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FCHS CHATTER BOX Camera Donations

FCHS photography classes are multiplying. To help meet student need for cameras, the art department is asking for donations of manual and digital 35mm film cameras in good working condition. A tax receipt for the current value will be provided. Contact Tara Lanterman at tlanterm@psdschools. org, or drop off a donation at the front office.

FCHS Fall Plant Sale The first ever Fall Plant Sale will begin Dec. 5 and continue through Dec. 9, or while supplies last. Herbs such as garlic, and lavender will be sold. These plants have been grown by students in the greenhouse all semester. In addition, students of Allison Alter’s drawing class will be painting terra cotta pots that will also be available for sale. Plants will go for as little as $1, but prices for the pots are still to be determined.

Africa Map in LTC

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Tips on surviving Black Friday

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Exploring seasonal treats

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Concurrent enrollment earns college credit

In-Depth 10-14

CORRECTIONS Page 21: We misspelled Jocelyn Burnside’s name.

Page 21: We misspelled Elliot Bankston’s name.

Page 21: We misspelled Malek Haltam’s name.

Page 21: We labeled Sydney Petersen a junior when she is sophomore.

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Tom Cruise sports movies

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In-school surveys create hassles

Perspectives 19-23

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Math Awareness Week festivities continue today Miles Rodriguez Staff Writer Math Honor Society will host Math Awareness Week Nov. 14-18.

“The idea is just to get the word out about math and make it kind of fun and entertaining for students, to get them to participate in some math problems so that they can win prizes,” math teacher Nicole Bronken said.

A math scavenger hunt will begin in the math tutor’s office.

Then students will find grade-level math questions they can solve for prizes including various gift cards from local businesses such as Noodles & Company, McAlister’s, Big City Burrito, and many more.

In the LTC, students have the chance to guess how many candies are in a small jar on the counter.

The person who makes the closest estimate to the number of candies will be awarded the jar and its contents.

School to host bike event Dec. 14

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2. Think straight- Do not get so caught up in the excitement and anticipation that you make impulsive purchases. One of the main reasons big corporations love this holiday is people get distracted by all the sales and end up buying so much that they end up not getting the deals they came for, according to lifehack.org.

1. Plan ahead- Make a list of things you want to buy and stick with it. Do background research on the deals you think are good, and don’t buy more than what is on your list. If you end up buying more than you anticipated, you’ve let the retailer win, and you’ve bought less for more money.

3. Don’t go alone- Going alone to Black Friday events can be a personal safety hazard and can make you less efficient in the moment. Bringing a friend or two along to help with finding what you need can get you out of the frenzy earlier with everything you

4. Shop online- Shopping online means you don’t have to wait in line or organize a plan with your friends for Black Friday. Just make sure you start your shopping early because stores sell

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Roland Tomsic Staff Writer The fifth-annual FCHS Winter Bike to School Day will be held on Dec. 14.

The City of Fort Collins is sponsoring stations around town to encourage people to ride their bikes in the winter.

ACE coordinator Cathy Hettleman oversees the Bike to School Day station at FCHS. “We usually get about 60 to 100 people,” Hettleman said.

“Community members come in. We have tables set up so that people who ride their bikes get a ticket.”

Once somebody gets a ticket, that person can get breakfast burritos, fruit, and prizes in the cafeteria.

Finals study help available Dec. 14 Seraphina Discoe Staff Writer On Dec. 14, from the end of school to 6 p.m., Cocoa and Cram will be held in the LTC to allow students to study for exams in a supported setting.

“It’s a wonderful time for students to have a little bit of relaxing time before finals,” business teacher Cindy Berg said.

At the event, Peer counselors and teachers will be available to help.

Hot chocolate and cookies will also be provided for students and teachers alike.

Population growth increases in PSD schools Molly Lubbers Sports Editor Walking into nearly any classroom, students are confronted with a glaring problem: our school is overcrowded.

It’s not uncommon to find people sitting on floors, counters, or chairs not even connected to desks. Our classes are filled. We’ve come to accept it since school started, settling into the situation, but this could be only the start. PSD anticipates a 7 percent rate of growth, or 2,100 more students, by 2020.

This student population growth mirrors a similar situation faced by FCHS students in the past. Originally located on the second floor of Franklin Grade School, FCHS’s first class consisted of only a few students when it was established in 1889. By 1903, however, the number had risen to 40.

This may seem like a small number now, but a new high school was necessary.

We moved into the building that later became the Lincoln Center, and after that, 1400 Remington Street in 1925. But the most recent transition was to this current building, which opened in 1995.

It cost about $33 million to build, while the Franklin grade school building was $20,000 in 1886.

It’s been an ever-evolving problem.

But recently our population is growing even more rapidly. Not only does the district need two new schools that combine high school and middle school students, but we also need another elementary school, as well as additions to Zach Elementary School.

On this month’s ballot, PSD asked for a $375 million bond, as well as mill levies to help with maintenance, which will cost $8 million by 2020.

The bond is to cover the cost of the construction itself. The mill levy means that every person will pay a one dollar tax per every $1,000 of property they own each year, which will cover other c o s t s .

A t p r e s s time,

the unofficial results regarding the bond and mill levy showed both measures passing, which means PSD will begin construction on the new schools soon. Perhaps we will lose a few people who would have been Lambkins, as future students choose to go to the new high school. But on the bright side, we will not go even further over capacity, and maybe our classrooms won’t feel so crowded.

We may not have certain people joining the Lambkin family, but the 31,000 students that have graduated since 1893 from FCHS will continue to grow exponentially. Years from now, there will likely be another high school built to accommodate sheer numbers, and this pattern will repeat itself again and again. But even if that number of people makes students feel insignificant, that is not so: every Lambkin contributes to the legacy of the first high school of Fort Collins: F C H S .

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Winter season brings cold weather, specialized precautions Brooke Pippin Staff Writer November is when Colorado starts to feel the inevitable beginning of winter. It can often be a difficult time, as the snow slows down our lives and we must make numerous adjustments. From snowcovered cars to fashion, winter takes a toll on us, but knowing a few tricks can save time and money.

When you own a car, the snow suddenly becomes an enemy. Often, student drivers have to wake up extra early to get snow off vehicles and warm up the engine. It can even be a painful task when the snow gets on your hands and you are shivering from the cold all before 8 a.m.

“Owning a car in winter is like taking a bath with socks on, comfortable but annoying,” junior Hunter Cisneros-Meier said.

One way to avoid spending extra time scraping ice off windows is to make a 3:1 mixture of vinegar and water and spray it on windows the night before. According to Snopes.com, this prevents layers of ice from forming.

Another tip for car owners is to take a piece of rug or other similar material and place it on your windshield, tucked under the wipers. This way, any snow built up can be removed quickly as you pull away the rug.

Winter also means sweater time. Sweaters tend to get little gatherings of fibers, which can create a messy appearance. This problem can be resolved with a cheap, disposable razor. Simply run the razor over the sweater and it will shave away all the matted fibers.

Possibly the most complained about part of winter is simply being cold. To help win the fight for warmth, a heated water bottle can come in handy. On chilly mornings, wrapping your clothes around a hot water bottle will make them toasty and easier to change into.

The heated water bottle could also be placed in your bed so it’ll be warm when you get in for the night.

Winter can be a struggle, especially for those who have to be up early, but knowing some hacks might lessen the burden and keep you warm. Once you get past the cold and negative effects of snow, you can focus on enjoying the holiday season.

Tips and Tricks to Survive Winter Running a razor along the material of a sweater can get rid of matted fiber and fuzz.

Mixing three parts vinegar to one part water will reduce the hassle of scraping ice off car windows.

A hot water bottle can come in very handy. Wrapping your clothes can make them easier to change into...

Voters approve school bond, broadband

Students participate in the election fair in the LTC Nov. 8. Government students presented researched informational posters throughout the day.

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Issues 3B and 3C, levying for investment in Poudre School District, had narrowly passed as of press time.

A bond of $375 million will be used to fund three new schools to accommodate knowledge-based economy the growing work force.

Issue 1A, regarding mental health, requested funding for a 51,000-square foot mental health and detox facility to be built for round the clock services.

This building would have served an estimated 12,000 people annually.

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Issue 1B, which accommodates local broadband, is re-establishing the city’s ability to broadcast cable television, telecommunicators, and other advanced services, such as internet, both directly and indirectly. This opens doors to rural areas to get the local information they need.

Issue 5F allows the Poudre River Public Library District to retain revenue generated by a tax passed in 2006 to better their facilities.

Issue 2A will allow the city to retain all r e v e n u e generated by the “Keep Fort Collins G r e a t ” tax passed in 2010. The money will help maintain infrastructure.

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LASA students fundraise for scholarship fund Spencer Thompson News Editor

LASA students organized a fundraiser that took place on Nov. 1. Club members created altars to display outside the lunchroom doors. Students and staff were asked to vote for the best altar with a 1-cent contribution per vote.

Money raised through the competition beneďŹ ted the Alonzo Martinez Scholarship Fund. The fund awards scholarships to local students who plan to attend college or trade school after graduating high school in Fort Collins.

LASA is currently preparing for another holiday event in December.

Students view and vote for their favorite DĂ­a de los Muertos altars. These altars represent loved ones students may have lost and want to memorialize.

Photos by Kaitlyn Schmidt

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‘Legally blonde’ results in six-mile walk home

In Brief Tower Dance

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preforming for seniors Kylie Jackson Guest Writer Tower Dance will present a program in McNealAuditoriumDec.2.startingat6p.m.

The event, which is billed as a “tribute to the seniors,” according to Tower Dance sponsor Kim Schutt, will showcase a compilation of dances the group has been practicing since the beginning of September.

“Students should come see the show to support their fellow students and because we don’t get to see the Tower Dancers that much,” Schutt said.

Tickets for the show are free of charge, and all members of the Fort Collins community are welcome to attend.

Orchestra presenting concert tonight Roland Tomsic Staff Writer Tonight, at 7 p.m. in McNeal auditorium, the Symphonic Orchestra andintermediatebandwillplayaconcert.

This event is free and those attending should come in through the McNeal lobby doors and enter the auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Though it is an evening concert, evening attire is not required.

“Regular clothes are fine but some people dress up, the people on stage will have on dresses and tuxes,” Orchestra Director John Hermanson said.

In this concert, the musicians will be performing “Una Noche Caliente,” “Blessed,” “Dance carnival,” “River Song,” and many more.

City to host Carolfest on Dec. 2 Michael Hovey Guest Writer On Friday, Dec. 2, the 24th-annual Carolfest will be held in Old Town for the Fort Collins community. Led by the Choice City Singers, the event begins at 6 p.m. and will include a half-mile caroling walk beginning at the Opera Galleria and ending at Oak Street Plaza.

Because it is open to people of all ages and abilities, Carolfest has become a tradition, according to Choice City Singer Nancy Burke.

“People come back every year expecting us to put on the show,” she said.

The event is free and open to anyone.

Lyric sheets will be provided, and professional singers will lead the caroling.

You know you are lonely when you watch “Legally Blonde the Musical” alone. But there I was, just me and a bag of sharingsize M&M’s to keep me company.

The reason I went to PHS to watch the production was my friend Quinn was on the tech crew.

I was dropped off at the front of the building with $7 to spend on a ticket. I got inside to find tickets were $9.

W h e n Quinn had no money to lend, plan B was trying to sell families an unopened bag of M&M’s for $2. Unsurprisingly, all I got were concerned parents’ looks as they moved their kids behind them.

I guess it was the desperate, greasy face that scared them off.

The lights began to flicker inside to signal the start of the musical, so I turnedtoplanC.Ibeggedtheticketlady to let me in. With a disapproving look and a tight grip on the ticket, she did.

So, I slowly ate away at the bag of

treats as I watched an affluent woman wearing pink try to get the guy with one thoughtinmyhead:“I’mafrigginloser.”

After the play, I had expected to get a ride home with Quinn. But, he drove himself, making it illegal to have a passenger in the car. My mom was with a friend, my friends didn’t pick up, and the friends I had in the tech crew had to stay to disassemble sets until 9:30 p.m.

According to Google Maps, it was a six mile walk back home.

After four miles, I stopped to sit next to the side of my friend Justin’s house. Tired and hungry, I hadn’t knocked on the door yet, considering how rude it might be, so I decided to call Justin to tell him I was outside.

But when I was talking to Justin, an unleashed dog walked up to me. He was well-

trained and c a l m but came out of nowhere.

I looked around and saw a man speed-walking toward me in the dark. It was obvious he was the dog’s owner, but there was

something creepy about him.

“Is this your dog?” I asked.

His response was even creepier.

“Oh! It’s fine. No, don’t worry, it’s fine. Yeah, it’s fine. It’s fine. It’s fine.

Yeah, no, it’s fine, it’s all fine. We’re fine,” he said, out-of-breath. I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, but he was obviously on something.

“Well, you have a good night,” I said as I got up trying to avoid him.

He maintained his fast walking speed toward me even though the dog had returned to the house.

“No it’s a girl. The dog is a girl. It’s not a boy. It’s a girl. A girl. Not a boy.

It’s a girl. The dog is a girl. Girl,” he said as a response to my good night. Now I started to walk away. I had enough.

“Have a light? Have a light? Have a light? Have a light? Have a light?

Have a light? Have a light? Have a light?” He almost yelled while still speedwalking toward me.So,yeah.

I knocked onJustin’s d o o r.

After eating a calming

croissant offered to me by Justin, he and I proceeded to have a very important conversationabouthappinessandlife.

I look back on that day and feel accomplished. I got work done, watched a musical, had six miles of exercise, nearly got kidnapped, and learned something about myself.

I’m a friggin loser.

Personal identity can sprout from unremarkability

Samantha Ye

In-Depth Editor I never grasped just how uneventful my life was until I started writing my college essays.

My life has been privileged, and as grateful as I am, when many of the essay prompts call for perspective-shifting experiences, it’s a little startling to realize my story can’t fill a 650-word limit.

After sitting in front of a semiblank Word document for two hours, it crossed my mind to lie. Honestly, the temptation to write myself a life in which I faced significant struggles is pretty strong.

In “The Secret to Lying” by Todd Mitchell, the protagonist James (or as he introduces himself, “the guy no one noticed”) feels essentially the same way.

As a sophomore, James lives a straightforward life.

“James Turner grew up in a cornfield, but his parents weren’t farmers,” James thinks. “He once

lit a whole matchbook on fire and singed his fingers. Other than that, he hasn’t won any contests, burned down any buildings, or done anything remotely noteworthy.”

Although my life hasn’t been quite as plain, James’ disparaging take resonated with me and made me rethink times I’ve wished for a more remarkable life.

Early in the book, James t r a n s f e r s to a public boarding school.

He’s chilling with a new group of people when one girl asks him if he misses home. He says no. What else is there to say?

But then the girl starts to lose interest and James spouts his first lie followed by a dozen more.

“The more they listened, the more I lied, laying the groundwork for the new me,” James thinks.

“James Turner: Reckless fighter.

Pyromaniac.

Delinquent.”

This has almost happened to me several times: a peppy stranger has asked me a basic question to which I responded with my basic answer, except instead of lying, I followed up

with conversation-withering silence.

Few feelings are crappier than wanting to talk with someone and having nothing interesting to say.

If shyness didn’t impede the talky portion of my brain, I could imagine myself, at least in the past, augmenting a few details to keep people interested. However, I could never think of any lie worthwhile until hours after the conversation had ended, which turned out to be lucky for reasons explored in Mitchell’s novel.

What and how people think is largely what makes them who they are. When James makes up a new identity, his fake past begins contributing to his new, true personality, and that’s scary.

I can’t lie, not even on a college essay for an admissions counselor who may not meet me for months, because the essay is about me. If I start lying about myself, the very establishment of who I am starts to distort.

Maybe I don’t have the best stories to tell, but I long ago realized the lack of exciting experiences doesn’t make me a dull girl. I think I’m pretty cool, actually. And eventually I’ll find a way to convey that on paper.

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Pie- tasting provides staff with sweet treats

Adelaide Tomsic Perspectives Editor I dislike holidays. I don’t like uncomfortable clothing and small talk with relatives. I don’t like how there is always a baby asleep in my room, or the random dogs playing under my feet. The one enjoyable aspect of the holiday season is food, specifically pie.

So, for the November Staff Review, I made pies: a maple syrup pie, because I was feeling daring, a pumpkin pie with a ginger bread crust, and a caramel apple pie.

The recipe for the pumpkin pie came from Tillamook.com. and it was the staff’s favorite. Writer Seraphina Discoe even resorted to thievery, stealing a piece thoughtfully set aside for my brother, Roland Tomsic. The pie earned its popularity with its complex flavors and whipped texture. The pie was soft and light, but the slices stayed firmly together.

The dark brown gingerbread crust contrasted beautifully with the bright orange filling.

Stronger ginger notes paired well with the squashy taste of pumpkin and made the pie pleasantly aromatic. The pie, which contains an entire cup of half and half was creamy both in taste and texture.

As it baked, the caramel apple pie made the air smelled buttery and rich. Seasonal spices warmed the air and aroused hunger, reminding me I hadn’t eaten breakfast. But the smell lied. Although the aroma gave hope for an exceptional dessert, the pie turned out average. Although the flavors of the spices went well together, and the tart apples contrasted with the sweet, creamy caramel, the apples were severely overcooked, giving the

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pie a mushy texture. One staff member even commented it seemed like mashed potato pie rather than apple pie.

The light and crispy crust did little to make up for the sad filling. Despite t h e mushy mouth-feel, this pie wasn’t too bad, and most staff awarded this pie second place.

The third pie was gross and I resent Ta s t f u l l y j u l i e . c o m for making it look remotely good. The maple syrup pie was so sweet I considered giving myself an insulin injection just to cope with all the sugar. It was also runny and brown, giving it the appearance o f Thanksgiving gravy, not Thanksgiving pie.

The image accompanying the recipe showed a beautiful triangular caramel- colored slice, resting on a clean white plate, not a gelatinous mess of sugar in a boring crust sloppily heaped onto a paper plate smeared with crumbs. Tastefully put by staff writer Joseph Vasseur, “It felt gross in my mouth.” This pie is not worthy of any dining room table.

The maple syrup pie was universally hated by all staff members due to its overwhelming sweetness and gelatinous texture.

The caramel apple pie was liked by some.

The contrast of tart apples and sweet, buttery caramel added a slightly different flavor than that of most apple pies, but due to the un- appetizing texture of over-cooked apples, it was not the winner. The trophy went to the pumpkin pie. Most staff could agree the gingerbread crust could become a new classic, and the texture of the filling was light and creamy.

Art helps student deal with stress, high school Sophia Fiechtl Guest Writer We all deal with stress. We all deal with life in our own ways. It’s reality. You might do some yoga, go for a run, or listen to music. Kenna Hoven deals with reality by drawing it.

Hoven is a freshman, but has been drawing her whole life. Her grandma would buy her art supplies every Christmas, which sparked her interest in art at a young age. Hoven is currently in Allison Alter’s 2D Design class, and she describes her style as photo realistic.

The current project Hoven is working on is a process called linoleum block printing. This starts with a sketch that she will carve onto a rubber-like block.

Then she will “print” the image onto a separate sheet of paper using ink. Her inspiration for this piece is a couplet from a Vallis Alps song: “Spring would lie in summer showers, in my hair were winter flowers.” As Hoven creates, she effortlessly moves her pencil across the page, defining lines and adding detail.

Hoven likes to think of her art as something to help her get away from all the stress coming from school, friends, and family.

She also likes to get away to sketch whenever possible. Her favorite place to sketch is The Artery, a coffee shop in downtown Fort Collins.

“The environment of The Artery really fits my style of art and can always put me in a better mood,” she explained.

She also says she is always at her best when around art and finds it easy to express herself.

“I get to express myself with dance, but with dance there are a lot of rules,” she said. “With art, there are no rules.”

Even though art offers Hoven positive experiences, she feels art can sometimes be a challenge. A problem Hoven faces with art is procrastination.

She says that while some people procrastinate because of their phones, she often gets caught up in art, which makes it difficult to get things done.

Hoven is often inspired by famous artists on Instagram who share her style, and Alter compares her student’s work to famous artist Chuck Close.

According to Alter, they both appreciate realism and are very talented with portraits.

“Kenna came into this class with an appreciation and skill for realism, which is something that is very hard to learn,” Alter explained.

“I’m impressed by that.”

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Caloric calculations require attention to accuracy Adelaide Tomsic

Perspectives Editor

Background

Students file into a congested line, standing on tippy toes to peek around shoulders, hoping to see the line in front of them move as they eagerly wait to fill their growling stomachs with food. This food has been meticulously planned to accommodate the nutritional needs of a high school-aged person.

A strict set of guidelines has been set for the National School Lunch and Breakfast program, detailing the weekly and daily limits of fat, protein, and calories for school meals along with requirements to assure students will meet the daily minimum for each food group.

“There are five components to a school lunch: grains, meats, dairy, fruits and vegetables,” Child Nutrition Area Supervisor Matt Pickle said. “And for every school lunch students have to take at least three of those five components.”

The daily calorie requirement for a single lunch is between 750 and 850, including a beverage and fruit or vegetables from the salad bar. Lunches must also contain a minimum of two ounces of a high protein food like meat or beans, and fat should be less than 10 percent per serving of the food.

According to Pickle, the nutritional information for PSD school lunches is calculated based on the individual ingredients.

District Child Nutrition Services provides a database containing the foods used in preparing lunches. Nutrition facts of all ingredients, sides and a-la-carte items are stored and the information comes directly from the manufacturers.

The nutritional facts of individual ingredients are taken from packaging and added together.

Nutritional information for school lunch is on posted the PSD website under the Child Nutrition tab. We investigated to find out whether the posted nutritional information is accurate by sending samples of three school lunch items, a cheeseburger, the Mango Chicken salad and the Chef Salad, to be tested by Warren Analytical Laboratory for protein, fat carbohydrate and caloric information in what is known as a proximate value test. The warren analytical laboratory does full panel analysis for many packaged food companies.

“The proximate value test is pretty accurate and there should be little to no margin of error,” Warren Analytical Laboratory Client Services representative Elizabeth Forsyth said.

The food would take six days to be analyzed then the results would be emailed to us.

Results

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, we refreshed our computers, not only because we were eagerly watching poll numbers swell to reveal the next U.S. president, but because we were anticipating

the email containing the analysis of the school lunch items dropped off at Warren Analytical laboratory a week earlier.

When the email arrived just after 4 p.m., we were surprised to learn the caloric information for the cheeseburger and chef salad was lower than the district website had stated. The cheeseburger was reported on the school website to contain 453 calories, but the lab results showed it came in incredibly low at only 310.

The posted caloric information for the salads was more accurate than the information for the burger, varying by fewer than 50 calories.

While the test results for the chef salad showed it contained 223, it is advertised on the school website as having 176 calories.

The mango chicken salad was the most accurate; it was reported to have 250 calories and the test showed there are 235 calories in the salad.

What this could mean

The current system of relying on pre-analyzed food can be inaccurate, especially in the case of the cheeseburger, and the best way to determine the nutrition of a meal is to have it analyzed at a laboratory such as the Warren Analytical Lab. However, these tests are expensive. A simple proximate analysis test, providing limited information is $80 per item. Mineral content, sugars, fiber and other nutrients aren’t included in that bill, so it’s understandable for lunches to be inaccurate within a small range.

The current system seems to be working well considering how accurate the information report on the salads was; however, the cheeseburger was off by 143 calories. This is large considering there is a 100 calorie range that lunches should stay within.

“A possible reason for any inaccuracy would be if we used the nutritional information from the manufacturer of the items in the database and the serving size is off and generally we will try to address that as soon as we ae aware of it being an issue,” Child Nutrition area supervisor Emily Lancaster said.

Although information is partially accurate, the district should be wary of serving sizes, remembering to multiply or divide portions if they aren’t what is being served so students are eating the proper amount of food during lunch.

“It seems dishonest of the district,” freshman Truman McCaw said. “And I recognize it’s not entirely the district’s fault, but students should know the truth about what is in their food.”

For low-income families who rely on the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program for free and reduced lunch to feed their children, kids could be getting inadequate nutrition if lunches don’t meet their needs, especially if they get a limited amount of food outside of school.

The current system of developing a nutritional panel by adding nutritional information of ingredients, already tested by the manufacturer is a sufficient system, especially considering the price tag for food analysis. However, those developing labels should be conscious of the serving size of foods to ensure students are being delivered honest information about the nutrition of their lunches.

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Advertised Calorie Count: 453 Calories Actual Calorie Count:

Cheeseburger

310.92 Calories

Advertised Calorie Count: 176 Calories Actual Calorie Count:

Chef Salad

221.74 Calories

Advertised Calorie Count: It was so good, we ate 250 Calories Mango Chicken it before we got the Salad chance to photograph Actual Calorie Count: the salad

234 Calories

Student Opinion “That’s incredibly stupid. It’s not that hard to calculatecalories.We’vebeendoingitfortwodaysin health and wellness, and there are definitely people here who are trying to count calories. I am one of those people, and knowing that the calorie count is off by that much is honestly disheartening.

It’s frightening, h o n e s t l y.

Considering that I said it’s not that difficult to count calories, the s c h o o l should just redo it. “

Andrew Markman Junior

“I don’t really have school lunch a lot of the time, but I can imagine that that could make people feel like they have been lied to. It’s really important for the advertised calorie information to be the same as the actual calorie information because there are some kids who need to keep track of these kinds of things for their health, and if they aren’t told the truth about them, then they can’t accurately gauge what they are eating.”

Elizabeth Carter Freshman

“I think its important that, if you’re on a diet or if you’re just trying to watch what you eat, that the information is accurate. I’m just not sure why they would make a decision like that to have inaccurate information. I don’t see any reason why the information should be inaccurate.

It seems like an easy mistake to rectify, and the school should take accountability for their inaccuracy. With information like this, accuracy is important.”

Jack Hunter

Sophomore

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Concurrent credit classes provide college experience Tate Thurgood Staff Writer College and the idea of the future is a frightening thing to many high school students. It seems so far away yet comes so quickly, and some feel unprepared even after four years of strong education.

High schools have begun to combat the fear by implementing the option of concurrent enrollment, allowing students to take college courses by college-approved teachers. While difficult, it has already shown numerous benefits for students looking to further their education.

Students who participate in concurrent enrollment can receive college credit. Kristin Counselor Kristin Flanagan said students have earned anywhere from two credits to twenty, which gives a head start into college.

Several versions of the program exist, including high school select, where college courses are taught at the high school, and campus select, where students go and participate in a genuine college class on the campus.

“We partner with Front Range, AIMS, CSU, and CU,” Flanagan said.

Each place offers different options for classes. CU offers advanced math, CSU foreign language and math, and Front Range most of the other concurrent enrollment options.

For students who choose campus select, it can be a freeing experience.

“It gives you a chance to be independent and look after yourself and your education,” junior Emma Olsen said. “No one is constantly checking in on you or disciplining you.”

Exploring outside of the traditional high school setting allows students to take charge of their schooling and gain self-proficiency in studying, learning, and managing time before they get to college.

Concurrent enrollment is also a substantial commitment to take on in multiple ways. Class difficulty, for example, is a struggle for some students, even those familiar with AP and advanced classes.

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This is especially true at the campus, where professors have hundreds of students to handle and cannot offer specific or personal help, forcing students to figure out difficult concepts on their own.

The timing of classes is another barrier between students and their higher education, since scheduling with colleges is strenuous and inflexible. “It’s up to their professors, and so sometimes their professors are set,” Flanagan said.

Classes are available in the evenings, especially at the community college, where they strive to serve working students, and Flanagan recommends students try for those classes to ease the process of scheduling.

One worry students have is

whether they are qualified for concurrent enrollment. It depends mostly on the students’ skill level in the particular subject area and how many classes they’ve taken.

Otherwise, students are simply required to be prepared to work hard.

“I would recommend Front Range to students who are very serious about their education,” said Olsen.

Concurrent enrollment isn’t restricted to traditionally high-level students either. “It could be for those kids who are really advanced and maybe want to start off their college career with AP, or it could be some of my lower-level kids who still are trying to figure out what they want to do,” Flanagan explained.

Students interested in signing up for concurrent enrollment can see their counselors for options and information about registration.

Editor’s Note Samantha Ye In-Depth Editor People always desire good luck to double, but it’s only bad luck which doubles. That’s the essential essence of a famous Chinese proverb.

November marks the time of year where I find the proverb to come into play; everyone just wants one last wave of good fortune to sweep over the Halloween rush and push us all into Thanksgiving break. Instead, anyone who faces a minor stumble in the month may have schoolwork troubles doubled, quadrupled, and exponentially increased until they collapse into a thankful heap at the head of turkey day.

So, this month, instead of a holiday or seasonal topic, In-Depth will honor those facing the painful doubling of workloads with the topic of double.

A Google search of double-life results in a half page of cheating spouses, but people can lead less extreme double lives without even knowing it, be it by portraying completely different personas online than in life or putting on different faces for friends than family. The flowchart on page 11 offers a test to see if you’re living a double life.

Some students come close by earning double credit in a single class.

Concurrent enrollment, covered on page 10, allows students to get a head start on gaining college credit.

The centerfold discusses double standards between males and females and how they impact teenagers.

When used in the idiom “double standards,” double exercises little of its literal meaning, for double, by definition, refers to two equal or identical things. For depictions of double’s original meaning, few physical representations can beat out twins. On page 14, the twins of the school are profiled.

Even though this can be the part of the school year when school begins to double in pace and workload, In-Depth is here to take your mind off the insanity with different applications of the word double.

Interview with Student in CSU Guest Program Q: What’s been your experience with concurrent enrollment?

A: It’s really fun because I get to experience a whole thing when I go to CSU for my class. Although it was scary at first since everyone is older than me, it turned out to be fun because everyone is really nice. Also, the class is very fun.

Q: How much commitment has it been for you?

A: It has been a big time commitment since it is a difficult class. I have homework almost every night, although it’s at least not that long typically.

Q: Do you find taking a class at a college level worth the experience?

Miranda Coldren A: Yes! It has been lots of fun. I’m really enjoying it, although it does make me ready to go to college Junior as soon as possible.

Q: How has it been working out scheduling between high school classes and your concurrent class?

A: Luckily we haven’t had too many weird schedules yet this year because that would mess everything up. I have one day a week where I miss some class on block day to get to my class. I have it worked out with teachers though so I don’t miss too much. It has been stressful trying to make it to class on time with a very short driving period though.

Q: Would you recommend concurrent enrollment to other students, and if so, who?

A: I would for sure. It has been a great experience. I would recommend it to people that want a challenge and enjoy school.

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“The pressure to never show emotion just makes it harder when you are experiencing something tough,” Loehr said.

Teachers can be inadvertent facilitators of this kind of discrimination.

Social studies teacher Sarah Keller encourages students to speak with their teacher in a professional manner if they feel that they are being discriminated against.

“We all have biases, whether we like it or not,” Keller explained.

“The only thing we can do is try to be aware of our biases. When we are aware of them, we can try to eradicate them.”

Keller sees the elimination of any biases and double standards as an integral step in social progression.

“Challenging our biases not only when it comes to gender but also in race and sexuality is important,” Keller said. “I think that your generation has the chance to make the world a better place.”

“We all have biases, whether we like it or not.”

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Double the Fun Twins experience unique sibling relationships Miles Rodriguez Staff Writer The perception of what life is like as a twin is sometimes heavily influenced by media such as The Parent Trap or The Suite Life of Zach and Cody. And though the lives of twins are full of adventures and experiences uncommon to non-twins, it’s nothing out of the norm for those doubles who have the chance to live it every day.

The everyday lives of twins do not differ too much in comparison to their regular sibling counterparts however.

Many of their daily experiences at home and at school are just what you’d expect for any pair of brothers or sisters. But the relationship is often intensified by the lack of an age gap.

“It is kind of interesting,” sophomore fraternal twin Lincoln Brandt said.

“It’s weird because when you have a twin for your whole life, you don’t really imagine that people experience it any other way. It just feels normal to have a twin. I couldn’t even imagine not having my brother always there.”

Many of the earlier years for twins are spent learning to share with each other because they are typically around each other far more often than not.

“When you’re a twin, you usually have to share a room,” freshman fraternal twin Gregory Besser said. “We used to have to share a room, then our big sister moved out and she [Kristinah, his twin] got her own room. Once when we were in middle school, when we were

still sharing a room, we got mad at each other so we pulled all of our stuff to separate sides of the room and said, ‘This is my side.’”

While spending so much time together can lead to building a stronger bond between twins, it can also lead to many outbursts, fights, and petty rivalry between the two.

“I think competition between twins is interesting,” Xander Brandt said. “It’s not like a competition between siblings where there’s an age gap and it’s like, ‘Oh, well it’s understandable that kid lost at this certain thing because he is younger.’ it’s more like, ‘Oh, I have to beat you because you’re the same age and I want to be better.’”

Due to the extremity of their close bonds, it’s as if twins are compelled to make everything, whethermajororminiscule,acompetitionofsorts.

“It’s like, ‘There’s no reason I should lose other than because I’m not as good,’ and so we do compete in almost everything,” L i n c o l n Brandt said.

Still, being a twin is not all about fighting and trying to be better than the other one. Being a twin provides a likely best friend from day one, someone who will always be at the same stage of life.

“When we get into disagreements, it only lasts two minutes or so,” Gregory Besser said. “Some people think we’re going to fight all the time but we don’t.”

As twins keep growing older, their relationships will continue to strengthen in ways different to other siblings.

“We connect a lot,” Kristinah Besser said.

“We used to fight a lot, but not so much now.

We get along real well. We get along more than we do with our older brother and sister.”

“It’s weird because when you have a twin for your whole life, you don’t really imagine that people experience it any other way.

It just feels normal to have a twin.”

— Lincoln Brandt

PHOTO STRIPS: Sets of FCHS twins include Gregory and Kristinah Besser, Hana and Kala Mawlawi, Lincoln and Xander Brandt, Brian and Jason Read, and Annie and Genna Campain.

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How to work out on Black Friday Though Black Friday may not seem like the optimal time to exercise, with the hectic nature of gift shopping for the holidays, a little creativity can make the day after an indulgent holiday into a win on the fitness front.

The Teddy Press- Tie two stuffed animals to a bar or broom handle with rubber bands and lie on a bench with feet planted on the floor. Grasp the bar firmly and lower it to your chest. Press up in a smooth controlled motion until your elbows lock. Consider adding shopping bags for an extra challenge.

Gym equivalent: 5-20lb bar The Dolly Goblet Squat- Take your sister’s Princess Protein Doll, still in original packaging, and stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and a straight back. Squat until your knees reach a 90-degree angle or lower.

Gym equivalent: 10lb dumbbell The Baby Legs Jog- Find two younger siblings or cousins, approach them, and yell, “Whoever holds on to me the longest gets a present!”

Speed walk a desired distance.

Make sure not to hurt anyone.

Gym Equivalent: ankle weights The Shelf Climb- Simply scale a 20foot shelf to get the last robot toy your younger sibling inexplicably needs.

Gym equivalent: V2 climb The Cart Push- Push home a cart full of gifts (accidentally stealing the cart) because none of this fits in your car. Then push it back to the store to return it.

Gym equivalent: padded sled with 90 lbs.

Here is your fellow Lambkin, junior Melanie Jensen, working out on Black Friday.

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Protein essential to muscular recovery, health Adelaide Tomsic Perspectives Editor After exercising, it is important to replenish glycogen lost by eating carbohydrates. Protein is also a beneficial thing to include in a recovery snack.

According to the Harvard school of public health, protein is made of amino acids which our bodies use to build and repair tissues. Some amino acids called essential amino acids come only from food, and people cannot create them in their own bodies.

Strenuous exercise causes tissue damage— which is why many feel sore after playing a sport—meaning protein is especially important to athletes.

“If someone does not get enough protein in their diets, they will have difficulty putting on muscle mass and at the very worst their muscles might atrophy, meaning they will shrink in size,” Thompson Valley School District dietician Carla Banks said.

Nuts contain a large amount of protein to help rebuild tissue, while fruit and oats are both full of carbs to give athletes quick

energy. These no-bake recovery rounds are full of essential protein, and carbohydrates.

NO BAKE ENERGY BITES Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 20 ½ Cup peanut butter ½ Cup honey 2 Cups oatmeal ¼ Cup nuts ¼ Cup dried fruit

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Mix all ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl. Once everything is evenly combined form the mixture into golfball-sized balls, rolling each one in your palm, gradually increasing the amount of pressure. Once the ball feels firm, put it on a baking sheet and lightly press it down to make a disk. Cool the no-bakes in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.

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Flip n’ Rip Diver finds passion, discipline in sport Mackenna Rowe Staff Writer Diving entails endurance, technique, and grace.

When you are a diver, you learn how to compete individually and with your team. To be a diver, you must be a dedicated and disciplined worker.

Junior Morgan McCarthy lights up when she talks about her craft.

McCarthy has been diving for three, going on four, years and takes part in Rocky Mountain Dive Club. Her dedicated team practices five times a week, for two or more hours each day, when diving season comes around.

Just before McCarthy became a diver, she was a gymnast. But her gymnastic days quickly came to an end after she broke both of her elbows.

It didn’t take much thought for McCarthy to decide what to do after her gymnastic days were over.

“Ever since I was little, I would always spend my time diving into pools,” McCarthy said. “It just made sense for me to dive.”

Diving easily began to fill the void left after she had to give up gymnastics. It became her new passion and an important part of her life.

“It was easy for me to switch to diving,” she said. “I guess you can’t get hurt like you can in gymnastics.”

Balancing her diving career with her daily school life has become second nature to McCarthy. During days packed with tests and projects, she can feel the extra pressure that diving adds. McCarthy finds diving to be worth this additional stress.

Dedication, along with passion, keeps McCarthy focused on her diving. But McCarthy’s inspiration doesn’t just come from herself. This ambitious diver can always look up to Chelsea Popplewell, a diving coach McCarthy aspires to be like one day.

Her own coaches, Mercedes Clements and Zach Carnley, not only inspire McCarthy, but they also make it easy for her to enjoy diving.

“I always rely on my coaches,” McCarthy explained. “It’s the fear factor that is the hardest part of walking into a competition. Just keep your mind focused and depend on those on your team.”

McCarthy knows, as any competitor knows, being focused and keeping a clear mind is important.

“When you walk into a competition, you can’t look at all of your competitors and be afraid,” she said. “Depend on your team, and keep your mind focused on diving.”

The RICE method Ice Put an ice pack on the injured area for 20 minutes, four to eight times a day Compression Put even pressure on the injured area Rest Reduce your regular activities Elevation Keep the injured area above the level of your heart

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Fast Facts The earliest recorded major diving competition took place in 1871 off the London Bridge.

When men’s diving became an Olympic sport in 1904, it was called fancy diving.

Springboard planks are made of steel or aluminum.

There are four “groups” of dives, or how a diver approaches a position: forward, backward, reverse, inward, twisting, and Armstand dive.

To reduce surface tension, a bubble machine is sometimes used so that the diver’s entry into the water is If there is a three meter springboard, typical pool depth is four Diving pools are 4m deep if there is a 5m platform or 3m springboard.

The word “rip” comes from the sound that a diver makes when they enter the water without splash.

The “wheel” on springboard structures is called a fulcrum, which controls the amount of spring.

There are four positions in diving that determine the basic shape of the dive: free, pike, straight, and tuck.

Standing on the board, Morgan McCarthy prepares to dive during practice.

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Injury prevention proves crucial to athletes Joseph Vasseur Staff Writer Damaged vertebrae ended Sterling Sharpe’s career. Steve Young suffered several concussions that ended his career. Lindsey Vonn had three injuries in her last four years of skiing that took away months of practice and competition time, devastating her skiing career. Injuries can ruin athletes, but if they prepare their bodies to be physically active, they can take more efficient steps toward prevention. According to active. com, a simple stretch is usually enough, and all FCHS sports teams have prepractice stretch

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sessions set up. Athletes also need to have their physical strength at a decent level to help prevent injuries on the field. “You already need to be kind of strong and in-shape,” head athletic trainer Kim D’Avis said. Athletes in adequate physical condition are less likely to get injured, but it is not a guarantee. But if these exercises don’t work, and the athlete endures an injury deemed serious he or she is advised to immediately talk to D’Avis and seek guidance on how to care for the injury. Normal procedure when coaches see an athlete get an injury on the field is to stay calm and avoid panic. Seeing others panic can disturb the player and make him or her more likely to want to leave practice and see the trainer. “I stay calm,” head football coach Eric Rice said. “Give it a few moments before you say ‘Oh my God, are you OK?’” Seasonending injuries are real, and quite a few happen to FCHS athletes. Sophomore runner Anna Calderon had her whole cross country season affected this year because of reoccurring bursitis, painful inflammation, in her hip. “I was definitely very frustrated because I had goals that I really wanted to reach over the season that I then couldn’t because of a simple over-training mistake,” Calderon said. “I was very disappointed in how I was injured for such a long time despite all of the time off I took.” When an injury is contracted on the field, it is recommended that athletes make the decision to head to the trainer or not themselves. “No one,” Rice said, “knows your body better than you.”

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FCHS Pitcher commits to UPenn Brooke Pippin Staff Writer Senior Ciana Curran’s dream is being realized. Next year, she will be studying on the East coast at an Ivy League school to become a surgeon. It is her dedication and motivation toward softball that has gotten her here.

“I started when I was six or seven, playing t-ball with my dad,” Curran said. “When I was 10 or 11 I started playing competitively. I’ve played since then.”

Since then, she hasn’t been playing leisurely. She devotes time and effort to softball, but of course keeps academics as a priority. She has never let softball impact her schoolwork. Curran says she coordinates all her projects and homework to be done before she starts practice. She works out three times a week, and during the season she pitches five to seven days a week. Pitching typically lasts an hour to an hour and a half.

“It’s a lot of energy and a lot of effort, pretty much all the time,” Curran said.

She used to want to play other sports, like soccer and basketball, and branch out, yet it turned out softball was the best fit. And it has paid off. Not only did Curran get accepted into an Ivy League school, but one sought her out. She was recruited to the University of Pennsylvania, a highly prestigious school with an admission rate of only 9.4 percent.

“About this time last year I was at a softball tournament in Florida and they were there. Then they started contacting me multiple times a week. I had emailed them but it never occurred to me they were interested in me,” Curran said.

Though softball and the medical field may not seem related, Curran sees a crucial connection.

A certain burden is placed u p o n someone in both situations. “ P i t c h i n g is a very pressured sport and everyone is always watching you,” she explained. “If you l o s e , you get blamed. It solidified my dream of becoming a surgeon because it’s kind of the same position.”

Curran views Penn as a clear path to her goal. Multiple surgeons she interned with recommended getting a business background.

She is attracted to the business school’s health management program so she can get her medical pre-requisites with a focus on business classes.

However, what she looks forward to most is being able to compete with both Ivies and non-Ivies.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun to play against people who are at the same level as me both academically and athletically,” Curran said.

Curran has goals set up to keep her motivated and looking toward the future. She wants to be an AllIvy and possibly a Rhodes Scholar in the future. The All-Ivy is an award for a select number of students who attend an Ivy League school and the Rhodes scholar is an award that provides the opportunity for a student to study at Oxford University.

All of these accomplishments have come from her dedication to school and passion for softball.

Curran said, “It’s made me who I am.”

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Tom Cruise is checking his watch on a beach volleyball court. He is without a shirt, but not without pants. His torso is well-oiled, both with sweat and his cocoa butter of choice, and his jeans are gathering enough sand to open a beach resort. He is leaping and landing, rising and falling, setting and spiking, winning and two-hand high-fiving in inventive fashion. He is checking his watch again, walking off the beach. He ignores the pleadings of his wingman to keep playing—he has somewhere else to be, somewhere more important than that beach. Tom Cruise is Maverick, the most pristine form of Tom Cruise ever displayed to human eyes— the prototype from before Tom Cruise was Tom Cruise.

Before Tom Cruise was Tom Cruise, Tom Cruise was Stefen Djordjevic in All the Right Moves, which is a fancy way of saying Tom Cruise was nobody because All the Right Moves is not good. All the Right Moves is the equivalent of turning a mediocre TV show into an indie movie that critics call “ambitious.”

Cruise plays an undersized high school cornerback with the intention of using football to get a college scholarship and escape a gross Pennsylvania mill town. But his coach kicks him off the team and blackballs him with recruiters, so he’s going to become a lifelong loser if his girlfriend can’t save him from himself.

The movie peaks with an extended football game consisting of a thrilling goal-line stand, horrendous coaching, and a game-ending fumble

in the endzone—oh yeah, and it takes place during a monsoon. After the game, the coach berates the perpetrator of the fumble (“Come on, give it a good cry! You choked! You quit!”). Then Djordjevic quickly stands up for his teammate with a Cruisetastic outburst: “We didn’t quit! You quit!” Goodness gracious, great balls of fire.

As great as that scene is, it’s not Cruise at his best. I’m sorry Stef, but I’m quitting on you.

I’m not quitting on Vincent Lauria, though.

Cruise is in his element in Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money. He’s a shark, the apex predator in an immense green ocean of felt containing eight unsuspecting fish. He swims along the table’s mahogany rails to line up his shots, sinking ball after ball after ball. He feeds off the applause of the bar, transforming

into a samurai twirling his lethal cue, and then a werewolf, howling at the moon of his own greatness.

It’d be irresponsible of me if I failed to mention Cruise’s hair in 1986. It’s perfect. It’s like if Maverick cared about his hair the same way he cared about jets and volleyball. It’s its own character. It’s the Tom Cruise of hair. It’s the fourth-best character in the movie, behind Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio who plays Cruise’s girlfriend, and Paul Newman’s Oscar-winning performance as “Fast” Eddie Felson.

Vincent’s billiards skill invites the disdain of Felson, who sees money in his potential. It’s a predictable narrative, and it ruins the movie. You expect a Scorsese movie to have more twists and character development, and not just tell a clichéd story for two hours straight.

It’s a bad script that not even Scorsese or Cruise could liberate. But Cruise was able to free a goldfish, and himself, from a talent agency aquarium, in Cameron Crowe’s Best Picture nominee Jerry Maguire.

C r u i s e ’ s performance is the most iconic postMaverick performance of his career. He’s never been more quotable since. Crowe (back when he was good) showed Cruise the money and Cruise couldn’t resist.

Maguire secedes from the talent agency to start his own, with only one client (Cuba Gooding Jr. as Cardinals’ receiver Rod Tidwell) and one coworker (Renee Zellweger in her breakout role) and her nerdy kid.

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Butting Heads Flipped classroom style potentially problematic Tate Thurgood Staff Writer Every student in high school likely dreams of changing the school system—starting classes later, getting rid of homework, and customizing it to student abilities rather than conforming norms.

One of these proposed changes is the flipped classroom, where lecturing is done primarily at home through videos, and class time is used for handson activities. It’s a nice idea on paper, but when applied it turns out to be just another flawed schooling option.

Surprisingly, teachers are the first to suffer from this flipped setup. “An effective flip requires careful preparation,” wrote Educause, a nonprofit membership created to support those who use information technology in education. The extensive time used to plan, record, and carry out lectures puts a heavy strain on teachers who already have more than enough to deal with.

Teachers also struggle to connect to their students when they must teach to a camera instead of a class.

Whereas teachers in more traditional settings can adjust lessons and strategies based on gauging student comprehension, flipped classrooms leave teachers in the dark about the effectiveness of their videos.

Flipped classrooms can create a divide between students of different strengths and backgrounds as well. The lectures in these situations are all online, and not only does internet access fluctuate, but some students have limited to no access to the internet; this immediately alienates them from the rest of the class.

Directly related to that concept is an issue traditional classrooms already face: student motivation.

In a flipped setting, a heavy amount of core learning is done by students, and if they lack the motivation to watch lectures at home, the whole system is null.

“It’s a struggle to get my students to complete and hand in even relatively simple homework assignments,” said Anne Wujcik, a senior education research analyst with MDR. “The idea that they’re going to spend time watching a video lecture is a stretch.”

I get it, the current school system is in dire need of repair; but throwing in a plan as debatable and fragile as the flipped classroom i s not much of a repair job.

•Teachers required to put in more work to create and plan videos •Creating connections and getting feedback is harder when not face-to-face •Access to internet materials varies

Flipped classrooms improve student learning Molly Lubbers Sports Editor I stared at a blank piece of paper, my mind reeling from my homework.

I tried to remember what was in the lecture that morning, pondering bringing in a tape recorder next time so I could play back my teacher’s lesson. But I knew that couldn’t work since I’d miss the visuals. I was stuck.

A flipped classroom, in which students watch lectures outside of class, and do other activities, including homework, in class, allows students to rewind at home and review in class. Because the benefits exceed expectations, more teachers need to adopt the method.

Social studies teacher Bradley Bass said students get base knowledge at home so he can use class time for impactful activities.

“Every time we talk about something to do in the classroom, it’s the second or third time they’re using that information,” he said. “They’re already applying it when they’re in the classroom, so I’m instantly able to answer questions about misunderstandings.”

According to senior Reina Lozano, she enjoys the

approach because Bass doesn’t just distribute worksheets and read from the book. It also allows more group work, strengthening learning, as students can use each other for resources, as well as receive teacher help.

Students are also encouraged to care about their homework.

“From my college experience, especially with history, a lot of my learning was self-directed,” Bass said. “It’s just how it functions, so I think it helps them to prepare to understand that on a college level homework matters. Taking charge of your own education matters.”

Bass has noticed a payoff in the gradebook.

“What I have seen an improvement in is on-time work,” he said. “I have a lot less missing assignments. I would say last year maybe 5060 percent of my students did the homework and now this year we’re at 75-85 percent,” Not only does it improve learning, but students enjoy it because they learn better.

According to professors Dr. Natasa S. Vidic and Dr. Renee M. Clark, in flipped courses at the University of Pittsburgh, 61 percent of students preferred the flipped learning style between 2013 and 2014.

•Students never hear about a concept they haven’t learned before class, and instead time is spent reviewing and answering questions.

•Activities beyond just lecture and bookwork that engage more are used during class.

•Student attitude and grades improve, as well as the number of assignments completed.

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New high school develops student friendly curriculum

Walker Discoe A&E Editor On average, American high school students spend 3.11 hours on homework each night, and sleep for 6.80 hours a night, according to Pew Research Center.

Normally, this would be a healthy amount of academic intensity – after all our primary concern should be school and the acquisition of knowledge – but the problem arises when we look at the content of the work assigned.

We’ve all experienced assignments that feel boring or unfulfilling, and even the best students among us aren’t excluded from them.

“A lot of the time, I find that the work I do is uninteresting,” aspiring valedictorian, junior Joe DeCicco said. “It seems a little useless, like it’s designed to just take up my time.”

Compass High School hopes to rectify the disconnect between education in high school and the disinteresting nature of high school education. Russ Brown, an economics teacher at Poudre High School and a founding Compass team member, sees Compass as taking the first steps in a new era of education.

“The school system, as envisioned right now, was developed in the early 20th century,” Brown said. “We’re now into the second decade, we’re approaching the third decade; we need to be doing something different.”

Modern students want information that’s meaningful to us. We don’t care so much about the Greeks and Romans as we do about things that we believe to be relevant to our lives. Too often it seems as if we go to school only because of the consequences of not going, and more than once we’ve all for sat through a class just the attendance points.

One of Compass’s mission statements is “Imagine a high school driven by student passion.” As education has been presented to us as an unmovable monolith of tradition, rigor, and strict, unbendable rules, Compass seems like a shining beacon of hope in a dark wood of complacency.

“You can’t fake it to make it. You’re going to have to make it,” Brown said. “Because you’re going to be in the real world, because of our community-based model.”

The Compass founders also believe they will be “nurturing the development of intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, creativity, and curiosity in our students and their families,” which if you read closely is a big step in public education, specifically “emotional intelligence.”Whenitcomestorelationships,stress,ormental instabilities, most high schools deal with the after effects.

Compass High School could work. It’s well thought out, and it’s based on a solid theoretical framework. Although it’s stillintheearlystagesofdevelopment,inthecomingdecades wecouldseeaphasingoutoftraditionaleducationsystemsto makeroomforthenew,pioneeringschoolsofthefuture.

Surveys inaccurate, disrupt learning

Brooke Pippin Staff Writer Students are sometimes sent emails with links to surveys asking for students to rate classes, teachers, and schools. Though these surveys originally have good intent, the effectiveness is questionable due to the way students handle it.

According to the email sent out about the most recent surveys, they are meant for teachers to better understand student experiences. However, these surveys don’t seem to stimulate improvement and in general seem to be a waste of time.

For example, the November survey asked students to review teachers. Each student was assigned two teachers they have this semester. They were asked questions about the teacher’s style and techniques, like whether the teacher corrected mistakes made and respected students’ backgrounds. Only four answer options were presented: strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree.

On paper, it seems like an efficient way to gain information and feedback about staff, but the technique is flawed. It quickly became about whether

the student enjoyed the teachers themselves rather than evaluating the productiveness of the teaching style. They would check either strongly agree or strongly disagree for every question and often barely read through them. I saw very little fair, balanced thinking, and instead witnessed many black and white ideas. I watched a girl speed through, checking all positive answers because the teacher was “a homie.”

Another student seemed to look at the survey as a way of revenge. He gave her the worst possible scores and commentary, citing a bad experience with an assignment as a reason for his harsh feedback.

This invalidates all the data and it becomes a waste of class time. Students can’t be expected to take the surveys seriously in the middle of class, only taking away from instruction.

The results are often contradicting because it’s based on the students’ personal experience. The teachers are rarely looked at objectively.

“I don’t think they are effective.

I just don’t think there’s a good way to implement the results,” sophomore Holly Faust said.

It isn’t just one survey either; each one seems to follow this pattern. These surveys should be open to students who have the time and initiative to take a survey rather than making students miss work which will likely become homework later.

The surveys are a waste of time unless you get serious, objective students, which can’t be done by sending multiple emails and distracting from

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LUNCH TIME Length of common lunch insufficent; students pressured

Seraphina Discoe Staff Writer

waiti n g Complaints about lunch being too in line, short and the line being too long can congetting stantly be heard throughout the hallways. to the place On Wednesdays and Thursdays, common you want to lunch occurs and is 10 minutes shorter than eat, and eating fourth or fifth period lunch on other days with hundreds of stuof the week, which truly doesn’t make any Common lunch dents around you, lunch sense. During common lunch we have becomes time-consuming. at least twice the number of students “After getting lunch in the cafeteis roaming the halls, going into McDonria and coming to meet my friends in the athminutes shorter than ald’s or Sonic, and eating in the cafletic hall, I only have about 10 minutes to sit down and have a fourth or fifth period eteria. When I timed a friend in the good time with my friends,” sophomore Taylor Anthony said. line with a stopwatch, it took about lunch, People scramble to eat in that short amount twice as long, and it often makes people of time, and it would be much easier if comyet the lunch late to class and limits their time to eat. mon lunch were longer than it already is. line takes nearly The common lunch line takes about 13 to A suggestion would be for school to extend by 16 minutes on block days, while it takes only 8 10 minutes. Because we start earlier anyway, it as long... minutes and 34 seconds in the fourth period line. would even out time spent being at school. The exThe hallways are always crowded with students, and it takes much tra 10 minutes would give students enough time to longer to walk up the stairs or go through the gerbil tubes. Upperget to lockers, enjoy a lunch, and get to class on time. classmen often drive off campus to eat lunch to avoid the school halls.

If this solution is possible, there would be “Freshmen have been pushed up and down the stairs so people much less stress on students to hurry during can get to their class on time,” freshman Sammie Gordon said. “So break. Teachers could also benefit from this change. now I just leave ten minutes before the bell so I don’t get run over.”

If common lunch were longer, teachers would be able to reMany students who go off campus for lunch don’t even bother on block lax during the lunch break. Would allow teachers to eat, grade days because they know they won’t make it back to school on time. Mcpapers, and check Facebook during lunch. Teachers would Students and Donald’s becomes overcrowded, and students have to sprint to make have to spend a lot of their own time working at home staff would bennefit it to classes. Sonic also struggles with keeping up with all the orders. versus if it could be worked on during common lunch.

“When the students come into Sonic, I kind of get a litWe would benefit if common lunch were extle wave of panic because I know that it will be a lot of troutended, even if by just 10 minutes. Students would no greatly from a ble to keep up,” Sonic employee McKenzie Smith said. longer be late to class and would be able to eat a minute extension of Relaxation is a big part of what students look forward to when lunch. Teachers would have a bit more relaxing time or common lunch. going to lunch. That doesn’t happen during common lunch. Between get a little work done.

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If common lunch were longer, how would you spend the time?

Zoe Cirill Freshman

“I might go off campus for lunch or get some of my homework done.”

Jaden Scott Sophomore

“I would talk with friends and spend more time relaxing. Right now we hardly have time to eat.”

Alexander Tallman

Conor Babcock

“I would talk to teachers, get homework done or play a game or read a book if I don’t have anything else to do.”

“I would go out to eat because I would have more time to do that.”

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Teaching through the senses Learning styles should be considered by teachers

Roland Tomsic Staff Writer You’re sitting in class, bored to the point of drowsiness, not absorbing any of the information being given. This is probably because your teacher isn’t teaching to the style best suited to you.

Teachers who only lecture teach just 30 percent of the class effectively. Lake Superior State University found that65percentofpeoplearevisuallearners,30percent are auditory, and 5 percent are tactile. Students are in school to learn, and sometimes they can’t do that as well because of a teacher’s teaching style.

History teacher Jason Powell is a visual learner.

In the beginning of his teaching career, he would teach only by lecture, but as he has taught longer his approach has adapted to more learning preferences. He focuses on using group activities, lectures, and games, incorporating all styles of learning into his lessons.

“At the beginning of my teaching career— my short teaching career—I was lecturing a lot and I wasn’t doing as much collaboration amongst students,” Powell said. “And now, I like to mix it up and do collaboration and lecture and I like to do a lot of different activities.”

He recommends that if a student is having a hard time learning based on a teacher’s style, the student go and talk to the teacher and figure out what would help them learn.

Freshman Kennedy Polovich is in classes where the style of teaching being used doesn’t allow her to learn. She is a tactile learner, but when teachers don’t present hands-on projects, it is hard for her to learn.

One common tactic among teachers is handing out note sheets, but because Polovich is a tactile learner, note sheets don’t help her comprehend what she learning. She would rather take her own notes freehand.

“It does take up a lot of class time to take down but I think it helps you remember it,” Polovich Polovich hasn’t talked to her teachers yet because she is too frightened to confront others by herself.

If students need to talk to a teacher, they shouldn’t be afraid. Staff members are here to help us learn. If their style of communicating doesn’t help students comprehend material, they should change it. No matter how a teacher instructs the class, there is always an alternative way of teaching.

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Main field lighting would promote safety, participation To an aspiring freshman or junior varsity football player, playing time means everything, and without lights on their field players are deprived of that time. But freshman and JV football games are often stopped early near the end of the year due to lack of daylight.

The FCHS main field should be properly lit so the student athletes who work hard to improve their skills have the same opportunity to be successful as the varsity players.

Sure, having lights on the varsity field might be more important than having them on the JV and freshmen field, but the JV and freshmen are the next varsity players. It is unfair that varsity has the opportunity to finish a close game, and the lower-level teams don’t have the same chance.

This lack of lighting on the main field doesn’t

just affect football games. It can also affect practice time for all levels of the sport.

As the days get shorter and we crawl deeper into winter, the program must go back into school, cutting field time short for players.

Absence of lighting can also be a safety issue.

Another issue is the pathway behind the main field. This path is commonly used, and lights would improve visibility there even more, increasing safety for everyone using it after dusk.

Lights on the field might also decrease bike theft on the athletic hall bike rack, as thieves are less likely to steal bikes when they are in a well-lit area, according to betterbybicycle.com.

The lights on the freshman field don’t need to be as expensive or as big as those of French Field, but enough to be safe and provide players with sufficient light to finish the game and practice as long as they need to in order to get better. Freshmen are the future of football, and they deserve the opportunity to play and practice as much as they need so they can represent FCHS at the highest level.

STAFF ED. Games generally go late, and if trash or food is left in the stands then it will not be visible, increasing the likelihood of tripping. Darkness also makes it easier for mischievous teens to mess around and give people trouble at the game.

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Over-use of technology negatively influences daily life

Grace Hach Cartoonist It’s late on a Wednesday, and I’m drinking coffee, preparing for the night ahead. I have a fair amount of homework due in the morning, and I think I may be facing an all-night session. I need desperately to work as quickly and efficiently as possible, but between my laptop and me sits a massive creative block, a startling lack of motivation, and my worst enemy on a night like this: my phone.

It’s a scene steeped in familiarity for any high schooler or young adult who takes on a challenging workload, and it’s clear how technology changes the way we work, relax, and engage in nearly everything else, but the ways in which we adapt, and use this incredible force to our advantage, may allude even the best of us.

The very use of the umbrella term “Technology” can be misleading; when new products develop and programs split into smaller and smaller interest groups to suit every individual niche and desire, classifying such a nebulous concept will always lead to oversimplification. From Neurowear headphones that track brainwave patterns to contact lenses that track the very movement of the wearer’s eyes with an electromagnetic field, patented

by Google, the digital world is getting exponentially more complex, and subsequently harder to detach from.

This calls into question many boundaries that used to be considered absolute, but have since become less distinct. This makes it increasingly difficult to turn focus on and off in the ways a modern worker often needs to. The difficulty lies not just in the potential for distraction, but the quantity of tasks being juggled at once. When a laptop is a movie theater, a library, a music player, an arcade, but also the designated workspace, forming the boundary between work and free time can seem like a Sisyphean task.

This is further intensified by the influx of homework being assigned in high schools, or for adults, the new-found to ability

freelance, or work from home. When work weighs on us, it’s hard to fully relax, and vice versa; when it’s time to work, the temptation to slack off is a click away. Powerful associations are made between certain objects or places and certain mindsets (for example, the office or classroom and work, or the home and being left to spend time on personal interest and hobbies). Deeply-ingrained mental shortcuts are undeniably helpful to get into gear for a certain task,

either to be productive or to leave productivity behind.

The problem occurs when these associations are made, but the boundaries that preceded them disintegrate.

Now that technology is so omnipresent and addictive, it’s difficult to take a break and focus on a single job.

In a study done by research psychologist Larry Rosen, the average 25-five-year-old graduate student unlocks their phone around sixty times a day, adding up to a full four hours of use, on just a single device.

This doesn’t even account for work done on a laptop or entertainment from a tablet or TV screen.

“The bottom line is that technology, like any tool, can be useful until it is overused,” Rosen wrote in an article for Psychology Today.

Prolific overuse is even more evident in the common practice of sleeping next to one’s phone. It has been proven repeatedly by multiple studies that this disturbs sleep and is overall harmful and contributes to fatigue, loss or excessive appetite resulting in weight fluctuation, or even depression or anxiety associated with lack of sleep, as reported by CNN. Adolescents in this critical stage of development need an average of nine-and-a-half hours of sleep, though this is regularly achieved by only 15 percent of the demographic. Healthy biological sleep patterns are indisputably necessary to mental and physical wellbeing.

Factorsoutsideoftechnologycanmakethisachallenge,such as early start times in schools, and the potential need to work a job or even multiple jobs to pay tuition or support others.

Many of these factors are out of the control of most people,butothers,suchasdesignatingaworkspace,keeping technology away from sleep altogether and setting aside time to relax, technology free, no matter how insignificant it may seem are vital to staying balanced and healthy.

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If you could eat one Thanksgiving food for a year, what would it be?

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“I would probably have tamales because they are really good.”

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“Pumpkin pie because I am a vegetarian.”

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“Mashed potatoes because they are so good.”

“Pumpkin pie because it is my favorite.”

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“Sushi. My family doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving.”

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“Pie because it comes with so much protein.”

“The rolls that my aunt makes every year. They’re the best.”

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