by Zobia Chunara

Women in Science Symposium (WSS), hosted by the Chicago Council on Science and Technology on Saturday, May 12, 2012, took place at the Northwestern Memorial Wom-en’s Prentice Hospital

The scene inside, located at 303 E. Supe-rior, did not at all hint at the dreary, icy day in May. The lobby was filled with a hustle and bustle as women sat around tables, eating breakfast that the symposium served at 8:30 a.m. Across from the entrance was a line of tables, filled with pamphlets, brochures, ap-plications, and freebies for the young women attending the event. The tables had represen-tatives from organizations like Abbott, Ar-gonne National Laboratory, and University of Illinois at Chicago. After checking in, register-ing, and eating bagels, all 180 women made their way into the auditorium and took a seat, waiting for the event to begin.

One of the co-chairs of the WSS, Rabiah Mayas, stepped up to the microphone and welcomed the seated women. In her speech, Mayas stressed the importance of women paving a way for themselves in science be-cause they are more than capable of leaving their marks and making a difference in the world today. It is up to women to take the opportunity. The vision of the WWS was to integrate more women into science by letting them know the options available to them.

The full day event consisted of three 90 minute sessions, which each session contain-ing three speakers.

The first session featured Suzanne Malec-McKenna, a senior counsel at Jasculca Ter-man and Associates, Inc., a strategic com-munications firm, and Director of Regional Trees Initiative at the Morton Arboretum. She spoke about her work in environmental awareness and how she dealt with the politics the job entailed. One of her many achieve-ments has been developing and putting the Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) into ef-fect. The CCAP was created to cut down on Chicago’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Malec-McKenna’s approach to her job is not to scare people about global warming because she believes that people become less receptive. Instead she changes her goals and presents it in a way that would be interesting for people with opposite views.

“When talking about getting people to change, you have got to find a way to make it important to them,” Malec-McKenna said.

For example, if she is talking to a corpo-ration about reducing its pollution, she will focus on cutting costs rather than the pos-sibility of experiencing 31 days of 100 plus degree temperatures if high pollution contin-ues.

The next speaker, Dr. Vicky Prince, As-sociate Dean and Director of University of Chicago’s Office of Graduate affairs, pursued science in academia. She runs a lab at Univer-sity of Chicago which focuses on zebra fish developmental biology; her lab’s accomplish-ments have shed light on Hox gene regulation of hindbrain patterning and evolution of du-plicated genomes in vertebrates.

Her presentation included her life story and the ten most important lessons she learned the hard way: just say no; do the things you enjoy; ask for help and advice and keep asking; practice winging it; pass it on; be encouraging to others; be professional be-

cause people remember what you have done in administrative roles; seek input and strive for transparency; grow a thick skin; stay sane. The most important bit of wisdom that she gave was to ask people for help.

“I didn’t see it as a sign of weakness to ask for help; I saw it as sensible…,” Dr. Prince said. “Most of all, help people to help you.”

What made the difference for her were her mentors and the people she surrounded herself with.

Dr. Teresa Woodruff, another speaker who stood out, is a reproductive endocrinolo-gist and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecol-ogy. She has an endocrine lab where scientists research ways to preserve fertility after can-cer. They look at how men and women with cancer can still have biological offspring, and in the process her lab has engineered an ar-tificial ovary among other achievements. Her team of oncologists, fertility specialists, so-cial scientists, educators, and policy makers support her in taking the lab’s research and turning it into clinical care for patients bat-tling cancer.

The second session began after a brief ten minute break. This portion of the day includ-ed speakers who work in science and business enterprise. Dr. Lynne Rueter, currently an Associate Director at Abbott, joined Abbott as a research pharmacologist with a PhD in neuroscience. On the job, she chooses which target Abbott scientists makes a drug for. She also acts as a translator, communicating what is being done in the lab to senior manage-ment, clinicians, customers, and investors. In her presentation, she focused on how her sci-entific, business, and leadership knowledge grew on the job.

“No one is going to make your career for you. Don’t wait for an invitation to increase your responsibilities or sphere of influence,” Dr. Rueter said.

Dr. Rueter expressed her belief that those who do not wait for the title to do the job are the ones who rise to the top. Also stressed was how she created her own job and included things that were of interest to her, with Ab-bott’s support. Hoping to influence women to take charge and break down barriers, she emphasized that top positions in the pharma-cological industry are filled by men and that women need to believe in themselves and their abilities to break through gender biases.

The final speaker in the second session was Kapila Viges, who started a firm called Mithra Ventures. Her business takes early stage technology business incubation and innovation to the marketplace. Surprisingly, Viges graduated with an engineering degree but wanted a job that was relevant and recog-nized her own skill as a translator. She takes what goes on inside the research labs and translates it into what customers and inves-tors value. Like the previous speakers, Viges stressed the importance of women in busi-ness and their success rates.

“Women do not get patented nearly as much as men and women are underrepresent-ed in technology ventures…” Viges said. “Ac-tivate, Astia, and Golden Seeds are examples of groups that help women to start their own businesses and support them along the way.”

Lunch followed the business presenta-tions, and many of the women attending the event were from a university or had a career in science. The third session began with Dr. Gilliam who, as Chief of the Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research, looks at the lives of young people, especially ado-lescent mothers. Dr. Gilliam is a doctor and a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and professor of pediatrics and in her clini-cal work, she addresses gynecologic needs of children and young women up to age of 27.

Dr. Singh, an associate professor at the Lubar School of Business and an associate research director, ended the day as the WSS’s last speaker. This researcher explores career management and issues related to career choices. For example, she studied why women do not pursue engineering, why they stay in it, and why they leave. The results of her data state that one in four women leave engineer-ing, 14% of sample women who got a degree never became engineers, 25% of women left over five years ago, 7% left less than 5 years ago, and only 54% are currently working as engineers. At the end of the event, many of the women who attended WSS individually spoke to the guest speakers and asked them more questions about their careers. To find out more about WSS and the Chicago Coun-cil on Science and Technology’s upcoming events, visit www.c2st.org.

The Student Newspaper of Northside College Prep HS June 2012, Volume 12, Number 9Online at www.thehoofbeat.com

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by Jamilah Alsharif

Students on Northside’s Latin team are preparing for the 59th National Junior Clas-sical League Convention (NJCL) at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Although school ends June 15, stu-dents will attend the convention from July 26 to July 31, with Mr. Nifong as chaperone.

“Our goal for this year is to win first place at Upper Certamen,” Jayce Feiger, Adv. 204, said. “No Illinois upper team has ever made it to finals, but we intend to win.”

Northside’s Latin teams placed just as well in competitions this year as they have in the past. Northside had all the top scorers in the state for the Illinois Latin Tournament and placed first and second for all of its teams in the Illinois Certamen League. Students were also awarded with numerous gold med-als after taking the National Latin Exam, Na-tional Roman Civilization Exam, and Medusa Mythology Exam.

Last year, all the teams made it to semi-finals at NJCL but the Latin 2 team made it into the final round and placed third. It was the second time an Illinois team had made it to finals, and it was the same team that placed second the previous year as a Latin 1 team. Graduating seniors will also attend the convention in July and represent Northside.

“This competition is extremely impor-tant to us seniors, as it is the culmination of four years of study and practice,” Feiger said.

The team has raised over 4000 dollars to help defray the cost of NJCL, which costs about 500 dollars per student.

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Dr. Singh, Dr. Pauline Maki, and Dr. Gilliam are answering audience questions. | ZOBIA CHUNARA

Dr. Maki gives a presentation on the neurological differences between men and women. | ZOBIA CHUNARA

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Workshop participants execute dance. | NELSON OGBUAGUAJ Tran, Adv. 201, leads a dance workshop with Northside students. | NELSON OGBUAGU

PresidentAleksandra Czulak, Adv. 305

Vice-PresidentTara Bagnola, Adv. 308

TreasurerDevin Hilly, Adv. 405

SecretaryGloria Ellis, Adv. 400

PublicRelations DirectorJames Ozaki, Adv. 408

Senior Senators Emma Coleman, Adv. 309Jesus Urquiza, Adv. 300

Junior SenatorsSarah Jessica Doi, Adv. 404Elyssa Ryan, Adv. 402

Sophomore SenatorsDevyn Rigsby, Adv. 503J.C. Strzalka-Steil, Adv. 506

Elections for freshmen senators will occur in the fall of 2012.

Student Council 2012-13 election results

More than thought that counts

by Zobia Chunara

Meeting: May 8Present: John Ceisel, Kathleen An-

drade, Barry Rodgers, Robert Albritton, Ni-cole Flores, Vicky Andrews, Gail Myers Jaffe, Cathy Quigley, Diane Monnich

Principal’s Report:-CPS released the budget summary,

which Mr. Rodgers shared with the LSC.-Northside is down 2.8 faculty / staff po-

sitions, and 5 positions school wide. Current-ly, Northside is negotiating with CPS and has been assured that CPS will try to work with NCP to return positions.

-The number of counselors has been re-duced from five to three, and we should have a fourth counselor. NCP currently has four counselors plus Ms. Spillane.

-Mrs. Monnich noted that with the large number of students going to college, we need more counselors. Mr. Rodgers stated that he will strongly advocate for the number of counselors.

-There has been a message from down-

town saying that CPS will maintain or in-crease current level of funding to support the full school day.

-Supplemental General State Aid in-cludes a one-time addition of $29,000 plus for NCP. $197,910 is college ready funding that comes from devolved dollars. Because 35% of students have free or reduced lunch, Northside does not receive greater amounts of discretionary funds.

-The LSC voted on a partial solution to the budget issue, but the process will not be completed until the June meeting.

-Approval of budget and CIWP was sub-mitted by May 23 to CPS.

-LSC voted on the full school day sched-ule, CIWP, and SGSA.

Friends:-In a conversation about salaries and the

budget, LSC discussed that the salaries of li-brary aides and guidance aides are fixed, and raises are not factored in. However, there may be changes in expected health insurance con-tributions.

-Mr. Lim’s stipend has been reduced, but

not his workload. Teachers will need to pre-pare for the regular school year and the ex-tended day teachers includes Mr. Lim, clerks, and aides in library or counseling office.

-Minimum positions being funded are necessary to run the school; teaching posi-tions are more difficult to fund.

-Northside will be working with CPS to be a leader in technology in the district and throughout the city and will be requesting CPS to waive a fee for every computer on the network.

-Mr. Rodgers spoke about student disci-pline. There were a couple of incidents where students were not behaving according to code of conduct online. This directly affects school community and therefore is in the purview of the school.

-A parent suggested the use of colloqui-um time to educate students about cyber bul-lying, in line with CPS’s cyber bullying policy.

-In aligning the current curriculum to common core standards, teachers are prepar-ing for a wider range of incoming freshman and the XY periods.

-One of Northside’s priorities is to en-hance instruction: using technology to keep up with outside world where technology is used predominantly. Interim assessments will be online in the future, and teachers will work to keep up with changes in the field.

-Finance committee reported that the school fee income is $346,000; approximately 700 students pay after free and reduced lunch are factored in.

-Parent Network went to CPS and ad-dressed the board, along with other schools, about longer school day concerns.

-Community relations is looking for posts on bulletin board and more contribu-tions for EPIC, which is now online.

-CWIP as prepared: approved unani-mously

-$6084 to pay for coaching (4 assistant coaches for softball and men’s and women’s lacrosse): approved unanimously

Upcoming meeting dates:LSC: June 12Parent network: June 8

Local School Council (LSC) Report

Let them ride and let them eat pie

by Calum Blackshaw

While NATO riots occupied downtown Chicago on Saturday, May 19, Northside’s Kinetic Sculpture Race was without any pro-testors of its own. The art event took place away from the helicopters and the city police, with its own Kinetic Kop security officers. The event had segment stations in front of each building entrance and in the school field, with the starting line for the race on the sidewalk across from the Celestial Garden.

“The sculpture race is based off similar events in Baltimore and California,” Mrs. Joanne Minyo, head of the fine arts depart-ment, said. “I like to think of it as a fun chal-

lenge for the sculpture students.” Art students arrived before the race to

set up the segments. Teams had to complete each segment objective and receive an item necessary for finishing the race.

“Students come up with new segments every year,” Minyo said. “We like to make ones that refer to pop culture or to events happen-ing in the world. Some segments are reused, but that is because they are a lot of fun.”

Tasks ranged from hitting piñatas of fail-ing Republican candidates to dancing along with songs played on ‘a Dell’ laptop, sung by Adele, to eating weird pies and doughnuts on strings with no hands.

Four groups took part in the event, one called Our Hearts Go On (members include Michelle Bozenda, Adv. 309, Celia Calder, Adv. 308, Nora Hardy, Adv. 309, Rory John-son, Adv. 304, Luis Mejico, Adv. 304, Clare-Scheeb Feeley, Adv. 300, Chloe Yanny-Tillar, Adv. 303, Eddie Smith as mascot and Phoebe

Thatcher as their pit crew) as the piece and the riders’ attire were in homage to the char-acters of the film, “Titanic.”

The Sixties team (Connor Blake, Adv. 309, Emma Coleman, Adv. 309, Madison Dore, Adv. 300, Jacob Laden-Guidon, Adv. 307, and June Murphy, Adv. 204) had Samantha Dela-cruz, Adv. 304, as a prom queen riding a cake that was pulled by her adoring pilots. The Pi-rate Sheep, Featuring Mother Goose Friends, were a band of sheep pirates pulling their ship of cardboard by bicycle, with Chris Ami-dei, Adv. 301, David Huang, Adv. 403, David Jaffe, Adv. 204, Nora O’Brien, Adv. 406, An-gelo Perez, Adv. 407 and Hikari Sugisaki, Adv. 308. The smallest group was Color the Rainbow, a three-woman team that pulled an oversized Crayola crayon box (Katarzyna Frys, Adv. 300, Christine Kerrigan, Adv. 204, Alisa Mealer, Adv. 307, and Vicky Inojora as their pit crew). The teams were to go and receive a specific item from each segment around the school, riding around the school twice and trying to win by any means, includ-ing stealing another team’s mascot or bribing the judges for favor. There were three student judges, as well as faculty members who did not work in the fine arts department. The race was to begin at 1:00 pm; however, one team blew out a tire on one of their bicycles, and the race was held until they fixed the issue, about 45 minutes later.

Each team went out from the starting line at a different time, all going to an unoc-cupied segment. Amid the tricks each seg-ment held, teams had to be wary of their op-ponents moving ahead of them or taking the team mascot, which teams needed in order to move their sculptures ahead. The school’s Ki-netic Kops were to watch for these disputes as they surveyed the race on their own, radioing for backup if needed.

After the doughnuts and pies were eaten and it was confirmed that all teams had crossed the finish line, awards were given to the teams. Our Hearts Go Out won the award for first place, but there were also awards for fastest team, the best mascot, the best dirty tricks, and the coveted ‘Rick Santorum for finishing last’ award. In a celebratory mishap, the main prize fell from the winners’ hands and smashed onto the pavement. Despite this turn of events, the kinetic sculpture race ended with cheerful teams and smiles all around.

A bucket of spaghetti is spilled over a student in one of the race’s segments. | ANDRIANA MITRAKOS

Students race for the finish line in one of the race’s segments. | SHARON FLORES

The Kinetic Sculpture Race returns for more fun segments

by Timothy Suh

On Saturday, May 5, the Northside Math Team took a three-hour trip to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to compete in the Illinois Council of Teachers of Math-ematics (ICTM) state competition. The team qualified for state after it placed first at the regional competition at North Park Univer-sity in February. The competition is one of the state’s largest competitive math contests with over 160 participating schools. Schools are divided into divisions based on size, with Northside in the 3AA division, the second largest.

The competition consists of a variety of different tests. First, there are the traditional four-levels of math competitions: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-Calculus. How-ever, a unique feature of the competitions includes the additional events like the calcu-lator competition, in which teams of five are tested on their abilities to utilize calculator functions to solve difficult problems. Other events include an oral competition about a pre-determined math topic, the Freshmen/Sophomore Eight Person Team, and the Ju-nior/Senior Two Person Team. At state, an-other event is the relay competition, which

tests teams’ ability to work together and trust each other, as the answer to the first runner’s question will be a variable for the next run-ner’s question.

Northside has been preparing for the event since February, drawing up a 9-week plan for practices. The teams for each event also wrote up a list of concepts to make sure they covered in practices as well as a goal score to aim for at the competition. Overall team goals included each person learning two new concepts prior to competition, and scor-ing 700 points, a score that would have en-sured a top three finish in the past years.

At the competition, although many of the teams fell a little short of their goals, North-side performed strongly, taking fourth in Al-gebra I, fifth in Algebra II and Pre-Calculus, and sixth in Geometry. Another placement was the Junior/Senior Eight Person Team that took tenth with a score of 45 and with Vernon Hills High School taking first with a score of 75. Northside’s strongest showing was the Junior/Senior Two Person Team, a competition that occurred throughout the day and culminated in the top finishers com-peting in a live round, the final event of the day. The team of David Jaffe, Adv. 204, and Mohammed Harris Khan, Adv. 308, took in first place with 49 points over Lakes Commu-nity High School’s 44. Northside has never finish ed first in this contest. These events helped push Northside’s overall team score to 577 points for a seventh place finish.

Mathtangs finish strong Teachers and staff say goodbye

by Regine Sarah Capungan

“There are so many [memorable experi-ences at Northside], all of them so different,” Mrs. Susan Boeck, special education depart-ment, said. “Our wonderful all-school collo-quia that brings in renowned guests from so many fields…the phenomenal artistic, theat-rical, and musical productions honed by our fine arts and English departments, gradua-tions, Snake Road, beach cleanups.”

This year, Mrs. Boeck and five other Northside teachers and administration will be leaving their positions at Northside, four of whom will be retiring. The four retiring teach-ers include Mrs. Virginia Apel, world lan-guage department, Mrs. Susan Boeck, special education department, Mr. Louis Correa, Mrs. Lekkas, counseling department. Mr. Nathan Harada, science department, has also decided to leave his position at Northside, but for other career opportunities.

The retiring teachers have dedicated many years to teaching at Chicago Public Schools (CPS), such as Mrs. Boeck, who has been teaching with CPS for 27 years. Aside from occasional substitute teaching in the fu-ture, Boeck still plans to pursue other volun-

teer opportunities. One of these opportunities include the Hippotherapy program, a program that puts disabled people on horses to work on muscle control and self confidence.

“I have done this before and found it tre-mendously satisfying to see the physical and emotional gains that can occur,” Mrs. Boeck said. “I also would like to volunteer with Health and Human Services transporting el-derly and disabled individuals to medical ap-pointments and nutrition centers. I did this one summer, and the clients are so grateful for the courtesy extended to them.”

Mrs. Apel is Northside’s first and last German language teacher at Northside, be-cause the German language classes have fallen victim to school budget cuts. She has been in charge of the German Honor Society at North-side, the exchange trips between Germany and Chicago, and beginning Spanish language classes. However, Mrs. Apel will continue teaching the German language to adults at a location that is not at Northside.

The retiring teachers found that their teaching experience at Northside was among the most rewarding of all their years within both CPS and the field of education.

“The enthusiasm of students and staff for daily life, and the laughs, the wit, the kind-ness, and the talent of everyone in this build-ing,” Mrs. Boeck said. “It has been a rare privi-lege to be part of this work in progress named Northside College Prep.”

Five teachers leaving Northside are looking for new opportunities

Math team takes seventh at ICTM state competition

by Carly Jackson

Finding the right gift can be a fun experi-ence, allowing the gift-giver to take many fac-tors into account, like the impact that the gift will have, both on the recipient and on the gift giver. There are many options available to people looking for a great gift, like making it, buying it from a craftsperson locally or across the globe, or making a donation in the name of the gift recipient.

You can make your own gifts, like jew-elry, or decorate an object already made, like a pen or collection box. Many people do this, as it eliminates worries about the impact of shipping or producing a gift will have on the environment, and there are many options. This also may be preferred by the gift receiver and they may be happy to have a gift that has taken the extra effort to find.

Another option is to buy a gift from a craftsperson locally. Many open markets take place during the summer months, and will offer products made by artists and designers

from the Chicago area. For example, the next Randolph Street Markets will be on Saturday, June 23 from 10 am to 6pm and on Sunday, June 24 from 10 am to 5 pm at 1340 W. Washington Avenue.

Students can purchase $5 discounted ad-mission tickets at the gate and $3 tickets on-line at www.randolphstreetmarket.com.

Another market that features goods made by local vendors is the Maxwell Street Market, which takes place every Sunday at 800 S. Des Plaines St. from 7 am to 3 pm Many farmers markets, like the Division Street or Lincoln Park Farmers Markets fea-ture treats and sometimes beauty products that can be given as gifts.

Another way of benefiting a cause while honoring your friend or family member is to make a donation to a charity or organization in his name. It is possible to verify an organi-zation’s tax exemption status online at www.irs.gov/charities/index.html.

There will be a big sale at the Saddle Shop-pe during field day on Friday, June 15. We will have discounted sweatshirts and t-shirts. Come and do some shopping that morning!

Have an idea for a Northside t-shirt or do you like to design t-shirts? We are looking for

some new designs for t-shirts or sweatshirts! If your design is chosen you can win a

new sweatshirt or t-shirt! Please submit your designs to Mrs. Cirrincione at amcirrincione@cps.edu.

Saddle Shoppe and T-shirt Designs

NCP News • June 2012 • The Hoof Beat4

by Brendali Rios

On Saturday May 12, Northside College Prep hosted Green Fest, a student led presen-tation led by Kelsey Waxman, Adv. 202, on how to live a healthier lifestyle. The cafeteria served as the setting for a presentation on liv-ing a healthier life and how it can be done eas-ily and affordably.

At 10 am promptly, the Zumba instructor welcomed about 30 eager participants and led them in pre-workout stretches. Zumba danc-ing is a Latin inspired fitness class combines all the rhythms in Latin music and puts it all into a cardio workout. The third floor atrium was full of energy as the participants let loose and released their inner dancer. A comple-mentary yoga class was also offered, led by Ms. Martha Mulligan, math department.

Student director Kelsey Waxman ex-pressed gratitude to both the attendees and the representatives of organizations such as Purple Asparagus, a non-profit organization that educates children, families, and the com-munity about eating well for the body and the planet. Maya Works was also another non-profit organization present that promotes economic development for Maya women and their families by supporting a marketplace for their handcrafted goods.  Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, was also in attendance.

As the culmination of her senior proj-ect, Waxman felt that it was her obligation to present to the community all of the environ-mental and health-conscious student initia-tives at Northside as well as outside organi-zations that support student involvement in combating these issues.

“The idea for the event came from my se-nior project, a research analysis of the Chica-go Public School lunch program and its short-comings in terms of adequately feeding and educating its students,” Waxman said. “The second semester has been used mainly to analyze the data collected first semester from

Northside students and put together projects that will supplement the lack of nutrition and health education in our schools and in the community at large.”

Eamon McInerey, Adv. 209, led the free raffle that had prizes ranging from iTunes gift cards and t-shirts to a whole Earth Box kit, which is an easy way to grow your own vegetables without harming the environment with pesticides.

At the event, attendees received free samples of environmentally friendly hand soap and even chocolate.

Ms. Lisa Volesky, Science Department, was Kelsey’s mentor.

“Kelsey’s project was of her own design,” Ms.Volesky said. “Kelsey was successful in generating interest and awareness among the student body and community at large.”

An overall success, Green Fest brought insight to students and the community about how to both live a healthy life, and how to help others do so as well.

“Get educated,” Waxman says, “Know where the food you’re eating comes from. Stay away from ingredients that you can’t pro-nounce. Get exercise, spend time outside, but most importantly, embrace change. Realize

that you can live a healthier lifestyle without being wealthy or having the luxury of time. Small changes have a larger impact than we expect.”

by Jamilah Alsharif

Some seniors anxiously wait for the day they will leave home and head to college, but Luke Brodarick, Adv. 209, is preparing to leave the country and create what will be one of the greatest experiences of his life in Ghana. Bro-darick will travel through the American Field Services (AFS), an exchange program with over 40 participating countries. Here is the Hoof Beat’s interview with Brodarick.

The Hoof Beat: How many students will be traveling with you?

Brodarick: There will be other kids in the country but I won’t be anywhere near them. I don’t know exactly how many but there will probably be about 10 to 20 kids in the coun-try with me but in the entire program, world-wide, there is much more.

HB: Where will you be traveling?Brodarick: Ghana, Africa, but I don’t

know the town or specific location and I won’t for a while. I probably will be in rural town that surrounds one of the more industrialized cities.

HB: Describe the process for applying to the program.

Brodarick: They have a lengthy appli-cation. Lots of writing and you also have to interview with them. Mr. Hughes was the first person to suggest a gap year to me, and he showed me a handful of programs and through my own research I chose AFS.

HB: How is this decision related to your future plans?

Brodarick: I plan on majoring in photog-raphy, specifically photojournalism. This is going to be an amazing opportunity for work in this area. I am already strongly familiar with the strong history of photojournalism that Africa has which gave me a sort of pre-disposition to want to go there.

HB: Do the participants get sent to dif-ferent areas?

Brodarick: All over. Primarily Europe. Ghana is the only African country that they can offer a travel to. There will most likely be another participant in the area but he or she won’t be from America and probably won’t speak english, so although there are plenty of participants, I probably won’t ever see them.

HB: What do you hope to take out of this experience?

Brodarick: I’ve lived my entire life in the same neighborhood, in the same city, in the same country. I just want a chance to see the world as it is in other places.

While most seniors are preparing for col-lege in the fall, Brodarick will spend his sum-mer preparing for his trip to Ghana. Other gap year programs students can look into in-clude CIEE, Aspire by API, and Global Routes.

Waxman is getting interviewed for a broadcasting network. | ANDRIANA MITRAKOS

Daniel Hautzinger, Adv. 205, gets his blood pressure taken. | ANDRIANA MITRAKOS

Preparing for Ghana

Luke Brodarick, Adv. 209, working in his photogra-phy class. | ANDRIANA MITRAKOS

Green Fest brings healthy lifestyle awareness

by Diego Vela

Spending the summer at the beach is not in the plans of 21 fortunate Northside students will be going on an all-expense paid trip to Japan for two weeks, sponsored by Ki-zuna. Kizuna, literally translated to “bonds of friendship.” Kizuna is a program that seeks to promote understanding of Japan’s recov-ery after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 and foster long-term relations and interests between both the American and Japanese cultures.

“When I first got the e-mail offering a free trip to over 20 students, I almost deleted it,” Ms.Park, world languages department, said. “It sounded too good to be true. I thought it was spam!”

Northside was one of few schools cho-sen by Kizuna to participate because of its academic reputation in the study of Japanese language and culture.

“Northside does very well in this study” Ms.Park said. “We scored the highest in the

nation on the National Japanese Exam and continuously participate and succeed in Japa-nese competitions.”

Students going on the trip were chosen by a committee at the school, elected based off of essays and their perseverance in the Japanese classroom.

“Ultimately, we chose students who have studied and will continue to study Japanese,” Dr. Murphy said. “We want these students to return to Northside and be able to use their experience in the classroom and share it with our community.”

While on the trip, students will be ex-ploring Tohoku, Kyoto, and Tokyo. They will spend their time there volunteering and help-ing clean the aftermath of the earthquake, as well as integrate themselves into the Japa-nese culture. They will interact with students from other schools and explore foreign af-fairs, in hopes of strengthening bonds.

“I’m looking to get a realistic idea of Japanese day-to-day life and culture out of this experience,” Grace Oczon, Adv. 205, said.

“When you think about it, the average Ameri-can does not know too much about Japan.”

Students will also get a taste of Japa-nese family-life by staying with host families. They will shadow the students and visit their schools, as well as experience genuine familial traditions.

“I look forward to my home stay the most because I heard from my friends from the spring trip that their families were very nice and they had a lot of fun together,” Lily Lu, Adv. 301, said. “I hope that I will get a better understanding of the Japanese lifestyle and have a great and unforgettable time.”

Students will be going on the trip from July 8 to July 21, first landing in Tokyo and staying for two weeks.

“I hope to make long-last memories,” Daichi Takeuchi, Adv. 303, said. “I would want this trip to be one of those life-changing ad-ventures. I’m also hoping to make some new friends seeing as how a lot of the students going on this trip are underclassmen I haven’t really met.”

All expense-paid trips to Japan

Kelsey Waxman shares her senior project at Green Fest

EDITORIALSEDITORIALYou only live once

Phases of highschool as they they come and go

MASTHEADNorthside College Prep H.S.5501 N. Kedzie, Chicago, IL 60625Tel: (773) 534-3954

PrincipalMr. Barry Rodgers

Assistant PrincipalDr. Margaret Murphy

AdvisorMs. Dianne Malueg

Print Editor-In-ChiefZobia Chunara

Web Editor-in-ChiefTimothy Suh

NCP News EditorJamilah Alsharif

Special Features Editor Andriana Mitrakos

Sports Editors Carly Jackson

Arts and Entertainment EditorNelson Ogbuagu

Staff ReportersJamilah AlsharifCalum BlackshawRegine Sarah CapunganChris CeiselZobia ChunaraMaria FloresSharon FloresAndrew HagueCarly JacksonMinna KhanAndriana MitrakosNelson OgbuaguBrendali RiosMiranda RobertsTimothy SuhDiego VelaSylvia Wtorkowski SUBMISSIONSThe Hoof Beat welcomes opinion editori-als from its readers. Letters to the Editor and Op-ed submissions may be sent to hoofbeat.editorials@gmail.com. Submis-sions should not exceed two pages.

CONTACTThe Hoof Beat is a monthly publication produced by the Northside Prep Journal-ism Class. As a student-run newspaper, your opinions are important to us. If you have any comments, corrections, or questions, please e-mail Ms. Dianne Malueg at hoofbeat.malueg@gmail.com or the Editor in Chief of the Hoof Beat at hoofbeat.drafts@gmail.com.

As I face that today, June 11, 2012, is the last day I will see all the faces of the senior class, sitting together, waiting to be called up to the stage for a certificate that confirms we studied at Northside College Prep High School over the last four years, I cannot help but think about all that this piece of paper does not mention. This uniform certificate, given to each of the 249 seniors graduating today, does not represent each of our own minds, personalities, and individualities.

For each senior, the joys and struggles of high school have been different, but senior year was when we united together and tried to make it the best year. In many ways, senior year was the greatest and most memorable, but our journeys diverge starting today.

For this reason, I cannot help but look back to the start of my time at NCP. No one sprinkled bits of wisdom over my head when I first walked these hallways. Instead, I took high school one step at a time and looked to my peers. From my peers, I learned to be cre-ative, try new avenues, pursue the answers

to my questions, go after what I love, and to slow down life and enjoy today. “You only live once,” resonates throughout the NCP Class of 2016, thereby strengthening my belief every day that what I choose to go for in my life should be my decision, not anyone else’s.

There is no one definition of success. Make your decisions your own, your mis-takes your own, and your dreams your own. One person’s definition of success is making it to the NBA; another’s is trying his best at whatever he does; cooking in different coun-tries; being a leader in the social atmosphere of high school in college; beating his friend at Yu-gi-oh; pursuing the idealized job of being a lawyer or doctor; or even singing indie rock for hours every day.

Each person’s steps to their version of success are different, just as our approaches to high school were different. More than likely, our approaches to college and the fu-ture will vary dramatically. Many of us will get a bachelor’s degree, but some of us may choose to skip college and start a band, like the Smith Westerns.

Others may realize that paying thou-sands of dollars to get a degree is not what will make them happy, and instead use a spe-cial talent to do photography, work on a farm over the summer, or computer program and begin the next social networking site.

“Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you only have one life to live and one chance to do all the things you want to do,” is what the Class of 2016 is all about. We all are smart, bright, and intelligent individu-als, but we all use those qualities in different ways, sometimes not for the best reasons, but because we believe that life is short.

Each of us will reach our goals one day, but what we should make sure to do is to make the journey our own. The Class of 2016 is filled with adventurous and interesting people, not afraid to take chances and do what they love.

If you have not done something in high school and feel that you could improve, you may want to try that in the next four years. Just make sure that you make your decisions with thought, care, and because you want to-not because someone else wants you to-and you will go far. One day your life will flash be-fore your eyes. Make sure it is worth watch-ing.

Yours sincerely,

Zobia Chunara

Print Editor-in-Chief

You only live once

Moving on up and out

Four years. It has only been four years since I first entered Northside as a freshman. Yet, in the span of those four years, swine flu has come and gone, an earthquake tore apart Japan, governments were overturned in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, and countless famous faces passed away. It is incredible how much can change from just one year to another. Sophomores, you can surely testify for any freshman that your first AP class will forever change your experience at North-side. Juniors will complain how much easier sophomore year is in comparison, and seniors know that nothing compares to the stress of applying to colleges. However, the lesson is not that each year is an inevitable slide into increasing stress. It is that each year offers a unique experience mixed with triumphs and low points that are hard to conceive prior to actually living it.

The first change you will face is the tran-sition from freshman year to sophomore year. The most notable difference is that you finally have a class below you. You will deride them as “freshies,” complain how they clog the hall-ways, and forget that they are what you were only a year ago. Undeniably, freshmen are a little clueless. However, it will be important to make friendships in the grade below, no matter how lowly you might see that. These people are the ones who will hold your future in their hands when you run for an office, try to lead a sports team to victory, or organize a club meeting. In addition, Northside is a small school and your grade alone is hardly a large enough social sphere for four years.

Sure, you can make friends with upperclass-men, but just as they must stoop to interact with you, so you should return the favor and grace the lower grades with your presence. Another important change will be the avail-ability of AP classes. AP classes are much more fast-paced than honors classes, but they are also a unique and enjoyable experience. You get to go in-depth into a topic, exploring it through a more interesting lens than hon-ors classes. And, nothing matches the post-AP freedom at the end of the year. What you take is entirely up to you. I am a firm believer that if you are willing to put in the necessary work, which may be different from person to person, you can succeed in any AP class. However, if history is neither your strong point nor remotely interesting to you, do not hesitate to take Honors US History over AP. Follow this rule throughout high school when choosing classes. It is less about the class and more about what you choose to make of it.

Junior year marks the first time you can deservedly be called an upperclassman. You begin to take leadership positions in extra-curricular activities. Do not be afraid to run for office in your clubs if you are willing to put in the work and have demonstrated that you are just as qualified to run as anyone else. Seeds of college woes finally begin to take root as you start considering your high school resume. Do not worry if you look back and feel like you have not accomplished anything yet. You still have half of your high school ca-reer ahead of you. Take the opportunity now to find something you love and running away with it. Start initiatives, look for summer programs, anything that lets you do what you like to the full extent. Never let anyone tell you that your interest in something means

nothing, no matter how strange or mundane it may seem.

Finally, it will be time to rise as juniors to seniors. It honestly will get hard to even remember that there are underclassmen, but really try and reach out to them. However, se-nior year is all about getting ready for college. It is overwhelming, but the best way to tackle anything from college applications to finish-ing your self-assessment is doing a little bit at a time. There is plenty of time from Septem-ber to January 1st to write one essay a week, or even a month, and it gives you the chance to review your work, which is a precious op-portunity. Nothing is handed to you. The stu-dents who are happiest with their college ap-plication experience are those who went out of their way to inform themselves of colleges, the process, scholarships, etc. While this time is stressful, remember this is the one time you will have to endure this experience.

It is quite amazing to look back at my years at Northside and see it in such distinct parts. However, it also lets me see each year with a unique fondness and set of memories. Regardless of the countless advice you will receive, your high school experience is singu-larly yours. When you find time to reminisce, days from getting your diploma, whether you will cringe or smile is in your hands. Take chances, make mistakes, and be bold. How-ever, even if you don’t achieve all that you wanted to, no one else can affect how you feel about your decisions. Look back in pride.

Yours sincerely,

Tim Suh

Web Editor-in-Chief

Accepting high school phases as they come

Northside seniors look back at the past four years

Moving on up and out

Northside seniors complete one journey and begin another

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The Hoof Beat • June 2012 • Arts & Entertainment 9LIVE EVENTS

“How to make it work”

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTTHEATRE

Acrobatics at its finestCirque Shanghai puts on an excellent performance

by Brendali Rios

Uncle and nephew, Redfoo and SkyBlu, brought the party to Chicago on Saturday, May 26, to kick off the summer of 2012. With about 13,000 audience members in at-tendance at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont,, the famous duo, LMFAO, made their stop in Chicago to start off their Sorry For Party Rockin’ Tour. They were accompanied by Eva Simons, Far East Movement, and Quest Crew, the winners of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew in season three.

Thirty-seven year old Redfoo and twen-ty-six year old SkyBlu, started out in 2008 with their Party Rock EP. Since then, the duo has been producing hits such as “I’m In Miami B-,” “Party Rock Anthem,” “Sexy and I Know It,” and “Champagne Showers,” among others.

Skyblu suffered a back injury while doing the “wiggle,” a famous dance move that led him to underperform at the 2012 Super Bowl performance with Madonna. After physical therapy, Skyblu and Redfoo kicked off their tour in March.

Doors opened at 6 p.m. and LMFAO fans began pouring in from both entrances. People dressed in the group’s signature zebra print tights and colorful t-shirts anxiously awaited the performance.

First on stage was Eva Simons. The Dutch singer who is featured on LMFAO’s album, is widely known for her hit single “Take Over Control,” in which she is featured alongside Afrojack. Although having started her career at the age of 18, the now 28 year old is still an amateur performer. Coming first on stage

to a crowd ready to “party rock” put her in a tough situation, but she managed to pull through her set.

Far East Movement brought the West coast energy to the building, kicking off with their song “Girls On The Dance floor.” Their intricate dance moves and enthusiasm got the crowd up on their feet. J-Splif, Kev Nish, Prohgress, and DJ Virman, members of the band, expressed their gratitude and excite-ment to be in the city. Their flashy leather jackets and mismatched shoes suited them well, as they are unique in many ways.

Not only did their music get the crowd pumped for what was to come, but they also

teased at what their next album has in store. The bass was so loud that the floor shook as they performed. The excited fans moved to the beat of “Dirty Bass,” which is also the title of their new album, and has already hit the number one spot on Japan’s Billboard chart.

The band parted with two chart topping songs, “Rocketeer” and “Like a G-6,” the song that ultimately launched its career back in 2010.

At around 9 p.m., the crowd chanted for LMFAO and sure enough, they were next on the lineup.

Redfoo and SkyBlu joined their danc-ers on stage, being introduced by their song

“Rock the Beat II.” They welcomed the fans and encouraged them to get on their feet and party-rock with them. As they sang their second song, “Sorry For Party Rockin,” giant inflatable zebras were tossed into the crowd. When it came time for their song, “Boom Boom Pow,” a cover of The Black Eyed Peas’ song, their infamous robot pal, Shuffle Bot joined them on stage. The duo danced and jumped on stage, outfit change after outfit change.

Their featured dancers, Quest Crew, made all that more enjoyable. Their cut up shirts, wildly colored hair, and tight pants went well with the image that LMFAO car-ries.

After their song “Yes,” LMFAO fully opened the stage up to their dancers from Quest Crew, who had a mash-up of songs that they performed to. From dance moves in sync, to people flying in the air, to a guy spin-ning on his head while hula-hooping, Quest Crew had it all.

As the concert came to an end, Redfoo and SkyBlu performed some of their best known songs: “Champagne Showers” and “Party Rock Anthem.”

“Put your hands up/everybody just dance up/ we came to party rock,” sang Skyblu as he vigorously shook a bottle of champagne and doused the front rows.

For their “Party Rock Anthem” set, Shuf-fle Bot made a second appearance and danced to the beat.

Finally, the moment many had been waiting for, their “Sexy and I Know It” per-formance was up. The duo appeared shirtless and in zebra-print speedos; their dancers fol-lowed with zebra print tattoos on their arms and printed leggings. They performed the “shuffle” and gave it their all.

The concert was a success. Fans as young as eight came out and partied with LMFAO, had fun and energetically kicked off summer.

Sorry For Party Rockin’The LMFAO concert, a great start to Summer 2012

by Calum Blackshaw

Some shows have a distinct audience they try to appeal to, generally through the context of its characters’ actions, their script, and the overall scenario. TBS’s new comedy ‘Men at Work’ is a show that tries to appeal to a male audience. While this makes the show popular in one group’s mind, it does not seem like the show will last with such a standard premise.

‘Men at Work’ focuses on a group of male coworkers who are also buddies outside of their jobs. Their ideals are very simple: pick up girls, watch out for each other, but also compete with their friends in a series of ado-lescent behaviors and acts. The show’s pilot episode begins with one of them, Milo, break-

ing up with his long-time girlfriend, and his friends (Gibbs, Tyler, and Neal) are trying

to help him get over her. Meanwhile, Neal is trying to excite his relationship with his girlfriend through other means, and Gibbs has a close encounter with Tyler’s maid. The episode includes bad advice, bad behavior, drinks, and more women, a summation of what to be expected in this show’s future.

Nonetheless, the show is still pretty hu-morous. The series’ creator, Breckin Meyer, is also an actor that has been in several roles in-volving guy culture (“Franklin & Bash,” “Road Trip,” “Robot Chicken”). His experience is evi-dent in how the characters act, allowing for hilarity to ensue. Another well-known com-edy actor in the group is Danny Masterson, the once notorious conspiracy-theorist/so-cial rebel Steven Hyde from “That 70’s Show.” Men who watch this show are likely to have their share of laughs at the relatable topics and actions that these four guys make.

This single-sided audience, however, is the main setback to the series as well. The show puts a lot of effort into appealing to men in terms of plot and story structure, so

the audience can be very one-sided on a gen-der scale. Aside from this point, the content is also rather unoriginal, as it looks like the show’s scenarios are based in plots very cliché for comedy series on a whole (think Barney from “How I Met Your Mother,” but with four of him and each one in competition with one another). The characters are not very dynam-ic, and the script seems to be their biggest selling-point as a comedy. The show seems like one that will fall under after its first sea-son.

“Men at Work” is a comedy series that comes off like so many series before it. It can bring laughs to its audience, but the premise and the scenario limit it from many TV view-ers. The most important part of the series is the dialogue, which picks up the slack of the episode’s plot and the lack of character inter-est.

Overall, the show is one most likely to last for only a few episodes because it will not be able to attract a larger appeal for its audi-ence.

Nothing much, just hanging out with the guys y’knowNew series “Men at work” one sided in its content

LMFAO performing at the Allstate Arena, Rosemont | COURTESY OF ABIGAIL BARRAZA

TELEVISION

LIVE EVENTS

Acrobatics and circus mayhem are top tier at Navy Pier

by Sylvia Wtorkowski

Cirque Shanghai: The Year of the Dragon is an entertaining family show that skillfully combines acrobatics, detailed wardrobes, original music, and many other Chinese ele-ments into one delightful adventure. It cen-ters around talented youth straight from China who demonstrate their various talents and strengths at the Navy Pier Skyline open-air theater beginning on May 24 and extend-ing until Sept. 3.

From the front row, it was clear that each and every performing individual gave it their all once put before the audience. This was due to the apparent drops of perspiration on each performer’s forehead. I found it to be incred-ible that not one Cirque Shainghai member grimaced throughout the entire show, despite a few potentially fatal moments. Instead, large smiles remained on everyone’s faces during the course of the entire event as if they had been painted on prior to the show.

The 75 minute-long performance com-menced when numerous group members dressed in Asian apparel ran onto the stage bearing a large dragon over their shoulders. This action made the audience aware of the fact that it is currently the year of the dragon, if they did not already know so. It altered the entire experience in a positive light in that the entry made it seem as if the show itself was taking place in China.

One of the most suspenseful acts was by “Imperial Thunder.” This is a group of five motorcyclists, four males and one female who ride at an alarming speed in a steel globe, all at once without coming into contact. This death-defying act literally kept audience members fidgeting in their seats as they feared a potential collision taking place.

Other dangerous acts included a Teeter-

board and the Wheel of Death. Regarding the latter, the performance resembled a hamster wheel of sorts where each person climbed

both inside of the wheel and on its rim as the speed increased. At one point, one of the performers placed a blindfold over his head as

he climbed on the outside of the wheel, los-ing his footing twice but catching himself just in the nick-of-time and avoiding disaster.The only mishaps during the course of the entire show were two cases in which a Chinese yoyo was not caught after being launched up into the air. This, however, was virtually unnotice-able and did not take away from the overall magnificent, suspense-filled show.

Although the acts revolving around the Chinese performers were undoubtedly the most impressive, the performance did not fail to include participation from eager audience members. There were two instances in which a random individual was selected to tempo-rarily become part of Cirque Shanghai. The first was when a young woman was pulled out of the front row and onto center-stage to toss a balloon into a basketball hoop. After two failed attempts, the man holding the hoop incorporated some humor into the show by making a sarcasticly anxious face as he came within a foot of her and continued to sport a look of anxiety as to whether or not she would make the shot.

The other was a man in his early twen-ties who was prompted to copy the actions of one of the stage performers. He began doing simple humorous things such as various fast-paced hand dances and placing miniature articles of clothing on himself, and soon af-terwards was asked to repeat the flips made by the cirque member. After a moment of considering the potential risks, he success-fully recreated the backflip done by the other individual, wowing the entire audience with his confidence.

Overall, this is an energetic and sus-pense-filled show that is suitable for all ages and is performed throughout the course of the entire show. There is no excuse as to why someone would not want to participate in the year of the dragon’s circus event. Go to the following website for scheduled performance dates and times: www.navypier.com/cirque-shanghai/schedule.html.

Cirque Shanghai puts on a spectacular performance

Cirque Shanghai members perform an incredible balancing act | SYLVIA WTORKOWSKI

Men in Black comes back

by Miranda Roberts

The audience filled up about twenty per-cent of the iMax theater on the day after the Friday premiere of Men in Black III. Despite the small group in the theater for the 7 p.m. showing, Men in Black III made $187 million over the Memorial Day weekend.

The movie opened as a femme fatal, played by Nicole Scherzinger, walked into a space station in knee high leather boots and a matching skin tight dress with a miniature cake. A small, but deadly, alien leapt out of the cake and killed the two guards before leap-ing to the chains around the prisoner, Boris. The alien slinked into Boris’ palm as it curled around the alien, and he and the woman es-caped the lunar prison. Boris ruthlessly shot a hole in the wall of the prison with s apace gun, sending about fifty Men in Black agents

and the woman into the vacuum of space. He then vowed to seek revenge on the one who took his arm, imprisoned him, and killed his race: Agent K.

The dynamic pair, K (Tommy Lee Jones) and J (Will Smith) are shown attending the funeral of the leader Ted who is replaced by agent O (Emma Thompson). When a fracture in time causes K to die 40 years earlier, J is able to explain to agent O K’s habits that she remembers from when they were young. O decides that Boris must have gone back in time to kill K and sends J back to make the match even.

The rest of the movie takes place in the past with a younger version of K (Josh Bro-lin). This K is portrayed as the complete op-posite from his stoic future self. The two characters work well together despite the time difference; seeing the younger version of K reveals more about this cryptic charac-ter compared to the past two Men in Black films. This movie focused on the history and backstory of K more than the first two in-stallments did. Previously, he was the picture of a veteran of the agency. It was refreshing

to see K as the junior agent in the pair dur-ing the trip to the past. There a new side of

K was discovered, though not without some familiar quirks: his love of country music and down to earth calm, which contrasts J’s anxi-ety. This new side showed more reckless and impulsive behavior reminiscent of J’s time as a new agent.

Action scenes are plentiful in this movie. In one chase, J had to flip over the counter of a Chinese restaurant while glass from the store front exploded at him with a flash of dark emerald light from the gun of an alien. He managed to save the waitress and calm her down as K rushed in the back to capture the owner who had allowed this ambush to happen to the two federal agents.

Men in Black III is available in most the-aters around Chicago in regular viewing as well as 3D and iMax.. The iMax experience made the sounds of the movie more realistic and defined them better than a regular view-ing. There were not many scenes that made the audience jump back in their seats from something coming out of the screen, but the audio and crisp picture alone on the screen made seeing Men in Black III in iMax worth it.

The third movie of the franchise comes into theaters

MOVIE

THEATRE

A mix of good artists and a bad everything else

by Chris Ceisel

Drake played a concert at the First Amer-ican Bank Amphitheater on Saturday, June 2, during a cool summer night. This was one of his stops on his Club Paradise Tour. If you are planning to go to a concert at the First Ameri-can Bank Amphitheater, you have to know a few things. First, there is only one way to get there coming from the highway. Second, there really isn’t a good way to get there using public transportation, so you will have to join almost everyone else and drive there. Know-ing this, you should allow at least a half an hour for sitting in line waiting to park outside the event.

The event staff was very helpful and re-laxed, something that you don’t normally see at bigger concerts. The actual amphithe-ater looked awesome; there was the stage up front, seats in front of the stage, and then a grassy area for people who didn’t want to sit down. There were also sky boxes kind of like those you would see at Wrigley field. The biggest problem with the venue was that the grassy area was behind the seats. This didn’t allow people who wanted to dance and move around get close to the stage, which is essen-tial for a great concert.

The other problem with the grassy area was that there was no middle ground. It was either people dancing provocatively or stand-ing around looking at people dancing and lis-tening to Drake. This made it so no matter what, you felt a little bit uncomfortable. If you were dancing you could feel people eye-ing you, and if you weren’t dancing, you just had to stand there and feel weird. There was also no way of escaping the constant smell of booze, weed, tobacco smoke, and body order.

The artists were good. Waka Flocka

Flame knows how to perform with a crowd. He came down offstage and was walking around the seated area. He got everyone going crazy and made the concert start great. J Cole followed and he was good he played some good songs, but didn’t do anything spe-cial or unusual. He performed well but didn’t do anything to wow everybody.

The staff decided they wanted to build up suspense before Drake came on. There was si-lence for about 30 minutes before Drake came out. The crowd started to get riled up and that was exactly what the staff wanted. When Drake came out the entire concert went crazy for his entire opening song.

Drake sent off mixed feelings. He had some cool things going like some fireworks and a pretty good light show in the back-ground. The problem with Drake is Drake knows who his fans are and he performs for them. So if you aren’t a teenage girl who thinks Drake is the sexiest performer in the game today, he wasn’t performing for you. He

played songs that were hard to dance to be-cause the beat was very slow. He also seemed to have lines that he rehearsed to transition in between songs. They weren’t subtle at all either.

An example would be when he said how this concert was the greatest concert ever, that this was probably the greatest day in his whole life, that we, as a crowd, made it seem like it was his birthday even though it wasn’t, then he did a song with the word birthday in it. It was very obvious that he had had that planned out before he even got on stage, and better concerts usually have artists doing whatever they want without planning it be-forehand.

It is very hard to be a performer, because you have to constantly be singing, and enter-taining the crowd with what you do by jump-ing around the stage and dancing and what-ever you can think of. The songs Drake chose were hard for him to dance to too because they were slow. Most artists play faster songs so they can just jump around and go crazy, but the beat didn’t really warrant that for Drake, so he had to try and make up for en-tertaining the crowd in other ways. One way he found was he lifted up his shirt to show his abs and I thought that my hearing was about to go, because every girl in the crowd hit a new high note at that moment. I will say it again, Drake knows his fans.

Drake played some of his more famous songs. He opened with “Lord Knows,” then he started playing some of the songs from his new album. After a while, he brought some throwback songs out, like “Over” and “I’m On One.” He played some crowd favorites like “Crew Love.” Drake knows his fans.

He also brought out some guest perform-ers. Waka Flocka Flame, 2 Chainz, and Chief Keef all performed for the crowd. Waka Floc-ka Flame played “No Hands” and like before when he performed, he was great; he got the entire crowd going. 2 Chainz didn’t please the crowd at all, the performance was subpar, and the fact that it was short was a blessing. Chief

Keef came out for one song, but that song was the highlight of the night. He played “I Don’t Like.” The crowd went its most insane at that point. He is a great performer, and his performance that night was great enough to make me want to see him live again.

This concert deserves 5 out of 10. The venue wasn’t made to have a good crowd; it would be a better place for some sort of play or something. The crowd itself wasn’t very good either. Something felt off the whole time. The performers as a whole were good, especially if you liked Drake, because the other performers were incredible. I didn’t really enjoy listening to him, but people who like Drake said he was good. So it depends on your opinion of Drake. I would recommend not going to see Drake, he doesn’t really put on that good a show, but in the end it’s up to you.

The Drake concert featured some great music

J . Cole on stage riling up the audience |CHRIS CEISEL

Waka Flocka Flame performs before the crowd | CHRIS CEISEL

Individuals throughout the ages wit a real hunger for art

LIVE EVENTS

ART

by Carly Jackson The Art Institute of Chicago may have

many pots on display in its European decora-tive arts collections, but is there a pot that an artist used to make a meal inside the muse-um? There is at University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art at 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. in a new exhibition called Feast: Radical Hospi-tality in Contemporary Art, which will be at the museum until June 10. Ripkrit Tiravani-ja’s “Pad Thai,” which includes the pots and photos of the leftovers of a meal he cooked in the exhibition rooms of the Paula Allen Gal-lery in New York City, is one of the dozens of artworks collected, all of which explore the ways people share food and drink around the world.

The artworks include videos, like Ayman Ramdan’s Iftar, which is 8 minutes and 50 seconds of a meal eaten by 12 poor workers in Cairo who are all standing on one side of a table. The men simultaneously recreate Iftar, the meal with which Muslim’s break their

Ramadan fast, and Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. The men are speaking with each other, ripping bread, and serving each other cups of Coke from two-liter bottles; however, seems like it could be happening at a local community center.

There are many more demonstration pieces as well, which make the exhibit unique but also at times, make a viewer wish it was focused on the pieces at the exhibit. Works like Bonnie Ora Sherk’s Public Lunch photos, which show the artist eating or serving lunch in various places, are fascinating, but a viewer might wish they had seen them first hand. For example, Sherk eating a meal at a fully set dining table in a cage at the zoo, while a tiger eats raw meat in the next cage, are things one might rather see in person than in photos.

There are many other photographs dis-played in the Feast exhibit that may seem more traditional at first glance in comparison with Sherk’s works, but are intricately com-posed and actually chromogenic, meaning that they are developed with a normal silver image which is then replaced with a color dye image. For example, Laura Letinsky’s Unti-tled #8 is a photograph of cutouts of sorbet, pastries, melons, Cheetos chips, and meats

which have beautiful, muted pink, grey, and peach colors that are fascinating when stud-ied in detail.

The Feast exhibit also features many in-teractive artworks, including Potluck: Chi-cago, a project that organizes potluck din-ners as a method for encouraging community discussion. Potluck: Chicago had a display at the Feast exhibit which included quotes from participants.

“Our host, Maritza, gathered a few fami-

lies and we each brought a dish that repre-sented a memory in our lives,” a participant in the potluck at En Las Tablas Performing Arts studio on 4111 W. Armitage Avenue, said. “The richness of Latino food mixed with exquisite ethnic plates from other countries, the smiles, the growing up stories related to the food, the conversations... all the beauti-ful faces of adults and children enjoying each other.”

The Feast exhibit at University of Chicago’s Smart Museum

Arts & Entertainment • June 2012 • The Hoof Beat10

SPORTSWomen’s Lacrosse

Racing the Clock Varsity plays Fenwick for the last game of the season

Baseball

Senior Day SuccessNorthside beats Mather 9-6 with help of five seniors

by Sylvia Wtorkowski

During the course of the May 8, semi-finals for Northside’s Men’s Junior Varsity Tennis Team City Championships versus the Taft Eagle’s swift speed proved to be no match for our Northside players’ impressive serves and well thought-out technique.   In order for Northside to play in the Team City Championships that upcoming Saturday, May 12, the junior varsity Mustangs needed to win three out of five of any arrangement of matches, and they did just that.

The semi-finals took place at Northeastern Illinois University, and it con-sisted of single players, first doubles, second doubles, and third doubles. Northside’s sec-ond doubles Jonathon Koewler, Adv. 304, and Caleb Broughton - Delong, Adv. 500, who competed against Taft with a record of 5-2, made a series of movements that helped con-tribute to their win. At one point in their in-dividual match, a Taft player leaped into the air, whipping the tennis ball across the court and bystanders were sure that the round

would be a loss for the Mustangs but Koewler dove, contorting his body at a strange angle to hit the ball swiftly across the court, pleas-antly surprising all of the fans .

In addition to Koewler, Noah Asimow, Adv. 308, and Alejandro Ballesteros, Adv. 504, felt that Matthew Potok, Adv. 202, de-served recognition for his performance at the qualifying match. “I am extremely proud of my team and feel like we all put forth a good amount of effort, especially Potok, or as we like to call him, “Mother Poland,” Ballesteros said. “This is due to the fact that he is one of the players who works the hardest.”

Aside from the excitement of defeating the skilled Taft Eagles, Northside players were looking forward to the May 12 Team City Championships. However, as of May 30, Northside has not yet competed against Whitney Young for the title.

“There is a discrepancy as to whether Whitney Young has a full junior varsity team or not,” Northside tennis coach, Alexander Hughes, said. “Now that they want to play for the championships, we are willing to par-ticipate, but we want to play fairly. They think they’re nickel slick, but I’ve got their penny change.”

For two weeks, Coach Hughes has at-tempted to contact the head of sports admin-istration but has not received any returning phone calls. As the team waits for a response,

it organizes team activities and practices to remain prepared for any upcoming matches or the championship itself in order to assure a successful end to the season.

Men’s junior varsity tennis adds win to their listTeam members have high expectations for the upcoming City Championships

by Andrew Hague

The Mustangs’ soccer team seniors made sure to enjoy their last time wearing maroon and white on the soccer field on May 11 by shutting out Jones College Prep 6-0. It was a sunny and cool day outside as alumni and parents came to watch Victoria Andrade, Adv. 200, Jennifer Tee, Adv. 206, Jennifer Arista, Adv. 202, Qing Hu, Adv. 206, Maura Illing, Adv. 200, Karly Raber, Adv. 205, Kim Truong, Adv. 204, and Bridg-et O’Brien, Adv. 203, finish their Northside soccer careers.

“We played one of the best games of our season,” Andrade said. “It was a real nice for us seniors to end our time at Northside with a big win.”

After a brief introduction of each se-nior player by coach Robert Albritton, math department, both teams took the field. The Mustangs opened strong by maintaining possession of the ball for the majority of the first half. Andrade was noticeably dominant on the field as a midfielder, often being the only Northside player who took an oppor-tunity to take a shot on goal when she had the chance. The Mustangs seemed reluctant to take any shots that were any longer than 15 feet from the goal. It was not until Bella Manobianco, Adv. 507, found an opening in Jones’s defense that there was a goal, which

left Northside up 1-0 at the end of the half. In the second half the girls really picked

up their pace in the game, as their intensity raised and kept up against Jones’ increas-ing pressure. Soon, the Mustangs started to make the game look easy, as Andrade and Raber each scored, putting Northside up 3-0 early into the half.

“Throughout the second half, we picked up our offense,” Raber said. “We really want-ed to not let up and keep up the pressure.”

Jones lacked any offensive punch as Truong and the Northside sweepers were left alone in the backfield for most of the game watching their offensive, led by An-drade’s second goal to bring the score up to

4-0, taking apart the brittle Jones’ defense. Nora O’Brien, Adv. 406, was set up in a per-fect position in the box to receive a well-timed pass from Raber and score, leading to a 5-0 lead. O’Brien scored once more to end the game at 6-0.

“It was sad to see the season and our time at Northside end, but it was great to go down with a victory,” Andrade said as she walked off the field.

Northside ended the match with happy seniors who walked off the field in tears and cheers, carrying homemade cupcakes from fans as the group ended their time playing at their high school.

Mustangs trample Jones on Senior Day Northside women’s varsity soccer shines, crushes Jones 6-0

Jennifer Tee, Adv. 206, kicks the ball while a player from Jones approaches. | ANDREW HAGUE

Track city, track stateby Sarah Capungan

This year, Northside’s Women’s Track and Field Team has earned more awards than any Northside team in history. On May 18, the Women’s Track Team traveled to Charleston, Illinois for the Illinois High School Associa-tion (IHSA) Track and Field State Champion-ships after their victory at sectionals. Several teams from around Illinois were present at the weekend long meet, which took place at Eastern Illinois University.

“I was really nervous because for awhile we were scared that we would be way out of our league, and the girls at the meet were so amazing at running,” Women’s Track and Field Captain Lisa Wendt, Adv. 203, said. “It was a really fun experience though.”

Although individual Northside athletes have achieved athletic merit in the past, the Women’s Track and Field Team’s victory at Sectionals marked the first time any North-side sport won an IHSA Sectional title as a whole. Of the 18 athletes that competed in Sectionals, 15 qualified for State.

“My proudest moment this season was watching the girls’ track team win the sec-tional championship and qualifying for the state championship,” Jose Nebrida, one of the women’s track and field coaches, said. “I’m so very proud of these fifteen athletes.”

Along with the team’s overall successes, several individual school records were also broken. All record breakers were commemo-rated with a watermelon and a plaque at the annual Track and Field banquet at the East Bank Club. In the 4x200 meter relay, Aliyah Jervier, Adv. 402, Deja Lindsey, Adv. 406, Michelle Chojnacki, Adv. 501, and Kristin Wojcik, Adv. 404 broke a school record with their time of 1: 52.70.

Madison Weatherly, Adv. 501, also broke a school record in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:34.92. She became the fifth fastest freshman mile runner in Illinois. Teammate Mary Coomes, Adv. 403, ran the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:41.29, making her the tenth fastest sophomore mile runner in Illi-nois.

“This season was a success because the track and field athletes and their coaches were quite motivated to win,” Coach Nebrida said. “Everyone worked and played hard this year.”

Along with record breakers and other no-tables, the captains for next year’s team were also announced at banquet. The captains for the women’s team will be Coomes, Claire Sheib-Feeley, Adv. 300, Taylor Provax, Adv. 307, and Golda Kaplan, Adv. 308.

This year’s season has set the standard high for seasons to come. Since only two members of the team will be graduating this year, the rest of the team is likely to return and attempt to improve their best scores. Several underclassmen on both the State and Sectional teams were awarded varsity letters at the banquet for scoring varsity points at their meets.

“Through consistent practice, persever-ance, passion and the pursuit of perfection on both coaches and athletes, success will again prevail,” Coach Nebrida said.

Jonathon Koewler, Adv. 304, hits. | SYLVIA WTORKOWSKI

12 Sports • June 2012 • The Hoof Beat

Bump, Spike, Missby Calum Blackshaw

The sun shone on the field in Rogers Park on Wednesday, May 9, while Northside Men’s Varsity Baseball Team set it up for their game against Mather. The original game date set two days earlier was canceled due to weather. But the clear weather on that day made for excellent conditions for a Senior Day win of 9-6.

Northside began to set up in the north-east field of Rogers Park at 3:30. The makeup was set as a Mustang home game, rather than the away game initially meant for that Mon-day. Mr. Bill Miller, the facilities manager at Northside, set up a speaker system for the team’s warm-up which played Thunderstruck Radio from Pandora, with songs like AC/DC’s ‘Shoot to Thrill’ and Aerosmith’s ‘Sweet Emo-tion.”

At the start time for the game, North-side parents and team members gathered on the field to congratulate five of the six senior players in varsity baseball: Sam Miller, Adv. 208, Tyler Sauter, Adv.200, Ian Reeves, Adv. 207, Michael McMannon, Adv. 200, and Clint Tres, Adv. 202. Fabian Lara, Adv. 206, was absent.

Reeves was the starting pitcher for the Mustangs. He walked the first player and struck out the next two. He then gave up a home run to the fourth batter and Mather scored an early lead resulting in 0-2. In the Mustangs half of the first inning, Zen Iwan-kiw, Adv. 400, singled, then stole second and made an attempt to steal third that ended with an out. Miller hit a double, followed by a walk by Tres. McMannon singled, and Tres took second base as Miller ran home to bring the score for 1-2 in Mather’s favor at the end of the first inning.

In the second, two Mather batters went out, followed by a walk and an out at first made as Reeves ran from the pitcher’s mound to tag the runner. Northside’s AJ Janowski, Adv. 502, singled, followed by a single by Reeves and a walk by Iwankiw. Janowski made it home with a hit by Miller, and a big hit by Tres brought in two more runs for a lead by the Mustangs, 4-2. Arron Kruze, Adv. 403, got out with a sacrifice run batted in (RBI) as Miller scored a fifth run.

The next inning went with no runs in by either team; in the fourth inning, Mather loaded up the bases and made one run. For the Mustangs, Miller singled and made a steal, Tres walked to first, and both ran it on McMannon‘s triple. Kruze made a single, allowing McMannon to score for an inning wrap-up of 8-3 Mustangs.

In the fifth inning, Malcolm Grba, Adv. 508, began pitching relief, allowing three walks and three outs. Wyatt Grillo, Adv. 507, batted in place of Reeves. He singled, fol-lowed by an out by Miller, and a single by Tres was the last on-base hit Northside made in the fifth.

Sauter pitched for the sixth, allowing two walks, and then followed by a single that gave Mather a run. The fourth Mather bat-ter hit a sacrifice fly that scored a run; Grillo caught the hit in centerfield, and threw to second base for a double play. The fifth hitter walked and a double by the sixth batter gave Mather its sixth run. Northside was on-edge and looked to get some runs in to keep the lead. McMannon and Kruze got out, and Coo-per Tonachel, Adv. 300, stepped up for Grba. He made a double after a missed catch by the pitcher and then stole third. Sauter doubled and brought Tonachel in for a score of 9-6. In the final inning, McMannon pitched, and pitched three strikeouts for a Mustang win.

Senior Sweep

Men’s Varsity Volleyball Team misses a chance for City

byAndriana Mitrakos On Tuesday May 7, Northside’s Varsity

Men’s Volleyball Team, took on AGSCI, in a head-to-head match on Northside’s courts for a chance at the city title.

“The game was really important to the team,” Chad Massura, middle blocker, Adv. 302 said. “Had we won, we would have con-tinued on to play against other teams for the city title, but because we lost, we were out of the tournament [for city].”

Warm-up for the Men’s Varsity Volleyball Team began around 5:15 p.m., after a junior varsity game. Fifteen minutes later, Justice Reed, Adv. 206, Danny Washelesky, Adv. 301, Umair Hamid, Adv. 304, Chad Massura, Adv. 302, Adam Garlewicz, Adv. 307, and Niko Nodal, Adv. 201, took the court and opened the game.

The opposing team served first, but Northside managed to receive the first point of the game after the opponents failed to save a spike. After securing the second point, AGSCI picked up and scored the next five points. As the game carried on, the teams edged closer to a tie, and with a missed serve from AGSCI, the teams were tied 7-7. North-side began to drag behind, until a spike put us only one point behind AGSCI with a score of 9 -10 fifteen minutes into the game.

The game continued as AGSCI gained seven points in a matter of minutes, while

Northside secured only three, bringing the score to 12-17, before calling time. When the game resumed, Northside secured five con-secutive points, bringing the score to 17-17.After calling time out the Mustangs began to rake in the points, but as soon as they saw the end of the tunnel, the game took a sharp turn, and the tables turned again. Northside managed to pull into focus and win the first match with a spike by Reed, bringing the final score to 25-22.

The next match began promptly at 6:00 p.m. after the teams switched sides of the court. The game began well as both teams secured points, but when the score reached 7-10, Northside began to fall behind. AGSCIs picked up the game and scored consecutively until the score reached 8-14 and Northside called time. Soon after Northside was lagging behind AGSCI 16-24, and one more point would cost Northside the game. Reed spiked and secured a point, after a few tosses back and forth, beginning the consecutive win of five points that brought Northside back into the game, and reopened the possibility of a win. However, this time AGSCI secured the win with a final spike, setting the score to 21-25.

“I think we were well prepared and could have won the game but some errors were made at critical times and AGSCI, which was equal with us in terms of talent, was able to take the game,” Massura said.

The game was now going to be deter-mined by a third match to see who would se-cure the overall win, and move onto other city competitions.

Northside won the first point from Nodal’s serve, opening with a positive at-titude. The game continued naturally, with

both teams winning points. Then, consecu-tive losses to AGSCI brought the score to 6-7 before a touch of the net gave Northside a point to tie 7-7. Northside began to lag be-hind AGSCI after this tie, but came back up reaching another tie at 14-14 before calling another break. Three consecutive points were score by AGSCI and time was called again. After this, Northside managed to pull back into the game and get the score up to 20-24. This was a critical time in the game. One more point for the opponents, and Northside would be out of the city playoffs. A spike by AGSCI swayed the game in their favor. The final game ended with a score of 21-25, as the AGSCI took the win and secured a position in the future city playoffs.

“I was quite disappointed with the loss,” Massura said. “It was the first time a team from Northside had lost in the first round of city playoffs and I felt that we could have done considerably better.”

Chad Massura, Adv. 302, spikes. | ANDRIANA MITRAKOS

Women’s lacrosse versus Fenwick at State by Chris Ceisel

On Tuesday May 15, the Varsity Wom-en’s lacrosse team lost a home game to Fen-wick 3-8.  Fenwick came out at the beginning of the game ready to play, and controlled the ball almost the entire first half.  They had the ball on offense and this allowed Fenwick to score goal after goal. It started to look like the game would be a blowout going into half-time, as Fenwick was leading 7-0, and North-side looked beat physically and mentally.

Then something clicked in those girls’ heads. This was the last half of lacrosse a lot of the girls would play, and they didn’t want it to end badly.

“We let them score a lot in the first half,” Senior Kacie O’Connell, Adv. 204, said. “But we got together during half time and decided as a team we weren’t going to take this loss like we were during in the first half. So we came out and caused some turnovers and beat them in the second half 3-1.”

The difference between the first half and the second half was ball control. The first half Northside couldn’t even get a lot of shots on goal, but when they had the ball on offense they got to take a lot more shots and were able to score more goals.

The goalie for Fenwick was very good, and although she let three goals in during the second half, she stopped a lot of goals, and helped maintain the lead they had. North-side could have gotten a lot closer and maybe even had a chance to win the game in the sec-ond half if the goalie for Fenwick was a little worse.

“The goalie for the other team was really

tough,” Maddie Psenka, Adv. 308, said. “It was hard to get the ball around her, and we were having a lot of trouble scoring on her.”

Northside had the ball on offense in the start of the second half, but it seemed like whatever they did they couldn’t score. Then Ninajasmine Malapit, Adv. 306, got the ball on a fast break, and she made the other team appear to be running in slow motion because of her speed and lateral quickness. She wove her way in and out and around the other team, and before the defense could do anything she was at the goal ready to score. She managed to fake out the goalie and score Northside’s first goal.

O’Connell had a great play in the middle of the second half to spark the dominat-ing performance Northside displayed in the second half. Fenwick seemed to be gaining some momentum, stopping Northside pretty regularly, and were starting to move the ball back on offense when O’Connell perfectly in-tercepted a pass, and raced downfield towards the goal. She sliced between two defenders, cut back in a slightly different direction to get by a third, and then shot the ball at the goalie. Her stick had been stopped midway through her shot by a defender, but the ball still man-aged to escape and go in the right direction. The goalie looked like she would easily stop it, but the ball managed to bounce under her stick, and O’Connell scored the second goal to secure the momentum for Northside in the second half.

“She was on a mission,” Senior Jessica Tang, Adv. 204, said. “As soon as she stole the ball she was gone. She was already past a lot of the other team because they were running

in the other direction when it happened, and they just couldn’t get back in time to help on defense. She knew exactly what to do with it as soon as she got the ball and we all pretty much knew she was going to score.”

Megan Kerstein, Adv. 304, came through with a great shot. Northside was passing the ball well and getting good looks, but nobody seemed to be able to score. Kerstein got a great pass, and used a precise shot and got the ball past the goalie to score Northside’s third and final goal.

Although they lost the game they felt good about how the season went. They lost the state playoff game last year 20-2 to the state champions, so they felt like they did a lot better this year. This was a strong end to the season, and although they’re going to miss a lot of the seniors next year, the under-classmen are strong and look to pick up next season where they left off this season.

Maddie Psenka, Adv. 308, faces a player. | CHRIS CEISEL