the courier volume 37 issue 2

november 5, 2009

news 2opinion 6radical rebel 9sports 10culture 11

inside this issue

the buzzyour schoolcommunity

world

2 november 5, 2009

editors-in-chief:lauren elder

abbey borchers

photo editor:grace padilla

staff reporters:heidi roberts

victoria shounjustine renfro

chufan (jerry) deng

adviser:mr. friesen

the courier staff

policy

The Courier is the official student newspaper of Col-umbine High School.

Expression made by stu-dents in The Courier is not an expression of Jefferson County Public School’s Board policy, and the school district and its employees are immune from any civil or criminal action based on any expression made or published by students.

on the cover

The Tree of Peace sits under a blanket of snow as a result of last week’s snow storm.

photo by grace padilla

. . . Paparazzi means “Buzzing Mosquitoes” in Italian . . . On average, women speak 7,000 words a day; men manage just over 2,000 . . . Jellyfish are 95% water . . .

If determination is the true heart of success, then support is the back-bone. To a student, determination leads to academic success, but without the structure or support of the community, that success may be harder to achieve. Luckily, the backbone has arrived in the form of The Frank DeAngelis Columbine High School Academic Foundation. The Frank DeAngelis Columbine High School Academic Foundation has recently been created in order to focus on funding and sup-porting the academic programs at Columbine. "We decided to form The Frank DeAngelis Columbine High School Academic Foundation, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization dedicated to raising money to offset the escalating costs of education because if we don't do something now, our school will start to drop behind some of the others schools in the district and state," said Mary Tedford, a member of the Founda-tion’s board. Tedford stated that the main goal of the or-ganization is to raise money to help the school maintain a high quality of education. The money raised will be used for resources, such as new technology and textbooks. "With the School District Bond/Mill Levy bal-lot issue 3A/3B that was on the ballot last No-vember, Columbine was supposed to receive 2 million dollars in technology and 5 million in building upgrades. When it didn't pass, a few teachers, parents and ad-ministrators got together and started talking about what can we do to keep CHS up-to-date in technology," said Tedford. The organization has been referred to as a booster club, although it is actually quite different from other booster clubs which support and fund

extra-curricular activities within the school. "This is not a booster club,” Tedford said. “We are not supporting one particular group of the school. We are a 501(c)(3) [meaning non-profit organization] entity whose goal is to support academic future of the entire school, every student, every teacher. We are not connected to Jeffco school district at all." Although Tedford claims the Foundation is not a booster club, it does

embody many of the principles on which boost-er clubs function. "It works similarly to other booster clubs in that it is entirely independent," said Mr. Webb, an English teacher at Colum-bine, who is also involved with the foundation. "The money that is donated will go 100 per-cent to the school," said Webb. The Foundation was launched at parent-teach-er conferences on October 6 and 7, and since then has generated a lot of interest among the Columbine community. With that interest has come a lot of progress for the organization and, by extension, the school. "We want to raise $25,000 by December 31 to pay for all 70 Air-liners, and we are at $9,000 in just 3 weeks, which is great!" Tedford said. Currently, the Foundation has purchased 35 AirLiners for half of the 70 classrooms, which are wireless slates that connect to the teacher's computer and projector which can be very ef-fective at engaging students in a lesson. "I think they're really cool," Sophomore Mikayla Greenwell said. Essential to the success of the Foundation are the donations of those

who wish to be involved. Tedford highly encourages any who wish to be involved with the organization to go to the website, chsaf.org, to learn about the organization or donate. Those interested in suppoting the or-ganization can mail checks to the CHS Academic Foundation or bring checks to the main office.

November 5th-7th - 7:00 p.m. - Fall Play: “The Miracle Worker”

November 7th - 9:00 a.m. - Powderpuff football game against Chatfield at Columbine

November 9th-12th - 3:00 p.m. - Musical Audi-tions

November 9th - 6:30 p.m. - Bowling Night at AMF Bellview Lanes. 10 dollars per person,

every class welcome. November 14th - 10:00 a.m. - Holiday Craft

Fair, hosted at CHS. Vendors and crafters needed.

November 20th - 6:00 p.m. - Student Volleyball

Tournament w/ prizes for winners. Must pick up registration form to enter.

November 23rd-27th - Thanksgiving Break. No

school.

heidi roberts

Foundation for successFrank DeAngelis Columbine High School Academic Foundation focuses on funding academics

Mrs. Steiner shows her Airliner, purchased with funds from the Frank DeAn-gelis Columbine High School Academic Foundation. photo by grace padilla.

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november 5, 2009 3

the buzznews

A drastic change may be occurring at Columbine come the 2011-12 school year, one that could dramatically alter the face of the school. Columbine is currently in the process of applying to have the International Baccalaureate (IB) program imple-mented at the school. IB is a separate curriculum specifi cally for students who would enroll in the program. According to the IB mission statement, the program is designed to "develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peace-ful world through intercultural understanding and respect." It is designed around international cooperation and relations through "challenging programs of international education and rigorous assessment." Should the IB program be implemented at Columbine, the school could undergo some changes, including some to the student population. "It is the hope that we could add 150-300 additional students to Columbine's population," said Columbine's Instructional Coach and IB applicant coor-dinator Mrs. DiManna. This could be benefi cial to the school. DiManna said, "Having the additional students would allow additional teachers in the school and we could increase oth-er programs."

Physically, Columbine will not undergo any major changes. However, DiManna said, "As part of the application process there will be a visiting team that will come to Colum-bine during the Spring 2011 to ensure that we do have the appropriate facilities." The decision was made to apply to have the IB program at Columbine because of Jefferson County's desire to expand the IB program in the district. Currently, the only IB school in Jefferson County is Lakewood High School. Alameda and Standley Lake High School are now in the second year of the application process. In an effort to make the IB program available to more students, the district would like to add an IB school in southern Jefferson County. Dakota Ridge High School has also applied for the IB program, and could become an IB school as well. "In talk-ing to Dakota,” DiManna said, “we hope that we can work together to enhance both school's programs, but we will be competing to get the same students." The IB program is completely separate curriculum from the regular one. It is focused more on cultural and interna-tional study and is much more rigorous. Columbine coun-selor and member of the IB committee Ms. Sudano said, "The IB programme is unique in that it approaches education from a different angle. There is a greater emphasis on global perspectives and learning to appreciate different cultures

and their contribution to the world. An IB diploma is highly respected by higher education institutions." In order to become an IB student, applicants must com-plete a thorough and rigorous application process. Accep-tance is dependent upon teacher recommendations, parent-student meetings, a pre-assessment, and an interview. Anyone can apply for the program. "At Columbine we encourage all students to challenge themselves and there-fore we will promote the IB Diploma Programme to all," Di-Manna said. However, only the select few pass the applica-tion process will be accepted into the program.

New curriculum, new changesColumbine in process of adopting International Baccaulaureate curriculum

News in BriefNews in BriefDistrict Budget CutsThe district has reported that $35-$40 million budget cuts may take effect over the next two years. As a way to cut down cost, several major changes are being proposed that all involve the usage of school buildings in the Columbine area. One of the changes purposes moving Columbine Hills Preschool into the main elementary school in order to eliminate the maintaining of temps. Discussion of clos-ing Ken Caryl Middle School is also underway. This would mean that students who would normally attend there would move to Deer Creek Middle School. Another option is the moving of Blue Heron Elementary School to the Col-umbine area and Governor’s Ranch to Dakota Ridge articu-lation area.

Mr. Columbine PageantThe second annual Mr. Columbine pageant will be held at 7:00 p.m. on November 12 in the auditorium. Audi-tions have been held, and there will be eight senior guys competing: Stephen Kuhn, Connor Doherty, Taylor Yexley, Jeremy Swanson, Cody Thomasson, Zach Visser, Jake Do-herty, and Jeff Thomas. There will be four events in the competition: rose cer-emony, talent, karaoke, and questionnaire. Tickets are pre-dicted to be six dollars or less per person. Contact Rebel Senate for more information.

Snow DaysLittleton was hit hard by snow last week, giving Jefferson County schools two consecutive snow days on Wednes-day, October 28 and Thursday, October 29. While students were enjoying the unexpected break, district offi cials were making decisions about if and when the two days would have to be made up. The fi nal decision was that students will have to return to school after Memorial Day rather than going straight into summer break for two more days of school. June 1 and June 2 were scheduled as teacher work days, but will now be student contact days.

Winter FormalColumbine will not be having a Sadie Hawkins or Sweet-hearts dance this year, but will instead have a Winter For-mal on January 23, 2010. Unlike the Sadie's and Swee-hearts, the winter formal is not based on having a date and will be formal/semi-formal instead of casual. "We lost money on Sadie's last year, and this dance will cater to a wider variety of people who don't feel like they need a date," said Junior Senator Molly Rogers. There will still be a powderpuff team as well as a man pom squad, despite the absence of the Sadie's dance.

Rebel StrongRebel Senate will be selling new shirts to all classes with the message “Rebel Strong.” The shirts will be blue and yellow in color, and have the saying, “You’re a Columbine Rebel for life and no one can ever take that away from you.” Shirts will be available for all classes to purchase. The cost is fi ve dollars and all orders must be turned in to Mrs. Tennessen’s mailbox before November 20, 2009. When asked the purpose of the shirts, Junior Senator Olivia Leyshock commented, “They’re meant to support Rebel pride and school unity since they are available to all current classes and even CHS alumni.”

abbey borchers

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IB emphasizes global connections and interna-tional relations. IB schools can be found in:

complied by lauren elder

What high school student hasn't dreamed of freedom, the kind of freedom that comes with moving out and living on his or her own? Everyone's dream might look a little different, but who wouldn't love coming and going as he or she pleas-es, following whatever whim strikes, answering to no one? Junior Brittany Hallczuk has actually experienced that dream, and she found out it comes at a high cost. Hallczuk moved from Littleton, Colorado, to Enterprise, Alabama, at age sixteen to make it on her own. What was Hallczuk's reason for wanting to spread her wings? "I am just a type of person that likes to be independent," Hallczuk said, "and at the time my family and I were not getting along." She said that some of the challenges she didn't see com-ing were paying rent, trying to get to school and paying for utilities. Brittany made money working long hours wait-ressing at Waffl e House. Even so, she had to give up luxuries like cable, Internet, high-priced clothes and the homecoming dress she wanted. Columbine counselor Ms. Wilson agrees that the fi nancial burden of independence would be one of the most diffi cult hurdles to overcome. "It is hard for a person with a college education to start out on their own and to sup-port themselves fi nancially,” Mrs. Wilson said. “I can imagine that it would be incredibly diffi cult for a young person age 16 to actually support themselves fi nancially. Also, it is an awful lot of independence to give to a person who is so young and still has so much to learn about themselves and the world." The fi nancial stresses of life were not the only obstacle Hallczuk faced in becoming independent. She also had to be-come emancipated in order to be freed from her parents legal control. Becoming emancipated grants minors the rights to

sign legally binding contracts, own property and keep one's own earnings. "[Getting emancipated] was very hard to get done,” Hallc-zuk said. “You have to prove why you should be and they do backgrounds. You have to have a job, and good grades and you need a lawyer. This is a very hard process!" Statistically, teenagers who choose to become emancipated have the odds stacked against them, as Hallezuk dis-covered. A c -

cord-ing to the

E v - ery Child Foundation, with-in 2 to 4 years of being emancipated,

25% of the youth will have been homeless for at least one night. Also, teens who undergo this process are at higher risk for unwanted

pregnancies and mental issues. Studies have found that 44 to 77% of emancipated youth have

fi nished high school, as compared to 93% of non-foster care youth.

"Lots of kids get mad at their parents and come and ask me what the process is to be emancipated,” Mrs. Wilson said. “After I tell them that they would need to be able to prove to the judge/court system that they could support themselves fi nancially, most kids drop the idea as a possibility. They know that they don't make enough money to support themselves. No student I have ever worked with has been emancipated or has even tried to be emancipated.” Wilson continued, “Underneath it all, I think kids know

that they need their parents for a variety of reasons. Students who live in abusive or neglectful situations are, of course, in a completely different situation and in those cases, social ser-vices is involved." In 2004, bachelor's degree-holders earned an average $51,206 a year, compared with $27,915 a year for those with a high school diploma only, according to the U.S. Census numbers. Without a high school degree, earnings

dropped sharply, to an average $18,734. At the other end of the spectrum, advanced degrees brought an average salary of $74,602. Another study showed that 51% of youth are unem-ployed within 2 to 4 years of emancipation. When Wilson was asked what she thought the overall impact moving out would be for a student both emotionally and academically, she said, "I could see it going either way–good or bad. If a student is emancipated and has been

u s e d to supporting themselves, then it might just be like it has always been and they might excel. They might see the independence they've earned through emancipation as a motivating force to succeed and do well. If the freedom from emancipation is new to a student, and they are having to deal with the stress of fi nancial burdens, independence, etc, then it could end up being a very negative situation.” Moving out can take a considerable toll on teenagers emotionally. “Even though many teenagers resent their par-ents for enforcing rules and regulations,” Wilson said, “it would be very hard to live in a world, at the age of 16, with-out any parental supervision or instruction. It could leave a young person feeling very isolated, lonely, and desperate." Ultimately Hallezuk would not recommend her choice to other students her age. "As bad as [life] might be, it's hard being by yourself and suffering is so not fun," she said. "Wait 'til you're actually ready."

Giving a home to the homeless

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the buzz news

grace padilla

Striking out on your ownThe cost of total independence high lfor teenagers who choose emancipation

When some people fi nd themselves in situ-ations that they never expected, it is hard to see a way out. In the case of the homeless families of Denver, there is a place that can bring refuge to these people—Joshua Station. The station is housing for homeless people in a revamped Motel 6. But the sta-tion is also a “faith-based community help-ing people make the transformation from homelessness to healthy stable housing,” according to Jacob McMahan, an employee of Joshua Station. The residents all have children, because the goal of the administration is to give homeless parents and their young children a place to recover and counsel them on return-ing to the workforce. When a family is accepted to the Josh-

ua Station program they to take classes, see the family councilor and attended a manda-tory community dinner every Thursday. The majority of the classes offered are focused on parenting and careers so that when their stay is over, they have a solid foundation to start on.Many of the parents living at Joshua Station hope to continue their education and attend the Metropolitain College of Denver or another nearby com-munity college. The maximum time that a family can stay at Joshua Station is two years, but the majority of residents fi nish their program requirements and fi nd housing and jobs be-fore then. Recently, many new families have moved in and now there are a total of 26 families living at the renovated center. Unfortunately, the center is always in a desperate need for funds and for volunteers

because they are a non-profi t organization, which means that all of their funding based comes from donations. Even with this, they have a staff that they need to pay so many extra things are sacrifi ced because there is very little money. But even more important than money to this organization is the volunteering of caring people throughout the Denver com-munity. Currently, Joshua Station is looking for volunteers on Tuesday nights for Kids’ Club and on Thursday nights for the community dinner. There are many additional opportuni-ties to help that one can volunteer for by vis-iting their website, www.joshuastation.com. On Tuesday nights, the staff offers child-care in the form of Kids’ Club. “Kids’ Club specifi cally is a time to con-nect with kids aged 4-10 years old,” Mc-Mahan explains. Most nights, the kids can

choose from free choice art, hiking, sidewalk chalk, going to the playground, or something else that they choose. Occasionally, when there are enough children at Kid’s Club and enough volun-teers, there will be another special activity like kickball. According to McMahan, “Being consis-tent and present in the kids’ lives provides a sense of stability and love.” This past summer, the children had a special visitor during Kid’s Club. Denver na-tive and Denver Broncos tackle Tyler Polum-bus visited and volunteered with the kids; it was a real treat for all of them—including the volunteers. Volunteering at Joshua Station is going to be a proposed NHS opportunity soon so that Columbine students will be offered an easier and more fun way to obtain volunteer-ing hours.

Joshua Station helps homeless families get back on their feet

casey roark

es, following whatever whim strikes, answering to no one? Junior Brittany Hallczuk has actually experienced that dream, and she found out it comes at a high cost. Hallczuk moved from Littleton, Colorado, to Enterprise, Alabama, at age sixteen to make it on her own. What was Hallczuk's reason for wanting to spread her wings? "I am just a type of person that likes to be independent," Hallczuk said, "and at the time my family and I were not getting along." She said that some of the challenges she didn't see com-ing were paying rent, trying to get to school and paying for

Brittany made money working long hours wait-ressing at Waffl e House. Even so, she had to give up

Statistically, teenagers who choose to become emancipated have the odds stacked against them, as Hallezuk dis-covered. A c -

cord-ing to the

E v - ery Child Foundation, with-in 2 to 4 years of being emancipated,

25% of the youth will have been homeless for at least one night. Also, teens who undergo this process are at higher risk for unwanted

pregnancies and mental issues. Studies have found that 44 to 77% of emancipated youth have

fi nished high school, as compared to 93% of non-

with a high school diploma only, according to the U.S. Census numbers. Without a high school degree, earnings

u s e d like it has always been and they might excel. They might see the independence they've earned through emancipation as a motivating force to succeed and do well. If the freedom from emancipation is new to a student, and they are having to deal with the stress of fi nancial burdens, independence, etc, then it could end up being a very negative situation.”

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. . . Anthropophagy is another term for eating human flesh . . . Morphine was named for Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams . . .

6 november 5, 2009

A dirty jail cell, a hospital surgery room with a young girl ly-ing on the table be-ing operated on, and a disgusting public

bathroom are all backgrounds for the adver-tisements. On top of these unappealing set-tings, intense words are used. “No one ever thinks they will lose their virginity here. Meth can change that,” reads the advertisement with the dirty bathroom. Federal is the place in Denver to see gi-ant billboards. These in-your-face advertise-ments are for a variety of items, from beer to stopping global warming. They stand our above the buildings and are bright in color and the text is large. The billboards are right next to the street and lower to the ground than the ones on bigger thoroughfares such as Wadsworth. But one massive sign stands out above all the rest: the anti-methamphetamines campaign. If one has seen these ads, whether on television or on the massive billboards, they are hard to forget. They all have an extreme-ly graphic nature, bent on scaring their audi-ence.

The meth ads’ “Just once” slogan intro-duces the idea that it only takes one use of methamphetamines to get hooked on them. However, the pictures say much more than the words. These advertisements scare me, and I will never use methamphetamines. But the ads still got their message across. Before seeing the ads, I had no plan to use meth, and af-ter seeing the cam-paign, my opinion is unchanged. Graphic adver-tisements do work, just because my opin-ion about drugs in general will always stay the same does not mean that it did not scare me further into the land of not using. These ads work as pre-ventative measures but they will also work to change or insure the opinions of young people. Consider a situation that more teenag-ers can relate to: texting. In England, an advertisement aired on their public television stations that was deemed too graphic in parts to show in the

United States. The advertisement features a young teenage girl driving with her friends. She chooses to text while driving. As a viewer, one knows something bad is going to hap-pen, but really what comes is much worse than expected. The car crashes into another car and

more cars keep pil-ing up, adding to the bloodbath-like situa-tion. The car whips in the air, thrashing the driver and her passen-gers against the side of the car. By the end of the commercial we learn, along with the

original texting driver, that her friends had all been mortally injured in the scuffle. In an instant, everything she had was lost, and all because of texting. This portrayal of teenagers texting and driving is extremely accurate and it show what can and has happened to teenagers who text while driving. These ads work be-cause they are scary it is as simple as that. We learn from scary movies not to walk the streets alone at night and these commer-

cials have the same purpose. The ad is sure graphic and for the major-ity of teenagers this message is necessary. We cannot surround our young children with images of violence and death for their entire adolescence because if we do, there will end up being many severely mentally-ill people in the world in the future. But for teen-agers who are currently putting themselves and others at risk so that they can text, it is a necessary message to get across. In our generation, teenagers are very visual and have a “It’s not going to happen to me” viewpoint of life. Graphic advertise-ments get across intense and essential points to teenagers. By putting them in the car and in the situation of a person doing meth, that “It’s not going to happen to me” suddenly becomes “It is me” and it is a huge wake up call. Graphic ads are getting through to teen-agers and are allowing us to avoid excuses and see how life could really be with those mistakes. Whenever I drive on Federal now, I defi-nitely think twice about all of my actions and wonder what is the best for me. Perhaps ev-ery teenager should take a drive down Fed-eral every once in a while.

I am an ex-change stu-dent from China for one school

year. Before, I studied in Beijing Huiwen Middle School, which is a good public school. There are many difference between Huiwen and Columbine, Chinese schools and American schools. The biggest difference be-tween schools in China and the United States is in China students needn’t move to other classrooms when a period ends. Teachers move, so we have permanent class-rooms and the same classmates in each semester. In America, we have to move classrooms between the periods and we just have five minutes to do so, and I felt a bit hurried at first. I even have no time

to go to the bathroom. To break up the academics, we usually participate in some sports and play math games be-tween classes. These are all com-petitive, and we like to do that. We don’t have lockers, but we have our own desks. We can put our books and supplies in the drawers of the desks. Another difference is that in America we have different classes and can choose the subjects that we like. In China, we are not so lucky as Americans. All subjects are compulsory. All of us have the same schedule of classes: English, math, and Chinese are daily, and physics, chemistry, biology, histo-ry, geography, politics, and P.E. are twice or three times a week. We also have music, art, and computer classes once a week.

There are 45 minutes per period and 10 minutes for us to have a rest. School starts at 7:30 and ends at 5:00 p.m. We have too much homework to do after school. When we finish our work, it can be as late as 11:00. As a result, we have no time for activities and sports from Monday to Friday. Some wonder why Chinese students study all the time and do not play. The basic reason is there is a very big exam, the College En-trance Examination, which seniors must take to enter college. It is similar to the SAT in America, but we just have one chance to do it in a year. Both students and parents want good results so that students can get into good colleges. Due to the large population in China, the competition between students very keen. If you want to

have a good grade in the exam, which allows entry into a good university and success in the future, you have to study hard all the time. If you don’t spend much time studying but others do, they will beat you. Just doing homework is not enough. We must do a lot of extra work in our free time. We always say that one point can stop you entering the college to which you want to go. It is cru-el. Besides studying, some rules and policies are also different. In China, we can’t dress up or wear

any decorations. We must wear the school’s uniform every day. I think it kills our individuality. In America, we can show our character. Many students here have boyfriends or girlfriends, but in China we are not

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chufan (jerry) deng

You’ll die if you use this product Graphic advertisements provide needed shock for teenagers

East meets West 东方 碰撞 西方Comparing life in the United States with life in China: Schools

Graphic ads are getting through to teenagers and are allowing us to avoid excuses and see how life

could really be with mistakes

see SCHOOLING on page 10 >>>

Huiwen Middle School in Beijing, China. photo by chufan deng

rebel yellopinion

november 5, 2009 7

Agreed upon

1) Health care needs to be reformed in some fashion.

2) The money for a public option would involve some form of tax in-creases.

3) The government and the media need to provide a clear and unbi-ased explanation of what a public option would involve and where the money to pay for it would come from.

4) There will be no “death panels” or benefi ts for illegal immigrants.

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You are wrong about the 40% increase for health care providers. There is no reason for the government to raise taxes on a private company to such an extreme. The government is not in business to make money. They are only trying to provide basic coverage for Americans who don’t have insurance.

People making over a million dollars would most likely already have health care, and what, to you, defi nes “signifi cant”? Also, what constitutes as unnec-essary costs in Medicare? Which government-sponsored programs will be cut? I fully agree that it is unclear exactly where the money is coming from. It

is inevitable that the extra money is going to have to come from people through higher taxes, which is going to be counterproductive, considering the state of our economy. The bottom line is, our current health care policies need to be reconsidered. This is just not a decision our government should be making.

Yes, the money does have to come from somewhere, and there may be tax increases as a result, but nothing to the magnitude of 40%. People making over a million dollars are primarily the ones who will see any signifi cant increase. The plan is to provide the funding through the dues that people pay

and by cutting down excess and unnecessary costs in Medicare and other government-sponsored programs. I think there certainly needs to be a clearer explanation of where the funding will come from and how much. That’s where most of the debate comes from: people don’t know what is actually involved with the bill.

True, they are not a business out to make money. However, they do need money to put this plan in to effect, so there certainly is a reason for them to heavily increase taxes. The simple truth is the money has to be coming from somewhere, and we all know the government does not have any sort of

excess funds.

Absolutely not! One bad aspect of government taking

control of health care is that they are going to tax the in-surance providers up to 40%, meaning the insurance pro-viders wont be able to provide insurance to many of their employees. When insurance providers cannot provide insurance for their employees because of the high taxes, people will be forced into the government’s plan, Therefore,

the fact that there is the option to remain with your current plan becomes irrelevant. The government is also going to pay doctors far less for Medicare patients. They’re going to pay just the cost of the pro-cedure, meaning that prices for non medicare patients are going to have to be raised. As a result, there will be fewer specialists because the pay off will not be as rewarding as it is now. Having fewer specialists will result in an increased amount of time a per-son must wait to be seen by a specialist. Mainly every one’s taxes are going to have to go up. The idea is that Medicare benefi ts will be cut by billions, but they most likely won’t, meaning we will all get higher taxes, and if they do cut Medicare benefi ts, senior citizens are out of luck. The thing is, when there is free health care, supply and de-mand gets turned upside down because the supply is unlimited the demand goes sky high. The waits to see a specialist are going to be ridiculous and services will be rationed. As the quantity of health care rises, the quality will, without a doubt, drop signifi -cantly. Of course, this is worst-case scenario, but all are potential problems. Furthermore, the health industry makes up 1/6 of The United State’s economy. Now its going to be government run? That is a step towards socialism, no matter how you look at it.

It is a common thought that people who oppose government run health care are under the impression that coverage will be given to illegal immigrants and high risk patients will be killed off. However, that is not the case. It is insane to believe that the government would be quite this idiotic while dealing with something as important as health care. Even so, imagining that government run health care would run smoothly and cater to the majorities’ needs it pretty unrealistic. Health care certainly needs improvement, even so, it’s a bad idea to overhaul health care under government control.

There is clearly something wrong with health care in the United

States.Anyone who is sick, injured, unemployed or does not have a high enough level of income to afford the massive pre-miums that are often the policy of private health care com-

panies knows that reform is needed. A recent study in the “American Journal of Medicine” found

that 62 percent of all bankruptcies fi led in 2007 were linked to medi-cal expenses. Of those who fi led for bankruptcy, nearly 80 percent had health insurance. According to another published article, about 1.5 million families lose their homes to foreclosure every year due to unaffordable medical costs. My grandmother recently had a brain tumor removed. If she had not been covered by government-run Medicare, which helps cover costs, the only way my grandparents could have afforded the massive expense would have been to fi le for bankruptcy themselves. While the U.S. government doesn’t have the right to control the pricing of private corporations, they do have the means to establish a public option that would operate much like Medicare, as well as implementing several reforms that would benefi t both insured and uninsured Americans. For Americans who have insurance, legislature would protect coverage by ending discrimination due to preexisting conditions, and it would make sure companies honor their contracts and prevent them from dropping coverage when people are sick and need it most. For Americans who do not have health insurance, a public option would be available that, according to the White House website, “must operate like any private insurance company–it must be self-suffi cient and rely on the premiums it collects.” The government would provide tax breaks to employers who supply private coverage to employees and also creates a national pool system for high-risk patients. Contrary to popular propaganda, there are no such things as “death panels.” This idea is ludicrous and is meant to make the American public afraid of health care reform. Anyone who has such little faith in the American government to go so far as believe it would make the decision to kill off high risks patients, does not have a reasonable grip on reality. The issue of health care reform has been ignored for 30 years now; it’s time to provide America with coverage that it has a right to.

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Exploiting Families for Show

The Learning Channel (TLC) is notorious for its reality shows that document the lives of unusual families, such as the Gosselins on Jon & Kate Plus 8 and the Duggars’ 18 Kids and Counting. These shows were, at one time, meant to be wholesome and family-friendly human-interest programs, but they have be-come an outright exploitation of families and their children. These families have become means to an end for the network–an easy way to up ratings–making TLC responsible for much of this exploitation. But when it comes down to it, it is really the parents of these families who are to blame. When Jon and Kate Gosselin and Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar signed their families over to TLC, they signed over the well-being of their children as well. By allowing a camera crew to be a con-stant presence in their lives, the Gosselin and Duggar children will never be able to have a normal childhood. Even after the shows have ended, they will expect a cameraman to be

around every corner and will act accordingly. The lives of these children will be changed forever. Even worse, by volunteering their chil-dren for these reality shows, the Duggars and Gosselins have turned them simply into dollar signs. It is clear that Jim Bob and Michelle do love every one of their 18 children, and that Jon and Kate feel the same way about their twins and sextuplets, but in reality their chil-dren will always be the reason for their for-tunes, and there is something very wrong about that. The Duggars and Gosselins will never be fully functional families after their shows have ended, the paparazzi have stopped stalking, and people have stopped caring. So much of the time, when all the world falls away, all we have left is our families. The Duggars and the Gosselins will never know that. They have exploited their families to the point that those real relationships and connections with their children may never really exist. It is sad the Duggar and Gosselin kids will grow up like this and that their relationships with their parents will suffer greatly because of it. This is undoubtedly something that Jim Bob and Michelle and Jon and Kate should have considered before signing away their families to TLC.

staff editorial

“Yes, because it encour-ages people to put their kids through experiences they shouldn’t have to face, and it invades their privacy.”

–Stephanie Menzor, 9

“No, they have not exploited them because it was their choice to be exploited and if they didn’t want to be exploited then they wouldn’t be on the shows.”

–Chris Chavez, 10

“It’s terrible those shows are around, even though it was the family’s decision to join it. The show is the best way to pay for that many kids.”

–Tyler Green, 12

?Do you think TLC has exploited fami-lies and their chil-

dren? Why or why not?

SPEAK OUT

SPEAK OUT “Yes! No child should have

to live under the constant watch of cameras. It’s no way to grow up!”

–Molly Rogers, 11

“It feels like I failed,” Kate G o s s e l i n confesses in a June issue

of “People” magazine. I agree, she may have failed at her marriage. But she defi nitely did not fail at ir-ritating everyone in America who has cable, inter-net access or reads magazines. She has, however, completely failed at being a good mother. Kate Gosselin is not the only one driving America insane. Jon is just as guilty, if not worse. There are so many issues that they have with each other, and I wish that they would keep it out of the tabloids. Jon and Kate Gosselin have been on countless magazine covers talking about Kate being caught hitting her daughter and Jon being caught with another woman. Enough is enough. I can not stand Kate Gosselin, but I’m not going to persecute her for punishing her child, although she should not be doing such disci-plining in public; Jon cheated on his spouse when he has eight chil-

dren and a reality-television show. Some say Kate cheated fi rst. They are both incredibly wrong, and their actions are completely ludi-crous. The eight children presented in this show are going to look back upon 2009 in ten years and see how incredibly absurd their par-ents acted. Jon and Kate’s chil-dren are the only reason that they are fa-mous. T h e y are making a mockery of themselves. The show is me-diocre. Kate is constantly putting Jon down, and they contradict each other all the time. I don’t think it is at all amusing to watch people take care of eight children and fi ght with each other. When I watched an episode one time, I made fun of it and mocked every-thing that they said because they sounded so foolish. I couldn’t fath-

om how people could care about this show because in reality they are the people I hate most. They promote this nonsense. John and Kate’s feud is the new Jennifer and Angelina. Pick a team. T-shirts are going to be made in the near future. This could be a good thing because then we can

point out the people who sup-port this preposter-ous rub-bish. It’s a shame that v i e w e r s have to fol-

low around vexatious people who are raising a large number of chil-dren; there has to be something else more interesting to watch on TV. The worst of the documenta-ries on TLC is “Jon and Kate,” but there are so many that are just as terrible. I would take a bad re-make of an 80’s soap opera over ridiculous documentaries on TLC about little people and their big

world or the Octomom, who only got a show because she wanted to be like Kate Gosselin (despite the Octomom bashing Kate say-ing, “Kate is a judgmental atten-tion whore” in an interview with “Radar Online.” Now that’s the pot calling the kettle black). I cannot see how these shows are even remotely enter-taining. Let’s start being original and come up with something not “John and Kate”-related to put in magazines. I’d like to see people put something worth watching on television without making us want to gouge eyes out with a tooth-brush.

Jon and Kate=HATE Their private lives are becoming public

tori shoun

I don’t think it is at all amusing to watch people take care of eight

children and fi ght with each other.

continued from page 8 >>>SCHOOLINGallowed to have those relationships at the school. We do eye exercises and broadcast gymnastics to protect our eyes and exercise our bodies. It’s a good way for us to have a rest. We have winter break from January to February and summer break from July to September. We don’t have Spring Break and Thanksgiving week, but we have some small holidays during each semester, such as National Day and Dragon Boat Festival and so on. I like it here more because we have a long summer break. We needn’t go to school on June, July and most days of August.

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Rebel Yell: Thanksgiving break is only 15 days away!

Rebel Hell: PLAN Test for sophomores at 8 a.m. on a Saturday

Quote of the Month: “I went online last night, and all my crops were ready to harvest, and I was so excited!” Student, explaining their experience with “Farmville”

Mysteries of the Universe: Is there nicotine pro-duced by Facebook because we are ADDICTED!

Columbine Salutes: Lady Gaga for being the best Halloween costume inspiration in years

On this Day: It has been declared National Donut Day

What’s with all the new defi bralators around the school?

T: They put those in for Leyba, Pruett and Webb. The school board fi gured it was only a matter of time before one of their hearts gave out because those three guys give their hearts to the kids every day.

What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

K: This year we are having a “Clement Park Thanksgiving.” The family will rise early and head to the park where we will “harvest” our meal. We begin by using bread crumbs to lure the largest of the geese, or Littleton Turkeys as we call them. Once we choose our creature, the wife and kids circle it like the scene from The Lottery. Delish!

What do you think about the smokers’ pit being gone?

T: It could be worse. They could have closed the pendulum too (that one is for the English teachers).

K: I heard the pit is being replaced with a “tex-ters pit.” The texting pit is a silent area where you can only communicate with the people nearby by texting instead of talking. It is hoped that the pit will reduce actual human interac-tion in favor of electronic interaction.

Kizzle & Tizzle

If you were going to be in the Talent Show, what would be your talent?

K: I would spit my fl o’ fo’ sho’Kids would walk miles to hear my stylesI’d hit ‘em up with a rhythm they never been givenLike wind chimes syncopation A multi syllabic sublime sensationAnd Def Poets fi ll the aislesWith tears in their eyes they pointTo the skies to give thanksFor what they heardThats right–THIS next to that wordAin’t never been done.I made you my son.

If President Obama wanted to start going to school for six days a week for eight hours a day, what would you do?

T: Celebrate. It would mean that I had another opportunity to impact young America. After all, we teachers don’t make a salary… We make a difference!

K: Sell Avon.

What is something that you learned today that surprised you?

T: That Mr. Andres cried when he read the end of “Little Women.”

Have way more children than necessary. “There goes another one!”

Build an experimental aircraft that purposely fails. “Wonder where Falcon went. . .”

Wear extremely ugly clothes and have your friends videotape you. “Biker boots, slip dress, sombrero, and jeans two sizes too small–Do I look okay for the Cheesecake Factory?”

Challenge the Cake Boss to a Cake-off. “Is your frosting double-deluxe whipped? I didn’t think so.”

Try to look ten years younger. “I could totally pass for six!”

Say no to the dress. “No! It’s all wrong! I said I wanted it in tur-quoise!”

Get into a fight with your dad while working on motorcycles. “Throw another trash can–I dare you!”

Open a tattoo shop and hire incompetent people. “FIRE HER!”

Enter your bratty younger sibling into a pageant. “My six year old sister better rock that stage in Vegas!”

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Go on your friend’s tattoo show and get a Class of 2010 back piece while they argue with their co-workers. “Seniors rule!” “No, juniors!” “No! Seniors!”

and the number one best way to get your very own reality show is . . . Did you enjoy the chocolate fountains at Homecoming?

T: I would have enjoyed them more if Mrs. Tennessen hadn’t yelled at me for drinking out of them with a straw.

K: It was like chocolate rain!

HOROSCOPE: SCORPIO (24 OCTOBER - 21 NOVEMBER) ASTROLOGIST: LAUREN ELDER

CHARACTER PROFILE:SCORPIO ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR “LOOK AT ME” COMPLEX, WHICH MEANS THEY OFTEN GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. THEY ARE ALSO ALWAYS RIGHT, EVEN WHEN THEY AREN’T. THIS MAKES THEM PERFECT FOR CAREERS AS POLITICIANS, HOSTS ON THE VIEW, OR CIRCUS PERFORMERS. TALENTS INCLUDE PUBLIC SPEAKING, DANCING, AND THE ABILITY TO PREDICT MOVJE RELEASE DATES BEFORE THEY ARE ANNOUNCED.

MONTHLY PREDICTION:AVOID LOOKING IN THE MIRROR THIS NOVEMBER, TRUST US, YOU AREN’T GOING TO LIKE WHAT YOU SEE. MAKE SURE YOU AVOID EXITING ELEVATORS ON EVENLY NUMBERED FLOORS, AS THIS COULD LEAD TO MOR-TAL DANGER. THE 29TH PERSON WHO SAYS HELLO TO YOU THIS MONTH IS MEANT TO BE YOUR SOULMATE, BUT KEEP A GOOD COUNT, BECAUSE THE 30TH PERSON IS MEANT TO BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE. YOUR LUCKY NUMBER IS SOME COMBINATION OF THE DIGITS 0-9.

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. . . The steam rising from a cup of coffee contains the same amount of antioxidants as three oranges . . . Women blink nearly twice as often as men . . .

How long have you been playing soc-cer? How long have you played for Columbine?

I’ve been playing since I was little, but I think everyone played soccer when they were a kid. I’ve played for Columbine for two years.

What is the best part of playing soccer? The hardest part?

The best part is being in shape. The hardest is getting in shape.

How do you balance soccer with school, friends, and other activities?

Between soccer, pushing carts at Sunflower Market and all my classes, I just get homework done as soon as I can so I can sleep.

How do you prepare before a game?Take a nap, drink a 5 Hour Energy and go play the game.

Any plans for college yet?CSU, without a doubt.

What advice do you have for the freshmen players this year?Stay classy.

Favorite motivational quote: “I have a dream.”

Favorite pre-game meal: Hot and ready Little Caesars and milk steak.

Favorite pump-up song: “Gimme Shelter,” by the Rolling Stones.

How long have you been playing softball? How long have you played for Columbine?

Eight years all together, 3 years for Columbine.

What is the best part of playing softball? The hardest part?

The best is hanging out with my friends. The hardest is having practice every day with school.

How do you bal-ance softball with school, friends, and other activities?I make time for all the

important things in my life by dividing all my time equally between things I love.

How do you prepare before a game?Listen to music.

Any plans for college yet?None.

What advice do you have for the freshmen players this year?Play hard and have fun... It goes by quickly

Favorite motivational quote: “Seek and destroy.”

Favorite pre-game meal: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Favorite pump-up song: Anything country.

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Sports BriefsCROSS COUNTRY: Junior Woody Kin-caid and Senior Tyler Hudson qualified as individuals for the 5A Cross Country Cham-pionship meet. Kincaid qualified with a time of 16:41 at the regional meet, and Hudson qualified with a time of 17:30. The varsity girls cross country team also will send Seniors Nikki Funkhauser and Haley Swanson, Junior Bri Stevens, Sopho-mores Kaylie Haynes and Jenna Hofmann and freshmen Gaby Agustin and Bethany Gardner to state. State will take place on Saturday, November 7 in Fort Collins.

FOOTBALL: Despite losing to No. 3 Pomona 35-7 on Saturday, the varsity foot-ball team still qualified for playoffs. The first round begins on Friday, November 6 at 4:00 p.m., when Columbine will play #23-ranked George Washington. Senior Danny Spond earned the Den-ver Post Athlete of the Week honors, the John Lynch Star Athlete of the Month hon-ors for September, and was nominated for the John Lynch Star Athlete of the Year award given in May.

GYMNASTICS: Seniors Kristin Tekip, Christy O’Malley, Lydia Butler, and Abby Gournic, Junior Elise Davis and sophomores Nicole Manley and Hanna Maddera quali-fied for Gymnastics 5A regional at Green Mountain High School on Saturday, Octo-ber 31. The team placed 8th in Region A.

GOLF: Senior Alex Macaluso qualified for the state 5A golf championships held at Saddlerock golf course in September.

TENNIS: Boys’ tennis competed in a 5A regional meet in Grand Junction in October. Sophomore Cameron Whiteside and Fresh-man Calvin Buechler placed fourth and competed on the #4 doubles team.

VOLLEYBALL: The volleyball team com-peted in 5A districts at Chaparral on Satur-day, October 31. Columbine defeated Hin-kley in pool play, but lost to Ralston Valley in the semifinals.

SOCCER: Boys’ soccer competed in the first round of 5A playoffs against Arapahoe at Littleton Public School Stadium on Satur-day, October 31. The team lost 4-0.

compiled by grace padilla

culture shock. . . Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States . . . Almost 55% of all movies are rated R . . .

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Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill presents an inter-esting dining experience, one which I would rec-ommend to the brave eater. If you’re up for trying something a little different, Garbanzo is the place to go. Recent l y opened next to Columbine lunch-time fa-vorite, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Garbanzo pro-vides a Qdoba-like experience as you walk in and order your food at a glass-encased coun-ter, where you select your dish and then have it tailor-made to your specifi cations. Being that I was a fi rst-timer, and not fl uent in any languages of the Mediterranean,

I found this highly confusing. However, with a little faith in the recommendations of a few Garbanzo employees, I ended up with a dish that was alto-gether satisfactory: a chicken shwarma bowl with

a wheat pita, rice, hummus, and Mediterranean mild garlic sauce. At fi rst glance, this meal didn’t look all that appetizing, with an unappealing array of col-ors and textures that, truth be told, I would generally not expect to see on a plate of edible food. I was also baffl ed by the en-tire concept of consuming the meal; I was simply handed a large pita and an arrangement of unfamiliar food in a bowl, and had no idea what to do with them. I sat down with my sister at a booth and, after a few moments of intense discus-sion as to how to eat our food, it was deter-mined that one must tear off a piece of the pita, scoop some of the chicken, rice, and hummus onto that piece, and eat it. (If this

is entirely incorrect, someone please inform me so that a correction can be printed; however, to the best of my knowledge, this is how it is done.) Once the proper way to eat my meal had been es-

t a b l i s h e d , I actually enjoyed my chicken shwarma bowl. It turned out to be something very different than what I would normally eat, but it was something that I was surprised to fi nd I liked. The fl avors varied with each bite, the pita was warm and fresh, and I was left feeling, if not completely full, at least well-satisfi ed. Garbanzo will probably not replace fast-food staples such as Qdoba or Subway in the Columbine student’s diet, but it is a tasty alternative perfect for the brave eater.

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Buy your tickets, find a seat, sit down, relax and come enjoy this year’s play, “The Miracle Work-er.” With approximately 150 hours of rehears-ing, dedicated cast members set the stage for a play with a powerful significance. In honor of Helen Keller and the 200th an-niversary of the Braille alphabet, “The Miracle Worker” is the play chosen for Columbine this year by Mrs. Schwartz. The play is meant to paint a picture of Helen Keller’s life and open the doors to new viewers as well. As head of the drama department, Mrs. Schwartz has the privilege of choosing the plays that are performed at Columbine, and she chose this one for a significant reason. “I think that Helen Keller is an American heroine and accomplished many amazing things in her lifetime,” Schwartz said. When choosing the play, Schwartz consid-ered the cast as a factor as well. “It [The Miracle Worker] has strong female leads and we have a very strong pool of senior girls in the drama department this year,” Schwartz said. Some of the females who play the lead roles are: Jackie Sheehan as Helen Keller, Molly Geoghegan as Annie Sullivan, and Sam Perkins as Kate Keller. The show will not only be on the stage but available in braille as well. A signer will also be at one of the showings to open the show up to an even broader audience. “One of the play-wright’s request was that the show be made available to all types of audiences,” Schwartz said. The students who play the parts of Helen Keller’s family have had to learn sign language as part of their rehearsing. “It [sign language] is

an important piece of the show,” said Schwartz. Senior Jackie Sheehan said that learning the al-phabet in sign language was not hard. “I was in sign language club in eighth grade so I already knew it,” Sheehan said.

When asked what her favorite part about performing is, Sheehan said, “just being able to imagine and play that different character that’s not like yourself.” Senior Molly Geoghegan said her favorite part about performing is “the feel of the spotlight on my face.” Sheehan said she enjoys playing the part of Helen Keller. “It is such a fun and challeng-ing role to play,” Sheehan said. “I have so much more respect for Helen Keller.”

Sheehan said her role in the play is challenging because “it is tough to not be able to rely on your eyes at all.” Another challenge for Sheehan in the play was the situation of her broken finger that she

got playing powder puff football. “It has defi-nitely been a lot more difficult, especially since I have to sign,” Sheehan said. The Miracle Worker is coming together with many dedicated actors and their hard work. “I was a little worried, but like all miracles it has come together nicely,” Geoghegan said. “I think it is a great play it definitely sheds some light on everyone’s view of Helen Keller,” Sheehan said.

WHAT: COME TO THE PLAY,

THE MIRACLE WORKER

WHO:

ALL AUDIENCES-STUDENTS, PARENTS,

TEACHERS

WHEN:

THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 5-7, 7:00 P.M.

WHERE:

COLUMBINE’S AUDITORIUM

COST:

$6.00 IN ADVANCE, $7.00 AT THE DOOR

WHY:

TO SUPPORT THE CAST MEMBERS AND THEIR

HARD WORK, TO HON-OR HELEN KELLER

AND THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRAILLE ALPHABET,

AND TO ENJOY THE SHOW

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Helen Keller in the school“The Miracle Worker” comes to Columbine’s auditorium November 5-7

Senior Jackie Sheehan, playing the role of Helen Keller, rehearses the scene in which she must attack Junior Alex Miller with scissors. Occasionally, Keller would lash out violently due to her frustration. photo by justine renfro.

Senior Jackie Sheehan and Junior Samantha Perkins

Seniors Haley Beutler (left) Jackie Sheehan

Senior Ashley Raatz (left), Junior Travis Tucker (center), and Senior Jackie Sheehan

Juniors Samantha Perkins (left) and Travis Tucker