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Vol. 40

No. 02

Sept. 122008

Sept. 15Rockwood College Fair at Rockwood Summit 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 16Staff Development Day - Early Out

Senior Panoramic Pic 9:30 a.m.

Sept. 17Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8 p.m.

Sept. 18Coffee House 7 p.m.

Sept. 19Senior Lunch on the Shelf

Sept. 22NHS Meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. 23STUCO Meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. 25Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8 p.m.

Sept. 27Lancer Regiment Contest of Champions 4:30-8 p.m.

Students share their political beliefs and what factors influence their decisions.

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September 11, 2001 is a day that will always be remembered for its tragic events.

Despite the catastrophic blow to America’s spirit, it had a profound effect on the entire nation, par-ticularly two current seniors and a Lafayette alumnus.

While 9/11 may have solidified their choice to enter the armed forces, they have been drawn since their childhood.

According to Air Force Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) teachers Colonel Michael Berenc and Sergeant David Cugier, fewer than four Lafayette students show real interest in going into the armed forces later in life.

Some choose to answer the call.

This newfound patriotism was sparked in senior Joe Deavenport, reassuring him that his desire to join the Marines was the right one for him.

“9/11 was the day I decided that I wanted to be in the Marines someday. It was a sad day for a lot of people and made me respect [the Marines] even more,” he said.

His grandfather was a Marine and he always had a lot of respect for them and what they do.

Deavenport recently finished his essay for the Marine Option Schol-arship which will pay for all four years of his college; in return he

will do five years of active duty and five years of reserve duty.

Deavenport always knew he wanted to be a Marine after col-lege.

He is considering attending Ohio State to major in business but is also keeping the Marine Option Scholarship in mind which may af-fect his decision.

“If I do ROTC with the scholar-ship I will become a second Lieu-tenant right out of school,” Deav-enport said.

In a few weeks, Deavenport is getting his physical fitness testing for the scholarship he applied for.

In addition to that, he does workouts at Velocity and the YMCA working on pull-ups and the timed three mile run.

He also does community service at the YMCA, teaches children mar-tial arts and works hard to keep his grades up.

Cugier and Berenc said math, science, English and the ability to

read and write are other things that would benefit in preparation to go-ing into the armed forces.

Deavenport said he would want to be stationed somewhere in the Middle East.

“I really just want to be in the ac-tion,” he said.

Deavenport wants to make a ca-reer out of the Marines because he

knows it will be a valu-able experience and something he would really enjoy.

Senior Seth Henke had also considered joining before Sept. 11, 2001, but that day definitely affected his decision.

It increased his pa-triotism and let him know something had to be done.

Rather than enlist-ing in the Marines, Henke wants to join the Army.

He is an Eagle Scout and is heav-ily involved in the ROTC program.

“The reason why I chose the Army branch is because it has the best infantry force, which also helps me with my future career and inter-est,” said Henke.

Henke either wants to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) or West Point, a military academy.

He has talked with recruiters at the Mizzou about physical training, such as running and participating in other outdoor activities.

Though he would prefer to be stationed in Germany, he is willing to go anywhere necessary.

“If I had to go to Iraq I would because my country is the greatest. I’ve had the perfect life here and I would do anything to keep it that way,” Henke said.

Class of 2005 graduate Jeffrey Feldmann is currently serving in the US Navy.

He said his decision to enter the Navy was as natural as breathing.

“I was a member of the Boy Scouts in an active and adventur-ous scout troop. It combined high adventure activities with leader-ship training as well as character development,” Feldmann said.

“The values I was taught to up-hold in scouting such as patriotism, fitness, spirituality and honor be-came my core life values. The only institution in America designed to train men and women to uphold all of these values is the armed forc-es.”

Feldmann joined the Navy in June 2005 with the intention of making a positive impact on the world, because the Navy and Ma-rine Corps are the front line of in-teraction between the United States and foreign countries.

“For military members, it is in our profession to prove to the world that we, America, stand for peace, prosperity, liberty and justice ev-erywhere in the world,” he said.

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When I was thinking about what to write about, it seemed ridiculous how oblivious I was to the one ob-vious issue dangling in front of my face.

This small little white space was almost filled with me resorting back to the world of sports, with me discussing excessive celebration in college football, and how absurd the calls are getting.

Yes, while I do believe that to be true, it would be a disservice to lend my opinion on these highly valued pages to something on such a small scale as that.

And while the topic I chose does not serve for much eternal signifi-cance either, it plays a bigger role in our immediate society, so that’s why I have opted to give you all my two cents on ‘The Natural State’s’ governor, Sarah Palin.

The idea I have come up with is that Palin has been nothing but a breath of fresh air. So far.

As lucky as I am, my friendship ties somehow led to a John McCain rally ticket falling into my hands on Aug. 31.

I was thrilled that I got this op-portunity. I mean, yeah, sure I didn’t really see the need to go to a rally and pump ourselves up over him; it just seemed like a false sense of assurance, but I still wanted to show support

However, when my friends and

I got to T.R. Hughes ballpark in St. Peters, we were scrambling for seats (we had gotten there a little late). Somehow, we finagled our way right behind where McCain and Palin were going to speak.

It was thrilling. We got there and we just looked at each other and said, ‘can you believe this!’

So the rally progressed, and it ac-tually was pretty entertaining. John Rich from the country band ‘Big & Rich’ showed up, and performed a couple songs for the crowd, which was huge.

After awhile, the ‘Straight Talk Express’ rolled into the stadium, and out of the bus walks Romney, Huckabee, McCain and the newly appointed running mate, Sarah Pa-lin.

After the three men, she started to speak, and being about 20 yards away from her made it especially cool. I did notice however, her words were sounding much differ-ent then McCain’s or Obama’s had.

And no, it wasn’t just the estro-gen; it was her tone. It didn’t sound like she was trying to please any-body.

What impressed me the most was that it sounded like I was listen-ing to a concerned leader. Someone who actually cared about all the is-sues in our society.

And while I consider myself halfway observant of our nation’s

issues, I feel safe to say that with her in office, things won’t be about rampant change.

I also don’t think it will be about discarding potential sol-vents for our state, either.

Palin actually has the thoughts of a leader, and an outstanding work ethic.

What grosses me out the most is that Democrats actually have the audacity to attack her fam-ily, as much as they have, and as quickly as they have done so.

Seventeen-year-olds can get pregnant, big whoop. Twenty-two- year-olds drink alcohol, who would have dreamed it?

Since when were these surpris-es? By the sounds of it, you would guess that the Democrats all failed Biology in high school.

If a girl gets pregnant, don’t dis-cuss it publicly. Palin’s husband got in trouble 20 years ago, but no one’s perfect. Leave him alone.

If anything, the Democrats should look at themselves and won-der what they are doing to a family, first and foremost.

An issue that I am sure was gru-eling on the daughter and the par-ents, which has probably resolved itself within the familial unit, is now being discussed on CNN.

Now that’s good for the kid.Not the one coming, the one that

is carrying the one coming.

What kid doesn’t love to have their issues put under a microscope by political analysts from the Atlan-tic to the Pacific?

Hello, has anyone heard that she is actually keeping the kid? That’s pretty commendable all in itself, considering the amount of teenage abortions that do take place.

And you know what, this should not even be an issue.

It’s a huge non-factor when con-sidering Palin’s ability to lead. If anything, this adversity will only show more of her courage and lead-ership.

No more of the pregnant teen.But listening to Palin, especially

at the convention, is awesome. She is someone the country

can rally around, on a much big-ger scale than where the River City Rascals play.

Metaphorically of course.

Every morning at 8:20, the school’s doors are all locked tightly, the hall monitors

are all on duty and the parking lot attendants are out on the lot enforcing the rules and keeping things in check.

Set procedures are in place to keep all of us here safe on our way into school, during the school day and on our way home from cam-pus. If a threat arises, our staff and student body are prepared for it.

The Image staff believes we are kept safe at school each day, and we want to share with you why.

Bomb threats are handled in an efficient manner, with “the safety of students and personnel being the primary concern,” according to Rockwood School District Board policy.

The main procedures include evacuation and notification of legal authorities, along with administrative response to the situation’s legitimacy.

Intruder alerts are handled

much in the same manner. Au-thorities are contacted, necessary evacuations, in this case hiding, are carried out, and administra-tion takes over.

Though no campus invasions have yet to occur, we believe if an intruder set foot on school grounds, our school would aptly handle it.

Video surveillance is another useful tool administration has at their disposal to ensure safety on a daily basis.

Under its current contract with the district, Lafayette reserves the right to survey any grounds not “under an expectation of privacy”

to ensure the safety of its students. Though video surveillance

can cause discomfort, our staff believes it is necessary to make things run smoothly on a daily routine.

In addition to district policy, Lafayette has its fair share of unique ways of keeping students out of harm’s way.

After school ends and all ath-letic activities have come to a close for the evening, each locker room is locked to ensure theft is kept to a bare minimum.

Every door is locked each morning after the beginning of 1st Hour, except the Welcome Center entrance.

Anyone wanting to enter the school must sign in at the Wel-come Center, and subsequently receive a brightly colored, easily identifiable neon yellow guest pass to wear on school grounds.

With this procedure set in stone, everyone who is allowed to enter the school is here for a

productive reason. The most unique and vital

part of the school’s safety is our hall monitors. Stationed at every entrance, these staff members are all more than capable of protect-ing us from any unwanted outside invaders.

Regarding the effectiveness of hall monitors, Associate Principal Jodi Davidson said, “I came from a school without them, and I think they make a huge difference in keeping the school safe.”

As a staff, we truly believe the district and our administration do an exemplary job of keeping us safe every day at school.

All set procedures have proven to be effective, and practiced each year. Legitimately, no threat has arisen in this school that has not been dealt with swiftly, and in a fair and lawful manner.

We thank all of those who take part in ensuring our safety. We sincerely appreciate you keeping us safe, day-to-day.

Thanks administration and hall monitors, we owe you 2,100

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stars & gripes

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gripes to:

•Senior T-shirts. As our oldest student leaders sport this design, quite possibly the coolest ever, underclassmen will be stopped dead in their tracks staring.

•Recently revamped login system onto Rockwood computers. Say goodbye to those unwieldy I/D numbers with zeros in front; now all someone has to do to hack into your account is know your name and password.

•The one and only United States of America. Where else can you eat apple pie and have a cold one without feeling self-conscious?

•Our lovely new score-board. The only thing that would make the yellow ‘Lancers’ writing better is if it lit up at night in neon. •Graduation has moved to Chaifetz arena down-town. No more ticket limits, as the arena seats 10,600 people.

•Sweet healthy food in Lancer’s Landing. Who knew you could grab some apples with caramel for a nice des-sert before any hour of the day?

•The lack of diversity in our Coca-Cola machines. It’s too bad the ma-chines don’t carry their most coveted product, Coca-Cola Classic.

•The Zero Hour bus just happens to share its passenger load with a bunch of middle school students. Nothing like lis-tening to middle school gossip at 7 a.m.

•Lunch schedules on half days. Now, 3rd lunch is no longer allowed to exit the campus early, making for even more traffic jams getting out of here.

•No clocks on the walls in the upstairs eating area. Since we can’t check our phones for the time, clocks would be a big help in reducing the ever-rising tardy count.

•Hurricanes, especially Gustav. The weather pro-duced by these terrible storms caused further damage where it’s need-ed least in Louisiana and Mississippi, and messed up the football game on Sept. 5.

This Month,

the Image asks...?

? ??ow safe do you feel inside the school on a day-to-day basis?H

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“I feel safe enough, but if someone wants to throw

down, it’s happening.”

SaraDenney10

“I feel safe. I don’t feel like anyone’s

going to hurt me.”

CarlyMichaelis11

“Extremely safe because it is a good

school. We don’t have gangs or any-

thing.”

“I don’t feel over-protected, but I don’t want to

either.”

Putting on a mask in any social situation can only result in your unhappiness, so take it off

Every month, the Image will ask students/staff

members at random what we deem as the

question of the month. The opinions expressed

are that of the individuals, and not of

the Image staff.

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.Until now, I’ve always been a bit outspoken about mostly every-thing. When it comes to sports, school, girls and politics, I almost always have something to say, and I almost always think I’m right.

Things get bitter sometimes, and I’ve had my fair share of heated debates in my short 18 years on this planet.

However, I do have a soft side, as we all do, and would like to share a bit of that side with you.

As time has begun to slip by in my final year of high school, I am coming to realize many things about myself.

These things are not tailored only to me though; I would like to think that we can all learn from the past, in this specific case, my own.

The past closely resembles a personal history to me, and I would like to share a few general obser-vations with you about what I’ve learned from it.

Yes, I am going to give you my abridged high school life history; pay attention if you like gossip, or if you are searching for advice or direction.

When I began my career here, I had no idea what to expect.

To be honest, I struggled to fit in. Each day was a new, different struggle to find my place

We struggled in this as under-classmen, and to this day some of

us still do, and that’s okay.But we don’t have to struggle

to fit in, and within this struggle is my first point: the only person who needs to be satisfied with yourself is you.

Though there will be haters and doubters, and they will bother you, tell them to shove off.

Who really cares what they think anyway? It’s simple: if you are sat-isfied with the way you are no one else really matters.

If someone does not enjoy you for who you are, they are not worth your time.

Recent events have tested this belief, the one of self-satisfaction above all, that I have held for two years now.

I have met a plethora of other people in my days, some of whom have become closer than others to me.

I have met great enemies, and close friends.

I have also met myself in many ways, especially within the past few months.

I have been wearing a mask. A hideously ugly and fake mask

that has been killing me on the in-side, and harming others close to me on the outside.

I have become the one thing I have vowed never to be: Selfish.

Not selfish in the traditional sense, necessarily; I still have put

others’ interests before me as much as I see the chance to in regards to sharing things and time.

Rather, I have become self-ish because I have put my feel-ings before those around me. Essentially, I have come to re-alize that I matter.

Quite frankly, I am glad I did.

I had been living a tall tale underneath my mask, acting out lies to others on a few occa-sions but for the most part ly-ing to myself daily inside my mind.

I’m glad to say that I am finished with that, and I’m moving on.

I am taking off my metaphorical mask.

No, this removal has no corre-lation to the fact that I just shaved the majority of my beloved facial hair off.

Instead, I’m taking off my mask because I am done being unfair.

I am done lying to myself. No longer will I tell myself I feel

a certain way because it’s the social standard or because it is conve-nient.

I am an individual, and now at 18 years of age it is time to face up to my true feelings.

Enough about me, though.I truly believe the vast major-

ity of us have worn or wear a mask within this building.

I encourage you to take it off. Be true to yourself.

It’s a bit selfish, but not in the sense that I once thought; it’s what is right for you and for everyone you associate with.

Every lie you tell takes its toll, on you and on others.

Be honest with others. In doing so, you will grow as a person, you will become happier instantly.

It doesn’t take much not to lie; it comes down to will power.

I challenge you-keep it real. Don’t fake your emotions to any-one, especially not yourself.

Start being realistic, either be-fore you become someone you hate like I did, or before you really do turn into something you are not.

All of us have great character-istics about us; it’s just up to us to buy into what makes us great and act on it every day.

As I was flipping through the August edition of the Image, one particular article caught my eye: Ms. Melanie Hinzpeter’s column about the controversy surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

After reading the aforemen-tioned piece, I must conclude that Ms. Hinzpeter is a gifted co-sports editor and I look for-ward to all of her articles that are to be written in the not-so-dis-tant future.

That being said, I was a bit per-plexed by Ms. Hinzpeter’s accusa-tion that President Bush’s decision to attend the Olympics was criti-cized simply because he is neglect-ing the “bad air quality” in China as well as the athletes who are doping,

wearing face masks, etc. I find this accusation ironic be-

cause Bush’s decision to attend the Olympics was actually being criticized because of China’s lack of support in regards to a current global issue that was not mentioned in Ms. Hinzpeter’s article: the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region.

Because it was President Bush

who pronounced the violence in Darfur as geno-cide, activists are denouncing him as a hypocrite for attending a cer-emony run by the very country that isn’t doing much to help out.

Congress urged Bush not to attend - to no avail - and now Hollywood seems to be fol-

lowing their example.Last February, Steven Spielberg

pulled out of his role as advisor to the opening ceremony of the Olym-pics, meaning it as a form of protest against China’s inactivity over the Darfur conflict.

As we all know, China is run by a Communist government, so no

citizens are allowed to speak out against their inactivity in regards to the Darfur conflict.

Even Americans who went to the county just to protest were de-ported back to the United States anyway, so nothing we do is going to change a thing.

But I find it questionable that the Olympics should be ‘a model for the world.’

Is the world supposed to be rep-resented by a country that stands back and yawns while its own neighbor is slipping down an edge of self-destruction?

That wasn’t the world I remem-ber 10 years ago, and it shouldn’t be the world right now.

Sincerely, Adam Zanzie

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GrantsThe Lancer Parent Organization (LPO), with membership fees and profits from the school store, Lancer’s Landing, brought in $42,000 last year. Nearly $24,000 was used to provide grants to principals, teachers and staff who applied to receive one.

Grants awarded by the LPO were used to furnish the Incentive Program Coffee House, buy 60 calculators for the math department and provide a high-quality commercial camcord-er for DVD Yearbook, and more. A full list of awards can be found in Lancer’s Landing.

State HonorsSenior Brent Folan has been named Mis-souri Junior ROTC Cadet of the Year and will be recognized by the American Legion in Jefferson City this October.

Selection was based on academics, service to the commu-nity, extracurricular activities and success in aerospace science.

Nominated by Colonel Mike Berenc, Folan believes he was selected because of his leadership abilities.

“I have held a leadership position each semester since freshman year. Some of them include Assis-tant of Public Affairs, Flight Leader, Direc-tor of Public Affairs, Academic Officer and Liaison Commander,” Folan said.

Folan is the third LHS recipient of the award, joining Lisa Meier and Ryan Senci-boy.

News Briefs Flex growth prompts expansionIn 1971, the Flex Program was im-plemented as an honors program opportunity, giving high school students the option of independent studies on days without classes, preparing them for a college sched-ule.

Today’s Flex courses hold the same purpose and include an AP option.

The program started small and stayed at a level size until the early 1990s when the maximum number of students enrolled in the program was 200.

During the 2007-2008 school year about 450 students were en-rolled, and for the first semester of this year, the number enrolled is just over 500.

To accommodate for the growth of the program, the 2008 Bond is-sue includes plans to create more space for Flex classrooms by ex-panding the existing Library and adding a second lecture hall.

This gives the opportunity to schedule two large groups in one block, adding to the number of classes available.

“[The Flex Program expanding] is important for students to grow academically and better their work habits, their work habits even help them in other courses,” Jean Pe-ters, Flex Chair, said.

“Part of what sets Lafayette apart [academically] is the Flex Program. The Flex Program serves as an im-portant transition before college,” she added.

Currently the Flex Program of-fers five social studies courses, four language arts courses, three science courses and one art course.

But as courses have expanded, the area available for resource has not.

With area expansions, Peters said she looks forward to being able to have the Flex Program offer

more courses, which she hopes will encourage more student to enroll in the program.

The project to expand the Li-brary is expected to be complete by late fall 2009.

“After the project is complete and we have more room the only thing I see being a problem is stu-dents fitting classes in on the new hybrid schedule,” Peters said.

The Flex Program offers many advantages to students, proving to be beneficial in its preparations for college.

“You have to be independent in learning in college and Flex pre-pares you for that. You get to sign up for classes like a college stu-dent,” junior Maddi Enzmann said.

Enzmann enrolled in Flex cours-es because it gave her variety in her schedule and the opportunity to do

homework during the school day.“I think that because of the way

it [Flex] prepares you for college, taking a flex class should be man-datory before you graduate,” En-zmann said.

The program also is a challenge to some students.

“You don’t have the option to be unorganized, because then you get behind, so you have that to keep you focused on the work,” junior Leslie Yowell said.

Yowell hopes that an outcome of the construction plan will be to offer foreign language and math classes with the Flex structure.

“If there is more variety in classes [within the Flex Program] offered, the more opportunity you have to get the experience of that type of class before you get to col-lege, where you don’t have the

chance to experiment with how classes work,” Yowell said.

Senior Cameron Koester said, “You get flexibility in your sched-ule. You are able to choose when your classes are to accommodate your needs and are able to do your homework in the provided two study halls a week.”

But even with the possibil-ity of having room to contain more courses and classrooms, some feel it would be better to just update the courses that are already available.

“I really think that the Flex Pro-gram has a great flexibility in the types of classes that are offered. I do not think that there are really any that should be added because of the great selection of difficul-ties and topics that are offered,” Koester said.

‘Flex’ible Class LocationStudents in 4th Hour AP Psychology-Flex take notes during a large-group seminar lecture. The large enrollment forced the class to meet in the Theater for large groups instead of the normal lecture room.

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Donkey and Elephant Watching:Presidential candidates have se-lected their running mates, both parties have held their convention and commercials both praising and smearing dominate air time.

The political season is in full swing and Election Day is fast ap-proaching.

Commentaries in TIME Maga-zine claim this is the year of the youth vote. But what do young people base their politics on?

Senior Laura Dick is supporting Senator Barack Obama because “he is interested in foreign policy, and because he has lived overseas and knows what it is like.”

She said Obama’s interest in di-plomacy and going against the “us vs. them” mentality are some of the things she agrees with most.

Obama, a member of the Sen-ate Foreign Relations Committee, said he supports direct negotia-tions with hostile nations, such as Iran, without preconditions.

Dick describes herself as a lib-eral democrat and said social jus-tice is an important issue for her.

“I really care about helping peo-ple,” Dick said.

When asked about Senator John McCain, she agreed with his views on one thing: the environment.

“(McCain’s) environmental pol-icy is probably what I agree with most,” she said.

McCain supports an “all of the above” ap-proach to the fuel crisis. While he does support an expan-sion in “green” technology and energy, he also supports the use of nuclear power and lifting the ban on offshore drill-ing.

Of McCain’s support of expan-sion of offshore drilling, Dick said, “Off-shore drilling does not solve anything.”

Dick said she would consider voting for a third party candidate, but added she wasn’t sure if it “re-ally makes a difference.”

“I am more interested in how [a third party candidate] can affect major party candidates,” she said.

When it comes to the major candidates running mates she says it does not affect who she supports a lot.

But what makes this election different from any other?

Social studies teacher Brittany Trott said, “People are more aware of things going on and more aware of the historical importance this election has to offer.”

This election holds a new level of historical importance, since the end result will be the first female Vice President, John McCain’s run-ning mate Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, or the first African-Ameri-can president, Barack Obama.

Trott said a majority of her stu-dents are usually conservative.

She said many students get their views from their parents, and “Par-ents are usually more conservative so they pass down morals and be-liefs [to their children].”

Social studies teacher Lori Zang said, “[This election] is no different

than previous election years” when it comes to who her

students usually support and the amount of enthu-siasm for the election.

Of her students, Zang said, “The really vocal ones tend to be conser-vative” and “many kids

pick up on what mom and dad say.”

In her opinion, quite a few students are influ-enced by their religion.

Senior Alex Mace is one of those stu-

dents. Mace de-

scribes him-self as a social

conservative but on other issues be-lieves he is more mod-erate. He also said

he is a constitutionalist.Mace, who is currently “up in

the air” about who to vote for, said, “I am leaning towards John Mc-Cain.”

“The big thing between McCain and Obama is experience,” Mace said.

Experience has been the focus of debate throughout this election.

John McCain has been in Con-gress since 1982, while Obama has been in congress since 2004, prompting debate about whether Obama has enough experience.

Mace said, Obama “has spent much of his time in Congress run-ning for president”, but Mace add-ed, he is “really impressed with his ability to capture enthusiasm.”

“[McCain] has been pretty much voting how he sees fit and not on party lines,” Mace said.

McCain is known for reaching across party lines in many key is-sues such as immigration reform and campaign finance reform.

When it comes to whether he would vote for a third party can-didate, such as Libertarian Bob Barr or Independent Ralph Nader, Mace responded, “Absolutely. It all comes down to the issues.”

“Sometimes people miss what our political system is about due to partisan politics,” Mace said.

He added that a vote for a third party candidate is not a “waste.”

Social issues are very impor-tant to Mace, such as the issue and same-sex marriage.

Mace believes marriage “should be preserved as between a man and a woman,” but has no problem with legal unions.

McCain said he would nomi-nate judges who would not “leg-islate from the bench,” and be-lieves marriage should be de-fined as between one man and one woman.

Mace is open to any fiscal pol-icy, but is “not big on govern-ment being in [his] life all the time.”

Obama supports “Fair Trade,” letting the “Bush tax cuts” expire, and making a windfall profits tax on oil companies. This policy is highly criticized by McCain.

He also plans on increasing spending on health care, as well as investing in “green” energy and technology.

Mace said he wonders where Obama would come up with the money for the many programs he wants to start.

When it comes to Palin, Mc-Cain’s running mate, “She brings a new feel to it because she would be the first female vice-president,” Mace said.

“She helps with disgruntled Hillary supporters,” he added.

The youth vote will no doubt have an effect on this election.

What they choose to base their political views on, whether it is faith, the environment or the economy, youth will be the decid-ing factor on who they support in this historical election.

Caleb Cavarretta, Staff Reporter

The Democratic and Republican tickets have sparked interest in many students

Ask the Chef...1. What do the different sizes of the chef hats mean?

The toques, or chef hats, are different sizes to symbolize status in the kitchen. The taller the toque, the more responsibility he/she has. For example, the Executive Chef would have the tallest toque because he/she is in charge.

2. Why do certain chefs wear different colored neckerchiefs?

Not all chefs choose to wear neckerchiefs but at some locations, it is a requirement. For example, at Kendall Culinary College freshman and sophomores wear turquoise neckerchiefs symbolizing a “beginner”. Juniors and seniors wear black neckerchiefs. However, if a student is in the Pastry Program, that student will wear a black and white checkered neckerchief no matter the level of experience. Master chefs may wear a white neckerchief, or choose not to wear one at all.

If you would like to submit a question to Ask the Chef…please email Mrs. Lawrence at

lawrencebecky@rockwood.k12.mo.us

Club NewsMarching BandAfter a strong perfor-mance at the Rockwood Review, the Lancer Regiment has a full schedule for the month of September. They will be competing at Farm-ington on Sept. 20 and hosting the Contest of Champions on Sept. 27.

FCAFellowship of Christian Athletes meets every Tuesday in Room 180 at 7:30 p.m. Half an hour of fellowship and games is followed by small group discus-sion, scripture, videos or skits that allow members to grow in their faith. “We are made up of a very diverse group of kids from all walks of life and all love coming together to worship the Lord,” sponsor Brittany Trott said.

CCSCThe Caring School Community Council (CSCC), formerly CARE Team, meets Tuesdays in Room 223. Members are focusing on prepar-ing for Red Ribbon Week, which will take place Oct. 20-24.“We make posters and organize spirit days to promote drug preven-tion,” sponsor Betsy Rivas said.

Class NewsClass OfficersThe 2008-2009 Freshman Class Officers are:

President:Jean-Luc Panchot

Vice President:Maddie Van House

Secretary:Kelsey Clayman

Treasurer:Dominic Bisesi

Photo permission: John McCain 2008www.JohnMcCain.com

Photo permission: Barack Obama 2008www.BarackObama.com

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Homecoming Theme:“It’s Greek to Me”

Sunday, Sept. 28Fun Run

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Penny WarsEveryday @ Lunch

Hall DecorationsSeniors:Mount Olympus & the gods

Juniors:Greek mythical creatures

Sophomores:Greek Architecture

Freshmen:Greek Heroes

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Changes demand time, sacrifice

Not the ‘Real Thing’ A Coca-Cola refrigerator offers juices, Vitamin Water, Powerade and diet sodas, but not Coke. Per a district policy that bans regular sodas, Lancers Landing is following the trend toward healthier choices in the building.

Photo by Chelsea Coleman

Chelsea Coleman, Staff Reporter

Rush!

A month into the year, students and staff reflect on what changes have and have not worked.

Hybrid ScheduleIn 2006, any students graduat-

ing after 2009 had graduation re-quirements changed from 22 cred-its to 24 credits.

In response, the Board of Edu-cation passed a hybrid schedule for this year, allowing students to take an extra class.

But, there have been some glitches with the schedule mak-ing students unable to take certain classes because of conflicts and crowded study halls.

Some students even complain of class time not being used effi-ciently.

Associate Principal Jodi Da-vidson said it may take some time for everyone to get use to the new schedule.

“Teachers are still adjusting to the new schedule,” Davidson said.

She believes some students need daily practice in certain classes like math or foreign language.

Various staff members believe students and teachers are doing well with the changes.

Counselor Deborah Parker said, “I honestly do not believe there has been a large increase in problems with students not being able to get into certain classes because of the new blocked schedule.”

But some students like junior Caitlyn Rumsey have had problems

due to the hybrid schedule. “I got kicked out of Lifetime

Recreational Sports because I had to take blocked AP Chemistry class, and they were both assigned to the same first hour blocked slot. Unless this hybrid scheduling changes, next year I won’t be able to take AP Latin because it will interfere with Orchestra,” she said.

Some believe it might take a complete school year to fix all the minor problems.

Rumsey agrees. “I really ap-preciate that Rockwood is trying

to make it so that we can get all of our credits in and have choices, but I think that they are going to have to limit the amount of choices they give students in order for blocked scheduling to be more effective,” she said.

Lancers LandingThat little store by the Fresh-

man Hallway known as the Lancers Landing is typically filled with can-dy, chips and sugary drinks. This year there are some new healthy choices to balance out all those un-wholesome treats.

The new foods include baked chips, Special K bars and Oatmeal to Go.

Along with the new food the store no longer sells regular soda,

“All sodas must be sugar-free. It was mandated by the school. Now not even vending machines have regular soda,” Lancers Landing manager Susan Buttram said.

Now that many students are buying their lunch from Lancers Landing, parents called for health-ier options.

“It was the parents’ idea because more and more kids now eat lunch out of the store. We often sell as many as 100 lunches and now there are healthier choices for lunch,” Buttram said.

Instead of M&Ms and chips for lunch students can decide between cheese sticks, apple slices, Go Lean bars or V8 Splash drinks.

Junior Brittany Handler is a regular at Lancers Landing.

She said she feels good about the new healthy choices she can now make.

“It’s better than some of the food that is offer in the lunch line. I feel like I’m making healthier choices. I really like the apple slices with car-amel and the cheese sticks,” Han-dler said

Buttram doesn’t think there will be any decrease in sales at the store, but thinks that students are actually happy about the changes.

“Students seem to be excited about the changes. Kids are defi-nitely buying the new foods,” But-tram said.

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Low lights: reds, purples, dark blues, eclectic smells, festive coffee mugs, bean bag chairs and a variety of people. The Beatnik café-styled coffee house offers all of these things.

“About nine years ago, the ‘brain-child’ of legendary Lan-guage Arts teacher, Rob Neal,” social studies teacher Steve Klawiter said, “started the cof-fee houses in his classroom.”

It soon grew to be an annu-al school event. “Coffee House offers students to showcase their talents in more of a laid-back, intimate setting, rather than the variety show. There is also an open-mic portion of the show for members of the audience. Coffee House serves as a valuable fundraiser for the Drama Depart-ment and the Thespian Society,” Klawiter added.

“I think Coffee House is a great place for individuals to showcase their skills and talents. It is enjoy-able and entertaining. Everybody should go,” Assistant Principal Matt Dieckhaus said.

Once a year Clayton Road be-comes Delmar Boulevard and the building holds a ‘Coffee House’ of its own.

Senior Wendie Weldon said, “It gives anyone the chance to express themselves in front of everybody and show their talent.”

Whether it is poetry, songs, drums or interpretive dance, stu-dents interested in displaying

their talents come to the annual ‘mini talent show’ to show their stuff.

“Basically, they want it to be like a beatnik Coffee House,” se-

nior Rob Eames said.

Last year, Eames played and sang ‘Con-stellation’ by John McLaughlin on his guitar. The atmosphere is really laid back, creat-ing an environment where students can relax, be themselves and connect through their music.

Many students enjoy

this time to just play for fun, but others like junior

Amy Diaz de Leon take it seriously. Diaz de Leon has been working with Shock City Records for about a year now, singing her origi-nal ‘alternative indie’ style music.

“I like it because I like people to hear my songs,” she said about playing at Coffee House.

“I am amazed about how talented that young people are and that they have the courage to go up there and perform in front of their peers,” junior Leanne Cooke said.

Poetry reading, standup comedy, bands and other acts are popular.

Senior Blake Douglass has been doing magic for a while and Coffee House is just the spot for him to pull tricks out of his hat. This year, Douglass is undecided on whether to sing or per-form magic.

“It’s more chill than the variety show but it still shows off the talented stu-dents at Lafayette,” senior Sarah Satchell said.

Auditions were held Sept. 11 in Room 129, and the per-formance is set to be held on Sept. 18.

Tickets are $3 for anyone interested in attending the Coffee House performance.

Mary Buttram, Staff Reporter

Great gig offers outlet for studentsOpen Mics:Monday:-Venice Cafe, 314.772.5994-Red Sea, 314.863.0099

Tuesdays:-Backstreet Jazz & Blues, 314.878.5800-Alandale Brewing Company, 314.966.2739-Hwy 61 Road-house and Kitchen, 314.968.0061-Shanti, 314.241.4772

Wednesday: -Night Sky, 314.842.8395-Charlack Pub, 314.423.8119-Pops Blue Moon,314.776.4200-Stella Blues Restaurant & Bar, 314.772.3533-Crusisin’ Rte 66,314.961.7166

Thursday:-Night Sky,314.842.8395-Cummerl’s Cafe & Coffeehouse,314.231.9627-Ten Mile House,314.638.9082-Charlack Pub,314.423.8119-Picasso’s Coffee House,636.925.2911

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It gives anyone the chance to express them-selves in front of everybody and show their talent.”

-Wendie

Weldon senior

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The total buzz around the Lafayette community has been Lifetime Fitness; a working place for some, while oth-ers see it as just a gym, but it’s much more than that.

There is perfect detailing in each room; the yoga room even has small candles scattered around it all creat-ing a serene feeling.

Along with the yoga room, Life-time Fitness is fully equipped with a ballet room, pilates room, taekwondo room and the ever so popular rock climbing wall, all joined together as one.

Besides the specialty rooms, Life-time has a cardio and weight center plus indoor and outdoor pools.

“We wanted to incorporate every-thing that multiple clubs have but have it all under one roof,” general manager Chris Lich-tenberger said.

It’s a place for everyone. “We have kids coming in who are three and

people in their 90s,” Lichtenberger said. Senior Steven Stallis, who works at the rock

climbing wall, said, “A lot of dads bring their kids in to climb.”

Being open 24 hours opens the opportuni-ties up to an even broader range of people.

“We want to give everyone, regardless of where they work, a chance to get in shape,” Lichtenberger said. Lifetime Fitness offers workout time for the younger crowd because of its twenty-four, seven availability.

And if a night is being spent at Lifetime Fitness, why not go to the movies as well? In addition, 60 cardio bikes are lined up stadium style facing two projector screens to watch movies while working out.

Large vents were installed to cool off the bikers. The numerous swimming pools are another way to stay

cool at the club.There are multiple indoor pools, perfect for swimming

laps, accented with a couple hot tubs to relax in. One of the hot tubs has a waterfall coming through the

side, which Lichtenberger said is very relaxing on your neck muscles.

Outside of the club an outdoor play land of water is found.

Two water slides provide fun for the whole family. An-other hot tub can also be found outdoors.

The most popular facility, according to Lichtenberger, is “in the summer it’s the pool, but in the winter it’s the 400 hundred machine cardio area.”

Even the locker rooms have the right touch, complete with towels, hairdryers, self locking lockers showers, a sau-na and a steam room.

For all that Lifetime Fitness has to offer, the cost is $59.95 a month and $104 to join, although, there are other ways to get in.

Many Lafayette students have started working at Life-time Fitness.

“The kids that work here from Lafayette are some of the hardest working employees I have,” Lichtenberger com-mented.

A lifeguard at Lifetime Fitness, junior Ashleigh Gram-mar said a perk of working there was being able “to work with a wide variety of people who are skilled in different areas of fitness.”

Another lifeguard at Lifetime Fitness, junior Chelsea Dysko, said, “They give you full membership and discounts on the spa and personal trainers.”

Wild Thing, I think I love youGym houses diverse activities

Two wheels, opposed to four

Decades ago, Wildwood was farms and rural population. Since its establishment as a city in 1995, Wildwood has changed.

City councilwoman Johanna Browning agreed.

She said development has moved this way, there have been more planned growth and an increased population and nice commercial areas have been established.

The population has in-creased from 16,000 people to 32,000 people, city councilman Ron James said.

James has been a resident for 35 years, before Wildwood was a city.

“Everything has changed,” James said.

Years ago Wildwood was farm land and City Hall was a grocery store, the closest one to James.

Now, City Hall will be moved to the Dierbergs Shop-ping Center in January.

The Police Department will also be moving out of the Fire Department House to a new location down the street.

James said, “Both need more room.”

Also, Browning added that she has lived here since 1984 before Wildwood was a city.

“Sound planning, a gov-ernment made for the people by the people, park land and a well-planed town center area,” are the things Browning thinks

of when she hears Wild-wood.

The Town Center and the new bike paths were both built to promote physical health awareness.

Along with health con-sciousness, Wildwood is also known as a great parkland, due to Babler’s Memorial State Park’s huge 2,441 acre plot, which was acquired in 1937.

And the growth has con-tinued.

Browning said, “Addi-tional walking trails are also being put in. And in the near future Wildwood is purchas-ing a large park in the general area of [Highways] 100 and 109 for more recreational area. The location as of now is undecided. The recom-mendation was made by the Citizens’ Committee of Park Progress.”

Two new parks have also been added lately.

One is in Glencoe, which is considered part of Wild-wood, and is also behind the newly-renovated one-room Pond Schoolhouse.

The second is by Anna Marie’s shopping center.

Sharon Hutson from Sage Properties said, “The growth started in the 70’s. It started in Chesterfield and worked it way out to Wildwood.”

Browning believes, “City progress develops every day. [Wildwood] is a big area that sees changes.”

Blast from the past:Kara Campbell, Staff Reporter

Melina Loggia, Staff Reporter

Reaching New HeightsLifetime Fitness has its own rock climbing area that has different walls for different experience levels. For the more experienced climbers, there is only a crack in the wall the climber uses to grip and get to the top.

Photos courtesy of Chris Lichtenberger.

Right of WayLifetime Fitness is just one way the community is staying healthy. The bike paths around Wildwood also encourage people to exercise. Eventually the paths continue to Babler Park. Several run along Highway 100/Manchester. The set-up of the Wildwood Town Center has turned health-centric. It was designed for people to park their cars and walk around. Trader Joe’s on Clarkson Road and a Whole Foods off Clayton Road offer more organic food options for health-conscious students. All these chances for exercise and better foods allow citizens to strive for a healthy lifestyle.

Over the years, Wildwood has become something great

Builders strive to use earth-friendly productsGoing green. The term is commercialized in magazines and on HGTV (Home and Garden Television); even car dealerships are boasting green products. Along with this trend to im-prove the environment and the earth, build-ers have been using different materials to go ‘green’.

But what else do these green buildings do? Green buildings, also called “sustainable” buildings, use resources like energy, water, ma-terials and land more efficiently than buildings that are built to standard construction code.

Green buildings cost less to heat, cool and light. They also produce less pollution because they use less energy.

“Environmental benefits include protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, improving air and water quality, reducing solid waste and con-serving natural resources,” Patricia Aumann of the Wildwood Community College said.

The college is among some of the buildings in the area that feature the green concept.

It is the largest community college in the United States to receive a U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design (LEED) gold certification.

LEED is a governmental organization that has set procedures, materials and requirements for anyone going green.

“A large proportion of the materials used in the building construction were recycled. Many other materials were manufactured within a 500 mile radius of the site, which reduces the environmental effects of shipping long distances. Low VOC (Volatile Organic Com-pounds) paint, glue, wood and carpet were used throughout the building,” Aumann said.

Some of the prominent features that helped the Wildwood campus achieve a LEED gold rating are: the green roof, light sensors, water-less and low volume toilets, use of recycled materials, daylight harvesting, optimal energy

systems, cisterns collecting rain water to irri-gate property, air filtration system and use of native plants and prairie grasses in the land-scape surrounding the campus.

Real-estate agent Sharon Hutson agrees that St. Louis overall, including the Wildwood area, has caught on to the trend.

“We’re seeing a lot more builders using the materials as they are becoming more conscious and aware of green products. Especially in the St. Louis area, with all the new lofts [down-town], but more are looking for green materi-als to incorporate,” Hutson said.

Sage Homebuilders is one of the builders in the area that has integrated these improve-ments into their own buildings.

Owner Jason Stone said, “For the structure of the house, we use straight oriented stand wood that’s a combination of waste wood with resin that binds. Inside in every house we’ve really begun to use NOVOC paint. NOVOC stands for no volatile organic compound, so

it’s better for the air. If you’ve ever been in a painted room that smells bad from the fumes, the NOVOC won’t do that since it won’t gas off.”

For things to do at home, www.buiilgin-green.com has numerous products and ideas for simple improvements.

“Communities should explore how sustain-ability and green building practices can bring both environmental and economic benefits. Sustainable construction protects the environ-ment for future generations and promotes re-sponsible use of energy and natural resources,” Aumann said.

Stone agrees communities should be focus-ing on ways to incorporate green products and buildings into their towns and neighborhoods.

Stone added, “I think they [Wildwood com-munity] should embrace it (going green). It’s the right thing to do. I don’t know if legislation needs to be passed, but they should choose to do it, since it’s the right thing.”

Brooke Thibodaux, Feature Editor

Birds-Eye ViewAbove features an aerial map of Wildwood in 1997. Much development has occurred in the surrounding area, especially since it all used to be farm land. More development is sure to follow as more residents move into the area and commercial developers take advantage of the space.

Photo courtesy of Joe Vujnich

Surrounding fitness clubs in the area to check out:

Here’s some other places to check out for different pricing and locations

Wildwood Family YMCA2641 Highway 109Wildwood, MO 63040$49

Fitness Together17404 Chesterfield Airport Rd.Chesterfield, MO 63005636.536.7370$55+ per session

Velocity17363 Edison Ave.Chesterfield, MO 636.537.0077$30 per session

24 Hour Fitness14885 Clayton Rd. Chesterfield, MO 63017 636-386-3324$161.84+$34.99 a month

Then and Now

Photo courtesy of city of Wildwood

Wildwood, has been drastically improving over the years. Below are a few aspects of this town that make it one of the best cities around.

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Sans-sugar not always ‘healthy’ choiceThe reason senior Amanda Vanderhey-den does not drink diet soda is simple. Vander-heyden doesn’t like that diet soda contains aspar-tame, a ‘diet’ chemical that tastes like sugar.

Why? Studies have shown when diet soda reaches about 77 degrees, the aspartame breaks down into DKP and form-aldehyde, “what they put on dead bodies to pre-serve them,” Vanderhey-den said.

Those two ingredients can cause several nervous system problems.

As a five-year contract be-tween the Rockwood School Dis-trict (RSD) and Coca-Cola was winding down last year, new bev-erage guidelines were created and there were doubts as to whether it would be “Always Coca Cola.”

Part of last year’s struggle in creating a contract was due to the passing of new beverage guidelines by the American Beverage Associa-tion (ABA).

The new five-year contract in-cludes annual $60,000 payments to the district (a total $50,000 pay-ment to Lafayette over five years), 600 free cases per year and $2 case rebates to the district.

Another result of this year’s new contract, worth $300,000, was the replacement of regular soda in vending machines and Lancers Landing. ABA guidelines called for all drinks in school to be low calorie or no calorie.

“There is a group called the

Clinton Foundation and the ABA that are really trying to limit sugar intake,” Director of Purchasing and Transportation Bill Sloan said.

Regular Coca-Cola was replaced

with Diet Coke or Coke Zero, and several fans of regular soda have been irritated by the change.

“I like regular soda better. You may as well drink regular soda in moderation. Plus, with fake sugars [diet soda] makes you crave more

sweet things,” Vanderheyden said. “They’re not helping us, they’re hurting us,” she added.

She seems to be right about fake sugars. According to WebMD.

com, a research study was conducted at the University of Texas Health Science Cen-ter that found for diet soda drinkers, there was a 41 percent risk increase over regular soda drinkers of being overweight.

So while the ABA’s reasoning behind re-

moving regular soda from schools to prevent obesity was honorable, the study shows it may not be ac-curate.

In defense of the ABA, the Web-MD article states “a study of this kind does not prove that diet soda

causes obesity,” but rather, “it shows that something linked to diet soda drinking is also linked

to obesity.”Also, Coca-Cola Representative

Brian Radle said the guidelines were approved by 88 percent of doctors nationwide and are geared towards “teaching children the importance of a balanced diet and exercise.”

Rockwood Director of Health and Wellness Amy Wehr said, “I think it would be beneficial to re-place regular soda with other low calorie drinks, not necessarily diet

soda. I’m not sure that aspartame is good to put in drinks, especially for children. Is it safe? It’s question-able. Does it reduce caloric intake? Also questionable.”

In fact, a majority of diet soda drinkers at Lafayette are only con-cerned with calorie amount.

“Girls drink Diet Coke because it has no calories in it, and I think it has the same taste. So why drink the empty calories [in Coke]?” Se-nior Jordan Fullmer said.

A goal of the Alliance for Health-ier Generation is to reduce obesity in children, which is reflected in the new beverage guidelines.

“It shows we’re [ABA, Coca-Cola and RSD] working together to try and give students better choices,” Sloan said.

Wehr said that although, as far as nutrition, RSD has “made great strides,” that she would “like to see all aspects of the District setting the example, and serving healthy food.”

Wehr said, “We teach proper nutrition; it’s giving an inconsis-tent message if we turn around and serve junk food.”

“We’ll get there,” she added, “it’ll just take time.”

Rockwood, Coca-Cola ContractCoca-Cola won over Pepsi and Dynamic Vending for the 2008 Rockwood Contract bid. Director of Purchasing and Transportation Bill Sloan said Pepsi and Dynamic Vend-ing, “gave us very little incentives at all.”The new contract includes:

*$60,000 payment per year*600 Free Cases per year*$2 Case Rebates*Vending commissions

“This decision wasn’t made in a vacuum in Central Office. We had representatives from high schools, principals from the middle and elementary schools,” Sloan said.

ABA Key FindingsAccording to the ABA’s website, their new beverage guide-lines are in compli-ance with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation for these reasons:

*Full calorie soda shipments decreased by 45 percent between 2004 and 2007*Water shipments increased 23 percent*90 percent of new contracts are in com-pliance with the new guidelines

Is it [aspartame] safe? It’s questionable. Does it reduce

caloric intake? Also questionable.

-Amy WehrSupervisor of Health and Wellness

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Two booming new sound towers, im-proved special effects and enhanced fly-space create a dynamic play-viewing en-vironment. The new Theater is really a piece of work.

This fall, Thorton Wilder’s Our Town will be the first Lafayette production to take place in the Theater. Its storyline includes three acts: everyday life in the small New Hampshire Town of Grover’s Corner, the courtship and wedding of two characters and lastly, death.

“I won’t divulge it [who dies] because you need to either read this great piece of American Literature or come see the show,” Kate Slovinski, drama teacher and director of the play, said. The show will be performed Oct. 16-18.

A classically sparse play, Our Town utilizes little scenery, no sets and only a handful of props: including two rolling ladders, one flying window, two benches, a trellis, 16 chairs and two tables. All other props will be pantomimed.

Junior Lucas Klein, who will play Mr. Webb said, “If you’re just pantomiming objects then there are never any malfunc-tions with them or things that break. Be-cause they’re imaginary.”

Even with the new Theater space, Slovinski wanted the actors to shine through.

“We are going to try to focus more on the actors than on doing fancy stuff with the lighting,” senior Lexi Thoman, light-ing technician, said.

“It’s not because of the sets and cos-tumes that a play comes alive. It’s because of the performers,” Slovinski said, “I’d feel guilty and greedy [to put on a play with more props]. It’s too much for me to ask for. I already have exceptional space and exceptional students.”

Thoman is one of these students. As a lighting technician her job is to position and operate lights for the play.

She continued, “Depending on the magnitude of the lighting structure, light

hang can take you anywhere from two hours to two days.”

Techies come in on two weeks before the performance to chart out where lights are needed and then plot their position.

Before this, Thoman said, they “gel” the lights, adding heat resistant plastic colors for different hues and tints. “That’s the beginning,” Thoman said.

“They have different colors and they work really hard to put up all the lights,” Klein said.

Besides lighting there is nonstop work to be done in makeup, sound, props, man-aging, stage crew, ushering, ticket-taking and advertising.

“If I was working the lights and sound and acting it would be a horrible train wreck,” Klein said, who is overjoyed to be on stage.

“It’s a lot of fun to go to rehearsals with people who enjoy doing the same thing that you do,” Klein said.

“It doesn’t matter if there is a finished Theater,” Slovinski said.

“Theater only involves there being something to watch, an audience to watch it and a safe environment for the show to take place. A hillside could be a theater.”

“Besides,” she said, “A Theater is never quite ‘done.’ Just this week we got a new screen and a new projector.”

Our Town, was chosen, not for its con-venience, but for karma.

“My life has been marked by Our Town,” Slovinski said, who saw the play on her first date and starred in it as her first play in her thespian troop. The coin-cidences don’t stop there.

Later on, Our Town was also the first

and last play she ever performed in with an instructor.

Even stranger, her college drama teacher, who she had not known at the time, was the director of the very show she had seen on her first date ever.

“It seemed like a good blessing to open with Our Town,” Slovinski said.

Slovinski has starred in Our Town four times but this is her first time to direct it.

“It has meaning to Mrs. Slovinski and she wants it to have meaning to us,” Klein said.

“Our Town, is symbolism of new be-ginnings,” senior Garret Tripp, who will play Mr. Gibbs, said.

Tripp added, “And with this new The-ater I believe we’re starting over. I feel like this is a powerful way to renew our-selves.”

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Between daily two-hour practices, weight lifting, sprints and endless laps, it seems training for sports has always stayed the same. But the reality is athletes are in a completely new age of preparation.

“Kids are stronger, faster, taller and can be trained harder and different than kids 25 years ago,” football and track coach Roger Fischer said.

“I have noticed a big change in train-ing, getting bigger is one thing but train-ing as a team is the other. Working out with football buddies helps me stay fo-cused,” senior Zach Gross said.

Because of the new generation of more advanced athletes, ways have been found to accommodate athlete’s needs by creat-ing sports training facilities.

“I work out at Velocity Sports Per-formance (VSP) to improve my speed, endurance and agility. After two years of going there I have noticed a big differ-ence in my performance,” sophomore Jeff Holiday said.

VSP in Chesterfield is just one of the many places where athletes go through-out the year to train.

“Our program is based on movement. Meaning we specifically work on making our athletes faster and more explosive, it is a very holistic approach to training. It focuses on flexibility, muscle activation, core strength, injury prevention, sport

specific strength, speed, agility and en-ergy system development,” trainer Meade Smith from VSP said.

With the places like VSP, it is no sur-prise athletes are reaching higher levels of performance than in the last decade.

Another way athletes get the training they need is from personalized training sessions, such as pitching lessons.

“Pitching lessons keeps my arm loose and it keeps my pitching form good so I don’t pick up any bad habits,” sophomore Sam Enright said.

“I have been taking the lessons for four years at St. Louis Baseball Academy, and I have learned to throw harder and more accurate which really helps be keep an edge on my competition,” Enright said.

Even without places like VSP or per-sonal lessons athletes can find ways to im-prove their game throughout the season.

“I like to keep in shape by going to Skyzone and playing ultimate Frisbee and volleyball, and just chilling playing back-yard football,” Gross said.

“Quickness and speed are key for being up to par in my position, and of course be-ing one step faster than the competition,” Gross said.

With the training comes the advance-ment in nutrition and overall health.

“Hydration plays a big role but back in the day it was not drinking water that made you tougher but the medical change has adapted by knowing what athletes

need,” Fischer said.

“Besides exer-cising, trying to eat right is a big key and making sure not to get over weight for the next season,” Gross said.

At Veloc-ity they tell their clients about all aspects of nutri-tion. “We discuss correct eating habits and more importantly the timing of their meals. Hydration and sleeping go right along with the nutrition dis-cussions. What our athletes do outside of the fa-cility plays just as an important fac-tor in the overall outcome as the training they receive in-side our facility,” Smith said.

Without these concepts the athletes these days wouldn’t even make it through a two-hour practice let alone a season.

“In general, sports performance train-

ing has changed the ways athletes pre-pare for competition. Sports performance training five years ago allowed the ath-lete to have an edge on their competition where today every athlete must be doing some type of training just to stay with their competition,” Smith said.

Old School To New SchoolAs the pages in time keep turning, many athletes turn to ‘new age’ ways of keeping their competitive edge in the offseason. Students nowadays have regular, calculated workout regiments that are able to focus on certain aspects of nutrition and fitness.

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Birds, planes and Superfans

Austin Goodman, Staff Reporter

There are players, and then there are champions. There are teams, and then there are dynasties. There are fans, then there are Superfans.

This fall season marks the fifth year of the Superfans.

Seniors Tyler Sellers and Michael Tomaro, along with junior Varun Meh-rotra lead one of the most well known clubs at LHS.

“We want people to want to come to the games again, and to sit in the same sec-tion and have fun cheering on our team,” Sellers said.

Only having a mere 60 members last year, they have tripled in size to just over 220 members.

With tradition that traces back to the first years of Lafayette history, there have always been groups of people to cheer for the Lancers, but nothing to the caliber of

what is being witnessed this year. “Superfans take a loss just as hard as

the players,” Mehrotra said. Whether it is the tailgating at the home

football games or the $40 shirts, the whole student body is catching on.

“It’s pretty sweet seeing a cloud of fans all going crazy with black and gold clothes, let alone faces,” junior Grant Hinkle said.

With only five home foot-ball games, and about a half dozen basketball games, the Superfans are beginning to migrate into almost all Lancer sports.

They are expected at even more sports than last year like baseball, softball and

volleyball.“I think it will be awesome to have

more fans at our games; it makes you focus just a little harder,” junior softball player Megan Otis said.

Sponsors, language arts teachers David Choate and Don K r e i e n k a m p hold meetings and help orga-nize chants to try to make the group an effec-tive force dur-ing the game.

“We want to get involved in other sports to

show athletes that we care more than just about football and basketball,” Mehrotra said.

With even more members than expect-ed already, they are planning on ‘Black

outs’ and ‘White outs’ to special upcom-ing games.

“Having events such as these, we hope that the students will come together even more to form a central base to help cheer on the Lancers,” Mehrotra said.

Tomaro continues Superfan tradition and wears the afro worn by the Superfan founder, Class of 2006 graduate Anchit Mehrotra.

Many students are realizing the ‘Su-perfan phenomenon’ and are choosing to become a part of this display of school spirit.

“Their effect doesn’t just help whatever team is on the field, but it also carries over into the classroom,” Activities Director Steve Berry said.

There might be fans, but there is only one group of Superfans.

“Lafayette has always been a tough place for teams to play and this year it is going to be even worse,” Mehrotra said.

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Losing the prized possession: Seniors

Volleyball regains ground after losing two top playersMelanie Hinzpeter, Co-Sports Editor

Last year, the girls volleyball team was the best it’s ever been. They were ranked 23 in the na-tion. They placed third in state.

And they had two of the best players in the nation.

“ C a s e y (Chernin) was a four year starter so it was really big losing such a permanent fix-

ture. Even though Natalie (Emro) was only here for two years, her impact was so great that I feel like she had been here longer,” Coach Steve Burkard said.

Last May, the team lost 6’1” Chernin and 6’1” Emro to gradu-ation.

Both are now in college playing Division 1 volleyball, with Chernin at St. Louis University and Emro at Michigan State.

The team has begun to rebuild

from the loss, and this year, they will focus a lot on defense since Chernin and Emro are gone.

“It’s gone from us being on of-fensive team to having a main focus on defense,” senior Brooke Boggs said.

Boggs is a four year returning varsity starter, so she will play a huge role on the team this year.

Senior Whitney Seaton is also a four year returning varsity starter. Senior Morgan Geile, and juniors Berkley Idel and Abbey Meier have all been on the varsity team for three years.

“Not many teams in the area can match our experience. Our job this year will be to use that expe-rience to our advantage,” Burkard said.

Despite their loss, the team is having one of their best starts yet.

They beat their rival St. Joe with a sweep of 3-0. Last year, they lost to St. Joe 1-2 in their season opener.

The team is set to play at Borgia on Sept. 15.

Stuffed BlockBlocking a hit, senior Morgan Geile and junior Abbey Meier score a point at a scrimmage against the junior varsity team during practice. Geile and Meier are two key players, each having three years on the varsity squad.

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Boys soccer reconstructs after 14 seniors graduateDaniel Clutter, Staff Reporter

Boys soccer has begun rebuilding its team after losing 14 seniors to graduation.

This calls for many returning varsity players to step up and fill the lineup.

“Of the holes we had to fill in our lineup, the guys we chose will be solid so we can be as tough as we were last year,” Matt Bleazard said.

“We lost 14 seniors and many of them started or were major contributors off the bench,” Coach Tim Walters said, “It will take lon-ger than most seasons to try to fill the void and find the right combi-nation.”

Walters said he has seven re-turning players who will make the transition into this season much smoother and he hopes the team will climb above .500.

However, this year, he will have his main starters from last year.

“I think Boston [Kyle Biernacki]is a pure goal scorer and he can

take the place of Steve McMahon,” Bleazard said.

Coach Walters is not the only one who has high expectations for the team this year.

“My expectations for the team are to beat Marquette and win dis-tricts,” Bleazard said.

Districts should still be a chal-lenge with the new lineup. With CBC no longer in the District, it is up for grabs on who will advance to State rounds.

“CBC not being in our District is a huge sign of relief and gives all the guys more confidence.” Bleazard said.

“Districts are up for grabs,” Walters said, “even with us being fairly new we hope to set ourselves up with a chance.”

Even with the loss of many seniors, the team is off to a good start. The team has only been able to play one game against Notre Dame which they lost.

But they have a hefty schedule coming up including Marquette and Oakville.

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Stats This Season4-0 RecordOffensive LeadersBoggs- 31 KillsIdel- 24 KillsStellern- 21 KillsGeile- 19 KillsDefensive Leaders Seaton- 69 DigsBoggs- 45 Digs

Fall CommitsAnother senior class means new athletes signing to play college sports. Recently Brooke Boggs committed to Creighton Univer-sity (CU) in Omaha, Nebraska and she will sign in November on a volleyball scholarship. “When it came time to make a decision, it really was all about academics. It’s a great school and being able to play volleyball is a great bonus. I also loved the idea of getting to play a lot of girls from St. Louis who go to the Missouri Valley schools in our Conference,” she said. Boggs went to CU over the summer and loved the coaches and got along with the 2009 recruits. “I met the other girls coming in 2009 at camp and we all got along so well,” Boggs said. After going to visit, Boggs learned there would be a brand new facility specifically for volleyball when she gets there. “I was amazed when I found out about the new volleyball facil-ity when I get there,” Boggs said. Helping her make her final decision a bit easier is the fact that her family will be able to be around even at away games. “I have a lot of family that lives right by the Missouri Valley schools, so it will be very easy for them to come watch. Also its only an hour flight away so my par-ents will be able to fly on game day and leave that night,” she said. Boggs is not the only athlete, Nate Goro com-mitted to Wichita State on a baseball scholar-ship. “Wichita State felt re-ally comfortable when I was there and it felt like it was the place for me to go,” Goro said. Along with Boggs and Goro, Emily Brcic committed to Missouri State on a field hockey scholarship. “It was a good offer. I loved the size and it is far enough away from my parents,” Brcic said.

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14The Olympics are over, it’s time to move on

Pitcher returns for another round at State

So the Olympics are over. The medals are awarded, winners returned home and yet we still want to complain.

We brought home the most medals, having 110 total, but we want more. Our gymnastics team received silver medals to the Chinese that they believe should be gold because of age.

We argue that they are too young and should not be allowed to compete, but come on. Can’t we just get over the fact we lost to the Chinese in something? Of course not, we want to be better. We want more gold.

I watched gymnastics every time it was on. The Chinese girls were amazing. They stuck every landing and trick, made everything look so easy and proved to be Olympians.

The Games are supposed to bring the world together, everyone of all ages. Then why put an age limit on a compe-tition that is to show you are the best in the world? Gymnastics is causing way too much drama.

When you are good, you are good and age should not matter. Even if the results

come out and they are too young, China’s gymnasts should keep their medals.

They might be underage but they won. Judges voted fairly and everyone knows they are better.

Honestly, if we can’t get over the fact we lost then it doesn’t make us any better than the Chinese allowing younger girls to participate. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for the US winning medals and being the best they can be.

But that doesn’t mean we should take medals away from anyone that is too young to compete when they were already giving higher scores than everyone else.

What happens if they turn out to be the right age? It makes us look like idiots and desperate for gold. Or if we would have won gold and they got silver, we wouldn’t care. So why care now?

Okay, so Nastia Liukin becomes first in the world at an event instead of second. Would it really make her feel that much better about herself?

She would still know that she was beat by someone younger than her proving she truly isn’t the gold medalist.

That goes the same for the whole team. If the Chinese are too young and US gets the all around team gold, it really wouldn’t be gold because they would know there is a team out there that is better.

But competing in the Olympics is a huge reward in itself. Saying you won a silver medal is a lot more than most of the athletes at the Olympics can say they achieved. Most don’t even make it out of preliminaries, let alone make the finals.

What is next? Are we going to say not only do you have to be a certain age but now you can only represent the country you were born in?

If you think about it, the Olympics be-gan as a way to put aside political and re-ligious differences. Not just those differ-ences but to put aside all the arguing for a couple of weeks.

This event that takes place only once every four years is supposed to build a stronger world. Yet we want to be imma-ture and act like 5-year-olds fighting over a toy just to win another gold.

Anyone who goes to the Olympics is a winner just for making it that far. A gold

medal isn’t going to make a difference weeks after the events are over.

Either way, too young or old enough, the Chinese gymnasts proved they were meant to be victorious.

So we need to get over the fact we might have lost to girls younger than us. To be an Olympian you need to accept de-feat and be thankful for the opportunity of a lifetime.

So if the US gymnastics team wants the gold that bad, I will go and person-ally make them gold medals like the ones given out and present them myself.

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Q: When and how did you know this was the sport for you?A: When I lived in Colorado I would watch my neighbor pitch. After watching I decided I wanted lessons so I got them at the age of 7.

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in softball at LHS.A: Winning State was awe-some, the best feeling was striking them out for my school.Q: What are you looking for-ward to this season?A: The girls, I love the whole team and I can’t wait to kidnap the rookies.Q: Who is your biggest rival?A: Marquette of course and

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Fall sports start off the season on the right foot Fall SportsLine-UpFootball 9/12 @ Fox 9/19 @ Kirkwood 9/ 26 vs. Lindbergh

Boys Soccer 9/22 @ Hazelwood Tourney 10/6 @ Lafayette Tourney 10/13 @ Wentzville

Boys Swimming 9/12 @ Marquette Relays 9/16 @ Ladue 9/18 vs. Parkway South

Boys/Girls Cross Country9/13 @ Stan Nelson Invitational 9/18 @ Parkway Central Invitational9/26 @ Warrior Invitational

Field Hockey9/15 @ Marquette9/17 vs. Rockwood Summit 9/22 @ Ursuline

Girls Golf9/16 @ Parkway West 9/17 vs. Lindbergh 9/18 @ Eureka

Girls Tennis 9/16 @ Parkway Central 9/22 @ Conference Tourney 9/29 @ Marquette

Girls Volleyball 9/13 @ St. Charles West 9/20 @ Kickapoo Tourney

Softball9/15 @ Mehlville 9/16 @ Marquette 9/19 @ CMSU Tourney

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Field hockey season started by winning pool A of the Gateway Classics. In the tournament, they faced Illinois State Champs, New Trier, and Missouri State Champs, Villa Duschene, beating both.

The team beat another private school, Cor Jesu, 2-1 in regular season. In four games they have only allowed three goals and scored 12.

Senior Nina Walters leads the team with 12 points (six goals) fol-lowed by junior Hillary Lawless with five points (two goals, one assist).

The next games are on Sept. 15 at Marquette and Sept. 16 at home against University City.

Field HockeyThe girls volleyball team started with a win against St. Joe’s, and then going on to beat Seckman and Eureka.

Even though the powerhouses Casey Chernin and Natalie Emro graduated, the team isn’t wasting any time covering new ground.

Already this season, senior Brooke Boggs has 105 attacks and 31 kills in just 3 games. Junior Torrie Stellern is following close behind, with 69 attacks and 21 kills.

Senior Whitney Seaton is once again covering the defensive side of the team as the libero, with 59 digs.The team plays Borgia on Sept. 15.

VolleyballThis season, the cross country team is off to a good start. Their first meet was the First Capitol Invitational on Sept. 5, at McNair Park.

In the girls meet, junior Eliza-beth Worley placed second and senior Brooke Thibodaux placed sixth. Freshman Hannah Thurauf placed 12th. The girls took second placed, losing to Washington by one point.

On the boy’s end, senior Ste-ven Stallis placed 18th and senior Shawn Brands placed 33rd. The team placed second overall, only losing to SLUH. The team’s next meet is the Stan Nelson Invita-tional on Sept. 13.

Having lost only three seniors and a few underclassmen, the team comes back with 35 swimmers.

Of those, a good number of them are sophomores and fresh-men, and the gain of 10 seniors to lead the team this season.

This year’s relay team is lead by seniors Spencer Wells, Matt Welsh and Andrew Wiles.

Head Coach Todd Gabel antic-ipates a good season and hopes to add another Suburban West Con-ference title for the Lancers.

The Lancers will face off against Conference rivals in their upcoming meet on Sept.23 against Marquette and Sept. 25 against Parkway South.

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So far, the softball team has gone 9-1, since their first win on Aug. 26, only losing to Hickman.

“We are working really hard as a team to have a sweet repeat. Af-ter winning state last year we have a huge target on our backs and all the teams want to beat us. So it will be hard but we think we can do it,” junior Megan Otis said.

Returning star pitcher, senior Meghan Lamberth, will be a major asset in the outcome of this year’s season.

The next game will be Sept. 15 at Mehlville and Sept. 16 against Marquette.

The Lancer football squad opened up the season with a loss to cross town rival Eureka, 7-12. They fol-lowed up their tough loss with a win against Northwest the next week 41-13.

Senior wide receivers Jordan Levy and Ian Moore have over 180 yards combined in only two games, and junior Kyle Green has 160 yards total offense.

Senior Robert Easterby and sophomore Jimmy DeStefano have 11 tackles followed by se-niors Danny Crowe and Zach Gross and junior Alex Caito, who have 10 tackles.

The team plays Sept. 12 at Fox High School.

The boys soccer team started off the season with a loss to Cape Notre Dame. However, because of poor weather they were not able to play their second game against Pacific.

Their next games will take place at home against Marquette on Sept. 16, McCluer North on Sept. 18, and Oakville on Sept. 30.

This year, the Lancers will not face District rival, CBC during the regular season due to a change in District schedules.

“CBC no longer being in our District is a huge sign of relief and gives all the guys more confi-dence going into Districts,” Matt Bleazard said.

The Lady Lancer golf team is re-turning their number one and two from last year in juniors Sarah Whitman and Lindsey Carper.

Both capped off a stellar sea-son placing in the State Tourna-ment.

The team started their quest of dominance against rival Mar-quette, winning by nearly fifteen strokes at Forest Hills Country Club.

Coach Gaylen Laster, in his last season of coaching, antici-pates a strong, talented team with many returning players. The Lady Lancers play in their first 18 hole tournament Sept 12, in the Troy Tournament.

Girls Tennis started off their sea-son very well with victory over conference rival, Lindbergh.

Their next three matches were all wins against Ladue, Oakville, and Eureka along with two more shutout victories.

Their next match will take place at Kirkwood Park against Kirkwood.

This match will take place on Monday Sept. 15.

That match is followed up by an away match against Mehlville and a home match against Web-ster Grove.

The team will be playing to keep their undefeated record so far this season.

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Annie Gunn’sManager’s say“Students should have a good meal here; it’s what you make it. We have an energetic staff and great food. I don’t see why you wouldn’t have a great time at Annie Gunn’s.” -Dan O’Conner, ManagerStudent’s say“The servers are really nice. The service is fast and the food is phenomenal. Anything you order at Annie Gunn’s will be good. I suggest eating out on the patio if it’s open because it’s nice and quiet. The meal is ex-pensive, but it’s very nice for couples.” -Erin Carter, senior

Basic informationThe menu consists of appetizers, salads and soup, dinner entrees, steaks & chops, sandwiches and hamburgers. Annie Gunn’s takes reservations. The address is 16086 Chesterfield Airport Rd. and they are open from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. They are located past the valley, next to the Smokehouse Market.

Yia Yia’s Euro BistroManager’s say“Our restaurant is a long standing favorite with students from Lafayette. We host many big tables for dances. We offer quick ser-vice because kids want to eat and get to the dance. You can eat a light meal or a heavy one, and our setting accommodates both in-timate couples and big groups.” -Jay Olson, ManagerStudent’s say“I really like the desserts at Yia Yia’s. The food used to taste nasty, but it’s pretty de-licious now that they re-did their menu. My

family goes there about once a year. The por-tions are a bit small, but the food is still enjoyable.”-Brad Solomon, senior

Basic informationThe menu offers appetizers, greens, bistro specials, wood fired pizza, pasta and chocolate soufflé at 15601 Olive Blvd. You can call in to make a reservation.

To prepare for Homecoming, the Image picked local elegant restaurants that are sure to impress.

Dinnerware Labelings Cheat Sheet

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Proper etiquetteHere’s how to impress your date:

-Treat reservations like appointments, be on time or call.

-Unfold napkin once seated and don’t use it to clean the cutlery or wipe one’s nose.

-Wait until entire party is served before eating.

-Start with using silver-ware farthest from the plate.

-Food is passed left to right.

-When asking for any-thing, finish with please and thank you after being served.

-Never intercept a pass, such as stealing a roll.

-Spreads and butter should be transferred to the plate.

-Never blow on the food to cool it off.

-Elbows should stay off the table with the left hand in the lap.

-Eat slowly, with small bites.

-Switch phones to vibrate. If a phone call must be answered step outside or to the bathroom.

-Go to restroom to use a toothpick or apply makeup, don’t do it at the table.

-Men should stand when any woman leaves the table or returns to sit.

-Tips for the waiter should be 15 to 20 percent of the bill, or 25 percent for fabulous service.

-Tip car attendants $1 to $2.

from www.whatscookingamerica.net/menu/diningetiquetteguide.htm

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Oishi Sushi & SteakhouseManager’s say“We offer two dinner options: a steakhouse and sushi bar. On the sushi side, people make their selection from the bar. At the steakhouse you can order what you want; there’s chicken, steak and seafood. You can also get a combo of the options. We cook in front of you, which is very entertaining. We make a big fire; it’s a great time.” -Joe Sakchai, ManagerStudent’s say“My meal at Oishi was really cool. There were flames and stuff shooting out of the onions while they cook in front of you. It gets kind of messy though, so girls should be careful not to ruin their dresses. The food is really good, it’s worth the price.” -Sam Baker, freshman

Basic informationOishi is a Japanese word that means “delicious.” The menu divisions are Oishi specialities, ocean delight, Oishi entrees, little ninja and combinations of the en-trees. There is a separate menu for the Sushi portion of the restaurant. For dinner they are open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The address is 100 Chesterfield Valley Dr., located behind the Galaxy Theatre.