The News iN Briefpage 2: Ryland Huff new dean of studentspage 3: Author Nathan Gonzalez visits LC to promote bookpage 4: Japanese Friendship Dolls from Mukogawapage 5: Foreign exchange student at LC from Boliviapage 6: New English teacher Megan Thiemanspage 7: Culminating Project information update for seniors

page 8: Girl’s cross coun-try keeps on runningpage 9: Vollyball contin-ues strong season toward playoffspage 10: Zach reviews the greatest dances ever inventedpage 11: Fall movie pre-view tells readers what to get excited about, and what not topage 12: How to stop world hunger - useful information for students

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October 2007

The Lewis and Clark High School

TODAY IS JOHN LITHGOW’S BIRTHDAY!

Former Saxon Shawn Jordan filled Jon Swett’s principal position.

by Vally MouaPhoto Editor

by Sydney HarmonStaff Writer

LC’s 2007 WASL scores dropped in reading but im-proved in writing, math and sci-ence compared to 2006 scores. Many students think the WASL is the biggest waste of three hours. Mara Caskey, junior, said “I think the WASL is a waste of time, and a lot of paper we don’t need to use.” LC, as a school, had var-ied results. According to The-resa Meyer, vice principal, we dropped 1.8 percent in reading in 2006 from 85.8 percent to 84 percent. “We’re not quite sure of the reason why scores have dropped. We think they changed the way they score the test, or the test itself,” Meyer said. In writing, 89 percent of LC stu-dents passed this part of the test compared to 80.2 percent in 2006.

In math we had 65.3 percent of students pass the test instead of the 62.2 percent the year before. Science scores, however, gave the school a reason to celebrate. LC student’s had a 6.4 increase in students passing. “All the sci-ence teachers did is look at one thing in their curriculum, and change it just a little.” Meyer said. LC has scored higher than the district and the state averages again this year. Malsam said when I asked why we tend to do better, “Teachers have gotten bet-ter at teaching whether it be stron-ger curriculums or assessing kids. It also is the great community of parents that encourage education.” “This is the first year that the WASL is required to gradu-ate, so the only way it would effect you is you get your diploma,” Malsam said. Mike Malsam, vice princi-pal and a commissioner on the

Commission of Student Learn-ing Board, which helped cre-ate the idea of the WASL in the early 1990s, said, “The country really has made a movement to make a standard based system so that kids can compete in the economic world.” This is what the WASL does for our state. Malsam, though, has his own is-sue with the WASL, “The WASL shouldn’t be the end all, be all [for a student’s education.] It shouldn’t be the only thing that shows the education of a stu-dent because who knows what an educated person really is.” The WASL does put a stan-dard on the rest of the education community. “Everyone wasn’t the same. One school did one thing and the other did another, it wasn’t constant with in the schools either. It was like a mom and pop shops, everyone did dif-ferent things,” said Malsam.

LC’s WASL scores improve in three out of four sections

Shawn Jordan hired as new LC principal

Homecoming provides array of spirited school activities

LC, we’re not in Kansas any-more! The LC Leadership class decided to use the theme of “There’s no place like Homecom-ing,” for this years’ dance, giv-ing the girls a chance to choose pretty red slippers while boys jump into tin man suits, find some courage to ask girls to the dance and dance like a scarecrow. Before the dance and foot-ball game even started, the halls along the second floor were decorated with posters of a long yellow brick road. Dorothy, Tin-man, the Cowardly Lion and Glinda the Good Witch of the North were also waving hello to the students in the hallway. The Homecoming t-shirt design by senior Riley Myklebust was sold in the bookroom the week before the game started. The front has a twister with “LC” written on top. The quote in the front said, “There’s no place like Homecom-ing,” and the back said, “A heart, a brain, some courage, and a game.” At the Homecoming Con on Thurs. Oct. 4, Dorothy, Tin-man,

the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion paid a visit to the LC students and staff. English teacher Barb Slaughter played Dorthy while English teacher Mark Robbins acted as Tin-man, Biology teach-er Walton Cubley was the Scare-crow and English teacher Andy Lang was the Cowardly Lion. Before the stars of the Con made their escape, Chief Meteo-rologist Kris Crocker of KXLY News thanked the LC students for donating coats for the Coats for Kids fundraiser. Tradition-ally, the fundraiser is a compe-tition between LC and Ferris. Crocker encouraged the students to keep collecting the coats befor the competition ended on Oct. 12. After the presentation, things started getting serious. The tra-ditional touchdown dance got off to a good start with the fresh-men girl’s showing their moves. The sophomore class had a little more spin to their dance. The junior class had the crowd clapping to the music when a pair of salsa dancers took the floor. The seniors won the competition by a slight margin over the sophomores. As the seniors celebrated, the Homecoming Royalties were an-

nounced by the Leadership class. Seniors Emily Liu and Blake Kennedy were crowned King and Queen for the year of 2007-2008. Juniors Vaughn Kapiko and Madi-son Reillo, sophomores Arrol Bry-ant and Lauren Hall and freshmen Gabe Kohler and Cameah Kelley were the princes and princesses. Later, the LC football team played Rogers at Joe Albi Sta-dium for the Homecoming game. The football team dominated throughout the match. They were leading with a score of 21-0 at halftime. “It was really cold but our team totally rocked,” said senior Elizabeth Fitzgerald. As the players retired to the locker rooms, the LC March-ing Band performed a stun-ning piece of music and got the crowed excited for the Tiger Drill Team. The Drill Team started out strong, even when the mu-sic stopped because of technical difficulties, they kept on going. The dance was on Oct. 6. Cou-ples names and singles names were written on a flower and taped throughout the walls in the front of the LC field house. A golden brick road was laid out in the middle of the steps leading to the gym.

PHOTO BY KATE HELLENTHAL

The Drill Team presents part of their routine at the con, previewing their football half-time show.

Shawn Jordan, former vice principal at Ferris, has tak-en the position of Lewis and Clark’s new principal. He has strong goals and ideas for this school in the area of academ-ics, school climate and staffing. Jordan taught Biology, Sci-ence 10 and Conditioning at NC for 12 years. He was also a football coach, and his last year at NC was spent as an adminis-trator. He later applied for the position of vice principal at Fer-ris, and was there for three years. Jordan was the oldest of six children, this being part of the reason he started his career in education. “It felt like I was al-ways teaching,” Jordan said. He also started working with young adults to make a difference. “The teachers that made a dif-ference in my life had inspired me to do the same,” he said. Jordan went to Cheney High School. “One thing I love about big schools is you can be a part of everything. It’s a great op-portunity for diversity.” Jordan played football and baseball; was a member of chess club and choir and was an art student. After high school he went to Washington State University (WSU) for his teaching degree. At WSU, he was a resident ad-ministrator (RA) at Orten Hall, as was Theresa Meyers, vice prin-

by Sydney HarmonStaff Writer

cipal, at different times though. Jordan has two children, a daugh-ter, who is in eighth grade, and a son, who is in second. His daugh-ter hopes to be at LC next year. He also has a brother, Jay Jordan, who is the vice principal at Havermale. Jordan’s goal is to be able to walk into this school and address everyone by name. Jordan spent a few weeks visiting all the third pe-riod classes in the building. Mey-ers said, “I don’t get how he is go-ing to do it, I could never put that many names to that many faces.” When he visited Math Teacher Raelynn Westby’s class, he intro-duced himself and told the class what he wanted for this school. Jordan’s goals for LC are: to continue the balance between high academics with individual care and support for each stu-dent, give each student a feeling of a safe environment and give the LC staff the most current and best practices in the classroom. According to Jordan, “It seems we tend to single out the negative things in our lives and put emphases on them to make them better for others.” Jor-dan said his high school career wasn’t the best, “I didn’t have a strong sense of being cared for.” “I want every student to gradu-ate from LC to have the con-fidence that they can do any-thing they want to,” Jordan said. Meyers said, “It is nice hav-ing [a principal] who has done my job. It’s a great re-source to bounce ideas off of.”

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Editor-In-ChiefCullenGrow

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Sports EditorDavidSheppard

Opinions EditorChristinaHuggins

Features EditorsKateHellenthal

Photography EditorVallyMoua

Ad ManagerSarahLeonhardy

Layout Editor SamanthaBlehm

Staff Writers

ZackAlexanderBeverlyAmstadter

MariaChumovJohnHalstead

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GregGoellervolunteersasEnglishdepartmenthead

TheCollegeBoardreportedthatthe spring 2007 SAT test scoresdeclinedslightlyincomparisontothoseofthe2006scores.Thiscanbe attributed to the fact that thisyear the amount of high schoolstudents taking the test grewlargerandmorediversethanever. The average score for thecritical reading section of thestandardized test was 502 out apotential 800 points, one pointless than the average score for2006.Theaveragescoreinmath

was515outof800, threepointsless than the previous year. Junior Zack Williams said,“I didn’t know [the scores] de-clined but it’s bad becausewe’remorecompetitiveas ana-tion so we need to pick it up.”Inadditiontodecliningscores,more and more students arebeginning to take the test, cre-ating a more diverse testinggroup. According to “The NewYorkTimes,” between 2006 and2007,Hispanic,blackandAsian-American students made up 39percent of the seniors who tookthe test. This larger populationof students taking the test is be-lieved tobe amain cause in therecently declining test scores. According to College Boardpresident Gaston Caperton,“The larger the population youget that takes the exam; it obvi-ously knocks down the scores.”LCjuniorDavidKingbelievesthat the population affects thescores, but also attributes the

decrease to “students studyingtoo hard and then crashing andburning on the day of the test.” Other potential causes of thesudden drop in scores could betherecentchangeinformatordis-trustinthetestscorersatCollegeBoard. Last year 4,000 students

found that theyhad received thewrong scores on their test (200of whom missed out on morethan 100 points), causing frus-tration and anger among them.

“This is the SAT- not themath quiz you take on Friday,”said Robert Smith, a Brent-wood, N.Y. high school student. SeniorDJMcNeil said thatthetestitself“suckedandIdidn’thave enough time to take thetest. There wasn’t enough timein each section. They shouldtake it away because it doesn’tevaluate your college potential. But many feel that while it isdiscouragingthatthescoreshavenotbeenashighashoped in re-cent years, it is a positive thatso many new students are tak-ing the test, and doing well; 35percent of the seniors taking theexam will be the first generation in their family to attend college. Senior vice president at Ka-plan Inc., Seppy Basili, pre-dicts that “within 10 years,we are likely to see no major-itygrouptakingtheSATs”atall. “One never want to see thescores down,” said New Yorkstate education commissioner

RichardMills,“butthemoreim-portantstoryhereistherapidin-creaseofparticipationofchildrenwhointhepastdidnotthinktheywere going to college, did notaspire to it and did not take theSATs so they could get in line.” History teacher and RACEadvisory Susan Gerard said,“It’s wonderful. The more peo-ple who take the test the bet-ter because colleges still putquite a bit of weight on it. Thisopens more doors for people.”SeniorNicoleJohnsonsaid,“Thereshouldbeaclasstohelppreparefor the testas, like,anelective.” Ona lighternote,SATscoresgathered and released by theSpokane Public Schools Districtillustrated a general increasingpatternoverthepasttenyears.Inthemathandcriticalreadingsec-tions Spokane has had a higheraveragescorethanboththestateandthecountry.Amongthehighschools,LCcontinuestoproducethe highest scores in Spokane.

by Kate Hellenthal Layout Editor

“It’s wonderful. The more people who

take the test the bet-ter because colleges still put quite a bit

of weight on it. This opens more doors

for people.”

Huffnow“Deano”

LChasanewdeanofstudentsthis year; many of you mightknow him as a freshman Englishteacher, the JV girls’ soccercoach, or the freshman boys’basketball coach. That is right;it is Ryland “The Deano” Huff.HuffhasbeenteachingatLCfor11yearsandhasrecentlydecidedto continue with his educationalcareer as an administrator. AsLC Dean of Students he servesas a role model for studentsin how to conduct themselvesas citizens and responsible,intelligent human beings. But why does LC needone? To answer all yourquestions the LC journal hasinterviewed the man himself.LCJ:Whatexactlydoesadeando?RH: A dean is an advocate forstudents and staff. I try to helpstudentsbecomesuccessfulhereatLewisandClark.Ialsothinkpartof the job is supporting teachersand their efforts tohaveeffectiveclassrooms. Teacher’s have themost difficult job in the world. I try to make their job easier.LCJ:Didyouapplyforthejob?Ifsowhydidyouwanttobecomeadean?RH: Yes I did apply for thejob. I was interested in thisposition because I would like

to continue my educationalcareer as an administrator.LCJ: Have you been adean at any other schools?RH: No, this is my first experience as a dean of students.LCJ: How long have youbeen the dean for LC?RH: This is my first year as the dean of students. Lastyear I worked in office during my administrative internship.LCJ: What is the hardestpart about being a dean?RH: The hardest part is thatI am only in that role forhalf a day. (the mornings)LCJ: What is the bestpart about being a dean?RH: The best part aboutbeing the dean of studentsis seeing students succeed.LCJ:Areyouplanningonmakinganychangestothewaydisciplinepolicies are carried out at LC?RH: Our principal, ShawnJordan, is the decision maker asfar as discipline policies go. Iplan on following the policiesoutlinedbythestudenthandbook,however, the administrativeteam is constantly discussinghow to better serve our students.LCJ: Will you still continuecoaching the soccerand basketball teams?RH: At this point I will becontinuing to coach soccer.

by Beverly Amstadter Staff Writer

SATscoresdeclinedinspring‘07nationwide

English teacher Greg Goellertookupanewresponsibilitywhenhe volunteered to be the newEnglish Department Head afterEnglish teacher Eric Woodardstepped down from the position.“Iappliedforthepositiontwoyearsago,andwhenMr.Woodardstepped down I volunteeredfor the position,” said Goeller.GoellerhasbeenteachingatLCforsixyearsandhasalsobeentheHead JV basketball coach, untilherecentlygaveupthatpositiontoEnglishteacherRogerKugler. “I coached basketball for all6 years, and then when I heardthat the position was open forthedepartmenthead Iknew thatIwouldhaveenoughtime.That’swhyIvolunteered,”saidGoeller. Asadepartmenthead,Goellerhastakenonmanyresponsibilitiesthathehasneverhadinthepast.“Ihavetobeinchargeofbudgetfor the English department,

collaboration on Thursdaymornings, and I also have tobe in charge of making ordersfor new supplies and booksthat we may need and I am

basically the messenger of anyinformation that comes my waythat has to do with the Englishdepartment,” said Goeller.NotonlyhasGoellertaughtatLC for the last six years, but healsograduated fromLCaswell.“Iplayedbasketballandsoccerhere and I played one year offootball as well,” said Goeller.

DepartmentheadsatLChavebeenfacing many problems over thecourseoftheyearduecutsintimeand money for theDept. Heads.“Theyusedtosetasidetimeforusbygivingusanopenperiod,buttheynolongerdothatsoitmakesit a lot harder,” said Goeller. LC’s English Departmentbeingthe largestone in thestatebrings Goeller a lot of extraresponsibilities. The Englishdepartment has 19 teachersand it includes elective classesas well as all the core classes. “Luckily we have had agreat line of department headsbefore me, which included,Sally Pfeifer, Jeff Norton andEric Woodard ,” said Goeller. Goeller has had to face alot as dept. Head that he hasnever had to face in the past. “Iprobably receiveabout100emails that have to do with theEnglish Department a week,whichisverynewtome,sothatis definitely something I have to get used to,” said Goeller.

LC teacher Ryland Huff is now the dean of students this year on top of coaching boys and girls soccer and boys basketball.

PHOTOBYSYDNEYHARMON

Average SAT scores have decreased in

the past year, caus-ing concern about the effieceny of the college board test

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TheLCstaffandstudentshavefound themselves surroundedby new technology that will,in theory, enhance and supportlearningforallstudentsandmakeadministrationwithinour schoolmore effective and efficient. LC received new technologythrough the Technology Bondthat the community votedfor four to five years ago. “I’m thankful for thecommunity supportingour bond,” said AssistantPrincipal Theresa Meyers. AccordingtheLCTechnology

Plan, with the new technologyteachers can design engaginglessons thus making theirstudents more successful intheir post-high school careers. “Students are really engagedwith this new technology inthe classroom,” said Meyers.Technology is an important toolinincreasingstudentachievementand preparing students for theirfuture roles in society, whichis the vision statement of theimprovementoftheLCtechnology. Someofthenewtechnologiesthat can be found in LCclassrooms are the Avervisiondocument cameras, which canbe found in all English andsocial studies classes, along

with few of the world languageand science classes as well. These cameras allow teachersto cast an image of a paperdocument onto a screenfor their students to view. “Ican takenotesduringclasson a piece of white paper, andtake a picture of them throughthe document camera,” saidEnglish teacher Andy Lang,“And then post those notes onmy internet site if I found themimportant for my students.Alongwiththeteachersreceivingnew technology the students arealsoabletojoininwiththewirelessservicesthatareofferedtothem. Students have access tocomputersonwheels(COWs)with

wirelessnetworkingand internetaccessallowingstudents tohaveincreased access to computersto produce quality documentsfor homework assignments, andto access teachers via academicand personal web pages,LC currently has 100 laptopcomputers used by studentsand teachers via the COWs. The COWs allow the schoolto update their technology andstill have the ability to filter through Bess (a program whichprevents users from connectingtoinappropriatesites),comparedto the desktop computersthat could not be updatedand posed many problems.But, since Oct 9 the wireless

technology has been down. “This allows teachers not todisrupt class,” said Meyer onthe advantages of COWs beingavailable to the LC community.AlongwiththeCOWsstudentscanbringlaptopstotheschoolandhavetheabilitytoconnecttotheinternet through the “hot spots”found throughout the school. “If you look up in the hallsyou will see these white boxeswith teal circles,” said Langdescribing the equipment whichprovidesthewirelessconnections. With this new technologystudents and staff have accessto equipment which willsignificantly enhance and support learningforall students.

by Sam Blehm Layout Ediotr

Newtechnologyenhanceslearningexperience

ThreeSPSstudentswerenamedNational Merit Semifinalists this month. Seniors StephenCraig, Kathryn Reichard andJason Ross of Lewis and ClarkHigh School were given thishonor because of outstandingacademic records all throughhigh school and exceedinglyhigh scores on the PSAT. These students now have theopportunity to continue on inthe National Merit competitionfor some 8,200 scholarshipawards worth $34 million.TheNationalMeritScholarshipis an academic competitionfor recognition and collegescholarships administered bythe National Merit ScholarshipAssociation, a privately fundedand non-profit organization; the program was started in 1955. To be eligible to enter theprogram, the student must: beenrolled inhigh school full timeand be planning to enroll incollegeinthefallaftercompletionofhighschool;beacitizenoftheUnitedStatesorbeaU.S.lawfulpermanent resident who intendsto become a U.S. citizen at theearliest opportunity allowed bylaw; and take the PreliminarySAT/National Merit ScholarshipQualifyingTest (PSAT/NMSQT)in the specified year of the high school program, usually junioryear and usually at one’s ownschool.Studentscompletinghighschoolinthreeyearsorlessmustbeinthelastornext-to-lastyearofhighschoolwhentheytakethetest.

More than1.4million juniorsfrom about 21,000 high schoolsin the U.S. entered the programby taking the 2006 PSAT/NMSQT. Of that, only onepercent become finalists, and 15,000 people will advance tothe finalist level. Of that, about 8,200 receive merit awards. All finalists are considered for one of the 2,500 National Meritscholarships, which are awardedon a state representation basis. Reichard thought that shecould become a finalist. “I’ve been going for that from thebeginning.Ialwayswantedtobeanationalscholarbecausethere’sa lot of esteemandmoney fromit, I was really excited to find out that Imade it because it putme in the toponepercentof1.4million who took it,” she said.Reichardplansonapplyingforcolleges with great reputation.She said, “Columbia Universityin New York city, as well asmany others on the east coast.” Another NMSF, Steven CraigsaidthatheplansonapplyingtothecollegesWilliamsandPomona.Craig never considered at anearlyagethathewouldbecomeafinalist. “Working hard is part of mypersonality.Ihavetosaythatitisanhonorthough.”Craigscoreda 2210 out of 2400 on the SAT.TheNationalMeritCorporationalsonamedthefollowingseniorsas “commended” students:Rachelle Grossman, AlanGuthrie, Mark Hay, MorganLynch, Sean McCotter, AllieMcDonnell, Katherine Merck,Rebecca Millsap, DanielleSheridan and Eleanor Siler.

by John Halstead Staff Writer

NationalMeritsemifinalists named

by Sydney Harmom Staff Writer

AcclaimedauthorvisitsLCtopromote“EngagingIran”

Author Nathan Gonzalez visited LC prior to a presentation at GU on Oct. 11 to promote “Engaging Iran,” his novel discussing the current political state in Iran and what the US should do there.

NMSQT named Seniors Stephen Craig and Katie Reichard as semifinalists for National Merit due to academic excellence.

Nathan Gonzalez, authorof Engaging Iran, spoke atLC Friday, Oct 13, about thecurrent political state in Iran,and his views on whatAmericashould do in the Middle East. Gonzalez, born in the States,spent most of his childhoodin Mexico. “[It was a] safe,comfortable childhood.Wewereamiddle class family, and that’snowdisappearing.”Then, at ageeleven,moved to theLAregion. Gonzalez went to UCLAfor his bachelor degree inPolitical Science. He then wentto Columbia for his masters. After college, Gonzalez wentto work on different politicalcampaigns, likeHoward Dean’s,buthestoppedbecause“Americandefine themselves into one party, democratorrepublican,anditsbadforthecountry;weneedtohavemore of a level headed policy.” According to Gonzalez theIranian government is corrupt.On top of a corrupt governmentIranians have ties to terroristgroups, a president who hasclaimed the Holocaust neverhappened leaving the Jewish

community up in arms, and anew need for nuclear research.Furthermore, Iran has the issueof powers constantly changing.“Iranislikeahotpotato,thereisn’t a lot of solid leadership,one day someone is in chargeof one thing then the next

they aren’t,” Gonzalez said.Eventhoughthisistrue,Irancouldmakeagoodally,mainlybecausethey have the same enemies wedo,andtheyareboardercountryof Iraq, according to Gonzalez.IranisdifferentthananyoftheMiddle Eastern countries. Theywere the center of the PersianEmpire,whichisstillembeddedintheirculture.TheyarealsomainlyShi’ia Muslims where as all of

the other surrounding countriesare Sunni. Iran is probably oneof the only Middle EasterncountrieswhoismovingtowardsdemocracybyitselfsaidGonzalez. Iran, also, is not a strong oilpower;ituses60percentofitsoil,and exports 40 percent. In fact,they export more rugs than oil. The Iranian president hastried to make amends withUS government, but the Bushadministration has turneddown any form of peace talks.Gonzalez believes that is oneof US’s biggest mistakes. According to Gonzalez hebelieves that talking to Iranwill benefit us and them more than anything because it willopenthedoorswithoilandmayhelp us pull out of Iraq faster.Two-thirdsofthepopulationisunder twenty-five and they are overwhelmingly pro-America.However,theissueis,ifwewagewar, the population will fallowits government, Gonzalez said. Toavoid,wemust to supportthe younger population whetherit is films or studying aboard. “Films are very important tothem, if we watch them on theinternet, at least they know wesupport them,” Gonzalez said.

“Iran is like a hot potato, there isn’t a lot of solid leadership, one

day someone is in charge of one thing then the next they

aren’t.”

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Director of Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute (MFWI) Cul-tural Center Mori Fumihiko and Vice President of MFWI Kenya Matsugata delivered two friend-ship dolls to LC on June 4, 2007. The goal of MFWI was to pur-sue a closer and friendlier envi-ronment between both schools. Fumihiko and Mastugata pre-sented the dolls to Racial and Cultural Equality (RACE) in room 107. They discussed how the Friendship Doll Program was created in 1927 and how it was introduced to MFWI. Fumihiko put a documentary about the creation of the Friend-ship Doll into his presentation. “The Japanese Cultural Cen-ter (JCC) started giving out friendship dolls 15 years ago by Michiko Takaoka,” said Fumi-hiko, but the birth of friendship dolls came long before Takaoka started it at MFWI. MFWI gives out friendship dolls only to mid-dle schools and high schools. According to the March and April 2007 issue of the MFWI Cultural Center News, Japan par-ticipates in a 1,000 year-old festi-val called Hina Matsuri, the Doll Festival or Girls’ Festival, which is held on March 3 every year. During the 1920’s, anti-Japanese laws surfaced in America. Dr.

Sidney L. Gulick tried to change this anti-Japanese sentiment. The JCC reported that in Feb. 1927, Gulick and around 3 mil-lion Americans from “church groups, girl scouts, boy scouts and entire communities,” came together and sent 12,739 American dolls to Japan. Gu-lick called it “The Doll Plan.” The Japanese were touched by the kind gesture of friend-ship from the Americans and in the end, Viscount Eiichi Shi-busawa and 2.6 million Japa-nese returned the friendship with gratitude. They delivered 58 dolls to America as displays. These dolls were crafted to look like five-year-olds, all 32 inches tall and dressed up in traditional Japanese kimonos. Kimonos are silk coats usually worn on tra-ditional occasions or weddings. According to Matsugata, every time a Friendship Doll arrives in Japan, the Japanese would sing the traditional “Welcome Song.” Matsugata sung the beginning of the song to the members of RACE during the presentation. Fumihiko and Mastugata ex-plained more about the impor-tance of the Friendship Dolls in a film called the “Blue Eyed Dolls.” According to the film, American dolls were acknowledged as Blue Eyed Dolls and the Japanese Dolls were called Black Eyed Dolls. The film described how Japa-

nese citizens risked their lives dur-ing WWII to protect the Blue and Black Eyed Dolls and return them to their rightful owners. The sym-bolization of the friendship dolls allowed the Japanese citizens to try and save the dolls for future generations, even though their enemy was America at that time. Senior Hillary Miller said, “I thought that [saving the dolls] re-ally tested the connection between the cultures because it showed that people are willing to protect and not misjudge an entire country by their governments’ actions.” “It showed a step of courage [by the Japanese citizens] be-cause the people were risking their lives to save the dolls and they were being killed because their steps to save those dolls rep-resented peace between the two nations,” said senior Jodi Signer. RACE advisor and history teacher Susan Gerard enjoyed the presentation. She said, “I thought it was very nice how they talked about the Japanese culture and educated us about the dolls.” Gerard also encour-ages students to join RACE for fun and educational experiences. At this time, Japanese teacher Michelle Wells is tak-ing care of the two dolls. Fumihiko and Matsugata both wished to continue this long tra-dition by extending their knowl-edge to the LC students and staffs.

PHOTO BY VALLY MOUA

Friendship dolls program Mori Fumihiko, LC teacher Michelle Wells and Kenya Matsugata hold up a Japanese friendship doll.

by Vally Moua Photo Editor

A trip to Europe

Once upon a time, a group of LC students, a teacher, and a vice principal went across the ocean blue to explore a new land they call Europe. In this far away land, they explored the great cit-ies of Rome, Paris and London. This is where they learned a vast amount of history and be-came, as they thought, cultured. The first stop on the sixteen day trip was the wonderful country of Italy, where they explored the an-cient city of Pompeii, sang with the Syrians on the island of Capri, stood in awe of the Sistine Chapel, and pretended to fight with the gladiators in the Roman Empire. The eternal city, Rome, won over everyone’s heart. Allyson Hansen, sophomore, said, “Rome (was my favorite city) be-cause there are ice cream stands about every 14 feet or so. Oh… and it’s an un-deniable connection to the past.” Rome is a strange city where the past meets the future. Cars and scooters zoom right next to the 2000 year-old Coliseum, which absolutely blew my mind. The Spanish Steps with the Holly-wood-type glitz and the glamour of Chanel and Dior. Rome is the cor-nerstone for the world as we know it, and much of our culture has been taken from their civilization. Rome had great food “The food in Italy was amazing, except for the green pasta. I did not enjoy that.” Sophomore Reece Webb said, as he referred to the pesto. “I, also, have never eaten so much gelato in my life. It was perfect.” Paris, the city of lights, does not fail its nickname. The Eiffel Tow-er has 2000 lights shining on it as the symbol of the millennium, and they go off every hour on the hour (after six.) When we were there it just happened to be Bas-tille Day, the French equivalent of the Forth of July, and the massive fireworks show was amazing. The trip from Italy to France involved an over night train that we almost missed, I might add. It took us through Tuscany, Switzer-land, and the South of France, but to tell you the truth we all slept, and I didn’t see the famed beau-ty of either lands. This trip had long days in store for us, and any

chance we had to sleep was taken; Switzerland and France included. Paris was the city we spent the least amount of time in, but it had the most art, which I’m a big fan of. From the Louvre to Versailles, we saw every major artist from the times before Christ to modern day. And to my distaste and sur-prise, the Monia Lisa was small-er then you would ever think. Junior, Bri Sullivan, fell in love with Paris, “Paris, the city of love, was my favorite city because of the background knowledge I had.” She is a second year French student and she feels that it truly helped her experience the city. I on the other hand took AP Art history and it helps me quite a bit

with all the dif-ferent museums. From Paris to London, there was a ferry in-volved, and it actually made me quite sick to my stomach even including the Dramamine. When we fi-

nally hit dry land, it was raining like cats and dogs. We all had this wonderful idea of puddle jumping. None of us were dry expect for Teresa Meyer, vice principal, Colleen James, teach-er, Sullivan and her mother Judi Sullivan. They had these won-derful things called umbrellas In London, we spent almost every night in Piccadilly Circus, the center of everything. Pic-cadilly is essentially the same as Times Square in New York City. Somehow three of our group members talked our lovely chaperones into going to Harry Potter, and that is what we did. Meyer said, “London (was my favorite city) because it was where we came from, all of our history as a country started there.” For the entire trip, we saw and did everything we possibly could to soak the experience in. We gained friendships that will last forever, and an experience that we will never forget. Mara Caskey, junior said “Sydney, you must be stupid if you think any of us will ever forget this, it change all of us just slightly and gave every-one of us a new outlook on life.” This summer LC is offering a trip to Costa Rica. For details go to room 001 and see Sra. Myhre. Also, Madame Cal-liez is offering a trip for sec-ond year French students. See her in room 043 for details.

by Sydney Harmon Staff Writer

This year senior Kate Hellenthal has taken it upon herself to create the new club “Be the Change,” (the NetAid/Mercy Corps motto) which will bring awareness to the global actions we can take to help improve the all around well-ness of our world as we know it. “I don’t think that people realize that our daily lives impact our environment,” said senior Kaelyn Sayles. Hellenthal thought of the idea for this club through the nonprof-it organization she worked for called the NetAid/Mercy Corps. “They gave me extensive train-ing in how to spread awareness through our communities and why it is important,” said Hellenthal. As a member of “Be the Change,” you will perform dif-

ferent duties for each Global Action Day. Hellenthal has al-ready begun brainstorming what can be accomplished this year. “I want to raise awareness about global poverty issues which will hopefully in turn persuade oth-ers to take action therefore cre-ating a strong and meaningful impact,” said Hellenthal. “Also, to create a stronger sense of community by getting as many people as possible involved in something bigger then them.” For Global Climate Change Day in Jan., the members of the club will put together a teach-in where an hour long forum will be held to inform what we can do to slow the current climate change that is taking place. For Access to Education in April, a petition will be put together and sent to one of our states representatives or senator. On HIV/AIDS Day coming on

Dec. first, a fundraiser will be put together selling t-shirts and rib-bons, and food involved. Also, on the upcoming World Food Day on Oct.16 Hellenthal has com-mitted to writing an editorial and summiting it to The LC Journal. The meeting dates and lo-cation for this club have not yet been announced, so pay special attention to the bul-letins for further information. Through this club the LC com-munity will be able to bring aware-ness to the issues that our present in our world today. “I think that having this club at LC we will be able to raise awareness that will stem from our school and reach the community,” said Sayles. As Gandhi said “You must be the change you want to see in the world,” which is the Hellen-thal’s main motivation behind this club. “And Gandhi was a powerful man,” said Sayles.

The tour group smiled for the camera while touring in Europe.

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“Rome (was my fa-vorite city) because there are ice cream stands about every

14 feet or so”

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New Aquarius around the hallsby Kate Hellenthal

Features Editor

LC hired new English Language Development (ELD) teacher Frank Newman to teach the English language in a variety of settings to those who speak it as a second language. ELD is a program required by the national government available for all students from kindergarten to grade 12. Most teachers who pursue a career in this educational field speak some other language, fluently or not, and have an endorsement in the class, like Newman. After numerous years of teaching experience (11 years at Shadle, one year at Chase Middle School and two years abroad in Japan), Newman was asked to come and teach here at LC by his supervisor. Newman is a 1998 graduate of Gonzaga University. While

studying to get his English endorsement at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, he took one ELD class (then known as ESL or English as a second language) and fell in love with it. “I loved it. I had a great teacher,” said Newman, who then went on to obtain his endorsement in ELD. “I used to love history. I liked looking on a map and pointing to a place and saying ‘I want to go there someday,’” he said. Newman has had the opportunity to travel to many different places such as Bali with his family. He also saw the Great Wall of China while on vacation with his family. His traveling experience is very beneficial to his teaching because he teaches students from Colombia, Russia, Micronesia, Ukraine, Somalia, Liberia, Sudan, Mexico, Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Turkey. So far Newman’s experience at LC has been good. “The teachers have been great, the students are fun,”

he said. “I teach great students.” Newman teaches three different levels of English, two Washington social studies classes, and one US history class. According to junior Bakhtiyer Shackirov, Newman is a good teacher. “I like his style,” he said, “because he explains everything better.” There are two classes that Shackirov takes from Newman, English and community services. Out of the two, Shackirov enjoys English more because “the outcome of English class is higher. It is more useful than community studies.” Newman said that his experience at LC has been very different compared to his other teaching posts. According to him, the students are respectful and seem to really be enjoying their time spent at school whereas at the other schools it was almost the opposite. Other basic yet necessary

information about Newman is that his astrological sign is Aquarius. If he could have any super-human power he would want to

be invisible. “Can you imagine sneaking into cabinet meetings at the White House and seeing what really goes on there?” he said.

Co-op visits well-known summer camp: YMCA’s Camp Reedby Danielle Kugler

Staff Writer

EDL teacher Frank Newman takes teaching here at LC very seri-ously and enjoys it immensely. Teaching is one of his passions.

Every year, the Co-op class takes a team-building trip to Camp Reed for a day. The class has been going to Reed for 4 years. “The class takes the trip to build leadership amongst the students and help communication,” said senior Mary Trevey. “I thought the trip was very successful,” said senior Anna Cage. “We learned a lot and I had a lot of fun.” The students start off the day with some smaller group activities and then move on to larger ones over the course of the day. “The smaller activities allow the students to get to know each other and address issues such as trust and teamwork,” said Co-op teacher Lisa Weiler. The students work on getting to know each other and try to complete tasks as a group. “There are group activities where the groups are put to the test to see if they can handle situations under pressure,” Trevey.

The activities include log balancing, climbing a thirty foot wall, the rope swing and other small activities. The students were taught a lot of life lessons on the field trip. They had to face their fears and try to overcome them. “I learned quite a bit on the trip,” said Cage. “ I learned that in order to overcome your fears you have to face them at one point in your life and I felt that this trip really helped some of the students overcome their fears.” The students were also tested in many areas by participating in activities, whether tey were individual or group activities. “The smaller activities are really fun and they really help us work as a team,” said Trevey. “We do the low ropes course and then we move on to the higher ropes course which is pretty scary for some of the students.” The students then move on to the larger activities which include the high ropes course and the rope swing. The higher activities, however, are

more individual whereas the lower, easier ones are group activities. “The higher ones are more individual in that they teach the students limits and teach them not to be afraid. Most of the students get scared when they are really high off the ground, but we encourage them that it is going to be ok,” said senior JJ Cushman. The ropes course that the students go on is nearly 60 feet of the ground and some of the students can make it all the way to the top, whereas others only make it halfway. “It’s just a matter of how afraid of heights the students are,” said Trevey. “Like me, I am not afraid of heights so it was a lot easier for me than it was for most of the students.” The main goal of the Camp Reed trip is to build leadership, and help the students to communicate with each other in a helpful, respectful, inclusive way. The students go over safety issues and leadership issues. “Overall I think that the trip is very helpful,” said Trevey.

Co-op students pose in the great outdoors at YMCA’s camp Reed, where they participated in many team building exercises which most felt were very beneficial to the program. Front row: Ken Varvalho and Jarrell Miller; Second row: Mary Trevey, J.J. Cush-man, Shane Fender, Ben Reuland, Rocky Botner, Anna Cage, Larissa Campbell, Rachel True, Michael Jordan, Brittany Read; Third row: Travis Towhill, Shawn Harshbarger, Galina Price , Danaia Stuck, Amanda Sackett, Kate Chamberlain, Abbi Hoag.

PHOTO BY LISA WEILER

Speak Spanish? Meet new FES Jimenaby Kate Hellenthal

Features Editor LC is hosting exchange student Jimena Mingorance who hails from Santa Cruz, the largest city in Bolivia. Mingorance came here through an exchange program called the Rotary Exchange. She first heard of the program through her uncle, who is a part of it. “In school I had been learning English for four years so I wanted an English speaking country,” she said. “It was either this or Canada. Everybody told me Spokane was one of the best to come to.” For Mingorance, life in Spokane is different compared to life in Santa Cruz but at the same time it is similar. At home, she would go out with her friends every weekend; she would chat on the internet and use Facebook. But instead of parties like teenagers here sometimes attend, every weekend Mingorance and her friends would go dance the night

away at dance clubs, or discotecas, that were open to a younger crowd. Her favorite American food is Zips but at home she enjoys eating “majadito rice and chicken or beef.”“[Spokane] is really different than Santa Cruz,” Mignorance said. “School, food, everything is different. The type of living.”

During the first weeks, Mingorance said she was very homesick and it was hard being here. But, fortunately for her,

and us, her host family is “really nice. They made me feel like a part of the family. They made it easier for me,” she said. So far, Mignorance’s favorite place in Spokane is Manito Park. She also has been to Greenbluff with her host family. She said it was “very nice.” According to Mignorance, LC has been very good to her. “I really like it,” she said. “I feel comfortable because all the people are really nice with me. They make me feel good to be here.” “I go home in June. I think I’ll want to stay,” Mignorance said. “Right now it’s only been two months and I really like it. I’m not thinking about going home yet.” Next, Mingorance would like to travel to Venice, Italy. Later on in life she would “like to study medicine and become a pediatrician. Then after I want to become a chef.” Finally, her favorite color is pink. So if you have anyting in common, make her your new friend.

“I go home in June. I think I’ll want to stay. Right now it’s only been two months and I really like it. I’m not thinking about going

home yet.”

PHOTO BY LISA WEILER

Santa Cruz, meaning “Holy Cross of the Hills,” is the larg-est city in Bolivia, in South America. Founded in 1561 by Nu-flo de Chavez, the city has become a leader in the movement against the central government of Bolivia, hoping to separate the country into autonomic political regions where each is ba-sically self-sufficient. A typical food of the country is the em-panada, a stuffed pastry that can be found made of meat or sugar. This is a delicacy in many Latin American countries.

PHOTO BY BEVERLY AMSTADTER

PHOTO BY BEVERLY AMSTADTER

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A new foreign exchange student from Belgium is currently attending LC for the entire school year. Senior Emilie Sohier previously graduated last year from her Belgian high school, afterwards, Sohier decided to become an exchange student in America. Through an online exchange student company students My mother, sister, and I chose which individual we wanted living with us for ten months. I have always wanted an exchange student. The simple opportunity to allow another individual to experience America’s thrilling and healthy culture makes me feel satisfied. According to Sohier, America is quite different from her former home. “There is a lot of difference between Belgium and America. We have a different culture, different tradition, and different foods,” said Sohier. In her hometown, Sohier enjoys a different variety of foods. She detests beans, and enjoys a popular Belgian food which includes bread, frites (French fries), mayonnaise, and other various condiments. Apparently, so far this year, Sohier has done little to nothing outside of school. “I do nothing now, but I would like to do something. I would like to do sport,” said Sohier. Her interests fall inside the categories of dance, sports and cooking. Sohier said America “is a very big country with a different style of life that in Belgium.” Sohier’s schooling in Belgium is very different than here. Her school in Belgium is a great deal

smaller than LC. According to Sohier, “it is a very big school because I went in a school with 600 students for 6 grades.” The system of education varies as well, “the system of education is very different that in Belgium. In Belgium, we have 7, 8, or 9 periods per day, and we don’t have the same class everyday,” said Sohier. Sohier’s schedule here at LC includes history, English, writing about film, Spanish, psychology, and textiles and apparel. Currently Sohier is working on making a quilt, and writing a paper on the film “Pretty Woman.” Although life in America may seen care free, Sohier still misses her hometown and the people and food that correspond with it.

Sohier enjoys receiving and writing letters to her friends in Belgium, recently she sent a package containing candy to one particular individual. Upon her arrival to America, Sohier presented her host family with large amounts of Belgian chocolate. It was very good, American chocolate tends to stick like chalk in your mouth. Belgian chocolate simply melts. Sohier also enjoys cooking for her host family. The most recent concoction was entitled a “Sugar Tart.” This was made with a thin cracker like crust, cream, and a large amount of sugar. When asked about the friends she has made so far, Sohier said, “I have no friends. I am alone.”

Does Sohier make waffles?

Rhonda Leibrecht is a new teacher here at Lewis and Clark High School. She is teaching photography classes during fifth and sixth period. Leibrecht has several years of experience in photography. “I worked for two photographers before and I have taken senior pictures for high schools in Spokane. I have also run my own business in photography for seven years. I love to be in the outdoors and take nature photos,” she said. Born and raised in Spokane Washington, she said, “I love Spokane. It is just the perfect climate here and whenever I was asked whether I wanted to leave somewhere else, I said no.” “I love nature. You get to work outdoors instead of a concealed environment,” said Leibrecht. Teaching photography is not her only talent. Leibrecht said, “My original plan was to keep my photography business, although I really enjoy Health and Fitness. Photography is my first choice from the two.” Leibrecht earned a degree in Health and Fitness at Eastern Washington University. She said, “I love to exercise, especially biking. I went on a two-mile bike ride at Snoqualmie pass over the summer, which was one of my main highlights, as well as getting a job to teach photography here at LC.”

According to Leibrecht, she got her first camera in her junior year in high school, triggering her much endowed interest in the world of photography. Showing her passion, she said, “Photography helps me to be more creative and shows my artistic side.” “When teaching my photography classes, I would like students to just give it their all. I expect 110 percent from them and to see their effort,” said Leibrecht. “Some things I like about LC are how the students here in class are so positive and optimistic about learning.” One of Leibrecht’s other keen interests is animals. She has a German shepherd dog and a cat. She also has a passion for reading mystery books from some of her favorite authors, John Saul and Mary Higgins Clark. Leibrecht said, “This is actually the first year I have not read a book. I am just so busy these days, and don’t seem to have much time on my hands to do anything else.” Leibrecht loves to help people and give money to the poor, showing what a generous person she is. Leibrecht said, “I find myself looking around at floors to find money, which I later go to donate to charity.” “I would love to stay and teach photography here at LC as long as they will permit me to. I think the LC is the best out of all of the schools,” she said.Welcome to LC Mrs. Leibrecht!

by Maria ChumovStaff Writer

LC steals Ferris English teacherby Vally Moua

Photo Editor

So far, Sohier wants to meet many new friends here in our exciting hometown of Spokane. Come on folks! Let’s give her a warm welcome and invite her out for some fa-mous American food: burgers and fries from Dick’s!

LC principal Shawn Jordan is not the only member that transferred from Saxon territories. The LC staff added English teacher Megan Thiemans to their employer list this fall. She teaches sophomore, freshmen and junior English and introductiont to communications (IC). Theimans graduated from Ferris before attending Washington State University (WSU). At WSU, Theimans majored in history and decided to go for a minor in English. She student taught and substitute taught for two years at Ferris before coming to teach at LC. She also taught at Garry Middle School for her first year of teaching. Thiemans’ favorite subject is art history. She plans on going back to school after a few years of teaching. “I’d like to get my masters in art history because it’s really interesting to look at paintings and see the history behind it,” said Theimans. Even though Thiemans has not been able to teach an art history course, she still enjoys teaching freshmen, sophomores and the students in junior IC. “We’ve thrown a lot of literature into it [IC] and integrated it into the junior curriculum,” said Theimans. The juniors can learn more about American

literature beginning from the creation of the thirteen colonies in America to the modern days. For Theimans, the course is interesting which makes it easier for her to teach. After a few days at school, she has settled in quite well with her students and the staff. “I love the staff,” said Theimans. “The kids are fun and I say we are more diverse than other schools.” Her students feel that Theimans is a unique teacher who is entertaining and they love her class. Sophomore Mykenna Buffkin

and exciting,” said Santos. Another positive part about LC for Theimans is that the students and staff do not have to travel from one building to another. Unlike LC, Ferris has a number of different building in their campus. Since their classes are in different buildings, the students and staff had to move in and out of buildings every day. Theimans is also a huge movie watcher and enjoys reading books and spending time with her family. She said, “The more you

Photography has long been one of new teacher Rhon-da Leibrecht’s passions in life, as are the great out-doors, reading mysteries, animals and Spokane.

PHOTO BY BEVERLY AMSTADTER

PHOTO BY BEVERLY AMSTADTER

Thiemans truly enjoys teaching her numerous students. Here she laughs while reading from a worksheet dur-ing her class. As she said, life is funnier when you read.

Want to go to France? If you want to be part of a tour group that will visit the beautifully scemic country of France, there is some in-formation you should know. You will be part of a 32 or more person group which will leave shortly after school lets out in 2008. The group will spend 21 days in France, includ-ing four or five days in Paris. The cost is $3,400. This includes airfare, land transportation, ho-tel fees and insurance. This does not include increases in airfares,

passports, optional visits, and some meals (lunch and dinner when not in the family stay). There are scholarships avail-able, but you must ask for the fi-nancial aid before Nov. 15, 2007. Your application with $350 is due by Nov. 1; $800 is due by Dec. 15; $900 is due by Feb. 1; the rest of the balance is due by March 15.Any and all late pay-ments are an additional $40. Any students interest-ed should speak with Ol-ivia Caulliez in room 043.

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is a student in Theiman’s fifth period class. Buffkin said, “I think it’s [the class] fun. It is really crazy but fun.” Sophomores Andereas Andersson and Donnie Santos agree with Buffkin. “She makes me stay awake in class,” said Anderssan. “There’s always something new.” “It is an interesting class

read, the funnier life is.” Theimans recommended to students that in order to be successful and have a fun high school experience you must go to class, smile every day, and try to find laughter in everything that you do. “Sit back and enjoy it,” said Theimans, “because you don’t have to pay for it.”

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Culminating Project Information•Students will be required to create a research paper, a product, a portfo-lio and a presenta-tion.•Students are re-quired to have 20 hours of docu-mented work time.•The Culminating Project is a gradu-ation requirement due to state law.

•Letters of Pro-posal and Parent Acknowledgement forms are due to be turned in by students by Nov. 2.•The Culminating Project website, www.theculminat-ingproject.com, contains lots of useful information for students, as well as necessary

paperwork.•There is a link for parents avail-able on the web-site which can help answer ques-tions.•A student man-ual is on the web-site for students to access that contains infor-mation on how to complete the project.

It is that time of the year again. When skinny boys are run-ning around with nothing on but short shorts and tennis shoes – it is cross country season. This year the team has five wins and two losses as of October 8th. A new addition was added to the team this year. Previously a star cross country runner at WSU, LCs photography teacher and year-book advisor Michael Lee became the new head coach of the team. “This is my first cross country coaching job,” said Lee. So far he has been enjoying himself. “I enjoy it because it’s unique in the fact that you mentor the kids, coach the kids, and run with them. It’s fun to participate with them.” In high school, Lee was a member of the Mead cross country team, and helped contribute to their status as the best in the country. Other coaches of the team are track coach Mark Brady, who will be starting his third year with the team, (who previously coached girls track), and as-sistant coach Brandon Fabien. The team is made up of eight freshman, 11 sophomores, 15 juniors, and nine seniors with 22 returning runners. “We’re better than last year, and we’ve got a fairly young team,” said sophomore Derek Alcorn. Being a cross country runner is considered by many, a hard job. Their sport is many sports pun-ishment: on an average practice day, the boys will run 8-10 miles.

Sound crazy to you? Add those two numbers together and you’ll get their longest run yet; 18 miles in one day, that’s more than two Bloomsdays! “You have to commit so much time to it you hardly have any free time,” said freshman Scott Strong. The team recently sent 15 run-ners to a race in Missoula, Mon-tana where they were very suc-cessful. “We got second overall; lost to Mt. Spokane by one point. Most everyone on the team had a personal record,” said Al-corn, who was one of the fifteen. “We’re doing really well,” said Lee. “We’ve gone up against some really tough com-petitors. Spokane is one of the toughest leagues and several teams are ranked nationally.” “Our goal is for our varsity team to qualify for state. In order for that to happen we have to do well at regionals. Ideally we’ll take the whole team to state,” said Lee. The captains for the team are sophomore Chris Ennis, junior Beddam Allen and senior Kaleb Fergan. “I really like the guys who I run with and see everyday. We have great team bonding and we get along really well,” said Fergan. The team runs two races a week, and each race is roughly three miles. The hardest course however is Manito, which is the home course for the Tigers. “In races when you’re feeling really tired you just have to know how to push yourself through the pain of running,” said Fergan. “It’s re-ally mental and if you’re mentally strong you can do so much more.”

by Beverly AmstadterStaff Writer

Boy’s cross country sports new coach

Junior Jeff Tremaine competes at a boy’s cross country meet.

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Girl’s soccer team holds aspirations for postseason

The LC girls soccer team won eight games in a row, los-ing only to EV and Mt. Spo-kane in league as of Oct 10. This year’s team consists of 16 returning players and three newcomers. Both captains, ju-nior Colleen Gravelle and senior Shelby Hughes, return this year and hope to improve on their first round exit in last year’s playoffs. “We were super young last year,” said coach Casey Cur-tis. “[This year] I expect to win the GSL. We have the talent, so we might as well shoot for it.” “We are much better this year,” said Hughes. “We have matured a lot and we gel well together since we only have three new people.” Senior Natalie Mill-er agrees with Hughes. “Our team has matured a lot,” said Miller. “[The maturity] will help us

a lot to take it all the way to state.” So far the team has outscored their opponents 25 to eight and holds a record of 9-3 overall, and 4-2 in league, placing them at fourth behind Mead, G-Prep and SP. Although there are many more games left to play, the players are expecting a good season. The Tiger’s first league game ended in a 6-0 win against Rog-ers at Joe Albi with goals com-ing from five different players. Next the Tigers faced a tough G-Prep team. With two goals in two minutes, the Tigers pulled out a nail-biting win af-ter being down 1-0 at half. “Tying the Prep game and see-ing the look on their faces has been one of the highlights of my season so far,” said scor-er of the first goal junior Alix Silha. “Even better was assist-ing Kenzi Grow’s goal to win.” The Prep win was followed by another close win against the Ti-tans of U-High. The lady Tiger’s won 1-0 off of a goal by freshman

Annie Pokorny in the second half. EV ended the ladies winning streak with a shootout loss. Both halves went without a goal, lead-ing the teams into a shootout where the tigers were outscored 5-4. After their loss to EV, the Tigers faced a tough competition in their rivals, the lady Saxons. Regula-tion ended in a 1-1 tie with a first half goal by Grow. After seven minutes of overtime, LC won off of a goal by junior Hallie Stocker. Silha had two assists in the game. LC suffered their third loss to the Mt. Spokane wildcats with a score of 2-0. Both of Mt. Spokane’s goals came in the second half. “Our back four has been big this season,” said Curtis. “Of-fensively Grow can dominate any game when she’s on.” This year’s team will not only get noticed for their talent, but also their bright lime green shirts they wear every game day. “We got the green shirts because we wanted to stand out,” said Sil-ha. “I mean, how cool is green?”

by Conor WigertNews Editor

PHOTO BY CONOR WIGERT

Sophomore Beverly Amstadter fights for the ball as junior Alix Silha watches in their win over NC.

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The LC’s Girls Cross Country team has a 5-2 record as of Wed. Oct. 10. At their annual invitational in Missoula, MT, three girls ran the three mile race in under 20 minutes; seven girls ran the race in under 21 minutes; 25 girls ran in under 24 minutes. According to head coach Mark Vandine, “This is the best team we’ve had in the last three years. It’s deeper. The attitude from runner one to runner 55 is tremendously better.” Senior captains Taylor Yost and Hannah Joseph said, “Our team is getting better every week. As Vandine likes to say, it’s deeper than it has been in the past. We have a lot of potensh [potential]. The top JV runners are all duking it out to be on varsity.” There are a lot of new and promising runners this year. Senior newcomer Alyssa Mullins, who moved to Spokane from Texas last year, has been consistently running at varsity’s fourth, fifth and sixth

by Kate HellenthalFeatures Editor

spot, mixing it up with Joseph and junior Kelly Talkington. Joseph and Talkington have improved from last year, from running middle to beginning of the pack on JV to having steady spots on varsity. “Kelly and Hannah show what you can do when you go out and work hard,” said Vandine. “If you put in the time you can benefit.”

Senior Elie Siler remains the team’s number one varsity runner while Yost and sophomore Rachelle Signer battle each other for the number two spot. Finally, freshman Katie Sunwold, junior Nicole Ledwith and sophomore Mckenzie Momany seem to rotate each race to fill up the seventh and final spot on varsity.

Considering that GSL cross country programs are renowned as some of the best in the country, Yost feels that the team is doing very well. At this year’s annual handicap race held at Comstock Park on Wed. Oct. 3, senior Katy Covert held on to her designation as champion for the second year in a row by barely a second. Senior Molly Oakley came in a close second having run the entire race in the lead until Covert passed her at the last second. “We keep getting better. Once we hit the post-season I expect each girl to put together their best race,” Vandine said. “They should take care of what they can control.” On another note, the girl’s cross country team hasalways been known for its family-like atmosphere. Yost describes the team as “bonding like chloride and sodium.” “There are a lot of old faces and some new faces combining to make a solution with a precipitate of love,” Joseph said. “We’re just like one big family. So next year come be on the team. Check it out!”

Girl’s cross country teamcontinues running straight ahead

“We keep getting better. Once we hit

the postseason, I ex-pect each girl to put together their best

race.”

Top, LC cross country athletes prepare to begin a meet.Bottom, junior Kelly Talkington runs toward the finish line.

PHOTO BY VALLY MOUA

PHOTO BY VALLY MOUA

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Sports

October 2007

The LC volleyball team is on a mission: that mission is to win the state championship. The team has an overwhelming amount of talent, and everything it takes to accomplish this task. However, there are some obstacles that they have encountered, and there are still some yet to come. One of the key turning points so far this season for LC was when the team visited NC. LC fell behind two games to none, before rallying to take the final three games and capture the match 3-2. “After going behind 2-0, the light bulb switched on,” junior captain Oceana Bush said. “We went back to the basics of having fun and playing well and we won.” “This team fought the human nature tendency to just take the easy road and quit—and they

fought together to pull that win out,” head coach Julie Yearout said. Following the gutsy comeback victory against NC, something that teams always fear happened. It was a letdown. SP was ready to capitalize against the Tigers, and they did, winning a five set thriller in the Tiger’s den. “Ultimately, the Shadle Park loss is going to make us stronger,” said junior Chloe Rowand. “We realized that each night teams are going out to get us.” As one of the top teams in the GSL and in the state, the Lady Tigers are going to be the hunted instead of the hunters throughout league play. The team is very focused on putting everything together at the end of the season. “Our season-long goals are to: not get so focused on the wins, but to be playing our best volleyball on the last day of the season,” Yearout said. The GSL is a very strong league,

and LC is one of the top teams. Yet, there is still one team that the athletes get up for a little more than the others. That team is Mead. “It’s a big rivalry,” Rowand said. “We always get pumped to them. Several of us play club volleyball with some of their players and it really gets us pumped.” Junior Hilary Koenigs said, “The rivalry is pretty competitive. They won it all last year, so this year we want to take it.” The Lady Tigers faced off against Mead in a non-league match up on Sept. 7, and lost in four games. LC faced off against Mead again in a pivotal match for postseason seeding on Oct. 16. This edition of the LC Journal went to print before the results of this game were recorded. The Lady Tigers are not only a cohesive group on the court, but they get along well off the court as well. “We all love each other,” Bush said. It’s like another family.”

by David SheppardSports Editor

Volleyball gears up for playoffs

LC defeated Shadle 10-2 in slow-pitch softball on Oct. 8. This made LC’s record 9-3 for the season so far. Each of the teams only had a few errors but LC out hit Shadle 15-7. Sophomore Rachel Head and seniors Kayla Horton and Tiffany Jenkins each had three hits for LC, junior Tatiana Eldore had two hits and sophomore Kendall Pavey, senior Ashley Ormsby, junior Brittney Stout and freshman Kristen Furulie each had one hit. This has been one of the most successful seasons for LC’s softball team in the past few years. They have defeated most of their GSL opponents by a convincing amount of points.

LC has been battling with its biggest competitors, CV and U-High, all year for first place in the GSL. As of Oct. 8 U-High’s record was 12-1 and CV’s record was 10-2. In fact, LC’s three losses have come against CV and U-High. This year’s team consists of seven seniors who, according to head coach Tara Groves, all have great leadership skills. “Everybody [on the team] has a

role,” said Groves. “They are a great group of girls.” The rest of the team is fairly spread out in age which may guarantee a good foundation for next year’s team. “We’re like a family,” said senior Emily Liu. According to Eldore the team did many bonding activities including tie dying t-shirts to bring them closer together. “I think [these activities] have been a big part of our success,” said Eldore. According to Liu, the team would greatly appreciate 0more fan support. “We have an excellent team and maybe if more people came to the games they would see what an exciting sport this is,” said Liu. LC’s regular season ended on Oct. 11 with a game against NC at Hart Field at 4pm. Playoff games are scheduled following the end of the regular season. “We have established ourselves as a big contender and hopefully we will do a lot of damage in the playoffs,” said Eldore. “We are taking [the season] one game at a time,” said senior Ashley Ormsby. Many of the team members agree that they have “a good shot at the title” this year, she said. The team played NC to begin the playoffs on Oct. 15. The Lady Tigers, currently ranked third in the GSL face a very challenging road to become league champs.Unfortunately, this edition of the LC Journal went to print before the game was played. “As long as we keep our errors down and keep hitting well, we can compete with any team,” said Groves.

by Christina HugginsOpinions Editor

Softball team contends for GSL title

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA HUGGINS

PHOTO COURTESY OF NALEE MOUA

“We established ourselves as a big

contender and hopefully we will do a lot of damage in

the playoffs.”

Strong football team aims at successby Maria Chumov

Staff Writer

Senior Kayla Horton swings at a pitch during an early season game.

Janele Vogt goes up for the spike in a match played on Oct. 5 against Rogers with Kristen Santos backing up the play. The Lady Tigers won the match in four games: 25-13, 25-12, 26-28, 25-10.

The LC football team won six of their games as of Oct. 15, except against Ferris. Ferris won that game 19-6 on Sept. 13. Even with the loss, the Tigers still bounced back the next week to defeat the Shadle 36-12. Senior captain Alex Shaw and the rest of the team have high hopes for the rest of the season. With the Tiger’s wins, making it to the post season is likely. LC head coach Tom Yearout said, “We are pleased with how hard our players have played and how much effort they have put into each week of practice.” “This season is a big success but we haven’t reached our true potential yet and there’s still work to do,” said Shaw. “I was crushed when we lost to Ferris because I think that Ferris isn’t any better than we are. We came back and got to work,” said Shaw. Yearout said, “Right now we are solely focused on finishing strong in the league play and then we will change our focus

on our playoff opponent if that opportunity presents itself.” “We are off to a good start and we just have got to keep on winning,” said Doug Talkington, another senior captain. “We will make it to the post season. LC hasn’t won a playoff game in a while and we are hoping to change that.” “We have improved as an offensive line in recognizing what a defense is doing and our overall defensive communication has become excellent,” said Yearout. Junior quarterback Taylor Eglet said, “As long as we keep on winning, we can make it to the playoffs. We could win a few games in the playoffs.” “We have a great chance at making the post season and to be successful,” said Shaw. The Tigers won the homecoming game against Rogers 46-6. Talkington said, “It was very exciting and it was a great game.” “The homecoming game is always fun and there is a big crowd. It’s really just another game,” said Shaw. “Anytime you play in overtime it is exciting. Beating Mead on the last play of the game

was a great accomplishment by our kids,” said Yearout. According to Shaw, being a team captain is not that different from being one of the other team players. Shaw said, “It’s hard at times and everyone looks up to you and trusts you. Being a captain is like being a role model to them. You’re really like the rest of your team members.” Talkington said, “Being a captain, you need to maintain consistency and get teammates to where the coaches can’t.” “One of the things we do on game days is making sure it’s quiet at Hart Field so we can concentrate,” said Shaw. “We try and prepare the same each week. Our main goal is to improve as football players on a daily basis,” said Yearout. “We coaches try to make our practices more stressful than a game by creating situations which require communication and execution between all 11 players on the field.” Yearout said, “Our game experience, overall team speed and strength, conditioning and senior leadership is what makes our team so formidable.”

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October 2007

In a world where online friend web sites reign supreme, two emerge victorious; MySpace, and Facebook. Which one of the two is better? Well I’m here to decide that. MySpace was founded in august 2003 by Brad Greenspan, the current MySpace CEO and owner. MySpace has grown overtime and since Sept. 7, 2007, it has been reported that there are currently over 200 million members. Since then, MySpace has been a major topic of debate. From online predators to record numbers, MySpace reigns supreme on the news. I myself started MySpace in Aug. 2005. Since then, I have commented, been commented, posted pictures, commented pictures, edited my stats, made friends, been added as a friend, looked up bands, added profile songs, added videos, been stalked by sex offenders, stalked babes and finally, deleted my space. Yes, I mean my space, not the web site. You can start to breathe again. My decision to delete my space is also a major point in my duel of MySpace vs. Facebook. It’s simply too addicting. Whenever I wasn’t occupying myself with something to do, I could hear my page screaming for me, “John! Come check me! PDiddy just added you to friends!” That was it. I cut myself off. I broke the shackles, and freed my soul from the online prison (a bit dramatic? I hope so). Ah, it feels good to be free. Back to the story, and onto Facebook. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. Originally created for Harvard College students only, Facebook has expanded to anyone who has an email address and who inputs a certain age range. Upon receiving this story

assignment, I created a page. After creation and friend addition, I immediately noticed a few things. First, where are all the cute and colorful backgrounds? How am I supposed to express myself without customizable backgrounds? I always had a cute fairy profile on Myspace. It was my signature detail, and now it’ll never be back. Secondly, it’s got a stalker tracker. Well, not really a stalker tracker, but it does tell people everything you do. Upon log in, I can also get updated on whose friends with whom, and just about anything someone’s changed on their profile. It’s very public. Well those are the differences between the two. MySpace has just about anyone you could possibly meet on it, but Facebook makes it more secure, allowing you to only meet people you would want to meet. I’ll just give you an analogy to the 1987 film, “Predator.” See, you’re like Arnold Schwarzenegger running through the online jungle known as MySpace, while the predator, aka an online sex predator chases you. You’re unable to do anything since the predator is cloaked as an 18 year old woman wearing revealing lingerie in their profile picture, and a message saying, “Meet me downtown in two hours. Come alone.” Facebook, however, is like the post-predator waterfall cloaking malfunction. You, Arnold Schwarzenegger can now see him. The predator can’t get to you since they require an email to find you if they don’t go to your school or know your friends; and he gives up. Both are socially great, fun, and both are a complete time sink. So, I guess what I’m trying to say is rent the movie “Predator” and answer the question yourself. “What really is better, Myspace or Facebook?”

by John HalsteadStaff Writer

Internet wars

by John HalsteadStaff Writer

Misconceptions about wizards and what not

The best dances of all time!

A catalogue of the greatest dances ever enacted to be presented to you simply because I love you all so much. The first dance of course is the twist. The twist is simple in execution, and if you forget how to do the twist there is a song with instructions. The second dance is of course the hokey pokey. The hokey pokey can only be done in groups of three or more, which is what keeps this dance from reaching the number one spot. The dance also has a song, although I don’t believe it went on a multi-platinum record. Note: The hokey pokey in my youth used to be what is all about, but now grades are what we should all be focusing on. This next dance is so absolutely fabulous, that it requires great haste… the hustle. The hustle is an oldie, but a goodie. From what I know about it, you twirl your arms in a fashion similar to an illegal procedure signal during a

football game. This is great for parties and karaoke because it has only one line “do the hustle.” Now I realize some teens say this next dance is lame, but you know that you did the dance in secret or with your grandparents perhaps; that’s right it’s the

Macarena. The dance whose song was incomprehensible to all but the most astute students of ‘90s pop culture has won a spot on this most prestigious list because of the secret love for the dance that is shared by everyone. You guys will get hip to this next one as it came out fairly recently; the “Lean Wit’ it Rock

Wit’ it” dance is only for the hardest Gs out there. This dance is fairly simple because all you do is snap your fingers and do the step; you can do it all by yourself. Hey! That’s pretty keen isn’t it? The most recent addition to the list is the “Crank dat Soulja’ Boy” dance. This dance has the whole shebang, an instructional video and song, as well as teachers who can teach you the steps (they can be found where ever there is a need of rhythm and dance). The Soulja Boy is the hottest thing out there among the middle class white students of LC. The monkey is so popular nowadays that the mere mention of its name sends your arms flailing wildly about your body to the music of the sixties. The seizuristic dance is dangerous to those near you and to your rotator cuffs. It’s a good thing that I know all of your mothers made your middle name danger so as to provide with dancing bliss. With these dances added to your arsenal you will be a force to be reckoned with when someone tries to serve you or your crew.

by Zach AlexanderStaff Writer

“This dance is fairly simple because all you do is snap your fingers and do the step; you can do it

all by yourself. Hey! That’s pretty keen

isn’t it?”

PHOTO BY SARAH LEONHARDY

Seniors Samantha Blehm and Zach Alexander and junior Conor Wigert dance their hearts out to demonstrate their abilities. Wigert is doing the twist and Alexander is doing the “lean back.”

*First off, I would like to say that magic is dangerous and no laughing matter. Whenever attempting dark magic, take extreme caution. Hexes on yourself or others, transfiguration and/or death may occur.* I am writing this article in defense of REAL wizards around the globe from the misconceptions established by the Harry Potter novels. Flying cars, quidditch, these so called “Nimbus 3000’s”, Lord Voldemort, school of magic, almighty Dumbledore and classes teaching the dark arts makes me sick. I’ve got news for you fans out there: the Harry Potter world is mere imagination. They throw around words such as “Dark Magic” like its nothing. In my community, even whispering the words dark magic is to commit a sin. Anyway- In the Harry Potter world, spells are created with the muttering

of a few words and a swish of a wand. This is completely inaccurate. Real spells take days to organize and hours to produce. Real spells must be created with strange and unique items too. Items that you would only find at a wizard Wal-Mart, and there aren’t many of those. Totems and Idols like unicorn blood, pigmy feat, fairy dust and gryphon beaks take hours to find on Ebay. The life of a wizard isn’t as easy as Harry Potter makes it out to be. When a wizard turns 18, he must widel a wand from common beach wood, and travel to a far off land in search of a dragon lair. Upon discovery of a dragon lair, the wizard wades through knee high dragon “discharge” until he finds the dragon mother. The young wizard crawls into the mother’s womb, practically suffocating from the mucus covering his body. Drawing his unicorn horn dagger (Unicorn horns being the only thing that can pierce a dragons skin), he cuts open a hole in the womb and snatches an egg. The new dragon champion must

escape the cavern and return home. There, he enchants the egg with a white magic spell, and slurps up the yoke, finally maturing into a man. At this point the wizard must choose how he is going to live out the rest of his life. He has two choices. He can either heal the sick and poor as a white wizard, or turn to the dark side of torture and mind control of a dark wizard. For instance, Pope Benedict XVI is a white wizard. Marilyn Manson is a dark wizard. Both are very powerful men, with manipulative powers.. I myself have yet to choose what path I shall travel. Would I like to wield lightning bolts, or toss shadow magic? A very hard decision. I hope everyone who reads this realizes that magic is no free carnival ride, where you can just grab a wand, mutter a few words, and enchant a kitten. Harry Potter makes my life seem all too easy. There’s no wizard school with wizard teachers and juvenile wizard sports. Harry Potter is blasphemy.

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Now that the glorious summer has ended the time has arrived to hunker down and compile a list of fall movies that will be worth at least eight dollars a ticket: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Oct. 12) starring Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen and Geoffrey Rush is the second film in what is expected to be a trilogy made by director Shekhar Kapur. The films are a sort of biography of the life of Queen Elizabeth I and this film takes place in the late 1500s when England goes to war against Spain. I am looking forward to this movie more than any other this fall because of the amazing acting abilities of Cate Blanchett. “Rendition” (Oct. 19) starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal and Meryl Streep tells the story of Isabella El-Ibrahim (Witherspoon) as she tries to find her husband who has been secretly taken by the U.S. government, as a suspected terrorist, with no formal charges. Gyllenhaal plays a CIA analyst, Douglas Freeman, who is in

charge of the interrogation of El-Ibrahim’s husband, Anwar. This looks like a really intense film with some moving performances. “Reservation Road” (Oct. 19) starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and Mark Ruffalo is about a man, Ethan Learner (Phoenix), who becomes obsessed with finding the man who killed his son in a hit and run accident. Ruffalo plays the tortured divorced man, Dwight Arno, who hit the boy. Phoenix, Connelly and Ruffalo are all amazing actors and the story sounds very captivating. “Dan in Real Life” (Oct. 26) starring Steve Carell, Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche examines the life of widower, Dan Burns (Carell). Burns falls in love with a woman (Binoche), who he soon finds is dating his brother (Cook). Carell is always very good in dramedies and the story seems to be intriguing enough. “American Gangster” (Nov.2) starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe is the true story of heroine kingpin, Frank Lucas (Washington), and his battle against the New York police and Detective Richie Roberts (Crowe) in the 1970s. Washington

by Christina HugginsOpinions Editor

Fall movie preview

Q: Why does Mrs. Showalter’s baby have no hands?S: Because she has nubs.

Q: Why is there never any toilet paper in the men’s bathroom?S: They poop a lot.

Q: Why is room 111 so cold? S: Because staff writer Zachary emits ice/no one turns the heat on as much as in other rooms.

Q: Where did LC’s new principal come from?S: The sea. He looks like a cute

fun salmon without the smell.

Q: What would you do without any eyelids?S: You would have prunes for eyes.

Q: Why, if our school is so greatly opposed to obesity, do they allow those students on honor role to eat donuts?S: Because donuts are considered health food.

Q: Why did Britney Spears shave her head, if she’s just going to wear a wig?S: Because she was super “under the influence.”

Questions and answers with Sarah Leonhardy

by Sarah LeonhardyAd Manager

is always incredible and this looks like it will bring another Oscar nomination for him. “Margot at the Wedding” (Nov. 16 limited) starring Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jack Black is about two sisters, Margot (Kidman) and Pauline (Leigh), as they fight over Pauline’s choice in a fiancé, Malcolm (Black). The sisters discover many things about relationships and their family in this dramedy which will be amazing if for no other reason than because Nicole Kidman is in it. “I’m Not There” (Nov. 21) stars Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw and Marcus Carl Franklin as each of them portrays Bob Dylan in different stages of his life. The impressive cast and the content of the film itself will be very interesting. Some other noteworthy fall films include: “We Own the Night” (Oct. 12), “Lars and the Real Girl” (Oct. 12), “Gone Baby Gone” (Oct. 19), “Martian Child” (Nov. 2), “Day Zero” (Nov. 2 limited), “August Rush” (Nov. 21) and “Savage Grace” (Nov. 23 limited).

On Oct. 8 of this year, whether you realized it your not, our country frivolously celebrated Columbus Day. Not Columbus’s Day, mind you, simply and utterly Columbus Day. The majority of students in today’s society are taught by their teachers that Columbus discovered the new world in 1492. I vaguely remember participating in a competitive science experiment during second grade, which involved building primitive models of Columbus’s three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Marina. We then proceeded to put these ships into an open jug of water, and continuously blow them with a straw. Whoever’s boat went the farthest and the fastest won. The winners were commended by the class, received some kind of fake gold award, obtained large handfuls of candy and most especially were allowed to feel very happy with themselves for the rest of the week. I lost. Because our lovely government decided to make a holiday in honor of Columbus, I lost a very serious science competition, and felt miserable and pathetic for months thereafter. Because some sailor who was attempting to find a quicker rout to Asia just happened to stumble upon our glorious continent, my second grade class laughed at me. Because my second grade teacher had been doing this

experiment annually, I now realize that it was not just me who was publicly humiliated. While the fairly small handful of people in America who celebrate Columbus Day are having a fun time with their families and playing a relaxing game of Parcheesi, me and the others who were demeaned are sitting by ourselves having semi-realistic flashbacks. If fact, I don’t remember doing anything last Columbus Day except sitting in the corner of my room rocking back and forth and bawling my eyes out. I am highly opposed to those teachers who decide to carry out this experiment on Columbus Day. Nowadays, these boat racing competitions may be carried out on a computer. Even though the children who lose are watching through a fake blue-gray glass screen, it still hurts them, if not more. At least when you race a manually created boat, and blow it with a straw, you are able to slightly understand your loss. You simply don’t have as much wind power as the other children. When you push a button on a computer screen that says “blow wind,” you are forced to understand that you have very slow reflexes. All in all, next year, when Columbus Day rolls around, instead of thinking about the man who poured boiling soap down Natives’ throats and sicced his dogs on small Indian children, think about those individuals who were once publicly humiliated in front of the classroom when they lost a boat race.

Columbus Day ruined my life

by Sarah LeonhardyAd Manager

The Pledge of Allegiance, having been omitted from the LC routine for years, has now become a part of LC. Senior ASB PR Officer’s Whitney Burr or Caitlin Ormsby recites The Pledge over the intercom along with the bulletin during second period. The Pledge is a new requirement for all schools in the state due to RCW 28a.230.140.The Pledge is only required to be recited to the school by a representative and does not need to be said by everyone, those who are opposed to saying it are to remain respectfully silent. This way the school is able to fulfill the requirements without being cumbersome to the daily schedule. What does the student body think the best way to

fulfill the requirements is whilst keeping a good daily schedule? Sophomore Josh Fry said “they should make everybody stand up.” Agreeing with Fry sophomore Travis Pitcher said “I think if people don’t say it they should at least stand up.” On a different note junior Devan Daleke said “they could be happier when they say it. It gets kind of boring after a while.” Senior Issac Fry said “I think they should pick an even pace.” Junior Melanie Tauala said “sometimes they talk so fast that you can’t hear your name.” All these suggestions are fine, but there are people like me out there who think that it is fine the way it is. Senior Mark Wall said “I think it’s fine the way it is, if you don’t want to say you should the right not to say it.” I completely agree Mark. During the morning

announcements the class can decide to do what they want whether it is doing homework or studying for the test they have the next period. The dilemma stems from the fact that people aren’t aware that they do not need to stand up and say the pledge. This problem could be remedied by teachers reminding them on Mondays or an article dedicated to the way the school reacted to the recent change of pace. I do not hate the pledge nor do I wish to improve it because it is so simple. This is where the true strength of the routine comes in, the voices are not over powering and nobody is forcing anyone to do anything with the exception that everybody needs to be respectful (which shouldn’t be hard for a school of tigers). Note: By school of tigers I am not talking about the animals.

Do the LC Tigers stand for the Pledge of Allegiance?

by Zach AlexanderStaff Writer

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INTERNET

Senior Sarah Leonhardy poses with her favorite electronic de-vice. Leonhardy strokes its curvy black sides with tenderness.

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Come together and stop world hungerBy Kate Hellenthal

Features Editor

One. Two. Three. Some-one just died of starvation. In 2006, 15 million chil-dren world wide died from various types of malnutri-tion and lack of proper food. Look at the three people sitting next to you. If you all lived in countries such as Niger, Ghana, Haiti, or Thailand one out of the four of you would die of hunger. Imagine what life would be like if you lived off of one dollar per day. Here in America, you would surely starve or die from disease or exposure. In other countries, this enables you to buy at the most, one meal per day and to maybe own a home or some type of shelter. There are many factors that play into why these people have not the resources that we Americans are accustomed. Se-nior Hawken Green said that some factors could be “their land, economy, or government.” Many of the countries are war-

torn or oppressed by vicious dicta-tors. Some countries, such as Sier-ra Leon, Zimbabwe, and Vietnam are recovering from long-lasting civil wars. Then there are coun-tries like Mexico who are just poor in general, for various reasons. Despite any reasons, the point is we need to do something about it. If every person in the US were willing to give up $50 of their year-ly income and then combine that amount with the money already given towards fighting world hun-ger, hunger could be cut in half. There is enough food in the world to feed all people yet it doesn’t get to countries in an ef-ficient time frame. If certain busi-nesses that control carrier ships cared more about the speed with which the food is brought to these countries and the quality the food arrives in, world hunger could be drastically decreased. How do we go about doing this? Freshman Kyleen Kelsey said, “We should start an organization that would give food to starv-ing children much like we give food to food banks locally.”

Students should join LC clubs such as Be the Change, Los Her-manos, and Amnesty International to truly begin to make a difference. According to NetAid/Mercy Corps advisor to student leaders Jesi Hansen, people can join the ONEVote08 campaign, visit the Hunger Site and click to have sponsors donate 1.1 cup of food to the hungry free of charge, sign the World Food Petition at http://ga0.org/campaign/hunger_peti-

tion or call, write or visit their Congressional representatives to let them know that issues such as world hunger truly matter. At this point, the most impor-tant thing to do is raise aware-ness. There are hordes out there who know little or nothing of this tragedy; without knowl-edge there can be no action. We should also alter our view of the poor and downtrodden. The people who suffer from hunger are

not victims of anything. They are potential leaders, such as Ish-mael Beah or Nelson Mandela. We can make a difference, but our work needs to start now. As Gandhi once said, “We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” Do not wait for others to take action. If you feel strongly, take ac-tion yourself, and immediatel, cause this is the only way we can get thinsgs done.

Want fundraising ideas for the upcoming year?

By Zack AlexanderStaff Writer

The time has come again for tiger clubs to go out into the world and raise funds for activi-ties and what not. I am here to facilitate your brainstorming process with some fundraising ideas over the years that have shown their fund raising merit. The first of these fantastic ideas is a raffle. The raffle is a fantastic idea because people can buy tickets before the actual event takes place. This is good for those looking to bamboo-zle the gullible lovable public. Note: raffling is a form of gambling which is not al-lowed by the district, but what-ever. I bet you could get away with it if you tried real hard. Another outstanding idea for your clubs is a car wash. A car wash is great because you have no need to schedule a car wash as long as you have card-board signs with the words car wash on them. This is the lazy man’s route to fundraising who wants nothing but to stand near a place with a hose and charge five bucks for cars to park there. Fundraising should be fun something for the kiddies. Ev-erybody knows kids love being read to so get your old books and charge kids five bucks each to hear your magnanimous voice. Note: five bucks is the stan-dard rate for all fundraisers. Anything more and toma-toes will be thrown at you. So your supporters do not get hungry, a bake sale is always good. Remember to tell your members that they do not necessarily need to be able to bake, but they will need the ability to pawn other people’s culinary masterpieces as their own. Bake sales are easy to

organize and effective in almost all areas, even campgrounds. Yard sales are a good way to raise funds for groups because everybody has stuff that they want to sell for less than ten dollars. Yard sales work be-cause the stuff is unusual so don’t sell your t-shirt that has nothing on it but rather sell your t-shirt from the fourth grade that has your el-ementary school fight song on it. Remember, tigers, that fund-raising should first and foremost be public not private galas where only group members are invited because it is easier to rob a smaller

“Note: raffling is a form of gambling which is not al-lowed by the dis-trict, but whatever. I bet you could get away with it if you tried real hard.”

group of people. Small groups of people also mean that the amount of money brought in is smaller

and you don’t want that to hap-pen or else your club will crash and burn and fall in the abyss of obscurity. All things con-sidered, if you don’t fundraise you won’t get to experience the joy and pain that is manag-ing a club, from

the low meeting attendances to the random off-the-wall com-ments about the best way to get higher attendance. Tiger clubs are great and need money. Remember, only you can prevent LC club obscurity.

How effective are the three Rs?

By Culley GrowEditor and Chief

At the start of every school year, LC students and teachers dedi-cate up to an entire class period to reviewing the behavioral stan-dards set by the Three R’s: Re-spect, Rights and Responsibility. How effective is this process in instilling these values in LC students? The clearest answer is that it is not effective at all. In my second period, the students formed groups and made posters that welcomed freshmen and in-corporated the Three R’s. All this entailed was writing out the words respect, rights and responsibility. This hardly teaches anyone any-thing about living out these values. So how does one remedy this situation? One, the time allotted for the learning of these values should be increased. A couple of days would hopefully help students better understand the importance of the Three R’s. Or, two, the reason these les-sons are not effective is because of the juvenile style in which we, the students, are forced to learn them. There is no real education about why these values are im-portant. There is simply the rep-etition of the words themselves.

Most high school students know what respect is, what rights are and what responsibility is. And making a poster re-explaining what they are, again, does not make it any more meaningful. The majority of public school students have been exposed to these alliterative ideals for most of their lives, within and outside of school. Point being, if a person has no respect for others, cares not about their rights or shows no responsibility, then being talked to about it for one period is proba-bly not going to change anything. All this is not to say that the ideals the Three R’s embody are not important, but perhaps the time public schools are willing to dedicate to them is quite trivial. These values deserve to be ex-pressed in a meaningful manner, perhaps by a parent. And since it would be impossible to do this with one teacher and a class of thirty students, the best option seems to be to cut one’s losses, and eliminate this frivolous at-tempt at teaching the Three R’s. The current situation seems simply too ineffective. It is only one period, but it is still a waste of time that could have been spent on teaching the regular curricu-lum. Perhaps that would be more beneficial to the students at LC.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BBC NEEWS

LC senior Kate Hellenthal has agreed to help children suffering worldwide like this African child by chartering two new clubs .

PHOTO BY SAM BLEHM

Senior Culley Grow and junior Conor Wigert ponder respect, rights, and responsibility