CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL Volume 48, Issue 6April 25, 2014

EDITOR IN CHIEF: EMILY LUNDQUIST

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ASSISTANT EDITOR: TAYLOR ANFINSON

FLIGHT

Sad to say goodbye to Cherry next year, excited to welcome Gimlin-Wells

Andrew SargentSTAFF WRITER

Janet Cherry Charlene Gimlin-Wells

Golden Girls rock National and State CompetitionVictoria HolmARTS/FASHION EDITOR

Golden Girls Dance Team. Back row: Junior Darian Jackson, sophomore Leigh Player, sophomore Alyssa Ip, Senior Nicole Nagel, junior Kasondra Bouthillier, sophomore Hol-lie Nagel, junior Laura Chapman, sophomore Jayde Ward-Dutton and junior Sarah Dowd.Front Row: Sophomore Hannah Marlow, sophomore Emily Welty, junior Syd-ney Taylor, sophomore Kelsey Baldner, junior Mariah Hansen, senior Tiana Wel-come, junior Christina Loper, junior Lexi Crawford, sophomore Nivetha Srini-vasan, junior Jessica Medek, senior Brandy Johnston and freshman Jen Rollins.

Students donated 6 gallons of bloodFatuma MnongerwaSTAFF WRITER

PHOTO BY SIERRA FERGUISON

Left: Junior Nicolas Nuusila lays down as he donates a pint of his blood for the American Red Cross during the Blood Drive sponsored by Key Club. Right: Senior Cammy Romero talks to the American Red Cross nurse before donating a pint of her blood.

Capital’s Golden Girls dance team went to Nationals on March 28-29 and ended up getting first place in high kicks and plac-ing third at State. The 2014-2015 team will have their first per-formance together as a new team, and say good-bye to the current team at the end of the year Spring Show on Thurs-day May 1 at 6:30 pm. Dance coach Jami Marurello said, “ They practice five times a week and two hours every morn-

ing before school.” “We have long hours of fine tuning for their competition routines and cardio/workouts to increase their endur-ance,” Marturello said. Senior Brandy John-son said, “ It was fun at nationals and to win first place in the kick dance. I’m going to miss performing at the basketball games and assembles, also the bonding and trips you go on for competition.” With the season end-ing, senior Nicole Nagel said, “ We’ve stopped stressing as much as we used to and the practices don’t have to be perfect

but we still have to try to be good. I’m going to miss my friends on the team, our close knit ties and how much time I’ve spent with them.” Nagel said the best thing about the dance team is “the close knit ties, you spend a lot of time getting to know each other and meet people you never thought you’d meet.” Johnson said the skills you need to be a dancer is, “ You have to be really strong in your abs and arm, very flex-ible and have to be a very energetic person.”

At the end of the year assistant prin-cipal Janet Cherry is leaving to be principal at West Junior High. Cherry has been work-ing at Capital for 17 years. In the first eight years she taught psy-chology and English un-til halfway through her ninth year she became an assistant principal. “I love Capital, I think it’s a great school and I

hope it continues pro-ducing the high quality students it does. I want it to continue being a great school,” Cherry said. “I’m very excited to be a principal at a dif-ferent school but I’ll also be sad about leav-ing Capital because I’ve been here for 17 years, but at the same time it’s a new oppor-tunity,” Cherry said. Charlene Gimlin-Wells is taking over for Cherry when she leaves next year. Currently,

Wells is a teacher at Riv-erglen Junior High and teaches fitness, AVID. She has coached vari-ous sports such as: track

and field, tennis, vol-leyball, and basketball. “I’m thrilled to be at Capital and joining such an outstanding team of

staff, teachers, and ad-ministrators. I’m look-ing forward to the new challenge and serving the Capital high com-munity,” Wells said. Wells worked work at West Junior High for 14 years and it’s her third summer as principal of the high school summer school program. She received her degrees from Boise State Uni-versity and University of Idaho. It wasn’t un-til her sixth or seventh year of teaching that she

started working around the idea of becom-ing an administrator. “I knew I wanted to become a teacher when I was a junior in high school. My physical education teacher asked me to teach other stu-dents how to hit a soft-ball. I really enjoyed this and it was the first spark that got me think-ing that I might like to teach,” Wells said.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAMIE MARTURELLO

Team gets first in high kicks at Nationals over Spring Break, brings pride back to Capital

The blood drive was organized by Key Club with a purpose to give blood to those who have blood disorders or need transfusions. Capital’s Key Club staffs organized the blood drive and they had about 45 donators. According to the Red Cross six gallons was collected of blood

and that reached 96 percent of their goal, which according to Key Club advisor Mi-chelle Puccinelli , “ It was a vast improve-ment from last year.” Red Cross’ goal was to collect 50 pints of blood. There were 54 registered donors and eight were deferred. They were unable to collect the full pint from one of the donors. All of the donators donat-ed a pint of blood and

some students donated two pints in one day. Puccinelli said, “ There is no equivalent for hu-man blood so blood drives are an incred-ibly important opportu-nity to help save lives. I was unable to donate blood, but I commend the dozens of teach-ers, staff and students who filled the need.” Senior Corri Seide-man said, “ The blood drive went really well. We had a lot of peo-

ple and a good staff.” Junior Kylee Lay said, “The blood drive was awesome and very suc-cessful. I had a good time. I was very ner-vous about it because it was my first time donating. I just do-nated the initial pint.” Junior Janice With-erspoon said the blood drive was re-ally great, made even better that it’s all go-ing to be a great cause. “ It was my first time

donating and it was re-ally interesting. Doing it didn’t hurt as much as everyone said it would,” Witherspoon said. Puccinelli said, “I believe the blood drive was a success in that we reached our donation goal. I was disappointed to find out about the

FDA’s archaic laws on homosexual donors, but I was also pleased to see the conversations that it opened up for students all over the school. I am proud of the way that our students have stood up to make their voices known on this issue.”

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Junior AVID students work on community impact project for

Leadership 101Taylor AnfinsonASSISTANT EDITOR

During second semester the junior AVID classes have been working on their community impact projects in which the students have to com-plete at least 15 hours of service. The students were in charge of scheduling their service hours with the organization of their choice. If completed, junior AVID also counts for a concurrent enrollment credit for BSU Leader-ship 101 and a big part of this class is their

community impact proj-ect that they do. AVID teacher Paul Rush said that this proj-ect is meant to, “help the students learn lead-ership skills from a practical sense.” Juniors Sydney Frost and Kelsey Sprague did their volunteer work with the Idaho Humane Society by walking the dogs, socializing them or anything else the humane society needs. Frost said that her favorite part was, “get-ting to be with the ani-mals and see how happy the animals and the peo-ple are together.”

Sprague said vol-unteering is impor-tant because, “it sets good examples for the future.” Sprague and Frost are planning to hold a mobile adoption at Cap-ital on April 26. “Spending time with the animals [was my favorite part]. Its fun and if makes you feel like you’re changing something in the com-munity,” Sprague said. Frost said, “it’s impor-tant for kids to grow connections to the com-munity.”

First Mock Trial team scores well in State and students get awards

Charles WalkerNEWS EDITOR

Capital’s Mock Trial team made it to State on Mar. 19-20, and had several members of the team earn first place in their designated posi-tion. Senior Sergio Rodri-guez won Best Witness in all four rounds of competition. Seniors Peter Huang and Miran-da Tang won Best Law-yer.

“We were nominated into the top five teams of regionals, then went to quarter finals, where Peter and I won Best Lawyer,” Tang said. Carter said that State was a triumphant moment for the team. “This was Capital’s first mock trial team. We made it to state and did really well.” Mock Trial is an activ-ity that simulates real court cases for competi-tion related purposes. Social studies teachers

Caleb Mattravers and Teegan Carter helped coach the mock trial team. The team also had a practicing attorney, Tyler Williams. Carter said, “Mock trial is an awesome way to learn about the legal system and see what a real trial is like.” Mock trial is a debate-like activity that focuses on performance and not whether the case is “won” or “lost.” There is no verdict, so the only way to win is by scoring

points by how well the case is presented and by how well objections are used. According to Huang, he enjoyed the experi-ence. “I enjoyed the after-school practices the most because they were very engaging, and I also got to meet up with people I don’t normally see.”

PHOTO PROVIDED BY KAVAN HESS

Contest co-ordinators Athen Hughes and Bea Black, (left) present senior Kavan Hess, junior Hayden Johnson, sophomore Cody Fialkowski, junior Whitney Rich and advisor Rob Parsons the award for the best Public Service Announcement for the Women and Children’s Alliance for best video on teen dating, violence and abuse. The contest was held as part of the awareness campaign during the month of February. The project’s message, according to Hess was, “To stand up for yourself and others if you are in a bad situation. Get out and get help.”

Video students win award for best PSA video

PHOTO PROVIDED BY KELSEY SPRAGUE

Juniors Vijayalekshime Srinivasa and Kelsey Sprague walk Xena at the Idaho Humane Society for their community impact project.

Balloon spotted over courtyard

PHOTO BY COOPER DOLAN“Hearing the unique sound of an Air Balloon during first period in Mrs. Uriarte’s room was more than unexpected. It was kind of startling and then I saw it with my own eyes and one instinct was triggered. I fled to my back pack and pulled out my camera and took some initial pictures before I changed the settings and got the picture that you see here. This is the exact scenario that made me buy a compact camera over an SLR,” Senior Cooper Dolan said.

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Editors: Taylor Anfinson and Charles Walker

Summer renovationsDownstairs will be completely redone

Emily LundquistEDITOR IN CHIEF

This upcoming sum-mer, the downstairs classrooms and gym will undergo a series of renovations. Every summer for the last three years, there has been a progression

of renovations around the school, like new floors, new paint, new stairways and the lock-ers have been freshly painted. Starting June 4th, the renovations will include the main gym getting air conditioning, the locker rooms will be complete-ly redone, new light-

ing, new ceilings and the classrooms will be repainted. Vice Principal Greg Oram said they plan on having everything “done by the first day of school next year.” This means that the downstairs teachers will have to have every-thing packed, stored and

ready for the renova-tions before school gets out on the third. Their desks and fur-niture will be stored in either storage outside of school or in the audito-rium. Meanwhile, their personal items, like posters, boards and pic-tures will be stored in another teacher’s class-

room upstairs. Art teacher Cathryn Younger said “more time would be nice, but I’ll just work hard to make it work.” Younger plans to take her personal belongings home and hopes to find a teacher upstairs who will help store her com-puters, cutting tables,

large canvases and art-work in their classroom over the summer. Younger said that stu-dents “will be helping me box and label.” Next summer, the upstairs classrooms will undergo the same reno-vations and possibly the 300 wing as well.

Spring Break AdventureStudents visit France and ItalyFatuma MnongerwaSTAFF WRITER

French students and the French teacher went to France and Italy over spring break. French teacher Kyle Schlagel said, “We had amazing meals and ate a lot of gelato in Nice. I enjoy taking students on trips to France because they get a chance to see that what we learn in class is real and not just something that they’ve read out of a book.” There were seven students that went on the trip; senior Salina Burakom; juniors Katie Pratt and Tallon Endicott; sophomores Ashley Pelkoski, Taylor Renner, Nina Clark, and Karlee Stoeger. They stayed in Paris for four days and in Nice, both in France, for

five days. In Paris they went to Montmartre, the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre Museum, the Notre Dame cathedral, the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Champs Elysées. While they were in Nice, they toured old town, the castle ruins, and a Roman arena. They also visited the village of Eze, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, Cannes, Menton, Monaco, and Vintimiglia (a town just on the other side of the Italian border). Schlagel said, “ It’s important to travel to a foreign country, because not only is it one of the most effective ways to learn the language, but it’s also one of the greatest learning experiences a person can have. When we are

immersed in a foreign culture we begin to compare it with that of our own and to analyze the things we do on a daily basis.” Schlagel said, “Having a perspective on other cultures can give students an advantage as globally minded citizens. Of course I don’t expect students to have learned everything about France in one week, but I know that this trip has sparked a lifelong desire to travel and learn.” Stoeger said, “The trip was so much fun. I loved the trip, we went to the Louve, a ton of churches, cute little hole in the wall café’s. We went to the Effile Tower. We also went to Italy for a day and on the way stopped in Monico.”

Sophomores go to colleges and Lagoon in Utah

Andrew SargentOPINION EDITOR

During April 11-12, the sophomore AVID students toured at Col-lege of Southern Idaho, Idaho State University, Utah State University, Weber State University, and University of Utah during spring break. Activities included going to the Clark Plan-etarium and Lagoon Amusement Park. “The sophomores have learned a great deal this year about post-second-ary schooling options and have spent consid-erable time researching schools they would like to attend and programs/majors they are consid-ering. On this trip, they will get to see what the a/university life is like,” AVID advisor Kathryn

Guerrero said. The students spoke with professors, current college students, heard about scholarships/financial aid, saw cam-pus dorms, and visited with specific depart-ments at each school. “It is a great chance for them to see in action all that they have been learning and working towards,” Guerrero said. “The trip was a very helpful tool for helping me find the right college for me. We toured 5 col-leges in total, and I was able to learn about the majors and expenses of each one. It has helped me a lot in deciding which one is the correct college before this trip,” sophomore Amadeus Hawkes said. “My favorite part

was getting to solidify friendships with my classmates throughout the two days I spend with them. Event-wise, I thoroughly enjoyed going to Lagoon amuse-ment park,” Hawkes said. Sophomore Macy Altorfer said she had a good experience and that she learned a lot. “We all had a great time looking at colleges and laughing together. Being on the campus-es in person made me want to go even more. I learned a lot from this trip; from the financial part to the social and all in between,” Altorfer said. “My favorite part about the trip was tour-ing the colleges. It’s so much more helpful actually going and see-

ing the colleges then just researching them,” Altorfer said. Sophomore Tarzn Col-lymore said, ”the AVID

trip was a really good way to learn in depth about what life would be like in college. This trip made me want to

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The creation of the Olympic gold metals

Dig deeper into ceramics to view many aspects of sculptingCharles WalkerNEWS EDITOR

Andrew SargentOPINION EDITOR

PHOTO BY MARGARET STEVENS

The Academic Assembly medals echoed the Olympic medals. Designed by senior Katie Acker-man, here they wait to be sprayed gold.

Taught by 29-year teaching veteran Mar-garet Stevens, Ceramics is an elective with mul-tiple sections for stu-dents to move through. Ceramics teaches students about many aspects of sculpting. The deeper into the program the student is, the more advanced terms he/she is expected to know. There are, not including Advanced Placement Ceramics, six separate one-semester classes.“Each class focuses on progressively harder concepts in art and pot-tery, and each separate class is currently doing significantly different styles,” Stevens said. The Ceramics 1’s are

currently making mugs, 2’s are making artifacts, 3’s are doing wheel-thrown pieces, 4’s are making platters, 5’s are doing three variations on one piece, and 6’s really have free reign to do whatever they want. “The class is very user friendly to the beginners,” sophomore Maddy Silano said. “The hardest part about the class isn’t the actual work. It’s try-ing to figure out what to do for the piece for things such as shape or patterns,” Silano said. The jump between work from Ceramics 1 and Ceramics 5 or 6 is quite significant. The beginning classes teach students the basics, while the advanced classes put more com-

plex terms, designs, and styles on the table for students to learn and test. “Some of the same challenges are still present though,” senior Christian Melendez said. “I have free reign to create any kind of piece that I want, but I still have trouble doing new styles of work,” Melendez said. According to Ste-vens, the students have a clear outline for the work they are assigned, and are then left to their own devices. “Whenever I assign the students a new assignment or unit, I show them what they are supposed to be mak-ing on the projector by pulling up a few exam-ples, then I let them plan out the piece. Once the

students have an idea on what they are going to do they begin get-ting clay and sculpting their pieces, and I sim-ply oversee the work they do and keep them on track. Once they finish, I don’t grade the piece on looks, but if they met cer-tain criteria that I gave them,” Stevens said. Pieces that the stu-dents make go on dis-play in the classroom and each student is allowed to keep their pieces after they are finished being graded. Pieces the students make are used as home decorations or become used as mugs or vases depending on the piece.

PHOTO BY SABRINA WINTER

PHOTO BY SABRINA WINTER

PHOTO BY SABRINA WINTER

During the Academic Games on Feb. 28, Capital gave out awards that were made to look like Olympic medals to award students for their academic achieve-ments. Senior Katie Ackerman, with the help of Margaret Stevens and Cathy Younger, designed these medals. Ackerman found her design idea from the Sochi Olympics. She also designed last year’s medals. “It was really fun designing them,” Ackerman said. After Ackerman made the design, Ste-vens made a plaster mold from it. After a week, Stevens pressed clay into the mold to make each of the med-als. Then they were placed on a rack to dry. “Anytime one does

something to acknowl-edge student academ-ic achievement the effort is worthwhile. After all, the celebra-tion of achievement goes hand in hand with the effort to effect academic achieve-ment,” Stevens said. After they were dried, each one had to be trimmed and detailed. When the medals dried they were fired to 1945 degrees Fahren-heit. Next they went to Younger where she spray-painted them a gold metallic color. Finally, she stained them with black acrylic paint to bring out the design. Principal Jon Ruz-icka provided the lan-yards for the medals. “It gives me a great deal of pleasure to create something that benefits the stu-dents of Capital High School. It was a lot of work but very reward-ing,” Younger said.

PHOTO BY LESLIE GARZAThe Academic Assembly medals on the table before they were handed out to award winners on March 21.

Senior Katie Ackerman trims a wheel thrown ceramics piece in the ceramics room for her own project on April 17. “It took me a week and a half to get to this step,” Ackerman said.

Sophomore William Chatfield makes a pot on the wheel in the ceramics room for a project on April 17.

Junior Travis Pusselman, senior Jakob Mitchell and junior Michael Serna build ceramic pieces on the wheel in the ceramics room for a project on April 17.

FashionFriday, April 25, 2014

Editor: Victoria Holm PAGE 5

Best Dressed Prom Couples

Borah senior Amanda Haylett and senior Sam Ball Junior Shania Landon and junior Tyler Smith Senior Garrett Welsh and senior Salina Burakom

Selma KovacSPORTS EDITOR

With Spring on its way many bright and defin-ing colors are surfac-ing that will shake your wardrobe from the glum months of winter. There are refreshing new colors that harmonize with the weather fore-cast that bring out the joy of spring showers and blooming flowers. Make sure to include these soft pastels and vivid brights in your everyday wardrobe.

Fatuma MnongerwaSTAFF WRITER

Sunshine Yellow Lusty Lavender

Sky Blue Pretty in Pink

Tropical Tangerine

Tangy Teal

Mint Explosion

Grass Green

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Fashion Club choices

Summer weather is Coming Up and Who Knows What to Where? Summer isn’t far away and since we will get out of school, the fashionis-tas should know what to wear, whether you’re going out on vacation or just staying in town. Senior Kristie Hoang fashion club co-pres-ident said, “ I dress according to the weath-er and for my comfort. I usually don’t go out and buy clothes for par-ticular trend that’s in right now. I transition my clothes through the season and add more layers when necessary.” Since it’s going to be sunny, rainy, and windy, girls’ shouldn’t wear shorts because the season for shorts hasn’t arrived yet. Also don’t wear win-ter jackets-this goes for both boys and girls. Junior Marisa Casella said, “ I like to wear flannels and boots for every season. But now that its warmer, flannels tied around the waist give a cool vibe. Light-weight jackets with a cool cut or nice sweat-ers are great too. Bold prints and colors fit in spring style. White nail polish and bold lip color also fits in spring style.” When spring hits, peo-

ple usually start wearing brighter colors. It’s easy to get more creative with outfits because it won’t be as cold out. Junior Kylee Lay said, “ In the spring I usu-

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ally wear sandals with jean shorts or caprice I prefer to wear short sleeved shirts with the shorts. I suggest others to wear what they’re comfortable in. Short

sleeves and your prefer-ence of shorts is my best suggestion with nice comfortable sandals.” Spring fashion is always a breath of fresh air because some girls

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Sports Friday, April 25, 2014

Editor: Selma Kovac

Charles Walker NEWS EDITOR

Victoria HolmARTS/FASHION EDITOR

PHOTO BY KRISTIE HOANG

Fatuma Mnogerwa STAFF WRITER

Girls’ rugby continues good season

Softball team ranked number one in District

Track looks forward to State with successful races so far

Athlete of theMonth

Sport:

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Years playing:

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Hours dedicated to sport each week:

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Senior Heather Tracy

Senior Hailey Erekson bats at the game against Eagle on Mar. 13. “We ended up losing, but we played our hardest,” Erekson said.

PHOTO BY ZOE AMBROSE

Senior Denice Loufoua, freshman Alayah Jackson, and fresh-man Emma Cole run in the 100-meter dash at Capital on March 15.

PHOTOS BY KRISTIE HOANG

The Capital girls’ soft-ball team has had a win heavy season so far, and is currently ranked number one in the dis-trict. Eight year coaching veteran Shane Alder said, “The team is cur-rently going 12-2, and three of those wins were from a statewide tournament over spring break hosted by Idaho Sports Gear and the rest of the 11 games were local district games.” Alder said. Recent games have gone over well for the team. The last two were

a 4-3 win over Eagle on Apr. 11 and 6-4 win against Borah on Apr. 15. The team has 14 ath-letes. These girls have very full practices, according to senior Mariah Tovar, “We start the practice with warm ups, then move to throwing and hitting, and then move to infield/outfield drills. After that, we do what-ever the coach wants us to do, which could be more drills or running plays.” The team works hard during practice. Accord-ing to Hailey Erekson, “The games have been going well because we do a lot of work during

practice, and when we go to a game it shows through the way we play.” Erekson and Tovar’s favorite aspect of the sport was how close knit the team is. “Everyone on the team is really close and incredibly friendly. We bond and set goals as a team,” Erekson said. Others, such as junior Lauren Thowless, have had a long time interest in the sport. “I do love the coaches and the team, but soft-ball has been my pas-sion since I was little, so the sport itself is a won-derful activity,” Thow-less said.

Junior Spencer Angstman watches senior Austin Box serve the ball at the Capital tennis courts on Mar. 4.

Doubles place in three categories at Tri -City

Capital’s tennis teams placed in the top three at the Tri-Cities tourna-ment. The boys doubles team of senior Vishnu Lyer and senior Zack Petterson finished third in first boys doubles and the mixed doubles team of senior Tresa Bild and senior Sergio Rodriquez were second in the first mixed doubles. Junior Spencer Angstman and Freshman Joey Bram-well won the second boys doubles title. The Tournament at Tri-Cities “was good, we had team bonding and I went 6-1 so it was

a good time,” Bild said. Bild also said, “My favorite part in tennis is the fact that it is really underrated, and a very strategetic sport men-tally and physically, you need a lot of strategetic thinking to win.” Junior Spencer Angst-man said, “I play tennis because my dad played when he was younger and wanted me to, but practicing with every-one is fun and some-times we just mess around.” During practice Ang-stman said, “We just do some drills and play a couple games against each other and at the end of the day we have spirit matches which

whatever team wins doesn’t have to run, and the losing team does.”

Bild said, “We’re more than half way through the season, we do a

lot of match plays and drills.”

As districts and cham-pionship races are com-ing up, track athletes are excited for their short journey of six weeks left on the field. At the Bandanna Invitational freshman Alayah Jackson placed seventh with a time of 12.88 in the 100-meter dash. Senior Nick Dow also placed in seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.24. Senior Marcell King placed first in the triple jump. Both the varsity girls and boys placed third in the 4X200 and 4X100 relay teams. Senior Isaiah Jack-

son said, “I do the 200 meter, 400, 4X1 races, and the long jump. It takes time, dedication and a strong mindset. You have to believe in yourself before others believe in you.” Senior Mokoma Musa said, “Track is a really fun sport. I have gotten a lot better since last season because of the hard work my coaches have made me put into being my best and I am beating my personal record every race that we have.” Junior Nice Loufoua said, “This season I’m really looking forward to make it to district, that’s my main goal. I am a short distance sprinter and my eyes

twitch when people say I have it easy, because I really don’t. It takes mental preparation, good technique and dedication to be willing to go to practice every-day when you know you’ll go home sore, exhausted and in pain.” Coaches will choose athletes to attend the Summit Invitational in Oregon on Apr. 26. Their choices were based upon athletes who have participated in vol-unteering, fundraisers, beating their personal records and showing up to all practices. Sophomore Macy Altorfer said, “ I’m looking forward to our Bend trip. We get to go to Bend, Oregon

and participate in a big meet. I’ve always done track, since elemen-tary school, but in high school, it’s different

because our coaches have so much confi-dence in every one of us. It makes me want to run track even more.”

The girls’ rugby team started a good season with strong wins along with a California trip that they took over Spring Break that was not part of the regular season. As of April 16, the team is 4-1 and went 1-1 on the California trip. According to Head Coach Matthew Jacob-sen, “The girls are coming together and are working well as a team. We still need to work on moving

in space and attacking defenses but with a 58-0 win last week we keep getting better.” Senior Cammy Rome-ro said, “We’re strong together. We just need to work on things indi-vidually.” Romero said she is looking forward to teaching others how to play. Romero said the best part of rugby is, “Get-ting to know the people [and] learning more about team work.” Senior Margaret Bog-gan said, “Hanging out with everyone that plays, and coach Jacob-sen is pretty cool,”

“We are doing pretty good. But I think we’ll be playing better,” Bog-gan said. Jacobsen said, “The girls are coming along and starting to work together better.”

Taylor AnfinsonASSISTANT EDITOR

Senior Michelle Fretwell, sophomore Lilian Boggan, and junior Grace Jacobsen follow as senior Cammy Romero carries the ball down the field during the Eagle Middle School game on April 18. “I like intimidating other girls and tackling them,” Romero said.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY CAMMY ROMERO

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SportsFriday, April 25, 2014

Editor: Emily Lundquist

Athlete of theMonth

Sport:

Track

Loves the sport because:

Continuing to improve everyday is

fulfilling

Favorite opponent:

Mountain View High

Difficulty level:

8

One word to describe sport:

Commitment

Hours dedicated to sport each week:

12-14

Grayson Lowe

Senior

The boys’ rugby record as of April 16 is 4-1 and they are first in the league. They won one game and tied against a team in California during the spring break trip, and are only improving.

As of April 17, the boys’ lacrosse team is 0-7 after playing tough teams like Rocky Mountain High and last year’s State champions Mountain View High. On April 16, the team played Timberline High, losing a hard-fought

Baseball beat key opponents, first in the 5A SIC

PHOTO BY KAVAN HESS

Senior Garret Pearson pitches at their game against Centennial High on April 11.

Boys’ rugby remain first in the league, tying tough games on California trip Victoria HolmARTS/FASHION EDITOR

Despite losses, boys’ lacrosse keeps positive attitudeEmily LundquistEDITOR IN CHIEF

Coach Matthew Jacob-sen said, “The boys are doing well, they are starting to work togeth-er and are playing better rugby we’re planning on getting better each game and having fun throughout the season.” “Our best game was tying the number one team in the country in

Sacramento and then coming from behind to beat Danville Oaks in Oakland the next day,” Jacobson said. Jacobsen said the spring break trip went well and the team also went to Reno, where they “spent a day on Fisherman’s Wharf and stayed a night and

game 14-2. Sophomore attacker/mid fielder Dakota Nielsen scored both of the team’s goals. They kept a good defense against the opposing attacks, and Nielsen agreed it has been their best game so far because “we worked better.” Nielsen said the they are better as a team

but need to work on “playing the whole game as a team.” Junior midfielder Brodie Raistrick said despite their losses, they “keep a good mood.” “We have a great defense with a great goalie,” Raistrick said. Rainstrick said the team is loud at the games and have great chemistry.

PHOTO BY KAVAN HESS

PHOTO BY KAVAN HESS

Senior Alex Crowson protects the goal as opposing Timberline players try to score at their game on April 16.

Sophomore Kedar Holtan runs the ball and looks for a pass or an opportunity to shoot during their game against Timberline High on April 16.

day on the beach in Santa Cruz. We had a laser tag tourna-ment at the boardwalk but mostly hung out.” Senior Jacob Fields said, “ My favorite part of rugby is being able to run the ball and tackle people. When we where in California it was really hot but

we had a lot of fun and played pretty good.” Sophomore Jose Sandoval said, “The best game so far was one of the California trips against Jesuit. My favorite part is being able to hit people and getting fit for foot-ball next year, it helps me get my anger out.”

“On the spring break trip it was pretty fun, we visited San Fran-cisco and stayed the night in Santa Cruz,” Sandoval said.“In California we just walked around and explored the city which made us bond even more,” Field said.

PHOTO BY KAVAN HESSJunior Calvin Burton looks for a shot at their game against Timberline High on April 16.

Golf team stays excited to play, regardless of defeat

Selma KovacSPORTS EDITOR

The Capital Eagles Baseball team has assumed the top spot in the 5A SIC stand-

ings as of April 16, with a 3 – 2 win over Rocky Mountain. Last year the team was 20-5 in May but had lost key games during their season.

Their team record is currently a striking 11 – 2 and their next game is April 18 against Rocky Mountain. If the team loses, they are tied first with Rocky and Eagle.

The team is very focused on going to state this year. Head Coach Jerry Hollow said he wants the team to try their hardest and to “peak more and play our best baseball in May.” Senior Blake Ditt-man said, “Our pitcher has been doing a solid job since the begin-ning and our hitting is coming around but we still have to work on it and get better at playing defensively.”

Junior Cobli Paul said, “I play pitcher and outfield. When I play I get excited because it takes lots of energy, focus and mental tough-ness to play my posi-tions and succeed.” The baseball players have been practicing after school and are feel-ing confident that it’s helping them play well. Sophomore Bran-nic Bailey said, “It takes many hours of practice, dedica-

tion and team effort to prosper in this sport.” The players also feel their coaches are very focused on making them better at playing. Junior Colbi Paul said, “Coach Hollow is a great coach and knows how to make a winning team. He knows how to be successful because he expects us to come out everyday to become better players than we were the day before.”

PHOTO BY KAVAN HESS

Junior Nolan Jekich bats at their game against Centennial High on April 11.

PHOTO BY KATHY KANATZAR

Juniors Grayson Barrutia, Tucker Anderson and sophomores Brandon Binder, and Daniel Zehnder pose for the yearbook picture at golf practice on March 5. “The team as a whole get along very well which is important and great to be around,” assistant coach Dane Pence said. So far they have not won any competitions but they still give it their all. “As a team we always try our best to hurl an orange 1000 feet,” senior Preston Rowe said. Even though they aren’t victorious some are still grateful to play the game. “Our expecta-tions as a team would be to show up and play some golf, and have a good time doing it,” junior Tristan Lindsey said.

Opinion Friday, April 25, 2014

PAGE 8 Editor: Andrew Sargent

American Education vs. Other Countries

Charles WalkerNEWS EDITOR

Should concealed weapons be allowed on college campuses?ARIELLE SARGENT

Idaho has recently passed a new law: stu-dents are now able to carry a concealed weapon on college cam-puses. I believe that stu-dents should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon on college

Officer BourgeauSRO

Kelsey SpragueJUNIOR

Chase HuntSOHPOMORE

Jacob PriceSENIOR

The American edu-cational system is cre-ated for kindergarten through high school and is no doubt, the best educational system in the world. While other countries offer excel-lence in one area or offer education to some stu-dents only, the United States has created and maintained a system that serves everyone at an unbelievable equal level of quality. US education is usually highlighted with bad press because political candidates benefit from bad news for popularity and ratings. Although, time after time these very same critics don’t try to make changes to the system that they choose over every other system in the world. At this point you are probably thinking: “I’ve seen the data, I know it all,” But if you think beyond

American education is better then other education systems

Selma KovacSPORTS EDITOR

America, the worlds super power, lacks in one of the greatest as-sets that a country needs to be successful. That is an education system that prepares its pupils for the real, competitive world in which we live in. In America we are taught math, science, social studies and liter-ature. Which is nice, but when can we actually apply these skills in the world after we gradu-ate? I’ll tell you where: college and no-where else and that is what they are preparing us for. We aren’t being prepared for the real world, which people claim. What we need is for our education sys-tem to give us applica-ble job skills so we can actually be competitive in the real world.

As a senior, I feel that I am ill prepared for the competitive world. Now, let’s look at other countries educa-tion system. In Germany they give you a test and depending on how well you score it determines what is most fit for you and places you on a path that will prepare you for a real job that will help you after you graduate by teaching you applica-ble skills, or you could be placed on a path that will prepare you for the university and higher education. In the United States though, the thought is that everyone can go to college/university and that everyone should. But here’s the truth: not everyone is going to college and not ev-eryone will be some-thing that will require a four to 12 year degree. I will agree, though, that preparing students for college is extremely beneficial to all of the students that will be go-ing to college, but we need to also help those students who aren’t go-ing to college. America is falling be-hind educationally, and improving our educa-tion system will boost America back to the top.

Taylor AnfinsonASSISTANT EDITOR

American graduates lack basic skills

the lines, critics usually isolate one statistic out of many others to prove their point. If you take a look at one small piece of data, you can paint any picture you wish. One of the many fac-tors that prove the US system is superior is that it is free for 13 or more years of the stu-dent’s lives. In many other countries students are financially limited by transportation, uni-forms, or even lunches whereas the US of-fers accommodations. Another factor to the US system is how we provide above and be-yond educational help to those who are most vulnerable in soci-ety, the students with special needs. Many other educational sys-tems exclude help to these students, so they are institutionalized or parents must pay for their education. People who throw test scores around like they are the only measure to a school’s success have done no thinking to how the US system runs. They point out other countries with higher scores but never curric-ulum, help to students with special needs, or financial aid and as-sistance. They paint a picture that is mis-leading and deceptive.

Students should be able to protect themselvescampuses, but there are flaws. This new law, though, should regulate students to those who have a spe-cialized permit that says that they are a college student and they are al-lowed to hold a gun on them while on school grounds, as an exten-sion to the standard per-mit. A campus as large as a college’s should allow for such means of per-sonal defense because there is a lot of room for possible abduction, rape, and/or murder. The only thing I would put into place as a rule is that the firearms have

a maximum caliber. People can bring .38’s (small caliber, personal defense round) on cam-pus, but nothing higher than either 40 or .44 magnum. Weapons of that high caliber might go through the attacker and damage property or wound a bystander. I think that this current law will ensure a safe campus and will lead to less crime at college campuses and among college students. There are issues with this law, though. For one the student will have to buy a pistol to use for this purpose. A gun is bound to who-

ever buys the gun, so it cannot be bought through one person and given to another. A stan-dard self-defense pistol, such as the Ruger LCP, can be anywhere from $150 to $300, not to mention buying ammu-nition for it. The law in Idaho is that a person can buy a pistol at age 21. Stu-dents coming out of high school are gener-ally 17, 18, or possible 19, which is too young. Older college students will have the ability to be armed, but younger ones will not.

“Concealed carry must be allowed due to Idaho Constitution. Under Article I Section 11 it states, “The people have the right to bear arms and it shall not be abridged.” Like it or not, the law just clar-ifies the law in which allows the expansion. Only an amendment to the Idaho Constitution could stop such a law.”

“I do believe that stu-dents should be allowed to carry concealed weapons but only after a rigorous course to as-sure safety for other stu-dents as well. I believe that people should have protection for them-selves and others but should be closely mon-itored.”

“I don’t think concealed guns should be allowed on college campuses. I don’t see a need for them to be there, it’s a school not a gun range. Plus it’s a huge danger to other people on the campus. I have no prob-lems with guns, I just think that there is a time and a place for them, and a school is not one of them.”

“The role of law en-forcement is to be im-partial and objective when conducting our duties. As a police of-ficer we are sworn to uphold the Constitution and enforce the laws set for by the legislature. To take a position on a sub-ject as emotional and which has many facets would only serve to convolute the objectiv-ity necessary to perform our daily duties.”

An incident happened here at Capital High during the annual Key Club sponsored Blood Drive, where the Red Cross denied a student the opportunity to do-nate blood due to the FDA regulations. In 1977, the FDA said any man that has had sexual intercourse with another man can’t do-nate blood because they are at “increased risk of certain transfusion transmissible infec-

tions.” Even though Key Club and Red Cross don’t be-lieve in what the FDA regulations are on this matter, I was enraged when I heard about this, as well as many others around the school. In an email sent to Key Club advisor Mi-chelle Puccinelli, Amer-ican Red Cross donor recruitment representa-tive Ann Callanan said, “I wanted to be clear that we must follow all FDA regulations and that includes the life-time deferral they cur-rently have in place for males who have had sex with another male. The Red Cross believes this deferral is unwarranted and should be modi-fied.”

The real problem is not homosexual men, but just about anyone can lie to be able to donate blood. There should be tighter regulations on everyone – not just a specific group based on their background. What’s even more ap-palling is that a straight man who only sleeps with women or prosti-tutes and who has been treated for multiple STDs, is still less of a threat than a homosex-ual man? People can’t trust the system because people could be lying about whether or not they’re homosexual or about their sexual background just to donate blood. There just is no cer-tainty on whether or not

FDA needs to change blood donor regulationssomeone is safe to give blood anymore. One possible solution is instead of ruling out an entire demographic of people, why not make it mandatory that every person that wants to donate has to have their blood tested prior stating that they are clean or have a referral or approval from a doc-tor that they are okay to donate. To completely rule out an entire demographic because of something that happened in the past is completely ab-surd to me. We’re in 2014, not the 1980’s – something needs to change.

Emily LundquistEDITOR IN CHEIF