February 14, 2013

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The West Lafayette debate

team waited eagerly and held

their breaths as the fi nalists were

announced at the state tourna-

ment held in Kokomo on Febru-

ary 1st and 2nd.

“There was pretty much an ex-

plosion of cheering and jumping

up and down and mass hugging,”

Robin Zhang ’14 said. “That was

the moment when we knew we’d

captured the state title.”

The last time the debate team

were named state champions

was in 2007. Last year they lost

to Chesterton. Sarah Cai ‘14 said

this tournament was amazing be-

cause they were able to take the

state title back from Chesterton

after several years of getting sec-

ond. This was the fi rst time West

Lafayette has ever beat them.

“It’s one of the best seasons

we’ve had in a long time,’ said

Mr. Smith, the debate coach. Cai

’14 and her partner Zhang ’14

got second in state losing to An-

drew Redd ’13 and his partner

Debate takes stateBY SARA JOHNSON

Charles Hansen ’13 in the Public

Forum category.

In the tournament, there are 3

preliminary rounds, with 2 judg-

es in each round. From this, the

top 16 from each category break

into octafi nals. Each round has

3 judges and is single elimination,

the fi nal round having 5 judges.

As a group the categories met

weekly to collaborate. However

preparing for the tournament

is a year long process. They try

to fi nd out what the opponents

will use as arguments and prac-

tice with other members in the

team.

“Andrew and I practiced with

other members of our team,

worked outside of school and

during break to prepare for the

topic, and got help from Mr.

Smith and our assistant coach

Nick Kwolek” Hansen ’13 said.

“Everyone puts in a lot of

time and effort,” Redd ‘13 said.

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“It was more than the mon-

ey ... everyone was cheering for

us,” said Mrs. Newgent, who has

taken over the Hoops for Hope

program in the past few years.

Hoops for Hope began fi ve

years ago, in February of 2008,

when Newgent’s daughter Caro-

line was diagnosed with Leuke-

mia. The student councils at

West Side and Harrison came

together to organize a fundraiser

for Caroline.

Every year now the boys bas-

ketball game between West Side

and Harrison is the “Hoops for

Hope game”, a fundraiser for

children like Caroline in our

community.

That fi rst year a total of

$17,000 was raised. The money

went towards paying for Caro-

line’s medical bills.

“This money makes an imme-

diate, direct impact,” said New-

gent, adding that it “made a huge

difference” to her family.

Mrs. Newgent is in charge of

designing the Hoops for Hope t-

shirt, as well as organizing sales

and getting the word out. The

other work gets done with the

help of the Harrison and West

Side student councils.

“The togetherness we see

through the West Side student

body and Harrison student body

makes this a great cause to be a

part of,” said committee mem-

ber and student body president

Andrew Redd ‘13.

The committee is formed in

Hoops for Hope is more than just a game

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Continued on page 2

Dances, prom in a grind

Continued on page 2

BY NEHA RAMANI AND ARTHI PURI

Complaints from parents

after the fall VISTA dance

prompted discussion of poten-

tially banning grinding from fu-

ture school dances. After much

deliberation, however, grinding

will not explicitely banned and

students are instead asked to

follow a set of rules outlining

appropriate dancing.

A committee consisting of

members of the Prom Board,

the VISTA exectutive board

and the administration met af-

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DB8 IS LIFE: The debate team goes wild with their trophy after tak-

ing state on February 1st and 2nd. The pair of Andrew Redd ‘13 and

Charles Hanson ‘13 took 1st in the state in Public Forum.

August and then the planning

begins in December. The most

important job they take on is de-

ciding who will be the recipient

of the year’s proceeds.

After considering fi ve deserv-

ing causes, this year’s fundrais-

ing will benefi t two needs. One

is Rachel Cambron, a Harrison

sophomore who was diagnosed

with end-stage kidney failure this

past August. A donation will also

be made to the Make-A-Wish

Foundation in honor of Maya

Getz, an incoming Harrison

freshman who died from inju-

ries sustained during an ATV ac-

cident. Maya’s parents chose to

donate her organs, which saved

the lives of seven people.

ter the fall dance.

“After quite a bit of discus-

sion, the majority of the com-

mittee favored a course of ac-

tion seeking to stop grinding at

the dances,” said Prom Board

president Brad Krause ‘14.

Students presented a mixed

response. Many students took to

Twitter and “tweeted” their dis-

pleasure, using the tag “#WL-

Footloose.”

“People should be able to

dance however they want,” said

Pablo Jimenez-Corredor ‘13.

Other students echoed his senti-

ments.

A vocal minority, however,

supported the administration’s

decision. When asked whether

grinding should be allowed at

school dances, Ellie Brower ‘13

fi rmly responded, “No!”

Yet, as VISTA geared up for

its winter dance, in which the

grinding ban would be imple-

mented, students showed a lack

of interest.

“Ticket sales were not hap-

pening,” said VISTA sponsor

Mrs. Espinoza. The dance was

initially cancelled.

On January 31st, the Prom

Board held a meeting to com-

pile a list of socially accept-

able dancing styles that was

presented to Mr. Shriner. The

administration and students

compromised and decided on

a self-policing model.

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NewsPAGE 2

West Side

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

On January 11th, West

Lafayette sent representa-

tives the MIT campus in

Cambridge, Massachusetts

to compete in the Zero

Robotics competition.

“Zero Robotics is a pro-

gramming competition

created by MIT and NASA

where you program these

robots called SPHERES”

said competitor Albert

Hwang ‘14. Each year,

teams from all over the

country to watch their pro-

grams work against each

other, in a form of robot-

ics in which their creations

are actually controlled

from the ground but mov-

ing in space. West La-

fayette competed for the

second time this year, get-

ting second in the country

The tournament it-

self is designed to imitate

real life challenges. “The

spheres fl y to their starting

positions, which are in one

half of a cube, before the

round starts.” Said Adam

Anderson’14. The robots

then make virtual dust

clouds for the comput-

ers. “The teams then try

and “clean up” the other

robots dust clouds, and

the one that gets the most

wins.” said Anderson

Cade Kane’14 said

that the team received

a tour of the MIT Mu-

seum before the awards

ceremony. The competi-

tion is also about creating

future careers in Science,

Technology, Engineering,

and Math, or STEM fi elds.

“Saturday we got up ear-

ly and went back to cam-

pus for a talk from a MIT’s

admissions counselor and

tour of campus,” said

Kane. “It was beautiful.”

Currently, about 100

teams from the United

States, and an additional

30 from Europe partici-

pate, but the event has only

been going on since 2009.

“The event is becom-

ing more popular, but

I think the main reason

more teams are joining

is because it’s becoming

more known and is pretty

prestigious” Hwang said.

The school team is spon-

sored by Mr. Florence, but

the competition is spon-

sored by organizations

like DARPA, Defense

Advanced Research Proj-

ects Agency, and NASA.

“I really like the fact

that you can program

something that you can

see fl y on the Internation-

al Space Station. It really

gives your work a sense

of meaning,” said Hwang.

For the longest time,

high school students

could grab a quick snack

before their lunch peri-

od. However, these days

have come to an end.

High school students

who were in sneaking

into the Grab ‘n Go

line for food between

classes were in violation

of pre-existing rules.

Until recently, this was

not an issue. However,

as the number of high

school students in the

lunch lines during fi fth

hour have increased,

measures have been tak-

en to enforce this rule.

“I don’t know why

it was put into effect,

but I was just told my

Mr. Walbaum to keep

the highschoolers out of

the junior high lunch line

so that they aren’t tardy to

class and so that the junior

high kids can eat when

they’re supposed to eat,”

said Nicole Grogan. Gro-

gan is the current substi-

tute for Beth Yoder. While

some students easily com-

ply, others are not as polite.

“I’ve had multiple stu-

dents ignore me. I’ve had

students who have back

talked me, and I’ve had

students mock me,” said

Grogan. “[Some high

school students will say]

‘Oh, so and so is in line.’”

Grogan doesn’t let the rude-

ness get to her. “It’s not a

big deal to me because I’m

just doing what I’m told

to do by Mr. Walbaum.”

Some students, how-

ever, feel that the stance

the school administration

has taken is too extreme.

“I say it’s outra-

geous, because some

high school students

don’t eat breakfast, so by

the time fi fth hour rolls

along they get hungry,”

stated Kyler Eckert ‘15.

Eckert ‘15 feels that stu-

dents should be able

to take advantage of

the available food. “I

mean, it’s just at the grab

‘n go. It’s just a little

snack.” Other students

a g r e e .

“I don’t think it re-

ally matters as long as

it doesn’t disturb the

peace or bother anyone,”

stated Ben Nyquist ‘14.

West side zero robotics goes to MIT

Fifth period lunch off limits

Between 2008 and 2012,

over $90,000 has been

raised through the Hoops

for Hope program. Vari-

ous fundraisers are done

leading up to the basketball

game each February. Aside

from t-shirt sales, recently

$10,000 was raised during

Harrison’s “Mr. Harrison”

talent show. Newgent and

other representatives asked

for donations in the park-

ing lot before a Purdue

basketball game and raised

$400 more.

Although West Side-

Harrison is always a big

BY ANDREW MOSER

PHOTO BY ANDREW MOSER

Hoops for hopeContinued from page 1

Dances, prom in a grindContinued from page 1

The team hopes to keep

the state title for a while

and keep improving a a

whole. Redd said the best

part about debate is widen-

ing you view on a subject.

“Going into a topic,

most people are one sided,

but once you leave the top-

ic and have done research

on both sides, you see the

other view point clearer.”

Despite the competi-

tiveness of the activity, the

team is all very support-

ive of each other. “Even

though we all compete

against each other and the

stakes can get pretty high,

we all want each other to

do awesome. I’ve made

so many great friends

through debate, people I

wouldn’t have met other-

wise,” Zhang ’14 said. In

fact, Neha Ramani ’13,

the president of the de-

bate team, described in her

pre-tournament speech

the team as truly a family.

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rivalry game, Hoops for

Hope helps to bring to-

gether the West Lafayette

community. “The fact

that this has became more

then a basketball game, but

a community, gitves it a

positive feel,” said Coach

Wood.

Debate wins state

State Results

Continued from page 1

LUNCH LINE BLUES: Andrew Kotlarz’13 waits at the grab-and-go. The service was

first offered this year.Public Forum:

Octas: Jake Gutwein/Jesse Sasser

State Runners-Up: Sarah Cai/Robin Zhang

State Champs: Andrew Redd/Charles Hansen

Policy:

Octas: Ben Tally/Adam Anderson, Brian I.

Choi/Alyssa Cheng

Quarters: Mariana Cisneros/Agustina de la

Fuente, Albert Hwang/John McDougal

Lincoln Douglas:

Octas: Austin Moore

Quarters: Hannah Lazarz,

Chris Shin

Congress:

Semis: Daniel Smith, Erica

Gibson

Finals: Sang-A Yun, Neha

Ramani (8th)

“There’s no ban against

grinding, but any form of

dancing that simulates a

sexual act means a student

has gone too far,” said

Prom Board sponsor Mrs.

Barry. Krause believes the

self-policing model will

work.

“You know inappropri-

ate dancing when you see

it, and if people keep their

dancing tasteful, we do not

need the harsh policies,”

he said.

The next VISTA dance

on Saturday, February 23rd

will test his theory.

“The VISTA dance gives

students a chance to show

they can act appropriately,”

said Espinoza.

PAGE 3SportsWest Side

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Indiana. When said,

most people think of a

few things: Corn, more

corn and basketball.

Growing up in the

Hoosier state and watch-

ing basketball, I have

learned one thing: it

doesn’t get any better

than Indiana basketball.

I’ve heard it all; Bobby

Plump’s game-winner in

the 1954 state title game

to give underdog Milan

the win to Larry Bird

leading the Sycamores to

a near undefeated season

in ‘79.

As a basketball play-

er in junior high, I was

fascinated with Indiana

high school basketball.

I read numerous books

about the history includ-

ing Jeff Washburn’s book

Tales from Indiana High

School Basketball. These

books only fueled my

love for the sport.

Those books showed

me one thing, that the

state of Indiana is amaz-

ing when it comes to bas-

ketball history.

The Hoosier state is

loaded with basketball

talent, including players

Oscar Robertson, Steve

Alford, Glenn Robin-

son, Larry Bird, Gordon

Hayward and many many

more. This list goes on

for a long time. Indiana is

also the home to several

coaching legends such as

Bob Knight, Gene Keady

and the late great John

Wooden.

You can’t forget about

the countless moments

that Indiana basketball

has provided. The Indi-

ana-Purdue rivalry, which

is arguably the best rivalry

game in the country, But-

ler’s magical run to the

national title in back to

back years, Keith Smart’s

game-winning jumper in

the ‘87 title game are just

a few in among a large

list.

For most basketball

fans in Indiana basket-

ball is what they live for,

easily the most dedicated

fans in the nation when it

comes to basketball.

The historic ven-

ues, Hinkle Fieldhouse,

Mackey Arena and As-

sembly Hall are possibly

the best venues in all of

college basketball.

Needless to say, In-

diana is the state for bas-

ketball; its rich history

says it all.

THE HOT CORNERIndiana is the true basketball state

BY RYAN SCHMIERER

Indiana. When said,

most people think of a

few things: Corn, more

corn and basketball.

Growing up in the

Hoosier state and watch-

ing basketball, I have

learned one thing: it

doesn’t get any better

than Indiana basketball.

I’ve heard it all; Bobby

Plump’s game-winner in

the 1954 state title game

to give underdog Milan

the win to Larry Bird

leading the Sycamores to

a near undefeated season

in ‘79.

As a basketball play-

er in junior high, I was

fascinated with Indiana

high school basketball.

I read numerous books

about the history includ-

ing Jeff Washburn’s book

Tales from Indiana High

School Basketball. These

books only fueled my

love for the sport.

Those books showed

me one thing, that the

state of Indiana is amaz-

ing when it comes to bas-

ketball history.

The Hoosier state is

loaded with basketball

talent, including players

Oscar Robertson, Steve

Alford, Glenn Robin-

son, Larry Bird, Gordon

Hayward and many many

more. This list goes on

for a long time. Indiana is

also the home to several

coaching legends such as

Bob Knight, Gene Keady

and the late great John

Wooden.

You can’t forget about

the countless moments

that Indiana basketball

has provided. The Indi-

ana-Purdue rivalry, which

is arguably the best rivalry

game in the country, But-

ler’s magical run to the

national title in back to

back years, Keith Smart’s

game-winning jumper in

the ‘87 title game are just

a few in among a large

list.

For most basketball

fans in Indiana basket-

ball is what they live for,

easily the most dedicated

fans in the nation when it

comes to basketball.

The historic ven-

ues, Hinkle Fieldhouse,

Mackey Arena and As-

sembly Hall are possibly

the best venues in all of

college basketball.

Needless to say, In-

diana is the state for bas-

ketball; its rich history

says it all.

THE HOT CORNERIndiana is the true basketball state

BY RYAN SCHMIERER

As a fourth grader, John

Duvall ‘14 began to wres-

tle for the fi rst time. He

joined the clubs at Happy

Hollow when his current

head coach Mr. Roseman

suggested he go out for

wrestling. At the time Mr.

Roseman was Duvall’s

fourth grade teacher.

“He told me to join

[wrestling] because I

was big and at the time

they needed more heavy-

weights,” said Duvall.

Since then Duvall as only

gotten better. This season,

as a junior, he has posted

a practically spotless 26-1

record and recently earned

himself a spot in semi-

state, where he lost.

Duvall, one of the

team’s three captains, has

been able to achieve such

great heights through hard

work and determination.

“He is one of the hardest

working kids in our room,”

said Coach Rick Roseman,

“Most heavyweights aren’t

hard workers.”

Not only does his hard

work help himself, but

it also rubs off onto his

teammates. “He beats

me down everyday, which

sucks,” said teammate

Casey Crosser ‘15, “But it

makes me better.”

As one of the quiter

members of the team, Du-

vall is known to lead more

by example rather than

through words. “Being the

biggest guy on the team

and still working as hard

he does shows to the team

that they can do it too,” de-

scribed Crosser.

As he is only a junior,

Duvall hopes to have

many more memorable

moments. But for now

John Duvall defines dedicationBY RYAN SCHMIERER

Movie: 21 Jumpstreet

College team: Ohio State

Food: Spaghetti

Sport (besides wrestling): Football

Holiday: Christmas

John’s Favorites:

3- The number of wrestlers that

advanced to semi-state.

7.9- Number of rebounds Brian

Bangs averaged per game this

season.

9- The number of games the

girls basketball team won to end

the season.

13- The place that Allison Green

fi nished at state for diving.

43.9- Tory Eger’s three point

shooting percentage this season.

51- The total number of steals

Shelby Mann had this season.

COMPILED BY RYAN SCHMIERER

By the numbers

winning conference and

sectionals are what really

standout in his career.

After this wrestling sea-

son Duvall will return to

the gridion for his senior

football season. But as of

now he is uncertain on his

future plans.

PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIERER

Pushing through the pain: John Duvall practices on February 8th, the day before semi-state. He typically wrestles

against coach Arthur Wright (right) or teammate Casey Crosser.

With the boys varsity

team shooting lights out

in their games and looking

hungry for more wins, let’s

take a jump back and take

a look at the boys of next

year’s varsity team.

The JV team is a strong

this year and hopes to im-

prove and hone their skills

for when they hopefully

move up to varsity. All of

the boys are biting at the

bit for a chance to play in

their fi rst varsity game, and

that effort is clearly shown

in their performance on

the court.

In their game last

Thursday against Frontier,

the boys played very well,

winning the game 51-28.

Most impressive was their

shooting from behind the

arc. Also, they excel at hit-

ting open teammates for

shots, which they usually

make.

With the season prac-

tically fi nished, looking at

the not-so-good aspects

of the game might not fi x

anything, but in Thursday’s

game the boys didn’t have

the best free throw shoot-

ing in the world. Luckily,

it didn’t effect the score

of the game considering it

was a blowout.

Truthfully, next year’s

varsity team is looking

solid even with the seniors

leaving and they should

look to stay behind the arc

and shoot threes most of

the time.

Boys JV team strives to make future starsBY NICO FRIEDMAN

PHOTO BY RYAN SCHMIERER

WINNING BIG: The boys junior varsity basketball team is full of talent and shows that

by blowing out everybody in their way. Caleb Smith was a large part in the game against

Delphi on January 25.

PAGE 4

West Side

FEBRUARY 14, 2013FeaturesHome away from home

Imagine moving across

the globe to study. Imag-

ine leaving everything

you have known behind

you. Imagine learning a

whole new, complicated

language. Now imagine

doing all of this with-

out your family. Several

students at West Side do

not live with their bio-

logical families.

Many of the stu-

dents who do this fi rst

came to America while

on a sabbatical at Pur-

due with one or both of

their parents, and then

stayed to continue their

educations once they

were done.

“After spending a year

at West Side, I wanted to

experience more here in

America,” said Chris Shin

‘13, “so I decided to stay.”

One of the biggest chal-

lenges in the cross-conti-

nental move is learning the

new language. American

English is an extremely

complex languages used in

the world today because of

its derivation from several

roots.

Another diffi cult and

sometimes awkward prob-

lem is that, often times,

these students are living

with complete strangers.

Forever Alone Strikes V-day

We’ve all seen the mov-

ies where the guy wins the

girl in some big roman-

tic gesture and then the

credits roll. The important

thing to remember is those

people are paid to happily

fall in love at the conve-

nient plot point, and they

also had script writers to

tell them what to say.

The rest of us, that

aren’t living in the fi ctional

realm of the silver screen,

have to fend for ourselves.

Love, or even a decent

date, is mostly made out

of luck and timing.

“Most of the valentine’s

I have ever had didn’t work

out just because of tim-

ing,” said an anonymous

sophomore girl, “We were

both too busy, couldn’t get

a ride, you know things just

came up.”

So maybe we put too

much pressure on the day.

Some times it doesn’t work

out because it’s a school day

or coincides with another

important event. Maybe

the pearl of wisdom is that

Valentine’s Day is what you

make it.

“People put so much

pressure on the day, so it

“It creates many small,

daily problems, like food

and laundry” said Shin,

“It’s incredibly inconve-

nient not to have your par-

ents around.”

Many of these students

continue to live with their

host families for the rest of

their high school careers.

Even if they originally

came with their parents, it

is diffi cult for the parents

to stay in America due to

jobs and other barriers.

This program, though

taken for granted by many

west side students, is actu-

ally very unique. Students

are not citizens, and there-

BY SOPHIE HULEN

BY HALEY ARNDT

BY CRYSTAL WANG

Tsunami Japanese Fu-

sion is a little hole in the

wall of a restaurant on

Chauncey Hill. Squeezed

in between Taco Bell and

yet another sushi place,

they can be easily over

looked.

Tsunami only adds

to the plethora of Asian

restaurants in this town.

Don’t get me wrong, I

love oriental food, but

they didn’t present any

new dining options, nor

did it enhance the standard

Japanese meal, making me

question what the ‘Fusion’

stands for in their title.

Tables cover the small

box of a restaurant, mak-

ing it hard to maneuver

around the cramped fl oor.

Although, I have to admit,

that the sitting was very

comfortable as long as you

didn’t feel the need to leave

your seat.

They mainly serve ‘fast’ su-

shi, but none of their fi sh

was cooked and I didn’t

trust them enough to try

it.

Tsunami was also con-

fusing in serving- fl ip-

fl opping between a nice

sit-down meal and a serve

yourself establishment. We

ordered at the counter and

our meals were delivered

to us, but with out utensils

and drinks, which we were

apparently supposed to get

ourselves.

Our server was very nice

about everything, getting

us the utensils we forgot

and the drinks we didn’t

know we were supposed to

pour, but he did forget my

miso soup.

The food was perfectly

fi ne. I ordered Beef Teriya-

ki, which came with sticky

rice and a small salad. It

was good, but pricey. At

$10 I felt the food was too

expensive for the amount I

received- it didn’t even fi ll

me up.

Likewise, my eating

companion was still a tad

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Home away from home

Imagine moving across

the globe to study. Imag-

ine leaving everything

you have known behind

you. Imagine learning a

whole new, complicated

language. Now imagine

doing all of this with-

out your family. Several

students at West Side do

not live with their bio-

logical families.

Many of the stu-

dents who do this fi rst

came to America while

on a sabbatical at Pur-

due with one or both of

their parents, and then

stayed to continue their

educations once they

were done.

“After spending a year

at West Side, I wanted to

experience more here in

America,” said Chris Shin

‘13, “so I decided to stay.”

One of the biggest chal-

lenges in the cross-conti-

nental move is learning the

new language. American

English is an extremely

complex languages used in

the world today because of

its derivation from several

roots.

Another diffi cult and

sometimes awkward prob-

lem is that, often times,

these students are living

with complete strangers.

“It creates many small,

daily problems, like food

and laundry” said Shin,

“It’s incredibly inconve-

nient not to have your par-

ents around.”

Many of these students

continue to live with their

host families for the rest of

their high school careers.

Even if they originally

came with their parents, it

is diffi cult for the parents

to stay in America due to

jobs and other barriers.

This program, though

taken for granted by many

west side students, is actu-

ally very unique. Students

are not citizens, and there-

BY SOPHIE HULEN

disappoints them no mat-

ter what,” said a junior

boy.

Sometimes this extreme

amount of expectation

leads to the embarrassing

Valentine’s memories. “I

expected the movie mon-

tage of the perfect date,

and even though my boy-

friend set aside time and a

small gift for me, the poor

guy had no chance,” said a

senior girl.

So girls give your guys a

break, and guys just try to

remember the date. Happy

Valentine’s Day West Side!

hungry after his meal.

He ordered Udan, which

is cooked eel over sticky

rice.

All in all, Japanese

Fusion is the place to go

if you want a meal in a

hurry, but are tired of

your run of the mill fast

food.

This Valentine’s Day, I

could just give everyone

tips on what to buy for girls

or how to bear with the

immense pain that comes

with the dread of dying

alone, but let’s be honest,

we’re in high school.

A teddy bear and a rose

goes above and beyond all

expectations, and unless

you’re super weird or have

dandruff, you still have a

chance of fi nding your dia-

mond in the rough.

The real issue at hand is

one that has been ignored

by the mainstream. For

years, we have allowed this

epidemic to spread with-

out action.

Now is the time to ad-

dress the problem head on:

Candy hearts are the least

acceptable concoction ever

invented to be considered

“candy”.

Every year, the cor-

rupt candy confectionery

known as “Necco” manu-

factures more that eight

billion candy hearts at this

time of year.

With that same raw mate-

rial, more than one million

schools in Africa could be

provided with chalk for ten

years, rather than millions

of mouths provided with

revolting pseudo-candy.

Cheeky phrases tell eat-

ers of this nasty to “Chill

Out” or “Marry Me”.

Like, seriously?

You’re a piece of candy.

Shut up, don’t tell me what

to do.

This Valentine’s Day, I

urge readers to help me

become part of the change

needed to revolutionize

the conversational candy

scene.

These candy hearts have

monopolized the words-

on-food competition and

have taken advantage of

our dormancy.

If people actually pur-

chased candy hearts, I

would urge everyone to

boycott them, but serious-

ly, who buys candy hearts?

Think in your brain right

now: How many times have

you eaten candy hearts?

Now, think: How many

times have you purchased

candy hearts?

The proportion is prob-

ably somewhere near a

hundred to zero.

Most of the time, you’re

offered candy hearts by

some vagabond plebeian

with no taste buds.

To get rid of this can-

dy heart pandemic, you

must shame these peasants

into not ever acquiring

candy hearts ever again.

Respond with “SORRY

SIR, I DON’T LIKE TO

TALK TO MY FOOD”,

or “ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I WOULD LITERALLY

RATHER EAT PAPER”.

Say everything in all

caps, too so that they are

also shamed by all sur-

rounding witnesses of this

monstrosity.

There’s virtually no dat-

ing advice this month, but

it’s for a worthy cause.

Be part of the move-

ment.

Stop candy hearts to-

day.

fore must obtain papers

on a national level to

legally live and study in

America. Not only do

they have to get national

Visas, but they also need

special permission from

the school administra-

tion.

Though the process

is rough, many students

in this situation intend

to stay in the country for

post secondary educa-

tion.

“I am defi nitely go-

ing to college in America

next year,” said Shin, “I

don’t know what I’m go-

ing to do in the future.”

Tsunami Japanese Fusion fails to impress

PHOTO BY KATHRINE SCHULZE

CHOMP AWAY: The Udan of baked eel and avacado was perfectly fine, but wasn’t anything new. It was about $8 and included Miso soup.

Candy hearts are the real problems of

Valentine’s Day.

Home-stay students grateful, but face challenges living and learning away from family

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Ranked second in

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has a lot of confi dence

in the way we prepare

students for college.

Does West Side live up

to its great reputation?

We asked West Side

alumni from a variety

of colleges and teach-

ers for their opinions.

Sameer Mishra ‘12, a

valedictorian last year at

West Side, attends the Ivy

League School, Colum-

bia University. He said,

“West Side has prepared

me tremendously well

for college, especially in

math and the sciences.”

Mishra was a com-

mitted policy debater

during his high school

career and believes that

the skills he learned

from the program have

enabled him to eas-

ily present his opinions

with confi dence to his

professors and peers.

Are we prepared for college?BY RHEA MAHAJAN AND YASMEEN HAFEEZ

TIPS FOR SUCCESS:

-Challenge yourself with dif icult classes.

-Focus on learning the material rather

than just memorizing the material.

-Read the textbook.

-Do not cheat.

-Come to class prepared and ready to ask

questions if you do not understand some-

thing.

Other alumni, like

Beau Westbrook ‘12,

agreed and stated that

the academic atmo-

sphere created by the

students of our school

is comparable to the

colleges they attend.

Westbrook now at-

tends American Univer-

sity, a private liberal arts

college in Washington

D.C. She stated, “Col-

lege and high school are

two different environ-

ments when it comes to

work, but the academic

atmosphere of West Side

was defi nitely benefi cial

in coming to college.”

She added that she

is among the few at her

college that come from a

more competitive envi-

ronment in high school.

Mr. Watson said

that the success lies in

how much the students

at West Side challenge

themselves through their

Students predict Oscars 2013

One-hundred West Side students voted on their predictions for who will receive the most prized cat-

egories in this year’s Oscars. Be sure to watch the Oscars on February 24th on ABC to see if your guess

was correct!

BY ABBY BIEN

Best Supporting Actor

Poll Winner

30% Christoph Waltz; Django Unchained

Mr. Shaeffer’s Prediction

Tommy Lee Jones; Lincoln

Best Lead Actress

Poll Winner

58% Jennifer Lawrence; Silver Linings Playbook


Jennifer Lawrence; Silver Linings Playbook

Best Lead Actor

Poll Winner

35% Daniel Day Lewis; Lincoln

35% Hugh Jackman; Les Miserables


Daniel Day Lewis; Lincoln

Best Director

Poll Winner

63% Steven Speilberg; Lincoln


Steven Speilberg; Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

Poll Winner

77% Anne Hathaway; Les Miserables


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Best Picture

Poll Winner

33% Les Miserables


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choice of classes bal-

anced with their extracur-

ricular activity choices.

Mr. Overley said the

main reason for our suc-

cess is that “West Side

allows its students to

succeed; whether it’s in

sports, academics, or art.”

PAGE 6 Arts and En! r" inment FEBRUARY 14, 2013

BY NEHA RAMANI

Rena Johnson ’16 works vintage to

look fresh and up-to-date

The Civic Theater of

Greater Lafayette, our

community theater, is

currently preparing for a

few plays featuring West

Side students; “Fox on

the Fairway” and “Knuf-

fl e Bunny”.

Fox on the Fair-

way

“Fox on the Fair-

way” is a romantic com-

edy, focused on a young

man, Justin, and his love

interest, Louise. Hannah

Lazarz ‘13, who will play

Louise in the upcoming

Civic Theater produc-

tion of the play, has high

expectations for the per-

formances.

“The play is about

two country clubs who

bash heads at their an-

nual inter club golf tour-

nament, but things go

awry and the storyline

gets pretty ridiculous,”

Students take on art show

Students star in community theatre

She may only be a

freshman, but Rena John-

son ‘16 is style wise beyond

her years.

She described her look

as “vintage and girly” but

added that she tries to not

limit herself.

Rena enjoys wear-

ing dresses and skirts year

round, but in the winter

is often found in an outfi t

involving tights, shorts and

combat boots. She cited

cardigans as a staple item,

and said, “You can wear

them with anything.”

Rena said she doesn’t

usually wear accessories

because she likes to keep

things simple. Her excup-

tion is an ear-cuff.

“It’s simple but still

edgy,” she said.

Her favorite item she

owns is a pleather skirt

from H&M. Pleather re-

sembles leather in appear-

ance and adds edge to any

outfi t, but unlike its real

counterpart, pleather is

animal-friendly.

Rena shops at a vari-

ety of places, but especially

favors vintage, thrift and

antique stores. Her advice

to aspiring thrifters is to be

patient.

“It’s hard to fi nd pieces

that are good, unless you

devote yourself to looking

for it,” she said.

Rena also makes many

of her own clothes. She

is proud of a Pinterest in-

spired simple, denim dress

she made this past sum-

mer.

She said, “I added a lace

Peter Pan collar to make it

more girly.”

Rena gets a lot of style

ideas from Pinterest, in

essence an online inspira-

tion board, and Polyvore, a

website on which users can

curate looks using clothing

from real stores.

“I’m probably a little

too obsessed with Pinter-

est,” she laughed.

Rena looks up to the

British style icon Alexa

Chung for inspiration. A

little closer to home, Rena

also takes hints from big

sister Sara Johnson ‘15.

“I defi nitely wear half

the things in her closet,”

laughed Rena.

Rena’s love for fashion is

a positive part of her daily

life.

“I think waking up and

changing and looking nice

helps you throughout the

day,” she said. “For me,

fashion is another reason

for me to wake, rather

than that being a reason to

not.”

This year’s fourth an-

nual high school art show

at Artist’s Own once again

proved that as the years go

on the talent never fades.

Teachers from lo-

cal high schools submitted

the selected works of their

students featuring every-

thing from photography to

ceramic.

The duration of

the show was from Janu-

ary 12th to February 9th

and had 96 entries from 6

high schools; of those, 45

pieces were chosen to be

displayed by the AO Mar-

keting Team .

Four West Side stu-

dents made the cut for the

juried show; the gallery

featured photography by

Christian Gatmaitan ‘13

and Tori Hamilton ‘14,

and drawings of Anastasya

Halsema ‘14 and Hayden

Smith ‘13.

Gatmaitan won an

award for the “Best Dark-

room Photograph.” His

photo was titled “Stairing

at Meghan,” which is an

extended view piece, or a

piece created by taking a

lot of close up shots of a

larger subject.

Gatmaitain said, “

I wanted to make it inter-

esting by showing multiple

versions of Meghan, but

I owe it to Mrs. Yoder for

giving me the means to

create this piece and al-

ways being such a patient

and caring teacher.”

Halsema was featured

for her oil pastel named

“Toaster.”

Smith was featured for

his chalik pastel painting

named “Waiting.”

Hamilton was featured

for her black and white

photo entitled “Artichoke.”

She was assigned to make

a fruit or a vegetable look

sensual, so she picked

foods that had an odd

shape or texture.

Hamilton said, “ I think

my piece was chosen be-

cause it was a clean cut and

classic photo; everything

in the photo was techni-

cally right.”

The Artist’s Own Gal-

lery provided an opportu-

nity for young artists to

display their work amongst

other professional art-

ists and get critique from

the public and other art-

ists, rather than just their

teachers.

BY ARTHI PURI

Max Schladetzky is wired on art

she said. “The fi rst time I

read the script I was dy-

ing of laughter. I love the

characters and I know the

audience will too.”

The show will be run-

ning the weekends from

March 8 - March 23. Friday

and Saturday performanc-

es are at 7:30 P.M. and the

Sunday performances are

at 2:30 P.M.

There will be a pay-

what-you-can preview

night on Thursday March

7.

Knuffl e Bunny

“Knuffl e Bunny” is a

sweet musical for children,

with a somewhat sour sto-

ryline.

“It’s a children’s show

about a toddler (Trixie)

who loses her stuffed bun-

ny at the Laundromat,”

said Annie Furtner ‘15,

who is part of the chorus

in the production.

Katie Fultz ‘16, who

is also part of the produc-

tion added that it has a

good moral. “It’s about the

family’s growth and Trixie

growing up,” she said.

Unlike “Fox on the

Fairway”, “Knuffl e Bun-

ny” is a musical, featuring

children as actors.

“It has cute music and

it’s really good for kids,”

Furtner said.

The show will be

running February 15 to

February 17. The Friday

and Saturday perfor-

mances are at 7:30 P.M.

and the Sunday perfor-

mance is at 2:30 P.M.

BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

BY ERICA GIBSON

Walk into the West

Lafayette City Hall

and you’ll see a small

collection of welded

sculptures. These aren’t

made by some hired art-

ist, but by one of West

Side’s own seniors, Max

Schladetzky. He uses

welding and found ob-

jects to create his own

unique pieces of art.

“They’re very

modern and an interest-

ing perspective on mesh-

ing man-made materials

with nature,” said friend

Adam Tarko ‘13.

Schladetzky ‘13 was

attending a welding class

at Ivy Tech University

when he decided to try

creating sculptures. He

has taken many of the

art classes offered by the

school and still does pho-

tography in order to take

pictures of his sculptures.

“I pretty much start

out by grabbing scrap met-

al and thinking ‘what could

it be’?” said Schladetzky. “I

base it [the sculpture] off

of what the metal is and

what I think it should look

like.”

In fact, photography

teacher Mrs. Yoder sug-

gested the idea of sculpt-

ing to Schladetzy when

he told her about his class

at Ivy Tech. Later in the

year when he found him-

self with free time in the

class he decided to try it

and then showed her the

results. His culptures in-

cludes metal gear and rivets

shaped to look like people

or animals.

“He brought a couple

to me just to show what he

was doing and they were

really cool so I suggested

that he bring them all

in,” said Yoder. “They’re

on display right now at

City Hall.”

ACT IT OUT: Katie Fultz ‘16 and Isaiah Butler practice

a scene from Knuffle Bunny at Civic Theater. Fultz takes

the lead in the play as Trixie.

BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

PHOTO BY ERICA GIBSON

HOOKED ON ART: Max Schladetzky ‘13 started creating

sculptures this year. Go to the City Hall to take a look at

his creative and modern works of art.

PHOTO BY ARTHI PURI

PRIZE WINNER: Christian Gatmaitan ‘13 wins best dark

room photography with his photo “Stairing at Meghan. The

photo is an extended view piece.

OLD IS NEW: Rena wears

a dress that once belonged

to her grandma. Underneath

the dress is a Forever 21

shirt. Her black high socks

are from H&M and her shoes

were thrifted from Goodwill.

“I just really love it,” Rena

said about fashion and style.

PHOTO BY NEHA RAMANI

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STAFF EDITORIAL

While walking the

hallways between class

it’s not uncommon

to hear the comment,

“West Side’s the best.”

, being thrown around,

especially in compari-

son to the surround-

ing high schools. Al-

though it is true that

academically WLHS is

successful, the staff of

The Scarlette feels that

our bark may be bigger

than our bite.

School is for aca-

demics, but it is also is

a place to socialize and

interact with other stu-

dents; this is wear we

feel we lack in skill. Our

students are a tight knit

group, largely because

we have been attend-

ing school with each

other since we were six

years old. The majority of

our friends we have known

for years, unlike other high

schools who meet new

people starting freshman

year. This factor contrib-

utes to our inability to

make many new students

feel welcome.

We are comfortable with

our friends, and with our

routines. Because of this,

new students are usually

found hanging out with

other new students. The

Scarlette encourages you

to branch out from your

groups of friends, and in-

troduce yourself to the

kids who aren’t used to the

West Side atmosphere.

Another contributing

factor to our unwelcom-

ing behavior is the lack

of socio-economic diver-

sity in the school. A large

percentage of the students

have grown up in a Uni-

versity Farms-like neigh-

borhood with college-

educated parents who are

very involved in their kids

Too much West Side pride?

“Branch out from your

groups of friends.”

Why do we still live in a

backwards society? When

confronted with perceived

disparities in maturity, the

correct response is not to

assume superiority, but to

take all surrounding fac-

tors into perspective.

In the article “The Boy

Problem Grows,” pub-

lished on January 24th, it

was said, “The important

thing to remember is to not

let these problems make

you cynical because… it

only gets worse and even-

tually you’ll become alone

and ugly.”

The author then pro-

ceeds to ignore said advice,

and provides so called

“constructive criticism” to

men. However, what failed

to be realized was that

men are held to a different

standard than girls when it

comes to relationships.

When society allows a

woman to write an insult-

ing article and assume that

no response will be fi elded,

we further the oppression

that men face.

Several of the actions

that men take which our

author regarded as “im-

mature” are in fact the

ways that men bond with

one another. When we

are subject to double stan-

dards and scathing insults

by the opposite gender, it

is clear why men “hang out

with guys more than 99%

of the time.”

Girls need to wake up

and realize that every guy

who starts a conversation

with them isn’t hitting on

them. Sure, women may be

attractive, but that can only

take you so far. A girl as-

suming that a man is trying

to “win a girl over even if

she’s made it perfectly clear

that she is not interested”

if they continue to have

conversations with said girl

is an unfounded narcissis-

tic view which indicates

need for serious overhaul

of their personality.

My advice for men is:

don’t sacrifi ce your per-

sonality and individuality

for women who favor con-

formity and shallowness.

When girls ridicule you for

what you perceive as hu-

morous (teasing) and bene-

fi cial to the world (correct-

ing grammar), they should

not be given weight in your

life. When a woman per-

ceives you as being “weird

and annoying,” move on

from Queen Shallow. If

all she wants in a man is a

factory-produced muscle-

head, you should probably

look for someone in touch

with reality.

With regards to the

accusations of mothers

picking out men’s clothes,

some men feel the need

for reassurance in the way

they dress because of the

harsh and judgmental at-

mosphere that women cre-

ate with their fashion ob-

session and expectations

of perfection from men.

Men don’t have the cop-

out nor the acceptability of

wearing yoga pants. This

“pseudo fashion” is kept

for high school girls.

Remember: You are

surrounded by high school

girls. Any advice given by

them should probably be

disregarded due to the fact

that they are just that- high

school girls.

Just because you don’t

fi t into their Ryan Gos-

ling/Taylor Lautner fanta-

sies doesn’t give them the

right to claim superiority

over you. If men treated

women as though they

don’t live up to our Emma

Watson/Mila Kunis ide-

als, relationships wouldn’t

even begin to work.

My fi nal two pieces of

advice for guys: don’t apol-

ogize for being a man, and

don’t go for judgmental

girls. Seriously.

-Charles Hansen ‘13

Letter to the EditorMen opressed in dating (for dumbos)

On Thursday, January

24, 2013, I was one of the

few devastated students

when my fi rst hour teacher

said, “You are not to be in

the cafeteria and/or Grab-

and-Go lines during junior

high lunch.”

As one of the students

who has gotten food dur-

ing the fi ve minute passing

period between 4th hour

and 5th hour, I could not

say that I was happy with

the enforced rule.

At fi rst, I could not un-

derstand why high school

students getting food dur-

ing that passing period was

such a big problem for the

faculty members.

One explanation I heard

was that the high school

students are scaring the

Letter to the Editor

Junior high lunch not just for junior high students

lives. This makes it dif-

fi cult to open up to the

students at school who

don’t live similar lives

at home (it’s more than

you think).

If you’re not con-

vinced of our hesitance

towards people be-

ing different, here’s an

example. If there is a

student who becomes

pregnant while attend-

ing WLHS, odds are

they will transfer to

Jeff or Harrison within

the coming months.

West Side students

aren’t very accepting of

people who are differ-

ent than us; it makes

us uncomfortable. You

should strive to open

up your eyes and go

against the West Side

norm.

junior high students. If

high school students are so

scary, how come there are

junior high students taking

classes with high school

students, such as a foreign

language or math?

Furthermore, not ev-

ery high school student

frequents the Grab-and-

Go during the fi ve minute

passing. With some math-

ematical deduction, we

would fi nd that it is highly

impossible for students on

third fl oor to run down

to the grab and go. I have

seen only about four high

school students at the most

at the grab and go during

the passing period.

A faculty member might

ask why do high school stu-

- Sang-A Yun ‘13

Not every high school student fre-

quents the Grab-and-Go during

the fi ve minute passing period.

dents go to the Grab-and-

Go in the fi rst place. In 50

minutes, they get their own

lunch period. Personally, I

use the Grab- and-Go dur-

ing jr. high lunch only for

certain instances: 1) I am

extremely hungry and am

on the verge of passing

out if I don’t put some-

thing in my mouth right

now or 2) I have about one

million activities during

lunch. These activities are

not talking with friends or

doing last-minute home-

work, but something actu-

ally important such as talk-

ing to a teacher, working

on a lab, going to a club,

or some other extreme cir-

cumstance.

Now, I know for #2, a

faculty member might say

something like, “But West

Side Students get 50 min-

utes of lunch! That is very

long compared to other

schools’ lunch system.”

Dear Faculty Member, if

our school’s lunch is so

long, then, why is it so

harmful for us to get a

morsel of food at the

Grab-and-Go during jr.

high lunch? It’s not like

a junior high student will

not be able to eat lunch

because he or she did

not have time to because

of the oh-so-scary-high

school students.

Although I agree with

many rules in our school,

I certainly cannot agree

with the “No high school

students in the cafeteria/

grab and go lines during

junior high lunch” rule.

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Sophie Millsaps

Sophomore

““Do you have your library card?

‘Cause I’m checking you out.”

Austin Dienhart

Junior

“Did you just fart? Because you blew

me away.”

Lorenzo Domondon/Jack Erdman

Senior

“Are your feet tired? Because you’ve

been running through my mind.”

Ms. Dixon

English Teacher

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I was born on June 16, sometime during the 1960s, in Con-

nersville, Indiana.

I have also lived in Muncie and Monon, Indiana.

In high school I was involved in band, National Honors Soci-

ety, and 4H.

I attended Ball State University, graduating with a major in

Education and a minor in American History.

The most fascinating place I have been to is Altstadt, Switzer-

land.The best decision I have made is taking the job at West Side.

I have worked here for ten years and at North White for more than

15 years.

In my free time I enjoy biking and politics.

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BY KATHRINE SCHULZE

FAVORITES

People PAGE 8FEBRUARY 14, 2013

From the soccer fi eld to

the classroom, Anna Searle

‘13 maintains an energetic

attitude and hard-work-

ing mindset. To everything

she does, Anna brings her

diverse background and

sense of humor.

“I think I’m really lucky

because I’ve grown up be-

ing exposed to two really

different cultures,” Anna

said about growing up

in a multicultural home.

“However, I should admit

that I bring shame to my

family because I can’t actu-

ally speak Chinese.”

Anna’s diverse

background has led her

all over the world. “I’ve

been to Taiwan to visit

my grandparents who live

in Taipei, which is a really

cool city,” she said.

Anna has also been

to Italy and Jamaica. She

went to Mandeville, Ja-

maica for a mission trip

with her church last sum-

mer, working with children

of all ages in two different

orphanages. “We worked

with babies and that was

really fun,” she said. “All

the babies were really sweet

and adorable.”

When Anna isn’t globe-

trotting, she keeps herself

busy with a wide array of

activities.

In orchastra, Anna has

played all four instruments,

but she mainly plays the

violin.

She also plays goalie for

the varsity soccer team and

forward for the varsity bas-

ketball team, participates

in the pit orchestra and is

an active member of SHO

(Student Humanitarian

Organization).

“Looking back at her

in goal while being on the

fi eld always made me feel

more confi dent know-

ing she had my back,”

said Laurel Fricker ‘13,

who plays center midfi eld

on the soccer team. “She

saved our team many times

and is an amazing keeper.”

In the winter, Anna

switches from soccer to

basketball. She has been

playing the game ever since

she was a kid. “When I was

little Kayla Jones’s [‘13] dad

had a team and I played on

it. It was really fun, and we

just kept playing until for-

ever,” she said.

Basketball teammate

Grace VanSickel ‘13 said

that Anna always works

hard during the season.

Anna will be venturing

into unknown territory this

spring by trying out for the

girls’ tennis team. “I like

playing tennis just for fun

when I’m goofi ng around

with my friends,” she said.

“So, Maggie [Oates ‘13]

and I made a pact to try

out together this spring!”

Anna’s more than just

an athlete, though. She is

a witty, smart and an all-

around caring person. Her

friend, Sarah Collicott ‘13,

remembers the kindness

Anna showed her after her

best friend moved away the

summer of her 8th grade

year. “I was really wor-

ried I’d have no friends but

Anna was one of the ones

who really reached out to

me after Kacy [Dunn] had

moved, and we have been

friends ever since!”

In the classroom, Anna

enjoys math the most. “I

think it goes back to Patty

Hufford’s eighth grade

Algebra 1 Honors class,

which was the best ex-

perience of my life,” she

laughed.

Math isn’t the only

subject she enjoys, though,

which makes it challeng-

ing for her to make future

plans. “I’m still deciding

between Purdue and IU,”

she said. “Or, in other

words, I’m deciding be-

tween engineering and

business.”

She stressed that she

didn’t have any defi nite

plans, but wants to keep

her options open.

Despite the uncer-

tainty of the future, she is

excited for next year. “I

love meeting new people

and getting fresh starts in

new situations. I’m not in

any huge rush to be done

with high school and there

are a lot of things about

high school that I’m going

to miss, but I’m ready for

something new and excit-

ing!”

Anna Searle is all-around awesome

Movie: ‘Casablanca’

TV Show: ‘Downton

Abbey’

Actor: Russell Crowe

Food: Italian

Restaurant: Triple X

Athlete: Carissa Pekny

‘12

Life Goal: To remake

the Harry Potter Movies

and make them better

than they actually are.

ANNA’S FAVORITES

SCORE! Anna

Searle ‘13 takes a

free throw during

the game against

Northwestern,

which the Red

Devils won 50-32.

Anna has been

playing basketball

since she was a

little kid.

PHOTO BY KATHRINE

SCHULZE

Color: Cerulean

Band: the Hush Sound

Candy: Take 5

Movie: The Cinderella

Story

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