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VOLUME 76 • EDITION 6 | Tuesday, February 14, 2012

TATLERLakeside School’s 100% student written, edited, and reviewed newspaper | Seattle, WA

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SportsNew Athletic Center Plans

Pg. 13Valentine’s Day Poll Results

and Love Confessions!

Pg. 8-9 &Backside

OpinionsMega-Takedown

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ArtsSpotlight on Ceramics

MARY KUPER“This Valentine’s Day, I’m going to send

a gaekkebrev to this girl I really like.”This sentiment could perhaps be typi-

cal of the American teenager on February 14th—except for the word “gaekkebrev.” What is a gaekkebrev, you may ask? The Danish equivalent to the typical heart-shaped American valentine, of course! In Denmark, it is a Valentine’s Day tradition for couples to write silly love notes and po-ems called “gaekkebrevs” to one another, signing their names with dots to keep themselves anonymous. Then, if the girl guesses correctly who the sender is, she re-ceives a chocolate egg on Easter as a prize.

In Japan, while Valentine’s Day still re-volves around chocolate, the traditions are a bit more gender-oriented. On February 14th, women usually give men two types of chocolates—“giri-choco” to honor a simply platonic relationship with a male friend and “hon-mei” for that special someone. Exactly one month after Valen-tine’s Day, the Japanese celebrate White Day, when men give women chocolates in return for their thoughtful Valentine’s Day gifts.

The Hallmark cards and chocolate we

have in America seem a little easier to manage, don’t they?

No one quite knows how Valentine’s Day became such a commercialized affair. There are records of people attending a Pagan fertility festival called Lupercalia, which occurred around February 14th un-til the pope outlawed it in 495, but there are also a number of stories touching on St. Valentine’s past as well. In third centu-ry Rome, for example, Emperor Claudius II thought that men without wives made stronger soldiers, so he banned marriages for all young men. Luckily for the soldiers, Valentine was there to marry couples in secret … until Claudius found out and allegedly put Valentine to death. Other legends suggest that Valentine may have sent the first valentine to a girl he loved, singing it “your Valentine.” No matter the stories surrounding his life, it is fair to say that St. Valentine was a pretty decent guy.

So on Valentine’s Day this year, don’t just buy some flowers or chocolate for your girlfriend/boyfriend/best friend/person you stalk. St. Valentine will certainly ap-prove of you going above and beyond com-mercial expectations and making this day as special as this person is to you.

The Various Traditions of Valentine’s DayThe growth of a tradition from a Pagan fertility festival to

chocolate, gaekkebrevs, and Hallmark greeting cards

PAULINA GLASSNerds in love, remember that there are other

eyes upon you this Valentine’s Day. Even though they claimed to be mostly oblivious, English teach-er Greg Puppione and Spanish teacher Alita Guz-man told me they had noticed a little hand holding on campus, among other things.

“The PDA is way more innocent here [than at Eastside Catholic] though,” Guzman went on to say. She said at Eastside Catholic, where she used to teach, there was a lot more PDA, but it was dif-ferent. When I asked her if she had perhaps caught students “canoodling”, she laughed and said it was much more than that.

“You’d just pop around a corner and be like ‘Ew, I don’t want to see that!’” Puppione said of the simi-lar situation at the school he taught at in Hawaii. So it seems that as far as PDA goes, Lakeside is way more toned down than other schools.

When I asked them, along with Latin teacher Logan Searl, what they thought about the Lake-side culture affecting relationships at our school, they all agreed that dating at Lakeside is different than dating at at other schools.

Searl argued that it is “bold to date other Lake-side students in your class … You’re with them for four years, and it is impossible to avoid them if things don’t end well … You’re basically commit-ting yourselves to an amicable breakup.” Puppione agreed, saying that the intimacy of the communi-ty did make an impact, and that you basically just get “one shot at it.”

A departed senior, Jen Milliman ’11, reflected that when she entered senior year, she felt too

close to her fellow seniors to consider dating them; she felt that they were like family.

Guzman thought differently. Eastside Catholic is similar in size to Lakeside, but she didn’t see that stopping any love birds. This was probably because there they were more okay with “borrow-ing and sharing,” as she put it. She said it was in-advisable to date in such a small community, but argued that the Community Expectations and the workload were much greater factors in why more Lakeside students don’t date.

But what about other aspects of Lakeside? Pup-pione pointed out that we are generally organized people, and thus he expects that we would be more “deliberate” about dating, as we are with other extracurriculars. He also accurately pointed out what a recent Tatler poll affirmed: often we simply didn’t have enough time to date. He imagines dat-ing at Lakeside to be a more thought out process than at other schools. “Maybe people would be like ‘Oh I have a light schedule this semester, I should go pick up a boyfriend!” he joked. “I could imagine them making time for love as opposed to just let-ting it happen.”

About a third of poll takers said they were in a relationship, so I asked Puppione and Guzman about dating in high school in general.

“Keep it casual,” Guzman stated. “High school is for having fun, not for meeting your husband or wife.”

Puppione agreed. “I think it’s fine, but I get con-cerned when it feels like it takes over kids’ lives … on some level you can’t help it; if you fall in love you fall in love. I think it’s good practice for more

long term relationships down the road. But if it’s all-consuming now, it can be dangerous.”

It all depends on the case and the relation-ship. To some extent, high schoolers have a myopic view of the world, as if life doesn’t continue past our little bubble. It’s important to listen to our teachers not just in class, but also be-tween classes when they can teach us things t h a t will aid us greatly

down the road.

Lakeside Dating: Advice from Your TeachersHow should we date? Should we date at all?

Have you met our new vloggers?Justin Xu (‘13) & Grace Levy (‘12)

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Mitt Romney wins the Iowa electoral caucuses.

Alabama wins the BC National Championship over LSU, 21-0.

The US denies involve-ment in a bomb that killed an Iranian scientist.

The cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 11.

Web-wide protests are held against SOPA/PIPA.

MegaUpload is shut down by the FBI.

Apple announces that it generated $127 billion in revenue in 2011.

Barack Obama gives his 2012 State of the Union address.

The Arab league sus-pends its observer mis-sion in Syria.

Novak Djokovic wins the 2012 Australian Open.

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GAUTAM HATHIThe internet has been in an uproar.

Over the past few weeks and months, major bastions of the internet, includ-ing Google and Wikipedia, have con-cluded that politicians in Washington DC are threatening their very exis-tence. The causes of all this anger and discontent are two bills that appeared before Congress in late January, each less than 100 pages long (considered short for legislation). Called the Pro-tect IP Act (or PIPA) and the Stop On-line Piracy Act (or SOPA), these pieces of legislation have sparked an online movement which claims that this anti-piracy legislation will destroy the in-ternet as we know it today.

Media companies, recording studios, software companies, and others have long complained that the digital con-tent that they produce is being cop-ied illegally copied (or “pirated”) and distributed on the internet. Although there are laws currently in place to ad-dress these concerns, piracy of videos, music, and software is still rampant. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which is backing SOPA and PIPA, less than 40% of songs that are acquired in the US are properly paid for. As a result, many people in the software and digi-tal media industries are now looking for new ways to combat piracy and stop the distribution of pirated content. As

a part of this effort, many in the digital media industry have pushed Congress to pass SOPA and PIPA.

So why all of the outcry? SOPA and PIPA, which are being debated in the House and Senate, respectively, are designed to stop the pirating of on-line content by cutting off websites containing pirated content from the rest of the internet. According to Ars Technica, a technology news site, they do this in three ways. First, both SOPA and PIPA allow the US government to order that a foreign site with pirated content be removed from something called the DNS system, which is essen-tially like the directory of the internet. This would be like giving the govern-ment the power to remove addresses from GPS systems. The second thing that the acts do is allow the govern-ment to order online financial trans-action companies like PayPal and Visa, which allow sites to charge money

online, as well as companies that pro-vide advertising services to websites, to stop working with foreign websites that have pirated content. The third and final thing that the acts do is allow anyone in the US to file a notice that orders online financial and advertising companies to stop working with a web-site that has allegedly pirated material.

At first glance, every-thing that SOPA and PIPA do seems at least somewhat rea-sonable. If a site has pirated content, then, under SOPA and PIPA, it can be effectively cut off from the rest of the in-ternet. Howev-er, there could be serious prob-lems with the methods that SOPA and PIPA use to cut off pirate sites. The first and most obvious prob-lem is that the acts essentially give the government the power to make any for-eign site it wants (that is, any site with any presence at all outside of the US) just disappear from the web. Imagine if the government suddenly had the

power to take your home ad-dress off of ev-ery map or GPS system, and you get some idea of what this means. The scary pros-pect of sites d i s a p p e a r i n g from the in-ternet because of a govern-ment order is what has many

people talking about “government cen-sorship of the internet.” If this power was abused, it could end up being an Orwellian method to control who says what on the internet. Aside from being just scary, making sites disappear from the web also creates certain security problems in the basic structure of the internet.

The second, and perhaps more subtle, problem with how SOPA and PIPA work is that they al-low pretty much anyone to wreak havoc on anyone else’s website if that someone else doesn’t have a good lawyer. All you have to do to

stop a website from handling trans-actions or putting up ads is file some paperwork saying that you think that the site has pirated content. If the site doesn’t take appropriate legal action within a few days, that site gets cut off from advertising and transaction ser-vices. This system could be very harm-ful to startups and small businesses,

which don’t have an army of lawyers to sort through the legal complications that SOPA and PIPA bring up. Many big internet companies, such as Google or Facebook, might not have gotten to where they are today if their sites were under constant legal attack from digi-tal media groups.

Despite all of the concerns about SOPA and PIPA, piracy is still an is-sue that desperately needs to be ad-dressed. Billions of dollars per year are lost through piracy and distribution of pirated content because millions of people break the law every day by shar-ing illegal music, videos, and software. With all of the potential problems that SOPA and PIPA bring up, the question becomes how to strike the balance be-tween combating piracy and protecting internet freedom. Since its beginnings decades ago, the internet has been based on freedom, trust, and open-ness. It has become apparent, however, that internet freedom can and has been abused by many people handling pirat-ed content. Even if SOPA and PIPA take things a step too far, major changes to the internet may be needed to stop the scourge of online piracy.

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SHELLY BENSAL18-year-old Sydney Spies, a

high school senior from Durango, Colo. is fighting her public high school yearbook’s decision to not print a revealing picture of her on her senior page. Spies, who hopes to one day be a model, submitted a professional photo that exposes her midriff and shoulders. When that was turned down by the yearbook’s editorial staff, Syd-ney was upset but chose another photo—of herself in a tight black dress—which the yearbook also refused to print.

Throughout the course of her campaign, Spies released vehe-ment declarations including: “Let me make this clear. This is not about a picture anymore. This is about standing up for our rights as citizens of the United States. Only 8 states have this law but every state should. It is called the Colorado Student Press Law, Section 22-1-120. It states that students have the right to print without influence from the ad-ministration.”

Washington State does not have such a law, and Lakeside has stringent rules about what is ap-propriate to print—generally, the Community Expectations deter-mine whether or not something can be printed in Numidian or Tatler. Questionable Numidian content must be first approved by the student editors, and then by the advisor, Janet Dahl.

“About 550 people have or-dered [Numidian], so we have to think of this book being a histori-

cal document. It goes to a lot of adults in the community as well as other students. It’s such a pub-lic document and a representa-tion of this school—it’s one of those forever things—so we try to make sure it’s representative of here and now, but in a positive way,” she said. “I agreed with the decision that the editors made in this case [of Sydney Spies]. It’s important to make sure it’s safe for the entire public to see.”

Emily R. Cox ’12, student edi-tor of Numidian, stated that, “If a picture similar to that of Sydney Spies’ photo were to be submitted, we would most definitely ask for a replacement photo.” Her coun-terpart Karen Choe ’12 agreed, adding that “the senior photo is something that lasts a lifetime and I question if this is the kind of photo she wants to see coming back in 20 years. Nevertheless, I admire her persistence and cour-age to speak up about this.”

Spies repeatedly called out the student editors of her high school yearbook for letting themselves be swayed by school administra-tion. After interviews on The To-day Show, rallies in front of the school, and countless news arti-cles, Spies purchased a $300 full page ad in the yearbook to run her original photo, and chose another snapshot for her senior page. The entire campaign best summed up by Spies herself, as posted on her Facebook public-figure page: “I just don’t understand why people care so much.”

All the taboos that are fit to print?

Snapshots of Scantily-Clad Student Too Salaciousfor School Publication

JULIA LAURENCEHer Valentine in sight, the Texter’s

heart begins to race. Like a fish deafened by an observer’s rapping on its glass tank, the Texter is deafened by the boisterous pounding of her heart. Overwhelmed, the booming thuds reverberate throughout her chest cavity and suppress her breaths. Her Valentine is walking towards her now, ready to confront her about that overt love letter she texted him in her sleep! The Texter is submerged in humili-ation, and her palm prickles with sweat. He’ll never believe me if I tell him I ‘sleep-texted’ him she agonizes.

One has probably heard of sleep talk-ing, sleepwalking and maybe even sleep eating—but sleep texting?! Yes, you heard me, sleep texting. This new phenomenon has emerged in our increasingly tech-sav-vy culture and could stymie regular sleep patterns. Consequently, growing num-bers of teens are finding themselves del-eteriously dexterous while dozing: send-ing texts with gibberish in their sleep and forgetting that they ever sent them.

“One time I missed a reservation at Boom Noodle with my family because I fell asleep,” explained Ben Drachman (’13). “My parents had called me about 17 times on my cell phone and 15 times on our home phone...At one point I text-ed my mom ‘stop calling me.’ I WASN’T CONSCIOUS AT ALL! It was, dare I say, a sleep-text!”

So how does sleep texting ever happen? According to sleep experts mentioned in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, sleep tex-ting often occurs when “a chronic texter, often a teen, leaves the cell phone on the

nightstand to use as an alarm clock.” With the phone so close to the teen’s head, the occasional light and sounds from incom-ing text messages can disrupt the teen’s sleep, causing the teen to respond when he or she is not fully awake.

Now, many may still be skeptical about this surprising phenomenon. However, our own Lakeside students have experi-enced the odd trend. Lakeside’s Djenan-way Se-Gahon (’13) has experienced such

sleep-texting firsthand: “Once I woke up in the middle of the night because my phone beeped. I apparently texted back with quite an extensive response. When I looked at my phone in the morning the text message was a hodgepodge of sym-bols, numbers and capital letters. I might as well have not replied because my re-sponse was useless in conveying a mes-sage which at the time probably seemed quite important.”

Tired texting can result in not only em-barrassing situations but also unhealthy ones. This method of catnap communica-tion can be detrimental to one’s health because it can disrupt one’s deep sleep. In some circumstances it could even be quite Siri-ous. However, for those think-ing Great, besides homework distraction and cell phone-induced deadly radiation, sleep-texting is just another reason for my granola-Seattle paranoid parents to take away my phone at night! I wouldn’t worry too much. It would be silly to claim that the harmful effects of writing while resting are even remotely akin to those of, say, texting while driving. And the potentially damaging effects of soporific sending during siestas are not stopping individuals from turning off their phones at night.

“Another time I got a call in the middle of the night from a friend who needed a ride to the hospital,” said Djenanway. “Had my phone been off or on silent…I’d hate to think of what might have hap-pened. Therefore, I always have my phone on and charged during the night.”

So, perhaps those who cannot bring themselves to turn off their phones at night should take advantage of their weird texting talents. Maybe one’s night-time thoughts will autocorrect into some great haikus for an English assignment! Either way, as more people become digi-tally dependent, it is possible that we will see technology adapt to our strange hab-its. So before one hits the hay, whether one turns of the cell phone or not, one should remember…oh yeah… not to let the bed bugs byte.

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JACLYN VERZUH For those of you who have not noticed

the 350 pounds of bronze lion outside of the refectory, stop on your way to lunch and admire this physical embodiment of Lakeside pride.

Its official purpose is to provide a loca-tion for clubs, teams and activities to ad-vertise upcoming events and, along with the tailgates, is part of an effort by Stu-dent Government to raise school spirit. So far the tailgates have been a tremen-dous success, but the Lion has yet to take off. “People haven’t really gotten creative with it yet,” said Student Government President Isabel Skilton (’12).

“Our hope is that it will take on a life of its own over time,” said Mr. Smith, “and that students will be able to use it in a creative and fun way.”

The idea began last year during a dis-cussion in Student Government about stress levels at Lakeside. Students “take this place very, very seriously,” said Mr. Smith, “it’s not precollege.” People ex-pressed regret that, at Lakeside, they missed out on the ‘authentic high school experience.’ An initial idea was to have a rock or place students could spray paint, write messages and announcements, but students walking around with cans of spray paint in their pocket seemed, for obvious reasons, a bad idea.

When the idea of a Lion statue came

up, it was greeted with enthusiasm. But after further inquiry, it was obvious that any statue like that was well out of the established price range. Hoping to raise funding, the Student Government pitched its idea to the Parents Associa-tion, warranting 2,000$ to buy a lion statue from the PA. As much help as this provided, it was still not enough to purchase the kind of lion statue Student Government was looking at.

In order to place something like this on campus, it was going to be necessary to pitch the idea to the Board of Trust-ees. The Board approved it after Student Government showed it a proposal, and offered another 2,000$ towards the lion. This, combined with the money from the Parents Association, was enough to pur-chase the statue.

The statue was installed over winter break by the maintenance team.

“We have a great school but don’t re-ally talk about it…What does it mean to be a Lakeside student?” said Mr. Smith, “There is a lot to be proud of.”

Student Governments previous efforts to raise school spirit have been hugely successful so far, with an absolutely packed gym for the basketball games and an immense showing of school spirit from the student body. Hopefully the Lion will spark similar spirit and enthu-siasm.

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PIERRE SUIGNARDAfter a long battle against heart disease, Kim Jong-Il, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, and the Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, died at the age of 70. Since 1994 he had ruled North Korea just as his father, Kim Il-Sung had done: by starving the masses, lying to everyone, and progressing in technological reverse. But now that he is dead, what will happen?Ever since the supreme leader’s death, his son Kim Jong-Un has taken over most of his father’s positions. If Un continues his father and grandfather’s trend, we can expect that by the time he dies the country will no longer have a population to starve and will have been firmly cemented in the Stone Age. But Kim Jong-Un was not always on the path to “Supreme

Comrade and Dear Leader of North Korea.” He had two brothers, both older than him, who also wanted to rule this industrial apocalyptic wasteland. However, while Un was studying in Switzerland (the only country that is neutral in the conflict between North and South Korea), both of his brothers fell out of favor with Kim Jong-Il. This was because one did not look enough like his father, and the other was too much “like a little girl” and wanted to visit Disney Land Japan. Seriously. This left only Un, the youngest of the three, to lead this country which stages military parades that would make any synchronized swimmer proud.This little dictator is also hiding a secret that could heap shame upon his father and his country: Kim Jong-Un is obsessed with basketball and Michael Jordan. This country, which adamantly despises the USA, now has a leader who adores the NBA.

‘tis the season for love, and now on Valentine’s day we also had to talk a bit about our four star general’s love life. Real life women are of no interest to Un, who is rather interested in quite another domain. During his time in a boarding school in Switzerland (he failed all of his classes there except math) he was found more than once with copious amounts of pornographic magazines. To top it all off, Dim Jong-Un has a nuclear arsenal at his command, and a million man army to back it up. The problem is that no-one knows who Un is. Under Kim Il-Sung, his son Kim Jong-Il had been a prominent political figure for more than a decade. In this case however, only when Kim Jong was very ill last year did he decide upon an heir. Un has simply not had enough time to show the world and his fellow North Koreans who he is. This could prove dangerous, as political officials

might try to take control of this country during this very fragile transitional period. If a coup by government officials was to happen, the international community would have trouble knowing it. Most probably, they would keep Kim Jong-Un as a puppet leader, and rule

the country no differently than his father. Therefore, the hostile situation between North Korea and the United States will probably not change dramatically. All we can do is anticipate where this shoddily led country is headed to.

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MADDIE WEINSTEINWhen one has an academic question, there are few places better to be at than Lakeside: The collective knowledge of our teachers and students combined with the extent of our library resources means good sources are nearly always available. But for all the ways this access to information helps us to our advance in our studies, the ease of finding answers at Lakeside denies us the opportunity to learn one important skill: how to fend for ourselves. Students hoping to prepare themselves to function independently outside of Lakeside’s supportive (and sometimes overprotective) academic world should consider taking a class at the Global Online Academy (GOA), a school that creates challenges perfect for building self-sufficiency. Successful GOA students must learn how to teach themselves. After freshman year at Lakeside, most students have learned the fundamental skills required to operate in most classes, such as how to cite sources, make a PowerPoint presentation, or write a lab report. In contrast, the differences in the educational backgrounds of GOA students mean that they are likely to find themselves lacking skills essential to success in their courses, and must creatively use the internet to bring themselves up to speed on basics. In my Math for Computer Science class during the fall semester, many students found that they needed to teach themselves something that the rest of the class knew, be it proof by induction, a computer programming language, or how to use Skype. The challenge of the autodidactic experience is something all students should strive to have before they move out into the real world where “I never learned that” is a lame excuse. Another important challenge that GOA gives its students is that of solving problems independently. At Lakeside, when we struggle with hard math or science homework it is easy to find a classmate who can help us solve our problems. The fact that all we need to do to end our frustration is walk into the library and find a friend can lead us to ask for help too early and thus deny ourselves the chance to see how far we could have gotten alone. GOA students, however, often do not know any of their classmates, and if working on an obscure topic, can find themselves truly alone. This experience of complete isolation and desperation can push a student to try for perhaps five pieces of scratch paper and three days longer than they would have otherwise done. While it may seem frustrating at first, it is an effort that strengthens creativity and grit: something critical in the real world.The Lakeside system of making sure everyone has access to the help and information that she or he needs to quickly work through barriers is perfect for quickly getting us far in our coursework, but for those who hope to prepare for the more independent environments of college and work, it is also pertinent to have the experience of struggling alone that GOA provides.

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FRANCIS WILSONOn January 19, the US Justice Department shut down the file-hosting site Megaupload. Its founder, Kim Dotcom (Born Kim Schmitz), was arrested at his $30 million dollar mansion in New Zealand at the urging of American authorities. With almost 21 billion hits per year, Megaupload was the 13th most visited website on the internet. The charge? Megaupload and its executives were accused of causing almost 500 million dollars in copyright damages with their site’s treasure trove of pirated music, videos, and games. Internet users worldwide, including many of us at Lakeside, threw up our hands in frustration and tried to figure out a new way to pirate Breaking Dawn: Part 2 before it hits theaters. A group of piracy-sympathetic hackers known as Anonymous took their frustration to new levels, shutting down the Justice Department’s website with the dreaded “Low Orbit Ion Cannon” virus in the largest online attack in history. But while many lament the loss of Megaupload and other sites that

allow us to download anything we desire free of charge, there’s a bigger picture going on. While we all love it, online piracy has severe effects far beyond the borders of the US. The actions taken against Megaupload were not primarily a strike against Americans downloading media for their personal use, but against Asian web corsairs who make a lucrative business out of it. According to the Senate Finance Committee, Chinese hackers steal 48 billion dollars’ worth of intellectual property from US companies, which has cost the US almost 2.1 million jobs. In this recession, that is an enormous hit to our economy and yet another underhanded economic ploy from China. The problem is that the US Justice Department is punishing everyone because of its inability to control rampant Chinese piracy. Non-Chinese piracy accounts for less than 10 percent of all intellectual property losses to the US. But because we are unable to pressure the Chinese government into cracking down on piracy on its own soil, we are

purging all data on Megaupload, both legal and illegal. We’re punishing the entire online community in an attempt to look strong on the global stage, when we really should be looking at how Chinese hackers are able to siphon data from our nation so easily. As more and more sites fall to the tide of SOPA and PIPA (and they will), hackers will simply move on to different sites and continue their piracy. The only people who will actually hurt by this shutdown are the people that were actually using Megaupload legally. 150 million users of Megaupload’s file storage service lost their data when Megaupload was shut down. Untold millions of these people could simply have been using Megaupload for perfectly legitimate reasons. Does the US government have the right to consign the data of both the innocent and the guilty to the same internet bonfire? When the shutting down of this site is merely a self-righteous show that won’t even dent Chinese piracy, the answer is a definite no.

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Given that this is our last re-view before the Oscars, let us take a look at one of the most exciting films likely to be in contention for best picture: The Artist. There are many factors that set this movie apart from the others rumored to be in the running, but I will first men-tion the obvious ones. This is no normal modern movie. While it is in black and white, the most surprising element of the film is its silence. Every time I tell a person about The Artist, I see the startlingly instantaneous dismissal of a silent film spread across their face, followed by their equally quick effort in hid-ing it. We have this powerful no-tion that silence is a dead form, that there is a solid reason why mainstream films have been ex-

clusively talkies since the transi-tion first took place. I have to ad-mit, I try to go in to movies with a completely open mind, but even I was skeptical about how The Artist was go-ing to pull off nearly two hours bereft of speech. I can say with utter confi-dence, however, that this film executed it perfectly. I exited the theater rather embarrassed by my initial hesitation. The Artist ab-solutely deserves best pic-ture at the Oscars.

The movie focuses on the saga of George Val-entin (Jean Dujardin), a silent movie star in the prime of his career at the tail end of the golden age of silent cinema. He is adored by movie-

goers and is entirely at home in the limelight. George’s glamor-ous life in public is not mirrored at home, however, with a wife

that can hardly stand the antics of George and his ever-faithful dog. He comes to know, through

a series of chance encounters, the young, beautiful, starry-eyed Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), a girl trying to succeed

in Hollywood amidst a sea of others trying to do the same. The film follows the careers of both Peppy and George as they find themselves going in very different directions. George finds himself unable to push his silent stardom into the era of talkies, while Peppy rides the talkie wave into a firm posi-tion as the nation’s new sweetheart.

Everything about this movie screams golden age Hollywood glamour. The dream-like black and white, the regal

stars, the cigar-chomping studio bigwigs, the loyal dog sidekick, the romance that weakens the knees; it’s all there. But let me address the greatest obstacle to the average viewer: the silence. It is an asset. The silence absorbs the audience completely in the masterful acting, the gorgeous cinematography, and the en-grossing story. It also allows for some fooling around with the viewers that can only be done in a silent film. To me, the pur-pose of The Artist seems to be a celebration of cinema itself, an affirmation of why we all love movies. Do not be fooled by the gimmicky nature of a silent film in this day and age; The Artist now rests securely among my fa-vorite movies of all time.

Movie Review: The Artist KODY BURLESON

Spotlight on Art: Ceramics at LakesideEMILY RUPPELCeramics students: the mys-

terious group that meets in the basement of the Pigott Arts Cen-ter and, seemingly by magic, pro-duces the countless cups, bowls, statues, and abstract pieces that line the glass cases of Bliss Hall. For most of us, our ceramics ca-reers cul-m i n a t e d with clunky mugs and pots made in middle school that our parents have in-e x p l i c a b l y chosen to showcase on the mantel-piece. But for the 50 or so students enrolled in the Lakeside c e r a m i c s program today, the art is taken to a whole different level.

The ceramics curriculum in-cludes both wheel-thrown pot-tery and figurative sculpture. At the advanced levels, the cur-riculum is largely self-directed.

Beatrice Collison (’12), a student in Ceramics 4, comments, “My ‘style’ kind of oscillates in be-tween these very clean, smooth, functional forms and more loose, organic figures. I guess this sort of duality is mirrored in one theme that is fairly consistent throughout my work this year,

which is the fusion of function and sculpture.” She’s not yet sure to what level she wants to pursue ceramics after high school. “I def-initely plan on taking [art] class-es, at least. They may not even be ceramics classes. I like the idea

of transferring what I know about ceramics into some other sort of three-dimensional area. Like architec-ture, for instance.”

Another Ceramics 4 student, Jacy Stewart (’12), also focuses on duality. “In my recent work there is a strong theme of contrast. My pieces flow from ran-dom root-like systems to very strict more for-mal pottery…Every-

thing you create in ceramics is a physical structure and because of this I have begun to see artwork in everyday things such as trees or rocks or buildings.” When asked about his influences, he comments, “I believe that nature has had a strong influence in my work; I can see a lot of my work in the root systems of certain trees.”

Eileen Bates(’13), who is en-rolled in Ceramics 3, comments that she prefers the 3-dimen-sional nature of ceramics to drawing and painting. She has taken a different direction to the art. She says, “I'm definitely more into work that has a base in real-ity of some kind, whether it be a utilitarian piece, or a sculpture of something that actually exists. I'm kind of going with a nautical theme this year.”

Jenny Smith (’14), a Ceramics 2 student, says that her style is a work in progress. “I'm experi-menting with different styling techniques and ideas in order to further develop my personal style. Instead of going into the year thinking that I'm going to make everything with a specific idea in mind, I'm hoping that at the end of the year when I have 4-5 projects sitting in front of me I'll see a trend that I developed subconsciously.” She plans on specializing, saying, “I love how unexpected it is. Once you glaze something, and you put it in the kiln, there's really no telling what it will look like when it's done! It opens you up to new ideas that you never considered for your piece.”

Many Lakeside students con-tinue to pursue ceramics after graduation. One of the instruc-tors, Jacob Foran, explains, “We hear from those students who study medicine and end up with

their own wheel and stu-dio because they love it. We have also had Lakeside students pur-sue a career in Ceramics, and do a BFA degree at their chosen insti-tution.” Eileen says she’d love to pursue it as a hobby. “The issue is,” she adds, “without facilities like Lakeside’s, it becomes very expensive.”

Lakeside certainly has a won-derful studio. Along with Mr. Foran, Jodi Rockwell (the other instructor) comments, “It is the nicest studio we have ever worked in with its high ceilings, natural

light, views of trees, brand new wheels and kilns, an extensive selection of glazes, a woodshop with more ceramic equipment like a sandblaster and a plaster room.” The facilities are there to take advantage of – as these four students and many others are do-ing.

“ Everything about this movie screams golden age Hollywood

glamour.

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Piece by Jenny SmithPhoto Courtesy of: Jacob Foran

Piece by Jacy StewartPhoto Courtesy of: Jacob Foran

Piece by Eileen BatesPhoto Courtesy of: Jacob Foran

Piece by Beatrice CollisonPhoto Courtesy of: Jacob Foran

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Relationship Advice from The Bachelor

HENRY CLEWORTHThis year’s Bachelor is quite

the ordeal! Ben Flajnik could not be duller if he tried; some would dare to call him a fruit cake. Then why is he on the Bachelor? Because, of course, he is searching for true love. From his poor decision-making and the subsequent suffering of his dates, we can glean some key re-lationship advice. It helps that the women have no idea how to act appropriately in front of their peers, causing theatrics and drama. Don’t even get me started on Courtney…

First of all, ladies or gentle-men, on the first date, never EVER talk rudely about some-one else behind their back to your date. I can absolutely as-sure you that your date will find you neither flattering nor courteous and will dump you in a jiffy. You can see it first-hand on The Bachelor when Emily went behind Courtney’s back to talk dirty about her to Ben. Ben, on the other hand, did not take it in stride and ended the conversation quickly, leaving Emily with little hope that she would be chosen to move onto next week. So once again, leave your gossip and back-stabbing comments at home or with your friends; it is not necessary for the first date. Though it may be the first, it could also definitely be the last.

Secondly, and this is probably directed more at the girls, don’t try to act dumb when you’re with your date, it’s NOT cute. Samantha made a bold decision in Park City, UT when she and Ben enjoyed some one-on-one time in the hotel courtyard.

They sat down, talked for a bit, but Samantha just could not

get ahold of herself. She seemed like she could have been a good target this season, but only the third week in she got tossed before the rose ceremony! Ben knew that he had had enough of her nonsense, and though she may have been under some sort of influence, she was com-pletely blown out of the water. She packed her bags, heinously sobbed in front of all of her peers, and walked away in tears. Sorry Samantha, the “dumb blonde” character didn’t cut it for you this time.

Lastly folks, do NOT be a drama queen, or king for that matter! Crying is annoying, ir-ritating, and irksome all in one. It just isn’t fun to deal with. Though it happens all the time on this show (which is why it is so entertaining), this time it was Jenna. Oh Jenna…what would the first two weeks have been like without you? You cried, moaned, complained, and cried again. You just wouldn’t accept that the girls who you are staying with are tougher than you are! How about this: stop your blogging, get off your computer, and face the real world yourself. Then you might have actually done something productive on the show. What should we take away from this? Don’t expect to be pampered all the time, and quit your whin-ing.

Guys and gals, this show may have its ups and downs, you may or may not appreciate it, but you have to admit, we can learn some valuable relation-ship lessons within an hour or two by watching it. If you want to be considered the ‘hot dog’ in your class, take it from me and WATCH THE SHOW!

Candy Shop by 50 Cent. So romantic and respectful of women!

Not super lovey..but su-per warm and fuzzy: Collie Man - Slightly Stoopid

“Booty Call, Ke$ha

TAYLOR SWIFT

anything by taytay

Love Story, Taylor Swift

Two is Better than One (Boys like Girls feat. T-Swizzle!)

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

NISHKA MITTALTo everyone that did not

have the chance to go see Oli-ver! last week, allow me to make you feel guilty and sad by gushing about how incred-ible it was. I’m sorry to say you missed out on one of the best Lakeside drama productions I have ever seen!

Based on Charles Dickens’ story Oliver Twist, the musical is set in 1850 London. Hence, every single cast member had mastered an authentic Brit-ish accent, an impressive feat considering it had to be main-tained throughout song and dance.

The musical opened with a glum scene of about a dozen half-starved boys in an or-phanage waiting to be fed din-ner. As the children cut to the core of destitution and pov-erty in London with their first song, “Food, Glorious Food”, I knew this story was going to feel real.

Isa Gutierrez (’13) played the innocent role of Oliver beauti-

fully while Andrew Whipple (’12) legitimately made me shrink in my seat with his awesome portrayal of the fear-ful and barbaric criminal, Bill Sikes. Alex Wade (’12) and Sne-ha Deo (’13), who buy Oliver from the orphanage, succeeded

in creeping out the audience as they sang “That’s Your Funer-al” while dancing around (and on top of) a coffin centered on the stage.

Alec Glassford (’13) was wonderful as Fagin, a leader of children who make a living by pickpocketing in exchange

for Fagin’s hospitality. Mad-eline Deysine (’12) and Moriel Behar (’12), both friends and disciples of Fagin, were excel-lent as Dodger and Nancy, re-spectively.

I would name every single actor and actress if I could; I

was not the only one to walk out of the theater astounded at the hidden talent that was dis-played on the stage.

Oliver! was a great joy to watch; the cast has definitely set the bar high for future musicals at Lakeside. Even for those that do not particularly enjoy musicals, it is entertain-ing enough to see our friends and classmates transform into small orphan boys, thieves, villains, or simply 19th cen-tury English venders. I encour-age everyone to attend the upcoming plays and musicals, for Lakeside truly holds a lot of talent. To everyone involved in the production of the Oliver!, I say congratulations; it was a success!

The Best of Oliver!Setting the Bar High.

Best Love Songs ReaderSubmissions:

Madeline Deysine (‘12)Photo Courtesy of: Andrew Tat

Alec Glassford (‘13)Photo Courtesy of: Andrew Tat

PAULINA GLASSWhen the chemicals in your

brain combine and react to form the feeling of love, the cheesy splendor of a love song is perfect. There is nothing more roman-tic than sharing ear buds on a cold winter day, or sending a boy bands’ lyric video with corny cur-sive font layered on top of really awful couple stock pictures to show your beloved how much you care. In fact, most songs are love songs, so, without further ado, here are the most voted for love songs for V-Day.

5. “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye. Ahh, doesn’t this song just make you imagine a toasty fire-place, low lights, and a romantic

dinner? This song is now used for every single corny romance scene in every movie. It was spe-cifically written to be the anthem for “making sweet love” accord-ing to Marvin Gaye himself, and it will probably continue to make everyone deliciously uncomfort-able for a good amount of time.

4. “Rack City” by Tyga. I per-sonally don’t find this song very romantic, but here’s an excerpt from the lyrics. Decide for your-self.

“Rack city ____, rack rack city ____/ ten ten ten twenties on your ____, _____.”

This song is perfect for when you want to really impress a girl. In a high school relationship, money is clearly a huge factor on whether or not you get the girl.

Guys, you should be like Tyga and have lots of money lying around to brag about. And be sure to throw in some “hun’eds”.

3. “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure I just got trolled with this one. Nevertheless, if you dance like Rick in this vid-eo, all the girls will be knocking down your door. So I guess this is a song for the singletons.

2. Now onto the real ones. There were a ton of submissions for songs by Taylor Swift. The problem is, all the songs are dif-ferent. But seriously, Taylor Swift was made for Valentine’s Day. She has songs for couples “Two is Better than One”, songs for peo-ple who just got dumped “Mean”, and every romantic spectrum in

between. Taylor Swift started out as a poet in high school, so she knows exactly how you feel about all of this. Taylor Swift is a great choice for however you feel on this special day.

1. “L.O.V.E.” by Nat King Cole. This accumulated a fair amount of votes, and it is truly a clas-sic. Great music, great lyrics, something your parents prob-ably jammed to with their sweet-hearts on V-Day. Released in 1965 on the last album before his death, it reminds us all of what love truly means, and helps de-fine it for us in a way only music can.

Love is in the air this month, so why don’t we all just spell it out to the people in our lives?

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Valentine’s Day!

With love from,

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Cutest Couple

Most HuggableFreshman: Paul Milloy & Ema SheehanSophomore: Caleb Zatto-Mayher & Hyun-Soo SeoJunior: Ben Johnson & Isa GuttierezSenior: Killian Widdis & Sylvia Xu

Freshman: Austin Anderson & Michelle UreaSophomore: Seyi Adekoya & Madison BetcherJunior: Michael Omori & Melanie KohSenior: Matthew Pigott & Sophia VokosIntergrade: Gabe Pascualy & Alena Pilichowski

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Cutest (Potential) Couple

Best Smile

Most MysteriousFreshman: Avnish Bablani & Maana MesbahiSophomore: Darryl Wu & Shalese NealJunior: Langston Guettinger & Julia LaurenceSenior: Matthew Sorensen & Diana Li

Freshman: Killian Pinkleman & Grace PollardSophomore: Caleb Zatto-Mayher & Tanvi GandhamJunior: Matthew Poplawski & Julia SchlaepferSenior: Paul Picciano & Holly Ledbetter

Freshman: Jack Powell & Killian PinklemanSophomore: Vikram Dhawan & Alana AndersonJunior: Peter Scott & Eleanor RundeSenior: Andrew Fellows & Jinglan WangIntergrade: Andrew Tat & Molly Guo

Any awkward moments in class having to do with couples or otherwise?

Well I mean D'marques Tyson can't really pick a mate. So the tension between females is pretty awk.Background: a lot of people who are currently all in relationships sitting in class. we

were talking about how there was a huge increase in sophomore couples after TOLO. Mr. S: then after about a week, it“s going to go exponentially downnnnnnnnnnnn. I'm sorry, but that's what's going to happen. :PHahahaha, when someone tried grabbing his girlfriends leg under the table and she slapped

his hand off.Anything that goes down in 5th period PE with Coach Porter haha.I oomphed up the stakes in the new 3DS Mario Kart, so that if Michael Omori gets 2

stars, he gets to retain his relationship rights, and if he gets 3 stars, he would have his right to marriage. If he doesn't achieve either of those goals, then he will be a very sad boy.The first day of Topes and Stopes, Mr. Christensen asks a guy why he is now in our

section, then jokes it must be because of one particular girl in our class, randomly and unknowingly picking his ex-girlfriend. AWKWARDDDDD.Can we cite Mr. P's English class please? On the days where we watched Persepolis on

a certain silly child's computer? But that was amazing, not awkward.

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Lakeside campus are extreme-ly inconspicuous. A glimpse of the Butlers, Kyles, or the Chin/Puppione clan together is strangely uncommon. As it turns out, working with a spouse does not affect the professional or personal part of one’s life significantly. The experiences of those three particular couples all follow similar patterns when they are on campus: The pairs are little more than coworkers that are exceptionally excited to see on another.

No couple works together in the same department, and Ms. Kyle, US History teacher, is grateful for this; she thinks that such an arrangement would be “awkward” for every-body around. That distance makes the average time of in-teraction between couples no more than a few minutes every day. Mr. Puppione, US English teacher, said, “I’ ll pop into [Ms. Chin’s] office every once in a while, or she will pop into

mine. But we actually don’t see each other that much. Her of-fice is right on the way into the WCC, so I’ ll look in the window and say hello.”

And although one might expect frequent lunch ren-dezvous, it turns out that those are a special and rare treat. “I think [Dr. Butler and I] had lunch together a little while ago and it was the first time for like the entire year,” says Ms. Butler. Other couples lunch together intermittently. “We maybe do lunch once ev-ery two weeks, I think, and I have this nice view, so I can kind of see her walking by the window,” Mr. Puppione said. The Kyles also have lunch only once every couple of weeks. “The worst part is every time people see us sitting together at the lunch hall, they always comment, ‘Oh, isn’t this ro-mantic?’ or ‘Wow, look, you’re having lunch together! What a hot date!’” Ms. Kyle comment-ed.

Daily schedules may vary slightly, but couples’ vacation

times do not, and this is a big perk of working alongside a spouse. “We get holidays off together, which is great,” said Ms. Butler. “The best part would probably be summers off together.” The biggest perk, however, is experienced daily, and that is the aware-ness of what life is like at work

for one’s significant other. “We have a common understand-ing, so I don’t have to explain to her what a Monday schedule on a Friday means because she already knows, and it’s a lot easier to have the same frame of reference,” said Mr. Pup-pione. “I don’t have to intro-duce her to a whole new cast

of characters, and so it makes it easy to just sit around and vent or celebrate without hav-ing to give a lot of back story. You can just launch right into it.”

“It’s great,” said Ms. Butler. “I feel fortunate to have [Dr. Butler] here.”

Married Couples on CampusWhat is it like to work with one’s spouse?

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PETER BALLMERAs fellow Tatler writer Kody Burleson

(’12) and I passed under the classy neon Tulio sign and through the bronze and glass revolving door, I knew we were in for a bromantic man-date for the ages. We were promptly greeted at the front desk and were taken to our warmly lit booth for two, where our places were set along-side a platter of pleasantly soft and light-

ly salted bread. As we slid into the booth, we both expressed our mild discomforts at being in such a romantic setting with only each other and no females or other party members to bolster the masculinity of the whole affair. We noticed right away that every table in the restaurant seemed to have a bottle of olive oil to accompany its bread—except for ours. This wasn’t a huge issue, but you would think that, at the very least, we would have been seated at a different table instead.

When our extremely helpful waiter Ja-vier came by to offer us appetizers, the calamari in particular, I embraced his suggestion. Like many people, I assume that calamari comes deep-fried, in neat little rings, so that you have little idea as to what you are actually eating. At Tulio, this is not the case. We received five very lightly sautéed squid sacs over a bed of spinach. I couldn’t do it. The mental block of putting something that resembled a white severed foot into my mouth proved too much for me, so my date had to handle the majority of the plate. However, I will say that what I did eat was quite tasty, de-spite its grotesque appearance.

Our meal arrived promptly, once we were rid of the appetizer: my choice of lunch was the orecchiette, a pasta dish consisting of shell-like noodles combined

with hefty amounts of slightly spicy ground Italian sausage and covered in to-mato sauce and reggiano cheese. This was absolutely fantastic. The shape of the pas-ta was an excellent choice, as it allowed me to take nice spoonfuls of the dish, and the shells provided a starchy substanti-ality amongst the sauce and the ground sausage. The sausage was rich, and it put forth a palate-shocking kick, which com-plemented the thick noodles and the gen-

tle sauce quite well. The sauce was heaped on plentifully, which is exactly how I like it to be applied, yet it was not so flavor-ful as to overpower the sausage, noodles, and cheese; I consider this magical set of traits under-appreciated by many. The size of the serving was capable of satis-fying my relatively large stomach, and I finished the last couple of bites feeling satisfied with my meal and pleased with my date.

PETER BALLMERIf you’re my friend, vaguely know me, or

have seen me at any point in time, you know what towel shorts are. For the rest of you, they are exactly what they sound like: shorts made out of terry cloth. Loose-fitting, often colorful, and always ridiculously comfort-able, these shorts not only beg to be frequent-ly stroked by lady folk, but are also perhaps the most all-purpose clothing item in exis-tence. Towel shorts are thick and baggy, and thus can be worn in cold weather while main-taining completely warm legs, save a small section of calf. The bagginess of the shorts allows for free range of motion, and this fea-ture, compounded with the warmth provided by the shorts, makes them excellent sports warm-up apparel. Want to wear towel shorts in the summer? No wor-ries. Towel shorts are, of course, shorts; this al-lows plenty of air circu-lation and, as previously mentioned, exposure of the lower leg to warm air. Furthermore, if you choose to swim, you can even dry off using your shorts!

Since towel shorts are such a versatile, comfortable, and con-venient clothing choice, you would think that the mere sight of a pair of turquoise towel shorts worn by yours truly would inspire huge crowds of Lake-siders to seek out their own pairs. Confused by the lack of towel shorts worn by people other than me, I set out to find out why people don’t find them appeal-

ing. Tedros Alemayehu (’12) commented, “They look stupid. Towels were meant to absorb water, not be casually worn around thighs.” On the other hand, one of the few other towel shorts aficionados at Lakeside, Zack Moore (’15), said, “They are the most stylish shorts out, and, to top it off, they are extremely comfortable.”

Towel shorts are clearly a stylish item not yet adapted by the general public, but don’t let that stop you from being a part of the next big fashion trend. Towel shorts are available for purchase at www.bullshortz.com: twenty dollars for white shorts, and twenty-five for colored ones.

Trust me. They’re worth it.

THO TRANLakeside became coed in 1971, upon

a merger with St. Nicholas School. Since then, countless couples have graced the hallowed hallways of the school. However, it would seem that through the years, the dating culture at Lakeside has remained largely static. From dances to awkward dates, Lakeside students have shared many of the same high school experiences over the past decades.

TOLO, one of the longest-standing Lakeside traditions, was as important of an event for students back in the day as it is for students now. There has always been a great emphasis on TOLO plans, girls ask-ing their dates out as friends, especially approaching senior year as the members of a grade continue to grow closer to one another. And as the case is now, the days following the dance saw a sudden growth of new relationships: as US Math teacher, Siva Sankrithi (’04) aptly summarized, “Dances are breeding grounds for relation-ships to start.” The one notable difference, Doug Porter (’80) noted, is the more recent extension of TOLO activities to include all-day events like bowling and movies, whereas traditionally, TOLO was only a dinner-and-dance evening affair. He and Katie Furia (’05) remark, however, that Lakeside dances are pretty unique in that, freshman TOLO drama aside, going with friends is just as cool as going with that special someone.

As for Lakeside dating in general, it would seem that, again, not much has changed: there just aren’t, and never were, very many couples around. Mr. Porter at-tributes the low rates of dating on campus, in part, to the busy lives of the average Lakesider. Lakeside students have varied schedules and busy academic lives, which

complicate the possibility of dating. In ad-dition, students at the school hail from various parts of the Puget Sound area, which makes meeting up quite difficult geographically. Perhaps, then, the greatest difference that the dating of years prior held from that of today, was the tradition of couples sneaking into the bell tower at the top of Bliss Hall to carve out their ini-tials as a lasting tribute to their Lakeside love.

But whatever the year, there is some-thing timeless about the Lakeside social and dating scene. Unlike stereotypical portrayals of the gladiatorial arena that is high school, Lakeside remains an inclusive community, where it’s okay, and usually even the norm, not to have a significant other most days of the year. So this Val-entine’s Day, rest easy knowing that you’re not alone in being alone.

Restaurant Review: Date EditionTulio Ristorante: Italian cuisine at 5th and Spring, downtown

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ISABEL SKILTONRelationships are like a delicate

flower; they have to nurtured and tended regularly for them to be able to bloom. As utterly cliché as this may sound, it is absolute-ly true. Good relationships take time and good communication which is why long distance rela-tionship can be so challenging. Without the ability to interact on a regular basis, couples rely on text, phone calls, and Skype to remain in contact, but sometimes this is not enough. “My sister is a senior at SPU and she’s dating a super senior at the University of Montana,” described Sophia Vo-kos (’12) “they make it work but a majority of their arguments hap-pen because of miscommunica-tion.”

Many seniors have to deal with the reality that they will very likely not be living near their sig-nificant other next year, and it is difficult for them decide whether or not they are going to attempt to continue their relationship de-spite the long distance between them. “There is not harm in giv-ing it a shot, but both people have to be dedicated in trying work,” commented Mehak Anwar (’12) “But I can be really hard if it is dif-ficult to visit each other.”

In the end it will be a very dif-ficult decision for both people, but the decision is very specific to each couple. No one can make it for you and there is no prescribed solution to this complicated situ-ation, but true love conquers all obstacles, and goes the distance.

Going theDistance

What do you do if the parents of your significant other don’t like you?

Him: In simplest terms, don’t ir-ritate them. Don’t act stupid in front of them. Parents of your significant others will always have their opinions, good or bad, but in the end, be yourself. Don’t try and be someone else because as we all know, adults hate that. Just stick to the basics, be absurdly kind to them (shake hands, look them in the eyes, treat them and your boyfriend/girlfriend with respect). Got it?

Her: Bake them chocolate chip cook-ies. It works. I promise. If that fails, you should hope that your significant other dislikes his/her own parents as much a they dislike you. Parents, though it may be though to accept, have a lot of influence over your life and thus have a lot of influence over your significant other. Even if your significant other

decides to date you despite the feelings of their parents, it will definitely add a lot of stress to your relationship so it is up to you to decide whether or not it is worth it.

If a girl is deliberately shutting you down, should you keep trying to win her over or give up and move on?

Him: This has been a question for the ages and is practically impossible to come to a conclusion on. In the end, it all depends on the girl. I have had friends who have been deliberately shutdown, but kept persisting like no tomorrow. Some got their way, others didn’t. You obviously know that if you give up and move on, there is no longer a chance. Ask yourself, do you sincerely like this girl? If so, don’t give up, just don’t be annoying! Take it slow...

Her: A deliberate shut down is a de-liberate message: I’M NOT INTEREST-

ED. You should definitely give up and move on, but once you do it is very pos-sible that you can create a friendship with her. On the other hand if you are increasingly persistent you may create an awkward and uncomfortable situa-tion between the two of you and may dash any hope of having any sort of re-lationship with her.

Is there anything wrong with never dating anyone in high school?

Him: Absolutely not! There have been insane amounts of kids who never dated in high school but dated all the time in college and/or in their future careers. Relationships can be good and bad, they have their ups and downs, don’t get caught up in all the nonsense and think that it is nothing but nec-essary to date in high school. Who knows, maybe something will hap-pen senior year right before you graduate? Just keep doing you!

Her: There is absolutely nothing wrong with never dating anyone in high school. You have plenty of time after high school to find that perfect guy/girl. To be honest there are a large amount of people in high school who haven’t dated, you simply pay more at-tention to those who are currently in a relationship. Especially in light of Val-entine’s Day, I wouldn’t worry at all if you are not spending it with a special someone, you are in good company and it is no reason to not have a good time.

Capt ains of t he Relat ion-ship

Your VoiceAre long-distance relationships good or bad?

If you love the person enough, it's good and worth it. If you're forcing yourself, it's bad.Obviously I'd rather be closer to my bf/gf so long distance relationships aren't really my favorite...while absence

may make the heart grow fonder, it also makes it easier to cheat so...figure that one out.They are distracting and prevent you from developing strong local freindships.I mean, c'mon. You've got to at least spend time with your gf/bf to make it a relationship.It depends on the people and how independent they were when they were first together. Two protective people

would not do well in a long distant relationship.It's a recipe for disaster. You don't see each other as often and that makes the relationship harder to maintain

and almost go stale. It becomes less real, and accidentally cheating becomes kind of a problem. However if a couple's been together for a really long time beforehand, I think they should go for it.One needs physical touch and quality time. Skype sex just doesnt cut it.They might not work out, but they do ease the pain of the inevitable breakup by adding some meaningless months

to the end of a relationship.LOVE IS WORTH ITPart of being in a relationship is face-time. I mean REAL face-time, none of that Skype ridiculousness.

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ARAN KHANNAJAY BENSALIf the plans for the new ath-

letic facility that Mr. Healy an-nounced caught you by surprise, you are not alone. Mr. Wehmiller explained that the “process [of building a new facility] acceler-ated quickly at one point- faster than any of us thought it would, in a good way.” Ultimately how-ever, the idea of expanding Lakeside’s athletic facilities has been in the works for a while because facilities are a crucial component of the strategic plan which the entire athletic depart-ment embarked on last fall.

The entire process itself has been quite a lengthy one. Start-ing last fall, the athletic de-partment sat down with the architects responsible for the renovations on Bliss and Allen-Gates to see “given Lakeside’s campus, what could be done and where.” The results of this needs assessment weren’t surprising; there was a need for more field space, tennis courts, softball/baseball fields, a swimming pool, and other facilities. The limiting factor was, of course, space on campus. “Then we had to take what was drawn up, and see, okay, what can we fit and where to best utilize our space.” says Mr. Wehmiller. “That’s what this plan does.”

While a lot of the prep work was in idea form, some research took the form of visiting simi-lar high schools. Mr. Wehmiller says he took trips out to Eastside Catholic, Eastlake High School, and Skyline High School in Sam-mamish as well as Bellarmine Prep down in Tacoma. Bellarm-ine Prep was special in that they recently reconfigured their own athletic facilities, in a similar manner to what the upcoming plans will do to the current facil-ities here. The purpose of these trips wasn’t to copy what other schools had done, but rather to take the best of each school, and to “ just see what was out there.”

Another benefit of the plan to renovate the athletic center is that it has a limited impact on other parts of campus. Hypo-

thetically, if you were to extend Parsons Field, the problem you would run into then would be, ‘where do we move the track?’, hereby igniting a chain reac-tion of shuffling parts around on campus. In addition, you would be taking away space from other areas of the school. This renova-tion just uses the space that is present now.

While some may question the need for another renovation, if you take a look a closer look at our current athletic facilities, there are areas where space be-comes a limitation. For example, on one given day during the spring sports season, it could be possible to have a track practice, two girls lacrosse practices, a boy’s lacrosse practice, and a boy’s lacrosse game all tak-ing place in between 3:30 PM and the time that it gets dark. As Mr. Wehmiller puts it “you might be running the curve on the track, doing 200 meter intervals, and all of a sudden a lacrosse ball comes fly-ing by you; there also might be fans walking across the track.”

Ideally within two to three years Lakeside’s vision of a more versatile gym, with big-ger courts, a larger Fieldhouse, and more support spaces for athletic staff, will become a re-ality. Unfortunately the concept of a parking garage underneath the Stimson Field is just that, an idea, and it will probably not reach completion. In the next 2 to 3 months the project is com-ing out of the “conceptual de-sign” phase to “schematic de-sign” where the placement of everything from the new rooms to doors will be decided. After that it’s only a matter of time before Lease Crutcher Lewis, the construction firm that ran the

Bliss and Allen-Gates renova-tions, breaks ground on the new Athletic Center.

When the school accrues the remaining $2 million in dona-tions (to fill out the $21 million fund necessary to undertake this renovation, which already has $19 million) the plan will officially be ready to go and the school will jump into the proposed timeline for the new building. Since the Ackerly Ath-letic Center is the hub of almost all of our school’s athletic and physical education programs, the construction timeline is

built around disrupting as little as possible.

Assuming all goes to plan Mr. Wehmiller says, “the idea would be to have a two phase project, so that we are never entirely out of the building.” The first phase of the project would be breaking down and renovating the half of the building that contains the gym and the boy’s locker room. According to Mr. Wehmiller for most sports that will not be able to use the gym “we can make due…move practices off campus [and use] the field house pretty well for competition [with sports like volleyball]”, the only major caveat would be that without the gym it would be impossible to play an entire basketball season.

Because of this first phase of the timeline is based around basketball season, and ideally construction will begin as soon as the 2012-2013 basketball

season comes to a close in the spring of next year. The project-ed 10 month project to renovate the first half of the building will most probably end a few weeks into the 2013-2014 basketball season, meaning our basketball teams could have to play their first 5 or 6 games away. This en-tire first phase will leave current sophomores and freshmen with a brand new gym to enjoy for the rest of their time at Lakeside.

The second phase of the proj-ect will involve the other half of the building (with the Field-house, weight room etc.) getting

broken down right after we open up the new boys locker room and compe-tition gym, h o p e f u l l y in Decem-ber of 2013. The date for complet ion of the en-tire project is sighted at June of 2014 right now, and though many things

are still in the works, like where to place the portables, this proj-ect is very close to becoming a reality, meaning the class of 2015 will have the privilege of enjoying a fantastic new ath-letic facility for their last year at Lakeside.

The new athletic center that will come out of all of this con-struction will be truly state-of-the-art and serve as a space that all Lakeside athletes will benefit from. Primarily all indoor court space will be bigger. Mr. Wehm-iller states that “we will be able fit two full size basketball/vol-leyball courts in both the compe-tition gym and the field house… to run four full court practices at the same time, so we don’t have to stack practices.” Addi-tionally the competition gym will be moved down to the same level as the current Fieldhouse, along with both boy’s girl’s and

visitor’s locker rooms. This will leave enough stadium style seat-ing up top in the competition gym to hold a whole school as-sembly there. In addition, fans will no longer have to cross the basketball court to reach their seats. With new retractable hoops in the gym, along with a higher ceiling, it will truly be an all-purpose space. Finally a new space will be added to put out wrestling mats without blocking half of the Fieldhouse, the old squash courts will be taken out, a new balcony-style cardio facil-ity above the weight room will be created and three new class-rooms (that can be merged into one huge room) will be added. The areas that students won’t be seeing in the new building are the large number of coaches’ of-fices, larger storage spaces that are being added.

All of this projected construc-tion falls under the Athletic plan which started last fall. There are three different pieces to the plan, participation, development, and hopefully as a result of the first two, achievement. Participa-tion accompanies the logic that ‘sports are a good thing’ so as a result, it’s good for the entire Lakeside program is participa-tion is high. Next, development deals with the idea that people should develop abilities through participation, whether they are general physical skills, specific athletic fitness, or teamwork and leadership skills. Though this can be over the course of four years, it can also be over 8 years from 5th grade until 12th. Finally, high achievement will hopefully be the result. The suc-cess of the plan is measured in all three of these components, and there will never be a “win at all costs” mentality in the pro-gram.

Clearly, the addition of a new athletic facility will not sudden-ly precipitate athletic success for years to come, and this facility is not meant to. Rather, the facility is meant to, and will, serve as an asset to the entire Lakeside com-munity.

Lakeside’s New Athletic Center:How an idea is becoming a reality

Photo Courtesy of: Communications Office

“On one given day during the spring sports season, it could be possible

to have a track practice, two girls la-crosse practices, a boy’s lacrosse prac-tice, and a boy’s lacrosse game all tak-ing place in between 3:30 PM and the

time that it gets dark.

”

A conceptual drawing of what the new Athletics Center exterior will look like, by Lease, Crutcher, & Lewis.

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JAY BENSALThink of a few of the most

obscure multiple choice ques-tions you have ever been asked to answer, for any reason. Top-ics can range from science to math to art history to litera-ture to geography. Then think of more questions that are a little bit harder, and give your-self less than 10 seconds to answer each one. Welcome to Knowledge Bowl.

“Maria Edgeworth’s “Essay on Irish Bulls” was about ...” Unfortunately, this was not an essay about ‘a breed of Eu-ropean quadrupeds’ as many may think—in fact, it was written about contradictory statements. Another question, on plant phenomena, would go something like this. “Ab-scission is the ...” As it turns out, abscission is the dropping of plant leaves; your guess would ’ve been as good as mine.

The Lakeside Knowledge Bowl Team was started over the course of three years, from 2002-2005 by Kyle Haddad-Fonda and Ben Bishop, along with a few other students. Ben Bishop later went on to star on the quiz show Jeopardy, fur-thering his pursuits in trivia competitions. In 2005, this same team led by Haddad-Fon-da and Bishop placed second at NAQT Nationals, with several memorable “upsets” along the way. In fact, the final of this competition was so remarkable

that Ken Jennings, a Jeopardy star in his own right, wrote about it in this book, Brainiac.

The Knowledge Bowl team primarily competes in three unique formats, each with its own set of rules. The Knowl-edge Master Open (KMO) is

an international competition which occurs twice a year. Each team is given a CD with 200 multiple choice questions, and is timed in their respons-es. This was the chaotic com-petition that I got the chance

to sit in on, and the same com-petition that captains Emily Moore (’12) and Matthew So-rensen (’12) won Stud of the Week for.

The second format is the statewide Knowledge Bowl competition. Winning a re-

gional tournament qualifies the team for the State Tourna-ment, which has been held in Camas before. The last format is national Quiz Bowl com-petitions, where NAQT and PACE, two rival companies,

each run their own tourna-ments. These competitions are usually held once every two months or so at the University of Washington on Saturdays. These are college-level compe-titions, with the top team in the state qualifying to move

on to higher rounds of compe-tition. Usually, the Lakeside team places 1st, 2nd and 3rd in every tournament they at-tend in this format.

This year’s Knowledge Bowl Team has been enjoying a

spell of success recently, but this isn’t a new occurrence. In last year’s Knowledge Master Open (KMO) competition, the winning school from Pennsyl-vania scored one thousand-seven hundred and ninety three points out of a possible two-thousand points. Lake-side on the other hand, scored a thousand six-hundred and seventy three points, which is no easy feat. This year, the team topped that feat by scor-ing one thousand seven hun-dred and thirty three points, which was good for third place at the national level.

While general knowledge is the most important qual-ity to have when it comes to competitions, strategy often plays an important role when assembling a team of four. Em-ily Moore explains, “You don’t want to have two people that specialize in the same area on the same team. You want to try and cover all the possible question topics.”

At the end of the day, many people disregard Knowledge Bowl because of its trivial-ity. But time has proven that Lakeside students are per-fect fits for the chaotic and highly intellectual nature of Knowledge Bowl competitions. Maybe you should stop by the next Knowledge Bowl meeting and try your hand at it—who knows, you might learn some-thing.

JANI ADCOCKWhile the sun and all sane beings slum-

ber comfortably, a dedicated group of 48 meets every morning at the Helene Madison Pool. Perhaps because of its early hours, this group hasn’t garnered the ac-claim it deserves. Yet the Lakeside Swim-ming can no longer be overlooked.

Lakeside dominated the season, win-ning six of its seven meets, and boys’ varsity came in 3rd out of 36 teams at the Kentridge Invitational. The team also swept Metros, winning for the first time in 22 years. Records were broken across the board—Zach Wagner (’12) set a new 100 free record (46.40s) and the boys re-lay (Henry Stolz (’13), Conrad Shabb (’12), Sean Ekavithvorakul (’12), and Zach Wag-ner (’12)) set a new record in the 400 free relay (3.11.32.)

While it may come as a surprise to many, Lakeside’s success isn’t entirely new. The boys’ team has been swimming strongly for a number of years, and the girls have held their own. However, this year marked a new level of achievement. Captain Rob-bie Adler (’12) explained: “Our success this season has been driven by the large amount of talent we’ve drawn in, and [the] added depth…[from] many up-and-coming swimmers who have really stepped it up.” The addition of 10 freshmen girls and sev-eral new sophomores more than doubled the girls’ team’s size, from 12 to 25.

The new head coach—and long-time chemistry teacher—Sally Rupert, believes the influx is in part due to the new training system. Two after-school weight trainings as well as a Saturday captain’s run were added to the existing 6:15-7:45 morning pool practices. However, swimmers only need to attend three practices, rather than the four they used to. The increased flex-ibility and reduced time commitment has

made it possible for club swimmers to join the team, despite having swim practice ev-ery day after school.

The team was also in for another sur-prise this year with freshman phenom, Addie Chambers (’15). Addie broke the 200 freestyle record at Districts and then again at State, beating her best time by 1.5 seconds. She also broke the 500 freestyle record at State. Addie explained, “It had

been one of my goals and to know that I had accomplished it at such a great meet was really gratifying.” While Addie was a little nervous joining the team, she’s come to love it. Addie remarked wryly, “Nothing can beat seeing your teammates’ faces at 6:15 in the morning when we start our 90 jumping-jacks. Some look asleep, some like they are about to start laughing and some like they might cry.”

With impressive records and wins under its belt, the team has high hope for the fu-ture. Ms. Rupert explained that the team has “A bubble of senior boys right now…when they came in as freshmen the boys’ team was fourth in state, when they were sophomore the boys’ team came in third, when they were juniors the team came in second. But now they’re seniors. And so you can imagine their goal, right?”

Swim Team Dominates

Photo Courtesy of: Emily Moore

Sophia Wood (‘13)Photo Courtesy of: Clayton Christy

Knowledge Bowl: Not so Trivial

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TEDROS ALEMAYEHUThe 2011-2012 Fieldhouse Fren-

zy crew returns this month to an-swer burning questions about the world of sports

With much speculation sur-rounding Peyton Manning’s future in the NFL, it’s unknown whether he will ever lace up a pair of cleats again. If he walks away now, does he go down ahead of Tom Brady as the greatest quarterback of this generation?

Carl Yedor: Some people might argue that all that matters is championships, but that’s a more relevant argument for the NBA, where one player can have much more of an impact on the outcome of games. For years, Manning kept the Colts on the fringe of conten-tion, which prevented them from getting top draft picks to bolster their defense. The one year their D was decent, they won it all. I think we’ll have to see what Brady does for the rest of his career before we can really judge, but based on what he had to work with, I would say Peyton.

Patrick Corry: It’s an interesting question; Peyton certainly has the statistical advantage, while Tom is perceived as the “winner”, possess-or of an innate and insatiable com-petitive fire that’s driven him to three Super Bowl Championships. From a completely objective stand-point, it’s difficult to differentiate between the two; it’s almost as if you’re comparing apples alongside oranges. Some feel, however, that being a football player is about more than what you do on the field. It’s a mentality, an attitude you carry, a lifestyle if you will. Peyton Manning is a man’s man: his hobbies include hunting, wres-tling, and keg stands. Tom Brady, by the other token, routinely sports berets, fedoras, and scarves to press conferences. His primary endorsement gig is acting as the face of UGG boots. Is his manner and lifestyle conducive to standing amongst football history’s rugged titans like Bret Favre and Dick But-kus? I’m not so sure.

Luke Bench: Peyton Manning is the man, but Tommy B is the great-est quarterback of this generation

no doubt. Brady has a higher career passer rating, three times as many Super Bowl rings, and a better life-time TD/INT ratio. The most un-derrated stat of all is that Manning plays indoors at home, while Brady has to face New England weather. Plus, Tommy e n d o r s e s Uggs, my slipper brand of choice.

Gus Kitch-ell: From a s t a t i s t i c a l standpoint, Peyton has more yards, touchdowns, and a higher completion p e r c e n t -age over his career, but Brady has three Super Bowl rings to Manning’s one. When you get right down to it, I think the relevant fac-tor is that Peyton is and always will be “the man.” Maybe he doesn’t have Tom’s lus-cious locks (or the sponsorship with UGG Boots), but what he lacks in physi-cal beauty, he makes up for with rugged charm and an unbeatable stage presence. His MasterCard commercials top anything Tom Brady will ever produce, on or off the field.

Deep into this year’s winter sports season, we’ve already witnessed some great mo-ments. What has been the most memorable thus far?

CY: Well, Z-Wag (’12) just broke a school record, so I guess that’s pretty cool. And even though we aren’t quite as good at lobs as Prep is, at boys basketball games, you’re always watching for Lewis to go backdoor for the jam; he’s had some pretty sick bangouts this

year.PC: I thought it was pretty cool

when Lebron jumped over a man in the process of catching a lob for a dunk. The world has seemed to decide that this wasn’t actually im-pressive on the grounds that Leb-

ron is “a jerk” and “not a winner”. I personally take no issue in jocking the greatest athlete the world has ever been blessed to see.

LB: Obviously the Cedar Park Christian game when Lewis Cra-mer (’12) threw down the greatest dunk in school history.

GK: Lewis Cramer (’12) explod-ing through the outer reaches of the stratosphere and soaring to the heavens to throw down the most thunderous of alley-oops against the stout defense of the Tenino Beavers.

What originally started out as a depressing recruitment season for the Huskies took a favorable turn with the sign-ing of Shaq Thompson, the number-one rated safety in the

country. With Thompson and the rest of their top-25 ranked recruiting class, can we expect the Huskies to improve on last year?

CY: Recruiting rankings don’t mean as much as the school that

the players are going to. Adrian Peterson was a five-star, but LaMichael James and Toby Ger-hart were t h r e e -stars. It has a lot more to do with c o a c h -ing, and I think with the new ac-quisitions on the defensive side of the ball, the Dawgs’ de-fense will definitely i mprove. Maybe not next year, but within the next few.

PC: I’m impressed with how quickly Sark discovered the golden rule of recruiting: you have to play dirty. From stealing other team’s coaches to changing committed player’s minds on signing day, he has simply been all over the cut. While the Huskies will be pretty dirty next year, don’t get discour-aged when we get spanked by LSU in the first game. No one, not even the messiah Keith Price, saunters into Baton Rouge and wins. No one.

LB: Not getting Zach Banner was tragic, but we grabbed Nathan Dean for the line and Shaq to lurk in the secondary. He’s a veritable Taylor Mays, and I expect some big-boy hits next year. Also, Keith Price, Austin S.F. and my guy Kas-

en will all mature nicely and help the team improve.

GK: Forget defense. Anyone who watched the Alamo bowl knows that all we need is a little more of-fensive firepower and we’ll never lose again. Losing Polk hurts, but as long as Austin Seferian-Jenkins, officially the new most interest-ing man in the world (and Drake look-alike), is on the field, there’s nothing to worry about. Also, get excited for Sark to run some crazy trick-plays out of the first ever three-quarterback set, featuring the toothy smile of Keith Price, the unrefined athleticism of Cyler Miles, and the adorable face of Jeff Lindquist.

This College basketball sea-son has lacked a single domi-nant team through twenty games that fans can point to and pencil in for a title. With the national championship seemingly up for grabs who would you bet on to take home the trophy come April?

CY: The safe bet is Kentucky, but I can’t root for them because of Calipari (not because of Terrence Jones). I would expect a top team from a good conference, like Bay-lor or Ohio State (kill me), to go a long way. Also, my sleeper pick is Indiana. They are the team that gave UK its only loss and also beat OSU at home. Looking forward to watching this tournament; it should be as crazy as ever.

PC: I’d bet on USC. With half their players under 6 feet tall, no one possessing any discernible athleticism, one player on the ros-ter who can make a jump shot, and three players incapable of catching the ball, they are primed to make a run in March.

LB: Georgetown University. GK: Keep an eye out for the Mis-

sissippi Valley State “Delta Devils”. They’re currently penciled in as a 16 seed for the NCAA tournament, but decisive wins over Grambling State and Arkansas Pine-Bluff show the kind of wizardry these kids are capable of when tested. Look for seniors Falando Jones and Cor-J Cox to lead a deep run in March.

FIELDHOUSE FRENZY

Lion of the Month: Peter Scott

Ishani Ummat

Tatler: Though the season is coming to a close, how are metros, districts and state looking this year?

Peter Scott: Metros are coming up quickly, and they really are go-ing to be exciting. It will be a good time for a lot of our younger wres-tlers to see what the Metro league competition is like and get some real experience under their belt. The top few wrestlers from Met-ros move onto Districts, and this year our team looks to send a lot of wrestlers to that second level of trials. Don’t be surprised at all if you see John Crutcher (’13) wres-tling in the Tacoma Dome in a few weeks for state, and there very well could be others from Lakeside who do the same. Personally, if I make it to the right place at the right time for Metros, it’ll be a victory in my book.

T: Give us the real insight on Coach Tillman? Is he all that? Is he as scary as he looks? Does he have a bright future here at Lakeside?

PS: Coach Tillman is really just

a gigantic, two-hundred and fifty pound teddy bear who loves Poké-mon, video games, and making fun of kids who don’t come to practice. But, as soon as practice begins, it is easy to forget this “anything-but-tough-guy” personality. When he starts wrestling one-on-one with you, the reality sets in. He is a re-ally, really good wrestler, and a guy who is even tougher than he looks. He has helped whip us into shape this season, and I believe that he will be a common sight around Lakeside for many years to come.

T: Do you hope to continue wres-tling into college or is this just a high school hobby?

PS: Sorting through all the re-cruitment letters from the big Midwest schools like Iowa and Wisconsin has made this decision pretty difficult for me, but I think I’m probably going to be just a high-school wrestler after all. It was a good ride, but I don’t think I’m quite fit for the big leagues. But in all seriousness, wrestling outside the cozy confines of the Seattle

metropolitan area is a scary, scary thing.

T: If there is something we should know about the wrestling team, whether it has to do with rituals, coaches, players, etc, what would it be?

PS: I think one of the major fac-tors for the team this year has been the support we’ve been get-ting from the student body. In my other years on the team, school support came nowhere close to the fan enthusiasm we’ve had the past few matches. And we have loved it. To the boys and girls basketball teams, thank you for making Se-nior Night great, and to everyone who has come to a match this year, thank you. We really are grateful, and it makes wrestling a lot more fun. The team atmosphere during this year’s matches has been in-credible, and I really think we owe it to everyone who has come out to support the team.

T: As a junior, are you optimistic about next year’s wrestling squad? Is there anyone in particular to

look out for next year? PS: Next year’s wrestling sea-

son is going to be phenomenal. Next year will be complete with a strong senior leadership, including soon to be state champion John Crutcher (’13) and female wrestler standout Lizzy McElroy (’13), and good support from underclassman wrestlers. Current freshman such as Hunter “The Big Man” Hughes

(’15), Jonatan Castillo (’15), as well as Daniel Rodrigues (’14) -- soon to take over the heavy weight reins from long time wrestler Kody Burleson (’12) -- will all be big con-tributors. Also, keep your eye out for Sam “The Duniator” Dunietz (’14)... he’s going to be a big time wrestler next year.

Photo Courtesy of: Clayton Christy

Sophia Wood (‘13)Photo Courtesy of: Clayton Christy

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Love Confessions!To Z

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If I had words to make a day for you, I’d sing you a morning golden and

new. I would make that day last for all time, give you a night deep in moo-oon-

shine.

To the junior blonde

girl who lives in Bel-

levue and went to a

certain elementary

school over there, we will

always have something

for each other ;)

You always pull me through when I’m in a

crunch. Your kisses leave me breathless and

wanting more. Everyone wants you, but I hope

that you can see that my love for you is real.

I promise to treat you with care for the rest of

the time that we have together (which, from the

moment I see you to the moment our relation-

ship ends, is about 5.2 seconds). Chocolate, I love

you! Please don’t ever leave me alone!

Dear Kody Burleson, We think I

speak for the entire sch

ool when I say

that I adore you. You are

so great. Just

thought you should know

that.Dear Justin Bieber of the Freshman class, My love for you burns brighter and whiter than the paleness of your upper thigh, revealed in your cross country shorts. From, The Professor of Passion

Dear Obi-Wan, You are the brav-

est person I have ever seen on

a movie

screen. Your force-powers are un

believ-

ably sexy, and your face is beau

tiful. I

know I will never get the chance

to know

you, since you are from a time l

ong ago

and a galaxy far away, but that

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stop me from wishing.

I love you Mr. Orangeman.

To the girl with “a shiny little Beemer with the rag top down Sittin’ in the drive but she wouldn’t get out”, “I can take you for a ride on my big green tractor We can go slow or make it go faster Down through the woods and out to the pasture ‘Long as I’m with you it really don’t matter”

To Kody Burleson: You may re-fuse to admit your suaveness, but just know that everyone loves you.

To my boyfriend: I’ve had a huge crush on you since sev-enth grade, but at that moment it was really awkward because you were a grade younger than me but somehow totally out of my league. Love you and stuff.

To the insanely smart boy in my

class, I love the way that you speak

and what you say, and how I wish

that I keep your words all for my-

self. From Your Secret Admirer (In a

totally non-creepy way.)

To that fellow Genocider who articulates his viewpoints so well, who bases opinion upon instinct, I would travel the seven seas to go on a Starbucks run with you. The twinkle of your eyes when discussing the difference be-tween good and evil, the flex of your biceps when in disagreement, the tuft of your hair, all cause me to swoon. Your intelligence will know who this is. Find me soon! I'll be waiting in the library- in the history section. <3

To the 5" 4' brunette bomb-

shell that always wears her

hair down. I'm yours baby... :)

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hands dow

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girl in the sen

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Dearest Charlie,

We love

you!!! Forever yours, LaLa,

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