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Issue 14, Volume XCII

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Heavily-involved staff member named Teacher of the Year

Baseball coach, adviser and English teacher goes above and beyond

by Moira McKinney News Editor

The voice of principal Ms. Barbara Brouwer came over the intercom and called for newspaper adviser and English teacher Mr. Mike Klopfenstein as he was getting ready to go coach his baseball team for the Southport vs.

Perry Meridian game on April 23. As he made his way to her, he nervously wondered why she has called for him. When he arrived, she met him at the door of the office and told him they Ms. Sara needed to discuss Kohne something that English Teacher had appeared in a previous issue of The Journal.

However, once he stepped into her office and noticed the group of teachers sitting around her table, he realized the real reason why she called for him. The teachers in her office were all former winners of the Teacher of the Year Award. Brouwer then told Klopfenstein that he has been named Teacher of the Year for 2014.

“I sort of knew as soon as I walked in that that was why I was there, and she played the joke up for a little while, but then she told me,” Klopfenstein said.

“And, obviously, the first feeling (I had) is just honor that those former teachers of the year even considered me.”

Klopfenstein says that he wasn’t expecting to win the award when the email was sent out for staff to nominate in March. Nominating occurs in each building of the township and any person working in the building could be nominated for Teacher of the Year.

Brouwer collected the nominations and got together with the former Teachers of the Year and reviewed them. Each former Teacher of the Year voted on two teachers, based off what they know about the person and how that person performs his or her job as a teacher. When the votes were revealed, Klopfenstein was clearly the

Mr. Mike Klopfenstein shares a laugh with sophomore Merry Tum on May 21. (Top Polaroid) Klopfenstein represents The Journal by wearing this year’s staff shirt while sporting a Riley Dance Marathon headband on April 18. (Middle Polaroid) Sophomore Lalrem Ralte asks Klopfenstein for help on his test on May 21. (Bottom Polaroid) Klopfenstein gives some pointers to baseball players on May 19. Photos by Moira McKinney, Jesse Roller and Nick Meacham. winner, according to Brouwer.

“He makes me proud. The newspaper makes me proud and his work with our Chin students as well,” Brouwer said. “We had a group of pretty distinguished professors come in and visit one of his sheltered classes, and the work that he was doing with English learners: They were blown away. So, whatever he touches just turns to gold.”

An important factor that set Klopfenstein above the other nominated teachers is that he spends a great amount of time working with and helping all kinds of students. From being the newspaper and News Bureau advisor and working with the publications staffs, to being an English teacher who works with not only sophomores but the English language learning (EL) students, to coaching the school’s baseball team, Klopfenstein is a mentor for a wide range of kids.

Sophomore Ahbisak Chin, one of

Klopfenstein’s EL students, says that Klopfenstein is her “best role model.”

She always goes to Klopfenstein for help with her school work or classes before she goes to anyone else.

“He’s always there for me whenever I need him, or I need help,” Chin said.

“He never ignores me even though he’s working so hard on other stuff.”

Last year’s Teacher of the Year, English teacher Ms. Sara Kohne, says that he is deserving of this because he is always assisting students and doing his job with a smile on this face. Kohne believes that Klopfenstein will do a good job at representing the committee of Southport High School Teachers of the Year.

“I just feel like he is an exemplary teacher who goes above and beyond for students and has a very positive spirit and attitude towards his job, and he’s a pleasure to work with,” Kohne said. “His contributions go above and beyond just being in the classroom ev-

ery day to make Southport High School a better place. Certainly that says a lot.”

Klopfenstein says that being able to interact with a variety of students makes his job enjoyable and that it has been a joy for him for many reasons.

He says it’s fun to work with his publications staffs, which are made up of some of the top students in the school.

At the same time, he thinks it’s great that he is able to work with his EL students who are so happy and proud to be a part of Southport and learn the English language. Then, at the end of the school day, he enjoys going outside every spring day to coach his baseball players.

A motto that Klopfenstein has is “good work sucks when great work is possible,” and he models this saying throughout his job. He has always believed this saying, and tells it to his publications staffs to guide them and help push them to be the best that

they can be.

“The most important thing that you can do is do great work. Second, you need to try to have fun doing it,” Klopfenstein said. “It’s really hard to truly do great work and do it consistently unless you’re enjoying what you’re doing. So, I’ve always tried to do that.

I’ve always tried to think positively and think of the great aspects of my job.”

He says teaching, like any job, can be a grind, but he believes that he is doing something important and that he is truly helping people, which helps make his job easier to him. He says being heavily involved can get tough and make the days seem long but that all teachers should be involved to have the opportunity to interact with their students beyond the classroom.

“I’ve always believed that teaching is a great service that somebody can do,” Klopfenstein said. “It truly is a noble profession.”

New changes to be made for next year From teachers leaving to combining publications, differences will occur

by Bradley Davis Reporters Nouns: people, places and things.

They all change. While students are out on summer, Southport High School’s staff, look and way of how things work will change.

Teachers leaving Choir instructor Mrs. Emily McDuffee, will be resigning over the summer with the intent to reach her and her husband’s goal: to open a community arts center on the south side of Indianapolis. McDuffee has always had the thought to do something in which people of all ages can come and participate in the arts.

Her family was the other reason for resignation, according to McDuffee.

She says that she was away from them so much which became an issue. But,

one thing McDuffee says and wants to make clear is that her decision to leave was not the result of students.

“There are kids here I just want to take home and keep,” McDuffee said. “I am not leaving because of (students), and I want to make sure that they know that.”

Three other teachers who are leaving have been confirmed. Like McDuffee, Master teacher Mrs. Courtney Worley and business teacher Miss Lauren Noble are leaving Southport for family reasons. Noble is moving to Cleveland, Ohio, where she is originally from to be closer to family. Noble is planning on continuing her teaching career and hopes she can find a job at a high school in Cleveland. Worley is leaving Southport to follow her husband from Indiana to South Carolina because he’s being transfered. Worley says she is going to miss the staff and the students the most. Worley also says that the staff at Southport is wonderful, and it is hard for her to leave.

Science teacher Mr. Brian Stidham is transferring in the district to Perry Meridian Middle School to teach sci-

ence because two teachers are retiring.

The need was there and after licensing and other considerations, he accepted the transfer. “(Southport is) down 170 science students next year,” Stidham said. “(The science staff) teach 150-160. After taking a look at my licensing, I accepted the transfer. I am going to miss everything. Southport has become a part of me.”

Construction The cafeteria floor is set to be complete along with the north entrance to the cafeteria that leads to the ramp and the some of current math rooms.

The business hallway, part of the upstairs english hallway and the downstairs english hallway gets a light renovation. The “stairs that go nowhere,” according to Schott, will lead to an entrance to the business hallway.

Newspaper and News Bureau The Journal and the SHS News Bureau are set to become one entity for information at the beginning of next year. The information that goes

in the print version of the newspaper will have follow up information on the website, in which a URL has not been decided upon yet. The setup allows students to have a chance to experience all opportunities that pertain to media.

Next year’s Editor-in-Chief, junior Vanessa Abplanalp, says that students should look forward to the advancement in media that Southport will have.

The opportunity to produce quality content in two places brings out “the best of both worlds,” according to Abplanalp. Content will be published on both sources next year and may be more in-depth with stories. This is the Journal’s way of attempting to bring more student opinion to the school. “(The Journal) will give students a better connection,” Abplanalp said. “It will give students the ability to follow up on things they really enjoyed reading in the paper.”

The ability to further attract student interest gives a new spin to Southport next year when it comes to publications. More changes are coming for Southport.

{construction PLANS}

The following list explains what construction changes students and staff should expect to come back to after the summer intersession.

The 400s hallway, cafeteria floor and the north entrance stairs of the cafeteria will be complete.

English hallway from 146 to 150, and business hallway from 237 to 248 will begin to go through small renovations.

The guidance office will be in room 275 until mid-year when they move to where the main office is, and the main office and student services will be in the office across.

The math and social studies hallways will still be shut down.

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Foreign Language

May 23, 2014

Nipi cawlh caan ih tlawng kai BACI in nipi caan ah, nauhak pawl research a neih pi

by Janet Tluang Reporter Falam Burmese American Community Institute (BACI) ti mi cun, high school tlawngta nauhak hrang ah summer program an tuah sak sal ding a si.

BACI summer program hi a dang ih, that tla a tha a si, tiin Executive Director Mr.Elaisa Vahnie in a rel. Hi Elaisa Vahnie, program hi a har Executive nan,sihmansehla Director nuamnak tla tam tak a nei a si, tiin Vahnie in a rel.

BACI cun Upward College Summer program chu a tuah ih, 2012 leh 2013 kum ah khan tluang tak in an hman zo a Nancy Sui, si.Tlawngta nau- Junior hak pawl in nitin nazi 5 leh zarhkhat ah vawinga caa zing ding in University

BACI Summer Upward college program ih nauhak pawl cun, an mah fek te topic ah research an tuah rero a si,.

Hi zuk hi nikum ah research an tuah lai ih lak mi a si. Himi zuk hi Elaisa Vahnie hnen ih sin lak mi a si. of Indianapolis ah an feh theu a si, tiin Vahnie in a rel.

Tu kum summer school ah hin tlawngta nauhak pawl in, an hmailam nun hrang ih bawmthei tu ding lam an zir ding a si, tiin Vahnie in a rel. Tu kum ah hin, nauhak pawl in buaina tuah that dan pawl, rualpi thawn tuan tlang dan, an hmailam kum ih hnatuan dan pawl, mirang hawlh zir leh culture thu lam tla theih tam ter an duh a si, tiin Vahnie in a rel.

Kum tin, BACI summer program in vah suah nak (field trip) an nei theu a

si. Tu kum ah hin Washing D.C ah an feh ding ih, tlawngta nauhak pawl tla an hmuh ter ding a si. New York City ah an suak ding ih, an zoh ding a si. Hi tawk ah hin, United Nations leh International Monetary ih upa pawl tla va hmuh an tum a si, tiin Vahnie in a rel.

“Kan kum ih summer program hi kudang vek ih tluang te ih a feh thei kan sum ih,” tiih Vahnie in a rel ih, “Hi program hin tlawngta nauhak pawl an bawm kan duh ih, an tlawng kai nak lawng ah si lo in, an hmailam nun ah tla bawm seh la kan duh a si” tiin

Vahnie in a rel.

Kum khap lai BACI ah a rak tel thlang ih, Summer program tla vawikhat a tel ve thei a si, tiin phun hleikhat tlawngta nauhak, Nancu Sui in a rel.

BACI in tlawngta nauhak pawl hi an bawm tak tuk a si, tiin Sui in a rel. Thil hawl dan tla an zirh ih, an kiang ih thil um pawl tla tuah that ih, bawm tul mi tla ih bawm thei tu ding si ding ah an zirh a si, tiin Sui in a rel.

Nikum ah khan Washington D.C ah an feh ih, tu kum ah tla feh an tum sal a si tiin Sui in a rel. Nikum ih D.C ah

feh ah khan, hmun tam tak ah an feh ih, an feh nak hrekkhat pawl cu; The Capitol, Washington Monument, National Building Museum, U.S Supreme Court leh hmun dang dang an feh a si, tiin Sui in a rel. Thil mawi dang dang an hmuh men bakah, mi upa dang dang tla tam tak an hmu ih, bawm tla an bawm tuk a si, tiin Sui in a rel ih, high school tlawngta nauhak tampi tla hi BACI summer program ah feh thei seh la, Sui in a duh a si.

“Summer hi kei leh ka sungkhat pawl hrang ah cun buai nak a si, sihmansehla caan lawng ka neih ah cun, BACI Summer Program ah ka feh teng teng ding a si,” tiin Sui in a rel.

BACI summer program ih feh pawl hi, zarh riat sung an kai a si, tiin Program Manager , Lian Ceu in a rel. Ceu ih hna bik cu, bawl tul um mi mi a bawm ih, rat nak ding nei lo an um le a hruai ih a si. BACI ummer program ruang ah mi tampi College ah an lut thei a si, tiin Ceu in a rel ih, kum tin mi tam tak tel an duh nan, mi 25-30 pawl lawng an hril theu a si. Summer school program ah hin, a kai pawl in $300-$400 lak an dawng theu asi, tiin Ceu in a rel.

“Kan Upward Summer Program ruang ih college lut thei an tam tuk ih, tlawngta nauhak tla an hmailam nun hrang ah a bawm tui a si. Himi program ih kan tumtah mi bik cu, tlawngta naukhak zate pawl in College tha te an kai thei nak ding leh, Mirang tawng zirh nak leh mi pi lting tak ih um theih dan a si,” tiin Ceuh in a rel Tu kum Upward Summer Program hi, kumdang hnak ih tha leh fel tak si thei an duh thu Ceu in a rel ih, tlawngta nauhak tla tampi ih a bawm sal an duh thu tla a re a si.

Miran al futuro: las vidas después escuela ¿Qué quieres hacer después de graduarse de la escuela secundaria?

Por Kali Ingles, Elizabeth Peters, Ola Awasanya y Frances Egeler

In clase de Español IV, le dio un encuesto a un grupo de seniors sobre sus planes para el futuro. Estos son los resultados.

Programas educativos Fuerzas armadas

72%

Trabajo Año de descanso Otro

12%

10% 5%

1%

Para algunos estudiantes que se graduarán pronto, es una pregunta difícil contestar sin pensarla bien. La mayoría de los seniors encuestados eligió asistir a la universidad, pero en otros casos, han eligido otro camino. Otros dijeron que quieren trabajar, tomar un año de descanso antes de continuar con su Marisa educación, o servir Mulinaro, a nuestro país al Senior unirse a las fuerzas armadas.

Las cifras no mienten: fomentar la educación de uno es la máxima prioridad de los seniors de Southport High Heather Bandy, Senior School.

Si hay una sola cosa que esta pregunta trae a la mente, es la incertidumbre: el miedo a lo desconocido de lo que sucederá en la vida, cuando se Colton Rees, conceda el ac- Senior ceso al mundo adulto. Para algunas personas, la

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“Me temo que no elija la opción correcta,” el alto Marisa Mulinaro dijo. “También, que yo pueda abandonar mis estudios, y espero que no pase eso.”

Mulinaro dice que va a empezar a tomar clases de la universidad en el otoño porque si tiene un descanso, teme que no quiera volver a la escuela.

Según la encuesta, muchos de los seniors se preocupan por ser capaz de adaptarse y vivir solos. La capacidad de ser independiente y cuidarse es fundamental y por eso, ir a la universidad es una prueba importante para ser capaz de proveer para sí mismo. Algunos estudiantes como senior Heather Bandy, están dispuestos a demostrar que tienen lo que se necesita para tomar el siguiente paso en su educación.

Ella planea seguir una carrera de reportera y consideró que IUPUI es la mejor opción para realizar su sueño. Con la opción de asistir a la universidad viene la independencia, y con eso viene el temor.

“Temo que no tenga nadie para cuidar de mí cuando vaya a la universidad,” Bandy dijo.

Muchos estudiantes no saben cómo pueden pagar los gastos de la universidad. Los futuros estudiantes universitarios dependen de becas porque no tienen otros tipos de ayuda financiera, y tienen miedo de no poder seguir adelante con su sueño de su carrera preferida por falta de dinero. Algunos estudi-

antes, con esto en mente, deciden tomar un año sabático para ponerse de pie.

Senior Colton Rees va a esperar un año para ir a la universidad, y tiene planes de conseguir un trabajo y matricularse en la universidad el próximo año.

La mayoría de los seniors dijo que la escuela secundaria le ha hecho más responsable y que la escuela secundaria es la base de su futuro, pero algunos de hecho, dijeron que ellos piensan que la escuela secundaria en realidad no les ha enseñado nada. Algunos dicen que desean que Southport ofrezca más clases sociales y unas que utilicen aplicaciones más prácticas del mundo real.

“Creo que me han enseñado algo, pero no lo sabré con seguridad hasta que llegue al mundo real,” Mulinaro dijo.

Muchos dicen que la escuela secundaria les ha dado confianza y les ha enseñado a tener mejores actitudes hacia las cosas. Además, se han encontrado con diferentes personas, y que les ha llegado a enfrentar y trabajar con una variedad de gente.

Con la graduación acercándose rápidamente, estos jóvenes se dirigirán hacia el mundo real, dando los primeros pasos como adultos independientes, y los estudiantes esperan al futuro.

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Features

May 23, 2014

Americans speak freely under the protection of constitutional amendment First Amendment rights stay crucial in many work fields

by McKenzie Witherell Reporter The Neshaminy High School administration in Langhorne, Pa. continues to advertise the school with its mascot namesake, “redskin,” as the Playwickian school newspaper battles the racial slur. Photo contributed by The Playwickian Newspaper Staff.

Pennsylvania students ban ‘Redskins’ in newspaper Journalists battle school board against printing racist term

by Christina Hemphill Reporter The Washington Redskins has been getting a lot of buzz recently about if their name is disrespectful or not. But, the controversy with what some call a racial slur as a mascot has spread to more than just an NFL team.

Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pa. has been dealing with a conflict with their school mascot, the Redskins, being disrespectful to the Native American community.

Redskins used to be a word to describe Native Americans, but over time, it has transformed to have an offensive meaning behind it, according to oxforddictionaries.com.

Neshaminy High School’s student publication, the Playwickian, has taken the “R word” fully out of their newspaper.

Junior Maddy Buffardi, managing and student life editor of the Playwickian, says that it all started with the editors of the paper talking about the disrespect the word brings to the Native Americans around them. Fourteen out of 21 students on the Playwickian agreed with Buffardi and voted to not use

the word in the Playwickian anymore.

“It is a slur,” Buffardi said, “and I feel as well as the other editors feel that we do not want to put our names on something offensive.”

After voting on not using the word, the Playwickian wrote an unsigned staff editorial on October 23 on their website about why they chose not to use the R word.

In “Why we won’t publish the R Word,” the students wrote “(The R word) is not a term of honor, but a term of hate,” which is backed up

by Chief Bob Red Hawk, member of the Lenape Nation, saying that the Lenape children question why people use the word that offends many of them. There were 43 comments on that editorial 7 months after published. Some were appreciative of the anti racism but others were against the idea.

Soon after the editorial was published, another unassigned staff editorial was put on the website. This one explained the counter side of the argument stating that the mascot was a point of pride. This post only got 10 comments.

After the October editorial came out, Native Americans reached out to the Playwickian telling them how appreciative they are of taking out the R word.

Each issue that has come out has not used the R word. After the first issue published without it, the administration of their school contacted the Playwickian to tell them that it is not their decision what words they

can and can not publish. The administration even went so far as to bring up a new rule where the Playwickian is forced to use the R word.

The Journal tried to contact Neshaminy High School administrators. Assistant principal Mrs. Lisa Pennington did not want to comment and other administrators did not respond to the Journal’s phone calls or emails.

When Buffardi and other editors found out the administration did not want them to use the word, they decided to get a lawyer to prove that because of the first amendment, they have the freedom of speech. Buffardi says the word was only a spark to the bigger problem of having rights taken.

Emmerich Manual High School in Indianapolis also has the mascot of the Redskins. The school’s assistant principal and athletic director, Don Burton, says that their school has not had any complaints about the Redskins being a racial slur. Burton explains that there are other schools around the U.S. that have discriminating nicknames. For example, in New York, there is a school called the name “Fredonia Hillbillies.”

“If a Native American group wants to have a conversation with our Alumni and school personnel, that would be fine,” Burton said.

Although Burton does not find the term Redskins as a racial slur, he is open to other peoples opinions about the word.

{the PLAYWICKIAN} Langhorne, Pa. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW: The Neshaminy High School Administration POWER TAKEN: Attempt to force reporters to print the word “redskins.”

{the JOURNAL} Indianapolis ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW: Ms. Barbara Brouwer and the Perry Township School Board POWER TAKEN: No power is currently being taken by the Southport administration.

The talk of the town: what it takes to run the annual Indy 500 Cities work to host world’s largest oneday sporting event

by Casey Smith Features Editor The Indy 500 has been coined “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” since its inaugural run in 1911. The annual race takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Ind., and according to the IMS, is the world’s largest, single-day spectator sporting event.

Don’t let single-day be deceiving, though. In anticipation of Indy 500 race day, the cities of Indianapolis and Speedway work hand-in-hand to host traditional events such as the Carb Day concert(s), the 500 Festival Princess Pageant and the 500 Festival Parade.

Year-round employees and community volunteers come together to host and run the series of events.

Mr. Lloyd Bramen, a former IMS employee, has been a Speedway, Ind. resident for nearly 47 years. Although the annual race only lasts one day, prepara-

tions and work commitments continue before and after the race commences in the IMS office. Bramen, an office assistant at the IMS during the 1980’s, was never bored on the job, whether it was the racing season or not.

“The atmosphere around the track always seemed eventful,” Bramen said.

“One day, I walked into work and Mario Andretti was stopping in ... sometimes it seemed surreal for me.”

After leaving the offices at IMS, Bramen continued to stay an active member in the Indy 500 community. At his home, just a few miles away from the race track, Bramen greets incoming race day fans and offers patrons the opportunity to park in his driveway for a small cost.

“I don’t charge anything outrageous,” Bramen said. “I’m just in love with the fan enthusiasm and the great feeling the race has on everyone who comes out to see it.”

Indy 500 fans come from all over the world, but for Mr. Donald Reene, the race day festivities have become a part of his annual schedule. An Indianapolis resident, Reene went to his first Indy 500 race in 1964, and

Race fans await the start of the race at the Indy 500. Photo contributed

by Linda Smith. he’s been attending as many races as he can since then. For the last twelve years, Reene has been a volunteer on race day.

“I don’t just go to the race, I’m part of the race,” Reene said. “A lot has changed since the 1960’s but only for the better.”

Reene answers questions and helps visitors find their seats on the

day of the race. Hundreds of volunteers, according to the IMS, assist in the Indy 500 festivities every year.

The 2014 Indy 500 will take place on Sunday, May 25. The cities of Indianapolis and Speedway will have a combined total of over 500 volunteers, and according to IMS, an estimated 300,000 fans are expected to attend the race.

In today’s society, the First Amendment is an important factor in allowing America to be known as “the land of the free.” The First Amendment establishes rights to several American freedoms: the freedom of speech, press, religion and petition. Without a cap, the government would have power to tell people what they can and can’t say, write or worship. In addition, protest wouldn’t be allowed, simply because the government would be in complete control.

Wayne Giampietro, the General Counsel to the First Amendment Lawyers Association, fights to help American citizens in need of First Mr. Wayne Amendment le- Giampietro, First Amendment gal counsel.

“The aver- Lawyer age person would be totally helpless,” Giampietro said.

“We would be unable to protect ourselves from misuse of power because we would not Ms. Erika D. be able to dis- Smtih, cover it or take Columnist any steps to gather together to try to combat the abuse of power by government or large corporations.”

Every American is entitled to their own opinion. The first amendment is there to protect and make sure that Americans have the ability to speak their minds without facing punishment, but the first amendment has a different importance for each American.

Erika D. Smith is a columnist for the Indianapolis Star. As a journalist, her job requires her to establish her opinion in print, and without the First Amendment, Smith would face oppression of speech and the press.

“Being able to write what I feel, and say what I feel, and express an opinion of my own,” Smith said.

“Representing some people in the city is definitely exercising my first amendment rights.”

The most prominent part of the first amendment is the freedom of speech. People exercise this right all of the time. When people say that they do not like a person in the government, they are allowed to say that. Without the first amendment, those people who openly express their opinions would face trouble because they spoke their mind.

“If everybody liked what I had to say,” Smith said, “there would be no purpose of me writing a column.”

The freedom to petition is one part of the first amendment rights. With this, people are able to protest a law or bill that is due to be voted on. People will stand with signs and make their point.

People can fight to protect themselves and the people they love. For a group called March Against Monsanto, they are aimed to inform the public about the dangers and health risks of genetically modified food, and they fight for these foods to be marked.

This group exercises their first amendment rights with their protests and their website. The importance of being able to stand up for a belief and not endure a punishment is a fact for why the first amendment is needed, according to march-against-monsanto.com.

Sports

May 23, 2014

Senior athletes make final college choices

Name: Bryanna Fox Where: Utah Valley University Sport: Softball

Name: Nick Scruggs Where: Ancilla College Sport: Basketball

Name: Bailey Brothers Where: Aurora College Sport: Volleyball

Name: Clayton Bowie Where: Ohio State University Sport: Cross Country

Name: Molly Bridges Where: Danville Area Community College Sport: Basketball

Name: Dalton Harrell Where: Hanover College Sport: Football

Name: Dabney Skutt Where: Hanover College Sport: Softball

Name: Courtney Lockwood Where: Kentucky Wesleyan College Sport: Softball

Name: Tim Jewell Where: Marian College Sport: Football

Baseball team leans on young players to fill varsity lineup

Coaches hope early immersion will translate to success

by Derrick Gray Reporter

Two years ago, Southport High School Varsity baseball was a team built upon a foundation set by seniors. As the years have gone by, the era of an upperclassman starting lineup is a thing of the past, and they now enter the time of the underclassmen.

This shift in experience on the varsity level does not come as a surprise to head varsity coach Mr. Scott Whitlock.

These transitions are determined every year by the number of up-and-coming underclassman and the level of skill they have obtained throughout their baseball career, according to Whitlock.

In the past, the varsity baseball team has allotted a year of transition to its underclassmen, a year in which they can grow accustomed to the speed of a varsity game.

“I remember the first ground ball that came to (sophomore Luke Johnston). He came up and played it like he did in a JV or freshman game, and as soon as he got the ball, he looks up and the guy is at first base,” Whitlock said.

It also just so happens that this sort

of dilemma is not foreign to the Southport baseball organization. Three years ago, the coaching staff was faced with a shortage of underclassman players.

Without enough players to field a freshman and JV team, the two were instead combined. Now, looking back on the situation, nothing but good came from this early player experience, according to Whitlock.

This past experience leading into this season has allowed three of this year’s starting four seniors to acquire above .300 batting averages and all four to obtain above .300 on base percentage. The game came to them faster, and they were able to bridge the transition to the varsity level quicker, according to Whitlock “Future-wise, there is a great benefit to where we are at now,” Whitlock said.

The seniors now were never babied or slowly eased into the system, according to senior AJ Wampler. This forced them to adjust and grow as young men. Although the seniors definitely feel the benefits of this past decision, they are now on the other side of the situation looking down on the class they used to be.

“They can be immature at times and a little too confident, but when we have our normal 11 or 12-man roster, we play as a team and have heart,” Wampler said.

Wampler strongly expressed that

when things get rough with young guys, it is up to the seniors to step up and guide them through a situation or put them back in their place. Seniors Wyatt Cullom and Zack Odom lead the team daily, and senior Antonio Cortes sets the bar in the outfield, Wampler says.

Freshman Jalen Williams agrees with Wampler, admitting that the underclassmen can be immature at times, especially when the team gets ahead in runs.

“It can be hard sometimes communicating with the upperclassmen because of the age Freshman Jalen Williams runs to third base during the gap,” Williams said. Perry Meridian game on April 23. Williams typically starts “When it comes to in right field for the varsity team. Photo by Alicia Jones. game time, everyand with 58 at bats playing varsity his one gets serious, freshman year, it’s understandable. But, and that helps bring them together.”

As far as the pressure goes, Wil- what overcomes that fear is the deterliams admits he can feel it sometimes, mination to prove that he can play.

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Nick Holland Sports Editor

Another sports barrier broken Now that arguably the most important day in the NFL is over, that day being the draft, everyone can truly relax and begin to get ready for the upcoming season. Some guys waited only a few minutes to be drafted, and others waited a few hours, but one guy had to wait for 46 hours to hear his name called. And, the NFL has been waiting for him since it opened its doors. Missouri defensive player Michael Sam, or as some people saw him, the guy who kissed his boyfriend on TV after being drafted, was finally picked by the Rams with the seventhto-last pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

The fact that Sam even got his name called is a step in the right direction for the NFL. He is a trailblazer. He is the first openly gay professional football player. But, he was a seventh rounder. That doesn’t help him very much.

Not very many seventh-round picks make the team once they are drafted. Many make teams’ practice squads but fail to make the actual 53man game-day roster. That is most likely the fate that Sam faces, and it has nothing to do with his sexuality.

Many people say that Sam was passed over in the draft due to his decision to come out, but in all honesty, despite his co-defensive player of the year honors in the SEC, Sam was in the bottom group of every pro day and combine workout group of every defender at his position. The truth is, Michael Sam caused his own fall down draft boards, and the NFL isn’t as judgmental as the public makes it out to be.

One thing the NFL is though is a traditional workplace environment with concrete values. Football players are seen as the most masculine of men and the stereotypical view of homosexuals doesn’t fit that mold in today’s society. Fifteen years ago, there might have been homosexuals in the league. Back then, none of them would have come out because the league was different. The NFL is beginning to go through a change that could potentially break barriers for other individuals around the sports world.

I mean, if you look at it, Sam is actually the fourth athlete to come out as gay in the last few years. The first was Jason Collins, then some guy who plays on the LA Galaxy. Yes, it’s a soccer team, no one cares, I get it.

Then, you had Derrick Gordon, the sophomore UMASS guard who could potentially be the first openly gay NBA to be drafted. But, the big deal surrounding Sam is not that he is gay, it’s that he’s a gay football player.

Now that the Rams have drafted him, it is changing the public’s perception of a sport that no one thought would ever change its makeup. Football is transitioning to a sport that is more accepting of everyone.

Sam can be directly compared to Jackie Robinson. In the same way, Jackie Robinson opened people up to the idea of black athletes in baseball.

Michael Sam is opening people up to the idea that gay players can play professional sports too. I know Jason Collins already plays for the Nets, but he had a career in the closet before he came out. Sam had no career when he came out. He had no millions. He had no posse. He had no fame. And, yes, Sam will go through everything that Jackie Robinson went through: he will be resented, he will be bullied and he will have to put up with more from his own teammates most likely than anyone else.

But, someone had to take the stance that Sam did. He is a trailblazer for gay athletes across the globe, and once the barrier of gay athletes participating in pro sports is shattered, then what other barriers are there left to be surpassed?

Michael Sam is the epitome of courage in athletes and because of him, a new wave of athletes can now potentially be accepted everywhere and even less is standing in the way of any young kid who dreams of being a professional athlete.

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Some of the greatest moments captured by the Journal staff don’t always find their way on the paper. After reviewing the Journal archives, we have compiled some of the best never-before-seen pictures.

(Upper Left) During a match against Perry Meridian on April 22, senior Van Dawt Khun returns a volley. (Left) On April 18, Jacob Bates, right, from the band SouthSix5 plays a tune for Riley Kid Braden Tamosaitis, left. Bates, like Braden, is a Riley Kid. Photos by Jesse Roller. (Below) With four yards to go, senior Christian Perry drives towards the goal line during the Perry Meridian rival game on Sept. 6, 2013. This photo went on to win second place in the Women’s Press Club of Indiana competition after being published in the Southsider Voice. Photo by Nick Meacham.

(Bottom left) Donning a large smile, Riley Matlock, Mrs. Stacey Matlock’s son, plays with the Cardinal, senior Alex Myers, during a game against Mooresville on Aug. 30. Photo by Jesse Roller.

(Upper Right) During a baseball game on May 15 against Southport’s rival Perry Meridian, senior Zack Odom pitches to senior catcher AJ Wampler. Photo by Alicia Jones. (Right) Sophomore Nicholas Sethman balances a glass candle on his head during the Spanish ballet on Oct. 9, 2013. The Olimpaxqui Ballet Company hosted the Spanish ballet at Southport. (Below) Amidst his friends and family, graduate Joshua Young holds up his high school diploma next to his new fiancé, graduate Nicole Sams.

Sams had no idea that Young was planning on proposing to her that day. Photos by Jesse Roller. (Bottom Right) On Feb. 6, junior Alexa Walker dribbles the basketball down the court in a game against Plainfield.

(Left) On March 5, sophomore Joey Brunk goes up for a layup while a Perry Meridian player tries to block him. Photos by Lindsey Farley.

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Reviews

May 23, 2014

Food

Movie

Concert

Book

Music

Game

‘Godzilla’ a monster success

{releaseRADAR} Movie: “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” May 23

Movie: “Blended,” May 23

Movie: “Maleficent,” May 30

Movie: “The Fault in Our Stars,” June 6

Movie: “22 Jump Street,” June 13

Photos from nooga.com, , teaser-trailer. com, disneydreaming.com, x-menmovies.com and worldwidehd.com.

Newest ‘Godzilla’ film turns out to be a rampaging good time

by Sierra Sullivan Reporter Sold out. Before I could even dash off to the candy counter, I was stopped by the ticket saleswoman. I went to go see “Godzilla” in IMAX 3D at 7:20 at night. However, it had already sold out by 5 p.m. Luckily, there was another movie playing at 7:40 p.m., and I snagged my ticket before there was no room left in the theater. I had seen the commercials and read about all the hype, and it was my turn to experience the remake of a classic movie.

I’ll admit, I’ve seen the 1954 film and was a little nervous and definitely feeling indifferent about the new one.

But, as the lights lowered and the film rolled, the movie was starting out to be pretty decent, which gave me hope for the rest of it. In the beginning, not only did they find a huge fossil during a mining expedition, but two strange, egg-like forms nestled deep in the quarry. One of the eggs had already hatched and was nowhere to be found. Naturally, I thought this would be Godzilla already hatched and making his way into the movie, but, surprisingly enough, that wasn’t the case. No, this was another creature: just as big and just as destructive. At this point, I was drawn in.

It turns out, Godzilla has a naturalborn enemy that also learned to pre-

“Godzilla” is the second American-made Godzilla movie, according to godzilla.wiki.com. Photo from godzilla-movies.com. serve itself deep in the earth, surviving off of radiation and radioactive material. Personally, I enjoy happy movies that give you a warm, good feeling. I wasn’t exactly catching that feel for this movie. By the first half hour of the movie, two people were dead.

‘The Fault in Our Stars’ is a story to fall in love with Soon-to-be-movie novel is chicken soup for the teenage soul

by Katie Hinh Editor-in-Chief Due to the upcoming release of the feature film, I felt it was my duty to decide if the book, “The Fault in Our Stars” was really worth it. I mean, no one did that with “Twilight,” and look at where we are today: 12-year-old girls running around, hoping to meet a sparkly vampire of their dreams. However, I think even trying to put John Green’s latest best seller in the same category as vampires and werewolves would be downright insulting.

“The Fault in Our Stars” is centered around teenagers with cancer. The main characters are Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, both of whom are attending a cancer support group in an Episcopalian church basement, which is called “the literal heart of Jesus.” Hazel has a thyroid cancer that has metastasized, or spread, to her lungs. She is terminal and has always known that she would die from her disease. Augustus, on the other hand, is a survivor of a bone cancer and has been cancer free for a little over a year. The two meet in “the literal heart of Jesus” and hit it off. They begin down a path

“The Fault in Our Stars” is set in Indianapolis. Photo from bibliomantics.com. of whirlwind romance that seems futile, and in the end, only does end in defeat.

This book is clearly a teen novel, but it has more potential than that. It has a deeper message than just a teenage romance. It shows the true desperation of two people trying to find love before the other dies. Green manages to convey adult themes through teenage vernacular and actions. Hazel gets the idea that she is a “grenade,” because once her time runs out, she’ll hurt all of the people around her, from

her playing video games in Augustus’ bedroom. No, not every teenager will experience cancer, but they can relate to being in a friend’s room, hanging out.

Green also sets the book in a lovely little town called Indianapolis. Ever heard of it? I think that being from Indianapolis helps a reader feel more strongly connected to the book. I care more about this girl when she talks about going to Castleton Square Mall or how her mom is going to school at I.U. While this book did well with relating to teens, it was bordering on cliché teen movie due to how fast their love story progressed. But, I suppose you could blame that on the fact that they are both dying. The other complaint was the fact that they used the word “okay” to show each other that they loved each other. They would say “okay” to each other. I mean, that screams more of teenage angst than true love.

Overall, this book is worth it, meaning that this movie had better live up to the expectations. If you aren’t fully satisfied with the movie, ask for a refund because this book deserves a movie that lives up to the true story of Hazel and Augustus.

Even with so much death and destruction happening during the movie, I couldn’t look away. I’m a sucker for 3D movies, and with the amazing effects, plus the addition of it being in 3D, I was captured by the realistic vision. Not only did it look real, but the

whole possibility of it felt real. If there ever were massive, dinosaur-aged monsters attacking the world, then the way it would happen seemed accurately portrayed in this movie. The realism actually made the movie seem to be more of a thriller than anything else.

There were a lot of scenes where you could find yourself grabbing onto the arms of your seat and feel your heart pounding rapidly while you watch people struggle to survive what looks to be the end of the world. I was captivated by the plot of how two different stories were happening at the same time. It kept the movie interesting with a constant change of scenery and obstacles.

As for the ending, I wasn’t in the least bit disappointed. It had my palms sweating and heart racing. I love dramatic, suspenseful, fighting scenes, where I find myself on the edge of my seat wanting to fight along with them. I was anxiously awaiting throughout the whole film for this one moment, which turned out to be a satisfying closure for the movie.

Overall, the acting was excellent, the plot kept me entertained and intrigued, and there was a sufficient amount of twists and turns to keep the story captivating. It wasn’t the ordinary, straight-forward story that is easy to guess what happens next. I like movies that keep you on your toes and in the dark: it makes the ending that much more unexpected and exciting. Despite my initial doubts for “Godzilla,” it turned out to be a monstrous hit.

GPA: 3.2

Summer activities to keep you entertained

To see live on the field: Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field -vs. Scranton, 7:05 p.m., June 2 -vs. Durham, 7:15 p.m., June 13 -vs. Columbus, 1:35 p.m., July 10 (plus more on the MiLB website)

To travel to:

-Tibbs Drive-In Theatre -Brown County -Downtown Canal Walk - Holiday World -Indiana Museum of Art -Children’s Museum

To do at the Indianapolis Zoo:

2014 is the fourth year that the Indianapolis Zoo has Zoolapalooza: a series of summer concerts from June 20-July 18.

Performances range from “Impalas” to “Bahama Llamas.”

To listen to (legally):

-50 Cent “Animal Ambition,” June 3 -Jack White “Lazaretto,” June 10 -5 Seconds of Summer, “5 Seconds of Summer,” July 22

Information from musiccenternoblesville.com, milb.com, indianapolilszoo.com and movieinsider.com. Pictures from gogobot.com, fox59.com, buzzmeter.net, bambini.eu and flickr.com.

GPA: 3.5 Live, in person, in Indy: concerts not to miss Jack Johnson June 1 White River State Park

Vans Warped Tour July 3 Klipsch Music Center

Information gathered by Vanessa Abplanalp.

Journey & Steve Miller Band June 28 Klipsch Music Center

Tim McGraw, Kip Moore & Cassadee Pope June 7 Klipsch Music Center Monumentour: Fall Out Boy & Paramore July 7 White River State Park

Panic! At the Disco - The Gospel Tour July 23 White River State Park

Information from musiccenternoblesville.com and eventticketscenter.com. Pictures from buzzmeter.net, staugustine.com, upcomingconcerts.net, towerofpower.com, panicatthedisco.com and theboot.com.

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Entertainment

May 23, 2014

Teachers boost school experience Senior survives high school because of teacher’s influence

by Vanessa Abplanalp Entertainment Editor

Senior Samantha Crowe plays saxophone for Extravaganza practice on Friday, May 16. Photo by Jesse Roller.

Student wins award and thanks teacher for years of help and support

by Sarah Fowerbaugh Reporter As the year draws to a close, graduating seniors will say goodbye to all the teachers that inspired them to succeed. For four years, students have made incredible bonds with Southport High School staff members, bonds that have impacted the entirety of their school careers. One such bond is between senior Samantha Crowe, a participant of marching band, pep band, concert band and jazz band, and band director Mr. David Copeland.

Crowe has known Copeland since before high school, and this makes graduation for Crowe even more difficult.

“I met him, I believe, in fifth or sixth grade because my brother was in band, and I would go to all of his concerts,” Crowe said. “My parents would want to talk to Mr. Copeland about being in band. We’ve always talked about what we’re both into, and there’s really just a strong bond between me and him.”

Since Crowe is so involved in the band opportunities offered at Southport and because she has known Copeland for so long, Crowe believes that her friendship and learning relationship with Copeland will be lifelong. Though her brother inspired her to join most of the bands she is now a part of, it was Copeland who pushed her and ultimately shaped her into the musician she is today.

As for Copeland, he feels that her journey from when he met Crowe to her senior year has been a memorable time.

“I would go into the middle school and help out during their eighth grade band classes,” Copeland said. “I’ve known her for at least five years. She’s a great student. She’s pretty active in all the different things that we have here at the high school.”

Crowe also was recognized as the John Philip Sousa award winner. The award is given to an outstanding senior in the music department. Copeland believes it was an honor that Crowe deserved for all of her involvement in the various school bands.

Though it’s difficult to leave such a special teacher behind, Crowe believes she will cherish the memories she shared with Copeland for the rest of her life. For her parting words, Crowe says she will miss her favorite band director dearly.

{musicCLASSES} -Various Choir Classes -Music History and Appreciation -Music Theory and Composition/ Advanced

-Concert Band -Jazz Ensemble -Orchestra -Piano and Electric Keyboard/ Advanced

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If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have made it through high school. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t be crying.

This year marks the first that senior Anthony West isn’t in tech theater. But, this doesn’t change the fact that because of theater teacher Ms. Barb Whitlock, West survived high school and had a better experience.

With his brother having been in tech, West helped out in theater and building even Ms. Barb before he became Whitlock, a high school stu- Theater teacher dent. Once freshman year came around, West knew he had to take tech. Acquainted with the family previously, Whitlock felt she already knew him.

“The relationship began with knowing the family and asking questions because I cared. Then, it blossomed,” Whitlock said. “Once there’s trust and Senior Anthony West lowers lights for Whitlock during his last period dependability established in a relation- study hall on Tuesday, May 13. Photo by Jesse Roller. ship, you can flourish. Being able to “Whitlock gave you a sense of pur- I’m depending on you to get this rely on someone is such a good feeling pose. If you’re a nobody, you could still done,’ those are important words to for me. He listened and understood.” help out and joke around,” West said. hear,” Whitlock said. “Even if it doesn’t She depended on West, Whitlock “Whitlock saved me so many times from make you smile, hopefully, it makes you says, and this year, without him in class, being expelled. She understands kids.” blossom, like a popcorn kernel opening she can feel his absence.

The relationship has had an impact up a little bit every time.”

At the beginning of his freshman on Whitlock as well, referring to herself Out of everything, Whitlock hopes year, both had different views: West on as “a blubbering fool” as she teared up happiness for West, knowing the good high school and Whitlock on West. and bad of his situations.

“I thought high school was go“I hope he’s happy. I hope ing to be the ‘best four years of that for every kid. I don’t hope your life,’” West said. “As soon as I for wealth. If you’re not happy, got in, (I thought it was) prison.” there’s a whole bunch of things For Whitlock, what she saw that fall in line after that, so of West, or what she could see -Theater Arts I -Theater Proyou’ve got to be that first,” Whitof him through his “sea of hair,” & II/Advanced duction I & II lock said. “I hope however you was quiet, timid and shy. choose your life, you choose it on -Technical -Theater Arts, “When you’re shielding yourself the basis of being happy.”

Theater I & II/ Special Topics from the world through hair, my To avoid disliking high Advanced (Arts/Tech) favorite moment is it moves back, school, don’t care, West and I see the whole face,” Whitlock says. Care about the schoolsaid. “That’s an accomplishment, work and not those who’re at not kidding.” school is his advice.

As Whitlock was able to see the West’s final words are those best in West, how quiet and shy turned throughout the interview. As she’s seen of thanks to the teacher who has given into confident and teaching, West saw major changes in him and blossoming him so much and who has received the worst in high school. throughout the years, these changes from him in return “Thinking that your friends, the have made her blossom a little on the “I’ve always thought a teacher was people you hang out with, actually care inside too. Most of all, through tech the- supposed to inspire, not to teach. about you (is the) worst part,” West ater, Whitlock says he got happier.

Not many teachers inspire. Whitsaid. “People don’t care in high school.

Students who dislike high school lock can,” West said. “Thank you They’re out for themselves.” with a passion, to Whitlock, really for putting up with (me) for so Nobody goes to high school for don’t dislike: they just haven’t found long. She’s the reason I’m still in education, according to West, but what they like in high school and high school. I’ve actually made it for social life. Some can make it have to try. through. There’d be no Southport better, though, like Whitlock. And, “If I had a teacher say ‘I trust you, High School without Whitlock.” she did just that for West.

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Best moments for students at Southport for the 2013-2014 year Theater

“Final Coffee House performance: the Reposers did “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.

I epicly lip synced the words of Freddie Mercury.”

- Zack Arney, senior

Choir

“We got a silver for our (solo ensemble) contest. We weren’t doing good, and then we were.”

- Nathan Nelson, freshman

Art

“Making pottery for all of my friends’ attractive moms.”

- Aaron Larussa, sophomore

Band

“At District Competion after we got set, the silence and the adrenaline of the moment was breath taking.”

- Natalie Whitman, junior

Orchestra

“We got to play my favorite song this year: Harry Potter (for the Pop Concert).”

- Sierra Roberts, freshman

Senior Emily Bradley sketches during Pernell’s RW2 art class on Thursday, May 15. Photo by Katie Hinh.

Teacher-student relationship fosters effort and love of art

by Cooper Davis Reporter Art teacher Mr. Anthony Pernell doesn’t simply refer to senior Emily Bradley as his student— he affectionately calls her his adopted daughter.

It’s because she’s always around, usually with a pencil gripped studiously in hand and seated at a separate table, devoting her spare time to a new project, according to Pernell. Bradley guesses that’s why Pernell started the longstanding, tongue-in-cheek joke of calling her his “adopted daughter.”

“We talk about the stuff I’d talk to my parents about,” Bradley said. “He’s the kind of teacher who I can talk to whenever I need to and not just about art. It’s crazy the impact he’s had on me, and I didn’t even meet him until my junior year.”

Nonetheless, her junior year, she got a double dose of Pernell in 2D Art and Humanities. Pernell and she agree these two classes proved to be the starting point of their friendship that has spanned two years, over 25 projects and around nine art show pieces. It even shaped Bradley’s career choice in Art Therapy at the University of Evansville.

But, before any of that came to be, Bradley remembers first meeting him and noticing how funny and easy to talk to he was. Pernell likewise remembers her expressive gestures.

“The first thing I noticed was that she cannot stop talking with her hands,” Pernell said. “It was kind of interesting and kept me laughing. It was just goofy. She was super animated, and it’s something I still notice about her all the time.”

After those first few impressions, they grew closer. And, after an additional class, they were inseparable. Pernell didn’t simply limit their friendship to art class— Bradley frequently recalls just how attentive and helpful he was.

“I definitely think having him believing in me and rooting for me has made me better,” Bradley said. “I mean, he even cares about my grades. One time, I had this kind of bad Stats grade, and he grilled me about it all the time ‘til I raised it. He even talked to Mr. Williams. It was so embarrassing. Like I said earlier, stuff my parents would do.”

Bradley says that’s why he calls her his adopted daughter and why she doesn’t mind. She’s currently enrolled in Pernell’s highest art class, with the two seeing each other almost every day. Bradley plans to try and keep in touch once she goes to college.

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-Intro to 2D Art/ Art History Adavnced -Ceramics -Jewelry Drawing -Sculpture Fine Arts Connections -Printmaking -Fiber Arts -Digital Design Advanced 3D -Painting: -Visual Watercolor/Acrylic Communication

Comic and illustrations by Hope Randall.

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Opinion

May 23, 2014

A recent article in The Journal discussed the age of the Earth.

The author claimed that our E a r t h has been Jack Williams “proven” to Math teacher be about 4.6 billion years old. The purpose here is to reflect on the author’s arguments and provide rebuttal.

The article mentioned a debate involving Ken Ham and Bill Nye. Nye used ice-core dating as evidence to support an old age for the Earth. As a statistics teacher, I find it ironic that using current rates to extrapolate into the “distant past” is okay in science class, but forbidden in my class. This is a clear double standard.

Our observable world confirms

letters to

Creation. Why would we find dinosaur fossils with soft tissue if they died out 65 million years ago? Why would there be helium in rocks that should have leaked out by now?

Why would we still find Carbon-14 in fossil fuels if they are millions of years old? How could the comets, that do not last millions of years, still exist? If radiometric dating methods are as compelling as Nye said they were, why do they provide dates of thousands to millions of years, on rocks that have formed recently?

Why trust these methods to predict ages for rocks of unknown age, if they do not predict rocks of known age?

Our universe and every structure within it is best explained by an origin of about 6,000 years ago, along with a global flood approximately 4,300 years ago.

Have you ever w o n d e r e d what this summer would hold? The first bit of your summer is going to be about catching up on lost sleep, random trips, and staying up too late, but what else can there be? For some there will be camps and workouts, but again what else could there be for you this summer?

As you focus on you this summer focus on your surroundings and pay attention to those in need. Take the next step and for you this is to reach out and offer those less fortunate than you help. Granted some will say, “I don’t have money for that” and if you’re only measuring ‘help’ in monetary terms you will be limited. However, if you’re thinking about other

THE EDITOR

ways y o u r h e l p can alm o s t be limitless.

Y o u m a y n o t h a v e t h e Matt Robinette greatest Substitute teacher of financial means but you do have time and a smart phone which means most likely you could at least Google your way to help and perhaps guide others to help. Get out of your comfort zone. Join a charity, donate your time to a non-profit organization, or joining your churches outreach programs that assist people in need directly. We can work together to make a difference.

Have a blessed summer and I will see you again next year.

{head SCRATCHER} Who are you going to miss the most?

“My wife, Dabney Skutt.”

Deven Gregg Freshman

“No one.”

Bria Burrell Sophomore

Comic by Hope Randall.

Dreams to be fulfilled in America “There is no elevator to success. You must use the stairs.”

I have been dreaming of achieving a goal and bettering my future. But, being in a middle class family in a third world country, my mom struggled so much to help me achieve the dream.

So, she sent me to different boarding schools within three different countries in Africa. It was never easy until I came to the U.S. on an athletic scholarship through a program called A-HOPE foundation/sports revolution. A-HOPE is a program that gives successful athletes opportunities to study abroad. My hopes and dreams are now on the right path to success as education here is much better.

Back in East Africa, my school day would start at 4 a.m. for preps, which is a time where students sit in class and just read with no talking, and I would eat an early breakfast at 6 a.m. Classes started at 6:45 a.m.

We had tea break at 11 a.m. and lunch break from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Then, classes continued until 5 p.m. and dinner was at 6:45 p.m.

At 7:30 p.m., students go to class for preps

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NASCAR is a mental sport

By Derrick Gray Reporter

“Boogity, boogity, boogity, let’s go racing.”

The largest misinterpretation of the V8, 750 horsepower sport of NASCAR is the seemingly simplistic 8 inch movements of a wheel. For those of us that don’t have gasoline pumping through our veins, NASCAR can, at first glance, appear to be a long monotonous process of never ending left turns, but what happens between the flags requires physical and psychological strength?

I’ll be honest, NASCAR drivers aren’t athletes in the most common sense of the word. They are predominantly middle-aged, white guys with a beer belly and a craving for speed. But, the term athlete has a wide array of interpretations. What makes a person an athlete or athletic at their said sport is determined by how fluidly there body can interact, adjust and overcome the challenges presented in their said sport.

You don’t have to run a 4.4 40 yard dash and be 6’ 6 255 pounds like number one draft pick Jadeveon Clowney to be athletic. Professional golfer Phil Mickelson has five major championships, three masters titles and has probably reached a full sprint a handful of times in his entire life. But, who cares if he is out there winning

Brenda Conchas Junior

“My teacher, Mrs. Peddie.”

Thawng Hlei Mong Senior

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by Garkhor Kulia Reporter

again, and 10:30 p.m. is bed time.

My country is bilingual, and we study differSo, I find it easier and more enjoyable in Amer- ent languages. I speak four languages including ica since the day ends so early.

English, Kiswahili, Arabic and Nuer.

Back in my country, we wore school uniforms My culture differs from American culture. It’s and were in full dress code unlike Southport High a sign of disrespect to shake hands with elderly School. When the bell rings, no one is allowed people. You can only bend to offer your head to to stand or move while the teacher is still in the an elderly person and they will touch it. And, it class. We did not have to move to different classes is considered a bad habit to speak to an elderly at the end of each period for different classes, the person looking straight into their eyes while in teachers did.

America, it’s normal.

Phones are not allowed in classes, and it was It’s a taboo for youth or teenagers to call ela punishable offense, which could be a suspen- derly people by names, and this was the first sion of two weeks or more and the phone being challenge I encountered when I came to live taken and never returned, if students are found with my host family. I heartedly had to discuss it or caught with a phone with them, and they gave in school. me names like Grami and There’s no dating Oompa to call them. relationships in mix Saturday and public My hopes and dreams boarding schools and holidays are half days. the all the schools are are now on the right path Most of the schools orstrict in their rules and ganize school trips on to success as education regulations. Most of those days to places like the schools are either national parks, animal rehere is much better. boy schools or girl serves, historical sites, or schools, especially pubgo mountain climbing and lic schools. There is no other different picnics. tolerance in the case Because of the Ameriof pregnancy and the solution in such cases was can education system, I know my dreams are atonly discontinuing school. tainable. Education is better in America, and it’s Most of our sports are played outside in encouraging for me. The facilities here are much fields unlike here where there’s many indoors more advanced, and there’s things like free intersports. Our popular sports are soccer, basket- net and the technology available in schools are ball and rugby. much different here than back in my country.

“Ms. Walters.”

PGA tournaments? Another easy example is the MLB’s Miguel Cabrera. The man is far from being in any other shape rather than round, and yet, he’s still the triple crown winner.

The point is that athletes are specialized for their sport of choice and being 6’ 7 and able to dunk a basketball doesn’t make you any better of a NASCAR driver. The chosen traits for a NASCAR driver aren’t as easily visible as the profound statures of NFL athletes, but they are still there, hidden within strong mental concentration and the ability to drive.

My opposition might find that driving isn’t necessarily a talent because millions of people wake up every day and rev up their engines to commute to work. Although, sitting behind the wheel of a car doesn’t really mean you know how to use it, in the same way, holding a basketball doesn’t make you Lebron James.

Anybody can sit in a car and put their foot to the floor, but when is the last time your little honda civic got up to 200 mph? At that speed, the idea of a straight line is difficult let alone the art of a left turn.

But, even hard nose grease monkeys can fail to see beyond the talent of the drift and pass.

The first 30 and last 30. In those middle 100, the men are separated from the boys, pushing these athletes’ mental limits. It’s the slow accumulation of mistakes that make that last push for the checkered flag such an adrenaline packed experience.

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NASCAR is not a sport

By Nick Holland Sports Editor

“Read my column.”

An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

That is the definition of a sport someone receives when he/she asks for it on Google.

But, after reading this every cheerleader, fisherman and race car driver are elated because they are finally competing in “sports.”

But, in my opinion, none of the above are sports.

Just take race car driving, NASCAR for you dead serious guys, and compare it to the likes of basketball and the biggest team sport in the world (which is just a testament to how messed up the world we live in is), soccer.

I’ll give some credit to NASCAR drivers, it isn’t easy to control a car going 200 mph down a track, but it’s also not that hard to turn right, and they don’t know how to do that except for two races every year.

It is hard for me to consider NASCAR a

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sport and their driver’s athletes. I ride with people in the car who can drive fast and turn left, the amount of skill it takes to do what they do is nowhere nearly as high as what it takes baseball or basketball players to do what they do.

I understand that driving in a straight line at 200 mph is difficult, but on the range of difficult things in sports like hitting a 95 mph fastball and running through 300-lb linemen, it’s nowhere near the most difficult. If anything it is probably the easiest sport out there.

NASCAR is that sport that is widely enjoyed by a lot of people, but not because the great things that happen or because of the skill displayed. Most, if not all, of the people I know that watch auto racing just watch it for the wrecks. But, I mean, when the most exciting thing going on is cars crashing into each other, what else can you do?

I feel like to be considered a sport something cannot have peak times. “First 40 last 40, that’s where the action is.” That’s just insane to limit a 300-lap race to 80 laps. What are you supposed to do in between those 40 lap intervals? In basketball, the whole game is exciting, same goes for football and baseball. Yes, they do have times with more excitement than others, but their middle game isn’t as monotonous.

I take my hat off to those NASCAR drivers and those pursuing professional driving careers.

What they are doing is something that they can be proud of, they possess more polished abilities at a certain life skill than other people, but that doesn’t make them athletes, and that sure doesn’t make what they are doing a sport.

Opinion

May 23, 2014

Take your jar of memories with you but don’t forget to keep on adding

by Rachael Samm Managing Editor-of-Content When we leave Southport High School and go off to college, there’s one thing we’ll for sure keep with us forever: a jar of memories. Not a literal jar, but a collection of memories from our hometown of Southport.

I was originally introduced to the idea when I attended a journalism convention in Boston. I sat in on a class for columnists, and the man leading the class suggested ideas, one of those being a jar of memories. He explained it like this: When we go off to college, we make new friends and pour out our jar of memories to new friends to give them an idea of who we are and where we come from. The jar of memories is just a collection of memories that help shape who we are.

My jar of memories will go way back. I’ll pour out how I moved on the day of that really bad tornado when I was in first grade, and schools and houses were completely destroyed. I’ll pour out how the community came together to help my family out when my mom died. I’ll include the awkward middle school years and how I was mixed into the wrong group of friends. Oh, the Wheel’s of Wonder years.

And, then, I’ll pour out all the adventures during high school: being on the news for Southport turning into a Fight Club according to Fox 59, making it to nationals in speech, spending hours at haunted places with friends and practically living in the journal room during the school year.

I’ll also never forget the amazing experience in

Europe where I got to see the most beautiful architecture and finally take a step into a different culture. Though Europe would have been better if I got to eat Spaghetti Eis and Guiness Pudding and jump on the in-ground trampolines.

But, I’ll also pour out memories of the city of Southport and the smell of fresh Long’s Bakery Donuts on Sunday mornings as we drive to church and the long summer walks to Dairy Queen and the police park.

I’ll pour out the random car shows and zombie runs our community puts together. I’ll pour out how the owner of the barbershop by Dairy Queen is also a sheriff and how tragic it was when the beloved Putt-Putt closed down.

The weird trinkets at the Southport Antique Mall will come out, but most of all, I’ll pour out how I learned what a real community was. Reminiscing on the Richmond Hill explosion that happened last year will bring tears to my eyes, but at the same time, I’ll be able to talk about how the whole community came together to help the families almost immediately.

These are all memories I’ll keep with me forever. But, the point of a jar of memories is that you continuously add to it. Going off to college doesn’t mean leaving these memories behind, but one thing I promise I won’t do to myself is hold on to them. I’ll always have my friends from high school, but I intend to meet new people from all over and make new friends.

I want to take opportunities to go to South America or Europe or even Africa. I want to go

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The wait is worth it away just to comfort me while I’m sad, or celebrate with me when something is achieved or merely just watch a movie together.

by Brooklyn Raines I also did not want to think about being Reporter far away from my family. The fact that I could possibly not hear my mother’s voice in person everyday, fight with my younger “Stay groovy.” sister or listen to some of my dad’s advice really upsets me.

When I thought about leaving high school and stepping into the real world, for some reason, I failed to think about not being close I wasted the first two years of high school. to the same people everyday, overcoming I was always in a rush to discover what the obstacles by myself and losing familiarity unknown was all about. I was one of the kids altogether. All I thought about was meeting that had it made up in my mind that I hated new, interesting people, working towards my high school. I hated everything about it from goals and making a greater contribution in my fellow peers to the amount of work that the world other than being on honor roll. The was always being placed upon me to having downsides to the real world never sunk in teachers that just did not seem to understand until now.

Now, as I finish my junior year out and near what it was like to go through the awkward my senior year, I do not want it to end. Yes, I still stage in life called the teenage years.

This scenario is not out of the normal for the get annoyed with the narrow minded people I attend school with or the overflow of homeaverage high school stuwork in my AP classes, dent, and many of my closbut the good things est friends felt the exact like seeing my friends same way. We all thought Once we walk out of and favorite teachers we were ready to walk those fieldhouse doors, we everyday outweigh the out the doors of Southsmall negativities by a port High School and into are all vulnerable to the landslide. The Friday doors of universities. unknown, and only God night football games I wish I could remember the day and time it will know what lies ahead. and the long journal production nights will happened, but I can’t. I always be missed by just remember one day me and something I thinking about my future will not get to experiand having this gut feelence again. ing that I was not truly The real world is the real world, and ready for college yet and what the rest of my non high school life had ahead of me. It scared once my 2015 senior class walks out of the fieldhouse on that May evening, I may me in a way I’ve never been scared before.

I did not want to imagine all of my closest not see some of my classmates ever again. friends being separated by more than five to Small mistakes may result in lifelong conse10 minutes from me. There was a possibility quences and curve balls will be thrown more my friends and I could be separated by many often. I’m glad that day hit me, and I made miles, based upon what college we all attend- the vital decision to enjoy the rest of my ed. That’s one of the things I love about high time spent here because in all honesty, I’m school: the ability to call my best friend on the scared of what the future holds for the rest phone and they would appear at my side min- of my classmates and me. Once we walk out utes later. That convenience could be very well of those fieldhouse doors, we are all vulnertaken away in college. I would not be able to able to the unknown, and only God will know call a friend up and have them drive from miles what lies ahead.

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places and experience new things and add all of my new experiences to my jar of memories. That’s the point of life anyways.

I’m not saying to ignore your friends from high school, but don’t limit yourself to those people. Go out and experience the world.

Even if you’re apart from your current friends, the memories you’ll make apart will make for the best stories for when you’re reunited.

That’s how it should be anyway. Put your jar filled with those memories on the shelf for a while.

People shouldn’t cling to their jar of memories in college and constantly spend time with people from home, ignoring the new people and opportunities around them. If you have the opportunity to add to the jar of memories, do it! You’ll regret it later if you don’t take the opportunities you’re given.

Bring your jar of memories with you but don’t let the good memories hold you back from making more. Don’t cling to your high school friends or hometown. Don’t let the fear of the unknown keep you from experiencing life to the fullest.

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Features Editor CASEY SMITH ‘14 Opinion Editor CAITLYN JONES ‘15 Sports Editor NICK HOLLAND ‘15 Photo Editor JESSE ROLLER ‘14 Staff Artist HOPE RANDALL ‘14 Business Manager BAILEY JULIAN ‘15

Appreciate teachers more journal ADDRESS

Teacher Appreciation Week is more than just a week dedicated to teachers at Southport High School. It is a week full of thankfulness and celebration for what students should do everyday: appreciate their teachers.

But, it seems that now, many teachers aren’t as respected as they should be. Some students consider some of their teachers “mean” and “rude” for assigning them homework each night or for having a test on a date that isn’t convenient for their schedules.

Some students may not even like their teachers because they are trying to follow their classmates’ beliefs. What these students do not recognize is that teachers are here to educate so students can receive the best knowledge they can. For Ms. Patricia O’Connor, a Spanish teacher at Southport for 35 years, students’ lacking appreciation can stem from their disregard of self discipline. But, for students that don’t disregard self discipline, O’Connor says it still feels nice to hear positive things from students about how much teachers do for them.

“To hear (students) and know that somebody thinks that you made a difference or that they appreciate the work that you put into it, I mean, everybody likes that,” O’Connor said.

As a staff we agree that Teacher Appreciation Week should be more widely recognized throughout Southport to show teachers that they are still valued by students. Students probably didn’t even know that Teacher Appreciation Week was May 5-9.

Despite some students not being appreciative towards their teachers, there is still ways that Southport teachers are acknowledged.

The STARS Program and the Teacher of the Year Award both recognize teachers for their efforts inside of the classroom.

O’Connor says that the feeling of being appreciated is not immediate. Sometimes, it takes a couple of months to see students really appreciating what they are taught.

Staff DERRICK GRAY ‘14 MCKENZIE WITHERELL ‘14 BRADLEY DAVIS ‘15 LINDSEY FARLEY ‘15 SARAH FOWERBAUGH ‘15 CHRISTINA HEMPHILL ‘15 ALICIA JONES ‘15 GARKHOR KULIA ‘15 ALEXANDRIA MUSSER ‘15 BROOKLYN RAINES ‘15 SIERRA SULLIVAN ‘15 JANET TLUANG ‘15 ABIGAIL BARRETT ‘16 DELANEY BUCKER ‘16 COOPER DAVIS ‘16 NICK MEACHAM ‘16 BRITTON WHITLOCK ‘16 Adviser MR. MIKE KLOPFENSTEIN Principal MS. BARBARA BROUWER

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Correction(s) In issue 13 on page 1, Ms. Ann Mader’s name was misspelled. On page 8, Mrs. Amanda Schnepp was misquoted.

We are extremely sorry for these mistakes.

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collegeDESTINATIONS collegeDES Trine

Art Institute of Indianapolis

Ball State University Butler University Franklin College Hanover College

MU

Harrison College

PU BSU WC

Ivy Tech

IUPUI

ISU

Indiana State University

Harrison

Ivy Tech Community College

BU

U of I

SHS

MU

KC PM FC

Indiana UniversityBloomington Indiana University Purdue Univeristy of Indianapolis

Kaplan College

Art Institute

Marian University Manchester University

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Paul Mitchell Cosmetology School Purdue University-West Lafeyette Trine University

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University of Evansville University of Indianapolis

USI U of E

University of Southern Indiana Vincennes University Wabash College

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STINATIONS collegeDESTINATIONS Ball State University

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Butler University

Samantha Crowe- Band/Music and ASL

Franklin College

Caitlin Cook- Pre-Physical Therapy Carry Davis- Undecided

Hanover College

Dabney Skutt- Occupational Therapy

Harrison College

Joselin Moreno- Undecided

Indiana State University

Deonte Sledge- Athletic Training Jada Bell- Mathematics Teaching Jade Cline-Smith- Marketing and Public Relations Ty Johnson- Theatre and Elementary Education Lauren Hazel- Nutrition Marissa Zrebiec- Accounting and Finance Ciera Corman- Pre-Veterinarian

Indiana University

Taylor Woodson- Physical Therapy Danielle Sturm- Undecided Arnell Paul- Accounting Van Sui Lian- Science Reese Steinmeyer- Undecided Dalton Clouse- Environmental Science Kaitlin Watson- Journalism/ Communication and Culture Kirsten Watson- Education Dim Suan Man- Chemistry or Math Christian McGail- Dental Eliza Bracken- Cello Performance Stephen Averitt- Mathematics/ French/ Portuguese Emily Hart- Art Education or Fashion/Cosmetology

Peng Thang- Pre-Med Lindsay Curran- Biology Alex Myers- Biology/ English Joseph Morris- English/ Linguistics Yesenia Jimenez- Nursing Chris Kimmey- Human Biology Jospeh Lane- Finance and Accounting Kelsey Newhouse- Elementary Education Sarah Liantu- Biology

IUPUI

Sui Tin Khe- Nursing Ethan Moody- Geology Alix Michelfelder- Nursing John David- Computer Engineering Sui Tin Tang- X-ray Technician Van Sui Nawl- Engineering Sui Hnem Par- Nursing AJ Wampler- Secondary Education Dazia Mitchell- Nursing Caylei Daniels- Undecided Noah Ashrafian- Undecided Ian Modglin- Business/Political Science Anna Laws- Nursing Alex McSwain- Undecided Travis Kirkwood- Computer Science Emily Spears- Graphic Design George Ferris- Computer Science/ Filming Christina Ho- Biology Kelcie Patrick- Social Work Chris Scholl- Engineering McKenzie Witherell- Biology Sydney Stillwell- Undecided Derrick Gray- Exercise Science Kush Parikshak- Business Andrew Herner- Business Darren Dixon- Mathematics/ Applied Statistics/ Physical Science Shaunte’ Russell- Nursing Wyatt Cullom- Undecided Marisa Blank- Pre-Medicine/ Spanish Vanbiak Hmung ThangBusiness/ Engineering

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Purdue University

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The Art Institute of Indianapolis

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University of Indianapolis

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Katie Hinh- Anthropology

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University of Southern Indiana Van Bawi Tha ThawngElectrical Engineering Thomas Garrett- Sports

Vincennes University

Morgan Scrimager- Undecided Mario Villarreal- Fire Science Nick Jennings- Information Technology Zach Funk-Theater Education Kalin Lomax- Music Business

Wabash College

Austin Crosley- Undecided Zack Campbell- Biochemistry

Out of State Colleges Florida Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Blake Davis- Mechanical Engineering

Full Sail University Dennis Thawn- Show Production

Alabama Miles University

Keyana Washington- Fashion Deven Brewer- Music Production

Georgia University of Georgia

Elexa Walton- Fashion Design

Illinois Aurora University

Bailey Brothers- Elementary Education

Universal Technical Institute

Ashley Roderick- Automotive Technology

Southern Illinois University

Ohio Miami University

Cedarville University

Jesse Roller- Worship Arts

The Ohio State Clayton Bowie

Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan College

Courtney Lockwood- Mathematics

Utah Weber State University

Precious Williams- Computer Science

Utah Valley University

Bryanna Fox- Behavioral Science Donna Knight- Undecided

Oklahoma Oklahoma State University

Faith Walters- Agricultural Communications

Military

Donavon Dulworth- National Guard Braunson Brumley- U.S. Marine Corps Logan McTarsney- U.S. Army William Hollinger- U.S. Marine Corps Jacob Burns- U.S. Marine Corps Tyler Gebhart- U.S. Marine Corps Malik Walker- Army Reserves Adam Lacy- Air Force Lal Pui-Navy

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P Exams: Whether you’ve taken them or not, you know when that week rolls around.

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Since junior year, our school has been transforming into a new environment.

xplosion:

Richmond Hill brought us together and made us one community.

cepocolypse:

The only time you could ice skate on your grass.

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As the school year comes to a close, seniors remember the different events at Southport. The Journal staff thought that they would compile an A to Z list of the different things that happened over the last four years.

B D F G H J K L owie:

Clayton Bowie became the cross country state champion in 2013.

ance Marathon: For the kids!

ight Club:

atsby:

umanities:

Southport’s new one and done policy after the many fights that seemed to break out.

An American classic that was brought to life on stage.

The last class to experience the nine layers of hell.

ustin Bieber jailed:

ush Parikshak:

ance Stephenson:

Please take him back, Canada!

The namesake and president of the 2014 booster club.

Thanks for paying for the ultimate prom experience.

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M O Q S T U W X Y

arching Band: Getting the most awards in the 2013-2014 season than the past four years.

lympics: Shoutout to our Foreign Correspondant, Aygul, in Mother Russia!

ualifying for State: The drumline played their way to the top.

outhport Strong:

The term that shows the support that every student has for one another.

emporary Schedule:

ndefeated Season:

Staying ‘til 3 wasn’t as bad as moving graduation.

Football Season: We came.

We saw. We conquered.

izard of Oz:

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OLO:

“And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true”

Young blood led to success.

Only one of the obnoxious hashtags appearing during high school.

N P R V Z

MSI: The National Math and Science Initiative, your AP money pays my bills.

acers Playoffs: Recovering from our thug days and coming back on top.

eferendum: We have such nice stuff now.

Thanks, Perry Township.

iolence in Indy: Indianapolis hit an all time high for murders in one year.

o Phei: One of the Burmese ethnicities here. We’re glad they’re all Cardinals now.

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Staffers give a final goodbye

How to describe my last four years at Southport High School.

Well, first things first, I was on the Newspaper staff. I was first a writer and then an editor, and then, finally, I became Editor-in-Chief. But, that’s not all.

I was also involved in the plays and musicals. I made programs and directed One Acts, and I also managed to get hit by a car in “The Great Gatsby.” But, that’s still not all.

I was in National Honor Society, spent time on the Speech team and even went on a trip to Europe with my classmates. But, even now, I don’t know if that is all.

I don’t know if people realize the amount of opportunities that Southport really has to offer.

Looking back, I never knew of all the things that I would experience because I came here.

My mom joked with me that I spent more time at school than at home, and I laughed too, knowing that it was probably true. Southport, and school, have come to mean much more to me than just a place a go for a few hours. It has become a second home where I can be myself and meet my friends. I know that this sounds cliche, but it is true. I want people to know just how much Southport means to me and what it did for me.

Mr. Mike Klopfenstein taught me how to be a journalist in a world that sometimes hides the truth. Mr. Dan Jones taught me about human geography and made me realize that learning about people is what I want to pursue in life. Ms. Barb Whitlock taught me a plethora of unique problem solving ideas and above all, patience in all things. Mr. Sam Hanley taught me about other cultures. Humanities and all of it’s teachings and teachers taught me about the roots of my own Western culture.

There are too many people to thank individually and too many people who have taught me so much. It will be hard to say goodbye. I have made a home in the changing walls of Southport. I was at home in room 400, even though I was ousted this semester. I was at home in the auditorium. I will always remember these places as a safe haven, and I don’t believe that I could ever forget them or the people that filled them either.

To all the teachers I have ever had, thanks. You have taught me more than I have ever thought I needed. I think that even as much as I probably complained, I just might use it someday. To all my friends and classmates, it will be my pleasure to watch you all walk across that stage and graduate.To the Journal staff, who I joked were my kids, there is not a better staff that I could have wished for. You guys made me proud by being yourselfs, taking risks and doing great work.

Rachael and Casey, I could have never done have the things that I did without your help. Donna and Anna, I wished I had accompanied you to more Mormon singles dances.

editor-in-chief

KATIE HINH

managing editor

I’ve learned the most during my senior year of high school than I have my whole life. I’ve learned responsibility and the art of procrastination. I’ve learned that some people in life aren’t worth your time. I’ve learned that friends come and go and that you have to put yourself first in life or you’re going to fail. I’ve learned so much in high school that I know I will take with me in life.

But first, I think I need to send out one big thank you. Thanks to my dad for raising me to be smart. I’m still not sure why you never grew suspicious of my animal planet documentary obsession or the fact that I knew dinosaurs by their scientific name, But, thanks for letting me learn and grow and constantly provide for me so I can experience life to the fullest. Brouwer always says the thank our parents for everything, but I don’t think to words could do the job.

Living and breathing Journal for the past three years has defined my high school experience. I can’t really explain the thrill that goes into writing a story. I wrote an absolute top secret story my junior year that ended up getting pulled because of how sensitive the information was. A story that could lose jobs and shutdown programs is the type of story that I’ll remember forever. Journal is constantly filled with excitement and love amongst the staff. I can only explain The Journal staff as one big family.

Mr. Klopfenstein offered me so much advice through the years and has been supportive through all of my college choices. I got the honor of leading The Journal with my best friend since first grade. I was able to go to Boston for a journalism convention, which was an experience of a lifetime.

I traveled so much in high school. From going on a 3-hour-long, freezing bus ride to the middle of nowhere with a billboard saying “Welcome to Hell” all the way to a 9-hourlong plane ride from New York to Paris, the trips I took were so memorable. I hope to one day travel to Germany again and get some Guiness pudding and Spaghettieis. Thanks, Sam Hanley.

I don’t really know what to say about leaving. The opportunities I was given at Southport have completely humbled me, and it has truly been an honor to be a student here. The students now may not know how lucky they are, but when they leave for college and look back at high school, they’ll relaize how blessed students at Southport really are.

I’m about to leave Southport for what could be forever. But, wherever life takes me, I’ll always remember the lessons I’ve learned here.

So, here’s a final goodbye, Southport. Thanks for the memories.

RACHAEL SAMM

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MAY 23, 2014 | SOUTHPORT HIGH SCHOOL

reporter

DerRICK Gray

As the last weeks of my senior year wind down to an end, for the first time I can finally look back on my high school career with the clarity to see where I have succeeded, and ultimately, where I have failed.

Like every path you go down in life, high school will be a place full of regret, missed opportunities and moments that you wish you could take back. But, you can’t just sit around and wonder “what if” all the time. The strongest piece of advice I could give to any future underclassman is to stick to your guns. Life isn’t black and white, right and wrong anymore. Instead, it’s more like an AP English test where you are asked “which answer is more correct.”

At times, these wide array of choices can be overwhelming and weigh down on you like sack of bricks. What I have taken from these experiences is there isn’t such a thing as a wrong decision. Go with your gut decision and make the best of it. If you so happen to choose the path of “what if”, you will commit to a never ending loop of depression.

Not everyone is going to understand the struggles and challenges that detail your choices, and that can hurt.

Especially when it affects the people you respect the most. Coach K, Coach Whitlock and Coach Jones, thank you for everything.

photo editor

Jesse Roller

Southport High has always kept me busy, and I have had no time to think about this cliff I’m about to jump off of- into the world of college and the world outside of Southport. I’m excited to see what adventures lie ahead, and yes, they will be adventures, I know for sure.

But, this last week of school has been exhausting, and the pressure’s starting to get to me. I’m pretty sure that after I write this, and after I walk across that stage on May 30, reality’s going to hit me like a brick wall.

I know I will miss a lot of things after everything changes on me: some of the simplest things like sitting in the lunchroom, talking in Spanish V and VI and making photo pages. These things have become routine for me, and I’ll miss doing them and being around the people who are a part of them with me.

But, even though I’ve had great memories from high school, they won’t stop me from looking to the horizon.

I’m excited for what’s to come. I know that I’m being made ready for that next chapter of my life, and these years were the steps in my journey towards this next phase. I want to stay positive and I want to look at my future with an open mind, because I know I’ll be fine. There are no “ifs,” “ands” or “buts” about this, because I’ve trusted my life in Someone to lead me there, because He’s already gotten me this far in life.

Thanks to everyone at Southport!

news editor

Moira MCKINNEY

Ever since I read my first “Journal” freshman year, I knew I wanted to be apart of it and help create something neat and memorable to students. I ended up being too shy to try to apply at the end of the year so that I could write my sophomore year. Finally, at the end of my sophomore year, I gained some courage after taking a harder English class and working on my writing.

I applied to be on The Journal staff with the help of some recommendations from some of the best teachers I’ve ever had.

Now, I can’t be more upset that my time is ending. It makes me wish I would have applied sooner so I could have had another fun year doing what I love. But I am extremely happy that I have had the opportunity to be on the staff for two years and created lifelong memories. I have something to show off and be proud of from my time in high school. If I could go to school and my day consisted of me only doing newspaper work, it would be time well spent.

I will miss the bonds that have been created with my fellow staff members, especially the ones with the people who will be leaving with me. I will miss Mr. Klopfenstein’s mentoring and humor. I will miss stressing out to make sure everything on my page is done perfectly and seeing it printed to deliver to classes. I will miss being able to say I write for the Southport High School newspaper.

features editor

Casey Smith

Katie and I were sitting on the bleachers in gym class when I first found my spark to join the Journal.

Everyday, for weeks, she would give me a full synopsis of everything, and I do mean everything, that was happening on the staff. For two girls that are extremely hard to impress, newspaper seemed like a gift from a very giving God or a very tempting demonic entity.

The Journal taught me to accept greater challenges, and in the process, become a stronger and more driven student and journalist. Mr. K has given me some of the greatest and most impactful opportunities in my life, thus far, and I owe him infinite thanks for helping me find my true passion for journalism. Without a doubt, Mr. K changed my life.

I was so blessed to be a part of so many great activities at Southport and to have been guided by such influential leaders. Outside of the Journal, I became active in music, as well.

I have the utmost thanks and gratitude for Mr. Copeland, who handed me the gloves as the drum major of the marching band and to (Mr.) John Charles Radomski for making me such a humbled player in the percussion ensemble.

Katie and Rachael, a shout-out is more than necessary for you beautiful ladies. Through thick and thin, we always make our way out, and nothing will stop my love for my best friends. Also, thanks to the staff for so many great memories.

Mr. K, I think you still owe me that McDonald’s.

staff artist

Hope Randall

Saying goodbye is never easy.

Whether to friends and family or to experiences, I always hate saying goodbye unless it’s gym or involves needles of some kind.

Over this school year, I’ve come to love the crazy chaotic mess that is the newspaper staff. I never will forget these memories I have earned from them, like Cooper Davis in an adult diaper. Aside from all of the good memories, I admit there were nights that if it weren’t for donated cupcakes from the Flying Cupcake calming my headaches, I might have curled into a sobbing ball of frustration in the corner of room 400. However, the rest of the time was fun. I got to quietly watch as a mass of crazy mixed and out of seemingly utter chaos produced newspapers which sometimes seemed quite the amazing feat. From the yelling of “quote board” to arguing between differing opinions to “family dinner” on Monday nights, we did in fact form a family albeit dysfunctional but still a family.

After a year of being Staff Artist, I’ve come to love doing these comics with Gabby and Ann. I love how the color turned out in this issue. I wish I could have done color all year because of it, and I wish I can continue to do them.

But, just like everyone, in the end, I need to walk on. With me, it will never be goodbye, only ‘see you later’. On that note, see you all later.

reporter

McKenzie Witherell

Saying goodbye to some of the best years of my life is hard. Saying goodbye to my new and old friends and all of the people I woke up every morning to see will be even more of a struggle. Over this past year, I have fallen in love with my new family, my Journal family. With every crazy time that we have had in our after school adventures of late nights and many cups of coffee later, we produce a masterpiece that we hand out to the entire school for them to read our work. Throughout the blood, sweat, tears, and of course the ripping out of my hair, I have had the best senior year I could have ever hoped for.

Thank you, Mr. Klopfenstein for being a pretty cool advisor and pushing me to do my best, and it showed with that award I won. Thank you, Flying Cupcake for every time I said I was going to start my diet, you showed up with cupcakes and showed me the better things in life. Thank you, Katie Hinh for being the worlds craziest Editor-in-Chief and being there for me when I needed a phone to call people.

Thank you, Rachael Samm for being a great ManagingEditor-of-Content and making me sound like I kind of know what I’m doing. Thank you, Casey Smith for being a great editor and being a good friend even when we did not agree on every topic.

Finally, thank you Journal family for being my family away from home. I will miss every single one of you. I love all of you and wish you the best of luck for the years to come.

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{seniorSUPERLATIVES} The senior class filled out the senior superlative surveys to award their fellow peers in various categories. Also included are some interesting facts from the results and some of their favorite things.

Most Likely to...

Award

Succeed in life Become a Picasso Marry someone famous Become a president Become a millionaire Become a famous actor Compete in the Olympics Have 10 kids Find a cure for cancer Go streaking Appear on “Survivor” Become a WWE wrestler Never miss a class reunion Never attend a class reunion Eat a worm for money Eat a worm just because Become a police officer Become the next survivor man Become SHS principal Become a hippie Have the most pets Live in another country Save a life Be a stay-at-home mom Take over the world Be in the CIA Set a world record Be pretty fly for a white guy Travel the world Become a famous rapper Go bankrupt Become a comedian Become a famous athlete Have a talk show

Boy

Stephen Averitt Eliza Bracken Kendall Z. Bowles Emily Bradley Grant Alexander Nicole Johnson Kush Parikshak Katie Hinh Matt Scott Stefanie Maier Dalton Clouse Lindsay Curran Clayton Bowie Courtney Lockwood Tyler Buckles Donna Knight Zack Campbell Anna Laws Grant Alexander Kaitlin Watson Alex Darland Bryanna Fox Drew Tremper Molly Bridges Dalton Clouse Savanna Hickle Austin Duncan Sydney Stillwell Alex Myers Emily Bradley Alex Myers Emily Bradley Steven Johns Breann Leath Alex Darland Bryanna Fox Kush Parikshak Bailey Brothers Noah Ashrafian Emily Bradley Jacob Farrow Rachael Samm Jesse Roller Caeli Malloy Zack Campbell Anna Laws Andrew Herner Kelsey Newhouse Alex Schutte Katie Hinh Billy Cross Jordan Gamble Clayton Bowie Jada Bell Andrew Clevenger Erin Burton Jesse Roller Katie Hinh Jacob Farrow Cora Rudisill Ian Modglin Emily Bradley Grant Alexander Erin Burton Clayton Bowie Bailey Brothers Grant Alexander Katie Hinh

1. Mr. Dan Jones 2. Mr. Sam Hanley 3. Mr. Josef Horvath

interesting FACTS All ties were broken by members of the Journal staff playing rock, paper scissors.

Noah Maxwell won in the category Best Dancer by 20 votes.

Hannah Nuckolls lost to Rachael Samm in the category have the most pets through a tiebreaker.

Austin Crosley and Jackie Conrad were voted best couple.

“The entire IDEA class” got 6 votes for class procrastinator which beat the actual winner.

HARDEST TEACHERS: 1. Ms. Bonnie Tempest 2. Ms. Patricia O’Connor 3. Mr. James O’Brien

Bailey Kemp Cora Rudisill Bailey Brothers Savanna Hickle Dabney Skutt Kelsey Newhouse Erin Burton Taylor Woodson Yesenia Jimenez Yesenia Jimenez Emily Bradley Katie Hinh Jennifer Dean Cora Rudisill Kelcie Patrick Caitlin Cook Jordan Gamble Katie Hinh Kelcie Patrick Katie Hinh Molly Bridges Christina Ho Molly Bridges Eliza Bracken Kaitlin Watson Katie Hinh Jordan Gamble Katie Hinh Katie Hinh Sydney Stillwell

A. Herner & J. Farrow

Kirsten & Kaitlin Watson

FAVORITE ARTIST: 1. Lana Del Ray 2. Drake 3. Luke Bryan

HARDEST CLASSES: 1. Pre-Calc 2. Humanities 3. Government

DANCE SONG:

1. RDM Line Dance 2. “Yeah” by Usher 3. “Drop That #NaeNae” by We Are Toonz

1. Basketball 2. Theater 3. RDM

Best hair Best eyes Best laugh Best smile Best looking Best dressed Best personality Most selfies Best dancer Best singer Best pirate Best writer Best pick-up lines Worst pick-up lines Best driver Worst driver Best advice Worst advice Funniest Loudest Strongest Nicest Class clown Most talented Biggest texter Most talkative Most down to Earth Most outgoing Sassiest Class Procrastinator Stay friends forever

PLACES TO GO TO LUNCH: FAVORITE MOVIE: 1. Frozen 2. Divergent 3. We’re the Millers

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY:

FAVORITE FEMALE TEACHER:

Award

Girl

Alex McSwain Braunson Brumley James Paden Alex Myers Austin Crosley Logan Karnes Austin Crosley Jaylin Holmes Noah Maxwell Logan Karnes Alex Myers Alex Myers Jesse Roller David Simmons Alex Darland Alex Myers Zack Campbell Grant Alexander James Paden Ian Modglin Zack Campbell Austin Crosley Alex Myers Jesse Roller Zack Campbell Jesse Roller Austin Crosley Alex Myers Ty Johnson Noah Tolan

{seniorOPINIONS}

FAVORITE MALE TEACHER

1. Ms. Barb Whitlock 2. Mrs. Stacey Matlock 3. Ms. Erin Ancelet

Boy

Girl

Odds & Ends

1. Taco Bell 2. Wing Stop 3. McDonald’s

HANGOUT SPOT:

1. Emily Bradley’s house 2. B-Dubs 3. Starbucks

FAVORITE TV SHOW: 1. Gossip Girl 2. Once Upon A Time 3. The Walking Dead