VOL. XLIII NO. 3 THENEWSPAPEROFLEBANONHIGHSCHOOL FEBRUARY17TH, 2012

In This IssueBlack History Month...............................Page 2

LHS Says No To Plastic...........................Page 3

A-TO-Z Opinion.....................................Page 4

Meaning of Valentines...........................Page 5

Girls Hockey Loookin’ Good..................Page 6

Robotics Team Programs LHS...............Page 7

Girls Basketball Future Champs............Page 7

Sink or Swim...........................................Page 8

Politics....................................................Page 9

Boho Cafe Review..................................Page 10

Dates To Know......................................Page 11

Countdown To Graduation....................Page 11

Beautiful Madness..................................Backpage

SOPA Explained

Recently, some bills gain-ing steam in the Senate was atthe center of a whirlwind ofcontroversy. SOPA, or the StopOnline Piracy Act, was original-ly introduced by RepresentativeLamar Smith (R-TX). PIPA, theProtect Intellectual PropertyAct, was introduced in theSenate by Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and is functionally thesame as SOPA. It was posi-tioned as a means of combatingforeign piracy sites.

The United States cannotshut foreign sites down directly,since they are operated outsideof our borders, and therefore,out of American hands. The waySOPA would work is to useAmerican assets to cut offaccess and advertising funds tocopyright-infringing sites.

The introduction of theselaws was initially successful inCongress, with PIPA being theleader in bipartisan support. The

laws had many backers, includ-ing the Motion PictureAssociation of America, (anamalgamation of companiessuch as Warner Brothers,Disney, Universal Pictures andTwentieth Century Fox), the U.SChamber of Commerce and theRecording Industry Associationof America. These organizationsare the main victims of onlinepiracy, as they lose millions ofdollars in profits each year toonline pirating sites. The musicindustry, especially, has suffereddue to sites like Limewireallowing access to songs forfree.

While the bills have manyhard-hitting supporters, therehas been a wealth of oppositionto the idea of internet censor-ship. Those who oppose the billshave several strong argumentsas to why SOPA and PIPAwould potentially ruin the inter-net.

Among the complaints lev-eled at the two bills was thatthey bypass the due process that

the allegedly infringing sites areentitled to. Under the law, copy-right holders would send aremoval order to the JusticeDepartment, who in turn wouldseek approval of a judge beforeinternet providers are ordered toblock any traffic to the site. Thesite would have no say in thisdecision. The process to becomeunblocked could, potentially,take weeks, and the site wouldlose enough profits and adver-tising funds in that time topotentially shut it down. It is,essentially, an online guillotinefor many sites.

The language used in SOPAis broad, as it allows for bothdomestic and foreign sites to beblocked, even though the law issupposedly designed to combatonly foreign sites. Here is a sec-tion of the law verbatim describ-ing the criteria needed for a siteto be blocked:(A) the Internet site is used toprovide goods or services tousers located in the...

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WILL WEATHERLYFRESHMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE

The Lebanon High School TIMESNewsPage 2, February 17th, 2012

Dear LHS, It is crazy how fast time

flies. You have all alreadyentered your second semester ofschool, and I have officially livedin Brazil for over six months!

At this point in myexchange, I feel as if I have fin-ished my “adjusting” period toall of the new changes that createthis wonderful culture. MyPortuguese is definitely far fromfluent, but I am now able tounderstand almost everythingthat people say, and am able toparticipate more and more in theconversations each day. Andbecause of this, I feel as if a doorhas finally opened for me. I nolonger have to cling to my fami-ly’s side like a deer in headlights.Now, I really feel like I am ableto participate in the culture ofBrazil, and join the Brazilian

“jovens” in the activities theylike to do for fun.

One of the biggest differ-ences in the youth culture that Ihave seen here is that age is notnearly as big of a factor. In theUntied States, people like to stickto their own. College kids don’tlike hanging out with high schoolkids, and high school kids don’tlike being with the Jr. High. I’mnot sure if this is because wemake such a big deal about grad-uating out of one and finallyentering the other, but this atti-tude doesn’t exist here. I have asolid group of friends that rangefrom 13 to 26 years old.

My city really does not havea lot of things to do. But that isnothing new for me coming fromlittle Lebanon, New Hampshire.Because of this, we have aboutthree or four restaurants thatEVERYONE goes to. It is nor-mal to go out to dinner withabout four people and by the end

of the night, at least ten otherfriends have arrived and joinedwith the same idea.

Activities here start so late.For an example, a wedding in theUntied States would start in theafternoon and go into the night,whereas a wedding in Brazilstarts at night and ends after theyserve breakfast in the morningthe next day. Brazilians know tomake a good party. It doesn’tmatter where you are. A wed-ding, the club, a restaurant, orjust hanging out in the house,music is always playing. I havefinally learned how to dance theBrazilian forró, and love to goout dancing. At first I was so badthat I would only dance with theboys who I am friends with, butnow that I have learned the step,I am comfortable dancing withanyone.

None of the people hereunder the age of 20 have jobs. Ifthey need money, they just ask

Under The EquatorPart Two

During February break,twelve students will leave thecountry on a one week trip toParis, the City of Lights, andLondon, the theatre capital,where these students will beimmersed in a different culture, adifferent atmosphere, and forsome, a different world.

their parents. I think this isbecause the kids stay much moredependent on their families for alot longer. It is normal for peopleof 25 to still be living in thehouse. The college age studentschoose to stay much closer tohome, and they do not have thesame campus life that many col-leges in the Untied States have.This was very strange for me,because I have always had theidea in my head that after I grad-uate, I am moving out and mov-

ing on to college. But that is justwhat I had always been taught.The United States focuses muchmore on the importance of inde-pendence where as Brazil focus-es much more on the importanceof the family.

I am missing my normal lifein Lebanon, but the strange thingis that the longer and longer Ihave been here, my life in Brazilis becoming the norm.

Abraços,Haley

HALEY KARREXCHANGE STUDENT

Haley having a blast with friends at school

The Significance of Black History Month

Less than 60 years ago, a groupof people who had beenoppressed in the United Statesjoined together to work for acommon goal. They brought onthe Civil Rights movement,which paved the way for manyleaders and milestones in notonly the black community, butall other races as well creatingbuilding blocks for equalityamong all. This month, wehonor the fortitude of a group ofpeople in history who madeAmericans realize what ‘libertyand justice for all’ really means.The founding fathers were amaz-ing, but what about all the heroesin America who have been

underrated in history classes?Harriet Tubman, for example, ledthousands of slaves from theiroppressed lives in the South tosweet freedom in the north.Would any of us ever have thestrength to risk such brutal phys-ical pain from being beaten tofree so many people and so manytimes? I don’t know if I wouldhave the strength to be so brave.Frederick Douglas wrote anautobiography about the truthbehind living as an escaped slavein 1845 and his struggles to livewithout being caught by his slaveowner. His story not onlyopened many American’s eyes toslavery and the mistreatment ofblacks at that time, but alsopaved the way for many otheranti-slavery leaders. Studentslearn all about the history of

slavery in the south and the mis-treatment of blacks throughouthistory, but the impact that manypeople had on American history

is often underrated. Many viewMartin Luther King Jr. Day as abonus day off from school, but

I Can Show You The WorldThe group will be spending

about three and a half days ineach city, with a fairly strict itin-erary. The Paris highlights of thetrip will include a boat ride alongthe Seine, visiting Notre Dame,the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, andthe palace of Versailles. TheLondon highlights include sight-seeing Trafalgar Square, Housesof Parliament, Big Ben, andBuckingham Palace. The group

will see the opening ceremony ofthe Tower of London, along witha visit to the Tower. They willalso be visiting St. Paul’sCathedral, and taking a bike ridethrough Hyde Park.

These students will experi-ence firsthand the importance ofvisiting foreign countries, whichhelps not only students, buttourists as well see how anotherpart of the world functions. They

really it is to honor a single manwho taught the United States abig lesson about acceptance andleadership. MLK was not only a

religious leader but a person whochanged many lives and was oneof the first leaders to promote the

idea of non-violent protest. Heled America to true acceptanceand freedom of all citizens. So,the next time you see an adver-tisement for a Black History TVspecial or we have a day off forMartin Luther King Jr. Day,think about what it actuallymeans, instead of shrugging offthe history of some of thestrongest people in the UnitedStates.

Black History Month is rec-ognized in February. The per-sons highlighted in the photo,left, are only some of the note-worthy peoples to be recognizedduring this month.

can see the similarities and dif-ferences that each country hascompared to their home country,and it broadens the students’ per-spective of the world, for betteror worse.

So, if you know one of thestudents who are going on thetrip, wish them luck, safe travels,and fun.

ALICIA RYDJESKIWORLD TRAVELER

LIANE HOLDOWSKYAWARENESS FOR ALL

The Lebanon High School TIMESPage 3, February 17th, 2012 News

Student Council has been busythese last couple months! Ourweekly meetings continue tohappen every Wednesday, andwe discuss the topics that webelieve are important for theschool.

We are coming off of asuccessful Faculty Gladiatorsassembly. The money from theraffle is going to a new soundsystem in the gym, as is themoney from last week’s bakedgoods sales. The FundraisingCommittee is also planning onhaving the Penny Wars start thisweek and end sometime beforevacation.

In other news, the WinterFest Committee is planning thefestivities for the day beforeFebruary vacation. The SeniorFinals Committee is also present-ing its plan to reduce finalsbefore the faculty at this month’sfaculty meeting. Finally, Mrs.Parsons has come to us with twonew assignments: finding a solu-tion to the large number of peo-ple who want parking passes andthe excessive vandalism in theschool’s bathrooms.

As always, Council wel-comes anyone to come and dropin on a meeting and voice theiropinions. Also keep on the look-out for the Student CouncilSurvey, which will help usdecide what you want us to focus

StudentCouncilUpdateCONNOR GREELEYCOUNCIL MEMBER

The Deep Dish:Super Bowl Commercials

Super Bowl Sunday is theculmination of all party things inAmerica. Friends and family allgather around the television towatch the glory of the game andeat their fill of all the calorieloading food that we love. Andlet us not forget the spectacle ofthe Super Bowl commercials.Companies invest millions ofdollars into 30 seconds of airtime to sell their beloved prod-ucts. With the release of com-mercials early, the hype wasgreater this year than everbefore. Here is a rundown ofsome of the funniest and bestcommercials from Super Bowlforty six.

Who knew chocolate couldlook so sexy? M&M’s, the deli-cious candy loved by all genera-tions, introduced a new femalecharacter to the candy clan. Thecommercial showed the newcharacter in her brown candycoating, while the red M&Mstripped down to his bare choco-late layer, thinking it was “thatkind of party.” He is sexy and heknows it.

Bueller? Bueller? Could

Matthew Broderick really returnfor a sequel to the best hookeystory of all time? Sadly, it wasnot his second day off, but rathera commercial for the 2012Honda CR-V.

If you are a dog person, youmust have loved the Doritos’commercial where the dog killshis owner’s cat, and bribes himto hide the evidence with a bagof Doritos’. The commercial wascute and funny, typical of everyDoritos’ commercial.

The last commercial andmost memorable one, was notfunny, but felt more like a PSA.Clint Eastwood directed thecommercial for the DetroitMotor Companies. He wastelling everyone it is halftime,and it is time for us to rise again.His message was bright and fullof hope, but sadly he was justtrying to sell cars in the end.

There were many otherbright moments in the commer-cial phase that made it hard to goand get food during the breaks inthe on the field action. While thegame may have disappointedmany in this area, (cough,cough), the commercials contin-ued to make the Super Bowleven more memorable.

You may have noticed achange to the water fountain asyou walk into school. Late lastyear, LHS installed new waterbottle filling stations. The stu-dents at SSF were the main influ-ence behind the new stations.You may wonder, “Why do weneed a station for filling bottleswhen I could just buy a dispos-able water bottle?” The answer isthat these stations may help pre-serve our environment. Bottledwater has many negative effectson our planet.

The obvious downfallof disposable water bottles is theplastic waste that fills our land-fills. Only one in five water bot-tles is recycled. The rest add upto almost three billion pounds ofwaste in landfills. The oil neededto create water bottles also has anegative impact. 17 million bar-rels of oil are used to make plas-

tic water bottles. That’s enoughto fuel 1 million cars a year!

Water bottles are alsounsanitary. A large amount ofbottled water comes from tapwater. That means that there arehigher bacteria levels in a bottleof water than the filtered waterwe now have at LHS. Bottledwater is pricey as well. You willpay more if you continually buybottles of water than if you haveone recyclable water bottle thatyou fill up every day.

Ultimately, the installa-tion of the water bottle fillingstations was a smart decision.Students can save money, behealthier and help the planet ifstudents use the new stations.So, if you’re bored during themiddle of class, go take a drinkwith one of the stations. You cantake a break from class and feelgood about yourself in theprocess.

LHS Moves AwayFrom Plastic

WILLWEATHERLYSSF CORRESPONDENT

CONNOR GREELEYCAMPUS CUTIE

Various screenshots from memorable commericals

Take a look at your new best friend, the water bottlefilling station. Plastic bottle count as of Tuesday the 14th of February.

LHS EARTHS

Winterfest - Uninspiring

Due to a rise in ‘skippers’during Winterfest LHS has notseen Winterfest consistently inthe past several years. This yearStudent Council has organizedWinterfest to occur today butbefore today many students,mainly underclassmen, were notaware of the activities or evenwhat Winterfest is. Aside fromCouncil members many studentshere are oblivious of the activi-ties of council, which shouldinclude the monitoring of schoolpolicies and event planning suchas Winterfest.

In previous years, the schooloffered buses to Whaleback forthe day, and a band played in theWhaleback lodge. Skiing, snow-shoeing and snowboarding werethe activities partook. Also inprevious years Winterfest wasalso a three day event that chal-lenged the classes in a competi-tion in spirit wear, sports andpenny wars which ended in agiant assembly of the school. The

winner of the competition wasnot by default the seniors andwas therefore a real competition.

Surrounding schoolsHanover and Mascoma hold sim-ilar events during this time butthere are major differencesbetween LHS Winterfest andthese events. Hanover holds aprogram called March Intensiveduring their break in Marchwhich is on the extreme side ofschool events as it features morethan twenty options to participatein such as a Habitat forHumanity project in NorthCarolina, Rock-climbing inBurlington and kayaking throughthe Everglades. This of course istypically Hanover and presum-ably expensive. Mascoma on theother hand holds the ultimateschool spirit event called WinterCarnival where students go allout in festivities to promoteschool spirit. It seems that theStudent Council should take ahint from Mascoma and Hanoverand reorganize Winterfest.

WISH I SKIPPEDBUT I STAYED

A-TO-Z Opinion: “Love at First Sight”- Does it exist?

ADAM HAIDARIOPINION WRITER

ized that this relationship wouldmean having to sit throughextremely boring athletic compe-titions in order to claim that oneloves another. Didn’t see that oneat first sight. At best, one couldsay that he or she had fallen inlove with an illusion created bythe mind to please the senses. Agreat man once said, “If ‘real’ iswhat you can feel , smell, tasteand see, then ‘real’ is simplyelectrical signals interpreted byyour brain.” Whoa. Who wouldnot want to fall in love with that?If love is a matrix, a map, or apuzzle, then infatuation uponfirst appearances is a bluff, amiscalculation, a mirage. Truelove lasts forever and offerssomething to each that can sus-tain the bond for a lifetime.Blonde hair is pretty, but howlong will the dye last?

There is no doubt in mymind that love at first sightexists. Many times, we hear thewords, “I have loved you sincethe moment I laid eyes on you.”It would be absurd to think thatthese words are empty and mean-ingless. What kind of heartlessperson would say such a thingand not actually mean it?

Love is a complicated thing.There is no arguing that. But,when love meets you at firstsight, it becomes the simplestthing to comprehend. All youwant to do is be with that personfor the rest of your life. Haveyou ever looked at someone andrealized right away that youwanted nothing more than to bewith that person? If you haven’t,

that day will come for you, butthose of us who have will pas-sionately exclaim that no feelingin the whole wide world is better.Indeed, my readers, this is love atfirst sight! That tickle downyour spine as that special some-one walks by, that heavy pound-ing in your heart that you areafraid everyone can hear, thatfeeling of awkwardness andlooking like a limp sponge, thatinevitable drag of drool emittingfrom the side of your mouth thatyou quickly catch, those count-less sweet dreams you have ofthat someone, all after just seeingthem, that is your very ownPrince or Princess Charmingconquering the horizon.

So, in the spirit ofValentine’s Day, I offer each andevery one of you some advice:don’t deny the overwhelmingfeeling of love when you see thatperson. That is simply just loveat first sight. And when youexperience the effects that I havementioned, be proactive withthem! Make an effort to becomesomeone special in their life.Your Prince/Princess Charmingis extending their hand! Now gotake it!

ZACK BESSETTEOPINION WRITER

The Lebanon High School TIMESOpinionPage 4, February 17th, 2012

An idea grown out of fairy tales and Disney movies, love at first sight is every little girl’s dream. Oneday, every one of these girls know their Prince Charming will come over the horizon on his horse, waitingto kiss her hand and take her love. However, with the growing hatred of Valentine’s Day and the argumentthat it is an obsolete, pointless holiday, many fear that Prince Charming will never come over the horizon.

Does love at first sight actually exist, or is it merely an idea trapped in the fantasies of little girls?

Genetic Codes of each indi-vidual sharing the so-called“bond of love” must be exam-ined. The genome will determinewhether or not each is trulyimpressed with the other’s bio-logical fitness. For example, if aguy saw a girl and because of herblonde hair he fell in love withher “at first sight” he would bewrong because the girl was infact a brunette (she had dyed herhair). So he fell in love withsomeone he did not understand.Comparing DNA fingerprintswill eradicate these dilemmasfrom the world of love.

One also has to think aboutif love at first sight is worth thetime commitment. Nobodywould love someone if they real-

Looming large in the small, inad-equate Republican presidentialhopeful’s pool this winter is for-mer Speaker of the House NewtGingrich. Newt is gaining sup-port in many of the southernstates and across the nation andis making a noteworthy push forfirst place in the polls. Is NewtGingrich really the best theRepublicans have to offer as apresidential nominee? To thisquestion, a resounding “no”would be an understatement.Newt’s moral integrity, history,and proposals have long beenscrutinized, and for good reasontoo.

The media has attacked

Newt Gingrich on his two mar-riage divorces. After his firstdivorce, Newt was recorded say-ing, “She isn’t young enough orpretty enough to be thePresident’s wife.” It seems thatNewt places his highest value inwomen in good looks and youth-fulness. Newt has responded onthe attacks of his moral characterby offering that the Americanpeople need to listen to his mes-sage rather than pay attention tohis actions. In his words, “Itdoesn’t matter what I do. Peopleneed to hear what I have to say.There’s no one else who can saywhat I can say. It doesn’t matterwhat I live.” If he has proven heis not trustworthy through hisactions, how can the American

people find what he has to say astrustworthy?

His proposals are just asabsurd. Newt has proposed tofire unionized janitors in poorerneighborhood schools andreplace them with the poorer stu-dents of these schools. This pro-posal is an attempt to acquirecheap labor in exchange for thehumility felt by these studentsand the loss of many jobs. Newtalso wishes to “replace bilingualeducation with immersion inEnglish so people learn the com-mon language of the country andthey learn the language of pros-perity, not the language of livingin a ghetto.” Well, if this isn’t adisplay of American superiorityat its finest! Newt is classifying

Our Favorite Amphibian:Spanish and other common lan-guages spoken in America as lan-guages of “living in a ghetto.”The bigotry of this viewpoint isenough on its own to disqualifyNewt Gingrich as the nextPresident of the United States.

It truly amazes me that NewtGingrich has had as successful of

ZACK BESSETTEREAL TALK

An Opinion on Newt Gingricha campaign as he has thus far.His previous decisions concern-ing his personal life and his pro-posals for a nation desperatelyneeding guidance deem himunworthy, undeserving, andundesirable as the next Presidentof the United States.

For the uninitiated, ana-grams are rearrangementsof words in order to makeother words. Below aresome anagrams featuringteachers at LHS! Justrearrange the letters in thefollowing words to find theteacher’s full first and lastname. Email your answersfor a prize of CANDY!lhstimes@lebraiders.net

Ex: Ryan Gosling makesAngry Lingos

A Scam Deal

Like His Maniac

Hi Mime Casserole

Harboring Nerd Shop

Lasers Riot

Alien Values Nil

Hoard Her Jeans

Eek Hi Tom

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Anagrams

The Lebanon High School TIMESOpinionPage 5, February 17th, 2012

LHS TIMESThe LHS Times is the official newspaper of Lebanon High

School, Lebanon, NH. As a source of news and information about LHS,it is also available as a forum for the discussion of any issue that affectsthe LHS community. Send letters to: The LHS Times, c/o Tony Caplan;Lebanon High School; 195 Hanover Street; Lebanon, NH 03766.

EDITORSEditor in Chief Alicia PriceNews & Features Editor Kenny LouzierOpinion Page Editor Zack BessetteBack Page Editor Katelyn MaynardPhotography Editor Lincoln CrutchfieldSports Editor Moriah MortonAdvisor Tony Caplan

WRITERSNews & Features: Will Weatherly, Haley Karr, Alicia Rydjeski, LianeHoldowsky, Connor GreeleySports: Josh Huett, Kang-Chun Cheng, Will Weatherly, SydneyHammond, Cooper Hardy, Jack Connally, Liane HoldowskyOpinion: Will Weatherly, Sarah Heatherton, Sarah Berman, LeannaTravis, Kang-Chun Cheng]Columnists: Zack Bassette, Adam Haidari

Does Valentine’s Day Mean Anything?

Valentine's Day is the quin-tessential holiday for romanticdates, flowers, chocolates, andvalentines. It is the opportunetime for lovestruck teenagers toexpress their complete infatua-tion for their special someone.For its fans, Valentine's Day is aspecial occasion where they cantreat themselves and others to aromantic time and for that, theywouldn't give it up for anything.The tradition of love promenad-ing through the air on Valentine'sDay is tauntingly timeless and ifyou devour this opportunity toshare your feelings Valentine'sDay is the best day of the year. From the talk around school, we

know that not everybody enjoysthe sugary scent of a bouquet ofroses or the cliché message onthe bubble gum pink valentines.

For some the commercialaspects of Valentine's Day arenot the only problematic issues.What seems to irk people themost is the idea that we have des-ignated one day where we cantell people we love them. Whyonly one day? What's wrong withtelling them on any other day?Does telling someone you lovehim/her on Valentine's Day meanmore than telling them onFebruary 3rd? To some students,Valentine's Day is just anotherday given a meaningless title.They figure that you should treatyour loved one special every day,

LEANNA TTRAVISOPINION WRITER

For The Love of Goldfish

As of late, I have noticed thatmany people are giving goldfishas gifts to their friends, or simplybuying them for themselves.This in itself is very nice becauselittle fish make nice pets.Tragically, I have also heard ofmany tales of the fish dying thenext day or failing to live for areasonable amount of time (let’ssay about two weeks). One girleven announced that she wentthrough 15 fish in a month, butnone of them survived. Withproper care, goldfish should beable to live at least five, if not tenyears. Here is a quick list to helpyou successfully take care ofgoldfish:

1. Try to buy as large a fish tankas possible (shoot for 10 gallonsof water per fish if possible).Buy a wide tank rather than a talltank because the more contactoxygen has with the surface ofthe water, the better it is for thefish. 2. Add a water filter becausegoldfish can dirty up the tank ina few days, especially if youhave limited space. The commongoldfish prefers a powerhead fil-ter that results in a running cur-rent and increased oxygen diffu-sion into the tank, but somefancy species don’t like the cur-rent. Set up your tank at least 3days ahead of time for the waterand good bacteria in it to settle sothat your fish will not find their

Unless you have the techni-cally good physique of the starskiers on the Lebanon HighSchool cross country team, youwill most likely find that twentyyear old lycra ski suits are notrocking your bod. Thankfully,Lincoln Crutchfield, LHS junior,was willing to share his sagewisdom on how he keeps hischiseled frame: “Between dailyplods to the ski shed after schooland the commute avoiding thescience wing staircase, your glu-teus maximus really becomestoned,” he admits modestly.Unfortunately not everyone inNew Hampshire has the advan-tages of a licensed LHS studentlike Sarah Berman. According to

her, “I get more of a workoutrunning in from Bixby Lotevery morning than intervaltraining at practice. I’m gladwe don’t have a heated sky-bridge like Hanover.” Overall,the LHS team seems to bedominating in both size andphysical fitness. The Raiderteam has the largest number ofskiers in the area, but thesmallest average waistline;(legit NHIAA statistic). Not tocondone comparing oneself toothers, but “when you lookthis good, it’s hard not to blowthe competition away.” (ToriConstantine). However, theuniforms donned by these starathletes are not as professionalas they could be. Commonproblems faced by the skiersare the age, fit, and style of the

THE SARAHSSKIERS WITH ATTITUDE

Skiing with Style

new home to be as traumatic.3. Decorate your tank with grav-el, water plants, bridges, drift-wood, etc. Be creative. Your fishwill appreciate a change in envi-ronment if you move the decora-tions around once in a while, andlike places to hide in (treasurechests?).4. Perform a weekly 10-15%water change (take out a few gal-lons of water and replace withclean tap water).5. It is extremely important toregularly test the pH of the waterfor ammonia and nitrate usingstrips found at the pet store(between 6.5 and 8.25 is fine).Add ammonia or nitrate dropsaccordingly. 6. Never let the water tempera-ture rise above 74° F, which is

KANG-CHUN CHENGFISH LOVER

not only uncomfortable butharmful to the fish. Ideally thetemperature should be between65 and 68°F. 7. Feed your fish once a day withfish food you can buy at thestore. Only put in 1-3 flakes eachday, because overfeeding is fatal.*Tip- do not feel bad for the fishif they still look hungry. They’rejust faking it and giving them

more food would lead tounhealthy, bloated, and short-lived fish.

I know all this sounds like alot of work, but it will be worth itto care for fish properly. In thelong run you may even savemoney by not having to constant-ly buy new fish, or perpetuallyhaving to come up with creativenew names for them.

suits, but “at least I look betterthan those cows from FallMountain,” says Crutchfield (Itshould be pointed out that theFall Mountain suits are actuallycow printed). The LebanonSchool District’s historicalrecords are proof that thestrangely patterned, blood-mixed-with-snow-colored span-dex suits have been around sincethe dawn of time (or at leastsince Les has been in the womb).But, regardless of the sorry stateof the lycra uniforms, all canagree that Lebanon skiers lookpretty amazing ripping up trailsall over New Hampshire. To con-clude on a high note from topskier Erin Perryman, "We lookgood in our suits and that’s whywe win. Period.”

and that a holiday shouldn't makea difference in how you treatanybody.

Valentine's Day will alwaysbe a pressing controversy amongstudents and its status will neverbe agreed upon. But Valentine'sDay definitely means somethingto some people out there, whileothers are dramatically lessenthused. So does it really meananything? It may always be toeach his own, as long as eachcouple is on the same, lovingpage.

The Lebanon High School TIMESPage 6, February 17th, 2012 Sports

JOSH HUETTSPORTS WRITER

The Lebanon Girls’Hockey Team opened their sea-son with a three-goal loss to therival Hanover Marauders. Sincethen the Raiders have been flaw-less.

This year, the LadyRaiders have been exposed toboth a wealth of new talent, aswell as outstanding leadership,from their three captains: KyraHerbert, Molly Whitaker, andBrittany Schones. Althoughgoaltending seemed to be aweakness in the past, the goalieduo of Alexandra Astwood andErika Moffit has proven strongthis year, averaging fewer than 2goals against per game. Not for-gotten are Lebanon’s defense-men who have also contributedsignificantly to the Raiders’defensive effort. With a powerfuloffense that has averaged over 4goals per game, the Lady Raidershave toppled hockey powerhous-es such as Oyster River andConcord along their path to thepeak of the Division I standings.Yet none of these victories wereas sweet as the 3 – 2 defeat of thedefending state champions.

Prior to the Saturdaynight showdown at CampionRink, the Lady Raiders hadclaimed 1st place, but the 2ndplace Hanover Girls could jumpto the top spot with one win. Thiscross-town rivalry is a fight forfirst place.

The Lady Maraudersstruck first, but Chrissy Drakeput one past Kelly Gaudet toeven the score going into the firstintermission. The Raiders took

control of the game off a KyraHerbert tally. The teams battledfor the remainder of the 2nd, yetthe Marauders managed to tie thescore at 2 before the end of theperiod. Lebanon came out charg-ing and took the lead when KyraHerbert put her second of thenight past the Hanover netmin-der. With key saves from Erika

Moffit and a combined defensiveeffort, the Lady Raiders haltedHanover’s best efforts to scoreand secured their spot atop thedivision. Why are they so good?Sabrina Huett says it all, “I thinkwe’re doing really well. We havesomething that the other teamsdon’t and that’s that we want towork together and be the bestthat we can be, all the time.”

Following the Hanovervictory, Lebanon extended theirwin streak to 11 with a 3 – 0shutout of Oyster River on theirown ice. With four gamesremaining, the Lady Raiderslook to secure their 1st placeplayoff berth as February rollson. To say the least, the Lebanongirls have had an exciting seasonso far, and it looks like it willcontinue well into March.

“I think we’re doingreally well. We havesomething that theother teams don’t andthat’s that we want towork together and bethe best that we canbe, all the time.” -Sabrina Huett

Lady Raiders Look to Extend Win Streak to Playoffs

The Raider Girls’ Hockey Team celebrates their Win against Hanover

Wild woman Cassy Young races down the slopes while success-fully making those spandex suits look gooooooood.

Lebanon’s alpine skiteam is just getting better andbetter. They have been enjoyinga great season despite the terribleweather conditions (ski resortshave made a lot of snow to com-pensate the lack of the realthing). According to the boys’team’s number one skier, KennyWeitzman, the conditions are“not as bad as it looks.” The skiteam faithfully trains for hours atStorr’s Hill. The races are held atvery nice places: Sunapee,Waterville, Canon, and more.

There has been a bigincrease in participation thisyear, too- there are about 15 guysand 7 girls on the team.Weitzman has enjoyed his firstwin this year, and is flanked byWill Patch, Lucas Jameson, andMax Moorhead. Freshman EmilyPerryman is “crazy fast” and thebest of the girls. Other notablesare seniors Cassy Young andJordan Alves and junior AvaWehde. Mr. Anikis, their coach,gets the team motivated and skiswith them at practice. All in all,Leb’s alpine ski team is reallyclose and the people on it arealways there for each other. Thatis the reason why they have beensteadily improving and climbingto the top.

Alpine Ski Tears Upthe Slopes KANG-CHUNG CHENGSPORTS WRITER

Dear teammate, As I sit here this night,

no, this morning, its 3:15am. As Isit here this one morning finish-ing up a lengthy essay I thinkabout you and all you have donefor me. I love our brothers; theyare all good kids. You never failme, though. Even when you aremad at me we are friends andyour compassion and control liftsme up. I used to look up to theolder kids when I was a freshmanand they will always be my rolemodels. I never thought I wouldlook up to someone younger thanme. Your smile, your calm, your

indomitableness, I admire youfor. I need that. Someone whocan lift me up without knowingmy burden; I do not want to pullyou down. You keep flying. Iwill keep skating. Together wewill hang the banner.

Fight On,HD

After a brief hiatus lastsemester, the Lebanon HighSchool Jazz Band is back! Underthe leadership of Ms. Sullivan,the jazz band has a strong groupof talented musicians for thissemester. The jazz band practicesTuesday nights, preparing newtunes for the March concert.Renditions of “Ain’t

Misbehaving” and “When I Fallin Love” have been selectedalready.

The jazz band is stilllooking for recruits, however.They are lacking a tromboneplayer and a pianist, although allmusicians are welcome. If youwould like to come rock outevery Tuesday night at 5:30,please see Ms. Sullivan in theband room. Let your friendsknow that the Jazz Band is backand is open to all!

Jazz BandWILLWEATHERLY

BEATNIK

Hearts and Hockey SticksANONYMOUSTEAMMATE

The Lebanon High School TIMESPage 7, February 17th, 2012 Sports

Although Mid-season injurieshampered the Raider Boys’ bas-ketball team, their recent winsover talented Hanover, Coe-Brown, Con-Val, and Plymouthteams have made them look likea completely new team. Theirrecent 71-34 win over Plymouthwas a fun game to watch. Theboys’ unselfishness and uncannyability to know exactly wheretheir teammates were on thecourt at all times made for a lotof ESPN highlight plays. Thecrowd favorite moment came in4th quarter when Lebanon turnedthe ball over to a Plymouth guardwho grabbed the ball andattempted to go up for a fastbreak layup. Little did poorJimmy know that behind himcame sophomore Nic Shephardready for the kill. Shephard leaptseemingly 4 feet into the air andswatted little Jimmy out of thisworld. From my years of playingit was easily in the Top 3 of bestblocks I’ve ever seen in my life. One of the best achievements ofthe boys’ season came this pastTuesday in front of a PACKEDHanover High Gym. The Raidersupset the #1 undefeatedMarauders, with a convincing

62-45 win. Having big manColin Macnamee back from hisankle made it so that SeniorMark Davidson and Junior MatCowles finally had more help inthe post. Together the teamstopped Hanover’s 6’4” DanGorman to a mere 4 points on thegame. The Raiders’ played greatteam basketball especially on thedefensive end where they heldthe Marauders to an embarrass-ing 17 points in the first half.Having Senior Tyler Silver,Cowles, and Macnamee all backfrom injuries and ready to playwill be a big asset come tourna-ment time. When asked aboutplayoffs, Mark Davidson replied“No matter what we’re ranked atthe end of the season, we’regoing to play a good team inplayoffs, so either way it’s going

Coming Back StrongCOOPER HARDY

MOST ATHLETIC AYYYO

Our Lady Raiders areoff to another great basketballseason, seated comfortable at #2they are head straight for play-offs. Although their undefeatedstreak was recently broken in aclose but tough game againstCoe-Brown, Moriah Morton, astarter on the team, explained, “Ithink it’s good that we lost,because now we really knowwhat we have to work on. I f wewere entering playoffs undefeat-ed I think we might have thoughtwe were invincible, and weproved two years ago that that’snot always a good thing.” Thisloss took off the “unsaid pres-sure” that an undefeated team isunder and brought them intoreality, but also reminded themhow much they want this cham-pionship. They have nevertrained more or been more com-mitted in the off season than in

this past year. A few of the girlsgave up their other sports tofocus training mainly for thisseason and almost everyone tookpart in the summer and AAUleagues where they could contin-ue to work together in prepara-tion.

Trina Scheie, who ledthe team in points and reboundslast year tore her ACL and is outfor the season. Upon hearing thisnews, many wrote the girls’ bas-ketball team off for this year, butthey have proven to us and them-selves that they can succeedwithout Trina. Without her in thelineup though, the team had tofigure out a new strategy of play-ing. “Our offense is more guard-based, now that she is out, every-one on the floor is a guard.”Moriah said add in, “we haveHeather King as our center butshe’s pretty much just a tallguard who has hops like a guy.”

Another team made up

of guards is Hollis-Brookline,which is seated at number one.The girls say their ideal gamewould be to face Hollis in thefinals. With teams that are sosimilar, we can predict that thegame would be an up-tempo,intense, hard fought game.

There are four moregames until playoffs. In contrastto other years, the Raiders saysthis year there are 7 or 8 teamsfighting for the title, which isdouble the amount of legitimatecontenders than usual. Mortonsays Division II is just “stacked”this year. When a team hearsnews like this it would be easy toget scared, but this year they aremore prepared and have moredesire to win the championshipthan ever.

Girl Ballers Determined To Be the Champs

SYDNEY HAMMONDSPORTS WRITER

Athlete Profile

Name/Class: Kyra Herbert, SeniorFavorite Team: Pittsburgh PenguinsFavorite Food: Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bagel w/Cream CheeseProspects? Erika MoffittMost Embarassing/ Memorable Sports Moment:Playing goalie in lacrosse, just get scored on 15-19 times a game is embarassingPlans after HS: Probably UVMSports Hero/ why?: Tiger Woods, he’s the manFavorite LHS Athlete: Cody Pelletier- For way too many reasons.Favorite Senior: Alexandra Astwood, I think it’s obvious why.Favorite thing to do on your off period: Silent Room, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 on my iPhone.Mike Cyphers, Dreamy or Overrated: Dreamy

The Lady Raiders huddle up for a pep talk by Coach Kehoe

Upcoming Home Basketball Games(Girls and Boys)

Friday, 2/17 - Boys at 6:30 v LaconiaTuesday, 2/21 - Boys at 6:30 v John StarkThursday, 2/23 - Girls at 6:30 v Pembroke

Academy

to be a bar fight.” Right now theRaiders are ranked 9th are fight-ing for a home game in the pre-lims. Their success in their last 3games of the season against JohnStark, Pembroke, and BishopBrady will define whether theyget that home seed. Lebanonproved they can play with any-one after losing in VERY closegames to both #2 Souhegan and#3 Pembroke, and their impres-sive win over #1 Hanover. With aseed lower than the last coupleyears this may be the perfectopportunity from them to sur-prise people in the tournament.The Boys will host the JohnStark Generals Tuesday 2/21 forrevenge, so come out and sup-port our boys on their SeniorNight!

The Lebanon High School TIMESSportsPage 8, February 17th, 2012

People say that swimmingtakes little talent, that anyone canpick it up. Some people even saythat it is boring to watch. I mustsay I said all of these things andmore until I joined the team thisyear. I thought it was going to bea joke and I was going to messaround. When I went the first dayI was surprised to see the turnout. There were 8 boys in total,but the girls on the other hand ahuge turn-out after their statechampionship last year. Swimmeets are imfamous for not hav-ing fans, excluding parents, butthis year it changed. O u rfirst swim meet was at the CCBAand, to our surprise, we had ahuge crowd. The stands werepacked and the fans chanted andcheered us on. We all knew thatthis was going to be a good sea-son. As the season went on andthe guys improved, states were ineveryone’s dreams. We practicedhard and trained during the weekbut in the end just fell short. Thegirls on the other hand had amajority of their team qualifyduring the first or second meetand they saw a back to backchampionship in their future.The season ended weeks later

and not everyone made it butthings definitely changed fromthe beginning of the season to theend. The team grew closertogether and started to bondalmost like a like family with thehelp of our wonderful coach KimLloyd, and our new assistantcoach Travis, who is one ofKim’s swimmers on the ColbySawyer swim team. As a familythe team did fight, argue, andsaid things it shouldn’t have, butwe sat down, cleared the air andbrought everyone together more.Going into States on February11,2012 the girls were lookinglike they had a strong chance forback to back championships withonly one team ultimately in theirway.. The first event was the therelays, which we won, and theday looked good. Some of theoutstanding female swimmersinclude Ellie Thompson, who is asenior and also swam in theJunior Olympics at the age of 16,Emily Wadlinger, who holdsmany records at our school, NellHoude and Amanda Klotz. Themeet went on and Lebanon girlshad a lot of wins. EmilyWadlinger won the 50 and 100free and during the 50 free swaman impressive 24 seconds. EllieThompson won the 100 back andcame in 2nd in the 200 indiviudal

medley. Ellie, Jingya Qiu, andEmily are definitely really strongswimmers as seniors and we aregoing to miss their leadershipabilities as captains of our team.They helped bring the team all

together. Nell Houde also camein 5th in both the 500 free andthe 100 back. Amanda Klotz alsohad an impressive performancein the 50 free but nothing wasmore impressive than her 100

Not A Question of SinkOr Swim

free. She had a personal record inher 100 free with a 59.04. I’venever seen such a race in my life.It looked like Amanda was goingto die after taking it out so hard,but her strive to win pushed her

past the pain. She wonthe race by .6 seconds.That is about how fastyou can push yourarm to touch the wallat the end. She saidshe could hear thecrowd cheering forher in the water andthat helped her pushthrough in order to getthe win. For the relayswe had top 3 perform-ances in both the med-ley and the 200 free.The medley team con-sisted of Ellie, Nell,Amanda, and LizzieBarney, who is anoth-er strong swimmerreturning next year.For the 200 free wehad Emily, Amanda,Lizzie, and Ellie.Going into the last

event the girls were in 1st placewith only the 400 free relaystanding in their way. The teamwas Amanda, Lizzie, Alyssa, andEmily. The team had such heartbut fell short and didn’t come in

JACK CONNALLYSPORTS WRITER

the top 3 in order to win again.The 2nd and 3rd place teamswent 1 and 2 in the end so theymoved up and the girls came in3rd overall. Everyone was a littledissappointed but happy for howfar they came after losing a lot ofseniors last year. The next daywas meet of champs. All the girlsthat made top 6 in the state meetthe day before were ready to goand ready to place top 3 to makeNew Englands. Our medleyrelay team came in 3rd overalland our 200 free team came in2nd. Also Emily Wadlingerended her high school swimmingcareer with a dominant perform-ance winning the 50 and 100free. Also Ellie Thompson camein 2nd in the 200 individual med-ley and won the 100 back. Her100 backstroke set a new person-al record for herself and brokethe meet record which she set theprevious year. I would like tothank all of our fans that came toour meets to cheer us on, alongwith our parents that came towatch us. Most of all our coach-es that dedicated their time to us,thank you.

Didn’t think Track andField was a sport? Yeah, I meanreally. What’s so hard aboutjumping over a bar 15 feet in theair using only a thin pole or run-ning 55 meters in 7 seconds?Think again. Lebanon Track andField has won the most StateChampionships out of any othersport at our prestigious school. Ithas, by far, won the most statechampionships out of any othersport at Lebanon High School.However, with the graduation ofhurdler Annie Pullen, longjumper Danny Finn, shot putterCathy Liebowitz, and manyother seniors, it seemed to theIndoor Track and Field team thata state championship for eitherboys or girls would be out ofreach. However, the track coachMr. Gamble turned the absenceof many point scorers around and

taken this season as an opportu-nity to develop all the young tal-ent the team has to offer. Withthe new school year came manynew freshmen, as well as severalnew juniors. It is safe to say thatthe Lebanon Indoor Track teamsaves its best performances forthe state meet. Although neitherteam won, an occurrence that israre in comparison to the years ina row they have one, many ath-letes performed their best andseveral underclassmen steppedup to perform their best yet.Sophomore Natasha Goodwinreached 5th place in the girlshigh jump. Freshman WillMerchant leapt to 8th place inboy’s long jump, and was theonly freshman in the state toqualify for that event.Sophomore John Cioffredi wonboys high jump and TeddyBessette took 6th in the boys1000 meter run. In addition, you

can’t forget the quadrouple threatof Ludew, Falzarano, Cyphers,and Cioffredi. Junior KellyLudew won the 55 hurdles, set-ting a new school record, andtook 5th in both the long jumpand the 300m dash. Senior

On Track to GreatnessLIANE HOLDOWSKYSPORTS WRITER

Hayley Falzorano threw the shotput for 6th place. Senior MikeCyphers took 2nd in long jumpand 6th in the 300 m dash. AndSenior Michaela Cioffredi wonthe 600 m run. Looking back onthe day of the state champi-

onships Falzarano remembers“We obviously weren’t going towin the state champ but everyonethat competed really improvedand that was really nice to see.There were a lot of happy facesthat day regardless of whetherwe won or lost.” One anony-mous member of the team happi-ly remarks “At least Hanoverdidn’t win!” This much is true.Gamble predicts for the outdoorseason that if we have everyonefrom last year come back in addi-tion to a lot of new talent that ourboys will be unstoppable and ourgirls will be in a fight for firstwith Bedford.

Kelly Ludew owns the hurdlesat a indoor track meet thiswinter.

The Lebanon High School TIMESPoliticsPage 9, February 17th, 2012

March of the Elephants

It’s February, and love is inthe air as people get themselvesready to share their hearts onValentine’s Day. But wait…what is that stench in the air? Itsmells of money, old men, over-worked interns and, oddlyenough, hair gel. Oh right, howcould I forget?! It is the middleof the primary season! AsRepublican candidates duke itout over who wins, the winnergets to go on and fight somemore against President Obama.Since the beginning of the NewYear my T.V. has been spammedwith political news. Rangingfrom President Obama’s State ofthe Union, which was rather mil-itaristic, to the hotly contested

Iowa Caucus which Romney, nowait, I mean Santorum won. TheRepublicans suffered their firstprimary causality afterCongresswoman Bachmann,after a pitiful showing in Iowa,lost her home state. Then on tothe great state of NewHampshire, where everyone wasshocked by a Romney victory…NOT, though everyone was sur-prised by a strong Ron Paul sec-ond place finish. From thereHuntsman vowed to run a strongcampaign, then promptlydropped out a few weeks later,and endorsed Mitt Romney rightafterwards. Then they were on tothe Palmetto State, SouthCarolina, “The state that pickspresidents.” Perry was drawinghis line in the sand, and he urgedSouth Carolinians to make a

States Won by Candidates

Paul, 0, 0%

Romney, 4, 45%

Santorum, 4, 44%

Gingrich, 1, 11%

PaulRomneySantorumGingrich

stand with him as he fought thegovernment. Seeing how thatturned out 150 years ago, I thinkthe Carolinians will pass.Because the Carolinians refusedhis offer and a terrible showingin the Gallup polls, Perrydropped out and is now endors-ing Newt Gingrich. HermanCain (Stephen Colbert) made asplash in South Carolina, but toeveryone’s surprise the Big Boyhimself, Newt Gingrich, stole thestate right out from underRomney, leaving him in a pickle.On to the Sunshine state, whereGingrich was polling ahead ofRomney and people thoughtGingrich just might come out ontop. But then, Romney trumpedGingrich at a debate making himlook just like he did after his wifesaid “no” to an open marriage.

Romney eventually pulled aheadto take Florida and bask in theSunshine that shone down onhim. The candidates rolled overto Nevada where they all gam-bled on winning it. Romneywon, but then Gingrich didsomething very odd, and somemight call “out of this world.”He started to talk about what hewould do during his secondterm… after he lost the Nevadacaucus. The highlight of thenight was when Gingrich talkedabout his plans for the moon.Not only were we going to revis-it the moon but we were going tohave a colony on the moon, andthen it would be a state by 2020.Then, on to Missouri, Minnesota,and Colorado for the candidates.It was in the bag for Romneyuntil just a few days before,

when our old friend RickSantorum showed up. All of asudden, everyone was voting forRick Santorum, and he ended upwinning all three. He won allthree… after he had virtually dis-appeared from the national head-lines. Somehow he came back. Itfeels like Iowa all over again. Sonow here we are in the middle ofFebruary and there are still fourcandidates running: Romneywith 86 delegates, Santorumwith 38, Gingrich with 29 andPaul with 8. Now, I cannot gomaking predictions about whowill win, but I can promise youall this: it is going to be a long,long, long primary season.

...United States; (B) there is evidence that theInternet site or portion thereof isintended to offer or provide suchgoods and services (or) access tosuch goods and services (or)delivery of such goods and serv-ices to users located in theUnited States; (C) the Internet site or portionthereof does not contain reason-able measures to prevent suchgoods and services from beingobtained in or delivered to theUnited States; and (D) any prices for goods andservices are indicated or billed inthe currency of the United States.These criterion would apply tomany sites right here in the U.S,including Facebook, Google,YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr andWikipedia. Social networksallow copyright-infringing con-tent to be posted. They wouldeither be encouraged to censortheir users’ content or be takenoff of the web entirely.

Late last January, the WhiteHouse released a statement con-demning SOPA. Later thatweek, sites like Google andFirefox changed the looks oftheir sites to protest the bills.Wikipedia blocked their siteentirely, leaving only the infor-mational pages about SOPA andPIPA untouched. Tumblrallowed its users to black outtheir blogs as a commentary oninternet censorship. All acrossthe internet, sites protestedSOPA and PIPA in their ownway. On the day of the Internetprotests, SOPA and PIPA lostmany of their supporters inCongress. Finally, both bills

were indefinitely shelved.We, as a country, need to

decide what we want our internetto be and how we can manageillegal activity before corpora-tions and congressmen decide forus. The internet is rapidly chang-ing. Online innovation is one ofthe U.S’s strongest fields. SOPAand PIPA would serve to hamperthat. Sites would be too busycensoring to develop into a greatservice. That being said, I thinksome of the bill’s intentions werein the right place. I stronglyencourage students of LHS tostop pirating content online. Youare depriving the hard workingpeople who make content of thereward they deserve and youonly encourage organizationslike the MPAA and the RIAA topush for online censorship whenyou pirate content.

New censorship laws arebeing developed as I write this.The Anti-Counterfeiting TradeAgreement is being developed inEurope as a SOPA analog (alongwith allowing companies to stopgeneric drugs and certain seedsto be distributed). Our govern-ment continues to try to passlaws constricting our free speechrights, infringing on our privacy,and denying our right to dueprocess. The internet will contin-ue to lash out at those who wishto control it. Its corporations andour representatives are on oneside; online vigilantes, websites,angry bloggers, and pretty mucheveryone else on the other.Perhaps this time, organizationsand our representatives will learntheir lesson and back away fromour internet.

Continued from Page 1

KENNY LOUZIERKING OF POLITICS

The Lebanon High School TIMESFine FoodPage 10, February 17th, 2012

By Mariana Marcanoand Alicia Price

The Lebanon High School TIMESNot Backpage, BackpagePage 11, February 17th, 2012

`Bixby Lot!!! What a won-derful place. It is the best thingthe school has given us since therule of only eight people pertable during lunch. Every singlejunior absolutely loves the lotand the convenient short walk.The grand opening of the lot inlate November brought celebra-tions and shouts of glee from theclass of 2013. Many seniors arecompletely jealous that theycan’t park in Bixby Lot. A veryjealous Alicia Price said, “OMG!I’m so jealous of those juniors. Itotally wish I could park there!”Another senior, KatelynMaynard, was so speechless shesaid in monotone, “NO COM-MENT!” It is obvious that wejuniors are totally awesomebecause of Bixby Lot. Everymorning and afternoon we have awondrous and short walk! “Thewalk is so short that the coldtemperature doesn’t bother meand I’m never late for school,”said the peppy Maureen Moran.

Fellow junior Liane Holdowskycouldn’t hold back her smilewhen she said, “It’s like going onan adventure everyday! It feelsjust like home.” Seriously, thewalk is like a journey to Narnia!In the lot everyday, you will find

popular junior Sean Taylor, whoskips class just to be at the lotand to wax his car. When askedabout the lot, Sean enthusiasti-cally shouted, “The gravel atBixby is perfect for burning out.”It will be sad once the class of2013 leaves the lot next schoolyear. At least we can say we werethere first!

*Reality Check*“Hah! Stinks for you!

Love,Seniors”

“The lot stinksand walking inten degree weath-

er isn’t funeither.” – FrozenLate Juniors

The Long Walk

Countdown to the TopWhitney Houston Songs

#10 "How Will I Know", from her first albumWhitneyHouston#9 “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” from secondstudio albumWhitney#8 "Didn't We Almost Have It All"- also from hersecond albumWhitney#7 "So Emotional" the third single fromWhitney#6 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" another greatone from Whitney#5 "Saving All My Love for You" was the secondsingle from her debut album#4 I’m Every Woman- originally done by ChakaKhan was rerecorded by Houston in 1992#3 "I Believe in You and Me" from the filmThePreachers Wife.#2 "Greatest Love of All"- It was originally recordedby George Benson but Whitney made it famous.#1 I Will Always Love You from the 1992 film theBody Guard

JOSH RIOSCOMPLAINING JUNIOR

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DEAR EUNICESOLVER OF PROBLEMS

The Lebanon High School TIMESPage 12, February 17th, 2012

Welcome Blue Ivy CarterWho Else Would This Be Writtten By?

Dear Eunice,So, lyk, this valentinez day

all my girlfrands have bfs andI’m alll aloooone. I made my doggo on a date wit me, but he jusluvs errryone, he evn luvs thacat. Liek, rlly, tha CAT?!?!?! Allhe did wus eat the hole time, n Ifelt soo sad. I was soo hurt, andI cried for like 20 mins until muhdog was done, then i went home.How do i get boyz? Y dont theylyk me?? I mean, im cute n stuff

rite??? i jus wnt somebody 2 luvme. Will you love me?

Love,Forever Alone

Dear Alone,Girl, what you need to do is

find guys who share your inter-ests. The best places to pick uplame guys of your type is to go toto where they creep. Try the socksection at K-mart, the lightbulbsection of Home Depot, theEnfield roller rink, and anywherethat you thinks sounds “fun.”

If this option sounds a bit

too ambitous for you, you dohave other options. Acceptingyour fate now can get you aheadof the crowd. Create a life ofyour own, amongst cats. This catlady mystique can be created byadopting two black cats, 5 tabbycats and one other of yourchoice! Treat yo’self.

No, I will not love you,Eunice

Submit your questions tolhstimes@lebraiders.net for thenext edition. And maybe youshould buy a boat?

So I heard you like advice. So we put advice in your column so youcould advice while you column. Your draaama could be in the next issue.

Love, one of nature’s greatest mysteries, still confounds ustoday. Despite mankind’s many attempts at trying to understandlove, very little is known. How can something so ubiquitous beso ambiguous? What makes love so baffling is its intangibility.When searching for love, we often only find evidence of thepresence of love, rather than love itself. People’s perception ofwhat love actually is adds to its mysterious nature. What some-one believes to be love may not be love to someone else.Finding love is hard enough, but these pieces of advice shouldaid you in your quest for love.1. Helping someone pick up things they drop sparks relation-ships. That's why if you like someone you should knock any-thing they’re holding out of their hands any chance you get. 2. Nothing says, “I like you,” more than forgetting their name.3. It may be the thought that counts, but you can't put thoughtin a vase or wear it around your neck. 4. I hear love potions and possible kidnapping are really cute.Apparently they are also incredibly effective since nothing sayslove like that dedication.5. An improv foot massage can never go wrong... just ask RexRyan.

Looooooooooove Guide

Contrary to popular beliefthe LHS Times Back page isnot sponsored by Beyonce.However, the back page doeshave extraordinary style andgood taste.

That being said there is anobligation to remind theworld of the diva that enteredour world. Blue Ivy Carterwas born.

Recently B showed herbaby to the world in an unex-pected way. Instead of gettingroughly $14 million by sellingthe pictures to a magazinethey created the website hel-loblueivycarter.tumblr.com.For the record this pictureonly ups Jay-Z’s street cred.In fact, he wrote the song“Glory” saying “Baby I paintthe sky blue/ My greatest cre-

ation is you.” Cutest, but noreally. The lovely andadorable pictures featuredhere of the new parents withtheir gurl are from that site.Check it out, or something.

The babies birth was obviall the rage on twitter.However, they got the namewrong at first. For a while

“ivy blue carter” was trend-ing, which might have been amore likeable name? Coughcough. Solange, Beyonce’syounger sistah, tweeted “Themost beautiful girl in theworld.” Obvi talking aboutBlue. And Rhianna tweeted“Welcome to the worldprincess Carter! Love AuntyRih.” I may have retweetedboth of them...And there alsomay have been some upsethospital patients who couldn’tget to the floor they neededbecause Beyonce booked thewhole wing, but what of it.Whateva whateva, it’s her hotbody, she can do what shewants.

Eyes and nose by mama, lipsby daddy, skin from heaven.

How To Make Erryday Valentine’s Day

What Ryan Gosling has to say about loooove.