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the roarFRIDAY, November 5, 2010

The Loveland High School Student Newspaper

www.lovelandschools.org/theroar

Page Editor: Regan Meinking

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Nov. 10: Fall Sports Awards will take place in the gym at 7 p.m.

Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day – no school. Be sure to remember those who had the courage to protect our country.

Nov. 11 – 14: Senior trip to Washington D.C.

Nov. 18 – 20: LHS presents their fall musical production, The Secret Garden, each day at 7 p.m., with an additional 2 p.m. show on Saturday.

Nov. 22: Winter Sports “Meet the Team” night will be held in the gym.

Nov. 24 – 26: Fall Break.

Nov. 25: Be thankful and celebrate. It’s Turkey Day!

Called to serve This year, in-stead of sitting in a classroom grading govern-ment quizzes, Mr. Volkman is half a world away, helping rebuild a desolate country. Barely finding any time for him-self or his fam-ily, Mr. Volkman works 80-hour weeks as an Army lieutenant colonel stationed in Iraq. Without com-plaining. When asked if he wants to be there at this time in his life, he re-sponds, “It’s never really a question of if you ‘want’ to be somewhere. It’s a question of the choices you make in life and where those choices may take you… Is it easy? Nope. Is it fun? Nope, but it is rewarding and meaningful.” The current war in the Middle East has

silently been a part of every American’s life. But for some, the war has taken over life; it has changed everything they have. Many of these people are U.S. soldiers fighting for our country in the war. But a countless number of these people

are the people of the Middle East. As Mr. Volkman explains, “Most people here (in Baghdad) have never known anything but violence and intimidation and being told

By Becca BlackEditor-in-Chief

Read about the controversy surrounding Katy Perry on page 2.

Read about the upcoming Matt Hamill movie on page 5.

Pokémon is making a come-back at LHS. Read about it on page 10.

Applying for college can be a pain. Seniors can take a look at page 7 for some helpful tips.

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Photo provided by Mr. Volkman

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Photo provided by Mr. Schmidt

Read about Mr. Schmidt and other teacher Veterans on pages 8 and 9.

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Mr. Volkman, seen here recently in Baghdad, is an Army lieutenant colonel.

Volkman takes leave from teaching for 4th tour of duty

(See VOLKMAN, page 9)

The most common question seniors get asked these days is what they plan to do for the rest of their lives. You will hear many responses of students wanting to be nurses, engineers, or teachers, but not many kids say they want to go into the armed forces. The Roar interviewed three seniors that plan to serve for our country and asked their motivations. Josh Williams plans to go into the Navy. He said his main motivations are his desires to serve his country, better his work ethic, and learn discipline and morals that he will need for the rest of his life. He also enjoys the benefit of the ROTC scholarship, as it is a great opportunity to receive an educa-tion. He wants to do what others are afraid of and protect the people of our country. Josh says, “I am here today because of the men and women who fought for our coun-try, and returning the favor is the least I can do.” He aspires to eventually become a Navy SEAL. Matt Bauer also plans to go into the Navy. The main benefit for him is that it will guarantee a good career through the ROTC scholarship. He says, “Not only will my services pay for college, but it will also shape me into a well-rounded person.” He

By Katie Henke

Entertainment Editor

also says it will give him a sense of respect. He hopes to ultimately gain work on a sub-marine. Chad Kunkel plans to go into the Ma-rines. He wants to become a Marine pilot and fly Blackhawk helicopters. He says that going into the Marines will discipline him and open up job opportunities for him. He also says a benefit is that he will receive a sword with his dress uniform. All three said they would encourage other students to consider the benefits they would receive from enlisting. Whether it is to build loyalty and trust, become a more disciplined person, or take advantage of the ROTC scholarship and open up job op-portunities, this is an option students can also consider.

Joining the militarySeniors share passion for volunteering

Photo by Katie HenkeFrom left: Josh Williams, Chad Kunkel, and Matt Bauer.

Editorials2FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Ellen Mack

The Roar is the official student newspaper of Loveland High School. The Roar is produced by students in Journalism. Editorials reflect the staff’s opinion but do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the school administration or the Loveland City School District. The Roar is published monthly. For information regarding adver-tising in The Roar, call 697-3749. As an open forum for students, letters to the editor are welcome, but are subject to be edited for length, libel, and clarity. Letters to the editor may be dropped off in room 109.

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The RoarLoveland High School1 Tiger TrailLoveland, Ohio 45140Editors-in-ChiefBecca BlackEmma Goetz

Advertising ManagerAlyssa TiptonBusiness ManagerMatthew WorshamSection EditorsKatie Henke, EntertainmentAustin Stahl, SportsRegan Meinking, Light NewsStaff WritersHailey BoothSteven GoodmanReagan JohnstoneRyann LallyEllen MackDanielle MeyerJessica MillerHannah MoloneySabrina NewsteadOgonna OnonyeMarie PolicastroJohn RossKyle SiegMegan SlabaughLiz SullivanMadeline VanceElizabeth Worsham

Awards * International First Place Award, 2010 Awards for School News Media (Quill & Scroll Honorary Society) * International Honor Award, 2009 Awards for School News Media (Quill & Scroll) * Certificate of Merit, Edito-rial Page Design, Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2010 Gold Circle Awards * Certificate of Merit, Page One Design, Columbia Scho-lastic Press Association’s 2009 Gold Circle Awards

Correction The guitar teacher in the October issue labeled as Mr. Thompson was actually his student teacher, Mr. Murphy.

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We have all heard her songs playing in almost a constant loop on the radio. Whether its “Hot ‘N’ Cold,” “Teenage Dream,” or “Cali-fornia Gurls,” Katy

Perry’s songs have quickly reached the

top of the charts. Perry may have a sweet voice and catchy songs, but she is demean-ing to women, hypocritical, and perverse. Perry is ridiculously uncreative. Her lyrics are basically a mash-up of every cli-chéd and generic line from songs today. Lines like “so hot, will melt your popsi-cles” and “my missing puzzle piece…I’m complete” are such obvious and childish lines that I actually laughed when I heard them spill through my radio. Sometimes I can’t even tell if what she sings is serious or a joke. (She is married to comedian Rus-

sell Brand). Don’t get me started on her music vid-eos. They are so perverse and demeaning towards women, and they reflect her agen-da. If you don’t think that Perry is as perverse as I say, just look at her lyrics for songs like “Peacock” and “Teenage Dream.” Or just take a peek at her cover of her newest al-bum, Teenage Dream. She is covered only slightly by a puff of a pink cloud. The worst of this is that she tries to put out a distorted “good girl” image. She tells magazines like Seventeen that girls should have self-respect and be modest about your sexuality, but then sings songs that clearly contradict that statement. As a society, we must take some respon-sibility in this. After all, we receive what we demand, and as the saying goes, “sex sells,” but REALLY? Does it have to be so blunt? And the fact that the songs play on family-oriented radio stations is ridiculous.

I do not mean to be harsh with Perry, but I feel that she has made an image for her-self, one that is not necessarily wholesome, and she will not be able to change this. I do not approve of her image due to the fact that I am a woman, and I want to be seen for more than just getting “your heart rac-ing in my skin-tight jeans” and being “so hot, will melt your popsicle.” I just wish she would want that too.

Teenage nightmare

Becca Black

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No senior is safe. Not at family re-unions, neighbor-hood barbeques, grad parties, grocery stores, or family din-ners. There is no-where to run. There is nowhere to hide

from that hovering, smothering, nails-on-chalkboard question that everyone is dy-ing to know: “So, what are you gonna do after graduation?” Every adult you encounter will ask you the dreaded Graduation Question at least once. Whether you are talking with your parents, relatives, teachers, or even strang-ers, the subject never fails to hijack your small-talk. Some of the questions are ir-ritatingly repetitive: “What do you want to major in?” “What’s your top school?” Some even verge on offensive: “So what

are you going to do with that degree?” “How do you plan on paying the bills?” Senior year, despite all its hype and fan-fare, is a very stressful experience. “High school” may be about football games and Prom dates, but “senior year” is strictly about life after graduation. The first se-mester alone is a blur of applications, rec-ommendations, guidance forms, and prac-tice ACT tests. Seniors everywhere are swamped with brochures and pressured by deadlines. On top of all this, we are ex-pected to have it all figured out -- to have an answer to the Graduation Question. More unreasonable than the pressure to have an answer is the pressure to have the right answer. Adults nod and smile as we answer, but in reality, we are being judged. In that 30-second window to answer, teen-agers have to defend their dreams. We have 30 seconds to convince adults that we aren’t just wide-eyed teenagers with no

clue about the real world. That may be true in some ways, but who really has it all figured out? A study at Central Michigan University found that the average college student changes his or her major at least three times before they grad-uate. I’d like to know how many graduates actually get a job in the field of their major. To all the panicking parents and skeptical strangers, I say, what’s wrong with the un-declared major? What’s wrong with keep-ing an open mind? It’s good to have a plan, but plans aren’t written in stone. These are the years to explore, not to become. Seniors, don’t be afraid to leave some questions unanswered for now. If the in-terviewing adult raises an eyebrow at your silence, shrug your shoulders and brush it off. Don’t take it personally. You have lim-itless options and unfathomable freedom, and the entire world is at your disposal. Who wouldn’t be jealous?

Seniors stress under interrogation

Ryann Lally

When you were little, did you want to be an astronaut? How about a famous scientist? Did you want to invent a ro-bot that would do your chores or make

your dinner? I’m sure you

had at least one of these huge aspirations in mind when you were a kid, but now, probably not. Where did your dreams go? Why are your interests in math and science fading? You probably don’t find them in-teresting enough, or you might consider them “nerdy” or “uncool,” but they’re not that way at all. These are the fastest ex-panding fields and the reason we have ev-erything we do today. If you’ve listened to your iPod recent-ly, or called someone on your cell phone, that’s all science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. The computer and software that was used to print this pa-per? All STEM. The future of our society lies in these fields, so take advantage of it. The United Stated ranks 25th in math and 21st in science out of 30 industrialized na-

tions. We must be doing something wrong, and it’s clear. No one is encouraging the participation and exploration of STEM fields. The truth is, STEM can be fun. It just depends on how you view it. The op-portunities are out there, but they aren’t be-ing properly advertised, and when they are, no one pays attention. For instance, on our video announcements we hear about the importance of topics ranging from athlet-ics to reading, but no one ever promotes STEM-related activities. There are many opportunities available in the school that you may not know about. You can see Mr. Marchal about joining the INTERalliance, a group that focuses on computers, robotics, and software develop-ment. Talk to Ms. Byr-kett about math team, or sign up for a math contest. Even more programs are available outside of school, like FIRST, an organization that runs robotics pro-grams for high school students; Science Olym-pics, a competition that focuses on various as-

pects of the science field; and the NASA INSPIRE Online Community, which is a site that students can use to learn about STEM and the universe. AP classes are always good, but the kids that take them are looking into these fields already. It’s the others that need a push. It would be great if there was money for more electives so that students could explore STEM in the classroom. A bigger empha-sis on extracurriculars and opportunities in STEM would be a big help as well. So don’t cast off your dreams of explor-ing the moon, because you may even go to another galaxy. Work hard. Get involved. Explore your opportunities, and you can go far.

What does S-T-E-M spell? Success

Elizabeth Worsham

Katy Perry pushes envelope too far

Katy Perry poses on an album cover.

Editorials 3

Making the Grade

FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Marie Policastro

CONTRA

Here’s how to save the worldHalloween Dance: A+The crazy decorations and spooky cos-tumes made this dance a huge success.

Thanksgiving break: A+A five-day weekend, good food, and lots of family time … can’t get much better.

Colorful leaves: BNothing is easier on the eye than beauti-ful red, orange, and yellow leaves, even though most are now on the ground..

Halloween on a Sunday: FLet’s trick-or-treat and stay up late! Oh wait … school night.

Think about why you volun-teer. It is probably for one of three reasons: A.) You are be-ing forced. B.) You think it will look good on a college re-

sumé. C.) You love to help out. For me, I think the best reasoning is C. Volunteering is all about helping out and doing good for your community. Volunteering is something that can be very beneficial, not only to others but also to you. Regan Meinking (12) vol-unteers for OneSight, an organization that provides glasses for children and adults that are in need of them. “I love work-ing with this group because it makes me

feel good to know that I am helping people see, which is obviously so important,” Re-gan said. Think about the people you could be helping. Some people in need depend on volunteers to assist them. Finding somewhere to volunteer de-pends what you are passionate about. Maybe you love teaching, and then you can be like Patrick Kudo (12). He tutors elementary school students for an organi-zation called Cool School that is in associ-ation with the Loveland Initiative. Patrick says, “It is nice to interact with younger kids and help them have a great learning experience at the same time.” Another way to start volunteering is to join our very own START Club, which stands for Students Taking Action and Re-sponding Together. START Club is a group at LHS that volunteers around Loveland at places such as the Lodge Care Center and

Bethany House. A president of the club, Megan Bruns (12), says, “It’s always re-ally fun and I know that we are making a difference.” A great and extremely easy way to vol-unteer is with Kids Against Hunger. It has organizations set up in cities all over the world. The idea is simple: to provide food for people in need. You set up an assembly line with a group and pack supplies to ship out to the places that need it. The people that receive the food desperately need it and knowing that you are helping feed someone one more meal than they would usually have is really rewarding. Volunteering is something that is im-portant around the world and I recommend doing it. Every little bit you can do helps when it comes to people in need. Think about the difference you can make, and contribute to make our world a better place.

The Kindle. The name just sounds smart, doesn’t it? The Kindle is a very smart investment if you like to read novels, newspapers, or even catch up on your favorite magazine gossip. These electronic books are proving to be more con-venient and practical then just plain old books. With the capability of having over 1,500 books in one thin gadget, the Kindle (made by Amazon) is very popular among avid readers and even Oprah Winfrey, who claims to read The New York Times on the Kindle. There is no ar-guing with Winfrey here; this electronic book is perfect for reading newspapers, flipping through some magazines, downloading bestsellers in seconds, and accessing dictionar-ies and other references. While doing this you have a peace of mind knowing you’re following the “go green” fad by not reading your favorite stories on precious trees. The price of the Kindle will quickly pay for itself when you don’t have to pay the ridiculous hardback prices of books these days. With books you download on the Kindle averaging about $3, you save an average of $10 compared to normal books. These sav-ings will add up and soon pay for the Kindle itself, which is sold at about $189. Along with saving cash, the Kindle is much easier to bring along than books that are hundreds of pages long. Now you can have the complete Harry Potter series with you without lugging around the heavy novels. With all these capabilities and advantages offered that normal books don’t, the Kindle must be magic.

Nothing’s better than walking into Barnes and Noble and smelling the sweet smell of thousands of books. There’s no greater satisfaction than finally closing the pages of that long Harry Potter book you’ve been working on for weeks. And you just can’t beat flipping through the pages of a good book on a rainy day with nothing else on your mind. So why on Earth would you want to read a Kindle? When comparing a Kindle to a book, you should take into account the amount of money you’re bound to spend on this electronic device. A Kindle’s average price is about $189.

Then to put books on it, it can cost up to $10 each download. Opposed to a $7 or $8 new paperback or a free library book, that’s a pretty steep price. How many times have you dropped your iPod or cell phone? I can’t even count how many times my phone has taken a tumble, and it has the cracks to prove it. So you’re bound to drop a Kindle. Owning a $189 device that could potentially break seems like a bad idea. Having a book that won’t shatter into a million pieces seems like a much more appealing option. In the end, having a book is a much smaller liability than a fancy, new Kindle. Ultimately, the book wins every time. The Kindle may seem like the coolest new gadget that everyone should have, but truth be told, the good old-fashioned book is a better buy and will probably last the longest. What you choose to read and how you choose to read it is up to you, but just make sure to keep on reading.

Kindle vs. actual books

Pro Con

Letters to the editor: Thank Mrs. Partridge, LHS’s unsung hero Loveland runs on an extremely complex system of faculty, students, and volunteers. It’s easy to forget to thank those who do so much for us. I encourage every member of this school, whether you are a student, teacher, or administrator, to take notice of the people around you who dedicate their time to helping you in some way. It may be a lunch lady who asks about your day, a teacher who gives you special attention or a friendly student in the hallway. The col-laboration of these people is what it takes to make Loveland the extraordinary school it is. I would like to draw attention to one of these integral members of Loveland’s team. There is one teacher who nearly ev-eryone in the school has benefited from, usually without realizing it: Mrs. Partridge donates vast amounts of her time to this

school on a regular basis; often with no compensation or recognition. Everyone at Loveland should understand the dedi-cation required to accomplish as much as Mrs. Partridge does. So to simplify the lu-dicrous schedule of Mrs. Partridge, here is a top 10 list of her responsibilities. For all of this and more, we thank you! 1. School dances – From decorations to DJs, Mrs. Partridge is involved. 2. Student Council – She is the alpha and omega of student government. 3. Yearbook – Would any of us remem-ber high school without her? 4. Chemistry – Someone has to do it. 5. Charity – She is responsible for thou-sands of donated dollars every year. 6. Jazzercise – Keeping our school fit and jazzy. 7. Forensics – Though she isn’t teaching

it this year, she can show you how to catch the bad guys. 8. Chem Club – Candy. Magic. Fire. ’Nuff said. 9. Random Acts of Kindness – Like your brain-pops or flavor ice? 10. Positive Behavior Assembly – Who doesn’t like a good hypnotism?-Brian Derrick (12)

Cool School is cool Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? Whether you are or not, you should come to Cool School. Cool School is an after-school tutoring program for underprivi-leged first- through eighth-graders in our school district. We eat snacks, help the kids with homework, read with them, and even color and play games. We know many stu-dents need service hours for groups like

National Honor Society and START Club, or church groups and college apps; Cool School is a fun way to get those hours. These kids need your help! Come to the Loveland Elementary cafeteria on Tues-days and Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. to prove that you still remember the good ol’ days of grade school!-Jessica Baas and Drew Pickens (12)

You can submit letters to the editor in per-son to Mr. Schmidt (room 109), by e-mail (theroar@lovelandschools.org), or by clicking the link on our web site (loveland-schools.org/theroar).

If we print your letter, you get to select something from Mr. Schmidt’s prize closet in room 109.

Ellen Mack

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Sports 4FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Austin Stahl

Winter sports get set to start

By Kyle SiegStaff Writer

When it comes to the word “sports,” soccer, basketball, and football come to mind. But what about the far less common sports? How about sports you can’t per-form on a school team? How about a sport like figure skating? There are three close friends at Loveland High School that can call competitive fig-ure skating their sport. Jessica Miller (11), Sarah Brizzolara (11), and Kerstin Nils-son (11) flaunt their skills regularly on the ice at Sports Plus and Northland. Jessica began the sport when she was 5 years old, Kerstin began sometime in second grade, and Sarah started at age 11. Ever since then, they have all been avid figure skaters, attending competitions around Ohio and even as far away as Michigan. When asked what really captures their

attention about the sport, Kerstin stated, “You can be very artistic when interpret-ing the music, but it also requires a lot of athletic ability.” Jessica had a different ap-proach to the question, explaining that lay-back spins and break dancing, along with hockey boys, are the best parts of the sport. Sarah replied that attending shows and learning something new are the best things about the sport. The skaters all agree that figure skat-ing is difficult due to the numerous falls one will experience. However, Jessica ex-plained, “Falling is learning.” Although not in the Olympics just yet, the girls have placed in a few prominent competitions in the region. Sarah and Jes-sica tend to practice at least two hours ev-ery time they hit the ice. They’ve even all placed first in various competitions. Jes-sica, for example, won first place in the Southeastern Great Lakes Competition.

By Reagan JohnstoneStaff Writer

Juniors strive to shred the ice while skating

It’s hard to believe that the fall sports season is just about over, but it’s time to move on to the next season: winter. Here’s a quick preview of what Tiger fans can expect this season. Boys basketball hopes to have momentum entering this season after some key victories last year at Glen Este and at Kings. Return-ing starters Wes Kyles (12) and Anthony LaMacchia (11) hope to lead the team, along with fellow returning seniors Austin Stahl, Eric Ross and Nick Hoffman. An-thony, a junior, said, “We’re very excited for the upcoming season, and we’ve worked hard this summer.” Girls basketball is coming off of a great season, which included a second-place FAVC finish behind Anderson and a final record of 14-8. Seniors Alex Kamm said, “Our season’s looking pretty good for this year. It’ll be tougher than last year, but we’re all really excited for the challenge.” Alex, along with fellow seniors Katelyn Tracy, Presley Benzinger and Ali Dee, and junior Rachel Baker, look to push the team to another successful season. Wrestling is coming off a second-place finish at the FAVC meet, with many stars returning this year. Junior Andrew Karle said, “The season is looking promising. The new league alignment should help us a lot with Harrison moving to the FAVC west division.” Senior Nick Shea added, “I’m looking forward to the in-school wrassling meet to display my glorious skills.” Junior Kylee Knabe had a 23-4 record last year in the 171-pound weight class, and senior ES Lawrence had a record of 25-9 at 160. The boys and girls swimming teams are coming off successful seasons; the boys won FAVC and the girls tied for second. Senior John Ross said, “Both teams are looking pretty legit. The girls team should have a really good season, and Austin Caldwell is a hero.” The girls should get strong perfor-mances this year from senior Hailey Booth, who finished 16th in state at the 100-meter butterfly, and fellow senior Alex Dschaak, who finished 15th at state in the 100-meter freestyle. Bowling returns this year after a season in which both girls and boys finished third in the FAVC. Senior Jacob Eubanks said, “The team’s looking great. I’m looking forward to all the turkeys.”

Sarah won the Queen City Invitational. So next time you see these ice ice babies

Finally, it’s your turn. You get to take the great 44-pound marble stone and hurl it across the sheet of ice at your circular target, known as your house. Meanwhile, two of your teammates are running by the sliding stone, furi-ously sweeping at the ice with a broom. The stone comes upon its target, knocks the other team’s stone out and lands in the middle. If you haven’t figured it out yet, this is curling. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. Con-trolling a marble stone as it flies down the ice is harder than it may seem. If you’re interested in trying it out, head down to the Indian Hill Winter Club. Me-

gan Slabaugh (11) works at the club and claims that “just moving the stone across the ice is hard work because it is so heavy.” So where did curling come from? Curl-ing is an Olympic sport that originated in Scotland in the 1500s. The first curling club is said to be Kilsyth Curling Club, which was built in the 1700s and still ex-ists today. The term “curling” comes from the mo-tion of the stone as it soars across the ice. Back then, the thrower had little control over what the stone did, so it often curled across the ice. Curling was originally played outside on frozen ponds, but now it’s more common to play the game in an arena. There are four players on each team, and the team captain is called a skip. Each player throws two

stones, and the teams alternate players. As the first player throws the stone, the skip yells directions for the two sweepers. Their brushwork controls the curl of the stone. The purpose is to score as many points as possible while trying to prevent the other team from scoring. The house looks like a target. Getting it close to the middle doesn’t affect the score, but landing it in the middle will gain you a point. The outer rings are just references to show which stone is closer to the middle. If a stone does not pass the first ring, then it is taken out and no points are scored. There are eight rounds in one game, and each game typi-cally last two and a half hours. So the next time you see the Olympics and think “what a boring event,” remember how hard and complex this sport is.

By Sabrina NewsteadStaff Writer

Curling: not as simple a sport as one might think

Photo by Reagan JohnstoneJessica Miller, Kerstin Nilsson, and Sarah Brizzolara perform skating poses.

in the hallway, remember that they glide not only around LHS, but also on the ice.

Meet 3 athletes you may not have heard about

By Austin StahlSports Editor

The seasons are changing, and so is the emphasis on sports. College football sea-son is winding down, and college basket-ball season is just getting started. Local teams have high hopes, and some fans are dying to have questions answered, includ-ing: Can UC break its five-year NCAA tournament drought? Can Xavier continue its Atlantic-10 dominance? And how will Ohio State replace superstar and No. 2 NBA draft pick Evan Turner? Here are some brief previews in order of projected rank. Ohio State (Fifth in preseason coaches

poll, picked second in Big Ten)- Despite the loss of Turner, the Buckeyes still return four starters: junior William Buford and seniors David Lighty, Jon Diebler, and Dal-las Lauderdale. This

experienced group will be joined by the second-best recruiting class, according to ESPN, led by big men Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas and Princeton High School guard Jordan Sibert. They are ex-

pected to contend for Big Ten and national championships despite a tough schedule. The success of this season will depend on how well the young, raw talent can work with the skill and experience of Ohio State’s proven upper classmen. Kentucky (10th in preseason coaches poll, picked first in SEC East)- In what

seems to becoming a trend in Lexington, head coach John Calipari replaces last year’s top-ranked recruiting class (top draft John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, and Daniel Orton)

with the top recruiting Class in 2010, ac-cording to ESPN. Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight, and Terrence Jones lead the star-studded class, which hopes to duplicate the success of last year’s freshmen-laden squad. Junior wings Darius Miller and De-Andre Liggins also look to be key contributors. lot rests on the eligibil-ity of Kanter, who may not be able to play because of an amateurism issue involving his play on a professional international team. Xavier (unranked in coaches poll, picked second in A-10)- After a heartbreak-ing double-overtime loss to Kansas State in last year’s NCAA Tournament loss, Xavier

fans took another shot when star Jordan Crawford entered the NBA Draft. After losing Crawford and standout center Jason Love, the team looks to rebuild this year around junior Tu (formerly Terrell) Holloway, se-niors Jamel McLean and Dante Jackson, and sophomore Mark Lyons. Adding a recruit-ing class ranked in the top 25 by ESPN, which includes local Moeller High School forward Griffin McKenzie, certainly brings reason for optimism. Cincinnati (unranked coaches poll, picked 12th in Big East)- The loss of last year’s two leading scorers, Lance Ste-phenson and Deonta Vaughn, could leave Bearcat fans waiting for next year at least one more time. The scoring load will fall

upon former Withrow High School star Yancy Gates and Rashad Bishop, forward that were the team’s third- and fourth-leading scorers last sea-son. Playing in the Big East, ar-guably the toughest conference

in the nation every year, does not help the Bearcats chances. It could be a long, pain-ful season for UC.

Return of basketball season brings new hope, excitement, challengesLocal college teams have high expectations, hope to live up to the hype

Sports 5FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Sabrina Newstead

Weight room gains weight Whether you’re an athlete or student, hopefully you’ve had the opportunity to meet the one and only Coach Conatser. Loveland has a hardworking and passion-ate strength and conditioning coach. “He really cares about our improvement” says lacrosse player Stella Norris (11).The leader of the weight room takes his job very seriously, making over 250 workout plans (including fun titles such as Love-land Inn Rib Shack and Bare Knuckle), scheduling times for all sports teams, and helping students improve and grow. The weight room is one of a kind due to Coach Conatser’s belief, “Your muscles do not have eyeballs”. In other words, our athletes do not just use the supplied equip-ment. The creativeness in the workouts

separates Loveland from the rest. Every tool is used, and your imagination is free to run wild. School spirit is expected when walking in the door; if you’re not wearing orange, black, white or gray do not expect to have a good workout, or even be al-lowed in. Future plans for this weight room are brewing. There are hopes to extend or add another room with even more machines to meet the needs of the ever-growing popu-lation of athletic talent here at LHS. Coach Conatser describes his program as a “com-prehensive strength and conditioning pro-gram that is sport specific-not your uncles basement”. The weight room expectation can be summarized as “Bring your hard- hat and lunch pail mentality, go ahead and throw that sledgehammer over your shoul-der too.”

By Megan SlabaughStaff Writer

LHS weight room Photo by Becca Black

Fall sports were big successBy Kyle Sieg

Staff Writer

Hamill hits

How do you know when you are fa-mous? In Matt Hamill’s case, you have a sign saying “Loveland, Home of Matt Hamill,” and you have a movie made about you. The upcoming movie, Hamill, illus-trates how he became Loveland High School’s all-time wins leader in wres-tling, won a national championship in college, and turned into a UFC star, all while being deaf. This is no ordinary inspirational sports film, as it has subtitles for deaf viewers and also intends to show some of the struggles and culture of the deaf commu-nity in the film. As an independent film, Hamill is not backed by any studio, and must garner enough public support to make it to theaters. It is being promoted in a way similar to last year’s hit film, Paranormal Activity, and a few simple clicks can ensure that the movie will be brought to us. Go to www.Eventful.com/Hamillmovie and demand the movie be brought to our hometown. (The trailer can be seen on Hamillthemovie.com.) According to Oren Kaplan, the director of Hamill, the worst-case scenario would be a lack of support that would limit the movie’s release to Netflix and DVD rent-als, so take a few minutes to show your support. After all, it’s not every day that a movie is made involving our high school. Hamill will first be played at the AFI Film Festival in Hollywood, which began last night. It is competing for an award in the Breakthrough Audience Award cate-gory. Assuming it hits theatres, the movie is expected to makes its debut in Cincin-nati next spring. The Roar interviewed Kaplan, who’s currently in Hollywood with the film crew, about the movie.

Q: Why are you doing a movie about Matt Hamill? A: He has a really awesome story and

is part of a new, interesting sport, MMA. We found Matt had a really unique story that can be enjoyed by only he deaf but for everyone. Q: How did you find out about Matt’s story? A: One of the producers, Eben Kostbar, is a huge UFC fan, and he saw Matt on the UFC show and saw that Matt had a re-ally cool story. We actually found Matt on Myspace and sent him a message saying we wanted to make a movie about him. It was something you couldn’t do 10 years ago. Q: What is the focus of the story? A: Matt overcoming many obstacles on his way to wrestling success and a Di-vision III national championship. A major theme is accepting yourself before every-one else accepts you. Q: How much of the movie is about Matt growing up in Loveland? A: There are scenes of him as a little kid, as well as multiple scenes at the high school involving wrestling, Prom, and applying to college. About 25 minutes, or one-fifth of the movie, is about Matt in Loveland. Q: Was any filming done in Loveland? A: No, it was all done in Rochester, N.Y., besides one fight scene in Las Ve-gas. Q: Did you have any background of Loveland to know how to portray it? A: Many people on the set had a Midwest background, and the people from Loveland, including Matt, believed Rochester was pretty close to Loveland’s community setting. Q: How much has Matt involved in the film? A: The entire script is based off of in-terviews with Matt, so it is pretty accurate with his life story. Q: Has Matt seen the movie yet? What does he think? A: Matt has seen it and loves it. He is really excited by it.

By Austin StahlSports Editor

Russell Harvard as Matt Hamill in a scene from the film Hamill. Photo courtesy of Hamillthemovie.com

Hollywood

The end of October marked the end of most Loveland fall sports seasons. Here’s a look back at how each team did during their season. Football: The Tigers had a rough patch during the season but finished strong with three tough victories over Harrison, Glen Este, and Milford to finish 4-6 overall and 3-2 in the league for a third place fin-ish. Junior Trevor Henderson was a key player for the Tigers by finishing first in the division in receiving touchdowns (7), third in receiving yards (621), and fourth in receptions (34). The offense was also led by senior Wes Kyles who finished third in the division in receptions (42). The defense was led by senior Dave Mo-ran and, his brother, junior Joe Moran. Dave led the division in sacks (5.5) and Joe was third in sacks (3.5). Senior Zach Elias was also a key contributor to the defense with 4 interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown to help the team defeat Lebanon. Soccer: The boys team repeated as Fort Ancient Valley Conference champs this year with another amazing year. They had big ties against city powers Sycamore and Lakota East. Their final record was 11-3-4, with the only three blemishes be-ing a home loss to No. 1 Mason, a tough loss on the road at arch rival Milford and a loss to Lakota East in the playoffs to end the season. Senior Tyler Beachy finished fifth in the league in goals with 12. The

girls had a rough start to the season with four straight losses but finished strong with a win at home against Lakota West and a big win on the road against No. 2 Anderson. The girls final record was 5-10-2. Cross Country: The boys finished fourth in the FAVC meet and were led all season by strong running from junior Ryan Fisher (best time 17.07:79) and senior Tyler Glenn (17.09:00). The girls finished fifth in the FAVC meet, and the best times of the season were by senior Hannah Burkhard (20:27:00), sopho-more Mary Roman (20:28.00) and junior Abby Hoff (20:40.00) Golf: The girls finished fifth in FAVC and were led by junior Julie Griffin, who was seventh in the FAVC with an average of 45.91 per nine holes. The boys won the FAVC tournament and were led by senior Thomas Rooney, who led the entire FAVC with an average of 37.70 per nine holes. Thomas finished 38th in the sate tournament. Volleyball: The girls had to overcome a tough schedule to finish with a record of 5-17. The girls had a nice win at home over FAVC foe Glen Este. They lost to Mason in the playoffs to end the season. Tennis: The girls tennis team tied with Kings for first place in the FAVC to make nine championships out of the last 10 years. They were led by seniors Cara Genbauffe and Chandler Smith. Cara was a district qualifier after finishing fourth at sectionals.

News6FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Steven Goodman

A new quarter has just started and the holidays are right around the corner. It’s not always easy to catch up on the news when there’s so much else going on, but these crazy stories are sure to grab your attention and make the hunt for entertain-ing news just a bit easier.Making the whole Enchilada The Mexico City borough of Iztapa-lapa made the world’s biggest enchilada on Oct. 17. This massive meal was 230 feet long, weighing nearly a ton. “With this Guinness record, we are showing the

world that Iztapalapa is a high-level tourist destination,” Mexico City tourism secretary Alejandro Rojas told the Associated Press. Mexico City has gone for other world re-cords, including the largest number of peo-ple dancing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” and the most people kissing simultaneously. (Source: allheadlinenews.com)Record up for auction Many of us saw the movie The Pink Panther, but who knew the pink diamond was actually real? Well, it’s real… really expensive, that is. The “Fancy Intense Pink” 24.78-carat gem is being sold by an uniden-tified private collector Nov. 18 in Geneva,

Switzerland. The gem went on tour starting Oct. 2 in Hong Kong. Auctioneer company Sotheby estimates the value at $38 million. (Source: idexonline.com)Carousel ride ends in an arrest What exactly would it be like to take a ride on the baggage claim carousel? Well, 40-year-old Bradley Ray Bromelow from Alpharetta, Ga., can now say he knows. Bromelow apparently filmed people watch-ing him at the Miami International Airport as he moved along the conveyor belt Oct. 14. He was arrested immediately afterward and now faces charges of trespassing in a secured area at the airport. (Source: wash-

ingtonpost.com)82-year-old speeds through Oregon Just about everybody knows a person who has gotten a ticket for speeding maybe five or 10 miles over the legal speed limit. But can anyone claim their grand-mother was going 55 miles over the limit? Eighty-two-year-old Marcia Brandon was pulled over Oct. 14 for going 110 miles per hour in a 55-mph area in Gresham, Ore. She told the state trooper that pulled her over that she was late for an appointment and wasn’t aware she was going that fast. Brandon was given a hefty ticket: $1,103. (Source: msnbc.msn.com)

Say WHAT?! Check out these stories, have a laughBy Danielle Meyer

Staff Writer

It’s getting colder outside, which means you and your friends and family will be spending more time cooped up in the house. You might be sharing stories, or a big pot of hot chocolate, but you may also be sharing the flu. Yet one vaccination is all it takes to keep you and everyone else safe from this common illness. There are many misconceptions about the flu shot and its effects. Here are a few: The shot hurts. It really depends on the person, and one’s pain tolerance, but it’s really only just a quick pinch that lasts about five seconds. It will be over and done with before you know it. If you have

The curtains open. The lights turn on. The actors enter. From your view in the front row, you notice the actors’ costumes, animated expressions and well-rehearsed ballads. What you may not notice are the tools used to create this seamless show. At Loveland, those tools just got a whole lot better. This past school year, the drama depart-ment purchased a cyclorama, more com-monly known as a cyc. If you went to see The Mouse that Roared last spring, you saw the cyc being used as a projection screen. The cyc can also be utilized in future shows by creating backgrounds for a scene, which cuts down on the labor and cost of creating a backdrop. In essence, the cyc is a backdrop that can be reused in different shows. The drama department also received a generous gift in the form of a grant, which was used specifically to purchase an all-new lighting system. Because the drama depart-ment is self-sufficient, the grant received was extremely beneficial. During the sum-

This is the first in a series of monthly features about students with interesting jobs. Have you ever been really craving a fresh, crisp apple? I know it happens to me. There’s nothing like fall with all the fresh apples and a cold or hot glass of apple cider. If you need some relief from that craving, then go visit Lesley Sabga (12) at Roster’s Apple House in Milford which is on state route 131. The LHS senior has been work-ing there for four years. She used to help by picking apples from the trees, which she says actually isn’t as fun as it sounds, but has been promoted to bagging apples and handling the cash register.

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mer, a new lighting board, new lighting instruments and additional dimmers in the front of the auditorium were installed. These new lights were a much-needed improve-ment. Previously, lighting equipment at the high school was sparse and had to be either rented or borrowed from the middle school. With the new lighting system, the drama department will no longer have to waste its money on renting a full lighting package. What is the next project the drama depart-ment would like to tackle? Brian Retterer, the department’s technical director, says, “There are plans to have the floor sanded and painted black so that the new lights work efficiently and correctly. The type of flooring is very important in a theatre. The current floor has a high-gloss finish which causes major bounce [glare] with theatrical lighting.” With new flooring that allows the new lighting system to be used at its full poten-tial, highlighting the school’s pool of natural talent, drama productions at LHS should reach a new level.

When asked about the craziest thing that has ever happened at work, Lesley giggled, thinking of all the things that have happened. She once had to spend half a day driving a tractor to find one of the stray cats that reside at Roster’s. She loves her job, saying, “All I do is eat apples and drink cider.” Apple orchards are a lot of fun to visit. But apples aren’t the only thing that Roster’s Apple House is selling. There are different seasons for different fruits. Besides the apple season, there are different seasons for berries, peaches, cherries, and pears. So if you’re looking for a fun place to get you in the fall mood, visit Lesley at Roster’s Apple House.

trypanophobia, the fear of needles, there is still an option for you: FluMist is a live version of the vaccine that is needle-free and is sprayed into the nose. The shot is the cause of the flu. No, the reason that some people get sick after the flu shot is because they are exposed to the virus during the two-week period it takes for the vaccination to take effect in your body. They may also be sick from a virus or infection the can have flu-like symptoms, such as the common cold. The flu isn’t a serious disease. Wrong. In the United States, 25 to 50 million cases of influenza are reported each year. This results in 150,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 to 40,000 deaths. These are mainly

the elderly, small children, or people with weak immune systems, but your neglect of precautions and hygiene could spread the flu to someone in the at-risk groups. I never get sick anyway. You may be sick and not even know it. About one in five people catch the virus but have no symptoms. This means you are still capable of passing on the illness. You may end up hurting someone when you didn’t mean it. So how do you know if you are sick? Common flu symptoms include high fever, severe aches and pains, flushed skin and watery eyes, headache, cough and sore throat. Nausea and vomiting may be symptoms, but not for most strains. If you have any of these symptoms, the best thing

you can do is stay home from school. We all know it can be hard when you get behind on classes, but you can end up with even more serious consequences if you don’t get rest right away. Also, no one else wants to have your sickness, and if you are not at school, it can’t be spread. Because of health reasons like egg allergies, some people will not be able to get the vaccine, so make sure you talk to your doctor to figure out the best option. In the meantime, be sure to cover your cough and wash your hands to avoid getting or spreading the virus. However, the best way to get protected against seasonal influenza is to get vaccinated…after all, it’s worth a shot.

Looks like it’s time to start fighting the flu again

Photo by Liz Sullivan

Auditorium upgrades mean better shows

Cool jobs: Sabga works at an apple orchard

Lesley Sabga loves her job as much as apples.

The Roar loves you all! Here’s a hug!

News 7FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Danielle Meyer

By Steven GoodmanStaff Writer

Tiger Bites: Video being aired to help take a stand against bullying

By Ryann LallyStaff Writer

So, what exactly is Academic Team? “One giant team of fantastic-ness,” says varsity coach Ms. Weill. The Academic Team has long been a mystery to the average Loveland student. It’s not like there are senior tailgates or Mr. Zidron announcements for this little-known team. Some students didn’t even know Loveland had an academic team, much less what the sport itself really is. Picture a team version of Jeopardy, but with easier questions. Teams of four, switching each round, are stationed at buzzers. For Rounds 1 and 2, teams an-swer questions in 10 categories, ranging from American Literature to Life Science to Fine Arts. After these two rounds comes the “ABC” round, a written test that the team completes collaboratively. Each an-swer on the page begins with the same let-ter. Finally, there is the lightening round, where questions of all categories can be answered by either team. Players don’t walk into these meets un-prepared. There are practices. Lots and lots of practices. “We do practice questions, practice meets, and practice quizzes online to study certain topics,” says Ms. Weill. So there are practices. Does that make Academic Team a sport? Or is it a club? There are tryouts, meets, and tournaments with other schools, so it’s more than a club.

Academic team flexes mental muscles

For all you die-hard dodgeball fans, you are in luck. The Roar is hosting its third Dodgeball Tournament Saturday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m in the main gym. That’s a ways away, but the entry dead-line is a bit closer: Dec. 6. It’s time to start getting your team together. Each team can have a maximum of eight players, includ-ing at least two girls. The cost is $40 per team, which is just $5 per person. All team players must be LHS students. Pick up entry forms, which include a waiver to be

By Alyssa TiptonStaff Writer

Imagine a school where students were not protected from bullies by anyone. A school where the principal told you that “boys will be boys” and that you should “expect this kind of behavior.” For Jamie Nabozny, Ashland High School in Wis-consin was that kind of school. Going through junior high school as an openly gay boy can be hard enough on its own, but it’s even worse when there is nobody to protect you from the bullies who are terrorizing you. According to Mrs. Van Strien, “vic-tims should speak up. Someone should be there to help.” On Nov. 17, members of GSA, Start Club, SADD and Student Council are sponsoring a powerful video about the impact of bullying and what can happen if students are not protected in school. It details Nabozny’s struggle with bullying and outlines the dangers that come with it. The video will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the cafeteria and will run about 45 minutes. All are welcome to attend. On Nov. 19, all students are encouraged to wear a rainbow ribbon to affirm their desire for the safety of all students. The ribbons are free and will be available af-ter the movie ends, as well as the follow-ing two days in the cafeteria, for anyone who wishes to wear one. SENIOR HONORED: Sarah Klein (12) is a master at overcoming challenges she faces because of Down Syndrome. In September she was selected as WCPO’s student of the week. She was interviewed by WCPO and was presented with a plaque to recognize her success. Her hard

It is that oh-so-exciting time in a senior’s life when he or she gets to decide on a future. This time is filled with excite-ment, stress, anxiety and, sometimes, ter-ror. We have spent our entire childhoods dreaming about what we will do when we are “all grown up,” but the deadline for this decision is fast-approaching, and the big-gest question on our minds: Where do I go? The Roar offers these tips to prepare you to make the right choice. *Research colleges you are interested in. *Check out this amazing college info website: collegedata.com. Here’s what it does: > Gives stats about college. > Shows range ACT and SAT scores for the students attending the col-lege. > Tells what the schools most look for (GPA, class rank, test score, or essays). > Shows rough estimate on prob-ability of your acceptance and financial aid. *Get applications in as soon as you can, and check deadlines. *Keeping a notebook or something on each college’s requirements and deadlines

Yet it’s hard to defend the “sportshood” of the activity when its most physical ac-tion is pressing a buzzer. Technically, Academic Team is a winter sport, as recognized by the Fort An-cient Valley Conference. Academic Team members have to turn in a sports phys-ical, contribute to Athletic Boosters, and volunteer at the mulch sale just like any other athlete. They also get athletic perks, like busing and T-shirts. “Other sports may work your muscles, but this is the only sport I know that works your brain.” says Oliver Ce-ccopieri (11). Ironically, if the team felt they needed equipment to work their brains, they could reserve the weight room or the Tiger Turf. With a name like “Academic Team,” it is understandable the sport has some stereotypes. One may picture a room of stoic, over-achieving students who spend all their free time studying. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Kids in band, sports, musicals, and other clubs all participate. There is an even mix of grades and genders. Perhaps the most surprising feature is the wide range of aca-

demic strength. “This isn’t a team of only super-smart kids with super grades,” stresses Coach Weill. “The kids that do well here are pas-sionate about a specific subject, like a his-tory buff or a math whiz. We’re not a team of valedictorians.” However, don’t think that being on the team is a walk in the park. “Just like any other sport, it’s a time commitment,” says

Tips for the college boundBy Becca Black

Editor-in-Chief

Photo by Ryann Lally

work has even earned her a gold medal in swimming at the Special Olympics. TEEN PAGEANT: Kendall Fein (11) finished first runner-up in the Miss Ohio Teen USA 2011 pageant two weeks ago in Portsmouth, Ohio. Kendall was among 100 young women at the event, which included evening gown, swimsuit/fitness and “final question” judging. “It was re-ally fun,” she said. “It’s an experience I will always remember.” LMS MUSICAL: The LMS is fin-ishing up its run of Charlotte’s Web, the Musical tonight and tomorrow. It starts at 7 p.m. both nights in the middle school auditorium. NHS INDUCTEES: The following students were inducted Wednesday into the National Honor Society: Seniors: Alex Dolbier, Katie Henke, Adam Howaniec, Conner Mansfield, Eric Nedeljko, Jacob Newman, Julie Nguyen, and Nick Shea. Juniors: Andrew Albert, Eric Bauer, Matt Beachy, Kristen Bjerke, Sam Bowdler, Brittany Breitholle, Sarah Brizzolara, Alex Burpee, Oliver Ceccopieri, Cameron Conte, Lauren Czebatul, Drew Dannemiller, Drew Demmerle, Stef Dever, Austin Dewees, Ricki Dews, Chris Doarn, Jamie Downing, Carson Dudley, Jessica Duncan, Haley Edison, Claire Eschenbach, Daniela Fisher, Mary Kathryn Fisher, Ryan Fisher, Morgan Fletcher, Alex Gonzales, Julie Griffin, Erik Henderson, Grif-fin Hodges, Abby Hoff, Austin Hopkins, Nicole Hudson, Nicholas Jerdack, Carly Jewell, Reagan Johnstone, Cameron Kahrs, Amy Kamperman, Gaby Kraml, Kenneth Li, Michael Louis, Megan Main, Reece Martinez, Danielle Meyer, Colleen Molloy, Hannah Moloney, Abby Mullowney, Alex Neal, Sabrina Newstead, Kerstin Nilsson, Stella Norris, Ogonna Ononye, Christina Palmer, Nick Papa, Becca Pearson, Zana Percy, Allison Pfaltz-graff, Marie Policastro, Anna Ralph, Kate Rice, Nicole Santos, Emily Shelton, Akaash Sheth, Craig Slusher, Tara Spencer, Liz Sullivan, Jerry Thomas, Alyssa Tipton, Lauren Wachenfeld, Reed Walter, Thomas Wassel, Clarissa Weyman, Dani Wheeler, Katie Winoker, and Elizabeth Worsham.

Melissa Jessup (left) and Suzy Culbertson (right) show off their skills.

is helpful. *Do your applications first, then focus on scholarships. *Allow yourself time to write a good essay. *Make sure it gives the college a view of who you are. *Have a teacher or other adult look it over for mistakes. *Recycle essays: re-wording does won-ders. *Send a resume with every application, whether they require one or not, and have a teacher look over it. *Visit the colleges you are most inter-ested in first, then maybe see others after you find out if you are accepted or not. *Go where YOU want to go; it’s your decision and the start of your own life. But also keep in mind that college will be what you make of it. Words of wisdom from our counselors: “The most important thing is campus visits. Go visit, because you have to fit in.”

–Mrs. Hager “Meet with your counselor. Each student is unique with unique needs, so having a one-on-one conversation is very helpful.”

–Mrs. Gordon

varsity captain Suzy Culbertson (12). “It takes a lot of dedication, but it’s worth it, ’cause we’re the best of the best of the best.” There is some truth to that. Loveland’s Academic Team won the FAVC champi-onship title last year. All members of last year’s varsity have graduated, but hope-fully, this new batch of dedicated players will keep Loveland on top.

signed, from Mr. Schmidt in room 109. If you are having trouble finding eight members for your team, don’t hesitate to talk to Mr. Schmidt. Bring him your mon-ey and permission slip and he will find a team that needs more players. For those coming just to witness the action, admis-sion will be $2 at the door. The tournament is double-elimination, meaning each team is promised at least two games. Each member of the winning team will receive a $10 gift card to Chipotle. The tournament will be lots of fun whether you watch from the bleachers or engage in the game. Come for a good time.

LHS: Get ready for dodgeball Dec. 11

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By Regan MeinkingLight News Editor

Veterans Day: Honoring Those Who Serve

After a year of service in Afghanistan, LHS grad Casey Mendenhall has a new perspective on life back in America. He had always wanted to join the army, he did so in 2007. He was deployed to Afghanistan in June of 2009. The hardest part to adjust to in Afghanistan was “not being able to eat what I wanted when I wanted and sleeping,” said the 2006 LHS grad. He returned from Afghanistan in May 2010 to Fort Carson, Colo. Being back in the States has been “amazing,” he said. The simple freedoms of doing what you want and not having to worry about things blowing up all day have been the best thing. During his deployment, Mendenhall served as border patrol on the Pakistan border. He searched vehicles and people for drugs, explosives and weapons. He also provided watch over the rooftops with an M14 sniper rifle while his troops were on the ground. When asked about his training, Mendenhall said, “You always train for the worst,” so no matter what happened, he was always prepared. Every day was different, but they all consisted of going to the border and providing some sort of protection there. Being in the Army isn’t a job for everyone.

Aaron Zellner graduated from LHS in 2009 and went straight into the Army Reserves. He is being deployed to Afghanistan in January. “My motivation for joining the military was the overwhelming sense of thankfulness I had for veterans while I was growing up and still have to this day” he said. “This same feeling extended to living in this great country that so many people take advantage of without real-izing what they have been blessed with, and I know this would not be possible if it were not for all those courageous people who have stepped forward to fight for these freedoms and lifestyle.”

By Regan MeinkingLight News Editor

Before & after: a look at grads being deployed

Casey with children in Afghanistan.

Loveland High School has done a lot in remembering its fallen hero, Marine Capt. David “Seth” Mitchell. However, this Veteran’s Day, Mitchell would have wanted our attention focused more broadly. “I think Seth would want us to tell you all that on Veteran’s Day, honor all our veterans,” said his father, Steve. “He was someone who wouldn’t want the attention on him but on all the veterans who fought for our country, and those putting themselves on the line today.” It has been just a year and a week since Mitchell, a 1997 LHS grad, died in Afghani-stan, the first Loveland grad to die in combat. For parents of one who made the ultimate sac-rifice in serving his country, the grief certainly continues. “We are still heartbroken and somewhat in disbelief,” said Steve Mitchell, who lives with his wife, Connie, in North Carolina. “We were accustomed to not seeing him for long periods

of time, so it’s not unusual for us to not see him for a year and two months, but it’s hard when we remember we won’t see him ever again.” Connie Mitchell said, “It’s still tremendously sad and we are heartbroken. We are very proud of Seth and the young man he was. Our feelings are still very tender, but we are managing to move forward.” The city of Loveland and LHS has done a lot to commemorate Seth Mitchell and his legacy. A stretch of Ohio Route 48 was renamed after him. The Seth Mitchell Hero 5K was held in September, raising $7,600 for a scholarship in his name that will go to an LHS senior. Steve and Connie Mitchell returned to serve as grand marshals of the LHS Homecoming Parade and helicoptered in to deliver the game ball for the Homecoming football game. “It’s awesome,” Steve Mitchell said of Loveland’s support. “They have lifted us up with all their prayers, and they have supported us in every way possible. “The high school has been so supportive of honoring Seth’s memory. Seth has been out of

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high school for 13 years, and the high school has been so outgoing in their support in honoring his memory.” Said Connie: “It was a little surprising at first. It is so much like Loveland. There is such a sense of unity in Loveland. The magnitude of remem-brances is overwhelming but very good. Loveland is very close-knit, and they are very supportive of their graduates.” After losing someone so special, moving on is difficult. “It’s been extremely hard, and I’m not sure we are moving on, just moving forward,” Steve said. “We’re dealing with it one day at a time. We have accepted what’s happened, but it’s still very impactful.” It’s not just grief, though. The Mitchells certainly feel pride, too. “We are so proud of Seth for being so will-

ing to put it all on the line,” Connie said. “He always really loved being a Marine. We are so proud of the lifelong friends he made at LHS. He was able to make goals and stick with them all throughout his life.”

There are few people that have the guts and the courage to do what Mendenhall does for a living. “Being in the military means everything to me,” he said. “I respect the smaller things I’ve looked past in my life now that I’ve seen people with far less. I’ve met and deployed with some of the best people I’ve ever known. “I’ve had the chance to experience things most people will never know, and those memories will always be with me. Most of all, for those teachers reading this who remember me, I probably wasn’t the most pleasant student you’ve had to work with, but the military has grounded me and made me into the morally different and mature person I am today.”

Casey Mendenhall

Aaron Zellner When asked about his training, Zellner said, “Training has been an experience that I cannot put into words. I have met a lot of amazing people from all over the country who I will always be friends with.” Zellner is passionate in speaking about his job. “To me, being in the military is an honor,” he said. “I am ensuring that my family, children, and friends will be able enjoy the freedoms that those before me fought for so I could enjoy them as well. I am part of something that has such a rich history and so many great people are a part of. I can relate with those from many other genera-tions who have served their countries alike.”

Year later, Mitchells still coping with loss

Seth Mitchell’s parents, Steve and ConniePhoto by Mr. Schmidt

LHS teachers serve classroom, nationMr. Sherman, 1969 Photo courtesy of Mr. Sherman

Mr. Munnis, Germany, 1955Photo courtesy of Mr. Munnis

Mr. Schmidt, Camp Polk, LA, 1953 Photo courtesy of Mr. Schmidt

Over the years, Loveland High School has had many teachers that served our country. We talked to a few of these teachers about their service and how it affected their lives.

Mr. Schmidt: He was drafted into the Army right after he finished college. He served for 22 months in the Korean War starting in 1953 and then had six years on reserve duty. While in the Army, Mr. Schmidt had two different positions. He first was part of the light weapons infantry. After officers discovered he had a college

education, though, they transferred him to the personnel management department, where he finished his active duty. Of his experience, Mr. Schmidt says, “I did not want to be drafted into the Army, but I am extremely proud to have served my country. There are a lot of people who have done a lot more than I have, but I am proud that I served my country.”

Mr. Sherman: He chose to be part of the ROTC while he was at Xavier University. After he graduated at 22, he was on active duty with the Army for two years in the late 60’s to the early 70’s. He served one of those years at Fort Still in

Oklahoma and the other year in Vietnam. While serving, he was a second lieutenant. After his active duty, he had six years of reserve duty, during which he was called back once. Mr. Sherman says, “I couldn’t begin to tell you what I learned through my experiences in being in the Army. You just can’t come out the same person you were going in. It is a very maturing process.”

Mr. Munnis: He served in the Army Infantry in West Germany for two years, from 1953 to 1955. He finished basic training just after the Korean War ended and was assigned to Germany with the Occupational Forces protecting that part of the country from the

Russian army that occupied East Germany at the time. He volunteered for the draft because of the benefits of the G.I. Bill, which helped pay for his schooling. In his platoon, he was honored as a Battalion Best Soldier, which Mr. Munnis states is the “award given to the soldiers that show the best soldierly qualities.”

Mr. Springborn: He served in the Vietnam War with the Navy in 1974 and 1975. His motivation for going was the stories he heard from his father, aunt, and uncle’s services to the Navy. He graduated at the top of his Navy SEAL training class of ’71 and became a Navy SEAL. He says, “If you plan to enlist into the services, it has to be one’s choice.”

By Katie Henke and Hailey BoothStaff Writers

The following is a list of Loveland grads currently serving in the military, listed in order of their graduation year. Included are their branch of the armed forces and their home station. This was taken from the school’s list of grads posted in the first-floor hallway, with some up-dates. (The Roar apologizes in advance for any names we don’t have and for any outdated information.)

Charles Beckman, 1979 (Army; Corpus Christi, TX) George Litteral, 1979 (Army) John Schultz, 1979 (Army; Ft. Hood, TX) Mike Gee, 1980 (Army; Ft. Campbell, KY) David Litteral, 1980 (Army; Ft. Carson, CO) Gary White, 1981 (Army; Ft. Lewis, WA) Jeff Hensley, 1982 (Army; Edmond, OK) Dave Volkman, 1982 (Army Reserves; Fulton, MO) Erik Conover, 1983 (Army Reserves) Dean Osborne, 1984 (Ohio Army National Guard; Cincinnati) Dennis Pugh, 1988 (Army; Yongsan, Korea) Stephan Marshall, 1989 (Marines; Quantico, VA) Michelle Cooke, 1990 (Air Force; Los Angeles) Janina Lewis, 1990 (Air Force; Tinker AFB, OK) Doug Campbell, 1991 (Air Force; McChord AFB, WA) Jon Bailey, 1992 (Army; Ft. Campbell, KY) Destin Shoemaker, 1993 (Air Force; Little Rock AFB, AR) Kurt Davis, 1994 (Ohio National Guard; Walbridge, OH) Nick Alexander, 1995 (Army; Ft. Drum, NY) David Berry, 1995 (Marines; Columbus, OH) Eric Cunningham, 1995 (Air Force; Tyndall AFB, FL) Justin Orr, 1995 (Army; Ft. Bragg, NC)

Brady Poe, 1995 (Air Force; Langley AFB, VA) David Riley, 1995 (Army; Ft. Riley, KS) Tiffany Constable, 1996 (Navy; San Diego) Chad Hagedorn, 1996 (Navy; Camp Lejeune, NC) Drew Hildebrand, 1996 (Marines; Columbus, OH) – Purple Heart recipient Jason Parker, 1996 (Army Reserves; Columbus, OH) – Purple Heart recipient Jeff Towles, 1996 (Army; Ft. Hood, TX) Bobby Fitzpatrick, 1997 (Army; Ft. Stewart, GA) Jason Johnson, 1997 (Army Reserves; Ft. Thomas, KY) Rob Mueller, 1997 (Air Force) Seth Mitchell, 1997 (Marines; Camp Pendleton, CA) Dan Horst, 1998 (Army; Ft. Bragg, NC) Jantzen Bain, 1999 (Army; Heidelberg, Germany) David Timmons, 1999 (Army; Camp Zama, Japan) Scott Trapp, 1999 (Navy; Norfolk, VA) Adam Donaldson, 2000 (Army; Ft. Hood, TX) Stefany Hammond, 2000 (Navy; Long Beach, CA) Adam Howard, 2000 (Marines; Camp Pendleton, CA) Matt Menendez, 2000 (Army; Ft. Carson, CO) Joe Mueller, 2000 (Air Force) Adam Petry, 2000 (Air Force; Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ) Blake Poe, 2000 (Ohio National Guard; Cincinnati) Robert Salvina, 2000 (Kentucky National Guard; Cyn-thiana, KY) Becky Sharpnack, 2000 (Navy; Oak Arbor NAS, WA) Ryan Harvey, 2001 (Marines; Base Quantico, VA) Bruce Hawk, 2001 (Navy; San Diego) Jason Hopkins, 2001 (Army; Ft. Wainwright, AK) Jeremy Johnson, 2001 (Marines) Bryan Kronke, 2001 (Navy; Pensacola, FL)

Dustin Napier, 2001 (Army; Ft. Polk, LA) Matt Taylor, 2001 (Air Force; Yakota Airbase, Japan) Matt Todhunter, 2001 (Navy; Norfolk, VA) Matt Vormwald, 2001 (Army Reserves; North Canton, OH) Loren Baldwin, 2002 (Army; Vallejo, CA) Patrick Camp, 2002 (National Guard; Sandusky, OH) Adam German, 2002 (Army; Ft. Bragg, NC) Ryan Hoefer (Army; Ft. Campbell, KY) Mark Jacquez, 2002 (Marines; Camp Lejeune, NC) Steve Kern, 2002 (Marines; Camp Pendleton, CA) Sean Meyer, 2002 (Florida Air National Guard; Jack-sonville, FL) Tim Palczynski, 2002 (Navy; Point Loma Naval Base, CA) Chris Cook, 2003 (Marines; Quantico, VA) James Cooper, 2003 (Army Reserves; Kings Mills, OH) Chris Deyo, 2003 (Air Force; Hill AFB, UT) David Durbin, 2003 (Army Reserves; Ft. Thomas, KY) Diana Ezell, 2003 (Army; Ft. Gordon, GA) Andrew Geraci, 2003 (Navy; Norfolk, VA) Molly Geraci, 2003 (Navy; Ft. Gordo, GA) Scott Hatfield, 2003 (Navy; Naval Station Mayport, FL) Erin Hodge, 2003 (Air Force) Craig Ryan, 2003 (Navy; Norfolk, VA) Jeremy Weber, 2003 (Navy; Sasebo, Japan) Ryan Brandenburg, 2004 (Army) Mark Humbel, 2004 (Marines) Jason Istre, 2004 (Marines) Scott Langenbach, 2004 (Army; Ft. Stewart, GA) A.J. Lardie, 2004 (Marines; Cherry Point, NC)

Eric Said, 2004 (Army Reserves) Derrick Smith, 2004 (Marines; Okinawa, Japan) Tom Vormwald, 2004 (Marines; Camp Lejeune, NC) Brandon Wallace, 2004 (Army; Ft. Stewart, GA) Graham Cheben, 2005 (Army; Ft. Campbell, KY) Scott Davidson, 2005 (Navy; Groton, CT) James Guiffre, 2005 (National Guard; San Antonio, TX) Mark Istre, 2005 (Marines; MCBH Kaneohe Bay, HI) Ahren Menchen, 2005 (Marines; San Diego, CA) Mark Meyer, 2005 (Navy; Norfolk, VA) Bobbie Joe Miller, 2005 (Marines; Camp Lejeune, NC) Ben Sears, 2005 (Navy; Yokosuka, Japan) Lisa Swan, 2005 (Army Reserves; Columbus, OH) Elizabeth White, 2005 (Army; Ft. Stewart, GA) Gerwin Wynn, 2005 (Navy; Twenty Nine Palms, CA) Landon Cheben, 2006 (Army; Fort Rucker, AL) Chad Fields, 2006 (Army; Ft. Hood, TX) Casey Mendenhall, 2006 (Army; Ft. Carson, CO) Scott Sonnenberg, 2006 (Ohio Air National Guard; Swanton, OH) Chris Tobias, 2006 (Army; Ft. Riley, KS) Candice Wallace, 2006 (Air Force; Dayton, OH) Justin Brock, 2007 (Marines) Chris Hundley, 2007 (National Guard; Columbus, OH) Steven Manville, 2007 (Navy; Coronado, CA) Joe Russell, 2008 (Army; Ft. Bragg, NC) Ben Hinchman, 2009 (Coast Guard; Groton, CT) Greg Lincoln, 2009 (Army; Cincinnati) Joey Shipp, 2009 (Army; Savannah, GA) Evan Storch, 2009 (Marines Reserves; Cincinnati) Aaron Zellner, 2009 (Army Reserves; Cincinnati) Mackenzie Storch, 2010 (Marines; Parris Island, S.C.)

what to do. Many Iraqis have a hard time moving forward, from fear of a return to violence, to just not knowing how to move forward.” Although the war is nowhere near as violent today, soldiers are still needed to help reshape the misshapen country. Mr. Volkman is one of these people. “My duties mainly involve helping build something the military calls ‘civil capacity.’ That’s the ability of a government to pro-vide things we take for granted -- security, electricity, water, sewer, economic conditions favorable to the people,” he said. Specifically, he is working with the College of Agriculture from Baghdad University to help improve the agricultural technology and conditions. Mr. Volkman’s passion for his duty is reflected in the life he leads. He has a deep understanding for the people he is serving, perhaps because of the immersion he has had throughout his life in the trying times of war. As he explains, “People are people no matter where you go, and they want the same things out of life: love and dignity and safety; a fam-ily, a home, a job, a better life for their kids.” He is working to achieve this for not only himself, but also for others who are helpless to do so. Although Mr. Volkman is working hard now, his duties go much further back. He at-tended a military college and served on active duty for five years following his graduation. He has been deployed a total of four times. One deployment was to Saudi Arabia, one was to Afghanistan, one was split between Qatar and MacDill Air Force base in Florida, and he is currently in Baghdad. He wakes up at 5 every morning. There is not time for much else, and he goes to the gym for his only recreational activity. With such a busy lifestyle, it is hard to find time for his family. Out of everything he has left behind, he said he misses his family the most. They e-mail every day or two, and try

to Skype on Sundays, but the seven-hour time difference makes this difficult. Melody Volkman, Mr. Volkman’s wife, tells of how she and her family had to make changes to their life as well. She has to adjust to not having someone doing half the work, while her kids had to adjust not having their dad with them every day. And it does not get any easier each time he has left. As Mrs. Volkman explains, “It gets harder despite the practical lessons I have learned. While I try to stay positive, I see it is harder for many of my military friends as well. Sometimes I let myself wonder what the eventual impact will be on the military--par-ticularly the military reserves and the soldiers and families who are repeatedly being asked to sacrifice.” Although he has been deployed more than once, Mr. Volkman truly understands the dif-ficulties of leaving what you love behind in order to pursue something for the greater good. People like Mr. Volkman are out there not only fighting for our securities, but building security for people who have never known that comfort. As he advises the students at LHS, “Don’t take life and love for granted. Work and study hard, and think -- think for yourself. Know what you believe and why you believe it, and do something about it -- live your life in a way that reflects your values. Be part of some-thing bigger than just yourself.”

Loveland recognizes its grads currently in service

Mr. Volkman, third from right, meets here with some leading tribal sheiks in Baghdad to discuss governance issues.

Photo courtesy of Mr. Volkman

Volkman: LHS teacher serving in Iraq(continued from Page 1)

Photo courtesy of Casey Mendenhall

Entertainment10FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Madeline Vance

Do you ever feel like you’re spinning in circles, almost like you are off balance? Loveland sophomore Lena Wilson over-comes these feelings by being on the tips of her toes … literally. With hopes of one day becoming a professional dancer, Lena spends 2-5 hours a day in the dance studio. Lena has been dancing since she was 8 years old. She says, “When I was little, I just loved to dance and was inspired to take classes. My mom put me in classes, and I really started to like it.” She currently dances at Ballet Tech of Ohio. Not only does she do ballet, but she also takes contemporary, jazz, and modern dance classes in the summer. She dances seven days a week: two hours a night on weekdays, and a total of eight hours each weekend. At the age of 13, Lena was accepted into the following prestigious summer programs: Joffrey Ballet New York/Mid-west and the North Carolina School of the Arts. She wants to go to college to study dance or audition for dance companies. Lena goes to camps all over the country,

Lena Wilson leaps across the stageBy Madeline Vance

Staff Writerand this summer she went to one in Mi-ami, Fla. She spent five weeks there and learned many new things. At this camp they danced from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ev-ery day. Her words of advice for those who have the desire to dance are, “Don’t be afraid to start. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t been dancing your whole life. You can always just do it for fun; it doesn’t always have to be intense.” When asked what her favorite part about dancing was, she replied, “Per-forming.” Lena will be the Sugar Plum Fairy Nov. 20 in the Ballet Tech production of The Nutcracker. Performances will be at 2 and 7 p.m. at River Hills Christian Church, 6300 Price Road in Miami Township. More than 60 dancers from Greater Cin-cinnati will participate in this ballet. Tick-ets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Call 683-6860 or contact Bal-let Tech of Ohio at www.ballettechohio.org for tickets. The Roar encourages you to come out and support Lena in her holiday perfor-mance later this month as she lights up the stage and helps to ensure the perfect Christmas.

Lena rehearses with a male dancer from Ballet Tech.

Where can you meet an orphaned girl, delusional uncle, and a bedridden boy, find haunting ghosts, and discover a hidden gar-den all in one place? The answer: Loveland High School’s upcoming production of The Secret Garden. This year’s fall musical production is a theatrical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The Secret Garden, which first appeared on Broadway in 1991. It follows the life of Mary Lennox, a young girl who is orphaned and sent to live with her estranged uncle in England. Abby Do-cherty (9) will star in her first LHS produc-tion as Mary Lennox. Her estranged uncle, Archibald Craven, will be played by Na-than Robbins (12), and fellow senior Alex Schmidt will play Archibald’s deceased wife, Lily. Alex’s little brother, Noah El-liott, a sixth grader at Loveland Intermedi-ate, plays Colin Craven, Archibald’s bed-ridden son. Alex said, “It’s really a good experience for both of us,” when asked how it was working with her brother. This year, major attempts were made

to include students in the creative process of developing the show. “It’s really a col-laborative project, and we’re lucky to have such a talented group of kids to work with,” Nathan said. Students helped develop ideas and worked on the set, logo, costumes, orches-tra and choreography. Because of this stu-dent involvement, those students will be eligible to be nominated for a Cappie. A Cappie is the high school drama produc-tion equivalent of a Tony award. Each year, schools select one show to be eligible to be nominated for a Cap-pie. This will be Loveland’s Cappie show. “Cappies is all about celebrating high school theater,” said Nathan. Auditions were held last spring, and rehearsals were already in full swing by the time the new school year came around. Abby said, “We’re a lot further ahead than we usually would be at this point, giving us more time to really polish the show.” With a promising future, everyone should be in attendance at this musical. Do what Alex advises: “Come out and see the show. You’ll cry. You’ll laugh. It’ll be awesome.” The Secret Garden runs Nov. 18-20.

Secret Garden displays hidden talentBy Marie Policastro

Staff Writer

Did you know anyone 10 years ago that was NOT interested in Pokémon, specifi-cally catching them all? Well, these lov-able creatures, 150 of them to be exact, are back at Loveland High School like a thunderbolt. Or should we say fireblast? While we love a bubblebeam from Blas-toise or a flamethrower from Charizard as much as the next guy, we cannot say we have re-dedicated ourselves to the cause as much as the likes of seniors Nick Shea, Marc Werner, E.S. Lawrence, Col-lin Schulke, and Winston Amon. Did you know that Nick caught all 151 original Pokémon? Yes, with the help of these four other fine young gentle-men and their link cables, Nick lived the dream and was able to assemble all 150 plus Mew, caught masterfully by Collin. When walking the halls of LHS, Nick is now frequently asked, “Aren’t you that kid that caught 151 Pokémon?” Their dedication does not stop there. After catching all 151 of the creatures, a private party was thrown at school in-volving birthday hats and kazoos. Details of the excessive celebration were not re-leased. They even have Pokémon nicknames for each other: Marc is known as “Mar-cusaur,” Collin as “Soft Collin,” E.S. as

“Eeeee Sssss,” Winston as “Wika Win-ston,” and Nick simply as “Nik.” Now the revolution does not apply to just these fellows. Seniors such as Greg McMullen, Taylor Gettelman, and Jake Howell have been known to be in on such shenanigans. Pokémon has even been referenced in AP English. (Just kid-ding, Mrs. Bosse). However, it has been on the mind of students in the class, including seniors Alex Koth and Pat-rick Kudo. For example, when discuss-ing leering in literary terms, Alex said, “What does that even mean? All I know is that it’s a Pokémon move.”

Some students are not surprised by the revival of this classic pastime. Senior Joe Bota (12) said, “A revival? I don’t think it ever left.” It’s becoming clear that this movement is not unique to LHS. Reports from Madei-ra High School say that some students are going so far as to carry their Pokémon obsession throughout

their whole day by wearing pedometers which level up their Pikachus as they walk. How’s that for multitasking? The Pokémon trainers’ philosophy was summed up well by Nick. “You can do anything through hard work and dedication if you put your mind to it,” he said, “Never give up! Never surrender! PokeMaster Shea over and out!” Keep training Nick, because we’re sure someday you’ll be one of the Elite Four. Just watch out for Team Rocket.

Pokémon is backBy Matthew Worsham and Austin Stahl

Staff Writers

Photo from www.ballettechofohio.com

LHS students dance on the set of The Secret GardenPhoto by Marie Policastro

Ash and Pikachu Photo from www.anime.com

Experience the revival here at LHS

Entertainment 11FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Katie Henke

By John RossStaff Writer

Where’s Patrick? Try to be the firstto find senior Patrick Kudo

Ross Review: Check out some awesome films Well, it is the November issue of The Roar, and while I usually try to keep a theme for my Ross Review choices, there are just not very many Thanksgiving-themed movies to choose from. So instead of writing about a specific kind of movie, I figured I would just write about the movies that I really like at the moment. Oh boy.

1. Memento- Created by Inception and The Dark Knight director Christopher No-lan, this is the story of a man who cannot create new memories, who’s trying to find out who murdered his wife. The story is filled with twists and turns, and the ending will rock your world. 2. It’s Kind of a Funny Story- Fellow Roar staffer Regan Meinking and I got to see an early screening of this movie last month, and it was great. Zach Galifianakis (the guy from The Hangover) is hilarious

as a psych ward patient, and the story has a nice feel-good message to it. 3. Apocalypto- I know Mel Gibson may be kind of crazy, but he is able to a make some pretty sweet movies. So if you’re looking for a good action movie, Apocalypto has your name all over it. The story is about a man in an early Mayan society who gets kidnapped by a rival tribe and must get home in time to save his wife and son. 4. The Matrix- Alright, so I know The Ma-trix is one of those movies nearly everyone

has seen, but if you haven’t ever actually watched it all the way through, you defi-nitely should. I only recently watched it for the first time, and it blew my mind. 5. Night of the Living Dead- Just because Halloween is over doesn’t mean you can’t watch horror movies any more. Despite being made a good 40 years ago, Night of the Living Dead packs quite a punch when it comes to the scare department, and it can be a perfect movie to watch on a dark, stormy night.

Patrick Kudo (12)

Entertainment12FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Ogonna Ononye

By Becca BlackEditor-in-Chief

Walking through the sea of sweatshirts, sweatpants, and tacky T-shirts, you might notice a few individuals who stand out. Some people could care less about what they put on in the morning, blindly picking up the nearest item of semi-clean clothing off the floor (which might explain some of the odd combinations we see). Yet, here and there you see someone with style, someone who cares what she puts on her body in the morning: a fashionista. Grace Samyn (11) is one such fashionista. Her style: She is a refreshing mix of punky and rocker-chic. Dream outfit: A short leather jacket with a distressed shirt and a glittery wow-

Everyone loves music. So are you ready to rock out to your favorite bands live? Check out these upcoming concerts coming soon to a place near you. Alternative Rock- Barenaked Ladies at the Taft Theatre on Nov. 9, and Hinder at Bogarts on Nov. 19. Pop- Justin Bieber at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville on Nov. 10, and Sarah McLachlan at the Taft Theatre on Nov. 10. Classic- Trans-Siberian Orchestra-Winter Tour 2010 at the E.J. Nutter Center in Dayton on Nov. 10. Country- Alan Jackson at U.S. Bank Arena on Nov. 20. Metal/screamo- All That Remains at Newport Music Hall in Columbus on Nov.

WHAT is she wearing?factor skirt. Where she shops: Target and Forever XXI. Fashion idol: Selena Gomez. “The way she dresses is very similar to my own style,” Grace says. Pet peeves: Sweaters underneath a jacket. Secret to success: “Buy skinny jeans. And do what you want; don’t just follow the trends given to you in magazines.” Previous fashion mishap: “I used to wear thousands upon thousands of layers.” Necessities: Converse shoes and skinny jeans. What others think of Grace’s look:“I like how it’s girly but with a rocker look.” –Maranda McDonald (10)“Unique!” –Daniela Fisher (11)“I think it is so cool, and she always looks good.” –Matt Swaine (11)

Upcoming Concerts

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Frostys and shakesPrice

The race is close because, let’s face it, both places are great. Despite its lower-quality nuggets compared to Wendy’s, McDonald’s wins in the burger and fries

category. McDonald’s also wins the price category due to its larger $.99 menu. Wendy’s wins the Frosty and shake cat-egory because it has the classically delicious

Frosty, and while McDonald’s has a bigger selection of shakes, none match up to the Frosty. McDonald’s is just barely the winner here, 22-21.

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Face Off: Wendy’s vs McDonald’s burger blast

By Reagan JohnstoneStaff Writer

By John RossStaff Writer

Grace Samyn (11) always looks like a rockstar.

Photo by Becca Black

Photo by Becca Black

Grace Samyn (11) turns a casual jacket into a fashion statement.

12. Alternative/acoustic- Never Shout Never at House of Blues in Cleveland on Nov. 23. The Roar’s pick- All That Remains at

Newport Music Hall in Columbus on Nov. 12. Although it is a long drive to Columbus, the concert is placed conveniently on a Friday night. All That Remains has the perfect music to let loose to. The band’s

guitar riffs and hardcore lyrics will not disappoint. “This Calling” is one of their greatest and most intense hits. Be prepared for some head bangin’ and nonstop moshin’!

All That Remains tops November concert schedule

as the fastest-selling book in history, with 11 mil-lion copies sold in only 24 hours. The movies are the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, with the six movies cur-rently released grossing $5.4 billion worldwide. Multiple video games and board games exist, includ-ing the newly released LEGO Harry Potter. Some colleges (and a few high schools) offer the wizard sport of Quidditch as a club sport and have classes that focus on the books. There is even an attraction at Universal Studios Orlando’s Islands of

Entertainment 13FRIDAY, October 8, 2010 Page Editor: Elizabeth Worsham

By Jessica MillerStaff Writer

By Megan SlabaughStaff Writer

HoroscopesBe careful, this donkey is temperamental.

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This is your horoscope guide to this month, based on the stars and the wisdom of The Roar. These pre-dictions are completely true, but take the advice with a grain of salt. Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) - You know those people who always play it safe? Yeah, well, that’s you, so this month, be a rebel and let your hair down. Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) - Be prepared for a rough month. Venus is counteracting and problems will arise. Aries (March 21 - April 20) - The dusk moon will cast a dark shadow on your relationships, so stay in the light. Taurus (April 21 - May 20) - Did you get rejected by your love last month? Don’t you worry. With love on your side, you will find the courage to make another move. Gemini (May 21 - June 21) - Peaceful Jupiter makes this month low-key, so put on some Jack Johnson and relax dude. Cancer (June 22 - July 22) - This month is all about change, so go crazy. Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22) - Ooh, the

stars say you’re stressed. But don’t overestimate your studying; you’re go-ing to need every bit of it this month. Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22) - You’re usually level-headed, but be ready for some freak outs this month. Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22) - Your field of opportunities will blossom in November. Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) - On the 8th, Saturn will bring you down. So watch your step on those stairs. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 20) - Re-lationship problems will be inevitable because of the pull of the moon; you’ll have to cut the unworthy ones loose. Capricorn (Dec. 21 - Jan. 19) - Novem-ber is your month, Capricorns. Flaunt it.

(The Roar will feature a top 10 list each issue. It’s completely up to the author, de-termined randomly, what he or she wants to count down.) There’s always a time and place when a fun fact can become a life saver. Whether you need to break an extremely awkward silence, put a smile on someone’s face, or just make your brain a little bigger, I’m your girl. The top 10 random facts that could always come in handy: 1. More people are killed by donkeys an-nually than are killed in plane crashes. 2. If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction. 3. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or pur-ple.

Top 10 random facts 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 5. Cat urine glows under a black light. 6. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. 7. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 8. When going to bed, people fall asleep, on average, in seven minutes. 9. A sneeze can exceed 100 mph. 10. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

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Adventure theme park called The Wizarding World of Har-ry Potter, which had its grand opening this past summer. Harry Potter has also changed the literary world. Before Harry Potter, publish-ers were more unwilling to publish larger books for kids and teens, thinking that they wouldn’t read them. It is be-cause of the popularity of the Harry Potter books that longer teen and kids books are now written. Take young

adult writer Tamora Pierce for instance. When she published the Song of the Lioness Quar-tet (starting in 1983), she was

told that her large book must be cut into

four smaller books. Since Harry Potter, Pierce has published books that surpass the 500-page mark. This is not to say, however, that there were not long kids books before Harry Potter;there has just been a dramatic increase in number and size. Harry Potter has even impacted the lives of students at LHS. “My mom used to read the books to us when we were little, and it was always a treat,” said Micky Henskens (12). “When I read them now, I go back to being a kid.” If all goes according to plan, the eighth and final movie will be released in 3-D on July 15, 2011. There will also be midnight release parties. “I am getting a group of people together,” said Micky, “and four people are going to go as the four quidditch balls and the rest will be on broomsticks trying to catch them. It’s going to be epic.”

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If you haven’t heard by now, the seventh Harry Potter movie will be released in the-aters Nov. 17. “I’m going to the midnight showing,” said Hannah Leeper (12), “And I am dressing up, but I don’t know what I am wearing yet.” This is the sec-ond-to-last Potter movie, since the seventh book is being split into two movies. It’s fair to say that Harry Potter is a phe-nomenon. “I think that they are well writ-ten,” Hannah explains of why she likes the series. “You can get lost in it, and it can be enjoyed by people of any age.” The book series has sold over 400 mil-lion copies and has been translated into 67 languages. The seventh book, Harry Pot-ter and the Deathly Hallows, set a record

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I

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Thanksgiving14FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Hannah Moloney

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade goes back 80 yearsBy Hannah Moloney

Staff Writer

Every year on Thanksgiving morning, people across America tune in to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. We marvel at the giant balloons, creative floats, whimsical dancers, and talented marching bands, but do we ever stop and think about how this American tradition got started? This parade has been held in New York for over 75 years. The parade both celebrates America and calls forth Christmas. The Thanksgiving Day Parade actu-ally stems from European tradition. In the 1920’s many of Macy’s department store employees were first-generation immi-grants. Proud of their newfound heritage, they wanted to celebrate the American holiday with the type of festival they loved and enjoyed in Europe. The employees marched from 145th Street down to 34th Street dressed as

clowns, cowboys, knights and sheiks. There were floats, professional bands and 25 live animals bor-rowed from the Central Park Zoo. An audience of over a quarter-mil-lion people came to watch the parade, and it was a hit. The parade be-came a well-known tradition. Large bal-loons first appeared in 1927, including Fe-lix the Cat, a dragon, an elephant and a toy soldier. Through the 1930s the parade grew and grew. New balloons such as Walt Disney characters were among the favorites. Radio audiences were now able to hear the ceremonies, and

Santa’s arrival on 34th Street came to be an important part of the parade.

Unfortunately, the early 1940s saw an end to the pa-rade because there was nothing really to celebrate with World War II taking place. Also, the rubber and helium could not be wasted. Our country needed all the supplies they could get to sup-port our soldiers. Luckily, the parade

resumed in 1945 and was televised for the first time, and the parade also began to run the same route it runs today.

What are you thankful for?By Hannah Moloney

Staff Writer

What are you thankful for? Some people say they’re thankful for their fam-ilies, their close friendships, their pets, or a roof over their head. What are Love-land students thankful for? Maggie Stancliff (11) is thankful for her friends. Mk Fisher (11) and Trent Lively (9) are thankful for Thomas McCarty (11). Tia Ariapad (11) is thankful for how much her cats love and adore her. Eli Henry (9) is thankful for being a cool cat. Tyler Glenn (12) is thankful for col-lege football. Allie Brizzi (12) is thankful for her dog, Lucy, and her soccer family. Zach Elias (12) is thankful for tater tots. David Rankin (11) is thankful for his family.

What’s your crazy Thanksgiving experience?By Megan Slabaugh

Staff Writer

It seems every year Thanksgiving goes the same way: You travel all the way to Grandma’s, eat until you can’t button your pants, and catch a game or two of football. Traditions are fun and all, but sometimes a little excitement creates the best memories. For these LHS students, past Thanksgiving Day will never be forgotten. Jenn Sebree (11) found a binky in the turkey after her uncle’s bite was a little crunchy. Sasha Martin (10) decided the tradi-

Grab your shopping carts: Black Friday is here By Sabrina Newstead

Staff Writer

It’s the morning after Thanksgiving, and your alarm clock goes off at five. You rush out of bed with a big smile on your face and throw on your fa-vorite pair of sweats. Oh, you’re not going to school. You’re going shopping! Not only are you going shopping, but you are fighting your way through the store, past inconsiderate people, just to get that one shirt you’ve had your eye on. Once you find what you want, you spend half of the morn-ing waiting in line and the other half driving home. Why do you do all of this? Oh yes, because it’s Black Friday. Black Friday, the day after Thanks-giving, is typically the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. About 135 million people in America participate in this shopping rush each year. Black Friday is not an official holiday, but most work-ers have the day off, which increases the number of potential shoppers. The name originates from a big stock market crash in September 1966. In an at-tempt to gain more money, parades were planned and stores began to discount their merchandise, hoping to attract more cus-

tomers. Over the years these ideas grew, and money was being made rapidly. Even-tually, the stores were no longer “in the red” and losing money, but they were “in the black,” making money - hence the name Black Friday. From then on Black

Friday has been a tradition. Though these events seem like fun and games, many serious inju-ries were results of such festivities. In 2008, a temporary employee of the Long Island (N.Y.) Walmart was tram-pled to death when he opened the door for wild shoppers. When the paramed-

ics got to the scene, they too got stepped on and shoved. This was not the only fatality on Black Friday. Many people have been killed due to the insane shoppers who seem to be in their own worlds when they step out of their houses. It should not be detri-mental to your health to go shopping. So, if you go shopping on Black Friday, be careful of all the crazy shoppers will-ing to do anything to get to a sale. It may be beneficial to your health if you let that favorite shirt hang on the rack for an extra day. However, if you feel you must shop on Black Friday, know what you want to purchase, head out early, and be prepared for anything.

The most bittersweet year of the pa-rade had to be 1963, less than a week after President Kennedy’s assassination. The country was still in mourning, but it went on so as not to disappoint the children in America. Through the ʹ60s, ʹ70s, and ʹ80s some favorite balloons appeared, including Snoopy, Kermit the Frog and Superman. The parade really is a sight to see ac-cording to two LHS students who have ac-tually been to the parade. Abby Schnure (11) said, “It was cool; I got to see the floats get blown up.” Abby Mullowney (11) states, “It was magical. I loved the atmosphere and when Hannah Montana performed, it was just perfection. Also, Rick Astley owned his performance.” This Thanksgiving, turn on your televi-sions and join the thousands of Americans to celebrate the parades 80th Anniversary and watch history in the making.

The Thanksgiving feast is the most highly anticipated meal of the year. Some people favor the savory aspect of the meal, but people with any ounce of common sense in their body favor the sweet side. Thanksgiving dinner is ex-tremely predictable; the same old dishes are served every year. The typical turkey and mashed potato meal is so boring. Sure, it’s delicious, and I eat mashed potatoes and gravy like it’s my job, but year after year it gets a little old.

Since the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians enjoyed the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, the debate has raged on about which part of the Thanksgiving meal is the best: dinner or des-sert. I’m here to settle it once and for all. Thanksgiving dinner is 10 times better than any dessert. Now, I love pumpkin pie as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the savory side of the holiday. Dinner has many more options than the pumpkin pie.

Roar staffers debate Thanksgiving cuisine: sweet or savory; which is better?By Alyssa Tipton

Staff Writer

Taylor Hoffman (10) is thankful for her dog, Chevy. Clarissa Weyman (11) is thankful for her dog, Sully’s, flat back, because she can eat food off of it. Adam Howaniec (12) is thankful for Ke$ha and roller skates. Ben Grethel (10) is thankful for choc-olate milk. Eric Linnevers (10) is thankful for milk. Leah Wood (11) is thankful for Joeish (Joe Misiti (11)). Nick Shea (12) is thankful for the se-cret handshake he has with Hannah Mo-loney (11). Brad Vanover (12) is thankful for warm kisses from his mom. Nathan Boucher (12) is thankful for 2-in-1 shampoo. Freddy Howard (12) is thankful for lavender bubble baths. Clark Crawford (12) is thankful for smoothies.

tional dinner wouldn’t do, so he dined at a 7-11 gas station instead. Julia Texiera (12) created a steamy sit-uation when she lit the table cloth on fire. Charlie Heyob’s (11) aunt caused a vicious fight when things didn’t go as planned. Logan Cornett’s (11) dog ruined Thanksgiving by jumping on the table and eating the turkey. Carter Schulke (10) deep-fried the tur-key a little extra, causing his front porch tree to shoot up in flames.

photo from silive.comHere comes snoopy

However, the sweet side of the meal is anything but boring. There is a wide vari-ety of dessert options: the classic pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, chocolate chip pie, apple pie, caramel apples, buckeyes…

and the list goes on! Plus, there are many types of seasonal ice cream, like pumpkin, pepper-mint stick, and Graeter’s Buck-eye Blitz. Get your fix while you can.

Nothing excites me more than the sound of the oven beeping, knowing that my deli-cious dessert awaits me. The savory dinner is just a little appetizer for the true main course, dessert.

You can get a heaping pile of mashed po-tatoes, topped with warm gravy and steam-ing corn. Next to that you have your choice of white or dark meat turkey (I prefer dark meat) and buttery and delicious sweet po-

tato casserole. That’s not the end of the sea of food. You also get some cranberry sauce, green bean casserole and southern-style cornbread.

Dessert is a mere afterthought for peo-ple who haven’t quite gotten their fill of thanksgiving tradition.

Sweet Savory

By Kyle SiegStaff Writer

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Nov. 26 will be a crazy shopping day

FRIDAY, November 5, 2010

People 15 Page Editor: Jessica Miller

Nick Weiss

Facebook is a fun way to get to know others. Each month, The Roar will pick four students at random (hitting names on a dartboard) to help introduce you to new faces, Facebook style.

Grade: Freshman

Interests: Video games, watching TV.

School activity: Track.

TV/movies: Transformers, Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Favorite music: Music from movies.

Favorite class: Science.

Hero: My mom.

Can’t live without: Cartoons.

Pet peeve: Don’t really have one.

Fun fact: “I like to swim.”

RachelWestcott

BrianCadwallader

Ed

“I really like LHS!”

October 4, 1995

Edd Eddy Sponge-bob

Photo by Ellen Mack

Austin Loveless

Grade: Sophomore

Interests: Skateboarding

Favorite TV show: Two and a Half Men

Music: Everything.

Hero: My father.

Can’t live without: My iPod

Pet peeve: “When people don’t share their stories. Sharing is caring.”

Fun fact: I have a close-knit group of friends I like to hang out with.Amandah

Simmons WillBoster

JasmynFuson

BeccaPatillo

TylerBernius

Alesha Cossentino

Photo by Ogonna Ononye

“ You can’t change the past and you can’t control the future, so live for the moment.”

Amber Peters

Grade: Senior

Interests: Volleyball, hanging out with friends, learning biology.

School activities: Volleyball, choir.

Movies: The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Hitch.

Favorite music: Taylor Swift, Sugarland.

Favorite class: Biology.

Hero: “Misty May-Treanor. She is always posi-tive and really down to earth, and is a really good person overall.”

Can’t live without: “Playing volleyball. I’m, like, depressed without that.”

Pet peeve: “I don’t like when people are so nega-tive all the time.”

Fun facts: “My dream is to be a professional voll-eyball player. And I’m friends with Selena Gomez.”

KathleenKauffman

KatieBell

M i s t y May-Treanor

SelenaGomez

PhilDal-hausser

Photo by Emma Goetz

“I learn to win by learning to lose-that means not being afraid of losing.”

Kenny Miller “Pumped for hockey to start.”

JakePickens

Eric Nedeljko

DavidRankin

Kody Griffin

AustinDewees

HunterEwing

Photo by Matthew Worsham

May 30, 1995

September 26, 1993

Grade: Junior

Interests: Sports, videogames, cars

Activity: Hockey

Movie: Taken

Music: Rap (Eminem)

Favorite class: Math (Algebra II, Trig)

Hero: Patrick Kane.

Can’t live without: My phone.

Pet peeve: People who brag a lot.

Fun fact: I lived in California for 12 years. Allison Asbury

March 6, 1993

Look-alikes Flashback to five years ago. You plop down on the couch; it’s a Saturday morn-ing. You flip to your favorite TV channel, which is obviously Nickelodeon. You al-ready have your entire morning planned out. First, is a half hour of Hey Arnold. Ar-nold’s football-shaped head is always fun to look at. Then, you’ll watch an episode of The Wild Thornberrys and daydream about being Eliza Thornberry and speaking to animals. After that, you’ll laugh for 30 minutes straight while watching CatDog. Sadly, these programs aren’t shown any longer. These are some of the most beloved

Nickelodeon shows to grace the world of television. Other Nick shows we all used to love were Rocket Power, As Told by Ginger, Roco’s Modern Life, and Doug. Who could ever forget Rugrats? Everyone had their favorite baby: Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, or Angelica. These days, Nick has TV shows like Victorious, iCarly, and Big Time Rush. I personally think these new shows don’t stand a chance against the old Nick shows. Sadly, they aren’t creating new seasons of those classics any longer. But they will be forever in our memories.

Henry Howard (11) Aaron Connor (10)

Do You Remember?By Liz Sullivan

Staff Writer

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Photo from layoutsparks.com

The monthly special of two strikingly similar-looking human beings caught on camera!

Rugrats

Rocket Power

Caboose16FRIDAY, November 5, 2010 Page Editor: Hailey Booth

By Matthew Worsham and Steven Goodman

Staff Writers

You’ve heard it. That clickety-clack-ety sound that permeates the hallways of LHS puzzles many listeners as they walk through the school. Chances are, that sound is coming from a student hard at work solving the famous (infamous?) Ru-bik’s Cube, a process formally known as “cubing.” Marshall Miller (12), Sam Bowdler (11), and Kyle Richardson (11) are argu-ably the top three cubers in Loveland. Each has solved a scrambled cube in a minute or less. They sat down with The Roar to give some insight into this unique sport. Marshall has been in the business since eighth grade, when he bought his first cube and began studying the basic instruction book it came with. Sam learned how to solve one from his sister three years ago, and has been cubing ever since. Kyle, the newest competitor on the scene, learned last August how to cube and has quickly mastered the skill. Each said he enjoys the challenge pre-sented by each scramble of the cube. They like playing together because it’s some-thing fun that the whole group enjoys. There are many methods of solving the cube, with technical names like “Fridrich F2L” and “2 Look PLL.” All of Love-land’s cuber’s know multiple methods and

use each one at a different point in the solving process. The Fridrich method is a core component for each of their strat-egies. “Fridrich is generally accepted as the fastest method for solving a Rubik’s Cube,” Marshall said. There are many different cube sizes, beginning at 2 squares by 2 squares and going up from there. “The easiest one to solve is the 3X3,” said Sam, “but once you understand how to solve that one, it’s easy to learn the others because the principles are the same for every cube.” Cubing could be considered a unique talent, and the crew is used to receiving some interesting looks. “People’s reac-tions are generally positive,” said Mar-shall. Kyle said most people tell him that they never learned how to solve it and just pulled off the stickers for fun. Below are statistics from The Roar’s first-ever Rubik’s Cube tournament. Points were earned based on the competitors’ places in each heat. Marshall won with a score of 8, followed by Kyle with a score of 6 and Sam with 4. To see videos of the event, go to lovelandschools.org/theroar. Think you want to learn how to cube like the pros? Check out “the magic of the internet,” as Kyle puts it, and search for solving methods on Google and Youtube. Finally, have fun. Someday you may be able to join the Cube Crew too.

Competitor Points Cubes Solved

Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3

Marshall Miller

8 2x2, 3x3, Void, Mir-ror Block

00:34.74 00:48.44 00:32.09

Kyle Rich-ardson

6 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, Void, Magic

Did not finish

00:43.74 01:00.28

Sam Bowdler

4 3x3 01:07.73 01:46.49 01:00.57

Know anyone that’s just bound to be

Thomas Rooney (12): Could be the next Phil Mick-elson.

Nathan Robbins (12): Cincin-nati Arts Overture Awards fi-nalist, future professional Broadway actor.

Austin Caldwell (12): The next Michael Phelps.

Anna Eltring-ham (12): Singer/song-writer, recording artist, has a band that records with her.

Wesley Kyles (12): Bas-ketball, football star, could be drafted in to the NBA and NFL.

Reed Schlesner (11): Plays baseball for Team Cincin-nati, could be drafted by Major League Baseball.

Jennifer Walls (12): Makes Van Gogh look like an amateur.

Ian Streicker (12): Ranked top 100 in the Mid-west for tennis.

Photo by Steven GoodmanSam Bowdler, Kyle Richardson, and Marshall Miller are pros when it comes to solving Rubik’s Cubes.

Snazzy signatures from future famous students

Who can solve the Rubik’s Cube? They canFind out who wins when The Roar puts the cube masters to the test in a lightning-fast race

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famous someday? The Roar went around LHS and got the autographs of students we believe have the potential of becoming

a star for one reason or another. So now when you see them on TV getting drafted for a professional sports team, or waltz-

ing down the red carpet, you’ll have proof that yes, that celebrity was in your midst, circulating the halls of Loveland High.