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JOURNALThe Southport High School

August 27, 2010 Issue 1, Volume LXXXIX Southport High School 971 East Banta Road Indianapolis, IN 46227

Meet the master-mind behind the murals all around Southport.Page 3

Students talk about their sleep schedules and their school lives.Page 5

Girls’ soccer team steps up in leadership after losing coach. Page 10

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Measures taken by school against over-crowdingby Corey MillsReporter

Every day after the lunch period bell rings, about 650 students rush out of the lunch room and head to their next class. The surrounding area is flooded, as students walk toe-to-toe, working their way out of the cafeteria

Administrators such as Ms. Lizz Jarchow, Southport’s assistant principal, have taken many things into account such as how long students are in the halls and educational choices. Steps have been taken to handle the 2,265 students in the school. The student population has increased more than 500 students over the last seven years.

“We always take two things into account,” said Ms. Jarchow. “One is

obviously the safety and security of everyone in the building, and two is to make sure instruction is our focus after making sure everyone is safe.”

Some of the opportunities Southport offers are School to Career, C-9 and senior perks such as senior study hall as well as the opening of the surrounding hallways and room 139. Administra-tors have worked on addressing the needs of all of the new and old students. Assistant Principal Mr. Gary Mahoney believes since the school’s transition to 8 period days, these actions have helped ease the challenges that come with the change.

“Even though we’re increasing in size, it still makes us seem more customized, I believe, for the students,” said Ma-honey.

Local: Length of the State Fair questioned National: Ground Zero mosque disputed Global: Wyclef Jean runs for office in Haiti

The Indiana State Fair came to a close last Sunday, ending a week of fried food, concerts and tractors.

Even though it’s over, there is a decision to be made. Keep the State Fair running for 17 days as it did this year, or return to a 12-day configuration such as they had previous years? The fair is already locked into going for 17 days through to 2011, but the debate to keep that trend going will start as early as this October.

It was originally decided to make the fair last 17 days in order to work with many schools pushing their start date earlier and to ensure that attendance stays up.

Still, attendance for this year was down to 952,020 people from last year’s 973,902 patrons in attendance.

by Jake Downey

Information from csmonitor.com.

Plans to build a Muslim community center and mosque in New York City mere blocks away from Ground Zero, the scene of the 9-ll attacks, have been a topic of very much debate.

Protestors gathered in lower Manhattan earlier this week, holding signs that said things such as “Vic-tory mosque.” They were there in order to express their feelings that building a mosque near the ruins of the World Trade Center, that was destroyed by Muslim extremists, is in bad taste.

The protesters channeled their anger towards the religion that they believe to be responsible for the attack, believing that the travesty happened too recently to forgive and forget.

Even though protesters such as these seem to be the most vocal, there are plenty in the city who believe the mosque shouldn’t be disputed.

Information from indystar.com. Information from cbsnews.com.

ENL Sianghngakchia caah Thawngchiaby Rosy LiantuReporter

Kum thar fatin te sianginn kai ning hi aa thleng lengmang. Khan (classes) dang dang, saya thar, le hawikom thar kan ngei hna. Tukum chung I aa thleng mi pakhat cu, aching pu (after school program) a um ti lai lo ti a si. Kan hnu kum a ching pu tan nak ah, saya/saya-mah te nih ENL sianghngakchia pawl homework an bawmh hna I a caan caan ah nuamhnak phun phun ah an kal pi hna, cu lawng hmanh si lo in mah ban tuk caan sunglawi cu, saya/sayamah te le sianghngakchia pawl I hoikomh nak zong a si ve fawn.

ENL holh leh piak tu saya Daniel Sakhong le saya Uje Ru zong a chingpu a um ti lo tik ah, an lung re a thei ngai fawn.

“Tukum chung hi ENL sianghngak-chia pawl caah a har tuk lai tiah ka zumh. Bawm tu an herh hrim hrim ko,” tiah saya Uje Ru nih a ti.

Tukum cu, ENL holh leh tu saya pawl zong an mah khan (room) an ngei ve cang. Bawmh a herh mi poah nih room 151 ah kal khawh a si. Zei tik caan poah ah kal in bawmh hal khawh an si cang.

“Sianghngakchia pawl nih an tih bik mi cu nikum ban tuk in bawmh kan ngah ti lai lo, cun kan hmak zong a tha tuk ti lai lo ti hi an tih bik mi a si,” tiah Miss Garrison (ENL teacher) nih a ti.

ENL sianghngakchia hi an nu le an pa zong nih inn ah an bawm kho hna lo, zei ruang ah kan ti a si ah cun, mirang holh an thiam ve lo caah a si. Saya/sayamah te zong si seh, ENL sianghngakchia pawl zong si hna seh, achingpu hi rinh chan ngai in an rak um. Tukum cu achingpu a um ti lo caah, sianghngakchia pawl nih ca an I zuam deuh a hau, saya/sayamah te lawng bochan lo in an mah zuam nak hi an ngeih ve a hau. Cun, saya/sayamah te zong nih bawmh khawh an I zuam deuh ding hi a herh ngai fawn.

“Kan caan hi kan upat hrim hrim a herh, study hall lawng hi caan kan ngeih mi a si caah, kan si khawh tawk te in kan ca tuah ding a si,” tiah Helen Iang (ENL student) nih a ti.

ESL Sianghngakchia Ram Thang cu IMC ah ca a tuah cuah mah ko. A zarh hnih nak Sainginn kai nak ah, ESL sianghnakchia pawl le Mrs. Jones. Photo by Nicole Straub.

by Jonathan GoodwinReporter

According to Newsweek, Southport is one of the best schools in the nation. The magazine published a list of 1,734 high schools from all over the country known as “America’s Best High Schools” earlier this summer. Southport made the list for the first time, placing 1682 out of 1,734 schools in the top six percent of the na-tion.

Newsweek generated this list from all of the public high schools in the United States whose students took more Ad-vanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) tests than there were graduating seniors in the 2008-2009 school year. Southport scored a ratio of 1.04 AP tests per graduating senior.

“It shows how much we’ve improved

in pushing students to take harder courses,” said Brouwer. “We have more than just bragging rights. I couldn’t be more proud.”

Not only did Southport make the list but it was 28th in Indiana and one of only three from Marion County. The oth-er two schools from Marion County were Lawrence North and Lawrence Central.

Newsweek also collected other sta-tistics to paint a better picture of the schools on the list. The list showed the percentage of those schools’ seniors who passed their AP test: only 9.5 percent of Southport’s seniors passed an AP test.

Brouwer wants to expand Southport’s AP program to include more classes, such as AP Environmental Science and potentially foreign languages, too. She also wants to continue pushing students to take challenging classes in the future.

“It’s the best way to impress colleges

that you apply to,” said Brouwer.Social studies teacher Bonnie Tempest

has a different view on Southport’s AP program.

“I feel that [the AP program] needs to be more polished before we expand it,” said Tempest.

Tempest had the top record for AP scores in the 2008-2009 school year: Sixty percent of her AP Government students passed the test. She feels that some AP teachers are still new at teach-ing AP classes, but their test scores will improve after a few years’ experience. Tempest also believes that AP provides a great opportunity to students, like forms of studying, although it is not completely what a college class entails.

“AP classes give students good experi-ence for some of their college classes,” said Tempest. “It’s a good accomplish-ment.”

Southport ranked among top schools

Students crowd a stairwell and head to their next class after 5th period last Thursday. Photo by Becca Tapp.

Photo design by Natalie Ullrich.

Hip-Hop star Wyclef Jean has been attempting to run for the President of Haiti in the country’s upcoming elections.

However, not all went smoothly for the Haiti-born celebrity. His plans hit a bump in the road when an electoral commission did not allow him on a final candidate list last week. He does not intend to let this be the end for his run, though, as he is appeal-ing to overturn the decision.

Jean is running on the basis that he stands for a change in politics for the earthquake-ravaged coun-try, while the other candidates are people that the public has had enough of.

Jean’s involvement has garnered interest in the election, taking place Nov. 28. The person elected shall take helm in the efforts to restore the country and get the lives of Haitians back on track.

Editor’s Note: The Journal will be featuring two stories in foreign languages (one in Spanish and another in Chin every issue. See where they

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August 27, 2010 3Student Life

by Cecilia SalasReporter

Going to Spain this past summer, senior Alli Hughes was well prepared for the language barrier. Sitting through Spanish classes and studying had prepared her for that. Learning how to adapt to a different way of life for six weeks would be more difficult.

During her trip, Hughes experienced things like bullfights, new foods, the World Cup and a different sleep schedule.

“I really wanted to go to expand my horizons a lot more and just see the differences,” said Hughes.

On days when Hughes wasn’t taking classes with the IU Honors Program, she would spend time with her host family and other friends she met through the program. According to Matt Kanwit, the conversation teacher during this year’s trip, students would go to classes then be free to do whatever activities they wanted.

“They would go around the center of the city or they would go to the beach or spend time with each other, go shopping or to museums,” said Kanwit.

They could also be in a play, choir group or be involved with sports. Many of the students took a liking to soccer.

This might have been because Spain was in the process of win-ning the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Kanwit says that Spain winning really uplifted the country.

“You could just tell the entire country erupted,” said Hughes. According to Kanwit, Soccer may be so huge in Spain because it

really has no other sports to compete with. Along with all the excitement of the World Cup, Hughes was also

able to see a bull fight, one of Spain’s popular pastimes. The fight starts off with a parade with all of the matadors, and then eventu-ally the fighting begins. Unlike here in the U.S., whistling is con-sidered bad. Matadors don’t want to hear whistling. Instead, a sign of doing well is when the audience waves around white handker-chiefs. At the end of a fight, if the bull is killed, the matador gets to cut off the ears and tail of the bull and walk around with them showing them off.

“It’s controversial because it’s torture for the bull for 15 min-utes,” said Hughes, “but they don’t abuse the meat. They sell it and use it so it doesn’t go to waste. ”

Hughes tried this bull meat as well as other unfamiliar foods to her. She also said they eat fruit for dessert which led her to be-lieve Spaniards are more health conscious. Despite all the smoking in Spain, people are generally healthier because they walk almost everywhere. Cars aren’t the first choice for transportation because most of the town’s streets can’t fit cars. If walking isn’t an option taking the bus or the metro is your best bet.

Drinking isn’t as big of a deal either. Even though at most bars you have to be 16 to drink, you can still get into these bars at any age. This laid-back feel also translates into the Spanish siesta. Spaniards are able to party until around 4:00 in the morning, get up and go to work from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. then go home between 2:00 to around 5:00 and sleep, eat a big lunch, watch TV and just relax. They may go back to work or just go socialize some more. Later they will eat dinner at midnight or after.

Though Hughes didn’t fully anticipate the differences, it only took her six weeks to adapt to a new culture.

“It was a great opportunity to go and see a different part of the world,” said Hughes.

Student faces culturaldifferences in Spain

by Jessica De La CruzReporter

Las calles están llenas de españoles mirando el partido final contra Holanda. Los dos equipos están peleando por la Copa Mun-dial. Quedan pocos minutos en el reloj y de repente, Iniesta mete el único gol del partido. El país de España estalla porque acaban de ganar la Copa Mundial. Ese tipo de experiencia es inolvidable, y senior Alli Hughes estaba en Valencia, España, cuando ocurrió. Este verano Hughes fue a Valencia través del Programa de Honor de la Universidad de Indiana.

El programa empezó en 1962, y desde entonces ha crecido y ahora tiene ocho programas en Francia, Alemania, México y Espa-ña.. El punto del programa es darles la oportunidad a estudiantes a ir al país donde se habla el idioma que estudian y sumergirse en la cultura y el idioma.

Los estudiantes que van con el programa benefician extremada-mente de su experiencia en otro país. Pero para poder estar en este programa el estudiante tiene que estar en su tercer o cuarto año de estudio de un idioma que obviamente no sea inglés. Se toma un examen lo cual dura tres horas. Después del examen el programa invita a algunos estudiantes (sobresalientes) a aplicar para estar en el programa.

“Pagamos mucho dinero, como seis mil más o menos, incluyen-do lo que vas a comprar allí,” dijo Hughes cuando fue entrevistada.

“Se aprende el idioma pero también el cómo vivir, cómo es la gente, el por qué se hacen las cosas a través de muchas experien-cias,” dijo la Señorita O’Connor, maestra de la clase de español.

Antes de ir a España Hughes estaba un poco nerviosa de ir a otro país y un poco por su familia.

“Un poquito nerviosa para mi familia aquí, mi mamá y mi her-manita pero solamente porque yo me sentía muy cómoda con el español. Entonces yo me sentía cómoda cuando llegamos allí,” dijo Hughes.

Parte del programa es ir a una escuela cuatro o cinco días a la semana. Hay cuatro maestros que enseñan diferentes materias, las cuales son gramática, literatura, conversación, cultura y fonética.

Hughes contó un poco sobre sus clases y dijo, “Aprendimos mucho porque los profesores saben mucho sobre el sujeto que enseñan.”

Estudiantes aprenden mucho con ir a la escuela, pero también se aprende cuando uno practica algo.

“Siempre es importante la inmersión, estar allí rodeado de la cultura. Estando allí se empieza a ser automático el idioma,” dijo O’Connor.

Para mejorar el español o cualquier otro idioma, se debe practi-car y hablar con otros para mejorar.

Además de mejorar su español como O’Connor, “Alli siempre ha hablado bien. Creo que ya está hablando un poco más y ha llegado con un entusiasmo para el idioma. También ha ganado confidencia, madurez, y responsabilidad, cosas que le ayudarán en el futuro.”

Hughes aprovechó del programa de I.U. y ahora tiene una expe-riencia que le ayudará en el futuro.

“Me siento más cómoda porque puedo entender mucho más cuando otros hablan conmigo. Ahora puedo entender mucho más que antes que es una cosa grande para mí, y puedo escribir mucho más con mejor gramática,” dijo Hughes.

Ella piensa continuar sus estudios del español y cuando llegue a la universidad planea especializarse en español.

by Jennifer VirdenReporter

The masterpieces of a young artist hang around a studio in the Harrison Center for the Arts, showcasing a talent and hobby he has enjoyed most of his life. 1998 South-port graduate, Carl Leck, jump-started his art career here at Southport by painting the murals that decorate the walls of the school. While Leck was a senior at South-port, he was called upon by the administra-tion to paint two murals.

“I was kind of good then, and I was always the art guy,” said Leck. “They just knew that if anyone could do it, I probably could.”

Mr. Pernell, one of Leck’s favorite teach-ers, helped him a lot with his artwork and has been a big influence in his life. Pernell remembers Leck being all about art in high school and was not surprised that Leck eventually made a career in art.

“He’s real creative. He comes up with his own materials and ideas,” said Pernell. “Just give him a topic or subject, and he’ll come up with something. It’s pretty awesome.”

Leck’s first mural at Southport, which was painted in the Cardinal’s Nest, shows a filmstrip with a cardinal in motion. The next mural he painted was in what was the Booster Club room at the time. The room is now a custodial storage place near the

Fieldhouse.After graduating high school, Leck at-

tended the Herron School of Art and Design where he was a fine arts major. While paint-ing canvases and doing drawings, he real-ized that it would be tough to find a job with his fine arts major.

“It was a tattoo artist that said, ‘So you’re a fine art major, huh? What are you going to do with that degree?’” said Leck, “and I kind of just stood back and said, ‘Really, what am I going to do with a fine arts degree?’”

Leck then realized that majoring in fine art was not a logical choice. So, he later transferred to Ball State University and switched his major to graphic design.

Even after the switch in majors, find-ing a job was still difficult. To help get his name out, he donated pieces of art to places where he thought people would see them. Leck has gotten most of his jobs by word of mouth. He believes that his quality of work is what keeps him going.

“Getting your name and your work out takes time and a lot of work,” said Leck. “You can’t just jump straight out of college and expect to survive or even make a living out of art by itself.”

In 2005, Leck was called back to South-port by a familiar teacher, Mrs. Denise Mc-Clanahan. She remembered the work he had done while he was a student, and she wanted something painted in her basket-

ball coaching office. Since she was a former teacher and friend of Leck’s, he agreed to do it.

The principal later saw Leck’s work in McClanahan’s office and asked him to paint something above the concession stand in the Fieldhouse. The music department also saw Leck’s work and asked him to paint the mural that is now seen in the music hallway.

“It was awesome. I was (at Southport) working full time basically for almost a year,” said Leck. “I’d finish one hallway and then be like ‘What about this wall?’ They’d say it was okay, then I’d finish that one and move on to the next wall. It kind of kept go-ing on like that for a long time.”

After painting more for Southport, Leck got his own studio downtown at the Harri-son Center for the Arts, where he still works today. He paints for whoever is willing to compensate him for his time and effort, whether it is a school, a residential area or a business.

Every day Leck returns to his studio, where his finished art hangs on the walls and current projects are scattered through-out the room. They all have different sto-ries behind them. Some are random, some were requested and one even came from a dream. With every piece of art he makes, he continues the passion he has had most of his life.

Estudiante viaja al extranjero con I.U.

A Spanish Summer

Former student leaves lasting mark on Southport

1. Senior Alli Hughes and friends enjoy a night in Madrid.2. The matador challenges the bull in the second of six rounds during a bull fight in Valencia.3. Hughes poses for the camera with her home-stay mother and sister before de-parting for the United States. 4. Some of the students in the IU Hon-ors Program gather for a group photo in Colòn, Valencia.

Photos contributed.

Carl Leck

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August 27, 20104 Entertainment

REVIEWS‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’

by Jennifer VirdenReporter

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” tells the story of a 23 year-old Canadian boy named Scott Pilgrim. Scott, played by Michael Cera, befriends a girl named Ramona Flow-ers, who is played by Mary Elizabeth Win-stead. He gains feelings for the girl, only to realize that he must defeat her seven evil exes before he can date her. Sounds lame, right? That’s what I thought, too.

The movie is based off of a series of six graphic novels written by Bryan Lee O’Malley. However, the movie began production while the later books were still being written, so the movie begins to differ from the books after the third evil ex. If you’re a fan of the graphic novels, be prepared to see something differ-ent.

From the very start of the movie, I was worried. I was expecting another dumb teenage comedy, and I wasn’t re-ally interested in seeing Cera play the awkward boy again. I tried my best to be optimis-tic as I walked into the theater, but it was tough.

The movie was made with a video game theme, which I didn’t think would work out very well. I was surprised when I saw how much it actually added to the movie. The onomatopoeias were shown on the screen, which made everything seem more intense. The video game type of music added a lot to the movie as well. There was a song by The Rolling Stones and a few songs by Scott’s band in the movie, Sex Bob-Omb. The soundtrack is something that is prob-ably worth listening to.

The entire movie was hilarious and the video game aspect added to that. It made me laugh like crazy every five minutes or so. I felt bad for the people sitting around me. The randomness of everything was what made the movie so funny, and the little asides by Scott were the best part.

One of the few problems I had with the movie was some of the humor. I felt like there were quite a few jokes that were directed more toward boys, which was frustrating. The movie was directed toward a very specific fan base, so it may

have been more appropriate for anime and video game fans. I wanted to laugh along with everyone else, but I guess I just didn’t understand the gamer lingo.

Also, the opening credits were obnox-ious because of the neon-colored, flashing lights everywhere. It wouldn’t have been too bad, but it dragged on for three or four minutes. I actually had to cover my eyes after a while.

Shortly into the movie, the character Knives Chau is introduced. Just after hear-ing her wonderful name, I knew she would be one of my favorites. Her quirkiness and her obsession with Scott made her a like-able character. Even though she was a little creepy at times, she still made me laugh

more than anyone else.

Ramona was also an interest-ing character. I had never seen Winstead in a movie before, although she has been in popular movies such as “Final Destination 3” and “Sky High,” but I was really impressed with what I saw. She made me want to be Ramona, mostly because of her spontaneity. It was fascinating to me.

Although Cera played another awkward boy who’s bad with girls, just as he did in movies such as “Juno” and

“Superbad,” he did it well. I’m still hoping he breaks out of that shell eventually. His awkwardness still made him just as ador-able as always though, which made the movie even more enjoyable.

Another character I found entertaining was Wallace, Scott’s gay roommate. He intruded on Scott’s life pretty often, which made him seem more like a dad than a roommate. Keeping up with his partners was exhausting, but he was still one of my favorites in the movie.

After the feel-good ending of “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” I was speechless, and I wasn’t really sure if that was a good thing or not. When I could finally muster up some words, I decided that it was a very good thing. The movie was satisfying. It was almost everything you could want in a movie. It had likeable characters and it was funny and interesting. If I were a video game-playing boy, it would have been perfect.

‘No Better Than This’

‘The Postcard Killers’

‘Dragon Quest IX’by Corey MillsReporter

“Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies,” released July 11, 2010 exclusively for the Nintendo DS, is a change for the long running franchise. The ninth install-ment of the series is the first to be hand-held-only. The Dragon Quest series follows a formulaic system. “Sentinels of the Starry Skies” changes the direction of the genre, but ultimately stays true to its roots as a solid Japanese Role Play Game (JRPG) with plenty to do and hours of amusement.

Players create a character that is a guardian over the world and is sent down to the mortal realm they look over. Game play is straightforward and is similar to

many other turn-based role playing games. Enemies appear in the over world and bat-tles are initiated by running into them, al-lowing players to avoid them if they want. Battles are turn based, which can become boring after a while, but new enemies and new techniques revive the excitement.

The controls and graphics are excellent and are accompanied by catchy music. The main problems of the game lie within its confusing plot. While you’re given free-dom to roam around, you don’t get much direction. It’s a small flaw, but it can create frustrating moments. The plot itself was interesting and kept me going from quest to quest. Overall, “Dragon Quest IX” takes a large step forward for the series in creating a very accessible JRPG.

by Cara HinhReporter

John Mellencamp’s newest album title, “No Better This,” begins with “Save Some Time to Dream,” a song that told a story that was uplifting. In fact the whole album, like many of Mellencamp’s previ-ous albums, each song is a different part of the whole story that is the album. The tale of high school love, to a loveless mar-riage, with anything else that could happen mixed in. The lyrics made you think of sunsets, summer and the ‘good ol’ days,’ the sound that Mellencamp carries through the whole CD is one in the same.

Light acoustic and folky guitar are mixed with the sounds of violins and har-

monicas, while electric guitars play simple but powerful patterns with a few guitar solos thrown in there. Mellencamp’s voice throughout the whole CD has the same kind of tone, raw and unedited sounding vocals that seemed far away, and seem to echo naturally as if you were inside the recording studio with him.

The thing that was disappointing about the CD was that, when you weren’t listen-ing with a lot of focus, you hear the songs go by, and a lot of them you have trouble distinguishing one from another, and the stories and music seem to blend into one.

Mellencamp’s storytelling CD wasn’t the best, but it certainly wasn’t anywhere near the worst. We’ll just have to wait and see if his next album can get better than this.

by Kayla GreenReporter

One of America’s bestselling authors, James Patterson, teamed up with acclaimed European author, Liza Marklund, and together, they created a thriller based on murders throughout Europe. In the novel, Jacob Kanon, homicide detective, roams Europe restlessly in search of his daughter’s murderers. These brutal cutthroats were nicknamed ‘The Postcard Killers’ from the postcard they send to the local news stations of their victims’ home towns preceding the murders – hence the title of the book.

The main character is a grieving father with intense determination for his goal.

This alone casts an emotionally loaded light on the plot, creating a fitting mood for the thriller that Patterson and Marklund intended to produce. The style of writing is smooth and stocked with imagery, creating a vivid picture of European scenery.

Patterson and Marklund have done a decent job of reviving the old art of writing murder novels, though it sometimes seemed a little cliché or overdone. There wasn’t big of a plot twist as one would imagine would be in a thriller, but the witty banter between characters and many references to famous art adds a lot of color to the story in compensation.

Overall, I found “The Postcard Killers” to be an engaging novel that was a rather quick read and a real page-turner.

{volumeV} by Karalie Hensley

EASY AStarring Emma Stone

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MACHETEStarring Danny Trejo

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GOING THE DISTANCEStarring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long

LEGEND OF SIGURD AND GUDRUN

by J.R.R. Tolkien

SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER

NOTHING

A THOUSAND SUNSby Linkin Park

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August 27, 2010 5Features

Student battles sleep for more than 48 hours

Sleep disorders have negative effects on Southport students

Common Sleep Disorders

Information from www.neurologychannel.com

My room was dark, but my tired eyes could make out the clock. It was five thirty in the morning and I had seven hours of school ahead of me. When I woke up on that Friday, I slowly climbed out of bed and I real-ized that the short amount of sleep I just had would have to last me until Sunday. According to webmd.com, most doctors recommend that teen-agers get at least nine hours of sleep each night. I usually averaged about six hours which barely gets me through the day.

The first week of school can be rough for kids. Going from staying up all night with no consequences to having to get enough sleep to get them through the school day can be a big transition. After having a hard week with little sleep, I was going to let myself stay up for more than 48 hours and see if lack of sleep really had the effects that doctors often warned us of.

Sites like medicalnewstoday.com tell the repercussions of lack of sleep for teens over some time. Problems can include teenagers falling asleep during class and doing homework without a clear train of thought. Approximately one fifth of teenagers are actually getting the recommended night of sleep. This could be dangerous with teenagers driv-ing so frequently while not being completely alert.

After I got home from school that Friday my eyes begged me for a nap. I was more tired than usual after the first week of school and my body needed rest, but I remained awake throughout the night with help from a lot of caffein-ated diet coke. The caffeine worked but I couldn’t help but realize that using caffeine to keep myself awake would only

have negative repercussions. Websites like wealthy-choices.com show that caffeine not only causes health problems over time, but usually ends in an energy crash.

I spent Saturday lying around. Honestly, I had little energy to do much else. I tried convincing myself that I wasn’t really that tired but my body didn’t buy it. I tried to go about

doing normal activities but I couldn’t wait to just sit down and rest. Saturday night was a long one. I did my best to stay up but I found myself nodding in and out of consciousness until morning.

What a lot of kids don’t realize is that pulling an “all nighter” can cause problems later on. Teenagers are often up late-night studying or staying up late to finish a movie, but if these habits become routine it could affect them as adults. A lot of adults suffer from stress from lack of sleep. A lot of cases of depression are contrib-uted by the lack of sleep that adults get. Teenagers stay-ing up late to do things that should just be put off until morning, need to learn the negative effects that could have.

For me, sleep had never come as easily as it did that night. I was truly exhausted and the second I let my head hit the pillow, I was satisfied with the calm of sleep. I really do understand why we are recommended to sleep about a third of each days. Our bodies just cannot function without having the opportunity to recharge. I will never take for granted another good night of sleep.

Senior Tanna Carpenter watches television at home to stay awake on Sunday, Aug. 15. Carpenter stayed up the whole weekend, from 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13, to 2 p.m. Sunday. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

by Tanna Carpenter Reporter

“I don’t think my father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased to hear about this.”

by Brittany HemphillReporter

Being awake all night and staring at the ceiling is nothing new to juniors Jackie Deck and Alicia Cañas. Each have experi-enced walking through the halls of South-port without any sleep from the night before. Sleep disorders have had major im-pact on both students’ lives, even though they suffer from separate disorders.

Sleepdeprivation.com reports that nearly 30 percent of all teens suffer from some sort of a sleep disorder. Although the majority of those teens suffer from the minor delayed sleep phase syndrome, some teens deal with more serious sleep disorders.

“I really thought somebody was trying to suffocate me or kill me,” said Cañas about her first time experiencing her sleep disorder, sleep paralysis.

Early Feb. of last year, Cañas woke in the middle of the night and felt a large amount of pressure on her chest. She was completely aware of what was going on around her, but she was physically para-lyzed. Cañas could not talk or move and it was hard to breathe.

“I would say my ABC’s until it was done...” said Cañas. “ Then I would just stay up all night because I was afraid to go to sleep.”

The lack of sleep negatively affected her day-to-day life. Instead of being awake

and alert during school, Cañas would fall asleep because she was so exhausted.

After weeks of experiencing sleep paralysis, Cañas had found the cure to her disorder. While researching an English paper on dreams, she came across sleep paralysis. Cañas found out that it can

often be caused by sleeping on her back. That night Cañas didn’t sleep on her back and she has yet to wake up in the middle of the night with no control of her body again.

Deck can relate to Cañas in many ways. Deck suffers with a more well-known sleep

disorder, insomnia. Insomnia is when your body does not let you fall asleep, you have a hard time getting to sleep or you cannot stay asleep.

“I just wasn’t able to sleep... no matter what,” said Deck.

Beginning her eighth grade year, Deck found herself unable to go to sleep at night. Her parents and doctor blamed the normal “teenage issues” for her inability to fall asleep, but during Deck’s sophomore year, she finally got an answer to her sleepless nights.

“There was a big change in my grades so my mom addressed me about it,” said Deck. “And I told her I was not sleeping at night... at all.”

Another visit to the doctor and Deck was diagnosed with insomnia. She was given sleeping aides to take and her sleeping habits began to change. Typically taking the medicine around 8:00 or 9:00 at night, Deck falls asleep between 11:30 and 12:00 now.

”I’ve thought about flipping my sched-ule completely,” said Deck.

After high school, Deck is seriously considering altering her daily schedule and sleeping methods to gain more energy throughout the day without medicine.

Whether it is not being able to fall asleep at night or waking up in the middle of the night—juniors Alicia Cañas and Jackie Deck both know the true meaning and consequences of sleep deprivation.

Junior Jackie Deck was first affected with insomnia her 8th grade year. Photo by Nicole Straub.

Insomnia- This is the inability to fall asleep. Most people experi-ence this sometime during their lives and it is often caused by stress or another disease.

Sleep Apnea- This disorder is interrupted breathing during sleep. It happens because of a problem in the windpipe and it also can be a sign of a neurological disease affecting the nerve cells.

Narcolepsy- People that are affected by narco-lepsy fall asleep un-controllably during the day. Sleeping can come unexpectedly, includ-ing when the person is engaged in activity.

Sleep Paralysis- This common sleep disor-der does not allow the movement of arms, legs or even the whole body of a person when they are waking up or going to sleep.

Photo by Brandon Bushong.

Sleepless Nights

Last year, I sat in my English class when suddenly my teacher requested that the students who wanted to get married later in life to raise their hands. Shockingly, very few hands went up though nearly everyone was awake. Strangely, my arm was casually extended upward. I found it odd that the people that could get married were opting out of doing so. Unfortunately for me, I can’t marry here or many other places for that matter because I happen to be rather gay. Consequently, if I were to marry, I’d want to marry a girl.

To brush up on some semi-recent his-tory, California altered the legal definition marriage to make it non-specific. Gays ate this change up. Marriage licenses were pumped out at alarming rates to over 4,000 homosexual couples, many couples coming from other states in order to tie the knot. A year or so later, Proposi-tion 8 was proposed, which would define marriage as being between a man and a

woman. By default, it would end the gay marriages that were taking place. Despite long protests on both sides, Prop 8 (also known as Prop H8) was passed. Now, things are changing but still complicated. Of course, the battle of opinions remains the same.

If you look in any dictionary and aver-age out what you find, you’ll see that the gist of marriage’s definition is this: a mar-riage union between a man and a woman. This is also the legal outlook on the matter for most states. This pleases some and an-gers others. The main arguments defend-ing Webster’s definition are a few quotes pulled from the Bible along with just a few varying religious sentiments or just the ‘I think it’s gross’ saying. That is where I start to have a little hissy fit.

It is also said that marriage is sacred. I’m guessing too sa-cred for two people of the same gender to be included. As a reasonably sound person, I find this hard to believe that people with mindsets similar to Brittany Spears are getting married and divorced within a week. If marriage

is that sacred, an ultimate ban on divorce would seem to be the best and most logical option. Perhaps I’m just crazy though.

Though it can be a religious unification with flowing dresses and well-planned, sa-cred ceremonies, it does not have to be. It can still contain well-planned ceremonies and flowing dresses.

If religion was a requirement for mar-riage, how would Atheists marry? They wouldn’t. Regardless, they have every right to tie the knot.

This is a prime example of how your be-liefs should not stop two people from mar-rying. Marriage is ideally an expression of love. Your emotions and your government are the only things that truly have a say in your marriage decision making. In a legal sense, God, Buddha, or any other religious

symbols are not required to take part in a marriage, meaning they shouldn’t decide who marries who.

Does that make government better than God? Of course not, then again how should I know?

This is just a simple matter of equal-ity. I, along with many other girls, want to be able to call another female my wife. Despite how strange that sounds, I will re-serve my right to want and strive for that. Interracial couples weren’t able to marry in the past. I have hope that same-sex cou-ples will be able to in the near future. If I were to marry, crops would not burn and people would not suddenly die. This nation was founded on the idea of equality. If gay marriage is legalized, we would be taking a large step in the living up to that idea.

August 27, 20106 Opinion

Marriage should not be limited to different-sex couples

Opinions create chances, necessity for life

This past Monday, our state super-intendent Dr. Tony Bennett made a speech in Warren Township outlaying his plan for education in the state of Indiana. It’s the first speech of many that will soon come from Bennett’s new Education Reform Cabinet.

If the ideas Bennett has move for-ward in our education system, teachers could lose their jobs now.

Right now is a huge time for reform in America. It seems that everything is getting reformed – health care reform, economic reform… We’re changing a lot of things from the way they used to be run. Education is not exempt from this, and words like “reform” and “re-structure” can often be seen peppering speeches from Bennett. I won’t ques-tion the fact that our education system is ailing – I do believe we need reform – but not in the way Bennett sees it.

The crux of Bennett’s speech is this: the payment of teachers in schools today is directly correlative to the teacher’s experience in the field, not necessarily based on student perfor-mance. This is where we get concepts like tenure – which provides job secu-rity to teachers who have been work-ing for a long time. At the focal point of Bennett’s speech, he introduces the most disturbing idea he has in the whole speech:

“…we must have a meaningful sys-tem for evaluating teachers and build-ing administrators ... once we have a consistent and fair way to evaluate educators, we should use those evalu-

ations to reward, remediate and even remove teachers as appropriate.”

Now, I do not disagree with the concept behind this quote. Frankly, it makes sense to pay teachers on a merit-based system. It’s how virtually all other professions pay employees, it ensures bigger rewards for better teachers. But as I glance over that quote again, one phrase sticks out to me – “a meaningful system for evaluat-ing teachers and building administra-tors.”

Where I have issues with this educa-tion reform lies in that very phrase: I simply believe we do not currently possess a meaningful system for evalu-ating teachers and building administra-tors. The current way the state evalu-ates our teachers are standardized tests.

All this boils down to one terrible truth: if these ideas become mandated, teachers could get fired over student performance. Why is this terrible? There are so many more elements to teaching than the bottom line test scores. Students aren’t statistics, they aren’t third-quarter profits, they’re not quantitative data. They’re living, breathing people – with different home situations, with different inclinations and declinations in relation to school, things that have nothing to do with school. Some students will pass a class no matter how terrible a teacher is – and others would fail even if they had the best teacher in the state.

This new proposition by Bennett is unfounded, and clearly the plan of a man who hasn’t practiced his craft for many, many years.

Students: please. If you can liter-ally think of at least one teacher who deserves the job they have (and I sincerely hope you can), write a letter to Dr. Tony Bennett. Tell him you care about our schools - but you care about our teachers too.

Bennet’s plan unbased, needs to be stopped

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“An unexamined life is not worth living,” a quote from Socrates, a Greek philosopher and a quote that I happened across in my Hu-manities book, proving that something good could come from that class. What it means is that if you go through life without examin-ing yourself, the people and the places around you, what king of life will you have? According to Socrates, a life not worth living and I have to agree.

And by doing so, I’ve formed the opinion that peo-ple who don’t form opinions, or examine the world around them, are missing something in their lives. More than just information about the space and people around us, but about ourselves. This may make me sound like a snobby person who only appreciates intelligence, but it’s more than that it’s about having a good opinion of yourself.

I believe that everyone who has the oppor-tunity to learn and make decisions about the world should do so, and have a desire to do so. According to PBS.org, only forty percent of Americans read the newspaper, and the number of Americans that get the news has gone down by ten percent since 1994 in the U.S.

Of course, the opportunity isn’t given to everyone. When I visited Viet Nam, a few years back, I witnessed something that will always stick with me. The sight of children begging or selling post cards to foreigners

to make money so that they can have some-thing to eat or a place to lay their heads. The saddest part about all this was that a few feet back you could see their mother or father watching while their child talks to complete strangers.

Those children, the ones that learned English to talk to the people that they get their living from, I’m sure would jump at any opportunity to come to a U.S. high school and take the basic core classes, that we as students complain about.

Not to say I have never complained, or taken for granted the things that I have. I‘ve realized, as someone who lives in the U.S., how lucky I am to have been able to learn in a place where the person across the room, no

matter their financial troubles that they can attend school.

To me an “examined” life is simply a life where you pursue knowledge of the world and of yourself. To know what is happening around the world and how you feel about what is hap-pening and to be able to take a firm stance on it. And for those who learn the world and know it, to not just know the facts but to learn about themselves by not just sitting on the fence, but jumping up to take a side.

You don’t have to be a ge-nius to have examined your

life though either you can know yourself, and how you feel without having to know the location of Germany or who was president in 1977 and how it was relevant. Knowing yourself is the most important part of life, knowing you, let’s you make the decisions you want, it lets you make the opinions that shape your life and make your life worthy. It allows you to be able to

So am I telling you to go home, watch the news every night, and research about the entire world? That has to be decided by you, because what makes up a life that is worth living is up to you to decide.

I believe that ev-eryone who has the opportunity to learn and make decisions about the world should do so, and want to do so.

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“WHAT?!?! DUMBLEDORE DIES?!?!?!?!”

California’s Proposition 8 Timeline

May 15, 2008 | California Supreme Court decides that existing bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.

June 2, 2008 | Proposition 8 is submitted with 1,120,801peitition signatures.

November 8, 2008 | Proposition 8 passes with 52 percent of the vote.

November 19, 2008 | The California Supreme Court accepts three lawsuits against the constitutionality of Proposition 8 that become the case of Strauss v. Horton.

Proposition 8 supports that “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

May 26, 2009 | Proposition 8 remains unaltered in the Strauss v. Horton case. Perry v. Schwarzenegger follows, challenging Proposition 8’s constitutionality.

August 4, 2010 | U.S. district court Judge Vaughn Walker overrules Proposition 8 in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

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MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the Southport High

School Journal is to inform the student body of timely events and issues that affect their lives while being a voice for the faculty, staff and community.

Student journalists are guaranteed the First Amendment rights of the Constitution. Staff members will observe the same legal responsibilities as those imposed on all news media, thus will refrain from production of material that:

1. Is obscene, according to community standards;

2. Is libelous, according to the legal definition;

3. Creates a clear and present danger of the immediate material and substantial physical disruption of the school.

The Editor-in-Chief is solely responsible for all content.

Views found in the Journal do not necessarily reflect the opinions the Journal staff or faculty, staff or administration of Southport High School or the Metropolitan District of Perry Township.

STAFF LISTEditor-in-Chief

LUCAS SWEITZER ‘11

Managing Editor of DesignSHIVANI PARIKSHAK ‘11

Copy EditorADRIENNE WAGNER ‘11

Editor of The CompassEMILY ODLE ‘11

News EditorJAKE DOWNEY ‘11

Student Life EditorNATALIE ULLRICH ‘11

Entertainment EditorWES KEOWN ‘11

Features EditorALI DEHART ‘12

Opinion EditorRACHAEL DILLON ‘11

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Sports EditorKINSEY GOFF ‘11

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StaffJOEY BANFIELD ‘11

ASHLYN BRIDGEWATER ‘12TANNA CARPENTER ‘11JESSICA DE LA CRUZ ‘13

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ROSY LIANTU ‘11MATT LYTLE ‘12

COREY MILLS ‘12CECILIA SALAS ‘12

NICOLE STRAUB ‘12NOELLE STRAUB ‘12REBECCA TAPP ‘12

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AdviserMR. MIKE KLOPFENSTEIN

PrincipalMS. BARBARA BROUWER

ARE YOU OPINIONATED?Students, staff and community

members are welcome to write a letter-to-the-editor that will be published in The Journal when space is available. Letters-to-the-editor must be received five days prior to publication date. Submissions should be short and concise, not exceeding 300 words. They are subject to editing for content, grammar and length. All letters must be signed. Personal or unfair attacks of businesses or individuals will not be published. Bring all submissions to room 400 or address an envelope to Mr. Mike Klopfenstein and take it to the Main Office. Submissions also may be e-mailed to shsjournal@class.perryschools.org.

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{theHEADSCRATCHER} How do you feel about eight period days?

“I’m comfortable with them because I just

came from the middle school.”

- Freshman Joey Lane

“I like having eight periods a day. it makes the week go faster and days more interesting.”- Junior Emma Hughes

“I love the eight period classes, I can

get through the bad classes faster.”

- Sophomore Matt Russell

“When I think about having eight periods a day, it makes me want

to puke... kind of like when I see Matlock.”- Senior Daly Andis

Now, I know you just read above where it tells you this is going to be an editorial written by Holly Hightower, Katja Krasnovsky and Lucas Sweitzer, but this first Southport Address is different. This is senior Lucas Sweitzer, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal, and I wanted to take this space to tell everyone all of the new exciting plans we have for this school year.

In case you didn’t know, The Journal is Southport’s semi-weekly newspaper - in fact, you’re reading it now. Semi-weekly means it comes out every two to three weeks, enough to the point where there are 14 issues in a school year - seven

in each semester. In addition to The Journal, we are producing an additional publication this year - The Compass. It will be in tabloid size (half the size of the paper you are holding now), eight pages long and about one particular subject - a more in-depth look at certain issues pertinent to Southport students.

Another thing The Journal is changing this coming year is the inclusion of stories in foreign languages. More than ten percent of our school does not speak English primarily, and we are including a story in Spanish and a story in Chin every issue, so students of all backgrounds can enjoy The Journal.

We also plan on introducing The Journal’s civic project in the first few issues - we are going to be reporting on a recurring subject to see if we can inspire to improve the world around us.

The Journal is here to provide a necessary service to the students of Southport. To inform the student (and sometimes teacher) body about recent and important developments with and about our school. To teach students about any other topics they might find appealing or interesting. To change minds and opinions. It’s a wonderful privilege to have, and I’m so proud to be a part of it. Here we go. I hope you enjoy it.

theSOUTHPORTaddress:The Southport Address is an editorial written based on the consensus opinion of seniors Holly Hightower (Editor-in-Chief of The Anchor), Katja Krasnovsky (Bureau Chief of the News Bureau) and Lucas Sweitzer (Editor-in-Chief of The Journal).

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Beating RoncalliWe’re on the road to 9-0, go Cards!

PokémonGOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL!

Musical AuditionsWho will the shoe fit?

State FairHelp me as I go into my food coma!

Beauty Pageant$10 an hour to work it? I’m in!

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*These are opinions of the Journal staff

Being SickIt’s only the third week of schoo...a...a...ACHOOOOO!

Summer EndingJust as we were getting used to 10 hours of sleep every night...

No HomeroomNo more homeroom bonding time!

No RainOur grass is thirsty!

Retired TeachersD-Dodd, you will be missed.

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by Adrienne WagnerCopy Editor

As I walked through door 14 just a few weeks ago my mind began to implode with thoughts. It is another year, another schedule, another life. We walk through the awkward smelling hallways to find our freshly greased lockers and our first period classes waiting with old textbooks and joyous teachers. For a lot of us this is just another year. For freshman, this is just the beginning. Welcome to Southport High School.

My freshman year I took a class in ceramics. I molded and cut and squished many different pieces of clay, just hoping to come out with something looking like a vase, or a guitar or whatever the as-signment would be for that week. It was a lengthy process full of many steps, mis-takes and a hope for success. As I look at the freshman class this year, I see those same pieces of clay. As I look at my class of seniors I see nearly finished projects, fired in the kiln and waiting for paint.

I look at this graduating class of 2011 and remember when we were all lost. I’ve watched old friends find ways into the drama department, realizing musi-cals were what these four years were supposed to be about. I’ve had friends dedicate life to three long seasons of sports a year, now hoping to finish out with a winning season and something to be proud of. I’ve watched other friends join the speech team and win state championships after hours of hard work. At the same time I’ve watched as friends

lost their way into the world of drugs and alcohol, a sad reality that at one point seemed so far away.

On the short road of high school there are so many stops to make along the way. Some girls will get pregnant and have babies of their own. Some people choose to drop out, giving up so early on the trip. Some people choose to dedicate time and effort to become the most in-volved students they can be. But what all of us must remember is that there is no rush to get to the destination, in our case, graduation.

No matter what the case, ultimately we decide who we are. We are our activities, our friends, our words and our actions. From the first day of high school we have a choice to get involved and dedicate ourselves to something worth our pas-sion. We change and evolve and after the four year experiment we end up with an individual.

My vision for our school includes suc-cess in every area possible. We dabble in sports victories and strong clubs, but we still lack interest and dedication from every student.

This year our school motto is “I am who I choose to be.” I want this motto to be more than just a poster in the caf-eteria. It needs to become a reality for Southport, not an unattainable goal. At the end of the day, there is nobody to blame for mistakes but the face looking back in the mirror.

As freshmen begin these first few weeks of school, they take the first steps towards developing themselves.

At freshman orienta-tion I remember being amazed at everything I could get involved in. The orientation did not lie. It is never too late to begin the long process of making oneself. I encourage freshmen to take advantage of the opportunities given.

The ultimate goal in ceramics was to end up with a piece of artwork. These pieces were not factory made, but unique and individual. Some pieces ended up with cracks and creases and holes. Some pieces collapsed in the kiln, not strong enough to withstand the heat that the final stage brought upon it. A lot of pieces ended up as beautiful pieces of art.

I’ve poured myself into a varsity sport for four years. I’ve spent hours staring at a computer screen, trying to come up with 700 words that only a few people might read. I’ve spent late nights study-ing for AP classes and hours upon hours of washing carts at the golf course by my house.

As the school year begins I can only hope that each and every person takes advantage of every chance given and eventually becomes a unique master-piece.

As high school unfolds, our lives follow AwkwardI d e a l s

of an average AMERICAN

August 27, 20108 Photos

Getting the Ball Rolling...

(Above) Senior Brandon Iaria chases after the ball in a match against Green-wood on Aug. 16. The Cardinals emerged victorious by beating the Woodmen by a score of 2-1, pushing their record to 2-0. Photo by Nicole Straub. (Right) Junior Ronnie Jones (right) emotionally celebrates a Southport win against Roncalli on Friday, Aug. 20 with his teammate, junior Demarcus Jones (left). The Cardinals won their first game of the season with a score of 28-21, and look to go 2-0 against Anderson High School at Lucas Oil Stadium tomorrow. Photo by Brandon Bushong. (Below) Seniors Chelsea Angelo and Chelsea Brothers await the serve during the volleyball team’s Red/White Scrimmage on Friday, Aug. 13. The volleyball team started its season undefeated and won the Southport Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 21. Photo by Becca Tapp.

(Left) Junior Abby Springer fights to maintain possession of the ball during a match against Greenwood on Monday, Aug. 16. The Cardinals fought hard, but ultimately fell to Greenwood by a score of 5-3. Photo by Becca Tapp. (Above left) Senior Alex Smith hits the ball during ten-nis practice on Friday, Aug. 20. The boys’ team won its first match of the season against Decatur Central, 3-2. (Above right) The girls’ cross country team runs around the Southport campus during practice on Thursday, Aug. 19. The team placed second in the Richmond Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 21. (Below right) Senior Carlton Byrd runs past Roncalli defenders at the game on Friday, Aug. 20. The Cardinals held off a Rebel comeback to hold on for the win. (Below left) The boys’ cross country team runs around Perry Stadium at practice on Monday, Aug. 23. The team begins its season at the Purdue Invitational tomorrow. Photos by Brandon Bushong.

With a new school year comes new opportunities. Along with these opportunities comes the chance for fall athletes to shine and strive for a great season. Many Cardinal athletes are doing just that. The boys’ soccer and volleyball teams remained undefeated as of Monday, Aug. 23, and the football team pulled off a hard-fought victory last Friday against rival Roncalli.

August 27, 2010 9Sports

by Matt Lytlereporter

Coming off an 8-22 season last year, the Southport girls’ volleyball team is looking to make a surprise. One would think that the team would be devastated, but with a very successful summer, the Lady Cards are looking forward to a very uprising season.

The volleyball team traveled to a few tournaments this summer. Every Wednes-day, they would travel to Warren Central High School to compete with teams in the conference and around the state in the Warren Central League. They finished with a record of 10-2 in the tournament.

“We are much better at our basic skills in which will help us win games,” said captain senior Chelsea Brothers.

The girls trav-eled down to the University of Ken-tucky for a team camp and tourna-ment as well. Ac-cording to Brothers, they improved their skills and conditioned very well down south. The team finished in sixth place out of 26 teams total.

Summer tournaments were not the only success the girls had in the past couple of months. The workouts were a bit different from past summers. A lot of the team would say that they were much more intense and harder.

“There was one where we had to run 20 stair laps and then another where we worked outside,” said Brothers. “We ran a lap around the track and ten a stair lap on the stadium steps. We did that five times.”

The volleyball team also had a huge

amount of conditioning with the girls’ basketball team over the summer. Both coaches of the two sports were plan-ning on getting the girls’ ready for their seasons. They put their minds together and came up with new and more intense workouts for the ladies.

“I wanted us to be in the best physical shape for the season,” said Head Coach Kristina Johnson.

Bonding is also something the girls did this summer to improve their game on the court. There was the traditional sleepover that takes place every year at a player’s house. This year it was held at sophomore

Erin Maddigan’s house. They got to know one another better and created friendships not only on the floor, accord-ing to Brothers.

“Our chemistry is very good and we all get along well. It is just all very fun,” said Brothers.

Coach Johnson had a team cookout at her house on the very last weekend of the summer. There was also the teams’ camp in Kentucky

which had a lot of bonding time for the ladies. All of these events contributed to the chemistry of the group. The team is looking forward to seeing how their bond-ing will affect the incoming season.

Due to the hard work and a very suc-cessful summer, everyone at the school and in the Southport area is expecting a fantastic season from the volleyball team. As of Monday Aug. 23, the volleyball team has a record of 5-0.

“As far as the season goes,” said John-son, “what I expect from the team is hard work, lots of intensity, lots of communi-cation, and I am definitely expecting a winning record.”

Work during summer strengthens team

Senior Chelsea Brothers serves the ball on Friday, Aug. 13 at the Red/White Scrimmage. The volleyball team has started its season undefeated. Photo by Becca Tapp.

meet the COACHES

“My key to success is to play smart, fundamental, disciplined football and not make any mistakes.”

“Hard work beats talent when talent forgets to work hard!”

“This year we’ve got a lot of young players and we’re trying to get them playing at the top of their game. It’s about learning and competing.”

“Our key to suc-cess is consistent training, hard work, keeping a positive attitude. Athletes who stick together through difficult times and who put the team first.”

“Success is when the victory ship comes in after it has been at sea and all members can say we.”

“If I can get the underclassmen to come around, we can have a great season.”

“We need to continue player development and stability within the program.”

The head coach of the girls’ soccer team, Hamid Siadat, resigned on Monday Aug, 23. As of Tuesday Aug. 24, a new coach has not been hired. Keep an eye out for in-formation on the new coach, after one has been hired, on News Bureau. Arthur Miller, the assistant coach, will be filling in as the interim head coach while the team waits for a coach to be hired.

Bob HumblesGirls Golf

Harry SchwartzBoys Tennis

Dennis BruceBoys Cross Country

Nathan FishelGirls Cross Country

Kristina JohnsonVolleyball

Josh BrownBoys Soccer

Bill PeeblesFootball

-Cookout at Coach Johnson’s-Traditional Sleepover-2-a-days-UK camp, 6th place in the tournament-Warren Central League, 10-2

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With Kenneth Hawkins

1. Step on the feet. - Take a step with your leading foot towards the ball carrier.2. Bite the ball. -Tuck your head and put your nose where the ball carrier is holding the ball.3. Shoot the arms violently.-Keep your head down, then shoot your arms up the ball carriers back, under their arms, violently and grab the back of their jersey.4. Roll your hips and finish.-Roll your hips up, without letting go of the ball carrier. Then run for-ward and finish through with the tackle.

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Photos by Becca Tapp.

The volleyball team spent lots of time together this summer to strengthen team chemistry.

Girls Soccer

August 27, 201010 Sports

by Taylor DeHartReporter

As Abby Springer and Allie Radford suit up for their games this year, they will have large shoes to fill as junior captains.

This year’s girls’ soccer team is dominated by the junior class. With there only being a small handful of seniors this year, this has opened up many leadership spots for younger players.

There are currently four seniors on the girls’ soccer team, giving the impression that there could be two senior captains like any other year.

Junior captains Springer and Radford were first intro-duced as the new varsity captains at a practice over the sum-mer. All of the other players may have been surprised by the decision, but according to former coach Hamid Siadat, age doesn’t matter when it comes to leadership on the team.

“Well to me the age doesn’t mean anything, “said Siadat. “You could be a freshman or sophomore, it just matters about the leadership you have. Age means nothing; it just matters about your leadership and playing capability.”

Having a big influence on the team by their leadership for the next few weeks will be crucial to the way their season goes. Not only captains need to step up but young players also.

Captain Springer has had a big influence on the team through her play on the field although the team has had a 0-2 start. She has had all five of the teams’ goals through two games this season and is looking for more.

Junior captain Radford thinks that having two younger captains is a very positive thing. After the first loss the young captains are learning from their experiences.

“Abby and I have had rocky times working everything out while trying to handle all of the responsibilities in the beginning,” said Radford, “but now it is working out very smoothly.”

According to Radford, the seniors on the girls’ soccer team have no problem with having younger captains.

“The seniors still have a say in decision making,” said Rad-ford, “and feel very much in charge as well.”

Junior captain Springer not only showed leadership in an off the field way, but during their first game on Monday, August 16th she scored all three goals for the Cardinals. The Cardinals did not end up winning that game but the leader-ship is obvious.

“We will have our work cut out for us with all the hard teams in our conference,” said Springer. “But I believe we will bond as a team and be ready for games and seasons to come.”

According to athletic director, Mr. Pete Hubert, Siadat had to step down this week due to time constraints with his other job. He is still going to support the ladies by going to many of their games throughout the season.

“Well I think Allie and I will handle it pretty well”, said Springer, “We have experience leading the team while coach Siadat was away at work. I think we will lead them pretty well because we are used to taking the lead.”

The assistant coach, Mr. Arthur Minor, will take over as the interim coach for now while they are still looking for a replacement for Siadat. Due to the absence of head coach, the junior captains will have a lot of pressure on their shoul-ders for the next few weeks until they find a coach.

“Everybody was really quiet,” said junior Dani Biggerstaff, “We will all miss him and we will be upset not having him around.”

(Above) The girls’ soccer team runs during practice on Monday, Aug. 23. This year’s team is led by the juniors, including Allie Radford and Danielle Biggerstaff. (Below) Junior Abby Springer practices her juggling skills with interim head coach Arthur Minor. Springer is one of two captains on the team. Photos by Nicole Straub.

by Joey BanfieldReporter

Maybe the greatest female athlete of all time, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, once said, “If you win through bad sportsmanship, that’s no real victory.”

This quote has powerful meaning. If you don’t win with your head held high then what’s it worth, right? Remember your coach telling you to line up and shake the other team’s hands to be a good sport? Win or lose, you did it.

Athletes learn sportsmanship as children, and they keep that knowledge for the rest of they’re lives. Or do they?

Apparently the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals didn’t get the message. In the middle of the first inning on August 11th, benches cleared in Great American Ballpark and a skirmish let loose. Starting Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto, while wearing metal spiked cleats, kicked opposing players with the talents of a judo master.

With bloody opponents left behind what was Cueto’s punishment? Just a seven game suspen-sion.

Imagine if two high school athletes were to get into a fight, they would be suspended for the rest of the season, maybe kicked off the team, and depending on the severity of the fight, expulsion. What about if two high school coaches got into a fight? I’m sure they would be fired, there’s no doubt in my mind.

If I go out on the streets and get into a fight with a complete stranger then I get arrested for assault and battery. Why is it that a professional athlete can beat someone’s head in full view of dozens of policemen and his punishment is a fine and a couple games off? He gets a couple bucks taken out of his hands, a “don’t do it again,” a pat on the hand, and he’s on his way.

Shouldn’t there be legal actions for such brutal-ity? Well guess what? There are legal actions and laws for this, although it’s in the athletes favor. A lawyer was brought on to the Reds radio talk show and said that there is an agreement between the players and the administration that says that as long as players are participating in a sporting event and it’s in the heat of a competition then there are very rarely legal repercussions for their actions, which is outrageous.

According to the company USLegal, “currently only a few major cases appear to set a standard for prosecuting athletes for violence… Where the line is drawn between acceptable (within the rules) and unacceptable (outside the rules) violence remains unclear.”

If the sports administration wanted to stop fighting in sports today, they could. They could say that if athletes get into a fight, they get suspended for the remainder of the season. If they get into another fight, then they are suspended for life.

Say Albert Pujols got into a fight and sus-pended, then ratings would go down in Major League Baseball, not as many fans would show up to the Cardinals games and the team would lose money. But if they let these things slide then they can keep their ratings and fan base up to keep making money.

It all goes back to what we learned as children. Be a good sport, shake their hands, shake off any smack talk and move on. Move on to the next game, with a head held high and hopefully on to another win.

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To see an update on the girls’ soccer team’s coach situation and a video of Southport’s

volleyball team (including game footage andindividual interviews) along with

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Moving ForwardJuniors take leadership roles, coach resigns

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Abby SpringerAllie RadfordCarly CopasSally England

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Professional athletes forget the importance of sportsmanship

Taylor MainJackie SmithRebecca WardDani Biggerstaff

Here are the names of the juniors on the girls’ soccer teams.