Two MHS students have been sentenced in the Nov. 18 break-in that resulted in an estimated $8,000 in dam-age.

Both of the students in-volved in the break-in, Ryley Crile, 16, and Anthony Beck-er, 15, have been convicted and sentenced.

The school is recovering

from the damages, mostly everything that needed to be replaced has been.

According to the News Register, Crile, a junior at MHS, was sentenced to 27 days in juvenile detention and was released early. Crile is also serving five-years probation and 40 hours of community service.

Becker was also released from juvenile detention and charged with first degree theft. Crile and Becker must pay $7,800 together in fines.

“That is not fair at all. That doesn’t teach them a lesson,” said sophomore Hailey Gooch. “It only star-tled them and gave them a taste of punishment.”

MHS is taking the nec-essary precautions to make sure the school and the property inside is safe.

“The cameras are off a little bit; we have to insure the camera system is run-ning proficiently, also the motion detector lighting needs to be running well,” said MHS principal Kris Ol-

sen.When the students

broke into MHS, they left a lot of questions circling the school campus.

“I’m just very disap-pointed that they would choose to damage things that belong to their friends.

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Arts & Entertainment: The OscarsFind out which awards are up for grabs, who’s nomi-nated, and who the Bruin predicts will win

Opinions: WebsenseDo we really need everything restricted when trying to research at school?

News: New water park takes flight“Wings and Waves” makes progress and is expected to open in the near future

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The McMinnville based company Savage Apps began when its creators were just hanging out, playing cards and of course talking about new cool stuff to do with their broken iPhones.

Savage Apps is run by John Marr, Mark Armstrong, and John Kent, and was started by Marr and Armstrong. Kent was later recruited for his professional pro-gramming skills.

“[The compa-ny] is the perfect marriage of logic and creativity,” said Marr.

Marr began creating games as a child with his first computer, an Atari 600. He would create flight simulators where players land on the aircraft carrier and stuff like that.

“It’s just fun to create stuff,” said Armstrong. “Start-ing with nothing, and then having an idea and seeing it come to life.”

Armstrong is the only full time worker in Savage Apps. He is now re-sponsible for most of the programming and public relations. Marr’s role is creat-ing most of the graphics. Kent is the most involved in the company’s research and development.

“When we started it was just kind of a free for all,” said Armstrong. “Get togeth-er and have fun and see if we could make something. Now it’s segmenting pretty nicely into roles.”

The company is currently focused on creating music apps. Their most success-ful app “I Am Beatbox” hit the number

Local company creates new iPhone appsThree local citizens come together to make acompany that creates apps for iPhones

by JOSH STROMME

Please see APP, Page A3

Vandals sentenced to juvenile detentionThe culprits of the

break-in on Nov. 18are convicted and

sentenced to time in juvenile detention

by GIOVANNI GALVEZ

Changes come with the New Year, and one that is really mak-ing its way is gas prices. Within the last month gas prices have been flying through the roof, increasing from $2.90 to about $3.20 a gallon, just for regular. Many people are shocked and worried about how fast prices are rapidly increasing.

“Gas prices have gone up

twenty cents within the last month, and it’s supposed to be around four dollars a gallon by summer time,” said senior Seth Case, an employee at the shell gas station. “The prices go up four cents a week.”

Many people expect gas prices to increase in the sum-mer, but this year it’s starting early.

“I didn’t expect gas prices to go up,” said James Duckworth, a student teacher here at McMin-nville High School. “But then again I did. With the war we got a lot of oil, so with the extra oil why do we need prices to go up?”

As the prices go up, more people become cautious as to where they get their gas and how much they end up spending.

“It’s complicated where to go and get gas,” said Duckworth. “I don’t know exactly where the oil is coming from, and I like to buy oil from the states rather than other countries. I like the idea of gas prices increasing because it means getting more jobs and that stimulates the economy. Plus if it goes to lower level em-ployees, it’s more likely to be spent in state.”

Driving isn’t just something

Gas prices rise steadily at gas stationsGas stations in town showing drastic rise in prices weekly

by HAYLEY CAPENER

Please see GAS, Page A3

Senior Seth Case pumps gas at the Shell gas station onLafayette Ave. Local gas prices rise to $3.20 a gallon.

Please see BREAK-IN, Page A2

HAYLEY CAPENER / The Bruin

B1 Chris Haddeland andWill Waterbury rock climb

Sports: Boys SwimmingBoys swimming remains undefeated in the Pac-8

News Insert: Astro EventStudents at MHS and Easa get the chance to person-ally speak to astronaunts in space

Teacher rally

C1 Students converse withspace starion astronauts

OLIVIA NILAND / The BruinEnglish teacher Don Witten attends the union protest on Jan. 31 at the District Office building. The school district and MEA continue talks to ratify the contract which expired on Jun. 30, 2010.

As the McMinnville School District approaches the one year mark in its contract negoti-ations, the District and licensed teaching staff still face sizeable challenges in the process of finalizing another three-year contract.

Despite numerous bargain-ing meetings since last March, and four mediation sessions since September, proposals put forth by the District and the Mc-Minnville Education Associa-tion (MEA) still differ more than either party would like.

During the most recent mediation session on Jan. 31, the District presented the MEA with a new salary proposal

which outlined salary and ben-efit information for teachers through 2012, or two years from the expiration of the previous contract in 2010. The District had prior to this proposed three year contracts, while the MEA has consistently bargained for a two year agreement.

“We’ve presented the MEA with three different financial offers to pick from,” said Mc-Minnville School District Su-perintendent MaryAlice Rus-sell. “Each proposes keeping the same contract language from the previous contract, except for the tentative agreements (TA’s) already agree upon during bar-gaining.”

Should the MEA agree to any of the three District proposals, cost of living (COLA) would in-

crease anywhere from 0-2% and insurance coverage would in-crease from 3-7% for the teach-ers over the course of this year and the next.

Due to the fact that the Dis-trict and the MEA have already bargained for nearly a year, the two parties would meet at this time again in 2012 to bargain over benefits and salary for the third year of the contract, if the most recent District proposater 2013.

While this contract pro-posal was presented inside the District offices, about 100 com-munity members and teach-ers from districts around the state took to the streets to sup-port the MEA. The McMinnville

by OLIVIA NILAND

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“I Am Beat Box” and “I Am Rock” are two iPhone apps created by Savage App. Co.

The new Chemeketa Com-munity College campus is be-ing constructed on the High-way 18 bypass. It is set to be done sometime in the sum-mer, starting classes this com-ing fall term.

“We are expecting to be operating for the summer/fall term,” said Dean John Plett.

The old Chemeketa cam-pus will not be holding classes. Instead, all courses will be held at the Highway 18 campus.

The new campus will have 16 classrooms, including com-puter labs, as well as a chemis-try/biology lab. It will contain twice the seats as the present campus.

As of now, 1,600 students attend per term, at the new campus 3,000 will be able to attend per term. This includes students who are taking one or two courses.

The new campus will also

offer easy access to health care facilities, making the medical program an improved suc-cess.

The campus will be able to offer a larger schedule, both in the variety as well as the depth of classes.

“For the first time we will have live sciences,” said Plett. “Our classrooms will be larger, with average access to thirty one seats, compared to twenty one now.”

The new campus will offer three new elements that the one now does not. The book-store will contain all the need-ed course books, and there will also be a brand new state of the art cafeteria. The library will be a big plus to the new campus.

“As of now, our bookstore is a closet,” said Plett. “Our cafeteria is three vending ma-chines.”

This summer will be the last term on the old campus.

There will be no changes in requirement for admission. Students are expected to be delighted by the new opportu-nities of the new campus.

“If the new campus pro-vides the classes I am taking, then I will attend,” said sopho-more Daniel Saltvick.

As of now the campus is smaller and classrooms are tight. Some students enjoy the short walks between classes.

“The setup is easy to un-derstand,” said Saltvick. “Ev-erything is close together.”

Plett said the main impor-tant difference was not only the increase in size, but the support for housing, full book stores, and full food courts. The main goal of the new facil-ity will be the happiness of the community.

“It will be something the community will be happy with,” said Plett.

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DeceMBer-JanuarY

Officer Doug Cummins

Service learning through volunteer work can earn stu-dents up to 0.5 elec-tive credits towards a GPA. Students need to rack up a total of 65 hours of community service and write a one and a half to two page summary paper.

There are two credits available for doing this, and stu-dents can gain hours from multiple sites.

In order to receive the community ser-vice hours, students need to do is go into the Career Office and ask for a volunteer sheet. Students need to record the hours that were volunteered and the location. The

next step is getting the adviser to sign off on the sheet and give some contact infor-mation.

“I participated in service learning to make my tran-s c r i p t look bet-ter,” said s e n i o r Jack Bell-ville.

“Your h o u r s can start to gather the sum-mer before your fresh-men year,” said Koch, who is the structured work experience as-sistant.

“Doing the work will make a student feel well, and it looks good on applications for jobs and for col-lege.”

There is no time limit for how long it takes to get the 65 hours.

If students are in clubs that do com-munity service, then the hours could come pretty quickly if they do work on the club

projects.“Club work,

like emptying out the recycle bins for envi-ronmental club

is an easy way to get volunteer hours,” said

Koch.“I would suggest

doing service learn-ing to others since you can get credit for you work and it looks great,” said Bellville.

“I would tell some-one to do this because it is a good way to get 0.5 credits while get-ting volunteer hours,” said senior Jordan Gonzalez.

Any type of work that is not for a stu-dent’s family and for the better of the com-munity, non-profit, will work to get hours.

There are plenty of opportunities to do community service, and the career center has a list of sugges-tions for sign up.

by KYLE CLINTON

Volunteer work helps students earn credits outside of schoolBy doing service projects outside of school, students are receiving elective credits for more community-based activities

BellvilleVolunteered to improve credibility on his transcript

Students at EASA prepare for the robot competition scheduled for Feb. 12.

The robots that have been built battled at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

Tetrix kits were used to build the robots and battled other teams across the state.

Art EASA forms a robot team to battlethe creations in a competition

JACK ANDERSON/ The Bruin

Chemeketa advances with the ad-dition of the new campusLocal community college’s newest building construction comes to an end and is expected to open for the summer term

A crane at the new site allows construction workers to easier work on the new building. The new addition will allow 3,000 students to attend Chemeketa.

HAYLEY CAPENER / The Bruin

by RYAN CORNELISON

For years now, there has been a distinct smell in first hall’s Room 15, Larry Saunder’s room.

Students mention and complain about the odor that has been noticeable for years.

“Of course you smell it right when you walk in,” said senior Tyler Kadell. “It’s hard not to.”

The smell, however, isn’t as consistent or dis-tinctive as a jug of sour milk. It seems to vary de-pending on the weather, the people in it, and how the room is kept.

“I’ve had many stu-dents comment on dif-ferent things they think it smells like,” said Saun-ders. “They even started making a list on the white board.”

Some of the things included on this board would be very unpleasant in any environment, like vomit, body odor, a pet store and human waste.

“If you add up all of the days and take the av-erage smell on a regular basis, I’d say it evens out to some type of musk or BO,” said Kadell. “Basi-cally just a really bad-smelling Florida.”

“I don’t know how to explain it, there’s a vari-ety of things,” said junior Alexis Godwin. “Some-times it smells like moldy fruit, or just mold in gen-eral. Other times it’s BO or just people who don’t shower.”

The cause, however, is not known. There’s been suspicion of some sort of mold growing over the course of 30 years, de-spite the lack of visible water damage anywhere in the room.

“When I taught in Room 16, there was al-ways a smell there but I

don’t think it’s the same kind of smell that the oth-er teachers in the hall are noticing,” said assistant principal and athletic di-rector Sean Burke. “They checked for mold at one point and said there was some present, but then they got someone to come in from outside of the school and said there wasn’t anything there.”

“Awhile ago they told me that it was because

of a couple of old chairs in the room, so I took those out,” said Saun-ders. “That didn’t make it any better. Then they told me it was because of a big stack of old magazines I had stored in a part of the room, so I took those out. That didn’t help either.”

It seems as though the people coming in and checking on the ongo-ing odor aren’t coming up with the answer that everyone wants to hear: that there’s a way to get rid of the smell. Another teacher, like social sci-ence teacher Joe Crafton in Room 13, noticed the same smell in his room awhile back and doesn’t take it lightly.

“I think it has some-thing to do with the in-sulation between the roof

and the tiles inside the classroom,” said Crafton. “When I came here in 1994 they replaced the roof but didn’t replace any of the tiles, which may or may not be part of the problem.”

“Every morning, he opens the windows and turns on the fan right when he gets in,” said Saunders, “no matter how the weather is out-side.”

The fact that the smell is so noticeable every day makes some wonder if it’s dangerous to be breath-ing it in on, for some, an regular basis.

“I don’t know if there’s any correlation, but I have to blow my nose very often when I’m in room 15 compared to when I’m in my other room,” said Saunders. “It seems like students may have to do the same sometimes.”

“I’ve had assurances that it’s not harmful at all since it’s not mold,” said Burke. “But I don’t know if they tested for anything harmful, just mold.”

“One time we even heard water dripping in one of the walls,” said Saunders. “They opened it up and couldn’t find anything, but there were a couple of us that heard it, so there must have been something going on in there.”

There’s clearly a cou-ple of theories as to what is the cause of this awful odor, but not all of them seem to be consistent. Some say moldy fruit, rot-ting food, or a pet store.

“Maybe teachers and students worried about the smell should start looking at the people who inhabit the rooms every-day: Crafton, Saunders, and Bunker,” said Burke. “They’re all old.”

Moldy odor floats through old part of the buildingStudents and teachers are starting to get both fed up and worried about the foul smell circulating first hall

by DIANE SELVY

KadellNoticed stenchevery day in class

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I know the Action Corner kids worked really hard making the Café; it’s just dis-appointing,” said Olsen.

“I would just like to ask them if there was any particular reason my window was targeted, if it was just a random act of vandalism or if there was a personal connection,” said Dean of Students Steve Cooper.

“I think the worst thing is that it consumed unnecessary time, took jani-tors from other schools, and instead of serving a elementary school students,

they are here sweeping broken glass,” said Olsen.

In the end, the break-in gave MHS a chance to band together and become stronger. It also gave the opportunity for Mac High’s pride to shine through.

“There are a lot of kids and adults that take pride in this place; I was im-pressed at how staff members and kids worked together. Kids came to us and helped us, it showed all the pride in our school,” said Cooper.

teaching union and its supporters have rallied, with flashing fluorescent signs and candles, outside each of the past four me-diation sessions. The crowd gathered at the District building on Jan. 31 was the larg-est yet, and included teachers from the Newberg, Sherwood, Tigard-Tualatin, and

Dallas school dis-tricts.

“I think that this size of crowd shows the District that the community cares,” said Leslie Johnston, the Bargaining Ac-tion Chair for the MEA. “Negotiations are slow, but the MEA has presented some unique ideas. We’re hoping that the school board sees that employees come out here, and that they’ll be willing to bargain.”

In addition to pre-senting three contract options, the District also called for coop-eration from the MEA on the TIF (Teacher Incentive Fund)

grant, and proposed that both parties sign a memorandum of understanding. The memorandum refers to a $6.7 mil-lion grant awarded to the District by the US Department of Education (USDOE) in order to create performance-based incentive programs for teaching staff in high-need schools. McMinnville School District teachers who participate in the grant would be eli-gible for bonuses of up to $2,500 annually, regardless of duration of employment. Par-ticipation is optional and non-competi-tive, and the funding provided by the grant is designed to last through 2015. The District was recently granted its request to extend planning for the grant through May, with final deci-sions to be presented in the fall, however, the $6.7 grant will be returned to the US-DOE should the Dis-trict and the MEA fail to reach a consensus by this fall.

The loss of the multi-million dol-lar TIF grant would negatively impact the District, particularly at this point in time, as the projected bud-get deficit over the course of the next five years is $2.5 to $3.5 billion. This astound-ing shortfall is also the reason why the

District has made little effort to close the $1.1 million gap between the two contract pro-posals.

“In a time of less revenue, funding ei-ther proposal will be difficult,” said Russell.

Still, many MEA members stress that the $3.3 million price tag of their contract proposal is necessary to cover the higher cost of living, and that issues such as hours on the job, healthcare, and furlough (unpaid) workdays are also im-portant enough to continue bargaining for.

“Negotiating has been a long process,” said MHS teacher

people have to do, it is a neces-sity to many, and it can become hard when prices of gas start to increase at a fast rate. Many peo-ple have jobs, kids, and errands that they need transportation in order to do, but there are other ways to get around besides a car.

“The gas increase hasn’t re-ally changed how much I drive because there are places I want to go and places I need to be,” said M c M i n n v i l l e High School teacher Laura Vickers. “Plus everything in this world costs money so you just have to deal with it. Usually though me and my boyfriend try to car pool as much as we can so it makes it a

little easier.” Many aren’t happy about the

rise in prices, but it happens ev-ery year.

“Many people complain when they come through the station,” said Case. “People have places to be, though so there isn’t really anything we can do about it.”

There are always alterna-tives to help save gas and money, such as carpooling, riding a bike, walking, etc. that people can choose instead. There will al-ways be the dis-

cussion “Why are gas prices so high?”, until the government can handle it correctly, this dis-cussion will never change.

one ranking in 33 countries. “Beatbox Ultra” is a paid expanded version of the app. Though it has had less downloads, it has generated around the same amount of profit.

“It’s really cool to see when people like your stuff,” said Armstrong. “It’s like, man I worked hard on that and now people are ac-tually receiving it well.”

A new app, “I Am

Drums”, has reached num-ber one in Austria as well as number three in Germany, and it is the Savage Apps Company’s first paid app to reach number one.

“By far the best app is “I Am Drums”,” said Arm-strong.

Most of the Savage Apps Company’s creations con-sist of a backdrop and mul-tiple icons such as drums, voice, synthesizers, and many others that can be moved around the screen to create different combi-

nations of sounds. “I Am Drums” is set up as a touch screen drum kit with dif-ferent kit styles; the new-est edition to the app is a loop creator which allows the user to create his or her own drum loops.

“I like getting better at it, trying out new stuff out, and making recordings,” said Elijah Thomas, who a customer of Savage Apps. “The possibilities are end-less.”

Savage Apps has already had nearly two million

downloads of their apps.“I can sit in my little

office in McMinnville, or mostly on my sofa in my liv-ing room and create things that three weeks from then will be played in Germany and the UK and all over the world,” said Marr.

Millions of people are already enjoying Savage Apps, and to see the apps in action go to youtube.com/savageapps. To download Savage Apps Company’s creations, go to savageapps.

Imagine this: four brightly colored slides that send thrill seekers splashing down into the pools of the Wings and Waves Water Park in McMinnville. Not only is there a 747 jumbo jet on top of the building, but riders get to curve down into the water from it.

It also comes along with other fun and e d u c a -tional at-tractions i n s i d e . W i n g s a n d W a v e s W a t e r Park is set to open this summer.

“I am super ex-c i t e d , ” said se-nior Ian R o b -ins. “It’s about time McMinnville has something exciting like this.”

Students at MHS are excited for the opening of the park. Ju-nior Miguel Angeles said he’s looking forward to going on one of the big slides that connect to the plane.

It’s set to open this June, which is the 10 year anniversary of Evergreen Aviation Museum. There will be four water slides coming out of the belly of the plane, three of which people will

be able to slide down in tubes. The fourth one is a body slide (slide without a tube). The park has a wave pool, water basketball, arcade, kids’ area and interactive exhibits. It holds about 91,000 gallons of water. This water park will be the only non-profit water park in the United States.

“It’s definitely on sched-ule,” said Evergreen Director of Public Relations Kasey Richter.

“The water testing will begin in March or April.”

T h e next Ev-e r g r e e n project is the Lodge which will begin con-s t r u c t i o n within a couple of months.

S t u -dents be-lieve the

Wings and Waves water park will be a success.

“I think it will be a huge success especially since it’s in-doors,” said sophomore Martin Rubio.

“If the museum was a success then the water park will definite-ly be one too,” said senior Daniel Nice.

“It might not be as success-ful with kids from McMinnville,” said senior Myles Horton. “But others that want to see Ever-green.”

HAYLEY CAPENER / The Bruin

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Evergreen’s ‘Wings and Waves’ flies through constructionNew water park in town makes progressand expects to be done by summertime

by KAREN ANAYA

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APP:Savage Apps creators make money from the comfort of their homes

What’sgoing on . . .

MHS calendar for feB. 14- MarcH 10

26 Vocal Solo ContestChoir students get together in ensembles, or sing alone in a vocal competition.

18 Spring Sports Forms DueInterested in playing a spring sport? Make sure the physical exam form and money are turned in before practice.

25- 26 Honk!

See our very own drama club participate in the showing of the play, HONK, in the MHS auditorium, 7 p.m.

10 Spring Choir ConcertCome see fellow students belt their hearts out at the spring choir concert at MHS, 7:30 p.m.

1 Pathway CutoffSeniors! If you’ve earned a C- or better with at least 2.5 credits in one subject and want the Pathway Endorsement on your diploma, make sure to apply for it by March 1.

21 No SchoolIt’s President’s Day! Celebrate with a cake shaped like Mount Rushmore.

GAS:Prices increase asavailability decreases

recent gas Prices in oregon

Today 3.207 Yesterday 3.203 One Week Ago 3.199 One Month Ago 3.124 One Year Ago 2.736

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4-5 Honk!See our very own drama club participate in the second showing of the play, HONK, in the MHS auditorium. 7 p.m. both days, and an ad-ditional showing at 2 p.m. on the March 4.

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Teachers and civilians stand on the side of Highway 99 in order to settle negotiations. The contract expired on June 30, 2011.

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RALLY:Both parties seek a resolution

Things seniors need to get done this winter before they can graduate

Senior “To Do” List

Submit OASC eApp for Early Bird priority re-view.

Submit FAFSA online or on paper (online is faster and easier). Three days to three weeks later students will receive SAR (Student Aid Report). Use this to make any last minute cor-rections and re-submit to the FAFSA proces-sor.

Complete any last scholarship applications and visit all colleges possible

Register for the SAT. The next testing date is March 12, at McMinnville High School. It’s too late to sign up on time, but late registration is just as good, with a late fee of $24. Late regis-tration ends on Feb. 25.

Register for the ACT. The next testing date is April 9 at McMinnville High School. Registra-tion deadline (without a $21 late fee) is March

4, otherwise it’s March 18. Both the ACT and SAT are good to have but not required.

On Feb. 23, students grades 10-12 may at-tend the ASVAB (Armed Services Aptitude Battery) meeting assessment in the library at MHS, 8:30-11:30. This is designed to identify strenghts, talents and work-related interests.

Sheila Lenker. “A lot of peo-ple don’t understand how much work goes into it. This isn’t just about money.”

Lenker taught in the District during McMin-nville teachers’ first and only strike to date, in 1990. “We definitely don’t want to strike again. It’s not a good atmosphere during a strike, there’s just too much ten-sion. My job as a teacher is just to show support for the cause. I can’t expect anyone else to do that for me.”

“Most negotiation processes go much more smoothly than this,” said Daryl Hemenway, a UniServ Consultant for the OEA. “But I’m just out here to support Mac teachers.”

Despite the similar con-tract situations of other dis-tricts in the region, many within the McMinnville

School District share the consensus that contract ne-gotiations have been unusu-ally prolonged.

“When we last bargained [in 2007], we didn’t settle a contract until February [2008],” said Russell.

One of the District’s fi-nal stipulations in its recent contract proposal is that both sides drop their Unfair Labor Practices. The MEA filed a complaint against the District in November for vi-olations against bargaining laws, to which the District responded with a counter-suit.

The District expects this and other issues to be addressed at the next me-diation session on March 2, however, there is little indi-cation that an end is in sight for the contract negotiation process.

negotiationinformation

-next Meeting:

Face-to-face meeting without mediator Feb. 16-17

-Mediation Meeting:

March 2

-issues yet to settle:

TIFF Grant

Unfair Labor Practice

$1.1 million separating District and Union

Teacher preparation time

Furlough days (Unpaid days)

Salary and health insur-ace coverage

The current contract expired June 30, 2010

Evergreen Aviation begins to wrap up the construction on the new water park off of highway 99. The tubes for the slides come in pieces that they put together at the end of the process.

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Your teacher has just assigned the class a research essay, and reserved the mobile lab for you to use the entire class period. In most cases, and probably most

h i g h schools, t h i s m a k e s e v e r y -t h i n g e a s i e r so you

don’t have to do much work on it at home. For MHS, this isn’t ex-actly the case. We have this thing called Websense that blocks vir-tually any website that you at-tempt to look at, even if it doesn’t seem the least bit dangerous or inappropriate.

I know I have had my fair share of frustration trying to get information off of the school computers, because of the mere fact that the people operating

the system are afraid to let us read basically anything other than the News Regis-ter and the MSD website. I realize that there are sites

that some students may not be mature enough to stay off of, and may be extremely or mildly in-appropriate, but it doesn’t seem necessary to block anything containing the genre “Entertain-ment” or “Social” in it. If we’re given resources, we should be able to use them to their fullest.

As far as games go, the block-ing of the sites providing these games isn’t solving the problem. Many of the games that students play are found on multiple sites that aren’t blocked because of their “educational benefits.” I don’t see any knowledge be-ing gained by games like Bloons

Tower Defense, Red Beard, or even Parking Mania on sites like coolmath.com. It just seems con-tradictory to me to block certain sites that provide these games when we have a school site that has them for you to play as well.

So what’s next? If the school doesn’t want us to read anything other than what’s happening in the small town of McMinnville, will they block The Bruin site, too? Our reporters write about things that are not only impor-tant to our school, but what’s also important to our students. Sometimes these things are quite controversial and spark some

argumentation, but isn’t that helping us in the long run? It’s healthy for people, and especial-ly students with brains that aren’t fully developed yet, to be able to talk and read about these issues with at least some freedom. If we’re not able to do it at school, what’s going to motivate half of our school’s population to do it at home? What if they don’t have an internet connection? The way I see it, there’s always going to be someone unhappy about the way things are going, but if it’s causing problems like not being able to complete an assignment, something needs to change.

Why websense in a country that supports no censorship?

Is there a point to censoring our at school internet experience?

Diane SelvyNews Editor

Erica Bowman / The Bruin

Follow south down Ev-ans Street, and take a right on 12th Street. Pass Mu-chas Gracias, and turn left on Adams Street. Your first right takes you to the best

of the best when it comes to fast food, Dairy Queen. With an enormous selec-tion of frozen treats such as blizzards and cones, you would expect a place such as Dairy Queen to focus on this group of foods, but hid-den somewhere inside their book of recipes hides the queen of foods. I’m talking,

of course, about the Four Piece Chicken Strip Basket.

With four 100 percent white meat whole tenderloin chicken strips, crispy fries that are amazing drenched in ketchup, and two slices of Texas Toast melts in your mouth, it’s almost impossi-ble to resist. To make it even better, add a medium drink for only $1.50 more. What makes McMinnville’s Dairy Queen unique is the price. A four piece basket is $3.99,

compared to the average Dairy Queen four piece basket of $4.99. One dollar might not sound like much, but when

you get the chicken strip basket at least three times a week, like me, those dol-lars add up. At the end of the week you will have paid for three baskets, rather than four.

Maybe you don’t have the stomach to consume a full four piece chicken strip basket with the toast and

fries, or just don’t have the time with McMinnville High School’s short lunch time allotted. There is a simple solution. The famous term “Split” can help you out. Bring a friend, pitch in $2, and devour two chicken strips, a piece of toast, and a good amount of delish fries. If you’re low on cash, hook yourself up with a water cup, for free.

If you’re the kind of per-son hat is watching your calorie intake, the Chicken Strip Basket might not be for you. Dairy Queen reports that their four piece basket with gravy has 1360 calories, 567 of those calories coming from fat. But if this doesn’t scare you, and you enjoy the greater things in life, then the basket is for you.

For me, going to Dairy Queen daily never gets old. When the cashiers know your order, the sauce you prefer, the fact you order to go but eat in, and your name, then you can step up to my level.

Dairy Queen satisfies her MHS subjects once again

Four piece chicken baskets rally kids behind the crown

Wyatt WaterburyBruin Reporter

Winter sports this year have been excellent and all around have shown a great improvement from previous years. The Bruin editorial board would like to congratulate both the coaches and players on their hard work and effort that has given the students at McMinnville highschool a very exciting Winter sports season thus far, and leaves us with a lot to look forward to in the future.

Senior Schedules. As a senior, nothing makes school more enjoyable than having as little of it as possible. As students reach their senior year it becomes the norm to have a few open periods to “work” or just lounge around and be lazy. Yes, this means that we have to compete for two hour park-ing spaces at odd times of the day, but all that is worth it to sleep in, and leave early.

Weird Haircuts. Though we think that’s enough explanation, I guess we’ll go a bit more in depth for those that haven’t been paying attenion to your classmates in the halls. It seems as though since the pilot of Portlandia debuted, people at MHS have decided to embrace the “Keep Portland Weird” slogan by chopping off their hair. Newsflash, we’re appoximately 38 miles away, and are not trapped in a 90’s throwback culture.

Though The Bruin editorial board did not make an appearance at MORP, we have heard from our reliable sources that DJ Bojangles and DJ Brown Bear held it down with style. That said, certain groups found it frustrating that not all genres of music were offered, and that Mac Dre’s funky dance beats were not blasting out of the speakers at least a couple times during the dance. Coming off a strong diversity week, this seems ironic.

First lunch for finals. We on the board found it hys-terical to have our final’s schedule called “half- days” when we ultimately, had to be at school until two o clock pm. That’s longer than many kids with open 7th or 8th periods stay at school each day. Maybe it would be smart for the administration to quit changing how things in our school work seeing that they’re not ap-preciated. So far this year the schedule changes and now the finals schedules have been terrible changes for students. What’s next?

New to the technology world, e- readers are new to scene. It’s hard to see the point of having books electroni-cally stored for you. It’s like an I Pod for books. The expectation

of buying something like that is, ultimately, the money you spend buying it will even-tually pay for itself by the money you save. Unfortunately for the people who have pur-chased items like the Nook and the Amazon Kindle, prices seem a little too steep for something that is almost free to publish.

The careless art of reading in the grass or hanging close to water is gone with E read-ers; it’s just one more thing to look after, and if it is destroyed you are not just losing ten or twenty dollars, you are losing around two hundred plus every five to ten dollar book you have in that device. You can’t throw

an e-reader in your pack when you’re in a hurry, you have to stop and carefully put it in a safe place where it won’t get smashed. It’s really more of a burden having to keep E readers away from anything hazardous.

The smell and feel of books is by far their knock our punch against E readers, it is an experience that is above and beyond most others in the world. E-readers kill the mo-ments when you’re flipping page by page feeling everyone between your fingers, en-chanted in the story at hand. In short, e-readers are an inconvenience and take from the experience of traditional book reading.

The latest addition to the popular Halo series was released Sept. 14, 2010. The game immediately had good reception as the Halo formula was not changed much but simply took all the best aspects from the previous games. Halo veterans will in-stantly feel at home with this new title. The campaign has an easily followed story line which succeeded triumphantly as the last title.

Personally my favorite aspect of the game is the multiplayer. It can be a lot of

fun, but also extremely frustrating. The people who play Halo online can typically be expected to act like complete idiots and take part in many annoying ways of playing the game, such as “camping”. Also for some reason everyone tends to vote for the map “Sword Base”. I personally despise this lev-el now, and though it’s been out since the beta, still one out of three games I play is on Sword Base. The map is easy for players to camp on and when mixed with game types I hate, such as: Elite Slayer or Head Hunter

I get even more annoyed and frustrated. The game has the tendency to make play-ers extremely mad and frustrated; I know it has that effect on me and my friends.

Other than Sword Base I think the game has an alright selection of maps ranging from large maps like Hemorrhage (A re-make of Blood Gulch) to one of my personal favorites, Pinnacle. Pinnacle is just an over

all good map for most game types. It has an open field in the mid-dle for firefights with two snip-ing spots on op-posite sides and

some more closed space corridors along the edges of the map. Reach includes an improved Forge which you can customize maps in. The maps you make in Forge can be saved and downloaded by other play-ers to be played on their own or online. I really like this because I get tired of the same old maps and like to be able to play a bunch of different maps that other Halo players have made. I think its interesting and a good way to spice up matchmaking a little, even if the maps people make aren’t always that good or fun.

I like the special abilities you can choose from, the campaign, the variety and power of the guns both new and old. That said, I think the DMR should have continued to have a three round burst fea-ture like the Battle Rifle in previous Halo games, rather than a single shot. Lastly, I think the map selection isn’t as great as it could have been, and the way the game types are categorized leave me playing a lot of game types that I never want to play. However, despite the few flaws that are expected with any game (especially when compared to Call of Duty: Black Ops’ large list), I still think Halo Reach is one of the best multiplayer experiences out today, and best Halo title to date.

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E- readers or books, where’s the future?As technology advances, books begin to have tough competition

Gio GalvezBruin Reporter

Forget global warming, war, terrorism, loss of faith, and the antichrist. If Nostra-damus was alive today, he’d assure us that Jersey Shore is a sign of the impending Judgment Day. If you’re unaware of MTV’s Jersey Shore, allow me to enlighten you. A group of “adults,” of less-than-average-intelligence, inhabit a house for a period of

time. The women of the show all seem to have

mothers who were strippers, since they’ve all been named with trashy pizzazz like “Sammi Sweetheart” and “Jenni JWOWW.” (As I wrote this article, Microsoft Word un-derlined Sammi and Jenni with a red squig-gly line, informing me that the names were spelled incorrectly. I shook my head in sol-

emn response, envious of this machine’s inno-cence: to assume that the only error of these women was an “i” instead of a

“y”.) The men of the show all seem to be characters from Goodfellas, with names like “Pauly-D,” “Vinny” and “Mike the Situ-ation.” (I’ll have you know that their names are all they have in common with this great film, for not a single word that oozes from their mouths holds even a morsel of origi-nality.)

The show’s premise goes something like this: the group of eight or so spends their days separated, the women smoke or complain (or both) and form grudges against one another over god knows what. Meanwhile, the men of the show retreat to the gym to bulk up their bodies (and egos,) then spend the remainder of the day tan-ning and doing laundry. When night falls, their true contribution to society begins. These eight promising alcoholics spend what seems to be every night of the week at a club drinking themselves into a stupor.

Sigmund Freud saw sexual desire as the principal driving force of human life. Jer-sey Shore personifies this, in the sleaziest possible way. Both men and women stalk the dance floor like predators hunting for someone to sleep with. Sadly, they often succeed, and the viewer is forced to watch the sordid sex scene that follows (an expe-rience full of love and tenderness, reminis-cent of watching a lion chase down and dis-patch an antelope.)

The group congregates in the living room, their appetites slaked, and finally the show’s engrossing plotline comes to a cli-max: they fight. What about, you ask? I tried my hardest to glean some sort of reason through a fury of censor bleeps, but alas, I found nothing.

Let’s recap. They work out, tan, do laundry, drink, copulate, fight over noth-ing. That’s it. This is a dangerously stupid premise on a dangerously stupid show that doesn’t belong on a channel directed at the youth. It belongs on Animal Planet. The show is dangerous because it’s so popular. It maddens me that a show based on in-decency and idiocy has gathered a dense following. I can understand encountering something stupid and saying “oh that’s stu-pid” and never returning to it. What I can’t understand is why people religiously return to something as stupid as this without be-ing overwhelmed by revulsion.

Consider what we’re granting these people: a large viewing audience guar-antees copious amounts of cash to these brainless individuals. In a country where good people must take extra jobs to make ends meet, we bestow unlimited riches and attention upon idiots without talent or de-cency.

I HATE JERSEY SHORE

Generation of uncaring learners should be ashamed

The Merriam-Webster definition of homework is “an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period.” What student wouldn’t love this? I mean, I love going to school for eight hours a day and then adding two hours of homework to that. Then add eight hours of sleep to that. That is 18 hours spent each day on school and events, leaving six hours for free time. But when you work and play sports, your free time gets cut down to zero. I hate free time so getting as much home-

work as I can is like Christmas morning to me. And I’m sure that most high school students would feel the same way!

Everything stated above was completely a lie. Homework is a joke. Teachers say that home-work is for practice, and to get

your skills bet-ter. I think this should be the student’s deci-sion to study or to practice his skills. What

normal teenager has the time to do homework every night? We do work in school, we learn in school. I can un-derstand that if you don’t finish your class work then you should have to take it home and finish. I’m fine with that; it makes perfect sense. But when teachers send you home with extra work, that’s what I don’t understand.

Obviously not getting homework isn’t going to hap-pen. It would be awesome though. It would make our lives so much easier; even the teachers wouldn’t have to do as much, because they won’t have to grade the papers. But this probably won’t happen. I can only imagine. Who knows though? Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream came true. Maybe mine will! I could have a day named after me! With no school!

Wishes for no homework...

If only all dreams came trueLove is defined as the strong emo-

tion of affection and personal attach-ment, and represents human kind-ness, compassion and affection. It is in every human’s vocabulary and is imbedded into every human’s brain. There are songs to express how peo-ple need to love one another and what love even means. The Greeks had Aph-rodite and Eros and the Romans had Venus and Cupid. In society today,

we have Val-entines Day which allows society to express their uncondition-al love for one another.

This day started when St. Valentine was imprisoned, and before his ex-ecution wrote a letter to his beloved and signed it “From your Valentine.” It is the day where it is socially accept-able for two people to show PDA with-out onlookers yelling “get a room!” Although, this day has soon evolved into a day where couples only antici-pate the gifts that they are to receive and forget the true meaning.

Like every other holiday, Valen-tines Day has turned into a holiday that has lost its true meaning. So, why celebrate Valentines Day if it’s

only about the chocolates instead of showing love? Do people really need just one day to say how much they re-ally care or love one another? Many people believe that Valentines Day is – for lack of better words – crap if you’re single, while to others it means CANDY!!!

Personally, I have never had a Val-entine, so I don’t truly understand what the big hype is all about. I ob-serve couples flaunting their gifts to their friends and saying their boy-friend or girlfriend truly must care for them because they got a teddy bear holding a heart or a box of chocolates. It seems as though this “holiday” has turned into a competition to show that a person really cares by receiving

a gift. Does that really show compas-sion or love? Not really.

This day is supposed to be about sharing the love, but does there re-ally need to just one day to show someone how much you care? How significant is that? Shouldn’t that im-

portant person show another person how important they are the other 364 days in a year? Sure the concept of making Valentines Day extra special in showing affection and appreciation is sweet and wonderful, which makes the idea of Valentines Day great!

So happy Valentine’s Day every-one, may it be memorable. Hope you find that important person to share this day with in the present or future. Make it wonderful and special even if you’re single. But remember to show how much you care every day and to not just leave it for this one.

The real Valentine’s Day It’s not all about the money and chocolate

Will WaterburyBruin Reporter

McKenzie BarnesBruin Reporter

Ranger WallaceBruin Reporter

Halo: Reach, best addition to series yet

Ben LentzBruin Reporter

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Despite competition, Reach comes out on top

Valentine’s Day Photo PollWhat the ladies are expecting from their guys on Valentine’s Day:

“ I’m getting her red roses.”~Junior WesleyBodkin

vs.

What guys had in mind for their ladies on Valentine’s Day:

“ I don’t know... probably a rose.”~Junior JacobSecor

“Nothing, because if you love someone you should show them your appreciatation every day.”~Senior Marissa

Moberg

“ A rose dipped in chocolate.”~Junior EmilyEverheart

Thoughts from your editor-in- chief

You may notice that our headline story is over the MEA/District negotiations. This has been our lead story two out of the four issues and has gone on long enough. As the year has progressed the outlook of the situation has not improved. At one point, the two sides at were unable to even sit in the same room and talk. Even when a state mediator came in, a contract was not agreed upon after months.

The situation is very complicated; I don’t completely understand every issue. But the longer it takes for an agreement to be reached upon, the more likely it is

to effect the students edu-cation and ex-perience in the Mc Mi n n v i l l e School District.

It is time for a settle-ment. This has

stretched out much too far. The teachers have been working without a contract for longer than the strike year of 1990. Al-though both sides may not get exactly what they want, a strike would be devastating to everyone in the community, especially to seniors like myself, who want a fun, calm, and fairly normal end to their 12 years of education in the District.

I am optimistic about the Feb. 16 and 17 meetings, where the two sides will sit face-to-face, and finally settle.

Chris HaddelandEditor-in-Chief

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Here are our picks for some of for the best love song to play on Valentine’s Day

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The average person will have 24 first kisses in their lifetime. And if one of those kisses happens

to be on Valentine’s Day, here are some songs that will aide you in setting the mood.

John Mayer “Your Body Is aWonderland”

Kings of Leon“Sex On Fire”

R. Kelly

“Bump N Grind”

The Beatles “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road”

Chris Isaac “Wicked Game”

Lady Gaga “Teeth”

ELECTRONICATHE RISE OF DUBSTEP

If you haven’t heard of Dubstep yet, you will soon. Dubstep is beginning to invade American pop music from all fronts, and chances are you won’t be able to escape it. What began as a mod-est, progressive, UK electronic genre in the middle of the 2000’s, has exploded into an internationally-known move-ment, gaining attention from musicians everywhere.

Over the last year, Dubstep has made its move overseas from the UK. After spending the summer of 2010 gaining popularity in American clubs, it set it sights on pop music, both in its home country and in the US. Because of electronic music’s increasingly popular-ity over the last five years, the Dubstep sound has already made the next natural step into pop music. On last year’s Fantasy Ride, Ciara enlisted production-duo Chase and Status to give her four lightweight Dubstep beats for the album. The question is not whether dubstep will make its way into pop, the question is: for how long?

Dubstep came about in the early

2000s, with heavy influences in dub reg-gae and UK garage, a dance genre known for its aggressive drum rhythms. Artists like Starkey and Badawi were pioneer-ing in the genre, which at the time was just considered a nameless subculture of dance music. As time passed, Dubstep became more focused on bass. Bass, bass, bass. All bass, all day. In addition to the hard-hitting drums and even harder basslines, there was sub-bass, which was an ultra-low frequency sound that didn’t have any melodic qualities and exists just to make your insides go crazy.

Skip to early 2009, Skream remixed La Roux’s “In For The Kill,” which be-came bigger than the original song in almost all aspects. Before long, the track had become a crossover success in the US and put Dubstep on the radar of the American music industry. Then, almost out of nowhere, a Snoop Dogg track called “Snoop Dogg Millionaire” sur-faced last spring. Then not too long after that, Eve came out with a track called called “Handle This,” which is also fea-tured signature dubstep beats. Dubstep

had made its way into American music at last.

Sensing a trend forming, American music producers immediately jumped on the Dubstep train last summer, snag-ging the dubstep producer, Rusko, and signing him to his Mad Decent label and in the process making the mainstream music media start to take notice. Then, following Rihanna’s foray into the genre, Rusko announced that he will be pro-ducing songs for the upcoming album of none other than Britney Spears, the pinnacle of pop mainstream music

We could be watching a situation where Dubstep will gain a moderate level of pop-culture significance for a few months, and then be banished to a pop wasteland with other things like Christina Aguilera. Think of it this way: what Justice did for infectious, top level electro-house in 2007, Rusko is about to do for the unrelenting, dark sounds of Dubstep over the next year. Put money on it: we’ll be seeing a Dubstep album from Justin Bieber in 2012, and it will sell millions.

by RYAN MARTIN

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Rusko“Da Cali Anthem”

Cover Flow

Cage the ElephantThank You Happy Birthday Sounds Like:

For Fans of:

Mumford & Sons getting in a fight with the Gorillaz

Oasis, MGMT, Velvet Underground

After hearing the first single from the album Thank You Happy Birthday, I held high expectations for the album. Upon hearing more of the songs, it actually ended up surpassing what I was originally holding the standards at. It wasn’t only catchy beats that held my interest, but it also had strong vocals with some wacky lyrics to keep it fun and moving. This album is one that can be definitely listened to all the way through.

Some of the songs on Thank You Happy Birthday are more dance music, but others slow down to make you understand what they mean. I feel that they stripped the world down to what it truly is, both fun and brutally honest, and they are now representing the way it is. Cage the Elephant on this album held nothing back and threw everything into these 12 songs. Starting on the first song and all the way to the last one, there’s a non-stop supply of energy and the notion to stay mov-ing.

Upon just seeing the song titles I in-stantly saw a connection between this and My Chemical Romance’s new album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. There is a song called 2024, and I saw the par-

allel in how My Chemical Romance’s album is set in 2019. The whole idea of the future must be a new thing for this era in music. A band I would compare Cage the Elephant to sound wise is the Gorillaz. Their way of music is very compatible in a sense they both have the tendency to use lyrics and beats that go to a new level. Their music styles are basic, but they have complexities hidden between the lyrics.

The band served an extra dose of invin-cibility with the strength of the lyrics; the feeling that you can control your life just thrives throughout the flow of their music. I would most definitely recommend listen-ing to Thank You Happy Birthday. Music is meant to evolve, and through this new album you can really see where it is heading towards in the future. It’ll continue to change and be represented in new styles using different techniques. This album is going to set a really high bar for Cage the Elephant when they go on to make a new one.

by MEGAN O’ LEARY

Freestylers“Cracks”

Ginz & Baobinga“The Good Stank”

Doctor P“Sweet Shop”

Breakage“Speechless”

Joker & Ginz“Purple City”

Chasing Shadows“Ill”

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by DIANE SELVYWhere in America can “young people go to re-

tire”? During the opening scene of a new comedy that premiered earlier this month on IFC, we hear about this strange and wonderful place where “the dream of the ‘90s is alive,” where people are still “talking about getting pierc-ings and tribal tattoos” and “all the hot girls wear glasses,” where going to clown college or taking a part-time job that lets you sleep till 11 a.m. is a totally credible career move. While this place sounds strange and exotic, us Oregonians recognize this place immediately. Port-land.

“Portlandia,” a collection of short comedy sketches con-ceived by Saturday Night Live alum Chris Armisen and the show’s co-creator, former Sleat-er-Kinney vocalist/ guitarist Carrie Brownstein, is an outgrowth of the duo’s online sketch comedy series “ThunderAnt.” With its beautiful landscapes, quirky stores and even quirkier people, Portland was the ideal setting for the show. While the show pokes fun at certain groups like hipsters, feminists and overly organic diners, both Armisen and Sleater admit that those who inhabit this “sub culture” depicted on the show, are the type of people that they are friends with.

In one episode, Armisen and Brownstein are joined by Washington native Kyle MacLachlan, who plays the mayor of Portland. He asks the duo

to create a Portland theme song, but warns them: “Please don’t make it like Seattle. The Space Needle, ugh, like we haven’t seen that before.” In many aspects, Portland has always been like a little brother to our neighbor up north Seattle. When Seattle grew into the metropolitan city it is today, during the 90’s, Portland was left stuck in the “not-so-cool” bubble, creating a perfect inferiority complex, perfect for a television show.

Viewers are rapidly catch-ing on to the six episode series, and it is in large part to the hi-larious content. One such skit

was about a feminist bookstore where Brownstein and Armisen, both sporting long, scraggly locks that would make Ke$ha jeal-ous, try to guilt actor Steve Buscemi, into buying something because he used the “paying customers only” bathroom.

“Portlandia” has really tapped into something great here, and have the right mixture of humor and characters to satisfy the viewer. The show will no doubt be back with more episodes, making hipsters quake in their “I’m cooler than you” boots.

Celion Dion “My Heart Will Go On”

Tweet feat. Missy Elliot“Whoops (Oh My)”

Britney Spears

“Slave 4 U”

The Donnas “Take It Off ”

Rufus Wainwright“Instant Pleasure”

Lady Gaga Returns

!Born This Way!

by RYAN MARTIN“I’m beautiful in my way, cause’ God makes

no mistakes, I’m on the right track baby I was born this way!” Lady Gaga is back with what is most certain the best single of her career. After over six months of waiting, the much antici-pated single “Born This Way” was released to the masses on Feb. 11th.

With a sledge hammering disco beat that never lets up, acapella breaks and inspirational lyrics, “Born This Way” sounds like a mix be-tween Gaga’s hits “Just Dance” and “Dance in the Dark.” The song also takes heavily off of “Express Yourself,” a hit from the older, less talented ver-sion of Gaga, Madonna.

“Born This Way” is basically a huge love your-self and who you really are anthem, that many, including music giant Elton John, are calling this generations “I will Survive.” With lyrics like “Don’t hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and you’re set,” the song sets out to please the main core of Gaga listeners who she frequently describes as “Little Monsters,” due to their hun-ger for all things Gaga.

“Born This Way” has already become one of the fastest selling singles of all time, proving that Gaga still knows how to make a hit. There is no doubt that this single is a prelude to amazing things to come from Gaga’s upcoming album also titled “Born This Way,” that comes out in May.

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Rango3/4/11 Starring: Johnny Depp Genre: Family Running Time: 119 minutes

Battle: Los Angeles3/11/11 Starring: Aaron Eckhart Genre: Sci-Fi Running Time: 93 minutes

Red Riding Hood3/11/11 Starring: Amanda Seyfried Genre: Thriller Running Time: 101 minutes

COMING SOON

Bruin Staff members’ favorite old-school albums. Well, old school for us.

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The Social

DavidFincher

Network

Best Picture

Our Prediction:

Our Prediction:

Our Prediction:

for “The Fighter”

for “The King’s Speech”for “Black Swan”

for “The Social Network”

Our Prediction:Our Prediction:

Our Prediction:

THE NOMINEES

THE NOMINEES THE NOMINEES

- “The Social Network”- “Black Swan”- “The Kids Are Alright”- “Toy Story 3”- “The King’s Speech” - “127 Hours”- “True Grit” - “The Fighter - “Inception” - “Winter’s Bone”

- Nicole Kidman - Jennifer Lawrence - Natalie Portman - Annette Benning- Michelle Williams

- James Franco- Colin Firth - Jeff Bridges- Jesse Eisenberg- Javier Bardem

...................................................... for “127 Hours”

............................................. for “The King’s Speech”

............................................................. for “True Grit”

................................. for “The Social Network”

........................................................... for “Biutiful”

Best Actor

Best BestBest Director

Best Actress

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

For the second year in a row, the Academy Awards expanded the field of Best Picture nominees to ten. While this gives more films the chance to get the credit they deserve, the obvious best of the best like “The Social Network,” “Black Swan” and “The King’s Speech” are

really the only ones that have any chance at taking home the little golden man. Put your money on The Social Network to win due to the fact that it was really the only nominee to have a plot that resinated with younger members of the Academy.

For Colin Firth his portrail of King George was catching attention from critics all around the world even before the film was screened. After winning the Golden Globe last month for Best Actor, Colin was a shooin for a nomination and we are placing our bet on the King to win the Oscar.

Melissa Leo, who turned 50 while filming The fighter, has had a long acclaimed career. But her role in “The Fighter” seems to be not only the best supporting role of the year, but also of her career. Leo also won the Golden Globe, which for this category is normally a sure fire win.

This year, the race will come down to the brilliant directors Darren Aronofsky and David Fincher. Both directed what many are saying are the best movies of their careers but the Academy will most likely go with Fincher due to his stronger past work.

Christian Bale is one of the last great actors in Hollywood to never have been nominated for an Oscar. Now that the Academy has seen the error of their ways, they will finally give Bale the recognition he deserves.

After months of hard training which led to the loss of 30 pounds, Natalie Portman’s portrail of a demented ballerina in “Black Swan” has paid off in more ways than one. The film has become a box office success and also one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Like Colin Firth, her winning the Golden Globe was a given that she would be taking home the Oscar.

......................................... for “Rabbit Hole”

.................................. for “Winter’s Bone”

........................................ for “Black Swan”

......................... for “The Kids Are Alright”

.................................. for “Blue Valentine”

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for “The Fighter”

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Backstreet Boys

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Toy Story3 “If I Rise”

Our Prediction:

from Pixarfor “127 Hours”

Our Prediction:Our Prediction:Best BestAnimated

FeatureArt Direction

While “Alice In Wonderland” may have been one of the worst movies of the year, it was one of the best visual movies to be released in years. With 90 percent of the film being green screen animation, this gave way for the film to create landscapes that had never been done.

Since “127 Hours” will not be winning in any other category that it was nominated in, the Academy will feel the need to throw the film a bone. And with the song actually being the best out of the nominees, “127 Hours” has this on lock.

Let’s face it, Pixar makes the best animated films .. ever. And with “Toy Story 3” grossing over a billion dollars in 2010, the film overshadows the other nominees in virtually every way, there is no way Pixar won’t win.

Alice InWonderland

Best Original Song

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CLASSICBruin’s

(Of the Issue)

Rear Window (1954)StarringJames StewartGrace Kelly Thelma Ritter

SIDE NOTESFor those with small attention spans

The

Bruin’s

After months of anticipation and waiting, the American take on the hit UK televtion show

“Skins” aired on MTV. The show was instantly panned by critics and viewers and almost every

sponsor of the show retracted their ads

American SKINS disappoints

With her first single “Hold It Against Me” shoot-ing straight to number one, the Britney Spears

success train is back in full speed. Spear’s seventh album “Femme Fatal” is due to be released March

15th

Femme Fatale

With the reboot of the “Superman” franchise about to start filming this year, rumors have been swirl-

ing about who will play iconic Louis Lane. We think they should go with Lindsay Lohan, since the

actress has experience in going high places

Lohan to play Louis??

When it comes to the great food of pizza, let’s face it, we have really let ourselves go. Gone are the days when a pizza took time and dedication before it reached the mouths of hungry bellies. But in the heart of Portland, there is a pizzeria that is bringing pride back to pizza.

Located in the Rose City at 523 NE 19th Eastside, Lonesome’s Pizza, open since last summer, has been receiving rave reviews not only for the eccentric menu they have, but also for the level of deli-ciousness the saucy spheres pack.

Now at Lonesome’s, you can order your pizza two ways. One, by the number that coronates with the pizza, (simple enough) or by title the pie holds. Every pizza at lonesome’s comes attached with the name of an imaginary fight, making ordering possibly more fun than eating. With names like,

Eric Estrada vs. a Komodo dragon, my dad vs. your dad and Lee Majors vs. a barracuda with a bowie knife, there is no denying Lonesome’s packs originality.

Another quirk about Lone-some’s are the boxes that your food comes in. Replacing the boring square cardboard box used by other pizzerias, Lonesome’s pizzas come courtesy with a box that looks like a child with ADHD attacked it. Every box comes complete with photos and other random things that the workers feel like throwing into the box.

With a 10-inch costing 9$ and 17-inch ranging from 18$ to 23$, Lonesome’s combines affordable prices with a fun experience that you wouldn’t expect when just ordering a pizza. If you are ever in Portland, and looking for a pizza outing that packs a punch, check out Lonesome’s.

PORTLAND PIZZA MAKERS ATTACK!Local Rose City pizza makers fill bellies with eccentric saucy pies

PhoTo CourTeSy of wikipEdia

by RYAN MARTIN

Ten years ago, the earth was ruled by five young guys, who dance and sang their way to millions of records sold. That band was the Backstreet Boys. In 1999 the band released their biggest critical and commercial success to date, “Millennium.”

Selling over 20 million copies, “Millennium” was the biggest selling album of the year, and is still one of the biggest of all time. With hits like “I Want It That Way,” and “Larger than Life,” the Backstreet Boys topped their debut album, which was also a huge success.

Honored with five Grammy nominations, “Mil-lennium” received praise for being a great bridge into a bigger fan base and bigger sound for the group. Moving towards a more dance heavy and ballad album, the Backstreet Boys cemented their “Kings of boy-bands” title. - Bruin Staff

Sunday Feb. 27th on ABC

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Middle Left: Senior Ricky Bodle gets ready for his close up, spending close to an hour in makeup before the show.

Bottom: Senior Amber Abrams shows off her extravagant makeup used for her role as fairy queen.

Middle Left: Junior Megan Bannister takes on the task of transorming the cast into their characters through makeup.

Top Left: Senior Ian Robins strikes a pose before the curtain rises on opening night.

Middle Left: Juniors Lacey Taron and McKenzie Barnes help each other get prepared for the big show.

Top Right: Seniors Tori Town and Lacey Calligan decide on a look that would be best suited for a fairy.

Middle Right: Senior Shaneese Barnes takes a moment to show the progress of her look.

Middle Right: Junior Olivia Burke takes the time before the show to get an ethe-real look.

The Atenians: Theseus, Duke of Athens - Brian Sterns

Hippolyts, Queen of Amazons - Valerie SherwoodEgeus - Brad Gale

Hermia - Kate Schwartz Lysander - Ian Robins

Demetrius - Alex Van MeideHelena - Oceana Shearer

The Cast

Fairy Servants:Dewdrop - Kristin Short

Peach Blossom - Shanesse BarnesCobweb - Tori Town

Mustard Seed - Kate PremerOceaneana - Olivia Burke

Rosebud - Chrissy McCordFirefly - Sarah Allen

Sunbeam - McKenzie BarnesMoonshine - Grace Lawson

The Acting Troupe:Peter Quince - Stacey JarvisNick Bottom - Chad AmodeoFrancis Flute - Donnel Marzo

Robin Starveling - Michaelyn MorganTom Snout - Kelly Van Patten

Snug - Devin Draper

The Supernatural Actors:Oberon - Ricky Bodle

Puck - Cesar AbquianoTitania - Amber Abrams

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Eddie Castellanos runs through a line of high-fives during a meet against Century. The Grizzly Boys beat the Jaguars 132-36.

HAYDEN ALLEN / The Bruin

Sophomore Devon Draper screams his lungs out at a recent home game versus Tualatin. The Grizzlies won the close game by three.

DYLAN LEATHERS / The Bruin

Chris and Will explore the adventures of Rock Climbing at Club Sport in Beaverton

UP TO THE TOP

Adventure: an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks (according to Merriam-

Webster Dictionary). Although there was no danger in the trip Will Waterbury and I took to Club

Sport, there were plenty of unknown risks and skills needed to perform the task of scaling the 45 foot

rock walls.

Club Sport Oregon, located in Tigard, is private recreational club with basketball courts, fitness

center, aquatic center, yoga facilities, spa, café, kids’ area, and a rock climbing area called the Adven-

ture Center. There is something for every type of person, and makes being healthy much easier.

The attraction that we went for was the Edge. This artificial rock climbing arena has over 11,500

square feet of textured climbing surface, spanning over walls anywhere from 25 to 45 feet high, with

over 100 routes.

We strapped into our harnesses, put on our shoes, and headed towards our first obstacle, a twen-

ty five foot wall. This wall was fairly simple, and was a blast for both Will and I. There were different

paths on these walls, labeled by different colored tape.

All of the vertical walls that climbers are harnessed into are graded by the Yosemite Decimal Sys-

tem, which is a scale from 1-5, ranging from flat ground to a vertical wall. The fifth class is divided

into different decimals, which range in difficulty. As beginners, 5.3-5.7 was the range of paths that

we escalated.

After climbing five or six routes, we moved over to a different type Please see ROCK, Page B4

Looking to stateBoys have a strong chance to win the gold

by WYATT WATERBURY

Chants create controversy Athletic Director picky on what students yell

Conference Standings B4INSIDE THIS SECTION Spring Sports Preview B4Snap Shot of the Issue B2

BOYS BASKETBALL B5Tied for first

place in league with Tigard and

Tualatin, the Grizz look to run

by CHRIS HADDELAND

Please see SWIM, Page B2

The McMinnville High School swim team is looking fantastic so far this sea-son.

T h e s w i m m e r s ’ perseverance and dedica-tion to the team is bring-ing them closer and closer to the top of their league.

“We won two meets and barely lost our first meets,” said senior Katie Porter. Porter continued to say that she is looking forward to Dis-tricts this season. “It’s going to be really fun.”

Jan. 11, 2011 was a good day for the MHS swimmers. The boys won against Tualatin, 98 – 72.

The girls also came on top against Tualatin, 97 -73, regardless of the close call of the meet being cancelled due to harsh road con-ditions caused by the weather.

“Boys’ swimming is in close reach of getting first or second in state,” said junior, Blake Tillery. “I’m hoping to qualify in the 50 freestyle.”

Senior Matthew Chauvin, an-other boys’ swimmer, also looks good for state.

“I haven’t decided what I’m go-ing to swim,” said Chauvin, “But all my options have a chance at another state title. Ninety-nine percent of the boys’ swimming team will win state.”

“I think it’s all about us getting stronger,” said Porter. “Our team is young, and we need experience.”

“We need to work a lot harder during practice,” said Chauvin.

And every swimmer has some-thing that makes he or she stand out from the others.

“I’m a happy person, and get

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Katie PorterGirls Varsity

Me: “Hey, check out the score board! Is that there a 55?” Crowd: “Yes that is a 55!” Me: “Is that there a 47!” Crowd: “Yes that is a 47!” Me: “Is that there a win-ning team?” Crowd: “Yes that is a win-ning team! W i n n i n g team, losing team, winning team losing team, winning team, losing team. Goooooo Bears!”

Although quite controversial, this is one of the new founded chants for the MHS student section at this season’s basketball games. This created some problems with

our schools Athletic director Ben Patterson; students seem to butt heads with Patterson about the creativity factor. Plus after taking a lot of heat this off season because it was rumored that the student section got a bad reputation be-cause of lack of attendance and some shortage of spirit. But our section sure is turning around.

The Grizzly fans have stepped it up of recent games and you can tell through the player’s perfor-mance. They are competing and winning more games.

“This year the section has been poppin. My boys Chad, Yoel, and Chas and have been holding it down, of course with the support of the other students at the games,” said junior Turner Grimm.

Chad SpringerCommentary

Please see FANS, Page B2

New Batting Cages B3

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NOTE WORTHYPACKERS=CHAMPS

Aaron Rodgers finally erased the Brett Farve legacy.

The quarterback threw for 304 yards and had three touch-down passes in the Green Bay victory.

The Steelers gave the Pack-ers the game with their three turnovers, in which GB turned every one into a touchdown.

And the filthy Ben Roethlis-berger threw two interceptions.

Game over.

ALDRIDGE IGNOREDWhat more can one ask a

player to do?LaMarcus Aldridge abso-

lutely delivered for his team this year. Averaging around 25 points from December on, the power forward has helped the team win games with the absense of Brandon Roy.

Aldridge was thought to have gotten an All-Star bid, but was snubbed. Twice.

Blake Griffin was picked as a reserve and Kevin Love was selected to fill the injured Yao Ming.

Both of these players are from losing teams, while the Blazers are four games above .500.

BROSIUS TO COACHScott Brosius, who coaches

baseball at Linfield College [his alma mat-ter] and is former World Series MVP [1998], was an-nounced the manager of the national under-18 team for the United States.

The team will play at the Pan-America Tourney in Colombia.

Yes, the country.

SULLINGER LEADSJared Sullinger has led the

Buckeyes as they remain the only unbeaten team left in Division 1 basketball.

Ohio State has beaten any challenges that they’ve faced so far, the next one being No. 12 Purdue on the Feb. 20.

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The Ultimate Fris-bee Club poses for a group shot after

practice under some sunny skies.

“I joined it not be-cause I like compet-

ing or athletics or anything like that,

but I really enjoy the people and I enjoy

being outside,”said junior Natasha

Balwit.

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LEADING SCORERLEADING REBOUNDER

LEADER IN ASSISTSLEADER IN BLOCkSLEADER IN STEALS

The Ultimate Frisbee Club

meets on Tuesdays and

Thursdays after school on the foot-

ball field.

“I’ve made a lot of good friends, it’s good exer-

cise, and it’s fun because

you get to ly out in the

mud and catch a fris-

bee,” said sophmore

Liam Cocker.

“I like the shirts we

get. I hope I can play it a lot because it’s fun and

I want to get better,” said junior

Natasha Balwitt.

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Q&AThe Bruin sat down with junior swimmer Matt Valentine to dis-

cuss the success of the swimming team and what has gotten him to the level that he’s at. Here’s what

he had to say.

Bruin: How long have you been swimming and why did you stick with it?

Matt: I think it’s been nine years that I’ve been swimming. I guess I stuck with it because having something to do gives you a sense of identity. I like playing in the water.

Bruin: Who has been most influ-ential in your swimming career?

Matt: That would have to be Kyle Kimball, who is the swimming club coach because he’s been my coach for a very long time. He makes sure to make practices interesting and different.

Bruin: What drives you to be at the level that you’re at?

Matt: I am driven by the hopes that we will win state this year.

Bruin: What is your favorite part

of swimming?

Matt: The other people, it’s amazing how you can get to know someone by spending an hour under water with that person.

Bruin: Do you intend to swim at the college level?

Matt: A lot of colleges that I am looking at don’t have a swim team. But it is possible, yes.

Bruin: How do you think your talents will contribute to your team?

Matt: Hopefully, I will be able to help us win state this year.

Bruin: What do you think about before a race?

Matt: I try to think about not thinking. I relax and try to have a clear mind.

Bruin: What are your team’s chances at a state title?

Matt: We got third last year, but there were a lot of mistakes. We’re a stronger team now and have a lot more talented people.

Bruin: What race do you prefer?

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SWIM: State champs?

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4years in a row that the boys

swim team has placed first in league and districts

along with everyone,” said senior Clara Hammell, an exchange student this year at McMinnville High School, says,

“I have fresh abs, a good attitude, and I wear a speedo,” said Tillery.

“I’d like to get better times, go to districts or state, and get to know the other swimmers more,” said Ham-mell.

The team, before meets, has a team breakfast, and the occasional movie-night to strengthen them as one.

Placing fifth last year in state, the Grizzlies plan to bump up to first, with their 60 sum swimmers.

“Come watch us, we walk on wa-ter,” said Tillery. “Come watch us, we glide on water.”

The swimmers will be compet-ing in districts Feb. 11-12, and if they make it, will proceed to state Feb. 18-19.“we’re a stronger team now and

have a lot more talented people.”Matt ValentineVarsity Swimmer

“My favorite Grizzly cheer is the winning team losing team one. That’s an awesome cheer,” said Grimm.

“Our section has been really great this year. Especially as of late the fans get us excited to play,” said senior Brandon Harris. “In my opinion the winning team losing team cheer is the best. It’s new and original.”

The main thing that students need to know is that you don’t need to be in the game to change it. As you can see the games are a lot closer if not won more when there are big crowds and loud Grizzly fans.

“The section has been absolutely amazing. They really get us going,” said junior guard Grant Geelan. “The fans make us play hard, and when we play hard we are hard to beat.”

Not only do Turner and Brandon agree, most of the team does. Out of five players that I interviewed, four told me that it was there favorite chant.

And I sure hope that administra-tion allows it because it shows the students that they can express their creativity and idea’s during the games. And if you need to step on a little bit, little bit of toes to get there that is a price that us students are willing to pay.

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DYLAN LEATHERS / The BruinSenior guard Zev Egli goes up for a shot against Century in the Furnace. Egli had three three pointers and 11 points to help the Grizzlies to a league win.

Boys compete for top spot in leaguePlayers step up in games after rash of temporary suspensions

Cheer team changes their routineLady Grizz work hard, want to reach top five in state this year

The cheer team practices for the OSAA State Championships that happened last week-end. The team has been working on the routine for five months.

RYAN CORNEILSON / The Bruin

Starting this winter, the McMinnville High School weightlifting club gives the opportunity for students to gain muscle and become more active. The club is Monday through Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Lifting weights helps students live a fit lifestyle and has other beneficial properties, like giving the athlete energy and building strong bones. But weightlift-ing club doesn’t just focus on straight weight lifting.

“Everyday we have an SAQ [speed, agility and quickness] workout for about 30 minutes,” said club

adviser Luke Buchheit. Each day the SAQ work-

out changes from linear speed to overall quickness.

The building of muscles and quickness is extremely beneficial for athletes that join the club.

“Probably 98 percent of people do a sport in there,” said Junior James Ramos

“I would say mostly football and baseball play-ers [are in the club],” said Buchheit.

Even though mostly

athletes attend the club it is open to everyone. Even inexperienced lifters may join.

“We cover proper lifting technique for a solid week.” Said Buchheit.

This is done to prevent injuries. Injuries are uncom-mon in the weight room, mainly because of the pre-cautions the athletes and the club directors take.

“We have more than one coach in the room at all times. They are coach-ing and lifting with the kids to help show them proper technique,” said Buchheit.

“Also, there is safety equipment like belts, col-lars and clips available at all times for the students.”

“We cover both the up-per body and lower body on different days,” said Ramos.

“We also do a lot of body weight stuff to improve strength and get more rep-etitions.”

The club has had quite the turn out so far, but there are always spots open.

“There’s an average of 40 to 50 kids,” said Buchheit.

There are also around three or four coaches in the weight room with the stu-dents, making the student to teacher ratio around 13:1.

These numbers aren’t always available in strength and conditioning class, so it is the perfect opportunity to get more one-on-one train-ing.

Weightlifting club helps athletesMany teachers volunteer to help students improve their strength in various sports

by AARON HADDELAND

Freshman Christian Medina works out after school at the new weight lifiting program. It is led by Luke Buchheit.

THOMMY SMALL/ The Bruin

13:1Student to teacher

ratio in the new weight- lifting club after school

This season the McMin-nville High School boys’ basketball team had some big shoes to fill. Losing sev-en seniors last year, there were d e f i n i t e l y some ques-tions from many peo-ple about the team.

Who was going to take charge? Who was going to stand up and be leader?

And the biggest ques-tion: what was the outcome of the season going to be? Looking at their first 16 games the Grizzly boys’ bas-ketball team has filled those shoes admirably, earning a 4-2 record in league and putting the Grizz in second place in the current league standings.

Brandon Harris is a starting senior guard for the Grizzlies. Harris had some big expectations coming in to the season having to re-place former senior guard Connor White last season.

“Our season going very well,” said Harris. “We’re finally getting in a rhythm and playing as a team. Our goal is to finish first in league this year. And if we

keep with how were playing I don’t doubt that wont fin-ish first.”

The Grizzlies this year have scored 840 points in only 15 games, and they’re state ranked 21st. Turner Grimm is a junior at MHS who transferred from arch rival Newberg High School before is freshman year. That obviously created some tension between the two schools, as if there wasn’t enough already. Grimm is happy with the choice he made has looked back since.

“I really think that this season is going very good,” said Grimm. “I’m glad that were getting everything to-gether. Our goal for this sea-son is an obvious one. To win out and then win league.”

Grant Geelan, another junior, was also very ex-cited for the season this year. Having to replace two year starting guard Michael Burke from the season be-fore, Geelan was excited for the challenge and took it in stride.

“The season is going

very very well. We are work-ing hard and getting better in the process and that’s what every team needs,” said Geelan. “When I look at our new and very talent-ed league this year I can’t choose one favorite. Every team is pretty much equal to one another so every night will be a battle. But were go-ing to take it one time at a night.”

“Our team goal is a com-mon one, to win league,” said Geelan. “But my per-sonal goal is to do a better job at leading, taking one day at a time, and taking the proper steps to achieving our goal.”

This season the MHS boys have had some tre-mendous support from their home fans.

March 9-12 is the final site for the 6A boys’ basket-ball state championship. It is held at the Rose Garden the home of the Trail Blaz-ers.

The Grizzlies would sure like to make a run there this season but need the support from their fellow student body.

The first round for the 6A boys is on March 1, and there are many games left to attend so come out and support all the Grizzly bas-ketball teams.

NEXT UP:Hillsboro atMcMinnville,7:15 p.m.Tues. 15th

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being scored versus an opponent

by CHAD SPRINGER

They dance, yell, and even defy gravity. The MHS c h e e r -l e a d e r s will show off their m o v e s a n d s t re n g t h at the O S A A s t a t e c h a m p i -o n s h i p s on Feb.12 at the Memo-rial Coliseum in Portland, where they will be compet-ing against 12 other co-ed cheerleading teams.

“The state competition is a huge deal.” said senior Daniela Montiel. “It’s what we work towards all year. Everything we learn and ac-complish shows.”

The cheerleaders’ com-petition routine is two and a half minutes long and con-sists of stunts, jumps, and choreography. Their rou-

tines are usually themed; through recent years, their themes were “School” and “Numbers.” This year’s rou-tine is all about “Stars and VIP’s.”

“The content of our rou-tine is a lot different from what we do at games,” said coach Tracy Brandt. “Instead of referring to the football or basketball teams, our routine is about the cheer team.”

The team practices as much as possible in order to prepare for their big-gest competition. They have to make sure that their routine is sharp, clean, and all together. “During practices, we per-fect technique and execu-tion on stunting, jumps, tumbling, dance, motions, voice, formation changes, formation spacing, and cho-reography.” said Brandt. The team plans to perform their routine during half time at the boys’ basketball game on Feb.4.

At the OSAA state cham-pionships, the cheerleading team won third place last year and second place the year before. Their goal for this year is to reach the top five.

“I’m hoping the team does well this year,” said Montiel. “We haven’t been doing so great because of all the difficulties we’ve had but hopefully everything comes together.”

The cheerleading team hopes that as they com-pete week to week, they improve their performance and scores each competi-tion and see all of their hard work pay off.

“Before getting on the mat,” says Montiel, “I think about all the times where we’ve hit our stunts without difficulties and think about how everything’s going to turn out good. I hope to do my best when we’re out there and have fun and just know we did our best.”

by ANDREA HERNANDEZ

The McMinnville High School Baseball and Softball programs now have a new set of batting cages inside the MHS white gym. After years of not having an ad-equate indoor space to hold winter practice in, the teams now have a great place to practice during the winter and poor weather condi-tions.

“They were planned and put together by the softball and baseball programs with youth programs as well. They should really help us to pre-pare when we can’t practice outside,” said head baseball coach Darren Bland.

Because the baseball team has to dismantle their outdoor batting cages at Patton Middle School dur-ing the rainy season they have had no place to prac-tice batting until now.

“We haven’t had any in-door facilities in the past and this will help a lot, it’s pretty important here in Or-egon,” said Bland.

Practicing has to be scheduled around cur-rent sports but the benefit is still worth it. Players and coaches have to come to the school early for a time when the gym is free.

“You have to get up early to use them, but it’s worth it,” said senior Jack Bellville.

Players appreciate be-ing able to practice before school because other sports and activities interfere with workouts after school. Al-though they can’t practice any time, the time in the mornings is a great option for players with conflicting after school engagements.

“I love the batting cages! It makes it so much easier to practice in the offseason,” said Britnee Neihus.

The addition of the new cages has been noticed by players as a great way to train in the offseason and as a significant upgrade from the lack of indoor batting cages in the past.

by MYLES HORTON

New indoor batting cages!Rain no problem for softball, baseball players with addition

The new batting cages were installed over Winter Break in the white gym. Baseball and softball players alike are excited about the new equipment.

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“i love the batting cages! it makes it so much easier to practice in the offseason.”

Britnee NeihusVarsity Softball Player

williamsOne of captains

SNOW REPORT

Sports B4The Br uin : Thurs day, 2 .14 .11

“This year will be awesome. We may have lost a lot of seniors but this year will be a lot of fun.”

Amelia HenryGirls Tennis

Girls find challenges in league, look to overcome with defense

Only looking up

Senior post Kayla Sheller goes in for a lay-up versus Century. The Grizzlies lost the close game in overtime at home in The Furnace.

THOMMY SMALL / The Bruin

Staying strongWrestlers fight through injuries

ROCK: Climbing adventurous

All photos by DYLAN LEATHERS / The Bruin

Top Left: Chris Haddeland and Will Waterbury blow chalk in the air like Lebron James before attempting to climb a wall. Both climbed for an hour and enjoyed it.Top Right: Waterbury looks off in the distance as he prepares to climb a section of The Edge. He eventually reached the top.Above: Waterbury struggles to make it to the next rock at Club Sport. Will enjoyed the experience.

The 2009-2010 McMin-nville High School girls basketball s e a s o n was dis-a p p o i n t -ing to say the least. W h i l e many ex-pected a similar 1-23 outcome, with the departure of five seniors, roles were replaced and em-braced. The Grizz used their prior tumultuous months as motivation for the upcom-ing season.

The Grizzlies, led by Coach Sean Coste, have turned to senior point guard Carlie Price to steer the in-experienced offense. Add in transfer post junior Ariel Oliver to the mix and one word comes to mind, suc-cess. One can say the girls have been very successful, already doubling their pre-vious win total in their prior season.

Despite being (0-10) in league, overall they’re (4-12), due in part to nu-merous last-second defeats to the Century Jaguars los-ing in the final seconds 40-42, and the Hillsboro Spartans losing by two once

again, 52-54. Heart breaking losses have been the story of this season, continuing this pattern in a losing effort to archrival Newberg, 37-41. The Grizzlies last win dates back to Dec. 28 where they defeated Gresham handily 50-35.

In the game of basket-ball, leadership rests solely upon the shoulders of the point guard. Leadership is a trait Price exemplifies at since she took the reigns of starting point guard her sophomore year.

“I really want to take charge, be patient and create plays for my team-mates,” said Price, proving Price’s unselfishness per-fectly fits the mold of the point guard. It is said that offense wins games, but defense wins champion-ships, which is something the Grizzlies strived to add to their arsenal.

“Our defense has really improved along with play execution on different sets,” said Price.

Despite a plethora of injuries throughout the sea-son, key contributors for the Grizzlies have emerged. One notable underclass-man has stepped in admi-rably filling the role of the defensive specialist: sopho-

more Mikalee Gilbreth. As a freshman, Gilbreth played JV and worked her way into the varsity rotation through hard work and determina-tion, a main ingredient for success.

“I feel I need to improve on offense and look to score more,” said Gilbreth, “I can’t just be so defensive mind-ed.”

More contribution for the Grizzlies offensively is something Gilbreth looks to continually strive for and add to an array of talents. While Gilbreth’s role takes place on the court other players’ roles are on and off the court.

Coming off of a rather down season one would expect the morale of this MHS team to be low, how-ever, thanks to senior Brit-nee Niehus and her upbeat attitude moods are always high in practice and around game time.

“Keeping the team posi-tive I feel is one of my main roles,” said Niehus. “We all need to continue to work hard and keep winning as a main motive.”

Amidst the up and down season the future looks very bright for the Lady Grizz.

NEXT UP:McMinnville at Hillsboro,7:15 p.m. Tues. 15th

by ALEX ANDERSONby DYLAN LEATHERS

Hoodoo Ski Area

Mt. Hood Ski Bowl

Timberline Ski Area

Mt. Hood Meadows

Santiam Pass, Oregon

Clackamas, Oregon

Government Camp, Oregon

Mt. Hood, Oregon

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(12-4 pm)

$20 All-Day

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$39 Night

Fun Fact: Mt. Hood Ski Bowl has the largest night ski area

in the U.S.

Fun Fact: Timberline Lodge was built in the 1930’s and is a National Historic Landmark.

Fun Fact: Mt. Hood Meadows is the largest ski resort near

Mt. Hood.

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of climbing called boul-dering. Bouldering is free climbing (no harnesses), on walls up to heights of feet or less at Club Sport). The goal of bouldering is to start with your hands on one or two hand holds, and make it up to the top of the wall by only using that color. Bouldering is categorized on the V scale. The V scale is ranged from 0-16. Being in-experienced and untalented climbers, Will and I hovered around the V3 level.

My highlight of the day was climbing in this tunnel-like wall. They called this the chimney at The Edge, and it was four vertical walls

surrounding the climber as he/she tries to reach the top of this 45 foot column. The neat thing about the chim-ney is that instead of using foot or hand holds, the walls were close enough to stretch our arms and legs across and push ourselves up. This is a different type of climb-ing, which is very exhaust-ing, but fun as well.

Club Sport was a great time for all. There were plenty of things to do, and the rock climbing was fan-tastic. There was a wide verity of difficulties on the walls with multiple different types and styles of climbing. The staff was helpful and friendly, and made a strenu-ous activity very enjoyable.

Senior

“We lost a lot of seniors from last year and we’re going to have to make up for it through hard work and determination.”

Jean SpaldingSenior

“I know my teamates have been working hard as well as myself and hopefully all the

hard work pays off with a trip to the state tournament.”

Grant GeelanJunior

“I think I am going to do pretty good, I worked hard

this summer and overall we should do better as a team.”

Rachel PayneSenior

“I think we will do well this year, as a team there is a lot of determination throughout. The freshman this year have a lot to offer.”

Ashante HoreslyTrack

Junior

“I worked hard in the off-season, I am looking forward to seeing the hard work pay off.”

Kane KennedySophomore

“This year will be interesting. We have a lot of new people,

a good defense and strong pitching. Timely hitting will help us make a playoff run.”

Chris HaddelandSenior

“We are a good contender for playoffs, especially with two

strong arms at the mound with Chris Haddeland and

myself.”

Zev EgliSenior

“It will be better this year becuase a lot of younger players have matured.”

Jordan WilliamsSoftball

Senior

“I feel like we will have more success this year. We are a lot older and more experienced.”

Taylor McAnallyJunior

LAST YEAROverall Record : 16-2 / League Standing: 1st

“I’m really excited for the season this year because we have a new group of schools

to compete with and it will be fun to see how we match up.”

Jesse StahlJunior

“We lost a lot of seniors last year but we have a great

chance of doing well again this season.”

Myles HortonSenior

LAST YEAROverall Record : 10-3-1 / League Standing: 2nd

LAST YEARFirst Game : @ Clackamas, March 21 /

League Standing: 5th

LAST YEAROverall Record : 9-19 / League Standing: 4th

LAST YEARBoys

Overall Record : 2-3/ League Standing: 5th Girls

Overall Record : 1-4 / League Standing: 6th

LAST YEARBoys

Districts : 5th / League Standing: 3rd Girls

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by JAKE CUMMINGS

Boys Tennis

Golf

Baseball

McMinnville High School, third year head c o a c h S h a w n Keinonen has had a rough season on the mats. I n j u r i e s h a v e plagued the wrestling team this year with concussions, and even a broken neck suf-fered by sophomore Tiger Paasch. These injuries have only allowed the Grizzlies to wrestle with their starting line up once.

“We’ve won the dual meets we should have won, but we haven’t been able to win the big meets,” said Kei-nonen about his team’s per-formance this season.

The boys have been wrestling since December and have already hosted

their last home meet in The Furnace this year on Thurs-day, Feb. 4.

Against the undefeated Crimson Tide, the Grizzlies seemed destined to find defeat. But the wrestlers started out strong earning a quick lead and holding on to that lead until the fi-nal heavy weight match in which the score was tied 33-33.

Junior Carlos Acevedo approached the mat with all hopes of winning rest-ing on his shoulders. At the beginning of the second round, Acevedo immedi-ately sprung out of his op-ponent’s grasp to score the first point of the match. The crowd roared as Acevedo pinned his opponent mo-ments later and with that, MHS would hand Glencoe High School their first loss of the season.

“Man I better not hit the

wall and die on the mat,” Acevedo said about what was pulsing through his mind during his brilliant tri-umph.

This win has proved more vital than any other the wrestling team has had this year, thrusting them into a three-way tie for second with Newberg and

Glencoe. “I’m very proud of the

way my boys preformed,” said Keinonen of his team. One of the biggest crowds in recent memory was at the Glencoe-MHS home meet.

Come out and support the wrestling team. They al-ways encourage the support

by CHAS LAUGHLIN

NEXT UP:Districts Tour-ney at Newberg,All Day Sat. 18th

Sophomore Jered Sublet wrestles against South Saxon. The match was in the Furnace.

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Downlinkby STEPHEN GRINICH

Evergreen hosts event that allows students to personally ask the astronauts on the International Space Station questions via live video stream.

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The

Evergreen Aviation and

Space Museum has been a site

of education and curiosity, among

many other things, since its establish-

ment in McMinnville many years ago. From the museum’s signa-ture “Spruce Goose” to the more recently-mounted Boeing 747 on top of the under-

construction water park, the constantly growing

collection of buildings has something that can interest

anyone. In recent years, a program called EASA (Engi-

neering & Aerospace Sciences Academy) that operates through MHS has provided students with hands on learning in engineering and aerospace science, taught by

engineers and technicians that bring real world projects into the classroom. In January, Evergreen continued to of-

fer its amazing opportunities by hosting an incredibly unique even; an Interna-

tional Space Station downlink in the IMAX auditorium of the museum, in which a live

video was streamed from the ISS to the museum, and vice versa, allowing conversations and questioning.

A large number of students asked the astronauts ques-tions about their experiences in space and their journey to get

there. Since the astronauts constantly have work they have to perform inside and outside the ISS, the space-walkers had a limited time on how long

they could communicate with the ground. Although this constraint was present, the organization of the event provided a swift pace that easily allowed many questions to be

asked. 12 questions were arranged to be asked in a 20 minute period. Elementary students from schools such as Wascher and middle school students from

Duniway and Patton started the questioning for the first part of the 20 minute period. Many kids asked about the process of becoming an astronaut, and if they were able to do any social network-ing in space. In addition to the younger students, a few EASA members were also able to speak to

the astronauts. “My heart was beating really fast,” said sophomore Danielle Miller. “I was really happy to be

talking with them.” Miller asked the astronauts about the experi-

ments that they were working on, and got a lengthy response on some of

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the science projects being done on the ISS, many of which are unique to the micro-gravity environment.

Freshman Amanda Sheller was also privileged enough to be able to ask an astronaut a question. Sheller asked about

the personal space that the astronauts were able to have on the International Space Station, and what sleeping was like. One of the astronauts replied about the difficulties of sleeping in space, but how over time it becomes more comfortable.

“It was really cool to have the oppor-tunity to be able to do the downlink,” said Sheller. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportu-nity.”

Other students that were able to ask

questions included Nathan Lawsman, Hannah Lang, Seth Shalbrocke, and Lucas Simpson. Lawsman asked about how challenging it was to work with different people from different nations and cultures in the ISS, and Lang asked what the best part of being in microgravity was. Shal-brocke asked about what types of recre-ation are performed in the space station, and Simpson asked if any changes on the Earth were visible from their point of view

An audience patiently waits for the downlink to start. The event was not just an event for the students of EASA; many other people from the community came together to see the live feed of the astronauts, an opporotunity they did not want to miss.

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Space Station: Students question astronauts

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in orbit, such as global climate change. All questions were answered with enough depth and detail to make sure all of the questions were able to be answered in the 20 minutes.

As expected, there was a process which dictated the questions asked and who were able to ask the astronauts them.

“We submitted our names if we wanted to do it [the downlink],” said

Sheller. “Before that, though, we all wrote our questions and submitted them and then we were able to ask the ones that were accepted and chosen.”

This surreal opportunity, as some stu-dents called it, occurred on Jan. 19 and was part of a three hour event. It was a difficult process to be one of the schools chosen for the downlink, according to organizers.

“We had to write a proposal to NASA,”

said the director of education at EASA, Matthew Van Dixon. “We asked to provide an opportunity to public school students, mainly McMinnville High School since that’s what we run out of, that they would never have without us. A lot of people got involved. Colleges, and other schools and classroom teachers helped us out a lot.”

The day’s events started with a wel-coming and introduction by Larry Wood,

the Director of Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. After the short introduction the main attraction of the day, the downlink began.

Two astronauts on the Interna-tional Space Station were interviewed: Commander Scott Kelley and Catherine Coleman. Commander Kelley, a veteran of space flight, has been on missions to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Interna-

The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station wait for students to ask them questions about their experiences being astronatus. The two astronauts, Com-mander Scott Kelley and Catherine Coleman, live aboard the International Space Station for long durations at a time, and were able to connect with Evergreen via a live video stream.

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tional Space station, the later on mul-tiple occasions. Currently, he is serv-ing on a six-month tour of duty of the International Space Station that started on October 7, 2010. His fellow astronaut, Coleman, is a retired Air Force colonel. She launched to the ISS in Dec. 2010, and is planning to land in the spring of this year.

After mission control had cut communication to let the astronauts get back to their copious work in space, a keynote speech was given Dr. Jack Higginbotham, the director of the Oregon Space Grant Consor-tium. Higginbotham spoke about the involvement of NASA in Oregon, and the many opportunities students here have.

Once a short break after the key-note speech was over, the members of the audience were treated to spe-cial showing of IMAX: Space Station 3D, a video that depicted the process of assembling the ISS the work un-dergone inside of it. After the video was finished, a closing statement was given, and the audience departed.

Many of the EASA students loved the special event. It provided extra insight into a topic that they were al-ready familiar with and interested in.

“It was really good. It was like I was given a huge cake, and all of a sudden astronauts jumped out of it and answered all of my life ques-tions,” said junior Sam Lundeen. “I liked how they let EASA students ask questions.”

The education didn’t end after the three hour event was over, though. A large amount of what the students learned continued to benefit the young minds inside of the classroom.

“In the classroom, we present a lot of technology engineering and science concepts,” said EASA faculty member Dr. Owen Griffiths. “What the ISS demonstrates shows how what we’re teaching in the classroom applies in real life. It helps reinforce what they’re learning. It’s also a ‘think big’ concept; something like the space station gets the students really into it. The great opportunity, the downlink, is much more personal.”

Overall, the downlink event was a great experience for everyone. It was a great experience for those who attended, and helped enforced what was being taught in the classroom.

“We wanted to inspire future scientists and future leaders. I think we accomplished that,” said Dixon.

Seniors Devon Hayes and Miles Ireland discuss the downlink after leaving the auditorium. Both are EASA students and will be able to apply what they learned dur-ing the event on the Feb. 19. into the classroom. DYLAN LEATHERS / The Bruin