Lifeat Lahser. | november 2012

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Krispy Rice Holiday Cottages

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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

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Hot chocolate cupcakesBetty Crocker Hot Chocolate Cupcake mix

2 eggs1/4 vegetable Oil

2/3 water

Peppermint Marshmallow Frosting13oz tub Jet-Puffed marshmallow fluff

1 cup shortening2/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla4 tsp. hot water

1/2 tsp. saltA few drops peppermint candy oil flavoring

red gel coloring

Makes and covers 12 cupcakes.

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together the hot chocolate mix, marshmallow bits, oil, water, and eggs.

Step 2: Fill 12 cupcake liners with 3TBS of batter each.Step 3: Bake for 16-18 minutes.

Step 4: While the cupcakes are cooling in a small bowl mix together the salt and hot water until dissolved then let set so it may cool down.Step 5: Mix together marshmallow fluff, shortening, powdered sugar,

and vanilla. Then you may add in your cooled salt water. Step 6: Drop in a few small drops of peppermint candy oil flavoring. Be very careful this stuff is strong! I used about 3 very small drops. You’ll have to do a taste test here to get it to however pepperminty to want

it. Bummer right? Step 7: This is easiest in clear plastic pipping bags, so you can see the effect. Place a large round pipping tip in your pipping bag then fold it over your hand like your going to fill it. Use a toothpick and “paint”

stripes up red inside of the bag. I did about five stripes like so...Step 8: Now just fill it with your marshmallow icing!

Step 9: It should look kind of like this...squeeze out the first bit in a bowl until the red begins to come out. Then your set to pipe.

I finished my cupcakes with a few small pieces of peppermint sticks, and a few red sprinkles.

Rice Krispie Treats (Homemade or pre-packaged)

Vanilla IcingPeppermint CandiesMini MarshmallowsMini Candy Canes

SpreesSnoCapsM&M’s

Hershey’s chocolate kissesRainbow sprinkles

Stack treats into a house-shaped form of your choice. Make anything from a shack to a man-sion. Secure structure with icing. Decorate as you please using the various candies you have

collected making sure to secure with icing.

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Crockpot Coconut Hot Chocolate.

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Chocolate drizzled hanukkah macaroons

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Coconut-Almond Macaroons

1/3 cup sugar 1 large egg white

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 1/4 cup slivered almonds, broken into small

pieces 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Pinch of coarse salt 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips, melted

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a nonstick baking mat or parch-ment. Whisk together sugar and egg white in a large bowl. Stir in the remaining ingredients.

Form dough into eight 2-tablespoon mounds, and drop each onto sheet, 2 inches apart. Bake macaroons until golden-brown on bottoms and edges, about 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks, and let cool. Using a spoon, drizzle melted chocolate

over cooled macaroons.

Macaroons will keep, covered, for up to 1 week.

4 (13 oz) cans full-fat coconut milk 2 (14 oz) cans sweetened condensed milk

8 ounces high-quality dark chocolate, chopped 1/4 cup dutch process cocoa powder

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 teaspoons coconut extract

1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsweetened flaked or shredded coconut

frosting to rim the mugs whipped cream or

coconut whipped cream for topping marshmallows for topping

Add coconut milk, condensed milk and extracts to your crock pot, whisking to combine. Stir in salt, cocoa powder and chocolate, whisking again. Cover and cook on low for 2 hours. You want to stir and whisk every 15 minutes or so, making sure the chocolate melts nicely and is thoroughly dis-tributed throughout the mixture. The best thing I can say here is to “know” your crockpot. I knew that mine could sit on low for a few hours while being mixed at least once every 30 minutes. After a while it began to thicken and bubble on the sides, so I left it on but removed the lid and whisked well. Just

keep your eye on it and whisk everything together.

Before serving, add coconut to a small saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon. Toast for 5-6 minutes until golden. Let cool, then add to a paper or ziplock

bag and crush with you hands under small flakes remain.

To serve, rim the edges of a mug with some frosting or glaze or something sticky, then dip the rims in the toasted coconut flakes. pressing gently to adhere. Pour hot chocolate in the mugs and garnish with whipped cream and marshmallows.

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What would the world look like sans prejudice? I realize that this is a utopian fallacy, one pursued through history since the beginning of time. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Bobby Kennedy; herein lie the names of those who gave ev-erything their lives to combat inequality born of uncontrol-lable attributes. Men and women have walked the Earth trying to find sensible balance without sustainable success. But forget all that for a moment. Really try to envi-sion your own world free of the tainted lens through which you view it. What do you see? Do feel more inclined to be-friend others you don’t previ-ously know? Do you pay more attention to what someone has to say, rather than how they look as they say it? Do you be-lieve an individual is more im-portant than the identity of the group to which they belong? If you are truly making you best efforts to see your world with eyes wide open, the answer to the previous questions should be yes. Bloomfield Hills prides it-self in its expansive and em-braced diversity. Representa-tives from nearly every race, religion and nationality have taken the opportunity call this community home. Like any permanent settlement of peo-ple, Bloomfield features mild, yet glorified patterns of similar people living in similar places. Normally, this characteristic is nothing to note. However, when people take these pat-terns and begin stereotyping along the divides, society is found in possession of a seri-ous problem; and no matter how much love one professes for the community, Bloom-field is guilty of this charge. High schools students are ab-

solutely infamous for the way we take heavy occurrences in life, and make their weight dis-appear. Insults and judgments are tossed full-force, and lack of impact is feigned. The roll-off-the-shoulders tactic may appease a personal attack, but Bloomfield is currently facing a problem of prejudice much greater than teen between teen conflicts. I grow tired thinking of the number of times I have typed the phrase, “come fall of 2013 Lahser and Andover high schools will become one, new, Bloomfield Hills High School.” Despite the persistent drilling of this idea into the heads of Bloomfield adoles-cents, severely closed-minded stereotypes continue to exist. The Bloomfield-born idea that either high school breeds a certain type of student, or that either school finds more success in a certain area, are damaging to the bright future of BHHS. “Andover students are more this, Lahser students are more that.” What does this sort of talk accomplish? It is com-pletely ignorant of each and every talented individual en-rolled in this district. Both La-hser and Andover, like every other school in America, are home to many talented stu-dents academically, artistically and athletically. As the classes of 2014 and beyond have been told repeat-edly, at events like BCLC and Challenge Day, there is a very idyllic opportunity in their midst. To them I would simply like to say the following: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Take a hint from Mahatma’s famous mutter-ings and create the Bloomfield Hills High School that you tru-ly want; one free of negative identity stigma. You’re lucky. You’re making history. And we thank you.

Courtney EathorneEditor-in-Chief

Views in Life:Negative Bloomfield talk detrimental to BHHS future

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Deb Westman can’t sleep. The Lahser media specialist sits down at her home com-puter and opens up her blog. She starts typing a few lines and sighs, perplexed by the climactic events unfolding around her. She scans medi-cal documents and timelines that she has already analyzed hundreds of times. She sifts through the endless pile of sympathy cards and gifts that flood in weekly. Finding the right words is sometimes hard to do, but eventually the emotions pour out into the text. Through sor-row and elation, her words express a bright optimism de-spite the harrowing truth:Deb Westman is diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic mela-noma, a rare and dangerous form of skin cancer.

Westman has gone through chemotherapy three times without avail. She is now a part of a groundbreaking med-ical research funded by the Stand Up To Cancer Organiza-tion, and will partake in a clin-ical study testing a new drug that she hopes will reduce her aggressive cancer, and ulti-mately, save her life.

Westman’s journey all began on New Year’s Eve in 2010. The phone rang and her doc-tor delivered her the painful news. A successful surgery at the beginning of 2011 led her to believe that she had fought off her disease, but in Novem-

ber of that year, a small bump appeared close to the previous site. A CT scan indicated to Westman that her cancer was not just a one time deal, but a struggle that she would need to keep fighting in order to stay alive. She pushed away from the woman who had hardly ever gotten sick in her life, and began to accept and battle the disease as a determined, cou-rageous individual. Through surgeries, injec-tions, and chemotherapy, her cancer has persisted. She has changed her lifestyle, her diet, anything that might al-low for her to overcome this harmful disease, but it keeps coming back. Though even when the future looks bleak, Deb Westman does not give up hope. Against all odds, she perseveres to combat the mal-ady that tries so desperately to

drain her faith. She has gone through more treatments and therapies than many people can even think of. And through her pain, she powers forward. The mother of two finds the strength to wake up every morning and go to her job as the webmaster and media tech-nician of Lahser High School. Even when she is constantly faced with the danger of a fa-tal disease, she has a smile on her face. Whether in her words or her thoughts, Westman ex-presses optimism that bright-ens up the darkness of cancer. She believes in the treatment she will be given, and in the doctors that will care for her. She believes in her loving family and she believes that God is carrying her safely on. Above all, Deb Westman be-lieves that the day will come when she will be cured.

“I believe in my loving family and I believe that God will carry me safely on.”

Brendan EathorneStaff Writer Deb Westman, Lahser

media specialist shares her brave battle against melanoma.

Follow Mrs. Westman’s sto-ry further on her blog; visit http://dwest2012.word-press.com/about/ .

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Lifepage 8. | november 2012

Your locks of hair flowed in the wind as you zoomed ef-fortlessly through the middle school hallways, letting ev-eryone know that you were the coolest kid in class. Still out of breath from the rush to the lunch line, kids would admire you standing dignified at the front of the line without a drop of sweat on you. Heely’s, a potential break-through in the world of trans-portation, quickly went from number one in our hearts to being as hip as wearing jean shorts. This dramatic popular-ity decline leads us to wonder where this innovative product went wrong. Heelys look like your typi-cal skateboarding shoes, but they have a detachable roller blade wheel on the bottom of the heel. This wheel can eas-ily be clicked in and out de-pending on the terrain the user is facing. To use the wheels in the shoe, you simply push off the ground and lift your toes up so only the wheel is touching the ground. If you can roller skate then “heely-ing” comes naturally. Heely’s can be used to their optimal velocity by taking a few quick steps and rolling on hard floor

or by pointing your toes to the sky to conquer a paved hill. The wheels roll smoothly al-lowing one to maintain speed and conserve energy for a long stretch of land. The slow moving traffic of bustling city sidewalks could be dramatically faster with the introduction of these shoes. Unlike skateboarding or roll-erblading, when you’re done moving about the only equip-ment you have to carry is two wheels, which you can fit in your pocket. The remaining part of the shoe is stylish and can be worn as if they were Nikes! This futuristic idea for mobiliza-tion gives a person increased speed, style, and convenience. So, with all of these practical uses and advantages over typi-cal walking, why was this idea discarded as a familiar mode of movement? The core of the problem that’s thwarting the growth of Heely’s is the fact that the company targets its product at younger kids, which leads to two negative results. Children do not know how to use the product responsibly, and the concept of Heely’s becomes seen as immature or out of style. Young kids lack the abil-ity to analyze the consequenc-

es of their actions because their brains have yet to fully develop. The small wheel in the shoe makes it more in-clined to catch on small cracks and rocks on paved surfaces. Parents gasp in horror as their child returns to their house covered in scrapes after trying to race down the slope their old, worn driveway. Suddenly Heely’s are labeled as a dan-gerous product and what once was a casual shoe is now rec-ommended to be worn with a helmet. Like every fashion product, the older a person grows, the less desirable that trend be-comes. For the same reason that you don’t see 40 year old gothic people, Heely’s are quickly grown out of and are considered strange if you continue to wear them. Can you imagine your own grand-father gliding across the food court with his toes pointed to the sky? Not a chance. In fact, you’ll probably get stares if you are over the age of 12 wearing Heely’s at the mall. So as we get older we must come to a conclusion. Should we surrender to the mind-less flow of popular fashion or should we embrace items that increase productivity and revolutionize the way we live?

Just barely skating by...On-staff expert talks of the once-thriving culture of wheeled sneakersChase SmithStaff Writer

Student Council has high hopes for the Winter Informal this year. As a winter wonderland theme, the dance has been rescheduled to take place on January 5 in the gym. There are no requirements for this dance, as long as you follow the school’s rules. That means, you don’t need a date, you don’t need to wear a fancy dress, you don’t need to go to dinner, and you don’t need a party bus. Of course, you’re allowed to, but that’s what makes the informal fun. There is no pressure to ask a date in a creative way, or even at all. The informal is all about showing up to dance and socialize with friends!

However, unlike other dances, it is also a charity event! Put on by the senior class, specifi-cally myself and Margaret Metzger we will use the profit from ticket sales to buy winter gear, hats, gloves, scarves, and coats. The purchased items will then go to the DJ’s charity, since he offered to play for free if enough donations were made. If you would like to help out by donating a few items, contact either of us!

A word from your student body president

Caroline CookeWinterInformal

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