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We’re back!

Tanner Gregory | Hawkeye

Students gather near the attendance office as they line up to get a locker or go into the Terraceum to pick up a copy of their current class schedule yesterday morning for the first day of school (above). Terrace was projected to serve roughly 1600 students this year – down from a high of more than 1900 just a few years ago. After an uneventful first day, students file out of the main entrance (below).

One day down, 179 to go

ASB card serves as ID, has perks

By Lizzie Haworth News editor

On the first day of school, just a few things are on students’ minds – schedules, friends, teachers and the year ahead. What is not usually on the minds of students are the things that have happened at school during summer.

MTHS is now the oldest high school in the district; not having a “spruce-up” since it was rebuilt in 1991, and this year the district took note. During the summer the library carpet was replaced, many walls had a paint job and the music department got instrument storage lockers.

Throughout the year, some classroom carpets will also be replaced. Of all the aspects of the school that need renovation, or “sprucing,” painting and carpet replacement are on the top of the list.

Last year many classrooms experienced the perils of a leaky roof – the gym being the only effected part of the building considered a safety issue. The gym roof was replaced last year, but a new roof for the rest of the building is on the replacement list as the building nears its 20th birthday.

Another change affecting the school is the dramatic reduction in the printing budget. Due to budget cuts, printing will be severely reduced this year.

“We just don’t have the resources to print this year, so teachers are going to try to go electronic. We’re really trying to economize,” Principal Greg Schwab said.

Teachers may ask for students to print assignments from home or for students to contribute a ream of paper to the class. Many teachers are even paying from their own pockets for photocopies to use in class. It costs the school roughly 5 cents a page to print, which is what the school asks of the students.

Every student has a printing account that can be replenished in the main office.

By Alisha Evich Hawkeye staff

An Associated Student Body card, also known as an ASB card, costs $45, serves as student identification and gives students access to school and community perks they would not have otherwise – including some great discounts.

With an ASB card students can get into home sports games for free, while parents from the home team and the students and parents from opposing schools pay the entry fee.

School dance tickets are $2 cheaper when bought with an ASB card than they are normally.

ASB cards can also get students discounts on events and activities out side of school.

AMC Loews located near Alderwood Mall offers student discount Thursdays pricing tickets at $7.50.

Alderwood 7 offers $1 off general admissions Sunday through Thursday after 4 p.m.

ASB cards can get students lunch specials from Sorelli’s Pizza, from 11:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. on school days. Card-holders can get a slice of pizza and a soda for $4. Milk shakes, originally $3, can be bought for $2 with an ASB card.

At the Seattle Center tickets are sold for $5 with proof of age and student identification.

Students have the option of purchasing an ASB card, though the school ID card is mandatory. “(Buying an ASB card) depends on if you are active in the school,” junior Matt Baish said. “Personally I attend a lot of school events, so I think it’s worth it.”

Devyn Cox | Hawkeye

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Terrace Parking Slotto

By Lizzie Haworth News editor

The new and improved parking auction, now the Terrace Parking Slotto, will be held on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.

Taking on the new face of a lottery, and a flat rate of $50, students must produce a driver’s licence and proof of insurance to receive a ticket that will be placed in the lotto. Students will be able to pick up tickets next Monday, Sept. 13.

The drawing will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15. Seniors will be the first to place their tickets into the Slotto. The seniors will then be chosen from the Slotto at random by an impartial third party. When selected from the Slotto, the chosen senior will then have the privilege to choose their parking spot. The Slotto will then continue until all seniors have been called.

The Slotto will proceed in this way down through the grades until there are no spaces or names left.

A new catch this year is that students cannot fail more than one class and be eligible for a parking slot. At the end of first semester if a student has more than one failed class, they will lose their spot for the rest of the year.

These lost spots will be available in a second semester Slotto. The spots recovered will then be re-distributed to those who did not receive spots in the first semester Slotto.

If a student cannot attend the Slotto, a parent or guardian may stand in their place for them to assure the security of their student’s potential parking spot.

Amanda Adkins | Hawkeye

A new process will be used this year to assign parking spaces in the student lot. A flat $50 fee will be assessed and names will be drawn in what organizers are calling a “Slotto” – short for a lotto for a parking slot. The drawing will take place Sept. 15.

Budget slashed again

District tightens fiscal belt

By Devyn Cox Editor-in-chief

Students of the classes 2011-2014 arrived at Mountlake Terrace yesterday – many of them excited to see friends and get a fresh start. Most were likely unaware of the recent budget cuts that the Edmonds School District has undergone.

For Mountlake Terrace High School just as recently as three years ago a building budget of $157,000 was allotted. But, the following year the budget was decreased by 60 percent leaving a grand total of $94,000 for the 20082009 school year.

Yet another cut was made last year and the budget was once again cut down by 33 percent leaving a staggering $63,000.

Now, as MTHS students enter the 20102011 school year, the budget is approximately $44,000. That is a loss of more than

$110,000 from just the budget of Mountlake Terrace High School and is roughly 28 percent of what the budget was just three years ago.

Some things that can be expected this year: students will need to pay to print paper, teachers are trying to base their curriculum on a more web friendly classroom in order to save paper, and if a textbook is lost, stolen or damaged it will be more difficult to replace them.

The building budget goes toward funding any kind of educational supplies; printing and copying paper, funding the career center, anything the needs replaced from year to year.

“All I ask is that parents and community members be patient with us [because] the budget issues are out of our control,” Principal Greg Schwab said.

Devyn Cox | Hawkeye

The MTHS building budget has been reduced 72 percent since just three years ago – down to just $44,000 from $157,000. Students will feel the pinch in reduced supplies and materials.

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Editorial

The State of the first amendment to the constitution

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The FCC can regulate anything that is broadcast publicly

into account the fact that such speech is protected under the First Amendment.”

The First Amendment came into effect less than four years after the constitution was written. The men who any people would like to know where swearing founded this country obviously believed that the peooriginated. At this point, it is more interesting ple of the U.S should be able to say what they feel. Yet why obscene language still matters. Blame the Federal the Supreme Court has decided that indecent material Communications Commission. The FCC decides is somehow protected by the First Amendment and what words are “indecent” “cannot be banned entirely,” according to information and regulates their use. at FCC.gov.

This does not seem fair, Why should they be able to ban speech at all? but it makes sense, until Apparently it is “...to avoid broadcast...when there is a the contract between the reasonable risk that children may be in the audience” FCC and the Fox Television between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Network is looked over. In This makes perfect sense now. Protect the children. the Indecency Analysis porThis still does not change the fact that the Supreme tion of the contract, the FCC Ira Wahlmeier Editorial Editor Court is essentially saying that the First Amendment uses the First Amendment can only protect freedom of speech so to enforce the much.

Then what?

There is no footnote regulation. The last sentence of the first The FCC that says “Freedom of speech is limited to paragraph of the Analysis reads “...the decides what the protection of 12 offensive words” or First Amendment...demands that, in words are anything to that effect. indecency situations, we proceed cau“indecent” and What do you do when you have to tiously and with appropriate restraint.” regulates their choose to either protect children from This completely goes against not only use. naughty words or uphold the First the First Amendment, but the first senAmendment? Apparently you ban a few words and tence of the same paragraph. “...government action everything is right again. against allegedly indecent programming must take

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Profanity is not so profane

Staff Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alisha Evich Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vincent F. DeMiero FANs Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Scott Gigante Amichevole Barbuto Emeritus . . . . . . . Jim “Animal” Pecotte Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Publishing Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MTHS ASB, JEA/WJEA, NSPA, Student Press Law Center NOTE: Names in bold indicate voting members of the Editorial Board

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izza Man, a Mountlake Terrace staple, great pizza at inexpensive prices, closed its doors on Aug. 23. At the Hawkeye we feel deeply saddened by this news since many a time the great men and women employed by Pizza Man have come to the aid of ASB and Hawkeye. The hot and buttery bread sticks, yummy marinara sauce, and friendly service were some the great things about pizza man. Many Mountlake Terrace residents remember when Pizza Man was established after Mike and Dave’s went out of business, so hopefully a great pizza place will open up for those of us who are unimpressed by cheap bread sticks and sign waving.

Warm Weather in Western Washington

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he summer of 2010 was awesome. Just the right temperature and humidity all summer long with only a few unexpected showers. The sunny weather gave us Terraceans a nice tan, some fun memories, and a deep feeling of sadness as we enter another school year. To help you get through the pain of leaving summer behind, try to make it to the dance or football game this Friday, Sept. 10.

Picture day worries

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According to psychologists at Britain’s Keele University, cursing helps a person withstand pain longer.

Profanity – vulgar language intended to desecrate a Psychologists discovered this by getting 64 students being. There are words in the English language that to stick their hands in freezing cold water for as long have been established to disrespect or disregard a as possible. Half of them were allowed to repeat a person and their feelings. curse word the other half were not.

They found that the students allowed to swear could stand the pain longer than the other students.

To call a woman “the Researchers state that this is due to the fact that cursB-word” supposedly means ing uses both the language and emotional parts of the she is rude, aggressive, or unreasonable, or so it should brain.

In America both genders are known for cursing, but be. it is more socially acceptable for men Being 17 “No other language Devyn Cox to swear. Astonishingly, 72 percent of years old in Editor-in-Chief conveys emotion men swear in public where a mere 58 2010 you hear as effectively as percent of women do. this word countless times throughout swearing. If it had no I believe there should be limitathe day and, as a female, being called value, we would have tions on what can be said, but many one does not affect me at all. stopped using it.” curse words have just become part of The negative connotation of the word Timothy Jay common language they are no longer “bitch” has been so over used that I psychology professor, taboo. believe it has lost its true meaning, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts This is a fact that many baby boomalong with many other “bad words.”

There is a belief that words have ers must learn to accept. My generapower, derived from illiterate cultures where people tion has grown up with harsh language in movies, believed that words could curse or bless the person music, and even advertisements. It is expected that they were being used towards which is where we got people my age swear. the idea for “bad words.”

According to Professor Timothy Jay, author of Cursing is not only a way to describe a person or Cursing in America, “No other language conveys event, or just filler in a sentence. In fact, studies show emotion as effectively as swearing. If it had no value, we would have stopped using it.” that cussing actually has benefits.

Editor-in-Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devyn Cox Managing Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Hume Opinion Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Clark Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AnhViet Nguyen Business Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carly Wicklander News Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lizzie Haworth Editorial Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ira Wahlmeier Feature Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexa Turner Arts & Entertainment Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Moore The425 Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tanner Gregory Health Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Schomer Photo/Graphics Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi Lara-Flores Photo Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Adkins

Hawkeye Staff Editorial

Pizza population falling

Regulating freedom

Being used more and more, cussing is losing its effect

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icture day. This Friday, oh joy.

Hawkeye is made up of a lot of seniors so we will all be pleased to know that whatever develops from those pictures, whether it be a swamp creature or something half decent, will only be displayed on our ASB cards. But for the underclassmen, they will be forced to look at the awkward smiles of themselves until the end of the year. But hey, there is always picture retake day on Oct. 14 provided incase that first one is just too unbearable.

Vote for Dick’s in Terrace

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ick’s, a Seattle based fast food restaurant has driven the likes of MTHS students, Sir Mixalot, and people from every suburb of Seattle to make the journey to the depths of the city to get a deluxe cheeseburger with a side of fries. We Hawkeye-ites have had some scary adventures looking for this mystical burger. But word on the street is that Dick’s is planning on opening a new restaurant in the near future in the Puget Sound region. People can go to www.dicksdrivein.com and vote for where they would like the new establishment to reside. It would be nice for Terrace teens to have someplace to hangout after hours other than the Albertson’s parking lot.

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Opinion

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Welcome to the 2010-2011 school year

Goodbye summer, hello high school

Feel free to get all the help you need

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love the start of school. I guess that is How you approach your classes is one one of the reasons I work in a school. of the keys to being successful in school.

Nothing is better to me than that first Use the start of this new school year to day of school. focus your effort and energy on being a I love standgood student. ing out front as If you need some ideas for how to do all of you come that, simply look around you at other through the students. More than 75 percent of your doors that first fellow students passed all of their classes morning. It is last year. There are a lot of people you Greg Schwab great to meet can turn to for help.

MTHS Principal the new freshTeachers are a great resource. I’ve men and to never known a teacher who wouldn’t reconnect with the upperclassmen. help a student who showed concern for There is so much to love about our his/her grade and who wanted to be a school. Getting students into their better student. Learn from their examclasses and getting started on the main ples and do what they do. reason why we are all here — to make As I work with students who are havsure that each of you gets the education ing difficulty in school, one of the key you need to be successful in the world messages I try to impress on them is outside of MTHS. simply this — school is This leads me to the not hard if you make the “First and main point of my colright choices. Come to foremost, we are a umn. First and foreschool every day, do your school whose job most, we are a school homework and try your it is to provide all whose job it is to probest to work with your of you with a great vide all of you with a teachers. learning experience great learning experiThese three things seem in each of your ence in each of your to be the main barriers classes.” classes. to success for students Our teachers will do who fail classes. a great job of providing you with these I try to encourage students not to experiences. make school harder than it needs to be.

Your job is to be a student.

I encourage them to focus on these One of our main goals as a school this three simple behaviors and see if that year is to reduce the number of students doesn’t make a change for the better. who fail classes. It is failed classes that I want to welcome you all back and ultimately lead students to greater prob- I wish you the best in this new school lems in school. year. I encourage you to make this your We can do our part as the teachers, best year ever! classified staff and administrators, but NOTE: The Hawkeye provides the school the other key player in this effort to administration space each issue in the make sure all students pass their classes Opinion section as part of our mission as is you. an open public forum.

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opefully everyone’s summer was fun checking out at least one of these events. and eventful so both our students Hopefully you all got your dose of sun and faculty can be ready to make this the because now comes the clouds and the best school year rain, so here are a few suggestions to enjoy possible. your last few weeks of summer and the At the end of great Northwest sunshine – go on a picnic, last school year walk around Pike Place Market, go boatI talked about ing, go swimming, ride your bike, melt students resting crayons on a metal slide, try to cook eggs up and getting on the sidewalk, leave your car windows Kelby Brown ready for this down overnight, water plants, sun bathe, ASB Public Relations school year. and the classic choice of flying a kite.

First off, freshI realize some of those make little to no man ASB petitions are now available. The sense, but without something nonsensifreshman class ASB is a lot of fun and is a cal in my column, there is no way people great way to earn extra curricular credit. would believe I wrote it.

I’ve been involved since my sophomore One thing our ASB focused on at freshyear and I absolutely love it, so turn in man orientation, and something that I will those petitions! focus on in every article I write, is the idea Second, the fall sports season have of community. Our school is one giant started up so everyone community that thrives on be loud and be proud the students and the envi“Our school is one of your school by going ronment you as students giant community out and supporting your create. I want this school that thrives on the teams. Go out and supyear to be the best and in students and the port your Hawks football, order for us to make it the environment you as get decked out in school best we must remember students create.” colors, rock out to the that we can have fun and Pep Band, and cheer your be respectful at the same Hawks to victory. time. Our community will thrive and surGo watch a girls soccer game, or even vive off of that, so let’s make Terrace the a tennis or cross country match. We as best it can be.

Hawks should be supporting all of our It’s a fresh new year, so everyone has a teams here, and should be showing up to clean slate. You and only you choose what their games and cheering them on. is written on that slate, so let’s make good Here are also some important dates; decisions and if we mess up let’s learn Sept. 10 is picture day. Everyone needs a from those mistakes. I am super-pumped school ID. because homecoming is right around the Sept. 15 is the parking auction for corner, so we should all be preparing for juniors and seniors, and also in the first that! Let’s make 2010-2011 the best ever. few weeks of school we have the back to GO HAWKS! NOTE: The Hawkeye provides the MTHS school dance, and the cheer dance.

ASB space each issue in the Opinion With all this excitement I urge everyone section as part of our mission as an open to come out and support your school by public forum.

the hawkeye | official statement of policy Since its inception in 1960, the Hawkeye has operated as an independent voice and publication of record for the students and community of Mountlake Terrace High School. These are part of the policies that define the organization and its various publications.

HAWKEYE Mission Statement

The HAWKEYE’s mission, as an open public forum faithfully serving our audience since 1960, is to provide the MTHS community with quality, thought-provoking, student produced publications.

In these efforts, the HAWKEYE has established several open forums for the exchange of information, opinions, and artistic expression dedicated to those in the MTHS community.

Editorial Policy

Editorials, Editorial Columns and Letters to the Editor serve as a forum to express opinions, in a well-written and thoughtful manner. Letters to the Editor are signed and should be no more than 200 words. Editorial Columns are signed, usually exceed 200 words and are customarily related to news content. Editorials are unsigned since they represent the views of the leadership staff (Editorial Board) of the HAWKEYE.

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For more than five decades, the opinion pages of the HAWKEYE have served as a public forum for the exchange of comment and criticism. These pages are open to students, staff, parents, and others interested in MTHS. It is the tradition of the HAWKEYE to print as many letters to the editor as space allows in each issue. The HAWKEYE reserves the right to not print any letter.

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The HAWKEYE will not accept advertising that the staff believes to be: factually inaccurate; designed to mislead, deceive or defraud; containing malicious, vindictive, or unsubstantiated attacks; offering goods and/or services illegal for teens to possess, buy, or use; libelous; obscene; or; certain to create imminent danger or disruption to the educational mission of MTHS.

I. STATEMENT OF POLICY A. Philosophical Foundation

Freedom of expression and press freedom are fundamental values in a democratic society. The mission of any institution committed to preparing productive citizens must include teaching students these values, both by lesson and by example.

As determined by the courts, student exercise of freedom of expression and press freedom is protected by both state and federal law, especially by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Additionally, Article I, Section 5 of the Washington State Constitution reads: Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.

Accordingly, public school officials are responsible for encouraging and ensuring freedom of expression and press freedom for all students. Therefore, it is the policy of the HAWKEYE, the MTHS Administration and the Edmonds School District Board of Education that the HAWKEYE and its subsidiary publications have been established as forums for student expression and as voices in the uninhibited, robust, free and open discussion of issues.

B. E dmonds School Dist. Board Policy 7375 “Student Publications (Adopted Revised 1/19/93).

Student publications produced as part of the school’s curriculum or with the support of the associated student body fund are intended to serve both as vehicles for instruction and student communication. Student publications are a valuable means of expression under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To the extent the material appearing in such publications does not disrupt the learning environment, students should have broad discretion over what does appear. Such material may not be libelous, obscene, or profane nor may it cause a substantial disruption of the school, invade the privacy of others, demean any race, religion, sex, or ethnic group, advocate the violation of the law, or advertise tobacco products, liquor, illicit drugs, or drug paraphernalia.”

Therefore, it is the policy of the HAWKEYE, the MTHS Administration and the Edmonds School District Board of Education that student journalists shall have the right to determine the content of student media.

Accordingly, the following guidelines relate only to establishing grounds for disciplinary actions subsequent to publication.

II. OFFICIAL STUDENT MEDIA A. Responsibilities of Student Journalists

Students who work on official, school-sponsored student publications or electronic media determine the content of their respective publications and are responsible for that content. These students should: l. Determine the content of the student media; 2. Strive to produce media based upon professional standards of accuracy, objectivity and fairness; 3. Review material to improve sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation; 4. Check and verify all facts and verify the accuracy of all quotations; and 5. In the case of editorials or letters to the editor concerning controversial issues, determine the need for rebuttal comments and opinions and therefore provide space, if appropriate.

B. Unprotected Expression The following types of student expression will not be protected:

1. Material that is “obscene as to minors.” Obscene as to minors is defined as material that meets all three of the following requirements: (a) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the publication, taken as a whole, appeals to a minor’s prurient interest in sex; and (b) the publication depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct such as ultimate sexual acts (normal or perverted), masturbation and lewd exhibition of the genitals; and (c) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. Indecent or vulgar language is not obscene.

2. Libelous material. Libelous statements are provably false and unprivileged statements of fact that do demonstrated injury to an individual’s or business’s reputation in the community. If the allegedly libeled party is a “public figure” or “public official” as defined below, then school officials must show that the false statement was published “with actual malice,” i.e., that the student journalists knew that the statement was false or that they published it with reckless disregard for the truth without trying to verify the truthfulness of the statement. (a) A public official is a person who holds an elected or appointed public office and exercises a significant amount of governmental authority. (b) A public figure is a person who either has sought the public’s attention or is well known because of personal achievements or actions. (c) School employees will be considered public officials or public figures in relationship to articles concerning their school-related activities. (d) When an allegedly libelous statement concerns an individual who is not a public official or a public figure, school officials must show that the false statement was published willfully or negligently, i.e., the student journalist who wrote or published the statement has failed to exercise reasonably prudent care. (e) Students are free to express opinions. Specifically, a student may criticize school policy or the performance of teachers, administrators, school officials and other school employees.

3. Material that will cause “a material and substantial disruption of school activities.” (a) Disruption is defined as student rioting, unlawful seizures of property, destruction of property, or substantial student participation in a school boycott, sit-in, walkout or other related form of activity. Material such as racial, religious or ethnic slurs, however distasteful, is not in and of itself disruptive under these guidelines. Threats of violence are not materially disruptive without some act in furtherance of that threat or a reasonable belief and expectation that the author of the threat has the capability and intent of carrying through on that threat in a manner that does not allow acts other than suppression of speech to mitigate the threat in a timely manner. (b) For student media to be considered disruptive, specific facts must exist upon which one could reasonably forecast that a likelihood of immediate, substantial mate-

rial disruption to normal school activity would occur if the material were further distributed or has occurred as a result of the material’s distribution or dissemination.

Mere undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough; school administrators must be able affirmatively to show substantial facts that reasonably support a forecast of likely disruption. (c) In determining whether student media is disruptive, consideration must be given to the context of the distribution as well as the content of the material. In this regard, consideration should be given to past experience in the school with similar material, past experience in the school in dealing with and supervising the students in the school, current events influencing student attitudes and behavior and whether there have been any instances of actual or threatened disruption prior to or contemporaneously with the dissemination of the student publication in question. (d) School officials must protect advocates of unpopular viewpoints.

D. Protected Speech 1. School officials cannot: a. Ban student expression solely because it is controversial, takes extreme, fringe or minority opinions, or is distasteful, unpopular or unpleasant; b. Ban the publication or distribution of material relating to sexual issues including, but not limited to, virginity, birth control and sexually-transmitted diseases; c. Censor or punish the occasional use of indecent, vulgar or so-called “four-letter” words in student publications; d. Prohibit criticism of the policies, practices or performance of teachers, school officials, the school itself or of any public officials; e. Cut off funds to official student media because of disagreement over editorial policy; f. Ban student expression that merely advocates illegal conduct without proving that such speech is directed toward and will actually cause imminent unlawful action. g. Ban the publication or distribution by students of material written by non-students; h. Prohibit the endorsement of candidates for student office or for public office at any level, nor prohibit the endorsement of initiatives, referenda, or other measures brought before citizens including school levies and bonds.

2. Commercial Speech.

Advertising is constitutionally protected expression.

Acceptance or rejection of advertising is within the purview of the publication staff. Ads for political candidates and ballot issues may be accepted; however publication staffs are encouraged to solicit ads from all sides on such issues.

E. On-Line Student Media and Use of Electronic Information Resources 1. On-Line Student Media.

Online media, including websites, e-mail, social media, listserves and discussion groups, may be used by students like any other communications media to reach both those within the school and those beyond it. All official, schoolsponsored online student publications are entitled to the same protections and are subject to no greater limitations

than other student media, as described in this policy.

2. Electronic Information Resources.

Student journalists may use electronic information resources, including websites, e-mail, social media, listserves and discussion groups, to gather news and information, to communicate with other students and individuals and to ask questions of and consult with sources.

Although faculty advisers to student media are encouraged to help students develop the intellectual skills needed to evaluate and appropriately use electronically available information to meet their news gathering purposes, advisers are not responsible for approving the online resources used or created by their students.

3. Acceptable Use Policies.

The Board recognizes that the technical and networking environment necessary for online communication may require that school officials define guidelines for student exploration and use of electronic information resources. The purpose of such guidelines will be to provide for the orderly, efficient and fair operation of the school’s online resources. The guidelines may not be used to unreasonably restrict student use of or communication on the online media.

Such guidelines may address the following issues: file size limits, password management, system security, data downloading protocol, use of domain names, use of copyrighted software, access to computer facilities, computer hacking, computer etiquette and data privacy.

III. ADVISER JOB SECURITY

The student media adviser is not a censor. No person who advises a student publication will be fired, transferred or removed from the advisership by reason of his or her refusal to exercise editorial control over student media or to otherwise suppress the protected free expression of student journalists.

V. PRIOR RESTRAINT

No student media, whether non-school-sponsored or official, will be reviewed by school administrators prior to distribution or withheld from distribution. The school assumes no liability for the content of any student publication, and urges all student journalists to recognize that with editorial control comes responsibility, including the responsibility to follow professional journalism standards each school year.

NOTE: This is an abbreviated version of the Hawkeye’s official publication policies. For a complete copy, please contact a member of the Hawkeye’s Editorial Board.

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Letters to the Editor:

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For the first issue of the paper, we asked students what they were excited or concerned about for the year.

These are their answers.

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ar Editor:

What I am most excited for my junior year is that I am finally an upperclassman. I feel more comfortable with the high school atmosphere then I had felt in the previous two years. I know what I am doing, so I can basically sit back and relax. Also, I am just as excited to return to school for all the social high school events, like weekly football games, homecoming and finally wearing black to assemblies! After a while the hype of school dies down, but I just have a feeling this will be a good year!

Katie Wicklander, junior

JT Davis,

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Dear Editor: SENIOR YEAR! Woot woot! I’m so excited for this school year, and the events are going to be big! This is the last year for me to experience homecoming week. We better kick butt at the homecoming game again! Last year I was pretty spirited, but this year, whoa look out! With prom coming up, I’m excited to dress up like a princess and ride in a horse drawn carriage (not really).

They say that senior year is the best year of high school life. With my friends and boyfriend by my side, this year is going to the best! One last thing: GO HAWKS! Alisha Evich, senior

Cassie Soriano | Hawkeye Alumnus

Dear Editor: This year, I’m more concerned about relationships and with prom, what’s going to happen, an d who to go with.

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Ryan Edgar, senior

Devyn Cox | Hawkeye

Dear Editor: What am I excited or concerned about this upcoming year? Time, sport events, homework, friends, dances, transportation, but one of my major concerns is grades. I don’t want to mess up or fail at what I’m going to be doing.

Hopefully there will not be too much drama over little complications or people.

If we have more kids embrace their school spirit or try to get involved it might make some things easier.

Some kids always have to look before they leap, pressure from other students can give them a hard time in school maybe even at home.

Well, I hope this year goes by easily.

Shaylene Miller, sophomore eye

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e doesn’t spend countless hours on it for the teachers. He doesn’t sacrifice his social life for the grades. He does it for himself. He keeps doing it until his standards are met, no one else’s.

With blond hair, blue eyes, and, occasionally, glasses, Paul Glasgow knows you have to work hard to succeed in school. As one of MTHS’s top-ranked students, he leads the 2011 senior class in this final chapter of their high school career.

Glasgow reflects on what made him the successful student he is today: hard work, dedication, and perseverance.

“I’ve always been weird in the sense that if I know I haven’t done as well as I could have, it really nags at me. I don’t try and meet the requirements that my teachers give me. I have to meet the requirements that I set for myself which tend to be above and beyond,” Glasgow said.

Above and beyond he goes. Instead of writing the required minimum three-page essay for the AP English summer homework, Glasgow wrote until he felt that the essay was satisfactory to his standards.

One if his favorite teachers, Dino Aristides, says that Glasgow’s “strength as a student is his remarkable focus. Paul could sit there in the middle of a classroom food fight and write-listenand learn. Paul is truly like a shining shaft of gold in a bleak dark night.”

Knowing that the key to success is not only doing your work, but also building a relationship with your teachers, Glasgow recommends that students should “make sure that your teachers know you. Get to know your teachers, it’s invaluable if they actually like you because they’re willing to help you so much more.”

Achieving a 4.0 GPA each year during high school is no small feat; it consumes countless hours of time that could be spent with friends. But balancing his academics and his social life hasn’t been too much of a struggle.

“He doggedly wants to achieve, which isn’t to say that he doesn’t relax. He still plays Xbox with his friends and watches movies. It’s all part of his personality,” says Glasgow’s stepfather, Jim Anderson.

Glasgow still enjoys hanging out with his friends, seeing movies, and playing guitar in his spare time, although, he says, “I’m just terrible at it.”

He is fully aware that getting great grades while being involved in multiple school activities is not an easy task.

“Thankfully I don’t have extracurricular activities to deal with,” Glasgow says, “I couldn’t imagine getting great grades

while being on the track team and football team.”

Although he was known as the class clown in the past, he notes sarcastically that he “had a good rapport with [my] teachers so [he] could practically get away with murder.” Since then, Glasgow has stopped goofing around, focusing instead on school work because, as he says, “you have to have your priorities straight; when you’re at high school your number one job is to learn; it’s not to screw around.”

Being a contextual person, as he describes himself, Glasgow learns best with a combination of textbooks and lectures.

History, his favorite subject, fascinates him because he’ll “read about an event in history and then go back in [his] mind and see how it is able to come about.” Preferring to work alone, his natural leadership tends to create tension within group projects.

Describing high school in one word, Glasgow sarcastically chooses “hell.” He laughs and, after thinking for a moment, on a more serious note chooses the word “obstacle,” as in something you overcome.

“You know, day by day, each essay, each project, each thing like that is just another obstacle you have to overcome to get to that light at the end of the tunnel,” he says.

His advice for freshmen, aside from the typical response of “do your homework” or “don’t procrastinate,” is to “do everything that’s assigned, and don’t meet their requirements, make sure you meet your requirements. Make sure you like the work you’re doing.”

As for his college career, Glasgow is applying to many colleges, his top two being the University of Portland and Gonzaga University. According to Glasgow, his mom wants him to apply to Princeton, which he is not looking forward to because there are multiple essays that have to be written along with the common application.

“It’s just going to be atrocious,” he says. “I do not want to do it at all.”

His parents are still proud of him, though. Anderson says, “His GPA is only one small reflection of his intelligence; humor is another.”

As one of the most accomplished students of the Class of 2011, Glasgow stresses that he is just a normal guy who happens to do extremely well, academically speaking. Success in high school, Glasgow emphasizes, comes from wanting to succeed, wanting to do well, wanting to achieve.

“We’re all here for a reason, and for that reason we’re all in the same boat, so let us cast off together, and with our joined strength boldly cross the terrifying waters of the unknown to reach the shores of a brave new world,” he says.

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“

Paul is nothing short of a genius. He doesn't have some magic secret to success; he simply does what he needs to do and does it with effort and love. He's one of the hardest workers I know and a damn good friend.

- Kendall Irby, senior

Paul Glasgow’s favorite quote comes from Sir Isaac Newton who said: “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”

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AT A GLANCE

Movies in September

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By Alisha Evich Hawkeye staff

Easy A

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here are two sides to every story. Actress Emma Stone plays Olive Penderghast, a normal clean cut girl who roams the high school halls invisibly.

During a party over the weekend, she fakes losing her virginity to her gay best friend in order to save him from being bullied. Making up her own rumor of losing her virginity, she battles with the accusations of promiscuity. Instead of running away from the accusations, she takes it on as a badge of honor.

Then she starts getting more “customers” and boys end up paying her to fake lose their virginity, which ends up making her extremely popular.

Amanda Bynes plays Marianne, the mean girl who tries to humiliate Olive. The movie is loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” which Olive is studying in school. Rated PG-13; in theaters Sept. 17.

The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

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n this heroic, adventurous tale, Soren, a young barn owl, loves the legend of the Guardian owls.

Like a little kid wanting to become a superhero, Soren dreams of meeting the Guardians. To prove to everyone that the Guardians are real, he goes on an adventure to find them. On his way he meets other owls that want to join his search. On their trip, they get captured by a group of evil owls who want to control all the other owls in the world. Soren and his friends escape and search for the island of Ga’Hoole. In the end, they reach the Guardians and assist them in fighting the evil owls. This movie is based on the books, “The Owls of Ga’Hoole” by Kathryn Lasky. Rated PG; in theaters Sept. 24.

The Town

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en Affleck plays a man named Doug MacRay, the leader of Boston’s ruthless group of bank robbers that get what they want and get away clean. On MacRay’s last job, he and his group take a hostage-the bank manager, Claire Keesey, who is played by Rebecca Hall. When her life is on high stress, Doug comes along, Claire unaware that he was the man that took her hostage. There is instant attraction, which turns into passionate romance.

Doug considers giving up his hard earned life for the girl he loves. This love story takes the couple down a dangerous and potentially deadly path.

Also starring Blake Lively, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Chris Cooper, and Pete Postlethwaite.

Rated R; in theaters Sept. 17.

Going the Distance

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rin (Drew Barrymore), an inspiring journalist and Garrett (Justin Long), an assistant music scout, were not looking for a relationship. They had six weeks for a light and easy fling, but when Erin needs to move to San Francisco to finish her last year of school, they both decide on having a long distance relationship. With webcams and phones, this long distance couple tries to hang in there.

When Erin gets her dream job in California, and Garrett’s career is rising in New York, they put their relationship to the test. Can their love really go the distance? Rated R; now playing at several theaters.

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An in-depth look at the summer’s top romantic comedy

Eat. Pray. Love.

Story by Alexa Turner Graphics by Heidi Lara-Flores Hawkeye staff

The movie adaptation of0“Eat, Pray, Love,” Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, was cute, and at times funny, but not much more than that. Lasting for two and a half hours, the movie started out quite slow. The book had the tone of a private discussion between Gilbert and her readers, one that cannot successfully be captured on film. Gilberts silent pleas to God, her internal breakdowns, her spiritual quests cannot be communicated to the audience through the film.

Because of this, the movie itself seems to be about a woman who is unhappy with her life, divorces her husband, and travels to three different countries.

While it took only a few pages in the book to describe Gilbert’s relationship with her husband, who she kept unnamed and didn’t focus on, the movie spent a great amount of time portraying her husband as an unfocused (career-wise), heart-broken man who has the habit of breaking out into random dance and song.

EAT: Pleasure It wasn’t until about 45 minutes into the movie that Gilbert actually went to her first destination: Italy. In Italy, Gilbert takes a vow of celibacy and instead forms relationships with her food.

The movie stays true to this fact, and many others, aside from a few minor details. For example, in the book Gilbert meets her Swedish friend Sofie at a language class in Rome, while in the movie, Gilbert randomly meets Sofie in a café. Giovanni is Gilbert’s Tandem Exchange Partner, and in the book his twin brother, Dario, is in a relationship with Sofie. Contrary to the book, Sofie and Giovanni are romantically involved in the movie.

At Luca Spaghetti’s birthday party (who in the book is Liz’s college friend’s friend, but in the movie is introduced as Giovanni’s friend) they don’t make the turkey for the American-style Thanksgiving.

In the movie, they make the turkey for breakfast after Luca forgot to defrost it.

As for David, Liz’s boyfriend after she left her husband, the movie followed their relationship pretty well: an onagain off-again love affair that ended in heartbreak on both sides.

PRAY: Devotion This section of the movie was perhaps the hardest to link back to the book.

Most of this part of the book was a dialogue with herself. Gilbert had arguments with herself during prayer, she wrestled her demons, she suffered from memories of David, and she tried to figure out what faith and dedication meant and how to live that out. This all happened in her head.

It is extremely hard to transfer internal conversations onto a movie without making it look cheesy. So instead of risking making the movie into one of pure corniness, the whole internal debate was removed.

There was a scene where God whispered to Liz, and there was a scene where it showed her face close up so that we could see her tortured soul, but frankly, the movie would have been better without the haphazard attempt at portraying Liz Gilbert’s internal conflict.

spoi ler alert

Besides that, the movie followed the book for the most part, altough there were a few notable differences, one being Richard from Texas.

In the book, there was an instant connection between him and Liz, and he called her Groceries because of the huge amount of food she could eat.

However in the movie, Richard and Liz got off to a rough start, and her nickname, Groceries, was not received kindly.

Also, the movie added in an extra story about how Richard almost killed his son while driving drunk.

Also, in both the book and the movie, Gilbert had a really hard time with the prayer the Gurugita. To help her get through it, in the book she dedicates the prayer to her nephew, Nick; in the movie, she dedicates it to her seventeen-year-old friend, Tulsi, to help her get through her arranged marriage, which is also not in the book.

LOVE: Balance In the book, Liz meets her new love interest Felipe at a party she was invited to by a Brazilian woman, Armenia.

Wayan, a Balinese healer, introduced Liz and Armenia at her shop while treating Liz for an infected knee injury she got after a bus ran her off the road while on her bike. In the movie, Felipe and Liz first met when he ran her off the road, not the bus.

Liz creates a fundraiser for Wayan to help her buy a house, and raises $18,000 American dollars with the help of her friends and family.

In the movie, it shows Wayan and others building the house without any problems. However, in the book, Wayan holds out on buying a house for a few months, until Liz has to lie and tell Wayan that her friends want the money back if she doesn’t find an area to build a house soon. Suffice it to say, Wayan found a place for sale very quickly afterwards.

There is also the character Yudhi, or the lack of him. He was completely cut out of the movie, but in the book he’s a big character. Yudhi is an Indonesian who sold Liz her house and they become good friends and go on a “cross-Balinese road trip” for one week.

Although the movie was enjoyable, it did not measure up to the amazing reviews critics awarded the book. In the future, Gilbert should stick to what she does best: books.

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The425

Plan now for life beyond high school

By Tanner Gregory The425 Editor

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he rate of students attending college has steadily been growing since 1987. In the current year, roughly 33 percent of U.S. citizens are attending post-secondary education.

However, the percentage of college-bound students who completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is unfortunately not increasing at the same rate.

Currently, just 8 million students have applied for FAFSA in the United States; a mere 20 percent of college-bound students.

FAFSA is the federal program that virtually all colleges use to determine a student’s eligibility for federal, state, and college-sponsored financial aid. This includes, but is not limited to: grants, student loans, and work-study based programs.

Tanner Gregory | Hawkeye

There are several eligibility requirements a student must meet to receive FAFSA. For the complete list of requirements go to www.fafsa.com and click on the “Understanding FAFSA” tab.

The most crucial step of FAFSA is making sure it is turned in on time.

Students can begin submitting on January 1 of each year for the following fall. One can file at an earlier time on with the website and it will turn in the application for you on the appropriate date of January 1.

Each college has its own FAFSA deadline so it would behoove students to fill them out as soon as possible. Missing deadlines for FAFSA can devastate a student’s chance of getting financial aid.

Lastly students should keep in mind that the FAFSA must be filed each year to receive financial aid.

By Devyn Cox Editor-In-Chief

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s seniors begin that grueling process of applying to college Hawkeye wants to help you out. The following information is on the most common colleges that MTHS students apply to.

One piece of information that relates to all of the following schools is the application fees can possibly waived based on the financial need of the applicant. Students can get in contact with the admission office of the school of their choice to find out if they qualify.

Seniors should also be aware that there are numerous scholarship opportunities available for them right now. A good place to start looking is at www.fastweb.com.

Here, a student’s information is entered into their database and notifications are sent to the student on what scholarships are available to them based on their circumstances.

There is additional information on these colleges and others at www.collegeboard. com.

DREAM BIG Whatever your dreams, get a great start at Edmonds Community College

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University of Washington

Western Washington University

Seattle

Bellingham

This is a popular choice among many of the seniors at Terrace. The UW is accepting applications until Jan. 15, 2011, unless a student is planning on applying as a priority application, which is due by Dec. 1, 2010.

All students will know whether they were accepted by April 15, 2011. The University of Washington has not posted on www.collegeboard.com how much financial aid they have provided in grants or scholarships.

The University of Washington applications are available on their website starting Oct. 1, 2010. With each application to the UW, a fee of $60 must also be submitted. Visit U-Dub’s website at www.washington.edu.

Thinking of attending the college up north, eh? Western Washington University will start reviewing applications on Oct. 1.

The regular application deadline is March 1, 2011. The financial aid priority deadline is Feb. 15, 2011.

As with most colleges, Western has an application fee of $50 that is submitted with the application. Western is highly recommended for those interested in teaching degrees. Students can request information from Western by visiting their website www.wwu.edu. A plus to attending Western is the proximity to Canada, which gives students an insight into a culture that is similar, but still maintains its differences.

Washington State University

Central Washington University

Pullman

Ellensburg

To the Coug fans planning on applying for the fall of 2011, expect to see the application on the WSU website sometime in the first two weeks of September.

Students can receive an email notification to get more information. Just check out www.wsu.edu.

Priority applications to Washington State will be accepted until Jan. 31, 2011. The priority deadline for financial aid is Feb. 15, 2011. Each application has a fee of $50 that must be submitted with the application.

WSU is one of the largest residence universities in the nation with more than 300 clubs and one of the largest intramural programs in the world. Although it is roughly 300 miles away, WSU remains a popular choice among many Terrace students.

To those who want to represent Central Washington University located in Ellensburg, just know that priority applications are due on Oct. 1. There is no deadline for regular applications.

Financial aid priority deadline is March 1, 2011. The fee to apply to Central is $55 to be submitted with the application.

Central’s campus has recently received numerous upgrades and features an excellent student center and modern dorm rooms.

Roughly 95 percent of Central’s students are from Washington, which gives students a great way to make regional connections with peers.

For more information on Central visit www.cwu.edu.

Welcome to the425

So, what’s The425?

By Tanner Gregory The425 Editor

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e at the Hawkeye heard that you readers wanted a place where you could go to receive information on important happenings right here in “the 425” – the area code that encompasses Mountlake Terrace, Brier and the surrounding areas.

We felt that this section of the paper could be a place where readers could find ways to get involved here in The 425, not just at school. The community, after all, is larger than just our campus.

There are more things happening than

school sporting events and drama productions, not implying these things are unimportant, but MTHS students have the right and the need to share their ideas with people other than their peers.

There are protests in Seattle, lectures at the UW, authors at Third Place Books, displays at local public libraries, rallies for politicians, forums about upcoming elections, touring groups making local appearances, volunteer opportunities, etc. You get the idea.

Let us know how we are doing and offer suggestions at The425.Hawkeye@gmail. com.

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She’s a

Survivor

Keep on cycling!

Photos contributed by Susan Lahti

Hiking Rialto Beach near Forks Physical Education teacher hopes her story inspires others to learn early cancer detection methods

By Michelle Schomer

T Health Editor

here are approximately 2.5 million women in the United States who have survived breast cancer, according to breastcancer.org, as of 2008.

Most students at MTHS know either a friend or a family member who has been affected with breast cancer, but what many students may be unaware of is that fact that the well-known Ms. Susan Lahti, one of the Mountlake Terrace High School physical education teachers, is one of the many survivors of breast cancer, having battled the lifethreatening disease this summer.

“I truly had a wonderful summer,” Lahti said. “People ask me, how I can say that when I had breast cancer? I think it is because even though I had to change some of my travel and adventure plans due to the cancer diagnosis and treatment, I never once stopped living and just tackled it all with, okay, what’s next, let’s go!”

Lahti is a very active person and is healthy, so why is it that she would get breast cancer?

“My grandfather [on my mother’s side] had it, my mother had it three times and survived them all to die of colon cancer 25 years later, my aunt and a great aunt,” she said.

Breast cancer is linked with genes, meaning if a close family member of a person has been diagnosed with breast cancer, then there is a higher risk of also being diagnosed.

Breast cancer is when cancer cells are attached to the tissues of the breast, and this is what causes the lump in the breast. According to bcaction.org, one out of every eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.

Breast cancer is very common among women, but breast cancer does not just affect females. This cancer does also affect men, but these diagnoses are rare.

Lahti says “there were no symptoms,” this is due to the

fact that Lahti caught her cancer early, a huge advantage and a boost to the success rate of the treatments, which include chemotherapy and radiation.

Lahti had a type of breast cancer known as infiltrating ductal carcinoma, but since she was in stage 1A, the cancer “I truly had a wonderful summer.

People ask me, how I can say that when I had breast cancer? I think it is because even though I had to change some of my travel and adventure plans due to the cancer diagnosis and treatment, I never once stopped living and just tackled it all with, okay, what’s next, let’s go!”

Susan Lahti PE teacher and breast cancer survivor

was in a very early stage and easily treatable.

Some ways that can decrease the risk of developing breast cancer are maintaining a healthy weight, watching alcohol consumption, and, of course, exercising. Annual checkups with a doctor to make sure that there is nothing affecting a person’s health in anyway are strongly suggested, too.

There are some ways that a woman can catch breast cancer early by doing a simple daily exam and checking for lumps in the breasts.

If a lump is present, scheduling an appointment with a physician is a great way to know for sure whether or not it is serious.

Lahti made a very difficult decision this summer, but she strongly believes that she made the right decision by removing both of her breasts.

Breast cancer is very hard on women for both their men-

Fly fishing in Montana tal and physical state. Lahti did not want to have the risk of getting breast cancer in the other breast, so that is why she got the other breast removed, too.

She says that her inspiration was her mother, who also had breast cancer, got both of her breasts removed, and survived. After her mother’s surgery, Lahti says he mom “danced and preformed with the Boot Scootin’ Grannies till her late 70s. She could do a hand stand at 75,” Lahti said.

“She raced sailing dinghies and solo canoed in her late 70’s and just never stopped!”

Lahti would also like to tell all the men and women who are worried about getting breast cancer or who have breast cancer currently to “do your self exams. Pay attention to changes in your body. There should be no embarrassment in getting answers about your health.”

After Lahti’s surgery, she says that she is doing much better and getting back on her feet just two weeks after the surgery. From July 8 through 12, Lahti went with her fly fishing club on an annual fly fishing trip to the Clark Fork River in Superior, Montana.

“I didn’t catch a fish, but had a great time floating the river and trying,” she said.

Impressively, she also went on a 40 mile bike ride and the following week, she went to Leavenworth and went on a 36 mile bike ride on a hilly terrain in 90 degree weather.

With much enthusiasm, she says “it felt great to have my life back.”

Lahti says that getting breast cancer “is a wake up call.”

Even though getting breast cancer is a life changing experience, she says you can learn from this experience.

Lahti says this is “another life experience that I will incorporate into my teaching.”

She wants to help her students and try to make them healthier, get them to learn new things before they are out on their own and have to take care of themselves.

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Volleyball

Cross Country

Watch out for:

Watch out for:

Cristine Lotz, Liana Samuelson and Leah Lechtenberg

Nina Penner, Rachel Fesler, Christina Szilvassy, Jessica Lindsay, Erica Bond, Justin Frazier, David Young, Ben Pierson, Jared Dick, Joe Clinch and Jack Pearce

Player outlook: “We’ve had many girls step up to fill new positions. We’re ready to take on new challenges in the 3A conference to get to state this season. We’re very confident with each other’s strengths and we’re excited to grow as a team.” –Cristine Lotz

Player outlook: “The team seems really strong. I think we have a lot of potential on both sides and I’m really looking forward to running with these people.” –Jack Pearce

Coach outlook:

Coach outlook: “They work well as a team. They are strong and have positive attitudes. I am excited about the group of athletes that we have.” –Marietta Snyder

Amanda Adkins | Hawkeye

Leah Lechtenberg goes for the kill during practice.

“We’re young on the boys side with 10 freshmen but we do have a strong sophomore and junior contingent. On the girls’ side, we have some strong key additions and it’s a very veteran team. [I expect them] to compete for the Edmonds School District Championship, top four at WesCo and Northwest Championships.” –Todd Weber

Women’s Swimming

Football Watch out for:

Watch out for:

Hunter Rook, Zach Karels, Mitchell Haldane, Lance Fernandez, Owen Fritz, David Turner, Johnny Cortedano, Mason Potter and Lewis Hersman

Hunter Goncalves, Riley Morgan and Megan Bruce

Player outlook:

Player outlook:

“Our expectations are to improve on last year’s finish, and prove that it wasn’t a fluke. I’m excited to have a shot at being the first class that can say they went to back-toback playoffs with the Terrace Hawks.” –Zach Karels

“I’m excited for the meets, practices and state; so really just about everything. I think as a whole, our team will do fairly well. We have two state swimmers and several district qualifiers. We’re pretty optimistic, despite the low turnout.” –Hunter Goncalves

Coach outlook: “We’re going to have to stay committed to the process of improving as the season goes on. We’re going to have to make great decisions on and off the field. And lastly, we’re going to have to stay healthy.” –Tony Umayam

Coach outlook: “We have a small team this year but we have a lot of talent. I expect that we will win some events and have a good weekend in both the district and state meets.” –Doug Kenoyer

Amanda Adkins | Hawkeye

Zach Karels carries the ball during the Hawks’ first game against Oak Harbor. The Hawks won 41-13.

Men’s Tennis Watch out for: John Kim, Leo Liu and Stuart Milner

Women’s Soccer Watch out for: Ariana Curva, Erin Russell and Takara Mitsui

Player outlook: “I feel confident that we will do well. We’ll bring the fire this year!” –John Kim

Coach outlook: “They are all working very hard and summer camp helped, so I didn’t have to go through the fundamentals. We have lots of freshmen this year. Last year, I had 10 seniors but this year, I have none. I’m not looking for excuses. We’ll work with what we have and try to stay mentally tough. There is a lot of hope for next year.”

–Alberto Ramirez

Player outlook: “We are a very young team and I feel that we have a great opportunity to improve our record this season and am looking forward to it.” –Takara Mitsui

Coach outlook: “A lot of freshmen on varsity. This team is a lot younger with not a lot of experience. Last year, there was a core group of seniors... I expect them to get to know each other well and improve as the season progresses.” –Jerry Myers

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MTHS teams up with Adidas and Cloud 9 Sports

By AnhViet Nguyen Sports Editor

Expect to see more of the Three Stripes around town. MTHS has partnered with Adidas and Cloud 9 Sports to provide a special program for students, athletes and their parents.

This program will be run through the newly formed MTHS Sports Booster Club. The three-year partnership will help families save money when purchasing athletic gear from Adidas.

Roger DeBoer, owner of Cloud 9 Sports and boys’ basketball coach at Lynden Christian, initially proposed the idea of a possible Adidas partnership with the MTHS SBzC. In addition, DeBoer is no stranger to MTHS. “We actually played a couple of district playoff games at Terrace.

I’ve also known Coach Sood and Stew for a while,” DeBoer said.

MTHS joins a small number of high schools in Washington currently representing Adidas, including Lynden Christian, Stanwood, King’s, Auburn Mountainview and Thomas Jefferson.

But why was Terrace selected to represent Adidas?

Perhaps it is because of the recent success of the baseball, basketball and football programs. All three teams reached the postseason last year.

DeBoer said, “This is a part of Adidas’ grassroots program. They want to see teams and students in their prod-

ucts.”

Athletic teams will be looking to save money and are among the beneficiaries of this partnership. When teams order from the catalog, they will receive 40 percent off of apparel and 35 percent off of shoes.

“These are big name shoes at an affordable price,” DeBoer said. In addition to the discounted prices, the local Cloud 9 Sports rep will visit the athletic teams prior to the athletic season to collect shoe-sizing information. From there, an order is placed and then the athletes receive the shoes when available.

Coaches and teams will look at Adidas as the first option when purchasing gear. However, teams are not obligated to order apparel and shoes from Adidas.

Although the program is mainly directed toward the athletic teams, individuals in the community looking to sport the latest Adidas gear can do so by browsing the online catalog at http://www.adidas-team. com. Mentioning the MTHS SBC will result in a 30 percent discount off your individual order as well.

DeBoer said that the partnership will be “mutually beneficial” for the school and Adidas.

“They’re trying to help schools save some money and recruit high profile schools [to their brand]. I think Mountlake Terrace is one of them.”

Heidi Lara-Flores | Hawkeye

Adidas, widely recognized by the Trefoil (above), has turned their attention to providing apparel for high school athletes. The sports apparel giant has partnered with MTHS for the next three years.

The MTHS SBC will also benefit from this partnership. Adidas will donate $11,000 over the next three years to the booster club.

According to Melissa Reid, MTHS SBC President, the money will be used for fund raising opportunities.

Also, a small income from individual orders will come back to the booster club, which will end up helping the athletes.

Additional links: Adidas Catalog: www.adidas-team.com Cloud 9 Sports: www.c9sports.com MTHS Sports Booster Club: www.eteamz.com/mthssportsboosterclub

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Men’s tennis: Oak Harbor at Mountlake Terrace, 3:45 p.m.

Volleyball: Mountlake Terrace at Cascade, 7:00 p.m.

Men’s tennis: Mountlake Terrace at Everett, 3:45 p.m. at Clark Park

Football: Mountlake Terrace at Shorecrest, 7 :00 p.m. at Shoreline Stadium

Women’s soccer: Shorewood at Mountlake Terrace, 7:30 p.m. at Edmonds Stadium Cross Country: Sehome XC Invitational, 10:00 a.m. at Civic Stadium (Bellingham)

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Women’s Soccer: Everett at Mountlake Terrace, 7:30 p.m. at Lynnwood H.S. Women’s Swimming: Mountlake Terrace at Jackson, 2:45 p.m. at Mill Creek Pool Volleyball: Lake Stevens at Mountlake Terrace, 7:00 p.m.