LHS Advocate 2005-2006

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Rally Stands Up For Little Guy-Page 2

Welcome to the family-New Teachers-Page 6-7

High Gas Price Alternatives-Page 8

Boys Tennis Brings Home Medals-Page 11

By MarcusI-tall

Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast area in late August with a fury that, until then had yet to have been seen in America, leaving behind a massive cleanup bill that is expected to run into the ten's of billions of dollars. Closer to home though, Lincoln High students and staff have been opening their hearts and ,vallets to send donations to hurricane victims in affected areas, a drive which is being orchestrated by JV football coach Richard Jackson and his Red Cross Club, Red Cross Club took donations during the opening week of September, through the I 6'", they solicited donations

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ByIzzyKoch

Critically acclaimed movie maker Hayao Miyazaki has done it again. Miyazaki 's talent for creating new, wonderful worlds shines through with his latest masterpiece, "Howl's Moving Castle."

For those of you who don't know, anime is a fonn of animation; basically, Japanese cartoons. The style used in anime is very different from that used in American cartoons.

Hayao Miyazaki is a director, writer, producer, editor, and animator who works for Studio Ghibli. Haven't ever heard his name, or heard of the studio? I'm not surprised. While growing in popularity, anin1e still is not as widespread as Mickey Mouse, or Spongebob Squarepants. You may have heard of, or even seen Miyazaki 's last movie before Howl's Moving Castle. It's called Spirited Away. It had a two week run in Lincoln Douglas theatres. Spirited Away was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 as the Best Animated Film of the Year. Other ,vorks by Miyazaki are Nausicaa: Of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Laputa:Castle in the Sky, and Kiki's delivery service

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By MonicaYapp

Lincoln High 's Homecoming Dance was Friday, September 16'" at Lincoln High from 8:30 to 11 :30 pm. The theme was Summer Nights or the Nifty Fifties. The LHS Student Council and LHS Cheerleaders sponsored the dance.

For the seniors the nominees for Queen were Li11dsey Hand, Kristin Rasmussen and Hanna Skiff.

The nominees for King were Ethan Grell, James Oliva and Jordan White.

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For the juniors the nominees for Princess were Chelsea Coatman, Liz Porter and Jessica Thompson. The nominees for Prince were Preston Harris, Tim Moeller and Jeremy Tinnean.

For the sophomores the Duchess were Morgan Ballard, Amelia Ells and Ashley Gove.

For Duke it was Jacob Adams, Cody Fultz and Josh Riser.

For the freshmen the nominees for Lady were Dominique Brown, Shannon Harris and Stella Yoon.

For Lord there was Jonathan Garza, John Kingston and Benito Sanchez.

The royalties for this year's homecoming were the following individuals Freshmen Lady and Lord were Shannon Harris and Benito Sanchez, Sophomore Duchess and Duke were Amelia Ells and Jacob Adams, Junior Princess and Prince were Liz Porter and Preston Harris, and Senior Queen and King were Kristin Rasmussen and Jordan White.

Homecoming King Jordan White appreciated being recognized by his peers, and he said that he had a lot of fun at the dance, but he felt that there was not enough rap music played.

There was food and music, and there were a lot of people out on the floor dancing, eating and - taking pictures. They had many decorations set up in the halls and in the gym, balloons, records and decorations on the tables.

Some students had unique outfits on; one girl had on skates to go with the theme and other girls had on poodle skirts.

Despite the disappointing _ loss of the Homecoming game the night before, students has a great tirne at the dance.

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By Izzy Koch

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist, passed away on Sept. 3, after having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer in October.

The death of Rehnquist leaves the Supreme Court with two open spots. Sandra Day O'Connor, one of the two women on the Suoreme Court retired four month ,..,! ·ago due to the need to take care of, ner nus band, who is suffering from Alzheimers.

George Bush nominated John Roberts, former clerk to Rehnquist, as a replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor, but with the death of Rehnquist, Bush has decided that he wanted Roberts as the Chief Justice. This is unusual because Chief Justices are usually elevated from their previous seats already in the Supreme Court.

What makes this situation just a little easier while searching for candidates, is that O'Conno: has stated that she won't actually step down until another has been appointed to her seat. In essence, it is not likely that her seat \Vill ever be e1npty, although it may be a while now before O'Connor can officially step down.

William Rehnquist served on the Supreme Court for a 33 year long period, 19 of which he was tl;l.eChief Justice, and during which he saw many changes in the court, and in the country A conservative himself (he opposed Roe vs. Wade, a case that legalized abortions in the United States), Rehnquist was part of the court when it had its huge conservative shift (during the Reagan and Bush presidencies). He presided over an impeachment trial (that of Bill Clinton), and he was there to help decide the presidential election in 2000- he voted against the recount of Florida Votes

If a new Chief Justice has not been appointed by October 3,ct,the first day of the 2005-2006 Supreme Court session, John Paul Stevens, the court's senior justice, at age 85, will step up and temporarily take on the duties of the Chief Justice Justice Stevens is a liberal. He is the courts most liberal member (he voted to uphold Roe vs. Wade), e1ven thouih !if ..'Y,~li,ae,p9,ir~~ 9 ¼ ~E]ubli?an

pres ident Gerald Ford When the court moved more to the right side (conservative) of politics, Justice Stevens moved more towards the left, the liberal side. The more liberal Justices of the Supreme Court are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, Stephen S. Breyer. Anthony Kennedy, and David H. Souter are two of the courts memoers that do not tend to vote one way or the other for example. Breyer voted to uphold the notification of parents when their child is having an abortion, but he rejected a bill that would have prevented officials at clinics from performing abortions William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas are the courts conservative side., • with Sandra Day O'Connor generally siding with them. An example of why Rehnquist was a conservative, would be that he voted against Roe vs Wadt. Richard Baron, of l';orthwestern's Leai, 1ng Technologies Group upholds the theory that Justice Stevens is one of the most unpredictable judges sitting today During the 2000 Presidential elections, Justice Stevens wrote that Florida's Supreme Court decision should be respected because it was fundamentally right.

The big speculation, and maybe fear of excitement about this predicament posed by the death of Rehnquist, is what President Bush will do. Will he appoint two conservatives to the court, enforcing a conservative pull on the Supreme Court? This would risk anger and rebuttal from Democrats. He doesn't need to worry about being elected again, so he wouldn't need to worry about their votes. On the other hand, President Bush could appoint a conservative to the Chief Justice, and then a moderate liberal to O'Connor's spot. This way, conservatives and liberals alike will be happy (or, at least not as angry as they could be).

Another t.hing to consider is if President Bush will appoint an African American, Hispanic, or a woman (basically, anyone that is not a white male), because without O'Connor, the Supreme Court has only one woman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Whatever Bush's decision, there is sure to be some debate or controversy in the weeks to come.

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By Lisa Vuong

High school, a time to show true maturity, but sometimes, there is a lack there of. It may go unnoticed , but people are still affected by it. Bullying, a problem that l1as been pushed on the back bt1mer for a while is now being addressed and something is going to be done about it.

Bullying Awareness Week was September 12 th - 15 th the first time in Lincoln Public Schools that bullying has bee n addressed and something has been done about it. Students and staff organized it ,vhen a few students from the all city GLBTSA attended a meeting in early September at the district office after a summer's plan time for the bullying awareness week. There, they discussed the issue with the Educational Equity facilitators, which consist of a representative from every school building in Lincoln, who then took the information back

' to their schools and established the week, according to GLBTSA co-sponsor, Ruth Kupfer. During the week in the announcements, facts about bullying, such as statistics and the effects of bullying, were read to help improve awareness. Also, posters were posted around school with various slogans GLBTSA has helped get the word out by getting petitions signed and will soon be gathering stories from students who have been bullied , witnessed a bullying or were a bully in the past and looked back on it and realized the wrong, to compile into a book and send to senators so they may discuss the bullying bill in their next session.

On Monday, September 12 th aGLBTSA student organized anti-bullying rally was held at the state capital to kick off Bullying Awareness Week About 10 speakers, LHS student Andy Dillehay, North Star principal Dr. Nancy Becker, Senator Gwen Howard (who introduced the bill), Michael Gordon (who is with the Citizens for Equal Protection, a group • to help get the bill passed), Barb Bayer ( part of the Lincoln school board), and various other high school students spoke about the bill and their own bullying experiences.

"It was a pretty good turn out for th€ rally," said Kupfer about the 120 who attended "Also, we're going to try to put the DVD of the rally that Mr. Reinmiller is making out on channel 21, to help with the public aw areness."

Last year, the anti-bullying bill failed to pass because some senators, school boards and districts thought there may have been extra work for them, such as re-publishing the school policies would be a costly task and training the teachers on how to deal with and prevent bullying. The bill stated that "people shouldn't be bullied," said Kupfer, and that \vas too general of a statement and didn't list what people usually got bullied for, like gender, race, gender identification and sexual orientation This year, bill LB627, will add back in the said Jangt1age and, with help from the public notifying senators, and with help from the school, such as the petitions, the bill will hopefully get passed. January is when the senators will meet to vote on the bill again.

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Celestial Body Discovered Beyond Pluto

A new celestial body, which is being tentatively called "The Tenth Planet", has been discovered beyond Pluto by astronomers at Palomar Observatory This is the biggest astronomical discovery since the finding of the planetoid Sedna The tentative name given for the planet is Persephone, which is also the name given to the new planet discovered in ''Mostly Har1nless," The fifth book in the "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" trilogy by Douglas Addams.

Currently, there are no written rules as to what makes an object a planet. The current rule of thumb, as described by Persephone discoverers, Mike Brown, Chat Trujillo and David Rabinowitz, is to "draw the line at Pluto and say only things bigger are planets." The trio of astronomers in their official scientific write-up says, "Thus, we declare that the new object, with a size larger than Pluto, is indeed a planet."

On the flipside, a "planetoid" is any number or small bodies composed of rock and metal that orbit a star. A planetoid is defined as smaller than a planet. Although its discoverers consider Persephone a "planet," that proposition has yet to be accepted by world astronomers.

The "planet" was discovered at the Palomar Observatory during a routine survey of the night sky. International astronomy and science com1nittees are still debating whether or not the object is actually a planet, or rather just a large asteroid. The planet was discovered by the same three astronomers that discovered Sedna two years ago, Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo and David Rabinowitz.

Persephone is more than 10 billion miles from the Sun and takes twice as long to orbit the Sun than Pluto, which leaves Persephone's year at just over 250 Earth years. Persephone is larger than

Pluto in size and rotates on its axis slightly faster. According to astronomers, this will have been the biggest, Kupier Belt object discovered, leaving the door open for the possibility for the existence of more planets. The Kupier Belt is a band of objects in slow orbit around the Sun past the planet Neptune. Although Persephone is not the official name, it was one of the first choices. In Greek Mythology, Persephone is the wife of the underworld God, Hades However, the name Persephone has already been used to describe a celestial body. First used in 1895, was the name given to the 399 th asteroid discovered.-By Marcus Hall

Secret Theatre Deal

Between City and Mayor Uncovered

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in the press release published by the Journal Star that "maintaining the downtown as Lincoln's primary entertainment district keeps people coming downtown.' '

The construction of the 14 screen Grand Theatre \Vas also part of the plan Lincoln helped finance the construction \Vith tax increment financing and loans known as TIF bonds. TIF bonds

arcus Mayor Seng that promare figured by the difference of old and new taxable income This equaled to about 3.4 million dollars contributed by the city. It has also been alleged that similar deals have been a-rranged with certain utilities in the city such as cable, gas and electric. More information \vill be reported as it becomes available -By Marcus

ises Lincoln-based Douglas Theatre Company control over the first run movie market has been discovered, thanks to the inquiry of the agreement by California Based Eiger Corp, who was denied permission to construct a 12-screen multi-plex theatre near 84 th and Hwy 2. Douglas Theater company has operated under the deal for the past 21 years.

The deal, which promises Douglas Theatre Company control over the first run market also ensured the improvement of buildings and improvements to downtown parking garages. This was done to increase the lure of Downtown Lincoln. Mayor Seng defended the decisions of the council, saying

Gas Prices Trampoline During Dual Hurricane Strikes

Gas prices have been taking a roller coaster ride over the past few months With prices ranging from $2 up to over $3. During this time, the oil companies, such as OPEC, selling a barrel of oil for about $54, were making most of the money. Now, gas prices have been taking a steady decrease, going from about $3.09/gallon to $2.75/gallon in only a few days. Now, the gas stands at between $2 59/gallon to $2.69/gallon.

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During the spike of gas prices, Economics teacher John Brady was spending almost $8 a day to get to and from school, along with taking one of his daughters to and from school.

"In town, I usual1y drive with the windows down instead of the air conditioner on to save gas," said Brady

"I've changed my route coming into Lincoln so I can go under 65mph to save gas, and I leave earlier to avoid the traffic."

As goes with hurricane Rita, gas prices will be going up again, because of 15 oil refineries being shut down temporarily and two slowing process in the path of Rita, according to the Lincoln Joumal Star.

According to Chuck Salem, president of Salem Oil Company of Lincoln, he says that he thinks that gas prices could go back up to $3.19/gallon, like they were during Katrina.- By Lisa Vuong

Saddan1 Trail Set For October

After awaiting a trial for over a year before being handed over to the new Iraqi authorities by the US last June, a date has finally been set. Fortner Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, will begin one of the final halves of his trial in Iraq on October 19 dealing with the 1982 killing of 143 Shiites in northern Iraq. He will not be tried alone, but ,vith seven former lieutenants who assisted him with the killings.

In 1988, Saddam chemically attacked the Kurdish village of Halabja, one of the many reasons he is going on trial. In total, he faces a dozen charges, all to be taken to court in a line of trials instead of just one big one. If he is found guilty, he could be given the death penalty.

Saddam is being kept near the Baghdad International Airport where he is under custody of the US forces. He has been heavily guarded since the US caught him back in December 2003.-By Heather Allison

If you haven't seen him on T. V. or read about him in the paper, you've surely heard people talking and raving about him being at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

That's right! The former '80s hair band drummer from Motley Crue took some time out from his sports cars, and fast life to get, well, educated.

Lee spent several weeks at NU last year filming the show. He went through the same challenges as a normal college student would - finding classes, a roommate, prioritizing, and cramming for finals. Lee also got involved with the marching band at UNL.

Professor of Music at NU, Anthony Falcone, said that, "Lee was very nice to the students. However, the biggest distraction from all of this was all the media circuit

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by Izzy Koch

An exciting time for all theatre lovers and thespians is when the plays that will be performed throughout the year are revealed. Unlike most other high schools in the Lincoln area, Lincoln High students don't know wh at plays will be done until the first day of school. Posters can be found throughout the school telling auditior dates and performance dates for the plays This year, Lincoln High drama department will be performing Nosferatu: The Legend of Dracula, Goodbye Marianne , Liza and the Riddling Cave, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Rowing to America: The Immigration Project A lot of these plays are obscure, so ho pefully we'll draw in big crowds. Each one is very unique, and will be an awesome journey through the imagination of the department, the thespians, and the audience.

Nosferatu: The Legend of Dracula, is the fall play to be performed by Lincoln High. This play, written by L. Don Swartz, is an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel. In it, Dracula, a vampire, travels to England, where he buys an old asylum as his home. Dracula, always a blood sucker, kills a young woman named Lucy Her friend, Mina, and her husband, go out to avenge Lucy's change into a vampire- and to save Lucy's soul. The main theme throughout this story, instead of being a story of love and pity for the count, portrays what Stoker wanted out there- the power 6f good over evil. Nosferatu .viii be performed October 13 th 14 th and 15 th •

The next play that will be performed on the Lincoln High stage is the one act, Goodbye Marianne. The play is loosely based on the book by Irene N. Watts. The play is set in pre-holocaust Germany The main character is Marianne, who is a Jewish girl, attending a German school. One day when she goes to school, they refuse to let her. Her German friends abandon her one by one. One day, Marianne comes home to find her 1nother packing her things. Marianne is to be sent off on a train that secretly ships Jewish children out of Germany. Time goes by, and we

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surrounding the event." Despite all of the distraction, Falcone said that the band carried on as normal.

Lee seemed to get quite a bit of press coverage from the Lincoln Journal Star on his so-called reality show.

It seems that Lee found it very hard to adjust to UNL's marching band techniques. In one episode Lee actually threw down his drum in frustration on the turf. "He wasn't · used to that style of playing," said Falcone. "And he hadn't marched since 4igh school so he had to work pretty hard." At the end of Lee's experience at UNL, he actually got to perform with the marching band for their half-time show

Lee didn't just work hard on the turf, but also, surprisingly in the classroom. Lee took physics classes, and studied Horticulture. Professor of Physics, Timothy Gay, taught Lee. He said that he's never had a student quite like Tommy Lee

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find Marianne still living. Reminiscing about her past, we see the pain that tl1e Jewish people went through before, and after the Holocaust.

Bailey Foss, a senior thespian, and president of Lincoln High's chapter of International Thespian Society, says "I'm most excited for the one act. From what I know about the plot, it just seems intriguing. Also, I just love being involved in the

Gay was asked if Lee actually learned anything in Physics, and he said that Lee only got a C on his assignment. Nevertheless, Gay said Lee must have learned something

Ratings for the show have plummeted throughout the weeks. For the first episode, they were tremendous However, as each of the next five episodes premiered, Tommy Lee Go .es To College seemed to be the last thing on viewers' minds.

Instead people found CSI, or My Wife and Kids more interesting to watch. In any case, the show is clever, and somewhat unpredictable.

Tech theatre students paint a window frame for the set of "Nosferatu" during 5th period.

Photo by Lisa Vuong

one acts. They're amazing to be a part of " Goodbye Marianne will be performed at multiple dates, wifh district competition on December third, and if we advance, a later date performance at state competition.

Liza and the Riddling Cave was chosen as this year's thespian show, a play performed at the State Thespian Convention, and judged there. If tl1e judges see fit, the play advances to the International Thespian Convention, held on the UNL campus in early June). The dates for Liza and the Riddling Cave are January 6 th and 13 th • Liza and the Riddling Cave was \vritten by John Urquhart. In 1997, the play won the Benderman/ IUPI National Youth Playwrighting Competition. Set in the 1930s in Appalachia, Liza and the Riddling Cave follows the story of a girl, Liza, wl10 is dumb- she can't speak. Liza is not understood by her neighbors, or her mother. Even so, Liza

is a champ at solving riddles. When her father disappears after a flood, Liza is the one who figures out what happened. The story makes use of magic, with ghosts in a cave, but still teaches a lesson to those who listen carefully Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is this year's musical. A colorful musical, we have characters such as The Pharaoh, an Elvis type ruler, The Seductress, who tries to seduce Joseph, and of course, the man for whom the play is titled, Joseph. Joseph is the preferred son of his father, and all of his many brothers are jealous when one day, Joseph receives a rainbow colored coat, and so they decide to get rid of hirr, The rest of the play to11ows the trials that Joseph must endure to get back home to his family. This musical is set ''a long, long time ago, many centuries ago, not long after the bible began," according to the lyrics. Joseph will be performed March 16' h l 7' h and 18"'.

For our spring mummer's show, Lincoln High drama department chose to d o a culturally diverse play (represents our school well, no?) named Rowing to America: The Immigration Project. This play is different than most, being not really just one play, but a collection of nine different one acts. The one acts all describe different experiences that people have had when having to leave one place, and move to another. Each one act is written by a different author. They are as follows: Dead Bolivians on a Raft, Rowing to America, Slave Coffee/ With Observer, Homeland, Famous Ali, A mule in JFK, Let us go then, and Oh Wild West Wind Rowing to America will be performed May 4'", 5 th and 6"'.

Lincoln High's drama department promises a good year with this great selection of plays. We span anywhere from the Holocaust in Germany, to an asylum in England, to immigration experiences, to a time right after the bible was written. Each play has some aspect that should draw students, parents, and citizens of Lincoln to Lincoln High, to witness the greatness that is the Lincoln High drama department. September

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ByMonicaYapp

From New York's Broadway to theaters the exciting musical goes to exciting movie. Rent was F' originally made a Broadway 1 musical in 1996. This rock opera, Rent is a modern day version of La Boheme created by Puccini. It's based on a group of musicians struggling to pay rent and live life in East Village New York. Johnathan Larson, who passed away the night before the first performance from an aneurysm at the age of 35, wrote the play and music. The movie includes love, acceptance and overcoming obstacles of poverty and illness.

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in Paris and in Rent it takes place in the early '90s in New York. Also, one of the main characters dies of tuberculosis, which • was a main cause of death at that time in Paris, and in Rent, the s a m e character dies of AIDS.

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son, Taye Diggs, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthonv Rapp, Wilson Heredia and Tracie Thomas. Some of these actors and actresses were the original performers in the musical. Rent was directed by Michael Grief, written by Johnathan Larson and choreographed by Marlies Yearby.

Hip Hop Dance Club On Its Way

ByLyndaTran

The Lincoln High hip-hop dance club Urban Legends has just arrived and is welcoming LHS students. This club was created for young females as an alternative to Pomalinks, Cheerleading and the Step Team. Because this is its very first year, a set direction is yet to be established. As the year progresses, however, the team will possibly begin to morph into a permanent and well-known group here at LI-IS.

English teacher Laura Gapp, the club's sponsor, says that they will most likely have a routine performance ready for Joynite, and hopefully even sooner than that.

Gapp is also ready to work with different types of dance, hopefully gatherin g a variety of forms in order to create one unique routine. Along with organizing a performance, of course, her goal is for the students to have fun.

This play took seven years until its first public perf orm anc e. Rent was

a very successful Broadway musical and will probably be a successful movie too. The play was seen in many countries like Japan, England, Australia and many others. This musical was one of the longest running shows in Broadway and won many awards. The musical won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Obie Award, Circle Award, four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards.

l\1any of the members enjoyed their class period of dancing, laughing and just having fun.

The group decided that they are going to work particularly with hiphop, R&B and as junior Mini Harl, club leader, explained it ''Whatever is

in style." The students plan to meet

often after school hours to practice and

put together a routine.

Secretary Harl, said she is ''more excited now, because of how many people actually showed up." She explained that the number of students who showed up is perfect for what kind of performance she had in mind ''Once we can assemble it and learn it, it'll be real good."

A11d the eyes of Lincoln High will anxiously wait a show.

The first Club Day turnout certainly set the tone for not only this year, but also for years to come. After informing the 23 members about their goals in performing, the members and Gapp took the opportunity to get off their seats and learn some new dance moves, including the "1-2 step'', the ''heel-toe" and the ''chicken head."

This movie includes life struggles that people face everyday. Paying rent and getting by in parts of the streets in New York are tough. Some differences between Rent and La Boheme is that La Boheme was taken place in the early 19th century

Rent comes out in theatres on November 23.

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Cafeteria Prices Soar,

By:LyndaTran

Instead of drastically raising lunch prices to $2.15 for a small group of students, hurting them financially, why not charge the students who receive free lunch only a small amount of about 10 -15 cents?

Last year, a regular lunch cost $1.95, and in only a few months, it jumped 20 cents. On the other hand, the reduced lunch price has been 40 cents for over 14 years, according to cafeteria staff, Phillis Nalow. And those who receive free lunch, on average, have never paid for lunch. Why don't these prices ever change?

Althougl1 about 60% of LHS students are charged for full price, most students leave campus or eat in the gym every day. As the years progress, a minor percentage of cafeteria goers are charged more and more, while 40% of LHS students, aren't charged one penny.

Is it reasonable to force all the necessary money for food costs from a few students. Should they carry the burden for our school's budget cut?

However, this is not likely to change. Principal Mike Wortman explained, "There are federal laws that determine the free and reduced lunch policies. And the district is the one who sets the prices for our schools."

McDonald's and Burger King can fulfill a student's hunger for less than our own cafeteria. A juicy burger and a small order of crispy fries at a fast food stop would be roughly $2.00 or less. To order the same meal at LHS, it would cost $1.50 for a burger a11d75 cents for fries. Is there justice when our grand school of Lincoln High cannot feed their scholars for less th .an fast food?

Furthermore, if you come to the lunch room a hair behind the rest of students, there is a great chance that they have run out of your favorites: fries, milk, vegetables and even the entrees. Why pay full price for a lunch without fries?

For some, the difference between McDonald's and LHS prices may not seem significant, but if you add it up each day, many would say that it is not worth it.

It is understandable if families cannot pay $2.15 a day, but affording 10 cents per day should not be a problem for most, which could certainly reduce the regular lunch price for everyone else.

Photo By: Lynda Tran

Note To Self: Buy a Space Heater and Stop Dri11ki I tg Water

By:Marcusl}all

With the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing cost of the war in Iraq, the economy has suffered a harsh blow, and that strike is being p assed on to consumers in the form of rising utilities and the cost of living in general.

In the last 12 months, Lincoln resiaents have seen virtually every utility and service raise. Lincoln water will rise 7% and wastewater 9% in Januar)', thanks to Mayor .:Seng, who called for the rate increase in her 05-06 budget. The City Council granted the Lincoln Electric System their proposed hike of 9%, and heating is in danger of shooting dangerously high, as much as 70% nationwide.

Where does the blame lie? This is where the money trail gets kind of muddled, because there are several parties at fault. Inflation has taken its toll on America, and we are seeing it already in simple things such as soda, flour and other common American purchases.

When it comes to the subject of gasoline, however, this is where things really get complicated, because there are so many factors to consider. Public trends, world events, world economy, world demand .it really boils down to whether or not you are willing to pay these prices. One question still burns, is this price gouging? Technically, it isn't.

City demographics play a huge part in what the price is for virtually everything. A jar of mayonnaise might cost $2.99 at the grocery store in the center of the city, but $3.19 on the south side. Depending on where you shop, you are being nickel and <limed to death; it just isn't being displayed.

For local problems, however, the blame should go to the mayor, who proposed the increase in her 05-06 budget, it also called for an extra gas tax, which, if put into effect

would add an extra $.03 or $.04 to a gallon of gas which is sold within the city. This perhaps is to quell criticism the city has received for the rising cost of the Antelope Valley Project, which continue s to drain money from the city.

The County board also shares some of the blame. The Lancaster County board passed a property tax rate increase that will cost property owners about $.28 on every $100 of a property's assessed value. Simpl) put, the cost of living is rising, and the federal minimum Viage has yet to follow suit.

The value of the Dollar is becoming worth less than the paper it's printed on. A dollar, which could once buy you a gallon of gas, now can barely buy you a can of soda. If you work at a minimum wage job, which pays $5.15 an hour, for every half hour you work, you are paying for less than half a gallon of gas. If filling up costs you around $40, then you would have to work for around 6 hours just to get you to work and school.

The city is shooting itself in the foot by paying workers minimum wage at entry level without the possibility of a raise. Th e fact that Wal-Mart treats its employees betters than the city is a bit scary. Any company that pays minimum wage, doesn't give raises and no benefits such as discounts, shouldn't be able to collect taxes, that sounds like a reasonable solution.

The bottom line is, if you continue to live life as we are now, we are going to be paying a lot more. Students might not be able to afford to drive to that game at Seacrest, or that tennis match at Southeast. Just remember this, dress warm, because chances are, the school will be about as warm as it will be outside this winter when the heating bill comes in.

September 30, 2005

Team Unity is Key for Softball

By Adriane Dougherty

After a disappointing and stru ggle-some season last year, the team is taking a rufferent approacli Last year, the girls struggled both offensively and defensively, and failed to gain much respect coming off of a 1-36 season. However, it ' s a new year, and with new players at that.

The team returns five players from last year's line-up; sophomores Steph Frack, and Emma Olson, juniors; Erin Poor, and Kaylien Tenipor, ~

scored more runs than the whole runs combine d for last season. Pitching was the Lady Links' biggest proble ~ last )'ear, because tlie number of pitcliers was so slim. This year the same problem arises again. Tenipor and Nina Martinez are the pitchers in this year's line-

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Varsity Softball player Kaylean Tenop1r ( 11) swings at a tain. With suchball pitched by North Star on Sept. 22 at Doris Bair. This1ng Job a young group ofisTenopir's 3rd year on the LHS softball team and she iss t e pgirls, the team is go-now the team's pitcher. photo by: Mai Do ping up ing to have to step and make some to take the role of pitching. As the big things happen this season. season goes on, I think we will conFarwell, who plays third base, tinue to improve each game, and says, ''we have all come together continue to be a really close team." as a team a lot more this year, Perhaps the Lady Links' bigcompared to last year, and I think gest accomplishment on the season that is where we struggled.'' thus far has been their game against Although the team's record has Grand Island. It was a well-fought yet to look promising this season. battle to the ena, but the Islanders the girls have accomplished a lot. pulled ahead to win 11-9 for the ''Our batting offensively is awe- final score. Farwell said, ''it was a some this season," says Farwell. really close game, and I'm proud of Already this season, the team has the girls for the way they played."

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By Adriane Dougherty

With the season well underway, Volleyball might not have anywhere to go anymore. The girls have been struggling since the first game to find rhythm, and also consistency.

The Lady Links have only two returners for the Varsity squad, Mel Kepler ( 12) , and Erica Anderson ( 11). Anderson is also a captain, along with Jaci Keenan (12).

The team does not have specialized positions for the offense and defense, therefore everyone pretty much plays all around the net.

The girls have yet to find their first win of the season. They are 1-10 as of right now. ''We' re all in good shape, and t he unity on the team is good," says Anderson, ''but when we get on the court, we l1ave a hard time reading each other.''

''We have our moments of greatness with the passing and with the serving, and blocl<ing, but now we just need to put it all together. That is probably one of our we ,aknesses as a team.''

Head Coach Kathy Reckling is in her 2 nd year of coach-

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ing here at LHS. ' ' She knows the game, and sh e knows how to coach. She knows the strategies ofVolleyball," Anderson said in an interview, ''sometimes we just have a hard time reading her, and understanding some of her strategies."

In Lincoln High 's game against Grand Island, the Links lost to the Islanders in three straight sets; 8-25, 5-25, and 17-25.

Kepler, Anderson, and junior Chelsea Coatman com ,bined for tw,o kills each. Kee11an led the team with five digs, and sophomore Ashley Gove,

and jl1nior Vanessa Ventry hadfour each. Gove, and Coatman each had an ace serve for the Links.

The Lady Li11ks captured their first and only victory of the season against Norfolk on September 17 th in the LPS Classic. The links defeated Norfolk in two sets, 25-15, and 25-21. Despite the low stats, Anderson says the girls are just a big group of frie11ds looking to improve

The season is well underway, but there is plenty of time left to make things happen. Good luck for the rest of the season

Five Minutes with Coach Jefferson

By Adriane Dougherty

Advocate got the inside scoop on what Head Football Coach, Jose Jefferson, think~ of his new life in becoming a High School Football coach And a couple of other things too.

Whatis the transitionlike comingfrom Arena Football to High School Football?

"No walls." (laughs) "It's a lot Stowerof a game, outdoors, more strategic, whereas in indoor,you 're a little more confinedwith rules defensively. Outdoor kind of gives you a few more advantages."

Any similarities? "We use a football. (Laughs again) I think it still comes down tofundamental football. However, I still thinlr~J,ccdesire and the heart is still therefor both indoor and outdoor. That's why I'll continue to do both. I'll do indoor football in the spring, and do outdoor football at Lincoln High again next year."

I wasforcing these guys to mentally remember these plays.

Hal Mumme, who coaches New Mexico State, he doesn't hand out a play book at all, and that is major college football. He forces those guys to remember those plays, and that is kind of the philosophy I tookfrom him."

Do you have any rituals that you tend to do before games? "Myself! It all depends. I don't want anyone to call me a ritual-type person. There are just things that I like to do to just relax myself.

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What do you think will be your biggest challenge during the season?

"Unijying this team. I mean, we can scheme up all the offense and defense, but if you don't have 1I guys on the same side with the ball playing together, it doesn't make a d(fference who is out there, myself, Frank Solich, or Tom Osbourne,you gotta have guys be unified, and playing as a team, and that's tough."

Was their any secret motivebehind not bringing a playbook to practice?

"Most definitely. I think most guys use it as a crutch. I mean, we have them out now, and still guys don't look at them. Quite honestly, it's a waste of my time, and a waste of their time. like I said before; we learn the game three ways; visually,mentally,and physically.

Abou, seven years ago, I was nervous about my veryfirst game as a head coach, and I didn't want to sho½1my players that I was nervous so I took some candy and I just kept munching on it, and it kind of relaxed me a little bit. It's almost like a

fingerprint, because I've done it ever since. I just always have candy with me, that is how people know me. I know with indoorfootball, and I even do it now,I like to take a long shower, to just kind of relax, or maybe listen to music. I just like to stay loose."

Do you have a favorite candy?

"I like Sweet Tarts, or Sprees, the chewy sprees, not the hard 01ies. You know I used to bring chocolate out there, but it started to melt, so I got awayfrom that

I like thefinger candies, Mike and Ike's are good, anything that doesn't melt. Any candy that I can just pick up and just throw in my mouth so no one notices, suckers are no good, then I can't talk to my guys.

Plus, it keeps your breath fresh when you're talking to your players. "(laughs)

Varsity Boys Tennis Teatn Off to a Great Start this Season

By Lynda Tran

Our varsity boys' te11nis team is winning medals: Dan Beckwith, who is number one on the team, won 3 rd place medals in two tournaments, not one, but TWO! As for doubles play: Nick Cuptasanti and Jim Clifford won a medal for their excellent performance in a doubles match at a tournament. Also, Mike Hart, a freshman, and Jim won a 5 th place medal at the Lincoln High Invitationals playing doubles.

So far, seniors Dan and Jim are undefeated in their doubles matches. In addition,

Dan has only lost a match against one other opponent, from Southwest

"I think the boys have done real well this season; we have scored against everyone we've played, and everyone has one matches," a modest quote from Coach Ward. In fact, the varsity team played well in the Millard West Invitational Tournament, where they ranked 3 rd out of 10 teams!

It is extremely difficult for our boys because they are competing against the best teams and players of the state. However, their performance seems to be outstanding,

' and it shows that they' re putting a lot of effort into their game.

Although our LHS varsity tennis team has lost two of

ing. Actually, the scores were very close; we only lost 4:5 against both North Star and Fremont, who is one of the top teams in the conference, and we are very proud to say that we put up a good fight. At this point, it is too soon to determine LHS's rank in the Heartland Athletic Co nference, but we'll keep a close eye on it.

"I'm real excited with how the team has improved," Coach Ward complimented. He also showed his appreciation for Dan and Jim's great leadership for the first year players.

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Football comes up short at Homecoming Garn

By f\drianeDougherty

The football t e a m has been working hard, but is struggling to find their first win of the season. Perseason has been against Bellevue East. The game, which took place on Thursday, September 15 th , ,vas also Lincoln High's homecoming game.

The Lin ks held the Chieftains to a 0-0 tie at the end of the first half. However, at the beginning of the third quarter, that wasn't the case. The Chieftain offense found some depth and went with it. Bellevue East got some help with a 5-yard facemask penalty on the Links, and scored on a 20-yard rt1n to take a late lead in the middle of the third quarter.

Not more than four minutes later did the Chieftains regain possession of the ba]l to run a 55-yard touchdo again. By the end of the thir, it was 21-0 in favor of However, it fourth qua chan

Grell is injured due to a broken rib) to senior wide receiver/defensive back, Andrew Hawley, who ran the ball 10 yards to get the only touchdown for the Links.

Despite the 28- 7 loss, Lincoln High's defense had quite a few moments in the spotlight. The defense forced just 79 yards of offense on the Chieftains in the first half, along wi just one pass in the second ha

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ByNataliaLedford

While the media is fit to burst with p ica y une information about H o l l ywoo d h oo k ups an d w h ere Lindsay Lohan was spotted shopping last week, a very desperate humanitarian crisis is currently taking place that you won't find in the headlines.

It is a crisis where innocent children are being tortured, brainwashed, forced to kill, raped and murdered. It is a crisis that has caused tens of thousands of people to die and 1.6 million to be displaced from their homes It is a crisis that has been going on since 1986, and it is also a crisis that has received the cold shoulder from the media.

The Channel 8 News Team captures a stunned Patsy Koch-Johns as she reacts to the news that she has been chosen Nebraska's 2006 teacher of the year. Students (left to right) Ayana DeNovellis ( 11), Tamika Hopkins- Sanders (12), and Ana Crawford (12) offer their congratulations.

ByLyndaTran

On the morning of Monday, ctober 10 th LHS English and rama teacher Patsy Koch-Johns as announced as the recipient of he Nebraska Teacher of the Year, or the Year Award for 2006.

She will be officially inducted n Nov 3 during a luncheon at the overnor's Mansion along with the ther five finalists.

This summer she will attend pace Camp in Florida for about

10 days, going through the actual John Heineman, who encouraged experience and training that astro- her to apply, believes she has a nauts do, and she will also meet · great chance and will be an excel- · the President of the United States lent candidate in the contest sometime in the spring. Though teaching in the class-

Although she doesn't get a pay room is her main focus - she has raise, she will receive a cash prize, taught for 32 years including 5 and a trophy made of a marble years at LHS - she reaches beyond apple with a gold leaf that now sits the everyday realm of teaching into on her desk. an entirely new world.

Koch-Johns will move on to "I am filled with nervous enrepresent Nebraska in the National ergy and excitement about what I competition for the 2006Teacherof do each day," Koch-Johns said. the Year. Instructional Coordinator She has chosen plays that

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tackle controversial issues, such as "The Laramie Project" which addressed the beating death of Matthew Shepard in 1998, "The Rememberer" which deals with Native American assimilation, and "The Radiance of a Thousand Suns" which centered on the survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima.

"Teaching has been and is the passion that guides my life," Koch-Johns said.

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Because of this, nobody knows it exists and nobody is helping out. This needs to change, and the Social Justice club is working to make that change happen. They will be screening the documentary "Invisible Children" on Thursday night, a film revealing the truth about this story and offering you ways to help. It will be in the Lincoln High auditorium at 7 :00 pm. Admission is FREE.

"Invisible Children" is an incredible film about how 3 American college guys were changed forever by the story that they stumbled upon in Uganda, while on a trip to Africa in 2003. Their first night there, they arrived to the sound of hundreds ·•of children camping out at a bus park in the city of Gulu, in Northern Uganda.

The kids were unsupervised and had very few possessions The guys didn't understand this. Why weren't the children sleeping at their homes? It turned out that they were spending the , night at the bus park to avoid being kidnapped by "the rebels."

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They leatned Tiiat-fliere has been a bloody massacre going on in Uganda since 1986. It is a civil war between the government soldiers, and "the rebels". The rebels are officially known as the LRA, which stands for the Lord's Resistance Army. They are a brutal armed force whose main victims aren't the government soldiers, but Uganda's children. Because of the violent and gruesome nature of the rebels, nobody voluntarily joins their side. They solve this problem by kidnapping young children at random whom they force to fight. They rush into the children's homes at night and literally drag them to their training camps deep in the deserts of Africa. When there, the first the first thing they do is murder other children in front of them to warp their minds, and then hand them a gun and force them to kill other people themselves. If the abducted children resist at any point, they are slaughtered on the spot. Children who grow up in the LRA never have a childhood. Guns, blood and death become all they know.

It is hard to believe that the media wouldn't publicize something like this, but they haven't. If it wasn't for a Lincoln High junior named Jeremy Lenz, who introduced

i!':!s;ered news worthy. But we nave to ask ourselves, if the Michael Jackson trial and Paris Hilton's sex tapes could cover the headlines thoroughly, how can innocent children being tortured and killed by the ',1/~thousandsfor the past 18 years 'llnot be considered newswor- ;;:,, 1thy? Americans jump when lwe see dead bodies and images f starvation on the news and say, "Man, that's just horrible," and then we forget about it so

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The opportunity to make a real difference awaits you at the screening on November 3rd

The creators of Invisible Children encourage anybody who sees the film to keep passing it on and show it to as many people as possible, like what the Social Justice club is doing. Audiences are given directions on how to get involved at every screening. If enough people cared, a movement would begin and surely the war would end. It all starts with one thing though, and that's going to see the film.

What do you have to loose? Get your homework done early on Thursday night and show up. Bring EVERYBODY. This film will inspire anybody that sees it. A stereotype for documentaries is that they are boring and dull, but this documentary is anything but. It will shock and amaze you, maybe make you cry and even make you laugh. Somehow, the young filmmakers even managed to include a sertse of humor in parts of the movie despite the seriousness of the situation it portrays. You get to see them evolve from naive American college kids to determined and inspired activists, ready to change the world. You'll look at them and just think "Wow, that could be me."

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Changes In Store For Outdated Daylight Sa· •

by Sherry Wang

October 30 is the day to change the time for everyone who lives in places that do observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) to, as the name suggests, save and take advantage of the daylight available to us. Which way do you go, though, and what are some advantages and disadvantages?

Some have a decent idea as to when to set the clock an hour ahead and when to set back an hour. For those who don't, however, there is a simple phrase that will stick with you. "Spring forward (to be first), fall back (to be last)." Conjuring up a humorous mental picture might help, and al ways remember - in the springtime, you add an hour to 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of April, and in the fall, you set it one hour back from 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. If you're in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, most of the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, or the state of Arizona (except the Navajo Indian Reservation) though, you never have to readjust the hands on your clocks and watches. There might be an adjustment of the dates on which these time changes occur, though. As a result of George W. Bush signing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the new dates for Daylight Saving Time will commence in 2007, causing DST to be set in motion on the second Sunday of March and ceased

on the first Sunday of November. After the Secretary has presented to Congress the effects of this change, however, Congress still possesses the ability to revert the dates back to what they are currently.

The greatest advantage of DST is that it saves energy by allowing people to be more active while the sun is up. The U.S. Department of Transportation has done studies that portray how the whole country used less electricity by approximately one percent each day with Daylight Saving Tin1e. During the spring and summer, when the sun is out longer, we are still cutting back on our electricity usa,ge because we are at home for fewer hours. These warm days are usually increasingly spent outside, meaning that people don't utilize the appliances and lights at ho me. The U.S. Department of Transportation has also carried out a poll which indicated that Americans liked Daylight Saving Time because "there is more light in the evenings/ can do more in the evenings." The same goes for Senior Sallie Dietrich, who commented, ''Daylight Saving Time rocks my face off because it keeps the days from getting too dreary. I like the sun and I want to be able to spend crazy amounts of time in it. Oh, and the spring change is totally awesome for that extra hour of sleep." Although 70% of Americans are up and about before 7 a.m., therefore using more energy

in the morning as opposed to the amount of energy used if DST was not in effect, this evens out later on in the day when people are using less energy due to prolonged amount of sunlight. According to the website of the NIST Time and Frequency Division, an operating unit of the Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "based on consumption figures for 1974 and 197 5, The Department of Transportation says observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day a total of 600;000 barrels in each of those two years."

Other benefits of DST to our society are that it reduces the risk of traffic injuries/fatalities and prevents crime. Since driving is done more while it is light outside, it becomes less dangerous than driving at dark. The website also declares that, "except for the months of November through February, Daylight Saving Time does not increase the morning hazard for those going to school and work." People's exposure to crime is also decreased, since many activities are

greatly done during the daylight hours The Department of Transportation estimated that "50 lives were saved and about 2,000 injuries were prevented in March and April of the study years." They also figured that "$28 million were saved in traffic accident costs."

There are some downsides to DST, though. Some people complain about how it ruins their circadian rhythm. For some, this is merely a nuisance, but for others with sleeping disorders, this becomes an ongoing and frustrating problem. Another voice of disapproval comes from people who rise at dawn, or people whose day is dictated by sunrise, such a farmers. Farmers claim that it is very difficult for the chickens to adjust to the new time schedule, making their lives hectic during the first week of April and the last wee k of October. It all depends o n your personal experiences on how Daylight Saving Time treats you, and also whether the transition into the new time schedule is easy for you. As Senior Melissa Test states, •"It really depends on whether I'm losing an hour of sleep or gaining an hour of sleep." i . ea/4:i.se1 . sa1i+uno) tl U! pa1pn:i.s

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New Burnout Seeks Revenge

By:KrisFischer

Now, I've been out of the video game scene for a while, and I decided it was time I got back into it. So I went to Best Buy and bought a copy of Burnout Revenge, dusted off my Playstation 2, removed the Grand Theft Auto San Andreas disc from inside, and got ready for a ride. I've heard of the Burnout franchise before, I've just never had an opportunity to play any of the Burnout games. I've been missing out. Now, I've never been a fan of racing games, but when I saw an advertisement for Burnout Revenge, I knew I had to play it. Burnout isn't like other racing games, you're supposed to drive like a maniac in this game. It's hard for me to find words to describe this game, other then ''super fun." The game is a blast to play and anyone who has ever had to urge to smash into the car next to you while driving down the street should buy this game.

The controls of the game are great. You can easily master the controls in a few minutes, and after that you won't ever need to glance at the controller again. The controls just seem so natural. Second, the graphics in this game are some of the best you can find. The crashes look great, the environments are astounding, and the _.

cars look stunning too (even when they're falling ap~). Each of the environments in this game is based on actual locations (Detroit, Rome and Tokyo to name a few) and they all look nearly real. Speaking of the cars, Burnout Revenge now offers players the ability to select from different weight classes, which change the way your car will handle. The smaller cars are fast and easy to control, but are affected by the wind and pushed around by the other cars easier. The bigger cars are slower, but they're less affected by the wind and other vehicles. The sound in this game is also absolutely amazing. I played this on my small TV in my room and I was blown away, I assume it would be ten times better with surround sound The cars engines sound realistic and the crashes and explosions all sound insane.

Like I said earlier, I'm not a racing game fan, so obviously I don't play a lot of racing games, but I honestly doubt anything out there right now even comes close to the replayability and sheer addictiveness of Burnout Revenge. Trust me, this game is worth every penny. Every gamer should own this game. If you 're still skeptical after reading this, do yourself a favor and at least rent it. I promise you won't be disappointed. 9/10 stars

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ByMonicaYapp

Whatshowswouldyouconsiderthemostwatched? Wouldyouconsiderthemto be theonesthatyouwatchor like? Wellsomeof theselistingsmaycomeas a surprise to you but then again maybeyou agree. Accordingto A.C. Nielsenthe top 5 broadcastTV programsare 5. Grey'sAnatomy4. Lost 3. Withouta Trace2. Desperate Housewives1. CS!. 5. Grey'sAnatomyis aboutfiveyounginternswho struggleto becomedoctorsand form friendshipswhen they're all competingagainsteachotherfor certainpositions.EllenPompeoplaysMeredithGrey;Meredithis a firstyearsurgical.internwhois strugglingwithhermom's illness. SandraOh as CristinaYangplays a first year internwhois verycompetitiveandmotivated.Katherine Heigl plays Isobel "lzzie" Stevens,a girl from a small town who grew up poor,in orderfor her to pay for her medicalcareer she modeledwhile strugglingwith her self-esteem.T.R.KnightplaysGeorgeO'Malleywhois insecureon Izzie'sself-esteemand alwaysseemsto say the wrongthing at the wrongtime. Overlookinghis attractionto womenhe is treated as ''just oneof the girls."JustinChambersas AlexKarev is well liked by the other interns;he has ambitionand arrogance.This dramais aboutthe internslearningthat life isn't blackor whitebut life comesin differentcolors of grey.Grey'sAnatomyairsSundaysat 9 p.m.on channel 8.

4.Lostis abouta groupof strangerswhohaveto surviveon a pacificislandaftertheirflightwentdown. They soondiscoverthat the islandholdsmanythingsbesides the objectsthey need for survival. The islandincludes mysterycontaininghowls,weirdsoundsandanimalslike a polarbear,a marooned,a crazyFrenchlady,a mystical boar a strangegroupcalled"The Others,"a ship named The Black Rock and a hatch. Lost airs Wednesdaysat 8 p.m. on channel8. The cast is MatthewFox as Jack, EvangelineLillyas Kate,DominicMonaghanas Charlie, JorgeGarciaas Hurley,MaggieGraceas Shannon,Malcolm DavidKelleyas Walt,NaveenAndrewsas Savid, HaroldPerrineauas Michael,JoshHollowayas Sawyer, TerryO'Quinnas Locke,DanielDae Kirn as Jin,Yunjin Kirn as Sun,Emilliede Ravinas Claire,AdewaleAkinnuoye-Agbajeas the mysteriousisland man, Michelle

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3. Withouta Traceis abouta MissingPersonsSquad of the FBI who try to findpeoplethat comeup missing. Theyhaveto findout informationlikewhen,where,why andwhetherit wasa murder,suicideor if thepersonis still alive,just not anywhereto be seen. AnthonyLaPagllaas JackMalone,toughandcompassionate, is theheadof the squad.PoppyMontgomeryas SamanthaSpade,an agent whoseblondlooksgive a strongapproachto herjob.

MarianneJean-Baptisteas VivianJohnson, she doesn't put up with anythingand her investingskills comeimportantin lookingintofamiliesfor information. EnriqueMurcianoas DannyTaylor,he is sensitivebut has goodstreetsmarts. Eric Closeas MartinFitzgerald whois in becauseof his father'sconnectionsbut Martin has recentlyearnedhis place. Withouta Traceairs at 9:00p.m. on channel8 on Thursdays.

2. DesperateHousewivesis aboutfiveladiesliving on WisteriaLaneandtheirsecretlives. Themaincastis: SusanMayer(TeriHatcher)is a divorcedsinglemother lookingfor love. LynetteScavo(FelicityHuffman)was a stay-at-homemombut now goesto workat her career in advertising.Bree VanDe Kamp (MarciaCross)is a motherof two whose"perfect''life has been messedup by the recentdeathof her husband.GabrielleSolis(Eva Longoria)hasherdreamlife,sheusedto be a model,hasa richhusband,a bighouseanda babyon the way,the only problemin her lifeis shedoesn'tknowwhothedaddyis. EdieBritt(NicolletteSheridan)getson everyone'snerves withher love life. The newestone is BettyApplewhite ,._ (AlfreWoodard)andher sonwhomovedintotheirhouse in the middleof the night. DesperateHousewivesairs Sundaysat 8 p.m.on channel8.

1. CST(CrimeSceneInvestigation)is abouta team of forensicCrimeSceneInvestigatorswhostudyevidence in orderto solve the crime. The team consistsof nine people.WilliamPetersonplayingGilGrissom,thesenior forensicsofficer.MargHelgenbergeras CatherineWillows,a singlemotherbusy with parentingand her job. Gary Dourdanas WarrickBrownand GeorgeEads as Nick Stokes,the two men alwaystrying to competein solvingthe case.Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle,a youngsmart CSL Paul Guilfoyleas CaptainJim Brass,a homicide captainwho usedto workin forensics. CSI airs Thursdaysat 9 p.m. on channel11.

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By1\,drianeDougherty

The new hit series, Over There, produced by Steven Bochco, drew in more than 4.1 million viewers for the July 27 th premier on FX. Although fictional, the shows emphasizes what real-life soldiers would somewhat go through everyday in Iraq.

Over There is the first attempt in TV history to deal with a war while it is still being fought. M* A* S* H premiered near the end of the Vietnam War, but its time frame was set during the Korean War.

The idea for the show is not to promote a gory, and bloody story, but instead, to try and help viewers understand what life might be like for soldiers fighting in Iraq. In other words, war is hell, and Bochco 's purpose is for his audience to understand this.

The show focuses primarily on one Sergeant and his platoon of "virgins." In the first episode, Sgt. Scream (played by Erik Palladino) had been in Iraq for nearly a year, and was scheduled to go home sometime during that week. However, the Sergeant of the platoon that was aniving in a few days had to have his tonsils removed. Therefore, Sgt. Scream was ordered to stay with the platoon for 90 days until their Sergeant could return.

When Sgt. Scream was introduced to his new platoon he screamed at them, and said that he would guarantee that someone would do something stupid to get themselves killed within the first week.

In the third week they were "over there," their humvee ran over a roadside bomb, and Young Soldier (played by Travis Brorsen) was hurt, and went home. He had to have his leg removed. At home, he received disability payments, but he desperately wanted to return to his unit.

Once he got his prosthetic leg, he would work out everyday, trying to regain strength so that someday, he could possibly return to Iraq to be reunited with his unit.

Over There isn't focused directly on the War in Iraq, but it also deals with the outside struggles that go on back home; a cheating spouse, a sick child, a grandmother in the hospital, alcohol abuse, and even a suicide.

If you haven't already tuned in, this is a must see show. Although it can turn your stomach upside-down at times, it will also open your eyes, and perhaps your heart as well. The show airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m., with an encore at 10 p.m. as well. The season finale aired on October 26 th but FX ,vill be showing reruns.

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By Izzy Koch

Attention to all Lincoln High writers! It's time to pick up your pens and start writing. That's right, Lincoln High's annual literary magazine is now taking submissions. For those of you who have not heard of Scribe, it's Lincoln High's annual literary magazinea collection of prose, poetry, and artwork, all written and made by Lincoln High students.

Each year, a new group of students apply for an editorial position on the Scribe staff. This years staff includes: senior Keegan Neely Juniors Kate Eno , Jackson McNeil , Lisa Vuong , and Sophomores Emma Nelson, Molly Keran, Tegan Nolte, Erica Bartz, and Audrey Koch. There are two returning staff members- Kate Eno, and Keegan Neely. English teacher Deborah McGinn is the coordinator of Scribe.

Audrey Koch, one of Scribe's editors, says of Scribe "I look forward to Fridays the most out of weekdays, because, well, its Friday, and because of Scribe meetings because they're really fun to do." During the Scribe meetings, Ms. McGinn says that "we go over the pieces, and we read each one out loud, and then we discuss them. If a piece isn't chosen to be in Scribe, it's generally because it's just a rough draft; they would have more of an appeal if they were in a third or fourth copy." Both Ms. McGinn, and the Scribe editors really want to stress the fact that Scribe is completely unbiased, so there's no favoritism, and the fact that the pieces are judged by merit, not the popularity of the person.

For previous years, Scribe has been one of the high school literary magazines that has not been sponsored by LPS. This year though, things are different. Judy Strand, English Dep artment Chair wrote a grant for the Fund a Need foundation, and Pat Friessen at LPS gave $900 for the production of Scribe. This

marks the first year that Scribe won't have to worry about how it is going to be paid for.

The deadline for submissions to Scribe is January 6 th , 2006, but Koch says that "we usually get a ton of submissions around the deadline, and not so many in the first semester. It's better to submit early so that we don't get overloaded at the end." As of now, about 15 entries have come in. "But that's the way that it always is," says McGinn. "We wish that they would start coming in now."

Ms. McGinn will be out of school until November 23 rd due to a surgery that she needs to have. Don't worry, though. Scribe will still be going, keeping up with their weekly meetings, only with another English department sponsor sitting in to preside over the meetings.

Everyone who is a part of Scribe seems to be really enthusiastic about it. "We love Scribe," says McGinn. ''It's just like number one to everyone who's an editor. It's been around since the 1930's and I want to keep it alive. I want to do my best to keep art in the high schools."

Scribe does not come out until May, but Scribe members recommend that you reserve a copy early for a lesser price of $3.00. We only order a limited amount, so once it comes out, the price will go up to $5. 00. Each writer is limited to 3 submissions, and submissions must be made along with an application (available from Scribe editors, or Ms. McGinn in room 223). For the artwork, only black and white pictures will be accepted. Scribe is also looking for a cover illustration or photograph. If you are interested in submitting any piece of literature, some artwork, or a cover picture, you can contact any members. So, to all of you authors and artists, write on, and draw on, and submit to Scribe!

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By Lisa Vuong

Most people know about the African-American Caucus, but have you heard about the United African Students club? Sponsored by Celia Sherman, it started four years ago as an idea when she saw a T.V. special program on the Lost Boys of Sudan and had just gotten a student in her class from the same region. This student thought that Sherman was teaching the class ''too slow'' because he was here to get an education, something that he could not do in Sudan. She became motivated by this student and wanted to be able to help him and others like him. She began the club on a mission to help African refugees with schoolwork, finding ways to help out their families and them with necessities and learning about the students and all of their different cultures.

The club doesn't have officers like most clubs do but a leadership group. This group, which senior Zainab Kuwa is a part of, organizes activities and fund raisers for the club to participate in and topics that the club could talk about on the club days and infor1nal days that they mee t after school.

''I really like being in the club because I want people to not just think of Africa as jungle, but really know about the wars and what everyone goes through," Kuwa said. ''I hope that this can expand out to something bigger so that all the high schools would have a club

like this."

On the contrary to what some may be thinking, United African Students club is not just open to students from Africa, and among the 15 members is sophomore Jordan Loos, a native to America and also part of the leadership group. Loos said that he liked being in the club because he ''wants to learn about all these kids' different cultures and what they've been through.'' ''I also want to help them out and teach them about America," Loos said.

Club member, sophomore Anei Geng, said that he liked being in the club because he got to meet a lot of people from different countries in Africa. ''I hope to learn about everyone's background, because when I go back, I'll probably be in their countries," Ge ng said.

The United African Students Club started out as ''a safe place for these kids to go," Sherman said as about six students stood in her room after school. ''But it's neat, because they feel comfortable," Sherman said.

·The club fund raises by selling various food items that the members make and grow themselves. Sometimes they sell Link water at various school events. The money they make is then used to help out families of the club as an emergency fund, and She1111an would like to someday have a scholarship built up to help African students into college.

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by NataliaLedford

Look at every face you pass while walking down the hallways of Lincoln High. The diversity can't go unnoticed; Lincoln High is known for it. Think about the hundreds of students here that were born in other countries. Imagine all of the stories of their experiences in different cultures, cooped up inside of them floating around this building that we don't even know exist. What if those stories were told? A lot of Americans need some perspective. If we listened to the people right here at Lincoln High who have been through so much more, imagine how much we could learn. I bet it could make us appreciate what we've got a lot more and take fewer things for granted. Here are the stories of just two amazing Lincoln High students that will shock you and maybe inspire you to look at life a little differently.

Lincoln High sophomore Monica Geng was born in Sudan, Africa. She lived in a rural village by a rainforest. She said she never went into the city. "In Sudan, if you go into the city you have to

was at its peak. "Once, when I was 12, I was sick in the hospital. I don't know what disease I had, really. It was like Malaria-but worse. Well, the Turkana people rushed in and attacked the area around the hospital. I looked just outside the windows and I saw people running and I heard guns shooting. Everybody outside was getting killed. They brought the people who had been shot dead into the hospital right next to me. I had never seen a dead body before," Geng said.

About a year after this happened, Geng, her mother and her brothers, decided to come to the United States. Her oldest brother was already living here, and they moved in with him. Her father is still in Sudan. Monica hasn't gone back to Africa since they left. She hopes however, that maybe tl1e summer after she graduates from Lincoln High she can go back to visit.

Another Lincoln High tenth grader, Nina Gligorevic, was born in Konjic, Yugoslavia. The conflict between the Croatians, Bosnians, and Serbs in former Yugoslavia changed her life.

anyone had, and took us all to a concentration camp for women and children No one knew what was going on we just had to sit and be quiet." The soldiers called the women back one at a time, going in order just as we were seated. Gligorevic's mom was called up next, and she got up to go back there, Wondering why this was required. Just before they took her into one of the back rooms, a soldier ran up.

"He said that the orders had once again changed, and that they had to stop raping the women for the time being," Gligorevic said.

Her life depended on the free will of the soldiers, most of the time. Anything they c ould think up to do, they did, and she was powerless to stop them.

"What makes me sick mostly is all the physical abuse and torture that they enjoyed doing. Only those who lived through it, or died by it, would know."

ing but I knew they were telling the truth. It's very hard to grasp your mind around the idea that people you know and go to school every day have been through so much more than you, and can still manage to be so positive about life. "Overall, I am happy that I am here in the United States now," says Monica, "It's a lot less stressful, because I don't have to worry about people coming to attack me and I don't have to worry about if people will come take our land. Here, it is yours You just have to pay rent. I really like Lincoln High too, I feel that I'm just like all of the other students here."

onica Geng (10) and Nina Gligorevic (10) share1 .heir life experiences in Sudan and Bosnia bef ore1

came to our house and told us that we had better get out because they were going to burn it down in a number of minutes." Gligorevic said. "My mom rushed me to a relative's house, where we stayed. My grandfather went back to our house to get our dog that we had forgotten. In front of the very house that he built himself,he was shot It was for no reason at all except that he was a Serb."

"A group of Bosnians who use to be our friends, be Muslim or else they will kill you," said Geng, who is not Muslim. The war that has lasted 20 years between Northern and Southern Sudan is anethnoreligious conflict resulting from differences between Arabs and Christians. The Arabs occupied

From there, Gligorevic and her mother had to flee frequently. "It was tcorning to Lincoln. Photo by: Natalia Ledford! the city. "My family, we especially couldn't go into the city, because my uncle was a commander in the military. If we went into the city, they would capture us."

Soon, the fighting got so bad that her family could no longer stay in Sudan. She, her mother and two of her brothers fled to Kenya. She said she didn't want to leave the rest of her family in Sudan because of the war, but when they reached their refugee camp, the violence did not stop. A conflict between the Sudanese refugees and a local Kenyan tribe called the Turkana became the newest fear that Geng had to endure. The Turkana blamed a death in their tribe on the refugees from Sudan and took it out on them by going around and killing anybody that was Sudanese. She recalls an event where the violence

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ByLyndaTran

For years, Heineman urged KochJohns to submit her name for consideration, and this year she finally agreed. After completing 7 extremely long essay questions, carefully laying out her life experiences, philosophies, and teaching methods onto a good 14-15 pages, she submitted her work along with 3 letters of recommendation. She explained that the process took literally, "hundreds of hours" just to apply, consuming her summer break.

But with the support of her husband, and many others, she managed to make it

like you see in some movies. This actually involved running through cold/hot nights as bullets, bombs, and tanks are going off everywhere around you. My mom had it harder than me, since she had to earry m.e- and -run with 111e:" At one point, a man gathered together all the women fleeing with children and took them to a clearing so he could throw a bomb in the mist of all of them, and kill them all at once. · She said that at that point you weren't really sure if you wanted to just get it over with and die, or live by the slim chance that in the end you'll be okay. "Just as he was going to pull the pin, a soldier drove up and told him that the orders had changed and that he would get in trouble if he killed us all like that. Then they "stole any gold and money that

After narrowly escaping many near death situations, Gligorevic and her mother were set free of the concentration camp. After many months of separation, they found her father again. The fig1tting was not yet over and they knew they had to get out, while they still had the chance.

"On October 2 of 1997 we arrived here in America"

Being the sheltered white kid that J am, I was not prepared for these stories when I sat down for both interviews. As I listened to those girls, I didn't want to believe what I was hear-

"I obviously don't know every person in this world." Gligorevic said, "But I love every person in this world. It's hard to explain. I think everyone's soul deep down is the same, but when something happens such as war with destruction and lost lives it reveals the ugly side of human beings. It's human nature that we point fingers to pass the shame away from ourselves, but that doesn't make us right. I point my finger at no one."

The message to American teens is simple, and Gligorevic puts it best; "Most kids haven't been through some of the things I've had to live through. And I haven't been through other things tl,at people in this world have been through. I guess you should just never close your mind to the fact that there are people all over the place that are worse off than you People who ju st wing it and live. "

through. The state screened the applicants' submission, and chose only 6 finalists from Nebraska.

The past month has been excessively hectic for her, but her best memory from the whole experience is that one of her college professors remembered her and took time to email her. "I was only a freshman in college:', she said. After 35 years Professor Jim Rundstrum-from the University of Nebraska at Kearney-who taught Journalism-took the time to explain to Patsy how fond of her he was. He plans to speak to her more in depth about the award and about her present life, entering it into the UNK newspaper.

Our modern society places a high value on a clean and youthful appearance. Therefore, with superior technologies and new scientific advancements in our world f : , _ : O: ,;J today, there is an • 1ng nump e op le plastic for cosreasons. er, this has the point of insanity.

The sexy image is displayed and pressed in the media and everything we see seems to be centered around having a body that is slim and aesthetically pleasing.

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Some of us may remember when we heard last year about how there were an increasing number of parents who were giving breast enhancement surgeries as graduation gifts.

According to the American Socjety for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the number of 18-year-olds who went under the knife to get breast implants nearly tripled last year, from 3,872 in 2002 to 11,326 in 2003.

Now, cosmetic surgery is the new norm for mass culture, as opposed to being an option for the rich as it was previously, mainly because of the media's portrayal of what's beautiful and what's not.

What's also disturbing about plastic surgery is that there is a certain amount of risk that comes along with a surgery, whether it is a necessary surgery or not.

However, if it isn't necessary for you to undergo a surgery, why endure the pain after it and take a risk when you don't need to?

The Food and Drug Administration lists 25 complications of breast enhancement surgery, including but not limited to pain, inflammation, chest wall deformity, toxic shock syndrome, wrinkling and scarring. Since the implants are unpredictable in their behavior, most have to receive a second or even a third operation.

The surgery also interferes mammography, increasing the chances of having a tumor go undetected. Risks are associated with all types of procedures, and before one dives into it, one should think twice about the pros and cons of undergoing surgery.

These types of surgical procedures come equipped with minor to fatal risks. There are also the side effects that you

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By:LisaVuong

The war in Iraq must not be that big of a deal anymore. When a new name appears in the newspaper for a casualty, it must be passed over by our president, George W. Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller. These men would rather take on an industry that makes $10 billion dollars a year and find ways to make consenting adults hit the unemployment line by spending millions of our nation's dollars trying to get obscenity cases into court, instead of getting our troops out of Iraq.

I would like to think that the nation's leaders would have bigger priorities such as ending poverty, helping the hurricane victims, perhaps pick a Supreme Court justice that has, well, been a j'udge in the past, and that war in Iraq. Unfortunately, this isn't what our president and his accomplices have in mind.

Gonzales and Mueller are the two administrators leading this operation with eight FBI agents and pressure from Bush. They say that pornography is damaging to families and turns people into sexual predators. However, a study by Danish psychologist Gert Martin Hald, contradicst that claim. Hald conducted a recent experiment where he had 200 males and females, ages ranging from 18-30, view video pornography. In his discovery he said that the porn, "failed on nearly all measures

have to endure, also. For example, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), one of the side effects of abdominoplasty, more widely known as a "tumn1y tuck," is "tiredness for several weeks or months." Would you be able to handle that for several months?

Going away from the side effects, the risks are, ''Blood clots, infection, bleeding under the skin flap, poor healing resulting in conspicuous scarring or skin loss, and the need for a second operation." They claim that the fading and flattening of scars may take "3 months to two years." Would you b e patient enough?

What's also unsettling about cosmetic surgery is that for those who had received surgery, they usually had to stay away from work or school for a certain amount of time, which isn't beneficial to them. It takes two to four weeks before you can get back and earn some bucks for the costs associated with a tummy tuck.

There is also the period of time when you have to take extra precautions. For a

rhinoplasty, or nose surgery, according to ASPS , you have to do your best to avoid hitting your nose or getting a sunburn for 2 months. What's more, the final appearance will reveal itself a year or more later.

For those of you who think this is only a "girls' problem," plastic surgery is actually being increasingly sought by males. The majority of men desire a more balanced nose, a rejuvenated face, and a trimmer waistline. More hair is also a visualization that they yearn for, and more men are deciding that cosmetic surgery will satisfy their unhappiness for not possessing a certain trait.

People sho uld really weigh out the pros and cons of getting cosmetic surgery before even thinking about walking into a surgeon's office.

You've lived up until now without it, so you don't essentially need it. Also, if attractiveness is an issue, you'll be getting people who like you for the 'things you paid for, most likely, and not for your true self. •

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1' he fl ui,h Administration has decided to go against anything that is considered to produce lustful thoughts and has an absence of "artistic merit, 11 as defined as criminal obscenity under a Supreme Court doctrine.

I guess that child pornography doesn't fall under that category since they are not going after that, but only porn made by and featuring consenting adults.

Personally I'll say that doing the toilet business on people and bestiality are not something I see as pleasing, but it is a choice that people make on their own time. Bondage, sadistic and masochistic fetishes can be vie wed in almost an artsy manner by some. Should the government decide? Some sites have replaced targeted images with a photo of the attorney general to avoid prosecution.

Is this due to the lack of art acceptance? Ignorance? Or is this "anti-obscenity squad" just trying to make it seem that the government finally made a good decision? All I have to say is that I'm sorry Tre Cool, but your dominated love slave dream has to be put on hold due to our president and his right-hand men, but maybe you can look forward to a draft to go help with that war in Iraq.

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Corning from the perpective of someone who sed to have cable, it's rustrating to be unable to atch the shows that I used o watch. Also, I'm unable • o engage 1n conversa1.ions about the previous day's broadcasting. Junior Hannah Dovel said that she "sort of feels left out" when her peers talk about music videos or episodes they've seen on TV. The same goes for Senior Sallie Dietrich, who related to Dovel, "People will make jokes about stuff I don't get, and I can't see the new family guy episodes." It's also annoying because I don't get all the coverage of what others see on television, therefore I'm information deprived, unless I had the time to read several articles on the Internet to get a variety of perspectives that I could get on television just by switching between channels. For some, it is also time consuming to live without cable because they usually do their homework (although it isn't recommended) in front of the television so that they're still being filled in with the news or a show they enjoy. Ever heard of the phrase, "it's better to have never had wealth than to lose it"? I yearn for cable during breaks or rests from homework, whereas if I never had cable, I would have never known what life with cable was like. I think to myself, "If it was just a few months ago, I could have watched something at this time, such as The Daily Show, or even something more amusing, like Tom and Jerry."

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You could say that there are some advantages to being cable deficient. For those who are responsible students, however, it should not be a problem. For some, you won't be as influenced by the commercials as opposed to those who have cable and watch them. If you are the kind of stu dent that absolutely cannot make progress and get any homework done, you might be wasting your time in front of the TV if you don't watch out for the time. For some, however, such as Dovel, this is not the case. "I like to think that I get more done (without cable), but I still watch bad TV and I'm online all the time, so I probably waste just as much as I would if I had cable." Time races along without you being aware when you're engaged in an interesting or captivating watch. Dietrich states, "I don't waste

time doing something completely pointless. Well, By:IzzyKoch I do on the Internet, but this way I don't have Sitting in my psycholo two things doing that to me." She had to make a gy class, one of the student choice between DSL and cable, since they add up brings up a memory of a T to costing around a similar amount, showing that show that he watched avidl you can save some serious bucks by cutting back when he was little. Soon, th, the cable bills. Just add the monthly fee of cable room is reverbrating wi for a whole year, and you're looking at saving enthusiastic "Oh yeah!" ' anywhere approximately around $350 and above. and "Oh my gosh! I rememHannah Dovel claimed that she doesn't have cable ber that" 's. My voice isn •i······ because her mother "doesn't want to pay for it, one of the ones echoing around the room. In fact, believing that it's expensive and a waste." If you it's making me feel rather left out. are responsible, though, some of these reasons are All of these shows that the rest of the class is illegitimate. You can always watch commercials reminiscing about are shows that weren't available with a critical eye, and watch TV but still be care- to me when I was little. They 're all cable shows, ful of the time so that you'll still Jµve time to excel Nickelodeon and kids game shows in particular ( in school. Dovel said, "I'd~ to think that I get I think that one of them was named Montezuma's moredone,butlstillwatchbadTVandI'monline Revenge, but I'm not completely sure), and I all the time, so I probably waste just as much as didn't have cable. · I would if I had cable." Also, if you desperately I'm one of those few and far between kids want or need cable, you could work and pay for who doesn't have, and who hasn't had, cable. the bills yourself

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Lauren think that she is, but just won't tell them. Kristen totally brushed off Steven, and Steven ran back to Lauren again," rattles off one of my friends, an avid Laguna Beach viewer, while I sit there in awe, confused about every detail that just spewed out of her mouth. So you see, not having cable even interferes with friendships. How can we talk about things when I don't have cable, and she wants to talk about a show that I can't watch? Cable and its shows are like drugs They pull you in, and pull you away from your friends, breaking all previous re}ationships that you had. They make communication hard There are some shows that in the few times that I've seen them, I've become addicted to them. I need to see them. I must, I must, I must! Some of them, I can rent at Blockbuster. Others, I'm left in the dark. A few of these such shows are Nip/ Tuck, Laguna Beach, and Pimp My Ride. I can't get enough of these shows, and so I leech on to a friend, like a vampire, and suck as much of their time as I can possibly have to watch cable television with them.

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Cable is a relatively new fad that is like a drug. They give you the first few months at a low price, and then jack it up to skyrocketing prices, because they know that you will pay it. It's bad for you too. Sitting in front of the television all day long, and not getting excercise? Shame on you. It's almost understandable though- once you're hooked to a show, you must watch it. There's a burning passion there to see what heppens next week to the characters lives. You're addicted, you're hooked, and you can never, ever go back to life before cable.

Maybe cable television should be approached differently. Maybe it should be available, and free to everyone who wants it If not, a reduced cost would be nice.

You can look at not having cable two different ways. The first way, would be that it's been benefical to me, because I haven't had the chance to become a couch potato. I don't sit in front of my TV all day, instead of doing homework. Rather, I do all of my homework on time, and get good grades. The second way to look at my cable deprivation is that it's bad. It's awful. I've missed out, and I'm always going to be in the dark with all things relating to cable television shows. Personally, I think that it's a combination of the two. Sure, I've missed out, but I'm sure that with cable at my disposal, that I would not be as good of a student as I am now.

NU offense spark in big

By Adriane Dougherty

Nebraska offense came to life when they drove 68 yards in 14 plays in the first quarter of the Nebraska versus Iowa State game on Saturday, October 1st • However, NU couldn't capture the touchdown, and instead, had to settle for the field goal kicked by Jordan Congdon.

The Cyclones answered late i11 the second quarter with another field goal to tie the game at 3-3 going into half time Both NU and ISU had good scoring opportunities coming into the second half of the game. NU quarterback, Zac Taylor threw a 70 yard pass to Cory Ross to take a 10-3 lead in the third quarter.

It wasn't more than five minutes later when Iowa State tied it up with a two yard touchdown pass. The Cyclones also took their only lead of the game on a 32 yard field goal to put them up 13-10 at the end of the third quarter.

NU would tie the game at 13 apiece in the middle of the fourth quarter with another Congdon field goal. That was the only score of the fourth quarter. NU had a good scoring opportunity in the last minute, but Taylor fumbled, which caused over time.

The Huskers won the coin toss and choose to play defense first. ISU took the lead on a two-play touchdown drive. NU tied it up on their opportunity to play offense, which forced a second over-time. This time, the Huskers were on offense first. They took the lead on an eight yard pass to Ross. The Blackshirts came through once again to help NU to a 27-20 win over the Iowa State Cyclones.

This game, which was NU's -Big 12 Opener, improved the Huskers to 4-0 overall. It dropped ISU to 3-1. November 3 ,2005

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Talk about a heart breaker ...

NU's game against Texas Tech (ranked #15) was certainly a game to watch until the last second. It boiled down to one play in the last 16 seconds of the game to put Tech ahead for the win against the Huskers on Saturday, October 8th •

The Huskers were down 21-0 at the end of the first quarter. That marks the first time Nebraska has been scored on in the first quarter of a game However, before half-time, the Huskers closed the deficit to 21-14.

Husker offense was determined to make things happen coming into the third quarter of the game. NU finally found the lead in the final five minutes of the game, 31-27. Tech threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to gain lead against NU, and seal a victory.

Despite the loss, Tech 's quarterback said that his team was fortunate enough to come away with the win. This game drops the Huskers to 4-1 on the season, while Tech improves to 5-0 overall. This is the first homecoming game that the Huskers have lost since 1968.

Road Game Victory

NU had its first road game of the seas on against Baylor on October 15'h - The game, which was available on Pay Per View, improved the Huskers to 5-1.

Baylor took the early lead on a drive with 7:39 left in the quarter.

NU cut the deficit to four off a Congdon field goal. In the second quarter, Courtney Grixby returned a 48-yard punt to put NU at Baylor's nine-yard line. Taylor found Terrence Nunn on a four-yard pass to put the Huskers up at the end of the second quarter.

Baylor would never catch up with them after that. NU pulled away with a 23-14 win. For the game, Taylor completed 18 of 32 pass attempts for 168 yards.

he Football teams sings Hail Varsity along with the Cornhusker Marching band .fter their win against Iowa State. -Photo Courtesy of Dan Ehly

ost orts : A Year of Re l,For

By Adriane Dougherty

Football:

Sorry guys, but the showing this year was a bit gruesome. Coach Jefferson stated that his biggest goal for the team was to unify it. He knew it wasn't going to be an easy task, andthe season proved him right.

After last years' squad qualified for state, a lot of people expected some big things from this years' group. Nevertheless, we still had our devoted fans out there cheering for you guys, even in your biggest deficits.

At the very least, they didn't get totally shut out this season. The defense had some im• press1ve moments, whil the offens ment of spar as well. Let'sl recap. In th, homecomin game aga1ns Bellevue East, 1 the defens didn't allo a touchdow until the thir quarter of thel game.

Hammack's hopes for next year's team is for them continue to have success, and keep qualifying for state. "Hopefully in the next couple of years our younger runners will win state."

Girls Cross Country:

The girls' team did not qualify for state. They placed fourth at districts, which was just shy of qualifying. However, Ashley Embury (12), placed 10th, and Amanda Costello (9),

0 overall, and earned a sixth place finish out of all the Lincoln boys. His time was 17:35. Freshman Paul Pape placed 53rd overall.

Thursday, October 20 ,h Josh Riser (10) carnes the ball in t:11eLinks' game agamst the Kearney ' earcats. Kearney defeated the Links47-7. Lincoln Hig -Photo B Zuher Al-hirez took on the Bearcats of Kearney High School. The Links were shut out until the fourth quarter of the game. The guys found some depth with 52 seconds left in the game to cut the deficit to 47-7. This game marks the first home game of the season that the Links have got on the scoreboard.

Boys Cross Country:

Congratulations to the boys team in qualifying for state! The season was well fought out, and the boys definitely deserved the chance to qualify. The district meet was on Thursday, October 13th , in North Platte. Out of the six teams competing, Lincoln High finished third. Kearney placed first with 32 points, and Grand Island placed second, beating the Links by 16. The boys' score was 74

Last year, the boys' team failed to qualify as a team, however, a couple guys qualified as individuals. Taylor Hammack (12), did not qualify last year because of injuries, but this year, as a captain, he says he is very excited to go. "Last year was frustrating not making it because of my injury. But this year, we're going to have fun with it. We're all buzzing our heads, and hopefully it will be fun. I hope to do well individually, and as a team."

Hammack has medaled at every meet this season. Unfortunately, at this year's state meet, he did not. Hammack finished in 38th place

placed sixth, both as individuals, so they qualified for state.

Junior Brandis Hurt was unable to compete at districts because of injuries. Hammack says that he was sure that Hurt would have qualified as an individual if she were able to run.

At state, Embury and Costello competed well. Embury placed 69th overall with a time of 17:15. Costello placed 18th overall, which was three places short of medaling, with a time of 16:01.

Girls Golf:

The year's team started out with eight girls, but as the season progressed, the team ended up with five. Katie Miller (11), Kayla Sasse (11), Emma Nelson (10), Chelsea Hayes (9), and Christine Lu-, ethje (9) all competed i districts. Unfortunately, none of which compete, at state this year.

Miller has two years1 experience on the varsity level, and earned he third letter this year. "M goal for the year was t, give support to the new1 girls, and help them ou as much as I can," says Miller. "I let them know1

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definitely had a repeat showing of last year's performance. They finished the season out 137 The Lady Links' lone win came in a forfeit when the other team didn't show up. So, can we even count that as a win? If it helps the team look any better, then we'll leave it at that.

The stats this year proved to be phenomenal compared to last year. Within only the first month of the season, the girls had already accumulated more runs this year, compared to all the runs combined last year.

The team is only osing one senior to ext year's line-up. asey Farwell was big contributor o this y~ar's team. s a captain, her oal was to make ure everyone was aving fun. "We 1allhad a good time his year, and it was ,robably m,y favor·te season, just bethat I've been where the ause everyone was

coming new players fo a Nelson(lO) looks take her shot at the the girls next year, next years squad wit · trict Meet on October 3rd, wi:uch was held and keep growing, open arms. They're hop- Kearney; Photo By Emily stanfield and keep building." ing next year to be able to win districts, and Good luck to the team for the years to come. qualify for state.

Volleyball:

Boys Tennis:

Dan Beckwith (12), and Jimmy Clifford

On October 8th Volleyball captured their ( 12) were very successful this season as leaders. second victory of the season against Omaha However, Beckwith was the only one who qualiNorthwest. They defeated them in three fled for state. straight sets. On October 20 th , At the Papillion Invite, Beckwith was seeded the girls combined with Lincoln Southeast fourth, and wound up taking first place in the to hold the LHS/LSE Invite, held at both number two singles. The number two doubles -Lincoln High, and Lincoln Southeast. The team, which consisted of Clifford, and Mike Hart, Lady Links lost to Lincoln North star in two placed fifth. sets, 25-19, and 25-9. The Links also lost At the state meet, Beckwith was seeded to Lincoln East in two sets, 25-18, and 25- second out of 32 teams in the number two singles. 10. His first round he had a by, and in his second The girls played for seventh place against round he beat his opponent 6-1, and 6-0. The Fremont, and lost to them in two sets, 22-25, third round he faced Ross Frahe from Papillion 25-19, and 25-14. Currently, the girls are 2- La Vista-South, and was eliminated after losing 23, but they have yet to compete at districts, 1-6,and 4-6. Frahe wound up winning the state and possibly tum some things around. tournament. Beckwith placed fifth at state. If you're looking for something to do, the "We weren't exactly very deep this season," girls need our support in districts. Districts says Beckwith, but we were pretty successful in are set to be played on November 3' d and 4 th most of our meets this season." provided they win on the 3rd • They are being Next year the tennis team is looking for held at Bellevue West High School. Good solid players like Beckwith, and Clifford to luck at districts ladies! help the team build off of this season, and Softball: compete at state again.

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Out with old and in with the new! That's the theme we took for this issue of the Advocate. In honor of this, our time of change we present you with this A brand new style of puzzle for you to solve, Sudoku.

In order to solve the puzzle, every horizontal row, every vertical column and every 3x3 box must contain each digit 1 through 9. 9 6 5 4 7

LHS has first male Poma1i rtk

By lieatherAllison

He isn't known as "Danny the sophomore" or "Danny, that one kid." Danny Niati is most commonly known as the first ever male Pomalink at Lincoln High.

When Niati was younger he wasn't interested in all the things that kids do at that age

"I started dancing when I was eight but I didn't really start getting serious until I turned nine and went to Russia and studied there a little bit of ballet. That's where I got my technique."

As his Sophomore year rolled around, he decided he wanted to try something that usually only girls would do. He wasn't worried about getting made fun of, he just wanted to do what he knew he could do.

"I wanted to be a Pomalink, I guess, because I was tired of seeing all these girls on the team and I'm like, 'I can do that', you know? I wanted to be a part of that," Niati said.

While being a Pomalink can be fun, it's also hard work. There's the practicing, the getting in shape, and trying to keep good grades in all your other classes.

"Practicing is grueling, I'd say. I don't know. I feel like, in practicing, I have to work twice as hard as the girls because it seems I'm always like two seconds behind them."

Criticism comes with fame and that's one thing Danny and the people at Lincoln High can't seem to forget. Although he hasn't been made fun of to his face, there have been people talking about him.

"Lincoln High is so accepting, but it seems that a lot of people can't get over a

guy being on the dance team," Pomalinks Sponsor Alyssa Hart said.

"I came close once [to being made fun of] but these girls stood up for me, actually," Niati said.

His relationship with the girls on the squad is improving.

"I think it's an ok friendship at the moment. By the end of the year it should be a strong friendship."

This year, Niati •· has been getting a lot of publicity throughout the school, but some of the Pomalinks don't think that it's necessary.

"It seems like he gets all the attention, like, nobody really pays attention to the other fourteen people on the team," sophomore and fellow Pomalink, Leanne Klemsz said. "It's just Danny or a lot of the girls feel like it's "Danny and the Pomalinks " and not just The Pomalinks."

"There was uneasiness between the girls and Danny for the first two days only bec ause they didn't know what to expect from him and they needed to get to know each other," Hart said.

Other members think he has opened doors for other males who want to become a Pomalink.

"Danny has definitely added diversity his personality is a lot different from the girls and he gives really good input on everything," Pomalink Mackenzie Studheit said. "I definitely think he's opened doors for people.

Being the first male Pomalink can have its ups and downs, but Danny Niati is going to ignore the talk and do what he's good at: dancin,..,.

ByNataliaLedford

It's not in the top headlines anymore, but the problem is as bad as ever. The massive earthquake that hit Pakistan last month killed 78,000 people and left 3 million people homeless. Many resources have been donated to the country, but because the volume of the devastation is so great, more aid is needed.

Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf has desperately resorted to cutting defense spending and announced that he will be postponing the purchase of 80 f-16 fighter jets from the United States in order to focus the money on relief. This will save approximately 3 billion dollars, but it will still not be enough. He urges the world to be as generous with aid for quake victims as it \Vas with victims of Asia's tsunami last December and Hurricane Katrina. With winter corning soon, the millions of people left

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By -SherryWang

On November 4, at 5:30 p.m., Westfield-Shoppingtown Gateway held a Grand Opening to present their renovated Food Court that they had started in February of 2005 to the people of Lincoln.

The Lincoln High Marching Band was there to play for the Opening. The Food Court was completely renovated, and there are five returning food vendors and four new ones. Kelly Maack, Marketing Director of Westfield Shoppingtown Gateway said, "This (renovating the fo od court) was something we wanted to do, and it was getting to the toint where we wanted to develop. '

Gifts were given to the first 1,000 people who got their hands on them, and there were free carousel riding for the children. The

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gift boxes ntained specia fers Many said that the whole event arou~d 3,000, Rush cla.!Wd. and surprises, and ten of them had wasn't very well organized since Senior Joshua Barnes said, "It a $500 Westfield Gift Card. The some people ended up with more was completely the administraboxes were all on tables in front of than one box. tion's fauft."

Sbarro, and patrons rushed through Also, the people trying to Rush felt that they were tre<}ted the doors to get them. obtain a box that might contain rudely, and several instruments

Sbarro, Runza, Amigos, Or- the $500 gift card, surrounded the now need repairing. He menange Julius DQ, an~ Subway ~ame Lincoln High B~nd and intel!upted tioned to the staff ~embers ~f the back to offer their tasty bits at their show, pushing and shoving the Westfield Corporation that this w~s Westfield, and the new members, members and bumping into their going to be a disaster, but they did Blue Moon (Coffee Company), instruments. not listen to him, he said, because Panda Express (Chinese), Hibachi While the band was playing, he was a high school teacher. San (Japanese Grill), and Charley's they were "getting literally beaten Rush said he also suggested Subs, presented themselves on this up," Director of Instrumental that the band should probably go day to their future customers. Music Terry Rush said. He was out to the sides and march along the

They also have a new family enraged at the fact that he feels he edges of the Food Court so that they lounge for the first time, and "a was lied to about how this event would not be disturbed by people restroom designed for the entire was going to tum out. He claimed frantically attempting to grab a family, complete with features that Westfield Corporation said that freebie, even though it would not such as nursing stations and bottle they didn't see it corning that there have been the "Pied Piper" image warmers," Maack said. were going to be that many people the Westfield Corporation wanted.

If West~eld thought that this there. The place was designed to ~us~ a~ded that Westfiel~ Corevent was going to be smooth, they have around 700 people, and it was poration 1s liable to pay the bills to were mistaken. nacked with a lot more than that, fix the instruments that were dam-

aged, which were two bass drums, several flutes, and a trumpet.

One of the problems the band ran into was that the members were becoming separated and the doors where they were supposed to exit were not only locked, but blocked by a man who claimed that he was not supposed to let them through.

The LHS Marching band ended up playing again in front of the doors, which did not open until Rush talked to the man.

LHS Band members were not the only ones affected, because many other people were injured. There were children separated from their parents, adults crying, children and old ladies falling or being trampled over, or both, purses being stolen, and the list goes on.

"Many blamed it on the people themselves,but you cant expect people to act any different, "Barnesadded,

Members of the Lincoln High Marching Band get ready to perform at the Grand Opening of the Westfield Mall on Nov. 4. The mall celebrated the new food court construction and was attended by some 3,000 people who rushed in to get prizes. Photo by Sherry Wang

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ByLyndaTran

Lincoln

High English teacher

Mary Dickinson received this year's annual YWCA Tribute to Women Award. The award is meant for those individuals who have "made a difference in our community, and who support the mission of the YWCA, which is to eliminate racism and to

teaching, and 19 years at LHS, she has fought against racism in school and out. She even teaches a Multicultural Literature class at Lincoln High. "A lot of people don't understand what I do," Dickinson explained. "But the more I study racism and the more I see its insidiousness in all of our institutions, I just at least hope that I can do my part in eliminating or at least confront it whenever I encounter it," Dickin, son said.

English teacher Mary Dickinson holds her YWCA Tribute to Women Award.

Photo by Maggie Young empower women," YWCA Development Director Tari Hendrixson Sweeney said.

Dickinson's contributions to the community, in the form of fighting racism, qualified her for the award, along with 4 other winners: Zainab Al-Baaj, HelenAbdal-Soosan, Ruth McKinstaly, and Marcy Metzger, who were selected and honored by a special committee from the Lincoln YWCA at a banquet held at the Cornhusker Hotel, on Oct. 14. This year around 500 people attended the dinner.

Ten community activists, some her former students, gathered to officially nominate Dickinson.

Throughout her 30 years of

One major project she has been devoted to is fighting the judicial system to free two African American men, who many feel were unfairly jailed as political prisoners over 35 years ago. Mondo We Langa and Ed Poindexter were members of the Black Panther Party in Omaha. Many believe that the two men were framed for the death of an Omaha Police officer. The case is now back in court, and advocates look forward to a hearing this spring.

Dickinson has spent hours, days, months, and years on race-related cases, and she will not stop until she feels she has become an activist for the community.

This award of sterling silver has been of so much value to her because it was bestowed upon her for issues she cares about.

Dickinson was also involved as a legal team member on the Lucky Iromuanya case, which occurred just last April when a UNL girl soccer player was shot dead at a party. Unfortunately, a young man, Lucky, age 23 at the time, was holding the gun.

Many argue that the shooting was unintentional, and that Lucky was provoked to pull out the gun in the first place.

A group of ex-students asked for her advice, so she met with the family and has become very involved with the case. Since then, Dickinson has gotten to know Lucky and his family on a personal basis. She continues to spend time with them.

Much of the work she does is very controversial, de aling with major racial issues and such. She understands that others don't agree, and they sometimes criticize her work, however, she feels very strongly that our criminal justice system is racist.

"Many think that if people are in jail, just leave them alone, but I just can't do that," Dickinson said.

She has also been involved with the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for over 10 years.

By NataliaLedford

out in the open w hose homes were destroyed will have to deal with freezing temperatures of a Himalayan winter without shelter or proper clothing. They are in dire need of tents with shelter being the biggest priority at this point, which they will live in for the next two to three months when the snow will be there. ''If they don't have tents in the drY, cold weather, they can't survive. '

Stated Pakistan Army lieutenant, Mashing Shiraz at a press conference two weeks ago. The United Nations needs $550 million in U.S. emergency aid, but it has only received $131 million.

It is very important that Americans don't forget that problems such as this are still taking place, even when the media stops publicizing them to a certain extent. Aid workers from the United States say that the victims in Pakistan feel abandon. They walk around for days saying, "Where's our government? Where's our help, where's our people? We're up here and we're starving. Nobody has come to us." Some consider the quake a test of God, but many people feel

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as though He is punishing them. It's obvious and understandable that Americans are getting tired of being hit up for money all the time for the numerous natural disasters that have taken place in the past year, but even so, hundreds more Pakistanis (nearly 50% of whom are children) will die if the United States and the rest of the world doesn't give more. The death toll in just Pakistan, let alone India and Afghanistan who were also hit, is over thirty times the death toll of hurricane Katrina that struck last August, which needless to say, was publicized a great deal more than the 7 .6 magmtude earthquake that hit Pakistan. Remember the uproar in our public when the government delayed 4 days to reach the victims of hurricane Katrina? It has been over a month since the earthquake hit, and there are still many areas of Pakistan that have not been reached. Why isn't this on the front page? If you wish to donate, contact any of these agencies: UNICEF at unicefusa.org or (800) 486-4233. World Vision at worldvision. org or (888) 56-CHILD. Mercy Corps at mercycorps.org or (800)

852-2100. A little money goes a long way in this case. $5 can provide an emergency health kit for one person for three months with medical supplies and drugs to cover basic health needs. $87 can provide a basic family water kit for ten households, with detergent, soap, wash basin, towels, bucks and water purification tablets. $210 can l?rovide one "School-in-a-Box" kit containing basic education supplies for 80 children during times of crisis. If you need motivation to he_lp, m~tap~orically it col!ld be said to rmagine your self in the victims' shoes ... but in reality they don't have shoes. Therefore, imagine yourself in their tattered clothes and starving bodies. Don't eat for a day and see how it feels, then multiply that by a hundred. Throw in the dread of inevitably freezing to death and the despair that you've been forgotten by the millions of people, who at the same moment, are snuggled up ·in their warm homes thousands of miles away, eating TV dinners, and watching reruns of "Friends". How much would you pay to get out of that situation?

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By Maraisliall

False statements made in 2003 by President Bush regarding Iraq's attempt to purchase materials necessary for making an atomic weapon have led to an investigation as to whether or not the name of a CIA operative was illegally leaked to the media by key players in the Bush Administration. Columnist Robert Novak named Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA operative investigating the weapons of mass destruction claim. The release of such clasified information by a Government official is a violation of the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.

Valerie Plame is the wife of Joseph Wilson, an operative sent to Niger in 2002 to determine if Iraq had indeed tried to purchase yellowcake uranium, an item essential to making an atomic weapon. His findings declared that the claim was false. However, the British Government stuck with it's claim of Iraq's attempted purchase, A claim which the President used as his platform for war in the State Of The Union

As the w-ar in Iraq continues, deaths of many U.S. military personnel are still on the rise. As of Thursday, November 10 there have been 2,055 deaths according to the U.S. Command and an Associated Press count. Twenty deaths were Nebraskans, three of them Linconites, Staff Sergeant Christopher W. Swisher, Corporal Matthew C. Henderson and Sergeant Jeremy J. Fischer according to www. icaualties.org. These deaths are not just from being in combat, but also from being civilians in Iraq. The number of deaths has undoubtedly gone up since this issue went to press.

Many people who at one time supported Bush's war on Iraq, are now rethinking their opinion and beginning to wonder whether or not it is a good idea that the U.S. is still there. According to a poll conducted by www.cbsnews. com only 32 percent of people surveyed approved of how Bush is handling the war in Iraq. Bush has said, ''The best

Address. The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa," President Bush said during a 2003 speech. Wilson would later accuse the government of using what he called, "twisted intelligence'' for it's case for war with Iraq.

The fallout of the revealing of the status of Valerie Plame has led to the indictment of Vice President Chenney's right hand man, I. "Scooter" Libby. Libby claimed under sworn testimony that he discussed Plaim with reporters, but never mentioned her name. Libby also claimed that he learned of the status of Plame from journalists during a news conference, a claim which was later deemed false. An indictment was issued to Libby on October 28th. Libby, who has since resigned, faces charges of Obstruction of Justice, Making False Statements and Purjury. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 30 years in prison and $1.25 million in fines. President Bush defended Libby in a statement saying he was, ''presumed innocent and entitled to due process."

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Prior to the indictments, New York Times reporter Judith Miller received a subpeona by the investigating Grand Jury on August 12 of 2004. Miller was later jailed and held in contempt of court for refusing to name confidential sources. The source was later identified as ''I. Lewis Libby," by the New York Times. Miller, who has since been let go by the Times had never published an article

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way to honor the sacrifice of our fallen troops is to complete the mission," yet without giving specifics about what the exact timeline for the mission is, where we are in it, and what still needs to be completed, he continues to get criticism from all sides.

The media has also jumped on the 2,000 deaths milestone making it to the front page of many newspapers. Other newspapers have called the war in Iraq a "failure." The Gainesville Sun of Florida has called the casualty count an ''abstraction.'' They stated that we must ''acknowledge our responsibility for their deaths in as much as we failed to elect leaders who could promote both peace and justice," and that the war is not a ''demonstration of strength, but a failure of vision." According to an e-mail sent by Lt. Col. Steve Boylan to military reporters, the 2,000 deaths that were so heavily focused on, were an ''artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific agendas and ulterior motives," and that the 2,000 th

death was ''just as import~t as the first." He advised the reporters to focus on the daily milestones, not just the deaths, such as when Americans volunteered for duty and when the Iraqis joined the collation forces, etc.

The U.S. is not the only country suffering deaths, of course. Military personnel from other countries as well as Iraqi civilians have also lost their lives due to the war. The British military reported 97 deaths, Italy 27, Ukraine 18, Poland 17, Bulgaria 13, Spain 11, Slovakia three, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Thailand had two each and Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia had one death each. The Iraqi civilian cases are much worse with a minimum of 26,931 killed according to WvV\V mgpc>dyco un t_,_net. Until our troops are brought home and if "Scooter'' Libby is found ''not guilty'' to his charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and lying to investigators, will Bush's popularity with the public continue to be on the decline.

pertaining to the CIA leak case.

Karl Rove, the top political advisor to President Bush spoke to Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper during a time when Cooper was reporting on Novak as reported by the Washington Post. Although alligations were made that he was the original source of the leak, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin stated that, "Karl did nothing wrong "

The prosecutor in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald is gathering evidence to determine whether or not the name of Plame was illegal} y leaked or if The White House is guilty of criminal actions.

A possible tum in the case would be a charge of Criminal Conspiracy against several top Bush Officials. The charge would be in regards of a con-

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spiracy against Wilson as a retaliation of his claims that the Government used false information to send America to war.

Vice President, Dick Cheney has also been unde r investigation, due to his relationship with Libby, his Chief of Staff. In defense, On the September 14th 2004 broadcast ofNBC's Meet The Press, Cheney claimed, "I don't Know Joe Wilson. I've never met Joe Wilson." It was later reported in Time, that Libby learned of Plame from a conversation with Cheney, weeks before her name was made public

Although the President isn't currently under investigation, he was questioned in the Oval Office on June 24th of 2004. The President wasn't under oath.

Moments after the leak was made public and the criminal investigation began, The President claimed to reporters in Chicago,"If there is a leak out of my administration, I want to know who it is. And if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of ... "

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President Bush's job approval hg$! of his tenure in office.

Jarhead, which hit theatres November 4th received three and a half stars for its portrayal of the life of a young man in the marines. Jarhead doesn't offer the typical battle scenes and bloody aspects of war. Instead, it offers what happens to the life of a civilian that enlists in the military.

Anthony Swofford, AKA "Swoff," (Jake Gyllenhaal)enlists into the marines, and is sent to boot camp where be is conned into joining a scout/sniper unit by Drill Sgt. Siek. (Jamie Foxx) Swoff's reasoning for enlisting in the marines was because he got lost on the way to college.

Swoff's new partner is Troy. (Peter Sarsgaard) Troy seems to be all the marines could ask for in hopes of being a leader. He is a Corporal, and wants nothing more but to serve his country, and be

the best he can be, but he carries a secret that will eventually change things.

Only eight guys survived the boot camp out of around 52. Those eight were sent off to Saudi Arabia. There, they continued to train, and wait until they had their opportunity to go fight Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard.

Jarhead wasn't made to be taken as a pro-war, or anti-war film. It serves as a reflection to the war in Iraq, and also to past wars. The film is set in 1989 during the Gulf War. The movie focuses on the life of one man, who is not a rebel, and not a hero. Swoff is just a guy (like all others serving in the military) who just wants to survive, and do what needs to be done in order to serve his country. He desperately wants to get back home to the girl he is sure has left him for an()ther man.

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movie. They never get the chance to kill any Iraqi soldiers Their closest opportunity was when they set themselves up in what they thought was an abandoned prison. They encountered an Iraqi soldier, and asked for permission to fire. After permission was granted, they had their target locked When they were ready to take their shot, another unit showedup and deniedthem permissionto fire. Instead, the other unit decided that it would be better to just blow the whole prison up, and that is what they did.

This movie might be the first time that doing nothing but training and masturbating are the center of attention for a film. The idea for the movie was to maintain a sort of dramatic tension while sitting around. Director Sam Mendes achieves this by his cast selection. Gyllenhaal's acting makes him seem like he is actually in the marines.

The previews in the romotion of Jaread set the movie p to be a huge battle [scene. However, hat is not the case [atall. Swoff is just young man who ot lost on his way o college. It might ot be the movie [some people were · 1expecting, but it is !still a movie worth [seeing, and deserv_:ngof four stars.

November 23, 2005

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·By MonicaYapp

We've all heard 50 cent rap; now we can all see liim act in his new movie "Get Rich or Die · Tryin," a semi-biography of his life. 50 cent is playing the role of Marcus living in the Bronx. He starts dealing drugs in order to pay the rent after the murder of his mom. He experiences a near death situation where he decides to leave the street life behind to pursue his passion of rap music.

50 cent was born as Curtis James Jackson III on July 6, 1975. He was born in South Jamaica Queens New York. His grandparents raised him; his dad ran out on his family when 50 was young and his mom was shot when he was eight. 50 cent wanted to be a heavyweight boxer but went into rapping instead.

The cast consists of a pretty well known group of people. Curtis "50 cent" Jackson plays the role of Marcus, the main character who

leaves the streets to pursue rap. Joy Bryant plays Charlene, Marcus's childhood friend. Terrance Howard plays B am a, Marcus's friend, protector and

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Action/ Adventure, Drama, Crime/ Conspiracy and Rap music. Jim Sheridan directs the movie and the writing credits are by Terence Winter.

"This is a film first; then, we have music in it." "I didn't want to make a movie that interrupted the plot for a music video. " The music supports the plot." Says 50 cent. When he wasn't on the set he was in the ·studio making the music

The soundtrack includes artists: 50 cent, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Olivia, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Spider Loe, Nate Dogg, Tony Yayo, Prodigy and Ma$e.

50 cent has sold over 12 million ' albums. He was also the first artist to have four songs in the top ten of The Billboard's 100 after the Beatles in 1964. He has won numerous awards like: Best Artist, Best Male Artist and an ASCAP Award for Rhythm and Soul Songwriter.

Activists are protesting about the billboards advertising 50 cent's upcoming movie. Billboards were taken down by elementary schools because people had an issue with 50 having a gun in one hand and a mic in the other; the people claiming that it's encouraging the use of guns. ''They read the articles, they've seen the videos, they've heard the music. When the film comes out they're gonna see the film, regardless." Says 50 cent.

Some reviews of the movie have been positive and some have been negative. I have read more negative comments about the movie, like there's not enough music, good rappers make bad actors and this movie is a copy of 8 mile. So if y-0u like 50 cent and enjoy his music go see him star in Get Rich or Die Tryin, see what you think of 50's first film, which came out in theaters November 9th.

By I-leatheri\.llison

How long have you been teaching at Lincoln High?

I'm going into my 26 th year. And how has that been for you?

Great. I have been at Lincoln High for as long as I have been because I chose to be. And I have enjoyed teaching here therefore I have remained here for 26 years.

Have there ever been any incidents that have made you want to quit?

My very first year that I taught here, I was teaching, I had two different classes, I was part time and each class was in a different room and I didn't have an office or a space to actually put any of my belongings, so each day I was thinking, 'Am I going to continue this?' But then I taught all the way up on third floor and there was a poster up there, and I don't remember what that poster said, but each day I would read it and so that would encourage me to continue.

What do you teach?

I teach Family and Consumer Sciences, and Human Behavior. Which class do you like the most?

Do you mean what period do

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Well, you yell at me when I'm late, so I guess it's a good one.

Ok, good. I just want my students to know that I care about them and I love them and I want them to be successful.

How long have you been married?

36 years in January. Do you enjoy it?

Yeah I'm still married.

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Do you have any kids?

I do, I have two kids, and a grandkid.

What's your favorite movie?

What's my favorite mov, ie? I like movies that, uh, are humorous. I like Robin , Hood: Men in Tights. I like, um, I'm trying to think of funny movies because I

November 23, 2005

ByIzzyKoch

In early October, Union Bank announced that they would donate the money for a Lincoln school to become an International Baccalaureate school. They had been looking for a way to give back to the community, and since Lincoln High had been thinking about becoming an International Baccalaureate school for four or five years now, it was only natural that the money would go to fund LHS as an International Baccalaureate school.

Lincoln High had thought about becoming an IB school before the money was offered from Union Bank."That was when the district went through some bud-

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Not many people are familiar with the term "International Baccalaureate." IB schools are few and far between- the only one in Nebraska is Millard-North High School. There are only 1,182 IB

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I like the most, or the actual class?

Actual class.

Ok, well, I enjoy all my classes. What period do you like the best?

Period 2, (laughs) my plan period.

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How is your relationship with your students?

I hope I have a good relationship with my students. One of the things that I stress is that I have high expectations and I want them to do their very best. How is my relationship with you?

don't know, um, spur of the moment. But I know if I'm really down or whatever, I'll watch that movie

and I'll laugh because I think it's so silly. Pirates or Ninjas? Ninjas. Ok, thanks. Don't you want to know why? Ok, why?

Because I watched that movie

with the kid, what was that movie called? He was standing on one foot?

The Karate Kid?

Yeah, and then I watched the one with the big guy that was the trying to be that kid but he was doing everything wrong, remember? Did you watch that one?

I don't think so.

C'mon guys. Ok, remember Chris Farley? Is that his name? Chris Farley? He was the ninja, but he always did things wrong. And it was a funny movie Oh, but I did watch the pirate movie where all the people were dead on the ship. What was that called?

Pirates of the Caribbean? Yeah.

Did you like that?

Yeah, but, I think I liked the ninja one better. What is your philosophy on teaching?

You give the students the knowledge and they will be able to achieve anything. I try not to spoon-feed but guide them so that they can feel that they can accomplish it even when I'm not there.

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programs worldwide. The specific program name for the high school baccalaureate program is the "diploma programme."

In IB schools focus on making kids think in different waysgenerally more philosophically, and with more of a humanitarian base. The IB program is also a very intensive college preparatory program. In theory, colleges really like kids who have been part of the IB program, and have received an IB diploma. Sometimes, students are even awarded college credit for their IB classes.

While Lincoln High will be making the transfiguration into an IB school in a couple of years, not all..of . I ,inc_oJnHigh .w ill he.come IB. There will J;,eso many offered as IB, but not everything will be IB. Even if you just want to take a few classes IB, but not go to all of the extra work of getting an IB diploma, Dr. Wortman says that it is possible to just get a certificate for a course, rather than the diploma for the

program. For those of you who are interested in learning more about the program, read on!

The IB program, which takes two years to complete, students study both the humanities and sciences. There are three important divisions, special to the IB program- the Theory of Knowledge, Creative, Action, and Service, and an Extended essay of 4,000 words. The Theory of Knowledge is a class that all IB students are required to take, where students are" (challenged) to question the bases of knowledge, to be aware of subjective and ideological biases, and to develop the ability to analyze evidence that is expressed in rational ar 2:1J.m.ent. :.._a.c.c_o.rding q w • c;:, to the official IB website. In the Creative, Action, and Service area, students are encouraged to become more compassionate citizens by participating in theatre productions, sports, and/or community service. The last of the three main divisions is the 4,000 word essay, that kids are

supposed to research deeply, and then write an essay about whatever topic they chose. "That's a big part of the program, helping students learn about the diverse world that we live in," says Dr. Wortman of the requirements for the IB diploma.

The three main di visions aren't the only things needed to get an IB diploma. There are also six different groups of classes that you should take- 5 years of a foreign language, English classes, individuals and societies, experimental sciences, the arts an_dmathematical and computer science.

Dr. Wortman believes that Lincoln High was chosen out oi..al L o.L.the I ,inc ol n..schools ~to -._- - - - - - - - -become an IB school, because of multiple reasons. " We talked very seriously about four or five years ago,'' he says. "It is an international program, and Lincoln High is probably the more diverse school in Lincoln, in terms of ELL programs, and students who already have other languages that

they speak." He also believes that the central location didn't hurt anything. "We'll be making good uses of community resources, because there are a lot of things that happen through the state capital, and the university, and we're very close to those. I think that we might be able to take advantage of the resources- speakers that they have, guest people that are in town,'' he comments.

Dr. Wortman believes that the donation from Union Bank for Lincoln High to become an IB school will be beneficial. "I've received some phone calls from people out of state, who are thinking about moving to Nebraska, and this might help them decide .w.liere _to_m Q¥£..to ,;, !':1J ~ s,.Dr 4,\Y..Qr,t1,;;, - = man, "It has a high visibility." I t is intended that by the school year of 2007-2008, that juniors and seniors at Lincoln High School will be able to partake in the IB classes-so the freshmen, and eighth graders of this year will be the first to feel the effects of the new program.

November 23, 2005

byMarcusliall

Senior Fallah Al-hirez knows all too well the terrible shroud of darkness that true tyranny can cloak over a society.

Al-hirez lived in Iraq between two houses which housed seven families. "One of my uncles was in jail for fifteen years ... My youngest uncle got his thumb cut off. I saw two soldiers get killed in our house ... they electrocuted my cousin I saw a lot," Al- Hirez said. He lived

students. Enter the Afghan Culture Club, a place where not only students of Afghan or Arab de-

really about, not the Islam of the 'Boogyman' /'terrorist' that The (Bush) Administration is trying to sell. " Holbert said. Holbert believes though, the removal of stereotypes isn't just the mission of Afghan Culture Club, but "the mission of Lincoln H h ,, ig

In its five years of existence, the Afghan Culture Club has grown from humble beginnings. Starting with only 7 members, the club now houses 45 students eager to learn of a very unique culture. However, students bring with them not only the desire to immerse themselves in Afghan living, but the desire to shape the

during a time in F 1 h A which ex-Ira i a a 'l-h1rez _(12) works on an assignment in Bob President Sad- Holbert_s 4th penod World Geography class. The students dam Hussain had wer~ d1s~uss1ng current events from around the world. a virtual strangle Al-h1rez is a _member of the Arabic/ Afghan Culture Club.

h Id Photo by Adriane Dougherty o on everything that took place in his coun- cent can gather, but all students try, including development. ~ho would like to celebrate the "We don't have roads There richness of south Asian culwere two cars in our town'' Al- ture. The mission of the club Hirez said. ' as explained by social studie~

In a time where there are teacher and club sponsor, Rohan increasing number of people ert Hol?ert, is to remove the representing the Afghan and lens which presents the Afghan ~rah culture at Lincoln High, Sulture as a culture of terrorism it would only seem appropriate (We want) to explain that not that a club would be created to everyone from southwest Asia accomodate the needs of these ?r Iraq or !he ''middle east" ... is a terrorist what Islam is

!"I club and their lives as they see fit. "If you get twelve Arabs in one room, you'll have thirteen different opinions," Holbert said. "You see the future leaders, because a lot of these students are going to go back, and help rebuild."

Most students in the club all have their own horror µ stories of the happenings in Iraq and Afghanistan, Most too horrific rn to relive, or even 1 speak of. Say Holbert;"Some of these kids have seen bodies on the road

han• side. These kids have lived through the Taliban. They've lived through Saddam. They know what tyranny is first hand, whereas tyranny to us is dresscode or when you can't have food in class. I think that American youth need to realize, 'You know what? It ain't so bad.'"

Members of the club are given the chance to participate in the "Capitol Forum," which is a chance for students to make a presentation based on their culture and history. During the spring, club members will interact with members of around 25 other schools and possibly have the chance to speak with a state Senator. Although, the cultural experience extends further than members of the club. "They get to meet these kids from Binkleman Nebraska, never seen a person of color, let alone someone who's a Muslim. You can imagine their stereotypes ... " Holbert said

An undeniable fact that comes with knowledge of the Afghan and Arab culture is knowledge of the Religion of Islam. According to Adherents,

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there are as many as 1.3 billion followers of Islam on the planet, however, Holbert draws a clear line about the topics discussed in club. "We can't confuse religion and culture." Holbert said. The common misconception of Islam is that it is a religion of seclusion, "Islam is about not just helping Muslims, but helping people," Holbert Said. For people who aren't followers of Islam, the door is not closed as Afghan native and Senior F eriedon Ghulhamssn explained, "Everybody can join our club American or Russian, anyone can join."

In the future the club plans to host outings, such as a trip to the authentic Indian eatery, Tandoor and other activities and studies which help students connect with culture. Other plans include the ''Capitol Forum'', movie nights and discussions. Although, as for now, the club's mission is to educate those who may not know the facts of their culture. Knowledge is power, and lack of knowledge leads to ignorance, and ignorance leads to terrible things.

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*Sigh we've got no excuses this time. Usually when adults criticize teenagers for everything, we can honestly say we've just been misunderstood But ever since the emo craze hit we've basically hung ourselves out to dry. This is the most depressing fad ever, literally. Why are American teens so delighted to be sad these days? Is it how much it sucks having to go to school every day to receive your free education? The long lines you have to stand through at the voting booths to elect your own leaders? Or is it all about how hard it is to find what you want at the super market amongst all that food? *sigh. Life is so hard here... goes though, there's nothing I'm If you don't know about the criticizing because it doesn't have emo trend, I will first take that to do with anything that actually luxury away from you. First of matters concerning my purpose of all, "emo" is short for "emotional." this article. Except Okay, there's These are the kids that probably one thing about the emo look I just started out with standing up for have to address then I'll give it a the idea, "It's okay to cry," but rest. The skinny guys wearing girl have ended up with, "It's not okay jeans. First of all, why? Do you to be happy." My observations guys like starve yourselves just so have been that basically, these are you can fit into them? Is it for some kids who crave attention and make kind of statement? Or are you acup problems in their lives so that tually just that skinny and boy jeans people will feel sorry for them. are simply too big? It's like was it

A lot of people will define you the chicken or the egg? What came as emo by the way you look and first? It confuses me so much, you dress; a lot of black, square glasses, don't even know. Secondly, this black hair, etc. · That has become applies to everyone in either case: the universally known "emo look" RED MEAT. Seriously. for some reason. As far as image . But anyway, the look is really

by 1-Ieatheri\llison

: I was reading ; the newspaper the other day, trying to find something that could keep me entertained, but for some reason, all I could find was death. It didn't matter what section I went to, the local, the world, and the Hubbub, and there was death everywhere. This bothered me. I just wanted to find out what was happening in the world, but it didn't occur to me that there would be death articles instead of articles on a band that would play soon, or a cure for a disease.

I don't understand why the newspaper has to be all about dying &nd tragedies. Why can't we start writing about some of the good things that are happening? I know that would put me in a better mood.

I realize that dying is a part of everyday life, and that when someone important dies, it has to be a big deal for the rest of the world, but wl1y can't we just make

irrelevant when you break the issue down to the points that actually matter, so I'm not going off of the way kids are dress1ng . .. anymore. (The skinny guy remark was a health concern, honest.) In reality, I know that there's a ton of kids who are completely emo, that don't look like it at all, and a lot of kids who look like it, but don't act like it. So just keep in mind that my definition of emo has nothing to do with the look. (So if you thought that's what I was criticizing and was taking offense to it, it's okay. No nee d to excessively sigh, worry, or bawl about it now.)

What I'm mainly concerned about is the popular attitude that depression is cool. There's nothing wrong with venting real frustration and sadness, but those who create it to get attention need some serious perspective. What's scary, is that fake depression has become so popular!

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a whole new section for the deaths?

That way, ifwe didn't want to read about them, we didn't have to.

To some, I may sound like a heartless person, but I'm just tired of hearing about all the death in this world There have been people in my family that have died and I don't even want to read about their deaths. I don't like to read the newspaper just to get the news, I read it so that I can try and understand what is going on the world right now, but death shows up in every corner.

I think that putting death in the paper is just another way to get someone's attention and get them shocked, just so they'll buy the paper and that company will get more money It's a good way to make money, don't get me wrong, but I think it's the easy way out.

The War in Iraq has been going on for sometime now and it seems that the number of casualties must be more important to our country than the progress we are supposedly making over there. How much progress are we actually making?

That's one of my questions that will probably never be answered

Here are 6 signs that you've given into the emo craze. 1. You write the kind of poetry with the big depressing words all jumbled together, which sounds like it could be deep but realistically has absolutely no point, and when people call on you, your trigger response is, "*Sigh You wouldn't understand." 2. You post that poetry in your xanga. 3. A favorite past time of yours is assuming the fetal position in a corner and taking grey scale pictures of yourself in this state. (You know you're REALLY emo when you use the eye dropper effect) 4. You post those pictures in your xanga. 5. You stand for nonconformity and complete rebellion, exactly like all of your friends do 6. Your parents refused to fill your gas tank last week, and you no longer have the will to live.

I suppose I can give them the benefit of the doubt however, by saying that they're probably not completely ignorant, just sheltered by our society. In other words, they just don't know how good they have it They don't know what it's like to run for your life, they don't know what it's like to not live freely, they don't know what it's like to work your butt off just to go to school and they don't know how many other things they're taking for granted while they waste their time away being depressed about nothing. I don't even know how

good I have it, but at least I know · that, you know?

Think about all of the kids right here at Lincoln High who have immigrated to this country after going through hardships such as war, poverty, and corrupt governments in their native countries. I think it's pretty safe to say that they didn't go through all that trouble to come to the U.S to listen to over privileged American teenagers cry day in and day out about issues that they've brought upon themselves. All in all what I'm saying is, no matter what you look like, if you focus all of your energy onto the negative aspects of life and get off on pain and feeling sorry for yourself, for the sake of attention alone, you're emo, and you have no right to be in this country. We just have it too good here to waste the opportunities. If something's really wrong in your life, never bottle your emotions. But if you 're just blowing hot air, quit taking away from the people that actually deserve the sympathy.

So, if you realize you 're emo, cut some time with those stages of grief that you're so familiar with and go straight to acceptance so that you can change NOW. I mean, if you don't want to change for the sake of my sanity, at least do it out of respect for those who have the right to complain as you do, but choose not to. Think about it.

because the casualties are the only things we can talk about.

Even the television news is focused solely on the deaths. There was a special on one channel about the top number of casualties from the war. They had a special I know this can't bother just me. It was almost like they were celebrating the fact that over 2,000 people from our country have died over there. I know they weren't actually celebrating it, but that's all I could feel when I was watching it. I wanted to read about Halloween and how good we might be doing in Iraq, and even how far we are in fixing New Orleans. Have you ever read about a three-legged cat? Me either, and it's all because there's so much death, they can't even write a little brief about a cat that lost a leg in a catfight. But again, all there seems to be, at least when I want to find something, is death.

At this time in my life, I've seen plenty of death and honestly, I don't need to know about anyone else's deaths. Having someone die in your family is a big slap in the face but that doesn't mean everyone else wants to hear about it.

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1 Oil Prices Soar: Oil Execs Reap Rewards With Record Earni11gs

By:Marcuslfall

Hurricane ,Katrina

•·gave oil ; companies an excuse . to raise the price of oil to a record of $70 a barrel. So it would come as no

insurance for an insurance claim. However, with a multination a1 company posting profits of this magnitude, would $350 million really be missed? You'd still be left with $5.45 billion dollars.

In fairness, modern life has made fuel a necessity, so we didn't have much of a choice. Even though you could have cut back, not driven to school, or stayed in for lunch a few times. At the end suprise that oil companies have of the day you almost had to drive posted record earnings, the most · a car, whether it was to work or to for any publicly traded company. get groceries. It's kind of hard to Oil giant Exxon-Mobil posted re- fit two weeks worth of food into the cord third quarter earnings of $9.9 basket infront of a bike, however billion, Royal Dutch Shell at $5.8 that is to excuse the oil companies Billion Dollars, and BP took third for basically raping consumers. with $5.33 billion. An interesting Do we realize how much a bilside note: the monetary amount of lion really is? To be given a billion qamage Shell recieved due to the dollars is like being a given a milhurricane: $350 million dollars, lion dollars one thousand times most of which will be paid by insurance. that's an insane amount of money! More than one man could spend in

Shell obviously had the money; their refineries only suffered J/16 of their t o t al P,rofi,t,J lJld t he

Jesus was alive. That's how big! three times a week, that's a stupid It would take you roughly 32 years choice. Smoking pot and forgetting to count to one billion. That's how where you put your car keys, that's big! However, a billion dollars will a stupid choice. However making only last the American Government someone choose whether or not 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate they are going to eat that week or Washington spends it. fill their car or heat their home is

But, what did you do to help things out? Did you stop driving that giantic SUV that holds seven people, a hot tub, two weeks worth of groceries and a small catamaran? Why did you buy it in the first place? You only have a family of four! Did you stop and walk to Walgreens instead of drive? Did you walk to school a couple of days. Consumers did little to nothing to curb their gas addiction, yet they still took the power in their own hands and complained. You are at as much fault for not trying to adapt. There wasn't much you could have done to lower prices, so you had to deal with it, right? Well, you're a smart creature, get out of the drivers seat and dig out that bike that's been collecting dust in the garage.

A separate argument arises on the corporate side of the equation, that is one of where is the money an unnecessary choice and is on e going. Two of the top three oil that is making life in this country companies are companies that have nnt •.wo c.tbJ ng. merged, Exxon-Mobil and Royal won't even pay that! Insurance does! Do you realize who ultimately pays for insurance? We do. Every tax payer, everytime you go to a grocery store, every time you buy a candy bar you are paying for i y en _ a do llar e v e r v_ second, it h~ller

a lifetime. To put in perspective Corporate earnings like this how big a billion is, if you were are sure to be the common place,

u e s.ti.o.n ,. ari.s.esa as would take you 11 minutes to have to whether or not that the people a million dollars. However, that who run these companies have same dollar every second would anything that resembles a shred take you 11 years to make a billion. of conscience. People make stuThat 's how big a billion is. One pid choices, I'll give them that. billion minutes ago, a man named Spending seven dollars at Amigos

A tactic that has been imple- D u t cli- Sliell '.""Wfiat thi s sa y s' is that mented to ease our concerns about by eliminating competition, prices the rising cost of fuel has been the can get as high as they possibly gradual lowering of a gallon of gas. could without the threat of a gas However, if memory serves me car- war. If those two(four?) compaines rectly, gas has been known to raise merged into, Exxon-Mobil-Royal as much as fourty cents in a day! Dutch-Shell, we could have seen Why is it taking it three months gas at $4.50 a gallon, and there to go back down to an accepable wouldn't have been a thing we level? The seed has been planted could have done about it. This in our heads and it's growing just money is going places that we don't the way they wanted it to. Now want it to. Somebody has their hand when consumers look at $2.25 a in the cookie jar and there is nothing gallon, they think,"Whew ! Thank we can do about it. goodness gas is back down!" No, To change life here is to hit dice when a gallon of gas costs them where it hurts, in their pockmore than lunch, then something ets. I'm not against making money, is seriously wrong. even unfathomable amounts of Claims have been made that money. However, I am against these numbers aren't as big as we doing so at the expense of an inthin:k due to inflation. It barely nocent (although ignorant) public. covers the bill of a day's fighting in However, one wonders if company Iraq. Really? $9.9 billion dollars owners truly saw the reprecussions isn't that much money? Wal-Mart of the high gas prices, if they would doesn't even make that much! No- change their mind. Would they body in history has made that much, see that the gargantuate amount of ever! With almost ten billion dol- money came with a tag signed with Jars, you could buy a country. Why the blood of the innocent? They stop there, buy a planet! However, could see the mother not eating for To play Devil's Advocate would two days so she could use that five lead me to ask, "Okay, inflation. I'll dollars to start her Monte Carlo. A buy it, but where is more money on lot of people have asked though, my side of the table?" Minimum "How can those people sleep at wage hasn't risen in about 10 years. night?" And now I think that the I think that change is in store. Ei- answer is finally clear; with closed ther raise minimum wage so we ears and shut eyes on top of their can compete with the rising cost of gigantic pile of dirty, ill-gotten living or give us a break. money.

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By Adriane Dougherty

Lincoln High just hasn't had the spark for sports so far.this year. Let's face it; we had a freshmen football team who played all the varsity games. Softball's only win this year came from a forfeit, and volleyball only won three games.

Football: The football team lacked in getting a win this year. The guys had their share of making the other teams worry for about 10 seconds, but that was about it. However, football did set a score record this year. In the Lincoln High versus Lincoln Southwest game, the Links were outscored 84-0. That is the biggest loss ever for football here at Lincoln High.

Something a lot of people might not know is that junior quarterback Grant Davis passed for over 1,000 yards in only five games this season. Head Coach Jose Jefferson stated, "Just imagine what that number could have been like if he had started all nine games."

losing only two seniors to next year's line-up. Jaci Keenan, and Melissa Kepler were assets to the team , trying to help the team stay positive. Keenan, also one of the captains, was the setter/outside hitter for the team. Kepler was the middle blocker for the team.

Keenan says that the team did very well this year. "We won three games this year, compared to five last year, but I think we still improve9 on a lot of things." Keenan says her hope for next year's team is for them to "improve off of what we learned this year."

The Lady Links are looking to re-

first game, they took on Omaha North, and defeated them in three sets; 25-22, 25-21, and 25-23. The Links took on the winners of the other game, Papillion La-Vista, and lost them in three straight sets; 11-25, 6-25, 14-25. Losing to Papillion La-Vista eliminated Lincoln High from districts, and from the chance of going to state. Volleyball finished the season 3-27. Grade: C-

Boys Cross Country: Once again, another big congratulations to the boys team for qualifying for state. Although the results were not as stellar as they'd hoped they would be, it is still a huge accomplishment for the boys. Last year, the team failed to qualify as a team, and they were certain that it wasn't going to be the case this year again. Senior Taylor Hammack led the team this year as a captain. He says that his team worked hard this year, and deserved to qualify for state

Although no one medaled at the state meet, Hammack believes that everyone gave everything they had throughout the season. Hammack, along with Justin Gantz, and Greg Fenton are done with their high school cross-country career. His hopes for the younger runners are for them to "keep running, and to keep qualifying for state."

He would like to see the Links win a state championship in the next couple of years. Grade: B+

this"\icrnter."

Costello said she looked up to Junior Brandis Hurt, and Senior Ashley Embury for leadership. "Those girls were pretty much my pace, and I had a lot of fun running with them."

Costello's hope for next year's team is to qualify for state. Embury, Bethanie Glaser, and Katherine Her-

poorly thisseason," said Beckwith, "But we probably should have won some meets that we didn't." However, as the state tournament neared, the guys seemed to be competing better. "We came around when it got closer to state. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to give us a name at state."

Beckwith would like to see the younger players step up i1ext year and have someone stand out to be a leader. "I think having one person you can look up to for guidance is really important. It helps players to relax."

Grade: C

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Golf: Girls Golf did not qualify for state this year. Junior Katie Miller has two years experience on the Varsity level. Her • experience was vital to this year's Amanda Costello (9) was a huge contributor to this te~. G<;>lfst ~ed year's Girls Cross Country team. At the state meet, out wi th eight grrls, she was three places shy of medaling. a nd e~thdedfi th e sTheason wi ve. e

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Having gone 09 for the season also """'""""""""""""........

means that the guysJessica Farber (10) covers first base to get the did not qualify for aout in the Links' game against Kearney on Octoplay-off game. Lastber 6th. -Photo By Tyler Long year the team went 5-4, qualifying them for a play-off game for the first time in a number of years. However, they lost against Bellevue West, and ended the season 5-5. Lincoln High was expecting big things coming into this season for football. Jefferson entered his first year of coaching here at Lincoln High. His goals for the team were to unify it, and to have a good experience. Maybe next years team will come through and earn some victories. Grade: F

Volleyball: The volleyball team is

tum quite a few players for next year's team. Freshman Kayla Meskimen, Junior Erica Anderson, Sophomore Ashley Gove, Junior Isabelle Ducey, Junior Chelsea Coatman, and Junior Jenna Keller all were big contributors to this year's team, and are planning to return next year.

Districts were held on November 3"1,and 4 th for the Links. The Links would have played on the 4 th ; however, Papillion La- Vista defeated them in their second match. In the Lady Links'

Girls Cross Country: The girls team did not qualify as a team this year for state. Placing fourth at districts prevented the team from running together at state. However, senior Ashley Embury placed 10th and freshman Amanda Costello placed sixth at districts, which qualified them as individuals to tun at state.

At state, Embury and Costello both ran well. Embury placed 69'h overall, and Costello placed 18th overall. Costello was just three places shy of medaling. Her time at state was 16:01.

"This year season went very well. I tried running because I wanted to do something different, and I thought it would also help me with mv swilnmin

girls lost three girls rick are all the seniors that were on to other activities. this year's girls cross-country team. Miller says her goal this year was Grade: C+ to give support to the new players. "I Boys Tennis: Senior Dan Beckwith wanted to help them out as much as I played a huge role in Varsity Tennis could," said Miller, "I've been in their this year. For state, Beckwith was position before, and everything just seeded in the number two spot out of 32 takes time." teams in the number two singles. Miller, Junior Kayla Sasse, SophFor state, Beckwith made it to the omore Emma Nelson, and Freshmen third round before falling to Papillion Chelsea Hayes, and Christine Luethje La Vista-South's Ross Frahe 1-6, and all had the opportunity to compete at 4-6. Frahe wound up winning state. districts this season. Unfortunately, Beckwith placed fifth. In the second no scores were good enough to qualify round of state, Beckwith beat his op- for state. The girls are welcoming ne w ponent 6-0, and 6-1. players for next year's team. Grade: Beckwith said he is hoping to see Boys D Tennis come around within the next couple of years. "We didn't compete

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Celebration honors the nation's earliest inhabitants

.BY l<A.RAl.,,E£ Mn :,Ll!R .Rir.&kt· \kt,~q 1•-&s.• n Nm1ember. nulliOl'>S of p<:<>ple,viii take time to honor and recognize the significant contributiqns thnt the t'i:(StAn1e~ns rrlade iu tlte development of the Uroted States National Americal, lndfam Heritage Month is marked witll events and celcbra-1ions narionVl!ide.

The ofle,s " special opportunity to educate the public on the contnootioos, mlerttl'bal c-uhures. trnditions and struggles of the American lndl.$~ rut<!Na!Jve ~re.

The monchlollg_ ~-m1~e sterns il'Oll1 the ttbt1s <>I'people alm<:>st I 00 ye-.irs ago ,.,ho fought to haw " single day ro hon<>< the hffl':ii:tageof Native. Ar nt.~e>itn.':i;~

When did National Ame•iean Indian Heritage Month begin?

ln I 990, ...-..,.;dent Geo,ge ti W. Bush npp«),i.eti a Se.nz:ne-..k)\nt R~"Olution desig,Wlring Novwnber as N 'at;iQfU\lAmetican Indian t-lm,,.g.-Month. lb<,t, however, ca.n1e at"'1' y,:,,ts or work and dedication hy ,nw,y to """"'te lhe m<in!hl""!I- ~...,,_ lr 1 1914. Red Fox .fames.. a me,nhcr of'me BIIICkfuot lrihe., rode 1-,;,:b<,ck

frtun sf.ate to state to gain s.1,tpp()rt for- a dn:.)c·of t,·fuute. fle p,:esented the endQrse,nen_ts ,,t · 24 state g,overnn,ents to U>e\Vhlle ltousc. llowevcr, no -«Xoni cx:ist:s of a national day being prooli:,itned al that thne. The following y,::ar, l)r. Arthur C. Park"", a member of me Sen<....,-.. tribe.. pe,-sU8ded the Boy Scou.lS of' i\:rnerica to dt.'Signatc a day of recognition th,: Anwriean m<li,.ns 1ltey a->e<I and celebrat"'1 the day lo.- tbe next three years. When was - firs, American ln(!l;ion D<ly? In 1\-fay 1916. N""" • 'l'ork b<,;came the fu-st AIC to Qbserve American .Indian Day ()lhcr states gradually adopred the same <,b;;ervnnt:e , Several states have desigll<1ted Colmnb<,s Day as Native Anw..:riean Day; however~ Native: Am<>ric,m Day is not n,oogn~ as a natl°""" legal h<>li<lay. 1111976. through a &"Mte joint resolutiQD.. O<.,t, I 0-16 ,.,,.$declare;d Nmive A.""'6can Aware,,ess Week. And in I 9&7, President Ronald Reagan designate<! Nov. 22...28 Anwrican Indian Week.. W...,_t is the National M_,.. ofAmertqa n lndlan?

To-, $220 1nillion mus,e;un>. ,vhich opened its dows ,n~,:robe, 2.()04 1,. Wnshins,tt,n, O.C.. provides the pul;,li(; with a ri<;l), broad history;

and undet,,cU&ttding of the Arneric.m f.n<tinn-, story ; Rather th.r.-mIocosing on the past. tbe muse-Wll focuses: pru:narity on pi:,esent American }-': Indian e\!ltures. The pn:)<1ess is ,neant to ""'1ittd non..:)ndiao: vlsi tor& th.."\t Atne.ricau lnilians are h'till" here.. In the United Stams al<;)!'-".there4.3 million American tndians. "fhe n1u..~tu:b sJ:tou"Ca...."le:&artit~ts i:tlld s:tori~ from the fn<st inhabirant,; <>fNotth and Soum An~oa. Among the tnahJr exhibits are A>:nai<""' lndian ai-tifacts n,ade of gold, which was tirelessly "Otl!Y'•b:I( l:&nWPl-""Q e,q;,forei;j,j. and a display of U,S.

to one of three p-errnan-e-n t exhibitions at the National lv1usetun of the Am'erican _ I ndian~ in Wast,ington, 0.C, "Otu ·· Universes: Traditionaf There are more than 562 federally recognized tribes in th111 Unlted States.

IJ focuses on indigenous vie'wv:s and philos1......,phies related to the cre:ttion and order of the t.-1:ni• v-erss- _::__.tu ,d t he splf'Jtual rela.tton• shijp b-e:t\.veen h:u:Y'fankinrl and the natura-1- '\Vo:rfd. Org1,.~nized aroi.1nd : tl1e St.."1-lar ycal", · the exhi'bithin h,t.roduces-vi.s1t oTS to indigeno·us peoples from acros;; the \.'V£lstef"n - Hernispha-ra. ·.i..i-sed in the entr.a"n-c -e Is f~ orr1 a glass sc,ulpture ~·Rnvt~n StcaHhg the Sl..in,'~ by Preston S!ngl·etary L

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Without Ameri<:an Indians , there w<>Uldbe no ~ving;. The Pilg,'lm,;; wmold p,:obahly ,,.. ~"<I l<> ,;1.,..th.. Today. while u-,:yA.meri<,,m Indians happily pa~ in lhe &'lttiQn. s Thanksgiving Day o,le;l,rotion., il »I><>""'"""' a sour- la."-i.te--for- SOl:De who bel..,_,-e the holiday ~u,._ ••""--YI""> {>nd signal$ the b<.-ginuing of'too eod of l\le in<!ill,<.-...m-sreign in An~ett ~ Diana \lltll<l<l\vn«t. e,xecnl.M: dire;,'tar of theAmencM lodi"" Chan,oo otC,>mnw,roe of T"1<""-, t...~ ,ni-1 !l:<,ltng,a. ~".AshuolaO.."t -,shQuldaU

come 1~-..,the\- aud be thanl<ful,- said Woodwa«l., a m<:<n.,.,.<>fthe Caddo Nation. ~1 a~}nte that part or it. l;,ut th<, llleret>-type of the Indian ooing" savage realll' both<:ts me ·rt,e - · ~ica1 ion iesU,.--.t·the Pilgrims ta\ll!J>l the bldllms how to give thank,;,. 11,;s; fe,.,ds int<>the '-""'""' thal the Indians _,.., god-less and dida 'I l<n<>,,. • ho-.. • t<>gj'le lhanl<s. Jeronimo C,.--.lban,. a ~-r of'lhe '\.Va,shoe. Tnl>c,, said he ho,;, no hord r..,1,ug.-.. "l\,1y~"""' , ~---•na is prol,<,bly slmila• to <>vecyune's. - ,said G<>loon. !l.= cbai,-..-, of the North Tuxas ch<,p;.,.-ot• tit<, 82nd Airborn<o l)msion , '':It Is " g--1 1,ime ·1c,,- the - of wint"', the wam:tlng kitchen lire$. ~lrie; the l>"S' g<>i:,dTba>>ksgivi<>;r -1s with Family ,,nd mends.. I wish ,hat all our ......,_ co"M be homoo far the h<>uda:i,,,,_ ~ .Robmt Sink. a Kk>Wa,, ~., up in Okbh<>ma trod has roo.<1n~ of'tti.b<>l t"""'1u,g {>nd giving 1hanks. hut said there '""" ,_. a ....,.._ tion of Pilgµms.

1 could 1lffl(er- really understand ,.._,hat the big deru was wi!h white pt!<jple's f'~ti.oo. ""1m these early coto,ual pecople," said Sinki, who lives; in Fort Worth. Te-xas " Whal did fuey <k> <>the<-· " almost starve to <k:alh'l -Why not: celebmte it:the htdiaos~ way ~T.« on<:e. hy a day <>l'ihru'lk~ng fOI' 1.ilio""4 in who we '-""> and ro,;gctlb,<, Pilgri,'8$? After all we're still hen, <>ndthere ore n<>Pl"f&-qims..'"' """' "-_.,;s/&;,,N ffi4J:,,r N""-"

381,000 people in the U.S ~peak a native la-ngual)e ~t home ~ -OF THE AMERICAN JNDIAN

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sto µ l-s - Federhl Cent,er SVV on the Or;,..1nge- or BI\.Je Hnes.

HOURS: i D a nL -5:30 p rri° di1Hy T ICKit.TS~ Fr:i::-,.e, btt! t~rned ent:r~i passas are n-eces'S.ary Same -cl.«y passes nre ava.Habtc on a fjts't-cOme, first~ser,:1ed b-::1sds. Yoru c;;1:n· order tickets ;r, a:dv.;1nc-e- through ¥,r-wvv. ;.:an1ce1ricanlndi~:n .sl edu or \,'1w"v,ti·e:kets.corr1 ($1-. 75 ch ,arrge pet ticket e:1nd $"f.50 service fa-e pe1" or der). or caH S.00--400~6624.

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;#" "= ., ,. Toi:s Sh,.~'"°"""' ~ed""' ,.,, int<:v-,, ,. •\ preteY g,lld<o f.,.- L"""'" ud <."llt,-k • •· i A. SooaJa"""' •• f B. P<,,i:"1lontns C. Maria Talh.-hid: 2- This. m,,s;i.,,ian led Bob Oykm •s.loo<.;kup band nnct ,,wsi.,. .th<· ,..., mu Bult"' and "'The: C-OklF of Molle)!-" A. Jay Sli-..-t.eois. a. Robbie R.ooertson C.. f:lelaw""" l'n,pt,,C't 3. This PnwtW<ct - befriend<,d I.boo ~th <.'Olonis,ts and ""!!>uid'<> and inl~ to,- William B,a,lftwd A.Squanto B,PnpAc

To find 01rt n1cre about Native A,fnericai,- cultu:re ch ec:k out t hese Hnks: · C. MianlOI\OfflO

• '-V'\'VW nn 1~]i.sLedu/ The N~tion.Zd Nh.is.eu:rn of the Ameirican indijo.rt's Web site.

• WW\.-V.n~ttv<e web.org Tbe Native \ •'V-e'b is a datab~se providing a \eVlde r~nge of lnfo·nr,1.a~iOn On ·Native cult-1.H·'l:.'!'s. p5us hri-ik.s to N.;;1t\ve sjt.;;-i,s z1nd nt.•\.vs ar t icJ,c:s. a '\NWV\,.nativetect 1sorg The N"'"ltive Arn.erican TechnotOgy & Art slte contain s -infor~

S.. This N<>rtl\etn C;hey.....,.,, chief alld U.S. '°"""'ite.hed pol(ljeal f'<"'le,; in th<i,nritt--199°", fu:iu, l~-.alie "->R"l!~A. Mllni_.asC-0~ S. William Mcln10Sh C. Ben N¼J;ill"'°""' Ca••~JI AA$-$! " l- A. Sa~w..-a, "'-., i,-g,e sra,,"""'the; gold',. en ®U·M ~ whtch was n..~ in.2000;. 2-.Jj, , Rol:>bieR~. ;, A. Squan,c.,; '1- ~. $.i!\ing Bull; s C c Ben N'lgh~ C~lf. ~. """' capi,t,tn of lhe l J S. Qly,»pic-judo le- in 1964 andi<;; a thr--1:i""" U S..judo d>..,mpi<,n.

4.. Thls Si<wl< t,,a<ley w-battle ofthe Little Bi!!>_llom>. when Ire <ktba>t!d c.......on .June '.?$. tS1f:\, A. Q,,a"""h Pa<k« a ti. ...,, C.. Sitting Boll

_:i:natton on th,e techno~ogy o!I' ,Nativt~ c:rafts · \.<Vw~.,vacf 1::fhhs govlprcgrarr1s l a-11a / "fhc Adn,lnistration -for Native Arnericar,s {ANA) prornotes th£- gt.,al of social and r:.-cono~1r~i-c so}f-suf"fich,)ncy of Arnerican 1ndians, Ainska A he'eGJ: NavajQ i''or .,, ,t :~aitc: ,v,t ·'t)F What's in a name? -Nal1ves, Native Haw.niLans an•d other Native A.rner&-carr1 Pacific asi-vinders., • ~•".v"vLoyate , org -l n,.ain htf'nt Oy:a.te is an ofganiz.ation v1o>-otk.in9 to ensure th:zlt Native lives and histt.."H•:i;as .::~ru pt)rtrayed ht.c1rH::-stly, a http ~"l/W\tV'fl/, tribali~0Begejourn~L(">r9/ The ·web, site of th e Tr~bal Co Hege Journal of Arrierlc~n in-ciHao Higher Ec:h Jcat'lon. • W·,,..-lt'vvhanksViite.6rg ! NAresources lndex of Nativ -e Arr'!erican Rc:-so~,rces -on

By NataliaLedford

By LisaVuong

That was the one word that all of the members of the one act ]Jlay,"Goodbye Marianne," had on their minds. That small \Vord built them up, not to &ive an ego boost, but to, tell then1, 'We do not have a free nde. We must have the want to go to state." That want, that desire got the Lincoln High one act a tlirrd state victory in a row "G db ~6 oo ye 1vJ~; -,, +.:.,..-=-~-1.--..h based on a true story 9f a Jcw1s !,>•'-B'~ n1re-Holocaust times, 1938, · 1n er rn, o-.-""'1J1V. Marianne, played by _seniort1nu,,..,,vHand, is a young girl who 1s k1ckea v~, of her school because she 1s Jewish.

The half-hour play follo\vs her through tl1e events of discrin1ina.•tion 6ecause of her religion, the separation that her father, (James ·.•Oliva), has from Marianne and her mother, (Ella Wiles), and a crush (Jordan White) that has a positive view of Hitler s reign.

On December Z, Lincoln High took their One Act play, "Goodbye ··Marianne" to district competitions in Norfolk They walked out the doors only 2 points short L of a perfect score. The)'. ,vere the champions ofDistrictA-2 and state bound.

On December 9, the one act

and National Ho11orsSociety etc.

cast and cre\V, consisting of almost 70 students and adults, took "Goodbye Marianne" to state competition in Kearney and did what they desired the most; to put on a fantastic show, to tell the story of Marianne and to bring home the state championship.

there weren't any "ruffles " They were prepared both mentally ana physically. They had the focus to wi11state. "These kids knew what they wanted and how they were goi11gto_get it and they did. They got it," Koch-Johns said. Lincoln High's almost blow,, Qut of the other : chools was [ antastic as ,,J] T J:IQ_.,,-~ ;1-Ven three ' 's

"It was amazing to watch our students and how they had a

ByLyndaTran

in 1913. Wesleyan University acknowledged her success with a school reception on Thursday, December 8. Ho's family came to the United States from Vietnam in 1994, when she was 11 years old. Learning a new language, meeting

Asian Caucus sponsor and ELL teacher Constance Kingston k11ew her for Ho's three years at LHS. She describes Ho's ability to focus and maintain high levels of energy.

"She had a clear vision and / \vas very determined to make things happen; she did11't let minor roadblocks get in the \vay of carryIing out plans and goals," Kingston said, '" The application process included a total of 8 outstanding recommendation letters: 7 from professors and other individuals, ;and an institution, or Wesleyan, in her case.

On Marcl1 29 of this year, she ,vas also announced a Truman Scholar, which is based on public service leadership. Ho was one of the 75 recipients to receive the $30,000 award for graduate school and the first out of Nebraska to receive this selective privilege. "It's such an honor that even today I ani still amazed at how it happened;' Ho said. "I am fortunate to have many ,;,rofessors at Nebraska Wesleyan wh" believed in me so much."

Lintolh "Hi '02) and Rhodes Scholarship Recipient Trang Thi Ho new people, and fitting in were indescribable and overwhelming struggles tl1at sl1e overca111ein just a matter of a few years, until she reached high school. Here at LHS, in 1998, Ho was just beginning to rise from her troubles of coming to America \Vith her family. Once she achieved excellence in the classroom; however, she strived for more and proved to be a well-rounded individual by joining Asian Caucus, Spanish Club, Math Club, Science Club,

In addition, applicants wrote 1,000 word personal statement, and Ho managed to finally perfect her piece with 999 ,vords. Sixteen individuals were called from the six states for an interview in Des Moines, Iowa.

After the rigorous process, only four were called back for one last intervie\v.

"It was very intense; it was the longest day of my life and the quickest 30 minutes of my life," she described. "They pound you with these questions and you're supposed to answer keeping calm and being intelligent."

One hour following the extreme interviews, the committee announced, to the sixteen applicants, Trang Ho as the winner was.

Ho has been able to form long lastir1g friendships through the Truman honor. "I feel that tfie Truman Scholars have the same interests in life; we're very committed to public service and to serving our communities to make a difference." In addition, she will go to 'Washington, D C. with all paid expenses, for a summer internship, where she will stl1dy in a government agency.

Being a Truman Scholar, she can virtually go to any school she desires, for free. Rigl1t 110w, she is looking into Berkeley and Stanford.

During her four years of college life, she not only exceeded the requirements in academics, she became: a leader in Global Service Learning (GSL), the Minority Representative for Student Affairs Senate for 3 terms, Student Representative for the President's Council on Cultural Diversity \Vith administrators, and Secretary of Continuedonpage2

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Saddam Hussein said we would not get this. You know what? We did it without them," he said. Al-hirez was surprised \Vhen he got a call from a cousin in Basra saying that they had just come back from voting.

"I didn't think they were go- Zuher Al-hirez ( 12) shows his purple finger after

ing to vote because of the bomb- Iraqi elections in Chicago

ings." made the trip by bus with other

Voter turnout was estimated Photo By Falah Al-hirez as high as 70 percent. By contrast, voter turnout in the U.S. for the 2004 election ( without bombs) was only 60.7 percent. Al-hirez, whose younger brother Falah (11), and younger sister Huda (9) are also Lincoln High students, says it was hard (e1notionally) to leave Iraq to come to t11<>U.S. Like many refugees, he had to lea ve some family members behind.

"I did not want to leave my country. Especially after I found out my oldest brotl1er would not be able to come with us. He was witl, us in Jordan, but they deport<-tlhim back to Iraq two dav• oefore get-

ting his visa," Al-hirez said. His brother is doing well, now, and Zuher is looking forward to returning one day to be reunited with family members. "Over there life is better, because you're around your family and everywhere you go you know someone," he said. He plans to go bfl"K to Iraq when he graduate~ "I'm goinl! ,0 join the National Guard o,,ago over there to be a tr;,»~1ator," Al-hirez said. "I feel a responsibility, you know, it's my cou11try. I'm not saying An1erica shouldn't help, I'm tl1ankful for that, but I should help, too."

As for U.S. withdrawal, "The 555 says we do want America out, but we don't want then1 im-

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mediately out,'; Al-hirez said.

"When they leave a biock, our people will be in thatbfock protecting it when they leave. Let them drift out gradually so we can have control over the place they're leaviflH,', he added.

At the time this story went to press, the results of the election were not known, but the ballots will be counted and results are expected to be known in a couple of weeks.

The 11ew government \viii pick a president from its members, and 15 days later they will name a prime minister.

That prime minister will then form a cabinet 30 days after that to be approved by parliament.

"I arn hopeful for the future," Al-hirez said.

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the kids involved with the play had taken part in dancing so they put that in. They did everything very well, but they just didn't really have the acting part." Everyone had their favorite part about state, but for many it was the part \Vhere

White recalled, "was going home, putting on all three medals and walking my house feeling like I was the Salvation Army guy because I

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but it sl1,)\Vedto be effective. ..• · teacher 111adei\h:ipperi. ·. • She e11joyeclher stay at tile · ·.··."We Wtlllt (ll keep h~r at • co11ventic)11and ai'lpreciated tl1ete • Li11coln High qncl 111the J~i11col11 i11forcetllClltto be a l1etterteacl1er- Pu~ lic Sc}1()0l~;,vears very 11roi1d Gapp exclaimetli ''It was so e11° to h,1ve her,'' said Friese11. i .nembers also ·attend meetings to ••· f111prov~tl1e••·teachi1ig condit1011s ·, II

Santa Season At . ..OS

y by Izzy Koch Every place of cmployement has their bad time of the year, when thi ngs jt1st get crazy, and everyo11e gets over worked. At Best Buy, one of these days is Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving). At Gamers, it's any time after a new game consol has come out. At Fringe and Tassel, it is definitely Halloween. Working at a costume shop, you meet all kinds of different people. Son1eti111esthey're nice, sometimes they're mean. Sometimes they're young, sometimes they're old. But all con1e for the same thing: to be transformed i n t o some beautiful butterfly coming out of their shell. Or, to find a Sa11taSuit.

Most people don't understand ho,v a costt1me shop makes it_ Tl1ey think that people only need costumes once a year, around that fateful holiday. This is so 11ottrue. People need costumes all year round. For school 'plays, for community plays, for 1Jarades,for Sa11taClauses.

Santa customers do11'talways come in. Sometimes they call and give us their measurements, so there's always that off chance that h a measurement was wrong, t at something is going to be too big, or too small. Maybe it will be the wrong

of red; there's no way to know! Some other Santa shoppers come in and say that they want the costume that they had last year. Now, this is a bit of hassle, because we are working without the advantage of technology. Yes, ,ve have sewing machines. No, we do 11ot l1ave any computers. So, this involves going back to a chart from the year before, and finding

wli.ich Santa the person had the previous year. Each year a new chart is made. On the chart are the dates of ,vhen which Santa goes out, and comes back in. Each Santa

Asian Caucus Volunteers Tiine

by Sherry Wang

Photo by- Izzy Koch has it's own number, which we use to make the chart. You must keep the chart from the last year, and you must refer to the chart from last year. You must use the chart fron1 this year, and keep the chart updated on what costumes are re11tedout for ,vhat days. Luckily, I deal mostly with.fixing costumes, ·' l·

students trying to prove the hours to give back to your community that they did." She said it became and kno,ving good people," said

Do you enJoy getl1ng togeth- a hassle. Their main activity is, Tran. Chau added, ''It's always er with people a11dhelping out ---,-.,., good to make thecommunity? · new friends, Do you have an and it alinterest in Asian Io ,v s y o u culture? Then to add to your Asian Caucus • resun1e. Also, might be the by helping club for you, • with the difand you should ferent activiconsidersigning ties, you could up. Co11stance learn how to Kingston, for- · do something mer ELL teach-

y o u n e v er er and sponsor of Asian Caucus, said that it's a great club where you get to be with friends and to do good for tthe rest of Lincoln High

School and the

community. In

a sense, they are~

many accomplishments. Some Asian Caucus President before." activities they usu_ally do ev~ry Senior Phuong Tran stated that Meetings are usually held year are volunteering and bei?g ''being productive and having on Club Days in Room 302, and in charge of Teacher ApJJrec1a- fun at the same time" was what officers and board members meet tio11Day. ' was great about the club. Board every Thursday before the Club

Their volunteer sites change Member sophotnore Hung Chau Day week in Kingston's Room, from year to year, since they said "The environment is fun to 104. If you want to be a part of probably don·r want to help out be i~ and there's always room a group that aspires to share its a place where volunteers "stanu to te~rn more about the Asian culture with Lincoln High and around and have nothing to d_o," culture." fie added, "Spreading the community, you can join said Kingston, due to having the Asian culture is fun, too, with anytime you feel the fire to by too ma11y volunteers. Some of the different activitie~ that we speaking with Constance Kingstheir volunteer sites for this year do." The club gives "chances ton in Room 104. are the Lighthouse, Lincoln Children's Museum, the SMART program at YWCA, and an afterschool program at Park Middle School. Sl1e claimed, "We've played with the idea of havi11g a require1nent for 1nembers to volunteer, but it didn't work, with

and nor with the charts for Santa.

Every year, there is some costume that's widely popular_ There will always be the Halloween classics of Hugh Heffner, Playboy bnnnie~. and Dumb and Dumb~r. but this year brought in something new. This year, our strangest costu me that was sought after was (drumroll, please): the Burger King King. Now, many people don't understand that we won't have costumes exactly. We don't have the Burger King King mask. We don't have Jack Sparrow's (Pirates of the Carribean) c"-act costume. We don't have all tl1ecast from Harry Potter's costumes from the Yule ball (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). On the other ha11d though, we do have some typical costumes. We have Xena: Warrior Princess. We have the Pink Ladies from Grease. We have Rose Da,vson from Titanic. We have Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley (now, Priscilla Presley is harder to do, as most people don't want to be Priscilla, or in fact, don't even know who she is). And if you're looking for something original, we've always got you covered, with costumes ra11gingfrom Jesus, to a Viking, to a Sultan, to even a Hot Dog. And of course, Santa Claus.

While Christmas season may not ba tha best ti tne ,1f the year at a costume shop, it's also not ti,., worst. Halloween is, and will always be the busiest season at a costuming shop. Unlike Halloween shoppers, Santas don't swarm the shop. We don't have 50 Santas in at the sa111etime. After Halloween, going straight to Santa season is a relief.

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By Marcuslia!I

Although I had no script, I began with the interview. What ensued was the most enlightening five minutes of my life

How has your first year as a teacher at Lincoln High been treating you?

It's been learning the culture of the building. It's different in many ways from where I come from, and, that's 11otnecessarily a bad thing. It's been learning their system but the kids have been great, and that's pretty good.

Where do you come from?

l Laui:;ht '.Jt North Star and I taught at Goodricl1 two yeai-s before that.

Do you think that there is one solid culture, that there is one way to act here?

Everyone has someone they can identify with, not only in the hallways but in the classrooms, too. I know that's not necessarily that way at every place, but fortunately, my little segment seems to be like that. ., en1n ., ., 1ve 1nutes w1 I -0

How did you get involved in the powwow? Because that was kind of a big surprise to the school.

blind and have some goocl tunnel vision not to be affected by other cultures. These other minor1ty groups aren t going to go away. They aren't going to lay down and take it. And as they become stronger just through the ability of education and getting the word out - regard-

or

- that

or

in

is something that they can't deny

We have to educate our people and we have to educate our Natives. And again that goes for any race, and then we can educate non-Natives on these issues who are a very big part of society or in leadership positions, who will continue to be in leadership positions and also get mor minorities into

behind it? I think for many, they don't u11derstand what they're honoring.

~ure. I thought we could put this alI tvgether, because November was Native American Month, and we feel that for any minority group to only have one month or day set aside to say, 'Okay, we're going to honor or look at or respect Social Studies teache,· and co-sponsor of Native American Caucus Larry Wright explains to students about

1.l.,,_~ ..,._l~ i- --il :::...., r::>..th' :.,, l ! ..J of, for me, a little bit of a miss. Especially Native ct1lture, we only see it in the historical context, 'the past'. We don't see it in the current context, and many kids don't get the chance to see that becat1sewe don't see a lot of those types of things here.

We really don't necessarily want to call it a Po-vvwo,.v; that wasn't the intent. It really was just a demonstration, or even better, a presentation. We were · sharing a part of that culture by bringing in and doing some of those dances that are associated with the Powwow. We can talk about culture in the Powwow. We can talk about issues like the mascot.

For many that say [about Native American mascoks) 'it's not offensive and we're honoring,' well, what are you honoring? Are you honoring the image or the things that are

What do those symbols mean to the culture? Eagle feathers, the drum, and the imnortance th.at the.v have. the respect, the sacredness that they have in just Native culture. No other race do we put that out there.

If they're going to say "fighting Irish," then why don't we have a mascot of a drunken Irish person, or whatever, and we don't see that because they don't want to see that but it's okay to do stL1fflikethis(points to picture of the "Cleveland ' India11').

Is it ignorance to why we say, 'Oh, we're just trying to honor you', or is it more of an excuse? I mean so we can say, we're trying.

It's ignorance for many that never had to deal with that. When you talk about a small percentage of a society, that's still significant, part of that society, and your still doing these type of things. There is no il!norancc, and when you

get into trying to overcome that, it's l1ard. Then all of your answers become offensive and say, 'Well, no, I'm not; which deals with self preservation a little bit, but at the same time sav. 'Okav how can I stennut of it? Can I understand now, how that symbol would be disrespectful?'

lf something happened to my outfit, my 'Regalia; and 1nyfeathers, it ,vould be catastrophic. You can't replace that, the significa11cein some of those things. And to have it desecrated by being shown as some mascot running around and feel that What does that represent?

Do you think it would open more people's eyes if we had the the oppressive white person in a tall corn hat? Would that maybe hit the point home and say'wow'?

I think it would. Tl1ere was a group of students in Colorado a couple years ago that scarted an intramural basketball team, and they called their team, 'The Fighting Whiteies.'

I heard about that actually.

·

I think it kind of kick started the 'anit-mascot 111ove1ne11t' again, because that movement i., cvclic::il where. it diPs down__ and then comes back up again.

It doesn't seem to get the attention until it becomes very offensive to those in charge. There's .i loc of money to be rr1ade,but I have friends that are Native and say that it's not an issue, too. So it is what it is and move on.

The whole bout of it was in the gym. It was the caucus students here that really wanted to get that issue out. If at the end of the day, we changed one person's mind, that's all that matters.

In regards to all races and all cultures, gays blacks where do you see America in 20 years?

As far as civil rights go do you think we'll be better offi

I think we'll be better off. Political or religious beliefs are starting to infringe on people's rights. I mean, at Lincoln High, you have to be pretty

Co an Flu Season A out to Descen on Linea n Hi

Think of a class ,vhen there by )larcuslfall isn't that one kid coughing, or Most see winter as a sea- sneezing. Although we can't son of peace, a time when call ourselves in sick, it is up we celebrate family, nestled to our parents to determine under a blanket next to the w h e t h e r ones we love with a glass of or not we hot cocoa all while reaching are healthy for the tissues. More than enough to two thirds of us will beco:i:ne be present ill over this winter, and with in classes. the threat of bird flu looming More often over America, we are now be - than not, if ing bombarded with illness your nose like never before. is running The common head coJd and you are is caused by one of fifty dif- coughing, ferent viruses, according to stay home. LHS Genetics Teacher Genee M o s t Handley which explains why of us know, t~½~1~1:~ 1~ ; _ i:c~1 ='= T ii e col cla ncf flu viruses never leave your cells; they only stay dormant until activated by triggers, such as stress. poor liealth, lack of sleep, et cetera. The differc11t eftects and locati<>n.s of a. colJ. are determined by which virus _;_,expressc:d.

Here at school, we are around sickness everyday.

pa~itati_ng being s1cK cari iruly be. Homework becomes even more of a chore, work becomes unbearable and keeping our eyes open is next to impossible. However, with a little upkeep ai1d some common sense, you can come out

of this cold and flu season unscathed. Here, as a public service, are some simple tips to keep you healthy. Courtesy of Genee Handley, CNN's Sanjay Gupta and

properly wash your hands, hand washing is important. you i11ust incorporate three Coughing is equally as danfactors; soap, length and fric- gerous, causing germs in the tion. Vigorously wash you throat to be expelled through hands under running warm the mouth. water with soap for 20 to 25 • Don't overuse liquid seconds. Rinse hands ha11dsai1itizers: These gel-like in hot water for ten products are mostly alcohol seconds and dry with based and do more harm than an air dryer if avail- good in the long run. While able. Use towel to these products claim to reactivate hand dryer move 99.9o/oof germs, it is the and a separate towel .1°/othat st1rvive to reproduce. to open the bath- Germs multiply at an alarmroom door. Wash ingrate, and soon, the stronhands aft er sneezing, ger, more resistant germs live coughing, changing on to reproduce,causingmore a diaper, before and dangerous forms of infection. after preparing food, This ties into using all of your before eating, after prescribed medication. usii1g a co1nputer, af- • Eat a well balanc e g_ ter clriv-ing t cetera. d ie t: "F rui 1s ana. vegetable s • Cov- rich in vitamin C and zinc er you mouth with are sure to give your immune youruJ?perarm while system that extra boost it

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By:Marcus1-(all

use of drugs in rap ,music has led to a deterioration of values and ethics. Through rap music, marijuana and drug Lise have become a common occurrence. (By the way, marijuana isn't an h erb. Thyme is an herb. Cilantro is an herb. Marijuana is a drug.)

Rap 1nusic has rebelled against the majority and substituted its own reality - a reality in which anything goes and those who commit the most crime win. Rap culture also frequently uses a word that people have died for. Arguably the most hateful word in the history of the English language, millions of gallons of blood have been spilled with the word "nigger" on the lips of racist murderers. No,v, however, it is uttered as though it's a simple l1ello. You can hear it every single day in the halls of this school as if it's nothing. Lil' Jon uses it literally over 100 times in one of his songs, and it sells over one million records. Rap music desensitizes us into believing that what we once thought was bad isn't so bad after all. And we buy it. And just to clear the air for everyone, "nigga," is not a different word. I know that if you keep telling yourself this lie, you' 11 believe it to be true, however, it is not the case. This applies to other forms of the word as well. It is neither a term of endearment nor is it acceptable to use as a description of a boyfriend or girlfriend. It's just wrong. Rap music has also taken away our ability to think ratio:. nally. It makes us incapable of making rational decisions without an outside influence. It has taken away our individuality and replaced with the mentality of a consumer. It has created a war, and the corporations-who want us to buy things just because they were featured in the latest Ludacris video-are winning. We are allowing ourselves to become just what "they" want us to be: a

stereotype. We need to take responsibility for our actions and realize that what we once thought was ours is no longer. Black people no longer have a voice in the n1edia BET is now O\vned by media giant Viacom (\vhich also owns MTV, VHl, etc.) And Calvin Klein owns FUBU, which ,vas once honestly, For Us, By Us. All of these are products of the corporate monster that is devouring black culture by selling us a destructive image of ourselves.

Embracing these destructive elements has made our streets more dangerous and ot1r schools more deadly. It has rendered our English classes as all but worthless and burned our ears with sub - par music. Is this what you want your children to think of our culture as?

This lifestyle of hate, swearing, drugs, sex and violence? Is this what you want to tell your kids?

That we started as slaves, were given the right to vote, never used it, and then became slaves again? Stop being so selfish and think about what you are giving future generations.

Black teens of today don't realize how atrocious things were in the past. Black people were murdered for being a "Black man on a sunny day." Those who listen to rap music, act out its message, and still try to claim they are all for civil rights, are nothing more than hypocrites.

By advocating violence, drugs, sex, and the casual use of racial epithets, we are throwing a,vay 50 years of fighting. Rap culture has taken the dream, and killed it, and now slo,vly but surely, we are shuffling ourselves back tp the back of the bus.

Note to Self: Don't Forget Commas

By:NataliaLedford

Last !month, I ublished med out o be the roversial lthing I've ver written It ,vas ai1 opinion article saying that a lot of teenagers in the United States, whom I refer to as emo, get way too emotional over irrelevant things. I said nobody needs to act that way if they're only doing it for attention because they take the attention away from those who actually deserve it, and not to mention, they're annoying. Well, there turned out to be s01ne controversy over what I said. (Just check out my "fan mail" in the "letters to the editor" section.) But when it came to the people who got upset over my story, for the most part it just seemed as though they were mistaken and thought I meant things that I didn't. Some people were complaining over things I never even said, while others missed the point entirely. I figured I should set that right. Let's start with "girl jeans." People had more co,vs over my confusion as to why guys are wearing them, than any other part of my article. One letter said, "If guys want to wear girl jeans you have no right to tell them they can't it's their decision." Well, duh. I was only stating my confusion over them, l never told anybody they weren't allowed to wear them anymore. I mean, honestly I did not think I had that kind of power in the first place. It's like, "Dude, did you hear the new law about girl jeans? They were banned by Natalia Ledford! She made it the new school rule that all emo kids have to wear parachute pants and moon walk on the way to class." Seriously people, come on. Your right to wear girl jeans isn't going anywhere, all I did was state my opinion about a pointless fashion statement. And really, for being the people that hated my article the most, you guys proved its entire

point pretty well. I said that a lot of American tee11sget too emotional over trivial things. right? The reaction: "THAT IS NOT TRUE!! And it really hurts 1ny feelings that you would poke fun at my jeans like that! *Sniffle*"

It also seems as though I need to make clear that I was not at all making fun of people that are legitimately depressed. My article said, "There's nothing wro11gwith venting REAL frustration and sadness, but those who create it just to get attention need some serious perspective." And "If something's REALLY wrong in your life, never bottle your emotions. But if you 're just blowing hot air, quit taking a,vay from the people that actually deserve the sympathy." I was standing up for people with real problems. One of my favorite lines from my hate mail was "You have no right to talk about emo kids like that unless you know how they feel, or what they go through." Definitions vary from person to person, but according to MY definition of emo, they don't have anything to go through in the first place! For instance, take into consideration my sixth sign that you're emo from the article "6: Your parents refused to fill your gas tank last week, and you no longer have the will to live." Uh, you're saying I don't know what it's like to go through something like that? Well actually, I guess that is true, cause my parents won't even buy me a car, but you know, I still don't think I'm going to lose sleep over somebody in that situation. Now for the most controversial part of my story, which was ironically not intended to be at all Apparently everybody in the school thinks I want all the emo kids around here to hop a bus and get out

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was kicked out, and is now back with a teaching stint at NYU; Maureen (Idina Menzel), Mark's very dramatic ex-girlfriend ,vho dumped him for a woman named Joanne; Benjamin Coffin III (Taye Diggs), another old roommate of Mark and Roger's, who has now married into wealth, and owns the building in ,vhich Roger and Mark reside; Angel Dumott Schunard (Wilso11Jer111aineHeredia), a transvestite with whom Tom Collins falls in love with. Roger, Collins, Angel, and Mimi are all living with AIDS. All of the characters fit together to make a tight knit family, with the more than occasional skirmish, all trying to live the Bohemian lifestyle.

Many of the main characters are returning from the Original

Broadway Cast, with the exception of Mimi, who was played by Rosario Dawson, and Joanne who was played by Tracie Thoms. The musical follows the group of Bohemian friends, living in a poorer side of New York. Many of the characters suffer from AIDS, but they are positive about it- they sing that they are living with AIDS, not dying from AIDS. Many of the songs deal with living with AIDS, and having hope ·for the future. Roger sings "One Song Glory," a song abot1t how he just wants to write one great song before he dies. In "Today 4 U", Angel si11gsabout how good it feels to give to others. There are love songs, full of sorrow, hope, despair and loneliness- there is a song for ma11yof tl1ee1notions that

Courtesy of Hollywood.com people deal with dai)y. The music in the show is different from most musicals. It ranges frorn rock, to pop, all with a hint of mt1sical sprinkled on top. Unlike the music from Wicked, or Les Miserables, the music of Re11tcould probably pass off as regular radio music with a message. Not only do I think that Rent is great, so do others! Rent received four out of four stars. Also, Rent, which was released on November 23, Rent made $17.1 million during it's first five days i11theatre, coming in at a constant daily third at the box office, with Harry Potter at the top, and Walk the Line in second · place. Rent, an an1azing story of a group of friends making the best of their lives, is a must see for everyone!

Entertain1nent Not Far From Home

ByIzzyi\och

Many people find entertainme11t for the holidays, but after the holidays, things usually seem to die down. So, here's what's up around town, and close by earl_y next year!

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The worst way to spend eight bucks ever? Buy A Taste of Cl1ristma s. I don't mean to sound too critical, but half of these bands could've done way better. They could've actually made the songs sound good, or listened to what they were making to see how crappy it sounded. I

is Over" and then as the drums kick in, McCracken can be heard singing the phrase. McCracken has the lead on this CD with a total of two songs, one of which is with his band The Used. The song, ''Alone this Holiday" starts with ringing bells and is soon brought together by McCracken's cheery voice, sir1ging about leaving a loved one. Skindred 's, "Jungle Bells" shows how much talent this band does riot have. First of all, you can't mix reggae with metal and expect it to sound good. Second, this chorus is about getting drunk. Oh, arid eating lots of food. That's all. Some of the songs were so

,._," slow I couldn't even listen to them. Emery's song, "The Last Christmas" was so slow and repetitive; I had to skip through it. Emery is a great band, but hearing them do a song about a guy that doesn't want his girlfriend to leave him almost ruined it for me. Opiate for the Masses did an unusual Christmas song. The song was called ''Christ1nas Evel" a11d it we11t fro111 bells chiming at the beginning to an annoying throaty squawking to a neai·ly merry break before the chorus. From First to Last has a song on this CD called "Christmassacre'' where they sing, err, scream about how pretty the presents are. The instrumentals don't sound anything like they do on their own CD and their writing abilities have gone way down. I used to be able to see what they were talking about through their writing. They had been writing a lot in metaphors and now they just put it out bluntly. Chorus for example: Santa's going to "diiiiiiiie."

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Imagine The Hulk jamming on a guitar, screaming nonsense and that's the song for you. The Black Halos. These guys look so hXc (hard core), I bet their music must be hard core. Wrong. They sound like Good Charlotte. The backing vocals sound like Michael Jackson on crack. You can't forget the lead singer's voice. I think for Christmas, someone shot1ld get him some nasal decongestant. The last song on the CD, "Season of a Lifetime" done by Plain White T's, is a decent song. It's a step up from all the annoying ones. It's overall, a happy song, probably only because there's bells, and a piano, and they didn't stick with trying to write a sad, slo\v one. The cl1orus, you could dance to,

from one to ten, I give it a one point five.

In Omaha, the major concert that will be happening early on next year is Coldplay. Coldplay is a widely popular piano rock band, who are famous for their hits "Clocks" and "The Scie11tist," among others. Coldplay has gone double platinum, with their CD "Parachutes." Coldplay will be at the Qwest center on February 20 th • Before Coldplay hit's the Qwest center, the widely recognized Rolling Stones will be performing there on January 29 th The Rolling Stones have had many hits such as "(I can't get no) Satisfaction", and continue to be a popular band. On the theatre side of things, the Omaha Community Playhouse will be perfor1ning , Das Barbecu from January 20 th to February 12 th • Das Barbecu is a musical set in modern day Texas, that co11lically foct1ses 011 a double wedding that is to take place. The next play at the Omaha

Playhouse will be "Bus Stop", which \Viii run from March 3 rd to March 26 th • A play that was just put on in Lincoln this summer, Bus Stop follows a group of reople 9t1anded at a Diner in the miudle of a s11owstorm, 1n the middle of the country. At the Lincoln Commu11ity Playhouse, the main stage show for the beginni11g of the year, ru11ning from January 13th to February 5 th is The Odd Couple. Written by Neil Simon, this play has been flipped around- instead of the main characters being male, they are female in this version of the play! On the family stage, the Lincoln Community Playhouse will be performing Ramona Quimby, based on the popular books by Beverly Cleary, from February 17 th through March 5 th • On the opposite side of to\v11,at the Haymarket Theatre, True West will run from January 12 th through 21st, and the popular musical Urinetown "vill be pe1forn1ed fron1 February 2 nd through the 12th Urinetown is all aboL1t,you guessed it, waterworks and bathrooms

By Sherry Wang

This year, the Lincoln High Bowling Team will attempt to keep their status as Class A State Champions. Head Coach and Board member of the Nebraska High School Bowling Federation Les Amory took over in 1999. Despite the fact that it changed from th,=,.tir~t t-imP Tt pn,pra,p,4 -:\C ':l Q,J:'\f"\rt -in Lincoln High, he said, "The program itself is doing very well."

Tl1ere is a disadvantage for the team, though, since, as senior bowler Matt Giosano said, "It's a school functioned sport." The Nebraska High School Bowling Federation is an organization"trying to get high school bo\vling recognized as a sanctioned varsity sport in Nebraska," stated Amory Therefore, they follo\V the a

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winter sports' schedule. This is a disadvantage because "some of these clubs tournaments are not within federation guidelines, so other teams are practicing in August, while Lincoln High doesn't start practicing until November," said Amory. Despite this, however, they are doing pretty well. Amory stated that they've finished 5th tu.1-i!"'P alrPC1rl3, ru1t nf !ll"r\11-nri Jn tP'lmC that played, and 2nd a couple of weeks ago. Amory added, "One of our goals is definitely to defend the state championship, and I believe that the team has a very good chance of doing that." Giosano also thought that, with five returning players, senior Stephen Amory, senior Clark Anderson, junior Shawn McGinnis, junior Justin Meyer, and himself, they could do it. Amory

stated, "We had four people move on from last year, but we've had some from the Junior Varsity that have moved up to Varsity, and they've really stepped up."

As to \Vhat he \Vants to do differently this year, Amory said, "I definitely want to try to develop the girls' program, but basically, we just nP~rl tA gPt C()tTIP. mot'P. ct11dPnt~ th!:lt are interested in bowling that do it recreationally, just get them excited whether they want to represent their schools." Giosano said, "lt's fun, and you get to make friends that arc fun to hang out with."

Since they arc only a little ways into the season, it's hard to tell how \veil they'll do. They are off to a good start, however, and they' re working hard to get the ball where they

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The Promotional Marketi11g class, ,vhich meets during second perinrl nrg»n;7Arl ti-,,> project. Vice President of Competition senior ' eva Winkle said "A comn1u111ty St1 yc.;.rp 11r~j.:>-r- t ; just \Vhat \Ve (1 " every year. Maher organized cookie orders as they ca1ne i11. She said. ··\Ve kept getting more and 1n,)re orders fron1 teachers.'' Winkle said, "When one class orders over a hundred cookies, ,vhich one did. a11dyou're tryi11gto keep track of all of it, it can be difficult, but it ,vas all fun." They calculated the nur11bers f days it ,vould t/lk{;)to bake a11d. cleli, 1er the cookies. Since they

L- cience aim at

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Lincoln High has brought home numerous trophies including sports, music, marching band, language, and student council awards. Most students don't realize, however, that Lincoln High also win awards in the science department. Another event that students can partake in is the chemistry lab where students analyze and answer chemistry related ques-

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have standards, an edhimin2002,onebe- they'll sit aroun ing the familiar Music Department Ehly was the one who read the really slowly (he kind of walked and say, 'This is what's wrong,- , Chair Dan Ehly. Ehly pointed out, final letter, one that was written by up like John Wayne, too), almost but they don't kno,v how to com "It has been a six year process to senior Jenny Rosser. She had writ- missed the first stairs (one of the municate it to make them do i1t win the award." He also said that ten for one of English Department directors actually said, 'Watch the right, and that's what he's amaste possible candidates for this award Chair Judy Strand's assignments in stairs!'), he had tears in his eyes, at." must have proven themselves over her Advanced Placement Language and he was incredibly gracious. Rush's family was there, also decades of successful teaching. and Composition class. Strand He thanked lots of people, but he and they came out from behind "It's the pinnacle of what you can sent the letters to KFOR/KFRX was shocked and he was humble, curtain. His family members were" get as a band director in Nebraska. for the teacher appreciation event, and lie deserved it." - notified; Rush was the odd one lefl It can't get any higher " and also to the teachers whom the There are to11sof reasons that out in the joyful news Rush didn' At the Annual Awards· Ban- students had wrote about. Ehly people offered as to why he de - even have a clue that his family quet, people started reading the said, "His name was on it, and I served this award. Rosser tJ,ink-s was there "They were eating o broad accomplishments of Rush, could~ 't s~y ~•" ~= -~ ~pt- t;h ':'t Rush should 've already re- 1 "tb~r side of the wall," sai Ion,,;~~ fo~=- oAnlf' f(l ,h;nk rep\ac1ng lt with my band d1rec- ce1ved this award before anybody Ehly. He o.<ldedon l1 ••--v,i:ou< up of severa! ~1fierent dir,.,,,.,.,,.,,us tor.,, an,r'J,,, -.J1111t, I got choked ~lse. "He has had the greatest note, "He ditl things ri11:ht,,1•1 - possible rec1p1ents. They slowly up. E~ly was suppo<>"-U-t= t;O up impact on_me.1'L•• an.v t.,,...:ner _.wlm,t, ut:cause he hugged his wift:, narrowed it down, however, read- and tell Jokes or funny stories to ice that I've ever had. I respect him. first, then he hugged me. See, [ ing parts of the required six to it, but instead, l1edecided to read a I just have so much fun in all of if it would have been the othe ·· eight letters of recommendation. student's letter because "that would his classes; it makes me want to way around, he could've been i mean more." When asked about take more, because right now, I trouble."

LethalInjection:Violation of 8th A1nend1nent?

By MaiDo

In January of 1981, Michael Morales, who was then 21 years of age, murdered an draped 17-yearold Terri Winchell in Lodi, California. Now, twenty-five years later, Morales was supposed to pay for his actions, however, that did not happen. He was scheduled to die by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in ·Northern California. The time of Morales' death was to be at 12;01 a m. on Feb. 21 but it had to be rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. after two anesthesiologists backed out of their agree1nent to monitor the injection process.

Jeremy Fogel, a U.S. District Judge who is against lethal injection, insisted that a trained medical professional be present in the death chamber to make sure that Morale"&was unconscious while being injected with the lethal drugs. The state announced that that was not possible since most, if not all, medical professionals refuse to take part in these types of executions Fogel has scheduled a hearing for May 2 and 3 on whether or not the lethal injection procedure violates the 8th Amendment clause of "no cruel and

unusual punishment " In other words, no severe pain would be brought upon the receiver of lethal injections.

Lethal injection is a three - step process First is the injection of sodium pentothal, which causes rapid unconsciousness , The second is the use of pancuronium bromide to paralyze the voluntary muscles. The last is an injection of potassium chloride to stop the heart. This process usually lasts 10 minutes. Tb.ere'sevidence in 11 cases where pain was involved.

There are 38 states in the U.S. that has some form of the death penalty. Out of these 38 states, 37 of them enforce or allow the use of lethal injection. Nebraska is the only death penalty state that uses the electric chair. The Morales case makes California the fourth state in which lethal injection has been officially questioned. The other three states are Missouri, Florida and New Jersey.

The future of lethal injection in California lies in the ruling of Judge Fogel in May.

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Ayana DeNovellis, a junior at Lincoln High sits in room 220 waiting for the Speech and Debate eeting to begin. Ms. Gapp, the speech and debate team sponsor and an English teacher, comes over and hands DeNovellis two certificates for being ra11ked superior in a previot1s speech and debate tournament. DeN ovellis, a polished young mosphere, we have to

has stereotypes. Even I have stereotypes " says DeN ovellis. In today's society, it is uncommon to see people of color

woman who's doing all she can to better herself, is proud of who she has become. DeNovellis takes part in the Lincoln High choir, orchestra, and theatre and much more. "I never saw myself doing all the stuff I'm doing now when I was yqunger, but once I entered high school, I saw all the

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and the imget i11tl1e way achievi11gher goals: provisation team (,vhere her team not even racism or certain stereo- co1npeted and got second place out types. of about 20 teams).

DeNovellis is biracial which She's also in the LHS Concert categorizes her as being part of Choir and orchestra where she the minority group. DeNovellis plays the violin. states, ''Marcus Hall, who's my DeNovellis doesn't let the fact policy partner, we do policy and that she's one of the few minorities in Nebraska, I c,an probably tell in these activities bother her. "Beyou that we were the only African ing biracial, half white, half black, American team to do debate" at I kind of notice it, but I enjoy dothat specific speech and debate ing these activities. Granted there toumament. aren't many minority students in DeNovellis doesn t let tl1at stuff like that, but that's something fact trouble her "Coming into I've grown up with and I enjoy a predominantly Caucasian at- doing these things. It's kind of

feel over\vhelmed and stressed out. We all would if we do the tl1ings tl1at she does. Even so, she doesn't let that get in her way. To keep her motivated, DeN ovellis tells herself to "think about the outcome and don't give up." She also says that, "there are days where I don't want to do speech. Sometimes you're sitting there thinking, 'Why am I doing this? Any normal person would be sleeping right now, not cutting cases or writing speeches. But once you get up there you 're happy and you realize "this is why I do it."'

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and support his mother; a Special Education teacher here at Lincoln High. Susan Avery said that the support of Lincoln High as a school has been overwhelming, She was very touched by DECA's gesture of giving the proceeds of cookie sales to a memorial for her son, as well as the other things Lincoln High has done in his honor. "Garrison stood for the idea that our country as a whole has a lot of values that need to be shared with the ,vorld. So to think that the young people at Lincoln High are showing an inculcation of that value, that they are willing to support that that is overwhelming."

She focused herself around all of that support, and simply detached herself from any feelings of bitterness to\vards the protestors. She said that they were just there at Garrison's memorial for an idea, while the others were there for him as an individual. "There were a lot of community people that didn't know him that came to honor the ideas that he stood for: duty, honor, country." She said, "They came out of respect for him as a person. Whereas the 17 people protesting; they were

representing an idea that wasn't that was disappearing over the embodied. So, it seemed to me hill, In regards to the biker gang's that to a certain extent people non violent philosophy, he said he are far more important than just was "A little worried," as he began individual ideas." She sa,v this walking over, "If something gets demonstrated with the difference out of hand, there's 250 bikers in numbers on either side of the and 011ly15 of them " But when street. he reached the top of the hill and When the funeral actually peered down the yard to\vards the began, the crowd of support - street , what he saw replaced any ers in the parking lot split up. worry with pride. There stood '..'; ;;:!liili~iii.::ii:i :i::i:i/~1~-i~i[~;ii:iiii ;iii

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erates. And at this point we may quantities of those , In some places covering large parts of Europe, not be able to do anything about in the Rocky Mountains, 80% of northern Asia and North America. it. But th~t i~ the most pes~imist the glacier cover is gone, So one ~o this war~ng, Greenland meltamong sc1e~t1ststhat s.tudy cl1m~te thing, if you have species that rely ing, could disrupt this ocean curchange. Evidences kind of point on that habitat, we will loose those rent and people at least 1n that to that w~y "".hich is kind of scary. species because they have nowhere part of the world will enter to an Other _sc1ent1sts say ~hat we st1ll to go. If the conditions are bad and ice age. have time that :"e s~1ll ca~ I?ake the species are struggling they Som~ places will become hotsome changes \V1ththis adm1n1stra- got three choices. They can die, ter. Especially places like Nebrastion." move, or adapt. Adaptation takes ka that are continental. Have cold What has the government been doing about it?'' "The current administration has done nothing to prevent the increase in warming. In fact they have done many, many, many things to m ake the problem worse. There's no leadership, there are no research initiatives, there are few budget dollars to address any of the things that could help lessen the effects of global warming. The science is being corrupted and misused [by the Environmental Protection Agency] who completely eliminated the section on global time because it means your DNA winters, hot summers, the sumis

of this? Places like Las Vegas and Phoenix are already in a desert. Typically it gets up to 120 degrees or so in the summer. People can live there with air conditioning. What happens when those places become 140 degrees? What happens to the Qillions, if not trillions of dollars that people have invested in

and adults here in Lincoln At Lincoln High, the progra m wirs a good chance to step back and be thankful for the institution of a library. ''Imagine, not having a library anywhere It's something we can really take for granted," McClung said. However, there still is lot of

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Warming?'' "When we study environmental problems in either Biology or in Environmental Studies, it is usually very depressing. And kids feel like oh my God there is so many problems. I can't do anything about it and it's horrible and you feel like giving up. Especially when you look at

Ashleigh Long ( 11) and Lyndia Gamble ( 10) warms up before

on the LHStennis courts on Mar. 17. Long and

are both on the JV tennis team. Photo by Mai Do

Tim Moeller (11) goes for the ball during one of the Links practices. Baseball got underway on Mar. 23 in Beatrice on Sherman Field.

Photo by Nie Vocasek

ByJamieSpence

Last years Girls Varsity Soccer Team finished out the season 3-12 , with wins against Grand Island, Fremont and Norfolk. The Girls didn't have a lot of players for last years team and that seems like it's going to be the problem this year.

The girls will return four seniors from last year's team; Adriane Dougherty, Meggie Wells, Kristen Rasmussen , and Hannah Ledford. Wells has very high hopes for this season. "I'm looking for\vard to seeing how things will play out. We struggled a lot last year with numbers, and it seems the same way this year, but we have some young talent, and I am looking forward to seeing who is going to step up for us."

The girls struggled offensively last year. "We just couldn't finish our shots," says Wells. "We're looking to rebound and up our numbers for the season. I'd like to see us have a winning season at the least. I know a lot of these girls have goals, and I just hope we can accomplish a lot."

The Lady Links did have a

Fremont 13-1. The biggest upset of the season, however, was against formerly 8th ranked Norfolk. A game that ended 2-1, in favor of Lincoln High. Wells scored both goals in that game, both late in the second half of the game. Her second goal came in the last 41 seconds of the game from about 23 yards out. With new jerseys and high hopes, a lot of goals, and some

By.\ drianeDougherty points (13.3 per game), as well as At the beginning of the season, Head Coach Jim Baker stated that Boys Basketball: What a season 4u,on the charts for rebounds with ~ead Coach Bill Meyers said that the he is proud of their perseverai 1ce. for these guys. Boys B asketball 136 (7 -6 p~r gam~)- g1rlshad a lot to \vork_on in order to "I know they were tired, but they hact a lot or ups ana aowns Irr c1 T_heT ,nks will £ra.dnate thr e P besuccesi:ful. He believes thaethe ki=I" - 6 ,,;- e,·" season that they should be proud ofthe1r five starters this year ; Paul succes~ had _tostart in p r actice." In In order to qualify for State, of. The Links fought hard, and Drake, Drew Bohlke, and Parker. a later 1nterv1ew,Meyers said that he wrestlers must place in the top four kept up with some of the best teams Other sen1?rs gra~uating t~is was not disappoi~t~d with the eff?rt of their district. Lincoln High 's in the state, and for that, they are year are; Brian Christensen, Tim theg1rlsputforththisseason,desp1te district tournament took place on commended.

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out of everyone. Folrow that the guys haven't earned a lowing him were his brother Luke, bid to the State Tournament, held White, and Joseph. at The Devaney Center each year. Something different for the Lincoln High walked away from wrestlers this season was the their fate on Monday, February venue. Instead of the State Tour27th,in their District final against nament being held at The Devaney then 5 thranked Omaha Creighton Center, where it has been traditionPrep. That game, held at Bellevue ally held for quite some time, the East High School, broke Lincoln guys on the team got the chance to High's winning streak The travel to a meet for a cha11ge. The Links had won five of their last State Tournaine11t was held at the six games before falling to Prep Qwest Center in Omaha. 66-59. Baker said he liked the change January was a tough month of venue because "the guys don't for the guys, as they surrendered get a lot of opportt1nities to travel losses to

to look forward too during the was seven seconds left on the season. "We had a lot of new guys clock. Northeast shot and made a Ondrak, Mike Brown, and Jared being a young team. coming in this season with a lot three to end the game 70-67. Payne. Grade: B+ This is thefir~tseasoninMeyers of talent, and I think we did really · So,phomore Josh Riser played 30 years of ~oach1ngthat he has not well." Le11z,wl10 was also a team a major role for the team this sea- Girls Basketball: The Lady Links had any seniors to graduate. leader, has been on the team since son. He led the State in assists \Vith worked hard this seaso11.Although The girls finished up their his freshman year. 111. He also ranks 7thin the state the end results didn't tum out the season 011February 21st when they Head Coach Richard Conradt in scoring with 291 points (17.1 way the ~iris had hoped, they traveled to Belle:ue East to take had mixed emotions about the per game). Senior Josiah Parker sho~ld ~till be congratulated, on Omaha North 1n the first round. season in the beginning. He stated cons1der1rur they dealt ,vith hard_ Sophomore Shakeela Johnson ral- earlier in the season that he "had a

llied a game-high 33 points, includ- lot of different expectations for the 1ingfour three-pointers in the final year." eriod. The game went back and · According to Lenz, the hardest fourth for most of the game until meet for Swimming and Diving this !North converted free throws to seal season was the Cotter Meet. ''Since ithe win at 54-4 7. it was our home meet, there is a pride Ju11iorLana Sipes tl1ought the factor " girls did exceptionally well this Overall,Conradtsaid"Ithinkthe season for being the underdogs. season went welL We showed great "I think we played well together improvement with a young team." ,as a team, and we accomplished a He also added that the team worked ot. When it all comes together, it "very hard in an attempt to meet their is team work." Grade: C+ goals."

Wrestling: First and foremost, Thehardestpartoftheseasonbe!congratulations to all the wrestlers ing over for Conradt is that "I will ifor a great s~ason ! And another big miss seeing all the great people 1congratulat1ons to the four guys who went out for the team." 1wl10qualified for the State Tourna- However, he is looking forent; Seniors Nate Franssen, and ward to seeing everyone return iDw~ghtJoseph, and Juniors Jordan next year. "I hope that we can hite, and Luke Franssen. get a bunch of new freshmen and N ate Franssen, and White sophomores whole like to

Genni Bachinski directly into his own skull. Ouch. I hate to say it, but as I was ,vatching this, I was already wishing he'd had an extra nail for ME as well. Julia then goes to her workplace, which happens to be her fatl1er's Stupidest. Movie. Ever. Seriously. If there's one thing I hate more than anything, it's when people try so hard to be funny that they end up looking completely stupid, and that's forp.,..iewh<>UM,,_t&"""'"'~~ wh6~~ 111,,.,. what the entire span of "Date Movie" was. Now, some movies that are "sostupid-that-they 're-funny" aren't so bad. "Napoleon Dynamite" was a hit, wasn't it? But this movie is nothing but a cocktail of bad chick flick spoofs · strung into a snore-inducing 83 minutes of boredom and immaturity. I know what you're saying; comedies aren't supposed to be mature, are they? Well, not necessarily, no, but they 're also not supposed to try to be funny with a 2nd-grade sense of humor, either. tg sequ,

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Julia who dreams of getting married more than anything, but fears that she never will because of her weight. Julia decides that her dream man is out there and she becomes determined to find him. This newly found determination leads her to leap outside her house into the street and begin bootydancing. You 're asking why? Yeah, I didn't get it either. All the while, everyone on her street has stopped to stare, including a group of construction workers who find her dancing so disturbing, that one takes it upon himself to plant a nail

Courtesyof imdb.com diner There, she somehow catches the eye of a handsome British man, and after 30 seconds of the two googly-eyed staring at each other, she turns around and accidentally knocks him upside the head with a coffee pot, knocking him over. Typical and predictable. The rest of the movie follows Julia through her quest to find Mr. Right, and eve11tuallyshe goes on a TV dating show,just to, MIRACULOUSLY, meet up with Mr. Eng-

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An old friend of Grant's is brought in for the wedding, which happens to be a gorgeous supermodel namedAndy One of which Grant used to be engaged to. And don't worry, Andy is a girl a very pretty one, which is why Julia immediately starts flipping out and the couple has to go through counseling after a week of dating. Unrealistic, I know. So Andy tries breaking up Julia and Grant and is almost successful wl1en she kisses Grant and Julia sees it happen, as occurs in the Julia Roberts movie, "My Best Friend's Wedding." It's the typical boy-meets-girl, boyfalls-in-love-with-girl, boy-losesgirl, boy-wins-girl-back kind of situation, seeing as in the end, Julia and Grant do get marrie~, and while every story has a happy ending, this movie tried but it was just a bust So here's a piece of advice; if you' re on a first date with someot1e and you actually WANT a second date, don't even think about taking them to "Date Movie."

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can maybe stop it before it gets to a physical level ," Associate Principal Pam Robinson said. That's what is being done to help prevent violence in our halls, but what could be done to make Lincoln High a safer place? "I think we need some intervention for kids," Robinson stated. One suggestion the associate principal had is to form small groups and workshops that kids could go through when returning to school after being sent away for violent behavior. The groups would focus on anger control as well as selfcontrol. What starts violence in our hallways, and why are people resorting to violence so much lately? Is it because home life for some students is less than healthy, or is it because some students just have no self -control? And no matter the excuses given, is violence really a reasonable solution for whatever problems students are faced with? A common factor that seems to cause a lot of fights between students is complications with the opposite sex "Usually if it's a situation between girls, they're fighting over a boy,'' said Robinson of the fights she, personally, has dealt with here at Lincoln High. It's normally all about the "he said, she said." The typical situation seen when it comes to s chool fights between girls is either girl one thinks girl t,vo is coming onto girl one's boyfriend, or girl one

thinks girl two stole her boyfriend or girl one is mad that girl two is now dating girl one's ex-boyfriend. It's all a vicious cycle, really, that could be prevented easily, with just a little self-control a,id a willingness to talk things out rather than resorting to pounding faces into the

the social skills and don't really know how to handle conflict." Adults can't be expected to completely change the violence problems in schools on their own, however. Self-control seems to be the main issue when it comes to fights that occur in the hallway

ing themselves off and being on their way. Or if there was a verbal dispute between two girls over who gets to go to prom with a certain boy, a lot more would get resolved if the two sat down and calmly discussed matters and worked them out, rather than ripping each other's hair out and choking each other to death. Communication is key in any type of problem-solving situation, a11dmost people would agree that learning how to calmly deal with conflict is something that everyone needs to learn early on. Learning to control yourself in high school, or even before, is a necessity, seeing as people go on to get jobs in the real world, and if everyone resorted to knocking lights out every time they got upset with someone, the world would have a real problem on its hands, and it does. If students, and everyone, for that matter, would just ask themselves a simple question before throwing the first punch, things could be a lot more peaceful at LHS

cement. So where is the self-control these days? Is that the only thing causing school fights? Robinson stated, "A lot of it comes down to how you relate to people, like if you bump into someone in the hall and you call them a name, and the other kid turns around and smacks you, you 're probably going to smack them back. That's what I'm seeing a lot of the problems stemming from; a lot of the kids don't have

nearly everyday, and self-control is something that can only be strengthened by the person possessing or lacking it. Take for instance, if someone tripped another person in the hallway, and the person who fell had the immediate reaction of nailing the other person in the stomach just for tripping them. That would cause a lot more unnecessary pain on both parts than just simply brush-

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Mail)) (Continued From Page 1) ordinating it in the beginning. ''We were frustrated with the organization on the state level'' McGinn said. She also added, ''The idea is fantastic but it was just so poorly organized that it took us forever to get the copy write to be able to run off these poems.'' It is predicted that about 200,000 students will take part in the competition this year. Of the 200,000, approximately 150 students are LHS Links. There are about five classes at LHS that are participating in this contest along with about 15 students not from those five classes. One cla~s belongs to English teacher Deborah McGinn, the other four belong to English teacher and English department chair, Judy Strand. Teachers at Lincoln High have are incredibly with everything that they ~ve to do. That's why there's so few classes takingpart in this contest. "'We've had a hard time getting other Lincoln High teachers to participate. But to be fair, we are so busy. Teachers hardly have any free time at all.

We wish we would have had better participation from out colleagues from the English department, but we're just overloaded,"

McGinn said. McGinn hopes that if LHS can get it started and everything goes smoothly, there '11 be more interest next year. The winners from the classroom competition were Kate Eno (11), Lindsey Hand (12), Lane Kahler (12), Martha McCleery (12), Aden Marshall (11), True Nguyen (12), Keegan Neely (12), James Oliva (12), and Ell1;1 Wiles (11). The winning pieces included ''Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a poem by James Weldon Johnson that was turned into The Black National Anthem. Other pieces were ''The Tyger'' by William Blake and ''Jabberwocky'' by Lewis Carroll. Judges for the Lincoln High school competition were be Jack James, Dave London and Linda Lopez. They had an extremely difficult time deciding on who the winner should be. After a long 40 minute conversation, the judges decided that Keegan Neely (12) gave the best performance. He recited ''The Tyger'' by William Blake. In case Neely can't make it to the national competition, Kate Eno (11), the alternate winner will go in his place. Neely won by only a couple of points. It was a close call Neely will move on to the state competition on Apr. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the ,rases!

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Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel a11d Florida Senator Mel Martinez recently proposed a bill that states that im111igra11tswl10 have been in the United States for 5 or mt1re years would be able to apply for citizenship, while those who have been in the U.S. for less than 2 years would be deported. Immigrants who've been here 2 or more years would have to go back to their home country but would be able to apply for a work visa and can then come back to ,vork in the U.S. One of the major concerns of Nebraska's legislature is that noncitizens should not be allowed to attend college on in-state tuition. "I'mhcrc to tell you that we're not freeloading immigrants," said Oscar Rios, a member of the Hispanic Center Board and one of the main speakers at the rally. "Our jobs many times exceed 12 hours a day. Our farnilies have worked very hard in order to achieve what ,ve have got," Rios said. Rios and many others are fighting for fair immigration legislation, a legislation that is responsive to the needs of workers in the U.S. economy. They want the United States to recognize them as "legitimate immigrants ,vho are willing to sacrifice [our] lives in order to survive," Rios said.

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possible. This is because there is going to be media coverage, and it would be all the more better if there are more people on TV. Greater numbers do serve as an eye-opener to what is going on in Uganda. Having it at the Centennial Mall

!Children and adults hold up flags from various countries in front of the

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Courtesy of invisiblechildren.org requires a permit to sleep on city grounds. UNL student Jenna Staufer got that taken care of. Dl1ane graduate Jill Francke, who is very drawn to this movement, hopes to have the participants in Lincoln to sleep in some part of

a hospital due to tl;te fact that tl1e children in Uganda sleep in the "veranda" of the hc1spital ( or the bus park). "l want to try and duplicate the actual sitl1ation as much as possible " If you read this on time, it is still not too late to sign up for the Global Night Commute. Go to i11visiblechildren.com, and you will have the opportunity right your fingertips to stand up for these children. Lincoln High senior Katey Studnicka, wl10 has sig11ed up, said, "h opefully more and more people sign up until April 29, because the more people we have, the bigger the difference we'll make. " Lincoln High senior Hannah Ledford, who is organizing the demonstration in Lincoln, working alongside the Invisible Children organization, said that participants would ,valk in a group from an established place to Centennial Mall. They want everyone to be wearing the same color t-shirt, white. For those who are ,vorried about

being exposed to danger, since you are sleeping outside, there will be security guards. Francke said, "This is a public awareness event; if you have enough people walking in a large group across a city, hopefully that will draw the attention of the media and otl1er residents. Therefore, you will have a platform from which to share your message, in this case to talk about the war in Uganda and its affects on the people there, especially the children." Ledford said, "We don't want this to look like a-protest in any way; no signs, no yelling " Li11coln Higl1 has covered a lot about the Invisible Children in Uganda, which certainly pr(1vt1ked several Lincoln High students to become interested, st1ch as junior Jackson McNeil and Studnicka. McNeil said, "It was after the latest screening of Invisible Children at LHS. They were passing around cards to fill out so they could send you information about the Global Cont. on p. 3 !I. May:StuCoMonth 2. Ma~Day vr Disabilities - May1 13·MulticulturalWeek:May1-6 1: Op · SchoolAs. May2: Open-micNite May3:MulticulturalDance 4-6:Plai,' · . To ,4•BloodDrive- May9 licationsdue - Ma:

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peopTle.h 11)catchesup to battle for the ball.The Linkslost to the Navigators5-0 on &-acrestField cag a 1 1 n st e o umonly real '------------------~-~~=-=-.:.::.:g.::::;:,~=:....i bus ( 1), surprise Lincoln that has come out of the team Lincoln Southeast Knights on Northeast (1) North Platte (1), thus far has been the April 5 th Friday, April 7 th A game that · and Fremont ( 1). make-up game against Linc oln was supposed to be scheduled The Boys d idn 't get rnuch Northeast. Se11ior Dwight at the Cha1npio11ship Field at rest, as they had a ga~e the Joseph capitalized on a goal the Abbott Sports Complex, nex~ day (Tuesday, April l 8' h ) 18 minutes into the half. The was moved to Seacrest Field againS t Frem~nt. T~is ga11_1e n1arks the Links first win Links held the Rockets f~r the because of the wet fields. for Boys or Girls soccer this rest of the half, and until the The boys held the score even season. Lenz capped his first 66 th min ute of the second half at 0-0 until 12 minutes before goal of the season on a penatly when LNE's Bryant Marsh- half when the Knights would kick in tl1e first half. Joseph man found the back of the net put two away to end the half earned the go-ahead goal in to tie the game at one-each. 2-0. Lincoln Southeast would the '62nd 1ninute of the ga111e Marshn1an's goal came from then capitalize on two more to seal the win. At the end of a free-kick 22-yards out. At goals in the second half to a long week, the Boys took the 7znct minute mark LNE's end the game 4-0. Lincoln on the Bearcats of Kearney. ' Freshman Dan Stalder capped Layne Krahn took a lofty shot Southeast 1s one of ~wo teams the first goal of his hi h school fro1n about 35 yards out tl1at still u11dcfcatcd tl11s season. career, but that wasn ?tenough went right over the head of Top seeded Lincoln East has as Kearney pulled away with a the Links Goalkeeper, senior a 4-0 record. 3-1 win. The Links will comRobbie Juarez. The week of April 17 th the pete in the Westside TournaLincoln High had a couple Links had a total of four games. ment on April 28th, and J\pril more opportunities to tie the T,vo of which were make-up 29th.

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This year's Girls Tennis team started off to a good start with a solid team. Head Coach Jim Jensen said, "The Varsity this year started a little slow but pulled out an early win against Northeast 5-4." They've also go11eto Kearney doubles, where they played well. Lincoln High mmm also hosted the LHS Invite, where they had a close take at 2nd place out of eight teams. Jensen said, "This ,vas the turning point to the next level for the girls as • they have started to get much better." Retur11i11g player and Team Captain junior Erica Anderson said that with six returning players, "We have a strong team this year." The six 1ctu111i11.ei pla:yc.,11, are junior Erica Anderson, senior Rachel Clifton, junior Mai Do, senior Brittany Hergott, senior Phuong

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When I hear the word inspire, one name comes to mind. That one name made a difference in not only my life, but also in the lives of thousands of others. Her life remains a legacy, and her story ,vill never be forgotten. That is why for the past two years that she has been gone, there hasn't been a day that she hasn't been thought about by me, and many others

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pretty good. We're being pretty among the players. Anderson \Vl1ultllike to do ,vell at state and co11sistent, a11d I think we' re commented about the ,veekly make it well past either the third going to be okay for the re st challenges, " It does make us or fourth round." Ventry said, of the year." In addition to the stronger, because we do chal- "I hope that I can play Number returning players, fo11r people lenge each other during practice. 1 singles for Linct)ln High and stepped up to the next level; they It 1nay not be for differe11t seat- represent Lincoln High very well. are junior Hannah Dovel, junior ings, but you learn how to do new My goal is to at least get to the Jenna Keller, sophomore Heidi tactics and find other weakness third round, because I only got to Panietz, and junior Regina Yoon. in other players." Ventry said, the second ro11ndlast year." Ft)r Anderson said, "A lot t)f the girls "I thi11kit's a good concept but the whole team, Anderson said, are realty driven, and they really I don't' necessarily think that we "I think we're just trying to stay want to succeed and do better." need to do them all the time, un- above 500, win half and lose half. They do have a new head co ach less the coach thinks that there's Last year, we scored two points this year Anderson said, "I like a drastic change between play- as a tearr1. how he seems to know a lot with ers When the season gets on, This year, we' re just trying to strategies." just challenging and not moving go up from two points." All they Jensen ,vas the Junior Var- spots is better, so you know how have to do right now is to k~ep sity Tennis coach for Lincoln yo11're going to play for matches ,vorking hard, have perseverance, High School from 2003 up until and how you' re seated for state." and find the Number 2 doubles last year. This year is his first Jensen told the players, "Give teams. Anderson added, "With year coaching for Girls Varsity your best, work as a team, give that, ,ve'll have a strong team at Tennis. Jensen, a Lincoln High 100% effort and try to improve at state."

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•••• When I walked into the waiting room I was amazed at how many people were there. I walked into a room that was full of people that Jenna had touched I saw them all sitting, praying, and waiting for some sc1rtcif miracle. At 7:21P.M on April 25th 2004, Jenna Cooper was prt)nfiunced dead

Jenna Cooper Any time I hear that name it brings about so many memories, a lot of smiles, and sometime.s, a few tears. Jenna would not want us to focus on her death as a tragedy. Instead, focus on her life, the wonderful life she lived, and the beautiful person she will always be. Jenna wasn't the type to try and be the center of attention, she just knew how to make people laugh. She didn't only make people laugh; she motivated, and inspired others too. Jenna played soccer for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was a three-year starter, and was ready to lead the team as a captain in her senior season. Unfortunate]y, an argument that got out of hand at the barbeque celebrating the end of the exhibition season for the Huskers, hosted at Jenna's house, left Jenna fighting for her life in a hospital bed, due to a gun shot ,vound

••• l\.fy heart hurt, but I will not begin to suggest that her death hit me the way it hit her family, a11d friends. No matter what though, Jenna is my hero. She was 1ny

hero before she died, and now, as she still continues to brings smiles to many faces with her memories. Four days after Jenna passed a,vay, I learned that a memorial service was being held in celebration of her life on the third floor of Memorial Football Stadium. Walking up the stairs to the entrance of Memorial Stadium that day, three large prints of Jenna stood in front of me. A tear drifted lightly down my cheek as I signed the list of attendance. Adriane Douglie rty, My Friend.

••• As I arrived on the third floor I sa,v hundreds of athletes, fans, and friends of Jenna's I saw Jenna's family. ·I saw the team I saw Lindsey. Lindsey was Jenna's housemate, and my current c.lub soccer coach. She wore one of Jenna's white home jerseys. Her number three, worn in remembrance of Dale Earnhart, printed on the front There were over a thousand people at that Memorial that day. A thousand

lives that Jenna had touched. It was overwhelming ••• Head coach John Walker, and ing goalkeeper. He also described her as an extr~ordinary person. She was a big-time player and a bigtinie person, someone who went Lindsey were to give eulogies for Jenna Athletic Director Steve Pederson gave the words of welcome that day. They say the sign of a life well lived is the outpouring o.,flove .from others Today I have .,vitn.essedjust hr,w much she ,vas lov ed. Some people come to UNL and leave marks never to be _forgotten. Jenna • is one of· those people. It was hard keeping a clear face as he thanked Jenna's parents for sharing their treasure with us. · We know she's your treasi1re, bi1t she left a piece of her lieart here in Nebraska, andl'1n sorry, b11twe won't give it back. There are riow liundreds oj·young soccer players who want to be Jenna Cooper someday.

out of lier way to make lierself seem average. Jenna so desperately wanted to be a good captain for the team. She strived to make sure the Huskers were a kick-ass type of tea,n She was the ultimate teammate, and the ultimate friend.

••• When Lindsey stood up, I became nervo11s.It was hard watching my coach have to give a eulogy to her best friend. Jenna was my friend, my captain, my teammate, and my roonimate. She brings a type of spark to the team that no one else could bring. She. ivas the cutest thing and the strongest wo,nan She looked bea11tiful to every moment. For every time someone mistook -me for h.er,I was honored, never o_,ffended. She had a zest.for everything that was life.

By GenniBachinski

I'm told you're pretty popular with students around LHS; why is that?

Probably, first of all, because I maybe look like I could be in high school and I think a lot of people identify with me because of that. Secondly, my · attitude in class is very different from most teachers that you probably have. I'm much more willing to joke with people and take a relaxed attitude towards things. I think that people appreciate my non-dramatic appr"Oach in a classroom setting.

What's your favorite thing about teaching at Lincoln High?

think history is boring and I think they're just misinformed. If history were taught properly, it could be the most interesting subject that you have because this is our story If we don't fi'gure our history out and some of the nonsense that's going on in our world right now, it's just going to keep happening unless we can accurately tell people ,vhere we come from. We don't know our story and that's a problem.

What made you want to be a teacher in the first place? I wound up in education by default I didn't want to be in business of any

By GavinCrowl

the years there haven't known for his popular mixes and been any bad incidents and no material. one has crashed Pride Prom. This For those who don't know year, Pride Prom will be two days much about Pride Prom, it is a aftertheDayofSilence.Eachyear, prom for students to attend that is a Pride Prom is a lot of fun and a safe and fun environment for same great way to meet new people. If sex couples and their dates. • you want to find out more about Each year aLPru:!e Prom lp.3.TIY 04r GLB TSA the Day of Sil<>n.ce people liave been entertained by or Pride Prom and its location, you professional drag queens In the can contact Ruth Kupfer or Mike past, some of the popular themes of Reinmiller. Pride Prom have been "Imagine",

Dianna Schimek, Nebraska

State_Democrati!:'..Senator is _sQonsoring LB239 w hTch would a llow all graduating high-school students in Nebraska to have the same resi c dency requirements when entering college. Currently U.S. law says that undocumented immigrants are not qualified for in-state tuition. In Nebraska, however, both the University of Omaha and UNL allow students of non-documented status to have instate tuition provided they have lived here for 180 days and have finished high school here Carranza wants to see Hispanic children succeed in life. He ,vants to see LB239 get passed so that the childrenno\v,will have a better future than their immigrantparents. "In less than 20 years, one fourth of all children 5 and younger will be Latinos in the state of Nebraska. LB239j s fox you and is for you to establish your legacy and success," Carranza said.

Night Commute. I thought that it wouldn't hurt to get some more information about it." Stud11icka said, "I heard about it at the assembly at Lincoln High and thought it sounded like a good idea. It's a great way to get involved and the more people that sign up, the more it shows the leaders in our country that we are all behind this cause and some action needs to be taken on their part, as ,veil as ours, to help the invisible children. " We have displayed the documentary in the auditorium, made the public and the students at Lincoln High awaie of the current status of the children in Uganda, fundraised, and have done our best to help out these kids. For those who do not yet know the story, read on. To offer some more background on this, currently, over 23,000 people are signed up to participate across the U S., taking place in 130 cities. Ledford said, "Senators from Oklahoma and Kansas are walking. Oprah is walking. This thing is going to be huge. If we do it right, if we can get proper media coverage, if it remains a silent and non-

As people marched through the streets of do wntown Lincol n, the phrase- "Si ·se- puede" was repeated time and again. The Nebraska immigrant community is saying, ''Yes we can." According to an analysis done by the Pew Hispanic Center, in 1990, there were approximately 6000 undocumentedimmigrantsin Nebraska. In 2,000, that number quadrupled to 24000 Today, it may be as high as 4,0000. The immigrant population in Nebraska and all of America is rapidly growing. In order to ke ep that number down, the United States Senate has proposed several bills to build large barriers between borders and to deport illegal immigrants

The U.S. is a country made up of immigrants with the promise of a better life for all. Is it fair to favor some while ignoring others? Speaking for the crowd, Carranza expressed the de.terminationto remain in the U.S. "We will not go away, and we're not leaving this city Si se puede !"

violent demonstration, if we can show our government that we are a powerful united front, it could end the war."

Also, when film-makers went to D.C to discuss with Senators and Congressman abouc this demonstration, one of the Senators said that if only several Senators received about 100 letters ten years ago about R~anda, it would have never happened. Ledford said, "We don't want to look back ten years from now and say, 'We should have done something.' That is why on around the first of May, 100 U.S. Senators and 435 Congressman aie going to be bombarded with about 20,000 letters, telling them to take action " Participants of this demonstration will take part in writing letters, so this has the potential to have a great impact on the invisible children in Uganda. Francke said she was moved by the documentary she saw at the Ross Film Theater in March "I knew I had to be involved " There was more to it, however, than just being inspired by the documentary. She said, "I have spent nearly nine months in areas very near to

over the Internet in just a short while or just buy at a local store, you can stait making games in no time. Increase in technology

Although the game making pro" grams usually make it s9 you would not have to learn the complex programming language, there is, however, some game making programs that require code, a computer language. Although easier, it will take awhile to completely memorize it. Even though some game making devices make it easier, and don't

' One of such game maker devices is a program called The 3D Game Maker developed by Dark Basic. This particular program essentially takes no knowledge at all Their motto is "Just click to create" which is basically true In fact, making a game is extremely easy especially because it doesn't require code. But like I said before,

Graphic Courtesy of lnvlslblechlldren.com Uganda, and Africa holds a very special place in my heart, so a story like this is very important to me this particular film tells a very political story, which is another area I am very interested and involved in."

Many people are helping out Rick Poore, a small business owner, has agreed to donate up to 200 t-shirts for the dem onstration. Lincoln High junior Jeremy Lenz is taking part in organizing the Global Night Commute in Lincoln, as sophomore Natalia Ledford is, also. Lenz said 3D Game Maker c an only make one level per • game, and game patterns are basically all the same. Plus you will not be able to copyright your game and sell it since Dark Basic would own all

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life isn't much easier. A .large percentage were temporarily put in hotels or rented apartments by the government, but their time is almost up and they don't know what they are going to do. Most can't pay the rent because they are out of work and can't get hired.

The Federal Labor Department reported that a third of Katrina evacuees were out of work as of March, and that number has risen since. This report was based off of about 1 million evacuees at least 16 years old. Evacuees are being evicted from their temporary living situations nationwide, leaving them with nowhere to go. On top of all the confusion in regards to living conditions, there is another civil rights issue taking place in New Orleans. The April 22nd elections are a regular event in the city, but due to the scattering of New Orleans residents this year, many civil rights groups stress that the election date should be postponed until adequate steps have been taken to ensure that dislocated citizens can vote. They argue that voters' civil rights will be violated by the election, that minority voting strength will be diluted, and that

tens of thousands of voters may be disenfranchised. However, their request was denied when a judge ruled that the election date will not be postponed ·and New Orleans residents will have to do their best to make it to the voting booths.

Though a lot of controversy and many hardships are being thrown back and forth in New Orleans, progress is being made in other ways. The State Health Department said that the list of missing people has been reduced to 1,000 individuals, which was originally 11,626 after Hurricane Katrina. 9,804 people have been found alive and 835 have been confirmed as deceased. Progress in terms of repairing the city itself is being made, slowly but surely. The American Red Cross reports that there is electricity available to 96% of customers, and gas available to 90% of customers. Countless victims are still in need of aid and relief from their current living situations. If you are interested in donating, contact the American Red Cross or any other of the many organizations working to clean up the mess that Hurricane Katrina has left behind.

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On April 1st The National Council of Teachers of English announced that SCRIBE, Lincoln High's literary magazine of students poems, personal narratives, prose, etc., was one of six Nebras- Wik ka schools (4861' Nationwide) that were recognized for their excel- ,, ' lence in writing. SCRIBE has been around since 1930 and was started by Lincoln High teacher Evelyn Diamond. She started it as a l 1l! ! " <-.• way·to get kids to

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• LHS. The person in charge of this program is Thomas Christie, who works in the multicultural office at LPSDO. Future Teacher groups have been part of LHS as early as the 50s and 60s, but u..J..1 Lll C\.,~l.J. Ll J', 1-L l5Q.1"J._l~l..l 11 l-L1\., popularity. ''They're not like FBLA or DECA groups,'' said Maly.

Researchers have shown that students typically learn better from people of their own culture. The number of minority students is growing dramatically throughout the LPS district and for the most part, throughout the entire United States. LPS is trying hard to make this new club a success with the hopes of lowering the drop out rates among its students. ''Right now in America, we have a huge achievement gap that exist. It goes along race lines between Caucasian and Asian Americans and then Hispanic, African and N ative Americans," said Maly. There's a major threat of that gap growing wider and wider if the problem is not addressed imme diate.ly. R ese ai:chei:s suggest that schools should provide role models, such as teachers or other adults within the school, who not only know the culture but also serve as communicators for students. The drop out rates of minority students in the LPS district reflects this growing problem. ''Socially, every American should be concerned because when a stu-

dent drops out, they have a higher likelihood of becoming dependent upon the state," said Maly. LPS believes that by raising awareness of this problem will be a good thing for both society and its students.

It's a win-win situation. Colleges in Nebraska have a really low percentage of minority students, and students in general, enrolled in the education field. There are many possible reasons for why that is so. These reasons include lack of interest and low salary with little appreciation. Another reason, the one that Future Teacher clubs in LPS is focusing on is that students don't see themselves being teachers or educators. Students have an idea of what they want to do and they close their minds to other options. ''Very few young people in school are ever challenged or asked what they can potentially do. They're not encouraged to strive for those professions," said Maly. Future Teachers clubs in LPS are concentrating on opening students' eyes to all the possibilities, ·teaching happens to be one of them. In doing this, LPS and colleges in Nebraska alike, hope to see an increase in the number of · potential teachers in the near future

uaents trom acrossthe LP5 District gather together a ILPSDOon Apr. 4 to discussthe problem of the lack of teachers f color In lPS and throughout the community. Studies have hown that studentstypically learn better from a person of he same background that can relate to the students. It is !believed that this is the main cause of the high drop out rates mong students of color. Photo By Kendra Penrod

of all the high schools, Lincoln High's Future Teachers club has the most members. Throughout the year, there have been several meetings among future teachers at Lincoln High. They meet early in the morning, around 7:15 am. In these meetings, students are edqcated about scholarship opportunities, financial aid, college requirements

consequences of few to no educators and educators of color. Students get a chance to share their f11ture goals and meet new people.

Earlier this semester, on Apr. 4, LPS gathered all future teachers together for a district conference at LPSDO.

to Urbana, Illinois, where a panel of English teachers judged it. The writings were graded on a scale of 100, which was split into two

all together," McGinn said. "I'm glad to know that teachers of English looked at it [the books] for their word merit."

The results just came in at the very beginning of April.

"SCRIBE is a very good representation of student work and we just have never really had the information about where to tum it in to just see how it measures up." McGinn said. Although Lincoln High did not win any awards or any plaques and they were only given a certificate of achievement, McGinn is still satisfied with the outcome.

"Our

given for the literary aspects and 20 points for the artistic quality (layout, illustrations, etc.). "I think that's great that the content and quality of the work is judged more than how it looks

Attendance was better than expecte d with about 30 to 40 students there. Similar to Future Teacher meetings at Lincoln High, students at the conference were able to share their ideas about what they had in mind for the future. There were several speakers present. These speakers included Nancy Biggs, Assistant Superintendent for Hu man Resources, Thomas Christie, Multicultural School/Community Administrator, and our very own Chris Maly, Oral Communication, Drama, and Photo:f ournalism teacher at Lincoln High and this year's LHS Future Teachers club sponsor. There was also a panel consisting of students from the Teacher's college at Doane College. They talked about what it's like to be in college and why they chose an education major. The day concluded with a hearty lunch of foods t·rom various countries, including Mexico and Thailand.

''Our ambition is to have st1tdents linked up with a mentor somewhere in the district,'' said Maly. LPS wants the Future Teachers students

throughout LPS, preferably someone of that student's ethnicity. By doing this, LPS hopes that it'll spark more interest of teaching as a possible career goal. A nother goal of Future Teachers is to do a day or two retreat on a college campus where students can become familiar to a college setting and to see themselves as college bound. The main goal is to have students go to college. ''Students should go into college knowing what they like but also being open minded about what else they can do," said Maly. The average person changes their major 3 to 4 times and it's important that they explore all potential careers before making a final decision.

''I don't care if students go to college and decide they want to be in another profession because when they become parents they're know about this side of society." Maly said, ''They'll know what the achievement gap is and hopefully it won't be as bad as it is now. My ultimate is to get smart, bright people into classrooms and to have to get together with someone · it in a diverse way.''

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person of another ethnicity would be lifted from the atmosphere, and you may be able to build a good relationship, whether friends or partners, ,vith the phrase "Pleased to 1neet you!" as a start

Arabic - (ta§a:rra,fn;a.} " * '..J ;!

Bosnian - Drago mi je. (drrah-go mee yeh)

Bu l garia11-PaL(BaM ce b:a ce 3arro3HaeM (Radvam se da se zapoznaem)

Chinese - lltfR~cOORH1mM.Ii'ri[lltT&i@.i*RHfiFW.00) (w 6 h e n g a OXI ng g e n n i jianmian)

French- Enchante. (Auhn-chaun- TEE)

German - Sehr erfreut. (Zehr uh-FRO-it)

Greek - X6:p rj K 0: 'f LO: TF) )'v' l)j p L~JLa ('.K:h,anikagia ti gr1orimf.a)

Hungarian - Orvendek. (Uhrr-ven-deck)

Indonesian - Senang be rte mu and a. (SN UNG burr-tuh-moo UN-duh)

Italian- Piacere di conoscerla. (pyah-CHAY-ray dee koh-noh-SHAYRlah)

Japanese- {B<lt)iL T (hah-JEE-meh-MAH-shee-tteh)

Korean - '2__1-LfA1\:.]-~-;'.;;-LI cf (Man-nah-suh baun-gaup-seum-nee-dah) PortugLiese - Muito prazer em conhece-lo. (MOOY-to prah-ZEHR eng koh-nye-SEH-lo)

Russian - 0 LJ.e H h rr p .11R TH o (UH-chen pree-AUT-nuh)

Spanish - Mucho gusto. (MOO-cho GOO - stoh)

Thai - D"'~ ~~1;~~fl (·yit1'"(tliltl1ii dai ruuijak)

Vietnamese - H,at1h~t1t1:g~p Ot1g[hun hahn

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By Neil Elryer

Chronic(esof 'Narnia:The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardro6e

Now that the newest interpretation of The Lion the Witch and th e Wardrobe has been released from Buena Vista Pictures, the world is just going even mote gaga than they were already for the fanta•sy craze overpowering our generation.

The Chronicles ' themselves, writ- · ten by C.S. Lewis have beei1 adapted several times into r adio, television, stage productions, and movies all over the world- the most famous before now being the television miniseries made by t he British Broadcastin g Company [BBC] in 1988. The newest adaptation was rated the overall third highestgrossing Disney film in company history- the current U.S. total bei ng $291,478,751 and a whopping $729,578,741 total worldwide.

The story follows the Pevensie family- Peter [William Moseley], Lucy [Georgie Henley], Edmund [Skandar Keynes], and Susan [Anna Popplewell], who are staying in a mansion with Professor Kirke [Jim Broadbent]

after World War II invades their home in Britain through a magical wardrobe leading to a land called Narnia. There are encounters with many creatures like Mr. Tumnus the fawn, and Father Christmas. Narnia as a whole is overtaken by the evil White Witch [Tilda Swinton] who is trying at all costs to avoid the prophecy which says that the Pevensie daughters of Eve and Sons of Adam [Narnia talk

for boys and girls] will overthrow her power and take their place as the rightful rulers with the help of Aslan [voiced by Liam Neeson], a brave lion king, who had been

'By'Kris 'Fischer

• 'By '.fl(ey§oodter

It's Thursday, March 30 th

2006. I can't sleep. I've been anxiously awaiting this day for ' roughly four years now. Kingdom Hearts 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Kingdom Hearts, was released officially in the United States on Thursday, March 30 th only for the Playsta-

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Unfortunately, I don't have a car, and I couldn't go purchase the game myself, so I aske d a friend to pick it up for me. I was jealous of the world because they got to play this ,vonder of a video game before me. So, I officially started Kingdom Hearts 2 Friday, after school, and as of writing this I've spent about 38 hours on this game.

are invading different worlds, and "lock'' the worlds to return them to their normal state. Sora must also find his friends who were also thrown out of his home world.

Sora must continue to "lock" worlds and search for h'is friends in Kingdom Hearts 2, but he does it in style. Not only does Kingdom Hearts 2 reature upoateo grapn1cs ano

CGI (computer gen erated imagery) cut scenes, but also an overhauled battle engine. In Kingdom Hearts the battle system was fun and addictive, but it was a little simple. Kingdom Hearts 2 fixes this with new tricks called Reaction commands, Limits, and Drive Forms, which all help out Sora and the gang in various situations.

Limits are special attacks Sora can perform with his current teammates that cause more damage to enemies than a normal attack would. These attacks can drain Sora's strength so they should be used scarcely. Reaction commands are tricks Sora performs when the triangle button flashes on screen and you press the button quickly. These can help you perf@rm a special attack on your opponent, control a teammate, or dodge one of your opponent's attacks. If you do n 't hit a reaction command in time, though, you won't get any special affects and Sora may take damage.

showcases the story and is probably the best interpretation that I have seen. As a smaller child I used to enjoy wasting away an entire , afternoon watching the original mini-series on video from Blockbuster. The latest interpretation followed the book so well that I believe that the screenplay writer should be applauded. The movie all in itself makes you ,fall into the stories; they make you want to read the books. I must say without a doubt that I believe it was one of the best movies of 2005 and probably on DVD in 2006. While the movie at some points feels like it drags on forever by the end it is completely and utterly worth it. Don't expect Harry Potter; the entire plot, while containing many of the same creatures and magical undertones, is nothing like that. It is a world all of its own. The DVD itself released April 4 th is expected to gross high in sales, featuring a disc of extras such as blooper reels, a creating creatures featurette, and an Courtesyofwww.fotovlzion.com 'Explore Narnia' 3-D map. exploring the many worlds surrounding Narnia. As many giants, fawns, satyrs, .and sprites dance across the screen, you are captured within a world of make-believe that you could only dream about. The movie elegantly

I believe without a doubt that this was one of the most exciting movies of 2005 and an even more exciting DVD. If you believe otherwise I recommend not letting the religious

Mickey Mouse, Aladdin, Jack Skellington, Captain Jack Sparrow an d Mulan courtesy of Disl).ey. Square Enix's cameos feature characters from the Final Fantasy series, such as Cloud and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7, Seifer and Squall

feature quite a few cameos. Donald Duck and Goofy are both featured in the game, along with{ r Kingdom Hearts 2 is the sequel to the cult hit Kingdom Hearts. Kingdom Hearts was released in 2002, and it was created by a combination of the RPG giant, Square Enix, and Disney. The storyline revolved around a young man named Sora (,voiced by Haley Joel Osment) who ,vas thrown from his home world into a mysterious new one by an unknown force. This force granted him the power to use a legendary weapon called the Keyblade. Using this Keyblade, Sora must battle enemies alongs.ide Donald Duck and Goofy, called Heartless, who

Sora combines himself with his teammates. These are e xlarge amounts of enemies. For example, Sora can

Characters of Kingdom Hearts II.

conditioner was broken I had turned ten sha_desdarker w~thm shorter side. I heard the thumping decided to go to the pool to cool 8 hours. She said to me, with a of the shoes a while back, but hadn't off. I was at the pool from the time great amount of shock, "Troi oi, realized whom they belong to. I it opened to the time it clos1/d, so cond enqua. Dengiongi1;11uMien." could now tell who the owners of approximately 8 hours While at Roughly translated, this means, those shoes were. These women the pool, l accidentally overheard "Oh my god, Y0 <_1're,?ark_en~ug~to were going through the racks -laa very interesting conversation. I pass as <=;ambo_dian. I didn t think beled, "buy one get one free", "50% knew it ,vasn 't polite to eavesdrop, mu_chof it and JU~tgave ~er a shrug. off", and "Clearance." A lot of Viets but I couldn't help myself. Asian peopl~

STUDENTS,STAFFSHOWCASE SKILLS AT ANNUALTALENT SHOW

By NataliaLedford

definitely need the presence of real celebrities to be a huge success this year

Audiences of all ages enjoyed acts of all kinds at this year's end-of-the year talent show. Acts ranged everywhere from teachers becomi11g rock stars, to the Jazz Choir becoming Lynyrd Skynyrd, from Ashton Combs becoming Usher to the Triple A Dancers creating their own version of"You Got Served." Audiences laughed, cheered and applauded for every act that went up on stage at Lincoln High's annual end-of-the-year talent show. Joynite has been a Lincoln High tradition for 90 years and counting. Students of all grades and talents get up on stage for about 2 hours, 2 nights a year, and show the world ,vhat they've got. It is a fun event for all ages that has stood the test of time. According to a portion of audience members, some highlights of Joynite 2006 were the Tripe A Dancers, the MC prom skit and the duet "There Will Be Miracles" by Shannon Harris and Whitney Pearce. "I think one of my favorite acts were the Triple A Dancers," said junior Kate Eno "because I don't see that sort of thing very often, and break dancing (well, dancing in general) is a talent that is completely beyond me so that sort of thing is exciting to watch.'' It's not easy to get up on stage (Cont. pg. 5)

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Witco in Chicago, 2005. This show was recorded for the live CD "Kicking Television". You can hear Mrs. Maly's infamous whistle during the first 30 seconds of the CD and The White Sox won that day, too. The Pixies in , Lincoln, 1989. This was · held at the fair grounds · in the Ag. Hall. Bizarre place for a show but one I won't forget. Fugazi in Lin, coln, 1992. Probably the most emotional performance I have ever witnessed. Prince, in Omaha, 2004. Words would only dilute the calibur of his performance. Paul Simon and Bob Dylan in Milwaukee, 1999. Three hours of the greatest songs ever written next to Lake Michigan.

Mercy Rule in Grand Island, 1991. I was one of 20 people who witnesses a band defying gravity in a place that was neither grand nor an island made some th ing 1?~sy. ChrisMaly teaches his seventh period Popular Culture Studies.Maly has been a But for me, The P1x1es, t h t L'

Pavement/ Sideshow in Lincoln, · 1994. Two ,of the most influencial bands on one stage. h d thi eac er a 1ncon g 1or years.

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ave never one any ng , · lousy. From beginning to · end, it's been done really well. For that, they have earned the title of my favorite band. And they came about at a time ,vhen I was just getting iµto music and they were with me all the way through high school. It was really good music and it's still good today. What was the fitst band or musical artist that really got you into • ?music. I'm the MTV generation and so hearing music on the radio is o= Sunday, it was live band playing to a live crowd and that impressed upon me an appreciation for live music. And that's something that hasn't gone away. I can't sit and just watch videos What I love about music is the live experience and what it does, not only for the band but also for the audience. I thinkI was like 10 and seeing that really impressed something upon 01e Music is much more than just

Oh man, can I give you a list? Go for it. Sunny Day Real Estate in Lincoln, 2000. No one really knew it would be their last show but it was. My brother's old band "Blue 88" opened for them. R.E.M. in Lincoln, 1988. The first true concert I will admit to (Hall and Oates was really the first one ) Caruso was in the house, too

U2/Kanye West in Omaha. 2005 Miles 's first concert. not a bad start. Why do you think kids are

four seniors have worked on the Advocate for a year or more. The last of the four, J arnie Spence, just joined the staff recently this semester. Although Spence's experiences are limited, she has done a great deal for the staff. Her articles were well written and attracted a large number of readers. ''My favorite article and the one I had the most fun writing was the My Space ,stofy," Spence said Seniors on the Advocate staff included Marcus Hall, Adriane Dougherty, Jamie Spence, and Sherry Wang. These four individuals will graduate soon in the spring and will move on to bigger and brighter things. They'll have their whole lives before them. But before we give them the official farewell, let's get to know each one of them a little bit more. There have been times when quitting seemed to be the easiest choice , but we all stuck with it until the issue was done and sent to the printer n o matter how late past the deadline it was. Overall, the seniors considered their experiences with the Advocate to be good with an element of stress ''It has been a hectic experience. I like the rush, it keeps me busy, and that makes me feel like I'm actually doing something," said Wang. Dougherty added, "I had a lot of fun on staff. There were

Members of the staff have written several stories , that have been published in the paper. Out of all the ' stories that each one wrote, there were some that were more favorable than others. People get to decide what they want to write about, and if they 're rec1lly passionate about the topic, then they'll put more effort into writing it "The best story I wrote was the 'Rap music ' destroys American culture.' It was such a huge topic and ' it was probably the one that ! I worked hardest on I still amproud of that story. It was '. loud, it was in your face and it was just what I wanted," ' Hall said.

Dot1gherty liked most of her articles, but her favorite ,vas the Jenna Cooper article.

Dougherty wrote about her

St,lff Wrlter AftL1sr always days where itwa• t;,mg, but .1 1 r;, wnac 1 want to...do ,,,ith my life. So everything was beneficial to me in the end."

printer days a1Tc:; 1 ,t was supposed to. The seniors hope to see great things from the staff in the future.

a!!:e,.1,1 - - r would like it if there would be more time

doing in the next oQuple of years. Wang i,-n •, sure what her major will b,;; or where she'd like to attend col' lege, but she's definitely continuing in a higher ! education. Although his , plans have changed for •· his future, Hall is grateful for all he's learned while part of the Advocate and is i11tendingon pursuing a career in journalism. Hall also wants to be a High \ Sc hool English teacher, write the next great novel, and work with poetry. Dougherty has similar goals for her future. She, · like Hal I, is interested in working with the newspaper. She wants to major ··in mass communication.

Dougherty said her ultimate goal is to become an editor for a , big paper somewhere.

' As for Spence, she wants t to become a respiratory inspiration Jenna Cooper · an.d she w~nted to - make ,.i~ Clockwisef~n, Top Le";Sherry Wang (Enterainment e itor), Marcus Hall the best it could be, 80 she (Back Page Editor), Adriane Dougherty (Sports Editor), Jamie Spence (Bus1worked really hard to perfect nessmanager).

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Before the seniors say their goodbyes, they'd like to give the rest of the staff some advice. The one thing that all of them wanted the staff to do next year is to make deadlines. It seemed like every issue was late getting distributed since materials were sent to the

"I hope that they stay with the Advocate in the next year and that the staff continues to grow," Spence said. Hall added, "I want to see this Advocate staff win an award. We deserve it." The seniors also want to see some changes made to make the next years more man-

therapist and states that SCC will be the best place for her to achieve this goal

First impressions are the most important impressions. "When I first joined [the staff], I thought, 'These people, educated and intelligent, would most likely go on to make a positive impact in this world,'" said

ing a full schedule, it is hard to get a hold of some teachers [to do interviewsJ," Sherry said In the field of giving advice to future advocates, the seniors have plenty to say, but who's really interested in advice, right? What;s more interesting is what they '11be " Wang. Spence, however, thought differently. "I was a little intimidated by the staff and mostly the

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By .SherryWang

With only a few more days left of school, it might be helpful to read up on what this year's seniors have to say about experiences they had during their last year at Lincoln High School. To help with that, there was also a Diversity Senior Panel who sat in Room 302 on Tuesday,April 25, to offer some do's and don't's for the current juniors and sophomores

You have probably heard a lot of rumors about your junior and senior years that are to come. Some might be, "Yourjunior year is the hardest," or, "Your senior year will be easy. Don't worry." Well, they are called rumors for a reason. Here is some advice from current seniorswho were successful at LincolnHigh, and as a result, will continue their education at a higher institution of lear11ing.

If you ,va11tsomething short and sweet, senior Ly11daTran, who sat at the Diversity Senior Pa11el,has it for you. "One piece of advice that ,vas a motif duri11gour discussion was 'DON'T PROCRASTINATE ' Don't wait until the last minute on scholarships,collegeapplications,or even

By ..SherryWang

For the past few years, there · have not been major changes in the Lincoln High curriculum, but the 2006-2007 school year will undergo some major changes that will offer greater opportunities for the students ,vho will be attending Lincoln High. Many classes are being either added or altered. A lot more AP, or advanced placement, classes will be offered, which are classes that prepare students for the AP tests administered in May. If a student performs well · on it, they would be able to get college credit. People may be appalled at the price of the test, $82, but there are benefits, such as being _,:ible to get aneaa stan on college coursework.

Since senior~ of this year -.vereoffered with less AP classes, the remaining students ,vill certainly have the option to get better prepared for college by being able to take more college preparatory classes.

AP Social Studies,AP World History, and AP Macroeconomics will be offered. AP Psychology will be downgraded to Dif-

homework."

TIME MANAGEMENT: After all, time management is a valuable skill. Senior Melissa Test said, "Work hard to keep organized and set aside times to study." Tran added; "Remember to prioritizeyour responsibilities."

Lincoln High gives you those planners for a reason. Don't just take it on the first day of school so you can doodle in it during class or to only write down when your friends' birth dates are Include your school,vork in there, along with deadlines for major projects and scholarships. CLASSES: Tl1is is a rerun of what 111anypeople say, but take challenging classes. Tran said, "They do well in preparing for college." Now, homework is something you will encounter, "especiallyif you take challenging classes!" added Test. Tran said that even if you do come upon days where you don't have any homework, it's best if you review often to hone your studyinghabits

"You'll find.,it works a lot better than just cramming at the last minute " Plus, some of you ,vho have breezed thro11ghhigh school, NOPE' That is not goiligto happen

ferentiated Psychology. World Geography is undergoing a name change, and as a result, will be called Human Geography for the upcoming years.

History of Civil Rights Movement, Sports History, Lit-. erature of the Holocaust, and Landscape Design and Management are ne,v classes where the first students to ever take those classes in Lincoln High will be those remaining at LHS for the 2006-2007 school year. There are also t,vo new programs being added, alo11gside those such as the I11formational Tecl1nology Focus Program.

For business enthusiasts, the E11trepreneurshipFocus Program will start next year, which is located in the Southeast Communit7, College building. It's a program worKingin conjunction with the Lincoln business community, University of Nebraska, the Gallup Organization, and the Southeast Co1nmunity College. Visit the website eship.lps.org for more information.

Students who are thinking about going into the medical field will be able to take three classes, Intro to Health Occupation, Fundamentals of Health, and Medical Terminology to better

in college, so it is to your benefit to start practicing your studying skills. There are strict deadlines for homework,too, but duringyour senior year, more serious tasks have more strictcut-offdates, such as collegeand scholarshipapplications.

DEADLINES:When it came to deadlines, Test tried her best to meet the early deadline. "There are sometimes two deadlines. Send it in by the first deadline." Why, you n1ightask? It is because the admissio11sofficers for these scholarshipsor programs, for exainple, the Universityof Nebraska - Lincoln Honors Program, only chooses so many applicants out of who knows how many. Spots do fill up rapidly, and it is best if you are considered when there is no limit as to how many they can admit. This goes the same with colleges.

Some universitiesoffer Early Decision, which is where you committo a certaincollege earlier, and if yo11do get accepted to this first institutionof your choice, you basically cannot apply to other colleges. The pro is, if your heart is completely set on one college, being an Early Decision applicant

prepare them for what they will learn after high school.

Literature of the Holocaust will be a year-long class and will count towards students' English credit English Department Chair Judy Strand asked the English teachers about ho,v the addition of this class sounded, and they supported the idea.

The reason behi11dproposing this class was that Strand observed the same course taught high schools for approximately four or five years, and she "believed it was time for Lincoln High School to also offer it."

Strand, seeing what has happened and is happening internationally, saw that "inhumanity towards one another is still rampant among ,vhat is supposedly the higher orde.r specie s "

Speaking upon personal experiences, she said, "Tremember my grandparents and parents believing that what occurred in ,vorld War II would never happen again, yet it has and does."

Therefore, she hopes this class would send a message to students saying, "If we don't know our mistakes from the past, we're doomed to repeat them; an old clique that is so true." Ms. Doerr will be teaching this

can give you a better chance of being admitted, and you won't have to worry about college applicationswhen the trio monthshit - December, January,or Feb1uary, which is when most college applications are due. If a particular school is your top choice, and you would do ai1ythingto be able to go tl1ere,by all rr1eans,go with Early Decision. I have learned my lesson for future reference, being a senior, myself.

A college admission officer said that it ,vas harder to get admitted under Regular Decision, as opposed to Early D~cision. I advise you to not wait until the January deadline like I did if you want a better chanceof gettinginto a college of your:choice; get ready to do the application soon after school starts. Prepare to gather ·necessary documents during the summer, so ·that when you start your application during either October or November, it would not be as hectic as it could be. On a last note for deadlines, if a college you are applying to has a deadline on the first of January, remember, the post office closes or provides services for a limited time period for several days, so if

course next year. Strand said, "We believe this is a valuable educational opportunity for students at Li11col11High."

The Landscape Design and Managernent course is a five credit class that was proposed at the distric1 level with the purpose of "meeting the needs of the community and the students at LPS," said Industrial Technology Department Chair Eric Knoll. "T believe it \Villbe developed in cooperation with the UNLAgriculture college. Students will be developing skills and interests in developing landscapes with the hope that they ,vill design and implement their design for the applied residential construction class house project."

Some differentiated classes will become Advanced Placement classes Social Studies Department Chair J.P. Caruso said it was because, "Throughout the entire social studies curriculum, there seems to be a movement away from differentiated classes towards A.P. classes another movement had been that they' re attempting to standardize the curriculum across the district."

With some schools offering dif ferentiated and some offering A.P., if a student were to move in the middle of the curriculum, and the school in your new district did not offer 011eor the other, then they would be

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you need to send n1aterialsin, 1nail them in early ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF CLASS: When it comes to jobs , it's either don't get one, or if you do, don't work too much Using that time to volunteer is better, since you do have to get 20 hours in for CitizenshipIssues to graduate high school, and another 20 if · you are thinking about being in the National Honor Society Tran said, "Volunteeringlooks better on yourres11mewhen it has been done consistently,rather than only during your senioryear. It is important to start early." Test added, "Make sure to get your CI hours done early." It sure is a pain if you only have a few weeksof schoolleft and have to cram in those CI hours at the last minute. If you're already done with your volunteer hours, go for extracurricular activities, ,vhich are "important, fun, and a good resume builder," Tran said. Test mentioned getting leadership positions, and as a result, she said, "You'll be able to learn a lot about yourself and valuable information for the future."

You could also be e11l1ancing your college or scholarship applications during the time that

in "entirely different places in the curriculum. In other words, "They're looking for some co11sistency across the district," said Caruso. Also, the reason why A.P. Psychology will no longer be offered, and instead Differentiated will be, is because the A.P. class is a year-long course. · However, not many students signed up for the second semester of A.P. Psychology. Caruso estimated that about 23 signed up for the first semester of Psychology, but only three out of them signed up for the second semester.

Also, Caruso said, "The College Board is starting to become more stringent in its requirements, and each school is undergoing an audit."

History of Sports is a t,voyear-old class, ,vhich was offered at Lincoln East and Northstar, said Caruso. He said that LHS decided to offer it for next year to "encourage students to take mo.rethan just what was required of social studies." Why next year? It all had to do with the students. Enough students committed themselves to take that class. The same went for the Civil Rights Movement class, which is brand new in the district. There are also the changes in the number of credits requited to graduate. Everyone will be required, starting from the 20072008 school year, to take a full year of U.S. History. Caruso is "thrilled" about it. He said that most students who will co11tinue

• 2006

you would be working,or go with Tran's advice: During your senior year, you should at least take five classes, and a free period wouldn't hurt for scholarshipsor homework time."

FINAL WORDS: Test said, "Alwavs work hard and never let your work ethic and grades dwindle." Follo,ving that, Tran said, "Start early and research different job careers; keep an open mind to different options " If you don't have a major in mind, yet, don t fret. You are not required to declare a major until the end of your freshmen year, in most cases, if not all. Personally,I was not 100% sure of my major until I was a few weeksin my senioryear. Tran said, "USETHE COUNSELING CENTER."

We ,vouldall like to say, good luck with the remainder of your high school life, and sho,v that you have the potentialto succeed. On a final note, seniorEyob Meles would like to say,"Take advai1tage · of what opportu11itiesarepresented to you U11derstandwhat

their education at a university would take a full year of U.S History, anyways. Students who were planning on going to a 2-year school didn't take the class.

He said that if it's good enough for so meone going to a four-year institution, it's definitely good enough for a student that will be completing a two" year program.

"The reality is, history, if it's taught well, can benefit any student. History is about \Vhowe are as people. It's not just about facts and figures; it's a story that's important for everyone to hear."

Also, the International Baccalaureate (IB) League is a worldwide program that offers rigorous preparation for college, which will most likely take into ' effect 1n the year 2007-2008, giving the incoming and current freshmen of 2006-2007 the opportunity to take part in this prestigious program. It takes two years to cornplete, requiring students to study in both the humanities and sciences subjects. If you complete the requirements of the IB program, you receive an IB diploma, which is highly acknowledged by higher institutions of learning.

It certainly puts the seniors of this year at a disadvantage, because they could have taken advantage of those classes being offered next year if they were offered to the leaving seniors. .ieal{ l.SE'f1 sa,.;:iuno) i>c U/ pa1pn:i.s s:i.uspn.}.5 s,~ I

By AdrianeDougherty

The Varsity Boys Soccer team finished their season on May 4 th The game was the district opener against Lincoln Southeast. The Links played the Knights in regular season, losing 4-0. This time around, thing weren't much different,

major contributor to the defense, and along with Juarez, the senior Goalkeeper, Lenz kept the team out of a lot of double-digit losses. Lenz, who was also a captain this year, said, "throughout the season, I've just kind of learned to focus more on performance, than the outcome of the game, or even the ' score." Winning only one game the whole season had a lot to do with the num- rt: ber of guys showing up to practice. Lenz said, "attendance and grades took a toll on our games most of the season. A lot of times we would only have six or seven guys at practice, and you · can't perform unless you practice. I think that hurt us in ames." win, and Asthey p

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Prep took home the district title, midway through the second half. on the same page come game time. eliminating the Knights from a The Tigers co11ldnot come back, Without practice, you cannot comState berth. giving the Links their first and only pete, and when you're taking on The Links took home their win of the season. teams that are well above the 500 first win on an out-of-town game The Links said good-bye mark, there is no excuse. against the Fremont Tigers. Head to seniors Munir Musa, Robbie Lenz will return to next year's Coach Tom Kolbe said that the Juarez, David Villalobos, Nelson squad as a senior, and who knows Gonzalez-Garcia, and Joseph at the what the incoming freshman class

guys had been pushing for something good this whole year, and they finally got it. "Our go ahead goal wasn't pretty, but we got it, and I'll take it." Junior Jeremy

team's Pot Luck dinner recogniz- will add - we can hope for maybe ing the student athletes. Retumi11g a few mor« guys at practic«, &n..cl a to next year's squad is Lenz,

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By AdrianeDougherty

It was a 'just barely average' season for all spring sports. Of all the sports out this spring, Track and Field definitely made the biggest impact on the GPA.

Girls Soccer - The Varsity Girls Soccer team capped a perfect record this season. You can take a guess on what side the zero fell on. Head Coach Russ Inbody said he expected a "major improvement" from last season's 3-12 record. He didn't exactly get that. What he got instead was two very small teams, as opposed to last year's one team, and also a number of freshmen players who played their hearts out in every Junior Varsity and Varsity match. The team had to say good-bye to a hvge contributor to the Varsity team for the last three years. Senior Meggie Wells had a stand out seas on, finishing with six goals, and two assists. She was one goal shy of her record last season. Wells, also a captain, played in the offensive mid-field for the majority of the year. The team also dealt with a handful of injuries that left some icing at ' half-time. But that didn't stop any of the girls from starting and finishing the second half. However, senior Hannah Ledford encountered an injury in the Grand Island game that left her to watch the last three games of her High School career from the sideline. Ledford went up for a header and came down hard on her wrist and fractured it in three places. "I didn't know it was broken right away, so it didn't really hit me until the cast was actually on that I might be done," said Ledford. "It was hard watching my last high school games from the bench. I never thought I wouldn't be able to finish, so it was definitely hard."

Aside from the lack of wins, goals, and girls this season, one common thing all the girls will miss is each other, Ledford said, "I really got to know my teaillffiates because we had such a small team. We were so close." Next season the team will be without their scoring leader for the last three seasons, Wells. Also graduating this year are: Adriane Dougherty, Kristen Rasmussen,

Kasey Farwell, and Ledford. Next season's freshmen class looks to add a few numbers, but we've all heard that before.

· Grade: D Boys Soccer - The guys team finished out regular season 1-14, with their only win coming against the

one game we had a lot of success for only having one returning starter. At Lincoln High we get the opportunity to play and learn the game no matter what level or grade. Not many teams out there started three freshmen." One thing in particular that

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Fremont Tigers. The Links were led in scoring by Senior Dwight Joseph with four goals, and three assists. The team's struggle had a lot to do with the lack of persons showing up for practice. Junior Jeremy Lenz said that was the hardest part of the season. "If you don't practice, you can't compete. We're not the best team out there, and I've learned to compensate for that." One thing Lenz said he tried to adjust to this year was focusing on just playing, and not worrying about the score. "I tried to tum my focus into the performance aspect, and I know that helped me in the end."

Head Coach Tom Kolbe kept a head up the whole season no matter what happened. "I was so impressed with the heart and commitment these athletes have shown the whole season." No coach ,vants a record like the boys team had this season, but Kolbe said that, "for only winning

is unique about this team also, was that compared to most other schools, who teams are composed of players who have played club soccer together so they know each others style of play, Lincoln High brings in ' new varsity players to Lincoln High, and even to the U.S. "This is something that other teams inherit. We come together, meet each other as strangers and build a bond as a team quickly, and grow strong within a few weeks," said Kolbe. For every sport, there are ups and downs, and as Kolbe stated, it is how you decide to learn from your experience. "I felt this team made the commitment to keep learning all season." Kolbe expects the same attitudes next year, with a better record.

Grade: C

Track - The Track and Field team · had a successful season, full of setting team records and individual records.

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*Teonna Wimes - long jump (1st place)/300 low hurdles/4xl00 relay/4x400 relay.

*Team Relays - Mengistu Kuwa, Justin Gantz, Taylor Hammack, and Brian Christensen took home 1s t place medals for their , performance in the 4x800 relay.

*Wimes, Eva Johnson, Kayla Meskimen, Jaamie Sydney also qualified for state for their performance in the 4x400 relay.

*Andy Hawley, Paul Drake, Aaron Smith, and Lonni Temple -4x100 relay.

City Champs:

*Brandis Hurt - 1600 m Run

*Jaamie Sydney - 400 m Run

*Paul Drake, Andy Hawley, Arron Smith, Lanni Temple -4xl00 relay.

With all the success that took - - - -place for Districts, only a select few continued their streak at State. Luke Franssen placed 4th overall for his performance in the Pole Vault with 13'6". Older brother Nate placed 8th with 13'0".

Teonna Wimes also had success in her events, placing 6th in the Long Jump with 16'6". Wimes also placed 7th in her first heat of the 300 low hurdles. Rodney Droud, Head Coach for the girls, said he was very proud of the girls. "It is amazing when you see these girls out there sacrificing their individual wants for the good of the team, and that goes for everyone."

Congratulations to everyone for their performances in the State

Tourney,

Grade: B

.Girls Tennis - Tennis has had a fairly consistent season, but started out a little slow. Head Coach Jim Jensen said despite the slow start, "we pulled out an early win against Northeast 5-4." Junior Erica Anderson, who is also a captain this season is one of six returners from last year's squad. Anderson said, "we had a strong team this year with all of our returners."

Others players returning from last year's squad are senior Rachel Clifton, junior Mai Do, senior Brittany Hergott, senior Phuong Tran, and junior Vanessa Ventry.

New to the Varsity team this year were junior Hannah Dovel, junior Jenna Keller, sophomore Heidi Panietz, and junior Regina Yoon. Anderson stated that all the girls "really stepped up, and were very driven to be successful." Ju11ior Jenna Keller, who competed in state, said, "We were able to triple our score from last year!" They made improvements, but still need some work.

Grade: C Boys Golf - Districts were May 15th for Golf. Eric Carlson, a junior, said, "the season has been a lot of fun. The guys have worked real hard in making their goals a reality." The main goal for the team was to qualify for state. The team didn't qualify for State, but

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With the promise of the "go anywhere and do anythii1g," of the Grand Theft Autos, and the enormous let downs of the disappointing PSP, I long for a simpler time when I could honestly waste an entire weekend in front of the television and never have the smile flee my face. So I reached into my closet and blew the dust off of my N64 and prayed it would work. To my amazement that familiar red light glowed with a welcom1ng gaze, bringing me back to the sim -

however the team has many young and talented members. "I am expecting good results I\ext year." White said. Among the seniors leaving this year are Brian Christensen, Paul

' did that first day out of the box.

The graphics in the game, for it's time and even today are very impressive. Worlds are vibrant and full of life. All of the worlds, from the monstrous ship in "Rusty Bucket Bay" to the spiraling lily leaves and poisonous frogs in "Bubblegloop Swamp," contain glorious displays of color and imagination. Each world has it's own feel and personality. The textures are free of jaggles and lines, although polygons are still very visible, especially in the renders have around." Droud said, "I'm very happy with this season and very excited to see what next season has in store for us," he added. 6 ,~" ing as the last. Collecting Jiggies, notes and Jingos never gets old And just when you think that it's all over and you are about to confront Grundilla, the game throws

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f or State, which took place ~n my game and strategy." Coach Jensen said, "They need better May 18 and May 19 a~ Tranquil- Jensen said, "Most girls saw at tactical decisions an d increased i ty Park. The top six players the state meet what it takes to intensity. They also need more who playe~ ~ere j~nior _Er~ca be a winning player and what consistent ground stro~es and A nderson, Junior Mai Do, JUn~o: our practices are directed to- the complete game to include , J enna Keller, sophomore He1d1 wards." better net play." Paneitz, senior Phuong Tran, Keller said, "My partner, Heidi They won't be able to find a reand junior Vane,ssa Ve1'.try. They Panejtz, and I played well through- placement for those valuable semade great strides this year at out this season, but at state, I felt nior players that gave to the squad t he State_ Tournament Va:,s1ty like we didn't play to our full "leadership, friendship, the desire C oa~h Jim Jens en said, We potential." They were eliminated togooutont?p,andgoodeffortat obtained more points (compared in the first round against East. She practice, which rubbed off on the to last year) and had at least added "I was able to see how rest of the squad," as Coach Jenseven teams below us in the hard I ~ed to work this summer to sen put it, but there will be some final scoring. We • laced in ,a , > · \ • ,,......,new, fresh faces jointie with Northeast, :~,. ~ :% • lliflilliillf!Jl!J!i:' ,,,:~• ,i.c'l•t'.'ffjff"':;i/,{',,f'}N,i' ·· · ·· ing ·the team. Also,

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By GenniBachinski

Two words; phe-nominal. Going into Paul Weitz's American Dreamz, I didn't really know what to expect, other than a definite spin-off of hit TV show American Idol. Spelling "dreams" with a "z" made the movie sou11d a little stupid right off the bat, but I'm pleased to say that after the first ten minutes, I had already been proved wrong. The only flaw I can find with this film, however, is that the plot was a little confusing from the very beginning.

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definitely ··.stick to acting and hang up the : mic for a while. While Sally is prepar- ; ing for her big television debut, ···••Omer ( our friend from the It begins with a scene in the white house where re-elected President Stanton (Dennis Quaid) is celebrating his victory in the recent presidential electio11

-"•-:••t by spending the morning Ba , in bed with his wife, and

• ru11111ngby a freak mix-up, and ,."".qi;fUf'll.1,~fUI fir ." before you know it, they're all ,~.•

t11beingwhisked a,vay to Cali;fornia to compete to become 'America's next big popstar. •·And all the while you're

Quaid's cl1aracter resembled our own president, not only i11the looks deparment but also with the fact that hardly anything he says makes

any sense. This leads the vice president to have to feed him his lines all the time in front of the media, in order to make him not look like a complete idiot. The focus goes back and forth throughout the first half hour of the movie between the president rediscovering the world outside his window, and the host of the most popular television show in America, Americ an Idol spin-off American Dreamz, trying to find the most diverse cast of "dreamers" for his show as possible. In between all of this, the focus also zooms over to terrorist training camps overseas where a trainee by the name of Omer fails to complete his training and is sertt to live in the United States with distant cousins. Little does Omer know, at the time, that he's right in the middle of a conspiracy to blow the president to shreds and wreck havok on American soil.

While you ,vatch his story unfold as well as President Stanton's, you're left wondering, "Okay, so what does this have to do with that American Dreamz show?", but it isn't until way later in the movie that you find out how it all ties in together.

One contestant chosen to compete on the TV show happens to be a young girl from Ohio by the

_ merican Dreamz's snooty and holier-than-thou

Grant). By the time the final round of the competition rolls around, their relationship becomes a little more than professional, which sends Sally's boyfriend (Chris Klein), whom she only kept around for publicity, into a vat of depression that will, in the end, cause some major chaos on the set of the TV show.

But nevermind that; this is where the preside11tco1nes in. Tl1e terrorist orga11izatio11that sent Omer back to the states learns of his success on the show and immediately deviates a plan to take out the president by strapping Omer to a bomb and then detinating it when President Stanton guest hosts on the show's season finale, which Omer reluctantly agrees to A love triangle being publically revealed followed by chaos in all directions and an unexpected twist are what notes this · movie ends on, and let's just say it's not a very sweet note at all. I give the movie an A+, though, just because it kept me laughing, even if the plot was confusing, and at times, pointless. The acting was fantastic and the all-around message is there; let's just hope that we don't really end up living in a world where more people vote for the next big

LHS Theater GiYes eatEinal OW -

By GenniBachinski

the most

scht)ol in all of Lincoln, if not in all of Nebraska. And what better way to celebrate this than to put on a multi-cultural play that covers all of the cultures that thrive in our halls everyday? Rowing to America, the last play of this school year, was performed May 5, 6, and 7 to full houses and standing ovations. The play, directed by theatre teacher Patsy Koch-Johns, not only contained a wide multi.tt.1de of student s from every culture, but was also co-written by some of

a well-known fact that the students we have the students that performed in the play itself. ''Mrs. Strand's advanced differentiated

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set foot in the school since they removed the old lights. ''I ki1ow they try to do eql!itably in every school so every school has similar equipment so, I've never been in a situation Lincoln High had a pi:oblem

American Lit class wrote heritage papers and they shared them with us, The students in the ensemble took the heritage stories arid pulled them apart and made them into dramatic monologues," said Koch-Johns. ''I thotight with some collaboration, a play like tl1is, that would grow out of the stories of the students that are here, wo1ild really mean something to the audience and more importantly, maybe to the kids who are in the play who mjght not ever see themselves on stage at any other time." The play featured students either telling their own heritage stories or those of their family members, as well as following a prewritte11 script. Either way, a very important statement was made; ''We are all immigrants," said Koch-Johi1s. Rowing to America dealt with everyone from a Japanese immigrant who had trouble learning American slang (Maya Naff, 11), slaves brought over to America from Africa, an English woman (Lindsey Hand, 12) whose husband left her and her children to go to America, only to cheat on her and start a new family, to a Canadian brought to Nebraska by his mother who married her online boyfriend. Arabs, Hispanics, Africans, Europeans, Asians, Native Americans; every culture was covered and everyone at Lincoln

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here at Lincoln High are outstanding actors, seeing as the LHS theatre department took state this year for the third year in a ro\v for the one-act play, Goodbye Marianne. This play definitely was a showcase of how talented our students are. From the seasoned veterans of LHS theatre to

Members of the cast of Rowing to America recite the Pledge of Allegence as the opeing act of the LHSRowing To America, in which several students wrote monolou ges in addition to the monolouge which were writen specifically

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