Issue 6, The Budget, 2017-2018

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“THIS [GUN VIOLENCE] IS A HUGE PROBLEM...

IT’S NOT JUST A SCHOOL PROBLEM, IT’S MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.” —DEENA AMONT, ART TEACHER

IN THIS ISSUE •06 Students walk out in protest •08 Arming teachers considered•10 Students unite behind father facing deportation

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Walk-out memorializes school shooting victims Students and staff members donate blood

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“THIS [GUN VIOLENCE] IS A HUGE PROBLEM...

IT’S NOT JUST A SCHOOL PROBLEM, IT’S MUCH LARGER THAN THAT.” —DEENA AMONT, ART TEACHER

IN THIS ISSUE •06 Students walk out in protest •08 Arming teachers considered•10 Students unite behind father facing deportation

ON THE COVER — Flags flew at

half mast following deaths of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

Photo by Aidin Manning

COOKIE SEASON ARRIVES

REPORTING BY SOPHIA ROGERS

ADI SPEARS JUNIOR

GRACE FARNEY FRESHMAN

LAURA TESKA FRESHMAN

What’s the most cookies you have ever sold?

“65 boxes.”

What is your best sale strategy?

“Asking my friends Asking my friends to ask their friends. My brothers friends are all in college so they have their own money.”

How long have you been in Girl Scouts?

“1 month.”

What’s the most cookies you have ever sold?

“300 boxes.”

What is your best sale strategy?

“At KU there is a raffle and if your troop gets chosen you can sell cookies on KU campus.”

How long have you been in Girl Scouts?

“Since I was in kindergarten.”

What’s the most cookies you have ever sold?

“800 boxes.”

What is your best sale strategy?

“Go to the same people every year.”

How long have you been in Girl Scouts?

“9 years.”

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BY ELYZEBETH WORKMAN

STAFF WRITER

Students have one less month to line up dates, dresses and tuxedos this year as the date for prom has been moved to early April.

Prom will take place April 7 downtown at Liberty Hall. In recent years, prom has fallen during senior week in May. Assistant principal Mark Preut said the date was moved up because of timing issues with Showtime, mud volleyball and AP exams.

“Everything was bunched together,”

Preut said. “A lot of it is to separate it out, especially on seniors with everything going on.”

Prom will likely continue to be at Liberty Hall in the future because organizers said it was an overall success for Student Council when they moved the dance there last year after years of holding it in the ballroom in the University of Kansas Memorial Union.

“There was a bigger turnout because a lot more people knew about it and it just made it a lot better,” said sophomore Hailey Alt, sophomore class secretary.

The cover band SellOut will perform

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songs from the ‘80s to modern day, reprising their performance from last year.

“We didn’t have to worry about if a new band was going to be good or if people would like them, so it was just a lot easier because we already know them,” Alt said.

Seniors and their dates can also look forward to a red carpet and free popcorn.

“It’s just a really fun experience and a lot of hard work and planning goes into it, and we try our hardest to make it the most fun and we try to make the decorations really beautiful and try to make it really enjoyable for everyone,” Alt said.

SCHOLARS BOWL MAKES RUN AT STATE

BY ELYZEBETH WORKMAN

STAFF WRITER

Whizzing into state, scholar’s bowl placed forth overall.

The state team was made up of seniors Luther Fuller, Calvin DeWitt and Kacee Truong, and juniors Anna Chieu and Olivia Rothrock. They competed against eight teams on Feb. 10, placing fourth overall.

There were two regions of competition, which produce four teams each to

compete at state. The teams did roundrobin tournaments until four teams were left.

Questions were written by coaches from all over Kansas so they could be used for state. In local tournaments, questions were pulled from past years and new submissions.

“You’ll find the higher caliber questions [at state], but also these questions are designed more for junior and seniors in mind than just your regular freshman or sophomore kind of questions,” coach Matt

Ellis said.

The team had dwindled in membership over the years, but under Ellis it has grown.

Lawrence High had been to several state competitions in the past, but this is the first time the team has gone to state with Coach Ellis.

“It’s always nice to see the end after a hard season of working and getting better...but it finally pays off at the end,” Ellis said. “It’s really great for the students that they have a chance to culminate with such a big victory.”

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NEWS

TEST THE TEACHER

With state assessment tests just around the corner, we asked teachers to take up to four sample test questions for a subject matter they don’t teach. Here’s how they did:

BONNIE MILLS MATH TEACHER

JANET ROVENSTINE HISTORY TEACHER

WAYNE LONG CHEMISTRY TEACHER

JAMIE JOHNSON ENGLISH TEACHER

SCORE: 50% One correct of two English assessment questions.

SCORE: 50% Two correct of four math assessment questions.

SCORE: 50% One correct of two English assessment questions.

SCORE: 50% Two correct of four math assessment questions.

WHERE SHE STRUGGLED Selecting the right sentence to remove from a paragraph.

ONE SHE GOT WRONG What is the product of -2x2 and -x2 + 3x - 1?

-3x2 + 3x - 1 -3x4 + 5x3 - 3x2 -2x4 - 6x3 + 2x2 2x4 - 6x3 + 2x2

WHERE HE STRUGGLED Selecting the right sentence to remove from a paragraph.

ONE SHE GOT WRONG What is the solution to the following equation 6x + 2 = 3x + 2 ?

2 -1 2 no solution all real numbers

ON IF THE TESTS REPRESENT STUDENTS’ INTELLIGENCE “I never think a test is accurate to represent a student’s intelligence. There are different things. People have test anxiety for many various reasons. People test better than others for various reasons also, but that doesn’t mean they are not intelligent.“

ON THE USEFULNESS OF ASSESSMENTS “I think that they could be very useful. At this point in the testing process, I don’t think they are very useful because I don’t think the state has hammered out all of the problems yet.”

ON IF THE TESTS REPRESENT STUDENTS’ INTELLIGENCE “I think they are only one measure of a student’s intelligence. So I don’t think you can say because of one score or one test grade that you know how smart a kid is. I think that is just one indicator of the potential of the student.”

ON THE USEFULNESS OF ASSESSMENTS “I suppose it’s necessary to know the progress our students are making, but there’s more than one way to measure progress, and that’s only one piece pf a puzzle.”

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WALK-OUT — Senior Ariana Cox raises a sign at the gun violence protest on Feb. 21 in the rotunda. Cox’s sign reads, “18 school shootings just this year! And we’re only in February.”

Photo by McKenna White MEMORIALIZE — Sophomore Elliot Bradley reads the names of the 17 people who died on Feb. 14 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Walk-outs took place across the country. “The walkout to me represents communicating, recognizing those lives that were lost,” Bradley said. “We’re going to make a change and those lives weren’t taken in vain.” Photo by Emily Kruse A STAND — Sophomore Jailyn Moten holds

up a sign in reaction to the shooting in Parkland, FL, at the gun violence protest on Feb. 21. Moten’s sign reads, “Guns Don’t Die. Children Do.” Photo by McKenna White

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STUDENTS WALK OUT

Gun violence in schools prompts student walk-outs nationwide

BY ANAHITA HURT

CO-ONLINE EDITOR

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tudents walked out of school on Feb. 21 in response the deaths of 17 students shot to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. During two separate walk-outs, students left class for 17 minutes, to represent each of the students who died.

Sophomore Elliot Bradley said he sought to add more meaning to the second walk-out.

“I just kind of thought to myself, I said, ‘Wow there aren’t that many people here and none of them are doing anything to recognize this,” Bradley said. “I mean, if someone drove by, they would see that it’s just a group of people standing outside. So I guess I felt like if you’re going to stand outside, if you’re going to walk out of your classroom and say ‘I’m taking a minute to recognize these people,’ you should do it right.”

At the second walk out at 11 a.m., Bradley took charge of the event. Bradley named one of the deceased every minute and told those gathered about who they were.

“I walked out because this is an issue I feel really strongly about,” Bradley said. “The safety of your friends and your teachers, this is a place we’re required to be every day and making it a safe place for everyone is really important to me.”

For Bradley, the walkout represented recognition for what happened and for the lives that were lost. It showed, for him, that students are ready to make change, proving that the lives of those students and teachers were not lost in vain.

“I personally would like to see stricter rules regarding gun law in general,” Bradley said. “I mean, at this point, you know, when you turn 18, you can go out and buy a semi automatic weapon and nobody says anything about it.”

Art teacher Deena Amont participated in the 11 a.m. walk out. She helped to remind students why they were there.

“I chose to walk out in solidarity with the people in Florida and also the people all over the country that are trying to do something about gun violence everywhere and especially in schools,” Amont said. “It represented our small community of Lawrence High our effort to take a stand against gun violence especially in schools.”

Amont said the issues behind school shootings need to be resolved by authorities more powerful than school administrations.

“This is a huge problem, it’s beyond that of not just our administration, it’s not just a school problem, it’s much larger than that,” Amont said. “I am not an expert in gun control, and I’m not even exactly sure where I stand on that issue, in terms of gun control, but we just have to do something to prevent something like this from happening ever again.”

Junior Paislea Murphy participated in the 11 a.m. walk out and helped create posters which later sat in the rotunda. She said she worries about unlocked entrances to the building.

“Everybody in the annex, and all of those people, we’re all unsafe,” Murphy said. “And there’s been a lot of shootings lately in everywhere, really, and I just feel like this is something we can do. I feel like we should stay out here a little bit longer than 17 minutes because that is showing them that we’re serious.”

Senior Ally Rood it’s important for legislators to take note.

“I want this hopefully to be publicized and for our lawmakers to see this, especially in Kansas and I want them to know that we think this is important, and that this is important, and that we’re willing to fight for it,” Rood said.

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CONCEALED CARRY UNLIKELY AT LHS

USD 497 hasn’t used state law allowing teacher to carry guns

BY CONNOR SCHMAUS

EDITOR

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oncerns over the safety of students and teachers have surged to the forefront of national debates in wake of the most recent school shooting.

The deaths of 17 teenagers on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida prompted politicians and advocates to suggest arming school staffs as a solution, spurring opposition from teachers and educator groups.

After the shootings, President Donald Trump spoke in support of allowing school staff to carry firearms, a proposal originally created in 2013 following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary.

“Well-trained, gun-adept teachers and coaches should carry firearms in schools,” Trump said in an address at the Conservative Political Action Congress.

“This would be a major deterrent, because these people are inherently cowards.”

Trump’s stance on moving forward has caused outcry from teacher organizations across the nation. Jeff Plinsky, Lawrence High debate teacher and vice president of the LEA, said the proposed solution would only create a disturbed classroom, where the teacher is no longer a trusted individual.

“We’ve worked really hard to develop the idea of teacher as a facilitator, the teacher as a collaborator,” Plinsky said.

“But when that teacher has a gun in the class, they are now [an] authority figure.”

Similar to Plinsky, Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association sees weapons as unnecessary and a poor solution to the issue.

“Bringing more guns into our schools does nothing to protect our students and educators from gun violence,” Garcia said in a statement for NPR. “Our students need more books, art and music programs, nurses and school counselors; they do not need more guns in their classrooms.”

After Sandy Hook, Kansas legislators passed a bill allowing teachers permit to carry concealed weapons if school districts approved the idea. USD 497 hasn’t approved such a policy.

It seemed unlikely other districts would pursue concealed carry because

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EMC insurance company, which covers most Kansas districts, refused at the time to insure schools that participated in the concealed carry option.

Administrators are confident the option is unlikely to take effect in Lawrence, partially because of local politics.

“Even if some districts in Kansas adopt a concealed carry rule, I don’t think Lawrence will,” assistant principal Mike Norris said. “It’s more liberal here than it is in the rest of the state… I think there’s more teachers that would just refuse to carry.”

Norris also fears unintended consequences from a large school having weapons among teachers.

“I can just imagine a crazy scenario where some math teacher with a gun… and some social studies teacher with a gun run into each other,” Norris said.

“We honestly have teachers in this building that don’t know each other.”

With no clear solution, teachers maintain that the most important thing to do is to provide a safe place for students, including one where their fears are recognized and addressed.

“You have to recognize that fear is a real thing,” Plinsky said. “Have an open and honest discussion where students can not only ask questions, but have their fears heard.”

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SAFETY FOCUS — With an open campus, safety issues remain a concern at LHS. The school entrance (first and second photos) is now secured. But many other doors into the building remain open during the day. Since the Florida shootings, some doors, including those across from the soccer field (third photo), have been locked during the day. In addition, the school held a lockdown drill (photo four). Photos by Aidin Manning

SCHOOL REVIEWS SAFETY ISSUES

Construction to address safety issues of building

BY MACY LANDES

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awrence High has joined the ranks of groups voicing security concerns following the fatal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. Administrators are looking for short-term solutions to the various issues with the building.

An open campus is one of the issues staff is grappling with. Those issues will be fully remedied in future construction. Around the start of the 2021-2022 school year, Lawrence High’s portion of bond construction should be finished, and the school will have a closed campus.

“One of the primary talking points when it was up for a popular vote was safety and security of the campus,” assistant principal Mike Norris said. “But of course, it takes time to do that...and it was kind of that, ‘What do we do in between?’

Well, we’re already doing something in between. It’s not like something changed, it’s as insecure as it always was, I guess, but a major point of the bond construction is to secure those entrances.”

Until then, administrators have to find a balance between keeping students safe on campus and providing reasonable routes between the main building, annex and west gym.

“What we’re wrestling with right now and trying to figure out is how do we deal with or handle those issues now, in the interim, or the short term,” Norris said.

The problem with keeping students safe is not the dated building — it’s that there are three of them.

“The difference between us and Free State is that they occupy a single footprint,” Norris said.

School Resource Officers are supposed to help during the span of these transition years. Since 1995, School Resource Officers have been at Lawrence High to meet the requirements of what SRO James Miller describes as a triad concept.

“We counsel students if they need our assistance with stuff,” he said.

“We teach, we give presentations, and then, obviously, the third one is law

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...WE’RE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IF SOMETHING WAS TO GO WRONG HERE IN THE SCHOOL.” —JAMES MILLER, SRO enforcement.”

In the event of an intruder or disturbance, SROs have the means to protect students and staff.

“We, obviously, are armed because we’re law enforcement,” Miller said. “And we’re the first line of defense if something was to go wrong here in the school.”

Student safety, SRO Gwyn Fogarty said, is the number one concern of all staff members.

“After any event, whether it’s an automobile accident or anything, it’s to be here and have that door open for anybody to come and talk to us,” she said. “And I think that’s the same for admins, teachers [and] counselors.”

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SHOUTING — Junior Andrew Anderson marches for Syed Jamal on Feb. 8. Jamal, a Lawrence research scientist, has children who attend school in USD 497. “It’s an awful thing to rip someone who’s been living here for 30 years away from their family,” Anderson said. On ways to help, Anderson suggested, “Contact your local representatives. It does make a difference, absolutely.” Photo by Aidin Manning DEMANDING ACTION — Junior Derek White walks in solidarity on Feb. 8 at the Syed Jamal March. “I feel horrible about the family,” White said. “I can’t just sit around and do nothing.”

Photo by Aidin Manning MARCHING — Freshman Zora Lotten-Barker strides down Massachusetts Street on Feb. 8. Lotten-Barker’s sign read, “Families should not be separated. Free Syed.” Photo by Aidin Manning

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FIGHT AGAINST DEPORTATION INSPIRES STUDENTS TO JOIN

PROTEST Father’s fight to stay in country inspires support of community

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everal students marched in solidarity on Feb. 8 with supporters of Syed Jamal.

The Lawrence parent and scientist is in danger of deportation after being arrested

by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while helping his children, who are students at Free State High School, Southwest Middle School and Sunflower Elementary School, get ready for school.

March organizer Eleanor McCormick said the march was a celebration of the courts granting him a temporary stay the week prior. Since then, the stay was revoked by a federal immigration judge, then reissued by the Board of Immigration Appeals in Virginia.

“It is important that immigrants in our land know us for our love and not for our hate and not for fear,” she said to the crowd gathered in Lawrence Creates Makerspace.

Currently, Jamal is being held at Platte County Jail in Platte City, Mo. His family was able to visit him on Feb. 25 after more than a month of separation.

His ordeal inspired students, who are concerned about immigration policy, to speak out.

“He [President Donald Trump] is tearing families apart,” junior and Young Democrats Club president Derek White said. “And I can’t just sit around and do nothing.”

Republican Lynn Jenkins, the Congresswoman for

Jamal’s district, introduced a bill that would keep Jamal in the country. On Feb. 14, it was confirmed by an attorney that Jamal will be in Kansas for his case.

“Call your Congresspeople, especially Lynn Jenkins, who has taken an interest in re-opening Syed’s case,” White said at the march, before the second stay had been announced.

Co-organized by the Islamic Center of Lawrence and Plymouth Congregational Church, the gathering before the march included stations to make posters, and music performed by freshman Giovanni Ventello.

“A lot of my good personal friends are running this, and, I mean, Syed’s oldest son goes to FSHS and he’s as old as me,” Ventello said. “It would be hard for me to not help out.”

Other students had a personal connection to the march. Junior Andrew Anderson’s mom was one of the organizers of the event and knows the family.

“Don’t deport people like this, people that clearly benefit society. It doesn’t make any moral sense,” he said. “It certainly doesn’t make any sense in terms of benefiting society, there’s no real logic behind it….If you are going to deport people, don’t deport people like Syed and similar cases.”

The marchers chanted only one phrase as they walked: “Free Syed Jamal.”

“I think if you have enough people saying the right message, it does work,” freshman Zora Lotten-Barker said. “People hear when you say, as a community, that we won’t let this happen and he matters and immigrants matter to our society.”

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HELLO. THIS IS JULIE BOYLE.

Julie Boyle brings news of snow days, making her a student favorite

BY IZZY HEDGES

ASSISTANT ONLINE EDITOR

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tudents know when that when USD 497 communications director Julie Boyle calls, it’s probably to give them the day off. It’s Boyle’s voice that tells students and parents that school is being called off, and they’ve gotten to know it well this year after four inclimate weather days. The Budget talked to Boyle about her job and fans.

What are your feelings regarding the ‘Julie Boyle cult’?

“I don’t really view it as a cult, but I get a kick out of it. I think it’s all in good fun.”

During snow days do you have work off?

“No, I do not.

I’m actually not a part of the decision making. I’m a messenger basically...My job, as communications director, is to let everyone know what those decisions are. As far as our office, it typically remains open, as do any employees in the district who work on a 12 month contract, like our custodians, our facilities and operation

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staff, and our district office staff….To have four inclement weather days this year has been unusual, which has also led to craziness on social media. I’m ready for spring.”

How much input do you actually have in determining snow days?

“As far as the decision making on an inclement weather day, that falls with the superintendent. The superintendent usually discusses the weather and the forecast with our student transportation provider, First Student, is the bus company. Also with our facilities and operations director, because obviously we want sidewalks, roads and parking lots to be safe. They are involved in treating and clearing roads, sidewalks and parking lots. They are an important decision maker in that process, too. They discuss the weather and the weather forecast for what the weather might do. Ultimately, the superintendent makes the decision on whether or not she feels it’s safe enough to have school. Safety is always the primary focus. We obviously don’t want anyone, students or staff, to get hurt trying to get to or from school.”

Have you listened to the song written in your honor?

“The song was created by one of our social studies teachers, Chris Orlando, at Southwest Middle School...He actually sang it to me on stage at the faculty follies a couple of years ago. It continues to make the rounds when we have inclement weather. It lives on. I think it’s great.”

What was your first reaction when you first found out about your praise among student and teachers?

“Like I said, I think it’s all in good fun. I recognize the goofiness for what it really is. I understand that students like their snow days, and some teachers do as well. I can understand that, it’s not really about me. It’s more about that people liking their snow days and to have a day off, especially a surprise. It’s like a gift.”

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BLOOD DRIVE Students and teachers give away blood in the recent blood drive

GIVING — Sophomore Maleah Phommaseng (above) looks away as a nurse checks on her blood drawing arm. Photo by Abby Brown SMILES — Teacher Valerie Schrag (bottom left) giggles as her blood is drawn at the blood drive on March 1 in the West Gym. Photo by Emily Kruse ENERGIZING — Junior Karenna Peterson eats a cookie to regain strength before she heads back to class. Photo by Emily Kruse DONATION — Sophomore Alexander Flathers observes as a nurse finishes drawing his blood during the March 1 blood drive. The drive was organized by Student Council. Photo

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SPORTS

THE BOYS ARE BACK Boys basketball going to fourth straight state tournament

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n a rematch of last year’s state semifinals, the Lions knew they were in a tough contest against the No. 3-seeded Blue Valley North with a trip to the state tournament on the line.

They did not let any nerve show during the Saturday match-up. The Lions came out hot from behind the three-point line and never cooled off en route to a comfortable, confidence-boosting, substate championship, 71-52.

“It felt good. Not a lot of people thought we would make it this far,” junior point guard Trey Quartlebaum said. “It feels good proving people wrong.”

In the game, the Lions showed just how dangerous they can be despite the competition. Yet due to a lackluster stretch in the middle of the year where the Lions lost several games in a row, they will have to continue embracing the underdog mentality in the state tournament.

The Lions now face the No. 1 see and a familiar foe in the Blue Valley Northwest Huskies.

In the past two years, the Lions have taken on the Huskies in the state tournament. Two years ago, in the third place game, the Lions won. Last year in the state championship, the Lions lost by a narrow margin.

Despite the esteem the Lions hold in their oppo-

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

ELATED — The student section cheers in reaction to a dunk made by Anthony Selden at the boys sub state qualifying basketball game on Feb. 28 at LHS. The Lions won the game 64-55 against Shawnee Mission Northwest. Photo by Aidin Manning

nent, they are confident in their own ability, assistant coach Matt Stiles said.

“First and foremost, we are focused on playing well against them,” Stiles said. “Trying to take it one game at a time, controlling what [the Lions] can one day at a time.

According to Stiles, since January, only one team has scored at least 50 points on the Huskies. He believes a key to the game will be scoring.

“We gotta score it,” Stiles reiterated. “We also have to make it difficult on them and make them really uncomfortable.”

The Lions are taking the challenge in stride, confident that they can advance in the tournament.

“I think it’s going to be a good game,” Quartlebaum said. “We just want to go in there and play hard and go out with a win.”

IN MOTION — Junior point guard Trey Quartlebaum drives down the court during Wednesday’s sub-state game against Shawnee Mission Northwest. The Lions won the home game, 64-55 before heading out on the road where they defeated Blue Valley North for a fourth-straight shot at the state title. Photo by Aidin Manning

WHAT: Lions play Blue Valley Northwest in state quarterfinals WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 WHERE: WSU Koch Arena, Wichita, KS ON THE LINE: Winner advances to semifinals against Derby/Olathe North COST: Tickets are $6 for students and $8 for adults MORE: Gates open one hour before gametime

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ELATED — The student section cheers in reaction to a dunk made by Anthony Selden at the boys sub state qualifying basketball game on Feb. 28 at LHS. The Lions won the game 64-55 against Shawnee Mission Northwest. Photo by Aidin Manning ELATED — The student section cheers in reaction to a dunk made by Anthony Selden at the boys sub state qualifying basketball game on Feb. 28 at LHS. The Lions won the game 64-55 against Shawnee Mission Northwest. Photo by Aidin Manning

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STARTING LINEUP TREY QUARTLEBAUM Junior Point Guard

ANTHONY SELDEN Senior Forward

BRETT CHAPPLE Junior Forward

SAVONNI SHAZOR Junior Forward

JAKE RAJEWSKI Senior Guard

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TEAM STARTS WITH STATE

As spring sports season starts, swimmers head to the pool with hopes for top performances at state REPORTING BY COOPER WRIGHT

CO SPORTS EDITOR

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he girls swim team is diving in 2018 after finishing last swim season with its best placing at state since 1999.

The team took the top three in every meet and took fourth at state

last year.

With many varsity returners, another high place at state is expected for the Lions.

Some notable returning swimmers include: junior Morgan Jones, junior Maddie Dean, sophomore Marian Frick, sophomore Megan Drumm, junior Emily Guo and junior Jamie Abernathy. The relay team of Dean, Guo, Frick and Drumm won the state title in the 200 medley relay last season.

“I’m really hoping we’ll be able to defend

our state title in the relay from last year,” Dean said.

Beyond success in the pool, the girls look to build friendships outside of it.

“I look forward to bonding with the girls that I don’t get to see the rest of the year,’” Dean said.

The Lions are led by Coach Kent McDonald who won coach of the year last year and looks to continue the run of success.

“Right now we’ve got the largest team we’ve ever had,” McDonald said. “That gives us a good chance to do really well.

QUICK BREATH — Junior Jillian Wilson swims freestyle during practice on March 3 at LHS to wrap up the first week of swim season. “I want to swim the 500 free at state, and I really hope for the team to get on the podium,” Wilson said. Photo by

A SNEAK PEAK AT SPRING SPORTS BASEBALL

Senior Devin Lauts led the Lions last year on the mound and in the batter’s box with his best performance coming against Free State. Watch for him to replicate his performance against the Firebirds again this year.

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SOFTBALL

As a freshman on varsity last year, Karly Johnson was a consistent hitter.

Look for her to breakout even more this year and lead the Lions to a state appearance.

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GIRLS TRACK

Junior Evann Seratte placed fourth in the 400 meter dash at 6A state last year. Watch for her at the Kansas Relays.

GIRLS SOCCER

Junior Anna Chieu will to break out this year as a junior. Look for her to be the team’s leading scorer.

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BOYS TRACK

Senior Hunter Krom finished second in 6A javelin in 2017. Watch out for him in the Kansas Relays and at the state track and field meet.

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TAKEDOWN

TWINS Brothers end prep career placing third and fourth at state wrestling meet in Wichita late last month STORY BY GARY SCHMIDT

EDITOR IN CHIEF

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enior Relle Dye saw his hand lifted in the final match of his high school career on Feb. 25, earning himself a third place finish at 138 pounds at the Class 6A tournament.

For the four year state qualifier, it was the pinnacle State of his career. Moments Showdowns later, he was able to share a similar feeling with his twin Melle Dye: brother, Melle.

1st round: 5-3 W Placing fourth at 145 2nd round: 12-5 W pounds, Melle was able to Semis: 14-4 L finish off his stellar senior Con. Semis: 8-4 W season at 25-4, winner of Con. Final: 3-2 L four tournaments. For the twins however, it provided Relle Dye: a last opportunity to share 1st round: 9-4 W success in a sport they be2nd round: 11-9 W gan together 11 years prior.

Semis: Pin 1:46 L According to Relle, the Con. Semis: 7-2 W success they found this Con. Final: 10-2 W season was largely dependent on the relationship they share.

“Being able to practice with my brother

hard, intensely and just getting a lot of rest [helped me being successful],” Relle said.

When all that hard work paid off in trips to the state semifinals for the twins, they were ecstatic.

“I thought it was pretty cool because we both ended our senior season with a bang,” Relle said.

In a season that saw fewer wrestlers and less experience, the determination and leadership of the Dye brothers was able to will the team to a 19th place finish.

Melle specifically cited a strong club wrestling season as a reason for his success this year.

“I have been practicing over the summer and going to a lot of club tournaments and big national tournaments,” Dye said.

Though a state title alluded the stellar prep career of the twins, wrestling taught them much about themselves, and about each other. “[Wrestling with my brother taught me that] there is someone out there like me that is strong as me,” Melle said.

Yet, when times get hard, they know they can rely on each other. “[Our relationship is] working hard and helping each other win and strive for what we want to strive for,” Relle said.

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FAMILY— In their senior night recognition, twins Melle and Relle Dye stand next to each other. The Lions lost the dual against Free State, 1262. Photo by Emily Kruse TWO POINTS — Senior Melle Dye secures the takedown on his opponent in the Lions’ dual against Eudora. The Lions won, 52-27. Photo

by Ashley Dykes.

HEADLOCK— Snapping his opponents head down, senior Relle Dye wrestles at the 6A East Regional Wrestling Tournament. Dye won a regional championship. Photo by McKenna White

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ON STAY — Junior Liz Hernly sings in A Capella Choir during fifth hour.

Hernly is taking classes part-time this semester.

Photo by Mira Simms SMILES — Hernly laughs during music classes on Monday. Among the classes she attends is third hour wind ensemble. Photo by Emily Kruse FIRST STEPS — Hernly spent time at Children’s Mercy doing physical therapy to relearn movement skills. Photo courtesy of Joni Hernly RESTING — Hernly listened to a family friend play guitar for her in the hospital for comfort. Photo courtesy of Joni Hernly

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ROAD TO

RECOVERY

Junior Elizabeth Hernly recovers from AVM bleed

BY FREEMAN SPRAY

COPY CHIEF

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n the road to recovery, junior Liz Hernly is back at school after surviving a medical emergency.

She had an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) bleed in the Lawrence High auditorium on Nov. 18 and was rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. From there she was airlifted to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where she was stabilized.

About 1 percent of people are born with AVMs, and only half of people with AVMs experience any effects on their health. AVMs are arteries that are incorrectly connected to veins, causing a buildup of pressure in the malformed arteries. This pressure can sometimes lead to internal damage, like a bleed or burst.

Hernly underwent surgery on Dec. 19 to repair the damage caused by the AVM. The procedure was successful.

“Liz asked, ‘Will I be different when the surgery is over?’ ” Liz’s mother Joni Hernly said. “The neurosurgeon replied no, because that was not where the personality is.”

Hernly’s AVM bleed occurred in the motor strip area of the right side of her brain.

The resulting damage caused a loss of muscle movement in the left side of her body. The connections between the brain and nerves were undamaged, but the pathway between the points was lost.

After the surgery, she began extensive physical therapy at Children’s Mercy to work through the damage to her movement skills.

Her leg muscles were working again within three months, and her shoulder and elbow have mostly recovered. Currently she is focusing on hand and wrist movement, as the

smaller muscles, such as in her hand, take the longest to come back fully.

In addition to physical improvement, a few hours of muscle therapy a day helped her quickly recover, and therapy dogs and music therapy helped her feel at ease during her time at the hospital.

“It was really interesting to watch them work,” Hernly’s mother said, “because they tailored that to each kid’s needs and what kind of music Liz was interested in.”

After leaving the hospital, her strength was sufficient to begin more intense therapy at the Rehab Institute of Kansas City, where she now attends daily to perform rigorous muscle exercises. She gradually worked her way up to more and more difficult exercises, graduating from short hallway walks to longer walks on uneven grass and more complicated muscle movement practices, like touching cones with her feet on a balance board.

“Out of the hospital I am doing more,” Hernly said, “because I can do more.”

The skilled therapists there have helped make considerable progress in these therapy practices. She works with them often six hours a day to facilitate and optimize her recovery.

“It helps to have really good and really nice therapists,” Hernly said.

Hernly has returned to school for one or two days a week, so that she can attend A Capella choir. She also is now participating in chorale rehearsal on Monday nights. Due to her restricted schedule, she is unable to participate in most extracurriculars, but her return to choir is a positive step for her teachers and peers.

“The other student’s just lock back in with her as part of the ensemble,” choir teacher Dwayne Dunn said. “We’re really glad to have her back.”

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OPINION

Movie important milestone in showing black people in powerful roles

BY ANAHITA HURT

CO-ONLINE EDITOR

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t’s only March, and Black Panther already seems to be the movie of 2018.

It’s the highest grossing February film ever, according to an article by NPR, and the fifth highest grossing film of all time, only behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jurassic World and The Avengers according to the Associated Press. Within the first few weeks, it passed D.C.’s Justice League, and is now tied up with Thor: Ragnarok.

The cultural importance of Black Panther is a major reason behind its box office success. Black people, particularly black women, are hardly represented in Hollywood. Being one of the first big movies — particularly a superhero movie — to represent a demographic different from what is typically seen garners a lot of support.

The original comic book series was also empowering to see a king and superhero who was African and proud of it during the Civil Rights era. The comic series went as far as to have the Black Panther, while in the South, beat up the Klu Klux Klan.

I’m white passing. I’ve seen people who look like me in society, not just in films and television: politicians, musicians, artists, teachers, doctors. I’ve

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never felt underrepresented. Minorities, however, are constantly underrepresented.

In 2016, white people made up the majority of characters in films, according to a survey done by Business Insider of the top 100 films of that year. Nearly 71 percent of speaking characters were white, whereas only 13.6 percent were black. One in four of those films didn’t have a single black character who spoke.

I can’t know how it feels to be represented, and represented in a positive,

empowering way, for the first time.

However, from articles in magazines such as Time and Rolling Stone, or videos of children being told they’re going to see Black Panther, it becomes apparent that it is important to feel represented, especially to be represented as royalty.

As a superhero.

Representation can heavily affect confidence. If you’re never shown that someone like you can succeed, can do something phenomenal, you may never believe you can either.

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OPINION

TELL YOUR STORY

In wake of tragedy, students are speaking out and the nation is listening

BY SHANNON CARRIGER

ENGLISH TEACHER GUEST EDITORIAL

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n literature, tragedies are fairly predictable stories. The characters and the conflict, the climax and the resolution follow a common, static pattern in one place at one time.

If you’ve studied any tragedy, you’ve learned that. In real life, when tragedy strikes, those simple elements are no longer simple, and there is rarely resolution, because there is rarely just one story.

There are stories of those who survive, those who die, those who witness, those who are responsible, and those who profit. The tragedy isn’t limited in time or place, so to discuss real-life tragedy by only telling one story isn’t just incomplete, it’s dangerous.

As a teacher, I want students to ask questions: Is this a credible argument?

Why? How should I interpret this? Do I believe this? Why not? Is this true? I want students to debate civilly as you work out what you know and why. I want you to know your story, to be empowered to tell it, and in an ideal world, to listen to and value each other’s stories as much as your own.

Because, by telling and valuing only your story, you may privilege your experience over others’, and that shortsightedness may put people in danger. This is another lesson you’ve probably learned from studying tragedy.

No one story will ever be enough to understand something as complex or as terrifying as school shootings. When we talk

about these tragedies, it is easy to only tell the gun control story. It is easy to only tell the mental health story. It is easy to only tell the state of public education story because those stories seem to have resolutions. They are easier than acknowledging no one story alone reveals the whole truth. But, what is easy is seldom what is right, and to do what is right, we must tell and listen to and value all of the stories that feed into this tragedy.

In a 1977 interview, writer James Baldwin said, “People can cry much more easily than they can change.” Since the tragedy at Columbine in 1999, the country has done plenty of crying. Today, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are calling

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for change by telling their stories. While much of the country has been stunned by the students’ eloquence, passion,and conviction, your teachers are not surprised. We know students like this. We know you. We know your strength and compassion, we know your dedication and resilience. And, most importantly, we know you have stories to tell, and we are listening.

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SENSE OF SAFETY Students are shaken up by the lack of security that schools once held

BY GRACE LYNCH

GUEST EDITORIAL

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s an elementary student, I remember code red drills. Intruder drills.

“Hide as far from the doors as possible.” “Say

nothing.”

I also remember thinking how ridiculous they were. It was 2007. I hid under a beanbag. Other kids hid in cubbies. I laughed and felt bad for the kids who were really scared.

I didn’t understand. What were the chances someone would walk into my school with a gun?

As a middle school student, I also took part in intruder drills. I was older, and I was no longer laughing.

Sandy Hook took that innocence. But it was still only a drill. What were the chances someone would walk into my school with a gun?

Last year, a man entered the school through doors next to my physics class. We could hear the man yelling as he ran down the hall.

No one said anything. I felt the tentative fear. It didn’t end up being a big deal, and the people who were scared were teased for overreacting.

The roles had reversed since elementary school. I was being laughed at for my fear.

Today, every student has the right to be scared.

Walking into Law-

rence High on Feb. 15, I felt a fear that never had encompassed me within the walls of this, or any, school.

I counted the doors I knew opened both ways. I counted the windows.

My eyes caught sight of fire alarms.

A small part of me shakes when I hear a door slam, or when the intercom goes off. I question things I never had reason to in the past.

The previous day, a day dedicated to love, one boy walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and murdered 17 people with an AR-15 semi-automatic style weapon. He murdered children in a place that was once considered safe. He took safety out of school for millions of students like me.

And I know, this isn’t the first school shooting. Not by far.

The shooting in Parkland, Fl., was the first I had the courage to research. I left my innocence and place of safety behind as I saw pictures, watched videos of the scene, read text messages between terrified families, and consumed stories of heroism as teachers stood in doorways and died for students taking shelter.

It would be easy to list the statistics that have flooded our social media, statistics that indicate our society is doing something exponentially wrong. And nothing is happening, despite the heart-wrenchingly powerful efforts of the affected students, families and communities. Our politicians don’t make a habit of placating the demands of grieving families.

I am a senior about to leave this

school. Without active change in our increasingly violent society, I can only hope that no one targets LHS. That is all anyone who has been as shaken to the core as I have been can possibly do.

Even after I leave LHS, fear of school shootings won’t leave me.

My parents are high school teachers and will be for many years to come.

I will be praying that no one walks into their schools with murderous intentions. My parents are the kind of people who would be standing in the doorway. And that’s what scares me.

But it doesn’t end there. For people like me moving on to college, our sense of safety has still been stolen.

Virginia Tech took that. The Oregon College shooting took that.

The same students who are shaking in fear with every new story of a massacre will soon reach voting age.

Maybe things will start to change.

The answer is complicated and the problems reach deep. People are trying to find a compromise.

Eventually, these tragedies tend to fall out of the news. Maybe you’ll think about it briefly when a remnant of it appears on your news feed. This is a reminder, a reminder that nothing will be blowing over for these grieving families for years to come.

“When your children act like leaders and your leaders act like children, you know change is coming.” –Mikel Jollett I stand in solidarity with the 17 victims and their families and the hundreds before them who have been affected.

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OPINION

‘RIVER PEOPLE’ WITH NO RIVER Pima Tribe’s loss of river a story of caution with hope for future

BY DEREK WHITE

GUEST WRITER

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y name is Derek White and I belong to the Akimel O’odham (or Pima) Tribe.

Our tribal name means “river people,” but we have no river. This is a story of how we hope to regain a piece of our history and who we are. It’s a story of how easily Native people and our resources have been taken for granted and destroyed.

The Pima have a long history, so let’s start at the beginning. First there was the land and the river. The Gila River flowed westward across south-central Arizona and the surprisingly fertile Sonoran Desert. Some 6,000 years ago, various cultural groups collectively labeled the Archaic peoples wandered this realm. These early inhabitants were joined by peoples from central Mexico.

From this merger arose the Huhugam people — my ancestors. The

earliest contact from outsiders was in the early 19th century. These outsiders were missionaries and introduced my tribe to the Roman Catholic faith. Later, in 1846, southern Arizona fell under the influence of the United States following the Mexican-American War. Between 1849 and 1851, an estimated 60,000 travelers arrived among my peaceful people. The travelers rested and ate well, enjoying the Pima’s bounty of wheat, corn, beans, pumpkins, watermelon, squash, peas and other foods.

My people were very hospitable to others. However, we were cut off from our lifeblood — Gila River water. In the 1870s and 1880s, the newcomers constructed dams, and our farming was largely wiped out. From 1880 to 1920 or so, we faced mass famine and starvation.

The federal government stepped in and doled out canned and processed food by the ton. The change in diet proved disastrous, leading to extremely high

rates of obesity and diabetes, a condition the Pima still face today. With almost no jobs available on the reservation and the loss of our cash crops, we faced widespread poverty as well. Alcoholism raised its ugly head, and we experienced the loss of cultural and artistic traditions and rituals. It was the darkest moment in the Pima’s long history.

But, the Pima proved resilient and eked out a marginal existence for several precarious decades. Today the people who now reside within the reservation of the Gila River Indian Community, the Pima and Maricopa, are in the planning stages of an irrigation project of monumental proportions. The plans are to establish an irrigation system to deliver water to 146,300 acres.

It will take years to complete but in the end my community members will once again hear the sweet music of rushing water.

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LIVING AS A VEGETARIAN

Decision to become a vegetarian can benefit you as well as the environment

BY NADIA SANBURN

STAFF WRITER

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ou’ve never had bacon?”

This is a common question I’m asked after people find out I’ve been a vegetarian for my entire life.

And, yep, I have never eaten bacon.

It’s hard for one to imagine not eating something that is such a large part of people’s meals.

Sure, it’s difficult to dedicate the time to it. I’ll agree with that. It adds a couple more steps to ordering food at restaurants.

A vegetarian is someone who doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry. That means people who are vegetarian still eat eggs and dairy products.

Often, it is mixed up with being vegan, which means you don’t consume animal products.

About 6 to 8 million adults in the US are classified as vegetarians. My mom decided to make the switch in late high school, and after I was born, she passed the diet on to me. The rest of our family still eats meat, but we make meals work. Sometimes they eat what we do, and sometimes they make their own part of the meal.

It’s good for you and the environment to stop eating meat.

According to the American

Dietetic Association, “appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are

healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.”

PETA.com notes that “Raising animals for food requires massive amounts of land, food, energy, and water. The byproducts of animal agriculture pollute our air and waterways.”

A typical meal for me includes lots of beans, tofu, nuts or other high protein foods I substitute for meat.

I believe more people should become vegetarian. Some people say that it can cause certain deficiencies, but if you balance your diet correctly, it will help out the environment and you.

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3RD LUNCH HUNGER GAMES COMIC BY ELIJAH JACKSON

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

Student voices must be heard in discussion about gun violence

BY CONNOR SCHMAUS GARY SCHMIDT & MACY LANDES EDITORS IN CHIEF

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n Feb. 14, a shooter entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, and altered the lives of countless families, locally and all around the country.

We’ve become far too accustomed to hearing about school shootings, but this one feels different. The Florida high schoolers have advocated for change. They’re demanding this time be the last time. The students at Stoneman Douglas took it upon themselves to use their platform as victims of a traumatizing experience to fight for what they believe in. And students across the country are standing with them.

As a publication, we admire the bravery of our peers, and firmly believe in the role student publications have in carrying that voice. In this issue, we examine the safety of our own school, as it becomes increasingly evident that tragedies can happen anywhere.

To the proactive students at Stoneman Douglas High: Thank you for standing up to injustice in the face of rejection and — sometimes worse — complacency.

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The editorial staff is solely responsible for the content of this newspaper, and views expressed in The Budget do not necessarily reflect those of the administration of Lawrence High School or USD 497.

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH

ELATED — The student section cheers in reaction to a dunk made by Anthony Selden at the boys sub state qualifying basketball game on Feb. 28 at LHS. The Lions won the game 64-55 against Shawnee Mission Northwest. Photo by Aidin Manning