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VOLUME 77 • EDITION 2 | Wednesday, October 10, 2012

TATLERLakeside School’s 100% student written, edited, and reviewed newspaper | Seattle, WA

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JENNIE GLERUMMany of our seniors will be voting for the first

time this November. It is a special rite of pas-sage to register to vote, go to the voting center, and place one’s ballot in the box. This year is also special because our seniors will get to vote in the highly contested presidential election be-tween incumbent Democrat Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney. Many seniors who will be eligible to vote are taking advantage of this opportunity; according to the October Tatler poll, 93% of seniors who will be eligible in November plan to vote. However, age isn’t a bar-rier for political involvement; many of Lakeside’s underclassmen also reported an interest in follow-ing and contributing to the political events as they unfold this fall.

Washington is almost always a blue state, with an especially Democratic hub in Seattle. In addi-tion, Obama has tended to attract the youth vote (he received 66% of votes from voters under 30 in the 2008 presidential election). Both of these factors contribute to an overwhelming response from students favoring the Democratic Party in the Tatler poll. Lakeside lines up with the national results from 2008, with 67% of our students ex-pressing support for the Obama campaign.

The Tatler interviewed seniors who have been involved in the political process, both at Lakeside and in the greater Seattle community, about their plans for the November 2012 election and their

advice to underclassmen. All of them emphasized the importance of contribution and representa-tion in a democracy.

Ellen Taylor ’13 stated that it is important for youth to have that experience because “we are the future leaders, and if older generations decide [our leaders] for us then we’ll be stuck cleaning up their decisions instead of improving upon ours.”

Houston Warren ’13 echoed the same point. “[Youth] have a 40% voting rate, and yet a 15% congressional approval rate,” he said. “When we aren't engaged as a nation in voting and then ad-vocating for our ideas, it's no surprise [that it’s so low].”

Student Government Vice President Ben Drach-man ‘13 worked with Washington gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee’s campaign this summer, ex-periencing firsthand what underage students can do on the political scene. He got to see what goes on behind the scenes, and learned about how our state’s government really works. Ben expressed an interest in sharing what he’s learned with the Lakeside community.

This fall, take a stand and make your voice heard. If you are over 18, then you can directly support the beliefs and candidates of your choice by voting. If you are under 18, you can still be involved and engaged this fall by working for a campaign, following the local and national news, and participating in political discussions with friends and family.

[Youth] have a 40% voting rate, and yet a 15% congressional ap-proval rate. When we aren't engaged as a na-tion in voting and then advocating for our ideas, it's no surprise. ”

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SeniorCitizens

Lakesiders at the Voting Booth

PIERRE SUIGNARD and NICOLO GELB

Q. How do you plan to im-prove our education? How will you address problems such as the overwhelming debt that college students face, or our K-12 system that is lagging behind that of many other countries?

A. The future of our coun-try depends on the quality of education available to our children. I believe that every

American child should have access to a great education. As Governor of Massachusetts, I consistently championed the needs of students. During my third year as governor, Mas-sachusetts’ fourth and eighth grade students led the nation in both reading and math scores on the National As-sessment of Education Prog-ress exams. No other state had achieved this accomplish-ment, and Massachusetts’

success was a testament to the positive results that account-ability and high expectations for all students, teachers and administrators can produce. Rewarding success is equally important, and this is why I created the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, which provides a four-year tuition-free scholarship to any state institution of higher learning for students who graduated in the top 25% at their respec-

tive schools. In 2006, more than 16,000 scholarships were offered to Massachusetts stu-dents. I believe in America, and our students can achieve great things when prepared and challenged.

Education is a key issue fac-ing our country and a central part of securing our econom-ic success. I have a bold plan to get our K-12 system back on track by increasing school choice for families to provide a chance for every child. This plan also focuses on recruit-ing and retaining the best teachers and continuing to emphasize high standards and responsibility for results. In addition, I will work to keep America’s higher education

system strong by addressing the rising cost of college and growing student debt. To ac-complish these goals, my plan highlights the need to strengthen and simplify our financial aid system and re-place burdensome regulation with innovation and competi-tion. As president, I will put families and students’ inter-ests first and work to ensure that the American dream of a great education and economic success is not lost.

My track record as Gover-nor of Massachusetts dem-onstrates my commitment to America’s students. I know the power of education and the opportunities that

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In mid-September, letters were sent to Governor Romney and President Obama in the hope that we would be able to publish their responses side by side. However, only Mr. Romney replied before we went to print, so we are publishing his side of the argument in this month’s edition. We hope to publish Mr. Obama’s answers online soon.

An Exclusive Correspondence with Governor Romney

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SOFIA MARTINSThe Chicago teacher strike and the presi-

dential campaign have once again directed the nation’s mind to education. Over the past few years, the American Education system has got-ten a bad report card. According to the latest results from the Program for International Stu-dent Assessment, the U.S. ranks 32nd in math, 23rd in science and 17th in reading.

The Council on Foreign Relations put it bluntly: “The United States’ failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to compete and threatens the country’s ability to thrive in a global economy…[the country] will not be able to keep pace- much less lead- globally un-less it moves to fix the problems it has allowed to fester for too long”.

Although parties involved in education re-form don’t agree on much of anything, they do agree that education merits hours of political redirect, strikes, and stalemates. The weight placed on education makes sense, after all chil-dren are the future. Much of the current debate about how to improve education centers on its perceived pumping heart – teachers.

Teacher evaluation and teacher pay are key to improving schools. If teachers are better evaluated, then poor ones can improve and the skilled ones can be compensated for their work.

Genevieve Knaus, a Lakeside math teach-er who taught at thriving and failing public schools in Chicago and Bellevue, believes ad-ministrators in public schools should be more present in the classroom during the evaluation process, offering teachers constructive feed-back in a collaborative environment.

However, many of the assessments currently taking place tie teacher evaluation to student test scores. Ms. Knaus suggests this may be too narrow a lens to accurately assess teachers. She explains, “How can what I’m doing for 45 minutes per day be the sole factor when maybe [the student] didn’t have a place to sleep for the past month, or they haven’t being doing their homework, or they didn’t have breakfast that morning. That your pay is on the line for those test scores just doesn’t seem fair.”

Testing can also hamper learning by re-

stricting what can be taught. Deborah Johnston, a Lakeside history teacher with fifteen years of expe-rience in Massachu-setts public schools, believes that having, “the freedom to di-verge from the cur-riculum based on whatever else is hap-pening in the news….is important.”

Ms. Knaus agrees, “It’s important to protect the process of a teacher mixing it up or trying something new without being penalized for it.”

Even if teacher evaluations are con-ducted in a way that benefits teachers, there is no guarantee that they will want to remain in the profession. A lack of apprecia-tion and compensation greatly reduces the ap-peal of the job. “The profession is not respect-ed. Teachers don’t get paid well so the teachers that can actually do something somewhere else and make money for it, unless teaching is there number one passion, are going to do it,” said Ms. Knaus.

Although a slew of reforms have been im-plemented across the nation, so far they have made limited impact. The U.S. continues to be outpaced in student improvement by other nations. According to a Harvard University study, students in Brazil and Chile are advanc-ing three times faster than American students. Perhaps we should take a page out of Finland’s book, a country with one of the best educa-tion systems in the world, and institute evalua-tion programs that shift the emphasis from test scores to school self-inspection, improving the way teachers teach rather than just emphasiz-ing a test score.

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Stagnating education correlates with stagnating economic growth. (Chart Credit: Harvard Report Eric A. Hanushek, Paul E. Peterson,

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The United States’ failure to educate its students leaves them unprepared to com-pete and threatens

the country’s ability to thrive in a global

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JULIANA DEVAAN This fall, Lakeside welcomed

Christel McGuigan as the new Director of Equity and In-struction. Two months ago, she moved from Dallas where she was working as a director of multicultural programs, a job very similar to hers now. Although her job does not entail working directly with students, she will play a large role in Lakeside’s numerous affinity groups.

Ms. McGuigan's job has many parts. She described it as including recruit-ing, networking, and retaining faculty of color, and supporting and promoting the development of inclusive curricula and teaching p r a c t i c e s . She will also be develop-ing student l e a d e r s h i p and educa-tion in diver-sity, equity, and inclu-sion, provid-ing adult ed-ucation and professional development in cultural comp e t e n -cy, all while maintaining a regional and national pro-file through written articles and present-ing workshops.

Ms. McGuigan explained that she will also “be working with the Student Af-finity Leadership Group, and each affin-ity group has a leader on this council.” This year, Ms. McGuigan hopes to create events hosted by multiple affinity groups, while maintaining the groups’ individual identities.

Clare Larson ’14, who is on the Student Affinity Leadership Group, said, “Ms. McGuigan got us all off to a fantastic start this year by creating an atmosphere

in which we affinity group lead-ers feel excited about working together. Lakeside can look forward to a year of unified af-finity group events, such as a barbeque and dance coming up which Ms. McGuigan helped to make possible.”

Ms. McGuigan will also be assisting their efforts by popping in on each af-finity group from time to time. She said, “We will be discussing their purpose as a leadership team, and how can we sup-port one another in our efforts to unite the affinity groups… [as well as] how we can bring the community together.”

If any Lakeside student would like to step into a role of leadership surrounding the topics of diver-sity, equity, and inclusion, Ms. McGuigan is the person to con-tact. One such opportunity for leadership is the Student Leader-ship Diversity Conference, held in Houston this December.

“[T]his is open to any student,

not just for students of color…it is for any student who is interested in being a leader on any issue that falls under the umbrella of diversity, equity, and inclu-sion,” Ms. McGuigan said.

As the affinity groups enter a position of leadership around the Lakeside cam-pus, Ms. McGuigan hopes that students will contact her with any questions. Ms. McGuigan said, “I don’t get a chance to work with students as much as I like, but I’m looking forward to making connec-tions with more students as the year goes on.”

Barack Obama nominated as the Dem-ocratic Party’s presidential nomineeUS first day of school

Chicago teachers go on strike

For the first time no special security alert for anniversary of 9-11 attacksU.S. consulate in Libya attacked out of anger against anti-Mohammed film; U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens killed

President Obama and Libyan presi-dent Mohamed el-Magariaf condemn attack on U.S. consulate and vow to bring perpetrators to justiceMitt Romney criticizes Obama’s re-sponse to attack on U.S. Consulate

Fall tailgate and Back to School Dance

Chicago teacher strikes end with a deal

Lowest Artic ice cap size since 1979Skyline High School in Seattle closed over shooting threat

University of Cambridge researcher predicts in four years Artic ice cap will melt completely during summerApple releases iPhone 5

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Contested Seahawks vs. Packers Game

US Back to School nightEnd of three month long NFL Referee Lockout Huskies beat Stanford in big upset

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KEVIN YANGRemember the group that

organized last year’s Meat-less Mondays with the goal of reducing Lakeside’s car-bon emissions? They’re back with some all-new person-nel to make big changes to Lakesiders’ health; seniors André Mattus ’13, Rebecca Long ’13, and Tho Tran ’13. As part of the Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI), they plan to make an impact on the daily health habits of thousands of students across

the world. André explains that one

of the problems SGLI is at-tempting to address is that Lakeside students often feel obligated to sacrifice even their health in the name of ac-ademic success. For instance, he says, “some of [my] class-mates will skip breakfast…Although it’s clichéd, break-fast is actually one of the most important meals of the day. It kick-starts your metabolism, it’s what wakes you up in the morning, it’s what really gets

you going.” He says that stu-dents at other top schools like Exeter and Cary Academy face similar pressures.

Although the leaders are not permitted to give out the exact details of their plan of action, which has yet to be finalized, they did provide some of their main ideas. André and Rebecca say par-ticipation in their proposed plan will be more voluntary and hopefully more popular this time around. Instead, as Lakeside students are notori-

ously competitive, the lead-ers are cleverly implement-ing a contest of sorts during House Assemblies to encour-age students to follow SGLI’s advice—one for each of the main focuses of nutrition, sleep and stress.

Of course, none of this would be possible without a dedicated Student Global Leadership Institute, an or-ganization spanning twenty schools across seven coun-tries. In addition to its an-nual initiatives, SGLI is a

great place for participating students to learn about “solu-tions on a personal level, the corporate level, and the gov-ernment level” according to Rebecca, as well as to meet other aspiring young lead-ers in faraway lands. For in-stance, says André, he “would never have talked to some of [his] English friends if [he] had never gone to this pro-gram,” and he “would abso-lutely encourage” any future seniors to try SGLI.

SGLI: Public Health

In a 2008 interview, Vice President Joe Biden recalled his dad saying, “Don’t tell me what you value – show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” This truism is applicable to many types of groups, from coun-tries to families to schools: how we spend our money says a lot about what we believe is important. I spoke with Birage Tandon, Chief Financial Offi-cer of Lakeside, who explained how Lakeside distributes its funding and how those decisions demonstrate its core values.

The process of allocating Lake-side funds begins with the directors group. According to Ms. Tandon, “they propose any personnel or cost increases, which are then presented to and reviewed by the entire group.” If the group cannot reach a balanced budget, she and Head of School, Ber-nie Noe, will make the final decisions. This preliminary budget is then pre-sented to the Assets Management Committee, which “recommends the tuition for the following year as well as the increase in compensation for

the full board to approve.” Yet how does this group decide what to fund? The budget allocation reflects Lake-side’s values—what will benefit the school most.

On August 27, Mr. Noe published his objectives for the 2012-2013 school year, stating, among other things, that “[he wants]…to make Lakeside the most welcoming and supportive envi-ronment possible for each and every student, adult, and family that belongs to this school.” The budget breakup of Lakeside reinforces these values of inclusion and equality: 18% of tuition money is funneled into financial aid, ultimately supporting 29% of Lake-side students.

Lakeside also prizes top-notch teachers. Mr. Noe says that “…we spend a great deal of time and money to find the best people in the world to work at Lakeside and we work hard to make sure they are successful here.” This is consistent with Lakeside spending, for instructional salaries/benefits comprised 55% of Lakeside’s 2011-2012 budget.

Lakeside’s value of quality educa-tion extends to athletics. We are head-ing into the second year of Mr. Noe’s “Athletics Strategic Plan,” which will include further planning for the new athletic center’s construction and de-veloping the program heads system. This reinforces the Lakeside value of excellence and good instruction, and shows a focus on athletics: the fact

that there is a plan for a $21 million athletic center highlights how much Lakeside values this idea.

Lakeside’s budget indicates its val-ues. If we glance at our spending, we see the allocation of funds is con-sistent with what Lakeside tries to achieve: quality instruction in the classroom combined with supportive-ness and inclusion on the field.

Left: SGLI Leaders get their feet wet at SGLI. Photo courtesy of Tearon Joseph) Right: SGLI Leaders Rebecca Long ’13, Tho Tran ’13, and André Mattus ’13 excited

for the year. Photo courtesy of Allen Murabayashi.

Lakeside Budget Breakdown 2011-2012

Valued Funds: The Nuances of Lakeside’s Budget

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Continued from page 1 America has to offer. I am running for president

to ensure that this country continues to be a nation where any individual can succeed.

Q. While many environmental policies have become less popular in these tough economic times, some have continued to spur innovation and competition in important fields such as the automotive industry. Many of these restric-tions have become unpopular with the GOP, supporting the theory that reducing limits on regulation would have significant and positive economic consequences; do you concur?

A. I am a strong believer in the impor-tance of protecting our environment. I also recognize the profound obligation we owe our children to leave them a planet in bet-ter condition than the one we inherited from our parents. It is through a strong and grow-ing economy that we are best able to sustain our investments in environmental and public health protections. A healthy environment is not only crucial to a healthy economy, but also to the health and well-being of our citizens in many ways not easily measured by economic statistics.

I do worry, however, that many in the en-vironmental lobby — and their Democratic allies in Washington — pursue environmen-tal protection without considering the cost. Many environmental regulations provide little in the way of concrete benefits while imposing enormous costs on our economy, placing hurdles in front of small businesses and destroying jobs. As president, I will look closely at the environmental regulations al-ready in place to make sure that their benefits outweigh their costs. And, especially in the face of our present jobs crisis, I will not im-plement new environmental regulations that impede business investment and job creation unless there is a compelling need for immedi-ate action.

I will take a similar approach to global warming. Although I am not a scientist, I believe most climate data indicates that the world is get-ting warmer and that human activity makes some contribution to that warming. But there is much we do not know about the extent of global warming and how much humans contribute, so we should support and encourage further research. We should also recognize that the United States cannot, acting alone, address these problems. Any unilateral action by our country, without an agreement among all na-tions, including China and India, will fail to make a difference. It would only hurt our own economy and drive more jobs and production overseas. This is why I oppose polices like cap-and-trade. Instead, as president, I will encourage investment in cleaner technologies that will be good for our environment and good for our economy as well.

Q. Mr. Romney, you’ve sometimes talked about the actions you would take immediately upon stepping into the Oval Office. As your modified structure of taxation, for example, has very low odds of immediately passing a divided congress, what small changes could you put into place right away?

A. Reducing and stabilizing federal spending is essential, but breathing life into the present anemic recovery will also require fixing the nation’s tax code to focus on jobs and growth. To repair the nation’s tax code, marginal rates must be brought

down to stimulate entrepreneurship, job creation, and investment, while still raising the revenue need-ed to fund a smaller, smarter, simpler government. The principle of fairness must be preserved in fed-eral tax and spending policy.

The first step in jumpstarting pro-growth tax re-form is instituting a permanent, across-the-board 20 percent cut in marginal rates, bringing the top individual rate down from 35 to 28 percent. This bold stroke reduces the tax on the next dollar of in-come earned for all taxpayers, including many small businesses that file as pass-through entities. On the corporate side of the tax ledger, I will cut the top rate from 35 to 25 percent, a level that places Amer-

ican companies on an even playing field with our global competitors and allows fair competition on the international market.

Q. Israel and Palestine have been at war with each other for decades. If you were to be elect-ed, what would you do to help solve this con-flict?

A. Israel is the United States’ closest ally in the Middle East and a beacon of democracy and free-dom in the region. This is an especially danger-ous moment for the Jewish state. It has deteriorat-ing relationships with Turkey and Egypt. It faces

longstanding dangers from Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, a violent and highly unstable Syria, and a nuclear-aspiring Iran whose leadership is openly calling for Israel’s annihilation.

President Obama and his administration have badly misunderstood the dynamics of the region. Instead of fostering stability and security, they have diminished U.S. authority and painted both Israel and the United States into a corner. The administration distanced itself from Israel under the illusion it would earn us goodwill in the Arab world and some-how bring peace closer. The record proves otherwise. I believe the key to negotiating a lasting peace is an Israel that knows it will be secure.

President Obama has also repeatedly and unilaterally created new preconditions for restarting peace talks, which have simply en-couraged Palestinians to hold out for Wash-ington to deliver more unilateral Israeli con-cessions.

To ensure Israel’s security, I will work close-ly with Israel to maintain its strategic military edge. Under my leadership, the United States will work to discourage the emergence of anti-Israel policies in Turkey and Egypt, and work to make clear that their interests are not served by isolating Israel.

With regard to the Israeli-Palestinian con-flict, I will reject any measure that would frus-

trate direct negotiations between Israel and the Pal-estinians. I will make clear to the Palestinians that the unilateral attempt to decide issues that are des-ignated for final negotiations by the Oslo Accords is unacceptable. Under my leadership, the United States will reduce assistance to the Palestinians if they continue to pursue United Nations recognition or form a unity government that includes Hamas, a terrorist group dedicated to Israel’s destruction.

The United States needs a president who will not be a fair-weather friend of Israel. The United States must work as a country to resist the worldwide cam-paign to delegitimize Israel. We must fight against that campaign in every forum and label it the anti-Semitic poison that it is. Israel’s existence as a Jew-ish state is not up for debate.

Romney speaks his ideas for a new America. Photo courtesy of Austen Hufford, Flickr.

Correspondence with Governor Romney

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CLARE LARSONSitting in front of my

fire, consuming inhu-mane volumes of carrot-cake, and reading an issue of National Geographic on the ramifications of hunting elephants for ivory, it isn’t hard to fos-ter a hatred of hunters. Maybe it’s because they killed Bambi’s mom, or maybe it’s because giv-ing people something to blame makes us all feel a little better, but either way, hunters have been villainized. The reality is that they may have done

more for conservation than any other group.

In 1937, hunters self-im-posed a tax on ammuni-tion and firearms, called the “Pittman-Robinson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act.” This tax continues to bring in an estimate of $700 mil-lion annually, according to the U.S. Fish and Wild-life Services webpage. In addition to taxes, 100 percent of the proceeds from hunting licenses in the United States go to

wildlife preservation. Required fees aside,

most hunters just aren’t the type of cold-hearted people we imagine them to be. Andrew Haeger ’12 may be infamous amongst many of you for his implementation of Meatless Mondays, but he is also a hunter. Mr. Hae-ger identifies as a “natu-rally outdoor-oriented person” and considers hunting a way to “enjoy a challenging, fun, outdoor

activity.” Like many other hunters, he also engages in wildlife conservation movements by working at Conservation North-west tracking animals along I-90 through the snow in order to find the best locations for wilder-ness corridors. Perhaps the most famous hunt-er-conservationist was Teddy Roosevelt. A life-long hunter, the president started the national park system to create a legacy of wilderness and wild-

life protection amidst growing agricultural expansion.

To increase agricultural productivity, Canadian provinces began elimi-nating wet-lands where water fowl live. Swooping in to save the ducks was a newly founded organi-zation, Ducks Unlimited. A hunter-based conser-vation group, “Ducks Unlimited conserves, restores, and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North Amer-ica's waterfowl.” Accord-ing to its website, Ducks Unlimited has preserved over 12.5 million acres of marsh land in North A m e r i c a . A l t h o u g h its mem-bers are avid hunt-ers, they are also proud to work for the pro-tection of wildlife.

For the past thirty years, lions have not been legally hunted in Ke-nya. During those thirty years, the lion population has crashed to rough-ly 10% of what it is in neighboring Tanzania, where hunting has not been banned. For game

more aggressive than birds, hunters provide an essential, market driven (non-humanitarian), in-centive not to shoot. If hunters can’t provide monetary incentives for people not to kill lions, then the responsibility falls upon the often cor-rupt governments. These governments no longer benefit from additional cash inf low that comes with legal, monitored, hunting. Without a mon-etary value on Simba, he is reduced to the value of a half-ton, cow-eating pest, which is something

that might make even the best of us want to pull out a .50 caliber rif le.

I would feel better if no one hunted lions for sport. Unfortunately, my warm, fuzzy feelings can-not be quantified as an

incentive for Tan-zanians. People

will continue to poach li-ons; the difference is that when it is legal, the gov-ernment can regulate and profit from it.

Having held funeral ceremonies for over a dozen birds who have bashed their tiny brains out on my bedroom win-dow, I am certainly not advocating for all Lake-siders to take up arms and head to the nearest hunting reserve. But next time you start a discus-sion about stopping legal-ized hunting, pause for a second. If not the person

behind the gun, who is going to pay to support and sustain the wildlife? Most hunters have a greater, more personal stake in nature than the rest of us who live urban lives. If hunting a small percent-age of an ani-mal population

encourages someone to get out there and do the work the rest of us only talk about from the com-fort of our couches, then maybe it would be better to encourage a love of the outdoors in all forms, even hunting.

Preserving Simba and Saving the Ducks: How Hunters

Help Our Environment

Hunters: The real eco-team. Photo courtesy of Mark Gregory, Flickr.

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PAULINA GLASSLakeside’s student body is 51

percent students of color, ac-cording to our school’s website. We have exactly 50 percent girls and 50 percent boys, as well as a number of affinity groups for multiple ethnicities and cul-tures. We also have a multitude of interests, from basketball and ballet, to drawing and drama. However there seems to be an area where most students at Lakeside do not differ. As far as politics go, we bleed blue.

A recent Tatler poll supported this, finding that 62 percent of students are Democrats while only 12 percent are Republicans. These numbers are unsurpris-ing; the sheer number of Pri-uses slapped with “Obama ’12” stickers is enough of an indica-tion of this trend. The student body’s response at the recent assembly with Karen Hughes and Dee Dee Myers also sup-ports this. There was loud ap-plause for Ms. Myers’s quips, whereas Ms. Hughes’s equally valid points fell upon deaf ears. It was obvious that Ms. Myers was playing with a home field advantage.

This reaction also might be due to the fact that, according to the Tatler poll, about half of Republican students on campus do not feel comfortable sharing their political views at Lakeside.

“I think it's true that Repub-licans wouldn't want to be too vocal about their views because they're outnumbered,” said Afrah Eltom ’13. This, I be-lieve, is a fundamental problem.

“I feel comfortable discussing politics when people stay open minded, or when both views are evenly represented,” said Nicole Smith ’14, a Republican. “It’s hard when people don’t listen and just try to force their opin-ions on you. I realize they prob-ably don’t mean to come across that way, but I can see more conservative people feeling like they're being ganged up on.”

People should be free to share whatever they believe without feeling threatened or not taken seriously. Just as people from different backgrounds enjoy sharing their points of view in

other aspects of life, we should embrace an educated discourse of political views.

I’m proud to wear an Obama button on my messenger bag, and as a Planned Parenthood Teen Council member and a liberal on other social issues, I’m pretty far left. That said, I want to hear other viewpoints. Informed discussions with radi-cally different people are the best way to solidify personal views, or arrive at a compro-mise.

“I like discussing politics, especially with Democrats,” Nicole said. “I think hearing both sides and listening with-out defending is critical.” Since politics polarize, I think it’s ex-tremely important to build back a middle ground or encourage a place where people can be moderate about certain issues. We need to eliminate empty rhetoric and jabs and establish a fact-based political system. That may seem very idealistic now, but it’s possible, and be-ing the next generation of world leaders, we have to incorporate lively discussions into our edu-cations to get there.

This task remains difficult be-cause Lakeside simply does not have the political diversity for it. Seattle itself is very liberal, so we’d be hard-pressed to find Republicans to add to Lakeside, and even so, I don’t think it’s right to accept someone based on their political views. With such a gap between red and blue, it seems that statistics on our school’s political views are not going to make it onto the Lakeside website’s diversity page any time soon.

Since the Republican contin-gent at our school will remain small, Lakesiders need to make an extra effort to welcome dif-ferent political views into our community’s discussion. Ac-cording to the Tatler poll, 79 percent of Lakeside students do recognize the lack of political diversity at our school, but only 36 percent mind it. If we can’t change the level of diversity, let’s at least keep its problems in mind.

Above: Some people campaign for their candidate on the streets. Photo courtesy of Celeste Hodges, Flickr.

Below: Some, on the other hand, hold their vision for America high with the flag. Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr.

Leftside Lakeside: Where is the Political Diversity?

“It’s extremely important to build back a middle ground or encourage a place where people can be moderate about certain issues. That may seem very idealistic now, but it’s possible, and being the next generation of world leaders, we have to incorporate lively discussions into our educations to get there. ”

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8 life & cultureInside Man: A Look at Student Government

GAUTAM HATHIIt’s easy to walk right past a Student

Government meeting without notic-ing it. Like some of the surrounding classes in Bliss Hall, the Student Gov-ernment meeting which I walked into had a bunch of people sitting around a table doing work in groups of two or three. Indeed, you would be forgiven for thinking that this was some kind of class in the middle of work on small-group projects. In some ways though, that’s not an inaccurate representation of what was going on. Student Govern-ment is indeed a listed course, but it is also a little different. This class is about changing the school.

This year, actual and preferably vis-ible changes to the school are especially high on Student Government’s priority list. “We’re taking a lot more of a hands on approach this year. … We’re try-ing to really accomplish more tangible things,” Tanvi Gandham ’14, a member of Student Government, said. Rather than spending time on long-term or large-scale goals, such as getting juniors permission to be off-campus during the school day, Student Government is turning its attention to a variety of smaller objectives where it can have a more immediate impact. This includes everything from making sure class-rooms are stocked with Kleenex to put-ting air fresheners in the locker rooms.

The organization and atmosphere of meetings reflect this set of priorities. Instead of roundtable discussions on di-rection, mission, or philosophy, specific projects are tackled. “The idea is we would meet, assign goals … split into small groups, and then come back to-gether,” Student Government President Ben Johnson ’13 said. Already, Student Government has compiled a laundry list of small projects, and even in what was one of their first few meetings they were focusing efforts on checking items off the list. As a result, not all Student Gov-ernment members are actually present at all meetings.

During the meeting I observed, various members were off talking to administrators and completing other tasks to get things done around the school. Dan Verzuh ‘13, for ex-ample, was busy finding out which rooms in each building needed pencil s h a r p e n e r s . “There’s no pencil sharp-ener in [Bliss] 302, so that’s something we need,” Dan said.

Student Gov-ernment Vice President Ben Drachman ’13 explained. However, not everything that Student Government does is all action, all the time. De-spite the increased focus on tangible and immediate proj-ects, there is and will continue to be a philosophical bent to Student Government, according to Ben Johnson.

74%of Lakesiders don’t think that they know enough

about our student government

Student Government of 2011-2012 (Photo courtesy of Janet Dahl)

Upper School Assistant Director Bryan Smith, who ad-vised Student Government up through last year, made leadership education a significant part the course.

“Before [Mr. Smith] left … he would give presenta-tions on leadership … and Mr. Smith may come back as an outside speak-er,” Ben Johnson told me.

Even without Mr. Smith, though, Student Govern-ment “is going to remain to be [a

leadership education experience], just under slightly dif-ferent circumstances,” Ben Drachman explained.

Of course, Student Government is just getting started for the year. That means that while there’s lots of time to work, there’s also not much that Student Government has done yet. Hopefully the new focus on small, focused projects will lead to more successes for the group. This will be important, especially given the appearance of slow progress in the past couple of years. Ideally, Ben Johnson said, “We want this year to be looked back upon as a formational year for Student Government,” in which students will feel that their representatives are delivering results for them. If that means spending time delivering pencil sharpeners to classrooms, then that’s what Student Government will be doing.

80% of Lakesiders think that there is a lack of

political diversity at Lakeside

Lakesiders consider

themselves:

Democrat (62%)Independent

(8%)Republican (12%)Undecided (18%)If you are following the election, do you support the

same candidates that your parents/guardians do?

Polls

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TATLER | Life & Culture

I’ll shamelessly admit that I consider every-thing in life in terms of food. So as the tempera-tures begin to drop and the leaves start to fall, I’m thinking about one thing: gourds. These u n d e r - a p p r e c i a t e d plants can, of course, serve as candle hold-ers, but there’s so much more to them than jack-o-lantern potential. Squashes and pump-kins produce delicious,

warming dishes, including soups, casseroles, and tarts. This month, I decided to channel my gourd-mania into a pumpkin-pear bread.

I combined my dry ingredients in a large bowl, all the while gazing at my can of pumpkin puree with glee. With the addition of cinnamon and nut-meg, the mixture took on a deep autumn hue. I eventually pulled my-self away from the pret-ty colors and whisked the oil and egg in an-other bowl. These were soon accompanied by milk, vanilla, and, fi-nally, canned pumpkin. The lovely tinted flour went into the pumpkin bowl.

A wave of despair came over me as I checked the directions and realized that the pears, which were currently halved, were supposed to be diced. I groaned and pulled out a board and knife (two more things to wash) and went about cutting. Once they were in sufficiently diminutive pieces, I folded them into the rest of the batter. An hour and 350° later, my pumpkin-pear bread was complete.

“But, wait!” I thought as the loaf cooled on the counter. “This bread would pair perfectly with that white hot chocolate for which I have already bought ingredients!” I melted these ingredients in a pot over low heat while stirring constantly to avoid a film develop-ing.

I sat down with my cup of hot chocolate and a

slice of bread on a match-ing saucer. Devouring the

pair was a religious experience. They were rich without being overwhelming—the per-fect autumnal treat, like a hayride without screaming children or straw in your pants.

I “Loaf” PumpkinMADEE EHRENBERG

Pumpkin-pear bread (From Vegetarian Times Magazine)

1 1/4 cups sugar1 cup all-purpose flour1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt2 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp ground nutmeg1/2 cup vegetable oil1 large egg

1/2 cup low-fat milk1/2 15-oz can unsweetened pumpkin puree1 tsp vanilla extract1 15-oz can pears, drained and diced

White hot chocolate (From Kosher by Design: Kids in the Kitchen)

1 cup heavy cream2 cups whole milk2 tbsp sugar1 tsp vanilla extract4 oz white chocolate

Pears, diced not halved

The final product! Photos courtesy of Madee Ehrenberg

Ingredients for the pumpkin-pear bread

Ilustrations, from top to bottom, by Alice Evans/Edith Bull, Pearson Scott Foresman, and Adolphe Millot.

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10 TATLER | Life & Culture

Thoughts on the “Think Tank”

ANDREAS MOLBAKIf your initial reaction to this

headline was: “What the heck is the Think Tank?” then keep reading. If it was: “Ah yes, the Think Tank, I crave more in-formation on its origins,” keep reading. While I do not exactly support this potential bastion of learning, there was a rela-tively logical road to its creation.

This past sum-mer, one Than Healy approached the library staff with a proposal. He suggest-ed that the L e a r n i n g R e sou r c e s Center, previously located in the upper reaches of Moore, migrate to the Library Class-room. The new location would provide a greater amount of accessibility. That’s right: We now have two entire temples to learning located within twenty feet of each other.

The librarians scheme inside their new office. Photo by Gilda Rastegar.

“That’s right: We now have

two entire temples to

learning located within twenty

feet of each other.

The librarians agreed to the proposal. However, with the death of the Library Class-room there was a distinct lack of a location less strict than the Silent Reading Room, but more casual than the rest of the library. I spoke to Librar-ian Sue Belcher, who said that she looked around at the li-

brarian’s old offices. They seemed far too large for their secret li-brarian antics. Since she and the other li-brarians hate seniors and want to con-demn them to work in library itself with the teeming un-

derclassmen masses they - just kidding. The team decided that this large office would become a place akin to the old classroom. Now they faced the problem of not having an office, so they decided to move into the Senior Reading Room. After a furious session

of brainstorming, passing by names such as the Innovation Station, Creativity Cave, and Insight Incubator, they settled on the slightly less zany alias of “The Think Tank.” They intend for it to be a more academically focused space, without a require-ment of silence. The role of this new establishment isn’t set in stone; the library team is open to the idea of signups so that people can have the room to themselves.

“Passing by names such as the Innova-tion Station,

Creativity Cave, and Insight Incubator, the librarians settled on the slightly less

zany alias of “The Think Tank.

Perhaps it will be a meeting place for clubs or group projects. There’s also really cool paint on the wall you can draw on with Expo mark-ers.

While I am not a big supporter of the Think Tank—I mean I am a senior and miss my non-ex-istent Senior Reading Room—the Think Tank is there because of good intentions. The library staff is

considering a poll to see what the students want from the workspace, and intend to listen to and possibly implement changes.

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TATLER | Life & Culture

The Lion Pride is Lakeside’s premiere all-feline conundrum-concluding council. We answer questions from the student body about student life, asked anonymously through the Tatler poll.

Is playing a sport an important part of my Lakeside experi-ence? Should I consider it?

Alpha Male Yes, absolute-

ly! First of all, if you think about it, there has to be a reason why the vast majority of the population of Lakeside chooses to play sports—because it’s enjoy-able. If you are the minuscule per-centile that thinks otherwise, there are still reasons to play sports: mak-ing new friends, hanging out with current friends more often, or just getting out of class early on game days. Fur-thermore, being an athlete has au-tomatic appeal to the other gender, which is always nice.

Den Mother Being part of

a team is a really important expe-rience, and one I think everyone should have. May-be this means play-ing a sport, maybe it means joining a club or trying out for the play, but I’d definitely encourage every Lakeside student to be part of a group. You get to meet new people, focus on some-thing other than “being a global leader,” and have a great time too. Somehow, despite the time commit-ment, sports and clubs help keep me sane and have enhanced my Lakeside experi-ence a lot.

Grey Beard Sports can be

great because they offer you a chance to make friends with people out-side of classes and frees. Sports teams offer a great mix of people outside of your grade and normal friend groups. You should definitely consider playing a sport if it in-terests you, but I would caution you against playing a sport solely to make new friends. If you aren’t en-joying the sport then you probably aren’t fun to spend time around dur-ing practices and games—and you probably won’t end up with many friends.

Are inter-grade relationships okay?

Alpha Male Of course. If you find

that you hate most ev-eryone in your immedi-ate grade, swinging up or down to other classes is the only suitable option. Even if maybe you don’t hate everyone, people older and younger than you are still people! I see no reason why inter-grade relationships should be looked down upon.

Den MotherThere will always be

inter-grade relationships and there’s no real rule about them so I’d say that they are totally acceptable. That said, if you’re inter-ested in an inter-grade re-lationship, you should be prepared to hang out with your boyfriend or girl-friend’s friends a lot more. Also if you’re a freshman, please don’t try to date a senior. We know they’re hot, and it happens, but it is not “smiled upon.”

Grey BeardWhen you think about

it, grades are pretty ar-bitrary distinctions; there are people in some grades who are younger than those in the grade below them. Friend groups are typically seg-regated by grade how-ever, so you may have to make the choice between spending time with your friends and the person you are dating.

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12 artsDear Lakeside Planner,

The last green leaves of September have already fallen away to autumnal red and gold, perfectly matching the school colors, if only a few shades off maroon (or is it now cardinal red?). Easing into Lakeside life has actually been easier than I had anticipated, thank goodness for the attendance sign-in clemency period at the start of school—I wonder if that “Amnesty International” group had something to do with that. I have bravely weathered such great dilemmas as the long lunch line during 6th period, so persistent in its ability to irritate that the line actually grows longer as it wears on, defying all logic like an Algebra II problem. And that first P.E. mile of my high school career? Well, let’s just say that things could have gone a lot better, beginning with the separation of people who can run, and people who would only reluctantly do so if chased by an angry mob with pitchforks.

But in all seriousness, this month has been one of firsts. For one, I never thought that I would have to ask teachers for help during my frees because I had always done well on my own before coming to Lakeside. (During orientation I had mostly ignored what my tour guide, and apparently student body president, Ben Johnson, had told me about the accessibility of teachers. Some other schmuck could take advantage of that aspect of our “high faculty-to-student ratio,” but I was going to be A-Okay without.) It turned out to be quite a fruitful encounter: now I know how to find Freudian references in every other paragraph, and that Mr. Berrada spent his college years reading Wordsworth to cows.

I think I might have even found a niche with some other freshmen in the library. Much like the cafeteria in Mean Girls, the library is split into zones grouped around interest and grade level: the seniors, who seem to have more frees than classes, are always planted either upstairs or on the couches (that is, when they aren’t MIA at Chipotle or Starbucks), then there’s the hardcore League of Legends region, the midmorning napping station, the area for the rare students who are actually studying, and the section for people to sit next to friends while chatting through Facebook. #SWAG

On another note, the other day I was just passing by the refectory when I was caught in a wave of juniors frantic to sign up early for the best time slots (read as: the least work intensive) in planning for an event called “TOLO.” I don’t really know much about it, save that it’s a dance in November, but why are so many freshman girls already chattering about it in between classes when it’s barely past October 1st? Even more frightful, I hear that a few girls are already compiling a vast excel spreadsheet of all the eligible males in our class and “making reservations.” Oh, Lakeside, what to do?

Help Leona navigate the turbulent tide that is Lakeside student life by voting in the November Tatler poll!

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As the school year starts to pick up speed, we begin to adjust to our workload and our new schedules. Settling into a more steady routine allows us to make time for other things, like all the entertainment we’ve missed out on while rushing around during the first few weeks of school. That’s right, the fall television lineup is here and ready to play!

How I Met Your Mother picks up for its eighth season, having left off with many a cliffhanger. The last season ended with numerous questions still unanswered, such as (SPOILER ALERT) how Ted actually meets his wife, how Barney ends up with Robin, and whether Victoria is actually the “Mother.” Needless to say, season eight will be legen—wait for it—DARY!

Season five of The Big Bang Theory wrapped up with an uplifting moment or two in its finale: Howard realizes his dream of flying off into the stars as a NASA astronaut, and the rest of the gang bonds at home. For a show driven by its comedy, the season finale was a little on the quiet side, though it had strong moments throughout. As the show takes on its sixth season, there will no doubt be some major character growth taking place in wake of Howard’s flight, the greatest, perhaps, in the relationship between Amy and Sheldon.

The eighth season of Bones resumes in a world of chaos and hurt feelings. At the end of the seventh season, many of the show’s main characters lose their jobs in the case surrounding Brennan and the murder of Ethan. In the latest season, Bren-nan proves her innocence and the characters regain their positions at the Jeffersonian, but the new antagonist, Ethan’s psy-chotic killer and techno-whiz Pelant, is roaming free, continuing a cat-and-mouse chase that is still surprisingly good after so many seasons on air.

A new science fiction show, Revolution is set in a post-apocalyptic world where all sources of power and electricity have been disabled—for the past 15 years. The characters are on a journey to possibly restore that power and find out why it went out (Do we smell conspiracy here?). Their struggle is set against the compelling backdrop of warlords, a return to agrarian society, and a beautiful, forested setting where only the gutsiest blade-and-crossbow-wielding (wo)man can survive.

Modern Family comes back with news of pregnancy and cats, and the familiar hilarity ensues from the start of the fourth season. The comedy, centered on the lives of 3 interconnected families, finished season three with the news of Gloria’s preg-nancy, as well as Mitchell and Cam’s troubles with adoption. We enter season four at a similar place, picking up the frustra-tions of Mitchell and Cam again as well as Gloria’s struggle to inform Jay of her pregnancy. Only good and hilarious things can come of a new addition to the Pritchett clan, and we have learned to expect the best from Modern Family. All this points to a strong fourth season and, of course, the chaos and laughter that make the show worthwhile!

After losing Steve Carell way back in season seven, The Office has certainly had to make some adjustments. The journey to their ninth season has been long and sometimes harrowing, but the employees at Dunder Mifflin have made it thus far. Season nine is reportedly the last of the series, and perhaps this is for the best. Every show has its ups and downs but as plot lines and characters were stretched thin in season eight, The Office has lost some of its splendor. Our hopes rest on season nine to be the worthy end of a comedy legacy that has aired for so long.

FALL TV PREVIEW Josh Fujita-Yuhas

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Frank Ocean, a singer-songwriter, has recently posted on his blog that his first love was a man, a statement that received generally positive responses from fans. Photo courtesy of Flickr.

Yes it has, but I still like his music

Yes it has, I won’t listen to his

music anymore

No, I still view his music the

same way

Has Frank Ocean’s coming out changed your perspective on his music?

Behind The StageKAILEE MADDENBeyond the insouciant demeanor of The-ater Production’s students lie the many es-sential tasks without which Lakeside’s stage shows just wouldn’t be the same.“We do work in stage design, and we do work in sound design, and we do work in makeup design,” Theater Production teach-er Al Snapp said. “We also do a lot of learn-ing of construction techniques, and how lighting is set up for shows, and how sound is produced for shows, and [we] do a lot of

things that prepare people to be excellent carpenters, painters, and general construc-tion people.”“But a lot of it is solving puzzles that come up: every show is unique and they all have really interesting puzzles, so we do a lot of design thinking together to solve those puzzles,” Mr. Snapp explained. Opportuni-ties to expand various skills and dabble in a large variety of arts are provided by the course’s wide array of activities. Students that take the course tend to be sophomores or upperclassmen, because there generally aren’t many spots available, and freshmen tend not to be able to get in.Students who return for multiple years of theater production do so for the leader-ship, problem solving, and stage managing skills that are developed throughout this class, Mr. Snapp said. Additional years in theater production change the experience from a learning role to one of leadership.Aubry Brown ’13, Chloe McNutt ’14, and Dan Verzuh ’13 are the current Theater Production II & III students. Their work on shows and productions such as lights, stage crew, and sounds, though not always patent, remind us how vital it is for pulling together as great a performance as possible.

GRACE POLLARDMajor events have occurred

in the hip-hop and rap world over the course of the year. This industry, which is very popular but frequently shows intolerance to-ward the gay community, has started to show signs of open ac-ceptance of every-one, regardless of sexual orientation.

In the spring of 2012, world-famous rapper Jay-Z openly de-clared his support for gay marriage in the United States during an inter-view with CNN: “I’ve always thought it was something that was still hold-ing the country back…. It’s dis-crimination, plain and simple.”

This past July, another fa-mous rapper and singer, Frank Ocean announced that his first love was a man, in a post on his blog. “I was 19 years old. He was too. We spent that sum-mer, and the summer after, to-gether…. By the time I realized I was in love, it was malignant. It was hopeless. There was no escaping, no negotiating with the feeling,” he wrote. Frank Ocean released his debut stu-dio album, Channel Orange, just days after this announce-ment, and it has since received amazing reviews.

As well as having a solo ca-

reer, Ocean is part of a rap group called Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, abbrevi-ated OFWGKTA, or Odd Fu-ture. The leader of this group, Tyler, the Creator, has been

criticized for his frequent use of h o m o p h o b i c

slurs in his lyrics and on Twitter. Despite this, he has congratulated Ocean on Twitter for his strength and courage.

On a small-er scale, rapper Macklemore, who is a native Seattle-

ite but is increas-ing in popularity, just released a

new song, “Same Love”, fea-turing Mary Lambert as the female vocalist. The song ada-mantly shows his support for gay rights. “As somebody that believes in equal rights for all humans, you can only watch poison regurgitated for so long,” he wrote in a post on his blog addressing the new song. Proceeds from the record will be supporting Music for Mar-riage Equality, a local charity.

“That kind of stuff is great,” said Mariah Edidin ’14. “There is probably going to be a lot more of it because it’s a lot more accepted now.” Major change will take time, but the hip-hop industry looks like it is on the path to showing greater acceptance, while continuing to produce great music.

Photo courtesy of Frankocean.net

“As somebody that believes in equal rights for

all humans, you can only watch poison

regurgitated for so long.”

MACKLEMORE

Chloe McNutt ‘14 works on a Theater Production project. Photo by Gavin Blake.

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14 sportsHow Dope Are High Schools?

L i t t l e L e a g u eHelen Teegan ’16 has been a national-level swimmer and squash player for over six years and wants continue as a top-level athlete during her high school career at Lakeside. The Tatler caught up with her to discuss her athletic history.

RANA BANSALRB: Describe your achievements in squash

and swimming.HT: I have won three National titles and two US

Open titles in squash. When I was 12, I had three top-ten national times for swimming. Right now I swim 2 to 3 hours a day and practice squash 4 or 5 times a week for 2 hours.

RB: What sports did you play as a kid?HT: I played tennis, squash, soccer, and basket-

ball as a child. I also swam.

RB: When and why did you start swimming? And squash?

HT: I started swimming (at age 8) because I found it fun. I took lessons. I played tennis until I was 9 and started squash when I was 8. My parents thought that tennis was too hard and that it was hard to become good because there was a lot of competition.

RB: What makes you keep going when you feel tired and are on the verge of giving up?

HT: My teammates, coaches, and friends.

RB: Who has been your biggest influence in your sports career?

HT: Ash, my swim coach, has been my biggest influence. He motivates me to try my hardest and be a better person outside of the water.

RB: What is one of your worst experiences as an athlete?

HT: I was not able to improve in swimming be-tween the ages of 12 and 14. I found this frustrat-ing because I continued to work hard but saw few results.

RB: What motivates you to continue playing squash?

HT: I want to get into a good college and get the opportunity to travel around the world.

RB: Do you have any nemeses in squash and/or swimming?

HT: Nicholas Larus-Stone ’13 is my biggest squash rival. I don’t have a swimming nemesis.

RB: What do you value more, squash or swimming?

HT: I value swimming more. When I win some-thing in squash, I don’t feel as if I have achieved as much as [when I win] something in swimming. Swimming is a sport which requires more commit-ment and has tougher competition.

Helen competing in squash as a child. Photo courtesy of Helen Teegan.

ISAAC KLEISLE-MURPHYWhen the U.S. Anti-Dop-

ing Agency stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France wins and banned him from cycling for life, ste-roids were once again shuf-fled to the top of the sports media totem pole. Over the years, there have been many high profile doping scandals. Marion Jones was stripped of her 5 Sydney Olympic medals after being linked to the Bay Area Labaratory Co-Opera-tive (BALCO) in 2007. BAL-CO has also been investigated for providing performance-enhancing drugs to other su-perstars, including baseball’s home run king Barry Bonds and one time 100m world re-cord holder Tim Montgom-ery.

While all of these cases

have gotten their fair share of media attention, use of per-formance-enhancing drugs by high schoolers has snuck under the media’s radar so far.

As Lakeside Strength and Conditioning coach Rick Huegli put it, “It’s important to see the signs and symp-toms. You’re going to get strength increases out of no-where. You’ll see sometimes skin issues. You will also have some tendencies toward inju-ries. I think the personality and mood swings are a big piece too.”

A study by the University of Michigan in 2007 found that 2.2% of all high school se-niors said they had tried ste-roids at least once; 44% found it “fairly easy” to obtain them. Most startling of all, though, is a figure published by The

New Yo r k T i m e s : In one study, 57% of athletes would risk shortening their lives if it ensured better athletic re-sults.

“There was a time, there may still be, where the big-gest epidemic was in the high schools,” Mr. Huegli said in response to these figures. “And it wasn’t for athletics, it was for image.”

In Washington, there is no legislature regarding the test-

ing of high school students for steroids. Some states, like New Jersey and Texas, have mandatory testing for all, while others, like Florida, only test weightlifters, foot-ball players, and baseball play-ers. Washington has made no indication on whether it plans to create laws regarding this issue.

Although Mr. Huegli rec-ognizes that steroids exist in high schools, he doesn’t see the issue skyrocketing in the near future.

“It certainly is there,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of good strength programs. I would like to have faith in their coaches as being caring for the kids. I don’t think it’s an upward trending type of thing. I don’t have that feeling.”

2.2% of all high school seniors nationwide have tried steroids at least once;

44% of all high school seniors find steroids fairly easy to obtain

Center: Is steroid use a problem in high schools? Photo cour-tesy of Flickr.

Steroid Usage Among Teens

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VOLLEYBALL - CJ PAIGE“Everyone’s been saying for four years that

this is gonna be our year,” said Jenny Glerum ’13, one of this year’s Volleyball captains. This team claims to be one of the most unified teams at Lakeside: the girls have an all team sleepover right before school starts, as well as other bonding activities like making warm-up shirts together. With a senior laden team and some powerful underclass-men, like Devin Callahan ’15 and Destiny Lockhart ’15, this season is looking to extend

GOLF - CJ PAIGE“Growth” is the one word

golf team captain Thom-as Thongmee ’14 uses to describe the Golf team’s new season. This year, Golf has some young players, and they are looking forward to develop-ing both as a team and as individuals. Golf can be the best of both worlds athletically, as it has both an individual and a team com- p o -nent. Plus, there is the added advantage of practicing co-ed so members of the team have even more people to play against in practice. The matches Thomas is most excited for are where they have to be on the top of their game to win. “Golf is really something you can do your whole life, that you can learn, and that you can keep playing. It is also really social. It’s fun to play with a team and get to know people better,” said Thomas.

SOCCER - KATE KIMWith lots of wins already un-

der their belts, the Girls’ Soccer team is clearly on solid ground. “We have a really strong core

group of girls and we plan to make it all the way to state,” said Claire Anderson ’13, Girls’ Soccer co-captain. The self-proclaimed Sexi-est Team on Campus plays on Tuesdays and Thurs-

days, and they have even acquired a mini fan club. At

the games, keep an eye out for Kate Maher ’15, who can

check off hat trick and 4-goal

game from her to-do list thus far this s e a s o n .

Before the action be-

gins, make sure you experience the

“Clap,” which is their special pregame ritual.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE - KATE KIM

The Frisbee team has plenty of

F O O T -BALL - KATE KIM

A l t h o u g h Football has

been the bane of Lakeside in past

years, this year’s team is striving to be

anything but. “With a couple games under our belts,

we are looking to increase the inten-sity in the upcoming games,” said co-captain Adam Hinthorne ’14. Their games are Fridays and Saturdays, and there are a couple of big games that no true Lakeside fan would want to miss. The homecoming game against Cleve-land is on October 13th and on Octo-ber 18th; the team will play against Se-attle Prep at West Seattle Stadium. If you can’t be there in person, you can see it televised on Root Sports.

CROSS COUNTRY - KATE KIM

Consistently the most populous sport, Cross Country has a lot of star power, which they exhibited last year by winning Metro League. In

response to the re-cent statewide recog-

nition of the Girls’ and Boys’ teams, Benjamin

Drachman ’13 said, “That’s huge. Like enormous. We’re kind of incredible.” The team boasts several exceptional runners, includ-ing Andrea Masterson ’15, Mirutes Heyesus ’13, Rebecca Delacruz-Gunderson ’14, Killian Pinkleman ’15, and Casey Clark ’16. The team is known around campus for their hy-per-creative spirits on meet days, and other team bonding moments come in the form of a Post Metro dinner and a massive prerace cheer. “If you haven’t seen a race before, you should get out to watch one,” said Natalie Fox ’13.

CREW - CJ PAIGEFall Crew is a great training time to get

Lakeside ready to dominate in the spring. Jamie Landefeld ’13 and Susan Burke ’13, two of the team captains, are looking for-ward to seeing what this team will be able to do. The boys’ team is young and power-ful which should lend to an amazing de-velopment over the years—especially with Jeff Iqbal as their new head coach, who Jamie believes is a good presence on the team. Currently both teams are focusing on building their fitness level and aero-bic base to maximize future performance in the spring; however, there is one big regatta this fall on November 4 at the University of Wash-ington called Head of the Lake. Susan encourages nov-ices to come and try Crew out this spring. “Really, anybody, any shape or size, any skill level, can come and be suc-cessful!” she said. Both captains agree it is a fantastic ex-perience that should not be missed.

This month, Tatler asked two intrepid re-porters to look through their spyglasses and compile a preview of this fall's sports. Enjoy!

FALL SPORTS

UPDATE

far into the playoffs—especial- ly with the help of their new head coach Katie Wilson. Wilson led Seattle Prep to a state vic-tory in 2010, and the team is excited to be working with her. Although the team was unable to beat Prep at home this season, hopeful- ly this talented group of girls will be able to come back with a vengeance during the rematch this month.

legitimacy even though they are technically not a real Lakeside sport. “Both teams can match up against any team in the state…if we work hard, there’s no stopping us,” said co-captain Vikram Dhawan ’14. With two tournaments coming up and home games every Sunday, the team is always looking for new fans to support them. At the games, be sure you watch their superstars, Gero “I Drive a Stick Shift” Bergk ’14 and Dan “Girl, Let Me Do My Thing”

Verzuh ’13, in action. Besides the snazzy nicknames, the crazy haircuts that they each receive before the tournaments are hard to miss and reflect the high energy of the team that makes the game that much more exciting to watch as a fan.

Football: Our Lakeside Lions hard at work! Photo courtesy of Lakeside school. Golf: Libby Ramsey ’13 winds up for the Lakeside Golf Team. Clayton Christy. Crew: The 2011-2012 crew team docks at Brentwood. Clayton Christy. Cross Country: The team in a (gigantic) huddle. Photo courtesy of J. Tucker. Soccer: Julia Laurence ’13 takes a strike at the ball during a home game this season. Frisbee: Gero Bergk '14 tries to break his mark. Clayton Christy. Volleyball: Jennie Glerum ’13 digging a ball during a game this season.

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“When your a Senior. be nice and open with the freshmen, its nice. Never Forget them or I kill you!...Michael Omori says' "cute girls, you got 'em" hope thats still

true. Ben Out!” All of that is original spelling/punctuation.

– President Ben Johnson.

“Two days before this we turned 15!!!! We are so old.”

- Miranda Pollard

“Do you still wear teal or red underwear when

you feel confident?”- André Mattus

“By the way, by the time you're a senior, I hope you can drive.”Too bad I failed my road test 3 weeks ago…

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH-YEAHHH!!!!! - Ben Davis

“I'm leaving you $5. Please don't do any-thing stupid that I

will regret.” -Dan Verzuh

“You probably don't really want to be reading

this which is great be-cause I don't really want to keep writing this, so good job being a senior

or whatever, cool.” -Will Hinman

“I'm worried about Chinese. Mr. Ross is get-ting a bit scary.”-Laura Lawaree

“Most of the conversations have been about Johnny Kru-ger but if you remember, it’s quite understandable! OMG everyone is crushing on him.

I'm watching him now ;)”-Julia Schlaepfer

“Just so you know! <3 Andrew Gong! How did that work

out?” – Sophia Wood

“Hey what up G? Is that still

cool?” –Aditya Bodas

“Dude if you are not level 80 in World of Warcraft by the time you

are reading this you suck.” - Anand Rajesh

“Checklist of things to do before senior year:- don’t get expelled

-get straight A’s in one semester- plan an OLOT dance in a graveyard

- do not do pot IT WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE- if I regret this then go eat Italian food.”

-Steven Chen

Senior Letters