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sportswinter sports preview 11fall sports mvps 12

student lifefairview high school celebrities 8-9the life of a desk10

opinionsknowledge paves the way to diversity 5katie’s law: a clear choice vs. invasion of privacy 6obama vs. romney debates: the aftermath 7

entertainmentfairview’s hidden talents 13twilight: sucking teens in since 2008 14legally blonde: so fun it should be illegal 15

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newswhat does amendment 64 mean for colorado? 3mississippi sued for violating students’ civil rights 4

additional featuresknight watch photo page16

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What does Amendment 64 mean for Colorado?

By Rachel Perley and Keenan Marinan

What Legalization Entails:

* Denver has more medical marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.

*Marijuana will be regulated and taxed like alcohol.

*You need identification to purchase the drug.

*It is illegal to drive under the influence.

*You cannot sell privately grown plants.

*Once purchased, the drug cannot be resold to others.

*Federal law prohibits possession and pro-duction of marijuana.

*Marijuana is categorized as a Schedule 1 drug along with LSD and heroin.

Colorado Center on Law and Policy:

*Projects $12 million in reduced criminal costs.

*Projects $24 million in taxes on wholesal-ers.

*Projects $8.7 million in state tax revenue.

*Projects $14.5 million in local tax reve-nue.

*Estimates 372 new jobs created for school construction.

*Marijuana is the nation’s largest cash crop as there is $35 billion worth of it produced each year.

*17 states in the U.S. allow marijuana sale for medical use only.

*There has never been a fatal marijuana overdose in the United States.

Photo Credit: Wikimedia CommonsWith the passing of Amendment 64 on November 6th, Colorado became the first state to

pass a legislation that could legalize marijuana for recreational use. If the amendment follows its timeline, marijuana will become legalized and regulated in the state by July 1, 2013.

The amendment limits recreational use of the drug to adults age 21 and older. Also, adults are only allowed to possess one ounce of pot, and can only grow up to six cannabis plants in private, secure locations.

The criminal enforcement of Marijuana has been controversial in Colorado. “[Legaliza-tion] will prevent some drug related conflict,” said Jacquelynn Lyon, senior. According to the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, legalization of the drug will save the state $12 million in criminal costs.

With the decriminalization of weed usage, supporters of the amendment hope that police will be able to place more focus on severe crimes. The Center reported that in 2010 there were 853,838 marijuana arrests in the United States. Most of those arrests were linked to possession. Wyatt Goodin, a Senior, said “I think it’s good that it will keep people out of jail when they don’t need to be there.”

There is much speculation about the income that taxes on Marijuana could generate. “I think it will bring a lot of revenue,” said Easten Pessin, senior. The Colorado Center on Law and Pol-icy estimated that the state could generate $60 million total in tax revenue and savings.

Amendment 64 will not go into effect for several months or possibly even a year. The enact-ment of this law is hampered by the fact that federal law takes precedence. Currently, pot is deemed illegal by the federal government. It is unknown how the government will respond to the drug being legalized, as it has not released any information.

Said Governor John Hickenlooper, “The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so don’t break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly.”

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Mississippi Sued for Violation of Students’ Civil RightsBy Conor Hall

The Civil Rights division of the Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Wednesday October the 24th against the city of Meridian in Mississippi, Lauderdale county, the judges of Lauderdale County’s youth courts, and the State of Mississippi itself alleging violation of the student’s 4th, 5th, and 14th amendments. The Justice Department cites the fact that students are regularly arrest-ed during school and held for extended periods of time without receiving probable cause hearings. Probable cause hearings are guaranteed by the fifth amendment to determine if the prosecution has the evidence and grounds to go to trial. In addition arrests during school violate the 4th amendment and the speed, or lack thereof, of these trials violates the 6th amendment. When students finally receive their hearings, they are often conducted without the legal counsel guaranteed by the 6th amendment. Allegedly students are often incarcerated for minor offences including infractions of school policy subject to in school discipline, violating the 8th amendment right of citizens to be punished in proportion to their offence. Those who are most often targeted are minorities and the disabled. This is done in what the Justice department refers to as a “school-to-prison pipe-line”. According to Gregory Davis, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, the justice department has received little cooperation from the local authorities involved. “The department is bringing this lawsuit to ensure that all children are treated fairly and receive the fullest protection of the law,” says assistant at-torney general for the Civil Rights Division, Thomas E. Perez. This lawsuit is part of an investigation that began in December of 2011.

14th Amendment: “All per-sons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, with-out due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protec-tion of the laws.”

4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violat-ed, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

5th Amendment: No per-son shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury”, “nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due pro-cess of law.”

6th Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulso-ry process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel.

Fighting Persists in Syria By: Rachel Perley

US officials are urging rebels in Syria to uphold inter-national rules of war after seeing videos of rebel fight-ers executing Syrian soldiers. According to the United Nations Human Rights Body, the UN could use these videos as evidence for war crimes. The video showing rebels executing Assad forces was released on YouTube on November 2nd. Throughout the Arab Spring, social media services, such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, have been used to inform people of organized protests and provide information to the rest of the world about the current uprisings and events in the countries involved. Due to the fighting, 2,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed across the country. According to U.S. Agency for International Develop-ment, as of September 30, 2012 Syria

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Living in Boulder, Colorado can give you a false sense of the political situation in the United States. With Boulder being one of most liberal parts of the entire country, you can get the impression that Barack Obama is revered beyond all possible imag-ination and that there is no political party besides Democrat.

However, there actually are conservative students at Fairview, with that being only one example of students with unpopular or controversial opinions. Some students go against the grain by enjoying uni-versally hated things like Twilight or toe shoes. Un-fortunately, many people in Fairview have opinions that are never recognized nor appreciated.

In Colorado, 54% of the population voted for the legalization of marijuana which, under Amendment 64, will greatly benefit schools due to taxation of the product. Niamh Donahue, sophomore, says that “...[marijuana] increases crime.”

This opinion, which isn’t considered by many at Fairview to be a legitimate concern, is actually shared by the teachers of Colorado, as the Colorado Educa-tion Association believes that the risks of marijuana being more accessible outweigh the potential mone-tary benefits, which may amount to over $40 million for schools in Colorado. Ian Wilkins, Sophomore, also agrees with this point of view, stating “you’re putting the people around you in danger.”

Because most of Fairview is bluer than the Pacific Ocean, most students are pro-choice and pro-con-traception, and pro-life students are often frowned upon. A Catholic student that wished to remain anonymous says that she is pro-life “because of re-ligious faith”.

However, she also said “It’s none of my business if people use birth control”. Abortion and contracep-tive rights can often be a touchy subject in Fairview as they often are connected to deep-seated religious beliefs. Because of this, pro-life or religious students with minority opinions often feel discriminated against by their more liberal, pro-choice classmates.

Global warming is yet another example of an issue that many people simply take to be fact. “I don’t be-lieve in it because I don’t believe there’s enough true evidence [for global warming] out there,” says Mad-di Pritchard. It is fact that we, as Fairview students, don’t realize that there are people with these alterna-tive viewpoints.

According to Pritchard, even major research stud-ies have shown that global warming is a natural event, with no significant adverse effects being presented by humans. “Humans [have] only contributed 0.21% of global warming.” This is actually a semi-stand-erd viewpoint among Americans, as websites such as globalwarminghoax.com and wnho.net both give clear, articulated, opinions on the subject.

Most people you encounter are bound to have at least one unpopular opinion. However, the issue is not that people have these opinions but how they are treated because of them. Being one of the few Re-publicans at Fairview is no doubt a stressful ordeal as you try to fight alone against the drones of the liberal hivemind.

If more people respected others and had real dis-cussions with each other as to why they hold certain opinions, students would not feel pressured to take a certain standpoint or think a certain way. Diversity is built on a foundation of acceptance of others’ ideas.

By Alex Ray and Maddie Stachniak

Knowledge Paves the Way to Diversity

Drawing by Lindsay Barnes


Katie’s law requires that police take DNA from every person arrested for any felony involving murder, man-slaughter, sexual assault, kidnapping or abduction.

Nine years ago in New Mexico, Katie Sepich was brutally attacked, raped, and murdered. There were no strong suspects in the case, but police found her attack-er’s blood under her fingernails.

Police produced a full DNA profile and uploaded it to the Combined DNA Index System (CDIS). It wasn’t until 2006 that police investigators matched the DNA to that of Gabriel Avill, who had been convicted of sev-eral other crimes. Avill was free and on the streets for

three more years than he might’ve been if New Mexico investigators had collected DNA on arrest at the time.

Many people criticize Katie’s Law. Some call it a breach of privacy, or a violation of civil rights. Others argue that, since DNA provides genetic information, it is very different from fingerprints. In the United States v. Pool, a federal court ruled that it is not a violation of constitutional rights, even those in the 4th, 5th, and 8th amendments.

Katie was only one of the 93,883 people forcibly raped in the United States in 2003. According to Rape Trauma Services, around 1.3 women (18 and older) are

raped each minute. That number translates to 78 per hour, 1,871 per day, and 683,000 per year.

Katie’s Law forces the people arrested to give up some of their privacy, but if it can help catch criminals soon-er and prevent even a few sexual assaults, it is com-pletely worth it. Those who are arrested then proved innocent aren’t getting hurt. Sure, the Government has a sample of their DNA, but as long as they don’t com-mit any felonies, it’s not a big deal. Police will be able to take the guilty off of the the streets more quickly, and innocent lives will be protected.

By Shoshana Pollack

K a t i e ’ s L a w : A C l e a r C h o i c e

Katie’s law specifies the taking of DNA samples to reduce and prevent crime,and has been statistically proven to do just that. Equipping everyone with GPS tracking devices and recording every inch of a city with audio and video surveillance would also reduce crime, in fact, there would be almost no crime whatsoever if everybody had no privacy at all. Sounds great right?

The only issue with most people would have with that is that nobody would have any privacy anymore. So where does one draw the line between necessary

precautions and fear driven lunacy? This can be de-termined by a simple rule of thumb; Would you at this moment subject yourself to the same treatment that you wish to apply to others? If the general consensus is not yes, then what you are attempting to put in place is an invasion of privacy.

Even though Katie’s law only takes a DNA sample af-ter a crime relating to murder or sexual assault has hap-pened, having that information on record for a future crime is the penal system’s equivalent of a military’s pre

emptive strike, which comes with a multitude of ethical issues.

And what might happen next? What will people put in place to prevent the crimes necessary to gather DNA evidence? Will linking poverty to crime mean that ev-eryone who doesn’t have enough money will be under government surveillance? Will children be separat-ed from their families to prevent child abduction and abuse? Who knows, but Katie’s law will be that gateway to all of them.

K a t i e ’ s L a w : I n v a s i o n o f P r i v a c yBy Keenan Marrinan

Drawings by Lindsay Barnes


Well, as it turns out, I will not have to move to Canada. Fortunately, I can stay here in Colora-do. Obama is continuing on to his second term as president of the United States.

In the end, it was not as close as was predict-ed. Ohio was painted blue, with Obama receiv-ing the precious electoral votes. Ultimately, Obama’s masterful bailout of the automobile in-dustry let the 44th President practically sweep the rest of the midwest, save Indiana.

Out of the two major candidates, Obama is the clear choice for leading the country for-ward. During the primaries and the presidential election itself, Romney never had any concrete plans for how to put his ideas into action, es-pecially relating to his plan to reduce the defi-cit. Any second grader would tell you that the numbers don’t add up. One cannot simply cut taxes on all Americans and expect the deficit to magically disappear. There is no reason that this would work, and it is naive that anyone would believe that it would.

Furthermore, the Romney-Ryan campaign’s stance on abortion, gay marriage, and contra-ceptive rights would immediately take America back to the 1950’s in terms of the acceptance of minority groups. At this point, “minorities” in the United States make up a larger portion of the population than the “majority” that is white males, and if you treat them with that sort of contempt, you can never win as a president.

In his next four years, America will be on the road back to where it was before Bush took the reins in 2000.

As Obama started his first term, the US was losing 800,000 jobs per month. This is a sig-nificant number of jobs for a country of 300 million to be losing, and was the cause of the unemployment percentage touching double figures. Under Obama, the unemployment rate has finally dipped under 8%, and we are gaining 50,000 jobs per month.

These numbers are exactly why Obama won the election. The Midwest, especially Wiscon-sin, Ohio, and Michigan, has benefitted both economically and socially from his auto bail-out in 2009. This is clear, undeniable proof that Obama fights for the middle class, which both candidates agreed is the key to a successful economy, as both candidates have said that they will “champion the middle class.”

Obama’s progressive views on the major so-cial issues of gay marriage, gender and racial equality, and abortion will allow the United States to pave the way for equality, no matter sexual orientation, race, or opinion. His work in relation to the national debt and expanding the economy is already admirable, and after he completes his second term, we can hopefully again have the strongest economy in the world. Although Obama will face opposition from Republicans in Congress, I have an optimistic view for the next four years.

As he has said tirelessly during his campaign in the last months, Barack Obama is the clear way forward for this country, and I am relieved on many different levels that the American peo-ple agree.

What scares me isn’t that Barack Obama will be leading our country for the next four years; it’s that 50.4% of Americans thought he deserved a second term. Before the election many of my liberal peers asked me, “how could you vote against Obama, after all he’s done for us?” Well lets take a look at what the 44th president has in fact done for us, shall we? Under Mr. Obama, college tuition has risen 25% and Healthcare premi-ums have gone up $3,065 for the average family. All the while, the aver-age household has seen a $4,500 decrease in income since Obama took office, and I haven’t even gotten into the bottomless freefall of debt that he has thrown us into. It seems to me that what Obama has “done for us” is make things a heck of alot worse. Many people argue that it isn’t his fault. To quote a tweet I saw recently, “blaming Obama for this economy is like blaming a firefighter for a house catching fire.” True, he didn’t start it, but the guy has been in office for four years and he’s been doing a fantastic job at dousing the flames with gasoline. So now you see the cause for my worry. How could those results make someone eligible to be leader of the free world for another four years?

On the contrary, I do see the distaste for Governor Mitt Romney. His stance against gay marriage alone put him at odds with over 80% of America’s youth (myself included). Furthermore, his tendency to sway in his beliefs gave me the impression that he would be a spineless president, and if I, an avid NObamaist, saw him that way, how must the average undecided voter have felt? Regardless, I thought that people would have been willing to try something new, because we’ve seen what four years of Obama will do for us. He has shown no interest in changing his policy so it should be no surprise that these next four years will be much like the last; full of deficit and despair.

However, whether you love him or hate him, Obama will be in control for the next four years, and therefore I hope that I am wrong. I hope that Obama’s plans will work and our economy will turn around. Because in the end, it is not about who’s party is in power, its about who can fix our struggles. I don’t believe in our president’s policies but if they end up working then I will swallow every last word I have said.

Obama Provides Potential For Progressive America Romney could’ve rebuilt the U.S. By Alex Ray By Chris Robinson, Guest Writer

From left: Aidan Culkin, John Stephens-Webb, Nick Blanco, Noah Colvin, JJ Evanoff. Photo by Lindsay Barnes

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Drew Gurkowski, SeniorWhat choir are you in? I am in two choirs, Festival and Excalibur.

What’s something not many people know about you?I learned to write in cursive before I learned to write in print, however sometimes my teachers aren’t too happy about this.

If you were an animal what animal would you be? I would be a koala because it’s my favorite animal and then I would get to sleep 22 hours of the day.

Whose your favorite song artist? My favorite artist is probably Taylor Swift.

Esme Rodehaver, JuniorWhat Choir are you in?I am in Enchantment (the ‘Ment!) and also Age of Guinevere.

What do you do in your spare time?Spare time? What is this “spare time” of which you speak?

What’s your least favorite word and why?My least favorite word is “moist”, it does not have a single pleasant connota-tion.

What animal would you be and why? I would be a walrus because I used to have very big front teeth as a kid, they are very vocal and like to cuddle.

Alice Bonan, Sophomore Class PresidentWhats your favorite part about being class president?Being called Ms. Pres by Eddie.

Whats the most fun thing to plan? what is the most stressful?Homecoming is the most fun, but also the most stressful.

What are your future aspirations?Marrying Daniel Rahn (D’Rahn.)

Who would be your celebrity prom date? Gabe Small.

Sam Scheeres, SophomoreWhat instrument do you play and why? I play the piano because I started playing it when I was really little, but I first expe-rienced Jazz in 5th grade.

What are your future aspirations? I’d like to continue music as a hobby, but I’ll do something with mathematics in college.

If you were a amusement park ride what ride would you be and why? I’d be a roller coaster because... I like them.

What’s your least favorite word and why? Smooth, because I don’t like smooth jazz.

Riley Wilsted, Senior Class PresidentWhat do you like about being class president? I like that I am in charge of the Seniors, since it’s our last year everyone is full of school spirit which makes things fun and it makes you feel like your class is backing you in your decisions.

What’s an event that you are looking forward to planning? I am looking forward to planning Senior Track and Field day because it’s a chance for seniors to get the day off and it’s also a new event!

Who would your celebrity prom date be? Elvis Presley.

What’s something that you simply hate?I hate all mushy foods, especially mashed potatoes.

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Daryn Copeland, JuniorWhat instrument do you play and why do you play it?I play the Trombone. I originally picked it in the fifth grade because it was so much bigger than me and I thought it sounded funny (with the slide and all). However I ended up loving to play it so much and have stuck with it ever since.

What would be your celebrity prom date?I would take Mila Kunis to the prom.

What is your favorite song?This is a hard one for me. My favorite piece of music is Adagietto from Gustavo Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. It’s so beautiful.

What are your interests other than band? I have little to no life outside of band but I also really enjoy yoga, skiing, and hiking.

Jeffrey Clarke, Junior Class PresidentWhat’s your favorite part about being class president? I enjoy being able to be involved with the school and be a part of all the events that go on at Fairview.

What’s the most stressful event to plan?The Homecoming dance is definately a stressful time for all of student council.It requires a lot of work on many people’s ends to put it on, but at the end it’s reward-ing to know pepople enjoyed it.

What’s something not many people know about you?My life goal is to be one of those old men, sitting in front of a row of books, talking about the Civil War in a History documentary.

What are your thoughts on Taylor Swift?It’s just frustrating because all I said is I couldn’t hang out one night. And Boom. She writes the song, “We are never getting back together” about me.

Sarah Murphy, Sophomore What choir are you in? I am in Troubadors.

What is your favorite thing about choir? I love being in choir because I love the communi-ty and I love to sing.

What do you do in your spare time? What spare time? I work hard to balance a homework with being in the school musical and when I have time I like to watch Doctor Who!

Who would be your celebrity prom date?Augustus Waters.

Daniel Rahn, Freshman Class President What is the most fun event to organize as Student Body President? The most fun event to organize was Trick or Treat Street.

What was the most stressful event to plan? I think the most stressful so far was finding chaperones for the Homecom-ing dance and putting together the Homecoming float.

What’s your favorite song? Let the Drummer Kick It by Citizen Cope.

What animal would you be and why?A honey badger, cause they do what they want.

Keaton Shennan, SeniorWhat instrument do you play and why do you play it? I play the tenor saxaphone. I was influenced to play the saxaphone because of Bill Clinton.

What’s one of your biggest achievements? I played with the All State Jazz Band last year and was one of the two tenor saxophonists.

What are your plans for next year?I want to go to Lincoln Technical College!

Who would your celebrity prom date be? I would take Sarah Jessica Parker to prom.

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The life of a desk is a very peculiar thing. These are the five lucky people who sit in the second desk of the second row in Ms. Hicks’ class, room 638. We interviewed each person who sits here for every period that Ms. Hicks teaches a class. This quick interview helps us get to know a small sample of Fairview students simply se-lected by where they sit in a class.

Q. Have you ever fallen asleep in class?A. Whenever the teacher (Mr. Burke) has a power-point up, which is almost all the time.Q. Ever vandalized the desk? A. I like to draw faces.Q. Has the teacher ever caught you texting in class? Do you text in class?

Mr. Burke’s answer: Yes, he isn’t very sneaky Cole’s answer: YesQ. How often do you look at the clock? A. I don’t. I don’t know when class gets out.Q. Can you shoot a piece of paper into the trash can from your seat?A. Yes.

Q. Have you ever fallen asleep in class?A. I’ve never fallen asleep in class, though I’m tired a lot, I need to pay attention or I would do poorly in the classQ. Ever vandalized the desk? A. I’ve never vandalized the desk, but I like to see what’s on it

Q. What did you eat for breakfast? A. A smoothieQ. How often do you look at the clock? A. Like every 5 minutesQ. Can you shoot a piece of paper into the trash can from your seat? A. Yes but I have terrible aim

Q. Have you ever fallen asleep in class?A. Yeah, but not as often as some other people I notice haha.Q. What did you eat for breakfast? A. I don’t eat breakfastQ. Has the teacher ever caught you texting in class? Do you text in class?

A. Nope, and rarelyQ. How often do you look at the clock? A. Pretty often, out of habitQ. Can you shoot a piece of paper into the trash can from your seat? A. Probably

Q. Have you ever fallen asleep in class?A. Yes I have fallen asleepQ. Ever vandalized the desk? A. No I haven’t vandalized a deskQ. What did you eat for breakfast? A. I ate a breakfast burritoQ. Has the teacher ever caught you texting in class?

Do you text in class?A. I haven’t been caught texting but I have texted in that classQ. How often do you look at the clock? A. Probably 3 times per periodQ. Can you shoot a piece of paper into the trash can from your seat? A. Yes I could do that from my seat

Q. Have you ever fallen asleep in class?A. Yes I have fallen asleep in class, due to staying up till 3 the previous night.Q. What did you eat for breakfast? A. Pancakes Q. Has the teacher ever caught you texting in class? Do you text in class?

A. No. I text when she’s not looking.Q. How often do you look at the clock? A. Every 30 seconds because there is nothing better to do.Q. Can you shoot a piece of paper into the trash can from your seat? A. Yes but I have bad aim

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Fairview’s boys basketball team is planning on a a great season, rebounding off of last years winning season where they were 78-4. Frank Lee, the boys varsity head coach, said that the “kids have been working hard” during the sport’s pre-season. Recently released pre-season polls have ranked Fairview as fourth in the state. It’s always exciting to start a new season and the boys are working hard to make this one count again. They have been league champions 3 out of the last 4 years. “Our goal is play at the end, at the Coors Event Center”, said Frank Lee. The players to watch this season are Brent Wrapp, who will be returning to varsity this year, and who Lee said “has the most experience.” Gabe Tierney and Trevor McQueeney and recent Valor High transfer Austin Sparks are all players to watch this season. “We de-fine winning as total effort and involvement. Losing is anything less than that” said Lee.

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The girl’s basketball team here at Fairview is excited for a new season. “I am truly excited for the season, fired up and ready to go” said varsity assistant coach Myers. The girls have been working hard during the pre-season with open gyms, conditioning sessions, and weight lifting. They have high hopes for their season like “to

win league and to go to the Final 4” Myers said. Some returning varsity players to watch are Sarah Kaufman (Junior), Annika Lai (sophomore), Katie Kousman (Senior), and Geor-gina Ryder (Senior). “We are going to preach intensity this year... we’re going to practice to win.” The girl’s basketball program is focused, de-termined, and hard-working. “They are all a great bunch of girls, I’m lucky to be a coach” said Myers.

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The Fairview girl’s swimming team is expecting an excellent up-coming 2012-2013 season. The season starts on Friday, November 9 and extends into the winter. Bob Smartt, the long-time, well respect-ed head coach said, “We have a very strong freshman class entering this year. We expect over 110 athletes on the team so we should have excellent depth.”

Along with the deep incoming freshmen class, the team has a many strong returning upper classmen. Some include, Abbie Houck (Senior), an All-American in 2012 in 200 and 500 freestyle, Lacey Smith (Senior), who was a state finalist in the 100 and 200 freestyle. Another swimer to watch will be sophomore Julie Box is a mem-ber of the All-American 200 medley relax and was a state finalist in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. Jessie Li (Sophomore) is very strong in the sprint freestyle. Janaye Monica (Senior) dominates in the breastroke along with Sidney Andrew (Sophomore) who is ex-

ceptional in the individual medley, along with the breastroke. Taylor Bis-sert (Senior) and Hannah Frick (Senior) excell in butterly.

The team’s top four goals are to “achieve a top 3 finish at State, win the Boulder County Championships for the 25th consecutive years, and have 21 girls qualify for State and see that 75% of the team makes the Fairview Honor Roll.

This should be a great season for the girl’s swimming team, the Knights looking forward to signing three or more Division I athletes off to college at the end of the high school season.

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Thomas Oviatt, one of the wrestling coaches, states that there is a “group of kids that are determined and motivated,” coming into the team this year. There is supposedly new talent coming in, adding to Fairview’s 2012-2013 wrestling team. Wrestlers to watch this year are: Melvin Gutierrez (Junior), Cito Balsells (Ju-nior), Maddie Lignell (Senior), and Chris Robinson (Senior). Oviatt’s goals this season are to “simplify,” try to do a few things exceptionally, instead a lot of things poorly. Oviatt said: “I personally roll with the kids,” working out with them everyday. He also hopes to focus on structuring practice like a classroom and push kids into an “uncomfortable zone” with their westling.

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This year Fairview saw a rare talent in cross country runner Isabelle Kennedy. In the state competition, Kennedy placed third in the girl’s individual standings at a pace of 19:04.3. and edged out Boulder’s Erin McLaughlin. Kennedy led the Fairview team to a score of 189 and a fifth place spot in the state.

To attribute for her early success, Kennedy said “There was some nat-ural talent, but I trained hard. I did. I always try to do the best I can do.”

Kennedy led the cross country team throughout the season and says that confidence is a key part of being a great runner. “A lot of people get afraid of slippery rocks or uneven grass, but you just have to be confident and go for it.”

Kennedy has had rare success as a junior, and held an important lead-ership position on the team. “It’s important to lead by example. I try to be as focused and serious as I can be,” said Kennedy.

The cross country team maintains an atmosphere that contrasts most other teams at Fairview, in that the team is co-ed and generally does not cut many athletes. Kennedy says that despite the individualist aspects of running, the team remains a tight-knit group. “It’s different because it’s really big. We’re all really close and comfortable with each other.”

Kennedy has performed impressively in her first three years at Fair-view, and looks forward to expanding her opportunities after high school with another impressive season.

Isabelle Kennedy

One of the most electric and promising athletes of this past fall was wide receiv-er Sam Martin. Martin led the state in receiving yards and led the 5A division in touchdown receptions.

Injuries to the quarterback position like that of high-rated prospect of Anders Hill, who suffered an ankle injury in the preseason, would have left many receivers with a forgettable season, but Martin managed to record over twelve hundreds yards and fourteen touchdowns.

Fellow top-five ranked receiver Cole Scheifele attributes Martin’s success to his relentless work ethic. “Sam came to practice every day and worked on little things to get better. Body control, different kinds of catches. And he worked really hard in the weight room. It all payed off because he’s number one receiver in the state,” said Scheifele.

When asked how he elevated his game in such quick fashion, Martin said he grew into his talent just as much mentally as physically. “I trusted my abilities more, with experience and a year of high-level competition under my belt. I would say that really helped for this season.”

Fairview earned a No. 24 seed entering the playoffs, and was slotted to play ninth-ranked Grandview. Martin scored Fairview’s lone touchdown on a pass from Hill in the playoff appearance, but Grandview’s stingy defense and a few missed opportunities left Fairview shut out in the second half.

Despite an average season from this year’s Knights, the program has an opportu-nity to prove itself in state competition next year, as three out of four of the team’s top receivers will be returning, as well as a healthy quarterback in Hill.

Fairview fans should look forward to the potent offense and aggressive style of defense next season as Fairview looks to prove its itself as a threat in 5A football. Martin has grown exponentially in his junior season, and even greater strides can be expected as the off-season will give Martin time to hone his presence on the gridiron.

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Not many high school students get to attend con-certs like Mumford and Sons, Gotye, and The Fray on a regular basis, and rarely do they get to sit near the front row. Fairview Junior, Rachael Pennington, not only attends concerts featuring artists such as these over 15 times a month, but she also takes photographs of the performers for professional magazines.

Pennington attends concerts at venues like the Fox, Red Rocks, and even the Pepsi Center in Denver to take pictures for the publications she works for. She then sends her pictures to the publications Stereo-Sound, Fuze, and Life Music Colorado which cover rock and alternative genres of music.

How did you get your concert photography job? My friend and I started a magazine in New York and from there I just got picked up by this magazine in Germany, a different one in New York, and one in Col-orado.

Can you give a brief description of your job? I ap-ply for press passes so I have to find a press contact usu-ally with the label or with the band and get approved to take pictures. Then I have to go to the concert and I get the first three songs to shoot and take pictures, and then I have to edit them, go through them and then submit them to my editor to publish.

Who have been your fa-vorite group to photograph? I really like Ty-son Ritter. I love him! I also really really like Gas Light Anthem. They are my favorite band of all time.

Are you in-volved with photogr aphy for the school? I’m sports ed-itor for year-book and I’ll also be shooting Pops and the musical and all the fine arts stuff.

What do you see yourself doing in the future as far as photography? I definitely want to stay in the music industry and I really like the journalistic approach. My dream job would be to write for Rolling Stone and take pictures, or for AP.

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Senior, Ann Weinheimer, has participated in vari-ous art classes throughout her four years at Fairview but is most excited about the pieces she is working on in her current IB art class and the artistic freedom she has this year. Her artwork will be on display in January at a scholastic art show at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver but will also appear in the annual Fairview IB art show, exhibiting two years of her work. The art show will be in the FHS library in mid April showcasing the art pieces from the four senior IB art students.

What type of art techniques do you use? I use a variety of different mediums, last year I did a lot of drawing with markers and colored pencils, but my last few projects have been made with cardboard.

How would you describe your artistic style? My style varies a lot. All of my pieces usually have some sort of pattern in them, but I have done realistic draw-ings, sculpture, and abstract pieces. I really enjoy ex-perimenting with all types of mediums.

Do you have any future projects in mind? My theme for class is pattern and this year I have been do-ing a lot of projects that involve maps. I am excited to continue building on these ideas.

What project are you currently working on? I am doing a project that involves different types of street signs. I am making it with cardboard and acrylic paint. It symbolizes daily routine and confinements.

Nik Malinin, Junior, plays drums in Jazz 1 as well as with student groups, but recently he has been devoting time to electronic music. Far from being a regular DJ, Nik works in a format where the sounds are created and mixed right in front of a live audience. I had the privi-lege of seeing Nik perform a while back and was very intrigued by the vitality and power of this music. I took the time to give him a short interview. Here’s what he had to say:

When did you get into music? I started playing drums in middle school- I was into punk and stuff like that. Once I entered high school I got into odd time sig-natures and all that stuff, and after that I started working with electronic music.

Who are some of your influences? I listen to a lot of post-rock bands and alternative electronic groups like Battles, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Atlas Sound, people like that. Also Mogwai.

How would you describe yourself as a musician? Extremely handsome. [laughs] I love electronic stuff. The regular kind of DJ stuff where you hit play on a lap-top doesn’t do much for me- I like to be able to ma-nipulate the sounds live and be more actively involved in creating the music. That aspect of performance and more in-depth composition is really important to me.

Where do you see yourself in the future? Probably as an audio technician or something like that

Ann Weinheimer- ArtistBy Alex Flynn

Rachael Pennington- PhotographerBy Alex Flynn

Nik Malinin- MusicianBy Eamonn Morris

“[The] aspect of performance and more in-depth composition is real-ly important to me.”

One of Weinheimer’s projects, involving drawing maps of subway stations from around the world.

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Wiz Khalifa performing at Red Rocks Ampatheatre.


With its blood thirsty vampires, fe-rocious werewolves, steamy kisses, and dramatic music, the Twilight Saga phe-nomenon has been a thrilling interest of teens for the last five years. Whether they’re cringing in anticipation or dis-approval, one thing’s for sure, everyone has been talking about “Twilight”. Some-thing about the drama of this torn love story keeps the buzz going.

In the books (and films), we follow the life of Bella Swan, an “average”, pale skinned, seventeen-year-old girl, who

moves to Forkes Washington to live with her father.

In “Twilight”, she meets the mysteri-ous Cullen family and is especially in-trigued by Edward Cullen, an unusually attractive boy, who is mysteriously quiet. Upon falling in love with Edward, Bel-la discovers that he, and his family, are vampires. The Cullens don’t want to kill Bella, but Edward has to save her from James, an evil vampire who almost kills her. Despite his intense attraction to drink her blood, Edward and Bella’s love lasts.

In “New Moon”, the second book, Edward and the Cullens leave Forkes because they believe that staying might

endanger Bella’s life. During their time apart, Bella leans to her friend Jacob for support. As their friend-ship grows, Jacob falls in love with Bella. In an unexpected turn of events, Edward is led to believe that Bella is dead. Although this

is untrue, Edward reacts irrationally and goes to Italy to commit suicide by being killed by the Volturi, a powerful vam-pire coven. Bella finds out about this and travels to Italy to save him. Ultimately, Edward, Bella, and the Cullens return to Forkes, under the condition that Bella becomes a vampire as well.

In “Eclipse”, complications arise when Bella has to choose between her rela-tionship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. This is difficult for her be-cause she loves both of them. Meanwhile, an evil vampire, Victoria, builds an army of new vampires to destroy Edward and his family. The Cullens and Jacob’s were-wolf pack team up to defeat Victoria. In the end, Bella decides that she loves Ed-ward more and agrees to marry him.

“Breaking Dawn” is the epic finale to the Twilight Saga. In this book/mov-ie Edward and Bella get married, but during a vacation for their honeymoon, Bella discovers that she is pregnant which

cuts their trip short. Bella’s pregnancy is very fast and she soon gives birth to a half vampire child. Because Bella almost dies in childbirth, Edward injects her with his venom. This saves her life, but turns her into a vampire. Unfortunately a vampire from a different coven sees Re-nesmee, Bella and Edward’s child, and is convinced that she is an immortal child, which is illegal and dangerous in the vampire world. She tells the Volturi and the Cullens are forced into an intense confrontation. They bring witnesses to testify that Renesmee is not an “immor-tal child” and is of no harm to the vam-pires’ secrets or communities.

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“Legally Blonde The Musical” proved to be a smash-ing hit at Fairview High School this past week as the cast successfully pulled off five performances before sold-out crowds. The musical is adapted from the pop-ular 2001 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and was performed on Broadway. This fall musical was directed by the choir and theatre department’s Mrs. Vlachos and a new member of the theatre team, Mr. Boyer.

Arianna Hickey gave an entertaining and witty per-formance as the lead character Elle Woods. Her voice stood out in quick upbeat numbers like “Omigod you guys”, but she proved she could do it all in slower more emotional songs like “Legally Blonde”. Hickey hit all of the comic marks to complete the ditsy and bubbly

Woods character, generating uproars of laughter from the crowd.

Hickey had to work especially hard to perfect this role because it was her first lead in a Fairview produc-tion. According to Hickey she played only supporting character roles in her past productions.

“Instead of having a fully built character already off stage, I develop the character on stage because with a ingénue lead role that’s the whole point, is that the char-acter unfolds in front of the audience,” said Hickey.

Another standout was male lead Drew Gurkowski who played Emmett, Elle’s love interest at Harvard Law School. Gurkowski gave a sweet and likeable represen-tation of Emmett on stage.

“A lot of people say I am Emmett in my regular life,” said Gurkowski.

The musical would not have been as successful with-out the amazing and hilarious performances from all of the supporting cast. Christina Galligan, Sierra Pilking-ton, and Elise Delaware all brought memorable dance moves and comical lines to their roles as Elle’s best friends.

Kay-Kay Rosmarin had impressive vocals as Paulette, Elle’s hairdresser. Tim Driscoll, Maggie Masciarelli, and Michael Doliner portrayed their characters, Warner, Vivian, and Professor Callahan, with great timing and powerful acting.

One particularly impressive scene was “Whipped into Shape” which was filled with difficult jump-rope dance sequences and impressive vocals from Galen Ot-ten, who played Brooke Wyndam, an exercise star ac-cused of murdering her husband.

Fairview’s Legally Blonde included two real dogs, one chihuahua and one bulldog: a first for the Fairview the-ater department.

“It just adds a whole new level of difficulty but its re-ally fun because you don’t get the opportunity to work with animals on stage very often,” said Gurkowski.

Working with live animals brought surprises not even the cast was ready for. During the Thursday night per-

formance, Brus-er, Elle’s pet chi-huahua, ran off the stage and into the audience. The cast handled it like professionals making a quick joke and con-tinuing on with the show.

The cast put in long hours of rehearsal and p r e p a r a t i o n months before the show, prac-ticing everyday after school until 5:30. They also rehearsed from 9-5 every satur-day. Hickey even began preparing for the character of Elle way before auditions.

“For this role specifically I started obsessing slash preparing in like April, as soon as we found out it was the musical we were doing,” said Hickey.

With as many as 16 costume changes for Hickey, and a few of these occurring on stage, this show was quite the feat to pull off.

The hard work from the stage crew, light crew, band members, directors, and cast, was well worth it as the audience applauded the amazing talent and dedica-tion that was put forth from everyone involved. Legal-ly Blonde was a showstopper and crowd pleaser filled with amazing vocals, outstanding dance combinations, and phenomenal acting.

When people think of school musicals, they often neglect those who create the stage and play an import-ant part behind the scenes. The Stage Crew at Fairview meets during eighth period and after school to build props and set pieces for all the Fairview theatre pro-ductions.

Lanny Boyer, a new teacher at Fairview, leads the 20 members of Stage Crew. Boyer has been making sets since 2006. “This is my eighth set design,” he said.

Boyer said, about Fairview, “ Fairview has a legacy of excellence with their performing arts, and I was at-tracted to the challenge of being limited by as little as possible.”

For the past 8 weeks, Stage Crew has been staying to make set pieces until 6:00 pm. For the next remaining weeks until opening night, they will be staying until 9:00 pm.

Regarding the members of the Crew themselves, Boyer said, “My crew puts their heart into every build,”

and they, “each fulfill unique roles for the production.” In the fall production of Legally Blonde, there have

been some obstacles to overcome. “In this production, we feature a curved staircase. In general, when work-ing with wood, straight lines and hard angles are more easy to create.” Boyer said. But, luckily, the staircase was buildt with little setbacks.

For future productions of Fairview theatre, Boyer and members of Stage Crew are excited to make even better props and set pieces.

Boyer said, “My students push me to better, and I do my best to challenge them as well.”

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Legally Blonde: So fun it should be illegal

Behind The Stage By Owyn Cooper

Fairview’s Stage Crew Adds Crucial Aspects to the Fall Musical

Photo to left: One of the many set pieces con-structed to create a realistic setting for Legally Blonde.

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Arianna Hickey as the lead Elle Woods.

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