Grease debuts strong at LC

The Lewis and Clark High School
J ournal
TODAY IS JON BON
JOVI’S BIRTHDAY!
Issue 4
March 2007
Penny drive tops
last year’s numbers
PHOTO BY MRS. WEILER
by Erin Hostettler
results of this years’ drive were
Staff Writer ten times that of last year’s drive.
PHOTO BY JACK SIDDOWAY
Rydell Shakers, Burger Palace Boys and Pink Ladies alike get down at the high school hop
Grease debuts strong at LC
by Jack Siddoway
Anderson as Jan, sophomore
Photo / Features Editor Laura McDowell as Frenchy and
LC drama performed the
classic musical “Grease” in late
Feb. and early March, a musical
that the drama team worked
on for months in advance.
The musical, made famous by
John Travolta and Olivia Newton
John in the film “Grease,” starred
sophomore Zach Wymore and
senior Maggie Bauermeister
as Danny Zuko and Sandy
Dumbrowski.
Also starring
in the play were junior Noel
Wamsley as Betty Rizzo and
senior Mac Smith as Kenickie.
Following these actors were
senior Kyle Carter as Sonny
Latierri, senior Patrick Stagaman
as Roger, junior Blake Kennedy
as Doody, sophomore Juanita
Junior Mia Yoshida as Marty.
Students participating in the play
practiced for the past few months,
starting in Dec., learning lines,
dances, and a variety of songs.
“The rehearsals were good,”
Wymore said, “It was weird having
such a huge cast. It was hard to
get to know everyone’s names.”
Along with that, many people
worked behind the scenes
making this play come to life.
Greg
Pschirrer’s
stagecraft
class built the wonderful
set, which senior Romany
Redman seemed to like a lot.
“I liked the records,” she said.
Kathleen Blair, accompanied
by Kevin Kuntz, Sam Johnson,
Michael Nave, John Loft and
Roman Slider performed all of the
The News
in
page 2: “Invisible Children” campaign continues
page 3: Math WASL requirements postponed
page 4: Blood Drive wildly
successful
page 5: Zack’s spring break
vacation ideas
page 6: Things to do if you
have more money than you
know what to do with
page 7: “Grease” a photoessay by Jack Siddoway
page 8: Lilac Court formally announced
Brief
page 9: LC Girl’s basketball team takes GSL
page 10: Alex Shaw: 3-letter athlete
page 11: Special Olympics
basketball team squares off
against staff
page 12: best / worst Superbowl commecials
page 13: “Famous Couples” costumes ideas
page 14: Clap Your Hands
Say NO!
page 15: V-Day wrap up
page 16: Nickleback!!!!!
music in the play on bass, drums,
guitar, keyboards and saxaphones,
adding a beautiful accompaniment
to the cast’s wonderful singers.
LC students also helped out
with makeup, hair and lighting.
Junior Anya Klyukanova, a
makeup and hair designer for the
play, said “The kids worked really
hard, and I think it payed off.”
Coincidentally this year, play
rehearsal ran parallel to the NBC
reality show “Grease: You’re
the one That I Want.” The
show featured try-outs for the
Broadway rendition of the play.
However, this brought little to no
intimidation to the LC performers.
“I thought that it would perk
up interest in the play,” Wymore
said. “I was never intimidated.”
The play premiered on Feb. 22
to an almost-full audience. Senior
Cambrie Marks, who attended that
night, thought the play was a hit.
“I thought it was really
well done,” Marks said. “For
opening night it was very good.”
Though the opening three
nights were not without mistake,
a vast majority of the attendees
got bang for their buck.
“I thought it was really
good,” junior Grady Boswell
said.
“All the leads were
really strong—Elian Carbone
swept the show with his solo.”
For the next two nights
the audience was crowded
with excited parents, friends,
and
other
supporters.
“I liked it better than the
movie,” senior Brock Olson
said. “Patrick Stagaman’s song
[“Mooning”] was enlightening.”
The play will finish up its
performances on March 13, hopefully grossing enough
money to pay for LC’s (slightly
expensive)
performance
of
“Miss Saigon” next year.
Co-op, LC’s entrepreneurship
class, sponsored a penny drive
to raise money for the Spokane
Guild School from Jan. 12-31
The Spokane Guild School helps
the young disabled population
of Spokane from ages zero to
three. The school will take any
child not depending on race, sex,
religion, or the family’s financial
status when admitting children.
Physical and occupational
therapists, speech pathologists
and
pre-school
education
teachers work with the children.
Co-op started to sponsor
this penny drive because the
goal of the class is to reach out
to the community. The class
teaches students about business
and what is required to manage
one of possibly own one.
Last year, the penny drive collected
30 pounds and 40 dollars. The
They collected 331.4 pounds in
coins and over 200 dollars in cash.
In the class competition,
Showalter’s class took 1st,
High-Edward’s class took 2nd
and Archer’s class took 3rd.
Weiler also said there were
many others close behind.
As to how Showalter’s
class collected their pennies,
sophomore David Sheppard said,
“Each day we passed the milk
carton around and put change in
it. Everyone was very motivated.”
Another member of Showalter’s
class, sophomore Zack Alden
said, “We definitely had a
good outcome. Showalter’s
class made over 200 dollars.”
Alden kept a charity account that
made $147.30. He said Showalter’s
class filled two-thirds of the
first carton with dollars and then
filled the second with coins. As
you can see, every penny counts.
LC WASL Preview
decided on a new method to use
by Erin Hostettler
for students who do not meet
Staff Writer state standards on the WASL.
The Washington Assessment
of Student Learning (WASL)
begins
Mar.
13,
2007.
The WASL schedule this year
is quite similar to the schedule
from last year. Students will
test for nine days. During the
upcoming WASL, students will
take the reading and writing
tests which will take five days
Like in previous years, testing
will occur in the morning
and then regular classes will
resume in the afternoon. A
block schedule will be used.
The WASL schedule provides
three days for the writing portion.
In past years students have not
been able to see their essays
again after turning them in to the
proctor. There are two scheduled
essays, a narrative and an
expository. As of this publication,
it is not certain as to what the
extra day will be used for.
Then in April, testing resumes
again and students will take the
math and science WASL. This
testing will last for four days.
The WASL math is written at
an eighth grade reading level.
The presentation of the math
rather than the actual concepts
makes it difficult for students.
The WASL committee recently
They have to take a segmented
WASL class. The class is
intended to target a specific
portion of the WASL at one time.
During this class, students
prepare for the WASL in three
parts. They study for one portion
of the test and then the students
will test on that. Then they study
for another portion and take that
test until they have prepared
and tested for each section.
Students are required to
take this class in addition
to their current math class.
The committee also decided
on three new proposals: students
only need to pass two-thirds of the
WASL, passing the WASL math
is now assigned to the graduating
class of 2,011 and now our
district has the option of making
it count for graduation or not.
LC mathematics teacher Wes
Marburger said, “[It] is still a
graduation requirement. It’s
is important to stress that.”
Students asked about the WASL
responded in similar ways.
Sophomore Sean Hoffman
said, “I think it [WASL]
had good ideas behind it.”
Another sophomore Katie
Matresse said, “I think they
had the right idea, they just
enforced it in the wrong way.”
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March 2007
LC receives new
technology
PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH WHITE
worth $4930 and goes towards a
by Tucker Clarry
new curriculum called, “Exploring
Staff Writer the Outdoors with Technology.”
During the project, students will
LC received a facelift in the learn how to use two-way radios
The Grant Elementary drummers and dancers visited LC for a stunning performance at the MLK con.
MLK con encouraged
diversity and acceptance
by Emmily Eisenrich
News Editor
The low and passionate tones
of Reverend Happy Watkins
filled the LC gym on Jan. 12 as
students and staff participated
in school-wide festivities to
commemorate the life and work
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
RACE (Racial And Cultural
Equality) members planned and
organized the various school
events throughout the MLK week
in conjunction with the con.
In the front hall, students
were encouraged to kick-off
the week’s celebrations by
signing the Birmingham Pledge,
a commitment to embrace
tolerance and equality for all
people indiscriminate of race,
gender, orientation or religion.
On Thur., Jan. 11 the Soul
Food Potluck took place in the
classroom of Susie Gerard, the
advisor for the RACE club.
This year’s MLK Con
proceeded in much the same
fashion as in years past, with
a similar theme and content.
The LC Choir performed the
song “Like A Mighty River.”
Another familiar highlight was
the cultural dances performed
Staff
Box
by junior Dragana Perkovic,
a Bosnian presentation and
by sophomore Melanie Taula,
a
Polynesian
presentation.
These dances reminded students
that MLK’s message is acceptance
and peace between all groups,
not just blacks and whites.
Watkins returned to LC this
year and delivered the famous
and ever encouraging, “I Have
A Dream” speech. Though the
segment was much shorter than
in previous years, the words
still had the power to challenge
and excite the student audience.
“I think having Watkins speech
shorter was very effective,” senior
Meagan Helean said. “More
people paid attention for longer.”
Overall, the Con went over
without a hitch, but keeping
students from skipping proved
to be a difficult process. Many
administrators and
teachers
had door-postings, and others
ushered students across the
skywalk and fished out potential
skippers from the bathroom stalls.
“Obviously we wish every
student had been at the con,
but that just did not happen
this year. Next year we plan
on having the con between
second and third period so fewer
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a civil war wages on. For 20years over 1.5 million people
have been forced from their
homes into displacement camps
and 25,000 children have been
kidnapped and forced into the
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
The LRA was a movement
started by self-styled mystic
Joseph Kony to overthrow the
Uganda government. Civilians are
constantly terrorized by the LRA
and any individuals suspected of
sympathizing with the government
the LRA uses brutal tactics.
Kony creates his army
primarily through the abduction
of children. The children are
forced to be soldiers, laborers
and, in some cases, sexual slaves.
As many as 25,000 children
travel miles each night to seek
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Tucker Clarry
Alicia Ruggles
Liliana Elikh
Erik Walters
Kate Hellenthal
Nathan Weinbender
Erin Hostetler
Sarah Leonhardy
Brooke Lively
Zack Alexander
Vally Moua
Samantha Blehm
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In Uganda, an African country,
Alexandria
Bozman
Christina Huggins
and GPS systems. The grant was
headed by teacher Paul Neff.
The Toshiba grant has offered
some updating that will be useful
in Neff’s Outdoor Living class.
Neff was the main beneficiary
in the addition of the GPS
systems and two way radios.
“Students get to experience
GPS and use digital cameras
for photography-tech that they
don’t usually use,” Neff said.
The process of getting
technological
advancements
has gone to the LC Technology
Board, who then researches the
approximate cost and determines
what is necessary. If the board finds
the necessity of the technology
they will buy the product and
hand it over to the respected
departments. The departments
then give a sign up for teachers,
who usually are respectable
and do not double up on days.
Invisible children
campaign persists
Advisor
Jennifer Showalter
Sports Editor
Culley Grow
students will skip,” Gerard said.
For the most part the new
security
measures
made
this con a relative success.
Those who did skip were met
by chastisement from peers and
teachers when they returned.
“I just think it is so disrespectful,”
senior Lillian Dubiel said.
“I’m fine with people skipping
every other con except for this
one,” senior Jack Lally said.
“Overall I was pretty happy
with how the entire con went,”
Gerard said. “The people who
were interested in participating
took part and got a lot out of it.”
Race continued to celebrate Black
History Month with an optional/
sign-up con on Feb. 6 during third
period called “Hip Hop Summit.”
The con featured a special song
presented by junior Blake Kennedy
and English teacher Bryan Jackson.
Guest speaker, Kitara McClure,
talked about the history of hip
hop and how it became what it is
today. In addition, Wired 96.9’s
Jackie Brown attended the event.
In addition to the MLK
and Hip Hop Summit con,
RACE also sponsored a trivia
contest from Feb. 5-23 in
honor of Black History Month
for all second period classes.
technological category this year.
The English, social studies and
science classes have all received
their share of improvements.
Science with a grant from
Toshiba, and English and social
studies with new computerson-wheels
carts
(COWs).
“Both departments are said to be
pleased.” said Technology Board
member and English teacher
Andy Lang about the COW carts.
New COW carts were given
to the English and social studies
departments to help provide more
technology in the classroom. “The
carts will help raise the ratio of
laptops and students,” said Lang.
The ratio of students per
computer has improved to a 2:1
ratio, helping students accomplish
projects on the computer at
school instead as homework.
The science department’s grant
from Toshiba, granted this fall, is
safety. The children will sleep
in basements and back alleys of
towns in Northern Uganda, where
they flee from the rebel army
composed largely of children
like them who were beaten
and brainwashed into fighting.
These children are finally being
helped through the nationwide
event called, “Displace Me.” On
April 29, people will travel from
their homes and sleep outside to
emulate the forced displacement
of those in Uganda, and to ask
the United States to make a plea
for peace talks between the LRA
and the Uganda government.
For more information on
the invisible children or the
Displace Me movement, log on
to www.invisiblechildren.com.
Invisible Children is also
selling copies of its DVD and
bracelets that come with a video
story of a child in Uganda as a
fundraiser for the movement.
With the money raised from
these sales are put into schools
and schooling of the invisible
children down in Uganda.
These innocent children are
Invisible. They roam distant
battlefields away from public
scrutiny. No records are kept of
their numbers or age, and their
own armies deny they exist.
With
fundraising
and
nationwide
awareness
such
children can become visible.
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March 2007
Hagney honored
with Civic award
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHANTEl CZARAPATA
PHOTO BY JACK SIDDOWAY
The Grant Elementary drummers and dancers visited LC for a stunning performance at the MLK con.
DECA qualifies for state
by Brooke Lively
applications; senior Andy Black
Staff Writer and sophomore Michele Duskey
Several LC students qualified
for the state DECA competition
on January 10 after a competition
at the Spokane Community
College. 15 of the 25 LC
students that attended the event
will travel to Seattle on March
8-10 for the state competition.
“The DECA program is set up
to offer students the opportunity
to experience marketing fields,”
said DECA advisor Chantel
Czarapata. Students can compete
in various events available at
the competitions, the majority
being
individual
events.
“There were about 500 students
at the conference and the top
seven in each event qualified
for state,” said Czarapata.
The LC students who qualified
were juniors Doug Talkington
and Shane Fender for accounting
in automotive services; senior
Isaac Okojie in business services;
seniors Michael Kugler, Semir
Hasedzic, Ben Price and Evan
Gaul in food marketing; junior
Riley Myklebust and
senior
Jessica Weber for hotel and
lodging; junior Brandon Saiki and
senior Jack Lally in Marketing
Management; and senior Chris
Stowe and junior Josh Vuoung
in restaurant and food service.
“I am excited,” said Saiki. “I
think it really shows the strength
of the Business Program and the
teachers we have here at LC.”
The competition consisted of a
100-point multiple choice test and
two role plays. “The role plays are
situations where you have to be
like a CEO talking to your Vice
Presidents or you have to set up
a security program,” said Gaul.
“The role plays are designed
for the person to think quickly
on their feet, and are based on
what area you entered in,” said
Saiki. Local business people in
the field of competition evaluate
the person and give them a
score. “The judges add up your
scores from the two role plays
and the multiple choice test and
that’s how they determine who
qualifies for state,” said Saiki.
In order to compete, a student
must be in advanced marketing, a
class taught by Czarapata. “First
you have to take Intro to Marketing,
and based on attitude, attendance
and leadership skills, 25 students
are chosen to be in Advanced
Marketing,” said Czarapata.
“From there they compete.”
At the state competition there
will be about 60 students per
event, with around 2,500 students
total. By placing at state, a student
can travel to Nationals, which will
take place in Orlando, Florida.
Math WASL requirement
postponed for evaluation
by Sarah Leonhardy
students, according to the
Seattle Times, “Gregoire and
Staff Writer Superintendent
of
Public
Due to statewide low scores
on the math portion of the
WASL last year, Governor
Christiana Gregoire proposed a
three year delay for the required
passing of the math portion of
the WASL in order to graduate.
“Many Washington students
are ill-prepared for the rigors of
math.” In fact, almost half of
Washington State’s sophomores
did not successfully pass the
math portion of the WASL.
“No further evidence is
needed than the failure of nearly
half of the state’s sophomores
— about 34,000 — on the
Washington
Assessment
of
Student Learning math test last
spring and in summer re-takes,”
according to the Seattle Times.
According to math teacher
Mark Eastman, “more students
will be required to take math
for longer, because if they fail
their going to be required to
take math until they pass.”
A portion of students “Did so
poorly they will need several years
of intensive math to meet state
standards,” said the Seattle Times.
Because of a lack of passing
Instruction Terry Bergeson agree
on a reprieve. Members of the
classes of 2008, 2009 and 2010
would have been the first classes
required to pass all three sections
of the WASL to graduate.”
Although
the
governor
and
Washington
schools’
superintendent have discussed
this matter publicly, approval
from the legislature is still
needed, according to the Seattle
Times,
“Contingent
upon
approval by the Legislature,
those classes could graduate
by
successfully
completing
a series of math courses.”
According to the News Tribune
Online, Gregoire informed the
legislature of the suggestion,
“On Monday, the governor
and the schools superintendent
recommended that the Legislature
change the requirement that
beginning with this year’s juniors,
high school graduates pass
the writing, reading and math
portions of the assessment test
This idea is considered plausible
however there are still details
which would be installed on
the graduating classes of 2008,
2009, and 2010. According to
the Seattle Times, “A math focus,
much like the literacy initiatives
that have worked so well, must
be in place in all districts…More
teachers with background and
training in mathematics must be
hired and moved to the front lines
of instruction, chiefly working
with learners struggling the most.”
According to the News Tribune
online, there may be other views
on the situation, “representatives
of the Partnership for Learning
and the Washington Roundtable
said Tuesday that their support
of the three-year reprieve
is conditional on the state
improving math instruction,”
“If the problem is the way in
which math is being taught,
then we need to address the
issue throughout the education
system. The standards set by the
state should nevertheless remain
valid,” said Gregoire according
to the News Tribune online.
Different opinions remain on
the postponing of the WASL’s
math graduation requirements,
however, according to the News
Tribune
Online,
“Students
who pass the WASL and
fulfill that requirement aren’t
necessarily prepared for college.”
Eastman said, “’It’s a good
thing,’ to quote Martha Stewart.”
John Hagney was recently awarded a state Civic Award
CWA (current world affairs,)
by Riley Myklebust
and five quarters of
Staff Writer Economics,
college level social science credit.
John Hagney, who teaches
AP art history and PICI
here at LC, was one of 12
community advocates throughout
Washington to be honored with
the Civic Educator Award.
This award honors outstanding
civic educators who are involved
and work to improve the
communities they live in. These
12 educators were the very first to
receive the award, that was created
and given for the first time this year.
Recipients were nominated by
state senators for outstanding
work to improve some aspect
of their local community.
Hagney was chosen by our
senate majority
leader
from
Spokane, Lisa
Brown, for his
service to the
community
through PICI
and
various
city
boards,
and notified of
his nomination
on Feb. 2.
PICI
(Practicum
in
Community
Involvement,) is an award
winning two-semester class for
seniors that Hagney created and
has taught since 1994. Students
“began to feel powerless. The
more candid ones were saying,
‘This is interesting, but what can
we do about it?’” Hagney said.
Thus the class was created
to give students a hands on
experience with social studies
on the topic of their choice.
PICI students work, “through
their internship to improve the
status quo – policy solutions
to problems that challenge
the nonprofits they serve”
said Hagney, while earning
As described by the PICI website,
(linked to lctigers.com) “PICI
interns devise a thesis, meet with
an expert, produce bibliographies,
reviews, book reports, a formal
paper and a presentation based
on their progressive research
disproving or proving their
original thesis” during their three
plus hours week at an internship,
while following the PICI slogan,
“Vision without action is merely
a dream, action without vision
just passes time, vision with
action can change the world.”
“I just try to model what I
would expect of students and this
affirms service as a way to be a
good citizen,” said
Hagney, “ I hope
it creates more
interest in PICI
so other schools
may imitate and
give
similar
opportunities
to
their
own
students.”
Hagney, who was
the only award
winner from the
east side of the state, joined the
11 other nominees on Wednesday
Feb. 21, in Olympia to receive his
award and state wide recognition.
“The award was presented
to me by the governor in the
senate chambers,” said Hagney.
Along with PICI, he has served
Spokane by sitting, “On the
County Boundary Review Board
from 1996 to 2002, where we
decided issues such as the Liberty
Lake and Valley incorporation,
the Chase Youth Comission
from 2002 to 2006, and various
non-profit boards for more
than 20 years,” said Hagney.
“State senators also made
to the site spokaneschools.org.
“Vision without
action is merely
a dream, action
without vision just
passes time, vision
with action can
change the world.”
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March 2007
90 donated blood in drive
smallest turnout,” she said.
byAlicia Ruggles
Organization from students
Staff Writer was a problem as well. “Some
LC’s annual blood drive
took place Tuesday, Feb. 6
in the field house. The drive
was
handled
by
DECA.
“We have been doing it for the
last ten years or so,” said DECA
advisor
Chantal
Czarapata.
This year the blood drive had
a less-than desirable turnout,
according to Czarapata. “For
being one of the [area’s]
largest schools, we had the
students didn’t follow directions
and left class without a DECA
student picking them up,”
said Czarapata. “Also, some
students didn’t receive their
reminder slips the day before.”
Though participation was
minimal, 124 students attempted
to give blood this year, and 90 units
were taken. The 90 units, or pints
of blood were drawn by nurses
from the Inland Northwest Blood
Center (INBC), and will be sent to
INB Centers throughout the area.
Eligible blood donors must be
healthy, at least 16 years old and
110 pounds, and have not donated
blood in the past eight weeks.
Students who did donate
blood were required to fill out
a permission slip signed by
a parent or guardian, and to
meet requirements needed in
order to give healthy blood.
The blood that LC students gave
could save up to 270 lives. “When
a person donates blood they
have the potential to save three
people’s lives,” Czarapata said.
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District superintendent, Brian Benzel, leaves for Whitworth job.
Superintendent
leaves district
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Brian L. Benzel, Spokane
Public Schools superintendent
will be leaving Spokane Public
Schools by the end of the school
year, as he announced at Grant
Elementary School on Feb. 14.
Beginning this summer, Benzel
will be the Vice President of
Finance and Administration
at
Whitworth
College.
Since becoming District 81
superintendent in 2001, Benzel
has done much for the district.
Benzel contributed to passing
a bond which helped finance
improvements at Rogers high
school and the remodel of
SP High School, which will
start construction in June,
along with the building of
three new elementary schools.
Benzel will be leaving the
district with a $10.5 million
deficit; however, he will continue
to help the school board with
board and community to apply
cumulative knowledge I have, at
this point, to address the funding
gap,” said Benzel. “We know
how to budget, what we don’t
have is the significant funding to
deliver on mandates that exist.”
Benzel has also taken some
other steps as well, including the
closure of Pratt Elementary school
as a way to fill in the deficit.
“He was a good superintendent
and it’s sad to know he’s leaving,”
said sophomore Danielle Bennett.
Spokane school board president
Christine Querna and board
member Barb Richardson will
also be leaving the school
board at the end of this term.
District 81 will be looking for
replacements for three positions
to begin the next school year.
The District will begin
with a search for a temporary
replacement for Benzel, and
then search for a permanent
candidate to take his place.
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by Emmily Eisenrich
News Editor
The Spokane Symphony honored
Principal Jon Swett and Assistant
Principal Theresa Meyer on Jan.
26, after Art Department Head
Bridgid Kardong nominated the
two for their continued support of
the LC Art and Music programs.
The award, entitled
“Outstanding Arts Advocate
Administrator of the Year,” is
part of an annual outreach by the
Spokane Symphony education
committee to recognize school
officials who consistently support
fine arts programs in schools.
In her letter to the symphony
Education Coordinator Janet
Napoles, Kardong said, “I feel
it is necessary to nominate these
two together because they have
worded as a team in support of
Music and the Arts at LC… when
much of the focus of education
is on standardized testing.”
In response to such a
compliment Swett said, “It is
always an honor to be recognized
for what we love to do: support
programs for our students.”
The Spokane Symphony
dedicated the Jan. 26 concert
to educators by beginning
with the presentation of the
two “Arts Advocate” awards,
one for the Principal of Libby
Elementary Deborah Johnson
and another for the LC team
made up of Swett and Meyer.
The concert presentation
included a performance by the
Spokane Symphony and featured
an exhibit in the lobby displaying
student artwork from District 81.
Education Director Randy
Fisher said of Swett and Meyer,
“Thank you for the opportunity to
honor and promote the inspiring
example of [your] teamwork.”
At LC it is the belief that “high
academic achievement and a
comprehensive arts education are
closely linked,” said Kardong.
“I think it is important to have
a well-rounded education or at
least the opportunity for one, and
it is good to know that is exactly
what our administration stands
for,” senior Tyler Slauson said.
Senior Sean Leonard expressed
a similar sentiment and said,
“It is really neat that the LC
administration is so focused on
academics, yet can also respect and
encourage success in other areas.”
Thus many staff members
and students agree that it is a
great privilege to be a Tiger
with the “outstanding support”
that
Kardong
represented
in
her
nomination
letter.
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
ISSUE 4
Features
March
PAGE 5
2007
Petek’s close encounter with Coe
by Sam Blehm
the window and shut it, and
Staff Writer telling her daughter to call
Zach Alexander has some brilliant ideas for where you should travel to for your spring break holiday.
Zach’s spring break vacation spots
by Zack Alexander
for their true selves see this and
Staff Writer think, “Wow! This could be my
This year there will be numerous
ads to try and get the public to go to
places that nobody has ever heard
of by using clever slogans like
“Hawaii oozing with Hot Magma”
tantalizing I know but I am here to
lead my flock of precious readers
away from such temptations.
New York “The Big Apple”.
For my fans of full-bodied fruit
I can see where one might be
tricked into going to New York,
but remember that this is “New”
York. The “New” part of the big
apple is actually a big let down,
Surprise! It would be much
better if you went to an actual
orchard because New York is
not known for its large apples.(
Nor apples of any size). New
York is full of jerks who hate
apples so just avoid it at all costs
my precious flock of readers.
California “Find yourself
here”. I know those who are
searching the depths of their soul
only chance truly find myself.”
Well you would be wrong once
you get past the relaxing beaches
and attractive beach hunks/
hunkets. There is really nothing
that aids in soul searching in
California. What are you gonna
do in Cali. anyways, surf?
Florida “Visit My Florida”.
This really doesn’t count as a
slogan but I know from television
and the drunken tattoos that my
friend Steve acquired there that
this is one popular place for the
youth of this country. If Florida is
too lazy to come with a good idea
for a slogan then it is not fit for my
readers. Much like a mother hen I
vow to peck the eyes of anyone
who tries to get near my chicks
and offer them a trip to Florida.
North Dakota “Legendary”.
What is so legendary about North
Dakota, from watching “The
Simpsons” I have learned that
North Dakota is not even real.
Also North Dakota has none
of the legendary sites of South
Dakota like Mt. Rushmore the
legendary birth place of Sir
Maceon Rushmore, the man
who founded this great country
of ours. So do not waste your
time and money on a place that
is nothing but South Dakota’s
legendary imagination gone wild.
Rhode Island “Unwind”.
First off you cannot undo a
force of nature. Un-wind what
preposterous notions Rhode
Island carries if it thinks it can out
do Mother Nature. I have many
reasons to believe that with this
new slogan Mother Nature will
blow her strongest wind against
the blasphemous state of Rhode
Island so going there would be
ill-advised anyways. No one
messes with my Mother Nature
not even an island full of streets.
Instead of going to all these noninteresting and liar-filled places,
why not stay here in Spokane?
How could you not with my new
slogan for Spokane. “Spokane:
We have a Laser Quest.”
The Quest for the Narwhal
by Sarah Leonhardy
Staff Writer
Day
One:
Morning
I had to pack light; this was
not going to be an easy quest.
My breakfast consisted of tuna,
lunch: tuna, and my dinner: the
remanding portion of Tuna from
the day before. As far as supplies, I
relied upon the clothes on my back,
and Mother Nature to guide me.
The journey itself would take
days, maybe even weeks; days
of hunger, anticipation and
strife. My goal was to touch
the silken back of the Narwhal.
On my way to the canoe, I
stopped by the local library to
research the actual definition of a
Narwhal. Beautiful pictures still
cloud my memory from the books
I devoured, which made me further
crave the sight of its shimmering
tooth barely penetrating the
crest of the deep blue sea.
My hours of play were
over. It was time, time to hunt.
Day Two: Early Afternoon
I awoke in a sweat; pictures
of the Narwhal still haunted me.
In my dream I was paddling my
canoe fiercely through the blue
abyss. The Narwhal was in close
range of my peripheral vision,
but before I could reach my
palm to caress its crisp tooth, the
Narwhal turned to his stomach
and his pungent lips spoke
two simple words: Tuna Time.
Day
Three:
Morning
I was in my canoe, the brilliant
crests of the ocean’s waves pattered
alongside of me. It was almost
noon, and yet my determination
overpowered
my
hunger.
Suddenly I heard a large crash
up ahead, and my eyes came
upon a small white tip sinking
into the water. I bellowed with
glory and paddled my canoe with
great intensity towards my goal.
Day
Three:
Night
I paddled until I could paddle
no more. My arms burned with
ferocity and my flesh was chapped
from the sun. My tuna had not yet
been devoured and still I was not
prepared to give up on the Narwhal.
Day
Five
:Night
So long it had been since my last
encounter with the Narwhal’s
tooth. I had almost lost all hope,
when suddenly in the distance my
eyes sprung upon the Narwhal’s
back.
O heavenly creature!
With my last burst of energy I
shot towards it at lightning speed.
When I reached it, I stopped my
canoe and slowly reached my hand
to touch it. When I was almost
within arm’s length, the Narwhal
rolled over, and revealed a bloated
plankton infested underbelly.
I screamed in disappointment
and agony, for my beautiful
creature of the deep was
dead. Only two days ago I had
seen it alive and full of life.
I stood in my canoe and threw my
lifeless body off the side of my ship,
and drowned with my Narwhal.
In the 1980s, fear broke out
on the South Hill in Spokane.
There was a man on the loose
who was preying on the
women living primarily on the
South Hill. He became known
as the “South Hill Rapist.”
This reign of terror was caused
by the man who would dress as a
jogger and abduct women going
on their daily run. The suspect
would also take women walking to
their cars or leaving the bus stop.
During this time, LC history
teacher Carolyn Petek had a runin with Coe. “It was the spring,
I was a Young Life leader for
Ferris,” said Petek. “After the
meeting I decided to spend the
night rather than drive back
to my dorm at Whitworth.”
Petek then went to her mother’s
apartment, which is located kittycorner to Ferris on thirty-seventh.
“I was in the bedroom facing
the driveway for the apartments
and my mom was washing
her face,” said Petek. “Had he
(Coe) gotten in, we would have
been in two separate spots,
good for him but bad for us.”
Petek had heard some strange
click sounds coming from her
bedroom, so she turned out the
light and stood in the doorway,
seeing what was making the sound.
The drapes blew in and then out
beyond the wall. “And just when
my mind was processing that, a
hand reached into pull the curtains
aside,” said Petek. “All I could do
is blurt this insipid bleating sound
lake a baby sheep, “Maaam,
Maaam,” then I ran ten feet to the
kitchen phone book and fumbled
frantically trying to look up the
Spokane Police Department.”
Petek’s mother than went to
9-11.
“I’m embarrassed to say my
brain wasn’t able to compute
that simple fact on its own,”
said Petek. “That is what being
terrified will do to a person.”
Within two-and-half minutes
four police cars arrived at the
scene. Three policemen stayed
inside with Petek and her mother
to get the details on the event
that had taken place, while the
other police officers dusted
for fingerprints and took a
shoeprint sample from outside.
“They told us we were
extremely lucky,” said Petek. “He
(Coe) had heard women’s voices
and the lights were on, yet he
still chose to come in. They told
us he had very bad intentions
for us and we should consider
ourselves intended rape victims.”
As the mounting toll of victims
was rising and frustrations from
the cops began to increase, a
break in the case finally occurred
in 1981. This led to the arrest
of Frederick “Kevin” Coe.
“We were almost raped
by who we now know was
Kevin Coe,” said Petek. “We
were later informed that the
fingerprints and shoeprint sample
matched the South Hill rapist.”
Coe was taken into custody,
and after two trials served
25-years in prison. Coe was
scheduled to be released from
prison in September 2006.
Now there is a massive legal effort
to keep the South Hill Rapist Kevin
Coe from ever walking free again.
“He (Coe) should be released
and have to wear a location ID to
be monitored,” said Petek. “His
face should be on the front page,
so everyone will know where he
is living and what he looks like.”
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Features
PAGE 6
March 2007
Spears and Federline: best
couple ever for many reasons
PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET
by Kate Hellenthal,
Alex Bozman and
Erin Hostetler
Staff Writers
Out of all the tragedies that
took place in 2006, there is one
that is just too hard to put in the
past. In Nov. 2006 we thought
we had been punk’d when we
heard the news that Britney
Spears and Kevin Federline were
getting a divorce. In memory of
the two year union, we created
a list to express why Brit and
K-fed were the best couple ever.
1. The music. Popozao anyone?
It is so not toxic for the ears.
Every time we hear a K-Fed song
we just want to get up and move.
Couple that with awesome hits
from Britney like “Boom boom”
and “Oops, I did it again” and
we just cannot resist. We mean,
put them together and they have
sold over 74 million albums!
2. They are the perfect role
models. They are reminiscent of
old fashioned day couples where
the woman stays home and pops
out a few babies, while the man’s
out and about ‘working.’ The
love they have for their children
is just so apparent. Kevin loves
them so much he decided to
stay out of their lives while
Britney let their son Sean drive!
Talk about amazing parenting.
3. They accomplished the
impossible. Somehow, having
millions of dollars, they still
managed to pull off the whitetrash look, allowing them to relate
more to the general public. It was
nice to have a couple not flaunting
their riches in front of everyone.
4. The amazing skills of balance.
Britney somehow managed to
balance a baby, drinking coffee
and driving all at the same time!
Had she not met Kevin, she
would not have had the baby
to balance, therefore never
accomplishing this skill. Thank
goodness they got together.
5. They are hot. No, we mean
really. K-fed gets all those
ladies; he is particularly popular
with those frisky entertainment
dancers. We cannot forget about
Britney who revolutionized
the word hot! She was brilliant
The world’s islands are a great place to visit when traveling.
Things to do if you
are rich enough to
travel the world over
Looking for a place to stay
by Garth Ahern
while skiing in Dubai? You
Staff Writer could purchase one of Dubai’s
PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET
Britney
Spears
and
Kevin
through a nasty divorce.
the two singers decided to
enough to wear her underwear on
the outside, breaking all the rules.
Put those two hot people together,
and you get four times the hotness.
6. They supplied most of the
entertainment in 2006. Move
over TomKat. The SpearsFederline pair rocked the
tabloids with their awesomeness.
We could hardly contain our
excitement for Federline’s album
and the birth of their second
son! The couple definitely knew
how to keep people guessing
about what they would do next.
7. The obvious support for
each other. Well, the support
of Britney to Kevin was just
amazing. Even after the split she
refused to mock him and she was
Federline
recently
went
Many were disappointed
go down different paths.
even called his number one fan.
Or only fan, we forget which.
8. Chaotic. We watched that
show religiously. It was the
best reality television show that
has ever been on. Those home
videos allowed fans to really
connect to the people behind the
celebrity. We will never forget it.
9. The music. We are sorry,
but Popozao was just magical.
It is totally worth mentioning
twice.
The best song ever!
10. The influence K-fed had
on Brit. Remember the bubblegum chewing, innocent girl
she used to be? Now she can
drink and smoke like no bodies
business. They grew as people
together and they matured.
What should this decade be called?
is slowly killing our country.”
by Kate Hellenthal and
Along the same lines, a source
Erin Hostetler
who wishes to remain anonymous
Staff Writers said, “It should be called the decade
The Harry Potter Decade. The
Controversy. The Shot Nine
Times and Was Stabbed Decade.
“You’re fired.” All are potential
titles that could be given to the first
decade of the twenty-first century.
Students at LC had many
unique ideas about possible
names for this decade. Junior
Logan Amstadter thought that
it should be called “The O’s”
because all the years so far have
been ’07, ’06, ’05, and so on.
A few students wanted to name
the decade based on political
events since 2000. Freshman Sean
Swanson volunteered the “I Don’t
Know Decade, because we are the
age of apathy and indifference.”
Similarly, junior Danielle
Price said it should be called
“The
Bushcapades
because
Bush has been president and
of George Bush being an idiot.”
Sophomore Jessica Nichols
said “The Split decades.”
According to Nichols, there have
been many times when people
have stood on opposite sides
of certain issues, and “one side
beats on the other until we’re all
dead. Metaphorically speaking.”
Another sophomore, Katie
Matresse, said it should be called
“The Diet Decade because it
seems like all people do that.
They have like the Atkins
Diet.” Soda pop franchises
also enforce this with their
increasingly popular diet pops.
On the other hand, many students
came up with creative, unique
names. Junior Katie Wiseman
offered up “The Decade, because
we are the coolest generation.”
Another junior Wyat Plastino
said it should be “Pie, because
it tastes so good up side down,
almost as good as green jello!”
Meanwhile, senior Corinne
Mullin said it should be titled
the “Fad Decade” because it
seems that everyone is following
some form of a fad. Similarly,
senior Sam Porter said that it
should be the “Survivor Decade.”
Sophomore Kelsey Miller
viewed this decade in a different
way, compared to many LC
students. She said that the decade
should be “the Age of Technology
because we have made many
advances
in
technology.”
These advances would include
the iPOD, the PSP Player,
XBOX 360, and many others.
There are many other potential
titles floating around out there,
whether they are at LC, in
Spokane, or Bangkok. But, despite
whatever name is officially given
to the decade, let it be remembered
that LC students came up with
some of the most creative and
relevant ideas for this decade.
Do you wish you had money?
Do you wish you had the ability
to travel all over the world and
experience the most exotic
destinations and oddly named
alcoholic drinks? Oh, well, you
will just have to experience them
second-hand by reading this article
about Dubai and the amazingly
costly projects going on there.
Dubai sits on the eastern side
of the middle-eastern peninsula
and, like most Middle Eastern
climate, has an arid and dry
climate which would usually pose
a problem for would be broken.
The first activity that you have no
hope of ever partaking in is indoor
skiing. Yes this amazing form of
sport harnesses the powers of snow
and ice in downtown Dubai, part
of the United Arab Emirates. It
is called ski Dubai and, according
to Wikipedia, it is the largest
indoor ski resort in the world.
Sadly their record is about to
be broken with the opening of the
snow dome in 2008. A snow dome
is a climate controlled building
that will allow below freezing
temperatures in the middle of the
desert. This probable tourist Mecca
will be complete with hotels,
houses, restaurants, shopping
malls and, of course, ski slopes.
The gigantic cost of building
this will be compounded with the
cost of the daily 3,500 barrels of
oil it takes to keep the snow dome
complete with snow. One can only
imagine what would happen if
the dome’s climate control failed.
Can anyone say “water dome”?
“World Islands.” The $1.8 billion
project is a system of man-made
islands off of the coast of Dubai
that will also be completed in
2008. These islands will offer the
obscenely rich yet another way
to escape from their hectic lives.
The real gimmick to these
islands is that they will be formed
into the shape of the world with
many different islands making up
each continent. The World is the
newest of many island projects in
Dubai. The others, however, have
been shaped like palm trees, and
have been connected to the beach
unlike the World Islands. Boom!
Finally, if your life on the island
gets slightly too annoying and
you feel too isolated, why not
take a three-year cruise around
the world on the Freedom Ship?
This new project was the brain
child of CEO Norman Nixon of
the Freedom Ship International
Company and has yet to get off
the ground. The ship will be the
largest in the world and will be,
according to Nixon, “Unsinkable.”
They are really asking for it.
The ship will, however, sport
a state of the art weapons system
able to contend with a small navy.
When finished, the Freedom Ship
will contain 18,000 living units
with price ranges of $180,000 to
$44 million, a high-tech medical
facility, and a school system.
Yes, it is a great time to be rich. If
you were you would be able to take
part in these amazingly obscene
and pornographic orgies of epic
proportions. Too bad you are not.
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March 2007
Grease
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Clockwise from top: Blake Kennedy, Patrick Stagaman, Kyle Carter, Mac Smith, Alex Hedin, Katie Covert, Kennedy,
Hannah Joseph, Emma Butterworth, Elliot Eaton, Zack Wymore, Maggie Bauermeister, Elian Carbone, Laura McDowell, Noel Wamsley, Smith, Wymore, Bauermeister, Mia Yoshida, and Juanita Anderson
On February 22-24 and March 1-3, LC Drama performed
the classic musical, ‘Grease,’ made famous by Olivia Newton John and John Travolta in the 1970’s film production. Greg Pschirrer directed the play, with the
help of Kathleen Blair in music. Tickets are seven dollars at the door and five
dollars ahead of time. Support the LC Drama Department and see the show!
ISSUE 4
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March 2007
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LC’s Lilac Royalty
PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA HUGHES
PHOTO BY JACK SIDDOWAY
Amanda Hughes traveled to Olympia to lobby her right to have a seeing-eye dog at LC next year.
Amanda Hughes in Olympia
by Vally Moua
Staff Writer
Junior Amanda Hughes delivered
a speech to the Washington State
Legislators in Olympia on Jan. 16
about the advantages of using the
Spokane Virtual Learning (SVL)
online programs in schools.
SVL is an online program with
classes for all students who would
like to take a course online instead
of in the classroom. According to
Hughes, the legislators wanted an
overview about the pros and cons
of this program and discover if
the program is beneficial or not.
Hughes is a blind student at
LC and this program has helped
her enormously both physically
and mentally. Everyday she had
to carry around heavy brailled
books through the school to
each of her classes. “They
weighed about two tons,” said
Hughes, exaggerating just a bit.
Now, she only carries around
a brailled math book and her
laptop computer. She uses her
laptop most of the time in class.
Mentally, Hughes is able to
focus on her work and feel
more comfortable online when
everything is quicker. For example,
if Hughes was to take a test or
quiz via SVL, she would receive
her scores instantly instead of
waiting for the teachers to correct
them and return them back to her.
One main advantage she
pointed out during her speech
was that when someone accesses
the online program, they do
not have to deal with a large
amount of paper. There will not
be anyone complaining about
ripped papers or lost homework.
“It’s beneficial for
college too and very selfmotivating,”
said
Hughes.
Hughes felt nervous the day
before the speech. “I stayed up
all night on Monday,” she said.
But Hughes had some experience
with speaking to a crowd and
was okay when it was time to
present her speech. Hughes is
part of the LC Choir and has
sung many solo pieces through
the years, which helped her
become accustomed to the crowd.
According to Hughes, she
was asked to deliver her
speech again on March 7 at the
Spokane Convention Center.
The SVL program has
helped Hughes throughout her
school year. Next year, she is
hoping to be able to receive
more help in a different way.
Hughes is going through the
process of finishing paperwork in
order obtain a guide dog next year
for herself in and out of school.
“I have to go and get trained for
it,” said Hughes who is planning
on going to a four week camp
in Oregon around July. “It’s like
relearning how to navigate again.”
She has to check with
the
administrators
before
she is allowed to have
the guide dog at school.
“I was thinking of giving some
kind of information on Tiger
Growl about the dog next year,”
said Hughes. A guide dog is not
supposed to be touched by anyone
else when it is on a leash. She wants
to warn students not to pet the dog
if she is able to have it at school.
Hughes feels that SVL is a
great program for everyone
and obtaining a guide dog
will help her even more.
Lewis and Clark Grading Policies
Some teachers total up the points if a teacher actually curved a test.
by Garth Ahern
different categories and then
Westby said, “Technically,
Staff Writer in
average the percentages together. curving is when the teacher gives
One of the most important
pieces of information that you
need when you join a class is
how the professor of the course
will grade. That way you may be
able to catch a break on a curved
test or just simply maximize the
amount of slacking you can do in
a class and still get a good grade.
The most basic method of
grading is to just add up points
and divide by the total number
of potential points. Deriving a
grade from this is no great feat of
mathematics and the margin for
error in the class is clearly defined.
If you possess the knowledge
that there will be, say, 1000
points by the end of the semester
you know that you will have to
have at least 900 to have an A.
This method can be customized.
Another method of grading that
is frequently used by teachers
is called weighting. Weighting
means that a teacher can have
both a test and a homework
assignment worth ten points,
but because the test points are
weighted, the affect the test has
on your overall grade is far larger
then the ten point homework
assignment. This is a particularly
brutal method, as you will have to
do well in every area of the class
be it homework or test grades.
Finally, there is grading on
a curve. I know what you are
thinking.
That is when the
teacher messes with the tests
so I can get a better grade.
This is not actually curving. I
spoke with Mrs. Westby, an LC
math teacher, who broke some
illusions of what would happen
as many As as they do Fs.” So
even if many students get good
grades there are just as many
students get obscenely, almost
pornographically, bad grades.
What teachers usually do is to
“inflate” grades so that students
are able to get a better grade.
Inflating a grade in a certain class
is almost always advantageous to
every student. Many of you know
what I am talking about. The
words, “This test will be graded on
a curve” cause joy and happiness
in any student in the room.
So there you have it, one of
the most advantageous pieces of
information in any given class is
how that particular teacher grades.
You need to know if the homework
assignment you are about to
spend two hours on is going to be
worth 10% of your overall grade
Margeaux Fox, LC’s candidate for Lilac Royalty, is a Lilac Princess
high schools in the county,
by Kate Hellenthal
those home-schooled,
Staff Writer including
but during the first cut 16 were
Seven girls from Spokane County
were chosen as the 2007 Lilac
Court Royalty on Sunday Feb. 11
at the Spokane Masonic Center
on Riverside. LC’s own senior
Margeaux Fox was among the
select seven. The coronation took
place from three p.m. to five p.m.
“I wanted to have a volunteer
opportunity as an adult in
the community,” said Fox.
Lilac royalty “make appearances
around the city, and support other
parades in the area,” said Fox.
Tuesday Feb. 13 is their
first
appearance
together,
on their second day of
being
royalty,
said
Fox.
Fox applied through the
school and then went through
an interview process in order to
be accepted. There is no official
application at LC though. “At
first it was difficult because I had
to search people down,” Fox said.
“But after that it was fairly easy.”
Some requirements for becoming
royalty were as follows: female, a
senior in high school, never been
married, never been pregnant,
from Spokane County, and not
excessively tattooed or pierced.
30 girls applied from all 30
removed, leaving the “Fab
Fourteen.” Sunday was the final
cut for all those still remaining
in the competition. Freeman
High School’s Wylie Patton
was crowned Lilac Queen.
The royalty each receive a
$1,250 scholarship from the
Sterling Savings Bank. In
addition, the queen will receive
a $1,500 scholarship from the
Ralph Husom Spokane Lilac
Festival Past Presidents fund.
The royalty are also eligible
for many other scholarships.
The other five princesses include
Kali Clark, CV, Rachel Hart,
Shadle, Alyssa Henke, G-Prep,
Alexandra Stierwalt, NC, and
Jasmine Williams, Medical Lake.
The parade will be held on
the third Saturday in May.
It will also host the Annual
Spokane Lilac Festival Armed
Forces Torchlight Parade, the
“Cruisin’ the Falls Classic Car
Show,” the Lilac Festival Golf
Tournament in June, and the
Sand in the City contest in Aug.
For further information on
the royalty or the festival, visit
www.lilacfestival.org or send an
email to [email protected].
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
ISSUE 4
Sports
PAGE 9
March 2007
U.S. Figure Skating offers
lessons at Riverfront Park
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Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto perform their compulsory dance
routine during the recent U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
by Christina Huggins
Staff Writer
Riverfront Park Ice Palace may
see an increase in popularity following the State Farm U.S. Figure
Skating Championships conclusion in Spokane on Sunday, Jan. 28.
The Ice Palace offers the Basic Skills Program, through U.S.
Figure Skating, for a $7.50 annual membership fee according
to the U.S. Figure Skating website. The Palace is one of the
800 programs across the U.S. to
offer the Basic Skills Program.
“That sounds fun,” said
junior
Ambure
Susac.
The U.S. Figure Skating
Championships were held from
Jan. 21 to Jan. 28 and brought
many spectators, journalists
and many of those in the professional skating community to
Spokane which many feel will
boost the Spokane economy.
Town officials and fans alike
are hopeful that the U.S. Figure
Skating Championships will re-
turn to Spokane after receiving
what many skaters and figure
skating officials called a very
warm welcome. Due to this, it
may rouse the involvement of
many Spokane children and others in the skating community.
There were many preparations
that led to the commencement of
the State Farm championships
or that lead to any figure skating
competition according to the U.S.
Figure Skating website, including:
•
An ice rink was formed
in the Spokane Convention Center
along with benches that were assembled for the ten events that took
place there. The other 18 events
were held at the Spokane Arena.
•
Within the competition, the skaters were separated into three groups based
on their skill level starting with
the strongest, the senior group,
followed by the novice group
and then the junior group.
•
Throughout the week the
skaters practiced in groups that
were assembled based on their skill
level and competition groups. The
four competition groups include
ladies skating, men’s skating,
pairs skating, and dance skating.
•
The ladies, men’s and
pairs groups all competed in two
events; the short program and the
free program. The dance skating groups all competed in three
events; the compulsory dance, the
original dance and the free dance.
•
At the end of the week
the skaters’ scores from all of
their events were combined for
one final score. Although two of
the most well-known skaters in
the world, Sasha Cohen and Michelle Kwan, did not compete,
many other skaters impressed.
•
For the championships,
a shuttle system was set up to
transport spectators to various
locations near the Convention
Center and the Spokane Arena.
Aside from the preparations
the results of the huge event
are as follows according to the
U.S. Figure Skating website:
•
In the senior ladies skating, favorite Kimberly Meissner,
17, took first place by a fraction of point over other favorite,
Emily Hughes, who celebrated
her eighteenth birthday during
the championships on Jan. 26.
•
In the senior men’s skating one of the favorites, Evan
Lysacek, 21, took first place, followed by Ryan Bradley, 23, in
second place and other favorite
Johnny Weir, 22, in third place.
•
In the pairs skating
Brook Castile, 20, and skating
partner Benjamin Okolski, 22,
took first place by less than a point.
•
In the dance skating
competition, Tanith Belbin, 22,
and partner Benjamin Agosto, 25,
won first place after surprising
fans and critics alike by creating a
completely new free program just
weeks before the competition.
Anyone interested may call
Riverfront Park Ice Palace at
927-9030 for more information
about the Basic Skills Program.
PHOTO BY CONOR WIGERT
The girl’s basketball team celebrates their winning of GSL title.
Girl’s basketball
wins GSL title
another state title this weekend.
by Conor Wigert
The tigers started out their
Ad Manager road to state with a redeemAfter a devastating loss the LC
girl’s basketball team bounced
back to win four straight games,
winning them the GSL title.
LC ended their regular season at
19-1, with impressive wins over rival U-Hi and a talented Mead team.
The lady tiger’s only loss came
at the hands of SP with a score
of 45-54. LC was missing senior
power house Ula Tauala and junior point guard Brittney Kennedy was out for most of the game.
The girls learned from the experience and went on to beat
Rogers, CV, G-Prep and Mead.
“The loss to SP was tough,”
said sophomore Sarah Klewier. “It taught us that we have
to be ready for every game.”
After their win at home against
the Mead panthers, the tigers were
awarded the outright GSL title.
The tigers were led this season by seniors Katelan Redmond, Lyndi Seidensticker and
Tauala who hope to bring home
ing win over SP 64-36. Redmond led the tiger with 22 along
with Seidensticker who had 21.
After their win against the highlanders the girls advanced on to
the championship against their
GSL rivals U-Hi. Unfortunately,
they fell with a score 61-67. Seidensticker led the way with 17.
After there loss to the titans,
the tigers bounced back with
a first round regional win over
Walla Walla 62-40. Redmond led
the way at home with 25 points.
The win at home against Walla
Walla sent the tigers into a semifinal game against a familiar SP
team. The tigers, who had three
girls in double figures, won 6146. The game sent them into
the championship to play U-Hi
for the fourth time this season.
The tigers lost 43-36 in a gritty
game with only one tiger in double figures, and only four players
scoring for the opposing titans.
The team looks to state which
wraps up tomorrow in Tacoma.
Riveting MLB season awaits for baseball fans
by David Sheppard
Features Editor
After the St. Louis Cardinals
squeaked in the back door of the
2006 playoffs and then cruised
to their first World Series title
since 1982, there is a new feeling
in the air for the other 29 Major
League Baseball clubs. Spring
has rolled around again and optimism is in the minds of all 30
teams, each hoping that they
will be able to take away what
the Cardinals earned last year.
Several major free agent acquisitions could either make or break
a team’s season. The Boston
Red Sox signed Japanese phenom pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka
(Dice-kay Maht-soo-za-ka) to a
six year, $52 million contract.
However, this is just the beginning of the Sox contract negotiations. Boston paid Matsuzaka’s
Japanese team $51.6 million
just to negotiate at all with him.
Another huge free agent signing took place south in the Bay
Area. Barry Zito bolted from
Oakland to San Francisco and
signed a seven year, $126 million
contract to pitch for the Giants.
The Giants also resigned slug-
kees and Red
Sox are expected to finish
in the top two
places. However, the Blue
Jays and Orioles
should surprise
some
people
with
success
against
their
AL East foes.
The AL Central could be the
strongest division in baseball.
With four of the
Newly acquired Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke five teams being
Matsuzaka warms up during spring training camp. legitimate contenders to win
ger Barry Bonds to a one year the division and advance deep
deal. Bonds has been under pub- into October, there are sure to be
lic scrutiny for many issues over plenty of exciting moments in the
the past several years. Many peo- central. Last year’s AL pennant
ple around the game believe that winner, the Detroit Tigers, will
Bonds used performance-enhanc- have high expectations, along
ing drugs to power some of his the White Sox, Twins and Indihomers deep into McCovey Cove. ans. The Kansas City Royals are
The Giants and Red Sox will still in a rebuilding stage, and are
be in contention for their division expected to finish in the cellar.
titles this year, but each division
In the AL West, the A’s and Anis expected to have many excit- gels are expected to duke it out
ing storylines. In the American for a division crown. The RangLeague East, the New York Yan- ers have attempted to improve a
PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET
less than stellar pitching staff, but
signing quality pitchers to play in
a hitter’s ballpark is no small task.
Locally, the Seattle Mariners
made some moves that will
benefit their roster, of which
none have the same potential to change the dynamic of a
team like the transactions that
the Red Sox or Giants made.
The M’s signed right handed
pitcher Miguel Batista from the
Diamondbacks to a three year,
$25 million contract. Batista
should be able to contribute to
the rotation in 2007. Also, Seattle signed Jeff Weaver to a
one year, $8 million contract.
Weaver is supposed to be the
fifth starter in Seattle’s rotation.
The National League is expected to be very exciting as
well this year. In the NL East,
the Mets are projected to be the
most talented team. But a young,
pesky Marlins team could have a
say in the division. Also, when
Phillies’ slugger Ryan Howard
is on your club, you can’t count
them out until the day they are
mathematically
eliminated.
The NL Central will also be
highly competitive. With the defending World Series Champion
St. Louis Cardinals expected to be
the most talented team, a couple
of the other five teams will be sure
to give the Cards a run. The Cubs
signed Alfonso Soriano to long
term contract, but the real question
at Cubs spring training is if their
starting pitchers can stay healthy.
The Reds, Brewers and Astros are projected to finish in the
middle of the pack along with
the Cubs. Pirates’ right fielder
Jason Bay is expected to be a
force for a team that is projected
to finish at the bottom of the division. Bay, a graduate of Gonzaga
University alum, has been selected as a NL All-star twice now.
The NL West has been the
most competitive division in recent years from top to bottom.
The Dodgers and Giants made
several key acquisitions this off
season. These two are expected
finish in the first two slots of
the division. The Rockies, Diamondbacks and Padres will be
competitive, but unlikely to unseat either the Dodgers or Giants.
Overall, a riveting season of baseball awaits. It will have many storylines and much drama. So when
April 1 comes around, get ready
for another great baseball season.
ISSUE 4
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
Sports
PAGE 10
March 2007
Three sport letterman Alex
Shaw puts in extra effort
by Riley Myklebust
Staff Writer
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Senior guard Derek Raivio pushes the ball upcourt against Texas.
Zags basketball
suffers hard blows
wowed us both at home and away?
by Alex Bozman
Before the season even started,
Staff Writer critics
were wondering if GonzaOver the years, Gonzaga men’s
basketball has established a winning tradition. They have eight
consecutive NCAA tournament
appearances and 12 consecutive
WCC championships under their
belt. Lately, however, the beloved Zags seem to have hit more
than a few bumps in the road.
Their downward spiral started
with their tournament loss to Butler. Since then, the Zags record
has been, in a word, depressing.
They may have pulled off some
big wins against major competitors like UNC and UW yet they
have lost to lesser known teams
such as Saint Mary’s and Georgia.
The team recently suffered
another blow with the loss of
Josh Heytvelt indefinitely. He
was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance on
Tuesday, Feb. 20. His absence
has certainly affected the spirit
of the team and the crowd, but
it has not prevented them from
being able to pull off victories.
So we have to ask ourselves,
what is going on Zags? What has
happened to the Bulldogs who
ga would be able to survive after
the loss of main offensive threat,
Adam Morrison, to the NBA. At
first it seemed they would survive,
but then they started to fall apart.
So is this sudden downfall
simply the repercussion of the
absence of Morrison? My guess
is that it is not just that. Their
performance has been lacking in
all areas; not just their offense.
The team seems to be crumbling before our very eyes.
They have not been playing
as a team lately. Passes going
askew, shots just chucked up into
oblivion, multiple turnovers; no
wonder the Zags keep losing.
On Feb. 12 the Zags suffered
their first home loss since 2003
as well as their first loss ever
in the McCarthy Center. Santa
Clara destroyed their 50 game
home winning streak. Santa
Clara has also topped Gonzaga
as the leading team in the WCC.
While watching recent Gonzaga
games may be disheartening, they
still need our support. So keep
on cheering Zag fans, they need
you now more than ever. And
come on team, let’s pick it up!
Junior Alex Shaw spent about
19,400 minutes at practice earning his three varsity letters last
year. Those 324 hours did not include games, morning workouts,
weekend practices or anything
extra that he did to improve. It
only included the average two
hour practice, five days a week
for 162 out of the 180 school
days that sports took place.
Those 1,164,000 seconds were
grossly underestimated because
Shaw, according to football teammate, junior Chris Martin, put in
more than those two hours a day.
He took zero hour lifting last year
and has spent every one of his high
school summers up at speed and
strength camp in both the mornings and afternoons, said Martin.
Shaw started as the LC football running back or defensive
end, came off the bench as a post
player for the basketball team and
was one of the varsity throwers
for the track team. “Football season is by far my favorite though,
I just love to hit people,” he said,
“although track is not far behind.”
He made the All-GSL defensive
team this year and was also voted most valuable player by his
football coaches and teammates.
Shot-put and disk are his two
major track events but he has
furthermore started to take up
high jumping as of last season.
Being a track captain should
also be added to his list of accomplishments for last year.
Shaw had no clue how much
extra time he had spent doing
PHOTO BY RILEY MYKLEBUST
Junior Alex Shaw received a letter for football, basketball and
track his sophomore year through hard work and determination.
athletics and said he “hadn’t
ever thought of it.” He said the
hardest part about being a three
sport letterman, “is balancing
school and sports, the thought of
not doing well keeps me working hard though.” That thought
must have been very scary for
him because he still maintained
a 3.8 GPA, with honors classes.
“My grades are very important
to me and sometimes I go without
sleep or very little to make sure
an assignment is done,” Shaw
said; although he tried to make
it to bed by 10pm every night.
Boy’s basketball takes steps
towards success in future
Hawks lose to Bears
by David Sheppard
ing to do with the complete depleFeatures Editor tion of the secondary. Injuries to
The Seattle Seahawks season came to a disappointing
end on Jan. 14 when they fell
short to the Chicago Bears.
In a game filled with so many
storylines, a couple bounces
here and there went the Bears
way, and that was the difference
in the Seahawks’ overtime loss.
For having so many injuries to
such intricate parts of the team,
it was remarkable that the Seahawks were as successful as
they were. At one point or another, nearly every Seahawk
player was banged with some
type of injury. During the middle
of the season, last year’s league
MVP Shaun Alexander missed
seven games with a broken foot.
Pro Bowl quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck missed four games
with a sprained knee.
During the Seahawks’ two playoff
games, Hasselbeck played with
two broken fingers on his left
hand. With a team’s two stars
injured that would lead to problems with the success of a team.
But those two injuries have noth-
cornerbacks Kelly Herndon, Marcus Trufant and Jimmy Williams
and safety Mike Green put a huge
dent in the amount of able bodies
available for the stretch run of the
season along with the postseason.
There were plenty of great moments for the Seahawks as well.
As an added bonus, the Seahawks
also had some very lucky and
fortunate moments. The obvious one that comes to mind is
when Cowboys quarterback and
holder Tony Romo bobbled the
hold on the potential game winning kick in the wild card round
of the playoffs, which propelled the Seahawks into their
heartbreaking loss to the Bears.
All in all, the Seahawks fought
through extremely difficult times
to remain one of the elite teams
in the NFL. Although they did
not reach the Super Bowl and this
season will not be looked upon as
successful as last year, Seattle has
nothing to be disappointed about.
Next season will be another year, and hopefully the
Hawks will be able to be even
more successful than this year.
Along with all of the preceding, he became a key member
of the junior class student council and has held the position of
treasurer since June of last year.
Many students were twosport letterman last year but
Shaw was the only known three
sport letterer who did not graduate, making him only a sophomore when this was achieved.
He is on track to do it again
this year and the list of three
sport lettermen that will join him
should greatly increase, but as
of now Alex Shaw stands alone.
PHOTO BY CONOR WIGERT
Sophomore Taylor Eglet puts up a jumper in their game vs Mead.
said varsity coach Jeff Norton.
by Riley Myklebust
record, although progresStaff Writer siveThecompared
to years past,
The boy’s basketball team
made some positive changes this
season going 8-12 and making
it to districts. “For the boys this
is not a common occurrence,”
said junior Alex Gauper. This
season’s 8-12 record is a definite
improvement from the Tigers’
5-13 record last year and their
3-10 record the year before that.
The Tigers had their first three
game winning streak, which was
absent from the two seasons before, over Rogers, CV, and fourthranked G-Prep. This year’s improvement is attributed to the fact
that “the boys enjoy each other
more, causing them to play better,”
was still below .500. This could
have been attributed to the Tiger’s many injuries. Projected
starter senior Matt Proost and
senior starter Skylar Kliewer
were out for the majority of the
season while senior starter Nick
Hardrick and junior Doug Talkington each missed playing time
due to their injuries. Norton was
clear when he said the injuries
were by no means an excuse but
just a hurdle during the season.
“The team never gave up even
when we were 3-9,” Norton said,
“They were persistent.” Norton
said this persistence really impressed him for the boys were
playing in one of the toughest leagues in the state, but they
managed to improve every day.
Junior Jordan Hanson said that
six of their 12 non-victorious
games were lost by 10 pts or less
and although they were still losses, there were many close games.
As for next year’s varsity team,
Norton didn’t want to comment
on something that was so far
away and was just proud that,
“the boys worked hard this year.”
The JV team on the other hand
didn’t have an improving season with their record of 4-16.
“It was disappointing how many
close losses we had this year,”
said sophomore Charles Taylor
who played his first year on JV
this season. 10 of their 16 losses
were within 10points. Taylor said
“Danny Peterson was the reason
for keeping our games close, he’s
a great leader.” Peterson, who
attends the Eastern Washington
running start program played his
second season on LC’s JV team.
The freshman team trumped
both the varsity and JV teams
with their 16-4 season. Freshman
Connor Halliday, a key player on
the team, could only think of the
word “fun” while describing his
most successful team. Halliday
believed all the “fun” the team
was having, was the reason for
the success on the court. “We still
worked hard though,” he said.
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
ISSUE 4
Sports
PAGE 11
March 2007
Maya Kohls-Chase to be
girl’s soccer representative
camps was free
by Vally Moua
both boys
Staff Writer for
and girls beLC soccer coach Casey Curtis
nominated Senior Maya KohlsChase to be representative of
LC girls’ soccer and take part in
the Seahawks Quest Challenge
over the 2006 summer break.
Kohls-Chase was one of the
top 20 finalists of the competition and was invited to an awards
banquet in Seattle. The finalists
received $500 each and were
given the choice of donating it to
any charity they wanted. KohlsChase donated her money to
West Central Community Center.
The top 20 finalists also received three free tickets to a
Seattle Seahawks game and
the top three winners were
given
$2,000
scholarships.
In the Seahawks Quest Challenge, coaches from all schools
nominate a football and soccer
athlete to represent them. The athlete then has eight weeks to finish
a project of their choice where
they give back to their community.
Not only do they have to complete the project, a summary essay
that was required. This essay explained to the judges how his/her
project went what they learned,
how they performed their projects
and how they affected the community. Any athlete who did not finish their project was disqualified.
“I decided to put on a soccer
camp at three local communities,” said Kohls-Chase, held in
the West Central and East Central
neighborhoods and the Peaceful
Valley Community Center, the
tween the age
of six and 11.
Her camp
started
on
June 27 and
continued for
seven weeks.
She spent two
days a week at
West Central
and one day at
the other two
communities.
Kohls-Chase
needed some
help
working her camp
so she asked
a few of her
friends
to
help out. SePHOTO BY JACK SIDDOWAY
niors
Semir
H a s e d z i c , Senior Maya Kohls-Chase represents girl’s soccer.
Jack
Lally
and Brendon Tennefoss assisted Chase did a great job and was
her over the summer, coaching a fun coach. “She is fair and
and interacting with the players. knows when to give disci“It was a lot of fun being able pline and she’s not a pushover.”
to work with the little kids,” said
Tennefoss said she is compassionLally. “Some days they were ate, helpful and cooperative. Lally
a little rowdy but usually they said he would gladly help out again
wanted to play.” Lally helped if given another chance to do so.
out at all three of the camps.
“It made me more confident
Tennefoss volunteered with one in myself,” said Kohls-Chase.
camp and he had a good time. “I thought giving a soccer camp
“It was interesting,” said Ten- would give back to the comnefoss. “I haven’t had a bunch munity and help benefit them.”
of experience with kids under
She has been a member of the
the age of eight so it was fun. I LC girls’ soccer team for four
know they enjoyed it, especial- years and really enjoys playly interacting with the adults.” ing the game. “Soccer is my life
According to Lally, Kohls- and I love it,” said Kohls-Chase.
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Galen Gorski and
Grady Boswell
bowling spotlight
by Culley Grow
answer the phone,” he said while
Sports Editor describing his technique. This exThe great sport of bowling is
rising in popularity in the lives of
juniors Galen Gorski and Grady
Boswell. The two bowling-masters share a passion for the game
and wish to impart that passion
on all of those who will listen.
The bowling duo’s journey began freshman year. After receiving
a pass to North Bowl, they found
that they had a passion for bowling.
“That small piece of construction paper single-handedly caused the greatest change
in my life,” said Gorski.
Gorski and Boswell display deep
dedication to bowling throughout
their daily life. “We bowl about
two times a week,” said Gorski.
The two frequent North Bowl, it
being their bowling alley of choice.
According to Gorski, throughout
the summer he was able to bowl
almost everyday. “Life is a game,
bowling is serious, if you ain’t bowlin’, you ain’t livin’,” said Gorski
Bowling is not all fun and games
for these two prodigies though. Boswell said his motto was, “to bowl
is to breath, to strike is to soar.”
It takes a certain skill according
to Gorski. “Shake the hand, then
plains the hand and arm motion that
one should make while bowling.
The two share a friendly competition, Gorski’s high being
225, three pins above Boswell’s
223. Upon bringing up who was
the better bowler, they went
on to engage in an argument in
which neither of their words can
be repeated in this publication.
Boswell and Gorski are not
alone in their bowling endeavors.
They felt credit must be given
to their fellow “bowling Godfathers,” which include themselves
and LC graduates Dan Fuller,
Elliot Boswell and Nills Ringo.
Gorski is interested in a future
in bowling, most definitely. After
high school, Gorski hopes to receive a bowling scholarship to Yale
to pursue his bowling aspirations.
In addition to North Bowl, other
Spokane bowling venues include
Lilac Lanes, Players and Spectators, Silver Lanes and Valley Bowl.
Most venues are available for
open bowling during daytime
hours, but some require an adult
accompanist due to casino activity.
Costs vary from a few dollars per
person at some alleys to a higher
price per lane per hour at others.
Special Olympics students
beat staff in basketball game Gymnastics lacks
girls to compete
Condrey scored her first
basket in three years.”
The Special Olympics
game has been a tradition
at LC for many years.
“We have had a Special
Olympics team for 20
years and have had games
with the staff for the past
four years,” said Fox.
The students expressed
thankfulness to those
who came to their game
to support them. “We ran
through the Cheerleaders
onto the court. We always
have a lot of support
from everyone’s parents
who come,” said Terhaar.
PHOTO BY VALLY MOUA
The next Special Olympics game will take place
The Special Olympics team played the staff in an annual basketball game. on March. 6th; this will
tunity to develop sportsmanship be the playoff game and students
skills and compete,” said Nancy are encouraged to attend this
by Lilianna Elikh
Special Education Instructor. great event. “I would like the stuStaff Writer Fox,
The students said that it felt good dents to know when our games
to play on a team and they en- are so they could come and watch
The Special Olympics Team joyed working together to accom- us,” said Terhaar. “It’s a good trawon the basketball game on Tues- plish a task. “My favorite part of dition to add to the traditions of
day, Feb.20 against the LC staff. the game was helping my friends Lewis and Clark. They could not
The Special Olympics Team is out, to make some assists and only go to the Rubber Chicken
made up of students enrolled in some baskets,” said Greg Terhaar, game, they could also come to
the Special Education Program, a senior involved in the game. the Special Olympics game.”
although any student who would
The game went overtime with
The team also competes with
like to join could also join. This the Tigers winning with a score other high school teams. They
program is unique because it gives of 66-62. There were several also usually play a couple of
the Special Education students an special parts of the game. “Mrs. games versus the staff. “We
opportunity to be involved in their Grigsby got a technical foul and would like to see more stuschool and discover their skills. almost got kicked out of the dents at our next game,” said
“It gives all the students the oppor- game,” said Fox, Also “Mrs. sophomore Megan Berriochoa.
Hopefully for next years
by Alex Bozman
team there will be more girls
Staff Writer interested in competing in
The lady tigers gymnastics
team finished off their season
in January with a record of 18 in the GSL and 1-12 overall,
finishing in front of Rogers.
The team competed in their last
two meets on Jan. 12 and on Jan. 18.
In the meet against Shadle, U-Hi
and Lakeside they took last place.
U-Hi won with a score of 163.475.
On Jan. 18 they competed
against NC, Mt. Spokane and
Rogers defeating Rogers 122.65
to 114.825. In the all around
competition Philana Henning
finished in third as well as finishing in second for the floor.
The GSL championship
was on Jan. 27. Mead took
the GSL title with a score of
166.20 beating out all the other varsity teams in the GSL.
Their disappointing record was
due in part to a lack of participation in the sport. “We did not
have enough girls to do really
well,” said junior Molly Oakley.
Though there was a lack of
participation, the girls involved
stayed dedicated to the sport. “All
the girls worked really hard,”
said junior Kirstie Dominguez.
the sport so that the team will
have better chances at success.
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Wrestling succeeds at state
by Alex Bozman
good team record,” said freshman
Sophomore Nolan ManStaff Writer coach Jeremy Richardson. “But ion said, “[The lack of wres-
Bobcats’ Adam Morrison drives to the hole against the Warriors.
Adam Morrison
succeeds in NBA
but he definitely knows that
by David Sheppard
when Morrison is on, he’s on.
Features Editor
Bickerstaff is also surprised
After Adam Morrison’s unbelievable career at Gonzaga, he has ventured onto new and exciting quests.
Last June, Morrison was drafted with the third overall pick
by the Charlotte Bobcats in the
NBA draft. Many people were
skeptical about how well Morrison would adjust to the NBA
game. Although Morrison has
had some off shooting nights,
it seems that he is adjusting
to the NBA lifestyle just fine.
For people who have followed
Morrison throughout his Gonzaga
days, they know he can score the
ball. That is what he is doing an
excellent job of with Charlotte.
He was second among all rookies
in scoring at a 13.5 point per game
clip behind former University of
Washington guard Brandon Roy.
Still many people are concerned
with Morrison’s ability to defend
the unbelievable athletes that he
goes up against game after game in
the league. Even if his defense is
not quite up to speed with his scoring capabilities, his head coach is
mainly concerned with Morrison
putting the ball through the hole.
Coach Bernie Bickerstaff knows
that Morrison is not going to be
named to the first team all defensive squad any time soon,
about Morrison’s unselfishness,
especially since the rap on him
was that he shoots too much. “His
unselfishness has been surprising,
and quite frankly, I think he took
it a little too far early in the season,” Bickerstaff said according to
hoopsworld.com. “His teammates
thought that too because he’s the
guy who is supposed to spread the
floor. But he’s coming around.”
The former First Team All
American and nation’s leading
scorer will be infamously remembered for his collapse in last year’s
Sweet Sixteen against UCLA. But
since entering the NBA, has done
everything to shred that image.
In the eighth grade, Morrison
was diagnosed with diabetes.
Since becoming such a star, Morrison has decided to take the initiative and help some diabetics
who are less fortunate then him.
Morrison signed a contract with
Johnson & Johnson as a spokesman to promote diabetes healthcare. Recently, Morrison flew
down from Charlotte to Orlando
meet with Johnson & Johnson
employees to discuss strategies to
help out the diabetic community.
The former Mead Panther sharpshooter has already had an unbelievable ride, and it will hopefully continue for years to come.
match to match we did quite well.” tlers] was a little disappointSeniors Anthony Varnell
For next year’s team Rich- ing but it was a building year.”
and Trevor Powell won the ardson said he hoped that they
Hopefully for next years team
state championship for their would be able to fill all of their there will be a greater turnout so
weight classes on Feb. 17-18. weight classes so they would the individual wrestlers will have
Varnell and Powell were the have greater chances at success. greater chances at team success.
only state champions
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to come from Spokane,
and the first to come
from LC since 1988.
The team finished with
a record of 2-6 in the
GSL. LC defeated Shadle
39-37 Jan. 11, but lost to
Mead 54-15 on Jan. 17.
In the annual King of the
Hill match against Ferris,
LC lost 31-29. LC finished off their season losing to both U-Hi and EV.
Due to a lack of participation in the sport,
the team was not able to
pull off as impressive of
a record as they could
have with more wrestlers.
“We had a lot of forfeits so we didn’t have a The LC wrestling team lies on in a circle in the middle of the mat.
Partners in Pain race matches
runners of the opposite gender
by Alicia Ruggles
“Considering it is out of seaBloomsday Runners Club.
Staff Writer the
Runners are required to team son, [the LC students] ran well,”
The Partners in Pain run took
place at the West Central Community Center on Sunday, Feb. 11. The
actual route was on Summit Blvd.
More than 400 runners ran the
5K race individually, and roughly
100 teams of two participated.
“It was a community fun run
that some of [LC’s] runners
like to run,” said girls’ Cross
Country coach Mark Vandine.
The Bloomsday Road Runners
Club organizes the race, which
takes place annually. The Partners in Pain run is “… a unique
5K run held on the second Sunday in February,” according to
up with a partner of the opposite sex, and their combined
ages determine their age group.
Competitive, non-competitive and individual runners were
urged to participate. Awards were
given to the top male and female
individual winners. A few of the
top winners were LC students.
Some LC students that ran include: seniors Darrick Thompson, Graham Miller, Simone
Phillips, Kira Estes, and Abigail
Doerr, along with juniors Taylor Yost, Katie Reichard, Cyler Conrad, and freshmen Chris
Ennis and Elizabeth Webster.
said Vandine. “Graham [Miller] and Simone [Phillips] were
eighth in their age group, and
Kira [Estes] and her uncle placed
eleventh.” Darrick Thompson
was the eighth individual male
finisher, completing the race
in 17 minutes and 19 seconds.
Top finishers received
awards, and all finishers had the
choice of purchasing a t-shirt.
“Despite the rain, it was a fun
race,” said Vandine. “It is fun for
the runners to be able to team
up with relatives and friends. It
is a low-key event to help break
up their off-season training.”
Superbowl commercials pleasing and upsetting
is enough to say you had a great
by Tucker Clarry
ad. Even though the product was
Staff Writer not in the ad, a major problem
This year’s Super Bowl advertisements had more hype
than possibly ever before,
with the certainty that people
at the office will be talking
about this at the water cooler.
The ads just did not live up to
the hype, with many of the ads
just coming off trying too hard.
Nationwide Insurance leaked
their not so creative Kevin Federline commercial, with the former
Mr. Britney Spears rapping from
riches to rags, leaving his now
Burger Manager the least enthused.
Bud Light, Sierra Mist and
Doritos all had decent or funny
commercials, with two or more
different ads per brand. Bud
Lights’ ads involving fist bumps,
apes seeking beer, a hilarious
rendition of a wedding reception with an auctioneer playing the role of a priest and the
not so cleaver, Carlos Mencia.
Bud Lights ads were decent.
Anytime you have idiots around
America copying a move (the
face-slap) to greet one another
with Super Bowl advertisements,
the ad still gave one of the only
laughs toward the commercials.
But the Carlos Mencia ad worked
against them, seeing as Mencia
has one routine, and that is to
make fun of how lazy his race is.
The Sierra Mists ads revolved
around Jim Gaffigan, whose
dry humor just makes the audience laugh. Gaffigan is lectured
in his beard comb over fashion styling, his karate prowess
and Gaffigan’s woes in a hospital bed. By far, Sierra Mist was
the most consistent, while Bud
Light was unable to catch the
audience a majority of the time.
Jim Gaffigan is as always hilarious. He knows exactly how
far to go and act with complete ignorance. His childish
humor really shines through.
Doritos’ ads were both cute
and raunchy with their fan created ads. Fans entered into the
contest with only having a budget of only $12, and the winning
two got their ads to play. The
first was a creative look at the
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Bud Light, Sierra Mist and Doritos were the best commercials.
way how you can live the flavor, with spicy, cheesy, crunchy,
bold and smooth. Their second
ad took place at a super market,
with a less than appealing clerk,
who liked to show her “appeal-
ing” voice for each flavor. Let’s
just say, she likes things “spicy.”
It is funny that the unprofessional ads that cost $12 are actually better than the ads that cost
millions. The “Live the Flavor”
ad seemed to be more funny
and original that the Ugly Betty
look-a-like eating zesty chips.
The worst commercials were
easy to spot out. The GoDaddy.
com ads were nothing new. It was
just the same old thing, with the
worst line ever, “For some reason
people seem to like marketing.”
The ad was too obvious,
pretty much begging to do well
with the 18-34 demographic,
but the face looked like Leather
face. But the opposite opinion could be asked gluttonously, “Why were you looking
at her face?” Touché sir, touché.
One of the other worst was the
GM Suicidal Robot. After dropping a screw while working on
one of those “great” GM cars,
goes off and waits upon a bridge,
seeing all of those cars it worked
on. After seeing several dozen,
the robot gives off a whimper and
commits suicide by jumping. Little do you know it is a dream. Ha.
These ads were decent in
general, but gave off the impression of trying too hard, and
were an issue comparing to
their cost of millions for thirty
seconds to their overall value.
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Opinions
March 2007
PAGE 14
Arcade Fire: “Neon Bible”
by Erik Walters
Staff Writer
With the release of their debut
album “Funeral,” the Arcade Fire
bathed in pools of success and
acclaim without the support of a
major label. “Funeral” made the
top ten album list of several major
music critic magazines, including
Pitchfork and Filter, which named
it the best album of the year. By
November of 2005, the album sold
half a million copies worldwide,
a feat rarely accomplished
by an independent artist.
Whether or not the Arcade Fire
could live up to the clout that
“Funeral” established was a big
debate I had before I listened to
their sophomore release “Neon
Bible.” It’s common to see a
band put all their creative energy
into one masterful piece of
work and then fail to live up to
it with their sequential releases.
However, “Neon Bible” is a
pleasant and welcome surprise.
The band opted to produce
the album themselves, claiming
that they know their sound and
know what direction they want
to take their music. “After trying
to decide if we should work with
any producers we kind of realized
that we already know how we
want things to sound so we
should just run after that sound
as fast as can and not rely on
someone else to guide the good
ship Arcade Fire,” said Butler
in the band’s online journal.
“Funeral” is dense with
instrumentation,
rich
with
magnificent texture, embedded
with clever melodies and
beautifully crafted. The songs
are delicate but full of energy
and emotion, and the album as a
whole is a beautiful representation
of what music should be. “Neon
Bible” borrows these traits,
and it doesn’t stray far away
from this sort of “trademark”
sound that is the Arcade Fire.
Like the songs on “Funeral,”
those that appear on “Neon Bible”
Clap Your Hands
Say NO!
Heads,
somewhat
unique.
By Erik Walters
However, “Some Lound
Staff Writer Thunder” is desperately lacking
“Neon Bible,” the Arcade Fire’s follow-up to “Funeral,” signals a
big change in their sound. “Neon Bible” is slated for release on
March 6, but it was leaked on the internet a month prior.
are meant to be heard together as
an entirety; the album is not a
radio single accompanied by nine
filler songs, which is the direction
many albums seem to be traveling
toward these days. However,
though the album is a gem as a
whole, there are a handful of songs
that don’t quite live up to the rest
in terms of their musical quality.
The album’s opening track,
“Black Mirror,” is one of them. It
is long and drawn out, somewhat
muddled, and it doesn’t really
create much excitement or
anticipation for tracks to come.
“Black Wave/Bad Vibrations” is
another. The track is a collaboration
between two separate song ideas
thrown together to make one very
odd and disconnected piece. It
begins sounding like a recreation
of a synth-layered ‘80s pop song
but abruptly transforms into a
dark eighth-note driven rock
song. Why the two entities were
thrown together into one song
makes little if any sense to me.
However, the majority of the
album shines with songs like the
catchy, Cure-inspired “Keep the
Car Running,” which consists
of a memorable riff layered
underneath a gorgeous vocal line
and intricate counter melodies,
and “No Cars Go,” which
originally appeared on their
previously released self titled E.P.
Other gems include the album’s
first single, “Intervention” and
“Antichrist Television Blues.”
The album’s title track, “Neon
Bible,” is inspiring with its
gradual crescendo of simple
acoustic guitar, a brilliant vocal
line and a throbbing bass drum
that slowly introduces a rich
and beautiful string arrangement
accompanied by haunting backing
vocals. And while the song itself
is a masterpiece, the rest of the
album comes very close, yet
doesn’t reach quite far enough. In place of clever melodies
and catchy vocals, Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah! has released
a sophomore effort that has
replaced all the void catchiness
with misplaced noise and the
annoying vocal naggings of singer
Alec Ounsworth. Unfortunately,
his uniquely strained voice is
the only slightly consistent
saving grace about “Some Loud
Thunder,” which is littered with
boring, drawn out, uninteresting
and poorly mixed monstrosities.
“Some Loud Thunder” was self
released in the U.S. on January
30, and was produced by Dave
Fridmann, who has credit in
producing Mercury Rev and the
phantasmagoric Flaming Lips.
According to Ounsworth in
an interview with the press, the
album is intended to be heard
on vinyl. Despite the media
device used to play “Some Loud
Thunder,” nothing can redeem
it from sounding just plain bad.
CYHSY’s self titled debut
was great if you could get over
Ounsworth’s vocals. The songs
were catchy and memorable,
and despite the numerous
comparisons to the Talking
the traits that made CYHSY’s
debut worth listening to, though
most of the accusations of being a
Talking Head’s clone can easily be
refuted with “Thunder,” in which
case such an allegation would
be considered complimentary.
The album opens with the loud
and heavily distorted title track
“Some Loud Thunder,” which
at first made me think that my
speakers were blown. The track is
so saturated in distortion it makes
it almost completely un-listenable.
All attempts at songwriting are
lost in an overloaded fury of fuzz.
The songs that follow, “Emily
Jean Stock” and “Mama, Won’t
You Keep Them Castles in the
Air Burning” are completely
forgettable. The only slightly
redeeming song was “Satan
Said
Dance,”
which
is
somewhat of a synthy dance
track fused with pop-rock.
All in all, “Some Loud Thunder”
is a huge disappointment based
on the standards they set for
themselves with their first
album. Thank God I didn’t
actually buy the album, because
the $11 dollars I would have
wasted on it was undoubtedly
spent much more rewardingly.
Book review: “Steal This Book”
Liberate!, doesn’t have much
to arrest you, will never change.
By Connor Potucek
But, you may not be able to use today, it talks about the
Staff Writer demand a “Free Buffalo” from majors cities of America, and
Abbie Hoffman died in 1989, but
his legacy of social and political
activism lives on. One of his
more influential books, entitled,
“Steal This Book”, especially
pertains to the difficult times of
strife and turmoil we live in now.
The tone of the book is of an
activist, with social change in the
sights. Just being a hippie is not
enough. In the words of Hoffman,
“Smoking dope and hanging
up Che’s picture is no more a
commitment than drinking milk
and collecting postage stamps.”
His book, which is laid out
as an instruction manual, was
created with the sole purpose
of inspiring radical social
change. This layout separates
the book into three sections:
Survive!, Fight! and Liberate!
The age of this book makes
some information inaccurate,
and irrelevant, but the meat
of the knowledge is worth the
time taken to read the threehundred and eighteen pages.
For example, rolling a joint
and escaping the grip of a
“pig,” or police officer, trying
the Department of the Interior.
The first section, Survive! cases
free and discount
everything.
From food and
lodging,
to
transportation and
entertainment,
even drugs, if
there is a way
to save money
on
something,
Hoffman
tell
you how to do it.
There are parts in
it, like liberating
change
from
telephone booths,
which –because
of
changing
technology-doesn’t
work
a n y m o r e .
My favorite
section, Fight!, encompasses
demonstrations, street fighting
and other aspects of revolution.
This section can never grow
old; guerilla warfare tactics
have and always will be
effective, as proven today by the
freedom fighters in Baghdad.
how one would have navigated
through them in the late sixties.
This piece of
classic, counterculture literature
has been a tool
for radical social
change for the past
three
decades,
and can only
grow in relevance
as the formerly
beautiful nation
of America turns
into an overly
oppressive police
state, trampling
on the rights of
its constituents,
like an elephant
tramples on a
sack of puppies.
I recommend
this book to you
with some reservations. If you
are a school administrator, an
overbearing,
over-concerned
parent, or a press censor, stay away
from this building block of free
speech, but to any other student or
potential revolutionary, this book
will change your life for the better.
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March 2007
Sarah Leonhardy’s V-Day
By Sarah Leonhardy
Staff Writer
Cate Blanchett and Judie Dench star in “Notes on a Scandal,”
released on December 26. The movie is based on the book of
the same name, written by Zoe Heller.
Scandalous ‘Notes’
is Oscar material
played by Andrew Simpson.
By Christina Huggins
The movie takes its audience
Staff Writer on a thrilling ride with two very
“Notes on a Scandal” opened to
good reviews on Dec. 26 in select
theatres. The film stars Academy
Award winning actresses Dame
Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett.
Dench, who plays a lonely,
disturbed old teacher, does an
amazing job as the creepy yet
riveting Barbara Covett. Blanchett
has an equally stirring performance
as Sheba Hart, a new teacher
at the same school as Covett.
The director, Richard Eyre, does
a fantastic job of drawing the
audience in and investing them
in the characters and their lives.
The film is based off of the novel
“Notes on a Scandal” by Zoe
Heller. Like the novel, the film
mostly shows the perspective of
Covett as she documents the events
of the movie in her notebooks.
The basic plot of the story is that
Hart (Blanchett) becomes a new
art teacher at St. Georges school
in England, the same school that
Covett (Dench) works at. Covett
quickly forms an infatuation
for Hart which then becomes an
obsession that could ruin Hart’s
life and her marriage with Richard
Hart, played by Bill Nighy.
The plot thickens when
Hart begins an affair with
a 15 year old student from
the school, Steven Connolly,
interesting and dysfunctional
characters. Dench’s performance
makes the hair stand up on
the back of my neck and
Blanchett’s performance is also
thrilling and heart wrenching.
In this way the director
fabulously convinces viewers
to feel for a character that
is as flawed as Blanchett’s.
Dench has been nominated
for the best actress Academy
Award for her role in the film and
Blanchett is nominated for the
best supporting actress Academy
Award, also for her role in the film.
Dench should certainly win
this award, as should Blanchett.
Unfortunately, neither of them
will win when they are up against
the favorites to win the awards,
Helen Mirren for best actress
in “The Queen” and Jennifer
Hudson for best supporting
actress
in
“Dreamgirls.”
The film is also nominated for the
best original score and best adapted
screenplay Academy Awards.
This film is definitely one of,
if not, the best film I have seen
all year. It may not be a great
movie for the kids to see but
I would definitely encourage
anyone who enjoys thrillers and
amazing acting to see this movie.
Final grade: “A”
Feb. 14 was not like ordinary
days; there was something in
the air that felt different, smelt
different; an overall change in
atmosphere had occurred. Almost
every where you went, shades of
pink and red decorated various
shop windows throughout town.
Love was in the air. Valentine’s
Day always brings a sense of
happiness to people who recognize
it. Couples held hands and trotted
briskly in the morning from small
coffee shops downtown. Young
alley cats snuggled together
amongst a mess of garbage
in the back of McDonalds.
Everything was simplistic yet
complicated with the details of
love, but I hated Valentine’s Day.
I find it a disgusting, twisted
and sick way to promote the
commercialism
of
Russell
Stover’s chocolates. They put
them into heart shaped boxes
so that people will buy them
because they look attractive.
What does it matter? It’s still
the same darn chocolate that
it ever was. And what about
Martin Luther King Day? I do
not see any boxes of Russell
Stover’s chocolates in the shape
of Dr. King’s head exclaiming
“Take these chocolates out
of the box, they have rights
just
like everyone else!”
Really, who cares? Valentine’s
Day is just like any other day with
a nice appealing title. Personally,
I do not care whether you are
in love. Seriously, refrain from
telling me your opinions of love
Singles Awareness Day, or “Valentine’s Day,” lands on February
14 every year. Red, and possibly pink, hearts are the traditional
decor, as displayed on the unsuspecting tree above.
on Valentine’s Day, because I
would much rather take the time
to phone a love doctor and pay
him an ungodly amount of money
for fake advice than listen to you
blab incessantly about how very
much in love you are and how
your lover gave you flowers.
I am not distressed because I
do not have an extraordinary
Valentine’s Day date, I just do
not understand why everyone
makes such a big deal out of
a normal day with a label.
Last Valentine’s Day I did
nothing but attempt to understand
why every single “couple” was
happier.
Valentine’s Day is
boring, tedious and uninteresting.
Will a rose or a box of chocolates
really enhance your relationship?
It would be more meaningful if
your special someone purchased
you these gifts on another day
BESIDESValentine’s Day because
then you would know that they
were actually thinking about you.
Of course your significant
other will remember to buy you
a gift on Valentine’s Day, because
everyone knows about it. Gifts on
Valentine’s Day are like washing
clean dishes. They are the most
pointless attempt at thoughtfulness
that I have ever seen.
Another tasteless overused
aspect of Valentine’s Day is
candy hearts. Sure, they taste
swell, but the fact that the candy
company is making a desperate
attempt at appealing to today’s
youth by putting phrases on them
such as, “txt me, URAQT, and
House Party” makes me sick.
Mac Smith’s Valentine’s Day
By Mac Smith
Editor In Chief
Valentine’s Day not go quite
according to plan? I’m here to
help. Chances are, you really
messed up and gave your
sweetheart something awful.
Don’t worry, guys, I’ve been
there, trust me, and there is hope.
Give me your attentive ears. I
have come bearing gifts; exotic
fruits plucked from the tree of
knowledge. Valentines Day: the
dreaded day upon which those of
us with girlfriends must somehow
find a way to keep them from
getting pissed off. Yes, V-Day has
once again come and gone and I
am here to offer you a few small
kernels of advice for next year
(ladies, please read no further,
the consequences would be dire).
The most important lesson I
can possibly impart to you is that
of the female anatomy. It is an
undeniable fact that embedded
onto the genetic code of every
female is a pair of chromosomes
known as the “Holiday Genes.”
This pair of genetically
identical chromosomes
perform
a
very
specific function: to
determine the value
of any gift you, as a
boyfriend, offer up.
To further examine
this problem we must
understand how these
two
chromosomes
function
as
individuals.
The first and more dominant of the
pair is known as the “shiny” gene.
The shiny gene is easily deceived,
however, so don’t panic yet. To
satisfy the “shiny” gene, you
must offer up a gift of something
shiny (just as the name implies).
Don’t worry, it doesn’t need to be
a diamond ring or a new digital
camera, something as simple
as a McDonald’s gift certificate
or a bag of Doritos wrapped in
aluminum foil will do the job.
Women don’t want expensive
gifts, they want shiny ones.
The second chromosome is
known as the “fuzzy” gene, and it
works in exactly the same fashion
as its dominant counter-part. To
satisfy the “fuzzy” gene, one must
acquire a teddy bear or something
of equal meaninglessness (i.e. a
bathrobe or monogrammed hand
towel). The fuzzy gene is much
easier to satisfy and requires
much less thought and effort,
but beware; for lurking in the
deep dark recesses of the female
genetic makeup lies a third
chromosome, “The X Factor.”
The X Factor chromosome
is designed to alert the female
brain when a gift, regardless
of how fuzzy or shiny, is truly
thoughtless and ill-conceived. It is
also the gene which
makes women love
babies and makes
them grumpy at
regular
intervals.
But gentlemen,
fear not, for I have
found a solution: the
ultimate Valentine’s
Day
gift.
First,
one must acquire
a baby (a live baby is best, but
not entirely necessary). Once
the baby has been acquired,
proceed to cover it in Vaseline.
After applying said Vaseling to
the entirety of the baby’s head
and torso, coat the baby in barber
hair to make it fuzzy. Trust
me, there’s nothing cuter than
a baby covered in barber hair.
This on its own would be
“system overload” for any
unsuspecting girlfriend, but I
have decided to take things one
step further; a fail safe, if you
will. Once your baby has been
successfully “Fuzzy-ed,” make it
shiny by sprinkling glitter all over
it (available at any craft store)
and wrapping it in saran wrap.
Gentlemen, take a cue from
me. With these tips you are
sure to make this Valentine’s
day the best she’s ever had.
ISSUE 4
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
Opinions
PAGE 16
January 2007
Nickleback and friends
rock the Spokane Arena
Nickleback, seen here in austere black and white, are Canadian, much like Rush and some bacon
by Erin Hostettler
Staff Writer
The Canadian band,
Nickelback,
performed
in
concert at the Spokane Arena
on Feb. 22, 2007. The groups,
Breaking Benjamin and Three
Days Grace, opened the concert.
The arena was sold out
for
the
concert.
Ticket
holders waited outside for
2 hours before the concert.
Breaking Benjamin
performed first. They played
some familiar songs and then
a new track titled “Breath.”
The lead singer often would
ask if the audience was thirsty
and when they responded ‘yes’ he
would take the cap off a bottle of
water and throw it in the crowd.
Nickelback took the stage
last and performed for an
hour
and
forty
minutes.
Additions to the stage setting
for Nickelback included a large
video screen and microphones
positioned closer to the audience.
The people with tickets on the
floor had a close-up of the group.
Nickelback played many
of their hit songs including
“Photograph”, “Savin’ Me”,
“Far
Away”,
“Someday”,
“Rockstar”, “If Everyone Cared”,
and the their first chart-topping
hit “How You Remind Me.”
The screen was used to depict
references to the songs being
sung. During “Photograph”, a
number of pictures were shown
that could have possibly been
of the group in their earlier
years. It was never explained.
During one of the group’s
songs that was not as well
known, the screen depicted
the view of the driver of a car
while driving fast down a road.
The stage had a lot more range
for Nickelback’s performance.
There were also roving lights that
changed colors and they were
extremely bright if shined in one’s
eye. The arena was also dimmed
at times, sometimes in full light
and sometimes in darkness
except for the roving lights.
One of the props included fire
that burned on the stage at the
end of some of the songs. It went
out very quickly but the audience
members on the floor could
feel the heat from the flames.
Kroeger gave a summary of what
the next song was about before
they played it. He engaged the
crowd by asking them to sing along
with any songs they knew, sharing
stories, and telling a risqué joke.
The audience was very
responsive, dancing, singing
along to the songs they knew
and flashing the devil rock sign.
Security surrounded the stage
at all times and at one point
removed a member of the
audience. It was unclear what
infraction had been committed.
“Pan’s Labrynth” mystifies
by Nathan Weinbender
Staff Writer
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s
Labyrinth” is an amazing
achievement in imagination and
courage. It is both a cerebral,
beautifully crafted fairy tale
and a savagely poetic wartime
drama. The fact that writerdirector del Toro (“Blade 2,”
“Hellboy”) makes both aspects
of his story work together and
allows us to invest our emotions
so faithfully in his bizarre
fantasy world is a testament
to his filmmaking prowess.
The film is set in post-Civil
War Spain in 1944. Ofelia (Ivana
Baquero) is a young girl moving
with her sickly, pregnant mother
(Ariadna Gil) to the faraway mill
where her new stepfather, a stern
military captain named Vidal
(Sergi López), resides with his
army. A small militia group is
hiding in the woods nearby with
plans of defeating the army and
assassinating Vidal, who is cruel
and prone to inhuman torture.
Ofelia, meanwhile, discovers
an ancient labyrinth on the mill’s
premises, and inside encounters a
faun (Doug Jones) who informs
her she is the reincarnation of
Moanna, the Princess of the
Underworld. In order to enter
the Underworld and become
immortal, Ofelia must carry out
three tasks assigned by the faun.
“Pan’s Labyrinth” runs the risk
of being dramatically uneven, and,
at first glance, the two storylines
do not seem to complement
one another. But del Toro uses
Ofelia’s innocence as a stark
contrast to Vidal’s malice, and
we see the war from two vastly
different angles—the grim reality
of the adults and the wondrous,
terrifying world of Ofelia.
The fantastical aspects of the
film, however, are not mere trifles.
There is a legitimate sense of fear
and peril present in several of
Ofelia’s escapades. One involves
her retreating into the chambers
of the Pale Man, a horrifying,
child-eating creature whose eyes
are set in the palm of his hands.
Ironically enough, most of
the violence in the film (and
there is a lot of it) is committed
by the humans, rather than the
fiends Ofelia encounters. Vidal
himself is one of the most vicious
and unrelenting villains ever
committed to film. Many of the
acts he commits—including
bashing in a peasant’s face with
a glass bottle and torturing a
political rebel with various archaic
tools—are difficult to watch and
uncompromising in their brutality.
But this is not a horror film
in the traditional sense of the
word. Del Toro is not concerned
with mindless violence, but
rather the twisted mentality
that brings it about. Ofelia’s
apprehension is channeled into
her fantastical adventures, and it
parallels gracefully with the fear
expressed by Vidal’s subjects.
“Pan’s Labyrinth” is an amazing
achievement, a film that creates
a rich cinematic universe and
defies the parameters of its genre.
Bedraggled
good
ol’ boys make a
name for themselves
by Mac Smith
Editor In-Chief
It’s no secret that thus far, 2007
has played host to a depressing
draught of new music worth
getting excited about. Following
startlingly lukewarm releases
from indie mainstays like The
Shins and Clap Your Hands Say
Yeah, coupled with the dark
clouds of rumors surrounding
the upcoming Arcade Fire and
Modest Mouse records, one is left
to wonder if there is any hope left.
Well, fear not, one band has
arrived to return music to the
grandeur of psychedlia and the
piss ‘n vinegar of ‘60s southern
bong rock. That band is VietNam.
Hailing from the “return to roots”
scene of Brooklyn that gave rise
to bands like Akron/Family (with
whom they share a propensity
for bedraggled facial hair) and
aussie rockers, Jet, VietNam have
somehow found a way to channel
Crazy Horse-era Neil Young and
Sonic Youth all in one fell swoop.
Their self-titled second album
is brimming with catchy country
guitar hooks, lush synthesizer
arrangements, and a vocal delivery
somewhere between Bob Dylan
and Kings of Leon. But the Dylan
comparisons don’t end there.
Drawn out narratives dressed up
as “story songs” like the album’s
lead-off single “The Poet, the
Priest and the Pig” help round out
the band’s second album into a
deep and interesting experiment
in modernizing southern rock.
The album’s second single “Mr.
Goldfinger” also harkens back
to early Dylan (namely “Rainy
Day Women #12 and 35”) in its
anthemetic, gang-vocal chorus and
stumblingly inebriated delivery.
VietNam shines in their ability
to deliver songs just as they are;
totally straightforward, flaws
and blemishes all intact. The
album is powerful and livesounding, in much the same vein
as early Velvet Underground.
Furthermore, unlike some of
their contemporaries, VietNam do
not shy away from instrumental
experimentation.
Brass-jazz
horn sections, guitar feedback
and forays into break beat dance
hooks all help keep the album
up-tempo and easily listenable.
Lyrically, the constant references
to hipster city life delivered like
an evangelist preacher will have
one searching for their copy of
“Naked Lunch” and remembering
how cool it was to be “beat.”
Anyone into the newly resurgent
southern rock/blues scene (i.e.
Kings of Leon, The Black Keys
or the burgeoning experimental
hippie scene (Six Organs of
Admittance, Vetiver) should
definitely pick up this record.
Much like early Sonic
Youth material, VietNam is
intimidating in the sheer size
of the arrangements. Meant to
be listened to at high volumes,
VietNam will certainly prove to
be a must-have in any bearded
hipster’s
record
collection.