TROY INVOICEAuburn Senior High School Auburn, Wash. (253) 931-4880 Troy_InVoice@hotmail.com

Volume 38, Issue 2 Nov. 16, 2006

“I say- I say- God is dead!” These strongly compelling words are what most of the audience would remember as a momentous line in the school’s rendition of “The Crucible.”

Creating a nontraditional version of the story set this play apart from the many productions put on by the school. Traditionally, the school chooses humorous or William Shakespeare plays to depict. This year, the play was much more of a challenge.

Without the humor to rely on, the play felt like it had much more intensity to build.

“The Crucible” starred sophomore Brian Stanford (John Proctor), senior Jenelle Bartelt (Elizabeth Proctor), senior Jen Helfenstein (Mary Warren), junior Jasmine Hargrove (Abigail Williams), sophomore Chris Olds (Mr. Hale), junior Thaddeus Wilson (Parris) and sophomore Luke Storaasli (Judge Danforth).

The play’s opening scene began with senior Angela Sumner (Tituba) and the young Salem girls dancing in the forest late at night, creating the main conflict of the play.

After minutes of suspected “conjured” dancing, the girls scattered as they were suddenly disrupted by Parris.

This scene molded the rest of the play, creating ideas of witchcraft that spread a mass hysteria into the small town. The first half of the play started slowly, but the second half was well worth the wait. Once many women were targeted as witches, the story line heated up with ideas of lies and infidelity, unraveling everyone’s hidden agendas.

Though the school’s version of “The Crucible” followed much of the same plot as the book, there are some exciting new twists added to enhance the story.

Instead of the stereotypical scenery, the school decided to go with dramatic lighting, and they added some special effects to give the nontraditional effect it was going for.

Large wooden crates set the backdrop for the action. Director Warren Kerr took out the prologue but added many scenes to help the audience stay with the story line. Also, the music in the play, called didgeridoo, helped create a suspenseful, yet bewitching, atmosphere.

This year, many of the thespians were completely new and inexperienced. With more than 20 seniors graduating this last spring, the cast had many struggles.

Kerr said that only being able to practice in the PAC three times before the actual performance did not help the thespians,

‘Crucible’ catches congrats

By JAMIE VANMOORSELSTAFF REPORTER

SEE CRUCIBLE PAGE 2

On the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, World War I came to an end and is remembered as Veterans Day.

This day has special importance to several Auburn High School staff members who are veterans.

Auto Technology teacher Fred Donaldson served in the Air Force for four years in 1968.

Donaldson joined out of family tradition, along with his brother and father, and for personal gain. He is a firm believer of serving the country that serves us.

“I feel everyone who is physically able should provide some service to their country, and they will benefit from the experience also,” he said.

If he had the decision to make again, he would “in a heartbeat.”

Another veteran is the para-educator John Thrush.

He served in the Air Force for four years to “serve my country during the Vietnam War.”

The Vietnam War took place in 1959-1975 in Southeast Asia. The cause of the war was the failure of the Viet Mihn trying to gain power of South Vietnam while fighting for

their independence from France. Thrush said joining the military

is a great learning experience and a way to expand knowledge of the world and its people.

Although Veterans Day is commemorated widely by veterans, both Donaldson and Thrush agree it is not given the recognition it deserves.

“I think many of the younger generation don’t have a perspective on what these people have done for them,” Thrush said. “They take for granted the freedoms they have and don’t realize that many men and women, many of them

teenagers, died so that they would have that freedom.”

Donaldson remembers Veterans Day as “a day to remember all those who have sacrificed with the ultimate payment, and all who have chosen to serve and have returned to the civilian sector.”

He encourages people to join. “I would just like to say that

serving my country was a great pleasure, and I wish more young adults would take it serious. Not just to join and spend time, but to really live the life of a proud American,” Donaldson said.

Photos by Salena HillABOVE: This memorial wall was set up at Veterans Memorial Park during the week surrounding Veterans Day. BELOW: This sign, set up at Veterans Memorial Park, shows veterans who served, died and were found missing during the Indian War.

Veterans of AHSBy SALENA HILL &

KELSEY ROBINSONSTAFF REPORTERS

Leadership class pulls off successful drive

The blood drive at Auburn High School drew 212 donors this year. Hosted by the leadership class, led by new teacher Katie Henry, the drive was Oct. 27.

While the blood drive

fell short of the 300-donation goal, there were 80 new first-time donors this year.

There are fewer AHS students this year, which resulted in a smaller number of people available to give blood.

Junior Jillian Prince donated for the first time.

“I was scared and nervous,” Prince said.

She said she felt good after donating.

Other students and staff members returned to give blood this fall and most likely will return in the future.

“I am helping others and doing a good deed,”

said senior Cory Vise, who has donated three times. “I only did it to save three lives and to pass out, but the main reason was for me to get out of class and get free cookies.”

There will be another opportunity to give blood when the drive returns to AHS in the spring.

By BRADLEY WURSTER & SALENA HILL

STAFF REPORTERS

Graffiti grows in popularity

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Find out how fall sports endedSee page three

FEATURES2 Nov. 16, 2006

You need a friend and two glasses of milk. Dip the Oreo in the milk un-til it’s about to crumble,

then put it in your mouth and swirl it in your mouth, spit it back into the cup and trade cups with your friend and drink your friend’s cup. Senior Tony Jacobs

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How do you eat an Oreo?

Separate the cookie

and eat out the cream.

Junior Julie Nordby

Open. Eat frosting, then eat the other side.Senior Christina Murray

Take it apart or

just eat it with milk.Freshman Mick

Nirschl

—Compiled by Meagan Olds, Kelsey Robinson, Jamie VanMoorsel

Most students don’t realize their school identification cards can get them more than a book at the Auburn High School library.

Students should take their student ID to any of the following places, and discounts will be available to them.

Taco Bell South Auburn Taco Bell

offers a free drink when a student shows their ID into the lobby.

Regal Cinema 17 The movie theater also

has a discount for students that have their ID cards with them, such as paying $8 instead of $10 for a movie ticket.

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a $1 discount for students who bring in their ID.

Rottles Letterman jackets have

a student price of $259.50. Also, you can get into

sports events here at Troy Field.

This also works at other

schools, as long as you are with someone that goes to that school and if you have an ASB card.

Now that students are aware of these places and what they have to offer, they should make the most of their student ID.

Get carded, get discountsBy JESSICA GRIFFIS

STAFF REPORTER

Auburn’s own local band Open Rebuke is truly a family endeavor, includ-

ing both sons and dad, and mom, who is the manager.

The Berry family answered a series of questions to help you learn more about them.

Do you think being in a band with your family improves your relationship?

Tim Sr.: I think it improves our family time greatly because I am at work and then I come home and find something to work on and then I am in bed so having the band does increase that missed together time a great deal.

What do you hope to accomplish with the band in the next year?

Tim Sr.: I’d really like to see us in the studio for another recording and I would really like to put our name out there more.

Do you feel like you are threat-ened at all by your wife as a man-ager?

Tim Sr.: No, because this is not a dictatorship and we discus things just like we do in our relationship.

What does Open Rebuke mean to you? Why did you change the name Unchosen?

Tim Sr.: Well, to be honest, I had no say in what the name changed to. Personally, I wanted to go with the name Nothing Personal.

What does Open Rebuke mean to you?

Terri: Means this is our band and this is what we do, rebuke.

How did you choose the name?Terri: In looking for our new

name, we wanted to find some-thing that had a deeper meaning.

Since a good portion of our music is faith-based, we turned to the Bible to find some references we might use to decide on just the right name. We found this pas-sage:

Proverbs 27.5: Open rebuke is better than secret love.

We went to the Internet next to see what other references we might

help us understand the meaning of Open Rebuke and found a very profound speech.

What do you hope to accomplish with the band within the next year?

Terri: Spend more time promot-ing, cut a new CD, develop a new press kit, and do my magic with a recording company director to get these guys famous.

How do you feel about watching your boys up on stage?

Terri: I love it. To see them up there with their dad puts a smile on my face that never leaves.

I bang my head like no 42-year-old lady you ever saw.

What do you hope to accomplish in the next year?

Tim Jr..: Cut a new CD, get a recording deal, build our following — get famous

Open your ears to Open RebukeBy MEAGAN OLDS

STAFF REPORTER

Local band Open Rebuke plays Sept. 22 in Tacoma, Wash., at Hell’s Kitchen.

Photo by Meagan Olds

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FEEDBACKmany of them being first-timers, prepare well.

Many of the actors and actresses in “The Crucible” took on very hard roles. The role of John Proctor, played by Stanford, was one of the most difficult roles to accomplish.

He had more than 500 lines to memorize, but he met the standards and captured the intensity very well.

Parris, played by Wilson, was quite an uncharacteristic role for him. Being a nice and charismatic person, the exasperating role he took on gave the audience the will to despise him.

Reverend Hale was represented well by Olds. He had more than 700 lines to memorize and managed to make every one of them believable.

Elizabeth Proctor, played by Bartelt, held one of the strongest female roles in the entire play.

There was no doubt in the audience that she meant what she preached.

Fans of the book and movie would enjoy the new-wave version of the play.

Experimenting with the perception of Salem at that time really took the play to a different level that the whole school could understand.

Seeing the play took the audience back into a time when the things people do today in everyday life were frowned upon, and helped the audience appreciate the changes America has come through in its history.

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The swimming and diving season ended on a high note when three athletes excelled at the state tournament Nov. 10-11 at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

Sophomore T r i s h a A v e r i l l , j u n i o r B r i t t n e y Jones and f r e s h m a n S h a w n a

Jordan made it to state.

Jones and Jordan

earned a 4-5 finish in 1-meter d i v i n g . J o n e s s c o r e d 366.75, and Jordan had 352.55.

Averil l , p l a c e d second in the 100 breaststroke and fifth in the 200 Individual Medley.

Jones and Jordan agree that even though this year was great, next year they plan on making it even better.

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Cross CountryThe girls cross

country team did slightly better than the boys team by finishing at sixth in the league. They had a 2-5 record.

Boys cross country tied seventh in the league with Sumner, with a record of 1-6.

Two runners qualified for the West-Central District Championships on Saturday, Oct. 28, at American Lake: senior Tyler Towner and junior Jordan Dusek.

Towner finished 60th and Dusek was

59th, but neither one qualified for the state championship.Golf

The golf team reached several key goals this year.

Auburn’s biggest rival for golf was M o u n t a i n v i e w , assistant coach Eric Wakefield said.

The key players for golf were junior Tanesha Sayler and juniors Kevin Cleary and Kyle Wells.

Wakefield said the best game was the boys against M o u n t a i n v i e w , when Auburn tied but lost by 1

stroke, but the team came back to beat Mountainview by 1 stroke in the district tournament.Soccer

This year’s season of girls soccer has been rough but the team did find success.

The team’s overall record was two wins, 11 losses and three ties. This year was challenging as the team dealt with new players and bad weather.

During a game against Enumclaw on Sept. 21, the girls “stepped it up even with the weather cold and rainy,” head coach Russ DeFord said. With their second win of the season against Franklin Pierce, the girl’s soccer team has something to be proud of.

TennisThe boys tennis

team finished off with a record of 8-6. All the varsity team members were key players, head coach Phil Smetheram said. He looks forward to a large returning squad next year.

VolleyballAlthough it was a

rough season, there’s always room for improvement.

“We definitely have improved over the season,” head coach Kim Farris said.

This season is over, but the one game that seems to stick out for Farris was against Franklin Pierce at home.

“It was our senior game. We had play-ers hit 16 and 18 points, and our setter hit 40.”

Next year, Farris thinks the four talented freshman who played for JV but sat on the bench during varsity games will be on varsity because of their strong ability.

Along with gaining players, the team also will lose a strong player to graduation: Tiffany Russell, who was the best passer and hitter, Farris said.Water Polo

The boys water polo team had an “inexperienced team to start with” senior Kevin Kizziah said.

However, as the season progressed, the team got better and all of the team started to contribute.—Compiled by Jacob Carroll, Jessica Griffis, Salena Hill, Kelsey Robinson and Jamie VanMoorsel

Swimmer, divers make big splash Getting Ready for the Ring

Photo by Salena HillThe fighting Trojans listen as their coaches talk to them about Timberline’s formations in preparation for their next big playoff game at 7:30 p.m. Friday at home versus the Blazers. During the regular season, the Trojans finished with a 9-0 record and are currently 2-0 in the playoffs after defeating Nathan Hale and Shorecrest.

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The Culture Fair took place in the PAC lobby Oct. 18, although it wasn’t much of a culture fair seeing that culture was absent.

Think back to last year’s fair. You could hear the music being played about a mile away, and you could smell the food and picture what the culture was like.

This year, the festivities were really lackluster. There wasn’t much presence to most of the booths, and the lack of spirit and participation made it seem as though it wasn’t something you should care about or even look at.

Nothing said, “come and look at me and learn something new.” It was more like, “I’m here … and that’s it, lets look away whenever someone comes over … but, hey, FREE FOOD.”

Some tables didn’t seem meant to be presented; they were just tables with food.

The dances were entertaining and the different types of food were brand new to many, but it became the main reason to go, not to learn something new about the different ethnicities in our school.

With the shortage of culture, many students found it more amusing to suck helium out of

balloons and stand in line to wait for more.

Although many ethnicities like Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Native American, and the Japanese culture were represented, other cultures — small and large — were missing from the “culture” fair. They’re not nonexistent, they just obviously didn’t make the cut in order to be in this fair.

Hopefully, the next culture fair in spring will be … a culture fair instead of a helium-sucking fest, free for all. With any luck, someone will decide to represent other cultures that makes them, them.

Diversity lacking in AHS culture fair

Auburn High School prides itself on the fact that it has such a diverse pool of people and that there isn’t a lot of discrimination in the school’s walls.

This is true, at least with the students. They don’t care if someone is Caucasian, Native American, African American, Asian, Hispanic or anything else. They don’t care if someone is gay, straight or something else. They don’t pay attention to the way someone dresses … well, at least not all the time.

However, a lot of sports in AHS are extremely segregated. Gymnastics, volleyball, fast pitch, and cheerleading are all geared towards girls, whereas football, wrestling, and baseball are mainly for the boys.

Students who want to be on a sports team should be encouraged to do it and mix it up.

Students need to learn how to think for themselves, but if the school keeps telling them that they can’t participate in certain sports because it’s not right, then they won’t know what to think when they grow up or hear of a girl on a football team or boy cheerleaders.

Also, it’s not okay that the cheerleaders wear the short skirts that leave nothing to the imagination. If other girls can’t wear short skirts or have high slits in their skirts, then the cheerleaders shouldn’t be allowed to either.

Everyone can see their underwear, but in the student handbook it states, “Underwear must be concealed at all times ... shorts, skirts, and dresses must be fingertip in length.” This is the exact opposite of the cheerleading outfit.

As you can see, the treatment in AHS isn’t equal for all students; there is a lot of favoritism and sexism.

Think of a beautiful school with white walls and oak benches outside.

It is a fantastic creation of art and a model school, but there is one flaw: paint. All over there are things like “I hate the government” or “(Insert name here) must die” written all over the wall.

Paintings and drawings cover the school, from cartoons to threats.

Graffiti is a barbaric act that our youth has taking a liking to. For some reason, kids think that it is all right to destroy others’ property, but do not like

their own destroyed. It is a sign of immaturity and a lack of respect for others.

They think they are vandalizing just a piece of equipment, but to others it may be a memorial that they fought to get instated or a piece of their history.

There have been countless areas destroyed due to sheer stupidity.

Why must we be so inconsiderate to the hard workers who have to deal with the mess?

We should speak our minds instead of writing on everything, like toddlers do.

We have freedom of speech, and it should be used as an alternative to drawing on the walls.

If you feel the need to draw, do it on paper and not on something that doesn’t belong to you.

Although it is blamed on younger generations, it should be the fault of the parents or the teachers of these kids as well.

It is partly their fault for not teaching the concept of right and wrong.

They should have taught their kids that it is not OK to destroy others’ property. Kids have to grow up eventually.

If you vandalize, just think about what you are really doing and how it is accomplishing nothing. —Photo by Jacob Carroll

By SALENA HILLSTAFF REPORTER

Writing on the wall plagues school hallsBy JACOB CARROLL

STAFF REPORTER

Separate isn’t always a good thing in school

By JESSICA GRIFFISSTAFF REPORTER