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MARCH ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Aries, March 21 - April 20 Lifehasbeen too consistent foryou late-ly.Change thingsupa little!Trysomethingnew.Don’tbeafraidtoputyourselfoutonalimb.

Taurus, April 21 - May 21 Friendshavealwaystriedtoconvinceyouofyourmadness,butnevermoresowillthatbetruethanthiscomingweekend.Ifitfeelslikeeveryoneislookingatyou,itisprobablybecausetheyare.

Gemini, May 22 - June 21 Yourlovelifeisabouttoex-plode!While it might seemlike there are many whocouldbe“theone,”don’tfool around. Pick oneand go with it, youcan’tlose!

Cancer, June 22 - July 22 Thisisabadmonthforyourhealth.Eatanappleandgotothedoc-tor.

Leo, July 23 - August 21 Something unexpected willhappen to you soon, either forgoodorbad.Rollwiththesituationandenjoythetrip.

Virgo, August 22 - September 23 Youmightfindyourselfonthewrongendofabaddealseveraltimesthismonth.Bestadvicewouldbetonotmakeanypromisestoanyoneyoudon’ttrust.

Libra, September 24 - October 23 Springiscoming!Withthisnewseasonitwouldbenefityoutochangeupyourward-robe andattitude.Orange andblack are al-waysgreatcolorcombos.

Scorpio, October 24 - November 22 This has been a stressfulmonth for you.Takesome time foryourselfover theweek-endstounwindandrelax.

Sagittarius, November 23 - December 22 Youwillprobablyfeelrestlessandirritat-

edforthenextmonth.Goforaruntohelpclearyourmind.

Capricorn, December 23 - January 20 Stay indoors thisweek!Naturaldisastersareabout to strikeandwith your luck, youmightendup in themiddle ofthem.

Aquarius, January 21 - February 19

Things haven’t been goingyourwayasoflate.Thebestthing

todowouldbetosmilethroughthecon-frontationandturntheothercheek.

Pisces, February 20 - March 20 Itmight be good to consider going back tochurch.Somereligiouseventsareabouttocomeintoplayand itwouldbegood tohavea littlemorecontext.

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SOPHOMORE

So, what do girls want from guys? And what do guys want from girls? The answers might surprise you.

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WORD OF THE MONTH

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Tiger Horoscopes These horoscopes are provided for entertainment purposes only, and as such, they come with no guarantee of accuracy or usability of the information and advice contained within. Read at your own risk!.

by David Mills

NEWS MARCH 2011IFHS TIGER TIMES SHAYLA SKILLINGS& CODY BOWYER

EDITORS

Students walk out in protestIn a demonstration organized through social media, Idaho teens show their anger

Thequestionadultshaveforstudentswhoprotestis:Doyouevenknowwhyyou’reprotesting?HerearesummariesofthecontroversialeducationreformsTomLunaispushingthroughlegislature:

S 1108 This bill will get rid of tenure and seniority among the teachers. They want to only have the best teachers teaching all the time.

S 1110 Teachers can be rewarded for taking on leadership roles, such as mentoring, creating curriculum, grant writing, and obtaining National Board Certification.

S 1113 It creates funding for technology. It increases teacher’s salary, to about 30,000 a year. This bill establishes a high school graduation requirement of four credits of online courses, beginning with the 9th grade class of 2012-2013.

Jonathan LathamStaff Reporter

StudentsatIdahoFallsHighSchool planned a school widewalk out March 11 to protesttheneweducationbillsrecentlypassedintheIdaholegislature. Students claimed the walk-outwas to protect their teach-ers,andinobjectiontothebills.At around 1:20p.m., studentswalked out of their classes,down HolmesAvenue to 17thStreetwhere theywaved signsandyelledatcarsandpassers-by. Of the estimated 90 to 100students that walked out,

roughly50peoplepicketed. Atthebeginningoftheday,teachers received an e-mailfrom Principal Randy Hurleystating if studentswalked out,theyneeded tosignoutbeforethey left.But inanothere-mailsent midday and closer to thewalkout time, Hurley sent ane-mailclarifyingtheattendancepolicy,thatteachers“shouldnotbarricadethedoororgetintoaverbal confrontation about thewalkout.

In the direction, he also in-structed teachers to encouragestudentstocheckoutandtore-mindthemtheyareresponsiblefortheirabsences. But with so many studentswalking out through the frontdoors,Hurley told them to ei-thergetoutoftheschoolorgobacktoclass. Hurley explained to somestudentsthataskedhimiftheycouldwalk out,what the prosand cons were to protesting.Andhetriedtoexplaintothemhow to take care of problemscorrectly. “I understand stu-dents want to have a voice inthe changes that come about,”

Hurleysaid. Hurley also said he is notsureifanyoneknowswhytheywerewalkingout.Hebetsthattheyjustwantedtomisstherestof the school day. “There areotherwaystogetapointacrossthat aremore appropriate andmoreefficient,”hesaid. Butsomestudentssaidtheydidunderstand. “Iwalkedouton education so my teachersdidn’thave to,”KyleeKishiya-ma,senior,said.“Ifeellikethebills are eliminating teacher-studentcontact.Wewillcreateageneration thatwillbesociallyawkward. The bills also dis-criminateourteachers.”

StudentsfromIdahoFallsHighSchoolline17th

StreetinprotestofStateSuperinten-

dentofSchoolsTomLuna’s

controversialedu-cationreformbillsmakingtheirway

throughIdaho’slegislature.Thestudentsorga-nizedthewalk

outthroughsocialmedia.

Cheyenne Olson/Tiger Times

SIGNS OF THE TIMES IF kids showed their protest of State Superinten-dent of Public Instruction Tom Luna’s educational reform with some colorful signs. Here are some of the more colorful ones:

SHAMRA SHELLEy, JuNIOR

RyAN KOTEK, SOPHOMORE

AMBER HARMON, JuNIOR

EDUCATEYOURSELF!

RICHARD SCHMuDE,

SENIOR

Shayla SkillingsNews Editor

Two of Idaho FallsHighSchoolProfession-alTechnical clubscom-peted at the state levelandwalked awaywithmultipleawards. TheTechnologyStu-dentsAssociation(TSA)and Business Profes-sional Association(BPA) clubs competedinBoise,March10-12. At theBPAste com-petition, students whowon first through fifthplacesqualifiedtocom-petenationallyinWash-ingtonD.C.inMay. For State Funda-

mentalAccountingAn-tonio Saucedo, senior,received fifth place, Incomputerized account-ing Dani Haas, senior,received sixth place,and Mariah Mitchell,sophomore in tenthplace. “When we went toBoise,itwasreallyfun,”Saucedo said. “I met alotofnewpeople. The tests for compe-titionaregrueling.“ThefirsttestthatItookwasfor fundamental ac-counting and it lastedfortwohours,”Saucedosaidofthetesthequali-fied togo toNationals.“Thesecondtest I took

lastedforanhourandahalf.” At the TSA confer-ence,all17competitorstookhomeamedaland

allqualifiedforNation-alsinTexas. “We did well,” Ad-viser Miles Hurleysaid. “They represent-

ed Idaho Falls HighSchoolwell.” IFHS TSA placedsecond overall in thestate.

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Shayla SkillingsNews Editor

TheIdahoFallsHighSchooldebateteamfinishedtheircom-petitive seasonwith a berth inthisyear’snationalcompetition. According to adviser Me-lissa Cortes, this is the firsttime in a long time the teamhas qualified. In the last 10years,theteamhasbeenreallyclose towinningbut thennoonequalifiedfornationals. Cortes said they haveworkedsohardthisyear,andtheyhavebeenrewardedwiththe chance to go to Dallas,Texas,June13-18. Seniors Ryan Richardson,and Sara Plummer will com-pete in the public forum de-bate and their alternates areKatelyn Strobel, sophomoreandAbigailTucker,junior. Another alternate isMeghanSanders,sophomore,whocompetedintheInterna-tional Extemp and Congres-sionalDebate. These students have putmore than a hundred hoursintothedebateprogram. Competing in nationals is aweek-longprocess,andthereareabouttwothousandcompetitors. The students will competeinseven90-minuteroundsand,when theyarefinished, judgesdetermine who proceeds andwhodoesnot. Inordertoraisemoneytogettothecompetition,thede-bate team is sellingdiscountcards for $20. “These cardsare a really great bargain,”Cortessaid. Tohelpsupport thedebateteam,seeCortesinRoom117.

Debate makes it to Nationals

TSA, BPA place at state tourneys

Natalie Stoker/Spud AnnualBrandt Robison, sophomore, throws his hand-made airplane during the aviation tech-nologycompetitionatthestateTechnologyStudentAssociationcompetition,March10.Robisontookfirstplacewithhisplanesairtimeofoneminuteand36seconds.

MCT Campus

TOKYO—WithminorlevelsofexcessradiationdetectedinTokyoand at two nearby U.S. militarybases, alarm is building amongAmericans inJapanwhofear theJapanese government and theU.S.militaryareunderplayingthethreatofcontaminationfromfourout-of-controlnuclearreactors.ThecommanderofU.S.Na-

valForcesinJapan,RearAdm.Richard Wren, raised anxietylevels Tuesday when he ad-vised residents of YokosukaNavalBase,nearTokyo,to"lim-itoutdooractivity"—lessthanadayafterhetolda townhallmeetingthatradiationfromthereactorswouldn'taffectthem.AtYokotaAirBase,thelargest

U.S. base on Japan'smainland,testingoftheairforcontamina-tionhasgonefromtwiceadaytohourly.TheU.S.Navysaidit

was repositioning some ships,includingtheUSSEssex,anam-phibiousassaultvessel,fromtheeastcoasttothewestcoastofJa-pan'sHonshuislandbecauseofcontaminationconcerns.U.S.helicoptercrewssupport-

ingJapan'spost-tsunamisearch-and-rescue efforts have beenfoundwithelevated—althoughnotserious—radiationlevels.The rising anxiety came af-

ter four days duringwhich the38,000 U.S. military personnellivinginJapan,alongwith43,000family members, believed theyhadescapedunscathedfromthe9.0-pointquakeandthetsunamisthat ravaged Japan's northeastcoast on Friday. U.S. militaryinstallations were undamagedand American bases were welloutside the evacuation zonearoundthatJapaneseauthoritiesdeclaredaroundtheFukushimaDai-IchiNuclearPowerPlant.

Americans in Japan voice anxiety over meltdowns

THE TIGER TIMES • MARCH 2011 NEWS 5

$6.8 million levy passes in District 91

Lauren WirkusStaff Reporter

Every twoyearspeo-ple in each of Idaho’svaried school districtscome together to vote.Yet, this vote isn’t for apresidential election orpolitical leader this oneis about education. OnMarch8,citizensindis-trict91votedonthelevy

intheirhomeprecinct. This levy allows thedistrictanother$6.8mil-lion for two years eachyeartopayforteachers,schoolsuppliesandoth-er necessities for an upkeepintheschools. Now that this levyhas passed, the schoolswill receive greaterfunds.“I’mveryhappyit passed,” Drew Kern-er, a science teacher atIdahoFallsHighSchool,

said.“Withthecuts,thestate budget has beenstressed and we reallyneededthefunds.” In response to thestatewide cuts, Dis-trict 91 has had to de-crease its budget bymore than $4 millionthis pass year, cuttingstaff,servicesandpro-grams.Thelevymeansmoretogoaroundandteachers at IFHS arerelieved. “I’m grateful

the community under-stands thenecessityofthe levyand theysup-ported their students’education in passingit,” Danae Rogers, asophomore Englishteacherhere,said. “We’re excited,”Howard Hart, historyteacher at IF, said. “It’sgreat that the commu-nity was so supportiveofthelevy.” Intheend,theschoolseducationlevyhasposi-tivelyaffectedDistrict91overall and, despite thecuts, thepassingof thislevy can push schoolsthroughtoughtimes.

Teachers hope new funds can ease burden of financial crisis

“With the cuts, the state budget has been stressed and we really needed the funds.”

- Drew Kerner, science teacher

Cody BowyerNews Editor

Students are feelingextra pressure at the gaspump as prices continuetorise. According to AAAanalyst Dave Carlson inaLocalNews8interview,therearemultiplereasonsforthehigherprices.OneofwhichistheturmoilintheMiddleEast,theareathatsuppliesabigchunkoftheworld’soilsupply. Carlson said the re-coveringeconomyisalsodriving up prices. “Oil

is trading because theworld is using more ofit,andthat’snotgoingtochange unless the econ-omy collapses,” Carlsonsaid.“Higherpricessug-gestwe are on the righttrack.” “People won’t buy asmuchgaswiththehigherprices,” Dakota Parks,junior, said. “It doesn’tmakesensethattheecon-omyisdoingbetter.We’regoing to stop buying asmuch gas, so wouldn’tthat make the economyworse?” “I think gas should

go back to 75 centsa gallon,” RichardLayton, junior, said.“ThatwayIcouldafford

todrivemy1969Volvo.It’sbeautiful.” Sincethepricesofgasare rising, regular fami-lies have to spendwhatlittle money they haveon gas, and their otherbills go unpaid. Manydriversarehopingtogetthemost“bang”fortheirbuck, so many of them

are turning to websitessuch as GasBuddy.comandGasPriceWatch.com.Thosewebsitestrackthecheapest gas prices in aparticular town. As ofMarch 22, GasBuddy.comsaidthelowestpriceforgasinIdahoFallswas$3.29 at Tesoro on Am-monandLincolnroads.

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LOS ANGELES —Two recent studies onwhichhas the speedierweb browser betweeniphoneandAndroid—twostudiesthatcontra-dict each other — areprovidingmore fuel tothefanboy/girlfire.According to a new

study released fromBlaze Software, webpages load 52 percentquicker on the Sam-sung Nexus S runningGoogle's Android 2.3,alsoknownasAndroidGingerbread, than theApple iPhone 4 run-ningIOS4.3.But, as PC World

magazine pointed outon its website, theBlazestudycontradictsa report released lastmonth from Gomez, aLexington,Mass., com-pany and owned byDetroit-based Compu-ware.Like Blaze, Gomez

offers technology tohelp make websitesandappsloadfasteronmobiledevices.

Android vs. iPhone: Which has the faster web browser?

“I don’t like it. It cuts into my stomach.”

- Ben Hersh, senior

“When I was a sophomore prices were just as bad.”

- Clint Beehler, senior

“I love spending my parents money for gas.”- Mayra Galabiz,

sophomore

OUTLOOK MARCH 2011IFHS TIGER TIMES AMANDA J OHNSTONEDITOR

U wanna live? Don’t txt n drveMarissa ClarksonStaff Reporter

Yourphonerings.Yougotograbitandtakealooktoseeyourfriendwouldliketoknowwhatyouwanttodo

tonight.Itonlytakesaminuteforyoutoopenyourphoneandrespondtothetext,butitalsoonlytakesaminuteforyoutolosecontrolofyourcar. Accordingtotheinsurancewebsiteed-garsnyder.com,hundredsofteenagersandadultsacrossthenationreachfortheirphonesanddecidetotextwhiledriving.Infact,48percentofyoungAmericansfromages12to17saythey’vebeeninacarwhileadriverwastexting.Fifty-twopercentof16to17yearoldsconfesstomakingandansweringphonecallsontheroadwhile34percentadmittotextingwhiledriving. Theyaremakingthedecisionthatatthatmomentatextmessageismoreimportantthantheirlives.I’dbelyingifIsaidInevertextwhiledriving.Weknowit’swrongandweknowit’sdangerous.However,wedoitanywaybecausewefigureitisnobigdealifwelookupnowandagain. Accordingtothewebsite,talkingonacellphonewhiledrivingslowsayoungdriver’sreactiontimethatofa70yearold.Thishasal-lowed21percentoffatalcarcrashesinvolvingteenstobecausedbycellphonesortexting. Therisksoftextingwhiledrivingarerising,andyourlifeisontheline.Textingwhiledrivingisadistractionandnotonlyisyourlifeontheline,butsoissomeoneelse’s.Therisksoftakingyoureyesfromtheroadforasplitsecondaredangerous.Youhavetokeepyourmindontheroad. Themomentyoulookupyouseeit,yourealizethatyouaren’tgoingtobeabletoavoidit. Eventhoughweallknowit’sdangeroustodoit,westilldo.It’stimetotakeoureyesoffourphonesandputthembackontheroad.Isthatphonecallormessagereallyworthyourlife?

New education reform is pure Luna-cyAmanda JohnstonOpinion Editor

Theschoolsystemthatap-parentlyhadminorflaws,isnowundergoingplansfor

majorchangesanditiscausingawarinIdaho. StateSuperintendentofSchoolsTomLunawasswornintohissecondtermbecauseheclaimedtherewasnothingwrongwithoureducationsystem.Now,how-ever,hewantstochangethewaythissystemisgoing.Hewantstoreplacetheone-on-onecontactofteacherswithamachine.Oneofhischangeswouldgiveeveryincomingfreshmanalaptoptotakemandatoryonlineclasses.Theclasssizesaresupposedtoincreaseinsizeandschoolsloseteachers—anestimated770teacherswouldlosetheirjobsacrossIdaho.

Whyshouldstudentsriskfail-ingaclassbecausetheycan’tlearnwithoutthepresenceofateachertohelpthemwiththeproblemstheyhaveforoneperson’sidea?Justbecausehewasabletoobtainhisdegreefromanonlineclass,doesn’tmeanthateverykidcangainthatknowledgefromanonlineclass. Asanoldersister,IfeelformyyoungersiblingsbecauseIknowtheyneedtheteachercontactandsupporttolearnthesubjects.Havingtotaketheonlineclasseswillchangetheirsuccesslevelbecausethentheproblemsarise.Tryingtofigureoutmathoradifferentlanguageonthecomputermakesithardforstudentstolearnandprac-ticeitinlife.Languagesonlinewouldnotallowforthepersonalfeedback. Mathneedsstepstofindthe

solutiontotheequationandmoststudentsneedateachertohelpthemthroughthestepstofindthesolution. Increasingthesizesoftheclassesisgoingtomaketheclasshardertobecausetherewillbemorestudents.Studentswillalsolosepersonalcontactasteachersscrambletomakesure“nochildisleftbehind.” Also,therewillbeanincreaseinthestudentsbutnoincreaseinsize.Themoredesksthatareneededinaclassroomcancauseproblemsfortheteachers,thestudentsandfirecodes. Lunaneedstoconsultwitheducators,teachersandstudentsbeforeimplementingsucharadi-calplan.IfearforthefutureofeducationinIdahoandpraymysiblingswillreceivethegreatedu-cationIhave.It’sjustnotlookingtoogood.

No job-a for teachah!

CARTOON bY DAkOTA kimble

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i.f. high’s

whatgirlswant

saywhat?!girls don’t

often fit the stereotype

A ll girls are different in their ownway that make them attracted tomanydifferenttypesofguys.Someladiesareattractedtoagoodsense

ofhumor-youknow,thefunnyguys. Others are attracted to the intelligent setthattendtobeabitmoreserious.Inallhon-esty, all a girl reallywants is someonewhocanunderstand themandbe there for themwhentheyreallyneedthemmost. Abestfriendandaboyfriendiswhatallgirlsarelookingfor.Although,manygirlsarelook-ingforlessthanarelationshipandjustwanttohangout. A lot of girls needmore time. Treating agirl the rightway cangoa longway, and ifyouaresensitivetoagirl’sneeds,yourworkwilleventuallypayoff.

Girls like when guys try and succeed atprovingtheirbigtalk,too.“Inaguy,Iamat-tractedtohissenseofhumormostofthetime,so he has to be funny,” Alexa Rich, junior,said.“Healsohastobeprettydowntoearthandnotcocky.” Othergirlsplayitcool.Whenagirlignoresaguy,itsusuallyjustbecauseshewantshimtotalktohermoreandmakemoreeffort,butno one likes someone that is too clingy orajustplainannoying.“I’matallperson,soI lookatheightfirst,”MaesyHang, junior,said.“Basically,tallisawesome.” “Theguys I lookathave tohaveagreatsense of humor,”KeshaClay, junior, said.“Ifhehasasenseofhumorthenyouknowhehasagreatpersonality.That’slikethecherryontop.”

who has it harder, Boys girlsor

“Whenwesay,‘nothingiswrong,’thereisALWAYSsome-thingwrong.Butpush-ingherbuttonsandaskingallthetimeisn’tgoingtomakeherlikeyouverymuch.” Alexa Rish, junior

“We dont always like to cuddle.”

Ciara shaul, senior

“Weliketogetdownanddirtyinthemudsome-times,too.”

Kenzie Lawson, senior

“Idon’tlovechocolate...it

makesmesick.”Crystal Ponce, senior

“We don’t like to watch you play video games. We like to play, too!”

Liz Barnes, senior

ugly truthQ:

Kylee Kishiyama, senior

? Girls, because they have to deal with terrible mood swings.

Junior Loya, senior

“”

Boys, because ev-erybody thinks we are players.

sCott sChaeffer, Junior

“ ”

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whatguyswant

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

SENSE OF HUMOR

INTELLIGENCE

OTHER

PERSONALITYPHYSICAL APPEARANCE

SENSE OF HUMOR

INTELLIGENCE

OTHERPERSONALITY

Justin KingStaff Reporter

Contrary to popular beliefsomeguyswantalittlemoreinagirlthanashortskirtandalongjacket.

Guyswant a girl that’s real, onethat eats what they ordered on adate and doesn’t look like they’vejustrolledaroundinabagofDori-tosandhadtheirmake-updonebyablindcircusclown. But, to be fair, all guys are dif-ferent sowewentandaskeda fewguysaroundschoolwhattheywantinawoman. “Iwantagirlthatwillgoshredtheslopeswithme,”KennyFrank,junior,said.“Shehastobehardcore.”

Whilesomeguyscansummarizewhat theywant inawomaninoneortwowordslikeGibsonCook, ju-nior who says he likes his womentobea“sasstron”and“wilytempt-ress.” Other guys like talentedwomensuch as senior Jordan Nelson wholikes girlswho are good at potteryandpoetry.And some likemusicalwomen such as sophomore JDDa-viewholikesgirlsunnaturallyintoJohnCusackbuthedoesn’tlikegirlsthatdon’tlikechildren’smusic. But there’s not just one univer-sal answer to what a guy wantsin awoman, The onlyway to findoutwhatthemanyou’re interestedinwants, you’ve just got to go askthem.

ugly truth What do you look for first in the opposite sex?

Tori Aguirre, senior

guysgirls

10 THE TIGER TIMES • MARCH 2011

IFspeaks How do you feel about Supt. Tom Luna’s new education reforms?

“My boy, Sage Heyrend, and I would come up with a bet-

ter plan than Tom Luna could ever come up with. Luna’s out there playing checkers

and we’re out here playing chess!”

> Dustin Hagan,junior and

Sage Heyrend, sophomore

“I think it will put us in a deeper hole than before. Teachers are already treated unfairly.”

- Jose Rojas,senior

Mariah MitchellStaff Reporter

February was National Teen DatingViolence Prevention and AwarenessMonth but that doesn’t mean we donotneed to be aware of

the importance of treatingeachotherwithrespectev-erymonthoftheyear. Itiscriticalthatwetakethistimetorememberthatdomesticviolenceisnotjustaproblemforadults.OneinthreeadolescentsintheUnitedStateswillbeavictimofphysical,emotionalorsexualabusefromadatingpartner. Recognizingabuseinarelation-shipcanbedifficult,especiallyforteens.Therearemanytypesofabusethatyoungpeoplemaybelievearenormalinarelationship.Eventhoughteenrelationshipsmaybedifferentfromadultrelationships,teenscanexperience

thesametypesofabuse. Teensalsofaceuniqueobstaclesiftheydecidetogethelp.EventhoughitisnotFebru-ary,westillneedtorecognizewhatteensthataregoingthroughwhentheygothroughdat-ingviolence.Itissomethingthataffectskidsofallages.Itissomethingthatweneedtorecog-

nizeandtakeaction. Takealookatthequiztotheright.Ifyouansweryestoanyoftheseques-tions,yourrelationshipisnothealthyandyouneedtofindsomewaytofixitorgethelp.Peeradvocates,betweenagesof16-24,offersupportandreferrals

throughthe24/7telephonehelplineandlivechat.

Itisnotarelationshipifyoursignificantotherishurting.Gethelpimmediately.IdahoFallshascounselorsandadministratorsthat

willhelpyouanonymously.Youareworththehelp.

•Lookatyouoractinwaysthatscareyou? •Actjealousorpossessive? •Putyoudownorcriticizeyou? •Trytocontrolwhereyougo,whatyouwearorwhatyoudo? •TextorIMyouexcessively? •Blameyouforthehurtfulthingstheysayanddo? • Threaten to kill or hurt you or themselves if youleavethem? •Trytostopyoufromseeingortalkingtofriendsandfamily? •Trytoforceyoutohavesexbeforeyou’reready? •Dotheyhit,slap,pushorkickyou-eveniftheysaytheyare“justjoking?”

Ifyoucananswer“yes”toANYofthesequestions,youneedtospeakwithacounselor,parentoradministratorimmediately.Oryoucancallpeeradvocatesbetweenthehoursof3p.m.and1a.m.at1-866-331-9474.Youcanalsogotowww.loveisrespect.organdfindmoreinforma-tionongettingoutofanabusiverelationship.

-MariahMitchell

Teens need to recognize dating abuseDOESYOURSIGNIFICANTOTHER...

“I am not in favor with Luna’s plan. My personal opinion is that many aspects of the plan were not put together with educator input, with the students’ best interest in mind and that so far, parts of the plan has been voted in against the will of the legislators’ constituents.”

- ellen Duncanlibrarian

ARTSEntIFHS TIGER TIMESMATT CAMPBELL

EDITORMARCH 2011

“I’m not even sure why I like it so much. It’s just really inspiring! I try to watch it every Wednes-day night, because I’m never home on Tuesday

to watch it.” Favorite Glee tune: “Lucky” by Jason Mraz

Shawn Walton,junior

“I think that Glee is super fun to watch, and the songs are super fun, too! People who are in choir and stuff have a lot of fun singing these hit pop

songs all Glee-style, and it’s a lot of fun!” Favorite Glee tune: “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga

Shannon Lawless,

junior

Matt CampbellArtsEnt Editor

The FOXhit television show,Glee,hasbecomethe“it”showofthisgen-eration.Peoplefromtheages10to60fromallwalksoflifehavefalleninlovewithGlee. Names likeFinn,Rachel,Puckand

Kurt have become household names,andTiVoseverywherearesettorecordtheshoweveryweek.GleecoversongsoniTunesarethemostpurchasedlistssongseveryweekafteranewepisode. Gleehassparkedanewgenerationof singers, most of them posting onYouTube,orstarting theirownschoolGleeclubs.

ChazStevingandMelanieRoss,ju-niors at Idaho Falls High School, aretwo students who have realized thevalueofagleeclub,andtheyhavere-started theold traditionofGleeat IF.“Westartedthisclubbecausewethinkchoir,asfunasitis,barelybreachesthebarrier for expressing yourself,” Stev-ingsaid.“Ingleeclub,youcanchoose

themusic that youwant to sing, andarrange it how youwant it. It’smorestudent-ledandcoversmorepopmu-sic.” TheI.F.GleeClubmeetsThursdaysduring lunch in the band room, andtheyarelookingforothersingersanddancerswhowanttofindanewwaytoexpressthemselves.

“Some people like Glee for the sheer drama of it,

but that is not what it is all about. The music and the

message are the best thing about it, and it is definitely one of my favorite shows.”

FavoriteGleetune:“Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey

Chaz Steving,junior

TIGER

Rise of the GLEE generation

New club at IF seeks members to sing, have a good time

Michael GinosarStaff Reporter

JustinBieber, thehit teenagepopstar,madehis way into the theaters with his new film,“NeverSayNever,”releasedFeb.11.Thismov-iewaswrittenabouthislife,hismusi,andhowhemanaged to become the pop sensation thatheis. Even thoughhundredsof thousandsofpeo-plehateonhim,insulthimandhishair,thereisnoendtotheincomeheisgenerating.Fromper-formingat120concerts,hehasmadeupwardsof$36million.Bieberhasalsosold3.2millional-

bums just in theU.S. His newmovie grossed$12 million onthe first nightalone. On ABC’sdaytime female-led television talkshow, “The View,”UnitedStatesofAmer-ica President BarackObama was asked aboutJustinBieber.Obama,whohad

previously met Justin Bieber,said, “He’s a very nice youngman.”Other than that,hehadno comment, except to saythathehadabsolutelynoneofBieber’ssongsonhisiPod. Bieber deserves a lot ofrespect for his financial success,thoughsome (actuallyquitea lot)

of people do not enjoy hismusic atall, and think thathismusic is cheesy,

boring,repetitiveandwayoverdone,butstill,millionsofdollarsgo intohispockets

witheveryoneofthosesongshereleases.

12 ARTS_ENT THE TIGER TIMES • MARCH 2011

David MillsStaff Reporter

Johnny Depp findshimselfinanewroleasawacky,out-of-placepetchameleonwhogetslostinthemiddleofthedes-ert. Stuckinastruggleforsurvival,Rangoandhis13 new friends searchdesperatelyforwater. “Rango”isfilledwith

referencestoDepp’soth-erblockbusterhits,such

as“FearandLoathinginLasVegas,” and severalof theoldwesternfilmsdirected by or starringClintEastwood. This new-fashionedtale of theWildWest isquirkyandfuninawaythat only Johnny Deppcanmakeit. With “Rango’s” con-stanthumoranduniquevisuals,thismovieearnsasolidC.

‘Rango’ reinvents Wild West

BIEBER FEVER?Have YOU caught the

You either love him or hate him.

SPORTSFEBRUARY 2011IFHS TIGER TIMES AUSTEN K UTSCHEEDITOR

Austen KutscheSports Editor

Nate Walrath, senior and trackmember, is running full speedrightintothecenteroftheculmi-

nationofmilitarytraining—NavySEAL. “ToreceiveaSEALcontractyouhavetohavesufficientASVABscoresaswellasphysicalfitnessscores,”Walrathsaid. He didmore than just reach profi-ciencyonthosetwotests;hecompletelydestroyedthecompetition,makinghim-selfoneofthetoppicksforthecontract. Afterhighschool,WalrathisheadedtoChicagoAug.15where Iwillgo tobootcampwhichlastsamonth.“OnceIfinishwithbootcamp,IattendSpecialForcesprepschoolwhichwillalsobeinChicagom,”hesaid. Themajorityof the intense trainingtheNavyputsthesementhroughtakesplace inCoronado,Calif.,andgoesbythe name of BUD/S. This six-monthcourseofinstructionwillfocusonphys-ical conditioning, small boat handling,divingphysics,basicdivingtechniques,land warfare, weapons, demolitions,communications and reconnaissance.“I will be enlisted in the SEALs forfour years, afterwhich Iwill apply totheNavalAcademyinAnnapolis,Ill.,”Walrath said. “After four years at theacademyIhopetograduateasaspecialwarfareofficer.Howeverthatisalooseplan,nothingisconcreteyet.” Fifty years ago, President John F.Kennedy recognized the need for un-conventionalwarfareandspecialopera-tionsasameasureagainstguerrillawar-fare.TheNavyneededtodetermineitsrolewithinthespecialoperationsarena. Aidinghiminkeepinginshapeandready for basic training is Walrath’sstrong high school career in track. “Ipushedmyself as far as I could everymeet in order to excel,” he said. “Be-

causeofthat,IammorepreparedthanIwasfortheSEALs. Themostimportanttraitthatdistin-

guishesNavySEALsfromallothermil-itaryforcesisthatSEALsareMaritimeSpecialForces,astheystrikefromand

returntothesea.SEALs(Sea,Air,Land)take their name from the elements inandfromwhichtheyoperate. Theirstealthandclandestinemeth-ods of operation allow them to con-ductmultiplemissionsagainsttargetsthatlargerforcescannotapproachun-detected. InMarch1961,ArleighBurke,Chiefof Naval Operations, recommendedthe establishment of guerrilla andcounter-guerrilla units. These unitswouldbeabletooperatefromsea,airorland.ThiswasthebeginningoftheNavySEALs. BecauseofthedangersinherentinNSW,prospective SEALsgo throughwhat is consideredbymanymilitaryexperts tobethetoughest trainingintheworld. The intense physical and mentalconditioningittakestobecomeaSEALbegins at Basic Underwater Demoli-tion/SEAL (BUD/S) trainingwhich isconducted at theNaval SpecialWar-fareCenterinSanDiego,Calif. Candidatesmust complete amen-tally and physically demanding six-month basic training course, threeweeksofparachutetraininganda15-week advanced trainingperiodpriortobecomingaSEALandearning theTrident—thewarfarepininsigniaofallSEALoperators.

Event Allowable Time Minimum Repetitions/Time

Competitive Repetitions/Time

Rest Period

500-yard swim using breast and/or sidestroke 12:30 Minutes 12:30 Minutes 10:00 Minutes 10 Minutes

Push-ups 2:00 Minutes 42 79 2 Minutes

Sit-ups 2:00 Minutes 50 79 2 Minutes

Pull-ups No time limit 6 (dead hang) 11 (dead hang) 10 Minutes

1 ½ miles Run wearing boots and trousers 11:30 Minutes/Seconds N/A 10:20 Minutes/

Seconds N/A

Walrath heads to Special Warfare

RyanHansen/TigerTimesNathan Walrath, senior, qualified through his ASVAB scores and performance to train to be a Navy SEAL. Walrath, who cites his high school track career as one of the key elements to his acceptance to the SEALs, will go to boot camp Aug. 15

Wanna be a SEAL? Here are the physical requirements:

“I’m looking forward to Spring Rugby, and we’ve still got some open positions if any-one’s interested. It’s crazy fun.”

- Michael Todd, senior

“Track! It’s gonna be legit!”

- Daniel Robinson, junior

“I’m looking forward to pancake mix, and my new cleats for spring soccer.”

- Danny Sorenson, sophomore

14 SPORTS THE TIGER TIMES • MARCH 2011

SPRING’S HERE?

Gardner accepts BYU football offerAusten KutscheSports Editor

SeniorClarkGardneraccepted an offer fromBrighamYoungUniver-sity-Provo to play foot-ballin2014. Gardner, a center forIdahoFallsHighSchoolTigerfootball,agreedtored shirt and when hereturns from serving atwo-yearmissionfortheChurch of Jesus ChristofLatter-daySaints. The BYU footballteam is known for thenumberofplayersdraft-ed by theNFL—morethan 70 in the past 30years. BYUhasalwaysbeena possibility in Gard-

ner’s college plans, see-ingashowthemajorityof his family is alumni.Bothhisparentsandhissisters have graduatedfromBYU. “I turneddownBoi-se State’s offer to playfootball with them,”Gardner said. “I havealwaysreallywantedtogotoBYU;notonlybe-causeofmyfamily,butthey are very under-standing of returningmissionaries.” Provo is also hometo the MissionaryTrainingCenter,wherestudents of the LDSfaithcanenrolltolearnand grow before serv-ing at least 18monthsaround the world.

Gardner will leave forhis mission this Janu-ary and will returnin 2014 just in time toprepare for the offi-cial football season byplayingspringball. BYUisaprivateinsti-tutionthatwasfoundedin1875.Ithasatotalun-dergraduateenrollmentof 30,745, its setting isurban, and the campussizeis557acres. AllBYUstudentscanparticipate in the intra-muralsports,andabout25,000 choose to do so.“I’m really thankful forhaving the opportunityto play more football,”Gardner said. “That’sallI’vewantedtodomyentirelife.”

VanessaAguilar/TigerTimesClark Gardner, senior, gets excited over a Skyline turnover at this year’s Emotion Bowl. Gardner accepted an offer to play for Brigham Young University football.

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IF golfers look forward to seeing the greenColby WalkerStaff Reporter

TheIdahoFallsHighSchool golf team be-gins their season longbeforemostwould ex-pectthemto. Track and crosscountry are manage-ableinthesnow.How-ever,golf isnearly im-possibletoplayduringthe extended wintermonthsofIdahoFalls. On Feb. 25, whenthere was still plentyofsnowontheground,the golf teammet andbegan practicing fortheirfirstmatch. Coach Chuck John-son was not affectedbythesnowwhatsoev-er.Thegolf’steamfirstmeet isMarch 23, andJohnson isn’t going to

giveupanyopportuni-ties to have the upperhandatSageLakes. The Golf team hasbeen meeting periodi-cally indoors for theirpractices,withthepri-mary objective of get-ting used to the gameagain. Golf is more com-plicated than knowinghow to stay on yourswingplaneandlearn-ingthetoolsoftrade. Each year, Tim Re-inke, Pinecrest GolfCourse’s professional,agrees to refresh theteam’s memory of thecountless rules andskills thatapply to thegame. The reason thatevery student play-ing the sport needs toknowtheserulesisbe-

causetherearenotref-erees or adultswatch-ing and following theathletes every movealongthe18-holecom-petition. Themeetsarebasedon an honor code thatallgolfersareexpectedtofollow. The Varsity teamthis year has two se-niorsandthreejuniors.SeniorsBenHershandAustenKutschewillbeplaying with juniorsLucas Hahn, ChaseJohnson and AlexFrench tomakeup thevarsityteam. On the girls team,returning state placerMandi Meyers will beone to keep eyes on.Meyers took sixth inlast year’s state tour-nament. According to

insiders,Meyers couldplacehigherthisyear. Johnson looks for-ward to seeing boththeboysandgirlsper-form this year. “We’vegot good experienceback both on the boysand girls team,” John-sonsaid.“Ifeellikethegirls have a chance tomakesomenoiseinthestate if a coupleof theyoung players comethrough.” Johnson is optimis-tic for the boys, too.“I’m excited how theboys have improvedthrough last summertournaments,”Johnsonadded. “If they willjust live this philoso-phy: ‘The worst dayof golf is better thanthe best day at work,’thingswillgowell.”

AustenKutsche/TigerTimesChase Johnson, junior, practices his swing during a March practice in the high school cafeteria.

MCT Campus

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Itwasearlyinthefirsthalf of Florida State’sthird-roundNCAATour-nament game againstNotre Dame on Sundaynight in Chicago. TheSeminoles were on theirwaytoaneventual71-57victory and to their firstSweet 16 appearance in18years.Atthetimetheydidn’tknowanyofthat.What they did know

was that Notre Dame’smotionoffensewascaus-ing some issues. Twicethe Fighting Irish hadbeaten the Seminoles forwide-open, uncontestedlayups. And twice the

Seminoles just looked atone another and ques-tionedwhatwentwrong.Duringatimeout,Flor-

ida State’s coaching staffaddressedtheproblem.Itreminded the Seminolesofwhatthey’dworkedonduringpractice.“Therewasawayyou

had to guard that and

itwaskindofnewtousbecausewehadn’tplayedateamthathadthatkindof action,” Seminoles as-sistant coach Stan Jonessaid on Sunday night.“That’s thesignofama-ture team, when they’remaking adjustments onthe fly in high-pressuresituations.”

The Seminoles madethe adjustment.And thatwas the end of NotreDame’s easy layups. TheFighting Irish, who en-tered thegameasoneofthebestshootingteamsinthenation,finishedwitha31 percent shooting per-centagethatwastheirsec-ond-worstoftheseason.

Florida State’s defense peaking at right time in NCAA tourney

16 SPORTS THE TIGER TIMES • MARCH 2011

Cross country training lasts more than one seasonAusten KutscheSports Editor

Did you know theIdahoFallsHighSchoolCross Country teampracticeslongerthanallthe other sports in theschool? And for somestudents, the trainingneverstops. “We began practic-ing as a team in Au-gust”CaseyCarpenter,sophomore, said. “Themost difficult part ofrunning cross countryis that the majority ofthe time that you’rerunning, you are notonaflatsmoothtrack.” Theteamrunswher-ever they can — side-walks, around parks,up hills and occasion-ally throughthe6,000-yardgolfcourses. Cross country ath-letes are training con-stantly — even in thewinter. Building en-durance by graduallyincreasing the weeklydistance run is possi-blythemostimportantaspect of the sport.Adjusting to the style

of running on softerandhilliergroundalsocomes in handy whenthe athletes are run-ning on the snow orrain. Cross-country run-ningrequiresadifferentstride length, a differ-entlegactionandadif-ferent foot plant fromroadandtrackrunning.These things cannot bepicked up instantly;they will only becomeinstinctiveiftherunneradopts specific cross-countrytraining. However, crosscountryisnotallprac-ticeandtraining.“Youbond as a team,” Car-penter said. “By theend of the season wemayaswellbeagiantfamily.” Cross Country isvery rewarding whenyou pass that finishline. “It is harder thanother sports in thespringandmuchmorerewarding,” TrevorClark, junior, said.“It’s a lot more aboutachievingyourperson-algoal.”

TIGERS AT STATE With the IFHS basketball competing at State for the first time in several years in Boise, not too many students got a chance to witness the boys’ skills. Luckily, we had two pho-tographers there to snap some pics of the Tigers gettin’ their game on. PHOTOS bY kYlee lARSeN & NATAlie STOkeR

Clockwise from top: Seniors Adam Olsen, Dakota Pineda, James Cook and Audrey Buhl, sophomore, cheer on the Ti-gers at State. Shawn McCarthy, junior, drives past his oppo-nent. Daniel Craig, junior, lays up the ball for a quick two.