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CARDINAL NEWSWauwatosa East High School An Alert Student Publication

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The Wauwatosa School Board made a controversial decision on Monday, Jan. 24 to implement foreign lan-guage classes in grade schools instead of employing full-time librarians, also known as Library Media Specialists.

The heavily debated plan entails the start of a Spanish language program for students in first through fifth grade and getting rid of full-time librarians to fund the new posi-tions. The plan was approved by a 4-3 vote.

The plan has a potentially positive impact on stu-dents. The advantages of starting a foreign language early in a students education are well-known. The dis-trict has relied on the findings of Dr. Ellen Bialystok, who is an expert on bi-lingualism in childhood.

“Our research has shows that reading prog-ress amongst all bilingual children is improved over monolingual children,” Bialystock said.

Eisenhower Elementa-ry School Prinicpal Kristin Bowers is “excited about providing students with the opportunity to learn a world language during el-ementary school.”

Bowers believes the district will serve its students well. “As a district, we will work collectively to provide a

top-notch program to our students,” Bowers said. The addition of Spanish classes in elementary

schools is controversial because of the loss of the library media specialists. The current plan calls for

replacing full-time librarians, trained in a variety of technology and research based skills, with teachers and aides.

“Our challenge will be making the adjustment and providing library-based services for students,” Jefferson Elementary School Principal Tom Seidl said.

Another concern is that teachers are already working long hours and may have to add to their workload by hav-ing to learn additional library and media skills.

School board member and East parent Phil Kroner voted against the plan.

“Since the district’s primary focus is high reading achievement, I did not support the...proposal because I think the loss of full-time librarians would make our read-

ing program less ef-fective,” Kroner said.

School board member Mary Jo Randall, voted in fa-vor of the plan.

“We are commit-ted to making sure that our elementary students will still have access to the li-brary,” Randall said.

The plan will be-gin in the 2011-2012 school year.

As the American education system con-tinues to suffer and American students rank 25th in math compared to the rest of the world, districts are looking for creative alternatives to the regular means of teaching.

The Wauwatosa School District has gives several education options to parents and stu-dents. The district currently offers two charter schools: Wauwatosa STEM and Tosa School of the Trades.

According to Jason Zurawik, associate principal at Wauwatosa East High School and principal of the Trade School, a charter school is “a school that is different than the traditional setting.”

Charter schools have proven to be very ef-fective. This is especially evident at the Trade School, where students “last year had a 70 per-cent higher cumulative GPA that prior to com-ing [to the school],” according to Zurawik.

The district continues “looking at innova-tive ways of teaching kids,” Zurawik said, and in fall 2011 will open Wauwatosa Montessori.

Students attending Wauwatosa Montes-sori will experience a very different learning environment than that of the regular class-room. Dean Heus, who will be the main ad-ministrator at the school, reaffirms this idea.

“Montessori school environments look and run a little differently compared to tradi-tional classrooms,” Heus said.

A crucial part of a Montessori education is an “emphasis on student choice and inde-pendent work in terms of how learning time is directed,” Heus said.

Students and teachers work together to design a lesson plan appropriate for the child.

Lessons are related to prac-tical and cultural life, the six senses, math and language. While fulfilling these re-quirements, students are able to pursue their interests and learn at their own pace.

Kim Heyer, a Wauwa-tosa West High School par-ent whose three children all went to Montessori schools, explained that the Montes-sori classroom “invites them [children] to select their own work based on interests.”

Montessori schools stress the importance of “following the child,” and “looking at each individu-al,” Heyer said.

This does not mean that children at Montessori schools only learn inde-pendently. Students work in partners, small as well as large groups, and one on one with the teacher. Work-ing in groups and partners lets students learn from each other, while also teaching social skills key to a child’s development.

Another fundamental idea for Montessori education is that learning is hands-on. By us-ing their senses to learn a new concept, stu-dents are able learn more successfully.

For example, students learn the parts of speech using corresponding geometric fig-ures, so students use something they are famil-iar with to teach themselves something new.

Junior Maddie Packard attended Mil-waukee Montessori.

“I got a jump start on different subjects,” Packard said. “When I started public school in first grade I was very well prepared and school was easier for me.”

Even though Wauwatosa Montessori will teach students differently than Wauwatosa schools have taught students in the past, the district is well prepared.

“The district has been researching and conducting preliminary planning…for the past 18 months,” Heus said.

The district is quite certain that the school will be a success.

“A community survey showed that feedback was positive that there would be families interested in a Montessori option,” Heus said.

Heus is also hopeful that because of Wauwatosa Montessori and the other charter schools currently in the district, parents will choose to send their children to the Wauwa-tosa School District.

“I believe in the Montessori way of edu-cating a child,” Heyer said. “It helped [my children] to become independent thinkers and develop a love of learning.”

Montessouri charter school set to openHeather O’Keefe

staff writer

Trouble in MoscowLearn the details of a recent airport bombing in the Russian city.See Nation/World, p. 3

Sarah StrongFind out what the fre-quently fundraising club is all about.See In-Depth, p. 6-7.

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library media specialistscurrently employed

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School board approves plan, adds elementary Spanish“Our challenge will be making the ad-justment and providing library-based services for students.”

Tom Seidl, Principal, Jefferson Elementary

Elise Walker staff writer

2011 IBARead more about this year’s IBA season.See Sports, p. 11.

Educating interested families, future Wauwatosa Montessouri School administrator Dean Heus (above)answers questions at an informational meeting on Mon-day Feb. 21. The new district charter school is set to open in the 2011-2012 school year.

photo by Franki Ludwig

2 the cardinal news february 25, 2011News

Newest local Youth Risk Behavior

There is an undeniable ring to the new mantra of Wauwatosa East High School. “Raider Respect”—from directing students to get to class on time or to “Pay for your food,” as one poster proclaims, it encompasses just about every aspect of high school life.

Most recently, Raider Respect has ap-peared on the red signs posted above bub-blers across the school. While the motto has been the target of some joking by some students, the subject of these posters is no laughing matter.

The scarlet posters contain the results of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a survey taken at local, state, and national levels to assess patterns of “health-risk behaviors” among adolescents. Questions on the survey cover a variety of issues such as drinking and driving, sexual activity, vio-lence, self-image and depression.

“I don’t think the surveys are ben-eficial for students,” senior Zach Brown said. “People just laugh at the signs with statistics and turn them into a joke, which doesn’t help anyone.”

The numbers appearing on the red posters are taken from a survey done this past Octo-ber. 205 students at East, randomly selected from all grade levels, took part in the survey.

“We’re trying to get information about good things that our kids are doing,” Prin-cipal Nick Hughes said. “If it’s 10 per-cent of students report marijuana use,’ that means 90 percent don’t. So we sort of flip that information to look at it from a different perspective.”

This “social norm” approach is a new way that schools and health departments are trying to help teenagers make safer decisions.

“In the old days, drug prevention and other risky behaviors focused on highlighting risk and scaring people,” social worker for Wau-watosa Schools Sonja Nelson said. “Accord-ing to research, this does not work. At all.”

Nelson decided to see how the ac-tual YRBS data from East compared with student perceptions of their peers’ behav-ior. To do this, Nel-son gave a survey to all Health and AP Psychology classes asking students to es-timate school-wide participation in risky behaviors.

Part of the survey asked students to esti-mate the frequency of certain behaviors. When asked “What percent [of students] at East do you think refuse to drink and drive?” the most common answer was 31-40 percent.

Based on the 2010 survey, 97% of East students refuse to drink and drive. A ma-jority of students in the survey also over-estimated the amount of marijuana use at East by about three to four times and the

amount of dating violence by up to five or six times.

“Negative news tends to take on a snowball effect,” Nel-son said. “The truth is that as an aggregate our students’ ACT

numbers are up, behavioral problems are down and tardies are way down.”

In fact, according to Nelson, the latest surveys show the student body as lower for every risk indicator than both the Wisconsin and national results.

“While depression indicators are lower at East, we still have 17 percent of students who experience multiple symptoms of depres-sion,” Nelson added.

17 percent translates to as many as 200 students—a number that is hard to ignore.

“[The YRBS data] has a lot of other informa-tion that [the school] can use to talk about things like teen stress, anxiety and depression in high school students,” Hughes said. “It’s affecting a lot of kids, and I think…that, as a school, we need to be proactive with that as well.”

Girard Gorelick staff writer

News Briefs

raNdom fact

Seniors nominated for state

scholarship

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 de-grees Fahrenheit.

Dueling is legal in Par-aguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Seniors Erik Pintar, Kelly Wikoff and Kelley Annesley are nominat-ed for the Wisconsin All State Scholars scholar-ship. 120 seniors from across the state are nominated. Nominated students can earn up to $1,500 towards tuition per year.

District schedules weather

make-up day

Many Wauwatosa East High School art students have been recognized this year by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. This organization gives out the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Seniors Martina Ibanez and Chelsea Latham recieved Gold Keys for their photo portfolios. Other Gold Key recipients include seniors Shannon Row-bottom (portfolio), Anne Burnett (portfolio), Emily Helmers (drawing and portfolio), Jacob Mouradian (drawing), Nathan Spilde (draw-ing) and Sarah Spanjar (drawing), juniors Sara Armstrong (ceramics), Mu Dah (fashion) and Zora Martin (digital pho-to) and freshmen Lau-ren Franklin (drawing)and Anna Schreiber (drawing).

After cancelling school on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Wauwa-tosa School District an-nounced there will be an inclement weather make-up day on Mon-day, April 25.

School was can-celled on Feb. 2 after a snowstorm left Wauwa-tosa covered in several inches of snow.

Art students honored

in national competition

Survey conducted, results publicized

“We’re trying to get informa-tion about the good things that our kids are doing.”

Nick Hughes,Principal

Marine Corps. Band visits Wauwatosa EastGiving a concert, marine corps. concert band members perform in Wau-watosa East High School’s theater on Monday, Feb. 14. The concert was open to the public and was attended by East band students. The mem-bers of the band gave masterclasses to students following the concert. photo by Franki Ludwig

Stopping to read during a visit to Guidance, senior Brandon Erny (above) takes a look at a poster displaying Youth Risk Behavior Study (YRBS) statistics. Signs throughout Wauwatosa East High School contain statistics from the latest local YRBS survey in 2010 as well as a 2009 YRBS survey. photo by Franki Ludwig

3the cardinal newsfebruary 25, 2011 Nation/World

Mubarak resignsPoliticians aren’t always right—it’s a fact

of life. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama is no exception. For those of us that saw the President’s 2011 State of the Union speech, we were witnesses to not only impossible promises, but also a desperate sales pitch to get reelected.

The main focus of President Obama’s speech was domestic issues. He talked about America’s need to stop depending on biofuels and start relying on more “clean” resources such as “coal” and “natural gas” by taking the money being invested in oil and putting it into these projects.

Obama also criticized the stricken economy and America’s ever-falling educational standards, stating that he’ll fix these problems by hiring more teachers, rebuilding infrastructure, streamlining the government, increasing exports, throwing a internet modem at every breathing thing and, of course, just by building some high-speed trains.

There are some things Obama left out of the speech.The President barely even mentioned the war in the Middle East, which actually contributes a large portion of debt to our already high national total of 14 trillion this year according to economic analysts. He also forgot to announce that a decent number of people in Congress made their riches in fossil fuels, so passing a bill that drastically alters how we invest in energy is going to be a bit harder than he made it sound.

President Obama seems to have made some statistical stumbles in his speech as well. Though Obama wants for America to be the first nation with a million electric cars on the road, experts are saying that such a feat will be impossible.

As for Obama’s promise to double the United States’ exports by 2014, said rates have only increased by 3 percent since 2006. Nuclear and natural gas only account for 45 percent of our electric power, so unless Obama starts to crank out thousands of coal mines in the next 21 years America will not meet his third goal of getting 80 percent of its electricity from “clean” energy sources by 2035.

It is worth mentioning that Obama’s goal of delivering high-speed internet to 98 percent of the population in the next 5 years might be possible, as the percentage of people with access to high-speed internet at home in the U.S. rocketed from 3 percent in 2009 to 66 percent in the past year.

Also, Obama failed to take into account the number of people who lack the knowledge to utilize the high speed internet, which means not all 98 percent of America will be able to take advantage of his lofty technological goals.

Basically, in order to accomplish any of these preposterous goals the U.S. would need to spend trillions more than it can spare in the coming years.

While his introduction about the Tucson shooting and the need to unite as a nation was touching, President Obama needs to get it into his head that the drastic changes he proposed are impossible with the timeframe given.

The president needs to start with the small changes that he can accomplish in his term while devising more detailed and thought-out plans for the long-term issues. It will take time and it will be hard.

We are hurting as a nation right now but jumping from the frying pan into the fire is not going to help.

On Tuesday, Jan. 25 monumen-tal political change began in Egypt. That day, thousands of enraged Egyptians flooded the streets and demanded change from their gov-ernment. The revolution lasted 18 days, and is officially known as The January 25th Revolution.

The unrest in Egypt was caused by anger with the country’s prevalent of poverty, hunger, unemployment and government corruption. The protestors were inspired by the recent successful revolution in Tunisia, which was caused by similar problems. Most of the pro-testors held one man responsible for all these problems, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Hosni Mubarak has been the Pres-ident of Egypt for 30 years. Mubarak claims to be democratically elected but many labeled him a dictatorial and oppressive leader.

“It seems like [Mubarak] has be-come drunk with power,” English teach-er Kristin Cmeyla said.

The 18 days of protests were the first Egypt had seen in over 40 years.

The day they began, the govern-ment stepped in,

as it traditionally does not tolerate any form of protesting, peaceful or other-wise. Known for their brutal oppression of protestors, the Egyptian police forces used tear gas, batons and water cannon to put an end to the demonstrations.

Hundreds of protesters were arrested and in-jured as violence became common-place on the streets of cities such as Cairo, Alexandria and Suez.

Junior Wenie Lado, a native of Cairo, believes the protests were enacted wrongly.

“The violence is simply never the answer,” Lado said. “The way they’re using it is only making the situation worse.”

In spite of the actions, protests con-tinued. The government’s next move was to block Twitter and Facebook, which were being used to orchestrate the pro-tests. This move backfired, as it infuri-ated citizens across Egypt.

The protestors persisted, stag-ing even larger protests on Feb. 4. In

response, the government cut off all Internet and cell service in Egypt.

Finally, on Feb. 10 Mubarak announced his resignation and left the country. This means an end to the protests and a new direction for

Egypt as a nation.For now, the

Egyptian mili-tary is in charge of the country while new lead-ership is sorted out. One pros-pect for the country’s new leader is Mo-hamed ElBara-

dei, who led many of the protests.“ElBaradei seems to be very

well recieved,” social studies teacher Ann Ward said. “Also, the Egyp-tian Google executive is a possibility, which is interesting.”

The future of Egypt depends on developing an efficient constitution.

“Egypt’s biggest challenge is de-signing an effective framework for itsgovernment—an effective, legiti-mate constitution.” Ward said.

Speech has unrealistic goals

“...the President needs to start with the small changes that he can accomplish in his term...”

Voice of Reason

Zhengqi Fan

“Egypt’s biggest challenge is designing an effective framework for its gov-ernment—an effective, legitimate constitution.”

Ann Ward,Social studies teacher

Lorenza Zebellcopy editor

Glance at the Globe India and Pakistan announced

they would resume peace talks that were previously

halted after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.

A group of approximately 1,000 Thai “yellow shirt” protesters

took to the streets to demand the resignation of Prime Minister

Abhisit Vejjajiva.

Fluffy by Maggie Elliott

Due to an exploding popu-lation of wild boars within

Barcelona city limits, citizens have been permitted to hunt them with bows and arrows.

A judge in Ecuador awarded 8.64 billion dollars to Ecuadorian resi-dents of the Amazon who were

suing Chevron for years of crude oil pollution.

Riots force President’s removal, social change

Riot by Max Smith

4 the cardinal news february 25, 2011Nation/World

Moscow bombing prompts changesAttack claims lives, raises safety awareness throughout Russia

On Jan. 25 at about 4:30 p.m. an explosion rocked Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, leaving 35 dead and at least 130 injured according to the Russian Health Ministry. Two of the victims were British travelers.

Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport serving Moscow, and is approximately 25 miles southeast of the city center. The explosion occurred in the arrival hall of the airport, and has been attributed to a suicide bomber carrying 15 pounds of TNT explosives.

“The arrival hall was a public area... to which people who are not passengers have free access,” Moscow Airport Press Secretary Yelena Galanova said to international reporters.

“Retribution is inevitable,” Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said to CNN report-ers. “This was an abominable crime in both its senselessness and its cruelty.”

Putin also offered government help to the families of the victims. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised that those responsible would be caught and punished. Medvedev said the level of terror threat in Russia to be higher than that of the United States. Med-vedev also said there needs to be more Rus-sian security checks in the style of those in the Unit-ed States and Israel to avoid more turmoil.

Medvedev also stated that Russia will undergo internal security structure changes to prevent further attacks.

Within hours of the bombing, Putin ordered ele-vated security at other airports in the area and other transportation hot spots, as well as putting the local police on high alert for bombs.

Domodevo airport security forces, according to in-depth reports from Russian police, is now seeking three suspects. Many false calls have been placed to Russian authorities by citizens claiming to be the suicide bomber.

None have been officially recognized, and people calling to report themselves now have to pay for their calls.

This is not the first time Russia has been subject to acts of terror— Since 2004 there have been

six attacks of a similar nature, three at transport hubs or involving transport and one attack at Domodedevo Airport.

The most recent of these attacks was perpetrated by two female suicide bombers who killed 40 people.

“I guess I think people need to consider the bigger picture when they make momentous decisions like that,” freshman Anna Kaye said. “If they’re ending their own life because they think their life is unfair, think of how unfair it is to the families of [the victims].”

Many students see a larger issue that may stem from the Domodedevo Airport bombing.

“The bombs in the airport have really affected the security of Russia,” junior Mackenzie Davies said. “The global community has begun questioning wheth-

er Russia’s ability to hold major in-ternational events, including the 2014 Olympics, will be sufficient.”

Sara Armstrongstaff writer

In early January the Chinese government unveiled a newly-created high-speed rail station that links the cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan.

This new rail, while expensive, reduces the 664-mile commute time between the two cities from seven and a half hours to three.

The rail construction process cost the Chi-nese government 1.1 trillion Yuan, or 165 million dol-lars, 106 million of which was spent this year.

China has had prob-lems in the past with weather conditions strand-ing people for days in train stations. To combat this, the new rail station is built to exacting standards.

Current high-speed lines travel at up to 350 kilometers per hour, almost twice as fast as conventional rail. The new Chinese rail sys-tem is capable of reaching speeds of nearly 400 kilometers per hour.

Proponents of the rail system laud the jobs and the reduced commute time it will create.

“The environmental impact of the two cit-ies is heavily reduced with this rail system,” World Bank Transport Coordinator John Scales said. “The rail allows for people to transfer their commutes from costlier, more environmentally-damaging methods.”

China’s Ministry of Railways was eager to point out to news agencies the benefits the system will provide to adjacent towns, in-cluding ease of travel and increased tourism.

“[The new railway] will be chang-ing people’s traditional thinking of time

and space in regards to the world around them,” Zhang Shuguang, head of the transport bureau at the Ministry of Rail-ways said to CNN reporters. “Of course, the rails also provide unparalleled speed.”

Despite its benefits, the rail has its opponents.“The problem is that high-speed rail is ex-

pensive both to build and to operate,” Beijing Jiaotong University Professor Zhao Jian said. “Most importantly, they require high ticket

prices to break even.” A ticket for a high-

end train ride is more expensive than most air-line tickets. The internet community has coined a term, “bei gaosu”, which roughly trans-lates to “being forced to take the high-speed trains and accept their high ticket prices.”

Zhao Jian, a profes-sor at Jiaotong University in Beijing points out that high-speed rail is more three times as expensive as regular rail.

“The construction cost is too high,” Jian said to international reporters. “The opera-tion cost is too high. I don’t think Chinese people can afford the price.”

Despite having its drawbacks, the rail is generally viewed as a progressive step for the Chinese government.

“[The new railway] is a promising step in the right direction,” Shuguang said. “It will not only help our planet but our people as well.”

Junior Alex Yang agreed. “It will definitely reduce pollution,”

Yang said. “And the streets will be less crowded. In general it will help create a cleaner and more efficient China.”

Rail eases Chinese travel

Moscow by Elise Walker

Nation of Interest

Tunisia by Elise Walker

“[The new railway] will be changing people’s traditional thinking of time and space in regards to the world around them.”

Zhang Shuguang,Railway official

Luke Murphystaff writer

Tunisia

Unhappy populaces all over the world are noticing the power of large citizen

protests.

On Jan. 14 the President of Tunisia fled the country

due to protests against what was viewed as a corrupt government.

Tunisia now stands on the precipice of change. Potential for the newly-

directed country is high, and Tunisia may serve as an ex-ample to discontented popu-

laces all over the world.

On the surface, provid-ing a Spanish program in the Wauwatosa elementary schools seems to be a good idea, as one looks deeper into the proposal, there are many things that should promote skepticism.

First, starting a lan-guage early will inevitably affect the middle school curriculum. It will have to be decided whether or not students will be able to continue their language in sixth grade or if they will have to wait until seventh grade, as they currently do.

The proposal also neglected to consider the children who enter the Wauwatosa school system after first grade. These kids would have to be placed in a different Spanish class than their peers based on their current knowledge of Spanish. This would separate them from their classmates for the rest of their educational careers, or until they choose to study a different language in middle school

This poses another problem. If all elementary students are taught Spanish it is not likely that many of them would switch to any of the other foreign lan-guages offered in the Wauwatosa school system when offered the opportunity in seventh grade.

Although Spanish is a very useful language to learn, there are benefits to learning the other languages that are offered. Unfortunately, these language opportuni-ties are often overlooked and the student base in these classes is already significantly smaller than the Spanish program. Starting kids early in Spanish will diminish the popularity of these important programs and limit student choice. A solution to this problem is to offer all languages in elementary school.

This brings us yet another point. The budget is admittedly tight in our school district. We do not have the money to begin this expensive program. The current solution is to replace Library Media Specialists with the Spanish teachers. Many students cherish their elementa-ry school librarians. Librarians directly affect students’ lives and education.

It seems that whenever the school board needs to make ends meet or get money for a new proposal, the first group of people they cut is educators. It is hard to believe that there aren’t some administrative positions that could be cut instead.

Because money is tight and resources are limited, our school system should not invest in a program that will have so many negative consequences.

Language proposal provokes concern

Student optimistic

I was born in Cairo, Egypt, a city in Northern Africa known for its famous pyramids and pharaohs. My parents were born in Sudan, and after they lived in Cairo for five years, my family moved to the United States.

Whenever I tell someone that I was born in Egypt, they find it fascinating! But recently, when I tell someone that I was born in Egypt I get asked what I think about the issues that are going on there today. I do not mind answering them in the slightest.

Within the last month, Egypt has been going through a drastic change in government. Hosni Mubarak was the Presi-dent of Egypt for 30 years.

It seemed completely out of the blue when Egyptian citizens started challenging Mubarak’s rule. Personally, I find it very iron-ic that Egypt was having problems with their government rule.

In my family, issues within Sudan are far more important than issues in any other country in Africa. In the beginning of January, Sudan held an impor-tant vote for the separation of the country. In other words, Sudan would totally divide into two separate countries. Sudan has been going through years and years of war, and the vote

for separation was crucial in the ending of the war.

Northern Sudan is mostly Muslim, and the Southern part is mostly Christian. These two groups clashed and it has caused a lot of problems. The outcome of this vote has made history. What used to just be Sudan is now North Sudan and The Republic of South Sudan.

Since the Sudanese people had the power to separate their

country, it might have given the Egyptians the thought of changing their government. The people of Egypt were not happy with Mubarak’s rule. They used their rights of freedom to peti-tion, speech and assemble to

run Mubarak out of office.In the early stages of

the rioting, I had little faith that the protestors would succeed. The way the protestors expressed their anger throughout the

streets of Cairo actually damaged pure history. When

I heard that, it virtually broke my heart. To destroy my na-

tive country’s past over the rule of a President is not right.

I am glad that Hosni Mubarak has officially stepped down. His stepping down, albeit by force, has brought some relief to the people of Egypt. Elections are going to be held within the next 6 months for a new President and other leaders for Egypt.

Now, it is time for the Egyp-tians to start all over again. Deep down in my heart I hope that the people of Egypt find the right path in developing a stable government.

When one thinks of the month of February, Valen-tine’s Day is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Most people don’t think of it as Black History Month but it is important to remember African-American con-tributions to American society.

February is Black History Month because of a man called Dr. Carter G. Woodson who, in 1926, started a week for African American history.

He has been recognized as the father of Black History Month and was the second African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912.

The celebration of Black History Week occurred during the week that contained the birthdays of two

influential figures for African Americans: President Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday was on Feb. 12, and Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist movement leader whose birthday was on Feb. 14. In 1976, it was decided that the celebration would be extended to the whole month of February.

Usually in classes this month here at Wauwa-tosa East High School, teachers talk about President Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., or read a poem by Maya Angelou.

But it is very important not to forget other in-fluential African Americans, like Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African American physician who made

history by performing the first suc-cessful open heart surgery.

Another African-American who should be well known is Dr. Patricia E. Bath, who designed the Cataract Laserphaco Probe to help remove cataracts, which affect mil-lions around the world.

Classes should be taught about African American contributions to

American society. It seems like many students here at East are only reminded of Black History month by the commercials on TV.

Americans seem to talk more about Valentine’s Day, candy, and flowers instead of the many contributions of a whole race.

There should be more Black History Month appreciation in every school because it is es-sential to learn about the many African-American contri-butions. During February it would be beneficial to learn some aspects of Black History, and the importance of acknowledging and celebrateing it.

East should recognize Black History Month because all students can benefit from learning about African-American history, no mat-ter their race.

History Month requires further appreciation

5the cardinal newsfebruary 25, 2011 Opinions

courtney clark and fadumo hassan

maggie elliot

The Power of Revolution by Max Smith

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Leukemia details clarify East student’s condition

An estimated 259,889 people in the United States are living with, or in remission from, Leukemia.

The most common type of leukemia in adults is acute myelogenous Leukemia, with an estimated 12,330 new cases in 2010.

Leukemia affects males and females of all ages.

Information provided by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Sarah Strong

Lexi Williamsonstaff writer

Leukemia sucks. There’s really no other good way to put it. I’m constantly nauseaous, I have no energy and any visitors I have must be totally healthy.All day long I sit in my hospital room, with nurses running in and out the whole time. At night my IVs love to beep and it takes the nurses forever to come stop them.

Sitting in my room one day early in my treatment I was staring into space when a horrifying thought occured to me. I realized that I missed being at school. Being an average teen-ager, I never thought I would think such horrible thoughts. Then I thought about what school consists of.

School isn’t just hours of boring classes, it’s the most so-cial place we know. It’s where we get caught up on the latest gossip and where we ridicule what others are wearing. So now that I’m not at school, my new home is the HOT unit at Chil-dren’s Hospital. At first, I thought the HOT unit was the worse place in the world to be.

Then I started having breathing problems, so I was trans-ferred to the ICU. The ICU is this awful, awful place with puke colored walls and way too many machines for one room.

I stayed in the awful ICU for six days, during which I had to wear a breathing mask at night. It was always dark and I never moved from my bed.

I was able to go back to my room in the HOT unit on Christmas Day and I was thrilled. I had no idea that there was something worse than the HOT unit, but I had found it and beaten it.

So now we have, in order from worst to best, the ICU, the HOT unit and school. On a

list like that I would be begging to go to school.

From the looks of things I should be able to come back to

school by September. I’m looking forward to all the gossiping and ridi-

culing soon enough.

Sophomore Sarah Pease was diagnosed with cancer earlier this school year. As soon as Sarah made her diagno-sis public, an outpouring of support began. This support has persisted and is mostly provided through the organization Sarah Strong, the group which has raised funds and aware-ness for childhood leukemia as well as Pease’s individual struggle got its name from Pease herself.

“We decided on calling the group ‘Sarah Strong’ be-cause we all know how badly she wants to go to West Point and join the army,” sophomore Libby Hallanger-Bernstein said.

Sarah Strong has become a very visible presence at Wauwatosa East High School,

holding bake sales weekly as well as sell-ing t-shirts and orange bracelets every

day at lunch.

“They both say Sarah Strong and are Sarah’s favorite colors,” senior Lauren Brown said.

Pease keeps in contact with friends and the East com-munity in general through her blog on caringbridge.org. Car-ing Bridge is an organization that helps those in the hospital set up a blog to keep others informed on their health.

“It has been great for her worried friends who want to know how she is doing,” senior Emily Helmers said. “Anyone can write Sarah a message on her site to let her know that she is still part of the East community. It’s encourag-ing to see everyone banding to-gether for a cause.”

Senior Portia Turner appre-ciates the Caring Bridge site.

“It is nice to have information straight from the source, so there are no rumors or miscommunications,” Turner said.

Sarah Strong has been extremely successful so far. “So far we’ve raised almost $3,000

according to [Elaina] Meier, and the goal is to raise $25,000 by the time

she’s entering her junior year,” sophomore Gilly McBride said. “All the money we raise is going to either Sarah’s fam-ily or to Children’s Hospital.”

Not only those close to Pease are helping out with fundraising. Through everything from basketball players wearing Sarah Strong t-shirts as warm ups to the outpour-ing of support from all grade levels, it is clear to East stu-

dents that the majority of the student body has been sup-porting Sarah Strong.

“It’s cool how everyone is participating in Sarah Strong, even people who don’t know her very well,” freshman Katie Potter said.

Seniors Cassie Osins-ki, Matt Schmidt, Emily Rehberger, Hanna John-son and Karen Koeble plan to have their Commu-nity Service Project (CSP) for Honors Challenge Seminar benefit Sarah Strong. The so-called “fun run,” a run-walk to be held in Wauwatosa, will take place in May.

Not only East students are supporting Pease—the community is also a playing a part in Sarah Strong.

“We received a lot of donations from local businesses for the silent auction, from places like…Simma’s,” soph-omore Tessa Cristan said. “A lot of local businesses are participating. We went around and gave them a let-ter…explaining the situation and told them about the silent auction.”

As for the future of Sarah Strong, the students in charge don’t know ex-actly what their plans are.

“We don’t have any spe-cific ideas for this summer just yet but we are going to con-tinue fundraising,” Hallanger-Bern-stein said.

Kelley Annesleyedtiro-in-chief

“It is encouraging to see everyone banding together for a cause.”

Emily Helmers, ‘11

Flashy posters line the hallways of Wauwatosa East High School supporting the “Sarah Strong” campaign. The campaign was specifically formed for sophomore Sarah Pease who was diagnosed with Acute My-elogenous Leukemia (AML) in Decem-ber and since then the school has been plastered with purple and orange.

“I heard leukemia is where your bone marrow starts creating abnormal blood cells,” senior Adria Magnarini said.

AML is a quickly developing blood and bone marrow cancer.

Normally the bone mar-row creates “blast” cells that will later develop into

functioning white blood cells but in AML, the cells cannot develop and fight infection. The bone

marrow quickly releases these cells

and eventually they push out the red and

white blood cells as well as platelets the body

needs to function. “AML is the

most common type of ‘acute’ leuke-

mia but is usually only present in adult males

around the age of 65, with less than 10%

of AML cases being children,” Dr. C. F.

LeMaistre of Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital said to marrow.org reporters.

There are eight subtypes of AML ranging from M0 to M7, which change how the patient will respond to treatment. Response also depends on how far the cancer has spread, which would be tested for with chest x-rays as

well as abdomen ultrasounds, in or-der to check the tissues of the body as well as the areas around the brain and spinal cord for cancer.

Treatment options vary accord-ing to the risk factors in the patient, which include age and type of leuke-mia. Treatment plans often include chemotherapy (drugs that destroy

cancer cells or stop them from continuing growth) and bone marrow or cord transplants, which are used as a long-term treatment when chemotherapy alone is unlikely to provide long-term remission.

“Chemotherapy sounds like a grueling process. I can’t imagine how hard it must be, with side effects and everything,” senior Nate Spilde said.

The introduction to chemotherapy is difficult and usually lasts about a week with a three week recovery period. In most cases the cancer is sent into remission with the introduction chemotherapy.

“Two drugs are used [in chemotherapy] but they may be substituted with other drugs or in some cases all-trans retinoic acid,” Froedert Hospital Head Pharmacist Catherine Howly said.

In most cases the cancer is sent into remission with the introduc-tion chemotherapy. If there are additional leukemia cells left in the body this could cause a relapse so additional consolidation chemo-therapy (the second phase of chemotherapy) or a transplant may be needed to conclude the treatment.

“Transplants may have serious complications but are usually the best choice for a long-term remission of the patient,” Dr. Paul Shaughnessy of the Texas Transplant Institute said to marrow.org reporters.

“I can’t imagine how hard [cancer treatment] must be, with side effects and everything.”

Nate Spilde, ‘11

School, community support East student

Sarah Pease editor-at-large

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Responsibilities of student press

Competition breeds a better product. Communities benefit greatly from being a two-newspaper market: according to a 2004 Newspaper Research Journal article, “competition [allows the inclusion of] different types of stories covered by the separate editorial staffs, different emphasis given to stories of similar topics, different approaches to those stories and the existence of varying ideologies and topics on the editorial page.” The article goes on to assert “Such competition is vital to maintain democratic government.” Having two newspapers in the same area keeps both institutions honest and keeps them at their best.

All students, especially those involved in the student press, have a responsibility to their teachers, administrators and their fellow students to act appropriately and be respectful. Though underground press can be beneficial to a school environment, it must be founded on respect for the responsibility the organization has as a member of the press, whether school-sponsored or not. To be effective, the underground press must have a knowledgeable, informed staff committed to providing real journalism (or responsible satire) to the community.

The student press, both school-sponsored and so-called “underground” institutions (those who are not officially recognized or supported by the school) have an important role at any school. They have the power to effect great change, inform and bring previously ignored happenings to light. A wise uncle once said “With great power comes great responsibility.” Though the original context is far from a student press organization, the idea applies. A press organization bases their worth on credibility. Credibility is won through professionalism and respect for the community as well as respect for the gravity of the work the organization is doing.

Part of building a credible organization is story choice. Underground newspapers have the unique ability to cover events that a school-sponsored organization cannot and in ways that a school-sponsored organization cannot. This is a very important facet of any school community—even in a newspaper whose main goal is to entertain, they must stay away from outright fabrications about specific people. The Student Press Law Center (SPLC) is

an organization that helps student media organizations figure out what their rights are under the law. SPLC advises that “writers of underground newspapers must be careful not to damage people’s reputations needlessly.

The size of a newspaper’s audience or the informality of the publication’s appearance or tone do not insulate students from potential legal liability for libel.” The SPLC also explains the definition of libel as “any published communication that falsely harms a person’s reputation.”

Though under the law “statements that no reasonable person would believe,” cannot be punished, there is a fine line between what one underground journalist believes is ridiculous and what another high school student believes to be realistic. The journalist must consider that the tone he intends is not always how a story is read—a harmless comment he may believe will be perceived as a lie by his readers may not be seen that way by some and thus needlessly tarnish the reputation of a person or political figure (however deserving one may think the figure is).

Furthermore, a tasteful jab grounded in reality will always be more effective than a grandiose lie. Satire is a powerful tool and has a history of revealing truth in a way serious reporting cannot. From Jonathan Swift and his “Modest Proposal” to John

Stewart, Stephen Colbert and “The Onion,” it is clear that sometimes the best way to draw attention to a problem is to make light of it. The strength of all of these famous satirists is their grounding in reality, extremely clever, professional presentation and their insight into the ridiculous aspects of the news. Without these attributes, their satire would not have the impact it has and will continue to have on society and politics.

As a member of the student press, every organization must be educated on what actions are protected under the law and what actions are not protected under the law. There is nothing that degrades the perceived intelligence of every member of the student press in future deliberations with administration than a meeting in which one journalist cites irrelevant Supreme Court decisions in an attempt to avoid punishment.

To clarify, lewd speech is not protected under the first amendment as it pertains to the student press. The Supreme Court set a

broad precedent

which broadens the definition of obscene speech to lewd speech in its 1968 Ginsberg v. New York decision. In simple terms, the Ginsberg decision allows courts to deem speech directed at minors (such as high school students) as obscene more easily than when it is presented to adults.

The Ginsberg decision says that if the publication is offensive to adults, without educational value and appeals to the “prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors,”

it can be legally deemed obscene.

Several examples come to mind: say, a picture of an unnecessarily exposed woman in a publication or stories about marijuana use and its application in streaking at a nationally televised event. In the latter example, the SPLC guidelines about what any publication should avoid include “incit[ing] illegal conduct,” by “providing a how-to lesson on such topics…”

Additionally, copyright laws cannot be ignored by any publication, no matter if they are school-sponsored or not. Presenting photos that were not taken by staff members

without credit to the original source is never an acceptable practice

for any media source. Beyond just legal

implications, students taking on the burden of publishing a newspaper,

underground or otherwise, must consider moral and ethical responsibilities. The actions any student media organization takes, especially in terms of defending their rights to administrators,

will continue to affect future student media members and these consequences must be considered before

students haphazardly enter the media without consideration

of their obligations. This is part of the professionalism a student press organization must have in order to be respected. Professionalism also encompasses the respect that must exist between press organizations. Any relationship built on respect and not unnecessary animosity can be mutually beneficial as well as beneficial to the community those newspapers serve.

8 the cardinal news february 25, 2011Editorials

“...Students taking on the burden of publishing a newspaper, underground or not, must consider moral and ethical responsibilities”

must be recognized, respected

Whip This by Max Smith

Store offers unique perspective, opportunitiesMost people are familiar with local

boutiques that stock clothing from com-munity-based designers that overprice their pieces. U-Turn boutique, with its unique variety and sales techniques, is different.

Located on North and 69th, the store offers affordable clothing and accesso-ries for men and women that range from 10 to 100 dollars. The shop’s owners take 30 to 40 percent off normal retail prices to create attractive deals.

When the shop opened in May of 2009, the owners of the Wauwatosa boutique Jessica Brittingham and Deb Kruse wanted to incorporate their pas-sion for environmental awareness.

The owners get their secondhand clothing from over 800 consignors who sell their clothing at U-Turn. If the cloth-ing is not sold after a period of time, it is returned to the consignor.

Anyone can become a potential con-signor. The owners of U-Turn accept styl-ish and current clothing and reward con-signors with 40 percent of the profit from the sale of the item.

U-Turn carries trendy clothing from popular high-end designers such as Dooney and Bourke, True Religion and Steve Madden.

The store also offers jewelry and ac-cessories made by local artists such as Love of Beads and The Distinguished Bag Lady. The pieces are made with recycled items that are repurposed for sustainable and wearable pieces. For example, old jewelry, dominoes and Scrabble games pieces are taken apart and reassembled into chic new jewelry.

“Our belief in recycling and reusing goes beyond consignment,” Britting-ham said. “With the exception of a few mannequin stands part of our computer system and metal poles suspended on chains from the ceiling, everything from hangers and paint to lighting fixtures and displays are all used products.”

This blend of bohemian charm has proven to be highly appealing to custom-ers all over the Wauwatosa area.

“I like that it’s a small venue for people who like secondhand stores,” junior Elisa Shapson said. “Also it supports local artists because of the jewelry and handmade clothes.”

The store’s website, uturnity.com, has another unique fea-ture. When the store receives a particularly intriguing item from a consign-or the owners post it on the site under a sec-

tion called “What’s In.” The site also includes posts about the store’s sales.

In addition to the store’s website, U-Turn also has a Facebook, Twit-ter and e-mailing list, all for shoppers who want to be the first to know about new inventory.

U-Turn also has very competent, friendly staff members who are always willing to help customers.

Affordable, stylish, and recyclable, U-Turn is the perfect place to shop lo-cally for unique items.

Koalas sleep 21 hours a day–I read it on a Snapple cap.

As of late, I have not wanted anything more than to be a Snapple cap koala. On several days within this past month I’ve spent almost 21 hours drawing, definitely not sleeping.

The requirements for art schools (that I have waited until the last minute to complete) have trampled my sleeping schedule, leaving me giggly and boohoo-y.

Sleep deprivation simply makes me cry and laugh. Suddenly I’m like a menstrual schizophrenic. You never know what you’re going to get! I would personally like to make a shout-out to my mom–I’m sorry about the last couple of weeks, Cathy.

According to the American Sleep Disorders Association, the average teenager needs at least 9.5 hours of sleep per night. This is apparently crucial to growth and sexual maturation because those hormones are mainly released during sleep.

This really stresses me out. I really need those hormones. I blame college applications, AP classes and the

expensive lunch room prices. Just last week I stayed up 48 hours finishing college a p p l i c a t i o n s before looming deadlines.

I am doing an obnoxious amount of applications–all to art schools that annoyingly have more amounts of requirements than the average university.

But then we’ve got those AP classes on top of that. Then again, I’m not too worried about that anymore.

Perhaps I’m coming down with a bad case of senior-itis!

Those lunch room prices are really what get to me. Spending a solid two dollars on lightly filled fruit cup keeps me up all night. Even filling up the whole Styrofoam plate (I hate the Styrofoam) and paying up 2.25 dollars drives me to insomnia.

I suppose I could get up early and pack a lunch if this upsets me so. But wait! Let’s not forget!

I’m not getting those crucial hormones for growth and stuff... The average teen is barely getting seven hours of sleep per night according to the American Sleep Disorders Association. Now that’s really something to giggle and cry about.

Sleep deprivation provides new outlook

“Sleep deprivation simply makes me cry and laugh. Suddenly I’m like a menstrual schizophrenic."

9 the cardinal news february 25, 2011Feature

Annie Burnett

Revelations from me to

you

“[Jewelry] pieces are made with recycled items that are repurposed for sustainable and wearable pieces.”

Martina Ibanez and Lorenza Zebell feature and copy editors

Displaying their wide variety of mer-chandise, U-turn Consignment Boutique offers customers stylish and affordable second hand clothing and shoes. Locally made jewelry is also for sale. photos by Martina Ibanez

With the recent influx of exor-cism films to the American movie scene, “The Rite” is not much dif-ferent than the rest. The story starts out with Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donughue), a young soon-to-be priest who grew up embalming corpses with his father.

Near the end of his education Kovak realizes that he might not be cut out for the job of a priest after all and resigns from the college. One of his teachers protests and as a last request, asks Kovak to travel to Rome to meet an exorcist.

Kovak eventually agrees to the trip and meets Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins). He is then in-vited to witness an exorcism per-formed by Lucas.

At first, Kovak is reluctant to believe that the patient was really possessed by a demon but after witnessing several more exor-cisms, Kovak realizes that they are in fact real possessions. Later, someone close to Kovak becomes pos-sessed and he must perform an exorcism himself.

Overall, much of the movie is very slow and drags on without much excitement.

Also, some of the acting is not up to par, and even the exorcism scenes seem stale.

One highlight is Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins plays the part of a humorous priest rather well and saves this film from being a total disaster.

In the end, the film is not re-ally worth seeing, especially since it is not much different from any other exorcist movie. Combined with mediocre acting and a dull, drawn out plot, this film deserves a “poor” rating.

About a year ago, the tracks of a new artist could have come across

one’s news feed for the first time. Every one could see it contained

great potential. This potential belonged to a rap/R&B soph-

omore, Ryan Yahn, better known by his MC name: Yahners 3000. Yahners 3000 has produced a num-ber of singles over the last year, sampling Lloyd, Wiz Khalifa and Justin Beiber to name a few.

“He is a legend, every-one knows him,” sophomore

Ian Cline said.There is an abundance

of topics covered in Yahn-ers’ songs. They are about love

or “sending out a message to his haters” or to “go hard or go

ham.” The tone of Y3K’s (as he’s sometimes called) tracks vary from

song to song, with “Lay It Down” hav-ing a mellow mood, and “Get Big” having a

more driving quality. Yahn’s most recent track is entitled

“Star of the Show.” It samples the origi-nal Wiz Khalifa song with the same title. “Star of the Show” deals with Y3K’s most recent infatuation, who remains nameless but initials are given.

This most recent Yahners song mirrors another Y3K original, “Medi-cine” because both are aimed towards special females.

Tracks released by Yahners 3000 via Facebook include “Lay It Down,” “Medicine,” “Get Big” and

the inspirational “Coming Home” (featuring Wauwatosa East High School sophomore Garnell Murray).

After listening to Yahners 3000 for about a year, each song gets progressively and gradually more pleasing. Y3K has always created respectable music that can be lis-tened to in any downtime.

“Yahners is what I like to call contemporary hip hop with the swag of a mountain lion,” junior Tommy Rora-beck said. “His beats are dope, his lyrics are frosty and he raps with so much articulation it make me dance.”

Yahners 3000’s music has become widespread. One reason for his surprising success lies in the world wide web. Yahners 3000 publicizes all of his tracks through the very popular social networking site, Facebook. Facebook is a place where many high school students can see what other kids have to say.

This is a prime spot for Yahners 3000 to release tracks to increase his popularity. It is definitely not hard to find the new Y3K track with free access to it whenever one has an internet connection and can log onto Facebook. Along with his soothing music, this is another reason for Yahners’ success.

Yahners 3000 has an impressive repertoire, based on what the internet has to offer thus far. There is a substantial amount of potential that Yahners 3000 hasn’t achieved yet. In the near future, Yahn hopes to step up from recording music on his dining room lap-top to recording in a studio.

“My cousin has a friend in Rockford who has a studio, so I want to go up there and record some mu-sic,” Yahn said.

There is much to be seen in the future of this young, aspiring musician. Many hope and expect that new mate-rial will be heard from Y3K, and based on his success thus far, there is much more to come.

10 the cardinal news february 25, 2011Reviews

Remake brings faithfulness, enjoyment

In “True Grit,” the Coen Brothers’ adap-tation of Charles Portis’ western novel of the same name, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) hires aging United States Marshall “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to aide in the capture of her father’s killer. This killer, named Tom Cheney (Josh Bro-lin), is also on the lam from Texas Ranger LaBoeuf (Matt Damon).

The three set out on a dangerous journey, in which their “grit” is tested. The movie, which was previously snubbed for Golden

Globe nominations, was nominat-ed for ten Academy Awards,

including best picture.It goes without

saying that this movie has a lot backing it, in-

cluding A-list directors and a star-studded cast.

This can sometimes, lead to more disappoint-ment than the average movie without such actors.

To its credit, the film follows Portis’ plot more than the original film adaptation (made in 1969, starring John Wayne in an Oscar winning role) but somewhere in this tale of redemption, substance was lacking.

The acting moseyed along with little complaint, but with a cast such as this (Jeff Bridges, Matt Da-mon, et. al) more was expected. This being said, Hailee Steinfeld, who played the vengeance-seek-ing daughter of a murdered man, stole the show.

It is a true testament to a new actress to be able to hold her own amongst these A-listers and even turn out the most real performance in the cast.

Aside from this, the movie does not bring anything new and original to the screen in standard Coen Brothers’ fashion. But it does hold true to the original book to create an enjoyable film that is worth at least one view-ing, if not more.

Student musician makes name for self, dreams bigPeter Garofalo

staff writer

Alex Brannan staff writer

Nick Hill editorial intern

“The Rite” proves dull, predictable

used with per-mission of New Line Cinema

used with permission of Paramount Pictures

“Combined with mediocre acting and a dull, drawn out plot, this film deserves a ‘poor’ rating.”

graphic by Martina Ibanez

“Y3K has always created respect-able music that can be listened to in any downtime.”

11the cardinal newsfebruary 25, 2011 Sports

Reagan reaches

It goes without saying that the highlight of the last few weeks for Wisconsin sports was the Green Bay Packers rightfully claiming that huge, shiny Lombardi trophy on Sunday, Feb. 6.

That same week on Saturday, Feb. 12 the Wisconsin Badgers mens basketball team upset the undefeated and number one ranked Ohio State mens basketball team.

There was something special about that week, because the Wauwatosa East High School girls varsity basketball team even managed to squeeze in a conference win over West Allis Hale High School on Friday. One game winning streak!

The Milwaukee Bucks did not seem to catch the “winning” bug, losing to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. The Marquette Golden Eagles failed to get the memo as well, losing to Georgetown on Saturday, Feb. 12.

In case you did not watch the Super Bowl (you should be ashamed of yourself,) it ended in a (31-25) Packer victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The green and gold held onto the lead for the whole game. But when Donald Driver, the Packers’ No.1 receiver went down in the first half, fans started to get nervous. Not even Driver’s gorgeous, sparkling smile could wipe away the concerned looks on the viewers’ faces.

Pittsburgh slowly ate away at the lead and managed to bring it down to a six point difference in the fourth quarter.

But with the help of Aaron Rodgers, the Packers were able to push through.

Aaron Rodgers, my personal favorite Packer (mostly because of his relationship with Gossip Girl star and Menomonee Falls native Jessica Szohr) had an exceptional game.

The Packers QB threw 304 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown pass to Jordy Nelson and two more touchdown passes to Greg Jennings, which easily earned him the MVP award.

O v e r a l l though, the actual

game was way more entertaining than the commercials, which were weak this year. This rarely happens for me. And when the game came to a conclusion, all Wisconsinites had a reason to be proud of their state, for once in their lives.

Just when the week couldn’t get any better, the Badgers, ranked 14th at

the time, beat the Ohio State Buckeyes, ranked 1st in the country.

This was only the second time in school history that the basketball team has knocked off a top ranked team.

The Buckeyes were undefeated going into the game, and had a 15-point lead over the Badgers with about 13 minutes left in the second half.

Then came six foot one inch Jordan Taylor, a junior at Madison. He scored 21 of his 27 points for the game in those last 13 minutes.

The Badgers went on to win the game (71-67) and moved up the rankings to number 10 in the country. The Buckeyes fell to number three in the country.

Jordan Taylor was honored with the Big Ten Conference Player of the week after his clutch performance versus Ohio State.

This proved to be a very special week not only for Jordan Taylor and the Badgers, or Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers but everyone living in Wisconsin, or at least all the sports fans.

“When the game came to a conclusion, all Wiscon-sinites had a reason to be proud of their state, for once in their lives."

On W i s c on s in

140 pound Wauwatosa East High School wrestler senior Ryan Reagan has accumu-lated 100 wins in his four year varsity career. The 100th win came after beating his South Milwaukee opponent at the Tom Jansen In-vite, hosted by the Wauwatosa wrestling team.

Reagan topped off the day with a pin, put-ting him at 101 wins. Only three other Wau-watosa wrestlers in the history of the program have reached 100 wins.

Reagan finished the monumental tourna-ment going 4-0 and is currently 26-7 on the season. This record has earned Reagan an honorable mention in the state rankings.

Reagan has been wrestling since sixth grade and will be the first to admit that he would not have gotten to 100 wins without some help, es-pecially from teammates and coaches.

“Seeing some of my older teammates...achieve this milestone point made me want to achieve it that much more,” Reagan said.

Reagan went on to compliment the team’s work ethic.

“As a team we work hard every day and give it our all, each one of us deserves every win we get, this is the best set of guys I have ever called teammates,” Reagan said.

The whole wrestling program is proud of Reagan’s acomplishment.

“Reagan is a great kid to have on the team and he is a great wrestler to look up to, junior Eric Ehlert said. Reagan not only has all the personalities it takes to be a leader [such as] dedication, pride, and drive but he also im-plants those around him with those qualities.”

Reagan still has many matches left in his season and is confident about not only how he will perform individually but how the team will fare as well.

Recently the East/Wauwatosa West High School co-op wrestling team took ninth place out of 17 teams at the Sauk Prairie Invitation-al and fifteenth place at the Stech Invite.

Top finishers included Reagan and fel-low senior Aaron Sobieszczyk. Juniors Riley O’Conor, Michael Meade and Brian Con-don also placed well.

Reagan and company are hoping to con-tinue with their winning ways throughout the post season.

At press time the varsity team was prepar-ing for their individual sectional competition on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Sarah Nilsenstaff writer

team milestoneIBA provides opportunities

Anyone who has ever stepped into the small gym on a Wednesday afternoon knows of the phenomenon called the Wauwatosa East High School Intramural Basket-ball Association. The Intramural Basketball Association (IBA) is designed to cure students with various kinds of basketball fever.

These students have the unique opportunity to partici-pate in an organized basketball league with other quality players, or simply an opportunity to have fun. The club has intertwined itself into the very fabric of East culture, and has provided a unique extracurricular experience for over 150 students and 26 teams of all athletic backgrounds and comptetititve interests.

To allow for such a wide assortment of basketball ability three separate leagues have been established (highly competitive, competititive and just for fun). It is not an uncommon sight to see a high flying slam dunk in a “highly competitive” contest, while just one court over the competitiors in “just for fun” attempt (and usually fail) to imitate the impossible style moves of their favor-ite NBA players.

The “just for fun” and “competitive” leagues take a more casual approach to the game, while “highly com-petitive” squads play for keeps. Many of the athletes in “highly competitive” have an extensive basketball expe-rience, and an innate athletic ability.

“If certain people in the IBA put their minds to it, they could make varsity,” East varsity basketball player Vince Cupertino said.

Inside of the general IBA society, certain subcultures have developed. While a small minority of the players bring the “win or die” mentality of head basketball coach Tim Arndor-fer to games, most show up just to have fun.

“The 11th sense appreciates a win,” junior Tracy Johnson said. “But our main goal is to have a good time.”

These casual basketball afficio-nados create clever names, and many have their own team uniforms printed.

“The great thing about IBA is that you can add your own style to your jerseys,” “Tender Touch” guard Sam Ingrilli said.

Another important component of the IBA culture is the sector of players who bring a certain level of intensity down from East’s Basketball Program.

“I like IBA,” former JV player John Deisinger said. “It is all basketball [and] no coaches.”

IBA provides a place to play for kids who wish to continue their careers, or merely a place to shoot hoops with their friends.

The ultimate goal for any highly competitive power-house is to reach the championship, and preferably beat a

faculty team to get there. But some teams are not nearly talented enough to compete with the faculty.

“Our team would lose by at least 100 points,” “Run-ners” member senior Hanna Johnson said.

There are two faculty teams. “Faculty Red,” who plays respectable basketball in the “competitive league”, and the notorious “Faculty Black,” which is a perennial powerhouse in the “highly competitive” league.

Faculty Black’s team members are mostly former varsity basketball players (frequently with impressive

resumes), who perform accordingly.Most of the boys’ basketball

coaches here at East are currently on the faculty roster. The rest of the ros-ter is made up of normal teachers that are there to prove they have talents outside the realm of teaching.

“I don’t think Faculty [Black] has lost more than one game a year since I started playing,” IBA legend and

league commissioner Robby Dubinski. That was seven years ago. For almost two East genera-

tions, faculty has maintained a relationship of men against boys when they face off against the students.

Although most players in the IBA are not Varsity ma-terial, basketball fever is still running rampant through the halls of East.

Whether the participant is a low post player, outside shooter, or an individual who probably should not be on a basketball court, IBA offers fun and competitive options for all players. As the season heats up, only one thing is certain: on any given Wednesday, students and teachers alike will have a great time shooting hoops in the small gym.

Blocking a shot, student supervisor Robby Dubinski (right) plays in an Intramural Basketball Association (IBA) game against junior Zach Adams (left). IBA provides the opportunity for stu-dents at different skill levels to compete after school.

photo by PJ Johnson

“If certain people in the IBA put their minds to it, they could make varsity.”

Vince Cupertino, '12

Vince Prangestaff writer

Pep Talk

alayah walls

12 the cardinal news february 25, 2011Sports

After a season that did not catch the eye of many students at Wauwatosa East High School the Tosa boys’ swim team gave an impressive performance Saturday, Jan. 12. Tosa took second at the Nicolet sectional. The team finished second to Marquette University High School, losing by 49 points. Tosa scored 360 points and Marquette had 409.

“We have never had this many state qualifiers... in the history of the team,” senior Ethan Heinrich said.

Heinrich qualified for state in the 50m and 100m freestyle with times of 22.66 seconds and 49.76 seconds.

Other individuals to qualify were ju-nior Caleb Hernday in the Individual Medley, with a time of 2:07.05. Senior Jake Shackelford was the other indi-vidual to qualify; he advanced in the 200m and 500m freestyle. His 200m time was 1:50.12, and his 500m time was 4:58.84.

Tosa advanced two relay groups one of which was the 200m freestyle relay which consisted of Heinrich, Shackelford, Hernday and Wauwatosa West High School senior Adam Lefvere.

The second relay group was the 400m freestyle relay of Hein-rich, Hernday, Shackelford and junior Peter Hovel.

“Our coach was very proud of us,” Heinrich said. “Nobody really saw our season turning out so well in the beginning.”

The team sent a total of five swimmers to the State competition.

“[At sectionals] they proved to me that they believed in themselves,” Head Coach Heidi Goetsch said.

Tosa swims strong at StateTimmy O’Brien

editorial intern

Jacob Shackelford ‘11 Ethan Heinrich ‘11 Caleb Hernday ‘12 Peter Hovel ‘12

“Nobody really saw our season turning out so well in the beginning.”

Ethan Heinrich , '11

“I just wanted to stay confident: it’s all about confidence.”

“I [wanted] to place in the top 16... and score some points for our team.”

“I [wanted] to do as well as I could and just go out there and have fun.”

“We [were] really confi-dent about our races and [had] a good mental edge.”

200 free relay 1:3322nd

19th500 free

22nd200 free

23rd 50 &

100 free

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graphics & layout by Kelley Annesley & Jack Lockhart

Participating in the state competition, five members of the Tosa swim team fight hard for victory. Four of the five are Wauwatosa East High School students, seniors Ethan Hein-rich (not pictured), Jacob Shackelford (left) and juniors Caleb Hernday (not pictured) and Peter Hovel (above left). The fifth qualifying member of the team was Adam Lefevre, a Wauwatosa West High School senior. In total, Tosa swimmers participated in two relays and four individual events.

used with permission of the Cardinal Pennant

time: 3:24 400 free relay 19th

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