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How Safe is Our Campus?

MARY KUPER and SHELLY BENSAL Every time your gym bag is taken out of St. Nicks during assembly on accident or your friends have unrestricted access to your computer and change your Facebook status, it highlights how careless we find ourselves being regarding our personal belongings at Lakeside.

“Certainly, [in terms of safety], Lakeside isn’t the real world,” Head of School Bernie Noe said.

“I do think that it’s at least somewhat related [to privilege] … but I think it also has to do with people just basically feeling like they can trust the environment.”

The trust teachers place on students at Lakeside manifests itself in the actions we take—or don’t.

“We don’t have bells. We don’t have a lot of oversight when it comes to attendance, or grades

and comments,” Upper School Assistant Director Bryan Smith added. “Student accountability is the hallmark of the school.”

History teacher Jim Gaul echoed this, saying, “I think it’s partially true that [my feeling of security] has to do with students, and how they are acculturated at Lakeside School. For example, when was the last time you saw a fistfight here?

Well, you haven’t. I haven’t seen one in 25 years.

There’s a reason for that. … That’s not the culture of the campus.”

It’s obvious that at Lakeside, we take our safety and security for granted. But do we have a right to? In reality, how safe is our campus?

Despite the long-standing measure of security guards patrolling Lakeside both during the day and at night, our campus remains a fairly pub-

lic place, and there have been seven car break-ins this academic year alone.

“You can’t have a trusting community when you consistently have this type of encroachment on trust and personal property,” Clare Larson ‘14, victim of a recent smash-and-grab, said. The week before mid-winter break, Clare walked to Stimson to find her car window smashed, her glovebox wide open, and her camera gone. “I was very upset and angry. … It was scary,” Clare said.

“I spent several hours filing the police report, working with school security, and driving my car to the dealership.” This is particularly shocking given that in many cars, a glovebox is the safest place to keep valuables.

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Boys Swim Team Reigns at State

NINA SELIPSKY The Lakeside Swim Team has powered its way into the record books. The boys scored 18 additions to Lakeside’s top five times (additions in every event!), set one brand new record, and on February 15 and 16 they took home the State title for the second year in a row. Beating out aquatic powerhouses Mercer Island and Bellevue, Lakeside was represented by Michael Shum ’13, Henry Stolz ’13, Brad Fitch ’13, Tommy Hutchison ’14, Kyle Curtis ’14, Blake Seidner ’14, Hugh Jacobsen ’14, Carter Jacobsen ’15, and Abrahm Devine ’15, with Justin Xu ’13 and Gavin Blake ’14 as alternates.

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The Lakeside Boys Swim Team celebrates their Metro League victory in February. Photo courtesy of Sherri Seidner.

Student Government is a leadership class, an idea generator, a sounding board for the administration, and a lobbyist on behalf of students all at the same time.

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Tatler Staff 2012–2013 Editors-in-Chief Alec Glassford Francis Wilson Design Chief Emily Ruppel

Editorial Staff Features/ Copy Editor News Opinions Life & Culture Sports

Max Chen Jani Adcock Paulina Glass Shelly Bensal Mary Kuper

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Tho Tran Julia Laurence Gilda Rastegar Gautam Hathi Peter Ballmer Fletcher Woodruff

Advisor Margaret Hardy

Designers and Photographers Ross Bretherton, Lucy Johnson, Gavin Blake, Miles Blessing, Ishani Ummat, Nick Rubin

Writers Kate Kim, Pierre Suignard, Chris Gellein, Jennie Glerum, Andreas Molbak, Madee Ehrenberg, Josh FujitaYuhas, Clare Larson, Rana Bansal, Juliana DeVaan, Nicolo Gelb, Kailee Madden, Sofia Martins, Elda Mengisto, CJ Paige, Grace Pollard, Kevin Yang, Walker Caplan, Isaac Kleisle-Murphy, Marla Odell, Nina Selipsky, Amy Wang, Eleanor Runde

Sally Jewell, former CEO of REI and Obama’s nominee to lead the Interior Department. Photo courtesy of Flickr-Burke Museum

Obama Nominates Sally Jewell to Lead the Interior Department MARLA ODELL Sally Jewell, a prominent northwest figure, is stepping out onto the national stage. On February 16, President Obama nominated the CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) to lead the Interior Department. He hopes she will be able to balance the constant drive for economic development with the need to preserve our natural treasures.

Ms. Jewell is not only a northwest native, but also a dynamic and highly qualified candidate for the job. She earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington before starting her career as a petroleum engineer for Mobil. Ms. Jewell then went on to pursue a career as a banking executive, giving her a unique perspective on business. Currently, she serves as CEO of REI and as a board-member of the National Parks Conservation Association.

The Washington native brings with her a genuine love of the outdoors. From camping as a child to hiking with her family as an adult, Ms. Jewell, a true nature-lover, walks the walk. While working at REI, Jewell endorsed an environmentally conscious culture that led the company to become one of the greenest national organizations in America.

Currently REI stores receive over 20% of their power from renewable energy sources and have donated millions of dollars to maintaining and protecting trails and parks.

Ms. Jewell admits that she is sad to leave her “great job” at REI, but adds that “there is nothing like being called to serve your country."

Mr. Obama seems very confident about his selection of Sally Jewell, and believes that she will prove a great addition to his cabinet. “She knows the link between conservation and good jobs," said Mr. Obama of Ms. Jewell. "I expect Ms. Jewell to bring fresh ideas and a business approach to her tenure as the protector of our public lands," shared Joe Hyer, the owner of the Olympia-based Alpine Experience.

Oil supporters respect her unique perspective as a petroleum engineer. Environmentalists gravitate towards her history of promoting the outdoors.

Mr. Obama is impressed with her telling record of job creation and environmental conservation.

With such a diverse background, Sally Jewell’s nomination might be one thing our split Congress can agree on.

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Tatler is a student-run publication and therefore is not reviewed by the school administration prior to distribution. As student journalists, we recognize and hope to fulfill our responsibility to follow journalistic standards. The opinions in Tatler do not necessarily reflect those of all students and faculty of Lakeside Upper School. We encourage readers to submit their opinions by means of a letter to the editors. We will not print any anonymous letters, and we will withhold names only upon request. Submit or letters to the boxes of the editors or email us: francis.wilson@lakesideschool.org or alec. glassford@lakesideschool.org

The World’s Longest, and Most Disappointing, Floating Bridge PIERRE SUIGNARD Students living on the East side have found the construction of the new 520 bridge difficult. Frequent closures, hefty tolls and terrible traffic have made getting to Seattle more stressful than ever. This poses a problem for the Lakeside community, as many students live on the East side and must brave a lengthy commute to school. Those students who repudiate 520 and opt to take I-90 face heavy traffic as commuters seek to avoid the new tolls on the 520 bridge.

Unfortunately for many Lakeside students living on the East side, construction is not slated to end for another two years. Construction began in 2011 with the floating pontoons that will support the road. Since then, errors and slapdash quality have plagued the construction of these pontoons. This has angered the public, and pushed the estimated finished date past its initial estimate of December 2014.

Construction has also blocked the Evergreen high point exit and prevented large construction barges from crossing under the bridge. To remedy this, the drawbridge has been opened much more frequently than in the past. These changes

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have had quite an impact on some Lakeside students.

Said Tyler Headley ’14, “I was stuck behind the drawbridge when it opened up

520-Bridge, the source of Seattleites’ traffic headache, preconstruction. Photo courtesy of Flickr-Washington State Dept. of Transportation.

With four general purpose lanes, two HOV lanes, and a light rail line, the bridge is projected to be much more spacious and aesthetically pleasing than the old bridge. It will also likely require more tolling.

for 30 minutes. It was an awful experience.”

Gavin Blake ’14 added, “One time I was late to Lakeside swim practice because I was stuck behind the drawbridge at 5 in the morning.”

Now, a new enemy looms on the horizon of traffic nightmares: tolling on the I-90 Bridge. Although the decision is not final, the WSDOT (Washington State Department of Transportation) is considering putting a toll in place on the I-90 bridge to fund the construction of the 520 bridge and close the $1.4 billion budget gap that the state faces due to this massive undertaking.

Approval of this plan could take place as soon as 2014, with tolling beginning in 2015.

This new 520 bridge will hopefully prove worth the time and money lost by the public who cross this bridge quotidianly. With four general purpose lanes, two HOV lanes, and a light rail line, the bridge is projected to be much more spacious and aesthetically pleasing than the old bridge. It will also likely require more tolling. Given that the toll on the original bridge lasted for 16 years after it was completed, prepare to be tolled for what may effectively be eternity.

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Student Government Scoop Once again, the Tatler is proud to keep you up to date with the latest activities and future plans of the Lakeside Student Government. We hope you find these answers informative!

Can we fill the potholes in Stimson?

Yes! We have contacted [Facilities Director] Dan Dawkins about this and he has ensured that the maintenance department will regravel Stimpson!

Can you make sure all classrooms are stocked with supplies?

We have just stocked the Math, Science, and English departments with new staplers and pencil sharpeners. The supplies for the Language and History departments are in the mail. We will distribute those as soon as they arrive.

Earlier, we had talked about getting a bus shelter on campus.

What is happening with that?

We have surveyed the land and have found bus shelters that would fit on our campus. We are in the process of drafting a final proposal to bring to Mr. Healy for approval before we can install the bus shelter.

I’m a club leader, and I don’t know how to withdraw my clubs funds.

We have written a new handy manual this year especially for club leaders. In this manual, we have delineated how to start a club, request to fundraise, manage your club’s bank accounts, and maximize your club’s presence on campus. We are currently doing final edits to this manual and will then distribute it out to club leaders.

Thank you again for all of your fabulous suggestions! We really value them and we want to do our part in making sure all of your ideas are represented and all your questions are answered. Anything else on your mind? Hit up our Student Government Suggestion Box in the WCC, or email ben.johnson@lakesideschool.org.

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Senator John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State GLOW Dance

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Lakeside Coed Swimming wins Metro League Championship for the second year in a row

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U.K. House of Commons takes first step to legalize same-sex marriage with overwhelming support AMC 10/12

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Lakeside US performance of Anything Goes

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2013 Grammy Awards

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Most powerful meteor to reach Earth in 100 years disintegrates over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring 1,491

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Lakeside Boys Swimming & Diving repeats as WIAA 3A state champions

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Blizzard blankets Northeastern US; 600,000 lose power

Wrestling cut from 2020 Summer Olympics Valentine’s Day Lakeside blood drive

Midwinter Break Scientists discover that bumblebees sense electric fields around flowers

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Radioactive waste escaping six Hanford Nuclear Reservation tanks in Washington with no immediate risk

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Benedict XVI becomes the first pope to abdicate voluntarily since 1294 Lakeside Boys Varsity Basketball competes in WIAA State (Quarterfinals) 3

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How Safe is Our Campus?

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The victims of car theft at Lakeside have ranged from people who have left electronics or other personal belongings in clear view to people who have been in Clare’s situation: She told no one where her camera was and kept it out of sight. As far as a solution for the car theft issue, Clare suggested a keycard and gate system, though she knows it’s more complicated than that.

“I think both the administration and the students have to become proactive about eliminating this threat,” she said. “Having some sort of increased security would make me feel safer, but at the same time I understand that there are certain costs that the administration has to take into account.”

The estimated cost of a single security guard hired specifically to observe Stimson is close to $36,000.

“Does seven break-ins warrant $36,000 a year? I don’t know the answer to that.” Mr. Noe stated.

To report break-ins and other on-campus security issues, Lakeside maintains communication with local authorities including the Seattle Police Department.

Mr. Smith mentioned a situation three years ago in which the Stimson parking lot was being used for criminal activity that wasn’t affiliated with Lakeside on weekends and sometimes even during the school day. After contacting the SPD, the school made the decision to fence Stimson field and create gates for the parking lot.

“We chose not to install security cameras,” Mr. Smith said. He explained that not only would the school have to pay someone to manage and look through the tapes, but the technology at that point in time wasn’t ideal for the situation; there wasn’t any wireless technology that would have worked well for the installation of cameras at school. But that has changed.

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to get to a place where there are cameras in the hallways,” Mr. Smith said.

Mr. Noe agrees, calling this notion somewhat “Orwellian.” For now, he says that “cameras in Stimson are the next step. We’ll see if that has any impact at all.”

Mr. Smith added that the way the new gym is designed may make it easier to monitor who is going in and out of the building, and if the school were to implement a security camera system, the target would be somewhere around the locker rooms to monitor those entrances as well.

Although Lakeside is indeed a special place, this phenomenon of, at times, living in a bubble is not unique to our school. For example, The Northwest School, a private school in the Capitol Hill area, is similar to Lakeside in that the administration places a large amount of trust on the students that they expect the students to uphold.

“It seems like all of us are so privileged that I don’t think that stealing is really necessary,” Erin Dacey, a junior at Northwest, said when questioned specifically about theft on campus. “Who wants to steal a cell phone if you already have one?”

Theft and other breaches of campus security are going to happen at any high school, especially schools that lie near an urban community like Seattle. The Lakeside campus is particularly vulnerable due to our location near a major highway and intersections, as well as our desire to be good neighbors and allow usage of our fields and track to outsiders. So, if we really want to be safe, why not just build a few walls and put cameras everywhere?

“We’re not meant to be a fortress,” Mr. Smith said.

“That would send a really strong message to the community and to greater Seattle. That would mean we were just walling ourselves off, and that’s not who we are.”

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CJ PAIGE Boeing has chugged away on the 787 Dreamliner project for years and, just when it seemed that the company's biggest project would finally enter the field of commercial flying, disaster struck. Boeing launched the planes three years late, beginning in 2011, but design flaws only revealed themselves recently.

Part of the 787’s claim to fame is its use of lithium ion batteries. These batteries are lighter and more powerful than traditional batteries but can be faulty. Unfortunately, these faults revealed themselves on two Japanese Airlines flights in January. The first sign of trouble came with a fire starting in an empty 787 sitting at the Boston Airport. Soon after, another plane had to be diverted mid-flight when a battery overheated dangerously.

These issues led the Federal Aviation Administration to groumd all the Dreamliners for further investigation of the battery. Since then, the F.A.A. has announced that the problem with the lithium batteries is the ease with which they overheat.

Due to poor insulation, fires caused by the overheating batteries could spread rapidly.

Recently Boeing proposed a solution to the battery problems. The company would add insulated ceramic boxes around each of the eight cells in the battery, preventing a fire from spreading if the cells did overheat. This would require more adjustments to enlarge the section of the plane that holds the battery. The F.A.A. will decide soon whether to approve the plan. Until then, the Dreamliners will remain sidelined.

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Applications: AMY WANG Applications are everywhere at Lakeside, whether you’re looking to go on a GSL trip or be a part of the Tatler's staff. There’s ample reason behind them, too: When space is limited and a program is popular, applications are the only way to pick the students who will benefit most. However, if all this is true, why isn’t there an application process for electives at Lakeside?

The idea is simple. Take a popular elective— say, Quest, the ultimate combination of an outdoor trip and English class—and require all potential candidates to apply, rather than have them sign up for the course and be denied without having had the chance to “prove themselves”. This would narrow down the entrants considerably, as well as offer more insight into choosing the best people—just as students are picked for other programs, from GSL to LLI to SAC. “I think applications are pretty necessary,” said Amerra Sheckles ’14. “They help you get a good sense of what a person’s like, and how they would benefit a program.”

Electives Need Them Too

Annabella Sherman ’13 extended this idea to the topic of electives, specifically Quest. “I think that if there were an application process … it would be a lot more fair, because you could tell who really wants to be on [the trip] and their motivations. … It surprises me that they don’t already have an application process for it.”

Quest is a special case in that it includes a three-week-long trip (and that alone should be enough to entail a system of application), but even so, other electives are popular too. Many English electives, such as Utopias and Dystopias and Gender Studies, as well as some science courses, like Organic Chemistry, have been become pretty hard to get a spot in.

Annabella suggested for these classes, “a less

complex application … maybe just saying how much you want to be in it, and why … because if you are really set on it being your first choice, you should have…priority.”

It’s true that, should a student be torn between two class choices, having to apply for one could certainly dissuade him or her from picking it. Here an application process would be handy for weeding out those less committed to the course.

“Putting thought into [an application] should represent how badly you want to go,” said Caroline Healey ’16. Applications really are important, and, rather than being limited to a select few programs, ought to be considered for popular electives as well.

One Lakeside elective, Quest, culminates in a rigorous outdoor trip. Photo courtesy of Jace Lieberman.

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At Lakeside, students are required to supplement their academic education with an out-of-the-classroom experience. Courtesy of Isa Gutierrez.

Outdoor Trips:

Required to Graduate (and Succeed) JOSH FUJITA-YUHAS Living in the Pacific Northwest, we are surrounded by natural beauty and a strong community dedicated to the environment. The Cascade Mountains, the Olympic Mountains, and the Hoh Rainforest are just a few examples from the impressive list of sites that Washington has to offer. Taking a trip into one of these places is a rewarding experience that can be just as enjoyable as it is visually stunning.

Lakeside offers a number of outdoor trips to many different places and involving many different activities. From river rafting down the Salmon River to hiking across the Grand Canyon, the options are diverse and plentiful.

However, why are students required to take one of these trips in order to graduate? Why do we have to venture into the great outdoors if all we want to do is admire nature from a safe distance behind a pane of glass?

For starters, we live in an area brimming with fantastic natural scenery and Lakeside is offering trips that come at a much cheaper price than they would normally. Guided river rafting trips, backpacking treks through the Olympic Mountains, and even sea kayaking voyages are all available. If you have even the slightest interest in the outdoors, it would seem foolish to 6

avoid taking advantage of such opportunities!

But reasons for exploring the wilds of Washington go deeper than experiencing some pretty views for a good deal.

Upper School Assistant Director Bryan Smith believes that “it fulfills the mission of the

[Outdoor trips] do push students, whether it is in helping set up the camp or in learning how to be alone on a solo, and in doing so they build character. school. [We believe] our students should have healthy minds and bodies and ethical spirits.

In a wilderness setting, being out in an environment that one is not typically used to, in an environment as beautiful as the Pacific Northwest, we can learn in this outdoor classroom.

This helps us grow and learn and develop with

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non-cognitive skills that you wouldn’t necessarily get in a classroom setting.”

This summarizes a good deal of the reasoning behind the outdoor trips. We are required to go on them because they do benefit our growth as individuals. They do push students, whether it is in helping set up the camp or in learning how to be alone on a solo, and in doing so they build character.

The notion of character building has been tossed around a lot at Lakeside and a great deal of what Lakeside does to build character comes from the Outdoor Program. Mr. Smith is spot on in describing the experiences of “being in a wet tent, going on a long hike, being out of your comfort zone. All these help teach students about overcoming adversity.”

Facing adversity and learning how to deal with problems that pertain to basic survival, like building a fire, setting up a tent, and cooking food, are skills that cannot be taught through classroom learning alone. We are required to learn and build these skills so that we are better prepared for life’s challenges. That is why we need to take outdoor trips, and that is why the Outdoor Program is part of graduating from this school.

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Th e C u r r i c u lu m : A Fresh Take ELEANOR RUNDE

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It seems to me that a year spent intensively studying public speaking would be more engaging and more relevant to our futures than a third year of analytical essays.

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“If Lakeside ceases to examine and change its curriculum, even for a period of five years, it will also cease to be a school that serves its students well and will be giving up on its mission. Drastic? Yes. Overstating the point?

Probably not.”

—Upper School Director Than Healy Recurring debates about the P.E., Arts, and English requirements have dominated the conversation surrounding the Lakeside curriculum for some time now. I don't want to add my five cents to the mounting pile of arguments for or against these requirements.

Rather, there are two specific changes that I would like to see made to Lakeside's academic curriculum: the addition of public speaking in the structure of English courses and an overhaul of the current system of senior electives. To gain more insight into these issues, I sought the input of Upper School Director Than Healy.

The ability to persuasively deliver and defend an oral argument is invaluable in school, college, graduate school, and professional life. To ensure that our students are "intellectually capable," as the mission statement says, I believe that one year of Lakeside English should be devoted entirely to public speaking and practical English: practicing interviews; understanding the construction, pacing, and arc of a great speech; and systematizing communication and persuasion.

While Mr. Healy holds that public speaking education is given in a multitude of classes, from Math to English, I believe that clarity and confidence when speaking in front of large groups is still lacking in the Lakeside population. Mr. Healy says that his "nagging concern is, and will always be, relevance," and it seems to me that a year spent intensively studying public speaking would be more engaging and more relevant to our futures than a third year of analytical essays.

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Senior electives are one of the great thrills of being a Lakeside student. The ability to choose one's classes is almost unique to Lakeside, and the school gives us a lot of flexibility. In my opinion however, there are too many senior electives. A few classes, namely Genocide in the Modern World, Gender Studies, Modernism, Film Studies, and Quest are flooded with students. The kids who don't get their first choices are often moved into classes that they don't care about, often after waiting years for a dream course.

To rectify the situation, I think that resources should be devoted to increasing the number of sections taught in these perennially popular electives. To compensate for the increased attention for these electives, certain under-subscribed electives would be cut from the roster, so to speak. To keep the curriculum ever-changing, however, two new History and English electives would be tested each year. At the end of the semester, students would offer critiques of the classes and could vote on whether or not their course should be part of the standard offerings of electives.

Mr. Healy disagrees, holding the view that the diversity of electives is important to ensure that students are able to try new things.

He notes, "I could name a huge number of courses that are tremendously popular now that would never have gotten off the ground had we simply gone with student interest."

Beyond these specific changes, I hadn't considered broader curriculum shifts until my enlightening email correspondence with Mr. Healy. He believes, and I concur, that students learn material at varying paces, even within purposefully divided sections such as the Regular, Accelerated, or Honors Math courses. Mr. Healy says that Lakeside could restructure its curriculum so that students progress through units "at their own pace," thereby creating individualized levels of rigor, instead of the current, somewhat arbitrary divisions between sections.

As students here, we are tremendously lucky to have an unrivaled range of courses available to us. However, by incorporating public speaking and a more limited range of exciting electives into a more personalized learning schedule, I believe that Lakeside would allow students to more fully take advantage of available academic opportunities and would better provide us with skills that will become critical in our future careers.

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Clubs are a large part of Lakeside life, but they don’t always have necessary funds. Above: courtesy of Flickr. Below: courtesy of lakesideschool.org.

On the Subject of Clubs and Money KEVIN YANG Clubs are an integral part of Lakeside life.

But they are often not treated as such, at least as far as money is concerned. For many clubs, it is a great struggle to procure the funds they need even for basic functions. Nicholas LarusStone '13, a leader of Knowledge Bowl, Science Olympiad, and Squash Club, says "it's a shame that Lakeside doesn't give more money to clubs because clubs are a great outlet for Lakeside students to show their creativity and special talents outside the classroom setting."

He says that "if Student Government's clubs budget doubled from $3000 to $6000, that would make a huge difference for all the clubs, and it would still be a pittance when compared to the $21 million Athletic[s] Center or the $160 million endowment." As things stand, however, the vast majority of clubs must rely at least partially on fundraising money.

The Bite of Lakeside in November has been the fundraising event of choice for many of the school’s clubs year after year. Homemade cookies and brownies abound, Quidditch brings its own brand of butterbeer, and Squash Club brings fast food from Dick’s at eye-popping 8

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For many clubs, however, this fundraiser is not quite enough. LAPS and BSU, for instance, get much of their funding from the Homecoming Dance, for which they do the planning.

Other clubs sell baked goods at school plays.

Science Olympiad Club ran a pay-to-play game involving its robot arm at last year’s May Day— just one of countless creative fundraising ideas used in the past by the various clubs at Lakeside.

But what do clubs spend all their hard-earned money on? Some clubs, like Science Olympiad and Knowledge Bowl, need to spend their money on the registration fees for competitions, and often have little money left over for other concerns. More well-off clubs like LAPS can afford candy, pizza, and Asian foods on occasion, as well as guest speakers, although leader Andrew Chou ’13 says that the club’s “primary motivation when spending money is almost always diversity related, whether it is spreading awareness about an issue or just celebrating a cultural event.” And Squash Club, having failed to save its court, has of course spent much of its money this year on providing the ubiquitous Squash Club sweatshirts at highly affordable prices.

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Junior College Swamp:

Senior College Swamp:

It Begins

Close to the End JENNIE GLERUM The last of the college applications for the class of 2017 have been turned in. The essays have been written, edited, and edited again; the submit buttons have been clicked; the interviews have been scheduled, worried over, and completed with a sigh of relief.

Most of Lakeside’s class of 2013 will be receiving decisions from their Regular Action applications this month. Some seniors heard in December from early applications. I chose to apply Early Action (nonbinding) to multiple schools instead of Early Decision (binding), and getting three applications finished and submitted instead of one was a huge weight off of my shoulders.

I was fortunate to be accepted to my Early Action schools, so my extra work in the fall paid off for a more relaxed winter.

Meanwhile, a few seniors have chosen alternate paths rather than the typical highschool-straight-to-college route, opting instead to take a gap year traveling or working. Regardless of where each senior is in his or her journey, this month, the power in the college decision process will shift from the colleges to the students. Just as badly as the students want to attend the schools they applied to, the reverse is true: the schools want their potential freshmen to accept their offers. Instead of sending in essays, transcripts, and recommendations by the megabyte, the class of 2017 will receive letters and viewbooks by the pound and a flood of friendly phone calls from current college students. They will learn about all of the opportunities that each school has to offer, and realize exactly what is so awesome about each school that made them apply in the first place. So to the seniors, I say: the hardest part is behind us. The schools will agonize over these decisions as much as we did over our applications. To the juniors: the college process is a great and terrible thing. It is stressful, time-consuming, and even (at least a little bit!) fun sometimes. You will learn a lot about yourself and about the type of person you want to become. To everyone: even if it's not what you expected, everything will work out in the end. Trust me.

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FLETCHER WOODRUFF The weather is getting warmer, heralding the coming of spring for the junior class. Spring isn't just about warm weather and budding plants, however; it also means that that the class of 2014 gets to begin the wondrous journey that is the college process.

A few weeks ago, my fellow juniors and I filed into Kent-Evans Auditorium to hear short speeches from each member of the college counseling team and decide who we wanted as our counselors.I'll admit that leaving the assembly, all I really remembered was that there were six counselors. I ended up asking some sen i o r s their opinions on their college counselors in or d e r to get a better idea of who to pick, which proved to be a good idea.

Everybody I asked had something helpful to add. If you are undecided next year, try asking us juniors; we will all have something to say.

Now that I have my counselor, the second most fun part of the process (at least in my opinion) begins: college visits! Instead of agonizing over whether the schools will like this extracurricular activity or that essay, I get to watch as they try their hardest to get me to apply. Over mid-winter break, I and many other juniors flocked to colleges nation-wide to decide which would be a good fit.

I elected to visit California to avoid the East Coast winter (a choice I don't regret), and while touring one school, I coincidentally encountered three fellow Lakesiders. The visits were tough, as I frequently felt that I was getting bombarded by much more information than I could handle, but after the fact, I found that I remembered quite a bit and was able to make informed decisions about the schools. I quite enjoyed crossing some of the schools I visited off of my list--each meant one fewer essay that I would have to write in the fall.

Sadly, there is also the bad news to consider: it gets harder from here. We are eventually going to have to buckle down and complete the essays that we love to hate. Until that time comes however, we should all enjoy the last bits of relaxation we get because it will be a while until we are actually done . College applications will be a stressful process, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, as the Class of 2013 well knows.

Nick Rubin

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What is Student Government?

A Leadership Lab

GAUTAM HATHI islation, we do not enforce legislation.” As a result, any possible “government” is extremely limited in here is also another, much less publicized scope. So why do we have Student Government? role that Student Government plays. For What is its purpose? several years, there has been an effort to integrate This question has several answers, it turns out. leadership education and experimentation into StuThe most obvious one is that Student Government dent Government’s regular activities. When Bryan serves as a liaison between students and the adminSmith, Upper School Assistant Director, started adistration. In the Ben's words, “Any group of people vising Student Government several years ago, “it cannot effectively communicate their desires … became a lot more like a class,” explains Ben. “Mr. there may be some general consensus, but it’s going Smith would give these talks on his ideas about leadto be very hard for that group to communicate [as a ership. … He asked on a much more philosophical whole]”. “In a replevel, ‘What can resentative govwe do to change ernment … you the school?’” elect [representaMr. Smith was tives] … to lisinterested in sharten to the people ing much of what and communicate he knew about their desires to the leadership, coming administration,” from his graduate he says. Collecting work in the area. student views and During his first transmitting them year as advisor, he to the administook a hands-off tration is perhaps approach to adStudent Governvising the group. ment’s most natu“They made it ral role and the very clear [that] one students ex‘this is ours’,” says pect it to be playMr. Smith of the first group he advised. Later on, ing. however, he asked the group, “Would you want In addition, Student Government can also fame to come in and talk about what I’ve learned?” cilitate the ability of the administration to transWhen Student Government agreed, Mr. Smith mit information to the school. “There’s [also] the would “every now and again give them a reading back channel. … Communication also goes back or teach a class” on leadership lessons or case studthe other way … to communicate the policies and ies. Speakers from around the school, including Mr. actions of the administration to the students,” says Doelger, Ms. Chin, and Mr. Healy, have talked to Ben. Admittedly, Student GovernStudent Govment about leaderernment is not ship. In addition, always the adspeakers brought ministration's fain by Lakeside’s vored method of lecture series have communication lunch with Student to students. For Government mempolicy regarding bers before talking things such as at assembly.

May Day, clubs This leadership funding, and education slowly Lost and Found, morphed into disn its face, the phrase “Student Govern- however, Student cussions about how ment” seems to be an inherent contradic- Government pro- A recent Student Government meeting. Photo courtesy of Gautam Hathi. Student Governtion. Some, including Rachel Maiorano, Upper vides a unique ment could define School Assistant Director and current Student way for the administration to connect with the and improve its own leadership. “I wanted them to Government advisor, would say that Student Gov- school. Many of Student Government's activities in think a little more about their role and their purernment is a “democracy.” This may be true in some these areas are fixed. For example, Student Govern- pose,” explains Mr. Smith. It eventually turned senses, but comparing Student Government to our ment is given a set budget by the administration into, “a little more of ‘Alright, take these lessons from which it can distribute money to clubs. Hownational democracy would be a bit of a stretch. we’ve learned and apply them’,” he says. Student For obvious reasons, it’s very hard to have stu- ever, simply by being the ones to implement policy Government began to spend time writing mission dents making final decisions about anything affect- in these areas, Student Government gains some statements and looking at their role from a broader ing the entire school. That sort of decision-making flexibility and some control over school policy. Ben perspective. “In that way,” says Ben, “Student Govis ordinarily the role of the administration. In the wishes that Student Government played this “in- ernment is not only a service to the students, but words of Student Government President Ben John- formation distribution system” role more often. also … a class on leadership with a very hands-on son ’13, “Government is a bit of a misnomer. … approach.”

We do not create legislation, we do not enact leg-

Tomorrow Lakeside students will vote once again for the next President of Student Government. In the next couple of weeks, class representatives will also be elected.

Candidates will make promises, students will have expectations. Yet some of those promises and most of those expectations will be premised on fundamentally flawed ideas of what Student Government does and what it is. In truth, few people on the outside actually have a complete picture of this school institution, which handles everything from May Day to clubs to lion statues to pencil sharpeners. Indeed, almost by its very nature, the role of Student Government is unclear. So the questions remain: What is Student Government, what does it do, and why do we have it?

The Role(s) of Student Government

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“Government is a bit of a misnomer. … We do not create legislation, we do not enact legislation, we do not enforce legislation.”

—Student Government President Ben Johnson '13

There’s a feeling that a project is on the right track if, in the words of Student Government member Archana Somasegar '14, “people don’t hate it.”

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Changing the Culture

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any of these leadership lessons emphasized how leaders can impact and change organizational culture. There were talks on “how to change the culture of a place” and on “beneficial culture and bad culture,” remembers Ben Johnson.

As a result, Student Government turned its focus more towards impacting the culture of the school rather than running through a checklist of ideas.

Initiatives like Stud of the Week and the Lion Statue came out of this focus. More recently, culture change came up after the basketball game against Seattle Prep in which unfortunate behavior was on display. Student Government discussed how it could make sure that the behavior of Lakeside students didn’t ever descend to the level of some Seattle Prep students during that game. In the words of Ms. Maiorano, Student Government “talked about how we wanted to do things differently and how we as Student Government have some effect on how students behave.”

These discussions took some of the leadership lessons which Student Government had been taught by Mr. Smith and put them into practice.

Student Government was “talking about ethics,” says Ms. Maiorano, with a focus on what student behavior should be and how it could be influenced in a positive way. The result of these discussions was the video on cheering during games produced

by Josh Marten '13 and featuring Houston Warren '13. The hope was that a little bit of good leadership presented in an entertaining and informative way could leave a lasting impact on Lakeside’s culture.

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hile leadership and culture change are still important parts of what Student Government does, this year under Ben Johnson’s leadership the group has moved back toward projects with more concrete results. The idea is for Student Government to once again fulfill its most visible and natural role, namely transmitting student wishes to the administration and getting the administration to act on those wishes. Ben says, “One of the biggest conversations at the start of the year … was ‘How can we do what the people want?’,” as opposed to doing things like learning about leadership, which isn’t something that people know Student Government is doing.

The result of this focus has been a litany of ideas and proposals, many of them campaign promises or student suggestions, which the group is working to implement. These range from the oft-repeated promise of Dan Verzuh '13 to put pencil sharpeners and tissue boxes in every classroom to a widely requested replacement for the Senior Reading Room.

A recent Student Government meeting which this correspondent sat in on was buzzing with activity as members worked on a half-dozen or more small projects.

Of course, none of these projects, including even the smallest ones, are completed easily or quickly.

Getting pencil sharpeners in every room was only accomplished after the end of the first semester and required inventories, meetings with department heads, and resource allocations. Any announcement or event in assembly, no matter how small, requires large amounts of advance planning and follow up with the Assembly Committee. Substantial frustration with the Assembly Committee was

something that came up often in the meeting that this correspondent sat in on.

Things like replacing the Senior Reading Room are even more complicated. “We’re a small school, but there’s still more bureaucracy than most students realize,” explains Ben. In relation to the Senior Reading Room, Ben says that Student Government “had to go through something called the ‘Space Allocation Committee’ which I did not know existed.” In addition, the proposed new space in Moore Hall had to be approved by English Department Head Erik Christensen, who in turn wanted to ensure that the proposal had approval from all English teachers in Moore.

Ben says, “We thought it would be a simple matter of [going to] whoever’s in charge of this room” and asking if it could be used as the new Senior Reading Room. It turns out that it wasn’t quite so simple, and as a result, this year’s seniors may only be able to enjoy their room for a couple months.

This saga is representative of what Student Government has had to go through when implementing (or trying and failing to implement) many of its other proposals.

It’s in the Tatler, it’s on the bulletin board [in the WCC],” he says.

In any case, the work that Student Government does goes on regardless of how cynical students may be.

“In the end, we’re elected by the people to serve the people, and that’s w h a t we’re doing every day,” says Ben. “We move onward, and to some degree, even if the students resent us, we’re still going to try and make life better,” he adds.

Mr. Smith, who has seen several years of Student Government at work, doesn’t feel that a cynical student body especially impedes what the group does.

“In my time [the cynicism] has always been here,” says Mr. Smith. He adds that healthy cynicism is a good thing, although he feels that much of it is fueled by a “bandwagon approach” and is often unfair. Nevertheless Mr. Smith has “never felt it as a problem.” He says that it is “something to be attentive to [but] not an issue that … would cause the group to break down.” Certainly, it hasn’t caused Student Government to break down yet.

“We’re elected by the people to serve the people, and that’s what we’re doing every day. … Even if the students resent us, we’re still going to try and make life better.”

—Student Government President Ben Johnson '13

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nother obstacle that Student Government often faces is widespread cynicism from the student body at large. Many students feel that Student Government is at best ineffective and sometimes even counterproductive.

“It’s more of a way for the school to say that students have a voice in the decisions of the community through a carefully coordinated group of individuals who do virtually nothing other than make big announcements, give out t-shirts, and buy the occasional pencil sharpener,” claims Chinmay Nirkhe ’13.

A more moderate view from Langston Guettinger ’13 is that Student Government is “a largely bureaucratic institution with no real decision making power.” Clearly, these views don’t make it any easier for Student Government to act as a credible source of student opinion and feeling.

Student Government has acutely felt an especially high level of backlash from students over the last year, perhaps as a result of projects like the Lion Statue. There’s a feeling that a project is on the right track if, in the words of Student Government member Archana Somasegar '14, “people don’t hate it.”

As a result, there has been an effort to listen more to students and be more transparent. Indeed, this is largely where Student Government’s increased focus on concrete projects has come from.

“We are actively working to … communicate what we’re doing,” says Ben Johnson. Information on Student Government’s efforts “is available.

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t the end of the day, Student Government is a multi-faceted group which, for better or worse, does a lot more than most students know about. Pinning down what Student Government looks like at its best is hard. The group is a leadership class, an idea generator, a sounding board for the administration, and a lobbyist on behalf of students all at the same time. Somehow, through all of that, the idea is to make students’ daily lives, as well as the school as a whole, a little better. How exactly this is accomplished is, to a large extent, up in the air.

Not everything which Student Government does is successful. Indeed, many have noted how little the group actually gets done. Student Government works to address problems with the way it functions, but sometimes has a hard time figuring out where to start. However, the fact remains that Student Government, in the words of Ben Johnson, “has to be about … individuals who are legitimately passionate about what they are doing.” Perhaps if students understood the depth of Student Government’s desire to get things done on the student body’s behalf, they would be more willing to accept and use the leverage over Lakeside which this institution, however imperfect it may be, provides.

And if somehow student attitudes and the Student Government institution could change in such a way that the former really represented the latter, who knows what could happen?

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Netflix is trying to revolutionize online television distribution with House of Cards as the first series in its radical experiment

House of Cards: Netflix’s New Frontier ANDREAS MOLBAK Netflix is trying something new. Premiering on February 1st of this year, House of Cards marks the beginning of a new take on TV, with all 13 episodes of season one immediately available to subscribers. Legally distributed exclusively through Netflix, this dark, atmospheric show centers on political intrigue. Kevin Spacey stars as Congressman Francis Underwood, the power-seeking, calculating main character.

He is joined by a cast of around six recurring characters, all based almost entirely in Washington D.C..

This is one of the most consistent shows I have ever watched. From the music, to the way the characters act, and the excellent cinematography, this show has really carved out its own world. Each character is well developed. For instance, we don't only see Congressman Underwood as a ruthless politician, we see different sides of him when he is alone with his wife, and when he breaks the fourth wall to address the audience. I've seen a lot of shows where a character's actions sometimes don't make sense, someone delivers a strange line, or the episode is predominantly filler. House of Cards con12

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The company's main reason seems to be an effort to target people who “binge watch” shows...

While I know I’m a terrible sample size, I found myself finishing the first season of House of Cards over two weeks.

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tains none of these moments.

You may wonder why Netflix is releasing the entire first season at once, as opposed to following the traditional method of updating on a weekly or monthly basis. The company's main reason seems to be an effort to target people who “binge watch” shows. Netflix says they notice most people tend to, when given access to a show in its entirety, watch the whole series in one concentrated period. Typically, this is a matter of weeks. And while I know I’m a terrible sample size, I found myself finishing the first season of House of Cards over two weeks.

This marketing strategy seems very well-aimed.

Netflix also thinks this is a very effective method of both combating piracy, and making people who traditionally pirate TV shows get a Netflix subscription. How? If an entire series is available for a very low cost (a Netflix subscription costs $8 a month), people may be less inclined to pirate it due to the accessibility and quality of the legal version. Netflix plans to continue with this platform, releasing more seasons of House of Cards, along with similarly structured shows in the near future.

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Leona Brookover: Letter to the Editors To: alec.glassford@lakesideschool.org From: Leona.Brookover@lakesideschool.org I’m Leona Brookover and you probably know me pretty darn well by now.

I’d first like to start off by saying that I do not appreciate your flagrant use of my diary entries, personal emails, and other private communications as a desperate attempt to boost readership. Just because I, like many of my peers, simply gloss over much of the middle sections of the Tatler, avoiding anything more profound or well researched than February Polls for “Best Smile” and “Cutest Couple” does not mean that your deception can go on forever. I was bound to one day flip open to the Arts & Entertainment section and find that my freshman dilemmas have been exploited for the entertainment of those dedicated enough to read through the whole paper.

From here on out, I will be sure to carefully read all of the Tatler articles

Just because I, like many of my peers, simply gloss over much of the middle sections of the Tatler, avoiding anything more profound or well researched than February Polls for “Best Smile” and “Cutest Couple” does not mean that your deception can go on forever.

and respond to all of the Tatler polls, so don’t think that you can pull such a stunt again.

Anyway, Freshman Spring has given me some time to mull over this distressing matter. I would have asked someone from Mr. Henry’s Freedom, Crime, & Law class to represent me in the upcoming Judicial Committee Case Brookover v. Tatler, but I know that the senior class of 2013 has a tendency to cover for each other (except when they are stalking and shooting at each other off campus with Nerf guns), and decided that it wasn’t worth it. Instead, I come with a peace offering. From here on out, I will share all of my embarrassingly relatable stories in exchange for class credit on my transcript. I mean, a girl’s got to start thinking about her college application early!

Well, think carefully, but don’t take too long to respond.

Yours truly, Leona

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Sundance Film Festival 2013 JULIANA DEVAAN

For ten days the film industry’s veterans and newcomers flock to Park City, Utah for screenings of the coming year’s films, both feature and documentary.

Movies with such high production value that they are not even in competition for the coveted Grand Jury Prize are presented at the Sundance Film Festival, and so are some smaller budget films that will eventually burst successfully into Hollywood (Think Beasts of the Southern Wild or Little Miss Sunshine). 2013’s festival showcased experienced actors in hit feature films to watch for such as Don Jon’s Addiction (Joseph Gordon-Levitt wrote, produced, directed and acted), but it also presented breakout indie-films like the coming-of-age piece The Spectacular Now starring Sundance 2013 Acting Award winners Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller.

Premiering at the festival is the chance of a lifetime for the filmmakers and actors; here are several films from the festival to look for in the coming year.

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HITS Austenland- A wistful woman decides to use her savings and live out her Jane Austen fantasy at Austenland, the true Austen experience, where corsets and romance may befall you.

This is one of the funniest films at Sundance 2013, written by the writers of past Sundance hit Napoleon Dynamite and produced by Twilight author Stephanie Meyer. The surprising team puts together a hilarious movie playing to the comedic strengths of the cast, which includes Jennifer Coolidge and Flight of the Concords’ Bret McKenzie .

Fruitvale- Oscar Grant, a loving father and recently unemployed Bay Area native, just wants to have fun on New Year’s Eve, but when his past catches up with him, he ends up dead and the center of a historic civil-rights conflict.

Sundance 2013’s big winner of both the Audience and Grand Jury Prize, Fruitvale has a bright future, having been bought by The Weinstein Company. Michael B. Jordan’s portrayal of Oscar Grant generates a character neither good nor bad, but somehow brings the audience to tears.

Octavia Spencer heightens the ensemble as Oscar’s mother, the person who has always looked out for him in the past.

MISSES The Way, Way Back- An adolescent boy joins his distant mother and her boyfriend for a dreadful summer, but through misguided adventures finds friends in the quirky staff of the local water park.

Sundance’s heaviest hitter immediately sold for almost 10 million dollars. Unfortunately, the film misses the mark; the relationships which the children create do not intertwine with those of the adults, forcing a gap in the story. It had the opportunity to be a hit, but the talented writers of the film (who also adapted The Descendants) misused their A-list cast featuring Steve Carrell, Maya Rudolph, Toni Colette, Allison Janney, and AnnaSophia Robb.

Toy’s House- Joe Toy decides to move out, but as a naive 15 years old, his new home is a handbuilt shack in the middle of the woods. His best friend and a strange boy named Biaggio join Joe as he attempts to discover his values and become a true man.

The movie seems at first to be a great piece, but upon reflection, the illusion of the attractive male lead is lost and one realizes that the story trivializes adolescence while each role is acted in a way that denigrated the story. The movie relies too much on similarities and parallels to movies like Stand by Me; the complex, unnecessary editing make it forced and posed. The film features actors Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, and Moises Arias (Rico from Hannah Montana).

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“” Austenland is a wonderfully whimsical piece produced by Stephanie Meyer, author of the much-lessappreciated Twilight series. Photo courtesy of Flickr.

[Austenland] is one of the funniest films at Sundance 2013...a hilarious movie playing to the comedic strengths of the cast.

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Fruitvale won both the Audience and Grand Jury Prize; expect to see the film in mainstream theaters in the coming year.

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Sundance 2013’s big winner of both the Audience and Grand Jury Prize, Fruitvale has a bright future

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Seth McFarlane was equal parts hilarious and equal parts offensive, easily the best Oscars host in recent years.

After the Red Carpet

SOFIA MARTINS On February 24 came the culminating event of the movie industry’s year, the Oscars. For the 85th year of the tradition, Hollywood’s rich and beautiful joined together for a night of polite humor (though Seth MacFarlane may have done away with this age-old, unspoken agreement), gorgeous gowns, and golden statues.

This year proved to be one overflowing with great films and performances leading to an unusually competitive awards season. Many frontrunners headed into the months of January and February only to come up empty handed with few or no prizes to their names while previously overlooked underdogs swept all the major awards.

The biggest winner this year has been Ben Affleck’s Argo. Ever since its release, Lincoln had dominated all talk regarding Best Picture and Best Director; it seemed as if Steven Spielberg would again be rewarded for a period piece. However, all bets were off with Argo’s truly surprising win at the Golden Globes. This marked the beginning of Argo’s avalanche of accolades. The film concluded the awards season winning almost every major prize, including the Critic's Choice Award and BAFTA Award for Best Film, all of which led up to the Oscars, where it also took home the big prize.

However, the night’s biggest surprise came not in the Best Picture, but Direction category.

In a highly unusual turn of events, the directors of three of the most buzzed about pictures this year were snubbed entirely by the Academy. Neither Kathryn Bigelow nor Quentin Tarantino was nominated for her/his work on

Zero Dark Thirty and Django Unchained respectively. The last and most egregious rebuff was given to Ben Affleck, the Director’s Guild Award winner. These nomination absences essentially left the category up for grabs. Nevertheless, building up to Oscar night, the consen-

Academy delivered the night’s most astonishing news when Ang Lee, not Steven Spielberg, was written inside. The director took home the second statue of his career, his first being for 2005’s Brokeback Mountain.

The last category that was anyone’s for the taking proved to be Supporting Actor. In an unprecedented occurrence, every nominee had previously won an Oscar and each gave a fantastic performance in his role this past year. This category became the very definition of an even playing field heading into the awards ceremony.

As the season progressed two names cropped up more frequently than the rest: Tommy Lee Jones and Christoph Waltz proved to be the front-runners of the pack, but who would prove victorious was anyone’s best guess. In the end, Christoph Waltz claimed the prize, with his win again coming from a Tarantino movie.

Hollywood concluded an excellent year for cinema with a ceremony that highlighted the music of film. It’s this reviewer’s opinion that Seth MacFarlane, despite stepping over the line on a few occasions, proved to be the funniest Oscar host in years. The night included everything that we’ve come to expect from an Oscar show. There was music, dance, "best-dressed," and the mandatory "unforgettable moment," which came this year in the form of a spectacuArgo unexpectedly pulled to the top as “Best lar fall courtesy of Jennifer Lawrence (always Picture” of the year, beating out the previous a crowd favorite) and her difficult-to-maneuforerunner, Spielberg’s Lincoln. Courtesy of Flicr. ver Dior gown. Now all that’s left to be done sus seemed to be that Steven Spielberg would is survive the dud movie month of March, the take home the golden boy as a consolation for dumping ground for bad films, and wait until his film not winning Best Picture. As the gold next February. envelope was opened, the voting body of the

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sports W h a t C o e d S p o r ts H a ve To Offer

The largest team on campus, the Lakeside Cross Country Team. Photo courtesy of Clayton Christy.

ELDA MENGISTO While sports are appreciated and are now flourishing at Lakeside, not everybody knows about what is going on in coed sports. And while 60% of Lakeside students participate in coed sports, the dynamics and standards of coed sports are not as frequently discussed as the results in coed environments.

Coed sports, as opposed to separate gender sports, are where athletes of both genders practice together in one team and compete separately.

According to Athletic Director Abe Wehmiller, coed sports exist because "there are a number of sports in our state where the standard format is girls teams and boys teams compete in the same schedule, in the same venues, in the same season.

When it works like that, it makes sense from a preparation standpoint, from a transportation standpoint, and from an administrative standpoint to run those all together."

However, there are certain sports which cannot be coed. Once again, this is based on the standards the state has imposed. "Soccer, for instance—those are two really distinct competitive environments in two different seasons. Girls participate in the fall, and boys participate in the spring at the Upper School level," Mr. Wehmiller comments. A similar problem comes with basketball, with different coaching techniques and strategies used in games, even though the teams

Lakeside Varsity Tennis, last year’s Metro League champs!

Photo courtesy of Clayton Christy.

play in the same season.

At Lakeside School, coed sports have significant differences from single gender sports. One of the differences is the bigger number of players on the teams. Rebecca Ramos '13, one of the cocaptains of the swim team, says, "Having a co-ed team just makes every practice more hilarious and fun. The guys add a joking, funny atmosphere to the team, and I would argue that everyone can benefit from that at 6:00 in the morning. We can get to know way more people this way, and have a great time while we do it!"

Co-captain Emily Lang '13 agrees, saying, "Having a coed team in practice is great because it really pushes all of the swimmers. Having the super fast club boys pushes our club girls in practice and inspires everyone with the idea of what is possible in swimming."

While a coed team brings out closer relationships and pushes the athletes, it is also harder connecting and managing the team as a captain.

Emily says, "[In coed sports,] there is just more diversity in the team. There’s more diversity in

The Lakeside Swim Team, 2012-13 Metro League champs!

Photo courtesy of Clayton Christy.

the ways in which people need you to interact with them in order to support them as much as possible. There's also more diversity in the people's needs and ideas of what the team should be, so it's hard to balance those." Rebecca agrees, stating how it is hard to captain a coed team.

The dynamic also changes in coed sports, because boys and girls can be be very different.

Molly Guo '14, a member of the tennis team, comments, "Boys [on the tennis team] have a different attitude towards [the sport], because they can get really aggressive and very competitive, as opposed to the girls on our team, who are really laid back and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings." However, she finds it enjoyable, because "once I see … the passion and the way that they want to beat their opponent … I subconsciously become more competitive."

SuperSonic Love RANA BANSAL “I want to have our championsh ip -w i n n i ng -tea m back at home,” said Avnish Bablani ’15. Many of Lakeside’s avid basketball fans are in strong support of Seattle’s bid for an NBA team. The return of the Sonics would not only revive fond memories of their glory era under Head Coach Bill Russell, but also “bring revenue and jobs to the city as well as bring fan spirit up,” pointed out Killian Pinkleman ’15. Killian also noted that Seattle's overall sports culture and morale diminished after the team was “stolen” in 2008—the year in which it transferred to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.

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group first publicized plans for the purchase of the Sacramento Kings in January, proposing a deal reportedly worth around $525 million.

Hedge-fund manager Chris Hansen, who leads the group, wants the Sonics to start playing again as early as next season; he hopes to construct a new arena and make Seattle a basketball powerhouse once again. The Kings, who have changed cities multiple times since their 1948-49 inaugural season, currently sit in last place of the NBA Western Conference. A stadium-plan construed last year was never brought to life due to lack of tax-funds from residents and city council approval.

However, buying the team from Sacramento will be no

easy task. On February 28, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson—a former NBA star himself—insisted that the Kings would be staying in California. The next morning, 24-Hour Fitness owner Mark Mastrov submitted an official bid that Johnson called a “competitive offer.”

The Maloof family—which currently owns the majority of the team—will ultimately be responsible for securing the Kings’ fate for next season.

Matthew Linker ’15 says that he “feels bad for what the people of Sacramento are going through,” but still enjoys the notion of having a new team to support. The question remains, is it right to take a team from a city, even if it is

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The old Seattle Sonics logo. Will we welcome the Kings to our city next year? Photo courtesy of sports-logos-screensavers.com.

underperforming? Lakeside’s Boys’ Basketball team recently uncovered its winning edge after many years of disappointment, but never did we think of abandoning our own team. It is a difficult de-

cision for the NBA to make, for sure, and only one of the cities will be filled with cheering fans next year. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope it's Seattle!

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Spring Sports Previews Girls Lacrosse

Boys Soccer

GRACE POLLARD After winning the Metro championship last season, the boys soccer team is aiming to take the title again. The team’s captains this year are Charlie Devine ’13 and Thayer Fisher ’13, and the returning coaches are Mark Szabo and José Quiray. After losing plenty of seniors last year, the team is relatively young and doesn’t have much experience, but according to the captains, the new players, including three freshmen, are looking very solid. “The program seems a lot more serious this year; people have been getting in the weight room more, and there’s just a lot more drive to get better this season,” said Thayer. The team’s biggest challenge is Bainbridge, whom they beat in the exciting Metro Final last year 2-1. Charlie said that fans should look out for Seyi Adekoya '14, Gaby Joseph '14, Whit Jamieson '14, Wyatt Paul '15, and Jimmy Bromley '13. The team's first home game is on March 14 at 4 p.m.

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GRACE POLLARD The Lakeside Boys' Baseball team is looking to end their playoffs drought during the 2013 spring season. Leading the team are captains Adam Hinthorne ’14 and Andrew Summerville ’14, and coaches Dana "Paps" Papasedero, Mark Bishop, and Bryan Hale. “We’re a team that for the past couple years has been really young, and we definitely have something to prove so we are looking towards playoffs and even beyond that,” said Adam. Coming out of a 7-12 record season last year, the boys are confident that this year they can take it further.

“Among our veterans of the team, we have three juniors who are really strong.

We have Om “The Charmer” Chatterji '14, David “The Rev” Becker '14, and Andrew “Golden Boy” Summerville '14,” said Adam. The team has a few rivalries this year, including ones with Seattle Prep and Eastside Catholic. Upcoming games include Monday, March 18th at 3:30 at their home field of Magnuson Park and Tuesday, March 18th at 4:00 at Ingraham High School, so come cheer them on!

KATE KIM The girls lacrosse team is revving up for a great season this coming spring.

Captain Jo Canino ’13 described the team as “a family, on and off the field,” and that chemistry will make for action-packed games. Watch for the Senior Defensive Trio, Avalon Igawa ’13, Jo Canino ’13, and Julia Laurence ’13, as well as the only freshman, Casey Clarke ’16, who has serious stick skills.

The nine seniors are hoping to “leave a legacy with Lakeside Lacrosse,” said Jo, and we can be sure that they will bring some serious game. Look out as the team seeks revenge against its main rival, Bainbridge, for breaking its fiveyear state championship streak.

Track

GRACE POLLARD The track team is looking strong for the 2013 spring season. The team is lead by coaches Sally Revere, P.E. Department Head Doug Porter, and Katherine Groesbeck. “Our goal is mostly team unity, because although track is an individual sport, we really want to bring in a team component and try to get people to stay for a whole meet,” said Mia King ’15. Last season the team had multiple events—both team and individual—make it to State, so they hope to have that happen again this year. With the addition of some new freshman who are looking solid, the team seems prepared to make it to State once again. The first meet is Thursday, March 21, right after school at Ingraham High School.

Softball

KATE KIM With a new coach and several new players, the softball team is looking to fall into a rhythm so it can “become a stronger team and play more competitively,” according to captains Ursula Bertram ’14 and Laura Lawarree ’13.

Although the team was struggling with pitching last year, new addition Hannah Shapiro ’16 will surely have opponents shaking as they approach home plate. Additionally, keep an eye out for Danielle Durbin ’16 in the infield, who the captains said is “a great all-around player, so she will be a valuable asset.”

The team is looking to have a lot of fun this season, and the captains cite their spirit as their favorite part of softball.

Due to gym construction, the team will spend another year at Northacres Park, but the distance is so insignificant that it should not hinder any potential softball fans from checking out their games.

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Boys Lacrosse

KATE KIM This year, boys lacrosse had 42 players turn out, 12 of them seniors. “I think we have a lot of potential,” said captain Houston Warren ’13, “and I’m excited for all of the upcoming challenges, both in practices and games.”

Although the team is built with strong players across the board, look out for Connor Haney ’13 and Jake Ephron ’15 in particular. One superstar to cheer on from the stands is Ben Drachman ’13, the new statistician and team manager. This team has a lively dynamic because it has a plethora of “goofballs who are also dedicated to being good,” said Houston, and all of the fun they have together translates into strong teamwork on the field. Houston hopes the stands will be “filled to capacity with loud ruckus and wonderful fans,” so make sure you are a part of the crowd this spring.

Crew

GRACE POLLARD Lakeside Crew is coming into the spring season looking fast and forceful. Although there are separate boys teams and girls teams, “there has been a push the last few years to get the girls and guys teams to do more together, so we try to do team dinners and stuff like that,” said Eileen Bates ‘13, co-captain of the girls team with Susan Burke ’13.

Last year, the boy’s team didn’t send any boats to Nationals, so its goal is to medal at the regional regatta and then move on to Nationals from there. Jamie Landefeld ’13, co-captain of the boys team with Alex Koh ’13, believes they are well set up for this, stating “we had a lot more winter training this year than we did last year, so we are already further ahead.” The coaches of boys crew are Jeff Iqbal and John Moore, and the coach of girls crew is Libby Weick. With strong rowers moving up to the varsity boats, the teams are looking to have a very exciting season.

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Boys Swim Team Reigns at State Continued from front page

The future of the boys’ team was up in the air last year after many key swimmers graduated, but this season has proven that the team is as strong as ever and isn’t backing down anytime soon. Team captain Michael Shum ’13 said that he “thought we had a shot from the beginning of the season,” but it took awhile for everyone else to start believing it. “I’d definitely say this year was a sweeter win.”

At the end-of-season banquet on February 27, the team celebrated not only its victory, but also the dedication to training and commitment to teammates that has propelled the team to where it is now.

“The success of our season can be measured in two ways:

The boys scored 18 additions to Lakeside’s top five times (additions in every event!), set one brand new record, and on February 15 and 16 they took home the State title for the second year in a row.

“It was a magical day watching the boys take down Mercer Island one race at a time, and while the trophy is pretty nifty, for me it is how we won that is worthy of celebration.”

- Head Coach Sally Mingarelli

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Spring sports are just beginning in the month of March—one of which is lacrosse! Tatler talked to lacrosse player McClean Corry ‘15 about her athletic past, present, and future in this month’s edition of “Little League.”

Rana Bansal: What first got you into lacrosse?

McLean Corry: I didn’t want to do track in 5th grade so I decided to do lacrosse.

RB: Have you always enjoyed playing sports?

MC: No, I hated sports because I was forced to do sports I didn’t like. I was forced to stand out in the outfield during T-ball.

RB: What pushes you to play lacrosse?

MC: We have a really good team, and you have keep up with the team’s expectations and goals. There is also a strong legacy.

RB: If you could choose one male lacrosse player, who is your favorite? Why? MC: The freshman who barfed on the first day of lacrosse practice. I have a lot of respect for him because he has continued to play even after that.

RB: Who is your favorite male athlete?

MC: Jeremy Bloom, the professional skier, is my favorite athlete. He was a professional football player, started his own charity, and he’s also quite attractive.

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for a day, who would it be?

MC: I wish I could be Jo Canino ‘13. I love her and she is an amazing defender. Honorable mention goes to Patrick Corry ‘12 because he truly is the greatest athlete of our time.

RB: Who is the athlete you respect the most?

MC: I respect all athletes because what they do is hard. They devote their lives to one thing and work hard every single day to become better.

RB: What have been some of your greatest athletic challenges?

MC: The hardest part of sports is mental, because you can’t ever let your worries or what you are thinking about affect you. I had to figure out what I was interested in pursuing and thinking about which sports I liked and what only my family or friends wanted me to do. You have to care about what you want to do in order to improve.

RB: What team or individual achievements are you most proud of?

MC: I was really shocked that I made the varsity team freshman year because I didn’t think I was as good as the other girls. But it in the long run being on that team was an incredible motivation to push myself to improve and reach their level.

RB: Who is the MVP of the girls’ lacrosse team?

MC: Amerra Sheckles ‘13; she lets us hit her in the face, chest, hands, arms, and feet every day with balls!

RB: If you could switch lives with one athlete

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results and attitudes,” Head Coach Sally Mingarelli said in her speech at the banquet.

“When every member of the team has fostered the winning attitude, that winning attitude becomes winning. It was a magical day watching the boys take down Mercer Island one race at a time, and while the trophy is pretty nifty, for me it is how we won that is worthy of celebration.”

Looking back on their high school swimming careers is bittersweet for seniors on the team, but as Henry Stolz ’13 said, “It’s been a good four years. This year was great, and I’m glad to go out on top.”

Michael agreed, “It’s been an honor to be part of this team.”

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McLean Corry ’13 looking like a professional in her soccer portrait as a youngster. Photo courtesy of McLean Corry.

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Fieldhouse Frenzy Fieldhouse Frenzy is back for the month of March! The crew, Kyle Lee ‘13, Adi Bodas ‘13, John Crutcher ‘13, and Matthew Poplawski ‘13, are here to answer burning questions about the world of sports.

How are the Mariners looking this year?

Kyle Lee ‘13: I heard on the radio this morning that the Mariners traded away Franklin Guttierez and Justin Smoak for cash, which they will spend on Felix Hernandez’s 200M contract extension. The plan is to play him in center field and bat cleanup on his rest days, because, said manager Eric Wedge, “you’re mostly just standing around for three hours out there anyways.”

Statistically, it’s obvious that King Felix is the most talented hitter on the team, so I’m excited for some remarkable improvement this year.

Adi Bodas ‘13: We’re looking good, but the playoffs are not going to happen this year. Our division is too stacked. We do have four or five prospects in Keith Law’s top 100 prospects, so we’re looking good for the future, with Ackley and maybe Montero bound to progress.

John Crutcher ‘13: As much as I love my dear Mariners, they are not going to live up to their potential this year, which unfortunately isn’t that high to begin with. Don’t get me wrong, Felix will be a powerhouse, and I expect Jesus Montero to bat .300, but other than that, I don’t see us going far.

Matthew Poplawski ‘13: Fortunately the Mariners are off to a 10-1 start. Unfortunately, it is still spring training. I have learned over the years that being an optimistic Mariners fan usually results in disappointment, so this year I vow to be a pessimistic Mariners fan. So

The 2012-2013 Fieldhouse Frenzy crew: Kyle Lee ’13, Matthew Poplawski ’13, John Crutcher ’13, and Aditya Bodas ’13. Gilda Rastegar.

what are my expectations for this off their nasty skills. Couple that year? I expect nothing more than a entertainment with a fantastic Red last place finish.

Mill burger conveniently located next to Interbay stadium (where Most exciting spring sports they play all playoff games), it’s the team to watch this year? most exciting spring sports event I KL: The boys soccer team runs can think of. away with this one. Just a few weeks MP: Girls Lax. Look out for this ago, my knees would literally trem- strong senior class to bring back the ble at the thought of a Lakeside Boys state title!

Soccer team sans Paul and Walt. But my confidence in the squad was reWho do you think will be the stored when I heard they cut Dan best stickball player of the senior Verzuh ’13. Any team that deems class for the coming season? such a pure and gifted athlete disKL: Expect Jay Neilson ‘13 to be pensable has got to be in a pretty the most impressive batsman on dang good place. It’s like saying, campus. No pressure.

“Go home, Cristiano, we don’t need AD: Fresh of an admittedly short you.” I’m not expecting anyone else baseball fling, Will Hinman ‘13 to even contend for the state title looks poised to break school records here. for home runs, BABIP, and WAR, AD: I won’t pick tennis, because until he’s cited for steroids by a clinthat’s the obvious answer. I went to ic in Miami. Kids, don’t do roids. last year’s Metro soccer championJC: I am going to look towards ship and had a blast, so everyone Patrick Vanderwall ‘13 to step it up should definitely watch a game or and touch em’ all quite a lot this seatwo for some exciting action. son. He was a little league star and JC: I have a ton of respect for the has been known to pack some powlacrosse team and highly encourage er into his swing, he should be an people to watch their games this early round pick for stickball teams year, because there is a ton of talent, this spring. but the soccer team steals my vote MP: Without a doubt I expect Jufor this category. Seyi Adekoya ‘14 lia Schlaepfer ‘13 to dominate the and Charlie Devine ‘14 play for the stickball realm. While she has subfans and always come out to show tly gone by her whole high school

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career hiding her athletic prowess from her fellow classmates, she will take the opportunity this senior spring to show just what makes her the d1 athlete that she is.

Who do you think will win the champions league?

KL: Juventus is looking really solid, really deep, and really threatening. I’ll put money on this, hit me up!

AD: I’m not even going to act like I follow the Champions league, but if I had to pick one team, I would pick Man U. Because I don’t know what’s going on.

JC: Italy. I’m not sure which team, but one of the Series A teams will be victorious. I want Milan to win it all, and after their 2-0 handling of Barcelona, it seems like they can beat anyone, however Juventus is an incredibly well rounded team with arguably the best defenses in the country led by Giorgio Chiellini and their goalie Gianluigi Buffon.

MP: My prediction is a dark horse Galatasaray AS of Turkey. Expect attacking duo of Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba (both former Champions League winners) to lead their team deep into the tournament.

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Lakeside Sequestered!

These hard economic times are about to get even harder. Failing to reach a consensus after days of heated debate, Student Government and the Lakeside administration have been forced to enact severe cuts to the Lakeside budget and find new sources of revenue. The average student will soon feel the effects of these changes in coming years, as programs deemed expendable are removed and new taxes levied.

Budget Cuts: Tatler: Unsurprisingly, the first thing to go will be funding for the rarely read newspaper known as The Lakeside Tatler. Any copies still in circulation will be used for fuel in the fireplace room.

Assembly: In order to avoid the considerable expenses associated with paying noteworthy speakers, Lakesiders will instead be spending every assembly for the rest of the year watching the numerous sequels to the acclaimed documentary Truck Farm, including Truck Ranch – Operation Stallion and Prius Farm: Even More Sustainable!

Textbooks: To help cover the cost of high textbook costs, Lakeside teachers will now be required to illegally download copies of course texts and distribute them to students. Professional development days dedicated to torrenting textbooks and bypassing copyright protection are in the works.

Community: Our community is great at Lakeside. However, community is an expensive thing to maintain, and these budget cuts mean that we can expect at least a 36% reduction in community over the next three years.

Softball: To keep maintenance costs for Lakeside’s fields low, the softball team will now be required to practice their sport in the street. The new softball field has been moved onto 1st Avenue, which arguably does have fewer nearby cars than the current location of the softball diamond.

The Athletics Center: Fear not athletes, cuts to this program won’t be happening anytime soon.

New Revenue Sources: Taxes for Clubs: Tired of clubs constantly asking for money, Student Government has instead decided to tax every cupcake and trinket sold by clubs on campus at 10%.

Student Government and Judicial Committee Elections: Rather than go through the trouble of democratic elections, the administration has decided that it will instead auction off key student leadership positions to the highest bidder at the upcoming ROAR fundraiser.

Permanent Portables: The boxy white eyesores dominating the quad won’t be disappearing anytime soon, as Lakeside has leased out Bliss Hall as a factory to the Chinese toy-making corporation Qian Youqī. When concerns were raised by some students about smog clouds and toxic waste coming from this new factory, they were told to “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.”

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