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Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana Volume 63, Issue 3

September 30, 2011

Senior Samantha Mueller is a photography finalist in the National Scholastic Press Association’s “Best Picture of the Year” contest. Her photo is a contender in the contest’s “environmental portrait” category. The photo of then-freshman Kenny Thomas was published in the Nov. 12, 2010, edition of the Cub Reporter with an article that showcased Thomas’ capture of a National Silver Gloves boxing title. Mueller’s final contest placement will be announced at the NSPA convention in Minneapolis Nov. 19.

Photojournalism finalist

Mendel district’s only National Merit semifinalist

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Senior Calvin Mendel is a semifinalist in the 2012 Na-tional Merit Scholarship Com-petition. Of approximately 1.5 million participants, Mendel is one of only 16,000 to qualify as a semifinalist and is the only semifinalist in Lawrence Town-ship this year.

“It’s a really good scholar-ship for prestige,” Mendel said.

The annual competition begins with taking the PSAT junior year and continues by awarding 15,000 students with a finalist standing, determined by the students’ “abilities, skills and accomplishments.” Semi-finalists make up fewer than 1 percent of high school seniors in the country and are identi-fied by their high PSAT scores.

Mendel began working for

academic success by challeng-ing himself through elementary school by skipping grades one and four at Brooke Park Ele-mentary School. He will still be 16 when he graduates in May.

“I figured the easiest way to get less homework was to skip two years of it,” Mendel said.

His success comes from hard work and studying, often for four hours a night during the week. “I try to front-load my learning so I don’t have to cram,” he said.

Mendel plans to study chemistry after high school and hopes to attend a univer-sity in California, specifically either University of California at Berkeley or Stanford Univer-sity.

“They’re great schools and they’re in an environment I re-ally enjoy being in,” Mendel said.

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While a final vote was ex-pected by many to either im-plement a modified calendar or maintain the traditional school year calendar, the school board decided Monday that discus-sions regarding the 2013-2014 school year would be contin-ued until, at the latest, January,

and that no change would be made for the 2012-2013 school year.

“We are more or less wait-ing to see what our colleagues in neighboring districts decide to do,” school board president Carol Helmus said. The board seeks to align the calendar with bordering districts if possible.

The modified calendar pro-posal includes an earlier start time (most likely early August) that ultimately allows for one week off during the fall, one

week off for Thanksgiving, one parent-teacher conference day each semester, and two weeks off for spring break, with the first week of spring break con-taining snow make-up days. Summer break will be eight weeks long.

The decision that any po-tential changes would not take effect until the 2013-2014 school year was made in part out of respect for families’ and staff members’ plans already made using the traditional calendar.

“There are too many vari-ables in too short of a time,” school board secretary Jeff McKean said.

The calendar change is be-ing considered for several rea-sons. First, the original proposal sought to provide a two-week break between each of the nine-week marking periods. The modified calendar has resulted in attendance improvements and a reduction in the number of disciplinary referrals in other districts and may also result in

district-wide savings. “When MSD Warren went

to the modified calendar they experienced a significant de-crease in substitute teacher costs (40 percent, which would mean approximately $400,000 to MSDLT if we real-ized the same 40 percent sav-ings),” assistant superinten-dent Jan Combs said.

Many neighboring dis-tricts are considering a change in calendar. Indianapolis Pu-

Modified calendar decision tabled Next year’s calendar similar to this year’s

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Tardy room: The new tardy policy is reaping results. There were

201 tardies on Aug. 24, its fi rst day of operation. On Monday there were only 49.

Due to the tardy room, fewer students have been wandering the hallways during class.

Academic dean of operations Ryan Banas stressed the importance of students being engaged in class for 90 minutes every block. He reported a steady reduc-tion in the number of tardies since the policy went into eff ect.

“That is a very drastic reduction and all the credit goes to our students for living up to the expectations of simply gett ing to class on time,” Banas said.

Principal Thomas Oestreich implemented the new tardy room to maximize instructional time. “Tardies have been cut in half, essentially,” Oes-treich said. “My goal was to take many things off of teachers’ plates this year.”

Last year teachers were expected to keep track of student tardies and follow up with calls to parents.

Students who are late to class now re-port to the tardy room, by the dean’s offi ce,

instead of entering their class and interrupting teachers’ lessons. A goal of the new tardy policy is

to enable teachers to write fewer referrals. “It’s outstanding,” science teacher Jan Weir said. “I

used to have tardies all the time, and now it’s zero.” Tardies are accumulative for each semester now, as

opposed to last year’s policy. Instead of allowing stu-dents to have three tardies in each class without dis-ciplinary measures being put in place, tardies will be collective from every class. Aft er receiving three tar-dies in any combination of classes, students can expect a phone call home.

Sophomore Hannah Coble has been to the tardy room once this year. She was late to school because of bad traffi c and waited for 30 to 40 minutes in the tardy room before being sent back to class. She recalled the tardy room being overcrowded on that particular morning.

“I get the concept,” Coble said, “but when it comes to the tardy room itself and when there are so many people (in the tardy room), it takes away from those students’ class time.”

Despite Coble’s experience, she sees benefi ts in the new policy. “They aren’t putt ing it on the teachers to discipline all of the kids that are constantly late. So it’s giving them more time to focus on teaching,” Coble said.

Step 1: Get sent to the Tardy Room. Often Det. Wy-onne Hale of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept., here to keep the school safe and students out of the halls, often does the sending.

Step 2: Put your I.D. in the basket.

Step 3: Get your attendance record checked.

Step 4: Get sent to class if you have three or fewer tardies. If you have more, stay in the Tardy Room for the remainder of the block. Cub photos/Lane Creech

numbers going down

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Aug. 24 - 201Aug. 29 - 176Sept. 9 - 82Sept. 16 - 77 Sept. 20 - 62Sept. 26 - 49

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Siéntanse orgulloso de su herencia hispana

William CisnerosEl Salvador “I don’t celebrate it personally, but my uncle honors his ancestors through Mayan dances, drums and art.”

Argelia CuahuizoMexico“I celebrate it by going to festivals.”

Jordy ParrageEcuador“My families has get togethers and parties to celebrate.”

Esta es mi primera publicación en el Cub y me pareció apropiado buscar un tema que fuera relevante con la fecha para la cual iba a ser publicado. Decidí que tenía que ser un tema que involucr-ara a nosotros, los de habla español. No había mejor tema que Hispanic Heritage Month o en español, Mes de la Herencia Hispana.

En ocasiones anteriores se daba la oportunidad de hablar del tema, y era y sigue siendo muy decepcionante cuando hispanos me pregun-tan “¿Que es eso?” o “¿De verdad hay algo así?”. A si que para todos aquellos que no lo sabían, el mes de la herencia hispana es una cel-ebración del 15 de Sept. al 15 de Oct. En esta celebración los americanos observan el mes de la herencia hispana celebrando la historia, la cultura, y las contribuciones de todos aquéllos americanos cuyos ancestros son de España, México, El Caribe, Cen-troamérica, y Sudamérica.

Esta celebración empezó en 1968 cu-ando Lyndon Johnson era presidente y solamente duraba una semana. En 1988 la fecha fue expandida para ser un peri-odo de 30 días por el presidente Ronald Reagan. La ley fue promulgada el 17 de

Agosto de 1988 con la aprobación de la ley pública 100-402.

Sept. 15 es una fecha importante porque es el aniversario de la indepen-dencia de países latino americanos como Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua. Además, México celebra su independencia el 16 de Sept. y Chile el 17 de Sept. Tam-bién, el Día de la Raza el cual es celeb-rado el 12 de Oct. cae en el período de los 30 días.

Desde hace más de 43 años se cel-ebra la herencia hispana. Es algo que se celebra a nivel nacional. Esta debería de

ser una fecha conoci-da por todos nosotros los hispanos. Ten-emos la oportunidad de compartir nuestra herencia y cultura hispana con otras personas que talvez no saben que esta fe-

cha existe. Hay muchas personas que a lo largo del tiempo han echo que nuestra cultura sea reconocida no solo por nues-tra propia raza, sino a nivel nacional y asta mundial. Desde grandes autores como Miguel Cervantes, Isabel Allende, y Octavio Paz, a músicos como Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, y Selena. El famoso actor cubano Desi Arnaz y el revolu-cionario Cesar Chávez que por años se dedico a defender los derechos civiles de trabajadores inmigrantes. Famosos artis-tas como Frida Kahlo que expresaba sus

i d e a s y sen-timientos por medio del arte y Di-ego Rivera el cual pin-taba murales enormes sobre nuestra cultura. Nuestros famosos depor-tistas como Sammy Sosa, y el gran Diego Maradona que durante su carrera profesion-al jugó con múltiples equipos de fútbol. Estos son solo algu-nos de los que forman parte de nuestro orgullo hispano. Todos tienen algo en común, todos hici-eron un gran impacto en nuestra cultura hispana y muchos de ellos fueron reconocidos a nivel mundial. Cada uno de ellos hizo la diferencia.

El tema del mes de la herencia his-pana de este año es “Varios orígenes, muchas historias…pero un solo espíritu americano”. A si que en este mes de la her-encia hispana te quisiera invitar a compartir nuestra cultura con otros. Es importante cel-ebrar a los que a lo largo del tiempo han echo la diferencia y han echo reconocible nuestra cultura. ¡Siéntete orgulloso y da a conocer tu herencia hispana!

“¡Siéntete orgulloso y da a conocer tu her-encia hispana!”

Be proud of your Hispanic heritageEsbeida [email protected]

As this is my first column in the Cub Reporter, it seemed to me important to select a topic that was relevant to the time that this would be published. I de-cided that it would need to be a subject that involved us, those that speak Span-ish. There couldn’t be a better subject than Hispanic Heritage Month, or, in Spanish, Mes de la Herencia Hispana.

On previous occasions, Hispanic Heritage Month presented the oppor-tunity to discuss the subject, and it has been very disappointing when Hispan-ics ask me, “What is that?” or “Is there really something like that?” Thus, for those who do not know, Hispanic Heri-tage Month is a celebration from Sept. 15 until Oct. 15. In this celebration, Ameri-cans observe Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the history, culture, and

contributions of all those Americans whose ancestors are from Spain, Mexi-co, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

This celebration began in 1968 when Lyndon Johnson was president. At the time, it only lasted one week, but in 1988, President Ron-ald Reagan expand-ed it to 30 days. The law was enacted on Aug. 17,1988 with the approval of Public Law 100-402.

Sept. 15 is an important date because it is the anniversary of the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico celebrates its independence on Sept 16. Chile celebrates its indepen-dence on Sept. 17. Also within the 30 days is Día de la Raza, which is celebrat-ed Oct. 12.

Hispanic heritage has been celebrat-ed on a national level for more that 43 years. It is something that should be known by all Hispanics. It provides us the opportunity to share our Hispanic

heritage and culture with other who may not know these dates exist. There are many people throughout time that have made our culture recog-

nized not only within our own race but also on national and international levels. From great authors such as Miguel Cer-vantes, Isabel Allende, and Octavio Paz to muscisians like Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, and Selena. The famous Cuban actor Desi Arnaz and the revoultion-ary Cesar Chávez, who, for years, dedi-caded his life to the defense of the civil rights of immigrant workers. Famous artists such as Frida Kahlo who ex-

pressed her ideas and feelings through art and Diego Rivera who painted enor-mous murals about the culture. Famous athletes like Sammy Sosa and the great Diego Maradona who during his profes-sional career played with multiple soc-cer teams. These are only a few of the those who form our Hispanic pride. All have something in common: each made a great impact on the Hispanic culture and many were recognized on a world level. Each one of them made a differ-ence.

The theme of Hispanic Heritage Month this year is “Many backgrounds, many stories…one American spirit.” During this Hispanic Heritage Month I would like to invite you to share our culture with others. It is important to celebrate those that have made the dif-ference and have made our culture rec-ognizable. Be proud and share with oth-ers your Hispanic heritage!

Be proud and share with others your Hispanic heritage!”“

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“When I first came to LC, some of doors didn’t even lock. Some didn’t even have doors. That’s unacceptable.”

Thomas Oestreich principal

Senior pictures by Oct. 22 Seniors who wish to have their por-traits in the senior section of the yearbook are to have their pictures taken at Prestige Studios by Oct. 22. They are to call the studio at 890-2903 to schedule an ap-pointment. There is a $15 sitting fee for each senior. They are reminded that fall break is Oct. 20-21.

Varie ‘outstanding junior’ Last spring senior Meredith Varie was named LC’s Outstanding High School Junior. Earlier this month she was honored at a Phi Beta Kappa reception. Each student was invited to bring an influential teacher or coun-selor to the reception; Varie chose counselor Kay Pequignot.

Leadership program offered Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) is accepting applications. Sponsored in part by the United Way, the program trains high school students in non-profit agencies. Students interested in business or leadership careers are encouraged to check it out at www.uwi.org/yli. The deadline is Nov. 4.

Online tutoring available The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library offers free online tutor-ing to those with library cards. Click on “Homework Help” at www.imcpl.org.

“There’s never any soap or paper towels.”Makayla Johnsonsophomore

FOR PARENTS

Volunteers needed The PFO (Parent-Faculty Organiza-tion) needs additional volunteers to help with the breakfast program in the Commons which allows students to purchase pre-packaged breakfast items, snacks, juice and water be-fore school begins each day. Parent volunteers are scheduled to work one morning a month, 8-9:15 a.m. The job involves setting up the food items, selling to students 8:30-8:50 a.m., putting unsold items away, counting money and turning the day’s deposit in to the school treasurer. Interested adults may contact Bev Fudge at 823-0203 or [email protected] for additional information.

“Vandalism is easily the biggest problem. The janitors are do-ing their jobs; it’s the students ruining it.”Christina Reesjunior

the biggest prob-lem. Hamilton said vandalism is most prevalent in the athletics restrooms, which are kept open during indoor home sporting events, and that the majority of destruction is found in the men’s rest-rooms.

“The vandal-ism has started out bad this year,” Pur-pura said. “There’s not a huge amount of vandalism, but sometimes when kids get bored they

start writing back and forth.”

There are three shifts for the custoo-dial staff. The first shift maintains the building during the day, including the cafeteria during and immediately after lunch. The second and third shifts clean the building after

the students have left, focusing primarily on classrooms and restrooms.

Part of the job is to remove vandalism as soon as possible. If it cannot be removed, it is spray painted over.

“We can’t use harsh chemicals because this is a school, so we use graffiti sprays if it’s needed,” Hamilton said.

She said it is often difficult to re-move vandalism quickly because people are still in the athletics part of the building and are using the restrooms until 8 or 9 at night.

Last year it was common to find some restrooms locked during the school day.

Next week the school will get a quote on the cost of new partitions in the men’s and women’s restrooms throughout the school. Many of the doors and partitions in the rest-rooms are currently missing or broken.

“Approximentaly $850,000 is used each year to maintain, fix and repair items in all 25 sites throughout the district,” director of facilities Rodger Smith said. Because this money is used for all buildings in the district, Smith said “we have to prioritize the needs versus the wants”. LC has about $100,000 they can request to use for items that are “wants.” As items wear out, replacements can be suggested.

The cost of new stall partitions would range from $5,500 to $7,500 per restroom. With more than 20 restrooms in the bulding, this reno-vation would total around $100,000. In addition to renova-tions like stall parti-tions, maintenance money is used for mechanical and elec-trical repairs such as light bulbs, boilers,or toilets. “Items are replaced as they wear out or are vandalized beyond repair,” Smith said.

In calling the present conditions “unac-ceptable,” principal Thomas Oestreich said, “When I first came to LC, some of the (rest-room) doors didn’t lock. Some (stalls) didn’t even have doors.”

He said, “The restrooms need some work; they seem antiquated.”

Oestreich said he wants the same kind of partitions that are in the athletics area to be put in place schoolwide.

Despite the ineffective doors, custodi-ans Dana Purpura and Corina Hamilton said the restrooms are pretty clean; vandalism is

‘Antiquated’ restrooms to be updated

Oestreich said he will not close restrooms unless maintenance is needed.

“If there is an isolated issue, I will ad-dress it,” he said. “Anyone who vandalizes any part of the building will be subject to consequences.”

Oestreich said that in addition to getting new bathroom partitions, he’d like to place advertisements on the bathroom doors.

While the restrooms are cleaned each night by the custoidal staff and remain clean (when considering the number of students who use them) throughout the day, from time to time there are functional issues that crop up during the day. In some restrooms, the floors may become wet due to toilet or sink malfunctions.

“Someone should tell the custodians when the floor is wet during the day,” Pur-pura said.

“Missing stall doors (are an issue).”Connor Tuthilljunior

Cutodians work to remove vandalism before students begin add-ing to it. However, they said, it is difficult to remove vandalism when students are still in the building. Cub photo/Caroline Varie

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“Jan Combs

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The impact should be lessened if we split the fall break between October and Thanksgiving.”

Bottles not welcome at games

Bott les are out. Aft er the fi rst football game

of the school year, principal Thomas Oestreich prohibited them at football games.

Similar to the procedures followed at the entry gates of Lucas Oil Stadium, offi cials now check students’ bags at the gate and take away any bott les. If offi cers fi nd a drink and have reasonable suspicion that the student has been drinking al-cohol, a breathalyzer could be the next step.

“It (alcohol consumption) is perceived to be an issue, and I don’t want that to even be a perception at LC,” Oestreich said.

He said he plans to continue this policy for basketball games and other sporting events.

Lawrence North monitors students’ alcohol consumption by breathalyzing students at the gate. Oestreich says he is not opposed to breathalyzation; however, he wants “to have a well-thought-out plan before implementing something like breathalyzing.”

In addition, breathalyz-ing students at the gate would make the admission process here longer. Students, parents and visiting team spectators all enter through one gate.

“I don’t want to make par-ents stand in line,” Oestreich said.

At LN there are diff erent gates for LN’s students and par-ents.

“I think they should start breathalyzing at halft ime,” sophomore Bridget Heilman said. “If people are bringing in

alcohol and then want to leave toward the end, they would get caught.”

Calendarbic Schools, Warren Township and Wayne Township have committ ed to a modifi ed cal-endar for the 2012-2013 school year.

Decatur, Franklin, Perry, Center Grove, Avon, Plain-fi eld, Mill Creek, North-west Hen-dricks, Bar-t h o l o m e w, Brownsburg, and Beech Grove schools are likely to change for the 2012-2013 school year.

Washington and Speedway schools are likely to change for the 2013-2014 school year.

The responses of parents and staff have been considered throughout the proposal pro-cess, which began with a study team last spring. The school board held discussions in April 2011.

The board sought commu-nity input through forums, and rather than holding such dis-cussions in May, forums were postponed until Sept. 6 and 8.

Presentations were given at these fo-rums, and the approxi-mately 225 stakeholders in att endance were able to ask questions or make com-ments and s u g g e s t i o n s about the pro-

posal. Further stakeholder input

has been achieved through a survey. According to the district website, 1,229 parents respond-ed to the survey.

The majority of respondents were in favor of the calendar, with 52 percent of the votes in favor, 17 percent in favor of the change but with some reserva- Source/Lawrence Township

tions, and 31 percent opposed to changes in calendar.

Staff members were also surveyed. Results show that 70 percent of teachers and ad-ministrators are in favor of the calendar, and 68 percent of sup-port staff members are in favor.

The longer breaks, especial-ly in the fall, will impact stu-dent activities, performing arts and athletics.

“MSD Warren experienced a reduction in students at-tending games during the fall break,” Combs said. “The im-pact should be lessened if we split the fall break between Oc-tober and Thanksgiving.”

The proposed modifi ed calendar, because of its longer breaks, is expected to improve student achievement.

“We believe that the ex-tended breaks are long enough to help improve att itudes and focus but not so long that they result in learning loss,” Combs said.

Purpose to eliminatealcohol comsumption at sporting events

Oestreich said this policy is in place to prevent students from even thinking of bringing

alcohol into sporting events. “Many people will still

drink no matt er what,” sopho-more Will Gordon said.

According to the student handbook, school administra-tion “believes that striving to maintain a substance abuse-free environment is an important goal for our school district.”

It further states that it pro-hibits the “possessing, using, transmitt ing, or being aff ected by any controlled substance or alcoholic beverage or any para-phernalia used in connection with the substances listed. Also prohibited is the consumption of any of the stated substances immediately before att ending school or a school function or event.”

Violations of this rule may result in suspension, expulsion and criminal charges.

“This policy is for the safety and enjoyment of all,” Oest-reich said.

Cub photo/Caroline Varie

dium on Oct. 29 in the State Finals com-petition if Spirit of Central is selected as one of the top 10 bands at Semi-state.

“The feeling you get when taking the field at Lucas Oil Stadium to perform for thousands of fans is indescribable,” trombone and eu-phonium section leader Clark Har-ris said.

The Spirit of Central finished second last year to Avon High School at ISSMA state fi-nals and eighth at the Bands of America Grand National Champion-ship.

With all of the budget cuts last year the music department was not certain there would be a marching band, so they wanted to plan a more conservative show. They wanted to know they could play it to the best of their ability and per-form it at a high level.

Because they were positive they


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The Spirit of Central Marching Band began their season on Sept. 17 when they hosted the Spirit of Central Invita-tional. As host, they performed but did not compete.

But last weekend, in the Greenwood Invitational, LC captured first place.

“As far as our performance went, we did very well,” director Matt James said.

The band is scheduled to compete six additional times this season.

will have six more competitions this year that they will definitely compete in. If they place well enough they will make it to finals, potentially adding 4 more performances.

The upcoming competition, ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Associa-tion) District, will be held Oct. 1 at LC on the football field.

Since this competition is being run by ISSMA and is not an invitational, Spirit of Central will compete and be scored.

They could perform at Lucas Oil Sta-

were going to have a marching band this year they are going to be a little more ag-gressive with their show.

“Hopefully it (the show) will be more challenging for them and poten-

tially be rated higher,” James said.

M a r c h i n g band participates in a judged bases competition. Yes, there are rules to be followed. How-ever, it’s up to the judges to de-termine a band’s score and their

placement.Marching band isn’t like most other

sports where you go head to head with one other team. There are lots of bands competing to get the highest scores.

“We are going to do great. We started off with an amazing show at the Spirit of Central Invitational and we are improv-ing ever single week,” trumpet section leader Derric Gowan said.

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The feeling you get when taking the field at Lucas Oil Stadium to perform for thousands of fans is indescribable”

Oct. 1: ISMAA district marching band competition, all day Oct. 1: SAT, 8 a.m., Student Life Center Oct. 4: Herff Jones graduation cap/ gown/announcement order, information, noon-2 p.m., Studio Theatre Oct. 11: National College Fair, 9 a.m.-noon, 6-8 p.m., Indiana Convention Center Oct. 11: Dance recital, 7 p.m., auditorium Oct. 12: PSAT for sophomores, juniors Oct. 12: Senior breakfast, picture cap/gown/announcement orders, 8:50-10:21 a.m., performance gym Oct. 12: Fall concert, 7 p.m., auditorium Oct. 15: ISSMA regional marching band competition, Center Grove High School Oct. 18, 19: Picture retakes for grades 9-11 Oct. 20, 21: Fall break, no school Oct. 22: ISSMA semi-state marching band competition, Ben Davis High School

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Above: Spirit of Central marching band debuts their show in the Spirit of Cen-tral Invitiational Sept. 17, the first competition this year. Spirit did not compete because LC hosted the competition. Top Right: Snare section leader Cameron Clinton awaits his cue to play the timpani. Bottom Right: The alto saxophone section plays their part in this year’s show, Drumatic. Cub photos/Lane Creech

Meetings about IU Groups here next week Seniors who may be interested in at-tending Indiana University and would like to apply to Groups Student Sup-port — known as IU Groups — and/or to learn more about IU Groups are in-vited to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 4 or 7 a.m. Oct. 5 in Room 411. IU Groups is a federally funded program designed to help specially selected stu-dents from the time they complete an application to attend IU until they ac-cept a diploma at graduation. The program was established in 1968 to address low college attendance rates among first-generation minority students at IU. Today, eligible students also include those with limited finan-cial resources and people with disabili-ties from all racial and economic back-grounds. The deadline to apply for IU Groups is Nov. 1. Additional information is available from counselor Robin Holden.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 • CUB REPORTER OPINIONS

1. Megan Everett 2. Kevin Cox 4. Kyle Manley 5. Briana Hill freshman freshman junior senior

Just a minute with...

Got a minute? Then we’ve got some questions. With 2,600 students it’s tough to know every-one. We’re taking a minute to get to know our student body. Match each student’s number with the numbers on the answers. Watch out, you could be next.

Would you rather have an iPhone or a Blackberry?

1. iPhone2. Probably an Iphone3. iPhone4. Skateboard, a Creature5. Which ever is free

What’s your favorite football team?

1. Patriots2. Steelers3. Colts4. Colts5. Cowboys

What was the last movie you saw?

1. The Help2. Captain America3. Friday After Next4. Grown Ups5. Plante of the Apes

What is your favorite season?

1. Spring, cause travel soccer.2. Summer, no school or homework.3. Spring4. Fall5. Summer

When you hear the word ‘fall,’ what comes to your mind?

1. Soccer2. Bon fires3. Fall sports4. King of Road 20115. Raking leaves

3. Phillip Turnleysophmore

How many hours a night do you spend on your home-work?

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“..here, homecoming has lost its sacred meaning.”

Hugs to the start of the weekend but Growls to the end. Hugs to turning 16 but Growls to waiting six months to get your license. Hugs to fall colors but Growls to cold weather. Hugs to fun classes but Growls to a lot of home-work. Hugs to the new actors at LC for a successful Rookie Show but Growls to stage fright. Hugs to Mr. Sivertson for having his class destroy Barbie dolls but Growls to the guys who stole from their sisters. Hugs to sleeping in on the weekends but Growls to waking up early on Monday mornings. Hugs to manners but Growls to people who chew with their mouth open. Hugs to the football team for beating Pike but Growls for making it such a close game. Hugs to using notes on a test but Growls to having three tests on the same day. Hugs to Friday night foot-ball games but Growls to them getting too cold. Hugs to Fall Break com-ing but Growls to report cards.

Many people claim high school was the best time of their life; that is, until they graduate. Then high school is a thing in the past, simply a fi gment of their college or career bound imaginations. However, as the clock counts down toward that fateful day in May, memories pile up. But what happens to these memo-ries once we leave these halls? What happens as the best time of our life dissipates into the past? Then what?

Then, we go to homecom-ing.

Here, however, homecom-ing has lost its sacred meaning. Stereotypi-cally, homecoming is a call to alumni to reach out and bring their memories back to life. However, rather than make this day about the graduates, we tend to make it about the graduates to-be.

Here, homecoming is about homecoming court, Spirit Week and Friday night. In years past, few students have bled maroon and gray throughout spirit week with only a hand-ful of students showing their school spirit. However, this year has proved diff erent. This

year, everywhere you look you saw someone fl ashing back to the ‘80s. (Although a dismally large portion of the student body seemed to “fl ashback” to the night before, when they were dressed for sleeping.)

While this year’s partici-pation in Spirit Week proved commendable, the att ention was aimed solely toward the current student body, who are still “home.” We need to turn our focus away from today’s students and back to students of our past. We should wel-

come them back home. Back to the place that raised them from awk-ward, scrawny adolescents

and into young men and women, the majority of which matured by senior year.

While we should not give up on our current homecom-ing traditions which create the memories for our current student body to cherish, we do need to add a few more to the list. We need to make this celebration of memories more accessible for alumni by putt ing forth a greater ef-fort in informing past Bears of homecoming night. In the age of social networking there is no

excuse for keeping our alumni in the dark. We need to take the initiative to bring back the true meaning of homecoming, which is to bring our Bears

back home. Let’s open our doors and

get out the welcome mat next September to welcome our alumni.

Bring out the welcome mat

• It’s a smart idea for LC to confi scate bott les when students enter the football games. It will prevent students from gett ing into trouble and keep athletic games safe and under control. Families come to the games and should not be exposed to students’ poor choices. LC does not condone inappropriate be-havior and cares about the safety and wellbeing of the public.• The modifi ed schedule Lawrence Township is considering is a breath of fresh air. Unlike a year-round schedule, students will have an eight-week sum-mer while enjoying the perks of longer breaks during the school year. This provides plenty of time to indulge in a relaxing vacation away from the stress of school. Granted, Lawrence Township has been making many changes recent-ly; this is one change that will hopefully

30-second editorialsbe made.• This spirit week has been a blast. From wearing footie pajamas to dress-ing up like the Incredible Hulk, stu-dents have shown their spirit this year, unlike years before. • Thank you, principal Thomas Oes-treich, for not closing any of the rest-rooms, and for planning on new parti-tions and doors being put in place. It is important to not only have restrooms open, but also functioning. • Our football team this year has been

stellar. Though we lost a game, it was an exciting one. The game against Pike was a fantastic one to see. LC has also blown out teams on multiple occasions. If the Bears keep this up, we should get more student att endance at our football games. It’s not very oft en we get to see a great team like we are seeing now. It’s something we shouldn’t miss.

Dear Editor,What is this year’s Skip-a-Final

policy? I have heard many people say it is no longer in eff ect, but the adminis-tration hasn’t said anything about this. Students should be told directly by the administration if the Skip-a-Final policy is no longer in eff ect. What confuses me the most is why they would get rid of the policy. It’s an incentive to work hard and stay in school. I have heard many people, especially seniors, say they feel there’s now no reason to try to get an “A” in a class or even go to class if they can’t skip a fi nal at the end of the semester. This would be a big problem, but fi rst we all need to know if the policy is void or not.Sincerely,Sara Young

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 • CUB REPORTER OPINIONS

peak Your Mind:Class Sizes

“Fam over all.” Kyra Tucker, 10

“Polyester.” Megan Miller, 10

“Money over everything.” Kyle Crites, 12

“I’m excited to get to go to the Sweet Treat Boutique to work with Kelsey Funk and Kelsey Thornton.” Kaley Gatto, 10

“That’s random.” Kyra Cullison, 10

“Hey Pat!” Michaela Shanahan, 9

“I love playing soccer at LC with my girls.” April Eales, 10

“I absolutely love music.” Derek Muhl, 10

“I wear rainbow undies.” Mikey Evernham, 11

“Jacob knows all of the words to ‘Boyfriend’ by Big Time Rush.” Sydney Norris, 10

“#stickwithnick” Rachel Mosher, 10

“What if we all had tails, like in Dragon Ball Z?” Ben Reifi nger, 12

“Cool beans.” Maddie Korn, 10

“Can anyone give me a hand with geometry?” Kim Andrade, 9

“I love lamp.” Will Gordon, 10

Eric Rice Jr. senior

Audrey Dunkerson junior

Lauren Hibbler sophomore

Tyler Fudge freshman

1. How do you feel about class sizes this year?

2. What do you think is a good class size? (number of students)

3. Do you prefer bigger or smaller class sizes?

4. Do you think class sizes have an e� ect on your learning?

1. I think classes are gett ing a lot larger.2. Probably 20.3. Smaller, because you can learn more, and less people talk.4.Defi nitely.

1. They’re cool. I like them. Not too big, not too small.2. About 20 kids.3. I prefer bigger because it’s more fun, and more people’s opinions in class discussions.4. Yes.

1. They’re prett y good. They’re not too big.2. Probably close to 30. Not over that.3. Bigger. There are more people to talk to.4. If they get too big, classes can get out of control.

1. It’s gett ing big and crowd-ed, especially for study halls.2. Probably 26.3. Smaller, because the teacher can get around to more students than if it was a bigger class.4. Yeah, you can say that.

S Bearit all

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Scientists will have you believe that every year around late September to early October, leaves change color due to a metabolic process in which trees stop producing chlorophyll, a pigment which makes them green, to store energy for the winter.

The lack of chlorophyll then allows other pigments in the leaves to show, like the reds, oranges, yellows, and purples we see during fall. Or so Google tells me. I know, you’ve already been to science class today, and you don’t need another lesson, but it’s really not as complicated as you might think.

You see, the leaves really have the scientists fooled—all this talk about energy and chlorophyll just makes the leaves laugh so hard they fall right off the trees—and then you get fooled, too.

Out of the goodness of my heart I’ve decided to fill you in, purely for educational purposes, because what I’m about to tell you is 100 percent fact.

The real reason leaves change color in the fall is because they’re tired of all looking exactly the same. Unfortunately, grass never gets the memo.

After a few, long months of being the same color, leaves break out their own fall wardrobes. Come on, green was so last season.

If you search a little deeper into the non-scientific way of looking at nature, you can see why each type of tree changes to the colors it does. Maple leaves turn red because they’re supporting Canada — they are featured on the flag after all, so it’s the least they could do.

White ash trees change to purple, which isn’t much of a surprise. Think about it. They’re white ash trees; the last thing they want to be is the color of fire.

And birch trees? They turn yellow because they just like the color.

However, since trees have kept the real reason they change color under wraps for this long, they probably wouldn’t be too happy if you spilled it on your next science test.

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“all this talk about energy and chlorophyll just makes the leaves laugh so hard they fall right off the trees...”

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Joke’s on you

Call it a reality check. Call it what you will, but life is more than a tweet and definitely more than a Facebook page.

In fact, in writing this, Microsoft doesn’t even recognize Facebook as a word. As we grow up, things grow older, like myspace.

I was just a little jealous when one of my older sisters made a Facebook page and she told me I was not allowed to get one because I was too young. Yes, I was pretty darn upset. But I am really not that interested in Twitter because

I find myself doing things more productive than tweeting all day about absolutely nothing.

Now, I really hope no one actually gets on their myspace any more because it’s old news, and I think it’s pretty much embarrassing to say you’re still getting on myspace. Facebook, on the other hand, I am pretty much addicted to, if I do say so myself.

I will admit to being on Facebook about just 30 minutes a day. OK, maybe an hour.

I know it’s a little long but I am trying my hardest to get better. Being on the computer all the time is just a little much when you have school work to worry about or maybe even a job.

I like to know what’s going on but I really don’t like the fact that

most information is given through social networks. My guess is that most LC students use some type of social networking site. Teachers, too.

If you have absolutely nothing to do during the day, you might consider getting involved in a school activity or maybe even do

community work.

Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites are getting a little to overcrowded, and some things are meant to

be left off of the internet. When you’re on the internet, even if you don’t notice that you’re doing it, you tend to put out way too much information for everyone to see.

Realizing how much you are on the computer can make a difference.

Life is more than a social network

“I am not interested in Twitter because I find myself doing more productive things.”

2,600 students and silence

Major changes are in the air. Start times in the mornings, per-haps a modified schedule and pos-sible termination of block sched-uling are changes which all of us in Lawrence Township better be prepared for in the next year or two. We must wait a while to hear the final verdict of the school board to know what the future of the school district holds. However, isn’t it the students who are the future?

There have been changes which have started controversial conversations among our students. We talk with our friends about what we personally want for our schools, but never are our opinions worthy of being heard — of whether a shorter summer and longer spring and fall breaks are truly effective or getting up later in the morning.

Let’s face it; the students here don’t get to vote in any decision. We are the ones directly affected by every alteration the township undergoes. It’s ironic that they don’t ask us, the students, about

how to make our school a more successful one.

We are the ones who spend seven hours a day, five days a week and 180 days a year here. Some of us have

been a part of Lawrence Township since we were 5 years old and taking naptime. Who knows our

schools better than we do? I understand that

administrators and school board members work endless hours to make our schools the best they can be, but we deserve to have our voices heard.

Having a student representative on the school board, taking polls on our students, or even all of us pulling together to make this school the place we want it to be are ways the student voice can be heard.

Once we are able to contribute in the adjustments at LC, we will finally bond as a strong community.

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Student Poll (50 of LC's students) Are you in favor of the modified schedule

for next year?

46%

54%

YesNo

“Let’s face it; the students don’t get to vote in any decision that is made.”

Student Poll (50 of LC’s Students) Are you in favor of a modified schedule?

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Topic: Modified school calendar

“I don’t want it to happen because I want summer to be longer and school not start in early August.”

“It’d be too swag. I’m to-tally for it.”

Raven Powell, 12

Facing the subject: How do you feel about a modified calendar?

Cub photos/Katie Billman

It’s Aug. 4 and a nice 85 degree summer day. You’re floating on a raft in your neighborhood pool while sip-ping ice-cold lemonade. Life couldn’t get any better — except for the fact that you’d start school the next day.

With the modified school calendar being considered for the 2013-2014 school year, that could happen. Ev-eryone in Lawrence Township would start school much earlier than now, on Aug. 5.

This is not a good idea. While there are many reasons why this school calendar would not benefit students, the shortened summer break is the biggest setback of them all.

A shortened summer would give us less time to cram in our summer reading (don’t deny it — we all do it) and would also cut two weeks off a summer athlete’s season. And a baseball player who plays in the sum-mer wants all the practice and game experience he can get. As for fall ath-letes, an Aug. 5 start date would make workouts in the summer start even earlier than they do now. So all the fall athletes would get less time to cherish the summer.

If the modified schedule were to happen, we could get a two weeks off in October, but it wouldn’t be much of a break for sophomores and juniors. The PSAT test date is always sched-uled in the middle of October, perhaps right in the middle of those two weeks off. I don’t know about the rest of you,

Two weeks for spring break. Sounds nice, doesn’t it? Two weeks for winter break. Sounds great, too, right? Add a week for fall break and a week for Thanksgiving break, and you’ve got the suggested modified schedule for the 2013-2014 school year.

Two weeks for spring break. Twice the time for tanning, twice the time for vacationing and, most importantly, twice the time off school. Similarly, the extra time off for the holidays isn’t half bad, either. Personally, I’d use the longer break to relax, spend time with family and unwind from first semester. Your plans? It doesn’t matter what you’d

“I honestly think it’s really dumb. Summer is what I look forward to the whole year.”

“I really wish they would have done it this year.”

Tim Welcher, 11Gonzalo Ruiz, 10Nia Brit, 9

but I would rather not waste my break studying and taking more tests.

Another setback with a modified calendar would be summer jobs. Mak-ing money is important to a lot of us. And starting school two weeks earlier would mean a significantly smaller amount of money that could be earned in a summer job. When school does start, it gets too complicated to sched-ule a time to work with all the home-work and after-school activities you have to do.

I appreciate Lawrence Township for trying to make changes so schools will be better, but let’s leave the modi-fied school calendar off the agenda.

At least until I graduate.

do or where you’d go. It’s where you wouldn’t go that matters: school.

Yes, we’d have to start school on Aug. 5, but I’d rather start school in early August and have longer breaks than have more summer and more classes when they’re in full swing. Sure, it might seem like a drag when we’re getting ready to go back to school at the end of July, but I will have forgotten about that when I’m ly-ing on the beach during my two weeks of spring break.

Also, I’m guessing I’m not the only person who forgets a majority of the things learned in school over the sum-mer. With a shorter summer break, we wouldn’t show up to math class on the first day forgetting that 2 plus 2 equals 4. From an academic standpoint, school wouldn’t put as much stress on me since the two-week breaks are in the back of my mind.

We sprung for trying the new school day schedule and LC hasn’t crashed and burned, so why not give the new school year schedule a shot, too?

We’ll have to show up at LC 180 days either way.

Now it’s just a matter of budgeting our breaks inbetween them. Changing to the modified schedule would pro-vide more flexibility during breaks for families and staff, reduction of teacher and student burn-out and overall bet-ter attitudes toward school.

Two weeks for spring break? I’ll take it.

And Jacob, I’ll call you from the beach.

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Catcher in the Rye. Of Mice and Men. The Lord of the Flies. At some point, all three have been banned from schools due to their content.

The history of book banning stretch-es back throughout history, the earliest known example being the Greek phi-losopher Anaxagoras’ belief that the sun was “a white hot stone” and that the moon “reflected the sun’s rays.” This idea was deemed blasphemous and the authority of Athens exiled him and destroyed his writings. As history pro-gressed, censorship continued. Despite the First Amendment permitting free speech and expression, organizations from parental to religious have made attempts to ban books in schools, claim-ing they are obscene.

However, in 1982, the Supreme Court ruled in Board of Education, Island Trees v. Pico that school boards couldn’t remove books from school libraries just because they disliked the ideas or content within them. Regardless of this decision, the American Library Association (ALA) reports that more than 300 challenges against books are filed each year.

To counteract these actions, the ALA started the annual Banned Books Week. This is the week. Its purpose is to celebrate the freedom of reading, and the ALA encourages students across the country to read books that have come under controversy or complaint, such

as the Harry Potter series.The media center staff here sup-

ports the event. Director Nocha Flick, a member of the ALA and the subsidiary organization American Association for School Libraries, organized Banned Books Week for LC and said, “It’s going well.”

For some students, however, the re-ality of censorship against literature comes as a shock.

“I was sur-prised,” junior Ki’Seana Mills said. “It’s stupid that people would want to ban them. Besides, for every 10 people that

want to remove it, a thousand people will be waiting to challenge that deci-sion.”

While students may just now be learning of the history of book banning, English teacher Pam Walters remem-bers it from her own high school experi-ence.

“When I was in high school, Catcher in the Rye was banned,” she said. “Natu-rally, it was the book to read.”

“When I was in high school, Catcher in the Rye was banned. Naturally, it was the book to read.” Pam Walters

English teacher

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not to read To read

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Walters continued: “No one has a right to ban a book. As a teacher, it is my responsibility to show discretion with some books, and parents do have a right to express concern, but books in a library should not be banned.”

It’s a sentiment echoed by special education teacher Charlotte Simpson. But she does have concerns about To Kill a Mockingbird. Simpson has no prob-lem with it in a library, but she does op-pose the novel as a class reading.

“It ‘s my mother’s favorite book,” she said. “It’s my best friend’s favorite book. It’s a good book.”

But she firmly believes it does not have a place in the curriculum here. She said her perspective as a black woman and as one of the few black teachers in the building allows her to closely iden-tify with black students. Her concern is that they often lack the background knowledge to overcome negatives that come with the book.

“I hate the way black people are depicted in the book,” she said. “Yes, it was the reality of that time, but so many of our kids don’t have the knowledge or perspective to overcome negative feel-ings about themselves.”

She continued: “There are enough

books that could talk about the black experience and leave black kids feeling good about the black process.”

She said she finds the repeated use of the “N” word distressing. “It grates on your heart,” she said. “It hurts to hear it.”

Even in the face of the ALA’s efforts to defend the freedom to read, book banning and the suppression of ideas continue, even in Indiana. In 2008, stu-dents at Perry Meridian High School had their copies of Erin Gruwell’s The Freedom Writers Diary taken from them while they were reading it. In 2010, stu-dents in Franklin Central High School’s AP English classes were at risk of los-ing the ability to read Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon before the school board retained it in the curriculum despite pa-rental concerns.

Flick asserts, however, that the ALA continues to both champion literary freedom and challenge censorship in school. “We feel it is our obligation to remind students of their First Amend-ment right to read,” Flick said, “and I’d like to point out that many books that have once been banned (The Great Gatsby and The Scarlet Letter, to name a couple) are on AP/IB curriculum lists.”

Banned Book Week honors freedom of choice

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Marrialle Sellars, sophomore

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During halftime of the game, the king and queen are announced to a stadium full of students. The 2011 queen is senior Kourtney Yamafuji. Her mother, Kristie Yamafuji, and father, Kevin Yama-fuji, were at her side as her name was announced. Cub photo/Lane Creech

Bears’ enthusiasm is coming back to life. Aft er years of dim enthusiasm and even dimmer participation, students bright-

ened the halls with their participation in this year’s homcoming week. “I have noticed a marked increase in school spirit this year,” English teacher

Sandy Weichert said. Long before today’s students were born, homecoming was the “big to-do” for

students, she said.“Back in the ‘80s, when I fi rst started my career here, we had homecoming fl oats. Kids were always dressing up crazy for something fun.”

However, this spirit dwindled over time and the enthusiasim dimmed. In recent years only a small percentage of students activitely participated in the events highlighting homecoming week.

This year saw a turnaround. Principal Thomas Oestreich contributed to the spirit when he announced that “the Mr. Oestreich hero costume is already sold out.” Posters of him as Super O were prominent on Superhero Day — not only on paper but also on T-shirts sported by the faculty.

“I didn’t realize how much (spirit had dwindled over the years) until I saw the great spirit our kids and faculty showed during our recent homecoming week,” Weichert said. “It’s heartening.”

At the Tiki Luau Homecoming dance, students celebrate the Bears’ victory. Entry required a pre-paid ticket and a breathalyz-er test. Cub photo/Lane Creech

“I wanted to express myself. High school is too short not to go all out,”

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The homecoming court was led by king Xavier Somerville and queen Kourtney Yamafuji. They pose for pictures as they prepare to head to the Tiki Luau dance.Cub photo/Charmaine Morgan

Homecoming night featured many of LC’s components. As part of the march-ing band, the Color Guard performed to this year’s production, Drumatic. While the show is often featured during halftime of home football games, the band is also in the midst of their competitive season. At their most recent competition at the Greenwood Invitational, the Spirit of Central took home fi rst place. The Bears took on Bloomington South during the game. The fi nal score of 42-0 put LC at 6-1 for the season. The spirit of homecoming was vibrant in the stands as the homecoming dance theme of “Tiki Luau” spread into the student section. Cub photos/Lane Creech

Sophomore Marrialle Sellars dresses in her ‘80s fi nest for Day 3 of Spirit Week. She was decked out to match the theme on every day of Spirit Week, making her, undoubtedly, one of the most spirited Bears in the building. Cub photo/Elizabeth Granger


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Those behind the scene...What do you see as you

step into Lawrence Central? Teachers and students in the halls. What about those other people? Behind the curtain, the ones you don’t see very often? Who are they? What do they do?

The Top Five Jobs here are “Behind the Scenes.” They’re jobs that make sure you are safe, fed, following the rules, cleaning up after yourselves, and getting all the information you need to succeed here.

They are the cafeteria workers, custodians, security guards, counselors and main office administrators. Each job is essential to the functionality of the school.

In the cafeteria you’ll find the people who are generally in charge of ordering the food, preparing the food, serving it and cleaning up the kitchen.

Robin Belcher, head of the cafeteria, said it’s all worth it. “Most definitely,” she said. “You can’t learn on an empty stom-ach.” Belcher has been working in the cafeteria for 26 years.

Maura Hamilton, custodial supervisor, said she feels the same about her job when it came to the students.

She is in charge of organiz-ing the building, cleaning the building and setting up meet-

““It brings me so much joy to see students that appreciate what we do.”

Kim Garciacustodian

ings with building facilitators to make sure that students and faculty have a decent learning environment.

Hamilton has been at LC for 19 years and started as a part time worker doing laun-dry in the P.E. department.

After about five years, she became custodial supervisor, and now helps out any way she can around

the school. “I like helping out … and

want everyone to have some-thing nice.” She said.

Custodian Kim Garcia has helped with cleaning the cafeteria for 13 years.

“It brings me so much joy to see students that appreciate what we do,” she said. “What I enjoy the most is when the choir kids sing in the cafeteria. Sometimes I’d ask them to sing the next day, and they would. They’ve done it just once this year; I’d like to hear them again.”

Wyonne Hale, a 25-year IMPD (Indianapolis Metro-politan Police Department) detective, works part-time as security guard here. He, too, said he likes his job. The main job for security officers is to se-cure the building for the safety of the students and faculty. Officers also make sure that students follow school rules, and they try to keep the peace between students.

Guidance counselor

Kimberly Ashton said the counselors’ No. 1 priority is helping students get prepared for college or post-secondary career planning. Class schedul-ing, planning college visits and helping students apply for col-lege are among their duties.

Thomas Oestreich is a first year principal but has been an assistant principal. His du-ties are many, but he said “the main priority is teaching, learn-ing and instruction.”

Some of his assignments include giving administrative leadership to school and com-munity relations, fundraising, and the coordination/evalua-tion of teachers, department chairpersons and program coordinators.

“This is not the easiest job in the world,” he said.

Checking students’ records throughout the day is common for guidance counselor Kim-berly Ashton. As for custodian Kim Garcia, cleaning up in classrooms begins after students have left for the day.

Although principal Thomas Oestreich is a very public presence in the building, he also has plenty of administrative chores to do behind the closed door of his office.

With more than 2,000 mouths to feed on a daily basis, cafeteria head Robin Belcher begins her day early. “You can’t learn on an empty stomach,” she says.


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Apps“That’s what I do every morning,

check my zoo,” principal Thomas Oestreich said.

He was talking about an app on his iPhone.

The cell phone is no longer just a device to call people. New advances in technology such as the iPhone are known for their practicality in the business world. They allow users to quickly access emails, create

presentations and organize fi les on one simple device. But the use of these “smart” phones is being skewed by the thousands of applications being produced.

The smart phones are becoming miniature computer gaming devices with the fl ux of gaming apps being produced in the Apple market. Calling others is no

longer Priority No. 1.“I use my iPhone as a toy or gadget

more so than a phone,” senior Zach Griffi n said.

People fi nd it less convenient to call people when gaming applications already allow

opponents to chat.This is common with gaming apps

such as Words with Friends, Hanging

The Moron Test:The Moron Test takes you through miniature games that keep you on your toes. It gives you a time limit to complete tricky tasks.

Addictiveness: * * * *Cost: Free

Paper Toss:Paper Toss has an exceptionally easy premise: to toss the paper into the trash can. The obstacle is the fan that has that blows the pa-per away.

Addictiveness: * * * * Cost: free (with ads)

Tap Tap Revenge:Tap Tap Revenge is based on Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It has the same concept but with fi n-ger taps in place of instruments.

Addictiveness: * * *Cost: free

Unblock Me:Unblock Me is a puzzle game that requires you to slide wooden blocks around to release the red block through the portal and into the next level.

Addictiveness: * * * * Cost: free

Flood It:puzzle game where you try to turn the screen one color. You do this by chan-ing the color of the top right square to add more to the group.

Addictiveness: * * * *Cost: free

Cut The Rope:Cut The Rope is a puzzle game that challenges the play-er to get the candy into the furry crea-ture’s mouth.

Addictiveness: * * * *Cost: Free “lite”

Fruit Ninja:Fruit Ninja is a game in which you swipe the screen to cut fruit. However, you have to be cau-tious of the bombs that appear.

Addictiveness: * * *Cost: free “lite”

Doodle Jump:In this game you guide the Doodler up a sheet of graph paper picking up jet packs and avoiding black holes. Blast any Baddies that get in your way.

Addictiveness: * * * * *Cost: Free

Pocket God:The Pocket God game has you fi ght-ing pygmy against pygmy. To defeat the other pygmies you must duel in rock-paper-scissors-esque batt les.

Addictiveness: * * * Cost: Free

Fruit Ninja:

Doodle Jump:

Angry Birds:To play Angry Birds, a person taps to hold a slingshot that fl ings diff erent types of birds into strategic obstacles to kill litt le green creatures.

Addictiveness: * * * * *Cost: free “lite” version

Words With Friends:Words with Friends acts like a social net-work. It allows you to play scrabble with Facebook friends or a random opponent that also has this app.

Addictiveness: * * * * *Cost: free (with ads)

Hanging With Friends:Hanging With Friends is similar to Words with Friends in that it allows you to play with others but instead of Scrab-ble; you play hang man.

Addictiveness: * * * * Cost: free (with ads)

with Friends, and Angry Birds topping the charts for weeks at a time. What is it about these apps that makes them so addicting? Why is everyone so captivated by such simple games?

Senior Aft on Goins said, “The premises of the games are simple, making them fun and addicting.”

Statistics back up his premise. Gaming applications are the most frequently used applications on iPhone devices, followed closely by social networking applications such as Facebook and Twitt er.

attack“The premises of the

games are simple, mak-ing them fun and addict-ing.” Afton Goins

senior

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Orchestra prepares for fall concerts

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The Fall and Side-by-Side concerts are fast approaching. For the Fall Concert, the choirs and orchestras will perform in the auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 pm. As for the Side-by-Side concert, the LCHS and Belzer Middle School orches-tras will be performing togeth-er in the auditorium Monday, Oct. 24 at 6 pm. There is no cost of admission for either.

The orchestra program is divided into three diff erent categories. These are the Sinfo-nia, Sonatina and Seranata. All of these diff erent groups will be playing in the Fall Con-cert. There is also a Chamber Orchestra club, which is geared toward smaller ensembles. However, the club will not be performing at the concert.

Various types of music will be played in the two concerts. Lighter fair will come in the form of the pieces “Legend of the Phantom Pirates” and “Maharaja,” which is very Bol-lywood infl uenced. There will be more classical pieces as well.

The works of Gabriel Faure will be played in addition to Benjamin Britt en’s “Simple Symphony,” which orchestra head Jennifer Fowler assures, ironically, is no simple piece.

Of the orchestra’s near-fu-ture, Fowler said she is looking forward to what lies ahead. “The kids are all really enthu-siastic this year and are really excited to work,” Fowler said. She went on to say that she is confi dent in the leadership this year.

While the Fall Concert is the fi rst major performance event that the orchestra as a whole is participating in this

school year, the Serenata or-chestra will be performing on Monday, Oct. 25 as well. The next time the entirety of the orchestras will play together will be the Holiday Concert, which is Dec. 8 and 9. All-state competitions will also be a big event for the orchestras. Taking place Jan. 20 and 21 at the Grand Wayne Convention Center in Ft. Wayne, the com-petitions allow musicians from any of the orchestras, includ-ing Chamber Orchestra club, to perform auditioned pieces. Auditions for these orchestra students were due for submis-sion on Sept.24.

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to ourClockwise from left: Junior JonZachary Forbes plays his violin in the top orchestra Serenata. Orchestra teacher Jennifer Fowler conducts the orchestra in their preparations for the upcoming concert. Senior Sean Gassen prepares for rehearsal. Cub photos/Lane Creech

But for now, it is the Fall Concert and the Side-by-Side concerts that are the orchestra’s top priorities. “The Students have been working very hard” Fowler said.

The Fall Concert7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11AuditoriumFree Admission

Side-by-SideConcert6 p.m. Monday Oct. 24AuditoriumFree Admission

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The Rhythmic RevolutionArtist: Jon McLaughlinAlbum: Forever if EverGenre: Pop

Artist: St. VincentAlbum: Strange MercyGenre: Indie Rock/Pop

Artist: Gavin DeGrawAlbum: SweeterGenre: Pop

Artist: Lil WayneAlbum: Tha Carter IVGenre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Similar Artists: John Mayer, Mat Kearney, Jason Mraz Similar Artists: One

Republic, Maroon 5, Train

Similar Artists: Fiona Apple, Bjork, Florence and the Machine

Similar Artists: Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Drake

Candace BullockSong Suggestion: CheerleaderRating: 1-2-3-4-

Katie BillmanSong Suggestion: What I WantRating: 1-2-3-4-

Meredith NordmannSong Suggestion: Not Over YouRating: 1-2-3- -5

Jacob HelmusSong Suggestion: MegaManRating: 1-2-3- -5Rating: 1-2-3- -5 Rating: 1-2-3- -5

Released Sept. 6, Forever if Ever is a mix of slow songs and upbeat ones that carry on throughout the album. Similar to tracks on albums like Indiana and OK Now, Jon McLaughlin’s songs primarily feature his vocals and piano stylings.

Forever if Ever has relatable tracks dedicated to love, summer and being

yourself regardless of what others want. Some have up-tempo piano intros and backing drum beats to create catchy songs that captivate his audience.

McLaughlin’s best elements are his lyrics, his voice and his keys. His lyrics go into deep meanings about life and the struggles (or joys) that come with it. He’s hard to categorize into one style of music considering his album covers many.

The top two tracks go to “What I Want” and “Without You Now.” “May-be it’s Over” is also a popular track featuring musical guest Xenia Martinez from The Voice.

Forever if Ever was ranked 17th on iTunes’ top charts when it fi rst came out and has earned a solid fi ve stars.

Jon McLaughlin’s the kind of artist you can let play on shuffl e and you won’t hear two songs that sound alike. Forever if Ever is full of catchy songs that are meaningful, easy going and fi lled with notes on every end of the scale.

Annie Clark, the singer of St. Vin-cent, has yet to make a name for herself in mainstream pop/rock music but has defi nitely made a statement in her new album, Strange Mercy. Unlike her female pop music counterparts her lyr-ics reach deeper than Friday night’s es-capades or partying in general. Unlike Clark’s previous albums that seemed to have a lighter tone to them, the lyrics

in this album are heavy. For example, tracks like “Cheerleader” speak of the narrator dealing with the societal pres-sure to conform. Both the lyrics and the music have depth, the beats are dark and the electric guitar resounding espe-cially in the track, “Northern Lights”, which has a guitar solo that almost sounds like an emotion release toward the end of the song.

Clark has a knack for forming phrases, both lyrically and musically that leaves one awestruck and wanting more. However, I was bit displeased with the fact there are no stand-out tracks save “Northern Lights” that really pulls away from the darkness of her other songs. If you’re looking for music to dance to, this isn’t it but if you’re looking for music that will give you chills and make you think, Strange Mercy is all that and more.

Loved by fans for his earthy charm, freewheeling melodies and soulful vocals, it’s no surprise that Gavin DeGraw’s new album Sweeter is already one of the top selling albums on iTunes. The album, released on Sept. 20, 2011, features the hit songs Not Over You and Soldier his album really highlights the innocence and vulnerability of him as a young artist, with a refl ection from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s R&B.

You might remember him from his debut album Chariot, it included the hit song I Don’t Want to Be is featured as the theme song for the television drama series One Tree Hill since 2003, and In Love with a Girl.

DeGraw has toured the globe per-forming sold-out headlining shows as well as festivals with a variety of artists. He will be going on tour this summer with artists such as Train and Maroon 5 to promote his new album.

This album has been a risk for DeGraw but in doing so it has caught his true sound as not only a singer, songwriter and musician, but for his personal life. With experiences from his real life and love life, he makes a point to relate to women as well as men. If you have enjoyed DeGraw’s previous albums this is sure not to disappoint.

Weezy, Tunechi, Lil Wayne or what-ever you want to call him is back with the release of his new album Carter IV. Like its prequels, Carter IV is a variety pack of brutal self-analysis, observa-tional wordplay and mood enhancing drum patt erns. They’re many hits in this album, which include “She Will” where Drake lends his sing-songy hook voo-doo, and the theme of the song is about

money, power and fame, as is most of the album. “How to love” comes with a Jason Mraz type of acoustic guitar ac-companiment, a stark contrast to the T-Pain collaboration “How to Hate.” Also the previously released head banger “6 foot 7 foot” has fi nally found its way home. My favorite song on the album is “ Megaman”; it’s got an up-tempo beat and is defi nitely a song to get pumped up to. Not to mention the song as quite a few catchy metaphors and similes with my favorite being “I’m good, I’m 100 like a fastball!”

Many critics have given this album either a 4 or a 5 on a 5-point scale. iTunes gives Weezy a 4 out of 5 for his eff orts. Lil Wayne came out with a great album this time around and I’m sure that we will see many more Carter albums from him as his rap career continues.


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What’s H t in Indy

Compiled by: Meredith Nordmann

Colts vs Chiefs

‘Real Steel’ released in theaters

Miller at Murat

The Sushi HouseFox Road

Indianapolis, In 46236317-823-8323

H tThe movie Real Steel comes to

theaters Oct 7. Hugh Jackman plays the role of Charlie Kenton, a boxer who, af-ter losing the chance at a title to a steel robot, comes back to redeem himself by

helping his son train to be a champoin-ship contender. The movie is all about coming together and working hard for what you want. This father and son will get another chance at victory.

The Indianapolis Colts will play the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 9. The Colts and the Chiefs are both 0-2 so far this season. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. It will be a home game at Lucas Oil Stadium. The event will also be broadcast live by CBS News.

Mac Miller will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Murat Egyptian room. Miller is well known for his famous mix tape Donald Trump and for his hit “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza.”

Rodney Carrington will perform at the Murat Theatre at Old National Central at 9 p.m. Oct. 7. He is a coun-try music singer as well as a standup comedian, suitable for all ages.

Carrington here in Oct. 7 concert

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The 28th Annual Circle City Classic is in progress. Tonight the Circle City Class High School Showcase will pit Warren Central against Carmel at 7:30 p.m. in Lucas Oil Stadium. The parade will step off at 10 a.m.

Saturday at North and Pennsylvania, then travel to North and Meridian. The football game between Kentucky State University and Albany State University is at 2 p.m. at Lucas Oil. The Caterpillar Batt le of the Band is during halft ime.

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Sushi House is a Japanese restaurant that specializes in Japanese and Pan-Asian style cuisine as well as having a sushi bar. The restaurant is modestly decorated but has a very chic vibe. I arrived at the restaurant with some friends for an early 6 o’clock dinner on a Friday. When we arrived there were few other patrons, so we were seated immediately. The waiter promptly took our drink order and gave us a few minutes to look over the menu.

Being a sushi-lover, I naturally went straight for the sushi menu. Items ranged from typical rolls such as the California roll to many specialty rolls.

I chose the Super Crunch ‘n’ Munch specialty roll which consists of tempura salmon, avocado, spicy crab and tempura fl ake. Lauren chose the Crunchy Spicy Tuna, a deep fried tuna roll, and Ali took the safe route with the California roll. Sasse went with hibachi chicken, teriyaki glazed chicken with vegetables and rice.

You could tell everyone was enjoying the meal because nobody was talking.

The sushi was very good, especially considering the modest pricing. The servers were prompt and pleasant. What really makes the Sushi House is its convenient location for us — in the Geist/ Lawrence area.

28th annual Circle City Classic

Flocka Flame and Rick Ross type rappers actually have musical tal-ent; every song is about the same thing. Tyler is making his own brand new sound; he’s only 18 and makes his own beats and produces his own music videos. What could make that more impressive? In an interview he says, “I’m hungry for greatness…I’m striving for VMAs and Grammys.” Tyler already has a Best New Artist Award from the MTV VMAs. He also explains that the messed up and crazy things he says, he doesn’t really mean. His alter egos “Wolf Haley” and “Ace” make him say some of the things he says. Okon-ma surprisingly is straight edge and doesn’t commit any crimes he speaks of. He explains that the things he says are not him and are from diff erent people’s points

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aCritic

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Tyler the Creator forges new beats

CINEMANIACAwful actors attract adoration

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Genre: Sports Director: Bennett Miller Rating: PG-13 Length: 133 minutes

Moneyball a grand slam

“Cera has delivered exactly one perfor-mance in his career...”

“...he had to fi ght for his fame and fortune.”

Musing

Musicon the

What goes on in the head of Tyler Okonma (AKA Tyler the Creator, Ace, Wolf Haley)? A mild case of schizophrenia could be it. Maybe he just had a messed up childhood, but who knows? He does rap about how his father was never there for him. I must agree with some of the things Tyler says, though. He points out that all the music produced and aired on the radio today is just “hype” music, which means it’s there just to get people pumped up and shows no real talent. As he says, “I have more talent then some 40-year-old rappers talking about Gucci.” Let’s be honest: We can’t actually say that these Gucci Mane, Waka

Bored one night, I was skim-ming through the most recent volume of the Bears’ Den (our yearbook, just in case you didn’t know) and, on page 135, I noticed something that caught the att en-tion of my inner critic: a “Favorite New Actors” sidebar. However, on actual inspection of the list, my curiosity was replaced with disap-pointment. The fi ve actors chosen by an anonymous panel of 100 students were, in order of ascend-ing popularity, Emma Stone, Ellen Page, Taylor Lautner, Michael Cera and Seth Rogen.

If I empathize, the list doesn’t seem as egregious; Seth Rogen is admitt edly very funny, and I do love Emma Stone and Ellen Page (sadly, though, the latt er two only

take up 13 percent of the votes combined). What really grinds my gears about this list, though, is the inclusion of “actors” Michael Cera and Taylor Lautner. Now, obvi-ously, I don’t know these two; they could be very nice guys. However, neither of them belong onscreen, and I’ll tell you why. Cera has de-livered exactly one performance in his career, and by the end of career-launching show Arrested Devel-opment, it was gett ing kind of old. Now, aft er Year One, Nick and Norah’s Infi -nite Playlist, and Youth in Revolt, his one-note (and not that funny) performance has long since passed its expiration date. As for Laut-ner, the only reason he’s had any career aft er Sharkboy and Lavagirl is his fangirl-exciting body. If he would’ve stuck with modeling, this would’ve been perfectly fi ne, but the reality is that he has an acting range that makes Keanu Reeves look like Laurence Olivier.

So what makes these actors popular? With Lautner, I can chalk that one off to his (ugh) chis-eled physique, but for Cera I am truly stumped. Being one-note isn’t necessarily a problem (see Seth Rogen), but he’s just such a milquetoast; seeing his movies is an experience akin to watching a nervous spaz in elementary school struggle reading aloud a play. Do

students at LC empathize with him? Is he a role model? I shud-der to think about it.

In the end, though, what can I do? I can’t

change the actor preferences of the LC student body. I do, how-ever, have an option – broaden the student body’s sample size. What I mean is that I can give recom-mendations and suggestions when it comes to movies and actors. If I can convert just one student from Michael Cera to Michael Caine, I can sleep easy at night aft er throw-ing a fi t about the yearbook.

I’m not a sports fan. I barely grasp the funda-mentals of any sport, and I have next to no interest in actually watching them. As such, I rarely have a burning desire to see sports movies. However, when I heard that Capote director Bennett Miller and The Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin were collaborat-ing in an adaptation of Michael Lewis’s fact-based “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” my interest was piqued. Add to the mix Brad Pitt and you have a must-see movie. The question that remains for all sports and non-sports fans alike, though, is “Is it actually any good?”

I am pleased to report that the answer is a re-sounding “yes.” Miller and writers Sorkin and Steven Zaillian have managed to craft familiar sports-movie scenarios into fresh exercises in graceful, assured tech-nical direction while wringing maximum emotional content from the story. In the latt er respect, Pitt excels; his Billy Beane is a man chewed up and spit out by the pro-baseball scouting system, left without a glorious future but with a divorce, a general manager job with the dismal Oakland A’s, and a cynical att itude. Pitt plays him not as a stereotypical washed-up loser with a heart of gold but as a complex man seeking redemp-tion while at the same time trying to maintain his integrity and loyalty to what he loves.

The story is set in 2002, a rebuilding year for the A’s, when Beane meets Yale-graduate statistics nerd Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), who has developed the sabermetrics system – a new way of designing a team from a statistical standpoint (the specifi cs baffl e me and I won’t embarrass myself trying to explain). The two begin a partnership and re-design the A’s around the system, garnering scorn and skepticism from the baseball world. It won’t surprise anyone that, aft er a rocky start, the system begins to work and the team of misfi ts begins to defy the odds.

The synopsis makes the fi lm sound generic, but there is much more beneath the surface than just a team winning a game. Themes of loyalty, friendship, commercialism and legacy permeate the fi lm and are transmitt ed via the excellent dialogue. Whether as a character study, a sports movie, or a smart examina-tion of baseball machinations, Moneyball is a grand-slam (forgive the pun).

of view. He also asks why people get off ended at his music and not at Quentin Tarantino’s Hostel and Hostel II. His entourage includes artists such as Casey Vegg, Hodgy Beats, Earl Sweatshirt, Jasper, and Taco. These artists together form Odd Future (AKA OFWGKTA). At 14, Tyler taught himself how to

play the piano, which led to the creation of Wolf Haley. Grow-ing up on the streets of Los Angeles, he had to fi ght for his

fame and fortune. Tyler receives a lot of criticism, but he doesn’t seem to listen at all. If anything, he sees it as “room for improvement.” Honestly, this young man probably has more talent in his left pinky than most rappers these days. Tyler has released two albums already, titled Bastard and Goblin. He plans to release a third in 2012 titled Wolf.

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What’s LC’s...

By the Numbers CUB COMIC

TV SHOW: SONG/RINGTONE:Big Bang Theory

Gossip Girl

Last Friday Nightby: Katy Perry

NCIS

Tonight, Tonightby: Hot Chelle Rae

Jacob Ford, 11

Maggie Shanahan, 12

Cora Hullinger, 10

Lindsay Vest, 9

Ashley Mooney, 11

source/snapple.com/retiredfacts

101500

18336

11,400

1,140

879

Days in a taste bud’s lifetime.

Lemons produced on a lemon tree in a year.

Number of times per minute that a bee’s wings beat.

Number of phone calls the average person makes in a year.

Dimples on a regu-lation American golf ball.

Percent of animal owners who share their bed with their pets.

Shoe size of the Statue of Liberty’s sandal

@CubOnline: So Bears, fall is o� cially here. What is your favorite part of fall?

@margokorn Margo Korn, 10I like when the leaves change colors. It creates a fun outdoors atmosphere.

@willgord45 Will Gordon, 10

@whitshaw Whitney Shaw, 11

@The_Hersh Thomas Hershberger, 12

@rossp12 Ross Pereira, 12@lizajsmith Liza Smith, 10

@ajlupinacci Arielle Lupinacci, 12 @maddiekorn Maddie Korn,10My favorite thing about fall is the cool running weather.

I love that with fall comes sweatshirt weather. It’s the best time of the year.

Yoga pants, uggs, hoodies, leaves changing colors, soccer season

Fall is the waste of a season. The changing of the leaves, perfect weather, and Halloween costumes!

I like dressing up for Halloween.

My favorite part of fall is the cross country tournaments.

TOP 10 FAVORITE CLASSES AT LC1. Newspaper

2. P.E./Health/Weight Training

3. Art Classes

4. Performing Arts/Music Classes

5. Science Classes

6. Business Classes

7. Math Classes

8. Lunch

9. AVID

10. World Languages

Top 10 list researched and compiled by Glynnis King

Cub comic/Audrey Meyer

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SPORTS

‘Concentrating’ on postseason

Hitting a backhand, senior Andrew Mor-row attempts to keep the rally alive. Morrow, along with senior brother Jackson, are dou-bles’ partners. Cub photo/ Kristen Swanson

“My goal is to have play-ers work on their game 12 months a year...”

Tim Taylorcoach

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‘Improving as the season progressed’

Approaching Sectionals with a 1-7 record, the boys tennis team said they want to forget about the record and con-centrate on winning post-season match-es and prepare for next season. They recently lost 4-1 to Colum-bus North, 4-1 to Bloomington South, 4-1 to Frank-lin Central, and 5-0 to Bloomington North. They have been struggling with stepping up and getting those necessary wins. Freshman Jacob Pluta, who has a record of 3-5, called this season “hum-bling.” “Our team did pretty well consid-ering what we were given. We played some tough teams,” Pluta said. “How-ever, despite the struggling season, we think that they can have some post-sea-son success.” Senior Jackson Morrow said, “I think we can get to the finals of Sectionals.” After a tough year of rebuilding, it’s about preparation and confidence for next season. “This year was really about prepar-

ing players like Alex (Larsh), Toby (Mar-vel) and the other juniors to be ready for next year,” Morrow said. Although, Morrow said, he is disappointed he and his brother and doubles’ partner, An-drew, haven’t been able to make more of a difference. Coach Tim Taylor said the team’s abil-ity has not been reflected in their record. “It’s a confidence thing,” Taylor said. “They need to play more so they can get more experience.” Taylor said the more points the team

plays, the more confidence they’ll have in their abil-ity for next season. He believes that right now each point is becom-ing too important; with experience

comes the necessary self-assurance to make each point less significant, and do-ing this will help them win matches. Pluta said during the offseason he will be playing a lot of tennis to improve his game. “To prepare for next season I will do tournaments year-round and participate in my summer camps,” he said. “My goal is to have players work on their game 12 months a year because that’s what tennis takes,” Taylor said.

The Lady Bears golf season has of-ficially ended because they did not get in the top three places of their Sept. 17 Sectional at South Grove Golf Course. Last year the Lady Bears finished

sixth out of 10 teams in the sectional and had a score of 403. This time around the team finished fifth out of 10 teams and posted a team score of 386. Junior Breanna Petrucciani led the

Bears with an 18-hole score of 85, 15 over par. Cathedral won the match, Park Tu-dor came in second and Bishop Chatard placed third.

Those three teams moved on to last Saturday’s Regionals at Battle Ground Course. Then the top three teams in Re-gionals will advance to the State Finals Saturday at the Legends Golf Club in Franklin. The three indi-

viduals to advance from the South Grove Sectionals without a team were Kathleen Rutherford of Lawrence North, and Mackenzie Cunningham and Kaitlin Padrick, who both attend Uni-versity High School. On their daily improvement perfor-

mance at Sectionals, coach Andie Re-

nie said, “As a team, I thought we did a great job of improving as the season progressed. By Sectionals, I think we all had a chance to shoot best scores.”

On Sept. 12, the girls’ competed in the Conference In-diana tournament. The Lady Bears finished sixth out of eight teams and Columbus North

took home first place, just like the previ-ous season. It was an improvement from last

year’s Conference Indiana match when LC finished eighth out of eight teams. Renie said, “We have four girls com-

“Petrucciani stepped up as the leader this year...”

Andrew Reniecoach

ing back plus a few incoming freshmen, so the future looks good for the Lady Bear golfers.” He added, “Petrucciani stepped up

as the leader this year. Over the summer, Bre decided she was going to be good so she took the proper steps that would help her achieve this goal.” The team finished at a total of seven

wins and 11 losses for the whole season. Renie said the goals of the team will

stay the same because his “improve everyday mentality” helps his golfers work hard and stay positive no matter what. He also said he loves to see his play-

ers have fun while golfing and develop maturity both on and off the course.

‘A confidence thing’ speaks of tough year of rebuilding

boys were dished their eighth loss of the year, 1-3. The team took the field againstBloomington South with a healthierlineup,butthatstilldidnotchangetheoutcome of the game. Theywere dealttheirsecondshutoutontheyearandlost0-4.Formostoftheseason,thecauseformanylosseshasbeenthelackofbenchdepth and performance. Now, thatweakness has become a double edgedsword for the Bears. “Astheseasonhasgoneon,wehavebecomemoretiredandburnedout,”ju-niorMattCobbsaid.“Injurieswillhap-penwhenyouplayasmuchasourstart-ershave.” The lack of benchperformancehasbeenkey to thedifficulties this season.

When the benchplayersaren’tplay-ingwell, the start-ershave tostay inthe games longer.The starters get fatiguedandmustcome out due tofatigue or injury,which have been

plaguing the squad for the last week.When the starters can’tplay, thebenchhas to step it up,which they have notbeendoing. ThetiewithMountVernoncameasasurprisebecausetheBearsexpectedtowin.Thereweremany instances in thegamewheretheboyswereclosetoget-tingontheboard—forinstance,hittingthecrossbar—buttheycouldn’tmusterupenoughoffensivepower. “They(MountVernon)weresurpris-ingly decent, at least compared to lastyear,”Slivasaid.“Itdoesn’tchangethefactthatweshouldhavewonthegame.” Oneoftheseason’sbrightspotshasbeen the performance of senior mid-fielder Patrick Draga, who leads theteamwitheightgoalsontheyear. With the style of defense the Bearsplay,wherethemidfieldershavetocomeback toplayan integralpartof thede-fense,it’sgreatfortheteamthatDragaisabletomaneuverthefieldandscoreasoftenashedoes.Whetherhe’smakingarunthroughthemidfieldofifhetakesafreekick,whichheoftendoes,heman-agestokeeptheteaminthegames. Sectionals begin next week with anewdrawthisyear.

The regular season ended for theboys soccer team last Saturday whenthey lost toBrebuef1-3.Theseasonre-cord, which lookseerilysimilar to lastyear’s,is2-10-1. TheboysrecentlylosttoBlooming-tonSouth,BloomingtonNorth,FranklinCentralandSouthport.TheytiedMountVernon. The Bears had to play two gamesagainstBrebuef ina spanof fourdays.The first game last Saturday, a regularseason game, re-sulted in a loss.The boys said they hoped this gamewould give themsome insight intowhat they were goingtosee in theCounty tourna-ment when theyfacedBrebeufagainonTuesday. Earlier, senior night on Sept. 22turnedouttobealossinpenaltykicksagainstBloomintonNorth.Itwasawetandcoldnight,andneitherteamcouldgetaballintothenet.SinceitwasaCon-ferenceIndianamatch,thegamehadtogointoovertimeafterregulationendedat0-0.Overtimeyieldednogoals,sothegamewent toapenaltykickshoot-out,wheretheboysthenlost3-5.Theywant-edtogethotrightbeforeSectionals,buttheyhaven’tbeenabletogetontherolltheyneed. The Bears still believe they can,though.Evenafterfourconsecutivelos-es,theybelievetheyhaveachance. “Weplayedprettywell,butwejustcouldn’tscore,”juniorPetrSlivasaid,re-ferringtothe0-1losstoFranklinCentral.“Wewereevencloseafewtimes.Weareplayingmuchbetterthanwehavebeen,though,whichisagoodsign.” With senior Graham Gardner andjunior Griffin Gardner out sick, andjunior Alex Tubbs out with a concus-sion,theteamhadtocountonsomeJVplayers to fill empty positions againstSouthport.A lackof experience for the“replacements”provedtobekeyasthe

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Senior Daniel Hennessy takes a free kick, getting the Bears closer to the opposing goal.

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Dribbling the ball through defenders, senior Patrick Draga, who has eight goals on the year, tries to create a scoring chance for the Bears. The boys regular season is over, and the boys look forward to postseason play. Cub photos/ Lane Creech

Sectional play begins next week with new draw

“ Petr Slivajunior

We are playing much better than we have been, which is a good sign.

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For as long as I can remember, I have been a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. The walls in my room are painted red, my pillows and sheets have Red Sox logos on them and my wardrobe is stocked with Red Sox jerseys, shorts and shirts. A love for the Red Sox also means I am morally obligated to hate the New York Yankees. I know hate is a strong word, but it still understates the passionate disgust I and the rest of the Red Sox nation share about the Yankees. But now, as much as I hate to do this, I must honor the greatest closer and one of the greatest Yankees of all time.

On Sept. 19, Mariano Rivera passed Trevor Hoffman for the all-time saves record, as he reached save No. 602 against the Minnesota Twins. For anyone who follows baseball, the consensus among baseball experts is that whether or not Mariano Rivera gets his record, he will go down as the greatest closer of all time. Better than Hoffman. Bet-ter than Catfish Hunter. And better than Goose Gos-sage. Every time Rivera touched the rub-ber, I prayed he would blow the save. He’s the New England Patriots to NFL fans, or the Duke Blue Devils to college basketball fans. Everyone wants to see him lose because he’s so dominant. His signature pitch, the cutter, is regarded as one of the top three pitches thrown by a pitcher of all time. A cutter is a fastball that has movement going away from a right-handed hitter and coming toward a left-handed hitter. There are many pitchers that throw the pitch, but none

as often or as effective as Rivera. There are two things that make the pitch so special; one, it has very late movement so it will miss the sweet spot of the bat and two, the pitch is coming at 92 miles per hour.

You have to be really good to hit that pitch. And most who have, are.

Arguably the most “clutch” hit-ter in baseball his-tory, Red Sox des-ignated hitter Da-vid Ortiz, hit one

of the best home runs ever off Rivera. In Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS in the bottom of the ninth inning, Ortiz ripped a ball over the 384 foot sign in left field to take the first win in what would be one of the greatest comebacks in a series in sports history.

The other memorable hit off Rivera was in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, just weeks after the 9/11 tragedy. Rivera gave up a walk off bloop single to Luis Gon-zales, one of the best players the Arizona Diamondbacks ever had.

But what makes these memories so remarkable is that these instances were so few and far between. Rivera’s postsea-son record is 8-1 with a .71 ERA. There is no pitcher in baseball history with a lower postseason ERA. As a closer, he has finished in the top five in Cy Young Award (best pitcher) award voting five times. His career WAR (wins above re-placement), which measures your value to your team, is 56.1. That means that he is responsible for 56 of the Yankees’ wins, which is unreal for a closer. Rive-ra is so great that he is the only Major League player allowed to wear No. 42, the number Jackie Robinson wore. So Mariano, you’ve assured yourself a spot in the Hall of Fame with your saves record. You will forever be known by your devastating cutter as well as your cool demeanor on the mound and the “Enter Sandman” tune that roars through Yankee Stadium as you enter through the center field gate. Congratulations, Mr. Rivera. Now please retire so the Red Sox can actually beat the Yankees.

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Volleyball has ‘potential to do well’[email protected]

The fall sports season is more than halfway over and the girls volleyball team has a record of 4-17. They beat Decatur 3-0, Franklin Central 2-0, India-napolis Arlington 3-0 and Heritage Christian 2-0. In the India-napolis Arlington game, sophomore Leah Frischman had 10 digs and junior Allie Powell got 17 assists. At the Heritage Christian game junior Katherine Powell had 12 attacks and Allie Powell 13 assists. Despite the losses the girls have remained positive and have not let the scoreboard get them down so far this season. Because even though the final scores haven’t been turning out the way they would like they know they have the potential to do well in the end. Consid-

ering the majority of their games have been determined by a difference of only a few points the games have all been very close. “If we stay consistent throughout the match, we can definitely win because the majority of our opponents’ points come

from the errors we make,” Katherine Powell said. With the con-ference and Mari-on County games coming up, the regular season is ending. One of the last

games will be at the Marion County tournament Saturday at Speedway High School, which will also host the Marion County finals on the same day. The next home game will be against Lutheran High School Oct. 6.

“If we can stay consistent throughout the match, we can definitely win

Katherin Powelljunior

Head coach Krystal Stallings looks on as junior Tricia Moffat tips it over the opposing blockers. Cub photo/ Heather Bristow

ears flyin’ high on offense

“...they’ve been a big part of our offensive success. Marciellion Gardner

senior

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One of the big things the football team wants to accomplish this year is to erase the label of a “one-hit wonder.” And six games into the season, the Bears — who lost to Fishers in the 2010 state championship — seem to be shredding that label just as they are shredding op-posing defenses. Led in the backfield by seniors Dre Townsend, Anthony Shell-man and Marciellion Gardner, the boys are poised to lead LC deep into the post-season again. “It’s mostly been our linemen,” run-

ning back Gardner said. “John Savage, Sam Torres and all of our linemen, re-ally. We wouldn’t be running well at all without them. Anthony (Shellman) and I are so small, we can’t truck people, so they’ve been a big part of the offensive success.” Coach Jayson West agreed.

“The guys on our line have been in the system for three or four years,” West said. “They know what they have to do for us to succeed.” This offense is functioning just as

last year, which may be why the boys are having such success. In the six games so far, only once have they failed to rush for fewer than 247 yards. That one in-stance was the loss to North Central. In the most re-

cent game, a 42-0 blowout of Bloom-ington South at homecoming, the of-fense was unstoppable as they rushed for 253 yards while Townsend threw for 227 and five touchdowns, a season high for him The tone was set after Shellman

broke open a 40-yard run that would have been a touchdown if he hadn’t fumbled it. The boys rumbled down the field and scored the first of six touch-downs in the game. Earlier, the Bears were able to run all

over Columbus North at Lucas Oil Sta-

dium, a place they hadn’t been since last year’s loss to Fishers in the state champi-onship. “There were no nerves at all for us. It

was just another game,” West said. The scoring went back and forth in

the first half with three lead changes. After halftime, when LC was down 20-21, the Bears stepped it up and broke out in a 22-point third quarter. The final score was 42-30 while the boys tore

the Columbus North defense up for 478 yards of total offense. On Sept. 9, when the Bears faced

Pike, the offense put up 495 yards. But the big story of the game was the late fourth quarter comeback by the Bears. They took a 14-10 lead into halftime and went up in the third quarter 28-17. But late in the third, senior Kevin Nguyen missed a field goal and spurred a 15-0 run by the Red Devils. This game was looking like it was

going to turn out like the North Central

game, in which another missed field goal in the third quarter shifted momen-tum to the Panthers’ side and upset the Bears. But Townsend and company led the

offense down a short field and scored a touchdown with 26 seconds remaining. The final score: 35-32. “Just like in the Columbus game,

our defense bailed us out a little bit,” West said about the tight win. “They’re young guys and I had faith in them.” The team’s Achilles heel has been

the defense, which has given up more than 25 points in four of their six games. West said he believes that part of the de-fensive struggles are due to one of the toughest schedules in Indiana. “We either have to get better or play

worse teams; we don’t have a choice,” West said. “It’s going to get harder every week. You just have to keep improving your hustle, technique and desire to get to the football.” The Bears travel to look to improve their record to 6-1 at Southport tonight. “Obviously, we want to get back to the state championship, and I think we can do it,” Gardner said.

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B5-1 LC takes the field at Southport tonight

Junior cornerback Quenten Turman fights off a Bloomington South blocker on the Bears’ push to their 42-0 homecoming win. Cub photo/Lane Creech

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Heading down the field, senior Emily Rogers assists the Lady Bears’ offense while playing mid-field. The girls regular season record was 4-10. Cub photo/Katie Billman

Boys on pace for stellar [email protected]

The boys cross country team fin-ished 3rd in the Culver Academy race this past weekend. The leading runner wasjunior,MattDorseywhoplaced7thin the meet. The Cross Country team will run in their county meet this Saturday at 10 am at Brebeuf. The boy’s team was able to move up in their ranking as of early September and continue to triumph at meets. The girls cross country team look to improve times. The team is nearing the end of their 2nd cycle of training and

gettingreadytostarttheirfinalcycleoftraining which will help the team to be able to refresh. “Our boys and girls are currently racing well, but on tired legs,” says assistant coach Jes-sica Holman. The first part of thetraining that be-gan in the summer and ended in the middle of August consisted of progres-sively adding more miles to get the team to bemore aerobically fit. The coaches

incorporated 4-6 mile tempo runs and runs going as long as 6-10 miles with

interval work-outs. The premise of these exercises is to increase the stamina of the run-ners and insure that they will be able to run faster for longer periods of time. However, with the county

race fast-approaching, the coaches look to lessen the miles the runners will have to run and increase the intensity of the

“Our boys and girls are currently racing well, but on tired legs,”

Jessica HolmanAssitant Coach

Winning comes with team unity [email protected]

Double overtime, multiple penaltykicks, and a win for the Bears. That was a game in a nutshell for the Lady Bears against Southport on Sept. 14 and took home a win with afinalscoreof3-2.Scoring the win-ning goal was se-nior Rachel Taylor whosaidafter thegame that “it was a one-of-a-kind game that every-one should experi-ence sometime.” “It shows not only how skilled the team is but it shows team unity. It was one of my favorite games to play because we all worked hard for one another and the end result of winning was the best feeling. I honestly went numb right be-fore I scored in the sudden death PK’s,” Taylor said. She thinks the team has im-proved greatly from the beginning of the season and hopes to continue doing well to win Sectionals. Scoring two goals during the game against Franklin Central, the girls soc-cer team has wrapped up their regular season with a record of 4-10. With pre-vious wins against Indianapolis Bishop Chatard,BenDavis andSouthport, theBears ended their season with a bang af-

ter playing Franklin Central. “The team most improved on chem-istry and playing as one unit. Our pos-session and communication improved from the beginning of the season. Over-all, it was a great last season. As a senior, I was proud of the team and I had a lot of

fun with the girls,” senior Tory Her-rmann said. Losing their game against B l o o m i n g t o n North with a score of 2-4, the girls had their senior night last Wednesday. Senior players for

the 2011 season include Candace Bull-ock, Alexa Frishmann, Tory Herrmann, Emily Rogers, Brooke Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Kelsey Thornton, Katie Ullrich, and Maggie Ullrich. Although the team’s regular season is over, the Marion County Tournament started on Monday which will soon be followed by the IHSAA Sectionals. Sec-tionals start next Thursday with a game at Lawrence Central. If the girls win that game, they’ll advance to the second round of Sectionals next Saturday. These games will be followed by IHSAA Re-gionals, Semi-State and the State cham-pionship depending on how well the girls’ play. Winning state is the ultimate goal for the Lady Bears.

“The team most improved on chemistry and playing as one unit.

Tory Herrmannsenior

exercises. According to Holman, this will al-

low for the runners to feel fresh and fast for the races that really count like up-coming county, conference, Sectionals, semi-state, and state. The outcomes of the previous meets show much potential for the cross country team to get to state.

“We are extremely excited about the team’s potential in the next few weeks,” Holman said. “We look forward to the tough competition that awaits, and will leave our mark as one of the top pro-grams in the state!”

The Marion County tournament starts tomorrow for both teams.


INTHE Spotlight

She wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and heads to the Ice Skadium in Carmel . She skates from 5 to 7:30 a.m. and then heads to LC for school.

Senior Sarah Germain’s typical day isn’t so typical. She’s a fi gure skater.

Currently ranked at the intermedi-ate bronze level, Germain got interested in fi gure skating two years ago when her other friends played hockey. She began competing within a year and is now fi rst in her level. Skaters perform in front of judges to determine what level they can compete at, and Germain hopes to con-tinue improving to reach adult gold, the highest level of competition.

“I’d love to reach that before high school ends, but if not then, sometime within the next two years,” she said.

Germain participates in free-style skating which includes jumps and spins, and dance, which is a more choreo-graphed form of skating. Although skat-ers can perform as a pair during compe-titions, she performs alone year-round.

Her early morning skating schedule runs Mondays, Tuesdays and Thurs-days. She practices aft er school on her

own time on Wednesdays and Fri-days. And if skating every week-day weren’t enough, she dedicates some time out of her Saturdays to teach beginner skating to young kids.

In addition to teaching them how to skate, she wants to teach kids in school as well. Be-cause she’s in her senior year and doesn’t need many more credits, she leaves school af-ter second block each day to go to work at a kindergar-ten in Warren Township. There isn’t much to do with skating through-out college so she plans to pursue a career in elementary teaching while still having fi g-ure skating as a hob-by on the side.

“The best part about fi gure skating is that because it’s such an elite sport, you get acquainted with the skaters and the other people in-volved on a personal level,” she said.

own time on Wednesdays and Fri-days. And if skating every week-day weren’t enough, she dedicates some time out of her Saturdays to teach beginner skating to young

In addition to teaching them how to skate, she wants to teach kids in school as well. Be-cause she’s in her senior year and doesn’t need many more credits, she leaves school af-ter second block each day to go to work at a kindergar-ten in Warren Township. There isn’t much to do with skating through-out college so she plans to pursue a career in elementary teaching while still having fi g-ure skating as a hob-

you get acquainted with the skaters and the other people in-volved on a personal

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