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VOLUME 53 | ISSUE V | MARCH 12, 2013 | 6001 CASSIA ST. | BOISE, ID 83709 | BORAHSENATOR.COM
Read about the rise and fall of Borah-themed Facebook pages
PAGE 4
Recap the boys basketball team’s road to the state championship
PAGE 12
Dispel the myths, learn the facts about the tunnels underneath Borah
PAGE 10
“If you’re going to reform education, get all the
stakeholders in a room and reform education.”
See page 7
See more art by Teresa Dang
on page 2
2 March 12, 2013Artist Bio
Optimistic photographer shows off raw talent
Photo by Autumn Whittaker | [email protected]
Senior Teresa Dang is as photogenic in front of the camera as the objects she captures from behind the camera.
By Ari [email protected]
“There are so many more things to appreciate in life than meets the eye and photography shows all of these little things,” said senior photographer Te-resa Dang.
With camera in hand she feels an overwhelming urge of excitement to
capture the moment, along with a pro-found calmness. “When I see something I want to photograph I think ‘ooh I want to take a picture of that and see how it turns out.’”
Dang learned the ways of photog-raphy in elementary school, taking family pictures; her passion ignited in the eighth grade when she took her first Photography 1 course. She explained that since then she hasn’t been able to further her expertise due to her over-crowded schedule. “I’ve been more focused on getting the hard classes out of the way,” she said.
“I am in no way a professional,” she said, humbly. “It’s just something I started gaining interest in.”
Dang’s current instrument is a Canon Rebel T3I, though her first pictures were shot with a small digital camera. Her favorite images are those she takes of nature, especially ones in the sunlight. “I like the way the sun reflects on not just objects, but people too.” When ed-iting her work, Dang uses a program called Photoscape to add effects and im-
prove her photos. “I think if you edit too much it ruins the quality of the picture; if a pictures looks really dull, then I like to exchange the colors of it.”
Dang’s motivation derives from the support of people around her. Explaining that her parents constantly encourage her, she said, “I think a lot about what they went through when they were my age and it pushes me to go further.”
At home, Dang is constantly snap-ping photos, whether her focus is her younger sisters or the outdoors. Junior Helene Dang, her younger sister, is well accustomed with her older sister’s pas-sion and thinks that she’s progressing at a fast pace. “Each picture she takes has a different story, a different meaning to it,” she said.
Additional hobbies include paint-ing, tennis and school activities such as National Honor Society and LINK. This year she holds the position of ASB Special Projects Coordinator in Student Council. Her favorite subject is science, and aspires to work in the medical field.
Childhood friend and senior Lu Vo noticed Dang’s fascination with pho-tography early on. “She’s moving away from Instagram, Facebook and stuff like that and doing real photography,” noted Vo. “She can use the simplest of pro-grams, and it still looks professional.”
The Borah Senator 3Letters to the Editor
Senator Staff Positions Editor-In-Chief Savannah HarrelsonSenior Associate Editor Grace GibneyCo-Junior Associate Editors Jaynee Nielsen, August MckernanAdvertising Manager Brittni HanrahanPhoto Manager Jaynee NielsenPage EditorsCover Savannah HarrelsonSenator Staff Autumn WhittakerArtist Bio Brittni HanrahanNews Grace GibneyOpinion Gustavo SagreroLife August MckernanSpread Ari Anchustegui Arts and Entertainment Sara RostronTrends Alexia Neal, Tea NelsonSports Savannah HarrelsonPhoto Essay Jaynee NielsenFun and Games Alissia HarrisStaff Writers Brittany Perry, Taylor McNitt, Tea Nelson, Sarah DrazeStaff Photographers Autumn Whittaker, Jaynee Nielsen, Alexia NealWeb Edition 2nd period journalism staffersAdviser Michelle Harmon
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im only suggesting this but i think you guys should add a colum to the pa-per that sugests movies that students should see. it should have a colum for couples, singles, groups, and even families. it should also have the movie review and ratings. im only suggesting this but it would be nice to know what movies are the best to see. thank you for taking time to read this letter.
-Sophomore Seth Baringer
Senator should have movie reviews
Dear Ms. Mckernan,Thank you for your clarification. The
original oral request we had pertaining to the DREAM Act was with regards to the school district sponsoring an attor-ney to meet with individual families on a consultation basis.
Knowing there are very strict laws regarding school districts chilling the status of students following the 1982 Su-preme Court decision of Plyler V. Doe, the district sought guidance from the Governor’s Office, the State Department
of Education as well as other school dis-tricts in the area.
The final guidance summarized was:1) the governor’s office recommends
Catholic Charities2) other students who are interested
in this may have contacted Catholic Charities
3) as a public school entity we legally can not be part of the process (Plyler v. Doe)
Again, the request we had received was for family legal consultations.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have further questions.
-Federal Programs ConsultantMolly Fuentealba
This email wasn’t received in time for the authors comments to be included in the Latino Leaders news article last issue
4 March 12, 2013News
By Alissia [email protected]
Sweaty palms, intense stares, the sound of the buzzer and the oppo-nent stating checkmate.
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the chess club gathers together to prepare themselves for the state tournament this Saturday at the Boise Vineyard.
Although the club members have been repetitively playing each other to better their skill
and knowledge of the game, the team has faced some
challenges.“The biggest struggle
was the major decrease in active members, because
a majority of the team were seniors last year,” said
Houston Bentley, senior. “At the beginning of the
year the club only had two active members.
The team didn’t expand until sec-
ond semester, and the club has now accumulated eight mem-bers.”
The Chess Club has been preparing themselves for the state tournament since the day they heard it was com-
ing up. Last year the team had a mix
up and confusion so Bent-ley was the only member who had the opportu-nity to compete.
The excitement of
three members going to the tournament was very appar-ent in Bentley’s voice. Three seniors -- Bentley, Blue Gree-ar, and Austin Carter--are all on their way to the state chess tournament.
They’ve practiced, and completed their steps to
achieve their United States Chess Federation Member-
ship, which allows them to participate in chess tournaments.
Chess Club prepares for annual tournament
By Gustavo [email protected]
From adoration to contempt, to out-right LOLing, the anonymous Facebook pages of Borah High have left the Borah community (and even the nation) buzz-ing about its latest posts. But one thing that many may not think about is the response from administration.
The Borah High Memes page was the first on the scene to make its mark. Following in the steps of other similar pages, it gave a little Internet-style hu-mor to Borah High.
Junior Casey Kawamura was one of the content producers for the page. Then came a point where he realized what he had done was offensive to some. He took down his posts and publicly apologized on the page for what he had posted. No-body had told him to write the apology letter: “I decided to apologize when I took off the racist memes,” he said. One of them was a picture of an African child, absorbed by the things he hears about the post-industrialized world.
The next to come onto the scene was the Borah Compliments page, a site on which people anonymously posted positive messages about the Borah com-munity.
“Our goal is to help spread kind-ness throughout Borah,” said one of the anonymous admins of the Borah HS Compliments page. “We thought that by creating this page we could help to make a small difference for the better and hopefully assist in making some-one’s day.”
Its origins were inspired by the pages of other compliments pages. “Yes, one of us got the idea from the Eagle page and then talked to the other two about being admins.”
“Participation from others varies,” said a site administrator. “Some days we don’t have anyone submit compliments and some days five or more are submit-ted.” Like many of the pages, they rely heavily on the participation and viewer-ship of the community. “I think that it is a cool page and a nice idea,” said the anonymous founder and manager of the
now infamous Lion Confessions page.But the Confessions founder high-
lights another subject when it comes to non-affiliated entities representing schools: “The only thing that I don’t agree with is the fact that they are using Borah’s name without Borah’s permis-sion. I got heavily criticized for naming this page ‘Borah Confessions’ in the very beginning and was forced to change it after receiving multiple threats in rela-tion to copyright violations.”
The Confessions founder continued, “I don’t think that it’s very fair that no-
body has said anything to them about their name, just because the concepts and/or themes are different.”
School Resource Officer Steve Kinche-loe confirmed school officials haven’t censored the Borah Compliments page the way they have with the Confessions, because administration doesn’t have a conflict with the Compliments page bor-rowing the school’s name.
The Lion Confessions page has not just reached Boise’s local news, but na-tional news as well, having a small story on the Home Living Network.
When Kinchloe first found out about the Confessions Page, he said he already knew there was a trend in schools for this type of activity. Boise State Univer-sity and University of Idaho were both mentioned.
“Part of me was like, ‘those guys need to tone it down’,” when he first read the posts. Kincheloe also gave the website administrators what he called a friend-ly warning, telling them to change the “Borah” name.
The Confessions page admin said, “Yes, he was very upset when I first created the page. He sent me multiple messages trying to get me to shut it down, but I knew I wasn’t doing any-thing wrong so I decided to keep the page going.”
The rise of these kind of pages may be a fad, but they highlight a new dynamic in the way schools manage their ap-pearance. And with such open forums like Facebook, Tumblr and others, it’s becoming a lot harder for them to keep their appearances up.
Borah pages ignite controversy, fame
Screenshot by Grace Gibney | [email protected] most recent Facebook page to spark debate, Lion Confessions, received national attention. Additionally, its content led to several other Treasure Valley high schools creating their own confessions pages, for example, Brave Confessions (Boise High). The screenshot was taken the day before the page was unavailable.
The Borah Senator 5News
By Jaynee [email protected]
Many teachers have gone to district meetings to discuss curriculum chang-es that will happen next year. Common Core is changing the standards in math and English, for all grade levels.
AP Physics and AP Calculus teacher Vic Hofstetter said he thinks the change is for the better and the curriculum is what the schools need.
Common Core is purposely legislat-ed to prepare students for their future. According to corestandards.org, the leg-islature wants to “ensure that students make progress each year and graduate from school prepared to succeed in col-
lege and in a modern workforce.” Common Core is focused on problem
solving and not just regurgitating infor-mation when a test comes around.
In math classes, students are trained to substitute and memorize equa-tions, what the pieces and parts are and what is needed to get to the correct answer.
For example, stu-dents are trained to know the equation of a line (y=mx+b). Students know that
m is the slope, but that is not all of it. There is no background or reasoning
as to why it is the slope. It is a daily routine to solve the same equation over and over again. All a student needs to do is put the cor-rect number in and solve.
This way of teach-ing does not spell everything out for the student. It makes them have to
figure out which equation is needed and then solve.
Common Core will “call on students to practice applying mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges; they (the standards) prepare students to think and reason mathemat-ically,” according to corestandards.org.
Algebra and Physics teacher Debra Gough is concerned about the imple-mentation of Common Core, which she said will make it harder for college admissions to decide if a student is actu-ally accelerated.
However, the Common Core web-site indicated the newly adopted state standards will not “bring all states’ standards down to the lowest common denominator,” or rather it will not lower the states’ academic criteria in any way.
Common Core standards impact classrooms
Common Core is focused on prob-lem-solving, not
just regurgitating information when a test comes around.
By Savannah [email protected]
Despite Idaho voters rejection of Propositions 1, 2, and 3, the Idaho leg-islature is trying to integrate parts of statutes back into law. New proposed legislation includes numerous senate and some house bills. Some of them are exact wordings from Proposition 1.
Ideas reintroduced include House Bill 164, which states that if an agreement is not made on a teacher contract by June 10, teachers will be forced to take the district’s “last best offer.”
According to the Idaho Education As-sociation, Senate Bill 1096 is a revised version of Proposition 1. It allows school districts to revise teacher contracts and salaries on a year-to-year basis, making each teacher an “at-will” employee.
Although the bills only relate to Prop-osition 1, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has created the Task Force on Improving Education. This group meet to discuss the broader areas of education.“The goal is to move education in Idaho forward for our students, our educators, and the businesses, colleges and universi-ties that receive the product of our K-12 system,” said Gov. Otter in a December 2012 press release from Jon Hanian.
Proposition 1 is back again
Photo by Jaynee Nielsen | [email protected] Feb. 14, 300 pairs of shoes were donated. Shoeapalooza allowed any Borah student to get a new pair of used shoes. Sopho-more Cooper Smith headed the donations by gathering all of the shoes. Parents Susan Dennis and Missy Wheeler helped plan the event. Many students walked out with one or two pairs of shoes.
Shoe donation free-for-all
Students can expect to see changes in class schedules by next year
6 March 12, 2013Opinion
Is the mathematics aspect of Common Core beneficial?
Above is the online cover for Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics that Idaho has adopted and will be implemented next year.
From personal experience,
putting more time into my math
work has helped
Although the additional help is beneficial, it is a waste
of elective credits
YES
NOBy Grace [email protected]
In the 2013 - 2014 school year, junior high students can expect to see Mathe-matics I, Mathematics II, or Mathematics III on their class schedule, as opposed to Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. The change is due to Idaho now being one of 45 states that has adopted the Com-mon Core State Standards, a national initiative to regulate the educational standards of English and Math.
Although the Common Core Math-ematics Standards appear to benefit students, several side effects will put students at a severe disadvantage in their educational careers.
“I thought Common Core would probably be a good idea if it was done right,” said math teacher Mark Brown. “The downside is that there’s definitely a different way of teaching to it.” Brown is referring to how Common Core will combine all Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry content into the Mathemat-ics I class. A student completes one year, only to delve further into the content in Mathematics II, and then further still in Mathematics III.
According to Ap-pendix A of the Common Core Math-ematics Standards, it states “A “compact-ed” version of the Integrated pathway where no content is omitted...which will enable them (stu-dents) to reach Calculus or other college level courses by their senior year.”
Second, Common Core does not con-sider students who will not be math majors in college. In my case, I was sup-posed to be in Calculus my senior year. I had previously taken Pre-Calculus with teacher Becky Brown my junior year. However, since I am going to be a jour-nalism major, I do not necessarily need to have a strong background in math to be a journalist.
So I opted to retake Pre-Calculus to improve my GPA and to focus more on my literature courses. I should not have to make more work for myself than is necessary, and Common Core forces such an overload on junior high stu-dents.
Third, imagine having to take acceler-ated classes as opposed to intermediate.
The district policy hopes to incorporate the content of accelerated courses, such as Accelerated Algebra I and II, into the intermediate level Mathematics I course.
By making all math classes meet accelerated criteria, students are not
academically distin-guishable from each other. And the fact is, some students sim-ply cannot keep up with accelerated ma-terial.
“It’s not fair,” said junior pre-calculus student Ashlyn En-glehorn. “It’s hard to keep up with acceler-ated. Think of all the
seniors who dropped out of Pre-Calc into Advanced Math Topics. With math, you have to stop and think through it. Your mind has to click with it. Some kids can’t keep up with the accelerated levels.”
The kids who do not “click” with the program have to take an extra math pe-riod.
Although the additional help is bene-ficial, it is a waste of elective credits that could be used toward classes that would benefit the student’s college interests.
While the Common Core Mathemat-ics Standards were developed so that junior high students would succeed with math classes in their high school career, they are actually putting stu-dents at a short-term disadvantage.
Students should not have to sacrifice elective credits, academic individuality, or college interests to graduate.
By Gustavo [email protected]
The new Common Core guidelines for Mathematics are meant to put the United States back on track with its worldwide competitors. It’s not a strict protocol to which schools have to adhere, accord-ing to Appendix A of the Common Core Standards for Math-ematics.
The national pro-posals allow states and even districts some leeway to change the guide-lines in their own way. The basic outline requires that instead of math classes being taught as Algebra I, Geometry, Al-gebra II, they would be divvied up into Math I, Math II, and Math III.
So what’s the difference?Instead of having the three separate
classes, according to the Appendix, the standards take the easiest components from each (Geometry, Algebra I and II) and put them into Math I.
From there, the standards take the next level of difficulty of each class and put them into Math 2, and Math 3 will have the final and toughest material of Geometry, Algebra I, and II. From there students will then go into a barrage of other classes.
There will be no intermediate or ac-celerated classes for the Math, 1, 2, and 3. “That’s the idea” said math teacher Bill Donaldson, who had a copy of the
overview of the Common Core guide-lines on his desk.
Students that don’t have such great grades in the math class (below a C av-erage) will be required to have an extra study period open so they can spend more time on their math requirements. I can understand why people would be outraged.
In such a case, this will mean one less elective period, which could be the dif-ference between losing an art class or having to take a zero hour.
From personal experience, putting more time into my math work in the past has helped me enormously.
With the presence of a math teacher, a tutor, or even just somebody who is on the same subject matter when I do my work is comforting since finding the an-swer is just a question away.
So, while losing an elective period would have been a downer, this extra attention to a math class will have some benefit, not only grade-wise but in gaining a deeper understanding of the material.
For now the class-es will be taken at the high school level, but the goal will be to gradually have students take these classes at the junior high level. This actually makes it beneficial for both students who want to excel in math and go on to higher level
math for their careers. For students who don’t really want
to focus on math, the cushion of hav-ing a sound understanding of problem solving since junior high will always be there.
In junior high, few know what they want to do for the rest of their lives, so having these basics covered at an earlier grade level might help students decide where to go from there. Junior high seems a perfect time for this.
For me as a student in junior high, I had no clue what was going on in my intermediate algebra I class, and the thought of getting help was never on my mind; I didn’t take it seriously.
I know if I had been forced to have an extra study period for that math, I would have eventually realized, “Well, if I’m here, might as well make the most of it.”
The Borah Senator 7Opinion
It is entertaining to a certain extent, but it went a little too far. I understand it is just there to be funny, but some of the stuff posted was not. However, if you don’t like it, nobody is making you read it.
-Brittany Perry, junior
I think the page is incredibly entertaining. Although it contains profanity, and obvious exaggera-tions and made up stories, it is highly amusing to scroll through. The page is for fun and games, not to be taken literally. All of us here at Borah should be able to indulge in light hearted humor like the Confessions Page. Plus, if someone is in need of someone to talk to, they are able to anonymously let out secrets and bundled feelings! We are all human here, and the page reminds us of that.
-Ari Anchustegui, senior
I think that what people are writing is disappointing. Being that it’s getting so much media, people see this stuff on the news and think badly of Borah. This is not what Borah stands for. We are so much more than the stupid stuff people write on the Confes-sions Page.
-Sarah Draze , junior
I think it’s meant to entertain not to hurt anyone’s feeling. One was posted about my friend and she didn’t like it, so she asked them to remove it. They did. If someone posts something about you, you can just ask for it to be removed and they probably will.
-Taylor McNitt, sophmore
I think that it’s a fairly good rep-resentation of what high school is actually like these days: 33.3% is ridiculous, 33.3% is heavily exag-gerated, 33.3% is taken seriously, and 0.1% is actually true.
-Grace Gibney, senior
Staff Editorial
Last November, parents and students spoke against Propositions 1, 2 and 3, and in a referendum voted these laws down. Now, as these laws are gradually being put back into legislation, students are left wondering, where is our voice?
No one questions that education re-form is needed right now. Students are going to college unprepared, and a lot them end up dropping out.
According to the National Informa-tion Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, Idaho ranks 44th in the United States in graduation rates from college and 46th in retention rates for freshman in college.
Obviously, Idaho needs to do some-thing to fix these education problems.
Propositions 1, 2, and 3, passed in 2011, created a large uproar across the state. Teachers and parents were angry because they were unable to have a say and take part in legislation affecting them and their children.
Government teacher Ron Freeman said, “They said, ‘This is how you reduce cost,’” and they didn’t consult parents, students, or teachers. The “they” in this instance is Supt. Tom Luna and the leg-islators that passed these laws.
The propositions angered so many not only because stakeholders didn’t get
a say, but because the legislation under-mined teachers in so many profound ways. Proposition 1 took away collective bargaining rights and stripped contract rights that have been in place for de-cades.
“It used to be, teachers couldn’t have lower salaries,” said Freeman. “If you want better teachers, you don’t make the job less desirable.”
Even after the propositions failed, Luna is trying to push parts of Proposi-tion 1 through the legislature this year.
After the three propositions failed, Luna and the Idaho legislature went back to the drawing board.
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, leaning away from Supt. Luna’s Students Come First Laws, created a Task Force on Improving Education that is comprised of teachers, business professionals, and representa-tives from colleges.
He hopes the group will come up with ideas to help reform education, whether or not the recommendations need to be enacted as laws.
His task force is a positive step in the right direction toward education reform. Teachers, students, and parents all need a say in education, not stuffy politicians who think they know about education.
Freeman was right on point when he said, “If you’re going to reform educa-tion, get all the stakeholders in a room
and reform education.”In order to further educational prog-
ress, all parties involved in education, need to be directly involved.
Students need to be involved because it is ours, our brothers and sisters, and eventually our children’s futures we have to protect. We have a voice, and it’s time to put that voice to use.
Although some politicians may not believe student opinion matters, there are some who truly value our thoughts.
“Students need to understand that they are a stakeholder as well,” Freeman said.His advice to students: watch what is going on around you. Stay informed about issues in education, and read about current events.
Over the past few months, there have been multiple education hearings at the Idaho State Capitol Building. At these hearings, one can speak personally to the legislature about opinions and con-cerns in education.
These hearings are great oppor-tunities for students to express their perspectives on education. The fact is, we are students, and we matter.
The more time we spend proactively spreading our opinions and beliefs about education, the more likely our voice will be heard.
Who better to reform education than those living and learning in these halls?
School reform we are being left out
Recent legislation is bad
The good accomplished
What can students do?
When it comes to reforming our schools they’re taking everyone’s input, except for who it affects the most--the students who actually walk the halls.
Senator staff shoutoutsWhat do you think about the Borah
Confesssions page and all the media it has received?
Ilustration by Ari Anchustegui | [email protected]
Ever felt the urge to splurge on a few sw
eet treats follow
ing lunch break but find to your disappointm
ent nothing that satisfies? O
ver the years Boise schools has adjusted the item
s available in its vending machines to
comply w
ith health guidelines. A
ccording to the Am
erican Academ
y of Pediatric D
entistry, easy access to sweetened
foods and beverages leads to a higher intake of calories, w
hich then affects overall health. A
lthough there is no state policy, Idaho fol-low
s federal recomm
endations for foods sold on school grounds.
Based on regulations, school officials around the country--like principal Bonita H
amm
er--determ
ine w
hat foods
will
be in
school vending m
achines and sold in school stores or fundraisers during breaks and lunches. The school has com
plied with its vending suppliers
in approving 60 percent of its snacks to meet
federal recomm
endations. For exam
ple, the school is only allowed to
serve drinks that are diet soda, water, or 100
percent fruit juice. A
lso, the various clubs that sell in the stu-dent stores m
ust coordinate with the cafeteria
to prevent double sales of food, such as pizza, according to Brad Baum
berger, a Java Den su-
pervisor. H
amm
er said it’s important for students to
have choices, because healthy choices lead to healthy habits.
“If all we served w
as sweets, students
wouldn’t have the ability to exercise free
choice,” Ham
mer said.
Regulations rule choices in school vending m
achines By Tea N
elson tnelson@
borahsenator.com
You suddenly notice a gut-wrenching ache
in your abdomen after you eat your favorite
food: a steaming plate of cheesy nachos w
ith salsa and sour cream
. Funny, you just ate a plate last w
eek and felt, well, fine. N
ow, as you
run to the bathroom, stom
ach heaving, you w
onder where you w
ent wrong.
More than 15 m
illion Am
ericans have a food allergy, according to the Food A
llergy Net-
work. D
eveloping a food allergy later in life rather than just at birth is becom
ing more or-
dinary.Senior K
rysta Neill discovered her food al-
lergy in the sixth grade. She noticed certain fruits such as bananas, w
atermelons and can-
taloupe were giving her allergic reactions like
hives, itchy throat and swelling. N
eill said the proteins in the fruits are sim
ilar to the proteins in pollens to w
hich she is also allergic; there-fore her body rejects them
.Food allergies can affect m
ore than just the im
mune system
. Senior Reuben Mulhern
started noticing his gluten allergy as a sopho-m
ore. His running tim
e for cross-country was
decreasing drastically. After several visits w
ith a doctor and blood tests, results show
ed he had an iron deficiency caused by the gluten allergy.
When a person w
ith a food allergy intakes the allergen, the body is unable to absorb cer-tain nutrients, like iron. A
fter cutting gluten from
his diet, Mulhern said he has m
ore en-ergy for daily life and his running tim
es have gone back to norm
al.A
ccording to the Asthm
a and Allergy Foun-
dation, 90 percent of all food allergies come
from the com
mon eight allergens: m
ilk, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and w
heat.The im
mune system
can be triggered by just the sm
allest amount of the allergy-producing
food; as little as one eighth of a teaspoon. The system
sees the food as destructive and imm
e-diately tries to flush it out of the body.
Meanw
hile, the chemical histam
ine is re-leased into the bloodstream
causing reactions including stom
ach and headaches, swelling,
hives and at the worst, anaphylactic shock.
The Borah Senator
March 12, 2013
You Are What You Eat
You suddenly notice a gut-wrenching ache
in your abdomen after you eat your favorite
food: a steaming plate of cheesy nachos w
ith salsa and sour cream
. Funny, you just ate a plate last w
eek and felt, well, fine. N
ow, as you
run to the bathroom, stom
ach heaving, you w
onder where you w
ent wrong.
More than 15 m
illion Am
ericans have a food allergy, according to the Food A
llergy Net-
work. D
eveloping a food allergy later in life rather than just at birth is becom
ing more or-
dinary.Senior K
rysta Neill discovered her food al-
lergy in the sixth grade. She noticed certain fruits such as bananas, w
atermelons and can-
taloupe were giving her allergic reactions like
hives, itchy throat and swelling. N
eill said the proteins in the fruits are sim
ilar to the proteins in pollens to w
hich she is also allergic; there-fore her body rejects them
.Food allergies can affect m
ore than just the im
mune system
. Senior Reuben Mulhern
started noticing his gluten allergy as a sopho-m
ore. His running tim
e for cross-country was
decreasing drastically. After several visits w
ith a doctor and blood tests, results show
ed he had an iron deficiency caused by the gluten allergy.
When a person w
ith a food allergy intakes the allergen, the body is unable to absorb cer-tain nutrients, like iron. A
fter cutting gluten from
his diet, Mulhern said he has m
ore en-ergy for daily life and his running tim
es have gone back to norm
al.A
ccording to the Asthm
a and Allergy Foun-
dation, 90 percent of all food allergies come
from the com
mon eight allergens: m
ilk, eggs, fish, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, and w
heat.The im
mune system
can be triggered by just the sm
allest amount of the allergy-producing
food; as little as one eighth of a teaspoon. The system
sees the food as destructive and imm
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causing reactions including stom
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hives and at the worst, anaphylactic shock.
Food allergies
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10 March 12, 2013Life
Tunnels explored, rumors debunkedBy Gustavo [email protected]
What comes to mind when you hear of the Borah tunnels? Rats? Cold War age bomb shelters? Cockroaches?
A few Borah Senator staff members, including me, had the chance to go down into these fabled realms and fig-ure out what is actually going on, and from what we’ve seen -- not very much.
Even staff writer, senior Alissia Har-ris, the one who ecstatically suggested the story idea, enthralled by the novelty of the mysterious tunnels, wasn’t very impressed by what she saw.
“I’m disappointed,” she said, as the group (only five were allowed under) walked back to the newspaper room from its tour. Looking with disillusion-ment at newspaper adviser Michelle Harmon, she wailed, “You should not have let me come!”
But, that’s not to minimize what’s go-ing on down there.
Walking from east to west through the dimly lit over-glorified crawl space, we saw sewage pipes, water lines, data lines, and electrical wires crossing alongside the north side of the low 5”5’ ceiling.
Sometimes a water or sewage line crossed our path, and we’d have to ei-ther duck, or step over a pipe. The best way to compare what purpose these tunnels serve is a comparison to the hu-man body: if the buildings on campus are the muscles, skin, and skeletal struc-ture, the security office the eyes, and
the brain its offices, the tunnels are the vertebrae, cardiovascular system, and intestines.
Imagine this setting: It’s a dark night; the cold biting wind whistles through the cracks in the main hall doors; a full moon blankets the quad in a sickly white, casting ominous shadows of the bare branches into the hall. The camera cuts, and we now see the girls basketball team descend into the tunnels in a game of scavenger hunt.
They feel their body temperatures rise little by little, and moisture develops on their brows as the heat from the boiler washes over them.
Their little game of scavenger hunt isn’t so lovely now. Rats scamper away as the caverns of Borah High open up and the girls let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Perfect opening scene for a raunchy horror flick, right? Well, it kind of still is. Just take away the rats (we didn’t see any), replace the word caverns with crawl space, and remember to duck or else one runs the risk of a faceful of lead pipe.
Also the part of a girls basketball team being in the utility tunnels is ac-tually true. A few years back, senior Tori Schoonover was one of the girls to participate in a team scavenger hunt that required the team go down into the utility tunnels. As they ventured deeper and deeper into the East wing of the tunnels, it grew smaller and smaller. “They aren’t as bad as I thought they’d be,” said Schoonover.
Photo by Jaynee Nielsen | [email protected] August Mckernan writes her name on a pipe alongside others from years past.
Annika Moffett, junior
“Borah has underground tunnels so that the rat scientists that are running secret
tests on us can study our habits and behavior in our natural environment.” Anna Kennedy, senior
“For maintenence and emergency
situations.”
Ellen Young, junior
“Borah was built by mole people.”Ryan Day, sophomore
“Maybe for ninja turtles.”
Senator Shoutouts: Why do you think Borah has underground tunnels? What are they used for?
Photo By Jaynee Nielsen | [email protected] pipes run along Borah’s underground tunnels.
The Borah Senator 11Arts & EntertainmentMusic honor society allows students more opportunities, chance to wear cords
By Sarah [email protected]
Four Borah students’ artwork will appear at the Boise Art Museum this spring.
“I never thought that people would be paying to see my artwork,” said ju-nior Abby Whiffen, one of the artists who qualified for the juried show. She emphasized how much of an honor it is to have been selected. Other art-ists include senior Crystal Davis, senior Diana Montgomery, and junior Kali An-derson. Their pieces will be displayed in the Seventh Biennial Juried Art Exhibi-tion at BAM March 21 – May 5, titled Higher Ground.
Whiffen described the moment her art teacher saw her fin-ished mask, one of the two pieces of hers accepted. “I was so excited to see my piece, and when my teacher took it from the kiln he told me I had to enter it in the BAM art show!”
Montgomery was also selected with her single drawing of a fish she created last summer. Montgomery expressed the moment she found out she was se-lected. “I felt really good, and I had really worked hard on it,” said Mont-
gomery.When asked what her reaction was
when she got chosen she stated, “Oh, I got accepted to that. But later I was like, yes! I got accepted to that!”
Junior Kali Anderson was also picked for the drawing section of the BAM show. Anderson talked about the artist
statement she had to write to explain what her message was and the purpose for her drawing.
Of her two pieces, Anderson was sur-prised which one was selected. “That drawing was not the piece I expected to get picked.” After asking Anderson if she was happy with the result, she said, “ I was defi-nitely pleased that the piece was recog-nized though--it was nice to know my art was good enough to be publicly dis-
played.”Davis, one of the four artists who ap-
plied for BAM, also qualified, but as the only Borah student to go for pho-tography. Davis explained the vigorous process of entering her photo into the art contest; choosing which photo from a couple hundred to enter, editing the photo to add some flare, completing the entry form, and writing her artist state-ment.
Boise Art Museum exhibitfeatures four from Borah
One senior, one junior qualify for Poetry Out Loud state competition
By Ari Anchustegui [email protected]
The eventual arrival of spring is
accompanied by Treefort Music Fes-tival, March 21-24.
According to the festival’s Twit-ter page @treefortfest: “Treefort is a multi-venue music festival in down-town Boise featuring national/ regional/ local emerging artists.”
This will be the second year. Tree-fort takes place within various venues
in downtown Boise. “Last year it was something really new that nobody else knew of,” said junior Baeleigh Hamlin, who volunteered for the fes-tival last year.
According to treefortmusicfest.com 13 venues have been chosen. All-ages venues will be The Main Stage, The Linen Building, The Crux, and El Korah Shrine. Ages-21-and-up ven-ues include The Neurolux, The Red Room, Pengilly’s Saloon, The Reef, Tom Grainey’s, Grainey’s Basement, Spacebar Arcade and China Blue (who will have two stages, one in the main room and the other in the lounge room).
With extended marketing before-hand, the first tier of tickets are sold out. Over 250 artists are booked to play Treefort 2013. Headlining bands performing on the main stage total 18 artists, including Boise’s Youth La-goon.
Photo by Jaynee Nielsen I [email protected]
Junior Abby Whiffen created this mask in response to her friend being bullied.
By Grace [email protected]
A new honor society has begun on campus. Tri-M, an international music honor society, has a new chapter started by Orchestra teacher Christa Rowland.
“At one of the district meetings it was brought up by Caldwell’s music instructor and I thought it was a cool organization and that we should do it here,” said Rowland, the advisor of Tri-M. “It’s a great way to recognize those people who are excellent musicians.”
To be inducted into Tri-M, students must meet the following criteria: a B average in a music class and a C aver-age in all other classes; perform in an approved solo, duet or ensemble; and demonstrate character strengths. As a reward for their dedication and service, chapter members wear pink cords at graduation.
It is also expected that chapter mem-bers participate in volunteer hours at concerts, performances, and other mu-sic events. “The students will sit outside, hand out programs, collect donations,
set up, that sort of thing,” said Rowland. “We are also planning on doing a bake sale, so people to help man the table. Tri-M is a great way for us to volunteer people to help out at those events.”
However, if a student does not meet the criteria after induction, they then go on an inactive status until they are al-lowed back into the group.
Many students have found Tri-M to be another step forward in pursuing their musical interests. “I joined Tri-M because I wanted to volunteer more music stuff,” said senior bassist Christie
Echols. “I already do that a lot anyways, and this just gives me another opportu-nity to do it.”
Other students joined Tri-M simply because they share a passion for mu-sic. “I applied to Tri-M because I really love music,” said junior Kevan Ash. “It’s what I want to do with my life, and it’s one thing I can do to further myself.”
Students who applied to Tri-M will receive a letter informing them of their acceptance. The first meeting of Tri-M is today during lunch. The induction cer-emony is scheduled for April 7 at 7 p.m.
By Joy [email protected]
Two of seven Borah Poetry Out Loud competitors earned a finalist spot with other Idaho finalists in February.
Senior Gustavo Sagrero enjoys Poetry Out Loud and has competed for two con-secutive years.
“I like it because I like poetry and storytelling,” said Sagrero. “You can give your own spin to other’s words.” Sagrero will compete against junior Tyler Lopez and students from 17 other Idaho schools in hopes of earning a place to compete for the national title.
English teacher Chuck McHenry, Borah’s Poetry Out Loud adviser eight years running warns that Poetry Out Loud is very specialized. “It sounds really cool, but it daunts some kids. Five dropped off this year alone.”
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12 March 12, 2013Sports
By Savannah [email protected]
For the second consecutive year, the Lions won the state and district champi-onships and only suffered one loss the entire season.
On March 1, The boys defeated Rocky Mountain in the 5A state championship game, 47-44.
Most of the game was within a hand-ful of points, both teams battling to take the lead. At halftime, the score was 21-19 with Borah ahead. The game remained close until the closing min-utes, as Rocky Mountain fouled players, allowing Borah to extend its lead and finish with the win.
“We came together as a team, saying we need to finish this,” said junior Isa-iah Wright.
Game leaders include Wright, with 21 points, and senior Joe Nelson, with 10 points and eight rebounds.
To qualify for the championship game, Borah had to defeat Madison and Mountain View in the quarterfinals and semifinals.
“All three games we played were
tough ones,” said Wright. “We had to fight through all three of them.”
Borah also took home the 5A Sports-manship Award. This award is given to a school that demonstrates exceptional sportsmanship in the state tournament. Borah has won this award for the past three years.
“It’s always fun to have the fans out there screaming their heads off,” said senior Zak Studebaker.
On Feb. 22, the team defeated Rocky Mountain 33-29 to become the 5A Southern Idaho Conference (SIC) dis-trict champions.
The game started out tough for the Lions, as Wright sat out part of the first quarter because of an injury. In the sec-ond quarter, the Lions intensified its defense, and at halftime led 18-16. Al-though the lead passed back and forth between the two teams, Borah pulled out the win and became district cham-pions for the second year in a row.
Borah held the district tournament this year, giving the boys the homefield advantage. “One of the best parts was being at home, playing at our house,” Studebaker said.
Taking stateThe boys basketball team finishes season with two championship titles, 25-1 record
By Brittany [email protected]
Whether it is sitting in her English class, or mathematics class, senior Dani Duncan would be more than thrilled to talk about lacrosse with anyone and everyone. The 2013 lacrosse sea-son started Feb. 1. Struggling with the amount of wins last year, the team hopes to improve its record this year.
There are 14 players on the lacrosse team, and four of them are seniors.
“Most of our players have been play-ing for a while, so I’m hoping for some wins,” said Duncan. “That would be nice,” she added with a smile.
Duncan has been playing lacrosse for five years, four of which have been at Borah. She plans to play for at least one more year at BSU after graduating this year. However, due to lack of time, she is not sure how much longer she will be able to play.
“Lacrosse is my passion. I get to release all my anger and energy. It’s everything.” When asked what her inspiration(s) are, she replied, “It’s just something I do. It’s fun!”
Lacrosse is a sport that requires one’s full amount of energy 24/7. It is necessary to show up on time, and be ready to go.
The team is still accepting players this season. Duncan said the team is looking for “aggressive chicks” not “little ladies.”
Photo by Jaynee Nielsen | [email protected]
Senior Dani Duncan loves to release her energy on the lacrosse field.
Senior shines with LAX stick in hand
Photos by Jaynee Nielsen |[email protected]
Senior Zak Studebaker stretches toward the basketball hoop.
Junior Isaiah Wright goes up for a basket. The team poses on the court for a picture with its 5A state championship trophy.
The Borah Senator 13Sports
By Jaynee [email protected]
This year’s goal for the varsity baseball team is to compete for an opportunity to go to State. However, there are several teams in the league that will be tough to beat.
Juniors Cole Skinner, Lucas Keefe, Miles Bigelow, and Shane Layman are just a few varsity baseball players to watch this season.
Layman played little league as a kid and is excited to be able to play more this year than last as a higher classman on varsity. “The pressure of a varsity sport,” said Layman is a challenge in and of itself.
Games will alternate on Thursdays and Fridays; they will also alternate home and away.
The next games are are against Rocky Mountain March 14 and 15.
March 14 Borah plays at Rocky Moun-tain, and the game starts at 5 p.m. On March 15 Borah plays a home game at Wigle Field, which begins at 5 p.m. The team will also have a tournament during Spring break, the Bag Bucks Tournament, on March 28, 29 and 30.
Coach Wes McAllaster said the team is concentrating on being consistent with its offense, pitching and hitting. Also the team is working on avoiding errors, such as batting inconsistencies throughout the game and the season.
Senior Austin Burgess plays varsity baseball and varsity basketball which causes him to have a late start to base-ball. He has to juggle his schedule to play both basketball and baseball, especially during the first two weeks. “Knowing it is a game and getting to play against someone else (who is not your team-mate),” Burgess said is the highlight of a baseball game.
By Sara [email protected]
Track season started Feb. 22 and will run until mid-May. Despite the loss of many talented seniors, the team is op-timistic for the season and its first meet on Friday.
Jeremy Dovel is both a math teacher and the track coach. He explained that there are typically 100-120 people that join each year. Their practices run Mon-day through Friday, 3:15-5 p.m., and an optional Saturday practice.
“We have some pretty impressive sprinters this year. [In addition] we will be able to get points in field events,” Dovel explained. “We won’t just have one strong relay; we’ll have alternating teams each week.”
Sam Powell, junior, is looking forward to meeting personal goals and bonding with the team this season.
“I am excited to run the races. It’s al-ways fun to push myself,” said Powell. “I would really like to qualify for state in one of my events.”
His best events are the one- and two- mile race.
He plans to attain his goals by having determination to be the best he can be.
Senior Keltie Vance is going into the season with a good attitude. After a se-vere concussion right before state, she said that it has been hard to get her con-fidence back.
“I want to get back into it not being scared. After the concussion I couldn’t even count to three,” she remarked. “I want to get back where I was before.”
Her goals are to win state and clear 12 feet pole vaulting.
Junior James (Jimmy) Lee has one simple goal, and that’s just to get better.
“Dovel is a good coach because he just wants everyone to do their best.”
By August Mckernan, Brittni [email protected]@borahsenator.com
TennisWith new tennis head coach Traci
Binder at the helm, the upcoming sea-son looks to be an interesting one.
Potential players donned workout gear for tryouts on Feb. 22. Binder swiv-eled her head back and forth, examined
racquet holds and grips as she said she hopes “to get to know the kids and develop Borah tennis.”
Binder has taught for 20 years but this is her
first head coach position. Junior Kayla Miskiv, two year varsity tennis player, said “I hope it [the season] goes well.”
Both boys and girls varsity and junior varsity teams will have their first match March 18.
Ultimate FrisbeeWith Ultimate Frisbee right around
the corner, coach Alex LaChance is an-
ticipating “a decent season and hopes to defend the state championship from last season.”
This year for tryouts, 25 people showed up which is about the same as last year. This year, Borah will be play-ing against Bishop Kelly, Mountain View, Eagle, Timberline, Capital, and Centennial. Practices are held on Mon-days and Thursdays with games on Tuesdays.
Senior Tyler Hobson said, “I am excit-ed for the season. I am wanting to step up into a leadership role this season.”
The returning players have been get-ting together before tryouts Feb. 26, 27, and March 1. The first game was March 4 at the Optimist Fields at 4 p.m.
“With all the new people wanting to play this year, it will be hard to establish the newbies with the veterans,” com-mented senior Kristian Gomez.
Boys LacrosseLacrosse goalie junior Josh Nett said
the goal of the team for the upcoming season is “to get as many victories as possible and progress as much as we can.”
To achieve this goal, lacrosse players have been meeting at Jackson Elementa-ry for conditioning since the beginning of February.
Nett said they have many new play-ers joining this year, “but we also have some talent, too.” Their first official prac-tice was Feb. 22 and their first game was March 8 against Moscow, Idaho.
Girls LacrosseThe lacrosse team has been in a
whirlwind of activity preparing for the upcoming season.
Tryouts were not held since there were not enough girls to form both a varsity and junior varsity team; all girls were automatically placed in var-sity. The lacrosse team started under the same circumstances last season.
“This year our team will be able to work with each other really well and play off of each other’s abilities really well,” said junior Maggie Maness, la-crosse defensive player. She said their extensive conditioning has set them up for a successful season.
Their first home game will be March 13 at Cassia Park versus Rocky Moun-
tain.Lacrosse coach Ohran Schlund wrote,
“These groups of girls have formed a strong bond over the past few seasons and are now ready to take their place under the spotlight.”
SoftballAfter a disappointing last season,
both varsity and junior varsity softball players aim towards a brighter future.
Sophomore Kiele Newton said junior varsity plans to “try harder to win more games this year” and “bond as a team.”
Softball head coach Missy Wheeler said the team’s goal is to make it to districts this year. This is Wheeler’s second year coaching at Borah. She described the varsity team as “young but skilled.”
Girls flocked towards the pitching mound Feb. 22 and 23 for tryouts. Their first game was March 8 while Senior Night is April 30.
Spring sports ‘try harder to win more games’
Varsity baseball concentrates on its offense: hitting, pitching
Track team prepares for first meet, athletes strive to reach personal goals
14 March 12, 2013Trends
By Sara [email protected]
High school students are finding ways to stand out by obtaining intern-ships that look great on resumes and pave the way to opportunities for jobs both in and out of college. A few stu-dents involved are seniors Riley Woods, Dani Duncan, and Sheridan Day.
Woods has had the opportunity to work with the Idaho Stampede. This is a never before feat for a high school student; Woods works with all college students. He knew that it was a long shot to get the internship because no high schooler has ever done it before, but that didn’t stop him from trying.
“I contacted the marketing director of the Stampede. It wasn’t advertised, but I got an interview,” he said. “The thing that sold them was my resume and I dressed as best as I could. I wasn’t paralyzed with fear, I just gave them ev-erything I got.”
He works in two realms: the game floor and game operations, which is mainly office work. When he works on the floor, he makes sure that the game is going the way it’s supposed to. In game operations, he works sales and learns marketing.
He said he would recommend intern-
ships to other students because they’re a good opportunity.
“It is accessible, if it fits with some-thing you want to do.”
He continued, “Especially if they’re interested in businesses. It is very hands on, there are lots of opportunities both for college and job-wise.”
Woods will apprentice at the Idaho Stampede until June. He is looking at a few colleges: University of Oregon, Gon-zaga, and Seattle University. He plans to major in business and enter the world of sports. He wants to work with college athletics, network himself with lots of people, and then “just get out there.”
Duncan has an internship through Whitney Elementary. She took Child Development last year and was a good candidate for the position. She goes to the school 3rd and 4th period where she helps run a literacy group, tutor children on handwriting and reading, and assists the main teacher with large group activities.
“I suggest to do this, it’s great. Two hours feels like 10 college credits, and I get to do what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
Duncan wants to attend Boise State University and major in elementary education with an emphasis on literacy and reading.
“It doesn’t matter what school you go to for teaching,” she said. “It matters who you are.”
She is passionate about reading be-cause of the experiences she has had at Whitney.
Day interns at Morley Nelson. After taking Child Development and Teach-ing Professions, she signed up for the internship. She is not paid but does re-ceive three college credits.
“I love getting experience,” she said.
”I now know that I want to work with kids.”
Her wish for the future is to attend the University of Idaho and get a degree in Early Childhood Development and Education.
Ultimately, internships are for people that are willing to dedicate a lot of time and hard work without monetary com-pensation. Most places do not pay their interns, but make the participants rich in opportunity.
Students fulfill internships for experienceSeveral Borah students hold applicable internships to learn more about their potential jobs, careers
Student traditions resonate with St. Patrick’s Day By Taylor [email protected]
St. Patty’s Day is celebrated in many different ways. From having a meal of corned beef and cabbage, to dressing in green or building lepre-chaun traps. Here are some traditions Borah students and faculty said they par-take in:
“My family has Irish roots, but our American St. Patty’s Day involves a meal of corned beef and cabbage, a green wardrobe, and lots of fake accents.”
- Ellen Young, junior
“My second grade son builds a leprechaun trap. While he is in another room, I turn every-thing upside down and mess up things close to the trap. I always leave a prize and some gold wrapped chocolate.”
- Kate Thompson, teacher
“I have a lot of Irish ties, so I will call and talk to my aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas in Ireland. Then we will make green eggs and ham with some hot tea.”
- Tyler Gagnon, junior
Photo by Alexia Neal | [email protected] Sheridan Day, Dani Duncan, and Riley Woods share their intern stories.
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16 March 12, 2013Fun & Games
Directions: Each row, column and block must have numbers from 1 to 9 in them. No number can appear more than once in any row, column, or block.
Aries March 21-April 19You’re a leader. Let someone else
take the lead and maybe they’ll help you find that four leaf clover you’ve been looking for. Taurus April 20-May 20
You aren’t one to let other peoples opinions effect yours, it might be time to get that stubborn leprechaun off your sholder. Gemini May 21-June 20
You’re very talented, but don’t let it go to your head. Seek to find that magic in your life to help you under-stand that you have much to learn.Cancer June 21-July 22
You’re very dependent on those around you. Break down the walls and find your own pot of gold. Many riches await you.Leo: July 23-August 22
You are very self-sufficient. Keep your head up and you’ll realize you have more than just luck.Virgo: August 23-September 22
You’re very helpful. Yet, you need to realize that not everyone has your best intentions in mind. Watch out for the leprechauns in your life.
Libra: September 23- October 22 You’re not one to address a con-
flict. You’re cautious in many aspects. Break out of this and don’t let others trample over your bagpipes.Scorpio: October 23-November 21
You’re very observant, and not one to get involved until you know a lot of facts. Don’t be afraid to jump in and grab your lucky charm!Sagittarius: November 22-December 21
You’re a very sociable person. Yet, don’t depend on others for your hap-piness; you must create your own enchantment!Capricorn: December 22- January 19
You’re a go-getter, but don’t go too far; follow your own rainbow and you’ll find the gold in your life.Aquarius: January 20- February 18
You have a tendency to be rebel-lious and witty. You can go head to head with a small, green mischievous sprite, but he’ll most likely win. Pisces : February 19- March 20
You are very imaginative and accepting of others. Keep your imagi-nation flowing like the colors from the rainbow within.
Horoscopes