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Senior week pranks cause mixed reactions

Bidding a final farewell to the school, seniors go out with a bang

BY BROOKE BRAMAN Students arrived Monday morning to find the school in disarray as a result of Sunday night senior pranking.

Some examples of senior shenanigans included zip-tie lockers and desks, furniture in E2, and toiletpapered hallways.

“It’s a tradition to have senior week, and we are Lawrence High,” senior Kharon Brown said. “It’s fun for the school to see what the seniors came up with.

For seniors, it’s cathartic and for most part the pranks are positive.”

Though many of the pranks were approved by administrators and carried out in an appropriate manner, assistant principal Mark Preut explained that several students crossed a line when their pranks turned malicious and destructive.

“The vast majority of students participated in the pranking as intended, but we had a small number of people who crossed a line — things like taking computers apart and hiding them in ceiling tiles, taking teachers’ personal property and in some cases breaking it or hiding it, scattering stuff around their rooms,” Preut said. “It went from just zip-tying desks in a conga line to really mean-spirited.”

Perhaps the “prank” getting the most attention, though, was at least one swastika drawn on schools windows by senior Jeff Mekus. He said he received a three-day out of school suspension as a result.

“I wasn’t the only one that should have gotten suspended that day,” Mekus said. “I did it just as an impulse. We got in the school, and it just kind of happened...I don’t regret it at all. I got three days off. It’s basically a weekend to sleep in after the long

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nights of getting houses.”

Students shouldn’t forget that the swastika remains a “powerful symbol that represents hatred and murder,” said Jay Lewis, executive director of the University of Kansas Hillel, a Jewish-community group for college students.

“At a minimum, its use in a prank is very insensitive,” Lewis said. “Hopefully this incident will be an opportunity to educate the community about what this symbol represents.”

Though many have tried to determine why the pranking escalated to destructive or offensive levels, there was no clear reason. Preut said it is just human nature and pranks weren’t problematic the rest of the week. Brown blames it on the mob-type mentality that developed.

“At that time, it was so much of a frenzy. It was like a mob of people just going out and doing whatever we wanted. It was like we were liberated,” explained Brown.

Preut said there will be some future restrictions on pranks. For example, students are no longer allowed to enter classrooms during the planned pranking night.

“We are reviewing the situation. There have been conversations administratively about some things we can do better,” Preut said. “We haven’t necessarily talked about an outright ban, but we have talked about putting some restrictions in place that limit the opportunity for people to do the wrong thing.”

Even if restrictions were put in place for in-school senior week activities, the problem may not be solved since most years, the events of senior week extend beyond school. This year, several underclassmen have awoken to toilet-papered yards and vandalized cars.

Though seniors claim most of these actions are done in a fun and playful manner, some have taken a turn for the criminal.

“I can say that basically there have been multiple calls to the Lawrence Police Department for service that have been deemed related to senior week activities at both schools,” school resource officer Mike Cobb said. “If damage has occurred or if there is any type of criminal activity, the police will make a report and possibly arrest or cite the person who committed the crime.”

For some seniors, consequences like OSS or possible arrests are enough to discourage their involvement in the pranks.

“Part of the reason I didn’t participate was because I forgot it was senior week. But the other part was that I didn’t want to worry about the conse-

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Decorated with toilet paper and chairs, seniors made their mark on the gym Sunday night. Photo by Ashley Hocking quences since I knew they were cracking down on the senior pranking,” senior Katie Jacobsen said. “The senior pranks last year were way out of hand, and I just didn’t want to be a part of it.”

But for others, it remains an important senior privilege. “[Senior week] shows that the seniors are at the top and shows the underclassmen whom they should respect,” Mekus said. “The administration needs to realize all the pranks and everything we do is all in good fun. We’re not out to ruin somebody’s property or hurt somebody.”

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Students brave the cold for Mud Volleyball On May 5, Lions got down and dirty in the chilly mud at the annual Mud Volleyball tournament at Broken Arrow Park. The team that won the championship match was the MudHoppers. The victors on the team were juniors Jessica Lemus, Savana Sharp, Cale Bertrand, Panyin Boye-Doe, Kakra Boye-Doe, Rachael Ramirez, Marly Carmona, Erik Parrish and Anthony Riley.

Top left: Letting out a cathartic yell, freshmen Matthew Jacobsen expresses his excitement in winning his first game. The team went on to the second round of the tournament.

Jacobsen was on the team Swagcats 2.0. “It was super fun. I loved the taste of goose poop in my mouth,” Jacobsen said. Photo by Ashley Hocking Above: Flinging mud at fellow teammates, junior Matt Rood, senior Haley Russell and senior Alex Lawson let loose in the mud. “It’s great that LHS hosts events that everyone can partake in,” Lawson said. “Not only is it fun to play alongside your friends, it’s great to play against them.” Photo by Ashley Hocking Bottom left: Bumping the volleyball over the net, senior Alexis Mountain helps her Mud Volleyball team, 107, win their first victory of the day. Although they did not make it to the third round, the team was optimistic about their win. “We couldn’t think of a name, so [senior] Bray Kelley came up with it. We only [have] 106 State championships, but we were going to be the 107th,” senior Lindsey Fangman said. Photo by Ashley Hocking Left: Splashing around in the mud, seniors Katelyn Todd and Montana Locke courageously gallivant in the sludge despite the cold weather. Todd and Locke were on the team Good. “We won two [games] and lost our third game. It was fun, but too cold,” Locke said.

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Student sews her way to nationals Senior seamstress earns spot in national competition for sewing after placing gold at regionals

BY KENDRA SCHWARTZ

Bent over a sewing machine, guiding a strip of fabric in a neat line is not exactly how every high school student envisions their senior year.

However, for senior Laura Oyler, this is the ideal way to spend her time.

Almost two years ago, Oyler began her passion for the art of sewing along with senior Tessa Lieber.

“She was in the first sewing class with me, so we started together,” Lieber said. “Once we kept going she kind of encouraged me.”

As Oyler has grown as a sewer, she has become a leader in this field.

Oyler even had the opportunity this year to compete in the Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Nationals for sewing.

Oyler gained this opportunity through her progression through the state and regional level competitions and encouragement from her teachers. Sewing instructor Shannon Wilson has encouraged Oyler in every endeavor.

“She has really wanted to keep doing it,” Wilson said. “I really see myself in her as far as my passion for the craft, and I would try different things like she has. But she tries things that I would have never guessed someone in high school would try.”

After a total of 23 hours spent working on her masterpiece, a dress, throughout the school year, Oyler was finally able to compete at nationals after placing at state and regional competitions.

“For the category that I was in, Fashion Construction, you could choose anything to make as long as it covered the top half and bottom half of a child or an adult,” Laura Oyler said. “Then, it had to have at least eight different techniques in it, and you could choose from a list and then you could just use the pattern.”

Attention to detail is a key element in the personalization in every work Oyler produces. When competing, she spends countless hours on a detail so minute as a zipper until it meets her standards.

“Last year especially first semester, she would stay after school all “The most difficult part is just in the construction, you have to the time,” Lynne Oyler said. “We would be there sometimes until 5 and make sure everything is perfect,” Laura Oyler said. “And I’m kind of a I would bug her to take me home, like ‘Can I please go home?’ ” perfectionist, so if it’s not the right way then I do it over and over again Competitive sewing had never been an ambition of Oyler’s, but until it’s perfect.” onsalumniassociation.com/golf-tournament/ proved to be an excellent hobby as well as well as a tool she will be able Wilson agrees that an eye for detail is key and that Oyler has masto use for life. tered this trait.

“I never really thought about competing before Mrs. (Kristi) Hen“The hardest part is making clothes that are fitted,” Wilson said. derson talked to me about FCCLA, but it was fun. I’m glad I did,” Laura “That’s probably the most impressive: that her clothes are fitted and that Oyler said. they’re well-fitted.”

Although Oyler does not plan sewing as a major in college or Oyler’s dedication to sewing is evident in the work she produces. At fashion design as a career, she is interested in sewing as a lifelong activthe state competition, Laura received a gold medal ranking and moved ity. Laura Oyler, as well as her sister, see the applicable benefits even on to the national level. outside the classroom.

Her sister, sophomore Lynne Oyler, has experienced this commit“Laura sews a lot. For Christmas, she likes to sew her Christmas ment firsthand.

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Tracing her pattern, Senior Laura Oyler demonstrates her dedication to sewing as she maps out the shape of her maxi skirt.

Photo by Ashley Hocking presents,” Lynne Oyler said. “So during Christmas she’s locked in her room with a sewing machine, and we don’t really see her and we’re not allowed to go into her room.”

Whether she is sewing a Christmas sweater or making the final touches on a zipper to be attached to a competition piece, Oyler’s work effort shines through.

“It has changed a lot. I have met a lot of friends in sewing, through sewing class, and Mrs. Wilson has impacted me a lot,” she said. “I think it’s just something I’ll do throughout my whole life.”

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Student admitted to top university Senior snags a spot at Princeton University as result of her studious high school career

BY BROOKE BRAMAN Most Saturdays senior Elbeg Erdenee can be found studying at Watson library with her mother, a doctoral student at KU. Such studious behavior has paid off as she was recently accepted to Princeton University, an Ivy League university located in Princeton, New Jersey, on a full ride scholarship. “[When I found out I was accepted], naturally I was very excited. I think my parents were actually more excited than I was. Because they put a lot of effort into my seven years here in the US and I think it’s very natural to be proud of me,” said Erdenee.

Erdenee’s teachers also shared in her excitement.

“Well I’m really happy for her and really proud of her. She is very deserving. I wasn’t surprised,” said Ms. Michaels, a coordinators for LHS’s Gifted Education Program.

Princeton, founded in 1746, is one of the most highly ranked universities in the world. Notable alumni include Michelle Obama, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Madison. This tradition and challenging academic environment caught Erdenee’s attention.

“Princeton was one of my first choices. I like it because they focus a lot on undergrad. It’s basically the dream school for undergrads and it is ranked very high. I wanted the environment. To be among very smart people, to be challenged by my classmates and by the curriculum,” said Erdenee.

Though Erdenee feels she would have flourished in any university setting and applied to several other colleges like Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia, she says she was the most excited and humbled to be ac-

Expertly playing the violin, senior Elbeg Erdenee performs at the Gala Concert on Nov. 6. The proceeds of the Gala Concert went to the school’s music department. Photo by Gage Nelson

cepted into Princeton and gladly accepted their offer.

Admission into a preeminent university like Princeton is fiercely competitive with some similar school’s having acceptance rates between 5 and 6 percent. Though there is no exact formula for acceptance, experts explain universities want students who not only do well on standardized tests and get good grades but who are well rounded individuals.

“They want kids who are well rounded. They don’t just want a perfect ACT score. They want you to be in as any activities as you can, and it doesn’t have to be sports. It can be music; it can be drama.

They want you to display more than one thing well at the same time,” says Mr. Hood.

And Erdenee exhibits and embodies all these Behaviors and traits. In addition to taking as many AP classes as she possibly can, Erdenee utilized numerous independent studies in subjects such as French, German, and environmental science.

Erdenee also has an accomplished musical record, being an outstanding player in LHS’s Orchestra for her entire high school career.

“Not only does she have an amazing drive and work ethic and a seriousness about her studies, she’s just very intelligent and very interested in learning.

And that is an exciting thing for teachers to see,” said Ms. Michaels.

Besides flowing praise, Erdenee’s teachers also shared their belief that Erdenee will experience great success at Princeton no matter what she chose to study, which may end up being microbiology.

“I haven’t really locked things into place yet [in terms of a major]. But I’ve been thinking about molecular biology. I’m very interested in molecular biology. I’ve been doing a lab internship at KU in the molecular biology department. So far I’ve been enjoying it. I feel like I’m in my niche in the lab,” explained Erdenee.

Unique senior offers opinion on pressing issues

Senior Noah Nunn gives his take on everything from his own utopia to peeing on a king’s shoe

BY PETER ROMANO The following is an interview conducted questioning senior Noah Nunn on some of life’s toughest queries.

Q: What was your most embarrassing moment?

A: “In high school?”

Q: Ever.

Senior Noah Nunn A:“Probably when I was working out and then my swim trunks ripped in front of everybody. It just full-blown open. It was terrible.”

Q: Was that here?

A: “Yeah.”

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Q: Was there nothing underneath?

A: “No I was wearing boxers, but still. You could hear the rip, and it just echoed through the room.”

Q: Complete silence?

A: “You could hear a pen drop.”

Q: How many licks does it take you not someone, but you, to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? A: “I’d say anywhere from about 12 to 24.57 specifically. Because you know, sometimes it depends on how much saliva is in your mouth and how thick the Tootsie Pop is.”

Q: What was a really dramatic change that you went through in your life?

A: “I went from wearing tripp pants, band tees, and having purple hair to wearing polos, shorts, and having really short hair. In one day.”

Q: If you could only listen to five albums for the rest of your life, what five would they be?

A: “Disturbed - Indestructible, The Protomen’s self titled album, Dying Fetus - Descend Into Depravity, Nile - Ithyphallic, Odd Future - Radical Mixtape.”

Q: If your house was on fire, what’s the one thing you would take with you? Assuming all the living things make it out.

A: “My pillow pet, Mr. Shark.”

Q: What’s the worst advice you’ve ever received? And it wasn’t a joke, it was legit advice.

A: “From my mother, when I really didn’t want to dance she told me ‘just go out there and do whatever you do’ and everybody started laughing at me.

Which was the second most embarrassing moment of my life.”

Q: What would a utopian society be to you?

A: “To make it school appropriate and not say everybody is dead. Everybody has an equal plate. Just pure, raw equality. Even in minor populations we have some slight privilege even though, you know, there’s a ton underprivileged still, but everybody on the exact same playing field. That’s my utopian society.”

Q: What’s your earliest memory?

A: “Peeing on the king of Sweden’s shoe. I’m

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not kidding. I was 5 years old. I was born in Salina, Kan., but I lived in Lindsborg, Kan., which is a Swedish colonized area. The king of Sweden came to my neighbors, and I used to run around naked all the time, so I peed on his shoe. I can give you my mother’s phone number to confirm that story because it sounds ridiculous.”

Q: If someone made a movie about your life, what would you title it?

A: “I would want Quentin Tarantino to direct it.

And let’s just go with something simple, ‘The Misadventures Of Noah Nunn.’ ” Q: And what actor would you want to play you?

A: “Myself, of course. But if I have to choose somebody, then definitely Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.”

Q: What’s something most people don’t know about you?

A: “I sleep with blankets. Like cuddly blankets. I call them my woobies.”

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“In league, she was in the top three,” Her interest in running sparked at a Anderson said. “She’s run extremely young age when she became involved in well and she works hard. You can tell her family’s favorite pastime: running. by how she does out here in practice.

“My family runs, so I remember in sevShe’s worked as hard as anybody I’ve enth grade I was like ‘Oh I’ll just go on ever coached, probably harder than a run cause that’s what my family does. everybody I’ve ever So I’ll just try coached. She’s got it,’” Morgan the mind-set that she said. “Then I “I was planning on running knows what she wants ended up reanyway in college, if anything to get and how to ally liking it.” on my own. So I was like get it.”

What ‘Why not run for the team?’

But for Morgan, started out as I’m so used to a hectic running is more than a hobby bloslifestyle that it’d be weird if I just the trophies and somed into had so much free time.” recognition. Running a lifestyle.

Grace Morgan is a confidenceFor the past booster. six years, “It just makes me Morgan has feel good. It clears my head and makes run countless circles around tracks, me think more positively, which I really rocky cross country terrains, and her like.” Morgan said. “I have gained a lot of competition. confidence because I know I can run eight She has attended regionals and state miles. I feel like a more positive person.” every year of her high school running Anderson admires the dedication and career. This year, she won first place in hard work Morgan puts into running. the regional competition.

“The nice thing about Grace is that To compete at such a rigorous level, she always gives you the very best she’s she had to alter her state of mind. got,” Anderson said. “She does it without “[State] is definitely different from complaining and if anything, she does my other races just because it’s more more than what’s required. I send them intense,” Morgan said. “There’s more out and I say ‘Okay, you can do four to competition.” five miles.’ So she does six or seven.”

Morgan’s hard work has paid off not Long time friend and senior Zoe only in trophies she has won, but also in Fincher was inspired by the Morgan famachievements she has earned. In Sept. ily to run cross country. of 2012 Kansas MileSplit named her the “She makes [cross country] really fun Runner of the Week for her accomplish-

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and she’s a good leader,” Fincher said.

“People respect her and listen to her because she’s so good at what she does.”

As Morgan neared the end of her high school career, she decided she wanted to pursue running at the collegiate level.

“I really didn’t want to give up on running. It felt like I could still improve.

I just wanted to see where I could go and I really like the sport,” Morgan said.

“I was planning on running anyway in college, if anything on my own. So I was like ‘Why not run for the team?’ I’m so used to a hectic lifestyle that it’d be weird if I had so much free time.”

Although college sports can be difficult and time consuming, Morgan is ready to rise to the challenge.

“I’m ready for the next step because I’m ready for a more intense track experience. It’s exciting that I get to go to the next level,” Morgan said. “I just really want to get my times down and see how far I can go because I feel like I have a lot more in me. It’s just exciting to see what I can do.”

Anderson believes Morgan will succeed at any endeavor she pursues at the collegiate level and beyond.

“I think that Grace can do whatever she wants to. If she wants to be a doctor, she can be a really good doctor. Maybe she’ll decide she wants to be a professional runner or maybe she’ll decide that she wants to be a librarian?,” Anderson said. “Whatever she decides to be, she’ll be really good at. That’s just the way she is. She finds out what it takes and then she figures out a way to get it done.”

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Seniors create mountain of cranes

Teacher’s cabinet filled with crane by senior, crane collection continues to grow throughout year

BY GENEVIEVE VOIGT Inside of an old metal cabinet in English teacher Mike Carriger’s room is a huge collection of small, brightlycolored paper cranes.

The cabinet is several feet wide, and the cranes are a few feet deep. They’re held back from tumbling out by an old plastic tub lid.

The avalanche of cranes continues to grow every day. Senior Julia Drahozal folds cranes during every class.

When Carriger noticed Drahozal folding so much, he got an idea.

“I noticed in the fall that she was making the little cranes, and she was making a lot of them during class,” Carriger said. “Just on a whim one morning, I said, ‘Well, maybe we should collect these. Maybe we should store them somewhere and see how many you can make.’ And that’s just how it started.”

Drahozal folds cranes simply because she enjoys it.

“It’s just a hobby,” Drahozal said. “It’s really relaxing, and it gives me something to do in my classes.”

Making cranes may help her focus in class.

“All students find their own ways of working through difficult material, trying to figure out their opinions on different matters,” Carriger said.

“I think for Julia, the way she is manipulating that paper and oc-

cupying her hands is a way for her to process material.”

She is not the only one contributing to the cabinet. Five other girls also make cranes. They use colored sticky notes, and the pile is still growing. Drahozal guesses there are several thousand.

“Oh, Lord only knows,” Carriger said. “I am sure there is a mathematical formula for determining the potentiality of how much is in there. I don’t have that.”

Drahozal doesn’t have a goal, and she doesn’t need motivation to keep going.

“The tradition is make a thousand, but I haven’t really been keeping track,” Drahozal said.

Drahozal makes them in other classes as well, and carries them to Carriger’s room.

Senior Katie Jacobsen sees Drahozal

folding every day.

“It’s ridiculous. She sits in AP Music Theory and will just sit there folding cranes,” Jacobsen said.

The mountain of cranes grows, and Carriger is unsure what he’ll do with them at the end of the year.

“They’re in a cabinet I don’t really use, so it’s sort of out-of-sight, out-of-mind,” Carriger said. “But every once in awhile I’m reminded, ‘Oh hey, I should probably take a look to see how far she’s advanced.’”

For now, the mountain of cranes remains.

Carriger is happy to let Julia continue her project.

“We haven’t spoken a whole lot about it,” Carriger said.

“It’s just sort of a quiet thing that she’s done.”

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