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H omecoming. It is that one time of the year when floats, a pa-rade, a pep rally, and
a dance are the focal points of an entire week. A week of dressing up in an attempt to reenact a theme inspired to pump up the student body. Many students consider homecoming week to be the best five days of the school year. And this year it has come to be known as just that. The Center Grove homecoming did not just appear through thin air. Instead, a variety of groups from the school worked together in an attempt to provide an enter-taining and memorable week of school. “There are numbers of student, teachers, and administration members that were involved in homecoming this year,” Student Government adviser Tammy Falk said. The committee members for homecoming had the duty of plan-ning the themes for the football game. These imaginative themes were debated over during STUGO meetings weeks in advance. Each theme was designed to bring grade levels together in competi-tion against the other classes. “The seniors wore 90s pop clothing, the juniors wore rock attire, the sophomores wore tech-no gear, and the freshmen wore country clothing,” Falk said. The committee members were also responsible for the creation of the class floats. The floats
“It was nice to have a picture to commemorate the evening,” ju-nior Thrasher Carmichael said. The overall opinion of the dance was great. Everyone seemed to have a noticeable amount of fun, and junior Kyle Buchanan prob-ably put it best. “It was a grind of a time”
HomecomingTrojans show their spirit at festivities
were displayed during halftime of the football game, along with the winners of homecoming king and queen for the senior class. Endless hours of hard work and design were put into each classes float, but the senior class prevailed over the rest with a “NSYNC” inspired float. “The students who worked on the winning float put in a consid-erable amount of time,” junior Nichole Barnard said. “They worked on the float for over a month.” Ending the homecoming fes-tivities with the Saturday night dance capped off a remarkable week. Contrary to last year, the dance was held on the weekend, and wass upgraded to a semi-formal setting, the first in the school’s history. “The administration wanted a better turn out,” Assistant Prin-cipal Kevin Gallman said. “We (the administration) felt moving the dance to a Saturday would prompt a better turn out.” The date change did prompt a better turnout, as over 400 stu-dents signed up and attended the dance. Not only did the dance bring an improved turnout, it also received an admirable re-view from students. “I could feel the energy running through my veins as the music played,” sophomore Jordan Tay-lor said. Another worthy remedy of the dance was the photo booth. The photo booth allowed couples the chance to receive a professional grade picture.
This school year, the Center Grove Guidance Depart-ment unveiled its new col-
lege application program, “Fam-ily Connections.” Students can now use the new program to or-ganize all of the steps in the ap-plication process. From sending transcripts, to entrance essays Family Connections is the all-in-one solution to the college appli-cation process. “Because of Family Connections, It was fairly easy. The only hard part was making sure everything was filled out and sent to the col-lege,” senior Isaac Wright said. Seniors are finding that this program reduces their stress this time of the year. Reduced stress results in a more enjoyable senior year. “[Family Connections] is a more efficient way of completing the application process,” guidance
counselor Kevin McDonough said. Normally, students would be struggling to organize and keep track of all the information sent back and forth between the col-leges and themselves, but now students can relax knowing that it is all in one place. As for the CG guidance coun-selors, they are still getting ac-quainted with the program. This might cause short-term delays, but in the long-term, it will be re-warded. The extra work they put in now will benefit all grades as the “bugs” are worked out of the system. “We’re still learning the system so its more work and stressful, but it will help in the long run with the whole process,” McDonough said. Located in the toolbar along the side of the Center Grove High School website, clicking on the Family Connections link will bring you to the home page of the site.
From there, students can view and edit course selections, college applications, careers and their own personal profile of informa-tion. In the upcoming months, all Center Grove students will be in-troduced to Family Connections. For seniors this year, it was most practical because they are the most involved in the application process, however, in the coming months, underclassmen will be-gin using it for career exploration and other skills. Freshmen will use it as a part of their Keystone classes. This new program will allow that class to be more exciting and involving for the students. Allowing students to explore all of the possilities that college offers. As the key to the door of op-portunity, Family Connections is here to stay. After a wait to get the program in the school cor-poration, the unveiling of Fam-ily Connections symbolizes new horizons for the students of CG. Easier applications, transcripts,
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Family ConnectionGuidance office implements new changes with hopes of
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Out of thin air, the new school website is here. Adding to the CG arsenal of high-tech software and programs is the new, friendlier, school web-site. The main features of the site allow easier access to links and more interestingpictures. It is now much easier to access skyward and epsilen due to the new links that ap-pear on the homepage. Stu-dents and parents can see the links without scrolling down the page and risking a computer freeze. The dif-ferent colors and shading techniques used in the new design have also made it the new hype of Center Grove. The design is a positive tran-sition from the older site that was less inviting than the new easy to use website.
During the month of Sep-tember, many Center Grove students have noticed signs around the school. These signs had a numberfor stu-dents to tect in support of the Center Grove marching band. The band has been compete-ing in the Pepsi Refresh Proj-ect, a way to raise funds for new uniforms and to help the indoor percussion and winter guard. Bands that placed in the top ten recieved $50,000 dollars. In order to gain points, bands were encouraged to have school members and fans text thier schools code in, as well as going online to vote. Codes off of Pepsi bottle caps could also be redeemed for points. The Center Grove Marching Band did not make the top ten.
The Center Grove Educa-tion Foundation’s book fair at Barnes and Noble was a success on Saturday Oct. 8. Funds were raised for the eLibrary that is soon to be re-leased at Center Grove. Out-side of the main entrance Na-tional Honor Soceity students voluntered their time to pass out suckers, play with hula hoops and blow bubbles with younger customers in hopes of rasing money. Codes were passed out at the entrance en-tising buyers to notify the ca-shier of their involvment with the bookfair. 10 percent of the buyers purchase then goes towards the Center Grove Eli-brary, promoting reading in the high school.
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Center Grove March-ing Band competes in
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Every fall, juniors school-wide find themselves at their desks heads down and staring dolefully into the PSAT. For hours, students work non-stop on this test as their pencils fly across the paper not knowing what to expect of their results. “I just took the test and thought I did decent,” se-nior Hannah Theiemeyer said. “I did not know that I did well on it,” senior Victoria Sluka said. While some had gut feelings of their results on the test, other stu-dents were confident in the way they handled the test. “I had a feeling after I took it that I did pretty well,” senior Robert Dollar said. With or without an idea of how they achieved on the test, these three seniors have something
in common. Not in their wild-est dreams would these students think that they would be one of the top scorers on the PSAT which led them to earn the National Merit Scholarship. Originating in 1955, The Nation-al Merit Scholarship Corporation became a nonprofit organization that rewards eleventh grade stu-dents across the United States that are academically talented, encour-ages support for their education and to manage other scholarships given to students each year. “The scholarship is for 2000 to 2500 dollars to any college you want to go to,” said Sluka. Consequently, winning this scholarship is an outstanding boost for paying for college. “I took practice tests before I took the PSAT and David Law-son’s AP 11 class helped me a lot for the PSAT and the SAT,” said Thielmeyer.
Lawson, who had all three of the national merit scholars, admits that he is not surprised that these students received this award. “From my position I can see the great amount of brainpower we have at Center Grove and I am surprised that we don’t have more than we did,” Lawson said.It is evident that these students have a great reputation through-out the school as students. Teach-ers that have had these three scholars speak highly and very complimentary of them. “I had Robert and Hannah and they both were very hard-work-ing and studious,” math teacher Marcene Hensley said. It was obvious through their habits and examples of hard work and the want to succeed that these students have a desire to strive for their best. “They always raised their hands and worked extra to make sure
they understood,” Hensley said. Through hard work spanning over their entire school career, other factors such as extra-cur-ricular activities and grades help determine the finalists for the scholarship. Balancing extra-cur-ricular activities while maintain this scholarship as well as good grades is an impressive effort for students who maintain this schol-arship. “After you are semi-finalists, you have to write an essay and your SAT scores matter too to prove that doing so well on the PSAT wasn’t a fluke,” Sluka said. It is for certain that this award is a rarity. Only a handful of stu-dents over the country are eligible for the National Merit Scholar-ship. The fact that Center Grove alone is home to three of these accomplished students is very im-pressive.
The Center Grove Alternative Academy (CGAA) has been se-lected as a recipient of the 2011 National Dropout Prevention Net-work’s Program Crystal Star Award of Excellence in Dropout Recovery, Intervention, and Prevention. The Crystal Star Award identifies and shows recognition to programs like CGAA that help prevent stu-dents from dropping out of high school. The CGAA will be attend-ing the Annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference in October to receive their award. CGAA will also be published in the National Dropout Prevention Cen-ter/Network Newsletter and on
the NDPC/N and NDPC-SD web sites and will be given a one-year Network membership. Beth Bryant, director of CGAA, had to apply for this award in order to be considered for recognition. “The program must be in for three years. I had to pull out our own strategies that matched the 15 the National Dropout Prevention Network had,” said Bryant. The CGAA was established in 2005 with the vision of promoting educational excellence in mind. They help equip students with knowledge and skills that will help them lead a better life and become contributing citizens in our com-munity while earning their high school diploma. Juniors and Se-niors are referred to the academy
by their counselor due to struggles emotionally, educationally, per-sonally, or financially. In addition to attending CGAA, students are required to maintain an employ-ment or attend a partnering voca-tional school. “Our graduation rate has been solid so far. Our attendance rate has been solid also,” Bryant said. Students are given the option of attending in the morning from 7:35am-11:00am or the afternoon block from 11:45am-2:50pm. Stu-dents are also given the choice to join their Options program which is an after school program that is held from 3:00pm-6:00pm, Mon-day through Thursday. These stu-dents may be referred for reasons like an alternative to expulsion,
health-related issues, credit re-covery for graduation, or detained from juvenile detention. Even though students are not go-ing to classes at Center Grove High School, they are encouraged to still attend school activities like prom, graduation, and other school func-tions. Every week, each student partici-pates in a one-hour group session with a licensed social worker. Guest speakers also visit to talk about college, employment, budgeting, and making positives decisions. Students also volunteer at a local food bank, elementary schools, and assisted living facilities. They also operate the only student-run food pantry in Indiana.
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Meet Center Grove’s Four National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists
Victoria Sluka Steve Godfrey Hannah Thielmeyer Robert Dollar
Four students earn National-Merit Semi-Finalist status
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You probably watch the news on a regular basis. Or at least you should so you know what is going on outside of this Center Grove bubble. There are many networks out there to trust for your source of information, but do all of them deserve your trust? The truth is that some major news networks are more deceptive to their audi-ence than informative. Here in the heart of conserva-tive, suburban America, many families watch Fox News for their political and world news. They choose Fox because it claims to be “fair and balanced”. But anyone who ever actually listens to what Bill O’Reilly says knows that there is hardly any effort to be objective about political issues. Any topic that deals with gov-ernment spending, health care reform, President Obama, gay rights, gun control, marijuana, or religion is always approached from the same conservative per-spective. One would assume that a “fair and balanced” report would be neutral and the viewer would
hear various perspectives, but this rarely happens on Fox. At the other end of the spectrum is MSNBC. Even though at the top of the screen on their chan-nel it says “The Place for Politics” and “Lean Forward”, it is only the place for politics if you lean at least 45 degrees to the left. Fox News may exaggerate about the “liberal media”, but this is true when it comes to MSNBC. Instead of doing their job as journalists and honestly reporting the news, MSNBC anchors spend more time arrogantly pointing out how stupid the Tea Party is and how “uneducated” someone must be to be a Republican. Former MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann had a segment called “The Worst People in the World” (because of course Keith is the best person in the world). In-stead of talking about really terrible people, his choices were almost al-ways either Republican politicians or rival Fox News commentators. Olbermann’s successor, Ed Schultz, is even worse. His job is pretty much to hate conservatism and try every night to convince everyone that Fox News and the Republican Party are evil. Whether it is Olbermann, Schultz, Lawrence O’Donnell, Ra-
chel Maddow or Chris Matthews, every talking head on MSNBC knows that the more they ridicule right wingers, the more viewers and money they will receive. The eternal Fox News-MSNBC rivalry is like a black hole that sucks everybody in and spits out their brain. If you want to hear the real details of the issues and not be told what to think, stay away from these networks. So with these networks catering to the extremes of the ideological
spectrum, where do we turn if we want to be informed? Personally, I believe there are 3 answers to this question: CNN, Comedy Central, and do your own research. While Fox and MSNBC get view-ers by taking the news and twist-ing it to fit their agenda, CNN tells it like it is. Hosts such as Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Coo-per don’t pretend to have all the answers, so they ask experts ques-tions about the issues so you can form your own opinion. There is a feeling in overwhelm-ingly conservative communities such as Center Grove that CNN must have a liberal bias if they address issues that involve homo-sexuality or marijuana, but that is just people lacking confidence
in their own opinion and fearing an objective examination of both sides. Secondly, Comedy Central’s John Stewart and Stephen Col-bert may lean to the left, but they are cynic geniuses. While Colbert is extremely sarcastic and makes fun of everything, Stewart does a great job of connecting with the average American. Although they may not be a seri-ous source for news coverage, the late night hosts of Comedy Central remind us how crazy the political world is and that sometimes we should worry about other things. Lastly, doing your own inde-pendent research is crucial if you want to have informed opinions. Our will to inform ourselves is es-sential to our democracy and our personal understanding of the world we live in. Without it, we are vulnerable to lies and decep-tion. So by all means watch the news, but listen to what they are saying and check their facts. And lastly, please don’t go around accusing everyone else of being wrong be-cause that probably means you’re only getting your information from one source. And you might be the one who is actually wrong.
I have eight months of high school left. Then the “real world” arrives. As cliché as it might sound, the past three years have flown by. When I think about my time here at Center Grove High School, I cannot help but think of one thing I wish I had done. Try. Actually, let me rephrase that. Try harder. It would be silly to say I accomplished nothing here. But when it counted the most, I feel I let myself down, beginning with countless lethargic efforts during freshman year. Every school year, I have convinced my-self “this year will be different.”
Senior year is here, and I can-not say anything has changed. I genuinely try in my classes, but my efforts always seem to come up short. The amount of time I study is probably my issue. Though it is a bad excuse, there are just so many amusing distrac-tions that keep me from focusing on school. To make things worse, “se-nioritis” has kicked in. And let me tell you, it is in full swing. At the time I need to be getting my grades up, deciding on where I want to attend college, and figur-ing out what I want to do with the rest of my life, I cannot bring myself to do a simple, one-page math assignment, read 20 pages of a book, or even define vocabu-lary words.
Obviously, your grades will determine where and if you get accepted into college, as well as your plans beyond college. Tak-ing the route that I took does not make this an easy process. Oddly enough, before high school, I was not that bad of a student. I was no whiz kid, but I was probably better than simply average. Where my work ethic went, I am not sure. But once high school came around, it was gone. I think I cared way too much about my social life then my academic one. Once you dig that hole, it is hard to climb out of. At Center Grove, we are given every opportunity to succeed. The administrators and teachers are fantastic, and have personally
helped me every step of the way. I have not had one teacher that has not been there when I have needed them. No matter what my grades were, I can only hope my teachers thought of me as a good person. Above all else, “no regrets.” Am I right, seniors? Though high school has not gone as well as it could have, I have thoroughly en-joyed my time here. And thank-fully, it’s not over. Unlike some, I do not think I am ready to leave yet. I actually look forward to the rest of this year. Wherever I end up a year from now, I will be okay with it. I am not worried about where I go to school or what I do after college. Wherever I end up will be exactly
where I am meant to be.
At Center Grove High School the Guidance Department invested in new software, Family Connections.
The system is more efficient in helping seniors and underclass-men get ready for the college process. But is the Guidance De-partment doing enough to teach seniors about the college applica-tion process? Sure, counselors has the whole student body to take care of but for seniors this is a grueling and stressful time. Counselors are just as stressed as students because counselors must sift through not only underclassman student
issues but help seniors with their college choices. Although coun-selors may be overwhelmed they are at times struggling in helping seniors with the college applica-tion process. Many students have tried to contact their counselors but have not yet received feedback. This has caused seniors to become even more stressed because their guidance counselors are not helping with their applica-tion process. On the other hand, students should be more proac-tive by taking initiative and trying to get ahold of their counselors if the intitial way does not work. Try emailing, calling, or popping
in during lunch to contact your counselor. Students can do a bet-ter job of contacting their coun-selors and tracking them down, if they are having trouble. Applying to college early is another way to relieve the stress of the college process. Counselors always emphasize to apply early, so seniors need to step up and do just that. Many seniors are struggling to understand the new software, and are unsure on how to send their transcripts. Confusion arose after the initial meeting for seniors in the Auditorium. Seniors were informed of the old system that counselors had
used in the intial meeting; how-ever, this was all changed with the new system Family Connec-tions. The new website is not difficult to maneuver after some time is spent practicing and navigating the site. Students need to com-municate more with their coun-selors if they do not understand. However, the guidance coun-selors need to fit in the seniors schedules to help them with the application process. Both sides, students and coun-selors, need improvement with t e new edition of the website, and during this time of stress, it is im-perative both ends communicate.
Application process stressful for seniors andcounselors alike
Faux News vs. Bias NBCNews networks becoming a joke while comedians tell the truth
Laziness in School
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Friday nights are by far the most exciting day of the week. Students are starting their weekend and for the first time in five days, they do not have to worry about what homework is due tomor-row or what tests they have to take. For some students there is a certain feeling to Fridays that is “carpe diem”; however students are beginning to turn to sitting at home on a perfectly good Friday night. After a hectic week, it is understandable that some students simply do not have the energy to do something that night; however, staying at home because “there is nothing to do” should not be an excuse. Getting out, having fun with friends and enjoying life is an attitude of the young and young at heart. Old Town Greenwood offers exactly that opportunity.
In the heart to Old Town Greenwood lies a quaint drive-in diner called “The Suds”. The diner opened in 1957 and was ranked the sixth best cruising spot in all of America by Car Craft Magazine. “Every Saturday, we have the car cruise. We have thousands of cars lining the streets for people to come a look at,” Manager Jeff Coil said. What started in 1957, never stopped. Back then it was the best place to go “cruising” and it still is today. People, cars, laughter, not to mention good food filling the parking lots make this restau-rant the place to be every Saturday eve-ning. In the small parking lots surround-ing the Suds, people pack their cars in bumper to bumper and flip the hood open so to impress spectators with the engines under them. The car styles range from the 1950’s to the latest model of a Mustang. The common routine is to get some food from Suds, preferably something you
can take with you so that you can walk around and chat with friends and car owners. People, both at the restaurant and displaying a car, are genuinely friendly and willing to strike up a conversation. However, looking at cars might not be your cup of tea but do not cancel Suds out of your weekend plans just yet. Suds is also looking into making a night dedicated to teens and make the diner a cool place to be just as it was in 1957. “The idea would be for Suds to be a place where kids could hang out and get some great food on the weekends,” Coil said.
Contrary to Suds’ display of interesting cars for the boys at heart, Sassafras Tea Room is any little girls’ dream come true. The house it is located in was built in the 1900 and has the feel of going back for teatime in early 19th century. The restaurant is decorated to have an eclectic feel to it. Instead of having a uniform look with the same tables and chairs in each room, this unique restaurant has all different tables and comfort-able chairs that are crying for someone to come sit in. The team room’s food is just as interesting as its décor. All of the food tastes as though your grandma made it at home and the tea is as warming as the service. All the servers are very amicable and are knowledgeable about the food and tea. Overall the tearoom is a great place to go with a group of your best friends, sip some tea, and spend the afternoon catching up with them.
Tucked back behind the trees is the Greenwood Amphitheater. Unknown by most, this outside stage hosts local bands and a variety of parties. The Amphitheater is a more relaxed venue for music. People can come, throw out a blanket, and have a picnic all while listening to local bands who maybe your neighbor’s relative. This is a great (and relativity inexpensive) idea for a date because no tickets are needed. Upcoming events include a Halloween party at the end of the month and a battle of the bands in early November.
A new store that is opening on Main Street is called Just for You. This month will be the first time it is open and storeowner, Nicole Burgess is planning for success. What makes this store unique is not only the fact that it is the one pink store on Main Street, but all the items within it are vintage. “I started buying things and recycling item that had meant something to someone,” Burgess said. The items within store cannot be found anywhere else in Greenwood, more specifically cannot be found at the mall. For example, one distinctive item is a photo collection from the 1940’s. And unlike the mall, this store is not looking to become just a suc-cessful business. Her plans for her shop are much bigger than that. “I envision for it to be a place for friends and family to get together and connect with the past,” Burgess said. This could be a great store to meander into to find some one of kind shopping.
Mouth-watering steaks, succulent ravioli, and crisp salads are just a few of the meal choices at the authen-tic Italian restaurant. After a fire in 2008, this restau-rant reopened with a new menu and new customers. Most of the foods at the restaurant are grown locally specifically their amazing steaks. Customers are drawn in by crisp salads, homemade food, and bowls of endless bread, much better than similar bread at corporate stores. These recipes are fan favorites by all and are one of a kind.
After a scrumptious meal at La Trattoria, step over to the quaint store next to it called Take Root. Take Root is an appropriate name for the store because off all its homey supplies and homey feel. The shop has a variety of candles and décor items, most of which cannot be found at its corporate competitors. Outside of the store is a small farmers market featuring foods that are literally grown in the back yard.
The old reliable Mrs. Curls! One cannot help but mention this famous ice cream place when talking about Old Town Greenwood. How many students have gone to Mrs. Curls since they were little? After sporting events or social activities, Mrs. Curls is the natural place to go after. Conversations between parents at their chil-dren’s games were often interrupted by children wantingto go to Mrs. Curls, where those same conversations were finally finished. “The majority of our returning customers came here as little kids,” storeowner John Cassin said. Indeed, Mrs. Curls evokes a childish giddiness students remember having when they were little. This might just be the most unique quality about the store. There are not many ice cream shops that can claim they have third-generation customers. But this little store is much more than that. “Mrs. Curls has a local feel to it,” customer Debbie Rankin said. However the local and nostalgic feelings are not the only attractions that draw in Mrs. Curls customers. With the unique ice cream items such as the “Razz”, the pur-chaser can buy a different flavor each time without ever repeating. One customer said she came to Mrs. Curls because “the ice cream actually has taste”.
The Suds
Take Root
Sassafras Tea Room
La Trattoria
Just for You
Amphitheater
Mrs. Curls
Other Places to Check Out Craig Park Jockamo Upper Crust Pizza Bead Palace Green Door Fine Art Vino Villa Angel’s Attic
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Spielberg’s Terra NovaReminisent of Jurassic ParkSteven Spielberg’s looks back to the Jurassic Park era for his newest televi-sion hit Terra Nova. Fox’s expected biggest hit this fall premiers on Mon-day nights. The cast is thrown into the dinosaur world of 85 million years ago, in hopes of saving the future human race, by starting from the beginning.
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Buon Appetito at Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza, an authentic Napoli piz-zeria. The old ways of baking pizza in coal-fired ovens at 900 degrees have re-turned with a tasty vengeance. Taste the finest ingredients of “wet” mozza-rella, imported San Marzano tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and Italian spices.
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Miller’s Album for Good Cause“Blue Slide Park” Mac Mill-er’s debut 16 track LP is set to release on Nov. 8. However the Pittsburg MC is pushing for an earlier release date. If 100,000 fans preorder his album the re-lease date will be pushed up, if 50,000 are preordered a dona-tion of$ 50,000 will be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout is a love story of atomic proportions. The Nobel Prize winning pair, Ma-rie and Pierre Curie, re-lationship develops into a struggle when compe-tition and new questions arise after their dis-covery of two new ele-ments. Lauren Redniss’s evocation of the historic couple is sure to sweep scientists and romantics
off of their feet.
The fifth album by the English band Coldplay is due to release on Oct. 24. “Mylo Xylto”, meaning wooden mill in Greek, is a concept album based on a love story with a happy ending that will surely connect with all listeners.
Fashion Hunters features a New York fash-ion consignment store that makes resale up-scale. Owners sell resale couture to top buyers fighting for a bargain. A new part of Bravo’s fashion block on Tuesday nights starting at 9/8c, viewers will covet every used piece.
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The brand new season of the hit show, The Office, premiered at its usual Thursday nine o’clock time slot on September 22. However, there is a question on everyone’s mind about this season. “How can this show survive without Michael Scott?” Turns out it can. Yes the show is not the same without Steve Carell’s dim-witted and goofy personality, but it is still very watchable. Character Andy Bernard takes Michael Scott’s old position as regional manager while a new face, Robert California, played
by James Spader, becomes the new CEO of the Sabre Com-pany, the company that owns Dunder Mifflin. Spader’s role is a creepy mind-manipulating overseer that somewhat replaces the awkwardness that left with Michael Scott. The rest of the cast still remains as well as the same style of writing and comedy. Do not give up hope yet, The Office still has much poten-tial to be great comic relief after a long Thursday at work or school.
After producing no music as a band for the last eight years, pop-punk band, Blink-182, is releasing a new album. What better way to hype up their new LP than to go on tour and perform a killer concert? That answer is nothing. Fans went head over heels as soon as they per-formed as the main headliner for the Honda Civic Tour that stopped off at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana on September 10. In fact, the band seemed just as happy to see the
crowd praising them. Blink-182 played an outstanding set that included songs that ranged from their early days in the 90’s to their newly released single, Up All Night. To go along with the set, the band still retained charac-teristics from their old shows, making obscene jokes to appease the crowd even more. Their new album, Neighborhoods, will be released on September 27 through Geffen Records.
After sitting in the theater and watching “I Don’t Know How She Does It”, I only pose one question to the lead actress, Sarah Jessica Parker and that is “Why the long face? Literally”. Not only is Parker playing the same char-acter that she has been for the last decade, but she somehow manages to perform at a lower level than what I had expected, which is not saying much. Parker plays a mother who has to figure
out how to manage time with her family and work. Honestly, that is the only conflict in the movie which is why it receives little interest from the viewers. The plot of the movie is nothing short of fictional because the main character that Parker plays, Kate Reddy, is similar to almost every mother in our country. “I Don’t Know How She Does It” is not recommended. Even to all of Parker’s fans.
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Become a baker without all of the mess with the app Easy-Bake Cupcakes! Bake,
decorate, and eat your own special cupcake in just minutes. Satisfy your craving for a sweet treat with this free app by add-ing sprinkles or cream to whatever you would like.
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Called the new Jellycar, the app Where’s my Water? can be another time kill-er for your monotonous study hall. Help Swampy the alligator, who lives in the pipes beneath the city, clean up the water pipes through a series of puzzles and challenges for complete cleanliness. The 99-cent charge will be well worth the hours of entertainment.
The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow starting on Oct. 14 - Oct. 29 at Con-ner Prairie is a terrifying time of ghost stories and dancing that will readily prepare you for the ultimate fright night of Halloween.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth in-stallment of the Pirates of the Ca-ribbean film series that comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD on Oct. 18. The film that has earned over one billion worldwide is an adventure fantasy film that follows Jack Sparrows quest for the Fountain of Youth.
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How many teenagers can say they have won more championships than any
other junior in the world or say they are number one in the nation for fishing? How many are able to say they have caught a 50 lb carp and have broken the Alabama state record for biggest carp? Brody McWilliams, a junior here at Center Grove, can. Since he was two, McWilliams has been out on the lake, casting his line, and waiting to see what he catches. Whether he is on Lake Michigan or the Geist Reservoir, he has put all he has into becom-ing a great fisherman.
For the past six years, he has been competing nationally and has worked his way up to becom-ing the number one national ju-nior fisherman, winning multiple tournaments along the way. “I am the only junior in the world to have won the State Team Championship more than four times. I have attended three world championships, three National championships, and four divi-sional championships,” McWil-liams said. Winning over 70 different tour-naments, no one can deny McWil-liams is a remarkable fisherman. Although he feels it can get bor-ing at times, the adrenaline from feeling the pull on the other end of the line is what McWilliams loves about the sport.
“You could be dead bored one instant, and the next have adrena-line pumping through your veins while fighting a five-pounder!” McWilliams explained. He is not the only one at Cen-ter Grove who finds fishing excit-ing. Hunter Sparks, a freshman at Center Grove, agrees that fishing can be a thrill, as well as a relax-ation opportunity. “I love fishing! I enjoy sitting and listening to nature. As long as you have patience, it is awesome, but if you do not, then it probably is not for you,” Sparks explained. McWilliams has many accom-plishments in the fishing world, including being the number one B.A.S.S (Bass Anglers Sportsman Society) Junior Fisherman, and has two F.O.M (Fishers of Men)
National Championships. He is even sponsored by Solar Bat Sun-glasses, Shimano Reels, G-Loomis Rods, Mercury Motors, Ranger Boats, Poor Boy’s Baits and Bass Boat Saver. With seven sponsors, everyone agrees, McWilliams is not the everyday junior fisher-men. Who could have taught this young fishing prodigy how to be the professional that he is? “My grandfather, Terry McWil-liams (a professional angler), taught me how to fish. We go fish-ing about every other day, and go to tournaments every Saturday during the summer,” McWilliams said. It takes a certain amount of skill to become nationally ranked in fishing. It is not simply casting a line and hoping for the best. They
may not be secretive, but McWil-liams techniques have helped him out in his fight to become number one. “My strategy is just knowing how and when to fish for certain fish and always sticking through with it,” McWilliams said. “I fish much differently than most people, much more slowly. I always stick my rod out with one bait rather than switch up every few casts.” Teens across the United State and the world enjoy fishing; few enjoy it to the extent Brody McWilliams does, and few are at the same level. Through the years of hard work and perseverance, McWilliams has become a nation-ally known Fisherman; he is one of the best in the world, and that is something to brag about.
Hooked on Fishing: Brody McWilliams
Junior Brody McWilliams poses with his catch of the day
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1. Bob Sanders staying eligible- Colts fan will no longer have to worry whether Colonel Bob will be suiting up. This “safety” was not a safe player to sign for a huge con-tract. He sure raked in the money watching football on Sundays. By the way, he is already on the Injured Reserve…enough said.2. Super Bowl- No need to be nervous of the Colts making a Super Bowl run here in the host city of
Indianapolis. By then, Polian and Irsay will
be scouting a Top 5 prospect.3. Patriots defeat-ing the Colts- Blue Nation will not
have a week of constant sweating
in the rivalry of Patriots vs. Colts this year. I’ll be curious to see who has more completions to Patriots’ players, Brady or a Colt’s quarterback? 4. Brady vs. Manning- Thank neck injuries for the endless debate of who is a better quarterback to be momentarily paused for a year. We all know Manning is better than the “model” over in Massachusetts, but now we do not have to hear ESPN argue the points. 5. Andrew Luck- Colts are trying to get LUCKy this year. They need a quarterback for the future after Peyton retires and Andrew sure seems like the LUCK of the draw. #SUCKforLUCK6. Peyton Manning Taking Snaps- Although it is bittersweet not seeing number 18 behind center, we will not have to listen to his absurd audibles. I believe games will go by faster, thank goodness, due to the fact Peyton is waiting to snap the ball until less than five seconds left on the play clock. Collins or Painter do not know all the audibles and therefore we will not have to anx-iously await the snap.7. Unintelligent Sports Fans- All the people who have no clue what is going on in the Colts’ world should not feel guilty this year. Nothing is going on in the Colts’ locker room but depressed post-game talks on how to improve next week. 8. Ch-ch-choking in the Playoffs- Besides the Super Bowl year, the Colts have been notorious for com-ing up empty in the post-season. Colts are only bound for the lottery, which means they could only choke on a “Ryan Leaf” type draft pick.9. Mrs. Stuckey‘s Monday morning cheer- “With liberty and justice for all…and Go Colts?” We have yet to hear Mrs. Stuckey congratulate our struggling Colts. There is nothing to celebrate after a Sunday of football for the Colts, but we will not have to worry whether it will be heard on the mornings of Monday. 10. 16-0- Colts have made the play-offs for nine-consecutive seasons, which ties an NFL record. Usually those season begin by starting out undefeated and losing in the final few weeks when they rest the start-ers. No chance of a perfect season this year; all they need to do is rest everybody and call it a season. Better days will come for this Colts organization. Although they may not be here until the April NFL
Draft, they will come.
Every year, Center Grove churns out dozens of grad-uates bound for success. And each graduating class includes a handful of kids who will go on to become college athletes. But rarely do these graduates return to Center Grove on their career paths. So the fact that one former Center Grove student-athlete who has competed at the highest level of foot-
ball would return to take a job at Center Grove is, in some ways, as-tounding. But Aaron Halterman, a CG alum who played briefly in the NFL, is doing just that. As a part of his master’s program, Halterman is working as an intern for Teresa Voorhees in the guid-ance office. He works primarily with athletes, and particularly with football players, as he seeks to give back to the program from which he learned so much. “I help athletes with performance issues on and off the field,” Halter-
man said. He gives Center Grove athletes assistance with both academic and athletic situations. Halterman, who hopes to ultimately become a sports psychologist, is pursuing a master’s degree in counseling and educational psychology with a minor in sports. Halterman is earning his master’s at Indi-ana University, where he played tight end on the foot-ball team from 2001 to 2004 and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Following his college career, Halterman was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Houston Texans in April of 2005. Though he was cut before the season, the Texans signed him to their practice squad. After playing for NFL Europe’s Rhein Fire in 2006, Halter-man played on the practice squads of the Miami Dol-phins, the San Diego Chargers, and the Indianapolis Colts during the 2006 season. The Dolphins signed Halterman to the practice squad for the 2007 sea-son, then signed him to the active roster in October of 2007.
Ever since the 2004 Olympics, senior Emma Schoettmer has wanted to be on the Olympic swimming team. In 2011, she took one step closer to achieving this dream This past summer, Schoettmer attended the Senior and Ju-nior National Championships at Stanford University. There, she earned her way into the finals of her events, medaling in two of them. She swam a record- breaking time of 2:27.99 in her favorite event, the 200m breaststroke, at Junior Nation-als. Since then, she has started receiving more interest from Division I colleges, and has planned five official visits to top swimming schools: Arizona Penn State, USC, Virginia, and LSU. “ What attracted me to these five schools are excellent aca-demics along with excellent swim programs” Schoettmer said. “At USC there are several Olympians that train there, as well as at Arizona”. “The other three are all strong up and coming swim programs,” Schoettmer said.
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Besides a school’s history, Schoettmers comfort level with those currently associated with the program is also important. “I always enjoy talking to coaches and team which is the biggest factor since I will be spending four years with them,” Schoettmer said. All of the school’s gave Schoettmer a chance of achieving her end goal.“ I plan on swimming at the Division I level in college and going to compete in many national and international com-petitions, including the Olympics,” Schoettmer said. In early spring of 2012, Schoettmer will head off to train in Colorado Springs to prepare for qualifications of the 2012 Olym-pic Trials. Schoettmer was also selected to represent Indiana in November at the Golden Goggles Award. Receiving this award can be compared to winning a Grammy Award in the world of swimming. In late June of 2012, Schoettmer will be at the Olym-pic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska to compete for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. For Center Grove swimming coach Jim Todd, Schoettmers success comes as no surprise. “She has always showed talent in swimming, in the last three years she has developed a great work ethic with her talent. Her talent plus her work ethic is why she is where she is at now,” Todd said.
In the 2007 season, Halterman appeared in nine games for the Dolphins and got his first and only ca-reer reception against the New York Giants in week 8. After a back surgery put Halterman out for the 2008 season, the Dolphins waived him in August 2008. Halterman admits that he knew that someday his playing career would come to an end, and, with that in mind, he made sure to earn his degree while in college. Following his playing career, Halterman enrolled in Indiana’s master’s program to begin his second career. As a part of his education, he needed to complete an internship and applied for a position at Center Grove. “When I came and asked if there was an opportu-nity here, they said yes, and I couldn’t be happier,” Halterman said. Halterman cites two reasons for his eagerness to return to Center Grove. The first reason is the overall level of excellence at CG, as far as academics, athlet-ics, and clubs. The second reason is more personal for Halterman. “Center Grove gave me a lot as far as education, and I hope to give back...to something that I took from,” Halterman says of his decision to return to Center Grove. Though the internship at Center Grove is a tem-porary situation for Halterman, he sincerely hopes to rejoin the Center Grove staff in the future. “I would like to work with Center Grove in some capacity,” Halterman said. Perhaps sports psychology will lead him back to Center Grove. Perhaps not. One thing is certain, though, as far as Halterman’s future is concerned. “I have no desire to go back and play,” Halterman said, explaining that, with his back problems, football would simply hurt too much. And while his football-playing career is through, Halterman looks forward to helping the CG football program in some way, whether that entails coaching, mentoring, or sports psychology. “I knew that I wanted to stay in sports,” said Halter-man. And though Halterman may be grateful for the op-portunity to give back to Center Grove, the CG staff and the students Halterman interacts with every day are the ones who feel fortunate that he is back.
FootballOutlook: Center Grove Football is not only a powerhouse but also full of great tradi-tion. This year the MIC conference in football seems as if every team is on top of their game. This means the team is facing big opponents each and every Friday. With only one week left in the regular season, the Trojans are gearing up for the post-season.The Trojans have a 5-3 record and lost to two of the best teams in the state in Carmel and Ben Davis. To finish off the regular season with Warren Central, there will be a big hype for this game. The team is looking forward to competing in every game and is very prepared for sectionals. The Trojans drew Franklin in the first round of section-als at home. An interesting twist to the draw is Franklin’s head coach is former Center Grove teacher and defensive coordinator Brian Harbin. Boys SoccerOutlook: The boy’s soccer team this year is one that is elite. They have a 15-1-2 record, proving their high hopes to be true. Trojans soccer has won the sectional 17 times since 1994. Once again with a stronghold in the MIC they played Carmel very closely in a 3-1 loss in the MIC championship. This team is looking forward to the opportunity to race for state in the post season. The team is now moving on to the regionals to play Warren Central.
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Girls SoccerOutlook: Going into this season coach Todd Sheely said his team was very athletic and pumped to compete. Although the Trojans were very young, they went through a season of growth and competed for the MIC title against Carmel. Even though they lost the MIC title, they still finished 5-1 against all MIC competition. With a tough sectional line-up of competetive soccer teams, the girls fought through and beat Greenwood, Whiteland, and Franklin. Now the team moves on to the regionals to face New Pales-tine.
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From the beginning of time, man has fought man in fierce competi-tions and wars of epic
proportion. In today’s soci-ety, the fighting has been re-placed by sport and the constant competitions are called rivalry. No rivalry is as intense as a sibling-against-sibling battle: Peyton vs., Eli. Serena vs.Venus. These instances of sibling battles can produce some of the greatest spectacles in sports. This year, Center Grove has its own pair of brothers on the tennis court, Con-ner Andersen and Luke Andersen. This tag team duo creates an in-tense rivalry on the practice court court, but they are a force to be reckoned with, playing No.1 and No.2 singles for one of the pre-miere teams in the state. Growing up with a tennis-lov-ing father, the Andersen broth-
ers were introduced to the sport practically when they could walk. Since then, they have traveled to every tournament and train-ing session possible. Both play-ers have been considered studs in their respective grades, constantly being ranked in the state. These exceptional players have emerged as the leaders for the boy’s tennis team and a key component for the team’s 12-4 record. However, familiarizing them-selves with the balance between teammates and competitors as brothers has been a challenge for these siblings. On one hand, both want the team to succeed and push the other to be better and win. However, on the other hand the competitive drive of brothers wanting to beat the other and be the dominant sibling, often creat-ing tension. Luke and Conner ap-pear to have worked out the sys-tem well, creating positive energy for the team and leading the Tro-jans to a top ten ranking. “Being the younger brother,
there is sometimes tension when we play,” junior Luke Andersen said. No person with a sibling can say his or her relationship is flawless; competition is always there. When Conner Andersen spoke of their relationship he said, “We have a normal brother relation-ship on the court, but it is mainly pretty calm and just helping each other to get better.” Conner has become a star fresh-men athlete as No.2 singles for the team. “They really help each other out, but they also have friendly trash talking and try to get under each other’s skin,” Coach Ivan Smith said in an assessment of the An-dersen brothers’ relationship. This outsider’s prospective puts both sides together. Having the two brothers together makes each one better, but there remains the competitive fire of wanting to stand as the dominant brother. Being a third year player and the face of the team at No.1 singles,
By Christian McGillSports Writer
According to students and staff, there are two sepa-rate schools within Center
Grove High School these days. One is the school of education, while the other is known as the school of strength. The Kettle Bell Boot Camp is ran by Marty Mills and special education teacher Tyler Small to bring the commu-nity together in a different but positive way in the weight room. Mills has an unbelievable pas-sion for teaching and coaching students or athletes about gaining strength both physically and men-tally. He teaches a modern way of lifting that involves kettle bells, a type of weightlift that works all parts of the body. Mills decided he should begin a boot camp to allow people in the community the chance to better themselves both mentally and physical. “This program is for adults like teachers, administrators, parents and even teenagers that don’t have the option of taking his specialized class or after-school athletics,” said coach Marty Mills. The kettle bell boot camp is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with two sessions each morning
from 5:15-6:00 and 6:00-6:45. Mills has created this boot camp to encourage more people to lift weights and exercise in the com-munity. Also starting the camp enables Mills to keep the weight room updated so lifters are using the newest equipment and the newest techniques. Lifts at the boot camp include battling ropes, sled pushing, ring pull-ups and band pulls. “Mills has taught us the ba-sics of weightlifting and it is a great way of getting stron-ger,” said senior Kyle Miller. Many students and athletes have gotten involved with kettle bells and the weight program here. “This program is helping parents and the rest of the community to effectively stay healthy. This also puts a better light on the Center Grove community,” senior foot-ball player Quinn Bowling said. Not only are the students and athletes feeling the burn in the weight room, but teachers and administrators as well, creating strong administration to teacher relationships. “I have always worked out but I feel stronger than ever in this pro-gram. Also, boot camp gives the ability to have camaraderie with other colleagues within the staff,” guidance counselor Jill Arbuckle said.
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Seniors Derek Wood and Quinn Bowling workout in School of Strength.
Luke utilizes his knowledge and experience to be a leader for the other players. Conner is no excep-tion to his instructions. “I helped [my brother] get used to the high school experience of being on the team and push him in practice,” Luke Andersen said. Even Conner can acknowledge the positive role his brother has played. “Luke’s example on the court is how I learn, he has a great work rate,” Conner Andersen said. The tennis team hopes to com-bine the drive of the brothers, their supporting relationship, and Luke’s leadership to create a dominant duo at one and two sin-gles. In addition, their relation-ship illustrates a picture perfect example to the rest of the team, driving everyone to be better. Mix the Andersen brothers’ relation-ship with their already incredible talent and the rest of the success-ful CG boy’s tennis team and you create one strong team heading into the state tournament.
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