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The annual St, Jude’s charity fashion show took place on March 24 and was or-ganized by members of Key Club, fashion marketing classes and Reflections of Har-risonburg. The show acts as a fundraiser for the St. Jude Children’s Research hos-pital located in Memphis, TN, an inde-pendent hospital that must rely solely on donations.

Maurizio Antonnicola is the teacher of fashion marketing and the Key Club spon-sor.

“It’s a fashion show that models new prom dresses. In order to be in it, girls have to raise $100 each in ticket sales. All of the money raised goes to St. Jude’s,” Anton-nicola said. The show has been happening for nine years.

This year, the show raised $3,500 for the hospital. Although the event made

$10,000 in its first year, Antonnicola is pleased with what the event has managed to achieve.

“It was a good opportunity for key club to volunteer, a confidence builder for the girls in [the show] and ultimately raised money for children who are dying of leuke-mia,” Antonnicola said.

Junior Madison Ward has been taking part in the show since her freshman year. Because she is graduating early next year, she won’t be in it again, but is pleased to have had the opportunity.

“This is my last year to do it, it’s been fun and for a good cause. I’m really glad I’ve been able to do it,” Ward said.

Girls in the show ranged from fashion marketing students, to Key Club members, volunteers and girls from other schools.

“We don’t have enough interest at the high school alone to put it on, so we recruit from other schools as well. There were nine

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From kitchen utensils, to adoption, to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the HHS Foren-sics team delivers speeches on an eclectic range of topics during a competition. At States on March 23, HHS placed eighth overall, securing rankings in several indi-vidual categories.

Following the footsteps of his sister, senior Jesse Henninger has been a part of forensics since his freshman year.

“We did well; pretty much everyone

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Fine Arts Academy slated to open this fallBand, choir, art, creative writing and theater will comprise the Fine Arts Academy at HHS A3

Walton writes spring playWritten by library secretary, Senioritis opened April 26. Walton’s plays have been used by other schools as well. B10

OUR KIND OF TOWN. Members of the HHS Fine Arts department toured multiple places in Chicago. Along with seeing perfor-mances of the Blue Man Group and Catch Me If You Can, they were able to experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Shedd Aquarium and the Museum of Contempory Art, as well as Chicago’s infamous deep dish pizza.

This spring, 88 students braved two 14- hour bus rides to travel to the artistically rich city of Chicago, Illinois. On April 10-14, stu-dents from band, choir, theater, and visual arts, along with their directors and teachers, took a trip to explore the many fine arts offer-ings of the city. Despite the less-than-perfect mode of transportation, the trip was consid-ered a success by band director Ian Richard.

“It was a great experience for those people who got to go on the trip,” Richard said. Rich-ard helped to select the activities offered on the trip, which included viewing the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the musical “Catch Me If You Can”, participating in a Second City Improv Theatre workshop, and visiting the Shedd Aquarium. Richard’s favorite activity was visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art.

“We had the coolest tour guide, and she

Mia KarrManaging Editor

Tueting hears arguments for Supreme Court cases

Hundreds, if not thousands of Ameri-cans traveled to Washington D.C. at the end of March to support Edith Windsor, in the Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor. History teacher Mark Tueting and his 10-year-old daughter, Emily, were among those passionate protesters.

Windsor spent 43 years with the same woman, Thea Spyer. The two were finally married in Canada, in 2007, unfortunately Spyer died in 2009 because of progressive

Celia EhrenpreisEditor-in-chief

On April 19, 57 saved 171 lives. For more than 15 years, HHS has hosted a blood drive, either for Virginia Blood Ser-vices or the American Red Cross. This year, the patron was Virginia Blood Services, and the students’ blood will stay within the local community. Each pint of blood can be separated, and the plasma and blood prod-ucts can be used in up to three situations, saving three lives for every one donation.

Administrative secretary Lynda Black-well knows from 12 years of experience that Virginia Blood Services is grateful for the large donor pool at HHS.

“Virginia Blood services absolutely loves us because we have one of the largest turnouts of schools in the valley,” Black-well said. “We always get a good donation for them.”

“Good donations” go a long way because recently, finding blood donors has been more difficult.

“People don’t donate like they used to. Before HIV and Hepatitis became more prevalent, people donated a lot more fre-quently. Now, they’re sort of scared, but it’s a completely clean system,” Blackwell said. “Everything that they use on you is all sterile, and has never been used before.”

To give blood, a student must be 16 and meet a weight requirement. The process is relatively simple.

“You sign up for a certain time slot [in room 444]. When you show up in the multi-purpose room, the people from the blood service come and they have reclining beds that you lay on. They get some basic information from you to start with, then they do a brief health screening behind a curtain so it’s all private. They prick your finger to make sure you’re not anemic. They weigh you, you have to be a certain weight, more than 110 pounds to give blood. You sit in the chair for a few minutes until one of the beds is open. Most people are done

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PHOTO BY CARA WALTONWINNERS. Juniors Deb Halpern and Ellen Upton, sophomore Mia Karr, and junior Daniel Roth show off the medals the won when the placed in the state forensics tournament.

Virginia Blood Services holds annual blood drive

PHOTO BY ANA HUNTER-NICKELSPROM TIME. Senior Sarah Bell models a prom dress from Reflections during the St. Jude’s fashion show.

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PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSONSAVING LIVES. Sophomore Alexas Gates prepares to begin the blood-giving pro-cess. “I could feel it, but I thought it was going to be worse. I decided to do it for good karma,” Gates said.

NEWSSTREAK BANQUET TO BE HELDJournalism students, their parents and alumni are invited to attend the annual Newsstreak Banquet on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the gym commons area. Tickets are $7 per person and can be purchased in room 444. Ac-complishments of scholastic jour-nalists will be recognized along with scholarship winners.

ELLA G. AGNEW SCHOLARSHIPSeniors who plan on studying nursing or a related profession in the medi-cal field are eligible for the Ella G. Agnew scholarship. Applicants must be attending a school in Virginia. The deadline for the scholarship is May 1.

GREATER MADISON SCHOLARSHIPSeniors in either Rockingham County or Harrisonburg are eligible for the Greater Madison Scholarship. The only requirement is that they plan to attend JMU next year. Up to seven $2000 scholarships will be issued. Applications are due May 10.

VIRGINIA TECH FARMHOUSE SCHOLARSHIPThe only requirement for this schol-arship is that the student plans to enroll in a four-year college or univer-sity as a full-time student. Selection for the scholarship will be based on scholarstic abilities, leadership quali-ties, educational goals, and financial needs. Applications are due June 1.

SAT DATEThe next available SAT date is June 1. The sign up, visit sat.collegeboard.org or see your guidance counselor. The deadline to sign up is May 7.

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Spring Play Senioritis ready to hit stageEllie PlassFeature editor

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSONSUFFERING FROM SENIOR-ITIS. Junior Tyler Edwards plays school slacker Stevie in the Spring Play ‘Senior-itis’.

National English Honor Society installs first-ever HHS membersSalar HajiStaff reporter

STAR luncheon honors students, teachersSydney Little Feature editor

When I walked into the room where HHS’ spring play cast mem-bers were waiting before rehearsal, they were all talking and laughing with each other. No one was truly left out and everyone was friendly.

The group is very close knit for the most part, which is why the play appeals to some people over the bigger musical production.

Junior Daelynn McCleve enjoys both the spring play and the musi-cal.

“[The spring play is] more to-gether and a group effort. It’s defi-nitely more intimate,” McCleve said.

The cast has been rehearsing for a while and started full cast rehears-als the week of April 15 every day from 3:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. in antici-pation of opening night.

They start off their rehearsal by reading a long list of who will be carrying what props and scenes on and off during the show. The whole

thing is very relaxed and open to suggestions.

Both the lights and the curtains are run by students. During their rehearsal, play writer and director Bradley Walton was the only adviser and gave minimal comment.

“Louder!” and “Try having more sarcasm when you say this” are some of the critiques given during the practice.

The show starts off with two girls discussing their senior year of high school with great excitement. It’s the first day after their sum-mer break, and the girls have vary-ing feelings about vacation being over. The show goes on portraying the school’s senior year. Characters include the guidance counselor, a rebel, the pretty and popular class president, two friends who start the show, and numerous other person-alities.

Junior Mariah Flick has enjoyed participating in the play. She felt they were really prepared for open-ing night.

The show began at 7:30 on April 26-27 and cost $5 for admission.

For the first time in HHS history, our school has set up a National English Honor So-ciety to celebrate the accom-plishments of students in our English department.

This past Wednesday, April 10, the NEHS set up a meeting

agenda to not only discuss the purpose of the club but also to gather all the members togeth-er and pick the head positions of the club.

The club discussed many is-sues. The NEHS is planning on setting up a book discussion for the members with the cho-sen book being Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle.

They also have set up SOL

remediation sessions to help students get ready for their English SOL. This year, the English SOL’s have become a lot more vigorous and the NEHS is trying to help students prepare for the test.

The chosen officers to lead the NEHS club are: President, Celia Ehrenpreis; Vice Presi-dent, Lucy Rose; Secretary, Mia Karr, and Treasurer, Jacob

Byrd.The first official ceremony

will be on April 22 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Members are expected to dress to impress. For guys, dress pants and dress shirt. For girls, dress pants, dresses, and skirts. Parents are encouraged to attend the cer-emony with the students.

girls [from HHS], which is the high-est ever,” Antonnicola said.

The dresses worn, three each, were supplied for free by Reflections, a lo-cal store in Harrisonburg. Sophomore Alexis Whitfield enjoyed being able to showcase the dresses.

“[I’d recommend it to other stu-dents]. For me, I was shy at first, but it helped me get confident because it was for a helpful cause,” Whitfield said.

St. Jude’s has been open since 1962 and works to find cures for chil-dren with cancer and other diseases through research and treatment. The daily operating cost for St. Jude’s is $1.8 million, made possible by fund-raisers such as the fashion show. No payments are required by the families of the children.

“If you’ve never been to a children’s hospital, it’s an experience you’ll nev-er forget. It will change your life to see a child of two or three that might not live to see its next birthday. All this money goes to support that,” Anton-nicola said.

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Starting last year, the school is honor-ing exemplary students with a luncheon during the school day. The luncheon rec-ognizes seniors with a cumulative GPA of 4.0 or higher and the educator that the student believes had a positive influ-ence on him or her throughout their high school career.

Among these students was senior Erin Goodstein, who recognized biology teach-er Gehrie Bair.

“I recognized Mr. Bair because his classes were some of the most engaging and interesting that I had in high school. He was a fantastic teacher, and made me interested in pursuing biology in college,” Goodstein said.

The banquet was held on April, 9 at Spotswood Country Club.

“The food and location were very classy, and it seemed like everything came to-gether well. Hearing all the great things students had to say about the teachers that have inspired them was really heart-warming. I thought that everyone who spoke did a great job, and I'm sure it was a great experience for the teachers who were recognized,” Goodstein said.

Along with the students and their teacher of choice, the administrators, school board members and parents also joined them for lunch. The luncheon was under the charge of Gail Collins, who was helped out by Lisa Warren, Rachel Linden, Sonya Bullard, Tammy Atkins, and Beverly Sturm.

Besides the students honoring their teachers with an engraved star, the gradu-ates with highest honors received medals to wear at graduation.

“I really think that they should contin-ue it. I enjoyed the experience and thought that the recognition was well deserved for the teachers and students,” Goodstein said.

Fashion show one of many Key Club service projects

CHICAGO from A1was very knowledgeable,” Richard said.

His favorite performance was the Blue Man Group. Sophomore technical theater student Phoebe Copeland also considered the Blue Man Group a highlight of the trip.

“It was catered towards a high school audience, so it was like a party atmo-sphere. It was interactive too,” Copeland said. The show included three performers painted blue from head to toe (hence the name) and three musicians. The perform-ers did a variety of sketches, pulled audi-ence members up on stage (including art teacher Juaun Brooks) and threw huge balloon-like balls into the audience.

Copeland originally became interested in the trip because of the destination.

“I think [I wanted to go] mostly because it was Chicago. It was the fine arts group...

and I knew a lot of people that I would be friends with would be going,” Cope-land said. Unlike Copeland, Richard is no stranger to Chicago, having lived outside of the city for a short time.

“The pizza is better,” Richard said. “It’s a pretty friendly city.”

In addition to the many performances the group attended, students had the op-portunity to visit the John Hancock build-ing, take an architectural cruise of the city, attend a Chicago Cubs game, and shop at Navy Pier. They also got to eat at Ed De-bevic’s, a restaurant famous for its pur-posefully rude waiters. Sophomore Ariel Vogel was taken aback by the unique din-ing experience.

“We walked in and sat down...and the waiter got on the table and starting yell-ing at us. Then they came and yelled at us

to get our order,” Vogel said. “It was the weirdest experience of my life.”

In addition to any psychological dam-age caused by the Ed Debevics’ waitstaff, Richard thinks his students walked away with greater exposure to the arts.

“They got to hear some really great per-formances and see how all the other arts are represented at their highest tier,” Rich-ard said. Copeland hopes she can translate her experiences at the Second City Improv Theater Workshop and in Chicago in gen-eral to shows back at home.

“I thought [the workshop] was helpful thinking about the best ways to interact with actors on the stage.. and even though this was working with improv, it’s also ap-plicable to scripted shows,” Copeland said. “Just getting exposure to shows is always good.”

multiple sclerosis. The Defense of Mar-riage Act (DOMA) passed in 1996 does not recognize unions between people of the same sex and because of this, Windsor was forced to pay the enormous amount of $363,000 in inheritance taxes at the time of Spyer’s death. This essentially meant that Windsor and Spyer were being unfair-ly taxed because they were not a hetero-sexual couple, so Windsor sued the United States government for discrimination.

Tueting and his daughter were lucky enough to sit in on the Supreme Court ses-sion.

“It was really neat to be there in per-son. All of the Supreme Court justices have their own personalities which you can see when you are in the room,” Tueting said. “Attendants are not allowed to watch the justices’ deliberation, but I wish it was tele-vised.”

The pair were also among the protesters at the Capitol Building. There was a wide array of signs in the crowd, some more ex-treme than others. One read ‘Death Penal-ty for Fags’ while another said ‘Our Family Accepts All Families’. While there, Tuet-ing’s daughter was interview by numerous news agencies, including National Public

Radio (NPR).“I was so proud of my daughter, she told

[the reporter] why we were there and what we were protesting,” Tueting said. “At one point, one of the protesters insulted Em-ily because of the sign she was holding. A Catholic priest came and stood next to her for the rest of the rally to protect her. The priest will probably lose his job for attend-ing the protest because of his support of marriage equality.”

Windsor won her case against the United States government when DOMA was deemed unconstitutional by the Fifth Amendment.

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reached the finals,” Henninger said. Al-though he didn’t make the final round, re-served for those who placed in the top six of their categories, Henninger still ended up finishing eighth.

“HHS usually does very strong every year, but all [this] level, all the top com-petitors are pretty even,” Henninger said. With only seven minutes to prepare and give a speech, Henninger prepares for the Impromptu category by organizing all his previous knowledge on the designated topic and following a rough ‘3 point plan’

strung together by improvisation.“I try to be funny, because that usually

gets the judges on [my] side,” Henninger said.

Juniors Deborah Halpern and Ellen Up-ton scored fifth with their Humorous Duo Interpretation.

“We had a really good script this year,” Upton said. Their piece, which was about hiring librarians, required the two to switch rapidly between several characters. Starting their freshman year in Serious Duo Interpretation, the two soon opted for a less depressing take on matters.

“Too many dead babies,” Upton said,

about the usual topics in Serious Interpre-tation.

Junior Daniel Roth placed second state-wide in Extemporaneous Speaking.

“Practices with the Waltons helped im-mensely. They give fantastic critiques and great comments which I definitely kept in mind while competing,” Roth said, credit-ing much of his success to the team coach-es.

Upton predicts HHS will continue to perform well at Forensics competitions as the team is losing a single senior.

“[People] can only get better,” Upton said.

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Blue Man Group performance tops Chicago trip

Supreme Court experience worth it for teacher, daughter

Four forensics students place at state tournament

within a half hour,” Blackwell said.However, occasionally students do pass

out. Nurses and doctors have no way of telling who will faint and who won’t until it happens.

“Really big people will pass out, and re-

ally small people will pass out,” Blackwell said. “Your body doesn’t know if you’re donating blood or if you are wounded. When you pass out, your body is slowing other systems down. It’s your body trying to save itself since it doesn’t know what’s going on.”

The needle appears big if a student is do-nating for the first time. Blackwell works to distract students from the nerves.

“We try to entertain and keep you all distracted so you don’t go and pass out on us,” Blackwell said.

Athletes however, have to be careful about donating blood, especially when meets or games are coming up.

“[Athletes] should clear donating blood with their coach. If you have a meet that day or even that weekend, definitely don’t participate,” Blackwell said. “A lot of times they recommend no strenuous activity for at least 24 hours. It can actually cause you to become quite ill with flu-like symptoms

because your body is adjusting to the loss of blood.”

Athletes who want to give blood are giv-en information on how to go to Rocking-ham Memorial Hospital and donate there when it won’t endanger their season.

Other restrictions include if you’ve got-ten a tattoo or piercing recently, or even if you’ve been in another country during a specific period of time, so even if some students sign up, sometimes, they can’t give blood.

Sophomore Ali Price donated blood for the first time this year. Before giving blood, she described herself as nervous. However, afterwards she felt like the pro-cess went okay.

“It was fine, until I finished and I got re-ally sick to my stomach,” Price said. “[The nurses] said it was because I crossed my legs. They had to prop me up.”

Price and and 56 others all contributed to HHS’s effort to help those who need it.

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First-time donors save lives

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSONSAVING LIVES. Senior Kaleb McAfee donates blood at the SCA-sponsored blood drive.

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On March 29, students were released from their classes to participate in the annual health fair that took place in the main gym. The event was orga-nized and run by students from JMU, and consisted of over 20 booths that fo-cused on many different aspects of exercise and nu-trition.

The health fair is high-ly anticipated every year because of its unique op-portunities that aren’t found at other educational events. The highlight of the show was the ‘effects of smoking’ booth, that pro-vided viewers with two real human lungs. The organ on

the left showed a healthy lung, and the one on the right showed a lung of a person who had smoked for over 20 years. The dif-ference was dramatic, with the healthy lung exhibiting a light pink hue which con-trasted the blackened flesh of the smoker’s lung.

The freshmen and soph-omore gym classes visited the presentation to learn.

Another aspect of the fair that always gets teen-agers interested in the content is the goodies that are given out at each sta-tion. Students were each given a bag, and were able to collect a multitude of bracelets, magnets, and stationery that provided information to educate them beyond the fair.

Annual fair promotes healthy choices for teens

Third annual Virginia jDay+ celebrates student journalists

PHOTO BY SUKRITI ADHIKARIBLACK LUNG. Visitors to the health fair in the gym saw an actual lung alongside the lung of a person who had smoked a pack a day for 20 years. The fair was organized by a student group at JMU/

Virginia mandates finance classBryndal FulginitiStaff reporter

Starting next year, stu-dents will be required to take a personal finance and economics class. The Virginia State Depart-ment of Education passed the law because they feel as though not enough students understand how they should properly man-age their money and how the economics system re-ally works in the govern-ment. They want students to be able to handle their money and know what to do when they get a job and have to start doing their taxes.

“A lot of students

don’t even know how to take 25% off a price on a tag when they are out shopping. It’s things like that, that people need to know how to figure out and do on their own. They need to understand what it’s like to manage their money and that’s what they will learn when they take the personal finance and economics class,” Tim Meyers said.

The school has always offered a personal finance class but it’s never been required. Now with it be-ing required, all students get to know what it’s re-ally like when they go out into the real world, get a job and have to deal with

their own money instead of their parents’.

“The class isn’t only of-fered in the classroom; students will also be able to take the classes online if they please,” Meyers said.

Schools all around Vir-ginia will be showing stu-dents what it’s like to be an adult and the benefits of actually saving and keep-ing track of their money in-stead of simply blowing it.

Fiscal responsibility is an important life lesson wrapped into a class. In the long-run the finance class aims to prepare stu-dents for stepping out into the real world as in-dependents and earning money for themselves.

GAME ON. HHS journalists Joshua Byrd, Fernando Gamboa, Rafael Snell-Feikema and others work on the game competition during the awards luncheon.

PHOTO BY SUKRITI ADHIKAR

CHOWING DOWN. Senior Kendall Bailey enjoys the awards luncheon with her fellow Newsstreak staff members. Bailey won a prize during the journalism scavenger hunt.

PHOTO BY SUKRITI ADHIKARI

This year has been an impressive one for fine arts at HHS, from our state-winning One Act show all the way to our incred-ible annual winter musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie. Many new programs are coming to the high school based on the arts, such as the new female a cappella group, and now, a Fine Arts Academy being offered to current eighth and ninth graders.

The program includes six different strands of learning, including cho-ral music, creative writ-ing, dance, dramatic arts,

instrumental music and visual arts. Students in-terested in these areas are encouraged to apply for the program and their specific interest.

Freshman Jaymie Inouye is planning to apply for the fine arts academy next year and is very excited for it.

“I’ve always been really into fine arts, and I’m prob-ably going to pursue some-thing related in college and as a career, so I feel like this is a very good opportunity for me,” Inouye said.

Students will pick one or two of the strands of-fered to have incorporated in their schedule. Based on the area of learning they choose, they will take class-es to develop their talents

and knowledge about that subject. Everybody in the academy will also have one large class together to dis-cuss all the aspects of fine arts, and incorporate the different strands of the pro-gram.

Band director J.R. Snow will run the academy, and all students with a keen in-terest in the arts are very encouraged to apply.

“I am really interested in this opportunity, and I’m really looking forward to it. I think it should be a great program,” Inouye said.

Information about the program is available in the guidance office. Students can also speak to Snow about specific require-ments.

Fine Arts Academy starts this fall

WRITE OFF WINNER. Junior Nishat Jamil receives her certificate for earning an hon-orable mention in the editorial cartooning competition at jDay from VAJTA Board of Directors member Meghan Percival, yearbook adviser at McLean High School.

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSON

PREACH IT. Casey Nichols of Rocklin High School in Rocklin, CA was one of the three keynote speakers for the weekend. Nich-ols advises the yearbook and newspaper at his high school. Besides the keynote speech, he gave four other talks along with other keynoters, Steve Johnson of Florida and Bradley Wilson of Texas.

VIRGINIA IS FOR JOURNALISTS. Daniel Christian of Flint Hills School and Madlin Meckelberg of Oakton High School won scholarships after being named the Vir-ginia Student Journalist of the Year and Runner-up respectively. Christian’s portfo-lio will advance to the national competi-tion in San Francisco.

PHOTO BY SUKRITI ADHIKARIPHOTO BY LUKE GIBSON

Faith RunnellsStaff reporter

Kerri HofackerSports editor

Kendal BaileySports editor

Journalism students from around Virginia ar-rived at HHS on April 12 for a two day journalism conference, also known as jDay+. Keynote speakers came from different parts of the U.S. to share their knowledge with these stu-dents.

Students experienced workshops about connect-ing to the readers through their writing, how to make a design look good, writing a good headline, workshops

focused on sports, and many others.

Throughout the day on Saturday there were writ-ing competitions where students competed against their peers on the spot. These write-offs were judged by the keynote speakers and other profes-sional journalists and jour-nalism teachers.

Newsstreak staff mem-bers entered into these competitions and several placed. Sukriti Adhikari placed first in the News Writing category, Luke Gibson earned first place in the Feature Writing cate-

gory with Mia Karr placing second, and Nishat Jamil received an honorable mention in the Editorial Cartooning category.

Several yearbook stu-dents placed in their write-off competitions as well.

Steve Johnson, from the University of Florida, and Bradley Wilson, from Mid-western State in Wichita Falls Texas, spent Friday giving a photography work-shop all day to Newsstreak and yearbook students.

Later that night, Wil-son gave a keynote speech to start off the conference, and Johnson gave his key-

note speech on connect-ing to the readers through writing during the day on Saturday.

Casey Nichols from Rocklin High School in Rocklin, CA was the third keynote speaker.

The conference ended on Saturday evening with an awards ceremony where individuals received awards and publication staffs also received recognition.

The print edition and the online edition of the Newsstreak received the highest honors at jDay, the Best in Show trophy. The TAJ yearbook was named

third place Best in Show.Over 130 students and

advisers attended the an-nual state workshop which is sponsored by the Virgin-ia Association of Journal-ism Teachers and Advisers. National yearbook compa-nies including Walsworth, Balfour, Herff Jones and Jostens are also sponsors along with the Southern Interscholastic Press As-sociation and Washington and Lee University.

“It’s been great to watch this spring conference grow over the past three years,” Valerie Kibler, VAJTA Trea-surer and conference direc-

tor said. “We’re lucky to be able to bring in big-name keynote speakers from around the country to com-pliment a really strong slate of professional journalists and journalism teachers from Virginia. Students and teachers from 23 dif-ferent schools attended the event which also included speakers from JMU who discussed their involve-ment in publications on the collegiate level. We look forward to continuing this tradition for many years. It’s a great way for staffs to train their young members for the following year.”

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College decision not worth stressing overOp/Ed - A5NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

Don’t count out the worth of simply having fun

Peer approval isn’t as important as being yourself

Mary McMahanNews editor

WHAT IS THE STAFF EDITORIAL?The unsigned staff editorial appears in each issue and reflects the major-ity opinion of the Newsstreak Staff Editorial Board. The Editorial Board is comprised of all editors-in-chief, page editors, advertising managers, pho-tographers and selected freshman journalism students. In no way does our opinion reflect that of the school system or the administration.

THE ACTUAL VOTEThe editorial board voted 10-0 that we agree that seniors ought not stress over their decision of what to do with their futures and where to attend col-lege, because few people end up disappointed with their decision.

NEWSSTREAK STAFF EDITORIAL

THE MIA PERSPECTIVEMia KarrFeature editor

MARY’S WORLD

IF YOU GIVE A FALK A COLUMN...Isaac FalkOpinion editor

Creationism has its place, just not in schools

Scenario 1. You know those moments where you feel like no one shares your common inter-ests? For example, you’re with a group of your friends and you’re all discussing your favorite type of music when you decided to interject and share your favorite. Then, you say something like (for example) “Indie Rock” and they just look at you like you literally don’t belong on this planet any-more....yeah, that seems to hap-pen a lot in this cruel and judg-mental world that we live in.

Scenario 2. You’re with your

best friends at a store in the mall looking for the perfect outfit to wear to school the next day. You stumble upon the cozy cardigan that you instantly fall in love with. You just have to have this sweater or else the world will end.

Well, you can’t buy something without the approval of your friend, because there’s no way you want to go to school looking, to put it nicely, not as good as you pictured.

Then, your friend crushes your dreams and tells you that it is the ugliest piece of clothing that they have ever set their eyes upon. How are you supposed to respond to that? You thought that they would fall in love with it like you did. Now you’re stuck between going along with your friend’s opinion, or sticking to your origi-nal thoughts.

Scenario 3. Honestly, there will be those times where no one will understand you...it’s okay, it happens all the time. You know when you have those random re-alizations about the world or you come up with some clever mne-monic that will help you memo-

rize every member of the halo-gen family on the periodic table? Well, sorry to break it to you, but you may be alone on this one.

There’s a high chance that no one is going to have a clue what you’re talking about. But hey, be proud that you thought of some-thing so clever and inventive. So what if no one gets it...they’re just missing out on something that is mind-blowing (in a good way).

Scenario 4. No worries, it’s a positive outcome. This actually did happen to me once.

You’re sitting at lunch with a large group of friends discussing your favorite childhood tv shows.

In the moment: “I don’t know if I should tell them what I used to watch, what if they think I was like some loser child who had no friends,” you think to your-self. Well, after like five minutes you decide to just tell everyone. I mean, what’s the worst they can do (besides banning you from ever eating lunch with the again...a little dramatic)? You’re automatically swept away from your thoughts when you hear

ten yes’s shouted towards you and others screaming how much they also loved that tv show. “Yes! They understand me,” you thought to yourself. Success.

I think more than anything, we want approval from the peo-ple around us.

I recently read this article which talked about how self-ap-proval is derived from approval of others. For example, I don’t ex-actly feel like my hair looks good unless one of my friends says it does. Internally, you know that it looks right, but you just need that outside approval to be cer-tain of yourself.

It really does sounds like over-analyzing everything, but don’t we all want to feel like we did something right? Don’t we want others to understand what we’re thinking? We want them to un-derstand us for us, and not base their opinions off what they may see or hear at first. I think that everyone is guilty of this. All that we want is to be understood. But hey, it’s best to be creative and unique instead of being like every other human in the world.

Over spring break, I had the pleasure of experiencing Hershey Park with my family. I’ve been to many an amusement park in my sixteen and half years of life, but they still seem kind of weird to me. I imagine someone from an-

other planet visiting and think-ing “So this is what you do for fun?”

That is the nice thing about going to amusement parks; you get to see a large mass of people who are doing something for pure enjoyment. Riding a roller coaster will not do one single thing to help you, your commu-nity, or the world at large. The only logical reason to get your whole family up early on a Sat-urday and drag them to a place where they will have to wait in never-ending lines to go on a ma-chine that carries them around really fast for two minutes is for the pursuit of fun. I think taking time to have fun is important. The question is, are amusement parks actually fun?

I think they are. Even though

it is usually way too hot in prime amusement park season and there isn’t adequate shade. Even though calculating the ratio of time spent waiting in lines to time on actual rides could send you into a spiral of despair. Even though you are thirsty because of the heat and need water, but a water bottle costs approximate-ly $100, but you have to buy it anyway because you are just that thirsty and then have no place to put it when you go on a ride.

So basically you’re kind of miserable, but you’re also kind of happy simply because you’re in an amusement park, that most magical of places.

I think a fair amount of the happiness-canceling-out-the-miserableness phenomenon is caused by the idea that amuse-

ment parks are supposed to be fun. It’s something that has been drilled into my head since I was a child. Riding on a roller coaster is just a socially accepted form of entertainment. However, amuse-ment parks seem to have the ef-fect of bringing out the worst in people. Everywhere you look fam-ily harmony is being stretched to a breaking point. And yet, we all just keep going to them year after year after year.

Is it worth it? I’m not ready to give up on amusement parks just yet. I had a good day at Hershey Park, even if I was exhausted by the end of it. I guess my only con-clusion is that despite their many qualities that would suggest the exact opposite, amusement parks seem to make people have a good time.

Let me begin by saying this, you believe whatever you want to believe. I’ve learned over the years there are some arguments where nobody wins. One of those debates is over evolution.

There are those who believe speciation is due to natural se-lection and evolution. There are those who believe a divine being created everything at some point

in time. Then there’s the com-promise where the divine being is controlling speciation through natural selection. Regardless of what you believe, I’m not here to make you change your beliefs, but I will try to explain why teaching the controversy may not be as good as it sounds.

Teaching the controversy means teaching the alternatives to evolution alongside evolution. Meaning if you teach natural se-lection, you must also teach in-telligent design and creationism.

While I can appreciate tack-ling an argument from both viewpoints, there is a problem teaching intelligent design and creation alongside evolution in a scientific setting.

Science itself is a system for understanding the world around us based off repeated observa-tion, and we can observe evolu-tion. Intelligent design and cre-ationism don’t have enough data

to make them scientific. This does not mean I do not

support teaching alternatives to evolution, but teaching Cre-ationism in scientific context is not the way to reconcile the divi-siveness of the issue.

Creationism can still be taught to children, but the best people to teach the children are the parents and the religious community. Requiring Creation-ism be taught in schools is al-most imposing a religious dogma on children of families who may not have that core belief. Even if the divine being is described as some ambiguous divine force, it still is imposing a belief in the divine onto children.

A small sidebar: saying evolu-tion is only a theory and there-fore is not inherently true is literally ignoring what a theory actually means. A theory is, in a scientific context, defined by Merriam-Webster as, “a plau-

sible or scientifically accepted general principle or body of prin-ciples offered to explain phenom-ena.”

Science is not like Pokemon, a theory does not evolve into a law based on enough evidence. We can utilize laws to create a theory, ex: Apples fall because of gravity. We know apples fall due to grav-ity, yet that statement does not evolve into a law, but aspects of the theory become law.

It should be obvious at this point I believe in evolution in its entirety. I don’t believe in cre-ationism or intelligent design, but that does not mean I don’t respect those beliefs. You can be-lieve whatever you want to and I will not think differently of it, up to a point of course. But that does not change the fact that in-telligent design and creationism should not be taught alongside evolution in a scientific context. To do such is to reject science.

ART BY NISHAT JAMIL

During the month of April, college-bound se-niors make a choice that will drastically change the trajectory of their lives. Choosing a college is like choosing a life path. Seniors, up until this point in their lives, haven’t had much say in how their lives play out. They live where their parents do. They go to the school they’re legally required to. Now, how-ever, this choice of college presents the first real op-portunity to choose between potentially drastically different outcomes.

Of course, there’s no way to know how one’s life will be affected by attending any particular school, so all a senior can do is to choose their best op-tion. Sound simple? Well, ask any of the seniors still stressing over where they will matriculate how simple it is.

Think of all the factors to consider: cost, distance, academic programs, location, size, and many others. What’s important and what’s not?

To filter out the important criteria for a college from the unimportant, consider the purpose of higher education. This purpose will vary by person, but it can provide clarity in the muddled decision of where to attend. Seniors more interested in the so-cial aspect of college might want to weigh the loca-tion and culture heavier. Those interested in pursu-ing education past undergrad may want to consider attending a low-cost institution where they won’t fall into debt before it’s necessary.

Then, for some seniors, the question isn’t which college to attend, but whether to attend at all. A growing sentiment over the last few years, espe-cially as college costs skyrocket, is whether or not college is worth it at all for some students. Seniors who truly have no idea what they want to do may be better off taking a year or two off to focus on what they want to do before entering college.

Regardless, it’s not a decision worth worrying about too much. Nearly everyone ends up loving their alma mater, and mostly any decision will be a good one.

OP/ED A6NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

Good News in the World Bad News in the World

New Zealand and Uruguay legalize gay marriage: As the U.S. decides whether or not gay marriage is to be legal, New Zealand and Uruguay have already decided to legalize gay marriage in their countries.

Iran hit by earthquake: An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hit southern Iran. The quakes traveled to neighboring Pakistan cauing damage to cities and developments.

Ricin mailed to various U.S. politicians: Various pieces of mail to U.S. politicians tested positive for ricin, a com-pound 1000x more poisonous than cyanide. President Obama was one of those targeted.

Boston Marathon bombing: Two bombs were detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring upwards of 140. As of press time, one suspect has been captured and one killed.

Microbattery developed: Scientists have developed a battery much smaller than current batteries, that has as much power as any current battery.

Cases on gay marriage heard by Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments over gay mar-riage in the two court cases Perry v. Hollandsworth and Windsor v. United States. The ruling of the Supreme Court could change the federal position on gay marriage.

HOTNetflix

Netflix recently added many popular Cartoon Networks shows to Instant Streaming. Time to relive the childhood!

NOT

Finding Dory

A sequel has been announced for the Pixar movie Finding Nemo. The sequel will focus on forgetful antics of a blue tang.

Google Glasses

This innovative new technology could lead to a new realm of bio-augmentation, or it could be a flop. Regardless, the thing is cool.

Scary Movie 5

After four previous iterations, the series continues to shuffle along with its newest addition. We don’t like to judge a book by its cover, but this movie looks ter-rible.

Summer concerts

As winter thaws, so does the dearth of performers in the area. Summer brings many good con-certs to local venues, a nice de-parture from the straits of winter.

Vine

A new social media site is allow-ing for people to instantly share their videos and lives.

Short spring

It seems the weather went from wintery to summery with no layover in spring. In one week it went from 30 degrees to 80 de-grees.

Testing stress

With AP tests and SOLs around the corner, many of us our study-ing our butts off. A person can only cram so much in such a short period.

Prom expenses

As excitement grows for prom, our wallets and bank accounts shrink. Prom is expensive, espe-cially for teens.

SunburnsAs the sun begins to shine, our burns begin to grow. For those of us unaquainted with sunscreen, these next few weeks will be painful.

AP tests around the corner

The time is coming for many of us to show what we’ve learned. The AP tests are coming, so start prepping. Good luck to every-one, especially to those who are taking more than three AP tests, you are our heroes.

As of this paper’s distribution, there will only be a month of school left. Less for those who are seniors. Finish strong HHS!

School nearly over

Summer

Now that spring is passing, we can pull out the sunscreen and the bathing suits. Summer is just around the corner!

One Direction becomes immortal

No, not really. Madame Tussauds in London unveiled its newest addition, wax replicas of the boy band. These figures willl last lon-ger than 1D’s career.

Taxes

For those of us who worked over the last year, April provided addi-tional stress as we had to file our taxes. At least we have our tax returns to look forward to!

Bieber and Anne Frank

While the sentiment was noble, Bieber’s comment in the Anne Frank Museum’s guestbook was self-serving and unnecessary.

Pitch Perfect sequel

A sequel has been announced for the much-loved movie about an a capella group making their way to collegiate nationals.

Ellie PlassStaff reporter

Profile pictures bring gay marriage debate to social media

In recent weeks, Facebook has been blown up by the pic-ture of a red equals sign. It almost seemed like everyone had either changed it to their profile picture or posted it to their newsfeed. The image also showed up on similar social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram. The mark was created by the Human Rights Campaign to support the le-galization of gay marriage by the Supreme Court in the cases Hollingsworth v. Perry and Windsor v. United States.The campaign urged its Facebook followers to change their profile pictures in support.

Senior Sam St. Ours was among the many who showed support by changing his profile picture. Although he doesn’t think that the mark will sway any Supreme Court opinions,

he believes that wasn’t the pur-pose of the whole movement.

“It’s like people wearing things for breast cancer aware-ness. I was just showing sup-port,” St. Ours said. He be-lieves it’s important to show support for a cause he believes in, especially in a time when it’s so controversial and im-portant.

“The whole point of a profile picture is to show who you are, whether it’s you looking pret-ty, or playing a sport, or sup-porting same sex marriage,” St. Ours said.

Freshman Allison McGrana-han also changed her picture.

“I was mostly just support-ing people, not looking to change any votes,” McGrana-han said.

While she isn’t sure where her exact stance on the matter is (whether marriage should be legal or not) she knows that she wants to support people in loving who they love.

Junior Dylan Bontrager knows he supports gay mar-riage and thinks it’s ridiculous that they can’t get married.

“Under DOMA, gay spouses don’t receive benefits, which is just completely insane,” Bon-trager said.

According to ABC News, it isn’t just high school stu-dents showing their support. Thirteen members of congress showed their view by chang-ing their Twitter picture to the now-famous red equals sign. People are appreciating the fact that the symbol is sparking ac-tual conversation and debates on the internet. Facebook was filled with posts detailing views on exactly how users felt about the whole thing.

The movement has created a lot of interest and support for the campaign. People have been talking about it, whether it’s positive or negative, which was the whole goal of the sym-bol in the first place.

I must admit that when tasked with writing this article, I was im-mediately stricken by fear. I was terrified that voicing my opinion against gay marriage would cause me to receive verbal abuse from students with opposing opin-ions. And then I thought... how terrible it is to be afraid to share my opinion in a mix of support-ing and opposing readers, so how much more terrible it must be to be afraid to share yourself in a country that hasn’t allowed you to.

I can’t imagine how it must feel to live in a society that rejects you because of the person you fall in love with. I can’t begin to imagine how hard it must be to go through every day choosing between openly sharing your love and being met with slander, or hiding your love and never feeling like you’re completely yourself. I believe that any and every person on this planet, and specifically in this country, has the right to love whoever they may choose. I have never been against straight or gay love. I mean, let’s be real, I’m a musical theatre buff - a career field that has helped many gay people feel comfortable “coming out of the closet” - how could I ever oppose such a thing? Gays should love each other and be able to be legally bound to their partner if they so choose. They should have the right to belong to each other just as straight mar-ried couples do.

This, however, does not mean I believe that homosexuals should join in “marriage.” I believe gays should be able to join in a “civil union” - or whatever title is most

proper. According to Webster’s Dictionary, the word “marriage,” when standing alone means, “the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contrac-tual relationship recognized by law.” It’s right there, plainly writ-ten in black and white.

Homosexuals should have all the same rights that mar-ried couples have. On every tax statement and job benefit paper there should be a little box one can check right next to marriage

that says “civil union.” That way, “civil unions” are on the same level as marriages. The straight couple who is married should have all the same

rights, benefits, and insurance coverages, as the gay couple who is tied in a civil union. But they are two different instances and should be separated as such.

I haven’t brought any hint of religion into this argument and there is a reason for that. The United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights has a First Amendment. It contains the six rights we have as U.S. citizens. You didn’t mis-read that bit... yes, six. As U.S. citizens we have the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peacefully assemble, freedom to petition, freedom of religion, and freedom from re-ligion. The decision of states to legalize gay marriage must be strictly logically debated to con-tinue along the path our govern-ment was set up.

I thoroughly support the love of gay and straight couples alike, and hope that gay couples get the opportunity to be bound in the legal sense so as to be treated as the straight couples. So that all are equal. After all, isn’t there a saying about that somewhere?

From both a legal and moral perspective, it is patently absurd that same-sex marriage isn’t rec-ognized by the entire nation.

The good news about LGBT rights is this: society rarely gets less progressive. Whether it be through legislation or Supreme Court intervention, same-sex marriages will someday be recog-nized.

Over the past few years, politicians from both major political par-ties who were priorly opposed to granting full legal rights to same-sex mar-ried couples have been swept up by the tide of history and social change, proclaiming their new-found belief that same-sex cou-ples deserve equal rights.

Dick Cheney, Rob Portman, and Barack Obama are just a few of these notable names. There are no politicians who switch their minds from supporting equal rights to rejecting them. There are those who’ve decided to support the rights of same-sex marriages, and those who will soon, or be cast on the wrong side of history. Those opposed to same-sex mar-riage will someday be viewed in the same way that those opposed to integration in the 1960s are now.

America’s changing demo-graphics will eventually allow same-sex marriage to be legalized through legislation as the older, less progressive generation dies off, but the denial of basic rights isn’t something that should be put off to the future to be dealt with.

Supreme Court intervention to grant rights to a minority group is hardly unprecedented in United States history. Perhaps most pertinent to today’s debate over same-sex marriage is the 1967 case Loving v. Virginia, in which the court declared uncon-stitutional Virginia’s Racial In-tegrity Act of 1924, which forbid interracial marriage and bears a strong resemblance to Califor-nia’s Proposition 8.

Just as politicians will adapt to changing social mores on same-

sex marriage, religions will too, much like they changed their minds on slavery and shellfish as society’s views on those

subjects changed. In fact, even though it should be ultimately ir-relevant to whether or not same-sex marriage is legally recognized, a number of churches across the United States are open to homo-sexual members and clergy, indi-cating that this shift has already begun.

It’s my hope that the Supreme Court will make a broad ruling on DOMA and Proposition 8, declar-ing the denial of rights to mar-ried same-sex couples a violation of the fourteenth amendment, legalizing same-sex marriage across the entire country.

Unfortunately, even if both DOMA and Proposition 8 are found unconstitutional, it ap-pears more likely that the court will make a smaller-scale decision (a possible one which has been thrown around in the media is that states with civil unions will be required to allow same-sex marriage, and that the federal government will be required to grant benefits to same-sex mar-ried couples.)

Same-sex marriage issue being heard by Supreme Court

Mark DudaEditor-in-chief

Q:Why do you support gay marriage?

A:Because all people should be treated equally un-der the law. When we deny marriage to a group of Amer-icans based on other Ameri-can’s religious preferences, we are denying equality un-der the law. Under American liberties, you are allowed to believe whatever you want in a religious context. You are not allowed to impose your policy preferences with government punishment of people who disagree. The 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.

Q: Why are civil unions not the answer in your mind?

A: Civil unions are a stop gap used by bigots who have lost the argument. When people say I believe in equal-ity but not marriage, they have already lost the argu-ment. We’ve done [some-thing similar] before in Plessy v. Ferguson. Separate is inherently unequal. If you believe in equality, what’s wrong with the word mar-riage?

Q: Do you think gay marriage will be recog-nized in the U.S.?

A: It is inevitable. For a couple of reasons. Through-out American history we have expanded who is protected under the equal protection of the laws. We didn’t use to say black people were equal, but now we do. We used to think women were not equal, but now we do. The consti-tutional arguments against discrimination [toward ho-mosexuals] include full faith and credit and equal protec-tion under the law. We must recognize marriages made in other states, and everyone is quaranteed equal protection under the laws. You cannot discriminate based on your feelings. As our nation has grown more tolerant, people have become comfortable with themselves. They no longer have to hide that es-sential character of them-selves. The single greatest de-terminant of a person’s stand on gay marriage is whether he or she knows a homosex-ual person. It’s harder to dis-criminate against someone when you know who they are and recognize them as hu-man beings.

History teacher Mark Tueting

shares his views on gay

marriage debate

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Family Leave: Same sex couples are not guaranteed family leave for ailing spous-es.

Health Coverage: Same sex couples must pay an additional tax if one partner wants to cover the partner under their health plan.

Taxes: Same sex families pay more taxes than heterosexual families due to same sex families not achieving marital status.

Inheritance: In the absence of a will, the surviving partner does not automatically inherit any property held by the deceased partner. In addition, the surviving part-ner is unable to withdraw the Social Secu-rity of the deceased partner, or be granted bereavement leave from work.

Federal Programs: Same sex couples do not receive the benefits granted to hetero-sexual couples under Medicare

Naturalization: An immigrant in a same sex relationship is unable to apply for U.S. citizenship through marriage.

Federal Housing: Same sex couples may be at a disadvantage for federal housing.

Benefits denied to same sex couples

INFOGRAPHIC BY ISAAC FALK - INFORMATION FROM WWW.HRC.ORG (HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN)

INTERVIEW BY ISAAC FALK

Maggie SicilianoOnline Editor-in-chief

Same-sex couples deserve full equal rights Civil unions are answer to difficult question

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Luke Bryan rocks John Paul Jones Arena

Famous female country artist Carrie Underwood is currently on tour taking her new album Blown Away to audiences around the world.

Underwood started her career as the winner of American Idol’s fifth season back in 2005. Several HHS students have had the opportunity to attend some of Under-wood’s concerts while she tours the coun-try.

Senior Sarah Rose and Sophomore Ca-mille Cummings have both attended one of her concerts. Rose attended a concert at

the Roanoke Civic Center and Cummings attended one at the Richmond coliseum. Opening both concerts was rising country music star Hunter Hayes.

“He sang a lot [of the songs] that play on the radio,” Rose said. One of the songs Hayes sang was about people serving in the military coming home. Rose thought that part was interesting. After that, the main act began with Carrie Underwood singing.

“It was the first time I went to a con-cert,” Cummings said which made the ex-perience even more exciting for her.

“It wasn’t my first concert, but it was my favorite,” Rose-- who had attended the High School Musical Live concert when she

was in sixth grade-- said. “I thought both Hunter Hayes and Car-

rie Underwood sounded better live than on their albums,” Cummings said. Rose slightly disagreed about Hayes’s singing.

“I mean, [Hayes] was good, but he didn’t sound exactly like the radio,” Rose said. Rose’s favorite part of the concert was when Underwood sang Two Black Cadillacs and Blown Away, which she ended the con-cert with.

Cummings thought the concert was amazing and overall an unbelievable expe-rience.

“She was my favorite singer as a kid,” Cummings said.

The bass from the speakers could be heard outside of the John Paul Jones arena in Charlottesville as thousands of country music fans filed in for the Luke Bryan concert on March 23. Luke Bryan was joined on tour by two bands, Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square. The three bands performed for around four hours, with Luke Bryan getting about two hours of performance time.

Florida Georgia Line went first since they were the newest of the three groups and sang their hit songs “Get Your Shine On” and “Cruise”. Fans screamed lyrics at the top of their lungs and danced to the beat in front of their seats as the band danced around the stage.

When FGL’s hour was up, the stage crew started changing out the band’s

equipment and replacing it with the in-struments of Thompson Square. After all of that was done, the lights dimmed down again and the husband and wife group took the stage and performed many of their hit songs.

During Thompson Square’s perfor-mance, sophomore Bryndal Fulginiti was pulled onto the stage by the duo and got to sing part of a song with them for her birthday.

“I was really excited but at the same time I was nervous because I was standing up on stage in front of all those people. I didn’t know what to say,” Fulginiti said.

After Thompson Square finished their set, people started getting anxious be-cause the main performer was just min-utes from hitting the stage. The girls were screaming and the guys were hollering. Cowboy boots were stomping into the floor as the lights dimmed for the last time, and Luke Bryan emerged from a

hole in the stage.The arena erupted with noise as the

band started playing the notes of the first song, and it did not quiet down until Luke Bryan and his band were done with their encore. The group played hit after hit. Bryan would tell the crowd how amaz-ing they were and was constantly telling them how grateful he was for the oppor-tunity to do what he loves everyday.

Fans went completely insane when Luke Bryan played “Country Girl Shake It For Me”. People were jumping and yelling, and several girls in cowboy hats started shaking their bodies as Bryan sang the chorus of the song.

When the concert ended, people were pouring out of the doors to get to the cool night air. Everywhere you looked there were fans going on about how much fun they had and how they could not wait for the next one.

Kerri HofackerSports Editor

Underwood, Hayes attract thousands of area fans

May 9: West Side Story @ John Paul Jones ArenaMay 17: Tim McGraw and Luke Bryan @ Jiffy Lube LiveJune 1: Hunter Hayes @ Salem Civic Center June 1: Tim McGraw @ Jiffy Lube LiveJune 29: Brad Paisley @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 12: Train @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 14: Lynyrd Skynyrd @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 24: Rob Zombie @ Jiffy Lube LiveJuly 27: Dave Matthews Band @ Jiffy Lube Live July 28: Lil Wayne, TI, and Future @ Virginia Beach AmphitheatreSeptember 14: Taylor Swift @ John Paul Jones Arena

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INFOGRAPHIC BY MAX JOHNSON

The Macklemore and Ryan Lewis con-cert held in the JMU Convocation center on April 8 had me speechless, figuratively and literally. After singing and yelling along to all the songs, it was hard to speak as I had lost my voice and the performance itself had rendered me speechless simply because it was just that great.

Ben Haggerty, who goes by the stage name ‘Macklemore’, is an upcoming rapper from Seattle who became widely known in the summer of 2012 after his single “Thrift Shop” from his album The Heist hit

radios throughout the U.S. that August. He is widely known for his lyrics which are based on his own personal reflections of materialism, addictions and sexuality. Ryan Lewis is the producer and makes the music and beats for the songs.

With all the hands up, bodies jumping and bleachers shaking, it really added to the energy of the show. The opening act by Yonas, an upcoming rapper from New York, could have been better, but the mo-ment Macklemore stepped in the stadium, I could definitely feel the audience’s energy pick up.

“When he walked in there was so much more energy. Everyone went crazy when he stepped in, we were all starstruck,” ju-

nior Madison Ward said. This was Ward’s first concert. “I loved it. It was amazing and I was

glad that I went. I liked his music first, but now I appreciate it even more. After going back home from the concert, I bought all of the songs he performed,” Ward said.

The performance began with “Ten Thou-sand Hours” and ended with an encore of “Thrift Shop”.

Senior Irvinn Paz also attended the con-cert along with his friends. Paz is a long time fan and “Can’t Hold Us” is his favorite song from The Heist.

“I went to the concert because I wanted to show my support for [Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’] music. They are upcoming artists with good music and great lyrics,” Paz said.

Unlike other entertainers, there was no lip syncing at the performance, which may have contributed to a slight break in the flow of some of his songs.

“I could tell that his beat was off be-cause he was entertaining the crowd while singing. When you listen to his recorded songs, they go with the rhythm but it was different during the concert,” Paz said.

The thing that stood out the most to me was how Macklemore kept the crowd en-tertained by not just his songs but also the stories behind them. Before he started any song, he talked about the inspiration be-hind it. For “Same Love”, which supports the rights for same sex couples, Mackl-emore stated that he was singing it for his uncle who is gay. Also before “My Oh My”, he had a moment for silence for Dave Nie-haus, a late Mariners play-by-play man.

Overall, this concert was a great suc-cess. It had all the essentials needed and more with great music, entertaining enter-tainers and a full house.

Sukriti AdhikariStaff Photographer

Macklemore, Ryan Lewis take over JMU

SO WE PUT OUR HANDS UP LIKE THE CEILING CAN’T HOLD US. Macklemore (fore-ground) and Ryan Lewis perform their song “Can’t Hold Us” at their April 8 concert held at JMU’s Convocation Center. Photo courtesy of JMU.edu

Who would you see in concert?

“Jimmy Buffett”Junior, Lucy Rose

“Savoy”Junior, DeAmonte Robinson

“Mariah Carey”Senior, Akia Morris

“Guns and Roses”Junior, Jack Humphrey

“Cristian Concert”Junior, William Bleckley

“Law Dispute” Sophomore, Sarah Lubert

“Skrillex”Freshman, Lauren McKenzie

“Skrillex”Senior, Trevor Jarrels

“Coneed and Cambria”- Sophomore, Linda Rich

“T-Mills”Freshman, Dylan Grogg

“Drake”Freshman, Nia Flurry

“Bruno Mars Concert”Freshman, Victoria

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LOCAL SHOPS. Boutiques and clothing stores around the Valley get out their best dresses for the prom season.

Prom is the main event of the spring season for the upperclassmen each year. Lots of hard work, prepara-tion and planning must be put into the dance for it to be enjoyed by the students. This year, the prom com-mittee plans to have a Las Vegas theme for the dance.

Prom committee junior class adviser Bonnie An-derson has been in charge of the prom committee for 25 years now, and is look-ing forward to this year’s prom.

“We have ordered many props basically from three main prom companies, things like big table Las Ve-gas centerpieces, lit up col-umns, Las Vegas balloons, a standing cardboard slot machine, banners, and

then of course t-shirts, and the girls will get little card wands for introductions,” Anderson said.

Junior Matt Shifflett is on the prom committee this year and is helping to prepare the dance and dis-play the theme properly.

“Mrs. Anderson ordered lots of decorations that have to do with Las Vegas and things like casinos, such as dice, lots of lights, and all that kind of stuff,” Shifflett said.

Prom is going to be held at the Spotswood Country Club this year. This is only the second year the prom has been held outside of the high school.

There will be an event there the night before, so the prom committee has to come out the morning of the prom and get all the decorations and decor pre-pared then.

Junior Garrett Thomp-son, also part of the prom committee, is excited for the dance.

“I know we have a lot of props coming in, like card-board slot machines, poker chips for the tables, things like that. The colors are going to be red, black and gold, something for people to think that they are really in a casino or Las Vegas,” Thompson said.

The music for prom is going to be mostly stu-dent run. There is actually a Twitter page where any student can tweet at the page and give a song they would like to be played at the dance.

“They aren’t going to censor most of the songs. Most likely, if you want it played they will play it for you. That’s personally what I am most excited for,” Thompson said.

After prom slated for JMU Convo CenterWhere? URECWhen? 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. on May 18 What to bring: Clothes to run around in, in-flatables and everyday activities held at UREC will be available to studentsOpportunities: A possible corn hole tourna-ment with a prize for the winners, formal or funny pictures with your date, and a chance to see Elvis and maybe even being photographed with the rockstarFood: Provided by area restaurantsSouvenirs: A 2013 prom t-shirt

Faith RunnellsStaff reporter

Prom is just around the corner

PHOTO COURTESY OF LARKIN O’HARA

INFOGRAPHIC BY BRENNA COWARDIN

PROM EXCITEMENT. Junior Larkin O’hara purchased her dress online. “The website was Light in the Box. I really like it, and I wanted to change it up, so I got orange,” Ohara said.

Prom just is not enough for juniors and seniors at-tending the dance on May 18, after-prom will be held at JMU’s UREC this year from 12:30-2:30 a.m. similar to last year’s bash. A committee made up of interested mothers have been working tirelessly to put the event on.

“New this year though will be the inflatables. Al-most all of the activities you can do at UREC on a normal day will be open to

after-prom goers,” said An-gela Knupp, member of the committee and mother of junior Sydney Knupp.

There might also be a cornhole tournament with a prize for the winning team.

“As always, there will be an opportunity for couples to get their picture taken, whether it be a formal pic-ture or a goofy one,” Knupp said. “On your way into the door you will receive a prom 2013 t-shirt.”

Food will also be provid-ed at the event and prizes will be given out through

drawings and games.“I had a lot of fun at

after-prom last year, so I’m looking forward to it this year,” junior Matt Shifflett said.

“I’d like to go just for the chance to win something,” junior Derrick Crites said.

Sticking with the ‘Viva Las Vegas’ theme, there is talk of having an imperson-ator, students who do at-tend after-prom will have a very good chance of laying eyes on Elvis, and maybe even getting a picture with the rockstar.

Sam ImesonStaff reporter

There are so many things that students have to do to get ready for prom: outfits, dates, ticket, din-ner, makeup, and hair. The one thing that you don’t have to worry about is the

delicious food at prom and after prom.

Spanish teacher Bon-nie Anderson is the adviser who is helping prepare for this year’s prom.

“Parent volunteers get donations from businesses around Harrisonburg for the food and prizes,” An-derson said.

The prom this year, as was last year, is at the Spotswood Country Club. The theme is Viva Las Ve-gas. The prom committee will being choosing the food for both prom and af-ter prom and both will have different selections.

Last year, there were fin-ger foods: fruit that could

be dipped in chocolate, chicken fingers, cupcakes, pizza. There were three kinds of drinks: lemonade, fruit punch, and water.

“None of the food was in large packaged bags so my guess is that the food was pretty much all from local vendors,” Anderson said.

PHOTO BY JULEXUS CAPPELL

Ana Hunter-NickelsStaff photographer

Students to select food served at prom

In the past, girls have been asked to prom with “prom” being spelled out on the hill in huge letters, and girls have been asked by receiving flowers and a letter thats says prom. This year, it’s been taken to the next level, mainly by the ju-niors. As prom gets closer, the elaborate schemes to ask someone to prom get even bigger.

Girls like junior Mi-chelle Waligora, were lucky enough to be asked in a cute way. Junior Jack Adamek asked Waligora to prom at a tennis match on March 28.

“I wrote a poem and put it in a little glass bottle, and I put the little glass bottle in her water bottle at the tennis match,” Adamek said.

“We were at a tennis match and I’m really oblivi-ous. Apparently he put something in my water bottle and so my friends threw things out of my bag bringing my attention to my water bottle,” Waligora said. Obviously, her friends were not there for just the tennis match, Waligora was still unaware of what was going on.

Deciding on where you’re going to ask is just as difficult as the how part of it all. Adamek chose Waligora’s water bottle.

“I decided to put it in her water bottle at the tennis match because that’s what worked with the bottle idea. I got the suggestion from her friends,” Adamek said. With the event being outside, it’s hot, making it the perfect place to put the poem.

“And when I saw it, there was a blue old fashioned

glass bottle. And I was like this isn’t mine, how’d it get here? So I pulled it out and started reading the poem,” Waligora said.

“I was there when she opened it, when she was reading it, I was nervous and excited,” Adamek said.

Usually askers just spell out prom, but for Adamek, he chose to approach the proposal with a poem in-stead.

“It was really cute and original,” Waligora said. “At the end of the poem it said, ‘would you accompany me to prom?’ but the poem was wet because the cork stop-per didn’t work so it only said ‘pro,’ which I thought was really funny.”

Junior Shane Burke asked senior Lidijia Barisic to prom. Considering he is a grade lower than she is, this is a significant pro-posal that took the help of his friend, senior Hayden

Rutherford, and her close friend, senior Sarah Bell, to accomplish. Fortunately for Burke, her reaction was de-scribed by Burke as a very loud screeching noise when he made the proposal.

“I chose to hold up an 8x8 sign with PROM on it because I thought it would be a mix between private and just big enough,” Burke said.

If any of these prom proposals haven’t been able to make you let out an in-stant “aw” then this one is guaranteed to make that happen.

It happened April 17 when junior Aubtin Hey-dari asked senior Madeline Culbreth to prom. Just like Burke, Heydari used the help of his friends for his proposal to Culbreth.

“I knew he was going to ask me, but I didn’t know how,” Culbreth said. Know-ing but not knowing how

made Heydari’s prom pro-posal an anxious wait for Culbreth.

“They knocked on my window and my sister opened the door and told me to come outside and they were singing while snapping their fingers,” Culbreth said. What Cul-breth didn’t know at the time was that there would be five guys waiting outside her door.

Heydari and the four other guys, junior Jack Adamek, junior Abe Nouri, freshman Andy King, and sophomore Graham Rebhun helped Heydari by wearing tuxedos with white t-shirts under them that when you opened the tux, the guys standing side by side spelled out “prom.”

“It was a capella and there’s nothing quite like being serenaded in public with guys in tuxes,” Cul-breth said.

“She really likes a ca-pella, so I wrote her a bar-bershop song and got my friends to sing it at her house,” Heydari said. Cul-breth is a member of the acapella group; Heydari’s awareness of this little fact made the prom proposal special. Because Heydari wrote his own song, his prom proposal was not only original, but a person-al gesture made especially for her.

“Abe and Graham were the main singers, and at the end, Heydari stood be-side his friends wearing a question mark with flowers in his hand,” Culbreth said.

Culbreth explained the whole story with a smile on her face.

“It was adorable and I didn’t want anything pub-lic so it was perfect and so sweet, I got it all on video,” Culbreth said.

Couples share stories of how they were asked to prom

AFTER PROM FAST FACTSViva Las Vegas will be theme for late night event for juniors,seniors

Alexis DickersonStaff reporter

“Etsy.com [website link off Wanelo]. I was going to go to stores but I saw one I really liked,” Sophomore, Camille Cummings

“Classic Tuxedos,” Senior, Robby Ross

“I got it from a vintage store in Richmond,” Junior, Cas-sidy Holsinger

“Probably Classic Tuxedos. They have good deals, and I went there last year,” Senior, Mike Eckstein

“Online. People might get the same dress as me,” Ju-nior, Astrid Chavarria

“Classic Tuxedos. I’ve been going there since I was a sophomore. They have good deals and discounts,” Senior, Hayden Rutherford

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“It was different for me be-cause I am going to a con-servatory next year. I filled out a basic application, but the school is for singing, acting, and dancing. So I also had an audition. I am going to AMDA [American Music and Dramatic Acad-emy} in Manhattan, New York City. [referring to how she made her decision] It is in New York where I have always wanted to go. I guess I chose AMDA be-cause I want to be a Broad-way actress.”

“[referring to college ap-plication process] You fill out your class, and talk about stuff you have done throughout high school. Depending on the college application you might have to do an essay or two. I think that I am going to Blue Ridge Community college. I originally applied to Radford University and Bridgewater college, but I decided it would save mon-ey to go to BRCC. I haven’t decided where I will go af-ter that.”

“The first application I filled out was to JMU. They have essays, mine being about a situation that changed my life. I wrote about a seizure that showed me to value life. [referring to col-lege choice] I’m about 99.9% sure I’m going to James Madison. I decid-ed because I’ve wanted to go there. Ever since the sixth grade. My dad works there, so I’ve spent summers on campus. It is like a second home.”

Nancy Carrie LoganTaylor GroggTrevor Cockburn“ My senior year has turned out to be great! I’m gonna miss being a Blue Streak but I’m looking forward to see what the future has for me. As far as colleges go, I still haven’t decided where I want to go yet. I’ve singled down my choices to UVA (University of Vir-ginia), Wake Forest, and William & Mary. I’m lean-ing towards Wake Forest because my dad went there, but when I get into college I want to get involved with international relations.”

Madeline Culbreth“After high school, I’ve decided to go to JMU for college. I’ll be majoring in physics because I like having a little challenge, the mix of mathematics and science is really en-joyable. After attending four years of JMU, I want to get into medical school and continue in a cardi-ologist. As a cardiologist, I’ll be dealing with heart disorders .My main focus is getting the degree and looking towards a bright future.”

Premal Patel

While many stu-dents want nothing more than to es-

cape the familiarity of Har-risonburg, senior Christina Sellers made her college decisions based on a desire to stay in the area. Not only does nearby Bridgewater College meet that qualifica-tion, but Sellers was award-ed the school’s McKinney ACE scholarship, worth $25,000 a year.

“I was excited [to get the scholarship.] I feel like all my hard work in high school finally paid off for something,” Sellers said.

That hard work included

maintaining high grades throughout high school and participating in march-ing band, scholastic bowl, and soccer. Once at Bridge-water, she plans to major in math- a choice inspired by math teacher Bill Turner- and become a math teacher after graduation.

“I’m looking forward to not being in high school and to taking classes that I actually want to take, not that I have to take,” Sellers said.

In order to become eligi-ble for the scholarship, Sell-ers had to apply to Bridge-water by a certain deadline but did not have to fill out a separate application. The scholarship offer came with her acceptance letter. Guid-ance Counselor Rachel Lin-

den helped her with the process.

“She is a very hard-working stu-dent and she has good grades. A lot of the scholarships that are merit based are looking at your grades, test scores, and extracurricu-lars...she worked hard,” Linden said.

Another student receiving a large scholarship is se-nior Gracie Burzu-mato. She will be attending James Madison University in the fall with the Second Century Scholars Scholar-ship Program. This schol-arship is worth 75 percent off in state tuition for four years for STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) stu-dents. Burzumato plans to major in geology and is interested in working with Trout Unlimited, a conser-vation organization, after getting her degree.

In addition to her regu-

lar application for JMU being used in the selection pro-cess, Burzumato had to submit an essay describing why she wanted to be a STEM major, a list of STEM relat-ed extracurricular activities she had participated in, and a letter of recom-mendation.

“I found out [that I got the scholarship] over

the phone. The head of the geology department called. I had to call him back and try and keep my calm. He asked me if I would be in-terested in getting the scholarship and I didn’t even know what to say,”

Burzumato said. Burzumato said other

students wanting to apply for the scholarship should make sure they have a high math SAT score and a strong essay.

“Make sure your essay is really quality because that’s pretty much all they see,” Burzumato said.

Linden has her own ad-vice for any senior hoping to earn a merit scholarship.

“If you have to apply [separately] be aware of deadlines and be orga-nized and aware of re-quirements. Determine if you have to do something additional to your applica-tion. Ask teachers [for rec-ommendations] with lots of advance notice,” Linden said.

FEATURE- B1NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

DORM ROOM DECOR. College freshmen and former Newsstreak staff members Molly Denman (Virginia Commomwealth University), William Imeson (Hampden-Sydney) and Vanessa Ehrenpreis (University of Virginia) experiment with interior design in their re-spective rooms.

Seniors earn scholarships to local collegesMia KarrManaging Editor

Robby Ross: CNU“They gave me a little

incentive, as far as money. It’s a good distance away.”

In the last couple of months of school, se-niors are starting to get acceptance letters

to their colleges of choice and along with the excite-ment of planning for the future, seniors also have to plan for their new dorm rooms.

Sarah Mongold is plan-ning to decorate with the

help of her roommate.“I’ll talk to her first and

we’ll plan it out,” Mongold said. If Mongold didn’t have a roommate, then she would decorate things to her own liking.

“There would be purple, lots of purple, a cool bed-spread and pillows, and a rolly desk chair thing,” Mongold said.

Mongold knows there are going to be some major differences from her room at home.

“It’s going to be a lot smaller and the bed will be a twin bed. I’ll be down the hall from lots of people, so that’ll be different,” Mon-gold said.

Mongold doesn’t have many essentials that she’s planning on bringing.

“I know my brother brought a TV to college, but I don’t know if that’s necessary. It’s just some-thing that would be cool to have. I’d like to have some place to put food or snacks

in, like as fridge,” Mongold said. Brandon Sychampa-nakhone has a clearer im-age of what he wants for his room.

“I’m going to make ev-erything black and white. Get a black bed with white sheets and paint the walls, make it look official,” Sychampanakhone said.

“I would change the room to my own style, like how I like it. If I had no-body in there, I wouldn’t

have to worry about what people thought about my room,” Sychampanakhone said.

Sychampanakhone is looking forward to having his dorm room being dif-ferent from his room at home,

“I’d have different things in my dorm room, because I wouldn’t have to be with my parents and I could have whatever I wanted without people looking through and being

nosy,” Sychampanakhone said.

S y c h a m p a n a k h o n e wants to at least have cur-tains and rugs in his room. He would also like a coffee maker, a ceiling fan, and a mini fridge, but other than that he doesn’t really care what goes into his dorm room.

“A room is a room, as long as I have a place to sleep. It doesn’t really mat-ter,” Sychampanakhone said.

After choosing college, you have to decorate your spaceVictoria GironStaff Reporter

PLANNING FOR COLLEGE

Sarah Rose: JMU“I have a family legacy. The people are friendly and their program for

teaching elementary PE is good,”

Indira Holguin-Chavez: BRCC

“I got into VCU but I can’t afford it so I’m going

to Blue Ridge and then transferring to VCU. It was really hard because VCU is like my dream school but

it was a smart decision because not only does it

allow me to get into what-ever school I want, I’m also

saving money.”

Kaelyn Warne: William and Mary

“I’ve always wanted to go there, since I was like seven years old. I took a lot of visits and William and Mary just took my

breath away.”

Bryce Baughman: JMU““It was between there

and South Carolina University. I toured both campuses. JMU is close to

home. I live like 5 minutes away from campus.”

Do you know where you want to go

to college?

67 33YES NO

YOUR OPINION

100 seniors polled by Karim Rawls

Where Are You Going to College?

This could be your room next fall!

College visitations help seniors make decisions

Now that many students have received deci-sions from the

colleges they’ve applied to, it’s time for those students to decide where they will spend the next four years of their life. Many colleges offer certain days where the entire college is on dis-play for prospective stu-dents. During these days guided tours and various speaking sessions are avail-able for those interested in the university or college.

JMU calls their prospec-

tive student day CHOICES. Senior Sarah Rose is one of the many HHS students that attended CHOICES. “It was a lot of fun,” Rose said, “It was really enthusiastic.” Rose decided to attended CHOICES because her old-er sister had done so before and really enjoyed the ex-perience. “Everybody that would pass you would say, ‘Go to JMU, you’re making the right choice!’ and made it really fun,” Rose said.

Rose was not only en-tertained by the events of the day, but educated from it. “It was actually really informative,” Rose said. She learned about various

majors such as kinesiology and art, and she even found a career path that interest-ed her. “I decided I wanted to be a P.E. teacher after go-ing,” Rose said.

Senior Sarah Kaylor went to the UVa program Days on the Lawn. Kaylor went the program to get more information on the school she is planning on attending and to meet new people. The event helped solidify Kaylor’s decision. “I learned that UVa is the place I was meant to be [at],” Kay-lor said.

Some people decide to pass up the university or college’s prospective stu-

dents day, and opt for a more personal experience. Jenny Kniss is one of those who visited UVa, but did not go to Days on the Lawn. Kniss believed she would getter a better image of the university through her friends who attended UVa. “I thought it would be more beneficial because I would be able to talk to actual students instead of getting an informational session,” Kniss said, “I learned about the student life and student perspectives.”

The University of Wil-liam and Mary had their own event, Come for a Day, Stay for a Year. Senior Erin

Goodstein went to Come for a Day, Stay for a Year. “There was a good opportunity due to timing,” Goodstein said. While at the event, Goodstein visited various seminars the school held and was given a tour by her brother, who is attend-ing William and Mary. “It helped me make my deci-sion,” Goodstein said.

Ultimately, college visita-tion days serve as a means for education. Whether or not students are shown the university by students or staff, prospective students walk away more educated about their potential choic-es.

Isaac FalkOpinion Editor

Molly Denman: VCU

William Imeson: Hampden-Sydney

Vanessa Ehrenpreis: UVA

In our September issue, Newsstreak profiled five seniors about to emabark on the college application process. Now, we check in with them again to see what they’ve decided.

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FEATURE - B2NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

Sukriti AdhikariFeature editor

Physics teacher Seth Berkeley has been work-ing as an official teacher since last year. He started his teaching career as a student teacher, acting as a long-term substitute for chemistry teacher Su-zanne Smith while she was on maternity leave.

“It was a little daunt-ing because it was the first time I was fully in charge of a classroom. I was teaching honors chemis-try, so the students were good and willing to under-stand,” Berkeley said.

Berkeley had previous experience substituting-for multiple classes before he as a long-term chemis-try sub. The opportunities

helped Berkeley prepare for covering a class for an extended period of time.

“I had been substitut-ing for 3 blocks a day. After that it was just a matter of doing it,” Berkeley said.

Berkeley has a Bach-elor’s degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in art of Teaching, both from JMU. He has also taken numerous Physics classes.

Making the transition from standard substitute to long-term substitute made Berkeley realize the differences between the two types.

“As a sub, you have rea-sonable expectations from the students. You are in charge of a class and do-ing everything a teacher has to do but sometimes the students do not work as diligently. When you are

substituting long-term, you learn the quirks of stu-dents, and students learn more about you. You also form a better understand-ing with the students ,” Berkeley said.

Last year, Berkeley replaced retired Physics teacher Elizabeth Barrett. Being a substitute and long-term came as an ad-vantage, as he already had teaching experience. De-spite this, becoming a le-gitimate teacher has many more responsibilities.

“When I was subbing for Mrs. Smith, I had ba-sic outlines and lessons plans that she had made. I didn’t have to plan and I could modify it as the time came. For Physics, I had to start from the ground to make plans and outlines, although I had a lot of re-

sources from Mr. John-son,” Berkeley said.

Experience in these many aspects of teaching means Berkeley knows all too well about time man-agement.

“From my long term subbing, I have realized that unplanned downtime can be a downfall. Down-time is where your stu-dents have finished early and have nothing else to do. It is amazing how five minutes can turn into loud and rambunctious situa-tion. You also have to stay on top of the grades be-cause they tend to pile up quickly. When you have 80 students, it‘s 80 papers to grade and if you are slack-ing, that’s another 80 on top of that,” Berkeley said.

Taking control of rowdy classroom is no small feat

FILLING IN. Substitute teacher Lina Tandel stands in as a teacher for the ESL class. She will have to assign work and adopt many of the other responsibilities of a normal teacher.

The role of every sub-stitute teacher is to keep the class under control and carry out the lesson in the teacher’s absence. How-ever, every once in awhile, that substitute will enter a classroom that is filled with nothing but chaos.

Substitute teacher Den-nis Phillips has been a substitute at HHS for four years, but luckily has only encountered a few classes that weren’t exactly be-haved.

“[It was never too bad] that I had to call in an ad-ministrator,” Phillips said.

Phillips claims that whenever his class gets a little out of hand, he can

handle the situation. “I’m a magician and a

storyteller,” Phillips said. “[It really depends on the substitute’s] personal-ity and engagement in the subject. It helps [a substi-tute] to know the subject [that they’re teaching. They should] make it interest-ing.”

Phillips also said that by not being confrontational

or overbearing it helps the student react amiably and give their utmost respect.

However there are times when students do get out of control and an administra-tor has to be called in.

“[Our job is to] identify the students who are most responsible [for the trouble] and remove them from the class,” assistant principal Mike Eye said. He said that

it is usually a certain set of students who act as a cata-lyst to make the class dis-ruptive.

“[The students are then] placed in ISS, moved into an administrator’s office, or call their parents,” Eye said.

Freshman Harley Skel-ton has had her fair share of substitute teachers, but only encountered one that couldn’t handle a disorderly

class. “She was just letting

everybody do [whatever they want],” Skelton said. “[Other substitutes] would yell more. They [would be] more in control and make sure that everyone is doing their work.”

Skelton said that if a sub-stitute cannot at least keep the class under control, they shouldn’t be substituting.

“In high school we

had to dis-sect cats. I

cried and objected, because I

had two cats. I went out in the hallway to recompose myself but in the end had to go back

to the class to watch a cat being dissected.”

-Karmy Thornley, Student teacher

What was one of your worst classroom experiences?

INFOGRAPHIC BY AUSTIN COFFEY

“As a stu-dent in fifth

grade I had a really messy desk, so the teacher got

this idea and called me out in the middle

of class and told me to stand up. When I did she flipped the desk and made me clean everything up in front of all of my friends.

This is actually part of the reason I became a teacher is because I

had such a horrible experience in my academic career.”

-Cara Walton, 10

“I had a student

teacher a few years back and I had

left to get a few things

from the office. When I came back I found that the kids had

stuck ten glue sticks to the ceil-ing and the student teacher was completely oblivious as to what

was going on.” -Mark Healy, Teacher

“I was doing a

presenta-tion for

a British literature class and

brought up the wrong Pow-erpoint. While I was talking

about British authors, the presentation showed conflicts

in Africa and people dying.” -Richard Buffington,

Student teacher

Nishat JamilEditorial cartoonist

Poll: What do you think of substitute teachers?

Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior

Students of each grade were asked if they enjoyed classes covered by substitute teachers.

Like having them

Don’t like having them

28% 26% 58% 37%72% 74% 42% 63%

WHEN THEBELL RINGS

The classroom is an essentialpart of school. It acts as a home to creativity, teaching and learning. If a teacher can’t make it to class, substitute teachers are expected to fill in. But as much as they helpstudents learn, class can also be hectic and overwhelming.

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSON

Berkeley’s long term subbing leads to teaching job

“I went to art camp

and we were working on

a project with mosa-ics. When I looked over and there was this girl who was eating the mosaic

putty. One thing you should know about this putty is that its

really bad for you and the fact that she was eating it was ironic.”

-Ava Reynolds,9

Rudmin returns as sub

Sometimes staying away from a place where four years of your life was spent is a hard feat to ac-complish. David Rudmin is now a frequent substi-tute here at HHS. He was a graduate of the class of 1999.

If one were to journey down to math teacher Bill Turner’s room, they would discover Rudmin’s name on the “wall”. The wall is a coveted space among stu-dents. Students who took the SAT, SAT II or ACT have a chance of being on the wall if their scores are high enough. For exam-ple, one must receive at least a 700 to be honored

on the blue board. Rudmin is a very in-

volved substitute teacher in the sense that he un-derstands the material that he has to cover in class. A majority of his math skills were nour-ished in Turner’s calculus classes.

“I think it’s cool that Mr. Rudmin is now a sub-stitute at HHS,” Turner said. “It brings back good memories of the class he was in.” Turner and Rud-min still have frequent run-ins in the halls and they’re instantly carried back to their time spent together in math classes. “We can relate old stories [of his math class] and we can still talk about pretty much anything,” Turner said.

Mary McMahan News editor

POLL BY ANTHONY WALTON AND INFOGRAPHIC BY LUKE GIBSON

FEATURE- B3NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

Frozen yogurt should be in-cluded in the definition of summer time. The idea of cooling off with a styro-

foam cup of light, frozen custard makes all of the sweltering heat not seem so intense.

Upon walking into Sweetbee, a small frozen yogurt shop located near the always busy Harrisonburg Crossing, I was instantly welcomed by the neon green and pink walls. The most impressive feature of Sweetbee is their wall of never-end-ing flavors. After piling on layer af-ter layer of frozen yogurt, toppings can be added. They have many dif-ferent options including fresh fruit, crumbled candy bars, gummies and to top it all off, a hot fudge drizzle.

Frozen yogurt shops, like Sweet-bee, are the perfect place to hang out in the summer with friends. First of all, the prices are extremely low and depend solely on how much yogurt you pour into your cup. I can easily get a perfect serving size, and

include toppings, for $2. It’s the perfect price for teens who have yet to land a summer job.

About a mile away from Sweet-bee is another frozen yogurt shop called Sweetfrog which was built about five months ago. I wish they had built the new place on the other side of town, it makes no sense why the would build a replica of Sweet-bee right near the original.

Sweetfrog’s major disadvantage is its location. It’s located right next to the Cloverhill shopping center, which means that parking is ex-tremely limited.

However, I was pleasantly sur-prised by how much nicer Sweet-frog is compared to Sweetbee. The interior sports fresh colors paired with white accents. I found Sweetfrog to be much cleaner than Sweetbee. All of their frozen yogurt toppings are neatly organized and their floors are sprinkle free.

Overall, I would say Sweetfrog is the best frozen yogurt shop in town. Not only is their frozen yo-gurt delicious, but their employees are more than welcoming, and their shop is extremely clean.

Oreos, the creme-filled sandwich cookie that was once titled “America’s favorite”,

have always been popular. Deep frying food is another

popular American pastime, if not the greatest. It would only make sense then, that someone would have enough creative ge-nius to combine these two pow-erhouses of American culture to create the unique dessert that is the fried Oreo.

The Jack Brown’s deep fried Oreo is $1, available downtown, and nothing short of intriguing. The exterior is similar to that of a fairground donut, with a coating of batter and dusting of powdered sugar. Inside the golden ball is a moist Oreo that

has the same texture as it does after being dunked in milk. This appearance came as a surprise, as I had truthfully expected a crunchy cookie with an oily coating that would most likely leave me hating my-self afterwards.

In reality, it was a treat that I can imagine would be a pleasant conclusion to a meal of Burger and Fries, the food that Jack Brown’s is re-nowned for. For a food that was deep fried, it was satisfyingly light, in comparison to some of the uglier desserts available else-where.

While the price of $1 might seem steep for what is essen-tially a small cookie fried in some batter, the deep fried Oreo is more than just that. In fact, a

serving of one or two can still be a relatively cheap dessert.

The product is unique enough that it could serve as an interest-ing anecdote. No one talks about the time they ate a really good ice cream cone, but an Oreo that has been deep fried and served up in a box has a lot more ap-peal. While they aren’t some-thing I would advise as a weekly meal, a deep fried Oreo is defi-nitely something to check off on the Harrisonburg bucket list.

O’neill’s cookie skillet satisfies sweet tooth craving

There are many must-have des-serts throughout the city, but one

unquestionably tops the list; O’neills cookie skillet. The restaurant puts an in-

teresting spin on the classic chocolate chip cookie that keeps every first-time cus-tomer coming back.

Homemade cookie dough is half-baked in a skillet, and then bedazzled with scoops of ice cream and drizzled with choco-late syrup. The menu gives the option of a skillet with

the quantity of three or six cookies, which will satisfy any amount of craving.

Junior Breanna Hostet-ter has worked at O’neills as a hostess for over a year, and confirmed that the cookie skillet is by far the best seller at the restau-rant.

“On a day that we’re not

busy, we still sell at least 50 [cookie skillets],” Hostetter said.

Senior Brooke Coffelt considered O’neills as her favorite restaurant, with the cookie skillet being the star of the show.

“I always get the same thing from O’neills every time I go. I only go there

for their cookie skillets and Thumbs and Toes, I don’t even need to look at their menu,” Coffelt said.

The cooks and wait staff are very speedy when it comes to making the des-sert which benefits the res-taurant’s hungry custom-ers.

“I never have to wait

long when I go there, which is perfect because when I want a cookie skillet, I crave it pretty badly,” Cof-felt said.

The high school’s band, track, and swim teams are regular customers at O’neills and have made the cookie skillet a part of their post-meet celebrations.

The best word to describe Pulp, and their açai bowls, is ‘crunchy’. I mean that in both a literal and figura-

tive sense. From the moment you walk into the store, you realize the store is merely an extension of the adjacent bike shop. The store itself is simplistic, made of wood and having a very rustic albeit modern feel to the place. The ambiance is very organic in the sense it seems very natural, rather than being forced like other dessert shops (looking at you Sweet Bee).

The açai bowls themselves re-flect the organic nature of Pulp. Açai, the Amazonian berry, takes center stage in the dessert, which is similar to a thick smoother in consistency. The bowls themselves are a mix of fruits, you can make your own combination or opt for a pre-designed bowl, that are blend-ed together. The thick smoothie is served in a large bowl topped with granola and honey.

I chose a mixture of apple, ba-nana, and the quintessential açai. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth,

so Pulp’s tempered approach to sweetness was a godsend. I never felt like the sweetness was over-bearing, but rather the sweetness nicely augmented the natural fla-vors of the bowl. The granola and honey added a nice variance to the otherwise constant consistency of the smoothie. The fruits blended nicely and complemented each other well. As for the açai, it added a nice tartness with a more exotic taste, acting as a perfect foil to the other, sweeter, ingredients.

One of the most interesting as-pects of the bowl was the aftertaste. It was one of those aftertastes that when you inhale in, you can taste the ingredients that made up the bowl. There was also a natural taste to it. The taste was singular so it is difficult to describe. Suffice to say natural is the best word to describe it.

If you’re looking for an artificial-ly bright and upbeat shop selling a frozen mixture that makes moder-ate sweet things taste sour, then Pulp is definitely not the sweet summer treat destination for you. But if you’re looking for a natural environment serving desserts with subtle flavors than you may want to take interest in Pulp.

Pulp creates organic treats

Kendall BaileySports editor

Luke GibsonFeature editor

Isaac FalkOp-Ed editor

As the scent of freshly baked bread and the aroma of sweets waft through the doors of

the New Leaf cafe, Shawn Rich-ard enters through the porch doors begins the busy work day.The first customers who enter are greeted by a petite and prim interior, with a display of dif-ferent cakes and cookies that change daily. All of the treats are handcrafted by Richard. He cre-ates morning pastries, European desserts, savory pastries, cook-ies, cakes for special occasions, and a bread for each day.

“[They are all] made from

scratch,”Richard said. “One chal-lenge is that the kitchen is small, [so equipment and ingredients] must be organized.”

Richard worked as a chef at many different hotels, restau-rants, and resorts before he opened New Leaf Cafe. Before opening up New Leaf Cafe with his wife, Richard had only been baking for four years. Those four years of experience paid off when it comes to his many pas-tries that many customers come for.

One of those pastries is the raspberry chocolate French mac-arons that have a smooth shell and a flavorful ganache in the middle. The cafe’s coconut and chocolate macarons are fluffy

yet crunchy cookies, they are a must for all customers.

The macarons aren’t the only sweets that are to die for, all of New Leaf’s cakes are also delectable. The Mango Mousse cake is very refreshing with the combination of the sponge cake and the sweet glaze. There are many more cakes that are delicious but the Mango cake deserves a special mention. Of course, there were many more treats to taste, but one can only eat so much. Richard’s personal recommendation is the danish pastry which was one of the first pastries he made when he first started to bake.

“It’s one of my favorites,” Richard said.

Nishat JamilEditorial cartoonist

New Leaf Bakery offers tasty delicacies

Fried Oreos are must-try dessert specialty

Mary McMahanNews editor

‘Sweet’ yogurt shops compete

PHOTO BY KENDALL BAILEY

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSON

BAKE! Owner Shawn Richard prepares an assortment of desserts for his afternoon customers.

ALL PHOTOS BY NISHAT JAMIL

PHOTO BY LUKE GIBSON

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SPORTS B6NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

PLANS ON TRACK. Boys and girls on the track team practices running for important upcoming meets. On March 30, the track team had it’s first meet of the year, setting the tone for the rest of the season.

ON TRACK FOR GREAT SEASON

Brenna CowardinStyle editor

ALL PHOTOS BY SUKRITI ADHIKARI

English teacher David Loughran coaches the track and field team and one of the decisions he has to make is who will be on the 4x400 relay team.

The coaches gives eight to 12 people multiple chances to run the event at invitationals so they can see who the fastest four will be.

By the time they get to the region meet, they run their four fastest people. Those four are a mix of sprinters and distance run-ners.

“Speed, strength, and a big heart are required to make our 4x4 team. Ev-ery runner on our team is a potential 400 runner,” Loughran said.

The team members var-ies from meet to meet. Their first shot at running our girl “A- Team” will be at the Handley Invitational on April 20.

“We’ve got seven names down for right now, but I can almost guarantee three legs based on what we’ve seen so far,” Loughran said.

Junior Jessica Joli-couer will lead them off (if healthy), Freshman Lexi Eberly will get the stick second. The third spot is up in the air until after the Turner Ashby Invitational results are seen. Sopho-more Mikaila WIlliams will be the anchor of the team.

She is their first A-Team anchor since recent gradu-ate and all-state 400 meter runner, Vanessa Ehren-preis took the job in her sophomore year.

Sophomore Brenna Cowardin, Mariah King, Junior Celia Ehrenpreis, and Senior Andrea Wood are all options for the final spot.

“On the boy’s side we really have to wait and see since so many people are new,” Loughran said.

Freshman Devin Med-ley, Paul Weiss, Sophomore

Isaiah Hartzler, Isaiah Parker, Junior Miles Dona-hue, Isaiah Hartzler, Chris Hyser, Christian MacAd-am, Jake McDaniel, John Weiss, and seniors Anies Denar and Amin Kraimeche are all candidates.

For six of them, it’s their first season of outdoor track. John Weiss, Jake McDaniel, Paul Weiss, and Amin Kraimeche took the first crack at Turner Ashby Invitational on April 13. They don’t really practice the event. They train for the competition.

“Our only specific prac-tice involves choosing a relay order and working on handoffs,” Loughran said.

Their goal for the relay team is to always to get into the state champion-ship meet at the end of the season.

“A usual goal is always to also run a time in the top-five in school history, but this edition of the girl’s team might be a year young for that,” Loughran said.

Co-ed events were banned from high school track meets that also had gender separated races by the Virginia High School League. HHS hosted the last remaining annual Co-ed track and field invitational on March 30 this year. Head track coach David Loughran explains why this meet is still in existence.

“This meet was started before the rule changed so it was grandfathered in, and we’ve had it ever since,” Loughran said. “[The Co-ed Classic] started almost 40 years ago by our very own coach Bugg.”

Coach Gary Bugg was head coach for many years. He is part-time retired now, but still helps coach the sprinters during track.

The Co-ed Classic dif-

fers from a traditional track meet in that every running event is a relay and some of them are co-ed. Long jump, triple jump, pole vault, high jump, shot put and discus events are still held.

Loughran sees this meet as a great way to start the track season.

“I only prefer [the Co-ed Classic] to the traditional meet in the setting that we have it, which is on our track as the first meet of the year,” Loughran said. “It is a low-key chance to see what everyone can do before we have to start doing it.”

After the first meet of the season, Loughran be-lieves the team has poten-tial to do well.

“I think our girls team is going to be incredibly strong once again. I’m ex-cited to see what we can do fully,” Loughran said. “It seems that our boys team might lack raw speed in the

sprint events, but I think we’re going to be able to do really well with the amount of events we can cover. There are some good new additions to the boys teams that I think can help us in the field events and the hurdles.”

Choosing who to run in which events is always a decision that comes down to the coach. Loughran says deciding who runs where depends on what he wants to see.

“You have to pick and choose which ones you want to load up,” Loughran said. “Generally, we’re going to run our ‘A’ team four by one so they get practice in a meet setting.”

One race that is unique to this meet is the thrower’s relay. A four by one hun-dred meter relay run by four athletes that usually throw either shot put, discus or both.

“[The thrower’s relay is] a crowd pleaser every single year, and [the throwers take pride in it too,” Loughran said. “We give [the throw-ers] about one day of hand-offs, and sometimes we have to have a run-off to see who gets the honor of run-ning that event.”

Junior Rebekah Good threw first place in shot put and fifth in discus at the meet. She also ran the thrower’s relay.

“The Co-ed Classic is usu-ally more exciting because throwers get to do pretty much whatever runners get to do,” Good said.

According to Good, this race can get very competi-tive.

“We have throwers who only throw, and they have to transition to something they’re not used to,” Good said.

However, that wasn’t a drawback.

“It was kind of exciting, and I loved it,” Good said. “I missed running because I used to run in middle school so I was happy I got to run.”

Sophomore Mariah King also saw the day as a success. She ran the four by one hundred meter relay, the four by two hundred meter relay and the four by four hundred meter relay. Her team finished first in all three races.

“I was worried about being tired by the end of [the meet], but it ended up fine,” King said.

She likes the Co-ed Clas-sic to start off the season because of how laid back it is.

“[The Co-ed Classic] is kind of just for fun, just to get used to meets be-fore the real season starts,” King said.

King rarely runs indi-vidual events, but thinks

pressure is put in different places for each type of race. King sees positives and negatives to running on a relay team.

“[Relays are] less stress-ful, but also more stressful [than individual events]. If you drop [the baton], it messes up the whole team, but it’s also four people running one race and you’re not on your own,” King said.

Both King and Good agree that the HHS team is looking good for the up-coming season.

“I have a feeling that [the girls] are going to win districts,” Good said. “The boys might have a shot be-cause they almost won it for indoor track.”

The Co-ed Classic was a good place to start, but now all energies are focused on doing well at the upcoming Valley District meet.

Felicia TranStaff reporter

Co-ed Classic kicks off track season with unique events

Athletes vie for spots on relay squads The Art of the Handoff

1. The beginning runner depending on the relay should start using the blocks. At the sound of a gun they start running.

2. When they start to approach the second run-ner, there is a certain point where once they cross, the next runner will start running with their left hand out behind them. Depending on the race, the runner’s hand can be in two different positions.

3. The underhand, for longer relays, is when the hand is faced in towards the field and the runner

moves the baton up into their hand.4. The overhand, for shorter relays, is when the

palm of the hand is face up and the runner moves the baton down into their hand.

5. Usually the overhand, motion is signaled by the oncoming runner saying the word “stick” or “hand”.

6. This exchange needs to happen within a cer-tain box or the relay will be disqualified.

Step-by-step guide to pole vaulting

STEP 1: Start on the runway with the pole in your hands facing the pit. As you start your run, accel-erate towards the plant box and keep your knees high.

STEP 2: As you get closer to the box start to lift your arms until they are straight in the air. By this point the pole should be hitting the front end of the box. When it hits the back, drive your right leg up while jumping off your left. Your arms, legs and hips should swing to meet your arms.

STEP 4: Once your turn is almost done, push the pole away from your body so that it doesn’t hit the crossbar on the way down. When you are over the crossbar, let yourself fall into the mats without hitting the bar on the way down.

INFOGRAPHIC BY SAM IMESON AND PHOTOS BY SUKRITI ADHIKARI

STEP 3: Instead of pulling with your arm, it should be pushing down on the pole.As you start to go over the crossbar, you should begin turning your body so you’re facing the runway again. This shouldn’t begin until the pole is almost vertical.

SPORTS - B7NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

Schedule of events:

BASEBALLMay 3 A Turner AshbyMay 7 H BroadwayMay 10 A R.E. LeeMay 14 A Waynesboro

SOFTBALLMay 3 H Turner AshbyMay 6 A EMHSMay 7 A BroadwayMay 10 H R.E. LeeMay 14 H Waynesboro

BOYS SOCCERApr 30 H EMHSMay 3 A Turner AshbyMay 7 H BroadwayMay 10 A R.E. LeeMay 14 A Waynesboro

GIRLS SOCCERMay 3 H Turner AshbyMay 7 A BroadwayMay 10 H R.E. LeeMay 14 H Waynesboro

BOYS TENNISMay 3 H Turner AshbyMay 6 A Broadway

GIRLS TENNISMay 3 H Turner AshbyMay 6 H Broadway

OUTDOOR TRACKApr 30 H TBAMay 1 A City-County MeetMay 8 A BroadwayMay 10 A TBAMay 16 A District Tournament

Girls soccer benefits from young players ALL PHOTOS BY KENDALL BAILEYSCORE! Sophomore Hannah Durden scores the first goal during a home game against R.E. Lee

IN THE ZONE. Varsity goalie Freshman Madelyn Penrod warms-up before a game.

ALL STAR.S ophomore Maddie Dod leads the team in num-ber of goals with 12 in her career.

FOLLOW THROUGH. Junior Camille Cummings takes a shot during the varsity pre-game warm-up routine.

The HHS girl’s soccer program has been a strong organization for a number of years now, and the team hopes to continue their success and accomplishments for years to come. For the past two years, the varsity squad has been an exceptionally young team, with four freshman, six sopho-mores, and only three juniors and five seniors this year.

Sophomore Tori Armentrout was a member of the young team last year and enjoyed playing with the group.

“Playing my freshman year was a really good experience, be-

cause we won a lot of games even though we were a young team,” Armentrout said.

This year, although varsity continues to be an overall young-er squad than most, the players have high hopes for the season and the team as a whole.

“In the next couple of years I hope to go to states as a team, maybe even win them. I think if we’re already winning lots of games as a young team, as the majority of our team grows in the next year or two, we are go-ing to be really good,” Armen-trout said.

Sophomore Kara Simmons also looks forward to the future years as the team grows togeth-er.

“We are going to mature to-gether, and become one big unit. Since we’re starting young to-gether and we’re all playing at varsity level, we’ll get more expe-rience and have good team unity. I believe we can go to the state championships,” Simmons said.

Senior captain Ebonee Stroth-er has to lead the younger mem-bers of the team as she is one of the few seniors.

“As a captain, you really need to step up and not necessar-ily bring people down, but bring them up. Being inexperienced, you’re constantly nervous about everything, so you have to be able to pick them up and just tell them it’s okay,” Strother said.

Certain people from the team

have been playing with each other for years in travel or acad-emy soccer that is not associated with the high school. This helps them to already know some of each other’s playing styles and makes it easier to work together as a team.

“I think our previous years of playing together have benefitted us and help us play better to-gether. I like playing with older people too because they kind of coach you through what you’re doing and really help you,” fresh-man Bessy Jimenez said.

The team has an undefeated record in the district so far, and hopes to continue their success in the district and regional tour-naments.

Faith Runnells Staff Reporter

In the soccer world, goalkeeper is considered the most difficult position to play and the hardest to understand.

Freshman Madelyn Penrod is the new the goalie for the girls varsity soc-cer team. For Penrod, being a goalie is more than just preventing the other team from scoring.

“For me, it’s more exciting to be a goalie because I enjoy it a lot. I’m also really relaxed when I play. I stop worry-ing about everything and just focus on

the game,” Penrod said. To become a successful goalkeeper,

there is definitely a lot to comprehend. Penrod says that you have to under-stand that not every goal the other teams scores is your fault. Teams are go-ing to score their goals no matter how hard you try to stop them.

“In my mind, the goalie must be one of the most confident players on the field. They can not hesitate and must make split second decisions,” Penrod said.

After suffering a concussion early in the season, Penrod is finally able to re-join her team on the pitch after sitting

out for over a month.“I’m kind of nervous and excited [to

come back], I’ve been out for too long. But I’m ready to play,” Penrod said.

Most importantly, goalkeepers must maintaim focus throughout the entire game.

“Sometimes it gets really boring be-cause all you do is just stand around and wait for the other team to attack,” Penrod said.

To the audience and fans, goalkeep-er may seem to consist of a lot of stand-ing around, but to the players, there’s a lot more to goalkeeping that is essential to a teams success or downfall.

Salar Haji Staff Reporter

Goalie essential for team success

WING IT. Junior Simara Allen on the right wing sends a long ball up the field during a home game.

Soccer is an extremely technical sport. Fans of the sport understand how vigorous and how much thinking is involved during game play. Players must make split second decisions that could ultimately bring home a win or a loss.

Every player on the team must antici-pate what to do before receiving the ball, but forwards, the players whose tasks are to score on the opposing team, have much more to think about. While sprinting to-ward the goal, the player must take in as much information as possible.

Judging on where the goalkeeper is placed, the forward must choose between two main strategies on how to take the shot. Whether it may be a direct power shot, or a shot with finesse going for the precise placement, it all depends on the situation.

JV players freshman Abner Johnson and sophomore Pishdar Abdul are perfec-tionists when it comes to scoring.

“I always find myself going for a power shot. Not just any power shot though, I like to volley with the laces on my shoe because

I get more power that way,” Johnson said. Sophomore varsity player Maddy Dod

has been playing soccer since she could walk and knows how to score. She has scored 12 goals in her high school career, and has several methods that she chooses from.

“I usually take a shot from the outside of the 18 yard line that goes over the keep-er’s head, the other is crossing it from the outside of the field and finishing it off with a header. But my favorite has to be the floater,” Dod said.

All techniques have their own qualities that make it difficult for the goalie to block the shot.

“I prefer power shots because it makes it harder on the goalkeeper to save the ball. It also looks better,” Johnson said.

Of course there’s more detail to a solid shot. Depending on how you shoot the ball will depend how the ball will spin. Taking a shot with the outside three toes of your foot will cause the ball to spin outwards and curl out. Taking a shot with the inside of your foot will cause the ball to spin in-wards and curl in.

“I love taking an outside the foot shot. It looks really nice when it’s done right,” Abdul said.

Soccer players love perfect shotsSalar Haji Staff Reporter

SPORTS - B8NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

BASEBALL LOSES IN TENTHThe varsity baseball team trav-eled to Turner Ashby High School to take on their rivals on Apr 9. The teams were tied at four runs a piece going into the bottom of the tenth inning and lost 4-6 on walk-off homerun by TA’s Evan Hanifee.

TENNIS KNOCKSOUT KNIGHTSThe Knights of Turner Ashby trav-eled to Harrisonburg to take on the Streaks on Apr 9. The Streaks dominated the match and won 9-0.

FRESHMAN LEADS STREAKSThe girls’ varsity soccer team took on the Gobblers of Broadway High School on Apr 12 at Broadway. Both teams remained scoreless until late in the second half when freshman Sophia Hartman head-ed the ball into the goal to give the Streaks their only goal and the win.

STREAKS TIE GLASSThe boys’ varsity soccer team trav-eled to Blacksburg to take on E.C. Glass on Apr 12. After scoring early, the teams would both finish the game with a goal a piece.

STREAKS DOWN LEEThe varsity baseball team traveled to Staunton on Apr 16 to take on the Leemen of R.E. Lee High School. Sophomore Ryan Kiser tied the game with a 2-run single and another run would score on a wild pitch to give the Streaks the win.

LEE LADIES TOP STREAKSThe Lady Streaks took on the Lee Ladies on Apr 16 at Montgomery Park. The Streaks plated 4 runs early but their bats went silent after the fourth inning. Lee would end up winning the game 9-4.

Sports BriefsVictoria GironStaff reporter

Baughman leads team as only senior

1. Set your feet shoulder width apart and keep your weight on the balls of your feet. Keep your elbows tucked in by your sides, this will keep you from dropping the bat head down when you swing.

2. When you start your swing, you want to lead with the handle of the bat and your hips. Get your arms extended all the way after you make contact with the ball.

3. Twist your hips around so they are facing the pitcher, your legs will give you more power for your swing. Finish your swing so that the bat is sitting on the opposite shoul-der.

Mechanics of Hitting A Softball In Three Easy Steps

The varsity baseball team has its fair share of players, but catcher Bryce Baugh-man is the only senior on the team.

“Matthew Shifflett and I are the two captains, so we are kind of the two lead-ers,” Baughman said.

Even though Baughman is the only one from the varsity baseball team graduating this year, he doesn’t think highly of him-self.

“I view everybody like we’re all in the same grade, because I’m friends with a lot of sophomores and juniors, too,” Baugh-

man said.Baughman has been playing baseball

for many years and first got interested in the sport from watching it on T.V. with his dad and older brother.

“It’s one of those things that’s like once you start, you get more and more into it. And as the competition gets greater, things get more interesting and it’s a really fun sport,” Baughman said.

Although Baughman loves playing baseball, he still does not know if he wants to play in college. He says that he is going to see how this season goes and will decide if he wants to continue playing in college.

Baughman said that of all the base-ball seasons, this is his favorite since the

guys are really tight and are basically a little family on the field. He said that the team bonded really well and it is fun to be around them, whether it is a practice or a game.

Baughman thinks that the team is do-ing well and is always improving. He thinks that they are hitting well and that their de-fense looks strong, which he says is a huge improvement from previous years when the team was not as strong as they are this season.

“I think with the team we have, and the bonds that we’ve made, being district champions is a very real possibility. We could even make it to regionals if we work well together,” Baughman said.

1. Start your motion by bringing your hands together and lifting your front leg so that you are able to drive forward and use your legs for power.

2. Drive your front leg towards your catch-er and focus on where you are going to throw it. Begin to pull your throwing hand out of your glove.

3. Plant your front leg and put your throwing arm straight behind you so your body forms the shape of an “X”. Drive your body towards the catcher and point your glove to your target.

4. Square your shoulders up with the plate and throw your elbow towards the catcher. Let go of the ball near your ear and snap your wrist to give the ball a downward spin. PI

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THE EXPERIENCE- B10NewsstreakTheApril 30, 2013

The start of April brings warmer weather as well as the dreaded college responses for many high school seniors. For juniors, who still have another year to go, spring break is a great time to start thinking about col-leges, tour campuses or sit in on a class. Common Virginia universi-ties often visited by students are the University of Virginia and the College of William and Mary.

It’s a strange but welcome ad-justment, stepping onto a college campus. There is a certain air of freedom at a university that the walls of HHS just don’t have. Stu-dents relaxing on the lawn, read-ing novels, doing homework. Stu-dents passing out fliers for the six

million different clubs that the university has to offer.

Walking through the William and Mary campus, passersby could sign up to ‘Bike to Uganda’. Stationary bikes were set up for people to ride and for every mile money was donated to the poor country. There are so many activi-ties going on it, it could make one dizzy. There is shortage of Star-bucks either. Every major campus building seemed to have one sit-ting by the entrance chock full of sleep deprived college students, all lined up to get their daily dose of caffeine.

Looking up at the towering buildings, there seems to be a common theme between the two schools: brick. Everything from the dorms, to the football sta-dium are constructed in the old-timey red.

William and Mary’s Wren Building is the clear jewel of their campus. Built by Christopher Wren in 1695, it is the oldest college building in the country. The Rotunda at the University of Virginia is their equivalent. De-signed by founding father Thom-as Jefferson, it is the heart of the university. Both are spectacular symbols for potential students to keep in mind when they think about the school.

Although all colleges are unique, there are a number of notable similarities about the schools, starting with the dorms. Each building is named after one of the universities’ early benefi-ciaries. Dorms seem to be ranked by their proximity to campus. Students who live five to ten minutes away hate their loca-tion. They have to get up earlier

to get to class, as opposed to stu-dents who are right in the middle of campus who seem to have no complaints.

Another similarity is the li-braries. Huge in size, they dwarf the HHS library, making it look like a mere book collection. Floors upon floors of books, mov-ies, technology. Swem library at William and Mary even has a free massage chairs for stressed stu-dents.

Both schools are incred-ibly proud of their alumni. Tour guides made sure to emphasize graduates’ successes, and point out where they had lived during their time at the university. Wil-liam and Mary’s claim to fame is political comedian and host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, while the University of Virginia boasted about comedian and cre-

ator of 30 Rock, Tina Fey.Despite varying dorm loca-

tions, students make it to class one way or another. Once seated in one of the numerous lecture halls, students retrieved laptops, notebooks and pencils from their backpacks. Class size varied. There were classes with 200 peo-ple, but there were also small in-timate classes of 25. The teacher starts right away, discussing the previous night’s reading or start-ing new content. The clacking of computer keys is constant for the whole hour.

Visiting colleges over spring break gives new meaning to ju-niors. After returning to high school, they work with renewed purpose to achieve their goal of attending the university of their choice.

ALL PHOTOS BY CELIA EHRENPREIS

Juniors use spring break to make college visits

SWEM STUDYING. Swem library is a staple on the William and Mary cam-pus. There are three floors, each quieter than the last. The third level de-mands absolute silence and is not for the faint of heart.

SUNNY DAY. The UVA amphitheatre attracts students daily due to its beautiful view and numerous food trucks.

STRIKE A POSE. Tour guides at William and Mary show off a statue of the college’s most famous alum, Thomas Jefferson.

A HALL OF THE GREAT. The anthropology building sits at the top of a hill behind the Rotunda. It is lined with the names of famous anthropologists such as Aristotle, Linneus, and Cuvier.

SO SCENIC. The Rotunda is a symbol of University of Virginia, despite per-sistent construction, it is a sight to see.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES. British architecture Christopher Wren constructed the Wren building in 1695 for the College of William and Mary. It is a symbol of the school, and is the oldest college building in the country.

Celia EhrenpreisEditor-in-chief