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backlash when he proposed the new rule, and backlash is exactly what he’s gotten. That along with many supporters of the ban – student and otherwise – means people just won’t

Hannah PageEditor-In-Chief

Upper School Bans Grinding In Time For Prom

“I am here today to make an apol-ogy,” began Dion Crushshon in

his Senior-Speech style address with which he announced his intentions to propose a ban on grinding at Blake dances, following in the footsteps of Minnetonka high school and many other schools across the country. Dion, who reportedly dis-cussed the speech beforehand with his Gender Studies students, went for shock value when addressing the school, citing Wikipedia in his description of grinding as “a type of partner dance where two or more partners rub their bodies (especial-ly the genitalia) against each other in a sexually suggestive manner” which “often gets men sexually ex-cited.” He hoped this literal descrip-tion would open students’ eyes to what exactly they are doing when they ‘simulate sex’ on the dance floor. Since this announcement, the ban has been passed by faculty vote. Upper School Director, Marc Bogur-sky says, “the faculty overwhelming-ly supported… the idea that we would regulate dancing at future school dances.” Bogursky personally thinks that Dion “hit the nail on the head,” explaining that he understands gen-erational differences but that grind-ing is “too much, like simulated sex… I know it makes kids uncomfortable.” Dion says that he expected

Conner Storlie ‘13 and Tyler Larson ‘12 demonstrate grinding while Ms. Bu-chanan attempts to make things more appropriate.

Bailey Dunning

“Talk about extreme PDA!”

- Marc Bogursky

stop talking about it. And maybe that’s good; Dion certainly didn’t in-tend to keep the matter under wraps when he shared his proposal with all four grades at assembly, “in the spirit of transparency.” Most concern among upperclassmen has revolved around the May 15th prom, and

whether or not the new rule will ap-ply. For those still wondering, prom will indeed be a grinding-free zone. The new ban will be en-forced in a strict and straightfor-

ward manner. “If students are danc-ing in manners which are, you know, sexually suggestive, students will be asked to stop, and if they’re asked again and it doesn’t look like they can comply… they’ll be asked to leave,” says Senior dean, Alyn Eastin. Many students argue that

grinding is the only way our gen-eration knows how to dance. Rising senior class President Elect Austin Gromatzky ’11 points out that the sexuality of grinding is nothing new, as “dancing has been used since 3,000 B.C. to express feelings of attraction for another person.” Furthermore, “ban-ning a form of dance simply because a portion of the population is uncom-fortable with it,” says Gromatzky, “is

ridiculous.” He urges the administra-tion to take student input into account before implementing the new rule, which he believes would cause many students to “relocate to external, non-school organized events and parties” where there would be an even greater lack of supervision. (“As economics tells us, if there is an unmet demand, the market will supply it.”) This may be so, but for the time being Blake has laid down the law. Bogursky compares the newly banned dance to “two kids making out in a public space” – “talk about extreme PDA!”

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Danny SmithStaff Writer

Spectrum Staff

Staff WritersDanny SmithHannah Rice

Patrick DunphyHannah TieszenElinor MitchellChance Lillehei

Mason HinkeFrieda Yeung

Taylor RondesvedtEmily Moore

Contributing WritersEmily Wells

Max JohnsonDavid Applebaum

Benton GrahamConnor Remes

Courtney AlpeterMcKenzie Sanders

AdvisersJennifer ArnottChristina Colvin

As I sat in his Block 1 Spanish V class, longtime Spanish teacher

Santiago Carreño broke the news: he would not be returning to teach here at Blake next year. Looks of shock and disappointment came across the faces of the Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors, and we all knew we should appre-ciate the time we have with this fun-loving instructor we all came to know and love. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to sit down with Sr. Carreño outside of class and reflect on his time here at Blake, as well as look forward at his future.

Danny Smith (DS): How long were you here at Blake? What were some of your favorite things about work-ing here?Santiago Carreño (SC): I worked here at Blake for 12 years. Some of my fa-vorite things here were interacting with the students in my classes, as well as helping them learn Spanish.DS: What will you miss about Blake?SC: I will miss the interactions with

the students, many nice and carring colleagues, and the free food!DS: Haha, and what was your favorite food here?

SC: the Santa Fe Rice Bowls! Those were nice!DS: What are your plans for the fu-ture?SC: Well, I might go into the business world, but I’m open to teach again if I find a good match and opportunity. It

would be hard for me to stop teach-ing.DS: Do you have any ideas as to who will try to replace you?

SC: I know there is a search com-mittee and that the department is involved in the search. What I hope is that they will find a native speak-er.DS: Are you ever going to change your hairstyle?SC: As long as hair gel is cheap and easy to get, no I won’t!DS: What kind of hair gel do you use?SC: The cheapest I can find, because I use a lot!Tomas Yañez: Would you ever shave your head?SC: No! Don’t ever mess with my hair! This funny and engaging teacher will be greatly missed, but his impact on Blake will always remain thanks to his entusiastic teaching, coaching, mentoring, and

continued support for each of his stu-dents!

¡Adios, Señor Carreño!

Bailey DunningEditor In-Chief

Hannah PageEditor In-Chief

Sutton Higgins Feature

Perrin Burke Opinions

Bennett Winton Sports

Laine Higgins Variety

Hannah Falvey Student Life/News

Emily Wells

Contributing Writer

Ellie AlldredgeVariety

If you have driven to Blake recently you have prob-

ably encountered the many large potholes on Stadium Parkway. A bad road in any season, it has turned into a treacherous quag-mire of potholes, some of which that seem like they could swallow a Smart Car. “This is the worst road I’ve driven on in Minneapolis.” Masha Berman ’11 said. The rain has only made it worse by turning the notorious potholes into small ponds, making them hard to see and hard to fix. As one Minneapolis driver said on www.seeclickfix.com, “Hard to believe that this little stretch gets no attention when hundreds of

students and parents have to drive it daily.” Recently, Stadium Parkway received public attention as the fo-cus of a 5 Eyewitness News report.

According to the report, the city sent out a crew to fill them, but the rainy weather made it hard for the new asphalt to stick. This problem is not

Land of 10,000 Potholes?unique to only Stadium Parkway how-ever. All across Minneapolis, drivers are encountering the same issue over and over again. A facebook group was

even created entitled, Hey Minneapolis, fix your pot-holes. “This has been a ter-rible, terrible year for pot-holes.” Minneapolis mayor, R.T. Rybak wrote on The Mayor Blog. “Driving condi-tions on some busy streets are downright awful.” If you would like to help bring at-tention to the pothole prob-lem on Stadium Parkway go to http://www.seeclickfix.com/issues/20654 and let the city know that over 400 students driving over them every day is no small matter.

Allison Bye ‘12 at the Parade parking lot with a car bumper she found.

Zoe Kosieradzki

Hannah Falvey

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Bailey DunningEditor In-Chief

Ending The Silence

About two weeks ago, on Friday, April 16th, Blake celebrated the

Day of Silence in support of all the LGBT people in our community. Even with some of the students and faculty missing for band and choir tours, 113 people partici-pated. I believe I’m not only speaking for myself when I say that this is great for our community and shows the caring and supportive personalities behind every Blake student! This is the 14th year that Day of Silence has occurred and the 10th year at Blake. At the begin-ning of the day, many kids came in early to start their day in silence together. To show their involvement, students wore bandanas around their mouths, to remind other students and their teach-ers they would not be speaking.

If you could have any job when you grow up what would you be?

If today you could somehow safely see any dinosaur which

one would you want to see?

If you could change anything about Blake what would you

want to change?

What if... by Hannah Falvey

“I would be a Marine Biologist, because I like fish and all ma-rine life in general” –Paul Koullick’10

“Saurolophus, be-cause its like Ducky from the movie The Land Before Time.” –Meredith Burns’11

“Velocirap-tor, since they worked in packs and had really sharp talons” –Alex Beard’11

“Having more bal-anced lunches. I feel like on certain days there are so many good choices, then the next day there seems to be nothing good to eat.” –Leon Lee’11

“More Chess!”–Kent Carlson’10

“A cowboy, because they are sweet.”-Lucia Sandberg’12

Yet, there are still people in our community who find the Day of Si-lence a ‘disruption to education’, and some parents threatened to keep their kids home from school that day. How-

ever, it is important to realize that the purpose of this day is to bring atten-tion to the silence LGBT students face

everyday, not to take away from any-one’s learning experience. No one was forced to participate, so, in my opinion, no one should be complaining about it. However, the Day of Silence

still makes the Blake com-munity a safer place. It representsthe wide range of support for LGBT stu-dents everywhere. JJ Kah-le claims, “Many students used to come out in college, then it was high school. And now they are coming out as early as middle school.” And with the start of the Middle School GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), it is be-coming easier for everyone to feel more comfortable in his or her school. Pre-pare for next year’s Day of Silence on April 15, 2011. Put an end to bullying and name calling! And quoting the organization behind the

National Day of Silence, “What are you going to do to end the silence?”

Hannah Falvey

Announcing The 2011 and

2012 Class Presidents:

Austin Gromatzky

‘11

Juliet Nelson ‘12

OpinionsApr 10

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Why Learning Foreign Lan-

guage Matters

Blake’s traditional senior speeches offer students a chance to share

their ideas and beliefs without any censorship or restrictions. But I be-lieve it is time to rethink this, because a line has been crossed. I found a se-nior speech to be so one-sided and slanderous to-ward the State of Israel that I, along with others, was left feeling both angry and abused. In a court of law, one must swear to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and noth-ing but the truth.” This is because telling only part of the truth is deceptive. “Mom, Billy hit me,” may be true, but “Mom, Billy hit me because I hit him first,” is the whole truth, which could make all the difference in the world when deciding who gets punished. There is a saying that “figures lie and liars figure.” The speaker told us that, in the Israeli-Arab struggle, one Israeli has died per every ten Arabs (whom he calls “Palestinians,” which just means people from the re-gion known as Palestine – though you could argue that Jews are the original Palestinians, if the who-was-there-first controversy is taken into account). People die in wars, and no one would dispute that this is tragic. Deranged extremists hide themselves and their artillery inside hospitals, day-cares and nursing homes surrounded by children and the elderly. In other words, they use their fellow humans as shields. The Israelis have to destroy these millitants and their weapoins to protect their own citizens from future terrorism. But the speaker didn’t mention that. Nor did he mention that Israel’s concern for MINIMIZING civilian casualties is

Max JohnsonContributing Writer

The Other Side of The Truthso great that it drops leaflets warning Arab civilians to leave areas where fighting will take place. This of course would have altered the grotesque im-age he was trying to create – that of an evil, war-mongering occupier of inno-cents and practitioner of apartheid. In comparing Israel to apart-heid South Africa, the speaker con-veniently left out some important

and indisputable facts. Israeli citi-zens are white, black and everything in between. They include Arabs and Jews, Muslims, Christians, agnos-tics and atheists. They are Kurdish, Ethiopian, Russian, Polish, Iraqi, and Yemenite, among numerous others. And EVERY ONE of these citizens can vote, participate in political life, and share beaches, buses, bars, park benches and water fountains with their fellow Israelis. There is an Arab member of the Israeli Supreme Court and Israeli cabinet, and several Arab members of the Israeli parliament. But the most significant fact the speaker failed to mention is the horrifying truth that 20 out of the 22 members of the League of Arab States do not recognize Israel’s right to exist. Regardless of whether or not the State of Israel is recognized by most of the developed world, it has no right to ex-ist in the eyes of most of its neighbors.

As the Internet, transportation and other technologies revolu-

tionize international business, the importance of effectively market-ing products to countries across the globe increases dramatically. Suddenly, advertisers must market their goods to people who speak different languages and whose cultures have different ideals. As Blake students, we may hear the occasional complaint about an up-coming foreign language test or a never-ending list of vocabulary words that needs to be memo-rized, but the skills we are learn-ing will be invaluable in the future. For example, when the company GM marketed their car ‘Nova’ in Latin America, consum-ers understood this car’s name to mean “No Va” Which means, “it doesn’t go” in Spanish. Secondly, when American Airlines directly translated their slogan “Fly in Leather” to Spanish, they didn’t know that it translated to Mexican consumers as “Fly Naked.” Spanish, however, isn’t the only language that has challenged American mar-keters. Colgate’s toothpaste, ‘Cue’, failed miserably in the French market for sharing its name with a porn magazine. Coca-Cola origi-nally introduced itself to China as ‘Kekoukele’, which translated to, “Bite the wax tadpole” in Chinese.These incredibly embarrassing mistakes reflected poorly on the United States and its companies across the world. Not only did these errors prevent the sale of products, but they also communi-cated a lack of cultural awareness. The United States has earned an international reputa-tion for not emphasizing the im-portance of global awareness and foreign languages. With our economy so closely tied with those around the world, the importance of effective international commu-nication and of a broader under-standing of others’ cultures con-tinues to grow. Here at Blake, we have resources powerful enough to change the United States.

Hannah RiceStaff Writer

Perrin Burke

Juniors EJ Faust, Peter Fisher, Ben Poduba and Kaylyn Graiziger pretend to be shocked at a senior speech.

Historically, Israel has used land ob-tained from wars to barter for the rec-ognition of its existence with both Jor-dan and Egypt. It could have asked for money, tanks, or it could have rightfu-ly refused to return the land. Instead, they traded the land for the right to exist, a right that should automatical-ly be granted to any democratic state. It is a pillar of U.S. foreign

policy to sup-port democ-racy around the world. As the most dem-ocratic and peace-loving nation in the Middle East, Israel deserves our tax money for their bene-fit and protec-tion from ex-tremist-ruled n e i g h b o r s . Plus, if the U.S. were to denounce its relationship with Israel, important U.S. i n d u s t r i e s , such as com-puter compa-nies in Silicon Valley, would shut down as they are de-

pendent on Israeli technology and in-novation. The speaker stated that the U.S. should be looking out for its own economic future rather than Israel’s. However, it is to our country’s advan-tage to continue supporting Israel. In an age of instant informa-tion, it’s too easy to hand-pick and magnify information out of context to create a distorted, unflattering and misleading picture, which is exactly what the speaker did. This is a form of defamation, which is not protected as “free speech” under our Constitution, nor should it be protected speech at Blake. Teachers and administrators have a duty to step in and make sure that what students are allowed to tell a captive audience is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Opinions 05SpectrumApr10

Planning The Unplanned: The Nelson AmendmentPerrin Burke

Page Editor

The Stupak Amendment was de-feated. While I, among my fel-

low pro-choice associates, rejoiced, we realized grimly that yet another hurdle has been placed on our coun-try’s track to comprehensive abortion coverage in the new Health Reform Bill. Unfortunately, as the health re-form enters what seems to be its final passage, controversy has yet again risen, but rather this time claiming the name of the Nelson Amendment. The new abortion language introduced by Nelson undermines the freedom of the people by estab-lishing a completely unworkable sys-tem in health care. Under the Nelson abortion check provision, individuals who chose a health plan that includes abortion care, are required to write two separate premium checks. One of these checks is for abortion care, and the other is for everything else nec-essary. Now, take a second to under-stand what this means. When women chose their health care, they must decide whether to write one check or two. Well, clearly, a woman is go-ing to write the check that will ensure the coverage of all things medical, ex-cluding abortion of course. However, when choosing to write a check that covers abortion, the woman must

consider if she will in fact need an abortion in the future. Realistically, women do not plan to get pregnant to get an abortion, more importantly abortions are preformed due to un-planned pregnancies. Therefore, this provision is expecting women to plan for unplanned pregnancies. Well, this is exactly the intention of Nelson and other anti-choice advocates. The ma-nipulating, restrictive and stigmatiz-ing abortion check provision imposes a standard on Americans trying to buy health insurance coverage which fits all of their needs, while attempting to appear to the public as a less radi-cal alternative to the Stupak Amend-ment. In reality, the exploitation of American rights is far more devel-oped; while Stupak provision banned abortion coverage altogether in the exchange, Nelson requires abortion coverage to be paid for separately, which does essentially the same thing. The provision acts exactly as an abortion rider would; enforcing a policy that requires individuals to purchase a single-service abortion policy separate from their health in-surance package. Health plans are therefore required to deposit the payments from subsidized individu-als into two separate accounts- one for the abortion payments, and one for everything else in order to en-sure that only private funds are used

for abortion care. However, requir-ing health plans to administer two different payments of private funds is not necessary to ensure public funds are not used for abortion care. Furthermore, the provision removes the protection in the un-derlying Senate bill that require that each exchange have at least one plan that provides abortion coverage and one that does not. Should the Nelson provision pass, there will only be a guarantee of a plan, does not provide abortion coverage. Even worse, the plan removes protections for abor-tion providers. This results in a lop-sided protection only for entities that refuse to provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for an abortion; making it near impossible to attain an abortion, an option that is currently a free choice to all American women. As far as disgusting exploita-tion goes, in regard to this abortion check provision, Senator Ben Nelson takes the cake. This new provision is not abortion neutral, as Speaker Nan-cy Pelosi has said she can establish. It objectifies and threatens the rights of women in the United States, therefore introducing a sexually discriminatory provision, something that has been outlawed in the United States Consti-tution for some time. Although Nel-son clearly holds no interest in health care reform or women’s health, we

iGlad or iMad?Connor Remes

Contributing Writer

When I first heard about the iPad, I was skeptical, mostly because

Apple was trying to alter the technol-ogy market drastically by introducing a middle-man between the mobile phone and the laptop. The idea seemed ridiculous at first, especially since the iPad resembles an iPod touch on ste-roids. Adding to my skepticism was the fact that this idea had been introduced nearly a decade earlier in 2001 by Bill Gates. Even then, the idea had failed. In the past three or so years, mini laptops (net books) have been created by a multitude of major com-puter companies, such as Dell, Asus, HP and more. But these attempts at a step between the mobile phone and computer have resulted in inex-pensive, comically small computers that are slow and irritating. Apple

had emphasized this point before introducing their iPad. My skepticism of this previously failed idea was cleared away when I tested the iPad on its release date, April 3, 2010. To those that consider the iPad merely a giant iPod touch, you’re right. However, the iPad has numerous capabilities that differentiate it from other Apple products. First and fore-most, the large, 9.7-inch screen creates a unique web experi-ence in your hands, starting at a groundbreaking $499 for 16 GB of hard drive space. As Apple claims, the internet feels much more intimate when us-ing an iPad, and it is a joy to use. Yes, the iPhone can do this too, but zooming in is not fun. The iPad runs more smoothly than the iPhone/iPod touch, and it’s

fun to use. Gaming will be a com-pletely new experience with the lineup of HD games made specifically for the iPad’s resolution size. Many

Laine HigginsAndy Martin ‘10 plays with his iPad

apps will be directly compatible with the iPad, but they might be a little blurry if they aren’t HD. But what I’m most excited about is the iPad’s potential to travel. It weighs a mere 1.5 pounds and measures .5 inches thick and has nearly all the basic capabilities that one needs during a trip in a third of the size. What’s more, the 3G ver-sion of the iPad, which allows web browsing anywhere in the U.S., will be released to the public later this April. The contract is relative-ly reasonable, too, at $30 a month. It’s hard to say whether or not the iPad will become part of technological history. It certainly is a unique spin on the tablet PC idea, and shows Apple’s willing-ness to take risks. Based on the

hype and the astounding 700,000 units sold in the first weekend of sale, it appears that the iPad is here to stay.

can look to Pro-Choice leaders in the Senate and the House to improve this prejudiced language when it gets to conference. After all, although 77% of all anti-abortion leaders are men, 100% of men will never be pregnant.

S t u d e n t s Respond:

“We live in a country that believes in quality for every person. This is sexism that

violates human rights.”

-Skylar Bork ‘13

“It’s not a matter of what legis-lators think...It shouldn’t be up to the government officials to

decide what is going to happen with someone’s life.”

- Katie Emory ‘12

“To avoid debate, I prefer a good FALLCCCOOONNN

PUNNCHH”

- Jackson “Captain Falcon” Sabes ‘12

Feature

Boys at Blake have a healthy and moderate body image. Our phi-

losophy? Exercise is fine as long as it does not interfere with academics. Do boys at The Blake School have a healthy body image? To an-swer this question, one must first define a “healthy” body image. Is it healthy to wonder about how oth-ers perceive your body? Is it reason-able to obsess about your physical fitness? Is it sensible not to care at all? One’s personal body image de-pends on the degree to which they care about these three questions. I believe that a “healthy” body im-age is created through modera-tion, somewhere in between each extreme. It is healthy to care about your body, but not to the extent where you try to attain unreach-able ideals of a “good” male body.. There are many attributes that characterize a conventional “good” male body. According to stereotypes, teenage boys should be broad-shouldered, tall, and muscular. They should be nei-ther too fat nor too skinny. Fa-cial hair should not be on the faces of teenage boys, but they should have the ability to grow it. From what I observe at Blake, I know that the majority of male students do care about their height and weight, but they do not stress over them. We are too busy with homework and extra-cur-riculars to obsess about our abs or our biceps, and we do not try to achieve the “ideal male body.” In fact, it’s the opposite: we care more about academics than our bodies. Unlike other schools, Blake does

Blake At A Glancenot have cheerleaders or (more relevant to boys) a homecoming king. Boys at Blake are not under peer pressure to have perfect bod-ies. In reality, we are un-der peer pressure to get into a good college. Do we still have aspects of our body image to work on? Yes. Students still make hurt-ful jokes about others’ bodies in sophomore Health class, even if they are just kidding around. As male students at Blake, we must remember that comments made about some-one’s body, even in jest, can be offensive. Overall, boys at The Blake School have a healthy body image. We care enough about our bodies to exercise and shower, yet we don’t let unreachable stereo-types stand in the way of care for our bodies. Blake’s supportive cul-ture and high amount of homework make exces-sive exercise and narcis-sism seem unnecessary. Aside from mild jokes, we do not see the point of pressuring ourselves to reach unattainable stereotypes and so we are comfortable in our own skins.

Boys Just Don’t Care

Patrick Dunphy

Staff Writer

:Spectrum took a poll of all Blake students to get a better feel for

how students perceive their bodies. Students were asked the questions: what is one aspect of the ideal girl’s body and the ide-al boy’s body? Do you feel pressure to fit a specific body stereotype? Do you actively try to fit such a stereotype? Here is what they said:

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR:While this poll’s results stem from a diverse control group, they do not pro-vide a complete look at the complex issue of body image at Blake. They merely provide general statistics about student body image at Blake. Thank you to all who participated!

Boys’ Perspective Girls’ Perspective

What is One Feature of an Ideal Boy’s Body?

What is One Feature of an Ideal Girl’s Body?

Do you feel pressure to fit a body stereotype?

Do you try to fit a certain body image?

Good Abs-29.7%; Nice Hair-2.7%; Big Muscles-48.6%; Healthy-13.5%; Penis-8.1%

Pretty Face-29.7%; Skinny-24.3%; Big Breasts-35.1%; Nice Legs-2.7%; Healthy-10.8%

Measuring Up: Body Image at Blake

Skinny-52.6%; Big Curves-14.1%; Pretty Face-14.1%; Nice Legs-10.3%; Healthy-9.0%

Big Muscles-39.7%; Good Abs-33.3%; Cute Face-17.9%; Tall-3.8%; Healthy-5.1%

Yes-80%

No-20%

Yes-45%No-55%

Sutton HigginsSutton Higgins

Society’s examples for perfection in both male and female bodies set standards that are hard to attain and that many feel are unrealistic.

Laine Higgins

Boys’ Perspective Girls’ Perspective

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Feature

Sitting in the airport over Spring Break, I read many magazines,

ranging from trashy tabloid to women’s health to fash-

ion. Cover girls stared back at me, faces completely airbrushed. As I leafed through each one, I found myself, as I do usually while reading these magazines, comparing and c o n t ra s t i n g , degrading or envying the celebrities or real people seen in each article or ad. The celebri-ties are fault-less, not a hair out of place, as they describe the ”way to get Jessica Biel’s body” or “my secret to losing all 10 pounds of baby weight--in 1 week!” It’s overwhelming. As adolescents, we are expected

to maintain a solid GPA, keep up with work outside of school, and be a good friend, daugh-

ter and sister, all the while eating

Teachers See Positive Trends

1000 calories a day to maintain a Megan Fox physique. Is that even possible? I read on. These head-lines seem shallow, yet I can’t help but eat them up and relish what-ever information is provided. The question is, am I the only one? Women around the world, of all ages, including in our Blake community, deal with issues relat-ing to body image, self-confidence and the anxiety and strive for per-fection that comes along with it. Because of these publications, in addition to many other outside pressures, the standards set for a “perfect” body are beyond reach, especially for women who lead busy lives. Society holds many con-tradictions: you need to be skinny, but still have curves; athletic but not too muscular; tan but if you lay in the sun, you risk skin cancer. Cer-tain things are considered beauti-ful, even if they pose an immediate or long-term threat to your well be-ing; that does not make sense. With food, women find themselves torn. If you eat too much, you are looked at as if you can’t control your hab-its, and if you don’t eat, you are assumed to have an eating disor-der. Females cannot keep up with this constant fluctuation of what is considered beautiful or accept-able. Moreover, we are expected to maintain self-respect and have confidence in who we are as peo-ple as well, but how is that possible when the very limited expectations of how we should look are scream-ing at us from bold headlines? At Blake, pressure to look a certain way is subconscious. It’s not necessarily the Blake environ-ment itself that causes body image

hang-ups, but rather the culture and generation we are living in. It is fairly obvious that the majority of girls take pride or work hard to achieve a certain look. I can’t walk into a Sculpt class at Corepower without running into a classmate, and half the student body can be seen sweating it out at Lifetime. However, the encouragement and pursuit of a strong female athlete representation does push Blake in the right direction. Blake women are out on the courts, the fields, the slopes and develop a strong competitive drive in addition to athleticism. We are fostering an environment of girls who love to be active and love to push them-selves physically. This is a positive step toward healthy body image, as athletes grow to love their bod-ies for what they can accomplish as opposed to what they look like. However, body image is not only about the physical aspect. What I’ve also learned in my many years at Blake is that you can wear the right thing, say the right things and have the quintessential body, but the ability to carry yourself well, have confidence in yourself and be comfortable in your own skin are all equally as important. Blake has created classroom en-vironments in which girls are en-couraged to speak their minds and be confident in sharing their ideas, as opposed to blending into the background unnoticed. An at-mosphere that encourages girls to try new things and be themselves leads to strong, confidant women. And that’s something that can-not be compensated for by the best legs or the flattest stomach.

Hannah TieszenStaff Writer

: Society Sends Girls Mixed Messages

Measuring Up: Body Image at Blake

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? For many

teens, body image is defining, not only in the way we see ourselves, but also in who we are to others. The ideals portrayed by the media and advertising tell both women and men to embody what is “per-fect,” rather then what is real. Both Ms. DeHarpporte and Ms. Larson agree that pressure to conform ex-ists everywhere. However, as Ms. DeHarpporte points out, the so-called “societal standards” that tell us what to be are set solely by those who live by them: consumers, both women and men. She says, “We fuel these companies; if we stopped, they wouldn’t exist…we all have a choice.” Ms. Larson adds, “Media can promote healthy messages about body image, but unfortunately you don’t see much of this because ad-vertisers can’t make money if peo-ple feel good about how they look and don’t see a need to buy their product.” In spite of these universal pressures, Ms. DeHarpporte and Ms. Larson see positive trends at Blake. Ms. Larson says, “The Blake com-munity can be pretty accepting of differences, but on the other hand, you don’t see a lot of variety when it comes to body shape size and ap-pearance.” Ms. DeHarpporte points out, “Athleticism at Blake counters the expectation that girls must be ‘delicate’ or ‘pretty.’” She also ar-gues the growing number of boys in the arts as well as those who are more willing to be more openly af-fectionate with one another, create a more comfortable environment for all men. While Blake is far from perfect, as a community, we are ca-pable of breaking the norms that determine how we see ourselves. We control the definition of what is beautiful, and by not finding flaws when we look in the mirror we can redefine positive body image and initiate positive trends of our own.

Sutton HigginsSociety’s examples for perfection in both male and female bodies set standards that are hard to attain and that many feel are unrealistic.

Elinor MitchellStaff Writer

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The Madness Ends

This year’s March Madness brought many major upsets

and busted brackets. March Mad-ness consists of the best 64 division one college basketball teams com-peting in an elimination tournament. The defending men’s cham-pion, University of North Carolina, did not even qualify this year. Ohio, Murray State, Old Dominion, Wash-ington, Cornell and Northern Iowa all pulled off major upsets beating basketball powerhouses such as Vil-lanova, Kansas, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt. The two teams that were considered to be the favorites in the tournament were Kansas and Ken-tucky. Kansas was surprisingly beat-en by underdog, Northern Iowa in the 2nd round. This game may end up being considered one of the great-est March Madness upsets of all time. Kentucky was more successful but still fell to the number two seed, West Virginia, in the Elite Eight. Duke and Syracuse were number one seeds in the tournament; Duke being the only number one seed to make it to the final four and eventually the finals.

Butler University from Indiana was a 5th seed. They were a big surprise in the tournament pulling off three ma-jor upsets including Syracuse, Kansas State and Michigan State to advance to

the finals, before losing 50-52 to Duke. Minnesota’s own Golden go-phers also qualified for the tourna-ment, but had an early exit after los-ing to Xavier in the first round. In the end, the Duke Blue Devils won

Fore!: Blake Boys Golf Expects The Best

The typical saying about golf is that “anyone can do it”. However, anyone

who says that probably hasn’t played a real round of golf. Mini golf, while extremely entertaining, does not give the real idea of the game. Those who have actually played on a real course know that it can be one of the most frustrating, yet rewarding sports. The Blake boys golf team knows this and are looking forward to a great season. The golf team is coming off of a strong 2009 season. They placed third in their conference, tying Breck for first place in the grueling 18-hole conference tournament. The team ex-pects to build off of their momentum due to the fact that they only lost two seniors. This year, they will be led by

senior captain Cam Falvey ’10 and junior captain Jack Schnettler ’11. The captains and other upper-class-men will be supported by a strong under-classmen group, led by all-conference hon-orable mention award win-ner Jack Dayton ’13. They will also be lead by long-time coach and math teacher Bruce Archibald. I believe that Cam Falvey put it best by simply stating, “Arch is a great man”. Practices at Minnekha-da are generally at the driv-ing or chipping range where the athletes try to simulate match situation shots. Most of the gold team’s matches are nine holes, although there are a few that go the entire 18. Expectations for this season

are high, encouraged by the immense amount of new underclassmen join-ing the team. Jack Schnettler stated,

“Our hope is to be led to the state championship by our

Mason HinkeStaff Writer

Chance LilleheiStaff Writer

Patrick Lelich ‘13 playing golf Patrick Lelich

fact that the Gopher women did not make it into the tournament this year. Perennial women’s standouts, Connecticut and Stanford, dominated their competition and met in the finals. Connecticut, the defending National Champions was riding a 78 game winning streak, which is the 2nd larg-est of all time in college basketball. Connecticut, after a slow start in the 1st half, pulled away in the 2nd half and won 53-47 for their second con-secutive championship and the 6th in 10 years. Connecticut is 10 wins off the 1971-1974 UCLA Bruins legendary 88 game win streak for most all time. With Duke and Connecticut decorated, the madness came to an end. The tournament this year left some people happy and others disap-pointed over the outcomes. Die hard Duke fan, Will “The Hawk” Hawkins ‘10, claims, “Duke is the best. It’s as simple as that. All of you Duke ‘hat-ers’ go take a look at the scoreboard. Go Duke!” The amount of excitement that came from this tournament did not disappoint and many would agree that it was one of many great March Madness’s within the last decade.

Bailey DunningJack Schnettler ‘11 drops his head in disappointment to know Duke won it all

fearless senior leader Cameron Falvey. We also expect rookie Timmy “Super-star” Zellmer ’11 to make significant contributions along the way.” Another goal of the team is to shatter the hopes and dreams of the Breck golf team. After a disappointing, yet still very good tie to the slice-and-shank golf team of the Breck school, the Bears will come out looking for revenge. As Cam stated once again, “Breck is just a bunch of dust balls”. Obviously, the mustangs stand no chance once they step onto the green against Blake. Overall, the Blake golf team is poised for a great season. With a large amount of talent, they are all ready for a run at their conference and pos-sibly even the state championship.

their 4th National Championship and 4th under Coach Mike Krzyzewski. While there are the same number of teams in both men’s and women’s divisions, unfortunately, the

tournaments fall under the same time period and coverage of the women’s games was lacking. However, in the NCAAW tournament there were also many upsets. Two of the games were played in the Target Center despite the

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Over the past decade, few ath-letes have contributed more

to their sport than Tiger Woods. Winning 14 majors, 71 official PGA tour events, and making many as-tounding and memorable come-backs, one could say he’s one of the best golfers to ever live. But often with fame comes foolish mistakes. On November 27th Tiger’s public woes began with an early-morning crash outside his Orlando-area home. He suffered minor inju-ries after striking a fire hydrant and a tree with his Cadillac SUV. Report-ers say Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren, hit the car’s windows with a golf club to save Tiger from the accident. How-ever there were also many specula-tions that said that Elin smacked the car with intention of clubbing Tiger, because she assumed he was cheat-

ing on her. That assumption was later proved correct and Tiger’s life began to spiral out of control. Tiger refused to speak to the public for a lengthy period and began a 45-day, “inpatient therapy,” for his addiction to sexual promiscuity. Finally coming out from the darkness, Tiger gave a speech ad-dressing his apologies to everyone and clearing up misconceptions that the media had created. On March 16th Tiger announced he would make his return to golf at one of his most glorious tours, the Masters. Tiger Woods has been the face of golf for over a decade and his contributions have been countless. Tiger’s absence from golf has lowered interest in the sport and has been dev-astating to the PGA association. The absence of golf superstar Phil Mickel-son, doesn’t help the sport anymore. Once he returned, Tiger golfed his best opening round at the masters, hitting a 68. Tiger’s mo-

mentum seemed to falter though. He didn’t improve on his excellent first round throughout the tournament, while other golfers, such as Phil Mick-elson improved their scores past Ti-ger. Tiger ended up tied for 4th place, while Phil took home the green jacket. Tiger Wood’s may have not won the tournament and with it the possibility of respect from those whom disapproved of his actions. However, his return to golf was unbe-lievably constructive for the sport’s popularity and general public interest. America loves comebacks and forgiveness in major scandals, and the 2010 Masters Tournament was one of the most commercialized and viewed programs for time to come. Even the people who despise Tiger for his actions and behaviors of the last 6 months know that Tiger’s return impacted the sport tremendously.

Tiger Returns to GolfDavid ApplebaumContributing Writer

Mystery Athlete

This issue’s mystery athlete, seen by many under-classmen as

god-like, has had an illustrious ath-letic career at Blake. A three-sport captain, he leads others both on and off the field. His talents in foot-ball, basketball, and baseball are complimented by his calm, humor-ous demeanor when not competing. On the football field he is a warrior, never missing a start in his three years of varsity play. Not only did he play a key role in the offense and defense, but by the end of his senior year he was also returning kicks. This means that he never got a break. A 2-1 record against Breck highlighted this mystery athlete’s career. Of these wins, he led Blake to victory in a blowout 46-nil victory and tossed the winning touchdown to David Appelbaum ‘11 and two-point conversion to Timmy Zellmer ‘11. Unfortunately he was not able to win any section games, but does this does not take away from the winning record against our rival. In the winter he took his ath-leticism to the hardwood, where he again took on the leadership role of captain. Throughout his two years as

a prominent varsity basketball player, the team saw gradual improvement. His junior year the bears lost three tight ball games to Breck, one of which was in the first round of sections, but

also had two thrilling victories over Cloquet and Brooklyn Center. Sadly, the season ended too early on a buzzer beater against Minneapolis Roosevelt. The third sport that the mys-

Benton Graham

Contributing Writer

Laine Higgins

tery athlete captains is the baseball team. At this point in the year, his se-nior season is still young and the team is at a perfect 5-0. This young man does a bit of everything for his base-ball team, pitching, leading the team at shortstop, as well as providing a steady bat. Last season he posted an impressive 2.3 ERA and was vital to the team’s defense. Although the Bears baseball team lost to a lower seeded St. Paul Humboldt team in the first round last year, the squad boasted a 10-9 record regular season record. Hopefully the baseball team continues to dominate this season so we may see this mystery athlete can lead the team deep into the playoffs. This mystery athelete will be greatly missed and remembered for his leadership and athletic ability for some time to come. He has helped the football and basketball teams experi-ence incredible highs in his multiple years of participation. Overall, this athlete has played a major role in the Blake athletic program and has been a big role model for many young-er students because of his tenac-ity on the field and kindness off of it.

Bailey Dunning

Editor-In-Chief

Season Scoreboard

With the weather nice and the fields green, spring

sports are finally here! Blake offers eight official sports teams, those of which are: baseball, softball, boy’s tennis, boy’s and girl’s golf and boy’s and girl’s lacrosse. Along with that there are four club sports teams that kids can participate in. Includ-ing: equestrian, ultimate frisbee, sailing and STEPPS. Blake is doing well in all sports thus far and I look for-ward to the rest of the season!

Baseball: 6-0

Softball:4-1

Girls Golf:1-0

Boys Golf:1-1

Girls Lacrosse:3-1

Boys Lacrosse: 3-0

Boys Tennis:4-0

Girls and Boys Track and

Field:Doing Well!

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Science Department Inner Weirds

“I believe in ghosts, I don’t like cooked fruit, I do a great kangaroo impression, my fin-gers are very double jointed, I have practically no memo-ry, I own a rain barrel com-pany, I like doing taxes, I’m shy and don’t like to speak in front of large groups and somehow I ended up a teach-er, sometimes I speak in dif-ferent languages during a normal English conversa-tion, I do a mean air guitar, I like to break out in song, and

so on and so forth.”- Mr. Trinh

“I think spiders are pretty cute, in particular, spiders from the Salitcidae Family.”

- Ms. Vance

If You’re Looking

For a Good Book...

“The Messenger”by Markus Zusak

“The gunman is useless…” So be-gins Markus Zusak, acclaimed author of The Book Thief. Part adventure, part romance and part mystery, The Messenger tells the story of a cabdriver who’s life takes a crazy turn after he stops a bank robbery. Zusak cre-ates a cast of characters that you can’t help falling in love with. Although The Messenger is a short book, it begs the question: what would you do if an ace of diamonds with a list of names was delivered to your doorstep?

“Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress”

by Susan Jane GilmanThis book is so ridiculous, you might think it’s made up. Gil-man’s tales of growing up in 1960’s New York are wonder-fully funny. A memoir of life as a “hippie”, Gilman’s book covers everything from meeting Mick Jagger, running naked through the socialist commune her par-ents brought her to as a toddler or stints as a Catholic schoolgirl, Gilman’s book is one hilarious vi-

gnette after the next.

“When You are Engulfed in Flames”

by David SedarisAlways sarcastic and satirical au-thor David Sedaris never fails to amuse. In this book of short es-says, Sedaris covers everything from germs, smoking, cranky neighbors to old fashioned boarding houses, and he never fails to make his readers cringe at his desciprtions. With a flair for the dramatic, Sedaris takes life experiences and turns them into wildly comic snapshots. This book is a must-read for any long

plane or car ride.

Laine HigginsMrs. Vance and Mr. Arnold pose with the anatomy model.

“I’m a hopeless golf fanatic. I’d rather golf than eat.”

- Mr. Arnold

“I enjoy vacu-uming my

car. I used to have 14 fish

tanks. I like to drive home a different way

everyday.” - Mr. Trockman

“I am missing both my ACLs in my knees, but I can still

dunk a basketball.”- Dr. Harrington

“Until a couple of years ago, I had never bought any clothes item for my-

self. What broke the streak? A pair of jeans.”

- Mr. Kaback

“I only eat M&M’s one color at a time, never mixed.”

- Ms. Williams

Laine HigginsMr. Trockman ogles fish in the aquarium.

Frieda Yeung

Staff Writer

Taylor Rondesvedt

Staff Writer

“I don’t like to read.”- Mr. Mitchell

Chipoetry Winners!A Sonnet for

Vesperby Daniel Webber ‘10

O vast, invincible and void night sky,Whose stretch is infinite, knowing no

bound,Whose stars the trysts of lovers over-

see,Whose harmony of spheres is so

profound:Of late your beautiful, dark mysteryHas my sustaining inspiration been;

I kindly thank you for your constancyIn this, an age of weak and fickle men.How often I have wished to disappear

Into your secrecy, without a sound,Go West, and seek a fresh, unknown

frontierWhere by no evil man I could be

found!And yet I know this flight in vain

would be –No such frontier exists, but within me.

not tonightby Kate Abram’12

tonight is not the night when the sky’s ink expands foreverthick and dark and pure

tonight the stars do not reach down to uswaiting to catch our breath as it leaves our mouth in foggy billows

tonight when I shiver with cold you do not drape your jacket around my shoul-ders

grabbing my hand in two of yours

Buttonight is the night when the sky is the smudged orange gray

of a watercolor brush smeared quickly across the page

tonight the stars are barely pocket marks where the salt has been scraped away

so tonight when I shiveryou press your chest against my back and put my arms in your sleeves

zipping the parka around us together

tonight we are a shrieking, clomping, harrumphing snow beastour four legs tangle and we trip into the snow bank

and that is why I do not care that on that night that is not tonight my hair would not have gotten wet

Chipoetry contest winner poems continued on Page 11

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We Scream for Ice Cream!Ellie Alldredge

Page EditorMcKenzie SandersContributing Writer

Emily MooreStaff Writer

Laine HigginsPage Editor

Ben & Jerry’s

Pumphouse CreameryAdele’s Custard

Lick’s Unlimited Sebastian Joe’s

Izzy’s Ice Cream CafeI scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Believe it or not,

summer is right around the corner and there is nothing better than an ice cream cone on that ninety-de-gree July day. We have already done your ‘cool treats’ homework for the summer and compared some of the popular ice cream shops in the Twin Cities. So in a few months, when you are dying for a refreshing shake, sundae, or ice cream sand-wich, you’ll know just the place to go.

Laine Higgins

Ben & Jerry’s

Minneapolis, Wayzata

Pumphouse Creamery

Minneapolis

Adele’s Custard

Excelsior, Wayzata

Izzy’s Ice Cream Cafe

St. Paul

Lick’sUnlimited

Excelsior

Sebastian Joe’s

Minneapolis

Walking into Lick’s Unlimited is like entering a child-hood dream, complete with vintage pictures, toys and a tightrope-walking cow, which gives Lick’s five scoops for atmosphere. Lick’s has about 25 flavors of ice cream, each filled with goodies like bubblegum, candy bars and sprinkles. Lick’s earns four scoops for originality and taste. Lick’s sells their ice cream in one, two and three scoop concoctions in cups, sugar and waffle cones for a price range of three to six dollars. Each lick is worth every penny, which earns Lick’s four scoops for cost and cones.

Adele’s Custard of Excelsior features different new and classic flavors everyday. Adele’s ice cream is home-made, and they are known for their frozen custard which is creamier than its competitors, which gives them five scoops for flavor and taste. They have home-made waf-fle, wafer and sugar cones earning Adele’s five scoops for cones. Adele’s has outdoor seating in front of their store, which gives Adele’s four scoops for atmosphere. Ice cream prices are fairly inexpensive, and range from $2.53 to $4.58 giving Adele’s five scoops for cost.

Ben & Jerry’s has 54 total flavors, some of the best includ-ing Cherry Garcia and Half Baked, which earns them five scoops for originality. Their ice cream sometimes has an odd aftertaste, and cones have the tendency to leak at the bottom, so Ben & Jerry’s gets four scoops for cones and taste. Their stores have energetic yet simplistic vibes, complete with dairy cows grazing under blue skies, which earns Ben & Jerry’s four scoops for atmosphere. Prices start at $3.75, but they also have a free cone day once a year, which gives Ben & Jerry’s four scoops for cost.

If you are looking for an ice cream, coffee and study spot all in one, then Sebastian Joes is the place for you. Their two stores, in Linden Hills and Uptown, offer seemingly endless treats, such as sundaes, malts, shakes, Joe Brr bars, homemade cones, and ice cream sandwiches ga-lore! These overwhelming choices earn Sebby Joe’s five scoops for cones, taste and originality. Because of Sebby Joe’s “coffee house” vibe, they earn five scoops for atmo-sphere. The only drawback is that some of Sebby Joe’s treats can be pricey, so they only earn four scoops for cost.

Courtney AlpeterContributing Writer

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This Saint Paul ice cream café, featured on the Food Net-work a few years ago, may be a bit of a haul, but it is more than worth it! Their intriguing variety of flavors and great signature treats like the Isabella, earns them four scoops for originality. Izzy’s has also ̀ gone green’ by installing so-lar panels to power the store! This quaint neighborhood ice cream store earns five scoops for atmosphere. Their homemade cones are delicious, but not their speciality, so they earn four scoops for cones. Lastly, these tasty creations come reasonably priced, so Izzy’s earns five scoops for cost.

The Pumphouse Creamery is a quaint ice cream shopnear Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis. The small shop churns out 20 yummy flavors of ice cream and sor-bet every day made with only the best local and or-ganic ingredients, earning them four and a half scoops for taste! And if the delicious ice cream isn’t enough, munch on one of their famous homemade waffle cones, which also earn four and a half scoops. Finally, with four scoops for atmosphere, Pumphouse is the place to go when you’re in the mood for a tasty scoop of ice cream made with the best ingredients on the market.

Chipoetry Winners (continued)You and I

by Taylor Chadwick ‘13

You told me that broccoli looked like little trees,

And soon, row after row of mini trees stood on our plates.

We became monsters that day,Both of us were on a strict tree only

diet.They’re the best trees I’ve ever tasted.

Together we sent packs of little boys running.

We were little too, but they still ran,Because, of course we were monsters.

And everyone knows monsters are scary.

We became the rulers of our own back-

yard kingdom,We were kings of course.

Neither of us ever wanted to be queen,Allied together, we invaded the play-

ground.We occupied our stolen land until din-

ner.Rowdy fits of laughter followed us ev-

erywhere.You looked at me, and burst into laugh-

ter,Eyes pressed tightly together,

Making old people wrinkles in the cor-ners.

We laughed until we fell over and cried.

I haven’t laughed like that in years.

When I was with you, fireflies looked like tiny suns,

Just there to brighten the dark that fol-lows day.

Our very own personal night-lights.Two weeks later, they were gone,

I never realized how quickly they died.

Somehow, you grew up without me,I have yet to toss away my daisy chain,

My hands were stained from dandeli-ons and grass.

You became insecure, hiding behind a painted face,

The daisy chain crowns are missing from a familiar,

Ever present mop of brown hair.Do you miss them?

Do you miss me?I go by a couple of names now,

But call me childhood.Wanna go out and play?

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Can you spot the differences?

Pictures by Bailey Dunning and Lucia Sandberg ‘12

easy

Hard

For each picture, there is one difference, except for in the last one where there are four. The answers

are on the bottom. Good Luck!

Thanks to Luke Walden, Charlie Haakenson and Tate Spencer ‘13 for posing in these pictures.

Answers: In the first one, the colors are inversed. In the second one, the photo is missing. And in the last one, the bird on Charlie’s shirt is orange instead of red, the converse sign on his shoe is missing, the under armour sign on Luke’s shorts is gone, the stop sign in the background is missing, and the button on the drinking fountain is extended.