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CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL Volume 46, Issue 5March 16 ,2012

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Capital High School was built in 1965 and has maintained the same structure for nearly fifty years, but, at last, it’s time for an upgrade. In 2006, the school received money from a Plant/Facility bond that paid for a three-year renovation that began with new windows and a main office reno-vation this past year. This summer the school will get new flooring in the classrooms and hall-

For the first time ever, the Capital Jazz Band performed at the KTVB Channel 7 News Center on Feb. 14, during the “News at Noon” segment. The band performed, “Over the Rainbow,” “Since I Fell Over You,” and “Count Bubba.” This was the Ensembles first time performing at KTVB News under band direc-tor Marty Worthington. The jazz band is also the only band at Capital to have auditions to join. “It was pretty cool,” said sophomore trum-peter Paul Grigg. “You kind of learned a lot about what they do. It was pretty cool to see the background of Channel

7 News. I think the most fun part was playing and them [KTVB news an-chor Carolyn Holly and KTVB meteorologist Larry Gebert] dancing.” It all started when Boise School District spokesman Dan Hol-lar approached KTVB producer Char Jackson about the idea of the performance. The pur-pose was to promote the CHS Jazz Benefit Din-ner and Concert with “High Street” and Cur-tis Stigers that was held on Feb. 24 at Capital. Senior percussionist Calvin Fuhriman said, “I liked that I got to see how the news worked. I liked playing for every-one because we had a su-per successful night [the Jazz Benefit Dinner].” Worthington felt the trip was valuable. “I like it because

we get to play public-ly,” Worthington said. At the start of the segment, Holly in-troduced Worthing-

Jazz Band goes to KTVB station; promotes benefit

Jonathan ReffSports Editor

Emily LundquistNews Editor

The Debate program took five teams and one alternate to the State Tournament at Rocky Mountain High School on March 9-10. Debating in Public Fo-rum will be: sophomore Zach Bramwell and Se-nior Khadija Khan, ju-nior Drew Malinowski and Tajae Turner, ju-nior Kevin Miklos and sophomore Mackenzie Moss, senior Mattie Cupps and senior Kris-tin Mitchell. Their topic is “Resolve the USFG

ton and the jazz band. They played be-tween commercials and, after a two-min-ute interview between

ways, a new gym floor and the outside chain-linked stairwells be re-placed. More is planned in the next three years to include new ceil-ings, lights and doors. Sixty semi-trucks are scheduled to pull up to the building in June for the school to be packed up and emptied. Asbes-tos tile will be removed with new carpeting in-stalled in all the class-rooms and hallways. The chain-linked stair-wells outside the front of the school are very old as well. Although, no plans have been

should substantially increase its explora-tion and or develop-ment of space beyond the earths mesosphere.” Debating in Policy Forum will be: senior Avenel Rolfsen and senior Andrew Tinker. The alternative team will be seniors Jamie Maas and Andrew Hoth. Debate advisor Pat Rich said, “I’m excited because this is our sec-ond best year in which my students will par-ticipate. This is the best we’ve done in Public Forum. Generally we have a good team.”

District was held at Capital this year with a large number of partici-pants. Parents pitched in with things such as food booths and checking the halls and helping clean up after District was finished. “This is the first year I have qualified to State, and yes I’m excited, I think we have a really good shot of winning it this year, plus this is the culmination of four years,” Tinker said. Tinker also said “We are researching new ar-guments, so that we can win State Finals, that we find on the computer.”

Sophomore Zach Bramwell said “I’m ex-cited for it but I’m ner-vous at the same time.” “We are debating Pak-istan. It’s a really con-troversial issue and it’s going to take a while to get ready for this de-bate,” Bramwell said. Sophomore De-bate member Mack-enzie Moss said, “I really like compet-ing, it’s a great time.” “I’m really nervous and really stressed out, but once we get there it will be fine and will do all of our best,” Moss said.

Luis Sarria-GarciaSports Editor

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Summer Renovations: Due for an upgrade

Top: The Jazz Band performs inside the Channel 7 KTVB news studio on February 14 during the “News at Noon” segment.Above: An closer look at the Jazz Band performing, the segment was used to promote their benefit that was held on February 24.

Six debate teams go the distance at the State Tournament at Rocky Mountain

Worthington and Holly, the band played for 90 seconds, while Holly and Gebert danced to-gether live at the end of “News at Noon.” “They’re obvious-ly very good. It was a really nice blend. These guys sound like

a complete team and unit,” Gebert said. Holly said, “I think they are dedicated to come in at Zero Hour to practice. I think their director must be doing something nice to get these kids all together.”

made to how they’ll be reconstructed, they are scheduled to be done by next school year.The summer reno-vations will also in-clude the main gym-nasium receiving new polished wood. Principal Jon Ruzicka is very excited for the summer renovations and said, “It’s time for a new face lift.” As the new 2012-13 school year starts, the construction will con-tinue but is not sup-posed to disturb class time. All of the work is planned to be done

after school hours. “[The renovations] will make us more proud of our school. It’s exciting for me to be part of it,” Ruzicka said. US History teacher Chris Ryan has not only taught at Capital ten years, but also attend-ed Capital as student. “I am excited for [the renovations], Capital is due for some upgrades,” Ryan said. “I can’t wait for a great finished product that gives Capital a fresh, aca-demic look and feel.”

First time performance impresses during “News at Noon” segment with Holly

and Gebert dancing

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Economic classes do fun assignment to “get your body into graphing”

Fused glass projects documented, created by advanced photo students

Brenna PatrickEditor in Chief

Above: Senior Katheryn Kroenecke, senior Sam Johnson, and junior Kaali Davis make their own glass pieces at the Fusion Glass Studio on Feb. 13 after they took photos for the owners’ website.

Above: A graph of supply and demand drawn by the Eco-nomics class, taught by Steve Faulkner, with the class. Graphs were drawn out on the sidewalk near the platinum.

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Economic classes have been spicing up their as-signments by creating their own chalk graphs outside the school. The graphs represent-ed supply and demand rates and numbers. Throughout the assign-ment, students read ar-ticles and responded by creating giant graphs around the outside of the school show-ing pricing outcomes. Economic teacher Steve Faulkner was the one who originally came up with this idea. He implemented it through-out the economic class-rooms after attending an

AP conference where he was inspired by “a crazy college profes-sor” to be more cre-ative and after that he had the idea to graph. Faulkner said by creating these chalk pictures, it definite-ly helps, “Get your body into graphing.” Faulkner said Eco-nomics is “ the real world. Economics is a science of choice.” According to Faulkner, all he has to tell his class is to “get to it” and just like that, “They graph away.” Doing the graphs makes learning differ-ent because it forces the class to go outside in the fresh air. He likes to say, “We’ve made our mark.”

One of Faulkner’s fa-vorite part about do-ing these kind of as-signments is he gets to be goofy. Faulkner also said, “It’s hard to beat big chalk.” Doing fun things like

this, said Faulkner, “Helps create a rap-port with the students.” “ It’s my goal to make it as fun as possible. It’s essential as you head out into the big bad world.”

The Photography 4 class went to the Fusions Glass Studio in Eagle on Feb. 13 to take pictures for the owners as part of a client service project. This was the first time that the photo students have gone to the studio besides shooting pic-tures, were able to create their own glass project. One of the latest com-missioned projects for the gallery was a 17-foot tall fused glass cross that was installed at Bishop Kelly High School on Feb. 29 and March 1. Photography 4 students junior Kaali Davis and senior Sam Johnson covered the creation and the installation of it. “It was so much fun. I loved experiencing a

different form of artis-tic expression. Aside from cutting my thumb, I got to meet the studio owners. They were so sweet, and got to learn about the process of fus-ing glass,” Davis said. Davis also said Pho-tography 4 is one of her favorite classes. She enjoys being able to work independently and says it’s “legit.” Johnson said, “The studio is a really rad place. I really liked it.” Photographer instruc-tor Vicki Francis said, “It was a great trip and we had some really wonderful, colorful, pictures that the gal-lery was pleased with.” Senior Claudia Razo said, “The Fusion Field Trip was a lot of fun. It was some-thing I had never ex-perienced and working

with all the glass they have was awesome.” Razo also said the pho-to class is also amazing. “Taking pictures is something I really en-joy. I like it because there isn’t a limit to how creative you can get,” Razo said.Razo has learned how to take photos at a different perspec-tive compared to what they normally take. “I also think it won’t be the last time the Fusion’s Gallery has me there. It was a field trip I really enjoyed,” Razo said. At the studio, people can create fused glass art; take classes on glass making, and buy all of sorts of art sup-plies. More information is available at www.fus ions - idaho .com.


Math teacher Frank Rohm was awarded a $598.60 Teacher’s Grant from the Capi-tal Educator’s Federal Credit Union on Feb. 28 to purchase the Foun-dations in Personal Finance High School Curriculum by Dave Ramsey. The CapEd Board of Directors, felt Rohm’s project “would be able to impact many students…and was very important for students

of that age.” Rohm said, “I want to give my students strong skills in how to man-age their money in the short and long term.” LEFT: Frank Rohm, Sarah Foote, CapEd Community Educa-tion Specialist; Janet Cherry, CHS Vice-Principal; Greg Oram, CHS Vice Principal; Barry Prindle, CapEd Marketing/Business Development SpecialistPHOTO BY KAALI (KAT) DAVIS

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On February 23 the two Environmental Science classes went on a field trip to Bogus Basin to learn about several different tech-nical areas involving snow, such as snow survival, soil surveys, avalanche rescue, and snow pit observation. The students be-gan the trip by leav-ing Capital High at 8:00 am and arrived at Bogus at 9:10, where they put snow gear on at the Nordic Lodge. With snow shoes on, they headed to a back country access beacon approximately 400 me-ters from the Nordic Lodge, arriving at 9:56. The students divid-ed into four groups, each moving towards a separate station that included snow sur-vival, soil surveys, avalanche rescue, and snow pit observation.

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The snow survival station was led by the director of the Bogus Snow School, Kerry McClay. The school is an organization devot-ed to teaching students about the dangers and wonders of snow, and serves approximately 1,600 students annually. “It’s kind of rare to see high school stu-dents out here, we mostly deal with ele-mentary,” McClay said.The station involved students digging a three-foot deep ditch with snow shovels, and sawing blocks of snow out that were stacked around the ditch, creat-ing an igloo-like shel-ter that would protect anyone from the cold.The Snow Survey sta-tion was led by a rep-resentative for the Na-tional Resource Conser-vation Society. Students began the experiment by digging a pole with lengths etched on the sides into the snow to determine the depth of

the snow. Then they pulled the pole out and weighed it by subtract-ing the whole weight of the bar from the overall weight, giving an ex-act weight of the snow. The Avalanche Res-cue station was led by science teacher Tom Wilmot, the experi-ment involved a ran-domly buried avalanche beacon (a device that beeps when its coun-terpart approaches it.) The students used their own avalanche beacon and searched for the other one by digging deep with ski poles to feel around the snow.Lastly, there was the Snow Pit Observation Station, supervised by H.P Marshall, another employee of the Bo-gus Snow School. The participants cut out a piece of snow for test-ing and measured it for density and holding it under a macroscope to research the snow crystals inside of it.

Boise, ID – 02/28/2012 – What has been proven to boost test scores and improve classroom behavior, while reduc-ing tardiness and trips to the nurse’s office? School breakfast! Yet in the race to get to the head of the class, many students forget the im-portance of jump start-ing their school days with a morning meal.

To highlight how eat-ing a balanced break-fast and staying active can help students suc-ceed, Boise School District, in partnership with Let’s Move Boi-se, will host “School Breakfast – Go for Gold.” The campaign

will appear in school cafeterias in March, with National School Breakfast Week cele-brated March 5-9, 2012.

School cafeterias in the Boise School District will celebrate National School Breakfast Week with activity sheets and coloring contests at the elementary schools. Secondary students can participate in the “School Breakfast T-shirt Contest”. Coloring contest and T-shirt con-test forms and informa-tion can be found online at www.boiseschools.org/food. During Na-tional School Breakfast Week, school breakfasts will feature new menu

options to help students get excited about eat-ing a healthy breakfast.

“Every school day at every school, Boise School District’s break-fast program offers stu-dents the healthy foods they need to get set for a busy school day,” said Christy Smith, Food Service Area Manager. “We encour-age students to try one of our healthy and bal-anced breakfasts to start the day the right way.”

The school breakfast program features whole grain options, fruit and 100% fruit juice, and fat free or low fat milk daily. Breakfast prices

are $1.25 at elemen-tary schools and $1.50 at secondary schools with reduced prices or free meals for those who qualify. Every school breakfast served meets federal nutri-tion standards limiting fat and portion sizes.

Healthy school break-fasts can be a lifesaver for busy families, too. “It’s a race for any family to get their chil-dren ready, fed and out the door in time for school,” said Peggy Bodnar, Food & Nutri-tion Services Supervi-sor. “Knowing that your child can eat a healthy breakfast after they get to school can be a

huge relief for parents.”

Let’s Move Boise is the local affiliate of the national Let’s Move Initiative, which is mobilizing cities around the country to:Reduce childhoodObesity Make healthy food more accessibleProvide healthy food in schools Increase physical More infor-mation regarding these goals, or Four Pillars, can be found at www.letsmoveboise.com.

“School Breakfast – Go for Gold” was cre-ated by the non-profit School Nutrition As-sociation with support from General Mills

Food service. This national campaign recognizes National School Breakfast Week, launched in 1989 to raise awareness of the avail-ability of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) to all children and the links between eating a good breakfast, academic achievement and healthy lifestyles.

News media interested in covering this cam-paign are encouraged to call Boise School District’s Food & Nutri-tion Services office at 854-4090 to schedule an interview or a visit to a school cafeteria.

NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK Campaign encourages students to stay active and make healthy food choices

Top: Junior Haily Shirley learns how to make a shelter with help from Bogus employees during the Envioronmental Science field trip on Feb 23.Above: Juniors Tyler Stein and Amanda Speaks (left) learn how to survey snow from The National Resource Conservation Society.Left: Junior Tyler Stein lays flat in an ice crevice he made to measure the length of thesnow shelter.PHOTO BY JONATHAN REFF

PHOTO BY JONATHAN REFF


“APES” go to Snow Lab in Bogus

Arts Friday, March 16, 2012

Editor: Shantel MoorePAGE 4

“I really love sculpting so I did this one of a girl. Doing faces is so

much fun because you get to experiment with different facial expres-

sions and discover what makes a person’s face look the way it does.”

Ceramics Hall Of Fame

“For this piece, I really liked the idea of free-formed colorful swirls. I didn’t plan it, just painted freehand to make a design that was fun to

look at.”

PHOTO BY MARGARET STEVENS PIECE BY MARISA WEYN

PHOTO BY MARGERET STEVENS PIECE BY MARISA WEYN

Drama performs its play “Maid to Order”

“I love carving out hollow pieces so that they can be seen through, especially just the idea of something being so fragile and breakable,

but so interesting to look at.”

PHOTO BY MARGARET STEVENS PIECE BY JUAN SERRANO AGUIRRE

PHOTO BY MARGARET STEVENS PIECE BY RACHEL HOWARD

“I love Ceramics. It’s great that we have so much creative freedom and Mrs. Ste-

vens is really good at giving advice.”

“I guess ceramics just came to me. I choose the class because I wanted something fun to

keep me busy and now I’m infatuated

with it. I didn’t think I would be very good,

but it’s kind of my thing now.”

This month the Drama Club is per-forming “Maid to Or-der,” a comical play filled with action and mistaken identity. This is drama advi-sor Angie Stewart’s second play at Capital. “I am very excited for the play. The ac-tors are doing a great job at rehearsals. I

think the audience will have a lot of fun watching this produc-tion because the actors are really getting into character,” said Stewart. “I have a great cast and crew. The cast is pretty diverse. For many of the cast, this is their first production. I have been really impressed with their talent and professionalism. This is senior Sam Johnson’s last show so it holds special meaning for her as well,” said Stewart.

“Maid to Order” is, in short, a farce. In the words of Stewart, “The play is very funny, has a lot of action, a chase scene and a case of mistaken identity.” The characters in-clude Sarah (junior Hailee Lenhart-Wees), a recently-hired maid who works for Gerald Mailiger (senior Kelsey Trough), a sleazy rich man who is drastically attached to his mother, Mrs. Mailiger (sopho-more Addie Sterling),


a dramatic, extravagant senior citizen has to deal with Janice (senior Katie Griffith), a friz-zled assistant who also has to deal with Beth-any (senior Sam John-son), another maid who is sarcastic and sassy. Bethany takes care of James (senior Alec Ser-geant), Sarah’s broth-er, a very down-on-his-luck inventor and Charles Cabin (senior Kyle Bongiovi ), a loan shark and Mrs. Mail-iger’s love interest. Oth-

ers include Cop 1 (soph-omore Corri Seideman), Cop 2 (junior Dallas Re-nick) and Winnie Cam-bin (junior Anjel Lilya). “Bethany is the sar-castic veteran maid of the bunch, more expe-rienced; she has kind of seen everything,” said Johnson. “Marcy Mail-iger is… kind of flam-boyant, very… psychot-ic and kind of bossy.” “The plot line is a comedic farce, kind of a soap opera but funny and without the drama,”

said Johnson. “The play will go really well, bet-ter than the last one.” Sargent said, “James is your average happy go lucky person who just can’t find any luck.” “From what I hear the play is going perfectly, it looks short, seems pret-ty funny like an average comedy.” said Sargent. “Maid to Order” will be performed in the auditorium from March 22 to March 24.

Shantel MooreArt Editor

Alec Sargent“James”

Senior

Addie Sterling“Mrs. Mailiger”

Sophomore

Hailee Lenhart-Wees

“Sarah”Junior

Sam Johnson“Bethany”

Senior

Kyle Bonjovi“Charles Cabin”

Senior

Katie Griffith“Janice”

Junior

Rachel Howard Junior

Juan Serrano Aguirre Junior

Marisa WeynSenior

PHOTO BY MARGARET STEVENS PIECE BY MARISA WEYN

Entertainment

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SAT Insanity- How to beat it !

High school students around the country pre-pare all year for one test; the SAT, otherwise known as the Scholas-tic Aptitude Test. It’s a three-hour test sec-tioned in seven parts. According to the Pro-crastinator’s Guide to the SAT and PSAT, the test consists of two verbal sections, one with analogies, sen-tence completion, and critical reading. Three math sections contain-ing quantitative com-parisons, grid ins, and regular math. The final part of the test is the experimental (math or verbal) section. The test will be tak-en on Wednesday, April 18th for all Idaho high school students.


We’ve got more than a month to prepare for the test, so why stress? When applying for col-leges, they not only look at your progress and GPA, but a lot of their decision making rests on your SAT test scores, so it’s very im-portant that you test to the best of your ability. However, trying to study for the SAT, get-ting the right amount of sleep, and balanc-ing schoolwork along with other curricular activities and hav-ing a social life can be difficult. To pre-pare, you should know about the test months in advance. Talking to your counselor for tips and information may also be beneficial. According to “How to Ace Your SAT”, schools offer the PSAT in soph-omore and junior years, which is a practice SAT to help you get a taste of what the actual test is like and what you need to work on. Whether that’s studying your ma-terial or time manage-

ment, both are big fac-tors in taking the test. Another helpful feature offered is past year’s SAT guidebooks, which you can buy at any book store to let you see what past SAT’s contained. Tutors can also be advantageous. When procrastinating by watching television and being with friends seems more tempting, tutors help motivate and give good input. Time preparation is a large issue as well while taking the SAT. Students often feel pres-sured, and rush through the test, leaving you worried and a lower score. While practicing, time yourself, starting out with enough time and shorten the limit each time you start over until you’ve mastered the technique of being calm and taking the test with a clear head with enough time to spare. With preparation, enough sleep, a healthy diet and a clear mind, anyone can ace the SAT with these helpful tips.

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Movie Review

Over 800 tick-ets were sold for the Jazz Benefit Dinner and Concert featur-ing a well-known CHS alumni musician and local jazz band that was held on Feb. 24 at CHS. Capital alumnus special guest Curtis Stigers and the band, “High Street” per-formed along with

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the Capital Jazz Band. “It was a really good concert. [It was] super fun and good music,” said junior pianist Christa Cole. Stigers got involved when he saw a flyer pro-moting the benefit and called the jazz band di-rector Marty Worthing-ton offering to perform. The Capital Jazz Band opened the concert and then High Street played with Stigers joining in

with his saxophone. Worthington was pleased to fundraise with the concert rather than selling food or oth-er items over a long pe-riod of time. However he did agree to not shave until April 22 if over 730 tickets were sold. Junior percussionist Austin Malnar said, “It raised money for the band because we need some new percussion equipment and horns.”

Worthington said the concert was beneficial because, “besides rais-ing money for the band, it created a better aware-ness in the community of what the bands at Capi-tal are doing, how well we play, and the good things here at Capital.” Worthington said, “They [the band stu-dents] had a great time watching High Street and Cur-tis Stigers perform.”

Jazz band holds benefit with special guests “I think the most im-portant thing that they got out of this was the ability to listen live to professional musicians and to experience that level of musicianship,” Worthington said. “I really thought they did a good job putting it together. I’m sur-prised with how good the dinner was. I was definitely impressed,” said sophomore trom-bonist Jacob Miller.

“I was surprised... I’m really glad there were a whole lot of people there. Capi-tal did pretty well for what we had and by pretty well, I mean re-ally good,” Miller said. Junior trumpeter David Beery liked the benefit because it was a huge crowd. Beery said that High Street was “Freaking great.”

On Sunday night, I went to a concert at the Knitting Factory where I saw a little band by the name of 311. To those who know who they are, “little” is quite possibly the worst word to describe their essence. More so on the line of unfamiliar vast-ness, their fan base is the most loyal of any that I’ve ever seen, yet alone something I can proudly call myself a part of. Starting where any successful band can say they’ve started; they’ve gone from the garage

in ‘88 to large enough to have a massive con-cert on the 11th of March every other year. To the uninitiated, “311 day” is a concert put on for upwards of 5 hours and 60-song mar-athon set lists. Last year they got big enough to launch the “311 Cruise” a 4-day cruise dedicated to the most loyal of fans, where they put on a concert every night, had parties on the beaches, and guaranteed every fan a picture with them as a warm thank you. On the years that they are headed to “311 Day,” the concerts are espe-cially eclectic and so fittingly engaging. Last night was one of those concerts, where the mu-sic was especially loud and just as energetic. In true concert junkie form, I came to school sporting two black Xs showing both my in-ability to partake in the adult beverages of-fered and pride of hav-ing gone to a concert the night before. I was

sore, tired, but wired from the experience of having been up front, jumping up and down and rocking out like any true fan would. Singing the lyrics at the top of my lungs, I rode the energetic wave of the crowd, ready for more as the night wore on. I can only say to any who have never heard the band to “check ‘em out” as most music junkies would say. But, really, if you’re looking for a good band to rock out to in the parking lot while you’re wait-ing for people to move, 311 is the one. With such classics as “Home-brew,” “Creatures for a While,” and “Beau-tiful Disaster,” you’ll be searching for more and more, ready for the full-blown experience behind a concert. And to those who do listen to them; “Stay Positive and Love Your Life” as front man Nick Hexum ends each show with.

Sam JohnsonEditorialist

The 84th Oscar Awards

Across 1. The host at this years Oscars for the tenth time.7. The first silent film to get a best picture award in almost 85 years.8. Picked up her 17th Academy Award nomination this year for receiving the awardfor Best Actress.9. The film chosen for the best Cinematography.10. She played in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and was this year’s youngest acting nominee.11. He was the oldest nominated actor at this years Oscars by roughly eight months.

Down 2. Voted for the best Short Film Live Action award, the film was about two old friends that reunite after 25 years. 3. Wore the Little Red Riding Hood apparel.4. The number of awards did the film The Artist won in the 2012 Oscars.5. ‘Part of Me’ was sung by what famous singer?6. The total number of films recognized in these awards.7. Nominated for Best Original Song and was produced by Jason Segal.

Modeled after an original novel that was written by Su-san Hill in 1983, “The Woman in Black” has taken in over $52 mil-lion in the box office. Directed by James Watkins, this film stars Daniel Radcliffe who plays a recently wid-owed man named Ar-thur Kipps. He is a single father who works as a lawyer, but because of his grief over his late wife, he becomes so consumed with sad-ness that he is on the verge of losing his job. As a last resort he now has been sent out to remote village in the countryside of Eng-land to carry out a de-ceased woman’s will or face getting fired. Chaos begins to en-sue when Kipps realizes strange occurrences in the house of the de-ceased woman. Soon enough young children begin committing sui-cide and it is then, by default, up to Kipps to decide whether to abandon his task and face the consequences or finish and learn the secrets of the village. The movie has few

actual horror scenes but plenty of suspense and shock value. The suspense is rather re-petitive and heavily relies on loud crashing sounds and smash-cuts. I thought the lighting was occasionally an-noying in the first half of the movie largely due to the brightness being practically blinding and the darkness being im-possible to see through. As for the costume and set design, they do an amazing job of expressing the fact that it takes place dur-ing early 20th century. There isn’t much act-ing to speak of due to the fact most of it was solo acting by Dan-iel Radcliffe who did a fantastic job. Al-though, his partner Ci-aran Hinds, who plays the character Daily, also does a great job. This movie can be somewhat alarming for viewers who tend to be skittish at scary mov-ies but for seasoned viewers the movie will provide nothing more than a few jumps. Overall this movie is not the scariest and has little violence but it can be very entertain-ing even if you’re not completely into the hor-ror aspect of movies.

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Sports

Girls rugby team wins Prez Fest TourneyJonathan ReffSports Editor

Two junior wrestlers place fifth in different weight divisions at State

Katie AckermanSTAFF WRITER

The girls’ rugby team powered through the Division II tournament at Portland, Oregon on Feb. 24 with scores of 27-0, 56-0, and 22-0. “I kind of liked play-ing in the rain,” said junior Hanna Vail. “A lot of people didn’t know who we were and we just kicked butt,” said two-year veteran senior Gabrielle Reed. Senior Sam Johnson, who’s been playing rugby for two years, was awarded “Player of the Match” for two out of those three games.

Johnson said, “It was really nice to catch up with girls from last years tournament.” “I think it was really fun getting to know all the girls,” said ju-nior Sarah Haener. Vail and Haener hope they go undefeated for the rest of the season. Reid wants to “make as many hits as possible.” Head Coach Matt Jacobsen hopes for the rest of the season that the girls “have a good experience, have fun, meet new people, try something new, and gain confidence.” Jacobsen expects for each individual game to

“get better each time, spread the ball more, and play for a con-sistent 60 minutes.” Senior Sarah Hurt’s expectations for the team are “to have as much fun as pos-sible and to tackle as hard as we can.” The returning starters are Reid, Johnson, senior Sarah Hurt, and fresh-man Grace Jacobsen. The only games left for the team is a small-league season and the state finals in Idaho. The season includes six matches against the Boise/Timberline High team, Centen-nial and Nampa teams.

Juniors Alex Ekins and Hunter Manwar-ing placed fifth in their weight classifications at the State wrestling competition in Pocatel-lo on February 24-25 “I thought I could’ve done better but I did pretty well though,” said Ekins who also placed second at District. “Our wrestlers com-peted very well at the district tournament. Our wrestlers peaked at the right time and wrestled better at districts than they had all year long!” said Coach Jody Webb. Every year wrestlers who make it to the State tournament bleach their hair. Many stories are floating around the team as to why and when this

tradition started. Ac-cording to Webb, the wrestlers who made it to state twelve years ago started this tradition. “When we started doing it we were the only ones doing it…now half of the teams that go to state try to do something similar, but none get it quite like ours!” said Webb. Wanting to stand out was a big part of why these wrestlers decided to bleach their hair. Other teams now try to compete with our wrestlers’ tradition but it is a bit harder to stand out comparatively. “Back then our wres-tlers could be seen eas-ily when they stepped on the mat from any-where in Holt Are-na!” said Webb. The tradition has stayed strong over the years.

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Top Left:Senior Victor Kennedy wrestles a Borah High Opponent at the District Toruan-mentsTop Right: Junior Hunter Manwaring wrestles a Boise Opponent.Above:Sophomore Blake Collins rides a Boise High opponent’s ankle at Districts.Left:Junior Hunter Manwaring battles a Vallivue opponent.Below:Junior Hunter Manwaring battles a Rocky Mountain opponent.





Athlete of the Month

Nathan Dass Sophomore

Sport: Wrestling

Years Playing: 3

Hours dedicated to the sport each week: 10

Loves the sport because: I love to compete

Favorite opponent: Vallivue

Benefits from playing the sport: You get in incredible shape

College Plan: I’m going to college and bossing it up

Difficulty Level: Very hard

Activities outside of school that involve the sport: Morning sprints with Coach Webb

One word to describe the sport: Challenging

Head Coach Matt Jacobsen talks to the girls before the first of three rugby games begins at the Prez Fest Tournament in Portland, Oregon on Feb. 24. Capital’s team won all games with no opponents scoring.

PHOTO BY PHILLIP JACQUES


SportsFriday, March 16, 2012

Editor: Jonathan Reff PAGE 7

Varsity BaseballReturning players hope to gain another chance at state title

Varsity Softball Goals:Revive winning streak, reach full potential, make state finals



Shantel MooreArts Editor

The Ski and Snow-board Team placed third in the Large School Division competition against 15 schools at the Dotty Clark Cham-pionships on Feb. 17th. Capital also qualified 55 racers in the Ski and Snowboard Slalom and Freestyle events. Junior Chris Hullar won the Expert Men’s Snow-board Division and received a gold medal and a $700 snowboard. “I didn’t really expect to win. It actually sur-

Above Left: Senior Dylan Brown prepares to hit the ball at the first Varsity home game against Valliuve High on Mar. 9.Above Right: Sophomore Landon Petersen gets ready to steal second base.Below: Sophomore Garret Pearson leaps into home plate during the Val-livue game. Even though he was called out, the Eagles went onto win the game 7-6.

PHOTO BY LOREN ESKELIN


After losing state last year the Varsity baseball team is start-ing stronger with sev-eral returning seniors. The team is coached by Jerry Hollow who has been coaching baseball for ten years at Capital and 21 years overall. Hollow said that pitching should be their strength with se-nior Shawn Powers, senior Mike Wick-ham, junior Makena Simis, senior Logan Staudt, junior Corban Smith and sophomore Sam Wong being asked to do most of the duty. “Our conference is the toughest in the state and it will be very competi-tive so our young talent will have to develop quickly to be competi-tive. Our goal has al-ways been the same to be playing baseball at Hawk’s stadium that third weekend in May,” Hollow said. After graduating

twelve seniors last year, they will have a lot of new faces on Varsity. There will be plenty of opportunities for their young players to gain playing experi-ence. Though they do return their top pitch-ers (Powers and Wick-ham) from last year which will help them compete in the toughest conference in the state. “Our young players have played plenty of baseball and hopefully will be able to adjust to the Varsity level very quickly,” Hollow said. Powers plays both the pitcher and sec-ond base positions. “I feel like our season is going to go well, after losing state we should return with good chem-istry,” Powers said. “Mr. Hollow is a really good coach, he knows what he is talking about,” Powers said, “It’s tough to tell, hopefully we do well. I feel like we will be okay.”


The Varsity softball team is in full swing this year, coming off a six game winning streak last season. Varsity Head Coach Shane Alder said he can’t wait to see what the team is capable of doing and “how well we mesh and perform as a team.” The Varsity team started off their season away at Vallivue High school on March 9. Although nothing is changing compared to last season, the team hopes to win most of their games to lead them to State. Through the experi-ence, Alder hopes the

girls obtain, “pride in their team and a sense of accomplishment.” Senior Taylor Wong has been playing soft-ball for eleven years, two of those playing at Capital because, “I love how it’s such a team sport, but very individ-ual at the same time.” “I hope that we will be a more confident team earlier in the season,” Wong said. Wong also hopes that they’ll work their hard-est to make it to State and win. She hopes to, “make my pitches count and having the killer mentality that we will win no matter what. We will have to give 110% every game.” Varsity veteran Sopho-more Heather Tracy

Athlete of the Month

Ski and Snowboard Club places 3rd at Dotty Clarkprised me but it was very rewarding,” Hullar said. Senior Avenel Rolf-sen also made it to the podium and received a bronze in the Ex-pert Women’s Inter-mediate Ski Division. Other winners of the Dotty Clark Champion-ships were: senior Kelly Mooney placed fifth in the Men’s Expert Snow-board Division, Ky-lie Touchstone placed fifth in the Women’s Intermediate Snow-board Division, and ju-nior Alex Betts placed fourth in the Men’s Expert Ski Division.

Delaney Sauer Sophomore

Sport: Basketball

Years Playing: 12

Hours dedicated to the sport each week: 10+

Loves the sport because: The competitive-ness and seeing improvements

Favorite opponent: Centennial

Benefits from playing the sport: Learn teamwork and leadership, and make lifelong friends

College Plan: Undecided

Difficulty Level: 10

Activities outside of school that involve the sport: Hoop Dreams Club

One word to describe the sport: Challenging

PHOTO BY LOREN ESKELIN

PHOTO BY LOREN ESKELINAbove: Sophomore Mariah Tovar throws during tryouts near the baseball fields. Far Left: Sophomore Hailey Erek-son practices pitching at tryouts.

said she hopes to “im-prove my batting and fielding average.” Tracy also hopes that, with lots of prac-tice, they place high in State this season

and hopefully reach their fullest potential. “I love being with my teammates because I have the greatest times with them,” Tracy said.

Above: Senior Avenel Rolfsen maneuvers down the track in the Expert Women’s Intermediate Ski Divi-sion portion of Dotty Clark at Bogus Basin on Feb. 17. Right: Junior Alex Betts skis down the race way in the Men’s Expert Ski Division portion of Dotty Clark. PHOTO BY BOGUS BASIN MOUNTAIN EVENTS STAFF

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Opinion Friday March 16th, 2012

Editor: Ryan Naramore Page 8

My name is Eti-enne Ntakirutimana, but I go by Steven. I arrived in the United States of America on November 28, 2007. The only word I knew as I arrived in Boise, Idaho from Tanzania was “no” and “yes.” I went to junior high school the same year I got here in Boise. I worked real hard on my English. I was fifteen (15) accord-ing to what I heard. I couldn’t focus much in class. I start think-ing of the many experi-ences and knowledge I had missed since I was born. My childhood was unhappy with all the things that had been going on since I was a little boy. I realized that I had lost too much. In the same year I couldn’t survive if any-thing didn’t go my way. I learned how to ignore my feelings and cre-ate fantasy solutions to minimize my problems, but it was always the same again, it’s not easy. When I got here I thought everything would be different but none of my dreams came true. I start to question myself, ‘Why do bad things hap-pen to good people?’ I’ve changed a little bit but not enough as I thought it was going to be. I always have some positive and negative questions about myself, “If we can’t take a good care of ourselves, how are we possibly going to taking care of any-thing or anybody else?” According to my fam-ily back home, life is like a game you can win or lose either one. There are ten people in the family: dad, mom, four sisters and three brothers. My dad is old enough so, he will not be much long with us. I was born in the war. I grew up in the war and for some reason we are still struggling with

A transformation from a Tanzanian to

an American refugee

Steven EtienneSenior

some difficult situations. When I pray, I say, “God great me the se-renity to accept the thing I cannot change, courage to change the thing I can, and wis-dom to know the dif-ference, Amen.” This helps me alot when I’m in the bad mood. Also with this simple prayer, the first thing I ask as a true believer is the gift of serenity. I ask not for my situations to change but rather for the power to change how I re-spond to the situations. Before we came to the US, we had abso-lutely no idea that we were expected to pay for transportation to the US but, as we arrived in Boise, the first thing of first week, the refugee agency said, “You’ve signed to pay how you got here from Africa.” And I guarantee that if they had told us we would have to pay, many of us would not be here today. They kept it a secret. In fact the agencies did not help as much as we should have been helped. Many of us had no idea where to ask for help, how, and who to ask because the agen-cies didn’t care much. Six months is not enough for people who just came into the new country. First we have to pay the bills. All the bills are on us, no English experience and we have six months to be find to get a job. Each year, people im-migrate to US and jobs are not easy to find, so tell me how the new immigrants are going to live in this difficult time of finding a job? I challenged my skills to know the differenc-es between cultures. I came to learn that, 25 or more Americans do not deserve what they have; they always desire to have new styles. As I looked at the times (I) we’ve been struggling and wonder, I have absolute no feelings of saying that I need more. I lost families, friends, and people we may not know about. It’s enough for us now we live in free country. I thank the United States of America and my parents for giving so many opportunities to go to school and do what I feel without ne-gotiation to my deci-sions. And I want to send appreciation to a lady who is always there for us since day one until now, “Marly Fay-ette.” She changed our lives, my family and I. We don’t have much in-come but she never let it get in the way. We have excitement and great joy of her help. She has been so special for us.

Jordan WardSophomore

“Yes, I think it is a great way to use the money because they are im-proving the school. I think there are pros and cons to carpet, because its harder to clean but it gets rid of the ab-sestos under the tile.”

Emily GehlkenJunior

“I think that the re-vamp is important be-cause of health risks, but I also know that the best treatment of abses-tos is to leave it alone so it may just make things worse. Hopefully the buildings not ugly, it will look less outdated.”

Graham ZickefooseSophomore

“No, [it’s a bad idea] there’s a spill on the floor about every other day and it would be diffi-cult to clean. It’s always interesting to see what renovations look like when they’re finished.”

Malcolm TencateJunior

“Yes, it will be good to clear all of the ‘capi-tal dust’ from the hall-ways, also, removing the absestos of will make the school less of a health risk. Carpet is a good idea for most classrooms except for the lab rooms as car-pet is much harder to clean in case of spills.

Summer Revamp, Yes or No?The building will emptied this summer for new flooring and carpeting to be installed.

What do you think of this?

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Luis SarriaSports Editior

Students required to take core classes they don’t want

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Starting this year the junior class of 2013 is now required to take a College Entrance Exam the state has made it a graduation requirement. To make things clear, the Idaho State Board of Education ruled that students are not required to take the SAT itself in

particular, only that we have to take some sort of College Entrance Exam during the course of our junior year but the state will only pay for the SAT. The money to administer the test is coming from the Idaho State Department of Education entering into a contract with The Col-lege Board of Idaho. In a nutshell, the SAT is the most com-monly taken college exam across the nation and because of this it has been decided by the Idaho State Depart-ment of Education that there now will be a one-day administration, plus one make-up day. This new graduation requirement is a major

advantage for all stu-dents in my mind be-cause it pushes students to go to college and take tests that look great on a college resume. Personally, I love free stuff and think this is a great way just to get the test over and done with and we students don’t have to take any of our extra time to complete it. Frankly, throughout high school, students have to pay to take a lot of tests and this new regulation just makes life so much easier. No student, in my opinion, should not be able to take a test because of their economic stand-ing or avoid one and limit their post gradu-ation options simply

just because of the fact that they’re too lazy. “It is important for students to take a Col-lege Entrance Exam because it will allow a student access to col-leges and scholarship opportunities that they otherwise wouldn’t have had. The SAT and ACT are exams that colleges use for accep-tance and scholarship purposes,” said Wendy St. Michell, the Assess-ment Division Director for the Idaho State De-partment of Education. I really enjoy the fact that this is push-ing all students in the state to reach a higher level of education.

Brenna PatrickEditor in Chief

New school requirment makes life easier for students

Just recently the State began requiring all students graduat-ing from 2015 and be-yond to take a math and science course ev-ery year in high school. For me, I think math is an okay course and I need it in every sub-ject any way. Some of these topics are Busi-ness, Accounting, His-tory, and other sub-jects such as those. Yet we have to take a science course when hardly any of the jobs that most stu-dents, like me want, will not require it. In other words, I think I should take a class that benefits me and not the State or a teacher of the math or science fields. Most of the science topics can be interest-ing. But when you’re trying to get a teenager in high school interest-ed in a topic, like how a rock has what some teachers call “cool find-ings” on it, we loose concentration. And, consider that, a science job can require 20 years to get a Master’s degree

and, at the end of those 20 years, you’re basical-ly dead cause you spent half your life learning about rocks instead of learning how to live. Teachers call it laziness when we can’t figure science out. I would like to apologize. We can’t be good at everything. A 5’6” teenager doesn’t

wake up one morning and say “I’m going to dunk a ball into a bas-ketball hoop.” Many of us couldn’t do it. So why are we expected to learn science every year when we might not be able to do it? Plus, let’s say I wanted to be a history teacher, or a journalist, or a bus

driver. Why in the world would I spend all my time on science? Don’t get me wrong. If you want to be a scientist, go ahead take 20 years of your life away so that you can find a rock but don’t expect me to be right there next to you.

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