Insider Issue May 2018

Issue 9

The Insider

May 2018

Fun, Fashion, and Family Emma Vansickle Insider Staff

Swann ended her talk thanking all mothers and grandmothers and how thankful she is for being a part of such a special moment at EC.

Each year on the weekend of Mother?s Day, EC celebrates the moms of the student body by hosting an annual Mother ? Daughter Luncheon. This year the lunch was on Saturday May 12th, the day before Mother?s Day, at the Sahalee Golf Club.

Later as lunch was being served, Ms. McDermott gave a talk that gave all a new meaning to what a relationship between a mother and a daughter could be. She talked about the lessons a mother can give you and the love that they can give you. She had also talked two years ago at the mother daughter luncheon and gave praise to her mother and her family.

This year, EC senior girls walked the runway in two different brands of clothing: Canopy Blue and Diva Lani style with accessories provided by Stella & Dot Independent Stylist and hair and makeup by Sorella Spa and Salon. The seniors walking the runway were Jen Luger, Sabrina Austin, Ally Tiryakioglu, Brigette Small, Emma Lien, Sacha Mallalieu, Lindsey DiJulio, Sarah Troy, Gracie Jendrezak, Susan Christiansen, Peyton Wright, Jaiden Taylor, Sarah Merlino, Kiana Taylor, Grace Skalecki, Allie Blockhus, and Kat Blanton. The two speakers were Ms. Megan McDermott and our new principal of EC, Mrs. Barbra Swann.

The luncheon started with pictures that were taken by Stacy Stoutt on the front lawn followed by getting a piece of jewelry for the

mother and their daughters. Mrs. Swann delivered an introduction to the morning starting with a prayer and thanking everyone who came. She also delivered a speech about raising her children specifically her daughter and explaining how every moment she was beyond grateful for having such a wonderful family. She spoke about how fast time flies and quoted a song by Martina McBride called In My Daughters Eyes. She brought up how this song had helped her become a better mother and a better role model to her daughter. Mrs.

As the runway show began, seniors came strutting in from the outdoor patio with stunning outfits by Canopy Blue and Diva Lani. The seniors were also asked what school they would be attending and what they would be studying. Dessert came as the Senior Tribute video played that showed all the senior girls who are headed off to college. After, Mrs. Swann stood up and thanked everyone again for coming and giving a happy Mother?s Day to all the moms in the crowd. As everyone started exiting the dining room, there were four racks of clothing by the two brands that were modeled for purchase. The luncheon was a memorable one that will not soon be forgotten.

Breaking Tr adition at the Royal Wedding Sophia Vandewark Insider Staff The Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took place on May 19 at the St. George Chapel of the Windsor Castle. The marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has been the topic of conversation since the couple announced their engagement in November of 2017. Markle is not what most view as the type of person to marry into the royal British family, at least not traditionally. Among the list of unique aspects of Markle?s life is that she was married once before, from 2011 till 2013, to Trevor Engelson.

Additionally, Markle is not the first American to marry into the British Royal family but she is the first biracial Duchess of Sussex. Meghan Markle was born in Los Angeles, California to Thomas Markle Sr. and Doria Ragland. Due to her African-America heritage the royal wedding ceremony was celebrated with traditional aspects of African culture.

Bishop Michael Curry from Chicago, IL gave the sermon during the ceremony.

Bishop Curry is the current head of the Episcopal Church and he is the first African leader in the Church?s history. Bishop Curry talked about slavery and the teaching of Martin

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Luther King Jr. during his sermon, basing his message off of Song of Solomon 3:4, the reading the Duke and the Duchess chose for the ceremony. the Duke and the Duchess also decided to leave the church to the song ?Stand by Me? performed by an all African-American Gossip Choir.

Markle?s family history is not the only thing that got people talking, Markle?s walked down the aisle in a gorgeous Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy dress. Markle?s also wore a 16 foot long lace veil and a diamond bandeau tiara that once belonged to Queen Mary and was lent to her by Queen Elizabeth II. All around the ceremony was beautiful and had deep roots in African tradition along with ties to the traditional British ceremonies. So both cultures were represented in the bonding of these two people.

The newly designed coat of arms (pictured on the left) is heavily influenced by Markle's home.

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Special Full Page Opinion

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Women Are People Not Objects Riley Wilkins

scandalous and distracting.

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It teaches women to hide their bodies and still look perfect every day. While men have no limits on what they can wear. Encouraging women not to present themselves as sexual beings can be just as harmful as defining them solely by their sexuality.

Every day in the United States and worldwide, women face many different forms of gender oppression and discrimination. Examples range on a spectrum from sexist jokes said in passing to sexual harassment physical abuse, rape, and even murder. Women are often viewed as the right hand to a man and are viewed as sexual beings instead of people.

It starts right when we are born, from birth both men and women are taught that a woman is a sexual object, and a sensitive object, in constant need of protection from a male. We are taught from the beginning that a woman is the right hand to a man.

These gender roles, with man as the house leader, and woman as the cleaning lady, are enforced through a lot in society, including children?s toys, so that children are brought up to ?understand the roles they play." Toy gendering is a prevalent phenomenon, but it is often done in subtle ways. The generation of baby boomers were raised in gender-specific clothing. Boys dressed like their fathers, girls like their mothers.

The color to gender association came up around WW2 and ever since then, girls? toys and clothes have been marketed in a sea of pink, while boys?clothing and toys have been the masculine color of blue. Now not only are these two opposing colors meant to appeal to specific genders; the colors are used to sell toys that perpetuate gender stereotypes and feed into pink labeling women and blue labeling men.

Today, girls?and boys?toy aisles are drowned in their respective gender-specific colors, and young children are taught that they can only play with toys that align with society?s views of what is feminine and masculine since that is what their parents were taught, and their parents, and their parents.

Additionally, specific toys perpetuate gender roles, teaching little girls with baby toys and Barbie?s.

Not only does it put a negative self-image in a young girl?s mind but it also limits them. For example, one of the most popular traditionally gendered toy is the Barbie doll. Barbie dolls show young girls that they have to care about their appearance, while they also wrongfully insinuate that you are only beautiful if you are white, thin, and perfect. I will admit that in recent years, the Barbie brand has become increasingly more realistic, marketing Barbies of all races, careers, nationalities, and body types. However, no matter the Barbie it still projects an unrealistic image for young girls to be introduced to with beautiful faces and fantastic toy jobs and clothes, and gives young boys the idea that all girls should meet these plastic standards.

One thing that always stays prevalent in the Barbie world is, the Barbie Dream House.

The Barbie Dream House was introduced in 1962 as a normal modern home, while Barbie Dream Houses since have turned into glamorous homes that unashamedly display their intended purpose of keeping Barbie at home. Since 1962, Barbie?s have subsequently been marketed as being synonymous with the Barbie Dream House, which furthers the idea that women are supposed to be content with a life of domesticity.

Much like women who are sexually objectified, Barbie has no autonomy,? Cristen Conger of the podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You says. ?Barbie can?t talk back and express whether she wants to play with you or not...

And as an object, she?s interchangeable. She?s just a collection of plastic body parts, not a body that makes up a collective person.

Similarly, the Easy Bake Oven has specifically appealed to young girls. At first glance the Easy Bake Oven seems harmless.

Marketed in a timeless pink, this not-so-subtle toy is telling young girls that they better learn to cook and bake at the ripe age of five.

Because this toy targets young girls, it excludes boys that want to be able to easily and safely bake delicious desserts, while young boys play with ?masculine things? like trains, soldiers, and Legos.

But this is just one way that women are made into objects. Men are taught to view women as objects through simple things in our daily lives. TV shows and movies teach us that women should be chased after, with the romances strung throughout the screen, or two men fighting over a woman. Plus there?s always a beautiful woman as a lead role in anything, setting unrealistic standards for women everywhere.

Children are also encouraged to follow ridged gender roles in school. Women are expected to wear makeup to school, and to dress nice. But the biggest thing in schools in the school dress code. Women are told to cover their chests, not show off their curves, not wear tight pants, or shorts, as to not ?distract? males from their school world. The school dress code system teaches men that women are indeed objects and when their bodies are uncovered its

When we tell women not to wear revealing clothing because others might take it as an invitation, or not to go home with someone they don't intend to sleep with because they're sending the wrong message, we teach them that their bodies are to blame for anything bad that happens to them ? rather than that if someone else decides to take their clothing or drunkenness or behavior as an invitation, that's on them. And by sending the message that what happens to their bodies is up to other people, we teach women that they are objects instead of changing the way society views a woman.

Instead of shaming her for her body, teach him to not view her as an object. Women are objectified even more when TOLO comes around. While it may seem like a good idea, in theory it encourages that a girl asking a boy to a dance or to go out is an anomaly and is not okay outside of this context.

When a girl asks a guy to any other dance or on dated, its viewed as aggressive and desperate and our society silences it and quits the women?s wants and needs, caring on into adult hood.

This quote is from a blogger, Nate Pyle who talks about how he will teach his own children to not look at women as objects.

He says, ?It is a woman?s responsibility to dress herself in the morning. It is your responsibility to look at her like a human being regardless of what she is wearing. You will feel the temptation to blame her for your wandering eyes because of what she is wearing ? or not wearing.

But don?t. Don?t play the victim. You are not a helpless victim when it comes to your eyes. You have full control over them.

Exercise that control. Train them to look her in the eyes. Discipline yourself to see her, not her clothes or her body. The moment you play the victim you fall into the lie that you are simply an embodied reaction to external stimuli unable to determine right from wrong, human from flesh.

Look right at me. That is a ridiculous lie. You are more than that. And the woman you are looking at is more than her clothes.

She is more than her body.. There is a lot of talk about how men objectify women, and largely, it is true. Humans objectify the things they love in effort to control them. If you truly love a person, do not reduce them to an object.

The moment you objectify another human ? woman or man, you give up your humanity.

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A Bygone Time, Still Alive at Eastside Matt Wittress Insider Staff

racist?? with some negative responses.

One student from the class of 2020 said that ?the things I hear in the hallways are so bad, it makes me uncomfortable just hearing? those words.

For as long as there have been people on Earth, humans have held backwards beliefs that have often lead to violence and aggression. Rifts between cultures and beliefs have caused the bloodiest and the most horrific atrocities documented. The hatred of other people has even been given a name; Bigotry. And sadly, at EC, we may be privy to some of that hate.

In our own Eastside community, we do not experience anything on the level of some worldwide conflicts such as systematic oppression, or ethnic cleansing, but we do live in a school society where the race relations between students can be sometimes hostile and downright aggressive. Many students from all races have spoken out about the dialogue spouted in our own hallways, and the racial obscenities said by some Crusaders.

An anonymous source said ?I feel like [some kids] just see my skin and they immediately see a target. It sucks, man.? Many students like this have expressed the shame of racial targeting and the feeling of harassment that comes with it. Administrator, Mrs. Johnson had this to say on the topic of the clashes between students:

You know, like all the [racially insensitive] swear words.? Just the fact that students are feeling this way is just awful. We cannot allow this to persist.

We as a student body need to be better.

We must stop the racial harassment of other people. Just because your favorite content creator said the ?n-word? does not give you the right to call people it.

Furthermore, the prevalent discrimination and racial insensitivity against students of color is also happening in the hallways, classrooms, and cafeteria nearly every day. EC junior, Hayden Harris has expressed his own take on the racial relations in our school.

According to Harris, ?I don?t really mind some of the things that get said. Like I know that it happens and I hear it, but I don?t think it

White students should never be saying the "n-word" even in a song, and students of color should feel empowered to speak our against it when it does inevitable happen. We must clean up our act and keep school about school. School is no place for slurs that get thrown around.

No student should feel racial discrimination in 2018. This should have ended decades ago. But we can still fix thisWe can work together to make EC a place where we can get along and not worry about the color of our skin.

As we hear every day over the loud speakers; ?Remember to take care of each other.? Perhaps when thinking about race relations at EC we can begin to take those words to heart.

?I feel like [some kids] j ust see my skin and they immediately see a tar get. I t sucks, man.?

"I certainly feel that students from ethnic, religious, and other diverse backgrounds are discriminated against. I feel that some students come to me when harassed because of my background of being of African descent, they assume I can relate? as for any racial targeting, I can?t say that I have heard anything in the hallways, but I am sure that when students see me coming, they tend to curb their tongue. And the electronic applications kids are using are not monitored, the messages posted can be manipulated to erase themselves so there is no trail left behind, like SnapChat, so the messages can be extremely offensive. We need to foster an educational setting where students learn to respect and even embrace the differences of others, so that they can all feel safe and supported. "

really affects me that much? I understand the way that some content creators will say racial terms like the ?n-word?but that is the way that they express their story?. He later concluded that ?[He?s] a normal kid, with a normal family. [He?s] no different than anyone else."

A point brought up by Harris was also found when student Matthew Cochran was asked about his opinions about the ?n-word.? He shared that he feels that ?media icons and content creators should be able to express their oppression through the vulgarity of words traditionally used to bring people down.? The irony is that in today?s world many musicians of color use the ?n-word? as a form of empowerment and self-identity, rather than a form of hatred and racism.

The student body at EC is probably not anymore racially insensitive than many other area schools, however there are still problems that can be fixed here. Students off the record have responded to the question, ?Do you think EC kids are

If you see any incidents of racial discrimination at EC please feel safe to discuss it with your counselors, Mrs. Johnson or Mr. Rodenburg. Their emails are below: j rodenbur g@eastsidecatholic.or g aj ohnson@eastsidecatholic.or g

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The Jerusalem Embassy Controversy Chris Grazko Insider Staff On the 14th of May, President Trump fulfilled one of his most controversial campaign promises, the opening of the US Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. Throughout his campaign, President Trump touted pro-Israeli rhetoric, building off of the long-standing American policy of protectionism towards the Israeli people and state.

In fact, for over thirty years, the destination of the largest portion of foreign aid has been destined for Israel. Thus, the moving of the embassy from the coastal city of Tel-Aviv to the sacred city of Jerusalem did not reflect a hardline change in US policy towards Israel, except that the move essentially meant that the US recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, inflaming tensions in the age-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire post-First World War. Israel gained independence in 1948, and Jews dispersed throughout the world since the Diaspora in ancient times, began to move back to the land of their ancestors, to the national homeland for the Jewish people.

The issue with this movement is that the existing Arabs in the Palestinian region, known

the US embassy to Jerusalem could affect this delicate balance, giving Israel more legitimacy to rule the city in its entirety, a prospect completely unacceptable to the Muslim-majority Palestinian population, as the reestablishment of the Jewish Temple in the region would require the destruction of the sacred mosque currently built on the site of the original Jewish Temple.

Many Palestinians consider the Jewish state to be invalid in its entirety, and Jews controlling their sacred city would be unthinkable for many Palestinians. Jews contend that Arabs have ruled over the city for centuries, repeatedly destroying their sacred sites over the centuries, and for the Jewish people to rebuild their sacred sites, they require full sovereignty over the city, as well as a majority Jewish population to serve their desires.

Since the inception of the Israeli state in 1948, animosity between Palestinian Arabs and Jews moving to the Palestinian region has existed. The tensions between Arabs and Jews stems from the mutual desire to possess the holy city of Jerusalem within their respective domains.

as Palestinian Arabs, claim the entire region of the current Israeli state, as well as the Gaza Strip and West Bank, which separate Palestinian governments currently possess sovereignty over.

The city of Jerusalem is sacred in the holy texts of all three major Abrahamic religions, which are Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The city was held under Arab control since ancient times, with Christians and Jews being more-less allowed to make pilgrimages throughout history. Sovereignty of the city changed after the British established a colonial protectorate of the region following

The main point of contention ultimately falls to the small city of Jerusalem along the banks of the River Jordan. Since the creation of Israel, the actual city has been managed as an ?international territory? under the mandate of the United Nations, allowing Muslims, Jews, and Christians to visit their respective holy sites within the city. Many Jews and Palestinians alike worry that the movement of

These Jewish desires reflect why Jews have been moving to Jerusalem in their droves, in the controversial ?settlements? scheme. These settlements seem demagogic to many observers throughout the world, but the rationale for them can be better understood with this context.

One thing is clear: the move of the the most powerful and diplomatically influential country's embassy to Jerusalem on the behalf of the Jewish nation will certainly turn the tide in the age old debate between religious sovereignty over Jerusalem towards the side of the Jews, a move that holds potentially violent implications.

This is America Catherine Vaughn Insider Staff

A few weeks ago, Childish Gambino released a music video for his new single ?This Is America." Childish Gambino, a stage name for Donald Glover, released this music video the night of his SNL episode, in which he hosted, acted in skits alongside the SNL cast, and performed his own music.

The music video provided shocking imagery of gun violence and racism in America, with allusions to the KKK, the shooting of Trayvon Martin, and a shooting in a historically African American church in Charleston, South Carolina. Throughout the video, Childish Gambino is wearing pants that closely resemble the pants of the Confederate party, taking a jab at the white supremacist protests in the summer of 2017.

Additionally, most of the dance moves and facial expressions mimicked those of the Jim Crow era, in which white performers

dressed in blackface to mock African Americans. The dance moves are used as a tool to distract the audience from chaos in the background, symbolizing how media and entertainment can distract us from society's issues. The video also included allusions to social media's impact on police brutality, referencing the killing of Stephon Clark by a police officer almost a month before the video was released.

The video became an overnight sensation, with thousands of articles, YouTube videos, and social media posts

dissecting the hidden messages of the music video.

The music video currently has over 207 million views.

Despite being pressured to reveal his intention behind the lyrics and the messages of the video, Glover has continued to stay silent and not give any strict definitions, allowing fans to interpret it as they please.

The music video and the song itself have gained overwhelming success for Glover, skyrocketing his sales by 419%, according to Highsnobiety. ?This Is America? will be one of the last songs that Childish Gambino will release due to Donald Glover making a recent announcement that he will retire from singing to focus on acting and directing.

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Fashion and Fun

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Met Gala: High Fashion and Catholicism Meet Liam Edwards Insider Staff

Fashion and Catholicism formed the theme of this year's blockbuster style exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Its corresponding red carpet gala launch- one of the glitziest events on the fashion calendartook place in New York on Monday night.

The decision to examine only Catholic dress came after much deliberation from curator Andrew Bolton. He had been considering how best to present his studies on religion and fashion for the last five years, and was originally intending to look at Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism, as well as Catholicism. Ultimately, the breadth of subject matter proved to be too much for one show, but his decision to narrow focus has also, undoubtedly, helped to avoid the inevitable blunders that would occur if celebrities misappropriated sensitive garments, causing offence on the red carpet.

Bolton suggests that ?80%? of the modern Western fashion artifacts that he researched were inspired by Catholicism and many of France, Italy and Britain?s most prominent design talents were raised as Catholics. ?It was beginning to look imbalanced,? he told Observer.com. ?I was worried that it might be misinterpreted, that the other four religions might seem like tokens.

And when the Vatican came on board, it made the imbalance even greater. So I decided to focus on Catholicism, because the body of material was stronger.?

The Met Gala, which started life in 1948 as a high society midnight supper to raise funds for the Costume Institute, has now become one of the most visible charity events in the world, with last year?s event raising ÂŁ9.7 million. It is organised by US Vogue editor Anna Wintour, and was co-chaired this year by Amal Clooney, Rihanna and Donatella Versace. Many of tonight?s guests are expected to wear red carpet creations by Versace and Dolce and Gabbana, whose most recent catwalk collection included clerical collar shirts, cherub embroideries and jewelled crucifixes.

As the annual exhibition always dictates the dress code (2013?s Punk: Chaos to Couture saw the stars tackle tartan and leathers, 2008?s Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy meant a parade of caped creations) this year?s sartorial efforts were as celestial as ever; to mark Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, guests wore copious crucifixes and halos while Rihanna donned a mitre and gown inspired by Papal opulence while Katy Perry donned a pair of angel wings.

The Vatican has been, perhaps surprisingly, on board with the exhibit, lending more than 40 pieces from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, including opulent papal robes, precious rings and tiaras from the 18th to 21st century. The artefacts will be displayed alongside baroque-look dresses by Dolce and Gabbana, crucifix-emblazoned Versace evening gowns, and costumes from Madonna?s music videos, to show the dialogue between the two subject matters and highlight the

Prom 2018: An Unforgettable Night Katie Springborn Insider Staff

On Saturday May 19th, junior/senior prom happened with the theme, Frozen in Time. The venue was the Arctic Club in Seattle. Student Lauren Michels says ?The Arctic Club was the perfect place to have fancy and fun night at prom!? Everyone loved the scenery and was enjoying their time downstairs in the lobby area, playing pool, talking and taking pictures. Upstairs, at 7:30 when it was time for dinner everyone went up and found seats at the tables.

Going around to different tables was a magician who was doing card tricks!

Unfortunately, not everyone got to see the magician, but those who did said it was a really cool and unique idea to have a magician there. Along with the magician there was also a palm reader who was walking around towards the end of the night, telling people what the lines on their hands mean!

Alex Fuchs had this to say about his prom

experience, ?I thought the food was really fantastic.? said Alex. He also says that he was tricked by the magician! He said that ?Ryan and I had a fun time?!

Overall, he has an amazing time at his last school dance. ?It was one of the best nights of my life!? says Evan Greve. Overall, everyone loved the dance, and it seemed as if everyone was having a great time! We cannot wait to see what everyone has in store for next year?s prom!

influence of liturgical vestments on designers. ?Fashion and religion have long been intertwined, mutually inspiring and informing one another,? Bolton explains. ?Although this relationship has been complex and sometimes contested, it has produced some of the most inventive and innovative creations in the history of fashion.?

British designers with pieces in the exhibit include Christopher Kane, John Galliano, Gareth Pugh and Preen?s Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi. ?A crucifix top from our autumn 2001 collection will be in the exhibition,? Thornton and Bregazzi tell The Telegraph. ?It was made from lace silk chiffon and 120 rosary beads. We were looking at faith and adornment at the time, but religious icons are always a part of our visual world.? Many fashion designers found their works on display both in the exhibit and on the red carpet during the ceremony. ?There are obvious labels that lend themselves to the theme - it?s a good one this year,? stylist Elizabeth Stewart, who is dressing actress Amanda Seyfried, says. ?You can choose to interpret it literally, or in a more subtle way, and we?ve gone quite literal this time. Having a theme is what sets it apart from any other red carpet and, above all, it?s fun.?[LE1]

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Spring Sports Anna Leist

Baseball had an amazing season.

They won in semi-finals against Bainbridge and ended up getting third in state. Overall, they have come far and improved immensely. Great job to all three baseball teams for their effort in the 2018 season.

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Eastside Catholic witnessed an amazing spring sport season this year.

Our teams improved immensely and seemed to have fun while doing it.

Great job to all of our spring athletes.

Tennis fnished on a strong note by going on a four game winning streak.

The team, both boys and girls, finished with . Mitch Flippo earning a spot in Districts and eighth in the Metro Indvidiaul Tournament. Bela Tsilas got sixth in Metros and then Bela also made it to the district tournament. Overall, Coach David Dingler stated that this season was, ?really fun and I was really proud of all my players. I will miss them all greatly.?

rough start with less wins compared to previous years and less seniors than last year. Despite this, they worked toward their strengths and developed their strategies and turned it into a more successful season.

They had a solid win in their first state play-off game against Bellarmine Prep.

Our Lady Cusaders worked very hard on the girl?s lacrosse team.

They made it into the second round of state playoffs. Junior Jessie Carrol stated, ?Our season ended sooner than we wanted but I loved everyone on the team.?

Our softball players went through the entire season without any seniors.

The juniors did an amazing job of stepping up to the plate and taking a leadership position for the team. The future is bright for next year and they will build off their successes.

Track and field is the biggest sports team at Eastside Catholic and was very successful this season. They finished 6th out of 16 with 85 points in the Metro League Championship. 18 students qualified for the District 2 Championship and many headed off to the state championship. Sophomore Kate Jendrezak won first in state in the 800 meter for the second year in a row. Overall, the team witnessed many great successes, improving as a team and individually.

The boys lacrosse season had a

Introducing EC's Very own Podcast: The CruCast The CruCast is produced by Brandon Bendix and hosted by Dawson Flowers and Evan Greve.

They have produced three episodes and those can be found on SoundCloud. Be sure to throw them a follow! https://soundcloud.com/user-589767084

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What Will EC be Doing This Summer? the sunshine and relaxing after a long school year filled with lots of hard work.

Lauren Michels Insider Staff

Not only are there summer activities to participate in, but there are also lots of big changes for the upcoming school year! Eighth graders will be eagerly awaiting to start their first year of high school, current sophomores and juniors will be moving up another year, and the seniors will be moving off to college. Seniors will be gathering what they need for college and getting ready to leave their houses to live on their own for the first time.

With finals just around the corner, the 2017-2018 school year is coming to a quick end, and students have started to partake in some of their favorite summer activities.

As the sun has started to come out, students have put their boats in the water and started using them on Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington. All summer long students will be going out on their boats and their friends and tanning, wake boarding, water skiing, inner tubing and doing all other fun things out on the water. Junior Will VanderZanden said that he would be taking his boat out on Lake Sammamish almost everyday this summer with his friends.

As lots of students are staying home to relax and enjoy the sun, others are traveling away from home, some only to other states and others even out of the country. Senior Griffin Pierce is going to explore Ireland with his friend for a week! Another Senior Aaron Ao is going to Tokyo, Indonesia and China, to see his family and to get away from all the stress

of college preparation at home. Another senior Ryan Xue is flying to California to meet up with several friends and enjoy the sun away from home. Sophomore Abby Willison is going to Italy with her mom for two weeks for some relaxation.

As the end of the year approaches, students are waiting for the final days of school to come to an end as fast as possible. Students cannot wait for freedom from school and not having to think about it until the end of August!

HAVE A GREAT BREAK EC!

Finally, another sophomore, Margaux Kelly is going to be a camp counselor at Camp Orkila for an entire month! Whether students are traveling inside or out of the state, or staying home, everyone will still be enjoying

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A journalism student said ?I took journalism because I want to study journalism in college, college?s like to see students taking classes that reflect what they want to study.? Another journalism student said, ?I took it because it was interesting to me, and I wanted to learn how news is written.?

Garrett Wallace Insider Staff

Journalism is a great class to take if you want to improve your writing skills, and also relay news to your fellow classmates at the same time. Journalism is a useful class where you learn great writing skills and writing the articles, conducting interviews and putting them into the paper at the end are the most fun and rewarding feelings you can get from working on The Insider.

You will never run out of things to write about as the ideas for articles are put together by everybody in the class by putting three different ideas each into an article idea pool and then one idea is chosen by everyone on the staff. While writing the articles you will learn how to conduct interviews, pass around polls and gather information on a topic.

You will also learn how to write a concise and attention-grabbing article and learn what methods you can use to keep readers focused and attentive. For people who would like a more broadcast type of news, there is an EC Podcast (The CruCast) that is used to convey news through an audio/visual

standpoint. For people who may not be the best writers, this is a great route to take.

During the time between writing articles, the class takes a week to learn about writing techniques and watch movies about famous stories in journalism. Many of the techniques are used in later articles and your skills as a writer will improve as the class continues. The more articles you write the more efficient and interesting your stories and articles will turn out to be.

When asked, certain students in journalism told why they decided to take journalism and what makes the class so great.

Overall, Journalism is a very fun class to take if you want to learn how the inner workings of the press work and to experience firsthand the process behind articles in a newspaper. The class will teach you how to be a more informative writer and is also a great way to spend time learning and hanging out with friends at the same time. As the class goes on, The Insider staff gets closer and closer together as you meet new people and form new friendships with your fellow writers.

It is a great way to meet people that you never would have met otherwise and will also teach you how to write a news article and the process behind it.

Please go see your counselors or Mrs. Silverman to join Journalism if you are interested. For more info contact Mr. LaBelle.

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