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| Chantilly high SChool | JUne 4, 2010 | iSSUe 8 | VolUme 43 | 4201 Stringfellow rd Chantilly, Va 20151 |
▶ Relay For Life participants battle to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
▶ Senior pranks, senior murals are a way for graduating students to leave their marks on the school.
▶ Teachers offer a refreshing, interesting taste in music.
▶ Science Olympiad appeals to students who seek to compete in higher- level science events.
Check out more onlineSenior issue | 14 Students look forward to memorable experiences as they prepare to study throughout the country after high school graduation
| Hanna Dickinson |For 10 years the Cappie Awards has been a cere-
mony that recognizes talented students who took part in their school’s theatrical production. The Cappies is a Critics and Awards Program for high school theatre and journalism.
High school journalists are trained to review plays for schools across the United States and Canada. Stu-dents are then selected for nominations at the Cappies Gala, in different areas, at the end of the school year.
This year, ‘Street Scene’ was the play that won six students nominations in five different categories as well as a nomination for ‘Best Play’.
Drama teacher Ed Monk was the director of the play and is familiar with the process of the Cappies.
“There are 56 schools in the Washington capitol area, (DC/MD/VA), all high schools, private and public,” Monk said. “Each school has a team of critics that goes to see at least five other shows from other schools and then they write reviews of the schools and they’re published in the Washington Post online
‘Street Scene,’ drama students nominated for Cappy awards‘Street Scene’ production and actors nominated for the
prestigious drama award for the second time in ten years
Photo By molly SymeSeniors Razan Ahmed and Miles Drawdy perform an act from “Street Scene” on Oct. 22. The play was Cappy nominee for Best Play. Drawdy was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Current state of economy takes a bite out of budget
After holding several meetings throughout the year, the FCPS school board arrives at a finalized plan for the 2010-2011 budget
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| Jane Muir |The Fairfax County School Board final-
ized a $2.2 billion plan for the budget that will begin on July 1.
The budget establishes a $75 AP exam fee and a $100 athletic participation fee starting next year. Over 200 employee positions will be eliminated- predominately from the central office. Finally, all employee salaries will be frozen for the second con-secutive year.
The school board voted on over $200 million worth of budget reductions such as an elimination of summer school with the exception of special education and credit recovery programs.
School Board Superintendent Jack Dale stated in a press conference in April that many of the cuts previously mentioned in the proposed 2011 budget would not be implemented.
“As an employer we pay for our teachers’ retirement program and the amount we pay is set every two years by the state leg-islature,” Dale said. “We were anticipating that that would go up about $53 million. In reality, it went down probably nearly $70 million.”
Because the county anticipated a greater payroll requirement to be set by the Vir-ginia Retirement System, the school board was able to preserve many of the cuts they originally proposed.
The school board previously proposed having an increase in class size, elimina-tion teacher positions, elimination of full day kindergarten or elementary band and strings, and an elimination of freshmen sports. These cuts will not be implemented in the FY 2011 budget.
A greater problem concerning Dale, as well as other school board members,
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Fed challenge advances to national competition
| Caroline Bailey |The Chantilly Fed Challenge team, com-
prised of six AP Economics students placed fourth in the national finals on May 18 after winning the District 5 championship on April 27.
The Fed Challenge competition consists of the team creating a presentation and then discussing the three main elements of the pre-sentation with the Federal Reserve judges.
“This presentation is delivered to mem-bers of the Federal Reserve and then the Fed people ask questions of our team for 15 minutes,” Fed Challenge team adviser Joseph Clement said. “The questions could be about anything, but are mostly related to what we said in the presentation and also what is going on in the news.”
The presentation is supposed to diagnose where the economy is now and how that con-clusion was drawn, where the economy is go-ing, and address whether the Fed should raise, lower or keep the money supply the same.
Having won the Richmond Federal Reserve district and beaten all teams from North Caro-lina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, D.C., Maryland and southern Penn-sylvania, the Chantilly team
reached the final stage of the competition.They faced only three more teams from
New York, Boston and Chicago.In order to succeed in such a widespread
competition, the team members had to remain dedicated and devote a large amount of time to preparing.
“We practiced at my house and we prac-ticed at school,” senior Jack Carlson said. “We had to do a lot of reading.”
Their preparations included reading articles and speeches from members of the Federal Reserve, reading textbooks, “writing and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting the script,” Carlson said, checking economic indicators and then discussing their analysis of those indicators with one another, and prac-ticing the script and responding to question and answers in preparation for their meeting with the judges.
“Because of this commitment to one another, they work tremendously hard -- on their own and sometimes very late at night,” Clement said. “They don’t want to let each other down, so they log serious hours getting information and analysis together.”
In addition to preparing seriously for the
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(Top) Fed Challenge sponsor Joe Clement checks the results from the Baltimore com-petition. The team placed first in the chal-lenge, allowing them to advance to the next level challenge in Richmond. (Middle and bottom) Although only a selected number of members competed in the challenge, each member put forth equal effort for success.
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Club Meetings
MondaysEntomology Club, room 228
WednesdaysRobotics, room 569
1 2 3 4“Dinosaur from Planet X,” 7 p.m.
5/6“Dinosaur from Planet X,” 7 p.m.
and 2 p.m. in the auditorium
7Academy awards, 7 p.m.
8Orchestra awards, 7 p.m.
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” drama auditions 2:30, auditorium
9Spring sports awards, 7 p.m.
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” drama auditions 2:30, auditorium
10Band awards, 7 p.m.
11Choir awards, 7 p.m.
Chargerball, 2:30 p.m.
12/13Drama awards, 5 p.m.
14Senior exams: 7th period
15Senior exams: 6th and 8th period
16Senior exams: 1st and 5th period
17Senior exams: 2nd and 4th periods
Sports physicals 6 p.m.- 8 p,m.
18Final exams: 1st period
19/20
21Final exams: 2nd and 4th period
Half day
22Final exams: 5th and 7th period
Graduation, George Mason University, 7:30 p.m.
All-night grad party 11 p.m.- 5 a.m.
23Final exams: 6th and 8th period
Half day
24 Last day of school
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BETA SCHOLARSHIPSenior Kevin Chung was selected for the 25th
annual Fairfax County Business Education Teach-ers Assocation (BETA) Scholarship Award for the 2010 school year. The award is presented anually to one top college-bound high school senior and one middle school student who have excelled in business classes. BETA president Terence Mayo presented Chung with a $500 check on May 18 at Hayfield Secondary School.
TSA COMPETITION WINNERSChantilly students excelled at the Technol-
ogy Student Association State Competition. Danielle and Briana Neuberger, as well as Nick Gashel placed first in the Geospatial Technol-ogy Level II category. Yoshi Takeda, Shruthi Syamala, Esther Yi, Pooja Sharma, Revanth Kolli and Elaine Lim placed second in the Agriculture and Biotechnology Design Level II category.
and local newspapers and at the end of the year the critics all vote in a whole range of categories.”
Nominated for ‘Best Set’ were seniors Mustafa Qarghah and Meghan Sharon.
This will be the second nomination for this category in 10 years.
“I’m really excited for it, we worked really hard to get this far and we took a lot of time to get there,” Sharon said. “I think it is really well deserved.”
Many of the students do not know their competi-tion going into the Gala and have only heard reviews through other students.
“We go in blind to the other schools being nomi-nated, so it’s kind of a crapshoot,” Sharon said.
Although senior Miles Drawdy has participated in all four productions nominated for the Cappies, Drawdy received his first nomination for ‘Best Support-ing Actor’.
Throughout high school, Drawdy has been involved in 23 productions; however, he was only judged on one his performance in ‘Street Scene’.
“The interesting thing about the Cappies is that
everyone who comes to see the show has a pinhole view of what the actors could do because they just see that show,” Drawdy said. “We are only judged exclusively on our one performance.”
This is the second time Monk has directed Street Scene, the last time this play was put on was in 1999.
“We did ‘Street Scene’ the first year they started Cap-pies. We were nominated for best play and best set as well as several acting awards,” Monk said. “The big dif-ference this year is that I couldn’t double-cast. Normally I double-cast plays—the last time we did ‘Street Scene’, we double-casted, but this year we couldn’t because we just didn’t have the time.”
Cappie Awardsfrom page 1
editor-in-chief Jane Muir
managing editorMegan Amraendesign editorCaroline Bailey
academics editorSuzy Estrada
assistant academics editorSydney MaHan
arts and style editorMiranda Leung
assistant arts and style editorStephanie Feldman
features/ in-depth editorAstrid Da Silva
assistant features/in-depth editorVy Do
news editorRuta Trivedi
assistant news editorDavid Cooper
sports editorKristen DiMarco
assistant sports editorJosh Wallace
views editorGina Seymourassistant views editorMehsa Talebphoto editorKevin Nguyenactivity directorMolly Pricebusiness managerHannah Makridis publicity directorMonica Vuongonline editor-in-chiefShannon Linfordonline managing editorMatt Porteronline sports editorChristy Harperonline assistant editorKsenia Dombocopy editorsChloe Cunningham Lindsey Erdmann Stephanie MonahanadviserBretton Zinger
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(Left) Junior Taylor Jarrel and senior Miles Drawdy argue on set of the popular production “Street Scene” on Oct. 22.
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PROJECT A.S.H.A BANGLADESHSenior Shahleen Ahmed organized an
International Fashion Show event on at 6 p,m. on Friday, June 4 at the Fairfax Church of Christ. Lord & Taylor spono-sored the event and several designers pre-sented at the event. The models displayed outfits from different cultures. All the proceeds from the show will go to a chil-dren’s hospital (Dhaka Shishu Hospital).
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includes the salary freeze for all employees.
“No one gets a pay increase for the second year in a row,” Dale said. “We quite frankly find that very trouble-some and the school board I believe will make that their number-one priority next year is to have salary increases back in place.”
The implementation of AP exam and athletic fees will directly impact students. The school board plans to maintain a $100 fee for each student participating in a sport each season. Also, students will be charged $ 75 for each AP exam.
Chantilly students will be directly impacted by this, especially three-sport athletes or students who will be enrolled in several AP courses next year.
“My twin sister and I both play three sports each year,” sophomore Ashley Scherbenske said. “I feel like we should get a discount for the fees
because they will be expensive.”In these economic troubles, many
school systems throughout the coun-try have been negatively impacted by budget changes. Principal Jim Kacur said that Fairfax County has not been affected too harshly with the current economic state.
“Certainly there have been stories of schools that have had to completely eliminate their sports programs or performing arts programs or massive teacher layoffs,” Kacur said. “Fortu-nately, we have been able to do some serious cuts to our operating funds, but not so much so that it has com-pletely devastated our school system or put us in a situation where we couldn’t meet our learning expecta-tions and outcomes.”
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▶ Elimination of summer school
▶ Elimination of central office and custodial positions
▶ $75 fee for AP/IB Exams
▶ $100 fee per student per VHSL sport
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competition, another factor that has led to the team’s success is their ability to get along well with each other.
“First of all, they get along,” Clement said. “Some-times they get along too well and don’t get as much work done as they might, but they really enjoy being with one another and they work beautifully as a team.”
Cooperation is an important factor in forming a compatible team but so is the ability to stay focused and
remain motivated.“I think we all just came together because we all had
the same goal in mind but all had different methods achieving it,” senior Emily Powers said.
“We all like to laugh so it was really easy for us to get along humorously. And then, we all wanted to win.”
Having a team that works well together is necessary but so is having a strong mentor to lead the team to suc-cess.
“The dynamic is really good,” Carlson said. “[Clem-ent] is the silent overseer. He will always correct you if you’re wrong, but he lets us motivate ourselves.”
The team went to Washington, D.C., May 18 for the
final round of the competition.“We were robbed,” senior Emily Powers said. “We
were the first to present. How it worked was we got to see everyone’s presentations and nobody got to see ours.”
The other team members seemed to feel the same way about the outcome of the competition. The team expressed concern about the outcome.
“The team that won should not have won because they did not have a great performance in the Q&A, and we expected the Boston team to win and surprisingly they placed third,” senior Suraj Malladi said. “It felt like it was a complete reverse order of what it should have been.”
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views editorGina Seymourassistant views editorMehsa Talebphoto editorKevin Nguyenactivity directorMolly Pricebusiness managerHannah Makridis publicity directorMonica Vuongonline editor-in-chiefShannon Linfordonline managing editorMatt Porteronline sports editorChristy Harperonline assistant editorKsenia Dombocopy editorsChloe Cunningham Lindsey Erdmann Stephanie MonahanadviserBretton Zinger
AcademicsJune 4, 2010
What do you plan to do over your summer
break?
“Over the summer I’m taking some SAT prep classes because when I took the PSAT in the fall, my score wasn’t as high as I hoped it would be. My goal is at least a 1600.”
Nick Ransomsophomore
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▶ Governor’s School goes through staff changes as program moves locations from Christopher Newport University to Radford University.
▶ Students leave early to go on vacations so they must take their finals before everyone else.
▶ Teachers do various kinds of jobs and studies during the summer
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Not having enough credits will prevent people from gradutation
| JJ Hoo |
Many people visit the Chantilly High School website daily, but few know of the several students who help to manage the website and keep it up to date. These students do so while enrolled in business classes with business and web design teacher Audrey Kirtland.
“Basically, the class is made up of six students who are well-trained in technology,” senior Kevin Chung said. “We spend about 50 percent of the time uploading and updating the webpage, putting new stuff onto the website, and the other half editing and proofreading it.”
Students are guided by Kirtland in updating the website, but should already be proficient in technological skills before entering the class.
Other students include seniors Lynh Tran, Micheal Tu, Ashley Rose, Thomas
Dingman and junior Said Peddy.Students are responsible for keeping
up with daily events and contacting staff members to maintain the website and keep it up to date. They also have to keep up with various liaisons from the many school activities in order to update the list of clubs available on the website.
“To get into the class, you have to know web design,” junior Sai Peddy said. “Ms. Kirtland recommends that you either have taken or be taking a class concerning web design, and know how to use software such as Dreamweaver.”
Kirtland chooses students based on how prepared she thinks they are, and whether or not they have the skill sets needed to carry out their job.
Most of the students who sign up to be webmasters do so because of their interest in technology.
School website
maintained by select group of students
Students enrolled in Web Tech Assistance class update the school’s
website as part of their daily schedule
| Sydney MaHan | As a senior, many are excited about the possibilities
that lie ahead. Senior year is said be the easiest year in high school.
You get to enjoy the last few weeks of high school till you are on your own. That is, until one of your teachers tells you that you are not going to be graduating. The news hits you like a bullet and all your hopes die away.
Many seniors are optimistic as graduation looms even closer and the reality that they are finally moving on puts them in a state of euphoria.
However, other students aren’t so jovial because graduation means they’ll be in the audience watching their peers walk across a stage in cap and gown while wishing they would be too.
“I’ve only had one student not be eligible to graduate. I try to be sympathetic. It’s a huge life changing problem.” English teacher Megan Hennessey said. “I try to give them the best advice possible.”
Not having enough credits to graduate can be caused by many factors such as not understanding the material and therefore failing the class, not showing up to classes, not passing required SOL’s, or personal problems.
There are many options students can seek out in order
to eventually graduate, such as taking summer school, getting their General Education Diploma (GED)or.
“I usually advise students to go to summer school, but due to the budget cuts, that’s all changed,” Hennessey said. “In some cases students should get their GED based on the circumstances that prohibited them from getting their diploma on time.”
Not only can students get their GED or take sum-mer school classes when they are behind but alternative programs are also avialable.
“There are many alternative programs such as Moun-tain View, which is fabulous for kids who have gotten behind, such as ESOL students, or those who have lost a family member,” Sub School 2 counselor and alternative program coordinator Dr. Julie Edstrom said. “Also there is Grants, which is a GED program where students must obtain a job as well as attend classes. In this program, they teach financial management, interview skills, and computer skills. It also guarantees you entrance into NOVA.”
Almost every counselor has one or two students who are in danger of not graduating. “On average, 10 to 20 students per year do not graduate on time,” Sub School 2 counselor Megan Broadbent.
Students who won’t cross the finish line Why did you become a teacher?Teachers share their stories of how they
came into the academic world | Miranda Leung |
One of life’s most im-minent journeys is finding and embarking on one’s career. Four teachers shed light on how they found their teaching career, with one common point: a love of their job.
Social studies teacher Charles Demek, who has been teaching at Chantilly for 16 years, experienced all walks of life before becom-ing a teacher. He served as a Chinese translator in the Vietnam War, worked for the government in telecom-munications, got hired by the U.S. Indepen-
dent Telecom Association, and did all sorts of odd jobs, including delivering newspapers at 3 o’clock in the morning and working as a guard.
“Then a job came open at Cooper Middle School,” Demek said. “I worked there two years. The administrator who hired me told me I should teach AP History somewhere because I was too hard on seventh graders. A job came open at Chantilly. I was just the luckiest person in the world because I fell into the best school in this
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Remember to check for summer assignments on the Chantilly website
Maybe it’s the rhythm, but mentally, when you study music, you have to think more, and when you think more it’s really in terms of rhythm and pitch. That relates to math because some math is pretty logical.
Freshman Judy Cho
| Araceli Romero Jimenez |Las culturas diferentes celebran el
paso de niña a mujer con celebraciones diversas. En el caso de la cultura Hispana, se celebra a los quince años por lo que se conoce con el nombre de “Quincea-ñera”. Y en el caso de la cultura Norte Americana este acontecimiento se festeja a los diecisies años y se denomina “Sweet Sixteen”.
Los latinos tienen más ritos para la fiesta y son distintos a lo que celebrarían en sus pro-pios paises. En la fiesta tienen costumbres de cambiar sus zapatos, el baile de vals con el papá, la ceremonia de velas y la última muñeca. Estas costumbres, demuestran el fin de la niñez. En la ceremonia de las velas, quince de las mejores amigas de la quincea-ñera hacen un círculo y con cada vela en la mano dicen sus mejores recuerdos de niñez.
En la ceremonia de la última muñeca la quinceañera tira su muñeca vieja a las niños, que simboliza la renuncia a su vida de niña y recibe un ramo de flores.
Estas tradiciones cambian al llegar a los Estados Unidos cuando ven ritos de otros paises latinos.
“Nosotros seguimos las tradiciones de la fiesta,” dijo la señora Maria Reyes, mamá de una quinceañera. “De cambio de un zapato simple a un zapato de tacon
alto de señorita que significa el cambio en su vida. También tenemos el baile de vals con su papa que significa que ya sale a la sociedad para empezar su propia vida. Pero algunas de estas tradiciones no hay en El Salvador.”
Reyes también mencionó que gastó más de lo que gana en un año para la fiesta de su hija.
“Yo gasté aproxi-madamente 25,000 dolares en toda la fiesta,” dijo Reyes. “Pero después tuve que pagar los présta-mos.”
En algunas comu-nidades latinas para evitar éstos gastos se nombran padrinos de torta, de vestido, etc. Estos padrinos tienen responsabilidades de comprar lo encargado para la fiesta.
En el caso de los americanos el “Sweet 16” es una fiesta que celebra el paso de niña a mujer, pero con rituales diferentes. Se acostumbra una reunion familiar o con las amigas más cercanas. A diferencia de las “quinceañeras”, las jóvenes americanas dan más importancia haber llegado a esta edad, que a una gran fiesta. Además llegar a los dieciseis significa más libertad, pues coincide con ciertos privilegios legales.
Estas celebraciones en el fondo tienen significado es el mismo: el paso de una niña que sale del hogar para enfrentarse al mundo de los adultos.
Research shows that students
who are musically inclined are
also mathematically inclined
Music correlates
with intelligence | Suzy Estrada |
At first glance, music and math do not seem to be related, other
than that both are taught at school. Recent studies, however, show a correlation between musical ability
and intelligence quotient (IQ). Freshman Judy Cho has experienced this relation-
ship first-hand. A freshman in Algebra II Honors, Cho also plays in Chantilly’s orchestra.
“I think that people who are more talented in music and instruments are good in math,” Cho said. “I’m not exactly sure
how it correlates. Mentally, when you study music, you have to think more, and when you think more it’s really in terms of rhythm and pitch. That relates to math because some math is pretty logical.”
Faculty members are aware of this unique connection as well.
“I think there’s a lot of validity to those studies,” associate band director Gary English said. “It’s pretty well-docu-
mented that students who are involved in music typically score higher on the math components of standardized
tests. The type of thinking and higher processing that both require are similar. It’s very right-
brain oriented. “Math teacher John King has also recognized the connection in his years of
teaching. “It doesn’t
seem to show up really noticeably in class because I don’t know who is a good musical person but there are people who are like that,” King said. “I think it’s because math is a language and so is music in reading notes and stuff like that. Math is very ‘looking at the real world and seeing patterns,’ and there are certainly patterns in music, so people who are receptive to pattern recognition are going to be good at both.”
While there is no one definitive reason behind the connec-tion, many theories have risen to explain the strange phenom-enon.
Mathematics can be used to analyze musical rhythms, to study the sound waves that produce musical notes, to explain why instruments are tuned, and to compose music, according to “Math and Music: Harmonious Connections.” The involve-ment of math in music could explain why musically inclined students tend to have mathematical abilities as well.
Students in the band experience similar benefits from being involved in music.
“I definitely think that the way we learn to do stuff, as far as being organized, helps,” senior Steven Carlin said. “It’s not necessarily the music, but just the whole pro-gram in general, especially marching band. Being out here eight hours a day during the summer definitely helps you learn to be on time and
be responsible for yourself.”
The passage to womanhoodStudents discuss the differences in the coming of age
Music teacher Gary English
It’s pretty well-documented that students who are involved in music typically score higher on the math components of standardized tests.
▶ This is an example of one of the stories that Meridith Alexander’s Spanish 4 and 5 class will release in an all Spanish newspaper on June 10. Anyone interested in getting a copy can stop by room 289 for an order form.
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It was then that Demek finally achieved what he had always thought of doing since he was in high school: becoming a teacher.
“Teaching is my calling, teaching is my destiny,” Demek said. “I came to a full circle in my life, where at the age of 47, that’s when I started teaching. I finally found my calling.”
Like Demek, teaching was not science teacher Christine Gamache’s first career.
Prior to pursuing her teaching career, Gamache did biomedical research in a lab for eight years.
As her college reunion approached, she decided that it was time to consider a dif-ferent career because she did not feel happy or fulfilled.
“All the careers I had ever thought about going into, the one thing that really was the common theme was the education portion of it,” Gamache said. “I thought, ‘I can do all of those things and educate the community as a high school teacher and still get to stick with my love of science and share my love of science with students.’”
While Demek and Gamache took on all sorts of occupations before becoming teachers, the circumstances for English teacher Jessica McCarthy are different.
“My mom says that when I was little, I told her that I wanted to be a teacher,” McCarthy said. “I had a chalkboard in my room, and I would have class for my sister and my neighbor. I would write on the chalkboard and they would get everything I learned that day.”
Thus far, McCarthy’s only professional career has been teaching.
This year will be the end of her fifth year teaching.
When McCarthy was asked if she loved her job, she gave a vehement “yes.” Students, who are mostly searching for answers to life, often question: how do you know if you truly love your job?
“Because even on the very worst days when I go home and I cry because some-thing awful happened, I still want to go back,” McCarthy said.
Teaching is definitely no easy job, nor is it high-paying.
“My brothers all thought I was an idiot,” health teacher Ralph Chapman said. “There wasn’t any money in it. They even tried to talk my parents into pressuring me out.”
Despite this, Chapman persisted with his career. He has been teaching for 40 years.
“I’m sure I could’ve done something that earned more money, but, well, I prob-ably wouldn’t be happy,” Chapman said. “You can make a lot of money and be mis-erable, but you can make less money and be happier. To me, it’s a no-brainer. I want to enjoy every day.”
A teacher like Demek who loves his job would give a similar response.
“I didn’t do it for the money at all. I took a very severe cut in pay when I took this job because I quit the government,” Demek said. “After making that decision, I never have looked back and regretted becoming a teacher. It never, never entered my mind.”
It took Demek 47 years to decide that teaching was (and is) his calling.
“No one can tell you what your calling in life is, or what your destiny will be,” De-mek said. “You have to find it. If you have someone else tell you what your destiny or calling is, you probably won’t be happy in it.”
Charles Demek will be 65 this month. “People always ask me, ‘When are you
going to retire?’” Demek said. “My answer is, ‘Why should I retire? I love what I do.’”
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Superstitions, rituals convince students that they will perform
better on quizzes and tests | Micheal Tu |
Sharpened pencils to the side, eraser at the top, a bottle of water in the right corner, and a few tissues, just in case, to the left of the water bottle; this overly obsessive layout must be perfect and concise to begin the test.
This example illustrates one of the many rituals that students partake of before taking any test to ensure an optimum atmosphere and preparedness, and as they hope, to receive a perfect score.
“The night before any big test I cook fish for brain food,” senior Ashley Manalel said. “Then, just before the test, aside from the common pencils and eraser, I make sure I have my water bottle and a few tissues at the top of the desk.”
Manalel has started this tradition since seventh grade and continues to do so for the majority of the time.
“I was studying while eating dinner, but then I got bored after a few minutes and stopped studying,” Manalel said. “Then I went, to bed and after I took the test the next day, I got an A, so I’ve been doing it ever since.”
Junior Ka Eun Ji has a different feeling when it comes to her testing ritual, as she mixes it with superstitions.
“If something breaks, even small things, if I see a crow or if I forget something, like my lucky pencil, then I feel like I’m going to fail,” Ji said. “On the test I have to write
everything neatly, like my name, because I feel so much better if I do.”
It is not uncommon for a student to do a little practice for themself in order to feel prepared or, maybe for some, be an extra luck factor into getting the A.
“I stay up the whole night playing video games, then when I come to school all tired I take the test,” senior Cory Katona said. “It seems to work most of the time.”
Junior Olivia Lee has a borderline ritual process that does not take much effort to do.
“It isn’t really a ritual, but I try not to think of anything except for my test notes that I studied for,” Lee said. “I blank my mind from distractions and focus only on the
test.”Sophomore Stephanie Dolezal finds it uncomfortable
to use other pencils instead of her lucky pencil that she has used for quite a while.
“At one point, I only had one pencil in my backpack,” Dolezal said. “I used it for so long that I’ve gotten used to it, so it is weird to use other pencils.”
Some teachers have noticed their students’ quirky practices, and have accepted it as something students can do if it helps them on tests.
“If it helps them pass the test, then great,” math teacher Christina Prishack said. “I’m flexible, as long as it is not disruptive to the rest of the class.”
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The other day I was at 7-11 fulfilling my Slurpee craving of the week when I decided to satisfy another craving as
I perused the trays of mass-produced baked goods.
I grabbed a pack of delicious looking M&M cookies and immediately dropped it when I no-ticed the label.
The entire label was written in Comic Sans MS, and that just doesn’t fly with me.
The sad thing is this isn’t the first time that this occurred.
As someone who wants to enter the field of communication design, I spend a lot of time read-ing up on current design trends, learning about color theory and downloading fonts excessively. But with a passion that strong also comes the hatred of certain fonts.
I get a lot of grief from my friends, teachers, miscellaneous strangers on the street listening to me preach on my soapbox about how much I abhor Comic Sans. They think I’m overreacting, that it’s just a font, it’s no big deal.
It’s more than just a font, thanks.It’s a joke.It’s an insult to designers and aspiring design-
ers and people with any kind of aesthetic flair.While I realize that not many people outside
of any design community even care about fonts, I always assumed that it was generally accepted that Comic Sans is something not to be taken seriously.
Yeah, there’s a time and place for everything,
but the only time I should see Comic Sans is in a poorly designed and illustrated children’s book.
Not on T-shirts or posters or websites or any-where near a respectable publication.
And especially not on AP US History Power-points. (Sorry, Mr. Demek.)
Maybe I just have a skewed perspective (which, admittedly it is pretty skewed), but I will never understand why people feel like they simply must use that font.
There are thousands of other options and yet I’m still seeing Comic Sans. Everywhere.
I understand the ubiquity of something like Arial or Helvetica. Or Times New Roman and any-thing from the Lucida font suite.
But how did a font inspired by the slanted nature of comic books weasel its way into the font depository of the world and make itself so popular?
Why can’t I go even an hour without seeing it?! It follows me everywhere like it’s tempting me into the world of bad design.
So no thanks, Lucifer. I’m sticking with the Lucinda font suite, not Satan’s Handwriting … er, Comic Sans.
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens’s words are the story of my sophomore year.
For the majority of my life, there has always been one B+ on my report card every quarter—no more, no less—until the fourth quarter of last year, when I got my first set of straight A’s. Despite my happiness, I also felt a great sense of foreboding, as if it were too good to be true. The summer passed. A wonderful summer that opened the door to two worlds I hold dearly to my heart, Shanghai and journalism. The start of sophomore year kicked off with a roar.
And yet, here I am, with the most grotesque array of grades I have ever seen in my life. I fell from the top to rock bottom. The majority of my family believes that the reason for my fall is due to my joining the newspaper. But I am convinced otherwise. I believe that life is cyclical, inevitably alternating between success as well as downfall. Obviously, my academic status has been hurtling towards the latter. But this too shall pass. In the meantime, I have finally embarked on the introductory steps of what I see as my future career: a photographer and journalist.
I have never been so convinced that I have found what could be my calling in life. And what is more, I have never held so strongly to a dream or lived life with such fierce determination. Countless people—teachers and family,
have disapproved of my foray into journalism and photography and have attempted to discourage me from taking newspaper. At several points during sophomore year, I would hear two things every day: that I would get into nothing but terrible colleges, and that I should quit journalism.
I do not let such remarks get the better of me, though.
No one can tell me what I can or cannot do.
If I set myself to a task, there is nothing that can stop me. My greatest enemy is no one and nothing but myself.
But the saddest thing I have realized is that there are people that have never had faith in me. Just one year out of my fifteen years living is enough to make them believe that I am destined for a doomed life. Yet all the more reason for
me to turn this into fuel for the fire.I will not ever relinquish my
dreams, whether they be journalism, photography or whatever else I may encounter that may mean even more to me than anything I have ever known at this point. I am not clairvoyant, but I know two things for sure: nothing is guaranteed, and situations are always changing. While I have never so passionately pursued a dream like photography and journalism (yet they mean so much more than dreams), I would not be the slightest bit surprised if, 20 years from now, I would be pursuing a path that I love even more than these two.
I realize that as a journalist and photographer, I might have to undertake odd jobs to make ends meet. But my primary career would still be the one that
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| Matt Porter | Thomas Jefferson. What’s the big deal? The Declaration of
Independence? Weak. UVA? Overrated. Statute of Religious Freedom? More like Statute of Religious Boring.
At least that’s what the Texas Board of Education seems to think. After a 9-5 vote, a new curriculum was decided to be adapted in U.S. history textbooks in Texas.
Publishers are influenced by the decision because Texas adapts textbooks statewide. Publishers create books that con-form to Texas standards, leaving other states to adapt to the same curriculum. One of the major changes they are proposing is that Thomas Jefferson will not be listed as an influential writer to American intellects.
How could you even do that? Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, didn’t he? That definitely makes him moderately important. But to the Texas Board of Education, this does not matter. It is his belief in separation of church and state that diminishes his role in the new curriculum. They think that separation of church in state is unconstitutional. Last time I checked, we don’t live in a theocratic nation. Why are all these religious shenanigans being put into schools? Whatever hap-pened to coexistence and religious toleration? Thomas Jefferson really is a great American intellect and philosopher, no matter what the textbooks say. But in the coming years, even his legacy will be destroyed because younger children will not learn much about him.
The United States will also no longer be listed as democratic, but a constitutional republic. What is a constitutional republic? If it means we just follow the Constitution, then aren’t they already
redefining the constitution by saying things like how separation of church in state is not constitutional?
We obviously do follow the rules of the Constitution in our society, but that is not the only thing our country goes by. They are pretty much just unwilling to call the United States demo-cratic, even though it is a democracy. Well, maybe when republi-cacy gets invented, Texas will change their mind.
The board endorsed to many publications that the new stan-dards would include “the resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s.” In other words, the founding of the NRA. Yes, it is true that kids will learn more about the National Rifle Association than they will about Thomas Jefferson. It is a very sad world we live in. Also, hip-hop music is not being part of culture in the new standards. I don’t think this is more stupid of a change than the others, but I still think it should be mentioned how hip hop is now one of the most popular forms of music. They’re not taking out jazz and other forms of music that became popular, so why this?
The last, and most ridiculous, change they are making is that slavery will only be talked about as a trade business and nothing else. They don’t want African-American students to learn about their ancestors being forced to work and killed because it will have a chance of lowering their self-esteem. It is still important to learn what actually happened though.
I can only hope that this ridiculous curriculum does not reach Chantilly, or any other school within walking, driving and flying distance. But, unfortunately it has. A wise man once said, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
We’re doomed.
Forgetting the unforgettable
I love best. I would never become, say, a doctor or a lawyer, because I know that I would never truly be satisfied in those professions, regardless of a big fat paycheck. And besides, if everyone thought the same way as some people do, where would we have the great individuals that make up society that aren’t doctors or lawyers?
As a child, I dreamt of going to Harvard and getting a six-figure job. I used to find it absurd that people would “follow their dreams” even if they ended up poor. Now, I find it absurd how and why anyone would voluntarily subject themselves to a career they have no love for.
I believe that I am headed for a wonderful life.
It would be beautiful to be able to go around the world, meet all sorts of people and walks of life and document their stories, whether it be with photographs or writing.
Someone told me, “Even if you don’t care much for money now, you will when you’re grown up and realize that you’re not as wealthy as others.” Perhaps so. I’d feel a twinge of envy if someone was both affluent and happy with their career and life. But the only reason I would ever wish to seek money in the first place would be to assure my financial security.
I used to be a weaker person at heart, but now I believe that I have grown for the better. I look forward to life. I have a mantra that I live by: “I am strong.” Before, these words meant little to me. They were words without meaning. I was never confident. Now, my mantra is something that I can proudly declare and believe in wholeheartedly. This isn’t the end of my life—it’s just the beginning. There will be a time for everything, from setbacks to triumph. Someday, I’ll be able to scoff at the people who scorned my dreams, someday I’ll encounter even greater problems than the ones I have right now, someday I’ll be doing what I love, and someday I will be able to look back at this point in my life and laugh.
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| Sarah Meier | If you were to ask me about former president
George W. Bush, you would probably receive an obnoxious comment or eye roll.
I did not agree with almost any of the deci-sions the former president made during his administration.
If you were to bring up his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, you would get a completely dif-ferent reaction. In an interview with Larry King on May 11, she revealed her own beliefs about two of the most controversial social issues. I was astonished by what she had to say in the inter-view because I always assumed Laura’s politi-cal views were identical to her husband’s, but I learned that they are, in fact, the opposite.
I was elated to hear that she supports both gay marriage and a woman’s right to choose because I had always figured Laura was just another anti-feminist homophobe, like Sarah Palin for in-
stance. Though I am embracing my newly found love for Laura Bush, I can’t help but be a little upset that she failed to declare her beliefs any earlier to teach young Republican women that it’s all right to be a feminist, and it’s acceptable to support gay rights.
As a result of pressure from sexist politicians, who feel they are able to make decisions for every woman in America, many woman feel as though they are not worthy of having a choice of what to do with their own bodies. Every woman deserves, if nothing else, to be trusted that they are capable of making their own decisions about their bodies.
One of the reasons that the Constitution was formed was to ensure every American of their rights, and it’s distressing that in the year of 2010 we are still combating for or to keep rights that should be permanently guaranteed.
With that said, rock on Laura!
Down with Bush after years of resentment
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We’ve come so far, got so far to go| Karina Bertness |
“Take it in while you can, it’ll be gone before you know it.” This is surely something that someone has told us at some point during our high school careers, and looking back on it now, as second semester seniors, it’s finally apparent that maybe that person was right.
As we delve into nostalgia of the past four years of our lives, look back at the establish-ment where we probably spent more time than with our own families, see how people have grown up or even regressed, and mull over the pointless, trivial melodramatics that are high school, we are able to really see that maybe high school isn’t so bad after all.
Now, don’t stop reading, just stay with us here. This is not so much about the actual academic and scholarly escapades we take part in, but more just as the time where we have begun to learn who we truly are. Get-ting over the obnoxious, petty arguments, letting go of the people who simply aren’t worth the struggle and discovering those who are, doing that thing that you probably shouldn’t have, but seemed like a good idea
at the time, and learning from the mistakes are all part of learning about ourselves.
So many of us, some even since the second week of freshman year, have been counting down the days until we graduate, so ready are we for college to begin. Because of this, we aren’t really able to realize how good high school has actually been to us. No, we won’t ever wish to return to this place and relive these past four years, but it probably is something we will look back upon fondly, remembering the good times but relieved that they are finally over and are prepared to move on to bigger and better things.
This is not to say that high school is the end all, be all, and not finding who you are by the end of it obviously does not mean you’ve royally screwed yourself for the rest of your life by the tender age of 18. High school just barely scratches the surface of reality. It’s more real life with some major training wheels, if you will. The “real world” is noth-ing like high school, and thank goodness for that.
So, with all that being said, fellow seniors,
just take a minute to recall those good memories, and even the not-so-good ones. Remember those stories from the sport-ing events, that pointless run-in with the security personnel who made you stop for the morning announcements two feet away from your classroom, that one time that you never thought you would be able to look back on and laugh at.
Now stop this bittersweet reverie, to be continued at a later date, and continue counting down the 18 days left until gradu-ation. (Yes, that includes weekends) Look forward to freshman orientation, to move-in day, to the first day of classes. Think of all the great experiences you’ll have in your gap year plans abroad. Prepare yourself as you go off to join the Air Force, Army, Marines, what have you.
Yes, life is too short to continuously plan ahead, but it is most definitely a waste to dwell on the past, with all the “what ifs” and “what could have beens.” So, pack up those memories and take them with you wherever it is you’re headed to next year. This is just the beginning.
| Ruta Trivedi | As the end of the year comes
to a close, one student is chosen to speak at graduation. This year the competition for this honor was tough. The criterion to be eligible to speak at graduation is a grade point average of 4.0 or higher.
“They sent out letters to all the honors graduates to come to a Charger Time information session on writing a speech,” graduation speaker senior Susie Dixon said.
Those students who are in-terested in applying are required to submit an essay. Dixon faced rigorous competition from other well-qualified students, including, Shawn Estrada, Natalie Claunch, Melanie Vassallo and Lani Kro-ese.
The speaker is chosen by sub school assistant principal Michael Birch.
“A rubric was created last year to select the speaker. It was kept pretty consistent since the posi-tion of valedictorian was elimi-nated,” Birch said. “The applicants were given several weeks to write the speech and submit it. Only five of the hundred honor gradu-ates competed for the position of speaker, the students wrote a speech and gave them to me; I crossed of their names and gave them to other teachers, such as Robin Lady and Ed Monk. The students also did a presentation of the speech in the auditorium,” Birch said.
Although nervous, Dixon is also excited about being the speaker for her class.
“I didn’t know I wanted to be the graduation speaker, but the opportunity presented itself so I wanted to take advantage of it,” Dixon said.
Students applying for the posi-tion of graduation speaker drew inspiration from many different aspects of life for their speeches.
“I wanted to talk about things that the other seniors could relate to, and I threw in some things about the Class of 2010 specifi-cally,” Dixon said.
Susie Dixon chosen to speak at
graduationSeniors had to apply
for the honor of addressing their class
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| Ciara Robinson | Leaving high school, seniors
look back on their teenage years and consider the ups and downs they have had. From breakups to fives on AP exams, seniors all have one thing in common: when they leave high school, they are leav-ing with memories that are never forgotten. Some aspects of high school will be missed, while others will not.
With four years of high school, many have gotten used to the rou-tine and reliability of their lives and are frightened by the adjusting to new surroundings.
“In college it will be difficult having to get used to the new area I’ll be living in,” senior Weily Shay said. “I’ve gotten so used to the familiarity here, with places to shop and have fun, so it’ll be weird not living here anymore.”
Others are worried about their lives after high school, not because of the new area, but the lack of financial help from parents.
“I’m going to an out-of-state college, so I am worried about how I will handle money,” senior Gabby Lutostanski said. “I not only will have to worry about being far away from home, but also about how I will manage my finances without my mom to help or give me money like she can any day when I’m here.”
Seniors reminisce on
past years
see Adapting | Seniors 16
Shopping for the new dorm
Large calendarUse to either hang on wall or lay on desktop.
Silverware, mugs and bowlsThese are perfect for instant tea, Easy Mac, and any other foods that can be made in a dorm when students have to grab a quick bite to eat before class.
Trunk (for winter clothes)
Desk lampA necessity most generally forget about until studying late into the night
Surge ProtectorFull-length mirrorFutonDark rugMini vacuumExtra hangersBikePortable hamperTrash cans
The best way to en-sure the use of all your electronics without violating housing code.
People might come by your room but don’t have your phone number to leave a message.
Students are surprised by how many new clothes they accu-mulate the first semester
PhotoS By Colleen CooK
| Colleen Cook | At the eve of high school graduation, seniors are beginning to take on the im-mense task of planning for college. Here are easily forgotten yet highly useful items for the perfect dorm.
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what the class of 2010 will miss|David Cooper|
Senior Beverly Ellis
I’ll miss being able to wear the color purple without looking weird.
Senior Jason Abu
I will miss the ladies and their beautiful faces.
Senior Alex kim
I’ll miss my friends because of the memories, and my teachers because they helped me a lot.
Senior Aman Parikh
I won’t miss getting up and the strict schedule.
Senior Brian Miller
I’ll miss hanging with [my friends] in the senior parking lot and the drama hall, as well as not driving far just to see them.
Senior Ashley Manalel
I will not miss the strict bell schedule every year. I am looking forwards to more freedom in the class choices and how I spend my free time.
THE PURPLE TIDE 2010Shevy Chaganti
position editor-in-chiefplans James Madison University to study political science and media artswhat we’ll missher pleather jacket, oldies music, using the wrong eating utensils, Sunny D, macaroni and cheese, overwhelming sincerity, her innate sense of direction, Shevy dollars
Katharine LuCaSposition photo editorplans Savannah College of Art and Design to study writing and photographywhat we’ll missscathing responses to programs from Leadership, her impressions, discussing Spanish, Chobani yogurt, her fashion sense
Sarah Meierposition staff writerplans Virginia Commonwealth University to study education and women’s studieswhat we’ll misstaking care of us when we fall ill, political commentary, good magazine taste, looking at Spongebob Edible Arrangements, “f da hataz” movement
thoMaS harMonposition staff writerplans University of Virginia to study foreign affairswhat we’ll miss impressions that make us question his true nationality, great fashion sense, crazy faces
MarCeLo aranibarposition academics editorplans William and Mary to study international relationswhat we’ll misshis Bolivian accent, heart-to-heart talks, listening to him talk on the phone in a different language
Joe SKopowSKiposition online editor-in-chiefplans Virginia Tech to study engineeringwhat we’ll misssage wisdom, reading his multiple daily tweets, his nickname, listening to him get mad when security yells at him, his tallness, zero curr
MoLLy SyMeposition design editorplans Virginia Tech to study engineeringwhat we’ll miss sitting in the back-back room doing dummy layouts, listening to the Beatles, super long weekly “Lost” reviews, telling her all our secrets
Karina bertneSSposition copy editorplans University of Pittsburgh to study biology and Slavic studieswhat we’ll missasking her to copy edit our stories because she’s the closest editor, sleeping on the couch through all our noise, hockey love
toMi oLabanJiposition copy editorplans Christopher Newport Univesrity to study education and journalismwhat we’ll miss blatant honesty, fashion sense, Coach collection, Miss Thang attitude, mad skills microwaving Ramen noodles
MiCheaL tuposition staff writerplans Virginia Commonwealth University to study computer engineeringwhat we’ll misssuper entertaining mannerisms, crazy dancing skills, surprising lunches
MuhaMMad Zafarposition staff writerplans Nothern Virginia Community College to study communicationswhat we’ll misshis watch, rapping skills, ability to take a joke, Colleen messing up his name on the board
Lynh tranposition online design editorplans Virginia Commonwealth University to study pharmaceutical studieswhat we’ll missher glasses, amazing driving skills, love of peach fuzz, accidentally getting called Miranda, “BOOM”
ben KeKoLerposition sport editorplans Penn State University to study journalism what we’ll misstalking about life, listening to Owl City, his obsession with Towson Penn State, epic dances, asking other people to go to English class for him
Ciara robinSonposition staff writerplans James Madison University to study English what we’ll miss settling disputes with whomever we ordered food from, prepping for Psych quizzes, lengthy stories, obsessing over Tim Urban
CoLLeen CooKposition managing editorplans University of Virginia to study neuroscience and psychologywhat we’ll misscalling dibs on leftovers, scaring people to death as young staffers, giving good advice, her cute shoes, telling it like it is
danieLLe oLSonposition staff writerplans Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study engineeringwhat we’ll missawesome (and very long) stories, spontaneity, guidance in a motherly manner, her intimidation as a page editor, her hyena laugh
haL doCKinSposition assistant sports editorplans Virginia Commonwealth University to study communicationswhat we’ll missdreadlocks, finding dopplegangers, amazingly confusing wit, dance skills, always having lotion to give the girls, his suave-ness
haLa aShrafposition in-depth editorplans University of Pittsburgh to study molecular biology and journalismwhat we’ll missscaring people, awesome in-depth designs, her Caps obsession, Pokemon Blue
hanna diCKinSonposition views editorplans University of Southern California to study cinematic artswhat we’ll missadvocating nap time, dancing and singing in the back room, her lack of shame at yelling curse words during production week, dance-off with Hal, love of taquitos
Jenn witherSposition staff writerplans Virginia Tech to study Englishwhat we’ll misseagerness to actually do work in newspaper, amazingly long stories
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| Katherine Lucas | For more than three decades,
graduating classes have come and gone, leaving with memories and experiences lost over the years and unknown to the present. Yet, for the past 18 years, evidence of these faceless senior classes still mark our walls, painted in a uniquely crafted portrayal of each class’ personality and char-acter: the senior mural.Seniors Zeina Ahmed and Sarah Florjan-cic are working on this year’s mu-ral, which they initially designed at the beginning of the year.
“Mr. [John] Adams makes the Art 4 students draw a design in our sketch books,” Ahmed said. “I didn’t think mine would go anywhere, but it turned out well. Once [Florjancic] and I started working on the design more, we decided to submit it to the senior class sponsors and officers.”
According to Adams, the sponsors and officers of the senior class ask for submissions at the first senior class meeting, and give their favorites to SGA to
decide on. Submissions are open to all senior students, regardless of prior art instruction.
“We only had five, maybe six submissions this year,” Adams said. “We usually look for some-thing with a knight in it to stick with the theme of Chantilly.”
Despite this loose require-ment, Ahmed has different plans for her and Florjancic’s collabora-tive design.
“Every other year’s has a knight or horse it in,” Ahmed said. “Last year’s was really creative, and we wanted to do something different as well.”
Their mural, which is being painted across the hall from the senior bathrooms, will depict hands throwing a graduation cap, with “Seniors 2010” written on the tassel.
“It’s going to be more realistic than other years’ that have been cartoon-like,” Florjancic said. “We’re using different techniques, and trying to be different by not using a lot of purple and typical Chantilly stuff.”
Art 4 students were chosen to paint this year’s senior memorabilia
A mural to remember
| Emily Hargreaves | With prom night come and gone the break ups and make ups are, somewhat, steadying out. However,
the new issue getting between many couples is whether to stay together and try a long distance rela-tionship at summer’s end.
What exactly does this mean for the brave couples who are going to try a long distance relation-ship?
“It’ll be difficult because we won’t be able to see each other everyday,” junior Jake Wie-gand said about him and his girlfriend, senior Karla Goodwin.
No doubt, relationships in general are difficult, let alone being hours away from the person you want to be with.
However, through communication, trust, faith and honesty, there is hope for the brave souls who wander into this tricky territory.
“My boyfriend and I have been together for about year and three months,” said former Chantilly High School student Dana O’Connor. “It is a huge adjust-
ment to go from seeing each other every single day to at least a month inbetween visits. You need to be flexible, make the adjustments and find what works.”
Long distance lovers
Senior James Rowley is picking up a paintbrush. Materials used were supplied by the art department.
PhotoS By Joe SKowPowSKi
Seniors James Rowley and Bella Ibrahim paint the mural. Students were chosen from Art 4 classes by teacher recommendation.
As a Chantilly tradition, seniors are picked from select art classes to paint the senior mural. This year’s chosen seniors were James Rowley, Bella Ibrahim, Sarah Florjancic and Razan Ahmed.
Separation in college can help couples grow or can tear them apart
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Students to continue athletics with college
Seniors exhibit art portfolioEach art student was
given a week to display their work in a showcase
1.Senior Emily Meyer stands in her Lady Gaga-inspired senior showcase.2. Senior photo students also have exhibits to showcase their portfolios.3. The senior showcase in the Glakos Gallery is for all senior artists to show off their artwork on last time.4. In the month of May, senior Jackie Kim synthesized a drawing for the AP Art Exam around the fear of bugs.5. Many students put unique things in their showcases like articles of clothing.
PhotoS By Joe SKoPowSKi and Sarah meier
In fact, many seniors find themselves concerned in general about not having their parents around as much in their lives.
“Kids always say how they won’t miss their parents and they want freedom, but for pretty much everyone, that’s not really the case,” senior Thomas Feeley said. “I come from a large family that is close, so being so far away from them, I know I will have a hard time adjusting to life without them.”
Of course, along with not seeing parents as much, students will miss the friends they have had in high school and are uneasy about not seeing each other every day, as they do now.
“Many of my friends I’ve had for years, since elementary school,” Shay said. “And now going to a college that none of them are going to is really difficult because we’ve gotten so close.”
However, as all high school students know, along with the good comes the bad. From the drama to the stress of getting into college, high school consistently is a challenge for students, resulting in things that will not be missed by seniors.
“The administrators and security are just so an-noying,” Shay said. “I can’t wait to get away from the stupid rules there are here and go to college where there will be a lot more freedom.”
Along with that freedom comes the choices of what
college classes to take and when. “In high school it’s annoying having four classes
a day, every day,” Feeley said. “In college, it will be so much nicer being able to pick classes and space them out more. And definitely try to make them later in the day, whenever possible.”
In addition to the security, students also will not miss certain teachers.
“I’ve had some mean teachers in high school who were always on my case,” Feeley said. “So having professors who aren’t as concerned will actually be re-ally nice. Some teachers, of course, are really nice, but overall I won’t miss the teachers.”
But perhaps the biggest change of all will be the existence of cliques deteriorating. High school is fa-mous for being the definition of “cliquey,” and students are eager to go to college to get away from the typical grouping.
“I don’t like how people in high school always only stay in their own groups,” Lutostanski said. “But apparently college doesn’t have lots of cliques and more people are friends with each other. That will be refreshing after having to deal with that for so long.”
Seniors are all moving on, whether they want to or not, and starting a new chapter in their lives is daunt-ing yet exciting. High school has been seniors’ lives for four years, and everyone will have to adjust to a new type of lifestyle.
“Everyone has had their fair share of drama, but we have also had some of the best times of our life in high school,” Lutostanski said. “Many won’t admit it, but leaving high school will be hard to do, even if the underclassmen are annoying.”
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Allison WilliamsVillanovaVolleyball
Kelsey ReimanLipscomb Univ.Soccer
Kevin McBrideUniv. of VirginiaSoccer
Chris FoleyUniv. of VirginiaTrack
Jack CarlsonUniv. of TexasWrestling
Rachel GrochowskiUniv. of South CarolinaTrack
Marcos IrizarryKent State Univ.Wrestling
Lauren JancuskaSaint Joseph’s Univ.Soccer
Jamal UmarJames Madison Univ.Soccer
Elizabeth DunwoodyUniv. of FloridaLacrosse
Steven MashinskiJames Madison Univ.Soccer
Division II
Greg StofkuIndiana Univ. of PennsylvaniaHockey
Victor MonteGeorgia College and State Univ.Golf
Kelsey HarneyWest Chester Univ.Soccer
Tamika HamiltonBarry Univ.Basketball
Matt CumpianHarding Univ.Track
Taylor NorwoodIndiana Univ. of PennsylvaniaLacrosse
Division III
Emily WrightCarnegie Mellon Univ.Volleyball
Crystal PetrusShenandoah Univ.Basketball
Chaz AshtonLynchburg CollegeSoccer
Bill BoyleUniv. of Mary WashingtonBaseball
Matt SorokoFerrum College Football
Joey MarsonUniv. of Mary WashingtonLacrosse
| Kristen DiMarco | By looking at the vast amount of seniors moving on to
the next level of competition next year in college, the Class of 2010 has certainly proved to the Chantilly population that they are one of the most athletic classes to graduate in the past 5 years.
Division I
Kris MartinUniv. of PennsylvaniaFootball
Samantha ReevesLoyola Univ.Volleyball
Chaz AshtonLynchburg CollegeSoccer
Rachel CroninLasell CollegeField Hockey
Athletes hard work after finally pays off
FeaturesJune 4, 2010
▶ See more vacation photos from students.
▶ Read about students’ prom experiences, as well as teachers’ past experiences.
▶ Some students opt to not own a cell phone, or have their own Facebook page. See how they feel about their decision.
▶ Learn about how students deal with lending and borrowing items from friends.
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Students travel during summer
vacationAs a way of learning more
about different cultures, some students travel to expand their knowledge of a country, visit
family or volunteerOlabasi Abisogun enjoys the beaches of Barbados.
Jain shares a photo taken from the London eye. Aashna Jain shares a photo of Aztec ruins in Mexico.
Olabasi Abisogun relaxes on a boat in Barbados.Photo ContriBUted By olaBaSi aBiSogUn
Photo ContriBUted By aaShna JainPhoto ContriBUted By aaShna Jain
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| Marcelo Aranibar |
Summer is usually reserved for relaxing and sleeping and hanging out with friends, but this year will be used by students to go to exotic locations and try some unusual things.
Senior Rohini Basra is going to back to her homeland of India to have an adventurous summer.
“I am going to go shopping, visit my family and places such as the Golden Temple and the India gate, to view the natural beauty of India,” Basra said.
Helping other in developing countries is something sophomores Kathryn Ingraham and Lizzy Knippler hope to do this summer.
Ingraham and Knippler plan to help at an orphanage in Guatemala.
“We are helping at an orphanage in Guatemala,” Knippler said. “We’re spending time with the kids, when they are on school break and we are going to Mayan
ruins and hiking up to a volcano.” Visiting family in foreign countries like sophomore
Jenny Roser who will go to Turkey enables students to experience foreign culture.
“I like want to explore the culture of Turkey and its rich history,” Roser said. “I am very excited about trying out Turkish food and shopping at local bazaars.”
While some students like senior Olabasi Abisogun are not going anywhere exotic this summer, they have been to places exotic during the summer in previous years.
Abisogun went on a family vacation to Barbados.In Barbados, Abisogun and her family enjoyed the
rich culture of Rihanna’s birthplace. Abisogun also enjoyed the beach and all the beautiful aspects of Bar-bados.
Photo ContriBUted ByaaShna Jain
Jain visited Paris in 2008, where she enjoyed many of the sights.see Exotic | features 18
Rules for a passengerWhen sitting next to the driver, there are certain
standards you must follow
| Tomi Olabanji | As the school year winds down and seniors get ready to depart,
most sophomores wonder: How am I getting to school next year? By sophomore year it is no longer cool to have your parents
drive you to school or take the bus unless it is your only option. Students tend to find alternatives like getting a ride from their
neighbor or having a friend come to pick them up. But, just like in school, there are unsaid rules of hitching a ride.
“My mom works here, but I do not like coming with her because she comes in earlier and leaves later,” sophomore Taylor Holman said. “I ride with the Norwoods [Taylor and Kacey] and I like it because I do not have to pay for a parking spot, I am here early, and I get to leave before the buses do.”
1.Don’t change the music and have respect for the person driving you; it is always nice to ask before doing something. Taking con-trol of the car and becoming an obnoxious critic is unnecessary.“Every now and then they will criticize my music,” junior Asad Kahn said. “And the worst is when they change the station to something else.” 2. Offer to pay for gas. Even if you know your driver will not accept it from you, it is still nice to make the effort. And if they won’t take it, maybe buy them breakfast one Friday morning or make them a lunch to show your appreciation. see Passenger rules | features 18
What did you think of Jazz & Pizzazz 2010?
kaia Derbyshiresophomore
“there was a lot of singing and dancing and we had tons of rehears-al, but i thought it was really a lot of fun even though there was a lot of work. it was inter-esting learning the ropes of the stage.”
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“I liked Barbados because of the beau-tiful beach scenery,” Abisogun said.
“Everything on the island was natu-rally grown, so everything tasted that much better. I went on a tour and the tour guide showed us all the interesting vegetation indigenous to the island.”
Junior Katherine Bishop went to Eng-land over winter break.
Bishop and her family wanted to view English culture over the holidays.
“We went to England to a watch a soc-cer game, to see the Fullham Cottagers play,” Bishop said. “They are our favorite team and we got first front row tickets.”
Not only did she watch the soccer
game, her family and her also celebrated the holidays over there seeing how they where celebrated them.
“It was very festive for Christmas everything was decorated,” Bishop said. “Even at night everything was bright because they where so many lights.”
Students like juniors Aashna Jain are going to European countries.
Jain and other students go to Europe-an countries to see the history of the old continent and to practice their second languages.
Jain will go through a tour of Spain to practice Spanish and to see the culture of Madrid.
“I am going to Spain because it’s a family trip,” Jain said. “My family is com-ing up from India also. It will also give me a chance to practice my Spanish.”
Exoticfrom page 17
▶ ExamplesSwim lessons, skating lessons, tutoring, music lessons, etc. ▶ QualificationsSkills in what you are teaching. For example, teaching swim lessons requires experience in swimming.
TEAChing LESSonS
Job opportunities available for students over summer
Along with offering students two months of freedom, summer opens up the job market for teenagers. These work
opportunities are both short and long term.
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| Monica Vuong |Summer break is a time for students to take a break
from school and relax. It is a time to go on vacation, hang out with friends, sleep in and stay out late. How-ever, two months off from school can leave students with a lot of downtime. When friends are gone on vacation, students have caught up on sleep and parents are out working, students may start to feel bored. Something that can keep those students occupied would be getting a summer job. Summer jobs are a good way to keep busy, have fun and make a few extra dollars. Have no idea about what jobs there are available for the summer or what you want to do for the summer? Here are just a few ideas.
3. Don’t be a pig. Eating in someone else’s car is a privilege, not a right. So do not leave your trash or traces of your breakfast crumbs on the seat. Make sure you know their policies.“For my specific car, it is not the best,” senior Jamie Gorman said. “So I do not really care if people eat in it because it is already messy, and I clean it out every weekend anyways because it can get a little dirty.”4. They are not your chauffer. Giving you a ride is no problem, obviously, if they agreed to driving you in the first place, but ask before telling your friends you can get them a ride home.5. Be on time. There is nothing more impolite than having your driver, the person doing you the favor by giving you a ride, wait outside for you while you are still get-ting ready for school. We all know accidents happen and you might oversleep, but be prompt and apologize for the inconvenience. This includes having them wait for you
in the parking lot after school. “But when they are not on time it makes us both late and that is not good for either of us,” Kahn said.This rule also leads to Rule 5½: if you are going to be “too sick” to go to school the next day, let your driver know the day or night before so that they don’t sit outside waiting for you. “Sometimes I’ll forget to text her the night before and tell her I am not going to school,” junior Tanya Kafity said. “So sometimes she will just wait outside my house for a while.”6. Say thank you. It might not be important to you or your driver, but be courteous for their kind actions. “It is kind of rude if people do not say thank you because you are the one giving them a ride,” junior Olivia Lee said. “It is the polite thing to do, and even if they do not offer to pay for your gas, saying thank you is nice enough.”7. Try not to forget things in the car. Make sure you have everything before you shut the car door. No one likes to be hunted down during school for their keys, and if they park across the street, you technically aren’t allowed to go there during school anyways.
P assenger rulesfrom page 17
Junior Kaylee Colon works as a lifeguard at International Country Club. She works every summer.
Junior Christina Wetzler plays a game with the children at a camp she counsels. She works every summer.
Senior Stewart Bell teaches lessons to young hockey players. He teaches lessons before he goes to school.
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New movies use old ideas | Lynh Tran |
After you anxiously wait for the movie of your favorite book to start, popcorn
and soda in hand, your high expecta-tions deteriorate slowly but surely as
you watch your favorite novel be torn apart on screen.
Bestsellers, such as “Er-agon” or the “Twilight”
series, are often made into big screen pro-
ductions and just as often as they
are made, they end in
failure and
dis-
appointment. “When I watched ‘My Sister’s Keeper’
with a couple of friends, I really didn’t like it at all,” senior Gina Pido said. “I thought they totally butchered the book and made it into one of worst films ever.”
Over the past years, the film industry has seen a rise in the number of film-to-book adaptations. For example, this summer only one movie coming out is not an adaptation from a novel, a sequel or a remake.
Novels including “Dear John,” “Shutter Island,” “Alice In Wonderland,” “How To Train Your Dragon” and “The Last Song” are just a few of the recent film adapta-tions.
“Many films this year came from books,” senior Ashley Manalel said. “I’m not a big fan of novel to film adaptations; they seem to always ruin the book in some way.”
Senior Jane Sun on the other hand enjoys the remakes and film adapta-
tions. “I really liked the ‘Twilight’ adaptations,” Sun said. “I
thought they were well done and I was a big fan
of both the film and the book series.”
One of the biggest
gross-ing films of all time is due to comic book or novel remakes. In its opening weekend “The Dark Knight” grossed $155.3 million. And out of the top ten gross-ing films worldwide, six of them are novel-to-film adaptations. And from this list 9 out of the 10 were made during the 2000’s.
This decade has seen the greatest number of adaptations yet. And as the years roll on, more films might become more relied on past remakes, comic books and novels. But there will al-ways be original films out there that will be just as great. But who is to blame for all the remakes, as one of the highest film category grossing of all
| Gina Seymour | This
summer, origi-nal films are being
drastically outnum-bered by remakes, sequels
and other films taken from preconceived ideas: “Macgru-
ber,” “The Karate Kid,” “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Step Up 3D,” and
“Piranha 3D.” This lack of innovative ideas of filmmaking has been receiv-
ing mixed reactions. “I liked the ‘Avatar’ show, but the movie looks dumb,” junior
Heather Guryansky said. “Some of the guys aren’t
even Asian.”“Macgruber,” originally a
popular “Saturday
Night
Live” skit, is
a new movie starring the same SNL
characters and Ryan Phil-lippe that is now playing. Not only was the idea from the movie taken from an SNL skit, it is also a parody of the famous 1980’s television show “Macgyver.”
“I watch SNL but I’m not going to see “Macgruber,” junior Nina Moreno said. “It looks like a really long and boring SNL skit and I can stay home and watch that for free.”
Remakes have become more and more popular with the newfound technology, providing visually stimulating effects that were once thought impossible. George Lucas even waited decades to create the final three installments of the “Star Wars” saga, and while they were able to achieve new and realistic visions, they lose the magic that the originals were able to capture.
“I like originals a lot more than remakes,” senior Ashley Manalel said. “If there was nothing wrong with the first one there is no point in remaking it.”
Many Hollywood films nowadays are losing their spark. Ideas that Hitchcock and other classic directors were able to capture have been lost in time, leaving the moviegoing audience only with inane copies and ten different sequels of the
same film.
New movies may not have started from original ideas but
instead taken from books or previous
movies.
i use it for social needs and entertainment -- an hour or two hours depending on what i’m doing that day. not all the time though.
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| Shannon Linford | “Dinner tonight?”So goes the catch phrase of one Amir Blumenfeld, the village
idiot of the CollegeHumor offices in New York City. His love for Chicken McNuggets is rivaled only by his obsession with co-worker and proclaimed “partner in life” Jake Hurwitz.
Jake, on the other hand, is the office nice guy, friendly and outgoing and just too nice to cut Amir out of his life… not that he could if he wanted to.
The Jake and Amir series chronicles the misadventures of the two CollegeHumor writers as Jake copes with the constant an-noyance that is Amir.
“I like the way they play off each other,” senior Zeina Ahmed said. “It’s serious versus psycho.”
We see their strained and unrequited friendship grow, though, as Jake continues to give Amir some less than deserved second chances, leading to more and more of the hijinks that land their co-workers in the hospital, their bosses less than pleased and their viewers thoroughly entertained.
The series’ popularity earned them an MTV clip show “Pranked,” following the cancellation of the short-lived “Colleg-eHumor Show.”
While Blumenfeld is goofy and off-key, he is hardly his char-acter. He is infinitely more intelligent and is clearly the jester in this comedic duo.
The real Jake Hurwitz, though, is merely an exaggeration of
his regular personality. While in some episodes we see him short-tempered and egotistical, Hurwitz is nothing but an easing going college-age guy who likes hanging out with friends.
“It’s funnier because you know they’re friends,” junior Rebecca Keatinge said. “It’s that dynamic that makes it hilarious.”
In the time span of 3 years, the duo have made nearly 300 vid-eos in the Jake and Amir saga as well as making videos specifi-cally for the CollegeHumor Originals series “Hardly Working.”
The pair also recently won the Webby People’s Choice Award for best comedy series and Blumenfeld received the People’s Voice Winner for best individual performance.
CollegeHumor skits also take residence on their YouTube channel in the company of “Smosh,” another comedic duo engaging in random shenanigans along with “The Fred Show,” which documents the adventures of a teenager under the façade of a six-year-old who stole his mother’s camera to post videos to YouTube.
Also in the spirit of CollegeHumor is FunnyorDie.com which follows much in the same spirit of contributed content as well as producing their own original videos.
While both websites feature different internet and television celebrities, Funny or Die focuses mostly on celebrity videos rather than some more of the slapstick humor of CollegeHumor.
With Jake and Amir’s videos averaging around 2-3 minutes apiece, the series is a great way to spend some of the lazy, rainy days of summer.
▶ The “Hallie” series▶ Hebrew▶ Lunch Meeting▶ Fourth of July▶ Dating Coach, parts 1 and 2
JAkE AND AMIR FAvORITES
▶ CollegeHumor, a website originally started by college students to raise beer money, acts as a portal for any kind of finds across the internet, from video clips to funny photos to articles. The site expanded with creating origi-nal content, giving rise to the “Hardly Working” series, videos chronicling the shenanigans that go on in the website’s New York City offices.
“It’s smart, witty humor,” junior David Kim said. “It’s not just fart jokes or something. But they do have fart jokes.”
COLLEGEHUMOR.COM
▶ Read about the Jazz Band’s exciting performance in “Jazz and Pizzazz”
▶ Find out what music is on your teacher’s playlists for the summer
▶ Learn about the senior art exhibits in the display cases
www.thepurpletide.com
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Webshows offer an alternative to TV, radioShows on Youtube ranging in subjects have become popular, developed fan followings
Photo By SheVy Chaganti
The popular webshow “Jake and Amir” on Youtube is a funny, short show that is an alternative to TV. The various and often
random topics for these videos will hold your interest.
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| Chloe Cunningham | “Where are you going?” my mom said. “I don’t know,” I said.“What do you mean you don’t know?”“I don’t know.”With that, I walked out the door and headed … somewhere. Ever since I was little, I
dreamed of going on a “spontaneity trip” with no destination in mind. At 16, I got a car but never went. Finally after the stress of AP testing was complete, I embarked on my mission.
With the camera, money and lots of music, Caroline Bailey and I left Thompson Road. We decided to take Route 50, and since we are both directionally challenged, we had no idea where we would end up.
After passing South Riding and other brand-new developments, we passed through Aldie, a small historic town founded in 1765. It was small, as the welcome sign stated, and had a few shops with Amish furniture and various knick knacks.
The roads leading to the town were surprisingly interesting, and we were surrounded by farms and fields. Caroline took pictures of grass, trees and the occasional cow. It was definitely a nice change from the chaos of Fairfax County, but a little dryer than we were used to.
After Aldie, we passed through Middleburg, a scaled-down version of Georgetown.
There were lots of little shops and boutiques we visited as well as restaurants including Julien’s, a French café, where we stopped to eat. The food was average and the waiters actually spoke French. It was by far the most exciting town we passed through, and the people were very friendly and helpful.
For people who are constantly stressed and find themselves caught up in SATs and APs, taking a trip that requires no thought is refreshing. You don’t have to worry about when to turn or where you are going. Just let go and let the road take you.
When considering going on a spontaneity trip, it is helpful to pick a road that you are unfamiliar with, or if you are completely clueless about roads in general, pick any major road. You can take random turns or just stay on one road.
Even though rural Virginia may seem dry like the land that engulfs the roads, you can actually learn a lot about the history of the state. We learned that General Stonewall Jackson’s mother was born in Aldie, and Berryville has a Powhatan School that other than the name, disappointingly, has no connection to actual Native Americans.
While we stayed a while in Middleburg, none of the other towns had much more than a fire station, a gas station and farms. It sounds ridiculous, but we tried to imagine what it would be like to not have any shopping centers let alone a nearby grocery store. Trying to picture ourselves knee deep in the countryside caused us to be thankful for the Stringfellow traffic and constant Starbucks. Taking a road trip is sure to be a rewarding experience full of interesting encounters and new memories.
D VE IR A WA YT O D A Y
| Hannah Makridis | Shamshiry is a family-owned restaurant
that serves the most delectable and best tradi-tional Persian cuisine I have ever had. It has a welcoming atmosphere and phenomenal food that is a must-have for anyone interested in Persian food.
It’s half an hour away, Tyson’s Corner on Westwood Center Drive. It’s a small restaurant on the ground floor of an office building. The restaurant, clean, with pristine white table-cloths and a flower at each table, has walls littered with an eclectic choice of paintings.
However, what sold me as soon as I stepped through the door was not the décor or the smiling waiters, but the smell. A heavenly aroma of unknown spices hits you and is an accurate representation of the delicious food served at Shamshiry.
The servers, if nothing else, take their job seriously. They are very attentive and po-lite. At 6:30 p.m. we were able to get a table immediately. However, by 7 p.m. the place was full. As soon as we were seated we were brought a pitcher of ice water and a basket of flat bread with a green sauce on the side. The flat bread is delicious, and the green sauce is possibly one of the spiciest things I have ever
tasted. After ordering, our salads came within five minutes and the main dishes arrived 20 minutes after that.
It’s a popular restaurant for those search-ing for authentic Persian food. The menu is written in both English and Farsi with a quote from the famous ancient Persian poet Omar Khayyám on the back. Appetizers range from $2.99 to $3.99, and main dishes fluctuate, de-pending on the choice of protein, from $5.99 to $16.99. Kabobs are a popular item on the menu and the rice at Shamshiry is white and yellow because it is tossed with an egg yolk. This may not sound appetizing, but honestly, it is delicious. The beef and the chicken are tender, moist and cooked with a blend of spices that is truly perfection.
Desserts range from $3.99 to $4.99. Zolbia-Bamieh is a sweet, delicate saffron- flavored pretzel. They also serve baklava, a sweet pastry made with layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with a syrup made with honey. Coming from a Greek back-ground where homemade baklava is made for the smallest occasion, Shamshiry’s baklava was a bit disappointing but certainly still good. It’s not only a place for great food but a chance to experience Persian culture.
Going on a ‘spontaneity trip’ with no destination in mind is a great way to visit unexpected places
Shamshiry not a shame for authentic Persian
Shamshiry provides genuine Persian food at a reasonable price with exceptional service, pleasant atmosphere for dining
Arts & Style 21Issue 8
8607 westwood Center drive, tysons Corner703-448-8883 • www.shamshiry.com
Atmosphere Although the restaurant is very clean it lacks a cohesiveness.Service The servers are very polite and also very attentive. Presentation The food was presented in a very appetizing and colorful way that made it attractive. Food The food is delicious authentic Persian.
SHAMSHIRY
PhotoS By Caroline BaileyAfter AP exams Bailey and Cunningham encountered many different things on their “spontaneity trip.” One of which was Aldie, a small, British-style town called Aldie.
A chelo-kabab is chicken cooked over an open flame with an egg yolk on top. It is served with white rice and a roasted tomato on the side.
Photo By hanna maKridiS
Stud
ents
enjo
y co
nven
ienc
e of M
etro
| Ch
risty
Har
per
| St
andi
ng o
n th
e tr
ain
plat
form
wai
ting
for
the
arriv
al o
f the
nex
t tra
in, j
unio
r Kat
ie T
ay-
lor h
olds
her
fare
car
d in
her
han
d, e
xcite
d to
ge
t som
e ex
tra
cred
it fo
r one
of h
er cl
asse
s.Te
ache
rs h
ave
been
kno
wn
to o
ffer
stud
ents
ext
ra cr
edit
oppo
rtun
ities
for v
isit-
ing
one
of th
e m
an6
aca
dem
ic in
stitu
tions
lo
cate
d in
Was
hing
ton,
D.C
.A
P Ps
ycho
logy
teac
her K
athr
yn V
an N
uys
offer
ed h
er st
uden
ts e
xtra
cred
it fo
r visi
ting
the
Nat
iona
l Zoo
and
the
Zoo’s
Thin
k Ta
nk
so st
uden
ts co
uld
lear
n al
l abo
ut th
e re
sear
ch
bein
g co
nduc
ted
with
ani
mal
s in
the
field
s of
cogn
itive
and
beh
avio
ral s
cien
ces a
nd d
oing
a
shor
t writ
e-up
on
thei
r exp
erie
nce
ther
e. Ju
nior
Kyl
e O
’Con
nor d
ecid
ed to
par
-tic
ipat
e in
the
extr
a cr
edit
oppo
rtun
ity a
nd
foun
d th
at ri
ding
the
met
ro w
as th
e ea
siest
w
ay to
mak
e it
to a
nd fr
om th
e zo
o.
“Goi
ng to
the
zoo
was
real
ly fu
n th
at
day
and
ridin
g th
e M
etro
was
a p
art o
f it,”
O
’Con
nnor
said
. “Th
ere
are
alw
ays r
eally
in
tere
stin
g pe
ople
ridi
ng it
, and
it w
as ju
st a
real
ly e
asy
way
to tr
avel
.”O
’Con
nor a
long
with
Tay
lor a
nd ju
nior
A
lek
Hag
opia
n sp
ent t
he d
ay at
the
zoo
and
real
ly e
njoy
ed th
e co
nven
ienc
e of
the
Met
ro.
“It w
ould
hav
e be
en a
lot h
arde
r to
go to
th
e zo
o an
d ge
t the
ext
ra cr
edit
if th
e M
etro
w
asn’
t an
optio
n,” T
aylo
r sai
d. “I
t was
real
ly
conv
enie
nt b
ecau
se it
let u
s get
in a
nd o
ut o
f th
e ci
ty q
uick
ly a
nd n
ot h
ave
to d
eal w
ith th
e ty
pica
l tra
ffic o
n [R
oute
] 66.”
For t
he A
P A
rt H
istor
y cl
ass t
his y
ear,
part
of
the
sum
mer
ass
ignm
ent w
as to
visi
t a co
u-pl
e of
art
mus
eum
s, an
d m
any
stud
ents
foun
d th
at th
e be
st w
ay to
com
plet
e th
e as
signm
ent
was
to g
o in
to W
ashi
ngto
n, D
.C.,
for t
he d
ay
with
som
e of
the
othe
r stu
dent
s.“R
idin
g th
e M
etro
to g
o an
d se
e th
e m
agni
ficen
t art
mus
eum
s wor
ked
out r
eally
w
ell f
or u
s bec
ause
we
wer
en’t
over
ly th
rille
d ab
out d
rivin
g in
to D
.C.,
and
we
real
ly w
ante
d to
go
ther
e to
chec
k ou
t the
art
mus
eum
s th
ere,”
seni
or A
lliso
n W
illia
ms s
aid.
“We
didn
’t ru
n in
to a
ny p
robl
ems o
n th
e m
etro
an
d it
adde
d to
the
fun
of th
e da
y.”
Met
ro fa
res a
re a
lso n
ot v
ery
expe
nsiv
e, w
hich
mak
es it
an
idea
l sou
rce
of tr
avel
for
stud
ents
. A o
ne d
ay p
ass f
or th
e m
etro
cost
s
$8.3
0 an
d is
valid
for a
full
day
of u
nlim
ited
met
ro ra
il tr
avel
afte
r 9:3
0 a.
m. o
n w
eekd
ays
or a
ll da
y on
wee
kend
s. Fa
reca
rds a
re a
lso av
aila
ble
to b
e pu
r-ch
ased
at fa
re v
endi
ng m
achi
nes a
t Met
ro
stat
ions
and
can
hol
d di
ffere
nt a
mou
nts o
f m
oney
rang
ing
up to
$45
. A re
gula
r Met
ro
fare
has
a m
inim
um o
f $1.
75 a
nd a
max
imum
of
$4.
60.
“I th
ink
that
the
Met
ro is
goo
d fo
r hig
h sc
hool
stud
ents
bec
ause
it co
sts l
ess t
hen
if yo
u w
ere
to d
rive
and
you
don’
t hav
e to
w
orry
abo
ut g
ettin
g lo
st in
D.C
.,” se
nior
Ken
-da
ll Ro
bins
on sa
id.
Stud
ents
ofte
n en
joy
usin
g th
e m
etro
for
recr
eatio
nal a
ctiv
ities
as o
ppos
ed to
thos
e th
at
are
requ
ired
for s
choo
l.Ro
bins
on fr
eque
ntly
ride
s the
Met
ro to
at-
tend
hoc
key
gam
es at
the
Veriz
on C
ente
r and
ha
s fou
nd th
at sh
e oft
en h
as b
ette
r exp
erie
nce
whe
n sh
e rid
es th
e M
etro
.“I
thin
k rid
ing
the
Met
ro is
fun
beca
use
you
get t
o se
e ot
her f
ans a
nd k
now
that
eve
ry-
one
is su
ppor
ting
the
sam
e te
am. W
heth
er it
’s th
e ho
me
team
or t
he aw
ay, t
eam
you
get
to
feel
a se
nse
of p
ride
and
dedi
catio
n w
hen
you
see
peop
le sp
ortin
g a
team
jers
ey,”
Robi
nson
sa
id.
| Ha
la A
shra
f |
Peop
le fr
om N
orth
ern
Virg
inia
like
to co
mpl
ain
that
ther
e is
noth
ing
to d
o in
the
area
. Thes
e pe
ople
obv
ious
ly a
ren’
t tak
ing
adva
ntag
e of
the
man
y th
ings
our
nat
ion’s
cap
ital h
as to
offe
r.Tw
o w
eeks
ago
we
spen
t the
day
in D
.C.,
stop
ping
at d
iffer
ent M
etro
st
ops o
n th
e O
rang
e, Re
d, a
nd B
lue
lines
in o
rder
to fi
nd in
tere
stin
g th
ings
to d
o ar
ound
D.C
.. W
e le
ft at
10
a.m
. and
arr
ived
hom
e at
9 p
.m.
We
spen
t 11
hour
s in
D.C
., an
d be
lieve
it o
r not
, the
re is
still
stuff
we
didn
’t ge
t to
do.
Ano
ther
pla
ce to
try
and
hit u
p is
the
Farr
agut
Wes
t sto
p on
the
Ora
nge
Line
. Fro
m th
ere
you
can
get t
o C
onst
itutio
n H
all,
a po
pula
r, cl
assy
conc
ert v
enue
, fea
turin
g pe
rfor
mer
s suc
h as
Ow
l City
, Rus
sell
Pete
rs a
nd V
ampi
re W
eeke
nd.
From
Uni
on S
tatio
n yo
u ca
n ge
t to
the
Folg
er S
hake
spea
re L
ibra
ry
whi
ch p
uts o
n pl
ays,
conc
erts
and
lite
rary
read
ings
and
feat
ures
the
wor
ld’s
larg
est c
olle
ctio
n of
Sha
kesp
eare
mat
eria
ls.
Afte
r tra
nsfe
rrin
g fr
om th
e O
rang
e lin
e to
Red
at M
etro
Cen
ter,
you’
ll hi
t Gal
lery
Pl.-
Chi
nato
wn
at th
e ve
ry n
ext s
top.
Asid
e fr
om th
e m
ultip
le re
stau
rant
s, th
is M
etro
stop
is ju
st st
eps a
way
from
Ver
izon
C
ente
r, a
prim
e lo
catio
n fo
r big
-tim
e co
ncer
ts a
nd sh
ows i
nclu
ding
the
Ring
ling
Bros
., Ja
y-Z,
and
Nic
kelb
ack,
as w
ell a
s the
hom
e ar
ena
of th
e W
ashi
ngto
n W
izar
ds a
nd C
apita
ls.If
you’
re in
the
moo
d fo
r som
e ea
ts, a
nd m
ore
shop
ping
, try
stop
ping
by
Cla
rend
on, w
hich
is o
nly
six st
ops a
way
from
the
Vie
nna
met
ro
stat
ion.
Cla
rend
on fe
atur
es a
mul
titud
e of
eth
nic r
esta
raun
ts, o
r a
Silv
er D
iner
if y
ou’re
in th
e m
ood
for a
gril
led
chee
se sa
ndw
ich
and
a m
ilksh
ake.
If it’
s a n
ice
day
and
you’
re in
the
moo
d fo
r som
e w
alki
ng, g
et o
ff on
the
Ora
nge
line
at th
e Fo
ggy
Botto
m st
op. F
rom
ther
e, G
eorg
etow
n is
a 15
-20
min
ute
wal
k, b
ut y
ou c
an e
njoy
an
after
noon
in o
ne o
f W
ashi
ngto
n’s m
ost c
eleb
rate
d sh
oppi
ng d
istric
ts.
arl
ingt
on c
emet
ary
Wha
t to
do: A
chan
ging
of t
he g
uard
cere
mon
y oc
curs
eve
ry h
our o
n th
e ho
ur fr
om O
ct. 1
to
Mar
ch 3
1, a
nd e
very
30
min
utes
in th
e m
onth
s in
bet
wee
n. If
you
visi
t Arli
ngto
n C
emet
ary,
tr
y an
d ca
tch
this
cere
mon
y at
the
Tom
b of
the
Ukn
own
Sold
ier.
Balls
ton
Just
four
stop
s fro
m V
ienn
a, B
allst
on o
ffers
not
on
ly n
umer
ous e
ater
ies a
nd a
shop
ping
mal
l, bu
t also
pla
ys h
ome
to th
e W
ashi
ngto
n C
apita
ls pr
actic
e fa
cilit
y, K
ettle
r Cap
itals
Icep
lex.
All
Cap
itals
prac
tices
on
the
eigh
th fl
oor o
f the
Bal
lston
m
all a
re o
pen
to th
e pu
blic
and
usu
ally
last
from
ab
out 4
5 m
inut
es to
an
hour
. Pra
ctic
e tim
es v
ary,
co
mm
enci
ng a
nyw
here
aro
und
10 a
.m. t
o 11
a.m
.
Fede
ral T
rian
gle
Just
one
stop
pas
t Met
ro C
ente
r on
the
Ora
nge
line,
the
Fede
ral
Tria
ngle
is ju
st a
shor
t wal
k fr
om th
e N
atio
nal A
quar
ium
. Th
ough
not
as e
xten
sive
as
its B
altim
ore
coun
terp
art,
the
natio
n’s fi
rst a
quar
ium
offe
rs
man
y ex
hibi
ts a
nd sh
owca
ses
of o
ver 2
50 sp
ecie
s of a
nim
als,
as w
ell a
s fee
ding
s and
talk
s. Th
e aq
uariu
m is
ope
n ev
ery
day
from
10
a.m
. to
5 p.
m.,
with
the
final
tick
et b
eing
sold
at
4:3
0 p.
m. s
harp
.
smithsonian
Following the Federal
Triangle, the Smithsonian
is possibly one of the
most popular sto
ps on the
Metro, as it puts you sm
ack
dab in the middle of the
district’s m
useums and
monuments. This in
cludes
the Natural History
Museum, American
History Museum, and the
Holocaust Museum, all of
which are free of charge.
Unio
n st
atio
nTw
o st
ops f
ollo
win
g G
alle
ry P
l.-C
hina
tow
n on
the
Red
line,
Uni
on
Stat
ion
finds
itse
lf ju
st o
utsid
e th
e do
ors
of th
e tr
ain
stat
ion.
Th
is st
op is
also
clos
e to
Cap
itol H
ill a
nd
the
U.S
. Cap
itol,
as
wel
l as t
he Ja
pane
se-
Am
eric
an M
emor
ial,
the
Nat
iona
l Gua
rd
Mem
oria
l, th
e Fo
lger
Sh
akes
pear
e Li
brar
y,
and
mor
e.
day
Dis
tric
tin
the
A
Wha
t we
wis
h w
e di
d
In-Depth June 4, 201022
Levels of competition
Spring wrap-up
Softball
Senior Kris Martin is committed to play football at the University of Pennslyvania, a Division I school. Martin has played on the varsity team at Chantilly since his freshman year.
3-1
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Sports 23Issue 8
Levels of competition
| Ben Kekoler and Olivia Colella | To play a college sport it takes
a high level of commitment and discipline. Each athlete has to decide what level they believe they will exceed the most.
Division I is the highest level of play in the NCAA. The schools that are considered division one usually have a larger budget and more elaborate facilities than schools in Divisions II and III. There are 335 Division I schools. All division one schools must have at least seven mens sports and at least seven women’s sports. Senior Kris Martin was recruited to play football in the fall by the University
of Pennsylvania. “I mainly chose to play division
one because there is a higher level of competition and it is a more serious venue then other divisions,” Martin said.
Division II is an intermediate level of play it combines the competitive level of Division I and the ability to play without the necessity of a scholarship like Division III. There are 288 Division II schools. They must support five men’s sports and five women’s sports.
“I really take my academics seriously,” senior Kelsey Harney said. “But I still want to be
competitive in sports so I think divisione two is a good balance.”
Unlike Divisions I and II, Division III is restricted from giving athletes money to come play for them. Typically Division III practice schedules are not as rigorous as those in other divisions. These athletes are usually allowed to play more than one sports if they wish to. Division III must support five sports for men and five sports for women. There are 432 Division III schools.
“I’m playing at Carnegie Mellon,” senior Emily Wright said. “I went to go visit the school and I loved it.”
Senior Emily Wright was recruited by Carnegie Mellon University to play volleyball this fall. “I didn’t want to play Division I because I didn’t want voleyball to be my life,” Wright said.
Senior Kelsey Harney plans to play soccer at the Westchester Univerisity, a Division II school. Harney wants to play competitve soccer and have the ability to focus on her academics as well.
Photo By Ben KeKoler
Photo By Joe SKoPowSKi
Athletes plan to play in college and choose a division based on talent and commitment
Baseball8-12
Spring wrap-uprecord:
Softballrecord: 6-13
Boys lacrosserecord: 11-5
Girls lacrosse11-5
Boys soccer
Girls soccerrecord: 6-9-3
10-2-2
lot better defense I think than the [San Jose] Sharks play. I don’t think it’s going to be a sweep; I can see it going to seven games, and I just hope Chicago comes out on top.”
Senior Phillip Bussjaeger also feels Chicago has what it takes to pull it out, but still sees what got the Flyers into the Final.
“They [Philadelphia] play a really good rough and tumble game; they forecheck hard, they’re speedy, and that’s what’s going to get you through
the playoffs, because if you look, the San Jose Sharks, they played a really high-tempo, like shooting, passing, all this crap, but it was really centered around Joe Thornton passing and somebody else scoring, which I think it was [Patrick] Marleau,” Bussjaeger said. “I think the talent on the Blackhawks is more spread out, so their fourth line is going to be better than the Flyers fourth line. Their fourth line might even be better than the Flyers third line.”
However, it will also be a Stanley Cup Finals matchup that no one would have seen coming a month ago.
Game Four puck drop is tonight at 8 p.m.
Stanley cupfrom page 24
Photo By Blanton
record:
Senior Kris Martin is committed to play football at the University of Pennslyvania, a Division I school. Martin has played on the varsity team at Chantilly since his freshman year.
record:
Boys tennis
Girls tennisrecord:
record:
SSportsJune 4, 2010
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(Clockwise from the left) Junior quarterback Carson Romine assisted in leading the Chargers to a 5-5 record on the season. The team fell to Robinson in district playoffs. The volleyball team had a successful 17-3 season and advanced to the regional playoffs where they had a disappointing loss to South County. The cheerleaders, led by a majority of underclassmen such as Taylor Skoletsky, helped to maintain school spirit at many of the sporting events. Pitcher Adam Fridy earned an All-Region Honorable Mention for his bat during the baseball teams’ 8-12 season. The boys basketball team finished the season with a 20-3 record, advancing to the state semifinals game, falling to I.C. Norcom 61-52, ending a very successful season.
▶ find out how the track team advance through the playoffs
▶ read about how the girls soccer team did in district
▶ read more about how to spring teams’ season’s ended
▶ read about Brendan waters’ injury
▶ find out about how the Boys soccer team did in the playoffs
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Stanley Cup playoffs begin to wind down
| Karina Bertness | The Stanley Cup Finals have finally rolled around
featuring the second seed in the West, Chicago Blackhawks and the seventh seed in the East, Philadelphia Flyers.
It will be Chicago’s stellar defense and flurries of offensive pressure versus Philly’s grit and perseverance. It will be two mediocre regular season goalies waiting to see whose hot streak ends first in Chicago’s Antti Niemi
and Philadelphia’s Michael Leighton. It will be avoiding the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl versus tightly grasping the Prince of Wales Trophy.
It is Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane versus Mike Richards and Danny Briere. Most importantly, it is the beginning of the end of the intense battle for Lord Stanley’s Cup.
“I’m hoping Chicago wins just because I like Big Buff
[Dustin Byfuglien], I like the role players, I like Chicago as a town, being a Wisconsin fan that’s hard to admit, and I can’t stand Philly, they’ve got a lot of goons,” math teacher Nathan Van Nuys said. “But I’m kind of intrigued because Philly does play see Stanley cup | Sports 23
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Nathan van Nuys
i’m hoping Chicago wins just because i like Big Buff [dustin Byfuglien]. i like the role players. i like Chicago as a town. Being a wisconsin fan that’s hard to admit, and i can’t stand Philly. they’ve got a lot of goons.
What did you think of the
school spirit this year?
I thought it was pretty solid, but definitely not
as enthusiastic as in previous years
Senior Kris Martin