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7 February 2010 Hi Times Issue 5 Vol. 101 LPHS artist draws on darker side Zombies. Aly Kaluzny’s art is full of them. In fact, zombies and gore happen to be the theme of a majority of her artwork, which she just can’t stay away from. “I always liked drawing as a kid, and as I got better, I realized it was a hobby I should continue pursuing,” said Kaluzny, a senior. Her work finds inspiration in many things. Watching a movie, hearing a song or talking to another person can give her an idea for a new piece. Her diverse interests, such as death rap and metal music or horror movies and piercings, are also prevalent in her art. Her two favorite pieces attest to this. “One was inspired by the movie 28 Days Later. The other one is a colored drawing of a mermaid with red eyes sitting on a rock in a lake filled with TVs,” Kaluzny stated. Having already taken 2D- and 3D-Art and Sculpture, Kaluzny is currently in Painting class and spends a majority of her time in class and at home working on her art. Kaluzny said, “I plan on going to college for design of some sort. Hopefully, I can get into tattooing, though.” Her favorite class so far has been Sculpture, where she enjoyed participating in the chair project and get- ting to work with diverse mediums. Her favorite medium to work with, however, is more traditional. “I usually work with pencil and colored pencil, but lately I’ve been using pen for dramatic shading,” Kaluzny stated. Kaluzny’s favorite artist is Gidget Gein, who formerly played bass for Marilyn Manson. “He died of a heroin overdose a couple of years ago, but his ‘unpop art’ style is fascinating,” said Ka- luzny. Pieces of her art have been printed in previous issues of LPHS’s Reflections magazine, but otherwise, she does not showcase her work. This artist claims to be “pretty boring,” but her talents would suggest otherwise. Laura Rosenbaum Features Editor The La Porte bowling teams played in the NWI Region Rumble on Saturday in Portage. The girls’ team got scored of 948 and 863 to get second place, which put them 24 pins behind Lake Central. The girls’ were 71 pins ahead just after two games in the Baker round of the Region Rumble. Then Lake Central took the first place spot after a 126 game which put LP’s team two pins behind them. Ulti- mately the girl’s team placed third after Portage took a 51 pin lead with a score of 223 and the Indians playing a 207. This being an upset compared to the week prior when the girl’s varsity (9-1) won their first every conference title against Michigan City with a score of 18-2. They got the highest team score of the year for them with a blistering 1062. The Boys team (7-3) tied with Portage (8-2) ending it with 10-10, but lead by 55 pins. “We’re doing pretty good, we have some bad days, but the girls team overall is doing great. Our spirit may go down sometimes but we can always manage to shake it off and get the job done,” said ju- nior Bryce Jones. The boys’ team rolled a total of 2575 for the five Baker games and two regular matches. This qualified them for Finals. Sophomore Dustin Becker bowled one game with a 189 and the boys’ team will play sectionals this Saturday. “I think we are doing great, we are third in Con- ference and will hopefully go farther than last year’s team. We want to get to regional’s and then to state matches,” said Becker. Bowling teams set high goals for season Bursting "With Glowing Hearts", (a slogan chosen from the English version of “O Can- ada”) and conditioned athletes, Vancouver, Canada, is ready to host the 2010 winter Olympic Games. The Olympic cauldron will be lit on February 12 and last till the 28th. There are plenty of sporting events that will take place during this short time. They include alpine skiing, ice hockey, luge, speed skating and snowboarding. Canada is expected to win the most medals overall. "I'd actually do snowboarding because it's by far the coolest and most fun to watch," said junior Josh Tilling. Snowboarder Shaun White will be someone to look out for during these games. In the last winter Olympics he received a gold medal in the men’s half pipe. Another promising athlete is speed skater Apollo Anton Ohno. He is a five-time Olym- pic medalist at the age of 27. Since 2001, Ohno has remained the United States speed skat- ing champion. He became the overall world champion in 2008. The Paralympic games, which are for athletes with physi- cal and visual disabilities, will also take place in Vancouver from March 12 through the 21st. These athletes may par- ticipate in alpine skiing, biath- lon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling. Vancouver hosts 2010 winter olympic games The La Porte winter guard be- gan their season with their first competition on January 23 at Lake Central High School with a score of 59, landing them in 2nd place, one point below 1st. On January 22, the guard held their open house at La Porte High School. February 7 the guard will compete at Naperville. Febru- ary 13 they will compete at Lin- coln-way North High School in Frankfurt, IL. Other upcoming competitions will take place on February 20 at Lake Central High School, at Chesterton High School the next day and February 27 and 28 at the Edwin J. Nutter Cen- ter, where they will compete in the Dayton Power Regional. On March 6, they will com- pete at Lake Park High School in Roselle, IL, March 13 and 14 at Ben Davis High School for the WGI Power Regional and March 21 at Lincolnway-West East high School in Frankfurt, IL. They will also compete March 27 and 28 at La Pore High School for the La Porte High School Midwest Champion- ship and April 9 to 11 for the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. “The show, titled ‘Suzanne,’ is about a woman named Su- zanne Verdal. Songwriter Leonard Choen recalls his mo- ments with Suzanne in his lyr- ics. Suzanne, a bohemian, has a rather crazy and unpredictable, yet endearing, personality. The intent of the show is to cap- ture her personality and get us to realize that there really is a Suzanne in all of us,” said assis- tant coach Matt Anderson. “Suzanne is extremely spunky and crazy. She’s your best friend and everything you want her to be. She’s full of quirky traits,” said senior Sam Starr. To prepare for the season, the winter guard practices Monday, Thursday and Friday for three hours, Saturday for five hours and Sunday for four hours every week unless there is a competition that falls on one of those days. “Sometimes they are extend- ed practices. We start by do- ing exercises, warm-ups and dance and flag block where we work on technique. Then we work on work from the show,” said Cooper. The winter guard has two goals for the season: to grow as performers and to perfect their skills and knowledge. The Suzanne in all of us Israel Ramirez Staff Writer Heather Mead School News Editor The Poms team kicked off to a great start this season and are currently preparing for their next competition. “We plan to give it our all and do our very best. This year we decided to expand our chances by entering multiple competi- tions,” said senior Jill Town- sel. On January 23, the team trav- eled to Northrop High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana to compete. They walked away with an impressive first place in Pom and a second place in kick. Sophomore Sarah Harri- son performed a solo at the Northrop competition. “I was so excited about my solo. When I got out on the floor all my nerves were gone. It was so much fun! I can’t wait to perform another solo,” said Harrison Harrison performed a lyri- cal routine to “My Grown Up Christmas List.” “I loved how during my rou- tine I did the splits and just happened to be facing my team. They all started cheering. Af- ter that, I felt like I could do anything,” said Harrison. Harrison isn’t the only one on the Poms team who has had a significant opportunity. Senior Kristen Harness re- turned January 2 from Rome, Italy. Harness made the All-Ameri- can Dance Team and performed abroad with other girls from around the country who shared the same passion for dance. “It was amazing. Once in a lifetime experience, I was lucky to have this opportunity,” said Harness. While in Rome, Harness vis- ited the Pope’s summer home, Vatican City, St. Sebastian Catacombs, and enjoyed plenty of shopping. “It was nothing like the Unit- ed States. It was a total blast,” said Harness. Among other things, the Poms team has been selling candy to pay for the new uniforms they purchased this year. The team will also be host- ing a competition at the high school on Saturday February 27. With the Poms season wrap- ping up, the seniors are look- ing forward to ending on a good note. “We want to finish the year off like never before and better than ever. The best part of be- ing a senior on Poms was be- ing the goofy but serious role model for the underclassmen that will one day take my spot on varsity,” said Townsel. Courtney West Staff Writer Skyler Shortt Staff Writer The firing of Mike Leach, the offensive guru from Texas Tech shocked many fans and follow- ers of college football amid al- legations he ordered a player to be locked in a dark equipment room after the player suffered a mild concussion. Leach in- sists the accusations made by the James family are false. The player, Adam James, is the son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James. Leach was accused of these allegations December 28th, 2009, and Leach was then fired. It is likely after the 2010 football season that the offen- sive minded Leach will land a job somewhere. “I’m sure (Mike) Leach will get a job because he’s a big-time coach,” said senior Kyle Princi- pe. Two other notable coaches were fired amidst mistreatment of players as well. University of South Florida’s Jim Leavitt was fired in January for allegedly striking a player during halftime of a game. Leavitt claims he was counseling the player and never struck him. USF’s athletic direc- tor fired Leavitt after he claimed he has done nothing wrong. Mark Mangino, the long time Kansas Jayhawks coach, was also fired after the 2009 football season for longtime accusations of verbal abuse towards players. “Players shouldn’t be abused by coaches, their job is to coach,” said senior Greg Wedow. Coaches handle fallout of player mistreatment John Decker Staff Writer Poms places well in competition Photo Provided Poms girls pose with their 1st, 2nd place competition trophies. Photo by John Decker Photo by Laura Rosenbaum Aly Kaluzny works on a painting of a hu- man heart for an art class. Football player Greg Wedow weighs in on the subject of player mistreatment in collegiate sports. Winterguard gears up for a new year and a new show
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7February 2010Hi Times Issue 5 Vol. 101
LPHS artist draws on darker side Zombies. Aly Kaluzny’s art is full of them. In fact, zombies and gore happen to be the theme of a majority of her artwork, which she just can’t stay away from. “I always liked drawing as a kid, and as I got better, I realized it was a hobby I should continue pursuing,” said Kaluzny, a senior. Her work finds inspiration in many things. Watching a movie, hearing a song or talking to another person can give her an idea for a new piece. Her diverse interests, such as death rap and metal music or horror movies and piercings, are also prevalent in her art. Her two favorite pieces attest to this. “One was inspired by the movie 28 Days Later. The other one is a colored drawing of a mermaid with red eyes sitting on a rock in a lake filled with TVs,” Kaluzny stated. Having already taken 2D- and 3D-Art and Sculpture, Kaluzny is currently in Painting class and spends a majority of her time in class and at home working on her art. Kaluzny said, “I plan on going to college for design of some sort. Hopefully, I can get into tattooing, though.” Her favorite class so far has been Sculpture, where she enjoyed participating in the chair project and get-ting to work with diverse mediums. Her favorite medium to work with, however, is more traditional. “I usually work with pencil and colored pencil, but lately I’ve been using pen for dramatic shading,” Kaluzny stated. Kaluzny’s favorite artist is Gidget Gein, who formerly played bass for Marilyn Manson. “He died of a heroin overdose a couple of years ago, but his ‘unpop art’ style is fascinating,” said Ka-luzny. Pieces of her art have been printed in previous issues of LPHS’s Reflections magazine, but otherwise, she does not showcase her work. This artist claims to be “pretty boring,” but her talents would suggest otherwise.
Laura RosenbaumFeatures Editor
The La Porte bowling teams played in the NWI Region Rumble on Saturday in Portage. The girls’ team got scored of 948 and 863 to get second place, which put them 24 pins behind Lake Central. The girls’ were 71 pins ahead just after two games in the Baker round of the Region Rumble. Then Lake Central took the first place spot after a 126 game which put LP’s team two pins behind them. Ulti-mately the girl’s team placed third after Portage took a 51 pin lead with a score of 223 and the Indians playing a 207. This being an upset compared to the week prior when the girl’s varsity (9-1) won their first every conference title against Michigan City with a score of 18-2. They got the highest team score of the year for them with a blistering 1062. The Boys team (7-3) tied with Portage (8-2) ending it with 10-10, but lead by 55 pins. “We’re doing pretty good, we have some bad days, but the girls team overall is doing great. Our spirit may go down sometimes but we can always manage to shake it off and get the job done,” said ju-nior Bryce Jones. The boys’ team rolled a total of 2575 for the five Baker games and two regular matches. This qualified them for Finals. Sophomore Dustin Becker bowled one game with a 189 and the boys’ team will play sectionals this Saturday. “I think we are doing great, we are third in Con-ference and will hopefully go farther than last year’s team. We want to get to regional’s and then to state matches,” said Becker.
Bowling teams set high goals for season
Bursting "With Glowing Hearts", (a slogan chosen from the English version of “O Can-ada”) and conditioned athletes, Vancouver, Canada, is ready to host the 2010 winter Olympic Games. The Olympic cauldron will be lit on February 12 and last till the 28th. There are plenty of sporting events that will take place during this short time. They include alpine skiing, ice hockey, luge, speed skating and snowboarding. Canada is expected to win the most medals overall. "I'd actually do snowboarding because it's by far the coolest and most fun to watch," said junior Josh Tilling. Snowboarder Shaun White
will be someone to look out for during these games. In the last winter Olympics he received a gold medal in the men’s half pipe. Another promising athlete is speed skater Apollo Anton Ohno. He is a five-time Olym-pic medalist at the age of 27. Since 2001, Ohno has remained the United States speed skat-ing champion. He became the overall world champion in 2008. The Paralympic games, which are for athletes with physi-cal and visual disabilities, will also take place in Vancouver from March 12 through the 21st. These athletes may par-ticipate in alpine skiing, biath-lon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling.
Vancouver hosts 2010 winter olympic games
The La Porte winter guard be-gan their season with their first competition on January 23 at Lake Central High School with a score of 59, landing them in 2nd place, one point below 1st. On January 22, the guard held their open house at La Porte High School. February 7 the guard will compete at Naperville. Febru-ary 13 they will compete at Lin-coln-way North High School in Frankfurt, IL. Other upcoming competitions will take place on February 20 at Lake Central High School, at Chesterton High School the next day and February 27 and 28 at the Edwin J. Nutter Cen-ter, where they will compete in the Dayton Power Regional. On March 6, they will com-
pete at Lake Park High School in Roselle, IL, March 13 and 14 at Ben Davis High School for the WGI Power Regional and March 21 at Lincolnway-West East high School in Frankfurt, IL. They will also compete March 27 and 28 at La Pore High School for the La Porte High School Midwest Champion-ship and April 9 to 11 for the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. “The show, titled ‘Suzanne,’ is about a woman named Su-zanne Verdal. Songwriter Leonard Choen recalls his mo-ments with Suzanne in his lyr-ics. Suzanne, a bohemian, has a rather crazy and unpredictable, yet endearing, personality. The intent of the show is to cap-ture her personality and get us to realize that there really is a Suzanne in all of us,” said assis-
tant coach Matt Anderson. “Suzanne is extremely spunky and crazy. She’s your best friend and everything you want her to be. She’s full of quirky traits,” said senior Sam Starr. To prepare for the season, the winter guard practices Monday, Thursday and Friday for three hours, Saturday for five hours and Sunday for four hours every week unless there is a competition that falls on one of those days. “Sometimes they are extend-ed practices. We start by do-ing exercises, warm-ups and dance and flag block where we work on technique. Then we work on work from the show,” said Cooper. The winter guard has two goals for the season: to grow as performers and to perfect their skills and knowledge.
The Suzanne in all of us
Israel RamirezStaff Writer
Heather MeadSchool News Editor
The Poms team kicked off to a great start this season and are currently preparing for their next competition. “We plan to give it our all and do our very best. This year we decided to expand our chances by entering multiple competi-tions,” said senior Jill Town-sel. On January 23, the team trav-eled to Northrop High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana to compete. They walked away with an impressive first place in Pom and a second place in kick. Sophomore Sarah Harri-son performed a solo at the Northrop competition. “I was so excited about my solo. When I got out on the floor all my nerves were gone. It was so much fun! I can’t wait to perform another solo,” said HarrisonHarrison performed a lyri-cal routine to “My Grown Up Christmas List.” “I loved how during my rou-tine I did the splits and just happened to be facing my team. They all started cheering. Af-ter that, I felt like I could do anything,” said Harrison. Harrison isn’t the only one on
the Poms team who has had a significant opportunity. Senior Kristen Harness re-turned January 2 from Rome, Italy. Harness made the All-Ameri-can Dance Team and performed abroad with other girls from around the country who shared the same passion for dance. “It was amazing. Once in a lifetime experience, I was lucky to have this opportunity,” said Harness. While in Rome, Harness vis-ited the Pope’s summer home, Vatican City, St. Sebastian Catacombs, and enjoyed plenty of shopping. “It was nothing like the Unit-ed States. It was a total blast,”
said Harness. Among other things, the Poms team has been selling candy to pay for the new uniforms they purchased this year. The team will also be host-ing a competition at the high school on Saturday February 27. With the Poms season wrap-ping up, the seniors are look-ing forward to ending on a good note. “We want to finish the year off like never before and better than ever. The best part of be-ing a senior on Poms was be-ing the goofy but serious role model for the underclassmen that will one day take my spot on varsity,” said Townsel.
Courtney WestStaff Writer
Skyler ShorttStaff Writer
The firing of Mike Leach, the offensive guru from Texas Tech shocked many fans and follow-ers of college football amid al-legations he ordered a player to be locked in a dark equipment room after the player suffered a mild concussion. Leach in-sists the accusations made by the James family are false. The player, Adam James, is the son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James. Leach was accused of these allegations December 28th, 2009, and Leach was then fired. It is likely after the 2010 football season that the offen-sive minded Leach will land a job somewhere. “I’m sure (Mike) Leach will get a job because he’s a big-time coach,” said senior Kyle Princi-pe. Two other notable coaches were fired amidst mistreatment of players as well. University of South Florida’s Jim Leavitt was fired in January for allegedly striking a player during halftime
of a game. Leavitt claims he was counseling the player and never struck him. USF’s athletic direc-tor fired Leavitt after he claimed he has done nothing wrong. Mark Mangino, the long time Kansas Jayhawks coach, was also fired after the 2009 football season for longtime accusations of verbal abuse towards players. “Players shouldn’t be abused by coaches, their job is to coach,” said senior Greg Wedow.
Coaches handle fallout of player mistreatmentJohn DeckerStaff Writer
Poms places well in competition
Photo ProvidedPoms girls pose with their 1st, 2nd place competition trophies.
Photo by John Decker
Photo by Laura Rosenbaum
Aly Kaluzny works on a painting of a hu-man heart for an art class.
Football player Greg Wedow weighs in on the subject of player mistreatment in collegiate sports.
Winterguard gears up for a new year and a new show
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