May Week 2006: music, food, fun and pies in face

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The Lewis and Clark High School
J ournal
June is T-Bone Appreciation Month!
Issue 10
June 2006
May Week 2006: music,
food, fun and pies in face
by Karina Walker
PHOTOS BY SPENCER TOWER AND JACK SIDDOWAY
Staff Writer
PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET
LC grad, Chris Douthitt, was selected as the 2006 valedictorian
at Princeton University where he is currently majoring in music
Douthitt Princeton valedictorian
While attending LC, Douthitt
By Kandy Lindstrom
was an active member of the
Staff Writer student body in academics,
LC alumnus of 2002 Chris
Douthitt has been awarded
the prestigious title of 2006
Princeton valedictorian. With
only one A- between him
and a 4.0 GPA, Douthitt will
deliver an address at the June
6 Commencement ceremony.
Douthitt has a major in music
with a focus on theory and
composition. While attending
Princeton, he has composed
several arrangements for voice,
guitar, percussion, synthesizer, alto
saxophone, cello and violin. He is
also a member of the Princeton
Chapel Choir and a member of the
University’s writing club, Limbic.
The Beinecke Scholarship,
which provides over $32,000 to
exceptional students pursuing a
career in the arts, humanities, or
social sciences, was awarded to
Douthitt last year. The money will
fund Douthitt’s graduate studies,
although he is not yet sure where he
wishes to attend graduate school.
the
arts
and
athletics.
“Not only was he brilliant, he
was exceptionally well-rounded,”
said Administrative Assistant Jeff
Norton. “It would be pointless
to even list all the hobbies
he explored and dabbled in.”
In addition to AP academic
classes, Douthitt also took
classes such as Painting and
Jewelry Making, along with
playing football his senior year.
Douthitt plans on spending
the next year in Chicago, where
he will work on his music with
2004 LC alum Blake Walker and
undertake a summer internship
at the American Indian Center
through the Class of 1969
Community
Service
Fund.
Several members of the LC
are ecstatic to hear of Douthitt’s
achievement, though not surprised.
“I think every teacher would say
there are some students you can’t
do much for…just stay out of their
way,” said Norton. “I have no doubt
that he will be famous someday.”
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Page 2: What’s the deal with
cheating?
page 3: The Culminating
Project: a critical assessment
page 4: A Year in Review:
brought to you by the LC
Journal
page 5: Class of ‘06 College
Destinations
page 6: Sexual Harrassment 5
page 7: Basketball in the
gymnasium
page 8: Sports season wrapup
page 9: STA!!!
page 10: “Linus” by For
Years Blue
page 11: “Stick It” wows
page 12: Sasquatch Festival
Review
What do you get when you
mix live music, cheap food,
tug-of-war, pie-eating contests,
and a ridiculous number of
people wearing the same color
shirt? The answer: May Week.
May Week is an annual event
at LC that students eagerly
anticipate all year long. This year’s
festivities ran from May 22-26.
The theme of May Week this
year was “War between the
Classes.” A giant scoreboard was
displayed in the hallway to keep
track of daily points each class
earned through participation in
competitions arranged by the
leadership class. Not surprisingly,
the seniors won the competition
either by default, pity or a
virtual lack of participation
in
the
organized
events.
Monday, May Week was off to
a rocky start when pending rain
prohibited the scheduled band,
For Year’s Blue from performing.
The cotton candy machine also
suffered technical difficulties
which led students to wonder
if May Week would be a flop.
By Tuesday, however, details
began to fall into place. The
Frau Templeton Experience
played an entertaining set and
students
eagerly
devoured
hot dogs and Otter Pops.
Wednesday featured a cultural
food fair held by members
of RACE. Students crowded
to the tables of free food
enjoying cuisine from Azars,
Azteca, Luigi’s and the home
kitchens of RACE members.
The RACE pie-eating contest
Junior Erik Walters (left) and senior Robin Miller (right) help embody the May Week spirit through music and pie eating
also commenced as two members
of each class competed for points
to add to their grade’s weekly
total. Junior Luke Klohe won
for the third consecutive year.
“I was just eating and trying to
finish strong,” said Klohe of his
victory. Klohe professes to practice
in the off-season. “Intimidation:
that’s where it’s at,” he said.
Another highlight of Wednesday
and the week in general, was
the performance by Plumbic
Dirigible. The band was well
received by the student body, and
senior Mike Janson, a talented
beat-boxer and harmonica player,
mesmerized throngs of students
with his jaw-dropping skills.
Thursday, students flocked to the
David’s pizza stand for lunch. An
entertaining group of musicians,
The Dukes of Shireton performed.
Senior
Greg
Weinberger’s
talent on the guitar along with
the group’s amusing lyrics
and superhero capes engaged
students for the duration of lunch.
Finally Friday arrived, the
highlight of the week for most
students. Students were relieved
to discover they had earned an
hour-long, extended lunch which
had been contingent upon good
behavior the previous four days.
Students enjoyed sandwiches from
Chicken ‘N More as they gathered
to listen to A Band about Lamps.
With its witty lyrics and
musically talented members,
this band was a definite crowd
pleaser adding to its growing fan
base within the LC community.
The set included such
entertaining songs as Lamps
and Sheep, a slightly edited
version
of
the
original.
According to senior and
member of leadership class
Morgan Yost, “May Week got off
to a bumpy start but by the end
of the week it was really good.”
Lauren Boubel honored
as National Merit Finalist
By Will Ferguson
Staff Writer
Senior Lauren Boubel was the
one and only LC student this
year to be named a National
Merit Scholar Finalist. The
National Merit Scholarship is
a prestigious award that gives
the finalist a hefty scholarship
to their top college choice.
The nomination process
begins junior year when a merit
scholarship hopeful takes the
PSAT. In order to qualify as a
national merit scholar, a student
must score in the top .5 percentile
of all seniors nationwide.
Boubel managed to make this
competitive cutoff her junior year
and was nominated as a national
merit scholar. However the process
did not end here. “The finalists are
chosen based on an accumulative
examination,”
said
Boubel.
After being nominated as a Merit
Scholar, Boubel and other finalist
hopefuls had to submit their SAT
scores along with their grades and
PHOTO BY SPENCER TOWER
Lauren Boubel was recently chosen as a National Merit Finalist
classes as well as write an essay.
Of all the seniors who are
nominated nationwide only 8,000
receive the Scholarship. “I feel
really privileged to be among
the few people who are named
Merit Scholars,” said Boubel.
For all of their hard work,
Boubel and other National Merit
Finalists, apart from being named
some of the smartest young men
and women in the nation, receive
scholarships from colleges that
have money set aside for the
finalists. “In some cases like ASU,
the college has enough set aside to
provide a full ride,” said Boubel.
While Boubel was the only
student at LC to receive the
National Merit Scholarship, LC
seniors Kyle Wellman, Whitney
Fish, and Caleb Jewett were
nominated for the award as well.
Boubel will be attending
the University of Washington
Honors College in the fall for
which she received a scholarship
from the National Merit fund.
The Lewis and Clark High School Journal
issue 10
News
pAGE 2
June 2006
Road Construction makes
for a lot of traffic problems
PHOTO BY JACK SIDDOWAY
Nancy Russel smiles as she enjoys her last few days here at LC.
Nancy Russel retires
more time with our grandkids,
byElliot Boswell
Staff Writer uninhibited by our careers.”
Road construction crews work hard to repair and repave the streets of Spokane, while drivers
grow increasingly impatient because of the extensive backups and delays around town.
by Annie Eugster
Staff Writer
Many student drivers at LC have
noticed the high level of road
construction through out Spokane.
Every spring there seems to be a
new construction project near LC
that effects drivers. Last year it
was the complete reconstruction
of Third Street; this year it is I90. But the freeway construction
is not the only problem
effecting drivers in Spokane.
There are about ten construction
projects that have started this
spring. One of the construction
sites that will influence LC
drivers and their commutes will
be the complete reconstructing
of 29th from Grand to Southeast
Blvd and will continue until July.
To avoid traffic on 29th would
be to take Grand south to 37th
street, past the construction on
29th, which will take you to South
Staff
Box
Advisor
Jennifer Showalter
Editor-In-Chief
Mac Smith
News Editor
Emmily Eisenrich
Sports Editor
Culley Grow
Regal St. Then take a left on Regal
to 29th. This is the most direct way
to bypass the road construction.
Other South Hill projects
include the reconstruction of
Bernard Street. This starts at 14th
Ave and ends at 29th Ave, and will
end in August. The reconstruction
“There are at least
ten current road
construction projects
that have started
this spring that will
influence LC drivers
and their commutes.”
of 37th Ave between Bernard Street
and Grand Blvd is scheduled
to end in August as well.
To pass the road construction
on Bernard drivers should take
Lincoln Street, which is devoid
of any construction this summer.
Opinions Editor
Robert Weigle
Features Editor
Jack Siddoway/ David
Sheppard
Photography Editor
Jack Siddoway
Copy Editor
Rebecca Bender
Photographer
Spencer Tower
Ad Manager
Conor Wigert
Staff Writers
Garth Ahern
Lincoln is also only four blocks
away from Bernard, and would not
be an inconvenience to LC drivers.
Two new projects started on
May 22: the Freya restoration
and the ‘G’ Street construction.
The Freya project will be
finished by September and the
construction between 37th Ave
and Hartson. The restoration is
the entire width of the street and
does not consist of widening the
street itself. The construction
will cost 2.4 million dollars and
is a part of a 2004 Street Bond.
The best way to avoid the
reconstruction on Freya would
be to use S. Myrtle Street a block
away from Freya, and the most
direct route up the South Hill.
While the construction and
restorations may cause trouble
with some student drivers and
other commuters throughout
Spokane, the construction will not
cause any major traffic problems.
Sarah Battista
Elliot Boswell
Kjersti Cubberley
Annie Eugster
Meaghan Driscoll
Will Ferguson
Mitch Goist
Evan Haines
Skylar Harrison
Eve Jegou
Danielle Kugler
James Newell
Nathen Olney
Jessica Reichard
Lindsey Ridgway
Karina Walker
Nathan Weinbender
Ashleigh White
Conor Wigert
Nancy Russell, head of the
Business Department, is retiring
after 26 years as a member of the
staff at LC. Russell has taught
a variety of classes including
Keyboarding, Business Math,
Digitools
and
Accounting,
and many other classes at LC.
She wishes to join her
husband in retirement after a
long career in the public school
system, including a 14-year
stint at North Central where she
was the cheerleading advisor.
“I’m leaving the school for
retirement,” said Russell. “We
want to travel the country in
our motor home and spend
“Nancy Russell is a great friend
and a great department head,”
said assistant principal Theresa
Meyer. “I had a room right next
to her and she was always very
supportive, both of me and the
students. She’s just wonderful.”
Sophomore Evan Haines agreed,
saying, “She was supportive with
any questions or concerns I had.”
Russell has enjoyed her time
here at LC, saying, “It was
great. The staff and students are
so friendly – they really care.
It truly is an LC community.”
She wishes luck to her
co-workers in the ’06-’07
school
year
without
her.
Volleyball tourney
by Danielle Kugler
Staff Writer
On Wednesday May
31 and Thursday June 1,
LC
hosted
a
volleyball
tournament
that
consisted
of the students and LC staff.
“We had a lot of staff and student
participation that helped make it
an awesome event,” said Anecia
Grigsby. “It went better than
we expected it to go, and I have
heard that it was bigger and better
than last year’s tournament.”
It was a two day tournament
where the teams were guaranteed
five games over the course of
the two days. As they played,
they were placed into either
the winner’s bracket or the
constellation bracket. Those
who lost a game once they
entered the bracket were done.
The winners of the tournament
were “We Eat Pho,” which
consisted of freshman, Fuechi
Moua and some of his family
members and friends. The team
played in the finals game against
the LC staff, which included:
Varsity Volleyball coach, Julie
Yearout, Former JV volleyball
coach, Heather Jackson, Stephanie
Yepp, Tobin Phelps, Tracey Phelps,
Don Worthy, and Greg Goeller.
The winner of the Constellation
bracket was “Quite possibly
the
raddest
team
ever”
which consisted of Danielle
Kugler, Nicole Kugler, Mary
Trevey, and Peter Arneson.
“We got along really well,”
said sophomore, Mary Trevey.
“Even though we had a team
that only consisted of me, Pete
and the Kugler Twins we played
really well and we had a lot
of team bonding and we made
really cool cheers that we did
every time we got a point!”
“The first day that we played
was kind of ridiculous, cause
we had Mary, who couldn’t
make it the first day, and then
Matt Quigley wasn’t there.”
The winners of the winner’s
bracket received a trophy
and the winners of the loser’s
bracket received prizes as well.
So all you tigers make sure
that you start getting you
teams ready for next year
and come out and compete!
News
pAGE 3
June 2006
Special Olympics Softball
team competes at Shadle
byRobert Weigle
LC’s Special Olympics softball
team played a group of staff
volunteers on Wednesday, May 10
and on May 24 in preparation for the
upcoming district 81 tournament.
New information about your culminating
project graduation requirement
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PHOTO BY MEAGHAN DRISCOLL
LC staff and students practice up in the field for the Special
Olympics softball tournament that took place on June 6.
the most important part, though.
“It’s an opportunity for
the athletes to socialize, get
some exercise, and learn team
concepts,” said Nowack. “I
like to watch them be part of a
team and play cooperatively.”
Softball is one of only two
Special Olympics sports offered
at the high school level (the
other being basketball, where
a student/staff game has taken
place for the last three years).
Assistant principal Theresa
Meyers is in charge of
organizing the staff teams,
strictly on a volunteer basis.
The Special Olympics program
in District 81 is run by Scott
Stewart, who is head of the
adapted PE program for special
education students in the district.
High-tech cheating an issue
for high school and college
messages,” reported the article.
by Emmily Eisenrich
Staff Writer These extreme cheating exploits
As LC students are in the midst
of finals week it seems quite fitting
to address the issue of cheating.
Students across the nation and at
all levels of education are using
technology such as palm pilots,
cell phones, and the Internet
to cheat like never before.
An article recently published
in the New York Times by
Jonathan D. Glater details the
many extravagant and creative
ways students at the college
level have begun to cheat.
The cheating strategies range
from students using spell check
on laptops “when part of the exam
is designed to test their ability
to spell,” to one student even
lading all the “class notes into a
handheld email device” and then
attempting to read them during
the exam, reported the article.
Clearly cheating methods have
evolved from the once clever,
stone-age tactics like writing
answers on a hand or shoe to
newer
high-tech
strategies.
At the University of Nevada
students went to such lengths
that they “photographed test
questions with their cell phone
cameras, transmitted them to
classmates outside the exam room
and got the answers back in text
Culminating
Project Update
Attention Class of
2008 and Beyond!
Staff Writer
This year’s student versus staff
game (it has now taken place two
years in a row) was considered
by all who participated a huge
success. “I liked the
staff interaction with the kids,”
said Jill Nowack, head of the
special education department.
The Special Olympics softball
tournament was June 6 at Shadle
Park High School. Teams from all
over the GSL competed. “I
hope we win” were the heartfelt
sentiments offered by members
of the team before the game.
The Special Olympics athletes
play by slightly relaxed, regular
slow pitch rules so everyone gets
a chance to compete. No mitts
are used, and a spongy ball is
employed to ensure ease of play.
The rules and score are not
issue 10
are becoming quite common on
college campuses as students
strive to meet high standards, but
this behavior is throwing college
officials into “a new game of cat
and mouse,” reported the article.
This cheating behavior is
forcing colleges to re-evaluate
test taking environments and
implement
new
proctoring
techniques that require exams
to be taken with pen and paper.
Even in the high school setting,
high profile tests like the SAT
and AP Exams require that
all cell phones be completely
turned off and placed in a bag
underneath the desk, or are
collected by the proctor and
kept for the examination period.
Assistant Principle Teresa
Meyer said, “LC has a strict
cell phone/electronic device
policy that restricts the use of
these devices in the classroom.”
Not only that, but teachers here
at LC are kept up-to-date on all the
new methods students develop to
try and cheat. This greatly reduces
cheating at LC, and helps maintain
the well-respected academic
atmosphere that LC is known for.
So Tigers, as the college years
draw near, perhaps consider
actually studying (gasp) for
exams and learning the class
material instead of joining
the inventers club that wastes
time and energy trying to cheat
even though the consequences
ultimately will catch up.
“A student who cheats on a test not
only risks his/her grade, but when
caught loses the trust of teachers
and classmates,” said Meyer.
It is worth it to earn grades
because “the temptation to cheat
will always be there, but most LC
students choose the higher road and
earn their education,” said Meyer.
In short, just keep working hard
and hitting those books, and there
will never be any need for cheating.
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Features
pAGE 4
June 2006
The talented Mr. Chambers
by Kandy Lindstrom
Staff Writer
Junior Brenan Chambers is an
all-around artist. His musical
pursuits include his bands, The
Banana Menstruation and The
Rocket Ship 7, for which he
plays guitar, bass, piano, and
various electronic equipment
he mixes on his computer.
LCJ:
When
did
you
first
get
involved
in
making your own music?
BC: A few years ago, I got this
totally fly keyboard. It’s been
smooth sailing ever since. I’ve
been playing guitar for three years,
and picked up bass this past year.
LCJ: What kind of software do
you use to produce your music?
BC: I either use free crap such as
Audacity, or I can use my friend’s
computer, which has Logic
Pro. He has a bunch of fancy
recording equipment. It’s boss.
LCJ:
Got
any
fly
CD’s
out
or
anything?
BC: Yeah. But you can’t have
any. I don’t want you to have
it. But you should listen to
Limp Bizkit and the Shaggs.
LCJ:
Which
animal
best
represents
you?
BC: The sloth, because it’s
slightly weird-looking and really
slow. And can do back flips.
LCJ: You can do back flips?
Junior Brenan Chambers enjoys
all types of artistic creations.
BC:
No.
LCJ:
What
are
your
plans
for
the
future?
BC: I am planning on going to
Cornish University and taking
some programs in composition.
I
want
to
score
films.
LCJ: What made you decide
that you wanted to score films?
BC: A lot of the stuff I make
sounds like it should be in
films, anyway. I tend to pay
attention to the score in films.
LCJ:
What
composers
do
you
admire?
BC: Jon Brion and John Murphy
and John Barry and Piero Piccioni.
LCJ: You wear a lot of interesting
t-shirts. Tell us which of your
shirts is your favorite and why.
BC: I like my Andy Warhol tshirts because they’re da bomb.
LCJ: What color is your soul?
BC:
Chartreuse
or
beige.
Or
off-white.
LCJ: Do have any other
interests besides making music?
BC: I like to make films. I made
one that went into the First Night
Film Festival. I also like bicycling
and wearing Willy Wonka glasses.
LCJ: Talk about the film.
BC: It was awesome. It was
called “Diggory Foot.” I hated
that name. It didn’t win. But
they liked it enough to play
it on PBS. They played our
film and the two winners’.
LCJ: When you arrive at the
pearly gates, what would you
like to hear God say to you?
BC: I don’t want him to
say that I have a big butt.
That’s what everyone says.
It should also be mentioned
that Chambers hosts a radio
show on KYRS (92.3 or 95.3
FM) every other Sunday from
6:00p.m.-8:00p.m. He will soon
be getting his own weekly show.
With such accomplishments
already under his belt, Chambers
will surely continue being
recognized at LC and one of its
foremost artistic pursuers. He
will soon be getting glasses.
Sexual Harassment Part 5
by Sarah Battista
Also, it is not okay for us to
Staff Writer send them mixed messages. If we
For all the guys out there that
feel the sexual harassment issue
at LC is not solely your fault,
you are absolutely right. To
some extent, girls can encourage
or discourage how guys view
them – that is what this article
is about. The overall point of
these articles is that all people are
responsible for their actions when
it comes to sexual harassment.
Part 5:
Girls:
Many of you have been betrayed,
hurt, broken and disappointed
by guys in your life. That pain
has changed who you are and
how you feel about the whole
male gender. I want you to know
that I can relate to that feeling.
I also want you to know a few
truths about us as young women.
Truth #1:
We teach guys how to treat us
by what we wear, how we act
and what we say. When we wear
shirts that have necklines down
to our bellybuttons, or belts that
are secretly masquerading as mini
skirts, we teach guys that we are
desperate; that we crave sex from
them. Dressing provocatively
does not teach them that we
want meaningful relationships.
When we act as though we like
having our butts grabbed in the
halls or that we are willing to
put up with nasty conversations,
we teach them that being
perverts is okay when it is not.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL NEFF
dress like we have no self-respect
and then demand respect from
them, we will confuse them and
most likely their hormones will
win against our empty words.
Truth #2:
We need to require more
from guys. Guys have to know
what our expectations are. Our
expectations, at the very least,
should include respecting us
and our bodies. When they
know what is required of them,
they will meet that expectation.
You deserve that respect no
matter who you are or where you
came from or what you have done.
Truth #3:
Be proud of your body and the fact
that you are a young woman. You
do not need to feel embarrassed,
ashamed or guilty because of
anything that has happened to you.
We are in school to learn how
to be confident, intelligent,
young women because that
is what we are. We are young
women – not sex objects and we
have to stop letting ourselves
be treated so disrespectfully.
As a conclusion to this series of
articles I want to be clear that I
was not trying to be offensive
or disrespectful. However, I
know that what I have been
through is similar to what a lot
of other people go through. I
do feel that sexual harassment
is a problem and I want it to be
recognized and talked about.
Maybe if people try to understand
how what they do impacts others,
they will think before they
act and take other people into
consideration. It has meant a lot to
me to be able to talk to other girls
about their experiences and hear
about more guys who treat girls
respectfully. I hope that, even if
everyone does not agree with me,
more people will have a different
perspective on sexual harassment
and maybe LC will see a change in
the way students treat each other.
Outdoor living members Gareth Heizer, Whitney Sykes,
and Deroice Solomon show off their catch after their expedition to West Medical Lake. The class takes several
field trips each semester to learn about outdoor survival
Outdoor living is
one with nature
when they explore certain areas
by Danielle Kugler
Staff Writer they examine them. For example,
the fishing trip that they went on.
The outdoor living class is a
class where students can learn
about the aspects of nature. They
learn about survival methods,
plants and animals. The class
went on a field trip on May 3. The
students, along with Officer Dan
Johnson, went to West Medical
Lake where they went fishing.
“We learned about fishing in class
and so then we went fishing,” said
Outdoor Living teacher Paul Neff.
The kids that went were taken
out on boats by the Northwest
Wildlife Council. Junior, Curtis
Olsen caught the biggest fish
and junior, Jessica Weber
caught the most fish. “It was
a really nice sunny day and
we had a lot of fun,” said Neff.
The main focus of the class is
weather, geology, and ecology.
The class also goes on many
other field trips where they
explore the outdoors and learn
about many of the other aspects
of nature other than fishing.
They study the animals that
live in certain areas and then
“It was a really nice
sunny day and we
had a lot of fun,”
Beforehand, the class learned
about the types of fish that they
would catch. Then when they
actually went they knew more
about them. They learned how
to identify the different fish
present as they caught them.
The class also went on an eaglewatch field trip in the winter. they
learned about different types of
bird and their living conditions.
they learned how to identify all of
the different birds and their habitats
before they went and looked for
them. Also, the class went up to
Mt. Spokane in the winter as well.
they learned survival techniques
before they went so they would
know what they had to do when
they went up there. another
major project that the class
completed was the ecogarden.
issue 10
Features
pAGE 5
june 2006
Mark Robbins?
or is it Gravity?
latest and scariest rides. “I’ve
by Will Ferguson
Staff Writer done a lot of voiceovers for
Most of us here at LC
know Mark Robbins as an
amiable English teacher with
a sardonic sense of humor. At
least that was the case until he
appeared in Silverwood Theme
Park’s latest commercial.
In the commercial, Robbins
stars as “Gravity,” the lovable
force that perpetually pulls
objects to the ground that
enables thrill seekers to ride
Silverwood Theme Park’s
Silverwood in the past and had
a minor role in a commercial
a few years ago. This was my
first major role in a Silverwood
commercial,” said Robbins.
Robbins recent appearance on
television is by no means his
first. “I’ve done a lot of awful
local commercials for pawn
shops and casinos, probably
over 100, along with a few
voiceovers for commercials
that appeared outside of
Washington,”
he
said.
Robbins has done
voiceovers
for
commercials that
have been aired out
of state for WSU,
Shell Gas Station
and Rescue Pest
Traps which was
aired nationwide.
Robbins got his
start acting and
doing
standup
locally at the Blue
Door of which he
is a founder. The
Blue Door is a local
venue for actors and
standup comedians,
where young talent Robbins has participated in numerous
and
experienced comercials around the Inland Northwest
actors alike can
go to hone their acting improv at the Blue Door and
skills. “I got my start doing then moved to commercials
afterwards,” said Robbins.
For the future Robbins is
hoping to take up writing
plays for the Blue Door. “I
have written minor scripts
for shows at the Blue Door
that still incorporated a lot
of improv,” said Robbins,
“I would like to write a play
that is completely scripted.”
Many students who have had
Mr. Robbins as a teacher will
attest to his ability to amuse
an audience. “Mr. Robbins is
a really funny guy and always
has something surprising to
say,” said senior Dan Fulmer.
Robbins plans to continue his
television career as well. “Once
you get to know the people in
the system they keep on asking
you to come back and do new
things for them,” said Robbins.
2006 LC Senior College Destinations
by Will Ferguson
Staff Writer
Allan Hancock College
Brooklynn Gamble
Armed Forces
Dustin Boulet
Jay Hagen
Misty Hoover
Tk Marluck
Erinn Morrison
Charlene Pearson
Ian Plumlee
Aaron Tuck
Bradley Wendle
Weston Worlock
Art Institute of Seattle
Boon Le
ASU- Sarah Lehman
Boise State University
Natasha Branham
Cait Gravelle
Andria Nanni
John Taffin
British Columbia Coll. Of Equine
Therapy
Teri Engel
BYU
Hannabeth Franchino
Christopher Mckee
Capernwray Bible School (England)
Elisabeth Hill
Carroll College
John Foster
Courtney VanLeuven
CBC-Thomas Lee-Hill
CWU-Derek Adamski
John Petrofski
Dominican University of CA
Kaitlin Girton
Everett Community College
Jordan Washington
Rashad Jones
Evergreen State College
Matthew Gardner
Forrest Gilles
Anne Johnston
Leta Lawhead
Christina Wessman
Colin Wintz
EWU-Cassandra Aguilar
Cory Banik
Robert Batch
Rebecca Bender
Elizabeth Carbone
Dale Carlen
Aleksey Chekulayev
Lucas Clevenger
Jillian Cowden
Ali Davey
Daniel Degelman
Alicia Gallis
Michael Gardner
Edward Gayda
Enver Guseynov
Lauren Hahn
Gregory Holtz
Jennifer Lenz
Danielle Marchant
Jennifer Mcglothen
Nicole Moravec
Sara Northey
Timothy Riggs
Ethen Robinson
James Ruiz
Vladislav Sachava
Spenser Sebastian
Kathleen Sloan
Michael Terry
Valeryia Viarenich
Jennifer Weller
Andrea Williams
George Washington University
Bethany Brukardt
Stephanie Eisele
Gonzaga University
David Bell-Garrison
Heather Bowman
Katie Price
Aaryn Ruggles
Indiana University
Kjersti Cubberley
Lane CC-Justin Daleke
LC Fall Semester
Enrique Martinez
Tanya Miller
Lewis and Clark College
Annica Eagle
Lipscomb University, TNKathryn Spurgetis
Loyola University (Chicago)
Kelly Howard
Macalester College
Maggie Yates
Katherine Dittman
Mesa State
Melyssa Richardson
Middlebury College
Martin Box
Michigan State University
Jeff Genung
Adam Rademacher
Monmouth College (Illinois)
Melissa Lindsay
Montana State
Sean Caskey
Marisa Jacobs
Robin Miller
James Newell
Katherine Pannek
Morgan State University
Ivanti Bush
Northeastern University
Jordan Clark
Northern Arizona University
Graham Norton
William Tately
Northwestern University
Karina Walker
Oregon State University
Alex Nelson
Pacific University
Mathew Dotson
PLU-Megan Charles
Pomona-Whitney Fish
Portland State University
Keith Lundquist
Real Estate School
Blake Becker
St. Olaf College (MN)Aaron Gunderson
Santa Clara University
Brandon Jones
SCC
Angelique Armstrong
Vera Avdeyeva
Christine Avila
Christian Blunt
Zachary Bowditch
Nadezhda Churkina
Paige Cushman
Derek Douvia
Igor Goleta
Zachary Gregory
Rachel Gullick
Marcus Harding
Cassandra Johnson
Chelsey Kelley
Roman Kudrya
Nadezhda Kurakina
Lyubov Kutsar
Amy Lauritzen
Yuriy Lisovenko
Kari Morphy
Larry Morris
Crystle Mcalvey
Armina Ogorinac
Kellen Reynolds
Shikita Rogers
Rachel Rupp
Tianna Schelin
Casie Schennum
Gregory Smith
Zachary Startin
Mathew Truong
Austin Watson
Seattle Central CC
Xang Vang
Kelton Peterson-Allen
Nathan Pringle
Seattle University
Brittany Fitzpatrick
Kathleen Hyslop
Lauren Perovich
SFCC-
Seth Anderson
Kamila Begzhanova
Larissa Benz
Michael Bixby-Cowan
Terrence Blanton
Shayla Blehm
Michael Bradfute
Ashley Brown
Elena Burunova
Trace Cassel
Steven Cooley
Justin Crisalli
Jennifer Croff
Elizabeth Culverson
Alex Dunn
Wilson Duong
Sarah Dupper
Bradley Ell
Megan Galvan
William (Billy) Giles
Karina Grussling
Brittney Harris
David Hart
Christopher Hogan
Tiffany Holland
Alexandria Johnson
Veranika Kaprian
Manminder Kaur
Clifford Lehman
Ruslan Lisovenko
Marenda Mallory
Sarah Mcclure
Maureen Miller
Quinisha Mitchell
Megan Morse
Scott Mulgrew
Emily Nichols
Hamisi Nunes
Ellen O’Reilly
Anna Parrish
Tessa Patterson
Kaycee Raudy
Tyler Reagles
Heather Riley
Alery Sage
Andrew Shaw
Robert Signer
Matthew Skok
Nathan Snow
Benjamin Stewart
Devin Stuck
Whitney Sykes
Samuel Talkington
Tyson Tschabold
Matthew Univer
Tiffany Utter
Michelle Vorpahl
Kayla Wambold
Paige Wamsley
Nicolle Weaver
Melissa Wiese
Wayne Wignes
Geoffrey Williams
Colten Yeigh
Simon Fraser University, BC
Lindsey Ridgway
SPU
Daniel Fullmer
Tamila Garbuz
Stevens Institute of Technology
Daniel Ready
Syracuse University, NY
Samuel Thompson
Travel
Zackary Collazo
Kori Henderson
Nicholas Lima
Kristina Mccarthy
Martin Newell-Large
Emma Scherer
University of Alaska
Dan Bamberger
University of Colorado
Evan Reed
University of Idaho
Peter Frankenfield
Stephen King
Ryan Lipsker
Steven Smythe
Theodore Warner
University of Judaism
Jonathan Abel
U of Montana
Peter Barany
Christina Luby
Morgan Parker
Jade Peone
Carley Reed
Gregory Weinberger
Leigh Fredrickson
University of Oklahoma
Stacie Terhark
University of Oregon
Calvin Brawner
Collette Bryant
Alyson O’Neill
Robert Parker
Christopher Schwartz
University of Portland
Amalia Allers
Elliot Boswell
Leslie Eddy
Ryan (R.J.) Leclaire
Lisa Pearson
Nils Ringo
University of San Francisco
Jennifer Peterson
University of UtahMariko Nagashima
U of Washington
Amelia Bergh
Lauren Boubel
Briann Bresnahan
Lauren Bresnahan
Tyler Burnett
Mitchell Chicha
Natalie Cholaj
Jennifer Gaddy
Cassie Horner
Albert Hsu
Amandeep Kaur
Arianna Lang-Coombs
Ashley Lessmeier
Allison Moran
Vimal Shenoy
Dusty Steffan
Shanleigh Sullivan
Angela Wilkins
Laurel Severt
Dan Fuller
UPS
Jessica Reichard
Courtney Drake
VanderbiltLauren Ring
Walla Walla CC
Kandace Lindstrom
Anne-Claire Mitchell
Danielle Porter
Westmont CollegeKylie Graham
Whitman College
Sarah Godlewski
Kyl Wellman
Whitworth
Morgan Yost
Rebecca Strasser
Worcester Polytechnic
Xing Wei
Work
Yelena Artemov
Yana Avdeyeva
Catherine Ballew
Andrey Nesenchuk
Daniel Barranti
Marshaun Blakemore
Aleksander Demko
Antonio Fletcher
Dereck Haskell
Shane Kollenborn
Skyler Longanecker
Samuel Mora
Nicholas Noel
Brittney O’Bryan
Faith Pauna
Joshua Peterson
Kimberly Rabe
Anna Renzi
Jesus Ruiz
Mauricio Silva
Yanisel Soria-Gonzales
David Mccarthy
Jeffrey Long
WSU-Ron Albinson
Brandon Arnold
Eric Barge
Andrew Bot
Scott Brandon
Molly Fuhs
Spencer Funk
David Graham
James Hoy
Shane Hughes
Jennifer Hougham
Arianne Jackson
Yolande Johnson
Sean Kells
Lindsey Krauser
Austin Little
Roman Maier
Anthony (Tony) Montoya
Michael Montoya
Bryce Potucek
Matthew Quigley
John Richardson
Johanna Rothstrom
Ben Seebeck
Mary Waller
Elissa Wert
Chinew Yang
Ryan Zentz
WWU
Bethany Abbott
Collin Ames
Elizabeth Butterworth
Daniel Christensen
Ryan Corkey-O’hare
Adrienne Creer
Riley Dinnison
Anna Dunn
Stephanie Grow
Kyle Hager
Jordan Harris
Jordan Harrison
Jillian Lamb
Allison Lindsay
Megan Scales
Greg Shulman
April Staso
Not listed: Undecided/Unknown
Features
issue 10
pAGE 6
June 2006
LC newspaper year: a review
By Meaghan Driscoll
Staff Writer
The 2005-06 school is coming
to an end, and you know what that
means. This is the last issue of
the LC Journal until September.
In case you haven’t read the
paper all year, or if you didn’t
know LC had a paper, or if you
are
illiterate--you
probably
don’t know what the year has
been like for the LC Journal.
Throughout the year, various
staff members of the LC Journal
have banded together and shown
a true team effort in managing to
offend a majority of our readers.
Most of the major religions have
been made fun of including
Pastafarianism,
Scientology
and Mormonism.
These
articles may have been laughed
at, but mostly by the writers
themselves. God, I am so funny.
We at the LC Journal never
let silly things like lawsuit
threats and angry letters stop us
from laughing at other peoples
expense though. We persevered
and continued to offend school
officials with our articles
regarding the lameness of new
school policies such as the recent
food restrictions and teachers’
bizarre antics designed to help
us learn more efficiently, such
as the 4-step summary process.
Every publication is liable to have
a few typos from time to time. The
best, or worst, LC Journal typo
from this year was the headline
“Amnesty Sells T-shits.” Other
mistakes paled in comparison, but
a close runner-up can be found
in the May issue. Underneath a
picture of a boy playing tennis
the caption reads, “Junior Nick
Junior Pokpong Malapetch shows his skills in the LC courtyard.
Pokpong Malapetch
Senior Jessica Reichard has lost her job as Editor in Chief at LC
Johnson overcame the immense
disadvantage of having only one
leg to win the district doubles
championship”. Unfortunately,
poor Nick actually has no legs…
at all. The one-legged pictured
was
actually
photoshopped
by the LC Journal’s resident
photoshop expert Jack Siddoway.
So who are these people that
write for the LC Journal? The
truth is we are just a bunch of
weirdo outcasts that congregate in
the dark recesses of the basement
during sixth period. As junior Ben
Gullickson points out, “They have
no fingers, just green knobs that
they peck at the keyboards with.”
Our leader, or editor in chief,
this year was The 6th Reich aka
Jessica Reichard. She divided
most of her time between trying
to get people to turn in their
three-week late articles and
trying to get people to like her.
Elliot Boswell was the Sports
Editor, as well as the person most
likely to shout expletives in the
middle of class a minimum of five
times daily. Kandy Lindstrom was
the News Editor and resident H8er.
Kjersti Cubblerly worked as
the Features Editor and is most
known for being the brains
behind the “T-shits” incident.
The Ads Editor was Lindsey
Ridgeway, and you can thank
her for those Great Harvest buy
one-get-one free cookie coupons.
I myself was the photo editor,
which mainly entailed taking
Myspace pictures for the real
editors. Junior Mac Smith had
the honor of being the only
underclassman on editing staff.
Most of the time he was busy
licking computers, trying to touch
people and shaving his legs.
Next year new editors will
take the places of those who
are leaving. The creeper Mac
Smith will be editor in chief, so
if the LC Journal continues its
tradition and manages to piss you
off, please feel free to express
your opinions…if you dare .
By Kjersty Cubberly and adding flips into the moves to be a
better stuntman,” Malapetch said.
Lindsey Ridgeway
Malapetch is so advanced in his
Staff Writers training
that in his spare time in
Some of you LCers may have
noticed our very own Martial Arts
master perfecting his mad skills
on the field house lawn during
lunch time. Pokpong Malapetch,
known by his friends as Sham,
is a junior exchange student
from Thailand. He has spent
the last year here in Spokane
and will be returning to his
hometown of Udonthani in June.
Studying gymnastics and
martial arts since the age of
seven, Malapetch hopes to one
day become a great stunt man like
his hero, Tony Jaa. Jaa is a wellknown stunt artist in Thailand.
Despite spending the last year
away from home, Malapetch
has continued his rigorous
martial arts training on his own.
He normally practices four
hours each day and eight hours
on the weekends. “It’s kind of
like kickboxing mixed with some
freestyle. Unlike Kung-fu and
Karate, martial art uses every
part of your body. I also enjoy
Spokane, he instructs the teacher
at the local martial arts studio
called the Lotus Self-defense
School.
“The teacher there
only knows about 100 different
styles (moves), while I know
around 250,” said Malapetch.
When asked which moves were
most difficult, he said that it is
surprisingly easier for him to do
backwards flips than front-flips
because he is able to spot/see the
ground earlier. Luckily, Malapetch
has not experienced any lifethreatening injuries thus far in
his training though he has been
known to sprain an ankle or two.
So far Malapetch has greatly
enjoyed his stay in America
and finds the people to be “very
friendly” and the weather to be
enjoyable. “It is much hotter in
Thailand, but it is also better for
my muscles”. So, if you would
like to learn some sweet new
moves, or want to meet a fun
new friend, check-out Malapetch,
the best flippin’ flipper around.
New mathematic clothing line “Raise Your Voice”
humor with the world. They are
By Meaghan Driscoll
Staff Writer starting a t-shirt company called
“I’m not easy, I just have a
low alpha level,” is a phrase
you might be seeing a lot more
of lately. The phrase is an idea
for a t-shirt design as well as
a personal motto for seniors
Lauren Ring and Brandon Jones.
After years of sitting in math
classes together and collecting
inside “nerd jokes” about the
subject matter, the two seniors
have decided to share their
Calculust. “Combining the world
of comfortable and nice looking
clothing with mathematics” is
the mission statement of the
fledgling clothing company.
Although no t-shirts have been
made yet, the two students
are currently taking orders
for
the
following
shirts.
“Carbon
14:
The
only
kind
of
dating
I
do,”
“Is your derivative positive or
are you just happy to see me?”
“I’m
not
easy,
I
just
FOR 101 YEARS – FLOWERS AND GIFTS
FOR ALL YOUR SPECIAL OCCASIONS!!!
170 S LINCOLN – DOWNTOWN
have a low alpha level.”
Or there is of course the classic
Calculust shirt, “which has two
integrals, while one is flipped and
rotated 180 degrees across the yaxis to form a heart,” said Ring.
Currently, the two founders
plan on providing the choice
of lavender or green for girls
and red or lime for boys.
After the model collection is
fully developed Ring and Jones
of Calculust hope to move onto
mass t-shirt production. “We are
pretty much headed for success,
basically the new Abercrombie
and Fitch except less expensive
and more nerdy,” said Ring.
“Our ultimate goal is revenge
of the nerds, AKA world
domination,” said Ring. However,
along the way the pair plain
on making math and science
more socially acceptable to the
public, and perhaps even cool.
In the future the Calculust
clothing line may have other
products besides simple t-shirts.
Belts with calculator holsters
and mathematician trading cards
are next on the agenda, but for
By Nathan Weinbender
The hosts have been conducting
Staff Writer practice shows, familiarizing
“Raise Your Voice” is a halfhour radio program hosted by
LC seniors Meaghan Driscoll
and Anna Zeimantz, and
Gonzaga Prep senior Jeri Kopet.
The show is produced as part
of a PICI internship with the
Chase
Youth
Commission.
The name of the show was
inspired by a classic feelgood film starring the brilliant
Hillary Duff, whose bravura
and pristine morals pervade
the concept of the program,
which focuses on community
betterment and teen issues.
The show, which has yet
to be broadcast, serves as a
forum for teens to discuss such
topics as healthy relationships
and
abstinence-only
school
education. Program time will
be divided between interviews,
panel discussion, and the
showcasing of underground
music
and
local
bands.
themselves
with
traditional
radio equipment. The show
will broadcast on 92.3 KYRS
beginning Friday, June 9.
“Hopefully the show will
encourage
teens
to
take
a
responsibility
in
their
community,”
Driscoll
said.
At the moment, the show’s
creators
are
looking
for
teens who are interested in
collaborating on the show.
Jobs would include conducting
interviews and brainstorming
possible
show
topics.
“The goal is to create a 10-15
person group of teens who have
different jobs in the production,”
Driscoll said. Zeimantz, Kopet
and Driscoll are currently training
LC juniors Nate Robnett-Conover
and Lillian Dubiel to take over the
program for next year’s PICI class.
If interested in collaborating on
the “Raise Your Voice” radio show,
e-mail
raiseyourvoice.pici@
gmail.com for more information.
issue 10
Sports
pAGE 7
June 2006
Summer speedo: a lifestyle
By Conor Wigert and
Danielle Kugler
Staff Writers
With the school year coming to an
end, kids start to prep themselves
for the three fantastic months of
summer. With this glory comes
hot weather, and with hot weather, comes the greatest sport ever:
swimming. Or is it a great sport?
Many tend to think that what
you wear in the water is more important then actually swimming
in the water. Therefore, guys strut
their “oh so cool” Speedos that
create a “not so cool” tension between the male and female type.
“Men in Speedo’s make me
uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as I get when I
see Riley Myklebust and Alex
Shaw in spandex,” said sophomore Jillian Preston. “It’s
such an awkward concept.”
Males are not the only ones
that tend to purchase the wrong
things. As I was flipping through
the pages in my Seventeen
Magazine I happened to notice that there were quite a few
girls wearing One-pieces! This
scares me! Are they back? Many
tend to tell me that they are,
in fact, coming back. Here is
what Conor and Danielle think:
Danielle: Back to the Speedo.
There must be some reason why
a man would want to flaunt about
in a bathing suit that looks somewhat similar to Hanes underwear.
Is it the heat? If females can wear
bikinis, then why can’t they wear
Speedos? Is it that they think that
they look good? If girls look good
in bikinis, then why can’t they?
Conor: That’s exactly it. Girls
are allowed to reveal themselves
so why can’t we? That’s right. We
can. Not to mention who wants
to have uneven tan-lines from
the “normal” swimwear. Ewww.
Danielle: I was going to get
to that! I hate when I see a guy
walking down the street and I
have to pull out my shades just
to look at him due to the fact that
his legs practically glow in the
dark! We women have the luxu-
PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH WHITE
Basket’ballers sport their moves on the court during their lunch.
Lunch Basketball
By Ashleigh White
thing and they put the teams
Staff Writer together, choose which type
PHOTO COURTESY OF INTERNET AND JACK SIDDOWAY
Culley utilizes his speedo to even out the tan lines on his legs.
ry of an “even tan”, whereas the
guys flaunt themselves around
as walking flashlights! But then
when a guy wants to go and fix
that tan line, he gets made fun
of for hitting the tanning booths!
Then they have people yelling at
them, “Who wears short shorts!”
Conor: Here’s something to
consider. One time my friend,
sophomore Culley Grow, tried
going tanning because obviously he didn’t want his blinding thighs to take away from the
rest of his beauty. After the tanning experience, however, he
was ridiculed for his California
glow. “I think it was mostly jealousy,” said Culley. “The ladies
know what’s goin’ on though.”
Danielle: Therefore, Speedos
only look good when they are
worn by men with a nice full
even tan. Like Culley! Although
I have never seen his thighs,
my sources tell me that he has
what it takes to “pull it off.”
“Culley in a Speedo would
look hot; however, girls in one
piece’s are not,” said sophomore Katherine Merck. “Whoa
that rhymed!” But hands off ladies, this stud of a man is taken.
When asked to comment on
this, Grow responded with a
classy “wink,” and nothing
more. And what more is there
to say except that it is unfortunate that only a select few will
be able to enjoy his bronze body.
During lunch time the gym
is full with LC “Basketball
Ballers.” Students enjoy the 40
minute lunch period not to eat
lunch, but to play basketball.
On average the gym has about
four to five games going with
about 50 to 60 students involved.
The same people are in the
gym almost everyday to enjoy
some good old fashion pick up
basketball. Some even play basketball for the full 40 minutes
instead of eating lunch. “I enjoy
playing basketball because LC
has a big gym and people here
are pretty competitive,” said
sophomore Gary Farnworth.
Junior Randy Baldwin said, “I
think that people play basketball
in the gym at lunch because its fun
and you can make a lot of friends
with the same interests as you.”
Coach Terry Reed and Coach
Jim Travis share the responsibility
of watching the students at lunch
to make sure no fighting goes
on. For doing this both coaches
receive a couple extra digits on
their pay checks each month.
“It’s not that hard,” said
Reed. “They organize every-
of game is going to be played
and who plays on what team.”
The gym is open five days
a week unless both coaches have to attend meetings.
In the past the coaches have had
to close down the gym to prove
a point that they are not playing around and that the students
need to follow the rules. The rules
are simple: no fighting, no food/
drink, no hanging on the basketball rims and no foul language.
But on those boring days when
the gym is closed the guys still
manage to have fun with a basketball-related game. They have
come up with a keep away game
that is played in the hallway. It is
just like basketball but with no
court and no basketball hoops.
They still put together teams; the
competitiveness is still there and
they have just as much fun as if
they were playing real basketball.
Both coaches plan on letting
the gym be open next year unless the funding is cut. “We could
use this time for doing work but
instead we watch students play
basketball,” said Reed. The guys
love playing basketball and they
get extra exercise in the process.
Track qualifies for state
The boys’ team sent thirteen run- turn out for the team.
By Skylar Harrison
ners to Regionals, and the boys
“The boy’s program is cenStaff Writer runners nearly qualified for state. tered on creating better men.
The boy’s team fought through
injuries all year long, and were
able to finish third in the GSL.
The team along
with Coach Andre Wicks, had
goals of making it
to the championship meet. Wicks
has coached track
eight years altogether and two
years here at LC.
The team has
great expectations
for next year, and
“Expect to be very
competitive next
year,” said Wicks.
Some of the leaders on the team
this year were
seniors
Bobby
Batch, Mike Bradfute, Colten Yeigh,
Jordan
Washington and Ryan
Zentz. The season
started with 110
boys, and ended
Sophomore Eleanor Siler competed at state. with 93--a good
This year the LC track team was
very competitive and successful.
Not performance based, and no
bias based off ability. Everyone
has equal opportunity to be successful because of the virtues the
program stands on,” said Wicks.
The members of the girls’ team
qualified for state. The girl’s team
this year did very well as a team
at state, but no individual performance placed in the top five for
any event. The team finished with
six points for scoring which was
good enough to place them in the
mid thirties for the tournament.
The girl’s state tourney was held
at Eastern Washing University
out in Cheney. Some of the leaders this year for the girl’s team
were sophomore Eleanor Siler,
senior Ren Mallory and sophomore Brittany Kennedy: Kennedy
and Siler will be back next year.
Ironically, the girl’s team did
not finish as high in the district
as the LC boys. The girls faced
more rivals in the strong GSL
girl’s teams including Mead,
but were still able to shine
in post-season competitions.
Both teams intend to be near the
top of the GSL again next year.
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issue 10
Sports
pAGE 8
June 2006
More with LC alum:
ESPN’s Neil Everett
By David Sheppard
Section Editor
Former LC Tiger and current
SportsCenter host has nothing but
great things to say about his experiences in Spokane as a Tiger.
“I have nothing but fond memories of Lewis and Clark,” Everett
said. “Working on the school
newspaper started me down
the road to where I am today.”
The 1980 LC graduate was a
three year starter on the Tiger
offensive and defensive lines
at just 145 pounds. He also
played basketball in high school.
Everett had many good influences growing up. One of his
most significant influences was
his mom, Jackie Robertson. Robertson worked at Joseph Jantz
High School, which has since
been renamed Havermale High
School, as a librarian. The library
is now named after Robertson.
Another very important influence on Everett’s life was his
stepfather, Dave Robertson, a
legendary basketball coach at
Shadle Park, who led SP to the
state championship game in 1981.
One of Everett’s favorite occurrences during his LC days
was bonding with his teammates.
“Hanging out with the guys and
developing camaraderie was a
great experience,” Everett said.
After Everett’s days as a Tiger he
moved on to Willamette College
in Salem, OR. Two years later, he
transferred to the University of Oregon. Then Everett’s broadcasting
career really got off the ground.
The first job that Everett landed was in Hawaii, working for
KGMB, Honolulu’s CBS affiliate.
“The weather in Hawaii was like a
paradise,” Everett said. He worked
there for fifteen years before his
next, and biggest promotion.
Everett took the long jet ride to
PHOTO COURTESY OF YEARBOOK
Junior Ben Gullickson serves up a shot during tennis practice.
Tennis athletes
advance to State
SportsCenter host Neil Everett started out as an LC journalist.
Bristol, CT, where ESPN is based
a total of three times, once in each
1998, 1999, and 2000. On the final visit, Everett was offered the
dream job of all sports broadcasters: to be an ESPN studio host.
“When I finally was hired, it
was hard to believe,” Everett
said. “The process dragged on a
long time, but it was a great feeling. Getting to work at ESPN,
the Mecca of sports is a thrill.”
There were some minor negatives
about moving to Bristol, however. “It was hard to leave Hawaii,”
Everett said. “And the mosquitoes are the size of golf balls.”
When Everett walks into his
office each day, he sees many
faces that have been sports icons
for decades. “It’s just amazing
walking down the hallways and
seeing guys like Bill Walton,
Barry Melrose, John Kruk, Harold Reynolds, Sean Salisbury,
just to name a few,” Everett said.
One of Everett’s favorite interviews that he has conducted was
with all time great New York
Jets quarterback Joe Namath.
Each shows he hosts begins
with the Hawaiian slang word
for how are you, “Howzit.”
When Everett came to ESPN he
decided to introduce the world
to his entrance, that only Hawaiian islands knew about.
Everett’s two favorite sports
are college basketball and college football. “I still cheer for
teams on the west coast,” Everett
said. “Last season as Gonzaga
was making its yearly run, I renamed them ‘America’s team.’”
LC sports: year in review
who averaged 18.1 points per
By David Sheppard
game and junior Katelan RedSection Editor mon, who averaged 10.9 points
The Lewis and Clark Tiger’s
athletic program has grown in
leaps and bounds this year. All
teams had successful seasons in
their own regard, although some
were more victorious than others.
The LC girl’s basketball team
had perhaps the most triumphant season coming away with
their first Washington State 4A
Title in school history. Led
by senior Heather Bowman,
per game, the Lady Tigers finished the regular season 23-4
At the state tourney, they beat
Gig Harbor, Lincoln, and Auburn
Riverside. This set up a date with
Prairie for the state championship. It was hardly a competition
as
LC
blew
out Prairie 66-44.
The LC football team had a
winning season as well. They
finished the year 5-4 with wins
over Mt. Spokane, WV, NC,
Clarkston, and U-Hi and losses to
CV, Mead, G-Prep, and Ferris, a
record earning them fifth in state.
The LC wrestling team succeeded this year, finishing sixth
in league and fifth in districts.
The Most Valuable Wrestler on
the roster was junior Anthony
Varnell and the Most Improved
Award went to Trevor Powell.
Additionally, volleyball had
a terrific season finishing fifth
in state. It was their highest
finish in the past three years.
In girl’s track, the 4x4 team
exceeded
all
expectations.
Freshman Hallie Stocker, senior Ren Mallory, and sophomores Eleanor Siler, and Brittany Kennedy accomplished
quite a feat; they got the second
fastest 4x4 time in LC history.
Both boy’s and girl’s golf had
good seasons too. The leading
girl’s golfer, Molly Fuhs, signed a
scholarship with Washington State
University to golf there next year.
In tennis, juniors Ben Gullickson and Elise Otto earned
third in state for their respective divisions. This was a huge
breakthrough for the LC tennis
program because of the magnitude of the accomplishment.
In conclusion, the LC athletic program has achieved
many great goals this year, and
will improve in years to come.
the semi-finals to state chamBy Karina Walker
pion Brad Bator of Inglemoor,
Staff Writer he was able to beat Bran Valach
LC’s tennis seasons ended with
some exciting victories. Juniors
Ben Gullickson and Elise Otto
both won their third-place matches
at state in Vancouver on May 27.
Otto won regionals and advanced
to state after beating Katie Griffith
of Ferris in a 6-3, 6-1 match. “I
woke up on the right side of the
bed that day and everything just
went right,” said Otto of her win.
At state, Otto went to the
semi-finals
losing
to
the
eventual
state
champion
from Olympia, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
In her next game, however,
Otto won against Emerald Ridge
earning the third-place state title.
Gullickson also achieved
success at the regional tennis tournament, losing to Bran
Valach of Richland 3-6, 6-3,
4-6 and taking second place.
Although Gullickson lost in
to secure a third-place victory.
According to Gullickson, finally winning against Bran Valach, the only person to which
he’d lost at regionals, was
the highlight of his season.
Other members of both the
boy’s and girl’s tennis teams also
went to state including doubles
partners junior Nick Johnson
and sophomore Chris Martin.
“State was a roller coaster rode
of emotion,” said Johnson. He
and Martin won second at regionals and seventh at state.
Doubles partners senior Natalie Cholaj and junior Lindy Seidensticker also had successful seasons winning second at
districts and sixth at regionals.
According to Otto, the girl’s tennis
team this year “was really young
and definitely had some struggles.
But we ended on a high note and
should be really good next year.”
Golf finishes
fourth in state
By Skylar Harrison
out to Blaine Wood and the adStaff Writer ministration from Grafos for
The girls’ LC golf team advanced
to state this year where they finished in fourth place. The GSL
sent eight golfers to the state meet,
three of whom were from LC: senior Molly Fuhs, senior Allison
Moran and junior Katrina Bech.
With first year for coach Michelle
Grafos—a GSL coach of the year
winner—two lady Tigers were
able to place in top 20 standings.
Fuhs and Moran finished in twentieth place while Bech finished
eighteenth in the
competition which
occurred on May
23 and May 24 at
Spokane’s Hangman
Valley Golf Course.
The team had several parents in attendance for the last
competition.
“We
had a good time
and we want to do
even better next
year,” said Grafos.
Special thank go
supporting the team this year.
Not only were the girls’ team
successful this year, but Nick
Lavelle, a junior from the boys’
golf team, qualified for state
due to his hole-in-one shot at
Regionals. Though LC did not
send enough golfers for the boys
to qualify as a team, sending
Lavelle was an accomplishment.
“We are going be strong again
next year, we have good freshman, and will be just as successful next year,” said Grafos.
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Opinions
pAGE 10
June 2006
“The Last Stand” falls short For Years Blue EP
By Robert Weigle
Opinions Editor
The summer movie season kicked
off Friday, May 26 when “XMen: The Last Stand” hit theaters
after much anticipation. Although
it was a fitting way to end the trilogy, “The Last Stand” left a significant something to be desired.
In a nutshell, the plot of “The
Last Stand” revolves around a
“miracle cure” for mutantism
discovered by a pharmaceutical
company. Many mutants face a
moral dilemma: whether to become normal and blend in with
the rest of society, or take pride
in who they are and keep their
mutant powers. Magneto and his
cronies take issue with this, and
react violently, thus providing
adequate reason for an hour and
a half of fighting and explosions.
Of course, the special effects are
the highlight of “X-Men,” which
offers ample examples of how anything is possible with computers
and lots of money. The highlights
of such visual effects are definitely Magneto moving the Golden
Gate Bridge to Alcatraz Island,
and the final battle at the cure-creating pharmaceutical company’s
headquarters (the first time you
are introduced to the facility and
told how high tech and secure it
is, you just know its going to be
torn to shreds by unruly mutants).
The biggest challenge presented
to the creators of “The Last Stand”
was how to tie up all the loose ends
left by the other two movies. In
many cases, they appeared to take
the easy way out: many principal
characters are killed off, and even
more lose their mutant abilities,
rendering them essentially dead
as far as the story is concerned.
The future of the X-Men movies was cast into doubt when it
was announced prior to “The
Last Stand’s” filming that a new
director, Brett Ratner, would
By Jessica and Elliot
Staff Writers
Wolverine, Dr. Xavier, Storm and Beast in a scene from the new
movie “X-Men: The Last Stand.” The movie opened on Friday
May 26 to packed theaters despite its mediocrity.
be on board for the final installment. Fortunately, the all-star cast
from the first two films returns
unscathed in “The Last Stand,”
who went a long way to creating relatively believable characters, no small feat when most of
them routinely blow things up
without even batting an eyelash.
Unfortunately, the creators
made the mistake of introducing too many new characters
in the final installment. Although it was cool to see favorites from the comic books
finally make the silver screen,
these extra characters proved
only to be a major distraction.
The second installment, “XMen United,” was successful as
a movie because it had a healthy
balance of story and action. The
plot revolved mainly around one
character, Wolverine (played by
Hugh Jackman), and his quest
to uncover his amnesia-hidden
past. “X-Men United” also included some deliciously creepy
sci-fi elements about the government secretly experimenting on
mutants with severely twisted
methods, which wasn’t even
mentioned in “The Last Stand.”
Another issue I have with the
way this movie is made is its attempt to tie in grandiose, overarching themes of acceptance
versus prejudice into a concept
built for action. Let’s face it: you
cannot do anything peaceful with
retractable metal claws or firespewing hands. Yes, the first two
movies had hints of universal acceptance themes, but never to the
point where it drew attention away
from the main point of the story.
Despite its shortcomings, “XMen” was solid enough to please
most people, breaking a few
box-office records, including
grossing the most (45.5 million)
money on a Friday in movie history. And even though “The Last
Stand” is mediocre compared to
its predecessors, it is superb as
far as most comic book adaptations go. Most importantly, it
provided a relatively satisfying
ending to this harrowing trilogy,
with enough loose ends to make
another film if the creators decide
to milk this franchise any further.
Black-Eyed Peas entertain
By Jessica Reichard
singers and performers. It was a
Staff Writer learning experience for most as
Let me start by saying the Star
Theater is a really classy joint.
After my initial shock of being
located in the Arena, I was able to
settle in and enjoy the surroundings. In front of me stood a giant TV screen displaying the well
written and correctly punctuated
text messages to the Black Eyed
Peas from those at the concert.
I personally was able to get one
of my own personal texts, “Holla at Emma, Yo!” So worth it.
After 20 minutes of extended
wait, the moderately unknown
rock-rap group FlipSyde took the
stage. Comprised of four musicians, Flipsyde mixes rock, with
both an acoustic and electric
guitar and a little hip-hop flava’,
along with a lead rapper and a
DJ spinning in the background.
None of the songs were particularly memorable, but the sound
is moderately original considering that the usual fan base of
rock and rap usually don’t mix.
Following FlipSyde and another short set change was the
next opening act: the burlesque
show turned hip hop sextet, the
Pussycat Dolls.
Surprisingly,
the Pussycat Dolls have a more
than moderate amount of talent; all are incredible dancers,
well; Fergie, lead female vocals
in the BEP once sang and danced
in the now famous PCD show.
Following a third nail-biting 20
minute wait, the main event floated with god-like prowess across
the stage. Again, I was blown
away not only by the talent of each
member but also through their individually coordinated acts, interspersed throughout the show.
Of most notable originality were the almost educational
“I was blown away
not only by the talent
of each member but
also through their
individually coordinated acts”
solo performances of both Apl.
de.ap and Taboo. Apl, originally
from the Philippines, performed
“Bebot,” a song from “Monkey
Business” and wore clothing
coordinating with the flag’s colors, while Taboo, from Mexico,
took us on a stroll through the
memorable eras of hip hop, including songs like 50 cent’s “In
da club” and Cris Cros’ “Jump.”
The biggest disappointment
was not the fact that they did
not play my favorite songs from
the new album (“Gone Going”
and “They Don’t Want Music,” both understandable since
they feature artists not attending the show), but was the fact
that Fergie was undeniably intoxicated throughout the concert.
Though it did not detract from her
voice, which was at times so powerful it hurt the ears, it definitely
reflected poorly on her showmanship as well as her appreciation of
fans who paid a good deal of money to see in her in a fairly sub-par
venue. She was overly sexual onstage, stumbled more than once,
and often just made a complete
fool of herself by over-acting to
songs sung by others in the band.
In spite of her embarrassing
state, the Black Eyed Peas expertly displayed their performing prowess throughout the evening. The concert, lasting close
to two hours, highlighted each
artists’ multitude of talents as
well as the huge contribution
made by the background musicians. During a final jam session
on stage, will.i.am beat-boxed
while playing the drums as his
rhythm guitarist played a seemingly improvised solo on stage.
Despite common conception of the BEP’s ‘sellout’ status, there is no denying the fact
that they, along with the Pussy-
“Linus,” the most recent release
from LC band For Years Blue,
contains the essentials necessary
to move from generic garage band
(though well-known locally) to a
group of musicians with serious
innovative potential.
“Linus”
could be For Year Blue’s next step
in the direction of an even more
fertile future for For Years Blue.
The group recently became a
five man band, adding LC sophomore Sean McCotter on the keyboards to the list of musicians that
already include juniors Erik Walters, the lead singer and bassist;
Mac Smith on guitar and backup
vocals; Kyle Musselwhite on
guitar; and Ferris senior Marcus
Ourada on drums and percussion.
The EP dropped on Friday,
May 12, to a packed house at
Fat Tuesday’s. Among openers were LC band Lamps and
S#*@, also featuring the musical styling of Walters on guitar.
Though Far-Less, another opening band, chased away more than
a few spectators with their deafeningly awful scream music, a
decent crowd of excited LC and
Ferris students filled the floor.
The album cover itself is professional and artistic, created
by G-Prep student James Miller. Six songs are featured on
the EP, which took three days
to record and a period of nine
months to mix and finalize.
Musselwhite wrote lyrics for
“Littel,” “The Hearth and the
Salamander,” “Dolciani,” and
co-wrote “Varbury” with Walters, while Smith wrote “Dixie”
and “Kandrot.” Bass, guitar,
drum, and piano music are generally written on an individual
basis, but each musician has
done their share in contributing to each song as a whole.
For Years Blue show an indepth understanding of what
it takes to make a song go beyond power chords and cymbals
without sacrificing melody for
the quirks and pretensions that
plague so many amateur bands.
Mac Smith (pictured) and
For Years Blue performed at
Rock Coffee on May 31. They
recently released an EP called
“Linus.”
“Dixie” is the album’s first
gem, a song that starts off
slow and dull before crescendoing into an epic chorus.
“Linus” builds to a peak with
Musselwhite’s “The Hearth and
the Salamander,” a vengeful
track based on Ray Bradbury’s
“Fahrenheit 451.” The fast-paced
interplay between the dueling
guitars of Smith and Musselwhite and Ourada’s tight drumming highlight the cohesion that
separates For Years Blue from
so many other local bands and
provides a glimpse into their
potentially rich musical future.
“Salamander” is followed by
the EP’s only misstep, the slow,
acoustic lament “Varbury.” As an
independent song, it is as good
as any of the others but does
not fit well into the album. The
contrast between “Salamander”
and “Varbury” is too stark for
“Varbury” to provide adequate
resolution to “Linus;” there is
no receding action to smoothly
segue into an acoustic close.
In addition, “Linus” fails
to showcase Walters’ truly remarkable voice. Whether it is
the production of the album
or Walters himself, the vocals often sound almost tinny
as opposed to the breathtaking
range and emotion exhibited
in For Years Blue’s live shows.
Regardless, For Years Blue
has made a full and mature
EP that shows their significant musical strides and in the
process, may have made an
album to satisfy even people
who despise Spokane bands.
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Opinions
pAGE 11
June 2006
“Stick It” highly reccomended
By Kjersti and Lindsey
Staff Writers
“If
you’re
gonna
eat
mat, you eat mat hard.”
“Stick It,” directed by Jessica
Bendinger, promises to provide
quality entertainment with legendary quotes such as these. Also
known for her direction of the hit
movie “Bring It On,” and popular television series, “Sex and the
City,” many people have high
hopes for the success of “Stick It”.
Missy Peregrym, who plays the
main character, Haley Graham,
gives a slightly strained, yet appropriate performance as a rebellious,
punky teenager who is forced to
return to her rigorous gymnastics
training after a run-in with the law.
Actor Jeff Bridges, popular in
such classics as “The Big Lebowski” and “Seabiscuit”, plays
Graham’s over-the-hill coach
who pushes Graham to rediscover her passion for gymnastics.
The film was very reminiscent
of “Bring It On,” with its corny
one-liners and slapstick humor.
Though unlike “Bring It On,”
“Stick It” also portrays an underlying message about the rigor
and difficulty of gymnastics. For
example, once Graham arrives
at the gymnastics training center, an overly dramatic montage
depicts the pains endured by the
gymnasts. As Graham narrates,
“Gymnastics tells you no. All day
long. It mocks you over and over
again. Telling you- you’re an idiot. If you like running full speed
at a stationary object- vault’s for
you. If you like pulling pieces of
skin the size of quarters of your
hands- bars is for you. Because
the only thing more fun then rips,
is when your rips get rips. It’s really sexy.” What great dialogue!
Despite the enjoyable humor,
the plot was rather unbelievable,
as expected. First of all, rather
than being sent to Juvenile De-
The characters from “That 70’s Show” (from left to right: Kelso,
Jackie, Fez, Donna, Eric, and Hyde) reunited for the final 200th
episode, aired on May 18 after eight successful seasons.
The end of the ‘70s
By Conor Wiggert
had lived with the Forman’s for
Staff Writer a view years off and on, realizes
PHOTO COURTESY OF JACK
SIDDOWAY AND THE INTERNET
“Stick It,” the newest film from director Jessica Bendinger, delighted moviegoers with its gymnastics-based humor. And yes,
Kjersti and Lindsey were principal characters in the movie.
tention, Graham, is punished
by being sent to a gymnastic
training center in which young
girls train for the Olympics!
Also, once she rediscovers her
love for gymnastics, Graham realizes the injustice of the gymnastic scoring system and the
importance of community when
the young gymnasts decide to
unite against the system. After
successfully “sticking it to the
man,” justice is restored and everyone lives happily ever after.
While the film does lack in
structure, plot, and substance,
these are really not issues that
concern the average chick-flick
fan. Most young movie-goers
will appreciate the humor or at
least the sweet gymnastic moves.
So, are we sure we recommend this movie? We’re so sure
we’re “practically deodorant”.
Steven Seagal’s “Mojo Priest”
“Strut,” and “My God,” which the girls they know my name.”
By Nathan Weinbender
contains the stirring refrain “My
Because of Mr. Seagal’s promiStaff Writer God is better than your God.” nence, he manages to wrangle up
Imagine my surprise when I
discovered that action movie icon
Steven Seagal was the lead singer
of a blues band called Thunderbox.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Mr. Seagal and Thunderbox were coming to the Big
Easy to promote their new album.
And imagine my surprise when
I discovered that concert tickets
were a whopping $21. I am no
cheapskate, but $21 is a ridiculous
amount to shell out for Big Easy
tickets. Plus, the convenience
charge is $9 and there is an additional $2.50 fee. That rounds out
to nearly $35. Who does Steven
Seagal think he is? Chuck Norris?
So rather than trudging down
to the concert house on May 23,
I was content to go out and purchase Mr. Seagal’s landmark album instead. By “purchase,” I
mean that I found it for $5.99 in
the Hasting’s used CD bin. Let me
reiterate that I am no cheapskate.
Mr. Seagal’s newest record is the
elliptically titled “Mojo Priest,” a
follow-up to the brilliant “Songs
from the Crystal Cave.” That
album, released just last year,
was a real landmark in modern blues music, featuring such
masterful tracks as “Lollipop,”
In terms of Mr. Seagal’s arsenal of work, “Mojo Priest” ranks
right at the top along with “Under Siege 2” and “Fire Down Below.” Seagal himself is pictured
on the front cover, sitting on the
porch of a ramshackle house with
a steely black guitar resting on
his knees. He is staring surreptitiously into the distance, but he
may as well have been peering directly into the depths of my soul.
The music on “Mojo Priest” is
superbly average. The blues guitars shred, the percussion drives,
the back-up singers do back-up.
Mr. Seagal’s lyrics are unsurprisingly touching and provocative
without hauling any pretensions.
In his tasteful crooner “Talk to
My Ass,” Seagal’s furtive lamentations are particularly moving: “I
woke up this mornin’/I asked my
baby to fix me some scrambled
eggs/She said, Baby, you got your
own two pair a legs.” If I was a
stickler, I would point out that having “two pair a legs” would result
in having four legs, but is it really
fair to condemn poetic license?
Mr. Seagal is obviously a ladies man. In his song “Love
Doctor,” Seagal purports: “From
Boston down to Austin/Austin to
LA/From LA on to Thailand, all
some fly honeys. In the musical
masterpiece “She Dat Pretty,”
Seagal croons: “She got nice skin/
And she got nice hair/She look so
good she lovely everywhere…
She’s the kinda girl make a blind
man holla/Get too close, make a
preacher drop his collar.” Yowza.
But simply because Mr. Seagal
is a revered thespian and worldrenowned film star does not mean
that he can easily avoid romantic
skirmishes. He grieves over lost
loves: “I can’t find my baby/She
must be in Ethiopia somewhere.”
And: “I’m gonna love you anyway/Ain’t no doubt gonna stand
in my way/I’ll pay the price that
you want me to pay/Anytime of
the night or day/Cause I was born
to make you love me.” I wonder
if he uses a rhyming dictionary.
The greatest aspect of “Mojo
Priest” is its traditional blues roots.
Every song sounds the same as the
last, which gives it a sense of brilliantly monotonous consistency.
Mr. Seagal knows how to craft a
musical treasure—let us hope that
it does not remain buried for long.
In closing: “Someone took me
to a restaurant/And I had to eat
something fast/I ordered me some
chicken/They gave me alligator
ass.” Amen, Mr. Seagal. Amen.
“That ‘70s Show,” came to
an end May 18, closing the curtains on a series that focused
on a era of gaudy couches and
big hair. Some may argue, however, the show came to an end
with the exit of main characters
“Eric Forman” and “Michael
Kelso.” To the audience’s pleasure, the two characters returned
for the final, 200th episode.
Throughout the eight seasons, the viewers were thrown
through a rollercoaster of emotions with the relationship of
main characters “Eric” and
“Donna,” but were delighted
to see the show end with an exchange of a kiss between the two.
Along with the love connection of the life long friends is
the romance of “Fes” and peppy
“Jackie,” which takes a wrong
turn and almost leads Fes to return to his undisclosed homeland, but in a last minute, touching moment Jackie sparks a
new fire, causing Fes to stay.
Eric’s parents were thought to
be moving to Florida for retirement, but, in a series of touching flashbacks, “Kitty” decides
that she does not want to move.
She was afraid to tell headstrong “Red” because she knows
how much he wants to move.
Eric’s best friend “Hyde,” who
We Believe...
how desperate Kitty is; and uses
his money acquired from his dad
to buy season tickets to the Green
Bay Packers in an attempt to keep
Red in Point Place: it works.
Another main character, Kelso,
who in season seven has a baby,
and therefore moved with mother,
Brooke, to help out, but returns to
bring in the 80’s with his childhood friends. In moving, the
show lost one of its main humor
threats. In the final episode he returns to wrap up the show and, of
course, fall off the water tower.
Ashton Kutcher (Kelso) will
continue doing his hit show
“Punked,” and is currently in a
relationship with Demi Moore.
As for the actors and actresses,
Topher Grace has recently been
doing movies including “Spider
Man 3” which is currently in production. Debra Jo Rupp (Kitty)
and Kurtwood Smith (Red) have
done there fair share of work in the
television and big screen, and you
will surely see them in the future.
Wilmer Valderrama (Fez)
is working on his new show,
“Yo Mamma,” and Mila Kunis (Jackie) is in a upcoming
movie, “Tom 51,” and continues
to play Meg in “Family Guy.”
Like shows like “Friends”, “That
70’s Show” left with viewers
mourning, but pleased with the direction the characters were going.
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issue 10
pAGE 12
June 2006
Sasquatch Festival wows
by Nathan Weinbender
and Elliot Boswell
Staff writers
Marble-sized hail has a way of
ruining a perfectly good music
festival, in this case Sasquatch
2006. Halfway through the
festivities, the rain morphed into
killer pellets of ice, sending the
crowd scattering under umbrellas
and blankets in futile attempts
to shelter themselves from the
grapeshot assaults of the heavens.
The first major act was singersongwriter Sufjan Stevens and
his massive All-American 50
States Band, adorned in red,
white and blue. The music,
featuring piano, xylophone and
a brass ensemble, felt hurried,
unprepared and sloppy. No
wonder Stevens confines himself
mostly to the recording studio.
Iron and Wine ensued and
arguably stole the show with a
powerful, country-tinged set list.
Lead singer Sam Beam started
out the show alone onstage and
gradually added more members
until it built into a six-piece band.
Another alt-country star
followed,
indie
songstress
Neko Case, whose magnificent
turn on the main stage was
sadly cut short by the wrath of
the elements, despite her best
efforts, even attempting to play
through the hail before resigning.
Canadian imports The Tragically
Hip played after a two-hour
weather delay. Despite having
a massive following up North,
the band’s ridiculous theatrics
and mediocre music seemed to
puzzle the rain-soaked audience.
The Shins helped erase the
memory of the previous act
with hits such as “Caring Is
Creepy” and “New Slang.”
Festival headliner Ben Harper
and the Innocent Criminals
switched spots with The Flaming
Lips, meaning we had to sit
through Ben Harper’s uninspiring
Freedom Fighter-esque set before
The Red Hot Chili Peppers marked their triumphant return with
the sprawling double album: “Stadium Arcadium” in May.
The Flaming Lips were definately a highlight at Sasquatch.
we could witness the brilliance
of The Lips, who were the
undisputed highlight of the night,
perhaps even of the entire festival.
As the music commenced, lead
singer Wayne Coyne traversed the
front-row audience in a humansized hamster ball. The Lips’
stage set-up was undoubtedly
impressive, featuring a giant
screen projecting bizarre videos,
and the band was flanked by
dancing Santa Clauses and
gyrating space aliens. Their
set was highlighted by their hit
singles, notably a sing-along
rendition of Queen’s magnum
opus “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
We began Sunday with the
Arctic Monkeys, who have taken
Britain by storm, releasing the
fifth highest-selling album ever
in their homeland. Although their
purported brilliance is certainly
premature the Monkeys have
created simple, catchy music
that is addictive to some and
annoyingly repellent to others.
Sunday’s concert was fully
redeemed
by
Portland’s
The Decemberists, one of
the most promising acts in
modern indie music. They
are poppy, lush and playfully
sinister all at the same time.
Next were Matisyahu and
Queens of the Stone Age, neither
of whom fit in with the day’s
proceedings. Death Cab for Cutie
followed and although their
inoffensive pop tunes are flat, the
band had genuine stage presence.
The time had come for Beck,
and we stood for an hour
amidst a horde of exhausted
concertgoers thirty feet from the
stage. Beck’s music was nearly
trumped by his set-up, which
including a replica of the stage
featuring working marionettes.
Beck went through the motions,
dishing out signature tunes
such as “Loser” and “Where
It’s At.” Unfortunately, his set
ran fifteen minutes short of the
allotted time and, in a bout of
loutishness, he left the stage
without a formal goodbye.
Sasquatch ’06 had its shares
of lulls and highlights, but
it was worth the $110 ticket
price. No one topped the
Flaming Lips, and no one
proved as dismal as Ben Harper.
Da Vinci Code: unimpressive
by Eve Jegou
Staff Writer
During the summer of 2005,
I remember hearing everyone
around me talking about the bestseller “The Da Vinci Code” by
Dan Brown. I have never read
it, but when I knew a movie
was coming, I thought that it
might be interesting to see.
I was excited to discover the
world of “The Da Vinci Code,” a
story about an enigmatic murder
at the Louvre. The victim, the
museum’s curator, left behind
a secret that had been protected
since the days of Christ.
Only Sophie Neveu
(Audrey Tautou), the victim’s
granddaughter,
and
Robert
Langdon (Tom Hanks), a
famous
symbologist,
can
reveal the clues of the mystery.
Meanwhile, the two of them
become suspects and the prey of
the French and English police.
When I learned that Ron Howard
(“Apollo 13,” “Backdraft”) would
be directing “The Da Vinci Code,”
I was skeptical because I have not
enjoyed his previous movies. He
always uses the same three themes:
patriotism, action and heroism.
I think American people are
really interesting and need
something else; they need a new
cinematic style where the viewers
are involved instead of just being
held captive by predictable action,
like David Lynch (“The Elephant
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“The Da Vinci Code” is almost
an exception, and maybe one of
the best movies by Ron Howard.
It has some beautiful scenes,
like when Sophie and Robert
are in the English man’s castle.
During that scene they talk
about a painting by Leonardo
Da Vinci, “The Last Supper,”
where some clues are hidden.
Also, I was mad because Ron
Howard chose Hans Zimmer,
one of the most popular
Hollywood
composers,
to
do the movie’s soundtrack.
Zimmer is a talented
composer but I am not a fan
because in my opinion his
music is impersonal and gives
a flat impression, contrary to
John
Williams
(“Goonies,”
“Schindler’s list”) and Thomas
Newman (“American beauty,”
“Erin Brokovich”) who always
gave an important personality to
each movie through their music.
Some parts of the movie
were poorly scripted, like in
the beginning when Robert
Langdon (Tom Hanks) discovers
a message behind a painting
at the Louvre. I remember
people laughing in the audience
because it was so ridiculous.
Finally, “The Da Vinci Code”
is not a bad movie but it is not
the greatest movie of the year.
The triumphant
return of RHCP
“Blood Sugar Sex Magik” while
by Mac Smith
maintaining the mature
Section Editor still
songwriting prowess of “By the
Double albums are often regarded
as self-indulgent. From Guns
‘n Roses’ “Use Your Illusion” (I
and II) to 2Pac’s “All Eyez on
Me,” the life of a double album
is often plagued by criticism
and back biting. However, in
recent years the double album
has taken on new meaning as
the pinnacle of a band’s creative
expression. Recording a double
album has become a right of
passage of sorts to becoming a
truly “great” band or artist. So
on which side of this equation
does the latest offering from
The Red Hot Chili Peppers fall?
“Stadium Arcadium” was
released earlier this month as a
sprawling, 28-track odyssey and
was greeted with phenomenal
commercial success and critical
acclaim. In my opinion, this
album will go down as the band’s
crowning achievement. Although
it pails in comparison to their
previous effort “By the Way,” it
still possesses all the essential
elements of a truly great album.
The energy that many complained
was mysteriously absent from
“By the Way” has definitely
returned. “Stadium Arcadium”
harkens back to the glory days of
the band’s breakthrough album,
Way” and “Californication.”
This album marks the formative
return of the Chili Peppers in their
finest form. Recorded with the
help of legendary producer Rick
Rubin, who also produced “Blood
Sugar Sex Magik” and tracked
in the very same Hollywood
mansion, “Stadium Arcadium”
is swollen with youthful
vivaciousness yet remains buoyed
by the experience and selftruth only veterans can exude.
However, this album does suffer
from many common mistakes
found on a double album.
“Stadium Arcadium” tends to be
overwhelming. At many points
one is left to believe the whole of
both discs could be condensed into
one single, more focused album.
Also, the listener never gets a
break from the incredibly textured
guitar stylings of John Frusciante.
He seems to be pushing a little
too hard to display his growth
as a musician and songwriter.
Every track is mutli-layered,
multi-textured, and wrought with
simply too many guitar tracks.
On the whole however, the
album shines during songs like
“Strip my Mind” and “Snow (Hey,
O)” when the band steps back and
finds a way to marry the energy
with the maturity and talent.
Thoughts on Japan
by Mitch Goist
“delicacies” like raw squid.
Staff Writer What is also in abundance is green
What is the land of the rising
sun? Some call it a wonderous
land, filled with an ancient
people, boundless history, and
oriental mystique. Others might
refer to it as a land filled with
ergonomically perverse toilets,
disturbing culinary choices, and
an ungodly amount of annoying
beeps and buzzes. After one week
in Japan, I have uncovered the
secrets behind this ancient people.
The first thing that I noticed
were the people, namely their
size. Gone were the size sixty
waists, abundant Big Macs, and
tremendous portions of America.
In my entire stay, I could
probably count the number of
obese people I saw on one hand.
The reason behind this is not
any cultural phenomena, but
it’s due to the bizarre variety of
Japanese cuisine. Apparently,
with a classic triple from Wendy’s
costing upwards of eight dollars,
they had to turn elsewhere. So in
lieu of the hamburger, Japenese
restaurants serve a variety of
tea, bitter, non-thirst quenching,
dark green gunk on the bottom
green tea. My throat was in
worse shape than my stomach.
Another peculiar trait is there
take on the toilet. I am not
going to go into the gruesome
details so to spare some of you,
however let’s just say that it
posed a challenge. It is a four
inch by eighteen inch sliver in the
ground that forces the user into a
“less than ergonomic position.”
Japan is known for its
technological prowess
(and
rightfully so), however sometimes
this manifests itself in useless and
annoying ways. The turn signals
in cars actually sing to you, street
signs beep and buzz at annoying
volumes, and stores are filled with
loud, repetitive advertising jingles.
All of these complaints aside,
I am sure that when the Japanese
visit America, they complain
about our sit down toilets,
oversized burgers, and lack of
sounds. It was an educational
experience to say the least, and the
most fun I had in recent memory.

May Week 2006: music, food, fun and pies in face

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