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2013-14 Staff

Elise Houcek, Editor-in-ChiefAlex Zoellick, Editor-in-ChiefKyle Laska, News EditorAva Polzin, Features EditorTom Ackerman, Opinion EditorMike Gasick, Sports EditorTyler Skinner, Sports EditorBailey Schmid, Photo EditorRachael Girmscheid, Social Media Editor

Mr. Michael Gluskin, faculty adviser

Staff Writers:Jessica Cartwright

Becky DeAcetisMolly DowningRyan Jackson

Hannah JenkinsEmily LuceJacob Luce

Emily MalechaConnor Polk

Maddie SalataShelly Schick

Abby St. ClaireKorina Valenzuela

Kate VittoreNick VittoreKatie Vrba

Natalie Zeng2 May 28, 2014 Staff List

Keep active this summer with DOI’s “100 Things To Do This Summer” blog

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Dear Readers,

what’s inside

4 Our Oldest GraduatesTwo long-tenured teachers are retiring after this school year.

5 News BriefsUpdates on this and next year’s prom, as well as LHS’s recent national and state rankings.

8 What’s TrendingCheck out the latest in clothing, tech and music.

18-19 Minorities at LHSWhat does it feel like to be a minority attending a majority white school like LHS?

10-13 The College ListWhere is the Class of 2014 headed in the fall?

17Senior SuccessesA few -- among many -- accomplishments among this year’s seniors are acknowledged.

letter to the readers

Sincerely,

16 Several seniors are taking interesting routes upon leaving LHS.

You’re going where?!

I am not about to lament the end of our “priceless high school experience;” yes, there are people to be missed, and sure, there are familiarities to be recon-ciled, but it is not without due consideration that I believe our far greater experiences are yet to come. Instead of tearing up over the loss of your best friend, congratulate him on his ambition. Instead of peeling back the memories, strive to top the one’s you’ve made. Move on, and realize your own confident aspiration; we are not so lacking in potential to assume that in this moment we leave behind the peak of our lives. Noth-ing is ending, and it is essential that we continue on a progressive track, to not get caught up in feeling sorry for ourselves in reminiscence. I urge you not to stop moving because the crowded ceremony called graduation veils you in a haze of faulty permanence. I also urge you to try not to cry (you may be parting ways with your favorite gym teacher, but with that, the pacer goes too). And it is only when you truly convince yourself that you are leaving behind something that you wish you never had, or that appears so precious that you hold all other expectations to such a standard, that you begin to lose sight of the opportu-nity that is so much more than a high school football game.

9 What’s HappeningDOI reports the world’s doings.

20-21 Calculating the numbers and formulasA look into what exactly the Math Team and Science Olympiad are.

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22-23 Tormenting TeachersHow teachers are being bullied through social media sites and the Internet.

25-27Putting together the piecesA profile on John Karahalios, an LHS student with autism.

28 Music Festival OutfitsWhat to wear when attending a summer concert.

30-33 OpinionOur staff’s view on the LSTs, plus three student columns.

34-35 You Bettor NotA fictional account of sports gambling at LHS, along with some real, nationwide statistics.

Elise HoucekEditor-in-Chief

37-39 Onto the Next LevelLHS athletes who received athletic scholarships for next year.

Major summer renovations aheadThe school will be undergoing several changes this summer.

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14-15 The Road Less Traveled Exposing the myths of College of Lake County.

Cover design by Bailey Schmid

29 How to: Summer EditionGet prepped for various summer activities.

41-43 The Adulation of SkougBaseball catcher Evan Skoug will likely be chosen in the MLB draft next month.

40 Athletes to Watch ForSeveral underclassmen athletes will be making a name for themselves in the years to come.

Our Oldest Graduates

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Mr. Rochon plans on learning French and visiting Quebec; his family has lived in North America since 1657 and Mr. Rochon recently discovered that he has roots in Quebec. “In order to go back to that part of the continent and ex-plore my roots, I need to have a respectable ability to speak the language. I can’t just go in as an American who speaks slower and louder to the French speakers… so that’s kind of a matter of respect,” Mr. Rochon said. Mr. Rochon also plans on continuing to coach the Lake Forest High School women’s volleyball team; he is the head coach currently, and has held the position since 2011. “I would like the opportunity to build a program again. I was the first boys volleyball coach here for the boys volley-ball program and I was the first women’s volleyball coach at Vernon Hills and built that program,” Mr. Rochon said.

Mr. Rochon coached the boys volleyball team until 2007. This was his last team at LHS.

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Mrs. Krupp has been working at LHS for 25 years, and has been teach-ing for 33 years. She has worked as a department supervisor for Internation-al Languages since 2000, taught all levels of Ger-man, and taught Freshman Literature and Com-position in the English department. She was also co-chair on the NCA team for five years, which was the school improvement committee, ran German Club for 10 years and assisted with state testing (PSAE) for two years. “I just love teaching German language, literature and cul-ture and even German grammar, and the same for English literature and grammar,” Mrs. Krupp said. In her retirement, Mrs. Krupp plans on visiting Hawaii, Scotland, Germany and Italy. She also might find another job. “I think of myself as being very young so I’m going to start on my second life and my second career,” Mrs. Krupp said. Although she is excited for what is going to come, Mrs. Krupp is also sad to leave many of her friends at LHS behind. “It just seemed like a good time in my life to change course and to do some things I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. And I had my required time in with the state and my department is in a good stage in terms of tran-sitioning into new educational leader… but I’ll miss the people,” Mrs. Krupp said.

“They’re so crazy... I care about them a lot. They’re my homeroom class so we know each other very well,” Mrs. Krupp said about her third period class.

People come and go, get hired and get fired. But the most impacting goodbye at Libertyville High School can be seen when a staff member retires, leaving a group of people they have influenced and moti-vated as they move on to the next stage of their life. This year, Mr. Steve Rochon, a transition coordinator, and Mrs. Thelma Krupp, a German teacher and International Languages department supervisor, are retiring.-

By Becky DeAcetis

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Libertyville High School met James Bond in this year’s Casino Royale-themed prom. As it has been in previous years, the dance was held at the Marriott Lincolnshire hotel on Saturday, May 17. The dance and dinner were in an outdoor tent at the hotel. As for the theme, the senior class council got to choose and the fun Vegas-style, Casino Royale theme was what they had apparently wanted from the get-go. “Casino Royale was our choice as the council,” said LHS senior class vice president Joey Nedland, “and it was really the best thing we came up with; nothing else made it a tough call.” Although LHS has been consistent with hosting prom at the Marriott the past few years, the 2015 prom is already booked and is going to be a bit more nautical. Next year’s prom is going to set sail on the Spirit of Chi-cago, a sightseeing cruise ship that docks at Chicago’s Navy Pier. “We looked at all different places like zoos, some other hotels,” said ju-nior and Student Council Executive Board President Shannon Roche, “but a Navy Pier yacht was affordable and much more fun!” After the Marriott’s event prices increased, it wasn’t a hard decision for Student Council to switch the venue. But with many options available, they took multiple venues into consideration, such as zoos, aquariums, multiple hotels, and others. As for proms to come, the senior class councils of those particular grades will be the deciding factors as to if the venue will stay at sea or return to a more classic hotel location. “Living so close to Chicago is really awesome because it gives us a ton of possible venues to choose from,” said Mrs. Rebecca Kinnee, an LHS English teacher and Student Council advisor. “The juniors seem to really be looking forward to the boat venue next year, but we’ll talk to the 2016 senior class about what they want when the time comes.” That being said, the time will probably come sooner than most think. Prom, generally, has to be booked a year or more in advance. With that fact in mind, the 2016 prom will be in the works early next school year. “Next year is kind of going to be a test run with the prom venue,” said Roche. “We are sure they’re all going to enjoy the change, however if we face other complications, we may have to consider changing the venue.”Also, because the price of the cruise will be a bit higher than the cost of previous LHS proms, the Student Council advisors will be asking the 2015 senior class council to possibly pay for their own party favors or extra perks in the prom package, according to Mrs. Kinnee.

Prom goes Bond, then boatingBy Emily Malecha

LHS highly ranked in state, nationBy Tom Ackerman LHS was recently ranked very respectably in academics within the state and the nation as a part of several annual reports, the most prominent publications being U.S. News and World Report and The Washington Post. In U.S. News and World Report’s ranking, LHS was ranked 25 in the state and 609th in America. The score was mostly based on college readiness, math proficiency, reading proficiency, and the school’s teacher-to-student ratio. In addition, LHS Assistant Principal Ray Albin stated that the number of AP classes offered, the number of AP courses taken, the percentage of threes, fours, and fives (on the AP test), the graduation percentage, the attendance percentage, and PSAE scores were also taken into consideration. Libertyville also ranked well in The Washington Post’s annual report. LHS was placed 15th in the state and 569th in the nation. This publication’s grad-ing was based on “the number of Advanced Placement, International Bac-calaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a school each year, divided by the number of seniors who graduated that year,” according to The Washington Post. Mr. Albin takes pride in the scores and recognizes the reasons for the success. “We have bright and motivated staff and students, and we’re getting fabulous results. It’s that combination,” he said. Mr. Albin went on to say that Libertyville has “teachers that want to see students succeed and students that want to succeed.” With that combination, Libertyville has accomplished a respectable position on such ranking reports. In addition, Mr. Albin acknowledges the value of community and parental support that goes into the education in Libertyville. According to Mr. Albin, “we have parents that value education,” which supplies a lot of motivation. However, Mr. Albin recognizes how school rankings can be manipulated, and refuses to participate in such activity if it won’t benefit LHS or its students and staff. For example, Mr. Albin expressed that Stevenson High School pushes students to take at least one AP course in their high school career, re-gardless of if the student meets the challenge. As these reports grade partially based on the number of AP classes taken, this boosts schools like Stevenson’s score on the list, but doesn’t necessarily prove the school is more effective in educating its students. Therefore, when Mr. Albin and other administrators review the annual reports, they look at “who’s doing it [education] the best and why. From our perspective, who’s above us, and [we see] what we can learn,” said Mr. Albin. However, LHS administrators recognize and appreciate the somewhat skewed system from these reports, and are vested in the best interests of LHS and its students, rather than just looking for a good score. According to Mr. Albin, “we’re going to do what’s right for us.”

Photo courtesy of Andrea LaraThis year’s Prom dinner was under a tent at the Lincolnshire Marriott hotel.

Photo by Tom Ackerman

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LHS will undergo major renovations this summerBy Connor Polk

Libertyville High School is currently, and will be, undergoing many major and minor changes during the summer. Unsurprisingly, the upkeep to this 450,000-plus square foot building is nowhere near minimal. Not only was LHS built over 50 years ago, but it also harbors more than 2,000 teenagers daily. Changes that have happened and plan to happen range from simple changes to the weight room to the abatement of asbestos. Regarding the weight room, it simply stirred up confusion for many. The weight racks, previously lined up against the walls with an aisle straight down the middle, have been reversed. The racks are now back-to-back in the middle with aisles on both sides. While some people don’t seem to like it, not only has it freed up extra room for people to navigate the weight room, but no one is scared about breaking anyone’s ankles after dropping a bar anymore. “While it is more organized, it is very difficult to get around during dead-lifts and barbell hip lifts because we all lift so heavy on those and take up so much space,” said sophomore Matt Roleck. This alteration to one isolated school facility was relatively low maintenance. Asbestos, on the other hand, is not. Not only does LHS make abatement a frequent act, as this school that opened its doors 58 years ago is chock full of asbestos, but it is also a very difficult process. While this is an obvious cause for concern judging by the fact that humans have known of the dangers of asbestos for several decades, it is all completely sealed, posing no immedi-ate risk to staff or students. Regardless of it being locked away, though, LHS has been making every effort possible towards the continual removal of it. Fortunately, these efforts can be rela-tively concentrated, as they are only done on the main block of LHS that was originally constructed before the dangers of asbestos were recognized by the federal government. Accord-ing to Mr. Eric Maroscher, assistant principal, the plans for this summer’s abatement include nine different rooms on the second floor. Extensive efforts are especially to be made this summer due to the fact that LHS will be enjoying the benefits of a school devoid of students this summer, as Vernon Hills High School will be hosting all summer school classes this year. As stated by Mr. Maroscher, Not only is every single aspect of LHS being touched up, this includes paint-ing, floors, vents, and all the furniture, as it is every summer, but the entire parking lot is being restripped. While this pales in comparison to some of the internal changes currently and soon to be made to LHS, it is still an incredibly painstaking and important job. This may not be too noticeable to a majority of daily attendees to LHS, as only seniors and staff are permitted to park on campus, but changes affecting

a broader body of people are still to happen. The outdoor eating area sur-rounded by the cafeteria, while already a nice area that unfortunately suffers from the weather quite often, will undergo some major renovations. While it is not exactly a big area, the addition of purposefully placed trees and flowers surrounding a new patio should really change the atmosphere. The alleyway going in between the band rooms and the rooms in the base-ment will be completely ripped up. Unlike the parking lot, this is not just for aesthetics. This ordeal is a direct response to the plumbing problems LHS continues to experience. While LHS has already done full basement renovations in response to the multi day flood last year that managed to shut down the school for a few days, many plumbing issues still remain. These issues are on top of the complete renovations of the basement that flooded, which include new electrical configuration, floors, cages, and shelves. As some may remember, earlier this year, there was a not-so-pleasant odor floating around the halls of LHS for awhile. It was definitely an inconve-nience, but seemed like nothing more than that to most students. What was not realized was that is was a much bigger problem than any student realized, that is why it is now a much bigger project than any student could have anticipated. All this new work will pay off, though, as the addition of these new pipes are expected to have a long lasting future and no abnormal smells.

The LHS weight room layout has been changed recently in order to increase safety and mobility.Photo by Connor Polk

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WHAT’S HAPPENING?First there was "Jurassic Park," then "Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World," then "Jurassic Park 3," and now, "Jurassic World!" Based off of the "Jurassic Park" movies and more commonly known as, "Jurassic Park 4," "Jurassic World" is in the process of filming. Director and co-writer, Colin Trevorrow, says that none of the main characters, such as Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill), Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), and Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) will be a part of the cast. As sad as it is, Trevorrow says that he doesn't want to throw these three people back on the island because he doesn't want "Jurassic Park" to look like three people with enough bad luck to be put onto Isla Nublar again. There is one person, however, that might join the cast from the first "Jurassic Park" movie. The person in question for "Jurassic World" is BD Wong, otherwise known as Dr. Henry Wu. Dr. Wu was a character who worked in the lab in the first "Jurassic Park" and although Wong only got one scene, he has been asked to return in the new dinosaur movie. "Jurassic World" is set to hit theaters June 12, 2015.

New fossils of a 540-million-year-old creature were found in northern Greenland. The over two-foot long shrimp relative, Tamisiocaris borealis, was a gentle giant of the sea that had no predators and ate small prey. Before the fossils were discovered, it was thought that during the early Cambrian (485- 540 million years ago), there was not much life roaming the oceans. The newly found fossils of Tamisiocaris borealis, as well as other recently found sea crea-tures, changed that theory.

While excavating a trashed tomb in the Valley Of The Kings, archaeologists discovered the remains of about 50 Egyptians. The tomb consisted of princes, princesses, and infants that were all royals during Egypt's New Kingdom. Most of the 50 mummies were found to have been related to two pharaohs, Thutmose IV, and Amenhotep III. One of the best preserved burials found in Valley Of The Kings is King Tutankhamun's tomb. There are still many tombs being discovered and studied at the site today.

Robin Williams plans to return as Euphegenia Doubtfire in "Mrs. Doubtfire 2." Williams and the director of the first "Mrs. Doubtfire," Chris Columbus, discussed writing a sequel to the movie in 2001 but the idea faded as time went on. Now, Columbus and Williams have brought the idea back and have high hopes about a sequel. Not everyone is fully on board with the new movie, however. Lisa Jakub, who played as Lydia Hillard, says that she will not be joining the new movie along with Mara Wilson, who played Natalie Hillard. Both say that they have not been contacted about being in the movie and that they don't think that a sequel would make sense with the movie anyway. Regardless, Williams and Columbus are still planning to continue in trying to make "Mrs. Doubtfire 2" happen.

After two years, the father of the Sandy Hook killer spoke out for the first time by saying that he wishes his son had never been born. In 2012, the Sandy Hook killer, Adam Lanza, took the guns in his mother's house and shot her four times. Later, he murdered six staff at the Connecticut elementary school along with 20 children and then himself. Adam Lanza's father, Peter Lanza, calls his son evil and is ashamed to even say his own name. Mr. Lanza will not say where his son was buried and that no one with ever find out. Mr. Lanza's reason for finally breaking his two-year silence was because he wanted people to understand that this could happen to anyone.

By Jessica Cartwright

Haley Agre Northwestern UniversityGrace Ahlgrim Hope CollegeHaley Alban Iowa State UniversityJames Althoff University of DaytonJoseph Amdur Bowdoin CollegeAlexandra Amos Loyola University ChicagoAbigail Anderson Bethel UniversityHannah Anderson Belmont UniversityNicholas Andrews Michigan State UniversityVictoria Marie Aquende Columbia CollegeTaylor Armour Montana State UniversityJennifer Arthur Colorado State UniversityHaley Ashdown University of MissouriMichael Axe Missouri University at ColumbiaJake Axelson College of Lake CountyNicholas Bagatti Adams State UniversityStephani Bakus Other Kevin Barbian UndecidedLionello Bardina Iowa State UniversityJeffrey Barton Illinois State UniversityColton Bast University of KentuckyStephanie Bauer University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMatthew Bauer Bradley UniversityJack Baumruk University of California,Aisha Bawani College of Lake CountyVanessa Beck Augustana CollegeEmily Behnke DePaul UniversityAbbie Bennett University of Southern CaliforniaMatthew Berklan University of CincinnatiMatthew Bertler University of Wisconsin- MadisonPatrick Birck Xavier UniversityHailey Bishop College of Lake CountyOlivia Blaha Miami of OhioCole Blazer Marquette UniversityMarytherese Boretti University Of KansasRyan Borgeson Indiana UniversityCarlin Bradley Northern Arizona UniversityMadeline Brandt University of KentuckyKelly Brant Illinois State UniversitySteven Braun University of Missouri at ColumbiaDanielle Briggs Savannah College of Art and DesignTyler Brooks University of TulsaRachel Broughton Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyHeather Brown College of Lake CountyDominique Bruncko Pomona CollegeClaire Bryant Berklee College of MusicMadelyn Buhrman Western Michigan UniversityAllison Bujak St. NorbertJohn Burke University of VermontMichelina Caffero Michigan State University

Erin Calamari University of Minnesota Twin CitiesLara Callan Dominican UniversityBenjamin Callan Illinois Institute of TechnologyBenjamin Canevello VermillionClaire Caplis University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThaddaeus Carlson University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJohn Carmichael University of MissouriLana Carnazzola Concordia University ChicagoBen Carter Bradley UniversityMargaret Cashman Gordon CollegeVictoria Cavalcante University of Illinois at ChicagoJaocb Cavaliere DePaul UniversityChristian Cervantes College of Lake CountyBethany Chang Hofstra UniversityLloyd Chatfield University of KentuckyTyler Chen California Polytechnic State UniversityLucy Christianson University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPeter Cline Lansing Community CollegeJoseph Coffey Plymouth State UniversityChloe Coffey College of Lake CountyMatthew Coonrad College of Lake CountyKyle Copeland University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignJoseph Coronelli St. Olaf CollegeTyler Cotterman Other Cassidy Cox Loyola University ChicagoKaleigh Cox Tribeca Flashpoint AcademyJulia Curry University of DenverEmma Custod College of Lake CountyAnna Cypher Oklahoma State UniversityAnne Daly Missouri UniversityAbishek Das Northern Illinois UniversityBreck Davis College of Lake CountyJoseph Dawson University of KentuckyJessica Dawson Enter the Workforce April Dejon Milwaukee Institute of Art and DesignConnor DeLude Iowa State UniversityMegan Derrig Xavier UniversityAmy Do Dominican UniversityChristian Doan University of Illinois SpringfieldJack Donofrio Indiana UniversityMegan Downing College of Lake CountyMolly Downing SIU CarbondaleLindsay Dreis George Mason UniversityMorgan Dunleavy Tiffin UniversityMartha Duran Northern Michigan UniversityScott Dykstra Monmouth CollegeMaren Dziedzic University of Illinois UrbanaJason Eick Northern Illinois UniversityKaitlynn Ellis University of KansasSophie Elsmo Miami of OhioEduardo Enciso University of IllinoisZachary Engfer College of WoosterIsabelle Ennis DePaul University

Nathan Enright Iowa State UniversityAzure Erdman University of AlabamaKrista Erlandson Union UniversityAshley Evans University of ArkansasTara Eyre Brigham Young UniversityCaitlin Fahey Indiana UniversityErin Farrell College of Lake CountySean Fassbinder College of Lake CountyMagdalena Fazekas Illinois State UniversityKeri Fenlon Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleElizabeth Fennewald University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesBrian Fink University of Minnesota DuluthDiana Flanagan Coe CollegeJenna Fletcher University of Wisconsin-MadisonSydney Foltz Columbia College ChicagoAdam Formento Iowa State UniversityTressa Freberg University of IllinoisCarl Frei University of IowaBailey Gallagher Indiana UniversityMeghan Gallup Illinois State universityAndrea Gattone Colorado Christian UniversityChristina Gaulin DePaul UniversityShahana Ghosh Drexel UniversityTracy Giesen Southern Illinois UniversityMark Girgis College of Lake CountyRachael Girmscheid Illinois State UniversityMaiti Glynn University of DaytonKathleen Graham Marquette UniversityTiffany Graham College of Lake CountyAdam Gram Iowa State UniversityIan Grant Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyNoah Greenberg Concordia University - WisconsinMadison Griffith Tulane UniversityTimothy Grote University of IllinoisLukas Grudzinski College of Lake CountyLauren Guerrero College of Lake CountyStacey Guerrero-Martinez Lincoln CollegeDaniel Guido Colorado State UniversityEric Haderlein Other Rebekah Hanagan Concordia University ChicagoRachel Handrich University of IllinoisMadeline Hansen College of Lake CountyLuke Hanson University of Illinois at ChicagoCarlie Haraden University of KentuckyMegan Harder Carleton CollegeRebekah Hardy Florida Southern CollegeSean Harvey Montana State UniversityFatima Hasan Lake Forest CollegeKevin Hays College of Lake CountyCory Heffern Iowa State UniversityAnnie Heller University of Wisconsin- MadisonIsaiah Hemphill College of Lake CountySarah Herchenbach DePaul UniversityZachary Herr University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJacob Hershey University of DaytonChristina Hirons University of Wisconsin-Madison

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By Bailey Schmid and Alex Zoellick

Bennet Hoffman Michigan Technological UniversityJamie Hogberg-Wasemann Iowa State UniversityEmma Hoskins Carnegie Mellon UniversityElise Houcek KalamazooAaron Houser College of Lake CountyTaylor Hulse Indiana university- BloomingtonPatrick Humen Indiana UniversityOlivia Incardona University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignKathryn Jarecki Illinois State UniversityEleanor Jenkins University of St AndrewsPaul Jensen University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCallahan Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignHaley Johnson University of ArizonaMatt Johnson Iowa StateAdrian Jonas College of Lake CountyEbin Joseph University of Illinois in ChicagoDevika Joshi Iona CollegeJustin Jost The University of ArizonaRichard Josten Southern Illinois UniversityAndrew Junkunc Bradley UniversityLucas Kalish University of Missouri-ColumbiaGriffin Kambol Carthage CollegeAnnaliese Kambol Carthage CollegeTaylor Kamees Lake Forest CollegeMadeline Kapecki Bradley UniversityAndi Katz University of IowaCiaran Kavanagh Bradley UniversityJake Kimpler University of South CarolinaKristen Kinast University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignPatrick King Rose-HulmanAdam King Winona StateChristian Klepac Western Michigan UniversityMorgan Knollenberg Western Kentucky University

William Knutson North Carolina State UniversityKyle Kohl University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThomas Konshin LoyolaKaitlyn Kousins University of KentuckyErin Kowalski University of KentuckyAustin Koziol Illinois State UniversityAnna Kraft College of Lake CountyAustin Kruczek DePaul UniversitySarah Krumm Miami UniversityAllison Kutches University of ArkansasNicholas Lambert Iowa State UniversityAlexandra Lanty Saint Louis UniversityJonathan Larson Indiana UniversityWilliam Larson University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesRyan Leathem Indiana State UniversityMariah Lee Grace CollegeHeather Legan University of OklahomaPenny Leventis DePaul UniversityAshley Lewis Illinois State UniversitySophia Lex Brigham Young UniversitySharon Li University Of IllnoisTimothy Li Carnegie Mellon UniversitySpencer Liberman University of KansasAlexis Lindell Florida Keys Community CollegeJack Lipp University of MissouriVictoria Liu Northwestern UniversityKelsie Loumeau Illinois State UniversityDennis Loveland Northern Illinois UniversityKelly Lubbers South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyAlex Lucas Indiana University BloomingtonEmily Luce University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMadeline Lynch Berry CollegeKayne MacCallum Eastern Michigan UniversityAndrew Mack GrinnellJeffrey Mack University of Wisconsin-MadisonGriffin Maldonado University of NebraskaTheresa Manfredini University of MichiganMatthew Markham Butler UniversitySamuel Marlinga Clark UniversityAmanda Marquard College of Lake CountyAlison Martin Miami UniversityRyan Martin University of Nebraska-LincolnGreg Matthew Fordham UnicversityAndrew Matthews Marion Military InstituteEvan Mazurek Miami UniversityPaige McCarthy Oklahoma State UniversityRebecca Lynn McCarthy University of MississippiCalvin McCartney University Of MissouriConnor McCauley University of IllinoisRobert McCormick University of Illinois Christopher McDermand American University

William McDermott University of DenverMadison McGuire University of KansaCharles McKeon Colorado State UniversityPatrick McKiernan Illinois State UniversityRachel McLinden Other Carolyn McMahon College of Lake CountyAnthony Mendralla Iowa State UniversityJack Mershon The College Of WoosterBenjamin Mertz Colorado State UniversityRachael Metcalf New York UniversityScott Metzger United States Air Force AcademyShannon Michel University of Nebraska LincolnJames Micheli University Of IowaJake Michelotti Denver UniversityMatthew Michels Illinois State UniversityMegan Michelsen Illinois State UniversityGrace Millar Savannah College of Art & DesignEthan Miller Indiana UniversityAlexander Mills University of IllinoisTalia Mintz Michigan Technological UniversityErica Mitten University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterAnthony Monken University of Louisiana MonroeEmily Moroz Miami UniversityErin Morris University of MississippiJena Mosca Columbia College ChicagoNick Moulton University of WisconsinSydney Mudd College of Lake CountyMichelle Mueller Carroll UniversityRichard Mundrane University of South CarolinaKyle Nastoff University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJoseph Nedland Vanderbilt UniversityBrittany Neil Lawrence UniversityErin Neil Michigan Technological UniversityDaniel Nekich Western Michigan UniversityMelissa Neutz Drake UniversityChandler Nissen University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChandler Nissen University of IllinoisJake Norman DePaul University

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Madison O’Brien Kansas State UniversityAmanda O’Malley Drake UniversityTayler Oberman Winona State UniversityClare Ogilvie Monmouth CollegeGrace Onufer Loyola UniversityMadison Ormson University of WashingtonCarly Ostmeyer Indiana UniversityCassidy Ostmeyer Indiana UniversityAnthony Paglia Roosevelt UniversityJessica Pahng St. Louis College of PharmacyGoutham Pakalapati College of Lake CountySamuel Pantle Illinois State UniversityHaydon Paquin Western Kentucky UniversityElizabeth Parker Drake UniversityDavid Parker University of IowaGrace Patterson University of MissouriRiley Paulus Illinois State UniversityEthan Pavelske Indiana University- BloomingtonCharles Penhaligen Southern Illinois UniversityStephanie Persin University of KansasCaleb Petersen Arkansas State UniversityConnor Phagan College of Lake CountyJack Piazzi Illinois State UniversityMatthew Pierson Indiana UniversityNicole Pink University of Nevada Las VegasStephen Polakowski University of MinnesotaMadeline Policht Illinois State UniversityJames Polk University of IowaAva Polzin University of Southern CaliforniaAlexander Pong Creighton UniversityScott Post University of California- BerekeleyRhiannon Prentiss University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignEmily Prey Texas Christian UniversityMichael Price Kendall CollegeAlexander Prillaman The Ohio State UniversityColleen Quigley University of IowaMallory Rasmussen University of MinnesotaRebecca Ratzer Case Western Reserve UniversityMatthew Reed Clemson UniversityBenjamin Reichert Iowa State UniversityIngrid Reid University of IllinoisDerek Reitz Johns Hopkins UniversityBrian Richards University of Wisconsin- WhitewaterKaylie Riemer Old Dominion UniversityCharles Rigsby Iowa State UniversityMeghan Rill Creighton UniversityBrianne Roberts Illinois State UniversityConnor Robinson Cornell CollegeRichard Rodriguez Iowa State UniversityColleen Rooney Purdue UniversityJackson Rose Iowa State UniversityKayla Ross Illinois State UniversityCatherine Rudwall University of ArizonaAtticus Rush Marquette UniversityIan Rush Boston UniversitySamantha Ruskell University Of Tennessee KnoxvilleAaron Russo University of Colorado - BoulderCasey Ryan Beloit CollegeMackenzie Ryan Carthage CollegeBailey Ryan Northern Michigan UniversityAdam Sachs Indiana University at BloomingtonKathryn Sackett University of ConnecticutAnthony Saia University of Wisconsin WhitewaterMitchell Salata Bradley University

Victoria Salzwedel Indiana UniversityMaxwell Sampson Southern Illinois University CarbondaleJay Sanborn Iowa State UniversityTanner Sanks Western MIchigan UniversityPatrick Santi University of IowaNikola Savatic University of IllinoisBryan Scanlan Arkansas State UniversityYasmin Schamiloglu The University of Wisconsin-MadisonMichelle Schick College of CharlestonGordon Schlicht Northwestern UniversityBailey-Marie Schmid South Harmon Institute of TechnologyCamryn Schmidt University of IllinoisAllison Schmitt Saint Louis UniversityAlec Schory Butler UniversityRebecca Schreiber Saint Louis UniversitySarah Schulte University of IllinoisCarlos Schultz University of IowaNathaniel Schwartz Purdue UniversityMadeline Sefton University of DaytonAnna Serafini Augustana CollegeCecilia Serb Calvin CollegeNicholas Serrecchia Northwestern UniversityMcKenna Shanholtzer Belmont UniversityEmily Shull University of IowaZachariah Sikand Iowa State UniversityOlivia Simmons Michigan State UniversityAlbert Simpson Washington State UniversityHaley Skeens College of WoosterEvan Skoug Texas Christian UniversityMeri Smith Utah State UniversityRyan Smrz Truman State UniversityRobert Snader Xavier UniversityAlexander Snarski Northwestern UniversityAndrew Snorf St. Norbert CollegePeyton Snyder Colorado State UniversityCaroline Sommer Cardinal Stritch UniversityRaissa Spencer Carroll UniversityWill Stack Illinois State UniversityEleanor Starks College of Lake CountyJack Stewart Carthage CollegeJulia Stiber University of DaytonClaudia Stoll Smith CollegeGrant Stouffer University of Colorado BoulderNoah Strong Santa Clara UniversityLauryn Such Iowa State UniveristyMaxwell Sun University of California San DiegoMatthew Sural University Of IowaMark Sutter Iowa State UniversitySavanna Suydam University of Wisconsin - OshkoshMichelle Sweeney University of IowaJordan Taff Illinois State UniversityAasimah Tanveer Lake Forest CollegeNicholas Taylor Loyola University ChicagoAlyssa Tazzioli Illinois State UniversitySubeena Thomas University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignGiovannit Thompson Arizona State UniversityLucas Thompson Illinois State UniversitySean Tilton Lake Forest CollegeCaroline Toral University of AlabamaJulian Torres University of Colorado - BoulderAmanda Trader Other Courtney Tragasz Arizona State UniversityDaniel Trinkleback University of Illinois

David Truskowski University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMatthew Truskowski University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJulia Turner DePaul UniversityStephanie Uliks Pennsylvania State UniversityAlison Urbanski University of IowaAlexander Valente Marquette UniversityJessica Van Roeyen Augustana CollegeHunter Van Wagner University of Colorado at BoulderAshley VanDixhorn Hope CollegeMeredith Varner Butler UniversityJohn Vernasco Denison UniversityRobin Villanueva University of Central FloridaNicholas Vittore University of IowaJason Voelker Illinois Institute of TechnologyNicolas Vogel CarthageKristin Vogg Illinois State UniversityMadeline Wagner Indiana UniversityPatrick Wales University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMadeleine Waring Northern Illinois UniversityJustin Watkins College of Lake CountySarah Watt Ohio Wesleyan UniversityCatherine Weddig Rhodes CollegeLaine Weiss College of Lake CountyKatherine Werdan College of Lake CountyZoe Wheeler University of Hawaii at ManoaMariah Wilbat College of Lake CountySamuel Wilson Illinois State UniversityChristian Womack Saint Louis UniversityChase Wonderlic Washington and Lee UniversityHolly Wong Lake Forest CollegeElizabeth Woo University of Minesota -Twin CitiesMatthew Yates University of Wisconsin-MadisonSebastian Yates College of Lake CountyMolly Yrigoyen Missouri UniversityMatthew Yukus Enter the Military Eric Zacher St Ambrose UniversityBrenda Zanze Massachusetts Institute of TechnologySteven Zarling North Carolina State UnivetsityLayan Zaza University of IllinoisNatalie Zeng University of PennsylvaniaAnthony Zhang University of Illinois at Urbana ChampaignPuching Zhang University of RochesterPaula Zhang New York UniversitySteven Zheng University of California- BerkeleyTaylor Zoellick Marquette University


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“Community college is for people who don’t go anywhere in life.”

“Community college isn’t as good as a four-year college.”

“I don’t know why anyone would choose to go to community college.”

Words like these circulate high school hallways far too often. Community college and the students who choose it as a first step in their postsecondary education have been stigmatized for decades. But little do people know that 40% of traditional-age college students begin their postsecondary education at a community college. Of the 500 students in the class of 2014, 37 will attend community college this fall. To bring more acceptance to the road less traveled, here are the four most common misconceptions of community college and the truth to set them straight.

Myth #1: The only reason students attend com-munity college is because they can’t get into a four-year university.

This simply is not the case. There is a broad range of reasons for attending community college. First, it makes sense economically. The average yearly tuition of a four-year university for the 2013-2014 academic school year is $22,826 for in-state public schools and $44,750 for private schools, according to the College Board. The average yearly tuition for a community college is about $3,000.

“I decided to attend CLC because I learned right away that I have to make my dollars stretch,” said LHS senior Anna Kraft. “Initially I was hell bent on going to University of Iowa, but then a few scholarships I applied for didn’t pull through. I realized that in order to go to Iowa, I was going to have to take on at least $37,000 in student loans each year. I know for clinical psychology I’m going to have to go to grad school for at least four to six years, so we knew that wasn’t going to be plausible. My parents were like, ‘You’re not going to want to do that. With the job market as it is, it’s not reliable, especially for a psychology degree.’ So I decided I was gonna spend the money on graduate school rather than undergrad.” Community college is a great way for students to transition into a postsecond-ary education who may not be ready to leave home or have other extenuating circumstances, as is the case for LHS senior Carolyn McMahon. “I decided to attend CLC because of my concussions,” said McMahon. McMahon suffered three concussions over the past four years, two of which re-sulting from stunting accidents in cheerleading. “I wasn’t able to do homework. I wasn’t able to do tests or quizzes. I dropped a lot of my classes and I was in a study hall period for about four out of the eight periods of the day. It affected me a lot. It was a better idea for me to stay local and to stay somewhere close. I am saving a ton of money, but I’m just not ready to leave yet.”

For some, community college is the best way to explore and discover different interests and talents. Not everyone can pinpoint what kind of career they want to pursue at seventeen and eighteen years of age, and simply need more time to determine what they’re really passionate about. “I decided [on CLC] because I’m not 100% on what I want to do,” said LHS senior Sebastian Yates. “I figure if I go to community college, that’s where I can kinda figure out for sure what my major will be and I won’t waste any time at other universities spending all this money not knowing what I want to do.”

Myth #2: You can’t have a sustainable career with a degree from a community college.

Quite the contrary. According to American business magazine Forbes, some careers that only require an associate’s degree pay more than those that require a bachelor’s or master’s. Some of the top paying jobs that only require an as-sociate’s degree include registered nurses, dental hygienists, radiation thera-pists, and air traffic controllers, with annual salaries ranging from $64,000 to $108,000. “A lot of students don’t realize that careers like auto technology, mechatron-

ics, [and] many vocational degrees re-quire people who are really good at math, really good at details,” said LHS College Counselor Ms. Amy Belstra. “After a year of schooling, they then go out as apprentices, and those people make ex-cellent money. [They] don’t have to say, ‘I wanna be a business major.’ Maybe you wanna run your own business, but you want to actually practice that trade. [Community college] is a great opportu-nity to do that.”

Myth #3: Community colleges have low aca-demic standards and an

inferior quality education.

Not true at all. Classes at community colleges are often smaller and have more open communication between faculty and students compared to traditional universities. Many community colleges also offer honors programs to give students the opportunity to enrich their education further.

“We’ve also had growing interest--which I’m very excited about--in [CLC’s] Honors Program, which is really cool,” said Ms. Belstra. “They have an honors scholarship for some students, so they’ll essentially go to school for nothing. They give you a stipend, you get a lot of perks with that. And it’s not that the classes are, like, super super hard or anything, but what they do is they just have higher expectations. There’s more analysis, that kind of thing. You might write the same number of papers, but you’re just held at a higher standard. I think that’s an awesome opportunity.”

“You get really good quality teachers,” said Yates, who has been accepted to the Honors Program at CLC. “Sometimes at community college you do get

The Road Less Traveled: Setting the Record Straight on Community College Myths

“I decided to attend CLC because I learned right away that I have to make my dollars stretch.” --Anna Kraft

By Natalie Zeng


the slacker kids, and then, you know, teachers sometimes get burned out from that because they don’t want the [slacker] kids there. But in these [honors] classes, because they know the kids are going to have high GPAs and are really gonna work hard, the teachers are willing to put in more effort and give good les-sons.”

Community college isn’t just for those with sub-par GPAs either. Students from LHS who choose to attend CLC have GPAs at every part of the spectrum, ranging as low as 1.1 to as high as 4.0.

“I definitely think that people assume that community college is for those who couldn’t get into a more prestigious school, and I think that is a total misconcep-tion,” said Kraft.

Myth #4: Community college credits are diffi-cult to transfer to four-year universities.

While one does have to be careful to ensure that they enroll in a course that will transfer to their intended four-year university, CLC graduates are able to easily transfer to other traditional institutions throughout Illinois and across the country. CLC has articulate agreements with both public and private colleges and universities, which guarantees full credit transfer.

In general, reports from state universities indicate that CLC transfer students perform as well as, or better than, students who began their studies at four-year schools. Furthermore, a five-year study of students transferring from two-year to four-year colleges and universities in Illinois showed that students who trans-ferred with an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science degree earn higher grade point averages and have higher completion rates than students who transfer without a degree.

With myths debunked, why are we, as high school students, still afraid of con-sidering community college as a viable option? When asked about his view on the stigma of community college, Yates was able to shed some light on the matter:

“I feel like it’s more common around teenagers now that everyone in high school is, like, so afraid of community college and think that it’s bad that if you go to community college, that you’re not smart enough or you’re not good enough for regular college. I figure, when you’re younger, you think it’s really bad, but later on you realize it’s not that bad. It just matters where you end up later.”

“I figure if I go to community college, that’s where I can kinda figure out for sure what my major will be and I won’t waste any time at other universities spending all this money not knowing what I want to do.” --Sebastian Yates


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Amongst the many seniors of LHS attending college this upcoming fall, a select few are wandering off the beaten path. Some members of the graduating class are going to far-off places that most people think of more as a vacation than a school choice.

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Imagine crossing the North Atlantic Ocean every time you wanted to come home from college. For Ellie Jenkins, she doesn’t have to imagine it. In the fall, she will be attending the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. “Well, it is in Scotland so that’s pretty nice and I spent my junior year in Germany, so I kind of wanted to be close to the friends I made and because I am going to be doing languages there,” replied Jenkins when asked why she chose the University of St. Andrews. Jenkins will be studying German, Russian, and Spanish as her majors while attending the university. “I know German, I’m fluent in it. That is my master and I’m going to study further into that. Then, Russian and Spanish will pretty much be new. I mean, besides the Spanish I took in middle school,” said Jenkins. “I’m just really excited about being

in such a beautiful place; it really is amazing and medieval. Every single building in that town is just about old-er than this country. They have been celebrating their 600-year anniversary for a couple years because they can’t really pinpoint the date exactly. It’s just about six hundred and I think that it just really awesome.”

Even though it’s still in the country, Zoë Wheeler is going somewhere most people think of as more of a tropical vacation then a college choice. She is going to the University of Hawaii at Manoa. “I know I enjoy being outdoors and it is a great school for marine biol-ogy. That’s my major and then I will hopefully minor in Hawaiian Stud-ies,” said Wheeler about why she chose University of Hawaii at Manoa. Wheeler is planning on joining the surfing club and possibly the beach volleyball team while she attends the school and is excited about being able to meet new people with different backgrounds and the warm Hawaii weather.

Walk, walk, fashion baby, work it... all the way to Uni-versity of Nevada, Las Vegas. At least that’s what Nicole Pink is doing. Pink is going to the university in order to study Fash-ion Design as her major and is planning on trying out for the UNLV cheerleading team, where she will hopefully be cheering for the football and basketball seasons on their all-girl competitive team. “I’ve always wanted to have my own label and I have recently started working on one and I would like to one day produce it but first I would like to work somewhere in the industry designing for other fashion houses and then slowly go into my own company,” said Pink about her career goals. After getting her general education requirements out of the way, Pink, is planning on leaving UNLV for the International Academy of Design and Technology in Las Vegas.

It’s to infinity and beyond for Scott Metzger. Once the fall rolls around, he will be attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “It was one of my top three schools. I wanted to go there or the naval academy,” said Metzger about why he chose the Air Force Academy. Metzger is planning on trying out for the varsity lacrosse team and the Green Beret Club. That club flies in and parachute from airplanes before football games. Along with the regular school year, the academy also has sum-mer courses. “Over the summer you do basic training and you also go out for three weeks and do survival training,” said Metzger. When asked what he is most looking forward to, Metzger replied, “Haha, the excitement!” Metzger is planning on flying airplanes for the Air Force as a career once he gets done with school.

She won’t have to worry about missing her family while heading out west: “It [UNLV] has a really nice campus and the school has a lot of good resources for students and plus my family will be moving out there so I will be close to my family.”

“Well, just that it is Hawaii and it is known for being known for being beautiful and the campus is beautiful and it’s very open, and I’m just excited about being able to go and get out of Lib-ertyville. I have traveled my whole life, so I don’t usually tend to stay in one place for very long,” replied Wheeler about the unusual location for a college choice. “I didn’t plan to go that far away. My brother and sister are both in the midwest still for college but I’ve lived in so many different places that it doesn’t bother me at all.” Photo courtesy of

Zoë Wheeler

Photo courtesy of Nicole Pink

Photo courtesy of Ellie JenkinsPhoto courtesy of Scott Metzger

By Molly Downing

People remember their senior year for a plethora of fun memories. Prom, graduation, and college decision day are some of the most anticipated days of one’s high school career. There were several students from the class of 2014 who will be remembered by the great accomplishments that made them stand out. Below, a few of these seniors are highlighted for their achievements this year.

Every expert was once a beginner at something, and a lot of experts are successful due to their optimism to take on new challenges. For both Kelly Brant and Krista Erlandson, the challenge presented itself when each had the opportunity to enroll in Darkroom Photo Studio, an elective class that teaches the basics of photography. Little did they know that they would go on to win national silver medals from the National Scholastic Art and Writing Association, a prestigious scholarship group that has awarded students in various subject areas since 1923. Kelly Brant submitted an HDR image of her father, in which she merged eleven photos with varying exposures into one final product. Other than the change in exposures, the appearance of the individual photos remained the same in the final photo. “This really brought out the expression in his face and revealed his true character,” she reflected. Krista Erlandson submitted a photo titled “Who is Who,” which featured her brother standing against a wall in downtown Libertyville. The photo was a pas-tiche, which is an artistic work that imitates a piece by Diane Arbus, an American artist known for her black and white commercial portraits of various people.

This year’s seniors remember receiving their class T-shirts last month on Senior Decision Day. But what went into making that shirt? Sam Wilson took ini-tiative in crafting the shirt that will go down in history. College and career counselor Amy Belstra was impressed with his experience in designing shirts and offered Wilson the chance to design the Class of 2014 shirt in January, an offer he could not pass down. Over the next couple of weeks, he brainstormed ideas and eventually collaborat-ed with Rosie Lynch and Ellie Jenkins to construct the final product. “I told Ellie what the requirements were, and she helped draw a creative design for the shirt. Then I made a layout to compliment Ellie’s drawing on the T-shirt, which I uploaded to a computer. By then the T-shirt was pretty much finished,” he said.

Gordon Schlicht may be on track to have a very bright political career ahead of him after being recognized as the best delegate at a Model United Nations conference in April. The event was held at Northwestern University, where he will be attending school next year. The conference consisted of several delegates in multiple committees who practiced delivering policies and establishing points of emphasis. Schlicht is optimistic to continue Model Unit-ed Nations in college: “I just want to plan on attending more conferences, as well as taking advantage of international competitions which the Northwestern club participates in,” he confirmed. “Ultimately, I’ll try to win more awards and move my way up to the chair com-mittee, which is the collegiate equivalent of being on the dais committee.”

Senior Successes:Highlights of the Class of 2014

By Nick Vittore

Photo courtesy of Krista Erlandson“Who is Who” features Krista Erlandson’s brother and is a pastiche style of art.

Photo courtesy of Kelly BrantKelly Brant took an HDR Image of her father, which is featured above.

Photo by Mr. Matt ThompsonSchlicht holds his best delegate award in front of the gates of Northwestern University.

Photo by Nick VittoreSam Wilson’s experience in shirt design put him in position to design the senior class T-shirt.


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Here at LHS, there are a total of about 1% of African Americans who attend this school. 6% are Asians or Hispanics. And less than .1% are American Indian or Pacific Islanders. Most of the ethnic majority is the whopping 83% of white students that dominate the school. About 17% of our students are minorities, a very small amount compared to Vernon Hills and Mundelein, each of which have at least one-third of their entire student population made up of minorities. Diversity is defined by dictionary.com as “the state of being diverse; different; or unlikely” and is not only defined as race or ethnicity. Diversity can also be defined as the difference in opinion or ideas, even the difference between living things. However, diversity is not always accepted or necessarily tolerated. This then leads to discrimination. “LHS isn’t necessarily racist [in terms of active discrimination]. They’re racially insensitive towards those of different ethnic backgrounds,” said Steve Rochon, a social worker here at LHS. Mr. Rochon has seen many different situations regarding the lack of minorities at LHS through his many years of being at the high school. Five to six years ago, Rochon was an advocate for the club “Cross Roads,” which was formed for students of different ethnic

backgrounds. The club was created as an proactive step towards diversity and a chance for students to be aware of the difference in not only skin color or race, but the culture around them. Students who joined the club were

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able to convey their feelings to others who were from different cultures or ethnic backgrounds. Cross Roads eventually ended in 2008, when the club did not have many students attend after a certain amount of

time. “Cross Roads was a way for students to get certain things about being a minority off their chest; it would be great to see it happen again,” said Mr. Rochon. Often times, students would lack a sense of belonging or had somewhat of a disconnection from their previous communities from living in Liber-tyville, and this club helped them with those issues. United States History Honors and AP United States History teacher Andrea Lara agrees with the fact that LHS needs more mi-norities walking through the halls. “Compared to the schools that I used to teach for in the south, those schools were predominantly African American. When I had came here, the student body was predominantly white. It’s a disservice to our kids because we should show them that there is more outside of ‘Libertyville,’” said Ms. Lara. In her opinion, schools now practice what is called “De Facto Segregation,” especially Lib-ertyville. Unintentionally, the district is segregating its students. If families cannot afford to

live in Libertyville and pay for the education, they enroll into poor neighboring schools, which are either predomi-nantly African American or Latino. This is Ms. Lara’s 18th year teaching and throughout her career, the diversity rate seems to stay the same. How-ever, there were a significantly high amount of Asians that left Libertyville several years ago, dropping the percent-age down. So what is the reason for the lack of minorities here at LHS? “Definitely the economic sense of Libertyville. It’s expensive to live in this area overall,” said Ms. Lara. We’ve always heard about discrimination of races throughout particular parts in our nation’s history. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and so forth have all faced discrimination due to their skin color or culture. However, we’ve rarely heard of discrimination locally, particularly here at LHS. Junior Lina Park, who is Asian, has seen the indirect discrimination being practiced by students throughout the school. “As a minority, you do feel like you stick out a lot more from others,” said Park. Park said that almost every racial slur that she had heard had been in the form of joking. Juniors Juan Martinez, who is Latin American, and Camille James, who is African-American, also agree with the fact that most forms of discrimination are spoken about jokingly. However, they can be taken offensively at times. “Often times people think that we don’t know how to speak English or that we have fake hair,” said James. Martinez has also dealt with stereotypes at LHS. “Most of the time people think that we mow lawns or do housework, but I find it funny because it’s not necessar-ily true,” said Martinez.

“LHS isn’t necessarily racist [in terms of ac-tive discrimination]. They’re racially insensi-tive towards those of different ethnic back-grounds.” --Mr. Rochon


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It is a competitive team that contends at meets, where members take different tests on advanced mathematics against other schools in the region. The math team, unsurprisingly, took first at the 3AA state meet in 2013 and second place in 2014. This comes as a no-brainer, as the team has placed high in regional competitions for many years. During competitions, students have to race against the clock to decode problems. At regular meets, each grade has to take a specific test. Five kids from each grade are chosen to score for each test. From there, the top three from the group of five are the ones that actually place in the competition. “The most important competition is the candy bar because the school that answers the most questions in twenty minutes right gets a bag of

candy,” junior Hannah Lampien, who has been on the team since her freshman year, joked.Then, after five weeks between each regular meet and smaller meets that take place at LHS in be-

tween the regular meets, leads the team to regionals. And the competition increases as there are more teams at regionals and the format changes from what they do at regular season meets.At those, there are writtens, which in-volve solving 20 questions in one hour.

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ath Teamperson teams and eight-person teams that involve combining grades together to divide and conquer questions in pairs. Finally, if a team wins region-als or gets a wildcard, the team advances to state at University of Illinois. And, once again, the for-mat for the competition changes because relays are added, where four people sit in a row and have to give them the answer to the previous problem in order to solve the next problem. “It’s really stressful because if one person’s answer is off, then the whole thing is messed up,” Lampien continued. However, for LHS, getting to state by obtain-ing a wildcard after losing to Vernon Hills High School in regionals by one point, the team won second place at the 3AA competition at state this year on May 3, again losing to Vernon Hills High School. A wildcard is in place so a high scoring region doesn't send all their good schools to state because the wildcard states that, in LHS's case, got second in regionals overall in state, which qualified them to compete in state. "Math team can be really fun," junior Maya D'Souza reflected. "We have a kickball game at the end of every year against Scholastic Bowl, which is one of our only tradi-tions." They have had a parade in the hallway last year and this year to cel-ebrate their

achievements. Their success might come from the students’ attitudes: “We have a lot of smart kids on the team, which definitely leads to a successful team, but so many kids ask for extra homework and that determination is really what makes us suc-cessful.” Lampien explained. She also explained how the coaches, Mr. Brenner, Mrs. Loika, Mrs. Ligmanowski and Mrs. Rende, are always will-ing to help students learn equations they don’t understand or supply them with extra problems.

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The math team decides on shirts by brainstorming ideas and then voting on the best one. This is the shirt they had at state this year.

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It is a nationwide program that teaches kids from kindergarten to twelfth grade about the different platforms of science that is going on in the world. The teams compete in meets that they have previ-ously prepared for. The program helps kids who are interested in science get a feel for how a science career will be like by incorporating important com-ponents that make up science careers today: teamwork ,current topics in science, and how to be versatile. Since Science Olympiad’s conception at Liber-tyville High School, it has been a well-known and

successful team. In 2011, the year it was created, the team already placed first in Division A and placed 16th in state. And one short year later, the team moved up the ranks to place fifth in state. At this year’s competition, they got eighth at state. During the 2013 season, the team placed first at regionals, which qualified them to compete at state with the other 6 teams that placed in the top 7 at regionals. Science Olympiad consists of 23 events that can include Astronomy, Forensics, Designer Genes, Disease Detectives, and GeoLogic Mapping, which are a few that were in this year’s events. There are a total of 23 events that are national events that take place at state and then there are four more state trial events. The 23 national events that are chosen are based on what is going on in the world of science, so some events tend to change every couple of years and they take place at regionals and state competitions. However, the trial events, which don’t usually count towards a team’s overall score, are tried because they have a big chance of becom-ing a national event in the following years. In Science Olympiad, there are two main cat-egories of events: building and testing events. The building events are where they are given a goal and requirements for it and then they test it at com-petitions. Like at state, there was an event called Scrambler, which was where a team had to build a machine to go as fast as possible, while holding an egg. The tricky part is that there are a specific set of rules that the team must follow and memorize,

while building it under a time constraint. The other category, testing events, are specific tests about subjects, such as anatomy and astron-omy. These specific tests delve into more explicit information than taught in school, with a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions. To prepare for competitions, they meet once a week when their meets are (a couple weeks away) and once the competitions get closer, they meet with their team for their specific event to rehearse making their creation or to learn more about their specific subject. “I think what makes our team so successful is how willing we are to work with each other because you usually have to work with others for the event, so it really benefits us,” junior Holly Miller, who has been on the team since her sophomore year, disclosed. “Also, the coaches are great by planning times for each team to come in and they let us use extra materials so we can practice building a device to be sure it meets the requirements.” Junior Nic Bone, had a different outlook on the success of the team: “We are definitely in the top range of schools, mostly due to just the overall intelligence of the team...Regardless of how little funding or attention we get, the brilliance of the actual people involved definitely shines through.” Bone usually participates in knowledge events, like Rocks and Minerals and Geologic Mapping. The coaches for Science Olympiad are Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Ahern. They don’t teach at LHS, but Mrs. Allen works with Highland Middle School’s Sci-ence Olympiad program as well.Sometimes, during meets, machines don’t work the way they should and “when all else fails, you kind of have to just wing it and hope for the best,” Miller revealed. She discussed about how during one event, their device didn’t produce any of the data they needed so they needed to fake it by guessing what it could be and they ended up winning the event. “It’s crazy, but sometimes it works,” Miller continued. Plus, Science Olympiad helps students delve into what they would like to do in col-lege. Many students are intrigued by science, so by joining the team, they get to learn more specific top-ics and learn more than a normal science course teaches: “By study-ing epidemiology for the event called disease detectives, it’s really helped me reaffirm my decision to go into the medical field,” Miller further commented.

Bone agreed, saying that Science Olympiad has helped him realize all the specific categories within a certain science field, “[it’s] not just biology, but insects, for example...Now, I realize I still want to find a specific field to get into.”They also have a tradition to meet up at a hotel meeting room, where they eat pizza and get last minute things together and soothe each other’s frazzled nerves for the competition the next day. Bone reminisced, “It really brings the team together as a team. Plus, we all get really stupid toys that high school aged kids shouldn’t enjoy, but we have a blast anyway.”

Calculating the Numbers and FormulasBy Hannah Jenkins

Photo courtesy Getty ImagesThis is a sample of the map students have to diagram for Geologic Mapping, which is composed of a map and a written test.



Cyberbullying is an ongoing problem for many students. But what hap-pens when teachers are the victim? A recent Plymouth University study showed over 35% of teachers report that they have been cyberbullied by a either a student, parent, or other staff member. But many teachers neglect to report the bullying to authorities or media. Cyberbullying is the use of text messages, emails and websites to hurt, upset or embarrass another person. With the growing popularity of technol-ogy, teens have become able to bully anonymously, making it easier to get away with. What causes students to bully a teacher can differ, from getting a bad grade to a mean teacher to a joke gone too far. “I always see kids complaining about homework load. They say, ‘this teacher is so mean,’ or ‘oh my goodness this teacher is so stupid,’” said sophomore Dolores Palmieri. Teachers rarely report being bullied. It’s hard for anyone being bullied, not just teachers, to reach out to a friend or adult. But do students ever realize the affect it has on the teachers? “Even an innocent comment can be hurtful,” said Latin teacher Ms. Jamie Reuben. Students may not understand the true intent behind what and why a teacher is doing something. Students should try to see it from the teacher’s view, and not just theirs. “Sometimes I have to say or do things they’re not going to like,” said Mr. Bill Mix, a geography teacher at LHS. There are many websites and social media sites that make it easily ac-cessible to cyberbully teachers. One such site is Ratemyteachers.com, an educational resource for students and parents to rate teachers anonymous-ly. The website was started in April 2001 by Michael Hussey as part of the now-defunct Rate My Network. It now operates in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Over 11 million teachers have been rated on this website. This site gives students a chance to voice their own opinion on their teach-ers and for others to read about their future ones. This site is a bit controver-sial. The right to freedom of speech means you have the freedom to say what you want. Students take full advantage of this, sometimes too much advantage. Students comment angry thoughts like, “She is just straight up dumb, she really has no idea what shes talking about. I don’t know if she even has a college education because she is flat out brain dead,” as

one comment states about a teacher at LHS. There are around 200 teachers and staff members from LHS rated on rate-myteacher.com. They ratings range between 30%-100% on the site. Some of the teachers are from up to 10 years ago and don’t even work at LHS anymore. But there are some current LHS teachers rated on the site.

“I remember it being more a common thing in middle school and I think a lot of people forgot about it,” said

freshman Katherine Crandell. Some believe ratemyteacher.com is a great website to help you find out the truth about your teachers. “On the one hand I think rate my teacher is a good tool because it give students an idea of maybe what kind of teacher they would be getting, at the same time, it’s very scary because a student shouldn’t be allowed to

Students can look up their new teachers and find out what they’re like before they even start the class. But most believe the website only shows love or hate, no in between. Social media is another easy way for students to cyberbully as a group. Facebook pages set up against teachers were mostly used when Facebook was the most popular social media site. Now other social media sites are used over Face-book. The main social media site where kids talk about their teach-ers is Twitter. Kids tweet about how their day was and how they’re feeling. But kids sometimes use this quick and easy public site to vent about their teachers. “If I wanted to be in honors I would have signed up for that class,” tweeted an LHS student about her world history class previously this year. Another popular social media app is Snapchat, which is a quick and easy way to send pictures, videos, or messages to a bunch of people at once. You can also make “Snap Stories” where all your friends can view photos. Snapchat is also used to cyber bully teachers. Students snap quick photos of their teachers without them even noticing. “I’ve seen people post about their teachers on Snapchat many times, like pictures of teachers with goofy hats or a picture of homework expressing how they hate it,” said sopho-more Jack Bloom. If a teacher does something funny or embarrassing, a student might see it as an opportunity to take a Snapchat and send it to friends. Sometimes a Snapchat is a harmless picture, while other times it can be an inappropriate picture of your teacher with a mean caption. “It’s kind of scary that this is happening and teachers don’t really know about it,” said Ms. Reuben. With the increasing use of technology, teens need to under-stand the responsibility that comes with it. Responsibility also comes with consequences, because there is always some-one who will see what you post on the internet. “I don’t think the kids realize that their actions would be con-sidered bullying,” said Crandell. Anonymous posts might mean there’s no name attached to them, but it doesn’t mean it can’t be eventually discovered. These anonymous posts are often ruder than posts that re-quire an authenticated name attached to the comment. “People tend to be ‘real tough’ when they don’t have to be held accountable,” said Mr. Mix.

“She is just straight up dumb, she really has no idea what she’s talking about. I don’t know if she even has a college education because she is flat out brain dead.”

TORMENTED TEACHERS written by Katie Vrba

layout by Abby St. Claire

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Putting Together the

Pieces:

By Elise Houcek

“Rain man”

“Unable to Communicate”

“Struggle to fit in with Society”

A look at John Karahaliosand autism

Anonymous student sources responded to how they would describe a person with autism:

Graphic courtesy of MCT campusInformation graphic on page 27 courtesy of Creative Commons

I n March of 2014, a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that approximately 1 in 68 U.S. children is currently diagnosed with autism, a 30% increase from 1 in 88 in 2012. The world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, autismspeaks.org, calls autism “the fastest-growing serious devel-opmental disability in the United States” to date.

John Karahalios, a junior at LHS, is among that number.

When Karahalios was around the age of three, he was deemed clinically autistic. Children with autism experience neurobehav-ioral impairment associated with delayed language and communication skills. Everyday tasks such as interpreting facial expressions or using abstract con-cepts, while they may seem intuitive to most, can be extremely difficult for a person with autism. A pediatric neurologist at Condell hospital made Kara-halios’ official diagnosis. “It’s a sinking feeling, and for a brief mo-ment, you feel like whatever dreams you once had for your child may not be the way they play out. And as a mom, nothing is more crushing than that. But then you quickly realize that this is the hand you’re dealt, that it’s OK; that you just have to work with it and march forward and everything will

turn out beautifully. And most of all, all those dreams you once had can still come true,” said Ms. Kristin Karahalios, John Karahalios’ mother. The Autism Spectrum, as it is officially titled, spans the entirety of autism severity and character. On one end of the spectrum are those individuals who will most likely remain nonverbal and unable to com-municate for the rest of their lives, and, as Ms. Karahalios put it, on the other are those who may just seem a little awkward at a party. Karahalios is classified as “high functioning” autistic, which means that while he lacks the normal ability to com-municate in a social environment, his mind is otherwise fully functional and there are very few boundaries which he can not supersede.

Veritably, one of the most trying aspects for those on the spectrum is the ability to read implicit communication cues. Simply stated, common conversational habits, such as one’s tone of voice or body language, are not easily understood; a person with autism may hear the phrase “Yea, right!” and fail to detect the sar-casm. “I am now learning that most communication comes through the eyes, or that if someone looks uninterested in what you’re talking about, you can’t just go on and on about the same thing. Socializing has always been hard for me, especially detecting the nonverbal signs. That is definitely the biggest struggle, and it’s something I deal with every day,” Karahalios reflected. That being said, Karahalios has made remarkable strides. By the cooperative effort of his resource case manager, speech pathologist, and his own personal drive, as of his junior year, Karahalios is no longer in need of a one-on-one aid. He has also opened himself to approaching new people and to hanging out with friends on a more regular basis, which, prior to LHS, Karahalios was unable to recognize for its worth.

Ms. Marytherese Durkin, Karahalios’ case manager and education specialist at LHS, commented on Karahalios’ progression:

“When he came here, he could have cared less about making friends. Now, that part of his life is important. The win-dows aren’t foggy anymore, they’re clear and he can see through them and he can see what he wants on the other side and go and get it.” Another key component to the autism spectrum is an absence of atypical, nonlinear reasoning. “When I sit down to work on a creative project, it can be very intimidating. I don’t

know how long it’s going to take or how many steps are required or how I’m going to complete it. I’d much rather work on something that I can easily get done, like math; you don’t have to be in a good mood about it, you don’t have to like it, you just have to do it,” Karahalios said. Character-istic of his persistent demeanor, Karahalios has found a niche that plays to his strengths: accounting. During the second half of his school day, Karahalios participates in an on-the-job pre-professional program at Ameri-can Hotel Register in Vernon Hills. Karahalios’ work day, overseen by a job coach, typically consists of processing packages and working on the computer. The program is run by SEDOL, the Special Education District of Lake County, and seeks to provide physi-cally, mentally, and emotionally challenged students with work experience in a real-world environment. Karahalios cites his job coach as one of his greatest sources of inspiration: “American Hotel Register has been a great experi-ence for me. My job coach has especially been a big supporter. She is really making sure I know the skills, like sharing the work with someone else. She realizes that those are my struggles and she is actually doing me a favor by putting me in those positions that I

“It’s a sinking feeling, and for a brief moment, you feel like whatever dreams you once had for your child may not be the way they play out. And as a mom, nothing is more crushing than that. But then you quickly realize that this is the hand you’re dealt, that it’s OK; that you just have to work with it and march forward and everything will turn out beauti-fully. And most of all, all those dreams you once had can still come true,” -Ms. Karahalios

Karahalios shows great enthusiam in math; working with numbers and logic makes sense to Karahalios, and he looks forward to continue this subject in a career.

Despite Karahalios’ lofty personal achievements, the stigma surrounding autism remains ill-informed. According to autismresourcefoundation.org, one of the most common misconceptions about autism is that society “should not expect much from people with autism.” The same website had this to say in response: “This is one myth that, in my opinion, truly injures our children. Autistic individuals can achieve great things -- but only if they're supported by people who believe in their potential.” Karahalios echoes a similar philosophy: “The statistics show that autism is really increas-ing and it is important that we all understand each other. It is important that us autistic people under-

Photo by Elise Houcek

don’t really want to be in. She’s opened me up to new things and is getting me ready for the real world” On the horizon of his senior year, Karahalios has stood to challenge the perception of autism as limiting. Beginning in June, Karahalios will

embark on an independent volunteer program at Condell Hos-pital in which he will work first-hand with patient pack-age processing without the oversight of a job coach. He also currently participates in a weekend

mentoring program that seeks to counsel junior-high aged students on the spectrum. Ms. Durkin is a testament to Karahalios’ infinite successes: “I think too many times people hear the word autism, and it doesn’t always have the best connota-tion, and then you meet someone like John. And yes, he is an Autistic young man, but he’s a young man first, who happens to have Autism. And that’s just who he is. It defines him, but it doesn’t limit him.”

“It’s a sinking feeling, and for a brief moment, you feel like whatever dreams you once had for your child may not be the way they play out. And as a mom, nothing is more crushing than that. But then you quickly realize that this is the hand you’re dealt, that it’s OK; that you just have to work with it and march forward and everything will turn out beauti-fully. And most of all, all those dreams you once had can still come true,” -Ms. Karahalios

Karahalios shows great enthusiam in math; working with numbers and logic makes sense to Karahalios, and he looks forward to continue this subject in a career.

stand where you guys are but it’s also important for you guys to understand where we are. If we can learn each other’s perceptions, I think the world can be a better place.”

In photo on bottom left, Karahalios proudly displays an award he received for outstanding achievement at LHS. Karahalios’ teachers commend his work ethic and consistent effort to go above and beyond both inside and outside of the classroom. Photo courtesy of Ms. Karahalios.


BEACHY FEMININE

ECLECTIC BOHEMIAN

EDGY

Music Festival Outfitsby Abby St. Claire

acid wash dresspatterned cardigan

combat boots

maxi dressmetallic jewerlyplatform sandals

leather skirtcropped sweater

denim vest

lace skirtcrop top

ankle boots

lace dressknotted belt

gladiator sandals

Photos by Abby St. Claire


Start off this summer right by going for a daily morning run every once in a while. Put those Nike run-ning shoes on and head out the door. Running in the heat is great for your muscles because it loosens them up and it helps boost your cardio. During the day, you’re going to get hungry because remember, you just burned off a bunch of calories from that run. For lunch, try making your own salads; throw in carrots, celery, olives and my favorite, pickles. As for snacks, you can be laying out by the pool and could be crunching on some veggies or de-vouring some sweet fruit like strawberries and blueberries, instead of greasy potato chips or candy, which will just melt in the sun anyways. My favorite thing to do after a long day in the hot sun is to grab a soft, creamy ice cream cone from Dairy Queen, but try and hold off if you can. Maybe one every two weeks to treat yourself. After the sun starts slowly going down, head to a nearby gym, such as a CrossFit gym, or even your basement, if you have the right materials. Grab some weights, like kettlebells, barbells, or dumbbells, and start lifting. Also, add some more cardio to it. You can try burpees, air squats, push ups, or sit ups and, if you would like, end it with another run. This way, you are working a variety of components in a short 30-minute or hour-long exercise, and your body will love you for it.

Find a place where you would like to travel this summer. Try out Tennessee, and maybe stumble upon some country music stars and grab some chicken and sweet tea. You could also head down to the college you plan on attending in the fall or a college that you eventually want to go to when you start applying to them. Figure out how long it will take to drive there and back and decide how long you would like to stay there. Now, if you’re driving to a farther away place, like Tennessee, you’ll want to have the essentials for the 7 ½-hour car ride. Target would be the best option for this because they’ll have everything you need. I would suggest getting the food first, something salty and something sweet. I would grab my favorite candy, like some pretzel M&M’s, a Crunch bar, and some sour gummy worms. Next, I would grab my favorite chips or something to munch on. I suggest only one bag of your favorite candy or chips and leave it at that. You do not want all those sugars overriding the healthy choices you make to stay fit. Don’t forget to have lots of water to hydrate and even grab a couple cans of Coca Cola too; if you’re not a Coke fan, then pick out whatever satisfies your carbonated needs so that you won’t get parched on the ride. Go look at the magazines and books while you’re there; if you’re traveling with a friend, you’ll have time to take off and read. Oh, that reminds me: don’t forget comfy pillows and blankets if you’ll be car-bound for a while; it’s important to keep your mind going, but also important to get some rest. Lastly, you’ll want to remember to bring phone chargers and all those other necessities. If your phone dies, you won’t be able to take pictures with captions like, “Road trip bound, here we come,” for Insta-gram or make a playlist of music to listen to -- whatever makes your ears happy! Don’t forget to have some cash on you, too; you’ll run out of gas quick and the only alternative to that is hitch-hiking.

Girls should find that one cute, all-white little party dress and for guys, maybe find those khakis and that baby blue polo shirt. Whatever it is, take it out of your closet because you can finally wear it! To have the best summer party, I think it’s better to have the party indoors and outdoors as well. That way, guests can go in and out as they please. Maybe they want to stay in the cool air conditioning or enjoy the breezy, warm weather once the sun has gone down. During the day, have a game of baggo set up, and if you don’t have access to that, set a table up with a deck of cards. Once it starts to get cooler outside, set up a bonfire with tiki lights surrounding the atmosphere and also have hanging lights on an all-white tent. Make sure you have those mosquito candles and repellent to ensure no one gets huge, red bites. Also, keep the beverages chilled so that when people get thirsty, a nice, cold iced tea will fulfill their thirst. Set up a s’mores bar. Have all the ingredients close to the fire with marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hershey’s chocolate to make these treats tasty! Underneath the tent, allow some room for people to get their groove on with a fun playlist of tunes that will make people come outside and dance. As for the inside, have music playing as well -- this could be the same playlist or a different one. Next, have all the yummy food out. During the day, have cold food such as fruits, veggies, cheese and crackers, and possibly some macaroni salad. When the sun starts to go down, get all the hot foods out, such as cheeseburgers, brats, french fries, and even grilled corn on the BBQ. Yum. Good Luck!

How To: Summer EditionHow to stay fit

How to take a road trip

How to plan a party

By Rachael Girmscheid

30 May 28, 2014 Opinion

Staff Editorial

LST: Home Away From Home? Every freshman who attends orientation leaves knowing one specific phrase: “Your LST is a home away from home.” The LSTs advertise themselves as being a friendly environment where students can do work, talk with a counselor, or just hang out for a period. But despite their claims, our staff concluded that one LST can sometimes be the opposite of friendly. As a staff, DOI agreed that the A-F and Q-Z LSTs seem to be inviting and hospitable. The secretaries and counselors in these LSTs are very understanding towards students and are never rude or impolite. However, the G-P LST is said to be rude at times towards students and was described as being an unwelcom-ing environment. According to our staff, most students with last names G-P often go to one of the other two LSTs, instead of working in their own. The A-F and Q-Z LSTs often have food brought in by students or decorations during the holidays. These LSTs will also deliver food to a friend for a birthday, call a student down for a Turnabout or Homecoming invitation, or hold some-thing in the LST during the day without any complaints or unpleasantness. All of this is to further their motto that they are a “home away from home.” Our staff concluded that the G-P LST does little to back up their motto. In contrast to the other LSTs, they seldom have festivities or relationships with students. Also, based on our experiences, when students ask favors of this LST, like those listed previously, the LST often does not accept, and if they do, they are very reluctant about it. Mrs. Jewell Ronne, educational support staff member of the G-P LST, was quite hospitable when we talked to her. “It’s almost like being a mom at school,” Mrs. Ronne said about her role. She explained that she tries her best to make her LST seem more friendly, and it can be difficult sometimes. The G-P LST is, however, at a disadvantage compared to the others. It has a more cluttered layout, which makes the LST seem slightly smaller than the other two. It creates a cramped atmosphere, which adds to the more unwelcom-ing environment of this specific LST. Because of this, more students tend to veer towards the other two LSTs to get work done. According to educational support staff members Holly Sundal and Patty Scherrer of the Q-Z LST, they do their best to make their LST an inviting atmo-sphere. “We try to make it as welcoming as possible because we want people to come in here and understand that the Dean’s office isn’t always a scary place,” Ms.

Sundal explained. “It’s somewhere you can come to for help if you need it.” The Q-Z LST also makes an effort to remember most students’ names. They will even memorize the names of students who belong to other LSTs. “We’ve tried to make an effort to remember students’ names. People like to know that you recognize them and call them by their name,” Mrs. Scherrer stated. Senior Matt Reed agrees with Mrs. Scherrer and Ms. Sundal. “I love the secretaries. Patty and Sunny are awesome and help me out with everything,” Reed explained. “The Q-Z LST is the place to be.” According to our staff, the G-P LST does not make much of an effort to learn the names of the students who come in. If the LSTs are supposed to be your “home away from home,” they should at least know your name. However, Mrs. Ronne stated that she does know most of the the students’ names who are often in the LST. “[We remember their names] if they are in here on a frequent basis. We have 877 students in this LST, so I can’t tell you we know all their names,” Mrs. Ronne explained. In the A-F LST, educational support staff members Barbara Whalen and Julia Everding try their best to make it a friendly environment for students. “Seasonally, we offer activities that the students might enjoy… and occasion-ally, we have treats out,” they stated. All of the LSTs have rules for the students to follow while they are working. However, some LSTs have stricter rules than others. The Q-Z LST tries to be as easygoing as possible. “We do have to have [the students] be a bit quiet because we have the counsel-ors and the social workers, and they need to get their jobs done,” Mrs. Scherrer explained. Our staff agreed that the Q-Z LST is the most lenient LST in terms of rules. The secretaries in that LST would never be rude in telling you to quiet down. However, it is still a quiet working environment if a student needs to do home-work or projects. Our staff came to the conclusion that the G-P LST could be more kind to the students who come into the LST. This LST is not mean, but they should be more friendly and excited to see the students who enter. They should also try and build better relationships with the students in the LST. The A-F and Q-Z LSTs are both very hospitable to everyone who visits.

The three LSTs (A-F on the left, Q-Z above, G-P on the right) are mostly great places to visit to get some work done, or to just hang out.

Photos by Bailey Schmid

31May 28, 2014Opinion

“Chicken-fried steak with mashed potato, buttered corn, with garlic bread;” directly from the cafeteria menu, this is one of our most popular dishes here at LHS. Every day, there’s some sort of meaty special, with a helping of greasy fries or other side dish to go with it. With the same sort of combinations every day, LHS students are definitely getting a filling lunch; but what exactly are they filling their bodies with? Walking into the lunch room at LHS, the majority of students who eat lunch here seem to buy from one of our three lunch lines or the free-standing sub station. Crowds of students filter into processions to get meals that they know and love. With weekly specials and there always being something new, what’s not to like about the way our lunch is served? When you’re in the cafeteria, you usually see the same people every day. But what you don’t see are the people who have that period for lunch but choose not to eat in the lunch room. With hearty meats and heavy sauces, some students don’t buy from the lunch line based on different diet beliefs. Whether they’re vegetarian, gluten-free, or any other choice, there aren’t as many options for them as there are for those of us who enjoy a burger or a bread bowl. Sophomore Jessica Muskat, a vegetar-ian, says that she never buys from the lunch line because the food that they serve doesn’t have a place in her eating habits. “I don’t eat from the lunch room because there aren’t enough options for me. I like to eat healthier, and I don’t think the food that they make is really good for you. Everything has some kind of meat, or has a lot of fat, even the salads. And when you look at what you’re really having on the nutrition facts, it’s kind of surprising to think that you’re putting that in your body every day.” The school has slowly been incorporating “health-ier” choices to our lunch lines. Recently added this

school year, the lunchroom started selling Honest Tea, a brand that claims its mission is to “create and promote great-tasting, truly healthy, organic beverages.” The company prides itself in authentic, natural products that benefit health. All of the drinks in their tea line range from 70 to 100 calories and 18 to 25 grams of sugar per 16.9 fluid ounce bottle, almost half of what the World Health Organization recommends for a teenager’s daily sugar intake. This excludes the Unsweet Lemon Tea, which has no calories, and no sugar whatsoever. The nutrition facts on each bottle show that the product is pretty simple; not many extra ingredients are added. All 7 flavors, including Honey Green, Half & Half, Peach White, Sweet, Lemon, Raspberry, and Unsweet Lemon Tea, are sold in the lunchroom in the serving area and at the sub station. This might have intended to be a healthier option given to students, but as half of your daily intake, it’s not making much of a difference. The school has slowly been giving students better options for lunch, start-ing a few years ago when snack options opened up. One of the vending machines in the cafeteria claims to be the “Health Zone,” telling students to “snack smart.” The machine may have pretzels, peanuts, and granola bars, but the vast majority of snacks are some sort of cookie or bag of chips. When the machine was first brought to LHS a few years ago, it contained healthier snacks, according to students who remember when it was first put in the cafeteria, but students weren’t as eager to purchase the different granola bars and almonds it contained; after a few years, it became filled with cookies and chips

Along with some healthier options not being available in the first place, students at LHS come into the lunch room every day with the same choices day after day. While we may have salads and a few generally “healthier” options available, many stu-dents believe there should be some sort of healthier options, and more variety in those options. Next time you eat in the cafeteria, ask yourself: How many times have I eaten this same meal before, and is this really good for me?

Enough options? Healthier choices needed in lunchroom

Kate VittoreStaff Writer

Photos by Bailey Schmid

32 May 28, 2014 Opinion

Shelly SchickStaff WriterD-3-sire to play on

Many high schoolers rightly decide to continue their athletic career at the Divi-sion III level in college because of their love for the sport-- they can’t imagine their life without it. For example, former LHS quarterback Jack Deichl (who graduated in 2013), and now at-tending University of Wisconsin at Whitewa-ter, said that he continued to play football at a DIII school “because [he has] loved football [his] entire life, and the camaraderie that sur-rounds the game.” I (and most other people) think that it is evident that there is more passion watching college sport athletes play over professional athletes (for instance, in basketball). 2011 graduate Savannah Trees, whose basketball team won the national championship last year at DePauw University (Indiana) agrees with this. “I chose to play DIII basketball because I knew that I would be on a team with girls that were playing for the love of the game and not because someone was paying them to play,” Trees said. Another aspect that makes DIII schools great is the emphasis they put on the academ-ics. Most agree that at their school, academ-ics are the priority, then comes the athletics. Abigail Toohey, who graduated in 2013 and is now a cross country runner at Lake Forest College, loves the fact that at a DIII school, there is a big focus on academics next to the athletics. “[My coach] is very focused on helping my teammates and me do well in school. I am going to school in order to receive a good education and not for athletics,” Toohey said. An additional aspect that is awesome about DIII schools is that athletics don’t take up all the athlete’s time. They can actually get the “college experience” and are able to be involved in many other activities, relax, and meet new people at their school. Their schedule can be equally balanced between athletics, social life, and academics. Trees loves this about her school. “One of my favorite things about playing a DIII sport is how it is extremely competitive but at the same time you still have the time to be involved in other things on campus. The sport does not take over your entire college career; it allows you to play the sport you love while also exploring

everything else the school has to offer,” Trees said. Deichl also mentioned the other great qualities that DIII sports have to offer: “Playing a sport forces you to establish a routine and get your classwork done in a timely fashion. [Also] due to the fact that it is a full-time commitment, it can help better prepare you for whatever career you decide,” Deichl said. Senior Noah Greenberg, soon-to-be baseball player at Concordia University in Wisconsin, wanted to play at a DIII school mostly based on the fact he wanted to play the game he loves and not “sit the bench” until his junior or senior year. “I have a chance to play as a freshman; playing time is a big deal for me,” Green-berg said. Senior Jess Van Roeyen, who is going to Augustana University to play basketball, wanted to continue playing basketball at the collegiate level. She believes that going to a DIII college will allow her to get to know her classmates on more of a personal level and she wants to be able to walk around her school and recognize her peers. Just because a school is DIII doesn’t mean that it won’t have the rivalries as the big schools do. 2013 graduate Drew Krinitsky, who is currently at Wesleyan University playing football, said how at his school, there is “no lack of tradition” that people would find at a big DI school. “Going to a smaller DIII school, I think people write you off but when you become a part of something bigger, such as the great tradition our school has, you really get the same feeling of that sort of Alabama versus Auburn rivalry,” Krinitsky said. Just because a school is categorized as “DIII” doesn’t mean it is any worse or less competitive than a DI school. There are many DIII schools that are at the same skill level as some DI schools. Even though Trees had the chance to play at a DI school, she decided not to because she looked at others parts about the school and not just the athletics. “It was also important to me that I looked at the school as a whole and not just at what division it was because there is a lot more that goes into a school than the division,” Trees said.

Photo courtesy of Jack DeichlThrowing his way to victory against Wisconsin Lutheran College, Deichl connects with his wide receiver.

Photo courtesy of Abigail TooheyAs she heads towards the finish line, Toohey pushes herself to finish strong.

Photo courtesy of Drew KrinitskyPlaying outside linebacker, Krinitsky gets ready as a play begins.

Photo courtesy of Savannah TreesTrees penetrates the Kenyon defense to make her way towards the basket and help her team to a 88-60 win.

33May 28, 2014Opinion

Ryan JacksonStaff WriterThe Villebillies

Artwork by Abigail St. ClaireVillebillies use camoflauge clothing to deceive their predators in the wild.

On a hot summer night in Libertyville, the sun slips toward the horizon, fishing poles rattle in the back of a beat up old pickup on the way down a dirt road, and country music flows from the sullied old radio in the dashboard. This scene is a summertime fantasy for a new crop of high schoolers here at Libertyville -- a group I like to call the Villebillies. It’s important to distinguish Villebil-lies from true Copenhagen-spitting rednecks. Villebillies tell themselves they live a blue-collar lifestyle because they hop in their Jeeps and cruise to Bass Pro Shops once a week and often fail to realize that ragged blue jeans don’t always come that way when you buy them. I’m not saying that all coun-try music aficionados around here are phonies -- I’ve seen an LHS student catch and cook a squirrel with his bare hands (you know who you are)-- but the hefty majority wouldn’t know bluegrass from a blue gill. This new species is taking over Libertyville at a frightening clip. With summer approaching, I would like to spend a little time characterizing these creatures; they’ll sneak up and infest your household faster than you can say Jason Aldean.

Appearance Villebillies are one of Mother Na-ture’s sneakiest creatures. They can be hard to spot; their full-body camou-flage allows them to blend in with their surroundings. Another clear indication of the species is their trademark jorts (that’s jean shorts, for anyone who is more comfortable on this side of the Mason-Dixon), exposing male thigh that makes most people cringe. (Some female Villebillies are inexplicably turned on by leg pubes and pale flesh.) If they aren’t clad in camo, Villebil-lies will often dress like farmers in the heartland of Nebraska, even though the closest they’ve come to actually farming was walking past the produce section in Mariano’s. Some will also drape themselves in Confederate flags, ignoring the fact that it’s undeniably racist. Many male Villebil-lies will also attempt to grow thick beards, but their feeble facial efforts usually cause them to look like either a Spanish conquistador or the exterior of a peach.

HabitatThe best place to locate a Villebilly is anywhere you can hear country music. Many Villebilly hunters have been known to scatter speakers blaring country to lure in their prey. Once the Villebillies take the bait, hunters will reel in their Florida Georgia Line and admire their prize. Hunting Villebillies used

to be illegal, but due to their recent resurgence, the EPA now encourages it to control the population. Villebillies are very easily confused when it comes to habitat; many forget that “suburb of Chicago” is not synonymous with “rural Alabama.” Villebillies thrive during the “Long Hot Summer”, when the

weather is “Sunny and 75” and they can roll their windows down and “Cruise.” The months of May through September form the crest of the Villebilly population graph, and by the winter, almost all have died out.

Behavior It’s the behavior of the Villebillies that separates

them from the rest of the Illinois crowd. They’re known to emanate a series of mating calls, the most popular and effective one is “Yee-haw!” To pass the time, Villebillies will drop lines in a fishing pond for the evening. Of course, once they catch something, they’ll just snap an Instagram picture and call it a night. They also cherish country concerts, especially Country Thunder -- one of the only places it’s accepted to smell so foul that having beer poured on you is an aesthetic improvement. Villebillies treasure home-cooked southern meals for food, but since “collard greens” sounds more like a golf course than a vegetable to most people around here, they’re forced to settle for McDonald’s. Dur-ing the week, Villebillies spend the sweltering dog days out in the field in the tractor. Just to be clear: by “out in the field” I mean “in the basement,” and by “tractor” I mean “La-Z-Boy.” And even if you can’t see the Villebilly population closing in on you, you just have to listen -- you can hear their ear drum-rattling trucks from a country suburb mile away. When dealing with Villebillies, remember: they’re more afraid of you than you are of them. If they are get-ting a little too friendly for your com-fort, crank up some rap music. You’ll hear mutterings of “This ain’t true music,” as their Timberlands thump back to their mud-coated pickups. Another common repellent is to move closer to the city. Villebilles grow weaker as they head to civilization, and by the time you see the Chicago

skyline, they will perish. If all else fails, and you feel like you’re transforming into a Villebilly your-self, call 1-800-NO-TEETH, an organization that will slow your spiral into hickdom. When summer comes, we’re going to see a flood Villebillies -- I can already hear the Thunder rolling in.

34 May 28, 2014 Sports

You Bettor NotBy Tyler Skinner

© 2007 MCTSource: Challenger, Gray & Christmas; CBS SportsLine; WorkPlace MediaGraphic: Robert Dorrell, Sacramento Bee

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a national obsession, with 30 percent of working Americans participating in office pools. Here are more March Madness numbers:

76%Percentage of workers whose pool

bets are $10 or less

13.5Number of

minutes a day the typical worker

spends monitoring NCAA results

online

400,000Number of

subscribers to CBS' streaming

video broadcasts of tournament

games

$86.6 million

Daily cost to U.S. employers in

“unproductive wages” because of online

NCAA activity

6%Percentage of

employers who use software to block

workers from accessing NCAA tournament Web

sites

March office madness

The below is a fictional story based on students who participate in sports betting at Libertyville High School

Thursday, March 20. 11:15 a.m. - The first game of the NCAA Tournament was just about to tip off when senior at Liber-tyville High School, Grant Simms, took out his bracket in the library. He had the favorite, 6-seeded Ohio State, winning the first game, and commented to his friend and fellow senior, Richard Bryant, that Ohio State was going to smoke the 11-seed Dayton. Bryant then took out his bracket, where he had Dayton winning, and told Simms off about how Ohio State was overrated, and their point guard, Aaron Craft, couldn’t score. The two agreed to a gentleman’s wa-ger, and to place 20 dollars on the game, Simms with Ohio State, and Bryant with Dayton.

Thursday, March 20. 6:55 p.m. - After Dayton upset Ohio State in the earlier game, Simms now owed Bryant 20 dollars. “I wanted to give him a shot to win his money back on a later game, and he was all for it,” Bryant said. That shot to win the money back was on the game just about to tip off. Just seconds before the 12-seed North Dakota State Bison tipped off with the 5-seed Oklahoma Sooners, Bryant sent a SnapChat of his TV, which was showing the players getting ready, with the words “double or nothing” to Simms. Simms immediately sent a text back an-nouncing that they had a deal, but Simms got the favorite, 5-seed Oklahoma. Bryant agreed.

Friday, March 21. 8:25 a.m. - Just before their second period class started, Bryant asked Simms if he saw the “game of the year.” In overtime, the heavy favorite Oklahoma was taken down by lowly North Dakota State, which resulted in Simms owing his friend $40. “I forgot the money that day, but as friends, it wasn’t a big deal,” Simms said. As the topic changed, the two of them started talking about star freshman from Duke, Jabari Parker. Simms said that Parker was the best player in the country and that Duke was unstoppable with him. Simms said that he would

give Bryant 2-1 odds that Duke beats Mercer. “I had never heard of Mercer,” Bryant said. “I still don’t know where the school is.” Even so, Bry-ant agreed to the 2-1 odds, and Bryant bet $40, so that if he won, Simms would owe him $120, but if he lost, they would be net zero.

Monday, March 24. After the upset of the tournament, goliath Duke lost to Mercer, Simms owed Bryant $120. “I asked him if he brought it, and his response was kind of a laugh and a remark about me not getting my money,” Bryant

said. Bryant was very angry after getting robbed of over 100 dollars that he said he “rightfully won.”

Friday, March 28. The two former friends hadn’t talked since Sunday about anything other than “do you have my money?” and “nope.” Bryant had it with Simms’ lack of caring about the bets, and called him out in the hallway. “I told him, ‘If you don’t have my money, we are going to have a serious problem on our hands,’ and he sorta blew me off,” Bryant said.

Saturday, March 29. Both Bryant and Simms went to the same party, and Bryant finally had it with Simms ignoring their bet. “I was told that if I didn’t pay him within a week, he would beat me up,” Simms said.

Friday, April 4. After constant threats for a week, Simms did not pay the money back, and was nervous about having to face Bry-ant. He finally got scared enough of the threats that he needed to tell someone about it. That day, he went into the school and explained the situation to his dean. Later in the day Bryant got one of the infamous “now passes.” On the way down to his dean, he forgot to clear his phone, and instead walked into the office with all of the evidence in his pocket. Waiting for him in his dean’s office was his mom, his dean, and Simms. “I immediately regretted not clearing my phone,” Bryant said. When asked for his phone, he initially tried to deny having it, but after

asking him to clear his pockets, the phone became obvious. After his dean and mom went through the messages and found out that the claims were true, the school had to involve the school resource officer, who decided to take away Prom privileges and to hand out a seven day in-school suspension. Bryant also faced punishments from his parents, which included privileges to their car. “For the sake of $140, there is no way it was worth it,” Bryant said.

35May 28, 2014Sports

Facts on sports betting in the United States

The National Gambling Impact Study Comission estimated that illegal wagers on sports are as much as $380 billion annually.

The FBI estimates that more than $2.5 billion is illegally wagered annually on March Madness.

More bets are placed on the Super Bowl than on any other single-day sporting event of the year; however, more is wagered during the first four days of the men's March Madness basketball tournament.

According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, approximately $98.9 million was wagered on the 2013 Super Bowl at sports books across the state, but most of that figure was returned to bettors in the form of winnings. After paying out to bettors, Nevada sports books earned $7.2 million on 2013’s game.

Q & A with Officer Uliks about sports betting

Q: Is sports betting illegal for high school kids even if they are over 18? Uliks: Sports betting is considered "gambling" and you must be 18 years old to gamble. Now this depends on what type of betting you are referring to, If some guys get together and make a gentlemen's wager on the Blackhawks game, that's not so much gambling; how-ever, if one or two kids are wagering lots of money on lots of differ-ent games and giving odds, etc., that would be considered running a booking operation and you need to be licensed and you need to pay taxes, so that would be illegal. Q: What is the punishment for kids under 18? Uliks: The punishment would be on a case-by-case scenario depend-ing on the amount involved. of course there could also be school consequences depending where it fits into the student handbook.Q: Have you ever had an issue with kids being caught/getting in trouble betting on sports at LHS? Uliks: Yes. Several years ago, an individual was making several bets and then was threatening another student who did not pay. Q: Would you consider it something that is a minor offense if caught? Uliks: It has never really been an issue [here] so I don’t see it a se-rious offense; however, state and federal laws look at it very serious, especially those not paying taxes on the money they take in or win.

These are questions for Libertyville High School’s Resource Officer, Robert Uliks, regarding sports betting in general, and specifically at Libertyville High School

Quotes From Libertyville students who particpate in

sports bettingThe quotes from Libertyville students are anonymous to protect them from getting in trouble for their illegal activities

Images and graphic courtesy of MCT Campus

“I bet on sports at least twice a week,” one anonymous senior said.

“I started betting regularly when I was in eighth grade,” the same senior said.

“Betting on sports has led me to follow sports closer, and have a competitive interest in each game,” an anonymous junior said.

“I lost $200 on the Super Bowl this year. I was all about the Broncos, but they got thrashed,” the same junior said.

Facts from ncpgambling.org

85% of adult Americans have gambled at least once in their lifetime.

Upwards of 80% of high school students report having gambled for money.

According to an ESPN survey, about 118 million Americans gambled on sports in 2008.

Risk factors for gambling problems

MaleAthlete

18-24 years old Substance use/abuse

Easy access to gambling/moneyFamily history of addiction

Belief in own skillBelief in luck/superstition

Racial/Ethnic minorityGamble illegally

Highly Competitive

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Dunleavy has been on the diving team for three years, and her devo-tion to the sport has been commend-ed by head diving coach Mr. David Fowler. “Morgan is a very organized and dedicated person,” stated Fowl-er. “Once she has her mind made up about something, she goes out and gets it.” This past season, Dunleavy reached sectionals, as she set the LHS all-time diving record with a score of 461.10. Leadership is also a large part of Dunleavy’s repertoire, as she stepped up at times during the season to teach some of her techniques to the younger divers on the team. According to Fowler, these types of characteristics will help her succeed greatly in college.

by Mike Gasick DivingFeatured Athlete: Morgan Dunleavy (Tiffin University)Football

Conor Simpson (Washington State)Anthony Monken (University of Louisian-Monroe)Bryan Scanlon (Arkansas State)

Brought up to the varsity level as a sophomore, Simpson has shown tremendous toughness as the starting running back for the Cats. Whenever he has the ball, his quickness provides him with a chance to score. Head coach Mr. Mike Jones’ favorite memory of Simpson was his outstanding game against Zion. Simpson rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns in his last game as a Wildcat, leading the team to a 35-16 win. “[Simpson] is a unique player because he is outstanding in space. He can run the ball and has great hands,” stated Jones.

Photo by of Ava Polzin

OnTo The Next LevelA look at LHS athletes who will be competing in college sports.

Featured Athlete: Conor Simpson

courtesy of Morgan Dunleavy

Vogel has been on the varsity team for three years. Vogel is a huge proponent of pressuring the ball whenever he is defend-ing, which forces his opponents to react with little time. The LHS coaching staff taught Vogel many things, such as how to create opportunities by pass-ing the ball. “Our coaches did a good job of teaching us how to play as a team,” stated Vogel. He is excited to attend Carthage College because it will be a fun opportunity, and he will get the chance to reunite with some of his old club soccer teammates.

Boys SoccerFeatured Athlete: Nick Vogel (Carthage College)



Lacrosse

Bagatti’s favorite moment from the team came when they beat Glenbrook North to move into the final four of last year’s state tournament. He noted that he gives much of the credit to head coach Mr. Brady Sullivan, who always taught him and his teammates that hard work on and off the field will pay off in the end. According to Bagatti, he is looking forward to college lacrosse because “it’s only going to become more intense the older I get.” Over Bagatti’s three varsity years, the team has piled up 36 wins, including two trips to the playoffs.

Featured Athlete: Nick Bagatti(Adams State University)

Softball

Oberman has been on the varsity softball team for three years. Her offensive abilities have provided the Cats with power and speed at the top of their lineup. Defensively, she excels in the field, playing second base and shortstop. According to head coach Ms. Elissa Wisniewski, when Oberman is on her game, the whole team is on its game. Wisniewski is proud of Oberman’s work ethic and deter-mination, and those types of characteristics will lead her to success in college. “Her abiliies to compete and adapt to situations will help her the most to make the transition into college softball,” stated Coach Wisniewski. “She’s quiet, but leads by example and her play speaks volumes.”

Featured Athlete: Taylor Oberman(Winona State University)

Boys SwimmingPat King (Rose Hulman)Alex Snarski (Northwestern) Bobby Snader (Xavier University)

Featured Athlete: Bobby Snader

Snader’s third year on varsity concluded at the State meet, where the Cats finished second overall. Snader’s relay team, which included junior Matt Harrington and seniors Atticus Rush and Snarski, set the IHSA record for the 200-medley relay with a time of 1.31.55. “It’s a moment I will never forget,” stated Snader. “It was just awesome.” Snader filled the role of leader throughout this past season, as his teammates looked to him to pump them up before a meet. Accord-ing to Snader, Xavier brings a strong academic program to go along with a successful swim team, which led him to choose the school: “I’m excited for these next four years. It should be a lot of fun.”

Girls Water PoloJoshi has been on the varsity water polo team for four years. She has emerged as the leader of the team because of her hard work and dedica-tion to the sport. According to head coach Mr. Chris Crawford, Joshi “has the ability to make her teammates around her stronger players.” When-ever the team got down, they always looked to Joshi to pick them up through her upbeat demeanor. Craw-ford noted that her upbeat attitude, tenacity and dedication has taken the girls water polo team to another level, and those traits will lead her to a suc-cessful college career.

Featured Athlete: Devika Joshi (Iona University)

courtesy of Nick Bagatti

courtesy of Bobby Snader


As a four-year varsity athlete, MacCallum has had many dif-ferent high points over his career. As a freshman, he won 25 matches as well as placed sixth at the conference meet. In his sophomore year, he placed second at Sectionals and quali-fied for State. MacCallum’s junior year brought him more wins (40), as well as again placing second at Sectionals and claiming the Conference and Regional championships. To finish off his high school career, he went 45-2 on the season, while placing third at State. “My coaches have made me very technical and mentally tough,” MacCallum stated. “I’m really looking forward to (college wrestling). I can’t wait to meet new friends and teammates.”

WrestlingKayne MacCallum (Eastern Michigan)Chris McDermand (American University) Steve Polakowski (Minnesota)

Featured Athlete: Kayne MacCallum

Girls Track

Spencer’s favorite moment from track came from this year, when her 200-meter relay team, consist-ing of seniors Rachael Metcalf and Katie Sackett, and junior Jasmine Turner, broke the school re-cord with a time of 1:47.69. “We were all ecstatic when it happened. It was also really fun to see our coach equally excited.” Spencer gives much of the team’s success to her head coach, Mr. Tom Bizosky. Mr. Bizosky has been a part of Spencer’s four years of track and has made a large impact on her. Spencer noted that she would not have been able to achieve so much without the help of her coach. At Carroll University, track is co-ed, which Spencer thinks is a unique attribute to the team.

Featured Athlete: Raissa Spencer (Carroll University)

Boys Gymnastics

Burke has been on the varsity gymnastics team for three years. As one of the leaders on the team, Burke is a motiva-tional yet humorous teammate. “It keeps the team relaxed and ready to compete,” commented Burke. Head coach Mr. Josh Cimo is accredited with much of Burke’s success. Burke noted that Cimo focuses on their form instead of any flashy moves during practices, which has helped him immensely during his high school gymnastics career. He will be head-ing to the University of Vermont in the fall to compete in their club gymnastics organization and is looking forward to the competition, as well as campus life. With the significant amount of mountains on and near campus, Burke looks for-ward to hiking, skiing, and skateboarding for pleasure.

Featured Athlete: Jack Burke (Vermont)

Grant, a pitcher for the Wildcats, has been on the varsity team for two years. As a left-hander, Grant is used as both a starter and a relief pitcher. There have been many highs over Grant’s high school career, such as striking out two at Miller Park, or picking up a two-inning save in an exciting 5-4 LHS victory over Loyola on April 1. He brings a positive attitude to the team to go along with energy. According to Grant, the college ex-perience looks bright because he now knows that he is able to continue playing baseball after high school.

BaseballJeff Barton (Illinois State)Ian Grant (Rose Hulman)Noah Greenberg (Concordia University-Wisconsin)Andrew Mack (Grinell College)Evan Skoug (Texas Christian University)

Featured Athlete: Ian Grant

Girls GolfFeatured Athlete: Emma Hoskins (Carnegie Mellon)

This was Hoskins’ first year on the var-sity squad. According to head coach Mr. Greg Pedersen, Hoskins was successful on the team because of her strong work ethic. “Emma was a disciplined worker and was business-like in her approach,” Pedersen stated. One of Hoskins’ best moments was when she shot an 80 at last year’s conference tournament. She placed third at the tournament and was a large factor in the Cats’ first place tournament finish. Pedersen noted that her motiva-tion will lead her to success in college. courtesy of Marge Fornear

courtesy of Sheryl Barbian

photo courtesy of Emma Hoskins

May 28, 2014

A dynamic 3-sport varsity athlete, Kimpler plays football, basketball, and baseball. Using his 6’6” frame as a dominant defensive end, Kimpler helped contribute to a 4-5 season. With quick jumps and elusiveness off the line of scrimmage, Kimpler easily found his way into opposing backfields. Kimpler also utilized his size during the basketball season, logging minutes as a forward, and coming off the bench as an immediate post presence. Kimpler is currently pitching for the varsity baseball team, using an overpowering fastball to stun opposing batters. “I would like to be all state or all con-ference in all three sports,” he said.

Ben Kimpler

Athletes to Watch ForBy Kyle Laska

Riley Lees The speedy Lees uses his agility and quickness to excel at the varsity level. As wide receiver, he used a combination of speed and coordina-tion to rack up receiving yards and burn past defenders. Lees will most likely come into the next season as the starting quarterback for varsity. As a baseball player, Lees currently is a key baserunner for the program. Lees uses great jumps and a high baseball IQ to steal bases and consis-tently score runs for the Wildcats. “I’m looking to help us get to the playoffs in football and get a run go-ing. In baseball, I’m looking to start and have a good role on the team and help them the best I can,” he said.

Claire Keefe Keefe, a guard/forward for the varsity girls basketball team, was a key contribu-tor to the team this year. Standing at 5’11”, Keefe found success in the post, offensive-ly and defensively this year. The ability to help control the tempo on both sides of the ball is a reason why Keefe is looked to as a leader, even though she is only a freshman. “My goals for next season are to become a better teammate and leader. We are go-ing to be a younger team because we lose so many seniors next year, so if we have communication with each other, then we will be stronger than ever,” she said. “I believe there is a lot of talent and heart in this program.”

Stefano Tsorotiotis As of now, Tsorotiotis is ranked as the 2nd-best freshman in Illinois, and the 16th-best freshman in the nation. With his tall and athletic frame, Tsorotiotis is able cover the court with ease, and is able to get behind the ball at almost any spot on the court. When adding in athleticism to his already over-powering serve, it is no doubt that Tsoroti-otis is a top player in the nation, as well as a leader for the Wildcats. “My goals for next season are definitely to improve as a person and player. Especially with Ben VanDixhorn on the team, who recently committed to Northwestern, both of us would like to place top 4 in state next year. Both of us have a lot of pressure even going into this year’s state competition,” he said.

A speedy forward, Olson utilizes quickness and agility to blow by defenders toward the net. Despite her small frame, Olson maximizes her size with physicality and aggressiveness toward opposing defenders. With the ability to make crisp and clean passes, as well as the ability to put the ball on net, Olson creates problems for opposing defenders. “The expectation for next year is to continue to work hard and hopefully get the opportunity to play on this team again. We also have to continue to push each other to become better, she said.”

Maddie Olson Emily Olson Playing midfield for the Wildcats, Olson uses her speed and endurance to cover the entire field, making plays in every aspect of the game. With the ability to control the pace of the game, Olson plays a factor in both leading offensive attacks, and stunting opposing attacks. Her agility allows her to play long periods of time at a high tempo, which is a major reason she has logged minutes on the varsity squad. “The goal for next year is to continue to improve our game and come back better than be-fore,” she said.

*All action photos are courtesy of athletes, themselves

Maddie, 10, calls for the pass from her sister Emily, 5.

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The Adulation of SkougBy Ava Polzin

“I would just say I love him. I love him dearly…” - Mr. Ferrell

“Evan, as a person, is a great teammate and a great friend of mine.” - Matt Reed

“It’s kind of like teaching a Beethoven or something…” - Mr. Ferrell

These are the types of commendations one associates with senior Evan Skoug, baseball player extraordinaire. To coaches, teachers and teammates, Skoug is more than just a gifted catcher — he’s a personality deserving of the interest he has been receiving from college and professional scouts. Though he signed a National Letter of Intent to play at Texas Christian University (“I felt like it was the best fit for me academically, athletically, with money, with coaches, and I felt like I was at home when I was on campus, so, you know, it was a no brainer, and I haven’t looked back, so I think it’s been a really good decision for myself”), Skoug is up for the June professional draft, an opportunity that will require decisions, but will ultimately come down to his devotion to academics and to baseball.

Looking to his future as it stands now at TCU, Skoug plans to major in Entrepreneurial Management (“I’m going to give that a try and see how that goes”), but hopes to return after his four years to study architecture (“I just see a cool house, or a cool building, or car, and it’s just fascinating… I liked to play with Legos and stuff like that when I was a kid, so … I just, I think design is cool”).

His LST Q-Z Team Director, friend and mentor, Mr. Sean Ferrell believes that education is important enough to Skoug that despite perhaps uncon-ventional circumstances, he will pursue some form of academic structure. “Obviously he wants to go to school, he wants to get a college degree, but that’s something that might be [put on hold with] the demands of Major League Baseball; he wouldn’t do it in a traditional manner, where kids go off to school. It’s something he would have to put by the wayside a little bit and go back to it later, or maybe attend school through night school, or do [it] some different ways because it wouldn’t be the traditional route that kids go, you know, four or five years of undergraduate,” Mr. Ferrell related.

Photo courtesy of the Skoug family.Pictured with his father, John Skoug, Evan has played baseball for most of his life.


If Skoug chooses to go the more “traditional” route and play for TCU, he will forfeit the opportunity to be drafted professionally until after his junior season playing for the university in accordance with MLB draft rules. This will, of course, be a consideration, but whether or not he ends up in the big leagues, his contacts all believe he can make any of his hopes tangible. His best friend and teammate, senior Matt Reed, noted, “After high school, I think that he can go as far in the game as he wants to. He’s that talented and has the right mindset.”

Whatever his choice, he will do some good with his fortune. Mr. Ferrell recounts, “It was me and him and my son, and we were talking at dinner – we were at Baker’s Square, and then we took my son out to the batting facility – we were all spending some time together, and he said, ‘Mr. Ferrell, if I sign a pro contract, I’m going to donate $10,000 to Katie, because I want to give more to her.’”

Katie Mitchell (the nemaline-myopathy-afflicted girl to whom Skoug dedicated his Home Runs That Help showcase fundraising, ultimately collecting $8,214) is just one of the recipients of his good works. A regular at Feed My Starving Children, Skoug has adopted as his own the Home Runs That Help credo in more-or-less his own way: “I feel that I have a lot of things going right for me that other people don’t, so I give back…”

Photo courtesy of LHS Athletic DepartmentThough Skoug has committed to Texas Christian University, come June, his plans could change.

That feeling of duty is what endears him to coaches and teachers. His work ethic reportedly unparalleled, Skoug commits himself fully to whatever he has set his mind. Whether making the most of a least favorite school subject, or resisting temptation and remaining on a healthy new diet (Mr. Ferrell remem-bered one particular instance to that end: “… he’s on a strict diet, and my son was offering him some corn dogs, and then some pie with ice cream, and then he’s like, ‘No, I can’t do that, because, you know, I’m on this diet,’ and he loves ice cream. I know it’s like his thing; we talked about that as his one thing that he really loves, but he sat there and ate his salad, no dressing, his Caesar salad.”), Skoug maintains a careful discipline.

Discipline is what got him where he is in sports, and his decided direction has been dictated by organizations like ACE, where he was first mentored by Liber-tyville graduate Luke Matthewson during Skoug’s freshman year. Beginning his sophomore year, he became an ACE leader, making the same type of connec-tions with freshmen that Matthewson had made with him. This search for con-nections defines him, something not lost on his teachers. When he was taking American Literature his junior year, his teacher, Mrs. Mary Kate Schoenbeck noted that “He is respectful, and he’s someone who looks for connections with everybody around him, his peers, his teachers, his coaches, …”

This admirable quality is one of the many that has garnered Skoug the venera-tion with which he is now so associated. His prospects are many and regardless of his ultimate choices, most are assured of his success no matter what his path.

Notes from Coach Schurr

“...before he played his first inning of his junior year, so his sophomore summer going into his junior year, the number one college baseball team in the country, Vanderbilt University, offered him a scholarship.”

“...when you sign with a pro team, you still get your scholarship, they pay for it, within two years from the time you’re done playing professional baseball, you just have to enroll, fill out the paperwork and they pay for your schooling. So, it’s kind of a win-win.”

“There’s a lot of players taken between Division I, Division II, Division III college baseball, and then the rare high school kids, and Evan’s one of the rare high school kids.”


“Mainly baseball is you start out Single A and Double A before you get to Triple A and the big leagues, it’s a lonesome life. And you’re playing in front of a hundred people. In college, you’re playing in front of a couple thousand people. You know in college you might be flying to games if you’re at a big school like TCU; on a minor league team, you might be taking a bus…”

“The major league teams are now bringing in their national cross checkers. So the big-time eyes are coming out to observe him and make a decision where they want to choose him on draft day, so it’s been pretty exciting to watch.”

Photo by Ava Polzin

Right off the ResumeAwards/honors/recognitions:

– Baseball co-captain (junior and senior year)– 2012 IHSA North Suburban All Conference Honorable Mention – 2012 Perfect Game (PG) WWBA 18U All-tournament team, East Cobb, GA– 2012 PG WWBA World All-tournament team, Jupiter, FL– 2013 PG Underclass High Honorable Mention– 2013 Gold Glove Award – Dugout Classic, Scottsdale, AZ– 2013 IHSA North Suburban All Conference, All-Area 1st– 2013 Illinois Coaches All-State 1st– 2013 Pioneer Press Player of the Year – 2013 Prep Baseball Report All-State Honors team– 2013 PG Kernels Championship All-tournament team, Cedar Rapids, IA– 2013 PG WWBA MVP and All-tournament team, Jupiter, FL– Team Illinois Select (2013)– Illinois State Scholar (2014)– Tournament of Stars, alternate to 40 man Team USA 18u team roster (2013)– East Coast Pro Showcase (2013)– 2014 PG Preseason All-American 2nd– Prep Baseball Report Ranking IL #3, overall #5– PG National Rank: #65 overall, #7 catcher– PG Illinois Rank: #3 overall, #1 catcher team (national), 1st

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