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Sophomore Anna Mullen-Muhr plays the trombone in the band, and is also a member of the volleyball team. Over the course of her high school career, Mullen-Muhr was fortunate enough to be a member of these activities free of charge.

Next year, however, important changes will be made to the participation policy of cer-tain sports and activities. This fall, the Board of Education passed a new policy where students will have to pay a fee of $25 for each activity they are involved in.

The board’s motive for the new ruling comes from the idea that the district’s budget will benefit from the change.

“The district believes that the ‘pay-to-play’ will be producing about $200,000, which will hopefully be enough money to not cut any teachers,” assistant principal John Novak said.

After discussing possible budget cuts, the Board of Education reached an agreement that each activity would require a $25 fee. The board takes into account the amount of children per family that are involved in activities. So fami-lies will not be asked to pay more than $100 per year.

If a family has two children involved in three activities each, they will only have to pay $100 for the whole year. If families only have one child who happens to be involved in more than four activities, the family will still only be asked to pay $100. For those families that cannot afford to pay for the fee, waivers will be available.

“The Board of Education wanted to roll this out slowly, so it was recommended to them by the central administration that the fee for the first year would be $25 per activity, with a $100 maximum per family,” Novak said.

“Students who are on a fee waiver will not be required to pay. The fee waiver process is a district wide process that is followed by all dis-trict schools.”

Even though many activities and clubs are recognized by the administration, not all of them are going to be subject to the participa-

tion fee.“Our recommendation to the district [as a

group of activity directors] was to include all activities that are covered under our no pass/no play policy, which is the same that are covered by the co-curricular code. These are activities that have contests, performances, etc.,” Novak said.

This includes all sports, as they compete in games and tournaments. Clubs like DECA will also be subject to the participation fee due to their attendance at competitions.

Fine arts groups also fall under this rul-ing. Show choir, plays, and musicals will also require participants to pay. Each time there is a show, students will pay, such as the fall play or

spring musical. “Since theater has fall, winter, [etc.] sea-

sons, each play will have a fee. That does not go for show choir competitions,” Novak said.

Other clubs like student council and S.O.S. are a different story. Since they have no compe-titions, no fee is required.

Despite speculation, the new fee is not re-lated to the soon arriving synthetic turf field that is in the works. Although both involve a large sum of money, none of the money that will be made by the policy will be used to pay for the field.

“That [the cost for the synthetic turf] is completely irrelevant and separate,” Novak said.

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Journalists shine in CaliforniaFive Correspondent staff members took

their talent to California April 14-17 for the Journalism Education Association’s/National Scholastic Press Association’s annual spring convention in Anaheim, Calif. Two members came home with top honors.

After hours of sessions, the students competed in various two-hour contests against students from all over the country.

Junior Shea Anderluh competed in the commentary writing category against 77 oth-er students, and was one of two to be award-ed a superior rating.

“I felt extremely honored to get the su-perior rating,” Anderluh said. “Being rec-ognized for something that I care so much about and enjoy doing so much, is a dream come true.”

Sophomore Kevin Hyde was also hon-ored with a superior rating in the podcast category. He was the only one of seven in the category to be awarded that rating.

“I was so excited to get a superior,” Hyde said. “I worked for hours on my podcast, so I’m really happy that the judges noticed all the hard work I put into it.”

Senior pledges to stop drunk driving

Rachel Lundstrom

When senior Michal Obstoj started junior year, his mind was set on joining a club that brought him intellectual competition and person-al challenge. He found this in the math team. By combining arithmetic, contests, and pizza, the math team has brought success for many.

Back in February, math team members of all ages competed for a chance to participate in the state meet at Univer-sity of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Tomorrow, fifteen students are head-ed down for their chanc-es at state titles.

This year, individual events as well as team events qualified. Fresh-men Melanie Cohodes, Michael Frankiewicz, Nick Huene, Matt Joo, Joe Koo, and Rino Noza-wa; sophomore Vivek Shah; juniors Eric Chung, Marie Hoeger, Amanda Kowalski, Moriah Mul-roe, Claire O’Donnell, and Georg Zinser; senior Ankoor Shah, and Obstoj placed high enough at

regionals to move on to state.In the individual events, students take a test

and try to get the highest score. In team events, they work together to get as many answers cor-

rect as possible. In the orals event, a

student is given a ques-tion that he must present his work and answer for.

“I didn’t think I would qualify because I was unsure about half of my answers, but now I’m excited to see how state goes,” freshman Rino Nozawa said.

Obstoj and junior Georg Zinser are com-peting in the junior/se-nior two person event. In this competition, pairs of two are given three min-utes to answer a question.

They get more points based on a correct

answer and how long it takes the team to get the answer.

“We have been practicing two times a week since regional, and I’m hoping to get another medal this year,” Obstoj said.

Death strikes close to homeStudents who live near St. Viator High

School were awakened on April 14 by a seem-ingly never ending trail of sirens. The sirens were responding to the murder of George Nelleson that had occurred on April 13. The murderers were his son, Mathew Nelleson, as well as three other men from Chicago.

For the residents of Arlington Heights, the police chase was a big surprise in an area that is assumed to be a safe place to raise kids. Students watch the news, and it is not uncommon for them to hear about a death investigation. However, the local murder provided a bit of reality for students who have not been confronted by serious crime in their neighborhood.

“I thought it was crazy when I found out what happened, and that it was only a block away from my house,” freshman Alex Muel-ler said.

In response to uncovering the vic-tim’s body, Windsor and Olive Elementary Schools, Thomas Middle School, and Pros-pect and St. Viator High Schools went on a soft lockdown. Mathew Nelleson was found at Harper College and was arrested after a high-speed police chase on East Dundee.

“It’s awful that it happened, and I was surprised we weren’t put on lockdown, ” se-nior Danielle Ludkey said.

After an investigation occurred it was found out that the original purpose of the crime was to rob the father, but the crime went astray when his father said he would call the police.

The event was a reality check for resi-dents who enjoy the suburbs that crime can happen anywhere no matter how safe it seems.

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2+6=8, math team is going to state

Rhonda Bolker

As a graphic designer, senior Patryk Szady has expressed passion for his work, especially in his design campaign PS Designs.

Recently, he has been putting his passion into a public-service announcement with his design, “The iPledge Project.”

“The iPledge Project” is a campaign against drinking during the prom and graduation sea-son. An estimated 12.4 percent of people be-tween the ages of 12 and 20 have reported driv-ing under the influence of alcohol at least once during the past year, and one-third of all fatal traffic accidents were the result of alcohol as stated on SADD.org. These statistics inspired Szady to try and make a change.

“Too many people die during prom and graduation season. It’s my way of getting the word out,” Szady said.

A line up of sponsors have been devel-oped for the campaign including the Arlington Heights Police Department and the SADD na-tional office.

Szady isn’t only doing this campaign to prevent the climbing statistics, but he is also do-

ing this project for a contest provided by Triton Graphics.

The project will premiere during the spring of 2012.

“It’s really late to do it this year because prom season has already started,” Szady said.

Other members of Szady’s team include other members of the senior class. The mem-bers of his team include seniors Kelsey Cole-man, Kaspar Povilanskas, Juliette Makara, Josh-ua Maravelias, Steven Grange, and Sam Rogich.

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Junior Shea Anderluh and

sophomore Kevin Hyde celebrate their superior win at the JEA/NSPA convention in Anaheim, Cali-fornia.

Shea Anderluh

“ B a c k -bones,” a n o n - p r o f i t organization dedicated to providing sup-port for those with spinal cord injuries, began four years ago.

The group was formed when a group of family and friends came together to support Reve-ca Torres, the president and

founder, when she sustained a life-changing in-jury to her own spinal cord.

Providing help for paralyzed victims and their families is the focus of Backbones.

“Most importantly, we make sure that they never give up,” Torres’ brother and junior Jake Torres said. “Just because they’re disabled doesn’t mean they should limit themselves. We believe anyone can achieve anything they set their hearts to.”

Reveca Torres serves as an inspirational example, being a fashion designer, organization president, and leading groups on international travels, all from her own wheelchair.

The “Backbones 5K” walk will take place this Sunday.

“It’s our biggest event of the year, and we want to get as many people in the community involved for a big group effort,” J. Torres said. “You can run it, walk it, or go in a wheelchair.”

Awards will be given, and free waffles will be supplied.

‘Backbones’ walk offers hope and waffles

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Debate team places fourth in state finalEmily Behn

Northern Illinois University held the 2011 State Congressional Debate on April 15-16. The varsity team came in at an impressive fourth place.

Each competitor had competed in over sev-en and a half hours of debate by the end of the two days.

In order to participate in the tournament, each team member had to win an individual speaking trophy during the regular season. The team consisted of seniors Ted Schwaba and Ben Coulomb, junior Moriah Mulroe, and freshman Melanie Cohodes.

Schwaba, the team captain, finished his four-year debate career by winning an individu-al award for “Best Presiding Officer,” and team-mate Coulomb gained a second place award for “Best Legislation.”

These awards were just the cherry on top of a competitive sea-son.

“It’s been really interesting. I learned a lot and had a lot of fun. I even got a plaque for speaking. I’m super excited for next year, too,” freshman Melanie Cohodes said.

Earlier this year, the debate team won two first place team trophies, two All-State awards, 21 individual trophies, including four awards won by freshmen.

“We had good team work and great coach-

ing that allowed us to go the state meet. I’m proud to say I am a member of this team,” soph-omore Tommy McDonald said.

District policy stirs complaints, students voice opinions Continued from page 1

After learning of the news, some students are rather outspoken.

“I think it’s a little harsh. I mean, it’s just re-ally sudden, and I feel like it’s not really neces-sary. The school shouldn’t be spending money on signs that hang from the ceiling that don’t re-ally serve much purpose if they are concerned about the budget,” sophomore Elizabeth Ode-gard said.

“I see where they are coming from, but I just don’t know how well it will go over with other students,” sophomore Sara Bayerle said. “At least clubs like student council won’t be af-fected, so that’s good.”

“Since I am a senior, the new policy has no affect on me, but I still feel it is stupid to make the students pay to do activities that they have always played and done for free,” senior Lizzy Kautz said.

Despite the gripes that students are express-ing, some coaches and activity directors do not see the policy posing any dramatic changes.

“Because there is a waiver fee for students that can’t afford to pay, I don’t think track will be affected and is taken care of,” head girls track coach James Miks said.

Some students feel that even though there is a waiver available, it may hinder the participa-tion in multiple activities.

“I hope that it won’t make it so that kids

won’t be involved in a lot. After all, being well-rounded will get us into college,” sophomore Ju-lia Swan said.

According to research done by Indiana Uni-versity professor Jack Dvorak, students involved in extracurricular activities are more likely to achieve high scores on the ACT, an important supplement in college applications.

Regardless of what students and faculty members think, the administration wants to make it clear that the decision was agreed upon by district officials.

“Whether I like it or not, the district is en-forcing this rule,” Novak said.

The debate team poses for a picture after placing 4th at state at this year’s competition at Northern Illinois University on April 15-16.

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Facebook fiends, trim the fat (forgotten friends) Despite the vast differ-

ences among the teenage population, one unifying entity unites just about all of us: Facebook. We live, eat, and breathe Facebook.

I have no problem making that claim which is self-evident through the intense activity that occurs throughout the day, peaking right after school and late at night when most students should really be doing more constructive things with their time, like homework or sleeping.

I myself have fallen prey to the wonderful distraction of social networking, often catching myself on the site for multiple hours at a time.

Despite the fact that Facebook has kid-napped just about every teenager from experi-encing the outside world, the thing that bothers me most about the site is the over abundance of

‘friends’ the sites users have. It’s annoying to see someone with eight hundred, nine hundred, or even a thousand friends.

I know everyone at Jewel wears a name tag, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to run home and request their cyber friendship, even if they do happen to bag your cookie cake.

I am willing to bet that if any avid Facebook user with an obscene amount of friends took a look at their list of ‘friends,’ they would find people that they no longer are in contact with, people they no longer even like, and people they don’t even know.

The truth is, having more ‘friends’ doesn’t make people look cool; It doesn’t make them look popular. The amount of Facebook ‘friends’ is not directly related to how many friends peo-ple have in reality. If anything, they’re inversely proportional.

As someone who is transitioning from an environment in which I have already met all the people I am interested in meeting to one

in which I will only know a handful of as I en-ter college, Facebook will be a valuable tool in meeting new people; which is what I have come to realize is the most valuable quality of the site. It’s not about conversing on a cyber level; it’s about seeing that hot girl across the room and using Facebook as a means to break the ice.

If I asked someone who his good friends are, I’m guessing he wouldn’t list off 900 people; and if anyone can actually do that I will surren-der my opinion on this issue. Something tells me he won’t be able to, and that’s okay. It means that he is one step closer to Facebook freedom.

So I have a proposition for all Facebook fiends; trim the fat. Go on to Facebooks tonight and ‘unfriend’ one person; just one. Then tomor-row, delete two. Then on Sunday, delete three.

This task is incredibly easy and somewhat rejuvenating. One day when looking at the now skinny yet potent list of friends, users will dis-cover the true point of Facebook.

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boast a club in- vented solely for playing “Poke-mon Stadium?” Not many. Fortunately, this school can.

A variety of clubs and ac-tivities are offered here that may tickle any student’s fancy. From anime to fishing, clubs are as plentiful as mustaches in “Super Mario Brothers.”

Despite the $25 pay to play fee to be instated next year, it is crucial that students continue to take advantage of all the activities the school has to offer.

This school prides itself on hav-ing well-rounded, involved stu-dents. Some can say that they are in-volved in two to three sports, clubs, or activities. With the economy the way it is, it may be hard to scrounge up the extra cash to continue par-ticipation, but for those who truely

cannot afford the cost, the school will assist them.

Taking a date to a movie and buying popcorn and candy will cost about $25, so why not save that cash, and put it towards an activity that can be a great experience and make a great impression on college admission officers.

Students spend too much time frivolously gossiping, whereas if they were involved in activities,

they could talk about planning the next big event, or a strat-egy for the next big game. Be-ing involved enriches the high school experience, which has far more value than a measly $25.

Not only can being in-volved in activities make a col-lege application shine, it’s also a really great way to find new in-terests, make new friends, and most importantly, have fun while still enriching minds.

Studies have shown that teens who are more involved

are more likely to succeed and less likely to get into trouble.

The opportunities offered here are solely for the benefit and enjoy-ment of students.

Instead of going home and spending hours on Facebook or playing video games, why not put that time, (and $25 next year), to-wards a more beneficial experience.

Chewing can make changeOut of all the questions asked during a

regular school day, “Do you have any gum?” is the most frequently asked. As we’ve heard from the news, many writing prompts, and people talking, schools are always worrying about selling unhealthy snack items in their vending machines.

There are chips and candy in one ma-chine, and fruit in the other. There’s diet soda in one machine and then that drink I’ve nev-er heard of in the other. We have drink vend-ing machines... do we really need five?

I think a vending machine full of gum or a gum ball machine would be a perfect idea. Plus, everyone has been complaining about our school not having any money, yet we waste our dollars on signs and TVs in the hallway. If we have something as simple as a gum ball machine, those quarters would add up.

Author disrupts studentsRecently, I attended best selling author,

Simone Elkeles’, presentation at school. At first, I was excited to see the presentation as I had read the author’s books before, and en-joyed them. However, after twenty or so min-utes of the presentation, I’d had enough.

The presentation was not directed or ap-propriated to high school students. I under-stand that the author writes about drugs, sex, and profanity, it was inappropriate for the audience’s age. She shouldn’t have done the presentation as if we were older. Keep things appropriate for the audience’s age. Just Sayin’

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Shaving head shaves stereotypes

Through-out my en-tire life, I have probably changed my hairstyle more

often than Lady Gaga changes her outfit. I have sported the foot-long waves, fried flat iron mess, uneven bangs, and a bob. The happenings of my hair are almost impossible to clearly decipher.

Then came the conversation that changed everything. It was a mildly warm night in early Octo-ber, and my friends and I were do-ing what most high school students have engaged in: hanging out in a basement chilling. Suddenly, my friend turns to me and says, “You know, Rhonda? Not going to lie, but you would look really cool with a mo-hawk.”

That phrase never really left my head for months following. As a female, the thought of even shav-ing my head was terrifying.

It just seemed like if I shaved my head into a stereotypical mas-culine hair style, I would be the laughing stock of the general pop-ulous, my friends would shun me, my family would disown me, and, a more frightening thought, I would be considered forever a weirdo.

Fast-forward to March 17 of this year, or more specifically, my fourth hour lunch period. I’m perched in my uncomfortable plastic chair in the Titre Room, watching my female amiga, Cait-lyn, shave off most of her hair for St. Baldrick’s Day, a foundation I’m sure most faculty, staff, and stu-dents know raises money for child-hood cancer research.

Prior to doing so, Caitlyn ob-tained donations for the founda-tion. During this period, physics teacher, Mary Kemp shaved her hair off as well.

And that’s when it hit me. Just watching two fellow females shave off their hair for such a noble cause was absolutely inspiring.

It felt like at that time, it was my turn to take the plunge and shave off my hair...or at least a part of it.

Once the school-wide digital clocks struck 2:50, and I complet-

ed my enjoyable ten minute walk home, I did a quick search to find an area participating in St. Bal-drick’s, so I could join in the fun as well.

The next thing I knew, I was sitting in a stylist’s chair, gazing upon my recently buzzed off hair as it toppled to the floor. I then had half-a-full head of hair. A few days later, my professional hair stylist shaved the other side into a mo-hawk.

To be honest, I think that shav-ing a part of my hair off as a female was one of the most charitable and liberating acts I’ve ever gone through with.

I felt so free from my problems after buzzing a part of my hair off, like all of the negativity in my life has been lifted off my shoulders. Not only that, but I also have a cooler, literally, summer hair style, so a heavy mane wouldn’t get in the way of blazing hot summer activi-ties.

And thankfully, none of my friends have disowned me for hav-ing a ballsy haircut. In fact, one of my friends randomly comes up to me during passing period and have tousles my hair back and forth just because it’s “the coolest thing ever.”

Not just a new hair style came out of my plunge for shaving. While at the other host sponsoring St. Bal-drick’s Foundation, my friend who came with me donated $50 to the charity which felt like my decision was much more worth it.

More females should join the fight against cancer and shave their head as well. From previous experi-ence with women who didn’t make St. Baldrick’s an impulsive decision, females usually bring in more do-nations compared to men.

I really wish I could participate in St. Baldrick’s again, but my par-ents would probably have a cow if I ever did this again. Unfortunately, I’m required to grow it out even though I’m going to college in the fall.

However, if I had the chance to do it again, I wouldn’t regret it es-pecially for such a noble cause.

The world needs pioneers to change the world. The world needs more donations to worthy causes. The world needs more bald women to save cancer victims’ lives.

Curriculum lacks common sense This is it:

my last couple months of high school. My last hockey game, my last dead-line dinner-

run; my last column...don’t miss me too much.

When I look back on these past four years, my mind ex-plodes, reflecting on all the good times I’ve had. I have learned so

much, and come so far; all se-niors have.

The other day my sister (who will be a freshman next year) pep-pered me with questions about high school. “Brian, what’s the worst thing about high school? What’s the best? Will I get shoved in lockers? Is there a pool? How come you got to go out for lunch freshman year and I don’t? It’s so unfair!”

Everything I need to know...With my

senior year rap-idly coming to a close, I find myself in a fig-urative deten-tion.

I have morphed into Bart Simpson himself, standing in front of an infinitely expansive chalk-board copying the lines that read, “I will not write my last column about graduating. I will not write my last column about

graduating...” But let’s be real, my wrists

hurt, and I always did have to learn the hard way. Trying to put how I’ve felt and what I’ve done and what it’s all meant into words is impossible.

Or this feeling of finally saying goodbye, so instead, here are some valuable lessons I’ve learned:

1. If you’re involved in an activity that you hate, quit...

Change causes discomfortWhen I

was younger, I was able to deal success-fully with change. I guess that’s because kids

have so many different experi-ences that are new — to avoid change would be never to en-counter anything.

However, as I’ve gotten old-er, and have begun to over think just about everything, I’ve no-ticed people change and do not

accept each other like they used to.

New, unpredictable situa-tions make me anxious; it’s not that I can’t deal with them, but I find myself constantly wishing for the old, comfortable routine that is lost forever.

I was looking back at the first column that I ever wrote. It was written at a time when I was completely confused about col-lege. I didn’t know what I would study, and I had no clue where I would apply...

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Erin Kinsella

Of all the trends teenagers get hooked on, a new one is popping up that may actually be beneficial to the academic lives of students.

While teachers struggle to get their classes to improve vocabulary and it is nearly impossible for some sophomores to open the infamous yellow book of root words, words seem to be catching on. Words with Friends, that is.

A new application, Words with Friends is essentially an online ver-sion of Scrabble, one that can be played against friends near and far.

The creator of the game, Paul Bettner, explains Words with Friends as “gaming meets text mes-saging. It’s a weird cross between communication and playing a

game.”While apps are used by mil-

lions for things as simple as the weather forecast to tasks as obscure as checking in for a flight, this one in particular has taken the techno-logical world by storm.

“Words with Friends” creates a competitive yet friendly rivalry as players can add opponents by searching for their username or picking them up from a list of avail-able players.

It is common for players to be involved in many games at once; this way they can switch inbetween games while waiting for a particu-lar opponent to play their turn.

Because players are not play-ing face to face and there is no time limit on a word, it may take a long time for the other person to get

back to the game, as life tends to sometimes get in the way. This isn’t a damper on the game at all though, according to the Word buffs.

“I always have a bunch of games going on at once, so that I can switch from one to the other when the board gets clogged up or my partner hasn’t played their word yet,” senior Erin Kelleher said.

When 1.6 million people play daily, this game has been ranked in the top 50 game apps for the iPod in 2011 by TIME.

Users spend a full hour on av-erage each day building words and trash talking, therefore, there must be some positive effect on vocabu-lary.

The app itself is similar to the original Scrabble board game, but the difference comes in the con-

stant availability and proximity of the next move, the next win.

People always have their phones, iPods, Facebook access, etc. right on their hip wherever they go.

So now, they have their Words with them too. This increases the exposure they get to new vocabu-lary without the player putting forth any effort.

“It helps somewhat because you have to put together so many different letter combinations that you start thinking of words you may have never thought of before. I do it to kill time, but it’s actually pretty fun. And unlike most other games, I think you can actually learn something from Words with Friends,” senior Tom Sutrinaitis said.

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Shea Anderluh

The use of slang words like “might,” “easily,” and “flame” might make sense when used in the real world. However, they have seem-ingly caused a bit of confusion among students. These words, now a staple in a strange dialect heard through the halls here, have become increasingly difficult for adults and certain students to understand.

“Whenever I hear the slang, I’m always kind of taken aback. Is it good or bad?” Social science teacher Andrew Walton said. “Back in the day, words like bad became good. It’s tough to keep up with!”

Words change constantly, tak-

ing on new meanings and evolving with new generations. “Cool” is a prime example of this phenom-enon. From “bad” in the 70’s, to “bangin’” in the 80’s, to “the bomb” in the 90’s, and finally to then cur-rent usage of “flame,” teenagers are always looking for new ways to ex-press themselves with words.

“ ‘Might’ means definitely not... ‘Might not’ means definitely yeah,” sophomore Joey Bealieu said.

“Might,” like “bad,” has taken on an opposite meaning. Now, it’s sarcastically used to mean the op-posite of what it should.

For example, “The school col-ors might work well together. They might not completely clash,” junior

Joe Lehnert said.Words are used differently in-

ternationally, nationally, and local-ly. The same language is, at times, spoken incomprehensibly between countries: Americans use bath-rooms, while the British use the Loo.

On the national level, states show off their different flavors with variations in vocabulary as well.

With all of these changes, it’s not unexpected that words differ from school to school as well.

High schools are known to have vocabulary that may not al-ways be understandable in the dis-trict over. Things are no different here. For Hersey, the words have

become a part of everyday vocabu-lary that most students understand.

“The whole thing with ‘might’ is used in a smart aleck way, usually by boys,” Walton said.

“I use those kinds of words because they make people visibly upset, and I find that funny,” senior Evan Reynolds said.

Some people may find the slang annoying at times, but it’s an interesting way to spice up conver-sations. It’s also a fun way for stu-dents to express their individuality.

“It’s awesome to talk like that,” Bealieu said, “Everyone started to do it. It’s fun to say, so why not say it?”

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Baseball has been a part of my life from the time I was a tiny tyke assembling monstrous dirt piles at third base. I’m not sure if it was the all-you-can-eat supply of sunflower seeds, over-sized uniforms, or unrestricted access to a field filled with dirt, but the life of a ball player was re-ally appealing to my six year-old counter-part.

Obviously, my game plan has shifted ever since I graduated from the days when I did the “pee pee dance” in center field. My aspirations for baseball may have died, but I’m lucky enough to have found a time machine; thankfully, it doesn’t come in the form of an out house.

Kevin Costner leads off my journey with a baseball film that, unfortunately, tends to get overlooked. “For Love of the Game,” is a movie about a pitcher Billy Chapel (Costner) who, although he has aged like a sexy willow tree, is losing his competitive edge with the canon attached to his right shoulder. Chapel is pitching his final game in Detroit.

He is in the midst of pitching a per-fect game. As he battles through the chal-lenges the batters hack at him, he remi-nisces about the sheer love he has for the sport and makes peace with the fact that his career needs to end.

Costner isn’t just a burly hunk with dreamy blue eyes. He gives off a perfor-mance that forces all fans to remember why we treat baseball like it’s the Nepalese monk with all the answers to life’s hard-ships; every dilemma can be given a solu-tion, using nothing more than a baseball diamond, a bat, and some balls.

The only other individual that was able to rack up a higher batting average than Kevin Costner was Tom Hanks. He accomplished it with one simple line that has forever since echoed from the bench: “There’s no crying in baseball.”

If baseball movies had their own hall of fame, “A League of Their Own” would have its own shrine, complete with spot-lights and “Marla Hooch” t-shirts.

The film centers around the first All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, started up in 1943 when Ameri-cans were on the brink of losing their fa-vorite pastime at the hands of the Nazis. The Rockford Peaches play ball, against the perils of losing the league, losing hus-bands, and losing their sanity by the hands of a grubby little boy with a trumpet.

My little league uniform can only be worn as a belly shirt now, and it’s no longer socially acceptable for me to sit in mounds of dirt, but I’ve come away from my base-ball experience with a few handy life les-sons; always pee before games, don’t dirty up your uniform if you don’t want mom to throw a fit, and never cry during a game.

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Horror movie disappoints:‘Insidious’ lacks suspense, plot

Caitlin Neilson

Rarely are there movies released deemed as ‘scary’ that are actually frightening. The pros-pect of seeing a movie that will keep me up at night is one that sparks my interest. On a bor-ing Saturday night, my friends and I decided to go see “Insidious.” There weren’t many people in the theater, but that didn’t deter me, although it should have.

“Insidious” was made by the makers of “Paranormal Activity” and “Saw.” Both of those were frightening as well as suspenseful with a lot of events that no one would expect.

Unfortunately, “In-sidious” was nothing on that level of horror or thrill. The beginning was dull and difficult to get interested in, and the premise of the film was rather perplexing.

It’s not clear if the movie was meant to be horror or science fiction.

A young boy, Dal-ton, fell into a coma from an actual fall. This coma mysteriously lasted months, accom-panied by supposed-to-be-terrifying things happening throughout the house. There were demons and spirits through-out the house.

Turns out Dalton was lost in a parallel spirit world. A paranormal expert called this The Fur-ther, and he could not return from this world. The fear was that demons were going to take

over his body and Dalton’s spirit would never return.

Suddenly it was revealed that the father had gone into this other world as a child as well, answering questions he had of a traumatized childhood. Finally both father and son’s spirits returned and both awoke.

The movie didn’t end that way, it ended in a much more surprising, but ridiculous way. It seemed as if the writer didn’t know how to make the movie longer, so he added irrelevant and unrelated events. It was a medley of various genres, causing confu-sion.

Few screams accompanied the nonsensical plot line. The few scares present were not well-done or impressive. They were the typi-cal, pop-out surprises that are screamed at, but laughed at later.

Also, the demons and mon-sters that were meant to frighten audiences were partially why laughter followed the screams.

This was because the way the costumes were done were not realistic in the least. They looked more like Halloween costumes than actual movie outfits, some-what reminiscent of Darth Maul of “Star Wars.”

The expectations were high since the writer, Leigh Whan-nell, had also written “Saw,” “Saw II,” “Saw III,” and “Dead Silence.”

All these movies were well-known for being true horror. “Insidious” let audiences, who were pre-viously impressed with Whannell’s work, down.

Poor execution made ‘Insidious’ not only a let down, but an overall catastrophic combina-tion of horror, science fiction, and suspense.

Woodfield is a part of a teenager’s typical weekend expedition, and most restaurants have become “tried-and-true” by now. But, when you reach the Streets of Woodfield, a new restaurant sticks out.

Meatheads is a classy burger and fries place I will definitely be returning to. Upon entry, Meatheads has a large menu similar to that of Five Guys, but it expands to include even chicken and hot dogs.

Customers can choose from a large list of toppings, and can add signature sauces to top off a delicious burger. Add in some fresh fries and a milkshake, and Meatheads is the perfect dinner, all for a cheap price.

When tired of the typical burger or pizza dinner, Meatheads will spice up the dinner options.

Rachel Lundstrom

The premise for “Paranormal Entity:” A guy takes a video camera, sets it up in his house,

and films strange occurrences that happen at night. Eventually, the family discovers they are being haunted by a demonic entity.

Sound familiar? This film is a mock-buster, a low-budget spoof off of “Paranor-mal Activity.”

While the plots aren’t exactly the same, the similarities are so strikingly obvious. The

purpose of a mockbuster is to make fun of its predecessor, but even for a spoof, this was flat out disappointing. It could’ve easily sur-passed “Paranormal Activity,” but it failed miserably.

Seeing the third installment in this wretched series has made me never want to see a Paranormal-anything ever again.

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Becky Pauwels

The second performance of the spring musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” hits the stage tonight.

The show is a comedy about a star actress, Janet Van De Graff, who wants to leave show business to marry Robert Martin. The pro-ducer of the show, Mr. Feldzieg, must stop Janet from leaving the biz or else he’ll lose his job.

“The show is a parody of mu-sical cliches,” junior Brad Grocho-cinski said.

This show marks a change from previous musicals performed here.

“What it has that previous shows did not have is just a crazy, fun time. It has a lighthearted, fun feel that has not been present in years,” said Grochocinski. “Com-pared to other Hersey musicals, it will be just as good, if not better.”

“The story is one of those where it’s stupid but also entertain-ing. It’s nice to get away from every-thing and laugh,” said junior Grace Petit, who plays Janet Van De Graff.

Rehearsals started in Febru-ary with practices Monday through Saturday. During the week, the re-hearsals ran from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays it’s 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. As the show drew closer, re-hearsals become more intense and go longer.

“We’ve worked pretty hard. Rehearsals have been a long pro-cess from learning, to practicing over and over, and then changing things,” junior Gabbi Jones said.

Now that the show is finally live, cast members are looking for-ward to finally reaping the benefits of their work.

“I’m excited to finally perform in front of an audience,” Jones said. “It’s such a different and better feel-ing, especially in comedy. There’s nothing worse than no laughter!”

The cast expects the audience to enjoy it.

“It is absolutely hilarious, there are amazing songs, and the charac-ters as well as the costumes are ri-diculous,” Grochocinski said.

Costumes are a big part of what makes everything so exciting to be a part of, and to watch.

“It’s cool to do a show like this where you have to look and act crazy and over-the top the entire time,” Jones said.

Tickets are $10 and available during lunch periods and before the show.

“I really want to see it, espe-cially because my friend Caitlin is in it,” junior Caitlin O’Mara said.

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Who’s yourSenior dances her way into Juilliard

Senior Shelby Moran dances ballet, mod-ern, jazz, tap and hip-hop. Next year,

she will continue her studies at Juilliard.

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The Fittest Loser

Faculty makes l ife changes, gets fit

Emily Eisenhuth

With obesity rates skyrocketing, the Daily Herald and Niche Publications decided to create a contest for overweight locals who were com-mitted to getting fit. The competition, sponsored by Push Fitness, was a spoof off of the hit NBC TV show, “Biggest Loser.” Since the beginning of February, assistant principal John Novak has been competing against four other contestants to become the “fittest loser.”

“I knew that I was grossly overweight, and I decided that I wanted to live a longer life,” No-vak said. “I want to be able to spend some re-tirement time with my wife and watch my kids grow up.”

Novak’s inspiration came from a former student who completed the “Fittest Loser” com-petition. The student expressed that the compe-tition made many positive changes in his life, and Novak grew curious. After checking out the competition, he decided he wanted to make a change in his life.

Novak’s daily life has changed drastically since the start of the competition. Students have been noticing the change in his body and com-menting on it.

When he has a spare moment, it’s usually

spent at the gym. “My life has become more hectic because I have to schedule workouts in on top of my personal life and professional life,” Novak said.

Not only has Novak had to change his exer-cise habits, but his eating habits have also been completely modified. While he used to grab food on-the-go, he now takes time to prepare healthy meals the night before. An occasional cookie is okay, but fast food isn’t an option for Novak anymore. “I’m on a restricted diet. I eat five times a day but I’m only allowed to eat cer-tain types of food,” Novak said.

Throughout the competition, Novak’s big-gest support system has been his family. His wife and his two sons have gladly changed their exercise routines and their eating habits to ac-commodate Novak and help him reach his goal. “They’ve really encouraged me; they told me they were proud of their dad,” Novak said.

The “Fittest Loser” contest ends today, and the winner will be announced May 11. While his main priority is to get healthy, Novak’s goal was to lose 75 pounds by the end of the competition, but he would like to lose 100 pounds overall. “It has been a real life changing experience, and I’m glad I did it,” Novak said.

The gradual construction of the Randhurst mall in Mount Prospect has recently started to pick up its progress. New restaurants such as “Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza” and “Billy Goat Tav-ern” have started being constructed and so has the “AMC Theater.”

A 7,000 pound oven was recently delivered and put in the pizzeria and the theater has added 12 new screens (including 3D) and skyboxes. Driving to Woodfield mall in Schamburg can be a hassle, so Randhurst’s progress is exciting to many.

“There will actually be something to do and better places to eat besides Subway, in Mount Prospect,” said fresh-man Heather Wolnik.

“It was a good investment to re-model the mall. It is going to add more possibilities,” senior Jacob Serola said.

“I like that the mall will have a fresher and more modern feeling to it,” senior Leyla Meyanci said.

The grand opening will take place in June. Many new stores, restaurants, and hotels will be featured in the mall.

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When it comes to schools for performing arts, not many colleges compare to Juilliard

School in New York City. Many aspiring mu-sicians, dancers and actors dream of the day they receive an acceptance letter from this world renowned school. For senior Shelby Moran, this dream became reality on March 16.

Moran has been dancing for 12 years, and for as long as she can remember danc-ing has been a dominate part of her life. She started dancing at Bataille Academy in Mount Prospect, but after it closed down she went to Dance Center Evanston and have been there ever since.

When it comes to what types of dance Moran does, she doesn’t exclude much. “I do ballet, modern, jazz, tap and hip-hop,” Moran said.

With all this dance, Moran doesn’t get much time off. “At the heaviest part of the sea-son, I dance every day except Fridays,” Moran said.

Moran’s dedication and love for dance are what drew her to Juilliard. “It’s been my dream to go to Juilliard since I was a little kid,” Moran said.

Moran pursued her childhood dream on Feb. 20, when she was able to audition for

admittance among hundreds of other danc-ers. With only an eight percent acceptance rate, according to newsweek.com, the odds of Moran getting accepted were slim. “Over 500 applicants auditioned from around the world, and 24 were accepted: 12 boys and 12 girls,” Moran said.

“It was a long day. It started out with 50 people, and eventually was cut down to four to have interviews,” Moran said. The audition process happened in various stages. The first part of the audition was ballet, and after that it was cut down to seven people. “The remain-ing seven performed solos and choreography and then were cut to only four,” Moran said.The four remaining then had personal inter-views with the admissions directors.

Moran waited for nearly a month before she received a letter from Juilliard. “I kept telling myself that I wasn’t going to get in, just to expect the worst,” Moran said.

But contrary to her thoughts, Moran was shocked to open a letter from her dream school welcoming her to join next year. “Ev-eryone was so excited when they found out. My mom was crying and calling everyone to tell them, and everyone at my dance studio was really happy for me,” Moran said.

As for her future, Moran is unsure what will happen. “After I get out of school I don’t know exactly where I want to dance. I want to dance professionally and do concert dance in a company.”

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Erin Kinsella

True play-makers in every sense of the word, the baseball team has taken their early successes in stride as they con-

tinue to work towards their goal of win-ning conference. With an overall record of 7-6, the boys are just over .500 but are 2-1 in conference.

Dealing with all types of adver-sity ranging from injuries to inclement weather hasn’t stopped the senior-led and junior-dominated team. They have been preparing for this season for much longer than the time it actually lasts. For many, the baseball season is all year-long, not just a few weeks in the spring.

“Lifting-wise we got much stronger which helped us with batting, throwing, and having quicker feet. Baseball-wise, taking batting practice has helped get our timing and mechanics down. Throwing and fielding practice has helped a lot with knowing what to do on the field,” junior Erik Stoltzner said.

With weight lifting and free plays having been in session since December, the advantage is more than just in being physically ready. As a team with two se-niors planning on playing college base-ball, this program has done a lot to pre-pare them for athletics at the next level.

“We have a very intense coach who also happens to be a perfectionist, so I al-ready know how to keep my cool while being yelled at. It’s also been a big time commitment like it will be at the college level. Unless you love baseball like I do, it’s a big sacrifice,” senior Sean Thompson said. Thompson is undecided where he will attend next year, but he will be catch-ing on a scholarship.

Senior Joe Perricone will also be playing next year, pitching at Coastal Carolina, ranked 27th in NCAA Division 1 Baseball for the 2011 season.

“We look up to our seniors, Perri-cone and Thompson, who demonstrate how it’s done when they’re on the field,” Stoltzner said.

Perricone threw for 13 strike-outs last Saturday against Maine West, yet the Huskies weren’t able to pull out the win as they fell 3-2 after holding the Warriors for the first 5 innings.

But the season is far from over as multiple early season games were can-celled due to poor weather conditions and scheduled for the coming weeks.

The boys head into the most crucial part of their season now, facing tough conference opponents that will decide the rankings and who will come out on top of the conference.

“Everyone wants to win conference and to do that we’re going to have to ex-ecute plays and minimize errors. We also want to win twenty games this season,” junior shortstop Tyler Perkowitz said.

With a focused squad as well pre-pared as this one, these goals don’t seem so far away. As they enter this all impor-tant stretch of their season, the team has the opportunity to smack this one out of the park.

Baseball storms through spring season

Junior Tyler Perkowitz swings during a game that took place on Monday. They

defeated Barrington 6-1.

Abby Fesl

Rain, hail, thunder, and lightning have been storming through the area and causing problems. However, the soccer team has not allowed the bipolar weather to affect them or their dominance on the field. Practices have been rescheduled or moved indoors, but the same amount of time is spent preparing for games.

With a record of 11-4-1, the hard work is paying off. “Daily Herald Top 20” ranked the team at 14 best in the area.

A good team not only comes from hard work but also from a sense of team. “We always practice hard so we can uti-lize all of our players,” sophomore for-ward Kaitlyn Smetana said.

Made up of players ranging from freshmen to seniors, the team seems to be unstoppable. “The team gets along ex-

tremely well on and off the field,” fresh-man midfielder Gina Giancola said.

The team faced off against Palatine High School. Although the game was close, the team fell just short with a score of 2-1. The only Hersey goal came from senior Maeva Waterman.

Wednesday will be the next game when the team will go up against Hoff-man Estates. With their goal of winning the division, Hersey will have to play as hard as they do in practice to keep their successes going.

“On the field, we all come together and work well as a team. We always give it our all,” Giancola said.

“If we continue to play hard and win the division, we will have a good chance of making it to state this year,” Smetana said.

Mike Lechowsk i1. Fast times at Hersey High aren’t quite over.

Track seniors Dana Markech and Haley Scott both broke school records in the last week. Scott set a record in the tri-ple jump and Markech ran the 100-meter hurdles in fifteen seconds flat, also a record. I say this in the least offensive and most impressed way; these girls are quite fast.

TEN This last one goes out to all my fans, all my critics, but most importantly, all my readers. I was no Dan Diaz. I was no Martin Diaz. I was Mike Lechows-ki, and I would like to thank you for the opportunity to write this column. Like an old man who married late in life, I am sad I only got to write this column for one year. But like a no-name southpaw, I’m getting called up to the big show, well, until I throw out my arm out or something.

5. The water polo team underwent a few major changes during the off-season, two of them being a new lineup and new caps. I’m not sure what part of the equa-tion isn’t quite working out for the team, but they haven’t had the most successful season, earning a record of 4-15 as of Wednesday. My guess is it’s the new caps; lose ‘em.

6. The Cleveland Indians have the best record in the American League as well as one of the worst home attendance records in the league. While in a nearly op-posite situation, the Cubs have one of the worst records in the National league yet have maintained an average crowd of over thirty-nine thousand fans a game. Although I am a man of strong faith, through good times and bad, I be-lieve that there is no better protest than to stop stuffing the pockets of the Ricketts.

7. Twenty-five draft hopefuls were in attendance at yesterday’s NFL draft. The record high number is a sur-prise due to the ongoing feud between money-hungry team owners and a feisty players union that has their own list of demands. The rookies are caught up in a situation where they don’t want to upset their future bosses, but also don’t want to alienate themselves from their future teammates. Come on guys; even though you’re divorced, there’s no need to stick the kids in the middle of all this.

8. Scouting players in their freshman and sopho-more years is a practice that every varsity coach does; ac-tually playing those rookies in a varsity game is another story. Some coaches have gone to the extreme on this is-sue, starting younger players over deserving senior play-ers. To their credit, it is important to focus on the young players with great potential. But is it okay to start them over hard-working seniors who just want to enjoy their final season playing the sport that they love?

9. To go along with the wardrobe issues of the water polo team, the volleyball team has had their own uniform issues to face. In a game against Buffalo Grove on Tuesday, the “2” fell off of senior Matt Hellstrom’s jersey. Multiple players have reported that the fairly new jersey’s have been falling apart all season. With a record of 3-3, it’s fair to say that sometimes you are what you wear.

2. The show goes on. The Chicago Bulls defeated the Indiana Pacers in the first round of a fairly interesting series that epitomized the Bulls ability to adjust late in the game as well as nearly give us all heart attacks. The only thing more embarrassing than losing a series to the lowly Pacers is being replaced in goal during the first round of the NHL playoffs by a rookie; Gotcha Robby.

3. The show is over; the curtain has fallen on our beloved Blackhawks. After probably the most intrigu-ing playoff series I have ever seen, the Hawks finally suc-cumbed to the shaky Canucks. Even though the season is over, there are plenty of things to look forward to next year: the maturing of Ben Smith, bringing Lord Stanley’s Cup back to Chicago, and making Roberto Luongo cry.

4. Congratulations Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis on winning the Madden NFL 12 cover vote. After some key upsets against Ray Rice, Matt Ryan and Aaron Rodgers, the 10-seed Hillis finished off his Cin-derella story with a strong showing against Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick. Hillis denied Vick of becom-ing the first athlete to grace the Madden cover twice. I think Vick has finally learned not to mess with the “Dawg Pound.”

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What is the significance of the amount of money you spend on your equip-ment?

“All I’ve had to pay for this year was my swim suit.”

“I spent a lot of money on my equipment because I knew that there were advantages to having the highest quality golf clubs.”

“All my track equipment cost me about $170.”

“Other than my jersey and shorts, all I really need are my socks, kneepads, and shoes, which are about $150 all together”

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Sara Platt winds up for a pitch against Loyola on March 31.

Juniors Me-lissa Cecala

and Alex Tina-glia stand in ready position preparing to field the ball.

This is one of the few

games spring sports have played due to poor weather conditions.

The girls face off against

Glenbrook North today at GBN. They will take on Scha-umburg and Conant next week.

Matt Cayton

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Junior Matt Cayton has been playing on the varsity volleyball team since his freshman year.

As of today, the team is 3-2 in conference, and facing off against Buffalo Grove as The Cor-respondent went to press.

“I have high hopes for the team this year. If we play determined, we should get pretty far,” Cayton said.

As a setter, he has a lot of responsibility in creating the team chemistry.

“Energy is the most important aspect of our game and how we play. When we’re posi-tive, that’s the way the game turns out,” Cayton said.

This year, Cayton hopes to be named an all-state and all-area player. Cayton has also been playing on Rolling Thunder volleyball club for six years.

“Club season is a great way for me to keep in shape and get ready for high school season,” Cayton said.

Overall, Cayton feels that the team’s energy will be the key to their success, or their pathway to failure.

“When we lack energy, the game is lost be-fore we start playing. We need to realize how important energy really is to us,” Cayton said.

Junior standout points to ‘team energy’ for success

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