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Eaglecrest 5100 S Picadilly St Centennial, CO 80015 - EQextra.com - February 4, 2013 - Volume 21 Issue 4 - EQnewsroom@gmail.com

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Seniors Lindsey Somers and Taylor Billingsley perform Criminal Intent.12

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Seniors Bailey Austin and Ciera Colson and Juniors Celeste Sanchez and Bianca Washington perform with the Training Company in the Candy Shop Swing.

Dance company performs Jupiter and Mars, choreographed by Taylor Billingsley.

cover Lindsey Somers performs a solo to Never Met a Wolf in the fire sequence of the performance.

photos by Jess Dankenbring

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Where should I go?teachers recommend travel destinations

Swish for a Wishschools come together to support Alberto

Winter sports recapstandout players and records this season

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An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force, and historically, women’s involve-ment in the sciences—especially programming— has been dwarfed by men’s. An outside force was applied when science teacher Marilyn Kemp solicited a grant from the Cherry Creek Schools Foundation. With the money, Kemp and an Overland teacher worked to introduce girls to science. “It was a way to get girls into program in a way that’s nonthreatening,” Kemp said. Around fifteen girls met for three session with Kemp, at which they wired clothes to light up. The combination of electronic thread and computer programming brought fashion and science together for the girls, and some of them even modeled for the CCSF’s fundraising event. Kemp says that she wants the program, and girls’ involvement in science, to expand into a classroom setting. For now, the inertia surround-ing girls in science has been broken.

BY ZACH PARKER

Three schools competed not only for glory, but also for charity. Swish for a Wish was three short basketball games with stu-dents and staff coming from Eaglecrest, GHS, and CT in order to raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. All the money raised is going to Alberto, a 13 year old with leukemia who is going to use the money to go on a shopping spree. In the games, EHS tied with Grandview and beat Cherokee. There were performances by both EHS poms and GHS poms. The Chic-Fil-A cow made an appearance, and there were food booths set up all around to raise additional money. The total amount raised was $1637, and $326 was raised in a miracle minute.

Kemp brings girls to science

BY STEVEN TIBBITTS

Photo by Steven Tibbitts

Photo by Zach Parker

Playing for a cause

BY BRANDON DIENER

The Sci-Tech program, one of the most acclaimed in the state, is now the third one of its kind to be accepted into NASA’s HUNCH (High Schools United With NASA to Create Hardware) program. The HUNCH program is a national program sponsored by NASA to find experiments designed by high school students to be tested in space. Students design and propose experiments to NASA; if accepted, NASA will help students build the experiment by sup-plying funds. Once the design is complete, NASA will conduct the experiment in space. Eaglecrest was recommended by the STEM coordinator of the Cherry Creek School District to be a part of NASA’s student program. Students have free reign when it comes to the experiment’s design. Students will gain greater experience as they will work side by side with NASA.

Sci-Tech works with NASA

Photo by Zach Parker

As students pack up for summer trips, so do the teachers. But, instead of staying in Colorado some travel all over the world. The teachers who travel give a quick inside look into where to travel. They told us the best scenery, the best food, and which one was their favorite so you can ask yourself “Where should I go?”

WHERE SHOULD I GO?BY EMILY ATWELLReporter

THE ANSWERS:

Dennine Arnold Social Studies-

TANZANIAITALY

David Palmer Social Studies-

AUSTRALIA

Jeana KhalafEnglish-

SPAIN

David Frantom Math-PERU

TANZANIA

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ARNOLD- ZANZIBAR IN TANZANIA

BEST SCENERY

PALMER- GREAT BARRIER REEF

KHALAF- MONTE CARLO, MONA-CO

FRANTOM-TANZANIA

Arnold- Chips my eye- Tanzania

Palmer- Kangaroo steak- Australia

Khalaf- Chocolate croissants- France

Frantom- Benachin- Gambia

BEST FOOD

KEY- ARNOLD- BAHAMAS; BRIT-ISH VIRGIN ISLANDS; MEXICO; BELIZE; GUATEMALA; TANZA-NIA; NETHERLANDS; ENGLAND; FRANCE; ITALY; GREECE

PALMER- MEXICO; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; JAPAN; INDIA; CANANDA; EUROPE

KHALAF- SPAIN; LEBANON; GERMANY; PALESTINE; RUSSIA; SYRIA; FRANCE; MEXICO; BELIZE; JAMAICA; ENGLAND; NETHERLANDS; SAUDI ARABIA; CAY-MAN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS

FRANTOM- GAMBIA; SENEGAL; GUINEA; PERU; SOUTH KOREA; MONGOLIA; ROMANIA; TANZA-NIA; ICELAND; GREENLAND

St Peter at St. Paul’s Fortress, Russia

Starting from top left: Frantom hikes on top of Mt. Kiliminjaro, Tanzania. Middle: Arnold stands on top of a jeep in Tanzania. Bottom: Khalaf and her family took a cruise around Europe, stoping in France and tried choc-olate croissants (above). Middle right: Palmer visited Australia for a tennis tournament, got to pet kangaroos and had a chance to try kangaroo steak afterward (above).

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ARTSIndian food: for both the expert and the uninitiated

The strong mint is a delicious sauce for dipping your naan (bread) in, or for spreading on your rice, and is a refreshing twist to your dish. At home, I eat something really similar where the mint is mixed with yogurt and salt.

The fiery, red skin of the chicken gives a spicy look to it but it’s the exact opposite. The chicken was plain and simple, and chicken dishes usually have a lot of flavor and different types of spices incorporated into it.

The curry, which wasn’t spicy, was a sauce with pieces of shrimp, and is a dish where you scoop your curry into your bread. The curry was good, but it didn’t have enough of a coconut taste to it.

For dessert, it was fresh chunks of fruit in mango pudding, and although I was skeptical, it turned out to be delicious. The other typical desserts are Kulfi, which is ice cream, and Kheer, rice pudding (which I would have preferred).

Shrimp and Coconut Curry

Mint Chutney

Tandoori Chicken

Mango Pudding

It truly smells of mint leaves, not of the mint in your spearmint gum. I dipped my naan into the bowl and raised it to my mouth. It was wonderful! The mint chutney is refreshing and cool. It’s a palate cleanser, giving your taste buds a break from all the different spices in other dishes. It wasn’t as overwhelming as I anticipated.

I thought the shrimp and coconut curry was an odd mixture for curry because it wasn’t at all of what I originally thought curry is supposed to taste like, spicy. The shrimp and coconut curry was very sweet but not at all shrimpy.

The dessert was, of course, what I expected it to be: sweet. The mango dessert was very good but simple. Because it was at an Indian restaurant, I expected the dessert to be more exotic with strange flavors. But this seemed to be something you could find at an American restaurant.

The tandoori chicken is a fiery red color, which worried me. The chicken was tender and perfectly cooked. But this dish was not my favorite. It tasted as if it was cooked over charcoal. There were so many hot spices on one piece of chicken, it was too much for me.

Indian restaurants can be intimidating, especially if you’re a newbie to the flavors and culture. But going with a pro can help put your taste buds and nerves at ease.

Newbie - Madeline JohnsonExpert - Dilkush Khan

Read Brandon Diener’s review of Hollywood Undead’s new album. It’s really good. The album is also.

7400 East Hampden AvenueIndia’s Restaurant

EQ’s 85th Academy Award picksEach category is divided in two: will wins and should wins. Then each one explains just how each one earned its spot or seduced the academy

Benh Zeitlin, BeastsIt has everything going for it: Hollywood royal-ty on both sides of the camera, solid execution in all areas of produc-tion, and a story that’ll please both the Demo-cratic and Republican sides of the academy.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Supporting Actor

Best Actress

Best DirectorBest Picture

Best Actor

Supporting Actress

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Being the “little mov-ie that could,” it’s a true inspiration to indie filmmakers everywhere and will continue to influence far after it inevitably loses the award.

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Will win

Will win Should win

Will win Should win Will win Should win

Will win Should win

Will win

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Lincoln

The Academy loves this man, and who’s to blame them? He vanishes into the role, earning him what will be his third Oscar.

I’d pick Phoenix in a narrow victory over Day-Lewis for the sheer physicality in his perfor-mance.

At the age of six, she carried an entire film on her own, where none of the other nominees could them-selves.

Best Picture and Best Director usually go hand-in-hand,

so it’s a safe bet that the helmer of the big winner will also take home the directing prize.

Beasts of the Southern Wild He accomplished the

hardest of directorial goals as he worked with all first time ac-tors, co-composed the score, and had to do it all within the smallest of budgets.

Should win Should win

I, as well as many, felt that Anne Hathaway was the bright spot in an overall mediocre film. She’s truly captivating and will bring the house down in tears whenever they watch the “I Dreamed a Dream” sequence. This will resonate with voters for sure, and rightfully so.

Hoffman transcends our perceptions and does what many per-formances aspire to.

Lincoln relies on its stellar cast, and though Jones doesn’t do any-thing new, he is given the film’s best dialouge.

Lawrence impres-sively serves the touchy subject of mental illness with humor and charm.

BY BEAU JAMIESONVideo editor

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Raptors UNIFIED basketball team beats Cherry Creek

(38-18)

Boys basketball13-3

Sean Watkins

Adin PurisWresting

BY MADELINE JOHNSONSports Editor

881total points scored so far this season.

63 average points per game

Boys Basketball

Girls Swimming and Diving

personal record25-5

motto

“Life is all of what you make of it.”

Track season took off Jan 27 with Mike Schmitt taking over as their new head coach this season.

number of pins

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The girls swim team came back with a huge victory over Arapahoe after an upsetting loss to them last year.

Wrestling14-3

John Barchenger

rebounds per gameGirls Basketball

29.4steals per game 12

total points this seasonphotos by Jessica Dankenbring, Steven Tibbitts, and Dilkush Khan

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