DO <WARNING .'TAKESDANCE DOWNSTAIRS;DOESN 1T DAMPENSPIRITS
By Michaela-Stutheit
Many people felt that the Rain continued to spill down experience in the basement was from the dark grey clouds all day nerve-racki11g and scary. SeniorFriday, Sept. 15u,_But the gloomy Michael Roberts said, "It was weatherdidn'tgettbestudentbody really hot down there with all of down in the least. those people and kind of scary. Anticipation of the Homecom- There were spiders!" The students, i11gdance loomed over their heads. chaperones and spiders waited By eighth period, the weather had patiently in the dusty basement for lightened up a bit and everyone the all clear to return to the upper was ready to return to LHS that level of the building. evening to get the party started. After about 25 minutes,
As 8 p.m. rolled around, so did the students returned to
weather. The wind picked up, but floor. Most people tried
as if
it didn't appear to be a threat.
hapDespite high ,vinds and a little pened. rain, many people came to have a The DJ played
more fun-filled evening and congratulate songs before he announced, to the Homecoming court. everyone's dismay, that HorneFreshmen JoAnna Harris and coming was to e11d 15 minutes Tyler Gibson won Lord and Lady. early because a funnel cloud was Duchess and Duke went to sopho- spotted southwest of Lincoln, near mores Shannon Harris and John Cheney. Everyone was to leave the Kingston. premises.
Juniors Jacob Adams and Student Council sponsor Jim Er in Hilderbrad were Pri11ceand Perry COilllnentedlater, "People rePrincess, and se11iorsTim Moeller spondcd very rr1aturely to the situand Jenna Keller were King and atio11,but I felt bad for the students Queen for the night. because they didn't come [to the After being crowned, they dance] to sit in the basement." danced w j th the rest of their peers No tor11adotouched down in in South Gy1n until shortly after or near Lincoln, but around 8 p.m. I 10 p.m., when the party was inter- the tornado uprooted trees, ripped rupted by mother nature. apart a mobile home and tore the Administrators received word roof off Poor House Bar near from the district that there was Shelby, Rising City and David City a tornado warning for Lancaster in southeast Nebraska. County. Everyone was escorted Apart from high winds, no seri1nto the dusty, old basement. ous damage was done in Lincoln.
ember 15th, wflen a tornado warning occured in the Lincoln area. changed at the last minute, students didn't let that ruin their fun.
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By NataliaLedford
Last year, many Lincoln High students and staff became involved with a cause to end what was described to be one of the most dire huanitarian crises in the world; the civil war in Northern Uganda. Now it seems as though that dream may become a reality much sooner than was expected, due to developments that have occured in the region within the past two months. Peace talks between the LRA Rebels and the Ugandan government have reached their most successful point in history, aimed at ending the 20 year long running civil war. Not only did the LRA sign their first ceasefire ever, but a truce was also signed on August 6 th in agreement that the LRARebels would temporarily meet at fixed assembly points
in Southern Sudan while further peace agreements were being discussed. So far, roughly 1,600 rebels have arrived. Within the past two months since the ceasefire, there has been almost no violence colllnitted by the rebels. However, there are 110 promises that this will last due to controvery occuring over the peace agreement. In order to make an agreement, the Rebels demand amnesty and a waive of all international arrest warrants for all soldiers and officers, incl11ding LRA leader Jose ph Kony.
The government has agreed to grant Kony and his head officers amnesty in exchange for peace. However, the ICC (International Criminal Court) refuses as ofno,v to drop the warrants for their arrests. They are
wanted for 33 different accounts of crime. They include counts of crime against humanity (murder, sexual enslavement, inhumane acts inflicting serilJUS bodily injury and suffering, etc.) and counts of war crime ( cruel treat1nent of civilians, inte11tio11ally lat1nching an attack on innocent civilians, inducing rape, forced enlisti11g of children, etc.)
The dilemma is this; T he ICC said the only way they would consider waving the warrants was if a comprehensive peace agreement was made first, but, Kony refuses to come out of the bush and reach a peace agreement until he is certain that the warrants have been dropped.
Peace talks · will enter a crucial stage soon. The main obstacles to be figured out will be power shari11g and tl1e cessation
of hostilities agreement.
Though the situation of arrest warrants is currently under consideration, the government has made it very clear that there will be no sharing of power with the LRA. President Yoweri Museveni has said that the LRA is in no possition to set standards. On a radio talk show he said "If the peace talks fail, we shall hunt the rebels down and kill them."
Many people are optimistic about the comming results of the peace talks. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, visited northern Uganda near the beggining of the month. He said that both sides have come the closest to ending the 20 year war that they've ever been. "I think the conflict had reached a stage where there was
a mutual stalemate. Both sides want an historic agreement to end this. I think there are many things moving in the right direction and the most important is the cessation of hostilities agreement."
The government and the LRA will continue to negotiate throughout the coming weeks while the rest of the world holds its breath. Egeland said, "I am bringing up humanitarian issues to stop the killing as the numberone imperative. The number-two imperative is that we want to see women and children out [of rebel captivity]. Third is the need to resettle people and fourth is justice for all, including compensation."
As for the people of Northern Uganda, they seek peace over justice. From the innocent civilians who have had their lips, ears a11d
noses cut off by the LRA, to the children who have been forced to coIIllnute to the busparks every night to avoid rebel abduction, they actually wish to forgive Kony and ,velcome peace back into their lives. In the event that the peace talks do not succeed, ho,vever, the Ugandan government says they have a plan B. This will be "exterminating the LRA" Presdient Yoweri Museveni has promised. "The war will be over soon, one way or another." Should this end up being the case, U ga11da has asked the United States for support. They have not yet recieved a reply. To stay updated on the progression of the peace talks, go to www.bbc.com or www.allafrica. com.
Photo By Aurthur Mc Williams
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Lune room Fire
ByMichaela8ttrtheit
Imagine the following scenario as another typical lunch hour.
The final bell rings for class to be dismissed. Hundreds of students rush out into the hall to get to their lunch destination. A line begins to form outside of the cafeteria window.
The human chain continues to grow and curve to the shape of the walls. Suddenly, a fire breaks out in the kitchen! The students and supervisors do not notice.
Only one gate is open to enter and exit the cafeteria, the other two heavy metal gates are closed, but not locked, for the first seven minutes of lunch. For the first seven minutes, the only exit is blocked by a group of kids sitting at the
This was not an actual • event, but it could be.
During the lunch hour, the cafeteria, among many other places, is extremely busy and most often overcrowded. It becomes so packed in the cafeteria, which sometimes holds as many 300 people inside the enclosed area, that kids must go to the courtyard and the hallway to eat their lunch.
For the first five to seven minutes after lunch begins, ? of the 3 large, metal, shuttered doors are closed to organize traffic througl1 the lines. This leaves only one exit for hundreds of students 1n an emergency.
Phyllis Nalow, the assistant kitchen manager, said that it usually takes two people to lift the gate securely Most of the time there are only five supervisors.
• the cafeteria workers to see clearly in case of an emergency, but it is not posted in the cafeteria where the majority of the people can see it. Also posted in the kitchen are approved fire extinguishers with the date and time ofwhe11 they were approved by tl1e fire marshal. The fire marshal has not come yet this year, but he or someone from his department comes wheneve r needed, to investigate objects that aren't up to code.
The fire marshal has not come during lunch hou r either, and does not have visits scheduled. There has not been a practice fire drill during lunch before, but fire alarm malfunctions have occurre d during lunch in the past.
Associate Principal Arlyn Urmacl1er, said, ''We do the practices and the drills so we can
be prepared for those situations. W1 are genuinely concerned about the safety of the students and
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A meeting of th e a cc1est1al body to be International Astronomical classified as a planet, it Union (IAU) on AuguS t must meet the following 24, 2006 will change th e criteria: number of planets from 9 • it must orbit around to 8. The meeting was held the Sun in Prague, in the Czech • it must be large Republic and consisted of enough to have become 2,500 scientists. These round due to the force of 2,500 well-educated people its own gravity decided that Pluto should • it has to take over the not be classified as a planet. surroundi11gs around its Instead, it should be called orbit and clear it of other a dwarf planet due to its objects size and debris-infested These new guidelines orbit. Pluto is no,v a make it more difficult to secondary pla 11et and-i~ no add new planets to our longer pa1t of the classical Solar System. It also planets. Textbooks from presents some ambiguity on now on will show a Solar the question of''how round System consisting of only is round?'' 8 major planetary bodies Due to new telescope and around 44 sub-pla~ets technologies, astronomers or dwarf planets of which began to discern distant Pluto belongs to. objects as being larger than Pluto. Discovered in 1930 by an American named Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto will be demoted to the
Aseconaary category Tlie scientific community has been contesting the status of Pluto for many years. It's been argued that Pluto is too far away from the sun and its size is considerably minute when co1npared with the other ''traditional' ' planets. Research shows that Pluto is even smaller than some moons of the traditional planets in our Solar System.
Three years ago, 2003 UB3 l 3 was discovered. Its discovery downgraded Pluto even more. After careful measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope, 2003 UB3 l 3 measured 3,000 km in diameters, 640 km larger than Pluto. Pluto has received a lot of criticism of whether or not it is worthy of being classified as a planet. Hopefully the decision of the IAU wil l put an end to all of it. '<_.,
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ry o find a place to sit during Lunch 1nthe cafete:ria. Only one of three exits is open for hundreds of students 1duringthe
5-7 minutes of lunch when the room fills up.
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table in front of it. The If four of them are busy fire continues to spread. directing kids to safety using Supervisors notice the their fire escape procedure, growing flames and try to would the last supervisor be move the kids from the able to open the other two table. gates by himself/herself? Everyone is confused and no one knows what to do. The supervisors continue to remove students from the tables, but the fire has gotten too big. The cafeteria is engulfed by the flames.
''It could be a shambles if you don't have a walk through and some organization," said Sally Denkovich, the kitchen manager. The fire escape plan is posted in the kitchen for
£_ --l~ r"""o.~-d--are willing to be overly cautious [by having more drills]."
' BYEBYE PLUTO!
Michaela Stutheit
Gas prices change a lo_t.
Those who have recently paid attention to gas prices have probably noticed that they are goind down. In August the average price for a barrel of crude oil was seventy dollars. Now it is down to sixty-five doll~rs. And the national average price for a normal gallon of gas has decreased more than 40 cen~s since August. Of course we 1n the Midwest have the che~pest gas in the nation averaging some $2.44 a gallon. But many ask a familiar question, why? Why have gas prices gone
has caused gas prices to shoot down. The answer is that there have been many things that pulled gas prices down.
The primary reason why gas prices went up in the first place was because Katrina hit most of the oil refinery capability thus ~aus1ng
Another thng that may have ha_d h more of t,il on the gas drop is the~onditioi in the Middle Ea st · Not SL long a~o Iran announ~ed that they ,~,ou1dstop producing uranium weapc11sand the COEC members annou:.1.cedthat they
would concentrate on oil. The war in Iraq also is ca1ming down which is making oil more affordable.
The gas prices unf ortunately are not likely to st ay d0\\/11, IVl o c>t anal:,,ct, he:l ieve so, since there is going to be anoth~r hurricane season and the war i_s nowhere near over. They think it is going to go up. But whether it goes up or it ooes down in the future, many b • down? , it to spike up 1n New Orleans. But since that is almost non-existent any more there is _no doubting that the pr1ce of gasoline wou~d drop dramatically. This could in fact cause the price to drop or at least had some kind of eff'ect on
BY~ataliaLedford
Columbus Day. Many
c?n- been any outsiders. sidered Columbus a hero for taking In a dit1on to on a danger, the dt1ubts of ous voyage''In returnforthekindnessc o lumbus tr_uly db · th b ed being the first ~:st 11 •~dis~ thattheNatives s OW forei_g~1er \? set cover" this COlumbus andhis men, ~h~isN:: la11d we now l d, ' call home. theystoletherran en-tions 01nce he got H the there were anycl~:f;;;~file slaved them, raped them, thing b ?t ~e:oic. of Cbo~umbthuestortured them, brutally th~~gt:~~t;a~~~ as eing d killed W brave, just, murderedtheman reachecl the est · · l , Indies, and thus ~;~!:t~;n~ the better part of therr called the natives , ff 'tho (}he en :ountered ~dveiiturer,populations O WI 1:.tllf there ;Indians."
1s no longer d considered diseases.'' They i ¥elcome te by peail the E11ropeans accura 1 bein t histori- warm Y, g mos · rous ans. As more very igene , real facts about his life are being with their food and p o sse_ss~ons. -- bm;,anch:/Cmuet'?"uelMrres'\\Jt-~hallthey"pos~~~~ : il l egitimate holiday in the eyes of ,vould b e l ieve i t w i thc,m ha ying many individuals. seen it. Of anything t rYha ve, if A lot of the things ffiat ~e you ask them for it, they never say were taught about Colun1bus in no; rather they invite th l~person to grade school, have turned out to be share it, and show as nuch love abhorrently inaccurate, beginning as if they were giving tli eir hearts; with the idea iliat he was actually and whether ilie thing l::leof value the first person to discover the or of small price, at once they are Americas. Even if it is possible content with whatever )~ttle thing to "discover" an already inhabited of whatever kind may be given to land, there is an overwhelming iliem." amount of evidence that it was In return, Columbu is and his actually the Vikings who were the men stole their land, enslaved first to explore the North American them, raped them, tortured them, coast 500 years before Colt1n1bus. brutally murdered them 11ndkilled There is also evidence suggesting the better part of their populations that Africans could have visited off with European diseases. Colun1bus' supposed find even Onc e he had info1 med the
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If I started talking about a book whose main characters were a 12 year girl and a talking gorilla you'd J)_robably be thinking, '' Why ' s this girl reading kid books?'' Well, I have a ·· shocking discovery for you, but talking animals, aren't just for kids anymore.
My Ishmael (sequel to Ishmae[) by Daniel Quinn gives a favorite childbood idea a whole new mature adult flavor. In the book, 12 year old Julie responds to a simple ad in the newspaper stating, '' Teacher seeks pupil. Must have an earnest oesire to save the world. Apply in person.'' You may now be thinking, ''Where would a talking a2e come into this story?'' It turns out that when Julie goes to meet this secretive teacher, he turns out to be a highland gorilla named Ishmael seated behind a glass panel in an abandoned office, who can mysteriously communicate with her telepathically. This book may start out simple and innocently enough but as the saying goes, ''Don't judge a book by its cover," or in this case, the first 10 pages.
tered. It was an informative stateeasy. In addition to all of the phy s ical damage that Spain had caus~d the Native Americans (and this article has only scratched the surface), they did a fantastic job ,vith emotionally crippling the peopl_e as well. They ripped apart tl1e1r culture, forced them to convert to Christianity ( despite the fact that they are believed by some to be ilie worst examples of the Christian
ment about the authority of the church and the necessity to swear immediate allegiance to ilie Pope and Spanish crown. Part of it read "With the help of God, we shall powerfu1ly enter into your count'!' and s11all make war against you 111 all ways and manners that we can , ai1d shall subject you to the yoke and obedience of the Church and their highnesses. We shall take you and your wives and your children, and shall make slaves of them and as such shall sell and disp~se of them as Their Highnesses may command. And \Ve shall take your goods, and , shall do you all the mischi~; '' •• Yetmanypeoplestill and damage that we can • ' be If that wasn't ironic believeC.Olumbus to a enough , the mes.sage was ''Chr' h Codelivered in Spaillsh; _a lan- hero; 1stoper " '" ,"~ the natives did n?t 11,mb, ,0--no+ oul!,r chains and ca rried away as d N Id prison ers. Tho~ p~ , ,. , tho 001 ttl d 1 CW Of n ot move fast enough were butalsosetanexample beaten with large sticks. They were put on slave ships forusallbyshowing headed back to Spain, where many died on ilie way due whatmonumentalfeats to European diseases such canbea"""mplished as small pox and influenza , ~l1ile others _took their <?wn throughperserverance lives to avoid the horrible captivity. · andfaith." Native Americans had never been exposed to the viruses a nd bacteria that the Spaniards brought with them
-George If.W.Bush'' to their land, so their immune systems could not handle these new illnesses. When his fleet arrived faith in all history ) tore apart ilieir families and sent countless girls (ages 9-10) to Spanish officers as sex slaves.
..,.."""' o~J."- :f:a their mothers arms aITTIre tn do the dogs. ( Source article; The American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of ilie NewWorld by David E. Stannard.) T here have been only two federal holidays declared in honor to individual people. Martin Luther King Day, and Columbus Day.
planet (presuming there is Iif e on other planets) and ask them how they live so contently. With the help of Ishmael she '11learn that the ans\vers to all her questions were in her all along.
If you went up to anyone who had previously read the book (or was reading it at the moment for that matter) they would most likely have a difficult time summarizing it. The main idea of the book is the fact that we are undoubtedly destroying the planet earth. We act like we can do whatever we want and will suffer no repercussions. In the book, J u1ie goes to Ishmael to try and discover a way that the people of planet earth can achieve a less destructive living style. Ishmael tries to shoM' Julie, that it isn't everyone who is destroying the f)lanet, mainly just the people of 'her' culture. Now you may be thinking ,vhen Ishmael says culture he means race, well he doesn't. Ishmael defines Julie's culture by the fallowing two criteria: 1) we put our food under lock and key and 2) we separate ourselves from everything else (i.e. nature). B)' doing this, the people of Julie's culture feel that they can do M'hatever they please to the environment \V1thout it affecting them. However, we all know that it is affecting us and very greatly. We
see landfills overflowing and the polar ice caps melting and we have a general realization of knowledge that we need to fix this ongoing problem before it gets any more out of control. Sadly very few people (in the grand scheme ot·things) are taking action. It's like knowing all the right answers to a very important test and just deciding that even though it will gre<;1tly hurt your grade, you· re JUSt not goinR to take it because you don t feel like it. In My Ishmael, you are challenged to make a difference in the world, even if it is small. If everyone who reads it takes just a little bit away, then with the accumulation of everyone's actions we can mal<.ea big and drastic change.
The story of·a Fifty-Year Vi:c;ionQuest, A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife, Beyond Civilization, and Tales of Adam.
rt· you'd like to get in touch with the amazing writer behind this book you can send Daniel Quinn an email at !=lai1ielq11in11@ i;;brn.;1.t:;:J.,qr:g or write to him at P.O. Box 66627, Houston TX 77266-6627, or if you'd just like to read other books by Quinn he has also writte11:Ishmael, The Story oj B, My Ishmael, Providence: After coming to terms with the initial shock of realizing that an ape is communicating to her through \Vords, Julie convinces Ishmael that although she may be young, she is as ca1)able In this quirky thought-proof doing anything as well as voking novel, Julie takes someone \vith a few 1nore an intellectual journey to years experience. An · she find out how humans, who isn't wrong. If you thought seem to be devouring planet talking animals was g,ush- earth, can learn to live in a ing this teen/adult re a d to less destructive and producthe limit, a 12 year old M'ho tive way. In a dream, Julie probably has a bette1r IQ believes that no answers than most teens and a iults lie here on earth and that does the trick. we must travel to an alien
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Keller
Crocodile Hunter Dies; Sti11grayKills Last Real
ByNatali?i:.edford
Steve Irwin truly was the last real superhero on the plai1et. He had all the elements. He was famous, he fought for the good side, he had the strength of ten alligators thP. speed and ?.:curacy of 100 ve11omous snakes, the determination of " pride of lioness' and the fatherly love of a sea horse. The guy could even prance aroun<:\in short shorts like he was advertising NAIR, a11dstill be considered more of a man than Chuck Norris. He was a role model and a good influence. Unlike tuning into shows advocating drugs and
have been a total of 16 recorded stingray deaths in the history of the ,vorld, Irwin included. But you know what he would have said about it? He would have taken the blame. That's right. He said in 2000 that "I've got ht111though this particular stingray
1 Five Years er;
By Michaela-Stutheit
qf..J:h,,_ new -S'CIKJOT7' G O w eTe-rco ,rrn -,-1 d th:>t 1t was o nly the second day of their 1011g,veck ahead Even the president made the rounds of his habitual schedule.
From Florida to California to Michigan, almost everyone practiced their daily routines in the early hours of the morning. No one could have predicted that all of their lives were about to change, especially those 1iving on the east coast.
eye of many organizations. One in particular showed Richard Attenborough 's 1982 film, Gandhi, to commemorate those that were lost. It was shown in 35 cities, 17 states and the countries of Bombay, I11dia and Pisa, and Italy. By sho,ving this film across the country, or g a n iz er s of these·
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by.JacquieMartinez Softball Caught in a Pickle
Although
Our new softball players this year i nclude Maggie Davenport (12), Shelby Chubbeck (9), Court11ey H older (9), Katie Marti11 (9), Ja11eigh Castillo-Barraza
arsity Volleyball rallies against Westside/Omaha North .on September 12. ter players and a better team." Erin Poor (12). The varsity game on September 28 against Norfolk ended with the first game being 12-0 and the
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Mile long runs, unbearable
he at, and going until the point of exhaustion. Cross-country runners know the meaning of hard work. Pushing their bodies to the limit and beyond, these talented athletes practice everyday with ·the same goal on everyone's mind, " If I could just run a little faster "
This year the cross-country 'i team upped their ' ~ . ga1ne and bega11 summer practice s at 7:30 in the m orning, a half h our earlier than la st su1nmer. Although th e summer is us ually meant for s leeping in and relaxing this <ledteated group of students suffered th rough sleepy eyes and a barely there attitude Although last year's ou tcome of the v arsity boy's team (Paul Pape, M engistu Kuwa, Ju stin Gantz, Brian Christensen,
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made this year from ne,v strategies to longer, harder practices to help make our volleyball teams even better. We can't just expect a win we have to work for it, and the girls
or State
Mengistu Kuwa felt a little dif- seniors from last year's varsity ferently about his team's chances team at state. " The young team has With the absence of head coach potential but so far they're still go- Tony Black, Jon Dawson took lead ing to develop through it because this year for the runners. Dawson they are still new," he said." In the has helped coached the team for future it looks like we're going to the last 7 years and is now head have a strong tean1, but i1ot 110w. coachi11gfor the first time. Right now they're still developing "I think the girls have a pretty
are working extra hard. Junior Varsitv won their firstgame against Omaha North on Tuesday, September 12. With the first set won 26-24, the second ,ve came short 20-25, then we capitalized with a set of 15-8 Varsity wasn't as lucky that day. Our next varsity volleyball game will be Saturday October 7 at LHS starting at 9 am. Hole in One for Girls Golf
Last year the girls ended with a 500 stroke score, this year they've decided to take a different app r oach "T hi s year's team has improved a l ot since last year Since it's mostly all the same girls, ,ve know each other's weak points and we can focus on getting better. Mos t of the time we work well together, we just really need to focus on ' what we 're doing." Chelsea Hayes (10). At their first tournament on August 24 at the Lincoln East Tourney, Katie Miller ( 12), Kayla S a sse (12),
Gr egory Fento11, Thecross-countyrunnersnmlapsaroundtheftarold<Scotttrackasa \\'8fffi upduring a rainy Taylor Hammack, afternoonon September21. Photoby&lral1l:lartley K uok Alue, with alternate Benito Sanchez) going to st ate along side Amanda Costello an d Ashley Embry ( who represented the girls) was a good ending to the cross-country season, there is always the ,vill to do better. Girl s captain senior Brandis Hurt said, "The only difficulties th at we'll have to overcome is to get everyone to put in all the effort that we 11eeda11ddoing all th e workouts and jt1st bringing everyone together." Hurt recently finished first at the Kearney Invite on Friday September 8th with a time of 16:29. Hurt feels that the girl's team is stronger this year and her hopes are for them to go to state. "As for myself, I just want to get in the top 5 at state." She said.
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as runners. But it looks like we're going to have a really good team." Ku,va also had a first place finish at the Bryan Invite on September 23 with a time of 16:46.
Sopho1nore Erin Butcher ran cross-country for Lincoln High last year on junior varsity for half the season and on varsity for the rest of the season and is currently running junior varsity. Butcher said that one of her goals for this season was, "I just want to break my best time of 18:02." She also stated, "Varsity isn'treally that important to me, I just want to make mv ,-;me better." Butcher also h::isnopes for the entire varsitJ' 5 trls team to go to state tlua year. She replied that the 6 rrl's team should do fairly well this year but was worried about the boy's team with the loss of many
good chance at making it to state," Dawson said "They have a lot of experience, they are working really hard and they raced really well last weekend at Kearney and finished seco11d." The team has a tough district but Dawson believes that they have a pretty good chance "Guys are more of a long shot at state, we just don't have the depth we had last year." He added. Like everyone else, Dau•so11'shopes for this seasoP are just for both teams to IJl-""'-e it to state. rr you'd like to come out and support your friends and athletes who run cross-country make sure you go to the district meet on October 13 at Pioneers park (time to be announced).
Jacob Adams
rallies against Southeast at Woods Tennis Center on September 13. by~taiDo
The Boys Tennis team started their season on August 7 this year. A number of students attended tryouts and all made either the Junior Varsity or Varsity team. There are 14 players total. They are senior Eric Car l son, Tyler Mannix, a1,d Devin McCauley, junior J ac o b Adams, Craig Doering, Colin Dragon, Joe Gunther, and Nathaniel Long1nan, sophomores Taylor Bailey, Jeff Brokaw, Michael Hart, Jim Lodes, and Alex Ogden. LHS has only one freshman on the Boys Tennis team this year His name is Zion Schell. The minimum number of players on a team is 6 and _ since there are only 14 players total, a Reserve team could not be formed. The boys have been working hard at improving their game ever since Aug. 7. The Boys tennis seaso11 kicked off with an exciting win against NorthStar on Aug. 30 at Woods Tennis Center. The final score was 6-3. Prior to the NorthStar me et, the Varsity boys competed in the
Photo by Ashley Schenkel
LHS/LNE invite on Aug. 26. They placed 9 out of 12 teams. The next meet for the varsity team was on Sept. 1 in Fremont. It was a disappointing loss with a final score of 1 - 8. The score was also 1-8 when they played against Hastings on Septeinber 7. After two consecutive loses, our boys came back strong in the Millard West Invite. The LHS Boys tennis had 7 total ,vins at the Millard West invite, ''which was a good result," said head coach Steve Ward. Tennis requires endurance, but having the right mind set when on the court is the most important :factor of the game. Flayers cannot expect to win when thinking negatively while playing. It's all about attitude. Although the toughest opponent is yourself, similar to other sports, tbto team that is most difficult to beat is Lincoln Southwest. ''They seem tu be very strong," W:i.cd said. One of seve1·.:iI meets that Ward looked forward to playing in was · held on Sept. 19 against Northeast Usually, LHS and LNE have about the same skill level so it was interesting to see who would come out as victor. It was a disappointing loss for Lincoln High with a final score of 2-8. The end result was not what they had expected. The LHS Boys Ten11is record was 1-3 as of Sept. 19. They have been ''working hard at improving and competing well," said Ward The tennis conference ,vas held on Sept. 30 in Fremont. The State Tennis tourname11t will be 011 Oct 12-13 Possible State candidates include Devin McCauley, Eric Carlson, Colin Dragon, Michael Hart, Craig ,Doering, Jacob Adams, and Tyler Mannix. For the remainder 0£ the season, their goal is to ''compete as hard as we can everyday and continue to improve, while conducting ourselves in a positive manner both on and off the court," said David Dysoi1, JV coach.
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ByNatashaCOpeland
Did you know that ancient Egyptiansusetto wear rating fun _along ':"ith an educational message. ScarabBeetlesfor good luck? NO? Well,thenthis and The stations consistof Predatorand Prey,I'm a Scienotherfun facts werelearnedat the TenthAnnualJug Bash tiS!,Arthropo?Zoo,ThingsAreNot WhatThey Seem,Insect that took place \Vednesday,September13, 200ithrough ~ommunication,and What 1san Insect?Predator and Prey Saturday,Septen1ber16,2006at tl1eLincolnChilcen'sZoo. ins~nictsthe fourth graderson how a predator'smorphology
It was hostedby the Universityof Nebrask;Lincoln's differsfrom that of the prey's morphology. Tointroducefun Departmentof Entomologyand the Lincoln ~hildren's into PredatorandPreythe fourthgradersplay a gameinvolv~oo. Bug Bash began in 1996 as a way to re ond posi- ing candy to demo?strate _the_differencesin morphology. tivelyto all of the requests[111 · · i/7j\f'if:k½; ";\'''. {HfIm a Scientistallo\vsthe fo~rth~raders for the Departmentof E~- ll\ltY , ;Ft ,to learn about different scientists,_as tomology to -attend the - ' ' ScienceFocus Program studentsact like schoolsas a guestspeaker · amous scientists, \vhile teaching them The Science Focus ho\v to do fun experiments with insects Program "Zoo School" Arthropod Zoo enables the fourth was i~ its beginningyear: graders to handle different arthropods, when its partnershipwit k\ wl11lestill learning facts about different the Department of En- '\,,., arthropods.Things Are Not What They tomology began. Zoof@c':( 1l i
S~emallows studentsto learn about the School was looking for alli l/ ; , ?ifferent morphologica l f acades that the program to actively par-;li!;ti:\'; · 11!se_ctworld possess by playing games ticipatein as a way to edu-Ml;i1t1itThJ -similarto that old gameWhere's Waldo. cate their students,andthe• 1lT}ii1 \ Students are ab~eto l~arn a?out insect DepartmentofEntomolo-f(+Ji.JI!:+,· aths by exper1ment1ngwith termite gy was lookingfor a goo Jll;>>•• aths. Interaction through sound and place to host Bug Bas • smell are al~o exhibitedin memoryand as well as some volun- scentgames1nthe InsectCommunication teers, thus began a mutu- station.The fo11rthgradersare ableto gain allybeneficialpartnership : · owled~eof the mo~hologyof aninsect The Science Focus Y bu1ld1nganatom1cally correct insect Program helps the De- out of styrofoamballs and pipe cleaners. p~rtmentof Entomology In the past various other popular staw1th Bug Bash and i t1ons were in~orporatedin Bug Bash, return tl!ey get access to• but enable to 1ncl1idethe new stations the Eas_tCampus at UNL i\ studertattheTenthannualBugBashdressesup soi11eof the _oldones ~ad to go. Bees and ass1s'.ancein teaching forthefestivities. - this stationinvolveddifferentmethods courseslike Entomology. use_dto educate studentsaboutbees conThcpurp~seofBug Bashis to teac) fourthgradersabouttbe tribut1onto modern life - and Dr. Bug-:-a station used to world of insects, \vhilemakingtlem think like scientists. teach fo°:1'1hgradersabout insectborne diseases-had to be Fourth graders provide tht perfect target audience parted with, both of which were popular stationslast year. ~or B~g Bash due to the fact learning about insects is Bug Bash not 011lyeducates the fourth gradin therr c_urr1culum,plus the fact that they are still inter- ers, but also educates the public and Sc1en_ceFocus ested 1n insects. Both the st2rf and some of the Science Prog!am students on. entomology related issues. It Focus Program studentshope that Bug Bash invigorates prov~,des great ~xperiences for everyone i11v_olved. the fourth graders passion for insects and science. I Just love 1t. You get to Just be with the kids and '"Hopeful!~we can getjust one of thesekids to be en- the experts and_youh~ve lots ~f fun. The k!ds aren't ~he thus1ast1caboutinsectsandgrowup to becomefamousen- only ones learning we re learni1igtoo, not JUStabout intomolog1sts,whocoulddiscoverthe curefor cancerbecause sects but also a lo'. of deeper les~onsabout life and how all alongit wasin somebeetle."expressesLincolnHighand you should ~ea! with t~ings. I th1~kwe could learn a lot Sc1e11c~Fo.cl!sPrograin.Student~itchell Robertson( 12). ~;om t?ese little bugs states Mitchell Robertson ( 12). S!aff from t~e Department of Entomology and the I doa t think that anyoneb@foreng\v,unlessthey-cameto a Lincoln's Children Zoo, along with the ~taff and stu- BugBashreallyk_nowsaboutbugs t~ r~allyget downand de11tsof the Lincoln Public Schools' Scie,1ce Focus learn about them1snot done by chemaJor1tyof the people." Program "'.?oo School" provide activities and games to (SusanMusic,SFPstaff)thatis w~yevery~earthe Ent?molhelp th~ child~enlearn about insects. Bug Bash is made ogy Departmentat UNL fundsthis educationalexperience. up o_fsix stations that each has a fun way of teaching They donate t1u1e,_staff and about se~en thouthe fourth graders different aspects of the insect world. sand dollars to m_akethis a huge success. Without the Dr MarionEllisinformedus that whentheycreatethe wonderful donat1o~s from the Entomology Departstationsthey try to includetwothings,"Eachstationhastwo ment and other bu~1ness~~-the "py~amid of teaching tl!1ngs.It has an ele1nentof fun andthen thereis a message." and learning about_insects (Dr Marion Ellis) that Bug The stations truly do a good job of incorpo- Bash opens up to fourth graders would not be possible.
by NataliaLedford
by..swaltlfro'tley
With the pressure of a winning tradition of the One Act at state, this year Lincoln High has decided to take a new directionon things. This year's, production "The Birds" is the first comedy we have done in a long while.
aiioTreally like to challenge myself as well as the kids," Koch-Johns said.,With a cast of 50 actors who never leave the stage, it was certainly a challenge. The original play was written by a Greek social satirist named Aristophanes who took inspiration for his play from the terrible state and they go in search of a perfect place, an utopia. They stumbleupon a city that is ruled entirely by the birds and think that they have finally disc overed their ideal place. However they don't see that the country already contains a hierarchy (with the king of birds played by senior Joe Ghormley and the nueen played by senior Meredith ".mst).
[ Justliketheplace ; om whence they ,;ame, the bird's .'.'sohave ,varsand ;hilitaryto fight in ihe wars.IThis by no ~eans is a utopia t'n the end, after !ealizationhas set (ntothe two young @Jenthey go off to 'Icyand find, once : gain, their pe rct haven. , Yet we as an auience know, that ,hey_ will never nd 1t. ,."It's not a perect world but " omewhere, "'c>"ps'~Tlie'ffhg~cfs'"(1'6~"fflfbrilff@Vif~~ffE!TfffflI'es"'(ffli'rna"efKfa!V'J'~omew he re this and Pithetaerus (Will Bennett) how to fly in this year's One Act production of is a p~rfectworld. ''The Birds." The playwon first at Districts. Bennet and Maly received Out- :~e\~h~~; 0 0 ~~; standing Acting awards at the North Star and Kearney festivals. the rainb'ow "
Photo by Ashley Schenkel Koch-Johns sai<l. Theatreand One Act director Patsy Koch-Johnsdecided that it was time to step it up yet again with this difficult piece. And it has paid off. "The Birds" has already won best overall production at North Star and best ensemble at Kearney High. Once again LHS took first place at districts on December 2nd, 2006 receiving a rating of2-l-l (which means 2 judges gave them a 1stplace rating and one gave them a 2nd place rating) which was the best overall score of the night. in which Athens was in due to a war To add to the joy of winning that seemed to be killing off all the first place at Districts (qualifying country'~ young people. Lincoln High once again for state Motivated,Aristophaneswrote for the 4th consecutive year,) 9 of a play about two young men (played the actors received outstandingactby junior Will Bennett and junior ing awards. This included seniors: Michael Maly) who decide that they Maya Naff, Meredith Ernst, Ayana cannot tolerate Athens any longer DeNovellis, Joe Ghormley, and Arthur McWilliams, juniors: ,ichael Maly, Will Bennett, d Zen Keenan, and sopho:re:Kendra Bolan. Never beforehas a Lincoln gh play productionreceived · many outstanding acting ards in one co111petition. Maly and Bennett also ceived outstanding acting ards in the North Star and · amey Play Production Fesals.
As of this pri11tingState has not taken place but it is to be held on December 8th, 2006. With a year the LHS play coml?anywill have ~ade history with 4 first place titles
at state within the last 4 con- "The Birds" soak up the applause from the secutive years. assembled crowd Wednesday, Dec. 6 at a you challengeLincolnmgh 's to do great things, they great things," Koch-Johns addec!.. '
" I thought it was really sendoff in the Auditorium as they prepare timely and _really different for the state competition. from what I ve done before, Photo by Ashley Schenkel
When reflecting on ho,v well Districts went, KochJohns was speechless with happinessfor how well the cast r,prf(
h'iva American Indian author in front of ,lassmatesand teachers during the "ative American Read-a-Thon in the '"edia Center on November 16th. "-· ;merican Indian Caucusand Student touncil hosted the event to raise areness of the issuesfaced by ;ative people as well as to highlight ' e work of under-recognized Native ;uthors. Students, including members }fthe American Indian Caucus, and staff 'tiembers read selections continuously ihroughout the day.
•1 Photo by Greg Keller
ByNataliaLedford i(
that civilians in Darfur live every pay. : More than 500 people die per Sudan is baoically divided be -tween the Africans and the Arabs. The Arabs have the most political control, as they occupy the capitol :24 hours; 15,000 women, deaths a month. burning
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f h h'J .• 0 !80 % 0 t e C 1 - r :t~iiiiilJ!Wi,~~{;1:;~~:· · dren under "i!IL, years old are suf *· ,.,,,-,, · -,~lf ---~M=g.;;; fering from se• J;;fie;:, , .· then transport v~re malnu- ·thegovernmenthasheena·ccusedofethniccleansingbysysfematicailyl out of the triuon, wh?m :eliminating entire communities. Government air strikes frequently ; area with h~manitari~n [precede the militias' vicious raids. VIiiages are razed; women, men, and i trucks aid_ organi- :children are raped, tortured, and murdered. I that were zat1ons only :. j supplied have access by the to 20% of. The death toll has far · " surpassed 400,000 people since 2003 when the conflict officially broke out, and as many as 1 million people in the region could die within the next few months. Darfur is in a genocide situation, suffering through more violence than anywhere in the world It is imperative that we take action, but first, you have to understand what is going on beyond the simple term ·genocide."
Darfur is a very large northern region of Sudan. The conflict is almost like a continuation of the :war between the north and south, because once again the Khartoum :government is being accused of ¢thnic cleansing.
· A lot of people think that the conflicts in Sudan are due to religious differences, but that is not ;true. It really has nothing to do land and oil in Sudan. Because of all this, they are driving the Africans out and showing no mercy as they do so.
i-way-(Ur-a nu man 1.Jetngto live, no wayto livein sucha shockingplace -uncultivated,waterless,treeless ana barren region! Everythingis burning,Lora! Arouname, arouna' us in me, in us... Everything is barren, hell, hell! Yet, Lora, we believeyou are there, besideus.! Wepray for all the Africanslivin9 now in our samecondition. Brin9 backpeaceana tranquility to our beloved country, peace which is aesireaby everybody.The01aana young,rich ana poor, womenan~; ,, men
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·,,tve#Y-aaY,·women--a,esent.....outs .. ,ae ·the_10P-camps·-·1:oseeic--n,e= -1 r:: 1 !woodand water, despitethe constantrisk of rape at the hands!1 loftheJamaweed.Shouldmen be availableto ventureout of , !thecamps,they risk castrationana murder.So familiesdecide lthat rape is the lesserevil. It is a crimethat familiesevenhave! ito makesucha choice.Otten womenare sel{uallyassaulted ! \withinthe supposedsafety of the IDP camps.Nowhereis really! \safe." : \ 1
1so%-of chitafen un:der5 vears ·01a--aresuffer::-i ~~1,::jl)':i: ling from severe malnutrition. Relief orga- ,,,,,:itt'':ti; ', ' •. !l •.,.•· :nizations only have accessto about 20% of !whom. 70% of deaths in refugee camps are !children under 5 years old. The region of !Darfur and Eastern Chadare also currently lat risk of a locust invasion. With such limited ' !accessto humanitarian aid, there is a threat 1of massstarvation. The people of Darfur are l<tesperatethat we act now. !
Musa Kisheib; 'TheChallengesof :
Displacement
,----··ti ncoinH1gh'' se'n1oi ·Miisi" Kisheib was born in Midwestern ! :Sudan. Wl1ile living in Anica IV!usa :dealt with the consequences of a ,var: ltom nation every day. In the first l 0 :yearsof his life, he withstood unbelievable adver'si ty which :included the death of his · father, being driven from !more than 7 different cit'ies/villages, living in a :cave for 2 months with :no food, being deprived
so we j11st ran. After. :ve s:-'Ut),e d -in -the e£ £orc ths." he said They ,vere fortunate enough ave water up in the mouns, but food was another y "Sometimes we went ten, : en days without eating." He ; "And my mom and my sister ·e pregnant." He explained: it was too dangerous to go ack to the village often to get ,food , because the government police were still there.
Eventually, Musa and his family ]eft the caves and went to the city of Kadokly, which was far away from his :home village. However, they didn't !stay long because it too was occupied ! iby the government, who killed any Africans Jiving there once they reached: the age of 16, Next, they went to his :mother's original village called Sola,! but had to leave again when the war spread' to that area as well.
With' the war at their heels, Musa and ' his family nev- · er got to settle; anywhere for long. He Iived in a total of 8 different places in Africa before being able to ;years, hav- co me to
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lby the Khar - his drawing by Musa Kisheib par- went from to um gov- rays his home village in Sudan. orngo to ,ernment and I he caves to 'surviving starvation/dehydration on Kadokly to Sola 10 Kosti to Sen'Several different occasions. This is inar to Khart o um and to C:air o, all ihis story. [by the time he was IS years old. Musa was born in a village When asked ; ,rne traveled to all these , ialled Komgo, located in the Nuba differer.' places by car, he laughed. IMountains in South Kordofan, near A ;Je from a bus ride fro1n Kosti to Darfur. As a child, attacks on his :Khanoum, and a train to Cairo, "We village by newcomers of Arab 1,.::1p ; just walked." He said. jby government soldiers were not an One ofMusa's brothers had lived luncommon occurrence. "They killed ; in Khartoum for a long time, ,vhich 1 people sometimes raped the _w~:nen :is the capitol o f Sudan. When Musa 'took tlie livestock ·· ne said You ;and his family went lv live there, their ' eoo] see, they had guns anrl '' ' Y fl e, :house ended up getting bu! [dozed by :didn't." - the government. They then forced a1r : After several attacks on his vil· : :,f the Africans in the area to leave lage, Musa's father went to go fight :ant go to Dar Alslam-an area on the ' :for the southern government, or !he outs~rts of Khaitoum. "I remember :sPLM (Sudan People's Liberat1o_n ;there a s " fight " He said "They Movement) in order to defe nd , his , brough weapons, tanks, bulldozpeople and his fa1nily. He was killed (ers mlJeighbor got killed there." ;in the war in 1993 when Musa was : Th~and that Musa had to go ; just 7 years old. That same year, Musa.
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said, ''Our players have worked hard in the off season which will definitely pay off in the long run. We're excited for the new season and with a lot of hard work and improvement we believe we'll have a very good year."
The first varsity game was December 1st against North Platte. It was a good game but we ended up losing. Our first home game is the f ollo,ving week, Friday December 8 against Southwest here at Lincoln High. Last year the guys finished 12-10 and lost in the district final in a very close game. Coach Uhing commented, ''We had a good season considering we did not have any returning starters.'' This year we have two returning starters, Preston Harris (12) and Josh Riser ( 11).
''We will need solid leadership from them and continuous improvement from our entire team. We must improve defensively and we need to work on rebounding.''
It is a very challenging schedule this year. The guys are planning on using every game as a learning opportunity and improve throughout the year. In the end we should have a very solid team. No doubt there will be obstacles but it's not anything we can't handle. We have so much experience in our coaching and so much talent on the floor
With new coach, Jeff Pierce the girl's basketball teain is getting off
Brin e eat to inter orts
of the challenges on gies, and experience. If they're himself this year, ''The Head coach Pierce tr Yin challenge will be for commented, ''The st le to lose me to see if I can imw e i g h prove as a coach and ent. e may utilize some they need perform so that I am of our players differently to focus helping the swimmers in terms of positions and ~n stay- and divers make their ow we do things." 1ng away team the best that it There will defi- f r o can be." Last year the nitely be hurtles to high fa team had 40 swimmers ·ump throughout the f o o d s and divers, ;this year it's ear. The games are and a blotThe boys wrestling teams practiced after school around 55, inclucling the oing to be tough, of car 0 -for their upcoming meets after school Wednesday, 28 returning swimmers. ecause we play a hydrates.November29.ThefirstmatchwasDecember1stin 12 of them made state ot &\t~~a~~ !1\ aiiit:8 ~, ; ; Fremont. - ,=. ~·=~==~"=·
~fqJi1!Ae81i~~e¥Cif , ong ru n t ha t will g ai n weight th e y nee d. to Swimming and Diving year he's hoping to get elp find what our con sum
the rest of the returning strengths and weak- b,Y eating healthy foods. By Laural\'lelpolder and new swimmers into esses are. I d rather have
state. The girls need who has put
Conradt said that the support and that's of
experience we can." on State this year. day, and Saturday prac- each day to improve ''I hope to send 8 to 10 district qualifiers and place in the top 15." to a great start. Out of all the other schools · to choose from coach Pierce • chose Lincoln High. ''I want to · make a difference 1n young people's lives. Lincoln High is a very diverse school and I can learn a lot here and give back at the same ReservesGirls Basketballfight for a rebound t'me during a scrimmage after schoolWednesday, 1 Pierce has November 29th in the South gym. Reserves been coaching first game was Tuesday,December 5th. many different Wrestling sports for 17 years. So with that, I don't think we have Like all the winter anything to worry about. sports, wrestling has gotThe girls have been ten off on the right foot. The conditioning and weight guys have been c9n~ition-. training to prepare for the 1ng since the beg1nn1ng of season. Pierce and many the school year, and some of the girls got to work went to Lincoln High 's together over the summer Wrestling Clinic and York and fall too. Wrestling Camp this sumNovember 13 th was mer where they placed 2nd the first day of tryouts out of 30 teams. and there was quite a turn I don't think we all out. Fifty girls altogether, realize how much work, whicl1 means \Ve'lY have determination, and dedienough players to fill all cation that wrestling refour levels. ally takes. The guys follow The first girl's Varsity strict diets and maintain and Junior varsity basket- certain weights so they ball games were Friday, can compete in a certain December 1st against North weight d1vision. There are Platte here at Lincoln High. 14 weight divisions. If any The teams made a great ef- of the guys want to lose or fort but unfortunately we gain weight, they always do didn't get a win. ' Reserves · 1t in a healthy way. game was December 5 th at ''The big thing I tell North Star and Freshman's the wrestlers is that they need to be getting enough
Throughout the year there will be many goals to accomplish. Some mentioned by Coach Genrich and the wrestlers was to improve from last years 410 dual record, and to compete with Lincoln teams not just in duals, but also down at the State meet. First Varsity wrestling match was Friday, December 1st at Fremont. Our first home match was scheduled for Tuesday, December 5 1h • Junior varsity starts Tuesday, December 5th at Southeast and Freshman started December 2 nd at Norfolk. The first wrestling matches are right around the corn er. You definitely don't want to miss out on this great Lincoln High
tices run from 7am to 8am. Practices consist of mostly swimming,
The powderpuff football game was Tuesday, November 7th after school. There were originally four teams but were later combined to form two big teams for the final game. The black team won the final game.
The boys and girls swim teams swim laps for a warm up before practice on Wednesday, November 29th in the Lincoln High pool.
themselves as humans and swimmers."
.eDe ies . ot o D · For H ealthier Lunch Choices Now an Option at LHS
bysaralllfartley of at concessions during lu11ch
a 11donly diet pop, sport drinks, a nd ,vater in the pop machines.
Lincoln High is now on a diet. Although it may be inconv enient and a little discouraging because yoll; can t satisfy your sweet tooth, it is a very good i dea. Now instead of Little Debhies and regular pop, we have d iet pop, more muffins and bagels, and healthier chips. We also have a broader range of sub s andwiches to choose from.
Obesity rates these days are sk y roclceting with the catalyst of fastfo o d chains popping up like d aisies around the country. According to The Center of D isease control (CDC) an alarm-
in g 30% of adults over the age of 20 are said to be obese defined
b y having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher (BMI is the relationship between your h eight and weight determined
b y your weight in kilograms div ided by your height in meters, s quared).
Now 30% may sound like a s mall number but that translates into over 60 million people in th e world. Also about 65% of a dults over the age of 20 are either overweight, or obese ,vhich is defined has having a BMI of 25 and over. The CDC also stated that d 1-1-rin g t:h,. --2001._'JOOA Nat..:~u ,.J Health and Nutrition Examinat ion Survey (NHANES) the p ercentage - of obese cl1ildren
ages 6-11 increased from 11% to 19% and between the ages of 1219 increased from 11%-17% in just a 10 year portion of time.
Now this also may seem like not very many people in an amount of time but if we continue at these rates which are sure to increase as more fast food chains come out we will be facing a huge problem.
''Obese people are at a higher risk for developing one or more serious medical conditions, which can cause bad health and premature death," accordi11g to the American Obesity Association.
Research has shown that obesity is linked to more than 30 medical conditions, with half of those having a very strong relationship.
Obesity increases the: risk of, causes, or is associated with conditions such as osteoarthritis, .rheumatoid arthritis, birth defects, breast cancer (in both ,vomen AND men,) colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, re= nal cell cancer, c ardiovascular disease, carpal tunnel syndrome, daytime sleepiness deep vein thrombosis, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, heat disorders, impaired immune system response, impaired respiratory function, infections following wounds, infertility, liver disease, lower back pain, obstetric and gynecologic complications, · overall pain, pancreatitis, sleep ap nea, stroke, surgical complications, urinary stress incontinence, and others according to the American Obesity Association.
Ofte n a 5-10% percent loss of body weight c an decrease your risk of these diseases. Even ,vith this growing
children and adults alike, we as students and adults don't seem
be doing much about it.
Finally however, Lincoln High along with other Lincoln public schools are taking a crucial step in helping us shape our lives.
Assistant kitchen manager, Phyllis Nalow said the reason behind taking out the junk food is that, "they contained too much fat, calories and sugar." She commented that it was a government requirement and that all schools had to do it but that she was in favor of the decision, " I think it's great, a good idea."
Schools are expected and required to teach us things like math, English and scie nce for a majority of the years we spend there to better our future lives , However, on]y a fraction of that time is spent telling us what we should and shouldn't eat which is ludicrous because if we continue on with our obesity habits we can and will end up dying from this disease.
Now it doesn't make sense to not educate people about something that can kill you by giving you one of its
Whether ,ve notice it or not, what the school serves us does influence our eating habits, especially because of the fact that we eat at school so often.
So by cutting out the junk food from the school systems, even though we've probably reached the age where our eati11g habits won't be easily swayed, it · does give us one more
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By &rah liartley
Thecast students speak and crew of "This Unsafe Star" ing about the li11e· ,vill perform at the Lied Ce11teron be tween races, °" ' ' Feb, 18 at 6 p.rr1. Tickets are on achieveme11t ai1d. sale for $5 ai1d are available at the economic gaps, and Lied Ce11ter. what people can do As people settled inside the to help these situa'arnerLegisla- tions. One speake ive Chamber at had the opportugram. ' the state capitol, nity to present to1 T he morning started at th the 90-minute a me mber of the Union with recognition award • rogram com- community anl presented to elementary student · menced. Greet- award of recognifor their amazing artwork and a ings orated in tion. Lincoln High! ap preciation plaque to Eva Soh · Spanish, Eng- senior Vanessa Ven, a Lincoln Northeast graduate .•. lish, Vietnam- try presented this for her hard \vork and dedicatio ••••-'• ese and sign award to Joan
an doza-Gorham. anessa en ry presen s
march planmng commit- Mendoza-Gorham the Community Youth Ventry spok_el te~. Britta~y Hodges, a Recognition Award on Jan. 15 at the State wo rd s of grati-, Lincoln High graduate apitol. Mendoza-Gorham is the director t~d~ and appreand a member of the of U ward Bound. Photo b Greg Keller ciation towards
rally and march planning p y Mendoza-Gor-~ committee, presented the language initiated the program. ham. "The passion
plaqt1e to Sohl. Youths presented the speeches. that she puts into Martin Luther King Jr.
After the program at the They discussed the importance of her work is inst1r-tended this event.
U11ion, everyone prepared them- carrying out King's dreams and to mo tintable. Thank
sel~es f~r ,th:e march to the state never let 1t die. Seventh g:ader you Mrs. ~oan Mendoza-Gorham, has done an incredible amount of
capitol. Its important that people Taylor Woods of Lefler Middle Ventry said. work to help youth bricrhtentheir fu- \Vith the Upward Bouild Programs need resources and assistance to get recognize this day. It's a demon- School recited an excerpt from a The community youth appre- tures and who has a l:Sting positive for about l3 years. "Upward Bound there," Mendoza-Gorh~m said. stration of peace not a demonstra- speech given by King in 19()3. The ciation award is given out each year Cont d. on OC1010 ass
Socialstudiesteacherconductsracismsimulation
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idi 11a r y 1rcum~!ances" e was the first V i c e President hosen ndcr the terms of theTwen,ty-fiftl1 AmendMourners gather around the casket of former pres - m e n t ident Gerald Ford at his funeral. He was 93 years old After the when he died on December 26th in California. Watergate 2006 until December 30, 2006 where the remains were flown to the nations capitol in Washington ·D.C. for more viewing President Gerald Ford was fi11allyburied in his hometown, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the grounds of his presidential museum 011 '''cdnesday, January 3, 200'/ : More than 3000 people including three former presidents, including George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and Carter, attended his burial as well as current president George W. Bush. Many Army,
ByGavinCrowl
''Hello! Salute! It's me again!'' This is the first part of New Numa, a song done by Gary Brolsma, featuring him dancing in front of his web cam. But this song was actually one of the hu11dreds of remixes of the actual song. lh fact, there is probably a different version of the song for aln1ost every major country on earth and in over twenty languages! There is even a Numa Numa from Crazy Frog.
The song Numa Numa is actually a song named Dragostea din tei. This song has some interesting background as well. It all began in Moldavia with a band called 0-Zone back in 2003. As it turns out, around the same time, another band called Haiducii recorded their own version of the same song. 0-Zone then sued Haiduc1i. To this day they both claim
scandal,he then became president. Although he was only in office for two years, he accomplished many, many things. Such as ending the Vietnam War 1 meeting with Sov1et leadcor Leonid I. Brezh11ev to set new limitatiu11s on nuclpar testi ng, and also preventing a war in the middle east by providir1g aid to Israel and Egypt. Although Pte1:ident Ford won t he Re publican nomin"'tion for the Presidency in 1976, he lc s;t his election to Jimmy Carter.
. n • that the other stole the song from them. By 2005 remixes from all over the globe were created and the song as commonlr, referred to as ''Numa Numa' was a worldwide Internet pheno1nenon. People by the English remix done by Gary Brolsma think they know what the actual song is about. Well, they are wrong. Although the English version is really similar to the translation of the actual version, it is not precisely the same. Here is the translation: Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-huu Ma-iahaa Ma-ia-ha - ha (x4)
Hello, hi, it's me, an outlaw, and please, my love, accept happiness. Heflo, hello, it's me, Picasso,
I gave you a call and I'm neat, But you must know I'm asking you nothing.
award " Lincoln High senior Desiree Chaffee delivered the keynote address encoura gi ng th e people of Lincoln to figh t f or ec o r1orn1cand racial equali ty. Chaff e e also said that the future n1ust b e created by yot1ths of today and t h at "you cannot let the adults take the lead in riihting so_cialinjust i ces/' Other Lincoln High members involved with this march included Shannon Harris (10), a member of the MLK Youth Rally and Marcl1 pla11ning committee, FCS teacher Geraldine Mays helped coordinate the event, and Matt Boring (12) and Shannae Abebc (10) sang in the MLK Youth Rally and March Choir. As the program drew to a close, Lincoln1tes stood up and jou1ed together in song. The words "we shall overcon1e" resonate cl throughout the Legislative Cl1amber of the state ca~itC?l·' "We.shall overcome, someaay. e ,...0
Chorus: You want to go but you don't, you don't take me with you You don't, you don't take me with you, you don't, you don't, you don't take me with you Your face and the love under the linden tree remind me of your eyes (x 2)
I gave you a call, to tell you what I feel now. Hello, my love, it's me, happ1ness Hello, hello, it's me again, Picasso, I gave you a call and I'm neat
But you must know I'm asking you nothing.
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some social studies classes [other classes] to make room," Oakeson said After cutting out classes that ar~ just -weighing you down, (meaning classes that aren't oriented to your future goals)
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1'"-'~ reason people like ~h~ssong11>probablybecause 1t :,, Vyry ·upbv c.-t and the sound ''Ma-ia-hii Ma-zu-hitit Ma-ia-haa Ma ia-ha -ha". Numa Numa is still a popular thingon the , ··-·· · internet. There is ·.• even a contest ' Now that you are feeling more
forty-fl ve thousand dollars and the runner-ups get cash prizes too. If you have never heard !t'l.i-;song, you can download
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'-. Extreme Behavior, (which debuted at number 3 on the US Hot 100 chart), "Lips of an Angel" is the only worthwhile song. It's in the genre of rock and pop so it is at least tolerable for
share wirelessly with its r1ewbuilt in wi-fi with other Zune users, a11dits large screen makes it ev en more desirable And if vou want " an update? Don't worry, the Zune automatically updates with its wifi Also with its sturdy body it is very durable and its scratch-proof surface puts the iPod to shame. I
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Hot calls it). The next step Hu Hot c alls "control your destiny". And truly you do control your destiny for you are allo,ved to fit as much meat, veggies, and noodles into that bowl. Hu Hot calls the step s
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Sorr1epeo1Jle 111ayargt1e tl1at colleges sl1oulcl011lyneed to see tl1eir grrtcle repc)rts to deter1nine if tl1ey want to tlccept them ,)r 1101,ho\vever 111oststude nts do11't realize that di ffere11tschools use different grading scales arou11d the natio11. 1~·orexatTIJJlea C in one school 1nay be a B+ in anotl1er sch1Jl)l 'fl1e SKf a11dAC"f are used as a means to give all students an equal chance at testing and the grades are all based on tl1e same scale ( a perfect score for tl1e SA'I' is 1600 a11dfor the AC'I' is 36.)Hov,ever, there exists sorne cr>ntJ·lJVersyi11tl1efairness of these tests. "I thi11kthat it's u11fort1tnate that sorr1e scl1ools use test scores to detern1ine tl1e v,1lue of worth of a str1de11tfor admissio11 purplJses," guida11ceC(ll1I1selorMarti Oakes()n said. And. while most colleges d(J use a cr,rnbinati(1n of bot,h transcripts a11d adn1issicin testing scores, they can often base their first cut 011the test scores. "I
cha11ce 'l'l1e best thi11g that yot1 c.tn ell) fl,r these tests is' to prepare for then1 11si11ghelpful tools such as pre-tests, intc;r11et(if yo11pl,t11on taking tl1e SAT go to ,v\v,v.c()).= k:g\;Q(1a1:<l,.,;;.0111a11dif you pla11011 taki11gtl1eACT go to w,vw.act.org) and preparati(Jn b{J(Jks tl1at yl,U can fincl at yo11rlocal bl)Okstorc lJf counseli11gcenter. Do some reseqrch 011\Vhicl1 exatn you have decided to take so you are aware of ,vhat you are eXJJectedto k11owfor it. The ,<\Cl' is a recall test, wl1ich means th at it tests ,vhat yo11'velear11edin scho ol a11dthe SAf is a re,1s011ingtest, so it tests how you have processed the i11fo11nk1tio11. "One test is ,vhat yoll know ~vhilethe other is wl1at yo11thi11k." Oakeso11said.
'I'hev do cover tl1esame mate• rial ln a se11se.The $i\.1' and AC'f l)oth C()verthe same types of matl1 questions, l1owever the rest of the S,<\T q11estio11stend to be a bit
the AC'f has 4 sL1bjecttests ,vhicl1 test ()n E11glish, reacli11g, math, are an importt1nt part of goi11g itnd scie11cewhile the SKI' covers into cl)llege they are11't the ma-in critical reading, math, and writi11g focus Tl1e str1dents who l1ave concepts. Taki,1ga J)rc-test, such as the best chances of getting int(l the PSAT for the SAT or the PLAN their dream scl1ool are those ,vho test for tl1e AC'r, can l1elJJyoL1 did well 011the SAT or AC'f but decide ()11 wl1ich is easier for y()lt ,vho also did very well in scl1ol,l, tl) take l1r)wever Oakeson advises especially i11Al) or Diff. classes. thtlt if y,Ju can at1'()rdit, take both According to v,:1,,vv,.ccillePel1,)ard. tests. ccir11 m(lSt colleges \V(Juld agree Also, another thi11g to tl1ink that grades are more i111portant about wl1en prepari11g for these tl1ai1tl1e ad1nissio11testing scores tests according to ,v,v,v.colleg- but that does11't 1nea11that )'Oll can eboard.co1n is looki11g at y,Jur ease off the test t)reppi11g. testing habits. Both tests have a 'I'he S Af will be £iven on: ~. time limit l)f abot1t 3 hciltrs, so • Ja11u,iry27 th 2007 take a pre-test of one of the tests • March 10th 2007 and ti111eyourself. If you finish ed • May 5'h, 2007 under the ti1ne limit, consider • Ju11e2'"1 2007 slowing do,v11your 1)ace a little The ACT will be given 011: a11dspe11dingson1e more tirne on • February lO'h,2007 each qt1estion especially if yot1 got • ,<\pril l 4' h 20()7 the easy questi(Jns \Vrong because • Jt1ne 9 1h, 2007 you rushed. If y{)Ufinished over Yo11can also tak e SAT a11d the ti1ne li1nit consid er not SJJend- ACT st11dy ,vorkshops througl1 ing so 1nuch ti1ne 011the q11estions Lincol11 P11blic schools. A sl1eet that were 1nost difficult to yo11or with dates is available for yo11in i1nmediately try to eliminate 2 the co11nselor's office. possible answers. J11strerr1en1bert<1stay f<icused However, the llll)St i111por- and relax eel, those are the key to a tant thing \vhen it comes to these good testi11gexperience. tests is to not get stressed ClUt. Although tl1at may see1n like an i1npossible statement if Yl1U start st11dying early you ,vo11't be as <Jverwhel1ned with the thor1gl1t that you don't know that m<1terial.. Also make sure to get ple11tyof rest the nigl1t before your test, this is a very crucial p,lrt of yo11rtesting
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Choosing a c ollege. It
m ay be the most contro-
v ersj al part of the college
ex pe~en':e. Starting during
)' OUTJunior year, several
th ings will have to be con-
si dered before deciding on
w hat colleges you want to
a pply to. After all, you will
b e spending a minimum
o f 4 years there (if you
ar e going to a university.)
C olfege can be compared to sho2ping for the perfect
sh oes. You want some that fit your style and your feet.
Y ou also want them to
b e afford able. Like these shoes, you should be able
t o pay for your college of
c hoice in some way and make sure that it fits your p ersonal interests. While
1t is very unlikely that the college that you choose to
at tend will affect the degree of your life, it will make an
i mpact on it depending on
w liere you attend.
There are a series of
th ings that you need to
th illK about when deciding
o n ,vhere yo!-!wa~t to apply to. These thmgs include:
• Your academic goals
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• Where the school is
l ocated
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By '5arahIiartley
One of the things that many students will be reaching for near the end of their high school career is scholarship. Scholarships are usually awarded to students who have accomplished some sense of great achievement (such as academic or sport scholarships). These are used to help pay for attending college.
The best way to increase your chances of receiving a scholarship is to start early. Start taking difficult classes and doing community projects or clubs when you are in 9u, grade. ''If you do all those things from 9 th 10th, and 11th grade by the time you 're a senior you have this wealth of achievement that you have created that will win you scholarships," Guidance counselor Dave London said, ''the best way to not get a scholarship is to do nothing.''
Most scholarships are only available to you your senior year however there are some offered your junior year. London recommended that sophomores keep their eyes open for potential scholarships, juniors find one and apply for it, and
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ties you ~ould like t o be involved in
• If you would pref er a private or state school, a religious or public school
After you have compiled a list of your answers to these questions, make another 11st of 15-20 schools that you \vould be interested in.
After you have done this (and put serious thought into tbese) discuss your list with your family and counselors and/or teachers. Listen to what their opinion of Jour school choices are an avoid getting defensive about what school you want to attend. At this point in time (your junior year) you want to keep your options open and don't automatically veto any schools, you never know how you will feel about your first choice school now a few months later.
After you have made your list, if it is possible visit the college campuses, preferably during school when classes are in session. You will learn more while students are there than when they are off on spring break or on the weekend. Consider taking a list of questio_ns you have for the school with you so you arE:frepared if they ask you 1 you have
seniors apply to many. The ing to W\V\V. fast,vcb.c(1n1
These things will also help more you apply to the more are: increase your chances of likely your odds of winning
• Applying only if you are winning a scholarship. one. eligible The main thing that you Don't be fooled though,
• Completing the applica- should be aware of with scholarships are a competi- tion entirely scholarships is scholarship tion and you will have tough
• Following directions scams. These are instances competitors. Similar to ho,v
• Neatness ,vhere you pay money to a sports team can't not prac-
• Making sureyouressay(s) get help with scholarships tice all year long and expect make an impression or to receive and applicato win a game, you have to
• Watching out for dead- tion form for a scholarship strengthen your chances at lines and you don't get anything the scholarship by doing
• Making copies before worth paying for. Victims of the particular things that sending them out scams lose more than $100 the scholarship asks for • Givin it afina!lookover million annually according (if it is a sports · to www.finaid.org, scholarscholarship you ships are meant to be free will have had to so 1f anyone ever requires done exceedingly you to pay them money for well in sports.) one,knowthatitisascam. Very few of the Some rules of thumb on same scholarships deciding whether or not it willbegivenout
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tempted to get a credit card. While this is much easier said than done it can be viewed as the best way to handle credit cards. Although many students will
• 32% of students had4 or more "3 out
credit car ds in 2004 • As o f 2004, the average gradu- ate sludent had s1x - crecllt carcts and one in
billion in 2004 However, other things such as signing up for a phone, utility and retail accounts in their own name can help you establish a good credit line, but the best way is to in fact have and pay for your credit card on time every month. Credit card companies aren't stupid. They figure statistics on who is buying credit cards and who maxes them out to
After you have gone through all this, return to
Varsity Boys Basketball Has Good Season
By:NataliaLeclford
The Varsity boy's basketball team is off to a good start this year. Their record is 4 wins and 3 losses. Coach Uhing says that some of the losses have been disappointing because the team's effort was not where it was capable of being but ''The team has responded well in identifying areas we need to work on and working hard in practice doing it.,,
Uhing said that every game is important. The next two home games will be against Grand Island and Norfolk, while the next city game will be against Northeast.
So far some season high lights have been winning both home games against city rivals Lincoln Southwest and East. ''We have to continue to work hard in practice to improve everyday." Said Uhing ''I have enjoyed
Varsity Swimming and Diving Stays
A float
By:JaaiuieMartinez
This year swimming and diving has recruited a lot of new talent. So a new goal was in order Instead of focusing on winning, the team decided to become better as a whole. They don't only want to become the best swimmer but also the best person they can be. Last year we sent 12 swimmers to state, and with so many more people
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send a lot more. There is so much more to our swimming team this year. Our 28 returning S\vimmers are all making a better efiort and all the ne\v swimmers are stepping their game up.
''I feel like the meets are going well. There is less pressure and we're performing to the best of our abilities. We just need to over come some of that nervousness before each meet," Amelia Ells (11).
There are a lot more divers this year too. The girl's diving team includes Hannah Voss (9). Stephanie Ruppelt (10), arid Keri Whitton (10).
Josh Riser ( 11) drives the ball in for a shot against East on Friday, December 15th here at Lincoln High. The game was tied in the third quarter but East was no match for LHS. (Below) Preston Harris ( 12) and Josh Riser (
against East. Photos By Shuntrelle Bush
working with our guys. They have worked hard, have been very coachable and get along well."
SoIJ?-ekey players. to watch 1n the upcoming games are James Davis, Anthony Calhoun, Kellen Peterson, Preston Harris, Josh Riser, Alex Collier, Pete Uhing and RJ Richardson. The team is currently working hard, and looks toward making it to state at the end of the year. Good job on a
The boy's diving team includes Nathaniel Longman (11), Jordan Weaver (12), Jordan Brown (10) , and Anthony Mac (10).
Diving is more mentally challenging than swimming. Diving takes flexibility, confidence, concentration, and dedication. With all the new, inexperienced divers this swimming season, we're considering this a building year. _ - ,"-11 55 swimmers/div-
ers are doing an incredible job.
''I know everyone's tired but they're workin~ really hard and I couldn t ask for anything more," Coach Conradt. We have plenty of time to work our way up to state material. That's exactly what we plan to do. Our next scheduled swim meet is Tuesday, January 23 rd against Southeast here at Lincoln High.
Wrestling War Zone
By:Jacquie~tartinez
So far in wrestling the guys have done very well. New mwrestling this year is hydration and body fat tests that the wrestlers are required tQ takP ho.£.,,beins - allUWed to compete. These tests promote healthy weight loss and if
wrestler must wait 48 hours before they can retake their test. Once the test is complete they will h,_<!,.yetheir body fat :done and told at which weight level they'll be ,competing at.
Coach !Genrich said, ''This year you 1may not see as ,many guys at !certain weights :for duals not ·ust at LHS but 1 around the State due to these new est s. The guys eally do put in a lot of effort and hey're working eal_lY.hard. It's 'definitely payng off because already they are oing better tl1an last year's 4-10 dual record. We're hoping it's a state kind of year. We placed 29 th as a team last year and we plan on doing
great season so far, boys. Girl's Basketball Team Struggles to Find Rythum
By:JacquieMartinez
and Coach Green at Reserves and Coach Clark at Freshman there is about 80 years of experience between all of them to draw from. That is quite • • impressive
The girl's Freshman team is the only team that has gotten a victory thus far. It was their second game of the season against North Star on December 5th •
of being in better physical condition. Endurance was said to be a problem among the group along with attendance at practices. ''All in all I feel that we just need to try working better as a whole and being a real team, and really putt1n~ our hearts into each game, ' said varsity player Courtney Palmer (12). ''We want a better record than last year."
little things the rest willl come.''
It is all a matter of tim, and patience that is the: key. Coach Pierce sai that the efforts been good · as they [the girls] learn to play at a faster pace. Right now the teams are working on the fundamentals and doing the little things correctly.
''All four teams are workin~ very hard," said Pierce. 'They all want to ,, improve.
when it's game time. Then there's always the pressure and nervousness that comes with every game. It's not like practice when it's you scrirmnaging against your own team and no loud student section booing.
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That is definitely the attitude a coach wants his teams to have. It always helps too if you ~ta'ii~d";~ta°a!"<>wfig Coach P ierce coaching Varsity, Coach Sharpe N,
i-1.5 and the girls are trying to get past that and just play some good games. against Lincoln Christian at Lincoln Christian. As the girls continue to work hard and imJ?rove as Coach Pierce said, 'in effort and execution'' than we will most definitely bring in some wins. That is something we are all looking forward to itllll
There's also the issue
oetter. ''Everyone's really doing great and making a lot of progress. We just need to work on some simple techniques, nothing too big. Coach Genrich has really brought intensity and hard work back to Lincoln High wrestling and he's definitely a big helo." said Ray McCray (11). We have a lot of time to prepare for state. The guys are all working hard and doing a mighty fine job. Our next Varsity and Junior Varsity wrestling matches will be Tuesday, January 23 rd against East here at Lincoln High. Freshman's next and final match is scheduled for February 3,ctat Millard South. Come see Lincoln High take down another victory in wrestling.
Shakeela Johnson ( 12) dribbles in for a shot against Grand Island on Saturday, January 6th here at Lincoln High. The final score ended with a loss for Lincoln High.
Photo By Courtney DeYong
The boys swim 100 meter freestyle against Northeast on
Tuesday, December 12th at Norhteast High.
Photo By Kendra Bolan .-, -
Ray McCray ( 11) wrestles a Northeast opponent on January 6th at Northeast High School. Unfortunately Lincoln High did not take home the win.
Photo By Sarah Bowman
1-1 j a: ! Remember that milk replacer, and so on. And then put into the animals skin betweenthe cute stray kitten they have other needs that need to two shoulder blades, and left there that you found be met, such as cleaning supplies, for identification. Unfortunately, when you ,vere dishwashi11 g detergent, dish soap, you still need tags for vaccinations. six, and begged laundry deterge11t,bleacl1, rubber If you cat or dog, just so happens to your mom to glovers, for the volunteers to do tl1e get out, it's a lot easier to retur11it to keep? There's regular cleaning that has to be done hon1e,and the11the hu111a11esociety the problem! every day. These donations are also has one less animal to find a home Too many ani- tax deductible, which makes giving for. Most of the animals the humane mals and not enough people to take donations much more affordable, society deals with are lost pets, and care of them. Fortunately there is and helps out the humane society. after 72 hours, if no one claims the a building to take care of a lot of Another way you can help is animals, the animal might be availanimals. Again a problem, there those Cl hours you need to cover to able for adoption, (This may be the is11 't always room, or in some cases graduate. These can be covered by first place to stop if yo11're animal is 1noney, or help. the humane society. You may not be missing!) The hu111a11esociety located at able to cuddle with all the cats, and When and if your pet does go 2 320 Park Boulevard, faces prob- dogs, but it helps them a lot! With out missing, there are ways to help find lems through out the day, such as the volunteers,keeping the Humane your animal. In fact the humane o,vners turningin their animals, stray Societywould be a problem, because society has pamp,hlets of inforrnapets, animals being abandoned by there's a lot of cleaning that needs to tion of bringing your pet back home their owners, facing having a litter be done. If you happen to get your safely,and ho,v to keep it at home. If or two of animals turned in at one pet handlers safety class done, you it's not claimed, in the allowed time time, and emergency kenneling for period, it becomes legal property of people that need it. As much as the the humane society,and your animal ht1manesociety would like to keep maybe euthanized. Euthanization them, they just can't Every time the is also know11as puttii1gthe a11i111al humane society gets an animal, its dow11or putting it to sleep 6 dollars more a day to keep them. Another great way to help the Fortunately the government will be humane society, if you really want stepping in and of course there is a a love able dog, really think about way you, yourself can help. adoption. The adoption program alLet me introduce LB 227, it's a lo,vs the animals a good chance of bill dealing with pet abandonment. getting adopted, these animals have A s it is, animal cruelty in Nebraska to be spayed or neutered, vaccinated, is misdemeanor, _no mat~er t~e Every day unclaimed pets are eu- and if you live inside cif L(ncoln seriousness of the crime. This nns- thanized due to lack of room and limits, the humane society l1cen~e demeanor ca11give you up to a year money at the Humane Society. your animal for you. The reason in prison. The new bill waiting to be Photo By Laura Mel po Ider these animals don't get adopted is p assed will make this misdemeanor can help by playing with the animals, because th~ lack of information on a class 4 felony; and you could serve and taking them out for walks the animal. Truth is that most of up to 5 years in prison. Again this Next step is the easiest step; the :i:nimalswere either abandoned, goes back to the humane soc~ety. take care of you own pets. Sounds lost, or the ownersjust weren't up to NHS, Nebraska Humane Society, sinlple enough, right? Having pup- the job of being an owner. Many of started investigating the pet aban- pies aiid kittens are a lot of fun, but the dogs and cats, have been turned donmentsituations,and they came to what happeiis ,vhen you can't get rid i11tothe shelter because they were resultsof dying animals from starva- of them? That's what happens with lost and the owner didn't find them tions and/or dehydration Just this the humane society. They get litters i11tl1e 72 hour period, a11dthey fit summer with the heat \Vaves,2 dogs of kittens, and puppies, somcti111es a requiren1e11tsof being in the a<lop,vere left outside when temperatures couple litters at the same time. Spay tion program Other then that owners were reaching 100-103 degrees One and neuter your pel is the best advice turned them in because of landlords, of these dogs ,vas dead, other one that Jenny Stager, shelter manager, or the animal took too much time, or was near death, and had a chance will give you. It helps them out a it was to big, and so on. There are to escape the cruel intense heat, the lot, and you too. Many times people some really great animals there that dog ended up being euphon_izeddue don't think about the animals in the are dying for a home. If y-0li are to massive internal c;omplications. neighborhood, they think about the looking for a pet, really consider Fortunatelyothers1ateshave enact~d animal they have. One un-neutered your choices, you might just find the this type of law, and Nebraska will or spayed dog gets out, and you pet for you at the shelter. hopefully do the same. are bound to find a litter of puppies To fulfill the promises of ani/. No,v as for you, the humane somewhere, Along with not hav- mals, the humane society shelters society gets so m~ny animals in ev- ing puppies or kittens, spaying and anim3;ls, protects animals, and prycl~ y .11 cJ tbf')l -J11"-t r~n 't 1- ,;;oi;!op r-
For starters, they have a huge wish animals from \Vonderingoff. The mission statement .should be list for Christmas, and they aren't Anotlier way to help yourself is taught to everyone. They can't anything really big and expensive. put a collar on it, botl1cats and dogs. complete their missions themselves, They are normal basic care needs If you don't like tl1e collars, witl1 so help them and yourself. fDr arri,,,~ls s11ch as. cat/k i tten
to stu"''01b,things are in - dents. appropriate to have access to, I agree that there should be especially at school, so by all a filter on school computers, but means block them. who's to say what is harmful to But there are some ,veb students and what is not? Besites that are blocked by the cause the administration mL1st administration that could be follow CIPA ' S strict requirevery useful to students when ments, they use Net Spective doing research. as their first line filter.
Many students, including "This organization monimyself, don't want to take the tors all Internet sites on a daily time out of their busy schedule basis, both current and new to inform a n1edia specialist sites, for content. It filters out about the useful information sites that are pornographic, are on the blocked site so they can related to gambling, hate and all unblock it for us. (Which, by hate activities and are obscene, the way, they will do if it is an [But] that's just to name a few," appropriate site ) Arlyn Uhrmacher said.
So we sit there, staring at Tl1e second CIPA requirethe "Access Denied" sign that ment states that schools subject has appeared before our eyes, to CIPA are required to adopt explaining to us that whatever and enforce a policy to monimaterial we were trying to look tor online activities of minors. at has been categorized as an And the last main requirement AD MIN BLOCK by the system says that schools and libraries administrator. (Not to mention must adopt and carry out a. this is a little embarrassing policy addressing; student.£' ~cconsidering the person sitting cessing inappropriat e material, next to you glances at your students' safety wh~n acces~ing computer and shouts loudly to chat ~o<:5ms,e-mail, hac_k1ng, the class that you are looking at - a:nct.g1v1ng out personal 1nforpor 11ography, ,vhich is not che mat1on that may be harmful to case,) students But ,vhy is this site blocked Students' safety_is extremein the first place? ly important when 1t comes to LPS receives funds from getting hurt on school grounds. the Federal Com1nu11icatio11s I don't think kids should be alCommission (FCC) that reduce our Internet price here16 at Lincoln High by 53%. The B3/&rail lfartley
lowed intp chat rooms at all, let alone at school And hacking is a definite NOT. We shouldn't take for granted what Internet access we do have, considering that some schools don't let their students surf the net at all because of CIPA But maybe CIPA's requirernents should be changed.
Instead of blocking whatever sight the administration thinks is "bad'', maybe the teachers should get punished for not monitoring their students more closely. Isn't high school all about getting ready for the real world, and making us into smart decision-makers? If that ' s their goal, then why do we have people making smart
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ried too much about global ·····warming. They >nl;mt?h'nk b. d 1 k%?N t 1 1g ea , llikl'iif\!we won't have it!&i.i!anymore snow. I don't like the cold anyway. (I like to tell
• Before you leave a room, Along with having less ~now, As far as weather goes, if you make sure the light is turr1edoff. ice caps and glaciers worldwide are someone who is saying, "We • Use a fan instead of air condiare "retreating". (A glacier is a stillzet snow, so I don't know what tioning. huge mass of ice flowing over a the big Ocal is." Well, you're wrong • Recycle (There are tons of landmass, formed by compacted again, recycling companies in Lincoln so snow ) This can be very dangerous Yes we get sno-,,,<111d a torrent check them out, or recycle here at because melting glaciers cause of rain on occasion, but it is ust1ally school.) flash floods, landslides, increases a big storm and within a couple of • Take shorter showers and flooding of rivers, and a rise in days, the sno,v has melted leaving turn your hot water down on your sea level effects coastal regions all no trace of it ever being there. This thermostat. around the world. is because of increasing precipita- • Dry yot1rclothes or1a elothesIf Greenland (which is a tion that re-locates itself from its line. country covered in ice) were to usual patterns. You can get many more tips melt the global sea level would For example, a flood couldoc like the o.nes ab ave at earth9 l l rise 20 feet. And if the western cur in Bangladesh and at the same com or go to think.mtv.com and coast of Antarctica would also time, the neighboring country of you can take a quiz that tells you melt, the rise in sea level would Nepal could be in a devastating exactly how much carbon dioxide be so great that 1nap1nakers would drought that kills hundreds you give off each day and ho\v have to re-draw entire 1naps of tl1e So what can you do to stop these much money you can save by world! This would be due to tl1e horrible weatl1erpatterns and save changing your bad habits. Or visit atmosphere heating up Earth and millior1s of lives that could be lost clin1atecrisis.net to get informaocean temperatures if our bad habits and behavior tio11011Gore's documentary, An If the sea level would rise doesn't change? fuconvenie11tTruth (which it is predicted to do in the For one, you can stop air pol- Every step you 111aketo save next 50 years) half of Florida and lution (or at least cut back). the environment will save another San Francisco Bay ,vould be under • Next time you decide you want dollar in your pocket and it might water. The Netherlands and Bejing, to cruise around in your car, walk just save your life So I suggest China, would also be almost com- instead or ride your bike. (And if you go home and try a few of these pletely covered. you don't have a bike then borrow things because even if you don't In Shanghai, China40 million a neighbors ) It's good exercise and think you are, you 're making a people would either lose their lives it saves you money on gas. Or you big difference with a few simple or wind up homeless because the can car pool with people to work actions, sea level would flood their homes and school, again saving you that "I believe this is a moral issue. and most of the country. expensive gas money so you can It is your time to seize this issue And Calcutta (a city in India) buy something for yourself. and it is our time to rise again and Bangladesh (a country on the • And when you go to fill up to secure our future," Al Gore, a bay of Bengal near India) would your car, try doing so at night be- former politician said,
mperature Scientists believe t ha t global warming is mainly c aused by humans burning fossil f y els, (petroleum, asphalt, coal or pretty much anything used for fuel) which release a large amount of carbon dioxide into the Earth's at mosphere. "The most vulnerable part of th e Earth's ecological system is the atmosphere," Al Gore said during hi s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, "[Because] it's thin enough tha t we are capable of changing its composition." Carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants thicken s the thin layer of atmosphere, ke eping in a large percent of solar rad iation (heat taken in from the sun) and then re-heat the infra red rays of radiation after it is reflected off of the earth's surface. This greenhouse effect boL1nce s back and forth bet\veen Earth's surf ace and the increasingly thickclimate world wide. A11dwhat hit home most for • Make sure before you start a You may not think this is a n1e was tl1atif the sea level ,vere to load in the dishwasher or washing '<>adchange because people live rise as predicted, the World Trade machine, that they are full. It saves in h1>~-0.lacesall around the world, Center memorial site in New York, you 1noney on energy and water but a chai,,;,e in climate is only would be completely covered in bills a11dit also gets n1ore loads a sn1all part or zlobal warming \Yater along with the rest of Man- dor1eat once, co11sequences. hattan
and I drove for the first couple of gas, be h appy) months. So now that you have got My parents said that they your car, and license in hand would be too much of a dis-
that just isn't h d l isn't the same and true. Between laws a ast more statistics show that and fai:iity rules freedom than l 16_and 17 year old your dnv1ng expe- h d . d ,, driver death rates rience is going to a gaine
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By MaiDo
Why spend hundreds of dollars on a prom dress that you will only wear for a couple of hours? Wouldn't it be great to buy a prom dress that cost $10 instead of anywhere from $100 to $300? Sounds great doesn't it, maybe even too good to be true? You are probably wonderinp, 'What's the catch?' There's no catch. A lincoln woman has come up with a wonderful idea to sell prom dresses at a price everyone can attord. Last year, Vicki Lamb, a mother of three teenage daughters, realized that there were just too many dresses and gowns in her daughters' closets. She decided to get rid of them in an economical way. ''I <le eided to sell these dresse3 at very little cost," Larr-.h said. Lamb contz:..~ted the ne"vs and radio stati<:1ns in order to get the word out and to see it- any-
one would be willing to donate dresses that are slightly used. ''I was expecting to get no more than 50 dresses. I was shocked to receive a total of 800," Lamb said. These are not cheap and raggedy dresses. ''They're very stylish and up to date," Lamb said. Of the total 800 dresses on sale last year, 300 were sold. Since it was such a success last year, Lamb has decided to do it again this year. She decided to call her business The Prom Closet. The Prom Closet is not located in a building such as Westfield or South Pointe. It does not have regular business hours like all the department stores in Lincoln. The Prom Closet only opens from two days 1n the whole year. It will first be opened on Mar. 3 from 12-4 p.m. The second, and very last time will be on Mar. 10 from 10 a.n1. to 2 p.m. The
By Laura Melpolder
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Navigators hold in sight, North Star and the ~hinjng light.
Prom Closet will be located at Central Alliance Church on 2820 ''O'' St. All the dresses will be sold for only $10. Each customer is limited to two dresses. Williams Cleaners has decided to help Lamb out by dry cleaning all the gowns. Any gown donated between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15 will be cleaned at no charge.
If that's not enough, Lamb will also hold two random drawings. The first drawing is for a free up-do at the hair salon of the winner's choice. ''Hair salons in Lincoln have decided to do this up-do for free," Lamb said.
The second drawing is for a dinner certificate at any restaurant in Lincoln. You could be the lucky person to win one of these prizes. Come out to Central Al~ liance Church on Mar. 3 and 10 and purchase your prom dress. You have nothing to lose.
Northeast Hail to the Varsity ~neer 1ne111a1011;,;a1r-wa
On,vard to Victory
May we ,vin again today.
We'll give a cheer for the varsity
Long may they reign supreme
Shout till the echoes ring For the glory of our team.
Go Northeast, Go No11l1east, Go Northeast Go.
Southwest
Come on and Cheer for Southwest Silver Hawks
Who proudly wear the Silver and Green
Come on and cheer for Southwest Silver Hawks
U11til the walls
Let's
by MaiDo
This year's fall sho\v, ''This Unsafe Star: The Story of Emmett Till'' played at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Feb 18, making it a first for high school productions. ''It still doesn't feel real. It really doesn't," English teacher and playwright Chris Maly said. ''It just feels like a dream and I have this fear that I'll wake up and it'll disappear."
The play tells the story of Mamie Till a11d her courage in 1naking the murder of her son, Eilllnett Till, public.
Rev. Wheeler Parker, Emmett Till's cousin who accompanied Till to Money, Mississippi in 1955, attended the sho\V and presented the audience with introductory remarks.
Maly started writing the Emmett Till story in 2002. ''I started using the Emmett Till story in my Oral Communication class. Students were always asking me questions about Emmett Till that l couldn't answer so I started reading everything I could about it and that's when I had the idea of doing something dramatic; using it as a drama; a learning tool," Maly said.
Maly's original intent was to have Emmett's mother come to Lincoln High on the 50 th anniversary of Emmett's death. He wanted to do it in 2005 and have Mamie Till speak to the student body and be at Lincoln High for the fall show. Unfortunately, she passed away in 2003. After her death, Maly \Vas discouraged to continue writing the story. After a while, Maly realized that he could still tell the story even though she was gone. ''Her death really proved to me that our elders and their stories once they leave, we can preserve and keep those memories and still learn from those memories after they're gone," M?-ly stated. By having the notion ot·keeping the stories of those deceased alive, Maly was inspired to continue writing the story.
Right before the show was performed on the Lincoln High stage in Oct. 12, the Lied Center for Performing Arts contacted Maly and informed him that they \vanted the show to be presented on their stage as well. Maly received the final word in November and was ecstatic. ''It was really exciting even to think about over the holiday
break and to know it wasn't over," Maly said.
Putting on a show at the Lied Center can be pretty pricey. One must consider all the labor that goes on to make a show happen. The need for custodians, ushers, programs, posters and electricity all contribute to the cost. ''The total bill is a lot, but if people come to hear the story then we're ok. The $5 is meant to cover that cost.''
Maly commented, ''For a high school teacher who controls everything, it's a strange feeling."
Maly has a different view of the Lied Center now. To him, it is not just a performing artS theatre, but a place that reaches out to the community and the students.
''It's really changed my perception of the Lied Center. Whenever I drive by the Lied, I really look at it as a place for the community and for celebrating the community. They've just been wonderful," Maly said.
Members of the play rehearsed extensively prior to opening night at the Lied. All their hard work paid off. The show brought thunderous applause and standing ovations. ''We had a chance
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he landmark performance was the first by a high schooltheatre companyin Lied Center history. to tell a story that needed to ''This Unsafe Star: The Story lifetime." Boring said. The be told.'' senior Meredith of Emmett Till'' with the help night of the show ,vas full of Ernst said. of Christiana Wismer. ''Get- excitement. The Lied Center Senio r Matthew Boring ting to perform a show on this filled up quickly and all tickcomposed the music for scale is an opportunity of a ets were sold out. The
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by NataliaLedford
IIG resumed practicing on Monday, February 12th after a yearlong halt to the step chain's practices. The club has gone through a series of ups and downs throughout the year trying to get back together. Now, the team is being given another chance, but it hasn't come easy. Team captain MiguelBeltran says that the reason for IIG's downfall last year was a mixture of problems. "There wasn't good communication." He said, in terms of things such as showing up for practice on time and having everyone there at once. Another issue was the lack of adequate grades for participating on the team. "It sort of just fell apart." He said. · Througl1out this year, IIG men1bers have been 1naking an
effort to restart the step chain, but the main problem has been obtaining,
e e for the district office to process his forlll§ ,!ill.C,t,!?.i:\£.lsgroundinformaion. Meanwhile, he team began o get restless. IG sponsor, An1nie Smith said 'A lot of the kids ort of gave up nd started doing ther things, like rack, because verything has ~ _een taking so t
'safter school on Thursday, ong to get done year. February 15, after a long halt to prac- andalotofpeople H e tices. Photo by Natalia Ledford \Veregetting frusworks · trated." as a tutor here at Lincoln High Beltran was among those and was on the step chain back frustrated by the lag in restarting in the '90s. There was a lot of IIG. He said that he felt they paperwork ,vas required to get were ignored more than other him approved to start leading the clubs. "We're just a club, and team, and it took about 3 week people have fun doing it," he
said "They [the district office] don't focus on IIG because they think we're just going to screw around, but we practice and that's all." He said. He hopes to prove this now that the team has been given another.chance. "We need to come up with new choreographies and new ideas so IIG does succeed." When Alabi's paper work finally came through in early February, IIG resumed practice on Monday, February 12. Alabi said that he is very excited to be coaching the team. ''I just want to get things restarted and get IIG back to where it was during its prime." he said "Lincoln High was the first school in Linco ln to have a step chain and really revoltttionized our city. Now every school has one I just want us to be on top like that again."
enior Arthur McWilliams(as Emmett Till's uncle, MosesWright) pointsout the white men who too
in the middle of the night during the courtroom scene in the play "ThisUnsafeStar:The
Arts on February 18th.
ByGenniBacl1inski
he and a fe,v other Lincoln musicians vvould follow along the same lines as Jack B lacR 's character in "School of Rock", teacl1ing students, grades 6 - 8, all the rock essentials, from playing guitar, drt1ms, a11d bass, to writing
ByEmilyRejda
Dtiring Preside11t George W. Bush s State of the Union Address on Jant1ary 23, he addressed many issues like the use of oil and energy, budgets, border control, and education. His said that ,ve ,vould be able to improve many of these things without it costi11g us or the U11itecl States a lot of money. To co11serve energy and gaso Ii ne President Bush proposed that we redL1ce the lJSe of oil by twenty percent in the
Photo by Genni Bachinski
of Rock is all about and l1ow it ca111eto be.
How many kids are involved in the program?
We have about 18 in SOR 1 and 22-24 in SOR 2. School of Rock 1 basicallv learns the ins and outs • of being in a band and starting to play an instrument. They learn cover songs first. School of Roel( 2 play their own so11gs, which we help then1 write Together, they play shows around tow11 as a grol1p a11d i11dividually ,vl1ere they book themselves. -flow did the idea of the School of Rock program come into effect? I was approacheLI by Jason · m usic 1s essentially about. Lo t s of kids get it, but some don't, an ct to include everyone is a chal l
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he n1entioned a reform to social security a11d Medicare to e11able future generations to be able to benefit from these programs.
Bt1sh also spoke about the increasing problem with i mm igration and border control He mention ed passing a reform that allows us to follow the law by not allowing illegal immigrants to enter the country, but still being able to welcome members into our society. To guard the border they l1ave i11stalled surveillance syste111sa11d se11t over six thousand National Guard rnembers tl1ere to secure it. The other thing to do to decrease illegal immigrants is to hold employers accottntable for whom they hire. Finally comes student's educatio n, in whic h Bush said J ba t, we should i11crease stude11t's education within the next few years. Right now he l1as the program No Child Left Behind in place Bush said tl1at teacl1ers 11eedto close tl1e achievement gaps and stude11t's test scores need to be raised. He also spoke about strengtheni11g public schools hy giving students the chance to ttse a11after school tutoring facility and to have higher performing schools.
Bush has raised some very good points and t)1oughts in his 2007 State of the Union Address. He was able to address many issues that America has problems witl1 like their struggle with oil a11d e11ergy use, gover11111e11t budgets and tax money illegal im1nigrants crossing the U.S. border, and the education of our yot1th.
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our program is free, it is ope11 to all students at Lefler. I have n1ost who are there electively and some who are there because their parents cant pick them up until 5. Tl1ere i n lies a11otl1er cl1alle11ge: ~ How do I 111otivate the kids ,vl10 don ' t wa11t to be there to e11gage themselves in the club?
How do you think this program will help kids in the future, and do vou think they will continue • • on playing music even after they leave Lefler?
To be honest, the goal of our club is not to create the next major rock/pop musicians of our time. We teach school of rock because being in a ba11d is a way for young people to create a positive identity for the1nselves. Showing them ho\v possible i t is to create a band with their peers not only gives them something creative to wrap their brains arot1nd, but it builds self-confidence by asserting their mt1sical i11terests as equals to their peers' love for basketball or soccer
Do the participati11g students need to have musical experience in order to be part of the program? For the kids, no. Th ey need nothing more than a desire to learn. As far as our staff goes, I vvont hire anyone who doesn't have a basic understanding of at least two instru1nents drt1ms, bass, guitar, keys or voc •als Recording pxperience is necessary as well. Tou r - o x p o :r.; -i-e 5
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with the spending rates. This will prevent taxpaye.r's n1oney from bei11g spe11t on t1nnecessary items and to address the long-tern1 fi11ancial proble111s that ot1r cot111try !1as. To better balance the budgets the U.S. mt1st watch ,vhat they spend and get rid of programs that are not helping and are not getting the job done. Then to solve the problem of spending tax money better they said they should reduce the amount of reserved money by fifty percent. Then to address the long-term finances
Now that Bush has addressed all of the issues, what is going to happen with the1n? Bush n1ay have told us what are problems ,vere, but in no way did he tell us how he ,vas going to fix the1n. I-low is it .even possible for him to follow througl1 011 any of this when his ter111is up i11less tl1a11a year? These is.sues and L1uestior1s were then addressed in the Democratic Response given by .Tames Webb, Senator from Virginia, ,vhich followed BL1sh's State of the Union Address.
No\v that all has been said between the Reptiblican Party and the Democratic Party we 1nust wait to see what it is that \Viii actually become of these speeches What happe11s in the next few months will tell us how the next few years will be. We will not know for st1re
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ByLauraMelpolder
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Senior Ayana De Novell is (as Mamie Till) waits for the verdict during the courtroom scene of the Feb. 18 performance at the Lied Center. Photo by Matthew D. Boring
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ByGenniBachinski
Q: What do you te~lch here at Lincoln High?
A: I've taught Geogra hy, Civics, U.S. History, and (A .) Government and Politics.
Q: Why did you de•cide to get into teaching social studies?
A: Social studies, sipecifically government and his ~bry, has al,vays been an interest for me. It ,vas always somethin, ~ that would come very easily, s b mething I liked in high school. E'robably one of tl1e reasons I was able to get through my academ· f years was through those subjects It's always been that way, jus fl the whole process of teachin~ i to others, showing them why :1t's exciting and that it can be exc11tingand it ' s just a wonderful subject.
something that I thought I could do with my background and so I took the chance and I ran, and lucky enough, I ,von
Q: Is chairman a high position in the Ponca tribe?
A: From a government sta11dpoint, the tribes have a government to government relationship with the federal government. A chairman, or a governor, or to use a traditional word - "chief', it's pretty much the same connotation as governor of a state. Not quite the same number of people, but that's the idea.
Q: Do you think a class about Native American history or something of that sort would help educate people about the culture or do you think people are stuck in the mindset that all Natives are a certain way?
ocial Studies teao er Larry Wright speaks to students in Mary Dickinson's~ ulticultural Literature class on Tuesday.
at o you 1 ,e est a out teaching at Lincoln ]fligh?
A: I like the students. The student population is great. 1 he diversity of the student body, he kids that are here I've
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--::I.Vu. ,.~._ .l. ..,'L,\;.1.a'-I ~l'-''-'"'111;:U l,I•'-' chairman of the llonca tribe. How did that come about?
A: Well I've been in olved in our tribe for a long time 1nd I just saw things that could be j clone differently, I thought 'I o ould add to that. help out'. And I got involved on the tribal counc four years ago, and ran for el ctions, won that. And there ,vas j st an opportunity, the chairman position was going to be open an I had a lot of people within the tribe saying "we'd like you to ru you'd have our support if you an." Some days like today it catc 1hes up to me, I'1n a little tired toda :v but it's just
By MaiDti~
Every year, Lincoln High staff members ar , presented with awards and recognitions. Students don't ofter1 hear about their teachers receiv ng recognition probably because it does not interest them and als.o because it is not publicized ve y well. In order to get the wor out to show appreciation to the I.!·ncoln High staff, these awards will be announced once again In Sept. 2006, In, ustrial Tech teacher Eric Knoll ·eceived the NE Teacl1er of the · ear award. The NE Ho111ebuild~rs Association presented the a Kard to him. Also, in Sept. 2006, t hannel 1011 honored English r acher Ruth Kupfer as the Sunshine Award winner Also in 2006 the Delta Kappa Gamma o ~ anization elected French teachG1r Barb Frost (Weiner) into thei1! organization. The Delta Ka1ppa Gamma group is an international society consisting of outsta Hing female educators. In Oct. f last year, Frost was also awar o ed the Outstanding French Tea i her a\vard. At the conclu s io11 of last year, more than 10 ·ncoln High staff members were r, :cognized as people who have do11e outstanding work English tG:acher Mary Dickinson received the YWCA annual "Tribute to Women" award. The YWCA'i, mission is "Empowering Wom f n & elimi11ation Racism." Di kins on was recognized because she demonstrated that mission. English teacher Patsy Koch Johns was also recognized last year as the Nebraska Teacher f the Year. Her passion and dedii : ation to her
by Liz Porter
A: I sure hope that's the case. One of the things I'm ,vorking on no,v is finishing up my masters degree, and being a teacher, being on the tribal government side of things and having to go to Washington DC and talking to the congressional de legation the r e, talki n g to our st ate se11atorsl1ere in L i11col11 , one of the thi11gs I've really seen in the last four years, and even 1n the high schools, is how little people know about Indian issues. Where \Ve are, how we got to ,vhere we are today, and our native students, they've had some difficulty with that so I think maybe a class dealing with that would be a great idea. So one of the things my mastets degree is 011is creating a class that deals with Indian issues From things like the mascot issue to the impact Columbus made and the importance of tribal government. That's when I thought; "maybe I could create a class that students could take " I think
students and their performance earned her the title Lincoln High has had a tradition of excellence in the music department. Last year, both director and assista11t director of music were recognized for outstanding performance in music education. Assistant music director Dan Ehly received the Distinguished Service Award at the NE Music Educators Association and Director Terry Rush won the Donald Lenz Award. This award is the highest honor given out by the NE State Bandmasters Association and is only given out once a year to one person in each state. It is a lifetime award and is the equivalent of "Band Director of the Year." Rusl1 also received tl1e Joh11 Philip Sousa Foundatio11Legio11 of Ho11or Award last December. This award is held in Chicago annually and only six directors are honored with it each year. There's also physics teacher Jim Rynearson who was chosen as a Nebraska state finalist for the 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. He is one of five Nebraska teachers recognized for using Innovative Methods and Strategies in the classroom. Also, FCS teacher Becky Mullin received the Nebraska Association of Fa111ily & Co11sumer Sciences 2006 Teacher of the Year award. The award goes to a teacher "who exhibits a deep commitment to the profession and association and who has an outstanding educational program that utilizes methods, techniques and activities integrated into the curriculum."
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Q: Is there anything else you'd like to add? A: If they [students] are interested, they should reach out and find out. I look at the stude11t population here, this would be a good place for that class to be and I'm encouraging it. Throughout the time I've been here, students have been really receptive.
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Lisa Ford for her KFOR recognition as Employee of the Day. As well as Industrial Tech. teacher Mike Fultz who was inducted into the Nebraska high school athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. English teacher Laura Gapp received the English Teacher award and Social Studies teacher Shauna Meyer was the recipient of Thank-A-Teacher. Meyer and her nominator for this award, Joanna Hoffman (12) enjoyed breakfast at the Governor's mansion along with other students and their nominees.
Media Specialist Pam Gannon received the We the People Bookshelf Grants. She has used that money to purchase books for the LHS media center. Also, Bill Myers and Harold & Lavonne Si1npso11 were recognized for thei contribt1tion to athletics. The done great job educating stu dents. I it very likely that more aw a r d s and recognition will occur in the future.
By MattBoring
Meredith Ernst, a senior at Lincoln High School and a returning men1ber of the Illusion Theatre Company ',11/
made this commen
,vhile en route to
an Illusion Theatre performance, and chance to save another child. Illu1sion The a tre starte1d in M i nn e a p olis, Minnesota in 197 4 as a way to give educational messages like sexual-abuse prevention and antibullying to educate children through non-threatening, i11teractive environ22,2007
mances and rehearsals. KochJohns coordinates the artistic side of the performances including blocking and acting, \Vhile
theby said, "For many stt1dents, it is the first time in their life that they feel they can talk about their " s1tuat1ons. One important factor about peer education according to Koch-Johns is that Tl1e y ounger students rust the
students 1nore, "because they are more like them." To become a memer of the Ill11sion Theatre om p any, these stude nts were selected from an au1tion process. l l1ey tl1en attended a sum111er retreat where they learned some of he fundamentals required or the program. During this last summer's retreat, the company also wrote an origiCT::"r.:....- ,-==::::nnal script entitled "Things ment. Several years ill Bennett (11) perform during an Illusion Thelater, Sue Letheby, atre show in Ceresco. Ceresco isjust one of the Pla1111edPare11thoo many places Illusion Theatre performs throughem ploy ee at the out the year.
ren't Always What They Seem", which addresses the topic of bullying. The concept for the script started out as improvisational theatre, but quickly took a time, saw the Min-
neapolis Company perform and was inspired to start a troupe in Lincoln. She spent the next several years working on developing the groundwork for an Illusion Theatre Company that would be comprised of Lincoln Public Schools students.
Former LPS Superintendent Dr. Phil Schoo "supported the program from the very beginning," Letheby Remarked. "In the late '80s a11d early 1990s, sexual abuse prevention was an unpopular topic for schools to talk about." The creation of the 111usion Theatre Company provided a 11nique and rewarding tool for audiences and performers.
Students involved in the Illusion Theatre Company this year are Will Bennett (11), Meredith Ernst (12), Roy Gonzalez (12), Mike Maly ( 11), Aden Marshall (12), Maya Naff (12), Phoebe Perry, a11dElla Wiles (12) Illusion theatre has two directors, Patsy Koch-Joh11s and Sue Letheby who coordinate perfor-
theby educates the students about the topics tl1ey are dra111atizi11g. Letheby also goes on tour with the students throughout the state and serves as a moderator in the drama. The model of students teaching other students is referred to as "peer education." Illusion Theater's in11ovative Peer Education Program gives schools the right to perform Illusion's educational plays for their own communities. The most popular peer education model is TRUST: Teaching Reaching Using Stude11ts a11d Theater. This year, Illusion Tl1eatre l1as give11performances in many local elementary and middle schools as well as at schools across the state. Over the course of the program in Lincoln, Illusion Theatre has reached over 10,000 students, teachers, and professionals. The program has also helped children feel more · comfortable expressing abuse if it is occurring in their home. Le,vritten form. A second work entitled "Touch" addresses the issue of what kinds of touches are appropriate and what kinds are not. "Touch" is performed at elementary schools, while "Things Aren't Always What They Seem" is performed at middle schools. In addition to the benefits of sexual-ab11seprevention/education for elementary and middle school students, the members of the troupe also gain professional performing experience The students get to experience the benefits and drawbacks about doing a performance every day in a new performance space. "Illusio11 Theatre gives · teenagers a chance to be active in the community " remarked Maya Naff. 'From the very beginnings of lll11sionTheatre in Lincoln with Dr. Schoo (former LPS Superintendent) and Sam Nelson (the principal at Lincoln High when Illusion Theatre was started) everyone knew this would be a special program," Letheby said.
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at Tiine o Year A scar Buzz eRa edia
By Ge1miBachi11ski
I t ' s that ti111e of year again!
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'>• is all the rage 111 the media ,vorld, a11d mosl people are eagerly awaiting February 25 th so that all that buzz will die down. But is that ever ho\v things work? First you have all the controversy over who was and/or wasn't 11ominated, a11d then once the ceremony actually happens, you have people whining about who did and didn't win. It happens every year, and this year will be no differe11t, especially \Vith all the talk of the Beyonce K11owles film "Dream Girls" being apparently snubbed in the
By GavinCrowl
·i,up a system ·. that forces students who want to use the Window computers to have to check ot1t a keyboard first. The Media Center has done this to crack down on students who' have, according to them, been on 1nappropr1ate sites. This new system has , caused fewer people to use the PCs, and those · who want to use it more ··•• trouble. All o f the Mac compu ters are set up in such a way that alluw1, Ll1c !vfctliu Staff to \Vatch the compt1ter screens. They know · ·
11omi11ations. Perso11ally, I think that America's favorite and 111ost despised satirist, Sacha Baron Cohen, should have been nomi11a t e d as best actor or at least for best feature film for his mockume11tary, "Borat: Cultural Learni11gs of A111erica for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhsta11", in which l1e plays a news reporter fro -m the middle eastern country of Kazakhstan who travels to America to gather first-hand i11for111ation of how the country is run in order to help 1nake his own country better. The film has stirred up probably more controversy than any other film I've ever heard of, mainly because of the fact that 11early every race, social status, religion,
have been trying ·to go into sites such as My Space and other admin blocked sites by use of proxies. And since the Media Staff dos not have control over the PCs, a stat'f member had to cor1stantly go down and tell the student to get of the site.
"A lot of the time \Veonly what you are doing
and eth 1icity is at least 1nentio i ed i11 a humorous ma1rrner, \vhich n1ost people ound offense ~n. Cohen ;vas clearly acting in the n1ovie, ,vl1ereas tl1e reactio s to his outrageous questiorus (such as: "Gypsy, who is t J~is woman you have shrlink?' i11 refere11ce to a Barbie ou11d at a garage sale) are 100% real. Most, if not iilll, of the people Borat e cot1ntered in this movie liad no idea that they ,vere b ing intervie\ved by Sacha Baron Cohen a11d not a 111iddle-easter11 reporter with a l oud mouth for offe11siv questions named Borat !Sagdiev. Some of th e pe ple who appeared in the film didn't even know t ey had appeared in a major box office l1it until theYi saw themselves on the big scree11. Three frat boys from South Carolina
still wartt the old system back. There are instances in which I am onl)i' on for a short period of time. Having to check out a keybo rd and going through the tro 1ble of plugging the keyboarU in is time consuming and just lain ridiculous if I am only on for 5 minutes to begin with. It is trt1ethe problem will
were among the first to sue Cohen for using then1 in his fil.m \vithout their permission. The three men had picked ttp a hitchhiking Borat 011 their ,vay west (Borat was determined to reach Ca -lifornia i11 hope of marrying Pamela Anderson) a11d 011 the way, the three drun k college boys had 111ade 111any racial slurs 011 camera and were mortified when seeing the111selves in that light on the big screen. This ,vas only one of many la\vsuits Cohe11 faces today. I personally think that people are being way too close minded to realize that if this film makes fun of anyone, it's Americans. Yes, there are a lot of Jewish jokes. Yes, there are a lot of racial slurs. Yes, the coltntry of Kazhakstan loo ks like a poor, •
By E.1nilyRejda
very weird country due to Cohen's portrayal of the people in it. But what people fail to realize is that America11s look worse than all of the etl111ic groups in it con1bi11ed. Cohe11 put on vvhat I would call the performance of a lifetime a11d I forget every time
Photo by Gavin Crowl ueg111 ;1ga111 II IL I~ Jt:VC:llC:U how it used to be like.
when you are on a com- ; ;z,;:{ \ ,f:>\J"'' puter. However, there T~~" 'a'ia center now requires students to check out keyboards is a maj()r difference for the PCcomputers. between \Vhat the Media Staff can do with the PCs and the Macintosh computers. That is control. 11ave u11e µe1su11 up 11e1e a11u we are do busy. We don't have enough time to run down there and tell them to stop," Leptca explained.
''We do not have control over the Dell computers up here at the desk, Media Supervisor Bob Leptca said.
The staff decided to require students to check out a ' keyboard, then they can just
''We Vj'Ould have to have a better solution," said Bob Leptca.
through int the land of ''Onamia.' From this point on in the movie it continued to follow The Chronicles of Narnia plot line while adding in bits from MTV's Cribs, Pirates of the Caribbean, and James Bond. At the end of the movie
people \vere left confused as to what the real point in the movie was. It lacked a real plot line a~d skippe~ aro~nd from movie to movie using every thing it could to hold it all together. There really was no flow to the movie and parts to the 1novie were randomly put in there without having a ,vay to tie it in. It really made for a poor story. As t·or the actors, they did a better job to make the movie a real epic inovie. The movie included actors like Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie and Date
Many of these actors looked similar to the actors in the original movies and were able to ,. portray the humorous side of the characters well. They were able to make a co1nedy without being annoying with the character's personalities. This movie would t1nly be a movie worth one and a half stars because th ere was no point in it at all, but it did i11anage to get a few laughs. People went to Epic Mov•looked like a wellscripted movie but because it was just somethi11 9 funny and wasn t made to be a movie that people connected with. It was just another pointless movie, made so that people could laugh and look back at some of the other movies that were just as pointless as
Stomp Gives Outstanding Perjformance
ByE.n1ilyRejda
brooms,
jugs barrels,
folding chairs boxes, lighters, and thei own feet and hands to mak music. At their performanc STOMP was able to wo, teased He al\vays had a smaller inslru111e11tthan his group n1atcs and his solos were constantly interrupted by music behind stage or the audience's laughter. While the performance was fu11nythe performers were also able to mak e it a11interactive experience with the audience. On of the performers would do a two clap pattern and then the audience \vould several small lights in the middle of the :stage going on and of. It took a f hile to figure out that Lhe group hiad taken lighters and used the cli king noise of the lighters to ma ,e their music. Then agai11 everytll' ng we11tdark and there was a faint tapping in the backgrou11d. They lights came on and three memb s were suspended in the air playing on their wall of stuff. They [1.adnumerous amou11ts of fterns on the wall, like trash f an lids, washboards, hubcaps, and road sig11s, that they would play while the rest of the cast were beating on barrels to keep the beat. STOMP is a show that would be worth going to see again. It had so many tliffereni aspects to the show the aud ience with their abil it, k b h l that it ~akes it perfect for ) to eep on eat '!" 1 · any audience me1nber who performing _"".1ththeir as-Performers in STOMP use every day objects to enjoys music, dance, or sortment of instruments.create
ByMaiDo
Movie), Jayma Mays (Red Eye), Kai Penn (Superman Retu1ns and Van Wilder), Adam Campbell (Date Movie), Hector Jimenez (Nacho Libre), and Faune Chambers (Bring lt On Again).
Girls Basketball raps up Season
By JacquieMartinez
By JacquieMartinez
with a score of 65-51, a nd our game against East 71-62. O ur two victories over North Star (t he first game ended 56-47 and tl1e second 66-61) were also s,veet. N ext year our goal is to add Southe ast to the list. Districts are February 24 th t hroLigh the 26 th at 0111aha N ortl1. T he g11yswill open with Papillion Lavista. Last year we or1ly lost by four poi11ts in the Di strict final. We've improved a lot since the beginni11g of the year. They are doing so much better with their shot selectio11sand turnovers. Practices "\.J'Pr)' -intP.n ---51nd ...th e_ S-U)' worki11g very l1ard. The main thing they're still trying to work on is getting better at rebounding. Going to State isn't impossible, we just have to go for it a11dtake each game as they come. "We will be ready," Coach Uhing said. Our seniors who ,viii be leaving us this year include, Preston Harris, James Davis, Kellen Peterson, and Anthony Calhou11. State is scheduled for March 8th through the I 0th at the Devaney Center. Our boys need a lot of 1notivation a11d that's where \Ve come in. T,et ' s ma ke sure they k11ow,ve ' re behi11dthe111ai1d ,ve'll be there to cheer them on till the end.
they played a good game agai11st Northeast, that's a big day. The girls continue to gain experience as Districts approach on February 22 nd through the 25'h. We have to \Vin three games in a row to wi11 districts. Two of the district teams are ra11ked i11 the top ter1 right no,v So far into the season we've already played top teams and we've showed we could compete with them. We have had one of the toughest Class A schedules in the state.
Head Coach Pierce said, "We are going to take each game one at a time. Our goal is to play the full 32 minutes a nd see what happens."
Effort and exec11tion isa big thing in any sport, and even though we ca n 't control the other team we can control what we put into it and what we get out of it. Everyone that's seen the girls play knows that tl1.ey l1ave the heart. · "I a111really proud of al 1 four t cams. They took on a huge cha1lcn.ge and have gained a lot of gr0un_ci. I enjoyed watcl1i11g us grow," Coach Pierce.
- Swi.111Tea111H opes to ake Splash at State
by J\llaiDo
In the blink of a11"Ye the '-' winter sports are nearly over, especially for swimming a11d diving coach Richard Conradt. "It's gone by so fast The State meet is 11pon us," Conradt said. The Li11coln High's swimming and diving tea1n has had a good season so far They've swam hard, practiced daily, a11d l1ave in1proved drastically, both physically and mentally, in comparison to the beginr11ng of the "on l y individual that qualifies automatically for State," Conrad t said. This is Lenz's f<>a1rth year on the team and he has beer, "- state participant for all four years. 'I'n1 a little bit nervous about the ~l«'-e: meet It's my l ast year. I've go1,,, to state eve r y year, but this yea1 is espec i ally important," Lenz said. Ac cording to Lenz, it takes " a lo t of hard work and de t erm i n a tion" to become a good s wim mer. "When it starts
all six relays qualify," Co11radt said. Throughout the season, the biggest struggle was "getti11g people to come together as a team in all aspects," Co11rad said. There are three different aspects that a team shouldpossess. "One is the social aspect•, we ' re really good at that. Another is the-physical l).Spect, wl1icl1 we' re doir1g pretty well in. The last is the team visicrn, arid that's \vhere we could improve," Conrad said. It is not .1:,;:c: - •• l_t t.o develop the team vision aspect. All it takes is having the mind set to "swim like champign s," Conradt said, "There's swimming and then there's championship swimming. Plain swimmivgis just going through tl1e motions and thinking that you're doing what you need to do, ,vhereas, championship d
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!(Above) The girls compete in the 50 free against North Star on February 1st ling what needs here at Lincoln High. Lincoln High won this.meet.
(Right) The boys get ready to take off for the back stroke against North Star on February 1st here at LincoJn·l-ligh.
e11ent'eterson { l 2J maKes a 1ay up against umatia Benson on February 10th here at Lincoln High. The Links ended up winning.
Photo by Arthur McWilliams
the seas9n. A good s w i111n1er/div er "needs to have good upper body strength arid good n1e11tal toughness,'' " Stephanie Rtippelt (10) said. She obviously possesse~ LIICSC -iudt1lics. Tl-1i~ is Ruppelt's first year on the swimmi11g and diving team, yet she l1as sl1ow11 great athletic abilities and is one of the team's star divers. A11other swi1nmer that has been a remarkable contributo.r lo the tean1 i s senior Jeremy Lenz. Lenz is
to hurt, you can't stop becatise that's when you know you're really working hard," Lenz said. The state s,vimming/diving meet will be held at the Bob Devaney Center on Feb. 22 tl11ougl1Feb 2-4 It is hard to tell who will qualify for state other than Lenz The Conference meet on Feb. 9 at the Devaney Center will be the determining factor for state participation. "I don't know exactly who's going to qualify there, but I expect \Ve'!! have several individuals in a
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to be done i order to be champion " Althoug -· w1nn1ng 1s 1m porta11t, it i not the key el ement. Hav ing fun an self improvement is the main focus. "There's always going to be better swimmefs and divers , but I don't even spend time thinking about it. I ' m all about Lincoln 1-Iigh " Conrad
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!Taylor Schmidga11(12) makes a lay up for [i11coln High against 1omaha Benson on February 10th here at Lincoln High. The Links unfortunately fell short this game.
Photo by Arthur McWilliams
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By NataliaIA;tdford
(Due to a printing error, the following story was unreadable on the front page of this month's Advocate Below is a reprinted version of the story.)
As the situation in Iraq gets haveanopportunitytohelpaswell worse, more troops are being You can donate money andnecesdeployed and others are having sary items to SFC Procacina's unit their tours of dl1ty extended. One by bringing them to the media Lincoln High staff member, recep- center. Currently there are a need tionistAllegraProcacina,has been for razor blade refills, disposable directly affected. Her husba11d razors, shaving cream, deodorant Army Sgt 1st Class Anthony (for men and women) toothpaste, Procacina was!1I1!1{1~1.l 1~ilii
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water to the children. tense rain at times Students also and temperatures of 140 degrees have the opportunity to leave a in the summer. They also have no note of thanks and appreciation · indoor plumbing, and are mortar to SFC Procacina and his unit bombed daily. To say the least, when they stop by the media life isn't easy for them right now. front desk right next to the check Allegra has been sending the unit about 4 boxes of ' basic st1pplies every month to help out. "I send laundry soap, canned goods, candy I send anything personal that he may need, or anything that his soldiers may need;' Allegra said.
Now that McClung's Book Club is sponsoring Coins For a Cause,
in computer . Allegra said that the soldiers really do appreciate everything that they get.
"They say its kind of like Christmas everyday they get · boxes, and that's what keeps them going, and that they know that someone back in the United States is still thinking of them."
ByLauraMelpoldcr
some difficult ment, the One Act team taking state moments at Lincoln High, such as for 3 years, and then taking 2nd dealing ,vith fights between stu- place in the fourth year, and when dents. Some of the parents don't theDepartmentofEducationdubbed understa11d the punish1nents that the Lincoln High a blue ribbon school. school enforces on the students after After Scott and Uhrmacher the fights, but she still loves the kids leave Lincoln High neither one is and that was her main reason for strre of what they'll do. "When you
By MatthewD.Boring
"We want to get teachers with one commo'n goal together working as a team to make the school system better." These are tl1e words of Vernon Fisher, LPS Supervisor of School Improvement and Professional Learning Commtlnities. Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs as they are often referred to, i11volve creating communities of teachers that meet at set times with the goal of improving student learning. from a power-
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around barefoot, which that nob?dy the lmfayakuku valley have 1~very dangerous should wears, J_ust walked 2 km from their
t11ey get_cut. There are collect1~ g lage to carry a bucket of ~any d1sc:ises sp~eaddust? Kill water back to their house- mg around M<ila~1, a11d two birds hold. SI~ such trips per day ve:y few first aid_ ~upw it h n e are needed er famil plies. Shoes, pa1t1cu,stone; free p y larly sandals because of up some the climate, would help space in your basement and closet to protect feet and cut back on inwhile simultaneously helping to juries and disease. Another need make the world a better place by is candles, Needless to say, there donating those clothes to impov- is no electricity in the villages and crished children. You can drop off without candles nobody can see at a,.y of your old clothes in room night. This 'greatly limits the time S 179, where they will be picked that students can study and adults up and shipped over to two vil- can work to produce income. Adlages called Massakamisa and ditional needs are bars of soap, Salima in Malawi, located in West cloth diapers, money to purchase Africa. mosquito nets, children's books Families ,vho live in these a11dtooth brushes. villages 111ake$20 00 a year, on Mate11gula believes that it is average. They have no clean important for A111ericai1sto actu\Vater source, no electricity, no ally see the difference tl1at their mosquito nets to avoid catching contributions will make in the t ~alaria, very few candles to see at liyes of so many people. That is night one outfit each and the few whv he nromises to arrange for "n'nuitirWTI0 1ra:ve-tne opponu111ty- prro1u gr apr1s tu oe iaKe11 "J:h tr1e to attend school have no books to villages when the boxes of supread. plies from Lincoln High arrive. Lawrence Matengula is a Those pictures will be publis hed former resident of Malawi He in a future isstie of the Advocate no,v lives in the United States so all who donated will be able to and w,orks on a project calls Riv- see the difference they made. So, ers of Green. His main focus is find some cl.othes you never ,vear the development of clean water and drop them off in room S179. systems in the villages, but he That's all you have to do to change also wants to do somethi11g to somebody's life. Get on it! help the children directly. ''You carmot imagine ho,v grateful they would be to receive 11ewclotl1i11g from the United States." He said. Any boxes of old clothing or other donations that Lincoln High can collect, he says will be sent to his contacts in the villages and distribute ct to the people.
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P.,5 we look forward to next year, the question on everyone's mind is who the new associate principals will be and what k1nd of impact they will make. All of the candidat es interviewed at Lincoln High i11front of five diffe1·ent pane.ls made up of a cross-section of Lincoln High that included students, staff, and administration. Candidates applying included current Lincoln High employees, staff from other schools in the
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Natalia Ledford 11-Ierlff) rd@l h a(n1ail, coni - -all the interviews were over, Jessie Carlson and Brent Toalson were chosen to fill the shoes o f longtime Lincoln Public Schools staff members
Arlyn Uhrmacher who has been with the district since 1970, and Annie Scott , who began working for LPS 1n 1991. Both Uhrmacher and Scott \-Vill be retiring at the end of this year. When asked about the interview process, Carlson noted, ''It really gave the applicants a good sense of what Lincoln High is about because they got to meet with some of the different stakeholders in the school."
district, as I well as some from outside of Lincoln. After
Toalson, who has been with the district since 1991, is currently a teacher and attendance tech at Lincoln Southeast High School. He has served as teacher, coordinator, and sponsor for the Southeast Student Council. One of the projects that was completed during his
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tenure as StuCo sponsor, was the improveme11t of the Antelope Park Play ground Equipment Toalson and the Southeast Student Council raised nearly $300,000 to n1ake tl1e playground handicap accessible. This is Carl-
son's first year in the Lincoln Public Schools District where she currently serves as an instructional c oordina.tor here at L incoln High. Before coming to Lincoln, Carlson was employed by the Norris School District where she taught science courses. When Carlson found out that she had been picked for one of the two spots, she said she was
Receives tan • 1n vation
By GenrliBachinski
department decided to bring "Guys and Dolls" to the Lincol11 High stage for this year's musical. "It's really just one of those classic sho,vs," says John Heineman, theatrical director of the production. "Some of the m11sic is just kind of classic a11d people who k11ow musical theatre are very familiar with it. It's great fun for audiences to come and to hear music that they know be performed by our orchestra and our cast." The talented cast of the musical includes Roy Gonzalez as Nathan Detroit, Matt Boring as Sky Masterson, Meredith Ernst as Adelaide, and Maya Naff as Sarah Brown, as well as an assortment of gangsters and cabaret girls.
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Dr Joµ Gruett was responsible for direction of music and did an incredible job of bringing a classic to the LHS stage and making it sound even better than most professional renditions of the musical. All 3 performances of the musical on March 8, 9, and 10 ,vere met with laughter, applause and cheering from the audience, as well as standing ovations. Despite an unexpected fire alarm going off during the school assembly performance of the play on March 8, the cast and crew of Guys and Dolls pulled off an amazing performance.
because the director had to attend a should talk to Ken Babcock, Supervi- The secou d ~~~ponent, a cu!ture the defin1t1ons of a profession 1s that mandatory PLC n1eeting. Athletic sur of Erriployee Relations Babcock of collabo~ation,
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op right: Adelaide (Ernst) greets her soon to be husband Nathan Detroit (Roy Gonzalez, 12) with enthusiam.
right: Sarah Brown, played by Maya Naff (12) tries to persuade the head
Pressures Girls to Act Stupid
by NataliaLedford
pers c nality that a lox of teenage girls are trying to copy, explaining he mass number of Jessica Sim1oson clones I see \valki11g around. Too ma11y wo111e11feel that they 11eed to go platinum blo111:le,spe11dexcessive amounts of oney on makeup and tanning to k~'ep up their appearance, and
letely dumb themselves when it comes to their .I.- - p c;tS: 11arrt r e - n -s7t,---:t, -c", "1 yone is trying to fit the "dumb blo re"stereotype. (No offense to bl on des. I didn't come up with tl1at itle.) I 011't de11ythat tl1at particular ster i :otype is overexaggerated and {alsely used at times, but I thin c the bigger issue at hand is t e flip side; the fact that so
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Joan Jacobs, Supervisor of the Gifted Program for LPS, has been studying this issue for years. "What researchers have found, is that as girls go into middle school and l1igh school, their search for popularity supersedes their need for academic approval. So what happens is tl1ey
Thi;oughout tlw years, men Certain women need to realhave been the dominant gender in ize that they're actually oppressterms of power and control. Look- ing themselves by obsessing over ing back at history, a popular way their looks and trying to act stupid to inflict oppression and maintain all the time. Ask yourself, is it power over people has been to really that attractive to respond to deny them education. This was any question that somebody asks true of American slavery in the by slowly chomping on your gum, 1800's and is still true overseas absentmindedly playing with your within many conflict ridden ar- hair, sighing really loudly and
not supporting the has asked for "no strings attached." dent to begin withdra,ving troops avoid a filibuster in the Senate. And troops, they are undermining them." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D - no later than March I, 2008, with even if it did, Bush has threatened Such a strategy, he said, "represents Calif has countered with a $120 all of them to be home by the end to veto it. Bush's supporters say war a full validation of al-Qaeda stratbillion package, tied to benchmarks of August 2008. It also requires the should be left to the generals. What egy," for progress in achieving key goals Pentagon to follow strict readiness if, they say, Congress had told Gen. It would be tempting to disin Iraq. She hopes to bring it to a vote standards_ sufficient rest, recovery, Grant to leave Vicksburg alone or miss this statement,
Track and Field Gets a-Runn-i11gSt
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80 s Soccer Kicks into·Gear
By MaiDo
This year's tur11out for Boys Soccer was much better than last year's. "We bad 39 red cards issued whicl1 is considerably more than last year's 27," boys soccer coach, Tom Kolbe said. Players are excited to get started in the season. There are several retur11l11gvarsity letter winners this year. These include se11iors Last year, Lincoln High only had one win. "This year, we want more wi11sa11dto continue to grow as players and individuals," Coacl1 Kolbe said. "We want to achieve an even greater bond as a whole in all three levels from Reserves to Varsity." But winning is not everything. It is how the game is played and the attitude that the players demonstrate while playing tl1at deserves applause. It's bad to be a sore loser, but it's worse to be
+- Jeremy Lenz, Evan Schwahn, We.sley Okwumuo, Craig Maly, Michae 1 Sanas, Jos e Gioilisco, a11dsophornores Tyler Lenz, a11d Dan Stalder. Each of these players has earned at least one Varsity Letter "This year is looking more promising than last year," senior Evan Schwahn said. There are 42 students this year that are playing soccer on the boys' team. Of these 42, 17 are on Varsity, 14 011JV, a11d11 on Reserves. ''My h ope is that we ,vill learn to play a s a team better than last year and hopefully win some more games. If the guys stay committed and work hard, I think we'll have a great season," senior Jeremy Le11z said. Their team managers this year include sophomore Laura Orth and junior Natalia Ledford "I think they're going to do really good this year. There's some really good talent out there," Orth said. In soccer there are four criteria that make a great player according to Kolbe The first is possessing a positive attitude. Second is speed. Tl1ird is k11owing the technical aspect of the game and demonstrating your comfort with handling the ball. L astly, a player must have good t actics ,vhile playing. "Soccer is
e as," Coach' K olbe said. Senior Wesley Okwumuo be1i eves that they a re a great squad " We have a lot m ore depth this y ear and 1nore team unity," Okwumuo said. The t eams' motto is " Honor and Unit y." The students that make up the t eam all have different backg rounds. "This t eam has bo11ded n1ore this year t han last year,'' Keeper, senior Dylan Foss said. Each player comes from different -parts of t he world with different playing styles, but "it is unity that makes our team strong and the experie nce is only true at Lincoln High," Co~ch Kolbe said It is unanimous that each player thinks there i s good chemistry though out the team. "We'll do great this year.
We work really well together," senior Kuo! Kuol said
sen (12), Jaamie Sid11ey ( 12) , Brandis Hurt (12), Mengistu Kuwa (12), Cody Fultz ( 11), Isaiah Droud ( 11), Aaron Smith (11 ), Teonna Wimes (11), and Lonnie Temple (10). All of wl1ich went to state last year.
This year is going to bea very strong team with lots of returning athletes.
"Our goal for the season is to win city and go to state with all the people that ,vent last year and hopefully more," Junior Cody Fultz said. This year there was a significant increase in sprinters compared to last season. Altogether there are about 48 sprinters. That's a lot of people that can make a poitive difference for the team.
The first scheduled track meet was suppose to be Saturday, March 24' h in the Grand Island Relays but it got cancel.led. So the first meet will be Thursday, March 29 th in the LPS Track and Field Classic at Devaney Sports Center.
"We're going to have a good fun year a11ddo our best to get ready for state," Senior Preston Harris said.
a sore winner. As long as olavers are having fun and enjoying the compai1y of fellow atl1letes tl1at share the same interests, the team will grow and be more unified. Senior Abel Gigilisco has already set goals for himself this season. "l want to take at least two goals and I want the team to win a game at Districts," Gigilisco said. Winning is important to senior Pedro Marti11ez Izaguirre, but he cares more for the health and well being of the team. "We are doing really good. Hopefully we'll win and not get injured," Martinez Izag11irre said. The T-Shirt design for the Boys Soccer team this year will reflect the team as a whole. The shirt will represent the 111anyla11guages spoken by the team. The word "goal" ,vill be ,vritten in many langttages that will encircle a soccer ball to represent unity.
"90 minutes, 11 players, 1 game, and a world united," Coach Kolbe said. Unity, that is something Li11coln High can boast about.
It is too early in the season to predict a spot at State, but Kolbe is optimistic. "We have a challenging district bt1t if we can overcome that then we'd have great momentum in ~lay," Kolbe said. Seniors Cecil Carey and Francisco Gonzalez will do their best for the team. "I want to help the team win, pass the ball at the right times, and do what I can to thelp out the players and the coaches," Gonzalez said. Carey is optimistic and says, "we're going to win every single game " He also wants to "play at [his] best ability."
Show your support to the Lir1col11 High Soccer team by cheering them on at their meets.
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The Lincoln Hig h girls soccer team started out with a lose against LSW, with a final score of 13-0, but that did not stop them from trying their best and playi11gas a team. "We had three JV players swing up to play, two of which were freshmen. By the end of the game, we had five starting players out of the game with injuries, which rally had a large effect on the team. However, the girls still tried hard a11ddid11't give up even with the amounting score," sophomore Sarah Hartley said. Despite their first lose of the season, the team is working as a team and really trying hard to succeed "There's more seriousness during practices and games. We have more talented and experienced players this year," senior Sarah Ash, mid-fielder, said. ''Everybody's doing their best and there's a positive vibe about the entire tea1n," varsity coach Russ Inbody said. Last year, the team had no wins in comparison to the previous year's three ,vins. The goal this yea:r is to improve the stats "My goal for myself and the team this year is to improve our record and to always have a positive attitude," senior Miranda Ksionzek captain, said. Similar to the boys' teams, the number of girls that tried out increased drastically from last year. "The good thing about this year is that we have more girls out this year than we did last year," junior varsity coach Bill Zetterman said
The season has just begun, but already the girls have shown
great teamwork and enthusiasm. It is unanimous that the girls want to win at least one game this season. "We didn't win a single game-last yeai·. As a tea111,I want us to win a game," sophomore Sarah Hartley said. Sophomore Megan Fitzgerald feels the same way. "I want us to win at least one game," she said. Soccer is a team sport, which means that communication between players is crucial to a successful team "One of our goals this year is to have better communication," team manager junior Lindsey Hetrick said. Unity is also an important aspect of a team. "Everybody helps each other out," junior Karez Hassam said. "We are a good team. We get along and we play ,veil together," freshman Aleul Angelo said. The varsity girls' first 1neet was against LSW. "Southwest was really tough to beat last year. I'm hoping we'll do better this year," Hetri,ck said. The LSW me e t was held at the Abbott Field on the 19 th of Marc-h. The final score was 13-0. Although the girls did not win, they tried their best :J.Tidhad a lot of fun. "We gave it our best and fell a bit short, but we were having fun and acted as a team," Hetrick said. The 11extga1ne was agai11st LNE at the Abbott Championship Field on Mar 20. The score of that game was 4-0. The girls have a Jong season ahead of them but they're going at it with great attitudes.
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Baseball Steps Up to the Plate
By:JacxiuieMartinez
Like the other spring sports varsity baseball tryouts went well. About 49 people tried out this year, that's 5 more than last year, and out of that we have 12 new freshmen. This will be Head Coach Todd Sandberg's 4' h season coaching Lincoln High baseball.
"I'm excited for this season because we have a lot of seniors who are very capable of being excellent leaders," Coach Sandberg said.
Senior Tim Moeller says that he is ready to begin and he has been waiting for the baseball season to start since the beginning of the year. "This year we have ten seniors and that should translate into a lot of team chemistry and experience," Moeller said. Last year in baseball the boys ended with a record of 4-19.
"My hope this season is to see significant improvement as a team and from each individual. That's going to take quite a bit of sacrifice from each player to go beyond the efforts they've shown in the past," Coach Sandberg said. As a player Moeller said the
team's goal was, "to have
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This year's spring play
"A Comedy of Errors, " won't be your typical Shakespearean prodLtction. Director Patricia Koch-Johns, along with assistants Julia Doerr, Chris Maly, a11d Be11 Koch, take the prodL1ction in a new direction by setting the play in the 1980s and including a live metal band. The lJand < featL1res Adam Brown, seniors Jason Lenz , Michael Selvage and conductor Matthe,v Boring, who also con1posed tl1e music
The play is about two identical twins, their parents, a11d tl1e twins' serv -ants (who
Cassada) breaks a law that bans the traveling between two rival cities, and is thus condemned to death He tells the duke (played by senior Aden Marshall) the whole moving story, who afterwards feels compelled to help him. The duke gives his son Antipholus of Syracuse (played by senior Jeremy Tinnean) permission to leave but has a $1,000 ransom to save his life. A11tipl1olus and his servant Dron1io, (played by Will Bennett) end up together in Ephesus. This is where the 2nd twin (his brotl1er) A11tipholus of Ephesus, (played by Mike Maly) lives with his wife Adriana, played by (Maya Naff.) There ends up being much confusion between familv an ct friends due to mis•
and the Abbess are reunited Rehearsals of the play started about three weeks ago, ,vhich Koch-Johns said have been goi11gexcelle11tly, a11deveryo11e is excited abo L1tthe performance coming up.
This is the 4th Shakespearea11 play tl1at Li11coln High has performed in recent years. Two gra nts were given to Lincoln High in order to put this play on stage. 011e was fro111the Abel Foundation and the oth er one • was from Time Warner Cable Although the play will be set in a 11ew era, very few li11es were modified. Other elements of the play such as clothes and music bring Shakespeare to a more recent time. Tickets are already on sale
decided that they sl1011ldreally do something about this issue that they were so concerned with. Student Council President Josh Hesson and classmates got together a11dorganized a group of eight students ,vho did research about healthier lunch options for schools. After they had llrganized themselves and completed
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them to begin the Holocaust at a much faster rate. You can see the IMB logo is right on- fhe plate. This is an intere?ting story. There's a NY times writer Edwin Black. and his parents survived the Holocaust. And when the 1nuseum opened in 1993, he took them there and this machine was at the very begi1111inga11dhe saw the machine and the IBM and he said "what's that all about" and Ill1 one knew the ans,ver. And so the play that I'm w~iting_now deals,a gentleman ,vho s br1ll1ant. He s a technician, an engineer, he can fix 111achinesand that's ,.,,·hathe's hired to do."
4. What's different about wrjt ing afiction play? "The concern you have with a historical play is just getting the facts right; whereas here you still want to get the facts right but you have the license to create a person. You have a little bit more leeway, but at the same time you're dealing with a profound historical 11101ne11t.It's defi11itely a different challenge and it allows me to use some creativity."
Maly's next work is anticipated not only by students within the theatre department, but also by the Lincoln community ,vho 2. True story? , were captivated during Emmett "No it's complete fiction. But Till Li11coln High has a great IBM, when they sold the. ma- tradition of telling stories that chines to Germany, they didn't are not always directly in the sell them,:they leased them. And limelight Maly embodies t~is so in the contract IBN.I says, spirit by tackling shows that 1n''you can have this machine., ?ut elude messages about racism and ,ve're going to send a techn1c1an anti csemitism. "There are many to Jook at it 011cea 111onth." So stories that need to be told, and once a month a technician would I feel honored to be able to tell go to these places and make sure some of them," M/1,lysaid. the machines ,vere working and I
Baseball Takes a S
By Jacquie~tartinez
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April 28 aga inst Archbishop Bergan and C olumbus, both at Sherman field Then al so May 1 against Southeas t at Sh e rman. Come support yo ur fellow Links at their games. You dt1n 't want to miss out.
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Boys golf is off to a decent start this season. Their first tournament was the LHS Invite on Mar. 22 at Pio11eers Park. The varsity tean1 scored 371 while the JV team accumulated a score of 544. The varsilvteam has participated in the Grand Island Invite on Mar. 30 at Jack Rabbit Run, the Westside/Ralston/ Papio Invite on Apr 05, and the L PS Championship triur11amenlon Apr. 12. The boys scored 399,403, and 386 respectively The JV team has done very well. "All the players have show great improvement," C(1achSam Sharpe said. They have participated in the LNE/LE Invite and the LSW/LSE Invite , both of which were 9 -hole events and scored 228 and 235 respectively They also t (1rikpart in the LPS Champio11ship tournament where they scored 468. This year , senior Eric Carlson i s leading the team He has been p laying golf for ab0ut eight year
ai1d has been playing for Lincoln High ever since his freshman year and has improved dramatically. Eric is leading his fellow team mates and in order to do that he m11st"try and show them what they could be if they put their minds to it," Eric said. There are several returning players as well as players new to the game · Ret11rnersinclude senior Devin Billings, Jack Spray, and Eric Carlson, and sophomore Mac Madison. New players are juniors Colin Dragon and Travis Lamb, and sophomores
we honor each other in terms of ot1r development as players. And when I see those starting to slip I
Amy Ngo feel less success with that as a program, than if they [the other tea1n] I - -scorc-n - rm -::11--on-----goa s - on us.Coa ch Tom Kolbe says that there are a lot of positive and negative things happening on the soccer field. ''011e of tl1e things ,ve wai1t to increase this year, is that we only got ten goals last year so we wa11ted to increase shooting. So, other than the first game ,ve have scored a goal every game. Another thii1g tl1at is i1ice is tl1at s0111eof the people who have had an opportunity to score had never scored a goal before on varsity. Ai1d, that's a great experience that's an experience that is real! y special." However, he says he is co11ceri1edabout the amount of goals that are being scored against the team "I've now had 1nore goals scored agaii1st me in these first couple games than several se asons, and so that's kind of tough."
He says the , team needs to work on defending the goal, but l1e also really wai1ts to focus on attack. He says if they ever want to be a competitive program ,vithin tl1e i1ext couple of years tl1ey have to change the culture so that they are a goal scoring team. ''As soon as you tend to sct1re goals, you will always score goals." He said. "And that's the fun part of the game. I mean, obvit1usly its at team game; so it does take everyone to score. It's not just a person that's going to be the go tti person. It takes the whole team to do th at, so it really starts to affect everyone's performance once you start getting those points."
Girls Ten nis
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This year's team has don e a great job and has put in a lo t of effort this season Col!ch J en se n said, "The girls that are playin g the best right no\v are seniors M ai Do and Je1111aKeller, and junior He idi Paneitz. These girls are undef eat ed at this ti111e."
Senior Mai Do said, "Th i s seaso11is goi11ggreat. We've had a winning season so far with a r ec ord of 3-1 There's a lot of team work Even though tennis is an indi vidual sport, the girls have been enco ura ging e ach other and doing really wel l. When asked about their §trengths Mai said, "A lot of experience. A lot of the girls l1ave bee11playi ng all four years, teamwork, and co mmunication."
The girls varsity tennis team has started off their season v ery well with two wins and only one loss. They played their first away game on March 26 against Linc oln Southeast and won the game 6 -3. Their following game was the first home game that the girls play ed which was against Beatrice. The ir game was originally scheduled for
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March 27 but was postpo11ed a week to April 2 due to the weather. T hey played a good ga111ebut u11fortunately lost to Beatrice. It ,vas a close ga111ewith tl1efinal score of t he game 5-4 The next gan1e the girls came back and won against Lincoln Northeast on April 4 7-2. After t heir triumph over Northeast the girls were supposed to have played Grand Islan d on April 10 and Linc oln East on April 1 l, but because of bad weather both games got r ained out On Thursday, April 12 they went to the Kearney Doubles and on Saturday April 14 they had the Lincoln High School Invite. At the I ini;:<JlnHigh Invite they placed second overall. Senior Vanessa Ventry won 1 place in #1 single and senior Mai Do (12) ,von 2 nd in #2 singles. Seniors Jenna Keller and Erica Anderson both won 3rd in #1 doubles, and seniors Hannah Dovel and Sara Moore came in 3,a place in #2 doubles Along with those games the girls will a]so play Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southwest, Columbus, Fremonl, and alte11dthe Fremont Invite, and Lincoln East I11vite before their big Heartland Conference Meet in May
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[her]'' and is c.1neof those s ongs that makes you want to d ance. Other tracks, such as Innocence'' serve for a more s omber tone, which is a good s witch for the record to take; i t has a good balance bet""·een f aster songs, and slower, more b allad-type tunes. worked into nL1merous tracks scene with roles in films suc h on the record and nearly every as 'Over tl1e Hedge" and "Fast track being packed with hefty Food N.ation ' ' are only
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yet catchy guitar riffs, Lavigne 's things Lavigne has tackled since sou11d has evolved si11ce l1er her last recl1rd , ar1d the absence last release, "Under My Skin," of the Canadian from the music and even since her first record, scene has definitely aided in 2002's ''Let Go." "Unc.ler My hyping her fans 11pto hear from
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By GenniBachinski
Will Ferrell has come a long way since his days on Saturday Night Live in the 1990's. He's written, produced, and starred in a multitude o:( smash hit comedies, some of ,vhich gre,v to cult-film status. The most popular of the Ferrell batch of comedies would have to have bee11 2004's ''Anchorn1an". Ever since Ferrell portrayed airbrained, self-centered news anchor Ron Burgundy, • he's starred in
"Blades of Glory'' tells the · tale of two 111alefigure skaters who are head to head in competition with eachother, and this leads to an on-ice brawl that gets them thrown out of the skating le ague and banned for life. Three years after this incident, it comes to their attention that a loophole in the system would allow them to skate again; but the catch is, they have to do it as an amusing performance -as the 111oreti111idfigure skater.
SNL's Amy Poehler a n d Arrested Development'& W i ll Arnett pL1ton great performan ce s as Ferrell and Heder's r i val s o n the skating rink, brother a n d sister Stranz and Fairchild VanWaldenberg. The film, overall, h a..s a predictable ending but it is stil l wortl1 the 7 dollars it costs t o g o see it. There are a few cl a ssic o ne-lin er s (i.e. - Michaels i s telling Ma cElroy a boL1t his l1airbrush that is made from " re al whale b o11e" and ad ds "I love th is brush mor e than I c ould loveahu man a few films that have n1irrored aforementioned character almost to a T; the one exception being last year ' s ' 'Stranger than Fiction'', w hicl1 has been one of Ferrell's only ~;;ea~~n~::~~;
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By GenniBachinski
Back in middle school, l was the Good Charlotte girl. Everyone k11ew I was obses sect ,v itl1 this b and to absolutely no end They could do no wrong in my eyes at all, and I never tbought I'c.lsee the day when I'd be able to actually sit her e and tell you that one of their alb ums was not the best album I'd ever heard in my entire life. Insane, are used to hearing. T'm SllITYlll report that most of the 15 tracks sound exactly like one another, with the exception of the radio-friendly single ''The River". And for those of the tracks that don ' t sound like one another, everything I've heard on this record gives n1e a sense of dejavu; 11011e of it really seems that original. Either we heard it before in some lightrock 90's band llr ,ve heard it just if}
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sion accomplished. "Dance Floor Anthem" is ch ock-full of synthesizers and is pretty reminiscent of 80's pop, while light, poppy track "Son1etl1ing Else" has early 90's alternative rock written all over it. Spoken word/rap was another genre t.l1atGood Charlotte felt the need to toy ,vitl1 on this record, but unfortunately wannabe r
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many as his has returned to Glory. Photo courtesy of com in soon.net past films h ave tl1e c on1edy world g had Ma ny after a small stint on the more a team. This serves as a problem have be en for Ferrell's character, Chazz comparing "Blades" to "Anch or- serious side of the fence, and we're pleased tLlhave hirn back. "Blades of Glory", released on March 30, would be his newest endeavour and I have to say I was11't surprised wl1e11Ferrell's character turned out to be a selfabsorbed, dumb-as-a-bag-ofr ocks figure skater
Michael Michaels, who claims man'' and last year's "Tallade ga "I AM figure skating!" Fe rell's Nights", in ,vhich Ferre.II pl ays counterpart, Jimmy MacElroy, his normal egotistical yet hil ariis p1ayed by Jon Reder, who ous maleGhauvinist, and whi le I is better known a s Napoleon think that everything Will Fe rrell Dynamite" by most. While his touches is gold, "Blades" j ust acting isn't exactly as gold as wasn't his best work. Neve r th eWill Ferrell ' s is, he still puts on less, I give it an A+ for effort.
" , Good Charlotte's latest album "Good Morning Revival" came out this spring. I think it would be a Photo courtesy of goodcharlotte.com wise decision for the rig ht? Their first record, "Good Ch arlotte'', ,vas fun pop-punk and no thing more. "The Young and the Hopeless" was more of the same, only a little darker and t inted ,vith teenage angst. 2004 's "The Ch ronicles of Life and Death" wa s an even darker and more experimcnt1;1lsound, and it wasn't my fa vorite record ever wh eii it came out, but I learned to love it as time we nt on. A11dnow witl1 the March 27 r elease of the band's 4th studio album "Good Morning Revival", I rea lly have to say that GC are gett ing way more adventurous and don' t really care anymore about what's popular or what their fans
this last year with the release of My Chemical Romance's "The Black Parade". Random techno beats and synthesizers as well as horn sections throw11into some of the so11gsreally confuse an individual and I, personally, am
L orl tudents Lan1tua -win bi e Fair a t L
By GavinCrowl superior.
ett to right: E.milystanneld ( 11), Randy Mefzger I<11), Julianna Felker (12) and Preston Harris ( 12) perform a rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears during the UNL Language Fair on Mar. 29. based 011how many years of .language had been taken by the students. Level 1 is for students who have had 1 1or 2 year ,s of 1exper1e11ce eve] 2 is for 3 years of ex- hey received Honorable Mention for French er1ence or Drama - level 2. Photo By Mai Do higher Level 3 is for native speakers, who could participate in the contests and win ribbons, but are not allowed to get 1st place or honorable mention. participated, the 011es wl10 did brougl1t back a good name for Li11coln High. Each stude11tchose to do a presentation of a poster, music, folk dance. drama, or poetry - all r.eflecting the language's culture. The judges gave ribbons accordingly; white being good, red being very good, and blue being Although the attendance of the Language Fair has been going do\v11 accordi11g to UNL, there seen1ed to be more competition this year. A[)
"In Spanish, there ar e a lot of groups com1Jeting for tlie language \Vl1ereas ot her groups there are not as m any competing ," sa ys Wor ld Language teacher Paula Ossenkop, explaning the c ontrast of competition betw ee n the Spanish groups and the other language groups. "There were ma ny years past when Germ an
tne nrs place award for French Music - level 12at the World Language Fair on Mar. 29 at the student uniton at UNL. tion.As far as the a,var ds I Photo By Genni Bachinski I went, Wanamaker's G er- ·
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He lear11ed this tl1e har d wa y his sophomore year in cr oss co u11try when he injured his kn e e b y over working it. The in jur y st i ll hasn't gone away
attending UNL to study teaching, coaching, and ministry. He ,vill also be continuing with track thro11ghout college, anll if he's l11cky e11ough, he even drea111sof taki11git beyond college. To l1i111,ru1111ingisn't just a sport. "Running influenced me other than just athletically." He said. "It gave me a lot of leadership and helps me focus in scho ol In cross country , I was captain so tha t helped me develop my leaclership skills a11dwork great with others and knowing how to talk to peoplethat's really helped me out a Iot."
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By NataliaLertford
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up of the decorations. "These 12 security personnel come into play. King was Preston Harris. The were chosen because they had They were there to make sure that second and first runner up for good attendance, and emerged as no one wa s hurt. Prom Queen was Abby Coleman natural leaders among the group," Last year, about 500 tickets and Ella Wiles respectively. This McClung said. were sold. They expected about year's crowned Queen was Liz There were fewer complica- that much this year, but planned Porter. "I was surprised that I tions this year than last year. "This things out with a low number in won. I wasn't really expecting year went wonderfully with 12 mind in order to be safe financial that," Porter said, The 2007 Prom people helping compared to last wise. Typically all the tickets Prince second and first runner year's 5-6 including parents and are sold on the last day ' 'It's just up were Aaron Smith and Jacob staff. The problem with putting amazing. They know it' s the last Adams respectively. This year's up the displays is that they don't m~ment and they have to buy Prince was Colin Dragon. The come with all the necessary parts. it. The lines take forever on the second and first runner up for They're just the bare bones of last day of ticket sales, " said McPrincess were Jessica Farber and what you really need, but there's Clung. Teonna Wimes respectively. This no weights or support to keep it Prom ended around midnight. year's Princess was Nina Gligor- upright. The trouble last year was Students quickly rushed home to evic. that we would get the displays all change out of their formal wear, Prom was only successful due set up, but once we started walking and into more comfoi:table c lothto the many hours of hard work away, it fell do\vn. With people ing. Then, off to the p o s t pr o m that was put into it by students and dancing and moving around all party at Lincoln High Sim il ar teachers at Lincoln High. Most of night, we couldn't have that hap- to last year, there was a hY,gnotist t.I.1\., VY-Vik"
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""=m1I1.1-he y.,t nad s11-rea,th a .tt ~ills w..e,_r_e. ul £h~@-!l-~9htOO-:. Kn.iG¥"-T.11a1;1 --\M ha G!, lg. ggQ.l4 GG:!.¼p¥iM s 1 paid, decorations were ordered, said. and came up with most of the The planning of prom startideas," Krrickma11said. ed approximately mid January. This is the first year that Lin- ''Typically we'd like to get started coln High has had a prom club. sooner than that, but I didn't want There were approximately 70 to be prom sponsor because I studentswhosignedup,butnotall thought I wouldn't have enough 70 were dedicated enough to be time and I've also been working of any help. "Some people were on my masters degree. When we for the kids to win," a n active member of the LHS Booster Club Kathy Ells said Post Prom was m ade possible with thanks to the LHS Boost er Club. They've
Oass Quilt Helps FirstLHS 10th Grade Team CreateWritingand Community Skills
By GminCrowl
For the first time ever, the 10 th grade team in Lincoln High School, created a class quilt. Beginning in 1st semester this year, the first 10th grade team read the story ''Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, a short Story about Blac:k ,voman living in the Deep South with one of her two daughters. One of the daughters who
quilts to make into
Each student did a single square of the quilt When
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were finished, the squares were collected and sewn
"Each block a student did tells a story in their life or something that relates to their life," explains Barb Weckman, a teacher in this y:ears 1Qtl 1 grade team. Many chose their experiences of their favorite place, or even almost comical experiences. And most, if not all, the students in the team enjoyed the activity "It got everybody involved in the same activity so you can see everybody's experiences in life;'' sophomore Tyler Long explained. After the students made their piece of the quilt, they wrote both an expository essay on why they chose the piece and also a narrative essay on the story behind the quilt square. By doing this activity, the 10th grade team both learned writing skills and skills that will help in the community.
The LHS teams were first created
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dents to be more successful in high school and to help students transition from middle school to the high school environment. Administrators choose the students randomly. And the number of students in the teams is usually around 90 to 100 and gets bigger
Weckrnen. Although the 10th grade team helps differently for different people, it more or less, still helps them in some way. ''It's cool. I met a lot of people that I didn't kno,v, so last year in high school I met more The first LHS 10th grade team creates a quilt out of personal experiences. The quilt was sewn together by
tion teacher Barb
with help from her
as the year progresses "Teachers communicate with each otl1er,we keep track of how kids i re doing in the classes, we provide homework help, we co.lillllunicate more often with p.:1rents, we have awards ceremonies In the 10th grade team advisory group, we
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Behind" was implemented, a series of standardized tests were used to measure the intelligence of students. Johnson dislikes these tests ,vith a passion. ''The last few years have ,put all the emphasis on the CRTs , and GDEs They're not assessing what really makes the difference and that's the relationships
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happens in its own time," she said. Kinston also has a little piece of advice for new teachers. ''Love your work, fo cus on your students, and always kno,v why you are teaching what you are teac,hing," Kingston said. Teaching has not been a smooth ride for Kingston. Her first years as a teacher were traumatic. "Halfway through, I said I wouldn't you have. teach another Especially · · 2 "'t":;:year. Obviously, in English, ' things got bet11 KarenGilbertson I' t 'we rea y ge er. ve come o hit hard, we.__ love teaching and have to do all these test prepara- I will probably continue teaching, tions and assessments. It takes the in some form, the rest of my life," fun out of it. We don't get to read Kingston said. the fun books and do the projects Health and Physical Educathat we used to do. I don't think tion teacher Sam Sharpe will also it's really helping the kids," she leave Lincoln High at the end of said. this year. He is not Although really retiring. He's Johnson won't only changing his miss the stan- work environment. dardized tests, Sharpe graduated she will, how- · from Lincoln High ever, miss all in 1970 and has althe friends that ways been proud of she 's made !I the education system. throughout the Id "A counselor at Linyears at Lin- "··· ii/coln High once said coln High and HlillMl I probably shouldn't the students. ' goto college because "Young people · I wouldn't make it. are always full KathleenBl)'llllt She knew if I took of energy and hat challenge on I excitement. I'm used to that kind would be motivated to show her," of interaction," Johnson said. She he said. He is the successf11lteachis considering the possibility of er he is today because of her. He volunteering, which will give the has been teaching for 32 years and opportunity to work with kids once will miss "seei11gthe accomplishmore. ments of students," Sharpe said.
ELL teacher Constance Sharpe enjoys seeing students Kingston will also retire next mature , and being more responyear. She has been teaching ELL sible and confident in themselves. for 16 years and be fore that she Sharpe is disappointed when stutaught Special Educa ·on for 16 dent '' · faced with years. "Ienjoythe a chalpure teaching · I en g e. the gold moments Life is in the classroom " a b o u t Kingston said. ch a 1After retirement, I e n g e s Kingston plans andhow to "teach adults we deal part-ti1ne in the w i t h community, them. travel, cook for Either people, focus on constanceKingston g1ve up gardening, hel '----------------'orgrowby raise grandchildren, read all the working through , them," he said. books I've never ha~ time to read, Sharpe's first year as a teacher improve my French, become pro- was in a town of 350 people with ficient in Spanish, volunteer, and only 62 students from grades 9 meditate." through 12. He was the head foot-
If there's one thing Kingston ball coach, head boy's basketball won't miss, it's the crazy public coach, and assistant track coach school schedule and the paperwork and taught Kindergarten thro11gh demands. Looking back to the first 12 th grade Physical Education. years of teaching, Kingston wishes Sharpe encourages new teachers that she could "be the teacher I am to "commit [themselves] to being now 30 years ago but then, none professional arpund the students of us get to do that, and everything and staff; we model what we teach.
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By NataliaLedford
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course of an entire day- don't judge me.) Okay, next; even though prom is now long over, I have advice for saving money on next
Take children in Malaysia who have been born with harelips, for instance They're going to be stuck like that forever because it would require an entire ten dollar donation to get surgery and unfortunately that money was invested into a prom dress that is going to spend the next 15 years sitting in a closet, doing nothing. All it takes is a little more time spent going through clearance racks and looking through consignment shops to find a really
Put some cash back into your wallet by using some simple methods to save a few bucks. Try not going out to lunch so often, shop at consignment shops, getting your friends who work at food places to hook you up and not spending a ton on prom next year.
year. First of all, ladies; why the $200 dresses? You're going to be wearing them for one stinking night of your life. Trust me, most guys can't tell the difference between a $60 and a $250 dress, not do they care. The same goes for shoes. And I know; "Boohoohoo, it's my high school prom and I've been looking forward to it since I was a little girl and I deserve for it to be special, and blah blah," right? Well, guess what? There are a lot of people in this world who look forward to all kinds of things but still have to make compromises for money's sake. There are organizations dedicated to protecing students and children from unwanted military recruiting
The project, "Leave My Child Alone," is coordinated by Mainstreet Moms, (The MMOB, Mainsteet Moms Operation Blue), partnered by Working assets and ACORN (Association of Community Organizations, for Reform Now) and sponsored by groups such as, Veterans For Peace, Student Peace Action, Grandma's For Peace, and many more.
Leave My Child Alone, is a family privacy project whose goal is "to protect the students from un\vanted military recruiting, by educating parents, provide tools to parents to help themselves and other parents, provide support for the Student Privacy Act of 2005 (H.R. 551), and facilitate community events."
Students who wish to prevent the military from getting
Photo by Natalia Ledford
nice dress for half the cost. That way you won't have to wear a dress made of 100% pure, hand woven guilt all night knowing the millions more worthy causes that the money spent on your attire could have gone towards Another thing; do you own darn nails and hair. Once again, nobody will be able to tell the difference.
If you use these little money saving tricks I bet you will be surprised at how much cash you'll have to spare that you can put towards more important things like college. All it takes is some cleverness and will power. their personal information from their schools can send an optout letter to LP S and one to the Pentagon, which has a database of 30 million 16-25 year-olds, updated daily and given to military recruiters monthly.
Parent permission is not required to submit the letter.
The opt-out letter can be downloaded from the website www.leavemychildalone.com, or obtained from the school counseling center.
After filling out the opt-letter, students are encouraged to follow up, because some schools require them to renew the optout letter every year, while some only require submission once.
The military can still ask your college for your information even when you get to college, and it doesn't matter what type of college you enroll in. When you get into college you also have the ability to sign your opt-out letters, sending one to your college administration.
Above, Seniors enter the JohnsonGym surrounded by other students and staff up in the bleachers, waiting for the Senior Awards Convocation to begin. Students recieved awards for acedemics, leadership, athletics and more. The assembly lasted for about an hour and a half on May 17.
Photo by Greg Keller
Right, Social Studies teacher Bill Zusban speaks at the Senior Awards Convocation. Behind him to the right is Principal Mike Wortman and behind him to the left Is Administrator Annie Scott. A total of 77 seniors were honored at the convocation. The class of 2007 was the first ever freshman class to attend Lincoln High, and are the first ever classto graduate after attending LHSfor four years in a row.
LHSStudents and Staff Perform Array of Outstanding Acts at Joynite
By NataliaLedford
Photo by Greg Keller
byMatthewD.Boring
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Part
the unique
they follow If you are a dean or staff member, the year is structured around the residency seasons - summer and winter - when the programs cycle through the campus one by one.
For nearly three months twice a year students and faculty are on campus working. A program arrives and the place is jumping for 10 days, then there are a few days to regroup, clean up the dorms, and the next program arrives. "Eachyearwedo 14 admissions cycles, 14 financial-aid - award cycles, 14 registrations, 14 orientations, 14 distributions and collections of room keys, 14 commencements for our 7 programs," Goddard President Mark Schulman connhe11ted. During the fall and spring when most other schools are in session, the Goddard staff has time to do institutional planning, evaluation, recruitment, hirii;ig, budgeting, fund-raising, research, and recuperation, and are able finally to take vacations.
Students follow a similar schedule. They come to campus for an 8-day reside11cy at the beginning of each semester. During this residency they will attend workshops, short courses, presentations of all kinds, and work closely with advisors to develop an individualized study plan for the coming ·semester.
historical people, events, etc kids that are pretty smart, want
Science Focus Program gives allowed to express their worldand then present their knowl- to be challenged but don't
Barstow an opportunity to in° views in dialogue with others edge in variou s forms including want 5 AP classes? Some are corporate the unique elements in an environment of respect. documentaries, monologues, i nvolved in the performing arts of education that he utilizes Students begin to realize that and other forms. or in athletics and they want into his classes Implementing their beliefs are shaped by
"Students become intimate a stimulating class, but don't a program like this that truly myriad factors and their sense with the history They know want to go all the way to AP. focuses on student learning is of reality is d etermined by more than I do about a particu- Where are the classes in our difficult to do on a large-scale these factors." lar area. That's really exciting educational system that address basis and would require sys- "When engaging in diabecause I have this big aerial this area?" Barstow asks temic change in our district. "It logue with others their realities view of a topic and the students There definitely are some is a pretty progressive model," can undergo transformation or are right down on the ground advantages to teaching at a he said. even be reinforced,'' Baker level with it. The more depth focus school according to Bar- Barstow made the point added, ''My impression is that you give it, the better," Barstow stow. He said that two of the that LPS seems to be moving the majority of students react said. major advantages are getting more towards efficiency and positively to a classroom that
Susan Fleming also weighed the National History Day Com - according to Barstow is the stu- at the Ross, we can call them mented. Baker's classes are in saying, "My view is that petition in Washington, D.C. dents that are looking for chal- see if we can come and then well liked by many students standardization will undermine and compete at the national lenging, stimulating classes but say, 011focus day we 're going because they go beyond the democracy and that it is not the level. aren't willing to commit to an to watch a documentary at 11 textbook. type of education that students The program is designed to AP or differentiated workload am," Barstow noted. Baker said, "I believe it in this country should have.'' encourage students to research and pace. "What about those The Lincoln Public Schools is important that students are Science Focus Program Social Studies Teacher Jim Barstow is no stranger to using progress1ve education models in his classPimBarstow! r O O m · Barstow, a 30year teaching veteran in the Lincoln Public Schools District, has integrated creative projects and methods into his curriculum and continues to adapt his courses to student interest _ Before joining the faculty at the Science Focus Program, Barstow taught at Lincoln High for 9 years and helped to develop the world experience class that is still offered today. Barstow credits current LHS English Department Chair Judy Strand and former history teacher Ross Tegeler who together developed the American Experience class for the idea • He said, "Pairing those courses together is really a natural fit within the humanities."
One topic that Barstow noted was that books do not provide the depth of knowledge necessary to understand history. ''The book provides
One area that Barsto,v to know the students really sometimes loses the depth in is engaged in discussion. says needs improvement in our well a n d being able to work content. "We are almost turn- They feel that they are safe schools is the way that student · clqse r with the other faculty i11gour schools -into a business, to express their views without success is measured. He argues me m bers. and I don't think that's what being subjected to criticism. that testing holds some students "I f other teachers are re - we should be doing," Barstow Criticism is not the same as and teachers back from reach- a lly pi ling on work and tests, said. critical thought or critical diaing their potential. Barstow then I ' ll back off for a while logue. commented, ''One unfortunate and tha t 's an advantage that we Michael Baker, a former In critical dialogue stuthing that testing had done is have of a small staff," Barstow social studies and ESL teacher dents are able to examine made us level the curriculum noted. The close interaction for LPS, is known for using their - reality and the re alities so teachers who want to share with other staff members is also creative mod- of others. I tend to a passion in a certain area can't. a definite advantage in stream- els and lead- believe they find They ve told us atLPSDO, you lining the educational content. ing focused iii this beneficial." don't have to stop doing that, "I know now that I don't but you do. Every teacher has have to teach something in started throwing stuff out of world history that I taught in their curriculum to fit or they US history. I talk to the scijust ignore it and say to heck ence teachers and say I'm not with coverage I'm goi11g to teaching this in my class, I'll worry about depth and content. let you cover it The students Teaching is a very individual know what to expect from us type of thing and it should and we know what to expect reflect on what that teacher is from them. I can talk with a good at. So who's getting hurt? student about their work and discussions
As for his in his classes. future, Baker is Before joining currently involved the East High in a rese&rch projSchool faculty, ::;::;;;:::;:=:; ect with Bowling where he most jMichael Baker I Green_ State U~irecently taught, Baker vers1ty regardmg teaching has been an adjunct faculty history from the present back member at the University of Ne- and is scheduled to present at braska-Lincoln and Southeast the National Social Studies Community College, and served Conference in San Diego this
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By NataliaLedford
It was the last game of the season in Omaha, against Millard West. The tension was mounting. The Links were fighting for one, just one win the seniors were ready, the team was giving it their all but shockingly, they lost 8-0 anyway. To put it bluntly, this was not a good season for the LHS boy's varsity soccer team. In fact, Senior mid fielder Michael Sands best summed up the year on the bus ride home when, in place of a formal interview, he performed a free style rap about his thoughts on the season (he was accompanied by sophomore forward Dan Stalder as the beat boxer.) The only appropriate/publishable part of it went like this; ''My name is Mike, I like to ride a bike, the soccer team won a lot of games siiike !'' Yeah--what he said. The team ended up going 0-15 for the season, which is almost the average score for the majority of the games as well. However, despite the depressing record, the team wasn't in low spirits when the season finally ended. Senior Defender and team captain Craig Maly said "At first when you're having a bad season like this you get really down and stuff but after awhile, it gets so ridicu-
lous that it's hard for anyone to even care anymore. It was just a bad season, what else can you say? You might as well laugh about it." Most players agreed and said that the low points of the year were obvious; losing every single game miserably. Though many also agreed that the high points of the season were pretty obvious as well; the bus rides home.
The team spent the last one making fun of themselves (if only I could publish all of Sand's rap), counting how many truck drivers they could get to honk their horns on the interstate (an impressive total of 7) and recollecting favorite memories of spring soccer this year. Most reminisced about the funniest remarks that they had heard senior Abaas Al-Badry make toward the refs. "There wasn't a whole lot else to laugh about this season." Sophomore Tyler Lenz said. ''I was disappointed with the season overall," said senior mid fielder and team captain Jeremy Lenz ''I think all the seniors wished the record would have been better, but we can take some pride knowing we gave it our all, individually at least." Lenz isn't through will his soccer career yet. He signed a contract to play soccer at Morningside College in Iowa for the next four years on a scholarship. "I'm excited about
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BYJamuieMartinez
The girl's tennis season was over before we knew it. Varsity had a great season with a dual record of 4-3 and the girls placed l 8', 2 nd 7 th and 8 th in their tournaments. Junior varsity and reserves also did an amazing job this year. The varsity dual match against East on May 1, was here at Lincoln High. The girl's beat East 6-3. The day before on April 30 at the East Invite, Lincolrt High and East tied for 1st place. It all came down to wins vs. loses and Lincoln High won more games and placed 1st Varsity player senior Erica Anderson said, ''Everyone played really great. We knew we had to play rough, we did and we won. This was a huge win for the season." Currently the girls are 2 nd in the city, Lincoln Southwest is 1st •Throughout the season the girls have beat quality teams like East, Southeast, and Northeast. The girls played one of three singles on May 3 against Columbus. They couldn't finish due to the rain. However the match against North Star on May 7 didn't get rained out and the Links won 8-1.
When asked what the best thine; u1"" -'lhaL1t thi<: <:e!l<!On compared to past ones, Anderson said, ''Being successful. We have seven returning letter winners this year. With all the experience, the intensity and focus on the team is unbelievable."
The girls are constantly pushing each other to get better. The missing link is the drive to get better. So often the girls are working individually that their team chemistry isn't very strong. They only lost 3 meets this season and they could have very possibly been undefeated. That's the goal for next year, to stay strong as a team and hopefully be undefeated. With the varsity team consisting of so many seniors there will be a lot ot· hard positions to fill. Our seniors are Erica Anderson, Leyloni Brown, Mai Do, Hannah Dovel, Jenna Keller, Sara Moore, and Vanessa Ventry. The girls started and ended with a bang. They worked very hard and it showed throughout the entire season. Our seniors will be missed but their great talent and achievements will never be forgotten. Anderson said, "This season we wanted to make a statement and we did just that."
Morningside,'' he said "I think college will be a good experience."
Senior Defender Wesley Okwumuo said he was proud of the tea1n for sticking together for the most part this past season, but admitted that ''Sometimes we broke down a little bit. Like whenever the other team scored we usually just let down.'' Like Lenz, as a senior and a captain he wished the season could have gone better, but he realizes "its high school, you have to have fun, too." He is not yet sure where he will attend college. "I'll either go to Morningside alongside Jeremy,
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Sophomore John Kingstonhits a single during the game against Lincoln East on March 23rd. The Varsity boys ended a good seasonthis year. Photo By Katie Lamb
Senior Mal Do tossesup the ball for a serve during the meet against Lincoln Easton May 1st at Lincoln High. The team won with a score of 6-3.
Photo By Heidi Paneltz
The Varsity girls played a tough game against Columbuson April 3rd at Abbott field. The girls had a rough season with no wins.
Photo By Promise Canby
Des ite
By MaiDo
This year'sAqualinks team did a fantastic job at their performance on May 9- 11 here at Lincbln High. ''I think the routines went very well this year. The patterns and skills in the routines proved to be presented well," sponsor Barb Weckman said. Practices began right away when the school year started. Practices were held every Monday and Thursday until · about a month before the show and then more practice sessions were added to perfect and tweak what was n eeded. The only time they didn't practice was during the swimming season. They've practiced hard all year long and it was evident in their performances. This year's theme was "Aqualinks Back in Action." "It's about spies, intrigue, and cops," Weckman said. Each member swam together and put the meaning back in synchronize. Being an Aqualinks member means ''to be synchronized. You're synchronized with everyone in your group," Captain,junior Bobbie Sue Mack said. The performances ranged
· ByE..milyRejla
The golf tea1n has shown incredible efforts and improvement for this season. Coach Sharpe said, ''The players are all improving th ei J:.-ga m e." When aske d ab o µt- in tii vluu41 pc1fu1mances artd ,vho has improved the most Coach Sharpe said, ''They all have shown improvement, but, competitively, skills, and knowledge I would say Josh Sapp, a sophomore, has." The team this year had three returning varsity members and orie junior varsity member. The team will have five varsity letter winners and three varsity certificates earned for this season. They had the Heartland Conference Meet on Thursday, May 3 at the Mahoney Golf Course. Coach Sharpe said, ''I'm hoping they can all have their personal career best. As a team, finish with a respectable score keeping our experience realistic.''
They scored a 401 at the Heartland Conference Meet.
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Along with them in the 4 X 400 relay seniors Brandis Hurt and Jaamie Sidney and juniors
Kayla Meskimen and Teonna Wimes qualified In the 4 X 100 relay juniors Ty Graham and Aaron Smith, sertior Darrel Stephens, and sophomore Lonnie Temple were District Champions. With them freshman Courtney Holder, senior Jaamie Sydney; and juniors
Kayla Meskimen and Teonna Wimes also qualified in the 4 X 1 100 relay.
Qualifying in the triple jump was senior Preston Harris ·and junior Nakisha Smith. In the 800-meter senior Mengistu Kuwa qual ified and in the 100meter dash sophomore Lonnie Temple qualified. For the 400meter dash senior Jaamie Sidney qualified and sophomore Paul Pape was a District Champion. Senior Michelle Putnam qualified for shot put and was a District Champio11 in discus. Sophomore Lonnie Temple was a District Champion in the long jump andjuniorTeonna Wimes a District Champion in the 300 low hurdles.
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from solos to duets to the entire group. There was one performance where staff members participated in. The many moves that they did were difficult, but they got through them with flying colors. About 90 people attended the performance. Even though the show was a huge success, they had to undergo many challenges along the way. The rtumber of swimmers vary from year to year, but "we would like to have between 12 to 18 members," Weckman said. This year however, there were only 7 members. With such a small number of swimmers, "it was very hard to put everything together,'' Mack said. But, the show must go on. In order to compensate for the lack in number, the swimmers and Weckman ",vorked harder, added a teachers routine and a diving routine with (freshmans) Tannor Tenopir and Aaron Carlsward. We also had the special swimmers routine with Niki Cook and Lindsey Bettinger," she said. Another challenge was attendance. '' Attendance ,vas a problem and it was hard to get everyone together. Most
of the time we get along pretty well, but we do argue sometimes on longer nights,'' Mack said. Practices were · long ·and stressful. "It's extremely difficult to put on the show when there aren't that many ot· us," sophomore Kalisti Simons-Wilie said. Her best friend, sophomore Faith Schell said, "it's good to have a friend there with you. Practices are more fun when you have someone there to talk to and have fun with.''
As this year's
Photo By Nate Yound
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i the Lincoln Public Schools Scramble at Holmes Golf Course on Tuesday, May 8.
The Junior Varsity team sh ot an 83 and the Varsity team shot a 66, \\irhich was six shots unde r par. T he S c r ambl e wa s a little d iff e rent l han other golf tournaments. Coach Sharpe explained, ''The format is where each team member take s a shot from the same position and plays the best shot for the next shot, till they hole out the putt.''
125, junior Colin Dragon got a 103, junior Travis Lamb got 117, <).ndsophomore Josh Sapp scored 116. The
did not make through the first round. We lost to Millard West playing at Creighton Prep O v. 8. Millard West did advance out of districts to play in the 8 team tourney of 6-2, 1-6 and a tiebreaker of 9-11 Erica Anderson (12) and Hannl\h Dovel (12) played #2 doubles at State. They won their fi,rstround against Millard South with a score of 2-6, 6-3 and 6-3. The team were 15th out of 28 schools in the State. · All of the Lincoln Public Schools, Grand Island, and Fremont attended this meet. Sophomores Josh Sapp and Taylor Bailey had their personal best at this meet. Josh
scored 95 and Taylor scored 107 Junior Travis Lamb also had his personal best with his score being 97. Following the Heartland Conference Meet there was
For the State Track Meet they took t)1e top four qualifying individuals in each event and top four qualifying relay
but un fortunately did not have any qualifiers for the State Tournament, which was held Tuesday, May 22 at Holmes Golf Course. at Omaha. The first round of state is this Sunday at Morrison stadium on the campus of
.,... Creighton Univ. LHS will need
in the state meet overall."
Overall the girls had a score of 23 points and came in 12th place. The boys team also did well and had 14 points and came in 14th place. While they did very well as a whole team they also had many excellent individual scores. In the pole vault senior Luke Franssen set a ne,v school record of J 5 feet 2 inches and came in third place. Junior Nakisha Smith came in first place for the triple. Smith jumped 36 feet 9¾ inches. Senior Michelle Putnam came in third place with discus and had a throw of 119 feet 5 inches. She
also had a throw of 39 fe 3¾ inches in the shot p and came in fourth plac Sophomore Paul Pape came in fourth place in th 400-meter dash and had time of 50.28 seconds. J nior Teonna Wimes cam in eighth place in bot , the long jump and th,J
300-1!1eterhur~les.
of 48.127 seconds. In Michelle Putnam (12) practices
form the 400-meter relay for shot put during
on April juniors Ty Graham and 3rd. Photo By Jessica Keller Aaron Smith, sopho- · a time of2 minutes 0.7 seconds. more Lonnie Temple, and se- Sophomore Lonnie Temple nior Darrel Stephens had a time received thirteenth place in of 43.518 seconds and came in the long jump with 22 feet 3½ seventh place. For the 1600- inches. meter relay senior Mengistu All of the members of the Kuwa, junior Cody Fultz, and · track team did an excellent job sophomores Gabe Smail and this season. They did wonderPaul Pape finished eighth with ful at all of their meets and a a time of 3 minutes 27. 933 great job representing Lincoln seconds. High School in the State Track Senior Preston Harris Meet. We look forward to seeplaced eleventh with 42 feet ing what the track team can do 9 inches in his triple jump. next season. Senior Mengistu Kuwa placed eleventh in the 800-meters with
to work a lot in the off season to be competive in soccer," said Tom Kolbe, boys soccer coach.
Girls' soccer also did not qualify for State.
Boys' Golf did not make it to State. They had the highest score out of 8 teams at Districts. · They scored 431.
Baseball did not go to State. They lost in Districts to Pius 43.
Six girls from Tennis went to State. Vanessa Ventry (12) played #1 singles. She beat ·Sharon
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From Left to Right: Nate Yound (9), Devin Billings (12), Travis Lamb (11), Josh Sapp (10), and Eric Carlson (12). Billings, Lamb, Sapp and Carlson all went to districts on May 15th.
By MaiDo
A ua Teen ]Hun er Force .oon umorT For eater 1s ers
ByGenniBachinski
When Cartoon Network launched a campaign to _promote a movie based off ot- one of their most Q_opularTV shows - Aqua Teen Hunger Force - by placing electronic devices with blif!king light_sin busy parts of maJor c1t1es, 1t almost doomed the film.
·The devices, which displayed lights in the shape of one of the show's characters extending the middle finger, caused a state of pahic throughout _the city of Boston because officials thought that the devices might be explosives. The controversy ended in one of Cartoon Network's CEOs resigning from his P.OSition,and many worried that the incident would prevent the film from ever seeing the light of day. Luckily, a little controversy wasn't any match for the Aqua Teens and the film hit theaters on April 13, grossing
$4,635,187in the first week.
The popular cartoon, ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force", centers around the lives of three anthropomorphic junk food items who live together in a beat up shack in New Jersey. The snow follows their interactions with each other and with their continuously irate next-door neighbor, Carl, as well as with a slew of other out-of-this-world recurring characters. When ATHF first aire<k,the idea was that ''the Aqua 1eens'' were a detective cnme-fighting outfit. As the show went on and the ratings wen t up, the detective idea was quickly dropped and e))isodes started to take more of a loose feel. Episodes of ATHF hardly ever have real plots but are dripping with sarcasm and crude humor and that is what
its path, the Aqua Teens are left with the dilemma of figurirlg out how to stop the monster. Fventually, they discover a way to make the _machine des~roy itself "· a~d Carl 1sfby now, blimped up with muse es.
The story somehow shifts to Fry lock exv.laini)!g the REAL origin of the Aqua Teens: They were created by mad scientist Dr. Weird for one reason - to crash a jet ,into a brick wall. frylock enqs up hijacking the Jet and guides the group to Africa. After a misliap with a lion, the crew ship off and find themselves in New Jersey; where they still reside to this day.
The flashback ends and eventually, Dr. Weird and the Aqua Teens are reunited and it is revealed that Fry lock created Dr. Weird, not tlie other way around (however that works).
The rest of the film is really just a string of random events that, somehow, are meant to explain where the Agua Teen Hunger J:orce came fro~ and • why ihey·re so well, werrd_.
From an ATHF fan's point • of view, I'd say the movie stays absolutely true to the TV show; none ot - the plot makes any sense, but the humor is still extremely present and that is really all ,tliat matters withATHF. Nearly all the regular characters make an appearance in the movie and it really just seemed like an hour-long episode of the normally ll-m1nute show. I'd say, howeverkthat for anyone who doesn't eep up with the show itself, this movie might be a bit of an overload of random and crude humor, but for avid fans of the cartoon, it's pretty much everything any Aqua Teen fan could ask for in a movie
You; Per ectMovieMeant For Po er Fans
ByE.milyRejla
"Lucky You" opened in the- · lltres May 4 bringing in a mere reported 2.5 million dollars for its first weekend out. That weekend the movie came in sixth in the box office sales. "Spiderman 3" came in first and brought in 148 million dollars for its first weekend. That is almost sixty times the profits that "Lucky You" pulled in. "Lucky You" has a long way to go before it could be the number one movie at the box office. "Lucky You" cast included Drew Barrymore ("Music and Lyrics"), Debra Messing ("Will and Grace"), Eric Bana ("Munich" and "Troy"), and Robert Duvall ("Thank You for Smoking"). The movie was written, directed, and produced by Curtis Hanson. Hanson has directed other movies such as "In Her Shoes," ''Wonder Boys," "L.A. Confidential," and "8 Mile."
''Lucky You" is set in Las Vegas, Nevada about a singer, Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore) from Bakersfield, California and Huck
G!heever (Eric Bana), a poker p l ayer. Billie is the character that l i ves her life as it comes while f[uck on the other hand only lives i the poker world. He plays poker i ith his emotions and avoids any ri~aI commitment in his personal life. That is until he meets Billie. Huck's only problem is that li e is addicted to poker and trying t D beat his father, L.C Cheever (]Robert Duvall). His father is a poker legend, and Huck would like nothing more than to beat him at his own game. Huck and his father have this huge rivalry because L.C. had walked out on Huck's mother many years ago and the two have fought ever • since. Huck finally has his chance to beat his father at the 2003 World Series of Poker. Both he and his father are playing in the tournament. Huck's only problem is that
ByMatthewBoring
Photo Courtesy of Warner Brothers
By MatthewBoring
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3,300 U.S. soldiers killed. 60,000 Iraqi civilian deaths. Yep, sounds like "mission accomplished" to me. Yet, instead of the U.S. government getting the message and changing its course of action, we're "celebrating'' our progress in Baghdad by building a twelve-foot-high, three-milelong wall separating a Sunni e nclave from Shiite neighborh oods. Wait a second, back up the train, I remember another c ountry that did this back in the e arly sixties and that wall was one of the prominent ico11s for the cold war. The purpose of th e wall is to help separate Sunni and Shiite groups in an effort to increase safety and security. For me, this brings up some q uestions about what our purp ose is in Iraq. The United States h as always been known as a country that accepts and embraces a di verse population The "Baghdad
Lot
By MatthewBoring
Betcha didn't k now • • • • that this vehicles spring, some parked the • in • senior lot were 0 n C e g a1 n decorated'' with iridescen t a ,, orange stick ers. Well, what's dif- so ferent about that you a s k ?
sec .irity and
weren't
sure what it was they were supposed to look for.
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This raises threethis vandalism? Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary defines vandalism as, ''willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property.''
Let's see if this case fits the criteria. I t was intentionally d one,check. It defaced something, check.And • it pnvate property, check. Look like three was s
S O m epermit to park there. These rules are often broken. of them and strikes your out. were senior cars that were correctly displaying senior parking permits.
The last time this phenomenon occurred, my beautiful 1986 rusted Ford ( complete with official senior parking sticker) was included in the operation. I spoke with Associate Principal Pam Robinson about the isRobinson said that some student assistants sue. were helping campus
the city. If we can't control the safest p art of the city, then what progress are we making? Maybe the truth behind this decision is th at we are testing the idea of an wall s eparating the United States and Mexico. I think that we need to reexamine what it is that we are trying to accomplish in Afghanistan and Iraq. We have soldiers that die every day. Why? When you find out, send me an e-mail. Maybe instead of having an eagle on the presidential seal, we should change it to a picture of a wall and a black marker. First came the Israel apartheid wall/security fence. Next came the Mexican wall proposal. Now, we're building a wall in Baghdad. What's next, a wall around the white house oh yeah, I forgot, we already built that one. If the message we are trying to get across in the Middle East is to build walls to separate you from fellow countrymen then I want a refund on my "war on terrorism" purchase because that's not the product I bought at the store back in 2001.
questions for me. First, why were student assistants putting the stickers on? I don't see student assistants in my music classes directing the ensembles. Therefore,! wouldn't expect a campus secuverity student assistant to be ''stickering hicles'' Secondly, isn't new, the
