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Coach Stewart retires in style

District cuts deepen

Hawks 2nd in state

By Shahrum Ali Senior staff

Chris Keith/Hawkeye

Senior captain Kori Seidlitz unleashes a pitch in the 4A championship game versus Kelso. The Hawks lost 13-2, but finished with the 2nd place trophy – the team’s best finish in school history.

Seidlitz’s 13 strikeouts to take a 1-0 victory.

The Hawks then battled through a tough Mountain View Hawkeye staff team getting the victory 3-1 thanks to another dominant The Terrace softball team made history as they took second performance by Seidlitz on the mound and senior catcher place in the 4A state tournament in Tacoma.

Kayla Watson driving in two runs.

Led by dominant senior pitcher Kori Seidlitz and a strong Riding the momentum of the previous two games, the core of seniors, the Hawks cruised their way through dis- Hawks won a thriller in the last inning of the game. Facing tricts and eventually beat Cascade 3-0 in a three-run deficit going into the last inning the district finals to take the WesCo crown of the game, the Hawks rallied for four runs “I’ve been playing softball since and earn a berth into the state tournato beat Redmond. second grade and I love it; the bonding Watson and Seidlitz were the stars again; ment.

After taking WesCo, the Hawks earned a of teammates and meeting people you Watson had a pair of hits including a douNo. 1 seed for the state tournament which wouldn’t otherwise meet. We’re like a ble and two runs batted in and Seidlitz big family and I love all the girls.” pitted them against Kentwood in their struck out 11 on the mound. This win put Amanda Berry first game on Friday, May 29. the Hawks into the state championship First baseman ...continued on page 3 The Hawks narrowly escaped behind

By Derek Giles

V.24.08 | June 9 2009

Superintendent Nick Brossoit held the last of the public meetings regarding budgetary issues in the Terraceum at on May 27. This was the last of four meetings held throughout the month.

Edmonds School District (ESD) is in a debt, and needs to balance a budget of $10.1 million by Aug. 1. The purpose of these meetings was to go through proposed reductions in the various levels of ESD, from non-school administrative reductions to school reductions that directly affect students at Mountlake Terrace High School. For high school students, the biggest cuts in the budget would be in increasing class sizes and reduction in staff. For example, about $1,900,000 would be saved by modifying the staffing allocation formula to increase class sizes.

The budget must be balanced by August 31.

Money is being cycled from all places, such as a new levy, federal stimulus money from Title One and IDA, and the another $4 billion in feral money that is given biyearly. However, overall, it is not enough to solve the entirely of the budget problem.

Other than voicing opinions, there are little things students can do to help. For example, the superintendent suggest that more people take the school bus. By increasing demand, this would also decrease costs. Plus parents could save gas if they would usually drive students to school.

Right now, the only hope for a moderate or quick recovery is if the economy starts to pick up.

“It is anguishing for us all as well the board members,” said Brossoit, “we don’t have a choice. We have to live with in our means. We have to make hard choices.”

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Superintendent Nick Brossoit explaining budgetary problems to inquirers at the Terraceum.

SWAT and police take over Terrace for mock lock down

By Shahrum Ali Senior staff

On May 28 Mountlake Terrace High School was under a two and a half hour hard lock down drill. Unlike regular school lock downs, this drill was coordinated by and involved mainly the Brier and neighboring police and safety departments. The scenario was to have an active shooter(s) within the school, with students from the drama department as acting victims. School Recourse Officer Heidi Friosland and Assistant Principle Scott Morrison acted as the commanding officials.

Parents, students and community members were notified of the drill ahead of time.

Student parking was prohibited on May 28 in order to make room for police and SWAT Vanessa Chea/Hawkeye vehicles on school grounds. The command SWAT teams go over plans and reconnaissance for the mock, hard lockdown drill. The post for various police and SWAT teams SWAT and police gained control of the school on May 28 to practice a scenario involving was set up at the Mt. Zion Lutheran an active shooter within the school.

Church. At Terrace, there was a shelter set up in the front of the school as well as a Support 7 Van in the vacant parking lot. In the auxiliary gym, the drama student participants mocked themselves up with make-up to give themselves a wounded and bloody persona. Police set up strategic points outside of the school, went over reconnaissance tactics, and armed themselves with fake, life-size weapons.

Students rushed about during lunch in their last half hour before the drill. The only thing left was to enter sixth period and wait for the Principle’s call, which signaled the beginning of the lengthy hard lockdown.

The drill was staged in two phases. The first phase went into affect at 11:30 and finished at 1:50. Most students, staff, and unauthorized personal were required to remain in lock down stasis in their classrooms for this time. During this stage if the drill the police practiced rescue efforts. ...continued on page 2

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news briefs

Mural update Andrew Morrison, popular local Native American artist and Mountlake Terrace High School graduate, was notified of the cancellation of the multicultural mural he was painting in the Hub in fourth week of March.

The prepping and painting of the multicultural mural was planned to begin during Spring Break. The reason the activities/athletic coordinator at MTHS, Kim Stewart, gave him was plain and simple lack of funding. Morrison was very disappointed that the reason the mural was cancelled was due to lack of funding and late notification.

“This makes me look like a fool,” Morrison said. He stated that he had told hundreds of people about this mural, so now people, some of whom are his customers, will be looking for it and will wonder what happened. “[I] thought it was a great way to build moral and camaraderie for the students and the staff,” stated Morrison.

Former MTHS graduate said that he is unsure whether he would attempt to do another mural for the high school.

Morrison also has no opinion on where the fault lies for the cancellation, because he was given so little information on why there was no funding for the mural.

Central Asian Institute results

Honor Society’s 2008-2009 cookie dough fundraiser ended as a profitable success.

The group started this year off with a goal of selling a total of $3,000 worth of cookie dough, yet they finished the fundraiser off with $4,500. With a profit rate of 50 percent they made $2,250.

Honor Society member Samantha Morin started the drive off with a goal of selling two tubs of cookie dough to support the fundraiser. She finished the fundraiser off with three sold tubs.

“It helped make a difference!” said Morin.

At $15 apiece, 300 tubs of cookie dough were sold by the end of the fundraiser. The overall profits of the drive were divided equally between the local food bank and the Asian Institute located in the Middle East, giving $1,125 to each organization.

“It’s a great way to get people involved in their communities.” said Morin.

The Honor Society feels accomplished with their sales, and for what they contributed to the community. There is talk of Honor Society sponsoring future fundraisers next year, yet will allow the whole school to participate.

Relay for Life re-sparks awareness

By Navarre Kerr Photo Manager

Hawks for Hope and numerous other supporters from South Snohomish County met on the Lynnwood High School track for the 2009 Relay for Life® on May 16 and 17.

The yearly event is supported by the American Cancer Society to help people get involved and contribute in the fight against cancer. Over 3.5 million people are involved nationwide and in 20 countries around the world each year. Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon from Tacoma, conceived the idea during a run in a 24 relay he put on in May of 1985.

In May 1986, 19 teams took part in the first Relay For Life at the Stadium Bowl in Puget Sound, raising a total of $33,000 in 24 hours. 23 years later, in Lynnwood and around the world, Klatt’s dream is still going strong.

At the current Relay for Life, supporting teams got together to “Celebrate, Remember, and Fight Back” against cancer. At noon, 16 cancer survivors spoke about their struggle and triumph over cancer to kick off the event. Cheer squads from Lynnwood, Kamiak, and Mountlake Terrace high schools spelled out letters in the word hope using pom-poms after each speaker. Following the speeches survivors were asked to gather behind the “we are winning” banner on the track. Survivors then stood on the track until the most recent local cancer survivor cut the purple ribbon and commenced the march. After one lap the names of the supporting teams were announced and the teams proceeded around the track as well.

Stationed around the track were booths informing about different types of cancer, methods of prevention, and ways to get regular checkups to find it early and have a higher chance of defeating it. They

were also booths from various local sponsors such as Starbucks and Fred Meyer which provided free food for survivors. A live band also contributed their time to play at the event.

Once night started to fall the festive entertainment turned into a more somber atmosphere. At 10 p.m. participants gathered around the stage for the luminary ceremony. There was a slideshow honoring those who have died and those who are currently battling cancer. The slide show was followed by a live song and a poem. Lastly there was a symbolic place setting depicting various aspects in a person’s life that is affected by cancer.

Following the ceremony was the luminaria walk.

Bags had names written on them for those who have fought and those who have died from cancer with candles inside lighting up the track as well as a sign made out of luminary bags that spelled hope. People walked around the track in a lap of silence with melancholy spirit and honored those who were no longer alive due to cancer.

Ivan Wood, a former Terrace student who lost his life to cancer, had three bags lit in honor of him. After the walk people dispersed with a somber but hopeful spirit to either sleep or just talk with others. To wake up participants there was a complimentary pancake and sausage breakfast. At noon on the 17 there was a closing ceremony honoring each group’s contributions. Hawks for Hope contributed extensively for this being only their third year at the event.

The event also featured Terrace performing talent including Cameron Hollingshead, Gabe Much, and Justin Correa. During their one-day blitz Hawks for Hope collected just over $1250 from Terrace students. Lastly they have received a total of $2513 from online donations.

Teachers affected by budget woes Principal Greg Schwab stated that 10 teachers are being laid off or going from a full-time basis to part-time teaching job.

Theses teachers include but not limited to Maria Guerra, Erika Spellman, Nina Franklin, Stacey Kinnear, Linda Bennitt, and Laurette Culbert, Mark Walker, Stuart Dick, and Jayson Hart.

Because of a financial deficit, the Edmonds School District is not able to fund all of these teachers. Mountlake Terrace High School will expect a 100 fewer students next year, along with larger class sizes and a rise in costs to play sports. CLIP will experience reduced funding.

The teachers all agreed that they will miss Mountlake Terrace High School and would like to continue teaching.

“Many of the young teachers who are very talented in what they do are losing their jobs,” said Dick, “The government as whole should be supporting and encouraging education instead of cutting teachers. Education should be a high priority.” If the students were more involved and aware of the opportunities that Terraces offers, they would emphasize academic excellence.

Guerra, a Spanish teacher at Terrace, will be moving to Meadowdale High School next September. She will miss the Terrace students but is looking forward to new start.

Most of the teachers have non-continuing contracts. This means their contracts are renewed year to year, and some have the possibility of being moved to another school in the district.

Walker, known for being a long time art teacher at Terrace, will be part-time teaching at Meadowdale Middle School as well as teaching part time at Terrace. He is looking forward to “messing with little 7th graders.” This was not an option offered to him. Walker believes that one of the strengths of Terrace High School is the diversity and meeting new people with different personalities and characteristics.

Freshman Jasla James is very saddened that many teachers will be leaving. At the same time she is also looking forward to what the next year holds for all the students. “I’m going to miss my English teacher, Mrs. Kinnear,” she said.

Participants holding a “we are winning” banner to show their continuing fight against breast cancer.

Lockdown drill

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With the help of the drama department, approximately 30 students were staged in empty classrooms in groups to act out a rescue scenario. Covered with fake wounds, these students helped the police carry through with their procedures to save potential victims.

“If you don’t have victims that act like victims, then people just sort of walk them out,” said Jamie Gravelle, six-year worker for the Emergency Services Coordinating Agency (ESCA), “What we’re trying to do is give them a realistic scenario. We also wanna freak ‘em out a little bit,” she added.

The police asked the drama kids in scenario to show themselves and asked them to lie down to assess their damage. They then asked the victims if they had a description or whereabouts of the shooter. After reassuring the victims, checking and guarding all possible entry/exit points, and calling for another rescue team, the students were carried off the danger area in the same way real wounded victims would have. They then returned to the auxiliary gym to regroup with the rest of the rescued actors.

“We were placed in the room, the police came in, shouted at us, and figured out our placements,” recalls Anastasia St. Marie.

Navarre Kerr/Hawkeye

The drama kids were then all gathered to describe their experience and were collectively asked about a shooter description by the school administrators.

This was treated as a serious gathering for the sake of practice. Unknown to most students, the scenario called for two active shooters, one of who was arrested at about 11:55 a.m.

In addition to acting as rescue victims, some of the drama kids were then asked to play as seriously wounded victims. This helped officials practice medical procedures for the sake of the drill, although in a real situation this would not be the case.

Concluding phase one was a hostage situation at 1:30 p.m. Unfortunately, no observers were allowed to witness this part of the drill.

Though most of the classes were ordered to stay in lockdown mode, some staff and students were unexpectedly participants. Amy Frost’s AP U.S. History class was spontaneously interrupted and moved across the hall to room 228, where SWAT officers then escorted the class outside to wait out the remainder of phase one of the drill.

Phase two began after 1:50p.m. after most kids and faculty had evacuated the school. This gave the SWAT team control over the building to various drills over the afternoon, this time without the involvement of the vast majority of the students or staff.

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District closes two schools to save funds Elementary, and all curMost parents have been huge supporters for Evergreen, rent as well as former stu- and have been doing all they can to help out. Parents that dents and staff members are helping have been involved in the closure study, transihave been formally invit- tion activities, and the planning for the closure party. ed to attend the event.

Though the closures of Evergreen and Woodway eleAt the event there will be mentary schools will mean more crowded classrooms memorabilia, activities, in the coming ‘09-’10 school year, it is certain that most and refreshments, said teachers from these school will find some way to continue Susan Ardissono the helping the children in our community. principal of Evergreen.

Craig Madsen, principle of Woodway, confirmed an With the fast approach event for it’s closing celebration. The event, entitled The of the end of the school Celebration of Woodway History and Learning, took year, teachers have been place on June 2, and lasted from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All working to keep Current and former staff and students focused, students were invited, as well as “I don’t want Evergreen to close and are continucommunity members. because this has always been my ing to teach them Recently, however, the school. It’s really sad because I what they need Woodway staff has experienced to know. This is won’t get to see my favorite teachers an unexpected death. One of anymore.” an emotional time the 5th grade teachers died. No Derek Jensen for the staff and reason was given, and Madsen Third Grader Navarre Kerr/Hawkeye students that will preferred the teacher to remain Evergreen Elementary, located on 257th Street, is now going to be closed due to Edmonds School anonymous. Teachers have District budget cuts. Along with Woodway Elementary, these two schools had an end of the year not be in middle school next year. taken this and the Woodway celebration to commemorate the students and staff.

“I don’t want closing very well though, and most of the teachers will Eve r g re e n to be employed next year at either Sherwood or Westgate

By April Katowitz close because this has always been my school,” said Elementary schools, which is also acting as a comfort to Hawkeye staff Derek Jensen, a third grader from Evergreen, the students of Woodway.

Evergreen and Woodway elementary schools will be “It’s really sad because I won’t get to see my favorite teachFor the students not moving up to the middle school closing down after the end of this school year. It has been ers anymore.” Through all this confusion, however, the level, there is also an orientation planned for June 10. said that the Edmonds School District will be turning staff of Evergreen Elementary has secured each continu- Students going to Westgate will be headed to Westgate Evergreen into a Special Education middle school, but as ing elementary student a place at either Terrace Park or on school buses from Woodway and vice versa for future of right now nothing is official.

Mountlake Terrace Elementary, each student had their Sherwood students.

To honor the closure of these schools, Evergreen will pick. All students going on to middle school after this be hosting a closing ceremony. The event will take place year have been guaranteed a place at Terrace Park’s middle on June 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. It will be held at Evergreen school as well if they so choose.

S.P.I.R.I.T council helps guide school

By Bianca Birchfield Hawkeye staff

The point of advisory is to discuss schoolrelated problems, such as deadlines or general issues. Spirit Problem Identification and Resolution of Issues Together, or otherwise known as S.P.I.R.I.T, is the group that deals with these issues.

The Community Relations Service created S.P.I.R.I.T., about 15 years ago with the goal of reducing racial problems and tension between students. S.P.I.R.I.T. has continued since then because the outcomes were very effective; they had witnessed better student/teacher relationships begin to grow.

The council is made up of several students that are nominated by their teachers. Members are nominated based on the leadership and commitment they show in school.

This school year, S.P.I.R.I.T has conducted many surveys in advisory to see what problems students think need the most priority at Mountlake Terrace High School. They collected data from these surveys and chose the top issues. The top issues from this year have been: racism, stereotyping, lack of recognition for other cultures, and drug abuse. But the council doesn’t limit other issues either; they go further into more specific problems, like having equal bathroom supplies.

The S.P.I.R.I.T. group met up in the

Softball

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game.

Unfortunately for the Hawks, the squad seemed to be out of gas as they suffered a bad loss to Kelso in the championships 13-2. Seidlitz was hit hard for the first time in the entire season.

The Hawks season as they went 13-4 in conference play and 21-5 overall and with a

hub before each advisory this year, to discuss what issues they would bring up and talk about in advisory classes that day.

Being apart of the S.P.I.R.I.T., council has helped students increase their independence and leadership skills. They have gotten the chance to take charge of a classroom and lead like a regular teacher.

Because these leaders are regular students from our school, it empowers and gives them control.

This council is not only good for the people in it, but as well as the rest of the students here. It is a chance for the MTHS community to be heard and discuss the issues they cannot bring up in everyday class. It has the potential for preventing conflicts.

Another one of the top issues found in the surveys, was about the lack of student voice. By having S.P.I.R.I.T. present in advisory, issues can be discussed more and thought through. It also gives a bigger voice to the students and shows them that the school does care about their thoughts.

S.P.I.R.I.T., not only focuses on school problems, they also recognize issues in the community, such as lack of involvement/ community events, and vandalism. “ I got to learn more about the issues we have at terrace, and with S.P.I.R.I.T., we have a chance to actually get rid of these problems with the information we get from students,” states S.P.I.R.I.T., member Chanel Prout.

Missing lunch trays

By Lauren Bennett Hawkeye staff

Since the beginning of the school year – or at least since the school started using plastic lunch trays – the school has been missing trays. About 146 from the 600 total have been missing, an amount currently costing the school $730.

Since the school began using the plastic trays, they’ve been popping up in places other than the designated areas for tray disposal. Outside, in the garbage bins, outside and inside the school building, in classrooms and in the halls; usually winding up there via careless students.

second place finish in the state tournament this is easily the greatest softball team in Terrace history.

On May 29, the entire MTHS community gathered in the Terraceum to celebrate the softball team as they made their way A lunch tray found in the girl’s bathroom. into the 4A state finals.

Most are being fished out of the garbage and washed, but those that can’t be found have to be replaced, using funds from the school’s building budget. Money that would otherwise be used to buy new textbooks, school supplies, and other classroom materials are being siphoned to replace plastic trays that otherwise shouldn’t need replacing.

“I think it’s stupid,” said freshman Klarissa Mageroy, “because people can just walk two feet to put them away properly.”

Due to the budget problems, Principal Schwab says this is a big deal. There won’t be any alternatives to the plastic trays, like the Styrofoam trays, since it was by student request that the school went to plastic.

“Students wanted environmentally-friendly trays,” said lunch worker Peggy Ellis. The plastics are also, overall, much cheaper.

Styrofoam trays cost $528 a year plus garbage payments, while the plastics cost $3000, at $5 a tray, with just the attached condition of washing them.

“I don’t think it’s very considerate,” said sophomore Brianna Baldwin, “because the school has to pay for those trays.”

According to Ellis, it is not known if there have been any earlier notices have been put out about this problem. However, she also states that the only thing that can be done to stop the loss of the trays is to stop being careless with them. Just putting them away properly is the best place to start. Ellis put it Vanessa Chea/Hawkeye best: “Would you throw your dishes away at home?”

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Hiking club ends another year

Gov. raises college tuitions

but advisor Gil Comeau stated he would love to have more. He takes on this role because he enjoys the experience and feels that “hiking gives different skills and self-relliance and how to work with a group.”

The club recently had one hiking trip on May 23 at Lake 22 near Mt. Pilchuck, and their last hiking trip this year was on June 6.

Hikers also take longer summer trips, ranging four to five days. While on a trip one is able to do things that they might not have ever done, Comeau comments. He enjoys the feeling of accomplishment to seeing new, interesting and strange things; and of taking that final step to the top of the mountain that many people don’t get to experience.

Junior Gabe Much has been hiking his whole life and joined the club this year. “It’s fun to enjoy the outdoors with other people and just really relaxing,” he said. “It feels good to relish in God’s creation.”

Comeau likes to go hiking because it’s “fun, easy, not a sport”, and a different more interesting way to get to know people instead the same normal setting of everyday life. Never knowing what will happen on the hiking trip: seeing a new animal, finding a fossil, finding a dead body, never know what could happen in the woods. Over the past Photo courtesy of 31 years, about 1,500 students have gone on the Gil Comeau leads the hikers as they trudge the earth on MTHS hiking trips. one of their hikes.

“Students that come back often remember the hiking club,” said Comeau “and the remarkable

By Jessica Lim experience they had on the trips to the mounHawkeye staff tains.”

Thirty-five years-ago, Ray Hanby, a former English Joining the hiking club is easy; one needs to go teacher at MTHS, established the hiking club for hiking a filling out a permission slip bring a lunch, all who wanted to participate and have marvelous coat and $3. There is that little extra charge due to time hiking. budget problems. Also with the budget problems The Hiking Club usually goes hiking once a they are not able to use the ASB bus next year and month, at frequently familiar places such as Crystal so hikers will need to find their own ride to wherValley, Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Island, and ever they will be hiking. The hiking club says it is Fragrance Lake. Hikers usually leave at 8 a.m. always willing to help out any of their new member and return around 5 p.m. on scheduled Saturdays. that wants to join in the fun of hiking.

There are about 15 students that attend the affair

By Suzanne Cho Hawkeye staff

The goal of most students is to work hard, get good grades, and enter a good college. One of the main impediments presented to students along this path is the steep cost of higher education.

This will be especially harder in coming years due to rising tuition costs.

Washington State Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal, if passed, will make it harder for students to pay for college. Gregoire has asked the government to increase tuition of state universities by 28 percent over the next two years.

“I’m asking our families and students to sacrifice a little bit,” she said. “Under the proposal, the tuition of four-year universities would rise by 14 percent each year over the next two years. The tuition of community and technical colleges would rise by 7 percent per year.”

MTHS counselor Angela Nivens encourages students not to get disheartened. “Students must continue their education, but the tuition cost of college is putting a barrier in their way of getting a good education that will impact the rest of their lives,” she said, “however, paying for college is the best investment over a lifetime. I paid through my college with loans and work-study and got through college. I never regret paying for college.”

Nivens believes that students should not pick a college based

on cost alone; decisions should be made based on the programs that specific colleges sponsor, what the student will get in return for their investment, whether the school will fits with the overall character of the student and also the overall cost.

College tuition costs now have greatly increased compared to costs of college in previous years.

“I went to Ohio State University in 1997 (9 years ago),” said Robin Cogburn, MTHS Spanish teacher, “where the tuition was about $20,000 a year. I also went to Eastern Washington University in 1985 (21 years ago), where the tuition was $3,000 a year. “ Becki Burguesser, a recent graduate and current English teacher says, “UC Davis in Sacramento California, an out-of-state university, costed about $16,000 a year in 2003-2006. Graduate school at University of Washington cost about $9,000 in 2007-2009.”

Gil Comeau, science teacher, attended Harvard back in 19711974. He recalls, “Back then it cost about $15,000 a year. Now, it is around $50,000 a year to go there.”

Gregoire’s proposal will increase the tuition costs further if it is passed. Counselors and teachers suggest is a good idea for students to talk to their parents for ways to pay for college as well as look to available loans and scholarships. It is possible to go to college with the available loans, scholarships, and other opportunities.

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Hawkeye Staff Editorial

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n the last issue of the year, the Hawkeye staff would like to thank everyone who contributed to our success this year.

Thank you for your time, energy, commitment and support. We attended two national conventions this year and was awarded 7th in the Nation this spring. We also received Recognition of Excellence from WJEA at the state conference. This year, with your help, we volunteered at the Orion Center with food and blankets and once again produced a successful Jam Session. So here in our limited space are some specific thank you’s just to show a twinkling of our gratitude.

Students and Faculty: Thank you so much for your readership and support this school year. One of the reasons the Hawkeye has enjoyed success is because there is always news at Terrace from the interesting students and staff. We can hardly wait to serve you again next year.

Mark Isakson: Thank you for being awesome; need we say more? You have done a fantastic job as adviser working one-on-one with students, passing on your computer savvy to more generations of Hawkeye staff and for spreading your passion for our First Amendment rights across the school and beyond. We are very sad to see you go and wish you the best of luck in your next job. We will miss you.

Greg Schwab, Erin Murphy and Scott Morrison: Thank you so much for ensuring the safety of our First Amendment rights. Thank you for being easy to work with and great instructors of professionalism and responsibility. Thank you for caring about our school and our organization and we are excited to work with you next year. Hawkeye thrives because of you.

Kim Stewart and ASB: Thank you for caring so much about MTHS students.

You are so helpful to our organization and we know we would be nowhere near as successful without you. This year has been difficult with declining funding but you still do an amazing job making this school a great place. Thank you for your hard work and cooperation. We hope to have another great year with you next year.

Nadine Coombs: Thank you for being so patient with us and for working so hard to make sure we could open the concessions stand and send students off to conventions. You have helped us to go so far (literally).

Hawkeye Parents: You are our secret weapon. You build us wheels, bring us food, help with Orion Center, and chaperone our events. Thank you so much for understanding how important our work is and continuing to believe in and motivate us. You are astounding.

Vincent DeMiero: Words cannot express our gratitude for our adviser emeritus in his help with Jam Session, conventions, guidance, and long weekend crunches.

Thank you for always cheering us on and always “having” time to help. We will never forget what you have taught us, nor your passion for journalism.

DeMiero Family: Where to begin? Other than sacrificing one more family member to the vortex called Hawkeye, you have been constant motivators and encouragement. Thank you for the many hours you spent helping our eight issues, a special issue, Jam Session and conventions all run smoothly.

Scott Bush: You are always there for conventions, sporadically show up throughout the year and always try to remain available for retreats. Thank you for your continual support, great roll modeling and fond memories.

Tim Cashman and Michael Wewer: You two have graciously shared your classroom space with the Hawkeye even when we leave our papers lying all about and meeting notes on the board. Thank you for being so encouraging, supportive, and understanding of our work. We hope to work again with you both.

Jim “Animal” Pecotte and Lynda McDougal: Though we do not see you all the time and cannot enjoy your company on crunch nights or after all-staff meetings, we are always thinking of you and are eternally grateful for your continual encouragement. You will always be part of our Hawkeye family. We miss you two!

Richard Fazakerley, Terry Fain and Pacific Publishing: Thank you for helping us get out eight great issues—two of which have received awards. Thank you for remaining flexible, even when we are running late and for working with us past all our bedtimes. Most of all, thank you for helping high school journalists print their newspapers and exercise their rights.

Advertisers: Thank you for continuing to support our paper, even when budgets are thin. We appreciate your interest and hope to continue with you next year. We need you.

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he system that our district has cre- to extend to middle school. ated to enforce and manage Internet Social Networking: It is unlikely that filtering is deeply flawed. When, four the school board could be convinced to years ago, I noted unblock MySpace or Facebook, but there the serious flaws in are numerous sites, such as ning.com and the decision to career networking sites, that are blocked block blogs at high that have enormous educational value. schools, the process And as more and more sites add social Ryan Niman required to fix the networking features, this too becomes an English teacher problem was unnec- arbitrary distinction. essarily complex. The heavy-handedness Instant messaging: Instant messaging of the filtering, combined with hard-to- is used as a valid communication tool at find paperwork, a vague appeal process, Fortune 500 companies. Additionally, the and slow turnaround times, has repeat- current policy is flawed, with some seredly kept staff and students away from the vices working and others not. resources they need.

Games: There was no evidence that Luckily, the system is changing. However, students using games on our network it is a double-edged sword, as one of the was taking up too much bandwidth; and decisions that will make filtering less- teachers already have policies forbidding draconian will also make changes more playing games on cell phones during class. difficult down the road. This year, as Furthermore, many IM-140 requests to part of the budget cuts, the position of unblock sites involve educational games Head Librarian for the district was cut. that are blocked. Unblocking games as a With her gone, the duty of reviewing category would significantly reduce the each IM-140 form will fall to some other, case load. already overworked employee.

Furthermore, the filtering process should But first, the good news: by the end of be improved by increasing efficiency and the year, teachers will have full-power to transparency by: turn off filtering on their own accounts.

Posting the filtering policy, blocked catThis is wonderful news for elementary egories and instructions for appealing and middle school teachers that want to blocked sites online. show a YouTube video, or any teacher Allowing online IM-140 form submisthat needs to find curriculum materials or sions. The placement, availability, and wants to check their Twitter or Facebook turn-in procedures for IM-140 forms account. seem to vary from school to school and Second, Kim Mathey, head of the are often the biggest barriers to asking for Instructional Media Department, has a change. assured me that she will do full evaluation Creating an online database of individuof the current filtering categories and levels ally blocked and unblocked sites so we can and report to the School Board in the fall. see what sites are selectively blocked and The likely result is that the more restric- unblocked, and why. tive aspects of the filtering will be reduced.

Until these goals are achieved, the filBut this result is only likely because, given tering system in the Edmonds School the lack of a Head Librarian, Kim will not District will remain laborious and frushave time to process the forms that come trating for the IMD staff, teachers, and in each week. It is in her best interest to students. The step of allowing teachers to reduce the number of IM-140 forms sub- override the filter on their own accounts is mitted by teachers and students. a step in the right direction, but one that However, in the past the school board will only lead to more frustration if these has been reluctant to make any substantial steps are not taken and there continues to changes to the policies. This means that be no Head Librarian with time to dedithere is a lot of work to be done by Kim, cate to managing the system. myself, and any student or teacher that would like to positively impact the process and have an effective, non-draconian, filtering system. It is my belief Note from executive council that those changes should include In the last two issues the Hawkeye had a series of unblocking, at high school and posarticles regarding the internet filtering in place at ESD. sibly middle school: Blogs: Blocking sites because of The final article regarding this issue will be printed this coming September. However, for this issue teacher the format they used is arbitrary Ryan Niman agreed to write a guest editorial and as and is the equivalent of banning Executive Council we endorse his comments. magazines from the library. Already unblocked at high school, this needs

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The danger of religion to the modern world O

ne of the most incredibly dangerous practices a society can tolerate within itself is allowing religion any input or power over the society. This is not a new theory, an untested one, or even truly debatable. In the numerous unfortunate examples we have of Chris St. Marie religious leaders being Hawkeye staff allowed legal powers and precedents, an invariable trend is their immediate use of this power towards undeniably harmful acts. When Christians were able to follow up on the Bible’s commandment of “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18), they did so with glee and nothing resembling fair democratic process.

This sort of thing doubtlessly would have continued were it not for government intervention. The Spanish Inquisition and its penchant for burning human beings alive lasted over 350 years. This is not simply ancient foreign history, however. Mormons had to have their funds taken and their religion greatly restricted before they ended their polygamous practices, yet breakaway groups mainly centered in Utah still regularly gain notoriety Vanessa Chea/Hawkeye on cable news networks for their polygamy A group of Christians demonstrate on a street corner at Westlake Center in downtown Seattle. and sexual liaisons with underage girls. They are only able to accomplish this with the help of local law seen as an acceptable political position in the 21st century ers. Thanks to some kind of perceived magical difference enforcement tolerance. among mainstream politicians and the American major- between premarital and postmarital sex, a teenage girl Even more obvious examples emerge from the Middle ity. who acts upon healthy and natural urges does so at the East, in which religiously controlled governments have This is not the work solely of home-schooled funda- risk of being labeled a “slut” or any various other creative free reign to execute homosexuals and restrict the rights mentalists as might be imagined; this is the average, mod- and imaginative terms fueled by that classic Christian love of women to unbelievable degrees. Though our American erate Christian leading the Crusade-esque fight against and compassion. One needs only to look at the countless government is protected somewhat by the principle of basic civil rights, lifesaving medical procedures such as abuse scandals and cover-ups by the Catholic clergy to see separation of church and state, the Christian influence still stem cell research, women’s rights over undeveloped life the true dangers of sexual repression. It is almost unimagipresents a very real danger. forms dependent upon them, euthanasia, and the teach- nable to think of the easily preventable disease, suffering, As history continues to show us, if religions are given ing of established scientific facts about how our universe and death that will come as a result of the Pope’s recent power, they will not use that authority to force through and human race came into being. They have no choice, of ban on condoms. bills demanding things such as universal health care, as course, since religions have ever been terrified of science: How hard will religion need to fight against reason, one would imagine after hearing so much about Christian every fossil we uncover pushes Adam and Eve out of our rationality, and science before the sight of students praying love and compassion. The moderate Christian majority is collective histories and every advance in aeronautics shoves in a circle around our school’s flagpole becomes unbearinstead far more concerned with furthering the bigotry God out of our clouds. ably horrifying? How much oppression, harm, and ignoand intolerance against the homosexual minority espoused These same people are at the forefront of support for rance will the American populace fund and endure before by their barbaric holy book. the increasingly genocidal state of Israel, though of course it admits that religion has no place in our modern society?

One of the most despicable and sickening aspects of the both sides of that conflict have committed innumerable Do not debate the answer long. These people are already American social conscience is how denying a harmless religiously motivated atrocities. Their ideals have no limit destroying the fabric of our society. Give them enough minority group fundamental rights such as marriage is to how they will invade and intrude upon the lives of oth- time, and they will destroy us all.

The belated – and unnecessary – experience S enior experience: taking quizzes about yourself that rival those of Facebook, dressing up for an imaginary job five years from now, and pretending to have kids for the sake of sometimes messed up scenarios. Isn’t your experience as a senior Sharon McClintock supposed to be enjoySenior staff able?

Most of the curriculum in senior experience comes to the 17- and 18-year-old students too late. They teach the students about sexually transmitted illnesses (also taught in freshmen health), budgeting, job interviews, financial aid for college and some general laws. It would be more relevant to present most of this course material when the students are sophomores or juniors. It was less useful because half of the course was about getting a job and what to do with your money while many of the students got jobs back when they were 16 years old.

Filling out a job application for a future job was less helpful than filling an application out for a job we could currently get would be. It helps to know what our options are and how to get the job, but applying to Jack in the Box would have been more helpful than applying to some architectural company or hospital.

Students took tests to find out what kind of careers they would be good at and many of those careers require college degrees. If

the assessments showed that the student would do well in a career that required one of these degrees but the student had only taken and passed the classes necessary to graduate high school and not the extras that colleges want, the student wouldn’t be able to go into that field. However, if the students took the assessments when they were freshmen, they still had a chance to prepare to go to college.

The unit about financial aid came late as well. There are many scholarships available for sophomores and juniors and many of the scholarships that seniors apply to are due before the second semester of school. Furthermore, learning about college loans before senior year would help students figure out exactly how they are going to afford college before they need to fill out scholarship applications.

Starting to learn how to keep a budget just before students go to live on their own is not a good idea. They will surely fail and end up back at their parents’ house because they thought they could afford more than they really could. But if they start budgeting when they turn 16, they have a few years of practice before they meet the real world.

So much of the work in this course basically taught nothing. Students looked at web sites and compared them or they took unfruitful quizzes. They learned what kind of shopper they were but if they spend too

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much, they did not learn how to stop. The class was so full of lessons students will not remember when the situation actually occurs.

So, if most of the curriculum would have been more helpful to sophomores and juniors, when should the school teach it? Much of the course work, such as the information about STI’s, relationships, families, and even co-worker relationships and job applications would easily fit in a freshman health class. Assessments about future careers, online shopping, laws about

phishing and peer-to-peer file sharing could be in a FIST class.

Schools take on too much of the educating that parents should do. It should ultimately be parents who are a good example of healthy relationships, lawful and aware citizens, good workers and responsible spenders. Schools seem to be failing at it anyway so why not hold the parents a little more accountable. In a perfect world, parents would teach their kids all the tools taught in senior experience and the schools would pay less to reinforce these lessons.

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Public education: drink the poison P

ublic education is the means by which a government can equip its citizens with knowledge, and knowledge is power. A society of powerful people is a powerful society, and in this sense education is the single most important aspect of any civilization in the constantly transforming modern world. The ideas and sciences of mankind have become so Brendan Moran vast and complex that trying to pursue Writing Consultant them without guidance is comparable to navigating an ocean in a rowboat; you might make it, but you better go buy a sextant and a sturdy fishing pole, sailor.

It is the duty of a righteous government to furnish everything it possibly can to encourage the independent growth of young minds, and to encourage their innate fascination with the world. This ideal is absent in America. Instead, education is a priority that is put on the back burner and administered in counter-productive ways.

One of the many faults that currently plagues American education is a lack of proper funding. In 2006 the United States government spent a total of more than $2.8 trillion. A whopping 3 percent went to education. Every year, nearly half of the Washington state budget is allocated to primary and secondary education facilities, and still there are programs being cut, classes being dropped, and teachers being terminated. It is unacceptable to spend more than 10 times as much money on the military as is spent on schools, but our government continues to do it year after year.

More money is a good start, but it is not the final solution. A critical evaluation and reformation of our curriculum and standards is sorely needed. Standardized tests are a heinous excuse to generate vague statistics and need to be completely eliminated (which will also save money).

Bubbles on a score sheet will not reveal the needs of a particular child or his peers; this practice is like throwing a bunch of avocados on a scale and calling the heaviest ones the best ones without checking them for pathogens or insects. What is needed is a wholesome approach with a human element. Teachers need to be trusted to remark upon the needs of their students, and to be appropriated the materials necessary to provide for those needs.

Every year, high schools must offer multiple basic science and math courses for the abundance of kids who

continually fail freshman and sophomore classes. A student fails these classes for one of two reasons: they are either unable to learn the material in a standard classroom environment or are unwilling to do the work. In the case of the former, it is not a solution to continue putting them through the same courses when it is clear that they need and deserve a different approach.

In the case of the latter, online courses and a variety of other options are perfectly viable choices that could open up classrooms and teachers to administer higher level subjects to students who are motivated and who excel academically. In any case, repeating the methods that have failed in the past is not the solution.

Rather than create a free and open environment where kids can feel welcome and involved, public schools have instead become pedantic nightmares.

Kids are not allowed to leave the school freely even with legal consent of the parents (I don’t know what other people call this, but I call it incarceration). Court dates are scheduled under the ridiculous Becca bill during school hours to resolve punishment for students skipping school, regardless of their conduct or behavior and regardless of their academic performance. When students feel as though they have completed their academic duties during class, they will often be harassed by teachers for reading a book or engaging themselves in other harmless and solitary activities. A student’s attention is often demanded when it is not necessary. The provided justification for these rules and punishments is that students must be taught responsibility. Forced compliance will never teach responsibility, and belongs nowhere in our society outside of prison or the military.

In a 2003 study conducted by UNICEF regarding the effectiveness of education programs in industrialized nations, America placed 18th out of 24 countries.

Closer to the top of list are countries like Korea, Finland, and Japan. Based on the overall academic performance of fourth graders, the USA was considered “above average” on the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics

and Science Study. American 12th graders were considered “well below average.” Something keeps going wrong in that eight-year stretch, and it isn’t that Americans are inherently less intelligent than the rest of the world. This problem needs to be remedied. In order to do that, things have got to change.

The change starts with you. Adults get on television and spew dogmatic complaints about the lack of funding and decreasing test performance while failing to see that the problem is not in the system, the problem is the system. The extent of student dissatisfaction with schools is expressed in attendance records instead of in publications, protests, and movements. If there is something wrong with school, speak up about it. While it shouldn’t be a crime to forego your education, doing so won’t communicate a clear message.

Write us here at the Hawkeye so we can do a follow-up article with your specific complaints. We can even put up a pretty picture of you. Organize a standardized testing boycott or, shoot, even a school boycott. Whatever you do, make sure it has a thoughtful message. sRebellion is your means to an end, and you should harness its potential for positive change. Get out there, kid, and be loud. You don’t need a broadcast tower or cathode tubes to make a statement.

e are living in exponential times. For example, the White House, and in essence compelled to withdraw did you know that it is predicted that this year its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of will generate 4 exabyte’s (4x10^19) of unique informa- the White House press corps would destroy its reputation tion? That’s more info than the past if it continued to fight.”

5,000 years. But, amongst these wild The White House is infested with lobbyists, such as changes, the threat of the status quo William Lynn, Mark Patterson, and the now head of is also rising exponentially. “Wars” the CIA and king amongst Wall Street lobbyists, Leon are still raging at an alarming rate for Panetta. Taking these facts into consideration after just no adequate reason, destroying cul- 100 days, does this justify the “change” we were all promShahrum Ali tures and civilizations, breeding hor- ised? However, it is important to realize energy should not Senior staff rid chaos and ignorance, all without be directed at blaming Obama alone, as we’ve had all the an end in sight. Five percent of the world continues to run presidents after JFK to blame as well. Energy should be the politics of the rest. The economy is turning into anoth- directed towards realizing that there is no real difference er great depression on a global scale. The world is taking from the right or the left; they’re two wings on the same a sharp turn, and our generation has the power to decide bird. As Jesse Ventura always says, politics is like profeswhat’s around the corner. Either we recognize sional wrestling. In front of the crowd they these problems and do something, or we conseem to fight each other, but in the back (Peter) Schiff understands that rooms, they’re all buddies. Trust people, tinue to ignore them and procrastinate.

Take the advice of Martin Luther King Jr. everything the government is not parties, nor mainstream media outlets. and judge our current over hyped president “by doing is going to deepen the Breakaway from this false left-right pararecession, not cure it. the content of [his] character, and not by the digm that most of the older generation is color of his skin.” Since his campaign, Obama trapped in. has extended his dates on the supposed withThe most talked about thing right now, drawal on Iraq. He’s flip-flopped on Iran in front of dif- news wise, is the economy. There is one concept that ferent audiences. The military budget has risen from the requires understanding: inflation. Inflation is when a curBush era. He wants to escalate chaos in Afghanistan in rency losses it’s purchasing power. The government, to pay an unwinnable war by defeating an imaginary enemy. for massive programs such as the “stimulus” package, has to Its neighbor, Pakistan, has also reported numerous U.S. get the money from somewhere. Well, you can either tax assaults on innocent villagers in the name of “fighting ter- the money, which would be counter-productive, borrow rorism.” He ignorantly backed Georgia when they attacked it, which would further burden the American trillions in their neighbors the “evil Russians.” U.S. policy continues to debt, or print it. Printing money out of thin air devalues aid the Israeli government in its 60+ years of Palestinian current currency (inflation) and every dollar you own loses oppression. worth. The money is printed by a private entity known as Meanwhile back at home, in the midst of an economic the Federal Reserve, which, as previous chairmen Alan recession that’s snowballing out of control, he has support- Greenspan paraphrased, is above the Federal government ed unpopular banker bailouts and an economic “stimulus” itself. Translation: the worthless pieces of paper in your package made up of more of your money than the total wallet are backed by nothing, not even trust in the govcurrent cost of Iraq. Furthermore, Chrysler is failing and ernment. Economist Peter Schiff, though mocked in the legal deals are being made with contracts, lenders, and the mainstream till now, has been predicting for this crash government. One company, Perella Weinberg, was forced before it was even thought a possibility. “You can’t spend to quit from these negotiations because, according to your way out of a recession” echoes Schiff and other econattorney Tom Lauria, his client “was directly threatened by omists with some common sense. Schiff understands that

everything the government is doing is going to deepen the recession, not cure it. Take college for example. Why do you think college prices are so high? Government loans. A couple of generations ago, a student could afford a decent university by working as a waiter during the summer, without loans, scholarships, or outside help of any kind.

The crisis has just begun. Peter Schiff predicts that with all this government interference we’re headed for a hyperinflationary depression. Congressman Ron Paul is in the same boat, and knows that the ultimate end will be the destruction of the dollar. Though readers may be too young to understand or take action now, intelligent economists like Schiff say financial protection lies in buying gold. Gold has real value and can protect against inflationary measures. In 2004, gold bottomed at $250 an ounce; in the future, don’t be surprised to see it at $2,500.

Unfortunately, things only get worse from here. Gerald Celente is the foremost renowned trends researcher, who uses current events to predict future outcomes, such as the 1987 stock market crash or the collapse of the Soviet Union. He also predicted this economic state of being, documenting this last year as “the collapse of ’08.”

Celente predicts that we are headed towards the “Greatest Depression.” Because people will lose and keep losing, crimes are going to go through the roof, rivaling third world countries. New York City will look like Mexico City, the United States itself becoming a dangerous place. Tax revolts, hunger riots, violence, kidnapping’s will be a norm.

Not to mention the tens of millions of guns just lying around. The survival instinct will erupt. Christmas shopping will be about food rather than retail gifts. We will see the U.S. becoming the first “undeveloped country.” Celente has a saying: “when people lose everything and they have nothing to lose, they lose it.” Over the next half a decade, our generation is going to go through much worse than the depression of the 1930s. In order for things to get any better, government has to stop interfering, let capitalism take its place. Innovation must create new jobs, like the Internet did in the 1990s recession. The best course of action would be to gain protection, stay proactive and gain the right information, or as Celente describes it as “attacking the attacker.”

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The principal’s corner

The end of another school year is upon us Graduation for seniors and the end of the school year for underclassmen is just around the corner. I am very excited about all that we have to celebrate this spring. Here is a small list: 1. Senior Presentations on May 21, our seniors presented their Culminating Projects in a school-wide celebration of the work they have done this year. Students formally presented their projects to a panel of MTHS teachers and comGreg Schwab Principal munity members.

2. Arts Celebration Assembly.

May was National Arts Awareness Month and we planned an all school assembly in the afternoon on May 21 to showcase the talents of our students who are in the Performing Arts. Band, Choir, Dance, and Drama students all had the chance to perform for the student body as we recognized and celebrated these students for their

talent and commitment.

3. Seniors’ Last Day and Graduation, June 10 is the last day of school for our seniors and our Graduation Ceremony is June 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Edmonds School District Stadium.

4. Last Day of School, June 19 is the last day of school for 9 – 11 grade students. We will be on a ½ day early release schedule with school being dismissed at 10:20 am.

5. Our MTHS Drama Department has been selected to perform a play in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August of 2010. This is an incredible honor for our director, Jeannie Brzovic, and her students.

A topic that I wanted to give some additional emphasis to is the state of our school budget in light of the cuts we are making as a district. For us here at MTHS, the budget cuts have resulted in a loss of approximately six full time teaching positions. We have had to reduce by half our credit recovery program. Elective courses offerings have been reduced and class sizes will increase across the board.

We are doing the very best we can to preserve as much of

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our academic program as possible. There are some difficult choices we have had to make but in the end, I feel we are keeping MTHS a great place for our students and staff.

Finally, I want to congratulate the Class of 2009. Our seniors have been outstanding this year. They have provided us with lead“The budget cuts have resulted in a loss ership, energy and of approximately six full time teaching spirit and they will positions.” be missed. I want to wish all of our graduates they very best. I also want to say thank you to the families of our seniors for their support in helping our seniors get to graduation.

To everyone else, have a wonderful end to the school year and a fantastic summer vacation. I look forward to seeing you all in September.

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This will be a no nonsense article! However, if you find a grammatical error in any forthcoming piece, and bring a signed note from an English teacher confirming my mistake, I’ll buy you a Snickers bar. Here’s what’s going on at our fine educational institution... The finals schedule is as follows: seniors and those in their classes will Jack Clinch take their exams on June 8 and 9, while underASB Public Relations Officer classmen don’t study until June 17 and 18. Try to capture the urgency and panic of the last couple weeks and expand it to the whole term next year.

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“It was lame! I sat behind a biology stool for two and a half hours.”

“I believe the drill was a good idea, both for those involved and the emergency personnel.”

“We learned a lot about what to do to improve, which was our goal.”

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Vocal group deserves to be ‘Accented’ more Dear Editor:

We have many wonderful choirs in our school. I’m sure everyone has all heard of Dynamics. They are a phenomenal choir and they have won many competitions, such as Lionel Hampton. But there is another choir at the school as well. This is the Accents Woman’s Ensemble.

This choir is also an audition choir, meaning that you can’t get in unless you try out. You have to be good to get in this choir, and they do challenging things. This choir recently went to the Sno-King Festival. They got a 1-, or an almost perfect score. (Think of it as an A-). Nobody was told about this except for friends of the choir members. This is a very good score and the choir didn’t get recognized for getting it.

Woman’s choirs can never be as good or sing as challenging music as Dynamics. They have guys, which allows them to sing in five or more part harmony. With only girls in the

choir, we can only reach up to fourpart harmony.

Because of the economy failing, schools are not letting girls choirs go to big competitions. For the competition at CBC, only two girls choirs signed up this year. This is including Accents. Schools should give girls choirs a chance to compete as well.

All I’m asking is for Accents to get a little more recognition. After all, you do have to try out to get into this choir as well as Dynamics. No, they are not as good as Dynamics, but they are better than a regular choir and they deserve to be in the spotlight a little bit as well.

women’s rights

Despite recent gains, women deserve better treatment Dear Editor:

Kaitlyn Martin

freshman

Hawkeye coverage came up short

More attention should be given to the devastation of suicide

Hello, my name is Tessa Pilz and I am a woman residing in western Washington.

As a woman I would like to inform you with some of my feelings towards how the world we live in portrays women. This letter is not directly aimed towards you. My point in this letter is for other people to see into my personal perspective.

As I, a woman, I stand for who I am because I represent half of the world with my gender. In an article published by the Chicago Tribune the writer was enlightening ladies on how to make their eyelashes longer so that they can “look prettier.” That is the first problem with society. Everyone believes that women need make-up to be beautiful. Where did this come from? Why don’t men have to wear make-up to look good?

Most women wake up every morning and have to spend at least an hour to get ready so that they can look decently attractive for the opposite sex and their peers around them. We women have to go through so many tough things in our life already and on top of all of this we have to impress other people around us to be liked. For example, in the city, at school, or at the work place, the pretty ladies are

always the ones that turn heads and make people want to talk to them. The reason that most of them are so pretty is because they have an inch of fake on their face.

To add on to this dilemma, I have another point on the tip of my tongue. As we all know women are not respected in society as much as men are. Men are the winners, they bring home the most money, and they can do more in the world, get more work done and have more authority to respect. Not many people will listen to a woman who is telling her story but if a man is speaking the world stops to listen. Still in China right now, and most likely the rest of the work, women are not respected. They are treated near to nothing just because they are not male.

Females are required to go through tougher situations in their life. They have to deal with more problems and have less authority. We already have enough drawbacks as we are and yet society is till trying to add more by telling us to buy make-up to look “pretty, beautiful, attractive.”

All in all, I believe that we are all equal.

Men and women have their differences of course, no one is the same. However, we shall not be treated as the lesser value.

Everyone make the world go round, men and women alike.

Tessa Pilz

freshman

Dear Editor:

take action about this topic. It is likely that people like myself will forget about this It is important to make the information on suicide standout even more in the tragic information because it does not have any thing to do with me. The article does MTHS newspaper. Reading the article about Joshua Garth Gunderson’s death cre- not cause me to want to take action in doing anything about the problem about of ates a question that pops up in my mind: why did Joshua commit suicide? From this suicide. It did not explain how it happened or how to prevent other horrible situations topic everyone needs to understand that other people around them are having a diffi- like this to occur again. cult time. People should know and remember these tragic situations. This article about The editor needs to gather information about why suicides happen. He or she can get Joshua should be used to encourage other people to care for others and prevent suicide the information by asking the family member, or if it’s too personal then the editor can from happening again. The article lacked information about suicide to make an impact look up the information online about teenage suicides. The original article is already on different age groups of people reading it. There are improvegood, but adding more information this story will get more attenments that could be added to this article. tion from the readers. Some information could be from websites People who are not related to Joshua are likely to forget this “From this topic everyone needs to understand or charts about teenage suicide. that other people around them are having a story. Many other troubling situations are happening around the Hopefully, everyone from all different age groups will start readworld and this is one out of millions. However, this tragic story difficult time. People should know and remember ing this article and take action by preventing this trouble situation theses tragic situations.” is important because people around our community, right now, from happening again. Even adults will read this story about a Deborah Nguyen are having a difficult time. Because of their difficult situation, teenager and have an impact because even adult suicides happen. freshman they do harmful actions like suicide.

Not just students reading the school’s newspaper for fun or interAlso, this article has little information about Joshua’s death. It ested in other articles like sports. However, we cannot forget about mentions a lot about his achievements and options or feelings of people who actually other deaths that happen too, like Keagan Starkel’s death. I’m sure that if there is more know him, but it is likely that people will focus on the information about his achieve- information on the cause of suicide then this article will impact people even more.

Deborah Nguyen ments instead of remembering about his death. More background info on a topic will freshman make the information stand out and if it is something important, it will cause people to take action wanting to get involve with the topic.

In this case, Joshua’s achievements stand out and there is nothing for the reader to

Hawk Talk Q: What are your plans for the summer?

Kiran Masih freshman

“I’m going camping with my youth group, and going to visit my uncle in Aruba.“

Ben Rabine

Sherry Newell

Lynette Moore

Jared Hernandez

“I might be going to Chelan, and probably do some live paint shows.”

“I will spend time with my family and go camping with my husband and my beautiful Pomeranian.”

“Probably get started on my senior volunteer project at Stevens Hospital.”

“I am planning on working this summer.

Probably like five or six days a week.”

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office assistant

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Pike Place Market 85 Pike Street Seattle 98101 17 miles away For people with family or friends coming in from out of town, Pike Place Market is a great destination. Even for locals, there is always something new going on with the stores and booths, and the views of Elliot Bay are great too. It is free to walk around, see all the performers, and explore the stores, but everyone should spend at least a little money on some fresh fruit or a unique meal to eat while soaking up the sun. Pike Place has been open since 1907 and has only continued to grow in size and variety. It is a great place to buy gifts, eat, or just pass some time. Pike Place is just one of the great free places in Seattle to check out this summer.

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Hat ‘n Boots 6430 Corson Ave. Seattle 98108 21 miles away One Seattle landmark that a lot of people have never heard of is the giant Hat n’ Boots now located in Oxbow Park in the Georgetown neighborhood. Originally, the two were part of a western themed Texaco gas station. The boots, which are 22 feet tall, were the rest room and the hat was the roof of the station. In 1988 the station closed and the hat and boots sat abandoned. They were covered in graffiti and the original paint was completely gone, but people still fought to preserve the landmarks. In 2003 both the hat and the boots were moved to Oxbow Park where the boots were completely repainted and restored. The hat, which is now just a steel frame, will be restored to its former glory as well sometime in the future. This is an opportunity to see a piece of Seattle’s history and who is not a little intrigued by a hat with a 44 foot brim?

Ballard Locks 3015 54th St. NW Seattle 98107 14 miles away Formally known as the Hiram M. Chittenden locks, the locks are a great summer destination. They were built around 1916 to prevent the mixing of salt and fresh water. Watching boats pass from Puget Sound to Lake Union might not interest some, but the combination of the great weather and water is something everyone can appreciate. In addition to the locks, there is a visitor center where people can learn about everything that goes on, and a fish ladder to watch salmon as they migrate.

There is also a beautiful garden with 570 different types of plants. Starting in June, the locks will also host over 30 free concerts on the weekend, just one more reason to go check out this Seattle destination.

Volunteer Park 1247 15th Ave. E Seattle 98112 15 miles away Volunteer Park is located right in the middle of all the action Seattle has to offer. It is a great place to have a picnic and get away from the hectic city nearby. The park includes a lot of paths and things to do, one of which is a completely free conservatory. The glass building was built in 1912 and modeled after the Crystal Palace in London. There are five houses of the conservatory with different plants, including one display which changes seasonally. The park is also home to the Seattle Asian Art Museum which is free to visit on the first Thursday of each month. Besides the indoor attractions, there are also tennis courts and outdoor sculptures. Best of all, you can use the money you saved with your free entertainment and visit one of the delicious nearby restaurants.

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Eight Extraordinary Seniors

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harles Minshall first became interested in being a “techie” his freshman year.

His friend suggested it. He said, I joined the class and I’ve been here ever since.’”

His first show as techie was The Pajama Game. The first time he was stage manager was sophomore year for his favorite show, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2006). He has been stage manager for three more productions and helped with a total of 13 school productions.

This year Minshall also participated in Theater Sports but he prefers being a techie over acting. He said, “There is more problem solving, more hands on work and that just appeals to me.”

Minshall said his favorite part of technical theater is the lights. He said, “I love being able to put together the lights for a production because without the lights you couldn’t see the wonderful acting.”

He has taken three A.P. classes with an average exam score of three. He is a running start student now and at Terrace he is either in the theater or green room.

Next year, Minshall will attend Western Washington University to study technical theater. He specifically wants to learn about theater management, design and technology.

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shley Janus, winner of the 2008-2009 MTHS Iron Hawk competition along with the District tournament, has achieved something incredible. Janus entered the Iron Hawk contest feeling relatively confident in her chef capabilities but was extremely surprised when she and her partner, Amanda Breeding, took first. “We only had an hour and a half to make our appetizer and main dish… [we] made a beef brascoile and some fried tortellini,” said Janus.

Janus has been training herself to cook for the past few years and claims that her main motivation for being a chef is, “[because] you can just have a bunch of ingredients and you can perfect them exactly how you want them … recipes are ultimately a guideline.”

Janus is currently enrolled in AP English 12, she sponsors a child in Rwanda, she is extremely eloquent both in her writing and in her speech, she is a skilled poet and photographer and she has taken on the daunting challenge of supporting herself financially.

As of now Janus is not positive if being a chef is in her future; she first plans to experience Seattle and keep experimenting until she finds out where, and who, she wants to be. However, she will attend Edmonds Community College this fall.

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ustin Correa is an incredible musician and athlete. He was just a star player on both the basketball and football teams at MTHS, and despite injuries during the basketball season as a sophomore and junior he continued to play football and joined the cross-country team.

In the summer before his senior year Correa was diagnosed with limb gurdle muscular dystrophy, limiting his ability to partake in rigorous physical activity. He has refused to allow his condition to sap his ambition, and currently plays on the varsity golf team while holding a job as a lifeguard at the Pavilion and a sales representative for Vector Marketing.

When he was a child he would sneak into his parents’ bedroom to play his father’s guitar. After catching him in the act they decided to buy him one of his own, and he taught himself to play in 6th grade.

Shown a C-note on the guitar and musical staff, he learned to play music in just half an hour. He has played for dynamics as well as the Jazz 2 and Jazz 1 ensembles at Terrace.

After he graduates, Correa will attend Shoreline Community College and is planning on transferring to the Berkeley School of Music.

acob Laugeson is a distinguished young scholar, enrolled in an astounding five advanced placement courses with an even more impressive 3.75 grade-point average.

“I don’t really like failure, so I try my hardest,” said Laugeson. “It has something to do with respect. I mean, teachers work hard and the least we could do is the homework they assign.”

When he is not acing college courses, Laugeson enjoys playing video games, watching television, surfing the web, and playing the guitar.

“My parents are really active in music,” he said.

“Also, I’m doing something involving music for my senior project and my mentor for it is in a band.”

Laugeson moved to Seattle from California two years ago, and has since had but one haircut.

Laugeson’s professed favorite memory is from his freshman year, when he performed as Zeus in a play at his old school in California.

Laugeson will be attending the University of Washington in the fall and hopes to major in chemistry or astronomy. His highest aspiration, however, is to become a doctor.

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anial Ghaffari, popularly known as “Dan G,” is best known at Terrace for his fantastic breakdance performances. Ghaffari grew up in San Francisco, where he met legendary breaker Profo1 from the Rock Force Crew, whom he calls his first inspiration for breaking.

Three years later, as a freshman at Terrace, he put his passion into action by joining the Hip Hop Club.

A majority of the members of the Hip Hop club graduated after Ghaffari’s freshman year, leaving behind an uncertain future for the group. Ghaffari and his friend Doug were the only remaining members. Despite the drastic loss in membership, they continued to practice rigorously and gave dazzling performances at school assemblies. For Ghaffari, the value of his effort and experience was never in question. “It [breaking] kept us out of drugs and other bad stuff,” he said.

For his senior project, Ghaffari hosted a break competition at the Snohomish Recreation Center, while continuing with his duties with the break team here at Terrace.

Ghaffari plans to go to Edmonds Community College next year to continue his education. He also plans to continue breaking and hosting break battles.

“Out of all this time,” said Ghaffari, referring to his experience at Terrace, “the most important thing I’ve learned is how to tell who’s real and who to hang with.”

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aura Glasgow loves golf, corny love songs, and volunteering at Hilltop Elementary. Boasting not only a unique set of interests but also a variety of dazzling talents, Glasgow can fit the entire width of her hand or foot in her mouth (but not at the same time).

Glasgow also enjoys shopping and reading the popular Twilight series. She also cried at the end of The Notebook.

Glasgow has a brother, sister, two step-step sisters, two step-brothers, and one half-brother. She is strongly connected with her family and appreciates her parents as her two biggest motivators.

In just her senior year she was cast in Once Upon a Mattress, is a senior ASB officer, sings in the MTHS’s Accents and played golf for her third year.

After she graduates she will attend Eastern Washington University, where she plans to major in English with a minor in Education. Her most esteemed aspiration is to become a high school English teacher, though she admits, “I can’t spell to save my life.”

“My favorite memory of high school would have to be homecoming last year,” said Glasgow. “When they did the light show at the assembly it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. It was awesome!”

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ytia Peeples has played basketball since fourth grade. At Terrace, she played for the Freshman, J.V. and Varsity teams as captain two years. She also plays for the AAU select team.

Peeples said she plays basketball because, “it was a family thing. I really loved it and I have always been an athlete.”

When Peeples was in eighth grade doctors found a tumor on her mother’s colon. It was removed but the cancer spread to her brain. She passed on March 2, 2007. Peeples said, “Her biggest goal for all of her children was for them to be successful, bright, intelligent young people.”

Peeples said, “Freshmen year I had pretty good grades but when she died sophomore year my grades went down. Then junior year… I was having to deal with all the emotions with my mom. This year … it was like, ‘I have to accomplish everything I want to accomplish.’”

She said, “I was the only one motivated by school because I always enjoyed it… I’ve always wanted to go to college.”

Peeples will attend Western Washington University this fall to study physical therapy and fitness training. She received two scholarships for Multicultural Achievement and leadership.

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yanne Vogel has dedicated her life to embracing her culture and helping others do so as well.

Last year Vogel played helped develop the club Winterhawk, with the sole purpose of creating a Native network. This year Vogel is the President of the club and revived it to its full potential. Vogel said, “My ultimate goal was to make a Native community… even twenty minutes a week, where we meet, to let Native’s know there are other people that look like them, that act like them, that have their same culture…”

Vogel’s senior project was organizing Winterhawk and has been working with the Director of Indian Education to help integrate the two separate native milieus. Vogel said, “Being native is very rare and some tribes have died off. I want to keep the culture alive for this generation to experience.”

Vogel is currently enrolled in two AP classes, her clever humor is always a sarcasm-fest, she is an emotional mirror you can tell anything too, she likes Classic Rock, coffee ice cream and action movies, but most importantly she has much more dedication and passion than most.

This fall she will attend University of WashingtonBothell and plans on getting a business degree.

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Legal Hallucinogen: What teens

don’t know about salvia divinorum

By Devin Cox

Hawkeye staff

Recently there has been a lot of talk about a legal drug becoming popular with American teenagers. Its called salvia divinorum. Salvia is a leafy plant found in southern Mexico, as well as Central and South America. In many countries where it grows naturally, salvia has been used in rites of spiritual healing or in shamanic practices of divination (attempting to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means).

The name salvia divinorum directly translates to “diviner’s sage.”

Among the Mazatec shamans, a group of American Indian people of northern Oaxaca, in Mexico this leafy indigenous plant is used for religious purposes. The drug is typically classified as a strong psychedelic, meaning it can induce hallucinations that accompany its other effects.

The main psychoactive compound in salvia is Salvinorin A, which is the most potent naturally-occurring substance known to man. In pure form, only about a hundred micrograms are required to induce threshold effects. Doses are generally smoked in the form of concentrated plant-material, and effects can include hallucinations (from visual disturbances to full-blown apparitions), a raise in heart and blood pressure, dilated pupils, and strange thoughts. Some users have reported a feeling of insight, improved mood, a sense of calmness and an increased connection with nature after taking the drug.

Although these are the most common effects, it is important to note that all drugs (especially psychedelics) will affect people in very different ways.

The substance has a very low potential for addiction and the only long-term effect commonly reported is deja vú, the illusion of having previously experienced something. Thomas Prisinzano, an assistant professor of Medicinal and Natural Products in Chemistry at the University of Iowa said that salvia may help treat cocaine addiction.

“ I have taken Salvia and for me it had no hallucinogenic effect and I strongly suggest other students not to take salvia,” Paige Duckett Senior

“You can give a rat free access to cocaine, give them free access to Salvinorin A and they stop taking cocaine.”

Salvia can be put into the body several different ways. The leaves can be chewed, or the chemicals can be extracted from the plant in alcohol and consumed orally, but salvia can also be vaporized and inhaled. Although it is legal in Washington state, many states including Delaware, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and Tennessee have banned its distribution in stores. Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Sweden list salvia as an illegal controlled substance.

“I have taken Salvia and for me it had no hallucinogenic effect and I strongly suggest other students not to take salvia,” said senior Paige Duckett. “I e awkey /H n felt no different and it was just a waste o s r Ande Jacob of money.” It is true that the plant can cost quite a bit, often selling in one-gram vials for prices exceeding $40. As previously stated, the effects of salvia vary from person to person.

While there have been no deaths or serious injuries attributed to the use of salvia, but the DEA advises present and future salvia users to give the plant up for good.

Caffeine: common ingredient and harmful toxin

By Jennifer Tran Hawkeye staff

Caffeine, one of the most popular drugs in the world, is naturally produced in leaves and seeds of many plants, also known as guaranine. Around 90 percent of Americans

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consume caffeine every single day. Many consumers are unaware of the dangers of caffeine and its effects on the body. Caffeine is defined as a drug because once consumed it stimulates the central nervous system causing increased alertness. It is a naturally part of chocolate, coffee, and tea. In many cases, it is used as an added energy boost in most sodas and energy drinks.

In nature, caffeine acts as a form of pest control for plants like cacao trees, coffee shrubs, and tea trees. It causes pests and insects to collapse because of over stimulation. Once removed from a plant, caffeine is in the form of white powder. When in this form, caffeine is a really bitter and odorless. As a result, many beverages that contain caffeine also contain a large amount of sugar or sweeteners. Consuming caffeine can include many harmful side effects, and because it is absorbed and distributed very quickly, the side effects can take effect as soon as 15 minutes after caffeine is consumed. It then passes into the brain.

Even though caffeine is not stored in the body, a user can feel its effects for as long as six hours until the caffeine is excreted in the urine. Higher

doses of caffeine can lead to faster heart rate, excessive urination, nausea, vomiting, restlessness, anxiety, depression, tremors, and difficulty sleeping. Some studies also show that caffeine can cause a person to develop a physical dependence, meaning it is addicting.

When the caffeine effects are gone, many users will reach for another beverage with high caffeine count or something sugary.

This can possibly lead to chronic adrenal exhaustion. Caffeine stimulates the adrenal glands and tells them to produce more adrenalin. After the adrenal high wears off, the body will feel exhaustion, irritability and headaches or confusion. Before 2004, caffeine was one of the checked substances in athletes by the International Olympics Committee. Athletes who tested positive for more than 12 micrograms of caffeine per milliliters of urine, equal to five cups of coffee, could be banned from the Olympic Games. Caffeine was removed from the list in 2004, so that athletes will not be penalized after consuming a beverage with a large amount of caffeine.

Some typical withdrawal symptoms include headache, fatigue, and muscle pain.

To prevent any of these withdrawal symptoms, reduce the caffeine intake gradually.

It is believed that in 850 A.D. was the first known discovery of coffee. One ver-

sion of the story is of a goat herder named Kaldi of Ethiopia. He notices that his goats were missing, and when he found them, all the goats were dancing and acting friskier around a local shrub of red berries (coffee beans). Kaldi ate the red berries and found that he had energy and felt happier. He spoke with some monks, and they decided to create a drink out of the red berries, coffee.

Now in the United States coffee is one of the most popular drinks. Americans consume about 400 million cups of coffee everyday, making the U.S. the leading consumer of coffee in the world.

Caffeine can also be found in many other food items. Tea , soda, and energy drinks, all contain a large amount of caffeine. Five ounces of tea contains about 40 to 80 milligrams of caffeine. A 12 ounce Coca-Cola Classic contains 34 milligrams of caffeine.

A 16 ounce Monster energy drink contains 164 milligrams of caffeine.

Caffeine consumption is not needed in a person’s daily diet. If consuming caffeine, it is best to lower your caffeine intake and reduce consumption gradually. In a few days, your energy levels will return to normal.

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Modern adolescents going up in smoke meet mr. clune

Michael Clune Intervention Prevention Columnist

Michael Clune is a highly skilled, experienced chemical dependency counselor and is available to help and assist MTHS students and staff with alcohol/drug issues. Clune is a nationallycertified addictions counselor, a mental health specialist and he is also nationally certified to deal with domestic violence/ anger management and relapse prevention problems.

Consider what we believe regarding the amount of knowledge teenagers have regarding the negative consequences of smoking cigarettes, then why would teens start smoking a substance whose addictive properties make it one of the toughest drugs/ substances to quit? Why would teenagers stick something in their mouth that is responsible for killing more people per year than all other drugs put together? Is it a lack of healthy modeling by the parent (s). Is the Phillip Morris Corporation (who owns the tobacco industry) just too smart for teenagers, or is it because of a deficiency in our culture and educational institutions that we don’t assist and reinforce elementary and middle school youths with enough “individual thinking and decision making values?” Is it a combination of these things?

Let's start at the beginning. Why do teenagers start smoking? If you ask teenagers, here are the four most common reasons, firstly group acceptance, if their friends smoke, many teenagers will begin smoking simply to maintain their acceptance within the group also known as "peer pressure." Next comes image projection.

There is definitely an "image" attached to smoking by advertising.

For women it is one of sexiness and desirability, and for men it is one of rugged individualism, fun or coolness. If a teenager buys into that image, then smoking begins. Thirdly it’s rebellion. Many teenagers take up smoking because they know it annoys/bothers/ infuriates their parents and other adults.

There is also a certain element of "independence" or "doing what is not allowed" or "walking on the wild side" worked in as well.

And last adult aspirations. Some teenagers believe that by smoking they are acting like an adult. If the teenager is raised in a com-

munity where most of the adults smoke, then this is perhaps a logical conclusion.

The facts. There’s good news – teen smoking rates dropped this year and are now lower than they have been since the early 1990s. In their annual survey of adolescent behavior, researchers at the University of Michigan found that only 12.6 percent of high-school students smoked cigarettes this year, down from 13.6 percent in 2007. Among 7th graders, the rate was only 7 percent (down from 21 percent in 1996). Over 70 percent of teens surveyed said they consider smoking a dirty habit, and would not date someone who smoked. Very few believe that the harmful effects of smoking have been exaggerated.

Quoted in the New York Times, principal investigator and University of Michigan research professor Lloyd Johnson, observed that the industry pitch for years was that smoking makes you sexy and attractive to the opposite sex. It appears that the opposite is now true. Johnson says it projects a negative image, for both girls and boys. At MTHS such prevention and intervention programs as our TATU (Teens against Tobacco use) and GYBO (Get Your Butt Out) are alive and well. Maybe Phillip Morris isn’t doing so well here? Maybe parents, schools and the community as a whole have been stepping up to the plate in confronting this substance abuse addiction issue? According to the Edmonds School District’s Healthy Youth Survey, the large majority of high school students are saying it’s not cool and I can make an individual choice for myself.

Thanks for listening, Mr. Clune

Chain reaction: the phenome-yawn prevent yawning. Not only that, but fetuses yawning 11 weeks after conception do

By Joan Tran Hawkeye staff not have working lungs yet, so this contraMost people don’t know that humans be- dicts the most accepted theory.

Another theory is that we yawn as a regin yawning at 11 weeks after conception, sult of the increase in brain temperature. or that when one person yawns in a group, The brain is like a computer, and it needs half of the rest will yawn within five minto be cooled down from time to time. In utes: Yawning is an involuntary action that an experiment, scientists exposed parahas not been researched much. keets, which have large brains, to three However, there are quite a lot of theodifferent conditions: a hot temperature, ries on why people yawn as well as why it a moderate temperature, and may seem contagious. One of the an increasing temperature. most accepted theories is found The result was that parakeets in medical textbooks, and says “Pressing a warm towel yawned much more as the scithat humans yawn because of to the head will prompt entists increased the temperaa yawn more than the lack of oxygen in the lungs.

When we are at rest or bored, pressing a cold towel ture than compared to the hot environment and the moderagainst the head” we use only a small percentage ate environment. This could of the lungs’ capacity, only using explain why we yawn when we the alveoli, air sacs at the bottom are exhausted or sleep deprived, because of the lungs. Without fresh air, the alvewhen we are tired, our brain temperature oli would partially collapse and the lungs increases and prompts for a yawn to cool would stiffen. It is therefore believed that down.

Also, pressing a warm towel against the brain is prompted to induce a yawn to the head would prompt a yawn more than attain fresh air. This could explain why in pressing a cold towel against the head aclarge groups, people would yawn more. It cording to a research study from 2007. is a result of drawing in more oxygen to Some believe that by yawning you are get rid of the excess of carbon dioxide proconnecting with others emotionally. In duced by the group. studies, it has shown that yawning is related Robert Provine, a psychologist and leadto empathy.

Neurologists have found that ing expert on yawning, found that increascontagious yawning is associated with the ing the oxygen or decreasing the carbon same parts of the brain that links to empadioxide levels in the environment did not

thy through brain imaging. Furthermore, Dr. Atsushi Senju, a cognitive researcher, did an experiment where he placed 48 kids, ages ranging from seven to 15 years old, in a room with a television. Of these 48 kids, 24 of them are diagnosed with autism, which is a disorder that makes it hard for people to connect and feel empathy. Inside the room, the television would

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show clips of people yawning as well as just opening their mouths. In this study, the kids with autism lacked the response to both kinds of clips but kids without the disorder yawned more. This means that contagious yawning is linked to empathy, and as Dr. Senju said, “Yawning is based on the capacity for empathy.”

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Techtionary

By Kayla Cooper and Amanda Lockleer Hawkeye staff

iving in a high tech world can be har d.

L There are so many terms that peo ple use when talk

ing about technology, but do they really know what they mean? Wh en people buy things like software or comput use words like RAM or hard drive,ers they general do not truly understand whatbut in words mean. People can use this “techtio these to add to their vocabulary so that the nary” time they run into a “techie” term they next won’t feel like such a noob.

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Carpal tunnel texting

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3.8 million Americans suffer from text-related soreness

By Jessica Lim Hawkeye staff

Most people have heard that texting causes carpal tunnel in your wrists, but is it true? Carpal tunnel syndrome, a gradual progressive agonizing event that occurs in the nerves of the wrists, starts with a burning, tingling, or numbness in the palms of the hands especially, thumb and index

finger. Then their ability to grab a hold of something goes down and that strength seems to go away and eventually muscles at the base of the thumb does deteriorate.

Due to the increase in texting and e-mail, the number of people that have attracted carpel tunnel has increased dramatically. 3.8 million people suffer for text messaging related problems each year. Soreness of the thumbs and wrist has gone up 38 percent in just five years.

There are many factors that contribute to the carpel tunnel syndrome, if detected early then it is possible to just rest the infected wrist for a couple of weeks. But if it is not detected early enough then there are a few ways to help treat this.

One is taking aspirin or ibuprofen for the pain and vitamin B6 also helps to ease the pain. Another is exercising these muscles with a supervised physical therapist trained for dealing with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Surprisingly, acupuncture is also known as a treatment. Still, many in the United States opt to have surgery. The operation rarely requires and overnight stay unless there is another medical problem found.

This said, perhaps the easiest way to relieve symptoms is by switching hands, or stop texting if it hurts.

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Solid cast, outstanding performances highlight season’s finalé

By Brendan Moran

Courtesy of Robert Ryan

Writing Consultant

As the curtain fell on the bowed actors after the Saturday performance of “Harvey,” I had to admit to myself that the play was really good. As a thorough skeptic of scholastic theater, my expectations for this play were defied from the first light on the set to the last ovations of the audience.

“Harvey” is the story of Elwood P. Dowd, an aging man in the 1940s with a contagious case of schizophrenia. The play is named for his best friend Harvey, a sixfoot-tall rabbit (called a pooka: a fairy in animal form who appears to only a select few) who accompanies him on nightly escapades to bars and social gatherings.

Elwood’s sister eventually grows so weary of his antics that she attempts to commit him to a mental institution, but he is so affectionate and cordial that the doctors become convinced she is covering up for her own mental ailment. This is how the story progresses; with Elwood charming his way past doctors and young women while the people chasing after him wind up going half-crazy themselves.

Ryan Woodyard played the part of Elwood flawlessly. As his first MTHS theater performance, “Harvey” was a bang-up debut for this smashing young actor. His smiles and jokes were as quick to charm the characters on stage as they were to charm the audience. Instantly likeable and impeccably dressed, his character was as well-acted as he was well-written.

Also new to the stage was Shane Miner-Headley, who played the young Dr. Sanderson at the institution. At times his lines seemed stiff, but nevertheless his part was well executed.

Appearing almost exclusively with Miner-Headley on set was Alix Deenin as the vivacious and young Nurse Kelly. Deenin was infallibly convincing on set, nailing every line and

expression with the precision and heartfelt emotion of a professional.

Michael Ward filled the shoes of Dr. Chumley, the pompous and overbearing senior doctor, and did so incredibly well. His faces and gestures conjured comic elements to the stage at all the right times, and the entire performance seemed to go more smoothly with his presence on stage.

Amanda Stewart was casted as Veta Simmons, Elwood’s sister. While her demeanor was fitting for the part of the fretting old lady, she lacked enunciation and at times was nearly inaudible.

Her part could have been immensely improved with a few extra decibels to every line.

Theresa Haldeman played Myrtle Mae Simmons, Veta’s daughter and Elwood’s niece, and she did it with skill and grace. As quick and intelligent as she was adorable, Haldeman could not have done better.

Alan Garcia filled the last major role as the exuberant Judge Gaffney. Garcia was enthusiastic and energetic for his part, but sometimes his movement and hurried dialog bordered on frantic and difficult to interpret.

As the audience follows Elwood’s youthful cavorting they also encounter Wilson (Irving Garcia), the strong-armed assistant at the mental hospital, Betty Chumley (Lynsey Lorraine), the doctor’s prim and disdainful wife, Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet Jessica Weight), the flamboyant aristocrat, and Miss Johnson (Kathryn Goddard), the quiet and submissive maid at the Simmon’s household. Last to appear on stage was Nick Terry as E. J. Lofgren, the worldly-wise cab-driver with a boy’s cap on his head and his hands in his pockets.

The message of the play contains a satisfying dose of irony. As the plot approaches resolution, not one character on the set has proved immune to Elwood’s charismatic smile. As Mrs. Simmons and the staff at the hospital go nearly crazy trying to track him down, he is making friends and enjoying his carefree life with Harvey. Playgoers must ask themselves, “Who is better off?” The answer is evident by the last few minutes of the performance, when everyone breathes a sigh of relief as Elwood narrowly evades the gloomy solution of electroshock therapy. Somewhere along the way, during his happy gamboling, Elwood captivates not only the characters on set but the audience as well.

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The Best Smoothie Alexa Tuner Feature Editor

Jason Hart history teacher

Lizzy Strauss junior

Jamba Juice

Jamba Juice

Jumba Juice

I was asked to review three different smoothie places, and Jamba was one of them. I think that Jamba Juice is okay.

The main reason I go to it is because it’s at the mall (which is very convenient), or I have a gift card. Jamba smells very yummy to me, and when I walk in, I feel a hundred times healthier (even though it’s said that Jamba isn’t that healthy at all). My favorite drink is Strawberry Sunrise.

I’ve never been to the Caribbean or had a drink with a little paper umbrella in it. If I had done either of those though, I would imagine it would be something like Jamba Juice. I indulged in the “Caribbean Classic.” After tasting the drink I immediately felt a warm breeze on my cheek (although I think it was the CT bus passing by) and nearly asked for a paper umbrella from behind the counter.

It’s always busy, but that’s what brings the spunk to Jamba Juice.

The people that work there are pretty cool. Even though its busy most of the time, I love the place.

Every time I go there I get something new. I love all kinds of fruit so mixing different flavors together is the best! Another thing about Jamba is that when they make your drink or snack food, you see them make it and it is all from scratch! One more thing is that they are fast at making drinks, so if you are on a time limit you can order and see your drink being made and get it within 8 minutes. Plus, they have all kinds of special boosts and up-grades that are “healthy” choices.

Emerald City Smoothie

Emerald City Smoothies

I didn’t know what to expect at Emerald City because I have never been there before, but when my friends and I walked in, I was very surprised! It was like a very healthy, muscle-builder, weight-lifter smoothie place.

There were many different flavors, but I got a Mocha flavored one. The smoothies are okay, but the place itself is very hard to find.

Normally I like to support local businesses. This smoothie joint was much more health conscious than my liking, however, I wish this was more important to me. At some point I think they offered to put grass in my smoothie. Grass?? Really?? I added some fruit and other stuff but only my wife (by the way, she would get 5 stars!) can throw together random ingredients and call it a smoothie. Let’s just say this smoothie was less smooth and more oothie. Oothie? Is that a word? Yes, yes it is.

Pochi I absolutely love Pochi! I’ve been there before with my friends, and my very first time being there, I ordered a Kiwi Fruity Milk Tea, which was absolutely delicious! I also love Strawberry Fruity Milk Teas and Peach Fruity Milk Teas, too! Pochi is affordable and it has super cool straws- I always get the orange one.

Pochi When I first heard I needed to go to Pochi I’m not going to lie, I was a little apprehensive. When I think of bubble tea I think of anime and fish eggs. Not exactly a natural “fit.” I did however swallow (literally) my pride and try as “normal” a drink I could possibly find. It was too sweet and too bubbly. Normally I like sweet and bubbly, but not in my drinks. Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here until June.

Emerald City Smoothie I go to Costco and Home Depot but this is the first time I have been to Emerald City, and I would have to say that it is pretty good. Similar idea as Jamba but they are more on a healthy, buildyour- muscles, low-cal and sugar content base. When I walked in, there were two girls working.

The girl that was supposed to be taking my order didn’t notice me until I said “ I think I know what I want.” Then she gave me the dirtiest look ever. Maybe it was me or maybe I got there at a bad time but I wasn’t sure about the service that I got. Maybe because they are never really busy they aren’t used to making drinks fast and not sure about giving good service. Other than that, I like their drinks and boost options.

Pochi As well as Emerald City, this is the first time that I have gone in and ordered something. I love bubble tea, so I had to order Bubble Tea. And I love the options that they gave. I ordered a Strawberry Taro, it was bomb!

Of course you have to add in the tapioca and all that goodness. The service was great too.

The people that work there are really nice and very traditional.

I couldn’t really stay there, but I would definitely go back again!

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Summer Flicks

Summer movie previews let you know what’s to come and what’s worth seeing

Public Enemies

Transformers

All movie photos used with permission from http://www.imdb­.com/

Year One

Revenge of the Fallen

Opens: June 24 Rating: PG-13

Opens: June 19 Rating: R

Stories by Holly Irons Hawkeye staff

After being banished from their tribe, two cavemen, a know it all slacker ( Jack Black) and a mousy teenager (Michael Cera) take the first “road trip,” traveling to the far corners of the Earth, meeting different societies, seeing different cultures, and saving a damsel who was kidnapped from the tribe. All this is done while creating mayhem, fighting battles, and causing laughter every step of the way. Starring Michael Cera, Jack Black, and Olivia Wilde.

Opens: July 1 Rating: R

Though the battle for Earth has ended, the battle for the Universe is just beginning. Starscream has assumed command of the Decepticons and has decided to take revenge on Earth with force. After finding out the Megatron’s body was stolen from the US Military and has been revived the Autobots bring in reinforcements of their own, now knowing that peace is not an option. With Megatron and the Decepticons both out with a vengeance, will humans, let alone the Earth survive? Starring Shia Lebaouf and Megan Fox.

Based on a true story, Public Enemies is looking like the next big gangster movie. At the beginning of the war on crime and the height of gangster crime, John Dillinger ( Johnny Depp) was a nation-wide celebrity, loved by the population and chased by the cops for what he did for a living: robbing banks. Even with the cops on his heels, Dillinger couldn’t be stopped. This man was living life, escaping prison, and “having too good of a time to even think about tomorrow.” Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard.

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Femi Kuti and the Positive Force @ The Showbox at the Market 8p.m.

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Railroad Earth @ Moore Theater 8p.m.

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Third Eye Blind @ The Showbox SoDo 8:30p.m.

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Powerman 5000 @ El Corazon 8p.m.

mewithoutYou @ Neumo’s 7p.m.

Red featuring DJ Phil B @ Neumo’s 9p.m.

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Rent @ Paramount Theater 1p.m.

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22 | Hawkeye | 9 june 2009

Seidlitz best pitcher in West

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Marissa Danekas/Hawkeye

Kori Seidlitz sits on the home plate surrounded by all her trophies from playing MTHS softball and her select team, the Lake Breeze 18 Gold. She has also been featured in the Seattle Times. Read more about her in the Herald in which she was titled The Herald’s Softball Player of the Year.

By Marissa Danekas Hawkeye staff

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On April 7, 2009, Kori Seidlitz received the perfect birthday present; the perfect game.

“It was a warm sunny day, we were playing at Mariner High school. I had never pitched a perfect game before and when it got down to my last pitch, I felt… relieved,” Seidlitz said. “I had finally threw a perfect game and my team was able to back me up the whole game. It was my best birthday yet.”

For a lot of high school students, the idea of getting a scholarship and playing their favorite sport in college is a dream, sometimes too far out of reach. Most people dream to develop enough talent to be noticed by scouts, and to be known by colleges. For Kori Seidlitz, it has all become a reality.

Seidlitz received a full ride scholarship to South Dakota State University. Although Seidlitz received offers from other colleges, her heart was set on SDU, which she accepted last fall. After discovering that SDU had one of the top softball teams in the college league, she was really interested in playing for them.

But softball wasn’t the only thing on her mind when she accepted. She planned to go to medical school after four years at the university, which provided a well-known and well-

taught medical course that also sparked her interest. She will begin school there this August.

Kori Seidlitz success didn’t come without many long tiring hours of hard work. When Seidlitz was five she played her first year of softball, and at the age of eight, she started to learn the dynamics of playing on the pitchers mound.

Seidlitz has played for a total of 13 years and practices more than expected off the field.

When high school softball season comes to an end, Seidlitz pitches on her own three times a week and conditions with teammates to stay in shape. Seidlitz has played in the MTHS Va r s i t y team for all four years of high school was a captain and Varsity’s starting pitcher this year.

“Kori has a great ability on the pitchers mound and she is a great contribute to the team.” teammate Mindy James stated.

In addition to her position on the MTHS Varsity softball team, Seidlitz has played for a select team called the Lake Breeze 18 Gold. They play in the fall and summer, and are one of the top teams in the state at the gold level.

During the high school softball season her team only has practice once every other week, and over the summer the team practices non-stop and has had tournaments in a different state every weekend.

Seidlitz made the move from playing in the little leagues to the select teams when she was 11 years old.

Her father actually

created the first select team she ever played on originally named Diamond Gals, but then was changed into Team Blaze when they became more serious about it.

Along the way Seidlitz has encountered many obstacles that she has had to juggle with throughout her softball career. For example, in a home The Hawks game against Shorecrest, Seidlitz shattered her thumb after divplaced 2nd in ing to first base while the second the state – the baseman jumped for the ball and best finish landed on Seidlitz’s thumb. ever in school “I had never broke a bone before so I didn’t know if it was broken. history. See But take any injury you’ve ever the story on had and multiply the pain by ten the front page and that’s when you know its broken.” Seidlitz expressed. Another incident was when she made an admitted mistake at the pitchers mound.

It was a fall tournament and she was pitching to a girl named Ann who was the #4 hitter in the league. Seidlitz admits to fault by pitching a drop ball that she should have known wasn’t going to do any good for the game.

The hitter Ann ended up hitting a line drive that went straight back to Seidlitz nailing her in the shin and leaving a permanent indented bruise in her shin that is still there today. It doesn’t affect her game play today, but it made her realize she should be more careful on the field in the future.

With all of Sidelitz’s drive, it’s no wonder why she has achieved so much for herself, and her teams.

I finally threw a perfect game and my team was able to back me up the whole game. It was my best game yet.

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by the numbers:

Billy Lechtenberg

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Billy was a special player for our program the past 4 years.

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> Football team captain

>Lettered in football for 3 years >Lettered in Baseball for 2 years >Lettered in Track for 1 year

>edmonds School District Scholar Athlete Scholarship

>Lettered in Basketball for 1 year >mths varsity special teams player of the year

>MTHS VARSITY defensive player of the year

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Thorughout his high school career, Billy Lechtenberg has balanced friends, family, school, and sports. But more important than that, he has done it with a smile on his face. “His teammates enjoyed playing with him, and coaches enjoyed coaching him,” Veteran Hawks football coach, Tony Umayam said.

Always the hard worker, Billy recieved a full ride scholarship to a Division 1 school right out of high school, becoming the first MTHS player in 25 years to do so.

Umayam shared more words of praise for Billy’s accomplishments, saying, “Billy was a special player for our program the past 4 years. His work ethic throughout the offseason before his senior year was exceptional and played a key part in him earning a football scholarship...Billy is one of the hardest hitting safeties to come through Mountlake Terrace and was always a feared hitter in WesCo the past three years.”

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By Dominique Bishop

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18 Hawks named All-WesCo Team players

By Kevin Hense

By Dominique Bishop

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This sports season has been an exceptional one for the Hawks. Women’s track and golf saw the front door, foyer, and living room of state, while softball went all the way, playing against the big dogs, Kelso, in the back yard.

Six of the eight spring sports teams (softball, baseball, men’s soccer, women’s golf, tennis, and track) had at least one player make it onto the South Division All-WesCo list.

Here’s a quick overview…

the tied score at clocks end.

This was the first time the varsity men eason after season, the one thing made it to the postseason in 10 years. about Terrace sports that one can “Throughout the year we learned to always count on is unpredictable out- work very well together. We had a solid, comes. hard working defense and the magiSo when the spring sports season cal footwork and speed of the Alvarez started back in the beginning of March, brothers. All of these led us to our first it was an unlikely season for both the postseason game in a long time,” said MTHS soccer and baseball teams. One senior captain Robert Yarbrough. team performed better than expected The fate of the baseball team was not while the other fell short of high expec- too dissimilar. tations. Both teams started off this year Although the team was expected to do with great results. very well, their hopes of playing From the beginning it was “Ultimately both at Safeco Field were stopped obvious that men’s varsity soc- teams continued short by back-to-back losses to play well cer was going to do well. They against Monroe High School through the won three of their first four and then Lake Stevens High games with a tie in the second season with some School. game against highly ranked rough patches.”

Senior catcher Paul Clingan Shorewood High School. said the Hawks’ early defeat was The varsity baseball teams also kicked from a “lack of work ethic, self determioff to a good start, winning five out of nation, and motivation.” their first six games. This was not unex“Lots of drama involving key players pected however due to the Hawks post- on the team ultimately led to not every season success last year and their highly person having their head in the game,” anticipated run toward the state cham- said senior center fielder Jacob Mann. pionship this year.

Unfortunately for the team this year, Both teams appeared to be at a good outside factors affected the teams overall pace to make playoffs but their game performance which hindered their abilplay had to continue in order for that ity to work and play at their best. to happen. Ultimately both teams conBoth teams made it to the playoffs, but tinued to play well through the season quick losses ended title runs. Hopefully with some rough patches. The result was future seasons will hold more fortune playoff berths for both the soccer team for the soccer and baseball teams. and the baseball team.

If the soccer team can make it to the The soccer team played Monroe High playoffs for the first time in 10 years, School in the first game of the district they can do it again. playoffs. Unfortunately, the Hawks were At this point, however, it’s better luck dealt a 4-3 loss after a shoot out ended next year Hawks.

Hawkeye staff

Sports Co-Editor

Sport Baseball Men’s Soccer Women’s Track Women’s Golf Softball

Women’s Tennis Baseball Men’s Soccer Women’s Track

First Team Senior, Paul Clingan; Catcher Senior, Karsten Strieby; First Baseman Senior, Ryan Sells; Pitcher Junior, Ben Winters; Goalie Freshman, Jonathan Alvarez; Forward Junior, Manix Alvarez; Midfielder Junior, Jenna Donohue; Triple Jump Senior, Chloe Treece Senior, Kori Seidlitz; Pitcher Senior, Kayla Watson; Catcher Senior, Aly Delizo; Third Baseman Junior, McKenzie Dessin; Utility Player Junior, Teryn Bouche and Senior, Ann Truong; Doubles Second Team Ryan Sells; Utility Player Senior, Tevor Gunderson; Defender Junior, Dylan O’Day; Defender Junior, Kiefer Higgins; Midfielder Freshman, Nina Penner; 800

Players who made the “Honorable Mention” list are: Baseball: Andrew Woeck, Kyle Barisic, Matt Shafer, Jacob Mann, & Jaykob Sells.

Softball: Chelsea Crews & Mindy James.

Men’s Soccer: Robert Yarbough & Levi Suryan.

Men’s Track: Dakota Red Cloud.

Women’s Track: Titi Chikoore & Jenna Donohue.

With the boost of seeing teammates make the list this year, maybe next year the Hawks will try that much harder, with hopes of being additions to the All-WesCo list.

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Lady Hawks take state by storm Chloe treece

By Alisha Evich Sports Co-Editor

Hawkeye: How do you feel about your time at state?

Chloe Treece: Going into the first day, I wanted to make it to the second day. I was proud I made it. I didn’t play the second day as well as I wanted to, I should have played better.

Hawkeye: Are you proud you’ve made it this far?

C.T.: It was kind of what I expected of myself. I went to state sophomore year, so I already experienced it. It was alot better than sophomore year.

Hawkeye: Do you plan on doing track for a future activity or a career?

C.T.: I did my senior project on golf and learning about golf instucting. My goal is to go to the LPDA tour. But if that doesnt happen then I’m planning on playing in smaller events.

Hawkeye: Do you have any big accomplishments during your time in golf?

C.T.: Making the second day was an accomplishment. It was kind of expected since I didn’t play my best.

Hawkeye: Do you have any treasured memories of golf?

C.T.: One was meeting other girls from around the state, that I would never play against in the season. It was cool to meet other people.

Above: Chloe Treece swings to get a hole in one Left:Titi Chickoore jumps over a hurdle against opponent, Shorewood Below: Nina Penner races against Jackson, sprinting to the finish.

Nina Penner

Jenna Donohue

By Alisha Evich Sports Co-Editor

TITI Chickoore

Hawkeye: How do you feel about your time at state?

Nina Penner: It felt good. I was kind of having an off day, so I didn’t get a personal record or anything though.

Hawkeye: Do you plan on doing track for a future activity or a career?

N.P.: I don’t know. I have other things in my life that I want to do.

Hawkeye:Do you have any big accomplishments during your time at track?

N.P.: One of my big accomplishments was making it into the teams of 800.

Hawkeye: Do you have a treasured memory of track?

N.P.: Not really. I remember when i was getting ready to run I looked up into the stands and I was nervous.

photos courtesy of the Tempo

By Jacob Anderson Hawkeye staff

Hawkeye: How do you feel about your time at state?

Titi Chickoore: It felt really good. That all my hardwork had paid off Hawkeye: Are you proud you’ve made it this far?

T.C.: Nope. well I’m proud that I made it but not my performance. It was my personal worst.

Hawkeye: Do you plan on doing track for a future activity or a career?

T.C.: Well I’m getting into a Community College, and track ist offered. But I might want to go into the junior olympics.

When asked if she had a treasured memory of track, Chikoore stated she didn’t have one.

By Jacob Anderson Hawkeye staff

Hawkeye: How do you feel about your time at state?

Jenna Donohue: It feels really good.

It’s like you put so much effort and time into it and then it pays off.

Hawkeye: Are you proud you’ve made this far?

J.D.: Yes I’m proud I’ve made it this far, but I wish I had a little better meet.

Hawkeye: Do you plan on doing track for a future activity or a career?

J.D.: Possibly next year cause I really enjoy it, we”ll see what happens.

Hawkeye: Do you have any big accomplishments during your time at track?

J.D.: Coming into the meets ranked low and did my best and finishing higher than I assumed. It felt really good.

spring sports standings softball

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Men’s Baseball

Women’s Tennis

Kamiak (4A) Lynnwood (3A) Edmonds-Woodway (4A) Shorewood (4A) HAWKS (4A) Shorecrest (3A) Jackson (4A) Meadowdale (4A) Glacier Peak (3A) Mariner (4A)

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Men’s Soccer

WesCo Overall W L W L 13 5 16 7 Shorewood (4A) 12 6 17 9 Lynnwood (3A) HAWKS (4A) 12 6 14 8 11 7 15 9 Kamiak (4A) Edmonds-Woodway (4A) 11 7 13 8 10 8 12 8 Jackson (4A) 9 9 12 12 Meadowdale (3A) 6 12 11 13 Shorecrest (3A) 4 14 5 18 Glacier Peak (3A) 2 16 2 16 Mariner (4A) as of 6/5/09

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Kamiak (4A) Lynnwood (3A) Edmonds-Woodway (4A) Shorewood (4A) HAWKS (4A) Shorecrest (3A) Jackson (4A) Meadowdale (4A) Glacier Peak (3A) Mariner (4A)

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WesCo Overall W L W L 16 2 18 2 Jackson (4A) 15 3 20 6 Lynnwood (3A) HAWKS 14 4 21 5 14 4 14 7 Shorewood (4A) 10 8 11 9 Glacier Peak (3A) 7 11 7 14 Kamiak (4A) 7 11 8 13 Meadowdale (3A) 3 15 3 17 Mariner (4A) Edmonds-Woodway (4A) 2 16 2 18 2 16 2 18s Shorecrest (3A)

WesCo Overall W L W L Edmonds-Woodway (4A) 9 0 16 0 6 2 12 4 Jackson (4A) 6 2 11 4 Kamiak (4A) 6 3 12 4 Shorewood (4A) 5 3 10 6 Meadowdale (3A) 4 5 6 10 Mariner (4A) HAWKS (4A) 3 6 5 11 2 4 6 9 Shorecrest (3A) 1 8 1 14 Lynnwood (3A) 0 9 1 14 Glacier Peak (3A)

men’s track

Women’s track

as of 6/5/09

WesCo W L 9 0 Shorecrest (3A) 7 2 Kamiak (4A) 6 1 Jackson (4A) Edmonds-Woodway (4A) 4 2 HAWKS (4A) 4 4 3 3 Shorewood (4A) 3 6 Meadowdale (3A) 1 5 Glacier Peak (3A) 1 8 Mariner (4A) 0 7 Lynnwood (3A)

T 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 3 0 2

Overall W L 22 1 11 9 13 4 9 6 8 8 9 3 5 12 5 9 2 14 0 15

T 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 3 0 2

as of 6/5/09