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“The lack of maturity is a part of why students fight when they are younger because they want to establish themselves and portray a tough guy image,” dean of stu-dents Rueben DeLuna said. Even though the effects of fight-ing are normally negative, admin-istration, students and parents realize that fights are nothing out the norm for high school students. In opposition, some measures are taken to attempt to prevent the outbreak of physical altercation. “Freshman Orientation is used for building relationships, accept-ing others differences and let them know that there are consequences for harmful actions,” DeLuna said. Most students only see the imme-diate consequences fighting brings

n This school year, the Center Grove School Corporation added officer Ray Jackson to their staff of police. He has already seen his fair share of incidents at the school from breaking up fights and di-recting traffic to positively relating to students and saving lives. Of-ficer Jackson has made a positive impact on the school. Some people have opinions that see police officers as “the bad guys” who give out tickets and keep them from having fun, but Jackson wants to dismiss that ste-reotype. The CGPD’s goal is not to be “the bad guys.” On the contrary, their mission statement located on the school website is “To foster a safe, secure, and proper learning environment by providing effec-tive law enforcement, protective, and ancillary services throughout the Center Grove school commu-nity”. “[Here], it’s not just a negative because there’s a lot of people we can help. Here we can actually make a difference,” Jackson said. Making a difference, to Jackson, includes relating to students and giving them occasional advice or life lessons they can learn from. “Being in the school at lunch, I can give them perspective. I can speak to them from the things that I did when I was their age and how their decisions can affect their fu-ture,” Jackson said. The positive impact Jackson has made was first seen at the High School football game on Sept. 30th

within the walls of the school, if and when physical harm is caused, greater penalties are taken outside the walls of the high school. “If injury or battery occurs, the individual can be arrested and put on probation,” said police officer Ray Jackson. Injuring another person not only can lead to being hand-cuffed but, also sitting in court while being pressed with charges. “It is not uncommon for parents to sue if their child is hurt,” De-Luna said. Fighting can be expensive if sued, appalling if arrested and can generate perpetual consequences. The once ever-so important tiff that triggered a fight can result in

against Ben Davis. “It was my first game. I had just started the job on Tuesday. We got a call saying someone was in trouble in the stands so I thought it was a student, but then I saw a man collapsed so I jumped over the rail and sprinted up there,” Jackson said. In turned out that a man was having serious heart problems and had collapsed. Officer Jack-son was the first person to give the man CPR, keeping him alive until the paramedics arrived on scene minutes later. Without Jackson, the man would not have had the opportunity to get to the hospital and eventually receive life saving treatment in the emergency room. “Those are the things that make you want to be a police officer,” Jackson said. Before saving lives, Jackson had the opportunity to play multiple seasons in the NFL. Graduating from Washington State, he played for the Panthers, Rams, Amster-dam Admirals, and the Indiana Firebirds before finally settling down to be with his family. “It just got to the point where I lost the love and wanted to just stay at home and raise the kids,” Jackson said. Jackson also coaches a bantam football team and is a basketball coach. One of the perks he enjoys working at Center Grove is being so close to his kids. Whether it is his own kids or the students at school, he loves interacting with them. “I enjoy being around kids. It’s cool to see them grow up and be-ing able to talk to them,” Jackson said.

What do you do when you see a fight break out at school? Do you run? Do you cheer

on the brawl? Or do you shake your head in disappointment? School fights that have been breaking out from the cafeteria to the hallways are becoming the talk of the town that has Center Grove all riled up. Although it may seem like ev-eryone is throwing punches these days, statics show that this year’s fight count is up to 11 compared to 2009 when the total was already at 21. Also statically speaking, the majority of the students get-ting into fights are freshman and sophomores.

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inBRIEF AP U.S. History teacher John Frank has been recognized for his outstanding teaching when he recently won the Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award. The Elgin Heinz Award is given in remembrance of El-gin Heinz, who was a nation-ally known teacher and even-tually a consultant in Asia for the development of materials and methods used to teach. Because of Heinz specific rela-tions with Asia, the award has two sections; one for the hu-manities and one for Japanese language. In order to win this award, the teachers must be a full-time k-12 teacher, usu-ally having 10 or more years of experience and must demon-strate commitment to improv-ing understanding between Americans and Japanese citi-zens. Frank has been teaching for 34 years, and is extremely well versed in the topic of Asia, and many others. Kicking off his Asian studies, Mr. Frank, during his undergraduate, studied under Dr. Philip West, emphasizing the Cold War in Eastern Asia. Since the 1990’s, Mr. Frank has gone on various tours through Asia with differ-ent programs, professors, and on his own. The Elgin Heinz Award is one of Franks many achievements.

StuGo’s fifth annual Riley Soup Dinner will take place before the home basketball game Dec. 9th from 5:30 o 7:30. The dinner raises money for Riley Hospital for children. Donations have been collected from council members, local businesses, and Center Grove students to raise funds for the event and the hospital. A vari-ety of soups have been donated from council members rang-ing from the crowd favorite chicken noodle, to Karen Hov-anec’s legendary tortilla soup. Local businesses have become involved with side item do-nations; businesses include McAllisters, Olive Garden, and Texas Roadhouse. Entertain-ment will also be provided by talented CG students who are using their skills for the com-munity. “I am really excited for the soup dinner this year. I hope to see it grow from last year and raise even more money so we can impact more children,” senior StuGo member Sydney Clute said. Tickets are $5 per person or $15 for a family, making the fun affordable. Support Ri-ley Hospital and your Center Grove StuGo next Sat. at the Riley Soup Dinner.

Congratulations to the six publications students who placed in their write-offs at the 2011 JEA convention. The convention was held in Min-neapolis from Nov. 17-20. From the newspaper staff, Keaton Wright earned a supe-rior in sports writing, Kristen Southern earned an excellent in news writing and Lucas Matney earned an honorable mention in layout and de-sign. From the yearbook staff, Olivia Lindstrom earned an honorable mention in student life and Maddie Cole earned a superior in academics. From CGTV Andi Tenbarge earned an honorable mention in broadcasting.

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Another Sports Season wraps up with

After every athletic season wheth-er it be fall, winter or spring, athletic director John Zwitt brings all sports together in order to commemorate the exceptional season. The banquets usually include a variety of speakers in-cluding Principal Matt Shockley, Jon Zwitt, and all of the coaches

for the fall athletic season. This year’s fall sports banquet was yet again a successful one, awarding student athletes for their many accomplishments during the fall 2011 season. “I like to bring all of the sports together because it is nice to see every sport at the same venue,” Zwitt said on why we have a fall banquet. “In the end, we are all a family.” Every year a winning mental-ity and great representation of the Center Grove community is

always at the top of Zwitt’s expec-tations. Players and fans hardly ever fail in that regard, continuing a long tradition of Trojan pride on and off the court. “[I] expect us to be as competi-tive as we can and to represent our community as best we can,” Zwitt said. Over the past decade, Center Grove sports have won more games, tournaments, and cham-pionships than ever before. This great success can be connected to both the coaches and Zwitt, but

Girls Cheerleading – Kyley Landwerlin won MVP.

Girl’s Golf – They finished 7th in the State, and Jessica Geitner won Mental Attitude Award.

Girl’s Volleyball – They won the Johnson County Tournament, and the Specialty Award went to McKenzie Kitchel.

Girl’s Soccer – They won the sectional championship and had a team GPA of 3.54. The team voted Ali Chamberlain MVP.

Girl’s Cross Country – The team was a state finalist and their top runner was Tori Shoettmer.

Boy’s Cross Country – The MVR (most valuable runner) award went to Jacob Cushing.

Boy’s Soccer – They finished the season 18-2-2, and were ranked as high as 12th in the State. The soccer team also won sectionals and regional’s.

Boy’s Tennis – They finished 3rd in the State. Luke Andersen earned All MIC and All State honors.

Boy’s Football – Once again the football team won sectionals and regionals, shock-ing the state all of the way to semi-state against Carmel. The biggest and most prestigious award of the night went to Kyle Mason. Mason is a hard working custodian at Center Grove who gives back to the school whenever he can. He is someone who is a strong believer in God, and he is a mentor to the football team. Mason is an extremely worthy recipient of the Trojan Service Award, a highly prestigious award in the Center Grove Community. Mason’s positive at-titude, hard work, and dedication to Center Grove Schools has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. The fall 2011 sports banquet awarded student athletes for their time and dedica-tion this past fall. Fall Banquet

another reason for the achieve-ments is because of the super conference that was formed in 1996, The MIC. “You have to bring you’re “A” game every math,” Zwitt said. “It prepares us well for the postsea-son” As for the fall sports season that just finished, it was once again a season of many wins, accom-plishments, and trophies. Here is a look inside as to what awards were given to participants in the nine fall sports.

Senior Emma Raker recieves her award from Athletic Director John Zwitt at the 2011 Fall Sports Banquet.

Tan lines, hot sun, and hours of practice are just some ways to describe the life of a Center Grove Marching Trojan Band member during the fall season. CGMTB students are known throughout the school as the people who spend nearly 10 hours a week practicing night and day on their routines. Although march-ing band is during the fall, color guard continues their hard work throughout the winter season in Winter Guard. The differences between march-ing band season and color guard season is centered around the fact that the winter guard group con-sists of around 20 people, instead of the clusters in marching band. Color guard members do not have to worry about playing in the harsh conditions outdoors that

vary daily, because winter guard is performed solely in doors. With winter guard tryouts around the corner, guard mem-bers believe that they will have about 17 members for this season. “Anyone from fall guard can tryout,” senior Addie Armes said. “There is an A guard and a world guard that is like our junior varsity and varsity squads,” senior Kristen Drummond said explain-ing the composition of winter guard. Color guard member strive to better themselves like any other band member in marching band. All of color guard’s hard work has paid off this year as their season has officially ended and the band was awarded with an outstand-ing fifth place finish at this year’s state finals, initially believing they would only place seventh. Senior Color Guard members

Addie Armes, Leigh Anne Hauser, and Kristen Drummond believed from the beginning that this year’s squad would surpass that of years past. “There has been lots of improve-ment in the last few weeks. It was a little slow but the last few weeks have made up for it. Everyone is working really hard to make the rest of the season awesome,” Armes said. With this optimism and de-termination, CGMTB went into Bands of America Grand National Champions competition ready to give it their all and show off all of the hard work they had put in for the past six months. Seniors wanted to make the last show their best, aware of the fact that they would never again be per-forming at the colossal Lucas Oil Stadium with the eyes of thou-sands watching.

“The show had to be entertain-ing and intense in order to make it a good show. The catches have to be strong and solid,” Hauser said. After performing on Thurs-day Nov. 10, CGMTB made it to Bands of America Grand National Semi-Finals. They performed that following Saturday hop-ing to make it into the top 12 but ended up getting 14th place in the nation, a comparatively spectacular accomplishment but a small disappointment to seniors and other members hoping for a higher ranking. As a great fall season comes to an end, color guard members are ready for the transition into another winter season full of accomplishments. Members are hoping that this year’s show will be entertaining and better than last year’s filled with memories and national rankings.

Junior Jessica Fitch performs during half time at a football game with the marching band. Hannah Duke/Trojaneer

inerasable offenses put onto ones records. “Physically harming another person is on your record until you are an adult,” Jackson said. Consequences can be given and punishments can be enforced but the emotions that high school stu-dents go through cannot be ulti-mately controlled. When tempers rise and self-control is lost, that is when the punches start flying and the surrounding witnesses run to the scene. “When a fight breaks out I want

to know who is in it and why but not get involved in it,” Wheeler said. After a fight breaks out, rumors burst through the high school of whom and why the fight started. “Normally students get in fights about silly drama like boyfriends and girlfriends or something that happened on facebook,” DeLuna said. Students often find themselves regretting getting into a fight after they realize that their situation could have been resolved in a

different way outside of school. Some find the fights comical; others find them threatening but most students, in or out of a fight, come to realize that they are mainly pointless. “I have mixed emotions about fighting because it ultimately does not support a positive image of our school but when it does hap-pen, I am curious of what is going on,” junior Lauren Carpenter said. Fighting has a tendency to affect the entire school. The students in a fight are obviously directly af-

fected; however, students all over the school feel the tension of the fight in different ways. “It speeds the boost of judgmen-tal thoughts,” Wheeler said. Without knowing the cause or any truth of the origins of the fight, students are sidetracked by the aggressive vigor of a physical fight. “Fights affect the other students in the school because it distracts people. It gets the attention of students and everyone starts talk-ing about it,” junior Gabe Walker

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said. Seeing a school fight erupt may be amusing during a routine school day but the bottom line is that it comes with consequences no matter how cool a student thinks they will become by at-tempting to beat another student up. “You cannot fight at school and it something not to be proud of. Students who get into a fight regret it,” DeLuna said.

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It has been an extremely long au-tumn season, with an obnoxious amount of bi-polar weather. Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, it is officially the holiday season, to the delight of many. However, the greatest part of the year is none other than No Shave November. First of all, my ability to grow fa-cial hair is pretty mediocre. In fact, I gave myself a week head start, so I would appear more masculine than I really am. Fellas, for every-one like me, whose facial hair is pretty pathetic, let us not dwell on our lack of manliness, but on the camaraderie between us all. “Growing out our facial hair col-lectively expresses our manhood,” senior Ryan Scheele said.

There seems to be four types of participants in No Shave Novem-ber. People who participate (but you would never know), those who participate and give up, and those who stick it out to the end. And as for the fourth type, just keep reading. “By the end of the month, you might be able to tell I can actually grow facial hair,” Scheele said, representing the first category. At the end of the month, he was right where he started, saying, “I’ve proven that I have a baby-face, because I haven’t shaved and my facial hair is basically non-ex-istent.” As for those who did not last the entire month, senior football player Nate Miller, who grows a

mighty-fine beard, might I add, gave an excuse for shaving. “After we lost to Carmel in semi-state, I decided to shave off the beard,” he said. I am not buying it, but you can be the judge. Senior Evan Floyd represents those who stood strong all of No-vember. “It’s been a fun experience, and makes me want to keep growing my beard to see how big it can re-ally get.” Now, onto the aforementioned fourth group of participants: girls. Those who did not participate probably did not appreciate guys who did. But for the few ladies who did, I applaud you. I did not

want to have to hear about it, and I especially hope I did not have to see it, but your toughness is what counts. While No Shave November has come to an end, a few brave men have already begun “Mustache December.” Though it is not as catchy, it is a time for them to continue to display their vigilance with the trash ‘stache. “I will participate in Mustache December to idolize living legend, Larry Bird,” Scheele said. No Shave November was a fan-tastic success; at least for me per-sonally, as it was my first time fully participating. Regardless of my sub-par performance, the con-nection I felt with my classmates is what truly matters.

Despite the majority of students who have not been involved in any form of physical aggression this school year, a number of fights have broken out because of a lack of respect between students and a lack of trust in teachers and administrators. Eleven known fights have oc-curred within the first semester of this school year. With over 2,500 students this is a small percent-age of our school that has been involved in fights. At this time in the 2009 school year the total number of fights hit a high of 21, a comparatively higher number to this year’s total. Although it is nearly impossible

to prevent fight all together steps can be taken by students, faculty and administrators in order to lessen these numbers. With less fights occurring, distracting stu-dents and eating away class time, the higher the education each student will receive. Also a higher sense of security will be felt by each student. Admittedly a high number of fights have occurred between freshmen and sophomore stu-dents. A reason for this is the lack of maturity in some underclass-men that have not transitioned into the more adult world of high school. The lack of respect stu-

dent’s show to each other causes these physical altercations. Another possible cause for these fights is the lack of trust some students may feel in faculty and administrators. Students may not feel comfortable with confining in adults about a possible fight that may occur. Solutions to these problems can be encouraged by students, teachers, and administrators. Students can learn from peers and elders what respect is and how it is needed in all relation-ships. Teachers should be more open with students, relating with students at a comfortable level

making students more willing to report a problem. The ad-ministration could have parent volunteers supervise the lunch-room, putting more eyes on the students. Also the creation of an anonymous tip-line for students or teachers to call if they have any information involving a fight that may or has already occurred. A change is needed in the school to continue the Center Grove standard of excellence, with fights consuming student’s lives this is not a positive step for the school. With these few changes, key difference can be

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200 years ago, there were one billion humans living on Earth. Last month, the seven billionth person was born. At first this seems like a milestone we should celebrate, but in reality it provokes some major issues and questions about our future. • The population has been growing at an ever-steadier exponential rate thanks to increasingly efficient medial technology. But how long can this trend continue? Surely there will never be a hundred billion people, at least not on this planet. • Obviously people will eventually live either in space or on stations on the moon and other planets as we continue to advance technology and expand our borders. But more important is how we manage Earth’s resources. • Today five per-cent of the world’s population consumes twenty-three percent of its energy. This five percent is mostly in the United States because we are highly developed and use a lot of gasoline and electricity in our daily lives. • Many other countries such as China and India are in the stages of development that America once passed through. The difference is that

America burned through a monstrosity of resources during this process. If

India uses the same proportion of the world’s resources that we did, well,

there would not be enough for any-one else. • It seems unfair that we

use so many resources while other countries will not have the same lib-

erty. In response, the United States should lead the way in alternative

energy, resource management and sustainment. If Americans can

change their lifestyle from endless consumerism to focused conser-

vancy, other countries will do the same. • China has implemented

population control policies that would be unheard of in the United

States. Parents can only have one child or there is a hefty fine. There

are also forced abortions if people ignore the laws. If we can conserve our resources as our society becomes more crowded, we will never have to worry about controversial topics such as these. • So do we celebrate the seven billion milestone? Yes, but we need to think about what sacrifices we will need to make. Because eight

billion is only a few years away.

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Fall is in the air, and that means it is time for the CG Drama De-partments annual fall play. This year’s production is a comedy called The Awesome 80’s Prom. The play has an interesting twist, and is a step in a new direction for the drama club and director Danielle Myers. “The play was an improv show, so the audience interacted with our cast. The way it was set up, the audience members went to a prom in the 1980’s. They danced with the cast, they talked with the cast; it was like reliving a prom in 1989…We didnt want it to feel like [the audience] was going to a play. We wanted it to feel like they were going to a party that has entertainment” Myers explained. While the idea is new and excit-ing, an improv show is no easy task. With very few scripted lines in the play, a much larger burden fell on the play’s cast, because they had to come up with their own lines on the spot. Not only did the cast have to make up their

own lines, they had to do much more character research than usual. “Our rehearsals were spent working with the rules of im-prov, and playing various improv games, and getting the students used to playing off of each other in the moment, rather than hav-ing a script” Myers said. “I had to research a lot because it isn’t scripted. With other plays, I can learn about my character through the script” senior Alice Shupe said. “I watched old 80’s movies. We needed to make sure everything we said would’ve been something that was said in the 80’s; we weren’t able to reference anything that hadn’t happened yet. We basically had to learn to not be in our era” senior Heather Nawrocki said.No students here at CG were alive in the 1980’s; so many of us are not aware of what prom was like “back in the day.” CG teachers and staff have proven to be a valuable source of information,

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“The play was really fun and I enjoyed my best friends

the Wainwrights in their thespian atmo-

sphere”- Charlie Richert

“The play was really unusual but fun! You got to interact with different characters and dance! I liked it

a lot!- Macey Estes

“It was really differ-ent and all the ac-tors and actresses did really well stay-ing in character.”- Kelsey Triwedi

“It was very differ-ent from normal

plays and we were all really proud of

ourselves and of the audience for buying

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“The play was awe-some! Center Grove

has never had an interactive play like

this and I think it was a unique idea. I loved the overall

characters.”- Lauren Courtney

relaying stories of their prom experience. “I remember the experience of being with your classmates, and knowing that you were almost done with high school, and that hasn’t changed…I didn’t go to prom in the 80’s, but we still loved big hair” Spanish teacher Amy Fix said. Prom has become much more expensive over the years, with prom dresses costing hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. Luckily, the fashions have changed: “There were pastel tuxedos. It was perfectly normal for the guys to wear a light blue or lime green tuxedo with a frilly shirt. My senior year, I just wore a suit. This shows you how times have changed: my suit was kind of peach, and some blue, and it was some kind of pattern thing” science teacher James McAdams said. “My most vivid memory of prom, other than being a ter-rible dancer, is walking up to the staff table to say “Hello” to Jerry

Maguire, and I remember exactly what he said to me. He said: “Oh, David Lawson, it’s nice to see you, and wearing last year’s fashions, how bold.” I was absolutely humiliated,” said English teacher David LawsonHow did the play stack up to what prom was actually like in the 80’s? “The play went great!” Nawrocki said, “we weren’t sure how many people to expect, but the numbers were good. The suc-cess of the play also heavily depended on how willing the audience was to participate, so we were worried about that. Luckily, our audiences were excited, and they were very willing to participate.”

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Pan Am Lands on ABC Pan Am premiered this fall on ABC, and is rumored to be the new “Mad Men”. The show follows the lives of Pan Am flight attendants, like award winning actress Christina Ricci, in the most glamorous of lights, whose lives are flying high; let us just hope there is not too much cabin fever.

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Nickelodeons hit television show, Big Time Rush elevates beyond the small screen to the release of their album Elevate on Nov. 21. The album will have pre-teens and high schoolers screaming girls transfixed with their latest album release.

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Black Keys latest album El Camino has the bands old-fashioned twosome travel back to the roots of rock-and-roll for an album that hopes to surpass their last few releases. On Dec. 6 the album release, costing $10.99, will have old and new fans wanting more.

7 And So He Went The cynical writings of Kurt Vonnegut have been constructed into a patch worked biogra-phy by author Charles J. Shields. After a series of interviews with the cynical and witty jour-nalist and novel writer, the basis of “And So It Goes” was created. Al-though Vonnegut died some 9 months later, the book has lived on by be-ing published to enlight-en readers about this ex-

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The opening of Urban Outfitters in Keystone at the Crossing mall is just in time for the kick off of the holi-day season. Shop mens, womens, home and accesso-ries at Urban Outfitters for a unique variation of gifts, and pick something up for yourself while you are at it.

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For more than a decade, the great MTV comedy, Beavis and Butthead, created by Mike Judge, has been at rest, forcing fans be content with re-runs of the show from the 90’s. Finally, the long wait is over and a new season has returned. Beavis and Butthead is a show with an original format. It follows the lives of two teenagers who live alone as complete idiots. They get into many predicaments as they go through goofy mishaps and adventures. During each episode though, the story line is interrupted by a music video that is

commentated on and made fun of by the boys. The show is similar to the past seasons, having the same stupid toilet humor, but not all of the videos are actual music videos. The show now features clips of reality television shows, and like with music videos, the boys give their critique over them. The show is recommended to those who like stupid humor and can get a good laugh at dirty jokes. New episodes are on at 10 on Thursday nights on MTV.

Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” shows everything in a movie that a viewer could want except an explained theme. The 1994 Sundance winner is classic that all film buffs have seen or would enjoy. The movie features an all star acting line-up that in-cludes big names like John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. It follows the standard Tarantino format, which is the films’ scenes are all out of order, leaving the viewer to piece them back together at the end. After watching the movie numerous times, one theme

is prevalent, redemption. I think this is so because throughout the film, many characters are set up with a scenario that forces them to take action to upset an-other character. However, the characters that make an upsetting decision eventually redeem themselves. “Pulp Fiction” recently was rereleased on blue ray, which received positive feedback from fans. Being my personal favorite, I highly recommend anybody watch this movie. It is comedy, drama, violence, and sus-pense, so there is at least one thing everyone will enjoy about it.

Any fan of the classics should have a taste for Pink Floyd. And any fan of any music at all should have at least some slight interest in Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon”. For those that do not, I feel so sorry for you. Pink Floyd released this masterpiece in 1973 on one single continuous track with all 9 different songs on it. The album was in a league of its own and remained on the charts for 741 straight weeks. If that alone does not make a statement, then I do not know what does. The album is so impeccable in the sense that it was so progressive for

its time, the way that notes and chords are put together in every song. The songs on “Dark Side of the Moon” were all hits, but the song “Money” is the obvious choice for the most known and popular song with “Time” being a close second. “Dark Side of the Moon” is record that opens your mind to a whole new world your brain cannot even fathom. If you absolutely do not know what I am talking about, buy the album or download it, and listen to it all the way through, in one sitting, and you will know what I am saying.

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Travel Channel Emmy award winner Antho-ny Bourdain ends his hit show “No Reserva-tions”, but begins a new adventure in itself called The Layover. Premiering Nov. 21 on the Trav-el Channel, expectations are set high for the seasoned traveler Bourdain as he has only a short amount of time

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Every person has imperfec-tions they try to fix. Some problems are harder to fix than others. Sometimes,

you need to be able to accept help when it is offered; especially when the help involves being on a tele-vision show. Caleb Treloar was of-fered the chance of a lifetime this past summer. He packed his bags, and took a trip to the Wellsprings Academy, in North Carolina, to be a participant on “Too Fat for Fifteen.” What started out as sim-ply applying to a boarding school turned into an experience of a life-time for Caleb Treloar. “I was applying for a board-ing school, and they came up to me and asked if I wanted to be a participant on the show,” Treloar said. After an interview with the pro-ducers, Treloar was off to North Carolina, along with other kids across the country, to work on their weight. At the school, Ca-leb decreased his weight through vigorous exercise and strenuous diets, all enforced by the trainers provided by the show. The diet Treloar followed at the

ones in front of the camera. “I definitely liked the camera people. They were pretty cool,” Treloar said. Not many kids could go through with such an experience as Tre-loar did. Even Treloar admits having people to support him made all the difference. “I had a lot of support from the support group on the show, my dad, friends and family, and myself,” Treloar stated. After the unique experience at the camp, Treloar is deter-mined to stay in shape. With the help of the advisors, He set up an after camp plan to help maintain his process after he left. “I am not a very dramatic person. I was not featured that much. I did not really care about my weight at first, but now that’s it is off, I want to keep it off. I did not notice I was that huge,” Tre-loar said. Although he was not a feature on the show, Treloar was happy with his experience in general. His time on the show was an ex-perience of a life time, one that not only helped improve his life but gave him skills that he will be able to use for the rest of his life.

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camp was truly a challenge. The goal was to consume less than 20 grams of fat per day; most teens eat between 40 and 65. Calories varied under the certain contes-tant’s metabolic weight. “The diet was more focused in decreasing the fat intake,” Tre-loar said. Aside from the harsh diet, the camp included plenty of activi-ties. Although a lot of work, the athletics were always a fun part of the experience. Some of these activities included circuit train-ing, weightlifting, and various sports. “My favorite activity was prob-ably Ultimate Frisbee. I also en-joyed the running too.” When he arrived, Treloar found the people he met were not ex-actly going to remain his best friends. “I really did not like the people at the school that much,” Tre-loar said. “It was just a bunch of whiney, fat people.” The show did have its upside, as all experiences do. He liked the fact that the interviews got him out of participating in activities he did not want to be involved in. As for the people he found the people he liked best, were not the

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Nov. 18, as the football team prepared to kick off against the number one team in the state, some members of the Trojaneer were dining at the Rainforest Café and listening to a thunderstorm shake the building. We followed the game through our twitter, @

cg_sports, and were con-stantly updated about

the game action. 7:16 p.m.: Carmel goes three and out and punts to CG

#cgfootball We were on the

light-rail heading to the Mall of America. 7:23 p.m.: Sophomore Hut-son with the TD for the Tro-jans! 7-0 Trojans #cgfootball We spread the news quickly and were questioning whether this was false advertising. 7:34 p.m.: Carmel with a punt, CG takes over at the 30 #cgfootball No fluke. We knew they came to play and this was much different than the first game. We just sat down and ordered our waters. 7:39 p.m.: CG moving the ball down the field with Spencer Weeks on a long run down to the 3! #cgfootball

Wow! Spencer sure has picked his game up in the playoffs. Oh, I’ll have the Chicken Salad sand-wich. 7:42 p.m.: CG settles with a field by Nate Miller 10-0 Trojans #cgfootball Man, we are shocking the state. 7:48 p.m.: Carmel with a fake punt on 4th and inches and can’t convert! CG takes over #cgfootball Carmel is definitely getting nervous if they are going for it on fourth down. Jake Hudson and I update twitter every second we can. Lucas Matney, “SPORTS” 7:55 p.m.: Alex Lucas with the TD run! 17-0 Trojans with 4:48 left in the first half #cgfootball Hannah Duke and I argue who can take pictures at Lucas Oil. We were shocked. 8:05 p.m.: Halftime with CG up 17-0 #cgfootball Halfway there. We are getting hungry, for our food and the second half. 8:35 p.m.: Carmel scores on a 5 yard run with 7:48 left in the 3rd 17-7 #cgfootball Okay, they were bound to score sometime. We still have a 10 point lead and now have the ball. We are fine. Food is here, and the game seems more important than our delicious cuisine. 8:51 p.m.: 4th and goal at the one yard line and CG

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As the winter sports season gets underway, the Center Grove boys and girls swimming and diving teams are preparing to flood the IU Natatorium with Trojan swimmers this Feb. Several CG swimmers have their sights set on the school (and state) record books and on a spot in the state meet. Multiple swimmers who competed at last year’s state meet return for the 2011-2012 season. Boy swimmers Steve Godfrey, Dan O’Brien, Rawley Davis, and Austin Dunn were all participants at the state meet this past Feb., as were girls swimmers Emma Schoettmer, Haley Townsend, Kristen Nun-nelly, Beth Haug, and Jordan Timmons. Each of these swimmers could potentially break a Center Grove school record, if they have not already, either individually or as a part of a relay team. “I want to break the state and school record in the 100m breaststroke,” Schoettmer said. Schoettmer, a senior, broke the meet record in the 200m breaststroke at the USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Aug., and was second last year at the state finals in the 100m breaststroke. O’Brien, who made it to the state meet as a mere freshman (as did Davis), hopes to return to state in at least one of his four events and break Center Grove’s 100m backstroke record. The Trojans have realistic expectations for this season as far as team performance is concerned. “Our goal is to win sectionals and place as high as we can at state,” swimming and diving coach Jim Todd said. The most prominent obstacle in the path of CG Swimming and Diving is the Carmel High School

team, particularly on the girls side. The Carmel boys and girls teams are each defending champions, and the Carmel girls team has won 25 straight state titles, tied for the nation’s fourth longest streak in any sport. North Central High School also placed in the top ten for both boys and girls at last year’s state meet and should be in the running for the MIC and state titles as well. Even Coach Todd will admit that this year’s girl team has no conceivable chance at ending Carmel’s absolutely legendary streak. “We’re not quite as good as we were last year,” Todd said. But the girls teams still expects to be near the top of the board when the state meet rolls around in February. “Our goal [as a team] is to place at least fifth at state,” Schoettmer said. As for the boys team, which did not place as high as the girls last season, a noticeable improvement is expected. “We’ll probably place higher this year,” O’Brien said. The boys team’s goals are to send more swimmers to state and to place higher at the state meet. While the Trojan swimmers are not widely expected to be Indiana’s frontrunners this season, they know that, with the early-morning practices and long hours that they put in, good things will come from their hard work.

holds them! 1:14 left in the third #cgfootball YES! We still have the momen-tum. We are three-fourths the way there. We got this. 8:54-8:57 p.m.: CG punts it away, Carmel takes over at the 35…Drew Heydon with the strip as CG takes over at the start of the 4th quarter #cgfootball This is ours. Only one quarter left, and we have the ball and a 10 point lead. Come on. 9:04 p.m.: Carmel scores from ten yards out, 17-14 Tro-jans 8:26 left #cgfootball Oh man, this is slowly turning bad. We just have eight minutes. Eight. It will be fine. Hopefully. 9:11 p.m.: CG sacked, faced a 3rd and 16 and can’t con-vert. Carmel muffed the punt but takes over at the 50 with 6:44 left #cgfootball We stop eating. Jake and I keep swiping down on our Twitter usernames to get an update. Nerve racking. 9:14 p.m.: Duncan scores again, 10 yard run. 21-17 Carmel with 5:42 remaining #cgfootball Ahhh (four letter word)! Plenty of time but the momentum has switched. Matt Saunders com-plains about his pasta and reas-sures us that we have plenty of time to score. 9:21 p.m.: CG gets inter-

cepted on 4th and 5, 3:30 left Carmel ahead 21-17 #cgfoot-ball Really? We are so close. No way it can end like this. This game has been so surprising so far. Cannot end this way. 9:24 p.m.: CG recovers a Carmel fumble at the 10 yard line! 1:36 left #cgfootball WOW! Legggo! This is our game once again! 9:27-9:29 p.m.: CG facing a 4th and 6…CG sacked, Car-mel takes over with 1:01 left #cgfootball Dang…..let’s head back to the hotel. They shocked the state for sure. What a game. 9:31 p.m.: Game over, Carmel wins 21-17. Good year Trojans! #cgfootball It was not a good year. It was a great year. After a three game losing streak and being blown out to some of the state’s top teams, no one outside of that locker room had faith in that team. They believed in each other and made it happen. It is sad to see such an amazing senior class have to go out like that and I feel for every single one of those players, but I am assured that the class of 2013 is just as hungry and dedicated to make another run next year. Great job, boys, you made us

remember.

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seasonBoys Swimming and Diving rebuilds from last years accomplishments

Volleyball has most commonly been known as a female sport. However, recently this sport has grown to be a co-ed sport. Juniors Tyler Klene and Lauren Mroz both play for the high school boy and girl’s volleyball team, but they are also involved in club, or travel, volleyball. Club volleyball is an AAU basketball-like season that gives players the ability to gain skill and knowledge of the game. Club also allows players the chance to be looked at and recruited by college coaches.Club volleyball allows players to be exposed to colleges and other

coaches. Ultimately, playing college vol-leyball is the common goal for high school volleyball players. There is simply no easier way to play at the college level, than to be visible and give colleges the ability to look at you. “I play club volleyball because it is way more competitive than school and I have a higher chance of being looked at by colleges. I also like going out of state,” middle hitter Mroz said. Klene is currently on the Indy Southside club volleyball team, which is a program run by Mr. and Mrs. Jennings and the head coach Aaron Puntarelli. There are two teams in this program that are separated by age and ability. “I enjoy playing on this team

because I get to practice all year round,” Klene, the outside hitter for the boy’s team, said. There may be not as much of a commitment to the club team, but it helps Klene to grow in funda-mentals and skill throughout the year. “This commitment is a lot less than the school team’s because there is only two practices a week, but there are tournaments every three weeks that are very fun and allow me to get better,” Klene said. Both boy and girls teams here work very hard in season and out of season. High school practices are every day of the school week after school and sometimes be-fore, in comparison to club having practices a couple times a week.

“It is very expensive to play but it is only three times a week that are two hour practices. But for nationals, it is like state for school with the preparation and getting ready for the tournament,” Mroz said. The skill level obviously expands when playing on a club volleyball team, but so does the relationship with players. The players are not from the Center Grove team, but are from around the area. “I like going to practice every week because I get to see the play-ers and coaches that I don’t see every day. Our conversations are all volleyball,” Klene said. The volleyball program has become a stronger program every year and continues to get better. Club is the number one way to help improve and prepare for the

school season. “There aren’t as many girls on the team so there is more ‘one on one’ with the coach during practices. And there are certain days of practice that are dedicated specifically to my own position,” Mroz said. With practice, there is a lot of pleasurable moments with the players getting to know each other more and having a good time together.“Coaches change every year and I meet more and more players from around the area and have many volleyball friends from club,” Mroz said.Obviously both Klene and Mroz hope playing club volleyball will translate into success on the court- both for them personally and their high school teams.

Tyler Klene and Lauren Mroz Kill it Onand Off Season

By Zach WhiteheadSports Writer

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TEN RULES OF WRESTLING

n Coming off a third place finish in the MIC and a Johnson County tournament title in its 2010-2011 season, the Center Grove wres-tling team hopes to further in-crease their number of wins this year. “We want to win everything we set forth to do,” Coach Cale Hoover said. “We have always had high expectations here and this year is no different. We have an experi-

enced team and plan on hitting the ground run-ning.” Many members share the com-mon belief that returning start-ers and leader-ship skills will better the chanc-es of achieving high set goals. The team has set out on a mission this year and is excited about the upcoming sea-son. “Our leaders this year will be both Brock War-

ner and Sean Mappes. They bring past success and tremendous at-titude. They are both highly moti-vated, and expect and demand out of both themselves and the team,” Hoover said. When asked about team expecta-

tions this year senior Sean Mappes said, “We want to win everything this year.” “We’re stacked with depth this year and I can’t wait to get start-ed,” senior Brock Warner said. Individually wrestlers are setting the bar high. Warner wants to be a state champion, senior Zac Hays hopes to be a state medalist, and senior Tyler Trulock plans to place in the top three at state. The team will need to make some adjustments if they hope to reach these goals. “We have to improve little things, small details, and paying attention on getting better as a team,” Hays said. When asked about tournaments the wrestling team is looking

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ahead to future tournaments and invitationals. “The county tournament will tell us where we are at before sectional play because all of the schools in it are also in our sectional.” Hoover said. “Also, over the Holiday break we have the Mishawaka Invitational where eight of the top twenty wrestling teams will be participat-ing,” Hoover said.Although it may seem like the wrestling team has a difficult road ahead, this could prove to be a re-warding season if improvement in the small things occur. The wres-tling team is looking forward to a rewarding season with many vic-tories in their future.

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By Troy VorhiesSports Writer

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Cliff Hawkins is excited. Walking around with a little pep in his step, always having something to say, and smiling constantly are all signs that basketball season has arrived. The summer workouts and early morning practices have ceased and it is time to play real basketball. However, area residents and basketball analysts around the state all seem to agree the Trojan’s bas-ketball team will be a downgrade compared to last years. Losing seven seniors from a sectional championship and top ten ranked team, including all-state and Division 1 players Johnny Marlin and Andy Smeath-ers, it might appear at first glance that the basketball team this year might be weaker than last, but Hawkins and the rest of the team disagree. “Last year ‘s team was outstanding and had great history, but this team has imme-diately started its own traditions and ways of being successful,” Hawkins said. While the past teams had more experi-ence and knowledge of the game at the varsity level, this team possesses its own attributes that will hopefully lead them to victory: athleticism and physical presence. The Trojans are one of the strongest teams Coach Hawkins has had in recent years as well as the quickest in speed tests. One of their best features is their work rate. “This year’s team has shown a special work ethic and desire. They are working harder than ever before and it will bring them success in the future,” Hawkins said. The Trojans will center around three core seniors: Isaac Wright, Christian Fernandes and Joe Reed. Wright does not miss with his picture perfect outside shooting abilities and has many talents on the wing. Fernandes brings a steady calmness and consistency as more of a true point guard the team needs in the absence of Marlin. Reed, by far, is the leader on and off the court. Reed returns from a summer where he played as a returning Junior All-Star and the team definitely revolves around his

ability. Reed also believes they bring more to the table than the doubters believe they do. “We pass the ball way better than last year and really know each other’s strengths and how to use them,” Reed said. Center Grove has the pieces of a po-tentially successful team, but other than Reed and Wright, most of the players have not received legitimate time at the varsity level other than a few minutes. In order to prepare, Hawkins installed his principle of “pressure of difficulty.” In essence, this overworks the minds of the players in each activity during practice to prepare them for the fast pace of a varsity game. Examples include restrictions dur-ing scrimmages or putting one team at a disadvantage. “Our first practice was the hardest we’ve ever had, not physically but mentally. In each drill there was always a disadvan-tage to the team and an instance where the players had to think extremely hard,” Hawkins said. By doing this, Hawkins hopes the players will walk onto the court at the first game as aged veterans, knowing all situations a game can present and having the com-munication and knowledge ready to face these problems. Hawkins is widely known across the state as one of the best and most experienced coaches. On this year’s team, players like Wright intend to step up for the team and be what Hawkins expects them to be for the good of the team. “I really just want to be a leader for the team this year and be vocal,” Senior Isaac Wright said. By embracing the Hawkins style and working to improve the mental part of the game, and relying on their already pres-ent physical abilities, the team hopes to be successful this year. Yes, the team is different than last year’s team, but dif-ferent does not always mean worse and can often mean a better outcome.

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Shooting for successBoys basketball aims to match

last year’s successBy Christian McGill

Sports Writer christian_mcgill@cgstudent.epals.com

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What makes you cry?

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