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SAFETY FIRST

A revisiting of policies at home and at large

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student poll Should the ICCSD post an armed guard in each school?

NO: 76%

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By Cassie Wassink

Yet, while the Newtown shooting has lent momentum to an often dormant issue, conOn December 14th, twenty first grad- cerns about restricting gun privileges remain ers and six educators were tragically killed in strong. At City High, for example, Tristan Wya mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary lie ‘16 worries that inability to purchase guns School in Newtown, Connecticut. In response, would lead to greater vulnerability.

“If we were to get attacked, how would we the national debate over federal weapons regudefend ourselves?” he asked. lation has been reinvigorated, as well as local Others feel that if the government is aldetermination to revisit school safety possibililowed to place stipulations on gun purchasing, ties; City High is no exception.

Hall monitor Chip Hardesty speculated on these restrictions will steadily increase until this incident’s ability to garner such a dramatic there is no freedom.

“The only problem anybody would have response. with limiting clips is “The victims are so concenthat if they take one trated and so young, which is probthing away, it’s my ably what got everyone’s attention,” opinion that they’ll Hardesty said. “I just think it was keep taking away sort of the dramatic innocence of more and more,” that fact that these were elementaNick Freerks ‘16 said. ry kids who on a nice fall day were Freerks cited a in school. There was something situation in Britain, about that that obviously captured when handguns were people’s attention.” outlawed.

Within days of the New“The crime rate town shooting, President Obama went up,” he argued. had appointed Vice President Joe “The criminals will Biden to develop a response and always get guns, but head up the Gun Violence Task if they know we don’t Force. Biden has since engaged in conversation with law enforcement -Principal Bacon have guns, we will get robbed more.” officials from around the country, It is these and as well as the attorney general, education secretary, homeland security secre- similar arguments that have kept gun regulatary and health and human services secretary. tions from advancing since time immemorial, On Wednesday, January 30, a Senate Judiciary starting with the passage of the 2nd amendCommittee hearing was held, opening with an ment in 1791. Many advocates of gun freedom address by former congresswoman Gabrielle cite the 2nd amendment and its statements alGiffords, herself the victim of a shooting. Dur- lowing citizens the right to bear arms.

Despite these and other pro-gun arguing the hearing, multiple parties and multiple mindsets gathered, including witness Wayne ments, Hardesty is confident that a comproLaPierre, from the National Rifle Association, mise of some sort will be reached in Congress who was questioned by staunch gun-control in order to pass legislation.

“I think he [Obama] has to convince peoadvocate Sen. Dianne Feinstein. ple in the Congress that they are politically vulThroughout all of these conversations, the most prominent threads taking shape are nerable if they don’t support this kind of stuff,” proposals to redefine and restrict purchase of Hardesty said. “And that may be harder to do assault rifles, restrict the amount of rounds in some cases, but I think it’s possible. The naper clip, and perform mandatory background tional polls all suggest that the overwhelming majority of voters support these kinds of rechecks on weapon purchasers. strictions in some form or other.”

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It's unfortunate that it takes a tragic, major occurence to prompt schools to really pick this topic up again.

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S As the national debate rages on, schools OT N nationwide have looked inward, newly prompted to address their own safety policies to ensure YES: 10% the safety of their students. No exception, City High Principal John Bacon has taken several measures to heighten City High’s security.

Bacon acknowledged that the Newtown Should gun control be incident shed light on some slipping in City High’s adherence to safety regulations. restricted based on number “I think it’s unfortunate that sometimes it of rounds per clip (ammunitakes a tragic, major occurrence such as that to be that catalyst, to prompt schools to really pick tion), assault weapon status, this topic up again and examine what we do,” and background checks?

Bacon said. “And I’m just going to confess that that’s probably the case here. It’s easy to get a little complacent perhaps.”

In light of this prompting, Bacon has NO: 15% sought to reinforce the practice of keeping City High’s multiple entrances locked after the start YES: 85% of the school day. According to Bacon, this has always been a district-wide mandate, but has not been lived out consistently in practice.

If yes, which one?

“That’s not a change in policy,” Bacon clarified. “But I think some steps that we put ALL 58% in place to make sure that it happens every morning and that we check and double check to make sure that doors aren’t being propped NUMBER OF ROUNDS PER CLIP: 3% open for convenience and things like that, that’s something that we’re really working hard to do.”

BACKGROUND CHECK 29% Beyond this revamping, Bacon has hired an additional hall monitor, to achieve a desired four monitors. Recently, Bacon has worked ASSAULT WEAPON 17% with these monitors to ensure supervisory coverage “as widely spread out through the building as possible.” Part of this “re-zoning” has included a push to always have a monitor Do you feel in the “stretch between the men’s bathroom on safe with the first floor and the women’s bathroom on the first floor... the main foyer being the focal point City High’s of that.” safety With the rest of the doors locked, the goal YES 74% policies? is that the designated hall monitor would be aware of anyone entering the building, and able to direct any visitors or strangers to the Office.

SOMEWHAT 21% “Certainly in a worst-case, crisis-type scenario, that’s not going to solve all our problems,” Bacon acknowledged. “But I think having NO 5% someone there at the front entrance, greeting people that come in the building, monitoring *continued on page A4

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7,782 miles A story in photos about junior Lexine Schumm’s semester abroad studying and traveling in India. {story on pg. 7}

Schumm attended an international boarding school, went on a trek through the Himalayas, saw the Dalai Lama speak, and celebrated Devali in one semester.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Section A

The Little Hawk Feature Magazine

5 NEWS: WHAT IN THE WORLD?!

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NEWS: BALLROOM DANCING CLASSES

LIVING THE SINGLE LIFE

By Daniela Perret

By Lily Howard

City High hosts ballroom dancing classes in commons.

By Renata Stewart

The Little Hawk takes a fresh perspective on this month’s world news.

NEWS: LATINO POPULATION GROWTH

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In-Depth News

VALENTINE’S DAY: SHOUT-OUTS

A new ELL program, growth of the Latino population in the ICCSD, and a profile.

By Daniela Perret Check out student’s love shoutouts in the annual tradition!

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As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, City High students reflect on their solo status and weigh the pros and cons of being single.

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A&E: CITY CIRCLE’S URINETOWN

ON THE COVER: THE LOVE ISSUE A loved-themed issue to celebrate the Valentine’s Day season. re Hawk Featu The Little

ine Magaz ry 08, 2013 Februa

By Christina Sullivan Community theatre presents Urinetown in early February.

Section B

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SPORTS: GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

SPORTS: MENS’ HOCKEY

By Ryan Young The girls’ basketball team wins the MVC championship and heads to state.

By Olivia Hamilton & Mickey Hansche The Bailey Brothers bring competitive hockey to CHS

PLAYERS & CHEATERS

By Nat Alder Students share their experiences being cheated on, how they dealt with it, and what they learned from the heartbreak.

From your designers...

Emma Gier, Jason Arnold & Nora Holman Well, this must be weird to see. Usually there would be a letter from Renata and Cassie filling this space, probably written about “The Future of Journalism” or “The Evolution of Print News”.

This issue, they decided to take a break and let us designers write a letter. This is our chance to shed light on our often unnoticed task of laying out pages, placing stories and photographs, and dealing with the eclectic Little Hawk staff. Since we don’t

usually write, bear with us.

As we’ve come to learn, design is more than just laying out pictures and making pretty infographics to display data. Good design tells a story. It properly represents what’s written, enhancing the page for the reader. When we wrote about cancer, we highlighted City High students and teachers who had been impacted by cancer. We used a simple design, demonstrating the far-reaching effects of cancer by filling a page with faces and words: “mother”, “brother”, “teacher”. Looking at the page, readers could instantly tell that cancer had penetrated the City High family and left its mark. It both prepared them for the story that would follow, and contributed to that story with additional information.

While most readers don’t notice good design, they know when they see BAD design. When The Little Hawk underwent major changes a few years ago, the first thing we updated was the design.

When we first started here, design was an individual project. Writers designed pages according to their own tastes, throwing in various fonts--Comic Sans here, some Papyrus there--and adding splash-

es of color as their artistic sense compelled them.

As we started to take our paper more seriously, we talked about what it meant to have a good design.

Mostly, it was the talking that helped. We began to form our own Little Hawk style which was unique to our paper, but consistent throughout the whole paper. This development marked a huge milestone for the journey of The Little Hawk design team.

And not only this, but it affected every aspect of the paper. Once we developed a consistent style, there was a noticeable improvement in the overall paper. Reporters and photographers saw the clean, professional pages as a challenge: the photos and the writing got better - and readers noticed.

When we look at our paper now, it is hard to remember our humble beginnings. But a couple years ago, we were floundering, unaware of the many tools at our fingertips, through Indesign.

Now, we have a “styles list” on the wall, and we design the pages of a nationally recognized newspaper. We can no longer depend on other papers for ideas, because we mark the forefront of current design. Through our journey, we have discovered

that being a good designer doesn’t require years of training or classes. None of us had ever been “properly trained”. To be honest, we had no idea what we were doing at the start. What we did learn is that everything changed when we came together.

We evolved from a group of solo designers muddling their way through a paper to a cohesive team, bouncing ideas off of one another, learning to offer critique and putting aside our own pride to receive those critiques, and working with the writers and photographers to create a design that perfectly meshes and augments the text. It’s been a wild ride filled with late nights, heated conversations and controversial decisions, as we attempt to offer cutting-edge design, while retaining a classic feel of simplicity and a clean page. But, since setting out those years ago, we have never looked back.

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Students examine Diversity Policy The ICCSD’s Board of Education had it’s third and final reading of their controversial Diversity Policy on Tuesday, February 5. This comes after much debate over whether or not the policy was the best step for the ICCSD to take.

By Jacob Potash & Ellen Carman On Tuesday, the ICCSD school board voted on their controversial diversity policy during their third and final “reading” of the proposal. A week ago, the fate of the policy seemed to hang in the balance when the Iowa Department of Education sent the board a letter expressing concerns about the legality of using Free-and-ReducedLunch status as a metric for poverty.

The letter turned out to not have any bearing on the language of the policy itself, but questions remain about what a diverse district should look like.

Both sides recognize a disparity between levels of poverty in school populations throughout the district, with schools ranging from 6% to 79% of the students on the Free-and-Reduced Lunch program. This means that a classroom of twenty might have only one disadvantaged student while another could have fifteen or sixteen.

“Children who are living in poverty have special challenges that have to be met and overcome for them to succeed in an educational environment,” Sally Hoelscher, a board member in favor of the policy, said. “What we would like to do is have it so that no teacher has eighty percent of her class dealing with those challenges because before the teacher can even teach, she has to do a lot of addressing those things.”

The policy sets certain percentage point levels between which schools’ rates would have to fall, in order to maintain relative equality between schools in the district. The proposal went to a vote in the district on Tuesday, February 5, was expected at the

Do students learn better in a school with a wide range of income levels?

WEST HIGH: YES: 22 % NO: 78 %

CITY HIGH: YES: 72 % NO: 28 %

Should we move students from West to City in order to increase economic diversity?

WEST HIGH: YES: 7 % NO: 93 %

CITY HIGH: YES: 60 % NO: 40 % *112 people polled

time of writing to pass 4-3, as it had in its first two readings, where community input was solicited and board members cast preliminary votes.

The policy faced fierce opposition for months, with critics claiming its implementation would disrupt neighborhood schools, bus students across the city inefficiently, and even have a negative impact on high-income students. They also expressed concern about the board’s lack of a vision for its implementation.

“They know what they want to fix, but they haven’t mapped out a clear way of how they’re going to, and I think that should be the first priority before anything is passed,” Kate Anstreicher, a junior at West High, said.

Hoelscher stressed the fact that increased economic diversity is good for all students, and that the details of the policy’s implementation are not the board’s first priority.

“The implementation of that policy

is up to the administration and the superintendent,” Hoelscher said. “So while the board certainly will have input on the implementation, the administration will ultimately make the decision.”

Students and teachers weighed in on the debate surrounding diversity in schools and the responsibilities of the board to intervene.

“The people that are against it I think are afraid that the impact of it will be that ‘My rich kid is gonna have to go to City High,’ which is really stupid on their part,” Chip Hardesty, a coach and monitor at City High, said, “because we’re as good, if not better, than West, and they’re just operating from a lack of information.”

Anstreicher characterized West High students as hostile to the proposed changes.

“Most students are very opposed to the policy. I think they mostly are because they are afraid of having to go

to City, which is kind of dumb,” Anstreicher said.

As for complaints about longer driving times, some City High students had little patience.

“I drove a half hour every day for a year to get to school. It’s really not that big of a deal,” Maddie Davenport ‘15 said.

Another common objection to the policy is that its implementation would mandate students being bused to new areas of the city.

“I do not think that busing specific income levels to different schools is a good idea,” Anstreicher said. “I don’t think anyone should be forced to go to a certain school because they’re FRL.” Hoelscher said that the board had made clear to the school administration that they did not favor this strategy for implementing the policy.

“For me,” Hoelscher said, “what I would like to see happen is just that the process continues to move forward.”

Fire destroys home and business

Firefighters try to control a fire at the business of a City High family. Photo courtesy The Gazette.

By Renata Stewart On the evening of January 22nd, the workplace of one City High family, containing the rental home of another, went up in flames. The Longfellow Neighborhood dental lab and apartment unit has belonged to senior Kara Hartley’s family for generations.

“It was such a weird experience watching the place burn down,” Kara said. “We just have so many memories in the lab.”

The fire began when the tenant in

the 3 bedroom apartment in the back of the building (mother of Rina Bryant ‘16) was making french fries on the stove. The grease caught on fire, and she found the kitchen ablaze.

And after about an hour and a half of bright flames and billowing smoke, it was clear that there wasn’t much to salvage. This mistake, however, is acknowledged by both parties as just that, and has not led to hard feelings between the tenants and the Hartleys.

“We don’t have any bitter feelings toward the family whatsoever,” Brian

Hartley, who will inherit the lab in a few years, said. “It really was just an accident.”

The building, on Jackson Ave., was originally a chicken hatchery, and was then converted into a dental lab by Kara’s grandfather. The business was passed on to Kara’s dad, Mike, and in a few years will belong to her older brother Brian.

“The place has such a history that the fire has affected far more than just my immediate family, but all of my mom’s side as well,” Kara said. But she maintains that through the hardship, “everyone is just staying so positive.”

Despite the thorough wreckage, not all was lost. Some of the old equipment did get salvaged.

“The firefighters went inside and saved some of the denture pans,” Mike explained. “Later, they went in with a rope [in order to not get lost in the smoke], in search of my hard drive, which they amazingly could bring out.”

The future of the dental lab is uncertain, but one thing is for sure: work will continue. The basement of the Hartley family home, which was conveniently renovated just a few years back, has been converted into a

temporary lab.

“We have a ton of equipment at our house right now,” Brian said. “Dentists have lent us machines, and families from our church have brought us food.” Looking beyond the temporary, plans are already being made for a more permanent future.

“We are hoping to re-build in the same location,” Brian said. “We’re working with the city on that, because we would love to be able to move back there.”

And with a little bit of humor, and a lot of gratitude, the Hartley family is moving forward as well.

“Watching the fire, we were just so grateful that it wasn’t our home,” Brian said. “It’s mostly inconvenient, not so much devastating. It’s just kind of silly, because it was started with a bunch of french fries!”

Debbie, Kara’s mom and longtime secretary of the dental lab, summed up the recovery process.

“We’ve had a lot of encouragement and support from our dentists, family, neighbors, and friends,” Debbie said.

“Our “can do” attitude, strong faith, and work ethic (and sense of humor) have sustained us in moving forward.”

Mackenzie Cole gets perfect on ACT Cole ‘14 recently achieved a 36 on the ACT, a college entrance exam.

By Will Lubaroff Mackenzie Cole ‘14 is the first and only student this year to score a 36 on the ACT test.

“I’m very excited,” Cole said. “I wasn’t expecting all the attention that came with the score.”

Cole says she wasn’t trying for a perfect score.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Cole said. “I got a 32 the first time, and I was hoping to improve by a few points or so. I certainly wasn’t expecting a 36. I’m completely surprised, I didn’t study all that much. I mostly took a few practice tests, but overall I didn’t do a whole lot.”

Principal John Bacon is pleased with Cole’s score.

“Obviously getting a 36 is very special,” Bacon said. “In my three years as principal, we have only had two students get a 36 in the ACT, including Mackenzie. Approximately 700 out of 1.66 million students who take the ACT every year get a 36, that is less that one tenth of one percent.

Needless to say it is an extraordinary achievement, we even had two local television stations and a local newspaper cover this event.”

Bacon went on to describe the preparation that he feels best promotes success.

“Being a diligent, conscientious student is really the best preparation for this test. In addition, we hold yearly ACT workshops in the fall, there are also numerous practice tests you can take.”

For Cole, this score will help her achieve her future goals.

“This doesn’t really change much,” Cole said. “I plan to major in Biochem in college, and after that get a P.H.D. This will make all of that a whole lot easier.”

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FEBRUARY 08, 2013

Iowa City’s First Baptist Church allows gay marriage

By Will Barker

The Iowa City First Baptist Church recently voted to become the first Baptist church in Iowa City to perform same-sex marriages.

“We just voted to invite and host gay marriages according to the same criteria that we use when hosting any marriage,” Dorothy Winston, head pastor at the First Baptist Church, said.

While the First Baptist Church is now hosting same-sex marriage, the official policy of the national Baptist organization states that “God’s design for sexual intimacy places it within the context of marriage between one man and one woman. Homosexuality is incompatible with Biblical teaching.”

It has been months since the First Baptist Church voted on this and so far there has been no word or resistance from the national congregation.

“We know for sure that our Regional Executive Minister has known about our decision since we made it, and now, of course, most churches would,” Winston said.

The Vineyard Church In Iowa City claims to be an open and accepting community and has a number of

LGBT people attending their church; however, up until now, the church had no policy on same-sex marriage and has not performed any same-sex marriages.

“We don’t have an official policy on gay marriage. We are, in general, not a policy-driven church,” Adey Wassink, Senior Pastor at the Iowa City Vineyard Church, said. “We are definitely a welcoming community-our primary goal is to create a space where anyone can come and encounter God.” However, not every church in Iowa City is moving in the same direction as the First Baptist Church or the Vineyard Church. The Catholic church has always had a strong stance against gay marriage.

“Marriage, we believe, is only possible between persons of the opposite sex,” Rudolf Juarez, a priest at Saint Patrick’s Church in Iowa City, said. “We believe this because of natural law, Scripture and church teaching.”

One of the main problems that Saint Patrick’s has with gay marriage is the idea of redefining marriage and the effect on children brought up by same-sex couples.

“With this new idea, that marriage is based solely on affection, and not on the natural way of bringing

“Safety Policies” cont. page 1

who’s in the building, reminding people to check into the office for a visitor badge and sign in, that’s a good security step that we’ve taken and a slight tweak to the rotation of the hall guys.”

In terms of staff preparation for an incident, Bacon has been in communication with the police department, and has set up a number of training sessions for all City High staff. The conversation began with building principals and progressed from there to district-wide training taking place within individual schools on Martin Luther King day.

At a table-top discussion, teachers were educated on the nation’s latest thoughts on crisis situations, focusing on the idea of teachers taking the initiative to get students to safety.

“In the past, it’s always been very traditional and lockdown,” Bacon explained.

“And now in an active shooter type situation, some of the training is going to be geared towards empowering teachers to assess the situation and make the best decision possible with the goal of getting out.

If teachers think that there’s an opportunity to get kids out, then making that decision and having that direction to go ahead and do that.”

Another small-scale change which was set in motion before the Newtown shooting occurred was to introduce a uniform lock system on all doors in the ICCSD, allowing for a swift lock in case of emergency. The district’s new physical plant director, Dwain Van Emert, conducted a walk-through of every school in the district, and the district is currently in the process of assessing the cost of replacing every door knob and locking system in

the district.

Finally, a discussion will take place at the district level, considering the possibility of positioning an armed guard, a “resource officer position,” at each school in the ICCSD. While Bacon was not prepared to take an official position on the topic, he did say that he was “very glad that the district is taking a look at it.”

Hardesty expressed more reservations.

“There was an armed guard at Columbine and it didn’t do very much,” Hardesty stated. He went on to cite the buzzer system in Connecticut, through which shooter Adam Lanza shot his way. “I think by being careful with locking the doors and by being careful by being in the hallways, we’re probably doing about as much as we can possibly do to be alert to the situation.”

Patterns between these massshootings are apparent, and give rise to uncomfortable questions.

Hardesty, however, finds comfort in the facts.

“It captures everybody’s attention when something like this happens, and rightly so, but there are thousands of schools in the United States, and thousands of hours in each school year, and these things rarely, if ever, happen, really.”

Nonetheless, change is on the way.

“I’m fairly old, and there have been in my lifetime lots of examples of mass shootings, mass meaning more than two, and I don’t know what it takes for people to say enough is enough,” Hardesty explained. “But I can’t remember a time when there’s been more public sympathy for some kind of restriction on gun usage.”

children into the world,” Father Juarez said. “That turns marriage on its head.”

But the First Baptist Church stands firm with their decision.

“We primarily see Jesus as the main interpretive principle of the Bible, and he was for inclusion of pretty much everyone,” Pastor Winston said.

The First Baptist Church is one of the first churches to host gay marriages in Iowa City. Photos by Will Barker

Students raise concern over school’s Twitter harrassment policies After a series of incidents in the past couple of years where students have gotten into trouble due to their tweets, the school administration is clarifying their policy.

By Ellen Carman For many schools, Twitter is uncharted territory. Questions about when and how a school should deal with Twitter are constantly arising. At City High, both students and administrators are asking these questions.

“I think they should set policies, just not to do it in general. If they don’t have any rules about it they can’t really enforce it,” a CHS student who has been punished because of a Twitter related issue said. “If they were to make rules about it then it would be fair. I don’t know. It’s kind of a touchy subject.”

City High’s behavioral policy is that “a student’s behavior should not disrupt the educational process nor constitute a threat to the health or safety of others.” When it comes to Twitter, whether or not a student’s conduct violates this policy can be hard to determine.

“I would be the first to admit that there is subjectivity here,” Principal John Bacon said, “and there is grey here and there is a fine line between when it would be a free speech issue and when it becomes a school issue.”

One student who has been punished involving a Twitter-related issue says that what they post on Twitter should be protected under the first amendment.

“Its freedom of speech,” the student said. “If I said I didn’t like a teacher or a class, my parents wouldn’t be mad at me. I don’t think it should be that big of a deal.”

Contrary to what some CHS students may believe, the school does not monitor students’ Twitter accounts.

“We wait for it to be brought to our attention. We have not made an appeal to the school district for a twitter monitor,” Bacon said. “We do not go out there and proactively search people’s Twitter to find things to incriminate them at all.”

When an issue is called to the attention of the administration, usually a conversation is had with the student’s involved.

“I would say I’ve had conversations with students who are not in trouble.

They might feel like they’re in trouble but they’re not,” Bacon said. “They’re not getting a detention. They’re not getting a suspension. I’m just talking to them because I care about them.”

One CHS student who has been a recipient of one of these conversations confirmed that this is how the issue was dealt with.

“The way that the administration handled it made me feel like I was in trouble and I had done something awful,” a CHS student said. “I think it was just blown way out of proportion.

I don’t think it was really that necessary.”

When and how the school gets involved in these issues can be a complicated decision to make. An administrator has parents and students on both sides of the issue that could potentially get upset if they don’t feel the situation is handled well. Bacon is part of the organization, School Administrators of Iowa, and can call

a legal adviser at anytime in order to get advice on the best way to handle an issue like Twitter harrassment that may not have clear regulations.

“I have been in both positions.

Situations where I have made the decision that we need to get involved and talk to students about the Twitter,” Bacon said, “and other examples where we do not feel that it rises to the level where we feel like we should get involved and that can be a problem on the other end.”

The school takes any issue involving cyber bullying very seriously.

“You need to grow up because that’s wrong. It is cowardly and it is pretty easy to sit behind a computer screen or an iPhone and do something that might really hurt for a cheap laugh,” Bacon said. “You might get a cheap laugh, Your friends think you’re pretty funny for five minutes and you’ve hurt somebody for the rest of their lives.”

This sentiment is agreed upon by both administration and students.

“I think that if it’s threatening and if you are going at them and being vicious and taking everything that they are and just like ripping them apart,” a CHS student said, “that’s not okay because that’s definitely bullying.”

So while the school’s policies may be up for interpretation, Bacon says that there is one thing that is not.

“Mr. Sabers says that you will never regret doing the right thing. You might regret doing the wrong thing,” he said, “but you will never regret doing what is right.”

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She is currently the first woman ever to serve as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. She has held the position since July 5th, 2011, after working as a lawyer in France for years. In 2011, Lagarde was ranked the 8th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine.

Lagarde was born in Paris, France into a family of academics. During a year studying in America, Lagarde worked as an intern at the United States Capitol. She graduated from law school at Paris West University Nanterre La Défense.

In a Guardian interview in May 2012, Lagarde was asked about crisis-stricken Greece-

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Mali, a former French colony, is a West African nation that has often been cited as a democratic model. But in March 2012, soldiers in Bamako, the capital, rose up in a coup, overthrowing the elected government of President Amadou Toumani Touré.

The soldiers were angry over the government’s mishandling of a rebellion in the country’s vast northern desert. But shortly after the coup, the rebels first seized much of the north and then were themselves pushed out

by Islamist extremists. That development raised worries around the world about the creation of a potential safe haven for terrorists. With Mali’s military reluctant to act, France began a military intervention in January 2013. In retaliation, militants in Algeria seized dozens of hostages at an internationally managed gas field, leading to the deaths of at least 37 hostages and 29 kidnappers and raising fears of a potentially much broader North African conflict.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Interact to host Dance for Humanity

City and West High team up to support Habitat for Humanity through dance.

By Oli Peters Once a year the Old Brick is filled with lively rhythms as students dance to live music played by the University of Iowa Latin Jazz Ensemble and the U of I World Beat Ensemble. As they sway along to the festive beats in pairs, students from both West and City High schools unite on this evening to support the Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity.

“The Dance for Humanity is a great event,” Interact President Liliana Coelho ‘13 said. “The music is really hoppin’ and it’s actual dancing which is fun and different. It’s also cool for our volunteer club and West High’s to be able to partner up and help out a worthy cause.”

The Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity helps low-income families into safe, decent and affordable homes. Blanca Apolonio ‘14 currently lives in a home built by volunteers through the non-profit organization.

“I’m extremely grateful for Habitat for Humanity,” Apolonio said. “The house we live in now is way bigger than the one we used to live in.”

All proceeds from the Dance for Humanity go to the organization.

“We have door prizes and free dance lessons from the ‘yummy hips’ guy,” Coelho said. “There’s also a silent auction with a ton of awesome prizes like gift cards to Pancheros and Active Endeavors.”

The event will be held on Sunday, February 17th. The cost is five dollars for students and ten for adults.

“The dance is a ton of fun because it’s real dancing and you learn how to dance with a partner. The Old Brick is a really beautiful building and we decorate it nicely.”

Interact Vice President Emma Greimann ‘14 said. “Plus, all the money we make is for a great cause.”

By Anes Kapo

Above: Iowa City community members check out the silent auction items. Below: City and West High students dance together at the Dance for Humanity during last year’s event. photos by Eli Shepherd

Mock Trial enters second season

By Anes Kapo The Mock Trial team has been working these past few weeks to get ready for their next competition.

They received their case study a few weeks ago and have started studying it carefully. They competed last year, but were unable to qualify for state.

“We came literally within one point of making it to the state tournament last year. That was our first year, which was amazing,” said Chip Hardesty, the team’s coach “We won the first round in the morning. In the second one we were against a team from Davenport, where they teach it as a class. We did really well.

In my opinion, we were better, but the two judges counted up the score, and we missed it out of cumulative points.”

The tournament is set up in seven to eight districts around the state. If a team wins in one of these regions, they go on to the state tournament. Last year, the City High team chose the Davenport region to compete in. Teams consist of four lawyers and six witnesses, who perform a mock trial. Each of them is graded on a scale of one to ten by two judges overseeing the case.

“Because it’s a mock case, you do one side in the morning, and the

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other side in the afternoon against a different team.” said Hardesty.

“Then, one of the lawyers does the opening argument and the closing argument. Each lawyer will direct examine and then cross-examine a witness from the other side. It doesn’t matter who actually wins the case.”

Mock trial competitions are taken very seriously. Teams don’t know if they’ve won a round until later in the day, so they speculate which ones they think they won.

“Team names are kept secret so the judges can’t be biased, so you usually don’t know who you are actually competing against, which can be good or bad. Its really a great experience,” said Owen Sherman ‘15 who attended regional and state tournaments.

Members of Mock Trial say that the activity builds confidence and team cooperation.

“Mock trial helps a lot with public speaking. No matter what role you have on the team, you have to talk in front of complete strangers. It builds confidence in that respect. It also helps with learning social skills,” said Sherman. “Teammates are always joking around as well. It’s like a big family by the end of the season.”

The Debate Team hosted the City Classic here on Friday, January 25th. They debated against 20 teams from around the state of Iowa. There were 5 different divisions.

“We debated against schools such as Dowling High School, West High and Des Moines Valley,” said Connor Schmidt, a City High sophomore who was present at the competition.

City High Debate set up a website to invite other schools and funded items such as judges, trophies and food.

“We set up a website on Joy of Tournaments, invite area schools, order food and trophies, coordinate volunteer schedules, and gather judges for events,” said Jennifer Brinkmeyer, one of the teacher representatives of the Debate team.

The divisions consisted of three different types of debate,: Policy, Lincoln-Douglas, and Public Forum. Each of these had a unique topic that they debated.

“The policy team debated a single topic: the issue of whether or not the US federal government should increase spending on transportation infrastructure. The Lincoln-Douglas debate students have several topics a year that address values such as morality or justice. Right now students are debating whether or not the U.S. criminal justice system should prioritize rehabilitation or retribution. Public Forum debates a new current event topic each month. The February topic is whether or not the rise of China is beneficial to the interests of the U.S.,” explained Brinkmeyer.

Many trophies were given out at the competition, and the City High team is already looking forward to the next one.

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Above: Jacob Potash ‘14 and Becca Brenneman ‘15 work on a case during a mock trial meeting after school on Friday, February 1. Potash is a captain and Brenneman is a witness. Photo by Anes Kapo

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Lexine Schumm:

Sharing stories from a semester in India

By Ellen Carman When Lexine Schumm arrived at her boarding school in India and saw that the Dalai Lama was coming to speak at her school, she didn’t believe it.

“I was like are you kidding me? Is this real? ” Schumm ‘14 said.

“Then it happened.”

On the day the Dalai Lama was scheduled to speak students were told to wear their national dress, a foreign concept to an American teenager. Security for non-residents of the school was extremely extensive. However, students were whisked through with merely a bag check. The Dalai Lama’s entire speech was in English, but was difficult for Schumm to understand because of his heavy accent. In spite of this, Schumm said she was able

get a lot out of the experience.

“One of the bigger things I took away from it was just a sense of his presence. He’s just such a jolly person, you wouldn’t expect it. I expected him to be all serious and spiritual and stuff,” she said. “His laugh wasn’t dignified or anything; it was just exuberant and you could tell that he wasn’t holding back.”

The school at which Schumm spent the first semester of this year is located in the Himalayas. The 350 person K-12 school is made up of about half Indian students, many Asian students and a few Westerners. Even though the school’s curriculum resembles that of City High, there were innumerable differences in the two schools.

“I like City High a lot better in all honesty. I think that the academics are a whole lot better here,” she

Schumm, ‘14 and her mom stand in front of the sculpture of Nandi, a Hindi God in Belur, located in southern India. Photo courtesy Lexine Schumm

said. “In a way it feels like you never leave school. It’s kind of intense and I don’t really miss that. It was a little much for me.”

That intensity has to do with the school’s strict rules, including designated times for studying, lights-out times and specific times that students can leave campus on the weekend. Despite this rigidity, Schumm managed to experience many broader aspects of Indian culture.

While many students went home over break, Lexine took a trek through the Himalayas.

“I look at the pictures of it now and it looks so photoshopped.

It doesn’t look like it actually happened,” she said. “It was really hard and I guess I was a little bit miserable while I was doing it, but looking back it was one of the best times I had there.”

Schumm also had opportunities to participate in many extracurricular programs during her time in India. She was a varsity alternate on the school’s cross country team and was in the school’s production of Hamlet. She also took part in a program called Sandvadna, meaning “empathy” in Hindi. The program took students into rural villages in the Himalayas so they could work with children with disabilities.

“Everyone is really ashamed of things like that. People will hide their children because they are disabled because its so shameful to them,” Schumm said. “People will be disabled and know one in the country will even know that they exist.”

For Schumm, the opportunity meant overcoming fear.

“I have always been personally kind of afraid of doing things with other people with disabilities because of my hearing loss. I already have this communication barrier and they have communication barriers too,” she said. “It’s just always

been scary to me, but then it’s like you’re in India in these super rural mountain villages. And I was like oh, ok there are all of the communication barriers possible. I have no reason not to do this.”

Schumm’s group visited a fouror five-year old boy with autism twice. They taught him games that would help with cognitive development. At first it didn’t seem that their presence helped him, but on their second visit it became clear that he had made real progress.

Schumm emphasized how socialization, while it may seem futile, is so important for these children.

“When all the kids got out of the school, they sat on the roof tops and watched us. Then they came and played with us,” she said. “It was really good; not only were we able to help him at least a little, but he also got socialization.”

While Schumm saw the best of Indian culture, she also observed an imperfect society. During her stay, a young woman was gang raped in New Dehli, and died due to related injuries. The tragedy was all over the news and there were mass protests.

“In Hinduism the mother is the respect and the life and stuff. There is this huge difference because there is all this modesty and respecting women, but at the same time there is no respect for women.”

Schumm also had the opportunity of celebrating Devali, a Hindi festival of lights, with a friend’s family.

“It was a completely different thing from anything I’ve ever experienced before,” Schumm said. “I got to participate in actual religious ceremonies.”

From seeing the Dalai Lama to celebrating Devali, Lexine experienced many adventures during her semester abroad.

“When I look back on it, I can’t quite believe that it happened.”

iPads continue to circulate around CHS Students in physics classes experience the pros and cons of technology as the pilot project continues.

By Mara Kostner A lot of people use iPads at home for personal use, but City High is experimenting with the use of iPads in the classroom. The basic idea is for the classroom to go paperless.

For example, Physics Teacher Nicole Scott is trying to use the iPads in her course to replace the typical paper materials.

“It’s a pilot project to see how it would work to do a one to one initiative, putting iPads in the hands of all students. I’m trying different things than others have tried,” Scott said.

For working in class, Scott uses a special program that helps run the class very easily and can be controlled by the teacher.

“What I’m using is an app called iTunes U where you can set up a course entirely and use it on the iPad. I use it to send push-up

notifications to my students and all the assignments electronically.

They can do the work on the iPad and then send it back electronically.

I’m using the iPad to try to run the course paperless.”

Scott has the iPads for just a few weeks. Because of the short time, there are some things that she would like to try, but cannot fit in the curriculum.

“Some things just didn’t fit.

What I’m trying to do is to run it as a normal class. I’m trying to fit everything with the schedule I was going to do anyway, rather than do something extra special just because I have the iPad,” Scott said.

Despite the success, there are some limitations to using the iPad in the classroom. It’s not as seamless as Scott would like it. For instance, the wireless connection at City High is not the best. Scott explains how they worked around this problem.

“That’s part of why I set up the iTunes U, so you can make quick downloads and be off again. What we do when we need a signal, we go out in the hall and just walk around until we get a signal and then download what we need.”

In addition, Scott has noticed that the iPads pose somewhat of a distraction for the students. She tries to help students focus on the physics and teach them how to use the iPads as a tool for learning.

“I think they’re excited and I think they’re also distracted. The kids admit that, but I think they’re also positive about it. I think if we would have them longer, their distraction factor would diminish,” Scott said.

She went on to explain her own technique.

“I try to keep them focused on the physics and teach them how to use the technology as well. I try to

show them tricks I’ve learned and how to do simple things like switch between apps and use them for more than just email, Facebook and surfing.”

Now that the iPad has passed through several teachers and several classrooms, Scott is hopeful about the experiment’s success.

“There is a lot of research showing that putting some sort of laptop or iPad in kids’ hands has a positive effect on their learning. I know the district is very curious how this works,” Scott said. “I see great potential, but it’s a lot of work too.

You have to figure it out and have enough confidence to be able to show your students.”

There are about ten other teachers that are using iPads throughout the year. Rogers, Lestina, and Brinkmeyer have also used them in their classrooms. Scott encourages other teachers to try it.

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FCA welcomes students and athletes

By Olivia Hamilton Midway through their fourth year at City High, members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes come together on Friday mornings in Bill McTaggart’s room to have fun through games and religious activities.

The club plays a team game that has a theme corresponding to a verse in the Bible. After the game or activity, they read the verse and answer and reflect on a set of questions.

“I became pretty religious over the last two years,” Amel Ali ‘13 said. “FCA is something I could do to strengthen my relationship with Christ that I really enjoy.”

The club is a group of Christians, always open to new members and not exclusive to athletes, that explores Jesus and the Bible while strengthening relationships not only with God but with each other as well.

“I go because of 1 Thessalonians 5:11 which says ‘Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing’,” Andrew Brooks said. “To me that means we are meant to support and be there for one another.”

Ali, who has been a captain for two years, has seen a growth in the number of members.

“It’s really nice to see people you normally wouldn’t expect there,” Ali said. “A lot of freshmen have started coming, which is really cool.”

Despite the accomplishments of the growing club, the current members’ main goal is to get more students involved, whether they participate in City High’s athletie programs or not.

With more members, the club is opened up to more and broader possibilities.

“We want to try to have more people show up every week,” Ali said. “That way we can do bigger games and better activities, as well as have a lot more input on religious aspects of things.”

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is open to Christian students from any grade. FCA encourages anyone with an interest in developing relationships with fellow students, and sharing their thoughts on the Bible to stop by next Friday.

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Ballroom Dancing at CHS Couples of all ages have been coming to the commons weekly to attend beginner ballroom/social dance lessons taught by Carol and Jason Gehrs.

By Daniela Perret As she spins and twirls in circles, Chris Sharp smiles at her husband of 21 years, Chad Greimann as they make their way across the floor. Sharp and her husband are ballroom dancing.

“Some of our friends signed up for the class and asked if there were any other takers and we thought, what the heck!” Sharp said. “Well, I thought it might be fun and something different...

Chad was willing to give it a try.”

Sharp and Greimann are one of many couples participating in the beginner ballroom/social dancing lessons taught through Kirkwood Community College in the City High commons.

“The lessons so far have been a ton of fun,” Greimann said. “We laugh so much. It has been neat to do something together that is new to both of us. I love to ballroom dance with my husband!”

The dances taught throughout the seven week will include ballroom slow, foxtrot, single swing, four-count basic and fourcount swing.The class is mainly for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals required to successfully casual recreational partner dancing in a ballroom or social club setting. Once a session is completed, participants have the option of continuing onto more advanced classes.

“I’m enjoying the lessons,” Greimann said. “It is nice to do something a bit out of one’s comfort zone...for me, ballroom danc-

Couples dance in the CHS commons.

Photos by Daniela Perret

ing is definitely out of my comfort zone.”

Lessons are once a week on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8:25 p.m. and will continue through March 6th. Classes are taught by Carol and Jason Gehrs who have been teaching the classes through Kirkwood for five years.

“My favorite part has been having an hour and a half together where we are just having fun together,” Greimann said. “We get so busy with our lives that it’s easy to forget how much fun we can have together.”

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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ALEJANDRO PACHECO

NEW ENGLISH LEARNERS PROGRAM COMING TO CITY HIGH

Next fall, City High’s curriculum will expand to include the new program.

By Kieran Green

A story of opportunity, challenge, and triumph

“I believe that there are many benefits that an ELL program could bring to City. We are already a very diverse school, and a program like this would bring even more diversity to City High.

When you look at the list of students who will be transferred to City, you just see so many stories, and so many interesting people.

These students come from all over the world, and that kind of diversity is wonderful. I also believe that many students at City High who do not technically qualify for ELL will be benefited by a program of this sort,” Bacon said.

Under the current plan, 44 students who currently attend West would transfer to City High in the upcoming year. The changes are being implemented in part to address overcrowding at West High School. The functional cap for student capacity there is 1800 students. 2000 students currently attend. Up until this point, students had to be bussed to West High in order to have access to the program.

“I think that some of the families will be overjoyed that their students will come to City, simply because it is closer to them. Many families will prefer that their children have the opportunity to go to the neighborhood school. I know that other’s will also have a difficult time making the transition, because they have spent the last year or two at West,” Bacon said. “In any case, we are very excited to have these students at City.”

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We are already a very diverse school, and a program like [English Language Learners] would bring even more diversity to City High.

These students come from all over the world.

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A CHANGING

With a growing latino population, City High has been making shifts in both programs and perspective. The Little Hawk takes a look through the eyes of the school and the students.

Incoming students at City High next year will find an expanded curriculum, as City High makes an effort to expand its “English Language Learners” (ELL) program. The program targets students whose first language is something other than English.

“There has obviously been a big influx of Hispanic culture and Spanish speaking people in Iowa City. Not only Spanish speaking cultures, either. So far City has not had an ELL program available,” Spanish teacher Bonnie Hall said.

The program seeks to target and integrate students that have trouble reading and writing English. The program of studies builds up these students’ English skill set so that they can function in a regular classroom setting.

“ELL is an interesting program, because you may have one kid speaking Spanish and another speaking Somalian. I have a close friend who has been an ELL teacher for years and years, and she is forever searching for images. That’s how the class is taught, because there may not be a common language to teach in.” Hall said.

Unlike other language courses, ELL is much more tailored towards the needs of individual students. The classroom is set up to provide a flexible learning environment for students.

“I don’t think that we would get one of West’s ELL teachers, because the way the program is run, requires two teachers.

One stays in the base classroom and the other may travel about the school meeting with students who may not necessarily need as much assistance or qualify for full time ELL learning. There’s still a lot of work to be done with this, but I think it’s really going to be a very positive acquisition for City High,” Principal John Bacon said.

Many administrators have expressed enthusiasm about the increased diversity that such a program would bring to City High.

By Ellen Carman

Latino population surges over last ten years

By Cassie Wassink It was September 11, 2002 when Alejandro Pacheco and his family came to the United States.

He was six years old.

“We got there at midnight and we went to school in the morning.” Pacheco said. “It was just crazy.”

Pacheco was born in Michoacan, Mexico in 1995. Pacheco’s father had been working as an immigrant worker prior to the family’s move to the United States.

“There was a law that was passed so their families could get legal papers,” Pacheco said. “So that is how I got here.”

Not knowing any English, Pacheco began kindergarten in the ICCSD. “I struggled for like a year maybe then I started to speak it better.” He said. “I learned through going to school and having friends and hanging out with them and stuff.”

The ESL program helped him learn to speak the language as well. He was part of the program for about a year in second grade. Even with the extra help the transition wasn’t easy.

“Just communicating was hard.” Pacheco said. “If I want something or in school just asking questions.”

Pacheco attended school for a year in Mexico. From what he could remember the schools were very different.

“I remember we didn’t do anything pretty much, it wasn’t hard.”

Pacheco said. “The teachers and classes are different. There are way more classes here. I guess you learn more here.”

All five of his brothers and sisters attended school in the United States. His brother Fer-

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nando Pacheco is a senior at City High. Pacheco is the youngest and had the advantage of being able to learn English at a younger age.

“They know English but not as well. And their accent isn’t as great,” He said. “They didn’t go to school for as long as I have.”

At home, Pacheco speaks Spanish.

“I speak Spanish with my parents normally because they have trouble with English,” he said. “But they understand when I’m speaking English.”

Pacheco is in Spanish three honors. While he speaks Spanish fluently the class helps with his writing skills in Spanish and his accent.

“It’s pretty easy for me because for you guys it takes longer to learn the rules and stuff,” he said.

“But it just comes to me normally.”

Being fluent in both Spanish and English has become a vital skill to have in order to gain employment.

“It’s really important because now there are a lot of Spanish speaking people in the US and it’s required for a lot of jobs,” Pacheco said. “I feel that it’s really helpful that I know both languages and it could help me in the future.”

Before finding a job though, Pacheco has to think about college. He is interested in maybe going into business and is hoping to receive a scholarship to play soccer.

“Me and my brother really enjoy soccer. I play year round. When its not high school, I play club,” he said. “I just play with my friends a lot. I play pretty much everyday.”

The opportunity to have so much success playing soccer is not one that Pacheco thinks he would have been given in Mexico.

“In Mexico you need a lot of money to get into schools and stuff,” Pacheco said “Not like here where its pretty much free. And you can get scholarships.

So it’s way better here.”

I struggled with [with English] for about a year maybe, then I started to speak it better. I learned through going to school and having friends and hanging out with them and stuff.

Over the past ten years, there has been a 5 percent increase in the Latino population of the ICCSD. With this growth, City High has morphed to welcome these students, and the broader Iowa City area has had its own work to do as well.

Rick Spear, site coordinator for the academic mentoring program at City High, works frequently with Latino students. Particularly, the mentors help with phone calls or paperwork that is difficult for someone for whom English is not a first language.

“I have a number of Latinos in my mentoring program, who benefit from having someone who’s more comfortable with English, who has more education, who can talk to them about what happens after high school,” Spear said.

Spear has worked for United Action for Youth for almost 19 years, and was at Southeast for over a decade before coming to City High in 2008. During this time, he has observed simultaneously the increase in the Latino population in the district, as well as what he describes as a “higher profile.”

“I see more Latino students that are comfortable being part of the school community,” Spear said. Spear, along with UAY, has worked to encourage Latinos students to take advantage of all that City High offers, from sports to clubs to advanced classes. “So I think they’re more visible now, beyond just the pure number. I think it’s easier to notice them, because they’re more involved.”

Like all students, Latinos making their way through the ICCSD come with their own baggage -- challenges and opportunities.

For some, both parents work, and high school students provide childcare for their younger siblings. Others may have developed stronger language skills than their parents, and thus spend time interpreting. As well, it can be difficult for parents to get involved with their children’s schooling if they are not comfortable English speakers. Simple practices such as attending a conference, calling the attendance office, or calling the dean become logistical challenges.

“We have in this school Latinos who run the full range of background and income,” Spear clarified. “But a lot tend to be in the free and reduced lunch segment of our population, so they share the same obstacles with everybody else in that population.”

Heidi Schmitt is a success center teacher, as well as teaching a US Literature course and co-teaching English 9. Over the past few years, Schmitt has also taken a group of students to the Latino conference.

Schmitt feels that Latino students are fairly integrated into their classes, but that free time during open hours or at lunch tends to be more segregated.

“I think that people tend to hang out in their open hours with people that they feel most connected to,” Schmitt said. “I have a lot of kids that want to just go play soccer and so a lot of Latino kids will go play soccer, and during lunch they probably tend to sit by

each other, but other than that I think it’s pretty integrated.”

Part of this segregation could come from the way in which City High is arranged, specifically the cafeteria. Schmitt commented on this construction, saying, “When I look at City High’s cafeteria, it reminds me of prisoners eating, the way it’s set up.”

On one of her trips to the Latino conference, Schmitt’s eyes were opened to alternative dining arrangements. One high school had booths for kids and felt like a “welcoming place... I just think our cafeteria is so institutionalized,” Schmitt continued. “And that I think lends itself to the way it’s set up.”

Despite the challenges, both Schmitt and Spear attest to the unique contributions that Latino students offer City High. “As a teacher, I’ve learned a ton from my Latino students,” Schmitt said.

“I find it fascinating to be part of almost two cultures at the same time.” Schmitt tries to help her students understand the gifts that they bring. “I think sometimes they’re hesitant to talk about it and they don’t want to bring it up,” Schmitt said. “They feel like they struggle here, but they forget about all the gifts that they have.”

Spear, too, strongly believes that Latino students enrich City High’s culture with their presence. With students from Honduras, Central America, South America, different parts of Mexico, California and Texas, City High is widely representative of global Latino culture.

“I think when we have the chance to learn from people and talk to people about what their experiences were like, whether it’s growing up in east LA or the valley in Texas, I think that makes us all better informed about the world and about how other people came to their point of view, Spear said. “How their experiences molded them, whether that’s politically or socially, or any other way.”

Spear and Schmitt both have ideas for ways to further integrate Latino students into the City High culture in future years.

One recurring possibility is an intramural soccer team.

“An intramural program would help the soccer team find new talent, and would help some of our talented students who don’t have formal coaching learn from other students what it takes to play at that level, and I think that would be great,” Spear said.

Schmitt would like to see books in Spanish in the City High library. She feels that with this increase in the Latino population, the administration may be more open to this idea. “I think people are more open to ‘well, maybe we need some books, let’s consider our diversity and how we can reach more students.’”

Latino students face challenges, and they challenge City High to continue to adapt to its population. Yet, the overwhelming sense is one of pride.

“I feel that this place is very welcoming, and allows students from different groups to interact and it’s not a big deal,” Schmitt said. “I think that is actually City High’s greatest attribute.”

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OPINION

Staff Editorial:

A Matter of Safety

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In the wake of a slew of gun-related violence, schools must adapt to make their students more safe, while retaining a positive learning environment.

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mission statement The Little Hawk, the student newspaper of City High School, aims to inform, educate and entertain readers; to provide an educational opportunity for the students who produce it; and to provide a medium for commercial advertising.

Equity Statements English Version: It is the policy of the Iowa City Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic status in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices.

If you believe you have (or your child has) been discriminated against or treated unjustly at school, please contact the Equity Director, Ross Wilburn, at 509 S. Dubuque Street, 319-688-1000.

Spanish Version: Declaración de Equidad: Es la política de Iowa City Community School District no descriminar en base a raza, credo, color, género, origen, religión, edad, estado civil, orientación sexual, estado de veterano, incapacidad, =estado socio-económico en sus programas educacionales, actividades, o políticas de empleo.

Si usted piensa que usted o su hijo (a) han sido descriminados o que han sido tratados injustamente en la escuela, por favor comuníquese con el Director de Equidad, Ross Wilburn, 509 S. Dubuque Street, teléfono: 319-688-1000.

When twenty students were shot to death at Sandy Hook elementary school, many reacted with shock, horror, and revulsion. For those of us studying and working within the education system, the loss was even more acute.

The murders seemed to be a violation of everything that a school environment is supposed to be: safe and removed from an otherwise chaotic and violent world. In the days following the attack, many teachers, administrators, and students found themselves asking questions like “what if it had been us?” and, more importantly, “how do we prevent this sort of thing from occurring at City High.”

The answers, of course, are extremely complex, involving many factors that are entirely beyond the control of the administrators of City High or the Iowa City Community School District. However, the staff of The Little Hawk believes that there are certain measures that can be enacted at the local level that will help to minimize the risk of gun violence. We may not be able to change the number of guns on the streets, but we can change the way that our community deals with gun violence. And ultimately, that is altogether more powerful.

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, there were calls from some (including members of the National Rifle Association) to hire armed guards to protect schools. While the posting of guards may seem like a good way to ensure student’s physi-

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cal safety, in reality it is nothing more than a psychological security blanket. Empirically, the employment of armed guards has proven to be ineffective (most notably, at the Columbine shooting where the presence of armed guards failed to stop the deaths of thirteen students and teachers).

What’s more, using armed guards in a school environment contributes to a militarized learning culture that is decidedly negative. It is easy to imagine the huge psychological impact that seeing armed guards will have on students. Gun violence is often blamed on a wider “culture of violence.” Isn’t it illogical to follow that with adding weaponry to students’ daily lives and contribute to that culture? Fortunately, up until this point the ICCSD has made no indication that it will be adopting any such policy. The Little Hawk staff urges that this policy be continued into the foreseeable future.

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Iowa City is a community that has prided itself on having a low tolerance for violence and violent imagery. It is obvious that we should extend that courtesy to our youngest citizens.

However, while it is true that hiring guards would be a poor policy, we must also avoid doing nothing.

The school district has already implemented changes in policy regarding youth violence, but we believe that these changes, while positive, don’t go far enough to minimize violent activity. The policy changes in question revolve around the way that schools react in the midst of violent activity. The new policy would effectively shift the focus away from the old “lock-down” standard (where doors would be shut and students would hide under desks) in favor of a policy that is based on evacuating students from the premises of campus. While these policies may indeed help to reduce casualties

from gun violence, the way that they are being enacted is problematic. If you were to ask the average City High student about the emergency procedure to follow during a school shooting, they would probably be unable to answer. This is because many students have simply not been told what to do if a shooting were to occur. Thus, it is easy to imagine that, in the chaos of a school shooting, students are left behind or are otherwise insufficiently prepared. The obvious solution to this is, of course, to just tell students what is going on. This could be done in a simple home-room meeting or video announcement or even regularly held drills. The medium doesn’t matter so long as students receive the information. After all, every student knows what to do should a fire or tornado occur. It follows that they should know what to do if a school shooting happens.

It is sometimes discouraging to see how little control local officials have over national matters like gun control. The City Council will never be able to pass tighter gun-control restrictions, or adequately address mental health issues without help from the federal government. For the foreseeable future, it seems unlikely that that aid will be forthcoming.

However, by building and fostering a community based around the responsible handling of violence, we can mitigate these tragedies and stop them from occurring in the future.

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OPINION

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Carpe Diem for Suckers

by MAX FRIEDMAN

A motto that gives teenagers the excuse to be promiscuous, commit crimes, drink underage, do drugs and deny responsibility for their actions has spread throughout the teenisphere or the past year or so.

The motto YOLO, or you only live once, originating from a song by rapper Drake, this infectious disease has planted its seed in the teenage mind, using the veins of Facebook and Twitter to transport itself throughout the body of society. And it’s dumb. It’s real dumb. It’s really no different than the saying “Carpe Diem” meaning “Seize the day” in Latin, which was made popular near the turn of the century by the Robin Williams movie “Dead Poet’s Society.” Except instead of Robin Williams rolling the phrase off of his tongue from atop a desk, we’ve got the rapper called Drake farting it down our esophaguses.

Whatever you call it, I think it’s Ludacris (intended spelling) to say

that simply uttering a saying like that justifies stupid actions, if anything, it should be used to justify logical and progressive actions.

For example, “I just finished all of my college applications so I can work more hours at my job! YOLO!” or “I decided to use protection during sex because I didn’t feel confident in my ability to successfully take care of a child while learning at a college level! YOLO!” However at that point, it becomes kind of redundant. It’s the same thing as saying “Awesome” or “Dandy” and the power of YOLO slowly sinks back into the sewers, where it plays ping pong with Myspace and Ja Rule’s career.

So where does YOLO belong in our society? Like other dumb fads, it will phase out eventually, as it has already become more of a joke than anything else. I’m sure that we as a society will find something else to say

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when we’re bored, and I’m sure that it’ll be even stupider than the last.

Like maybe we can say “GROWL” as in “guys really oh wow listen” or “IGNORANCE,” which is not an acronym, but does the job.

Whatever you need to get through the day, I guess. The important factor though, is the message behind it all. Live your life; don’t just sit around rewatch episodes of Gossip Girl whilst eating cheetos, go see a movie with your friend(s)! Absorb some culture for once! I don’t mean that you should irresponsibly YOLO (it’s a verb now too) because that’s missing the point entirely, use caution when you YOLO. Don’t use YOLO as an excuse to go 60 in a 25 or to cheat on your figurative girlfriend, use it to get out into the world and experience the full potential of life. After all, you really do only live once. Unless you’re Lindsay Lohan, because we’ve tried, and she just won’t die.

Don’t Dis on Diversity

by Ellen Carman

* “The school that leads!!!” I will admit, I scream our school’s slogan rather obnoxiously at every competitive school event I’ve attended.

Whether City triumphs or has a few missteps, I am perpetually proud to attend City High School for reasons that have nothing to do with trophies, state championships, or the way students from other schools view us.

A school is not defined by its individual successes. City High is not an outstanding school because of a single victory on the basketball court, an award winning newspaper issue, or an amazing piece of artwork created in our art room. City High is an outstanding school because of the community of students that make these accomplishments possible.

I consider myself incredibly lucky to attend a school of leaders. We exceed expectations without expecting anything in return. We know how to follow sometimes. We consistently give kindness and respect even if that kindness and respect is not always returned to us.

However, City High has not always been portrayed as the “school on the hill” it has always been to me.

During the last four years, I was taken aback each time someone outside the City High community would cau-

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tiously ask me “how my school was doing,” as if my answer would surely be a woeful one. I could not help but be stung when, for a while, public opinion seemed to turn against my school that I am so proud of.

It was during these times, though, that I became more convinced than ever that City is an excellent school.

The atmosphere of support that runs through our hallways did not need to be commended or even noticed at all in order to not just remain, but grow stronger. This atmosphere is what cultivates the accomplishments and accolades that prove what an outstanding school we are. But it is the attitude that I am proud of much more than the trophies and banners it brings us.

In light of the recent publicity given to the West High Bros Twitter page, I think it is more important than ever that City maintains its status as the school that leads. Leaders are not derived from the opinions of others.

More importantly, leaders do not put others down to make themselves look good. Leaders strive harder, achieve more, and create their own success.

This is what we do at City High because we are the school that leads. *The “West High Bros” is an anti-bullying organization cosponsored by Jeremiah Anthony. The group’s stated purpose is to combat cyber bullying through positivity

We all say that we want change.

We elect a president who campaigns on the very word. We say that the stagnant partisan politics on Capitol Hill need to be reformed. And we get frustrated when our school board can’t seem to make progress.

If you ask me, we’re all hypocrites.

Calling for change and being an ambassador for change are two entirely different things. Humanity has a big problem when it comes to putting our money where our mouths are.

I was recently at an ICCSD school board meeting, reporting for The Little Hawk. The board has been questioned lately for not being able to deliver on promises that would move the district forward. Specifically, the board has seen strong opposition to the RPS statement and Diversity policy.

After three hours of discussion I walked away feeling like maybe the board or even the administration isn’t totally to blame. The board represents the community; they’re real people who say they want the people’s opinions to be heard, because that is their job. However, I also think that they have the same tendencies toward

hesitation and uncertainty as we do.

We say we want to balance City and West in terms of numbers and demographics, but no plan to do this is quite right. I think that maybe it’s not the plan that we can’t compromise on. The plan is just our way of hiding our discomfort toward an issue like diversity.

I have always thought that Iowa City was a very progressive, positive environment to grow up in. Unfortunately, the issue of diversity in the schools has not brought out those values that I believed the majority of our community possessed.

This issue brings up a fundamental question. Do members of our community believe that every student deserves an equal opportunity to learn? If so, is that conviction strong enough to overlook less significant issues like redistricting? Any personal inconveniences we may suffer due to redistricting should never override a broader quest to create equality for every student in our district.

This district has made a very good argument in pointing out that we are ONE community. This issue isn’t about black and white, red and green,

I’m outraged! It’s disgusting to see my secondamendment rights being trampled upon like this!

Hey Jesus, what do you make of the debate over gun control?

But Jesus, I thought you were in favor of nonviolence? Why the change in position?

East and West, rich and poor, or ACT scores and AP classes. This issue is about education, our bridge to success. It’s about standing up and saying that this community will not break under the pressure of merely a handful of cowards.

This community does not have to overcome violence, or stage protests and sit ins. It simply has to support the school board it elected.

The choice should be easy, because there is no choice. This community has a responsibility to show its students that diversity isn’t an option.

Diversity is an essential ingredient to a strong, successful, united community.

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Oh, you know- it’s a way to keep the fans happy. God knows, my life is hard enough without having to deal with a bunch of trigger happy Southerners.

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with Jesus and the Buddha

by KIERAN GREEN

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Mad Man

by NEIL HARTE

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fectiveness, one need only note that Americans spent roughly $5 billion on guns and ammunition last year. Thanks to LaPierre, we have come to regulate guns less than we do cough syrup. As a result of his constant lobbying, any discussion about how to curb the scourge of gun violence in this country has inevitably lead to burly white men in Carhartts and shades screaming about their right to bear arms.

But then Newtown happened. Instead of terrified moviegoers clamoring over bloodspattered seats in the dark or firefighters lying dead at the scene of an ambush, it was 20 first-graders, their bodies ripped apart by 5.56mm steel core bullets fired at 3200 feet per second from a Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle. When a bullet like that strikes its intended target—a human being—it slows down, twists, and breaks in two, its twin pieces tearing through flesh and organs and bone. Internal tissue expands and explodes, creating a cavity—a “wound track”--in the body.

Usually, someone dies. Especially if the body in

question isn’t that of a grown man in battle gear but a six-year-old boy or girl.

If it weren’t for Newtown and Aurora and Webster—just the latest in a string of massacres large and small around the country—you would be forgiven for not knowing that the AR15 is a lethally powerful weapon. After all, one of LaPierre’s greatest accomplishments over the last two decades has been the change in our gun culture from lifelong hunters to weekend warriors. Never mind that more guns means more murders. Forget the fact that 9,595 Americans were killed by guns in 2010, or that most guns used in the 62 mass murders in the U.S. since 1982 were bought legally. The message from today’s N.R.A. is that owning a semi-automatic assault weapon makes you a soldier. Hell, it makes you a man.

Sadly, assault rifle owners want to feel like they are in the military without having to actually putting their lives on the line for their country. They believe their right to feel safe or need

Bridging the Gap off often end up staying out of college for several years.

However, a recent study has shown that 90% of students who choose to take a gap year return to college within a year. In fact, I can hardly wait to start pursuing my career and learning about topics I’m actually interested in (I’m lookin’ at you, Brazilian soybeans).

There have actually been a lot of studies on gap year students. In addition to having a higher average G.P.A., gap year students overwhelmingly report being more satisfied with their jobs, judged as more mature, self-reliant, and independent.

As a gap year...er, I think it’s important to know of the benefits of taking a gap year. I don’t want to say I’m better than any-

to believe they could kill a terrorist more important than the safety of schoolchildren. Taking their cue from Wayne LaPierre, they say the answer to gun violence is more guns. Playing on our fear of the unknown (although the present is pretty scary if you just stop for a second to think about it), they talk of Hitler and Obama in the same breath and urge us to arm.

We need to resist that urge, as well as the shrill rhetoric on the part of LaPierre and his minions at the N.R.A. Then we need to recognize it for what it is: good old advertising. What’s the name of that show... Mad Men? Right.

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“The sexy ‘S’ thing is called the integral” Mrs. Smirl describing integrals to her calculus class.

by GABE BASILE

I’ve never liked school. From the time I was in fifth grade, I always thought something was wrong with the system. Learn, test, forget. Rinse and repeat. I was upset, not because I wasn’t retaining what I learned, but because I learned what the price of soybeans in Brazil was knowing I would forget it two weeks later. That’s useful information right there. I could put that on a college app. Oh wait...

I’m not going to college next year. I’m taking what many call a deferral year or a gap year, but I prefer to call it a lazy year or a do-whateverI-want-without-worrying-about-classes year.

Here’s why: Psychologically, not being in school just puts me in a good place. Imagine this weekend lasting a whole year. Sounds pretty convincing, right? For some reason, I just don’t feel the obligation to pursue a higher education, at least not yet. I have so many more years of my life left to go to college and pursue a career.

Alright, let’s get scientific. There are some misconceptions about people who choose to take gap years such as the belief that a lot of people who say they are only taking one year

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“If you go camping, bring bear spray. Also, Grendel’s mom spray.” - Mr. Hartwig describes basic camping safety procedure

“Yes, Abram, you are jailbait”- Mrs. Knoche builds up the self-esteem of the teaching assistant in computer science

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one else, but I’m just going to have a happier life.

Checkmate, over-achievers.

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Since he took over the National Rifle Association in 1991 as executive vice president and chief executive officer, Wayne LaPierre has overseen one of the most successful marketing campaigns in modern American history. Railing against any attempt to regulate firearms and inciting paranoia on the part of hunters and homeowners with his dire warnings of government tyranny, LaPierre has ensured that any attempt to require background checks, limit magazine size, restrict the carrying a concealed weapon or even discuss the wisdom of standyour-ground laws is seen as a direct attack on the Second Amendment. Never one to mince words, LaPierre had this to say to the faithful followers at last year’s annual meeting of the N.R.A.: “We will never surrender our guns...

When all is said and done, we may have nothing left but our gun rights, but that’s one right that gives us a fighting chance to reclaim freedoms lost.”

Alas, if there is any doubt as to LaPierre’s ef-

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“Reading Dante was a hell of a time”- Mr. Hartwig tries his hand at making terrible puns

DECEMBER 19, 2012

OPINION

THUMBS

Financial Aid Woes

by NAT ALDER

The end of high school is approaching for us seniors (and some over-achieving juniors as well). In just under four months, we’ll be graduated souls, ready to move from one stage of life to another. Most of us have college to look forward to.

Though, every thought of freedom, new life, and happiness, is matched with an alternative, more concerning thought that clouds those bright notions. Cost. In this day and age, cost is everything. If you want to get a top-notch high school education, you pay for a private school. The same applies to universities, only on a much more grandiose level. Aside from community colleges, there is no way that you’re not going to pay a boatload of money to go to college.

Cost is a huge factor in deciding where to go to college for most people. There are plenty of ways to reduce the expenditure owed to a college. There are scholarships, student loans, and of course government issued financial aid. While these alternatives can be the saving grace for those looking to go to a certain school but can’t afford it, they can certainly be a hassle, and they are

not without flaws.

Government issued financial aid, while certainly helpful to those in need, can prove difficult in the area involving specifications required to be eligible for the aid itself. See, one of the circumstances in which one is eligible is the annual income of the student’s parents. Right now, a parental unit has to make under an estimated $50,000 (it varies from school to school) to be considered for financial aid. A family could be undergoing extenuating circumstances however. Take for instance the fact that a family could make over 50k annually but has to give some of their income away based on other factors, such as paying for an elderly family member or settling debts (hopefully in a non-mafia situation). Closer attention needs to be paid to the people applying for financial aid, rather than just the amount of money a student’s parents make. Not that it’s the only thing that’s factored into an application for financial aid, but it’s certainly one that’s considered among the most important.

And some scholarships can just

seem plain unfair. Universities give scholarships to people with a stellar GPA. What about a fairly large portion of any student body that doesn’t have a 3.9 GPA? It seems frustrating that one student gets to go to a university over another student because of the fact that they get good grades, even if the other student could have some other talent or ambition that isn’t demonstrated through high school. On the other hand, there can be some ridiculousness in the variety of ludacris scholarships given for being something, as opposed to doing something. You get scholarships for being tall, being a nudist, and speaking Klingon (seriously, those are all real scholarships). I’m not saying there’s any non-maniacal way of fixing this, but I am saying that there are ways to limit which useless scholarships are given out, and also ways to broaden which scholarships (i.e. merit) get handed out.

Even at City High there are an influx of scholarships given to the students. It seems that a lot of the scholarships given to City High students have to do with sports. I’m not against that or anything, I think it’s

great, these people getting scholarships for talent/doing instead of knowledge/being. However, I have to admit, the majority of City High school students going to college aren’t in sports, and don’t have access to those sort of scholarships.

So while it’s perfectly fair that these sports people get the scholarships that they do, it’s also kind of a bummer for those of us without those kinds of talents to prove (this guy).

All in all, I think scholarships and financial aid in general prove to be extremely helpful in the process of deciding and attending a college we want to go to. That said, it can be extremely frustrating and complicated, with their different processes and specifications. I’m not calling for a complete scholarship reform or anything, but more just asking that administrations in charge of making important decisions like giving money to students in need are more considerate to the fact that there are some students that may not have certain vague skill sets that they require, like a high GPA or a great pitch or the ability to speak Klingon.

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Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi hearing sass

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large scale conflicts such as violent ethnic tensions in the Middle East?”

I inquired, lowering my hand, my brow furrowed in interest. I couldn’t recall if I had heard the term “restorative justice” before but the lesson had grown quite intriguing to me.

“I’m sorry what?” the organizer of the circle talks leaned forward in his chair, aggravating the floor once more.

“I guess what I mean to say is, is there a way you could apply this system to large scale conflicts?”

“No. You can’t solve problems involving large numbers of people on a large scale, you have to do it on a small scale, person to person.” I let the words sit.

“Wow. Awesome. Thanks.”

I was at the church, the United Methodist Church of Rogers Park to be specific, for the January Gathering. Those who will be leading Summer of Solutions programs, initiatives of an environmental and social justice non-profit, gather to learn how best to lead their local programs. Needless to say the majority of us were already aware of the negative impacts coal mining has on communities and its unjust nega-

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Not making New Years resolutions

Shifting the Paradigm

tive impact on low income families.

For us twenty or so, environmental injustice is social injustice. For the folks in the circles I learned about earlier, just those terms are likely to be foreign, much less the concept itself. For the folks in the grocery store down the street or in Iowa, even, they are likely somewhat foreign as well. For my new friend, Ethan, a high school senior from Grant Park whom I met at the gathering, the connection wasn’t made until he talked, person to person, with a few others living in the neighborhood aware of the issue.

After a little while of volunteering with another program based out of the Grant Park church, he began to see how working together doing seemingly good but trivial tasks, say, gardening in a formerly vacant lot with a diverse group of elementary schoolers, served as a social equalizer. And beyond that he was able to see how doing things like working to push a coal plant out of a community, which many see as environmental justice work, is also social justice work; the lower income families who couldn’t afford to move out of the coal plants wake, and who suf-

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In a classroom on the second floor of a Methodist church, a mile or two north of what is now known as the Willis Tower, an 18-year-old man gazes out the window, taking in a vision of the sun reflecting off a metal cable on the adjacent building.

Encompassing the building is the diverse northern Chicago neighborhood of Rogers Park; Lake Michigan is just a short walk to the east. The floorboards of the room creak loudly as others shift in their chairs, protesting the stress placed upon it. Many of the loads the chair occupants bare are heavier than the loads their bodies place on the chairs. Many have been through the court system, others have been involved in gang activities. They could be in prison but that wouldn’t do anyone much good.

The situation in their neighborhood won’t change just because one or two are locked up. Once their terms are up, many return to situations identical to the ones they left. Folks live vicariously, in and out of prison, until they have a record long enough for a long-term sentence. Problems aren’t solved and a vicious cycle takes its course, one that has come to represent much of the American system, called justice the nation through.

Here in the church there is a circle comprised of equals, all determined to identify the problems that put them in a predicament and work to reform them, for themselves and for those who face the same. A system where people of higher rank try to solve problems for the masses using the same formula for every member of the mass only determines guilt and innocence; it may isolate products of a problem but it fails to address the problems themselves. The real solution sits in the creaky-floored room, talking to a fellow human being.

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fered adverse health effects such as high asthma rates, were then able to breathe clean air and live better lives.

But how do we get there?

Some “fringe” environmental groups have taken extreme measures to communicate their frustrations but, needless to say, screaming at the general public in polar bear costumes is not always the most effective means of communication. Additionally, while health statistics to the tune of “1 in 3 community members suffering from asthma” printed boldly at the bottom of petitions can be moving and effective, they too also do not always produce the change essential to the quality of life for so many. What I propose, what we need, is a restorative justice approach to our problems, carried out on a person to person basis in every community. If you know a farmer in rural Iowa, talk to them about what they’re doing to help the shrimp fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. Talk to your friends about carpooling to school or, better yet, biking. Those efforts will help improve your health, the health of those in the communities affected by drilling for the oil that powers your car. Ask your parents about how your food got to your table, who suffered, and who benefitted from the process. After all that communication then, ask yourself, what can I do to improve the system? Sounds daunting, doesn’t it? Sometimes the best things are left unsaid, but one of the best things to say is “what can I do to help?” Positive change is not so daunting when it’s just some good folks and a simple question. The all encompassing solution isn’t really all encompassing at all; it just involves all of us and the seemingly small efforts we all make to improve our world. I’ll leave it with one final simple question: what are we waiting for?

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Jazz band contest

ABOVE: Jazz ensemble warms up at their most recent competition in Cedar Rapids. LEFT: Jazz Ensemble performs, receiving a Division I rating. Photos by Eli Shepherd

Bacon’s moment

Mr. Bacon stopped by the Hawk Talks podcast recently to chat with the crew.

Podcast interview by Nat Alder, Max Friedman & Gabe Basile can be found on www.thelittlehawk.com

PRINCIPAL BACON’S TOP MOVIES

1. Forrest Gump

2. The Burbs

3. Hoosiers

MORP strikes again

By Daniela Perret

Lights, Camera...Dancing. This next week, MORP will be returning to City High. The dance will be Hollywood themed and will take place on February 15th from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the City High cafeteria.

“I’m excited for it, last year was a lot of fun,” Maddie Donahue ‘14 said. “And I’m looking forward to dancing with my friends again and just having fun.”

The dance is Sadie Hawkins style, meaning it will be a “lady’s choice.”

The cost to get in will be $2 in advance or $3 at the door. Payment can also be made with three canned goods at the door.

“In prior years, I think it’s been our third biggest dance after Homecoming,” Student Senate Advisor Chip Hardesty said. “The winter informal was a very pleasant dance, but it wasn’t very big. There was about 120 people maybe. So we’re

hoping for a really big turnout at MORP.” Last year, MORP was attended by about 400 students. And after the smaller turnout at the winter informal, Student Senate says they are hoping for a larger turnout to kick off their canned food drive for the crisis center. Proceeds of the dance will be donated to the Iowa City Crisis Center as part of Student Senate’s two month-long canned food drive.”

4. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 5. The Usuals 6. Masked and Anonymous 7. Hannah and the Dog Ghost

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

4th Ave stays strong

City High’s premier show choir has been keeping up a busy schedule of competitions, and they are not done yet. Sam Rahn and David Maize have received top individual prizes, and the team has also placed well in their competitions.

By Will Lubaroff 4th Avenue Jazz Company is gaining steam as it rolls into competition season. The team has already performed at three competitions and received the first place Grand Champion award at Prairie Premiere, their first tournament, First Runner up at their second competition, Linn Mar Supernova and Grand Champion at Mt. Pleasant “Music InMotion”. As a group they recently received an award for Best Band at Prairie, while Sam Rahn ‘14 received Best Instrumentalist and David Maize ‘13 received Best Male Soloist at all three competitions.

4th Ave plans to attend a total of five competitions this year, traveling as far as Davenport, Iowa for the prestigious Great River competition at the Adler Theater.

4th Ave’s routine this year features songs ranging from classics by Neil Young and the Doobie Brothers, to musical numbers, to ballads by Celine Dion. The dancers have been praised for their clean choreography and energetic vocals.

4th Ave will perform on Saturday, March 3 in Opstad Auditorium at 3:00 PM or 7:00 PM, along with City Lights, the City High Jazz bands, and numerous special acts.

TOP ABOVE: Sam Buatti ‘13 performs his solo during “Vertigo”. ABOVE RIGHT: Kellee Darner and Jason Arnold ‘13 dance during “Heart of Gold” ABOVE LEFT: David Maize ‘13 performs his solo on “Long Train Runnin’”. Photos by Kiera Zapff

50 students perform at large group speech home show

By Eli Shepherd Although the turnout was less than the year before, the laughter levels experienced a substantial spike in Iver B. Opstad Auditorium on Friday, January 25.

Upwards of 50 students performed in a wide array of skits of short and medium length; some romanticized reality, others poked fun at it, and more still sat back and reflected upon it. Choral Reading brought to life the story of Dr. Seuss’ beloved ‘Sneetches’ and Sam Rahn ‘14 played the role of Sylvester McMonkey McBean, a wily businessman exploiting the sneetches’ ever changing desire to be with, without, and then again with, “stars upon thars.” As McBean reveled on his pedestal, stroking his mustache and furrowing his brow, laughter filled the auditorium. Not ten minutes later seniors David Maize and Alexandra Perez, in a rollercoaster transition of emotion in the audience, played out a couple’s rollercoaster relationship in a rendition of a portion of Jason Robert Brown’s 2001 musical ‘The

Last Five Years.’

Elijah Jones ‘14 and Jared Kilberger ‘15 had a teacher-student heart to heart with, aside from a table and chairs, imaginary props.

Some ‘Little Women’ burst into tears, then into song; Christina Sullivan ‘13 and Francesca LubeckiWilde ‘13 became friends after a ten minute row over a man, then Will Lubaroff ‘13 ventured out of the swamp and took on the world with his song in ‘Shrek,’ which became an instant City High classic.

To end the night, improv brought back the laughs as Elijah Jones and Elena Fenneman ‘13 went cuckoo for cuckoo clocks. Finally, no City High drama show being complete without a bit of controversy, Nat Alder and Michael Gloer ‘13 played, respectively, a revolting but lovable boy and his at times inappropriate canine companion. When the curtain closed at last, tears of laughter were wiped aside and the audience rose in approval, moderate in numbers but mighty in applause, leaving another Large Group Speech home show for the history books.

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*continued from A17 After a well-received first performance of a poem about her mother, Hurst was hungry for more. She particularly enjoys working with Andrews.

“Even now, I’m the most anxious person and the most anxious performer,” Hurst said. “[Martin] is a very calming person and he’s like, ‘It’s okay to not always know what you’re doing, but also don’t sell yourself short.’”

Megan Gogerty, a local playwright, has told a number of stories in the series. She is a favorite of Michael Flaum, an Iowa City resident who learned about Was the Word when his friends slipped out of a party he was hosting so that they could attend Was the Word. He has attended five shows since then and enjoys the variety and unpredictability of the segments.

“It’s gone from knee-slappingly funny to pretty somber,” Flaum said.

He likes some acts better than others, but says that he does not expect perfection.

“I’m going knowing that it’s sort of an experiment and a work in progress,” Flaum said. “And if I see something that’s good, then I feel like it’s a win.”

Attendance has steadily increased, but Andrews, Hurst, and Flaum are especially excited about the prospect of a growing high school audience.

They are eager to explain why high school students should come.

“Was the Word embodies what I try to explain when I’m trying to tell them how amazing it is to live in Iowa City,” Hurst said. “It’s artistic, it’s smart, it’s witty, it’s passionate, it’s raw, it’s so welcoming. I think everyone should come. Everyone ever.”

Community theater produces Urinetown

By Christina Sullivan

The schedule for the City High drama program is very busy with productions such as the fall play, spring musical, large group speech, and individual speech, but for some of our Little Hawks, not busy enough. Over the years, multiple students have expanded their theatre horizons by integrating themselves in various theatre organizations in the community. One such student is senior Jason Arnold.

“I must say that out of all of my high school experiences, working with City Circle and community theatre has been the most rewarding for me,” Arnold said.

Last year, Arnold became the youngest person ever elected to the City Circle acting company board of directors. He was elected by his mentor and prominent City Circle director, Chris Okiishi. Arnold is a member at large, meaning that he attends all the meetings and votes on issues that come up. He has a significant amount of power in the realm of the Iowa City theatre world because he helps choose the shows.

“I am kind of the representative for the teen shows. I talk to my peers, listen in the community, and see where the hype is. If everyone says they hate Chorus Line, then we won’t do it.”

Okiishi agreed, saying, “We want-

ed to have a student to represent the high school age, but also needed someone to represent the technical aspect. Jason was both.”

Within the board, Arnold is a member of three committees: the Play Selection Committee, the Production Committee, and the Technical Committee. The Play Selection Committee is somewhat self-explanatory; they choose the plays. The method in which they choose them however, is more complicated than one would realize. First, the “long list” is consulted. This list is a compilation of plays and musicals that have been under consideration for the last ten years, along with new recommendations. Then, every member of the committee reads each script and listens to any music tracks. The list is then cut down to what is appropriately named the “short list” -consisting of five plays and ten musicals.

This list is then given to the board so that they can state any concerns. If it gets past the board, it is then sent out to area directors in order to gage interest. The reason why City Circle does more musicals than plays is logical.

“They sell better,” Arnold said.

“We used to do more plays than musicals, then we did an equal amount of both. We do more musicals than plays now because they draw a larger crowd.”

City Circle in particular does one

high school show per year. This is the sixth year that the company has had a show solely for teens. Past shows have been Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, Rent, Godspell, West Side Story, and Legally Blonde.

“The purpose for doing a strictly teen show was so that talented theatre kids from the surrounding area could get to know each other,” Okiishi said.

The production committee is in charge of hiring people such as the director, stage manager, and technical director. The technical committee is in charge of what needs to happen behind the scenes such as lighting design and sound cues.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

“Winter’s Bone”: a vivid must-read

Two students review Winter’s Bone, the story of a teenager following her dream to escape her small world in the midst of starkly real American life. Clear writing lends a unique quality to Ree Dolly’s journey.

By Renata Stewart & Francesca Lubecki-Wilde Jennifer Lawrence has an aura about her. A starring role in 2010’s Winter’s Bone catapulted her not only to an Oscar nomination, but world-wide recognition for her bold, outspoken personality. This image, however, would not have been possible without her breakout role as Ree Dolly – arguably one of the strongest female literary characters of the 21st century.

Ree lives in the heart of Missouri’s hilly Ozarks, where blood runs thicker than water, family ties determine the law of the land, and the white powder of crack-cocaine is layered as thick as the winter snow. Ree discovers that her fugitive crank-cooking father has put their

home, and their only security, up for bail.

When he misses his court date, the only option left for the 16-year-old head of the household is to hunt him down in order to preserve any sense of normalcy for her two younger brothers and mentallyill mother. The search to find Ree’s father exposes her to the danger, both physical and emotional, of the Ozark clans, whose violence and ferocity bring to mind the violent gangs of America’s biggest cities.

While the novella exposes an often foreign section of our country, it’s not hard to see the underlying tenets of American literature present. While Ree’s dream is modest – a chance to fulfill her own potential and break free from the constricts of Ozark society – she clings to it as all heroes of American literature have done. She yearns to join the Army, her only way out of Missouri, but hates

the thought of leaving her mother and brothers behind. She is a strikingly independent girl, yet relies on her best friend and uncle for moral reinforcement.

Even though it parallels the classic American story, Winter’s Bone is not a sappy hero journey book. Author Daniel Woodrell uses language so crisp that even the most saccharine of storylines would feel fresh and unfamiliar. His impeccable sensory descriptions bring the reader inside both Ree’s sturdy conscience and her undeniably ugly surroundings.

It is the rare story that features a strong teenager who rises above the adult constructs of her society and whose story is treated with the respect that comes with the restraint of straightforward prose. Winter’s Bone is a must read for adolescents in the dead of winter.

Movies to Set the Mood on V-Day

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The Notebook- The semiThe Time Travelers Wife - Eternal Sunshine of the nal love movie for the This is a surprisingly great Spotless Mind - Probably MTV reality show generafilm, also starring Rachel the most refreshingly origtion. It stars Ryan Gosling, which is McAdams. The big twist in this inal love movie ever made, about a a plus for most girls, and Rachel Mc- movie is that it’s about time travel, couple who erases each other from Adams, who most guys don’t know and it tackles the subject shockingly their memories, and in the process but presumably find to be attractive. well, only with less of Michael J. Fox fall in love with each other all over

and that old guy whose name no- again. It’s a beautiful movie, a rom body remembers. com for the thinking couple. It’s got Jim Carrey NOT playing with pen guins for 90 minutes, which is nice.

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Love, Actually - This is a Django Unchained - I wonderful British film, at know, I know. Really? This least wonderful to those ultra-violent, super intense who can understand all the accents. Western? This choice is really for the There are so many! This film stars guys looking for a diversion. But it actors like Keira Knightly and Liam is a film that is ultimately driven by (TAKEN 2) Neeson, who surpris- love. The main character doesn’t go ingly doesn’t kill anybody in this looking for revenge. He goes looking film. Great stuff nonetheless. for his wife. It’s a movie that proves that love trumps all.

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SPORTS

February 8th, 2013

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ABOVE: Mickey Hansche ‘13 drives to the basket on West High’s Danielle Craig ‘15. City defeated West High 46-44 after Hansche hit the game winning 3 pointer. photo by Ryan Young.

Girls basketball wins MVC conference championship

The girls’ basketball team is on a roll, winning their last 11 games. With the season wrapping up, the No. 2 ranked Little Hawks are turning their focus to the state tournament and the road to Des Moines.

By Ryan Young As the 2012-2013 season is coming to an end, The Little Hawk girls basketball team has only one thing on their mind.

State.

“We are really excited with how our pairings look.” Mickey Hansche ‘13 said.

“This year we want to make it a couple steps further in the tournament, and I think this team can and will do that.”

Last year, the girls made it to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, but fell to State Champions Iowa City West High in the first round.

“It was our first year in a while to qualify for state,” Hansche said. “I think that we are much more prepared this year than we were last year.”

The Little Hawks had a successful regular season this year as well. They currently

have a record of 18-2 and are ranked No. 2 in class 5A. Also, the team has won 11 straight games, and clinched the MVC conference title by beating West High last Monday 46-44.

“I would have liked to have finished them off in the first quarter,” Head Coach Bill McTaggart said. “But West came ready to play and gave us everything we could handle.”

City has swept both regular season games against West this year. They defeated West before winter break, and are in the same regional substate bracket, but the teams wouldn’t meet eachother untill the finals.

“Honestly, it was all my teammates,” Haley Lorenzen ‘14 said. “They picked me up when I was down, and we came together at the end when it mattered.. And heck, it’s always good to beat West.”

Lorenzen, a three year varsity letter

winner, has had a breakout season this year, averaging 17.9 points per game, and 9.4 rebounds per game. She has also made a verbal commitment to play college basketball at the University of Florida.

“The goal to get back to state and win has been a huge motivation for me this year.” Lorenzen said. “My team pushing me to be better. We’re all pushing ourselves to be better as well.”

Hansche, who scored her 1000th point earlier in the season, has been a major force for The Little Hawks this year too.

She was nominated this year for the McDonald’s High School All-American game, one of only 814 players in the country to do so.

“I am very honored to be nominated for this game because it is such prestigious honor,” Hansche said. “It would be really fun to play in the game and get to meet new people.”

Hansche is planning on continuing her basketball career next year. She hasn’t made a decision yet, but she has narrowed it down to a few schools, like Truman State University, Minnesota State University, Coe College, and Upper Iowa University.

“All of the schools are close to home.”

Hansche said. “I also really like the players and the coaching staffs at these schools.”

With the MVC conference title won, the girls have turned their full attention to preparing for the state tournament.

“We have to take it one game at a time.”

Coach McTaggart said. “We’re not looking past anybody.”

The Little Hawks have received the No. 1 seed and a first round bye in their sub state bracket.They will take on Clinton in the semi-finals at home on February 16th.

If they beat Clinton, they will advance to the substate finals the following Tuesday at Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Wrestling looks to future, builds program

By Alex Moen Stricken with illnesses, viruses, and injury, the wrestling team was only able to take seven varsity wrestlers to the MVC Tournament.

“We still need to get a lot better,” head coach Cory Connell said after the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament on January 26th. “Three guys placing – we need to get better.”

However, the coaching staff has been changing the way that these young men wrestle. After nearly every match, one of the many coaches will talk to the wrestler who just competed, giving them the opportunity to look at what they can specifically do better as an individual wrestler.

Along with that, the wrestlers practice in the morning and afternoon to work on technique and improve as a whole.

“In practice, we are doing more individual work with an emphasis on getting a quality workout in. The conditioning aspect is not much of an issue compared to fine tuning the technical aspect of each wrestler during the last part of the season,” assistant coach JJ Kurtsinger said.

While the team has not had a lot of victories with dual tournaments, the team does have success with a lot of their upperclassmen.

Ryan Maas ‘14 is ranked second in the state, and qualified for the state meet last season.

“We need to get through Ryan’s

mentality, and get him on the right track again,” assistant coach Morgan Deprenger said.

“I need to go out there and wrestle my matches and just wrestle my best,” Ryan Maas said.

Wrestling at 113 lbs. this year, Alex Lemus ‘13 is also a returning state qualifier with a record of 23 wins and 14 losses.

“Lemus needs to believe in his offense on his feet,” coach Kurtsinger said.

“Everyone else believes in him except for himself. If he starts doing that, he will be where he wants at the end of the year.”

At districts, the team will go up against some of the top-ranked wrestlers in the state. Lemus will wrestle

against the third- and fifth-ranked wrestlers in the state.

“There are definitely some tough kids in our district, but I think that if I put in enough hard work and just try my best I will not be disappointed,” Lemus said.

Bryton Jones ‘13 is another wrestler who has a strong winning record of 21 wins and 14 losses. “[Jones] is wrestling the way he’s capable of,” Connell said. “He’s a guy that’s been right there all year. Hopefully he can turn that corner to finish the year the way he wants to.”

“He should keep focused on one match at time, fight for every position and keep positive the the face of adversity,” Coach Deprenger said.

“I’m just on a roll right now,” Jones

said. “I just need to continue to wrestle the way I have been.”

On February 9, the team will travel to Mt. Pleasant to compete for districts. The top two place winners will advance to the state wrestling tournament in Des Moines on February 14-16.

“We need to just do the best that we can do, and right now we are not showing up. Whatever your best is it needs to show up here real quick.

Its all about improving on the little things, improving on the big things.

And just getting the best that you can possibly be for this year,” Connell said. “That is what I expect out of every one of our wrestlers; to do the most with what they got.”

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Swimming qualifies for state

The City High boys’ swim team, led by their seniors, is sending seven different events to the State Swim Meet this year held in Marshalltown, Iowa on February 9th.

ABOVE: Thomas Chudzik ‘13 prepares on the starting blocks before a race. photo

by Kierra Zapff.

ABOVE: Gabe Caballero ‘14 swims the breast stroke during a meet at Mercer Park Aquatic Center. photo by Kierra Zapff.

By Mickey Hansche

GAMES

UPCOMING

The City High boys’ swim team will graduate 4 seniors this spring: Harris Thompson, Ike EymanCasey, Thomas Chudzik and Josh Crosby. While Thompson, EymanCasey, and Chudzik have competed at the varsity levels for most of their high school careers, Crosby is new to the team this year. All four seniors have made an impact on the team this year whether it be through their performances at meets, or from their positive attitudes every day at practice.

“Our season has gone pretty well.

We had three wins and one tie this season,” Thompson said.

The three wins this season came from dual meets. The Little Hawks beat Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Waterloo West and Dubuque Hempstead.

Several members of the City High boys’ team swam their best times of the season during these meets which led to the wins.

Although the swim team may not have had the best record this year, they continued to build as a team

and improve their times each and every day at practice.

“This year has been really fun for me. The guys are great people and they have made my first year of swimming a really good experience,” Crosby said.

“This team is full of hard workers and good guys that have learned a lot this season and are building a foundation for the swim team in years to come,” Eyman-Casey said. “I am proud at how we have competed this year.”

The Little Hawks competed in the IHSAA district meet this past weekend held in Iowa City. Harris Thompson placed third in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, and Andrew Parr ‘16 placed fourth and broke the school record with a time of 54.9 seconds in the 100 backstroke and also placed fourth in the 200 individual medley.

“It felt really good to break the record. I didn’t think I would,” Parr said. “But my goal was to break it this year.”

Three City High relays were also key factors this weekend: the 200 medley relay placing fifth, the 200

Girls’ Basketball Regionals City vs. Clinton February 16th

freestyle relay placing sixth, and the 400 freestyle relay placing fourth.

For many City High swimmers, the district meet was the last meet of their season, but there are a select few that have qualified for the State Swim Meet. This year the Little Hawks will be sending 7 different events to the State Meet. Harris Thompson will be competing in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Andrew Parr in the 100 backstroke and the 200 individual medley, and Ike Eyman-Casey in the 50 freestyle. The 200 medley relay of Andrew Parr, Nate Katalinich ‘16, Jacob Buatti ‘14 and Sam Cavanaugh also qualified for State, along with the 400 freestyle relay of Harris Thompson, Ike Eyman-Casey, Jacob Buatti and Sam Cavanaugh.

“City High swimming has always been fun. We may not be the best team in the MVC, but we are a good team,” Thompson said. “I will miss all the guys and the experiences I have had with them.”

The Little Hawks hope to end their season on a good note at the State Swim Meet on February 9th held in Marshalltown.

Boys’ Swimming

State Meet @ Marshalltown

February 9th

ABOVE: Jacob Buatti ‘14 looks at the scoreboard for his time as he climbs out of the pool. photo by Kierra Zapff.

STATE QUALIFIERS Ike Eyman Casey ‘13 - 50 freestyle

Harris Thompson ‘13- 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle Andrew Parr ‘16- 100 backstroke and 200 IM 200 medley relay 400 freestyle relay

Wrestling Districts City @ Mt. Pleasant February 9th

Boys’ Basketball Regionals City @ CR Prairie February 18th

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

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Boys’ basketball strives to improve This season, the Little Hawks have been working to get better everyday. With two weeks until the substate tournament, the team will continue to work hard in order to find success in the post-season.

By Annika Wasson Like a mason building a wall, one brick at a time, the City High boys’ team is building for the future. Not only for this team, but for teams to come.

“This year is a process,” head coach Don Showalter said. “It took awhile to transfer the practice mentality to games, but we are getting better.”

Looking at past results, the process is taking effect. On January 29, the Little Hawks put another brick in their wall as they took down Cedar Rapids Prairie in a double overtime, 62-56 win. The team trailed by four at the half, but came back from a fourth quarter deficit to force an extra period when they tied the score at 41. In the first overtime, City was down by two points with only seconds remaining when Lonnie Chester ‘13 found Malin Craig ‘13 in the lane, and Craig nailed a basket at the buzzer to send the game into a second over time.

The Little Hawks hit key free throws in the second OT to seal the win.

“It was a great game for our team to come back from a deficit and get the win,” Showalter said. “Scoring at the buzzer in the first OT gave us the energy to win.”

Chester led the Little Hawks with 28 points in that game and Cameron Spears ‘13 followed with 15. City also out-rebounded Prairie 31-26. The double overtime victory improved the Little Hawks record to 7-10 and proved their hard work in practice had paid off. “[The players] have practiced very well every practice this season,” Showalter said.

Throughout the season, the team has struggled with rebounding and finishing key shots. However, Showalter says his players have practiced hard throughout the season and are showing signs of improvement.

“I feel very good about our progress as I knew it would take some time to establish the program’s expectations with accountability and discipline,” he said. “the players are working extremely hard and understanding what needs to be done to play well.”

Showalter says practicing hard and with game-like mentalities has been a strong suit for the team this year.

The Little Hawks have now won three of their last four games, including a 55-47 victory over Waterloo East and a 44-35 win over Dubuque Hempstead. With four games remaining in the regular season, the team is looking to carry their momentum into the next two weeks of regular play then on into the postseason.

“We need to work on rebounding, hitting open shots, all the little things,” Chester said.

The postseason brings a familiar face in their sub-state first round matchup as they will face Prairie once again on February 18 at 7 PM in their sub-state first round matchup at Prairie High School. The Little Hawks hope to use their game experience against Prairie to learn from and to prepare them for the critical “loser goes home” rematch.

Showalter stresses that there are still key areas where the team has to keep building their abilities to con-

ABOVE: Ladarius Taylor ‘14 prepares to drive to the basket in the game against Bettendorf. photo by Kierra Zapff

tinue the season.

“We still need to become a better rebounding team, and I would say that our defense needs to continue to improve,” Showalter said. “But we are getting better in skill development and this has helped us in games. Our players have had great carryover from

practice to games.”

Agreeing with his coach, Chester said that throughout the entire season, the team’s chemistry has been its best quality.

“We’ve stuck together, we never gave up on each other.”

Showalter agrees saying that the

team’s compatibility has and will continue to lead the team to many successes this season.

“Our seniors have shown great leadership,” Showalter said. “We just kept telling the team to work hard and good things will happen.”

Bowlers prep for state

After losing the king and queen pins to Iowa City West High the boys and girls bowling teams look to come back strong and qualify for this years state meet.

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Investment Advisor Representative Phone: 319.351.7077x18 Cell: 319.330.5897 Fax: 319.337.4260 Email: ddarner@rdafn.com 2121 9th Street Coralville, IA 52241 ABOVE: Bella McBride ‘16 rolls the ball down the lane at the CIty-West Battle of the Pin. photo by Daniela Perret

By Malin Craig The 2012-2013 Little Hawk Bowling season is in full swing, and the athletes are in top form. The squad lost their most recent match against previously winless West High for the travelling King Pin trophy, but the bowlers are still standing strong at 3-6.

“A 3-6 record is clearly not ideal, but our squad has worked hard this year and are looking to make a push for state,” Sam Dennis ‘13 said.

The top bowler for the Hawks this year is Wes Kirchner ‘14, who has

been averaging a team best 188 pins a game and 376 pins a series. Eric Kenney ‘13 has also been putting in solid work at the lanes with averages of 181 and 363.

“The meet with West was a struggle, we were just off our game a little bit,” Kenney said. “We know if we are all at our best we are a very good team.”

The Little Hawk team has been knocking down an average of 2,706 pins a match, and have a Baker rotation average of 177.

“The Baker round is where I have the most fun,” Dennis said. “My best memory in my career as a four-year

bowler is beating West last year in a clutch situation in the Baker rotation.”

A Baker rotation is usually a fiveman team of bowlers who rotate frames in which each roll is crucial because you can either help or hurt the team.

The team is looking to finish strong in their last home meet on February 8th and in the last meet of the regular season, on the 12th in Cedar Rapids.

The team will then be locked in for state.

“I’m very confident that we could kill it, and pull an upset at state,” Kenney said.

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Juniors dedicate time and effort for love of gymnastics Alitza Shutt ‘14 and Max Moloney ‘14 have dedicated years of their lives to gymnastics. Although the sport is extremely time-consuming, they say the benefits they recieve are worth it.

By Daniela Perret

ABOVE: Craig Bailey defends the Rough Riders’ goal in the third period. photo by Annika Wasson.

ABOVE: Kyle Bailey ‘13 battles for the puck in the second period. photo by Annika Wasson.

Bailey brothers take on another Roughriders hockey season

As she prepares herself for her routine, Alitza Shutt ‘14 smiles at the ground and takes one step back.

She looks up with a face of complete focus and in less than one second, throws herself into the air, gracefully twisting and twirling across the room.

“I love the feeling that you get when you know you’ve gotten it right,” Shutt said. “Whether it’s sticking your new vault or mastering a new stunt, you just get this sense of accomplishment.”

Shutt has been doing gymnastics since she was seven years old and plans to continue doing it recreationally during college.

“Gymnastics has been a big part of my life for so many years,” Shutt said. “I don’t know what I would do without it.”

When Shutt began doing gymnastics she was part of a program called Junior Olympics where she spent 27 hours a week practicing the sport. After staying with Junior Olympics until she was 15, Shutt decided to switch to a different program called Xcel mainly because of the time it consumed.

“What I used to do was go to school, drive straight to Coralville and practice from 4 to 9. Then I’d get home at 9:30 and have to do my homework, every single day,” Shutt said. “It was impossible to keep up with school and have a social life with so many hours at the gym.”

Although a majority of her life was spent at the gym, Shutt says the time commitment was worth it in the end. Her coaches along with her teammates have been a second fam-

ily to her and she has made many of her best friends through gymnastics.

“My favorite thing about gymnastics is my teammates because I’ve pretty much grown up with them,” Shutt said. “The gym is pretty much like my second home, and my main coach, Paige, is like my mom and she thinks of me as her own daughter.”

Through her career, Shutt has traveled all over the United States, from Arizona to Florida for competitions and has achieved many honors such as being all-around state champion in 2011. Along with being an all-around state champion, Shutt has achieved over 30 state titles and has over 120 medals and trophies. But to have achieved all these things, Shutt has had to be committed to the sport year-round and has had to have a very disciplined, focused attitude.

“Gymnastics is a year-round sport. You’re constantly doing it.

There is no off season,” Shutt said.

“We have to go every single week and you have to practice no matter the challenge.”

Along with Shutt, Max Moloney ‘14 has dedicated a large majority of his life to gymnastics. Also starting at the age of 7, Moloney spent the first years of his gymnastics career at a program called Hawkeye Gymnastics. He spent six years with this program, but later switched to Iowa Gym-Nest where he stayed for two years. He is now at a program called Eyas where he spends 15 hours per week practicing.

Like Shutt, Moloney says the time consument of gymnastics can at times be a struggle. Between schoolwork, work and hours spent at the gym, it is hard to make time for everything.

“It keeps you focused, but it also

takes a lot away from your personal life,” Moloney said. “You wake up, you go to school, you go home for about an hour, and then you go to practice, and then come home and do your homework. But it’s worth it.”

Although the time commitment can sometimes be an issue, Moloney says that the sport has taught him many lessons and has made him into a more focused individual.

“You learn a lot about respect and discipline. You have to respect your coaches and you have to be pretty disciplined,” Moloney said.

“But not only do you have to be disciplined by the coaches, you also have to be self-disciplined.”

Throughout his gymnastics career, Moloney has won the state meet twice and has placed 10th on rings at one of the largest meets in the country, The Winter Cup, which was located in Las Vegas. But to Moloney, winning is not the most important reward you can achieve.

“It doesn’t really matter to me if I get 4th place on something,. That’s not what I care about,” Moloney said.

“If you do the best that you can do and got a good score, I think that’s pretty rewarding. Or if you’re at the gym and you’re thinking to yourself, ‘Where was I three months ago?’ and compare that to where you are now, you can see your progress, and that’s pretty great too.”

Moloney truly enjoys gymnastics and hopes to continue the sport recreationally through college.

“It’s just cool how you can get a new skill,” Moloney said. “You can see all these people doing all these cool things and you’re like ‘Hey, I can do that.’’”

ABOVE: Max Moloney covers his hands with chalk while preparing for a routine in practice last week. photo by Oli Peters

Kyle Bailey ‘13 and Craig Bailey ‘14 have been playing hockey their entire lives. Now playing for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders, they travel around the Midwest playing the game they love.

By Olivia Hamilton & Mickey Hansche The Bailey brothers have been playing hockey for most of their lives.

Kyle ‘13 has been playing for 15 years, and Craig ‘14 for 13 years. Currently they both compete for the Cedar Rapids Roughriders high school team.

The team is composed of players from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area, and travels all around the Midwest competing.

The Roughriders are a Tier 1 hockey team, previously based in Mason City and used to be known as the North Iowa Huskies. The team moved to Cedar Rapids in 1999 and renamed themselves as the Roughriders team in the Iowa High School Hockey League.

“Iowa doesn’t have high school teams which is unfortunate so we play

in a league,” Kyle said. “Our teammates are mostly kids from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Area, so we are at least from familiar areas.”

The Iowa High School Hockey League started in the fall of 1975.

At that time there were two divisions, but now those two divisions have formed into one. The league has served the Midwest for over 30 years and has provided their players with a nurturing environment and helps to develop competitive players while also encouraging strong academics and community involvement.

The Baileys have a deep-rooted history in hockey as well. Kyle and Craig’s family sparked their interest in the game when they were toddlers, bringing them to watch and teaching them to play.

“When we were really young, our dad took us to a ice rink park,” Kyle

said. “Ever since we were there, we have really loved the game.”

“Our whole family is really into hockey,” Craig said. “Our dad and grandpa used to play hockey and took us to hockey games. Dad bought us a hockey stick when we were young and that really inspired us to play.”

Kyle has been on the team for his entire high school career, and Craig for 3 years as a junior. The Roughriders are 20 games through a 28 game season. This season has been challenging for the Roughriders, reaching the end of their season with a record of 1-19. Kyle plays the role of head forward, leading the team in goals and assists his senior season.

“Despite our record, I feel like the team has been doing great,” Kyle said. “They have helped me develop as a player which has led me to lead in goals and assists. It feels really great

to finish my senior season with these honors.”

He also holds the record for number of goals in a game and number of assists in a game at two each.

Craig has been playing a defensive position and has had an assist this season.

“Kyle has been doing great this season,” Craig said. “I definitely look up to him as a player as well as a brother. I hope to follow in his footsteps for my senior year.”

The brothers have always loved hockey. They love the fast pace of the game, all of the different movements and they love the fact that its not a play by play sport and you have to play as you go which makes it more entertaining to watch and to play.

“Everyone has that one sport that they love and hockey is ours,” Craig said. “I personally think its re-

ally fun and entertaining and fun to hit people. It’s a good way to get your anger out.”

They hope their admiration for the game can continue as they graduate high school. They plan on keeping hockey a main part of their lives no matter where they play.

“Whether I can play at a college level or play in a league at Coral Ridge, I would love to continue playing,” Craig said. “I always want hockey to be a part of my life.”

Kyle hopes to play in a junior league and then move on to play hockey at a college level. He is also considering the idea of playing in an adult league in the future.

The Cedar Rapids Roughriders high school team has 8 games left of their 28 game season. The boys next game will be held on Saturday, February 9th at the Lincoln Ice Box Arena.

ABOVE: Alitza Shutt ‘14 does a split jump on a balance beam during practice last week at the Iowa Gym-Nest. photo by Daniela Perret.

B6 SPORTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Junior commits to Florida

As the 2012-2013 basketball season draws to an end, high school athletes around the nation are signing to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. City High junior, Haley Lorenzen, began her journey to signing in December when she verbally committed to the University of Florida.

By Annika Wasson After hours spent in the gym, hard work on and off the court, and eight years of pursuing her dream, Haley Lorenzen ‘14 has taken the next step in continuing her basketball career. With the offers of several different schools to choose from, the 6’3” junior verbally committed to the University of Florida in December.

“They have amazing facilities and an amazing program,” Lorenzen said.

Lorenzen said the decision making process was not easy, but thinks Florida was the best fit for her. She says one of the major factors in choosing Florida was their interior design program.

“Honestly a big part of [the decision] was the academics,” Lorenzen said. “I want to study interior design and they have the number three inte-

rior design school in the country, so that’s a pretty big incentive.”

The three-year varsity squad member leads the City High girls basketball team in points per game with 18.4, rebounds per game with 9.2, and total blocks with 41. Along with that, she has helped her team to a 18-2 record and a No. 2 ranking this season.

Currently Lorenzen and her team have their eyes on a state championship, but Lorenzen says she is also looking ahead to her post-high school career and has set some goals for her own improvements.

“One goal of mine is probably to get better at my ball handling, shooting, and getting more consistent.”

The opportunity to continue a career in basketball is something Lorenzen does not take for granted. She says she feels lucky to get the chance to follow her dream.

“It’s an amazing feeling,” Lorenzen said. “Honestly, I just feel so blessed to have the opportunity to go play at such a high level, and I know there’s only a select few that can do that.”

Haley Lorenzen ‘14 swings the ball during the City-West game last Monday. photo by Ryan Young

OPINION

BIG 10 REALIGNMENT

With the addidion of two new teams, the BIG TEN Conference is faced with a decision: Keep the current Legends and Leaders set-up, or rearrange the divisions in a new way. Aligning the divisions geographically makes the most sense for players, teams, and fans alike.

By Ryan Young

Now let me start off by saying I love the fact that Maryland and Rutgers are joining the Big Ten. They are two high caliber schools that will be able to generate a lot of income for the conference over the next few years. We are lucky to have them. But their arrival poses a big question for Commissioner Jim Delany. Where do Maryland and Rutgers fit in to the Legends/Leaders set up?

I have been opposed to the whole Legends and Leaders idea since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.

I don’t like that they put the “better quality” teams in the Leaders division, and the “lower quality” teams in the Legends division. Even the names of the divisions are a mystery to me.

The names state that one division is the good division, and the other is the bad division. It just doesn’t make sense. But, for the last two seasons, it has gone smoothly enough with the current 12-team format.

But when Maryland and Rutgers join the Big Ten in 2014, and as other schools possibly join in the future, which division will they be put into?

The easy thing for Commissioner

Delany to do is to put one team in the Legends division, and the other team in the Leaders division, and the issue will be resolved. But the easy thing isn’t always the right move.

Here is my solution. Geography.

Split the divisions into the Big Ten East and the Big Ten West. It only makes sense to split it up this way, especially when two east coast teams are joining a conference centered around the Midwest. If the divisions are split up geographically, here is how the split could potentially look.

BIG TEN EAST: Maryland, Rutgers, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Indiana BIG TEN WEST: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue Think about this. Imagine that the divisions are left the way that they are, and Maryland and Rutgers are split up into the Legends and Leaders divisions. What happens when the Big Ten wants to expand again? Rumors have been flying about the additions of schools from the southeast part of the country. How would those teams fit in the Legends and Leaders format? If they split up the divisions geographically, the teams can go in the division that they are closest to.

Then, if they ever need to re-arrange the divisions, they will only have to switch one or two teams at a time, not the entire conference. This will keep rivalries in place, and save the schools money.

If the leagues are split up geographically, teams and fans will not have to travel as far for games. This will save the teams money on travel expenses, and fans will be more likely to travel to games closer to home. It will bring in more money for every team in the league. It’s a win-win situation for everyone.

Now sure, there could be some problems with this layout. If the East and West divisions become a reality, there could be an imbalance of power.

One year there could be several good teams in the east, but only one or two good teams in the west. But every team goes through cycles. Teams rise and fall. This problem will fix itself after a few years.

I believe that Commissioner Delany should do away with the Legends and Leaders divisions in 2014 with the addition of Maryland and Rutgers. They should be split up geographically. It makes sense with the current additions, and would work well with any future expansion.

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SPORTS

Four athletes sign National Letters

Last Wednesday, four City High seniors signed their National Letters of Intent to play college athletics.

Boys’ Basketball team gets new gear, new coach

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By Cameron Spears

LUKE MENNEN Soccer

SAM MRSTIK Baseball

FERNANDO PACHECO Soccer

Drake Univerisity

Johnson County C.C.

Western Illinios Univerisity

Luke Mennen ‘13 has been a varsity soccer player at City High for four years. Last season, he lead his team to the state tournament, defeated West High, and achieved a 16-2 record.

Mennen chose Drake because of their pharmacy program, which he is hoping to get into.

“I really like the coach and know some of the players there already,” Mennen said. “I’m excited to play some high quality soccer with a good group of guys.”

Mennen’s favorite City High athletics memory is making it to the state tournament last year.

Sam Mrstik ‘13 has been playing baseball for City High since 8th grade, and has been on varsity since his sophomore year. After a first round playoff loss last year, he hopes to lead his team to the state tournament this season. Mrstik is going to continue his baseball career next year at Johnson County Community College in Kansas.

“I really like the coaches,” Mrstik said.

“Plus, the area is really nice.”

After he is done playing at Johnson County Community College, Mrstik hopes to transfer to a larger four year school to play baseball.

Fernando Pacheco ‘13 has been on the varsity soccer team for The Little Hawks since he was a freshman. He has traveled all over the world playing on club teams, traveling to central america last fall to play on a club team. He will play soccer at Western Illinois Univerisity next year, “I have some friends who play on the team already,” Pacheco said. “I also really like the coaches there.”

Pacheco said that his favorite memory at City was beating West High last season. He looks forward to having fun playing good, competitive soccer.

ERIN WENO Softball Kirkwood C.C.

Erin Weno ‘13 has been a varsity softball player since joining the team in 8th grade. She has been a pitcher, and plays 3rd base for The Little Hawks.

Weno chose Kirkwood because of the opprotunities she hopes it will bring her in the future.

“I chose Kirkwood because it’s a good program and I really like the coaches.”

Weno said. “After two years, I hope to be able to go to a bigger and more competitive level.”

Weno leads the team in home runs with 5, and leads the team in RBI’s with 39.

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There have been a lot of new changes this season for The Little Hawk boys’ basketball team. Along with a new coach, they have received new uniforms, travel suits, bags, and several other items.

“This was a real change for us.”

Ladarius Taylor ‘14 said. “We’re not used to getting all of this new stuff for the basketball team.”

The players received a new personal travel bags, book bags, new travel sweats, two brand new Nike Hyperdunks and Nike Hyperfuse basketball shoes. They also all wear red and white Nike Elite socks.

“Its awesome how we got all this nice gear.” Tony Perry ‘13 said. “I mean, if we want to be the best, we better look the best.”

The Little Hawks have been hosting youth basketball tournaments every month in order to fund all of the gear. The players work the tournaments in shifts. Some work the concession stands, others work the scoreboards, and some even referee the game.

The players involve themselves in the community in any way they can.

“We try not to be the team that only cares about basketball games but as well as helping the people around us.” Taylor said. “I believe Coach Showalter will change the City High basketball team forever.”

The team also has had several team dinners, and even got the chance to go to an Iowa Hawkeye Men’s basketball game.

“I wanted to take the players out to eat and to the Hawkeyes game because I think it would bond the team better and bring out some team chemistry,” Head Coach Don Showalter said.

Showalter is best known for his lifetime achievements, he has Coached the USA 16U and 17U teams and won four straight gold medals from 2009-2012. He has also coached the Nike Hoop Summit Camp and the Snow Valley Camp.

“I will be forever grateful for all the opportunities I have been given.”

Showalter said. “I have a strong passion for the game of basketball and I work hard so other kids have the same opportunities that I had.”

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REC LEAGUE 2013

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Downtown at the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Center the annual winter season of Rec League Basketball is under way. Rec League Basketball has been claimed to be dated as far back as the 1960’s with players participating from all four Iowa City high schools. This year teams from City High, Regina, and Tate High will compete for the 2013 Championship.

By Olivia Hamilton

Gorgle

School: City High Managers/Coaches: Addie Bockenstedt and Ben Callaci.

Players: Greg Grier, Dalton Green, Evan Streeby, Ethan Dailey, Ian VerHoef, Braxton Bell, Brady Sweening, Gunnar Marchael, Ryan Cox, Auston Troyer, Nicolai Gibbens.

History: First year team consisting of sophomores and juniors.

Current Record: 0-3

Sesame Street Bangerz School: City High Managers/Coaches: Mohamed Rouhabi, Andrew Hein, Malin Craig, and Jordan Ingram.

Players: Sid Vander Woude (captain), Mohamed Traore, Eddie Marcelino, Mitch Hynes, De Salibi, Tyler Stika, Ethan Glenn, Daren Jones, and Freeman Brenner History: Returning team of seniors under the same team name. Last year the team had a record of 2-5.

Current Record: 3-0

BBB

School: City High Managers/Coaches: Ruth Grace and Sabrina Rogers.

Players: Corbin Scholz, Ruth Grace, Melanie O’Meara, Tiara Phillips, Marlee Wallace, Sabrina Rodgers, Michaela Nelson, Rachel Wilcox, Emily Ward, and Caitlyn Jones.

History: First year team consisting of a mixture of junior and senior girls.

Second team in the history of rec league to be an all-girl team.

Current Record: 0-3

Ball-Stars

School: City High Managers/Coaches: Hugh Ritter ‘13 and Matt Poulton ‘13.

Players: Mitch Reuter, Roldan Navarrate, Conner Graves, Michael Gloer, Grant Lewis, Niall Oliver, Ben Peters, Chris Nguyen, and Brook Price.

History: Returning team of seniors under the same name from the 2012 season. Last year the team had a record of 2-4.

Current Record: 3-0

Blue Ballerz

School: City High Managers/Coaches: Jake Leohr.

Players: Silas Berkson, Kole Butler, Ivan Diaz, Randy Gipson, Borris Johnson, Cory Lindsey, Jake Leohr, Bryson Runge, Xavier Washpun and Mitch Wieland.

History: First year team consisting of juniors.

Current Record: 3-0

Just Hoop It

School: City High Managers/Coaches: Jack Frakes Players: Jack Frakes, Jeremiah Gevock, Josh Crosby, Luke Mennen, Sam Mrstik, Alex Mills, Mitch Hasler, and Trey Tjarks.

History: First year team with returning rec league player Jack Frakes, former member of “Hoops I Did It Again,” the champions of the 2012 season.

Current Record: 2-1

GOD SQUAD

God Squad

School: Regina Managers/Coaches: Riley Hanrahan Players: Riley Hanrahan (captain), David Crompton, Fritz Wagner, Alex O’Brien, Jake Brinkman, Adam Demory, Ben Osterhaus, Luke Gallagher, Cale Lehman, Nick Dolezal History: First year team consisting of players ranging from 10th grade to 12th. The team wishes to “represent our Lord and play good clean ball.”

Current Record: 0-2