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WednesdayOctober 10th,

2012Volume 61, Issue 1 LAKE VIEWS

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From first mate to captain: Cindy Schubert accepts principal position

Cindy Schubert will become principal of LOHS next school year.

Game Day 2.0: Fighting Central Catholic

LOSD brings student ranking system under examination

MITCH BERNARDS / LAKE VIEWS

KYRA BAILEY / LAKE VIEWS

Laker students showed school spirit and good attitudes at the football game against Central Catholic on Sep. 14, though many were left disappointed and frustrated by the lack of the traditional Game Day against Jesuit.

BY GABRIEL SANDLER

Following close to the an-nouncement of Lake Oswego High School Principal Bruce Plato’s retirement, it was re-vealed that current Assistant Principal Cindy Schubert will be assuming the role as Prin-cipal, starting in September of the 2013-2014 school year.

“I’m very excited, I would have been totally happy to re-main in this job if Mr. Plato had stayed longer,” Schubert said, “I want to make it a natural transition.”

According to Schubert, soon after Plato’s retirement announcement, she was con-tacted by the district asking if she was interested in fi lling the role.

“The plus of me doing this is that I know the community,” Schubert explained, “I think I will have a broader view of the school.”

History teacher Mario Peri has been a Laker for 15 years and was excited by the news.

“I thought it was a good de-cision,” Peri said, “Ms. Schubert is already looked at positively…she has built a resumé of her own.”

In Peri’s opinion, Schubert “is honest, she is direct…Ms. Schubert will certainly have her own style.”

Eric Baker, the school’s bookkeeper, described the at-

mosphere after the change was announced to the staff.

“There was spontaneous clapping and cheering and there were hoots and hollers. It was everybody,” Baker said.

Baker added to the full staff consent that Schubert is right for the job.

“I am very enthused,” Baker commented, “I’ve known her the whole time I’ve worked here, six years, and she has al-ways impressed me. She’s thor-ough, she’s human, she’s kind.”

The culture of Lake Oswego

High School, especially among the staff, is one of collabora-tion and cooperation. The ad-ministrators play a large part in creating that atmosphere, “because they are visible,” Peri explained.

“It’s kind of scary how much I like my job,” Baker stated.

Schubert outlined her pri-mary ideas for LO. “My biggest goal will be to fi nd someone to take my role [and] to con-tinue the momentum…my role is to have a global vision of the school.”

BY MITCHELL PASSADORE

Every year, Lakers crowd the stands at the Lake Oswego vs. Jesuit game. It has become tradition for each school to put extra emphasis into preparation for and execution of the game. Students buy “Game Day” t-shirts and the student section celebrates with a white-out to contrast the Jesuit student section’s black-out. It might as well be a local holiday. But this year, Jesuit is missing from the schedule. After the uncomfortably close victory in the semi-fi nals of last year’s play-offs, we want an encore, but it just is not going to happen. While many are aware of the absence, few, including the majority of the football team, know the reason why the game ceases to exist this year.

Rumors and speculation are plentiful regarding the reason. Some believe the schedule moves in a cycle: we play Jesuit a certain number of years then have a bye; and the cycle repeats itself. Some believe the league simply could not get the planning together on time. But the most prevalent and controversial rumor is fear: Jesuit is scared to lose to mighty Lake Oswego High School. This is easy to believe as it puts

us in a place of superiority, but its roots seem to lack credibility. Senior quarterback Justen Ruppe said, “I heard we aren’t playing

the game because Ken Potter didn’t want to sign the contract. I want to play Jesuit over and over again. They are one-dimensional. We are a multidimensional team and we could easily handle them. ”

This contract he is eluding to actually does not exist, but the main premise of his statement could be true; Ken Potter, Jesuit’s head foot-ball coach, did not want a repeat of either meeting he had with the Lakers last season.

Not surprisingly, Jesuit sees it differently. Michael Mueller, senior linebacker for the Crusaders said, “I am still not entirely sure why we didn’t play this year. I was shocked and confused and still am.”

The ambiguity of the reasons seemed odd since neither LO or Je-suit students could pose a consistent reason.

So I went straight to the top.Mark Horak, the LOHS Athletic Director, said, “I didn’t have any

control over the scheduling of the game.” According to Horak, the scheduling for the entire season is deter-

mined at a single meeting. At this meeting, each league has a repre-sentative. The representative for the Three Rivers League (TRL) was

the Clackamas High School Athletic Director. However, the scheduling was not completely left to the TRL repre-

sentative. As Horak described, “Each team writes down two or three teams which they want to see in the preseason. We wrote down Cen-tral Catholic and, of course, Jesuit. For some reason, we just didn’t get [Jesuit] on the schedule. I can’t say, other than that, why it didn’t work out.”

This seems to strike down all possible controversy regarding the issue. We were unlucky enough to not get our way. And we would hope that the feeling is mutual. We would hope Lake Oswego ap-peared on the Jesuit ballot as well. But some seem to think this was not the case.

Jack Anderson, senior starting safety, said, “I think if we put their name down, they must have not put [our name] down. There’s no other reason why we wouldn’t be playing them.”

Whether we played them in the preseason or not, we can count on one thing: playoffs. It is probable that, like last year, the Lake Oswego Lakers will match up against the Jesuit Crusaders in the state play-offs. Until then, we are left with more questions than answers, but these questions will be answered with patience.

BY JACK MCLEAN

Thousands of high schools are considering elimi-nating weighted rankings and replacing them with standard rankings or none at all—including Lake Os-wego.

What does this mean?Rather than determining student ranking by their

GPA and the rigor of the student’s courses, the stu-dent’s GPA will solely decide the ranking. This would affect millions of students due to the already extreme-ly competitive atmosphere in the U.S. Without a high ranking, students may fear rejection from colleges.

According to CollegeBoard.com, 55 percent of high schools don’t even submit student rankings to uni-versities. Depending on the college, student ranking may or may not play a determining factor on one’s ac-ceptance.

At Lake Oswego, the ranks are submitted with the student’s transcript. Currently, LOHS incorporates two rankings; one weighted and one not. Whichever ranking is higher is sent with the transcript.

With a standard ranking, a student taking three AP classes may be ranked the same as a student with the same GPA taking no AP classes.

The controversy now, however, is whether or not to keep any rankings whatsoever.

Marilyn Langsdorf, a concerned parent in opposi-tion of student ranking, proposed to “do away with rank entirely, rank only internally or rank only at the end of the senior year for awards purposes.”

Langsdorf believes that the Lake Oswego School District’s class rank policy is “a distinct disadvantage to the vast majority of our students and negatively impacts their ability to be admitted to selective col-leges.”

Langsdorf also believes that it infl uences the deci-sions colleges make by creating a ‘short cut’ to judge the student.

Another variable in this debate is the fact that all high schools are different. Some high schools have

higher academic expectations, while others’ are low-er.

The district is listening to parents like Langsdorf and carefully weighing its options. Assistant princi-pal Cindy Schubert said, “We hope students will be positively affected. Our research shows that there is a low percentage of universities who use class rank and so we are looking at updating our school’s status to match that current practice. We also believe that a student’s GPA is more indicative of his/her academic performance opposed to a ranking that judges them based on other students in their school. We are, of course, looking at this carefully, as we don’t want to eliminate any opportunities our students may have for scholarships and acceptance to colleges.”

Many parents have shared their opinions on on-line forums discussing the dispute. Some claim that weighted ranks can help students receive scholar-ships and make the system fairer. Others say students should decide for themselves which form of rank would work best for them.

Senior Shelby Platt said, “I think we should keep the weighted ranking because it gives credit to the students who take challenging classes.”

On the other hand, some students aren’t as affected by ranks. Senior Shea Vallarie said, “Personally not taking AP’s, it doesn’t benefi t me.” For students who aren’t taking advanced courses, their classes don’t have a strong affect on their ranking. Students like Vallaire may feel as though weighted ranks or any ranks at all won’t affect their acceptance into college.

Other sources state that the entire system is cor-rupt. Students are able to take easy courses and get into better colleges than those who took diffi cult classes and didn’t achieve grades as high as others. However, many high schools have created intricate grading systems to prevent students from doing this.

As for Lake Oswego, the decision has yet to be fi -nalized. Some school board members would prefer to leave the system as is. Nevertheless, other members are in favor of a reformed ranking structure to prevent disadvantages amongst Lake Oswego students.

News2 October 10, 2012

Mehek Sethi delivers TOMS shoes in India

Sixth graders venture to Lake Oswego Junior High

Remembering sophomore Jake Anderson

BY NEDIM FILIPOVIC

TOMS Shoes appeals to the masses through their efforts to bring shoes to underprivileged children around the world. For every pair of TOMS shoes that are purchased, another pair is donated to a child in need. “One for One.”

Yet, not many know about the actual “shoe giv-ing” process. Or even if it actually exists.

Ponder no longer; senior Mehek Sethi had the opportunity to witness the process firsthand. Sethi traveled to Hyderabad, India last summer and deliv-ered TOMS shoes.

“I was really impressed, because we think here, ‘do they [TOMS Shoes] actually distribute it?’ They actually do, and they really go out and look for the kids who need it the most,” Sethi said.

Since TOMS Shoes itself isn’t able to personally deliver shoes, they pair up with other organizations. Sethi worked with Hand of Hope, an organization that runs missions around the world. Sethi said, “They are the only distribution center in India.”

Sethi said, “[Hand of Hope] get shoes every six months from TOMS. About 6,000 pairs.” The orga-nization is, well, organized. They keep their shoe stock, with every European size, in a warehouse.

They deliver shoes four days a week. The day starts at 8:30 a.m. and volunteers are lucky to be back home by 6 p.m.

The organization uses a tempo to transport the shoes to classrooms in “very underprivileged” areas. Sethi explained, “It’s like a truck. In the back it’s ba-sically just a large metal box full of crates. An eight foot by eight foot box in the back, and there are just seats in the front.”

Once there, the volunteers claim a classroom and set up the shoes. The children file in, one by one and get their feet measured by a volunteer. Then they get their new pair of shoes. It’s as simple as that.

“The thing that’s really unique about TOMS [Shoes] is that they keep track of every shoe that they donate and which kid it goes to. Then every six months they send the next half-size up, so kids have shoes until their 18,” Sethi said. “It’s shoes for life.”

Sethi was in Hyderabad for two months, where she spent countless hours donating shoes and work-ing with Hand of Hope. She got to experience the TOMS philosophy and meet children from all over India who need help.

“The kids get really excited and are really grateful for the shoes,” Sethi said.“There was one little girl, just one, and she had always been used to wearing flip-flops. So, she had never actually worn a shoe where you slide your foot in, and she didn’t know how to put it on. I measured her [foot] and I brought the shoe. She was smiling and looking at me, until I realized that she didn’t know what to do. So I had to teach her how to put her foot in and push it down. [Then] she walked and crossed her hands, looked down, and said, ‘Yeah. I look good.’ She was the cut-est thing.”

BY NATALIE SKOWLUND AND DARBY HENNESSEY

On Sep. 5, hundreds of junior high school students returned to the cramped hallways of LOJ, mingling with friends and testing their new lockers. But don’t forget the sixth graders: teeny and tim-id. They spent their first day at LOJ at-tempting to navigate their way through the halls without calling massive atten-tion to themselves. And you can’t blame them; junior high isn’t just a huge step for incoming sixth graders, but for the whole Lake Oswego School District, making it an especially large transition for everyone.

As might be predicted, the sixth grad-ers have experienced the greatest chang-es as they switch from elementary to

junior high school. Kaneesha Banks, a sixth grader at LOJ, explained the contrast between attending elemen-tary and junior high school as she said, “We have lockers now, and we have a cafeteria, so we no longer eat in the classroom.”

Malaika Murphy, a fellow LOJ sixth grader, added, “We also have to switch classes a lot, but we don’t walk in lines [anymore]. And the halls are really crowded.”

Unfortunately, some of the changes associated with starting junior high have not been very pleasant for sixth graders. Many eighth graders at LOJ feel resentment towards sixth grad-ers for various reasons, especially due to their sense of seniority and a lack of space at LOJ. Murphy complained, “Some of the eighth graders are mad that we’re [at LOJ].”

However, the eighth graders believe their negativity towards the sixth graders is semi-justified. Eighth grader Katy Howells re-marked, “I don’t like having sixth graders at LOJ [because] the buses are crowded and the halls are like a warzone.”

Seventh grader Evan Sklar agrees: “There are bigger classes, and the hallways and buses are crowded…I think the eighth graders are the most affected because they don’t like the seventh and sixth graders coming.”

Still, LOJ principal Ann Gerson believes eighth graders have reasons to be optimistic. Gerson said, “I hear eighth graders complaining that they are confined to one area, but eighth graders have the opportunity to be mentors to the younger kids.”

Another big difference is that when the sixth grade was still part of elementary school in Lake Oswego, sixth graders had recess, an important time when kids could let out their excess energy. With the transition into sixth grade at LOJ, sixth graders have had to adjust to a much tighter schedule. Banks said dejectedly, “We never have time to go outside.”

However, whether or not people believe sixth grade should be in-tegrated into middle school, any hopes for switching back to hav-ing sixth grade in LO elementary schools should be nixed. Dr. Gerson confirmed, “[The sixth grade is go-ing to be part of LOJ] forever. We really can’t go back; there’s no room for sixth grade in the elementary schools.”

JAKE ANDERSONJAKE ANDERSON

BY JESSIE POLLARD

On Aug. 16, Lake Oswego High School Junior Jake Anderson committed suicide. Ric An-derson, Jake’s dad explained, “He was always

smiling, it was just such a shock for us.” Jake’s pass-ing was a shock for the entire community who knew him for his bright smile and fantastic strength-two of many things about him that will never be forgotten.

Jake’s smile carried right over into his athleticism. For about six years he studied tae kwon do, eventually earning a black belt. He was seen in several athletic circles.

Anderson explained, “He tried many sports: soccer, baseball-all the usual ones- but he loved wrestling. He was a big strong kid who liked to get out there and try his hardest.” Jake enjoyed his freshmen and sophomore years on the varsity wrestling team here at LOHS.

Jake also adored being in the water. “He was an in-credible water skier from the moment he first tried,” Anderson said. “He was a bit of a dare-devil and he would try anything.” Jake even dabbled in uni-cy-cling, “He picked it up like it was nothing, his sense of balance was so incredible.”

When he wasn’t demonstrating his expertise in a variety of sports, he was busy being a big brother, a dear friend and a valuable role model. Anderson remi-nisced, “Jake has been an incredible big brother. He would take great care of his siblings. He could do ev-erything right and that will really be missed.”

This kindness and responsibility stretched well be-yond his immediate family. In his neighborhood, Jake acted as a friend and teacher to young kids. Jake even took time out of his hectic high school life to spend time with his 4 year old neighbor Turner Quatraro. The Quatraros shared this experience in the guest book available at Jake’s open house, “‘before my family even moved in to our house we had the plea-sure of meeting Jake. We were instantly struck by his

kind, gentle and warm nature. Turner was drawn to him instantly. How many teenage boys take the time to play video games with a four year old? Jake did. Turner could not talk enough about him, hence your nickname, ‘The nice neighbors.’ What a special boy you raised. The world is a better place because Jake was here.’ Love, the Quatraro Family.”

“Awesome,” was the only way Junior Kie Mata could begin to describe Jake, who acted as a good friend to many.

Sophomore Carl Klein recalled, “He was a very loyal friend. He was dependable, kind, and our dog loved him.”

Jake looked to the future with assuredness. He had been planning to attend a community college for the first two years following high school, after which he would transfer into a four year school. As a child, he wanted to be a paleontologist. “I definitely think he would’ve done something in science,” Anderson said. “He really liked high school. Not the work, but definitely the social part.

Caring, dependable, strong and just plain ‘awe-some’ as Mata put it, suicide was not something Jake’s friends and family ever imagined. Anderson explained, “I’m scared for everyone, Jake was always smiling. If it could happen to him, it could happen to anyone.” Legal and health professionals agree that a prescribed skin medication which included ‘suicidal thoughts’ as a possible side effect was a contributing factor in Jake’s split second decision. Anderson said, “He paid the ultimate price- we all are. It wasn’t him making that decision.”

Jake’s Open House memorial was well intended, for about 700 people came through the course of the several hours. Anderson said, “The neighborhood re-ally got together, and the Lake Oswego Police De-partment has been so warm and compassionate.”

On Aug. 16, the world lost a beautiful person to an irreversible circumstance. Jake Anderson’s warm personality, admirable athleticism and caring capac-ity will forever leave a mark on Lake Oswego.

Sethi spends a sum-mer in India living the philanthropist lifestyle.

Lake Oswego Junior High School students walk down the halls of LOJ to their last class of the day. LOJ is crowded this year with the addition of 6th graders. SHANNON ELLIOTT / LAKE VIEWS

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Senior Ladies make room for the Gentlemen’s Row

BY ALLISON KANTOR

It has always been tradition for Senior Ladies to occupy the fi rst two rows of the student section at all school events, but recently a new force to be reckoned with has risen: the Gentlemen’s Row.

At the fi rst home football game of the season a group of senior guys, the Gentle-men’s Row, cheered and chanted for our

KYRA BAILEY / LAKE VIEWSStarting a new LOHS tradition, the Gentlemen’s Row has found its home in what used to be Senior Lady exclusive territory. Both gender clans are shown cheering at the front of the student section leading chants.

Juniors ask Two Night Stand to homecoming

BY TYLER THOMPSON

On Oct. 20, Lake Oswego High School students will dress up, pile into a limo or a party bus and continue the tradition of homecoming. They will take photos with their dates, eat dinner at various restau-rants spread across the Portland Metro area and attend the dance. What the stu-dents may not realize is that the dance this year is totally different than dances of the past.

Depending on what time the students will enter the dance, they may have the privilege of hearing live music by the stu-dent band “Two Night Stand.” This band consists of all seniors including: singers Nick King, Noah Livingston, Daniel Ver-berg and Jacob Cho; Whit Anderson plays drums; and Royce Reinhart on guitar.

This band has been together since late July, performing in a summer concert, which attracted many LOHS students.

They bring many different styles of music to the table, including hip-hop and rock and roll. “Two Night Stand” was ap-proached by the Junior Leadership Group about performing at the dance this year.

Band members Livingston and King were elated at the chance for another con-cert, and they soon brainstormed to create a memorable, energetic set list. “We will play a mixture of energetic songs, maybe a few slow songs in there, try to get it ro-mantic,” King explained. They will have between 30-40 minutes to play on Home-coming night, and the other time will be allotted to a hired DJ. “We are trying to bring an element that encourages people to go to the dance,” Livingston said.

King chimed in saying, “I have only

been to the dance once in my three years here, so if there is a way to get students to go to the dance, we will do it. Our goal? Spread school enthusiasm.”

Livingston added, “Another goal is to just get our name out there.”

Principal Bruce Plato thinks the ad-dition of the band to homecoming is unique.

“There never has been [a student band play at a dance], this is an original, at least in the last 11 years,” Plato revealed.

Plato was extremely supportive of a student band performing at the dance.

Plato explained, “Anything that will promote people coming to the dance and create some excitement about it would be wonderful.”

Homecoming is Oct. 20 when “Two Night Stand,” will take the Lake Oswego Homecoming by musical force.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NATHAN VANDERVEER-HARRIS

Seniors Noah Livingston, Daniel Verburg and Nick King performing at senior Royce Reinhart’s house. Their band will play at HC.

LOHS welcomes new staffersBY NATALIE SKOWLUND

The new school year is full of excitement for LOHS students, new and old. Memories of sum-mer will be cherished, but students still read-ily anticipate returning to school, reuniting with friends, and starting new classes.

However, most students fail to recognize that they are not the only ones starting a new year at LOHS. LOHS teachers are prepping for the fi rst day of classes long before students step into the halls, and new LO teachers especially have to get a feel for the school before students come rushing in. With all the new changes the school district has undergone, LOHS has welcomed several new faculty members for the 2012-2013 school year: English teachers Kim Amador and Adam Dennis, freshman orchestra teacher Anna Trobaugh, math and science teacher John Freeman, science teacher Douglas Keller, and Vice Principal Jason Wold.

Wold is the new vice principal of LOHS. Most students know that Wold was the vice principal at Lakeridge previous to joining LOHS staff, but some might be surprised to fi nd out that Wold taught special education in West Linn and Lake Oswego for twelve years prior to taking the posi-tion of vice principal.

So far, Wold has great things to say about his experience at LOHS, enthusing, “Joining the LOHS staff has been a really smooth transition. Everyone has been incredibly welcoming and made me feel like a part of the Laker family right away. I am re-ally enjoying getting to know everyone.”

When Wold is not sporting Laker colors, he is likely to be caught donning orange and black, the colors of his favorite football team, the Oregon State Beavers. Wold proudly states, “[I] have at-tended every Civil War football game (home and away) for the past 14 years.”

Although LOHS had to say goodbye to two wonderful English teachers last year—Beth Elliot and Doris Wirtz— LOHS is proud to welcome two new teachers to the English department: Den-nis and Amador. Dennis, a proud vegan and a pub-lished author of short fi ction, teaches freshman and sophomore English classes. Before teaching at LOHS, Dennis taught for fi ve years at Lakeridge Jr. High, one year in Gresham, and fi ve years in Indi-ana. But prior to that, in college Dennis got to be on TV and also interviewed by the Seattle Times about the Chicago Cubs after the media found out about a popular website he and a friend had cre-ated for fans of the Chicago Cubs.

Dennis is already impressed by the LOHS Laker spirit, saying, “I like the spirit of [LOHS], there’s

lots of loyalty and positive support. At the pep rally, the roller coaster cheer was really silly but fun. There’s a sense of camaraderie, everyone is very welcoming.”

Amador, like Dennis, teaches freshman and sophomore English classes, as well as Advanced Communication Skills. Amador recently complet-ed her Masters degrees in both Literature and Ed-ucation from Portland State University. Last year, she interned at Franklin High School teaching AP Language & Comp and AP Literature classes. Amador expressed her enthusiasm for being a part of LOHS by saying, “The commitment to school and community has been stunning. Everyone in the English Department has been incredibly help-ful and generous with their time and resources; it already feels like a second home. I am so grateful to be a part of such a talented and dedicated group of educators.”

However, Amador doesn’t just confi ne herself to teaching and being a mother: “I love the ocean and being near water. Before having children, I spent a lot of time scuba diving in the depths of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, and the Great Blue Hole in Belize.”

Freeman teaches Honors Chemistry, Pre-Calcu-lus, and Algebra. Before coming to LOHS, Freeman taught AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, Pre-Calculus,

Algebra 2, Geometry and Algebra 1. Freeman’s fa-vorite thing about being a part of the Laker faculty is, “The great support of my colleagues and admin-istrators.”

One unusual excursion for Freeman was when he went to Tijuana alone. However, he warns, “I would not recommend this to anyone else.”

Keller teaches Physics and Conceptual Physics. Keller is an ex-navy pilot, and although this is his fi rst year offi cially teaching at LOHS, he spent a good portion of last year as a student teacher at LOHS. Keller has many positive things to say about LOHS, beaming, “I enjoy the students. Ev-erybody wants to do well, and there are lots of hard workers [at LOHS]. I also like going to the football games.”

When Keller isn’t teaching, you just might fi nd him playing water polo. Keller comments, “I played water polo in high school, and also at the naval academy. Occasionally, I play a game of wa-ter polo with other alumni.”

Trobaugh joined LOHS faculty this year as the teacher of a new course: Freshman Orchestra, which he teaches during A3. Since this year is the fi rst that the high school orchestra is split , a new teacher was needed to conduct the Freshman Or-chestra while Nita Van Pelt continued teaching the sophomore through senior level orchestra.

Laker football players in the front rows of our student section. Every member wore a custom made Gentlemen’s Row t-shirt: a white shirt with a monopoly-type man on the front, LO logo and Gentlemen’s Row printed on the back.

Some Senior Ladies were upset that the Gentlemen’s Row was breaking their tradition but according to senior gentle-man Jacob Cho, “By inventing a new tradition of having both groups togeth-

er, we are bringing out the best in each other and getting the student section to be more spirited.”

Their goal is to create a new tradition for our school and help get LOHS stu-dents cheering and excited for the games. The Gentlemen’s Row sings songs, starts chants to pump up the football players and cheers loudly along with the cheer-leaders. The cheers are always comical and never fail to get the student section

up and on their feet cheering for our Lak-ers.

Though it may seem that all the Senior Ladies are upset because of this, Senior Blair Dozois said, “Most of the senior girls don’t really care if the guys are there cheering too, I thought it was kind of funny.”

Another Senior Lady, Stephanie Bell, said, “As long as we are all still under-neath the blue spirit fl ag after we score, I

don’t really care if the Gentlemen’s Row wants to be in the front cheering.”

Gentlemen Daniel Kelly said, “The Gentlemen’s Row is more than a cheer-ing section it’s a bond. We are bonded not by our shirts but by our spirits, shin-ning through the student section each game.” The Gentlemen’s Row is such a new and original idea and will most defi -nitely bring fresh and creative ways to cheer for our teams.

Lake ViewsThe offi cial student newspaper of

Lake Oswego High School

EDITORS-IN-CHIEFMolly Iwasaki, Rosaline Jun, Gabriel Snadler

MANAGING EDITORKayla Todd

MEDIA EDITORNedim Filipovic

NEWS EDITORRuby King

OPINIONS EDITORMitchell Passadore

SPORTS EDITORClaire Hoobler-Curtis

FEATURES EDITORDarby Hennessey

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PHOTO EDITORKyra Bailey

COPY EDITORSarah Richardson

REPORTERSSophie Albanis, Kyra Bailey, Mitch Bernards, Haley Bertelsen, Christian Cerri,

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berry, Natalie Skowlund, Tyler Thompson, Torrie White, Zoe Wong

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4 Features October 10, 2011

BY HALEY BERTLESON & PAIGE QUESENBERRY

Looking for a crazy costume this Halloween? Want one that is inexpensive and easy to put together? These ten costumes are just a few of the many stylish outfi ts to fl aunt on Halloween.

Most of the elements of these costumes can be found around the house or at a thrift store for less than fi ve dollars. Rather than buying a $30 vampire costume from Party Depot (so predictable), why not go trick-or-treating as pregnant Snooki or Perry the Platypus? Not only will your costume be one of a kind, but its uniqueness will get you more candy, it is guaranteed.

If you are “too cool” to go trick-or-treating, these Halloween costumes will also make great party outfi ts. You could pair up with someone else and be minions from “Despicable Me”, or two pigs in a blanket.

It is 2012, so it may be the world’s last Halloween. It is time to go all out. Wear something out of the ordinary. Be wild and wear an unforgettable costume because it is an unforgettable night!

Top 10 most outrageous Halloween costumes

1. Pregnant Snooki: the sensation that shocked the nation, back for Halloween.

5. Bag of Jelly Beans: Jelly Bellies in my belly.

7. Nudist on Strike: Take the opportunity to excersize your right to remain clothed.

8. Pigs in a Blanket: Good for dinner and for begging for candy on the night of Halloween

9. Average Joe: dodge, duck, dip and dive. 10. Where’s Waldo: The original hipster. No one will be able to fi nd you anywhere at all.

2. Survivor Loser: I’m sorry, but you’ve been voted off the island. Thank you for playing.

3. Perry the Platypus: Hey, where’s Perry? 4. Minion: C’mon, let’s go steal the moon!

6. Babysitter: Pay us to sit on your child.

BY JESSIE POLLARD

Look out LO students; that so called ‘bubble’ we’ve been known to live in is about to get popped! For this year, the halls of LOHS have been graced with the presence of fi ve brand new exchange stu-dents. Hailing from every cor-ner of the world, these new students are sure to add spice to the daily Laker life.

Lilia Amaranto, hailing from Lyon, France is exceedingly happy to be here in America. “I like it here a lot, it’s much big-ger than I expected,” her eyes lit up as she explained her an-ticipation for graduation and prom- she is a senior after all-

mostly though, she admires LO’s sense of togetherness. “I really like the spirit and com-munity here. In France, every-one’s trying to succeed but it’s all very individual.”

Fresh from the city of El-ista in the Russian Repub-lic of Kalmykia, junior Julia Kuyukinova is perplexed by the major differences between American and everywhere else she’s been. Kuyukinova ex-plained, “You guys do every-thing differently.” Energized about the school year, she wishes she could have been a cheerleader, “your team is great and I was a couple of months late [for tryouts]. But I am a president of the Badminton club!” Her love for America is as bright as ever, “I love Amer-

Meet LOHS’ new students

Students need to show school spiritBY DARBY HENNESSEY

Let’s get a little bit rowdy! R-O-W-D-Y! This popular cheer can be heard without fail at every football

game, encouraged by the cheerleaders and devoted fans. But what about those students who don’t cheer or who show up to the game without being decked out in our school colors? What about students who refuse face paint when it comes around or stay silent during any of the popular call-and-response cheers? There is only one cure for this lack of en-thusiasm: a shot of school spirit!

With the excitement and new activi-

ties of the school year, there is plenty of ways for students to get involved and spirited for LOHS. Between sports games, the approach of Homecoming and spirit weeks in the near future, many students are fi t to burst with ways to show their LO pride. But some seem to need a little support.

Students, teachers and ASB alike are all willing to show encouragement to get involved and loud and proud for LOHS. Junior Claire Murphy is an avid Laker fan at football games and always willing to get involved in all LOHS has to offer for spirit. Murphy said, “[School spirit] is important to show your pride for you school. And once you have spirit, it’s in-

fectious to others and fun!” Jacob Cho, another committed LO fan

and ASB President, is trying to break down the high school social barriers that appear to surround school spirit. “[Students] should actively look for op-portunities to get involved and show their love for LOHS,” Cho said. “Some students seem to be afraid of rejection or humiliation when they go to games or assemblies, but the best thing is to em-brace it so they can truly participate and have fun.”

The “too cool for school spirit” is a thing of the past in high school, but the source of this fear and nervousness is seemly unknown. “Underclassmen, like

freshmen, might be afraid of upperclass-men,” Cho reasoned. “But really they have to realize that upperclassmen are excited to see freshmen participating. It’s counterintuitive not to cheer and support LOHS.”

Chris Hill, leadership teacher at LOHS, is also supportive of school spirit, “I think I speak for all teachers when I say that there’s always a way for stu-dents to get involved. They just need to fi nd something they’re passionate in.” Hill also described what ASB is doing to encourage participation and school spirit, which includes using the scanner again this year, as well as Lucky Laker of the Month, chosen by going through

everyone who has gotten scanned and choosing one person to be recognized. “We are also advertising through Twit-ter and Instagram,” Hill explained. “Fol-low @WeAreLO for updates on events and everything school related.”

On the whole, school spirit is a huge, exciting part of LOHS that is easy for students to get involved in. Whether it’s painting your whole body or simply wearing a Pilot Joe shirt and cheering along with the crowd, there are count-less ways for the students of LOHS to support our school and, most important-ly, have fun. As Murphy so rightly said, “school is what you make it, and school spirit is what brings us together.”

different photos”. She explained, “Different vibes for different outfi ts.”

Ruppe also chose to change wardrobes during the session. According to Ruppe, “I had four different outfi ts, but the decision was up to me. [Lee] let me change and told me when to.”

Some seniors prefer to have their senior pictures done in the summer because of the beautiful weath-er and light during the day, but others prefer to get them done later for seasonal reasons or other needs. Casebeer had hers done this past summer in August, but her reasoning was different than most. She says, “I didn’t want to worry about them during school. I just wanted to get them done.”

Ruppe purposely got his senior pictures done in August as well. But his reason was different, “Yeah, we’d go and walk and we’d fi nd a good place to match with what I was wearing. It was fun to watch [Lee] work it all out.” Ruppe agreed that the nice weather infl uenced in decision to do them in Au-gust because, “It was good during the summer. The weather was nice and it was warm.”

For families that are searching for a photographer, the session price is another highly researched topic. Most session these days range from $100-$300, de-pending on the photographer and package selected. This may be different for every photographer. Ac-cording to Casebeer, “It was $100 for the photo fee or down payment and ordering photos ranges from $200-$300.”

Casebeer had a wonderful senior photo shoot with Dulcich Photography, she said it was “overall a good experience.” Fortunately, Ruppe felt the same about his session. He explained, “Overall, tons of fun, great experience, fun environment.”

Ruppe also would like to recommend Lee at Left Turn Studio because, “He takes a lot of different photos. He takes wedding photos and helped my sister get into modeling.” Evidentially, both photog-raphers mentioned are more than suitable for senior pictures.

One last important detail in the senior pictures process is making sure the perfect senior picture is selected and turned into the Yearbook staff by Janu-ary 2013. After that is done, it is exciting to know that every senior picture will maintain the personal-ity of every senior in the graduating class of 2013.

BY HANNAH DITULLIO

For the class of 2013, the time has fi nally come to take senior pictures. For some this may be a simple process, but for others it can be a prolonged and diffi cult. From choosing the most professional photographer, to fi nd-ing an intriguing location, senior pictures are a very important aspect during the last year of high school. Though many students have already captured the se-nior image through photos, there a few who have not.

Choosing a photographer for senior pictures may be diffi cult. There are many local photographers so it is crucial to fi nd the most professional photographer. Senior Ashlee Casebeer chose a popular photographer, Kelley Dulcich, for her senior pictures. According to Casebeer, “I chose her because my girlfriends were all reps for her and she seemed to have a natural look in the photos.” One essential piece in senior pictures is hav-ing fun during the photo shoot and looking your best. Casebeer said, “She did a good job of setting my style and she did a really good job of showing my style. I was smiling a lot and it shows that I’m not a shy person at all.”

Having an appropriate setting and back drop is also important while taking senior pictures. Casebeer had her photo shoot in downtown Portland. She wanted something different and Dulcich agreed. Casebeer ex-plained, “It was a different aspect, it wasn’t like the real back drop photography. It was fun to go about in the street and have people honk at you!” Casebeer would also like to recommend Dulcich for senior pictures be-cause, “She’s really sweet and knows both girls’ and guys’ style.”

On the other hand, some prefer to have their sessions outside and inside. Senior Justen Ruppe took his senior pictures with Left Turn Studio photographer, Kevin Lee. Ruppe describes his session, “We went to down-town Portland, by the waterfront. There was a couple inside and a couple outside. About half and half.”

Before the photo shoot takes place, it is important to stand out as a senior and have a different look from all other pictures. By doing so, most people change ward-robes in the middle of the photo shoot to show different sides of their personalities. Casebeer defi nitely wanted that trait to be expressed in her photos. She said, “It was up to me and [Dulcich] and we defi nitely wanted

How to survive your senior photographs without dilemmas ica! Every day is a discovery

here! Although it is sometimes hard because everyone has their own group …it is really hard to make friends here,” Kuyukinova explained. As for American stereotypes, she is quick to dismiss a very popu-lar one, “you’re not fat at all!”

Senior Elin Hansen of Stock-holm, Sweden observed, “It’s almost the same here; it actu-ally feels like I’m in Sweden. Except that I have to speak English all the time.” Excited for the year ahead, Hansen is participating in the LOHS pro-duction of “Guys and Dolls”. She’s mostly looking forward to graduation though, “I want to wear the cute hat at gradu-ation.” Hansen is happy about the people here in America, but leaves LO with one fi nal thought, “All the guys aren’t as good-looking as they are in the movies, sorry.”

Junior Jessica Hanke comes from Leipzig, Germany and is sure to be in for a fantastic year.

Born in France, living in Switzerland and, fi nally, spending a year here in LO, junior Natan Jurkovitz is very happy to be here. “I pre-fer America because I love sports and here everyone fol-lows an NBA or NFL team. Everyone follows a team, even in high school. That’s amaz-ing,” Jurkovitz explained. “I play basketball with the var-sity and its cool, but serious I think we’re going to win the state championship.”

Diverse in their interests and bright personalities, these exchange students are sure to be a great addition to our Laker family.

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New student Natan Jurkovitz doing warm ups for his P.E. class.

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Sophie’s Choice

The Last Go-AroundSenior year comes

not only with bittersweet realiza-tions, but with both doubt and fearless-

ness as well

BY SOPHIE ALBANIS

It’s only October, and I’m already getting sentimental. As the thrill of Halloween looms in the distance and crisp yellow leaves begin to tumble from their branch-

es to the sidewalk, all I can think about is the fact that this is my last autumn at home. For any one of us, visual-izing ourselves a year into the future can be a strange and foreign practice. To all the underclassmen and juniors—I promise, it gets weirder.

Imagine knowing with all certainty that in less than a year, you will have a different home. You will no lon-ger live with your parents or your siblings, and it may or may not become a necessity that you learn how to do your own laundry. Add this curveball to the mix: the location of your new home, who you will be living with, and what you’ll be doing are all totally unknown.

Perhaps you may have considered these things before. Perhaps you’ve looking ahead, and you’ve already taught yourself how to use public transportation or prepare top ramen without catching anything on fi re. But if you haven’t been a senior in high school yet, I guarantee you haven’t felt the full force of these realizations.

There’s a funny little anecdote about senior year, one that you begin to notice rings true once this last fated year rolls around: the only conversations you have with adults are about college, and the only conversations you have with your friends are about getting the hell away from here.

It’s an odd period of anxiety, doubt and—most of all—fearlessness. People seem to forget just what senior year and the college application process require of us as students; with each application, each essay and each in-terview, we are baring our full, naked souls to an unfor-giving panel of unknown adults who hold our destinies in their hands. Alexander the Great would be quaking in his gladiator sandals.

I like to think of the college application process as an intellectual Hunger Games, except instead of randomly-chosen Tributes, we’re all competing at the same time. What was once a cozy environment of loving classmates can easily turn into an every-student-for-himself dead-lock to earn the golden ticket of admission to a dream school. And although we should be happy for our class-mates that have already declared what university they will be attending next year, fi nding these things out only seems to contribute to an ever-growing sense of dread.

But to me, the stress of getting in takes second to the inescapable notion that everything—time spent with our friends and families, the luxury of living at home and the easiness of being a kid—is fl eeting. It always has been, but we don’t notice it until it’s almost too late. We spend our time passing judgments on our classmates, restricting ourselves to a specifi c friend group and endlessly deliber-ating over each action we took.

Instead of making decisions that we thought would impact our chances at college admission, we could have been choosing the path that would have the most positive effect on those around us. Because when it comes time to begin senior year, it seems that everyone is feeling the love. And if you hadn’t realized it yet, we’re all on common ground now; after as many as 12 years spent together as classmates, teammates, friends or, well, less-than-friends, we stand together on the cusp of our adult lives.

Essentially, we’ve been through it all together; we’ve shaped each other’s views and infl uenced each other’s re-alities, united for a common goal and cheered each other on.

We’ve wished we could just grow up already, and now it seems that we’re wishing we had more time. While we look forward to the years to come with anticipation, en-thusiasm and trepidation, it would be foolish to forget that looking back can be just as important. We may go our separate ways, but we all began in the very same spot. But for now, we have one last year left together and—don’t worry, underclassmen—you have one more year to bask in our glory.

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ONE DIRECTION

Piers Dennis wows with ‘Breaking the Top’

BY DARBY HENNESSEY

Internships, jobs and volunteer work are typi-cal activities for students to pursue through-out the school year, but one LOHS graduate went above and beyond the usual extracurricu-lar spectrum. Piers Dennis, now a freshman at Southern Oregon University, put his passion for fi lm making and directing to work, making a full-length movie featuring LOHS students of various grades. His fi lm, “Breaking the Top,” premiered at the Lake Twin Theater on Sept. 17.

Dennis, who was involved in technical parts of the LOHS Drama Department, has been doing photography and fi lm for a while, usually pro-ducing short videos. But this movie project was different.

“I wanted to push myself to produce some-thing larger than [the videos] I was making,” Dennis said. But this isn’t the only part of Den-nis’ plans for his passion. “I am defi nitely plan-ning on making more movies, but shorter ones at this point,” he said. “My ultimate goal for fi lm-making, though, is to experiment more and never get stuck in one specifi c genre.”

The fi lm encompassed a lot of different genres.

The story is of a high school graduate looking for some ways to raise money for college, and turns to a group of loan sharks to make the cash. Confl icts arise quickly between the loan sharks and some ex-members, and the main character is stuck in the middle of violence, personal rela-tionships and moral confl icts. It is fi lled with ac-tion, suspense, comedy and a touch of romance, all spiced up with special effects and excellent fi lming.

The fi lm included many students from LOHS, some of which still attend the school. “I think the greatest part of the project was collaborat-ing with so many people who have incredible strengths in what they do,” Dennis said. Elise Wunderlich, a graduate from LOHS, designed the retro movie poster, and Kristian Rolland composed the music for the fi lm.

The actors themselves had to “take on some pretty physically demanding roles” according to Dennis, as well as memorize lines and get into character.

One of these actors is senior Sarah Sutton, who played the character Jessie.

“I was technically someone who worked for the bad guys, but I was actually good!” Sutton explained. She also is confi dent in the impact

this movie production will have on the commu-nity and school. “It really shows what students are capable of,” she said, “and it proves we can do a lot.”

Senior Lisa Smith had a small yet important role, playing Angela, another graduated high school student and Rathje’s character’s romantic interest. “I would give this fi lm and experience fi ve stars,” Smith said. “I’m really impressed with his talent and not many high schoolers are able to create a full-length fi lm like he did.”

Dennis was able to keep the casting for the fi lm very open.

“I casted the fi lm mostly by asking around to see who was interested, and then doing my best to make sure there were enough roles for almost everyone.” Once casting for the movie was done, there was scheduling and fi lming to do. “Making a fi lm defi nitely taught me a lesson in the impor-tance of patience,” Dennis laughed. “Overall, the fi lm took about a year and a half.”

Future projects of Dennis’ will be posted at PADprod.com, as well as information on the Facebook page. “I learned a lot from this expe-rience,” Dennis said, “it started out as a project for my portfolio, but slowly turned into more of a learning process.”

Hollywood came to LOHS to film ‘The A-List’ this summerBY SHANNON ELLIOTT

Following his 2007 cinematic debut, “On the Lot,” Will Bingham sets out to conquer directing his fi rst feature fi lm, “The A-List,” which was fi lmed at LOHS during this past summer. During the production of “The A-List,” Bingham’s enthusiasm and sheer passion for the fi lm industry radi-ated out of every direction he gave to his cast and crew. Bingham’s direct-ing methods were like a shot of adrenaline, increasing heart rate, pulse rate and blood pressure.

His natural instinct for directing made watching Bingham in action a sight to see. Yasmine Babiker, an extra on set said, “He was great; he brought so much energy to set. Every time I was there I would wait to get on set and see how he’s getting things hyped up…I was honored to work with such a caring, motivated person.”

Throughout Bingham’s short fi lms, created during the competitive real-ity series “On the Lot,” a distinct style emerged. Clever comedic timing, irony and razor-sharp movements appeared most evidently in the short fi lms “Lucky Penny”, “The Yes Men” and “Unplugged”.

Filming for Bingham’s upcoming feature fi lm, “The A-List” started on July 9, 2012 and continued until Aug. 9, 2012 with the help of 60 crew mem-bers and 24 speaking roles.

Babiker said, “Being an extra for a fi lm was so great and different from being an extra on “Grimm”. It taught me a lot about how to talk to people and how to be more professional in the work area of acting. It was really something enjoyable.”

The fi lm is about a high school guidance counselor (Elizabeth Bond)

who coerces one of her students (Hudson Thames) into fulfi lling a list of her high school fantasies in order for him to graduate. Leads for the fi lm in-clude Alyson Stoner (“Cheaper by the Dozen”, “Step up 3”) as Lacey, Bond (“The Notebook”) as Sylvia Martin, Thames (“Criminal Minds”, “Without a Trace”) as Eric Schultz, Skyler Vallo (“True Blood”, “Switched at Birth”) as Hannah Ford, Deanna Lee Douglas (“Awake”) as April Adamson and Jack DePew (“GCB”, “True Jackson, VP”) as Trent Taylor.

“The A-List” is written by D.J. Halferty and produced by Kevin Callies, Brett Cranford, D.J. Halferty, Matthew Karchesky and Ian Rao. Other works of Cranford include “Grimm” (Production Manager), “Without a Trace” (Associate Producer) and “Gilmore Girls” (Production Coordina-tor). The production fi lmed at multiple locations throughout Portland.

Extra Daniel Hong said, “The thing that shocked me the most is just how much manipulation is going on in order to recreate reality and set up a scene. There are all sorts of lights, different angles, different tints and just so much of it. I remember being in a classroom one time for a scene and as they were setting up, they had studio lights outside going into the win-dows, making it a very unnatural glare that hurt my eyes...But that was what was needed, so it happened.”

Although a majority of the fi lming took place at Lake Oswego High School , other settings included the Gilt Club on Northwest Broadway and multiple houses in the suburban area.

Hong said, “As our extras coordinator said, it really is like a family be-cause of the hours they work and the things they do. There’s a mourning period for her after every production because of how much bonding she made with her fellow workers and cast.” Bingham’s fi lm is currently in post-production, planned to be released in 2013, but Bingham has not an-nounced an offi cial release date.

SUBMITTED PHOTO

From left: LOHS graduates Burke Livingston, Todd Kim, Gunnar Holwerda, Devin White and Remi Rufai played roles in “Breaking the Top,” a movie directed by graduate Piers Dennis. The movie, which premiered at Lake Twin Theater, featured many LOHS graduates as well as current students.

Election6 7ElectionOctober 10, 2012

BY RUBY KING

It’s probable that in the past couple of months we’ve all received the pamphlets in the mail or witnessed the pleading requests made by surveyors in support of Oregon’s latest project, The Grange. With quite the ominous title (and not to mention the steep con-struction cost of $300 million) the outcome of this ambitious plan will affect Oregon residents no matter what.This is not the fi rst time Oregonians have come across such a development. A similar plan was rejected only two years ago. This time around the plan includes a “family-friendly entertainment and casino destination in Wood Village, Oregon,” according to The Grange’s offi cial website. It is set to include a four star hotel, a casino with about 2,200 slot machines, multiple restaurants and about any other method of entertainment that one could imagine.To get The Grange project going, voters need to fi rst consider two measures. Measure 82 would allow private owned casinos in Oregon and Measure 83 allows for a casino to be built in Wood Village, Oregon specifi cally at the abandoned Multnomah Greyhound Park.

But The Grange isn’t all roses and sunshine, the Indian tribes that run other casi-nos in Oregon are concerned that this glitzy new establishment will bring in most of Oregon’s gambling revenue. With its massive size, most believe that the project could easily increase crime rates, traffi c and gambling problems.If the measures go through, The Grange claims that their center will provide 2,000 permanent jobs with included health care and benefi ts. They have also claimed that 25 percent of all revenue will go directly to funding Oregon schools, which adds up to about $100 million a year. But some are still left to wonder if this is just another money sucking ploy with a very good cover.

Issues over The Grange concern voters

Ballot

BY GABRIEL SANDLER

Election time is supposed to be America at

its fi nest, when the people speak and the gov-

ernment listens. In the current presidential

campaign, however, the voice of the people is

being overridden by extreme campaign fi nanc-

ing. For one, the amount of money available to

each candidate is incredible, even more so con-

sidering one of the biggest campaign issues is

economic recovery and growth. Right now,

President Barack Obama has almost $89 mil-

lion on hand, Mitt Romney with around $30

million. President of the Young Democrats Club se-

nior Nick Lesage said, “It is grossly inappropri-

ate, but at the same time it is a building trend

that should not surprise.”

These funds go to campaign advertisements,

both promoting their respective candidates

and bashing the opposition, campaign tours,

merchandise and event funding. Many of these

expenditures are designed to raise even more

money. For this, the voters get vague speeches

and their hands in the rope lines.

One of the biggest money sources in the

campaign are Super PACs, which can take

donations from individuals, corporations and

unions without disclosing specifi c names. The

New York Times website tracks the totals of

29 different PACs, the smallest spending just

under $8,000, the largest spending around $85

million.“It’s a misconception that PACs support

specifi c candidates when they’re intended for

groups such as unions, companies and associa-

tions to spread a political message” said junior

Bill Feng, a member of the Young Republicans

Club. “To ban such institutions would be a

direct violation of freedom of political speech

itself.”Feng explained that to change the culture of

campaigning, congress would have to do so at

a constitutional level. According to Feng, “This

is a problem with how modern campaign fi -

nance is in confl ict with the 1st Amendment.”

Lesage claims that the super PACs are the

ones violating political speech. He said, “it

takes the voice away from the average Ameri-

can vote. I think Citizens United vote [the rul-

ing that legalized Super PACs] was a serious

blow to the ideals of Democracy and for the

sake of both parties I hope we can wrap this up

and return elections to the people.”

Feng drew the exact opposite conclusion

as Lesage. “In all honesty, the representation

of people, even with all the money fl owing

through, the people are smarter than that,”

Feng said. “I don’t think it’s going to become a

fundamental issue in campaigns.”

Campaign money speaks louder than voters

Ballot

BY SOFIA BALLINGER

LOHS is bringing the 2012 election to the home front. On Oct. 29 and 30 all stu-

dents will have the privilege of casting their ballots and voicing their opinions in a

nationwide high school survey. History teacher Jefferson Moore and the JSA planning

team are the main people in charge of overseeing it all. Moore said, “In 2007 I was fi rst

contacted by Jim Shea, who teaches history at Northfi eld Mount Hermon School in

Massachusetts, about a nationwide mock voting system at the high school level.”

LOHS has taken part in this event for years. Moore has many reasons for sustaining

our participation. “I really believe it dovetails so well with our current civil goals and

encourages students to become active members of society in the future. It is incredibly

fun, but also in essence it is a way of communicating with the east, south, and other

parts of America to see how our students differ from others.”

Not only will the students of LOHS be participating in this national mock voting

process, but also have an opportunity to vote on local issues like medical marijuana.

Senior Megan Ten Berge, president of JSA planning team, concludes, “I think it’ll be

a great opportunity for all students to express themselves politically. I’m excited that

we have this opportunity, and I hope all students take advantage of it!”

LOHS students are of-fered the opportunity to cast their “ballots”

Ballot

Ballot

President Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will face off in the 2012 elections this fall. For the second time, the edi-torial board of Lake Views is endorsing Barack Obama for his second term as president. As stu-dents, we should be aware of the issues and poli-cies that will affect us and our future. Therefore, we have put together several of Obama’s plans that will most directly affect our generation. Perhaps one of the most important aspects of Obama’s campaign is his doubling of Pell Grants for students who need fi nancial assis-tance for higher education. This will make the exponentially growing costs of school signifi -cantly cheaper. For those who plan on going to college in the near future, Obama’s policies on education will work in your favor, along with an improved college tax credit. With costs of edu-cation becoming a major set back in students’ future plans, Obama’s policies will benefi t stu-dents and families with children. During his term as president, Obama has taken a strong stance on social issues. Obama recently stated that he was a proponent of gay marriage and gay rights. His stance matches up with the views of our generation, a generation that is breaking the traditional social “stan-

dards” that are now outdated and unjust. With clubs and groups such as the Sus-tainability Club and LO Green Teens emerg-ing and becoming ever more popular within our school and community, it is important to take note of the President’s policies on the environment.Wind and solar energy are renewable sources of energy which are benefi cial for our environment and our health. With the majority of the population trying to reduce the amount of pollution and the emission of fossil fuels, the future of our resources could be wind and solar energy. During Obama’s term, he was able to double the production of these renewable energies, which prevented health problems for our citizens and took a step forward in a more aware and educated population.

No matter what party you’re in, it is im-portant to know both sides of an argument. President Barack Obama has the best inter-ests of students and the younger generation in mind, and therefore we see him as a fi t and reliable candidate for the 2012 elections. - Editorial board

Vote for Obama: he speaks for students and our generationBY ADAM GOEKEN AND MUNNIE KETTLER

Soon we will be voting for a new President. We have some fun facts about some of our former and current presidents.

The tallest President was Abraham Lincoln. He was 6 feet and 4 inches and weighed 180 pounds.

Our smallest President was James Madison. He was 5 feet and 4 inches and weighed 100 pounds.

William Henry Harrison was the fi rst President to have his photo taken in offi ce in 1841.

Calvin Coolidge was the only President to be born on the forth of July. He was born in 1872.

Barack Obama is the fi rst African-American President of the United States. He was born in Ha-waii.

The oldest President was Ronald Reagan at age 69. The youngest was John F. Kennedy at age 43.

George W. Bush and George Bush, Sr. are the second father and son to be elected as Presidents in the U.S. The fi rst were John Quincy Adams and his son John Adams. They were the second and sixth Presidents of the United States.

Many Presidents had unusual careers before entering the White House. Jimmy Carter, the 39th President, was a peanut farmer. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President, was a movie actor.

Gerald Ford had a dog named Liberty.

Things to ponder: Presidential edition

Mitt Romney Barack Obama

BY SOFIA BALLINGER

• Economic Policy: Plans to reduce unemployment through continuing with stimulus spending, elimination of tax cuts for the wealthy and improve education.

• Social Policies: Endorses gay marriage and is pro-choice for abortion.

• Immigration policy: Recently announced an administrative decision titled the Dream Act to stop deporting illegal immigrants who entered the US as children if they meet certain criteria.

• Health Care: Passed Health Care Reform Act and continues to be in favor of covering the uninsured, capping premium increases and allowing people to retain their coverage when they leave or change jobs.

• Foreign Policy: Believes it is essential for America to build up its leadership position in global issues, yet be mindful and self-aware. Nu clear arms are incredibly important as well as ending the war in the Afghanistan by 2014.

BY TYLER THOMPSON

• Economic Policies: Reduce corporate tax rate to 25 percent. Make permanent, across-the-board 20 percent cut in mar-ginal rates, Repeal Obamacare. Mitt Romney will place a hard cap on federal spending. Reform entitlement programs like Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security to be more fi s-cally effi cient.

• Social Policies: Supports a constitutional amendment to defi ne marriage between a man and a woman.

• Immigration Policy: Allow more distribution on visas for highly skilled im-migrants. Mitt Romney will complete a high-tech fence to enhance border security. Mitt Romney is pro life regarding abortion.

• Foreign Policy: Mitt Romney plans to place a fi fth round on tougher sanc-tions for Iran. Romney believes that American troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014. If conditions worsen in Afghani-stan, he is willing to keep troops there longer than the 2014 deadline.

Meet the candidates

ELECTION 2012

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BY CHRISTIAN CERRI

Many students spend their high school years study-ing, pursuing extracurricular activities and taking in the high school experience, but not me. I have spent my four years at LOHS analyzing and judging women’s clothing. I’m not saying I’m a fashion expert, but oc-casionally I come across outfi ts that I fi nd either spec-tacular or hideous. In a school that has very minimal diversity, fashion trends take part in almost every teen-age girl’s lives which, unfortunately, masks their indi-viduality.

Fashion statements including yoga pants, high waisted shorts, The North Face rain jackets and even makeup will be interpreted as guidance for girls on what and what not to wear.

Firstly there are yoga pants, the boy’s favorite. Yoga pants have been a nationwide trend that has sustained popularity through all seasons because of their light-weight material. Not only are they comfortable, but they act as a versatile piece of clothing that looks good with any outfi t.

Senior Blair Dozois said, “They’re comfortable and you can wear them both casually and formally.” It’s safe to say yoga pants have taken a substantial role in women’s wardrobes. Let’s just hope this trend doesn’t fi nd its way drifting from one gender to the other.

Do you know how grandparents are stereotyped as wearing high waisted pants, also known as “belly hug-gers”? I sure do and guess what? This style has found its way into our younger generation. Thankfully not those old, grey, elastic banded sweatpants that grand-mas typically wear, but the style of wearing pants

BY SOFIA BALLINGER

Guys have it rough. Besides suffering from being incredibly macho constantly, they also have a haunt-ing fashion crisis on their shoulders. Each morning they awake to fi nd a large pile of randomly assorted clothes scattered on the fl oor and have to make a huge life decision: what to wear.

Now, you see, this isn’t like it is for girls. No, their problem is much more serious and important. Not only do they have to determine the cleanliness of everything through using fool-proof smell test, guys are coerced to buy into a “clothing genre” when they dress themselves. The choice is among skater, jock, prepster or nerd-type attire. There seems to be very few guys who actually “mix and match” these cloth-ing styles. Originality is lacking. I mean, it’s not their fault, but it creates a very stale apparel environment for guys.

But, you see, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Once we delve into the different realms of clothing types, we can really start dissecting certain items. Let’s start with the biggest group: the jocks. The basket-ball shorts…really? They make me cringe. A polyester blend that looks like you just rolled out of bed isn’t very appealing to the female eye. And I know com-fort plays a huge part into the decision process, but jeans can be incredibly comfortable. Well, except if you decide to buy skinny jeans. That’s just uncom-fortable for everyone.

As for the prepsters with their v-necks, I love how

Lake Oswego gender wars meet fashion

JV sports want more

LO loses its security

BY KYRA BAILEY

Almost a week after Erik Mei-ser fatally stabbed Fritz Hayes, Meiser was fi nally arrested in Corvallis, Oregon. Once he was put in custody, the entire Lake Oswego community took a col-lective sigh of relief, feeling their safety restored. But was the safety fully restored? And was it even as safe as we thought it was before?

When hearing the news of the stabbing, many people were shocked that something like this would happen in such a protected town. Although we live in a se-

BY HALEY BERTELSEN

Some students have been playing school sports for four years. For years now JV players have practiced almost every day for hours. We breathe, sleep and eat Laker sports. We have given our hearts, souls, blood, sweat and tears to this school’s programs. The only problem is we never get recognized. Whether it is the daily announcements, the Laker Log or this newspaper, because we aren’t a varsity team, my team doesn’t get recognized.

It is downright inexcusable to favor one team over another, especially when the other team still holds the name Laker. JV practices just as much as varsity. JV tries just as hard as varsity. JV has just as much drive and determination as varsity. Yet every Tuesday, when all the volleyball teams play at home, I never hear JV game times being announced next to varsity’s. On top of that, last year JV2 girls volleyball wasn’t even in the yearbook.

And it’s not just volleyball; it’s every other JV sport in the school. I don’t understand why our game times, wins or losses aren’t written about, announced or even remotely recognized. It is easier to go to a non-varsity game because they start earlier. I know I don’t like to bounce back between home and school for a game. Sometimes there is still homework I have to do and the varsity game starts too late.

So I go to a JV soccer, volleyball, football or water-polo game. They start earlier and are just as jam packed with exciting goals, hits, kicks and tackles. Amazing players like Steven Long had to start somewhere. They had to grow and show their talent some-where. Freshman varsity players are few and far between so we support our up-and-coming stars.

Should it really matter that instead of a big “V” in front of my team’s name there is a “J” as well? We are Lakers too; we are just as important.

So should we really ignore our own fl esh and blood teammates by not showing our support for them? It may take more of an ef-fort to fi t all the other teams into announcements, Laker Log and the newspaper, but it’s worth it because we are a family. Varsity is the big siblings that we all look up too. JV is the little brother or sister that just wants to prove itself. Let’s show a little love and support our little siblings. Let’s give JV teams a chance and recognize their achievement too.

Above: girls show off their fashion sense in black leggings. Meanwhile, the boys opt for more casual sport shorts. SARAH RICHARDSON / LAKE VIEWS

JV teams are subject to a smaller fan base and are dis-criminated against because they are not considered as im-portant as varsity teams.

above your belly button. This trend has boys, includ-ing myself, utterly confused and shorthanded. I don’t mind pants that are considerably higher than usual but pulled up to where it just looks uncomfortable is a big no no.

But girls have redeemed themselves by wearing The North Face rain jackets. These jackets offer a very ca-sual and simple approach to school fashion. They prove to not only look and feel great, but they are convenient through Oregon’s wettest months. Another positive that comes with these jackets are their color variety. Don’t worry about purchasing a similar jacket as an-other girl because these coats come in several vibrant colors. Ashlee Casebeer, an avid The North Face cus-tomer, explained, “We don’t necessarily wear them just because of the brand name, but for their eye-pop-ping colors and form–fi tting style.”

In school, there are girls that dress to impress and girls that fi nd satisfaction in whatever outfi t they stumble upon fi rst in the morning. The girls that dress to impress spend hours applying cosmetic products and little do they know, these hours can be counter-productive. Personally, overusing makeup can portray an individual who is self-conscious and uneasy in the face of society; whereas a girl who uses little to no makeup appears secure and comfortable with her own natural being. In addition, too much makeup can make one’s appearance artifi cial and even greasy.

In conclusion, ladies over-thinking your appear-ance can be an underlying problem that doesn’t only cause stress, but can work against you in the eyes of males. Following these simple, yet strict standards can open your eyes to a world where either drastic or small changes can change one’s look and confi dence.

they try something a bit different, but I don’t want to see your three chest hairs. I’m sorry. Either pluck them or layer your shirts.

Oh, and wife-beaters have become a trend…say what? I don’t understand. We all know you work out, boys, it’s perfectly ok, you don’t have to show off.

Onto the skaters…boy oh boy, the hats! There is no sun in Oregon, what’s its purpose? They don’t even look nice. It’s just something on top of their heads serving no purpose. But you all do have some rad shoes, I’ve got to admit. It is a nice pop amidst all the dark clothing.

Now, lastly, the one group I do enjoy aesthet-ically is the nerdy button-up and simple jeans look. It’s classy and it’s clean, without being fl ashy or bland.

Now of course, it’s not very original, but like I said earlier, it’s because society boxes guys in. You can’t blame them for this, but you can blame society and clothing companies as a whole.

I think it’s almost insulting of us to encage these poor guys. Do we really think that boys are innately too lazy to be creative with their apparel? Whatever the reason is, we don’t even bother to give them a chance. In the bird world, males “peacock” themselves to get the females to notice them. In the human world however, this is not possible! Guys just don’t have the chance to shine like pretty little unique stars. So sad…

cure community, it is ignorant to believe that the possibility of vio-lence is nonexistent.

After word of what had hap-pened got around the city, the community went into semi-lock-down, baseball bats under people’s beds and all. Once everyone at school had heard what happened, everyone was going around talk-ing about it, saying they couldn’t believe that someone had been murdered.

While this is not in any way try-ing to diminish the huge impact this situation has made on our community or desensitize what has happened at all, it is important

that we realize that Erik Meiser, the killer, is not the only person in our bubble with the ability to harm someone.

In 2010 alone there were 527 total incidents of crime in Lake Oswego, including 20 counts of aggravated assault, 79 counts of burglary, and 30 counts of violent crime in general. Our bubble is no doubt a fairly isolated community, but we also have to remember that we are only a mere seven miles away from Portland, where there are 3,054 annual violent crimes including 22 murders in 2010. Erik Meiser was a malicious fugitive, but he is obvi-ously not the only one.

As a community, we must always be cautious of dangers and threats so as to avoid being then caught off guard when a real emergency hap-pens. However, we should not use this information to live in fear. We can’t let the possibility of danger determine how we live our lives, but rather take it as a cautionary reminder that we all need to do simple things like lock our doors at night. As we band together as a community to grieve the loss of Fritz Hayes and support his family through this hard time, we must remember what has happened, but not let it hinder how we live our lives.

9Opinions October 10, 2012

Fear and Loathing

in LO

Tumbling through Tumblr

The iPhone 5 arrives in the hands of the public

Lockers made inaccessible during lunch break period

BY SARAH RICHARDSON

As a junior last year I saw Clayton Madey wandering through the halls like a lost puppy dog. He pulled on one door handle

then the next then sprinted upstairs only to re-appear a few minutes later. We made eye con-tact “You ok?” I asked.

“Yeah,” he hollered back. “I am supposed to be in English class, but I had to go to my locker and all the doors are locked.”

As a senior this year I lounge in the Senior hallway after lunch awaiting the bell marking the continuation of the school day. I seek peace, Nirvana, just for a few moments before the stress of homework and college applications returns. Instead, I get interrupted by gaggles of fresh-man swarming the senior hallway also awaiting the bell for the unspoken permission to re-enter their hall, to go to their lockers and to prepare for the rest of their day.

As a high school student and an athlete I need to use the restroom. Part of my job throughout the day is to stay hydrated by carrying a water bottle with me at all times and drinking it as much as I can. How many times have I power walked towards the bathroom only to fi nd the hallway doors locked? Multiple. And if they aren’t locked, they are at least closed leading to some Charlie’s Angels style maneuver to infi l-trate the hallway and relieve my bladder.

The faculty has argued that the Math/English halls are locked during lunch to encourage quiet study and prevent the interruption of classes. It is said that keeping these doors shut is a means to keep students focused on school.

Then what about students like Clayton? No-body is perfect and everyone needs to visit their lockers to attain a forgotten book/homework assignment/spiral at some point or another. It is not an intentional thought like “I’m going to spite the school and forget my homework thereby giving myself a bad grade on work I actually did.” That does not happen. So who does it benefi t when students are punished for being human, for making a mistake, for forget-ting something?

Locking students out of the halls, leaving them with no means to get to their classes harms them. The more time they spend in the hallway running from staircase to staircase, the less time they spend learning. Teachers may discipline students when they do not return to class de-spite the fact that it is not their fault that they are physically incapable of walking through sol-id objects. The ability to teleport should not be necessary to simply get to class.

On top of actually damaging the learning environment, students need the space in these hallways. Our school has offi cially reached 1,300 students, which is exciting and something to celebrate! It is also a sign that we need all the space we can get. Now is not a time to cut off

the space typically available to the underclass-man when the freshman class has 400 students.

The school decides where each class’ lock-ers will be located at the beginning of the year. Because they are given this ability, they should not have to right to close off the entire region that freshmen are given to roam freely. It is un-fair to the freshmen, but it is also unfair to the rest of the student body whose space is invaded because the freshmen have nowhere else to go. Give them some space, give them their hallway!

On top of everything else, when I am required by law to be in a building for seven hours per day, I have a right as an individual to have access to all the restrooms when I need them. This is especially applicable to lunch time—the longest break in a long day and the best time to pause and take a pit stop at the nearest restroom. I shouldn’t be required to maneuver through crowds or down stairs or sneak through closed doors just because I have to pee. This is another human experience. Everyone has to pee, stu-dents shouldn’t be punished by the diminish-ing of break time due to excursions to fi nd an open bathroom simply because a hallway door is locked.

By attending school I understand that stu-dents give away some of their rights; an open hallway is not one of them. Give me free move-ment, give me space and give me a restroom and I will give you a much more positive student ready to learn.

KYRA BAILEY / LAKE VIEWS

Students fi nd it hard to get into their lockers if they are in any of the closed off hallways or get back into their classes after leaving one of these hallways.

What does

LOHS think?

1 of 12 already have it

2 of 3 are not interested

1 of 4 are planning on purchasing it

iPhone 5• 18 percent thinner• 20 percent lighter• 4-inch Retina display• Improved speed• 8 megapixel camera• Longer battery life• iO6 software

BY JESSIE POLLARD

Every day after school I walk through the door, throw my backpack on the ground, and rush to the bathroom in a post math-class pee emergency. Then I grab a snack and release myself into the internet’s black hole: Tumblr.

For those that have enough self-love to distance them-selves from the gaping time-suck that is the Internet, Tum-blr is a website that puts an interesting spin on blogging. Each blog is highly customizable and users can upload mu-sic, video, photographs, text and even this annoying type of video clip called a ‘gif’ (many snotty Tumblr users won’t hesitate to tell you that it is pronounced ‘jiff’).

There are the socio-political blogs: huge chunks of text exploiting politicians, Romney/Obama memes, #sarcas-ticYOLOtags. The vintage hipster blogs: Black and white photographs of chandeliers, gifs of indie fi lms, smooth tracks from obscure bands. The whiney teenage girl blogs: sappy instagram photos of handholding, text posts involv-ing the latest movie reference, personal posts about crushes and school. Themed blogs: testament to the hours and hours spent obsessing over Dr.Who or the 1950s or even a specifi c color like yellow. Basically, this place celebrates obsession. Over anything. Literally.

My own dashboard has become an eclectic mash-up of all of these: part liberal ranting, part photographs from India at sunset, part angst, part 1960s era high fashion, part love letters to David Tennant and most recently: part self-harm.

Just this summer while I was “Tumbling through Tum-blr” (as video blogger Hank Green puts it in his viral mu-sical), something disturbing appeared on my dashboard. A photograph of someone’s self-harm. Cuts that cascaded across this person’s arm, the blood still fresh. Now, as many Tumblr users would agree, when you have a Tumblr, you wind up seeing a rainbow of images ranging from wildly in-appropriate to gut-wrenchingly gory. No matter what sort of blogs you choose to ‘follow’, it is inevitable. However, this public display of self-harm was quite unexpected.

Naturally, I clicked on this person’s blog. It was a mel-ancholy blur of depressing text like ‘I’m sorry I’m so ugly;’ including a plethora of photographs of the blog owner’s scars: marks of depression, loss and hatred. It was wildly upsetting. Several other bloggers had used the ‘ask’ feature to comfort this user, and yet they maintained this certain disposition of sadness, even denying the proposed help of a psychologists.

I fully realize that depression is inescapable, seemingly unsolvable and often uncontrollable for those suffering. I also acknowledge that the Internet is a fantastic medium for self expression and that the fi rst amendment allows us to say and symbolize whatever and however we please. This said, I found that there was something a little insensi-tive about posting such a personal series of images.

Cutters, or those battling depression at all can be very easily triggered at the sight of other people’s self injury. Plastering it all across the Internet may make a person feel heard, or give them the care from sympathetic Internet us-ers that they need, but it could very well be causing others to harm themselves. If someone is suffering from an issue such as self-harm, it would be signifi cantly more helpful to reach out to a dear friend in person, someone who could provide a hug or professional advice. It is understandable that some people may not have access to real-life friends, family or psychologists, but it is also unfair to potentially further the suffering of those battling similar issues.

The self-harm prevalent on Tumblr extends beyond physical affl iction. All across the website’s industrial blue workings are text posts exploring a lack of self-confi dence and furious self- hatred. Users can fi nd pieces of writing that include apologies for existing, reblogged thousands of times. Some blogs have become complete pity-parties testa-ment to victims of comparison and distorted life outlooks.

Studies have already shown that pathological Internet use or addiction may cause depression. Having this already dismal place fi lled with instances of more depression can’t possibly be good for mental health. It seems as though the more these cheerless bloggers express their listlessness, the worse it gets. As you scroll through any sort of ‘sad’ blog, you can easily witness the progression of emotion. Some have grown to believe their sadness is too immense, and they cannot be helped. Parts of Tumblr have become a wasteland of negative emotion, thousands of cries for help.

I believe these people may be able to help themselves. In-stead of turning to the Internet to loathe amongst a herd of fellow loathers and digging into a deeper hole of impending gloom, these bloggers could step outside. Running releases endorphins, which increases happiness, as do foods like chocolate and substances like caffeine. Poetry, writing and drawing are all valid forms of self-expression that can still be shared without potentially hurting others.

If you fi nd that you are this type of Tumblr user, I’m very sorry. Please realize that things can get better, that time heals and that fresh air is happier than the stale kind circu-lating through your computer.

BY TORRIE WHITE

The wait is fi nally over for Apple lov-ers across America. The iPhone 5 has arrived and is better than ever. Apple

built an entirely new phone featuring a new, more sleek design that has Apple users rav-ing. Some of the features, however, have caused criticism. Nevertheless, the iPhone 5 has already created record breaking sales, selling over 5 million phones in the fi rst three days of release making the iPhone 5 the best selling iPhone yet.

“I don’t see the appeal. I have a phone and it works just fi ne.”

- Senior Nick Doering

One of the fi rst things users will notice is how much lighter the phone is. The iPhone 5 now only weighs 112 grams, making it 28 grams lighter than the iPhone 4s. The phone is also remarkably thinner and slightly lon-ger than any previous iPhone model. The new design helps the phone have a more snug fi t in the user’s hand. Others may com-plain that the phone feels too fragile. One major downfall to the new design is that none of the previous iPhone cases will fi t the iPhone 5. While this is fantastic news for all phone case providers, for people who have an abundance of phone cases, this involves a huge investment. While all the former models had a 3.4 inch display, the iPhone 5 now features a 4 inch screen. While current iPhone users may need some time to adjust to the new, longer look of the phone, the bigger screen is a huge benefi t for viewing pictures and videos.

One of the other big additions to the iPhone 5 is the A6 chip, which is making the phone faster and the graphics more

vivid than ever. Though the iPhone 4s was already extremely responsive, the iPhone 5 is even faster than any previous iPhone model. Freshman Katelyn Bradley was able to get her iPhone 5 the day of release and was amazed at how quick the phone operated. Bradley said, “My favorite part is defi nitely how much fast-er it is. I also really like the new software.”

The phone also comes loaded with Apple’s latest iPhone software iOS 6. Though this new software can be loaded onto previous iPhone models, users have noticed that is has made old phone lags. The software, however, was created for the new phone and runs much smoother on the iPhone 5. The iOS 6 software update offers many of the same built-in apps, but has added new additions to almost all of them. One of the biggest improvements iOS 6 has to offer is the new and improved Maps application. Maps now gives much clearer turn by turn directions using better images as well as a voice feature. You are now able to view the map by satellite, which gives a bird’s eye view of your destination. The new and improved Maps application makes gadgets like the TomTom and Garmin completely useless.

Though there are many upsides to the iPhone 5, there is one major downside. Apple made the connecter at the bottom where the charger plugs in much smaller than ever be-fore. All previous iPhone and iPod models have been compatible with the same charger, until now. Though the phone comes with the new charging cord, all other accessories previously obtained will not work with the iPhone 5. For many, this means buying new speakers, a new car charger, and new car adapter to play music. While Apple consid-ers the smaller charger handier for users, it is a huge nuisance in regards to buying all new accessories.

While many people are fascinated with the new iPhone, others are not impressed. Senior Nick Doering said, “I don’t see the appeal. I have a phone and it works just fi ne.”

Whether you love it or hate it, the iPhone 5 is here to stay. It will be continually raved about and bashed on until, of course, the next new iPhone is announced.

SPORTSLakeViews

October 10, 2012

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WATER POLO

When did you start dancing?I began ballet when I was 4 years old and then my grandma got me into Irish dancing. I did that for three years. And when my sister was in high school I went to all the football games and saw the half time shows with the Laker Dancers. I wanted to be them. So I switched to dance teams to get better at their style of dance. There’s a specific style of dance teams. It’s so completely different from Irish dancing, but it was what I wanted to do.

What is your favorite part about dance team?My favorite part of dance team is dancing at the football games. Freshman year it was really nerve wracking to go in front of everybody, but the more times you do it, the less scary and more exciting it becomes.

What is it like being a member of the team for four years and now being a captain?It’s really fun. Kayla [Todd] and Bailey [Bass] are awesome girls to be captains with. We do everything in the interest of the team, but we still have fun. It’s harder than I thought to be the mean person and tell people to stop talking, but it’s nice to be the one helping people with dance. When they first announced that I was a captain, I went home and cried. It’s an honor to represent the team after four years.

Are you planning on continuing dance after high school?I am not. Unfortunately, all the schools I want to go to because they have good business schools don’t have good dance teams. It’s such a time commitment that if I did dance in college I’d want to be on a good team. But I know I’m going to miss it.

When did you first start playing soccer? Football?I started playing soccer around the third grade and every year I do both club and high school teams. I started probably two months ago when one of my dad’s friends, Coach Jeff Young, asked if I wanted to start kicking the ball. He started teeing the ball up and I joined the team.

Which position do you play in each sport? In soccer, I’m a left back on the high school team. That’s on the defensive end of it.For football, I’m the kicker.

How frequently do you practice?I practice every day. Monday I have soccer and football. Tuesday football practice and soccer game. Wednesday I have practices for both. On Thursday I have football practice and then a soccer game. Then on Friday there’s practice for soccer and a football game. Basically, I play both sports every day.

What has participation in these sports taught you?Just to get active in sports and play for your high school. You get to learn things about the sport that you’ve never learned before. I’ve been exposed to different opportunities. I never thought I’d have the chance to be kicking for the high school football team.

Are you hoping to continue playing these sports past high school?Throughout high school, yes. And if the right opportunity presents itself for the right college, I will. Being a student athlete is part of the college experience. It sets you apart from the other students on campus.

Sports Spotlight

Laker volleyball sets high goals for their continued season

Senior, Erika Treske (right) and junior, Taylor Beckman (left) leap high to block a spike.Abby Gray prepares to set the ball to a nearby hitter.

Griffin Graves Kate Dunham

BY ZOË WONG

The start of the new school year brought a strong line-up of new and returning players to the Laker volleyball team. Despite losing eight seniors the squad is ready to overcome whatever obstacles this season has in store.

Last year, the volleyball team fi nished with a 7-3-0 re-cord in the 6A Three Rivers League. This season, the team aims to improve by working hard and demanding full ef-fort from one another during practice.

“We will be challenged this [season] as our entire league is strong and there is no margin for easing up,” Laker volley-ball coach, Christy Burnett said. “This season, players are challenged to fi nd a groove quicker than seasons past as we have a blend of new play-ers and returners.”

Led by their three captains, seniors, Abby Gray and Erika Treske; and junior, Amy Sohl-berg, the volleyball team came out of preseason undefeated. The Laker volleyball team was the only 6A team to enter the second week of league unde-feated.

Burnett said, “Each [cap-

tain] brings a different com-ponent to the dynamics of leadership on the team. These leadership qualities include steadiness, experience, a posi-tive voice and work ethic.”

Treske, said, “As a captain, my main role is to keep ev-eryone fi red up and on track.” Treske, who has been playing volleyball for eight years, is the middle blocker. She has been working with the other captains to be an enthusiastic motivator on the court.

“For me, the most reward-ing part of volleyball is reach-ing a goal with your team. There is nothing better than having everyone around you as motivated as you are to win,” Treske said. “Luckily for us, the younger players have really stepped up and taken respon-sibility for their positions.”

After diffi cult season games against Clackamas and Lak-eridge, Laker volleyball stays focused on hard work and discipline. The team has put a lot of emphasis on staying focused and challenging each other on a daily basis.

“The talent on this year’s squad is incredible,” said Bur-nett, “Couple this with the consistency we are striving for – it makes for an exciting sea-son to come.”

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11SportsOctober 10, 2012

When the gents come marching

inAfter being

challenged by Gentlemen’s Row, Senior Ladies have

uncontestedly earned their place in the front row at

football games

BY MITCHELL PASSADORE

With fall comes a flurry of excitement at Lake Os-wego High School including homecoming, after game dances and, above all, football season. Football, a staple of the Lake Oswego community, has been the backbone of LOHS athletics for as long as I have been a member of the Laker Community and after last year’s successes, this sentiment is especially enforced. The football team is backed by hard work and strict tradition. But what happens when this tradition is questioned? Well, this year we may find out.

The LOHS student section: the epitome of school spirit. To paraphrase Coach Steve Corey’s pep as-sembly speeches, the football team cannot succeed without our unconditional and overly passionate sup-port. The student section is as real as the football team itself. Within it is a hierarchy: freshman in the back, followed promptly by sophomores, then a mixture of juniors and seniors in the front. But the pillar of its organization is, and always has been, the “Senior La-dies” section, situated front and center. These “Senior Ladies” are not an elected bunch. They are not nomi-nated. They do not campaign. They do not pay. They simply make their way to the front and that is just how it is. And for as long as any of us can remember, that is how it has always been.

The Senior Ladies section is usually uniform in the sense that they all are wearing a jersey from a football player, usually the lucky man they are dating at the time. Of course not all 150 plus senior ladies can fit in the first row, so it is reserved for the socially elite. The “popular” girls, to put it simply. They paint their faces, lead chants and rear their boys onto victory.

But this year some senior dudes had the audacity to upset the establishment. They are the “Gentleman’s Row.” Or should I say, WE are the Gentleman’s Row. This movement was started on the philosophy of false entitlement. What right do the girls have to call the front row theirs? Tradition is nothing but a memory and sometimes memories aren’t so sweet. So the Gen-tleman’s Row did something about it.

It all began with a merchandise war. The Senior La-dies traditionally purchase Senior Ladies hats. They are styled to look like trucker hats. They are vibrantly colored as to make clear that it is no ordinary hat. And the cherry on top is, of course, the “Senior Ladies” along the front. They are a tangible form of entitlement. High school is nothing without drama, so the Gentleman’s Row responded, preemptively. They, or should I say we, purchased matching shirts. The shirts include the Gentleman’s Row logo, a man with an “LO” monocle, and the words “Gentleman’s Row” along the back. So the stage had been set. We had our gear, we had our plan. But the real action doesn’t start until the football game, and the Senior Ladies took the edge in that de-partment.

Using early release to their advantage, the Senior La-dies were posted in the front row just as the bell rang to begin forth period, as the members of the Gentleman’s row were rendered helpless in school, and afterward, many at practice. So the Senior Ladies took round one fair and square. They earned their right to sit in the front row that first home game. They took the initia-tive and they got what they wanted. And thus has been the story up to this point. The senior ladies have been sitting in the front row, gentleman-free.

The goal of the Gentleman’s row was to sit in the front row. But I can speak for most members that we are not mad that we are sitting behind the ladies. The Senior Ladies no longer have a cakewalk to their suc-cess. Nothing is handed to them. They are forced to show up and fight for their right to sit in the front. The student section has been liberated of their unfair en-titlement. The Senior Ladies are now just the fans that showed up first. It is first come, first serve instead of most popular, first serve.

Of course, with change comes resistance, and re-sistance has been plentiful early in the season, but it brought reform in a good way. The harsh feelings were brought to the forefront and dealt with. While it wasn’t pretty, the ends justify the means and the ends are go-ing well, so far. So, for now, the Gentleman’s Row has left a place in history by making the ladies earn it.

Getting mad with Mitchell

Coach AndersFirst football experience: Seventh grade Quarter-backType of teacher: HistoryHigh school football position: QBFondest football memory: “Playing high school football in Missouri, it was so different. Football is so big in the Midwest. We would have crowds of 12,000 people.”College Experience: QB at Evangel college and Lewis and Clark College.Current coaching position: Running backs and SecondaryFavorite NFL Teams: Raiders, Patriots, Saints

Coach HubleyFirst football experience: Fifth Grade Running Back Wide ReceiverType of teacher: MathHigh school football position: Strong SafetyFondest football memory: “Being around the guys, my group of friends. We still talk about playing football, specific games and those memories. Also the last game of our senior year, we beat our cross town rival which had never happened in the his-tory of our football program.” College Experience: NoneCurrent Coaching Position: Varsity Offensive Line Coach.Favorite NFL Team: 49ers

Teach by day, coach by night

LOHS implements concussion testing

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TYLER THOMPSON / LAKE VIEWS MITCH BERNARDS / LAKE VIEWS KYRA BAILEY / LAKE VIEWS

BY CHRISTIAN CERRI

Lake Oswego High School’s mandatory concussion test for contact sports has raised controversy regarding its effectiveness and purpose. Contact sports including football, soccer and lacrosse have been ordered to complete these tests in an effort to avoid brain damage and injuries out on the field. If however this test is not completed, then the player is considered ineligible to play the season. These players are tested on their reaction time and memory, a part of the brain that is greatly damaged when a concussion occurs, but players taking this test find it ineffective and boring. These observations have raised the question whether these tests should be mandatory for all contact sport athletes.

Although the concussion test takes only an hour out of one’s schedule, ath-letes have found this test to be a waste of time as some have yet to suffer a head injury.

Senior varsity girls soccer player, Ali Binns explained, “It’s just a waste of time and besides it’s actually hard. I thought I was going to fail.”

To some players, this test only adds unnecessary stress and frustration, not to mention that it took place during daily doubles week for fall sports. When they could have been home recuperating from their morning workout, athletes were stuck inside the schools computer lab taking a test, leaving them irritated and bothered.

It was no surprise that students lazily strolled in to the computer lab dreading this hour long test, but some athletes found it to be an effective and necessary component for contact sports.

Senior varsity boys soccer player, Daniel Kelly explained, “These tests are useful because concussions are the biggest problem in our age group with sports.”

It’s safe to say that concussions have proven to be one of the most promi-nent injuries today with an average of 60,000 high school athletes suffering per year. Concussions are also known to go unrecognized as players “shake it off” and let their adrenaline take control, making it probable that there are more than 60,000 concussions per year.

Along with its importance in identifying concussion prone athletes, this test has proven to be a convenient tool in securing the safety for all players.

Kelly added, “It makes our athletic trainer, Ron’s job a lot easier because he can turn to the computer for results on whether the athlete can play or not.”

Concussion testing doesn’t only identify whether a player has suffered from a concussion, but it’s a tool for LOHS athletic trainer, Ron Moore to use in deciding whether he/she can proceed with their seasonal sport.

Athletic Director Mark Horak conquers commenting, “It’s just another element in helping us determine whether a player is capable of playing after a concussion, which makes Ron’s job a lot easier.”

CLAIRE HOOBLER-CURTIS/ LAKE VIEWSLOHS Athletic Trainer Ron Moore works with LOHS junior Kenny Oyama.

Coach NobleFirst football experience: Fifth grade Running Back/Defensive BackType of Teacher: History, psychologyHigh school football posi-tion: Safety, ReceiverFondest football memory: “Playing football with my dad. Our neighborhood would all go and play a big tackle football game.”College Experience: NoneCurrent coaching position: Freshman running backsFavorite NFL team: Houston Texans

Coach WoebkeFirst Football experience: Fourth grade QuarterbackType Of Teacher: MathHigh school football po-sition: Quarterback and Defensive End at West Linn High SchoolFondest Football Memory: “My junior year our team made it to the semi-finals. I also suited up for one var-sity game as a freshman.”College Experience: NoneCurrent Coaching Position: Freshman Linebackers/ Of-fensive LineFavorite NFL team: N/A

Coach DurrettFirst football experience: Seventh grade QuarterbackTeaches: Marketing/EconHigh School football posi-tion: Wide ReceiverFondest memory: “Up-setting second ranked Churchill in the playoffs. I scored a touchdown. We weren’t ranked going into that game.”College Experience: Sports Marketing Department at Oregon State University.Current Coaching Position: Freshman Head CoachFavorite NFL Team: Packers

BY TYLER THOMPSON

LOHS teachers lead double careers. These busy individuals not only help educate the youth of LO, but they’re also the foundation of the defending State-Champion football team.

The Rear End12 October 10, 2012

THUMBS BY NEDIM FILIPOVIC AND MITCHELL PASSADORE

Oregon State has fi nally climbed the ladder into the top ten, joining big brother Oregon. Chip Kelly said, “They’re growing up so fast.”

Justin Bieber threw up at his last concert. Apparently, he hates his mu-sic just as much as we do.

Timbers owner Merritt Paulson was fi ned $25 thousand for yelling at a ref-eree after a game. Is it really worth it? Its soccer, they’re going to tie regard-less.

High school students in Illinois were suspended for eating caffeinated mints at lunch. The school suspected they were drugs because the students had elevated heart rates and high blood pressure. When the school was in-formed that the unknown substances were, in fact, mints instead of drugs, the school still upheld the suspension. “Bome-d” to the max.

A Nebraska man was arrested on the grounds of domestic violence. His weapon of choice: a sandwich. The husband’s anger stemmed from his wife “making him live in the county” and “being bored since there is no place for him to walk.” Lunch assault was the only logical option.

LAKER SPOTLIGHT Alex Fu

BY KYRA BAILEY

How did you get interested in Rubik’s cubes?

I got interested in the summer before seventh grade and way back then I was really interested in robotics. I love robotics and couldn’t get enough of it. I was looking up designs on the Internet, and I found one that could solve a Rubik’s cube, and I said to myself, “That’s great, but first I have to find one.” I finally found one, in the basement, it was a 25th anniversary cube and really battered. I said, “Forget the robot, I’m just going to do the rubik’s cube.” I found a bunch of tutorials and really liked them and that sparked my interest in Rubik’s cubes.

How many do you have?I have 27.

What attracts you to them?They really interest me because well, one, it makes you look smart, and two, I find it really relaxing, whenever I’m stressed I can refer to it as a stress toy or a way to calm myself down. They are also really fun to figure out because they exercise my logic.

How fast can you solve them?A high quality and fast moving 3X3X3 Rubik’s cube I can solve in around 30 seconds with a lot of work and practice. My Rubik’s cube is a bit slower moving so I can solve it in a sad 57 seconds.

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Flippin’ through my mind

BY NEDIM FILIPOVIC

We’ve all heard that weighted rank is down for the count, the school board and our counselors agree that the school shouldn’t use the system anymore. But why?

Weighted rank pits students against one another in an effort to improve their rank. Michele Tyra and Kathy Hahn, LOHS counselors, agree that the system pushes kids to take an in-creased amount of Advanced Placement (AP) courses in order to ensure a higher rank. They have reported high anxiety levels and stress among students due to the pressure of weighted rank.

Aside from the unhealthy competitive nature that weighted rank brings out in students, rank is also an insignifi cant part of the college admissions process. Tyra said, “What we have learned from colleges is that admissions are based on a holis-tic admissions approach, and that rank is so little [in that pro-cess].”

There are two main arguments for the dismantling of the weighted ranking system. First, it turns students into raging maniacs, those who tear through the school in an effort to be “number one” and eventually can be found sobbing in the math hall after a dreaded calculus test. Second, colleges don’t even put much “weight” in weighted rank. I think it’s safe to say that we can agree that the school board should kick the system to the curb.

However, we need an alternative. Something that can reward students for taking challenging courses without the fear of put-ting them through a mental breakdown.

A weighted grade point average (GPA) is the answer. It would give due credit to challenging courses, without throwing any students under the bus. “It would be advantageous for kids in terms of scholarships,” said Tyra.

In the school’s current system someone with a 4.0 GPA is ranked fi rst, along with a good number of other students. Once the rank is weighted that particular student could continue be-ing ranked number one – meaning that they probably took 42 AP classes – or would drop to a lower rank. So, the school’s sys-tem can either be an advantage or disadvantage to the students, and it’s usually the latter.

On the other hand, weighted GPA removes the disadvantage of our weighted ranking system. YOUR GPA CAN’T DROP BE-CAUSE OF OTHERS. If a student has an unweighted 4.0 GPA, his GPA will not drop to a 3.8 because of another student’s ef-forts. His 4.0 will stay a 4.0 regardless of the number of AP class-es someone else might have taken. The only factors that affect his rank are his own grades. That’s the way it should be.

So, the idea that it is necessary to spend Friday nights doing homework because of a massive AP course load will be dimin-ished with a weighted GPA. Competition will be eliminated. Students will be allowed to focus on their schedules and classes, without having to worry about how their schedule compares with those of other students.

Weighted GPA would also increase scholarship eligibility for students. What does it have to do with scholarships though?

Many scholarships have a minimum GPA as a requirement. That’s reasonable. But, what if I told you that scholarships don’t distinguish between weighted and unweighted GPA?

That’s the beauty in this idea. Students would be able to use their weighted GPAs to apply for scholarships. It increases the number of students that could potentially receive money and other benefi ts. More students receiving money to go to college, who would say no to that?

It is true that some scholarships ask for GPAs on an un-weighted, 4.0 scale. Let’s not despair. The benefi t of weighted GPA is not lost. For example, on Scholarships.com “students are asked to state their GPAs on a 4.0 scale. Students who received anything above a 4.0 should record their GPA as 4.0.” So, stu-dents can still use their weighted GPAs for scholarships that use a 4.0 scale. It’s almost always a win situation – I’d say it’s always a win situation.

The fact that we don’t have a weighted GPA is actually a hindrance when it comes to scholarships and other academic awards. Tyra agrees. “Is it a disadvantage? Yeah. It’s a slight dis-advantage.”

We’re liberating LOHS of our current weighted ranking sys-tem, and good riddance. But, we need to replace it with another method, one that fairly gives credit to classes. AP and honors classes are harder – it’s indisputable – so, in turn they deserve more recognition when considering rank. Weighted GPA would accomplish that. It would also increase eligibility for scholar-ships among our students, while dispelling unhealthy competi-tion.

We need weighted GPA

Hassan Ali was busted twice in one hour for marijuana possession. While the facts don’t seem to be in his favor, he still pleaded not guilty in court. He pleaded, “It was for my glaucoma.”

Mila Kunis was recently named the sexiest woman alive by Esquire Magazine. In an unrelated story, the voice of Meg Griffi n on “Family Guy” was declared one of the most hated sounds on television and in the United States.

“There is someone in my house call 911.” Kara Alongi’s most recent tweet was sent nine days ago. She then got in a taxi and took a train to New York City, leaving her parents and the local authorities with the belief that she was kidnapped. She invented a new game: hide and go tweet.

A 70-year-old Oregonian Farmer was recently found in small pieces after be-ing eaten by his pet hogs. His wife said, “I cant believe its not bacon.”

“My cat Toothless is dead; the people that killed him didn’t even give him to my dad so we could bury him. What do I do now?” Pleaded Rayden Sazama in a letter to his local newspaper, after fi nding out that his cat had been ac-cidentally euthanized. The Humane Society probably did him a favor, who wants a cat that’s toothless anyways?