Issue 8 (April 2016)

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Scientists link Zika virus to wider range of birth defects than initially thought

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Rebel leader returns for first time in over two years as part of peace deal

Commission recommends impeachment proceedings against president

“Water train� carries half a million liters of water to areas affected by drought

Batsman James Taylor forced to retire due to serious heart condition

Coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef negatively impacts 95 percent of northern reefs

Information gathered by Maya Bode Sources: BBC, The Telegraph

Inside the Ink Spread the Word pg. 4

Coffee Shops pg. 9

Personality Prints pg. 10

Profile on Ben Cochran pg. 16

Planned Parenthood pg. 20

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A&E pg. 6-9

In-Depth pg. 10-14

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Sports pg. 15-18

Perspectives pg. 19-23

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Lightbulbs

Replacing incandescent lightbulbs with energy-efficient CFLs is one way to reduce your carbon footprint this Earth Day.

Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs An electric current runs through a tube containing argon and mercury vapor, generating invisible ultraviolet light.

History Bowl team to compete at National Bee

This light excites a fluorescent coating called phosphor, which emits visible light.

Hanna Khmelovska Staff Writer The History Bowl team is sending varsity and junior varsity squads to compete at the National History Bee and Bowl in Washington, D.C., and Arlington, VA, from April 22-24.

“It’s tough competition and we do not expect to win, but we hope to be top-100,” senior Abigail Nay said. “We have a great team and it is a really exciting opportunity to be in the competition. It is always a little bit intense when you are in the round, but it is more for us about having fun, not winning.”

Five students will be competing on varsity against 101 other teams, and four students on junior varsity will compete against 163 teams. More information is available online at nationalbowl.org.

National Bike Week to promote bicycling Eleanor Glenn

Staff Writer

National Bike Week, hosted by FCHS bike club, will be the week of May 2.

“Myself and Fort Collins High School are trying to promote bicycling as another form of transportation,” National Bike Week coordinator and teacher Cathy Hettleman said. “The day that everyone should ride their bike to school is Wednesday the 4th, because that’s when we will serve breakfast and draw for prizes.”

Events will be held throughout the week. A bike repair station will be set up across from the front office on Monday. New Belgium will host a short track race on Tuesday. Lambkin Ways will participate in bike carnivals on Wednesday and Thursday, and the CSU campus will host bike activities on Friday.

CSU Flower Trial to begin replanting in May Adelaide Tomsic Staff Writer The CSU Flower Trial garden located at 1401 Remington Street will begin planting annual and perennial flowers later this May. The Garden, open year round, is free for the public to enjoy.

“The plants come from seed companies and vegetative companies throughout the U.S. and now the world,” Dr. James Klett, Annual Flower Trial Garden coordinator, said. “They pay an entry fee so I can pay for the garden.”

The flower garden was founded for these plant and seed companies to test their plants in the Rocky Mountain environment and for horticulture students and professors at CSU to study plant behavior. Klett hires horticulture students and master gardeners to tend to the garden throughout the year, planting seasonal flowers in the beds.

Lamp Ballast Housing

Incandescent Lightbulbs

Base

Because they produce light without generating heat,

CFLs use 70 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs.

PHOTO BY ALEX MCWILLIAMS Information gathered by Evan Bode Source: energystar.gov

An electric current runs through a wire filament.

The current heats the filament, causing it to glow.

Backing up school laptop prevents data loss

Andrew Jessen-Tyler Columnist

When it comes time to turn in our laptops, all of our precious work over the year will be gone forever as the computers are reimaged, including the date on the student drive. So when you come back to school in the fall, any files you wanted will be gone, such as the resume you made in Finance, those old math notes you’ll want to review for the next class, and drawings made in art.

If you don’t want to lose your work, you have to manually back up your data for the summer, but an email will fit only a small amount.

With a USB drive, backing up school data is easy to learn and simple to complete.

First, you will need to plug in your USB drive to your school laptop. It is best if you have no other files on it in order to save time. When it is plugged in, go to the Start

Menu by clicking the Windows Music, etc. and copy those files.

Logo in the lower left (Figure Make sure to select only files 1, red circle). Then click “This and not shortcuts (Figure 4).

PC” and you will be able to see Now, you may not have your USB drive (Figure 1, blue enough space to put all of your circle). It will show how much data on a single flash drive. space it has available (Figure 2). If you think this is the case, it Right click the is typically best USB drive and to copy a single select “Open in folder at a time. a new window.”

To check how big Drag and resize a folder is, right the windows so click it and then they are side by click “Properties” side (Shown in (Figure 5). figures 3, 5, and 6).

Compare the Accompanying images Use one window amount of space can be found at: http:// fchsspilledink.weebly. to keep the left on the USB com/issue-8-apr-2016 USB drive open drive to the size and another to of the folder navigate to the files (Figure 6). you want to back up. For reference, 1,000MB is Start by opening your approximately equal to 1GB. student drive and select all the Remember to not remove the files you want to keep. Next, USB Drive when data is being drag and drop those files into transferred and to safely eject the USB drive (Figure 3). A new it from the lower right corner window will pop-up saying on the task bar (Figure 7). how long it will take to copy Plug in the USB Drive to the files. Be patient as this can your personal computer and take some time depending on open it. From there, you can the size of the files and the move your files to a folder USB you are using. A standard on your computer and store USB drive today should take them for the summer. Think 20 seconds for each GB copied. of it as doing the opposite of When that is done, you can go what you did when backing to your Desktop, Documents, the data up in the first place.

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Campaign discourages use of disrespectful language How can students eliminate the use of the R word?

William Vera Senior

“Not to see it as a joke. If they see the truth about it, it’ll be used less.”

Posing with their Spread the Word to End the Word T-Shirts, staff members raise awareness about special education during Stop and Think Week. PHOTOS BY ALEX MCWILLIAMS

Spencer Thompson Staff Writer Walking through the halls, many people hear heinous dialogue without considering the hurtfulness it brings. Banners for Spread the Word to End the Word hang overhead to discourage this behavior. The inscriptions in signed ink mark the vow to end the derogatory use of the R-Word.

According to its mission statement, Spread the Word to End the Word is an on-going effort to raise the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the word “retard(ed)” and encourage people to pledge to stop using the R-word. The campaign is intended to get schools, communities and organizations to rally and pledge support to help create inclusion and acceptance for all people.

Senior Matt Sutherland and his sister Jessica, an FCHS alumna, were both strongly impacted by the campaign’s work.

“Good people that help to spread awareness for those like my sister are the reason she isn’t afraid to overcome,” Matt Sutherland said.

The campaign’s website lists similar stories of those affected and how the organization has drawn awareness to discrimination and derogatory use of the R-word, and anyone

can navigate to the site at www.r-word.org and pledge to end the use of the R-word.

“Language affects attitudes and attitudes affect actions,” according to the R-Word Campaign’s, ‘Why Pledge?’ statement, which encourages visitors to join the movement.

Nearly 650,000 people have pledged online so far, and Spread the Word has also partnered with other events like the Special Olympics.

“I volunteered for my sister’s Special Olympics event and it was really great to see how happy all the kids were,” Sutherland said. “It’s the little things, like this small shot of fame all the kids get during the events.”

Many lives, including those like Sutherland’s sister’s, are touched by the work of the organization and all that it brings to the community. It continues to discourage the use of the R-word, and help those with intellectual disabilities feel like everyone else. That feeling is enhanced by engaging in programs through the school.

“I help out some of the special needs kids take out the trash at the end of the day,” junior Niki Gilbert said. “I know they all participate on the Spread the Word to End the Word day, and it’s cool to see that they are involved.”

With a strong message and the determination to join together, the R-Word Campaign is fighting to end the use of the R-word for good.

Madeline Doak Junior

“Realizing the meaning behind the word.”

Emma Schade Freshman

“Being more intellectual.”

Music portion of Pops in the Park disbanded this year Alexia Clark

Graphic Artist

Year after year, students wait eagerly to perform for the student body as seniors say goodbye for the last time before graduation.

Music directors usher them inside, as rain and lightning dart across the lawn of the high school. Once inside, music students performing at Pops in the Park realize that no audience awaits them besides their music-oriented peers Due to poor attendance, inconsistent weather, and the addition of Spring Fling events, the music portion of Pops in the Park has been permanently disbanded.

The cancelation of the event marks the end of a long tradition, and though other customs will

continue, Pops in the Park lingers in the memories of the alumni and staff that enjoyed the event at both the current high school and at 1400 Remington St. “When it was at the old Fort Collins High School, Pops was a big deal, and it was only music,” choir director Kaitlin Miles said. “There was no volleyball tournament, no powderpuff, so everybody in the school used to come and would sit outside, sign yearbooks, and listen to the music. But over the years with the addition of all of the other activities, it’s just been taken away.”

At its peak, the event was a tradition that brought students and staff together to celebrate the graduating class and the school’s music department.

Now, the department realizes recent years have seen fewer audience members and more rainstorms.

Due to this the majority of the time the event is held

inside, causing further turnout loss. The seniors have also had to spend their last day performing.

They have come to a consensus that it is not worth the time of the department to continue the event.

Though Pops in the Park is leaving, a number of traditions, such as a barbeque, powderpuff football, and the volleyball tournament outside of the LTC and gym, are coming together.

New and old traditions continue to be a part of culture and history, though Pops in the Park will no longer be a performance.

“We are the oldest high school in the city, over a hundred years, and alumni have their kids come here because of the traditions,” Dean of Students Josh Richey said. “They help us define the culture of who we are, as students and staff. It keeps us together, those memories, I think that’s huge.”

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LEFT: PSD’s district-wide Unified Sports program receives recognition at the Cesar Chavez award ceremony March 31 at Lory Student Center.

UPPER RIGHT: Diverse Leaders, a club specific to FCHS, poses with their Cesar Chavez award. LOWER RIGHT: FCHS LASA poses with their award.

BELOW: Senior Ana Romero accepts the Cesar Chavez award on behalf of LASA. PHOTOS BY DALENA GROEN

LASA, Diverse Leaders receive major award “I’ve heard of this award lately, before, in CSU, and I’ve heard of Staff Writer Cesar Chavez, the person, so it’s Imagine a life in which you really honoring to have this award couldn’t afford to buy fresh grapes at given to us and how we’re actually the grocery store, yet you were part changing our school,” Rescon said.

LASA, a longstanding club, of the labor force which picked them. awarded for continuing Without Cesar Chavez, many would was still be working like this. In the ‘60s their work in the community.

“We raised money for SAVA (the and ‘70s, he advocated for migrant workers to be paid $1.40 an hour Sexual Assault Victim Advocate and 25 cents for each box picked; Center),” LASA Vice President before his efforts, they were getting Ivonne Chavarria said. “We tried much less compensation. His life’s to get a bunch of people to work towards one work was dedicated t o p r o j e c t . ” improving In addition w o r k to past conditions. projects and And a little events such bit of that as the Dia de work has los Muertos made its c o s t u m e way to FCHS. contest, LASA Two FCHS is working on clubs received their next goal Cesar Chavez of hosting an awards this e ducational year. The Latino GRAPHIC BY PARKER ANDRIST Cinco de Mayo A m e r i c a n presentation S t u d e n t celebration.

Alliance (LASA) emphasizes and “I know we’re working on Latina/Latino issues in the school, while Diverse Leaders focuses our final project, the Cinco de on acceptance for all, and both Mayo project, which takes place were awarded for their efforts. on the 6th of May and it’s a The award, given by CSU, schoolwide event,” Chavarria said.

Diverse Leaders, a club that started which recognizes individuals and groups who empower others and just this year, was honored for the promote unity, is a high honor, progress they have made in bringing according to senior Aileen Rescon. awareness, acceptance, and support.

Molly Lubbers

LASA

Diverse Leaders

“It’s crazy, I didn’t really imagine ourselves being at this position we are, so it’s really exciting to be getting this award and just be recognized for doing what we’ve been doing all this time for the school,” Rescon said.

One of the group’s main projects, “Hear My Story,” invited anonymous submissions from students about their struggles.

The stories were then displayed in the school to give hope and support to others who might be experiencing similar situations.

“We’ve done a lot of projects that helped our community,” Rescon explained. “We’ve done the ‘Hear My Story’ project, which was brought up by Spilled Ink before, and we did the 8th-grade transition night.

We’ve helped the incoming freshmen get more information about how to be good in school and be successful in high school as well.”

Even with the award in hand, the work hasn’t let up. According to Rescon, Diverse Leaders plans to create a class with credit based on the club’s goals.

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Local popsicle shop provides fresh treats Eleanor Glenn Staff Writer

In Brief Theater production to occur April 28-30 Kevin Sullivan

Photographer

April 28-30 Tower Theater will put on their final performance for the 2015-2016 school year, “All in the Timing,” by David Ives at 7 p.m each night in the Black Box. “For the senior actors and technicians especially, the last show of the year is more significant because it’s their last show with Tower Theater so everyone really goes all out and tries their hardest, sort of like a ‘last hurrah,’” stage manager Caitlin Laffey said.

The performance is a collection of six comedic one-act plays that don’t create one fluid continuous play, but do contain interconnecting themes. As a result of the multitude of short plays, many student leads are required. Tickets for the performance cost $10 and may be purchased at https://www.showtix4u.com.

LASA to host cultural celebration Parker Andrist

A fresh summery store with color on the walls and little stools at a counter: this is what I imagined as I drove to review “Revolution Artisan Pops.” A couple of hours earlier, many on the Spilled Ink staff had stopped by the shop, but by the time I arrived, it was dark out.

As I entered, I was instantly shocked by the size of the place. The building was about 8 feet max from wall to wall on either side. A smiling woman stood at a small black checkout stand, next to a white icebox reading “Local.

Handmade.” in a black bouncy font. When I peeked inside, I saw about 100 popsicle sticks standing straight up and wrapped in plastic.

I’d never been to a popsicle place before and was expecting a unique experience. Yet, I was still surprised. No colors, counters, no cute little seats, and only one person there.

While I chose which flavor I wanted, the woman spoke to me about the origin of the popsicles. They are made from fresh ingredients grown by local farms. And despite this background which screams expensive, the pops were cheaper than an ice cream cone. At $3.25 for a fruit pop and $3.75 for a creamy pop, I, and many of the staff, came away from the experience content with our spending.

The menu offered traditional flavors alongside the more unusual, such as lemon ginger and cucumber lime.

Novel illustrates harm of appropriation

Head Graphic Artist The FCHS Cinco de Mayo Celebration, hosted by Latin American Student Association (L.A.S.A.), will be held in McNeal Auditorium Friday, May 6, during periods 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7.

“We’ve worked really hard. This is our biggest event overall, and it’s important to us for people to become educated on what Cinco de Mayo really is,” L.A.S.A. President Ana Romero said.

“Many people think that it is Mexican Independence Day when it’s not, so it would be a good opportunity for people to learn what it truly means.”

Students, staff, and alumni will present educational slide shows and on-stage performances in honor of the holiday and its traditions.

New library book return bins now available Dalena Groen

A&E Editor

On April 13, the library installed two new book drop bins in the upper P and L halls. These bins can be used to return books to the library, but book return is still available in the LTC. “It’s an additional return so the old system is still in place. It’s just an additional drop space,” Technology Systems Site Manager Brenda Isherwood said. “So we’re hoping to improve the current system.”

If the boxes remain intact and respected, according to Isherwood, the school plans to add others in the counseling office and the main office.

“Although the menu is small, the variety of flavors is unique and has something for everyone,” managing editor Maya Bode said. “The names were subtly creative and gave the flavors more personality, which made me want to come back to try them all.”

After inquiring about the woman’s favorite flavor, I decided on a raspberry hibiscus ice pop and left the shop with popsicle in hand, off, unfortunately, into the dark night –to eat in my car.

Despite the fact that it was too dark too see much, I was pleasantly surprised by chunks of frozen raspberry. The genuine ingredients seemed to be the establishment’s purpose, from the farmers-market talk at the counter to the “Local.

Handmade.” written on the icebox. The shop offered a healthful alternative to the many ice cream shops dominating Old Town and I will most definitely return.

Staff writer Hanna Khmelovska was not as enthusiastic about the experience, proving that the shop is not for everyone.

“I got a popsicle named ‘Mexican Hot Chocolate,’” Khmelovska said. “My popsicle didn’t taste like chocolate at all…Moreover, my stick was not in the middle so as I was half done with it, [the] popsicle fell off. I was not too disappointed.”

Eating ice precariously stuck on a stick may lead some to choose other treats over popsicles, given their dangerous nature to plop on the ground.

However, the majority of the Spilled Ink staff who reviewed the shop thoroughly enjoyed their visit. Comments such as “bursting with flavor” and “healthy and fresh” seemed to state the relatively unanimous opinion.

Samantha Ye

In-Depth Editor When J.K. Rowling released her miniseries “History of Magic in North America,” I expected something of quality comparable to the books I’d loved as a child; instead, I received roughly three pages of careless cultural appropriation.

Rowling’s poor representation of Native American culture—such as homogenizing the diverse tribes and equating all their beliefs as “fantasy”—has been condemned across the Internet by upset fans.

However,myowndisappointment quickly devolved into anger when mention of appropriation was met with claims of “oversensitivity” and “don’t you realize it’s fictional?!”

Yes, I do, and it’s still wrong.

When a group in power takes symbols from oppressed cultures for their own gain, without bothering to understand them, it is cultural appropriation. It is as hurtful as any insult and significantly more harmful.

If I could, I would force every Rowling-defender to read Melissa Kantor’s “The Breakup Bible” (No, I’m not kidding) which addresses the issue in a relatable way.

Protagonist Jennifer is a high school journalist who after being dumped by her supposed

soulmate finds new passion by unraveling a controversial story about her school’s race relations.

The idea starts with her preteen brother, Daniel, who does nothing but talk about which “chicks” are “fly” with his “homies.”

“Okay, can I just ask why it is that my brother, whose every friend is white, who has absolutely no black acquaintances even, why is it that this same brother of mine talks like he’s recently signed a contract with Roc-A-Fella Records?” Jennifer asks.

Although Daniel’s acted like wannabe Ludacris for about a year, it doesn’t mean much to Jennifer until she connects it to patterns within her school.

The de facto segregation reveals the undrawn line separating black students who dress as Daniel imitates and those who dress conservatively; one attends all-black remedial courses, the other almost all-white honors classes. Yet no such line exists in the white population.

It is a straightforward example of how the dominating culture can appropriate portions of the oppressed culture without facing similar stigmas. White people writing about Native culture or wearing dreadlocks or a bindi can still be taken more seriously than people of color doing the same.

In those cases, it is not

“borrowing” or cultural “exchange,” both of which imply the privileged side understands the origins of what they are taking. It is ripping off culture because you can. ‘“You’ve never seen so many kids be so white and act so black,’” a black student, Rafta Smith, is quoted saying in Jennifer’s article. ‘“It’s like, they don’t want to hang out with black kids, but they sure want to look like us.”’

Treating aspects of an entire culture like exotic accessories is not “honoring” the original; it’s demeaning to those who actually value it.

People can claim this is just political correctness taking over. The thing is, I could call them “bigoted morons” and, if they feel insulted, make the same claim.

Freedom of expression does not mean a get-offthe-hook free card when you offend a person. Just because the offense relates to a cultural issue doesn’t mean complaints are not valid. Instead of defending even an accidental insult, we should learn from it.

“Why is it important Daniel knows what a tampon is but not if he’s insulting a black classmate every time he calls one of his friends “homey?” Jennifer asks.

Rowling’s piece may exemplify cultural appropriation, but the Internet reaction reveals a failure to understand it which arguably harms just as much. After all, how can the situation improve if everyone sees it as a case of “oversensitivity?”

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ronmental Escape Fort Collins offers many enjoyable hiking experiences Walker Discoe Cartoonist For early settlers and Native Americans, hiking was just the best way to get around in Colorado. Now, in an increasingly connected and rigorous world, hiking is a popular leisure activity that offers a quiet disconnect from work, school, and peers, while getting some great exercise and allowing people to connect with themselves, or their hiking partners.

Fort Collins’s Natural Areas Community Relations Manager Zoë Shark is proud of just how many trails and paths Fort Collins offers.

“Fort Collins’s trails are special because of how extensive they are,” Shark said.

“We spent $1.7 million last year to maintain things like bathrooms, parking lots, signs and notices, along with the trails themselves.”

In and around Fort Collins, there are hundreds of options for hiking. Some require a weekend afternoon and a pair of shoes, like the Spring Creek and Poudre trails, and others require multiple days, pounds of food, and hiking equipment, like Long’s Peak or Blanca Mountain, which both finish at over 14,000 feet.

With such a wide variety of hiking trails available around the city, everyone should be able

to find hike that fits their needs and skill level.

As a long time veteran of Fort Collins and national hiking trails, junior Avery Merton has found such a trail, one that fits her needs for a fun, challenging hike that can be done over and over.

“I really like Greyrock, because I like bouldering better than hiking and it has some great bouldering stuff at the top,” Merton said.

“You can do the hike alone in less than a day, and I prefer hiking alone, even though I don’t get any opportunity to do it, because when you’re in a group you have a speed limitation and that sucks.”

Merton has been hiking for most of her life, and has accomplished some great hiking achievements, including completing a large segment of the Appalachian trail.

“I Hiked 300 miles of the AT trail two summers back and it took seven weeks total,” Merton said.

“But the trails around here are really great, and I like going out on the weekends with friends.”

Getting teens and young adults out onto the trails and paths available in the city is a big goal for the City of Fort Collins.

“We’re interested in working with teens and getting them outside, and we have a couple of events over the summer, such as a fly fishing course and nature photography,” Shark said. “We believe it’s important for teens to experience all the great opportunities that are available to them.”

Hiking Gear Essentials

Backpacks Having good, allow you to easily carry emergency supportive hiking equipment while shoes can help to prevent injury. hiking.

Water is a crucial part of hiking safety.

Carry as much water as possible in order to stay hydrated.

Greyrock Trail, one of the many hiking trails available in the Fort Collins area, features many scenic views such as the one pictured below.

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s i e e r y ou r avo rit e pla h W ce to hike ? f

Marcus Lang

Rachel Marchant

“Probably Horsetooth, because it’s well-rounded.”

“Horsetooth, because there is a funnylooking rock.”

Freshman

Sophomore

Connor Babcock Junior

“Devil’s Backbone, because it was the first one I ever did.”

Nicole Dietrich Senior

“Bear Lake, just because it’s a really beautiful destination.”

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Story swap trend gains popularity in Fort Collins Kaitlyn Schmidt

half, every other month on the second to last making the venue high school and up in age range.

“I think it’s important especially for Graphic Artist Thursday at 7p.m. The next show will be May 19.

Anyone is welcome to join the audience for teens to practice finding a voice,” Rice said.

“Slampapi” started it all in cafés in cities like $10. For Lyric members, it’s $8, and people In finding that voice, the swap encourages New York, San Francisco, and Austin with his telling stories get in free and win prizes like people to step out of their comfort zones. According notion that academic poetry was too mainstream T-shirts or movie tickets just for sharing. to Rice, storytellers often get a confidence boost and they needed from performing. s o m e t h i n g Still, comfort different.

This is important to inspired people the hosts and like Jack Kerouac because the event and Allen Ginsberg is not completely and gave rise to formal, the story the movement doesn’t need to that morphed be perfected by into poetry the time someone slams and other is on stage. uprising trends.

“If people need Now prose is to use notes we making its way don’t say no to to the stage. that,” Rice said.

Nationally, The The relaxed Moth Radio Hour approach can be travels with a described as “a storytellers show, mix between an recording the open mic night and programs for something like a radio broadcast.

TEDtalk,” Rice said.

M o r t i f i e d This event is one Nation, a similar of Rice’s favorite organization, nights that the encourages adults Lyric hosts because to read before of the variety of an audience stories she hears as from their junior well as the ones she high diaries. Students present their original works at the first-annual FCHS Poetry Night April 13 in the LTC. has the chance to Locally, the The popularity of poetry readings and slams like this one have inspired the new story swap trend. tell about herself.

Lyric Cinema “Everybody’s PHOTOS BY DALENA GROEN Café’s Story story has value,” Swap invites Rice said, “and anyone to tell a story they wish to share in Each swap has a set topic—the next one is the cool part about story swap is the pallet of front of total strangers. Megan Rice has been roommates—but stories may diverge from the experiences that we get because that’s what makes hosting these happenings for a year and a chosen subject. Some stories come with adult content you realize how uniquely connected everybody is.”

Restaurant internship allows students real life experience Hannah Khmelovska

Staff Writer

A magical teleport located at 400 S. Meldrum St. in downtown Fort Collins takes visitors straight to Louisiana. It is Lucile’s, a small, yellow building, with a line of people outside waiting for their turn to eat beignets and eggs Benedict.

Fort Collins’ model opened in January of 1996, but the first Lucile’s was established in Boulder 36 years ago.

Named after Lucile Richards, mother of the owner, with a poppy as their symbol, serving Cajun food and making people happy, Lucile’s also gives young cooks an opportunity to see the real world of cooking as interns.

Because the Front Range Community College Culinary program requires its students to complete a 32hour internship, a job shadow, or an independent study, senior Brynna Herbener and junior Jack Holter chose to become interns at Lucile’s.

“It is really hard for me to find people who are really good kitchen workers, so when Brynna came up and was really excited about it, I was happy having her as an intern,” Lucile’s head chef Derek Hardin said.

Every place has its own vibe and atmosphere, and for Herbener Lucile’s was a perfect place to complete the internship.

“I love Lucile’s. It’s a really good place to start out and I feel like it’s a good fit for me,” Herbener said.

“Everybody there is passionate about food and cares about the restaurant.”

Kitchen workers at Lucile’s are part of what makes the atmosphere of the restaurant unique. Both Herbener and Holter say that their coworkers are outgoing and friendly, but when needed they can be serious and hardworking.

“It is pretty easy going and relaxed. There is always somebody playing music, and when it’s not super busy they are usually talking and joking around,” Holter said.

“But when it gets busy, it gets really serious and everybody is focusing and trying to get food out.”

Cooking at Lucile’s is different from cooking in a classroom setting, where a teacher can always help.

Holter argues that it’s “a lot more high-stakes.” Herbener adds that it is important to have real life experience making food for an order, to get a sense of the speed and intensity involved.

“In our class they emphasize how strict and intense and stressful the food world could be, and Lucile’s can get stressful also because it’s so busy, but I love working there,” Herbener said.

Experiencing cooking as interns at Lucile’s was valuable for Herbener and Holter, providing knowledge of the reality of working in the restaurant business.

According to Hardin, the work they did can also lead to future possibilities.

“Being an intern is good to get some experience and see if it is really something you would be interested in becoming,” Hardin said. “It’s something that can open a door.”

Junior Jack Holter and senior Brynna Herbener, who are interning at Lucile’s Creole Cafe in Old Town, pose outside of the restaurant. PHOTO BY KEVIN SULLIVAN

Cajun Fare

Lucile’s Creole Cafe brings the taste of N’awlins to NoCo. Their menu includes dishes such as...

Eggs Pontchartrain:

Popcorn Shrimp Salad:

Fresh pan fried mountain trout, poached eggs, sauce bearnaise. Served with grits or potatoes and a buttermilk biscuit.

A large green salad tossed with cucumbers, avocados, tomatoes, green chile blue cheese dressing, cilantro and fried shrimp.

Crawfish Etoufee:

Beignets:

Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in a rich brown spicy sauce. Served with rice.

Lucile’s is famous for this southern twist on a doughnut: fried dough, sprinkled with powdered sugar.

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Alexia Clark Graphic Artist To a number of high school and college students, caffeinated drinks are the key to having concentration, finding a social life, and gaining a boost of energy. Fort Collins is home to a number of cafés, and each shop has a unique flare that draws in customers, a number of which are seldom offered away from the Front Range.

Arguably one of the most unique coffee houses in Fort Collins is the Haunted Game Cafe, located at 3307 S. College Ave., which has been a prominent business for seven years. The largest draw to this coffee house are the tabletop games for sale and play. The Haunted Game Cafe offers not only board games, but tabletop card games, miniatures games, and party games, along with nightly events coordinated to each style of game.

“This is where people come,” Haunted Game Cafe Manager Kayli Ammen said. “But also, our customers love us. We have a lot of people that we know by name, we know their order, they come in, and they sit and play.”

Others prefer a location where work and community blend into an eclectic mingling, which is gladly maintained at the Alleycat Coffee House. To a number of locals and students, Alleycat is a place where art and opportunity are combined 24/7 with uncommon music echoing through the speakers, potted plants dotted around the second-story loft, mismatched flooring, and artwork covering the walls and ceilings.

“The panels on the roof are unique to the Alleycat, and the fact that any customer can come in and contribute,” employee Tedla Tyndall said. “When they feel like contributing to the Cat, they do a tile.”

According to Tyndall, the art isn’t the only draw to the downtown location. For the benefit of high school and university students, their constantly open doors provide necessary space for studiers at all hours of the night.

“More than the hipster vibe [of the Alleycat], it’s a disgruntled college student vibe, like them in sweatpants, drinking coffee, and doing way too much homework,” Tyndall explained.

Along with art and unique hours, the Alleycat provides guitars, games to play, and board game nights on Wednesdays.

For those who enjoy a more musical orientation, the Blackbird Coffeehouse offers a unique twist. Located in the business complex at 1630 S. Lemay Ave., the shop centers around music, offering live performances each Friday, along with drinks in a variety of flavors.

“We are open to other things,” owner Stephen Presson said. “We obviously display local art. All the art on the walls is within a five mile radius of here, the artists. We did a spoken-word and open mic and stuff, for poetry and slam poetry and different things.”

Fort Collins has a diverse community with a number of different preferences, and the businesses in town provide, to some, a well needed respite and sanctuary.

Baccalaureate 2015!!!

Who: FCHS seniors, family, friends, and community members What: Christian Graduation Ceremony Where: McNeal Auditorium When: Thursday, May 19, 2016 6:30-8 p.m.

Come celebrate graduation with your Christian family! **Not a school-sponsored event**

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Print as in “carbon footprint,” a term referring to the amount of carbon dioxide each person produces. Page 10 explains the district’s efforts to minimize school resource consumption.

The accompanying Eco-Print calculator gives an idea of how large your ecological footprint is.

For the teens of the Interesting Readers Society (IRS), printed material, specifically novels, enhances their lives. Page 11 profiles two members who, since joining, have gained access to unpublished books and the authors who wrote them.

With students more likely to read the iTunes Terms and Agreements than their PSD handbook, knowledge of students’ rights has become lost in the fine print. The centerfold contains an abridged version of the “PSD Student Rights & Code of Conduct” and a quiz to test if you know your rights.

Historically, fine print has restricted which groups receive their rights. Also on the centerfold is a profile of the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) and how they support the L.G.B.T. community.

The prints on our fingers are some of the most special ones, according to expert fingerprint-readers, for those prints provide an accurate and nuanced personality test.

Page 14 has compiled some of the most common readings of the most common fingerprints so readers can test the validity of this new trend.

Whether you’re interested in the best way to save the planet, the most legal way to organize a school protest, or a good book (all pe to read, this month’s Inyea r r) Depth has a story for you.

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FCHS has around 1600 students, and these students throw away trash, not unlike other students in other schools. The school gets rid of four large dumpsters of trash three times a week, according to Head Custodian Carole Tuck. In total, the school has thrown away about 18.9 tons of garbage, compared to the 10.4 tons being recycled in the spring.

“One of my concerns is the stuff we are trying to recycle can’t be recycled,” Assistant Principal Joe Ahlbrandt said. “There are many recycling cans that are mixed and then those become trash.”

Greater efforts to reduce waste have been ongoing since the district started the Sustainability Management System in 2006. In 2013, the maintenance department reused and recycled over three tons of metal. They also recycled 50 pounds of cardboard and 1,240 lockers.

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The district is part of the City of Fort Collins ClimateWise program. PSD is aiming to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below the benchmark set in 2005, and they are on track to reaching the benchmark set for 2020, according to PSD’s yearly sustainability report.

PSD is progressing toward this goal by replacing High-Intensity Discharge lamps in schools with lower wattage Light Emitting Diode lamps. The district also replaced all of the appliances at French Field with Energy Star rated appliances and equipment.

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What would you give up to reduce your carbon footprint and why?

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“I would give up drinking soda, so the plastic bottles I drink out of don’t end up in the ocean.”

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“I’d give up my car. I’d just bike everywhere.”

Michael Cooklin Senior

“Get rid of fast food to not waste as much stuff.”

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VIP BOOKWORMS Students benefit from readers’ club at library

Maya Bode Managing Editor Crowded around a cart filled with a variety of free books, students chat quietly before grabbing a few snacks from the counter and making their way to chairs around a big table, where agendas for the meeting await.

Every month on a Saturday the Interesting Readers Society, a group of avid readers in grades 6-12, meets at one of the Poudre Libraries to discuss books, receive advance reading copies of new books, and

“The 5th Wave”

by Rick Yancey

plot-twisting, gut-wrenching, pain

“Narnia”

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nostalgia, beautiful, important

The Inheritance Cycle Series

by Christopher Paolini dragons, magic, fantasy

Graceling Realm Series

by Kristin Cashore

unique, emotional, amazing

Uglies Trilogy

by Scott Westerfeld

thought-provoking, strong female characters

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get involved in the community.

For members, the IRS offers a close community of other teens with similar interests, and the chance to participate in unique opportunities.

“You wouldn’t go to the library on a Saturday for this group if you weren’t really interested in reading, so everyone there is really fun to be around,” sophomore Tate Thurgood, who joined the IRS last summer, said.

Not only do the teens get to know each other during the meetings, but they often grow closer volunteering at book sales, participating in community forums and events, or interviewing authors or attending author visits.

“Last Saturday we actually went to CTLC, Colorado Teen Literature Conference, which is just like a conference where a ton of authors come and you have all these little sessions,” Thurgood said.

“We’ve also had several things at the library like diversity conferences, seeing how diversity is represented in media and just interesting little things like that to

get teens interested in reading.”

Many community members, such as librarian Nicole Burchfield, would agree that an interest in or talent for reading is important, especially at a young age.

“I think it [the IRS] is great because it encourages reading for fun, which of course improves literacy and vocabulary and comprehension skills and problem-solving skills, and the list goes on,” Burchfield said.

In addition to providing academic benefits, reading can be a fun and meaningful way to spend time.

“I switch schools a lot, so I never really kept on to my friends, and books never really went away, so I always had books,” sophomore Maggie Hubbeling said.

“That’s what I enjoy doing with my time, and I want to write a book one day.”

Because several IRS members are interested in writing as well as reading, the chance to talk to authors has been exciting.

“I do author interviews, and a lot of times they’ll be really famous authors, which is really cool,” Hubbeling said.

“Especially Scott

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Westerfeld. He has been one of my favorite authors forever and I got to meet him. I love Scott so much. I literally almost cried.”

Hubbeling and Thurgood have both interviewed authors on PSD’s channel “Bookends.” The shows are available to watch on the “Teens” page of the Poudre Libraries website, under “IRS” and “Bookends.” On the IRS page, teens can also find book reviews IRS members have written, and a link to apply for the program.

“I’d encourage other teens to apply, definitely,” Thurgood said.

“You can make a lot of friends and really get interested in reading, even if you’re really busy.”

“Goose Girl”

by Shannon HaleKristoff beautiful, inspiring, character-centric

“City of Bones”

by Cassandra Clare

descriptive, action-packed, funny

“Illuminae”

by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

unique, intense, thought-provoking

“Artemis Fowl”

by Eoin Colfer fun, original, gripping

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by Rebecca Stead

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Questions regarding PSD’s Student Right & Code of Conduct relating to FCHS shoul be directed to the school principal. Complain forms are available in the principals’ office

Know your rights?

Cellphones and the Internet

Rights span all areas Maya Bode Managing Editor Do you know whether the principal can take your phone and look at your Snapchat?

How about if you can be excluded from activities based on your sexual orientation?

Do you think you’re allowed to stand in the parking lots with friends during off periods?

For students who haven’t read all 72 pages of PSD’s 2015-2016 Student Rights & Code of Conduct, available online at www.psdschools.org/ webfm/3874, below is a summarized list of district policies pertaining to students and their rights.

School Property and Activities

• No otherwise qualified student shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any District program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation or disability.

• Video and audio-visual cameras may be used to monitor and record students, staff and other persons at District facilities, in and around District buildings and/or on District transportation vehicles on a year-round basis at any and all times.

• There shall be one day allowed to make up work for each day of absence.

• Shoes, sandals, or boots must be worn in the buildings. Pupils must not wear hats or dark glasses in the building without permission from an administrator. Dress that causes or is likely to cause disruption of the educational process is prohibited.

Vehicles and Parking Lots • No loitering in parked cars or on school parking lots shall be permitted during the

• The District may monitor students’ online activity to verify that they are safely and appropriately using the Internet.

• Students shall not use personal communication devices (PCDs) at any time they are in class or participating in or 1. In order to search a student’s backpack, teachers need: attending educationa) A search warrant b) Reasonable suspicion related activities, unless otherwise c) Probable cause d) To feel like it e x p r e s s l y authorized by the 2.The school can punish students for what they say principal or his/ online if it involves: her designee. a) Sexual innuendos b) Making fun of a teacher • Students shall not use c) Threatening the school d) Criticizing a school policy PCDs with cameras and/or 3. According to the Supreme Court, students _____ video recording “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or capabilities expression at the schoolhouse gate.” at any time they are in a) Do b) Do not a bathroom, locker room or 4. All PSD students must receive equal educational other location opportunities regardless of: where such a) Sexual orientation b) Disabilities use could violate another c) Citizenship status d) All of the above p e r s o n ’ s reasonable 5. In 2007, Monarch High School administrators had expectation reasonable suspicion a student possessed cigarettes, of privacy.

so they searched and recorded the student’s text messages. Was this legal?

a) No, Colorado law requires sender consent b) Yes, the student had no right to privacy c) Yes, the school had reasonable suspicion d) No, the school did not have probable cause

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per tai nin g to being L.G.B.T. such as binary sex education.

“If we say ‘Hey, this isn’t OK, I don’t feel comfortable with thi s,’ we will be able to create a school env ironment where bullying against L.G.B.T. stu dents will not happen,” Walkup said. “LG BT students will be able to use any res troom they want and we’ll teach history about G.L.B.T.” In addition to pushing for change in the school communit y for L.G.B.T. students, GSA serves as an open meeting place for all students.

“I go to GSA because tha t’s where I feel the most accepted,” junior Thomas Holmes said. “I like to hea r about most of the issues that they pre sent in there.

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Club provides, encourages inclusive school settings

What right should all students have?

Patrick Cooley Freshman

“Leaving the classroom without asking.”

Noah Payne Sophomore

“I think phones on the desk is fine. I don’t really see what the problem with phones on the desk is. “

Emma Dern Junior

“Take a nap wherever and whenever they want.”

Emmalee Rutherford Senior

“We should all have the right to be treated like adults and be respected.”

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Concentric Individualistic and independent, these blunt speakers set high goals for themselves and have the self-motivation to reach them.

Spiral

Though they can be a little stubborn, these natural leaders have high intellect and potential for great entrepreneurship.

Peacock Eye The rare whorl inside a loop indicates a perceptive individual. Often, they express themselves in unique ways and excel at creating arts.

Just as every snowflake is unique, each person’s fingerprints vary, even those of identical twins. But, unlike snowflakes, fingerprints change neither size nor shape throughout our lives.

Dermatoglyphics, the study of ridges on the skin, draws on the stability and individuality of fingerprints to predict people’s personalities. Of the three main patterns—loops, whorls, or arches—one can be found on almost any hand in the world.

Spilled Ink has compiled some of the most common readings for a unique, just-for-fun personality test.

For the quickest analysis, the right thumb contains a person’s general personality. The dominant pattern across all ten fingers, however, reveals the most prevalent traits.

Grab a magnifying glass and find out what your prints may say about you!

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The Loops

Found in 60% of the population

Ulnar

When the loop flows toward the pinky, it means a gentle and pleasant observer. Despite a preference for schedules, their go-with-the-flow personality makes them flexible.

Double

These adaptable thinkers can see situations from multiple perspectives. This allows them to make good decisions though choosing can be overwhelming at times.

Radial

Less common is when the loop flows toward the thumb.

Like the print, these critical thinkers enjoy going against the majority and questioning the status quo.

The Arches

Found in 10% of the population

Simple

These introverts work hard without much complaint.

They’re cautious and practical which complements their down-to-earth personality.

Tented

Emotions dominate a tented arch’s life; they excite easily and grow anxious quickly, but they rarely fear obstacles and take on challenges with inventive fervor.

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Pedometers encourage physical activity Andrew Jessen-Tyler Columnist It takes roughly 400 steps to walk from the school entrance to the end of music hall. Taking the trip five times is the same as walking a mile.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion recommends the average person aim for 10,000 steps per day or around five miles. This is because any amount of physical activity helps control blood sugar, balance cholesterol, and reduce risk of heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes, and several forms of cancer.

Attention to the benefits of walking more has led to products like Fit Bit and S Health gaining popularity over the past year. Many have started to count their steps over the whole day with these devices to stay active.

While vigorous exercise routines burn more calories, a pedometer tracks the extra steps someone makes throughout the day. This includes going up stairs, walking to the bathroom, or going from class to class.

Pedometers make some more inclined to be active since the device tracks

each additional activity someone does.

“Seeing my progress motivates me to walk and be more active than I would on a normal day,” freshman Georgia Padilla said.

Pedometers can be purchased at most super markets for less than $25, but these days, they are also built into most smartphones.

Users can download an app to count steps or use the one that came with the phone.

School Wellness Coordinator Kelly K e o u g h has been encouraging others to use a pedometer.

“It’s just good to keep moving and realize that even small things like p a r k i n g further away helps,” Keough said. “You can also get in competition with friends and coworkers to motivate each other.”

These devices are helping people stay active and start developing better workout habits.

Meeting a daily goal can provide users with some of the health benefits that come from regular exercise.

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Joseph Mason Sports Editor

Anchored by miracle-making synthetic human Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors are the perfect basketball Voltron. But a couple of weeks ago the Star Killer Base that the Warriors are, got blown up by Andrew Wiggins’ X-wing and the Minnesota Timberwolves. As they were resisting Curry’s force-choke and making the 19,000 Warriors fans in Oracle Arena cry, a thought popped into my head: What if the Timberwolves won the first pick in the draft?

The Timberwolves had the fifth worst record this year which gives them an 8.8 percent chance at the first pick and a 30 percent chance at a top three pick. The point of all this is if they drafted Ben Simmons, they would assemble the league’s most athletic team and they would be doing backflips all over the court.

Simmons would join Shabazz Muhammad, hyper-athletic two-time slam dunk champion Zach LaVine, and nine-foot-tall alien Karl-Anthony Towns as aging Jedi Master Kevin Garnett’s padawans. But first they’d need Simmons to fall to them which could very well happen as he has recently started to fall in the eyes of many.

First of all, as the number one recruit coming out of high school, he mysteriously enrolled to play at LSU even though they are far from a basketball powerhouse. That was the first red flag; the second was when he got disqualified from Wooden Award consideration. And then he didn’t play with a purpose during the last month of the season and he didn’t reach the NCAA Tournament. This all climaxed when he dropped out of school.

So, if anything, this means Simmons is Anakin Skywalker—super talented and athletic with chronic, sand-hating moodiness.

But this makes Minnesota perfect for Simmons because he’d be far away from the coarse, rough, irritating sand. In Minnesota, he would join three other physical freaks in LaVine, Towns, and Wiggins, along with Garnett who is a future hall of famer and can mentor him to become a transcendent talent.

Simmons has the rebounding ability of Garnett with an uncanny passing ability but his one flaw is having no jump shot in his arsenal. He shot only three three-pointers this year, and the idea of having your star not being able to shoot threes is outdated. This makes the Timberwolves the perfect fit for him because he won’t be considered the star. Wiggins is already a star, and Towns, after only one year, is one of the six best big men in the league.

Even if this idea of Simmons joining the Timberwolves fails to materialize, the Wolves will still be a threat to every basketball empire for years to come, and they won’t have to deal with a guy who is bound to become a pale, crusty white man without a right hand.

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Student archer strives to reach 2020 Olympics recurve, just a really basic standard wood riser you get your name into the USA archery database.”

Cochran also hoped to place in the top 20, Managing Editor bow, kind of a beginner setup,” he said. “Then around September of 2013 I finally started to get and he met this goal by placing 16th out of 91 Pulling the string back to aim the arrow, competitive with it. I decided to try out for the people nationally. In the future, Cochran would sophomore Ben Cochran feels his arms, shoulder junior Olympic team that they had running at like to participate in the United States Archery blades, and back muscles work together to the shop, and I managed to get onto the team.” Team trials and make the team by 2018 or 2019.

“I really want to get on the keep the bow in place offi cial Olympic governing team, until he’s ready to let it fly. and then the main goal is to make “It’s a really hard feeling it to the 2020 Olympics, which are to explain to anyone who going to be held in Tokyo,” he said. hasn’t experienced it for Unfortunately, not everyone themselves,” Cochran said. has been supportive of this Although many people goal, and Cochran encourages can imagine what it might others to make sure they are feel like to shoot a bow and seeking support and instruction arrow by watching characters from the right person. like Katniss Everdeen or “Something I’ve been Green Arrow in the media, struggling with was fi nding according to Cochran, a a good coach,” Cochran said. nationally-ranked archer, it “The previous coach I had was is not as simple as it looks. saying ‘You’re not good enough, “It’s not as easy as just you’re not going to be able to pulling a string and letting go. go to the Olympics, with how There’s actually a lot of form much you practice, you’re not and a lot of technique that’s going to be good enough for it,’ involved in it, and it’s really a and that was a really degrading technical sport,” he said. “You thing that happened to me. have to keep your equipment After that happened, I ended up in tune, and be checking switching coaches, so I would a lot of things with it.” like to at least recommend Cochran first took up something to someone, and archery in the summer of 2012.

Cochran practices his archery skills at Rocky Mountain Archery, where he say don’t quit practicing if you “My dad came up to me trains regularly to meet self-determined goals.

PHOTO BY KEVIN SULLIVAN don’t find the right person. That one Saturday morning and person will always come along.” he was like ‘Hey, I found an Despite the challenges Cochran has archery range,’” he said. “They do this Kids Youth Because of his involvement on the team and faced, he is passionate about archery League every Saturday morning, and they give you his goals for the future, Cochran has significantly finds enjoyment in the sport. a little bit of instruction, teach you how to shoot increased the time he spends practicing, typically and “If you’re having a bad day, it’s nice to go and all that. We went in for that and I really liked visiting the range for three or four hours after into the range, be able to take a few shots and it so I started going in about every other week.” school and twice as long on weekends, in kind of clear your mind,” he said.

“The social After becoming more dedicated to the sport, order to continue excelling in the sport and Cochran began practicing weekly, using the meeting objectives he has set for himself. aspect of it is also really great. I get to meet rental equipment available at the Rocky Mountain “This season that’s going on currently, my goal other Olympic shooters or people who I get to Archery range until he was able to get his first bow. was to score a 280 out of 300,” Cochran said. “That’s shoot with on the team, and some of them have “That December, I ended up getting my own considered your bronze Olympian, and out of that actually become some of my very good friends.”

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Estrella de fútbol HEADING TO de FCHS listo para avanzar al CALIF RNIA nivel universitario

FCHS soccer star ready to advance to college level Joseph Mason Sports Editor

Translated by Spanish Students in Jim Ogan’s Classes El cabello de Jake Rudel es como su personalidad: fluidamente exultante. Pero en el campo de fútbol que es un poquito más serio, y ese cambio de actitud le ha conseguido una beca completa para continuar jugando al fútbol en la universidad.

El año pasado, en su camino a ganar una beca para asistir a la Universidad de Santa María, Rudel anotó 13 goles que fue lo mejor de la liga.

“Jake tiene la combinación única de velocidad y el atletismo”, dijo el entrenador Justin Stephens. “Él tiene las fibras musculares de contracción rápida que hace que sus pies se muevan más rápido que cualquier otro jugador que he entrenado”.

Rudel siempre ha sido uno de los jugadores más atléticos en cualquier campo de fútbol.

Pero, en la Universidad de Santa María, Rudel no va a ser el jugador con más talento en el campo de juego, y esto va a ser una de las principales cosas a que tiene que adaptarse cuando va a California.

“Uno sabe que va a estar rodeado de chicos como atlético, ya que es”, dijo Stephens. “Creo que hasta este punto en su carrera de futbolista Jake dependía en su capacidad atlética y confió en ese regalo natural. Ahora tiene que perfeccionar el aspecto técnico de su juego y si puede hacer eso creo que va a tener mucho exito. “ Enfocándose en la parte técnica del juego no será demasiado difícil para Rudel porque ya domina el aspecto mental del fútbol.Ha demostrado ésto por tener que lidiar con obstáculos fuera del campo.

El reto más difícil le pasó hace dos años y medio. Fue cuando recibió las noticias abrumadoras que su madre fue diagnosticada con cáncer de mama. Pero Rudel no dejó que la noticia le desviaran ni de su enfoque ni del enfoque del equipo.Pero Rudel no dejó que la noticia le desviaran ni de su enfoque ni del enfoque del equipo.

“Con la forma en que se interaccionaba con todo el equipo, nadie nunca hubiera adivinado que algo grave estaba ocurriendo en su vida”, dijo Stephens.

La mamá de Rudel recientemente venció la enfermedad y desde entonces Rudel ha seguido mirando hacia Adelante y a la preparación para la universidad.

“La universidad va a ser muy exigente con el levantar de muchas pesas y el correr”, dijo. “Estoy súper flojo pero eso va a cambiar muy pronto, y yo voy a trabajar muy duro en la sala de pesas y en la bolera.”

El boliche es uno de los muchos deportes que Rudel ha jugado durante toda su vida, él jugó al baloncesto en la secundaria y sigue con el atletismo en la pista de correrDice que los dos, el boliche y el atletismo le ayudan a ponerse en forma para el fútbol. Pero la razón principal por la que siempre ha estado interesado en los deportes, como el boliche, el atletismo, y el fútbol, es su aspecto social.

La oportunidad de estar con mis amigos es lo que me anima mucho a practicar deportes”, dijo Rudel. “Debido que los conozco desde que tenía siete años, éso hace que las cosas sean muy divertidas.”

A lo largo de la totalidad de su vida, sin importar las dificultades, ha seguido siendo una persona de caracter extrovertida, conocida por todos debido a su caprichoso cabello esponjoso.

“Jake tiene una personalidad feliz y despreocupada y “, dijo Stephens.

“Siempre se está riendo. Siempre está sonriendo y tiene una gran sentido del humor autocrítico y liga éso con una gran confianza en sí mismo.Esas dos cosas yendo lado a lado producen un montón de diversión. Es muy fácil estar alrededor de él porque es tan divertido para sus compañeros de equipo. Además , me divirtió muchísimo siendo su entrenador”.

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Jake Rudel’s hair is like his personality: flowingly exultant. But on the soccer field he’s a little more serious, and that shift in attitude has gotten him a full-ride scholarship to continue playing soccer in college.

This past year, on his way to earning a scholarship to Saint Mary’s University, Rudel scored a league-leading 13 goals.

“Jake has the unique combination of speed and athleticism,” coach Justin Stephens said. “He has fast-twitch muscle fiber which makes his feet move faster than any player I think I’ve ever coached.”

Rudel has always been one of the most athletic players on any soccer field he’s played on. But, at Saint Mary’s University, Rudel likely won’t be the most gifted player on the pitch, and this will be one of the main things he has to adjust to once he moves to California.

“You know he’ll be surrounded by guys as athletic as he is,” Stephens said. “I think to this point he’s relied on his athleticism and relied on that natural ability. And so now he’s just got to refine the technical side of his game and I think he’ll do that and I think he’ll be very successful.”

Working on the technical part of the game won’t be too difficult for Rudel because he already has the mental side of soccer under control. He’s shown this by having to deal with obstacles off the field.

The toughest challenge happened two-and-a-half years ago, when he learned the overwhelming news about his mother being diagnosed with breast cancer. But Rudel didn’t let the news divert neither his focus nor the team’s focus.

“With the way he conducted himself around the team, you would have never guessed something like that was happening,” Stephens said.

Rudel’s mom recently conquered the disease and Rudel has since continued to look forward to preparing for college.

“College is going to be super tough with a lot of lifting and running,” he said. “I’m super lazy so it’s going to switch really soon, and I’m going to work my ass off in the weights room and at the bowling alley.”

Bowling is one of the many sports Rudel has played throughout his life—he played basketball in middle school and he still does track.

He says both bowling and track help him get in shape for soccer. But the main reason he’s always been interested in sports, like bowling, track, and soccer, is the social aspect.

“Hanging with my friends is what’s made it all so great,” Rudel said. “Because I’ve known them since I was seven, it just makes things really fun.”

Throughout the entirety of his life, no matter the hardships, he has continued to be the pervasive outgoing character with the fancy, fluffy hair everyone knows.

“Jake is a happy go-lucky personality,” Stephens said. “He’s always laughing.

He’s always smiling and he’s got a great personality of self-deprecating humor and he also pairs that with his self-confidence.

Those two things juxtapose and it makes for a lot of fun. He’s just easy to be around and he’s a lot of fun to be around with his teammates and he was a lot of fun to coach.”

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When did you start playing lacrosse?

When I was in the third grade. I got into it because Dad played when he was in high school and college and he pretty much got me into it.

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Who has influenced you the most as a lacrosse player?

Either Ryan LaPlante or my dad. Ryan went here and then he went to DU, and now he’s playing professionally.

What’s the most difficult aspect of lacrosse?

For me, in my position as a goalie, it’s probably staying mentally strong, because it’s really easy to get down on yourself when you let in a goal. So it’s all about bouncing back and staying focused and going on to the next one.

What’s been your greatest accomplishment?

Committing to playing in college. I signed to Nazareth College. We had been looking for the right school for a long time, so we had been doing the whole recruiting process since my freshman year. So to finally sign and find the right school was super relieving.

Winkler has a save percentage of 68 percent, which is 25 points higher than the national average of 43 percent. He’ll be playing at Nazareth College next year.

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THE As of April 14, Koopman had won 15 events this track season. She’s won both the 100 meter and 200 meter races twice each. And she’s won long jump twice, as well as winning high jump three times.

When did you start doing track?

Fourth grade and my coach was trying to make me run when I didn’t want to run and then he said, “If you win, you get a prize.” So I wanted to run and win.

What’s the most challenging aspect of track?

The workouts and not getting discouraged when you’re in pain. Crist makes the workouts tough and he pushes us a lot which is a good really good thing. But it gets tough.

Have you ever wanted to give up?

Yeah, when you don’t do well. But you just have to keep thinking about the future and you have to fail first before you can get where you want.

What’s been your greatest accomplishment?

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Coming back from my injury last year and still continuing to be successful.

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Staff Ed Lack of precaution in parking lot threatens safety The morning drop-off scene is relative chaos; while parent drivers are worried about getting to work on time, student drivers are worrying about getting to class on time. While bikers are focusing on not getting hit, walkers are focusing on sending a cute snap. Yet no one is concentrating on the laws of the road.

Multiple student, teacher, and parent drivers tend to let up on safety precautions once they exit the flow of traffic and enter the parking lots of our school. And though attention levels may decrease, danger levels remain high. According to the Insurance Institute for highway safety, around 20 percent of vehicle accidents occur in parking lots.

Many members of the Spilled Ink staff have experienced the danger of reckless drivers in our school parking lots, almost being hit, sometimes on multiple occasions.

For some, the rush to arrive to class on time may seem like a worthy reason to pay no heed to laws or common courtesies. Bikers forget to signal, cars forget to slow down, and pedestrians forget to watch the roads. Yet, the danger of hitting a pedestrian or being hit by another car is not worth getting to class on time.

In addition, according to the FCHS website, students may be fined $50 for careless or reckless driving and $10 for exceeding the 15 mph speed limit. Though these fines should be reducing the dangers in the parking lots, these rules rarely seem to be enforced. Many students are not even aware that a speed limit is in place.

Every person using our parking lots should be alert and follow the laws that are in place for the safety of others. In the case of a near accident in which a pedestrian is at fault, even if the pedestrian is the one texting or talking and paying no attention to the road, pedestrians are not the ones controlling 4,000-pound vehicles. Drivers should be extremely aware of their surroundings and aware of their own actions, whether on the highway or in the school parking lot.

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Distracting behavior creates difficult environment for peers

Andrew Jessen-Tyler Columnist

We see it all the time. A teacher will be discussing the lecture and a side conversation will start. While teachers try their best to keep the class focused, it becomes a daily nuisance to students around the troublemakers.

When the teacher has to pause the lesson to stop the chit-chat, time is taken away from the period to learn, which is the real reason we are in school. Too many people think of school as a social gathering, and while it is good to have friends and converse, this behavior inside the classroom is extremely disrespectful to those trying to learn.

Many students have dealt with at least one troublesome class. While this behavior has been tolerated and molded since preschool, some students fail to realize the opportunities school provides. School not only helps us become qualified for a job, but it gives us useful skills such as budgeting, reading, and basic knowledge of our country’s history and laws.

Even if you don’t want to learn about it, other students do and are thinking about their futures. Disruptive behaviors often ruin other students’ learning. Think about how hard it can

be to concentrate on a task while someone is talking to a friend about what his dog did last night or what was just sent to her on Snapchat.

“I think it is disruptive and I think it makes it more challenging for them to learn when students around them are disrespectful or creating an improper learning environment,” business teacher Pamela Davidson said.

Sometimes, this behavior is so common that the students who want to be educated will attempt to ignore it.

“The kids around them I think have pretty good coping mechanisms on how to block out students who are there just to get negative attention,” language arts teacher Mitch Schneider said.

Even though other students may be able to exclude the behavior mentally, being rude and treating school as a social zone affects how others see you.

This behavior is unacceptable and shouldn’t be tolerated. The school has disciplinary measures to keep the classroom a healthy and comfortable learning environment. The FCHS planner, which has all the school policies in it, even brings up that “everyone has the right to learn and no one has the right to interfere.”

We are all Lambkins and should treat one another with respect. If we are to keep FCHS at the high standards the district and community expect from us, we can’t disrupt class to talk about irrelevant subjects. Before you talk to your friend during a middle of a lecture, remember that other students are paying attention. By distracting them, you are stealing their time and effort and that isn’t fair to them.

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Communities benefit from services provided by clinic

Adelaide Tomsic Staff Writer

A polarizing topic for debate among presidential candidates is how abortion should be addressed.

Kasich, for example, is pro-life and has signed House bill 294 which declares, “state funds and certain federal funds are not used either to perform or promote nontherapeutic abortions, or to contract or affiliate with any entity that performs or promotes nontherapeutic abortions,” preventing organizations such as Planned Parenthood from receiving money from taxes in his state.

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complex morals associated with it can often cloud understanding of Planned Parenthood and the services offered by the organization.

Abortions, regardless of your opinion about them, accounted for only 3 percent of care provided, according to the Planned Parenthood 2014-2015 annual report. The other 97 percent includes providing patients with birth control, STD screenings, and other help relating to health.

“The core of Planned Parenthood medical service is prevention, including STD testing and treatment, contraception, and accompanying health care, education, and information,” Whitney Phillips, senior director of Strategic Communications and Marketing for Planned Parenthood, said.

The variety of services offered by Planned Parenthood are helpful to those receiving them, especially if the person isn’t able to afford them on his or her own, so the organization should be given public funding.

“I used it for birth control purposes,” an FCHS teacher who requested anonymity said. “I could get birth control

Last year, Planned Parenthood received

pills for a lot cheaper through them. It was convenient to campus (CSU) it was a really easy place for me to go.”

Affordable and accessible health services, sometimes lifesaving, are needed in the community, and debate on abortion shouldn’t be able to get in the way.

“I think it’s a really great resource for people.

I think it gets a bad rap tied to being an abortion provider, but I think it does so much more than that,” the teacher said. “Most of the people who I know have used Planned Parenthood have gone there for health reasons or birth control, or things of that nature and had nothing to do with an abortion.”

Planned Parenthood is a reliable option for some due to the reduced cost of medical care; often other clinics can’t provide the same services at an affordable price.

“I’m glad they’re there. They were there for me and I think they help a lot of young women,” another FCHS teacher who requested anonymity said.

Because Planned Parenthood offers crucial medical care, it should be treated like any other public service Planned Parenthood organization. Affordable health care for women and men alike Fast Facts is important, and shouldn’t be taken away from individuals in need of it. Planned Parenthood has and will continue to be beneficial to the community.

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Political polarization illustrates need for collaboration

Evan Bode

Editor-in-Chief Every four years, an epic battle of good versus evil rages across the American people as we struggle to elect a new leader. The problem is, we disagree on which side is good, and which side is evil.

A recent study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed the presence of a startling phenomenon among Americans known as political motive asymmetry; the majority of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. believe their own ideology is motivated by love, while the other side is motivated by hate.

“Think about it,” social scientist Arthur Brooks said. “Most people are walking around saying, ‘You know, my ideology is based on basic benevolence. I want to help people, but the other guys, they’re evil and out to get me.’ You can’t progress as a society when you have this kind of asymmetry.”

In his February 2016 TED Talk, “A conservative’s plea: Let’s work together,” Brooks addresses the increasingly polarized political culture afflicting America and illustrates

the power of differing viewpoints in collaboration with one another.

This type of collaboration is hard to find in the current political climate, in which a heated election accentuates ideological differences between the two major parties.

Jonathan Haidt, a psychology professor at New York University, studied these differences, and found that liberals care about poverty 59 percent more than they care about economic liberty, whereas conservatives care about economic liberty 28 percent more than they care about poverty.

“Irreconcilable differences, right? We’ll never come together,” Brooks said. “Wrong. That is the diversity in which lies our strength.”

Brooks advocates combining these different political focuses as a pragmatic approach to poverty reduction, highlighting the value of competing ideas in progressing toward a common goal.

“We need to come together around the best ways to mitigate poverty using the best tools at our disposal,” Brooks said. “And that comes only when conservatives recognize that they need liberals and their obsession with poverty, and liberals need conservatives and their obsession with free markets.”

Brooks claims this combination has already made a huge impact, attributing the 80 percent decline of global poverty since 1970 to the

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spread of the free enterprise system.

“It’s the greatest antipoverty achievement in the history of mankind, and it happened in our lifetimes,” Brooks said.

In order to achieve similar results in the future through a much-needed culture of collaboration, Brooks calls for the importance of flexible ideology.

“I’m asking you and I’m asking me to be the person specifically who blurs the lines, who is ambiguous, who is hard to classify,” Brooks said.

“If you’re a conservative, be the conservative who is always going on about poverty and the moral obligation to be a warrior for the poor.

And if you’re a liberal, be a liberal who is always talking about the beauty of free markets to solve our problems when we use them responsibly.”

As students soon to become voting citizens and in the process of developing political identities, it is important to explore freely our own political beliefs, knowing that they may not fall exactly according to traditional party divisions.

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Presenter: Arthur Brooks to conceptualize politics as a simple matter of right versus wrong, and seeking to understand opposing opinions rather than immediately rejecting them, we can invite more productive discussions with others and move forward more effectively as a nation.

“We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war of ideology that we’re suffering under in this country and turn it into a competition of ideas based on solidarity and mutual respect,” Brooks said. “And then maybe, just maybe, we’ll all realize that our big differences aren’t really that big after all.”

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Confidence, fitness both necessary for health

Dalena Groen A&E Editor

Flat stomachs, rippled abs, and flawless skin surround us from all angles. Many people see these images on a daily basis and they provide unrealistic expectations.

This exposure to “perfection” can cause teens to see themselves in a negative way, and body image is a challenge many have to surpass before they even consider being completely comfortable.

Being confident in your own skin is an extremely important mile marker in life, regardless of your age, but confidence should not be an excuse for an unhealthy lifestyle. Those who struggle with being either underweight or overweight should see body confidence and health as equally important.

“There is nothing wrong with eating healthy and exercising and trying to lose weight, but I also think it is important to embrace the body you were given,” registered dietician Kerry Duncan said. “I think that it’s about making our bodies the best that we can, given the bodies that we have.”

Reaching an ideal, healthy weight should allow people to love their bodies more. an finding However, ideal weight can be an overwhelming first step, a complicated process that involves many factors. charts Countless and equations offer information based on height and age in order to mathematically calculate ideal weight. But are these not always be to trusted.

Being underweight causes the body to be more vulnerable to disease.

With little to no body fat, the body can’t insulate itself properly.

People with anorexia are more likely to have a lower white blood cells count. n ei

Obesity is 83% more likely to cause kidney failure.

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“There are a lot of charts and resources that are just out there for the world to see and those can help a significant amount, but ideally you would use the charts along with consulting a professional,” Duncan said. “Because most of the charts don’t factor in a lot of things and if you consult a professional, they will be able to give you resources and an ideal weight that realistically matches your abilities.”

After finding your ideal weight, the next step is to reach that weight. Dieting is a word that makes most cringe. People tend to enjoy their calories and thinking about moderation can overwhelm dieters, especially when their end goal seems so far away.

Many resources are available for those direction. either in weight battling “It does take a lot of work but if you are serious about that stuff there are a lot of places you can go to get that information,” Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness teacher Ty Hvambsal said. “The very first thing to do is to gain knowledge on nutrition, monitor your personal eating patterns, and exercise.” and mental though, Ultimately, physical health should be the concerns, not the shape of somebody’s body.

“Know that we are not all made the same. That we all have our own unique and beautiful attributes,” Duncan said. “I challenge people to redefine beauty, to redefine the negative thoughts about themselves and others, surround yourself with positive people, and focus on the positive things that everyone contributes that don’t have to do with their bodies.”

Instead of skipping your next meal or stress eating the next time you see an unnaturally tall and supermodel, skinny realize you can be happy with your without body suffering. Loving body your be should something completely unrelated other to people’s opinions.

Want to calculate your body mass index? http://www.bmi-calculator.net

High blood pressure is a fatal symptom of being overweight.

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Why do you think people strive to have the perfect body?

Tucker Leadbetter

Sierra Wilson

Jack McDonnell

Violet Kaan

“A lot of people think they need to have a perfect body to fit in.”

“Society puts a pretty big amount of pressure on people to have that kind of body.”

“Our culture has set an expectation for everyone to have a perfect body.”

“It’s just because social media is such a big part of our lives.”

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g n i t But Autumn provides more activities than other seasons Alexia Clark

Graphic Artist

Nothing in the world is more surreal than walking through a park in late September and feeling the wind pass by, fluttering the newly bright decorations of the surrounding trees and leaves that had prematurely fallen.

Autumn is a time of reflection, as the old drifts away, and the new comes into focus.

The season brings new and amazing natural changes, as the r a i n washes away residual summer warmth and color, leaving behind the chilly prequel to winter.

The signature weather for a normal day can range from clear, clouds, snowy, rainy, foggy, to anything in between, which comes as a needed break from summer’s and winter’s trademark temperatures.

The mountains and trees light up with color, as the old dies and the landscape constantly modifies.

“It makes me have hope for the future,” sophomore Jessie Poulsen said.

“Things change.

Things aren’t always the same.”

Along with natural changes, autumn promises the best food of the year. Apple and pumpkin flavors rule the dessert aisles, while eggnog, hot cocoa, spiced lattes, and ciders of all variations provide a warm and fuzzy sensation with every sip. Caramel treats can be found in abundance, soups and hearty meals come into focus, and local harvests bring seasonal vegetables into the spotlight.

Food also brings people together to create wonderful memories and laughter with autumn holidays such as Thanksgiving and Halloween.

Many anticipated events come only in autumn.

Football season kicks off in the beginning of September, which for many is the most exciting time of the year. During football season in Colorado, it is difficult Autumn is the best season to walk down a road or through a shopping center without •Autumn leaves create seeing orange and blue on fans and gear. Marching and pep beautiful scenery. bands add enjoyment to local games, and cheerleaders enliven •Autumn provides the already exhilarated crowd.

Hunting season begins, different activities that completing the harvest and friends and family can bringing game to those who enjoy the sport. For others, pumpkin enjoy together. patches and corn mazes offer entertainment and wonderful • Seasonal desserts and memories during the fall months.

Nature mandates we live our coffee flavors allow for lives through the various yearly temporary bliss. cycles, but it is an obvious choice that autumn is the most amazing season.

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Summer allows for relaxation without stress of school Spencer Thompson

Staff Writer

The calm warm breeze of summer air flows through my hair. I don’t have a care in the world other than the extreme plummet into the freezing-cold water below. The sun sparkles off the slowly-moving water, while birds soar overhead, and my feet become sandy from the flakey stones I stand upon. “One. Two. Three,” they all shout. I leap off the cliff, homies treading below. Ker plunk!

This is a common scene during the summer.

The amenities of a summer in Colorful Colorado include lakes, frolfing, hiking, tubing, and my favorite, cliff j u m p i n g .

During the warmer months, friends and good times surround you, as you are given the freedom to experience the true thrills life has to offer.

“The summer is my favorite season,” junior Yaneve Karni said.

“I like kicking it with my friends, and having some good times in nature.”

Nature is prosperous in summer; cities boom with tourism and the life of glowing, happy people. Summer has more to offer than any other season. Life is always good, but it is better from June to September.

The warm, starry nights, and the sunny afternoons are the perfect combination in which to enjoy the outdoors at any hour.

“Driving through the mountains, and jamming to music brings me happiness,” junior Enzo Lucas said. “Summer is like a time to find inspiration, and really see the greatness of the world.”

GRAPHIC BY When I see the greening of the leaves, and KAITLYN SCHMIDT when I smell the fresh cut grass, I can already imagine the amazing few months. Summer is the best time to grab hold of the shortlived paradise that includes Summer is the best season warmth, fun, and happiness.

“I constantly find myself •Summer provides wishing for summer,” Karni said.

“It doesn’t matter what time of year prime weather for it is, if it’s not summer I’m hoping outdoor adventures. it comes quick. Life, and freedom really show during summer. I feel peaceful and happier than • Summer allows for I ever am when its summer.” more time to hang out Everyone seeks happiness and freedom.

The smile the season with friends. brings is seen all throughout the mid-year months. The exuberant •New inspiration, fun, joy, and serene peacefulness of the warm outdoors, with leaves and happiness can be bursting in vibrant green color, had during summer. is truly something you can’t find any other time of the year.

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April 21, 2016

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Greatness overlooked due to senseless fame, drama

Amanda Evans

Perspectives Editor Two billion people watched the royal wedding. 830 million people have watched Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” music video, and over 15 million people have seen the “Taylor vs. Treadmill” advertisement. All of these

created a buzz, yet the people

and the events worthy of being in the light are often overlooked.

It’s sad that our culture is so hungry for entertainment we ignore the things that really matter.

Instead of focusing on garbage, we should channel our energy into giving attention to great ideas and the people who are making impactful changes for humanity.

While young stars like Ariana Grande get attention for licking a doughnut, individual students here have taken 16 AP classes. We have seen tabloids obsess over Justin Bieber’s getting wrapped up in a baby-daddy scandal, but we have students working in the scientific community trying to find a cure for cancer. Debby Ryan’s

DUI arrest made headlines while we have students maintaining entrepreneurial businesses throughout high school.

We also have students with work in the Denver Art Museum, and published authors in our halls. We have alumni who have gone on to play Division I sports.

And these aren’t the only ones who deserve a round of applause; we have plenty of gifted and talented people in our school who get no notice because the attention is drawn to Kayne West drama in Hollywood.

Of course Hollywood isn’t the only chaotic media source focused on unimportant stories; news stations do it too.

Murders, scandals, and crimes dominate our screens and pages for no purpose other than drawing attention to something unworthy of a public spectacle.

Everyone wants 15 minutes of fame, but we should shine the spotlights on the people with real accomplishments.

Tune in to the humanitarian

events around you. Take the excellent people who are doing amazing things and lift them up; quit focusing on Britney Spears’ getting out of rehab for the millionth time.

Stop giving attention to actions and efforts that do not deserve it. Start looking to your peers and community for the great gifts in life. Yes, you will hear some of the junk every once in a while, but not glamorizing it will make it go away.

Feeding the gossip garbage a n d pointless news is starving the good news and people around us. Turn up the volume on our valedictorians and our daring scientists.

Highlight the artists, athletes, and authors. Mute all the distractions and drama.

Until we can focus on valuable events that actually matter, we will always be caught up in everyone else’s garbage. We have what it takes to change this; we choose not to, and that’s the way it goes.

Amanda’s Tips Get to know your classmates; they might have accomplishments or news that would interest you.

Don’t be afraid to show off your talent. People care about your accomplishments. You just have to let them know about it?

Try not to focus on negative or unimportant events.

Sensationalize the good and truly impactful news.

Highlight those in our community that have talents they choose to put to good use, they are the ones that deserve the applause.

Getting involved in drama or acting out is not the only way to get attention. Use that energy to do great things and better yourself.

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Is it important to know your rights as a student? Why or why not?

members of the public is prohibited on all District property. Use of any tobacco product and use of marijuana by students and staff is also prohibited at all District or school-sanctioned activities or events off District property. Possession of marijuana by students, staff and members of the public is prohibited on all District property, and possession of any tobacco product by students is also prohibited on all District property. Signs shall be posted in prominent places on District property to notify all individuals that the use of tobacco products is prohibited in accordance with state law and District policy. Students found to be in violation of the prohibition of use and possession of tobacco products under this policy shall be subject to disciplinary measures including revocation of privileges, exclusion from extracurricular activities, detention and, for repeated violations, suspension or expulsion from school. In accordance with state law, this policy shall not require the expulsion of any student solely for use of any tobacco product. Students found to be in violation of the prohibition of marijuana use and possession under this policy shall be subject to the consequences specified in District Policy JICH. Employees found to be in violation of this policy shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Members of the public found to be in violation of this policy may be requested to leave the District property where the violation occurs. For purposes of this policy, the following definitions apply: 1. “District property” shall mean all property owned, leased, rented or otherwise used or contracted by the District or one of its schools, including but not limited to the following: a. All interior portions of any building used for Alisonb.Goff Garrett Eldridge Daniel Van and Farowe instruction, administration, support services, maintenance or storage, any other structure used by the District.

All District grounds surrounding any Freshman Freshman Sophomore building specified in paragraph 1(a) above over which the District is authorized to exercise dominion and control.

Such grounds shall include any playground, athletic field, recreation area and parking area. c. All vehicles used by the District for the purpose of transporting students, staff, visitors or any other persons.

2. “Tobacco product” shall mean cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco and: (a) any other product that contains nicotine or tobacco, or is derived from tobacco, and is intended to be ingested or inhaled by or applied to the skin of an individual; or (b) any electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine to the person inhaling from the device, including but not limited to an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo or pipe. “Tobacco product” does not mean any product that has been approved by the appropriate federal agency as a tobacco use cessation product or marijuana. 3. “Use” shall mean the lighting, chewing, inhaling, smoking, ingesting, applying to the skin or public display of any tobacco product. Student Conduct on School Buses (EEAEC) The privilege of riding a school bus is contingent upon a student’s good behavior and observance of Poudre School District Student Rights & Code of Conduct Page 8 established regulations for student conduct at bus stops and when using bus services. Students are subject to the District’s Code of Conduct and to the bus operator’s directions at all times in connection with their school bus usage. The operator of a school bus shall be responsible for the safety of the students on his/her bus during the time they are on board and while they are entering or leaving the vehicle. A bus operator may suspend a student’s bus-use privilege in accordance with accompanying District regulations and upon direct authorization of the director of transportation services or his/her designee. Principals/ site managers shall be responsible for students’ conduct while they are waiting for buses at school, and shall cooperate fully with transportation department personnel in addressing student misbehavior. Student Conduct on School Buses (EEAEC-R) The following regulations govern students who ride Poudre School District buses. Students will be responsible for knowing and following these rules. At the Bus Stop 1. Students must be at the bus stop no later than five minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive. 2. Students must be out of the roadway either on the sidewalk or on the shoulder of the road as the bus approaches the stop. 3. If a student causes damage to personal or public property at a bus stop, the student and his or her parents/guardians shall be responsible for it. On the Bus 1. Students must cooperate with the bus operator and follow directions the first time they are given. 2. Students must stay seated and face forward with their feet in front of them. They must display courtesy and respect for other passengers. 3. Students must keep the noise level down.

Screaming or other loud distractions will not be permitted. Students must be silent at railroad crossings. Consequences for Misbehavior Discipline for Eli Hinerfeld Carole Green misconduct on school buses is cumulative and progressive. A warning may be given for one type of inappropriat behavior, and a suspension may be given for Junior Senior another type of misbehavior. Transportation officials may suspend riding privileges at any time, even after a first report, depending on the nature of the infraction. Generally, the following procedures will be followed: 1. The bus operator will give a verbal warning to the misbehaving student(s). All verbal counseling will be documented in the discipline records and in the bus operator’s log book. 2. If misbehaving continues, the bus operator will issue a written warning to be sent home with the student and will take appropriate steps to contact the parents or guardians. 3. At the bus operator’s discretion, the student may be issued a suspension from riding privileges for one to five days if the student continues to misbehave. The bus operator will take appropriate steps to contact the parents or guardians before the suspension. 4. Students who fail to respond to the abovedescribed discipline may be suspended from bus-riding privileges for a period of time to be determined by transportation officials. Note: Student behavior at the bus stop and on the bus is also subject to the Code of Conduct, and violations may subject students to discipline besides loss of bus privileges, including suspension and/ or expulsion from school. Poudre School District Student Rights & Code of Conduct Page 9 Bus Transportation After School Dismissal 1. After school is dismissed for the day, buses will pick up students according to the transportation routing schedule set annually by the director ofBY transportation GRAPHIC EVAN BODE services. Buses will leave the school no earlier than five minutes after the final dismissal bell. 2. Buses will not return to school to pick up students arriving late at the loading zone. Student Assignment to Bus Stops 1. All eligible students will be assigned to a bus stop by transportation services. Students must be picked up and dropped off at their assigned stops. 2. Students wanting to bring a guest on the bus or to get off at a stop other than the one to which they are assigned must bring a note to the school office from a parent or guardian requesting this service. Requests will be honored provided students are well behaved and the bus does not become overloaded. The principal or designee will issue a bus pass to be given to the bus operator by students requesting this service. Bus operators will accept only official bus passes issued by the school office or transportation services; they will not accept notes from parents or guardians. Unsafe Items 1. In accordance with Colorado Department of Education (CDE) regulations, items brought on board by students will be subject to review by the bus operator who will determine if such items would endanger the lives, health, or safety of the passengers and bus operators. Bus operators are authorized to refuse transportation of items they determine to be unsafe. 2. Items not allowed on board buses include firearms, explosives, flammables, knives or other members of the public is prohibited on all District property.

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“I think they should know their rights, but I don’t think many students in the school care.”

“Yes, so that we know what our boundaries are.”

“Yes, I think it’s important to know your rights and value freedom.”

“Yes, so you don’t break them and can use them in the right situation.”

“It’s important to know your rights so you can stand up for the rights you need.”

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