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Tuesday, April 23, 2013Volume IX, Issue VIII

>> Salem - May 1st- June 1: Where the Sidewalk Art Show located @ 233 Commercial St. The opening reception for the show will be held on the first Wednesday, May 1, from 4-8 p.m. Live music and refreshments will be provided.

>> South- April 26 and 27 @ 7 p.m: South’s thespians will be performing Moliere’s comedy “The Miserperformers”, a silly comedy about two young couples seeking to arrange their own marriages against the wishes of their greedy father set in the French Restoration. $6 adults, $5 for students and senior citizens. Card-carrying Thespians are admitted free.

arlier this month, two explosives went off at the world renowned Boston Marathon. The devastating turn of events was both shocking and disturbing as millions of Americans watched the tragic aftermath unfold on live internet feeds and televised footage. Over 170 people were wounded, many life-threateningly, and 3 died. As emergency crews scoured the scene, they came across

individuals whose limbs had been severed and were bleeding out. There were several Salem citizens in Boston during the time

of the explosions. Luckily, all of them are safe, but being present during such an event can cause emotional trauma. After the initial shock, many Americans are angry, demanding that justice be served to whoever is behind the explosions.

Immediately after the bombings, allegations flew as to who could be responsible for such an act. As police analyze videos in

the coming weeks, more solid evidence is likely to appear. The most pressing decision the nation faces now is, what do we do next? Major sporting events are a vulnerable target due to large crowds, uncontained venues, and temporary security forces. As a response to the Boston explosions, both the Red Sox and Bruins beefed up their usual security.

On a more global level, organizers are concerned for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and marathons in cities such like London. Although what happened in Boston is devastating and frightening, officials are taking real measures to prevent such an act from repeating itself. Hopefully in the future, with additional security, sporting events will be able to express what they were established for: to allow contrasting groups of people to gather, set aside their differences, and enjoy friendly competition.

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People place flowers at a memorial on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in Boston, Massachusetts. (Patrick Whittemore/Boston Herald/MCT)

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Cadets and BPD stand guard Wednesday, April 17, 2013, near the area of the Boston Marathon explosion in Boston, Massachusetts. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald/MCT) Quote to left said by President Barack Obama.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend an interfaith prayer service, along side Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, for victims of the Boston Marathon attack titled “Healing Our City,” at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Thursday, April 18, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Pool photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images/MCT)[ [

Boston Bruins fans Yvonne and Jake Patterson cheer at the start of an NHL game between the Bruins and the Buffalo Sabers at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Christopher Evans/Boston Herald/MCT)

Shalane Flannagan, proffecional runner in the 2013 Boston Marathon. Photo by:

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South is now introducing a new method for helping out students with their homework

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May 11,

School work piles up and can usually take up a whole weekend to complete. Thanks

to Tutor Mentor Coordina-tor, Robert Glasgow, Sat-urday Study Hall is now up and running for South stu-dents to receive help from teachers, and college tutors, and mentors. The study hall sessions are free and open to all students, and will be in the North Library from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

One of the best features of the sessions, other than getting homework or school work help, is that students can ask the college tutors or mentors any questions

r e g a r d - ing future careers or college, and even questions about situa-tions outside of high school.

If there are not enough reasons to attend Saturday Study Hall, Glasgow is off er-ing a few donuts to the stu-dents who are able to attend the fi rst session of Saturday Study Hall. Several teachers will off er extra credit to stu-dents that go to a session as well. South is constantly coming up with ways for stu-dents to boost their grades and get the best education possible. Take advantage of Saturday Study Hall to help better understanding of con-cepts and to reduce stress.

Ceceilia Barajas Reporter

Texting while being behind the wheel has been occur-ring in increased amounts; as a result,three years ago it was made illegal. Texting while driving was taken so

seriously it was almost considered just as bad as driving under the infl uence.

As the past three years have gone by the enforced law hasn’t stopped many people from doing so. Statistics have shown that just in the past year 100,00 people have died because of this

distraction. Oregon lawmakers have decided to do something about this and approach this situation with more seriousness.

On February 13, 2013, a new bill was taken into consideration. The fi ne for texting while driving would go from $250 to $1,000. The Senate Judiciary Committee, a week later, approved the bill proposed by Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, with two members dissenting. The proposed law is intended to make motorists take the existing law more seriously.

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Getting in the Car? Be Aware!A new law has been passed to raise the texting and driving fi ne to $1,000

Alter Wiener, author of From A Name to A Number, will be returning to South on May 1

during 3rd and 4th period to speak to South’s freshmen class about his life during the Holocaust. This will be Wiener’s 11th year visiting South. Born in 1926, he was only 15 years of age when he was captured by the Ger-man Nazis and deported to Blechhammer without his family. Wiener moved to Oregon is 2000, and since then he has spoken to more than 800 audiences at colleges, prisons, and high schools about his experience.

Wiener’s autobiography is a retelling of terrors which he experienced from age 13 to 18 in the concentration camps. He lost his name and was given a number to replace it, and never saw a fruit, fl ower, woman or child for 3 years. When Wiener was released in 1945 from his fourth and fi nal Jewish Slave Camp, he weighed only 80 pounds and barely had the strength to walk.

When Wiener speaks out to audiences, he encourages them to embrace family and omit the rest.Many people he shares his story with takes for granted the the little things is life, like warm clothes, paper to write on, a toothbrush and even a cup to drink out of. Wiener had to live a life without any of these things for 3 years, and he continues to spread his story to stu-dents like wildfi re to inspire them to help others.

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As a lot of the stu-dents may know, the Spring Fling

dance is canceled. It might come as a shock to some, while others may have ex-pected that something like that would happen, so why did it get cancelled in the fi rst place and is it really the right decision?

A long discussion fol-lowed the King of Hearts dance in response to inap-propriate behavior. The committee was forced to re-evaluate the supervision at the dances and other factors to elevate the safety of the students. Unfortunately, the predicament was absolved by not holding Spring Fling this year.

Through the student eyes the canceling may appear unfair, but we need to remember dances are privileges and not a neces-sity. In contrast to all the hard work it takes to set up a dance, it is much easier to cancel one. The committee did not cancel the dance in the thoughts of punishing

the students, but with the intention that it is our, the students, job to “solve” the problem.

The various acts that took place during KOH have had an effect on the present students, such as embarrassment and awkwardness, and may dis-suade parents from letting their children go to dances in the future, as it is not a part of history of excellence at South.

“I do not want having fun to become disgusting,” David Phelps, South’s Prin-ciple said.

Is canceling Spring Fling a good decision? Even if the students know it is a bad behavior, it is a common thing that the rules during dances get broken a bit.

Students have expressed that they do not think it was that bad, there things happen all the time during dance.

Unfortunately there will be a new consequence if the same behaviorpresents its self during prom, but this time there will be a quicker

response depending on the situation.

Ditte Dam LarsenReporter

Spring Fling: Cancelled?

Pedro VieyraReporter

The new Facebook news feed has been revealed, promoting bigger images, a different news feed with multiple options for a variety of interests, and a more consistent layout on mobile devices so it

runs smoothly.According to Facebook 50% of the changes are for the News Feed.

The new layout is going to be a major improvement because it is allows people choose what they want too see from pictures, status updates, and

stay up to date with the media they care most about.The new layout has not been set but it is slowly being introduced to

the public. There is even a waiting list for those people that can not wait to get it, but it will still take some time even for those under the waiting list to get it. Want to be added to the waiting list? Visit www.facebook.

com/about/newsfeed and be one of the fi rst to try out the new look.

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ome television shows have been made into video games, and some video games have been made in the television shows, but generally either way has gone bad. That said, Trion Worlds, developers of games like Rift and End of Nations, is making a new game. The thing that makes this game so unique, is that instead of it being a carbon copy of the show, or vice versa, the two actually overlap and share an overarching plot. Both will be

known as Defi ance, and will be a Massively Multiplayer Online game, also known as a MMO. Therefore the player will be playing with other from across the world.When something big happens in the show, it will aff ect the game, whether in a major way or just a reference by a character, you will know what happened. While the show will make references to major events that take place in the game, since it will be diffi cult to change the plot of a television show as fast as players can do something in a game. Some excitement has also started to arise around South. “It looks awesome,” Sydney Joa ‘14 said. “So amazing, I can not wait,” Ross Chase ‘14 said.

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Every year girls face the same problem of what dress to wear to Prom. Long or short? Casual or fancy? Strapless or straps? Finding a dress is often

a big challenge and everyone has a personal opinion about “the perfect dress”.

However, fi nding the perfect dress comes with a price. Many girls invest a lot of money in their prom dresses, but only wear them once. Is buying a dress really the best solution? There are other ways to fi nd your dream dress.

Renting could be a possibility if you do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on a dress. A good web page that

got recom-mended is http://www.renttherunway.com , where you can fi nd really nice dresses to rent.

You can also make your own dress. It is one of the less expensive ways to have a beautiful dress, morever you are 100% sure that nobody will have the same dress as you.

You can also borrow a dress. We all know some-body who has a beautiful dress that she never uses, or that she wore it two or three years ago. But on you, with new shoes and new accesories the dress does not look the same. Of course buying a dress is still a solution. Some people prefer to shop, online on a website like http://us.asos.com/ or http://www.whitehouseblackmarket.com/, where there are many choice of dresses for different prices.

Of course there is always the traditional shop-ping trip with friends. Going to Portland and shop-ping in Forever21, Nordstrom, Pacsun, BCBG-MAXAZRIA, Bebe, and other store. And you can also wear a simple black dress with really nice shoes and fancy jewelry.

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The Salem, Oregon we know has not always been the happy cherry city capital

it is today. There is a rich history buried underneath new buildings--stories never told and historic individuals long forgotten. One would never think about the rich history that lies beneath what is seen today, such as symbols on buildings dating back to 1912, or the fi rst state execution which was held directly in front of the Salem’s courthouse.

Spirit Expeditions is a walking tour of downtown Salem which reveals the history of Salem’s kill-ers, freemasons and executions.

Also included is a colorful his-tory of the underground tunnels and Chinatown.

It is rated Salem’s num-ber one attraction. The guide takes you around downtown Salem with facts about build-ings and their stories. This tour is not only about history. At the beginning of the tour you are given a quick run-down of ghost hunting tools and how they work.

“I loved the tour. I have never been too big on para-normal stories or beliefs, but after this I highly suggest it,” Natalee French ‘16 said.

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too underdressed with a little black dress.”

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On Mar. 30 Dottie Knecht, biology teacher at South, had informed the school about a

beach cleanup that had been orga-nized by SOLVE. This organization fi rst was named S.O.L.V. that stood for “Stop Oregon Litter and Viola-tion” and was created by Gov. Tom

McCall in 1969. This big organization has been helping the com-

munity to

stay green for 44years! The mission is to “Bring Oregonians together to improve the environment and build a legacy of stewardship,” as said on their website. People from anywhere can volunteer for this organization. Their website gives information for dates and one that is important to mention is the event for Earth day. On Apr. 20 there was a Mill Creek Cleanup, Straub Nature Preserve Ivy Pull, and Friends of Secor Park Earth Day work party. South is continuing Earth Day’s tradi-

tion by creating projects in different clubs and classes here at South,

such as the Environment Club in which students educate

themselves and others about issues related to our environment through com-munity service.The Key Club is another option to join to make a difference in the

community. They meet every Wednesday to talk

about many different types of ommunity service

that you can help out with. Want to stay green? Help out and join the

community.

“Earth day is a great example of the fact that a small group of mo-tivated people can lead enormous change. A group of about 30 college students mobilized 20 million americans into the streets that fi rst earth day, without the help of computers! That event led to the birth of the modern environmental movement and series of environ-mental laws that were passed that same year,” Dottie Knecht said.

Sara TogstadReporter

Eath Day Seeks to Raise Support

Sen. Larry George, a Republican from Yamhill County

introduced Senate Bill 769, after a complaint was made by a woman that said that bike tourist was slowing down the mobility of her farming equipment.

The Senate Bill 769 consists of charging ev-eryone who has a bike $10 to registrate it and a charge of $25 as a pen-alty for not having the bike registered. This possible law is bad for a

lot of people because bike tourists might think twice before even coming to Oregon.

George does not even believe that the bill will even pass this year and he hopes

that it will come up next year supporting the idea that people who use roads should pay for roads.

Knowing this, there is a way to prevent the unnec-essary charge for owning a bike.

“Charging a free society any amount for bicycle owner-

ship reeks of

petti- ness. If anything, our state should pursue incen-tives for people who limit pollution and pursue a

healthy lifestyle. On the other hand, if the goal is to pave wider lanes to ac-commodate safe cycling or to build more trails for mountain biking, I would pay a one time fee; unfor-tunately, I own more than one bike,” Shane Britton, advisor of the South Sa-lem’s High School Bike Club, said.

Why charge for something eco friendly? Charging people to have a bike is absurd. People may even stop using bikes because of the law, and how is an authority supposed to know if a bike is registered or not?

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M: At the height of the Cold War, there were an estimated 70,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Today, that number is roughly 20,000. In December, 2010, the United States Senate ratifi ed the U.S. – Russia New START agreement which reduced each country’s arsenal’s even further. This happened because tens of thousands of citizens spoke up, called and wrote their senators and urged them to make them safer and support this treaty.

It is the job of a civilized society and concerned citizens to speak out and remind politicians, decision makers and the media about nuclear weapons. Nu-clear weapons aren’t just bigger bombs – they are much, much bigger bombs with a destructive capability that has the potential to fundamentally change life on the planet or eff ectively end human civilization.

It is very empowering to speak out on nuclear weapons and succeed in get-ting policy makers to care. Young people should start locally. Ask your mayors or city council to get involved. Request a meeting with the members of your congressional delegation. Write a letter to the editor of the local newspaper to tell others why they should care and how they can get involved. Circulate a peti-tion. Hold a rally. Concerned citizens can turn to organizations like the Union of Concerned Scientists for advice on how best to channel your concerns into ef-fective citizen action. Get educated – the UCS web site – www.ucsusa.org - has a lot of helpful information.

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North Korea’s Nukes: Why We Should Care?&AQWhy We Should CareWhy We Should CareIn a cul-

ture obsessed with end-of-the-world scenarios, Hollywood

has imagined infi nite possibilities for how it’s all going to end. From the giant Stay Puft Marsh-

mallow Man tearing up New York City in Ghostbusters to extraterrestrials turning the human population to Jell-O

in War of the Worlds, there is no shortage of ridiculous apoca-lypse theories. One very real threat, however, is nuclear war.

According to the Federation of American Scientists’ estimations, Russia, the United States, France, China, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan have the largest arsenals of nuclear weapons. Of course, exact fi gures cannot be made because most countries are extreme-ly secretive on the topic. A name that is constantly in the news stories associated to nuclear weaponry is the notorious North Ko-rea. After a quick Twitter search on “North Korea,” tweet after tweet pertained to a four minute video released by the country this March depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Wash-

ington D.C. Even on a social media site where people post what color straw they got at Dutch Brothers, there is no

escaping the reality of a nuclear threat. To get some insight on the issue, I interviewed Sean Meyer,

National Field Organizer for the Global Security Program.

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Clypian: Do nuclear weapons have any place in our society today?

Meyer: The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues that today nuclear weapons represent more of a security liability than an asset. They do not increased our nation’s security nor ad-dress today’s threats. They do not deter terror-ists or rogue nations. Soldiers can’t use them on the battlefi eld. It is diffi cult to imagine a scenario where the use of nuclear weapons would be ben-efi cial. If they are used again, there would be tremendous, devastating human, environmental and economic consequences that would likely im-pact every person on the planet in ways that are unimaginable. Today, the only purpose of nuclear

weapons is to deter their use by others nations.

C: How big of a nuclear threat does North Korea really pose on the US?

What about compared to other coun-tries?

M: The recent rhetoric and behavior of North Ko-rea is troubling. Most experts agree that North Korea does not now have, nor will they soon, have the capability to attack the United States with a long-range nuclear armed missile. The United States, China and other global powers are working very hard to get the North Kore-ans to “knock it off ” and instead behave in ways

where one day they might be welcomed back into the family of nations. It is estimated that the North

Koreans have very few nuclear weapons – less than 10 – and even less developed technology to deliver

those weapons.

C: When teenagers, or anyone really, look at nuclear weapons, it’s hard not to feel helpless. Is

there anything teens can do to prevent a nuclear confl ict? What role do we play in it all?

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To legalize, or to not legalize. This has been the question over the past couple years with pros and cons on both sides of the spectrum.

A public hearing session was held on April 2 on the possible Marijuana legalization House Bill 3371. The bill is supposed to give Oregon power over the production and distribution like how alcohol is be-ing regulated--anyone under the age of 21 would not be allowed to posses, make, or distribute marijuana.

There will be a tax of $35 the businesses making the marijuana, which will be put into a cannabis tax count.

Last year, Oregonians voted against the legalization of marijuana that would have been regulated like alcohol in the state. Now the state of Washington and Colorado have legalized the use of mari-juana because of the profi ts. Marijuana le-galization would create millions of dollars for Oregon, cut down crime activity, and stop spending money

on keeping people in jail for marijuana related charges.

Books, as a rule, are always better than the movie. This was infi nitely clear

to Percy Jackson and the Light-ning Thief fans in 2010 when they stepped out of the theater dissatisfi ed. However, with Warm Bodies, there were elements that brought out interesting aspects in both the book and movie.

The storyline is in the humor-ous point of view of a zombie who can not seem to remember his name, other than its fi rst let-ter, R. He is not particularly dev-astated over it. He just wishes he was. Him and his zombie pal, M., happen across a girl named Julie after they hunt and R. eats her boyfriend. Yes, everyone can see where this is going, Romeo and Juliet, anybody? Long story short, R. saves Julie and takes her back to his home in an abandoned airport.

After multiple twists and turns and confl icts with Boneys, a re-ally bad kind of zombie, Julie re-turns home and the zombies turn back into humans. In the book, the zombies live almost like hu-mans without souls. They have a church and marriages and oddly put together families. M. even has a few one night stands... kind of. They have elders, the Boneys, who are steadfast in their rule, unable to let the next generation take over, just like how Julie’s dad is. The movie merely says that Boneys are an unavoidable, unpleasant part of life, whereas in the movie they are ingrained as a part of the zombie society.

In the movie the zombie to

human transformation is unex-plained and the audience is left to assume that it was by love, but in the book, it tells the reader that R. overcame death by sheer willpower, by not wanting to be a monster. In the movie, the ending is the typical sweet ending, but the book shows a darker fl are by having Julie’s dad ripped apart in front of her.

The book was better overall, with more interesting and dark characters with a few thought provoking aspects, but the movie gave up a good fi ght with more impactful humor that expanded it’s characters in a different way with sarcasm. When it comes down to it, movies can only give its audience a sliver of the ac-tion and storyline. It is a visual, compact version of a book, which has more time to show character development and different inter-twining plots, all while letting us be inside of the main characters brain, without having to eat it.

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Squaresville: If there is a better web series portrayal of how it feels to actually be a teenager I have not seen it. Squaresville follows the lives of Zelda and Esther, average and slightly nerdy girls. Zelda wants adventure, but experiences more real life consequences to her adventurous plans. Her adventure in the pilot episode is her attempt to “guerilla garden” with Esther, which is planting fl owers in the middle of the night without permission, and it ends up how one would expect: Not as fun as it sounds. Nonetheless, the fi rst episode ends on an exciting not, not one of disappointment or failure. Now Esther--as the ever pessimist--balances out Zelda’s enthusiasm and happiness. A few episodes later, supporting characters are introduces, along with the always needed romantic interest. And no, the romance is not over the top, it is actually relatively believable which is nearly impossible to fi nd when the main characters are teenagers. You can watch squaresville at www.youtube.com/squares-ville, where all of season one is available and new episodes are released every Friday.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: Is it possible for the internet to make re-quired reading fun? The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is proof that it can: it takes Pride and Prejudice--a book I personally hate with a vengeance--and modernizes it, making it relatable, funny and best of all something that does not make me want to scream in agony. The series takes Eliza-beth Bennet and puts her in the twenty fi rst century and gives her a video camera, where she naturally decides to make a vlog. Her sisters, and several of the other characters make appear-ances on her vlog. All in all the best part of the series is that I can now read Pride and Prejudice without wanting to tear it to itty bitty pieces. You can watch the series atwww.youtube.com/lizziebennet. If you have to read Pride and Prejudice, if you ever plan to read it or if somehow you enjoyed reading it, then you should watch this. There are over ninety episodes, so you can waste oodles of time watching it instead of reading Pride and Prejudice, which is quite clearly a better use of time

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: This short web series is widely known and a few years old, but it is defi nitely worth mentioning. After all, Neil Patrick Harris stars in it! His character, Dr. Horrible, attempts to become a super villain while fi ghting with the city’s hero Captain Hammer over an ordinary girl, Penney. It is superbly done and has an entirely unexpected ending. This is by far the best way to waste an hour on the internet.

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What are the Benefi ts to Marijuana Legalization?

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If marijuana were legalized then at the end of each month the Or-egon Liquor Control Commission will distribute the funds created from the tax like this:

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20% mental health, alcoholism & drug services

Warm Bodies plays at Northern Lights on Wednesday, April 24 2013 at 6:15 p.m. (PG-13) Theatre #2- Minors okay with parent

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Currently ranked number six in the overall state rank-ings, with only of 25 games played so far. Their next game is April 25 against Sprague at fi ve.This season there are four team captains. Jake De-fault ‘13, Kyle McLaughlin ‘13, Nick Livingston ‘13, and Jordan Knoll ‘13. The team’s star player is Sam Tweedt ‘14. Coach Joshua Kerr hopes for his teams success, and they are currently preparing for the playoffs.

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Track and Field Spotlights

What events are you competing in?The 800, 400, 300, 200.What is your best event?800, 400.What is your most memorable moment during track?Probably breaking 2 minutes in the 800 so far. Who is your biggest competition this year?Toby, he goes to South and runs the 400.

What events are you competing in?Discuss and Shot Put.What is your best event?Discus.

What events are you competing in?Long Jump, High Jump, 400, and Triple Double.What is your best event?Um I’d say the long jump.What is your most memorable moment during track?Last year my sophomore year taking 2nd.

Varsity outfi elder Rachel Polacek ‘13. Photo by Haley Emory.

Last year’s South’s Softball team had a great season end-ing the season 2nd in State.

The team has welcomed a new crew of players this season as they graduated several seniors.

“Although the dynamics are different, we, as a team, are making it work,” Katie Donovan ‘14 said.

An obstacle that the team is real-izing in com-petition is p i tch ing . “There a r e d e f i -n i t e l y a lot of good pitch-ers out there that will be tough opponents this season,” Donovan said.

The team is confi dent when it comes to offense and have strong “table set-tlers” indicat-ing a powerful middle line up.

“When it seems like the top half isn’t

producing, the bottom half really steps it up and pulls us through,” Donovan said, “which shows a lot of the depth our team has.”

The varsity softball team is under the leadership of head coach Scott McCormick. He pushes the girls to be their best because he sees poten-

tial and believes in each one of them.

“Our coach is one of the top reason for our success as a program and our love for the game as individual players,” Kelly Burdick ‘14 said.

The Saxons are also looking forward to com-peting against North

Medford whom they lost to in the 2012

championships. “We’ve been

good so far this season,” Jessica Bohnstedt ‘15 said, “and have

only lost one game.”

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Payton Wilcox Set to Play Volleyball & Basketball at Corban University

Baseball

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Josh Benton ‘13

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Janzen Nelson-Agualiar ‘14

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Payton Wilcox signed her letter of intent to play volleyball and basketball at Corban University on Thursday April 18. She was joined by family, friends, teachers, and coaches. Wilcox was a two-time fi rst-team all-league basketball player. According to the Stateman Journal, Wilcox averaged 10.6

points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a senior and 10.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.5 sealts per game as a junior. Wilcox was a two-time fi rst-team all-league basketball player and a fi rst-team all-Central Valley Conference selection. As a volleyball setter, Wilcox had 526 assists, 138 digs, 56 blocks and 40 aces as a senior.

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Since 1987, Coach Paul Goodwin has coached South Salem’s girl’s soccer team and since 1989 has also taught at South. Af-

ter 26 years, Goodwin is deciding to retire from both coaching, and teaching at South. He has led the girl’s soc-cer team to the state playoff s every year as head coach and won 13 league championships.

“I’ve had a nice long ca-reer, this is my 35th year as a teacher, so I’ve put in my time” Paul Goodwin, Girl’s varsity soccer coach here at South said, “I still really, really enjoy the kids and the teaching but there is a lot more to being a teacher than just the time with the kids” Good-win said.

Goodwin taught the develop-mental learning center, which is the special education here at South.

“They’re wonderful kids, and they are always excited about what they get to learn in school,” said Goodwin in regard to his stu-dents, “[I will] defi nitely [miss] the relationships with people, whether it’s the students in my class, or athletes on my varsity soccer team. I’ll defi nitely miss the relationships with people, I’ve really been lucky to work

with them,” Goodwin said.A lot of things can happen in 26 years, and

that assumption can stand true of Goodwin. “It’s hard to take 26 years and have a very

best memory, I think one very good memory was when the boy’s basketball team won the state championship, my son was the ball boy, so he got to ride on the fi re truck in the parade, so that was pretty special,” Goodwin said.

He also said that he liked the everyday fun things that come up in class, and those memo-ries aren’t related to his time as a coach.

“We played for the state championship in 2001 and lost to Jesuit. Two years ago we were

fortunate enough to play Je-suit again on their home fi eld in the playoff s, and we beat them one to zero and that was a pretty joyous moment for my team, and then there are the many conference and

valley league championships,” Goodwin said. After 35 years of teaching, 26 of which were

spent at South, Paul Goodwin is deciding to re-tire, he was an important member of faculty at South and will be missed.

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The girls lacrosse team is currently 3rd in their league. They have played 6 games already, winning 3 and losing 3.

“This season is going pretty well, we have a very inexperienced team,” head coach, Ted Raska said, “about 9 of the 13 new girls on the team have never played before.”

During an away game against South Eugene on Mar. 22, the girls lost with a score of 7-14.

It is too soon to tell how this season will go with the team having won as many times as they have lost. Anything could happen by the end of the season. According to some players on the team, the fl uency and communication of the team is said to be exceptional.

“I’ve played lacrosse since my freshman year, we have a good coach,” Schafer said, “Even though we lose some games, he is always encouraging.”

South’s Women’s Golf team had their fi rst CVC tournament on April 2nd,

and fi nished in 1st place. The team was led by their captains Abigail Heringer and Emily Roth, both seniors this year. The Saxon Ladies only have one more CVC game before districts on May 6 and 7 and hopefully they will be heading on to State on May 13 and 14. Last season, they placed 2nd in both their league and district and Coach Brian Eriksen hopes they are returning even better this year.

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T he South Saxon tennis teams have kicked off a strong

season. Led by boys coach Todd Bobeda and the girls coach

Les McBride. The boys tennis team recently competed against tennis

rivals, the Sprague Olympians. “We beat everyone,” said Bobeda,

“We were in dead heat with Sprague 4-4.” The boys varsity captains are

Jake Hart and Collin Erion.“The season’s been pretty good, we

have amazing talent,” Coach McBride said. The girls varsity captains are Courtney

Hammagren and Sarah Nielsen. “I think we gave them good matches

throughout,” McBride said, “The one match we did win at Sprague was our fourth doubles and that was

with Lydia Moeller and Abby Cook. They were able to beat them in a tie-breaker just barely.”

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Paul Goodwin: South Salem Girl’s

Soccer Coach Retires

“They are wonderful kids, and they are always

excited about what they get to learn in school,” Goodwin said.

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Girls Golf Tennis

Baseball Uniforms

The Saxon boys baseball team will be sporting new uniforms this season. In previous years,

the uniforms incorporated mostly red, but this season they decided it was time for a change.

“I really wanted to switch to the columbia blue because it is a good look,” Nick Livingston ‘13 said. The jerseys this year were purchased through Nike providing a more comfortable fi t for the players.

“Look good, feel good, play good,” Livingston ‘13 said.

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Photo courtesy of Paul Goodwin.