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By AnhViet NguyenNews Editor

A brisk Monday afternoon after Thanksgiving break didn’t stop teachers from waving signs on the intersection of 196th and 44th advocat-ing against additional cuts to the Washington state education budget.

The Washington state legislature began a 30-day special session on Nov. 28 to address the state’s budget shortfalls. The special ses-sion has students, teachers and parents fearing additional cuts to the already limited educa-tion budget. Teachers and educators in the Edmonds School District took part in a state-wide Day of Action to let lawmakers know their sentiments.

“We’re trying to get the message out to the community that our kids and schools have taken too many cuts already and it’s time that they do something about that and stand up for schools,” Edmonds Education Association president Andi Nofziger-Meadows said.

The Day of Action was organized by the Washington Education Association and was made up of various events around the state geared towards getting the attention of law-makers and garnering the support of local communities. Many teachers went directly to the capitol building to voice their opinions.

From 2:30 p.m. until 5:45 p.m., teachers from MTHS, Cedar Way Elementary and Brier Terrace M.S. gathered to wave signs with messages against education cuts. Teachers from other schools met at different locations to wave signs on busy intersections as well.

“We’re down to the dregs and we were already down to the dregs before the cuts even began, to tell you the truth,” counselor Julie Petterson said.

Despite being ranked among the worst in per-pupil spending, Washington state has still been able to rank in the top 10 in SAT scores among the 50 states. Some teachers believe making cuts to the education budget could be detrimental.

“Think about the challenges of AP classes. You cut three days out of an AP class, there are three days of learning students aren’t get-ting to get ready for a national test,” history teacher Dory Weber said.

“I think we do a really great job consider-ing we’re one of the lowest funded states in the nation for education,” Nofziger-Meadows said. “We have great teachers who are com-mitted to doing their jobs and doing the best they can with fewer resources but in the grand

scheme of things, we could be doing a lot bet-ter.”

Legislators have considered various cuts to make such as eliminating school bus trans-portation, increasing class sizes, reducing the length of the school year and eliminating cer-tain programs and bonuses. These ideas don’t sit well with teachers, though.

“It’s not good for students. It’s not good for student success,” Weber said. “More and more families need help from schools but we can’t

give them the help they need if we cut services like transportation and food programs.”

There are differing views on how to solve the budgeting problem and it will not be an easy feat. Petterson does not think cuts should be made and “would develop a viable revenue stream. No cuts. We need something that is sustainable and progressive.”

Washington state governor Christine Gregoire has proposed $1.8 billion in gov-ernment cuts as well as a half-cent sales tax increase. There are mixed opinions about her proposal and it is uncertain whether or not it will pass. However, teachers hope there will be a favorable outcome.

“Our kids don’t get a second chance for an education so they need to make the most of it while they’re in school,” Nofziger-Meadows said.

Although teachers have been out fighting for their students, some students have already taken action. Hundreds of students from Garfield, West Seattle and Nathan Hale high schools walked out on Nov. 30 and marched to Seattle city hall to oppose education cuts. They hoped to attract the attention of local officials.

Although there have been some compari-sons of the Day of Action to the recent Occupy Seattle movement, they are two different and separate things.

“We’re not protesting, we just don’t want cuts to education,” Weber said.

Legislators have a tough task ahead of them for the next few weeks but the teachers will continue to ride the momentum they cre-ated last week. Don’t expect them to go away quietly.

Serafina Urrutia | Hawkeye

Teachers from MTHS, Cedar Way Elementary and Brier Terrace M.S. wave signs to oppose education budget cuts at the intersection of 196th and 44th on Nov. 28.

Enough is enoughWith the state legislature convening in Olympia, teachers actively seek community support against potential education cuts

Quick numbers

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Statistics gathered from the Washington Education

Association website

(www.washingtonea.org)

K-12 public school employees lost in 09-10

due to budget cuts

out of 50 states for per student spending

out of 50 states for worst class sizes

fewer K-12 educators who are no longer state-

funded from 09-11

“It’s time that they do something

about [education cuts] and stand up

for schools.”andi nofziger-Meadows

EdMoNdS EducATIoN ASSocIATIoN PrESIdENT

Heidi Lara-Flores | Hawkeye

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By AnhViet Nguyen and dominic deMieroHawkeye staff

A little over a year ago, then-junior, Hunter Goncalves was the girl’s swim captain com-peting for a state swim title. Now, instead of swimming, the 17-year-old Goncalves is

actively involved in the Occupy Seattle protests.

She grew up in a politically active family and has partici-pated in pro-tests in the past-although not on the same scale as the Occupy movement. Her parents were generally sup-

portive of her joining the protests.“They just told me ‘don’t get arrested’,”

Goncalves said.She loves history but “wasn’t really inspired

by anything” she was learning in school.“Typical civil rights activists don’t really

interest me other than that they are fighting for something they believe in,” Goncalves said.

the incidentOn Tuesday Nov. 15, Goncalves was

arrested for allegedly attempting to swing a stick at a police officer. Multiple reports from various media outlets say that the 17-year-old teenage protester did not hit the officer but was grabbed by another officer on a bicycle.

The story doesn’t end there. According to Goncalves, “I was arrested

for literally stepping over the yellow line in the road. I was assaulted by one member of our altruistic [Seattle Police Department], who grabbed a black flag I was waving, pulled me across his bicycle, and dragged me around. Several comrades grabbed me in an attempt to pull me from the SPD’s grip, but the SPD whipped out pepper spray and sprayed them all.”

These were not the only people who were pepper-sprayed by the police. Later that day, an 84-year-old woman and a pregnant woman were both pepper-sprayed by Seattle

police officers at the Occupy protests. Those incidents were widely reported on local and national media.

Goncalves was not held on bail because she is still a minor, but she said that several of her friends were arrested and held on bail. Goncalves’ parents had mixed reac-tions following the incident.

“[To] my dad, it just felt humorous for some reason. My mom was initially very angry but she calmed down after talking to people that were around me,” she said.

personal MotivationGoncalves has a multitude of reasons

why she decided to forgo her senior year of swimming and to participate in the Occupy Seattle movement, which is growing day by day.

“America is corrupt, there’s no arguing that, and the list of reasons I have for protesting are almost infinite. The divide between the ultra rich and the people who can’t afford food is widening at a dis-gustingly uprising rate,” Goncalves said. “The middle class is almost nonexistent, yet there is still the dumb puritanical belief that America is a place where opportunity is abundant and where if you work hard enough, you can succeed, which is simply not true anymore and has been proven as not true by years and years of social and economical research, which people with privilege and legislative abilities, the people in power, simply ignore, and screw the rest of us over.”

She said she cannot stand the lack of prog-ress in America. She does not understand why our elected “leaders” are motivated by myriad amounts of money, instead of serv-ing the people.

“There still is a social stigma even within populations of people in poverty that pov-erty is a result of being lazy, which leads to a culture where we ignore it for the most part and feel slightly guilty about but for the most part just kind of wish it goes away,” Goncalves said.

This is just one of many reasons Goncalves brought up in an interview on Monday. She also said she feels strongly against the ideas of capitalism and monopolies. The economy, she said, has been “disassociated from reality.”

protesting in seattle

During her phone interview with the Hawkeye on Monday evening, she sat out on the rooftop of a house on 23rd Avenue and Alder Street, which happens to be directly across from Garfield H.S. in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The group has also occupied a building on 10th Avenue and Union Street.

She makes the trip down to Seattle when-ever she can to join her fellow “comrades”.

“We have moved into neighborhoods and [our] mentality [is to] utilize graffiti and resistance and property destruction to our ends,” she said, although she realizes that many people may not be fond of those actions.

She plans on joining port laborers, who cannot unionize, in the West Coast Port Strike on Dec. 12 as well, and encourages anyone to come.

“Occupy is a mindset, so start living by it. Refuse norms, work against capitalism, and fight oppression in every form. Everyone has an undeniable right to live without having to subject themselves to an absurd amount of struggle,” Goncalves said. “Build networks, find people who share your ideas, talk with each other and begin organizing. Change is inevitable, be a part of it!”

current statusGoncalves has been heavily involved with

Occupy Seattle events since November. Yesterday, in

fact, she decided to drop all three of her classes at MTHS and trans-fer all credits to Seattle Central C o m m u n i t y College, which ironically is a con-troversial public area currently occupied by pro-testors.

Seattle Central C o m m u n i t y College has been trying to evict about 100 camp-

ers for several months now, as sanitation and security issues have cost the college about $20,000 a week.

Goncalves will continue to protest against what she feels are unacceptable social norms.

“From a more philosophical stance, we are born, live and then die. In that time period, we suffer enormous hardships, have to deal with failing social expectations, and are told we have to work our backs off to be happy. We are never completely happy and we are never completely free; we are always constrained by people telling us to do this and to do that, we never completely own anything, our profits are never ours, no matter how much you try to convince yourself. Otherwise you are always striv-ing to fulfill some unfillable ideal of how to live; you are always striving towards some-one else’s insatiable and unattainable goal,” Goncalves said. “I don’t want to live like that. I want to be myself, I want to be free from this bullshit. So, is that really what we’re supposed to do with our lives? Life is precious, I don’t believe in an afterlife and I don’t believe in doing things you’re not totally enthusiastic about. What a depress-ing species we have become.”

As of now, Goncalves won’t back down from what she has said.

There isn’t a clear solution or an end in sight.

She will continue to fight by protesting, even if there are others who may not share her same viewpoint.

Goncalves at the center of Occupy SeattleHunter Goncalves | Contributor

The house on Seattle’s 23rd Avenue and Alder Street, directly across from Garfield H.S., is currently occupied by Occupy Seattle protestors – one of many public spaces being occupied around the country.

Hunter Goncalves | Contributor

Graffiti is one way that protestors are gaining attention.

Hunter GoncalvesFormer MTHS student

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Assistant principal Peter Schurke marks a student’s name down and scans the barcode of their ID card for being tardy.

Straightening up attendanceBy Peter KidaneHawkeye staff

The Administration feels that getting to school on time is important and has a huge impact on learning in the classroom.

A few weeks ago, administrators began scanning the barcodes on the ID cards of stu-dents who were tardy to school. Their names were also marked down as a way to motivate the students to get to class on time.

The statistics gathered from the past two weeks have uncovered poor attendance. On the third day of this new system, Nov. 21, 152 people were walking in the door at 7:20 a.m.

“We have contacted the city planner to extend the light on 44th [in front of school] so that those who are trying to get in to the school can do so,” Assistant Principal Peter Schurke said.

Staff members are trying to figure out a way to get more students in the classroom on time. So far, the system has steadily helped the number of students tardy to school decrease.

Students have an unfavorable opinion though. “It is totally unreasonable that they would scan

my card even though I was only two seconds late,” junior Samantha Mafune said.

Senior Shawn Semana said, “I walked outside to grab something from my car and then I had to wait in line to be carded, even though I had already been inside.”

If you are even a second or two late at exactly 7:20 a.m., you will receive a detention from Schurke or another

administrator. If you don’t have your ID, you can look to your left and there will be someone from the administration waiting to write down your name.

By Nick FiorilloHawkeye staff

In response to the increased failure rate in core subjects, school administrators are reinstating tutorial time which was cut at the beginning of the school year. The tutorial time will start Wednesday, Dec. 14.

The details of the new tutorial were explained in an email from MTHS principal Greg Schwab to staff on Friday. Tutorial will be 37 minutes long on Wednesdays and Thursdays, which will cause a slight change to the bell schedule on those days. The school day will remain the same length with the same start and end times.

“It’s actually really nice to have it back at least for some part of the week because it helps everyone catch-up with schoolwork and obviously for those people who are behind,” junior Nancy Nguyen said.

Unlike tutorial in previous years which was before school, the new tutorial will be during the school day. Schwab said the time is needed to “be able to help those students who couldn’t otherwise get help after school because they ride the bus or just aren’t able to stay after school.”

Students will meet in their advisory classrooms. From that point, there are several options students will have during this time. Students can go to see a differ-ent teacher if the student has a pass from the teacher. Students will also be able to study and read in the library or in their advisory rooms. There will also be a math study session in the theater.

The tutorial time is largely in response to the increased number of students failing classes at the midterm progress report.

“Pretty much across the subject areas, there’s a higher rate of failure,” Schwab said, referring to the high number of students failing in all subjects.

The goal is to reduce the amount of students failing before the end of the semester. The midterm grades can be improved by the end of the semester through an early intervention method.

Science teacher Adam Welman said he sees more students fail-ing this year compared to last year.

“Almost twice as many,” he said.Math was one area where scores were particularly low and

administrators are concerned about how students will perform on upcoming standardized math tests such as the end of course exam or EOC.

Spanish teacher Robin Cogburn said math was a big focus dur-ing the Thursday’s staff meeting regarding the tutorial time.

“Because we have never had so many kids fail math, the district is telling us that we have to incorporate some tutorial time, and it has to be during the school day,” Cogburn said.

One of the downsides of this tutorial time is that time will be taken away from classes on Wednesdays and Thursdays. A total of 37 minutes has to be carved out of the schedule, meaning each class will be shortened by six minutes.

“I’m bummed. I’m disappointed that the classes I’ll have with my other students will be six minutes shorter, twice a week,”

Welman said.Administration and staff met

Thursday to discuss options for this tutorial time. The staff was given a proposed tutorial plan with sev-eral options regarding time, days when it would be held and options for students. There was no deci-sion made at that meeting. Schwab said the meeting was for “gathering input from teachers.”

Many students have a favorable opinion of the new tutorial, even though it will alter the recently changed bell schedule.

“I think it’s a great way to try and fix what the new bell schedule changed but I really hope it doesn’t affect students that are in Running Start and other advanced pro-grams,” senior Jazzy Smith said.

While many will continue to see this instructional time as a tuto-rial time, the name will be changed soon. Schwab plans to change the name prior to the reinstatement of “tutorial”.

Administration realizes that there may be concerns about the new sys-tem and will evaluate the new plan at the end of the semester.

New tutorial plan debuts next week

“It is totally unreasonable that

they would scan my card even though

I was only two seconds late.”

samantha MafunejuNIor

Statistics:

Thursday 11/17: 129/1291 students (10 percent of the student body) entered the •building after 7:20.

Friday 11/18: 90/1291 students (7 percent of the student body) entered the building •after 7:20.

Monday 11/21: 152/1291 students (11.8 percent of the student body) entered the •building after 7:20.

Missing from the schedule since the beginning of the year, tutorial returns next Wednesday

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Occupy Wall Street shows the American system at work in a real world environment. People have the

right to peacefully protest for change and they have been using it to try to correct the wealth discrepancy between the top one percent and the bot-tom 99 percent. Unfortunately something ugly has come out of the experiment that is the United States. Our govern-ment has reacted with so much aggression and outright hostility around the country in places like Oakland and New York that

one wonders whether we actually have the right to protest. All anyone has to do is turn on their TV and flip to their favorite news channel to see protesters being harassed by local police officers using pepper spray and less-than-lethal ammunition to force the protesters out of the area even when no laws are being broken.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on for nearly two months now and we have nothing to show for it. If anything the government is becoming more and more aggressive towards the average citizen. Just a few days ago the Senate approved this fiscal years’ National Defense Authorization Act which decides the budget and expenditures for defense for the coming year.

While this bill still needs to pass through the house and pass judicial review from the Supreme Court there is still something worrisome about the wording. This years’ act includes an interesting foot note, if you are suspected of being a terrorist you can be arrested and held indefi- nitely without

trial. Being an American citizen will not protect you from

this; people who are

arrested under suspicion will

be given

military trials or none at all and with no representation.Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican from South Carolina,

said it best, “And when they say, ‘I want my lawyer,’ you tell them: ‘Shut up. You don’t get a lawyer. You are an enemy combatant, and we are going to talk to you about why you joined al-Qaida.” Sen. Graham, an American citizen, has made it clear that he supports the idea that an ordinary person on the street can and should be arrested and held indefinitely on simple suspicion of terrorism.

While the senate has stated that this is to be used against people who are trying to join al-Qaida within the United States instead of just abroad, the wording is much more dangerous than that. It’s not unreasonable that they want to be able to prosecute terrorists inside the country, yet every time the public sees an innocent protester pepper sprayed or a young man beaten bloody by police officers, they become more and more disillu-sioned with the political process. The lack of action frustrates them and soon some will begin to feel that peaceful protest is doing nothing.

We are at the point that revolution is not some unfathomable thing, some-thing that only happens in the history books. We have citizens who are pay-ing a disproportionate amount of their money in taxes, and a government that refuses to listen. This is the exact same thing that happened leading up to the Revolutionary War and for a government that supposedly represents its citizens it is clear to everyone that those with money are represented with a lot more enthusiasm than Joe the plumber.

If it ever comes to the point where there are mutterings and musings of a coup, our government will be able to walk down the streets and point to each per-son saying, “Terrorist, terrorist, terrorist, terrorist, not terrorist, terrorist.” All of those deemed terrorist are then carted off to some military prison where they are kept indefinitely or killed. It doesn’t matter if they were innocent or not, they will get no chance to prove that if the government doesn’t want to give them that chance.

Despite all of this, there are those who blame all of the actions towards the protesters on the movement itself; as if the protesters are asking to be attacked. The argument that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn’t have a defined and definite plan to carry out is not an argument that points out the failings of the movement; it is an argument that points out the failings of legisla-tion because there has been nothing proposed that constitutes acceptable action. Expecting a band of aver-

age citizens to be able to put together a legal bill is absurd, that’s why our system is representative; we elect people to create those bills for us based on the needs of the people. Blaming the errors of the system on the people is pure, unadulterated stupidity.

George Orwell’s “1984” is beginning to drift out of the realm of literary fiction and may soon become a docu-mentary of the United States of America. No longer can the ordinary person rely on others to fight their battles for them, to stand out there and protest for them, to be assaulted by police for them. Indeed it is now the time for everyone to get involved, whether you are for the move-ment or against it, it is time to act. Send a letter to your local representative and make sure that your voice is heard. Your representative votes for you, make sure they know what you want.

Government response to protests is unAmerican and unacceptable

David KrienkeHawkeye Staff

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Tutorial is reinstated

This year’s freshmen do not know the plea-sure of coming to school at 7:20 for tutorial

time, rather than the beginning of school. Last year and years prior, this was considered a time to get help from teachers or to print things in the library. Sadly, the tutorial time in the morn-ing is not coming back. School will still start at 7:20, tutorial will be in between 2nd and 3rd period, and students will be required to go to their advisory class for this time. In order to see another teacher, you must receive a pass from your advisory teacher to leave the class. Of course this isn’t as convenient as the old tutorial system, but there isn’t much that can be done about state laws.

Sports assembly is on fire

With a new season comes a new sports assembly, and the winter sports and

activities assembly came and went last Friday. In the bone-chilling cold of the Seattle winter, Mountlake Terrace High School managed to make the Terraceum more uncomfortably hot than any classroom has become with our old bipolar heating system. Nonetheless, the cheer squad and break dancing team both did out-standing jobs, and the new break dancing team members seem to be an amazing addition to the team. While the performers more than earned this praise, Bailey Bame definitely deserves rec-ognition for donning the thick suit of Herkey the Hawk throughout the entire sweat-inducing heat of the assembly.

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Change is on the wayI can’t believe that we’re already

at Winter Break. We have just a couple more weeks of school then

it’s time to take a break and enjoy the holi-days. There is always so much going on here a Terrace that it’s hard to

keep track sometimes but here are some of the highlights:

Schedule Change Coming – yes, it’s true. There is a slight mod-ification to our schedule com-ing and it will start during the last week before Winter Break. We’ll start running a new schedule on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week that will have built in some time for students to see teachers so they can get help in classes they are having trouble with and to make up tests they might have missed. Also, we’ll be providing some assistance for students who need to prepare for the Math End of Course Make Up exams in February. The reason for this change is really simple—when we lost Tutorial this year, there was no longer an opportunity for stu-dents to see teachers outside of class time. This was especially true for students who ride the bus to and from school.

This change will allow for a couple

of days per week where students can have access to teachers during the school day.

You may have noticed that in the display case at the front doors, there is a giving tree. We are seeking to help students and families in our community who need assistance.

This is a great opportunity for each of us to help in a small way and make the holidays a little easier for those families who are struggling because of the tough economic con-ditions.

We’re in full swing with our Winter Sports season. Student-

Athletes are competing in Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball, Wrestling and Boys’ Swimming. Please join me

in wishing our student-athletes the best of luck.

During the next two weeks, there will be some great chances to see our music programs and students as they perform in holiday concerts. I would encourage you to go check out a concert and see just how tal-ented our students are.

Finally, I just want to wish every-one a very happy holiday season. Like we used to say in grade school, “see you next year!”

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“We’ll start running a new schedule on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week that will

have built in some time for students to see teachers so they

can get help.“

Winter break is almost here! We are a few weeks away from our two

week hiatus and it is time to end 2011 on a strong note. That means it is time to make some New Year’s resolutions.

Maybe you to want to go to the gym more often. Maybe you want to spend more time with fam-

ily and friends. Maybe you want to learn a new skill (cooking, playing a musical instrument, speak a new language, etc.). Well, you should also consider recommitting your-self to your aca-demic goals as well. Finishing strong at the end of semester will feel good and will lead right into second semester. There aren’t many things that are more satisfying than accomplishing goals that you set for yourself, no matter how big or small.

Most importantly, spend as much time with family and friends as possible, enjoy the days off from school and maybe go to some Terrace basketball games. Also, out to the newly formed Rowdy Rooters for pumping up the athletes and getting in the heads of opposing players. They’re always looking for new faces to join them.

Speaking of basketball, the boy’s team is off to a great start and the girl’s team continues to be competitive. Don’t for-get about the other winter sports teams though. Both the wrestling and boy’s swim team have some individuals this year who could reach the postseason.

After the break, there are a lot of differ-

ent events going on. Cultural week is hap-pening the drama department is putting on its musical, All Shook Up. Please check the calendar on the school website for exact dates and times.

I have got to admit, November was a crazy month and you know what? It was worth it. The PPP trophy is back in the hands of the rightful owners. We stepped up this year by bringing in canned food, showing other people that we can skillful-ly use plungers and pounding them out on the basketball court. Thank you Interhigh members for organizing and coordinat-ing events all month. Also, thank you to everyone who contributed to the food

drive because it is nice to see so many students helping other people in our community.

This year, we implemented a new way of running the food drive with a single elimination tournament called Munch Madness. Apparently, that did not stop Mrs. Nelson from winning the food drive again. Congratulations Mrs. Nelson and your third period class on your impressive total number of cans collected. Thank to all of the teachers who motivated your students to bring in cans and donations. Don’t worry, there is always next year.

One last announcement. Big ASB officer petitions (not class ASB) will be avail-able in January. Start thinking about that because it might be an opportunity you may want to consider.

Okay, I need to go write down my own New Year’s resolutions.NOtE: The Hawkeye provides the ASB space

each issue in the Opinion section as part of our mission as an open public forum.

HawkTalk Q: What are your holiday traditions?

“Our traditions are evolving, this year Christmas

is at my house.”

Susan LahtiPE/Health teacher

“When I was younger [in

tradition], my family would go

ice skating the day before Christmas.”

Yosan Michael sophomore

“Sometimes for Christmas, my family makes

Carne Asada [thin mexican beef

streak].“

Avery Fowblejunior

“Every year, when we decorate our tree, we

watch the movie ‘Christmas Vacation.’”

Katrina Mccleandsenior

“I go with my family up to a tree farm, and

we cut down our Christmas tree.”

Kailey Lockefreshman

Ending an exceptional year

“There aren’t many things that are more satisfying than accomplishing goals that you set for yourself, no

matter how big or small.”

A WOrD frOm yOur Asb OffICErs

AnhViet NguyenASB Public Relations Officer

tHE PrINCIPAl’s COrNEr

NEW ADVICE COLUMN! Need advice? Anonymously e-mail your questions to

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1 0 0 t h i n g s t o d o b e f o r e y o u g r a d u a t eBy Serena Urrutia & Will KhadiviHawkeye staff

1. Join a club. 2. Try out for a sport. 3. Shop at the Hawkshop. 4. Get a job or an internship. 5. Have a conversation with

Anthony Williams. 6. Take the Community Transit to

school for an entire week. 7. Say “thank you” to a teacher. 8. Dance in the Seattle Center

fountain. 9. Shop at every store at

Alderwood Mall. 10. Have a personal conversation

with a teacher. 11. Visit the Hawkeye in Rm. 130. 12. Take a class by Tim Cashman. 13. Have a boyfriend or girl

friend. Bonus if it lasts longer than a week.

14. Run to Candy Cane park. 15. Take the bus or Sounder to

Downtown Seattle. 16. Hear a “true” story from

George Dremousis. 17. Clean a table in the HUB. 18. Get an announcement on

HBN. 19. Feed homeless people in

Downtown Seattle. 20. Run for ASB. 21. Memorize the Fight Song. 22. Go to a Hawks baseball game. 23. Study at Third Place Books. 24. Volunteer. 25. See a drama production. 26. Go to Macho Volleyball. 27. Take Film Analysis.

28. Have an original senior prank. 29. Do something fun during

Winter Break. 30. Ride a bus for its entire

route. 31. Go to Jam Session. 32. Pick up garbage in Nature

Scape. 33. Go to Folklife at Seattle

Center. 34. Attend a protest. 35. Eat Dick’s Burgers at 2 a.m. 36. Vote in ASB elections. 37. Run in the hallways. 38. Visit Pike Place Market. 39. Become a vegetarian. 40. Order a drink at the original

Starbucks in Seattle. 41. Order the “Hawk Special” at

Sorelli’s. 42. Prank call a friend. 43. Take pictures for the Hawkeye

or Tempo. 44. Watch re-runs of “Fresh

Prince of Bel Air.” 45. Pass notes in class about

your teacher; get caught on purpose.

46. Take a chef class. 47. Jump in the fountain at

Alderwood Mall. 48. See a movie opening night. 49. Yell at a random person on

the street. 50. Read the Hawkeye. 51. Skinny dip in Lake Ballinger. 52. Spend a day in Seattle alone. 53. Buy over $50 in school

supplies.

54. Go to a Hawks orchestra concert.

55. Stuff yourself at Melt. 56. Fart in class and blame a

classmate. 57. Go to a Hawks football

game. 58. When there’s a meteor shower,

camp out on your roof or on your lawn.

59. High five people at the front door for an entire morning.

60. Talk to a stranger at lunch. 61. Volunteer for a political

campaign. 62. Eat a maple bar at Evergreen

Donuts. 63. Take the bus to Downtown

Edmonds. 64. Ride a ferry. 65. Swim in Puget Sound. 66. Go to free admission day at

the S.A.M. 67. Hug every person you see. 68. Eat an entire pizza from

Little Caesar’s. 69. Make funny faces at the

security cameras. 70. Visit a nursing home. 71. Bike the entire Interurban

Trail or Burke-Gilman Trail. 72. Pull an all-nighter. 73. Have a picnic at lunch with

your friends outside the HUB. 74. Go to a concert of an

unknown band. 75. Yell something irrelevant in

your classroom. 76. Learn the custodians and

cafeteria workers’ names. 77. Fall asleep in class. 78. Take a class taught by

Dino Aristides. 79. Have a burrito date at

Chipotle. 80. Go to Beth’s Café in Seattle. 81. Go to a GSA meeting. 82. Write a letter to the editor. 83. Go all out for spirit days. 84. Go to a Hawks band concert. 85. Attend a P.P.P. Event. 86. Take a class with Russ

Vincent. 87. Go to Tour De Terrace. 88. Read all the Harry Potter

books within a month. 89. Get a job. 90. Go to Homecoming. 91. Spend a day at Pike Place

Market with your friends. 92. Raise money for a school

group or a community group. 93. Prepare a unique prom night

for you and your friends. 94. Write a letter to your future

self and mail it. 95. Be in an activity during an

assembly. 96. Don’t fail a class. But if you

do, realize life will go on. 97. Take an AP class during your

junior year. 98. Go to Senior Awards night. 99. Go to a Terrace Theater

Sports competition. 100. Be on the last elevator

down from the top observation deck of the Space Needle.

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1 0 0 t h i n g s t o d o b e f o r e y o u g r a d u a t eBy Serena Urrutia & Will KhadiviHawkeye staff

1. Join a club. 2. Try out for a sport. 3. Shop at the Hawkshop. 4. Get a job or an internship. 5. Have a conversation with

Anthony Williams. 6. Take the Community Transit to

school for an entire week. 7. Say “thank you” to a teacher. 8. Dance in the Seattle Center

fountain. 9. Shop at every store at

Alderwood Mall. 10. Have a personal conversation

with a teacher. 11. Visit the Hawkeye in Rm. 130. 12. Take a class by Tim Cashman. 13. Have a boyfriend or girl

friend. Bonus if it lasts longer than a week.

14. Run to Candy Cane park. 15. Take the bus or Sounder to

Downtown Seattle. 16. Hear a “true” story from

George Dremousis. 17. Clean a table in the HUB. 18. Get an announcement on

HBN. 19. Feed homeless people in

Downtown Seattle. 20. Run for ASB. 21. Memorize the Fight Song. 22. Go to a Hawks baseball game. 23. Study at Third Place Books. 24. Volunteer. 25. See a drama production. 26. Go to Macho Volleyball. 27. Take Film Analysis.

28. Have an original senior prank. 29. Do something fun during

Winter Break. 30. Ride a bus for its entire

route. 31. Go to Jam Session. 32. Pick up garbage in Nature

Scape. 33. Go to Folklife at Seattle

Center. 34. Attend a protest. 35. Eat Dick’s Burgers at 2 a.m. 36. Vote in ASB elections. 37. Run in the hallways. 38. Visit Pike Place Market. 39. Become a vegetarian. 40. Order a drink at the original

Starbucks in Seattle. 41. Order the “Hawk Special” at

Sorelli’s. 42. Prank call a friend. 43. Take pictures for the Hawkeye

or Tempo. 44. Watch re-runs of “Fresh

Prince of Bel Air.” 45. Pass notes in class about

your teacher; get caught on purpose.

46. Take a chef class. 47. Jump in the fountain at

Alderwood Mall. 48. See a movie opening night. 49. Yell at a random person on

the street. 50. Read the Hawkeye. 51. Skinny dip in Lake Ballinger. 52. Spend a day in Seattle alone. 53. Buy over $50 in school

supplies.

54. Go to a Hawks orchestra concert.

55. Stuff yourself at Melt. 56. Fart in class and blame a

classmate. 57. Go to a Hawks football

game. 58. When there’s a meteor shower,

camp out on your roof or on your lawn.

59. High five people at the front door for an entire morning.

60. Talk to a stranger at lunch. 61. Volunteer for a political

campaign. 62. Eat a maple bar at Evergreen

Donuts. 63. Take the bus to Downtown

Edmonds. 64. Ride a ferry. 65. Swim in Puget Sound. 66. Go to free admission day at

the S.A.M. 67. Hug every person you see. 68. Eat an entire pizza from

Little Caesar’s. 69. Make funny faces at the

security cameras. 70. Visit a nursing home. 71. Bike the entire Interurban

Trail or Burke-Gilman Trail. 72. Pull an all-nighter. 73. Have a picnic at lunch with

your friends outside the HUB. 74. Go to a concert of an

unknown band. 75. Yell something irrelevant in

your classroom. 76. Learn the custodians and

cafeteria workers’ names. 77. Fall asleep in class. 78. Take a class taught by

Dino Aristides. 79. Have a burrito date at

Chipotle. 80. Go to Beth’s Café in Seattle. 81. Go to a GSA meeting. 82. Write a letter to the editor. 83. Go all out for spirit days. 84. Go to a Hawks band concert. 85. Attend a P.P.P. Event. 86. Take a class with Russ

Vincent. 87. Go to Tour De Terrace. 88. Read all the Harry Potter

books within a month. 89. Get a job. 90. Go to Homecoming. 91. Spend a day at Pike Place

Market with your friends. 92. Raise money for a school

group or a community group. 93. Prepare a unique prom night

for you and your friends. 94. Write a letter to your future

self and mail it. 95. Be in an activity during an

assembly. 96. Don’t fail a class. But if you

do, realize life will go on. 97. Take an AP class during your

junior year. 98. Go to Senior Awards night. 99. Go to a Terrace Theater

Sports competition. 100. Be on the last elevator

down from the top observation deck of the Space Needle.

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Keep skin healthy all yearBy Roxanna ValeaHawkeye staff

One of the most uncomfortable, yet annoying health problems during the win-ter season is dry skin. There are many different kinds of dry skin problems and many ways to cure it.

According to beauty.about.com, “In winter, low tem-peratures, low humidity and strong, harsh winds deplete skin of its natural lipid layer, which keeps the skin from drying out.”

At a time in the cold win-ter when it is most common flakiness and cracking of the skin may occur, causing your skin to painfully tight-en. Skin may also become itchy, as well as dull and red looking.

Dry skin can be caused by simple things, such as rough spots, uncomfortable or itchy clothing, the misuse of moisturizer, not drinking enough water, malnutrition and taking long, hot showers, as well as many medical conditions.

There are many reasons skin needs to be kept healthy and be treated when dry.

One reason is so bacteria is kept out of the body, since your skin is your body’s main defense system against infection. It is also good for a persons well being to keep skin healthy for appearances.

Another reason to treat dry skin, is to keep skin clear, according to ezinearticles.com, “When the skin is dry and dehy-drated, dead skin cells remain on the skin which may block pores and promote acne, zits, blemishes, or other breakouts; drink plenty of pure water.”

So, it’s like a chain reaction, if you have dry skin, you could also break out; and just because it’s not summer, it doesn’t mean

you shouldn’t be hydrating just as much as in the winter time.

The reason why dry skin is more com-mon in the winter time than the summer, is because its colder and you don’t get as much vitamin D, as you would from the sunshine. According to ehow.com, “Some

dermatological conditions require medical treatment to control.”

All that has to be done is bathe, but every other day (because your body’s natu-ral resources will be washed way), but never a hot bath or for more than 15 min-utes, in order to renew skin with moisture.

Skin should be “pat” dried, then moisturize skin by applying baby oil, or

even petroleum jelly (these things should not have to be expensive).

One of the most important things a per-son can do for themself and their skin is get enough sleep, this will allow the body to repair and regenerate its skin cells, if not this will cause not only dry, but dull skin.

Stay away from soaps that are high in lye content, and use body washes such as Dove, Neutrogena, or Avenue which have a higher fat content, compared to the amount of lye content. If dry skin if severe enough, or to prevent, or just want baby soft skin you should make sure you have a balanced diet that includes foods high in vitamins A and B, which are found in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Also avoid sugars and beverages high on caffeine, which is a diuretic, causing your skin to dehydrate. You may want to also turn the heat down in your home, adding some humidity to the dry air, which helps dry skin. And of course don’t forget to moisturize!

“In winter, low temperatures, low

humidity and strong, harsh winds deplete

skin of its natural lipid layer, which

keeps the skin from drying out.”

beauty.about.com

Plan now to do well in school, lifeStory by Grayson Christopher Photos by Michelle SchomerHawkeye staff

Good study habits are the most effective way to absorb materials and do better on tests. Most high school students have a dis-tracting work space when they study.

There are other people in the house, music, the internet, television, cell phones, and many other things that can easily break ones concentration while trying to study.

Many procrastinate, putting this impor-tant aspect of school off until the very last minute, resulting in stressful late night study sessions. There are many things a student can do to best understand the material they are learn-ing or reviewing.

However, none of the above are very effective at all. The brain processes things best if it has enough time.

This means not only should a person give them-selves plenty of time to com-plete what they need to for school, but also should take the right amount of study breaks.

For every half of hour of studying that goes on, a ten minute break should take place. This way the brain has time to absorb things in smaller pieces, instead of all

the information that has been obtained at once.

As a result, it is easier to remember details instead of just the basic concepts from the learning. Another way to best remember material is to, once done working, simply review everything that has just been stud-ied.

This will help the memory to store infor-mation. It has been rumored ‘cramming’ is an effective way to do well on tests because if all the knowledge has just been

stored, it can be remembered for the test.

According to academic-tips.org after quickly learn-ing information you loose 80 percent of it with in 24 hours. Repetition is a great way to help remember information. Making flashcards or going over notes is a great way to study.

This information is false. It may work in some cases, but even if it does the informa-tion is most likely to be lost

short after the test. The workspace should be organized and

quiet. Working in a busy area of the house-hold is very distracting. Having the com-puter on (for purposes other than obtain-ing information) and cell phone out are never a good idea.

It’s harder for the brain to understand the material if it is constantly being distracted with text messages and social networking notifications. The easiest way to not let these things be methods of distraction is to keep them as far away as possible while working.

Although it may seem that good habits like these are hard to get into, once they are formed, they make homework, study-ing, and testing easier than it ever has been before.

stay organizedKeep stuff together for each

class so when it comes time to study nothing is lost.

time managementMake sure to work studying

into schedule. Being consistent and studying

at the same time everyday improves school work.

study zoneCreate a study zone

for yourself. Make sure everything needed is there

including pens, pencils, paper and even a dictionary. Make sure this area is free of

distractions.

Develop good habits

Developing good studying habits now will not just help a person in high school, but throughout their whole life.

take notesBe sure to take notes in class

to look back on at home. Using 2-3 colors helps a person learn information.

“The key to learning

something well is repetition;

the more times you go over the material the better

chance you have of storing it

permanently.”academictips.org

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By Abigail SolomanHawkeye staff

Despite the fact that many health-conscious students may eat a healthy diet, another source of calories may be lurking where they least expect it: beverages. Everyday drinks like sodas, juice, lattés, and even smoothies can add up an extra load of calories and sugar to a student’s diet.

According to msnbc.msn.com, as the obesity epidemic increased in the past 30 years, so has calorie consumption in beverages to 150- 300 calories per day. Portions in drinks have also increased over 50 percent from 13 to 20 ounces.

With this, drinks like juice or cola soda have increased from 136 to 227 calorie in a 12-ounce and 20 ounce serving. Though soda has long been deemed as an “empty calorie” beverage by health junkies, beverages at the cof-fee and smoothie shops can be worse offenders.

At Starbucks a Grande Cinnamon Dolce Latte contains 260 calories and a Grande Strawberry and Cream Frappoicino contains 330 calories – and this is without whipped cream. Adding this fattening condiment can add up to

120 calories and 11 grams of fat to a grande sized drink. Holiday specials are no better off either; a Grande Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha has 440 calories and 10 grams of fat while an Eggnog Latte has 460 calories and a whopping 21 grams of fat.

Reducing calories in a hot beverage can be easy, as the center for disease control and prevention suggests always ordering the smallest size, having it made with fat- free or low fat milk instead of whole milk, and always skipping whip cream. Smoothies are another sneaky way of adding calo-ries and sugar to a teen’s diet.

Despite being hailed as a great health drink by most people, many smoothie chains add sugar to bev-erages which are already naturally sweet from fruit, juice and yogurt used to make the smoothie. At Jamba Juice, a Razzmatazz smoothie in orig-inal size contains 390 calories and 14

grams of sugar. An Orange Dream Machine smoothie has 470 calo-

ries and 17 grams of sugar. Instead opt for an all- fruit smoothie in the smallest size to save plenty of calories and sugar.

For example a sixteen ounce Strawberry Nirvana has only 150 calories and 27 grams of sugar. Sometimes, it’s best to go simple with just water, low-fat milk and low calorie beverage in replacement of soda, juice or sodas.

Adding a bit of juice or fruit to a sparkling water can make a good tasting low calorie beverage.

Don’t let fancy labels, slick packaging and clever marketing fool you

Hidden caloriesPopular beverages contain much that’s unhealthy

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Students work to spread the word to end the wordProgram targets dehumanizing wordsBy Abby McDermottHawkeye staff

A unique opportunity took place on Nov. 10 at Mountlake Terrace High School to pledge to “Spread the Word to End the Word.” Almost three hundred students signed the pledge and received a red brace-let to remind them of their promise to end

the derogatory use of the words “retard” and “retarded.”

The “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign is in association with Special Olympics and Best Buddies International.

The hope is to decrease the dehumanizing language of today’s world and promote respectful comments. The goal is to raise

awareness and to help kids see that those with intellectual disabilities are just like them in many ways.

They want to end the hurtful effects of the R-word as well as other minority slurs. “Spread the Word to End the Word” is pro-moting inclusion and acceptance.

“It’s so inspiring to see our school taking steps towards unity,” says MTHS student Amanda O’Hara who is also a member of the new club called Project Unify, which is in association with the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign. Project Unify aims at bringing our school body together.

Nobody should feel left out or discrimi-

nated against and Terrace should be proud to stand in support of this cause. It is a good reminder to the rest of us about the power of speech and how words can be encourag-ing and uplifting, but also how they can quickly become weapons of destruction, tearing people down.

Those who pledged not to use the R-word anymore, also think about pledging not to use any derogatory term or even not to say anything cruel at all.

Congratulations to MTHS for taking a step towards a more inclusive school environment through Project Unify and “Spread the Word to End the World.”

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By Will KhadiviHawkeye staff

For many of us who live in the suburbs, when we want to get groceries, we go to the large chain grocery store down the street. Or if we want clothes we go to the mall. American Express credit card com-pany is working to change that, at least for a day.

On Nov. 26, the sec-ond annual “Small Business Saturday” was celebrated. This idea was spurred in 2010 as a way to urge Americans to do their Christmas shopping at a small business instead of at chain retail stores.

“I usually prefer small businesses,” said Andrea Gould-Linder, a sophomore. “Even though bigger stores like Wal-Mart are all over, small businesses are usually one of a kind, and you don’t get service like them in [big-box stores].”

Last year, small retailers that accept American Express credit cards saw a twenty eight percent increase in sales volume on Small Business Saturday from the day before, according to American Express, which encourages its custom-ers to “shop small” for Small Business Saturday.

The day picked is the day after “Black Friday” in which millions of Americans rushed or even slept overnight at big-box stores or malls to get the best deals, which leaves many small businesses in the dark.

Small Business Saturday used social media to get the word out. As of Dec.

4, more than 2.7 million people have “liked” Small Business Saturday on Facebook.

According to the Small Business Ad m i n i s t r a t ion , Small businesses have generated 64 percent of net new

jobs over the past 15 years and employ over half of private sector employees.

Even President Obama left the White House to “shop small.” The President and his two daughters, Sasha and Malia, went to the local bookstore, Kramerbooks in Washington D.C.

“There aren’t any small businesses that I know of that are around me,” said Dan Nguyen, sophomore at Lynnwood High School.

“I know that by supporting smaller businesses, it balances out the economy much more than giving all the money to big corporate companies.”

Kyra Dahlman | Hawkeye

Americans urged to “shop small”

“Even though bigger stores like Wal-Mart are all over,

small businesses are usually one of a kind, and you don’t get service like them [in big-

box stores].”andrea gould-linder

MTHS SoPHoMorE

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Clubs give back for the holiday seasonBy Erick YanzonHawkeye staff

INTERHIGH

Halfway through November, the MTHS annual canned food drive started. The tour-nament itself was dubbed “Munch Madness” this year, based off of college basketball’s “March Madness.”

It is a single-elimination tournament pitting third period classes against one another. Each class tried to collect more canned food and other monetary donations than their assigned opponent, which had been posted on a huge sports-style bracket between the two locker rooms. The class that had the greater numbers of cans each round advanced to the next round.

Although classes were eliminated throughout the compe-tition, they still could bring cans and team up with another class still in the competition.

The class that received the trophy and had the doughnut party by having the greatest amounts of cans that reached well over 1,000 was Kimberly Nelson’s Personal Finance class.

There were rumors that Nelson gave money and cans to win, but it is not true because her students were the ones who stood outside of grocery stores to collect cans and even gave up their own lunch money.

The whole class was really determined to win and to help the community, and Nelson was their motivation.

The food drive is part of the annual PPP event (Pursuit of the Power Plunger) that Mountlake Terrace competes against rival Lynnwood Royals.

The Royals have defeated Terrace for the past couple of years, but this year, Terrace beat the Royals by having 11,195 cans while Lynnwood only had 8,880 cans.

Overall, it’s not so much about the competition, but more about helping other people.“What makes me feel good is to help someone else feel good, like the food drive. It felt

good to know that someone else won’t be hungry because I brought something for them to eat,” said Stephen Cuplin, freshman.

All of the canned food and monetary donations collected will be donated to the local food bank in the community.

KEY CLUBKey club is an International club system that is supported by the Kiwanis Clubs. The club

was established four years ago by a former student, Rachel Pendergraft, and their adviser, Kimberly Nelson.

“I don’t know why they call it ‘Key’ Club. Probably because service to others is key to being a productive and responsible citizen,” says Nelson.

The main goal of the club is community service and they have one project a month. This year, the club has forty active members, and they now meet after school instead of the before school meet during tutorial from the past years.

This holiday season, they rocked the canned food drive for Thanksgiving by collecting 2,025 cans of food in one day while standing outside of Albertsons.

Right now, they are working on Adopt-A-Family, which is a project wherein the members are to choose a gift to get that the parents of the families requested for their kids, so that they can still celebrate their Christmas season regardless of being homeless.

They will have their big holiday wrapping party on Dec. 15, then deliver all of the pres-ents to the families. Thus far, they have already adopted four families. The project is being led by Kara Cundy as her Senior Project.

FCCLA

FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America) is the only in-school organization with family as its central focus, and which participates both in-service projects and strives to educate the community about issues that impact individuals and families.

“This is different than Key Club, which is a more general community service organization. Our club also provides leadership opportunities through STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition). This year will be our first year participating in STAR Events,” said Jessica Walton, adviser.

On December 1, they began a toiletry drive to benefit the Heroes for the Homeless organization. They are going to collect this by standing outside of grocery stores possibly Fred Meyer and QFC, and then donat-ing them.

Last year, they had a very successful Pillow Case Drive, which provided enough material for over 100 dresses to be made by the Fashion Design students and sent to Africa for little girls in need.

“We are continuously involved in projects and activi-ties that better the community. Students can definitely list FCCLA as a club on their resumes for college and for extra curricular activities and you get ‘cords’ at graduation, but the main goal is to better the commu-nity and yourself and to learn to become a leader for the future,” says Jasla James, President.FCCLA provides leadership skills and community

service opportunities for any students enrolled, or previously enrolled, in a Family and Consumer Science class.

By Huyen Le and Shannon BeaumontHawkeye staff and A&E Editor

The musical “All Shook Up” has its open-ing night Jan. 18 and is playing through Jan. 21 for $9.

The cast has practiced hard on routine and get-ting their lines perfect, and have made “All Shook Up” a fantastic musical to see.

The musical takes place in the ’50s and is inspired by Elvis Presley’s music, includ-ing his own songs. Another inspiration was Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” taking after its interesting plot.

Chad, a guitar-playing roustabout who just got released from prison comes into

town, electrifying all the local women and the mayor isn’t exactly pleased with him.

Nearby, a young mechanic, Natalie, dreams of love and exploring the world and runs into Chad who starts causing chaos in her town with dancing and singing, bring-

ing the town to life.Dennis, Chad’s “side-

kick” follows after Chad’s actions all the while trying to bring himself to confess his love for Natalie.

The musical has been to 5th Avenue because of its unique story line, great songs, and incredible characters that make an overall amazing musical.

With the complex romantic quadrangles and upbeat music, the entertainment never ends.

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Community thanks Terrace for the cans and monetary donations

The musical takes place in the ’50s

and is inspired by Elvis Presley’s music,

including his own songs.

Peter Kidane | Hawkeye

Cans stacked in the Hub toward the end of Munch Madness.

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By Austin McDermottHawkeye staff

It’s a good year to be a Hawk.

Senior starter Ryan Shannon, who transferred from Marysville-Pillchuck this year, may be the one piece needed to bring a run to the state championship. The Hawks have gone to the playoffs many times since winning it all in 1977, despite a solid history as a strong team and finishing as high as 3rd place, it seems they are never able to win that elusive title.

Tuesday night was the first step in the quest for the title, as the Hawks beat the Inglemoor Vikings 57-41.

Returning junior guard Marquis Armstead led the team with 19 points. Shannon, in his first game as a Hawk, got a double-double, with 11 points, despite having a slight inju-ry scare just 3 minutes into the game. After Shannon went up for a rebound, he fell face first onto the floor where he appeared to be inadvertently kicked. Shannon was able to get up and walk on his own, but he was clutching his face and looked like he was in some serious pain. He returned to the game a few minutes later. Another pos-sible injury occurred with just 2.5 seconds left in the 3rd quarter, when he nearly got body slammed by an Inglemoor player after going up for a block.

After the game, coach Nalin Sood said, “As a coach you’re always concerned, and you’re just hoping ‘get up, get up, and get up’. We have guys that are aggressive to the basket, and to do that, sometimes (inju-ries) are going to happen... some of our guys have a fearless attitude, and that’s the risk you take, and I’m glad we have guys

like that, that are on our side, and I know (junior guard) Jesse (Zerom) and Ryan wouldn’t shy away from doing that same play five minutes later.”

The whole team did a good job on com-munication for the first game of the year. Big men Loren LaCasse, and Greg Bowman (both sophomores) dominated the glass and controlled the paint. The Hawks held the Vikings to just two points in the sec-ond quarter, and were leading 47-22 at the end of the 3rd. Apart from a few mishaps, the Hawks made many solid, smart, and sometimes amazing passes to find the open man for the easy shot. They even out-scored Inglemoor 30-6 from the beginning of the 2nd quarter to nearly the end of the 3rd.

With all of Terrace’s scoring and lock down defense coming into play, the rest of the season looks to be an exciting one

indeed. Shannon said his expectations are “to

get to the Tacoma Dome for sure. I haven’t

been able to yet, and I feel we have the pieces here to do it.”

There is a lot of hype around this year’s team, as they were ranked No. 1 in the WESCO 3A divi-sion in the high school fall league, going undefeated, with a solid core made up of Shannon, Armstead, and fellow returning junior guard Blake Fernandez. All three finished with dou-ble digit points Tuesday, which is a good sign as they will have to help carry this team to the postsea-son, along with senior post Coby Russell, who did not play Tuesday night.

Sood said, “This game is all about assessing where we’re at. You want to see us go against another team so you can sit down after-wards and see where you need to get better.” From the looks of this game, this

will be an elite team by the end of the year. There is enough depth and talent to com-pete with anybody in the state.

By Abby McDermottHawkeye Staff

On Nov. 12, Mountlake Terrace sent two swimmers to the women’s state swimming meet.

Riley Morgan swam the 50-meters free-style and Megan Bruce swan the 100-meter breaststroke. Riley finished in seventh place with a time of 25.78 seconds.

Both Morgan and Bruce were voted cap-tains for next swim season along with McKenzie LeSueur. Morgan has been swimming for seven years now and this is her fourth year on a year-round swim team called Stingray Swim Club.

This is her second year going to state and her first year plac-ing. “I had no idea that I would finish in the top eight and I was very surprised,” Morgan said. She is already looking for-ward to her senior year and improving, “Next year I want to beat my own time and go to state.”

Morgan is admired by her teammates and

her efforts are appreciated, “Riley always worked really hard in practice and at meets. She was really inspiring for our team and she always is encouraging,” teammate Sonja Head said. “It was really awesome to watch her go to state and see that she accomplished everything she had aimed at the whole season.”

Morgan said she loves swim because there is a sense of family on the team. “At prac-tice we all joke around, but we’re a family,”

she said. “There was a coach I had before he retired two years ago and the first rule was that we’re a family.”

That support and commitment has been what keeps Morgan swimming

year after year.Teammates congratulated Morgan and

her accomplishments this season. The team hopes to see new girls come out next year to join swim as “swim is the best sport you could possibly play because it works dif-ferent muscles than other sports,” Morgan said.

Swimmers send two to state

New season starts rough, but successful

Serena Urrutia | Hawkeye

Ryan Shannon shoots and makes the fade-away to keep Terrace in the lead against Inglemoor in the season opener last week in the Terraceum. The Hawks won 57-41. Looking on are junior forward Marquis Armstead (31) and sophomore post Greg Bowman (33). The Hawks travel to Everett tonight for their first road game after thumping Lynnwood 76-32 on Saturday.

“At practice we all joke around, but we’re a family. There was

a coach I had before he retired two years ago and the first rule

was that we’re a family.”riley Morgan

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