B rah Senator VOLUME 57 | ISSUE II | DECEMBER 15, 2015 | 6001 CASSIA ST. | BOISE, ID 83709 | BORAHSENATOR.COM | @THEBORAHSENATOR
“I am looking forward to having a better year compared to last year.� -Junior Wrestler, Peter Huntsman Photo by Kalee Grow | kgrow@borahsenator.com
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Get in the holiday spirit! Pages 6 & 7 Photos by Abbie Linford | abbiedianephotography@gmail.com
Chloe Fender models for photographer Abbie Linford - Bio on Page 2
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Clubs sponsor food baskets for Borah families
The Take Down on Wrestling Winter sports Schedules Varsity Girls Basketball season update 50 new athletes join cross-country team Recent sport scores Sports photo gallery
Take a quick tour of newspaper class Student teachers experiences at Borah Is your kitty safe around Halloween time? Students of the week: updated every Friday
Thankgiving commentary: what is the perfect turkey?
Borah honors veterans in annual ceremony
Fantastic Four Compare and Contrast
Ready set, wait: Powderpuff delayed until Spring
New release of Hunger Games movie stirred expectations
Idaho Youth Barbershop Festival mens and womens chior perform in Boise
Star Wars expectations
Holiday Celebrations are more about people than gifts Teachers and students respond to Paris attacks
Q&ABorahs Best dressed
Soccer varsity requirment causes stress for players Editorial Cartoon: the world reacts to terrorist attacks.
High School Musical Review
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Borah Bio
December 15, 2015
Junior AP student is military bound, military raised
By Hana Krogness
hkrogness@borahsenator.com “I feel different in the sense that I feel like there is more to the world than other people do,” said Jared Harr. Born in Texas to a military father, Harr has had a nomadic life from the beginning of his childhood. He’s lived in four U.S. states and Germany, and has visited 25 countries. “When I was six, I lived in Germany with my dad, and I was in Italy when Italy won the World Cup in 2006. It was crazy; people flood the streets, even in rural areas. You could be in a neighborhood and fireworks went off. This started my passion to play soccer,” said Harr, who is on the varsity soccer team. Now soccer acts as a mental break and a workout for Harr in between his long school day and homework. Harr plans to major in engineering or physics after high school. He then
hopes to attend flight school, but his main goal is to apply to BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) SEAL training. “The reason I want to do these things is I’ve always wanted to be a part of something that’s important. When you’re older and you meet someone and you ask them what they do and they say, ‘Oh, I’m an accountant,’ then you think that’s boring; but when someone tells you, ‘I’m a Navy SEAL,’ you know that they have done stuff in their life and they have achieved things normal people haven’t seen, done or been a part of,” he said. He is enrolled in four AP classes, the JROTC program (it’s his third year), and accelerated pre-calculus. “I’ve never been someone to take a class just to take it. I want to learn the material and push myself,” he said. Growing up, Harr’s dad drilled into him “you finish what you start.”
In JROTC Harr has won Cadet of the Month as well as Cadet of the Year twice. The test includes sections based on military, world history, first aid, and U.S. history. Harr’s dad has been an influential character in his life. His father is a JAG (Judge Advocate General, a.k.a lawyer) in the Air Force. Being in a military environment has also structured Harr’s life in the way he follows rules. “The military mindset is ‘you accept that you have to do something and then you do it,” said Harr. “I think that’s what sets me apart from most people.” “The first time you break it, it’s a mistake, and what do we do with mistakes? We correct them; we fix them. The second time, it’s a problem. With problems, we deal with them, and there are punishments for problems. Then, the third time it’s a habit and with habits we break them. I’ve never been to the third step before.”
Senior discovers passion for portrait photography
Staff Head Honchos: Editor-in-Chief: Hana Krogness Photographers: Hana Krogness, Kalee Grow Advertising Manager: Aurora Wellington Web Editor: Aurora Wellington Editorial Cartoonist: Abigail Roundtree Video Editor: Juliann Daw
By Hana Krogness
hkrogness@borahsenator.com Senior Abbie Linford, Photography 4 student, has been taking senior photos for some peers and building a portfolio for herself. “I have always played around with it [photography], but I just got seriously into it last year,” said Linford. As displayed to the right she mainly focuses on portrait photography, and prefers it more than landscape. “It’s easy to tell a person how to pose, but a tree is just going to do what a tree does,” explained Linford. She plans on teaching photography at a high school level and doing photo portraits after she graduates.
Page Editors: Cover: Hana Krogness Borah Bio: Demi Manglona News: Aurora Wellington Opinion: Jullian Daw Clubs & Activities: Abdullah Salman Double Truck: Hana Krogness Sports: Kalee Grow Fun & Games: Natalie Arnold
Photos By Abbie Linford Senior Abbie Linford
Hana Krogness | hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Junior Jared Harr in his JROTC uniform.
Photographs above are featured in the Borah library
Staff Writers: Brandi Larkins Aubrey Pulshipher Adviser: Michelle Harmon
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Staff Shout-Out Personally, whenever I know that a paper or essay is destined to be peer reviewed, I change what I write. I edit my writing so I won’t be as critically judged by my classmates. Peer reviewing hinders any potential creativity that a student may want to express. I don’t like it. - Aurora Wellington
If it’s a paper that I find seems “better” than mine, I see it as an opportunity to improve. One that is not, has no emotional or educational impact on me personally. Self review, I find, is the worst. - Abigail Roundtree Senior
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Peer review doesn’t work for students
By Abigail Roundtree | aroundtree@borahsenator.com
By Hana Krogness
hkrogness@borahsenator.com In school, usually in writing-based classes, students are often asked to read over and assess another student’s work based on an understanding of the assignment at hand This is commonly known as peer review. Although this type of editing can be used as a tool to allow the class to have an idea of what levels of writing students are producing, it is very hard to control bias. Like many things in life, not all peer reviews are created equal. “Whether or not I like peer reviewing is a complicated question, because on one hand it’s nice to get feedback from a different point of view that you may not have considered; but at the same time, usually classmates don’t go into detail when critiquing your paper which isn’t ultimately all that helpful,” said senior Adriana Thiel. Peer reviews are unfair and have little use as graded feedback for writing improvement. It is very human to judge the quality of a peer’s writing before actually reading and comprehending the text. A positive mindset may be set upon reading a friend’s name, whereas a more negative approach would be the result of noticing the name of someone you don’t like scribed on the top of the page.
“I mainly use it [peer review] to have students share their work with one another, and provide an audience, not so much on how to do editing,” said AP Literature and AVID teacher Pamela Atkins. “Peer review online gives a little bit of anonymity, and tends to be in their comfort zone.” A solution to providing more “anonymity,” as mentioned by Atkins above, could be to omit names in order to conceal one’s identity through programs like turnitin.com, which is most common. The peer reviewer receives the paper in the same format it was submitted, which happens to be MLA format, hence having the name of writer at the top of the page and allowing prejudgments to occur by the reader prior to reading any of the actual work. Although this type of peer review may not affect the grades of the students, it also doesn’t consider the implications of what happens when a student automatically assumes a smarter student’s paper is correct. The peer reviewer may confuse the papers of students with higher grades as having correctly portrayed what the rubric is asking for to receive a 5 out of 5. For example, if the assignment asks for the paper to have a thesis statement that is clearly stated in the first paragraph, the student doing the assessment could mistake a sentence as a correct
application of a thesis statement and use the peer review process to guide a revision in their own writing. A teacher may not be aware that his or her students don’t understand the project assigned and therefore are futilely in search of evidence in a paper he or she is peer reviewing. Being unaware of expectations of the assignment makes the student a bad candidate for providing advice or claiming which sections meet the criteria marked in the rubric . “I use peer review typically as the writing process more than the reading of other kids’ work, because my class, AP Language, is a composition class and sort of revision bound, ” said AP Language teacher, Charles McHenry. In this form, students aren’t being asked to grade each other’s writing, but instead are critically looking at one another’s writing. “I have the kids peer grade free responses, then work back and score their own writing. This way they get different opinions and get ideas from peers,” added McHenry. Many articles suggest how peer review can be used in a positive way. However, an article from Washington University in St. Louis on the teachingcenter.wustl.edu website states: “Many instructors who have incorporated peer review into their courses report less than satisfying results. In fact, it is quite common to find that, when asked to participate in peer review, students rush through the peer review process and offer their peers only vaguely positive comments such as ‘I liked your paper,’ or ‘Good Job,’ or ‘Good paper, but a few parts need more work.’ Furthermore, many students seem to ignore peerreviewers’ comments on their writing.” Instead of wasting a class period trying to make students learn by giving them other students work, students should get more time with their own essays and help from the teacher -- or students chosen by the teacher to help the other students -- to assure productivity and improvement. It is impossible to regulate the amount of time each student might use to critically analyze a paper. For example, a more highly skilled writer might be able to help a paper that is of a lesser quality than that of the reviewer’s; but, the skilled reviewer’s own paper might be analyzed by a randomly assigned student whose peer review provides useful feedback.
News Journalism conference attracts 450 high school students
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Journalism students from throughout Idaho gather to hear Whitney Hansen, the opening keynote speaker, give adivice on how to budget for college and for life after high school. By Brandi Larkins
blarkins@borahsenator Boise State University hosted its second year of Journalism Day for high school students, sponsored by the Idaho Student Journalism Association, on Oct. 29 in the BSU Student Union from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Last year, less than 25 students attended, but this year close to 450 students participated from many programs like newspaper, journalism, photography, graphic design, yearbook and video broadcasting. Students came from 15 different high schools all around the state of Idaho. Borah High School’s newspaper and journalism teacher, Michelle Harmon, created the event in her role as Idaho state director for the Journalism Education Association. Newly introduced this year was an opportunity for two students from each school to take a tour at KTVB. Photo-
“Personally, my favorite was the Political Reporting session mostly because it’s the field I want to go into”. - Sophomore Evealynn Hersom shop and InDesign sessions were also added. Students gathered in the main ballroom to hear BSU graduate Whitney Hansen speak about live your dreams without busting your budget. After her keynote speech, students had breakout sessions, with multiple options for each breakout period.
The first sessions included InDesign Fundamentals, Libel and Privacy Laws: Some Basics, Your Social Media News Audience, and Slay the DEADLINE Dragon. In the second breakout session, there were Photoshop Basics, Media Ethics for High School Journalists, How Journalism Experience Applies to Public Relations. During the third hour, there was Alternative Storytelling Packages, Still Captive, Working for an Alternative Weekly Newspaper, and Political Reporting. “Personally, my favorite was the Political Reporting session mostly because it’s the field I want to go into”, said sophomore Evealynn Hersom. In the fourth session, there was a discussion on Font design and sessions on Finding Valid, Copyright Free Information Online, Working for an Alternative Weekly Newspaper and Basics of Video Broadcasting by Jason Burton, Borah’s
KBOI-TV’s Natalie Hurst gives a presentation during the BSU journalism day about what it’s like being an evening news anchor. video broadcast teacher. In the last hour, there was Great Photography at Student Publications, Sports Writing, State & National Journalism Contest discussion with Harmon herself, and So You Want to be a News Anchor with Natalie Hurst from KBOITV News Channel. On a Closing Keynote, BSU student Dallas Crum of VividRoots.com talked about how he and his friends used social media to start their own business. He encouraged future generations of high school journalism graduates to live large . “I feel the students got the most out of the keynote speakers,” said Harmon. When asked her plans for next year, Harmon said, “I want to have an all day area in which students can take a break to do some sort of craft, like draw First Amendment posters. I also want to encourage students to bring their laptops so they can follow along with Photoshop and InDesign tutorials, for example.”
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Recite poetry in front of judges for possible win
December is busy season for choir Tactus, Ars Nova coordinate Variety Show in February By Aurora Wellington
awellington@borahsenator.com
By Demi Manglona
dmanglona@borahsenator.com
Since 2005, more than 2.7 million students and 9,500 schools have participated in Poetry Out Loud. It’s the time of year again when students can enter Poetry Out Loud, a regional contest that allows high school students to memorize and recite poetry in front of judges for a chance to place in the national finals. Borah has participated in Poetry Out Loud since 2007 with AP Language teacher Charles McHenry as the school’s coordinator for all eight years. In the first year of participation, a student won 13th place in nationals. McHenry said “[When reading poetry] you can understand the power of imagery, and the spoken word makes you pay attention.” The school competition will take place Feb. 11 in the Little Theater. After regionals, nationals will be held on May 2 - 4. Poetry Out Loud was created in 2006 by The Poetry Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. Ever since, according to the official website, the organization has been helping American high school students (9th-12th grade) “master public speaking skills, build selfconfidence, and learn about their literary heritage.” The competition gives students an opportunity to recite initially at a school-wide level, then acceleratie to state for a chance to personally win $200 and a ticket to Washington, D.C. for nationals, along with up to $500 to contribute to the school’s funding for poetry books. “A total of $50,000 in awards and school stipends is awarded annually at the National Finals,” per poetryoutloud.org.
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The upcoming Christmas concert is the biggest focus for the choral department during the month of December. The concert is scheduled for the next two evenings (Dec. 15 - 16). An important piece for the concert is “Love Come Down” composed by Matthew Oltman that will be performed by the a cappella choir and translated into American Sign Language by junior Alyssa Borah “The goal is to reach out to other languages,” said Borah. “Everyone should be able to hear and appreciate music.” Choir has performed multiple times this year. One of the first performances was for the 2015 Idaho Youth Barbershop Festival Sept. 28 - 29. Tactus and Ars Nova, the men’s and women’s audition choirs and CDVE a small audition jazz choir attended. Students performed pieces in small groups for the festival.
“The goal is to reach out to other languages. Everyone should be able to hear and appreciate music.” - Junior Alyssa Borah The event featured participants from Ontario to Mountain Home, according to boisechordsmen.com. Another performance was the CDVE Jazz Festival in Sun Valley Oct. 18. The goal of CDVE’s trip to Sun Valley was to expand students’ views on jazz.
A main event was the Fall Concert at the Morrison Center in downtown Boise Oct. 20, which featured all five choirs: a cappella, Tactus, concert choir, Ars Nova and CDVE in combination with Boise, Capital and Timberline’s choral departments. The Variety Show, a talent show dedicated to the hard work of Tactus and Ars Nova is slated for Feb. 9-10. Students from Ars Nova and Tactus can audition to perform in the Variety Show. In the Spring, there will be a Pops Concert, in which the presidents of each choir pick the songs that will be performed. Concert Choir’s song is traditionally picked for them by the upperclassmen because concert choir is usually mostly sophomores. Later in the year the Music Department is taking a trip to Seattle, Washington for a series of performances and competitions. The trip will take place in April and last for 3 days. The choir, orchestra and band students will attend.
College counselor fixes fallacy “Based on GPA and test scores, every student in the state of Idaho received a letter from the state board of education that let them know what colleges in Idaho they would get accepted to after they apply.” - Sofia Valdez-Ramirez TRIO
“The students have to apply for the colleges before Feb. 15 in order to qualify for the scholarships and student aid.” - Josh Ritchie, Career Counselor
Hana Krogness | hkrogness@borahsenator.com
This is an example of one of college acceptance letters. For more information, go to nextsteps.idaho.gov
“A lot of times we have students who want to pay for things with thier debit cards or pay for lunch, but you can’t exchange for cash at the business office so it makes it hard. We just wanted to do something to make it easy,” said Principal Tim Standlee.
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Loads of holiday-themed movies will fill down time during break Home Alone -1990
Celebrate the holiday season by watching a classic, highly acclaimed comedy about an 8-year old boy whose family leaves him home alone. He then must go to extraneous lengths to protect his home from bad guys.
Rated: PG
The Shining - 1980
Feeling like watching a horror movie on a cold stormy night? The Shining is a story about a family that goes to a hotel in the middle of nowhere for the winter. At the hotel, they discover an evil and spiritual presence which possesses a family member into violent acts.
Trapped in Paradise -1994
Adventure and comedy with a little crime? Sign me up! Three brothers Bill, Dave, and Alvin Firpo plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve. Watch the family dynamics in work as the three men try to secure their plan.
Groundhog Day-1993
Watch as Phil played by Bill Murray, your average weather forecasting man. Live the same day over and over again.
Rated: PG
Rated: R
Rated: PG- 13
Bad Santa - 2003
If belly-aching laughs are what you’re looking for, make a nice cup of hot cocoa and watch as two con man, Willie (Billy Thornton) and Marcus (Tony Cox), pose as santa and his little Helper to attempted pull off a department store robbery.
Rated: R
The Polar Express - 2004
Hero boy embarks on a journey to the North Pole on the Polar Express. Where he experiences magical events and meets new friends and gains bravery along with a newfound love for the Christmas spirit.
Rated: PG
A Christmas Carol -2009 Watch the animated recreation of the Charles Dickens famous Christmas novel of an old man, Scrooge, played by Jim Carrey, goes on a journey of self reflection in search of redemption with a series of mysterious spirits. Rated: PG
Maximize your holiday spirit with a custom homemade UGLY Sweater Hana Krogness
hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Advent Calendar Sweater Step 1: Materials
Start by getting any type of sweater, color is optional. Then get an old white t-shirt or any material that you feel okay cutting into. You need a fabric marker, which can be found at any craft store like JoAnn’s, and Walmart. Sharpies can be used in place of fabric markers. Scissors are a necessity; make sure they are sharp enough to make clean cuts through fabric. Use a circle shaped object for a stencil. Use a clothing pin of any kind. Glue, fabric glue would be the best, but hot glue guns work as well. A needle and thread may be used as an alternative to glue.
Step 2: Procedure
Use stencil object to draw 25 circles on an old white shirt. Try to make them as uniform as possible. Use sharp scissors to cut out all 25 circles and place them evenly on chosen sweater. Now use the fabric marker or sharpie to write the number 1 through 25 in whatever font you would like. Use glue or sew the circles evenly on the sweater. Now take the pin (or make a homemade pin with a safety pin) and ribbon or a small trinket to mark the days down to Christmas.
3D Stuffed Animal Sweater Step: 1 Materials
A sweater that has already been decorated or one that you find that has a nice pattern. A stuffed animal, try to keep it seasonal like moose, or a reindeer (antlers can be added onto a deer make reindeer). Heavy duty scissors are important because you have to be able to make clean cuts through fur and fabric simultaneously. A needle and preferable thread that matches either the sweater or the animal’s fur. Fabric glue or a hot glue gun can also be used.
Step 2: Procedure
Find the center of the stuffed animal chosen and cut clear through the middle with the heave duty scissors. Draw a small sketch outlining the top, middle, and bottom sections of the cut out section of the animal on to the front of the sweater and trace by using pins to mark parallel points on the back of sweater. Then remove all stuffing (white fluffy material) from the animal, and put it to the side. Start sewing or gluing front of animal, side with head, onto front of the sweater following pins and or sketch, leave a small opening. Repeat this on back side with back half of the animal. Restuff the animal with the fluffy material. Finish sewing or gluing when animal is secure.
Snoops Dogg’s Snowman Sweater Step: 1 Materials
Find a dark, grey oversized sweater. A basic dark, grey sweater is what Snoop Dogg adorned. Sharp Scissors. White fabric that has texture, an old sweater that you don’t mind cutting up would be perfect. Red and black smooth fabric, a rag or a white t shirt that you also don’t mind cutting into. A gold bracelet, used as chain around snowman’s neck. Some type of adhesive, glue, sewing needle or thread. A marker and a stencil of three different sized circle objects.
Step 2: Procedure
First, sketch onto white material using the three stencils starting toward neck of sweater sketch smallest object and continue to gradually go from small to bigger circles. Now cut out three circles, from white cloth material, that correspond with the circles drawn on the sweater. Glue the three circles in ascending order. Now using black fabric trace a hat, pipe, two circles for eyes 8 smaller circles for mouth and three larger circles for buttons. Place all these items on snowman and attach using glue or thread. Using the red fabric cut out 4 varying sized hearts and spread them out and glue in desired place near the left shoulder. The bracelet can be glued on around the neck of the snowman to add some bling. Put on Christmas hat!
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LION TALK:
“What song gets you in the holiday spirit?” “This Christmas sang by Chris Brown.
“All I want for Christmas by Mariah
““Slilent Night by Boys II Men, their
It reminds me of the fun times I have with my family during the holidays and I love that movie.”
Carey. Just listen to it and then you would understand.”
voices are sensational.”
- Senior Kuei Ring
“Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande, because her music is something I can relate to.” - Senior Eduardo Canales
- Sophmore Grace Rossetti
- Senior Melah Chavez
“Silent Night, it makes me happy
““Jingle Bells by Ella Fitzgerald, because
“Feliz Navidad, because it’s a cool song
and reminds me that Jesus is there for me.”
Ella Fitzgerald is awesome.”
and you don’t need to understand it to enjoy it.”
- Senior Georgette Bisoka
-Social Studies teacher Brad Peachey
Pandora Holiday Stations
Holiday Playlsits For Spotify Disney Holiday Celebration:
Michael Buble (Holiday):
Hear winter classics sung by your favorite disney characters from all those special disney family movies.
This station plays cheerful holiday classic renditions to get you in that once a year mood. Songs performed by modern artists like Colbie Caillat, and Robin Thicke.
Christmas pop:
Various modern singers from Ariana Grande to Sam Smith serenade you with holiday spirit and winter sensation. Includes classics covers and original songs.
Winter Wonderland:
Who doesn’t want to hear Andy Williams add his own jazzy spin to traditional songs. Lift your spirit up and discover your own ‘Winter Wonderland’ with Bobby Helms and so much more.
Winter acoustics:
Calming melodies from artists like Passenger, Hozier and so much more. Good for late night homework sessions, and background music for small gatherings.
Frank Sinatra:
Put on Frank Sinatra and it feels like you’re time traveling back to the 40’s and 50’s. His soothing voice and calming melodies can be played anywhere from background music at events or for sing alongs to all of your winter favorites.
Christmas Soul Essentials:
All the traditional winter songs but sung by the top soul performers. Including The Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye.
Mariah Carey (Holiday):
Holiday Classic:
All the winter songs you can’t get enough of sung by the artists that never get boring, Featuring iconic musician from Frank Sinatra to Mariah Carey.
- Senior Kwiz Dieudonne
Illustrations by Hana Krogness and Demi Manglona hkrogness@borahsenator.com | dmanglona@borahsenator.com
Everyone can agree that Mariah Carey’s voice is phenomenal, so obviously she’s the perfect candidate to cover the classics with a modern twist. This station features artists like Faith Hill, and Ingrid Michaelson.
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Young Life welcomes fun at Borah By Natalie Arnold
narnold@borahsenator.com
Photo by Hana Krogness | hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Junior Abigail Boesiger is an Information source for any questions about the club.
According to its website, younglife. org, the club “offers teens adventure, hospitality and unconditional friendship.” Every Monday the club meets at one of the members’ homes. The night is spent playing games and having fun, and then the group has a meal and ends the night with a message about God. “It’s a church-based group, but not until the end,” junior Abigail Boesiger said. She added, “I didn’t know much about it, but Kaitlyn Oliver invited me. I went with her and it was just the best environment that you could be in. The people are so welcoming and open and nice.” Each night has a certain theme; a few past themes have been Ninja, Lumberjack and No-Thumbs. The games and
activities are never revealed until later so the fun is always a surprise. There is a summer camp that high school students can attend. It’s a week of fun, worship and memories. “I went this year and it was the best week of my life,” Boesiger said. “It’s a great environment. I try to get all my friends to come with me. It’s expanded a lot this year!” YoungLife is a safe place for high school students to get away and have some fun. It’s a small club in which teens of any kind can join and just enjoy themselves. The address for the next host of a YoungLife gathering is always featured on the school announcements along with the upcoming theme. Track coach Matt Romberg, junior Abigail Boesiger, junior Hope Griffin, senior Kaitlyn Oliver, and junior Kaitie Gagnon are a few people available to get more information on YoungLife.
Students of the month
“Hard work pays off.” -Senior Destiny Hanson
“Life is a challenge, it will not slow down for you; you need to hurry up for it.” -Senior Phong Huynh
“A lot of practice is what builds success.”
Athletes of the month
-Junior Adaira Dunn
Photos by Hana Krogness hkrogness@borahsenator.com
“Your desire and resolve to succeed needs to be greater than your fear of failure.” -Senior Jake Paulin
“Run like there is a hot guy in front of you, and a creepy guy behind you.” -Senior EmmaLee Thomas
JROTC trains students for military option
Photo by Hana Krogness | hkrogness@borahsenator.com
JROTC students perform color guard drills for events. By Juliann Daw
jdaw@borahsenator.com Every Thursday, students in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) class walk the halls of Borah High School in military dress uniform. JROTC is a federal program is sponsored by the United State Armed Forces in high schools nationwide and around the world on U.S. military bases. JROTC was started in 1916 under the National Defense Act. In the Boise School District, there are 127 students enrolled in the JROTC program, which is available from in ninth grade through senior year. The organization’s goal is to prepare students for their futures, possibly in the military. “(JROTC is a) class that helps prepare you for the real world, preparing you by making you a better citizen,” said senior Sheena Lambert. The students who are one preparing themselves for a future in the military say the class is a lot more than just an elective class. These students learn how to march, rifle twirl, do community service and perform color guard duties (many see them at the beginning of games, assembles and other school and community events). They also march in the Veteran’s Parade in Boise.
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Sports Basketball games photo gallery
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Varsity uses early matches to improve By Aubrey Pulsipher
apulsipher@borahsenator.com
“I expect we will improve as a collective unit, and surpass last year’s outcome.” Rowdies root for the varsity basketball boys dressed head to toe in U.S. Flag colors.
Senior Point Guard DeAndre Jones
Senior DeAndre Jones successfully blocks a layup against Rocky Mountain.
Varsity cheerleaders preform during halftime during a Tuesday night basketball game.
Junior Max Reitman sets up to swish a three pointer. Photos by Hana Krogness| hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Borah High’s Boys Basketball team starts off the season 5-0. They have played against Caldwell, Middleton, Madison, Highland and Rocky Mountain. All teams put up a tough fight, but ended up being no match for the Borah Lions. Points are being made left and right, averaging to 50 points per game. Looks like senior point guard DeAndre Jones’ (3) wish is coming true: “I expect we will improve as a collective unit and surpass last year’s outcome.” “I’m sure everyone’s goal is for the season, I’m hoping we get better every practice and every game and the main goal is to make it to playoffs and see where it goes from there,” said senior guard Jake Paulin (10). The team members have mostly agreed that their easiest opponent will be Columbia this year, knowing that odds have been against them for the last couple of years. “Columbia because they haven’t done well in past and they haven’t gained many new players, or talent,” said senior guard Mark Jerome (25). When asked who the hardest team would be to compete against, sole sophomore and power forward Derek Evers remarked that, “Rocky Mountain has some good key players but they also have a good bench.” Centennial was also said to be one of the hardest opponents by leading scorer and senior guard Rylan Bergersen (35). “Centennial has a team with athletic ability and has some of the most skilled players.” Many of the boys agreed that Centennial would be a tough opponent to match up against. “I believe that Centennial will be the hardest opponent to face because they have a lot of skilled players. It depends how they play together but they still have good chemistry,” says Paulin. All of the boys have high hopes of returning to state this year and regaining the State Champion Basketball title. “ I expect us to do very well and I believe we have a really good chance at winning state” said Max Reitman, junior guard (5).
Hana Krogness| hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Number 35 Rylan Bergersen goes up for a layup against Rocky Mountain.
Hana Krogness | hkrogness@borahsenator.com
Boys watch the hoop after number 40, Derek Evers shoots from behind the three point line.
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New, young wrestling team readies for season By Kalee Grow
kgrow@borahsenator.com The wrestling team has a team of new wrestlers and a new wrestling coach. Newly appointed coach, Justin Gardner, hired this year to replace retired coach Bill West, said, “We are a team of new wrestlers, but we will get past that and get the understanding of the sport by the end of the season.” In wrestling, the relationships between coaches and wrestlers is vital. “The wrestlers have to trust us coaches to get them the win in a match by telling them to do this takedown or move,” said Gardner. Borah wrestlers have major practices that include serious conditioning. They do body carries, running, and weight training. “The point of the conditioning is to make them feel like they are gonna die,” said Gardner. and they should feel that
“Keep your head high, your bow higher, and your confidence highest.”
way. Wrestling is a sport that includes cutting weight to meet competition placement. If an athlete doesn’t make weight, they can’t wrestle. Borah wrestlers have a dual meet on December fifth and sixth. A dual meet is where two schools compete. The two schools then pick their best wrestler out of every weight class. “The weight classes range from 98 to 285 pounds,” said Gardner Wrestlers can win a match in four different ways: they can win by (1) a decision, which is a win zero to eight points, (2) a major win eight to 14 points, (3) a technical win of 15 points scored, and (4) a pinfall, where the opponent’s shoulder blades must be touching the mat and the referee counts to two. Points are scored by takedowns, escapes, reversals, and near falls. Most matches are over when the score reaches 15 points.
Photos By Kalee Grow | kgrow@borahsenator.com
Junior Peter Huntsman competes, coach Justin Gardner and senior Shea Randall share a happy moment, and the team watches the competition against Capital.
Cheer squad gives games spirit
- Senior Valerie Batlle
“This year has been such a great year so far. I’ve learned so many leadership skills and I am so grateful to be a part of such an amazing team.”
- Senior cheer captain
Kimber Nelson
Photos by Hana Krogness| hkrogness@borahsenator.com
As half time ends, the cheerleaders simultaneously yell “Borah!” to complete their peformance.
“From the beginning of the season to the end of competition, I have never met any other group of people who supported each other Cheerleaders link arms and lead Rowdies and the boys basketball team after the Lions beat the Grizzlies in a close game 49-44.
so much. These cheerleaders are my family. I love each and every one of them.”
- Senior cheer captain Rachel Murray
Senior Rachel Murray doing a turn before going back down, during a stunt.
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Fun & Games
December 15, 2015
Sudoku Directions: Each row, column, and block must have numbers from 1-9 in them. No number can appear more than once in any row, column, or block. Difficulty Level: 4
Spot the difference! Find the nine differences below.
Answers:
Illustrations by Abigail Roundtree
9 differences: (1) turkey fork, (2) an extra carrot, (3) potato spoon changes, (4) wall color, (5) extra beet, (6) green bean casserole is added, (7) whipped cream is added, (8) extra stuffing is added, and (9) pumpkin pie crust is lighter.