MULTICULTURAL WEEK 2012 February 2012 We love you. Happy Valentine’s Day. facebook.com/iftigertimes The official student publication of Idaho Falls High School. Volume 99, Issue 2 PHOTOS FOR A CAUSE Advanced photography students take Multicultural Week to another level by creating provocative public service announcements. These are so good, some have received national attention. See them all. PAGES 6-7 Love is in the air Let’s face it, dating etiquette throughout the ages is so overrated. Facebook stalking is the ‘in’ thing these days, right? Gross. Find some real manners in this issue. PAGE 9 CAN-DO SPIRIT! Student Government works tirelessly to raise awareness, money and cans to feed the need in Idaho Falls. Local YMCA looks to expand indoor soccer facilities. Page 11 tiger times Speaker Rohan Murphy inspires with story of overcoming ADVERSITY. PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PHOTO BY SARAH BARNISH
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We love you. Happy Valentine’s Day. facebook.com/iftigertimes
The official student publication of
Idaho Falls High School.
Volume 99, Issue 2
PHOTOS FOR A CAUSEAdvanced photography students take Multicultural Week to another level by creating provocative public service announcements. These are so good, some have received national attention. See them all.
PAGES 6-7
Love is in the air Let’s face it, dating etiquette throughout the ages is so overrated. Facebook stalking is the ‘in’ thing these days, right? Gross. Find some real manners in this issue. PAGE 9
CAN-DO SPIRIT! Student Government works tirelessly to raise awareness, money and cans to feed the need in Idaho Falls.
Local YMCA looks to expand indoor soccer facilities. Page 11
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Speaker Rohan Murphy inspires with story of overcomingADVERSITY.
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WORLDMarilyn Monroe ‘Officially’ Joins Twitter@MarilynMon-roe Now A Verified Account CNNMoney -- Add one more venue where the legend of Mari-lyn Monroe lives and her voice beckons: Twitter. As of Tuesday night, @Mari-lynMonroe became a verified ac-count on Twitter. With a turquoise check mark next to its Twitter handle, the social media firm officially designated @marilyn-monroe as the official voice of the estate of the actress and icon. Twitter did not return calls or emails for comment, but accord-ing to its website: “The goal of [the verification] program is to limit user confusion by making it easier to identify authentic ac-counts on Twitter.” Who is Twitter’s Marilyn? 18 months ago, a marketing firm specializing in intellectual prop-erty, Authentic Brands Group, purchased the rights to all things Marilyn Monroe for a reported $20 million to $30 million. Au-thentic Brands Group declined to comment on the purchase price. “We picked the person who handles our social media to tweet for the estate now,” said Nick Woodhouse, chief marketing of ficer at Authentic Brands Group. “Over the next few months, we’ll figure out our strategy to make sure we’re properly representing who Marilyn is.” Marilyn Monroe’s Twitter ac-count has already added about 3,000 followers, but at fewer than 14,000, Monroe’s posthumous Twitter renown is minimal. With about 153 tweets, chan-neling Monroe’s signature flair proves challenging on Twit-ter. The feed is sprinkled with Marilyn Monroe quotes: “We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.” reads one. Outside of Twitter, film icon Marilyn Monroe is building quite the social media following with nearly 2 million “likes” on her Facebook page.
NATIONSheriff unhappy with dis-patcher in Powell case SEATTLE (AP) -- A 911 record-ing reveals a social worker’s urgent attempts over more than six minutes to get a dispatcher to send deputies after Josh Powell locked himself and his two sons in his home. The social worker tried repeat-edly to relay the gravity of what was going on. Josh Powell was scheduled for a supervised visit with his sons Sunday, but he slammed the door in her face - then used a hatchet on his sons and torched the building in a gas-fueled inferno. All three were killed. In the first minutes of the 911 call, the woman laid out the situation. “Something really weird has hap-pened. The kids went into the house and the parent - the biological parent - whose name is Josh Powell will not let me in the door. What should I do? ... I could hear one of the kids crying, and he still wouldn’t let me in.” The social worker told the dis-patcher she “was one step in back of (the boys). He shut the door right in my face.” At one point the dispatcher asked the social worker what address she was at. The social worker didn’t know and needed to look for it. It took her about 1 1/2 minutes to find it in her car. At one point she asks, “You can’t find me by GPS?” While she’s still looking for the address she says, “But I think I need help right away.” After six minutes on the call, a dis-patcher says: “We’ll have somebody look for you there.” “OK, how long will it be?” the woman asks. “I don’t know, ma’am. We have to respond to emergency life-threaten-ing situations first. The first available deputy ...” The woman responded: “This could be life-threatening ... I’m afraid for their lives.” Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer said Wednesday that his department is still waiting to receive a copy of the “call-and-dispatch” log from the 911 center to see exactly
how long it took for deputies to re-spond. The center did not immedi-ately respond to a public records request from The Associated Press for the document.
IDAHOGas Prices To Jump Considerably In May BOISE -- The price of a gallon of gas at Idaho pumps is still lower than a good chunk of the country. But prices are about to go way, way up. “I could complain, but it won’t help,” said driver David Lechemi-nant as he filled up on Monday. Prices at the pump are expect-ed to jump an average 60 cents a gallon by May. Lecheminant said not having to drive often means a jump in prices at the pump won’t hurt him much. “In this day and age, a lot more people are concerned about it,” said Lecheminant. Beth Caudill isn’t so relaxed about it. She said it was upsetting. “I don’t think you can put my reaction on-air,” said Caudill, laughing. She said the spike in prices is less than welcome. Perhaps understandably so. The ever-rising price of gas can make drivers want to curse the pump. But what’s behind it all? IdahoGasPrices.com said the answer probably won’t surprise you. “Specifically it’s the threat from Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz,” said IdahoGasPrices.com senior petroleum analyst Gregg Laskowski. Middle east unrest, said Laskowski, affects the industry in America more than you might even imagine. It has an influ-ence on about 40 percent of the industry here at home. Right now, prices are shocking even industry experts. “2011 ended the year with a national average price of gasoline at $3.25 a gallon. That price is the highest we’ve ever seen at this time of year. That may be the national aver-
age, but right here in Idaho we’re sitting at $3.08 a gallon. It’s a result, said Laskowski, of easy ac-cess to cheaper Canadian crude. The difference in price around the country is obvious. Hawaiians are paying an average $4.09 at the pump. Californians and New Yorkers are paying about $3.75.
IDAHO FALLSRexburg Adjusts To Texting Ban REXBURG -- Rexburg officials said a recent ban on texting in crosswalks and a crackdown on jaywalking are still going strong. The texting ordinance seems to be doing its job, at least ac-cording to Capt. Randy Lewis with the Rexburg Police Depart-ment. He said crosswalks like these are looking a lot safer.It’s something most of us have known since childhood -- look both ways before crossing the street. Last April, the city of Rexburg asked its residents to add to that statement by not looking down at their phones, at least to send a text. Lewis said the new ordinance has pedestrians being a lot more careful in crosswalks. “Since we implemented the awareness and education cam-paign and have taken some other steps, it’s made a big difference,” said Lewis. That difference being fewer distracted pedestrians. Believe it or not, since the new texting ordinance passed, the Rexburg police haven’t issued one single citation for it. Lewis said that’s because crosswalkers are really paying attention to the signs and officer instructions. Plus, the city has a unique al-ternative for texting and jaywalk-ing offenders. “What we’ve opted to do is give them the opportunity to attend a two-hour safety course here at the police department,” said Lewis.
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MARISSA CLARKSONOpinion Editor
Incaseyoumissedit,MulticulturalWeekassemblyguestspeakerRohanMurphy,whowas born without legs, took some time laterthatdaytoaddressthrongsofIFHSstudentsinaQ&Asession.Hereiswhatyoumissed: TT: Howmuchcanyoubenchpress? RM:350pounds. TT: Whowereyour rolemodelsgrowingup? RM:Myparentsbecausetheyweremybig-gestinspiration. TT: Whatdoyoudoforfun? RM: WorkoutandplayXboxLive. TT: How many times do you work out aweek? RM: Fourtofive. TT: What’syourfavoritetypeofmusic? RM: HiphopandR&B.IreallylikeDrakeandEminem. TT: WhydidyouchoosePennState? RM: Becausemyolderbrotherwentthere. TT: What is one of your goals to accom-plish? RM: Togiveaspeechineverystate. TT: What’syour favoritehighschool sub-ject? RM: Math. TT: What is your most embarrassingmoment? RM: In middle school and high schoolaskinggirlstodances.Thatneverwentwellforme. TT: Whatisyourgreatestaccomplishment? RM: Winningwrestlingmatches. TT: Whatwereyoumostimpressedby
atIFHS? RM: How friendly everyone is. You wereveryrespectfulduringtheassembly.Youwereactually paying attention and not using yourcellphones. TT: What’syourfavoritebasketballteam? RM: The(Miami)Heat! TT: Biggestfear? RM: Swimming! TT: What was your favorite part of high
PHOTO BY NATALIE STOKERGuestspeakerRohanMurphysmilestothecrowdasheaddressesquestionsfromtheIFHSstudentbody.Murphystuckaroundafterlunchandansweredquestionstomorethan300studentsinat-tendanceintheCivicAuditorium.AccordingtoMulticulturalWeekorganizers,thiswasthelargestaudiencetoattendaQ&Asession.
PHOTO BY SARAH BARNISHStudentslineuptoaskMurphyquestionsattheQ&AsessionlaterinthedayaftertheMulticull-turalAssembly.ThiswasthelargestaudienceforaQ&AsessioneveratIFHS.
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TIGER TIMES STAFF
Itwasaloftygoal—121,212cans for the Idaho Falls FoodBank collected by Idaho FallsHigh School and rival Sky-line HighSchool. Didwe makeit?Notevenclose. But ac-c o r d i n gto StudentBody Presi-dent JonnyHatch, it was the thought thatcounts,ifyouwill.“Eventhoughwedidn’traiseasmanyaswedidlastyear,studentsstillcon-tributedsomuchtothisdrive,”he said. “The number we didcollectwillgovery far tohelpfeedthehungryinourcommu-nity.” Thefinalcancount(figuringin$5,831.57raisedforcansand50centspercan)was21,421,ac-cordingtoStudentGovernment
AdviserLeviOwen. Inanefforttoeliminatecom-petition between the schoolsand raise awareness about“therightreason”forthedrive,student government instituteda new tradition with differentactivities throughout the weekmeant to “Fight Hunger WithHunger.” Some of these activi-ties includedakick-offassem-
blyanddance(calledtheCanOpener),variouslunchtimeac-tivitieslikeafoodcourtrunbyclubs, video game in the gymandafoodscavengerhunt. Overall, Hatch feels theweek was a success. “Eventhough we didn’t raise asmany cans, it involved stu-dents who aren’t usually in-volved in our school’s activi-
ties,”hesaid.“Thescavengerhuntwasprettysuccessfulintermsofactivation.Itbroughttheschooltogether.” Student government mem-bersaregratefulforIFstudents’participation.“Ihopewealwaysremember thereasonwefighthunger,”Hatchsaid.“Ihopewecanbeconsistentlyinvolvedinthehelpingthethoseinneed.”
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JACOb TAGGARTStaff Reporter
Six IdahoFallsstudentsplaced locally to competeforthebusinessProfession-als of America State com-petitioninBoise,March6. Seniors Nathan Turn-bow,BenWurst,GavinGun-nellandjuniorsBenPorterand Brandon Sanchez areeligible to compete on thestate level after winninghere. Nunez, Sanchez andGuanell took first place in‘“Financial Analyst Team”competition. Guanell alsotooksecondplacein“Bank-ingandFinance.’’ Turnbow scored a firstplace in “Fundamental ac-counting’’andathirdplacein“PayrollAccounting.” Wurst took two firstplaces—onefor“ComputerNetwork Technology’’ andanother for “Systems Ad-ministrationUsingCisco.” Porter took secondplacein“ComputerizedAc-counting.’’
LAuREN WIRKuSStaff Reporter
TwoseniorsatIdahoFallsHigh School received the Lo-cal News 8 United Dairymenof Idaho Distinguished Stu-dentAward.CailynnSandersreceivedtheawardinJanuaryand Sarah Barnish receivedtheawardinNovember. Sandersparticipatesinam-pleserviceorganizationssuchasJob’sDaughters,KeyClub,aswellasseveralvariousser-
vice projects in her churchorganization.“It’simportanttometohaveawell-roundedlifestyle,” Sanders said. “Gettinggood grades is not the onlythingyouneedtodo.Youneedtobeactiveinthecommunity.” Barnish’s ultimate goal istobeacceptedtoReserveOf-ficers’TrainingCorps(ROTC)soshemaybeabletoconstant-ly serve her country. “We dotrialrunsoftheactual(ROTC)examwewillbedoingformyapplication,”shesaid.
HARLEy RAMOS Staff Reporter
Registration is taking aleap this year with the in-fluxof freshmanexpectednextyear. Counselors will beginregistering students cur-rentlyatIFHSFeb.13.Theywillinstructstudentsabouthow to register for theclassesneededandinformthemofnewclassesbeingofferedsuchasa forensicscienceclass. According to the coun-selors, students will needto choose their classesverycarefullyandneedtocheckprerequisites. As for this current year,student-initiated schedulechanges will not be madeafterFeb.1for3rdtrimester. Studentswillbeabletomake schedule changes,classes permitting andwithout penalty, five daysaftertheclassstarts.
Two IFHS seniors get Distinguished Student Award
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NATASHA HuGHESStaff Reporter
District91SchoolBoarddecidedtotakeawayP.E.creditsfor juniors,sophomores,freshmenandallincomingclasses. Despite not counting for graduation,P.E.classeswillstillbeavailabletothosewhohaveinterestinthembutarenotre-quiredtobetaken.Somestudentsthinkthatthisisabadideabecauseoftheobe-
sityintheU.S.,likeKathrynAyzin,senior.“Childobesityisincreasingintheworldandexercise isa fantasticway tokeepthatratedown,”shesaid. Evensomeoftheteachersdon’tliketheidea.“Everyoneneedstoexerciseonadai-lybasisforgoodhealth,”businessteacherJackKleinsaid.“TakingP.E.isagoodwayforstudentstogetinaroutinethatmayben-efitthemforlife.” SomeatIFHSliketheideaofP.E.notbe-
ingrequired.“Ilovetheidea,”JerricaHall,sophomore,said. AccordingtocounselorDanetteGne-iting, the requirement was removedbecause there are children who wouldrather be practicing music or scienceclasses instead of taking a P.E. class.“Activityisimportant,”shesaid.“Buttak-ingaP.E.classforatrimesterisn’treallygoingtohelpachild’soverallhealthfortherestoftheirlife.”
HATCH
board does away with mandatory P.E. credit
‘Souper bowl’ helps needy
PHOTO BY JONNY HATCHJuniorClassPresidentCadeGardnerandGirlsFedRepresentatvieShannonLawless,senior,tallythenumberofcanscollectedatIdahoFallsHighSchoolfortheIdahoFallsFoodBank.Inanefforttofocusoncharitablereasonsfortheservice,StudentGovernmenteliminatedthecompetitionbetweenSkylineHighSchoolandinstitutedanewtraditionofaweekofservice-orientedactivitiesatlunchandafterschool.
despite not making goal, IFHS collects more than 21,000 cans
Six qualify for BPA State competition
Registration begins early this year
MARISSA CLARKSONOpinions Editor
Idaho Falls High School takes one week out of the year to celebrate our differences. And what’s not to love about missing classes for an
awesome assembly and the amazing venders that come at lunch — not to mention how great and unified we all feel this week? The keynote speaker, Rohan Mur-phy, was by far the most inspirational speaker I have heard while in my three years at IF. He showed us that he was able to overcome his disabil-ity, aspiring to someone who he can be proud of. He didn’t let it overrun his life; he turned it around to some-thing that can inspire many people to embrace their disability instead of letting it overcome their life. It’s a week full of fun and excite-ment but what is the real reason we celebrate Multicultural Week? Ac-cepting and celebrating differences is what we are told that the week is about but do we really do it? Everybody is different in one way or another. We have been told since we were old enough to understand that judging people is wrong. But no matter what we are told, we still do it. I admit from time to time I’m a hypocrite. Multicultural Week is
supposed to help us realize our dif-ferences and accept them, but don’t get me wrong — for that one week we embrace our differences but once
that week is over, it seems we forget. We no longer care and no longer ac-cept differences. Please see MC WEEK, Page 8 >
EdItOR: Marissa Clarkson
OH, YEAH?! TELL US ABOUT IT!Got something you wanna get off yer chest? E-mail us at [email protected] or better yet, send a message to us via Facebook. What?! Not a fan? Get on it! Our address is facebook.com/iftigertimes.
Forgive my reminiscing — I just had another birth-day and old age has caused me to become nostalgic. It has been quite a few years since I was in high school, but in a way it seems like yesterday.
Believe it or not, I can still remember many spe-cific moments that hap-pened in class including when Mr. S. wrote “BS” on my test in physics because I claimed that I could not figure out a problem, and Mr. K. pretended to blush when I swore — WITHOUT KNOWING IT — in my
German 1 class (the verb “shoot” and the “sh” word are too similar). I remember even more specific moments that oc-curred outside of the class-room including when our very own (Britney) Chris-tensen, math teacher, built an ice-cream sundae on top
Please see PRIdE, Page 8 >
MAttHEW CLARKSONGuest Columnist
I find myself awake at two in the morning un-able to sleep as a flood of memories comes to me about Asha Davenport — a Tiger who graduated last year and died in a skiing accident in Park City — who was always full of life, and joked with her brothers constantly. She always wanted to join in games with us wheth-er it was playing basketball or just tag in the backyard with what I was told was an invisible electric fence. We never got shocked and that always amazed me. She was a girl who just enjoyed being a kid and loved to be around her fam-ily and friends. That was years ago — an-other time, it seems — and tonight her passing became extremely real for me when I saw the look in her fam-ily’s eyes and the way her mom wouldn’t let me go as she tried to comprehend
Please see ASHA, Page 8 >
PHOTO BY SARAH BARNISHJenny Benites spreads her dress during the annual Multicultural Week assembly. Spanish teacher Sergio Romero organizes performances of “Ballet Folklorico” every year.
SCHOOL OF MANY COLORSDiversity rules during Multicultural Week at IF. Let’s take it to the next level and be tolerant at all times.
Former IF student who died while skiing will be missed
Be true to your school, Tigers!
PHOTO BY Jeff PeTeRSeNKaderick Peterson, senior, rushes onto the football field during Emotion Bowl.
PHOTO cOuRTeSY dAveNPORT fAmIlYAsha Davenport graduated last year and fell to her death in Park City, Utah, when she had a seizure on a ski lift.
tiger times6 February 2012Features 7PHO
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photo byjordan jones
photo by tiffany harrington
photo by alex petersen photo by kai amos
photo by madison davis photo by lyndsey rasmussen
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photo by alex henry photo by sarah barnish
photo by lucas wilkiephoto by victoria boydphoto by mary johnson
Photo by jeff PetersenScience teacher Drew Kerner guides Hailey Blatter, senior, as they dissect a cat in Human Anatomy and Physiology class. The class learn about the inner-workings of the body by get-ting hands-on with different animals.
Teenagers are a fickle bunch. Though human nature per-sists through the decades, our culture is in constant
evolution. What is considered cute, boyfriend material in one, can get you sued in another. I’m looking at you John Cusack. So why have things changed? Communication is the major differ-ence. Usually you would get a number from a dance or some cafe. What did they used to do? Wait a few days to not seem needy and arrange a date. What happens now? You creepily stalk his/her Facebook on the hunt for a recent ex, preferably uglier than you, or introduce yourself and text them that very same night. There is a drive to be in constant communication with that person, and only through non verbal means. Calls are rare. Typing words on a keyboard al-lows both genders more power to be irrational. Not saying teenagers from the olde timey days were any bit more
rational than us. In fact, stupidity is universal. Even the actual dating hab-its have even changed. For one thing, gifts are rarely seen anymore. Flowers and chocolates were once a must to impress the gal you hope to take to dinner in your beige colored Chevy Impala. First to impress your date, and second to keep her overbearing dad occupied long enough to sneak her out to your car. Mix tapes were probably on par with an engagement ring for teens in the decades past. It took a painstak-ingly long time to make good ones, and was an extremely thoughtful way of showing you care for him/her. Nowadays, buy them a cheap Slur-pee and send a cat video with a heart next to it. Technology is the center point of our lives. We need to focus on using it to our advantage, but not forgetting tact and dignity on the way. Play a song over Skype to cheer him up while he is sick. The possibilities for things to do have been narrowed due to technol-ogy, but opened up hundreds of new possibilities in a new light. Just don’t
daniela gonzalez, senior
nick stone, senior
She Said ... “Well, if you’re opening up a door for a girl, it’s nice but you’re still in the friend zone.”
“I think it is very gentlemanly-like.”
“I think you’re getting closer to that person. And that’s OK.”
“It shows the connection be-tween them both.”
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“The guy should ask the girl out because it is more proper and shows they have guts.”
“I can’t really say either/or because it shows that the other person is interested.”
stand outside of their house throwing rocks and playing sad music, or ask her for a ride on your lawnmower. It’s not really romantic this time around.
JonatHan LatHaMStaff Reporter
Red Tails, George Lucas Films most recent undertaking portrays
the story of a group of Afri-can American fighter pilots during WWII. The Tuskegee airmen were an experiment to test the feasibility of African Americans in the Air Force. After being sidelined most the war, the group called “Red Tails,” since they painted the tails of their aircraft red, was finally given front line action. Showing results far beyond expectations, they went on to be one of the Air Force’s most valuable fighters in the end of
the war. As inspirational as the story is, they take their time telling it. In all two hours there is a disappointing amount of actually aerial combat and the plot development takes its sweet time. In the end as incredible as the characters
are, intense as the air com-bat is, and as moving as the struggle of these brave men is. It’s a great movie to go see if you’ll appreciate the historical relevance. If you’re looking for a hardcore action movie that’s keeps you on the edge of your seat, look somewhere else.
tiger times10 February 2012ArtsEnt
niko boicELLiSenior Staff Reporter
America has finally embraced Europe’s secret that has kept
its people happy, partying, and in a whole other world for decades. That world, is the Electronic Dance Music (EDM) scene. That is not to say EDM has only been a recent phenomena in America. In fact, the late 1980s and much of the 1990s were known for underground raves and the beginnings of Acid House and Techno music. Yet only recently has the shift into the spot-light been apparent. With EDM producers becoming household names, and some of them finally being nomi-nated for major awards, we have seen a dramatic rise in rave attendance. Unfortunately, this also means adopting the raver culture. The culture is what it is. Same as all of the other ‘scenes’ that concerned parents see come and go decade by decade. The parents experienced the same thing as kids, and as they grew older, only remember the bad. How is a compromise supposed to be reached? Very simple. Lets start with a few ground rules. You can’t assume that they will take drugs. The EDM scene is very small in Idaho Falls. Though it is popular, actual attendance to good local DJ shows are some-times poor. The big names
go to Boise and Salt Lake City . The point of the scene is to experience the music, visuals and the people around you in a peaceful, fun environment. In a large crowd, with beautiful music, friends everything positive-ly stimulating, the experi-ence is that of no other. It’s possibly the most fun you can have as a teen. And for your informa-tion, there are not roaming bands of Ecstasy nomads deceitfully turning your children into Satan wor-shippers who like to feel textures and compliment people. That simply is not how it works. Your children are not at risk at these shows any more than they are at your own home. They will make a choice. What you must do, as you do with everything in your life, is educate your children. Tell them the dangers of taking things from strang-ers. Tell them the risks of irresponsibility. Tell them how to be safe if they do decide to partake. Do not tell them no. Rebellion is how teen-agers naturally react to that. Even the EDM scene acknowledges that these things happen. Yet they handle it correctly. Instead of condemning those who do, and promot-ing straight edge philoso-phy, they instead promote awareness, safety, and show how much of a good time you can have without such things.
“I asked this girl [to a dance] in 7th grade. She liked me but she had a boyfriend. I bought $100 worth of presents for her, a big heart with notes instead of chocolates and little stuffed pandas. I took her to a panda movie and took her [to eat at] Olive Garden. I spent $35 dollars on her! I got up, looked around the room, and asked her if she would go to the dance with me. She slapped me and said, ‘No!’ But, I still went to the dance with another girl.”
Dominique KeneficK, junior
“I was in a tree next to this guy’s house who I was going to ask to the dance. I had a rope tied to me and I hung from a branch with bananas and said, ‘I’m so ape for you! Will you go to the dance with me?’ But he said, ‘I’m sorry I already have a date.’
Katya ayzin, senior
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Hey, parents: EDM scene not as evil as you think
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WWII flick ‘Red Tails’ disappointsDespite high hopes, Lucas’s film could use more action
MARIAH MITCHELLSports Editor
An overload of indoor soc-cerplayersattheYMCAledtorejection of nearly 20 percenttheplayers/teams. With more than 1,000 play-ers signed up for the Januarysession,theYwasforcedtoturnawayplayersforthefirsttime. The arrival of players hasstressedtheY’sfacultyandan-geredsomelongtimeplayers. The Y’s indoor arena onSouthAmmonRoadistheonly
indoor field in eastern Idaho.The field is used MondaythroughFridayfrom4:30untilabout midnight and 8 a.m. tomidnight Saturday and Sun-day. The Y has about 130 teamsfor normal league also a Sun-daycompetitiveleaguewith44teamsregistered.“Myteamwasturned away from high schoolleague,”CristianMuñoz,senior,said.“Iwasshockedaboutthisbecausesoccerismylife.” TheYhasbeensavinguptoputnew turf in the indoor
arena, but this has been alongprocess.Findinga timewhenthereisnobodyplayingonthefieldisdifficult,MeganZolinger, sports director attheY,said.“Thisbeingabigissuethetimewon’tbefoundtillearlysummer.TheYistry-ingtobuildanotherbuildingwithmultiplefields.” Zolingersaysthisisgoingtobealongprocessbutitwillgetdonesoonthenlater.“Thenewbuildingbeingbuiltisonthetopofthelistforthefacil-ityattheY,”shesaid.
PHOTO BY naTaLie sTOKerGuest speaker Rohan Murphy locks up with Braxton Hardy, sophomore, during wrestling practice at Idaho Falls High School. Murphy, who spoke at the annual Multicultural Week assembly, taught IF grapplers that there are “no excuses” when it comes to life. Murphy was born without legs, but wrestled and won during high school and college.
MATCH OF A LIFETIME
TIGERTIMESSTAFF
TigerTimesSportsvotedAnthony Gardner, small for-ward for the Tiger varsitybasketball team, athlete ofthemonth. “Anthony’s biggest as-setisthatheisagreatteamplayer,” Head Coach DarinMonk said. “He works hardatbasketball,asastudent,aswellasbeingagoodperson.Hehasagoodforthetigersinhisplayonthefloorandwithhisleadership.” “Hesteppedupwhentheteam needed it and reallyshowedhewasagoodteamplayer,”fellowteammateMaxCarlson,senior,said. Greatjobonallyourhardwork on the team and wewishtheteamthebestofluckwiththerestoftheseason.
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Though thisyear’swres-tling team has just a few,theyareworkingtheirhard-esttodotheirbestthrough-outtheseason. “Not that many triedout this year for the team,I guess,” Taylor O’Neil, ju-nior,said. Isaac Herrera, junior,has a theory for why therearen’t as many wrestlers.“Ifeelthelackofwrestlersis due to laziness just kids
not showing up,” he said.“Since it is an individualsport, it doesn’t really af-fectmebutitwouldbefuntohavemore.” TheteamhopestohaveafewmakeittoState.“Wearetryingourhardestandhavebeen constantly improvingandwillcontinuetothrough-out the year,” Herrera said.“I hope that we will havesomeplaceinState.” The team is looking togetmorepeopletosupportthem throughout this wres-tlingseason.
Two members of thewrestling team got the op-portunity to wrestle withthis year’s MulticulturalWeekspeaker,RohanMur-phy. Both Braxton Hardy,sophomore, and LaziahVasquez, sophomore, en-joyedtheexperience.Hereis a Q&A session with thewrestlers: Tiger Times (TT): Was it fun, why? Braxton Hardy (BH): “Yeah,Itwasadifferentex-perience.” Laziah Vasquez (LV):
“Yeah, you got to experi-ence wrestling someonewithoutlegs.” TT: Whatdidyoulearn? BH: “He showed us amovecalleda‘lowsingle.’” LV: “He showed us howhard it is to have a disad-vantageinsports.” TT:Whatwasyourfavor-itepart? BH: “It was somethingnewthatIhaven’teverdonebefore.” LV: “It was great justbeing able to wrestle withhim.”
