March 2011

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Tuesday March 1, 2011

Brace yourselves, student body. Glencoe is going to experience some dramatic changes next school year due to a massive district budget defi-cit. But what are we bracing ourselves for? That is the problem – we do not know.

The cuts are deep. The loss will be the single largest budget cut in the history of the Hillsboro School District.

“This is [unlike] it’s ever been be-fore,” Principal Carol Loughner said. “We are at the worst time we’ve ever been.”

The current estimate is that $19 -23.5 million dollars will be cut from the district budget for the next year, as stated by Superintendent Mike Scott in the a Feb. 22 Hillsboro Argus article.

However, these numbers are not of-ficial; the state government has yet to issue a verdict on Oregon’s education budget and will not do so for at least a few months.

“The legislature still has to weigh in and will likely not issue the final

budget until the summer,” Scott wrote, “but this gives us a place to start.”

The money being cut for the 2011-2012 year will add to the $35.9 million that has already been cut over the past two years.

This leaves the district with a great amount of uncertainty. Many teachers cur-rently do not know if their jobs will be se-

cure for next year, and as a result, stu-dents have no way of knowing which programs will stay and which will go. But no matter what the ultimate out-come may be, every program in the Hillsboro School District is at risk for cuts.

“Nothing is safe,” business teacher Eric Walker said. “The worst part is, nobody knows.”

According to John Gibbs, science department chairper-son, science classes were meant to go through a full text-book adoption next year, meaning every single book would be replaced with a new and updated version. This

is looking less likely as news of severe budget cuts comes in.

“I have no idea [what will happen],” Gibbs said.

And even though the science depart-ment received a $20,000 grant from Intel last year, that money was only al-lotted for new technology. It cannot be used to update old equipment, like microscopes or lab materials, or to buy new textbooks.

Despite rumors that a major sched-ule change would occur, no decision has been made. As of press time, it is expected that current block schedule will stay.

“The ‘decision’ to now go to a dif-ferent schedule is in limbo, and cur-rently it looks the board will decide to keep our current schedule,” Loughner said.

In an interview with “The Orego-nian,” Scott said that a change to a seven-period day would be too problematic for

the district.Some changes can be predicted,

like larger class sizes and an increased teacher to student ratio. As of last month, there are 27 students to every one certified staff member. Accord-ing to Loughner, each time the ratio increases by one (e.g., 27:1 to 28:1), approximately $1.75 million dollars is saved in the district.

Many factors have affected the bud-get shortfall, including the economy, increases in Public Employees Retire-ment System (the state school’s retire-ment fund for staff), and a loss of fed-eral stimulus funds.

For more information regarding the budget crisis in the Hillsboro School District, visit hsd.k12.or.us for up-to-date information on meetings, listening sessions, and other budget matters.

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Student’s ability to explore the mys-tery of science has now been enhanced by $20,000 worth of new equipment this year. The money was awarded to Glen-coe’s science department by the Hills-boro Schools Foundation and the Intel Science and Technology grant. Spear-headed by biology teacher Linda Wolf, the entire science department worked to develop a 15-page application that they submitted in May of last year.

Glencoe received the “Roving Re-searchers” grant which gave equip-ment that allows students to gather and analyze data in the field. The science department received eight Vernier Lab-

Quests, which are handheld mobile com-mand centers for collect-

ing all kinds of data. The AP E n v i r o n -mental Sci-ence class has used the LabQues t s

to measure the effects of fertilizer on an ecosystem.

According to senior Zachariah Furrow, the devic-

es feature bright color screens, touch sensitive capabilities, and multiple sensor ports for taking different types of measurements simultaneously. Ac-cording to Furrow, the LabQuests are easier to use and much more accurate at gathering data than the older sensors used last year in Advanced Biology.

In addition, the Anatomy and Physi-ology classes received LabQuest sen-sors used to measure aspects of the body. Among the new equipment are multiple spirometers, which measure lung ca-pacity; and dynamometers, which test hand grip strength. All of this equip-ment came from Vernier Science Tech-nology, a company based in Beaverton and founded by former Glencoe science teacher Dave Vernier. Additionally, the school received a high-speed camera and all the science classrooms received ELMO document cameras.

South Meadows Middle School and Lincoln Street Elementary School also received $20,000 each from Intel for science and technology funding.

by ANDREW ROGERS

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In response to budget cuts, the “Crimson Times” is launching a new online publication today through Is-suu.com. This change will cut print-ing costs and allow you to read the newspaper on a convenient, easy-to-use website. You will be able to flip pages with the click of a mouse.

For the complete story of the pa-per’s move to online, go to page 5 of our online paper at:

Issuu.com/GlencoeCrimsonTimesEditors in Chief

Hannah Johnston and Bethany Pavlik Production Manager

Rhyan McLaury

Dear Reader,

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$20k grant received for new science equipment

Glencoe teachers participated in “Work

to the Rule” on Feb. 22, along with teachers throughout the district.

Contractually, Glencoe’s teacher workday is from

8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but many teachers contrib-ute far more. Teachers

walked in at 8 a.m. and left precisely at 4 p.m. to

demonstrate the contrast with their usual work day. Two weeks ago, Hillsboro

School Disrict faculty volunteered over 10,878

hours.

photo by ALEXANDER OGLE

photo by SIERRA DUNGAN

“The worst part is, nobody knows.”

by RHYAN McLAURY

“We are at the worst time we’ve ever been.”

Glencoe’s financial future: uncertain

Battle of the Bandz 2011 p.7

LOOK ONLINE:The secret life of siblings p.6

What’s happened to this tree? p.3LOOK INSIDE:

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -Feature Page 2 CrimsonTimes

Mr. Glencoe Pageant

How do you feel about dancing in front of a crowd?

Chandler Miller: I’m glad I’m in the back of the triangle.

Anthony Cowan: Very nervous. It is very much out of my comfort zone.

AJ Cole: It’s going to be pretty crazy; I’m not going to lie, so we’ll see how that goes. I’m at the tip of the triangle for most of the dance so I have to know pretty much all of it.

Hunter Peoples: I love it! I just love to perform and act like a fool.

Five contestents shared their thoughts and experiences in an interview before the big day, Feb. 28.

Biking through the streets of Hillsboro will soon be a different experience. Hillsboro’s roads will soon have more bike lanes, and

there will be smooth, lighted paths added to parks, ac-cording to Burse Buffington, founder and CEO of the Northwest Bike Safety Council.

Hillsboro lawmakers and engineers are working to better the city’s biking community through the Hills-boro 2020 Vision, a program to make Hillsboro a more family-oriented place.

“Hillsboro recently updated [the Hillsboro] 2020 Vision plan to [create an] Active Transportation Ad-visory Committee, [to] plan and map popular bike routes,” said Hal Ballard, a founder of the Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition. “[It] provides signs and symbols to direct cyclists in finding their way around

the city, and develop[s] safe routes to schools pro-

grams.” The main goal is to im-prove the street condi-

tions. The Oregon Bicycle Bill of 1979 makes it mandatory to add bike lanes to any road that is being improved throughout the state of Oregon. The city of Hillsboro also has a Bicycle Master Plan. This plan lays out which streets should have bike lanes in Hills-boro.

“When [the master plan] was developed, citizen input was considered along with the technical standards that need to be met,” Ballard said.

Improving the routes to schools is a major part of the master plan. But the Hillsboro School District’s involvement in the plan is just start-ing. Safe Routes to Schools is a

nationwide movement to make it safer for students to ride to school. The

Hillsboro School District and the Wash-ington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition are the main organizations

who are backing the plan. According to Ballard, the plan has to have political will and community back up as well as input from students.

Making Hillsboro more bike-friend-ly does come at a cost and the city

does not have the mon-ey right now to

do everything that needs

to be d o n e . A proj-e c t c a n hap-p e n when

t h e r e is fund-

ing, and right now

there is no specific funding

for cycling needs, said Ballard.

Because of the lack of money and the constant changing of needs in Hillsboro, there is no goal date to have the vision completed, said Ballard.

In the meantime, bicyclists must protect them-selves on the roads.

According to Oregon state law it is a requirement for anyone under 16 to wear a hel-met while riding a bike. The law also states that riders must have proper safety equipment on their bikes.

“[You need] reflective and light-colored clothing, have a light on at all times, and have a [properly working] bike,” Buffington said.

Another challenge faced in Hills-boro is the cold winters. Sophomore

Devon Roberts recommends wearing riding gloves and protective rain gear.

Bicyclists must also deal with traffic. If there is no designated lane for bikes on the road, it can be a dan-gerous for riders, experienced or not.

The bike paths on the way to Glencoe can be dif-ficult to navigate. According to junior Natalie Maier, the people walking on the paths can get in the way of the bicyclist. The pedestrians also tend to wear head-phones so they cannot hear bikes coming up behind them. Although there are many challenges to bike rid-ing there are still many benefits.

According to Ballard, riding a bicycle can be faster than going by car in some situations. This is because that bikes do not have to wait in traffic and can go on paths and sidewalks.

“The only time I have been late to school was when I was driving. It took forever,” Maier said.

Another benefit is becoming healthier. Riding a bike in the morning makes students more alert and productive in their classes, according to Buffington.

Even with the challenges that come with bike rid-ing, sophomore Bailey LuBean still finds reasons to continue.

“Biking takes a lot more [effort], usually, but where’s the fun in driving when you could be break-ing a good sweat as well as getting some good work in while on a bike?” LuBean said.

Read the rest of the in-terview on www.issuu.com/GlencoeCrimson-Times.com P. 8

Safer biking for Hillsboro

“The only time I have been late to school was when I

was driving.”

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Andrew Rogers Stephany Chum

Casey Daley Matthew Kishlock

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by CRYSTAL HILL

After months of practicing, junior Ju-lie Pham stood in front of judges to re-cite “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Walt Whitman for the 2011 Poetry Out Loud contest last November. She won districts, and on March 12 will be attending the state competition.

Pham, who has hoped to become a doctor since she was nine years old, ap-preciates both science and the arts in her life. She wrote nearly 30 poems this past summer.

“It’s not something I’m super devoted to, but it’s something I enjoy…. I try to paint a good picture in the reader’s mind,” Pham explained.

Pham said she enjoys poetry but participating in Po-etry Out Loud was not a life goal.

“It was kind of by accident. I saw scholarships on-line… I had to figure out how to pay for my education,” Pham said.

She said performing is like giving a speech. The piece had to be completely memorized, and she had to

recite it like she had lived it. “A Noise-less Patient Spider” contains archaic diction, which Pham had to make sound natural. She said the choice of poem is not significant; her performance is what is judged.

To master her poem, Pham said she had to prepare much like a competitor would for a speech and debate event.

“It’s all about the delivery… how you present yourself in front of the judges

when you recite,” Pham said.The contest, including more than 300,000 students

nationwide, is part of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. This year, in conjunc-tion with the Oregon Arts Commission, 29 high schools and 21 communities in the state will participate in Po-etry Out Loud.

The state winner will receive $200 and an all-ex-pense paid trip to participate in the national competition in Washington, D.C. A total of $50,000 worth of awards and school stipends will be given at the national finals.

Feature Page 3 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011CrimsonTimes

Junior wins district poetry competition, going to stateby BETHANY PAVLIK


New style of urban art hits the streets tank sits motionless in a courtyard, but

something is wrong. Panels of soft pink knit-ting, sewn together, cover the tank, with a fluffy

pink pom-pom adorning the gun. This is the work of yarn bombers, a new wave of urban artists.

Both yarn and craft bombing are slowly sweep-ing the nation, even coming to Hillsboro, with the lo-cal tag on an Argus paper box in front of Player’s. A mysterious artist used silver ducting and a few other cleverly recycled pieces to turn the paper box into a robot of sorts.

Yarn bombing started when Magda Sayeg of Knit-ta Please!, from Austin, Texas began placing small yarn bombs to brighten her environment and to make people’s days joyful.

“This sounds strange, but I was inspired by the dull landscape around me,” Sayeg said in an email inter-view. “It was all steel and concrete, and I wanted to add a human element to my urban environment.”

JafaGirls, a crew based in Warm Springs, Ohio, started yarn bombing after Nancy Mellon and Corrine Bayraktaroglu saw pictures of the work Sayeg did while researching for an urban street art display that they were helping with in their community.

“Initially, I was doing research for a street art event in my community.” Bayraktaroglu said. “I saw Knitta Please! and I thought it was really cool. I liked how it recontextualized knitting.”

Sayeg said she enjoys seeing the worldwide phe-nomenon she created.

“I love it! I get emails from people all over the world with pictures of their own creations. It makes people happy, and I love being a part of that move-ment,” Sayeg said.

The first project Mellon and Bayraktaroglu created was the Knit Knot Tree, it expanded with new panels

and notes added by community members. Eventually the tree had to be taken down, but Mellon and Bayrak-taroglu reused the pieces to create another yarn bomb, named the Yum-Yum Pole.

“We were having fun with [the Knit Knot Tree]. People loved it, they put things in the pockets; the concept was embraced by the whole village. [Later, we put up the] Yum-Yum Pole in front of the town’s sweetshop. People would leave money in the pockets and the children used it to buy candy,” Bayraktaroglu said of the Knit Knot tree.

Most yarn bombers put their work up at night to avoid detection and to remain anonymous, so encoun-ters with law enforcement are rare.

Some bombers go by pen or code names to avoid detection, such as the members of K1D2 from Rich-mond, Virginia.

“I’ve never been bothered by cops, and I always install late at night when I have the best chances of

avoiding the public and police,” Knitorious M.E.G. of K1D2 said.

Though encounters with law enforcement are rare, they do happen, but the encounters are usually non-confrontational and the officers do not have a problem unless paint is involved.

“I've been questioned a few times, but I've never been stopped. Once in Sydney, [Australia], I told a cop that I was putting up a scavenger hunt for a church's youth group,” Sayeg said. When Sayeg was yarn bombing in New York “The cop just laughed. He didn't care as long as I wasn't using paint,” she said.

These crafters believe that yarn bombing is a way to make a statement or bring joy to otherwise bleak urban landscapes.

“It tends to be less political and it raises craft awareness. It’s reclaiming space by making things by hand as a group; it tends to be more anonymous,” Le-anne Prain, author of “Yarn Bombing: The Art of Knit and Crochet Graffiti” said.

They bomb to brighten their environment, to make the days of those who live in their communities, joy-ful and less mundane.

“I yarn bomb because I like leaving an area of de-cay brighter than I found it,” Knitorious M.E.G. said.

Yarn bombing has been warmly welcomed where it appears and it puts smiles on the faces of passerby.

“I’ve not heard of any negative impacts. I usually just hear of new fans and smiles via the few friends of mine who know my alias, as well as people’s com-ments online,” Knitorious M.E.G. said.

Next time you see a tree adorned with yarn or a statue modeling a fuzzy hat, know that it was the work of a yarn bomber, out late at night, spreading knitted or crocheted joy, lightening spaces of urban decay.

by CASEY DALEY

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photos submitted by CORRINE bAyRAktAROGlU

A seemingly normal tree stands covered in yarn as pedestrians stroll by in Yellow Springs, Ohio. This is the work of a crew of yarn bombers, a new type of graffitti art that is hitting the streets.

Read about fun, cre-ative ways to ask that special someone to prom at :

photo submitted by tHE kNItORIOUS M.E.GA creative group of yarn bombers placed this festive yarn bomb on a pole in honor of Valentine’s Day.

A skeleton poses next to a pole

decorated with knitting. Yarn

bombing, or Guerilla Knitting,

is the newest trend in street art.

“Bombers” place knitted creations

in dreary areas, brightening

spaces of urban decay.

photos submitted by CORRINE bAy-

RAktAROGlU

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -Entertainment Page 4 CrimsonTimes

Ubisoft’s ‘Motion Sports’ disappointsUbisoft’s track record of making excellent, high

quality video games has finally been broken its newest Kinect release, “Motion Sports.” It’s clear that Ubisoft put most of its energy into the other Kinect release: “Your Shape: Fitness Evolved,” and less time on “Motion Sports”, which is under-developed and lacking in core quality.

In each game the player controls a character por-trayed as a sports hero and must complete events and challenges for each sport. “Motion Sports” features six sports: football, soccer, horseback rid-ing, hang gliding, downhill skiing and boxing. Al-though this game does have a strong variety, the variety comes at the price of quality.

While bugs are not common in this game, its control system does not create a real-life experi-

ence, which was the idea of the game. The timing between a player’s body movements and the system is just a little off and the movements tend to go too far or too short of what the player is trying to do.

In the end, Ubisoft’s Motion Sports was not impressive. With timing issues, bad choices for

mini games, and a low quality of content, it does not shine in the Kinect world. If you are looking for a new Kinect game, do not waste money on this one, but try one of the fitness games instead.

Go to www.issuu.com/GlencoeCrimsonTimes for more entertainment stories

Familiar faces on “Leverage”Page10

Portland comes to life on TV Page 9

To read the re-views of ‘Fallout:

New Vegas’ and ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ go to www.issuu.com/ GlencoeCrimsonTimes

Game Review

by ZACH HAVELIND

News Page 5 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011CrimsonTimes

The staff learned in January that the newspaper budget had been cut, newspaper adviser Juanita Reiter said.

As a result, the “Crimson Times” would not be able to print all the issues planned for the year, and for Co-Editors in Chief Bethany Pavlik and Hannah Johnston, this was a difficult change from their previous hopes to come out with more issues than in previous years.

“I was sad,” Johnston said. “We had spent all summer planning a really good newspaper that students would really look forward to reading.”

The staff immediately began brainstorming ideas on how to save money and expand an to online component, which has been an ambition for the past few years, Reiter said. After extensive discussion and brainstorming, it became ap-parent that going online was a high priority.

Journalism and newspaper student teacher Charity Thompson found Issuu.com, which caused a sudden change in the mood of the newspaper staff.

Pavlik said that it was difficult learning about the budget cuts, but when the staff learned about Issuu.com “it was a 180 degree turn.”

“It made [dealing with the budget cuts] a lot easier,” Johnston said. “Issuu’s a really cool website.”

Thompson said that Issuu.com will provide a simple and dynamic outlet for the newspaper with new creative freedoms such as additional pages and color photography.

“It’s more interactive, very visually appealing, and easy to share,” Thomp-son said. “It works with how students think.”

Johnston said that Issuu.com will provide new opportunities for the staff.“I think it will help our readership,” Johnston said. “[Nowadays], going on-

line is a much more natural thing.”Pavlik said she was excited by the prospect of expanding the “Crimson

Times” readership, and having more of a presence throughout the community.“With Issuu, we have the opportunity to connect with students, parents,

[and] relatives,” Johnston said.

Going Online: The story behind the ‘Crimson Times’ change

WINTER SPORTS UPDATE

by MATTHEW KISHLOCK

Girls BasketballCoach’s Corner with Matt Humphreys:With the girls basketball team ranked second in the league and ninth in the state, Coach Matt Humphreys said he is proud of his team. “We have very good players, and with return-ing to the top league this year we are doing really well,” Humphreys said. Hosting a state play-off game this year, Humphreys would like to see more students at the game to cheer the basketball team on. Going into the state playoffs the basketball team is 19-5-0.

Senior Players:Allysa Gillepsie, Emma Hamel


Sophomore Marly Anderson makes a basket near the end of the first half at the girls bas-ketball game against the McMinnville Grizzlies on Feb. 22. The girls came out on top, crush-ing the Grizzlies with a score of 79-35. This victory is sending the Tide to the playoff game against the Newberg Tigers.

Coach’s Corner with Ray Beeber:Representing Glencoe at the state ski competition are sophomore Denise Bosak and seniors Amanda Larkins and Makaela Boleen. These three girls will be heading to Mount Bachelor in Bend on March 3-4. Coach Ray Beeber said he’s looking forward to the state competition. “I think they’re all going to do really well,” Beeber said. “I’m really optimistic.” This season was a rebuilding year because the team lost several competitive racers to gradu-ation last year. Beeber said they are hoping to gain new members next year, and wants students to know that no previous experience is necessary to join.

State Competitors:Denise Bosak, Amanda Larkin, Makaela Boleen

Ski Team

by MATTHEW KISHLOCK

Coach’s Corner with Jason Harless:The wrestling team has had a strong season. “We have an extraordinary team,” Head Coach Jason Harless said. “We have guys full of integrity, honor, and hard work,” said Harless who is finishing his first year as head wres-tling coach. State qualifiers are sophomore Kyle Flaig, and seniors Mark House, Cody Stock, and Trevor Man-nen.

Senior Competitors:Nick Aerne, Bryan Alvarez, Derek Baxter, Connor Cal-lahan, Tyler Funk, Steven Galland, Zach Holmes, Mark House, Trevor Mannen, Brandon Sahlfeld, Cody Stock, Matt Teeter, Mark Trujillo.

Wrestling

by HANNAH JOHNSTON

Boys BasketballCoach’s Corner with Matt Schmidt:After struggling pre-season, the boys basketball team “picked it up” and as of last Tuesday, was 6-0. Coach Matt Schmidt’s highlight of the season was when the Tide beat Hilhi twice in a row. The boys’ team won in overtime on Feb. 22 against McMinnville, winning the title of co-league champions.

Senior Players:Trevin Kellow, Josef Khalifeh, Morgan Kellow, Joseph Duvall, Kory Kirwan

by BETHANY PAVLIK

Swim TeamCoach’s Corner with Shannon Corbeau:Swim team had a successful season, sending sophomore Taylor Frank to state competiton af-ter she won both the 200 and 500 freestyle at districts. Coach Shannon Corbeau said the team showed much progress this year after moving up to a new division. “6A is a lot more competi-tive. Everybody improved their times from the beginning of the season to the end,” Corbeau said. The team also grew significantly in size. “We had a lot bigger team; we went from 19 last year to 33 this year,” Corbeau said. Corbeau wants to keep the team growing to make it more competitive. “We’re hoping to build the team so we have more depth,” Corbeau said.

State Competitors:Taylor Frank

by CASEY DALEY

by TINA ANDERSON

Whether they are selling cookies for Girl Scouts or dancing on the dance team, fraternal soph-

omore twins Lindsay and Jennifer Wagner said they always enjoy their time together.

Older sister Lindsay describes Jennifer as dedicated.

“It’s something I’ve always admired about her and without her I’d probably never get anything done,” Lindsay said.

Though they are twins and best friends, the girls admit they get into arguments all the time, often over ridiculous topics.

“The last time we fought was at the bus stop, and it was over an umbrella,” Jennifer said. “We usually just yell at each other and then get over it.”

The sisters appreciate and embrace being twins. Lindsay said having a twin means she always has someone to depend on and talk to.

“We do get competitive with each other sometimes over dance or something, but I think having a twin is more of a positive than a negative,” Lindsay said

While both have played sports their entire lives,

this year will be the first time that Lauren and Sophie Van-Dyke will play lacrosse to-gether. Lauren, a junior, said being on a team with her sis-ter is fun and has strengthened their relationship.

Lauren said she and So-phie, a freshman, used to be more distant and would do things separately.

“This year brought us a lot closer than we’ve ever been before,” Lauren said “Before, we didn’t talk much, but now that we’re both in high school, we relate more. We al-ways give each other advice now.”

Sophie describes her older sister as a happy person who can brighten any-one’s day and said she would be lost without her.

“[Lauren] is my mentor and my best friend,” Sophie said. “I’d be a million memories short without her.”

Sneaking out of the house was a constant activity for Michael Alvarez, a junior and Jasmin Aguilar, a freshman. These

siblings used to steal their neighbor’s cat, pretend to be Indians, and make mud pies together as children. Now as teenagers, the two are hang out around their house or get into play fights with each other.

Both said they could not imagine their lives without one another. Jasmin said she would have made a lot of mistakes in her life without her brother to watch over her.

“He’s like my best friend; I’d go crazy without him,” Jasmin said.

For Michael, having a sister means the world to him.

“[Jasmin] is very funny and out-going. I would be extremely bored if she wasn’t in my life; she keeps me entertained,” Michael said.

Having shared countless memo-ries, the siblings admit they do not always get along.

Jasmin said that they do not get into serious fights often, but they do get into arguments when she takes jokes too far or if her brother annoys her.

“[Michael] is usually the bigger person when it comes to [fights]; he’ll come in my room, give me a hug, and apologize,” Jasmin said.

Love ’em or hate ’em?

From crawling on the carpet as infants to leading independent lives,

sibling relationships are the longest last-ing relationships formed

While they share many physical features and man-nerisms, Royal and Luke

Stearns could not be more different. Royal, a junior describes his sopho-

more brother as the type of person who will always be content and comfortable with his life no matter what.

While Luke on the other hand said Royal can be a pain in the neck even though he’s a cool guy with a great work ethic.

“[Royal] is definitely more of the ‘get things done’ guy,” Luke said.

Both enjoy playing sports. However, Royal said Luke always seems to beat him, whether in sports, video games or getting out of trouble with their parents.

“I can’t help that I’m better and cool-er,” Luke said with a smile. “I know how to sweet talk my way out of things. It comes naturally.”

Though these brothers are close, Royal Stearns said they are not best friends.

“[Luke] and I don’t talk much. We

just like to do our own thing,” Royal said. “But it also has to do with maturity level. I’d say that I’m more mature than [Luke] is.”

Royal added that he never sees his brother at school, but Luke had a dif-ferent take.

“We could literally be walking to-wards each other, make eye contact, and then turn the other way without saying a word,” Luke said jokingly.

Although these two brothers are constantly contradicting each other, both agree that they have shared some of the best memories together.

“We’re completely different and do get on each other’s nerves but no mat-ter what, we’re always there for one an-

other,” Royal said.

Royal & Luke StearnsMichael Alvarez & Jasmin Aguilar

Lauren & Sophie VanDyke

by STEPHANY CHUM

Lindsay & Jennifer Wagner

Top: Jasmin & MichaelBottom: Jasmin & Michael

Top: Luke & Royal Bottom: Luke & Royal

Top: Lauren & Sophie Bottom: Sophie & Lauren

Top: Lindsay & JenniferBottom: Lindsay & Jennifer


Recent photos by SIERRA DUNGAN

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Battle of the Bandz

The competition was fierce and the music blasted all night in Glencoe’s auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 12 during Glencoe’s “Battle of the Bandz” competi-tion. Of the six bands that competed, three took home awards. First place went to Pretty Boys in Sweater Vests, second to Redd Tabb and third to Serotonin. The other three bands that competed were Northward Bound, Controversial Magic and Terran Lamont.

Photos by Alexander Ogle

Richard Kroell, of the band Northward Bound plays a unique cross between country and indie music resulting in a very rhythmic performance.

Alex Culley of the second-place band, Redd Tabb, blew out the eardrums of the audience at the Battle of the Bandz while playing Redd Tabb’s cover of “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses.

First-place band, Pretty Boys in Sweater Vests, performed “Short Skirt, Long Jacket” by Cake, featuring a cow bell played by Adam Heyen with vocalist and trumpeter Sam Saun-ders and bassist Collin Ruark.

Mitchell Marinello, a.k.a. Captain Crimson, is also the singer and keyboarder of Serotonin, the band that took third place at this year’s Battle of the Bandz.


Why did you want to participate in the Mr. Glen-coe Pageant?Dillon Taylor: I remember watching it last year and seeing all the seniors having fun and raising money for the kids, and I thought that was pretty cool.Anthony Cowan: I wanted to participate in the Mr. Glencoe Pageant because I thought it’d be really fun to make a fool out of myself and I’m doing it for a good cause.How was the visit to Doernbecher hospital?AC: It was awesome! I had never been there before so it was really cool to walk around to see some of the kids and see what exactly all the money that we’re raising goes to.

Hunter Peoples: It was sad. There’s like a bunch of kids there that need help. It was a good lesson learned. You get to see what actually goes on in the hospital. I liked it.

What are you doing to prepare for the pageant?DT: To prepare we’re practicing the dance every lunch. We’re raising money. It’s difficult, but it’s a worthy cause and we are practicing our talent, which is a secret so you can’t know it.AC: Mainly just practicing my dance. It’s going to be pretty interesting. I’m in my brother’s [Anthony Pernisco] group for the actual skit so I’m just going to mess around and let him do his thing and get to do whatever he asks me to do.HP: I’m getting mentally and physically ready.

How do you feel about dancing in front of a crowd?Chandler Miller: I’m glad that I’m in the back.AC: Nervous. It’s very much out of my comfort zone. HP: I love it! I love to perform and act like a fool.AJ Cole: It’s going to be pretty crazy; I’m not going to lie, so we’ll see how that goes. I’m at the tip of the triangle for most of the dance so I have to know pretty much all of it.

How do you feel about your competition?AC: I feel like we have tough competition. There are a lot of great guys doing it.

AJC: Well there’s not much competition for me, obvi-ously. I’m pretty confident. I’m going to win. Really.

What is your favorite part about being involved?CM: Probably the fact that I get to help children.AC: Just that everything I’m doing is for a good cause because I’m not the dancing type so doing this is kind of out of my comfort zone.HP: Definitely, the dancing. I love to dance.

How long did you consider doing the MGP before your senior year?CM: When I first saw it I thought it’d be fun to do. I never really, like, seriously thought about it until my senior year when they nominated me.AC: When I saw it the first time my sophomore year I thought it would be really cool, so since then.

Who do you think are the top contestants and why?AC: Hayden because everyone likes him. And AJ Cole because he’s actually really good at dancing.AJC: Hunter thinks he’s good, but nope. Stuart is good, and Hayden Plinke. But I’m going to win, just for the record.

On Feb. 28, the Mr. Glencoe Pageant contestants finished their weeks of fundraising for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and crowned a winner. Before the big night, five contestants shared their perspectives on their experiences

by CRYSTAL HILL

Mr. Glencoe Pageant contestants practice their group dance routine. They practiced daily at lunch for about a month. photos by ALEXANDER OGLE

Ryan O’Rourke and Joseph Duvall work hard dur-ing a lunch-time dance practice.

Joseph Duvall, Perry Anderson, and Christian Wasilk get their boogie on.

Ty Funk takes a break during dance practice.

Mr. Glencoe contestants raise funds, spirit

Entertainment Page 9 - Tuesday, March 1, 2011CrimsonTimes

The desert of the Mojave Wasteland becomes a place of wonder and intense ac-tion in Bethesda’s newest video game release: “Fall-out: New Vegas.” This game sets a new bar for role play-ing games with its beautiful, massive world and unlimit-ed possibilities.

The player begins the game as a courier, recover-ing in the home of a doctor after being shot in the head by a thug. But with a little loving care and some back-water medicine, the player will be ready to explore the Mojave Wasteland.

This game’s design and content allows the player unlimited possibilities and challenges. Every decision, every action, and every faction joined will change the world and will likely change the end result of the story. Creating over 50 different endings to the game and creates hundreds of hours’ worth of unique play-through.

But “New Vegas” still has all the same bugs, glitches, and soul-draining loading screens that are common of Bethesda role-players. Throughout a player’s trav-els in the waste the player will find characters floating in the air, locked dialogue texts, invisible walls and other nuisances that make this game heartbreaking at times.

However, the positives far out weigh any glitch or error a player will encounter thanks to its strong plotlines, unique characters, and ex-cellent weapon systems, such as the V.A.T.S. aiming system that adds gory crack shots and decapitations to the more subtle and simplis-tic iron sight system, new to the “Fallout” series.

There’s a never-ending list of things to do: fight, create, collect and affect allowing the players to cre-ate their own worlds. This game is one of Bethesda’s absolute best and is a strong release to add on to the “Fallout” series. If you could only get one game for the next three years, get this one.

Players around the world will be blown away to find out that Treyarch, a company with a terrible track record making shoot-ing games, has finally created a quality game: “Call of Duty: Black Ops.” This game follows Alex Mason, an agent in the C.I.A., through a riveting campaign cover-ing the events of the ’60s and ’70s. While

the game has flaws with its multiplayer experience, its campaign is spot on and detailed and is one of the best campaigns in the “Call of Duty” series.

The single player experience is similar to the other “Call of Duty” (or “C.O.D.”) games with its short campaign but thor-oughly detailed plotline. The “Black Ops” storyline is by far the most dynamic of all the “C.O.D.” storylines featuring a cre-ative and involving plotline. The single player experience is definitely the best part about this game, but the multiplayer is not too far behind.

While the gameplay in multiplayer is very similar to the “Modern Warfare” se-ries, it does not quite compare. This game is more prone to camping (hiding in one spot to earn easy points) and requires less skill to play than the “Modern Warfare” series did. It is also not as fast paced and features a much worse weapon selection,

making this game’s multiplayer not as de-sirable as “Modern Warfare’s.” However, “Black Ops” makes up for this with all the new features it has introduced to its multi-player system.

This game replaces “Modern War-fare’s” kill count advancement system with a more effective and all-around, eas-ier-to-use currency system. “Black Ops” also integrates Treyarch’s Zombies game, an online multiplayer game in which a player must survive wave after wave of at-tacks from the undead.

Since the length of the campaign and the quality of the graphics are very similar to “Modern Warfare,” this game is not a groundbreaking release. But all in all it is a good game with excellent improvements made from its predecessors and is definite-ly a step forward for Treyarch.

The new TV series “Portlan-dia” reveals the sterotypically weird Portland. This show is becoming famous for the situ-ational irony and hilariously detailed moments that Port-landers can relate to

W ith its hilarious story line and memorable quotes IFC’s new television show “Portlandia” is

managing to “keep Portland weird.” The show is enhanced with the appearance “Saturday Night Live” comedian Fred Ar-misen.

“Portlandia” celebrates the city where “the dream of the ’90s is still alive,” and where “young people go to retire,” as Ar-misen and his co-star Carrie Brownstein discuss in the first episode.

The show starts with Armisen telling Brownstein about a magical place called Portland, Ore., where the style of living

is completely laid back, where people are encouraged to be different. After a quick song about the ’90s, Armisen and Brown-stein end up in a restaurant. In complete mockery of the animal-friendly ways of Portland, Armisen asks about the chicken on the menu. No, he was not simply ask-ing about how the chicken was cooked, but about the environment in which the

chicken was raised. The waitress leaves and returns with the chicken’s personal file, and explains, “Tonight you will be dining on Colin.”

After a quick side story about a femi-nist book store where the owners trap a man inside because he used the restroom without buying anything, the story returns to the diners driving 30 miles to the farm where Colin was raised.

While a show that stars Fred Armisen and revolves around Portland, Oregon could not be expected to be completely G-rated, other than a few awkward moments at the farm, the episode was clean and hi-larious.

The two actors truly capture the joy and peculiarity that is Portland. This could be because Brownstein lived in the city for 10 years and Armisen frequently visits, al-lowing them to truly understand the wacky ways the city works.

The show does not disappoint, and in a non-hurtful manner captures the ways of Portland. So Portland, hold onto your 15 minutes of fame, because at one point the millennium will hit and the ’90s will be over.

After hiring a house sitter and explaining the intricacies of their house, even how to flip the light switch, main characters Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s characters reveal that they will only be gone for two hours.

by HANNAH JOHNSTON

by ZACH HAVELIND

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Satire ... or auto-biography?

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Main character Carrie Brownstein lived in Portland for 10 years.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 -Entertainment Page 10 CrimsonTimes

Children of two teachers have performed in the hit show, “Leverage.” This award winning TV show stars Academy award winner, Timo-thy Hutton as Nate Ford, a former insurance investigator who is determined to bring the corrupted wealthy to justice. He and his high-ly specialized ex-criminals use their talents to catch the wealthy who abuse their power to manipulate others.

Drama teacher Lori Daliposon and English teacher Duncan Wyndham, have children who have appeared in “Leverage.”

Daliposon’s son, Connor Daliposon, a sophomore at Century, was a main character in a side story during the second season’s epi-sode, “The Order 23 Job.” He played a boy named Randy Trent who was beaten by his father.

Connor has had a casting agent since the age of 9 and has been interested in cinematog-

raphy since he was young. He participates in the speech and debate

team at Century, which helps build his confi-dence and speaking skills that will in the long run benefit him as an actor, said his mother.

Wyndham’s daughter, Qian Wyndham, was also in the season two in, “The Fairy Godpar-ents Job.”

“She played the part of Judy Kim who was exceptional in the spelling bee,” Wyndham said.

Qian’s agent told her about the auditions in Portland and said she had an advantage.

“There are not very many Asian actresses in Portland, so she had a pretty good shot,” Wyndham said.

Qian got an agent when she was 12 years old and has had one for years now. While she has been in a popular TV show, acting is more of a hobby, and she does not plan on pursuing it as a career.

by KIRA TIEMAN

“Leverage” a TV shown on TNT is shot inbn Portland, Oregon. The show has given local children a chance of being on televi-sion.

Will you go to prom with me?

Local teens taste stardom with “Leverage”

Suspense is everything, so make him wonder. At the begin-ning of his classes have his teachers give him a note.

1st period- Will You2nd period- Go to3rd period- Prom with

Then in his last class, greet him with a bouquet of roses and a sign saying “Me!”

Take all day

It is a classic; grab a boom box and hold it above your head while it plays her favorite song outside her house. Then, when she opens her window or door turn the music off and ask her to prom. Just make sure she is home before you start playing loud music in her neighborhood.

The boom box

The best way to anyone’s heart is food. So take a pizza and write out “Prom?” in M&M’s candies and have the pizza deliv-ered to his house. Make sure you get the pizza delivery man to say who it is from. You may have to put the M&M’s on yourself and simply have the pizza delivery man deliver it for you.

Pizza Delivery

If you want to make your potential date feel special, make cupcakes for the class. On the cupcake you give to that special someone have “Prom?” written in icing. Make sure it is a class that you have together; do not be the random guy who walks into a class with cupcakes. If you do not have a class together, give out cupcakes at lunch, then you will not only get a prom date but a bunch of friends.

Cupcakes

First, ask the teacher if it will be okay to disrupt the class. Then, get a group of your friends together and create a short song for your potential date. Singing it to her will be a very memorable surprise.

When in doubt sing it out


How NOT to ask someone to prom It may be the social network of the century, but it is not the way to get a date to prom. Next time you log on she will want to log off.

Facebook

Texting is great for flirting, and that is it. No matter how many smiley faces you put into those 160 characters that little screen will not be a cute way to ask someone to prom.

Texting

Do not simply grab her and ask. Make sure that she knows that it was planned and that you really thought about asking her. If you are shy you can still make a simple question sweet and romantic. No girl wants to be a last thought.

Just saying it

It is important to be creative when asking someone to prom. Try ideas such as writing on cupcakes, singing, or delivering a pizza to a potential prom date.

by HANNAH JOHNSTON

Being asked to prom is almost as memorable as the dance itself

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