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FHS introduces intergrated Algebra/PE course By SHARONE GOLDMAN
Contents ON THE COVER: Snow coats the Boulder Valley (ELI BOONIN-VAIL).
News: Kyla Bursiek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Adding Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Sneakers, athletic clothing, a calculator, and graph paper. Odd combination of objects to bring to a single class, right? For a group of 29 freshman, however, these supplies are necessary to begin their day in a recently pioneered Math-P.E. program at Fairview. Prior to the first day of school, a group of ninth graders was selected, at random, to participate in an experimental two-period program that melds together Algebra 1 and Physical Education. This program, the very first of its kind in the district, is an attempt to increase focus and alertness in class, which, by extension, should improve student’s test scores. The motive is to stimulate the brain and help students learn more effectively. The idea of using physical activity to increase focus is unique in BVSD. “There is a lot of research that proves that if you can get a person’s heart rate up for at least 20 minutes, there is a 2-3 hour period where their brains focuses really well,� said Michael Mowen, the algebra teacher in this program. Rob Vandepol teachers the P.E. portion of that class. The program was pioneered through collaboration between Vandepol , Mowen, and Assistant Principal Sarah DiGiacomo. According to Mowen, “a lot of support from the administration was a factor that helped Algebra/P.E. class commence.� Students start the day with about thirty minutes of physical activity. The physical activity involves a lot of games and movement. Then, algebra will be taught for another half hour, which leads to a 5-10 Coach Vandepol teaches math (ELI minute “brain break.� This break involves physical BOONIN-VAIL). activities like juggling or stretching. To finish off, students do another 20-30 minutes of math. This class is two periods long. Algebra/P.E. class provides students with all their Algebra 1 credits as well as 10 P.E. credits, which amounts to two-thirds of the total P.E. credits required to graduate. This program definitely has its benefits. “The two biggest factors that [Vandepol and I] have seen are optimism and alertness in our classes,� Mowen said, with regards to the results of this program so far. “Students are much more willing to come to class and learn. Test averages are higher than I have ever seen.� On top of the more effective learning style, Mowen added, “It’s just a fun environment.� However, this program does present some challenges. According to Mowen, there are many
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Teachers hope to add new classes to BVSD coursebook By ELIANA GOLDSTEIN
Halloween is over, and Thanksgiving is on the way. Though it’s only No- into the Fairview course selection guide. Then, it’s up to the students to vember, Fairview’s administration is already planning classes and putting sign up. together course guides for the 2012-13 school year. The process is far more complicated if no class code exists at the district In assistant principal Sarah Digiacomo’s office, there is a giant, gridded level. If that is the case, a teacher must propose the course to the district, green board, covered with magnets. The board is sectioned into subject arwwrite a curriculum for the class, and get the curriculum approved by the eas, then further divided into periods one through eight in neat rows. This district. Only then will the class be allocated a course code. This process board is the master schedule. Every teacher who instructs at Fairview has takes the better part of a year. their resspot on that wall. This process has been undertaken The process of putting courses before by a Fairview teacher. Art into that schedule is difficult and instructor Rebecca Feeney wrote carefully organized. Classes are colFairview’s popular Digital Art and or coded on Digiacomo’s board to Design course, denote characteristics of a course. which now has four scheduled secFor example, a course only offered tions of level one and one of level once in a day is on orange paper, two. and IB courses are situated in red Fairview’s course list may expand brackets. This leads to difficulty this next year. Along with Math PE and conflict in scheduling. For ex(which is a concurrent Algebra 1 and ample, Digiacomo says that when Comprehensive PE curriculum), scheduling a “singleton” IB class, “I business and technology teacher don’t want to put that against anDanso Gymarah is overseeing a stuother IB class that there’s only one dent attempt to start a video game of. Or, I have to make sure that evprogramming course. “If we get the ery kid in there -- in both -- is okay numbers, we’ll try to make it hapwith that.” pen,” he said. Master schedule hanging in Mrs. Digiacomo’s office (LEO LEONG). Every year, teachers have the Gymarah is also looking to start option of proposing new courses a course that he calls “publishing.” for Fairview. Teachers propose these The class would work with various based on a need they see within the school curriculum. “Our departments media, including video editing, digital music, and design software. are constantly looking and thinking about what [the students] need for In order to add courses to the schedule, however, other courses must oftwenty-first century skills,” said Digiacomo. ten be sacrificed. Fairview only can offer so many total classes a year, limited In order to propose a course to be offered within Fairview, teachers must by the number of teachers at the school. “If we decide out of nowhere that first find or propose it at a district level. Often, a class already exists in the we want to add basketweaving, something has to come down so that basBoulder Valley School District coursebook. ketweaving can go up,” said Digiacomo. This book contains the course codes and standards for every class taught With these courses, and more in the future, Fairview works to continue in Boulder Valley schools, from special International Baccalaureate codes offering a diverse and relevant curriculum. “We need to look at our existing for Fairview and Centaurus to vocational technology codes for Arapahoe courses and put the filter of the twenty-first century graduate on them,” Ridge. If a teacher chooses a code from that book, the class may be inserted concludes Digiacomo.
Fundrasing for English Teacher Paul Bursiek’s daughter is a sucBy KATIE STEEN AND MATT SPARKMAN
Fairview Friends Foundation has organized a series of fundraisers in conjunction with student council to raise between $3,500 and $5,000 for Language Arts teacher and Fairview alumnus Paul Bursiek’s daughter. Kyla Bursiek was born three months premature in Salvador, Brazil. She weighed 1 pound 4 ounces, about the same weight as four sticks of butter. Kyla was born with cerebral palsy, and she spent four months in the hospital before coming home to her family. She is now eight years old, and is attending first grade. She needs a walker to get around, but she likes meeting new people and loves life. Kyla’s mobility would be greatly increased if she had the help of a service dog, however, the costs are up to 5,000 dollars. The dog that the Bursieks are hoping to receive is named Roy and he is a loving golden retriever/ black lab mix. “Fairview Friends has been kind enough to organize fundraising for a service dog,” says Paul Bursiek. The Bursiek family is in the process of applying for a dog through Canine Partners of the Rockies, a training-intensive program that trains and sells guide dogs and service dogs for peo-
ple with all types of disabilities. Fairview Friends Foundation was founded in 2003 by Fairview alumni hoping to make a difference through small acts of kindness like gift baskets. Now it is a large, influential organization with four directors and a board of 17 ambassadors who are all Fairview alumni. Fairview Friends has a mission: “to reach out to families and individuals in need, in an effort to provide assistance, lift spirits, and create an extended network of support and friendship during times of hardship and challenge.” Student council has made it a goal for this year to raise money for the Bursiek family. The fundraising has ranged from small, one dollar fees to enter a pumpkin carving contest, to bigger events like the Halloween-themed Zombie Breakfast at Applebee’s on Saturday, October 29th. They have also been attempting to integrate the efforts of Fairview Friends into the Fairview community instead of leaving it as a separate and distantly related foundation. Josh Brown, a senior in student council, has taken on this project and had a goal to earn all of the money by the end of the first semester. Brown organized a booth through Boulder Creek Events
that sold beverages at the Boulder Hometown Fair and raised $500 for Kyla Bursiek. The volunteers worked for eight hours a day for three days in order to raise the money. Largely thanks to the generosity of private donors, mostly alumni and some current students, they have reached their goal and plan to present the Bursiek family with enough money to buy Roy and then give the left over proceeds to another good cause. They are even considering giving it to clubs who are struggling due to the recent bake sale ban, says Head Girl Evey Nash. According to Angela Karami, a senior helping with the fundraising, Student Council has raised $4,275 for Kyla. This includes the breakfast, personal checks and donations, and money raised by a fundraiser earlier this year. “Our original target was $3,500 so it feels great to have raised that much and more,” says Karami. Now the Bursieks will have enough money to get Kyla her dream dog, and with a month and a half left in the semester. The speed and efficiency of
this fundraising is something to be admired, and as Josh Brown says, “it’s a testament to the strength of the Fairview community.”
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A better kind of love for you & me Agape. guided our actions, we would either avoid forever or This Greek term has not curse out if we could get them alone: enemies (including changed my relationships all exes). I know that drastically. However, it what it’s like to certainly has changed my at- go around school “Agape love is all about titude toward relationships and see people forgiveness.” and the way I look at who you cannot other people. I believe look at without it is a word and an atti- memories and flashbacks filling your mind. Whether Matt Johnson tude more of us should live by. those memories are positive or negative, they sure do Agape (pronounced ah- hurt and nothing is ever the same again with those people. gah-pay) signifies unconditional love. It describes an That’s where agape steps in. No matter how much untouchable kindness, an ability to put another above our emotions take hold and will us to take revenge or oneself regardless of pout, we all have the anything positive or strength within us to negative that person counter the pain with has done. It is an kindness. Next time unfailing love that you see that friend, that persists through our guy, or that girl you’re greatest failures, our thinking of right now, greatest heartbreak, try being overly nice and our greatest to him or her. Not pain. It overcomes only will this catch jealousy, vengeance, the person off guard, enmity, and grief. but it will also make And the funny you feel better, make thing is that we can things less awkward, never truly impleand make the situation ment full agape love between the two of you into any of our relamore tolerable. Trust tionships. It is too me, this one works. perfect for us misA final group that I take-prone and judgthink could use some mental people to agape love from us grasp, let alone use high school students with other people. is, not so ironically, a However, there is group that has given one thing we can do. us the greatest amount We can try our best of unconditional love to do, to be agape our whole lives long: all the time. The our parents. During great thing about the stressful, hormonal unconditional love times of high school, I is that it applies to know and experience everyone—from our as much as anyone the siblings to our classtemper flare-ups, irIllustration credit: Zoe Polando mates to our parents, and rational anger, seemingly yes, even to our enemies. inevitable arguments, and We can all implement agape love with our friends-- utter confusion that we feel when dealing with parents. the close ones and the not-so-close ones. Often we are However, if we make the extra effort to not get oftempted, when our friends ditch us, tell us something fended, to control our tempers, and to stay in control that hurts, forget about us, don’t include us, or are flat- not matter what they say to us, we have the chance to out mean, to move on to another friend and forget give back unconditionally the love our parents give us about that person whom we are not happy with. Many unconditionally. Then, we can hold such a critical retimes I, when a certain friend wrongs me, say to my- lationship together through the toughest periods and self, “That person is not my real friend. I have better value so much more the people that have had our backs friends than him.” I focus more on spending time and ever since day one. connecting with another friend, who then does someMy attempt to thing against me, which causes the cycle to repeat over “Trying to love uncon- love agape-style has and over. This leaves an emotional void in me, as no ditionally encourages... not produced inone can deliver the support I want from him or her. a better attitude about stant success and However, agape freedom from conlove is all about flict in any of my “The great thing about unforgiveness. Situa- relationships. However, I do believe it has slowly conditional love is that it tions like the above transformed my relationships and made them stronapplies to everyone.” are like bad memo- ger each day. Why? Because trying hard to love unries--you can’t just conditionally encourages real relationships, peace, forignore them and expect things to fix themselves. You giveness, and a better attitude about people in general. either have to address the problem with that friend and Hopefully, readers, one of these examples has brought forgive him or her no matter what, or resolve yourself to up a face or two in your mind. We all know those peosimply let it go and forgive him or her no matter what. ple we can love better, not because they deserve it but Either way, unconditional love through forgiveness is key. simply because we have the power to love them better. Here’s another group of people that, if our instincts Agape love. It certainly is a challenge. Will you accept it?
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The best season for many reasons Each year the Plentiful, warm dinners, hot chocolate, and mornings turn movies are excellent indoor choices for the seacool and the sky son. Thanksgiving is one excuse to go overboard becomes a grey on food and blanket. The trees have a party. If put on a color it gets too cold “Autumn has many outshow, then litter then stay in- door activities worth the By Saverone Ammann their leaves across the side with some chill. Trick or treating, earth. Fall is a glorious season on its own, but it is friends or fam- corn mazes, haunted also a transition. Fall provides us with a taste of ily and play a houses, and pumpkin the bitter cold winter ahead, but reminds us of the game or watch picking are some of the warmth of summer that we leave behind. No one a movie. can forget fall is here because in each footstep it Many con- best outdoor thrills...” reminds us of its presence with a crunch of leaves sider Autumn beneath our feet. There are so many fantastic quali- their favorite ties that accompany Autumn, but some claim that season like me, but many also despise the odd there are cons and flaws to the season. weather, and say that there are clutters of leaves Autumn has a special quality that separates it from that must be raked up. Leaves certainly are not a any other time of year: the carefree and heartwarm- noticeable hassle compared to the beauty they dising activities that last the entire season. Family din- play. Raking leaves does not take long and they acners, pumpkin carving, and costumes are some of cent the dull grass below. Alex Newhouse, juthe many rea- nior, says “I like winter better because it has more sons autumn snow”, but others said that they enjoy warmer and joy sunnier weather. If only there was a season that was “The trees put on a col- brings to the vast not too cold or too warm but perfectly balanced to or show, then litter their majority of suit everyone...wait we do have that wondrous sealeaves across the earth.” people. Kat son its called Autumn! Instead of scorching in the Pepin, junior, blinding sun, or trudging through horrific bundles said, “I do of snow, Autumn has a perfect integration of cool not have a favorite season, but Autumn comes with air, and some sun. If you think about it how many a new wardrobe and good holidays, who doesn’t seasons have two names you would never call Sumlove Halloween?” mer hot time, or Winter cold time, or Spring rainy If turkeys and Halloween are not enough then time, but you can call this season Autumn or Fall. A the vast plethora of colors will be. Spring has its season so nice it had to be named twice. Leaves change from green to a vibrant red (SAVARONE AMMANN). flowers, winter has snow, and summer has sun, but Many people are neutral about Autumn, I guess Autumn establishes a touch of both dark, luminous, I can accept that. Mrs. bright, and vibrant Edbrooke, teacher, beauties. exclaimed that AuWhen leaves grow “When leaves grow tired tumn has “football and tired of their original of their original color leaves, but Colorado color they transcend they transcend and be- Autumn is not real Auand become a new ex- come a new exotic color tumn not like the east otic color easy on the easy on the eye.” coast.” eye. Walking down a It only comes once a neighborhood street year, Autumn, the opbecomes an extravagant sight of hundreds of leaves, timal fusion of everything each a piece of a painting coloring the ground and perfect for just a short clingy fragile to the grey branches. Some are red, time. Rather than comyellow, green, soft, crunchy, or a combination of plain about leaves, enjoy two colors at once. The only minor flaw is that it them. Rather than whine does not last and soon the small leaves depart their about the cold, pick a home on the branch and swiftly drop to the ground. plump pumpkin, get scared But how could one consider this a flaw when it is at a haunted house, or just all part of the elegant open your eyes and process.? This exposes a take a walk down naked tree that shed it “It only comes once a the street. For me leaves revealing twisted year, Autumn, the opti- the only flaw that branches extending from mal fusion of everything Autumn has is bea rough trunk. perfect for just a short ing too short and Some could argue that time.” not allowing us to autumn’s cool, wispy air partake in every acis too cold and it is a tivity, or see every season for the indoors. sight it has to offer. A light pull over or thin jacket is an easy fix to Thank you Autumn for this problem. Autumn has many outdoor activi- shedding leaves from trees, ties worth the chill. Trick or treating, corn mazes, making strangers hand out haunted houses, and pumpkin picking are some delicious candy, and smackof the best outdoor thrills offered and they are all ing a smile on my face year crowded into Autumn. after year. Snow melts on leafs as autumn marches towards winter (SAVARONE AMMANN).
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BROMANCES
By PAIGE REISMAN, MEGAN DEBRUYN, AND RACHEL JOYCE
freshmen
3rd place: NICK LANZONI & MATT DANA These best bros of nearly eight years share more than just a secret code of hand motions and the favorite color red. These freshman got nearly half of their questions right, and luckily are looking forward to three more years of high school in which they can get to know the little things - such as the colors of each other’s toothbrushes.
4th place: BRADY HILL & MATT KOCH Matt Koch and Brady Hill have played on multiple sports teams together and gotten to know each other very well over the past few years. The two share a common celebrity crush of Megan Fox; but even this mega-babe superstar could never break up this bromance. Although they were a little rusty on the random trivia questions they were faced with, they proceeded to hug it out and accept defeat together.
Senior Nick Nasky arrived to his interview a few minutes late, smiling and clutching a bag of Mexican food in his hand. He waved to his bro, Ben Bulow, and yelled “I got you Taco Bell!” The two shared a long embrace and Ben proceeded to eat the second half of the deliciously greasy quesadilla. This is just one of many bromantic moments between the two. Nick Nasky and Ben Bulow have been friends for a long time and, it seems, it was bro at first sight. They have known each other since the beginning of freshman year, but didn’t become bro’s until sophomore year when they bonded over various types of inappropriate jokes. Ben and Nick spend large amounts of time together, as they are both outside backers on the varsity football team. Their relationship, however, goes much deeper than that. “I like Nick because he is a great guy to talk to” Ben said affectionately. “And I like Ben because he has great hair. We like looking into each other’s eyes for long periods of time.” Ben and Nick’s favorite pass times include coping with problems, long walks on the beach and interpre-
seniors
This game, reminiscent of the Newlywed Game, tested just how well each bro knew each other’s strangest personal secrets. Here’s how it worked: To avoid cheating, the bros of each bromance were separated, and each bro got a quiz containing 5 personal questions and a bonus question. After filling out their questionnaire, each bro was then quizzed on the other’s written answers. Each bromance got the same two tests, and the same opportunity at matching answers. The bromance with the most matches was proclaimed the winner.
winners: BEN BULOW & NICK NASKY
2nd place: CHARLIE BOWERS & JACK MAYFIELD
juniors
Urbanictionary.com Definition: Bromance (N.) Describes the complicated love and affection shared by two straight males.
Junior class bros Jack Mayfield and Charlie Bowers have known each other since they were six years old, although it began to heat up a little in the 8th grade when they began to hang out daily. Charlie, who rates his bro a ten on being a wingman, knows everything about Jack; from his obsession with his PS3 to how much he can bench press. According to Jack, girls are not an issue in this bromance--nothing can come between these best buds.
BROMENTS Photos: (from left to right)
Davis Wheeler and Max Buster, Juniors (MEGAN DEBRUYN)
Tyler Boelts and Michael Doliner, Juniors (LORIN LITNER); Luke Miller and Johnny Feauto, Freshmen
(MARI JEWELL)
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Whatever happened to the Medieval Bean?
An investigation of nutrition policy and the students it affects
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Ban on bake sales creates climate of fear, mistrust
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have to do to get it reopened, and as it turns out it was much more simple than Unlike the coffee cart, both the IB store and the treasurer’s office have had per saw that unhealthy selection would stay a certitude at BVSD high schools we thought.” few problems with reopening, going through the process of recording and send- unless drastic changes were implemented. Tyler Owen, one of the managers of Fairview’s coffee cart, is clearly upset. One of the Medieval Bean’s primary service operators, Senior Ishika Sinha, ing their inventory to Food Services in just three days. This can be attributed Using the backlash from the 2010 audit as motivation, Cooper moved early The Fairview Buisiness Club is still 4,000 dollars in debt after purchasing a cof- attributes some of the hysteria that followed in the two weeks that the coffee to the fact that the stores are run by adults who keep in regular contact with, this year to crack down on unregulated non-district food services in Fairview fee cart last year for the top of the building, and he’s just been told by BVSD cart was closed to the cart’s financial position. “We haven’t paid off our cart yet,” or are otherwise involved with, school administration, rather than by volunteer and other schools, closing bake sales at Fairview once and for all in the profood services that they’ll need to close up shop. she said. “Last year some part of the cart broke so we had to take out a loan to students whose time and comitment is limited by schedules. The IB store is cess. The district tasked Cooper with enforcing its Healthy Foods Initiative, Of course, within two weeks the coffee cart will be back open, but Owen has pay for a new one. We haven’t paid off that loan yet.” In addition, the cart was supported and staffed by a large pool of IB program parents, whose primary which aims for emphasizing a garden-to-plate mentality through elimination of no way of knowing this as he sweats in his seat while giving an interview in the the primary way for the FBC to teach buisiness principals to its members. Its concern is supporting the continued funding of the IB program. “Our purchaser snack lines. “She has her beliefs about what food services should be and how library. “It’s not done.” he says with defiant desperation, “We won’t let it just absence severely curtailed the club’s business practice. had a nice list,” said Besset. “She provided the information to the district very nutritional services should be within the district,” explained Stensrud. “Her beend like this. I suppose that there’s a slight chance that it could just be over. Greg Holland, the FBC’s supervisor, was openly frustrated with the Food Ser- quickly.” liefs are not entirely reflected by the Healthy The district could fight us tooth and nail on every single argument we make, but vice’s handling of the cart. “Nobody approached me,” he said, “nobody said ‘can While the IB store and treasurer’s office were Food Initiative, because that came into being we’re going to keep pushing the district to allow us to have this back. We would we just talk to the advisor? We can just work this out.’ That didn’t happen. It was able to gather an inventory list for the BVSD prior to her becoming director, but it’s her practically beg.” His rhetoric is fiery, and it speaks of the months upon months like an attack. There was no sense of coordination, no sense of teamwork, or and confirm reopening in a matter of days, the job to enforce these policies, and that’s what of concession to the district that the cart has faced. really anything that you might expect from professionals.” He attributed much process took the FBC a whole two weeks, durshe’s done.” Two years ago, Owen, then a sophomore, collaborated with several other stu- of the club’s frustrated reaction to the way that the BVSD treated the cart’s ing which frustration, fear and miscommunicaJane Brand, the director of the Colorado dents in FBC to create a presentation to BVSD Food Services on the benefits of shutting down. tion within the club threatened to damage the Department of Education’s Nutrition Unit, caffeine. Fairview High School had hosted a coffee cart several years beforehand, This frustration and fear was motivated by prior incidents. The coffee cart’s club’s determination to reopen. Eyes widened, sympathizes with Cooper’s course of action. but it had been shut down due to its selling of beverages containing caffeine, a closure was not a stand-alone occurrence at Fairview High School, but rather falsehoods circulated, and blood boiled. Before “Nutrition activity can mean many different violation of the BVSD’s Healthy Food Guidelines. The project gained approval a part of a large sequence of events related to nutrition regulation, the start the coffee cart’s inventory had actually been things,” she said. “Ann’s role as a Food Serthrough an FBC-backed petition and the cart operated without interference for of which was the ban of bake sales at the beginning of the school year. As The sent in, several students in the FBC had orgavice Director is to ensure compliance with the last three months of the the 2010-2011 school year. Royal Banner reported last month, the recent enforcement of a district-wide nized a meeting with Ann Cooper, thinking the federal and state regulation regarding the But when the cart came back at the start of this year, its benevolent relation- ban on bake sales at Fairview High School has had a drastic effect on student- only way to get the cart reopened was to meet federal Child Nutrition Programs that are ship with the district seemed to have vanished. run organizations. Having relied heavily on the funds that bake sales provided face to face. In the actual process of reopening, operated in BVSD.” “It took us a couple of weeks just to get up and running because of all the in previous years, clubs have found few safety nets in the absence of their prime not a single member of the student body was Seeing it as a means of getting kids to health issues we were having with the district,” said Owen. “The minute school moneymaker. able to speak with Cooper. eat the healthier options now being implestarted we had meetings, I met personally with [FBC supervisor] Mr. Holland That’s why, when told that they would have to close their coffee cart, the Though the FBC’s own fears regarding the mented in school lunches, the Food Services and said, ‘OK, we need to get this thing up and running’ and he agreed. But the members of FBC were worried to say the least. With a looming fate of the Medieval Bean were program is attempting to shepherd the stuproblem was trying to meet regulations and standards, things which at the time debt and their primary way of paying it off seemingly denied ultimately unnecessary, they’re dents of BVSD into the cafeteria. However, “It was like an atwe were completely unprepared to meet.” from them, FBC feared its coffee cart would go the way of bake tack. There was no indicative of the growing tension if establishments like the Medieval Bean One of the cart’s other managers, Junior Chad Rachubinski, said that it was sales, and their club the way of the clubs who rely on bake sales. within Fairview High School rewere available to Fairview students during sense of coordinaclear from the start of the school year the the This fear was largely justified, garding sales of sugary foods. Up lunch hours, achieving this would be practition, no sense of district’s standards were going to be far more as the Bean had been put under until this year, district policy on cally impossible. Stensrud notes that school stringent than in the cart’s first year. “When an intense amount of scrutiny in teamwork, or really bake sales had no effect on Fairstores aren’t just Fairview specific. “Monthey [BVSD Food Services] shut down bake anything that you the weeks leading up to its closview students. This can be atarch, Broomfield, Centarus, Boulder. Everysales, we were worried because we’re also a ing. District management had might expect from tributed to a laissez-faire mentalbody has a school store,” he said. “Everyone club and the coffee cart is essentially a bake been higher than the year previ- professionals.” ity that Fairview administration has a violation.” As a 2008 progress report sale that we run every day,” he said. “We did ously, Ann Cooper was persontook to district policy regarding included in The Nutrition Services Feasibilend up getting permission from the district ally on hand to observe the cart’s nutrition in previous years. “The ity Study puts it: “with so many choices, ofto have our operation open, but we were still violation of hours and shut it down. The cart was noncompetitive policy has always been in place, ten the choice or combination of choices [of kind of on our toes.” This concern only grew ultimately shut down because it had been opened that’s not a new policy,” said Fairview principal students] will be poor.” Elimination of bake when the district began to curb the cart’s 20 minutes earlier than it was supposed to in the Donald Stensrud. “Enforcement of the policy sales and restriction of other non-cafeteria hours to keep the cart out of competition 30 minute time period after lunch hours end. has been, at most high schools, somewhat lax.” food services are ways of getting rid of such with the school’s lunch program. This scrutiny has been a recurring theme The process of enforcement came suddenly and “choices.” Uninformed of any violations, the Medithroughout the school year with regards to dis- quickly, with little warning given to the staff, let Of course, with an open campus policy at Students are able to buy food items at the IB store located on the eval Bean had been operating sans district trict management of Fairview food sales. The IB alone the student body. the high school level, this attempt to strongbricks (ELI BOONIN-VAIL). regulation for the three months it was open store and treasurer’s office, both of which operFairview’s grand nutritional overhaul can be arm students becomes practically futile. last year. The Colorado Department of Eduated similar food sales as the coffee cart, were also traced to an audit conducted by the Colorado Department of Education Nu- Many students will opt to simply leave the building and find unhealthy food cation’s Competitive Food Policy mandates shut down by the district for failing to comply. trition Unit on the Boulder Valley School District in late at the beginning of elsewhere rather than stay at school and eat cafeteria food. that all food services run by school-approved The issue with these services, however, was not the 2010-2011 school year. The audit anonymously assessed the nutritional stanFederally, the 1988 National School Lunch Program requires state level agenorganizations cease operations 30 minutes hours. The stores’ proprietors had simply failed to dards of several BVSD schools, among them Fairview. “CDE allegedly visited cies and school food authorities to “establish rules or regulations as are necesbefore any lunch periods, and resume 30 provide the BVSD Food Services with an inven- Fairview,” said Stensrud, “I use the word ‘allegedly’ because they never made sary to control the sale of foods in competition with lunches served under the minutes after them. The Bean had been gotory list. “Everybody in the school needs to pro- contact with anybody on the administrative team. I have no record of them Program.” This includes preventing the sale of competitive food in a “food sering at all hours of the day, with its best hours vide a list of all the things that they sell and if they signing into the building.” vice area” during the period at which students eat their lunches. Failure to do so coming during lunch time. don’t do it they get shut down,” said Fairview IB The audit found several compliance issues with BVSD nutrition regarding results, as so many educational policies insist, in cuts in federal funding. In addition, most of the Bean’s sales were Coordinater Darren Bessett, who helped manage both content and hours of food sales, and motivated many of the severe changes While the hours of competitive food service are indeed restricted at a state of caffeinated items, which were explicitly the IB store. “Apparently we didn’t do it. that Fairview students may have felt this year, specifically in regards to bake level, there is nothing requiring a total ban on bake sales in the Competitive banned from sale in any BVSD school in a However, neither store knew that such a list sales. Foodservice Policy. Though the auditors may have made comments regarding 2007 guideline. When the Bean reopened at was a requirement, and were taken by surprise Many, but not all. the nutritional content of food sold at BVSD schools, it is unlikely that they the beginning of this year, compliance with when they were shut down. “Had we known in Ann Cooper became the director of BVSD Food Service in 2008, a good two requested a halt to bake sales. Cooper and the Food Service’s policies are more regulation sharply curtailed its sales. Having advance, we certainly would have complied.,” said years before the CDE’s nutritional audit. That year, the Food Services program restrictive than what the CDE Nutrition Unit calls for, even in regards to the been forced to drop their hottest commodBessett. “The first knowledge that I had of our produced the BVSD Nutrition Services Feasibility Study, which foreshadowed reopened coffee cart. Colorado’s Rules for the Administration of the Healthy ity and key hours, the students running the An assortment of beverages located in the IB store (ELI BOONIN-VAIL). need to provide a list [of inventory] came on the a change from what she viewed as a less adequate “Wellness Policy” that had Beverages Policy makes no restrictions regarding caffeine, a substance which coffee cart thought that the worst was over and that they would simply have to day we were shut down.” been in place beforehand. The study outlined a comprehensive plan of action the BVSD has banned since 2007, before Cooper even became director. adapt to current circumstances. Then, after a month of rocky business, Food The IB store has been in operation since 1997, and has had no trouble from for restructuring nutritional policy and process in the district, emphasizing reYet all the same, districts throughout the state have reacted to CDE policy Services temporarily closed the Bean for overclocking hours. the district regarding either its hours or its products (both of which, it turns stricting school diets to healthy foods and salad bars over what it calls an “a la with similarly strict policy. Former Fairview administrator James Butterfield The FBC, however, had no idea that this was temporary. out, were in violation of BVSD policy) until this year. Both the store and the carte” system of unhealthy choice that could be found in the “snack lines” of says he finds BVSD policy consistent with what’s happened at his current high Fueled by frustration regarding the banning of bake sales, rumors spread of treasurer’s office were cited for selling Arizona Iced Tea, which has nutritional previous school years. school, Niwot in the St. Vrain district, which has also enforced a ban on bake fighting the BVSD through petition. Food Services Director Ann Cooper be- content that fails to comply with several BVSD limits. Strangely enough, BesBut the high schools in the district, Fairview included, were slow to adapt. sales. “I believe these guidelines are at the State and Federal level, and it is up came a commonplace name and subsequent scapegoat. In the immediate after- sett said the Starbucks iced coffees which the IB store previously sold were not Though the salad bar was successfully implemented, a la carte persisted, con- to each district to set policies in place to comply with them,” he said. “Since we math, the future of the coffee cart looked grim. “We didn’t know if it was going singled out by the Food Service’s report. tinuing to give students the option to eat unhealthy food if they wanted to. Coo- don’t have bake sales, and Fairview is experiencing a ban, Continued on page 4a to be able to be reopened,” said Rachubinski. “We didn’t know what we would By Eli Boonin-Vail
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“Renegade” Food Services Director has history of policy change By Ella Jenak
Ann Cooper, the current BVSD Director of Nutrition Services, has dedicated her career to improving Americans’ health and diets. After graduating from the American Culinary Institute, Cooper worked as a professional chef for years, receiving acknowledgements from “The New Yorker,” “The New York Times,” and other major media sources. Cooper has also authored 4 books, acted as president of The American Culinary Federation of Central Vermont and served on the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Standards Board. Cooper’s mission to transform school lunches began in the late 90’s, when she became the selfproclaimed “Renegade Lunch Lady.” Cooper began her work on school lunch reform at a small private school in New York, then continued at University of California at Berkeley, and finally here in Boulder. The list of foods Cooper ousted at Berkeley includes high fructose corn syrup, processed and frozen foods and vending machine snacks (foods that are slowly disappearing from Boulder Valley schools as well). Through her Food Family Farming Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “To provide tools that enable all schools, parents, advocates, students, administrators, teachers and food service staff to progress from serving highly processed, unhealthy food to serving fresh, scratch-cooked food,” (according to the organization’s website) Cooper launched two programs: The Lunch Box and Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools. The Lunch Box website is an “online toolkit” with which one can build a personal school lunch schedule using the healthy recipes on the website. Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools gives schools the opportunity to apply for grants (funded by donations) to start their own salad bars. So far, 921 salad bars have been granted, according the organization’s website. Cooper’s goal of making the presence of healthful foods in school cafeterias commonplace rather than the exception to an unhealthy norm has been evident throughout her career, and now it continues here in Boulder.
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In-Depth
Loss of bake sales creates issues among students From page 2a/3a it does seem that we are similar across
the two districts.” Brand agrees that Cooper’s reforms have been in keeping with trends all across the state. “There are a growing number of districts that appear to be moving toward scratch cooking and focus on whole and fresh products,” she said. “As well as an interest in purchasing locally from farmers.” Fear of both federal and state level fiscal reprimands has allowed the district to tighten nutritional standards. This tightening has taken Fairview High School, and its many studentrun programs, by Above, BVSD Food Services Direcstorm. Cooper’s tor Ann Cooper (CHEFFANN.COM). anti-a la carte poli- Left, The FBC’s Midieval Bean, which Food Services temporarily cies, while approshut down (ELI BOONIN-VAIL). priate for elementary and middle schools, may simply not be one size fits all. A survey of 70 Fairview students conducted by The Royal Banner shows that, even given the option of improved cafeteria food, a full 94% would rather leave campus to get lunch if there were no options like bake sales, the coffee cart, or the IB store available during lunch hours. An appropriate dietary confinement for a third grader may not be suitable for an eleventh grader. “A high school kid should have the choice to say, ‘yeah, today really all I want is a bagel,’” said Stensrud. “My belief is that high school kids will make good choices. Boulder is not by any stretch of the imagination an obese community. Kids can eat healthy here.” Strictness from the district has, within recent memory,
been overcome at a high school level. Many students at Fairview remember that BVSD web filters were once far more restrictive in the school building. This was because the web standards set by the district were applicable to all schools at all levels of education. Fairview students took initiative to challenge district standards on this policy, and now the technology policies regarding high schools within BVSD are far more lenient than those for elementary and middle schools. “The most powerful movements I see in the school, and I’ve been doing this for a long time, is when students bring up the issue,” said Stensrud. Ultimately, the fate of bake sales and other food services at Fairview will rest in the students’ hands. Though the Food Services’ actions this year have created an obvious frustration, they have only been put in motion out of reaction to larger forces at work at the state and federal level. Whether or not Food Services will be able to manage flexible nutritional policy hinges not only on the student and administration objection, but also on ability to comply and adapt with necessary measures. Holland summarized his, and the FBLA’s, experiences and frustrations with the district through a criticism not of how events played out in regards to the coffee cart, but in regards to what happened with the bake sales. “If you want to have guidelines and you want them enforced, then you have to show some organized effort to enforce them,” he said. “Maybe if they want people to follow the guidelines, it would benefit the food services department to come and educate people about them. That way everyone could actually be in the know and do the right thing.”
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Net Zero Club: Turning Fairview Green One Tree at a Time By ELLA JENAK
Net Zero Club is an environmental group that aims to make Fairview a green- single use plastic shopping bags and a fee on single use paper bags. er school by reducing its carbon and waste footprint. Senior member Jennifer Besides lobbying for the ban of plastic bags, this year Net Zero hopes to make Zhu says, “We just try to make the community greener, starting with the Fair- changes to the Fairview library. “We’re trying to write a grant to expand the view community.” library,” says club adviser Kris Moe, “because right now it only has 36 books on In 2008, the year of its founding, Net Zero worked to make Fairview “green” the environment and 6 of them are over 30 years old.” Moe hopes an increase by planting 59 trees on school grounds with the help of 150 student volunteers. in the library’s book selection will motivate Fairview students to learn more The trees have made a lasting impact, as they are estimated to absorb 2,800 about the environment and newer books will be much more relevant to our pounds of carbon every year. current environmental crisis. Another of the club’s accomplishments This year Net Zero received the Genis reducing the amount of trash proerationOn (an organization that partners Net Zero: By The Numbers: duced at school. “We’ve increased our with schools to give kids the opportunity 59 trees planted on school grounds recycling by 64% by using stations to respond to issues in their communi2,800 pounds of carbon absorbed every year which is when you put trash cans and ties) grant, the money from which they 64% increase in school recycling recycling all in one place so that people 260 cubic yards of waste diverted from the landfill annually are using to purchase environmental docdon’t have to walk the extra feet to reumentaries to screen at their meetings. cycle,” said Zhu. According to the EPA, One of these movies, “Planet In Peril,” the changes made to the school’s waste management practices by Net Zero was screened at their most recent meeting and the portion shown focused on divert 260 cubic yards of waste from the landfill annually. the illegal poaching of endangered species in China and the harmful effects of Last March, the Net Zero Club members were acknowledged for their hard pollution on the Chinese’ health. work when they won the President’s Environmental Youth Award for their Near the end of block lunch, the club members stopped to list possible ways positive influence on Fairview’s carbon footprint. in which they could make a difference in the issues presented to them by the This year, the club’s main focus is “the bag issue,” a part of Boulder’s Zero film. Waste Master Plan. The Boulder City Council is considering imposing a fee The members of Net Zero work to make large scale changes, but their positive on using plastic and paper bags in grocery stores, something Net Zero is push- effect on the environment starts with their own behaviors. “I try to recycle ing for. whatever I can and I don’t get individually packaged stuff,” says sophomore According to the Daily Camera, the Boulder City Council can choose between Caitie Reck. three options: impose a fee on all plastic and paper bags, ban all plastic bags, As senior Shannon Burke puts it, the key to Net Zero’s success it that it “actuor ban plastic bags and put a fee on paper bags. ally makes tangible changes.” From planting trees to speaking at City Council Net Zero is addressing the “bag issue” by speaking at City Council meetings meetings, Net Zero members certainly aren’t passive as they activate for the almost twice a month (since April). The club is in favor of placing a ban on environment.
Join In!
Another way to join in without attending club meetings is through the Renew Our Schools Competition. This competition takes place during the months of November and December, concluding in early January. It will reward the school with the most improvement in energy conservation from last year to this year with solar panels, or an equivalent, earth friendly prize! Last year Fairview got nearly last in this competition, against all of the other high and middle schools in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain school districts. This allows our school a lot of room for improvement, raising our chances of winning!
Check out fairviewnetzero.wordpress.com and the club’s facebook group for more info on the club’s mission, current goals, and other great environmental awesomeness
Thanks to the Net Zero Club, Fairview now has sleek new trash dispensing stations that allow easy recycling (NET ZERO CLUB).
BROMENTS (continued)
Photos: (from left to right) Dylan Mckinney and Nico Schweiger, Juniors (PAIGE REISMAN); Alex Waters and Cubby Lane, Juniors (JESSICA MERHEB); Ryan Shuman and Sean Cunningham, Sophomores (SEAN CUNNINGHAM); Nayt Perrin, Junior and Ryan Hartzell, Sophomore (ELISE MACLEAN).
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Jbeebs Christmas ditty “Mistletoe” I’m going to shake things up a bit over here at Rock on Rock. This is mainly because I’ve heard from various students that there is an EXTREME need for MORE TRASH IN THE ROYAL BANNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the Entertainment section. You leaf to this page with the specific intention to percolate filthy, disgusting, gossipy content into your Sam Rock eye holes, amirite? I mean if Entertainment isn’t packed to the gunwales with COMPLETE UTTER TRASH then YOU WON’T GET ENOUGH TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So for this lil’ trashfest I’m throwing down a smattering of comments on the music video for Justin Bieber’s new Christmas ditty “Mistletoe.” Eat it up.* First off, IT’S A CHRISTMAS SONG and he released it on OCTOBER 17TH. There were still 69 days until Christmas on the day he released this song. That is cheating. EVERYONE KNOWS Christmas ditties come AFTER Thanksgiving or at the GOD AWFUL earliest sometime after Hallow-e’en. I’m sick of Xmas already. Seven quick seconds into the vid, we can see that Bieber has apparently parked his 50’s convertible in the middle of a road. I would like to take this opportunity to go ahead and NOT compliment him for doing that © Matt Sparkman. YOU CAN’T PARK YOUR VEHICLE ON A DOUBLE YELLOW EVEN IF IT’S ANTIQUE, JUSTIN. This only adds to the already supreme awkwardness of the convertible’s ubiquitousness in the vid. It’s a stupid color, the headlights are on, and it doesn’t possess an actual roof. It’s really not even a roof. It’s just a slab of vinyl. It’s a soft roof. Soft. Not hard. ALSO, I SEE NO REASON WHY THEY ARE NOT DRINKING HIGH QUALITY ARABICA STARBUCKS COFFEE. J.B. and his “shawty” sucked down some generic brand java during at LEAST 37% of the music vid, which IMHO happens to be the perfect amount of screen time to insert some steaming hot PRODUCT PLACEMENTS. DUH. Starbucks just POOPS money and J.B. & Co. would have earned a pretty penny (or like 1,000,000,000 of them) with a P.P. Huge mistake. To make up for this deficiency, I’d say he and his team have to shoot for at least 9 product placements in his upcoming Groundhog Day vid (you know it’s going to happen). ALSO, JUSTIN IS A NASTY HUMAN BEING IN THIS VIDEO! He ditched his “shawty” in the middle of their Nordstrom’s date for some blonde who just wanted to tug on that scarf a little bit (which his “shawty” just gave to him)!!! I shed SO MANY TEARS for that poor girl when J.B. just shrugged her off like that!!! BUT WAIT A SECOND. THE NAME OF THE SONG IS “MISTLETOE.” OH SNAPPLE. As the title may suggest, there *IS* a redeeming kissing scene (OMG, I know). While I was watching, I determined that the woman Bieber mecks with is really enjoying it. She doesn’t even have to act. Instead of cute, I thought it was actually slightly awk because the actor is clearly a grad student who only took the position to gain some capital (“it’s a dog-eat-dog world” is how she probably explained this behavior to friends), but is now hopelessly in love with a Canadian R&B/pop singer who is dating Selena Gomez (who is a hoss). (You don’t mess w/ hosses like Selena Gomez.) I do have ONE good thing to say about Bieber’s latest, though: “Mistletoe” sounds EXACTLY like Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours.” Thank heaven that Bieber has elected to plagiarise a gifted, Grammy-nominated musician like Jason Mraz. The impact of “I’m Yours,” with its repetitive I-IV-iii-V chord progression, 81 bpm tempo, unthreatening vocals, and its overall fedora-ness is so intense that I actually get a migraine while listening to it. “Mistletoe” uses all the same tactics. It produces that same, instantly recognizable mechanicalpencil-through-the-skull sensation as a lot of Mraz’s work. SO THERE’S YOUR TRASH, FAIRVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!! You’re welcome. Please send me all of your spare caps lock keys and/or all of your xanthine alkaloids. *I had to watch this video like 8 times so please be nice to me because statistically speaking I am going to be very irritable :(
Entertainment
ZtUnEs With Dr. Zerwin
An English Teacher takes on modern music
Jaded about “Moves Like Jagger” I’m sorry Maroon 5, but you’ve just totally lost any bit of respect I once had for you. I remember “Songs about Jane”—definitely a respectable album in my view. “Moves Like Jagger”? What IS this? There are days when I come home and from the driveway, I can hear the music blasting in the living room. Through the window I can see my daughter and my husband in full dance party mode. And what you may ask are they boogie-ing to? Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga (and admittedly some other stuff that I consider respectable). We have a critical disagreement in the household about what belongs in the category “good music.” We agree about much of it, but we do not agree about anything that plays on 95.7 The Party with that incessant, annoying dance club beat and a chorus that lodges in your head permanently. My family loves this music. I hate it. Now do you see my issue with “Moves Like Jagger”? I’m listening to it now as I write this and my head hurts. And I’m sure this horrible song will be stuck in my head for most of the day tomorrow: “I don’t need to try to control you/ Look into my eyes and I’ll own you/ With the moves like Jagger/ I’ve got the moves like Jagger/ I’ve got the moves like Jagger.” Much of this makes little sense to me. I’ve seen Mick Jagger. On stage. With the Rolling Stones, circa 1997 or so, at the King Dome in Seattle. I know he’s infamous for his moves, but I hate to admit this (because it might make it seem I don’t get the epic-ness of The Stones)... The Rolling Stones concert was one of the most boring concerts I’ve ever attended. Only Chicago (in Denver during the summer of 1991) was worse on the boring concert meter. (I didn’t spend money on the Chicago tickets by the way—someone gave them to me and I went.) Anyhow, the chorus of this song suggests that the speaker will “own” his romantic target simply by busting out his “moves like Jagger.” This is crazy talk. Are Jagger’s dance moves really that hypnotic? Well to be honest, I couldn’t see him very well from our seats at the concert--we
Levine ≠ Jagger (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS).
were waaaaaaaaay up in the top level. Mick Jagger was only a little very wiggly thing way down there on the stage where all the music was coming from. So I consulted the music video of “Moves Like Jagger”—and I dare you to watch that video and actually come away with any sort of understanding of what his moves actually are. It’s a hyper-collage of clips of people trying to dance like Mick Jagger interspersed with 2-second clips of Jagger himself, dancing I think, but it all went so fast I couldn’t tell. The camera doesn’t stay on one single person long enough for the viewer to come away with any clear understanding of just what these magic moves might be. Which leaves me to conclude that this song is just about that annoying incessant dance beat, that catchy whistle beginning, and that chorus that gets stuck in your head. Our family has a clear agreement that if I’m in the car, 95.7 The Party is not on the radio. If it is, I feel trapped by that dance club beat that I cannot escape. So Maroon 5 can just hang out on 95.7 The Party so I never have to listen to this song ever again.
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senior lexi schwartz releases debut ep By SAM ROCK and MATT SPARKMAN
Fairview has always been a great venue for students to foster creativity and to follow their ambitions. That’s just what senior Lexi Schwartz has done by creating and recording a brand new collection of songs. Schwartz released her first EP, “The Nomad,” under the stage name Grey Harrison on October 15. It contains five tracks of original material, and features Schwartz on vocals with an emphasis on piano. This combination creates a calming atmosphere reminiscent of the autumn season. “I have always wanted to record so that I could share my music with others,” said Schwartz. “(I’ve wanted to) hear what they had to say, and hopefully, make someone feel something through it. I decided to do it now, because I’ve been working harder than ever in the music scene, had saved up the funds to do it, and felt like now would be the best time to just go for it.” Schwartz recorded the album in the summer of 2011 at Coupe Studios in Boulder. Artists such as The Fray, Flobots, and Rose Hill Drive have all produced records there. While the songs have a unique feel, Schwartz says that a number of songwriters have influenced her throughout her musical career. “Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows, and the Counting Crows generally have been a huge influence,” said Schwartz. “Sara Bareilles, Johnny Rzeznik, Andrew McMahon, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, and George Harrison (have also been influential)” George Harrison leaves his footprint on more than just the music and lyrics. When thinking of a stage name, Schwartz thought of her favorite Beatle: “He was an incredible songwriter, intellectual, and human being, and one of my
HOROSCOPES w/ Artemis Wysteria Artemis Wysteria is in the building, boys and girls! Ready for your flavorful fortunes for this lunar cycle? Be prepared to have your thanksgiving themed, hand crocheted socks knocked off. Aries (March 21 - April 19) You will have extremely good luck this month! So when you decide to crash at 7:00 the night before your Spanish exam, don’t worry. You will ace it... Or fail it, it’s a 50/50 chance. But unfortunately that is how luck works. Taurus (April 20 - May 20) Did someone give you a present today? If they did, do not touch it or make contact. If you have no secret admirers and have not received any random surprise packages lately, you are lucky and have most likely been saved from an unfortunate fate. Gemini (May 21 - June 20) Your friends have been raging the streets every weekend, but you keep leaving your leather and glow sticks at home, leaving you feeling more out of place than a beached whale in Kansas. Keep your chin up and flip on the TV instead. We hear “I Used to be Fat” is on every Saturday. Go crazy. Cancer (June 21 - July 22) Missing somebody recently? Turns out they miss you too! Give them a call. Or send them a creepy e-card.
Grey Harrison’s first EP, “The Nomad.” (PHOTO: DONATED).
greatest inspirations.” “Also, Schwartz is not exactly a hip last name,” she joked. Grey Harrison tries to perform live as often as is possible—“I sometimes run into a problem with my age, as certain venues are 18+, or 21+, but I’ve still been able to get out there. There are a few really excellent open mic nights run around town. I will continue playing out as long as I’m tolerated.” “The Nomad” is available now on iTunes, CDbaby, Amazon, or from Schwartz herself on hard copy. Check it out!
Leo (July 23 - August 22) Thanksgiving is coming up, and with those left over pieces of Halloween candy lurking in the pantry, the excitement of Christmas cookies, and an entire winter of lying around, you could gain a few pounds, Leo. But stay away from the gym like the plague. Honestly, just be fat and be happy about it. Tip: Cozy up to a Scorpio this month and they may share their triple chocolate birthday cake with you. Virgo (August 23 - September 22) That kid that you secretly stare at in math class is very aware that you’re looking at him or her. Get a tissue, wipe up your drool, and try to be more discreet. Maybe buy some binoculars and try to keep your stalking long range for a little while. Libra (September 23 - October 22) There was never a problem that couldn’t be fixed with duct tape or a good cookie. You’re current romantic dilemma is no exception. Scorpio (October 23 - November 21) Happy Birthday, Scorpio! Use some of your birthday confidence to talk to somebody who previously intimidated you. They are secretly afraid of the dark anyway
(and therefore, possibly Canadian). Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) MidNovember will bring a pre-winter slump and your need for caffeine will have you feeling pretty antsy. Once the spasms start in your left eye you’ll know it’s time to start cutting back on the Starbucks intake. If you don’t, you will lose control and end up permanently looking like Twitch from South Park. Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) Turn on ABC Family tonight at 8:00 pm. You won’t be disappointed. Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) Go to drawastickman.com. May the force be with you. Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Yes, those jeans do make you look fat.
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After thrilling finish, Knights look to continue momentum against Columbine at Recht By MATT SPARKMAN
After an enthralling victory over Regis in the first round of the state playoffs, Fairview football, led by 32 seniors, looks to keep their season alive tomorrow against Columbine, the top seed in Colorado. The Rebels enter the game as heavy favorites, carrying a 10-0 record into Recht Field. However, Columbine will likely be without their starting quarterback Justin Brown and leading tackler Jaxon Mohr. “Both teams will come to play,” said senior tight end Dakin Platt. “They will play through their injuries.” Even without Brown and Mohr, Columbine still brings a plethora of talent into Boulder. The Rebel offense be-
gins and ends with the brother tandem of Cameron and Brandon McDondle. Arguably the best running back duo in the state, the McDondles have combined to run for over 2,000 yards and 28 touchdowns on the season. “It will be really hard,” said Platt. “It’s going to be a long, hard game.” If Fairview coach Tom McCartney could pick any time to face a team as tough as Columbine, it would be right now. The Knights played some of their best football last Friday against Regis and they still have room to grow. “We have to build step by step, one play at a time,”
Boys basketball shoots for state championship By KALI CROSSEN, ALEX FLYNN and JAKOB OLSEN
Over the last three years, Fairview basketball has brought excitement to the Fairview student body and the community around Boulder. This year the team hopes to exceed expectations. An important part of any team is strong leadership. The Knights’ captains are returning starters, senior guard Holden Killeen and senior forward Shane O’Neill. The team will also return senior forward Jacob Lorentzen who was the Knights’ starting post player. Another recognizable player is senior center, Gibson Farone-Collins, who measures 6’ 9’’ and gives the Knights an inside presence, something they were missing on last year’s team. Another player to watch is junior point guard Brent Wrapp who has a lot of hype surrounding him. Regis High School has dominated 5A basketball in Colorado winning three consecutive state championships, two of them being against Fairview. “We really want to play them,” said O’Neill when asked if the Knights were intimidated by Regis. Since October, the Knights have had morning practice as well as playing throughout the summer on club teams. Club teams give the players extra games in order to enhance their skills throughout the offseason. All of this hard work throughout the offseason will hopefully pay off as the high school season approaches. The goals for the Knights this season are high according to both Killeen and O’Neill. “I really want to have a good close bond with my teammates and hopefully win a championship”, said O’Neill. Killeen also has really high expectations for the upcoming season. “...to go as far as we can and to have a great season as a team”, he said when asked what his goals for the team were. The Knights first game is on December 2nd at ThunderRidge. ThunderRidge poses a challenge as they bring a Cal Bears recruit, Kalieb Rodriguez. Next the Knights will host the annual Fairview Festival basketball tournament which brings teams from all over the state. Fairview has been victorious in the tournament two out of the last three years. Support from the Fairview community will be important for the Knights’ success this season. “If they come out to support us they should expect that we win every game we play”, said O’Neill.
said Platt. Conversely, Columbine is coming off arguably their worst performance of the season. The Rebels faced the worst team to qualify for 5A playoffs, Fort Collins, and only beat them by a score of 28-10. Teams such as Highlands Ranch, Ralston Valley, Grandview, Pomona and Grand Junction all looked stronger than the supposed top team in the state. The Knights and the Rebels kick off action at 7:00 P.M. The game will be held at Recht Field, as Fairview is the lower seed.
Girls hoopers hope to build off last year’s Elite Eight finish By ALEC PRONK
The girls basketball program has grown in leaps and bounds, and this year the squad is looking to build on an Elite Eight appearance in last year’s playoffs. The Knights return only one starter in senior forward Hannah Hyde, but Hyde was the second leading scorer with 8.7 points per game for the Knights last season. Fairview did lose their most dynamic scorer in Carlee Lough, but the Knights do return scorers who came off the bench last year. Senior Sonia Ghosh averaged 6.8 points per game last season and can give the team a spark with bunches of three point shots. Also returning is junior Georgina Ryder who gives the Knights an inside presence to complement Hyde. Fairview also returns senior guards Meghan Higgins and Julia D’Amico. Neither played significant minutes last year, leaving some uncertainty as to who will step up in the backcourt. However, the returning players are not worried about a lack of team chemistry, “We’ve played with each other for so long now that we know how our teammates play,” said Ghosh. The Knights will open their season on December 1 with a home game against Longmont, 4A runner up last season. The Trojans beat Fairview 58-44 last year. The Knights will then host the Fairview Festival. Fairview went 1-2 in their home tournament last year, and last won in the 2009-2010 season. Monarch is the biggest obstacle between the Knights and a Front Range League title. The Coyotes are a perennial state title contender with several Division-I bound players. The team has high goals for the season, and wants to take on the best in the state, “We want to make it to the Final Four and beat Monarch,” said Hyde.
Coach Beauchamp leads a shooting drill during practice (ALEC PRONK). The basketball squad warms up before a preseason practice (SAVARONE AMMANN).
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Fairview mountain biking club provides opportunity for young cyclists By CALEB PYKKONEN
freshman riders can contribute to the overall points of the team, but they cannot earn quite as many points as the riders ahead of them. Nonetheless, this scoring system creates a strong team bond among the riders. Many of the local schools also have newly formed teams, including Boulder, Monarch, Ralston Valley and Golden. When asked if there is a rivalry between
they hope to win it all. The Knights practice two times per week for about The city of Boulder is known for its abundance of one and a half to two hours, riding on local trails outdoor recreational activities. From hiking to skiing around the city. There are four races in the season, to rock climbing, there is always something to keep which started in August, and the final race (state chamyourself occupied here at the foot of the Rockies. pionship) is on November 13. One of those popular activities (some local drivers When asked if he thinks the sport is growing, Noel would say an activity that is almost too popular) in replied “Oh, definitely. Boulder is biking (specifically Colorado is now the mountain biking). Although fastest growing league many drivers may not take a in the country. [Southstrong liking to the riders that ern] California and pepper Boulder’s streets, it is un[Nothern] California deniably one of the most popular both have leagues, but local sports. they’ve been doing it However, something that is for about 10 years and it not very well known is the fact took them a while to get that biking is slowly gaining to the point that they’re popularity as a high school sport. at.” And something that is even less Noel says those common knowledge is that Fairleagues have about 300 view has its very own team. The to 400 riders, whereas mountain bike team is not a disColorado already has trict sponsored athletic team, but 200 in its second year. that has not stopped the sport With a coaching staff from spreading around the state. stacked with talented Sixteen students fill out the mountain-bikers, the Knights’ mountain biking team Knights seem to be on roster, led by junior biking sen- The Fairview mountain biking team poses for a team picture on one of the many trails they practice on (STEVE NOEL). the right track to besation Justin Noel. The team is in its second year of action, and it has already grown Boulder and Fairview, Noel replies that there are defi- coming a powerhouse in the state for years to come. significantly since last year when it had only two rid- nitely strong tensions just like any other sport. To be It might come as a surprise to Fairview students that fair, last year, Noel says, “we didn’t really have a ri- one of the Knights’ best athletic teams is the mountain ers. biking squad, because chances are the average student Noel has been biking for 10 years, and he was one valry with Boulder because we only had two riders.” The Knights ride in a 30-team league that has teams does not even know that it exists. Seeing as there are of last year’s riders. Noel’s dad, Steve is the coach of from all over the state (and one from Wyoming). The only 16 students on the team, and the sport is in its the Knights, and he is also an avid mountain bike rider Knights are one of the strongest teams in the league, second year of existence, it might be excusable. and racer. and they had some very strong races this year, finishHowever, it would be wise to watch for this team in For every race, there is a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior category. However, unlike other high ing second one time and third twice. They have yet to the coming years, because chances are they are going school sports, everyone on the team contributes. The race in their final event (the state championship), but to make some noise.
High school girls find athletic alternative in girls’ rugby By SAVARONE AMMANN
what they had been looking for. Hoskins remarked, “My soccer team called me ‘wall’ because I was a physical player. Rugby is a good physical sport, so I played that.” Hoskins plays lock, which means she stands behind the props and pushes the team forward from behind, literally pushing on the back of the props to gain ground. All of them show enthusiasm for the sport and talked of how exciting and elaborate the formations and positions were. They talk of how they are still puzzled on the field at times attempting to get a full grasp of the game. They also included that the girls who played rugby were much friendlier than those involved in soccer. Erhardt, who has played the longest, insisted that “it’s intense on the field but not off the field.” Erhardt plays flyhalf, who leads the back line for defense and coordinates the offense. Rugby is a sport that has it all: collisions and hits, speed and power, a great deal of complexity, plus friendly players. Each player plays offense and defense for their club, allowing them to stay in fantastic shape and maximize their understanding of the game. Whether you are part of the “scrum” (offense), or the defensive line and wings, rugby is a gritty and fun sport through and through.
When I asked senior Jennifer Tanis, why she enjoyed rugby, she responded with, “Rugby is so much fun because you can just wreck people to the floor and it’s okay.” This alone seemed reason enough to play rugby, but there is much more to this complex and thrilling game. Tanis plays the prop position, which is located in the top three attackers, and her job is to make tackles and act as a front part of the first line. In rugby the ball cannot be thrown forward but only tossed back and then run forward. A rugby field consists of fifteen players on a field at once, eight attackers and seven defenders. Although rugby seems like a harsh and brutal sport, senior Sarah Willette commented, “Rugby has the best community and sportsmanship, and people play because they love it”. Willette plays weak-side wing, whose job is to sneak around the other players and run with the ball using speed. She is also the team’s designated kicker. Mara Erhardt, senior, and Emily Hoskins, senior, are also part of Boulder’s local team, the Boulder Bruisers. The girls used to play soccer, but when female soccer players became scarce they were unable to obtain a full team. They searched for a new sport Boulder Bruisers girls’ rugby team in a scrum (BOULDER BRUISERS). that would keep them in shape, and rugby was just
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