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Birthdays:
• Elvis Presley 1935
Student Life Pg. 17 • David Bowie 1947
Cressey honored through fashion • Wolfgang Amadeus
Students return for one more show Mozart 1756
Expanding the reach of his artistic talent
New club flips onto the scene • Richard Nixon 1913
Average guy or superhero in disguise? • Mel Gibson 1956
Ng siblings broaden their horizons • Martin Luther King,
Tabitha Sullivan, not just another face in the crowd
Jr. 1929
• Benjamin Franklin
Sports Pg. 21 1706
Swimmers break Charger trend with tie
Wrestling team bands together to throw down competition
2009 brings both victory and defeat The Zodiac:
Gymnastics proceeds despite setbacks
• Capricorn the Goat
Boys’ basketball scores decent season
Welch trades tennis rackets for swim trunks • Aquarius the Water
Proliferation of bowl games detract from true champions Bearer
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Lack of progress calls for football coaching change
high caliber. “We think we’re going to get some high profile applicants just because
Daniel Tadeo we’re a high profile school, an SPSL 4A Kent school, and people know Kent takes
Copy Editor their athletics seriously.” Rick is not looking for someone with different qualities
than Shepard, just a change in style.
Michael Shepard has been the head football coach at Kentake for the past four “I’ll be the first one to say,” Rick said, “Coach Shepard put in the time to do what
years, earning the job after replacing Mike Torgerson in 2006. However, in a joint is necessary for our program to be successful… He is great for kids. I respect him, I
decision by Principal Diana Pratt and Vice-Principal and Athletic Director Bruce admire him, but we have to look at the overall program as a whole, and what’s best
Rick, Shepard was informed on Tuesday, Dec. 22 that he would not be returning to for it.”
the field next year. According to Rick, key traits the administration is looking for in the new head
“I’m going to be completely honest with you,” Shepard said. “Having the Christ- coach is the ability to create boundaries that will hold kids accountable for doing
mas break to process it, I understand why it was done.” what is right, both on the field and off. They are
Although specifics were not divulged, it was clear that “Coach Shepard put in the time looking for someone that can motivate the kids to a
both the administration and Shepard believed the pro-
gram needed a different approach. “If you look back, we to do what is necessary for our point where they know they will win through their
hard work.
haven’t had a winning season for seven years now,” Rick program to be successful...but Despite having a losing record of 4-5, many team
said. “Under [Shepard’s] leadership the last four years… we have to look at the overall members believe this decision was premature. Se-
there isn’t anything that is showing that the program is on nior Matt Allyn said, “I was at first confused, then
the up and that things are going to change to where we are program as a whole.” disappointed because he was just starting to turn
going to be fighting for a division title, and that’s where we the program around and turn it into something
want to be.” -Vice-Principal Rick successful.”
The assistant coaches are on yearly-contracts that can Although Allyn will not be affected by the new
be renewed at the end of every season based on the team’s head coach, a similar view is voiced throughout
needs, which is a standard practice according to the ad- younger students. “I was bummed because I just
ministration. At the end of the season this year these contracts were not renewed, started to get comfortable around him,” said sophomore Austin Pernell. “I think
so the team is without coaches. a new head coach will affect our season for next year, and it will take awhile to get
“We want to give the new coach the opportunity to hire his own staff,” Rick said. used to him.”
However if the new coach chooses he has the opportunity to rehire previous as- As for Shepard’s future in coaching, he plans to coach another sport at Kentlake.
sistants. When asked if he would consider coaching football at a different school, Shepard
The administration is confident that the candidate pool for the job will be of a said, “As far as I’m concerned, I started in this school, and I’ll leave in this school.”
“The year I stopped “The year I learned the “The year it took me “I will remember it as “The year I started
“The year I realized that
caring about true meaning of a “best half an hour to drive the year of the great laughing at mass
the Underwear Bombe is
politics.” friend hug.” from the entrance of celebrity massacre.” media, because who
practically my neighbor in
-Co Editor in Chief, -OpEd Editor, Alyssa Kentlake to the Lake -A&E Editor Mike cares if some lady
Nigeria.”
and Republican, Ryan Sawyer store due to Lydon attacked her husband
-Student Life
Cynthiann hundreds of striking with a golf club?
Heckelsmiller teachers.” - Co Editor in Chief,
Photos on this page courtesy of creativecommons.com, -Sports Editor, Holly Christine Rushton
quotes compilied by Alyssa Ryan Pirret
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house to a giant Frenchman who enjoys pulverizing from all the watered down Hollywood heroes because
detectives. Eventually, Holmes runs into a past love he still has that Doyle-esque genius and brainpower so
interest of his, Irene Adler (played by a stunning signature to his character.
This tongue is badly infected after being pierced by a novice. Photos courtesy of Rod Hart.
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A Meaningful Mark
Cynthiann Heckelsmiller
Co Editor-in-Chief
A needle whirrs above the rock music in the U-District parlor. Kim Walker
looks nervously over her shoulder at an occupied station. Beneath the steady
hands and quivering needle of a tattoo artist is the open canvas of a man’s
back. Both are old hands at this. Much of the artist’s exposed skin is covered
in colorful designs, and the customer is relaxed, a black band of ink from a
previous session on his arm. This new design is expansive: a zodiac centered
by a lion. Mrs. Walker turns back to look at her daughter. Kendall Walker is
perusing a portfolio of designs. Her skin has never felt the sting and pinch of
an artist’s needle. She is pensive and excited, but is much more comfortable
Eric Smith
with this than her mother. She has good reason to be here.
Carly Stowell was Walker’s first best friend. From their elementary days,
the two girls shared a love of basketball. “We were like sisters,” said Walker.
“I was a homeschooler who entered into middle school. She took me to all
her classes and showed me what it was like.” Walker smiled, remembering.
“She’d do things like that.” When Stowell died in 2007, Walker’s life was
changed forever.
This tattoo is a way to remember her friend. A few inches above her ankle,
the tattoo is of a blue butterfly surrounded by green swirling vines. After
Stowell’s death, many associated her with the symbol of a butterfly. “But-
terflies are free; they’re unrestrained by anything,” said Walker. “[Stowell]
had the potential to be anything. The world was hers.” The butterfly’s anten-
nae twist subtly into the number 21—Stowell’s basketball jersey number. The
vines form her initials, CDS.
The idea of honoring her friend through a tattoo has been on Walker’s
mind for three years. When she finally was old enough to get one, she did so
with her mother’s reluctant blessing. “She said, ‘You’re 18, it’s your body. I
love why you’re doing it, but it’s just so permanent,’” said Walker. Never did
Walker take the decision lightly. “I think you have to be very careful and not
Shawna Petty get one just for fun,” she said. “You really have to wrap your head around that
it will be on your body forever.”
The mark will be there forever, and Walker knows that people will take
Comstock, Photos by Machaela Mandala notice. Though tattoos are often considered a sign of counter-culture and
rebellion, Walker hopes that the tattoo will give her the opportunity to share
Did You Know? her lost friend’s story. “I hope they understand how important she was and is
to me, and the impact she had and has on my life.”
• In 1991, a 5,000 year-old frozen man was discovered Even more than a symbol and conversation piece, Walker’s tattoo is a mea-
sure of moving on from tragedy. “Now I can always look at it and be like,
and scientists found a total of 57 different tattoos on his well ‘That’s why,’” said Walker. “I don’t think I’ll ever get full closure, but this
helps seal up some of the emotions. It reminds me of why I’m living.”
preserved body.
• As of 2006 36% of people from the age of 18 to 29 had at least
one tattoo.
• Tattoos only fade after exposure to bright sunlight.
• A tattoo can cost $50 to put on but laser-removal can be $5000.
• During the Han Dynasty in China, only criminals bore tattoos.
• Roman soldiers transformed tattooing into an art form and
spread it across their empire.
• Coal miners developed traumatic tattoos by the coal dust
imbedded in their skin. Photos by Ben Walker
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A Decade of Greatness
The Top Ten Films of the 2000s as Selected by A&E Editor Mike Lydon
There Will Be Blood (2007)--
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I would be hard pressed to .nd a more timely film to top a “best of the decade” list than Paul Thomas
Anderson’s sprawling oil epic, given the current political corruptions and hardships endured by the American economic system. But There Will Be Blood
isn’t a social statement warning against the “evils of Capitalism,” nor is it a critique of modern-day Big Oil executives (despite what Jon Stewart says);
it’s too good for that. Critics can read into it whatever interpretations they want, but ultimately the only truth that can be extracted is that Anderson’s
primary agenda was just making a great movie, embedded at the heart of the American myth, and providing the decade’s most compelling film anti-
protagonist. Daniel Day-Lewis’ portrayal of the early 20th Century silver-turned-oil miner Daniel Plainview is already a legendary performance. He does
in this film what Marlon Brando did in The Godfather—creating a character that transcends the movie that houses it, and becomes, in and of itself, a
cultural archetype. Plainview’s character is so consuming, self-contained and genuinely mean-spirited that it’s hard to believe that Day-Lewis has ever
played any other. In fact, it’s such a powerhouse performance—it won Day-Lewis an Oscar—that it unfortunately overshadows a fantastic supporting
performance of Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine), who had one of the most impossible jobs ever asked of a human being, to compete with Daniel Day-
Lewis on-screen. This is a rare example where a director, actors, and a forceful screenplay all successfully mesh, and in the process the whole becomes
greater than the sum of the parts. As Daniel Plainview so graciously states, “That was one goddamn hell of a show.”
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Mulholland Dr. (2001)-- David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. has been called a “love letter to Hollywood,” and that’s about the most
concrete critique that can be offered about this bizarre murder mystery…at least, I think there was murder. Originally filmed as a television pilot for ABC,
but eventually released as a single feature film, Mulholland Dr. leaves many, many lose ends untied, and ultimately provides no definitive answers about
its meaning, or even the plot, and that’s the way I like it. The general premise involves a blonde actress (played by Naomi Watts) who moves to Hollywood
to try her luck out in the movies, where she meets a femme fatale (Laura Elena Harring), who can’t remember who she is after being in a car accident. As
the duo begin to piece together the mystery of the woman’s identity, the film takes a dive into the abstract and the intangible, and after a while any sensible
viewer will have abandoned their instincts to make logical sense out of what they are watching, and just allows the film’s poetic and dream-like allure to
take hold of the narrative, and their sensibilities. This is the closest that just about any filmmaker has come to actually capturing a dream on film, and it
is a mesmerizing trip down a road that has no streetlights, but plenty of stars.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)--Memory is subjective. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
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this fact is taken to the extreme. Jim Carrey plays Joel Barish, who, in a radical departure from his usual kinetic manic-ness, is a very sullen, soft-spoken
person, completely contrasted by Clementine (Kate Winslet), a la Huckleberry Hound, his frantic, impulsive girlfriend, with whom he has shared a two-
year relationship. After a particularly bad falling out, Joel learns that, out of vengeance, Clementine has erased all recollection of Joel from her memory
(the specifics of the technique are never well-established, and it’s a bit of a MacGuffin). The pain of this becomes too much for Joel, and he hastily decides
that he will also have the procedure performed on himself. The majority of the film’s narrative takes place inside of Joel’s memory, as his past experiences
with Clementine play out onscreen, just before they are erased from existence. Director Michel Gondry, who was at first a music video director, lends
the film a dazzling visual style that is completely original and driven by a force of pure whimsy. Ultimately, however, it is the talent of screenplay writer
Charlie Kauffman that transcends the film into not only a feast for the eyes, but also medicine for the human soul. The film has a structure that begins
at the end of Joel and Clementine’s relationship (you know, when they can’t stand each other, they both feel trapped, etc.) and works its way back to
the beginning, kind of like the way that most people’s memories function. As Joel relives his early days with Clementine, he slowly comes to the heart-
breaking realization that he wants to keep his memories, with all of the pain and joy with which they come associated. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind is one of the most honest and endearing portrayals of love in any context, and it ends on the pitch-perfect note of bitter-sweet ambiguity, where the
fates of the characters are left in an uncertain limbo, just like real life.
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Waking Life (2001)-- Don’t let the title confuse you; Waking Life is another film that seems to take place entirely within a dream, where the
ideas and conversations transpiring throughout its narrative are bound to the rhythms and stops of dream logic. Indeed, Richard Linklater’s masterpiece
not only seems to exist as a dream, but also makes the nature of dreams, thought, and the entire human condition the thesis of its conversations, of which
there are many. Far too often, movies made today are preoccupied with CGI and explosions, with visually assaulting the audience with an aggressive
sense of urgency, that they scarcely make room for any compelling ideas, or even a justification for the movie to exist. Waking Life seems to be made as
a complete antithesis to this notion, being both philosophical and playful at the same time. It’s a film made entirely on the basis of two people having
a conversation, but it uses this simple structure to take the human mind to places that most films abandon the potential to reach by sacrificing their
ambition, in favor of convention. Linklater is one of our most gifted directors with one of the most diverse bodies of work in cinema history, having
worked in both independent (Slacker) and mainstream film circles (School of Rock). However, this movie seems to transcend all of these labels, and
instead becomes an incredibly self-contained work, and a brilliant exercise in curiosity, intellectualism, questioning and imagination.
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A History of Violence (2005)--A History of Violence may be the most straightforward movie that David Cronenberg has ever
made. But it is its uncomplicated terseness that makes it such a triumph. It is a thriller that really delivers on the promise of its genre, providing the most
visceral and tense atmosphere since Hitchcock. No setting better emphasizes the uneasiness that exists between human beings than small-town America,
and no man better exudes the values of small townsfolk than Tom Stall (Viggo Mortesen), the man in charge of the local diner who everybody likes and
would trust with their life. After Tom is accused by mobsters to be another man, Joey Cusack, for whom they seem to share nothing but resentment, the
town’s inhabitants that have come to know him are left to wonder whether this is a case of missing identity or a shocking revelation of violence hidden
beneath a humble visage. But as the film progresses it becomes less interested with small MacGuffins and plot-points, and instead deepens its panorama
to provide its audience with a speculation on the nature of violence and the role it plays in people’s lives, pressing the question ‘Can violence be left in the
past, or does it come to control a person’s life, no matter what life they lead?’
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)--Peter Jackson’s larger-than-life Rings trilogy made a bigger impact this
last decade than any other film franchise, maybe because Jackson’s take on the J.R.R. Tolkien classic was such an immense undertaking that it was
impossible not to be impressed at the ambition of the filmmakers behind it. It’s colossal, sprawling and epic, but at the same time so intimate and
character-driven. I would accuse these films of an over-dependence on special effects were it not for the great proportion of the films dedicated to
telling the story of the Hobbits, which provides the human angle to the story, in the midst of a larger conflict that they can scarcely understand. The
Lord of the Rings was made very much in the fashion of the old 1950s Hollywood studio epics, and that may be why I responded so strongly to it. If
Cecil B. Demille were to adapt The Lord of the Rings I’m not sure how much his version would differ from Jackson’s. My guess is not very much. Both
men are filmmakers who make it their duty to present a landscape that was, in the words of Martin Scorsese, “bigger than life, blazing with color,
fast-moving, easily understood.” Also, as a visual film, this is the greatest Ray Harryhausen movie ever made. The special effects work because they
have thought, care, and purpose put behind them, with more of a reason to exist than just to add kinetic madness to visual chaos (a la Transformers).
All of that being said, these films may be the epics for which this decade is most fondly remembered.
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Ghost World (2001)--It is amazing that a movie like Ghost World can be so moving, optimistic and life affirming when the main
characters seem to exist for no other reason than to provide a sarcastic running commentary to life, and all of the grotesque stupidity that they come
across in their daily odysseys across town. Actually, to call the exploits of the heroines an odyssey is to be generous; they are young people haunting the
streets of their nameless city with no direction or certainty in their lives. After a while, the film’s title becomes a bit self-explanatory. However, the reason
I imagine that Ghost World vibrates with so much energy, through all of the satire and biting judgments that it makes towards contemporary society,
is because of the original, genuine and justified characters that it makes its focus. The people that Ghost World deals with are not obscene; they have
their own attitudes and opinions about the mainstream culture, even through they are not nearly as flawless as they wish they were. In many ways, they
are no better than the superficial tools that they mock to themselves on a daily basis. There have been many films made about growing up, but very few
that demonstrated such a vivid understanding of the people that do. Note: This .lm is not to be confused with the 2008 film Ghost Town starring Ricky
Gervais, though that film is also pretty good.
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A.I. may have been suffering from an identity crisis right from the outset of its production.
The film was initially conceived of by master director Stanley Kubrick, and was set to be his next science fiction masterpiece. However, upon his death
following the completion of his final film, Eyes Wide Shut (1999), the production of A.I. was turned over to Kubrick’s close friend, fellow director Steven
Spielberg. Even to the most superficial movie-goer, these two directors are the other’s antithesis; Kubrick was known for his comically pessimistic and
detached attitudes towards his characters, while Spielberg defined himself with a warm sentimentality. And it is true that, in the end, A.I. was subject
to this same dual standard, which may be the reason that the movie was met with lukewarm reception. What I say to that consensus is, though the film
may find confusion in its tone, the message of its story shines through bright as the Blue Fairy herself. When Kubrick adapted the screenplay from Brian
Aldiss’ short story, Super Toys Last All Summer Long, he wrote A.I. as a modern retelling of Pinocchio. It’s about a young robot boy named David, who
is created as the first human robot (called meccas) that is capable of displaying unconditional love. David is given to a family, who later abandons him.
To regain their love, he sets off on a quest to find the Blue Fairy, who he believes can turn him into a ‘real boy.’ Spielberg is a director with a tendency to
manipulate the sensibilities of the audience by means of bright colors, musical cues, and wide eyes—he certainly creates a schmaltzier A.I. than the one
Kubrick envisioned. Normally this would hurt the movie, but in this case it is actually to its benefit. After all, what better way is there to demonstrate the
absurdity of attaching emotions to an inanimate object than by making the audience do so themselves?
The Aviator (2004)-- Of this last decade, the most praise toward a Martin Scorsese picture went to 2006’s The Departed, which won
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Scorsese his first, and long deserved, Oscar for Best Director. And as a result of all of this commotion, it seems as if another of his films has been left
out in the cold and forgotten about. The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, chronicles the self-determined obsessive-compulsive germaphobic film-
making airplane maverick, Howard Hughes, from his early years directing one of the most expensive films that Hollywood has ever seen to his later
breakthroughs in aviation and his battle against Pan-Am for a monopoly over the Atlantic airway. Everything in this movie is charged with the same
energy and narrative thrust that has been present in all of Scorsese’s best movies, which perfectly complements Hughes’ ambition and early promise.
This also marks what I think is a focal turning point in DiCaprio’s career. Though he had always had promise as an actor, his Howard Hughes was the
first full performance that he has ever given. DiCaprio is able to follow the character through all of his great successes, as well as the tribulations of his
life, of which there were many, and is able to create a character that is born not on the script, but in the performance. We also get to see a recreation of
Old Hollywood, movie starlets and all. Cate Blanchett, in her second appearance on the list, is the only modern actress I could envision as having the
bite to play Katherine Hepburn, and her performance outshines even DiCaprio’s. There are also loving recreations of Hollywood clubs, Hughes’ aircrafts
(including the monstrous Spruce Goose), and cameo appearances from classic movie sex symbols (Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Jean Harlow) that can only
be provided by a true lover of the movies.
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As peculiar as the musical career of pop-folk singer Bob Dylan has been, I would have never expected
any media documenting the 1960s hipster’s many lives to be even more frustrating, abstract, and hypnotically beautiful than the songwriter’s
ballads themselves. Most often, the goal of a biopic is to assemble all elements of a person’s life into a cohesive, linear five-act structure that
removes all the heart of their mystery, and lays their plight out for the whole world to scrutinize. The purpose of Todd Haynes’ ambitious
venture into the realm of musical counterculture seems to be exactly the opposite, obscuring the Dylan myth e ven deeper in disorientation and
uncertainty, and by the end the “troubadour of conscience” becomes one of the most indelible folk-heroes of American culture, literally. Indeed,
there is so much to Bob Dylan’s character that it took six actors, one of which a woman (Cate Blanchett), in what are essentially six intermingling
short films to complete the story of a man who “never knew who he was most of the time.” Not to mention, this is the film that features what is
perhaps the greatest pre-Dark Knight performance by the late, great Heath Ledger.
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Streep, Baldwin get complicated duo goes out of town for their son’s college graduation. fall in love with Jane. However, this love triangle is one
Kelsey Bolton This one trip results in Jake and Jane doing the not built to last.
Staff Reporter unimaginable: having an affair. Suddenly Jane finds Streep, Baldwin, and Martin are united by comical
herself the “other” woman, but the complexity does not forces that results in a good laugh. One of the side-
It’s Complicated does not even begin to describe stop there. Jane is dating an architect named Adam splitting scenes is when Jane smokes a joint that her
what occurs. Written and directed by Nancy pathetic ex-husband gave her not too long ago.
Meyers, It’s Complicated is not a generic romantic It took only one puff for her to be flying over the
comedy where the leading male character goes rainbow. The best part is that she is on the way to
through ridiculous measures to get the girl. There her son’s graduation party. Adam picks her up and
is much more to the plot then that. Not to mention on the way to the party she asks him “Do you poke
the three Golden Globe nominations under its belt: smot?” The joint ends up being shared by Jane, Jake,
best comedy, best actress in a comedy, and best Adam, and Harley, the oldest daughter’s fiancée.
screenplay. The acting in It’s Complicated was phenomenal.
Meryl Streep plays Jane Adler who is a mother It was so easy to believe that Streep could cook like
of three children and owns a flourishing bakery. Martha Stewart. But do not forget the script. The
The only flaw to this is her ex-husband, Jake Adler, screenplay was so witty and interesting, and is far
who is played by the not so dashing Alec Baldwin. better than anything else that Meyers has written,
Jane and Jake have been divorced for ten years. The such as The Holiday. This is an excellent movie to
reason for their divorce is the only part of this film Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec , and Lake Bell in It’sbyComplicated
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that is not complex. Jake cheated on Jane. Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec , and Lake Bell in It’s Complicated
To add insult to injury, Jake married the woman
that he had an affair with, but after being separated Schaffer who is played by none other than the comical
for some time things are due for a little change. The Steve Martin. Adam is a divorcee as well and begins to
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lay back in the safety of the base, locked conquers. aware of 3D’s weakness for dimming the
in a coffin-like transponding device. The movie is 161 minutes and it flies picture. I see now why Cameron halted
Sully teams up with the eccentric tree- by in a rush. You believe in Pandora. the original 1997 production of Avatar
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Cressey honored through fashion
Couture for the Cure raises money for the American Cancer Society
At the end of the show, Cressey was invited to the stage amid a standing ova-
Yasmin Abubakar tion and was handed a bouquet of roses. Caldwell and D’Amico told Cressey that
StudentLife Editor she has given so much to her students and they were only doing their part to show
how much she is appreciated. “We wanted to show you how much we love and care
When the news broke that drama teacher Pam Cressey was diagnosed with pan- for you,” said Caldwell. They also said that they wanted to give her the shirts off
creatic cancer, students and staff grieved for their beloved teacher and colleague. their back, which they literally had the models do. Several of the models came out
Most offered words of kindness and encouragement, but two students went a step wearing shirts that had short sayings describing Cressey. Some of the sayings were
further. Dalana Caldwell and Kyla D’Amico decided that they were going to do their “sweet with sass,” “amazing without asking,” and humorous with heart.” Caldwell
part to show their support for Cressey. Caldwell and D’Amico put together a fash- read each phrase and the model wearing the shirt took it off and gave it to Cressey.
ion show and silent auction to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The When all was said and done, Caldwell and D’Amico were pleased with the out-
event was called Couture for the Cure. come of the fashion show. “I think it went really good, I wish we had a little better of
The fashion show had been in the making for quite some time for Caldwell and a turnout, but Mrs. Cressey was happy so that made us happy and a lot people liked
D’Amico. “In the summer we wanted to do a DECA project so we were thinking a it,” said Caldwell. The people who attended also had a nice time. “We got good
fashion show just because both of us are really into that kind of stuff and then we compliments and we got good feedback from people,” said D’Amico. By the end of
were given the news about Mrs. Cressey being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer the night, $1800 was raised for the American Cancer Society.
[and we thought] we should just do it for her,” said Caldwell. It was clear at the end of the night that Cressey had enjoyed the evening and
Things were not all fun and games during the planning for this event. Both she expressed her gratitude for what Caldwell and D’Amico had done. “It was the
Caldwell and D’Amico agreed that it was an extremely demanding affair to put to- sweetest thing anyone has ever done,” said Cressey, adding that the show was “very
gether. “It was stressful just because there was a lot that we needed to do,” said funny but very couture,” and that she was grateful for all the money that was raised
D’Amico. The most important of which was acquiring the companies willing to for the American Cancer Society.
supply clothes and accessories. Caldwell and D’Amico also had to find models for
the show. “We wanted outgoing, fun people who weren’t afraid to be themselves,”
said Caldwell. Some of the models included seniors Karl Dubeau, Saraya Thomp-
son, Chase Pfeiffer and Danielle Hurt, juniors Nick Lee, Alexa Fechlin, Joel Firman
and Quin Hartman, and sophomore Clarice Schaefbauer.
The night began with a leisurely start. Attendees trickled in, bought tickets and
spent a couple minutes scanning the items laid out for the silent auction. Some of
the stuff for sale included baskets of varying themes, artwork and pottery. Prices
ranged from a five dollar basket of farm fresh eggs, to a $225 watch, to a senior
photography package for $450. There was also a table where wrapped white roses
were sold for two dollars and fifty cents each.
The fashion show began with casual wear followed by semi formal, casual again
and then falcon power. After the first four styles were shown, there was a brief
intermission where the last bids could be made on the various auction items. The
fashion show concluded with formal wear, more casual wear and theater wear
which consisted of different costumes from Cressey’s various shows.
Ferron expands the reach of his artistic talents because of his ideas that he came out with. I also like Scott Campbell, we have a lot
Michaela Mandala of the same style,” said Ferron.
Photographer One thing that is very different about Ferron’s art is that it seems to have a depth
that makes it simple but still finds a way to really intrigue, “I don’t really use a lot
of colors when I draw it’s mainly just black and white. Whenever
Not everyone exceeds in art, Austin I color in things it seems to take away from what I think it should
Ferron is one of few that has a special look like. If I keep it black and white it just makes it simple in a
passion for it. Not only is it his life’s am- good way.”
bition, he also has a special talent for Ferron is always thinking about art,
it. He realized it was his life calling at what he will do next, or his past pieces.
the young age of eight years old. “There “A lot of the drawings I do are consistent
wasn’t just one time that I realized that but each one I just change it up a little
I loved it. It was kind of like a gradual bit. That’s what you have to do to get
thing that I got into.” said Ferron, “I just practice, keep re-drawing it,” said Fer-
sort of picked up a pencil one day and ron. “Right now I’m thinking of this one
just went with it and it worked.” Art is that I drew with a moon and I remem-
Ferron’s passion and he hopes to make ber the stars. I didn’t just have normally
it his career some day, “I want to get they were hanging down by ropes from
into snowboard designs and graphics,” the heavens,” said Ferron.
said Ferron. Art is all about inspiration; and Fer-
Although he wishes to be a snow- ron finds it where ever he goes and in
board designer when he grows up, he is whatever he does. “Music is a big help to
already on the path of doing so by turn- my inspiration depending on my mood
ing blank shoes into vivid art pieces. “I it can help me get really good ideas.
was in Seattle one day and I saw a guy at I can listen to stuff like Owl City and
Pike Place Market drawing fast sketches depending on the mood I can listen to
and I just sort of recently got into doing Paramore, almost any band out there,”
that,” said Ferron. “It is a long process. said Ferron. “I also get my inspiration
I have to get the design I want to do first from my daily life. I will see an idea and
and depending on how detailed I want it go and draw it.”
to be I have to draw with pencil, then go Art is something that must be kept
over with sharpie. After that I have to go up, it can always be improved and done
over with fabric marker and then I have the best it possibly can be, Ferron is
to spray stuff on it so it doesn’t smear.” Art by Austin Ferron. seeking to do just that. “Right now I’m
“I kind of have a unique art style that taking Draw Paint Design One and I am
may be a little weird, but people seem to like it so I just continue to do it “said Fer- planning to follow that up with AP art
ron. Although Ferron’s style is matchless, he still has role models, “I like Picasso classes, “said Ferron.
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Breakdance club flips onto the scene
ent challenge for each leader. “Learning new moves and helping each other with
Nicole Luce moves,” is the most difficult thing about breakdancing for Nguyen. For Abubakar,
Staff Reporter “getting the strength to do the moves,” is the hardest part.
From movies to TV and backyard battles to international competitions, break- Not only does Breakdance Club provide a place to practice, it provides a place
dancers are a part of American culture. Spinning, freezing, flipping, these dancers for people to learn how to breakdance. Breakdance starts with the basics, foot work
have a different way of moving to the beat. and small poses or freezes. Some freezes include Jackhammers, Crickets, Pike, Air
Breakdance Club is for anyone, to learn, practice or just watch. They meet every Chair, Hollow Backs, and Flairs. Anyone can breakdance; it just depends on the
Tuesday after school in the 1900 building. This club provides a place for aspiring amount of effort put into learning the dance style. If someone has the interest to
breakdancers to practice. Before the formation of the club, there were no places breakdance, then any member of the club will be willing to teach them some of their
for them to meet. “Me and my friends were breakdancing at Cedar Heights and we moves. Breakdancing is a challenge but depending on the person who is learning, it
wanted to find a place to breakdance,” said President Brian Nguyen. could be more or less of a challenge. “It’s all about trying,” said Nguyen.
Nguyen and vice-president, Bilal Abubakar, both have experience with break- Breakdance Club is a brand new club. They started in December and now have
dancing. Nguyen has been breakdancing since seventh grade, and Abubakar has about five members. Their club banner can be seen hanging in the commons. They
been breakdancing for over a year. Each has a different reason for enjoying and have also had a dance off at lunch to promote the club. Their next big performance
practicing breakdancing. For Nguyen, he likes the challenge of the dance. Abuba- might be at an assembly. “The assembly after Martin Luther King or a spirit day
kar on the other hand likes power moves. Which are windmills and head spins for assembly,” said Nguyen.
Abubakar.
They both agree that breakdancing is fun. Even though it is fun there is a differ-
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