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New approach to safe driving shocks LC
PHOTO BY DEVIN WOLFORD
DECA teacher Chantal Czarapata enlisted help from several LC Drama students to act out a crash scene. The wmock crash was performed to prevent students from driving under the influ-
by Devin Wolford
Ad Manager
LC launched its very first Biannual
Mock car crash orchestrated by DECA,
and
Leadership
teacher
Chantal
Czarapata on April 17. LC began its new
Mock Crash demonstration program
to help students learn the dangers of
drinking and or texting while driving.
“Last year, North Central High School
did a mock car crash. I had several
Leadership students attend and observe
the event,” Czarapata said. After
seeing the successful results with the
NC mock crash, Czarapata expressed
interest in bringing the program to LC.
“This is personal; Jacoby Bryant was
one of my favorite students. She was in
DECA and went to nationals in Orlando,
Florida,” Czarapata said. LC graduate
Jacoby Bryant was killed in a car accident
on February 14 2010 by a drunk driver.
Czarapata set the program into motion
with assistance from people who were
experience in the field of work. “Charles
Filippini and Paul Fuchs both assisted
me in this program, they have done many
mock crashes in the past,” Czarapata said.
Imprint organizer Paul Fuchs works
for an organization known as ‘Project
Imprint’ and works with State Troopers,
Fire-fighters, and funeral homes to stage
mock car crashes around Washington
state. Fuchs lost his sister to a drunk
driver at the age of 16 and has had strong
emotions on the topic of drunk driving.
“What I saw that night literally
changed my life,” said Fuchs to the LC
students. Fuchs urged students to stay
safe. He asked where they would be in
the coming years to which students
responded loudly “alive”. Following Fuchs’
emotional speech in the gym, students
were led outside to the front of the
school where the mock crash was set up.
Drama students took charge of both makeup and acting for the mock crash. Among
the actors portraying the characters were
Seniors Danny Palomba, Davis Matthieu,
Grace Martz, Kiley Barz, Katie Heitkemper,
Sumner Goodwin, Sophomore Brie Cole,
Freshman Emma Lyons, as well as Seniors
Taylor Wright and Brennen Maguire.
“It’s going to be hard killing my friends,”
said Palomba the day before the event.
“I’m playing the drunk driver and it’s
going to be a pretty scary experience.”
Palomba went on describing his role
in the scene, first seeing his friends
(Martz and Matthieu) dead, and
then getting arrested by the police.
“They picked me because they wanted
someone ‘squeaky clean’,” said Palomba.
“I thought it was a cool opportunity
to teach my fellow students about
how devastating this can be,” said
Palomba. “If you are drunk or whatever
don’t take the risk,” said Barz who
portrayed a passenger in Palomba’s car.
“This was important to me, my
family has a history of alcoholism
so it really hits home,” said Cole.
The actors that portrayed the victims
of the accident also had an emotional
experience participating in the mock
crash. “One of the weirdest things was
writing our own eulogies,” said Matthieu.
“Some people might take this as a joke
but I hope this gets taken seriously…
it’s emotional and intense,” Martz said.
“I knew that all of it was fake, but all
of the chaos just made it seem so real…I
was taken out of the car on a stretcher
and I couldn’t move,” Goodwin said.
Following the crash students gathered
again in the gym to break down what
happened as well as to watch a mock
memorial service for Matthieu and
Martz. Martz’s mother attended the
crash and expressed how heart breaking
it was to watch her daughter and her
friends suffer. “Stop and think of the life
you would miss,” said Martz’s mother.
LC Scholars excel in academics
COLIN WEBSTER
JULIO PINEDA
ERIN MUAT
SCIENCE
ENGLISH
DANNY PALOMBA ELLEN KACZMAREK
PHOTOS BY ROSE HIRSCH
KATE DINNISON
SOCIAL STUDIES
MATH
FINE ARTS
WORLD LANGUAGES
The LC scholar nominees attended a recognition dinner to celebrate their achievements in their respective subjects. Senior Ellen Kaczmarek received a $3000 scholarship.
by Rose Hirsch
Staff Writer
Out of 25 high schools and 150 nominees,
one LC senior earned a scholarship from
the Spokane Scholars foundation. Senior
Ellen Kaczmerek won second place and
$3,000 for her work in world languages.
The Spokane Scholars foundation annually
commemorates student achievement
for their academic excellence. Teachers
at each area high school nominated
six students to represent the cream of
the crop in their respective subjects.
The six categories that students can be
nominated for are English, fine arts, math,
science, social studies, and world languages.
Teachers from each subject suggest
students that should be honored at the
annual banquet that was hosted April 22.
Social studies student scholar senior
Kate Dinnison won the honor because
“[she] likes government. You excel
at what you like best,” Dinnison said
Science scholar Julio Pineda completed
all available AP science courses that
LC offered, while also participating
in science based extracurriculars.
The Fine Arts Candidate senior Danny
Palomba felt very honored to be picked
out of the group of the students and his
peers from the LC fine arts community.
“Inspiring others to become more
creative and notice the fine arts really
gives me the drive to act,” Palomba said.
Palomba has been acting since he was
six-years-old. His favorite play he has done
out of those twelve years was Urine Town
that he performed his freshman year.
“I approach life analytically,” said
senior math scholar Colin Webster. “It
is my natural thought process to think
mathematically.” In order to qualify for this
honor, Webster took a whole years’ worth
of calculus during winter break so that he
could move on to Calculus AB. Not only
that, but he was one of the few students
to score a 5 on the AP Calculus AB Exam.
In order to go into the engineering
field, Webster took lots of math classes
because that is what his desired field is
based on. He was honored to be selected
because “there are a lot of other qualified
and talented math students at LC.”
Kaczmerek learned three languages,
excluding English, throughout her
experience at LC High School. She is fluent
in Japanese, Spanish and Greek. “Greek
was the hardest to learn and Japanese
was surprisingly easy,” Kaczmerek said.
Kaczmerek has been and still is learning
Japanese starting from the fourth grade,
and because she worked with Japanese
the longest, it became her favorite.
Kaczmerek wants to study
International
Studies
in
college.
The LC English scholar senior, Erin
Muat, was surprised, like the other
scholars who were nominated for this
honor. “I like every subject, but I definitely
go way deeper into English,” said Muat.
“I worked really really hard and never
took any Spark Notes short cuts because
I knew it wouldn’t help.” Her love of
books and journalistic style of writing has
inspired her throughout her school career.
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Fluent?
Earn a
language
credit
by Jacob Frederick
Features Editor
PHOTO BY ERIN MUAT
Science teacher Nate Edmons (center) assists English Language Learning (ELL) students with their homework. Coming from a wide
range of academic backgrounds and living conditions, they must still meet the same state and national standards as any other students.
Refugees find a new home in LC
by Erin Muat
News Editor
Every morning, these student refugees awake along with their families of
six plus. Some live way below the poverty line, but are fortunate enough to
have running water and electricity.
Upon arriving at LC, they smile and share
jokes with each other, pushing through
the school day with absolute eagerness.
Laughing frequently with their friends,
these students have a lighter attitude towards life than what you would expect
from kids who have escaped the horrors of
war-torn countries. Beneath this
layer of happiness and motivation
lie the memories of a darker past.
“In Nepal, life was really hard,
and just completely hopeless.
It was like, you’re going to be
just like your father and nothing more, since we don’t have
money to be educated,” said
senior Sagar Rai, a non-ethnic
Bhutanese raised in Nepal. Both countries
denied him and his family citizenship.
“Our family was kicked out of Bhutan
because we didn’t want to speak their language,” said Rai. His story is one of over
100,000 whose lives the Bhutanese government has damaged with their ethnic
cleansing campaigns starting in the 1990s.
“These people were beat up, put into
prison camps and tortured,” said English Language Learning (ELL) teacher Frank Newman. “Most camps had
no electricity. I mean, these were
camps, surrounded by barbed wire.”
Newman compared the Bhutanese’s
ethnic cleansing of minorities to a hypothetical situation in the US: “This
is like if we told all the Americans of
Hispanic origin to go back to Mexico.”
The Burmese government participates in similar atrocities through its
ongoing exile of minorities starting in
1950, several minorities of which currently attend LC (specifically, we have
some Karen students, but other ethnicities such as the Chin and Karenni were
also pushed out of Burma.) As a result,
these people fled to refugee camps along
the Thailand-Burma/Myanmar border.
“These kids were ripped away
from their friends, ripped away
from their language, ripped away
from their culture,” said Newman.
According to a 2011 study by The Border
Consortium (TBC), almost two-thirds of
households of refugees in South East Burma were unable to meet their basic needs.
Perpetuating their poverty, they have no
official means of earning income or gaining employment, thus they remain largely
dependent on outside help and resources.
Newman said that these minorities’
lives were at stake, and could not return to their Burmese homeland; they
had no choice but to flee to the nearest
country. “These people were actively be-
work and asking partnering teachers (including math teacher Thomas McNeice
and ELL assistant Bhakta Giri) for help.
“All of a sudden the students were
blossoming. I’m hoping this model will spread to other schools because it is so powerful,” said Edmons.
Though many ELL students think teachers are more laid back in the US, and that
school is overall more casual (“You feel
like you’re going on a date without a uniform,” said native Iraqi Haya Muhssin, a
sophomore), they also perceive American education as higher quality education. In fact, most students’ families’
give education as the number one reason for applying for asylum in America,
along with employment opportunities.
According to Rai, the education
level and the quality of American
teachers adds to the appeal. In Nepal, teachers are not required to
receive college-level training (or
any sort of training at all). After
completing high school, they can
jump right in to a teaching career.
Not everything these refugees
left behind were necessarily
bad. Some were even essential, and difficult to part with, like friends and family. For junior Malita Yapemacho from
South Africa, it is a sister and a brother;
for Rai it is a grandpa and several friends.
All the students I spoke to had high
hopes for the future. Muhssin is determined to study nursing at Gonzaga
University; junior Eh Moo from Thailand wishes to go into teaching; and
Rai has his heart set on video-editing.
Former LC student Semir Hasedzic,
who fled from Bosnia at a young age and
worked his way up to assistant professor
at Georgetown University, said, “A friend
of mine recently said, on the anniversary
of the eleventh year of his residency in the
United States, (my fourteenth year will
be on May 19), that ‘while not perfect, I
can’t help but to be extremely grateful of
all the opportunities and joys this country has brought me. At the end of the day,
it’s not about being Colombian or American or any nationality, but rather loving
the world as much as you love yourself.’”
Rai echoed a similar sentiment. “I’m thankful to the US government. We were just
strangers to them, but they gave us a home.”
“These kids were ripped away from their
friends, ripped away from their language,
ripped away from their culture.”
-ELL teacher Frank Newman
ing hunted down and killed,” he said.
LC also has a few students from African nations such as Sudan in similar
situations, facing ethnic and civil wars.
Despite their history, many students
show a positive attitude towards their
lives in the US. Newman wanted to emphasize that “most work extremely
hard,” mentioning this many times.
“ELL [English Language Learning] students are just great – they value education and see it as a ticket to better life,”
said ELL science teacher Nate Edmons.
Part of the success and enthusiasm that
Edmons and Newman so often praise
may also come from LC’s new curriculum for international students, created
last year by Newman. Rather than scattering the 34 students into many different classes based on ability, Newman
consolidated them into one cohort, so
they move from class to class together.
According to Edmons, the students
were less afraid to talk and get involved
in discussions with a larger, more familiar
group. In addition, Newman reserved an
entire period for the group – “sixth period Study Skills” – for working on home-
Spokane Public Schools students can
earn competency-based credits (CBCs)
in world languages as of March of
2012, though students are just beginning to take advantage of the opportunity. CBCs are earned not through a
traditional classroom environment, but
through a test to assess language skills.
The tests are held twice per year,
and students can earn up to four credits depending on their performance
on district-specified language tests.
The most recent test was held on April
13 at Rogers High School; Junior Erin
Kaya took the Turkish CBC test. “It was
interesting, since Turkish isn’t a widely
known language. The test was only 90
minutes long and it was three questions
and I had to write an essay for each,”
Kaya said. “Somebody is going to call me
later to talk on the phone in Turkish.”
CBC classes offer students an alternative to spending nearly an hour each day
reviewing a
language that
they already
know.
“I
feel
like
I’m slowed
down by
the other
students
in
Spanish class,”
said senior
Elena Robinson, who
is fluent PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET in
Spanish. “Sometimes
it
seems like I have a supercomputer brain.”
The extra seat time, however, is not exclusively negative. “It’s nice to go over it
though because I can really delve into the
language,” said Robinson. “I’m reading
Spanish philosophical books at home, so
it’s nice to have that firm base to work with.”
“The program is designed for native
speakers who grew up with the language and can write it, too,” said world
language teacher and past CBC coordinator Mary Myhre. Most of the language tests were three hours long and
included multiple-choice sections, reading sections and listening sections.
Students earn credit based on their
weakest performance out of reading, writing, and speaking; students cannot earn
credit for only one language skill. “The
test is actually pretty hard,” said Myhre.
Most students who are skillful enough
to qualify for competency-based credits
learned the language as they grew up.
“I lived in Mexico when I was younger,
and my mom is from Mexico,” Robinson said. Freshman Ava Sharifi, who
speaks Farsi fluently, said “My parents
both moved here from Iran so I grew
up with Farsi being spoken at home.”
Students interested in earning competency-based credits can find more information by scanning the QR code provided that links to the Spokane Schools
World Languages CBC website or by
talking to Nancy Hough in room 047.
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LC senior awarded full ride to Gonzaga
by Abigail Stickney
Staff Writer
Senior Olivia Nagozruk (Nuh-gauze-ruck) will attend Gonzaga
University next fall on a full tuition Act Six Scholarship. Act Six
awarded her the scholarship after three months of intensive
competition.
Nagozruk learned in January that she had won the scholarship,
which is aimed at students who show strong leadership qualities
and are involved in the community. The scholarship seeks to
build up urban leaders to be agents of change on and off campus.
“The scholarship isn’t just a handout. Along with it is training to
become a leader and to be involved in the community, and to build
inter-cultural relationships,” Nagozruk said. The scholarship
offers full tuition, meeting the full need of all winners, which
makes the scholarship worth up to $180,000
At first, Nagozruk was hesitant to apply. “I found out in
September about the scholarship and I wasn’t sure if I wanted
to apply,” she said. 1,300 students applied this year from across
the Pacific. She said that the number of applicants itself was
intimidating, not to mention the uneasiness associated with
knowing whether she would be more qualified than the next
applicant.
The program selected eight students from Tacoma, Seattle and
all across Spokane to receive the scholarship to attend Gonzaga.
Nagozruk is the only winner from Lewis and Clark this year and
was given the option to attend either Gonzaga or Whitworth
University.
Nagozruk visited both campuses and eventually decided
PHOTO COURTESY OF OLIVIA NAGOZRUK
Nagozruk received The Act Six Scholarship
for her community involvment and
leadership in and outside of the classroom.
Ashley Pyle: singer,
pianist, inspiration
on Gonzaga. Her choice was based on “finding a place that
focused on community. [She] felt drawn to the campus and
the activities.”
The training received by the scholarship winners have
focused on teaching students how to be ready and present on
campus. The training also encourages teamwork, leadership,
open-mindedness and a holistic approach to challenges. She
wants to pursue a pre-med major and minor in Spanish.
Another reason Nagozruk was chosen was her ability to act
as a leader in the classroom. “She was a good student--a solid
student. She was always making sure she understood what
we were doing,” science teacher Dan Worthy said.
“She is one of the most intensely focused students and takes
a great deal of pride in everything she does. She has a lot of
compassion and is very much aware that others are not going
through the same thing [that she is]. That makes her unique
as a high school student,” English and Mythology teacher
Barbara Murphy said.
College and career advisor Christine Mackleit originally gave
Nagozruk the information she needed for the scholarship.
She provided practical advice for getting these kinds of
scholarships. “Any volunteer work counts. Think outside the
box. Think of ways you are already bettering your community.
Think about what you are already involved in and expand on
that,” she said.
Nagozruk became aware of the scholarship last September
and has worked towards the goal ever since. “She knows what
she wants and tries really hard to get whatever that is. She
is so busy that she isn’t able to eat lunch with me anymore,”
senior Andrea Felice said.
PHOTO CREDIT TO ALLISON LITTLE
Social Studies Department Lead Susan Gerard emphasizes the effects of Baroque and
Protestant Dutch works of art. Next year’s tour will revolve around the Renaissance.
PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY PYLE
Junior Ashley Pyle plays flute, piccolo, piano and guitar, sings and also performs.
by Cynthia Aparicio
Staff Writer
Among the many talented students here
at LC, junior Ashley Pyle is a singer/pianist who loves sharing her talents with the
Spokane community.
Pyle has been involved in music for
twelve years, and her love for music began
at age five when she realized she wanted
to learn how to play the guitar. Her mother informed her that she would not be allowed to play the guitar until she learned
to play the piano; Pyle’s mother thought
that the piano was easier to learn.
Pyle said that outside of school she
could practice if she wanted to, but her
mother thinks it is too loud so Pyle only
practices in rehearsals. In school, Pyle is
involved in five music/groups, including
marching band, jazz band, pep band and
wind ensemble. Pyle has never thought
about dropping any of her classes but has,
if possible, considered adding more.
Pyle has been involved in a few school
related performances. Her favorite experience was playing Keyboard Two for the recent musical “In the Heights.” If given the
opportunity Pyle would do are, audition
for Julliard and get involved with the civic
theater. On top of all of this Pyle was also
recently hired to perform at restaurants,
showing the community her talents.
At one point Pyle reportedly “hit a wall”
when she wanted to quit piano lessons because she felt like she was not getting any
better. However, she knew that if she did
quit she would not be able to pick back up
in the same spot she was before.
There were a few times that she thought
she was ready to give up but as soon as she
picked up the instrument she knew that
that was what she wanted to do with her
life/ “It’s my destiny,” said Pyle. “Whenever I felt down about, myself music picked
me up.”
Pyle has a love for music and loves what
she does. She thanks Daniel Nord for
his help with music and supporting her
through everything.
Pyle has advice for her musical peers: “If
you are thinking about joining music but
aren’t sure, go for it now while you have
the chance and stick with it. You will learn
better and be able to keep the strengths
you have. So many people who could have
amazing opportunities did not take them
simply because they were scared to be
called a band geek,” said Pyle.
“I know so many people who could have
done something big with their lives but
did not and it upsets me because they really could have so many amazing chances
in life to do something unforgettable,”
said Pyle.
LC art collection: our
school’s hidden gem
by Allison Little
Guest Writer
LC’s art collection started with a
donation from the class of 1916. Over the
years many graduating classes donated
prints as part of their senior gifts.
Susan Gerard took the Parent Teacher
Student Group (PTSG) on a tour of the
LC Historic Art Collection on April 10.
Gerard focused this year’s collection tour
on a specific time period, highlighting
the works of Catholic European
Baroque art and Protestant Dutch art.
“The art collection was called one of the
best art collections west of the Mississippi,”
said principal Shawn Jordan. “It’s one of
the special features of Lewis and Clark.”
Themes Gerard displayed on the
tour
included
striking
contrast
of
colors,
expressionless
people
and
large,
fantastic
buildings,
mostly with religious associations.
According to Gerard, the buildings
portrayed in the pictures with
clocks have particular significance.
“Clocks meant that the town was wealthy,”
said Gerard. “It was expensive to maintain;
the town had to pay to keep a clockmaker
living in the town. It really was a big deal.”
Many of the pictures’ original dates
are unknown, as the single written
record of LC’s art collection stopped
being updated several decades ago.
The LC art collection was traditionally
contributed to as a senior class gift,
up to the late 70s when senior classes
decided to put funding elsewhere. The
school has more pictures stored in
the LC archives, according to Jordan.
LC has only one original painting,
to the best of Gerard’s knowledge,
on the southwest corner of the
first floor of the main building.
The painting is a Bailey
and
the
date
is
unknown.
Gerard has lead the PTSG on an art
collection tour for eight years and
also takes her AP European History
students on tours throughout the year.
Next year’s art collection tour will
be centered around the renaissance
era. The PTSG encourages teachers,
students and parents to look for the
event in LC News You Can Use email
sent by Theresa Meyer monthly.
“It’s a shame more students didn’t
come,” said PTSG Vice President Lisbeth
Little. “The art collection is something
to be proud of, and most students
would really appreciate listening to what
Mrs. Gerard has to say about them.”
Interested students can also contact Gerard
to find out more about the collection.
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LC boasts
budding
STEM
program
by Lauren Guthrie
Photo by jamie kennedy
Sophomore Kim Stapleton triumphantly holds up her black belt after passing her Blackbelt test at War Horse Karate.
Black is the new belt for Stapleton
by Emmalyne Fuson
Staff Writer
Sophomore Kim Stapleton has achieved her black belt status in
karate. She spent 14 years at War Horse Karate trying to accomplish
her goal. When Stapleton achieved her goal, she was thrilled.
Karate has twelve belts in all. The belts in order are white, yellow,
orange, orange and purple, purple, purple and blue, blue, blue and
green, green, green and brown, brown, brown and black, and black.
“I was stuck at brown and black for a long time,” said Stapleton.
The test to earn a black belt is composed of many different
things, it starts with half an hour of warm ups, 100 pushups
and 100 sit ups and that’s before the test even starts. She was
then required to show her skills against her superiors. “It was
such a relief getting my black belt because it was such a long
time and my schedule was always packed,” said Stapleton.
Karate not only teaches self-defense, but also discipline
and confidence. “The adults in my life have noticed a
change in my character, for the better of course,” said
Stapleton. After she got her black belt Stapleton quit
karate so she could have more time on her schedule.
“My schedule was always packed and I didn’t always get homework
done,” said Stapleton. When she was not training she was either
at school or catching up on homework. Despite this booked
schedule Stapleton still had to have a lot of energy for her training.
Stapleton had to learn the forms with utmost precision and
no mistakes. She also had to keep her energy level the same
through the whole session. “It’s not like running, you can’t start
with a certain amount of energy and then lose it, you had to
keep the same amount of energy the whole time,” said Stapleton.
Other things that Stapleton had to learn were cordial
sets and discipline. Usually it only takes four years to earn
a black belt but Stapleton faced some challenges. “It was
really hard because I kept injuring myself,” said Stapleton.
“I would recommend this for other people because
they don’t just work on self-defense, They [War
Horse Karate]work on character too,” said Stapleton.
“When the students are warming up for the session they use all of
the muscle groups. They stretch to avoid discomfort and injury and
to make training more effective. Before each session students do
a number of cardio-vascular exercises and stretches so their body
is thoroughly warmed up,” according to Fudoshin Karate Club.
“When karate is first started they start out with the basic
techniques. These are composed of mostly punching and kicking
and learning to control body movement. A lot of the training
is done in pairs, people are paired together based on weight,
height, and ability.” according to Fudoshin Karate Club.
Frisbee-shooting robot excels in Cheney
intense six-week period of designing, building and programming the robot, and their time constraint caused
difficulties in the build process and the competition.
Co-Editor-in-Chief “During the build season, a few students took things personally and
The LC robotics team competed at Ellensburg on March didn’t accept their mistakes. There was a breakdown in leadership and
21 - 23 placing thirty-ninth in this event, but for the first lackofcommunication,”saidHatfield.“It’sanissueonbothparties.The
time in five years, the team participated in the final elimina- leaders shouldn’t be cruel but everyone should accept their mistakes.”
Despite the difficulties they faced, the robotics team has a
tion round at Cheney April 4 - 6., The organization responsible for this event, For Inspiration and Recognition of Sci- strong freshman support that will bolster their chances next
ence and Technology (FIRST) robotics, challenged students to season. Edmons and senior co-captains Sam Hatfield and Jacreate robots in a disc golf-like game called Ultimate Ascent. cob Frederick agreed that the freshman this year were interested and actively participated in the
Ultimate Ascent involves two teams of
building process unlike previous years
three robots shooting Frisbees to goals,
when the freshmen were not as active.
and these robots have a chance to climb
“The strongest seniors are leaving but
a pyramid structure for extra points. Acpeople will take their place,” freshmen
cording to robotics mentor and physics
Kaitlin Willingham said. “We’ll do much
teacher Nate Edmons, the competition
better next year because we have more exhas two different phases: an autonomous
perience now,” said freshman Luke Laxton.
round in which only a program control
FIRST robotics and the robotics program
the robots and a teleoperated round in
in LC hope to pique the interest of students
which the students control the robots reinto joining the Science, Technology, Engimotely. The students also have a chance
neering and Math (STEM) fields. “[Robotbefore the end of the round to throw
ics] opened my eyes to the engineering
the Frisbee themselves to earn points.
process, and now, I see engineering as a
“The competition wasn’t just about rofuture career,” sophomore Ian Baer said.
bots or humans, but rather the meshing of
“I used to be set for law, but now I’m
the two,” mentor and math teacher Chris
considering engineering,” said WillingDavis said. “30 seconds of robots, two
ham. “I think FIRST is incredible and
minutes of robots and humans and a few
the district should do more for this proseconds of humans trying to score – in a
gram. It is amazing for students and sothree-minute round, all of that happened.” Photo Courtesy of the internet
ciety; Technology is where it’s going.”
For this engineering challenge, the LC The LC robotics team built the robot
The LC team is proud to be a studentteam prepared by researching a prop- “Dreadnaut,” for the Spokane and Ellensburg
er design for the robot. Edmons said competitions. They qualified for the elimination led group who are guided by the mentors according to Frederick. Frederick
that the team found a group of profes- round at Cheney for the first time in five years.
sional engineers who took on the challenge of creating a robot said, “In the competition, I hear students asking their mentors if
for this competition in three days. After four days, the LC team their robots are fixed yet. But when we were getting our robot inhas enough instruction from these engineers to create a robot. spected, the inspectors asked for our mentors but they were all out
Edmons said, “We voted on a shooting robot early in the build season for coffee. The mentors let the students do the work themselves.”
“We have students with hands-on skills that are betand by the end, we had no way of attaching a lifter to do the climbing
challenge.” But in the competition itself, the team adopted a defen- ter than other college students. This gets students topsive stance which allowed them to be part of the elimination round shelf programming and building, not Legos. This proBefore the competition, the robotics crew underwent an gram is gonna help them in the future,” Edmons said.
by Julio Marco Bello Pineda
Issue 6
April 2013
Staff Writer
The Science Technology Engineering
Mathematics Academy, STEM, is up
and running, as well as looking forward
to new opportunities for growth and
improvement. STEM is a growing
concept in schools across the nation.
The program aims to generate students’
interests in these fields and then provide
opportunities to try their hand at them.
LC has applied STEM-based programs
within the school and is working to
implement more opportunities for
students to gain experience in these
fields. Engineering, Computer Science,
and Robotics are among these courses.
Chris Davis, an algebra 2, conceptual
physics, pre-engineering and future AP
physics teacher, is a fan of the program.
“The goal [of engineering] is to show
the importance of work ethic and that
failure is not a bad thing. The idea is to
find what works and that it is okay to fail
as long as you learn from it,” Davis said.
The class is growing in popularity,
especially because of the heavy
emphasis on kinesthetic learning
rather than simply hours of equations
and formulas, as many science classes
can be. According to freshman Sam
Atewala, he enjoyed the time he was
able to spend working with his hands.
Robotics is another STEM related program,
but one that has been around longer than
engineering. It continues to draw new
students each year of all grade levels.
Ian Baer, a sophomore who has been on the
Robotics team for nearly two years, said,
“I like the energy of it. You don’t need a lot
of experience; you just have to be eager.”
“It is a really good idea. It makes
you more aware of jobs in those
fields [STEM fields],” Baer said.
Freshman Luke Laxton said, “It
is lots of fun building things and
meeting with other schools and teams.”
Although both of these programs
are popular and growing, they both
suffer from a lack of females involved.
A 2011 report by the U.S. Department
of Commerce found that only one in
seven engineers is female. Additionally,
women have not seen any employment
growth in STEM jobs since 2000.
Male or female, the STEM academy
can help build your future. “It provides a
sort of roadmap for kids. They may think
‘Hey I kind of want to go into a field that
is STEM related and it is helping kids get
through to be in the most advantageous
position to pursue those goals,” said Don
Worthy, head of the science department
and teacher of human biology, human
biology systems and general science.
Practice in engineering generated
sophomore
Sanjay
Rai’s
interest
in engineering. He hopes to work
towards an engineering degree in
college and become an engineer.
“It is fun, frustrating, and you only
have a certain amount of time to
finish the project,” Rai said. “It is a
great opportunity to a great future.”
According to The SpokesmanReview, Washington State is home to
the highest concentrations of STEM
based jobs in the nation, but sits in
the bottom five of states that produce
undergraduates
in
those
fields.
As far as working to develop interest
in STEM fields, Worthy said, “Be more
visible. Talk about it, talk to students about
it. We encourage STEM in particular in
extra credit that we do [Robotics, MESA].
Students need that after high school
vision – ‘What’s this getting me?’ They
Issue 6
April 2013
Features
Page 5
Check out new LC lacrosse team
by Rose Hirsch
Staff Writer
Persistent and innovative LC students interested
in maintaining their physical physique have created
and started their own sports team this year. Lacrosse,
a recreational activity especially known to be both
violent and strategic, has maneuvered its way into
the lives of several freshman and sophomores.
Lacrosse, a sport that tends to be violent includes lots
of running, hand eye coordination, and skill with the
tools. The team members need to be swift, even though
they need to wear a multitude of protective padding.
They have done exceptionally well taking
into account their inexperience as a team and
the fact that it is the beginning of the season.
“Even though we lost one game, I feel like we are really
coming together as a team,” Freshman Matthew Murphy said.
Coach Paul Dillon is a player on the Gonzaga lacrosse
team who influences the players Monday through Thursday.
Despite the fact that this band of stick wielders practices four
days a week, they have not acquired official LC team status
because LC has no girls’ team to even out the number of sporting
organizations between boys and girls, as per Title Nine rules.
Sophomore Ryan Webb said that he started playing the game
because, “I was looking for a sport to play when hockey season
ended.” Hockey is a sport that is similarly violent to lacrosse.
As of April LC Tigers Lacrosse Team has played two games.
One was against U-High and the other was against Mead
and Mt. Spokane. They were not victorious against the
seniors on the U-High team, but beat Mt. Spokane by 4 goals.
“To prepare for games, we always start by taking
warm up laps around the field as a team as well as warm
up drills but when it comes to game time we always
have a pump up speech which gets everyone riled up
and ready to play,” sophomore Kalvin Thomas said.
The Crosse is just the technical term for the stick
with a mesh net at the end that they run around with
and pass the ball. Its secondary use is to whack the
opponents. To score points, the participants in the fierce
game need to bolt across the length of the field and
heave the ball into the goal net at each end of the field.
“Lacrosse is a very hard sport to master,”
freshman
Sebastian
Greer
said.
“Cradling
the
ball in the net is the hardest to learn,” he said.
Lacrosse is one of the only extreme contact sports
to allow the brutal act of whacking opponents with an
aluminum stick. The separate parts are the head and shaft.
Because this sport has the potential for great injury,
the rules insist on a great deal of protective padding. The
essential materials used to protect the body are shoulder
pads and liner, helmet, gloves, and arm pads. The additional
optional protective gear includes rib guards and a cup.
Freshman Max Hufnagel said that the pads can be
pretty uncomfortable, but that they help protect from
serious injury. “I get hurt a lot, but there’s nothing
that would stop me from playing,” Hufnagel said.
Photo by Rose hirsch
Freshman Payton Sieveke cradles the ball
during a scrimmage. As a running midfielder, Sieveke has to control most of the field.
LC athletes are on track to win their field
by Elle Collins
Staff Writer
With their season almost over,
the girls’ and boys’ track team
have started strong as of April 19.
The girls’ team has dominated most
track meets with 4 wins and 0 losses as
of April 19. Girl’s head coach Stephanie
Splater said, “Our meets have been
highly competitive and outstanding.”
With 2 wins and 2 losses, the boys’
team is hoping for a comeback. Freshman
Sam Adewale believes that the team
is very strong and will be able rise
above their losses and make LC proud.
Although track is mostly an
individual sport, the team members
must come together as a whole
group to win the meet. The rules of
scoring for a track meet are complex.
Overall, the girls’ team must earn a
total of 150 points and the boys team
145 points. To win a meet a girl’s team
must score more than 75 points and
a boy’s team must score 73 points or
higher. The reason for the boy’s having
a smaller point count is because they
do not compete in the 800 meter relay.
On race day many runners have their own
way to prepare for their events. Freshman
distance runner Elise Arguinchona said,
“I drink tons of water and listen to
music to get mentally focused.” Other
track stars like junior Matt Burns enjoy
stretching alone to get in the zone.
Adewale said just running and doing
whatever the coach has said to do is the
best way for him to get ready for a meet.
“I think it might be a sprinter thing,
but a lot of people will do these weird
stretches in front of their box before the
race starts,” said senior captain Grace
Martz, also a sprinter, who competes
in the 1600 and 3200 meter races.
“We work hard to learn and practice our
Photo courtesy of the internet
The girls’ track team competes at their first GSL meet of the season. At this
meet and every other meet since, the girls’ track team has come out on top
events, breakdown our opponents and
what we need to do to come out on top with
the team score,” said Splater about how
she helps prepare the team for their meets.
Splater said that this years’ team is
one of the most talented groups she has
ever been a part of. “They have veteran
leadership and also enthusiastic younger
girls. It’s a great combination,” said Splater.
“Seeing the girls come together as a
team, and watching someone work really
hard all season to achieve a personal
goal they’ve set for themselves is the
best,” said Splater about her favorite
part about being the girls’ track coach.
The girls on the team also have
some favorite parts about being on
the track team. Martz likes the pep
talks before the meet starts. “They’re
only slightly motivational. They are
usually just really funny,” said Martz.
Although the teams are doing well,
the individuals on the teams are always
pushing themselves. “My meets have
gone okay. The first one was better
than the second because I had a slower
pace than usual,” said Arguinchona.
Boys soccer team kicks major grass
by Catie Hartman
Staff Writer
The LC Boys Soccer varsity team’s
season kicked off on March 8 with
a win against Hanford. Since then,
the nineteen players have managed
a 8-5 season at of April 24 with
two more games to go. The season
ended for all teams on April 26.
This year also included a new
C squad, giving all interested
boys the chance to play soccer.
Because Jefferson Elementary on
Grand is now rebuilding on what
once was the northeast corner of
Hart field between Thirty-Seventh
avenue and Manito Boulevard, varsity
soccer has been practicing on the
baseball field diamond across the
street from Sacajawea Middle School.
“During track practice we occasionally
run by the track field and find it ironic
that the boys [soccer team] have been
playing on the baseball field,” junior
Katrin Pardue said. Consequently the
boys play their home games at Joe Albi
Stadium on Everett in North Spokane.
With 12 points in the GSL, LC
boy’s soccer stands in a fifth place
tie with Mt. Spokane and G-Prep,
but still possesses the possibility to
move up in the league. “Spokane has
lots of really good [soccer] teams,
but we have awesome players and
an opportunity to be the GSL league
champion if we win these next two
matches,” coach Mica Lamb said.
Wins include games versus the
following schools: Hanford: 4-3;
U-High: 2-1; Cheney: 2-0; NC:7-0;
G-Prep: 2-1; Shadle Park: 4-0; Mt.
Spokane: 2-0; and University: 2-1.
“We really wanted to beat Ferris
this season…They won 1-0 but it’s
okay because in the end they’re just
Saxons,” junior Austin Schott said.
“The most challenging and
rewarding game this season was
definitely against Cheney. Best full
80 minutes of pure effort especially
since I think this is the first match
the boys figured out their new
formation, as we’ve changed the
formation in which the defense is
set up—4-3-3. And Cheney was the
runner-up in state last year so our
win (2-0) was worthwhile,” Lamb said.
“We’ve had a pretty good season
this year. We work hard, and even if
we lose a game we still have a good
time; the losses only push us more to
win,” sophomore Alex McNeil said.
At a standstill varsity is a melting pot
of all grade levels, as this year features
a boy from each grade level. “Every
year at LC talent comes through the
door, for instance this is the second
straight year JV is undefeated, but
mainly every year we try our hardest
to compete as a top team,” Lamb said.
“I enjoy the players on [the] team and
respect all of them. We will have to do
some rebuilding with all the seniors
leaving, but we will still be competitive
in the GSL behind our leaders
Ben Thompson and Ben Blakely,”
freshman Jackson Moore said.
“Day in, day out, my overall highlight
this season is practice. Getting
to know the boys and watching
them grow and gain responsibility
is why I really coach,” Lamb said.
Games yet to be played are
against Rogers and Shadle Park.
Photo by catie hartman
After winning the first game of the season against Hanford, boys’ varsity soccer is currently 8-5 in the GSL.
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The
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Baseball
hits it home,
holmes
by Rose Hirsch
You got served
by LC Tennis, son
by Lily Morehouse
Staff Writer
The LC baseball community is made up
of three separate teams: varsity junior
varsity and freshman. Varsity has won
five games and lost eight as of April 19.
Sophomore Tyler Hojnacki said that he
feels the varsity team is prepared and that
they have a pretty solid team. His older
brother junior Connor Hojnacki who is also
on the team and said that when a freshman
makes the varsity team it is a big deal, and
that is just what freshman Cal Webb did.
“At the beginning, when I first joined I
got a lot of crap, but after playing with the
team for a little while it’s all good,” Webb
said. Webb said his drive to play comes from
his competitive nature and desire to win.
Junior Hunter Lee, another
member of varsity, enjoys playing
against
G-Prep
because
“they’re
pretty good, so it’s a nice challenge.”
“This year our team is strong but
we’ll keep working hard especially for
next year when some of our strong
seniors will graduate,” junior Karver
Pate said, an LC baseball player who
started on varsity in his freshman year.
This year the varsity team has some
new management. Steve Bennett has
just started coaching varsity baseball this
year but has coached freshman and JV
since he started teaching at LC in 1998.
“Our coach is a boss. He’s super solid
and knows our strong suits. He also
knows how to get us in shape,” Pate said.
The LC freshman team has been
holding up their end and have won
most of their games this season.
Freshman Luke Copley has been playing
baseball since the first grade and loves the
LC Golf
is par-fect
PHOTO BY TAZ EMBAYA
Freshman Herron Davidson steps into the
batter’s box in a game against Mt. Spokane. LC eventually won 16-15.
amount of thinking involved in the game
and the amount of skill needed to play.
They have no captains, but “our entire
team is strong individually,” Copley said.
“We are a strong team,” Copley
said. They are at the top of their
standings, losing only one game to
U-High and tying one against Shadle.
Another member of the freshman
team has also been participating in the
sport for the same number of years as
Copley. Freshman Herron Davidson
agrees that baseball is a great sport, but
added, “my favorite part is just having
fun and enjoying the competition that
always comes along with baseball.”
However, not all players are the same.
Freshman Adam Jacobson plays in order
to spend time with friends because most
of them are on the team. Along with
Camryn Schon, another freshman player,
they stared as young boys on a T-Ball team
together, and are still friends.
PHOTO BY JULIO PINEDA
Staff Writer
Well over halfway through the
season, LC girls tennis is 5-6 and boys
are 5-1 in this season’s GSL matches.
For those who are unfamiliar with
how tennis matches are scored, all that
one needs to know is that there are four
‘singles’ matches and three ‘doubles’
matches and a school wins based on the,
“best of seven” matches, according to
varsity boys coach Tobin Phelps. Making
it to state championships is determined
by individual success of the players.
Phelps coaches tennis because he
played some when he was younger but
also because he “enjoy[s] the kids who
turn out [for tennis].” Phelps coaches the
varsity team mainly but also occasionally
the junior varsity and because of this,
Phelps considers LC tennis, “one unit.”
Varsity member Jacob Larson has played
tennis for “a long time,” he said and has
been on varsity since freshman year. Larson
said that this year’s team has many “very
good players” and added no other schools
that they play against are better than LC.
Larson is, however, worried about
their match against G-Prep on April 23.
According to Larson, G-Prep has a lot
of good players. For instance, Larson
said that one of their players has a
scholarship to Oregon State University.
Like Larson, Woodhead worried about
their game against prep. Woodhead
said that the team’s best game of the
season was against Mead, which he
said is a very tough team and that the
match against them was a “nail-biter.”
John Kenlein coaches girls varsity
Junior Kassidy Krug tees off for the fairway
during an 18-hole round of golf at the local
Indian Canyon golf course. Girl’s varsity is
currently coached by Michelle Grafos.
working really hard. The JV and development teams are working really hard and I’m really impressed.”
Grafos said that the district event
is competitive with only six spots
open. “I think we’ll do fine,” said
sophomore Sierra Kersten. “We’re
looking to qualify and hopefully two
people will get it. It will be tight.”
Similar to the boys’ team, the girls
practice in the course before each
match. They also warm up by chipping and putting. Grafos said, “A lot
of girls play summer golf too and
that’s important to be competitive.”
The freshman golfers showed great
interest and potential to be varsity, according to Travis. Garrison said, “The
freshman guys are posting up some
great scores and they look to be keeping the LC’s golf program headed in the
right direction.”
PHOTO COUTESY OF YEARBOOK
Junior Ellie Maurer serves during a match.
tennis. He said that he does so because
“It is a great game that is accessible
to nearly all ages and ability levels.”
As far as making it to post-season games,
Kenlein hopes to do so by playing their best.
Kenlein also said that tennis is an “easy
sport to learn, but difficult to excel [in].”
Kenlein coaches girls varsity tennis.
Kenlein said that the team at practices,
members work on their tennis strokes,
play modified matches, and scrimmage
against each other.
Softball plays hardball
all day er’ry day, dawg
one of our pitchers, and left fielder, a
first baseman, and a catcher. But some
of the other girls will step up,” Neff said.
Freshman varsity first baseman
Ava Patello said the older athletes
Girl’s fastpitch has an overall standing taught her some important lessons,
of four wins and eight losses as of April including “how to learn from losing
23. The team earned four of those - they’ve taught me quality stuff
wins in league play against East Valley, about school also,” Patello said.
Rogers, G-Prep, Shadle and Ferris.
Softball is nearly a year-round
Schools in outlying Spokane, sport. Athletes can play slowpitch in
including Central Valley, U-High the fall, fastpitch in the spring and
and Mead, have proven to be their independent summer league in between.
toughest competition, all beating LC
“We usually get about six to seven
by a margin of at least five points. girls that are committed to softball year
“This season, we’re focusing a lot on round. The rest are good, strong athletes
not overestimating or underestimating that play softball, “ Neff said. “You can
any
team.
steal, and it’s not
There’s already
a hitter’s game,”
been
plenty
said
senior
of upsets this
varsity captain
year within the
and
pitcher
GSL!” outgoing
Sydney Dixon.
senior
varsity
“Being a pitcher,
captain and first
a lot of the game
baseman Emma
rests on how
Bragg
said.
you’re pitching.”
The collective
Dixon is
goal
of
the
pursuing options
team is to make
to play at Seattle
it to District
University,
playoffs;
most
Salina
College
are
confident
in Kansas, or
they can achieve
SFCC.
Senior
this goal. “We’ve
varsity captain
PHOTO COURTESY OF YEARBOOK
done it for the Senior Emma Bragg swings in a game against CV. M a c k i n z i e
last six years Bragg is currently in her final season. “Every asHoiland
is
in a row. There pect of the game will be missed,” Bragg said.
pl a n n i n g
are five teams
to
play
in the 4A GSL, you have to be in for
SFCC
in
the
fall.
the top four to qualify,” said varsity Bragg has some advice for the up-andcoach and science teacher Paul Neff. coming players: “Have as much fun as you
The fastpitch team is comprised of girls can and make memories. High School ball
from all grade and experience levels. “We goes by way too quickly for your team.
have four strong freshmen that are with Everybody needs some encouragement
us. We’re losing a key component with and inspiration.”
by Kate Dinnison
Co-Editor-in-Chief
by Julio Marco-Pineda
Co-Editor-in-Chief
The LC boys’ golf team placed fourth
and fifth in the team matches and the
girls’ team took the second and third
spots in the matches as of April 19. Despite the small numbers of seniors on
the girls’ team, they hope to follow their
tradition of making it to state. The boys
hope to peak right about districts which
will determine if they qualify for state.
“We have not met our potential,” boys
coach Jim Travis said. “Fourth and fifth
places are respectable but the players
can do better.” Travis said that they hope
to play and realize their best in the upcoming two weeks before the districts.
Senior varsity captain Joey Garrison said, “I still feel confident that we
can finish with a GSL title. Right now
we are considered the underdogs, but
our top 6 will be posting low scores
and I think we’ll surprise the teams
we are competing against. In regards
to districts, I’m hoping that we will
all be at the top of our games and
perform well when it matters most.”
According to Travis, the boys stay in
shape off-season, and they practice by
playing golf doing nine to 18 holes a
day. Travis said, “Typically we play the
course before the tournament. Over
spring break, we went to Windermere
Golf Course in preparation for the
match.” Senior varsity captain Carson
Fuhs said that they always have a team
dinner before the matches and that
he prepares mentally before matches
thinking of how he will play the next day.
The girls’ team expects to take
a couple of spots in the qualifiers
for state. Girls coach Michelle Grafos said, “I’m really happy, and we’re
Issue 6
April 2013
Opinion
Issue 6
April 2013
Page 7
Student Facebook pages get crushed
by Jacob Frederick
Features Editor
Principal Shawn Jordan sent out a
letter late last February regarding the
forced removal of certain Facebook pages
with “LCHS” in the title. Similar pages
around the district were taken down,
too. While these pages did have ‘schoolinappropriate’ content, the administrators’ response was an overreaction.
Many Facebook pages were created,
but the first one that gained significant
popularity and thus caught my attention
was “Ferris Confessions,” which allowed
anybody to, through a third-party website, submit anonymous ‘confessions’ that
would be posted to the page by the page
admin.
Within a couple of hours, the page had
reduced to submissions featuring exaggerated praise of students that were obviously self-submitted by those praised
students.
The page that hit closer to home popped
up a few days later, with the title “LCHS
Crushes.” With the same type of anonymous submission, users would post messages to their crushes at LC. The first
handful of posts seemed legitimate and
contained sentimental messages from
some anonymous, shy student to a ‘popu-
PHOTO BY CARTER POWERS BEGGS
Sophomore Riley Gabbert and senior Lauren Guthrie are shocked at LCHS Crushes posts.
lar’ student.
Similarly to the “Ferris Confessions”
page, however, the authenticity quickly
eroded. The posts became crude name
puns and backhanded compliments. Occasionally a teacher’s name would slip in,
seemingly only for shock value.
Thus, I can understand why the school
would not want to be associated with the
inappropriate page. But there are better
solutions than shutting down any LCHS
Facebook page that had ever posted any
content that might offend somebody.
True, Facebook will not allow page name-
changes, but under THREAT of removal, I
am positive the page admins would quickly
adopt a healthy level of discretion regarding the appropriateness of their posts.
Such was the case with a friend of mine
and his page, LCHS Memes. The page was
a place for harmless funny pictures in the
style of various internet “advice animals”,
usually featuring teachers and students
doing something ridiculous or memorable. Many of the pictures featured band
director Dan Nord, who had a lengthy talk
with the class one day regarding his lack of
control over his reputation.
In response, my friend took down all of
the pictures of specific people who had not
given explicit allowance for their picture
to be used in such a manner, and he updated the description to explain the new
policy. Regardless, the page was automatically removed within a matter of days.
The posts on these pages were harmless high-school gossip and friendly teasing but in an environment that promoted
classic teenage vulgarity. In such a case,
the district has no choice but to overreact in order to protect its students from
harm and protect itself from lawsuits.
Therefore, if you want to make a Facebook
page, go ahead. Just leave Spokane Public
Schools out of the name and save everyone a lot of hassle.
Goodall’s story is definitely worth a listen
by Lily Morehouse
Staff Writer
Dare I say I was bananas for Dr. Jane
Goodall’s speech on April 9 at Gonzaga
University’s McCarthy Center? Goodall
walked on to the stage holding a mediumsized monkey stuffed animal, smiling as
she stood at the podium.
In sixth grade I read and greatly enjoyed
her book, “My Life with the Chimpanzees,”
and throughout most of my childhood I
have loved chimpanzees and many other
animals. So, when I heard that Goodall
would come to Gonzaga University and
speak about her life, I was thrilled.
Goodall is the official United Nations
Messenger of Peace and founder of
the 1977 Jane Goodall Institute. The
institution is nonprofit and aims to,
“empower people to make a difference
for all living things,” according to the
institution’s website, janegoodall.org.
Although Goodall is most famous for her
work with chimpanzees, the institution
also focuses on conserving natural
environments and communities as well as
encouraging youth to help conserve the
environment.
Goodall’s speech revolved around these
beautiful and simple statements. She
first spoke of stories about she and her
mother, about how their strong and loving
relationship helped Goodall achieve her
goals of working with animals.
While speaking, Goodall did not speak
perfectly; she stumbled a few times
and did not always look straight at the
audience as many public speakers do.
Instead of this making her look like an
amateur and unprepared, Goodall seemed
real. She acted like someone you would
want to have a conversation with; she was
not at all pretentious.
Goodall told the audience of how she
came from a family that did not have
enough money to send her to college and
instead sent her to secretary school. After
completing, Goodall worked as a waitress
to save up for a round-trip to Kenya when
an opportunity arose to go to Kenya with
a friend.
In Kenya, Goodall met archaeologist
and paleontologist Louis S.B. Leaky who
soon after meeting her hired Goodall as
an assistant. Leaky later asked Goodall
to study some chimpanzees with him.
Goodall was the first person to observe
an animal using a tool for food, inspiring
Goodall to research more about the
similarities of chimpanzees and humans.
After studying that chimpanzees are able
to use tools to get food, Goodall enrolled
in Cambridge University and received her
doctorate.
Goodall’s speech told the story of
triumph, of achieving what may seem
impossible. For me, this is great to hear.
Anyone who aspires to help the world
needs to know that doing so is possible;
you just may need to do some extra work.
After reciting some facts to the audience
about what a terrible state our world is in,
Goodall gave us four reasons to have hope
for the world.
The first reason was that nature is
resilient, that it is able to repair some
of itself. Second, she believes in today’s
youth. Goodall believes that the youth of
the world are determined to help people.
Goodall’s third reason for us to have hope
for the world was that the human spirit
will never give up.
Goodall’s fourth reason was that human
beings are beginning to understand that
the problems affecting nature will also
affect the humans themselves. Goodall
explained that humans will use their
brains to make wiser and more responsible
choices.
The beauty in Goodall’s four reasons to
believe that our world can get better left
me with hope for humans, something that
is so often droned by the horror we hear
and for that, I am very happy to have seen
Goodall’s speech.
rabbits) go off in search of a new, safer
home. They undertake a perilous journey,
and eventually find an ideal home on
Watership Down, in Southern England.
Once they have excavated a small warren,
Hazel and his bucks realize that they have
a problem- there are no does in their
warren, and thus, their warren has no
future. The rabbits then go on a dangerous
search to find another warren, one with
does who they can take back to their own
home. Yes, rabbits are misogynists.
The thing I love about Watership Down
is not the plot, though it is masterfully
done, and not the writing style, though
it is mature and interesting, but the fact
that the book has no thematic value.
Watership Down is a book about rabbits,
and nothing more.
The idea behind the novel arose when the
author was on a road trip with his family,
and started to tell his children a story. The
story extended beyond that road trip, and
eventually Adams wrote it down. After
being rejected by multiple publishers,
Watership Down became Penguin Books’
bestselling novel of all time.
Why? Because Watership Down is a
good story, not an elaborate allegory for
the social justice system, nor an extended
metaphor for adolescent angst.
Kids do not like to read because our
schools tell them how to read. English
teachers insist
that Catcher
in the Rye is
bursting with
symbolism
(Holden’s red
hunting hat,
anyone?) and
that The Great
Gatsby is an
allegory for
the decline of
the American
Dream
in
the
1920s.
Even a simple SparkNotes search for
Watership Down argues that the novel
is hemorrhaging with themes of home,
nature and leadership.
I maintain that it is a story. Stories have
value, but a story manufactured on a road
trip for the pleasure of children is not a
thematic goldmine, and if you believe
that, you are trying too hard.
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Jane Goodall has spent over 45 years studying Chimpanzee family and social behavior
Watership Down delights in its own simplicity
by Katherine Lawlor
Copy Editor
Not every book has some deep seated
moral message for us readers to dutifully
interpret. In fact, some stories are
just that—stories, which are just as
worthwhile.
Recently, I read Watership Down,
Richard Adams’ 1972 novel about rabbits,
again, for the first time in years. And, like
the first time, I loved it.
The
novel’s
characters
are
anthropomorphized—that is, the rabbits
are given human qualities—but they are
still distinctly rabbits, with little familial
loyalty, large warrens, fear-based rabbit
politics, their own language (Lapine) and
even their own mythology.
In the novel, the rabbit warren is
threatened by human developers.
Warned by the prophetic rabbit Fiver,
Hazel and a small group of bucks (male
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Bored with movies and staying at home on the weekends? Give these local, teen-friendly hot spots a try.
Issue 6
April 2013
Zap that!
by Spencer Moore
Sports Editor
So you, dear reader, came in search of
something fun to do during your weekends, breaks and holidays. Well, look no
further than Laser Quest, located at 202
West Second Avenue. As the title implies,
Laser Quest features live action laser tag,
complete with digital scoring, state-ofthe-art equipment and the largest multilevel arena in the United States, according
to the Laser Quest website.
Of course, if you do decide to play a few
rounds sometime, you should know three
things prior to your arrival.
First (and most importantly), get to Laser Quest late. When I first arrived at Laser
Quest at 1:30 p.m., I was absolutely blown
away by the colossal line…of 8-year-olds.
None of these pint-sized laser-tag warriors amassed at the front desk measured
more than four feet, making my friend
and I feel completely out of place.
So, to avoid feeling like an absolute giant amongst second graders, come to Laser Quest later in the day, ideally at 8 p.m.
Trust me, the crowd will be much older
and the games more exhilarating.
Next, call ahead of time. As a business,
Laser Quest thrives on group packaging,
so the facility may have already been reserved by a larger, more numerous party.
When I went to Laser Quest, a group
of about twenty children and four adults
rented the whole arena. I, unfortunately,
was forced to wait another two hours before I could enter into a public game. To
avoid similar inconveniences, just call beforehand and ask if any groups reserved
the facility prior to your own arrival: our
local Laser Quest can be contacted at
(509) 624-7700.
Lastly, do not overthink the games. Avoid
hashing out some elaborate strategy: you
will fail miserably. In a similar scenario,
my friend (who shall remain unnamed)
attempted to execute his own complex laser-tag game plan, but placed eighteenth,
twenty-first and twenty-ninth in our
three allotted rounds.
He sucked.
Follow my advice and just take it easy;
your experience will be more enjoyable if
you just let it fly.
But, whether you accept my advice or
not, your Laser Quest experience will be
plenty enjoyable. With over fifteen thousand square feet of running space, humorous employees and invigorating games,
Laser Quest is undoubtedly worth a weekend afternoon.
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Try any of the Satellite’s delicacies, such as the Cheese Bomb or Barnyard
Burger, and you are bound to feel like you are at a three Michelin star joint.
Eat late at diners
eating options nicknamed the Cheese
by Carter Powers-Beggs
Bomb.
Priced at ten dollars, the Cheese Bomb
Opinions Editor
If you are looking for a great early
morning breakfast, quick place for lunch
or no frills late night eats in downtown
Spokane, The Satellite Diner and Lounge
is the restaurant for you. Open until 4
am, the Satellite offers great food for
a reasonable price all night long. The
Satellite serves everything from omelets,
to biscuits and gravy to comfortably
gargantuan hamburgers.
The Satellite is a great place to fuel up
after a successful night of Salsa dancing
or concert-going. The service is cordial
but not overeager, and quick to fill up
your coffee. I ordered one of their extreme
is a sandwich made by taking two grilled
cheese sandwiches and pressing them
together while inserting mozzarella sticks
between them. This towering freak of
nature that results is a dish both terrifying
and delicious. With dripping cheese and
perfectly toasted bread, the sandwich was
the best ten dollars that I have ever spent.
The Satellite Diner and Lounge is located
at 425 W. Sprague Ave. Situated across the
street from Chicken-N-More and the now
defunct A-Club, the Satellite is right in the
middle of downtown Spokane. Whether
you’re looking for a black cup of coffee or
a heaping burger, the Satellite is the diner
for you.
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These Boots are
made for dancing
by Lily Moorehouse
Staff Writer
Boots Bakery and Lounge
sits in on an old brick building
with a Tiffany and Company
blue painted on aged wood
surrounding
large
glass
windows downtown. Owner
Alison Collins describes it as
a “100 percent” vegan bakery,
which makes it stand out from
the usual Starbucks and Dutch
Brothers coffee houses.
Vegans cannot use other
animal products and byproducts such as eggs, dairy
products, honey, leather, fur,
silk, wool, cosmetics, and
soaps derived from animal
products.
Senior Caleb Malm has been a
vegan since birth; he says that
he and his family “live by the
philosophy that you can find
the same nutrients [in a vegan
diet]” He added that vegan
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foods are more wholesome
because all of the foods come
Boots bakery and lounge is located 24 W. Main Ave.
from the earth.
Boots offers a large variety of vegan
Also on the first and third Saturdays of
goods, everything from cupcakes to chili. every month DJ Darkside Som performs
They do not serve any milk and instead at eleven in the morning. Other local
offer honey Agave as a sweetener for artists include Cedar and Boyer and Wyatt
drinks, located next to carafes of coffee Blue and the Architects.
and Yerba Mate. Collins says that in
Boots is open from Sunday till Tuesday
addition to being vegan, most of the food from six in the morning till six in the
at Boots is gluten-free.
evening then from Wednesday till
Food and drink is not all this bakery and Saturday from six in the morning until
lounge has to offer; areas can be reserved ten at night. People of all ages are always
for meetings or parties and many events welcome no matter the time; but of course
take place there in the evening. On the only those over 21 years of age are allowed
first Sunday of every month, the bakery at the bar.
hosts a poetry slam, allowing local poets
Collins thinks that her bakery is a great
to showcase their talents. Tango lessons place for teenagers to hang out; they have,
are offered on the first and third Saturdays “coffee or whatever else [for them],” she
of every month starting at seven in the said. Collins said that she would, “Love to
evening.
have LC students come.”
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At Sky High Sports, the young and old can play a game of pick-up dodgeball,
bounce off the trampoline walls or just jump in place to their heart’s content.
Jump, dodge and flip
by Kate Dinnison
Editor-in-Chief
Put a spring in your step at this hoppin’
all-ages hangout this weekend: Sky High
Sports, Spokane’s indoor trampoline
park. Picture a room, floor to ceiling with
fluorescent yellow and blue trampolines,
awaiting you and your friends’ exertion
of energy. Boundin’ around at Sky High
is a great way to have some good, clean
fun with friends, and to release some
endorphins while you’re at it.
At Sky High, you can free jump for $10
an hour, and $5 any hour after that seven
days a week. But, if you want to jump for
exercise, not entertainment, join their
AIRobics classes three days a week on
Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm and
Saturday at 10:00 am, all for $8. Either
way, you’ll get a good workout.
If you are under 18, your parents will
have to sign a waiver before you jump and know that there is some risk involved.
Wreckless 8-year-olds and expert
gymnasts oft jump according to their own
agenda, with little regard to beginners,
like myself. The stories of broken limbs
and fractured jaws may deter you at first,
but your fate is up to whether you are
careful or not. You can option out of the
more extreme pick-up Dodgeball, but for
most of us South Hill kids, this may be the
most risky thing we ever do.
My personal philosophy when it comes
to trampolines is: though others might
be doing insane flips and stunts around
you, don’t feel obligated to do much more
than bunny hop. For more information or
reservations, go to www.spo.jumpskyhigh.
com. It’s located just a short drive or bike
ride away from LC, on Front Avenue at the
north end of Perry street near Trent Ave.
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