Inside Rachel’s Challenge pg 2 Homecoming Week pg 4 Sports Dale devotes time to swimming pg 11 A&E Students perform ‘Noises Off’ pg 9 News.........................1,2 Forum...........................3 Feature......................4,5 Focus.........................6,7 La Voz..........................8 A&E.........................9,10 Sports....................11,12 Online Index Solinna’s Splice of Life Read Solinna Chong’s blog Girls Golf Read about the season’s end New Cell Phone Tower Cell phone tower installed S POKESMAN S POKESMAN whs Wheeling High School 900 S. Elmhurst Rd. Wheeling, IL 60090 Volume 47 Issue #2 <www.wheelingspokesman.com> October 22, 2010 Intro to Health Careers classes spreads breast cancer awareness with fundraiser Maya De La Fute, hair stylist at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, puts a pink hair extension on Aaron Harrison’s, junior, goatee on Oct. 1 for Pink Hair for Hope. “I wanted something different. Everyone has it in their hair and you can cover it up, but in a goatee it is out there. It makes more of a statement for the cause,” Harrison said. De La Fute and Jessi Semcken, hair stylist at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, put hair extensions on students for $10 during periods 5-7. (Photo by Brianna Bitout) In honor of October being breast cancer awareness month, the Intro to Health Careers classes and the Medical Terminology and career classes hosted a fundraiser on Oct. 1. Maya De La Fute and Jessi Semcken, hair stylists at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, supported breast cancer awareness by putting pink hair extensions in peoples’ hair after Julie Levene, science teacher, requested them to come to the school. Semcken inserted the extensions into everyone’s hair while De La Fute cut the extensions to an appropriate length for each person’s hair so that it looked natural. According to both stylists, they enjoyed helping support breast cancer awareness. “I feel great about helping with such a wonderful cause. My feet hurt, but I love it,” De La Fute, who had been standing in high heels during periods 5-7, said. De La Fute has been working at salons since age 14 and has been a stylist for 9 years. Ms. Levene decided to bring the idea up to her students at the last minute since she heard that the Superfans dubbed the Friday football game against Barrington a “pink out.” At the game, all of the Superfans wore pink and Leah Malsom, junior, covered her face and body in pink. Ms. Levene also wanted to hold such a fundraiser because of the number of teachers at WHS that either have breast cancer or survived breast cancer, such as Karen Linzmeier, science teacher, and Kim Davis, Ms. Linzmeier’s student teacher, who survived breast cancer. “I’m a breast cancer survivor, and anytime I can promote cancer, I want to. That’s why I’m wearing my pink wig,” Ms. Davis, who wore pink to support breast cancer awareness, said. Students like Debbie Fowler, senior, got an extension in her hair not only to support breast cancer, but also because Ms. Davis paid for her and for other girls in her chemistry class to have it done. “I got it because Ms. Davis, Ms. Linzmeier’s student teacher, said she’d pay for five girls to get the extensions in their hair, and I love supporting the cause of breast cancer,” Fowler said. Besides Fowler, Ms. Davis paid for Mallorie Bromer and Yaritza Garcia, juniors, and Hannah Ruben and Cindy Castillo, sophomores, to have the extensions put in their hair. Ms. Davis said it was a “spur of the moment” decision to pay for the hair, but for those like Fowler and Bromer, who had seventh period lunch, it worked out to their benefit because they ran out of extensions towards the end of the period. According to Ms. Levene, Pink Hair For Hope gives up to 50 extensions to a salon at once to use at fundraisers and would not give out more until the money for the first set was paid in full. However, Ms. Levene and the hair salon talked to Pink Hair for Hope, and they gave the school 50 extra extensions since Ms. Levene expected a large turnout. Still, even with 100 extensions, people stood in line during seventh period and never received extensions because the salon had run out. Ms. Levene also bought pink hair spray for those with too short of hair for extensions; however, that ran out quickly. Information about Pink Hair for Hope, is on the website <http://www. pinkhairforhope.com/ home.php>. De La Fute and Semcken also plan on helping to promote breast cancer this month by doing similar fundraisers through Pink Hair for Hope at Barrington and Palatine High Schools. Brianna Bitout Web Editor Nepokulchytska returns to school after accident Late on Sept. 22, Ulyana Nepokulchytska, senior, lay unconscious in a hospital bed at Lutheran General Hospital while her parents waited for her to wake up or for test results to arrive. Earlier that day, at around 6:40 a.m., Nepokulchytska planned to ride her bike to school for a senior class board meeting. She rode on a bike path that passes through Elmhurst Road. She waited for the first side of the road to clear and then waited on the median. The driver closer to the median waved her on, so she rode, waving back. Then another driver crashed into her, resulting in her flying 90 feet away, and according to Anatoliy Nepokulchytskyy, Nepokulchytska ‘s dad, she slid another 30 feet. “My wife called me. It was about 7:45... it was terrible. I got so many pictures in my head, especially when I went to the emergency room. They said she got hit by a truck and I asked, ‘What kind of truck?’ They said they don’t know. It was the worst time in my life,” Mr. Nepokulchytskyy said. “I know my wife. She’s very sensitive so I knew I had to be very strong so she didn’t panic.” According to Nepokulchytska, if she felt anything during the accident, she cannot remember. Initially Nepokulchytska was in critical condition. According to Nepokulchytska, her injuries included a partially collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, three fractured ribs, bruises and road rash. “They (doctors) came in every hour and took my blood and temperature. That was annoying, but the food was good,” Nepokulchytska said. During the day of the accident, her parents spoke with several people about the accident. According to Mr. Nepokulchytskyy, the police officer told him about the accident. Mr. Nepokulchytskyy believes that Nepokulchytska’s backpack saved her because “it saved her back and spinal cord and the police officer said he saw her head lying on the backpack.” “I think she got lucky. Maybe her guardian angel was next to her,” Mr. Nepokulchytskyy said. Ryan Schiltz, counselor, also spoke with Nepokulchytska. “I told her parents I’ve had her in class and I’ve seen how bright and highly motivated she is,” Ms. Schiltz said. Ms. Schiltz and several teachers and students expressed concerned for Nepokulchytska. “Obviously everyone was concerned. All of her teachers, extracurricular sponsor’s wanted to know if she was okay,” Ms. Schiltz said. “Her dad and a lot of people have said she could’ve been a lot worse.” Daniel Brount Editor-in-Chief Ryan Schiltz, counselor “All of her teachers and classmates wanted to make sure she was okay... She could’ve been a lot worse.” - Continue reading at Students support Nepokulchystka on page 2
Wheeling High School 900 S. Elmhurst Rd. Wheeling, IL 60090 Volume 47 Issue #2<www.wheelingspokesman.com> October 22, 2010
Intro to Health Careers classes spreads breast cancer awareness with fundraiser
Maya De La Fute, hair stylist at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, puts a pink hair extension on Aaron Harrison’s, junior, goatee on Oct. 1 for Pink Hair for Hope. “I wanted something different. Everyone has it in their hair and you can cover it up, but in a goatee it is out there. It makes more of a statement for the cause,” Harrison said. De La Fute and Jessi Semcken, hair stylist at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, put hair extensions on students for $10 during periods 5-7. (Photo by Brianna Bitout)
In honor of October being breast cancer awareness month, the Intro to Health Careers classes and the Medical Terminology and career classes hosted a fundraiser on Oct. 1.
Maya De La Fute and Jessi Semcken, hair stylists at Jennifer Michaels Hair Salon, supported breast cancer awareness by putting pink hair extensions in peoples’ hair after Julie Levene, science teacher, requested them to come to the school.
Semcken inserted the extensions into everyone’s hair while De La Fute cut the extensions to an appropriate length for each person’s hair so that it looked natural.
According to both stylists, they enjoyed helping support breast cancer awareness.
“I feel great about helping with such a wonderful cause. My feet hurt, but I love it,” De La Fute, who had been standing in high heels during periods 5-7, said.
De La Fute has been working at salons since age 14 and has been a stylist for 9 years.
Ms. Levene decided to bring the idea up to her students at the last minute since she heard that the Superfans dubbed the Friday football game against Barrington a “pink out.”
At the game, all of the Superfans wore pink
and Leah Malsom, junior, covered her face and body in pink.
Ms. Levene also wanted to hold such a fundraiser because of the number of teachers at WHS that either have breast cancer or survived breast cancer, such as Karen Linzmeier, science teacher, and Kim Davis, Ms. Linzmeier’s student teacher, who survived breast cancer.
“I’m a breast cancer survivor, and anytime I can promote cancer, I want to. That’s why I’m wearing my pink wig,” Ms. Davis, who wore pink to support breast cancer awareness, said.
Students like Debbie Fowler, senior, got an extension in her hair not only to support breast cancer, but also because Ms. Davis paid for her and for other girls in her chemistry class to have it done.
“I got it because Ms. Davis, Ms. Linzmeier’s student teacher, said she’d pay for five girls to get the extensions in their hair, and I love supporting the cause of breast cancer,” Fowler said.
Besides Fowler, Ms. Davis paid for Mallorie Bromer and Yaritza Garcia, juniors, and Hannah Ruben and Cindy Castillo, sophomores, to have the extensions put in their hair.
Ms. Davis said it was a “spur of the moment” decision to pay for the hair, but for those like Fowler and Bromer, who had seventh period lunch, it worked out to
their benefit because they ran out of extensions towards the end of the period.
According to Ms. Levene, Pink Hair For Hope gives up to 50 extensions to a salon at once to use at fundraisers and would not give out more until the money for
the first set was paid in full.
However, Ms. Levene and the hair salon talked to Pink Hair for Hope, and they gave the school 50 extra extensions since Ms. Levene expected a large turnout.
Still, even with 100 extensions, people stood
in line during seventh period and never received extensions because the salon had run out.
Ms. Levene also bought pink hair spray for those with too short of hair for extensions; however, that ran out quickly.
Information about Pink Hair for Hope, is on
the website <http://www.pinkhairforhope.com/home.php>.
De La Fute and Semcken also plan on helping to promote breast cancer this month by doing similar fundraisers through Pink Hair for Hope at Barrington and Palatine High Schools.
Brianna Bitout
Web Editor
Nepokulchytska returns to school after accident
Late on Sept. 22, Ulyana Nepokulchytska, senior, lay unconscious in a hospital bed at Lutheran General Hospital while her parents waited for her to wake up or for test results to arrive.
Earlier that day, at around 6:40 a.m., Nepokulchytska planned to ride her bike to school for a senior class board meeting. She rode on a bike path that passes through Elmhurst Road.
She waited for the first side of the road to clear and then waited on the median. The driver closer to the median waved her on, so she rode, waving back. Then another driver crashed into her, resulting in her flying 90 feet away, and according to Anatoliy Nepokulchytskyy,
Nepokulchytska ‘s dad, she slid another 30 feet.
“My wife called me. It was about 7:45... it was terrible. I got so many pictures in my head, especially when I went to the emergency room. They said she got hit by a truck and I asked, ‘What kind of truck?’ They said they don’t know. It was the worst time in my life,” Mr. Nepokulchytskyy said. “I know my wife. She’s very sensitive so I knew I had to be very strong so she didn’t panic.”
According to Nepokulchytska, if she felt anything during the accident, she cannot remember.
Initially Nepokulchytska was
in critical condition. According to Nepokulchytska, her injuries included a partially collapsed lung, a lacerated
liver, three fractured ribs, bruises and road rash.
“They (doctors) came in every hour and took my blood and temperature. That was annoying, but the food was good,” Nepokulchytska said.
During the day of the accident, her parents spoke with several people about the accident. According to Mr. Nepokulchytskyy, the police officer told him about the accident. Mr. Nepokulchytskyy believes that Nepokulchytska’s backpack saved her
because “it saved her back and spinal cord and the police officer said he saw
her head lying on the backpack.”“I think she got lucky. Maybe her
guardian angel was next to her,” Mr. Nepokulchytskyy said.
Ryan Schiltz, counselor, also spoke with Nepokulchytska.
“I told her parents I’ve had her in class and I’ve seen how bright and highly motivated she is,” Ms. Schiltz said.
Ms. Schiltz and several teachers and students expressed concerned for Nepokulchytska.
“Obviously everyone was concerned. All of her teachers, extracurricular sponsor’s wanted to know if she was okay,” Ms. Schiltz said. “Her dad and a lot of people have said she could’ve been a lot worse.”
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Rachel’s Challenge promotes kindness, love
Jon Prenser, speaker for Rachel’s Challenge, talks to students in an all school assembly on Oct. 5. Mr. Prenser came to WHS to help spread Rachel Scott’s message about kindness and compassion. Scott was murdered in 1999 during the school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado.(Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
On Oct. 5, the message of spreading kindness and compassion filled the gymnasium when Jon Prensner, Rachel’s Challenge speaker, described the five challenges Rachel Joy Scott developed during her lifetime.
According to Mark Menich, school psychologist, Rachel’s Challenge impacted the students at Wheeling for the first time four years ago and he hopes the tradition continues every four years.
Mr. Menich believes the experience will challenge the students to be the best person they can become.
“The message gives kids permission to be kind to other people,” Mr. Prensner, speaker for Rachel’s Challenge since July, said.
According to Mr. Prensner, the message of Rachel Scott, who Eric
Harris and Dylan Klebold killed first on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, inspired him. When he found the opportunity to get involved as a speaker, he went for it.
“I enjoy spreading the message of kindness and compassion as often as I can,” Mr. Prensner said.
Scott believed kindness could go a long way. In one of her six diaries, Scott wrote, “I have this theory that if one can go out of their way to show compassion, it will start a chain reaction of the same.”
Scott challenged the world to eliminate prejudice, dare to dream, choose influences, use kind words and then finally, to start a chain reaction with family and friends.
During block D on the day of the assembly, a meeting called “Friends of Rachel” was held in the theater. Here, Mr. Menich and Andrea Mugler, school psychologist, trained students how to change the school
in positive ways. They discussed how Rachel’s Challenge impacted them and how to spread Scott’s message throughout the school.
Students also gave examples on how the event related to them personally.
Some students, like Austin Wright, junior, believe there will be a positive effect from the presentation.
“It will change people,” Wright said. “They might be nice to each other and do good deeds.”
A presentation for the parents, or anyone from the community that did not attend it during the day, took place that night in the gymnasium. The presentation pleased many parents.
Parents such as Sharon Godlewski, mother of Rachel Godlewski, sophomore, attended the presentation. She believes every school should require it.
“It’s an awesome message for students and parents,” Ms. Godlewski said.
Valerie Westin
Staff Photographer
Graduation gown changes
For this year’s graduation ceremony, the senior girls’ graduation gowns will be white instead of royal blue.
Boys will still have the same royal blue as in previous years.
“Other schools use two colors and I thought
it was time to try it (two colors) out,” Dr. Rick Watson, counselor, said.
Senior girls voted for whether or not to change to the white gown on Oct. 15 after the coronation assembly.
The vote of girls who wanted the white gowns to the girls who did not want the white gowns was 210-30.
“(I) was gonna vote
blue because blue and gold (are our school colors) but (then I) saw white and (it) looked nicer,” Lindsey Van Ryn, senior, said.
According to Dr. Watson, because of the large amount of people in favor of the gowns, the white gowns might be used in future years too.
- Information by Stevi Anderson
Krista Sanford
News Editor
Students support Nepokulchytska
Justyna Warzocha, senior and friend of Nepokulchytska, felt worried for her friend.
“I heard she was in critical condition so right after school I went to see how she was,” Warzocha said.
Warzocha could not go
inside Nepokulchytska’s room on the first day. So the next day, she went with Yana Lustina, senior and friend of Nepokulchytska.
“She (Nepokulchytska) wasn’t in as bad condition as I thought she’d be,” Warzocha said.
Nepokulchytska left the hospital on Sunday, Sept. 26. On Sept. 30, Ms. Schiltz brought cards, a banner and gifts to
Nepokulchytska’s house. Student Council made the banner for her and peer tutors gave a card.
She returned to school on Friday, Oct. 1. Even when she was in the hospital, she thought about school.
“I’ll have so much schoolwork to make up. That was the first thing that came out of my mouth,” Nepokulchytska said.
- Continued from page 1
Daniel Brount
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Act of Kindness Week spanned from Oct. 4 to Oct. 8 and Rachel’s Challenge took place on Oct. 5; each event specified the message of spreading kindness.
Rachel’s Challenge had an assembly to try and spread this message, yet some students instantly ignored it.
For other students, initially they decided they would attempt to complete the challenges that Rachel Scott, the first student who died at the Columbine High School shootings, proposed. Then a week later, these challenges of kindness faded from their minds.
After the Homecoming Pep Assembly on Oct. 15, students nearly trampled each other on the way out. While some students, such as Luke Smith, senior, aided others, many just kept walking.
During an announcement on the following Monday, Dr. Láz Lopez, principal, brought up the fact that at the football game that night, students rushed out of the stands against administration’s orders. Especially after the event that occurred earlier that day, students should have realized the possible consequences of those actions.
Yet some students ignored the message of Rachel’s Challenge by disobeying Dr. Lopez just a week after Rachel’s Challenge.
Out of all of the students who signed the Rachel’s Challenge poster, accepting
those challenges, very few will ever look back and think about them. Signing the poster symbolized pledging to take on those challenges. Clearly some students, like those above, dismissed that pledge.
A new group, called Friends of Rachel, seems the only group committed to keeping those challenges alive and acknowledging that Rachel’s Challenge will never disappear.
Friends of Rachel will try to push the boundaries and reach out to those who need someone to back them up.
Spokesman feels that despite one group’s commitment, the continuation of Act of Kindness Week will only exist if all students pitch in.
Instead of ending simply because the week ended, Act of Kindness Week and its message need to remain in WHS. If acts of kindness come to a halt, then that week had no point. Students need to always respect each other.
Those that support the perpetuation of Act of Kindness week include professional speakers for Rachel’s Challenge, the Friends of Rachel, and they should include everyday students.
Spokesman recognizes that we all face prejudice at some point in our lives. Rather than ignore it and judge others, we need to aid others with simple acts of kindness.
Students should contribute to make Rachel’s Challenge last
After three and a half years I have completed an epic quest: on Sept. 24, I got my braces taken off.
It seems mundane, as many people have braces and all of them eventually get them off, but for me, this was a milestone.
Braces are uncomfortable, they take a long time to get used to and they come with totally unpredictable challenges and problems. When I got my braces off, I thought the quest was complete, until I realized a new adventure had just begun.
When I had my braces on, I often questioned “Why was I born with only three bottom teeth in the front?” But now I realize, I have absolutely no control over that and I never will. What I should have asked myself was “How will I get through this new challenge?”
Eventually, I learned to forget the things I could not control, but it was not an easy process. I argued with my orthodontist, complained to my parents about my braces and at times completely refused to obey the rules of orthodontia and ate all kinds of chewy foods.
I did just the s a m e with high school. I l o a t h e d the idea of an AP US H i s t o r y test and a Physics Lab on the same day, and I refused to be subjugated to such cruel academic torture. My teachers subjugated me anyways.
I had no control over the matter. Regardless of how much I complained, those tests were going to happen. Some things in life cannot be controlled and one of the most difficult things to do is to admit it. But once you admit it, life gets much simpler.
I often hear WHS students, particularly the younger ones, complain about school; they ask
why they have so much homework, why that one teacher is so boring and why they have three tests on the same day. Unfortunately, they, like me, have no power of those circumstances.
So here’s my advice to the Freshman Class:
Over the next four years you will face a multitude of challenges. You will have tedious h o m e w o r k assignments, you will meet people that you can’t bear to be around and you’ll p r o b a b l y have some t e a c h e r s
that you don’t like much (sorry WHS staff, I like all of you). But you have to accept these challenges, because without doing so, high school will not be fun; you will remember it as the four years during which you complained 24 hours a day, every day.
Don’t treat high school like braces; just take it for what it is. Make the best of the challenges, get through it with friends and family, and who knows, you might come out of it with some really straight teeth.
Editorial Keira’s Cartoons
Thumbs up for the Seniors winning the Spirit Stick. It represents years of Wildcat patriotism and incessant noise-making. Well done, Seniors.
Congratulations to the Football team! Winning the Homecoming game is always exciting, but beating BGHS makes it even more exciting.
Thumbs Down
The smell in the boys bathroom outside of the field house...what is that and why has it smelled like that for three years?
Thumbs up for the Jazz Band being selected as a National Winner by the National Jazz Honors Project.
Thumbs down for Gladiator Day. Barely anyone dressed up like a Gladiator, and the people that did looked more like Roman Soldiers anyways. Good idea by Student Council, poor execution by the student body.
Brace yourself for life
Chris Schwarz
Forum EditorAs I dragged myself
through the halls to my next class, I was rudely stopped by one of my friends. “Solinna, what’s wrong?” he asked.
I gave a long, pitiful sigh and said, “I got a ‘D’ on my world history test.”
He laughed, and instead of feeling better, I felt worse. I cocked my eyebrow at him and asked why he was laughing.
“Nothing. It’s just you’re Asian, and Asians don’t get bad grades.”
The most common stereotype I hear is “Asians are supposed to be ‘A’ students.” Just because I am Asian does not mean I am always the top student.
In junior high, I took the bus. A boy on the bus gave nicknames to everyone there. He named one girl
“Dolphin” because she identified herself as a swimmer. He named a boy “B.A.” because he always got into trouble.
“What’s Solinna’s nickname?” a girl asked.
The boy stared at me for a while and tilted his head a bit.
“I think we’ll call Solinna ‘The Wall,’” he laughed.
I cocked my eyebrow at him and asked why. He told me to turn my head to the side. “See, it’s just a flat wall. Guess all Asians look like that.”
There are many stereotypes I hear about Asians’ physical appearances. All Asians are short, or all Asians have flat noses and small eyes.
Looking back now, I realize that I spent my junior high days trying to blend into the crowd. I wasted three years of my life pretending to be someone I am not.
Starting high school, I knew I had a fresh slate. Instead of trying to hide my identity, I embraced it.
Yes, I still do get the occasional “but you’re Asian” comment, but I do not care anymore. No matter what I do, wear or act, I will always be Asian.
Overcoming the Asian stereotype
Solinna ChongColumnist
By taking on the challenges of school and high school life, you will learn more than you ever expected.
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Feature 4October 22, 2010Spokesman
Robert Kupon, history teacher, crowns Jordyn Fishman, senior, Homecoming queen. Dressed as a Roman emperor, Mr. Kupon introduced the nominees and led the coronation ceremony on Oct. 15.(Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
Mr. Kupon makes costumes for Homecoming
The gym goes dark and two spotlights hit a robed figure: Emperor Kuponicus, or Robert Kupon, history teacher and master of the coronation ceremony. This year he donned a white robe, shiny brown fabric and a plastic laurel wreath to represent this year’s Homecoming theme, “When in Rome.”
In previous years, Mr. Kupon has dressed as a big game hunter, a middle eastern sheik and a knight, making the costumes himself. He gets most of his materials and props from PJ’s Trick Shop, garage sales, from his closet and his collection of makeup that has a home under his desk.
Three years ago, Mr. Kupon started to get involved in the coronation assembly by accident; he had a costume and asked Sandra Chico, social studies teacher and student council adviser, if she wanted him to help.
“It creates an atmosphere. I mean, if he was just wearing a red jacket and shorts it would be like he was teaching in a decorated classroom,” Heather Bayer, senior, said.
According to Mr. Kupon, no matter how much he prepares, every year comes with some form of technical difficulty or wardrobe malfunction. During the 2008 “Arabian Nights,” he almost face-planted while climbing the stairs onto the stage because of his long sheik costume robes.
In addition to his involvement in Homecoming, Mr. Kupon does makeup for the plays. He introduces the program at the Madrigal Dinner as Henry VIII.
According to Mr. Kupon, once Ms. Chico chooses the theme, he will immediately begin brainstorming an outfit to suit the theme.
“I can’t let her (Chico) down. I always have to come up with something spectacular,” Mr. Kupon said. “After this weekend it’s all about getting ready for next year.”
Rachael Laing
Staff Reporter
HomecomingFrom left to right, Jordyn Fishman, senior, Kate Jocson, senior, Chris Gonzalez, sophomore, and Maritza Carvajal, sophomore, make tape balls to put on the back of a cardboard poster. They decorated for the Homecoming coronation assembly on Oct. 14.
On Oct. 14, Estrella Gonzalez, senior, and Jonathan Enriquez, freshman, gather blue, gold and white balloons for the balloon arch to decorate for Homecoming.
From left to right, Courtney Lepcin, Callie
Schoeneman, Kelsey Maczko, Ellie Grinter,
Mike Smith, Peter Durbin and Ashley
Wieser, seniors, cheer at the at the pep assembly,
dressed in WHS spirit attire.
At the pep assembly on Oct. 15, the crowd of sophomores cheer
loudly in hopes of winning the spirit stick.
A group of sophomores hold up a poster they
made, which says, “Soph Pride! Seniors
go to college! Freshy’s go home! Juniors got
nothin’ on us!”
Jordyn Fishman and Chris Johnson, seniors, win the titles of Homecoming queen and king at the coronation assembly on Oct. 15.Chad Mikosz, sophomore, adjusts the crown on Johnson’s head.
Luke Smith, senior and varsity football
player, cheers with his fellow teammates at
the pep assembly on Oct. 15. They played
Buffalo Grove High School that night at the
Homecoming game and won 14-7.
(Photos by Jennie Alcantar)
When in Rome...
(Design by Nicole Neumann and Mike Ciavarella)
Feature5 SpokesmanOctober 22, 2010
WCAT airs daily announcements
Set UpDuring block A, Mendi
Dunbar, tech assistant, and Patricia Anderson, Media Tech teacher, set up the cameras and put together the day’s announcements.
In the first 15 minutes, Ms. Dunbar checks her email for announcement requests and uploads them to the teleprompter, a computer that displays text electronically to prompt the newscaster what to say.
The jobs for airing WCAT include the newscasters, who read the announcements, “switchers,” who operate the changing of cameras, and a “scroller,” who scrolls the message on the camera down at the speed of reading with a keyboard.
“We don’t make
students read the announcements if they don’t want to. Some people are better at tasks than other students and might enjoy it more,” Ms. Anderson said.
RecordingBefore the cameras
start rolling, the two newscasters adjust microphones that clip onto their shirts.
First, the newscasters introduce themselves in front of the three cameras in the airing room. When the switcher switches the camera, the first newscaster reads off the teleprompter and then pauses until the switcher changes the camera.
Behind the cameras, the newscasters can see themselves on TV screens. When the newscaster sees his image on the screen, he starts reading.
If the newscaster makes a mistake, the camera still rolls, but
this clip would be cut out during the editing process.
“It is okay to mess up because the reader can try again,” Mike O’Brien, sophomore, said.
Following the last announcement, cameras switch, and the newscasters conclude the morning announcements.
CommercialsWhen using Final Cut
to edit the videos, Ms. Dunbar takes time to cut out the bloopers and add in commercials.
“Recording them (announcements) is easy, but the cutting and editing is what takes a while,” Ms. Anderson said.
While one group works on airing the announcements, the rest of the class works on making videos for the announcements.
“We usually get a few days to one week (to finish the video)
depending on how long it is,” O’Brien said.
One of the teachers approves the video after students finish it.
“The videos can be funny but it has to serve some purpose. The videos need to inform and persuade for it to be a good video,” Ms. Anderson said.
AiringAfter editing, the
teachers choose the music that plays 5 minutes before and after the announcements. Ms. Dunbar then exports the video to the main computer system in the library, which reaches all of the TVs throughout the building.
Once WCAT is set, a click of a button airs the announcements for the day.
According to Courtney Lepcin, senior, when the announcements air, “it’s kind of weird to watch yourself on the screen.”
McKay jumps horses for show teamMcKay visits Equidream stables three to four times every week, makes life ‘stable’
On a Tuesday afternoon at Equidream stables, Colleen McKay, sophomore, opens the first stall in the barn. She leads her horse Ozzie, a 12-year-old gray thoroughbred racing horse, out of the stall.
“When she (C. McKay) was 6, she was taking piano, and she looked at me and said, ‘Since I’m going to be a veterinarian, don’t you think I should take horseback riding instead of piano?’ I took her out of piano and signed her up for horseback riding lessons,” Michelle McKay, C. McKay’s mother, said.
Now, C. McKay has horseback riding lessons and work on Sundays and has lessons sometimes on Saturdays. She visits Ozzie and practices riding other horses on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
C. McKay chains Ozzie’s halter to the posts for grooming. While she brushes his back and legs with a curry comb, rubbing in circular motions, Ozzie snorts and jerks his head up.
C. McKay jumps horses for the Equidream show team, a NIHJA (Northern Illinois Hunter/Jumper Association) hunter jumping team.
“The team actually does fantastic. They really work together as a team,” Netta Schleden, owner of Equidream School of Horsemanship and head trainer, said. “It (horseback riding) gives you freedom like nothing else can do.”
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, C. McKay goes to the stables with her teammate Nicole Westley, eighth grader at Twin Groves Middle School.
“I’ve made best friends with the rest of the show team members...All we want to talk about is horseback riding,” Westley said.
C. McKay normally rides Ozzie. However, she currently does not because he has navicular disease in
his front left leg. He received surgery where the doctor cut an artery from the nerve, which is healing.
“I really want him to get better because I miss him so much,” C. McKay said.
C. McKay then sprays dry clean shampoo on Ozzie and wipes him with a cloth. When she brushes his neck with a hard brush, Ozzie stomps and raises his head up to his full height.
“What? Is that your tickle spot?” C. McKay asks as she continues brushing.
Since C. McKay started competing last year, she has won two classics, awards that jumpers win at shows. According to Ms. McKay, C. McKay and her horse rank third in their group in NIHJA.
“Horseback riding is not as easy as it looks. Some people are like, ‘you don’t do anything--the horse does all the work,’ but we (the horse and I) communicate with each other,” C. McKay said.
C. McKay sprays show sheen onto Ozzie and uses a hairbrush to brush the tangles out of his light gray tail. Soon, the hairbrush runs smoothly through the tail. As she brushes the mane and the hair on Ozzie’s forehead, she takes his head and kisses his light gray face.
“It (horseback riding) makes it (C. McKay’s life) a little more stable. It’s an escape from the craziness,” Meghan Ausnehmer, sophomore and friend of C. McKay, said.
After shaving hairs on Ozzie’s face with a whisker shaver, C. McKay feeds him treats, holding them flat in her hand as he grabs them with his lips. When the treats vanish, she leads Ozzie back to his stall and closes the door. Right before she leaves, she opens the door to see him again and pets his back.
“He’s the sweetest horse you ever met,” C. McKay said.
Colleen McKay, sophomore, uses a whisker shaver to shave the muzzle of her horse Ozzie, a 12-year-old gray thoroughbred racing horse with the show name Keep the Faith. She bought him last September but currently does not ride him because he has navicular disease in his front left leg. “It’s been a while since I’ve ridden him, and I miss him,” McKay said.(Photo by Rosalie Chan)
Rosalie Chan
Feature Editor
Mary Jo Cameron
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Behind the Scenes of WCAT Announcements: Equipment and Sets
Newscasters read from the teleprompter, which has a two-way mirror and hooks up to the videocamera.(Photos by Mary Jo Cameron and Derek Spallone)
Computer Lab Malochleb Pzemyskaw, senior, at the studio
VideocamerasAnnoucement Set
Coming to A M E R I A
Focus6October 22, 2010Spokesman
Lee leaves South Korea to pursue career in fashion design
On Feb 27, 2009, Carolyn Lee, sophomore, stepped off a plane entering into the United States by herself. She came to America with a dream of going to college in New York City to major in fashion and design.
“I call my parents every day because I miss them so much. They come to visit me but I don’t think my parents will come back to live here. It makes me want to move back to Korea to be with them,” Lee said.
Lee was born in the United States, but later she moved to South Korea where her father started a business in trade. Lee returned to the United States to live with her relatives while her parents stay in South Korea running the business.
Lee plans to attend Parsons Design School in New York City. She set the goal four years ago when she read fashion magazines such as Vogue. This helped her realize that she loved working with fashion and wanted to create it.
“I moved back to America because I wanted to be able to prepare myself to get into college. I took art class last year and I’m really excited to take fashion next semester. Design really
interests me,” Lee said.Outside of school, Lee
attends a design school in Glenview. She goes three times a week for four hours a day. According to Lee, she learns skills such as drawing with many materials, figure drawings and sketches.
“I think it’s great that she already has goals she wants to do later,” Frida Valees, sophomore and friend of Lee, said. “She always is very dedicated at what she does and is always a perfectionist so I think she will be a great designer.”
Lee lives with Myung Lee, her aunt. Lee started learning English in her classes in Korea.
According to Lee, school and education have a very big difference because Korean teachers come to classes. Students do not move from class to class with passing periods. In Korea, students do not pick their own classes.
“English was the hardest part (in moving back to the United States). It took me four or five years to be able to talk like I can today,” Lee said.
Lee will move again to Glenbrook North High School.
“I want to go to Glenbrook North High School because it was a higher quality of art programs which will increase my chance of getting into a good design college,” Lee said.
Carolyn Lee, sophomore, drew this outfit along with a collection of other designs that she keeps in her sketch book. Lee draws every day and it takes her five to 10 minutes to finish a drawing. “I think my clothes would best fit females from 20 to 28 years old that are looking for chic designs in the workplace,” Lee said. (Photo by Carolyn Lee)
Megan Jones
Focus Editor
Maribel Aguilar, Ezy Cruz and Janet Delgado, sophomores
What are your thoughts on immigration in the United States of America?
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“Immigration has positive and negative factors to it. Society has made it seem to be so bad that it is hard to support it lately. Negative aspects to it would be that they take up jobs and some people don’t pay the taxes that we need in times of recession. It does make our country more diverse and give them more opportunities.”
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Focus7 SpokesmanOctober 22, 2010
America needs to be more accepting to immigrantsIn the
wake of the new Arizona immigration law, the u n e n d i n g immigration d e b a t e remains a hotbed of p o l i t i c a l fervor for
D e m o c r a t s and Republicans alike.
Arizona’s new law, officially known as SB1070, requires immigrants to carry their documentation at all times and gives police the authority to question anyone they suspect of illegal immigration.
How can the police (or anyone) tell whether someone is an illegal immigrant by looking at them? It’s a ridiculous concept that will only lead to more racial stereotyping
in a supposedly tolerant and accepting nation.
America has made great progress in the past century: both men and women can vote, race no longer affects one’s political standing, the salary gap between men and women has decreased substantially - yet we still blatantly discriminate against immigrants?
It’s no secret that the majority of illegal immigrants come from Mexico, and it’s no secret that this new Arizona law will only lead to a new wave a discrimination, but this time, against Hispanics.
If Americans don’t push forward to become more tolerant and continue to grow as a true melting pot of nations, our society and economy will only move backwards for one simple reason: immigrants are good for the United States.
Economically, immigrants provide a larger work force at a cheaper rate. Many Americans
often argue that immigrants take jobs away from born citizens. While in the short term, immigrants do fill up jobs faster than citizens, in the long term they provide true economic benefits.
It’s a cliché statement, but America truly is a nation of immigrants. America has seen three great waves of immigration: the Germans and the Irish in the 1840’s, Eastern and Southern Europeans in the early 1900’s and Asians, Mexicans, and South Americans today.
We have thrived as a nation for 234 years now and almost all of us are either descendents of immigrants or are immigrants ourselves. Unless America accepts this new trend of immigration, makes the legalization policy simpler and realizes the economic benefits of immigration, America’s 234 year legacy will take a turn for the worse.
Chris Schwarz
Forum Editor
Llontop moves from Peru to America to begin a new family
This is the story of how I came to Chicago. Even though the memory crumples into a wicked feeling, the charm of your country is neither forgotten nor a curse. It is an enjoyment to be blessed, a vestige that reminds you of home. The land that gave birth to you is a light in your path. And like the Peruvian waltz that resounds in the wailing of the ravine, it says, “Todos vuelven por la ruta del recuerdo, mas la ruta del amor no vuelve más,” which means “People return by the route of memory, but the path of love never returns.” Someday , I will return by the lost route, and I’ll see you, my beloved Peru.
My hands were saving the few things which lay on the floor, my bags lined by size. I kissed my room’s floor where the greatest memories are steeped in those freshly painted white walls, as if to erase what happened. This was the end. I would leave at 5 o’clock. The sea breeze took leave of me, as if the sea was saying, Good luck and come back soon. It was at that moment when I felt I had died.
Peru is a magical place where landscapes are contrasted by texture. Bred of all places, our culture is based on African, Spain,
European and Chinese, all put together in harmony. Even our food is a blend of French cuisine. It is a challenge to geography because of its coast, mountains, jungle and Peruvian sea.
The reason why we migrated from Peru, is because of our cravings to have a family for the first time in our life. My mother married my American stepfather. Because of this interracial couple, we decided to come to America.
In Peru, I used to live five blocks from the beach in Lima’s historic place called Miraflores. I used to go to Trilce private school.
My life in Peru had its setbacks. I was born with limited resources. My mother was the only one who raised me, for my father retired from his dues when I was four years old. That is why I felt excited and curious to have a family after all this time.
On my last day in Peru, I remember going to the beach with my friends. We saw the sunset and went running into the water with our dresses and pants.
My family had applied for a U.S. Visa two years ago. We applied for the “fiancee U.S. Visa” called k-1 Visa. American citizens who want to marry a foreign person apply for this visa.
Accounts were assembled and became obese. Another problem was that when we came,
the embassy lost our papers at Miami’s airport and we had to do the process again. Soon we became experts on the immigration topic.
At the airport to come to Chicago, they made us wait two hours. They delayed us and said that my mother must marry my stepfather in 90 days, or they will deported us to Peru.
When I arrived to my house and saw Chicago, I was surprised. I opened the door that would be my new home for the next few years. It was just like my mom hoped for and perfect for us three. When I sat in the room of my dreams I felt like Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. I’m here to pursue my dreams, for a better life and to have the family that I have never had.
When I went to downtown Chicago, my only expression was: WOW! It was overwhelming and seemed to be in another world. I missed Lima and its colonial architecture, but I was attracted by its massive buildings, bridges, trains, which was much more than I had imagined.
I am in an adaptation process, I think people here are very different. Not bad, just different with some prejudices which don’t make any sense. I do not feel like home, but I dream of the day to say: “I grew up in Chicago.” All immigrants , legal or not, come with the purpose of a better life.
Ninoshka Llontop
Staff Reporter
Left: Three year old, Ninoshka lays on top of her cousins, Erika, Miluska and Aurora Llontop in her grandparents’ house. “I miss my grandparents and I remember when we used to escape from our parents’ house to our grandparents and go to the park for the whole day with my cousins,” Llontop said. Right: La Rosa Nautica is the largest restaurant in Peru located along the water. Llontop went to this restaurant with her parents the day before her step father proposed.(Photos by: Ninoshka Llontop)
What are your thoughts on immigration in the United States of America?
Andy Eiter, senior
“Well, immigration should be slowed down during times of recession because we have a shorter supply of jobs. But, during times of economic growth we should welcome a larger number of immigrants to help fill positions that are being created.”
Opinion
What is it? * The Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors is meant to give undocumented immigrant minors more opportunities after high school, and ultimately put them on a path to citizenship that they would not otherwise have.Who qualifies? * To qualify for the DREAM Act, you must: o have entered the U.S. at the age of 15 years or younger and currently be between the ages of 12-35 years old o have been in the U.S. for a least five years before the bill is put into effect o have graduated from a U.S. high school, obtained a GED, or been accepted to a U.S. college or university o have good moral characterWhen will the bill be passed? * The DREAM Act has yet to be passed. What do teachers think? * "I think that it is very irresponsible that they are not (passing the bill). They are only passing the burden on to future generations...because of the unwillingness of politicians to make a decision," Sandra Chico, economics teacher, said. * "We have talked about it in SHADES club because a lot of the students are greatly affected by it, being undocumented immigrants. These students are academically strong but legally they are being held back," Joanne Amador-Zapata, Spanish teacher, said.
Dream Act
Photo Opinion by Megan Jones, Jennie Alcantar and Mary Jo Cameron
by Stevi Anderson
La Voz 822 de octubre, 2010Spokesman
Joel Alvarez, mostrado como sophomore en el año 2007, es ahora miembro del ejercito. Antes de que entrara, J. Alvarez era “mas comico,” Ilse Alvarez, senior, dijo. De acuerdo con ella, J. Alvarez le gustaba bromear con sus amigos. Se sentaban juntos porque se apellidan igual. “Como teniamos geometria juntos pudimos compartir muchas cosas,” I. Alvarez dijo. Sin embargo, J. Alvarez continua siendo una inspiracion para sus cuatro hermanas en Mexico. Karla Alvarez, novia de J. Alvarez no lo conocia cuando I. Alvarez era amiga de él. (foto por Lair)
Aquí J. Alvarez, ahora 19, esta es su campamento y trabaja en camiónes. De acuerdo con K. Alvarez aunque J. Alvarez este lejos y haiga pasado por “experiencias que lo haigan cambiado, el todavia es un chavo muy buena onda.” Por otro lado, I. Alvarez piensa que ha cambiado un poco ya que ya es “mas serio y estricto.” Cuando J. Alvarez fue a la fiesta de K. Alvarez se sento y hablo de sus experiencias. De acuerdo con él es mas “serio en cuanto a las cosas que realmente importan.” A este punto de su vida, en Afganistán, J. Alvarez desea regresar a casa. (foto por Joel Alvarez)
Lo que sabemos por machismo, es una actitud de ponencia hacia las mujeres. No obstante, ¿qué significa esto en nuestra sociedad latina? Son, acaso, la religión y el machismo un fenómeno cultural al cual los latinos nos encontramos ligados?
En México el 43.2 por ciento de mujeres, según la ENDIREH (Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinámica de las Relaciones en los Hogares ), han sido víctimas de violencia efectuada por sus cónyugues. En el Perú, han sido 41.2 por ciento de ellas, según el Ministerio de la Mujer. La situación en Ecuador no se escapa de las dos últimas realidades ya que a ellos les corresponde la cifra de 83,000 mujeres abusadas al año. En Colombia, cada día seis mujeres son asesinadas. Y así, las cifras son un promedio de éstas en toda Latinoamérica. La pregunta es: Porqué.
Desde los tiempos de Hernán Cortes y Malinche, la india, ella esta a su disposición en cuanto al sexo y al trabajo. Ella llevaba un hijo de Cortes. Es uno de los primeros casos de machismo existentes, ya que La Malinche fue amoldada de tal manera que encajara en el conquistador. La mujer rajada y gobernada. La diferencia de México, en Perú el machismo fue traído por los españoles ya que existían mujeres sacerdotisas en el antiguo Perú. ¿Qué tiene que ver esto con la religión? La religión nos retrata la imagen de la Virgen María, pura y santa. Nos dibuja a la mujer perfecta, sumisa y hecha a la labor. Eso conlleva a que el hombre piense que las mujeres en su perfección son y deben ser el sinónimo de Virgen Marianista. La religión siempre ha
modelado la sociedad latina, de manera que ejerce poder en las masas sociales. Ha creado esta atmosfera de supremacía y de grados jerárquicos.
La supremacía que el hombre siente se debe a lo que el mismo esconde. Necesita sentir alguien bajo de el para apoyarse y destruir. Los medios de comunicación también han hecho su cuota al caricaturizar la mujer como ama de casa, instruyéndola tan sólo en la cocina. Y de la manera que venden sus atributos. La cosmovisión machista tiene como propósito la superioridad y humillación, y él desprecio a la mujer. Sin embargo, esto ha sido una evolución, entre tradición y generaciones donde el privilegio se le ha dado al llamado “hombre de la casa.” Las caretas que busca y guarda, las manosea. El escritor mexicano , Octavio Paz, nos habla del comportamiento de sus compatriotas en cuanto a su cosmovisión que expropia lo extranjero. Es decir cierto porcentaje de los latinos busca la identidad que se les ha sido robada por la religión y la conquista, y busca a la mujer como refugio, como virgen. Buscando el cariño de la madre. No obstante, el hombre busca esconderse.
La cultura latina sofoca de cierta manera, aunque abriga en la soledad. La mujer es parte esencial de la familia, tal vez la protagonista que sigue al director. Debemos de cambiar eso.Ya que la capacidad del ser humano no tiene límites. Es nuestro derecho hacernos respetar, sin ofender a nuestros allegados, pero dándonos el lugar que nos corresponde. Cabe de mencionar, que no todos los hombres son iguales, pero el machismo existe. Abran los ojos. Las mujeres tenemos que hablar por nosotras mismas y no dejar que nadie nos coaccione ni nos calle. Con la boca se besa, pero también se expresa.
Alvarez regresa a casa, dedica tiempo a amigos
Machismo sin límites
Joel Alvarez, graduado de WHS en el 2009, es ahora miembro del ejército de EE.UU., y pudo regresar a su casa para el fin de semana del 18 de Septiembre después de estar situado en Alemania durante un año. Luego fue transladado a Afganistán y ha estado serviendo allí durante más de cuatro meses, serviendo a su país.
Alvarez se alistó a los 17 años. Después, se reporto a A l e m a n i a en cuanto cumplió los 19 años.
A pesar de que fue una d e c i s i ó n apresurada p o r q u e no estaba seguro si lo haria, Alvarez l admite que la razón primordial por la cual se alistó fue por la emoción y le ayudaría con la universidad. Más tarde se dio cuenta que “fue una gran oportunidad y le abrió una puerta.”
Cuando sus padres se enteraron, decidierón a apoyar J. Alvarez.
“Estábamos un poco asustados ya que tendria una capacitación tan intensa, pero es lo que quiere hacer,” Sandra Alvarez, mamá de J.
Alvarez’s, dijo. J. Alvarez asistió
a campamentos de entrenamiento por nueve semanas. También asistio a ATI, un centro de formación profesional, durante 12 semanas, lo que lo preparó para trabajar en el campo mecánico en Afganistán o en cualquier situación donde camiones o coches tendrian que ser reparados. Teniendo esta maestría J. Alvarez repara los camiónes en su base de operaciones.
Una vez que llego a Afganistán, J. Alvarez
se dio c u e n t a de que era muy diferente de lo que h a b í a oído.
“ L a g e n t e s u e l e decir que te atacan todo el t i e m p o y que es muy i n t e n s o ,
pero en los campos yo estoy muy relajado y tranquilo”, dijo J. Alvarez.
Aunque algunas de las condiciónes no son como se suele escuchar, J. Alvarez si dijo que “hace calor, hay mucho polvo, y huele muy mal.”
El motivo del olor, según él, es que hay un estanque el cual se llena con el drenaje del baño. J. Alvarez conduce através del estanque todas las mañanas para
ir a trabajar. El se queda en un campamento y varias veces sale con el proposito de que la gente confié en él, que sepan que ellos estan ahi.
Ha aprendido a apreciar las cosas que antes nunca apreciaba.
“Aprecio las cosas que tengo más porque me he dado cuenta que lo puedo perder en cualquier momento. Pueden desaparecer,” J. Alvarez dijo.
Karla Alvarez, (sin relación familiar) novia de J. Alvarez, habla con él unas tres veces al día- cuando sale del trabajo y antes.
Durante el fin de semana del 18 de Septiembre, J. Alvarez sentía que todo era “surrealista.” Él estubo presente en la fiesta de cumpleaños de K. Alvarez.
“Es como un sueño, mi cuerpo está aquí pero no me siento como si estuviera aqui,” dijo.
De acuerdo con K. Alvarez, él estara de regreso a mediados de Junio, después regresará a Alemania por seis meses. Después de eso sera translado a Texas o Kentucky por un año para concluir su servicio como soldado. El trabajo de J. Alvarez no termina alli, trabajará como policía.
Aunque J. Alvarez se encuentra en Afganistán, I. Alvarez todavia habla con el.
“Pense que nuestra amistad terminaria, pero hablamos casi todos los dias,” I. Alvarez dijo.
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Ninoshka Llontop
Staff Reporter
Karen Rodriguez
La Voz Editor
A&E9 SpokesmanOctober 22, 2010
Two-floor set places emphasis on chaos in ‘Noises Off,’ creates dramatic scenes on set
The fall play, “Noises Off” created a complex set with two levels instead of sets in the past years that Orin Xavier, director of the play, has directed at WHS. The WHS Tech Crew created the set.
“Noises Off,” premiered on Oct. 7, 8 and 9 in the Robert E. Sang Theater at WHS.
The set consisted of an upstairs and downstairs. In addition, the set had the ability to rotate.
During acts one and three, the set faced the front. During act two, the set faced backwards.
While rotating the play’s set, the tech crew did not have the capability to close the curtain because the set could not fit with it closed. As a result of this, the audience had the ability to watch as the tech crew rotated the set.
“We were done with the finishing touches a week before the play, but we have been working on it for a very long time. I’m impressed with our tech crew because we finished
quite early considering it was two levels with two sides,” Teri Gansinger, sophomore and member of tech crew, said.
The play consisted of a play within a play and how the actors prepared for it.
The story consists of a theater company who, according to Mr. Xavier, does not have good acting skills.
The play showed several things that could go wrong during rehearsal and the production of the play.
For example, Harlan Rosen, sophomore, played an angry director who could not control his temper and got caught in a love triangle with Libby Fisher and Maegan Draka, seniors.
“Working with this cast through all the tears, drama, missed cues and last minute timings, I think we finished perfectly,” Rosen said. “Friends or not, you are all forcibly brought together through a play. Plus me and Sean got to take our pants off.”
Michael Frayn wrote “Noises Off.” According to Mr. Xavier the play has
several things happening line and blocking wise with their movements especially when fighting, but the actors showed diligence and focused work to create a good show.
“I loved planning the fights; it was the best thing. It wasn’t hard planning the backstage fights because you could hear other people’s lines. Also, if you made a mistake the audience doesn’t care because they wouldn’t know if it’s a mistake or not,” Sean Kolodziej, senior, said.
During acts one and three, the set shows a typical play setting in which the actors perform.
Tech crew turns around the set during act two to show the backstage scenes which included several actors fighting and the stress of what it is like to be on stage.
“It was totally chaotic especially when people were absent from the cast. We were worried about it, but it came together way better than anyone thought,” Ashlee Malloy, senior, said.
Megan Jones
Focus Editor
Ashlee Malloy and Libby Fisher, seniors, look out the front door as Maegan Draka’s, senior, character announces she is pregnant. The entire cast immediately stops fighting to stare at Draka in shock.(Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
Libby Fisher and Maegan Draka, seniors, and Harlan Rosen, sophomore, perform a scene that shows the love triangle for “Noises Off.” The characters of the two seniors constantly fought over Rosen throughout the play.(Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
Sean Kolodziej and Julia O’Brien, seniors, peer through the window after Maegan Draka, senior, announces that she is pregnant. Lloyd, played by Harlan Rosen, sophomore, then sat on a cactus in shock that he was the father.(Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
Orchestra plans New York visitDaniel Brount
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Instead of their usual field trip to Florida, orchestra members will have the opportunity to go to New York during Spring Break.
“I know the orchestra went to Florida before, and I knew New York had a lot of different opportunities we could explore,” Sarah Yun, orchestra director, said.
According to Nia Evans, junior, orchestra
had to cancel its Florida trip last year due to a lack of students who wanted to go. This disappointed other members of orchestra.
“I was really looking forward to going with the orchestra and the activities that were planned for us seemed like fun,” Illiana Rivera, sophomore, said.
According to Ms. Yun, 32 members of orchestra plan to go on the trip and expect to depart on March 21. They will return from the field trip
on March 26. In the months before
they leave, those that plan to go will rehearse for their performances.
“We are performing at a church (St. Paul’s Chapel), and we are getting a master class from professionals, and we are going to a broadway show,” Ms. Yun said.
In addition to that, orchestra will tour New York and go to different museums.
“Besides being able to play, there’s different
things they are allowing us to do, like shop, so I’m excited for that,” Evans said.
Though the trip is still several months away, Ms. Yun said she is already excited.
“(I’m excited about) getting experience working with professionals in New York. And I heard the place we are performing in has gorgeous acoustics. Also, it will be a really good time to bond as an orchestra,” Ms. Yun said.
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Krista’s top 30 radio songs
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Kelsey Schauer, senior, sings “Taylor the latte boy” originally sung by Kristin Chenoweth, for Lisa Howard, broadway actress, and Stephen Colella, Prospect’s choir director. Five girls performed for the master class, then three of them participated in Howard’s benefit concert on Oct. 1.
Maroon 5’s ‘Hands All Over’ creates perfect combination in well mixed album
Maroon 5 creates “Hands All Over,” an album well mixed with upbeat songs and slower songs, giving listeners a combination perfect to lay down and listen to.
Maroon 5 creates a diverse album by changing up the levels in vocals and power behind the instruments. “Hands All Over” debuted on Sept. 21.
Although all the songs are about relationships or simply about love and lust, the songs don’t get annoyingly repetitive. The artists are able to accomplish this by switching from upbeat songs to slower, more soothing songs. The first three songs are more upbeat compared to the next three and then the space between upbeat to slow songs gets smaller.
Most of the songs
easily make listeners either start swaying to the tune or tap their feet to the beat.
The songs that stuck out to me were the ones with the catchier lyrics. “Stutter” seems like a song that many can relate to with lyrics like “you make me stutter, stutter,” and “you knock me down, I can’t get up, I’m stuck, gotta stop shaking me up.”
To contrast, “How” turns into more of being stuck in the situation with a girl while “Stutter” are the effects the girl has on him. “I have been bound by the shackles of love. And I don’t mind if I die tied up.”
In the mixture of these songs that pull at the listener’s heartstrings, “Hands All Over” creates a beat that’s more about lust than love.
Maroon 5 combines the different instruments to give the song constant changes in levels, making the song fun to move along with. “Love is a game you say, play me and put me away.” In this line, Levine’s voice changes to a slower tone, making the words linger as the beats in the background continue the same fast paced rhythm.
To contrast, the
pureness in Levine’s voice in “How” definitely adds “sweetness” to the lyrics. As I first heard this song, I couldn’t help but “awe” at the lyrics of “How,” especially with Levine’s voice drawing me into the song.
The album also includes a song, “Out of Goodbyes,” featuring Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott.
Scott’s and Levine’s voices compliment each other, making the song stick out the most. Especially with lyrics like “Never asked you to change, but sadly you don’t feel the same about me,” and “I wonder does your man still shudder when you touch his hand.”
Ending the album, “The Air That I Breathe” seems to be like the album saying “goodbye” since the lyrics make it seem like the artist has figured out how to start moving on and asks for help by singing, “I figured what it is all about. It’s you that I could never live without.” and “Somebody make it stop. Yeah. And pick me up, And just dust me off, Oh. The rainy day flood, Will drown all this love. Trapped at the bottom now, please dig me up.”
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Overplayed radio songs, old radio songs come back on top 30
School work interferes with TV
Sitting in front of the television in my sweats and hoodie, ready to watch a new episode of “The Vampire Diaries,” I push my unopened backpack farther away so the sight of it won’t interrupt me from
the beauty of Damon Salvatore’s face.
“Glee,” “Gossip Girl” and “The Vampire Diaries” are just some of the shows that I watch religiously. Whenever I miss an episode, I watch it the next day. Even if it means getting up at 5 a.m.
“At school, all I hear are a bunch of girls shrieking, ‘OMG, Vampire Diaries,’ said Mario Martinez, freshman.
According to Martinez, who happens to be my brother, he goes home, wishing to get away from all the “annoying shrieking girls” but has to endure my “annoying-ness.”
“For me, and students, television is like an addiction. If I watch an episode I’ll have to keep watching. Then after the episode is done, I’ll have to keep working,” Jessica Maciejewski, English teacher, said.
According to Berenice Diaz, junior, she comes home, takes a nap and watches her shows until 10 p.m.
“I would be freaking out the next day if I didn’t know what was going on (in the shows),” Diaz said.
Once I fell madly infatuated with Damon Salvatore or Nate Archibald, then I just had to keep watching to feed the addiction.
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30) “O.M.G.” by Usher ft. Will.I.Am
With the fun dance beat, I can see why people like this song. I’m not a big Usher fan, but this song is an exception. The chorus is really catchy which makes singing along in the car very easy.
29) “Ridin’ Solo” by Jason Derulo
I love how this song goes from being semi-slow to a big dance beat in a matter of seconds. It’s a fun song to get ready to for a night on the town. Also, I really like how he says his name in the beginning. It adds his own unique mark.
28) “Cooler Than Me” by Mike Posner
At first, I thought this song was really weird. I mean, okay I get it, “you think you’re cooler than me.” Do I really need to hear it over and over again in one song? But as the radio played it more, the song started to grow on me. While it’s not a song I play on my iPod (or have on my iPod for that matter), when I hear it on the radio, I can’t help but sing along.
27) “King Of Anything” by Sara Bareilles
I really like Sara Bareilles, but this song was just okay. It’s really easy to sing along to and that’s why I like it. Also, there’s a nice, smooth tune to it that just mellows me whenever I’m in the car.
26) “If I Had You” by Adam Lambert
After not liking Adam Lambert’s first single “Whataya Want From Me,” I was very happy that I liked his newest single. His voice really shines with the range of notes he uses and I like the fast drum beat.
25) “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum
Unlike all the other songs on the radio, this song changes to slow and sad. Normally, even if you have a slow song, it has happy lyrics. I like how this song has both a male and female part, giving the song a he said/she said feel to it.
Radio stations overplay songs, making good songs hard to find. When I do find a good song on the radio, I listen to over and over again.
While most of these songs currently play on the radio, I’ve added some retired radio tunes that never get old.
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Kayla Dale, sophomore, practices her freestyle swim during a team practice on Monday, Oct. 18. Dale practices for two hours, six days a week on the WHS varsity team, as well as on a club team, the Des Plaines River Racers. (Photo by Jennie Alcantar)
Kayla Dale, sophomore, lives a life of swimming all year round. She has been swimming on a team for six years total, two of which being a part of the WHS varsity girls swim team.
Dale participates on the WHS team during the fall season, and immediately begins swimming with her club team, the Des Plaines River Racers, when her school season ends.
The WHS swim team practices for two hours every day except Sunday, with an additional one hour practice on Monday and Wednesday mornings before school.
According to Dale, a typical pre-meet schedule involves an intense workout on the second and third days before a meet, and an easier practice on the day before the meet in order to rest up for the next day. The girls on the team also make sure to eat a lot of carbs for energy.
“I like to listen to fast music, any kind of pump-up music (at the meets)” Dale said.
The WHS team also does team chants together before the meet begins.
Dale is one of only five sophomores on the varsity swim team. The team also includes two freshmen swimmers, and the remaining are juniors and seniors, though the races are not categorized by grade.
“’Leah (Malsom, junior and swim team co-captain) encourages me and tries to get me to swim faster...it’s a lot of fun; we’re like a big, loving family,” Dale said.
Her favorite event to participate in is the 50 meter freestyle race, a shorter distance race that “has to be your perfect swim, because it’s over fast.”
Once her school team’s season ends, Dale swims for the Des Plaines River Racers, which practices out of Maine West High School. The club team includes swimmers of all ages.
“We’ve got some (on the team) who are eight years old...but we swim against our own age groups,” Dale said.
The River Racers practice every day except Sunday, just as the WHS team does. During the summer, they hold
Dale swims competitively year round
Varsity soccer season ends with playoff loss
With a loss of 1-0, the varsity boys soccer team went to Palatine for its first and last playoff game of the season.
“If everybody decides to play well and stay disciplined to their individual roles we can be successful,” Ed Uhrik, soccer head coach, said.
Accoding to Irving Eloisa, sophomore and co-captain, he motivated the team at practices by mentioning that their hard work would pay off. Dan Speidel, senior captain, believed his team was ready and that they knew they had to play hard to win.
“The first thought in my
mind was that we straight up had to win that game and we had to fight until the last minute,” Fonzy Noveron, junior, said.
According to Speidel, the team’s biggest struggle was staying focused. Throughout the season, players like Yonic Carrillo and Arturo Escobedo, seniors, said that the team needed to come together to finish strong and finish the chances they had.
“(We) could have been a lot better if we had done a better job at generating and finishing our chances,” Speidel said.
Noveron believes that the team was not consistent enough.
“What we could have done better was to go all out, like we did near the end of the game, but we had to do it during the whole game,” Noveron said.
Kevin DavisNumber: 10Year: JuniorMajor: UndecidedHeight: 5-11Weight: 185lbsSchool: Lake Forest College
Kyle BatizNumber: 81Year: SeniorMajor: UndecidedHeight: 6-1Weight: 185School: Wheeling High School
I live one hour west and wanted to go somewhere close and come in right away and start.
High School my last game as a senior I caught for 250 yards and had two touchdowns catches including the game winning catch. It was an unforgettable and the greatest moment of my life.
What is your greatest accomplishment in football?
Why did you choose Lake Forest?
DeSean Jackson, I try to play like he does and that’s why I wear number 10.
What NFL Player do you look up to?
Minnesota State, Eastern Illinois and Fairmont State University.
Scoring my first touchdown on the Varisty level this year vs. Conant.
Randy Moss, because he is quick, his ability to get open and his speed.
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Associate Editor
doubles, with a two hour morning practice and two hour evening practice. The club team has two seasons, summer and winter, and the school team has one 12-week season. A regular club team meet may last three to four hours, while a school meet usually lasts two hours.
“They (club team practices) are intense,
long and difficult...in order to be great or accomplished, you have to make sacrifices, and it all starts in practice,” Rob Ramoska, coach of the River Racers, said in an email interview.
Coach Ramoska has coached Dale for three years. He says that Dale understands very well the five words he uses regularly with his
swimmers: focus, think, c o m p a r t m e n t a l i z e , visualize and communicate.
“She does well in school and I frequently ask her how classes are going. If there’s a situation, then we discuss it and come up with a game plan. Academics are very important to her, and to me as a coach...I want my swimmers to
use their minds as much, if not more, than their bodies,” Coach Ramoska said.
Overall, Dale enjoys being active through her intense, back-to-back swimming schedules.
“It’s a lot of fun; you get to eat a lot and be on a team with others who share your interests,” Dale said.
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Derek Spallone
Staff Reporter
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What NFL Player do you look up to?
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Wildcats beat Bison at Homecoming game
At 7:30 on Friday, Oct. 15, the Wildcats beat the Buffalo Grove Bison 14-7 in the Wildcats’ Homecoming game.
“We just wanted to play our game...they (the players) are hard fighters and they really carried it out,” Dave Dunbar, head football coach, said.
In the first quarter the Wildcats were able to gain possession of the ball. They gained an early lead when Tyler Brady, junior quarterback, threw the ball to Luke Smith, senior wide receiver. The Wildcats did not score again in the first half, leaving the score 6-0 Wildcats.
“I thought I played pretty good. It was my first touchdown in my varsity career,” Smith said.
The Wildcats were able to fend off the Bison until the third quarter when the Bison scored a touchdown tying the game 6-6. The Bison’s field goal kicker scored an extra point, bringing the score to 6-7 Bison. A fumble by the Cats kept the score 6-7 through the end of the quarter.
In the fourth quarter Brady threw a 40-yard pass to Billy Jamie, senior and wide receiver, on the second down with five yards to go and 11:40 minutes left.
“(I performed) decent. It was a good performance, but the team performed well together,” Brady said.
As their blocking improved from the previous quarter, the Cats scored another touchdown in the fourth quarter and had a successful 2-point conversion, putting the Wildcats in the lead 14-7.
As the last two minutes winded down at the end of the quarter, the Bison performed an incomplete pass, and later started to throw the ball down field when a Wildcat intercepted the ball with less than 30 seconds left on the clock.
Top left: Billy Jamie, senior and wide receiver, catches a 40-yard pass by Tyler Brady, junior and quarterback. “It was a play the that designed like that. Tyler threw the ball and I just went up and got it,” Jamie said. Top right: Brady runs the ball to the score winning touchdown. “Well it was good that we got a lead on BG (Buffalo Grove) because people believed in us, even people on the team,” Brady said. Bottom right: Waiting for the game to end, the players held hands to show support for the Cats 14-7 lead.
Girls swimming loses to Bison, but places first in four events
Taylor scores 77 at Sectionals, Ferguson makes All-Conference
Varsity girls swimming lost to Buffalo Grove High School 121-62 at the away meet on Oct. 14, but WHS swimmers placed first in four out of 11 events.
“We had a lot of great times. A lot of girls really stepped it up and were able to race,” Lisa Hanrahan, girls varsity swim head coach, said.
Kayla Dale, sophomore, won both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle. She swam the 50-yard
freestyle with a time of 27.37 seconds, touching the end of the pool only 0.62 seconds before the second place winner did.
Also, with a time of 58.51 for the 100-yard freestyle, Dale was the only swimmer at the meet who swam it in under a minute.
“We had a lot of races that Wheeling touched us out on. We need to work on that because I don’t like seeing my girls being touched out,” Tom Mroz, girls varsity swim head coach at Buffalo Grove High School, said.
Callie Schoeneman, senior, Dale, Michaela
Rozmus, freshman, and Leah Malsom, junior, won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:49.48.
Malsom also won first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.05.
According to Coach Hanrahan, the swimmers currently swim 4,000 to 8,000 yards a day. As Conference, which will take place Oct. 29 to 30 at Barrington High School, approaches, they will only swim 3,000 to 4,000 yards a day so that they will be less tired when they compete at Conference.
On Friday Oct. 15, Michael Taylor, junior, was the only boy to make Sectionals with a score of 77.
According to Menich, this year was a tough one for a few of the players.
“It was a bad day for multiple players at Conference,” Coach Menich said.
At Regionals Taylor scored a 78. When he moved on to Sectionals he improved his score by one point. Taylor said he could have done better.
According to Mark Menich, coach, Conference did not go as well as the players wanted to. As a team, they went into Conference sixth out of 12 teams. Later, they dropped four places, coming in 10th place.
Even though Taylor made it to Sectionals, Jack Ferguson, sophomore, did not. According to him, it was not a good day because he did not have the necessary skills.
“It sucked. Making it last year (to State) I really wanted to go back, but it happens. It was a disappointment,” Ferguson said.
For Taylor, however, it was a good day at Sectionals. According to him, he changed his swing and his putting got “a lot better.”
“With golf you can have a bad day, and for Regionals I just had one of those better days,” Taylor said.
Ferguson did say Taylor was a good player.
“He (Taylor) has a good day, anything is possible,” Ferguson said.
Concerning Ferguson not making it to State, Taylor said it was a disappointment. Yet, Ferguson made All-Conference at a score of 79.
“We both wanted to make it; we wanted to play,” Taylor said.
According to Coach Menich the team’s goal was to get in the top five since they made it to that extent last year. This year, however, they dropped.
Though, the team did not go as far as they would have liked
to, Coach Menich said it was “nice beating Buffalo Grove.”
As for Ferguson, he is content to know he still has two more years to try and make it to State.
In Conference, Ferguson scored a 79 for 18 holes. Overall, he placed 12th out of 72 golfers.
Taylor scored an 89 in Conference. He improved by 11 strokes and qualified for Sectionals.
At Sectionals, Taylor improved from his last game by one stroke finishing with a score of 77.
Taylor missed the cut for State by two strokes.
“I wasn’t satisfied in that round (of golf) because of stupid errors” Taylor said.
Coach Menich was hoping their top three guys would place and be All-Conference just like last year.
Still, Ferguson is looking forward to the next two years because he knows there are good games to be played.
“It was a good season, had some good matches. We played good as a team. I hope we’ll do better next year,” Ferguson said.
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Callie Schoeneman, senior, comes up for air as she swims the breast stroke for the 200-yard IM at Buffalo Grove on Oct. 14. with a time of 2:40.97. “I’m feeling confident that the team’s getting better,” Schoeneman said.(photo by Solinna Chong)
