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NEWS BRIEFS:Local: Changes to come in Beech Grove National: Senate votes for ‘Sweet Tax’ Global: Poland’s President dies in crash

Beech Grove Mayor Mr. Joe Wright is going to bring some changes and improvements to Main Street. The area being revamped will span 13 blocks, with many improvements, such as improved drainage, planting of greenery, adding a bicycle lane and making gathering places along the street. Two roundabouts are also to be added, at 5th Avenue and 10th Avenue, to improve traffic flow and safety.

The area of Main Street that will be affected runs between Emerson and 13th Street. The city will have a year to come up with $1.2 million to match the state grant of $4.6 million for the improvements. Work will begin in the spring of 2011 and is planned to be com-pleted by the end of the year.

The State Senate in Washington voted Monday on a tax increase for many goods that households pur-chase on a regular basis. The tax will be put on sodas, sweets, beer and bottled water.

The bill, which will help fill a $2.8 billion hole in the budget, has already been passed by the House of Representatives. There will be a $0.02 addition to the price of a soda per can. A 6.5 percent tax will go on candy and gum. Six-packs of beer will cost an additional $0.28 per package. This bill is estimated to gain around $800 million for the state altogether, and will prevent or at least dull the cutting of state services. The budget is expected to even out in 2011, with the assistance of this bill being passed.

News briefs by Wes Keown.

Information from www.cnn.com. Information from www.cnn.com.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash in Russia over the past weekend and is planned to be buried tomorrow. The crash killed many of Poland’s military, political and civic leaders. Approximately 100 people died with only 24 being positively identified.

The plane was traveling to the village of Katyn for the 70th anniversary of the Russian massacre of Pol-ish prisoners, where over 20,000 Poles were killed. The plane went down around 10:50 a.m. on the out-skirts of Pechorsk.

The cause for the crash is unknown and and in-vestigation is underway. Russia has shown that it is innocent and had nothing to do with the crash.

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April 16, 2010 | Issue Thirteen, Volume LXXXVIII | Southport High School | 971 E. Banta Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46227 |

Healthcare reform will implement new plans for future generations

Check out pictures from Riley Dance Marathon.

Information from www.ss-times.com.

by Jake Downey Reporter

Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill passed on March 21 by a narrow vote. With the realization now that it will affect Americans’ lives everywhere, thoughts of how it will change healthcare weigh heavy on peo-ple’s minds.

According to Senator Tim Skinner, most teenagers may not fully realize how much the reformed health care plan truly affects them. He explained that many kids are still on their par-ent’s coverage, but before they know it, they will be facing ob-taining their own healthcare.

“The more you understand now about how the system works…” said Skinner. “You’re going to be bet-ter off getting ready to make those decisions a little bit later on in your life.”

According to PEA chairman Mr. Terry Rice, Southport still awaits confirmation for how the bill will change staff’s coverage. However, once they receive it, Rice believes that it will help out significantly, not only for Southport, but for Americans across the country.

“We have been in dire need of a national healthcare plan for decades,” said Rice, “be-cause every other country on earth has got one, and they work.”

If all goes ac-cording to plan, the bill will help some 32 million Ameri-cans who have

been shut out of the market and do not re-ceive healthcare.

For those who already have a health care

plan they like, the law will not require change for those people who do not wish to be forced to switch.

Sophomore Dustin Hoagland sees both positives and negatives about the situation. While he realizes that more people will be able to get the care they need, he thinks that there is a chance that it could become too much.

“People might just go to the doctor over a little cold or something that people would normally stay home for and just get over…” said Hoagland. “…And that would make it harder for the people who do need help.”

Skinner says that ultimately, he just hopes that kids will be encouraged to become more informed about the issues that they deem important and try their best to make a differ-ence.

“I’ve always tried to get kids registered to vote,” said Skinner, “and I try to tell kids the significance of voting and getting involved in the political process. I think it is a very impor-tant thing.”

Heathcare by the numbers• 32 million uninsured Americans who will get coverage from the bill.• $940 Billion of costs over the next 10 years.• 26 years old before a non-dependent child is cut off insurance.• 50 employees or more in a company and they must be provided insurance. • 10% tax on indoor tanning.

Information from doughroller.net.

Photo contributed from The Washington Post.

by Noelle StraubReporter

After 29 years of its existence, Perry Town-ship’s desegregation program is in the process of being eliminated year by year. In six years, northern community busing will no longer be part of Perry Township.

Eliminating the transportation for the northern community students is called “phas-ing out.” Every year, one grade is discontinuing bussing in students, until 2016, when all of the grades are phased out. Phasing out in elemen-tary schools has already taken place.

Sophomore Paul Summers says his family

will be affected by the phasing. Summers has a younger sister in the third grade who will have to attend Arlington when she is in high school. He believes he will have more benefits com-pared to his sister.

“I think it’s more helpful that I’m here than if I were at an IPS school,” said Summers. “It’s less trouble. I feel bad for her.”

Home school advisor Mr. Scott Evans be-lieves a major reason for the phase out was to get black families to move out of the city and to areas where different schools are. He says students will eventually have to learn to cope with the changes.

“Any time there is a change people some-

times are kind of difficult dealing with it,” said Evans. “But the kids will go back to IPS schools. It’s going to be different.”

According to Human Relations Director Lewis Norris and principal Ms. Barbara Brou-wer, there are economic and community bene-fits from the phasing. It was expected for some families from the northern community to get jobs and move further south. By implementing the bus phasing, more families are moving to Perry Township, so it could be easier for kids to attend the schools.

Brouwer believes that having northern community students at Southport and Perry Meridian make the community more diverse.

“I think what we (Norris and I) both feel that we prefer to be like America,” said Brou-wer. “Here we’re a melting pot of a lot of differ-ent cultures, and that we can learn from each other.”

Northern Community students affected by program’s eliminationPhoto by Brandon Bushong.

Busing Statistics

$800,000 Amount the township loses from the

state each year with the program intact.

- $220,000 Amount the township are saving each

year with the program in tact

$580,000 The overall amount the township is

losing with the program.

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by Tanna CarpenterReporter

“How can I say I love her, I know my voice will do this. I’ll just do what I do best, put it in a song oh yeah”

Words like these are written by Senior Bill Sparks, words that come straight from his heart and his life. Sparks started rapping a few years ago and has written several songs and raps since then. Sparks is passionate about what he does, and “Dolla Bill” (his stage name) plans on making it big in the music business someday.

“It’s just one day I figured I’d try it,” said Sparks, “And I was good at it, so I just kept going.”

Sparks uses his form of art as a way to express himself, typically writing about the tough things he’s gone through. Sparks’ parents sepa-rated when he was only eight years old and Sparks had a hard time deal-ing with it. He wrote a lot about the divorce and how he had originally blamed himself. In his song “Support Each Other,” Sparks wrote, “Just show a little love to your family, hug your mother. It’s all you got to do is just support each other.”

“(I like) the fact that you can express yourself,” said Sparks. “You can communicate, like if you got a problem with school or something you can get it off your chest.”

Sparks is constantly writing music, working to improve on all of his songs. He uses the inspiration he gets every day to change what’s going on in what he writes. Sparks writes about topics varying from love to the preparation of his graduation. Sparks

said that although his mother was a little hesitant at first, both of his parents are very supportive of what he does.

Sparks is very proud of the work he’s done. He has received a large positive re-sponse to his raps from fans on his Face-book profile. All 42 of his raps are available on his profile, one of the resources he uses to share his music with others.

Record companies like Skyelab Music Productions report that around 90 percent of all music that record companies receive is initially rejected. But statistics like these

don’t stop Sparks from going after his goal and get-ting people to listen to his work.

D a n i e l l e Toporoff, Project Manager at Skyelab Mu-sic said that overall the most important step in making it in the music industry is getting people to hear your music. Sparks has already contacted a few professionals and says that he some-times performs for his family and friends. Sparks uses his raps not only to perform but as a way to write down a lot of the things that go on in his life, and how those things affect him.

“I’m just trying to be the best and do the best,” said Sparks.Sparks will keep rap in his life and after high school he intends

to get a steady job in order to support himself while still continu-ing to pursue his dreams. Sparks will always plan on being the best at what he does.

As he says in his song “Straight to the Top:” “I know to get my wins, I got to take a couple more losses. But

I know that when I do get mine I gonna be the best, better than the rest.”

STUDENT LIFE 3 April 16, 2010

‘I love to dance, so I have to work.’by Rachael DillonReporter

Beats roll into a room lined with mirrors, setting the people in motion. Right away, they start turning, jumping and kicking into the air. The flurry of people stay together as the music leads them into their next moves. The flurry finishes with an ending pose with the people breathing heavily because of the amount of energy it takes to perform these moves. This is dance, and for some people, this is life.

Junior Ashley Haseman’s life is centered on dance, and has been for 13 years. She is a competitive dancer outside of school, but in order to support her hobby, Haseman works at the studio she also competes with. She does random odd jobs assigned to her by her boss. She started working because her family was going through difficult times, and she wouldn’t be able to afford it if she didn’t work.

“I have to clean around the studio, organize things for our teacher and dust the trophies,” said Haseman. “It can be really annoying, but I have to do it.”

Competitive dancing is an expensive, with costs from costumes, makeup, shoes, hair accessories, rhinestones and competition fees to think about, the bills can add up quickly. Haseman had to find a way to pay for everything, so her family decided that she would start working to dance.

In 2004, Haseman’s mother, Mrs. Karen Haseman, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The family’s money had to go towards Karen Haseman’s treatments and dancing in the future became an unclear idea for Ashley.

“It was hard,” said Karen Haseman. “Everything that was going on with me and her father became overwhelming.”

Soon after Haseman’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, her father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Haseman’s dancing

future was coming to an end even though she was working, and as much as she loved it, it seemed she would have to give it up. Little did she know, her teammates were planning something to save her.

During one of Haseman’s Sunday practices, it was decided that she could not dance anymore. Her family didn’t have the money anymore to pay for the costumes and anything else that was due. Her studio knew about her struggles but told her to come in anyways and to not worry about it.

Three weeks later, Haseman’s teammates called her, her mom and her sister into the studio. When they walked into one of the dance rooms, her team was sitting against the wall on the floor, and a few of the teachers were standing with three envelopes in their hands. The first envelope was given to Haseman and had a free Drive Zone certificate so that she could be in driver’s education. The second envelope was given to Haseman’s sister and had a certificate for free senior pictures. The third and final envelope was given to Haseman’s mother and had $6,400 in it.

“My mom was crying,” said Haseman. “Even little girls that I didn’t even know came up and gave me a hug, and everybody was giving us hugs. That’s one the reason why I can’t stop going to (The Dance Refinery), because they’re family.”

It turns out that Haseman’s dance team had a secret raffle the previous couple weeks to raise money for Haseman and her family. The amount of money given was enough to pay for Haseman’s dance costumes and classes for months. This surprise helped the Hasemans in their time of need, but Haseman has to continue to work in order to dance.

As of right now, Haseman’s future in dance is unclear. She would love to continue dancing through college, but hasn’t decided if it’s a practical goal or not. Whether the idea is concrete or not, Haseman knows that she will have to work in order to attain her goals.

Student uses song-writing as coping method, possible future career

Q: When did you get started with music?

A: I’d have to say I first started playing probably my eighth grade year.

Q: What got you interested in music?

A: Well, I was listening to The Beatles and I had a friend of mine who played and it just kind of took off from there. I don’t know. I just wanted to play music I was listening to, that kind of thing.

Q: What kind of music do you play?

A: I kind of go through phases where my music is very much influenced by what I listen to. So, when I very first started playing, it was The Beatles, and then Jack Johnson and John Mayer. Then I got into Jimi Hendrix and then I kind of switched to electric and learned how to play that. I kind of learned to play the blues like Eric Clapton. It just kind of goes back and forth between electric and acoustic.

Q: How can people listen to your music?

A: Well I have a Facebook page or something like that. I usually put dates that I play my shows on there. Then, I have a music Myspace that has my music on there. I guess those would probably be the best two ways.

Q: Where can people see you play?

A: There is a place downtown called The Earth House, just coffee houses, that kind of stuff.

Q: What instruments do you play?

A: I play guitar. I play bass here at the high school. I play with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, and that’s classical, and I play acoustic and electric guitar. I kind of dabble with piano sometimes. I wouldn’t necessarily say I play it, but I can play it.

Q: Do you plan to continue in the future?

A: Yeah, I’d like to do something like that. I’d like to make a career out of it, really, but that’s kind of difficult.

Q: What are your future goals in music?

A: I don’t know, to be honest. I just want to keep playing and keep doing what I’m doing and see where it takes me. I don’t want to force anything.

Interview conducted by Jennifer Virden.

Max Sterrett, Junior

Max Sterrett plays guitar, and writes and sings his own music. He hopes to someday develop a ca-reer as a musician.

Q & A

Pursuing the dream. Just Dance: Junior Ashley Haseman practices some basic ballet dance moves while at The Dance Refinery on Aug. 12, 2010. While not dancing at the studio, Haseman cleans up and does other jobs. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

“Dolla” Bill Sparks: Senior Bill Sparks, or “Dolla Bill”, writes his own material to deal with his parents’ divorce. He hopes to use his raps to launch a music career. Photo by Blake Stebbe.

Want to see a video of Bill rapping?

Click on ‘videos’ at .COMshsnewsbureau

ENTERTAINMENT

by Blake Stebbe Photographer

I parked my 2004 Buick LeSabre into a

parking lot that seemed more like someone’s drive-

way than an actual parking lot. My mom and I got out of the car, and then we walked outside for about 45 seconds to our destination: The Peruvian Corner.

You might be asking yourself: Peruvian? Ex-actly what kind of food do Peruvians eat? Where even IS Peru? (I’m just kidding on the last one. There actually is a Peru, Indiana though, which is 68 miles north of In-dianapolis, just past Ko-komo.) What I tried at the Peruvian Corner was simply eccentric.

When I walked in, it was quiet. Very quiet. No customers were there ex-cept us. All I could hear was a TV in the back. There was this nice lady behind the counter read-ing a magazine, who would turn out to be our waitress. The place is light and spacious, and natural sunlight came peeping through the windows. The TV in the back was playing a Peruvian TV show that looked a lot like American Idol, but with a LOT of dancing, too.

To start out with, our kind waitress gave us these deep fried corn kernels with a special hot sauce. These kernels were only crunchy and salty, and just plain not very good. The sauce did not help, either. The owner of The Peruvian Corner gave us a sample of this juice that is made out of corn (yes, corn!), sugar and other spices with real chunks of pineapple. Oh Mylanta! That juice was so good! It was re-freshing and unique.

Then it came time to order. I have never seen a more intimidat-ing menu! It scared me to death. The menu was filled with all kinds of strange fish and weird combinations of things. What intrigued me the most was this special kind of soup called cevi-che, which is a cold soup consisting of onions and various seafood. I de-cided to get a sampler platter that included the ceviche along with some octopus, calamari (fried squid), and mussels.

When I got my platter, it was huge! I had about 30 small pieces of octo-pus and calamari, and 6 mussels. The amount of

ceviche I had was monstrous. The octopus and calamari were mixed together, so I couldn’t exactly tell what the octopus was and what the calamari was. They tasted the exact same though: like nothing. I tried to squeeze some taste of them and I had no success.

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The Back-Up Plan - Movie - Jennifer Lopez plays a woman who meets the man of her dreams, after she’s already pregnant. This romantic comedy warms your heart as she balances her boyfriend and her pregnancy.

“Solar,” Ian McEwan - Book - Michael Beard is a Nobel-Prize winning physicist who’s past his prime. He travels across the country leaving his family at home, which contributes to the crumbling of his fifth mar-riage. Can a man with such a broken life save the world?

Death at a Funeral - Movie - A family funeral quickly turns into a hilarious mystery ride when two brothers realize the man in their father’s coffin is not their father. As the family tries to find their father while hiding family secrets, they learn more about family togetherness.

A Nightmare on Elm Street - Movie - Jackie Earle Haley plays the new Freddy Kreuger in this reboot of the ‘Night-mare on Elm Street’ franchise directed by Wes Craven. The director Samuel Bayer hopes to bring this movie into present day by including producer Michael Bay.

Coming Soon... Movie, book and music releases 4/16 - 5/4

All information from www.metacritic.com. Graphic by Lucas Sweitzer.

Deftones releases

their sixth studio al-

bum “Diamond Eyes”

featuring their single

“CMND/CNTRL.”

“Diamond Eyes” Deftones - CD -

Hey Hey It’s Esther Blue-burger- Movie - In order to be perceived as cool by her peers, Esther breaks into a day at public school.

Godsmack releases their fifth album af-ter a four-year hiatus since the release of their fourth album, IV.

“The Oracle,” Godsmack - CD

by Tanna Carpenter Reporter

The Good: Those who know Steve Carell’s

work know that along with being funny, his

characters also usually have a sense of awkwardness. This type of char-acter married to Tina Fey as a quirky mom made for a pretty funny movie.

The pair is simply attempting to spice up their weekly date night when they get them-selves in trouble with a few “goons” as well as the law.

The couple learns to be a little more out-

going as they step outside of what they know and venture into a world of dance clubs and stolen cars. Some of the moments were a lit-tle strange, but pretty funny.

The movie also includes actresses Leigh-ton Meester and Mila Kunis, which adds to the overall quality. In the end, the sweet cou-ple moments combined with comedy made for a good movie.

The Bad: Although some of the sentimen-tal marriage moments were nice, they kind of ruined the overall feel of the movie. There were a few talks between the couple that seemed a little too sappy and unnecessary.

Most of the movie was full or action and comedy, so the cutesy talks seemed a little out of place.

by Karalie Hensley Reporter

The Good: The John Butler Trio’s fifth album “April Uprising,”

released on April 6, had its ups. The lyrics are deep,

the musicians are skilled, and it had some very pleasing songs. I loved “Ragged Mile.” It was the perfect example of my previous statements (very deep while still show-ing intense musical ability) and is the best song of the entire album.

This band knows how to set a mood with its melodies and when it mixes the

melodies well-thought-out and surpris-ingly meaningful lyrics, I was left speech-less.

The Bad: This album had its moments, but you can’t dance to any of these songs. I could catch a steady beat but there wasn’t a fun and intricate rhythm that forced me to start dancing.

What am I supposed to do when I lis-ten to this? Sit at a fountain? No, I want to dance. In certain tracks like “I’d Do Anything,” I was not feeling the twangy sound in his voice or in the instruments. In “Don’t Wanna See Your Face,” the lyrics were rather harsh. It was major turn off since the song didn’t even sound good.

Peruvian Corner

Date Night

REVIEWS 4

by Jennifer Virden Reporter

The Good: Jodi Picoult’s 17th novel,

“House Rules” is a re-cent addition to my list of

favorite books. The 400 pag-es looked intimidating at first, but it ended up being a quick read because of how much I en-joyed it. Picoult is one of those authors who knows exactly how to pull a reader in, and this novel was a good example of that.

“House Rules” tells the story of an 18 year-old boy, Jacob Hunt, who has Asperger’s Syn-drome, a form of autism which affects social behavior. Jacob also has an obsession with forensic science, which gets him into trouble with the law later in the novel.

The relationship between Jacob and his mother Emma Hunt is portrayed perfectly. The author’s perspective changes through-out the book, so I got a good feel for how both Emma and Jacob were feeling. While reading Emma’s side, I could feel the pain that she felt for her son. She hurt when Jacob hurt, and she was happy when Jacob was happy. While reading Jacob’s side, I felt like I was in his shoes. Feeling so connected to the charac-ters made “House Rules” an interesting read. I was hooked from beginning to end.

The Bad: The only problem I found with this novel was the unclear ending. With the twist in the last few chapters, Picoult gave clues as to how the novel was supposed to end, but she didn’t clarify. The questionable ending was most likely done for effect, but it still left me a little disappointed.

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It’s okay.Ewwwww. Good. Radical!

Blake’s Menu:Carrusel de MariscosCeviche, Jalea, Chalaca, and Deep Fried Fish

Vaso de Chicha Peruvian Cider cup

Total (incuding tax and 18% tip)

$15.00

$2.00

$21.86

Peruvian Corner RestuarantAddress:

3749 West Washington StreetPhone Number: 317.241.9777

House Rules

‘April Uprising’

ENTERTAINMENT

VOLUME V by Karalie Hensley

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TOP FIVE THINGS

TO LOOK FORUpcoming events at Southport or

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What: Indianapolis

Indians vs. Toledo Mud

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What: Pearl Jam Concert

When: Friday, May 7 at

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Where: Verizon Wire-

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What: Junior and Senior Prom,

“Casino Night”

When: May 8 from 8:00

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Where: Indianapolis

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Cost: $22 - $62

What: Susan G. Komen Race

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When: Tomorrow. Opening

Ceremony is at 7:30 A.M.

Where: IUPUI Library

Lawn & Military Park

Cost: $35

What: Elton John: A Celebration

of the Life and Legacy of Ryan

White

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April 28 at 8:00 P.M.

Where: Clowes Mem-

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Cost: $150 - $500

Cost: $9 - $14

Cost: $35 per person

Photos by Brandon Bushong.

Party Pretzels

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by Rachael DillonReporter

Twinkling lights, extravagant dresses and pound-ing music are not the only aspects that relate to prom. Behind the scenes lie loads of hard work, decisions and planning. This is all up to the prom committee.

Social studies teacher Mrs. Mary Sims is a prom committee sponsor, along with theater teacher Mrs. Bar-bara Whitlock and PTEC employee Ms. Holly Hicks. Planning can begin as ear-ly as late September and usually starts with juniors with big ideas. Junior Ross Mappes joined prom committee for this year.

“I decided to join prom committee because I’ve been to prom my freshman and sophomore year,” said Mappes. “I wanted to be a part of the planning my junior year.”

When prom committee begins, many ideas are thrown out for the theme. Sims said that they look through prom books to get ideas for the theme. The committee eventually narrowed down the ideas to three, and the juniors voted for the final deci-sion.

Popular themes for this year were masquerade and celestial, but the juniors ultimately decided on casino. Like last year, prom will be held at the Children’s Mu-seum.

“These ideas have been in place for a long time,” said Sims. “We’ve even thought of call-ing some of the casinos around Indiana and seeing if they would donate some of their playing cards and pok-er chips and anything like that.”

Whitlock’s class has tried calling some of the casinos and asking them for donations. Sims said that cur-rently they haven’t had any luck with the casi-nos donating products because the casinos usually only donate to surrounding schools. She also said

that Whitlock’s class has helped out a lot with build-ing some of the props and decorations.

As prom committee meetings continue, many dif-ferent decorations and favors are decided on. The

committee will decide on two or three different op-tions for the decorations and favors, then ultimately decide on one.

“It’s basically up to whoever votes for whatever gets selected,” said Mappes. “It’s what we do.”

This year’s casino theme has given many ideas for decorations and accessories. The tickets will be poker chips, and there will be decks of cards on the tables.

“If kids do get bored at prom and they don’t want to dance, they can play war or euchre or go fish or whatever,” said Sims. “That’s also available for anyone who’s interest-ed.”

Also, the price of tickets will be decided upon in the near future. Sims is thinking about having the tickets cost $35 because that’s how much they were last year and prom is in the same location as last year.

When prom ends, it is the commit-tee’s job to clean up. Last year, Sims,

Hicks, Whitlock and their significant others stayed until after midnight to clean up because not a lot of people stayed to do so. Sims said that cleaning up is a hard thing to do, but must be done in order for prom to continue to happen.

Prom committee works behind the scenes for successful prom

When thinking of the best way to win a girl’s heart, senior Nick Rein-hart decided that the most effective way to do so was t h r o u g h her stom-ach.

D e -ciding to go about a s k -ing with some traditional Chinese flair, Re-inhart took one fortune cookie and used tweezers to remove the origi-nal fortune placed inside.

Then, after the disassembly, Re-inhart replaced the fortune with his own tiny paper that was shaped in

the exact way of the previous.After this preparation, Reinhart

presented the fortune one night and when she opened it, she found Reinhart’s r e p l a c e -ment for the origi-nal for-tune.

“ W i l l you dance the night away with me at prom?” his new fortune read.

Though the response Reinhart received was a negative one, his form of asking was still cute and creative.

After going to the movies with his potential date, senior Nathan Laswell escorted senior Michelle LaMarca home.

W i t h -out much preplan-ning, Las-well de-cided to go ahead and add a twist to the tra-d i t i o n a l goodbye at the doorstep of her home.

After leaving the movie and re-turning to her house to say their goodbyes, Laswell informed his

date that he had two questions for her.

The first: “Do you want to go to prom with me?”

An af-firmative response followed, l e a d i n g L a s w e l l onto his s e c o n d question.

T h e s e c o n d wasn’t re-

ally a question at all.In a true romantic fashion, Las-

well leaned in and kissed his now official date.

Senior David Camp was puzzled when trying to decide how to ask his girlfriend, 2009 Southport graduate Kaitlyn Shirar, to prom. Soon enough, though, the puzzling question was an-s w e r e d by “puz-zle.”

C a m p bought a 750 piece p u z z l e and put it together with a group of his friends. Then, on another night, another friend helped him lightly color the question “Prom?” on the back of the puzzle. Disassembling

the puzzle and having his father help reseal the box to make it ap-pear unopened, Camp brought it over to his girlfriend’s house while visiting from her college in Texas.

S o o n e n o u g h , the two had fin-ished the p u z z l e together. Suggest-ing they glue it to-

gether, Camp helped her flip over the puzzle and the artwork was revealed. Of course, she responded “yes” to Camp’s creative idea.

Senior Anthony Shannon wanted something unique to surprise his girlfriend Perry Meridian senior Trinity Shelic with. He also wanted something that they both could enjoy. So, naturally, his first instinct directed him to food.

Because he knew the way in which many high school boys asks their potential dates to prom, Shannon knew in the beginning that he had to be creative and make himself stand out.

So, after weeks of planning and tons of tossed ideas, the night came in which Shannon would do the deed.

“Hey, woman, go get me some pizza,” he said, launch-ing his plan.

When opening the Chicago’s pizza box, his girlfriend was not greeted with an ordinary pizza. Rather, the box contained a pepperoni pizza with “PROM” spelled out in pepperoni and a question mark underneath with the dot shaped like a heart.

Just as Shannon planned, she was shocked. Of course, she responded positively, securing Shan-

non a happy prom date.

The Direct Method

The Cookie Method

The Puzzle Method

The Balloon Method

The Pizza Method

Other Prom IdeasThe Mirror Method

Bring her in your car and tell her there’s something on her face and when she looks in the mirror have “Prom?” written on it.

The T-shirt MethodWrite names of several boys from your school in washable marker on a shirt, and then write your name in permanent marker. Write her a note that says wash me and find out who wants to go to prom with you.

The Fish MethodPut real fish in a bathtub with a note that says, “Of all the fish in the sea, will you be the one to go to prom with me?”

The Death MethodDraw an outline of you on her drive way or tape one in her room with a sign that says, “ I’d die to go to prom with you.”

The Dump Truck MethodBuy tiny little toy dump trucks and put them in her room locker or class, then buy one big dump truck and bags of hamburger buns and put a piece of paper in one of the buns that says, I’d love to haul your buns to prom with me.

The Rock MethodLeave a big heavy rock in her yard next to a pebble when she isn’t home. Then make a sign that says, “Will you go to prom with me? If YES bring the small rock to school tomor-row, if NO bring the big rock.”

The Asking Through the Journal MethodRead directly below.

Junior Ross Mappes

”“I thought it was really cool and smooth, plus it

caught her off-guard.-Senior Nathan Laswell

When Senior Corttney Tyler went to her car after going out to dinner with a friend, she was greet-ed by a surprising number of bal-loons in her car.

After a week of planning, senior D a v i d Doody fi-nally had put his plan into action. In an elabo-rate fash-ion, Doo-dy placed around 75 balloons in Tyler’s car. Tyler’s mom and friend were in on the whole plan, as well. Tyler’s mom helped Doody get into

the car and Tyler’s friend took Ty-ler out to dinner as a cover-up for the plan.

Along with the balloons, there were also flowers and a card asking Tyler to prom. Not only were there

f l o w -ers and a card, but there was also one particular b a l l o o n that had tiny piec-

es of paper inside the balloon that read “Prom?”

Of course, Tyler said yes to Doo-dy’s elaborate way of asking.

”“It was really corny, but I thought it was sweet.

-Senior Nick Reinhart

”“I wanted her to feel special and be surprised,

I think she was.-Senior David Camp

”“ I was hoping she’d embrace the pizza as if it

were me.-Senior Anthony Shannon

PROM

What?Southport’s

junior / senior dance(underclassmen need upperclassmen date)

When?Saturday, May 8,

2010, 8 pm-11 pm

Where?The Indianapolis

Children’s Museum

Price?$35 per ticket

Stephanie Shobe- Will you go to prom with me? -Jay

”“It was nice and was really cute.

-Senior Corttney Tyler

The Journal asked seniors to share their creative ideas on ways they asked their dates to prom. These stories are listed be-low. Stories by Brittany Hemphill.

Photo contributed.

Mrs. Mary Sims, Social Studies teacher

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Our bodies are important. They’re our machines, our identities. Our bodies hold us together. If your body cannot function, you can’t move. In a sport if you hurt a muscle or bone, you cannot play. All of our bodies are different too. Different shapes, colors, sizes, and everybody treats his or her body differently.

In general, people in our society don’t respect their bodies enough, whether it’s with the food they eat, the substances they take or the relationships they get in. People don’t think twice about what they’re doing.

Few people are healthy freaks. They’re the ones that keep their calories counted, fat reduced and may even have a step-counter on their waists, but other people simply couldn’t care less. They eat whenever food is in sight, whether it’s a bag of Doritos or a cherry cream pie—it’s all game. And then there are the in-betweens. They are the people who lie to themselves several

times a day, stating something like, “One more of these won’t hurt me,” or, “At least I’m not eating what that guy is eating.”

Although food is a huge example, it’s not alone. Other people destroy their bodies by taking in drugs and alcohol. They live solely for the weekends, rushing through the weekdays and not even thinking about what’s around them or stopping at all to see where life is taking them. And when it’s finally the weekend, it’s time to absolutely destroy their livers and lungs! How exciting.

Relationships affect our bodies too. Ladies, would you please stop giving yourselves up so carelessly? It seems as if many girls set a goal to be promiscuous, wear little clothing and seduce as many guys as possible. That’s not attractive. The dudes are no better. Sex is all they talk about. These conversations and goals only hurt you, not only physically, but mentally as well.

Our bodies were made for purity by consuming healthy foods, fresh air and pure thoughts. Few people give their bodies what they are truly meant to receive, which is why I have become so disciplined in how I treat my body. Granted, I don’t treat my body perfectly, but I put in the effort and I see results. I look a lot more fit and feel a lot more aware. I have more energy and less drag.

So next time it’s 12 o’clock on a Saturday and your body craves McDonalds, think twice about it. Although your stomach is grumbling, Mickey D’s isn’t the answer. Sure, the Big Mac Meal with a large Dr. Pepper is amazing, but the toilet will soon

disagree—as will your heart, arteries, and skin. 860 calories and 60 grams of fat do not do your body justice. Plus in general, you can’t eat that thing and not feel disgusting minutes after.

I realize sometimes you can’t help but eat unhealthy foods. When I’m over at a friend’s house and his parents order us five large pizzas and I’m starving, I’m going to eat the greasy pizza. But when I have the opportunity to eat right, I choose to give my body what it needs, not what it’s saying it wants.

Sometimes being sober isn’t cool. I understand all your friends want to have some fun, and you’re right there with them feeling helpless. Next time try to not put yourself in that situation. Or as crazy as it may sound, get some new friends! Keeping yourself healthy and safe is more important than your peers’ approval.

I understand there is a ton of pressure in relationships: pressure to live up to the expectations of your partner and pressure from your friends to “be cool.” But sometimes you have to live up to what you know is best and respect your body by protecting it.

Taking the extra step by granting your body the respect it deserves. Everybody wants to grow up and look like Mr. Bowles when they’re 60 years of age. Everybody wants to be pretty and look good, and everybody wants to feel pure and healthy. The pros exceed the cons.

Your body was made for this, so why wouldn’t you take care of it?

Austin Young,Business Manager

“If you ain’t got it, you’d better go get it.”

OPINIONApril 16, 2010 8

There’s a cliché saying, that a dog is the man’s best friend. There are classic examples of this: Yeller and brothers Travis and Arliss from the movie “Old Yeller”, Lassie and a young boy, Jeff in the TV show “Lassie” and Marley and Grogan in the book and movie “Marley & Me”.

These are some really famous examples of the relationship between a man and his “best friend.” In my life I’ve had a best friend, who has touched my life too. A smaller sized, chocolate-eyed, brown dog, who my family calls Sydney, came into my life when I was nine.

Sydney was one of those puppies who was crazy and made you want to pull out your hair because she was so bad. In the past, it wasn’t a surprise to come home and find muddy paw prints throughout the house and on the beds, holes in the blankets and to find that your favorite toy had become headless and unstuffed. At the time I was a little girl who loved playing with Pokemon

cards and American Girl dolls, and loved watching “The Lion King” and “Pocahontas.” I was a tomboy who refused to go any-where near a dress, high heels or pantyhose.

Now, I consider myself a busy bee because of how I’m always on the go and always have something to do. Dresses, high heels and I get along now, but I still don’t go near pantyhose.

Sydney is older, fatter and slower. She goes outside with me when I leave to go to school, watches and waits for me to drive away. When she wants to go to bed, she lies down wherever I am and waits on me to come to bed. I wake up to find her asleep with her head on my pillow.

Coming home, I’ve grown accustomed to a welcoming home attack from her, but when I hauled my luggage through my door coming home from spring break, I didn’t expect what happened. For the first couple of minutes there was no welcome home at-tack from her. I actually didn’t see her. I heard her. Her nails made the clicking sound against the hardwood floor as she walked to-wards the door. She came around the corner and I was floored for a moment by the dog I saw. She walked slower than I’ve ever seen her before and walked with a noticeable limp. She looked up at me and wagged her tail.

At this moment I came to realize that my “puppy” whom I left for a week wasn’t a puppy, and hadn’t been for awhile. A naїve part of my mind had kept me from seeing the truth these past couple of years. A part of me wanted her to be that puppy still.

Sometimes it’s crazy to realize how fast time flies by. All the memories and the experiences I’ve had since I was nine don’t seem to add up in my head. Life has flown by, and I can’t help but notice how my life and the world around me have changed.

It was scary to come to that realization when I thought of the past nine years. Sydney was one of the only things that made it all these years, from my childhood until now. They flew by for me, but they flew by seven times faster for her. It’s weird to think that these nine years were only a fraction of my hopefully long lifetime, but for her these years were practically her whole time.

These past nine years flew by so fast that I can’t imagine what the next nine years will bring into my life. I’ll be 26. I’ll most likely have already graduated from college and established myself in a career. Maybe I’ll be married and have started a family of my own. Fast forward another nine years, and I’ll probably be sending my kids to elementary school and joining the PTA at their school. I’ll probably be one of those moms who drives around a minivan, even though I swore I never would.

Take a lesson from what I’ve learned from my “puppy.” Time happens, no matter what, and can’t be stopped. There’s no pause, fast forward or rewind button in life. Enjoy the time that you’ve been given and value the relationships that you’ve been blessed with. When I’m 35 and cleaning up after my kid’s puppy, I’ll think back to my childhood best friend, laugh and smile at the memo-ries that the crazy brown puppy Sydney taught me.

Prom is for squares. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.As a junior, it’s tradition for me to go to prom. I’m supposed

to spend my entire day getting ready. I’m supposed to go get my nails and hair done. I’m supposed to buy an extravagant dress that probably costs more money than my parents are willing to spend. And, last but definitely not least, I’m supposed to have the perfect date.

All that stuff sounds awesome. I know it’s every girl’s dream to have the perfect prom, including me. It’s hard to make every little detail perfect, though. I could most likely deal with my hair and nails, and I could probably talk my parents into buying me a dress. But for most girls, finding a date is a little bit harder.

A date is the most important part of prom, so it’s pointless to go without one. Yeah, it’s possible to just go with some of my girl friends or to go alone, but I just don’t see the fun in that.

I think going to Homecoming and Snowcoming without a date is totally acceptable. They’re a lot more casual. Tons of people

just go with their friends, and everyone dances together. Prom is completely different, though. It’s more date-like, and everyone mostly dances with his or her date. That’s what it seemed like to me, at least.

Last year was the first time I went to prom. It was fun, of course, but it showed me just how important having a date really is. Before last year, I figured I’d end up just going with my friends, but that’s definitely not going to happen now.

Without a date, a girl wouldn’t have had anyone to take cheesy pictures with that her parents could embarrassingly hang up around their house. She wouldn’t have anyone to go out to a cute dinner with. During the dance, she’d just be dancing it up by herself. And what in the world would she do during slow dances? So awkward.

So, I’ve already made my decision. No prom for me this year. Yeah, I know prom can be fun, but I also think it’s a big waste of time and money without a date.

Just think of how much money is spent all for one night. According to www.deborarachelle.com, a prom website, the average amount spent on prom is $800 to $1000 per couple. That’s so ridiculous. That’s just one more reason I think

a date is necessary. What girl has that kind of money? Every girl definitely needs a boy to help pay for that.

Also, I have friends who have spent over $200 on a dress. Keep in mind that they’re only going to wear this dress once,

and it’ll hang in their closet the rest of their lives. Then, the day of the dance, many girls are going to spend tons of money on their hair, which will most likely get messed up about half way through the dance. I just don’t see a point in spending that much money for a dress and hair when there isn’t a date to impress.

Then there’s the $35 a girl would have to have to pay for her ticket. With a date, that would be taken care of. I didn’t spend a penny for my ticket last year, and that’s how it should be. A girl should never have to buy her own ticket to prom.

Considering all of those drawbacks, I don’t think anyone should go to prom without a date. I had a lot of fun last year. Don’t get me wrong. Would I like to go again? Of course. I’d probably have just as much fun if I went again, but without a date, I’m not going to waste my time or money.

Maybe my senior year will be different. Maybe I’ll change my mind, or maybe I’ll have a date. But for now, I can live without prom.

So if prom is for squares, I guess I’m a circle.

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Attending prom without date not worth the hassle or expenses

Zack Hartman movie, comfortable couch, and popcorn. Great way to end a long weekend.

Logan Collins I can never win uno attack. :(

Caila Anderson scrunchies, stir-up pants, fanny packs, mullets, & sketchers; you never know what you’ll come across in wal mart. :)

Erin Maddigan i just want it to be summer alreadyyy.

Prom Cost BreakdownGirl

Dress = $250Accesories = $65

Shoes = $40Beauty Salon = $100

BoyTickets = $35 eachTux rental = $150

Dinner = $60Limo = $150

Total per couple$885

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To the Editor,

As much as I love Karalie Hensley, I must respectfully take exception with her editorial cartoon that appeared in the last edi-tion of the Journal. Karalie implies that due to budget cuts, the least experienced teachers with “new methods” and an “under-standing of today’s teens” will be the first to lose their jobs while the more experienced teachers that are simply “old” keep theirs. I hate it as much as anyone that we are losing teachers, but I don’t think what we’re left with is cause for alarm. With regard to new methods, did you know that any teacher licensed within the last 25 years must take two college classes every five years to renew their teaching license? Also, our corporation also has multiple op-portunities for professional development not limited to our early

release Wednesdays. If there is something out there to help with teaching, the old teachers will find it. With regard to understand-ing of today’s teens, I would submit that it is more important for a teacher to understand the demands students face after high school than it is to understand the students. I have a sign up in my room that says: “You are young. I am old. You have never been old. I have been young. Trust me.” I believe that the educational and life experiences of a veteran teacher can be very beneficial when shared with students. Besides, if someone didn’t enjoy the enthusiasm and inquisitiveness of young people and want to share in their development into productive adults, why would they be teaching in the first place? “Old” doesn’t always mean no new methods and not understanding young people. Mark Eccles/Letter

to the Editor

Science TeacherMr. Mark Eccles

Aging childhood companion reminds of time passing quickly

Healthy bodies mistreated by intake of unhealthy foods, poor habits

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The other day, I walked down the halls of my grandmother’s nursing home to take her to her weekly hair appointment. She lives in a hallway with a coded locked door which is painted like a book-shelf on the inside to apparently trick the residents and make them think this hallway is the world. Most of the residents sit in the hallway, and sometimes they call out to me, begging, “Help!” Some of them just look at me or a blank spot on the wall. “Good afternoon, ladies!” is my usual re-sponse, but sometimes I can’t bring myself to say much at all.

My grandma has the begin-ning stages of Alzheimer’s, so she now lives in a nursing home with a meal schedule and a roommate who talks and sings to herself. I’ve never seen my grandma cry – even when my grandfather died – except for once, when we got in the car to drive to the salon. She was telling me how mean the nurses were to her, how she didn’t un-derstand, how she just wanted to go back to Florida, where she grew up. It broke my heart, and I tried and failed to swallow the giant lump of emotion that was creeping up my throat, threat-ening to set my tear ducts into motion.

Her name is Emily Theis too, and when she tells me about herself, I feel like I know a little bit more about myself, too. It’s very easy for high schoolers to dismiss older people – and not just the elderly – as people who somehow have less worth than the young. But my time with grandma has taught me that, as usual, the youthful view of things is very skewed. Turns out we teens aren’t a separate mis-understood species. People are people.

Everyone who is old was once young. Most who are young end up being old. It seems young people think that when they feel emotion, like when they fall in love, it’s a crazy intense feeling that no one else can understand. But most likely, the very par-ents whose home they sneak out of may still feel ex-actly the same about someone – and have felt that love longer and more intensely. Similarly, everyone feels pain. Everyone is a little bit afraid of the un-

known. All of these feelings are part of being human, regardless of age.

Time is really fast, and no one has control over it. If you haven’t noticed, most older people are shocked by and uncomfortable with their ages. A 40-year-old friend of mine described it as his men-tality being exactly the same as when he was young,

but his body not always cooperating with that mentality now. Can you imagine how frus-

trating that would be? Nobody wants his body to fall apart. It just happens. Do you think anyone PLANS

on getting old? It’s like when young peo-

ple participate in dangerous habits, like tanning or smoking, that are PROVEN to cause can-cer. Usually they justify these actions with statements about how they don’t care if they feel negative effects later. But how could anyone think that some-

how added years will translate into a lowered value of his or her own life? How could anyone think that a skin cancer diagnosis would be not be devastating and terrify-

ing just because he or she is a little bit older? It’s the golden rule taking a new form: Treat yourself as your older self would like to be treated.

Treat older people as you are going to want to be treated.Adults have paid their dues. Middle-aged and

older people are making or have made a lot more contributions to the world than our little high school selves. Our parents and teachers make sacrifices to improve our lives, and we thank them by mocking their technological deficiencies, treating them like children or by smarting off to them.

It breaks my heart when I hear young people say things like “I hope I die when I turn 30. I don’t want to get old.” Since when was 20 prime-time? Huge sci-entific and technological leaps (the lightbulb, your iPhone, computers) were all made by adults – bor-ing “old people,” who happen to also have thoughts, feelings and dreams.

It simply comes down to this: Young people, re-spect your elders.

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OPINION April 16, 2010 9The Other Day...Adults, elderly people deserve youth’s respect

Enforcement of rules should be consistent

The Southport Address

In order to drive yourself to school, your car must contain a placard obtained from the trea-surer’s office. These placards cost a mere $5 and require an entire five minuted of your time to fill out the paper. This system is used for multiple reasons: to keep the parking lot at full rather than overflowing, to encourage carpooling for en-vironmental reasons and to keep the roads from being too packed with teenage (inexperienced) drivers.

At the beginning of the school year, having an overflowing parking lot was not a major problem, because primarily juniors and seniors were driv-ing themselves to school. But, right on schedule with every other year, the new semester ushers in a ton of sophomore drivers - which means less free spots. Over the last few weeks, several stu-dents who bought placards have had to park by the stadium and walk to school, ironically passing by plenty of other cars whose owners did not fol-low the rules.

Suddenly, once the students complain, our

principal came on the P.A. and spoke to us about the possible consequences of parking in our lot without a placard. You could receive a fine, or worse - get your car booted or towed.

Now that some students have finally received punishment for breaking this rule, we can’t help to ask: why has this only become a big deal now? Even though it wasn’t as big of a problem at the beginning of the year, if the administration were to consistently enforce the rule the entire year rather than just enforce it when it’s needed would make students take it more seriously.

An idle warning over the announcements can only do so much. Fines - real, hard cash - can truly change students’ opinions.

Not consistently enforcing a rule causes stu-dents to question the rule’s validity, and, to a fur-ther extent, the validity of rules in general. In the administration doesn’t care if you get a placard, why should they care about any other rule? Men-talities like this are dangerous, but encouraged under the current method of rule enforcement.

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PHOTOS April 16, 2010

Saturday, April 10, Southport hosted the annual Riley Dance Marathon to benefit Riley Children’s Hospital, which is located in downtown Indianap-olis. Students ar-rived at the school and stayed for six hours in which they were not allowed to sit down. Games, food, entertainment and stories from past Riley patients filled the time. Southport raised $21,889.39 for the hospital.

(left) Team Colors: Junior Ryan Myers cuts out pieces of fabric for the dancers before the marathon began. The color of the fabric that the dancers wore represented the group that they were in. Photo by Brandon Bushong. (above) Dancing Together: Members of IUDM dance with students from Southport. (above right) Line Dance: South-port committee members teach the line dance to the others. Photos by Blake Stebbe. (right) Dance off: Junior Libby Kemp participates in a dance off against members of the other groups. Kemp came in first place for the competition. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

(right) Giants beat the Wizards: Participants of Riley Dance Marathon play the game Wiz-ards, Giants and Gnomes. Dancers also played other games such as Mingle, Human Knot, Tasmanian Trashcan and Singing Bee during the six hours. Photo by Brandon Bushong.

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(left) Dancing Machine: Junior August McCleery shows fellow committee members moves to the line dance. The line dance, created each year by Indiana University Dance Marathon members, is taught to the dancers in stages throughout the marathon. (above left) Riley Kid: Freshman Jamie Robbins speaks about her own experience at Riley Children’s Hospi-tal. (above right) Decorations: Freshmen Clara Leslie and Andie Reinhart put up balloons in the fieldhouse. (below) Last Minute Instructions: Senior Co-Presidents Cait Molloy and Emily Robbins give direction to the committee members. This was their third year of being presidents for Riley Dance Marathon. Photos by Brandon Bushong.

(left) Setting Up: Members of the dance committee set up before the marathon. (right) Toddlers: Senior Emilio Santellana and freshman Jake Hally dress up for the tod-dler theme. Each hour had a differ-ent theme. Pho-tos by Brandon Bushong.

SPORTS 11April 16, 2010

Team benefits from seniors’ decision to playby Kinsey GoffExtras Editor

Southport’s girls’ tennis team came into this year thinking it was a possibility there would be no seniors on the team. But this winter four seniors, Emilie Robbins, Christine Wang, Jackie Nguyen and exchange student Aline Selke, stepped up and practiced three times a week to be ready for this season. The seniors have walked onto a team with a new coach and only four returners.

“I always planned on being a good role model for the team and be a good leader,” said Wang. “But now that there are four seniors, our leadership has grown a lot.”

Selke had never played on a school team before. In Germany, there are no school teams, only club teams. She helped out the boys’ tennis team during the fall to meet people, so she already knew some of the girls that play tennis.

“I fit in well with the team,” said Selke. “I have some good friends on the team and it’s always really fun.”

She’s now number one singles player for the team and she says that being on the tennis team has made her experience at Southport a lot better. She has gotten to be good friends with Robbins, Nguyen and Wang after the four carpooled together to all the practices over the winter.

“Aline is awesome,” said Nguyen. “She makes our team a lot better and she’s always so cute

and fun.”Robbins played her freshman year on the

varsity tennis team. She was number one singles player and was excited to get back into playing tennis. She worked hard this winter to be ready for this season. She is now a third doubles player with freshman Andie Reinhart. She says that Nguyen and Wang convinced her to play tennis again this year.

Wang played last year but was considering not playing this year. Last year she was number one singles. Wang and Nguyen are number one doubles for Southport this season.

Nguyen played for Southport her freshman and sophomore years, but quit last year. She decided to just play indoor tennis with friends. She would occasionally take lessons when she started getting serious about tennis again but didn’t definitely decide to play tennis this season until this winter.

According to Selke, the team was really easy to become a part of. The four seniors are really close and try to lead the team. They say it’s hard to lead the team when they don’t know everyone and when they have so many inside jokes with each other. Coach Mr. Harry Swartz says that the team works together great even though they’re all new to each other.

“They’re a great group of girls and it’s fun to work with them,” said Swartz. “I’m excited to see how good of players they’ll get to be and how they’ll grow as a team.”

The seniors are focused on the season being fun, but also successful. They want the team to

get close and work hard together.“The team is filled with a bunch of jokesters,”

said Nguyen. “We joke around and have fun in practice which makes it an easy going

atmosphere that is open to everyone. But don’t get me wrong. When it’s game time, it’s go time.”

Watch Her Hit the Ball: Senior Aline Selke hits a forehand during practice on Monday, April 12. Selke said the team was really easy to become a part of. Photo by Colleen Siegfried.

How To...steal a base

by Aubrey RudisillSports Editor

The four steps to stealing a base, according to an interview with senior Dan Barr:

1. The lead off: First, take one step with your left foot then pivot and stand. Take two side shuffles without crossing your feet. The whole time keep your eyes on the pitcher’s feet. Once he lifts his leg, you may go. Be ready for the pitcher to throw over to first.2. The jump: Pivot on your left leg and drive it towards second base. Your right foot

follows. Pull your right arm through as you push off your left foot and take off. The jump should be as quick as possible. 3. The peek: After your third step towards second, look into home plate. You’re looking to see if the ball was caught, was hit or got through the catcher. If the catcher missed it, take a turn around second. If the ball is hit in the air, stop and prepare to go back to first.4. The slide: If you’re sliding head-first, jump in the air and extend your body as you approach second. Slide into second, reaching your arms as far out as possible to reach the base quickly.

Photos by Colleen Siegfried.

by Stephen GearhartReporter

A senior’s role on any high school sports team is important. It’s his job to lead the team in words and by example. They’re supposed to work the hardest. Coach Mr. Steve Baker and Southport’s boys’ golf team are excited because they didn’t lose any players last year and six of the eleven the players are seniors. They are expecting to perform even better than last year’s record of 12-4.

“My team goal every season is simply to improve the players individual skills and represent Southport High School to the best of our ability,” wrote Baker in an e-mail to the Journal.

Last year, the golf team’s best tournament finish was fifth place out of 15 teams at the Ritter Classic, but this year, coach Baker believes that with the help of an experienced team, they can, not only finish in higher places, but also win some of their tournaments. Last year, the team also finished in the top half places of the Marion County tournament and also Conference Indiana Tournaments.

Senior Kraig Roberts believes that another aspect that will help the team improve is the fact that there are six seniors on the team.

He stated that, since they are seniors, they have different mentalities from the years past. They are pushing to make this season even better because this will be their last season of their high school careers.

The team’s first official golf match wasn’t until this past Tuesday, but some of them competed in the summer to improve their golf game and also to avoid becoming rusty.

“Roberts, senior Jay Oswalt, senior Steven Loudenback and sophomore Dustin Baker all found success in the Indy Juniors Gold League and any of them are capable of being medalist in any of our tournaments or matches,” wrote Baker.

Another aspect that helps the team is the competitiveness within the team itself, according to Roberts. Nobody has a set spot in the team, and any of them could win matches and tournaments.

“The whole team’s working, not just one individual,” said Roberts.

According to Roberts, over the past weeks they’ve been working real hard at practice in order to get be ready for their first matches and tournaments and to get back in better shape since they didn’t have chance to golf over winter season.

“Everybody’s ultimate goal is to go to state, but we have a really good chance this year,” said Roberts.

Putting the Ball: Senior Kraig Roberts putts the ball into the hole at the Southern Dunes Golf Club Monday, April 12, 2010. Roberts is one of six seniors on the boys’ golf team. Photo by Blake Stebbe.

Senior golfers lead with more than just numbers

Last issue, the Journal hosted a competition for readers to pick the NCAA Tournament bracket. Junior

Brian Price won with the bracket to the right.

The Winning Picks

West

Midwest East

South

CHAMPION

NCAA TOURNAMENTBRACKET

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Butler

West Virginia

DukeDuke

Butler

Butler

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“The tournament was fun to watch and hard to predict. Butler surprised

everyone... except me :)”Brian Price, junior

by Clayton LeslieReporter

When senior discus thrower Kendall McAtee began talking to her sister, freshman Kortney McAtee, about joining the Southport track and field team as a thrower, she didn’t have to try very hard to convince her to join.

“I guess you could say that my sister is a copycat,” said Kendall McAtee, “I did volleyball, she did volleyball. I did bowling, she did bowling. I do track, now she does track,” said Kendall McAtee.

Kendall is glad Kortney did end up joining, because she says that with her sister, she is able to have somebody to always trust in. She says that this trust is important because sometimes, throwers will not really bother with criticism and instead choose to say things that are good, but not necessarily true. Kendall says that she trusts her sister 100 percent, and that trust carries over into track.

According to Kendall, she and Kortney might not be as good as they are now had they not trusted each other enough to fully critique one another. Kendall used the bond they share to convince Kortney to begin lifting before season started and to help her to improve her form while throwing discus.

“My sister motivated me early to be as good as I can be,” said Kortney. “We love each other, so there is never drama when she critiques my form while

throwing shot put or disc. She lifts me up, and tells me how to fix what I am doing wrong.”

Shot put and discus coach Mr. Gene Lezon thinks that the fact that Kendall and Kortney are sisters has helped the team.

“You get that sibling rivalry thing going,” said Lezon. “That in turn makes them want to beat each other, but at the same time there is some mentoring, which also helps.”

Kendall, who has been a member of the team for four years, throws 13 more feet than Kortney in discus. Kortney, who throws discus as well as shot put, says that it can be frustrating that her sister is so much more experienced because she is more consistent. According to Kortney, however, this hasn’t stopped her from influencing Kendall a little bit herself. She says that she pressures Kendall to constantly do her best.

“It’s a challenge,” said Kendall. “I don’t want her to be better than me.”

Both Kendall and Kortney agree that being on each other’s team is helping both of their performances. Kendall says that their ability to

give and take criticism without feeling attacked has made a positive impact.

“We aren’t ever going to lie to each other,” said Kendall. “We feel comfortable with each other. It’s not a big deal, I know that, but it’s great to know that we will always be encouraging each other.”

SPORTS April 16, 2010

Imagine if the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament took on a different format next year. A format such as the BCS, collegiate football’s sad excuse for a national tournament.

Despite winning 25 straight games leading up to the national championship showdown with Duke, Butler could never even fathom seeing a championship game. Let alone one of the other three BCS bowl games.

It would be a matchup with likes of perennial powerhouses such as Kansas, Kentucky or Duke.

Meaning no Cinderella run for Butler, no increase in recruiting for Butler, no national stage to prove to the entire country that they, a mid-major school with an enrollment of 5,000 students, can hang with the likes of Kansas, Kentucky and Duke. And perhaps most of all, the city of Indianapolis wouldn’t have had the opportunity to experience and be part of such a magical team.

Just four years ago, the country embraced George Mason as they made their Cinderella run to the Final Four back in 2006 (which was also in Indianapolis). Then Butler came along. And just one year after all four number one seeds made the Final Four; they essentially became America’s team. Especially considering that Butler went up against Duke, the hated villains and television cash cow of the collegiate hardwood. A classic hero vs. villain matchup. America’s darlings vs. CBS’s

darlings. It’s subplots like this that keep us hooked as sports

fans. Not subplots such as the exact same big time schools in the same four games in the same stadiums every year, while 30 other meaningless bowl games occur as a consolation and attract considerably fewer viewers. Compare it to the NIT (National Invitation Tournament), which is a sort of consolation for those teams who didn’t make the field of 64. While some people watch, the following and revenue of the tournament is dwarfed and doesn’t even compare to the NCAA tournament.

Fans, including myself, would without a doubt, rather have athletic competitions determine champions than a computer.

If college basketball was operated like the BCS, then after the final rankings, it would have been Kansas against Kentucky in the NCAA Basketball Championship Game. That is if the rankings were actually telling of what happened (Kansas losing in the Sweet 16, and Kentucky falling to West Virginia in the Elite 8). And Duke? Sorry guys, you get the Orange Bowl this year!

Butler most likely plays against a considerably lesser opponent and walks away the Little Caesars/Ford Bowl Champions (my personal favorite) and continues the trend of winning a ridiculous amount of games every year and no matter what they do, who they play or how

much they win, those computers won’t have the slightest thought about giving Butler any kind of chance to play against the “bigger and better” schools.

And as BCS Commissioner John Swofford would say, (to anyone not ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in the final BCS standings,) “You should be happy with your season and congratulations!”

Congratulations for what, exactly? Going undefeated and listening to the entire country call a different team the champions?

At the end of the day, just like any other arguments, there will be pros and cons for both sides. But most of the arguments for the current BCS system are flawed. The BCS gives you a champion you could often argue doesn’t even deserve to be in the game. With the college basketball format, barring a very low seed winning it all (which would be awesome anyway), you get a champion who deserved to be in the playoffs and won games when they needed to win.

If it’s good enough for every other sport, collegiate or pro, why isn’t it good enough for college football?

Doesn’t March Madness make you realize how flawed the college football postseason is?

March Madness brings out flaws of BCSO n t h e E A S T S i d e With Jordan

East,Reporter

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Sisters’ bond impacts individual performance

Sister, Sister: Senior Kendall McAtee talks and laughs with sister freshman Kortney McAtee during track practice at Southport on Monday, April 12. The two both participate in field events, during the season and enjoy spending the season with each other during meets and practices. Photo by Colleen Siegfried.

Hey, Soul Sister

“I really like (having a sibling there). I know I always have

someone there encouraging me.” - Kendall McAtee, senior

“It’s good to have somebody older than you who can help you when

you need it.” - Kortney McAtee, Freshman

Libby & JazzyKemp

“I’m glad my sister is on the team with me.”

- Libby Kemp, junior

“It is ok except when I’m mad at her.”

- Jazzy Kemp, freshman

“I love to have her on the team because I know I will always have

a fan cheering me on.”- Megan Springer, Senior

“Through rain, snow, sleet, or hail, my sister’s love will prevail…and

when she yells I run faster.”- Abby Springer, Sophomore

“Having my sister as a teammate is a neat experience. It’s drawn us closer, and it gives me a chance to encourage her to be her best. She

also gets to look at my back-side the whole time we run because she will

never beat me.”- Allison Zorman, Senior

“It’s ok but she is the devil.”- Taylor Zorman, Freshman

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Sisters’ EventsLibby Kemp:Jazzy Kemp:

Taylor Zorman:

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Kortney McAtee:Kendall McAtee:

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