01.24.14
Lakeside Lutheran High School
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The demanding walls of ivy staff reporter
Jordan Norenburg
School can be a special time in a teen’s life. But sometimes what is needed to succeed in school can be too much weight that an adolescent cannot handle, with little time to do every bit of it. Students begin to get stressed at even the thought of trying to successfully get it finished. There are many ways that many students around the world use to relieve the stress that is brought to them from school. Every student should exercise daily. One strategy used by many is taking a walk, going for a bike ride, or even taking a trip to the local gym. If someone chooses to exercise, it is important to be consistent as it may help a person to become more sophisticated and vibrant in his or her energy. Spending some quality alone time is always a positive action when one is overloaded. It can help to take 15 minutes alone everyday and a person’s attitude may appear more chipper and delightful to others around. Setting up things from life in one’s own perspective is another key to help kick out the stress. For instance, things happening in the present time may appear significant, but in the future, it’s as meaningful as a penny. Just keep things that are happening now in perspective. One should visualize in his or her mind how important the current task is to future life. This will help relieve the stress for it helps to lessen procrastination. Relieving stress can be achieved by exercise, setting aside personal time and setting things up in perspective. These all help to lower stress levels when one is swamped with homework from teachers and little time to do it in. norenjr5@llhs.org
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Forensics begins season with promising start
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guest reporter
Matthew Schumacher
Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
photos by Jordan Gaal
(left) Bri Modjeska and Mallory Reimer during their fourth time at the photobooth. Becca Doering, Maddie McKenna, and Justin Gaal present a karaoke tribute to Lorde (above). editor-in-chief
Jordan Gaal
The forensics team began its season a week early this year. The team traveled to Brookfield Central High School for the Brookfield Invitational tournament. From the start this proved to be no ordinary tournament. Exceptional talent came from all over the Milwaukee area to compete. The tournament also included karaoke and a photo booth. At one point during the tournament a flash mob broke out and the whole group of students
even participated in the “Cha-Cha Slide.” Lakeside’s forensics rival, Luther Prep, made it safely to the invitational. Over 22 schools attended the meet and there were over 400 student participants. The competition was fierce, but some of Lakeside’s newest members to the team proved to be formidable opponents. Eleven of Lakeside’s team members were finalists. Sarah Hochmuth, Storytelling; and Sydeny Gronemeyer, Four Minute; took 6th. Maddie McKenna took
6th as well in Poetry. Jason Werre, Four Minute, and Bailey Kerr, Prose, both took 5th place. Justin Gaal, Demonstration; Amanda Kehl, Oratory; and Nora Raube, Farrago, all took 4th place. Dave Wilson took 3rd place in Radio Speaking and Mallory Reimer, Prose; and Jordan Gaal, Special Occasion; were both tournament champions and took home 1st place. The forensics team has entered the season strong and is preparing for the DeForest tournament tomorrow. gaaljt4@llhs.org
Science Corner
Reversing the food chain staff reporter
Hannah Tracy
Most people know the basic "circle of life"; plants photosynthesize sunlight into sugars, herbivores eat the plants, and carnivores eat the herbivores before kicking the bucket and rotting back into food for the plants. But there are a few special plants that have decided enough is enough, and turned the entire system upside down. The most commonly recognized varieties of carnivorous plants are Venus Flytraps, Sundews, and Pitcher Plants. All carnivorous plants are vastly different, though they share some very basic qualities. First, they usually grow in areas where the soil is severely lacking in the nutrients most other plants need to survive. Whether this is due to the area being heavily forested or too wet to hold nutrients is of little consequence. Whatever the case may
What if the devil was not real. What if God did not exist. So with all due respect please tell me what if life had no meaning. What if when we died, and there was… nothing. I write about this not to persecute anyone of anything. I am writing about how depressing the thought of having no Savior is. This is why some people are so afraid of death. They think that when you die there is just the cold hard ground and a tombstone. Evolutionists would say that we are one in a million. That we were a mistake. They would say that we were simply not meant to be. They would say that there could not be a God because it is illogical. That we have no proof. Hypocrisy. It is pouring out of every word they say. If I ever had an argument with an evolutionist I would simply ask him or her to show me the proof of how the world came to be from their point of view. They could not answer. Faith is like the wind. You can not see it or smell it, but you know it is there because you can feel it, but you can not touch it. Only it can touch you and affect you. We know it is there. Therefore God does exist, the devil is most certainly real, and we have an eternal life after this one.
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Venus Flytraps are one of the more common carnivorous plants.
be, the available resources leave something to be desired. Second, they all, in one way or another, trap animals and digest them for nutrients. A Tropical Pitcher Plant (named for the shape of its leaves) will attract insects with a sweet smell promising a meal, but when the unfortunate diners try to reach it, they slip down into a pond at the bottom of the plant, are prevented from climbing out by downward pointing needles on the sides of the pitcher, and drown. The sludge formed by the decaying bod-
ies is what the plant uses for food. Venus Flytraps are a somewhat more familiar mechanism. When an insect steps on the leaves, it sets off very delicate trigger hairs, and the leaf closes around it, squishing it to death before releasing digestive juices and enjoying the meal. Sundews operate on a similar principle, but instead of a flat leaf, they use a flower-like structure covered in sticky spikes. When an insect lands, it gets glued down, and the plant can dine at its leisure.
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