JOURNAL March 16, 2012 Issue 11, Volume XC Southport High School 971 East Banta Road Indianapolis, IN 46227

{newsBRIEFS}Local: Bus driver and student killed

On Monday a school bus crashed in to a bridge sup-port beam. The crash killed the driver and a student who is thought to be a girl about age five or six. According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, ten other children were injured, in which two of them were in critical condition.

Witnesses claimed that nothing seemed abnormal be-fore the bus crashed. The roads were wet but authorities are unsure as to whether or not that had anything to do with it, or if the driver himself had an illness that caused him to lose control.

The unharmed children were taken to the school and those who were injured were rushed to the hospital. There is an ongoing investigation trying to figure out what caused the crash.

Information from www.latimes.com

The San Diego-based nonprofit organization “Invisible Children” released a video about the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, on Monday, Mar. 5. Kony is notorious for abducting, raping and mutilating victims in Uganda, primarily children.

The half-hour documentary about the Ugandan warlord went viral, with over 32 million views by Mar. 8. The goal is to “stop Kony” by the end of 2012 before the U.S. gov-ernment stops funding the effort to find him.

Although the video brought a lot of positive feedback, it also brought on a large number of critics, many of whom say the cause doesn’t properly use donated money.

Nevertheless, the cause is a household subject through-out many homes in the U.S.

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Around 3 a.m. on Mar. 11, a U.S. military serviceman slipped away from his military base in southern Afghani-stan. He then went on a shooting spree in which he went from house to house shooting the people inside. 16 people were killed in their sleep, most of them being women and children.

Although President Obama apologized to the villagers and families in the area, Afghan President Hamid Karzai referred to the shooting as “intentional killings.” Military officials believe that the assailant had a mental breakdown which led to the shooting.

The shooting has raised questions about U.S./Afghan re-lations and whether or not the recent events have strained the relationship too much to continue as allies in the war.

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News Briefs by Rachael Samm and Casey Smith

Global: Serviceman kills 16 civiliansNational: Documentary goes viral

See Southport’s paranormal activity. Page 7.the Check pictures from the Spring play. Pages 4 and 5.

Debris sits outside a house that was damaged by the tornados that went through Henryville. There were several other signs throughout the area that showed support for the community. Photo by Katie Hinh. For more photos visit www.shsnewsbureau.com.

Devastation: help needed

School WiFi made available to students

Southport transitioning to new learning environment

by Cody FosterReporter

It didn’t take long for word to spread be-tween students, even without a formal an-nouncement. Southport has been offering free WiFi to all students and staff since the end of the first semester.

To adhere to various technological ad-vancements and the “Bring your own device” policy that will potentially come within the next school year, the Perry Township School Board decided it was time to install WiFi hubs in classrooms.

“We’ve always wanted it at this school, because it’s how we live today,” Principal Ms. Barbara Brouwer said.

By next year, there is expected to be three levels of WiFi: one for students, one for teachers and one for general public use at school events.

To use the student WiFi, students must login using their school-issued ID and pass-word.

The WiFi that will be open to the public will have even more blocked content than the student WiFi. This is to ensure that there

will be no internet misuse on the school’s behalf.

Feedback about the WiFi has been mostly positive. Students love the ability to use the internet at any time during school hours, and teachers can also benefit from having a wealth of knowledge at their fingertips.

Not everyone thinks WiFi in schools is a good idea, though. Some teachers and stu-dents alike agree that this could lead to class disruption, and will merely be a way for stu-dents to play video games or send text dur-ing class.

“The WiFi is nice, but ultimately I think it will be nothing more than a distraction that will prohibit students’ ability to focus on schoolwork,” junior Matt Russell said.

Another potential problem with offering WiFi is misuse. If a school like Southport enables internet for students to use, it is henceforth responsible for all internet activ-ity. So, getting on unsuitable websites can actually get the school in trouble. Recently, a program, called UltraSurf, was illegally in-stalled on the computers in Southport. This program enabled students to get around the blocks set up PTEC, which could have gotten the school in legal trouble.

Overall, according to Brouwer, WiFi is a necessary commodity in today’s advancing society. With necessary boundaries, Brou-wer thinks schools can be as up to date as the rest of the world.

The school WiFi open to teachers and students to use with their personal devices

by Marie PrevostReporter

Perry Township is taking an opportunity to bring classrooms into the 21st Century by creating a learning environment based around technology. A project, which is pro-jected to be roughly $2 million once it’s done, according to the Technology Di-rector of Perry Town-ship, Matt Willey, is bringing interactive SMART Boards into every classroom.

“The goal is to bring the computer environment into the overall classroom environment,” Willey said. “We started with a pilot project, and we start-ed with two (SMART Boards) in every build-ing, including Southport, (about) three years ago.”

This project was started with a group of teachers known as the Perry Tech Innova-tors. They each got a SMART Board in their classroom, and they got to test them out to

see if they would work in the classroom. After, Clinton Young Elementary was the first school to have a SMART Board in every classroom. According to a Perry Township School Board member, Steve Maple, just three years later, virtually every class room is going to have a SMART Board by the end of this calendar year.

“We’re trying to make the classrooms more interactive and the sooner the better and we decided that this (SMART Boards) was the way to do it.” Maple said.

Southport Middle School is another school that has a SMART Board in every classroom.

What could be consid-ered as a role model for Southport High’s future with SMART Boards, Southport Middle School Princi-pal Brian Knight said these SMART Boards allow for more interac-tion in the classroom.

“Any time you bring technology into things there’s more engage-

ment,” Knight said. “The kids seem more in-terested when you have visuals that you can show them and you have them actually inter-acting with some of the material.”

Knight went on to say rather than simply watching something on TV, with the inter-active SMART Board the students are more “hooked in, more drawn in.”

$2 million project underway to change Southport’s learning techniques

by Jessica De La CruzNews Editor

The tornado began to form right next to East Washington Elementary school, right before the eyes of young children. With minimal damage done to the school, the tornado traveled a short distance from Pe-kin to the city of Henryville. It was there that most of the destruction of the storm took place.

According to Henryville resident, Stacy Shawes, the community has pulled to-gether to help those that need it the most. The community really appreciates all the volunteers that have been helping, but it will take more time and several more vol-unteers to get Henryville back to where it used to be.

“I think a lot of people are doing all they can to help, times are hard anyway with money… If you could just come out

and help pick up some debris and get the town built back,” Shawes said.

Junior at Henryville High School, Shelbi Vibbert was among the students that took shelter at the school when the tornado hit.

“I thought it was going to be my last moment,” Vibbert said. “I was trying to make sure me and my brother were safe.”

All of the students inside the school survived, and Vibbert only suffered bruis-ing on her side from a piece of ceiling that

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The community of Henryville comes together after natural disaster

{givingBACK}Henryville and surrounding areas are still in need of volunteers to help the communities. If you are interested in volunteering contact pastor Campbell at (601) 618-5510.

With the interactive SMART Board the students are more ‘hooked in, more drawn in.’

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March 16, 20122 Foreign Language

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“Mi nombre es Paola no Paula.”

La educación es una de las claves prin-cipales de la vida para convertirse en una persona exitosos. Lla educación determina su futuro, y su trabajo. Pero cuando mi her-mano se dio cuenta de que importante era la educación en realidad ya había abando-nado la escuela. No sabía lo que iba suced-er en su futuro.

Hasta este día, realmente no entiendo por qué había decidido abandonar la es-cuela más allá de tener malas influencias en su vida. Tener mala influencia en la escuela puede conducir a tomar malas decisiones que esperamos nos enseñan lecciones en la vida. En caso de mi hermano, lo hizo. Aban-donó la escuela durante su tercer año. Él pensaba que la escuela no era lo suyo, así que quería trabajar.

Mi madre tuvo que ir a la oficina de la directora y le dijeron. Mi mama se sentía mal. No podía creer que su único hijo iba a abandonan la escuela. Pero no había nada que ella podía hacerlo. Profundo en su corazón ella sabía que esto no iba a traer nada bueno en la vida de mi hermano. Pero al mismo tiempo, sabía que ese camino que mi hermano había elegido iba a mostrarle lo que el trabajo era en realidad. No tenía ninguna idea en lo que se había metido

Durante las primeras semanas después de haber abandonado la escuela, no hizo nada. Todo lo que hizo fue pasar tiempo con amigos. Mi mamá, le decía que fuera a buscar un trabajo porque esa fue la razón por la cual abandonó la escuela. Lo que no sabía era que para obtener un trabajo de-cente, las personas pedían un diploma de escuela secundaria. Él no tenía uno. Había tenido algo de educación, pero no el diplo-

ma. El único trabajo que el posible mente podría conseguir era en un restaurante de comida rápida. Él empezó a darse cuenta que la vida para él no era nada fácil.

Los estudiantes empiezan a cambiar de escuelas, pero también comienza a cam-biar de amistades. Empiezan a relacionarse con la gente equivocada y malas influen-cias que podría llevar a abandonar la es-cuela. A veces también abandonan la es-cuela porque sucede cosa inesperada. Para mi hermano, la influir fue lo que lo llevó a abandonar la escuela. Pero no lo estaba llevando a ningún lugar.

Después de buscar un trabajo, simple-mente no pudo encontrar uno que pagaría bien. El nomas miraba a mi hermana traba-jabando duro en la escuela, sólo le faltaba un año de escuela. Sabía que tenía que hacer algo para cambiar su vida porque el rumbo al que se dirigía no era bueno. Al principio, intentó obtener el GED (Desarrollo Educa-tivo General). No hizo tan bien la primera vez que lo intentó, lo intento de nuevo y de nuevo, en total lo tomo como tres o cuatro veces. Estaba listo para renunciar después de ver que simple-mente no podía pas-ar la prueba.

Mi mamá dijo que un día mi hermano decidió que ya había desperdiciado sufi-ciente tiempo y tenía que hacer algo. Le dijo a mi mamá que quería ver si había al-guna forma de volver a la escuela. La única opción que le queda-ba era ir a hablar con la Sra. Barbura Brou-wer, la principal de la escuela.

Mi hermano le explico a Brouwer lo que había ocurrido y por qué quería una segun-da oportunidad. Brouwer dijo que podía re-gresar a la escuela y terminar, pero él tiene que demostrar que realmente merecía esta segunda oportunidad y también le dijo que a la primera vez que insiera algo él estaría fuera de la escuela. Tenía que mostrar

Brouwer que era capaz de graduarse. Per-sonas decían que esa no era la mejor mane-ra que no iba hacer posible que estudiara y se graduara, incluyendo el profesor que estaba con ellos cuando hablaron con la principal.

Su primer año de vuelta en la escuela fue en el 2009. Mi hermana mayor fue a la escuela con él por un año, y yo estuve con él su último año. Estaba tan orgullosa de él que se había decidido a regresar a la es-cuela. Su primer año fue el más difícil para él. Sabía que iba a ser difícil, pero al final iba a valer la pena. Yo le ayudará en todo lo que pude. Cada uno de los miembros de la familia le ayudaba, si era economía o arte. Fueron dos años duros y largos. Mi mamá dijo que una de las razones principales por las que mi hermano logra graduarse fue de-bido a los maestros. Los maestros le ayuda-ban en todo lo que podían. Si no fuera por toda la ayuda que recibieron esos dos años de su vida sería completamente diferente hoy en día.

Una semana antes de la graduación le pregunté a una de las maestras que es-

taba ayudando a mi hermano graduados que si se iba a grad-uar. Ella dijo que no se iba a graduar. Se me partió el corazón al saber que no se iba a graduar. Pensé, todo lo el trabajo que avisamos echo para nada. Llegué a casa triste ese día. Pasaron los días, y un día antes de la graduación le pre-gunté a mi mamá si

mi hermano se iba a graduar. Ella dijo que sí se iba a graduar. Tuve una sensación de felicidad. No me podía creer que mi her-mano realmente graduarse se iba graduar después de tanto trabajo y esfuerzo qué había echo durante dos largos anos. Estaba tan orgullosa.

El día de la graduación finalmente llegó. Toda mi familia estaba tan emocionada

de ir a ver a mi hermano caminar con su clase. Fue un momento muy especial para él, porque sabía que lo había logrado. Él le demostró a todas las personas que si fue capaz de graduarse. Después de la ceremo-nia, le tomamos muchas fotos. Fue un día inolvidable. Yo no podría estar más orgul-losa de él.

Ahora, después de dos años de su gradu-ación, todo ese duro trabajo que hizo valió la pena. Él ha decidido ir a la universidad y no podría estar más orgulloso de él.

Igual que mi hermano, muchos estudi-antes han pasado por la misma situación. Abandonaron la escuela para ir a trabajar y no encontraron un buen trabajo. La única diferencia es que mi hermano hiso algo al respecto y cambió su vida por completo. Se dio cuenta de que sin educación no iba a ser tan exitosa como con un diploma de es-cuela secundaria.

Abandonar la escuela no es la mejor decisión cuando una se encuentra en una situación difícil, en lugar de esto deben en-contrar otra forma de solucionar el prob-lema. Mi hermano tuvo una segunda opor-tunidad en la vida. Esto le puede ocurrir a cualquiera. Será difícil y llevará tiempo, pero al final cada segundo que pasan en la escuela va a valer la pena.

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Tuve una sension de felizidad cuando me entere que mi hermano se iba a graduar. No me podía creer que mi hermano realmente graduarse se iba graduar después de tanto trabajo

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Henryville (continued from page one)... hit her during the storm.

The school was severely damaged and students are not attending school until the beginning of April. Even then they will not be returning to their beloved Hornet home, they will be attending school together in a science building in Scottsburg

“We’re really glad that we don’t have to split up to different schools because I’ve gone to that high school my entire life and I didn’t want to split up from all my friends,” junior at Henryville High School, Kendra Powers said.

According to Powers the school is pre-dicted to reopen in late fall next school year. The school had a lot of damage, so the date is subject to change. The process could speed up if Henryville continues to receive help from communities outside of the area.

The only operating gas station in Hen-ryville is Circle K, which received minimal damage, but according to Shawes, is one of the many ways the community has come to-gether. Being the only operating gas station, Circle K was able to donate about $5 thou-sand worth of gift cards to local residents to purchase gas. Recently, the area has re-ceived building funds to repair schools and other infrastructures.

Perry Township has organized a fun-draiser throughout the township to raise money for the areas affected by the torna-dos. Due to this fundraiser Southport is hav-ing a competition among first period class-rooms to see who can raise the most money. The top three classes will be rewarded with a doughnut breakfast.

“It’s a little thank you for helping a com-munity that is in need,” assistant principal Mrs. Amy Boone said.

Boone encourages students with new ideas that could help the communities af-fected to come forward and share their ideas. The goal is to help the communities in need.

Several churches throughout the area of Henryville have been receiving dona-tions that are distributed throughout the town. Any of the surrounding churches are in need of volunteers to help sort through clothing and food items.

The residents of Henryville are really ap-preciative of the help that has been given from surrounding communities. They hope volunteers continue to help throughout the next several months.

“We really appreciate everything the vol-unteers and everyone has done,” Shawes said.

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by Rachael SammReporter

Southport has a vast variety of different af-ter school activities students can get involved in. From sports to clubs, Southport pretty much has it all. Although sports are always getting constant coverage, there are some new clubs that sit on the dusty shelf, three of which are new clubs here at Southport. The three of the newest clubs here include fishing, chess and yoga.

FishingFishing has been something grounds-

keeper Mr. John Lefevers has loved to do his whole life. After speaking to some of the students who share his love for fishing, Lefevers decided to start a fishing club. The club meets every Wednesday at two o’clock in Mr. Aaron Strader’s room, 163.

At the Fishing Club meetings, the four members, Strader and Lefevers all discuss fishing techniques, price of supplies, tell

fishing stories and share pictures. Best friends and juniors Christian Collins and Donald Mitchell are both in the Fish-ing Club. They have both been fishing ever since they were little, and joined af-ter hearing about the Fishing Club from Lefevers.

“Fishing’s prob-ably one of my fa-vorite things to do

and I like to talk about it and share fishing experiences,” Collins said.

Collins says that the club has been dis-cussing taking an actual fishing trip togeth-er, but it has yet to be planned. Although the club isn’t that popular yet, they plan on continuing it next year.

ChessFishing isn’t the only new club that people

know little about. The Chess Club was started in mid-October of last semester. Mr. Andrew Geller and Mr. Jim Schopper had a mutual interest in chess so they came up with the idea to start the Chess Club.

The club meets every Thursday after school until about 3:30 in Schopper’s room since Geller now has track practice. During the club meetings, members play chess. Sophomore Alex Schutte is among about eight or ten students who are in the chess club.

“The fact that I ac-tually have someone to play who’s not my younger brother be-cause he’s not good at it (is why I like chess club),” Schutte said.

Schutte explained that depending on who you’re playing against, they will sometimes talk strategy while playing. The newer people typically won’t talk strategy because they are still learning. People don’t need to know how to play chess in order to be in the club. Geller said that they teach people how to play chess too.

Despite the fact that this is only Geller’s second year here at Southport, it hasn’t had a chess club for many years. Geller explained that he plans on continuing the club as long as possible and hopes for more people to show interest in it.

YogaA club that has

peaked interest in many students and teachers is the Yoga Club. Mrs. Rachel Pierce had created a yoga club a few years ago when the high school had an after school program. When the program ended, so did the Yoga Club. Earlier this year, Pierce started the club again.

Since the club has started, many teachers and students have come to join the club. At the club, they watch a video for beginners, practice yoga and meditate. Pierce said that doing yoga really benefits the teachers and students.

“It does help with strength, flexibility and balance, which is used for daily life,” Pierce said. “And I think teenagers especially and teachers can benefit from all of those different things.”

Teachers have been great examples at yoga for students. Freshman Taylor Dunn started going to yoga a couple of weeks after it started. Dunn has Pierce as a teacher and heard about the club from her. Dunn believes that if more of the teachers start coming to the club, then more students would attend, too.

Pierce explained that the students go to their limits, and it’s really easy for them to give up instead of struggle through it. The teach-ers, however, do struggle through it and that’s something that Pierce found interesting. It’s not just a club for students, it’s for everyone.

One of the reasons why Dunn started going to yoga was to get in shape. Yoga is a great way to stay or get in shape or even just to strength-en one’s body.

Yoga club hopes to increase in numbers just like the Fishing Club and Chess Club. Although these clubs are somewhat new, they hope to attract more attention from students.

by Allison GaffneyReporter

Six weeks of working on their robot all comes down to the next two competitions for the robotics team, CyberCards.

The CyberCards are getting ready for their two competitions, the Boilermaker Regional and the Queen City Regional. These competi-tions will determine whether the team will move on to nationals or not. The team has taken a lot of steps to prepare themselves for these matches.

Junior Austin Stephenson said that during the robotics season, the team met every Mon-day through Friday for three hours and then they met every Saturday for eight hours. That schedule went on for six weeks.

He explained that before the deadline of sending their robot out, while some of the team was getting ready to bag their robot for the competition, other people were trying to get it ready at the same time. After the team bags the robot, they can’t touch it until competition time.

Even though the team was rushed to finish their robot before shipping it off to the compe-tition, senior Colton Perdue explained that the

team actually did a good job of getting every-thing ready.

“It’s the first time in a couple of years that we have been completely done with our bot before ship date,” Perdue said.

Even though the team put their robot to-gether in time, they still experienced some dif-ficulties throughout the building process.

First, the CyberCards broke one of the mo-tors while changing out the gears on the robot. This caused them to have to change out the motor completely.

Then, the robot was not firing the basket-balls as fast as they wanted it to, so the team had to change the distance it was firing from.

Although the team was faced with some challenges, junior Nick Green said that the new members on the team were willing to lend a hand.

“There are a lot more new members that are interested and willing to work,” Green said.

At both competitions, the CyberCards will have to try to score the most points by making their robot shoot balls through hoops. They earn points based on which of the three hoops the robot scores in.

The CyberCards competed in a scrimmage against some teams who will be at the Boiler-maker Regional, and they faired pretty well.

As for the Queen City Regional, Stephenson is expecting to get a lot of experience from it since they don’t have a lot of seniors on the team. It will give the new members an oppor-tunity to learn things.

“I think it’s a good experience and lots of playing time and learning from what (the team has) done,” Stephenson said.

After six weeks of work, the CyberCards are

hoping that their efforts are going to pay off at their upcoming meets. If everything goes ac-cording to plan, the team will qualify for na-tionals.

In issue 2 of the Journal we talked to three new clubs to see how they started off. Now almost six months later, the Journal decided to check back in and see how these clubs are doing. Shorts by Katie Hinh.

March 16, 2012 3Student Life

New clubs starting upA look into the lines of fishing, the thoughts of chess and the postions of yoga

Freshman Zac Biddle plays a match of chess after school with sophomore photographer Jesse Roller. Biddle later went on to beat Roller. Photo by Jesse Roller.

FISHING CLUB Advised by Mr. John Lefevers meeting on Wednesdays in room 163.

CHESS CLUBAdvised by Mr. Andrew Geller and Mr. Jim Schopper. Meeting on Thusday in room 140.

YOGA CLUBAdvised by Ms. Rachel Pierce. Meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays in room 145.

Freshman Mac Pattison takes apart parts. The parts that he was taking apart were not used for the robot. Photo by Stefanie Maier

The CyberCards have started the season off right with better planning

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Since junior Brianna Leonard started the club Redefining Beauty, she hasn’t had much change. According to Leonard the club has trouble getting together but, when the club gets the time, it works out well.

“We’re still a work in progress,” Leonard said.

However she’s hopeful that the club will really pick up next year with the incoming freshman being interested in joining.

CyberCards hoping for win and trophy

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Although the Quidditch team seems to have had a strong start, they have run into a few roadblocks, or perhaps airblocks?

The Quidditch team has unfortunately had monetary trouble since the year began, but they have found a way to combat the fund problem. The team has started fundraising and with another call out meeting in mid-March and Senior and Quidditch captain Dan Arndt is expecting a full two teams of Quidditch players with the call out meeting.

The Explicitly Dance Team has certainly broken away and according to Ms. Jessi Haddix has done great this year.

“I don’t think good, is a good enough word ... ” said Haddix. “You can’t say they were good, you can only say that they were great.”

Next year Haddix is expecting that the club gets even better than this year, and to maybe get even more opportunities to perform their routines.

Junior Brianna Leonard shows one of the posters the club has put around the school.Photo by Katie Hinh.

The Quidditch team made $260 dollars with their fundraiser. Photo by Katie Hinh.

The Ex pilicity Dance team performing in the gym. Photo by Kaitlin Fallowfield.

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The theater department attempts to trick the audience into believing in the legitimacy of per-formances. As the shows roll through act after act, playgoers hardly notice the specific tech-niques used to draw them in. These techniques fall under one large category called suspension of disbelief.

According to phrases.uk.org, suspension of disbelief is “the temporary acceptance as believ-able of events or characters that would ordinar-ily be seen as incredible.”

More noticeable approaches include props according to the time period, a realistic set and actors that stay in character. In addition to such artistry, the crew members work fast in the dark to create the next scene in a short amount of time, all to keep the audience believing what they see to be true.

Another element to the suspension of disbe-

lief is lighting. For example, in last year’s spring play Tombstone, red spot lights were used to add dramatic effect and emphasize the turning point in the plot. Lights can add to the scene and make the audience have a certain mood to a specific scene. Lighting combined with the props, set and actors are effective components in keeping the audience fully entertained.

“The most important factor is letting all pre-conceived notions go,” senior Stephan Munsey said.

Actors of course play a role in the believability of the show as well. Everyone from the lead role to ex-tras have to stay in character throughout the entire show. This is a necessity in order to have equal ele-ments in suspension of disbelief. Not every actor or actress will remember all of their lines so they have to improvise. Part of acting is subtlety feeding one another for lines when they forget their own. If a line is skipped by accident, the other actors have to improvise if they have a line referring back to that part. If they didn’t, it would leave the audience con-fused and wondering what they are talking about.

Without suspension of disbelief, people are not as attracted to performances. The playgoers be-come part of the story and experience the comedies and tragedies performed by actors from across the nation.

Lighting, props and actors all are necessary for an effective and successful performance

‘You Can’t Take It

As children, many of us were wowed with the fun and whimsical story books written by Dr. Seuss. His rhymes and age-appropriate plots are still some of the first books many young students can be found reading today. Now, the impressive work of one of Dr. Seuss’s more famous books, “The Lorax,” has become a unique animation adaptation on the big screen.

The movie plot, meant to be similar to the original in the book, has an overlying theme for environmental awareness. The main character, 12 year old Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), lives in the closed-off town of “Thneed-Ville.” The city is made of “artificial everything,” because aside the citizens, everything from the trees to the grass is fake. Ted, however, just wants to win the heart of the girl of his dreams, Audrey (voiced by Taylor Swift). To do so, he must discover the story of the “Lorax” (voiced by Danny DeVito), a grumpy but charming small orange creature that has the responsibility of protecting his own world from the polluted wasteland that resides beyond. During the process, Ted will learn the importance of the environment and how he can help improve his “artificial” city.

Although this may just seem like a movie that is only directed for younger children, it’s still one that is fun for those of all ages. Yes, the plot is meant to be easy to understand,

so don’t expect a complex situation like that of the typical adult c o m e d i e s that most teenagers are

used to seeing. The movie length is really convenient, only lasting about an hour and a half. If you’ve got that kind of time, why not go see a movie that suits those of all ages?

Because this movie is animated, there’s not necessarily any “acting” to review. However, not only were the animations well-done, but the voices were really fun and entertaining as well. I think I especially liked the voice of the Lorax. DeVito did a great job voicing this animation and definitely brought his character to life. As for the music, many of the songs throughout the movie are just as fun as the characters themselves, adding an interesting liveliness.

One of the more unique things about “The Lorax” is that it has been released in 2-D and 3-D. I chose to see it in 3-D to try to get a possibly different reaction while watching the movie. As it turns out, I did. The 3-D effects were really great, and it seemed like there was never a dull moment. I also enjoyed watching this movie in 3-D because it made the plot more interesting to watch. In all honesty, I probably would have been slightly less enthused if I had seen it in 2-D.

The only thing I can complain about with this movie is the change in the plot from the book. In Dr. Seuss’ original story book, the plot focused more on the negative effects of deforestation and other environmental problems. The movie seemed to put more stress on different parts of the plot, some not even mentioned in the book. Although this may not seem like that big of a downside, I was still slightly disappointed by the changes from the original.

I’ll have to say, “The Lorax” is definitely one of the better animated films I’ve seen in awhile. I was pleased overall with the fun 3-D effects and as for the voices, they went above and beyond. Sometimes, animated movies have awkward voices and effects

that just plain don’t fit the. However, “The Lorax” has really good balance and flow between all of its elements.

Whatever you do, don’t make your decision based on the fact that this movie is animated. No matter what, I would one-hundred percent tell you to take a couple of hours and reward yourself with this movie.

Every teenager dreams of being in a band, right? In Nina LaCour’s newest book, “The Disenchantments,” the main characters are teenagers trying to live their dream of tour-ing as a band.

This book is told from the point of view of Colby, whose best friend is a girl named Bev. We jump into their story at the beginning of the summer after their senior year of high school. They’re preparing to go on a short tour with Bev’s all-girl band, The Disenchantments, instead of going straight to college. The only problem seems to be that Bev has changed her mind.

Although Colby knows from the start of the book that Bev has decided to change her plans and go to college, it takes him the whole book to accept this and decide what his plans are. In fact, the main focus of this story is his pro-cess of coming to terms with her decision. There’s some plot about the band surrounding this, but I barely noticed it. Somehow the writing almost made me forget that books are supposed to have plots.

When I started the book, the characters felt like clichés. Colby, Bev and the two girls traveling with them all seem like made-up characters in the first part of the book. This is one way that the book imitates life. Characters start to gain personalities and reveal imperfections as the story pro-gresses that make them seem more like real people. It felt to me like I was actually meeting them and learning more about them as I talked to them, just as it happens with mak-ing friends in my daily life.

“The Disenchantments” is a touching book full of angst, pain and acceptance. It’s a wonderful story of moving on, growing up and becoming disenchanted. It’s not an amazing book that I think everyone “has to read right this minute!,” but I believe it is a nice book that everyone could benefit from reading.

March 16, 20126 Reviews

by Casey Smith Reporter

Bruce Springsteen is a music legend. He has one of the most recognizable low and rugged voices in all of music. Springs-teen returns with his newest album “Wrecking Ball” following a career that started back in 1969. All that said, while I am familiar with Springsteen’s more popular songs, this is all new territory for me. So begins the journey into the world of Bruce Springsteen.

The album opens with the song, “We Take of Our Own,” which is certainly not the best song on the album. It does set a tone and a precedent for what is to come, which is big mo-ments of gang/choir like vocals, simple and down to earth lyrics and of course the memorable voice of Springsteen. This was not the best opening song and certainly didn’t get me enthused about the album.

The first song that really hooked me was “Shackled and Drawn.” The gospel choir is back and sings with Springsteen, yet his voice pierces through the noise. It mixed with an easy repetitive melody that didn’t need anything fancy to make it entrancing. The song made me picture long endless summer drives into nothing.

The next big and notable song is the title track, “Wrecking Ball.” That seems to be the best song to put at the end of a movie when the hero gets to return home, the sun sets and he realizes everything is going to be alright. “Hard times come and hard times go” is echoed over and over again as the song builds to its climax a shouting filled moment with brass and power chords.

This album is as politically charged as it is musically. The lyrics and song titles are stabs at the current divided political turf in this nation. The song, “Death to my Hometown” seems to allude to his previous album, “Born in the USA” and “This Depression” with the double meaning of our economic status.

Overall, this is a great album from a legendary performer that I suggest every get to know.

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Imagine a future where large business corporations rule the world. With Starbreeze studios reboot of “Syndi-cate,” you won’t have to imagine. “Syndicate” offers a solid shooter experience with a very deep and engaging coop-erative mode.

The year is 2069, and players are put in the shoes of Miles Kilo, a genetically enhanced super-agent, as he works to protect the secrets of Eurocorp. Eurocorp is one of the many industry giants that are constantly fighting to keep an edge on the competition, literally fighting because in the world of “Syndicate,” business is war.

Each corporation designs implants called chips, which are implanted in a hosts brain. These chips are pretty much the smart phones of the generation. Eurocorp im-planted Miles with their latest creation “The Dart 6” chip, which allows Miles to affect his enemies’ chips. For exam-ple, he could make an enemy commit suicide or turn on his squad-mates. Eurocorp CEO Jack Denham believes that the corporations’ secrets are being shared with competitors, so he sends Miles to “investigate” the other corporations.

The world of “Syndicate” is beautiful and very reminis-cent of other Sci-fi worlds like “Blade Runner.” The graph-ics and voice acting are very well done.

The single-player portion has some challenging mo-ments, but the story is largely predictable, and unfortu-nately, pretty short. I was able to complete the game in less than six hours. To counteract the short, main game, “Syndicate” offers a multiplayer section that comes in the form of a four-player cooperative mode - ¬¬which shines above the single-player mode.

The cooperative mode is very engaging. You can play with up to four players and take on waves of enemies while at the same time working together to complete a va-riety of objectives.

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Glitz and Glamby Emma Hoskins Reporter

Stereotypically, when one thinks of pageants, an image of beautiful women, walking around in fancy dresses and liv-ing it up is what comes to mind. That’s not necessarily the case, as former Miss America Katie Stam and Miss New York Claire Buffie want to clear up. There’s a

side to pageants that most people don’t see, and plenty misconceptions about what these pageant girls really do.

The Miss America program was devel-oped by the Miss America Organization, which is actually a not-for-profit schol-arship program and is the leading pro-vider of scholarships for young women in the world. Nearly all competitors in Miss America have received or are earn-ing a college or postgrad degree and his-torically have used the winning grant to continue their education. After a girl is chosen to be Miss America, she must go on a year-long speaking tour about a cho-sen issue or cause. For example, Stam, an Indiana native, is a spokeswoman for Promoting Community Service and In-volvement and works with non profit organizations to promote her cause.

“(The) biggest misconception is about what we do,” Stam wrote in a corre-spondence with the Journal. “We (Miss Americas) are not beauty queens. We are ambassadors, advocates, public ser-vants, positive role models, leaders and spokeswomen who strive for excellence, promote education and want to make a sincere difference in the lives of others.”

Miss New York 2010 Claire Buffie is a good example of how pageant women can break barriers and set examples. Buffie’s platform, Straight For Equal-

ity: Let’s Talk, was the first specifically LGBT equal-ity platform in 90 years.

“Many people believe that pageants are full of catty, materialistic women and that could not be fur-ther from the truth of those in the Miss America Organi-zation,” Buffie wrote. “I have met my best friends in this organization, been a brides-maid in four weddings, and I have been inspired and motivated by the standard to which these women hold themselves as change-mak-ers in their communities.”

As far as the pageants go, there are a lot of things that aren’t very glamor-ous, wrote Stam. At the Miss America competition, the contestant’s “changing room” is actually a tent set up outside. For Stam, this made it difficult to get ready in a time-effective manner.

“It’s rather comical to see the dresses fly-ing through the air, girls getting zipped as their running back to stage and jewelry and shoes being put on as the telecast comes back from commercial,” Stam wrote.

Despite this, Stam felt that the bad ex-periences were very few and far between. According to Stam, the hardest thing about competing was keeping up with a very de-manding schedule. Competitions require girls to be on site for days/weeks up to the final night, regardless of sickness or exhaustion. Stam herself had to fight off a bout of laryngitis and throat infection during a competition that made her com-pletely use her voice. Since she was a vo-calist, this made it very stressful. However, with much prayer and a positive attitude, Stam pushed herself and made it through.

Competing in pageants can be stress-

ful at times. According to Buffie, time management can be a problem, and it can be hard to balance pageant duties with day-to-day life, along with a determina-tion to promote her cause. The pageants themselves are also a stressor, as they are often unpredictable and things can go wrong at any moment. Though fifty-two girls compete in the Miss America com-petition each year, only one girl can be crowned winner. Despite these discourag-ing odds, Stam has positive words to say.

“Stay true to who you are,” Stam wrote. Believe in the beauty of your uniqueness because that is how God made you. Nev-er compare yourself against anyone else and never compete against anyone but yourself. Constantly make it a goal to be the best version of who you are.”

Kayla Walker participated in the Marion County Fair pageant two years in a row. Photo contributed by Kayla Walker.

by Rachel PattersonReporter

Toddlers in beauty pageants, time to break out the hair spray, make up, and fake hair. Then, top it off with the perfect pageant dress.

Mrs. Heidi Marshall, a parent of Southport alumni Max Sterrett, spends most of her time making pageant dresses for young girls as-piring to win beauty contests. Generally the dresses can be sold for $550 to $1200.

Supplies costs $150 to $500 for Marshall to make just one pageant dress. While it looks to be more cost effective to make your own dress, it is very tedious work.

A pageant dress that costs $500 to make is classified as a Mega Glitz dress. This dress has to have over 5,000 crystals on it. To Marshall’s content, they are all put on by hand.

“I love making detailed hand crafted em-bellishments for my dresses. It gives them a very personal touch,” Marshall said.

It takes Marshall eight to ten hours to put all the crystals on one dress. It takes five days to finish making a pageant dress. She works on a dress six to eight hours a day.

“Stone work is extremely tedious,” Mar-shall said.

However, this is a necessity for the custom-ers who want that extra glitz on their dresses. The more stones on the dresses, the more shine they will have on stage, according to Marshall.

“I like using different stone sizes on my dresses... It gives the dress a lot of intricate de-tail,” Marshall said.

In fact, Marshall finds her inspiration to make her dresses from her favorite show, “Say Yes to the Dress.” She looks to bridal maga-zines which she also compares her ideas to.

All of this preparation, plus what the cus-tomer’s wants, goes into the detailed making of the perfect pageant dress.

Taking a behind the scenes look at the world of pageantry

Seymour native Ms. Katie Stam is crowned Miss America 2009. She is the first “Miss Indiana” to be crowned “Miss America.” Photo from celebritybrands.net.

Student finds confidence in pageants

Toddlers and Tiaras: a tedious talent

by Donna KnightReporter

Pageants have been portrayed as contests of beauty, where the most beautiful comes out winner. However, pageant contestants know that the competition goes much deeper than that.

Junior Kayla Walker has participated in the Marion County Fair Pageant every year since she was a freshman. She also competed in an Illinois pageant. With support from her fam-ily, she has truly grown to love pageants. Even through an injury, she knew that everything happens for a reason.

“It’s a little self confidence booster, and it’s always really fun. The girls aren’t really like you see on TV, they have personalities, and they’re so much fun to be with. New friends, new things. I really like it,” Walker said.

There are several different parts that make a pageant. It isn’t just about beauty, but more about personality. There is a business aware-ness category, almost like a business inter-view, but more dressed up.

Next, there is a free outfit, where you get to shine with your personality. In this catego-ry you can dress like your activities. Walker chose to dress to show her theater participa-tion. She wore a dress and a mask. She’s also dressed in her tennis outfit, and she’s seen other contestants bring out musical instru-ments. The last category is the formal dress.

Walker started participating in pageants because her mother persuaded her. At first she believed she wouldn’t like it, that pag-eants were definitely not her thing and she didn’t want to do it. Her first pageant that she competed in, she finished in the top ten.

“You always learn from your mistakes. I knew it was an experience and I knew I was really nervous,” Walker said.

Walker notes that there really isn’t much preparation to do for a pageant. Yes, she has to get her clothes ready and her makeup ready, but Walker knows it is more about personal-ity than beauty. She really realized this when everyone in the pageant believed she would win, but someone else did. People commented that Walker was a lot prettier than the winner, but Walker knew it wasn’t based on beauty.

“It’s pretty laid back, and it’s not that hard,” Walker said.

Walker knows she wouldn’t be where she is without the support from her family. She always has a little cheer section of her family at her pageants, and she is very grateful for their support.

Last summer, Walker experienced an in-jury. She fell out of a moving car and got a concussion and five fractures to her skull. This was during her pageant, and because of the injury she had to leave the competition. Her friend, junior Ashlyn Griffie went to the hospital to see Walker. It was the first time she ever had a friend in the hospital, but she supported Walker completely.

“It turned out fine, and everything was ok,” Griffie said.

Walker knows that everything that hap-pened to her was for a reason, and she is ex-cited to be able to compete in pageants again this summer.

Kayla Walker explains pageants aren’t just a competition for beauty

Southport parent designs homemade pageant dresses for aspiring beauty queens

Past Miss America contestants expose the truth about pageants

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Heidi Marshall’s daughter Audrey in a Katy Perry inspired dress.

Every single time the little girl walks by she bumps her hand against his head. When she stands next to him, she sticks her foot out and he stumbles. The next day it’s a group of “friends” just messing around, slapping each other around a bit, but with one main target.

These “playful” acts could be considered kids just messing around and being harmless. You never know, maybe it could be, but when it becomes a daily routine, there’s more meaning behind it. It turns

into bullying.Bullying isn’t just physical, it can also be

emotional, and faceless over the internet. With the increasing use of technology among younger age groups, it can be easier for bullying to occur. Parents have to get involved in their children’s lives and monitor their actions. A parent that doesn’t do anything about their child bullying someone else is just as bad the child. That’s what should happen at the home front, but bullying can also happen at school.

Now, all the responsibility can’t be put on the teachers. They do after all, have to teach. It’s not their job to baby sit. Kids have to be taught to tell what’s right and what’s wrong. Some kids don’t even identify what bullying is, so they don’t report it to the teacher. How can the problem be solved if no one is aware of it? It just can’t be resolved.

It’s never a good feeling knowing that someone you love is hurt. It’s even worse when it continues and they are afraid to tell you. Once you find out, you don’t know

what to do and you feel helpless. I don’t want feel helpless, I want to be able to do something. I want to help.

Everything in this world has a cause, and according to Bullying Statistics, the bullies tend to be kids with problems at home. I understand these kids have tough lives, but if they don’t learn at a young age that what they’re doing is wrong, they’re going to travel down the wrong path in life. It’s best to teach them at a young age what that what they are doing is extremely wrong.

My brother is ten years old now and in fourth grade. He’s run into his situations of bullying, but he never wants to tell the teachers, or even my parents. He feels the need to share what goes on in school with only me. He doesn’t want to get anyone into trouble, but what he has to realize is that what he’s going through isn’t right. It’s bullying and it needs to stop. Any type of bullying is never alright.

That’s why I believe that elementary schools should emphasize the importance of preventing bullying. Teachers should

pay a bit more attention to the way students interact. It may seem all play and fun for many, but for some it may not be.

If the bullying is taken care of at a younger age, the likelihood of bullying in the secondary schools decreases. Fewer kids will be victims and fewer incidents where kids just snap and bring a gun to school will occur.

Attacking the problem in its early stages is the best way to handle it. It’s really the only way to keep it from getting any bigger.

If minimal bullying were taken seriously at a young age then bullying would not occur as much in the later years of schooling. It would be one less problem upper level schools would have to deal with.

Most people will agree that sports are more a mental competition than physical. Most people will also agree that a lot of times momentum can be a fatal factor in any given game. In my opinion, the momentum is often boosted by the crowd.

As the winter athletic season has come to an end, I was disappointed in the attendance and amount of cheering that was given by the Southport student body. I believe that school spirit is lacking here at Southport. I also feel that the student cheer block at the indoor sport games has been shallow, averaging about 3 rows of standing students.

At football games, the student section was pretty decent. However, the student sections at volleyball and basketball games were not very hyped at all. Most schools have a few rows of seniors, a few rows of juniors, a couple rows of sophomores and a couple rows of freshman. They fill out their student section and they go nuts cheering. We usually have a few rows of students total who socialize the entire game.

For example, there were multiple volleyball games where the entire cheer block sat down and did not cheer for one or more sets. This kills the Cardinal momentum. Sure, varsity athletes are trained to give 100 percent no matter what happens. However, as a player it is tons easier knowing your teammates and classmates have your back.

On Wednesday, Feb. 8 the Lady Cards’ basketball team played Perry Meridian in the sectional tournament. There was not a Southport student section present at the game. The game came down to the fourth quarter but the Lady Cards lost by just a couple baskets. Junior basketball player Bria wright says that there is a lot of motivation that comes from the cheer block at the game. According to Wright, it is bothering when there isn’t anybody at a big game.

“There is always energy from the team,” said Wright. “I think we might have played better if we had more support from the crowd.”

There was a rivalry boys’ basketball game against Perry Meridian on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The Falcon students filled up nearly an entire section of bleachers. Sadly, the Cardinal students were scattered among themselves sitting with their group of friends and cliques. The Southport kids did not do a single cheer throughout the entire game. The student body should come together as a whole to cheer on their fellow classmates. Unfortunately the game came down to the final minutes in the fourth quarter and the momentum was entirely on Perry Meridian’s side. The Cardinals lost, 50-42.

It is more than aggravating to go to a

rivalry game and be one of few students at the game, says junior Delaney Skutt. According to Skutt, the Perry game is one of the most important, and to see nobody show up is just plain embarrassing.

“I don’t think the senior leadership is as strong as it could be,” Skutt said. “Sure, they may attend the games, but they’re not showing any

leadership vocally.”Booster Club sponsor Mrs. Stacey Matlock

says it is up to the Booster club to make videos, advertise the big games and lead the cheer blocks by cheering. She mentions that it is important that booster club officers eat, breathe and sleep booster club, but this year there have been other priorities. She says they started the year off strong, but once football season ended the spirit kind of leveled out. According to Matlock, Booster Club officers must be creative with their ideas to lead and motivate the Southport Students.

“In the past, I have had booster clubs who have seen their leadership role all the way though,” Matlock said.

It does not have to be a hassle, you will most likely stay out of trouble and its pretty fun. Come to the games and cheer your classmates on.

March16, 20128 Opinion

by Jake JohnstonReporter

“Whaddup, buddy?”

The other day in my World Literature class, we landed on the topic of credit cards. This led to a discussion of wise ways to manage money. While we were all conversing, I quickly became astonished at how little my classmates knew about the financial world. This is an honors class filled with 18 year olds, or legal adults. Yet for some reason, the majority of my class was completely naïve to the value of money.

I grew up in a household where finance and money were pretty much talked about in the open. That isn’t necessarily always appropriate for a kid to hear, but I have definitely learned a lot. I was 16 when I started my first job, and I have been working since. I no longer take hard-earned money for granted. The second I had to spend my own money that I had worked for, I realized how crappy it feels to spend. I’m fortunate enough to not have to completely support myself. I buy what I want here and there and attempt to save the rest for college. Some of our peers, however, are not as lucky. Car payments, insurance, phone bills etc. are just the beginning.

Working minimum wage jobs educates us on how to take money seriously. One hour or more of work can easily be spent on going out to lunch. Naturally, we appreciate what we have more when we work hard for it. Having a job is more than just some extra cash, it teaches us how to be responsible. We need to learn to stop being so attached to our parents, so that hopefully we can go into the world without being completely financially ignorant.

Having things handed to us is nice, but it doesn’t last forever. At this point, most of us are old enough and more than capable to find some work. According to the US Census Bureau, from 1978 to 2008 a little over four percent of youth between the ages 18 and 24 were employed. This is a low number. Granted, a large fraction of these people are in college, but what is the other 89% doing? I don’t get it.

Let’s be realistic. Complete financial independence isn’t exactly tomorrow for most of us, but it’s soon. And college is approaching even faster. The average in-state university is around $15,800 a year, and private universities can be double that. I’m going to a private school next year, so I know that by the time I’m finished, I will be drowning in loans. Add that to all other living expenses, and we have a scary amount of money. During the actual school year, books and leisure spending have to be taken into account as well. Books can cost anywhere between $500 and $1000 per semester. Obviously a part-time job in high school won’t pay for four years of college, but it will definitely help with these. Of course, scholarships don’t hurt either.

I’m not saying stressing over money should be our top priority. We are young and should have our fair share of fun, but a sense of responsibility is something we all need to acquire. So many of us are clueless about how we will take care of ourselves in the future. Asking mommy and daddy for money can’t go on forever. We need to step up and learn to be accountable for ourselves, so that we don’t go walking into adulthood blind.

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“I’m having issues.”

by Jessica De La CruzNews Editor

“I’m not Dora!”

Bullying can and should be prevented at early an age

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“Hanging out with friends.”

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”Going to be at church.”

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“Partying with my friends all night.”

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“Chilling with my family.”

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Jobs help establish responsibility

What are you going to be doing the day before the “world ends”?

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The Southport Pep Club in 1962 filled an entire section of the Fieldhouse. Presently, student turnout at sporting events is much smaller. Photo contributed by Peggy Warner.

by Ali DeHartManaging Editor-of-Content

What is rap? Rap is thought-provoking poetry.That might be a controversial statement

to some people. Rap music is associated with a lot of different things in society today, but probably not poetry for most people. The subject matter of some rap music usually causes stereotypical “parents” to stay away from it. It doesn’t always have to be like that. DeHart of the matter is that rap should be considered poetry, despite any image that it portrays.

Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe and James Whitcomb Riley are considered great poets. Usually Tupac, Wiz Khalifa and Andre 3000 aren’t thought of when one is thinking of poets. According to www.merriam-webster.com, poetry is writing that formulates a concentrated imaginative awareness of experience in language chosen and arranged to create a specific emotional response through meaning, sound and rhythm.

In other words, rappers are poets. Rappers write to create an emotional response. They use meaning, sound and rhythm. I would even venture to say that they use rhythm more than the average poet because they are writing for an actual beat, not just one in their heads. Whitman and Poe’s poetry were both just their thoughts on what is going on around them. Poetry doesn’t have to be about flowers, birds or springtime. Poetry can be vulgar and show actual feelings, just like rap does.

Not only should rappers be considered poets, they are also songwriters and musicians on top of that. Even if they can’t necessarily sing like Adele, they are still songwriters and musicians. Rappers can do it all, and they should be respected for that.

The image of rap is not the best. Women, violence and alcohol seem to be reoccurring and stereotypical themes in this kind of music. Our society does not have a very clean stereotype for rappers or ones who listen to rap. However, not every rapper makes music about those specific things like women or alcohol, but even if they do, that’s real life for them. They do it for a reason. They write what they feel about what’s going on around them. Rap might not be the cleanest thing to listen to, but at least it’s real. If the lyrics are stripped from the music, there’s meaning that they want to get across.

If you actually listen and understand what certain raps are about, then you might be able to relate to what the rappers are saying. Make sure that you aren’t judging the rap just because you don’t like the title of the song or the simple genre of rap. Read the lyrics—you might not be able to relate on a literal sense, but you

probably can’t relate to every other kind of music literally either. When you start

to relate to rap even a little bit, it will become more enjoyable to listen

to. All I’m asking is that you give rap a chance. You might start to enjoy it.

From people that don’t necessarily like rap, I have heard that it’s hard to pay attention to the lyrics

when you’re listening because they talk too fast. However, that’s

what I like about it. Listening to rap is a challenge. Rappers all don’t do it the same way. It’s

interesting to listen to the individual

rapper and how the story is told in each

individual rap. They can be unique in so many different ways—some are slow, some are fast and all of them are on a different beat. No two raps are the same.

Even if you might not be able to directly relate to it, you should at least respect the art of rapping. Rappers just want their voice to be heard, like any other writer. The writing has meaning behind it that requires thinking. Rappers are intelligent people and should be considered poets by society.

On May 8, Indiana voters will go to the polls to vote in the GOP Primary. Although the GOP Primary has dominated national news headlines since the beginning of the year, many high schoolers are still not entirely sure what the GOP Primary actually is and why it is important for Southport students to be involved in politics today.

So, let’s start with some of the basics to understanding the political news headlines of today.

The Grand Old Party (GOP) Primary is the presidential primary for the Republican Party. A presidential primary is an election where a party chooses which candidate will be representing their party in the presidential election. Each state holds their own primary, or caucus. A caucus is the less popular way for a party to elect their representative. It is like a town hall meeting where party members get together to agree on a candidate.

Since President Barack Obama has the Democratic Party’s spot secured for the 2012 presidential election, the Republicans are only participating in the presidential primary this year.

The candidates on Indiana’s primary ballot are Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Santorum barely made it on after a recount saved his spot.

All of the above information is important, but why is it important to high schoolers today?

America is a country founded on democracy. Politics is the way for change to happen that reflects on the will of the people. The best way that someone can make their opinion known to shape the future of our nation, state, county, or city is by voting. We encourage all high schoolers who are of age to watch the news, watch the debates and develop an opinion. Find out

what each candidate believes and who is the person that you would want to potentially lead our country.

The “Save Perry Schools” campaign of last year really shows how much of an effect voting can make. The changes that are being planned to occur at Southport over the next few years are the direct results of people going out and voting at the polls for the referendums. Voting is important, and it affects everyone.

Even though May 8 is over a month away, paying attention to the debates and researching the candidates now is not a bad idea at all. If you are 18 and not registered to vote yet, get on it and register at indianavoters.com. If you aren’t 18, it’s okay. You can still make a difference by developing an opinion, knowing who you would support, and influencing others. Politics, voting and the GOP primary are key ways for us to make a difference.

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By Taylor DeHartReporter

Good morning, everyone. As you know, I am Taylor DeHart, Commissioner of the NFL. I have called this press conference to talk about the recent discovery and fall out of the bounty program that was run by the New Orleans Saints.

First off, I really think that things like this should not happen in the NFL, or any organiza-tion for that matter. Although, I do think that the hard hits would have occurred no matter if the money was being offered. I think that we should prevent things like this from happening in the future who shouldn’t dwell on the past.

Reporter: Who was involved in this? Who was the ring leader?

Answer: The New Orleans Saints are the only team that we have discovered so far that has one of these programs. Although they are the only team that has been discovered at this point, we strongly believe that there are more of these systems in the league. The ring leader was 2009-2011 Defensive Coordinator, Gregg Williams. Williams is now the Defensive Coordinator of the St. Louis Rams.

Reporter: Did Sean Payton know anything about this while it was going on?

Answer: In fact, he did. In the past week, he contacted me and we set up a meeting with himself and owner of the Saints, Tom Ben-son. The meeting was a success. We met on

Saturday and talked about all the problems. I cannot necessarily tell you everything we talked about, but just know that things were discussed and we are both at an understand-ing.

Reporter: So what is the next step?Answer: The next few steps are the an-

nouncement of the punishments and to carry out the punishments.

Reporter: What are the punishments?Answer: I would like to focus on the overall

questions of the situation first. After we fin-ish all initial questions, we can revert back to the punishments. I do have the punishments though.

Reporter: How many players were paid?Answer: We have discovered that around

22 to 27 players were paid “bounties” for knocking players out of games or injuring them. As the commissioner, I know that I can’t let things like this happen in my league. I do feel like this is not as big of a deal as people are making it to be though.

Reporter: Could you expand on that last statement, “I do not feel like this is not as big of a deal as people are making it to be though?”

Answer: Well, think about it. The hits are going to happen anyway. Football is one of the most vicious games on the planet. Hard hits do happen game-in and game-out. As I do feel like the hits would happen no matter what, I think it is completely wrong to pay someone

for injuring or knocking another player out of a game.

Reporter: Are there any specific games that you have taken a look at because the possibility of the hard hits being turned into bounties?

Answer: Actually, yes. The 2009 NFC Championship game between the Saints and the Minnesota Vikings has been mentioned a lot, so I figured I might as well take a look at it. After looking at the film, I do think that bounties were being paid out for big hits dur-ing this game. I do believe that the vicious hits on Vikings quarterback Brett Favre were not just a coincidence. I think the bounties did play a part in the big hits. Favre was hit in the first quarter so hard that he thought that he had lost a few of his teeth. Then, in the third quarter, Favre was high-lowed which caused him to sprain his ankle. I do not think that these cheap hits that brought fines were just coincidences.

Reporter: So, after studying the circum-stances and thinking about all the possibilities of punishment, what are the punishments?

Answer: The punishments that I have come up with will hopefully send a message to the Saints and the rest of the NFL that things like this will not be put up with. 1. The Saints will lose their first-round draft picks for the upcoming draft and the next two drafts follow-ing that. 2. Sean Payton will be suspended for four games in the upcoming season. 3. Gregg Williams will be suspended for the entire

2012-2013 season without pay. 4. The Saints will be on pro-bation with the NFL for the next five years. If any other violations occur in the five years, then further actions will take place.

Once again, I do believe that paying players for the injuries of other players is com-pletely wrong and I do believe that the punish-ments that are set in place now will prevent any other bounty systems from happening. Thanks, and have a nice night.

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By Jake JohnstonReporter

Two varsity head coaches at Southport have resigned from next year’s coaching position. Head volley-ball coach Mrs. Kristina Johnson has made a de-cision to step down to spend time and to take care of her new baby girl.

Johnson’s best sea-son record was 21-10 which is the best ever for Southport Volley-ball. She coached varsity for only two years, but fell just short of a sectional championship in 2010. She coached the Lady Cardinals while she was five and a half months pregnant at the sectional tournament this season on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011.

After taking second semester off from teach-ing, Johnson had her first daughter on Jan. 10, 2012. In order to take care of Camryn, John-son has stepped down from her head volleyball coach position.

“Adam (Johnson’s husband) and I decided it would be best if I stepped down from volleyball,” said Johnson.

Johnson explained that most of her extended family does not live in Indiana and her husband has work obligations, so she has to be home with Camryn. According to Johnson, she wants to take a few years off volleyball to be a mom and maybe have another kid.

Although Johnson is not coaching, she still plans on teaching at Southport. Also, she plans to stay involved with her club volleyball team when time allows. Johnson mentions that she doesn’t think this is the end of her coaching ca-reer.

“I think one day down the road I will be coaching our school again,” Johnson said.

Camryn Marie Johnson is the reason Mrs. Kristina Johnson is taking the second semester of school off teaching. Photo contributed by former volleyball coach Mrs. Kristina Johnson.

Unexpected resignation leaves team in question

Coach Wes Peek cheers on the boys basketball team at their Bankers Life Fieldhouse game against Decatur Central on Wednesday, Nov. 23. Photo contributed by Wes Peek.

New baby brings new

venture to former

coach

by Derrick GrayReporter

“This condition is going to keep me from sitting in the big chair,” former head basket-ball coach Mr. Wes Peek said.

Feb. 3, 2012 was the beginning of the end of Peek’s career here at Southport. It was Fri-day evening, and the boys’ varsity basketball team was playing against rival Perry Merid-ian. Just another average day for the Cardi-nals and Peek, that is until his health took a turn for the worse.

According to Peek, his first “spell” was nothing severe, but as the season progressed the issue did not go away. In fact it got worse, eventually getting to a point where Peek would begin to blackout. He soon discovered that he suffered from a heart condition- a condition that would flair up every time he became excited, a very common emotion coaching a batch of high school boys. For the sake of his health, Peek decided to resign from his position as head coach.

“I have a four year old and a wife, so I have to keep my priorities straight,” Peek said.

Even though the team is sad to see him go, junior Kameron Kruetzberger says the team understands his condition and knows that he is making the right decision. Kruetzberger also says that even with the loss of Peek, the team is not in turmoil. The boys are looking forward to next season with high hopes and

the mentality to adapt to any new coaching style that is thrown their way.

“About midway through the season we knew something was up,” Kruetzberger said. “After we saw him passing out during the games, we figured it was just a matter of time.”

Although Peek no longer coaches here at Southport, he hopes to take his skills to Franklin College filling the less-stressful posi-tion of assistant coach. At Franklin College, he will no longer be in charge of the flow of the game. No more sideline shouting and heat of the moment emotions. Instead Peek will be more involved in the drafting aspect of the sport, scouting a variety of players suitable for Franklin’s program. Peek will still be on the court, but this time, only adding in his comments and giving inspiration to players.

According to Peek, the change will be good for him. He says that not only will he be able to see the game in a different way, but the leniency of his new position has al-lowed him more time at home with his wife and child.

While Peek has moved on from Southport, the school is still left with a hole to fill. Peek left Southport this year with a 6-14 record finishing the season with a 73-59 loss against Avon in the first round of sectionals. Although this year wasn’t the greatest, Peek has had a multitude of different accomplishments dur-ing his time as head coach.

Last season, Peek’s team became the first Southport basketball team to beat Franklin Central in 15 years. If that wasn’t enough, the game was a high pressure scenario with the winner moving onto play in the sectional

championship. Along with that win is the Center Grove game during the 2009-10 season. The Cardinals came into the first round of sectionals as an underdog playing against a team that was favored to become state champs. In a stunning upset, the boys defeated Center Grove 64-58.

Peek has coached here at Southport for three years, installing his ideologies and game play styles amongst the players. Now that he is gone, the team will once again have to start from scratch with a brand new coach, one that is still yet to be found.

As of March 12, the search has officially begun for a new head coach. According to Athletic Director Mr. Pete Hubert, they are going into this decision with their minds wide open to any and all possibilities. Hu-bert also says that anyone is eligible to sign up for the position including the pre -exist-ing coaches if they so choose.

Although Peek is no longer a coach, the team will not forget what he has done for this program.

“It doesn’t really affect me, but I do hope that Peek comes back to coach at Southport someday.” Kruetzberger said.

Health reasons cause Mr. Wes Peek to step down as head basketball coach

Mrs. Kristina Johnson

This condition is going to keep me from sitting in the big chair.“ “

Wes Peek,w head boys basketball

coach

After having her first baby, Mrs. Kristina Johnson decides to take a break from coaching