the odyssey: spirit week issue 2013

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October

2013

SPIRIT WEEK EDITION

4COVER SORY:Get Your Spirit OnBy the time were seniors,we all know the routine byheart: plan amazing lip-sync, cheer until your voicegives out, and usher in anew school year in style.By Ian Williams 14 andKaelyn Beeman 20

IN OTHER NEWS

Sports & News

7 Whiteld Fall SportsRe-cap o the Warriors seasons so arBy Jacob Ekstrand 14 and Matt Kaplan 14

7 St. Louis CardinalsTe St. Louis Cardinals look or another NLChampionsip and maybe even more.By Matt Schueddig 20

9 Te Dangers o extingTink youre invicible? Tink not. Why youshouldnt text while driving.By Kaelyn Beeman 20

Opinion and Editorials

8 No Place for HateBy Isabella Gross 14

9 Edward Snowden: Patriot or Enemy?By Ian Lafey 18

10 Drews ReviewsBy Drew Asyre 15

10 Connors CreaturesBy Connor Dakich 14

11 Fashion ReviewBy Gabby Maune 15 and essa Varvares 15

6New School Year ExcitementExplored and Understood

New aces to meet, new names toremember, and new school protocolsand spaces to learn.By Isabella Gross 14 andNoah Mondschein 14

8International RelationsHeat Up as the World Gets

Serious with Syria

Rumors o chemical weapons, hintsat another international conict. TeUS and world has a lot to consider asSyrias civil war intensifes.By Noah Mondschein 14


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Te Spirit o Spirit WeekBy Ian Williams 14, Design Editor

Spirit week comes but once a year at Whiteld.Te ve day long celebration o Warrior Spiritis one o the strongest and oldest traditionsWhiteld possesses.

Te week starts o with Class Choice day,which really distinguishes the classes and beginsto determine who is the most creative and mostspirited this year. From win Day to SeniorCitizen Day, weve seen it all.

uesday kicks o the rst all-school themedday which is one o the oldest and avorite:Character Day. It wont be hard to see igerWoods in the hall or even Superman, a cowboy, oreven Mrs. Greathouse. Character Day usually has

the most varied and creative outts o the week.Halway through the week is Decade Day. Tis

really takes you on a walk down memory lane asyou stroll down rom the ront hallway to WoodsHall. I think we can all expect to see some groovy70s dancers with Aros and quite the array o 80sleg warmers and hair scrunchies.

Tursday is Holiday Day. A ormer classchoice pick, this day brings in quite theassortments o costumes ranging rom the Easterbunny to Brits on their holiday.

Spirit week saves the best and most spirited orlast: the amous Green and White day. Studentswith their ull bodies painted ood Woods Hall.

Tis is the most anticipated day o the weekand also the loudest. Its not uncommon or thenoise level in the auditorium to reach borderline,ear-damaging levels. With almost 400 peoplechanting things such as We love Whiteld it

really shows how spirited and special this placereally is.

Over 400 students and their parents join eachother on the eld hockey hill to enjoy the annuallip sync and bonre that concludes the week. By

this time o the week all o the Whiteld Warriorsare as spirited as they can be.

Students o all ages participate in theirown grades creative, well-rehearsed lip sync.Troughout the Warrior estival, all o the all

varsity sport teams and players are announcedto get the crowd spirited or the homecominggames played the ollowing day. By the end o tstaged event on the eld hockey eld, the lip syn

judges announce the rst, second, and third pla

perormances, awarding spirit points by rankinAfer the perormance and awards are nishedeveryone ollows the torch bearers to the bonrgrounds where the castle is burned.

Who will be the winner this year?

Wacky acky Day is noticeably missing rom this years costume-themed days, but the photo above reminds us whatcolorul day this one can be (rom 2012 Spirit Week). Photo by Elie Regev

COVER SORY

wo other great spirit week traditions: the bonre on Friday night aer the lip sync competitions and revealing this years Warrior. Max Pepose 13 was revealed last year. Who will

be in 2013? Photos by Declan McDonald


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Spirit week is a great tradition o Whiteld school. Tis is the weekto be crazy un and mostly throw the dress code out the window.Here are some o the Dos and Donts o spirit week given by theexperts: you!

DOsDON'Ts

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of dressing for Spirit WeekDo have un. Dont not dress up. Do have un. Dont be anuisance.

- Jasmine Aubert 17 and Caeven Gilkey 17

Do go over the top. Dont be inappropriate. Do be unny.

- Sophia Chrysler18 and Emily Kampen 18

Do dress up. Dont orget a change o clothes. Dopracticelipsync. Dont orget to decorate your walls. Do come upwith a creative outt.

- Anna Platt 18 and Josie Wagner 18

Do dress up. Do get into the spirit. Dont be inappropriate.Dont be rude to the people at announcements.

- Makayla Perkins 18 and Lizzie Bell 18

By Kaeyln Beeman 20, Sta Writer

Te OdysseyStafCover Photographer, Declan McDonald

General StafHiba Alvi, Drew Ayers, Kaelyn Beeman, Lea Bender, ConnorDakich, Jacob Ekstrand, Matt Kaplan, Ian Laey, Gabby Maune,Matt Schueddig & essa Varvares

Faculty AdvisorsMs. Sara Ringe & Ms. Sara Rodney

Editor-in-ChieNoah Mondschein

Assistant EditorIsabella Gross

Design EditorsIan WilliamsDan emmen


6/12October 2013

As always, one o the best parts ostarting o the school year is meetingeveryone that will be joining your class.Tis year, Whiteld welcomed 86 newstudents with the seventh graders leadingat 25 new students, setting a new record

or the Whitfeld community. We nowhave a grand total o almost our hundred

students!

And the best thing about new Whitfeld

Warriors? How they get involved rightaway and dont wait until they are told todo so. Even beore school began, many newstudents showed up to the publicationsworkshop to get a eel or what it would belike to be on the newspaper and yearbooksta.

Ten when orientation rolled around,new students were going around to all thebooths to nd out all that Whiteld had to

oer. Many signed up or multiple clubs andwere eager to get started right away.

I thought that being a new studentwould be hard, especially or my senior year.But the Whiteld community has been sowelcoming and inviting to me, they madethe transition very smooth and enjoyable!said Anna Morgan 14.

Many new students have joinedsports and clubs and are making greatcontributions to our community. Its hard totell whos new and whos not anymore.

Whiteld is really un because aergoing to the same school or six years I am

now able to make new riends and havedierent experiences, said Kaelyn Beeman20.

Way to go Whiteld, and welcome, newWarriors!

By Isabella Gross 14, Assistant Editor

New to

WHIFIELD NEWS

schoolFor some, its a whole new school. For others,its the small ace-lis and large changes thatmake this year diferent rom others.

new faces

Max Wild, Sixth Grade

Ben Weas, Sixth Grade

Eva Jungermann, Seventh Grade

Carolyn Felling, Seventh Grade

new featuresBy Noah Mondschein 14, Editor-in-Chie and Isabella Gross 14, Assistant E

Recently, I sat down with Mr. John Delautre to talk about nising up his rst year at Whiteld, new security measures, ashion aother issues.

Te most important part about Mr. Delautres rst year, was buing relationships, he said. Mrs. Greathouse is extremely gied ancredit her or helping me make this transition. She was his main

and key to his success. Te part o his job that nobody knows abothat he has an important level o accountability with the trustees ware his boss. Tey are the vision keepers o the school.

Whiteld is an amazing place, and even though Ive been in tbusiness thirty plus years, I still wanted to do well by this school.Whitelds mission is very close to my heart, he said. He wants tokeep the classroom environment interesting instead o having a bing heres what you need to know environment. He really wantethis job and once he got it, he wanted to do it right. He took his tiand listened to advice rom Mrs. Greathouse, trusteesand parents.

We also talked to him about ashion trends amongthe young men at the school. Mr. Delautre says thathe has seen many ashions come and go and it used

to be that when you reached age twelve, you wouldstart dressing like your parents. He thinks tank topson guys are just a bad look even i you have a superbod.

When asked about the Intersession we will behaving in March, he said, It will give students andteachers an opportunity to pursue topics in depth. Hes hoping iing to open up our thinking, and hes anticipating in the second yo it, we could do an expanded version.

Lastly, we talked briey about the security changes and Mr. Delautre explained that this was something that had been in the wor

or a while because we are a school that used to be eaaccessible and we needed to change that. We now ha

cameras that will hopeully keep potential threats aw

Another aspect o the new security is that the ront dooare open only at lunch. It may not make sense to opthe doors at lunch, but the security presence is

right there and they are all trained police meSometimes you have to give up a little to sleemore soundly.

Overall, he thinks we are going to have a really great year especially with the new growth and enrollment. Teres nobody in thtown that does what we do and we need to do a better job o lettinpeople know that.


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Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning rom Google images

Te Warriors have their armor on and are poised or great success this allseason. With all ve all sports programs having trained hard or the challengesahead, there are sure to be many spectacular moments. Tese moments can onlybe made more spectacular with a strong an base to cheer on the players. Westrongly encourage you to support these teams whether on the court or the eld.

Te tennis team is led by Coach Jill Starr. With experienced seniors setting agood example, the hardworking newcomers are sure to have a good year. With amotivated group, Coach Starr eels very optimistic about the upcoming season.She recognizes that there will denitely be challenges this year and believes thatthe hardest one will be coming against district rival Principia. So ar the teamhas had a good start.

On the volleyball court, Coach Cipriano Casado believes that the team isready to have another great season. Te team is looking good, especially ondeense, he says, and he calls the squad a young team, but with solid volleyballskills. He predicts his girls will improve over the progression o the season asthey gure out how to replace last years seniors who comprised the core o theteam. Coach considers their toughest matchups to be against St. Pius X andWestminster, both ormer state champions.

Te boys soccer program is condent that they will bounce back afer adisappointing season last year. With a large group o talented seniors, juniors,and some underclassmen, all led by Coaches Bill Daues and Mike Quante, theyhave the drive to go the distance. Te beginning o the season has met the teamwith great success.

Out on the schools backyard, the eld hockey team has been ghting toothand nail. Te team is led by Coach Maggie Young.

I you blinked your eyes you probably missed them, but the cross countryteam has been zooming around the course. Under Coach Matt Polittes guidance,

the team is in tip-top shape to pass any other schools they will race.

By Jacob Ekstrand 14 and Matt Kaplan 14, Sta Writers

On the baseball side o Saint Louis, the Cardinals are in rst place, beingtwo games over the Pirates. Tis year the cards started out well, but later lostseven games in a row. On the 17th, they beat Denver. Matt Holiday went 4-4and Descalso hit a triple, putting the cards in the lead 6-0. Te nal score othe game was 11-4.

Te Cardinals players have suered a lot o injuries, including AllenCraig, Matt Holliday, Chris Carpenter, and David Freese. Several playerscontinue to play even with their injuries. Ten on the 18th, the Cards went

against Denver again. It was a moment made or baseball, said one Cardinalan. Colorado loaded the bases, and odd Henton, who had recently amassedover 2500 hits, was up to bat. Mujica, the ending pitcher, struck him outallowing the Cardinals to win 4-3. For the rst time ever, the Cards have 26wins over 500.

Te 19th was one o the longest games in a while, lasting or 15 endings.Te Cards nally scored in the ourth inning. Molina made a sacrice hit andDickerson and Holliday scored. Freese scored later in that inning, and thenin the next ending Jay scored. It was the top o the eighth inning when Holli-day scored, and then in the ninth inning Wong scored. Te Rookies scored inthe second, third, eighth, ninth, and the feenth innings, winning 7-6. Teycaused Te Cards to have only one game over the Pirates.

Overall, the Cardinals have 5 wins and 6 losses in extra innings.

Leaves Fall,Warriors Rise

Lets alk Baseball By Matt Schueddig 20, Sta WriterAnna Morgan 14 and Emma Severson 16 play tennis. Varsity soccer team huddduring a game. Molly Smith 14 plays eld hockey. Photos by Elie Regev

SPORS


8/12October 2013

Te word violence is starting to become syn-onymous in the media with Syria, as the clash be-tween President Bashar Assads regime and Syriancitizens continues. Te United Nations estimatesthat there are more than 100,000 casualties and mil-lions displaced. But its the method o the violence,not just the amount o it, that has garnered appear-

ance in the spotlight most recently. With possibleevidence o chemical weapons coming to light, theUS and the world questions whether the Assad Re-gimes attempts at keeping the opposition in checkhas gone ar enough to provoke world-wide inter-vention.

Syria has reportedly been researching and pro-ducing weapons o mass destruction since the 80s.Its believed they smuggled the materials or mak-ing these weapons in by using dierent companiesas ronts. Tis suspicion was conrmed on July 23,2012, when Syria actually conrmed that they pos-sessed a stockpile o chemical weapons. However,Syria says the weapons are reserved or national de-ense against oreign countries.

Many world powers question Syrias intentionsdespite what they said, and these suspicions gainedurther support when unconrmed reports by AlJazeera released stated a gas attack killed seven ci-vilians in the rebel-held al-Bayyada neighborhoodo Homs on the December 23, 2012.

Many U.S. ofcials put merit into these reports,but, ofcially, the White House was skeptical. Later,on March 19, 2013, similar reports appeared sayingthat chemical weapons may have been red into theKhan al-Assal district in Aleppo and the Al Atebehsuburbs o Damascus. Aer this the UN decided toinvestigate, but they encountered much resistancerom the Syrian government.

Ten, on April 13, 2013, British military scien-tists ound evidence o chemical weapon use in theSyrian conict. Tis discovery led to Britain andFrance sending a letter to the UN on April 18. Teletter claimed that there was evidence suggestingthat the Syrian government had used chemicalweapons on more than one occasion since Decem-

ber 2012. Similarly, U.S intelligence assessed thatthe Assad regime had been using chemical weap-ons, specically sarin gas. Another attack occurredon April 29 in Saraqib, during which two peopledied and 13 more were injured. Tings continuedto progress in this manner until eventually, on June13, the United States conrmed that there is de-nitive proo that the Assad regime had repeatedlyused chemical weapons on rebel orces.

Recently, on August 21, Ghouta was the sceneo yet another alleged Assad regime chemicalweapons attack. Tis attack is believed to havecaused the deaths o 1,300 people, perhaps more.

Te day beore this attack, President BarackObama stated, We have been very clear to theAssad regime, but also to other players on theground, that a red line or us is we start seeing awhole bunch o chemical weapons moving aroundor being utilized. Tat would change my calculus.Tat would change my equation.

Aer the attack, on August 31, PresidentObama asked Congress to authorize direct Ameri-can military intervention in the Syrian civil war.Te Authorization or the Use o Military ForceAgainst the Government o Syria to Respond toUse o Chemical Weapons was approved on Sep-tember 4, 2013. United States intervention nowseems inevitable.

Serious in SyriaBy Noah Mondschein 14, Editor-in-Chie

Map o Syria, and photo rom Syria chemical clean up rom Google images

WORLD NEWS

Tough small, the Diversity Awarenclub sure is mighty. Teir newest projemaking Whiteld a No Place or Hate.Place or Hate community is a sae envment where bullying, oensive jokes, ncalling or biased remarks are not tolera

Te process is airly simple and is in

ect. Diversity Awareness has set up speto talk about various issues and will being announcements inorming the schthe process. Tis is something that the has wanted to do or a while now and hnally decided to get started.

Tough Whiteld is a airly acceptiplace, there have been incidents o bullNormally when you think o bullying, think o st ghts in the hall. Well luckwe dont have that problem. But bullyinmuch more than physical ghting. It caalso be verbal which makes it easy or cbullying because you arent ace-to-ace

the person you are attacking. Tere havbeen incidents o cyber bullying withinWhiteld community as well as oensijokes and biased remarks.

Te goal o making Whiteld a Noor Hate community is that everyone weel sae going to school and hopeully the process is through, we will be able tourselves a No Place or Hate school.

By Isabella Gross 14, Assistant Editor

Ad rom the Anti-Deamation League

DiverselAwareLets Strive to

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Above photos rom Google images

Have you ever been in a car when you or yourparents were texting or talking on the phone whiledriving? You may think Its ok, Im ne, I can textand drive cause Im good at it.

In 2011, 23% o auto collisions involved cellphones (thats 1.3 million crashes!). 5 seconds oyour attention is taken away rom the road whenyou text and drive, and though it may not seem likemuch, when you are on a highway ull o cars, it is.

I you are driving 55mph, youll travel the lengtho a ootball eld in 5 seconds - thats a long timeto drive without looking at the road. exting while

driving makes a crash 23 times more likely, dialingis a 2.8 times more risk, talking or listening is a 1.3more risk, and reaching or your device is a 1.4more risk. 13% o drivers age 18-20 involved incar wrecks admitted to texting or talking on theirmobile devices at the time o the crash. 34% saidthey have texted while driving, 82% o Americans

By Kaeyln Beeman 20, Sta Writer

OP / EDSDangers oexting While Driving

Dont let this become you.

age 16-17 own cell phones, and 52% said they hatalked on their phone while driving.

Some people dont think its a problem. 77% young adults are somewhat condent that thcan saely text while driving, and 55% o youadult drivers say its easy to text and drive, but it iproblem. eens that text while driving spend abo10% o their driving time outside o their lanAdults text and drive too. 48% o kids age 12-17 habeen in a car where the driver was texting, 48% young drivers have seen their parents talk and driv15% o young drivers have seen their parents te

and drive, 27% o adults have sent or received temessages while driving.

I you see your parents or your riend using thphone while driving tell them to stop or their owsaety. Just because others do, dont text or call whdriving. You can end up seriously hurt. Never teand drive.

n the news: Earlier this year, in a controversialmove, Edward Snowden, a ormer CIA and NSAmployee, intentionally leaked classied detailsbout US surveillance to the media.

Te actions o the NSA violated the FourthAmendment. Te Fourth Amendment states thathe government requires a warrant, and getting

warrants in secret courts is certainly not whathey meant.

Te government is collecting inormationbout everyone, and not just US citizens. In act,he US is giving away inormation on its citizenso other countries. What the NSA is doing isnconstitutional and morally wrong.

Although his actions could be consideredreason, Edward Snowden is just trying to shinelight on what the NSA has been doing in their

ecret FISA courts. Te argument that Snowdens endangering the US by leaking these docu-

ments is rubbish. I Snowden wanted to endangerAmerica, he would have sold inormation to ournemies.

Snowden is a patriot. He is trying to bringttention to the act that our rights are beingrampled upon, and how privacy is merely a ruse.

Edward Snowden:The PatriotBy Ian Laey 18, Guest Writer

Edward Snowden - patriot or enemy o the state? Photo rom Google images

People post tons o personal inormation onthe internet; in act, the 21st century should becalled the Inormation Age, as we blindly shareeverything. People eel like their inormation issae, but it isnt.

Te argument that reporter Glenn Greenwaldcould be doing anything illegal is lunacy; theFirst Amendment protects reedom o the press.I someone wants to write a story and put it ina newspaper, they can. Many people argue that

security is necessary, but I believe that privacy ismore important.

Te government has no business viewingwhat you are doing unless they have a warrantstrictly or you or probable cause. I the citizenso the US dont speak up, the government willcontinue to inringe on rights.

I think people around the world need tostand up against spying. Its time to draw the linebetween security and privacy.


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Madden NFL is the most successul sportsvideogame ranchise o all time. It is celebratingits 25th birthday with the release o its newestand most successul edition ever:Madden 25. Te

Madden NFL ranchise began withJohn MaddenFootballreleased in 1988, which was played on thecomputer. Te ranchise has come a long way sincewith many new eatures and graphic upgrades.NowMadden 25 can be played on many consolesand can now play online against people all aroundthe world.

Beore telling you the details o the newMad-den, lets talk about some o the major changesthat have gotten us this ar. Te rst sevenMaddengames had John Madden on the cover, but in 1994NFL players appeared on the cover or the rsttime: Erik Williams o the Dallas Cowboys andKarl Wilson o the San Francisco 49ers.Madden

became a mobile game in 1994 as well with theGameboy mobile console. TeMadden Franchisethen hit the jackpot producing their games or playon the PlayStation (1996) and Xbox (2001) con-soles.Madden has upgraded the playing experienceevery year with better graphics, more plays, moreeedback rom players, and a better player interace.

All o these changes are present in the mostrecent edition released the August 27. Tis newedition shows o the history behind the ranchise.It has the latest graphics and the best user interacethe series has ever seen. Madden 25 is the greatestsport videogame to date in terms o un to play andnew ways to play. Tey have upgraded the multi-

player aspect so that people can play one-on-onewith their riends or play one-on-one with people

By Drew Ayers 15, Sta Writer

Cover Art rom Google images

By Gabby Maune 15 and Lea Bender 15, Sta Writers

ired o your shoes killing your eet? In search o an attractive solu-tion? Search no more join the Chaco revolution. For both men andwomen, Chacos are the ideal choice in ootwear. Built to last, thesesandals are both comortable and durable.

Waterproo, sturdy, and adjustable, Chacos are perect or every situ-ation! Not only are Chacos perect or the halls o Whiteld, but they aredesigned or all o your outdoor experiences! Wear your Chacos to thebeach or to go hiking; theyll hold up against just about anything. Tethickness o their soles makes it easy to walk across any kind o terrain,and their unbelievable arch support allows or comort on long walks inyour Chacos.

Te Chaco Revolution

rom around the city, state, country, and even theworld.

I you ask my opinion, I think that theMaddenranchise has some celebrating to do because thisnewMadden 25 is amazing. I personally love play-ing as the Saints and winning against my brotherwho chooses to play a random team every time.

I highly recommend the game to sports enthu-

siasts or anyone who has time to kill.

Kick Discomort Out o Your Lie

In addition, the Chaco shoe comes in an overwhelming amount ooptions. It doesnt just end at deciding between toe loop or no toe loop,single strap or double strap the sandals are also oered in many colorRanging rom Fiesta to black, theres a strap or everyone.

Te trend has spread like wildre through the South, and wereexpecting it to do the same through Whiteld. Hopeully aer readingthis article, youre ready to go buy yoursel a pair o Chacos. Tey can bound at REI, Lauries Shoes, or online at www.chacos.com.


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Animal lover Connor Dakichgives his take on this majestic

creature of the sea...

Tis marvelous hunk o mustached beauty is the

alrus. Walruses are beautiul in their own special

ay, and are also some o the most iconic, yet mis-

nderstood, mammals that we know today.

Tese beautiul blobs o skin and at have some

the most social habits in all o the animal king-

om. Tey are constantly living in a pack, commu-

cating with loud bellows and snorts, but they also

ave a very dark side around mating season. Walrus

ave been known to grow up to 12 eet long and live

r up to 40 years! Tese huge animals weigh about

5 tons on average, and large males will send every

ngle pound o his body towards any other male

ho poses as a threat to his chances at mating.

In many cases, walrus were ound to deend their

ntire herd rom threats like outsider males and

olar bears. Teir Latin name, Odobenus rosmarus,

erally means tooth-walking sea-horse. Walruses

e naturally equipped with two huge canine teeth

alled tusks which are not only used or end-

g o potential attackers, but also or breaking

reathing holes in ice, and or pulling themselves

ut o the icy water and on to land. Tis is why both

ale and emale walruses grow tusks. Tese tusks

an grow to be 3 eet long and were so sought aferthe 18th and 19th centuries that walruses were

unted to extinction in Nova Scotia.

But the tusks were not the only desired resource

om these animals; they were also hunted or their

l, which is kept in their huge at reserves, their

kin, and even their meat. Currently, only Native

mericans are legally permitted to hunt these ma-

stic creatures because they need them to survive.

Te Northern Native Americans are very similar to

e Native Americans we know rom the Mid-West

because they used every single part o the animal.

In some ways the walrus was their bualo ood

source.

Te walrus is a curious specimen because o

its incredible girth, yet it has spectacular mobility

when in the water. Teir whiskers are not only

or looks, but they are actually supersensitivehairs called mustcial vibrissae which are used

or detecting shellsh, their avorite ood, on

the dark ocean bottom. Walruses even have the

strange ability to slow their heartbeats when div-

ing or ood; this allows them to hold their breath

or up to 30 minutes and, o course, to survive in

the icy arctic water.

Tese beautiul wonders o nature are also

very intelligent and are trained just like sea lions

and seals at some aquariums. Although they lack

the motor skills o a seal on land, they do possess

the capability to learn many varieties o tricks,

rom doing sit-ups and push-ups, to pretending

to tango or play a saxophone. However, walruses

are no laughing matter.

During the mating season, bull males are

almost in a blind rage towards anything thatgets too close to comort. Although they look

essentially immobile, do not underestimate them.

Walruses, unlike seals, are able to run on all ours

and can reach the speed o a running human in

short bursts. Tese animals can weigh as much

as a midsized car and are capable o doing an

enormous amount o damage to a human. Luck-

ily they are not naturally hostile and captive wal-

ruses ofen create great bonds with their trainers.

By Connor Dakich 14, Sta Writer

Walrus photos rom Google images. Photo o Connor above by Amoree Hodges.

Connors

Creatures Te Walrus Edition


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Here We Are On theFirst Day o Spirit Week 2013

Te best dressed rom each grade gather, the sophomores celebrate their Spirit Stick victory, and the seniors show of that amous senior spirit. All photos by Declan McDonald

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OctoberClass Choice Character Day

4 pm - ennis7 pm - Soccer

Decade Day4 pm - Volleyball4 pm - ennis5 pm - Volleyball

Holiday DayService LearningDay

4:30 pm - Soccer

Green andWhite Day6 pm - Bonre

Homecoming Gam8:30 pm -Homecoming Danc

Girls ennisDistricts5 pm - Volleyball

5 pm - Soccer

3:30 pm - Soc-cer4 pm - FieldHockey

City Friends415 pm - Soccer445 pm - CrossCountry

4 pm -Fieldhockey

4 pm - Soccer4 pm - FieldHockey

WhiteldDance Clinic

Fall Play DressRehearsal

7 pm - FallPlay

7 pm - Fall Play 7 pm - Fall PlaFall Play echRehearsal

Cross Countr4 pm - Soc-cer530 pm -Volleyball

4 pm - FieldHockey

415 pm - Soccer5 pm - Vol-

leyball

4 pm - FieldHockey515 pm - Vol-leyball

GrandparentsDay

2 pm - Fall Play 4 pm - FieldHockey4:15 pm -Soccer



Tursday

Upcoming Events

VolleyballDistricts4 pm - FieldHockey

VolleyballDistricts

4pm - Volleyball -Girls Freshman

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