CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL Volume 46, Issue 38055 Goddard Road Boise, Idaho 83704 DECEMBER 16, 2011

EDITOR IN CHIEF: BRENNA PATRICK ASSISTANT EDITOR: JONATHAN REFF

CHS FLIGHT

Table of Contents

News 2-3 Arts 4Community 5Sports 6-7Opinion 8

How to reach us:Phone/fax--

208-854-4538

Flight is printed by The Idaho Press Tribune

Flight is a Member of

Environmental Science classes visited Idaho’s Birds of Prey facility and witnessed exhibits where Environmental Science teacher Ray Wilmot said, “My per-sonal favorite was the Harpy Eagle. It has huge talons that are able to crush a monkey’s skull!” There they were able to experience different types of rescued birds, learn about their histo-ries and about some ex-tinct and almost-extinct birds species, found

out more about their breeding services and had an up close look at the birds themselves. “Being able to show my students how Birds of Prey are important to an ecosystem and what role they play on the food chain,” was Environ-mental Science teacher Ray Wilmot’s favor-ite thing about the trip. Wilmot also said the students saw many bird exhibits and he was happy to have the op-portunity to go because, “The World Center for Birds of Prey is the only

Capital has ac-quired Angie Stewart who teaches Speech, Drama, and English. Stewart joined the staff earlier this year replacing former teach-er Tom Willmorth. “It’s been good, the teachers are helpful and the students have been great, and I plan on staying here as long as I can,” said Stewart. Stewart received her degree at Boise State

University. After col-lege she became a stay at home mother for 11 years and only recently began teach-ing two years ago as a substitute teacher for Boise Schools District, at schools like Fair-mont Junior High. She has also taught sum-mer school at Tim-berline High School. Stewart’s first proj-ect for the drama club is called ‘Anne Frank and Me.’The story is about a

Brenna PatrickEditor-in-Chief

Above left:A falconer talks to students about the history and purpose of falconry in the Interpretive Center Art Gallery on Above right: A falconer handles a male Harpy Eagle at the World Center for Birds of Prey on Bottom: A male Harpy Eagle perches on a stand in

PHOTO BY KATIE ACKERMAN

PHOTO BY KATIE ACKERMAN

PHOTO BY KATIE ACKERMAN

New drama teacher, (second from left) Angie Stewart took First Place in the “Ugly Christmas Sweater” contest during the annual faculty/staff “Pig Out” luncheon on Dec. 14. Other entrants were: (from left) Heidi Trunnell, Jason Gordon (2nd Place), Shane Alder (5th Place), Sandy Wold, Paula Uriarte, Jamie Gilderhus (4th Place), Becky Rutherford, Tracy Green and Esther Ciganda.

Ryan NaramoreOpinion Editor

Rescued birds with massive strength meet students

facility of it’s kind in the world so we have are fortunate to be able to access it,” said Wilmot. Towards the end of the day Wilmot said he really enjoyed, “when the staff brings out a Peregrine Falcon and let the students see it up close and personal!” Going to the Birds of Prey center as a whole “Was very educational and several students are now volunteering at the Center!!!” said Wilmot. Senior Lena Zugoni loved attending the class field trip and said her fa-

vorite thing she learned about was, “probably that owls, and a lot of other birds, can turn their neck 3/4ths around because they can’t move their eyes very much!” “I loved meeting Lu-igi, one of the birds who has taken refuge there,” said Zugoni. “We’re in an envi-ronmental class, find-ing out what endangers one of the most vital species in the world is very important. Birds are a big part of keep-ing our world healthy and clean,” Zugoni.

Angie Stewart joins staff as new theatre teacher

teenage girl named Ni-cole, who’s played by senior Kristin Mitch-ell, who belongs to a family that doesn’t be-lieve in the Holocaust. Nicole ends up in France during the Ger-man occupation dur-ing World War II. While there she meets Anne Frank, played by Callista Houdek. Other actors and ac-tress include senior Sam Johnson, as Nicole’s lit-tle sister, and junior Kel-ly Mooney, as Nicole’s

love interest, Jack. The class spent “about three months”, said Houdek prac-ticing for the play. “Mama Stew is amazing. She’s orga-nized, fun, she knows what she’s doing and makes rehearsals great,” said Houdek. Houdek said she didn’t know Willmorth long but “We all miss him He was a great theatre arts teacher. We all had to get used to him not being there,”

Environmental Science class introduced to endangered avian species and volunteer time to help out

First dramatic production centers on character whomeets Anne Frank, family that doesn’t believe in Holocaust

Advertising:www.chsflight.web.officelive.com

News Friday, December 16, 2011

Editor: Devin RameyPAGE 2

Helpful holiday tips from the Police Department The holidays can be filled with the excitement of buying presents, but be careful when rushing through crowds for that last minute gift. Don’t let your guard down when protecting your purchases from theft. Here are a few crime prevention tips to help keep you from becoming a victim during the holidays: 1.) Don’t display gifts where they may be seen through a car window. Lock them in the trunk. If your car does not have a trunk, then cover the packages with a coat or blanket. Take time to lock all the car doors and windows.2.) Shop before dark if possible. Park close to the store and under the lights.3.) Keep your purse tucked under your arm and/or your wallet zipped in a jacket pocket or front pant pocket. Avoid carrying or displaying large amounts of cash; use a check or credit card when possible. 4.) Don’t place your purse or backpack on the back of a chair when eating at a food court. It is easy to grab the purse or unzip the pack in a crowded area.5.) At home, keep your windows and doors locked and your curtains closed. Be sure the garage door is closed all the way and has not popped back open.6.) Be wary of solicitors at the door or on the phone. Do not give out personal information. Solicitors must carry identification.7.) ***Most importantly, stay alert to your surroundings. Utilizing a few basic safety precautions can make the holidays a more enjoyable experience. Happy Holidays! By Carrie Demirelli from the Boise Police Department, Crime Prevention Unit

Page Editors:Front- Brenna PatrickNews- Devin Ramey and Emily Lundquist

Arts- Nathalia OrozcoSports- Jonathan Reff and Luis Sarria-Garcia Community Editor-

Brenna PatrickOpinion Editor- Ryan

Naramore Ad Manger- Katie

Ackerman Staff Writer- Katie Ackerman

Photographers- Katie Ackerman

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF-BRENNA PATRICK

Chsbrenna@gmail.com

Advertising information can be found at:

chsflight.web.officelive.com

Advisor: Vicki Francisvicki.francis@boiseschools.org

208-845-4538

CK Technologies, Dave Guess;Idaho Bureau of Land Management, Cheryle C. Zwang; Idaho Statesman, Kristin Rodine; Idaho Statesman, Darleen Carnopis, Kevin Richert; Idaho Press Tribune, Victor Kunkel; Northwest Col lege , Gary Bakken; Jensen Photography, Brent Jensen; MacLife, Eric Smith; Taylor Printing Company, Jeremy Corsi; Northwest Nazarene University, Jamie Tucker; Irene Vogel, Ph.D., Idaho Division of Professional-Technical Education

POLICIES

Flight reserves the right to accept, reject, edit, or cancel any ad. Advertising shall be free of statements, illustrations, or implications that are offensive to good taste or public decency based on the opinion of the staff. The staff will not accept ads that are racist, sexist, illegal for high school students or that violates other journalistic standards or principles. Advertising that is accepted is not necessarily an endorsement from the staff, the advisor, or the administration.

Flight Capital High School8055 Goddard Rd.

Boise, ID 8370

Flight’s duty is to inform and entertain students and faculty in an accurate and timely fashion. It reflects the ideas of the student body and also creates new perspectives. The paper is oriented toward events and all information that affects the student body. Flight is published monthly by Capital High school, 8055 Goddard Road Boise, Idaho 83704. Phone: 658-2346. Circulation 1650. Adobe InDesign is used to design the graphics and typeset. Printing is done by Idaho Press Tribune, Nampa, ID. The opinions and views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the administration, or the entire Flight staff, or the entire student body. All signed commentaries that appear in Flight are strictly the opinion of that individual and do not necessarily reflect the general opinion of the Flight staff. Anyone wishing to submit a letter to the editor is encouraged to do so. Place letters in Ms. Francis’ mailbox in the office, or room 230. Letters may also be sent to the editor of Flight via e-mail. All letters must be signed and verified in person in order to be printed. The Flight staff reserves the right to edit all submissions.

Flight’s Mission Statement:

ASSISTANT EDITOR-

Jonathan Reff

UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL

MUGSHOTS ARE BY DORIAN STUDIO

Advisory Board Members

Member of SkillsUSA

On November 29, Macy’s awarded Sandra Wold, DECA Advisor and marketing teacher, with a $1000 check to be used for the school, a book made especially for her show-ing past sponsored Make A Wish children, and a glass Make A Wish wand. “I was super surprised and did not figure it out until they called my name,” said Wold. The awards were given at Ma-cy’s inside the Boise Mall. Seniors Eleanor Col-lins, Katelyn Foote, prin-cipal Jon Ruzicka and a selected few others were in the know, and were the ones who got Wold to go to Macy’s without her suspecting anything. “I honestly thought we were just there to help the Make A Wish Foundation greet Santa,” said Wold. Their cover worked. “It was covert ops,” said Ruz-icka. He was surprised that it worked out. Ruzicka had to meet with Make A Wish

Cultural melting pot with exchange programs

Multiple cultures co-ex-ist here at Capital thanks partly to the foreign ex-change student programs. These foreign exchange students arrived in Boise from their home country in August of this year to meet to their host family and prepare for the 2011-2012 school year. Most of them came from Europe, oth-ers from Asia, while one is from South America. Senior Silja Naavik hails from Norway and has lived in the U.S.A for four months. “I love it. It’s so much fun,” said Naavik. The Haener family, which in-cludes Capital student junior Sarah Haener, is Naavik’s host family. Senior Carolina Sil-va of the Rotary pro-gram at Bage, Brazil. She took a test for the foreign exchange pro-gram and was selected to study here in America. “Everything’s very dif-ferent,” said Silva, “ The culture is very different.” Junior Hans Landgraf ar-rived in America from Ger-many because his “brother was a foreign exchange student and he went to Texas so I decided to go for a year, “said Landgraf. “ I’m really glad to be here and I think it’s one of the best times of my life.” Junior Claudia Oberli ar-rived from Switzerland and

is a guest to the Blanchard family whose daughter, junior Crystal Blanchard also goes to Capital. Oberli got interested in the program when students in Switzerland talked about the for-eign exchange program. Sophomore Saya Iyu-saki hails form Tokyo, Japan and has been a guest of the Evans fam-ily since June 26th. “I really like it,” said Iyusaki. She got involved when her school in Japan hand-ed out pamphlets about the foreign exchange program and “it looked fun” according to Iyusaki. Surprisingly, even though they had fam-ily back home, many of

them were not homesick. “I like it better than Norway,” said Naavik. Oberli said “No, not re-ally” to being home-sick. Silva also said “No” to being homesick. These students are flu-ent in many languages. Oberli speaks German, Swiss German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Eng-lish. Silva is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. As several are com-ing into the U.S., some are going out. Senior Joel Johnson, as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange, has picked 6 countries and will know the exact country he will go to in January. He chose Hungary, Aus-tria, Germany, Finland,

Turkey, and the Czech Republic as those six and will be staying with three families over the course of nine months. “I’d be part of their family,” said Johnson, “I thought it was a great opportunity to learn more. It forces you to learn another language.”

Jonathan ReffSports Editor

PHOTO BY SPRING TILLEY

PHOTO BY GIANNA CAICEDO

Sandra Wold is interviewed after receiving the award.

Wold and her DECA class hold the check from Macy’s, after Wold was surprised with the award.

Claudia Oberli Hans Landgraf Nekene Izquierdo

Frederica Vecchio Silja Naavik Silva Carolina

Saya Iwasaki

officials about the plan without Wold finding out. They got Wold there by telling her that Macy’s specialty Santa needed help greeting four previous Make A Wish kids. When Wold got there at Santa’s chair, the whole Choir

Macy’s rewards hard work with Make A Wishwas there, and the Santa made the announcement about Wold in front of all the parents and children at the mall to meet Santa. “[They] totally de-serve this recogni-tion, along with the school,” said Ruzicka.

Devin RameyNews Editor

PHOTO BY VICKI FRANCIS

DECA Advisor Sandra Wold and senior Jericoe Hensley wrap presents for DECA’s next project, the Toy Drive.

News Friday, December 16, 2011

Editor: Emily D. Lundquist PAGE 3

ROXY RVCAOBEYKREWNIXONVOLCOMMATIXBURTON& More...

WE HAVE:

STAY IN THE KNOW & FOLLOW

US ON FACEBOOK

1021 Broadway Ave Boise ID 208 385-9300

Paying for college gets a bit easi-er with help of Financial Aid Night Brenna PatrickEditor-in-Chief

PHOTO BY MEGAN GROSSL

PHOTO BY SHANNA CLARK

PHOTO BY SHANNA CLARK

AP Physics ‘drops the egg’Sean Boston’s AP Physics third period class students, senior Kyler Daron (left), senior Jennifer Briggs and junior Sierra Tipton (above) tested the Law of Conservation of energy with their experiment, the “egg drop” while AP Physics teacher Sean Boston watches the results.

Jonathan ReffAssistant Editor

It’s not very often that students are allowed to drop food off the bal-cony in the gym but the A.P. Physics class teach-er Sean Boston and stu-dents participated in an experiment of their own on Dec. 2 called the “egg-drop experiment.” Their aim was to apply

concepts of the rules for conservation of energy. It was also helpful for the students in the class to test it out to apply it in comparison to the real world of engineering. “It was nice because we got to apply the con-cepts and make things a little bit harder than it seems, so they got some hands-on experi-

ence with how to make this. It wasn’t too hard of a device but some [students] had a hard time,” said Boston. The experiment itself involved an egg and a homemade bungee sys-tem. The egg was held up five feet in the air and the objective was for the student to have the egg barely touch a folded pa-

per platform on a table. The window of oppor-tunity for this to succeed was 2 1/2 inches that was about the fourth of a width of paper. The students were required to also make the exact length of string to make this experiment work. “You had to get it precise,” said ju-nior Jeremy Woods.

“It requires a little more thought than you think,” said Boston. “It was pretty hard but we knew all the formulas,” said Woods. If the egg broke dur-ing the initial experi-ment just once then the students would get an automatic 30% off the lab grade. The basic formula was

nicknamed the “God-father formula” and included the change in kinetic energy, plus the change in potential en-ergy, plus the change in spring energy plus the work disburstive equaled the external energy, according to senior Lindsi Hansen “There was no room for error,” said Hansen.

Nathalia OrozcoArts Editor

Being a teenager may affect chances of getting a seasonal job

Other than spending the holidays with fam-ily and friends, there are other things you could do. A lot of teen-agers look forward to seasonal jobs dur-ing the winter season. In the state of Idaho the hiring age in most cases is minors who are at least 14 years old in non-agricultural jobs or 15 with a worker’s permit from the school principal and agree-ment note by parents. Fifteen year olds may be employed or permit-ted to work in any mer-cantile establishment as a bagger, cashier, or stock clerk and can work

in restaurants like Mc-Donalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, etc. Even though you might be 14 or 15, most places prefer to hire teenag-ers that are around 16 years old or older. Deciding who gets hired and what age to hire them using the labor laws gives em-ployers a big decision in these types of situ-ations. They have to choose whether to hire younger teenagers com-pared to older ones, because when you’re 16 or older you are al-lowed to a work full time. Places like Wal-Mart and Sears hire sea-sonal workers to help stock shelves for the busy shopping season.

What most employ-ers are looking for in a seasonal worker is simi-lar to what they would look for in a full time employee, some char-acteristics include being dependable and an in-dependent worker, trust worthy, honest, respect-ful, sanitary, and must have common sense and a recognition of the value of teamwork. Today’s managers want employees who recognize the value of teamwork. In order to achieve anything sig-nificant in the work-place, it is important for employees to work together as a team and help each other.

Paying for college can be inordinately diffi-cult for many students and parents, which is why Capital is having a Financial Aid Night. It is held each year to explain opportuni-ties and to answer any questions students or parents might have.

“This year it will be taking place on De-cember 15 at 7 p.m. and anyone, parents and students alike, are welcome to come,” said Career Coun-selor Robbie Cupps. According to Cupps, the presentation will be by a Financial Aid officer from Boi-se State University. “It’s one of the steps that I think is

the most scary for people,” Cupps said. “Once students and parents attend this meeting they discover it is not such a ter-rible process. It’s a do-able one,” Cupps said. The whole meeting is meant to, in the end, give any student the op-portunity to know about a vital part of help-ing to pay for college.

Red Apple Award Winner, CHS School Psychologist and 17 year veteran Wes Hunt received the award on Dec. 12. His nomination let-ter said, “[He] approaches his work with a zest and enthusiasm un-matched by others.” Although, he said, “There are a lot of people that work hard every day, just as hard as me, that are not recognized.”

Photo by Dan Hollar

Arts Friday, December 16, 2011

Editor: Nathalia OrozcoPAGE 4

For over 15 years Cathy Younger’s art classes have displayed a tree at the Festival of Trees, and for the past nine years, that tree has won Best of Show in the school division. This year was no dif-ferent. Capital won Best of Show in the School division, level 1. The theme for the tree was Colors of the Rainfor-est. “Very colorful” said senior Jennifer Briggs. The tree was deco-rated from top to bot-tom in colorful flowers and fun animals and plants. The tree topper was a bird whose wings were made at the

Festival of Trees, from whatever was available around the building. “We made pretty much everything,” said Briggs. Everyone made dif-ferent parts of the tree. Junior Jackson Turner made three lizards and a frogs and Briggs made several animals. “My favorite part was making the deco-rations, it was really cool,” said Turner Both Briggs and Turner thought it was neat that their tree looked very original. “[The tree was] more personal, it tells more about the people who made it,” said Turner. “Most [other trees] had ornaments that peo-ple bought,” said Briggs The art students made the ornaments from whatever they could find around. “We made

mushrooms out of old gourds,” said Younger. Most of the ornaments however were made out of paper-mache. There was also a wreath that was made by the Occupation Preparation class. It was the same design as the tree. Briggs bought the wreath for herself. The person who bought the tree wished to remain anonymous but donated it to an-other organization. The Saint Alphon-sus Festival of Trees has been part of Trea-sure Valley tradition for over 25 years. Over 7 million dollars have been raised for im-provements in health care around the area. This year alone, there were more than 70 trees and 160 wreaths, tabletop trees, and holiday decorations.

PHOTO BY CATHY YOUNGER

PHOTO BY CATHY YOUNGER

PHOTO BY CATHY YOUNGER

PHOTO BY CATHY YOUNGERPHOTO BY CATHY YOUNGER

Art class wins Best of Show: Colors of the RainforestKatie AckermanStaff Writer

Senior Gustavo Esquivel, junior Travis Pengelly, junior Amanda Hunter, junior Ko-rah Smith, Art teacher Cathy Younger, senior Kristine Kapral, senior Jennifer Briggs, and se-nior Christina McLenna help decorate the tree that won Best of Show in the Festival of Trees.

The winning Best of Show tree named Colors of the Rainforest.

The team decorate the tree before the competition.

Senior Christina McLenna makes a colorful parrot that will go on the tree later. A close up of the top of the Colors of the Rainforest tree.

Community Friday, December 16, 2011

Editor: Brenna Patrick/ Devin Ramey PAGE 5

Health Services for Teens

327-7400 check out our new website

reveal4real.org

all servicesConfi dential

Affordable Care—sliding fee scale

Appointments available M–F

Walk-in Teen Clinic Thurs 2:30–5:00

˚ Health Information ˚ Physical Exams

˚ Birth Control ˚ Pap Tests ˚ HIV Testing

˚ STD Evaluation & Treatment

˚ Pregnancy Testing & Counseling

Central District Health Department 707 N Armstrong Place | Boise Idaho 83704

Steven Faulkner’s AP Human Geography class is in the process of rais-ing funds to donate to a refugee organization, as the Human Geography students also study the inter connectedness of people around the world. Both his first and fifth period classes have been bringing in money the past few weeks, and for every donation that

is made, Faulkner will match that donation. Last year Faulkner de-cided to do this program and direct donations to-wards Haiti when they had the massive 7.0 scaled earthquake that brutally devastated all of Haiti. Doing a program like this “shows that we’re all connected,” said Faulkner. The classes just finished watching Hotel Rwanda which is the true story of a man who housed in-ternal refugees (or inter-nally displaced persons) during the genocide and

civil war in Rwanda in the 1950s through the 1990s. Refugees are people who are outside of his or her country and have been persecuted on the basis of race, religion, political opinions, or nationality. Studying migration and refugees’ situations helps the students realize that what happens around the world affects us here in Idaho. By donating to these organizations, stu-dents can help make a difference in the world. “It’s in the spirit of giving,” said Fisher.

Boise, ID --11/11/2011-- Boise School District’s Capital High School took top honors in Idaho for the school’s public service and volunteerism efforts. On November 10, 2011 Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and First Lady Lori Otter recognized Capital High School during the 2011 Governor’s Bright-est Star Award ceremony. The annual ceremony recognizes Idaho’s un-sung heroes who work tirelessly as volunteers to improve the quality of life for Idaho and its citi-zens. Capital High School won the School Volun-teer of the Year award. “I am so very proud of our students, staff mem-bers, and our entire school community for receiving this significant award,” explained Jon Ruzicka, Principal, Capital High School. “We are very ap-preciative of this honor. It reflects Capital High School’s dedication to our community by pro-viding our students with public service and vol-

For the 19th year in a row all the DECA and market-ing classes have banded together with the students of Capital to help out children from families in need have a good Christ-mas with the Toy Drive. About 85 kids from the surrounding elemen-tary schools that feed into Capital, including Mor-ley Nelson Elementary, Valley View Elementary, or Pierce Park Elemen-tary, were adopted for this effort to bring them joy for the holidays. The Toy Drive was open to all 1st period classes whose students and teach-ers wanted to “adopt” a child. Those classes were responsible for one child who would receive five presents. Families of Capital students ‘adopted’ a kid. Junior DECA mem-ber Darby Oliver’s fam-

unteer opportunities.” Capital High School stu-dents and staff volunteered close to 30,000 hours last year in public service. They had a fresh food bank for the Agency for New Americans refugee organization, tutored chil-dren, started chess clubs at elementary schools, read aloud to residents at retire-ment centers, helped with dance classes for retirees and raised funds for the Make-A-Wish Founda-tion. Capital High School faculty members incor-porate service learning techniques as a fundamen-tal part of many courses. About 85 percent of all se-nior final projects at Capi-tal High School incorpo-rate volunteerism and pub-lic service. 106 nominees were honored during this year’s Governor’s Bright-est Star Award ceremony and awards were presented in six categories, includ-ing the school division. About Governor’s Brightest Star AwardsGovernor Dirk Kemp-thorne and the Governor’s Coordinating Council for Families and Children es-tablished the Governor’s Brightest Star Awards

in 2001 in partnership with the Association of Idaho Cities to recognize Idaho’s “unsung heroes” who volunteer tirelessly on behalf of their fellow Idahoans. The purpose of the Governor’s Brightest Star Awards program is to affirm and encourage active voluntary participa-tion by citizens of all ages throughout our great state. The tradition of recogniz-ing Idaho’s outstanding volunteers has carried on through Governor Jim

Risch’s and C.L. “Butch” Otter’s administrations. Since its inception, more than 500 individuals and groups have been rec-ognized as Governor’s Brightest Stars. These ev-eryday heroes come from every corner of the state, representing large and small communities. All of the nominees who meet the minimum qualifica-tions are recognized at the annual Governor’s Bright-est Star Awards ceremony.

ily ‘adopted’ five kids. Senior DECA mem-ber Justice Tilley said, “ It gives the parents who can’t afford Christmas … a few boxes to open for their kids.” She felt the contributors “were helping out the parents more than the children.” This was Tilley’s third year participat-ing in the Toy Drive. The Toy Drive started a week before the Thanks-giving break and ended Dec. 14 with the DECA and marketing classes starting to wrap and ship the toys out to the cor-responding children’s families. DECA spon-sored the drive and de-livered the toys while the marketing classes wrapped the presents. “I just think it’s like a really good way for help-ing kids,” said Oliver. This was Oliver’s sec-ond year participat-ing in the Toy Drive.

Jonathan ReffAssistant Editor

A.P. Human Geography class raises funds for refugees

DECA and market-ing class’ Toy Drive

helps kids have a good holiday

Katie AckermanStaff Writer

Capital earns volunteer awardDan Hollar

Capital High School was selected to receive the 2011 Gover-nor’s Brightest Star Award for the school’s public service and volunteerism efforts. Picture left to right: Idaho fist Lady Lori Otter; Jon Ruzicka, Principal, Capital High School; Gabe Oster-hout, senior, Capital High; Katie Foote, senior, Capital High; Eleanor Collins, senior, Capital High; Sandy Wold, Marketing/DECA Teacher, Capital High; and Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter.

Spreading holiday joy with DECA’s Toy Drive

For the 19th year in a row all the DECA and market-ing classes have banded together with the students of Capital to help out children from families in need have a good Christ-mas with the Toy Drive. About 85 kids from the surrounding elemen-tary schools that feed into Capital, including Mor-ley Nelson Elementary, Valley View Elementary, or Pierce Park Elemen-tary, were adopted for this effort to bring them joy for the holidays. The Toy Drive was open to all 1st period classes whose students and teach-ers wanted to “adopt” a child. Those classes

were responsible for one child who would receive five presents. Families of Capital students ‘adopted’ a kid. Junior DECA mem-ber Darby Oliver’s fam-ily ‘adopted’ five kids. Senior DECA mem-ber Justice Tilley said, “ It gives the parents who can’t afford Christmas … a few boxes to open for their kids.” She felt the contributors “were helping out the parents more than the children.” This was Tilley’s third year participat-ing in the Toy Drive. The Toy Drive started a week before the Thanks-giving break and ended Dec. 14 with the DECA and marketing classes starting to wrap and ship the toys out to the cor-

Jonathan ReffSports Editor

PHOTO BY VICKI FRANCIS

Honor Society is made up of a selected group of high school students with an averaged G.P.A. of 3.5

or higher, and they are ready for the holidays. Junior and member of Honor Society’s Ad-visory Board, Emilie Kelley, enjoys being a member because, “I get

to hang out with people with similar interests as me, and we get a lot clos-er and it’s a lot of fun.” Part of the membership requirement is to have twelve hours of volun-teer work per semester. Kelley’s always excited to do volunteer service because, “There’s always

something fun and new to gain from the experience.” Kelley also likes the aspect of the required volunteer work to have while in Honor Society. Kelley said, “ I feel really good. I feel accomplished like I made a difference.” “I do a lot of good charities to help, lots of

real causes to support and I love the opportu-nity to make a difference is great,” Kelley said. Senior Brandy Lar-son also enjoys the club and said, “The fact that we are able to help oth-ers with what they need in our free time,” is her favorite part about be-

ing in Honor Society. “I love being able to put a smile on anyone’s faces and knowing by doing one little thing that can bring them hap-piness,” said Larson. “I feel at Christmas time, it’s something special something I love being in-volved with,” said Larson.

NHS does volunteer work

Brenna PatrickNews Editor

responding children’s families. DECA spon-sored the drive and de-livered the toys while the marketing classes wrapped the presents.

“I just think it’s like a really good way for help-ing kids,” said Oliver. This was Oliver’s sec-ond year participat-ing in the Toy Drive.

FCCLA members are planning to participate in the Winter Garden a Glow at the Botanical Gardens on December 2 – January 8, FCCLA teacher Tera Chase is preparing them for this winter event. These students will be helping collect tickets, serving hot cocoa and cookies to the customers, and will be Santa’s little elf help-ers. This year’s Winter Gar-den a Glow will be more ex-citing than ever according to some FCCLA members. One assistant for FC-CLA is junior Nerea Sar-ria, and she felt this ex-perience “ it’s going to be fun, because we get to help out the community,

and overall it’s going to be a good time,” Nerea said. Junior Chelsea Retzloff is also excited for the event because, “ it was so much fun last year, and I’m ex-cited to help out again this year it’s going to be such a blast,” said Retzloff. “ It will be a good ex-perience for kids who didn’t partake in it last year, and people who haven’t seen it should go visit it this year cause it’s great,” Sarria said. This is one of Boise’s most known events “and for people who have ex-perienced it should go visit this year ‘cause this year will be more ex-citing with more stuff to do,” Nerea said. “Plus you get to see lights in a new way, so grab your parents and family and go check it out,” Retzloff said.

Luis SarriaSports Editor

FCCLA lights up Garden a Glow

Senior Jerocoe Hensley wraps presents for the Toy Drive.

Katie AckermanStaff Writer

JV girls dominate

Sports Friday, December 16, 2011

Girls’ varsity team scores bigJonathen ReffSPORTS EDITOR/ ASSISSTANT EDITOR & CHIEF

Emily LundquistNEWS EDITOR Nathalia Orozco

ARTS EDITOR

Editor: Luis Sarria GarciaPAGE 6

Sophomore girls’ basketball coach Sean Boston thinks the team should have a winning season this year. Bos-ton thinks they have a chance to win it all, since last year the girls’ struggled. And this year should be a better one. He is looking forward to when they actually start to see how little by little the girls improve on their basketball skills throughout the season. Boston thinks the most difficult oppo-nent to play against

will be Rocky Moun-tain High School. The girls practice a cou-ple of hours each day. In the end Boston expects for the girls to have “good sportsman-ship, put a lot of hard work into it, seeing growth and improve-ment into the team and lots of learning.” Boston hopes to im-prove the girls’ skills and teach them how to be successful so that they could have a shot at the title. These are his goalss for the season. “We are going to ring up some victo-ries,” said Boston.

Junior Shooting Guard Liz Landreth passes two defenders at Capital against Centennial High School. Senior Morgan Buhr goes for a lay-up against Centennial High at Capital.

Senior Kali Williams shoots a 2pt shot with 2 Centennial de-fenders guarding her at Capital High.

The Varsity Girls re-cord was 7-2 as of Dec. 8. The first game against Caldwell resulted in a win for Capital with the score 57-19. Sopho-more Delaney Sauer led the team with her nine points and 11 rebounds. With five new ath-letes on the team, ju-nior guard Liz Landreth said, “ They’re feeling more comfortable and starting to get better. This year we have more [non-returning starters]. We’re all good friends.” The second game against Kuna High resulted in a 70-45 win for Capital. Lan-dreth was the top scorer with 24 points. The third game against Boise High re-sulted in a 71-56 win for Capital. Again Landreth led the team

scoring with 18 points. The first loss sustained by the Lady Eagles was against Centennial High with the score of 52-49. With Centennial “we were playing as a team but when we got to the second half we thought we had won al-ready,” said Landreth. “I think we all played really hard, “ said senior forward Morgan Buhr, “ We learned from it.” The fifth game against Timberline resulted in a new winning streak for the Lady Eagles after their close loss against Centennial. The score was 41-36 in favor of Capital. Landreth ac-quired 21 of those points. The sixth game against big rival Eagle High re-sulted in a win by the Eagles. The score was 55-39 also in favor Cap-ital. Sophomore return-ing center Delaney Sau-er received the spotlight this time with a score of

18 at the final buzzer. The seventh game against Rocky Moun-tain High resulted in a 58-43 win for Capital. Buhr lead the team with points at 16.“I think we get better each game, “ said Buhr. The eighth game against Borah High re-sulted in a beat down over the Lions by the Eagles with the score being 64-32. The second loss to Vallivue High was again a loss by only three points with the score being 53-56. Landreth broke her season re-cord of 26 points with a new score of 27 points. Senior Kalli Williams has broken the team re-cord of 226 assists and according to the web-site, it’s still counting. The new season climate for the team’s holding-it-together re-lationship is cooler than the one last year.

As of December 8th, the JV girl’s basket-ball team has an im-pressive record of 8-1. Ever since their first game on November 11th, they had an as-tounding winning streak against tough opponents like Timberline High, Caldwell High, Centen-nial High, Kuna High, Boise High and Eagle High. Despite their loss to Vallivue, they plan on winning the rest of their season’s games. Junior post Brooke Church said she likes basketball because of, “my teammates. They’re really fun and

[we] enjoy our season with each other, even if we lose or win.” Church who has four or five rebounds per game, but said Borah was their most impres-sive win because, “we work with each other.” Sophomore guard Ky-lie Centers has been playing basketball since she was in kindergar-ten and said she en-joys this year’s season. “We play really well as a team,” said Centers. Although the girls play well together in games, Centers said they should work on, “communicat-ing more on the court.” “He’s really positive and he is always help-

ing us improve,” said Centers on JV Head Coach Harry Angelos. Angelos, who has been coaching for several years at various schools, said he loves

coaching basketball for, “the involvement with the youth, they keep you young and alive.” (www.capitalbasketball.com)

Sophomore Collin Garcia at the All American Duels. Garcia won the match with a score of 16:1 Mountain View. “ I couldn’t pin the kids so I just tried winning by points,” Garcia said.

Wrestling season is underway and every-one seems to be excited for the season ahead. The team is very young, consisting of around 40 sopho-more and freshman wrestlers. The team competed in its first matches last week. There are about eight seniors and ten juniors with about 30 return-ing wrestlers, includ-ing four Varsity wres-tlers from the last year. Eleven out of 15 weight classes will be filled with wres-tlers who have little or no Varsity experi-

ence. But I’m excited because they’re tough and I think they’re ready to compete at the Varsity level, Head Coach Jody Webb said. With so many young wrestlers on the team, these next few years should be exciting to watch. “I’m excited to see our juniors and seniors de-velop in leadership roles and I’m super excited to see our freshmen and sophomores develop and reach their potential this season,” Webb said. Sophomore Var-sity wrestler Blake Collins is “excited about winning [and] starting the season.” Senior Varsity wres-tler Marcus Tovar’s favorite part of wres-

tling is the “intensity it brings out in everyone.” “Seeing my team-mates succeed, knowing how hard they worked,” is senior Varsity wrestler Dakota Poole’s favorite part about tournaments. “I love being around kids who are as passion-ate about wrestling as I am. We have a group of about 50 kids who live to compete...and there’s an energy there that cannot be found anywhere else. I feel sorry for people who have to go to work each day. I never feel like coaching is a job...it’s a blast!” Webb said. Everyone learns something during the season. “To believe in yourself,” said junior Varsity wrestler Shyan

Soph girls improve

Jacob Walters Defense linebacker

6”0 Ft 205 lbs 102 tackles 20 for Loss

5 sacks with 3 fumbles with 2 recov-

eries

Kellen Buhr Offense OL

6”2 Ft 275 Lbs

Paul Blakely Defense P

6”1 Ft 215 Lbs 31 Punts 39 Yards

5A All- Idaho First Team OL/DL

New season, new wrestlers

Grace Jacobsen with a fastbreak while being guarded by Rocky Mountain at Capital High.

“The seniors had really good leadership last year,” said Sauer. “We get along really well [with the new se-

niors] so when we play it’s just teamwork,” said Sauer.

Sports Friday, December 16, 2011

Editor: Jonathan Reff PAGE 7

PHOTO BY MERCADEE CARLISIE

PHOTO BY CRISTINA CATALAN

Sophomore boys BB team’s winning streak brings big ex-pectations for seasonLuis Sarriasports editor

This season our soph-omore boys’ basketball team has won their first 3 games against Emmett, Kuna and Boise High. They whipped both Emmett and Kuna with a fantastic lead of at least 30 points in both games, with Head Coach Dane Pence having his boys with a 3-0 victory streak. Sophomore small forward Gigi Le-ris had a fantastic first game against Emmett. “ I played really good and I enjoyed play-ing with the team,” said Leris. Sopho-more Kavan Hess is

also very excited for the 2011-2012 season. Hess said, “ We’re a good team. If we win against Boise we could easily win district with some of our main con-tributors, such as (soph-omore) Greg Thom-as, (freshman) Brian Smith, and (sophomore) Jaquille Robinson.” With Capital’s third winning victory against Boise High, and overall great play more students should come down and see some good basket-ball by our boys’ sopho-more team. Their games start at 4:30 on sched-uled days followed by junior varsity and var-sity boys basketball.

Above: Sophomore Preston Rowe picks the ball in the air from a Wolf while Sophomore Greg Thomas screens a Wolf during the sophomore home game against Emmett High on Nov. 28.Left: Junior Zack White jumps for a shot while an Emmett Wolf tries to block on Nov. 28

Varsity starts well with victory against Emmett in double overtime

Ryan NaramoreOpinion Editor Varsity basketball at

Capital for two years. “I just want to grow as a player and build the team chemistry,” said sopho-more Tre Brockett. Brockett plays both for-ward and center for the Varsity basketball team. Like most of the oth-er basketball athletes for Capital, Brockett

toughest teams in the conference night in and night out. They are new to playing with each other and it will take them a little bit of time to develop team chem-istry. But when they do it will make for a dan-gerous and exciting bas-ketball team to watch!” said Head coach Paul Rush who has coached

JV boys BB team opens season with three big wins Victories against Kuna, Emmett, and Boise High g i v e g r e a t e x p e c t a t i o n s for rest of yearDevin RameyNews Editor

The boy’s Varsity bas-ketball team started the season well with a re-cord of 1-1 as of Dec. 7th. “We have a great group of guys who work very hard and are getting better every-day! I expect the boys to be playing one of the

With the football season over, the reins are handed over to the basketball season. The JV boys’ team have high expecta-tions for them to have another great season. The team has opened

up the season with big wins over Kuna High, Boise High, and Em-mett High, with the score 68-43 against Kuna, 68-25 against Emmett, and 52-35 was the final score against Boise, as of Dec 9. “The season has started off great. The students-athletes we have are good peo-ple to be around and love the game of bas-ketball,” said Head Coach Jeff Martini. Even junior point guard Brandon Ramos thinks we are in for a

good show this season. “[We’re] doing re-ally well,” Ramos said. “We work re-ally well together.” Every one seems to be on the same page with Martini saying, “Each member of the team has contributed to our early success.” Just like any other team, there’s room for im-provement junior guard Tre Smith explains. “We can do a lot better, but we’re do-ing well… personally, I think I can do a lot better,” said Smith.

DON’T SEE YOUR TEAM’S RESULTS?

HAVE YOUR COACH SEND IN

THE STATS/SCORES/PICTURES

TO

REFF.JONATHAN@GMAIL.COM

AND

VIDEOCHS@YAHOO.COM

Above: Junior Tre Smith goes for the shot while sophomore Garrett Pearson and sophomore Haden Duncan look for a possible rebound at the home game against Emmett High on Nov. 28.Left: Duncan prepares for a shot at the Emmett game on Nov. 28.

lar to Brockett in the optimism of the team “[We will] win games and go to state.” Gessford also believes that his team will fin-ish first in the state. He is similar in an-other sense with be-ing most excited to play against Borah.

is most excited to play against Borah “be-cause of the rivalry.” “I think we will do pretty well. I think we will go to districts and do well,” said Brockett. Senior Andrew Gessford plays for-ward for the Var-sity basketball team. Gessford is simi-

PHOTO BY CRISTINA CATALAN

PHOTO BY MERCADEE CARLISIE

5A All-Idaho

First Team

Senior5 foot 11

205 pounds61 tackles

14 tackles for losstwo interceptions

one sackone fumble recovery

one defensive TD

Defense

Denis Popudnik

Marcus Tovar

Senior5 foot 10

235 pounds43 tackles

13 tackles for lossnine sacks

one forced fumble

Opinion Friday, December 16, 2011

Ever since the col-lapse of the Ottoman Empire the Middle East has been a cluster of zealots and dicta-tors. After September 11, 2001, conflict has erupted resulting in ap-proximately 32,799 U.S. Soldiers being in-jured in combat actions in the Middle East. I believe that the United States has done its part in the Middle East and should abort the Middle

Eastern Operations. On the other hand, I understand where our government is coming from. Losing nearly 4,700 soldiers is a heavy price to pay for not much return. I am not saying we should leave nothing behind and leave the people to han-dle their own problems but just leave a military presence in Kuwait. Unlike most anti-Mid-dle Eastern operation groups, I am in support of our troops. I have first-hand knowledge of the Middle East having five of my family mem-bers already deployed to the Middle East. But is the thought of a hostile regime that hates the United States con-trolling a nation a good

reason to stay, is it worth all the money and lives that have been lost? According to NPP (National Properties Project), over one tril-lion dollars of taxpayer money has been spent on military finances in the Middle East. Yet our soldiers get ha-rassed and attacked in a wasteland where tem-peratures can dip below 5 degrees Fahrenheit and that can rise above 130 degrees Fahrenheit. It begs the question; why are we sacrificing so much for a country with people that harass our soldiers? Whether it is dozens of civil-ians gathering in Paki-stan preaching death to America, or civilians throwing shoes at our

soldiers. It’s clear that most citizens of the Middle East are not fond of the United States. I realize that not all people of the Middle East hate the United States, and this decision will likely lead to more deaths of Afghani civil-ians, but I believe we should worry about our soldiers and our citizens.Despite my opinion of pulling out of the Mid-dle East, I believe our soldiers are required elsewhere. For in-stance there is an untold amount of problems go-ing on in other countries such as Bosnia, Soma-lia, and many others. I believe there are better places for our military to be instead of the Middle East.

Editor: Ryan Naramore PAGE 8

Lucky us-

Ryan Naramore Opinion Editor

Why are we still fighting?

Is all of this suffering worth the small gain in the end of the battle?

New Colors

Ever since the grand opening of the new front office and hallway on Oct. 21, there has been a debate between the stu-dents at Capital on the new color of floors now in place in the hallway. Administrative as-sistant Marie Head said that she liked the new office hallway color being black be-cause of it’s easier

“maintenance and long lasting [use].” Head, being in the main hallway ev-eryday, overhears students comment-ing that they like the new floor. She thinks it’s better than the old color. In previous years, the floor was assorted with gray and white tiles, leaving the seniors, juniors and staff with memories of the school before renovation. Sophomore Josie Wray says that she doesn’t prefer the new color over the old. Wray would rather the floor

have another Eagle pic-ture placed on it like the old hallway had. Wray also said the floor looks old and, “It looks like it has cracks in them.” Wray said it may also be a risk to klutzy students because the floors are slippery and hard to see. “I’m kind of klutzy myself, so I might slip,” said Wray. Other students al-though, have differ-ent perspectives about the new black floors. Sophomore Sam Beig has an opposing view-point, he said he liked the new floor color a lot. Although he is a sophomore and it’s his first year at Capital, he said, “I like the black be-cause it contrasts with the yellow paint on the walls.” “If you spill some-thing on the floor, you can’t see it and it’s eas-ier to clean,” said Beig. Senior Kaci Pickett disagrees with Beig. Pickett said, “The black looks unfin-ished, and I miss the old tile and Eagle.” As for me, I think the new black floors are decent. I don’t mind whether we have the old white floor tiles or not, although an Eagle plas-tered on the floor would bring more school spirit to the students and staff.

Imagine yourself wak-ing up on Christmas morning and running to your parent’s room jumping around on their bed, waking them up, dragging them down-stairs as fast as possible.

You quickly unwrap a present wishing it’s the new iPod you saw on TV that features music, videos, internet, and all those fun apps, that everyone talks about. Just as you tear the last piece of wrapping pa-per, you notice that it’s one of those cheap CD players that nobody uses anymore and you can feel your face flushed with disappointment. You faintly hear your mom say “Do you like it?” and as dis-appointed as you are you try to put on your happy face and say,

“Yeah mom, it’s great.” I was that disap-pointed child when I was younger, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only who thought they got the worst present in the world. Over the years I real-ized that I shouldn’t be ungrateful for what I was given because out there in the world there are so many people who don’t even have the luxury of getting any presents, so be thank-ful for what you have. Sophomore Mickie West was given tick-ets to Disney World,

Nathalia OrozcoArts Editor

when she was six years old her dad showed up after Thanksgiving to deliver her plane tick-ets so they could fly up to Disney World. “It was the best present I’ve ever gotten,” said West. Sophomore Jackie Gaytan usually gets money as a Christmas present. She spends it on jewelry, clothes and other items like shoes. “I like getting mon-ey because then you can buy whatever you want, without having to worry about liking it or not,” said Gaytan.

Beginning with the next graduating class of 2013, all students are required to take four years of math within the Boise school District. It used to be that we only had to endure three years of math and then have the option of more credits if a stu-dent yearned to do so. I personally think we should at least have the option to decide wheth-er we want to or not take more math credits or fill up our class sched-ule with other courses. I think the Dis-trict’s reasoning for the change is that they want us to be more prepared for college. However, by the time we’re in high school I think we should be old enough to make that

decision for ourselves. On the other hand, according to Junior Ben Larson he said, “I suppose it’s good, es-pecially for helping high school students.” “It’s good for the students even if they don’t appreci-ate it,” said Larson. He also said the new change will better help, “prepare us for college.” In regards to why the change was even need-ed Larson supposed it was because they, “Probably wanted to be more competi-tive with other dis-tricts,” said Larson. Another student, sophomore Trevor Mc-Cleskey said, “I don’t like the fact of hav-ing another math class. Plain and simple.” McCleskey as a se-nior is now going to have to take Cal-culus which to him, “doesn’t sound fun.” “It’s not necessarily good. Can struggle more with an extra class.” In the end McCleskeysaid, “it’s more on you,” to decide how to take this extra course in the high school curriculum.

Students now required to take extra math credit

Brenna PatrickEditor-In-Chief

Emily LundquistNews Editor

Devin RameySophomore

We should of pulled out when we took over Iraq, or when we learned there were no “weapons of mass destruction”. What happens there isn’t our problem. This war is costing too many lives and too much money.”

Breanna GibsonSenior

“[The war] helps with our allies. Keep [the military] there to help establish the govern-ment, but not too much of a presence just enough to help them. [Stay] until they are better off to control their own country.”

Khadija KhanJunior

“No, [the war isn’t needed]. We went to Iraq under false prem-ises; there were never weapons of mass de-struction. We just need to clean up the mess we’ve made and assist them to rebuilding their own countries.”

Matt BerrySophomore

“To a point [the wars] were needed. After Hussein and Bin Laden, the wars should have not continued. [We should] pull out of the Middle East, and cut spending in the mili-tary. We should have stopped soon after Iraq.

A Christmas present conundrum: Good vs. Bad ones

War’s conflicting view points

Are the new office ‘fixes’ better than the old?

Conservative Republican Liberal Democrat

Cartoon drawn by Alyssa Navarro