiving while on a snowboard.6) Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.7) Skydiving.8) Skydiving.
What would you do if you were the only person alive on Earth?1) Anything in my power.2) Run around and do everything.3) Travel everywhere in the world by hot air balloon.4) The entire plot of I Am Legend.5) Take a nap.6) Do everything I would want to, then cry because I am so lonely.7) Go to another country without my passport.8) Anything in my power.
If you were a fruit, what fruit would you be?1) Apple, because they are shiny.2) Pineapple.3) Kumquat, because it’s fun to say.4) Banana.5) Dragon fruit.6) Pineapple, because they are awesome and delicious.7) Strawberry, because they taste good.8) Apple.
What place do you want to visit the most?1) Mackinac Island.2) California.3) I really want to go to Alaska.4) New Zealand.5) Zimbabwe.6) Ireland, because of the native people’s cool accents.7) Vail, Colo., because I like snowboarding.8) Europe.
2) Demetrius Jackson senior
1) Alison Dunagin senior
5) Alexandru Gavrila sophomore
3) Megan Smithjunior
6) Hannah Coble sophomore
4) Toby Marvel junior
7) Brody Petrucciani freshman
8) Jared Fleener freshman
The sophomore Lyceum class will present “Meet-ing of the Minds” at 7 p.m. March 28 in the Studio The-atre. The annual event will be presented by English teacher John Hall’s G1 and M8 classes.
“Meeting of the Minds” is based on the PBS television show “Meeting of Minds.” Students are assigned to
portray a “great mind” in a round table discussion. This year’s production features familiar characters such as Thomas Jefferson, Steve Jobs and Andy Rooney.
“The main purpose (of “Meeting of the Minds”) is to demonstrate universal themes through discussions that cross culture, national-ity, fields of study and race.” Hall said.
The project began before winter break. Students first chose a “great mind” to por-
tray; each had to meet spe-cific criteria. The character must be dead, must have a biography or autobiography written about him and must have made a significant con-tribution to his or her field of studies.
Additionally, students are not allowed to choose characters that have been portrayed in the previous five years of LC’s “Meeting of the Minds” productions.
Over winter break, stu-dents read and took notes
on a biography or autobi-ography about their chosen characters. When they re-turned from break, the stu-dents wrote research essays based on an important as-pect of their characters’ lives.
After essays were turned in, students were organized into groups of five or six students. Students worked together in these groups to create scripts incorporating humor, world issues and their characters’ person-alities. These scripts will be
used in the final production.The resulting product of
about three months work is a production put on for fam-ily, friends, teachers and fel-low students.
The students must become their characters through the use of props and costumes.
“I think it’s a great op-portunity for students to get to know influential people on a personal level,” sopho-more Rachel Hedlund said. She will portray Lucille Ball.
Sophomores to present ‘Meeting of the Minds’[email protected]
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Hugs to NBA All-Star Week-end, but growls to the Daytona 500.
Hugs to Fridays, but growls to having homework.
Hugs to Variety Pops, but growls to auditions.
Hugs to LC basketball, but growls to the game being the same day as the SAT.
Hugs to french fries, but growls to there not being any ketchup.
Hugs to prom, but growls to expensive dresses.
Hugs to spring, but growls to indecisive Indiana weather.
Hugs to March Madness, but growls to a failing bracket.
Hugs to the iPhone 4s, but growls to when Siri says she’s a part of Skynet.
Hugs to the end of the grad-ing period, but growls to study-ing for mid-terms.
Hugs to playing with new Promethean Boards in the classroom, but growls to their freezing computers incessantly.
Hugs to spring sports, but growls to it snowing right before the season.
Hugs to summer but growls to fi lling out summer job applica-tions.
• LC deserves the funds that are be-ing used to buy new security cam-eras. The technological advances in security will continue to set LC apart from other schools. The awarded money from the grant is going to-ward a good cause because a school’s safety should be a top priority.• The new 2013-14 calendar is prob-ably going to receive a polarizing response from the student body. On one hand, some will love how there are an abundance of week-long breaks peppered throughout the year. On the other hand, however, there will be those who will lament the slight shortening of Summer Break with unreasonable scorn. Much to the dismay of the naysayers, this new schedule is most likely here to stay.• Besides selling over-priced cook-
30-second editorialsies and popcorn, the uniform-clad Scouts of the nation contribute to society. However, it seems that society only associates Girl Scouts with cookies and Boy Scouts with popcorn. This has caused some of the young Scouts to be absorbed in the money aspect of scouting. When a 7-year-old can tell his popcorn buy-ers 20 diff erent pricing combinations, there is a problem.• The boys basketball team won a very tough sectional last Saturday by defeating Roncalli 53-51. This is the fi rst time the Bears have won section-als since 1998 and only the second time they have won sectionals since 1977. Given the recent history of the program, this is a historic feat for the team and it only can go up from here. The Bears play Pike in Region-als on Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
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Growls
Hugs
ANDVolunteering takes root in students
Show some school spirit and support your history-making basketball team! Go Bears!•New technology is taking over the classroom; within the next year our school will have new Promethean boards replacing chalkboards and new laptops replacing textbooks. These new technological advance-ments can be seen as a benefi t to the school — or a waste of money. Granted, new gadgets and technol-ogy can be fun, but when they are used on rare occasion or used for the same task that can be done by hand, it can be a waste of money. Unless you are showing videos or in need of demonstrating a chemical equation where many of colors are necessary, they have litt le purpose.
Volunteerism has taken root within the Lawrence Cen-tral community. Student or-ganizations such as Key Club, Best Buddies and National Honor Society have made it their mission to place others before themselves. Even if it is for just an hour every month, these students make a diff er-ence in others’ lives.
As all students should. Volunteerism has branched
out from these small saplings and grown into a larger and stronger presence here. Most student-run clubs have a vol-unteering component; even the Euchre Club uses its tourna-ments to raise funds for chari-ties. This sapling has continued to grow; its concepts and ideals have branched out from its traditional soil and into new grounds. The science depart-ment has conducted its annual jeans drive to end homeless-ness. Numerous students partake in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, organizations centered on helping others. Several
students take time out of their busy lives to make the lives of those less for-tunate a litt le brighter.
As all stu-dents should.
Volun-teerism is not limited to structured foundations and charities; it takes place everywhere we go. When a student drops a book in the hallway, someone volunteers to pick it
up for him. When a stu-dent forgets her ID in the lunchroom, a peer volun-
teers to return it to her. When a student is injured and needs crutches to move about, a peer volunteers to help him carry his books. Volunteerism is not simply babysitt ing for free, nor
is it merely helping a student understand a math concept during study hall. It is taking time out of our lives to help an-other. Whether we know her or not, whether we are in a bett er situation that him or not. We volunteer because we care.
As all students should. Volunteerism has proven
to be sticky, and this sap has touched every student, teacher, janitor, administrator and staff
member of the Lawrence Central community. Help-ing others has become a vital skill garnered within these walls. This fragile sapling has fl ourished and now exposed its branches into every corner of Lawrence Central. Look around, and you will see it.
We volunteer because we care.
As all Lawrence Central students do.
See related stories on Pages 5, 4, 18, 26, 6 and 12.
“We volunteer because we care.”
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peak Your Mind: Security CamerasS AllBe
ar it“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
Ayana Owens, 12
“I live and die by the lunch box.”
Alex Larsh, 11
“Let me get back to you on that.”
Griffin Gardner, 11
“Pepino en la pared.”Hannah Coble, 10
“Chocolate cows exist in my mind.”
Geoff Bowles, 11
“My favorite quote from The Lorax - “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”Thomas Oestreich, principal
“Mustache glasses are the best.”
Abbie Anderson, 9
Forget the Golden Age and the Silver and the Bronze. Don’t even mention
the Stone Age. Today we live in the age of Technology. It’s the age where Twitter and Face-book reign supreme and the easiest way to contact someone is to shoot them an e-mail, or to be even faster, send them a text.
When did communication become so impersonalized? You can make the argument that social media has actually brought people closer together
and that you now have quick communication with everyone in the world, but have you checked your mailbox lately? No, not your inbox, but that one shiny metal box that sits at the end of your driveway. Last time I checked, all that sat in that cold metal box was just junk mail and advertising.
I miss receiving personal-ized letters from my friends. My own grandparents have ditched snail mail for quicker means. I think it’s time to rein-state the good, old-fashioned letter.
It means so much more to receive a handwritten letter than a whipped up DM on
Twitter, especially today when no one writes letters. That just makes them even more special.
It’s not all that hard to send a letter. Write to a friend about any-thing that comes to your mind and just imagine how surprised they would be to receive actual mail. It would make their day, and yours, too.
On an even larger scale, what happened to pen pals? You could write to anyone in the world, expand your boundaries and learn about
new cultures. In high school I finally feel like I know enough of my chosen foreign language to translate a simple letter and
yet pen pals seem nonex-istent.
Not only is letter writ-
ing a fun, social activity, but it
builds upon writ-ing skills and creates
unique opportunities. Wouldn’t it be
nice if the next time you checked your mail, you found a small, white envelope with your name on it? Start the trend. Send a letter. You just might get one back.
Think outside the inbox and mail a letterThinkingAloud
See related news story Page 5
1) Do you think we need security cameras?
2) Do we need more or fewer security cameras?
3) Where should the cameras be?
4) Why or why not do we need the cameras?
1) Yes.2) More.3) I don’t know.4) People are bad.
1) Yeah.2) More.3) Everywhere.4) Because people are sketchy.
1) Probably.2) Same is fine.
3) By entrances.4) It will help.
It’s better to be safe than sorry.
freshmanAlexis Ailessophomore
1) Yes.2) More.
3) Everywhere without invad-
ing privacy.4) People steal
all the time.
Steven Davisjunior
Megan Huntjunior
1) Yes.2) More.
3) Where ever there aren’t
cameras.4) Safety.
Isaac Schaffer
1) Yes.2) Same is fine.3) I don’t even see them now.4) People are low budget.
Bridget Heilmansophomore
1) Yes.2) Depends.3) Every-where.4) People do bad things.
Desmond Whitefreshman
seniorKristen Dunbar
1) Yes.2) Depends.
3) In the park-ing lot.
4) Because LC is a little
ghetto.
Thomas Brown
senior
Courtesy photo/Hannah Coble
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 11OPINIONS
without Malfoy as an enemy? Or how much happier Snape would have been had James not bullied him? We don’t need a sorting hat to know that we belong. We should be able to walk into any situation and feel as though we were sitting in our own common room.
Harry Potter exemplifies many of the highest necessities at any school. The most impor-tant one of all is the student voice. Dumbledore’s Army (D.A.) was always there to save the day during any Hogwarts’ crises. Notice that it was rarely the adults who saved the day, but it was the kids who went out of their way to make a change.
The respect that D.A. re-ceived from the professors was done without any magic. Finally, something that we can handle. And we’re the luckier ones because our story goes beyond the covers and into reality.
From theInside
Harry Potter and the Order of LC
Simple bear necessities... not
Spoiler Alert: Harry Potter references will be used in the following mes-sage. If you haven’t read the books, it is highly advised that you put this paper down and go read them.
Those of you who are con-tinuing to read this column hopefully are aware that J.K. Rowling is coming out with a new adult book, not related to Harry Potter. The critiques and the fans are preparing for the greatness that is sure to come from the popular author. Rowling created something
truly magical when her pen first hit the napkin on that train ride so long ago.
The most endear-ing part of her
famous series is that the entire sto-ry is appli-
cable to our everyday lives.
Sure, we don’t have real wands, and the broom in the kitchen won’t
get you very far, but seriously, (pun intended), it’s true. Harry Potter is like looking at our real-istic lives through the Mirror of Erised. We have to struggle through our own
stories without the fantasy. Yet, it is uncanny
how closely the two worlds are alike.
The characters from Harry Potter truly come to life in our own lives. I don’t want to crush any souls, but while Harry Pot-ter itself is certainly not real, the characters are.
Everyone has a person in their lives who obnox-iously gets an “A” on every test, or a person who seems impos-sible to compare to. Everyone adores and knows the class clowns who may one day actu-ally invent the Puking Pastilles.
The characters honestly flourish in our own personali-ties and lives. If you’re still not convinced, while it’s true that we all know a loyal Ron and a clumsy Hagrid, we also all en-counter a Severus Snape (insert teacher’s name here). Believe me now?
Characters are not the only
way in which the tale is told beyond the pages. Hogwarts is the heart to the Harry Pot-ter plot, and the Hogwarts in our lives, or LC, is the heart to our plot as well. As much
as some of us would love to say that we went to Hogwarts on our college applications, in theory we have. Hogwarts and LC are the
same. There are similarities be-tween the two that should and shouldn’t exist. At Hogwarts the students are separated into groups, or houses. Isn’t the same done at LC? I’m sure that subconsciously you have already classified who the Gryffindors are…and probably the Slytherins, too. It’s unfair that this is the similarity that we have chosen to follow. Can you fathom how much easier Harry’s life would have been
“...while Harry Pot-ter itself is cer-tainly not real, the characters are.”
These days the philosophy seems to be more, more, more. The list of items available has gotten outrageously long and a lot of them seem really un-necessary.
Someone recently invented a hat with a solar panel on the top. It powers a fan that is attached to a hole in the brim of the hat. It really ex-ists. There are forks that twirl your spaghetti for you and even a marshmallow shooter. I hope it isn’t bad that I think a marshmallow shooter would be pretty awesome…
Here is a group of things that I find unnecessary.
1. Reality TV. I know it is a guilty pleasure for many, but seriously, these shows have no point unless you enjoy losing brain cells. My apologies to Snooki.
2. MTV, the channel that makes educational reality shows possible. Whatever happened to music videos on MTV? Music television, any-body? Obviously that station was created to show people’s weirdest addictions. I don’t want to watch someone eat-ing toilet paper. Unless it’s in a music video, then maybe that would be OK. No, that is never going to be OK.
3. Celery. I know this is random, but I just had to throw it in there because it really con-fuses me. It takes more energy to digest than it ends up giving
you. I will give it points be-cause it is the perfect shape for ants on a log, but if you don’t like peanut butter or raisins, then you are out of luck.
4. Buttons on remotes. Admit it. You don’t know what seven-eighths of those buttons do. I’m not saying I do, either. The only buttons I know how to use are the channel, volume, power, pause, play and stop buttons. Oh, and the mute button for when a Progressive commercial comes on. I could fit all of those on a remote the size of one of the big pink eras-ers.
5. Mosquitoes. I’m sure I have everyone’s agreement on this one. These insects are the most annoying things ever. Just when you are trying to enjoy the weather on a summer evening, you hear that telltale buzz by your ear. And after
that you are left scratching about 20 mosquito bites simultaneously, wondering how in the world you got them all.
We need to start boosting the frog popula-tion to take care of these guys.
6. Finally, energy drinks. But wait, what will we do when that 2:30 feel-ing hits without caffeine, sugar and artificial flavor-ing? How about eat an ap-ple? It is all natural, it gives you as much energy as a whole cup of coffee and your heart does not start having a hip-hop dance party in your chest a few hours later.
I would list a few more, but my brain is a little fried from all of that reality stuff they call TV.
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be worked out and the teachers will be able to use the boards to dispense education as readily as the boards’ namesake Prometheus gave fi re to humanity.
The benefi ts that they grant to the teaching process aside, Promethean boards provide a variety of additional benefi ts. For one, they render chalk and chalkboards obsolete, which means no more wasting money on those dusty, unwieldy mineral sticks or the extra supplies needed to clean off the boards. In eff ect, this does indeed means that one day, those accursed chalkboards will be gone forever from our classrooms and no one will ever be able to run their fi ngernails down them ever again.
That spine-chilling sound, my fellow Bears, is the sound of the past shrieking at us, begging not to be forgott en.
“Sometimes they can be benefi cial, but most of the time they just freeze and take up class time.”
“I don’t know that they benefi t the class, but I do not mind them.”
Quemell Brinker, 12
Facing the subject: Are you for or against Promethean boards?
Cub photos/Glynnis King
“I think they are cool, because we get to interact during class and it isn’t as messy.”
“It is bett er to have than using chalk and over-heads. They are more interactive.”
Rachel Fazekas, 11Angelica Torres, 10Wes Curry, 9
Caroline [email protected]
Kevin [email protected]
shrieking at us, begging not to be shrieking at us, begging not to be shrieking at us, begging not to be shrieking at us, begging not to be
Topic: Are you for or against Promethean Boards?
FACE OFF
the boards are delayed or causing the computers to run at a glacial pace. As slow as the network runs, why do we need something else to make it slower?
A survey prior to purchasing and installing the Promethean boards would have been benefi cial. Some teachers would have said they wouldn’t use the boards, and time, money and chalkboards could have been saved. The teachers that are not interested in learning how to operate new technology would have said they do not want a Promethean board. And they wouldn’t have to write on the small space of chalkboard left over.
For those teachers whose classes are predominately lecture, a Promethean board is unnecessary. In addition, music classes do not need the boards. Need to play music loud? Use a speaker. Need to show a video? A projector screen would suffi ce. For these teachers, the boards are as much of a waste of money as the four televisions in the Commons.
Learning how to operate the boards is only the fi rst step. Learning how to teach eff ectively using a Promethean board is an entirely diff erent matt er. Unless the staff is willing to invest time in learning how to operate and utilize the new technology, and it appears that many are not, then the district has wasted money.
By now, most of you have probably noticed that Promethean smart boards have taken over core classrooms by storm. Whether you have a positive or negative opinion on them really depends on how well your teachers have acquitt ed themselves with them; if your teacher can seamlessly pull up diagrams and Power Points with the grace and swift ness of Tom Cruise from “Minority Report,” then you probably think they’re prett y useful.
However, if your teachers grumble bitt erly about how the pen doesn’t work anymore or how the board constantly crashes, you’ve probably dismissed them as time-wasting monoliths and have used their ineff ectuality to catch a nap (I know I have).
To those of you who fi nd yourself to be in the former camp, you must already be convinced that new and advancing technology makes education a more fl uid, balletic experience. To those of you in the latt er camp, I can’t really fault you, but the frustrations of seeing teachers fumble over the smart boards every class are just growing pains. Sooner or later, the kinks in the soft ware and network will have to
The concept of integrating technology into education is not only a great idea, but inevitable. However, all teachers don’t necessarily need or want new technology.
Students may be more willing to participate in class, but like all novelties, the fun factor eventually wears off . More problems lie with the teachers than the students. Despite
technology help sessions to teach staff about their new boards, teachers still struggle to operate them. Some teachers who have learned how to use the boards can only do the basics: write and erase. These benefi ts cost the school district millions of dollars, but their functions are not beyond those of a chalkboard.
It seems that 80 percent of the time
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Feb. 12 was a typical day at the Castleton Mall food court. It was near 6 p.m. and the time for the mall to close. Senior Jo-elle Martin was washing dishes in the back of Dairy Queen when her manager, Jessica Sahoury, came and got her.
“Jo Jo, there’s a girl out in the food court. We want you to go see what’s wrong,” Sahoury said to her employee.
The girl, about 4 or 5 years old, was unconscious on a food court table. A crowd of about 20 people surrounded her. With no one else in the crowd knowing what to do, Martin came to the rescue. Martin started by checking the girl’s pulse and respiration.
When she determined the girl had stopped breathing, Martin performed CPR (car-diopulmonary resuscitation). CPR can be as easy as C, A, B: compressions, airway and breathing. Martin ended up saving the girl’s life.
“I have learned that it’s im-portant for everyone to know some emergency care,” Martin said after noticing no one in the crowd knew how to help.
This wasn’t the first time Martin has helped a person in need. At work about a month earlier, on Jan. 4, Martin was in the right place at the right time.
A girl in her early 20s was having a panic attack. She sat in a rocking chair in the women’s rest room. When Mar-tin arrived, the girl was repeat-edly shouting, “I’m dying, I’m dying.”
Again, there was a crowd around the girl. Unfortunately, the mall police, all of whom were CPR certified, were not allowed into the women’s rest room to help because they were all men.
The girl’s panic attack turned into a seizure. Martin knew that she should move the girl out of the chair so she could avoid coming in contact with objects while seizing. Martin then used a jacket to secure the girl’s head to avoid
spinal damage and possible paralysis. Martin timed the seizure while she waited on the paramedics to arrive.
“I was freaking out when the girl was having the sei-zure,” Martin said. “You can’t help them except to move them away from objects, so you’re just wondering what’s going to happen. But at the end I felt great; I felt like it had meaning.”
About a week later, the girl returned to thank Martin. She also received a note from a man who wit-nessed the seizure. The note complimented Martin on a job well done.
“It was kind of hopeful, just knowing that we’re learn-ing procedures (in class) and that we can help people with them.,” Martin said.
Unlike most students, Martin has had the opportu-
nity to practice the lessons she’s learned in class in the real world. Martin learned the prac-tices she put into use from the medical terminology and intro-duction to health care systems class she took at McKenzie last year. In medical terminology, Martin became CPR certified and learned how to perform
CPR on ba-bies, children and adults. The class had six dummies to practice on and the students watched prac-tice videos, but nothing
compares to Martin’s real life experience.
“It’s one thing to practice pretend scenarios in class, but it takes maturity to respond in a given situation, espe-cially when others are standing around doing nothing,” intro-duction to health care systems teacher Sue DeVane said.
This year Martin takes
Left: New research from the American Heart Association shows for adults, chest compressions are key to as-sisting a victim of cardiac arrest. Top: Senior Joelle Martin helps with a dog at an animal hospital to earn credit for her heath careers class at the McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology. Cub photo/Candace Bullock
health careers, another class offered at McKenzie. Health careers helps students become certified nurse assistants. Through this class, Martin is allowed to assist at a medical facility of her choice.
Martin has wanted to be a veterinarian since she was 4 years old. She splits time assist-ing at the Geist Station Ani-mal Hospital and the Post Pet Animal Hospital during G1, G2 and G3. Martin’s homework is to write down what she did at the vet clinic that day so she can earn the signature of the person she shadows. Martin helps out by doing various jobs like walking dogs and helping the veterinarian clean animals. Martin has also learned how to take pets’ urine samples and restrain small, medium and large sized dogs.
“They teach so much. I think it will give me an edge over other students who have the same major as me in col-lege,” Martin said. “I also think it will prepare me for life as a veterinarian.”
“I have learned that it’s important for everyone to know some emergency care.” Joelle Martin
senior
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Since 1995, obesity rates in American have nearly doubled. In Indiana, the rate has gone from 20.1 to 30.2 percent while other states, such as Georgia, have in-creased from 13.3 to 30.4 percent accord-ing to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Why this drastic increase?Several dietitians agree that a lack of
exercise, the consumption of high calorie foods and the consumption of foods heavy in saturated fats and sugars have all contributed to this drastic increase. With fast food mega-chains, such as Mc-Donald’s and Burger King, it’s not hard to believe either.
Kim Hardin, an out-patient dietitian at Community Health Network, sees obe-sity manifesting itself in every age group, age 10-60.
“For children specifi cally, the areas
that have been identifi ed as obesity con-tributors are the extra calories from juice and screen time,” she said.
Hardin described “screen time” as the amount of time someone will literally spend in front of a screen such as watch-ing T.V., working on a computer or playing video games. Hardin believes this increase in inactivity along with increased portion sizes, are also major contribu-tors to America’s batt le with obesity.
But half this batt le is not only recognizing the problem, but eff ectively treating it and understanding the conse-quences if treatment is not sought.
“Most people are aware there are problems,” Hardin said, “but it takes a lot of motivation. They have short term goals, not long term, and losing weight
is a long term goal. Losing 1.5-2lbs per week is a healthy weight plan, or it will all come back.”
With increased obesity, the risk for stroke, coronary heart disease, certain cancers and type two diabetes all increase
as well. Senior Ayana
Wekewa has de-veloped type two diabetes which has forced her to be more nutrition-ally aware.
“My doc-tor will take my blood sugar and I have to docu-
ment everything I eat and show it to her,” she said. “There’s no sugar, no salts, and nothing too fatt y.”
With type one diabetes the body de-stroys insulin-producing cells. This clas-sifi es it as an autoimmune disease that normally appears before the age of 40.
In type two diabetes, the body may not produce enough insulin or the insulin in the body is not working properly. This disease normally develops later on in life with an increase or persistence of unhealthy habits. However, because Wekewa is young and at her ideal weight, her doctor believes it appeared early due to her family’s history with diabetes.
Other students such as junior Chris-tina Rees have chosen to become more nutritionally aware voluntarily.
“I’m dieting to become a healthier and bett er me,” Rees said. “I’m on weight watchers and I work out multiple times a week. …I do everything on my own with the support from friends and family.”
“To maintain a healthy weight,” Hardin said, “you have to make small changes fi rst, be aware of portion sizes and increase your activity.”
With the awareness of obesity and its consequences growing steadily, the stage has been set for America’s batt le with obesity.
“Most people are aware there are problems, but it takes a lot of motivation. ... Losing weight is a long term goal.” Kim Hardin
out-patient dietitian
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Since 1995, obesity rates in American have nearly doubled. In Indiana, the rate has gone from 20.1 to 30.2 percent while other states, such as Georgia, have in-creased from 13.3 to 30.4 percent accord-ing to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Why this drastic increase?Several dietitians agree that a lack of
exercise, the consumption of high calorie foods and the consumption of foods heavy in saturated fats and sugars have all contributed to this drastic increase. With fast food mega-chains, such as Mc-Donald’s and Burger King, it’s not hard to believe either.
Kim Hardin, an out-patient dietitian at Community Health Network, sees obe-sity manifesting itself in every age group, age 10-60.
“For children specifi cally, the areas
that have been identifi ed as obesity con-tributors are the extra calories from juice and screen time,” she said.
Hardin described “screen time” as the amount of time someone will literally spend in front of a screen such as watch-ing T.V., working on a computer or playing video games. Hardin believes this increase in inactivity along with increased portion sizes, are also major contribu-tors to America’s batt le with obesity.
But half this batt le is not only recognizing the problem, but eff ectively treating it and understanding the conse-quences if treatment is not sought.
“Most people are aware there are problems,” Hardin said, “but it takes a lot of motivation. They have short term goals, not long term, and losing weight
is a long term goal. Losing 1.5-2lbs per week is a healthy weight plan, or it will all come back.”
With increased obesity, the risk for stroke, coronary heart disease, certain cancers and type two diabetes all increase
as well. Senior Ayana
Wekewa has de-veloped type two diabetes which has forced her to be more nutrition-ally aware.
“My doc-tor will take my blood sugar and I have to docu-
ment everything I eat and show it to her,” she said. “There’s no sugar, no salts, and nothing too fatt y.”
With type one diabetes the body de-stroys insulin-producing cells. This clas-sifi es it as an autoimmune disease that normally appears before the age of 40.
In type two diabetes, the body may not produce enough insulin or the insulin in the body is not working properly. This disease normally develops later on in life with an increase or persistence of unhealthy habits. However, because Wekewa is young and at her ideal weight, her doctor believes it appeared early due to her family’s history with diabetes.
Other students such as junior Chris-tina Rees have chosen to become more nutritionally aware voluntarily.
“I’m dieting to become a healthier and bett er me,” Rees said. “I’m on weight watchers and I work out multiple times a week. …I do everything on my own with the support from friends and family.”
“To maintain a healthy weight,” Hardin said, “you have to make small changes fi rst, be aware of portion sizes and increase your activity.”
With the awareness of obesity and its consequences growing steadily, the stage has been set for America’s batt le with obesity.
“Most people are aware there are problems, but it takes a lot of motivation. ... Losing weight is a long term goal.” Kim Hardin
out-patient dietitian
The fi ght for a better life
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Best bang for your buck?Every Friday, diff erent school clubs
and organizations sell Marco’s pizza to gain a profi t for their specifi c cause. Slices are sold for $1.50 each and whole pizzas are sold for $10. By the time Friday comes around, you have a tough decision to make: Would you rather buy school pizza or Marco’s pizza?
Some things to consider while mak-ing your decision? The school pizza is healthier than Marco’s, and it is also more convenient. School pizza can be bought in the cafeteria as opposed to being made at the store and brought to LC.
“The pizza is freshly made here. However, the majority of students would choose Marco’s pizza over school pizza,” cafeteria manager Robin Belcher said.
Yes many students choose Marco’s over the school cafeteria’s pizza.
It may be because students would rather eat name brand pizza, or simply that it comes from outside the school. Buying the stereotypical school food may not sound as appetizing as a name brand item to some students.
“I would much rather purchase Marco’s pizza than the school’s. They may be more greasy, but they taste bett er,” sophomore Lauren Hib-bler said.
If staying healthy is im-portant, then school pizza would be the right choice. It is the same price, less greasy and healthier.
Still want to stick by a brand name?
of the matter: Nutrition
Pizza
Chicken sandwich
470 Calories18g Total Fat3g Dietary Fiber6g Sugars54g Total Carbohydrates13g Protein9g Saturated Fat0g Trans Fat40mg Cholesterol730mg Sodium
430 Calories 17g Total Fat 3g Dietary Fiber 6g Sugars 30g Protein38g Total Carbohydrates3.5g Saturated Fat 0g Trans Fat60mg Cholesterol 1410mg Sodium
251 Calories8.0g Total Fat2.0g Dietary Fiber3.0g Sugars32g Total Carbohydrates13.0g Protein4.0g Saturated Fat8.0g Trans Fat20mg Cholesterol 451mg Sodium
208 Calories10.23g Total Fat1g Dietary Fiber0g Sugars4g Protein16g Total Carbohydrates1.5g Saturated Fat0g Trans Fat34mg Cholesterol 472mg Sodium
Fact
s
Source/ Robin Belcher, chick-fi l-a.com
Savory, butt ery, moist and warm. All of these may come to mind when thinking about Chick-Fil-A’s chicken sandwiches. Some students would say they are delicious. Delicious, however, can come at a cost.
Chick-Fil-A’s chicken sandwiches are not as nutritious as the freshly baked chicken sandwiches made here. Healthier school cafeteria chicken sand-wiches can be purchased as well.
Thursday is well-known as Chick-Fil-A Thursday by most students. LC
has a contract with Chick-Fil-A that allows the franchise to deliver and sell sandwiches outside of the cafeteria. The sandwiches are sold in the Commons during all lunches. The school chicken sandwiches can be purchased in the caf-eteria for $1.50. However, few students opt for the chicken sandwiches sold in the school cafeteria.
“On Thursdays, when there are Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, our school chicken sandwiches are sold and baked here at school,” Belcher said.
This is an example of how students may be choosing reputation over value. Overall, school chicken sandwiches are healthier, cheaper and made fresh here. Chick-Fil-A leaves you with more calo-ries in your stomach and less money in your wallet. Fil-A Thursday by most students. LC your wallet.
Cub photos/Meredith Nordmann
Chick-Fil-A ThursdayChicken sandwich for $3.00Pizza FridayMarco’s Pizza, $1.50 per slice, $10 for an entire pizza
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 17FEATURES
1. Before all the fame, he went by this name. What was the fi rst?A. Theodor Seuss GeiselB. Theophrastus SeussC. Theo LeSeig Seuss
2. Aft er the war, the second not fi rst, his mind was a buzz, just ready to burst. With cartoons and fi lms, and posters and sorts, his fi rst big win came in animated shorts with…A. Private SnafuB. Gerald McBoing-BoingC. The Cat in the Hat
3. On October 23, 1967, his very fi rst wife ascended to heaven. Speeding away in a car full of diesel, death took her away, the fair…A. Helen GieselB. Audrey GieselC. Marnie Giesel
6. Broadway’s Seuss musical was a thing called the Seussical. It premiered in 2000 with a fi lm called…A. The Cat in the HatB. How the Grinch Stole Christmas C. Horton Hears a Who!
6. Broadway’s Seuss musical was a thing called the Seussical. It premiered in 2000 with a fi lm called…
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Answers: 1. A, 2. B, 3. A, 4. C, 5. C, 6. B
4. Born in a state not too far away, Seuss was at home in…A. Pitt sburgh, PAB. Blackstone, VAC. Springfi eld, MA
5. A friend of Dr. Seuss was William E. Spauld-ing. He had a fun challenge and wouldn’t stop call-ing. He gave Seuss a list of 348 words, said, “Write me a book!” Then took off like a bird. Soon aft er that, Seuss wrote Cat in the Hat. Using ________ of the words, Spaulding gave him a pat.A. 114B. 348C. 225
For his 108th
...test your Seuss knowledge with these six little questions of his life and short stories read from fi rst grade through college. Facts you should know, things you could know, tidbits and fun facts to prepare for the show.
birthday...
Information compiled by/Sara HeinySource/http://www.lucylearns.com/dr-seuss-picture.html
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Shout outt Girl
Scouts
Although cookies and badge types have changed throughout the years, Girl Scouts’ values founded 100 years ago remain the same.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts take part in help-ing make their communities a bett er place. Scouts participate in community service projects and volunteer work. They also travel and learn multiple lead-ership and survival skills.
Girls can earn badges for accomplishing these tasks, which were introduced in 1913. There are several diff erent types of badges the girls can earn. For instance, the Heritage Hunt Badge requires the Girl Scout to learn and research her family heritage. The Creative Cooking Badge allows the Girl
Scout to meet someone new and get to know them while cooking a meal. There’s also the Car Sense Badge that involves learning about driving while on the road.
Aft er years of selling cook-ies and earning badges, a big celebration for the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniver-sary will be held for some of the younger level scouts.
Junior Paula Cox, a scout since fi rst grade, plans to help set up for this event.
“I enjoy Girl Scouts. The traveling is the best benefi t,” Cox said. “You meet people from diff erent walks of life.”
Diff erent age groups are doing diff erent activities to celebrate this year’s anniver-sary.
“My favorite part is gett ing to know people I never would have met and doing things I’ve never done before,” junior Rebecca Duke said. “It’s a lot
of fun.” Duke has been in-volved in Girl Scouts since she was in kindergarten.
One of the Girl Scouts’ activities
includes camping during the summer months and gett ing to meet other Girl Scouts. They get the opportunity to live with each other and learn from one another while doing fun activities. Duke has att ended multiple camp sites, one being a summer camp called Camp Gallahue.
They use fundraising to help cover the cost of their camping trips. Fundraisers,
such as selling cookies, is looked forward to every year. Each Girl Scout troop gets a percentage of the money raised. This $760 million cookie program is the largest girl-led business in the country that provides benefi ts for girls and their communities. Also, the sell-ing of Girl Scout cookies teaches girls to develop fi ve important skills; goal sett ing, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics.
The girls also take part in diff erent programs such as the Journeys program. The program allows girls to discuss and experience being a leader in their community. They can also earn awards for accomplishing diff er-ent leadership skills as they continue their journey as a Girl Scout.
1. Thin Mints
2. Samoas
3. Tagalongs
4. Do-Si-Dos
5. Trefoils
LC’s Favorite Flavors:
Editor’s note: 100 LC students and adults were included in this poll Feb. 28-March 6.
“You meet people from different walks of life.”
Paula Coxjunior
Source/MCT CampusCub photos/Glynnis King
6. Lemonades
7. Thank U Berry Munch
7. Thank UBerry
6.Lemonades
5. Trefoils
4. Do-Si-Dos
3.Tagalongs
2. Samoas
1. ThinMints
38%
33%
20%
4%
3%
1%
1%
Students showcase their talents tonight at the 37th annual Variety Pops show
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 19A+E
“There are some creative things I have yet to see.”
Matthew Jamesband director
Variety PopsTo see some of the most talented stu-dents and organizations, come to Variety Pops.Time/Place: 7 p.m., auditoriumTickets: $6 in advance, $8 at the doorReserved seating is available at the box office in the Hall of Fame.
A variety
Above: The LC Players rehearse their skit for the big show tonight.Left: Senior Valarie Tubbs shows off her voice in her skit. This act will be the first per-formed in the event. Cub photos/Coleman LaBarrBelow: Dancing, singing, acting and other unique talents will be performed at the Vari-ety Pops show. Cub graphics/Caroline Varie
LC’s annual talent show, Variety Pops, is tonight. Students from ev-ery grade with any kind of talent can display their skills at this show. Variety Pops is not limited to singing and danc-ing; in the past students have shown off their quirky abilities. Yo-yo masters and singers alike have taken the spotlight.
Students auditioned to see if their talent was worthy of being showcased. Not everyone made the cut, and the best get to show LC what they’re all about.
“This is my first year doing Variety Pops, and to be honest, it’s not what I expected it to be. I wasn’t expecting the other students to be so friendly. They’re people just like me who want to show off their skills,” freshman Alex Ayala said.
The LC Play-ers will open the show with an original skit. There will be 23 different talents performed, separated into two acts. The final per-formances will be Central Sound and Sweet Sensation.
The directors of the show, Kathleen Horrigan and Matthew James, are ready
to begin the 37th year of Variety Pops. After a dress rehearsal earlier this week, the performers are prepared to show the audience what they are capable of.
“I’m really excited for the perfor-mance this Friday. It’s hard to tell if it’ll be better than the years before until you see it. It’ll be full of surprises, well good surprises that is,” James said.
The show is called Variety Pops be-cause no performance will be the same. No one repeats an act from a previous year, and no act resembles the ones before or after it.
“There are some very creative things I have yet to see,” James said.
of talent
The Rhythmic RevolutionArtist: Ingrid Michaelson Album: Human Again Genre: Indie-pop
Artist: Cody SimpsonAlbum:Coast to CoastGenre: Pop-rock
Artist: TygaAlbum: Careless World: Rise of the Last KingGenre: Rap
Artist: Michael MacLennanAlbum: WolvesGenre: Alternative
Similar Artists: Sara Bareilles, Erin McCarley, Rosi Golan
Similar Artists: The Script, Maroon 5, Jason Reeves
Similar Artists: Justin Bieber, Jonas Brothers, Big Time Rush
Similar Artists: Lil Wayne, Wale, Big Sean, Drake
Leah ArenzSong Suggestion: ToughRating: 1-2-3-4-
Meredith NordmannSong Suggestion: iYiYiRating: 1-2- -4-5Rating: 1-2- -4-5
Caroline VarieSong Suggestion: How ComeRating: 1-2- -4-5Rating: 1-2- -4-5
Ingrid Michaelson has come out with her fi ft h studio album. Aft er her hit singles, “The Way I Am” and more recently “Everybody,” that debuted in several commercials and TV shows, Michaelson has taken a more serious turn with her new album.
In Human Again, Michaelson explores more instruments, including cello and piano, to complement her acoustic style along with a slightly electronic feel in a few of the songs. Her new songs express how her voice has matured. She’s not interested in playing peppy up-beat ear pleasers in this album. Although you might fi nd one or two songs that fi t into
her previous genre, she has put more serious songs about heartache and pain into her new album.
In “Black and Blue” you can hear her new subtle electronic sound layered in with her own personal style. It also shows the pain she’s exploring with lyrics like “You never would let me fall, but I’m falling.” “This Is War” shows the new maturity in her voice.
Her recent singles, “Ghost” and “Fire,” are featured
in Human Again as well. This is an outstanding album for listeners open to her new style.
Although Cody’s demographic is mainly ‘tweens, his songs are prett y
enjoyable. They consist of up-beat melodies and relatable lyrics.
“Angel,” a song off the EP, is one of my favorites. It is a
song about young love with cute lyrics and a melody that will stick in your head all day. Although Cody is a good singer and very charismatic, he will have a short shelf-life as an artist if he doesn’t broaden his demographic.
alternative. The song “Wolves” captures the essence of MacLennan’s vocal style: wide-ranged and genuine. His voice sounds real, and each song has simple instrumentation: piano, guitar and quiet drumming. Although some of the songs become repetitive, “The Painter” and “Wolves” stand out in the album.
However, some of the songs become trite with predictable vocal patt erns
and lyrics, such as in “Fall Down on Me.” MacLennan’s voice makes up for this, but to become a more prominent artist he needs to
add variety to his songs.
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Cody Simpson is an Australian pop sensation most known for the single “iYiYi” featuring rapper Flo Rida. Cody is slowly but surely gaining popularity, mostly among ‘tween girls, and it’s not hard to see why.
Cody has a very “Justin Bieber” quality and style about him. Not only is he adorable, but he has an Australian accent.
Since the radio hit “iYiYi, Simpson has released the Coast to Coast EP. Simpson is currently on his “Welcome to Paradise” tour.
Singer, songwriter and pianist Michael MacLennan provides a refreshing take on alternative with his new album, Wolves. The album has a song for listeners on all sides of the musical spectrum. “Fall Down On Me” gives off a slight country vibe while the radio-worthy “How Come” has instrumental styles and vocals similar to Maroon Five.
The Scotland native’s album is predominately easy-listening
Tyga is a young new artist and part of the Young Money Entertainment family (YMCMB). He is back with his second studio album “Careless World: Rise of the Last King,” which was released on Feb. 20, 2012. This new album features 21 tracks that will defi nitely keep you asking for more, including the hit single “Rack City”. This album is just the beginning of Tyga’s career as a he continues to develop into a great rapper. His success is evident in many of his tracks as he celebrates the completion
of another great album. Some of today’s other well known artists are
also featured on the album including Wale, Nicki Minaj, Big Sean and Lil Wayne. One of the things I like most about this album
is Tyga’s beats on most of his tracks. They have a way of keeping the listener involved and gett ing them hyped. “Celebration” has a fun, upbeat tempo that makes you want to sing along, while “King & Queens” has great, creative lyrics by both Tyga and the featured artists. In all, I think Tyga has made a crowd-pleasing album and I’m sure the fans look forward to many more.
Glynnis KingSong Suggestion: King & QueensRating: 1-2-3- -5Rating: 1-2-3- -5
Michael’s Southshore
What’s H t in Indy
11705 Fox Road Indianapolis, IN 46236
(317) 723-3808www.michaelssouthshore.com
H t
Michael’s Southshore is a refreshingly diff erent restaurant that off ers a litt le more variety than your typical family friendly restaurant.
Michael’s has a very relaxing and comfortable tone. There is also a patio area outside with a fi re pit that looks like it would be very enjoyable during the summer.
Michael’s boasts of having a menu that changes slightly with new seasons to accommodate the freshest ingredients as well as having a made-from-scratch menu.
Upon entering Michael’s, my family was greeted by a friendly hostess and taken to our table. I ordered the smoked chicken and corn chowder with a grilled chicken caesar salad. My family ordered a fi llet mignon, chicken fett uccine alfredo, and a house roasted turkey BLT.
I was extremely pleased with the chowder. It was delicious and a good, warming soup to eat in the winter.
The rest of my family seemed prett y pleased with their meals, too, and even took home their left overs.
Michael’s is a bit pricey but you are gett ing what you pay for. The quality of the food is evident.
Overall, dining at Michael’s Southshore is a pleasurable experience and a place I would visit again. There were a few menu items that sounded very appetizing and I am looking forward to returning with my family to try them.
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 21A+E
Seasonal succulence at Michael’s Southshore
The 2012 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament is this weekend at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Quarterfi nals begin with two games at noon and the following two at 6:30 p.m. today. The two semifi nal games begin at 1:40 p.m. Saturday. The fi nal championship game begins at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets start at $50 and all games will be re-broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
Big Ten mentake the court
The Hunger Games comes out March 23. Adapted from the book of the same title, this adventure movie is based on an event called the Hunger Games in a fi ctional place called The Capitol of Panem. A boy and girl are chosen to represent each district and then must fi ght to the death until only one re-mains. This story follows the journey of District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, in her att empt to fi ght her way to victory in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is rated PG-13.
Hunger Games in theaters March 23
Adam Savage and Jaime Hyneman of the popular Discovery Channel show “Mythbusters” are coming to Indianapolis for an interactive show March 21 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. The show, which is a part of the “Mythbusters: Behind the Myths Tour,” will be complete with behind the scenes “Mythbusters” footage, audience participation and a question and answer session.
Rock musician Uncle Kracker performs at 8:45 tonight at the 8 Seconds Saloon as part of his recent tour across the U.S. Uncle Kracker is best known for his hit songs “Smile” and “Drift Away.” Postcards from Home, Uncle Kracker’s next album, is set to be released later this year.
Uncle Kracker at 8 Seconds Saloon
www.codysimpson.com
www.idmb.comFiddler on the Roof is on a Broadway Across America national tour. The musical will be in town March 6-11 at the Murat Theatre in the Old National Centre. The main character, a poor milkman named Tevye, lives in Tsarist Russia with his fi ve daughters. The story takes place during impending revolution in Russia. Tevye’s daughters’ forward-thinking ideals cause a clash with the family elders’ traditional values in this catchy musical.
Fiddler On The Roof at Murat
Compiled by Carley Lanich and Jacob Helmus
The Indianapolis Pacers take on the Philadelphia 76ers at 7 p.m. March 14. The teams previously faced off this season on Jan. 9. The 76ers won with a score of 96-86. The Pacers will try for a rematch win in this time around. The game will also be broadcast on ESPN.
‘Myth-busters’ in Indy March 21
www.fandango.com
www.playhouse.org
Monster Energy Supercross is coming to Indy March 17 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. to watch prac-tice and qualifying events, and the main event begins at 7 p.m. Ticket prices start at just $10.
Lucas Oil Stadium hosts Supercross
Pacers play 76ers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse
www.bangitout.com
www.unclekracker.com
Cub photo/Lane Creech
Peace, love, and unity: praise Jah
CINEMANIACThe catastrophe of miscasting
Genre: Animated Director: Chris RenaudRating: PG Length: 86 minutes
I speak for The Lorax
“When casting goes wrong, it goes really wrong.”
Everyone’sa
Critic
Musing
Musicon the
source/fandango.comSitt ing down one
night to watch a movie, I stumbled upon the fi lm “Psycho” on Netfl ix Instant. At fi rst, I thought this was Alfred Hitchcock’s master-ful exercise in editing and tension-building. How-ever, when I examined the fi lm’s description further, I discovered something peculiar: this was not Hitchcock’s “Psycho” but Gus Van Sant’s “Psy-cho,” a shot-for-shot remake. That starred Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, the psycho himself. Yes, that Vince Vaughn. It’s a litt le bit like fi nding a remake of “Casablanca” starring 50 Cent. Nonplussed, I began to watch this remake. Slowly but surely, my fears were
confi rmed: Vince Vaughn was miscast beyond hope.
Aft er I had fi nished laughing at Vaughn’s dreadful imitation of An-thony Perkins, I began to think of how this calam-ity had happened in the
fi rst place. Eventually it dawned on me that be-
ing a casting director for a movie must be harder than I thought. Aft er all, it’s easy to say that matching up actors to roles is easy aft er we’ve seen the fi nished product.
That being said, I
don’t think that it’s a coincidence that bad casting is instantly noticeable while good casting is rarely acknowledged. The thing is, there is a staggering population of established thespi-ans residing in Los Angeles. It can’t be hard to fi nd just one actor who can fi t the part you’re looking for.
However, to cast someone who truly just doesn’t work for the role
takes eff ort.The point
I’m trying to make is that when casting goes wrong, it goes really wrong. And the thing is, mis-
cast actors are prett y easy to spot, so if you think an actor isn’t right for a role, you’re probably right. Once you’ve seen a casting gaff e, sit down, press play, and laugh at every embarrassing line the actor spits out.
Vince Vaughn starred in the critically panned 1998 remake of “Psycho.”
March 2 marked what would’ve been the 108th birthday of Theodor Geisel, bett er known as chil-dren’s book icon Dr. Seuss. Imaginative and clever, many of Seuss’ works have stood the test of time and are now considered to be seminal reading for most youth. Through these whimsical narratives, Seuss imbued some of his books with subtext regarding social themes or issues. “The Lorax,” originally pub-lished in 1971, was one of them.
In the original story, an unseen entrepreneur called the Once-ler tells of how he cut down a forest against the warnings of a creature called the Lorax. In the end, the forest is razed and the Once-ler’s business fails. Simple but eff ective, Seuss warns about the dangers of industrialism and consumer-ism.
The fi lm adaptation stays largely faithful to the story, although the Once-ler (voiced by Ed Helms) is shown normally and not hidden, which dulls the allegorical aspect of his character to an extent. This isn’t a major fl aw, though, and the fi lm’s att empt at trying to equate the Once-ler’s business with that of the U.S. economy is commendable.
However, Seuss’ warning is diluted by the needless additions made to the movie. In the fi lm, a boy named Ted (Zac Efron) takes the last tree seed from the aging Once-ler at fi rst to impress his crush, Audrey (Taylor Swift ), and only later does he decide to try and help the environment…which he succeeds at. The fi lm seems to be saying that all it takes to solve a large global problem is some can-do att itude, and this simply isn’t the case. It’s a nice sentiment, but it strips Seuss’ warning of environmental devas-tation of weight and urgency.
The story isn’t the only thing that’s a mixed bag, sadly. While some of the songs are fun and catchy, there are too few of them to make an impact. The dialogue, on the other hand, ranges from moderately amusing to amusingly awful (“It’s called photosyn-thesis!” shrieked Audrey at the climax of the fi lm, prompting unintentional laughter from me). Other-wise, the animation is lush and the voice-acting is generally on par.
While the story falls short when it strays, the elements that stick true to Seuss make this worth the price of admission.
In the heart of Arlington, Va., one of the most infl uential reggae bands was born. The founders of SOJA (Soldiers of Jah Army), Jacob Hemphill and Bob Jeff erson, met in fi rst grade shortly aft er Hemp-hill spent seven years of his childhood in Africa with his family. Hemphill got the idea for creating a reggae band from living in Africa for parts of his childhood.
Other members are Patrick O’Shea on keyboards, Ryan Berty on drums and Ken Brownell play-ing auxiliary percussion. The band also has woodwind and brass play-ers that mainly just tour with them.
The main thing that has made
SOJA one of my favorite bands is the message that they portray with their music. Hemphill’s lyrics oft en consist of the
theme of love, and not just human-to-human love, but more love for nature and the earth that has been given to us.
The band has just released their fourth full-length studio album titled Strength to Survive. With this album, the
band wants to help bring forth a call of unity to the world.
In an interview on sojamusic.com, Hemphill explains himself.
“I could go on and on about the horrible damage we’ve done to the earth or the problems that arise when countries compete for money over an imaginary border, but the album has one central theme,” says
Hemphill, “and that’s our hope for the world to be one family.”
The music that this band cre-ates speaks to me because they sing songs about things that actu-
ally matt er, and not about money, being in a club, shooting people, or do-ing drugs.
SOJA isn’t here to make a statement. They’re here to make a change, and not just in music, but in how mankind treats the world.
They are currently touring around the United States and Europe.
source/fandomania.com
PAGE 22 MARCH 9, 2012 • CUB REPORTER A+E
“SOJA isn’t here to make a statement. They’re here to make a change...”
SOJA is a band that fi ghts for world peace and equalilty.
source/fandango.com
What’s LC’s...
By the Numbers CUB COMIC
TV SHOW: SONG/RINGTONE:
Country Boy’s Worldby: Jason Aldean
#41by: Dave Matt hews Band
Prett y Litt le LiarsLevelsby: Avicii
Nicole Madsen, 10
Alex Tubbs, 11
Logan Koehring, 10
Petr Sliva, 11
source/snapple.com/retiredfacts
23
1140
7
20
Number of hours an elephant sleeps a day
Pounds a brain weighs
Maximum number of times a piece of paper can be folded
Average number of phone calls a person makes a year
Miles per hour a turkey runs
@CubOnline: Have you ever been in a life threatening situation?
@karlatino Karleigh Latinovitch, 12A wood chipper fell on my car while I was in it.
@npetr12 Nick Petr, 12
@whitshaw Whitney Shaw, 11
@saviorxavior Xavier Somerville, 12
@melismaac Melissa Macneur, 12@ajlupinacci Arielle Lupinacci, 12
@allyyyb Ally Beiswanger, 12 @Kaaycheerb Kaitlyn Cherba, 10I fell o� the roof once. I think that counts as life threatening.
I was in a car accident when I was younger.
Last year in the ice storm my car slid onto the other side of the road.
I was hit by a car when I was 6! True story haha
I almost drowned when I was 3! I almost got kidnapped once!
I fell out of a tree.
TOP 10 FAVORITE CLOTHING STORES1. Forever 21
2. Goodwill
3. American Eagle
4. Wet Seal
5. JC Penney’s
6. Aeropostale
7. H & M 8. Macy’s
9. Charlotte Russe
10. Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top 10 list researched and compiled by Glynnis King
Cub comic/Audrey Meyer
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 23A+E
Modern FamilyTony Rogers, 10
The VoiceRachel Can Amburg , 9
Percent of owners who share their bed with their pet18
GhosthuntersSarah Mott , 12
PAGE 24 MARCH 9, 2012 • CUB REPORTER SPORTS
Athletes prep for spring season
Track picks up where they left off
Softball replacing players
The boys track team is com-ing off a stellar 2011 season in which they were state runner-up. They look to continue that success this season. The boys were close to being champions but fell short to Center Grove by 6 points, 54-60. However, the close loss only fuels the fire for this season.
The boys’ lost three re-ally important pieces from last years state runner-up squad in graduating seniors Conner
Claflin and sprinters Glenn Powell, who was the fifth ranked sprinter in the nation, and Tyrennzie Burgess.
Some key athletes are re-turning to the team, including senior high jumper CJ Smith, who is ranked fifth in the na-tion, junior distance runners Matt Dorsey, Adam Turner and Chandler Ball, senior sprinters Jeron Brown and Deontre Gray and junior sprinter DaQuan Brown.
“We want to win confer-ence, win county and be in posi-tion to win the state meet, while building depth along the way,” head coach Tim Richey said.
The girls followed the boys finish with a fourth place finish at state of their own. The girls were separated from first place by only 10 points, and their
Senior heavy squad to lead girls tennis
best sprinter, senior MonTayla Holder, is returning, giving the girls high hopes for the season. Much like the boys expectations of winning conference and county, Richey thinks the girls can do the same.
“We will rely on MonTayla because she can do so many events, as well as junior Brandi Thomas. The distance team will also play big roles in the bigger meets,” Richey said.
If the teams live up to their expectations, they could very easily be looking at dual state championships.
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The girls softball team fin-ished last season with a record of 12-13. Finishing the season strong, they won the first two rounds of Sectionals but then lost to Cathedral in the final round 8-5. Highlights of the season included winning the first LC Invite 7-1.
Top players include return-ing juniors Katherine Powell who had a batting average of .245 and Angelica Twigg, who
With a record of 6-12 in 2011, the girls tennis team will begin the 2012 season with a home match against Speedway High School on March 27. With wins last year against schools like Speedway, Southport and Warren Central, the Lady Bears hope to add more wins to their record.
Tennis matches are made up of three singles matches and two doubles matches. If the team wins three or more of the five, the team gets a win. Top performing athletes for the season last year included No. 1 singles Mackenzie Spicer and Krystal White at No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles.
With only one senior last season, the team is back with more this year. “I think the team has a lot of potential this year, and I’m excited to see what the season brings,” Senior Sarah Mott said.
Head coach Tim Taylor said there are more tournament players working throughout
Cub photo/Samantha Strong
the off season this year. He also said their annual goal is to win and to go as far as they can in the state tournament.
had two home runs. The team lost pitcher Shannon Swingle though, who finished the sea-son with 140 strikeouts.
“We lost an amazing pitch-er this year so it might be a little rough to overcome, but I am still anticipating a good sea-son,” sophomore Sydney Nor-ris said.
Along with Swingle, there were three others graduating, and this year there are two se-niors. With these seniors, the team is still expected to main-tain a strong team aspect.
“I think we’re going to be a stronger team compared to last year. It will probably be a lot easier to play this year because we’ve played together so long. If we work on our team unity we’ll be better in all aspects,” junior Nicole Jones said.
The team will play a pre-season scrimmage at Heritage Christian, and their first game will follow against Fishers on March 27.
Junior Brandi Thomas works hard on her technique during sprints.
Junior Erin Ellefsen practices her form during warm-upsCub photo/Alex Kryah
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 25SPORTS
Sorry, Charlie, I’m ‘Linning’ nowTouch
All‘Em
“He is the epitome of an underdog story.”
Golfers returning talent
As “many” of my readers know by now, I am a notorious hater of the NBA. I have written a column about the unaccept-able defense they play, and I feel that the NBA isn’t exciting. The only reason I felt compelled to
watch it last year was to see LeBron James play and root for him to lose.
But then some-thing changed on the night of Feb. 19. I found myself loung-ing in my Snuggie in my base-ment, tweeting about the NBA and how much I was enjoying it. Yes, I almost felt ashamed that I was doing it. But it was a genuine feeling of amazement as I watched Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the two
most electrifying players on the most electric team in the league, fly through the air and play for fun, and not just for a paycheck.
What was the reason for this complete giddiness toward the league I have felt such disdain for recently? Well, I can credit that to the one and only Jer-emy Lin.
It’s safe to say I have a man crush on “Linsan-ity.” He is the epitome of an underdog story. There’s the race issue, the fact that he had been cut by two teams this year, and that he was living in a teammate’s base-ment. Yet, none of this extreme attention toward the “Linsa-tion” has gotten to him. He
plays the game with the intensi-ty of a high school kid and with the swagger of Kobe. Despite his 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, he averages more than 22 points per game and nine assists per game. He’s a true point guard, which Knicks’ head coach Mike
D’Antoni des-perately need-ed to keep his job.
“ L i n d e r -ella” is the reason I have gone out to
play basketball in my neigh-bor’s yard every day for the past few weeks. “Super Linten-do” is the reason I sit down and watch NBA games as closely as I do college games (which I can now say are comparable in excitement). “Mr. Lincredible”
gives me a reason to throw lu-dicrous nicknames into my col-umn, which I have desperately wanted to do all year.
But most importantly, he has inspired a whole nation, not just me, and given us some-thing to believe in.
“The Linstigator” did not own a home. He was a Harvard grad who wanted to follow his dreams. He was in the lowest of lows, and now the entire nation loves him. And despite the fact that he will probably burn out soon and become another aver-age player (which I pray doesn’t happen), he showed us how fun professional sports are, and showed us how great it is to fol-low your dreams.
He showed us how great it is to “Just Lin baby Lin” the right way.
Young team, high hopes
The boys golf team comes in to the 2012 season return-ing two starters from last year’s team. Seniors Kyle Crites and Ryan Knuckles, along with sophomore Tony Rogers, will anchor a team that will look for two new golfers.
The boys will look to play-ers from last year’s JV team, in-cluding juniors Jack Weir and Zach Yurak, among others. But no matter who the starters are, they believe their prospects for the season are good.
“I think any combination of six guys that make the var-sity roster will be good for us,” Weird said. “I feel this year that everyone can consistently shoot a 40 on any given day. I feel good about this season.”
The boys have already been out a few times on their home course, Winding Ridge, to get used to its feel after a long time
off. Weir, among others, be-lieves the course plays to the team’s strengths and will be a big factor for them in their home matches this year.
In 2011, the Bears baseball team lost to Cathedral in the sectional finals, and also lost to them for the five years before that. However, this year, the talk is all about LC.
“Everyone’s talking about us this year, and we’re being compared to the 2004 state championship team. We may not have the same caliber of players we had last year, but we’re well rounded, which builds team chemistry,” senior Jaylen Quarles said.
The team lost 12 seniors last year, but the talent hasn’t been lost.
The Bears had a 21-5 season last year and they plan on following up on that, if not improving it.
The first scrimmage is against Brownsburg March 24. Senior Glenn Jones prepares to catch a pop-fly in practice. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr
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“I just wanted to pull out the win,”
Jeremy Hollowellsenior
For the fi rst time since 1998, the Bears won a Sectional bas-ketball title when they beat Roncalli last Saturday night.
The boys fi nished their reg-ular season with a record of 14-6 and are expecting more as post-season play has begun. The se-nior core of the team, consisting of Jeremy Hollowell, Tyler Cor-ley and Tyler Fischl, has been leading the boys on the court this year, putt ing up solid off en-sive numbers as well as play-ing shut-down defense. That att itude has been contagious of late, which is a great sign as the Bears head into Regionals.
“You know, Jeremy’s been playing well all season,” coach J.R. Shelt said. “He’s only had two games under 10 points, and he’s averaging 25 a game. He’s been playing consistent all season, but he’s gett ing even more att ention now down the stretch.”
The last game of the regular season was Senior Night against Broad Ripple. Hollowell, in his fi nal game on LC’s court, put up a spectacular double-double performance with 18 points and 21 rebounds. His defense on Broad Ripple star Ron Patt erson was also noteworthy, blocking many of his 3-point shots late in the fourth quarter in a 60-55 win.
The boys’ fi rst round Sec-tional game against Arsenal Tech, on Feb. 28, was a rematch of the third game of the sea-son. This game, though, was much tighter than the 69-64 win in December. The fi rst round Sectional game was a game of many runs, including a 28-10 run by the Bears from the sec-ond quarter through the fi rst half of the third quarter. But the boys would squander that lead slowly until there was a minute left in the game.
With fi ve seconds left , Hol-lowell took an in-bounds pass on the perimeter and drove to the hoop with a Tech defender
right on his side. For the second time in six games, Hollowell hit a game winning shot to give the Bears the win.
“I just wanted to pull out the win,” Hollowell, who called his own number in the waning seconds, said. “I just wanted to step up and make a play. I wanted the ball really bad and wanted to make sure it was in my hand, that the game was on me.”
Hollowell had 24 points in the game, despite foul trouble.
“I was thinking, ‘Hold on to the ball, make the right de-cisions, and make sure Lyles doesn’t touch the ball,’” Shelt said.
Going into the second round game against Warren Central last Friday, the boys be-lieved the keys to winning were simple: rebound and set the tempo.
“In order to win this Sec-tional, we have to rebound,” Shelt said. “Warren Central is tremendous at rebounding. We have to be physical down in the block and we have to have our guards go down there and help the big’s and help out and run.”
This game turned out to be just as close as the fi rst one, but the hero of the game was not Hollowell on this night. There were mutliple heroes on the night, as Corley and Fischl com-bined for 25 points in the second half in the absence of Hollowell, who left the game in the second quarter with a hip injury. Aft er junior Davonte Brent hit a free throw to put the boys up 61-58 with six seconds remaining, the Warriors missed a desperation 3-pointer at the end to give the Bears the win.
The theme for the Bears in Sectionals had been winning close games. The fi nal was no
diff erent. The Roncalli Rebels got out to a fast start, gett ing up by 8 points early in the game. But the Bears mounted a come-back led by Hollowell and Corley. Possi-bly the biggest turning point in the game came in the second quarter when Hollow-ell took a fast-break pass and threw down a Michael Jordan-esque dunk over a Rebel guard for an and-one play.
The Bears would go up in the second half and be up by as much as 11 with 1:37 in the game. But, almost suddenly,
the lead di-minished to only 2 as Ron-calli hit clutch 3’s down the stretch. It also didn’t help that the Bears missed multi-
ple point blank shots and three free-throws.
As close as the boys were to choking a Sectional champion-
Bound for
ship away, their defense played like a championship team in the fi nal seconds of the game, forc-ing two turnovers on the fi nal two possessions that the Rebels had.
As a Rebel guard threw a wild pass into the back court, time expired, and the student section stormed the court to cel-ebrate LC’s fi rst Sectional title since 1998. Hollowell had 18 points on the night, while Cor-ley put up 28 points.
The Bears will play Pike in Regionals at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Bound forRegionals
On Feb. 9, senior Jeremy Hollowell fi red a 3-pointer over Charlie Dant of Warren Central. The Bears have won Sectionals for the fi rst time since 1998 and advance to Saturday’s Regionals at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Cub photo/ Lane Creech
CUB REPORTER • MARCH 9, 2012 PAGE 27SPORTS
Dillon � nishes 11th at State
Stellar season ends at State
17-6
13-7
16-8
3rd at Sectionals
7th at Sectionals
“I executed my dives like I knew I could...”
Reed Dillon junior
It was all tied up, 3-3, and senior Dominique Robinson had 10 seconds left to score a takedown. However, Rob-inson didn’t get that lucky.
With one shuck of the arms, he came off balance and his opponent was able to score a takedown.
The coaches were everything but disappointed.
“He wrestled awesome, and with all the nerves he had, he out-wrestled the
kid. He just had a tough break, but we’re (the coaches) very proud of him,” head coach Tom Corbett said.
Robinson may have lost at the state meet, but he still felt accomplished.
“I wrestled bett er this year than any year before, and I really made this one count. To me, that’s all that really mat-ters, meeting my expectations, not any-one else’s,” Robinson said.
He went from having an injury- prone junior varsity freshman year, a 5-19 sophomore year and fairly decent junior year to becoming the only LC
wrestler to make it to the state competi-tion and have a 34-12 season his senior year.
This was the end for Robinson but he plans to continue wrestling, not in college, but as one of many alumni that show up to LC’s practices.
“Whether it’s freestyle, folk-style, or Greco Roman, I’ll continue to show up in the room. I want to help teach the in-coming talent,” Robinson said.
The Bears have created a mural on the wall with all the state placers and qualifi ers on it. Robinson’s name will go
up as one of the two to make it to state in the last fi ve years.
The wrestling team will lose four se-niors this year, which is double the num-ber they lost last year.
The Lawrence Wrestling Club will practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Robinson gets a drink during a blood time, giving him some time to rest. Cub photo/Cole-man LaBarr
Junior diver Reed Dillon placed 11th in the state meet on Feb. 25. This is the second year in a row Dillon advanced to the state meet.
“It was awesome because I got a chance to improve on my scores from last year,” Dillon said.
He improved nine places and his score increased 200 points from his sophomore state meet.
Dillon placed second in
both the Sectional and the Re-gional meet, only behind ju-nior Andrew Cramer from Ca-thedral High School. At S e c t i o n a l s , Cramer de-feated Dillon by almost 100 points, but in the Regional Dillon cut his winning mar-gin down to 46 points. At State Cramer beat Dillon again, plac-ing third, but only by 47 points.
“I didn’t think I would win, but I executed my dives like I knew I could and hopefully I’ll
improve for my senior sea-son,” Dillon said.
Dillon has been a bright spot for the boys swim team consis-tently this sea-
son, winning most of the meets he has dived in, att racting a lot of Division 1 interest from
schools such as Utah, Georgia Tech and Northwestern.
“I love diving and I want to continue in college,” said Dil-lon, “especially if it can be at a major Division 1 school.”
Next season looks chal-lenging for Dillon as nine out of the top 15 divers from this year’s state meet will all return for their senior season. That in-cludes Cramer.
“It will be tough but I am going to work hard and see where that leads me,” said Dil-lon.
Senior Dominique Robinson tries to make a move on his opponent, but it wouldn’t be enough as he would lose in the waning seconds of the state match. Robinson was tied 3-3 with his opponent with 10 seconds left in the match. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr
INTHE Spotlight
“It is pretty fun... I like making them (the little kids) laugh.”
STUDENT INTERESTPAGE 28 MARCH 9, 2012 • CUB REPORTER
CR: How did you get started with puppetry?SK: My mom infl uenced me; she asked me if I was interested in doing puppet shows for money and I said “Yeah!”
CR: How long have you been participating in puppetry?SK: I really just got started. I’ve only been doing shows since January.
CR: Do you enjoy it? What parts of puppetry appeal to you?SK: It was just something to make some money, but it is prett y fun. I like making litt le kids have fun during the shows, making them laugh.
CR: How did you come by the puppets? Did you buy them or make them?SK: When I started out, I bought some of them. Aft er
Junior Stephen Kwakye, like many other students, has a job. Unlike other students, however, Kwakye’s job is doing puppet shows. He started the Puppet Parades business, and he can be hired to perform. Information can be obtained at puppetparadesindy.com.
that, my family and I started making them... now most of the puppets are ones we made.
CR: Does your family participate in the shows with you?SK: My brothers do, yes. They are Caine (8 years old), Joshua (13 years old) and Emmanuel (15, a freshman here).
CR: What do shows normally consist of?SK: Usually they are comprised of nursery rhymes, like Old MacDonald and Looby Loo, and some songs mixed in with them.
CR: Where do you normally perform?SK: Most of the shows are for children’s birthday parties or engagements. They usually last from 15 to 40 minutes, so they’re a good length for a kids’ show.
Stephen Kwakye
