13 JUNE 2006 • ISSUE 10 VOLUME 21 IPOD MEETS NIKE Check out how these seemingly opposite enterprises have combined to make an all-new product • 7
• In honor of our beloved seniors, we have compiled a list of our top nine, as well as a fairly spiffy poster • 9-12
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Movin’ on up
Sugary sodas banned from school machines By Jennifer Chu and Christian Tooley HAWKEYE staff
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Terrace juniors move to fill the senior section of the Terraceum in yesterday’s Moving Up Assembly. The assembly, which is new to Terrace procedure, included sentimental round of applause as the seniors exited.
Holocaust survivor visits Terrace By Sharon McClintock HAWKEYE staff
Holocaust survivor Henry Friedman visited MTHS last Wednesday to share his experience with students. Friedman came from the Washington state Holocaust center. At the beginning of his presentation he said, “When I tell you my story I do not want you to feel sorry for me or think I’m a hero.” When he was 11 years old Friedman lived in a village where his family owned a textile store. When Germany made a pact with Russia and his town was invaded the store was taken away and he had to move onto his family’s farm outside of the city. It had no electricity or running water. In the invasion 250 of the Jews in his village were shot. One month after the occupation the soldiers took all their belongings and within that month forced all Jews to wear armbands to identify them. If a Jew did not wear his armband then he was punished harshly. If they did wear them, they could be raped, beaten up and receive other horrible treatment without punishment to the oppressor. One day his mother and cousin went to town without their armbands. The new authorities found out and beat his mother’s arms and made his cousin clean
“When I tell you my story I do not want you to feel sorry for me or think I’m a hero.” ~Henry Friedman Holocaust survivor
out an outhouse with her bare hands. This labor left her sick. In February 1942 a young Christian woman heard that his father was going to be taken by the Gestapo and put into camp. That same women found hiding for his father and the rest of his family consisting of a mother and younger brother. They lived in a barn with no space to move for many months. They had barely any food to eat. Friedman said, “I can’t describe to you what it feels like to be so hungry.” At first they were fed two tiny meals a day but after 18 months that was cut down to one small meal. He also explained, “When we went into hiding we thought the war would soon be over but the war went on for a long time.” One of the horrors he experienced had to do with his mother. She was pregnant
when they went into hiding and Friedman was given the choice to let the baby live or die. His mother gave birth to a girl. He is now remorseful that he let his sister die. Living was becoming so hard for them. They were in terrible living conditions with fleas all over them so his father suggested suicide. That idea was forgotten. Soon afterward the Germans were ordered out of their area but before they left they raided as many homes as possible. When they were finally gone Friedman’s family walked down from their hiding place. They were incredibly skinny, had yellow teeth, long hair, and millions of scars from flea bites. Two weeks after Liberation he got Typhus and a German doctor helped him get better. In July of 1944 Henry Friedman walked back into his home city to see the a;; destruction. Many of the homes of the Jewish people were inhabited by different people and no one survived from the ghetto because all were liquidated. He came to Washington in 1949 because the Jewish community of Seattle were “obligated to take care of [them].” Here he worked several different jobs to make money and made a family of his own.
Soda and sugary beverages will not be sold in all schools, including public, private, and parochial a soon as existing contracts expire. This is because of an agreement made between the soda distributors and the William J. Clinton Foundation. In addition, whole milk will not be accessible in any schools. Companies will only sell water, unsweetened juice and low fat milk to middle and elementary schools. High schools will have access to diet sodas, sports drinks, flavored milk with up to 150 calories, and “People should one hundred-percent just exercise juice with no added sweeteners. and be selfHigh schools will governed, still be able to sell because even low-calorie drinks if you eat that contain less than healthier foods ten calories. Drinks will be considered it won’t make a nutritious if they are difference in a limited to 12 ounce person’s weight servings. unless they Much of this agreement is highly supexercise.” ported by former ~Kyle Sargent president Clinton. Renaissance sophomore He believes that if we [schools] eliminate the selling of high-caloric beverages the U.S. can have a better fight against high cholesterol and other health problems. He has struggled with these problems himself. In the U.S. approximately 16 percent of all youth are overweight. “People should just exercise and be self-governed, because even if you eat healthier foods it won’t make a difference in a person’s weight unless they exercise,” said Kyle Sargent, a Renaissance sophomore. “We should have these high caloric beverages sold in schools. We need to address the obesity and health problems with kids. I would like to see students with apples, fruit, and sparkling water. However, when we substitute these beverages with healthier choices, we need a substitute that kids will enjoy,” said Maureen Fordney, MTHS staff member. Doctor Robert Eckel said, “The soda ban won’t reduce childhood obesity. You have to address the physical activity side of things, and calories-in vs. calories-out, and overall eating habits.” “The agreement should reach an estimated eighty-seven percent of the public and private school drink market.” The change in beverage selection is because of the United State’s problem with obesity. These associations are particularly adamant about not selling sodas because of its “high caloric content and popularity among children.” This agreement will not hurt big companies that sell sugary drinks but this agreement only prevents schools from selling the described beverages on campus on a regular school day and also after school ninth periods. By the school year 2008-2009, the vending machine rule will be enforced in seventy-five percent of schools and it will be implemented in all public schools the following year.
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New baseball field a work in progress “We are pleased with the progress of the field. Our contractor, Chris Kasch, from Premier Field Development of Snohomish, is considered the best in the area.” ~Terri McMahan ESD Director of Athletics
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Work on the new baseball field has begun - starting with the clearing of the old turf. Work will continue over the summer, hopefully being completed early in the fall. By Joanna Chu HAWKEYE staff
The new baseball field that has been anticipated since the beginning of this year is currently undergoing great construction. Several new developments are in progress as the entire field is being modified. The field is being changed to a different
level-playing surface. In order to upgrade the new field to the appropriate surface, a cut and fill process must be carried out. This process consists of the soil being cut out of the infield area and transferring to the outfield. Approximately six inches of the soil is cut from the infield. The cut and fill process will change the level of the new field, which means that it will be
lower than the current field. There will also be enclosures that will be integrated into the field. The fencing company has positioned poles for the backstops and dugouts. Although the placement of the poles is not completed, they will soon add chain link fabric to complete the backstops in the future. The chain link will also support the linking with the metal roofs for the dugouts.
Teachers receive individual laptops By Sharon McClintock
their work easier partly because they are portable and can be taken into meetings, other classes, and even home so that a teacher doesn’t have to Teachers and administrators within the district work at school. received personal school laptops – an effort that When asked if he liked his laptop teacher started in September and has continued through- Dan Johnston exclaimed, “I do. I think it rules!” out the school year. On May 12, the MTHS staff Teachers use them for presentations, e-mail, was one of the last groups to get theirs. research, senior projects, movies, to work at Not only did high school teachers but also ele- home and as MTHS teacher Christine Bodner put mentary and middle school teachers and admin- it “everything!” istrators receive the laptops as well. Just recently Johnston had to stay at home for The teachers who got the new Gateway laptops a few weeks but he could were those who worked at still keep tabs on his classes least part time to full time and access everything he “The district in the district’s schools. At needed on his computer at expectation is that MTHS the counselors did school. He could see his stuthese computers will not acquire new laptops dents progress on Cognitive but new desktops instead. be used as teaching Tutor, a computer program “The district expectation tools and as part of for algebra one. is that these computers Some teachers didn’t each teacher’s daily will be used as teaching catch on to the new laptops instruction.” tools and as part of each so quickly possibly because teacher’s daily instruc~Greg Schwab they are so used to their tion,” explained Principal Principal desktop computers. Also, Greg Schwab. some teachers do not even To get these laptops the rely on computers much at teachers had to go through all. three and a half hours of training on how to use Bodner said, “I was slower with it but we were them. encouraged to use it so I used it... I was sure I Funding for the laptops came from the tech would get better at it.” levy passed in 2004. As to what the district will Bodner was not able to get to know her comdo when the laptops need to be replaced, Schwab puter and get better at using it as she hoped said, “My guess is that sometime down the road because shortly after she received it, her laptop the district will need to go back to the voters and was stolen. Portability made this easily done. ask for money to continue to fund our technolNot only is theft a problem amongst students ogy.” possessions but also in the realm of teachers and Many teachers agree that the computers make administrators. HAWKEYE staff
There will also be a small room that will be at the end of each dugout that will provide as storage. Most of the base work that is occurring in the field all depends on the weather. Clear weather is most suitable for this type of labor. Electrical installments are also taking place on the field. The electrical contractor has been frequently visiting the site to organize the design for the power poles and the installation of lights. Terri McMahan, Director of Athletics of the Edmonds School District (ESD) supervises the field project for Mountlake Terrace High School. McMahan commented, “We are pleased with the progress of the field. Our contractor, Chris Kasch, from Premier Field Development of Snohomish, is considered the best in the area. He did the base work at Safeco Field and has done a number of play fields at the University of Washington. For a project of this magnitude, it is great to know we have the best of the best!”
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Terrace
Locker rooms a hotbed for theft By Leah Pope
“How can we stop theft when we make it so opportunistic?”
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“How can we stop theft when we make it so opportunistic?” P.E. teacher Susan Lahti asked after explaining just how easy students make it for their belongings to get stolen, especially in the locker rooms. Lahti cited emphasis by P.E. teachers on locker room security (or rather, the lack thereof and the need to bring in one’s own lock) as well as mock “raids” during which teachers confiscated anything not locked up, as efforts coming from the teachers to secure property in the locker rooms. Despite these efforts, the locker rooms are the two most common places in the school for theft to occure. Teachers and administrators agreed that the root of the problem is just how simple it is to steal things. Many students leave backpacks under benches instead of in lockers or neglect to spin the lock so that the locker can be opened without the combination. All signs point to the teachers doing their best to keep their students’ belongings safe. “We tell the students that it’s not safe in there, and recommend bringing a lock from home,” Lahti explained, “Not enough people bring locks.” P.E. teachers often stress the impor-
TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR BELONGINGS • When in P.E. put everything in your locker or bring it upstairs with you. • No matter what is in your locker - from a pair of socks to all your school supplies - always spin the lock and check that it can’t be opened without the combination. • The only way to make the things in your P.E. locker completely safe is to bring a lock from home; that way, if a key to the lockers is stolen, your locker is still safe. • Avoid bringing valuables to school. Items like iPods and Nintendos aren’t required for class, so why risk bringing them?
~Susan Lahti P.E. teacher
tance of avoiding even having valuables in the locker rooms, and that students ought to remember to spin the locks on their lockers. Despite these warnings, over last weekend, forty lockers were left unlocked in the two locker rooms combined. Principal Greg Schwab also put the blame on the availability of items that are being stolen. “It’s a crime of opportuniy,” he said. “People tend not to guard their things... The best way to prevent theft is to protect those things [that are liable to be stolen] and practice personal safety.” Lahti blamed the teenage mentality that “it won’t happen to me.” Students feel as though they and their belongings are safe, and as a result leave their belongings unprotected. Additionally, even after experiencing a theft in the locker rooms, students still neglect to secure their belongings, because, according to Lahti, they think that “it won’t happen
again.” T h e teachers’ warnings and reccommendations for security cannot prevent theft as long as students continue to ignore them, Lahti said. “It’s a problem, but whose problem is it really?” Ji Mun/HAWKEYE
Clubs, activities and sports abound, keep students connected to school By Jamie Postle HAWKEYE staff
MTHS hosts numerous clubs and activities that better students’ involvement in school functions and increase their motivation to keep up with grades. There are several purposes to school clubs and activities. School psychologist Julie Safley said, “School clubs are great and they help keep students in school.” Businesses and colleges look for extra curricular clubs and activities on transcripts and applications. “Getting involved with a school club may help with future employment,” said Deca adviser Trinity Meriwood. Students who have a passion for something at school tend to be more successful. “School activities, clubs and sports were important in my transition from middle school to high school. And they were very significant in keeping me on track and focused while in high school,” said teacher and men’s basketball coach Nalin Sood. “After school activities can help a lot of students be successful and keep students motivated,” said teacher Ryan Nelson. Link Leader Kathleen Glasgow said, “Joining a club or
activity as a freshmen helps you get to know the school and people better and helps create a family you can go to when you have problems. Some advice I would give is stick with your strengths and do what you want to do not what other people think you should do.” There are many clubs at MTHS, including: drama, DECA, ECO, Hip Hop, knitting, Steppas, Link Crew, Honor Society and Tempo (yearbook). Joining a club or sport isn’t hard. All a person must do is have good grades, talk to the adviser and turn in the forms on time. Athletes must have a physical. In some sports there are cuts, but not all. The clubs next year will be the same as this year unless someone wants to create new one. Also there aren’t any clubs being dropped. To start a new club, apply though the ASB. The clubs and activities at Terrace are funded by the ASB. On their own, clubs also do fund raising. Innovation counselor Vicki Haynes said, “After school activities are wonderful, they often contribute to the happiness of a student and in some cases keep a student in school.”
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EDITORIAL
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Amendment could be beneficial
n the time since the Hawkeye printed the ASB Constitution in hopes of decreasing student apathy toward ASB, two commendable students, Steven Reeber and Alex Lindsay, have stepped forward to propose an amendment to the Constitution. Leah Pope The proposal is for News Editor a new section of the article concerning officers, which would detail a process for impeachment of ASB officers. I applaud the proponents of this proposed amendment, not only for having the courage to suggest change in the leading student organization at Terrace, but also for having the insightfulness to propose something that can do the most good in as little an amount of space. Nearly every minor annoyance – at least that I have – with the way ASB is run can be traced back to the fact that ASB officers are not held accountable for their actions and thus have no reason to strive toward doing well. In any realm of professional politics, those who
hold a public office are tied to the will of sider the student body’s opinion even in the people by their wish to be reelected, trivial things, for if the Homecoming theme and to an extreme extent, by their fear of is found extremely distasteful by more than impeachment. Since in high school student 40 percent of the student population – that government, senior officers have no need to is, roughly 700 students – then the students concern themselves with reelection and low- have the power to change those who govern erclassmen can count such affairs. on filling the positions The general population of the world seems emptied by graduating “As a journalist, I’ve to have this conception seniors, fear of not being had to learn that that with power comes reelected has no effect news doesn’t happen freedom, but that isn’t on their actions. in the newsroom; at all how life works. Thus, it is perfectly likewise, ASB needs The powerful should be reasonable for us to to learn that most the least free among us, adopt this amendment; for in their power they for with it, ASB officers of the student body gain the responsibility would have a reason to doesn’t spend their to help the powerless, ensure that their actions time in the ASB and thus are bound to serve the school for the office.” a more self-sacrificing better. It’s not unheard of for ASB officers to be existence than those who must only care for found taking part in activities not fitting for themselves and their families. This is the way our ASB should be. Officers a member of any government, student or should give up their own ideas of a fun Prom otherwise. If for some reason another student catches location to be replaced by the student body them in these activities, yet an administra- at large’s idea of a good location. They must tor does not, then the students should have spend time it within their abilities to take actions toward removing that person from the student government. Officers would Section 6: Impeachment have to con-
Petition to amend the ASB Constitution To be added to Article IV, immediately following Section 5:
getting to know nearly all the students at Terrace rather than getting to know each other excessively well. As a journalist I’ve had to learn that news doesn’t happen in the newsroom; likewise, ASB needs to learn that most of the student body doesn’t spend their time in the ASB office. Now, for the sake of those offended by this column, who actually saw fit to read to the end, I apologize for any personal offense you may have taken, for I meant none. I’m sure there are as many good people in ASB as there are outside of it. However, you can be the sweetest person in the world and still be unfit for leading a governing body, even that of a school. Conversely, some of the best leaders of all time were the worst at garnering friends. I would wish that the student electors of Terrace would take leadership ability into greater account when voting for officers. If you’re gonna be here, you may as well take some interest where it will benefit you the most.
A. Should an officer of the Associated Student Body be accused of gross misconduct/incompetence or abuse of power, the officer may be subject to impeachment. B. Impeachment shall consist of either a petition to impeach signed by no less that 40 percent of the student body, or a 75 percent vote to impeach by the student council. C. 1. Should an officer be impeached, he or she shall then stand before a panel of three staff members, to include the principal, the ASB adviser, and one other staff member chosen by the principal. The case for dismissal shall then be presented. 2. Hearings shall be open to all members of the student body, unless the panel shall rule them closed. D. Should the staff panel rule that dismissal is warranted, the officer shall immediately be removed from office, and said office shall be declared vacant, to be filled according to constitutionally specified procedures.
The above is the amendment proposed by Steven Reeber and Alex Lindsay.
STAFF Executive Editor ..........................................................Alex LaCasse General Manager ............................................... Stephanie Jones News Editor ...................................................................... Leah Pope Photo/graphics Editor ...........................................................Ji Mun Sports Editor .................................................................Jordan Gisler Editorial Editor ..................................................................... Patrick Hume Technology Editor ......................................................................... Jon Apel A&E Editor ....................................................................... Garrett Westphal Health Co-editors ................ Stephanie Bunyan & Katherine Waldo Opinion Editor ............................................................Kendra O’Halloran Feature Editor ......................................................................... Quynh Dinh Photo Manager............................................................ Christina Montilla
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Gratitude to those who have helped us
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he Hawkeye would like to take the last issue of the year as an opportunity to thank everyone who made our journalistic activities possible. Thank you to everyone for your time, dedication, support, and hard work. This year was incredible – from our trip to the state convention in Mount Si to placing first in the nation at the San Francisco convention. Below are some specific thank you’s, but with limited space, we would like to let everyone know that you are in our hearts. Students and Faculty: Thank you so much for your readership over the 2005-2006 school year. You are our fanbase, the ones who read us, and the people who supply us with amazing stories to write about. Vince DeMiero: What can we say? You have been an inspiration to all of us this year in one way or another. The lessons you have taught us are ones that we will take with us forever, and wherever we go. Without you we would be nothing. The DeMiero Family: Debbie: Thank you so much for your continual support, as well as letting us take away your husband for endless hours. Miranda, Gabe, Maria, and Dominic: All four of you are such wonderful people. You should be extremely proud of your dad, and know that you have about 25 extra brothers and sisters. Frank and Yvonne: Your continual support of the organization is unbelievable. Frank, the motivation you are able to spark in staff members is very much appreciated. Thank you for
attending and inspiring us all at the summer and mid year retreats. Claire
Lueneburg,
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ceremony. This is indicative of the incredible administrator you have been.
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Richard Fazakerley, Terry Fain and Pacific Publishing:
Independent Kodak staff: Thank you for being such wonderful journalistic colleagues. You are an inspiration to all of us in your continued fight for a free press. Sara and Claire, you are the epitome of true Americans. Keep fighting the good fight, and we know you will stick it to the district come next May. Remember, the Hawkeye will always be here for the both of you and your staff. Kay O’Hara: Good ol’ Kay. You will always be a part of this organization, and will always be in our hearts. Thank you so much for chaperoning the San Francisco convention with us. It meant a lot. Suzy and Mark LaCasse: Even though your child will be moving on this year, we hope that you will stay involved with the Hawkeye. You both are such an integral and appreciated part of this organization. Suzy, you are like a mom to everyone on staff, and we love you very much. Jim “Animal” Pecotte and Lynda McDougal: Both of you are like family. Your continued support has been amazing. Also, thanks for coming in during the ever so stressful crunch time and brightening all of our days! Plus, the candy is always great too!
We swear the pages are almost done when you call on Monday at 10 p.m. for a 4 p.m. press slot. Your patience and understanding is outstanding. We look forward to working with you next year. ASB Officers and Stew: You have been extremely helpful to us this year, and we are grateful for your presence at this school. Your column in the opinion section is wonderful and we look forward to working together next year. Nadine Coombs: Your continued patience and understanding is amazing. Thank you so much for all that you have done for the Hawkeye this year (even if things sometimes get done a little slow.) We really appreciate it. HBN and Angelo Comeaux: Thank you for being such wonderful journalistic peers and for your support. Angelo– thank you so much for the use of the cameras this year. You have been our saving grace. You are awesome! Advertisers: Simply stated, you make what we do possible. Graduating staff: While there may only be a few, your devotion and hard work will be missed. Please come back and visit in order to spread your knowledge and wisdom of the organization to the underclassmen. Mothers and Fathers: Thanks for understanding and more importantly believing in us. Even though we are at school more than we are at home.
Rod Merrell, Greg Schwab and Diane Lashinsky:
Mountlake Terrace High School has always been a special place for student journalism. This year it was no different. All three of you have continually supported and advocated student rights, and for this we thank you. It also meant a great deal to the Hawkeye that you, Mr. Schwab, came down all the way to San Francisco to join us for the awards
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Legislative intelligence: Just kinda dumb
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ver wonder why we have laws? What they are meant for? Laws in this country are meant to keep order and peace. Some laws however are just ridiculous. There are many weird laws in this country, and there are even some ridiculous laws in the state of Washington. Revised Code of Washington, (RCW) 70.54.050 states, “Every person who shall willfully expose himself to another, or any animal Kat Waldo affected with any contagious Health Editor or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, except upon his or its necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health; and every person so affected who shall expose any other person thereto without his knowledge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” It seems pretty reasonable not to expose others to a contagious illness, but the cold is contagious. We have all seen our peers, teachers, and even co-workers walk about in public with a cold, so next time your friend has a cold make sure they stay at home because if they walk outside exposing others it is illegal. At one time there was a law that required a motorist who has criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and call the chief of police as he/she entered the town! Well, it goes without saying that this law affected nothing. Some laws shouldn’t even have to be laws, they should have to go without saying but in a society where common sense as well as common courtesy is lacking those laws, sadly, have to be written. Seattle Municipal Code (SMC) 12a.12.040 has to actually state that “spits or expectorates” is cause for disorderly conduct. Well of course it is disorderly conduct. The code is to set up what is disorderly and disruptive conduct on a public transportation system. SMC 12A.12.040 states: A. A person is guilty of disorderly bus conduct if while on or in a municipal transit vehicle, as defined in RCW 46.04.355, or in or at an underground municipal transit station, and with knowledge that such conduct is prohibited, he or she: 1. Smokes or carries a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette; or
2. Discards litter other than in designated receptacles; or 3. Plays any radio, recorder, or other sound producing or reproducing equipment except that nothing herein shall prohibit the use of such equipment when connected to
earphones that limit the sound to individual listeners or the use of a communication device by an employee of the owner or operator of the municipal transit vehicle or private communication devices used to summon or notify individuals (“beepers”); or 4. Spits or expectorates; or 5. Carries any flammable or combustible liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or material in a manner that is likely to cause harm to others, except that nothing herein shall prevent a person from carrying a cigarette lighter, cigar lighter, or pipe lighter, or carrying a firearm or ammunition in a way that is not otherwise prohibited by law; or 6. Unreasonably disturbs others by engaging in loud or raucous behavior. B. As used in this section, “municipal transit station” means all facilities, structures, lands, interest in lands, air rights over lands, and rights-of-way of all kinds that are owned, leased, held, or used by public agency for the purpose of providing public transportation. C. Disorderly bus conduct is a misdemeanor.” That whole entire law is basically common sense as well as a common courtesy to others! Washington is not the only state that harbors ridiculous laws. In Alabama being a part of, hosting, or any other affiliation, with bear matches is illegal. In Michigan the last Sunday in June is to be named “log cabin day.” If you cause a catastrophe in Utah you will be charged with a “Class A misdemeanor.” Patrick Hume/ HAWKEYE
With so many seemingly pointless laws to be had, one simply has to wonder – who would do these things even if they were legal?
Seahawks in the Superbowl? See what Shaun Alexander has to say • 19
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Talk:
~ Brandon Brinkley freshman
~ Levi McDaniel junior
“I thought that there could be more witty captions, but overall it’s the best we’ve had since I’ve been here.”
“It doesn’t have enough autograph pages, but I like that the cover is creative and I like the color scheme”
~ Kathleen GlasgowAnderson senior
~ Amanda Turner sophomore
Summer fun is around the corner
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The HAWKEYE provides ASB officers this column each issue as a part of our mission as an open, public forum
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“It’s better than being in black and white, and they took a lot of good pictures.”
“It’s kinda weird. I don’t have one so it doesn’t really affect me.”
~ Rod Merrell assistant principal
ey Terrace, this is your new Public Relations Officer, Stephanie Jones. First off, I think it is safe to say that we are going to miss our graduating seniors as they go on to face their futures. The class of ’06 will be remembered as the ones who were our link leaders, the ones who made the three pointers, the ones who took us to state, and even the ones who made the best touchdown of the year. Our seniors will be rememStephanie Jones bered as the actors, the singASB Public ers, the dancers, and the Relations Officer achievers. They brought us up when we were down, and gave us hugs when we needed them most. Yes, the class of ’06 is amazing and they made a path for us all to follow. In just two more days, they will be permanently out of high school, when it seems like just yesterday they arrived. So, I would like to say goodbye and best wishes to them all. On another note, summer is almost here! The Terrace students who aren’t graduating have six more school days left until summer (not that I’m counting down or anything). I hope you all make it a safe and fun-filled season. I have heard of many who plan on going to camps and out of town vacations. Some other ideas for those who have to stay home (for some reason or another) are: • Have a picnic with your family and/or friends • Spend a day in Seattle checking out new shops • Throw a potluck at your house • Go swimming • Try out a new hobby such as hiking or bike riding • Make tasty treats such as “the every cookie icecream” There are many things that you can do this summer, so don’t be couch potatoes, be adventurous and try new things.
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Q: What do you think of this year’s Tempo?
“There aren’t enough pictures of me, and too many of Amanda Turner.”
A WORD FROM YOUR ASB
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The HAWKEYE is overcritical of ASB Dear Editor: First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your accomplishment down in San Francisco. However, the real reason for me writing is in regard to some of the articles that your publication has been putting out. [Issue 8] had a two-page article about our ASB. I found most of the things that were said pretty interesting. Like to start off, how it said that you would like every meeting that we hold to be published. That is a joke, purely because that is only a 45 minute portion of what we really do. In order for you to know what is going on in ASB you would need to attend the follow-
ing: every class meeting held once a week, every cheer practice, every poster painting, every dance setup (including skipping your homecoming dinner to set up), every Interhigh meeting held monthly at different schools, every leadership conference, ASB camp which is held at the beginning of the year, and give up a week of summer to go to yet another leadership camp. And this is only a GLIMPSE at what the people in our ASB do. I would also like to point out how there are so many GOOD things that are done through ASB but you rarely see those written about in the paper either. For example, our Interhigh just raised $1500 or a student at our school who has MS. But was that something that was mentioned in the paper? No. Newspapers used to be about letting
people know what good things were going on and good things that people in the community do. Even our community newspapers let that philosophy go down the drain. And now our school has gone to that level as well. It gets really old knowing that all of our hard work is not being acknowledged like it should. I, myself, am in the Senior Class ASB and have put 50+ hours into coordinating our senior events for our school. They get published letting people know that they are going on, but never do we get any credit for the success it brings. I just thought it would be nice for you to focus on what we do accomplish. Not criticize and hate on what we don’t or what we do wrong. Tauna Shoemaker senior
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t probably seemed like the day would never come. The last few weeks have been long and filled with the challenges of school work, senior project presentations, final exams. But you are at the end of it all. The days of school “because you have to” are coming to a close and with this closing of one door comes the opening of another. The door that is opened to you all is the door to the rest of your life and to a world Greg Schwab beyond the walls of MTHS and the Principal community of Mountlake Terrace. I encourage you all to take that step and see what is on the other side of that door. There is a wonderful world of opportunity that exists for each and every one of you. This first milestone of graduation is simply a temporary stopping point on the way to much greater things that life holds in store. Whether it be going to college or heading off to join the military or going to work, you have in your hands the opportunity to make your life everything you ever imagined it could be. Go out into the world and find your path, make your way, achieve your goals and realize your dreams. I know it sounds kind of corny, but it is really true – you are the master of you and
your future. Whatever happens to you from this point forward, make it what you want it to be. Life doesn’t happen to you. You make the choices and you control the direction, so make the choices you want and control the direction so that you are headed where you want to go. I know, I know... pretty heavy stuff, right? Who wants to think about all this right now when really all you are thinking about is the celebration of graduation and the parties and gatherings afterward with family and friends? And you should think about celebrating and really enjoying the next few weeks. That is what this time is truly about – a celebration of a wonderful accomplishment. But at some point the celebrations end and we have to get back to reality and focus on those important next steps. Take some time to do that in the weeks that come and make sure you are pointed toward the destination you want for yourself. I want congratulate all of you seniors for a job well done. You have made it. I look forward to seeing you all at graduation and I wish for each of you the very best that this life has to offer. You should be very proud of what you have done and know that we are very proud to have known you and we look forward to seeing you in the years to come as you grow and mature into the amazing adults that we all know you will become. The HAWKEYE provides school officials this column each issue as a part of our mission as an open, public forum
Find out which graduating senior works in a NASCAR pit crew • 9
TECHNOLOGY
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iPod & Nike melded into one By Nadine Elbejou HAWKEYE staff
One of the world’s most popular MP3 devices has accelerated to a higher level, right when we thought it was over! Nike has paired up with Apple to create a one of a kind shoe, which with the help of an inserted chip, determines the time, speed, distance and more information to help athletes measure their daily log on their iPod The Nike athletic shoe system works with the help of the iPod nano, which relies on a wireless system that sends signals from the shoe to the nano, enabling the iPod with information according to each person’s individual heart rate, speed, distance, calorie loss, etc. This new innovative system combines music
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Nike and iPod have combined their respective specialities to form a shoe that works with an iPod, thus solving the problem of what to do with your music-playing device when you go for your morning jog.
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■ More information can be found on both the Apple and Nike store Web sites, where additional designs for the shoes may be purchased and sports like never before. You can listen to the music you want to or simply allow the iPod to adjust the music to your running pace. “We’re working with Nike to take music and sports to a new level,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO in a company press release. “The result is like having a personal coach or training partner motivating you every step of your workout.” Now that’s a device that I would want in my sports bag. “I definitely use music both ways,” worldclass marathon runner Paula Radcliffe said. “I listen to faster music if I am doing a workout
PS3 brought to new price shape and that it will have the same buttons as the last and the downfall to that is that there is no analog buttons. But there are no worries about that, the controller will still be the same, to the extent that users will be able to keep using their PS2 controllers.
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The new Sony Playstation 3 will be coming out in November of this year. It will have blu-ray technology. What is blu-ray? Well, blu-ray is the hard drive space and also it scans the discs and it will play DVDs in high definition. It also has high amount of onboard memory, which it is around 1 GB. The online capability will let you play against players from the Xbox and the Xbox 360 console, which is a big plus compared to the on-line capability to the Playstation 2. Sony will be offering free Internet access and it will be able to play Xbox live characters in popular games. The Playstation will be backwards compatible which means that you will be able to play both
Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 games. Also it will have a whole new look. The look is a slick coat of black polish and that the case is going to have a waving style to it. The PS3 controllers were originally going to be like a boomerrang for its
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in the gym to just get the best out of myself, but I also use it to help me relax in the buildup to a big race.” The system consists of a sensor that is placed in any Nike-iPod footwear, and receiver that plugs into the bottom of the iPod nano, and transmits the information to the iPod screen. The Nike-iPod system is retailing at $29. The Nike-iPod system can be preordered on the Nike Web site. The Web site also provides the consumer a brief look of how to use the system with your iPod. It’s expected to hit both Apple and Nike stores during late July. Nike is also retailing other useful gadgets and apparel that would be useful for the shoe and iPod, such as sweat wristbands, waterproof jackets, shorts and more, all specially designed for the needs of both the shoe and iPod. Along with that, Apple has also provided a special section designed for each person’s own personalization, including a Nike sport music section and different exercise logs.
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FEATURE
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Like nothing I had expected HAWKEYE staff
Freshman year was a blast. Finding classes the first day of school wasn’t hard because the upperclassmen would be willing to help those of us who looked a bit confused on our first day. Not knowing what to expect in high school, I was afraid that I would get picked on, have a hard time making friends, and get too much homework like the stereotypical high school occasionally portrayed on television. At first I was afraid, and then once I arrived it wasn’t so frightful any more. Before the year started, all the freshmen had their orientation. Everyone seemed really nervous at first, but when we warmed up to the people around us, everything wasn’t so bad. The link leaders provided lots of inforBy Ji Mun mation about what to do in high school and Photo/Graphics Editor how it was going to be. For example, they showed our class how to do Super Sonic. My sophomore year was all about Our first time through, everyone looked trying new things. There was a new really confused and humorous, but once we got it down it didn’t look so funny any more. After that, we separated into link groups and got to know each other better. Throughout the year, my link leaders helped me with what ever I needed help with. With more work, responsibilities, long nights and early mornings, the first year of high school was definitely different from middle school. The school is a lot bigger and there are so many older students. Sometimes the thought of approaching an upperclassman can be an intimidating thing, but once acquaintances are made, it doesn’t seem as scary anymore. The lunch food is much better and students have a wider variety of food to pick from. In middle school there wasn’t a student store. Within your small school, you are bound to find someone you know from middle school or even elementary school, so making friends isn’t hard. Getting used to the high school life was a little bit of a challenge.
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T h e Ye a r i n R e v i e w By Jamie Postle
13 JUNE 2006
High school wasn’t anything like I had expected. For one, I expected it to be more fast paced and so much homework that I wouldn’t know what to do first. In the beginning high school was laid back and as the year came to an end, everything seemed to go by so fast. Teachers began assigning more work and expecting more out of their students. Since requirements are different this year, there was a lot more to do. The school year went by so fast. Freshmen year was lots of fun. Next year I hope will be fun and everything doesn’t get crazy.
Aside from passing the WASL... set of graduation requirements for our class, and on top of that, we had to pass the WASL in order to graduate. This was also the year where most students leave their comfort zone to explore their interests. While some joined school clubs and organizations, others took the challenge and took AP classes. Beginning with our class, whenever high school students in the Washington state think of graduation, the word “WASL” will pop up in their heads. Unlike those that came before them, this year’s sophomore class was the first to have the pressure of passing the WASL on their shoulders. The WASL was not only long and boring, it also took out two weeks of my life. While some parts were easy, others were hard because I was never sure whether my answer was long enough. But don’t freak out! Teachers will prepare their students for the WASL. However, passing the WASL was only a minor part of the sophomore year. It also consisted of more work, assignments, and responsibility on the students’ shoulders. Whether they chose to challenge themselves beyond requirements or take the recommended classes for sophomores,
they generally saw a significant increase in the rigor of their classes. Surviving sophomore year takes effort and adaptation to various skills. This year, I decided to take several challenging classes. Even the classes that were not considered challenging gave more work than the previous year. To be honest, I slacked off my freshman year because the work was too easy, so coming into this year, I was not accustomed to the amount of work that my teachers assigned. On top of that, my life got a little crazier with journalism, which took a lot of dedication (but I still enjoyed and enjoy it very much). Slacking and procrastinating taught me how much it can ruin my grades, so I quickly adjusted my habits. It is also important to be organized. I found that keeping track of the assignments and their due dates were very helpful. I also paced my time so that I could finish assignments on time. Making healthy habits like this is an important to-do for sophomores. For those next year who plan to take AP classes, definitely keep a planner to jot down the due dates and don’t procrastinate! Also, don’t be scared to try after school clubs or organizations. Who knows; there might be no room for outer curricular plans if the student is taking multiple AP classes or other challenging classes in his or her junior and senior year.
From senioritis to graduation
By Alex LaCasse
this year, she has been a great friend and amazing source through the stress and anxiety associated with everything post high school related. I would recommend that every senior see her at least once a week for updates, supLast September, I started my senior year ready for a challenge. Little did port, and any questions. I know how much stress and work I was about to experience. Senior year is The college process, as I have alluded to, is an incredibly stressful one. a whirlwind full of emotion, stress, shortcoming, success, and disappoint- There is a lot of pressure associated with applying to school both from ment. It is all of these factors, though, that makes this year so incredibly peers, teachers, and more importantly parents. My biggest advice: do exciting and enjoyable. what you want to do, and live your own life. Perhaps going to a four year The largest task that takes up most of a senior’s year is the ever so university like the University of Washington is not the right thing for you. stressful and hectic college application process. I recommend starting Especially today, there are so many other options out there. Whether it is this process earlier then later, perhaps in late September or early October. a technical school, community college, or even full time employment, you Scrambling to finish your application two days before the due date is not will be able to find your place. recommended, especially if you are applying to more than one college. A Senioritis is another imminent reality of senior year. At first, I never great resource at our school is career ‘guru’ Maureen Fordney. Throughout thought it would hit me. I was sorely mistaken. Towards the middle of third trimester, I was infected with the debilitating disease very quickly. The agony of sitting through class quickly grew and the intense feelings of irritability became more apparent. However, I did not stop working. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people do not put their best By Quynh Dinh no matter how fun AP classes get, its stu- college that they are already working foot forward when finishing something. Completing this dents will spend numerous hours a week so hard for. A job can cut into time for Feature Editor year strong was extremely important to me. Just because trying to complete the work for it. studying and homework. Junior year has definitely been the the end of the year arrives is not a signal to stop working. There is also a change in the workload Last but not least, let us not forget threshold between childhood immatu- that is given to the students, even when If anything, it is more beneficial to try even harder in order those three letters that make or break rity and up right seriousness. Having they do not choose to take AP. Teachers to leave this school on a positive note. It feels better leaving our college applications; SAT or ACT. colleges to impress with challenging must agree that junior year is crucial something knowing that you have tried your best, and done These scores partly determine how four AP classes and extra curricular activi- to the success of the individual in high something great. years of high school will pay off, and ties, this third year of high school has school. It is the year that they get their I urge everyone to stay dedicated and be an active student while it is certainly not fair, juniors add turned into a competition of who can do act together because they only have one at this school. Senior year is the last year to actually do this. this onto their stress as well. Getting into most in such a limited amount of time. more year to mess up. Also, colleges pay There are so many opportunities this school has to offer. the college of your dreams demands that Whether it is the overachievers who bury a significant amount of attention to the ASB, Hawkeye, DECA, Chess Club, numerous sports, and you ace these tests, and for some, it is themselves under mounds of books and course load that students take during French Club are just a few of the many activities there are just as stressful as school itself. homework or those who simply did not their junior years since they start applyat our school. If this isn’t something that interests you, go Now, as it is almost over, that’s one want to travel the same path, everyone ing to colleges in the middle of senior and volunteer. Some of my greatest experiences have arrived less year to worry about. Finally this is must recall seeing a more challenging year. through the act of volunteering. where three years of work has led to, our curriculum in all their classes. It is important to keep in mind the exciting things that Another alternative those for those domination as the most experienced stuIt is important that students take who would like a challenge and get follow senior year. Once graduated, seniors are entered into dents of the school. Has it sunk in yet? courses that challenge them academi- noticed by colleges is taking running the real world. It is important to realize that no longer will This time next year, we will follow in the cally, and junior year is the time to shop start. This way, they can kill two bird the walls of MTHS protect you. Thus it is vital to explore, footsteps of those before us on the way around for the one that will prove worth- with one stone; getting both high school and discover the world around. I wish the best of luck to to adulthood. Let us linger here another while in the long run. With crossovers and college credits done at a very humevery senior heading off into the real world and anticipate year, the year before friends must part, available, students took this opportunity ble price. However, running start is not that next years senior class will go through their year with and lives no longer controlled. to their advantage by picking the elec- for everyone. Many who decided to take just as much dedication, and hard work as the class of tives that seem most appealing to them. it wound up ruining their GPA’s or hav2006. But selection comes at a high price: the ing a hard time keeping track of their time and effort that are required to com- priorities. plete them. As John Traxler puts it, “AP Now that all juniors are at the legal age classes make your transcripts look sexy to work, often this is more of a punishto colleges.” ment than a reward. For some it is a However, there is a price to taking AP. necessity in order to afford car payments Students in these classes will testify that (gas, etc.) Or begin saving for that dream Executive Editor
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ess Church is planning to attend Bellevue Community College after high school, doing his studies so that he can become a commercial Real Estate Investor. Church also hopes “to be married, have a big house, and one kid by the time he is 28.” A few interesting things that people don’t know about Church is that he races motorcycles, he works at Jiffy Lube, and that he drives a 1977 Ford F-250 with 500 H.P. Church gets his motivation from his parents Seth and Paula, who have led him to his accomplishments of getting one varsity track and two varsity cross country letters, as well as graduating, and getting a job at Jiffy Lube. Church achieved all of his accomplishments while facing the obstacles of getting good grades in school and dealing with his injuries in cross-country. With all of his accomplishments that he has achieved and obstacles he has passed, Church hopes that no one remembers him as “Kayla’s brother” or “the crazy kid.”
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ith the ten-year plan of hoping to “win the lottery” Jeremy Quintos, has a greater goal for his future. Quintos has made it a goal to finish his AA degree while keeping a steady job as store manger at Starbucks. He then hopes to go into the higher world of corporate at Starbucks. During this time, Quintos plans on getting married and owning his own house. Though he dealt with the obstacles of administrators, Quintos has accomplished building and guitar for his senior project, as well as graduating. Some of his motivation for his accomplishments came from his parents, since he didn’t plan on getting his car taken away, as well as the motivation of photography which came from his friend, Kelli. Quintos would like to be remembered as the dark room photography guru, because of his passion of photography. However, what people don’t know about him is that he “love[s] chick flicks!”
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n his time at Terrace, Reeber has acted as captain of the men’s swim team, as well as multiple dramatic roles - he most recently was awarded the Drama Department’s Best Actor Award for his rendition of Malvolio in “Twelfth Night.” He was the April Student of the Month, but he’s more proud of his less well-known accomplishments. Reeber is currently helping to found a troop of the International Thespian Society at Terrace, as well as pushing a proposal for an amendment to the ASB Constitution. Aside from earning a 2290 on the SAT and a 5 on the AP Chemistry test, Reeber once spent several months keeping the Courtyard clean by himself. Drama teacher Jeannie Brzovic summed it up by calling him “an all-around good guy.” Reeber is currently planning on attending Edmonds Community College next year, and hopes to transfer to West Point Academy as soon as possible. Assuming he eventually goes to West Point, Reeber Jamie Postle/HAWKEYE wants to be an officer in the U.S. Army. Later on in his life, he wants to move into national politics. In his life, Reeber has come across a seemingly unusual notion: “I despise modern philosophy; ancient philosophy, too - philosophy in general. Most of it sucks.”
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t the young age of 18, Otis Chanza has already been put through one of the most devastating events possible in a child’s life. Early this year, Otis’ mother died. This he notes, is the biggest challenge he has had to overcome. For it was his mother, Chanza points out, who was the most motivating individual in his life. “I felt alone. She was really there for me.” Chanza came to the United States from Malawi, Africa when he was only 8 years old and very recently has received his green card. After high school, Chanza is planning to move into his own place and attend Edmonds Community College for two years where he then hopes to transfer over to a university. This year, he received a scholarship in order to go to Edcc. In 10 years, he hopes to be designing business cards or billboards or perhaps be a graphic designer. “I have a lot of ideas” One of Chanza’s many accomplishments has been his continual collection of artwork. In fact, he has been entered into the Edmonds Art Festival numerous times. However, Chanza points out that his greatest accomplishment was finding a girlfriend who has been someone he can trust. His significant other, Jessica Perkins, is another individual who motivated him this year. Perkins guidance, motivation, and love—according to Chanza—has been a tremendous help with his recent tragedies. He stated that Perkins was one of the few individuals there for him when his mother died.
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ou don’t often hear of young women working in the pit crews for Nascar auto racing, much less ones whose been doing it since they were 15! And to boot, how many of those can sing and act? Definitely not very many, but 17-year-old Stevie Jo Craig rates among those few who excel in all those categories. Having been brought into racing by her father, Craig works in pit crews all along the Nascar Northwest Tour, often going across state lines over the weekend. As a self-proclaimed Nascar fanatic, Craig insists that racing is just as much a passion for her as the Seahawks are to Seattle football fans. Racecar driving, she said, is just as much a sport as football or basketball - how many professional athletes could withstand the 130º F heat in the car at 180 miles per
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hour and still maintain complete and total concentration for three to four hours at a time? It’s not easy being one of the few women working near a racing track. As Craig put it, “I get hit on a lot... By 30-year-old men.” Despite other obstacles - including her own age - Craig said, “I thoroughly love it!” Craig easily rates a title of “amazing” just for this, but in addition, she sings in the top Terrace jazz choir, Dynamics, and scored the role of Maria in this spring’s “Twelfth Night.” Could there possibly be even more hidden information? Indeed there is: Craig was named after “one of the greatest guitar players ever,” Stevie Ray Vaugh, and her middle name, which she says adds to her image as belonging near a racetrack, was also her mother’s middle name.
Graduating Class of 2006
Jeramey Agustin · ITT Technical • Rafael Alas · Bellevue Community College • Karsten Aldrich · Undecided • Joshua Allen · Bellevue Community College • Nathan Alley · Bellevue Community College • Jamie Allred · Everett Community College • Sarah Ammons · Edmonds Community College • Michelle Arquillano · University of Washington • Colin Austin · Shoreline Community College • Amanda Babcock · Shoreline Community College • Aaron Baer · Bellevue Community College • Rachel Bailey · Whatcom Community College • Nathanael Balaoing · Bellevue Community College • Timothy Balaoing · Edmonds Community College • Bradley Balch · Skagit Valley Community College • Bryan Barnes · Gonzaga University • Nichole Barnes · Eastern Washington University • Jessica Bauder · Edmonds Community College • Jacob Bean · Edmonds Community College • Breana Becker · Edmonds Community College • Kelly Beechinor · Army • Nicole Berlin · University of Washington • Michael Blevins · Full-time Employment • Clarissa Bond · Cascadia Community College • Emily Bradlee · Edmonds Community College • Michael Bressler · University of Washington • Justine Bretholl · Shoreline Community College • Jonathan Broomfield · Carpentry Apprenticeship • Trisanna Brown · Edmonds Community College • Stephanie Bunyan · Eastern Washington University • Amanda Burke · Undecided • Bailey Burns · Shoreline Community College Cosmetology Program • Jessica Buxton · Shoreline Community College • Kristinna Byers · Edmonds Community College • Jhonallyn Cajocson · Voc/Tech School • Marina Calivo · Seattle University • Stephanie Callfas · Cascadia Community College • Dzenana Cano · University of Washington • Jaclyn Capouilliez · University of Washington • Joshua Carey · Community College • Lindsey Carter · Undecided • Amanda Castoe · Edmonds Community College • Sabrina Cavazos · Everett Community College • Ian Chambers · Western Washington University • Wing Chan · University of Washington • Otis Chanza · Edmonds Community College • Dana Chea · Edmonds Community College • Krishmeeta Chetty · Edmonds Community College • Thomas Chewning · Bellevue Community College • Kendra Chinn · Shoreline Community College • Ashley Chouinard · Gary Manuel Aveda Institute/Seattle • Wess Church · Bellevue Community College • Zachary Clark · Full time employment • Tarrah Clausnitzer · Bellevue Community College • Jessica Close · University of Washington • Justin Clough · Edmonds Community College • Ryan Coaker · Edmonds Community College • Lucas Cole · Bellevue Community College • Alesabet Combs · Arizona State University • Jarred Cooke · University of Washington • Stevie Craig · University of Washington • Kody Cundy · Edmonds Community College • Daniel Dahl · Full time employment • Dieu Dang · Shoreline Community College • Vanessa Danson · Edmonds Community College • Monet Davis · Edmonds Community College • Chad DeAguiar · Western
Washington University • John DeCoursey · Shoreline Community College • Valeriya Dokanyeva · Shoreline Community College • Shawn Dowell · Voc/Tech School • Petar Dzhenkov · Edmonds Community College • Steven Ellersick · Undecided • Tyler Ellis · Edmonds Community College • Chelsea Elwell · University of Washington • Anthony Falcone · Eastern Washington University • Zane Farhoud · Shoreline Community College • Saad Farooq · University of Jenny Washington • Fayerberg · University of Washington • Lauren Foltz · Washington State University • Eric Frazier · Edmonds Community College • Chelsey Freudenberg · Undecided • Christopher Fugate · Full time employment • Garrett Gilkeson · Western Washington University • Grant Gilkeson · University of Washington • Trevor Gill · Central Washington University • Justin Gipaya · Shoreline Community College • Kathleen GlasgowAnderson · Shoreline Community College • Adam Glasoe · Shoreline Community College • Rachael Goit · Northwest University • Aimee Golesch · Everett Community College • Camille Goodman · Edmonds Community College • Jason Gorsuch · Edmonds Community College • Jennifer Grantham · University of Washington • Amanda Green · Undecided • Brittany Green · Voc/Tech School • David Gregoire · Seattle University • Tarrah Gregory · University of Hawaii at Hilo • Caleb Grieve · Marines • Daniel Griffin · Seattle Pacific University • Sarah Grissom · DigiPen Institute of Technology • Matthew Gromlovits · Indiana University • Benjamin Gunn · Lake Washington Voc/Tech • Joshua Gunnersen · Full time employment • Kelsey Guy · Cascadia Community College • Ryan Hagen · Bellevue Community College • Sam Harb · Central Washington University • Amy Harwood · Western Culinary Institute • Blair Haverstraw · Shoreline Community College • Andrew Henning · Bellevue Community College • Troy Hennum · University of Washington • Katherine Hernandez · University of Southern California • Jenna Higgins · University of Washington • Souphavady Inthaphanya · University of Washington • Nathaniel Irby · Central W a s h i n g t o n University • Amber Isham · Sheffield School of Interior Design • Bradley Jackson · Shoreline Community College • Paul Jackson · Edmonds Community College • Kurtis Jacky · Bellevue Community College • Katie Jacobson · Central Washington University • Faith Jeffery · Whatcom Community College • Cody Johnson · University of Washington • Nolan Johnson · Shoreline Community College • Lola Johnston · University of Washington • Corinne Jones · Full time employment • Amanda Kaeppel · Everett Community College • Mirela Kaljanac · Edmonds Community College • Ashley Kamacho · Shoreline Community College • Caitlin Kemberling ·
Whitworth College • Laura Kemp · Western Washington University • Smaira Khan · University of Washington • Elizabeth Kiossovski · Edmonds Community College • Brandon Klimek · Edmonds Community College • Christopher Knight · Belmont University • Amber Knisley · Undecided • Lita Knoles · Western Washington University • Andrew Knudsen · California State University: Monterey Bay • Anna Knudsvig · Full time employment • Alexander LaCasse · Seattle University • Rebecca Lance · Bellevue Community College • Bryan Lane · Undecided • Shannon Larsen · University of Washington • Andrew Lee · Edmonds Community College • Jonathan Lin · University of Washington • Steven Lindberg · Voc/Tech School • Alex Lindsay · University of Washington • Kameron Loney · Full-time Employment • Natiezka Lopez · Oral Roberts University • Tova Loutsis · University of Washington • Kristina Lum · Seattle University • Darcy Lunn-Fisher · Full-time Employment • Sopheak Luong · Edmonds Community College • Kenneth MacKenzie · Shoreline Community College • Chase Mahaffey · Shoreline Community College • Talha Mangrio · Shoreline Community College • Shanna Massoud · Edmonds Community College • Laurina Max · St. Martin’s University • Danielle McCarthy · Cascadia Community College • Chase McDaniel · Shoreline Community College • Christina McDonagh · Shoreline Community College • Bryan McEntire · Pacific Lutheran University • Christine McGee · Seattle Pacific University • Kyle McGuire · Edmonds Community College • Shane McInnis · Edmonds Community College • Emily McVay · S h o r e l i n e Community College •
Christyanne Merced · Shoreline Community College • Christina Messak · Edmonds Community College • Jamie Milburn · Eastern Washington University • Marisa Mitchell · Washington State University • Daniel Miyasato · Ventura College • Bonnieva Moore · Indiana Bible College • Desiree Moore · Edmonds Community College • Jordan Moscoso · Edmonds Community College • Nicki Mosman · Seattle University • Belma Mulic · Shoreline Community College • Jeremy Muller · Marines • Kevin Naicker · Northwest University • Lynsey Naranjo · JATC Voc/Tech • Ulviyya Nasraddinova · State University of Foreign Languages • Lwam Negusse · St. John’s University • Jordan Neuhaus · University of Washington • Shayna Newman · Everett Community College • Huy Nguyen · Edmonds Community College • John Nguyen · Edmonds Community College • Thomas Nguyen · Shoreline Community College • Aloy Niles · Edmonds Community College • Theresa Nixon · University of Washington • Kelli Noebel · Edmonds Community College • Rebecca Noyes · University of Washington • Karen Ocampo · Edmonds Community College • C Kyle Odell · Western Washington University • Debora Ogbamichael · Undecided • Zachary Olson · Undecided • Erin Olswang · Bellevue Community College • Marissa Olswang · Seattle Pacific University • Sovannary Ouk · Edmonds Community College • Travis Parvin · Central Washington University • Kylie Pasco · Full time employment • Angela Paulson · Edmonds Community College • Jessica Perkins · Spelman College • Andrew Pham · Cascadia Community College • Radhika Prasad · Undecided • Danielle Prevo · Edmonds Community College • Dominique Prevo · Everett Community College • Tamra Pruitt · Western Washington University • Karla-Marlen Quemada · Edmonds Community College • Lauren Quinlan · Shoreline Community College • Jeremy Quintos · Edmonds Community College • Ariel Rainey · Edmonds Community College • Rebekah Ramos · B e l l e v u e Community College • S a n d u n Ranaweera · Shoreline Community College • Joseph Ravenscroft · Military • Alejandro Rea · Full time employment • Steven Reeber · Edmonds Community College • Krystal Refuerzo · Edmonds Community College • Brian Remick · Eastern Washington University • Danielle Rensvold · Shoreline Community College • Elaine Rice · Edmonds Community College • Michael Riker · Shorleine Community College • Christina Riojas · Undecided • Geovanny Rodriguez · Undecided • John Roka · Bellevue Community College • Kevin Romero · Seattle Art Institute • Hasra Roslai · Washington State University • Capri Rowland · North Seattle Community College • Jillian Russell · University of Washington • Anthony Rutherford · Glendale Community College • Matthew
Ryder · Full-time Employment • Allison Sagami · Edmonds Community College • Sophia Scarpelli · North Seattle Community College • Brittney Schrag · Gonzaga University • Adam Schunke · South Seattle Community College • Jessica Segur · Western Washington University • Malawe Seng · Edmonds Community College • Komal Shah · Shoreline Community College • Abdul Sharif · Edmonds Community College • Kyle Sherwood · FullTime Employment • Tauna Shoemaker · University of Washington • Katrina Shult · Army • Tymon Silva · Seattle University • Elizabeth Singh · University of Washington • Edin Sisic · Edmonds Community College • Chelsea Soreng · Full-time Employment • Jessica Spence · Cascadia • Jenniffer Staeger · Full-time Employment • Rachel Stanley · Western Washington University • Christopher Stark · Shoreline Community College • Tyler Starkenburg · Edmonds Community College • Dylan Starkey · Edmonds Community College • Tiffany Steele · Cal Poly San Luis Obispo • Cameron Stevens · Edmonds Community College • Melissa Street · Edmonds Community College • David Swale · Edmonds Community College • Jordan Swift · Undecided • Jaclyn Swisher · Fulltime Employment • Acacia Szweda · University of Washington • Felisha Tamaivena · Shoreline Community College • Timothy Teachman · Full-time Employment • Derrick Tennell · Edmonds Community College • Caitlyn Theis · Everett Community College • Lydia Thiessen · Evergreen State College • Ingrid Thompson · Washington State University • Tyler Thompson · Bellevue Community College • Trevor Tillman · Los Angeles Art Institute • Daniel Tooley · Edmonds Community College • Kerstin Torrescano · Highline Community College • Cori Trenchick · National Guard • Cecilia Tri · University of Washington • Tatyana Tsaruk · Shoreline Community College • Amanda Tyacke · Seattle Central Community College • Kailey VanCampen · Undecided • Mario Vassev · Bellevue Community College • Luke Villaluz · North Seattle Community College • Kristen Voetmann · Pepperdine University • Kathleen Vukelich · Community College • Robert Walker · Edmonds Community College • Lindsay Weight · Edmonds Community College • Thomas Welch · Shoreline Community College • Ashley Wepking · Pierce Community College • Carly Wheat · University of Washington • Bill White · Edmonds Community College • Joshua Wightman · Undecided • Jonathan Williams · Undecided • Amanda Wilson · Edmonds Community College • Caitlan Wilson · University of Washington • Brittany Woodall · Military • Sean Yalowicki · Edmonds Community College • Alyson Yelenich · Everett Community College • Laura Yoon · University of Washington • Megan Zalud · University of Northern Colorado • Stephani Zehrung · Edmonds Community College • Saimon Zerom · North Seattle Community College
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ince her sophomore year, Katie Jacobson has sung as the vocalist for Terrace’s Jazz Ensemble One. In the time since then, she’s traveled to New York City, Europe, and California - all on the power of her voice! In fact, she’s been able to perform with jazz greats like Cheryl Bentyne, and a local star, Greta Matassa. Back in her rough beginnings, Jacobson found her motivation to sing while nervously waiting to perform during a jazz night. She clearly recalled thinking, “What do I want to come from my singing tonight?” The answer she discovered, she still comes up with today “I wanted to make each and every person think about something in their lives, reflect on the
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past, wonder about the future, whatever. But I knew I wanted to give something to them that they could really use.” Jacobson took jazz piano lessons from Michael Stegner, who transformed her into the musician she is now. Stegner gave her the inspiration and motivation to delve into her music and not worry about what others think. Last year, in the 2005 Essentially Ellington competition in New York City, Jacobson was
And having begun to conquer that this year, Jacobson is moving on to what she can do with her future. She wants to be for someone else what Stegner has been for her. “Helping other people, playing wonderful music, challenging myself...What more could I ask for?” Next year, Jacobson is planning on attending Central Washington University to study music performance, but beyond that, she wants to work as a professional musician, possibly in the Seattle area. She’s already performed at the Triple Door and the Paramount - why not stay? But that’s all for the future. For now, Jacobson just wants to see how things turn out. “In college I am hoping to really have some fun (in a controlled and responsible way of course). I think enjoying life as it is every moment is a very important thing to be able to do, and I am working on it...really I am.” One would think a cool chica like this would know some neat people, no? Well, she does! Her best friend is her brother, Andrew, to the extent that he was her Prom date (not to mention, a fairly good jazz musician himself ).
awarded the Ella Fitzgerald Vocalist Award - a national honor. But that, she said, isn’t what her musical career in about. “When I think about my development as a musician, I don’t really think in awards and recognition.” Jacobson said, Awards and pats on the back are nice, but I have realized that all of it doesn’t really matter if you are unhappy with yourself... For me, the real battle has been accepting myself.”
“Awards and pats on the back are nice, but I have realized that all of it doesn’t really matter if you are unhappy with yourself.”
“Helping other people, playing wonderful music, challenging myself... What more could I ask for?” Christina Montilla/HAWKEYE
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lejandro Rea has been a senior who has had to overcome multiple challenges. However, with his dedication and drive to achieve success he has turned his life around and most recently received a 3.7 grade point average. He is a student at Terrace who deserves to be acknowledged for the immense challenges he has overcome as well as his incredible achievements. Specifically, one of the greatest challenges Rea has had to deal with this year occurred when his Grandmother recently passed away. Additionally, Rea has had family problems which at one point resulted in all of his household utilities being temporarily shut off. It is for his intense determination to overcome all of these obstacles that makes him so deserving of this recognition. He has been an inspiration to many of his peers. One of Rea’s most notable accomplishments has arrived with his involvement with Lynnwood Rotary and Edmonds School District Building Construction Program. The program allows students interested in construction to actually build a house. “I built my first house.” Eventually he wants to take the knowledge he has gained in this program and manage his own construction business. Rea points out that “people don’t know how hard working” he really is. Additionally, he notes that people have told him he a very philosophical individual with deep thoughts.
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hile at Terrace, Sam Harb has continually devoted his time as a peer tutor and mentor. It is with this great dedication to help his fellow peers and underclassmen that Harb has been selected as one of the 9 most influential seniors. Most recently, he was awarded for his efforts at the all school ‘Moving Up’ Assembly with the Outstanding Citizenship Award. He received a standing ovation from many of his Discovery School peers—a representation of just how influential he has been to several students. Next year, Harb will be attending Central Washington University where he plans to study business and/or education. Ultimately, he would love to teach social studies. As for future plans, say in 10 years, he hopes to be a homeowner and have already started a family. Other significant accomplishments Harb has achieved throughout his four years
at Terrace include being the captain of the Football team, as well as the Student of the Month for November. At one point in his high school career, Sam was not doing so well academically. He overcame this rut with continued dedication and work. “I just applied myself more” said Harb. His main motivation to do so, as well as motivation in life is his dad who Harb says “has done a lot of the things I want to do in my life.” Harb wants to be remembered as an individual “known for having a positive affect on everyone else.”
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arina Calivo has been an active athlete for years, competing in both local and national Hawaiian Outrigger, or paddling clubs. Starting at the ripe age of 9, Calivo has been paddling ever since and most recently traveled to New Zealand in order to compete in the World Competition. “It was amazing” said Calivo. Next year, she will be attending Seattle University and is enrolled in the nationally recognized school of Nursing. She plans to receive her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and eventually wants to work as a Pediatric Nurse at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Other future plans include traveling around the world and possibly traveling to countries in need of volunteers. In fact, Calivo hopes to one day travel overseas and help individuals less fortunate. The past four years for Calivo have been filled with accomplishments. Specifically, she has been named a student of the month, was a player on varsity basketball, and was most recently the ‘big’ ASB Vice President. Calivo points out that her largest motivating factor has been her parents who she says have “always wanted me (her) to achieve my highest goals.” Alex LaCasse/HAWKEYE
Stories by Alex LaCasse, Leah Pope, Sharon McClintock and Stephanie Jones.
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A great place for a cool treat is Mix Ice Cream Bar. Located on 4507 University Way, Mix Ice Cream Bar is the 2004 and 2005 winner of the best ice cream. Although it’s like a Cold Stone, they do have different combinations that Cold Stone doesn’t offer. There are five flavors of ice cream and tons of mix-ins to choose from. On the board, there are suggestions on the best combinations. Beware; it can be a little pricey.
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End your day in excitement with some local flavor at El Corazon (formally known as Graceland) on 109 Eastlake Avenue east, Seattle. This Seattle hot spot features live shows from the local bands. Death cab for Cutie, Mon. Frere, and many more started their careers at El Corazon. Typically played there is a rock venue consisting of Rock N’ Roll, Punk Rock, Indie Rock, Hardcore, Metal, Sweater Rock, Emo, Math Rock, Experimental, Post Punk, and Electroclash.. They also sprinkle in some electro and hiphop at times. A show is usually played every night, and costs five to fifteen dollars, depending on the line-up artists. Be ready for some heavy moshing, and the excitement will always be provided!
Our first stop: Pike Place Market. Located on 1508 Pike Place, this historical site has been in operation for one hundred years, and encompasses thousands of stories, including immigration, and internment, helping to explain why Pike Place is called “The Soul of Seattle.” Grab some breakfast at one of their unique locations such as Crepe de France, which offers authentic French crepes filled with fresh fruits and vegetables of the Pike Place producers themselves. Don’t forget to stop by the Pike Place bagel for a quick cup of coffee and be sure to try one of their fifteen different flavors of bagels. While you’re there, take some time to browse the shops that range from homegrown vegetables and fruits, to the famous “flying fish” and the singing men who throw them. There are homemade craft booths with items such as candles, clothing, fine arts, and even toys. Pike Place also offers specialty shops such as Grandma’s Attic; filled with antiques, flower shops, and even Pike Place’s own magic store, Market Magic.
By that time, hopefully you’ll be ready for lunch at Dick’s Drive-In. About half a mile down the road on 115 Broadway East, this historical landmark first opened in 1954, and now has five operating drive-ins. Dick’s menu includes hamburgers, fries, and old-fashioned shakes, in their three flavors, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla.
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Now, it’s time for some shopping on Broadway, Seattle that is. Broadway is one of Seattle’s busiest and most popular streets located in Capitol Hill. This eclectic neighborhood has many diverse people and cultures. Broadway East is the gathering point for Seattle’s gay community, college students, and young people of all cultures, lifestyles, and ethnicities. Some shopping options are, Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, Red Light, Aprie, Rockin Betty’, Retro Viva, and Crossroads.
Meet Ms. Nelson ITN?! Columnist Kimberly Nelson is here to answer all health-related questions you might be afraid to ask, or to
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DRUG USE · SEXUALITY · ZITS · WEIGHT LOSS · ANOREXIA · SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER · RELATIONSHIPS · FLU BUG · MARIJUANA · TEEN PREGNANCY · SENIORITIS · ALCOHOL · MAKEKeeping UP · STRESS · LOVE · CANCER · tabs on DIET · NUTRITION · CIGARETTES · SECOND HANDteen SMOKE · DRUG USE · SEXUALITY · health ZITS · WEIGHT LOSS · ANOREXIA · SEASONAL AFFECTIVE issues DISORDER · RELATIONSHIPS · FLU BUG · MARIJUANA · TEEN PREGNANCY · SENIORITIS · ALCOHOL · MAKE-UP · STRESS · LOVE · CANCER · DIET · NUTRITION · CIGARETTES · SECOND HAND SMOKE · DRUG USE · SEXUALITY · ZITS · WEIGHT LOSS · ANOREXIA · SEASONAL AFFECTIVE Resources for sexually active teens
Planned Parenthood is sexual health education center. It offers a variety of services such as: • Counseling • Birth control • Gynecological services • Breast exam • Emergency contraception Proper diet and • STD testing fitness Planned parenthood helps teens discover safer 1. Schedule exercise options for sex and or contraception. The 2. Make fitness fun center assists all sorts of people for 3. Write it down, keep a work out log. the better. 4. Go to an expert. 5. Reward yourself, if you have reached one of your personal workout goals. Remember the most effective diet is just to follow the FDA food pyramid. To get your own personalized food pyramid visit www.mypyramid.gox. There is only a few questions and in seconds you will have a personalized food pyramid!
The Chronicles of Cancer
Cancer is defined as an abnormal growth of cells that can occur any where in the body. Chemotherapy is a treatment that uses drugs to kill of cancer cells. The drugs used are often called “anticancer” drugs. Radiation Therapy uses high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cell and shrink tumors” is the National Cancer Institute dictionary definition of radiation therapy. Radiation therapy treats certain parts of the body.
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Puffin’ it leads to roughin’ it
“Using marijuana helps me do better in school” – some students reiterate this statement, but it is nothing but a myth. 1. Marijuana leads to impaired judgment, which may cause one to make horrible decisions such as driving high or having promiscuous sex, in turn putting your life as well as others at risk. 2. Use of Marijuana has short and long term effects ranging from anxiety and panic attacks (short term use) to asthma, psychological dependence, lung cancer, and immune system damage and much more with longterm use.
Are you feeling a little stressed out?
There are many different types of stress, but the two most common are acute stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Acute stress comes from the demands or pressure of future events, past events or a fast approaching deadline. PTSD is caused by bad memories that the mind keeps playing over and over. This usually comes after a tragic/traumatic accident, commonly death. Other common causes are military combat, violent assaults, human disasters, and natural disasters. Drug Corner: Ecstasy
MDMA is commonly known as ecstasy, e, x, hug drug, Adam xtc, and Scooby snacks. MDMA is sold as a tablet. Usually very colorful with different logos printed on them and various shapes. More than 10 percent of high school seniors have tried MDMA according to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring of the Future survey. MDMA abusers risk dehydration, hypothermia, high fever, and kidney or heart failure. This drug has been illegal since 1985
Ms. Nelson answers a couple question from confused love struck The year in review students. Setting the assumptions straight of By Inessa Masevich two confused teenage lover boys. and Katherine Waldo Telling “Johnny 2-toe” that watching your girlfriend HAWKEYE staff sleep at night is far from romantic and just plain creepy, and if he does end up watching her sleep he will ITN: lose her! Senioritis She affirmed Shallow Hal’s question that yes he is shal‘Tis Senioritis is a “common malady low if he only goes for girls based on looks. Not only the season to be suffered by teens Some of the symptoms shallow but also pathetic, but comes back saying may include laziness, disorganization, selecS.A.D. he is not the only one and most people do tive listening, and general inability to complete date others based on physical attractasks.” Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is seasonal tion. To deal with this tragedy that affects depression. many seniors one should: The symptoms of SAD are similar to those of regular 1. Embrace the Pain depression. One important piece of advice is to not 2. Share the Pain diagnose yourself. Have a medical professional if you 3. Make a Plan: make a checklist of things to feel you suffer form SAD. accomplish and set up a schedule to do so. According to the Cleveland Clinic Health Information 4. Celebrate your successes, and rememCenter 4 to 6 percent of the U.S. populations sufber to take a deep breath, you fers form SAD. will survive!
Editors Note: The Health section has covered a variety of topics this year. Tell us what you would like to see the Health section cover next year. Just go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=421702249911 and complete a short survey. Your input is appreciated!
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IS THIS NORMAL?! Meet Ms. Nelson ITN?! Columnist Kimberly Nelson is here to answer all health-related questions you might be Kimberly Nelson ITN?! Columnist afraid to ask, or to address questions she just feels like she really needs to answer. Credentials? Yep. She’s got ’em. Not only is she an MTHS health educator, she’s also a Diaconal Minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. So, submit your questions to the Hawkeye, Ms. Nelson or Katherine Waldo in room 130. Letter writers may choose to remain anonymous for ITN?! questions.
Dear Curious: College?!?! You mean not all of the seniors are worried about getting invited to the coolest hooka* party this weekend? College is CRAZY MAN! It’s all you what it to be, unless it’s not. Depending on the college you attend and what you want from life, it can be great, painful, boring, exciting, and confusing. The first year of college is the hardest. You’re a freshman again, a newbie. Things are different, you might feel lost. Maybe it will be too much new stuff. The average college freshman doesn’t know what they want to be, even if they say they do. Most will change their majors at least 2-3 times before they graduate. The further you go away and the larger the school usually equates to more change. Change is not always bad, usually it’s good. The first year of college is all about exploration. Try new things, take different classes, listen to new music, go to new places, meet new people, stay out of trouble!
Ta k e each day one at a time and work through the confusion. It gets better. Eventually you will be graduating and facing life AFTER college. Time marches on regardless of how much we participate in it. Life is so exciting and there are lots of adventures out there. Use your opportunities to the best you can…and then come visit me and tell me what you’ve learned. I’m proud of you and happy that you are moving onto something exciting. I received poignant letters from two students who are dealing with conflicts between themselves and their parents that I would like to respond to: If you were to go to the bookstore you would find lots of books for parents on how to deal with teenagers. BUT, you would probably NOT find any books for teens on how to deal with parents. What’s up with that? Does that mean that you, mere teenagers, are the root of all evil in a family? I say a resounding “NO”! A conflict is a problem between two or more people in which there is a difference of opinion. It’s natural for teens and their parents to get into conflicts because the
teens are becoming more independent from the parents and the parents are having to let go. The problem usually lies in the way that teens and parents deal with the conflict. You all deserve to have a group of people to support you, if that isn’t happening for you right now, I’m very sorry. Here’s a couple of points to think about: 1. In all of the relationship literature it states that a conflict require that both people participate in the PROBLEM and the SOLUTION. Both of you are active participants in whatever the problem is, therefore, both of you can contribute to solving the problem. 2. Kids learn behavior and how to communicate from their parents. Since your parents were your first and most important teachers, you learned how to react to problems from them. That means if you don’t like how they behave, make sure you aren’t doing the same thing to them. Watch to see what you do to bug them or get back at them because they do something you don’t like. Also, notice how you deal with conflict between yourself and your friends, do you copy your parent’s behavior? 3. Part of independence means taking responsibility for yourself. What would actually happen if
you admitted you were wrong? Would the earth actually end? Ask yourself this question: What am I contributing to the problem? You can’t do anything about them, but you are about to be your own person in the world, so what can you learn from how your family deals with conflict. 4. You hold the power of your own reactions. Think of yourself as the action figure of your reactions. “You’ve got the power!” to respond or not, to scream or not, to be rude or not, to slam doors or not, …well you get the picture. 5. Unfortunately, because we love them, family members have the power to really hurt us. They disappoint us, make us cry, hurt our feelings and sometimes make us feel really crappy. We can’t hate what we don’t already love. They feel the same way. Families: you can’t live with them and you can’t live without them. They drive us crazy because they can. But I know this: you only get one so do the best you can now, because someday you will be able to move away. Then you can decide if you want to keep them or build a new family of people you love and trust. *Hooka: An opportunity for people to gather around a large apparatus and share their stupidity by smoking “flavored tobacco type products.”
An ode to O2 magazine Compiled by HAWKEYE staff
Policy Pete and his footprints courtesy of O2 magazine.
O2 magazine is switching hands. The final issue being printed for June will be a chance for readers and contributors to say good-bye to the UW staff and the O2 teen board. O2 is a publication that takes an in depth look at the effects of teen tobacco use in Washington. Their goal is to educate youth on the issues surrounding teens and the industry targeting them. This web site is about “teens giving teens a whiff of fresh air.” O2 is run based off submissions from teens all over Washington. Teens can mail in a poem, drawing, story or photograph to the magazine to be published. A lot of the stories published are on personal experiences, urging other teens not to make the same choices they did. Since their first issue in January 2003, o2 magazine has been a part of the youth tobacco prevention movement in Washington State. Every month, they receive submissions that they later put in their months issues. Each issue focuses on current news on smoking bans, the effects of smoking, and awareness. They hope that by doing this, they will be able to save that many more lives. O2 has a mascot named Policy Pete. He is a penguin, and has seen his friends become addicted to cigarettes. He knows all about the harmful chemicals in cigarettes that tobacco companies don’t tell us about. He got sick of watching this happen, so he wanted to make a change. Policy Pete’s footprint can be found next to articles or issues that are of policy. O2 magazine gets everyone involved. Students from all over the country submit articles and cartoons. O2 also makes school visits. Since they are
UW students, they visit on their lunchtime, or have involved high school students by setting up their own booths where they hand out pamphlets, or are available for other teens to ask them questions. O2 wants all its readers to know, “We couldn’t have done the last few years of O2 without your unconditional support and enthusiasm. You made our jobs easy. Thank you!” O2 magazine will continue—although, it may not be called O2, it will still celebrate the dedicated youth that work in tobacco prevention. You can visit www.seethroughthesmoke. com for updates, information, and news. Currently, the O2 magazine is looking for branch recruiters for their new magazine. If interested, it involves recruiting teens of your
age to promote for the magazine, and contribute some of your own work to the magazine production as well. If you want to bring the O2 magazine to our school, be sure to let them know! Since the location is very convenient, there would be an increased possibility that they would be able to make it out. The O2 magazine delivers a very strong message to teenagers going through peer pressure, and help guide them along the way to stay away from tobacco. Several different pieces of various artwork gets submitted each month in the issues. If there is a message you want to deliver, or a tribute to someone who has battled tobacco use, be sure to submit what you have to say.
A&E Twelfth Night Shakespeare wrangles with the Old West
■ What you ought to see this summer on the big screen • below
This guy’s movies will really make you laugh – a lot • 18
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Stevie Jo Craig, as Maria, admonishes Feste (Jeremy Muller) for eating her mistress’ sandwich in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” which the Drama Dept. ran from June 1 - 3. By Alex LaCasse Executive Editor
Despite turning classic Shakespeare into a seemingly awkward Western, the drama department put on a stellar performance of Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night is a play centered around mistaken identities. Needing to find work after a tragic ship wreck, one of the main characters of the play, Viola (played by Stephanie Jones) decides to find work in the household of Duke Orsino (played by Alex Ramsey). However, she disguises herself as a man and calls herself Cesario. While working for Orsino, Cesario quickly becomes his right hand ‘man.’ Viola (dressed as Cesario) immediately falls in love with Orsino despite being disguised as a man. Her internal struggle in
telling Orsino the truth is apparent throughout the story, until the secret is finally revealed at the conclusion. Additionally, it is noted at the beginning of the play that Cesario has feelings towards Lady Olivia (played
by Amanda Turner) but due to the recent death of her brother she does not want to be married. The full love triangle beings after Orsino sends Cesario to Lady Olivia’s house. When Cesario arrives, Olivia
quickly falls in love with him and/or Olivia. So, the love triangle is as follows: Viola loves Orsino, Orsino loves Olivia, and Olivia loves Cesario. Needless to say, it is a little hard to understand what is going on. The middle of the play is filled with comedy and trickery as Sir Toby Belch (Kyle Morin) and Sir Andrew (Grant Gilkeson) misguide Malvolio (Steven Reeber) into believing Olivia loves him. What ensues after he reads a letter composed by Belch, Andrew, and the housekeeper (Stevie Craig) is hilarious. While the Shakespearean play may be at times incredibly confusing, and perhaps one of the less interesting literary pieces created, the MTHS drama department went at it with ‘gusto’ and in return reinvented and recreated what would have been a quite boring play. Specifically, the acting was superb – creating smoother transitions. Plus, the above average acting made it easier to understand and made the play come alive, something that is not easy to do with Shakespeare. An incredible performance came from senior Steven Reeber as Malvolio. His perfect comedic timing coupled with his dramatic and emotional oration stole the show. Other great performances were delivered by Stephanie Jones as Viola/Cesario, Stevie Craig as the housekeeper, Grant Gilkeson as Sir Andrew, Kyle Morin as Sir Toby Belch, and Jeremy Muller as Feste. All of these
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actors did a superb job at capturing the Shakespearean language while still evoking both melancholic and comedic emotions. The only criticism arrives with the Western theme. The effort was there, and it was easy to see where the cast was going – but the overall effect was not fully achieved. For the individuals who have read the original play, the Western theme did not do justice to classic Twelfth Night. It is amazing to note that the cast of the play stuck to the original Shakespearean language. While at times it was difficult to hear and understand, high praise should be given to the entire cast who memorized such intense, thick text. It is hard to even imagine memorizing so many lines of Elizabethan language.
2006 Drama Awards Best Actor Steven Reeber - Malvolio - “Twelfth Night”
Outstanding Musical Performer - Female Rachel Bailey - Gladys - “The Pajama Game”
Best Actress Justine Bretholl - Miss Skillon - “See How They Run”
Best Newcomer Shelby Bennett
Best Supporting Actor John DeCoursey - Fabian - “Twelfth Night” Best Supporting Actress Sarah Tucker - Ida - “See How They Run” Outstanding Musical Performer - Male Eli Blaisdell - Prez - “The Pajama Game”
Outstanding Technician - Male Charlie Minshall Outstanding Technician - Female India Rudder Cheesy Moment Award Sarah Tucker - “See How They Run”
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Malvolio (Steven Reeber) reveals his cross-gartered yellow stockings in an attempt to win Olivia’s favor.
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SUPERMAN RETURNS
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
SNAKES ON A PLANE
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 28
RELEASE DATE: IN THEATRES NOW
RELEASE DATE: AUGUST 18
he premise of the movie, as indicated in the title, is that Superman returns to the world that has gotten used to living without him. While many are upset there is yet another Superman movie, it is sure to be full of action and good adventure despite perhaps a sub-par story line. Plus, ladies, the main character is a hunky man in tights.
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l Gore’s continual campaign fighting global warming hits the silver screen in this documentary. This is the movie every American needs to see this summer for it documents the increasing severity of the global warming crisis around the world. Gore highlights that if this problem is not solved within 10 years, our world will be devastated with severe weather, extremely high sea levels, and humanitarian crisis.
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es, the movie is called “Snakes on a Plane” and it’s already a hit. The title pretty much says it all. An assassin releases deadly snakes on a plane in order to kill a passenger who is a witness in protective custody. If anything, just go see it because of its name. Really, when will you ever get to go see a movie called “Snakes on a fricken’ Plane”?! Just think about that for a minute.
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For a few laughs more... check out the films of By Patrick Hume and Garrett Westphal
The HAWKEYE staff recommends three of the funniest films of this comedic genius
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Blazing Saddles
his would have to be our personal favorite of the three movies listed here. Firstly, a disclaimer. This movie uses just about every derogatory word ever conceived in the English language. Racial slurs are a major component of the film, as most of the movie’s comedy revolves around irony and race. The plot follows the protagonist, Bart, played by Cleavon Little, a black man working as a railway slave for the movie’s antagonist, Hedley Lamarr, played by Harvey Korman. Lamarr is a corrupt business man, who intends to move his railroad through the small
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For many years and generations of moviegoers, Mel Brooks has by far made the funniest movies ever known to make the best comedies and parody’s of some of the most popular movies around. Mel Brooks also makes his appearance in almost all of his films, either playing as a minor or major character.
his is probably our second favorite of the Mel Brooks films. “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” is filled with the typical Mel Brooks goods, such as crude humor, and some “should be taken lightly” racial jokes. Now seeing “Robin Hood” with Kevin Costner then seeing “Men in Tights,” I got the full enjoyment of all the jokes of the film, for they made fun of many key points of Costner’s attempt. The best part of the film is the song “Men in Tights,” filled with a wonderfully happy tune and some outstanding lyrics. The film also includes Dave Chappelle as Robin Hood’s sidekick, Ahchoo, son of Asneeze. Like “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” the movie begins with Robin in a Arab prison, where he meets up with Asneeze, his cell mate. They escape from the prison via a very devious plan, and Robin swims back to England. When he arrives he is shocked and saddened by the site of his house
being towed away by tax collectors. The only familiar soul left behind is his blind servant, Blinkin, who tells Robin that all members of his family are dead, including his cherished goldfish. Being a good proper Robin Hood, he vows to right the wrongs and fight for the people. Robin Hood is played by Cary Elwes, who also starred in “The Princess Bride,” which was not a Mel Brooks film, so we will not speak of it…ever. Mel Brooks makes his always-funny appearance as Rabbi Tuckman, a wandering Rabbi offering circumcisions. Unfortunately for “Robin and his merry men” they don’t know what a circumcision is, so Tuckman gives the explanation of “nip the tip” and then gives a visual with a carrot and a mini guillotine, the reaction is a sight to see. For a film with stunning fight sequences, romantic love scenes and a whole lot of Mel Brooks fun, including Clint Eastwood – and circumcisions – this is the one to see.
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western city of Rock Ridge, a shanty town full of angry white settlers who refuse to move. When Bart causes trouble for Lamarr’s lackeys in some very funny scenes, he sends the slave to be executed. While in town, the local incompetent governor, played by Mel Brooks himself, mentions to Lamarr that Rock Ridge is in need of a new sheriff. Lamarr manipulates the governor into electing Bart as the first black sheriff in the West, hoping to cause enough ruckus to drive the citizens of the city from their homes. Bart, a sharp witted, street savvy character,
must try to overcome the townsfolk’s deep prejudice before Lamarr can seize the city and kill Bart for good. If you can stomach the raunchy humor, which, it must be understood, is all in fun, with no intended malice, one could find a truly golden work of comedy. Classic lines like, “We don’t need no stinking badges!” abound, as well as lines less fit to print, make up very funny jokes that should really only offend racists. The entire film is intended as a parody of political correctness and delivers laughs at every turn.
Spaceballs
or any fan of the original “Star Wars” trilogy by George Lucas, this is a real treat. In “Spaceballs,” King Roland of planet Druidia was having a wedding for his daughter Princess Vespa when she is kidnapped by a race of people called Spaceballs, from the planet, Spaceballs. She is then held ransom for all of the clean air on Druidia. Roland offers to pay a lot of money to a space pirate named Lone Starr who flies a Winnebago and has a co-pilot named Barf, a large dog man…thing. What follows is a series of events from numerous famous sci-fi movies. The villain in this film is none-other then the talented Mel Brooks, as President Skroob of Spaceballs. His lackey Dark Helmet, played by Rick Moranis, is a shorter version of a certain powerful villain in another sci-fi trilogy, but not as powerful, or evil. Bill Pullman plays as a dirty mannered space-pirate, but
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always seems to capture the heart of the main female character, Princess Vespa. One of the most enjoyable characters in my opinion is Major A—hole, played by Jim Jackman…who ever he is. A—hole is not alone, most of his relatives and family is also serving on the ship, so Dark Helmet is literally “surrounded by A—holes!” To sum up all of this silliness the film is ended with a thrilling fight between Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, fighting with their Schwartz (a.k.a. the “force”) in the heart of Mega-Maid. There’s a spectacular ending taken strait from “Planet of the Apes.” “Spaceballs” can be enjoyed by anyone who loves large mounds of pizza that make death threats, and tap-dancing aliens newly birthed from the chest of a man who just ate some soup at a space diner.
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did things that were out of character for us. Take six or seven Sports Editor things, if any one was different, then we win the game.” For Alexander the most memorable moment from the Super Seattle Seahawks’ running back Shaun Alexander had a Bowl was the car wreck a few days before the game. They were good year, to say the least. Alexander ran for a league best driving in a van with their PR people, and then all off a sudden 1,880 yards, scored an NFL record 27 touchdowns, and won some stuff fell on the van. Alexander said that it was “nothing major, but it threw us all off.” the MVP award. Alexander An NFC championship, was a big part in helping the “I think we’ll be back in the MVP, and rushing title were Seahawks achieve a 13-3 record, Super Bowl.” some of the many achievean NFC championship, and a ments for Alexander in the trip to Super Bowl XL. ~Shaun Alexander 2005-06 season. Alexander said that “attitude” Seattle Seahawks running back Alexander said, “When I got was the biggest difference for into football it wasn’t to win any the team last year, “We got rid of a lot of guys that were negative or guys that their lifestyles awards, it was just to have fun. (The) MVP was just special because no one’s done it out here.” caused the chemistry of the team to be off a little bit.” As for next season, Alexander said, “I think we’ll win After a 2-2 start to the season, the Seahawks went on to win 11 in a row, and earned themselves a No. 1 seed and home it (Super Bowl); we should win it, if we all stay healthy.” field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Heading into the Alexander thinks that the offense will be better than last year, playoffs Alexander said, “I thought that there was no way in and they should be with off-season editions of Nate Burleson and Tom Ashworth. Also Darrel Jackson and Bobby Engram the world that we would not make it to the Super Bowl.” The Seahawks disposed of both the Redskins and the should be healthy for the season. Alexander said to “pray for our team because were really, Panthers with help from the crowd at Qwest Field. “We played really, really well at home, and it’s a long flight really good, but when you’re really, really good your character for teams to fly across and play against us; they’re tired, were is challenged.” “If our character is flawed then we won’t beat anybody fresh,” Alexander said about the home field advantage. For the crowd he said, “they’re loud, and it’s just one of those extra good,” Alexander said. “The team with the best character usually wins, they stick to their guns, they play hard, things go bonuses for us.” The Super Bowl was probably the most disappointing part of bad, but they just say we’re gonna stick to what we know. But the season. According to Alexander, “The whole Super Bowl is if their character is off then they try to find the easy way out, a numbing experience.” He also said that “We (the Seahawks) which in the long run kills your team.”
Fall sports season is just around the corner WOMEN’S SWIMMING
By Jamie Postle HAWKEYE staff
playoffs. Coach Chris Ellinger said, “The team will do well and we have high expectations for the season.”
CROSS COUNTRY
The women’s swim team currently has many swimmers returning, but is always looking for more. “The swim team last year was really successful, but there is always room for improvement,” said coach Dory Pearce, who will not be returning for another season. To get ready for the season, swimmers need to get into shape, by working out, swimming, or joining a summer swim team or other skills camp. The 2005 women’s swim sent one swimmer to state. Last year, there were lots of new swimmers, along with many returning swimmers, unfortunately the team is losing nine seniors, but hopes to gain many new freshmen and other swimmers. The women’s swim team will hopefully have another great year, and lots more luck in sending swimmers to state.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
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The women’s soccer team did well last year. For the team to get better they need to improve soccer skills in the off-season by working hard on soccer techniques, going to a soccer camp, or playing for a recreational team. The team had a 4-5-1 record last year. Hopefully next year there will be 13 players returning for varsity, and many returning for JV and C. The goal for next season is to succeed in winning many games and qualify for the
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Coming off yet another successful year, the cross country team looks as though they will compete well next year. Based on last year, key returners for the team will be Matt Beeninga, Tyler Hill, Michael Tran, Corina Cheever and Cari Smith. Coach David LeWarne said that the team will have to work “as hard as they ever have before” in the off-season for the team to compete next year. The team is hoping for more women’s runners to come out for the team next year, due to the lack of them in years past.
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By Jordan Gisler
Coming off the team’s first non-losing season since 1986, the football team looks promising for next year. The team should have a good mix of returners and newcomers ■ The football to the team. team is With continued improveseeking ment, they will be managers competing with – contact the top teams the coaches in the WesCo if interested South.
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In the regular season the Seahawks were 11-0 when Shaun Alexander ran for more than 100 yards. He signed an eightyear $62 million contract this offseason keeping him in Seattle.
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Can the Mariners keep their bats going?
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n Seattle, it is tradition for only one professional team to do well. The Seattle Seahawks last season finished 13-3 and went to the Super Bowl. As of June, 12, the Mariners are third out of four in the American League West standings, only three games behind Brady Barnes Sports Columnist the current leaders, the 34-29 Texas Rangers. Hopefully the Mariners can pull things together and get a spot in the playoffs. Before they will be able to get into the playoffs, they have some work to do. There have been many tragedies and triumphs for the Mariners’ pitchers. While pitching gave up way too many runs early on in the season, they finally started to pitch well. The only problem was that they didn’t have much run support. Felix Hernandez is just now starting to live up to his promise. Hernandez pitched his first complete game of this season last Sunday against the Angels. Felix gave up just two runs and got his fifth win of the season. The Mariners starting pitchers have been doing solid, but the closer position has had its problems. Eddie Guardado, recently Seattle’s closer, has four combined losses and blown saves. After the Mariners decided to move Guardado out of the closer’s role, J.J. Putz stepped up. Now with 10 saves and one win under his belt, Putz looks the like he will be able to help Seattle out greatly. Despite a rough start of the season, Ichiro
Suzuki is now back to his outstanding status: he’s hitting .367, with 51 runs and 20 stolen bases. Ichiro is currently on an 11 game hitting streak, 10 of those games hitting more than two hits a game. Another outstanding player in the batter’s box has been Jose Lopez, who has 50 runs batted in this season. Not only has he been driving in runs but he has been proving himself at second base. The things that the Mariners have been able to do in order to turn things around is give run support for their pitchers. Disappointingly, Richie Sexson hasn’t been putting the bat on the ball, bating only .212. Another player that has been letting the team down, on the offense side of the ball is Adrian Beltre. Even though these two players are great defensemen, until they can get some hits they aren’t helping the Mariners out at all. Gratefully, these two have been turning things around. Ever since Beltre moved to the second spot in the batting order he has been hitting better and hopefully will continue to do so. Sexson has been working on his swing and has made improvements; nevertheless, he still needs to regain his status as the power hitter for the mariners. If the Mariners can step up their batting and help out their bullpen they can really turn things around. The Mariners have been able to win nine out of their last 11 games, sweeping the Los Angeles Angels. If the Mariners can continue winning and take the series over their league rivals, Oakland Athletics, then they will be even closer to the post season.
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HAWKWATCH: AN INSIDE LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP HAWK ATHLETES
enior captain, first baseman and pitcher, Alyson Yelenich, was a Terrace softball player for four years, with three years being on varsity. Yelenich is so passionate about softball that her plan for the future “so far is to attend Everett C.C. playing ball.” “Hopefully (I’ll) play in the college world series for softball someday. After my ball time is up, I want to be a coach,” she explained. She is a hard worker who sees things with an optimistic eye. Yelenich said that dedication is “putting forth 110 percent effort while having fun” and “having a want and drive for a passion or a dream.” Yelenich has been playing softball for 14 years now. She has
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enior captain and centeralso been in other activities fielder, Carly Wheat, has such as InterHigh, Rowdy followed her passion of softRooters, and was a link ball while living by the quote: leader. Her classmates and “Live life to the fullest while teachers say that she is a having fun.” While being on fun and funny person, this led to her getting the Most Alyson Yelenich & Carly Wheat the varsity team for all four softball captains years of her high school life, Spirited and Class Clown Wheat said she knows that awards for the class of 2006. “My father is my inspiration, my guardian dedication is “having a commitment to a angel, and now my coach,” she said. “He has specific goal in your life.” stuck by my side for the 14 years I’ve been Comparing this year with her past experiplaying ball. He has barely missed a game ences, Wheat said she feels that, “We (the and has pretty much taught me everything I team) did very well, considering the fact that we lost five very good seniors last year. know about the game.”
I thought we would have trouble replacing the seniors but we filled their spots with a lot of talent.” She said that she knows her inspiration has come from “the great coaches and players I have been with my four years at Terrace.” She also said that she is content with the improvements that have guided her throughout the years. This summer Wheat is playing on a select softball team and said she hopes to win a tournament. Her future plan is playing “intramural softball at the University of Washington.” Compiled by Stephanie Jones/ HAWKEYE staff
Terrace graduate picked in MLB draft Compiled by HAWKEYE staff
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Former Mountlake Terrace High School graduate (from the class of 2003) Ryan Strieby, was drafted 112th overall in the fourth round by the Detroit Tigers in the MLB draft. Strieby played his last season of baseball for University of Kentucky, where he won SEC baseball player of the year. Strieby hit 19 home runs, had 75 RBIs, and a .718 slugging percentage this last year for Kentucky.
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Baseball Division All W L W L Jackson 18 0 27 0 Kamiak 13 5 14 9 Ed-Way 12 6 15 8 Shorecrest 12 6 13 10 HAWKS 10 8 12 12 Mariner 7 11 8 12 Meadowdale 7 11 7 12 Shorewood 6 12 6 14 Everett 4 14 4 16 Lynnwood 1 17 2 20
Men’s Soccer Division All W L T P W L Kamiak 8 0 1 25 13 3 Meadowdale 6 1 2 20 11 4 Shorecrest 5 1 3 18 13 3 Mariner 5 2 2 17 8 5 Ed-Way 5 3 1 16 6 10 Jackson 3 3 3 12 5 6 Shorewood 2 4 3 9 6 5 HAWKS 1 7 1 4 2 13 Everett 1 8 0 3 2 14 Lynnwood 1 8 0 3 3 15
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as of 5/29/06
Softball Division All W L W L Jackson 17 1 20 3 Everett 16 2 22 4 Kamiak 14 4 16 9 Ed-Way 11 7 13 10 HAWKS 10 8 10 10 Shorecrest 9 9 9 12 Meadowdale 5 13 6 14 Mariner 3 15 3 17 Shorewood 3 15 4 16 Lynnwood 2 16 4 20
as of 5/29/06
Women’s Tennis Division All W L W L Shorewood 16 0 16 0 Ed-Way 13 3 13 3 Jackson 13 3 13 3 Meadowdale 11 5 11 5 Everett 8 8 8 8 Shorecrest 7 9 7 9 Kamiak 4 11 4 11 Lynnwood 4 12 4 12 Mariner 2 14 2 14 HAWKS 1 14 1 14
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SPORTWRITERS PICKS
HAWKEYE sportswriters and guests take a shot at picking the key upcoming events. Scores will be tabulated throughout the year.
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Mariners @ Oakland 6/14
Mariners 3-2
Mariners 5-2
Oakland 6-3
Mariners 7-5
Mariners 5-4
Storm v. Phoenix 6/21
Storm 75-65
Storm 70-76
Storm 73-71
Storm 72-60
Storm 78-72
Everett Hawks @ Stockton Lightning
Stockton 68-56
Stockton 74-58
Stockton 65-57
Hawks 62-57
Stockton 62-59
NBA Champions
Dallas 4-3
Heat 4-3
Dallas 4-2
Dallas 4-2
Dallas 4-1
World Cup Winner
Brazil
Czech Rep.
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Record
27/51
27/51
26/51
31/51
12/24
Percentage
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.607
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