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JOURNAL March 25, 2011 Issue 12, Volume LXXXIX Southport High School 971 East Banta Road Indianapolis, IN 46227

Experience the perils of students thrown into the Pokémon world.

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See pictures of the beginning of the spring sports season.

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{newsBRIEFS}Local: Township alters starting time

On Monday, the Lawrence Township School Board voted to alter the time that students’ days begin and end.

Previously, high school students went to school earlier than their younger counterparts in middle and grade school, the high school schedule now begins later at 8:50 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Middle school starts at the same time as the high school, but dismisses five minutes later. Grade school now goes from 8:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.

The vote came in response to input given at two public meetings that were held last week as well as about 1,300 responses to a survey about the subject. Concern comes from parents worrying that their children will be waiting in the dark for their buses. The township has stated that no student will be picked up ealrier than 7:00 a.m.

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Pennsylvania mother Michele Gray decided to prevent her two children from taking the standardized test at their school last week.

Gray believes the tests are not accurate measures of accomplishment and only create unnessacary anxiety for teachers and students alike. She is also outraged that schools are punished for poor test scores.

Dr. Timothy Slekar, an associate professor of educa-tion supports Gray’s arguement. He believes standardized tests narrow curricula and make teachers waste valuable education time preparing for them.

Since then, Gray has made a facebook informing par-ents about these tests and how to opt out of them. Par-ents across the nation have also made similar websites.

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After a hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last week, two reactors still continue to spew smoke.

Officials are now currently trying to prevent a possible meltdown of one of the damaged reactors. This reactor contains a small percentage of plutonium and uranium in it’s fuel rods, which experts say could cause more harm then regular fuels in the event of a melt down. Thou-sands of tons of water have been sprayed on the reactor and it’s fuel pool to help prevent the meltdown.

Officials are also urging those living near the nuclear power plant to not consume drinking water because it contains abnormal amounts of radioactive iodine.

Find out all you need to know about prom, and then some.

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In This Issue

Southport’s bullying hotline: (317) 789-4880

News Briefs by Jake Downey and Riley Wallace

Global: Nuclear explosions in JapanNational: Students kept from testing

by Jonathan GoodwinReporter

The annual blood drive was held at Southport and operated by the staff of the Indiana Blood Center (IBC) on March 18. Members of the Key Club took over signing up students and managing the check-in at the blood drive.

According to the figures compiled by the IBC staff, 165 students turned out to donate blood for the cause. Of the 165 attendees, 133 were qualified to give about a pint of their blood. This makes Friday’s drive the largest yet at Southport that consisted entirely of students.

Senior Jacob Olson, co-president of Southport’s Key Club chapter, led the students that helped with sign-ups and check-in. Olson felt that the Key Club mem-bers that volunteered their time made the process smooth, allowing for efficiency.

“I knew it would be a large project for our club to take on,” said Olson.

The target number of donors was 119. Olson said that beating the total really made the blood drive worth the effort. He also believes that so many signing up in the first place made Friday a success.

Olson gave blood at last week’s drive, as well as at last year’s in August.

“I enjoy the ability to give something that other people can use that it’s not necessarily easy to come by,” said Olson. “I think that giving blood is an awesome service you can give your community.”

Mr. Chuck Hayes, supervisor of the Indianapolis Mobile Blood Collections unit, has been with IBC for 37 years. He coordi-nated all of the mobile collection teams that collaborated in last week’s blood drive. Ac-cording to Hayes, teams were called in from substations in Noblesville, Lafayette, Terre Haute and Columbus to help with prepera-tion. Every single member of the staff had to undergo a minimum of six weeks of training to become certified to work at a blood drive.

Hayes expected a good turnout from Southport students and was impressed with the amount of people that were there.

“Today’s [blood drive] has been larger than normal,” said Hayes. “We always do quite well here and today has been no exception.”

Each unit of blood donated has the potential to save the lives of three people, because the collected blood consists of three distinct parts: the plasma, the red blood cells

and the platelets. Based on the number of donors, Southport donated enough blood to save nearly 400 lives.

Both Hayes and Olson feel that the blood drive was an overall success. With the potential to save 400 lives, both believe that a great amount of good will come from Southport’s generosity.

by Jonathan GoodwinReporter

Everyone knows that awful squeal that rings out in the middle of a math test or an English lesson, ruining whole class’s concen-tration. For years, this dreadful sound has pierced the air of many classrooms, much to the irritation of teachers and students alike. The source has remained a mystery, but some claim that the terrible wail originates from an outdated ventilation system. However, the source of the sound is even more perplexing.

Daytime custodian Mr. Homer Harrison was sweeping the halls as usual last week when he heard the annoying howl from the air vent. Shrugging, Harrison continued with his duties, except the wail was accompanied by a strange rattling noise directly overhead him. After shining a flashlight into the air duct, he saw the faint outline of a person.

“I was so shocked that I nearly fell over,” said Harrison. “I didn’t know what to do.”

After calming down, Harrison tried talking to the phantom, but it vanished as quickly as it appeared. Since that day, Harrison has kept

an eye out for any other sign of the person, but he hasn’t seen one yet.

Senior Haylie McLinn also observed this phenomenon on her way out of her third period classroom. Her first reaction was one of shock, but as soon as she collected herself, McLinn decided she would do everything she could to get this mysterious person out.

“We need to get this guy out of there,” said McLinn. “It’s just awful.”

In an interview conduct-ed through an air duct, the person in the ventilation is none other than Mr. Robert Bowles, the youngest brother of retired English teacher, Mr. Steve Bowles. Apparently, the younger Bowles has been trapped in the ventilation system for over forty years.

“It has been dreadful up here,” said Bowles. “I’ve been screaming my head off for years and everyone has ignored me.”

For more than four decades, Bowles has been exposed to dust and other particulates, causing his voice to raise several octaves. In addition to his higher voice, Bowles’s skin

has become gray with age and dust exposure, mak-ing him harder to see in the air vents when he cries out for help.

In spite of his deplor-able state of affairs, Bowles holds on to a glimmer of hope. If the referendums in May succeed, then he will have a chance at free-dom and being reunited with his older brother, Steve Bowles, when the ventilation is updated.

“Please get me out of here by voting “Yes” for Perry Schools,” said Bowles. “I want out of here.”

McLinn may not be able to physically help Bowles, but she plans to vote for the referen-dum in order to help him attain his desired freedom.

Student revealed to be source of sounds coming from vents

Blood is drawn from a student’s veins in the east gym on Friday, March 18. The drive last-ed from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Photo by Kaitlyn Fallowfield.

95-year-old surprised with letter sweater

by Jake DowneyNews Editor

On Friday, March 18, 95-year-old Mr. Walter Thuer was celebrating his birthday and walked into Southport, the high school he went to seven decades ago.

“[My high school years] were the best years of my life,” said Thuer.

He was brought to principal Barbara Brouwer’s office during sixth period to re-ceive a surprise from both kids and staff that he had no idea was coming. Thuer was presented with his very own replica letter sweater, with the year he graduated stitched into it, the year 1935.

Thuer was brought in by Mr. Craig Jungemann and Mrs. Mary Jungemann, who happen to be his neighbors. Craig began gardening for Thuer and a con-nection grew. When the couple found out that Thuer was a Southport graduate and that he never got a letter sweater in high school, the Jungemanns began plotting how to get him one.

“I go to his house weekly to talk,” said Craig Jungemann in an email to the Jour-nal. “We talked about his high school times. He said he was not in sports but al-ways admired the letter sweaters. He said he always wanted to have one.”

As a high school student, Thuer remem-bers things being much different than stu-dents are used to today. His school build-ing was in what students now know as the Perry Township Education Center build-ing. Much of the land that is seen with buildings on it now was filled with swamp and field land before. Thuer even remem-bers bug collecting as being a requirement for students. Biology was his favorite sub-ject, where he recalls using the assortment of projects they experimented on to scare the females in his class.

After high school, Thuer did many ac-tivities such as sell milk and build green-houses. He was also a member of the navy during America’s involvement in World War II.

However, so many years later, he stood in a prinicpal’s office in an entirely differ-ent building than the one he used to know. Looking ahead at more than a dozen stu-dents. he addressed them with one of his desires.

“If I had one wish,” said Thuer, “I would go back to your guys’ age.”

Blood drive aims to save lives with Southport contribution

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Mrs. Mary Jungemann gives Walter Thuer his letter sweater in principal Barbara Brou-wer’s office on March 18. Jungemann’s GRAD class was there to see Thuer receive his gift. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

Photo by Becca Tapp.Student revealed by Lucas Sweitzer.

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Souls of the dead Billy GibbonsThe internet

Cell phone interferenceMutated rat familiesRodent gang battles

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Sayamah Amy Peddie le a dang saya/sayamah pawl nih ELL concert tuah ding in timh a si. Hi concert tuah nak ding phaisa hi bawmhnak phaisa hlut mi a si. Cu ruang ah hi concert I phaisa hmuh ding mi vialte hi midang caah bawmh nak ding in timh a si.

Hi concert I rian a ngei tu hna saya le sayamah pawl nih hi concert caa I bawmh nak phaisa hi an ngah mi a si. Hi concert zoh nak cu man um lo te in a si ko lai nain, a zoh mi pawl nih phaisa mah le sian tawk in hlut a si lai ti a si.

Hi concert an tuah nak ding a sullam cu hi Perry Township hmunhma I a um mi vialte ramdang sianghngakchia hi ka I sianginn a kai ve mi hna kong theih ter hna nak ding caah a si.

ELL sianghngakchia pawl cu hi concert a si lai ding hi an I ngeih tuk cang tiah saya-mah Peddie nih a ti. Sianginn class chung

zong ah hi concert tik I tuah an duh mi tete an I timh cuahmah lio a si tiah a si fawn.

Hla sak duh mi nih hlasak ding in an I tim, laam a duh mi nih laam ding in an timh tiah sayamah mah peddie nih a chim. Cun, hla sak le laam lawng si lo in fashion show piah ding zong in an I timh kho men tiah a ti. Hi fashion show an piah tak ding a si ah cun, miphun pakhat sin long in si lo in miphun tampi, ELL sianghngakchia pawl miphun vialte in piah a si lai tiah a ti rih.

Sianghngakchia pawl nih mirang hla kan sa kho hnga maw tiah an ka hal lengmang I ka ti mi hna cu, hi hi mirang concert a si lo caah nan mah le nan mipun hla cio te in sa kho uh law a tha hnga tiah ka leh hna tiah sayamah Peddie nih a ti. An laam tik zong ah si seh an mah le miphun laam cio in laam kho hna seh law a tha hnga tiah a chap.

Cun, concert long si lo in, innleng ah community mino cheukhat pawl nih refugee kong theih hngalh ter nak tete phawt a si lai. Cun, cu theih hngalhter nak nih cun refugee

chungkhar pawl bawmh khawh nak ding le I hawikomh khawh ding pawl zong a telh chih lai.

Hi concert ah hin, saya/sayamah pawl si seh, principal nu si seh, a dang nu le pa pawl zong sawm chih an si lai. Cun, hi sianginn I pawngkam mi hna zong sawm chih an si lai I sianghnagchia dangdang pawl zong sawm chih an si lai tiah sayamah peddie nih a ti.

Hi concert a hram thawk ah, sianghngak-chia pawl nih PowerPoint an ser lai I, cu PowerPoint cu hi concert I phaisa hmuh ding mi vialte sianghngakchia nih an hlut duh nak organization a si lo ah a dang dang charity an hlut duh nak kong a si lai tiah sayamah Peddie nih a ti. Cun, an mah le khau le ram an rak rat nak kong zong tlawmpal theihter nak an tuah chih lai tiah a ti.

Hi concert cu kan sianginn I auditorium ah nazi 7:pm, April thla 26 ah a si lai.

Hmaikum ELL prokrem caah phaisa tlawm te lawng ngah a si kho men

ELL concert caah phaisa ngah mi : $1000

Hi phaisa hman nak ding pawl : hi concert ah caan a hmang ding mi pawl don nak le thlah nak, posters ser nak le a dangdang tete a dih mi vialte caah, mi sawm nak ding ah tickets pawl ser nak, cun hi caan hmannak ding mi hmunhma le mei man caah hman a si lai.

Zei tik ah : April thla 26, nazi 7:00 p.m.

Khoika ah: Kan sianginn pi auditorium

{ELL concert caah phaisa hmannak}

by Jessica De La CruzReportera

El ritmo de la música venia del equipo de sonido y la gente admiraba a la atracción de la fiesta. Estudiante de tercer año, Sandra Paliero, bailó el vals con su padre, Crístofer Paliero, enfrente de la gente querida a la canción “Mi hermoso cariño”. Desde chica era una niña que deseaba tener una fiesta de 15 años pero cuando el tiempo llegó, no era posible para ella. Ya a los dieciocho su sueño fue hecho realidad con fiesta celebrando sus 18 años pero en forma de una quinceañera.

Cuando Paliero estaba muy chica como de dos años, su padre se mudó a los Estado Unidos para trabajar y mantener a su familia. Aunque dejaba a su familia en México, Crístofer Paliero pensaba algún día estar otra vez con su familia. No fue fácil para él dejar a sus hijos. A la edad de 12 años Paliero junto a su mama y hermano, se mudó a los Estados Unidos y todos fueron reunidos con el resto de sú familia.

“Ya cuando estaban aquí mis hijos, pues, me puse muy feliz,” dijo Crístofer Paliero.

Paliero nunca pensó que tendría quincea-ñera por razones económicas y también porque de las cuatro niñas ella sería la única que tuviera quinceañera.

“Me sentía muy triste porque yo quería 15 años pero mis papás no podían,” dijo Paliero. ““No tuve mi fiesta de 15 años y como soy la última de mis hermanas, mis papás quisieron hacer mis 18 como quinceañera.”

Según Maria Paliero, la madre de Pal-iero, sus hermanas estaban de acuerdo con la fiesta. No sentían resentimiento porque ellas no habían tenido quinceañera. Estaban alegres porque su hermana sí podría tener la fiesta que quería y estaban felices de ayudar siendo algún tipo de madrina y también con otros preparativos.

“Ella me decía, ‘Mamá, dile a mi papi que me haga los quince,’ y le decía no porque a sus hermanas no les hicimos,” dijo Maria Paliero, “Dije que no porque el día que le hiciéramos a ella, las otras se sentirían y dirían ‘porque a ella si les hicieron y a mí no.’ Pero les platicamos y dijeron que no había problema con ellas.”

Llegó el día de la fiesta, Paliero con su familia asistió a una misa en Our Lady of Greenwood para dar gracias a Dios por su fi-esta y por todo lo que le había dado. Después de la misa todos se reunieron en un local para celebrar los dieciocho años de Paliero.

“Me sentí feliz, contento de poder darle la fiesta y orgulloso por ser la última hija,” dijo Crístofer Paliero.

Cuando Paliero bailó el vals con su padre, fue un momento muy especial igual para ella como él.

“Para mí fue como un sueño porque no me imaginé que yo y él estuviéramos allí,” dijo Paliero.

Cuando era chica, Paliero soñaba con

tener una fiesta de 15 años. No tuvo una fiesta a los 15 años pero a los 18 celebró con la fiesta que ella había querido. Paliero está muy agradecida por sus padres que le dieron una fiesta que ella había pensado que no sería posible.

Tradición cultural, un sueño para estudiante hecho realidad

Sandra Paliero ‘12 está junto a sus chambelanes en la iglesia Our Lady of Greenwood. Allí tuvo acabo su misa. Foto contribuida.

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AFBubbles proudly wields a trophy

by Brittany HemphillCo-editor of the Compass

A perfect clear orb forms from the wand and floats dreamily upward. It finds its place between two other clear orbs and joins the masterpiece of a flawless man. A sigh of satisfaction passes through the maker’s lips.

“How can one not love the way the bubble hits the others and creates such a creature?” asked freshman Tyler Buckles. “I fell head-over-heels for the soap.”

What began as a childhood hobby soon turned into a full-fledged pas-sion for Buckles (who prefers to be referred to as Tyler “Bubbles”). For his fourth birthday, Bubbles received a bottle of bubbles from a family friend. Almost immediately he was enamored with the art of perfect bubble-mak-ing. At the age of six he created his first bubble sculpture: a turtle, titled “A Dignified Turtle.”

After the completion of the first sculpture, Bubbles found himself un-able to stop. Soap, wands and bubbles became his life. The transparent spheres were painted in art class, plastered to his math folder in sticker form and constantly on his mind.

“The kids always called me ‘Bubbles’ in primary school,” said Bubbles. “It was destiny. This is my true and undeniable calling. It’s so fiery and pas-sionate that it fuels my will to survive on this planet of non-bubble-lovers. That’s why I’m having my name changed, and that is why I am working on bigger and better things for the soap world.”

Bubbles has become a bubble sculpting prodigy among the soap com-munity. From small-town soap enthusiasts to high-end bubble sculptors, people from around the world are praising Bubbles for the media attention he has gained from his hobby.

Bubbles has been featured on all of the local news stations, as well as a few national and international news sources. The media attention has shed new light on the bubble sculpting art and has allowed the soap community to obtain more of a following. Art enthusiasts from

all over the world are starting to look for the latest bubble sculpture to add to their gallery or personal col-

lection. Mr. Soapartemis Lartelebubbly is among the enthusiasts who have

shown a new appreciation for the sculptures.

“When I saw this young lad’s brilliant talent in his rabbit

sculpture [referring to Bubbles’ 104th sculpture, ‘Rabbit: the Hare’],” said Lartelebubbly. “I knew that he is a Leonardo Da Vinci type. The modern-day Renaissance man.”

Bubbles is striving to be the first bubble sculptor to reach 300 sculptures by his 16th birthday. His first collection, “The Animals,” is not for sale because of the extreme amount of sentimental value Bubbles has for the collection. But “The Yellow Shorts and Other Peculiars,” “The Household Appliances” and “The British Garden” have all been sold out.

His latest project involves today’s celebrities. The name of the collection has not been released, but many stars have put their names on the waiting list. Ricky Martin, Angelina Jolie, Justin Beiber and Khloe Kardashian are among those await-ing a portrait sculpture by the highly esteemed Bubbles.

“This collection really brings out the blood-boiling bubble love in me,” said Bubbles.

Currently, Bubbles is completing his first sculpture for the new contemporary collection. The subject of this com-plex and challenging sculpture is the award-winning Zac Efron. Due to the majestic and angelic way in which Efron car-ries himself, Bubbles has found it very difficult for him to capture the true essence of the star.

“I am so beautiful and talented that I expected it to be hard for Tyler [Bubbles] to be able to recreate me in this soapy form,” said Efron, “but my girlfriend Brittany introduced me to him and I could tell that this boy had spunk and passion for what he does.”

As that perfect bubble completes the beauti-ful planes of Efron’s face, Bubbles begins the breath that will form the beginning of Efron’s next feature. He is completely at ease with his life and confident that, no matter what, bubbles and soap will always be in his future.

March 25, 2011 3Student Life

by Ashlyn BridgewaterReporter

It all started with my grandmother (rest her soul) and my longing for her to forever remain in my life.

I only saw one option for preserving this righteous woman. After a few minutes of con-templating, my decision brought me to the doors of eternal life. Now whenever I miss Grandma Rose, I can look up to her in unwav-ering admiration. The taxidermy mount she is attached to also adds to her beauty.

Grandma Rose was always my confidante when I was younger. Mom wasn’t enough, and dad had fallen off the face of the planet.

A lack of love led me to taxidermy. What is better than eternal bliss? Bliss that is mount-ed. That’s what’s better.

Emotionally scarred by an absentee father, I turned to taxidermy to supply me with end-less friends who would never (and by that I mean could never) leave me. I spent many-an-hour fixated on the project at hand.

Little did I know, my passion for stiffly mounted animals would actually allow me to cross paths with the one person I truly desired a bond with: my mysterious father.

After a long night on the Taxidermy for Dummies website, I decided to print off a few how-to pages to show my teacher, Mr. Mike Klopfenstein. Not thinking anything of it, I walked into newspaper class the next day

excited to show him the new information that I stumbled across.

“Something about that day was different. I could feel that void in my heart start to gravi-tate across the room,” said Ashlyn Bridgewa-ter a.k.a me. “(It was) as if the person who was supposed to fill it was there, and by magnet my void was trying to pull me to him,

I proceeded to show Klopfenstein my trea-sures on paper, but as the pull grew stronger, I had an overwhelming urge to pluck a hair from atop his head, just for safe-keeping. As I went to bed that night with that single strand under my pillow, an odd thought crept into my cranium. Could Klopfenstein be that mysterious scar-provoking father that I have forever been yearning for? That was when I

decided I would buy an at-home DNA kit and see for myself.

On a Saturday night, Grandma Rose and I sat and watched the results of the test. In retrospect, I am glad that Grammy Rose was able to witness the moment that forever al-tered my shallow world. So, in simple words, Klopfenstein, you ARE the father.

“I knew all along that I was her true father,” said father Klopfenstein. “When she first came to me trying to strike up a conver-sation about taxidermy, I knew she was mine. I knew I had a spawn somewhere out there. Even though I knew from the start, I didn’t want to tell her. I wanted her to discover it on her own, so that way when she did, it would be like a Christmas present.”

Grandma Rose encouraged me to ask Dad more about his life. After a few days of reciting the questions I wanted to ask him, I finally focused in on one. What do you want to happen to you when you die? This would be the make-or-break question, the question that would either shatter my view of Klopfen-stein or forever solidify our new relationship.

“Forget that organ donor stuff or that burial junk,” said Dad. “I want to be taxider-mied. I want my glory to accompany people for as long as the human race is in existence.”

And that was where any glimmer of doubt was squashed. Newspaper advisor/ baseball coach/ English teacher Mr. Michael Klopfen-stein was my dad.

It’s been a year or so since I stole his hair in a stalker-type way and conducted the DNA test in my kitchen, and since then our rela-tionship as father and daughter has really blossomed.

I will forever believe that Grandma Rose (and my animal friends) and all her beauty helped bring us together. What if I never would have approached him with the intrigu-ing discussion of animal (or human) mount-ing and preserving?

Journal reporter’s passion for taxidermy reveals astonishing family discovery

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Freshman emerging as world’s next great bubble sculptor

Freshman Tyler “Bubbles”

Bubbles sculpts Zac Efron

is steadily taking his place alongside the world’s foremost bubble

sculptors.

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Much like the fountain of youth,

the method of taxidermy has

provided many animals the ability

to become immortal trophies. Read how to give

your own animal a permanent home

here.

Start by catching or killing an animal. Make sure you have legal right to kill the animal. Any small-to-medium sized creature in season will do.

Put the skin onto the sculpture. Add back on the original teeth of the animal, and add marbles eyes (the real eyes just look plain creepy). You’re done!

Use a scalpel or sharp knife to gently remove the skin of the dead animal. Take special care around the eyes, ears and nose. Do not rip the skin!

Dip the carcass into a Plaster of Paris solution to make a mold of it. DO NOT COOK OR EAT THE MEAT AFTER PUTTING IT IN THE PLASTER OF PARIS.

Use the mold to create a special fiberglass solution of the animal. This will serve as the structure to put the skin onto the animal.

Mr. Mike Klopfenstein and newly-identified daughter junior Ashlyn Bridgewater. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

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March 25, 20114 Entertainment

REVIEWSby Cecilia SalasReporter

The number one New York Times Best-seller and basis for the upcoming feature film “Water for Elephants” written by Sara Gruen, is a pleasing novel that depicts the not-so-glamorous life of the circus. Though I was skeptical at first of reading a book about carnies, I found the problem wasn’t at all the plot, but the writing it took to actually execute it.

The prologue is immediately thrown into a tragic, yet enthralling scene under the tents of the circus involving a young Jacob Jankowski. After the prologue leaves the reader wanting more, it becomes apparent in the next chapter that this is just been a vivid memory of Jacob at the ripe old age of 93. As the book switches back and forth from chapter to chapter between Jacob as a 23 year old during the The Great Depression and Jacob as an old man want-ing to relive his younger years, the plot moves slowly along.

Eventu-ally though, the sto-ryline picks up when the young Jacob ran-domly hops on a train without looking back at the life he is leaving behind. He finds himself on a traveling circus train, the Benzini Brother’s most Spectacular show on Earth. As Jacob gradually becomes ac-cepted among the workers and performers of the show, he learns more and more about the hardships of the circus life. Soon, Jacob starts falling for the beautiful performer Marlena, who is married to August, a bipolar boss working on the show. The further in love Jacob falls with Marlena, the further trouble he gets into, like any other fictional romance novel. Not only does Jacob start to have issues, but the show itself is constantly in a state of struggle. Murder, infidelity, ill-ness, financial problems and unreliable men

make life on the train almost unbearable. Veterinarian being his official title, Jacob also develops a connection with one of the performers, an elephant named Rosie. The parallelism between Rosie and Marlena adds a nice touch to the plot.

While life starts to crumble around him on the show, so does Jacob’s life as an old man. He deals with being one of the only still-sane people in his nursing home, and constantly has the negative side of his an-cient age on his mind. This melancholy feel doesn’t help balance out the drawn out story line.

Though the action-filled parts of this book are fascinating, the parts in between completely lack interest and happen far too often. The black and white inconsistency of

the book is what made it difficult to read at some points. There is just so much happen-ing within the novel. Circus life, elephants, carnies, depression, domestic abuse, abandon-ment and of course love, all make the book somewhat overwhelm-ing. Because there were so many situations happening, I feel like it should have moved along a bit more fluently. There was so much anticipation, but almost

too much. Maybe I was overly excited to see what would happen next, but a majority of the content separating the important or action-filled scenes seemed unnecessary.

Overall, “Water for Elephants” was fulfill-ing, I just wish some of the slower parts of the book had been shaved down. The signifi-cant themes in the book kept me interested, yet in the end the outcome was very predict-able. Because of this, the novel is probably best suited for more of a leisure read instead of something more profound. Even though the plot left me with an urge to visit the cir-cus, the choppy writing style used to carry out the storyline made it difficult to finish.

by Lucas SweitzerGraphics Editor

“Red Riding Hood,” the latest brainchild of director Catherine Hardwicke, creator of the (in)famous Twilight series, stars Amanda Seyfried in a paranormal who-dun-it where a village searches for a werewolf in their midst. Now, I don’t mean to offend anyone in this article, but just so everyone has a point of reference, I am not a fan of the Twilight series. I am also not a fan of this movie. But believe me, the ways in which “Red Riding Hood” qualifies as a horrible movie are in a complete league of their own.

Let’s completely put aside for a moment that the only reason this movie is titled “Red Riding Hood” is to provide a recognizable name, and the whole movie just preys on the Twilight fandom. I want to address the actual

movie first. In short, there is no actor in the entire cast who provides anything other than a necessary plot twist or teenage girl eye candy. The writing was the most laughably cliché I’ve seen in 2011, and if you thought “Twilight” provided awkward cast chemistry, you haven’t seen anything yet.

Another very annoying aspect of “Red Rid-ing Hood” is the complete lack of semblance to the Grimm fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood.” Seyfried is not a child, and although she did wear a red hood, the grandmother had ultimately nothing to do with the plot and I do not recall any riding at all. Branding it as an adaptation on this folk tale was very unoriginal.

All in all, coming from the perspective of a male senior who hasn’t bought in to the paranormal romance genre, I’d rather get my eyes ripped out by a werewolf.

by Ashlyn BridgewaterReporter

As soon as I hit play to listen to Travis Barker’s new album “Give the Drummer Some,” I couldn’t take what I was hearing seriously. I expected more from the talented drummer. But what I got were songs with titles like “Raw S***,” and lines that said, “Everybody bosses and ... nauseous.”

Starting off with “Can a Drummer Get Some,” I was immediately disappointed in the Blink-182 drummer. Lines like, “Make money with Ruff Ryders, homie, that’s Swizz/Cheese,” turned the entire song into a joke and left me with a bad first impres-sion. Then to just add salt to the wound, Lil’ Wayne makes an unneeded appearance as do other rappers such as Rick Ross and The Game.

After the first few songs, and already being exposed to more than a handful of different rappers, I encountered even more popular names such as T.I., Drake, Lupe Fiasco and Kid Cudi, to just name a few

As I waited for the album to redeem itself, “Devil’s Got a Hold of Me,” halfway interest-ed me. Not featuring five rappers, the song was calmer than the others, and much easier to understand. The only other song I even remotely enjoyed was “Knockin’,” and that can be attributed to Dev. Besides her vocals, rappers like Snoop Dogg and Ludacris were just annoying.

While most people thought Twista “tore it up” in “Lets Go,” I was simply struck by confusion and was left not having any clue what any of the words were.

After listening to this, I’d much rather stick to Blink-182 than Barker’s attempt at rap righteousness.

by Mike KlopfensteinAdvisor

I love me some “Pong!” And I’m not talking about the bland love

you’re obligated to feel for, say, like a cousin. I’m talking about the real deal, partner. The kind you feel in your gut and your heart and on parts of your scalp.

You need to understand that I’m no gamer. I don’t even own a system. To write this review, I had to ask my next door neighbor Dwayne if I could borrow his. I could tell that handing me his Atari was like handing over his first-born child. I assured him he’d get it back safe and sound in a day or so. Little did I know the game cartridge he loaned me would get its hooks into me so deep.

From the moment the game title

appeared on my TV, I was smitten like a kitten. I’m not gonna lie -- the game is hard, its plot-line complex, its speed frenetic. I’ve heard it compared to table tennis, but I saw it more as a medieval death match fought to the finish with tiny rectangular video paddles that move both up and down. The combative 2D graphics feature just two colors: black and white. It’s a bold statement about our society, but I have to say I agree: Why can’t we all just get along? The onomatopoious game title captures its signature sound perfectly. To call the game “Gong” would have been overstating.

I never understood why video games kept so many of you kids from homework. Then I played “Pong.” I get it now. I’m a gamer now.

Bad news, Dwayne. I think I’ll hold on to the Atari a little longer than planned.

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I entered the world of Unova with high aspirations. I wanted to become the champion of the Elite Four, the top trainers in the region, within the small amount of time that I had. However, every trainer has to start small, and I was no exception to that rule.

I went to the nearest lab to obtain my starter Pokémon, which is how every journey begins in this world. I was greeted by Professor Aurea Juniper, who had three poké balls sitting on her desk. I could’ve chosen between Snivy (grass-type), Oshawott (water-type) or Tepig (fire-type). It was instantly between Snivy and Oshawott in my mind because Tepig is quite stupid looking to me. I made my mind up and went with Snivy.

“I think Snivy and you will be a great team,” said Juniper, “but you didn’t have to be so mean to Tepig. He’s looking depressed now.”

I paid no attention to her words about sympathy for the stupid Tepig and went out to Route 1, and took my first steps of my quest. Oddly enough, the grass shifted from ankle height to about the level of my shoulder in random patches. I noticed the Pokémon were only appearing in the taller grass and seemed to avoid the shorter grass like poison.

After getting through a little bit of grass, this trainer approached me. He proclaimed his name to be Youngster Lonny and challenged me to a battle.

“We made eye contact,” said Lonny, “and when trainers make eye contact they must battle!”

After defeating the young kid I continued onward. I went through the many fields of grass, caves and towns to push towards my goal of becoming the very best, like no one ever was. I conquered a few gym leaders in the different towns I’ve been too, and I have grown closer to my Pokémon friends. With the small amount of time that I spent in Unova, I became addicted and didn’t want to leave. However, I had to report back to our world, so I dropped my Pokémon off at Juniper’s house before I returned to Southport.

AFby Rachael DillonOpinion Editor

The second I stepped into the new world of Unova, I saw a chinchilla, or what I rationed was a chinchilla-like-thing, and chased after it. I knew that this world was filled with animals that I have never seen before and I wanted to learn all I could about them.

I followed it through curving forests while the sky grew darker. I knew that I had to get inside soon and luckily I found a laboratory. I ran inside to find myself being yelled at by the professor. Annoyed by her constant complaints to leave, I sucker-punched her and took her lab coat. Who wanted a pestering professor anyways? I decided to be the new professor.

Reading the passed-out professor’s nametag, I found that her name was Professor Aurea Juniper. Her job, well temporarily my job, was to give out starter Pokémon to children starting off their journeys at the ripe old age of 10. They had their choice between the fire Pokémon Tepig, the grass Pokémon Snivy or the water Pokémon Oshawott. Their job was to catch them all and my job was to take care of them.

After stuffing the real Juniper in a closet, a young trainer, Joey, knocked at the lab door. He wanted to begin his adventure.

“I want a Pokémon that can beat out all the rest,” said Joey. “I want it to be in the top percentage of Pokémon.”

Stumbling around the lab, I found the starter Pokémon and sent them all out of their Poké balls. Joey looked at all of them and chose Oshawott, saying the Snivy looked too smug and Tepig looked dim-witted. He scoffed at the Tepig and marched out of the lab, exclaiming that his Oshawott was in the top percentage of Oshawott.

At that moment, I felt sorry for Juniper because she had to deal with these trainers all day. At least she didn’t have to deal with them today. She was in the closet. Before I had the chance to sit down though, Joey rushed back into the lab, screaming that I wasn’t the real professor. My cover was blown. I ran out of the lab and back home, leaving Unova behind.

AFby Cara HinhReporter

The knowledge that I had of this world was rudimentary with only a brief obsession in early childhood fueling my know how. As I entered into this world I had no idea where I was. Looking back, I should have known, falling into the tall grass.

As I struggled to my feet, I noticed a boy sprinting at me with a multi colored orb in his hand. As I turned to run I was struck hard on the back of my head. I fell like a stone to the ground. The last thing I remembered was the sounds of running through the tall grass.

When I came to, I found myself in a hospital. “Hello, I’m Nurse Joy, you are in Unova,” said Joy. “Do you know what happened to

you?” I shook my head to both questions. Joy then came to my side and began explaining the

thing that hit me in the back of the head was actually a poké ball. Then about how new trainers got their start in Unova.

“You need to see Professor Juniper, she will get you everything you need to start your journey,” said Joy. “There is no need to worry, Juniper takes good care of you newbies.”

The moment they released me from the hospital, my head began to clear. I made my way over to Professor Juniper’s home. I knew at this moment and as reality set in I was destined to become a Pokémon master.

Juniper set three Pokémon in front of me and gave me the choice of one. I could not choose just one. I asked Juniper if I could have fate decide. I then reached for a poke ball.

I then threw my arm back and chucked the poké ball in the middle of the line at the three. Two of the three scrambled as it approached while the one in the middle looked me in the eyes as the ball came toward its face. I knew then, and as the poké ball hit the creature in the face, that this Pokémon and I were meant to be.

The pokémon, Oshawott, fell like a stone. Juniper then corrected my poké ball eti-quette as the Oshawott came to in my arms.

AFby Corey MillsReporter

I was assigned to do a report on a new place called Unova. After looking at some travel brochures and getting a view for the area, I headed out to Unova for my report, with my trusted Pokémon Vanillite. I decided to check out the museum in Nacrene City.

When I arrived, I met with an innocent looking man. His name was N. I wanted to have him explain why, but I moved on. N explained that he is the king of Team Plasma, an orga-nization dedicated to liberating Pokémon from their trainers.

“Many different values mix together, and the world becomes gray,” said N. “That is unforgivable! I will separate Pokémon and people, and black and white will be clearly distinct! Only then will Pokémon become perfect beings! Yes, that is my dream!”

He said Pokémon are abused and that humans should not have control over them. I im-mediately thought of the similarities between this and PETA. For investigative purposes, I told him I wanted to join. He took me back to his castle. I became a Team Plasma grunt.

I was told N was brought up by only letting him know Pokémon that were mistreated. He grew angry and his ideals are now shared throughout the organization.

I was assigned to help steal the items that revive the legendary dragon Pokémon, Reshiram and Zekrom. N would use the item and become the hero. Afterward, he would become the champion of Unova and force the people to separate from their Pokémon.

Later, a fellow Plasma member and I went to the Dreamyard to find Munna, a Pokémon with the ability to produce Dream Smoke. This smoke would have allowed them to spread their messages through dreams, but a fellow journalist of mine named Wes spoiled the plan. I wonder if he had recognized me.

Actually, this trainer and his friends kept causing problems for Team Plasma. When the trainer and his friends arrived at the castle and the battle between Wes and N began, I retreated, hoping to report all of what I had seen.

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by Tanna CarpenterReporter

Saturday, March 12 started out the same as usual for senior Jack Thompson. He got up and ready for the day, with only one thing slightly out of the ordinary. Thompson’s heart was pounding so hard he could hear it in his ears. Tonight was the night he was planning to ask his dream date, sophomore Sydney Barger, to prom after weeks of careful planning. Thompson spent the rest of his morning finalizing plans and get-ting everything set up for that night. He bought Barger’s favorite flowers, blue daisies and a box of chocolates. Thompson ironed his dress pants, shined his shoes and rehearsed his plan over and over again in his mind, thinking of each word he would say. The way Thompson saw it, there was no way she’d say no to his perfectly planned date.

Thompson arrived at Barger’s house at 6 p.m., right on time. He remembers walking up to the door, his hands were shaking and his clinical strength deodorant was already starting to wear off under the pressure. Thompson says he re-members seeing her for the first time that day.

“She was the apple of my eye,” said Thomp-son. “She looked completely perfect, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was a vision in purple, and her blonde hair shimmered in the night sky. It was like a romance novel.”

The two drove downtown to a restaurant called St. Elmo’s Steakhouse. Thompson had made reservations for the two of them and had even paid extra for a professional violin trio’s performance during their meal that evening. Thompson bought dinner and dessert for Barger and himself with money he had saved up from working extra shifts at work and by selling some of his mom’s jewelry on Ebay.

“The food at dinner was so good,” said Barger. “It was crazy expensive too, but I’m worth it. Most guys buy me expensive stuff like that all the time.”

After their meals, Thomp-son and Barger got in the car and drove to the next spot on the list. Their final destina-tion was kept a secret from Barger along the way, but the two soon arrived in Carmel at a place called Skypoint Balloons. Thompson said he remembers the look on Barger’s face when she realized what they were going to do next on their date.

“I had never done anything like (riding in a hot air balloon) before,” said Barger. “I was so nervous and scared, but really excited at the

same time. I knew it would be an unforgettable experience, even for a really exciting person like me.”

The pair soon met their balloon pilot and got prepared to take their flight. The whole experi-ence took around an hour and a half, flying all

over central Indiana seeing everything from a different view. Thompson said he and Barger got to see a lot of cool things but that he was also happy about just get-ting to talk with her during the whole trip, even though the temperature during the flight was below freezing.

“It ended up being really cold,” said Barger. “(It was) too cold and my hands felt a little bit frost-bitten ... I hate being cold.”

After their adventure on the hot air balloon, Thomp-son got prepared for the

final step of his plan. They drove back towards downtown Indianapolis, heater on high, and got ready for their next activity of the night. Thomp-son was nervous, but still confident with his plan pulling through for him in the end.

It was getting late, but Thompson had ev-erything planned out and ready. He and Barger

parked and walked towards the circle in down-town. Thompson directed Barger towards a small bakery on the circle where the two went in to order some hot coffee. They sat down at a table and were soon handed not only two cups of cof-fee, but a large, zebra print cake. The pastry read “You’re beautiful Sydney.”

“I worked so hard on that cake,” said Thomp-son. “My nana taught me how to bake.”

Barger knew what was coming next, even before she saw the silver Tiffany’s bracelet that Thompson had bought earlier that day. The shiny metal bracelet was engraved with a single word, “prom?”

Although Barger had a decent night, she knew she wasn’t really interested in going to prom with Thompson. The smile on Thompson’s face instantly faded when he heard her negative re-sponse to his perfectly thought out proposal.

“I felt really bad,” said Barger. “But oh well.”Thompson took Barger home in awkward

silence, saying it was one of the longest car rides of his life. Neither of them said a word the whole way home and he said he remembers feeling more defeated than he ever had in his life. Thompson walked Barger to her door to say goodbye, and even went in for a kiss as a last chance resort to save the night. Unfortunately for Thompson, he was rejected again. Barger ended up keeping both the cake and bracelet, saying that they were gifts and therefore hers.

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by Katie HinhReporter

Prom. Is there anything else to say? Some people go and others don’t. Some anxiously wait for the announcement of prom king and queen, and others couldn’t care less. But no matter what someone believes about prom, the one thing everyone can say for sure is that it is prom season. Now the time has come to decorate the ballroom, find a date and search for that perfect prom dress.

Rae Lynn’s Boutique has only been in India-napolis for 2 and a half years, but has already gotten recognition for its dresses. According to its website, it was voted the number one women’s boutique in Indianapolis. But what makes Rae Lynn’s special is the fact that all of its thousands of prom dresses come off the New York and Chicago runways. All summer, Rae Lynn’s managers go directly to the New York and Chicago fashion shows to get the dresses for the prom season.

“Right now we have over 1,000 dresses in the store,” said Rae Lynn’s manager Allie Meagher. “I feel like you should be able to find something.”

Rae Lynn’s has about 15 different designers this season and has ordered a lot more dresses in preparation for this year’s prom season so far. According to Meagher, Rae Lynn’s dresses average $200-$600, and there is even some jewelry available, so every dress can get match-ing accessories.

Rae Lynn’s gets a storm of business, some-times as soon as December, because of the prices. Since Rae Lynn’s has a layaway plan, it makes almost any prom dress affordable. The plan consists of biweekly payments on a dress until the full cost of the dress is paid off. This prom perk allows many to have the perfect prom dress, no matter the cost.

Also in preparation for the prom season, Rae Lynn’s hires their sales associates in the sum-mer. This gives all of the associates the oppor-tunity to get some sales experience and learn the computer programs before the prom frenzy begins. Senior Kassi Sparks works at Rae Lynn’s and has had her fair share of work hours.

“It’s pretty hectic,” said Sparks. “When I worked over the summer ... I worked for four hours every two weeks. This week I work 29 hours.”

Another prom perk is that Rae Lynn’s reg-isters their prom dresses. Registering a prom

dress means that no single person at a school will have the same dress as any other who got their dress at Rae Lynn’s. Registering makes sure that there is only one dress design per school, and only in one color or print. Also it has no effect on the price of the dress, if a dress is purchased from Rae Lynn’s then it’s a free guar-antee that no one will have the same Rae Lynn’s dress as another.

“I think it’s one of the girl’s biggest fears to go to the prom and have someone have the exact same dress as three other girls,” said Meagher. “I think (registering prom dresses) would make (prom) better.”

Registering a dress is something that is only offered by limited dress shops like Rae Lynn’s or Sophia’s Bridal. That makes it an exclusive part of the Rae Lynn’s experience, along with the designer brands and the, literally, thousands of dresses, that give Rae Lynn’s one of the biggest selection of dresses, prom and special occasions alike. Not only does Rae Lynn’s cater to prom, they carry dresses for other events, like Home-coming and destination weddings.

Rae Lynn’s isn’t just a dress boutique, they

have a tuxedo rental system so that a prom couple both have clothing from Rae Lynn’s. Men can rent prom tuxedos, and even pick one out to match their date’s dress. So not only can a girl get her prom dress at Rae Lynn’s, her date can rent a tuxedo and match her at prom.

Now prom is here. The frenzy has started and the hunt for that perfect dress has begun. Rae Lynn’s is just one of the many stores to look, but with an inventory of 1,000 or more, it might take a little while. With Rae Lynn’s prom perks they have tried to protect the prom experience and make it so that every guy or girl can have that special night.

“You’ll have ... I think one of the best of the best prom dresses out here in Indiana,” said Meagher.

Rae Lynn’s has been catering to prom for two and a half years and this year they plan to continue to serve their designer dress menu. So girls, hurry up and find that perfect dress, and guys get that tuxedo. Prom is here. Stores like Rae Lynn’s make it an unforgettable night. ”

“(Sydney) looked completely perfect, and I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was a vision in pur-ple, and her blond hair shimmered in the night sky. It was like a romance novel.

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Kassi Sparks checks a customer out at Rae Lynn’s on Thursday, March 17. Rae Lynn’s receives the most of their business in the months leading up to prom. by Jackie Smith.

Senior attempts to take dream girl to prom, uses charm and wit to win her over

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Recently, there has been a lot of controversy revolving around prom. The administration and prom committee leaders have decided to make some much needed changes. Principal Ms. Barbara Brouwer and Mrs. Mary Sims agreed upon 10 things to change for the 2011 school year prom, and also for years to come.

“Prom has gotten outrageously inappropriate in the past couple of years,” said Brouwer. “We’re tired of our students looking like hoodlums all the time. We want-ed to bring some class this year.”

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Date: Friday, April 8th

Who: Juniors and Seniors

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Refreshments at prom will be eggnog and garlic bread.

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Senior Tanna Carpenter Freshman Katie Hinh Senior Jennifer Virden

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Where did you get yourprom dress / tuxedo?

Rae Lynn’s (11)

Men’s Wearhouse (29)

Mall (31)

Online (12)

Louie’s (2)

Haven’t gotten it yet (56)

Other (50)

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March 25, 20118 Opinion

Molly Elizabeth Bridges Act your age, not your shoe size. ♥

Meg Mobley Today an old guy at Target asked me what mousse was.

Logan Collins Can we just skip Mon-Thurs and just get to Friday. Kthanks.

Kelsey Chyann Murphy Life’s a climb, but the view’s great. ♥

the journal likes this.Cool status updates from Facebook users.#winning

Charlie Sheen is the master of it.

Mumford & SonsWhat a wonderful way to relax.

Atlas ShruggedGo see it in April. Bowles would

be proud.

‘Friday’Which seat will I take?!

Spring Break FINALLY!

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Short SkirtsWarmer weather unfortunately means

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NCAA BracketsThey will be the death of us!

Gas PricesMy car is running on fumes!

BugsThey’re back!!!

Busy WorkYes, I can do this in five minutes, the

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Letters to the Editor

“Love is not to be purchased and affec-tion has no price.” I found this quote by St. Jerome, a biblical scholar, while browsing the internet trying to come up with my own conclusion about what love is. While I may never be sure exactly what the word love means, I am positive about what love is NOT.

Society has had a huge role in making past generations come up with false conclu-sions about falling in love. As a little girl, I remember the idea of finding my prince charming and getting married shoved down my throat. Every Disney movie that came out during my childhood consisted of Princesses finding their match and having luxurious weddings to celebrate their love.

This becomes a life goal for some girls – find the perfect mate, get married and live happily ever after. While this idea seems so fantastic, realistically it has many flaws.

The modern idea of marriage has turned into a game. Who will love me? How much money can we spend? How can we make our wedding everything we ever dreamed it would be?

Love is not the amount of money you spend on an extravagant wedding. Ac-cording to www.financial-plan.about.com, the average cost of a wedding is a little over $27,000 not including the cost of engagement rings or the honey moon. This is enough money to purchase a new car or a year of college. Marriage, it seems, is the perfect way for big businesses to rack up money. Brides feel the need to spend ridiculous amounts of money on the perfect ring, the perfect dress and the perfect venue. Marriage can soon become about buying expensive items and not about the love of two people. I find it sad that we live in an age where we think it’s acceptable

to put a price on love. Love is not temporary. Instead of finding

useful ways to spend thousands of dollars, couples blow it all on one day that could possibly mean nothing to them in the long run. What a lot of engaged couples don’t consider while being blinded by society’s standards, is that divorce rates are astound-ing. If trends continue, divorcerates.org claims that 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce. This is a frightening statis-tic. Couples are so concerned about what society thinks should happen that they don’t realize that maybe marriage isn’t what’s best for them.

Biblically, marrying the “love of your life”, having children and starting a family is morally the right thing to do. Divorce, on the other hand, is a huge moral no-no. Statistics are showing that divorce isn’t uncommon, so couples are obviously not marrying for religious reasons.

If couples aren’t truly in love, I believe they are marrying because that’s what they’ve always known as the next step in a relationship. Marriage has been pushed upon us by society. A couple that decides to

be together for a long period of time and have children with-out being married is seen as a social blunder. Humans, being social animals, try to avoid this. I think it’s time for couples to realize what society portrays as a correct idea, may not always be the best idea.

All I ask for is a change in thinking. Are we, as a society, truly searching for someone to spend the rest of our lives with? Or are we actually in love with the idea of love? The love of two people should be a cher-

ished gift, appreciated by the couple only because love itself is so rare. Love should not be thought of as a reason to show off to friends and family. Mar-riage should not be put upon an obnoxious, glittered, golden, rose-smelling pedestal for the whole world to see. We should just leave this overrated fantasy to the movies. Couples should reconsider the purpose of marriage and a beautiful wedding before it’s too late and they end up spending thou-sands of dollars to be shamefully divorced years later.

Homework is an every night responsibil-ity that kids manage to squeeze into their busy schedules. Some kids don’t even at-tempt to do their homework even though it’s only to benefit them. Teachers don’t assign homework just to make students stay up late doing it or to rush the next day during study hall to get it done. The point of homework is to learn and better apply the skills that are learned during class. Too much homework isn’t given to students. Teachers at Southport give a decent amount that will help prepare the students for the next step we should take on this path, college.

Depending on the difficulty level of the class and the understanding that the student has of the material will determine how long it takes to complete all assignments. On average, an American high schooler that actually did their homework dedicated 2.66 hours of the day in 2009 according to www.bls.gov. If the time was set aside to do all the home-work assigned all at once, students wouldn’t complain about having a lot of home-work. There are extracurricu-lar activities that take up time. Extracurricular activities are great, don’t get me wrong, but school work should be a priority.

Participating in after-school activities is a great way to meet people and make school more bearable. It actually helps a student learn how to balance their time between school and other activities. Once students reach college that’s basically what they’re going to have to do if they go to school full-time and have a job. They’ll have to balance it all, but some of those programs that take up time require students to have a certain GPA.

In sports, IHSSA requires a student to

be passing at least five classes. If a class is failed it’s because the student doesn’t put the minimal effort to pass. The same thing applies for school plays and other activities such as student council and Cardinal Cadre and Student Council, which require a 2.5 GPA.

When homework is assigned, the teacher isn’t thinking “How am I going to make my students’ life miserable and make more work for me to do?” Teachers just want to prepare students for what’s going to be at the end of the tunnel. Let’s face it, college is only going to be twice as hard as high school and if stu-dents aren’t prepared now, then they won’t make it in college.

The purpose of homework is to help sharpen those skills that we’re taught in class. In math the only way to get better is to keep practicing by trying to solve several different problems. No one can get better at anything without practice. To get better in school or to do well practice is a necessity, hence the reason for homework.

It takes some more time to finish some assignments than others because it could be

difficult for some and easy for oth-ers. When this problem arises for some, a few don’t feel the need to try or get help. The reason could be they’re too busy and don’t have enough time. The student begins to fall behind and in the end will be hurt by not doing the work that is supposed to get him/her to college.

Getting prepared to move on in life isn’t an easy pro-cess. It’s the teacher’s jobs to prepare us, which means assign a decent amount of homework. Some teach-ers believe that not a lot of

homework is assigned these days because of the fear that

students won’t do it. If the students don’t complete the assignment their grade just begins to drop.

Teachers don’t assign too much home-work. Students with the busy lifestyles don’t make the time to complete assignments which eventually hurts them. Colleges look at extracurricular but the main focus is grades. If a student can’t make it in high school where there’s minimal homework then who knows if the student will be suc-cessful in college.

Time for students to realize that homework is helpful

by Jessica De La CruzForeign Language Co-Editor

by Riley WallaceReporter

“No Katy Perry, I do not feel like a plastic bag.”

Modern idea of marriage too commonly flawed

Couples are so concerned about

what society thinks should

happen that they don’t realize that maybe marriage isn’t what’s best

for them.

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““I’m Brownie number two! “

When home-work is assigned, the teacher isn’t

thinking “How am I going to make my students’ life miserable and

make more work for me to do?”

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It has been suggested that our theater has gone a bit too far with some recent productions. I myself directed a one-act comedy about suicide, and more recently we put on a production of Tombstone, a show in which prostitution, gambling, and violence played a major roll.

There are those who allege that it is inappropriate for our theater to promote these actions. Such individuals seem to misunderstand that there is quite a distinct difference between promoting and por-traying. The theater does the latter. The individuals who pay attention to the show would have noticed the underlying theme was that the way of life these characters were leading left nowhere, that drinking, fighting, and being promiscuous made for no sort of life. The show had a clear mes-

sage that this kind of behavior is a poor life decision. Can anyone argue that such a theme is not school appropriate?

Others understand we are not promot-ing these actions but still believe it is inappropriate to even portray them. They suggest that these issues shouldn’t even be addressed by a high school. First of all, such an ideal would eliminate half of the literature we study in English. Second of all, what? School should prepare indi-viduals for the world, it should be a place where we can discuss anything in a safe environment. Theater allows us to look at issues that are in the real world. It asks us questions we need to answer. It fosters discussion on important subject, subjects that are much more dangerous if left unad-dressed.

Attacking this school’s production of Tombstone for being school inappropri-ate and promoting drinking and sex, is like attacking a school’s Say No to Drugs Program for promoting drugs. Both foster discussion on serious issues, however nei-ther is supporting these issues. Both cover topics that are real for students to deal with, and both offer a healthy message to students who care enough to listen.

I believe Tombstone was an appropri-ate production for Southport to put on. Yes, the production did contain alcohol and shootings but the play was about how those things ruined people’s lives.

We were not promoting them because we were reliving history. The play was ad-vertised as a western, which automatically means it involves all of those things.

Cinderella taught young children that it was okay for mothers and sisters to treat their daughter/sibling as a slave, but Cin-derella had a “happily ever after” ending. Tombstone involved bad things too, but it showed what really happens to people and taught a lesson.

As for the humor, it was all very dry. One had to think and comprehend hidden

messages to understand an inappropriate joke. If a little child was in the audience and was too young to hear that joke, they would not have understood what it meant. If they were old enough to understand what it meant, they were old enough to hear the joke. If somebody was to beat up another student in the middle of the school day they would get into serious trouble, but outside of school students and community members cheer for fighting at wresting matches. How is theater any different?

The article mentions how this isn’t the place for this kind of thinking outside of the box. I thought that the purpose of high school was to get us to think outside the box.

I realize that this article was in the opinion column and I think the piece itself was very well written. I just disagree with the article because theatre tells stories whether they are happy, sad, appropri-ate, inappropriate, true, or fictional they always tell the full story as how it was supposed to be told.

senior Ryan Myers sophomore Jaime Robbins

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My girl be tryna steal my swag. She just can’t seem to get the fact that I got an image to keep. My laydee does not want me 2 go on my rap tour. But it’s my passion. I gotta do it. She tryna hold me back.Whatta bro to do, girl?

- Shagnasty_________________

Shagnasty,

It isn’t very pleas-ant that she is trying to take away your “swag.” I understand that you just want to suc-ceed in your newfound ca-reer. I do not blame you. Do not let her hold you back, Shagnasty. Just try to keep it as fresh as you can.

Keep it real,Dr. Dri

Dr. Wagner,

The other day my girlfriend told me we were broken up. She said “It’s over. I don’t love you anymore.” I know she doesn’t mean it. She told me she was in love with some other guy, and I saw them at the movies. She kept glaring at me, and giving me these looks. I know she still digs me, but I don’t know how to get her to admit it. She has blocked my phone number and transferred out of my English class. She is just begging for me to chase her down and win her back, right? What should I do?

Help,Mr. Persistence____________________________________

Dear Hopelessly Holding On,

You may have messed up, man. Clearly you should have just put a ring on it.

Sincerely,Dr. Wagner

Dear Dr. Wagner,

My significant other likes to wear my clothes. This would be fine, perhaps if our roles were reversed. It started a few months back, when I’d sleep in his t-shirts. But I’ve been noticing my clothes disap-pearing. It started with my socks, but he has gone so far as to wear my skirts. It’s not that I don’t love him, I just don’t know how to deal with the fact that my boy-friend likes to wear my (girl’s) clothing. Please help me!

Sincerely,I Want My Clothes Back______________________________________

Dear Desperate,

I think the answer here is really quite simple. Embrace it! So what if your guy wants to be like you? Let him. You should be proud that he appreciates your sense of style. You should be glad he isn’t trying to dress like every Justin Beiber wannabe. He is original and unique, isn’t that what all of us girls desire in a man? Yes, the skirts are a bit much, but as long as he is happy, you should be too.

Sincerely,Dr. Wagner

{theJOURNAL}CONTACT INFORMATION

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School Journal is to inform the student body of timely events and issues that affect their lives while being a voice for the faculty, staff and community.

Student journalists are guaranteed the First Amendment rights of the Constitution. Staff members will observe the same legal responsibilities as those imposed on all news media, thus will refrain from production of material that:

1. Is obscene, according to community standards;

2. Is libelous, according to the legal definition;

3. Creates a clear and present danger of the immediate material and substantial physical disruption of the school.

The Editor-in-Chief is solely responsible for all content.

Views found in the Journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions the Journal staff or faculty, staff or administration of Southport High School or the Metropolitan District of Perry Township.

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members are welcome to write a letter-to-the-editor that will be published in The Journal when space is available. Letters-to-the-editor must be received five days prior to publication date. Submissions should be short and concise, not exceeding 300 words. They are subject to editing for content, grammar and length. All letters must be signed. Personal or unfair attacks of businesses or individuals will not be published. Bring all submissions to room 400 or address an envelope to Mr. Mike Klopfenstein and take it to the Main Office. Submissions also may be e-mailed to shsjournal@class.perryschools.org.

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March 25, 2011 9Opinion

{theHEADSCRATCHER} What are your spring break plans?

“Going to Kentucky.”- Freshman Tevin

Fulton

“Running track and playing frisbee.”- Junior Dustin

Donovan

“Destin with my best friends.”

- Sophomore Delaney Skutt

“Hanging with my friends and family.”

- Senior Sonney Wiley

As you should know by now, if the referendum passes in May, Southport and the rest of Perry Township will be saved. However, our school still needs to cut down on costs before that happens. As the heads of Southport’s publications, we came up with some creative ideas to save money, but we’re going to need the help and cooperation of everyone in the school. Here are some proposals we have come up with to save money at Southport:

Proposal #1: Get rid of all drinks besides water in the cafeteria.

By reducing the cost of purchasing these sugar-filled drinks, Southport can provide water bottles at a low cost. For those students with a sugar crave, we suggest carrying a powdered drink mix and adding it to your water during lunch.

Proposal #2: Sell all the chairs.Not only would this save the school

money, but this would also cause students to focus on school. Unless a student knows how to fall asleep standing up, he or she would have no choice but to pay attention in class.

Proposal #3: Turn off the air conditioning and heating.

This will greatly reduce the cost of operating our school. We advise students to dress appropriately for weather conditions both inside and outside the school building. We believe that blankets and fans should be permitted throughout the school year, but that decision is subject to administration approval.

Proposal #4: Provide a standard sack lunch for students.

Again, this will allow Southport to save money by not having to purchase different varieties of food for students to choose from. The daily sack lunch will be provided to

students five days a week and will include this balanced meal: a PB&J sandwich, an apple, a bag of baby carrots, a bag of potato chips, and a cookie.

Proposal #5: Turn study hall into a labor class.

Students usually sleep in study hall, so why not make them do something to help out the school? Like clean the school, for example. By having students clean the school, the cost of custodians can be cut down to a bare minimum. At the same time, students have the opportunity to build character.

We hope that these proposals can be implemented by the administration as soon as possible. However, we would prefer that these implementations remain temporary. To make sure of this, vote yes for Perry Township Schools in the upcoming election this May.

theSOUTHPORTaddress:The Southport Address is an editorial written based on the consensus opinion of seniors Holly Hightower (Editor-in-Chief of The Anchor), Katja Krasnovsky (Bureau Chief of the News Bureau) and Shivani Parikshak (Editor-in-Chief of The Journal).

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If you need relationship help. please write to us at the Journal so Dr. Wagner

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March 25, 201110 Photos

Full Swing into SpringSpring Break is almost here, which means spring sports are jumping back into action. Dozens of Southport athletes have started practice in the last month in preparation for their upcoming seasons. When school reconvenes after break, all Cardinal teams will be in full swing, so come out and cheer your classmates onto victory.

(left) Freshman Nate Davis chips the ball onto the green during practice on Monday, March 21. (above) Junior Kris Kuehr fires the ball to first base to beat the runner during practice on Thursday, March 17. Photos by Brandon Bushong. (right) Sophomore Jacob Smith leaps over a hurdle during track practice on Thurs-day, March 17. Photo by Becca Tapp.

(left) Sophomore Abbey Short keeps her eye on the ball while swinging during batting practice on Friday, March 18. The varsity softball team began their season at Brownsburg on Tuesday night. Photo by Jackie Smith. (above) Sophomore Ja’Breena Gardner and juniors Abby Springer, Tyler Paschall and Juanesha Byrd practice their strides during practice on Thursday, March 17. The girls’ track team began their season against Ben Davis yesterday. Photo by Becca Tapp. (below) Senior Courtney Polley reaches for a hit during practice on Tuesday, March 22. The girls’ tennis team begins their season at Brownsburg on Monday, April 4. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

by Matt LytleReporter

In the year 2004, Mr. Steve Montgomery had laid down the hat and Mrs. Melissa Franzosi stepped up as the coach of the girls’ softball team. But this year she has stepped down from the head coaching position and the former coach, Montgomery, is back on the field and coaching the team.

Although Montgomery is the head coach, he wasn’t expecting this position until a few weeks ago. According to Montgomery, he has a lot of catching up to do with the team and his ways of coaching, due to the small amount of time he was given. Even though he is kind of in a rush, he is very happy with the job and is excited to get this season started.

Even with much experience, Montgomery has a small amount of coaching techniques and strategies. Usually, most coaches teach the basics of the game and try to build off of that. But to him, it is all about having fun. Competitiveness still lingers inside of him, though. He says he loves to have fun but be a competitive team at the same time. But in the

end, he realizes that it is just a game.“I might not be as hard on them as some

other coaches,” said Montgomery. “But I can’t be somebody I am not and coach another way.”

To the team, adapting to Montgomery has not been hard at all. According to senior Stephanie Winter, the team is adapting to the new head coach very quickly and easily. Franzosi’s plays were a lot different from Montgomery’s plays. Franzosi did more conditioning drills like sprints and ab workouts. The team also did many high knee drills, slow slides and lunges in the last couple of years. Montgomery focuses more on techniques,

such as accuracy drills and throwing. Even though the practices are ran differently, the

goals of each play and each drill are the same between the coaches. These goals are to have the team become better players and to be more successful.

Personally, Montgomery is getting to know the team as quickly as possible. He says that getting the job in such short notice has kept him from personally getting to know his team as much as he would like. He talks to them as much as possible, but at the same time, he is

rushing to be prepared for the season.“I think he is hilarious, which makes

practice more fun,” said Winter. “But he still

makes the team stay focused and on task in order to have a good season.”

According to Montgomery, the team has two assistant coaches, Kim and Jared Ridner, who have been with the team since last year. The two assistants have also worked with the girls in the off-season. By doing that, it made them get to know the team better. They help Montgomery get to know the girls a little more and become more comfortable coaching them. He relies on them for a lot of information about the girls. He says he knows what the players can do on the field better than he knows their names.

How will the season play out for the former sectional runner-ups of 2010? According to Montgomery, the team has played together for awhile and are very hard workers. With big shoes to fill as the Southport girls’ softball team’s head coach, he is very confident in his coaching ability and his team this year.

“I like what I see in my team,” said Montgomery.”I think we will be very competitive and I am looking forward to the season.”

Successful former coach takes another swing at it(Above left) Mr. Steve Montgomery previously coached Southport girls’ softball from 1983 to 2003. Photo contributed. (Above right) Softball coach Mr. Steve Montgomery reviews the batting signs with his players before the end of practice on Monday, March 21. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

1985: Undefeated regular season.1986: Sectional Champions. Regional runners-up.1993: Sectional and Regional Champions1994: County, Sectional and Regional Champions. Semi-State runners-up.1999: Sectional Champions.2002: Sectional runners-up.2003: Sectional runners-up.

{pastTEAMS}Mr. Steve Montgomery started coaching the Southport girls’

softball team in 1983 and continued coaching for 22 years.

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1. Momentum.Drive forward with your lead leg and knee up towards the hurdle.

2. Jump and Lean.Once you’re off the track, you want to clear the hurdle and be back on the track as quickly as possible. Lean forward, sending your momentum forward.

3. Trail LegKeep a tight trail leg angle and bring your trail leg through until it is back on the ground. Notice lead leg is on the toes only, not heel then toe.

4. Follow ThroughContinue sprinting towards next hurdle, then repeat.

Photos by Becca Tapp.with Jajuan Duncan

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by Joey BanfieldReporter

The NFL lockout is going to decimate this league, and it will make some NFL fans not too happy. With the players not being allowed in the facilities and owners having some time for them, things will be changing in the NFL. And, yes, it will be affecting Indianapolis directly, because there will not be a season this year. No Super Bowl coming to Indianapolis and no money on its way back to Indy.

Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has been seen with Colt’s owner Jim Irsay at local cafés in Baltimore and things can seem to be getting a little fishy. There is a rumor floating around the Indianapolis Colts have been sold and moved back to their originating city Baltimore due to Indianapolis’ money-tight situation. It looks like these rumors are true. ESPN just released that Bisciotti will be combining both of the teams, the Baltimore Ravens and the Indianapolis Colts, to make a new NFL team called the Baltimore Colts. Irsay sold the Colts for roughly $715 million. He gave most of the proceeds to a local governmental charity in Indianapolis.

To save money and to be discreet, owners Bisciotti and Irsay moved players and equipment to Baltimore via Mayflower trucks. They also were seen piling out of the trucks into a rundown motel in Pennsylvania for a rest. Also, coaches have been seen wearing the new colors purple, Colt blue and magenta. I don’t really know what the owners were thinking on that one.

Once everyone is settled in, the Ravens and Colts will be joined into one team and will be holding a tryout to fill the positions. Tryouts are also open to civilians who think they can make it big. Peyton Manning is one of the few who will be projected to be picked in the tryouts. Bisciotti wants to keep most of his old team, especially the defensive side.

The good thing for Baltimore is that with the Colts strong offensive game and the Ravens brick house-like defense, Baltimore will probably see a strong Super Bowl contending team that will make it to New Orleans. Baltimore will finally have a team worth talking about.

Hopefully this doesn’t bring down the NFL. But, other teams will want to become more powerful and join forces just like the Colts and Ravens. Things like this just shouldn’t be allowed to happen in the NFL. Now, thanks to all this, the Baltimore Colts will

virtually be unstoppable. Everyone is wishing this gutsy move by Irsay doesn’t ruin the NFL.

But what will become of Indianapolis? The city paid $720 million for Lucas Oil Stadium to be built and now it is useless, right? Well, as a matter of fact, the Lucas Oil Stadium will be turned into a casino and rodeo arena exclusively. It will be called, Lucas Oil Casino and Rodeo. Finally, both Mooresville and Martinsville will have somewhere to gather.

On the bright side though, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is talking to the Canadian Football League (CFL) about a possible expansion to bring a team to Indianapolis in the next six years. The team will be called the Indianapolis Nappers. If not the CFL team. Then he’ll definitely bring a professional hockey team.

Just think, if the owners never had this lockout, then none of this would be happening and Indianapolis would be having the Super Bowl come to town. I guess all Indianapolis as to do is sit back and watch as this unfolds and hope that we can get the CFL to agree.

in the BANfield of sportsBreaking News: Colts to move back to Baltimore

by Taylor DeHartReporter

This year, Southport Athletics had been record-breaking. From three soccer seniors breaking a record that they have been working on since freshman year, to a junior basketball player who has broken two records this year and has the potential to continue breaking more next year. These are only a few of the many records that were broken this year by several different athletic teams.

“This has been a terrific year in sports,” said Athletic Director, Mr. Pete Hubert. “Not only have we reached five sectional championships, but we have also broken a lot of records.”

This year in sports, there have been around 20 records broken or tied.

In the fall, seniors Noah Salas, Brandon Iaria and Wes Oliver earned the chance to break the record for most wins in a high school soccer career as varsity soccer players. The team also made it to the sectional championship and won. The team was knocked out in regionals.

“I felt like the guys and I achieved something pretty great,” said Iaria. “Knowing that we did it together was even better.”

During football season, records were being broken left and right. There were seven records broken and one tied. One of the records was set by the offense. The offense recorded most yards in a season with 4,143 yards. They made it to the

sectional final, where they lost to Lawrence Central.

This year in basketball, junior Mike Ramey broke two records. Along with breaking records, the boy’s basketball team made it to the sectional final game by beating Franklin Central. The team then got beat by Center Grove in the championship to close out their season.

“I thought our progress throughout the season was right where it needed to be,” said Head Varsity Basketball Coach, Mr. Wes Peak. “We doubled our win total on the year and that is what we need to continue doing.”

With more records broken than previous years, Hubert thinks that Southport will continue to break more records and will also win the big tournament games to come.

2010-2011 a record breaking year for the Cardinals

after

sophomore Taylor DeHart

senior Kinsey Goff

junior Matt Lytle

senior Joey Banfield

“I’m gonna kiss this ball goodbye!”

“Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing.”

WORLD RECORDSgoing after

Senior Kinsey Goff broke the world record for rolling a car 10 times. The previous record was 26 minutes. Goff beat it, doing it in 19 minutes.

Sophomore Taylor DeHart attempted to break the world record for longest baseball hit. He wanted to hit it to the moon. He didn’t even hit the ball...

Senior Joey Banfield attempted to break the world record for most back flips in a minute. The record is 48. Banfield just fell on his face...

Emily Odle – fastest 5K time 19:09Wes Oliver, Noah Salas and Brandon Iaria – most wins in a varsity careerBrandon Iaria – longest field goal (47 yards) Carlton Byrd – 60 receptions in a season, 877 reception yards in a season. Treavor Gebhart – 2,704 total yards in a seasonDarrice Orkmon – 11.5 sacks

Kyle Vaughn – five fumble recoveries Mike Ramey –9 made three-point shots in a game, 24 consecutive free throws.Devin Walter – aces/season 58Chelsea Brothers – kills/match 26 , kills/season 399Kortni Haupt – digs/match 24, digs/season 378Kayla Chappell – assists/season 816

{southportRECORDS}Southport athletes have broken many

records during the fall and winter sports seasons. These records are according to the Athletic Office.

“How’s a small girl like me going to lift a big car like that?”

“Pay dirt times seven.” “I don’t even think King James could do this...”

“I always knew I was better than these silly boys!”

“The sun was in my eyes...”

“I guess I was never meant to do back flips...”

Junior Matt Lytle attempted to break the record for number of basketballs spun at one time. The previous record was six. He attempted seven and failed.

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Photos by Brandon Bushong. Photo Illustration by Lucas Sweitzer.

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