In the wake of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., major reforms have been proposed.

The Tribal Tribune looks further into the big issues at hand on

pages 17-24.

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11 farming new skills!e exceptional education classes head to !orn-hill Farm twice a month and learn life skills such as making honey and collecting eggs. Learn about their adventures on page 11.

13 back to schoolAlumnus Linard McCloud returns to the band room to “give back” to the program that helped guide his musical career. Read more about him on pages 13 and 14.

27 greased lightning!e Wando !eatre Department is performing its rendition of Grease: !e Musical on Feb. 15-17. Dis-cover the chemistry of the iconic T-Birds and Pink Ladies on page 27.

40 polar bear plunge!e annual Polar Bear Plunge on Sullivan’s Island is not just cool and fun, but a way to give back to the community. Read more and see the pictures on page 40.

17 big questionsA"er the tragedy in Newtown, CT, gun control and mental health have become the country’s most per-vasive issues. See pages 17-24 for more.

33 stopping the spreadPrevention is the most important aspect of stopping the spread of staph, and the wrestling team shows how it tackles the problem on page 33.

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statisticscorrections:The Tribal Tribune made the following errors in Issue 5, Vol. 38:On page 13, we incorrectly attributed the pulled quote to McClain Fowler. The quote was said by Maggie Fowler.2Q�SDJH�����ZH�LQFRUUHFWO\�LGHQWL¿HG�5RPDQ�Shtompil’s instrument as a foil. It is an epee.

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getting to know »

sunglassesWhether I’m either going to the beach, driving to school or hiding my no-makeup face at Walmart, these go everywhere with me. I could never live without them.

dollIt was a gift from my daddy from one of his many deployments to South America. I always loved his gifts.

lilly cupMy cup… it’s beautiful and I love it. It makes whatever I drink, from water to soda, look fashionable. This is some-thing I don’t think I could live without.

i-podMusic is a big part of my life, just like everyone else’s. This iPod has been with me since eighth grade, so it’s a dinosaur compared to the new ones. It’s been with me through all the hard times.recordI got it from my grandma. This record has moved my heart – the classic art-work along with the big shiny vinyl in the middle. The love grew stronger once I heard it at my grandpa’s fu-neral, playing his songs. I’ll never let it go.

apronsI’ve loved to cook ever since I can re-member, so for my birthday my best friends made them for me. Best birth-day gift ever.

lilly plannerI always love to stay organized, no matter what I’m doing. If I don’t write something down, I usually forget it. That’s why it’s important.

monogramAnother birthday gift from my best friend [senior] Grace Craig. I love it to death – the fact that it’s my mono-gram and that it’s homemade. I love to look at it so I put it over my TV.

future plansNext year, I plan to attend Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. I plan to study for my undergraduate there as a

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teacher, and later to get my master’s degree at University of South Carolina to be a speech therapist.

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making history once more

All that’s changed is everything.S.C. Rep. Tim Scott became the sena-

tor for South Carolina Jan. 3, sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden and tapped by Gov. Nikki Haley to replace Sen. Jim De-Mint a!er he le! to work with the Heri-tage Foundation, a conservative think tank.

It’s been a long rise.Scott started small – even more than

small, some might say. Tiny. In"nitesimal. As the eldest son of a single mother,

a young Scott had the responsibility of a man without any strong male role mod-els to look up to. His family always came "rst; by 13 he had his "rst job to help pay for the bills his small family amassed.

His grades, unfortunately, su#ered.Scott was 14 and on the verge of fail-

ing out of high school. His mother tried to keep him o# the streets with tough love – but slowly, Scott was sinking. And it was then that John Moniz showed up.

$e owner of a local Chik-Fil-A took the troubled young man under his wing, teaching him the importance of hard work and intelligence. Under Moniz’s mentoring, Scott thrived. His grades shot up, and eventually he attended Charles-ton Southern University on a football scholarship.

One year later, Scott exchanged his football scholarship for a Christian Lead-ership one. Christian in%uence -- and the value of family, mentoring and education -- has remained an integral part of Scott’s politics ever since. Even now, he calls his family “his biggest supporters.”

When he found out that he had been chosen to be senator, Scott said, “I im-mediately called my mom to share it "rst with her.”

Scott has served in South Carolina government since 1996 and responded in an email interview to questions from the Tribal Tribune.

He "rst ran for Congress in 2009. A Republican graced with unusual biparti-

san support, Scott soon gained a reputation for staunch yet thoughtful conservatism. He stood against higher taxes and helped bring Boeing to Charleston.

And then Sen. DeMint announced his plans to, in e#ect, retire. Scott was the al-most-sure"re choice. Never facing any real opposition from a Democrat or third-party contender, Scott commanded the favor of several powerful political "gures, including one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R-AL).

It was Gov. Nikki Haley’s favor that mattered most, however, and Scott had that too.

“$e biggest di#erence for me has been the opportunity to represent everyone in the great state of South Carolina,” Scott enthused in an e-mail interview earlier this month. His sta# is currently uprooting his old o&ce and transferring to a new one in Washington.

Despite the quick ascension of his po-litical star and potential opportunities in the future, Scott said he “can’t think of a better place to be than representing South Carolina.”

Knowing that Stall High School was watching him when he swore in was his “best moment so far,” he said.

He remains intensely loyal where he came from, vowing to stay in touch with the voters through social media especially.

“My goals and principles are the same,” Scott said. “I will work tirelessly to unleash opportunities for folks to make their lives better -- I want the absolute best for South

Carolina and our great nation.” To achieve that, he will focus on tax

reform and economic policy decisions that will a#ect every voter.

Scott also remains closely tied to edu-cation, aiming to bring teachers, parents and even students into the decision-mak-ing process for schools, allowing schools more individual leeway.

It is one of his many ways of helping the institutions that helped raise him.

Tim Scott is a unique man. As the only black Republican in the Senate, and the "rst black Republican in the South since Recon-struction, he has already made history. And yet he hopes to top these already astound-ing accomplishments in Washington.

“Representing the whole of South Car-olina as a U.S. Senator is a great honor,” he said, “and I am not taking it lightly.”

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music. Winter Formal proved to be another success for Student Council. Approximately 650 tickets were sold, according to Student Council advisor DiAnna Sox.

This year’s dance on Jan. 26 required many hours of work, according to Sox.

“It’s hours and hours of work,” Sox said. “We were probably there six hours ahead of time setting up. It’s a really grueling day, but as far as the dance goes, I think the people who were there had a really good time.”

Many members of Student Council arrived at Wando at 9 a.m. on Saturday to begin the long process of transforming the gym into a masquerade-themed winter wonderland.

“Since we did a tent, we actually had to lay out the fabric, and the measurements that we had to hang the mask didn’t match the fabric measurements, so we had to scrunch the fab-ric,” junior student council member Betsy Wal-lace said. “It all got a little messed up, but we fixed it.”

Despite the hiccup during preparations, the overall result was better than expected.

“I had a great time. I thought it was great. I think that everybody who put in the work think it was worth it,” Wallace said.

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different positions and awards are given. On Jan. 25 the PAC hosted the ROTC Award Cer-emony. Two cadets were awarded the presti-gious position of wing commander and depu-ty commander: cadet colonel.

Junior Scott Schiller and senior Gina Ro-manelli were named deputy and wing com-manders, repectivally. Scott and Gina are “in charge of day-in and day-out running of the core,” Major John Farese said.

Freshmen Kelsey Bianco, Alex Eltringham and Ncik Theres (2A) take part in the ceremo-ny.

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notable achievements

Science teacher Jason Sox was awarded the Most Outstanding Science and Mathematics Education award for the Masters Degree program at College of Charleston in De-cember.

Senior Ryan Ber-berian made the 2013 Honor Band of America. “I was happy to have made it because I didn’t make it the past two years, so I worked really hard this year to make it,” he said.

Biology teacher Ruth Truluck re-ceived the Project Lead the Way of-ficial teacher certifi-cation for the state of South Carolina.

Junior Grace Law made the 2013 Honor Orchestra of America. “This will be my sec-ond time going, so I’m excited to see people from last year again,” she said.

Senior Claire Bog-dan made the 2013 Honor Orchestra of America. “I’m looking forward to getting to work with kids from all over the country,” she said.

Anatomy teacher Deana Sutler re-ceived the Project Lead the Way of-ficial teacher certifi-cation for the state of South Carolina.

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playing into all-state recordsHard work, dedication and preparation. !e three

reasons, associate director Lanie Radecke said, Wando High School had more students make All-State band than any other high school in South Carolina.

!e auditions were held at Lexington High School on Jan. 26. Sixty-"ve students made All-State, 19 became alternates and 82 made region band.

“!ey put in a lot of hard work, and they were more prepared than they’ve ever been,” Radecke said.

Last year, Wando had 47 students who made All-State. !e second place high school had 13. Radecke at-tributes Wando’s huge success to a “culture of excellence.”

Five students – two more than last year – made jazz

band: seniors Patrick Magwood, John Newton, Reese Meares, Luke Imholz and sophomore Derrick Burbage.

“!ey practiced hard, and we spent a lot of time learn-ing to improvise,” associate director Je# Handel said.“We try to set them up with an education that will give them success in the future.”

In addition to having the most students make All-State in South Carolina, Wando also beat a personal re-cord.

“!ey work really hard, and that translated to [their success] at All-State,” Handel said.

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Science teacher Larsyn Runion works every day to make a di#erence in her classroom -- and her school. Run-ion, who began teaching at Wando this year, was named January Teacher of the Month by the Charleston County School District for several achievements, including teach-ing, coaching and carrying over a health and wellness club from Laing Middle School to Wando.

“I was very excited but humbled at the same time,” Runion said about the award. “I never expected to get that award. I owe it all to my students.”

Runion has been teaching for four and a half years and has a master’s degree is in Health and Exercise Sci-ence. She said her passion drives from a combination of education and athletics. Currently, Runion coaches junior varsity girls lacrosse.

Overall, Runion said she enjoys being a part of the Wando community.

“I’m happy,” she said. “It’s fun! !e people who I work

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the path to recovery

Broken down computers, extra charges on school meals, cut classes -- signs that the budget for CCSD has gone down. !e next targets of the "nancial decline are the people who are the backbone to extra student re-sources--interventionists.

!e job of interventionists is to track down and help, in any way possible, a struggling student by getting them extra help, catching them up on credits or boosting their overall grades to avoid failed courses. Within the interven-tionists’ umbrella of programs, credit recovery is one of the many academic boosters that bene"t students.

Credit recovery is exactly how it sounds: a way to recover a credit for a failed class.

One week a#er grades go into the school’s computer sys-tem for the quarter, semester or year--if a student struggled but failed between a 61-69 per-centile -- credit recovery is an available program that gives students the opportunity to boost their failing grade to a passing one of 70.

!is isn’t to be confused with its sister program, quarter unit recovery, which is given when a student is currently enrolled in a class that is semester or yearlong. In this program, students bring up their average to pass-ing for the speci"c quarter they are in.

“Intervention has really provided extra support for students who’ve needed it, and I think there are students who might not have earned their credits or passed their classes without it, their are a lot of valuable teachers who work with the program,” interventionist Jamiell Matesi said.

Over the course of a year, an estimated amount of 400 kids -- 10 percent of the student body -- recover lost cred-its, according to administrator Sharon Randall, but budget cuts have limited the number of available interventionists for recovery programs.

Besides recovering credit, Saturday School is available to help students catch up on make-up work or get tutoring if time is an issue during the week. !e program was not available at all last semester, according to Matesi. Because of cuts in funding, there was a shortage of interventionists to help, supervise and teach students in need.

“We’re limited in the fact that I can’t help a calculus student, but if we had an available interventionist who had the upper level math skills and taught that, we would be able to o$er more to students,” Matesi said. “[Budget cuts]

cut the available sta$. Basically in order to have an a#er-school program you have to pay the teachers, and in order to have a Saturday school you have to pay the teachers.”

!e computer-based in-tervention programs, such as credit recovery, have fewer classes held, and Saturday school has been cut all togeth-er a few times because of un-available funding.

For credit recovery specif-ically, computer labs have been cut from two to one, which

over the course of the year cuts eight possible classes. !is gives students less of an opportunity to keep up

with their credits and can result in a student not graduat-ing in time. !is problem is commonly seen several times before prevented with intervention programs, according to Randall.

“We are hoping because the economy is turning around that that will change by next school year, and we’ll get back to full funding,” Randall said. “But the thing about Wando is this is such an exceptional school; we have such an exceptional faculty that in many cases people are donat-ing their time to make sure no kids fall through the cracks.”

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Renaissance school is available to students who need to catch up on credits or want to get ahead. The pro-gram is held in B-231 and supervised by teacher Mia Rooks.

Computer-based learning as a second delivery meth-od or to catch up on credits. It is held during school hours in F-215 and supervised by teachers Mickey Hunter and Janet Woodhall.

Used primarily for discipline--students can only be placed in Twilight School by Principal Lucy Beckham or CCSD personnel. Held in B-206, it is supervised

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Students who fail a class with a 61-69 are eligible for credit recovery.

Consult with your guidance counselor about your options.

Fill out the enrollment paperwork for the credit recovery online class.

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by math teacher Mark Woodhall and the overall pro-gram is overseen by Assistant Principal Jeff Blanken-ship.

“We are hoping because the economy is turning around that that will change by next school year and we’ll get back to full funding...but the thing about Wando is this is such an excep-tional school we, [and] we have such an exceptional faculty...”

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need to know how to get into credit recovery? follow these four steps.

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busy bees

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Juniors Aziz Madaminov and George LeClair separate seeds under Karis Johnson’s supervision, one of the hands-on activities the volunteers take part in on Wednesdays.

Wednesday: it’s hump day, middle of the week, only two days le! to the week-end. But for exceptional education stu-dents, it’s so much more.

"e group volunteers at the Adap-tive Gardens of the Lowcountry, part of "ornhill Farms in McClellanville, every other Wednesday. "e hands-on activities they take part in are learning opportuni-ties, according to exceptional education teacher Allyson Brown.

"e students are able to feed animals such as donkeys and chickens, and they love to just be outside and pet the animals, according to Brown.

“A lot of my students with autism are more concrete thinkers and they can’t think abstractly, and so it’s great for them to have the beginning product and the end product and being able to see the di#erent stages of growth. It just helps them to con-nect what it is they’re doing,” said Brown, Wando’s 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year.

Simple activities such as collecting eggs really help the students, Brown said.

One of Michelle Schannon’s goals is for people to understand how important bees are. "ey don’t just make honey -- they help all food production. And a!er attending a convention, Schannon has made it one of the goals for the excep-tional education teachers and students to help out -- bee keeping at "ornhill

Farms."ey don’t directly get to work

with the bees; the actual bee keeping is done by the teachers. But the students were able to build the hives and paint them.

"ey also sell the honey.“"ey are learning about more of

the business part of it: the bottling, the selling and the labeling,” Exceptional Education Specialist Schannon said.

"e farm allowed the children to have a part of the farm to build and cre-ate their own bee hives. "e farm is not associated with the bee hives -- they are all of the students and teachers responsi-bility to take care of the bees and collect the honey, Schannon said.

"e students love the whole experi-ence, according to Schannon.

“"ey get to see the honey in the frame, the way the bees put it in there, and then they spin it out, and the next thing you know it’s $owing out of the bottom,” she said.

"e students took o# 80 pounds of honey the summer of 2012, and the product sold out to teachers and family members. "ey also use the honey for projects like making their own granola bars in their classrooms like they did in previous years to sell to students and sta#, according to Schannon.

"e pro%ts raised go to a transition fund that teachers use to promote job training for the students out in the com-munity to help with future employment, Schannon said.

"e teachers love doing something so helpful and enjoyable with the stu-dents.

“It is an amazing process and is pretty important for sustainability,” Ex-ceptional Education Specialist and bee keeper Norma Kulseth said.

Both Schannon and Kulseth would love to work with a science teacher on this project.

“Kind of build the bridges between the regular kids and the exceptional kids,” Kulseth said.

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“It helps them learn to care for some-thing other than themselves, also to follow directions,” she said, “and learn how to be a little more gentle and aware of everything and everybody around them.”

Exceptional education teacher Sharon Knisley agrees that the %eld trips are im-portant.

“"ey get to really see the whole pro-cess of the animal -- they collect the egg, they go back into the house, they wash the egg up and then they see we use eggs to cook,” she said. “And it’s just so bene%cial to them.”

Brown said the farm o#ers special ac-commodations to help the students.

“"e farm has been wonderful to the kids,” she said.

"e farm has provided raised beds for the students that are in wheelchairs so they can participate and learn also, Knisley said. On the Wednesdays that the students don’t travel to the farm, farm workers come to them with activities.

Recently, the farm has brought pump-kins for them to carve, and they also were able to take the seeds out and roast them, Knisley added.

"ey also participate in planting, weeding and harvesting while volunteer-ing. Students also do the gardening for 17 North, and the chef uses the plants in

the restaurant, so a lot of people in Mount Pleasant have eaten what they have grown, Brown said.

In addition, exceptional ed students also are involved in creating loofah soap, their own seed paper and organic potting soil, Brown added. For the loofah soap, the students actually grow the loofahs on the farm and peel and cut them to prepare the loofah for the soap. "ey also grow indigo which they use to color their homemade seed paper and make organic potting soil. "e students measure all the di#erent com-ponents, bag them and put the labels on them to get them ready for the farm to sell in their store.

“We are hoping that they are going to maybe learn some employable skills and that they will be able to work for a local nursery,” Knisley said. “And if it’s not an employable skill, hopefully it will become a leisure skill for them.”

Knisley said she cherishes the mo-ments that she gets to watch the students help out and have fun while they’re doing something that they’re really enjoying.

“It’s just very rewarding to see them enjoying something that they’re doing and being able to work towards an end prod-uct and kind of seeing the light bulb go o# when they %nally realize that yes, this is something I’ve created,” Brown added.

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volunteering opportunities

Francis Marion National Park cleanup: Feb. 2Feb. 2; 8 a.m.- 12 p.m.; meet

at 2967 Steed Creek Road, Hug-er, S.C. – Call 1-877-725-7733 to volunteer – lunch and supplies are provided.

Southeasern Wildlife Exposition(SEWE):

Feb. 15-17Fill out the application at

www.sewe.com/voluneer to reg-ister. Various positions available.

Key Club Tons of LoveFebruary - March 7 Bring in dog food, collars and

other pet items to the designat-ed boxes in the Media Center or Kirk Beilke’s room (H-134).

giving as a whole

Christmas is a time of year that brings joy and happiness to most. But for janitor Willie Rogers, a sense of depression arose when he thought about the holiday. He wouldn’t be able to provide a Christmas for his nine children, ranging from ages two to 24.

“It’s hard for me now because I want to take care of them, but I’m struggling to take care of them,” Rogers said. “But they know I love them.”

Rogers describes his struggles throughout his life beginning in his early childhood -- a time when he had to take care of his younger brothers and sisters, a result of his parents walking out early in his life.

!ough Rogers has su"ered, he works hard with three jobs. Without a car, he does all he can in order to make a better life for himself and his children.

“I’ve been up before, and right now I’m down,” he said. “But I know it’s going to get better, I just know it is.”

Rogers’ worth ethic is what drew the attention of Stephanie Mignone and Kath-erine Donohoe.

“Mr. Rogers is the person who’s charged with keeping the trailers clean

and the #oors in nice shape and takes his job very seriously and demonstrates excel-lence that we try to do at Wando,” Mignone said. “And we [teachers] really appreciate that.”

A$er getting to know Rogers by talk-ing to him as he cleaned their trailer class-rooms, Mignone and Donohoe decided that they should do something for him and his family during the Christmas season. When telling Rogers of their plan, Mig-none wanted to make sure he knew that this wasn’t a “charity” for him, but an ap-preciation for all his dedication and hard work at Wando.

!ey decided to collect money from the teachers in the trailers and get him a gi$ card to help with Christmas for his four boys at home. Only a small amount of money was expected, but a large response by students and teachers was the result, Mi-gnone and Donohoe said.

“!e whole thing just grew. People were buying things like toys and shoes as well as giving money” Mignone said.

Mignone remembers one speci%c time she went into Social Studies teacher Mer-edith Buckendahl’s room and told the stu-dents about her idea for Rogers. Wallets were opened and small but helpful dona-tions were given.

“!ey knew that he [Rogers] was cleaning up a$er them, and it was just an amazing moment seeing those kids step up that way,” Mignone said.

Rogers said that he is always help-ing the people around him, his family and Wando, and explains that receiving these

presents was the %rst time he felt like all his giving had %nally paid o". A form of karma -- a reward for his hard work.

“It was amazing. I saw that people were noticing the things I’ve been doing, and I felt like %nally I was getting shown the type of helpfulness I had been showing every-body else,” Rogers said.

However, Rogers doesn’t take all the credit for the work he’s done in his life. Looking up towards the ceiling, Rogers is constantly thanking God as the benefactor in his life.

“God is great, and he has given me so much,” he said. “I am here today because of him, and I thank him every day I wake up breathing.”

Rogers was in absolute shock when he found out about his Christmas surprise.

“I just couldn’t believe it. I just couldn’t believe all the love and support that I got,” Rogers said.

As a man with a tough beginning in life, Rogers is continuing the struggle to provide and support his family and him-self. He works through occasional bouts of depression but continues to say he knows God is there supporting him. He feels ob-ligated to push forward, even through the heartache and pain, he said.

“I know my babies love me, and I know that I’m going to work through all this and just pick myself back up. Sometimes being happy is hard, but I’m trying. I’m smiling and remembering God is great, and God is giving me the strength to get through,” Rogers said.

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Horticultre teacher Erin

Donohoe stands with

Willie Rogers and Gernan

teacher Stephanie

Mignone as he thanks them for their generous gifts that mul-tiple teachers and students

provided for his family this past

Christmas.

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february events

Year-round Events

Volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent and register with the Youth En-gagement Program. Volunteers play with animals, walk dogs, do laundry and other tasks. Volun-teers over 18 that have been at the shelter for at least six months and attended special training sessions can work with stray ani-mals. New volunteers must at-tend orientation before working. Those interested can sign up at charlestonanimalsociety.org.

Crisis Ministries, 573 Meeting Street, downtown

CharlestonVolunteers are needed to

purchase food, cook and serve meals. To sign up, student volun-teers ages 14-18 must complete the volunteer information form at charlestonhomeless.org and sign up for a tour of facilities. Poten-tial volunteers will be contacted by Crisis Ministries staff and con-firm their attendance at the tour.

The Charleston Animal Society, 2455 Remount Road, North Charleston

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APRIL MAYMAY 13 President Barack Obama publically supports gay marriage.

JUNEJUNE 22 Former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty of 45 of 48 charges of child molestation June 22. On Oct. 9, Sandusky was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison.

NOVEMBERNOV 4 After a year focused on campaigning, incumbent President Barack Obama beat out chal-lenger Gov. Mitt Romney to enter his second term as president.

DECEMBERDEC 15 Boeing produces first Dreamliner.

FEBRUARY

FEB 26 Unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in Florida neighborhood.

FEB 5 The New York Giants beat the the New Eng-land Patriots, 21-17, in Super Bowl XLVI.

MARCH 18 Rising Price of GasMARCHMARCH 6 The Apple App Store passes 25 billion downloads.

MARCH 25 Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational Tourna

OCTOBEROCT Charleston was named the best city to visit in the world by Conde Nast Traveler.

JULYJUL 17 In a showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Co., a shooter entered a theater and fired into the audience. Twelve people died; 58 people were injured.

JUL 27 The 30th Olympiad took place in London. The U.S. took home 46 gold med-als.

NOV 9 Then director of the CIA, Gen. David Pe-traues, resigned his position after the uncovering of his affair.

JANUARY

JAN 13 Joran Van der Sloot, suspected killer of teenager Natalie Hollaway, was sentenced to 28 years for the murder of Flores Ramrez in Peru.

JAN 13 An Italian cruiseliner, Costa Con-cordia Crash, partially sank; 32 died.

2012A YEAR IN REVIEW

APRIL 3 Tornadoes break out across the Midwest; 162 killed in Joplin, Mo.APRIL 9 Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion.APRIL 18 Dick Clark dies.

MAY 13 The Syrian government attacks the village of Houla, and 32 children are killed.

AUGUSTAUG 6 NASA sends Curiosity Rover to Mars.

AUG 11 Hurricane Isaac hits Gulf Coast seven years after Katrina hit.

AUG 27 Republican National Convention held in Tampa. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is nomi-nated as presidential candidate.

SEPTEMBER

SEPT 11 The American consulate in Benghazi, Libya was attacked, resulting in the deaths of four people, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

SEPT 4 Democratic National Convention is held in Charlotte.

DEC 17 At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., a shooter entered the school and killed 26 people as well as himself and his mother.

DEC 17 S.C. Gov. Nicki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to replace Sen. Jim Demint, who resigned to take over at Heritage Foundation. OCT 21 Fidel Castro appears in public for the

first time in many months.

OCT 22 Hurricane Sandy hits New Jersey and New York; at least 253 people died with $65 billion in damages.

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Senior Ryan Berberian plays during a saxophone lesson from alumnus Linard McCloud, who teaches private lessons.

As Linard McCloud takes his place, facing some of America’s top high school musicians who make up the Wando High School band, emotion !lls his eyes. He is not only leading a world-renowned band – McCloud is leading the band that he was a part of just !ve years ago.

When director Scott Rush and asso-ciate director Lanie Radecke attended the Midwest International Band and Orches-tra Clinic in Chicago Dec. 19-20, McCloud was the logical choice to lead the band in their absence. Not only would it be an in-valuable learning experience for McCloud, an aspiring band director, he would also have the chance to give back to the band

that taught him so much.A saxophonist since fourth grade, Mc-

Cloud grew up around music. His father is a band director at Burke High School, his older sister participated in band from middle school to college and his mother is a multi-instrumentalist.

McCloud considers it no surprise that he ended up a musician.

“It was already in the genes, in the blood,” McCloud said, his smooth jazz tone as proof.

During high school – and the rest of his life, as he would !nd – music and band were always of foremost importance for McCloud.

“It didn’t dictate my life, but it took priority a lot of times over studying,” he said.

Rush remembers McCloud as an out-standing and inquisitive student. Under Rush’s direction, McCloud developed his talent for playing the saxophone.

“His musical maturity really took "ight at Wando,” Rush said. “Not only was he an exceptional saxophonist, but we had wonderful discussions about everything musical.”

Band tested McCloud. “It’s literally a full-time job,” he said.

But it also provided him with valu-able friendships. Music allowed McCloud to become friends with people he wouldn’t have ordinarily approached, leading him to !nd personalities he genuinely treasured.

“#e best part of band was mak-ing music with friends and even making friends through making music,” McCloud said.

In addition to the extensive partici-pation required by band, McCloud chal-lenged himself with all honors and AP classes. Managing a busy and demanding schedule taught him valuable lessons no ordinary class could impart.

“I learned how to endure a lot, how to push through anything,” McCloud said. “I didn’t enjoy [the experience] while I was going through it, but I appreciate it look-ing back.”

McCloud graduated Wando High School in 2008. When he arrived at Uni-

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versity of South Carolina in fall of that year, McCloud realized his hard work had paid o$ – McCloud found himself a semester ahead in his classes and even further when it came to band.

“I realized just how far ahead of the game I was and how unique my experience was at Wando. What the kids get here with Mr. Rush, Mrs. Radecke and Mr. Handel, musicians don’t get everywhere,” he said. “Kids here are blessed.”

During his time in school, although McCloud had always been open to speci!c careers, he had no doubt that he wanted to pursue music.

“I was always really passionate about music,” McCloud said. “I knew it was what I wanted to do.”

With heavy in"uence from his father, McCloud originally hoped to become a band director.

“And then we get to that age when we’re not fans of our parents so we don’t want to do anything they do,” he said, smirking at the memory.

#is sparked a long series of switching career plans – !rst a saxophone teacher, then a conductor or a music theory teach-er. McCloud remembers a !nal change of mind before he found the track he’s on to-day. His senior year at All-State, McCloud decided he was sure that he wanted to be a band director.

“By August I had changed, because I didn’t really want to teach children -- that’s the last thing I want to do,” he said sarcasti-cally. “But I’ve since matured and I see the need for good educators.”

Today, McCloud still has a long list of things he wants to be when he “grows up.” He believes in open horizons and market-ability. He also feels a strong calling to be a teacher.

McCloud sees a need in the classroom – kids, he says, need teachers who care, who are good examples, role models, mo-tivators. He doesn’t blame today’s teachers; he just sees "aws in the system.

“Kids are si%ed like wheat from kin-dergarten. ‘#is one’s smart, this one isn’t.’ #ey don’t have a chance,” he said. “#ey really need good people in the classrooms.”

leading the musical alumni

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Thigpen cur-rently works as assistant band director at the Univer-sity of Notre

Dame. She graduated from Wando High in 2001, earned a BMUS in Music Education from the Uni-versity of Georgia in ’05, and an MME in the same field from the University of South Carolina in 2007. “As an assistant band di-rector, I work with many of the ensembles in the band program, including the marching band, con-cert bands and chamber ensembles,” Thigpen said.

cameron handelThe wife of per-cussion teacher Jeff Handel is also a Wando alumnus. As a trumpet player,

she’s found herself playing alongside larger-than-life acts. Handel studied classi-cal music at the University of Georgia and jazz at the College of Charleston. “I am the trumpet player for the singer Michael Bolton right now, and it definite-ly involves my interest in music. I get to play music around the world for a liv-ing,” Handel said.

Multiple alumni have gone on to pursue careers in the mu-sic industry — many of which have evolved out of a dedica-tion to the band.

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Alumnus Linard McCloud�FRQGXFWV�D�VRQJ�IRU�WKH�EDQG��0F&ORXG�¿OOHG�LQ�IRU�band directors Scott Rush and Lanie Radecke while the two were at the Mid-west International Band and Orchestra Clinic from Dec. 19-20.

In order to !ll that need himself, Mc-Cloud is pursuing teaching certi!cations through a program called PACE, which of-fers alternative certi!cations in the area of your major. McCloud hopes to obtain cer-ti!cations to teach math as well as music.

McCloud still wants to be a band di-rector – “I guess my dad did win,” he said wryly – but he now has even bigger plans. In college, McCloud said his life changed dramatically.

“I met the Lord,” he said simply.As a result, his religion has become his

greatest passion.“I want to preach the gospel around

the world,” McCloud said. “Of course I will be band director and do those other things, but that’s number one.”

Rush and Radecke hoped choosing McCloud to lead the band in their absence would be a win-win situation: he could gain real world experience as a band direc-tor and the students would be under great care.

“It’s also great for the current band students to see one of their own be success-ful,” Rush added.

In addition to giving regular saxo-phone lessons to 18 students and helping his father with the band at Burke High School, McCloud is currently working as a math TA at a charter school downtown. His immediate thought when he got the call was “how quickly can I !ll out the pa-perwork to take the days o"?”

His enthusiasm was understandable – being asked to lead a band like Wando’s was a big deal for McCloud.

“#is is an opportunity you don’t get,” he said. “Wando is of the highest caliber of high school bands. #is program is world-renowned and just to be asked is such a privilege and an honor.”

McCloud took the days o" from work and led the Wando band for the days Rush and Radecke were away. Although he had logical apprehensions, McCloud knew he was capable.

“I was expecting there to be some hiccups and hang-ups, but I was also re-ally con!dent as far as my ability to really know a piece and to work with the kids,”

McCloud said.McCloud wasn’t able to go over the

scores before he arrived and much of it was new material. #e process of learning how to conduct the parts of every instrument in a piece can take weeks, but McCloud was up to the challenge.

“#e students had a wonderful time,” Rush said. “#ey respect Linard’s work and he’s a wonderful musician.”

Re$ecting on all that the Wando band provided McCloud with, he was grateful for the chance to return the favor.

“It was exciting, extremely exciting, just to give back a portion of what was given to me,” McCloud said.

Besides being able to give back, Mc-Cloud also relished the opportunity to be refreshed and reminded of his passion for music.

“Doing anything, day-in and day-out for such a long period of time, you just get tired of it,” McCloud said. “#en you have an experience that challenges you, kind of pulls you out of that comfort zone, the mundane.”

An experience like this was just what leading the band o"ered, and just what Mc-Cloud needed.

As for the future, McCloud’s horizons are ever open. He’s sure he wants to be a band director, but he also wants certi-!cations to teach math. He gives saxo-phone lessons and works at a charter school, but he also wants to spread the Gospel.

M c -C l o u d shared a character-istic anecdote: “A%er the Olympics I was like, ‘I could do that. If I start training tomorrow, I could de!nitely do that.’”

#ere is laughter in his voice, but I would not be surprised to see him on the medal stand in 2016.

“I’m just 22,” he smiles. “We have our whole lives ahead of us.”

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Adam Lanza’s rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14 lasted less than half an hour, yet the repercussions of this tragedy have yet to cease.

Across Charleston County, school se-curity measures were reevaluated. Princi-pal Lucy Beckham witnessed these chang-es !rsthand.

“When I came to Wando long ago and we had to create a plan, we sat down with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department and the SWAT Team,” she said. “In our own school setting, we have a pretty involved safety plan, [but] a"er the Sandy Hook situation, we did a complete safety review.”

#e Monday a"er the massacre in Newtown, Beckham met with all members of the sta$ for a discussion on security. She spoke with administrators about patching up holes in the system.

“It was very simple: what suggestions do we have for improvement? We made a master list that’s probably two pages typed, single spaced,” she said.

School Resource O%cer Michael Re-idenbach, who also is an alumnus, is in-volved in the decision-making that a$ects the outcome of the school’s security.

“Conversations are had that review all of our procedures that are in place in the context of this tragedy. We look at our plans and say, ‘How would our plans help to prevent something like that from hap-pening here?’ [And] so those discussions started happening,” he said.

Beckham elaborated on the di$erent roles of security o%cials at the school.

“You’ve got the School Resource Of-!cers, which are Mt. Pleasant policemen. #ey would answer ultimately to the Chief of Police. Across America, most high schools and middle schools have Student Resource O%cers,” Beckham said.

Beckham said she considers the SROs a tremendous asset.

“You’ve got a small city here. #is is the Town of Wando. And they are the best o%-cers for the town. So if you have somebody outside who is a trespasser, an irate, bi-zarre-behaving person, or somebody who is starting an altercation, the principal is not the person who is dealing with them,” Beckham said. “Somebody who is trained is dealing with them and can arrest them if there is a reason.”

Assistant Principal Je$rey Blankenship pointed out that even with 60 radios used by administrators throughout the school, these devices would be meaningless with-out the police o%cers that wear them.

“Whenever I’ve been in meetings

about SROs, and concerning whether or not they should be in this school, every-body just says look back to the times where they were not [here] and how bad it was, as far as !ghts on a daily basis, for example. And we really want to have them here as a preventative measure, not only for !ghts but for large-scale things like what hap-pened in Connecticut,” he said.

Beckham knows the o%cers are in-valuable. “#ey take care of this school because these are their children,” she said. “#ese are the children of this community and so these policemen would do anything to keep them safe.”

#e o%cers adhere to protecting Wan-do’s population.

“#e ‘four’ [o%cers on campus] are

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not re&ective of a danger at Wando, the ‘four’ are re&ective that there are probably 4000 people here at any moment. #ere’s really no town or no athletic event in the state that’s got that many people that’s not going to have security,” she said.

According to Assistant Principal Rob-ert Woody, a threat would likely be detected before it made its way through the doors.

“We have over 130 cameras that are based on a motion detector,” Woody said. “#e range of problems that we’ve been able to solve and investigate has been wide-reaching. From things being stolen from teachers, to things taken out of students’ book bags as they walk down the hallway during a class exchange, the cameras have been able to catch it. We don’t have them in any area where it’s going to violate a student or adult’s sense of privacy.”

For Reidenbach, it is important to en-sure schools are not becoming easy targets for shooters in the 21st century.

“I’d say that, historically speaking, if you look at the security measures that have been implemented in schools — really post-Columbine — that schools have be-come what we call ‘harder targets,’” Reiden-bach said. “So there’s been a focus on exte-rior security with fencing and there’s been a focus on managing how people get inside and out of the building. So I think they have become safer over the years. Unfor-tunately, that doesn’t mean that [schools] are fortresses; they still have vulnerabilities that have to be addressed.”

Beckham agrees. “I think that any place can be a target if a person is deranged. #ere’s a sense of horror because, as a na-tion, we pretty much love our children. But I was just as surprised that somebody shot up a movie theater. I would’ve never thought of that,” she said.

“I think that anywhere there is a gath-ering of people, you have the potential for somebody deranged to do something,” she added. “But the odds of it happening here are in!nitesimally small. And the fact that there are policemen here all the time makes it even safer.”

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Security cameras are one of the school’s primary defenses against crime. With 130 on campus, administrators can use them to find missing items and student misconduct.

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was out celebrating,” Shanahan said. Four men were outside, one shooting

o! a gun in the air. Fireworks in the sky masked the gunshots and so no one knew what happened when the dancing 11 year old “dropped,” according to Shanahan.

“"ey saw some-thing hit her neck, and they thought it was a #rework,” he said.

He was shocked when his aunt walked out of the room with the telephone pressed to her ear, sobbing.

“She came back into the room and said that they don’t know what happened, but Blair’s in the hospital,” Shanahan said.

“I actually didn’t go to her fu-neral,” Shanahan continued. His

grandfather was not going to be able to attend because of business. Shanahan said he would stay and take care of the business so his grandfather could go.

“I stayed so that my grandfather could go, and that was a big thing with me. I thought he deserved to go more than I did

“She at least got to give her heart to a guy.”Senior Sean Shanahan said about his

11-year-old cousin Blair. For the Shanahan family, tragedy struck all too close to home a$er a young man used a gun carelessly.

Blair, from Kansas City, was killed July 4, 2011 when men in their 20s were shooting a gun.

Blair was with her fam-ily, dancing outside. "e bullet struck her in the neck. Her fam-ily chose to have on life support until her organs could be donated.

"e 16-year-old boy who got her heart was one of the #ve people young Blair saved.Blair was the type of girl who was always upli$ing, Shanahan said, one who gave her bike away to help those in need. One who kept giving even a$er she was gone.

“It was Fourth of July so everyone

because that was his granddaughter,” he said. Of the four men, authorities never

found out which one was using the gun that night. "e man who owned the gun took responsibility -- although no one would admit who shot it -- and is now serv-

ing three years for m a n s l a u g h t e r.

“It was his gun [the man convicted] and he owned up to it,” Shanahan said. “In court, Blair’s dad forgave him.”

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With his family touched so personally, Shanahan said he does believe in some gun limitations. “I own guns and believe people should own guns, but there needs to be a limit on it, people need to know what to do with guns and what not to do,” he said. “I believe they’re for recreation, but when they go out on the streets that’s when they should be taken away.”

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“Can we truly say, as a nation, that we’re meeting our obligations? Can we honestly say that we’re doing enough to keep our children, all of them, safe from harm?”

It’s the question that’s been plaguing news reports. It’s there -- haunting and pleading -- accompanied by a !urry of opposing views.

"rough the television, internet or newspaper, the in-evitable truth is that violence is a prevalent factor in media coverage.

And it’s the reason President Barack Obama spoke those words at Newtown High School on Dec. 16.

Incessantly strewn across every media outlet. Over and over. Gun violence. And given the current events, a scramble of sorts has begun in the United States to reduce the misuse of weapons.

So where does that leave South Carolina?Senior Alex Hendry, who “grew up with guns,” is

against many of the proposed gun control laws.“I de#nitely agree with the background checks and

more strict laws about that; making sure [guns] don’t end up in the wrong hands. If you’re responsible, you’ll be #ne,” Hendry said. “I guarantee you all the people doing the school shootings are de#nitely not responsible and most of the time they got their guns illegally. So I think that if you grow up teaching your kids to respect the weapon, I

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think you’ll be #ne.”Less than a week a$er the Sandy Hook Elementary

School shootings, a new law was proposed by state Rep. Phillip Lowe, R-Florence, that would allow public school employees with concealed weapons permits to carry guns in South Carolina schools. "e proposed law, according to the Charlotte Observer, has been met with “heated op-position” and has been called “idiotic” by State Rep. Bakari Sellers, D-Bamberg.

“I’m not quite comfortable with [the proposed law]. We do have a gun control act that says schools are gun

free and I do believe in the Second Amendment, but at the same time, I think we’re focusing on the wrong issue,” said Charleston County School Board member Elizabeth Mo%y, who is also a Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives.

"e topic of gun control has been accompanied by a focus on mental health and its correlation to the violence. In turn, a new question is now being asked.

What can be done about mental health? “Somehow there has to be a safety-net for people who

are sick. We don’t have a lot of tolerance in our society, I

think, for mental illness,” Principal Lucy Beckham said. “If somebody has cancer, we’re very sympathetic. If some-body has been burned on their face, it’s ‘oh, that poor per-son.’ But if their problem is between the ears, we have a really hard time being empathetic unless we’ve had some-one in our family who has su&ered that kind of illness. It’s like, if we can’t see it, they must not have it. And that’s not good.”

However, the notion that mental illness and violence go hand in hand, though easily derived from media cov-erage, is one that isn’t necessarily true, MUSC/NCVC

Postdoc Zachary Adams said. “One thing that I think is really important to keep

in mind is that we’re talking about violence; we’re talk-ing about mental health -- we’re talking about two things that overlap, but they don’t overlap perfectly,” Adams said. “Most people who are su&ering from some form of men-tal illness like depression, or ADHD or anxiety, or schizo-phrenia or any other mental illness, most folks who have those diagnoses are not violent. "e second thing is that most people who are violent, like the vast majority of peo-ple who commit violent crimes, don’t meet criteria for a

mental illness.”However, this isn’t to say that the people commit-

ting these crimes are sane -- distinguishing sanity is a line mainly drawn by attorneys, judges and juries. But it’s psy-chiatrists who o$en do the assessments to determine how somebody is doing to then inform the courts, Adams said.

“Usually what it boils down to is trying to make a de-cision of whether this person can discern reality from not, and whether or not they can sort of make decisions about right or wrong around that time and whether or not they understood what they were doing, all those kinds of ques-tions,” he said.

"e issue with mental health is o$en the concern of neglect -- that students who need the most help aren’t be-ing recognized, Mo%y said.

“"ere was a study published called the joint legisla-tive study on children’s health and safety in S.C., and this was a very rude awakening to me, that out of 20,000 in 2011/2010 incarcerated juveniles at the depart of juvenile justice, over 18,000 of those were for non-violent o&ences under disrupting the learning environment,” she said. “And what they found was those 18,000 plus students either had a learning disability or some form of mental health issue that had not been identi#ed at the school level.”

"ere are laws and institutions in place to assist both the general public, and those who need guidance either do to a mental illness or a faulty moral compass.

What needs to be discerned is who falls under what category, and what laws need to either be additionally es-tablish or reinforced.

“Laws are made for honest people, and the more laws that you make, the more honest people are going to follow those laws,” Mo%y said. “But dishonest people are going to #nd a way to get around them. Period. "at’s just the nature of law.”

MOST PREVALENTmental illnessesin the united states[ages 18 and older]

ANXIETY DISORDERS: 18.1%-Anxiety disorders include panic disorder, obses-sive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress dis-order, generalized anxiety disorder and phobias (social phobia, agoraphobia and specific phobia).

-Anxiety disorders frequently co-occur with depres-sive disorders or substance abuse.

MOOD DISORDERS: 9.5%-Mood disorders include major depressive disor-der, dysthymic disorder and bipolar disorder.

-Symptoms include persistent feelings of sadness, helplessness and hopelessness, excessive guilt, sui-cidal thoughts, sleep disturbances (i.e., insomnia, hypersomnia), changes in appetite, hypersensitivity to failure or rejection.

PERSONALITY DISORDERS: 9.1%-A pattern of behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individ-ual who exhibits it

-These patterns tend to be fixed and consistent across situations and are typically perceived to be appropriate by the individual even though they may affect their day-to-day life in negative ways.

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When some people use the expression “that really hit home for me,” it is o!en just an expression. But when lacrosse coach Lance Renes heard about the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colo., home was truly the only thing on his mind.

James Holmes opened "re July 20 on a theater during the premier of #e Dark Knight Rises. Twelve people were killed in the shooting and more than 50 were hospi-talized with major injuries.

When Renes woke up the morning of July 21, he heard there was a shooting in Aurora -- his hometown. He didn’t think it was anything large scale.

“I just thought it was your typical gang shooting, but once I turned on the news and saw the reality of it, it hit pretty hard,”

Renes said. While watching the news that day, all

day long with his wife, the dark memories of the Columbine shooting came back to him.

Renes was in middle school when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold committed the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. #e two students killed 12 fellow students and one teacher, and wounded 24 high school students all in a 45- minute shooting massacre.

Columbine High School was not far from Aurora, so the e$ects of the trag-edy were full blown in Renes’s home town. Renes remembers the day perfectly. He was in math class when his teacher’s husband called and said there was a shooting at the high school. Later that day, Renes was sent home from work because of the tragedy.

He vividly remembers seeing the images of crying parents and students, mourning the loss of the kids on the televi-

sion of that day and feeling a general sense of overall sadness.

Another thing he remembered of the next day was the weather. #e next day, April 21, there was 16 inches of snow. Snow in April is not uncommon, but there was no forecast for snow.

“It was interesting because 16 people had died the day before,” Renes said. “Kids were quiet, humble and sad. #ere was no animosity. Kids were all very respectful to-wards each other.”

#ere had been many shootings in Colorado between the Batman shooting and Columbine, so when Renes was asked about his initial reaction to the Batman shooting, his answer was desensitized.

“In a sense, a little desensitized to these tragedies. I feel like America in gen-eral is desensitized by these tragedies,” he said. “Yes it’s sad. We stop, we think, we re-%ect, but the more it happens the more we get used to it.”

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tragedy strikes at home again for one teacher

staff writer

Newtown, Conn., is like any small town: a bustling main street sprinkled with churches, mom-and-pop restau-rants, quaint shops and a small river that runs through it. It has hard working people -- parents just trying to make it down the road of life as smoothly as SRVVLEOH��7KH\�GLGQnW�GHVHUYH�WKLV��WKHQ�again, no one does.

But tragedy struck, when on Dec. 14 Sandy Hook was attacked leaving 26 dead and more in mourning. Having grown up in Connecticut in an area near-by, this massacre has put a hole in my heart. When Newtown was struck, so was I. My childhood was attacked, my home was shaken and turned into something that it is not-- a place of sorrow instead of a place of love. When people think of Newtown, Conn., they think of destruc-WLRQ��SDLQ�DQG�LQMXVWLFH��7KH\�GRQnW�WKLQN�of the innocent community that I do.

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My brother is part angel, part devil. He makes my life hard and di!cult, but he is also a part of my fondest child-hood memories. "at is the de#nition of family-- the only time you can truly dislike someone and still love them at the same time.

But Matthew is special. He has a mental illness; there is something having to do with his brain that doesn’t quite match up. "e way he reacts, the way he thinks, even the way he learns is di$erent. Everyone knows someone like my brother, whether it’s an acquaintance, a friend or a rela-tive.

Only not everyone knows how to deal with people like him. He is a misunderstood child. He is the reason I write.

I hate you."ree little words that resonate throughout the house.I hate you.Why is it so calm? Why has nobody said anything?I hate you and I wish you were dead.Who is he addressing? Is it my mom, my sister, his

twin brother... me?If I had a gun I would shoot you.Does he mean it or is this another empty threat? What provocation could have caused a loving, 10-year-

old child who still kisses my mother every morning before getting out of the car to say these words with such spite and sincerity? "e truth is hard to understand, admit and even accept because as much as try, we can’t change his nature.

He has been diagnosed with ADHD with an emphasis on impulsivity and is prone to anger episodes. His brain works di$erently and his actions prove this, but he can’t be allowed to feel like this, an outsider.

It began with the small things but soon escalated. What would #rst start out as a temper tantrum in the car over a girls’ McDonald toy would soon become an out-burst in the middle of a Target parking lot over a smoothie. He would cross his arms and sit in the road, deadweight, as we drag him by his limbs back to the car -- #sts %ying, face de#ant. He was seven or eight years old when he started

the tantrums.Since then we have learned a lot. People like Matthew, as my mom would say, don’t

know how to use their words. "ey are impulsive; if they want something they just take it. My mom used to spank him like she did with all of her other kids and we’d whine, and cry and sob the whole time but it wouldn’t even faze Matthew. "is is why when he says, “I hate you,” everyone is silent. Looks are given and eyes are rolled, but under-neath we’re really just holding back.

For the sake of my mom and our brother. It takes patience and self control in order to help him,

which is something I struggle with the most out of all of my siblings. We can’t call him names, or laugh at him when he does something wrong. We can’t hit him back or provoke him like we do with each other. When he takes his pill in the morning, no one is allowed to talk.

"ese are the unspoken rules of the house, but some-times they’re too hard to keep. No matter how many times

my mother explains this to me, begs me to understand, the fact still stands that I’m sel#sh. I question the sacri#ce I must make to keep him sane. It’s my #rst-child rights that are on the line and I’m just as stubborn as he is.

When Matthew visits the psychiatrist, he practices control and admitting he’s wrong, something he rarely does. It’s hard to determine whether or not he feels re-morse a&er slapping his brother or hiding his toys. He never apologizes because he wants to. It’s only if my mom threatens him or he manipulates her into not punishing him if he will say sorry. He’s learning how to handle being wrong.

It makes him seem like a bad person because he can be manipulative and abusive, annoying to the point where you can’t stand it. But the most terrible thing is what he goes through. He’s alone in my house. Nobody wants to play with him or take his side. Most of the time we’re against him, except for my sweet sister Ryan who is the middle child and full of compassion. His twin’s friends bully him at school, curse at him and exclude him. "is only aggravates his condition.

He’s actually a great boy. He’s immature most of the time, far below the standards of a #&h grader, but he’s friendly and open to everyone, despite their appearance. He’s a hugger and a lover, the #rst to admit to his kinder-garten class that he likes a girl. He sings all of the time and we all love to watch him dance, a goofy expression on his face as he takes o$ his clothes and runs around the house naked, my dog chasing him.

But all of this could change. If people keep putting him down and making him feel worthless, eventually he won’t be able to shake o$ his anger and depression. "e funny, smiley child will become an angry, self-loathing adult.

I love my brother and I know that I can’t punish him for being himself, despite how di!cult it is. "ere are many cases of misunderstood children, harassed and beaten down, made to endure a lifelong su$ering because of things they can’t help. "reats can become realities and hurt can lead to revenge.

What you don’t understand about people like my brother is that although he has a mental illness, he accepts and receives love the same way everyone else does. "ere is more humanity in people like Matthew than any other person you can name.

He is my brother. He is mental illness.

COLUMN BYcaroline rothkopf, staff writer

despite hard times, sister’s love for younger brother prevails

from darkness to light

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1997 1999 2006 2007Paducah, Ken.

A 14-year-old gun-man opens fire on a group of praying stu-dents at Heath High School, killing three and injuring five more.

Littleton, Colo.

Two seniors shoot 13 fellow students and staff members before taking their own lives at Columbine High School.

Nickel Mines, Pa.

A gunman unaffili-tated with the school shoots and kills five school girls as well as seriously injuring an-other six in an Amish school house.

Blacksburg, Va.

A senior kills 32 peo-ple and then himself in a shooting spree at Virginia Tech.

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A freshman shoots two students at Dela-ware State University.

DeKalb, Ill.

A 27-year-old for-mer student fires in a lecture hall at North-ern Illinois Univer-sity, killing five and wounding 16 before committing suicide.

Huntsville, Ala.

A biology professor opens fire during a faculty meeting at the University of Ala-bama, killing three and wounding three.

Oakland, Calif.

A gunman unaffili-ated with the school kills seven and wounds three during an attack on Korean Christian college Oikos University.

Newtown, Conn.

A gunman kills 27, including 20 chil-dren and six staff-ers at Sandy Hook Elementary School before committing suicide.

The undeniable fact that the United States has a history with gun violence is demonstrated by a string of agressive outbursts -- more frequently

over the past 15 years -- where acts of vio-lence are an unfortunate reality of living in

modern America. The debate of whether or not these acts are preventable is a hot topic in American politics.

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Food is a beautiful thing, people. I fall in love about three times a day at every meal time as the smell of a newly concocted delicacy wa!s my way, stirring my senses.

Wherever food is present, you can be sure to "nd me courting it.

A!er all, who doesn’t like to eat? Cooking is an art, and like many forms of art, there is a myriad of ways in which to approach it, thus enabling so many poten-tial mouthwatering outcomes.

So you can imagine my dismay when my world turned topsy-turvy as so many of the friends my tastebuds and I had held dear were now separated – a relationship gone sour. We had grown dangerously un-healthy for one another, and no amount of couples therapy was going to make things right.

Last February I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. #at means no cook-

ies and milk while you sit in front of the TV in your p.js recreating the feeling of being a child. No so!, $u%y, buttery croissants in which to indulge Parisian moments, pass-port free. No scones to dip in your morning co%ee or tea, and no birthday cake – wheth-er it’s your birthday, someone else’s or just because.

Rather than looking with longing and despair at the foods I can no longer eat, I have learned to instead put a positive spin on the bene"ts I have gained.

#ere are several forms of gluten in-tolerance – gluten being a type of protein found in all forms of wheat, rye, barley and triticale – and some are consequentially more serious than others.

But whether you su%er from any form of gluten intolerance or not, cutting out the amount of gluten in your diet presents many added health bene"ts, both immediate and long term. #ese bene"ts range from re-duced sluggishness and higher levels of en-ergy to generally greater digestive health.

Additionally, as gluten has been elimi-nated from my diet, aside from an overall upli!ed feeling of well-being, I have found that I now have a greater opportunity, and a greater sense of motivation, to dig up my

benefits of an intolerance

amanda sharpley

gluten-free diet can offer variety even to connoisseurs

co-writing editor

recipe for gluten- free pie crustingredients:

1 1/4 cup almond $our2/3 cup gluten-free oat $our2/3 cup tapioca $our1/2 cup te% $our1/2 cup potato starch1/4 cup sweet rice $our2 teaspoons xanthan gum1/4 teaspoon guar gum1/2 teaspoon kosher salt5 tablespoons butter, cold4 tablespoons leaf lard, cold (*see

note below)1 large egg6 to 8 tablespoons ice-cold water

directions:1. In a large bowl, mix the almond

$our, oat $our, tapioca $our, te% $our and potato starch. Add the xanthan and guar gums and the salt. Mix well.

2. Add small pieces of the ice-cold

butter to the $our mixture, not much big-ger than a pea. A!erward, *add the leaf lard in small portions of equal size.

3. Use your hands to scoop up the $ours and mix in the fats. Go slowly. Rub your hands together. Feel the fats work into the $ours with your "ngers.

4. Combine the egg with 3 tablespoons of the water and whisk them together. Add the eggy water to the dough. Work the dough together with your hands, a rub-ber spatula, or combine them all in a food processor, drizzling water on it till you get the right texture (not sticky and wet but not dry either). When the dough feels coher-ent, stop.

5. Wrap the pie dough in plastic wrap (or in a bowl), and let it rest in the refrig-erator for 15 minutes. Take it out and roll out the dough between two pieces of parch-ment paper. #is means you won’t work any extra $our into the dough. Roll it out as thin as you can. Carefully li! the top piece of parchment paper, and turn the dough upside down on the top of a pie plate. Rear-range until it is $at.

6. Place the pie dough in the pie plate

inner Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart I was previously so sure take-out menus and frozen wa&es had annihilated in me. In fact, recreating the foods I love as well as a few of my own new concoctions is a new love of mine.

If you’re willing to put in the time and e%ort, gluten-free living doesn’t have to feel like you’re giving up an arm and a leg. A lot of the traditional foods and recipes you hold so fondly can easily be made gluten-free through little substitutions.

#ese include, but are not limited to, trading whole wheat $our for a brand of gluten-free all-purpose $our to "t all of your baking needs, or using gluten-free bread sliced into cubes in exchange for croutons in a stu'ng recipe.

However, if you don’t see yourself making an appearance on the Iron Chef anytime soon, and the thought of graduat-ing beyond the bounds of cereal and frozen TV dinner’s poses the liability of a stroke or aneurism, keep in mind that there are also many pre-made gluten-free foods to be found in stores as companies are adjust-ing their products to "t the growing range of diverse dietary needs.

and crimp. When you have a pie dough fully built, you are ready to make pie.

7. Place the pie dough in the refrigera-

gluten intolerancewhat is gluten-free?

A gluten-free diet is one that excludes the actual protein, glu-ten. Gluten is found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye).

why do people use a gluten-free diet?

A gluten-free diet may be used to aid in subsiding symptoms of those with a gluten intolerance or Celiac disease, which is a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing parts of food that are important for a balanced, healthy diet. Gluten causes in$ammation in the small intestines of people with Celiac disease. Eating a gluten-free diet helps people with the condition control their signs and symptoms and prevent complications.

--http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gluten-free-diet/my01140

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27 « jan. 31, 2013 tribal entertainment

Pink and leather. Hairspray and grease. !e essentials of the two iconic groups of this year’s musical -- Grease.

!e 10 lead actors that make up the Greasers, also known as “T-Birds,” and the Pink Ladies have used this opportunity to come together outside of the bounds of the script -- making the bonds within the mu-sical genuine.

“At "rst you have when auditions come out; you’re kind of unsure about the parts, but as the musical initially develops you realize that every person is perfectly cast,” senior Kellsey Vickers (Frenchy) said. “And by our casting being so perfect to who we are -- it just makes a #ow of everything, and we have all really bonded.”

!e lead actors have gained a special bond with their character. For some, the character is a challenge. A way to explore a new identity -- a personality vastly di$er-ent from their own.

“I’m not really like my character per-sonality wise,” junior Nathan Glyder (Dan-ny) said. “Danny is supposed to be like this tough guy, really strong, that also shows emotion. And I’m actually really shy and not good about making conversations with people or being rude like Danny is some-times, so it’s been kind of a challenge get-ting over that wall of having to act a part that I’m not really at all.”

For others, the acting is a job made easier by the character similarities they share.

“I’m really a lot like my character Doo-dy,” senior Robert Spearman said. “I think all my friends think so too. I’m really loud and generally talk in a high pitched voice to people, and I’m goofy as can be.”

!ough the classic characters many know and love are still dancing around the familiar, toe-tapping songs -- the ones that stick in your head all day -- a few things about this production di$er from the mov-ie. Grease was a musical "rst.

“!e other characters are much more important than just Sandy and Danny,” Head Musical Director Lori Carroll said.

“Yes, [Sandy and Danny] are important. But trying to communicate to people that it’s not exactly the same[as the movie] has been a real challenge.”

With rehearsal almost every day a%er school, it can be di&cult to "nd a balance between school and the musical.

“Playing Danny has made me more conscious because I know that I can’t just go home and wind down for a bit then start my homework for my AP classes and stu$,” Glyder said. “I get home at like 7:00, and I realize I have three hours of homework I have to do, then I think how am I going to do this and still have enough energy to-morrow morning; it’s a handful.”

Taking place in the ‘50s -- a time pe-riod where leather jackets were in and the cool thing to do was smoke cigarettes and cut class -- it’s been hard to adjust to play-ing a teenager in the ‘50s for most of the cast.

“It’s a ‘50s musical so you’re playing a teenager. but you’re also playing a teenager in the ‘50s so we’ve had to learn how to not necessarily be goofy teenagers from the 2000s,” senior Kellsey Vickers (Frenchie) said. “It’s almost more re"ned; you have to get into their mind set; these kids hate school so we are all kind of adjusting to just the mind s e t of thinking in the ‘50s.”

Many of the actors in the musical have learned life lessons from their characters, whether they have a direct e$ect, or it’s something they will take with them a%er the musical is long "nished.

“I’ve de"nitely learned from Sandy to be myself, and it’s okay to be yourself, and you shouldn’t change for a guy and let

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other girls harass you and make you feel bad about yourself,” senior Grace Goldston (Sandy) said. “You have to be you, and that’s okay.”

With over half the musical done and the show premiere just around the cor-ner, the cast and sta$ are working around the clock to make it a must see show, with shows Feb. 14-17 in the Performing Arts Center.

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theatre department performs a new take on a classic movie

staff writer

Senior Kelsey Vickers, senior Cori Nuttal, junior Isabel Philips and senior Anna Singer rehearse their scene for the musical (Feb. 14-17). (Above) Senior Grace Goldston and junior Nathan Glyder ready for their roles of Sandy and Danny. For more photos, see www.wandotribaltribune.com.

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Amour: An onslaught of critical praise has been given since Amour’s release, causing people

to take note of this dark horse. Honestly, it’s not the kind of movie that would gain wide-

spread success in secular America. For starters, its in French. !en there’s the de-pressing aura of the "lm. !e plot involves

the deteriorating health of Anne, an elderly woman who had a stroke, while her husband

Georges becomes distraught over caring for her. Writer/director Michael Haneke knows how to get under your skin. He shows

a familiar heartache -- being forced to watch loved ones take the journey towards death. !e

cinematography and haunting piano music shape the subject matter into an austere form of beauty. So if you "nd yourself in the mood to have your heartstrings tugged, you might as well let Amour

do the tugging.

Les Miserables: Director Tom Hoop-er’s newest "lm is the much anticipated Les Miserables. Riding on a wave of excitement and expectation, this "lm was de"nitely worth the wait.

!e world-wide musical phenomenon is brought to the big screen, bearing its renowned story of a freed convict hoping for redemption, as well as its unforgettable music.

A#er their stand-out performances, both Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway are nomi-nated for Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role, respec-tively. Among these other nominations, the "lm also boasts a nomination for Best Picture.

Beasts of the Southern Wild: I felt as though I was watching a gritty documentary showcasing the shockingly mod-ern day poverty experienced by the residents of Lousiana Bayou, made all too real with the footage of a girl tearing scraps of meat o$ of a chicken carcass. At other times, the "lm takes

a contrastingly surreal genre. Direc-

Argo: Making it to the gate of an airport on time has never been so important. Audiences are kept on the edge of their seats throughout Director Ben A%eck’s newest "lm, Argo.

Based on the true story of an undercover mis-sion to save several of the Iranian hostages in the 1970s, Argo is intense and overall satisfying.

With a cast led by A%eck, John Goodman and Alan Arkin, the acting is strong in this "lm, mak-ing the audience feel connected with their strife and wishing for them succeed. It is not surprising that this "lm sports Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (A%eck) and Best Sup-porting Actor (Arkin).

Django Unchained: !e newest "lm from Quentin Tarantino is about an ex-slave (Jamie Foxx) whose bounty hunt quickly dissolves into a mission to “rescue the girl.”

If you long to see two souls reunited by love but can’t stomach a slave woman being dragged naked and screaming out of a well, you should consider other movies. Give Les Mis a try.

But that’s the thing. !is director has the power to elicit a sacri"ce out of each of his millions of viewers: to experience his "lm, you have to get through the grit.

I recommend this movie because sometime in the last 20 years he’s been a director, Taran-tino stopped taking himself so seriously. Django is a character who can laugh at himself.

tor Zeitlin’s dizzying footage caused me to feel a thrilling sensation with an uncanny resem-blance to carsickness. !e blurred cinematog-raphy caused fantasy to maintain a constant presence throughout the "lms duration. It is this categorical ambiguity, Zeitlin’s ability to blur the lines between blunt reality and hopeful fantasy, that make this a truly exceptional "lm. It conjures up the possibility that extraordinary things can be achieved in even the most unsus-pected places.

OSCARS!e past year has had many great movies; here’s the reviews for the nominees for best picture.

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the critics

features editor

georgia barfieldmovies reviewed: Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wildfavorite movie: !e Gradu-atepick for best picture: Django

staff writer

kacie comptonmovie reviewed: Lincolnfavorite movie: Caddyshackpick for best picture: Lincoln

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iveymovie reviewed: Silver Lin-ings Playbookfavorite movie: Funny Facepick for best picture: Lincoln

staff writer

sam walkermovies reviewed: Zero Dark !irty, Djangofavorite movie: American History Xpick for best picture: Zero Dark !irty

staff writer

kate frainmovie reviewed: Life of Pifavorite movie: August Rushpick for best picture: Argo

staff writer

grace barrymovies reviewed: Argo, Les Miserablesfavorite movie: Monty Py-thon and the Holy Grail pick for best picture: Les Miserables

Life of Pi: Generally, books about boys who eat tiger poop do not become blockbusters. It turns out that there’s a good reason why. In Life of Pi, the acting was !awless. "e music was excel-lent and visually, the #lm was incredible. But the imagery was also unrealistic, and the central story is not the central focus. By the time Pi does make it to sea, the movie feels about halfway over, or at least you begin to hope it is. I do not anticipate this movie winning an Oscar.

Lincoln: Staring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones and other well known ac-tors, the cast of Lincoln spared no lack of talent.

"e #lm follows the 16th president’s e$orts to obtain passage of the 13th Amendment that would abolish slavery in the United States.

It wasn’t as intense as it may sound.No doubt, the beautiful mix of a brilliant

director and an all-star cast worked wonders in turning the average history lesson into a brilliant movie.

"e length was its sole problem. It felt as if you watched two hours and 15 minutes of in-depth history, #ve minutes of the good stu$ and then 10 minutes of end credits.

Is Lincoln worth seeing, however? Yes.

Silver Lining Playbooks: Silver Linings Playbook gives a serious and hilariously frank look into the lives of people who live with mental illness.

"e movie, adapted from a book of the same name, follows the journey of Pat Solitano(Bradley

Zero Dark Thirty:"e story follows Maya, a young and un-

likely heroine whose budding career lands her a position at the U.S.-Pakistani Embassy as a CIA Operative. Her mission is to track down Osama bin Laden, weaving through a decade of self-doubt. Her persistence eventually pays o$.

ZDT was the work of Kathryn Bigelow, who also did !e Hurt Locker, the best picture winner in 2008.

"e #nal raid scene won’t disappoint. But if you want to catch a glimpse of Osama himself, be sure not to blink.

What o%cially won me over was the sensory contrast between Zero Dark !irty’s beginning and end. "e intro was eruptive, an amalgam of sounds from Sept. 11th. "e end-ing, however, was a plane a&er takeo$ — an exhale.

Zero Dark !irty is honest, cinematic gold.

What movie should have been nominated for the Oscars that wasn’t?

Moonrise Kingdom 14.1%

Skyfall 26.4%

Hobbit 29.4%

Looper 6.6%

Dark Knight 23.5%

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Who will win best picture?

Amour 0.0%

Argo 2.4%

Beast of the Southern Wild 0.7%

Django Unchained 27.1%

Les Miserables 29.5%

Life of Pi 11.2%

Lincoln 5.2%

Silver Linings Playbook 9.9%

Zero Dark Thirty 14.0%

--284 polled

Cooper), a man with bi-polar disorder, and Ti$any Maxwell(Jennifer Lawrence) a sex ad-dict, trying to readjust to “normal life.”

"e dialogue was simple, real and funny. It didn’t feel forced or unnatural. "e actors were not over the top, never made a mockery of the serious issue at hand. "ey made it clear that everyone is di$erent. Everyone is messed up in some way and is a bit crazy.

"is movie is never overdone and rings with truth. If it brings home no Oscars, my faith in the Oscars will be gone.

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Tucked away in the Old Village, the Wreck on 106 Haddrell St. doesn’t even look like a restaurant. Its stark grey exterior looks uninviting, but you shouldn’t judge this book by its cover.

!e inside is surprisingly cozy. It’s dimly lit and there are candles on every table with a "replace on the side. It’s pretty haunting in a stellar way, especially at night time.

Now the food. First the boiled peanuts: so good, the perfect amount of salt. !ose are free, which is nice because the menu is pretty expensive for the food you get. You’ll probably spend anywhere from $20-25 on an entrée. !ere’s not much variety either. Shrimp, oysters, scallops and "sh are the main options. You can get them either fried or broiled. I got fried shrimp and scallops; the shrimp was pretty mediocre, but the scal-lops were delicious.

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So# and nostalgic, 1979 is both simple and complex. While the sound itself is de"ned by its slight chord variances and the repeat-ing melody, Billy Corgan creates depth in his ca-thartic lyrics that remi-niscences the invincibility of youth.

“1979”Smashing Pumpkins

Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness

It started with a man riding his bike. He looked out into the rain, plugged in his headphones and just rode. It was only a commercial, but I was already in love

with the bleeding, choirboy vocals that drowned under layers of sound.

“Sweet Disposition”The Temper Trap

Conditions

“Waves”Electric Guest

MondoHigh tempo and up-beat, this song plays around with sounds by strumming acous-tic chords while press-ing buttons to create a blend of music that is Electric Guest. !e bass is catchy, the drum-ming decisive and the mood lively.

Eddie Vedder is raw. His voice shakes with the emotions he su$ers in his lyrics theme of unrequited love. !is collaboration between Vedder and Neil Young is a clash of sound as

the tone shi#s from one guitar ri$ to another.

“I Got ID”Pearl JamMerkin Ball

Every issue a Tribal Tribune staffer will share her taste in music, selecting the top four songs she thinks every one should have on their playlist.

picks&peeves elizabeth levico-editor in chief

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I can’t help but feel happy whenever I see someone smile. But not the fake, polite smile. I’m talking about the teeth- showing, squinty-eyed, cheek-hurting kind of smile -- the kind of genuine smile that re%ects true happiness. It’s those kinds of smiles that make me look goofy by causing me to smile to myself. And there’s nothing better than a goofy look to make other people smile at you.

PICK: smiling

I would like to reserve the right to wake up 20 minutes before I have to leave, brush my teeth, throw on some clothes and barely look in the mirror before I head out the door. Now, I’m not saying that my naked face is perfect, but the girls who cake on layers of makeup each morning just make me think they’re hiding an infectious disease behind all of it. Do me a favor, ladies, and sleep in a little more and makeup a little less. And if you insist on wearing makeup, just please keep it simple so I don’t have to guess what your real face looks like.

PEEVE: makeup PEEVE: bad car hygiene

!ere is nothing better than cuddling up with a cup of chai tea, a warm blanket and putting pen to journal. From ranting about annoyances to contemplating philosophical theories, my journal is the best friend who doesn’t talk back. Journaling not only allows me to get everything o$ my chest, it’s a book of memories. In ten years, I can’t wait to look back on my entries and see how petty some of the major parts of my life are.

PICK: journaling

I decided "rst impressions are not the strong suit of Fleet Landing on 186 Concord St. when gazing at its squat concrete ex-terior. !is lack of aesthetic appeal is completely forgot-

ten once inside the restaurant. Trendy light "xtures, sleek chrome

seating and seascape photographs all con-tribute to its modernist vibe.

!ey served up a stellar menu o$er-ing an variety of dishes from both land and sea. !ey o$ered up southern sea-food classics kicked up a notch with some gourmet in%uence like she-crab soup with subtle spiciness. And they did not falter with the more plebian variety; the shrimp basket featured just the right amount of crunchy batter. !e only thing that might be con-sidered a downfall for this place would be pricing; en-trees ranged from $15-$28.

Settled on Shem Creek, Vickerys, on 1313 Shrimp Boat Lane, presents itself as a shabby beach house. !e "rst thing we noticed while en-tering was the artsy feel of the place. One wall was inlaid with

dish wear, another wallpapered in old ash-trays and the other made of glass. We were instantly impressed by all of this, but sadly it all went downhill from there.

!e food was di&cult to overlook. !e salmon: overcooked. !e grouper: un-dercooked. !e shrimp and scallop pasta: drenched in lemon juice with only the oc-casional shrimp or scallop hiding within the noodles.

!e only food item we collectively deemed edible was our starter soup: tomato basil with feta cheese. !e three of us le# with to-go boxes, a receipt for $47 and dissatisfaction.B-

Nothing bothers me more than seeing some spoiled kid with an expensive car and then seeing it abused. Remem-ber, cars have feelings too. How would you feel if your owner banged you into a mailbox or forced you through a puddle of mud?

So keep your car clean, be cautious while driving it and realize its value. Regardless of a car’s worth, it needs to be taken care of.

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-- compiled by sarah yergin

SELLING SONGS

SELLING BOOKS

GROSSING MOVIE

TV RATINGS

suit & tie (feat. jay z) // justin timberlake

thrift shop (feat. wanz) // macklemore

inferno // dan brown

my beloved world // sonia sotomayor

pitch perfect // jason moore

dredd // pete travis

grey’s anatomy // abc

the big bang theory // cbs

long.live.a$ap // a$ap rocky

ni no kuni: wrath of the white witch

call of duty: black ops II

pitch perfect // various artists

SELLING ALBUMS

SELLING VIDEO GAMES

top twosEver wonder what the top songs, movies and TV shows are for the month of January?

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MONTHruzzle

Everyone is playing this free app -- my parents, my friends and even my teachers. Ruzzle is a word game where you challenge your friends to see who can create the most words. By dragging your !nger across a 4 x 4 grid, you draw words and earn points based on letters used and length. -- compiled by jonathan rice

I used to talk to children who really weren’t there.It was a typical day in the life of a two year old,

I’m sure - chatting with imaginary friends, girls whose transparent faces and boys whose invisible names I now forget, though my mother assures me they were beautiful and myriad. It was a typical scene walking into my room, !nding me conversing with walls, dolls and other pretty objects.

But what if there really was someone else there? What if the sister I created was alive inside of me?

"ere is a gorgeous wrongness to Kat Zhang’s writing. Her debut novel, What’s Le! of Me, seizes the clear concept of the imaginary friend and paints it opaque with a thousand unexpected shades.

What if everyone had two personalities living inside of them?

What if one day, your sister faded away?What if your parents wanted her to?Eva is a normal teenage girl existing in a strange

America. A warped America. A paranoid America. If

A Game of "rones is no book for fools. From the very beginning, George R.R. Martin made this novel a very challeng-ing read.

"e novel was told from eight di#erent per-spectives, each chapter a di#erent perspective. "is helps the reader to get a clearer understanding of what is going on in the world.

"e use of di#erent perspectives and story lines is what made the book so hard to put down, even for a second.

For many bands, the sophomore album o#ers a window of opportunity en-abling them to venture in a new musical direction. In their second album, Hum-mingbird, the Local Natives are skeptical of bold meta-morphosis, using the album only as a keyhole of op-portunity for change while they meander towards a new musical direction at a leisurely and careless pace.

In many ways the Local Natives maintain a#ection-ate !delity to the optimistic west coast rock of their de-but, Gorilla Manner. Hum-

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zhang’s debut novel shocks and fascinates reader

If one chapter was bor-ing, you kept reading just to !nd out what would happen to a di#erent character a$er the fantastic cli%angers at the end of most chapters.

"e plot revolves around the life of the fam-ily of the Starks. "rough-out the book, lord Eddard Stark searches for the truth surrounding the mysterious death of his friend, Jon Ar-ryan.

A Game of "rones isn’t a book for children. It’s a book about a struggle over political, !nancial and so-cial power.

A story like that wouldn’t be complete with-out a fair deal of sex, drugs and violence. Despite the di&culty of the book it is a great read if you’ve got the time.

mingbird is a class reunion party attended by trademark alumni: echoing vocals, sun-ny guitar ri$s and cheerfully spastic percussion. From the start, the Local Natives had a good thing going. "e fa-miliar elements heard on the new album prove that there is no shame in sticking with the same routine.

Still, the band experi-ments with outright elec-tronic sound through the use of ‘80s-style keyboard in “Ceilings.”

Also, it seems they have departed from their heavy reliance on three-part vocal harmonies, giving lead singer Kelcey Ayer a lot of solo time and only occasional back up. Regardless of who’s singing when, the overwhelming dominance of the group’s vocals radiates through the music.

the sister inside of me anyone !nds out that she’s alive, she’ll be killed. Because she exists inside her sister Addie. Because, as the recessive soul, she was long ago supposed to fade away.

In a society where pseudoscience and half-lies de!ne history, America has been cut o# from the rest of the world as the last bastion of the single-souled. In every other nation, two souls walk in every body, two souls shi$ing control as needed. Not America; children’s bodies change, but soon one of the siblings fades. "is is normal. "is is wanted.

But Eva refused to let go. She’s been hiding in her sister’s body, mute and motionless, for so long she can no longer move her own hands. She can’t speak to anyone but Addie.

And then one day the chance comes to walk again. Illegal drugs, a desperate chance. In a nation where children are warned every day to watch for hybrids, two-souled malevolent and hiding, every shi$ risks both their lives.

And so, of course, Addie and Eva are discovered. So the books always go.

"ough predictable in places, Eva’s desolation is haunting. And Kat Zhang’s narrative is magni!cent, building alternating suspense and con'ict so real that it hurts. De$ly woven throughout the book is a fascinating study of fear.

And the terror of the girl whose imaginary friends are real and will not go away.

hummingbird

--tommy sanders --georgia barfield

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What does making the all-tournament team mean to you?

“It’s a huge honor. I mean, I couldn’t have done it without

my teammates, for one. I think I made it because of my hard work and hustle, but without my team-mates that couldn’t have been possible.”

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“I think it’s awesome. Mr. Kutcher -- I looked up to him

a lot. He was definitely one of my in-spirations. He was a teacher of mine, and actually a few of my siblings he taught, and he was a great man, a great leader and a great role model.”

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staph prevention aims to keep wrestlers on the mat

staff writerStaph gets along with anyone. If skin comes into contact with other

skin, shared surfaces and contaminated objects, athletes are automatically more likely to get the skin infection.

Athletes o!en are more prone to staph –an infection caused by the germ staphylococcus that is commonly found on the skin or in the nose of healthy persons -- because of the constant skin contact with sporting equipment and sometimes even other athletes. More spe-ci"cally, wrestlers can become susceptible to staph due to the constant skin-to-skin contact with other wrestlers and mats.

Wrestling Coach Adam Schneider, who has coached for 14 years, said staph is a manageable problem with few serious incidences.

“It’s not just been with our program,” Schneider said. “I think it’s kind of every-where -- this year’s been pretty bad.”

#e infection is preventable, Schnei-der said, and one of the most important aspects is cleanliness.

“You just have to make sure you keep

everything clean. Not just the mats and the room, but your guys too,” he said.

Because four wrestlers had a skin condition this year, including ring worm, Schneider and the other coaches took pre-cautions and cleaned the entire room that they wrestle in with antiseptic wipes -- ev-erything from the walls to the underside of the mats.

Knowing that the wrestling room can become an ideal breeding ground for the infection when the lights are o$ and it is humid, Schneider makes sure to air out the room with a fan and open doors whenever it is possible. Since wrestlers usually come into contact with skin infections when they are wrestling on the mats, the coaches took an extra precaution to wiping the mats be-fore and a!er practice by buying antiseptic wipes.

Today, there are new wipes and creams that can keep the wrestlers and other ath-letes from both getting the infection and spreading it, according to Schneider. #e wipes can clean the skin just as a shower would by wiping the bacteria right o$ while the cream will stay on the skin and create protection that way.

“#e cream lasts about four hours. You apply it before your match or practice and it creates a barrier so that when you get in the shower anything that’s on you will come right o$,” he said. “It won’t really get

to your skin and create a problem.” #ose that did get the infection on

the wrestling team this year were able to successfully treat it with creams and an-tibiotics without missing too much wres-tling, Schneider added.

Senior Aaron Anderson-Rolfes, who contracted staph on his head about a month ago, now spends extra time wip-ing down with alcohol wipes and shower-ing constantly. “I’ve learned it sucks, it’s gross, and it’s not fun,” Anderson said.

Senior Brennan Medders said he did have a staph infection, but it was treatable also. “It wasn’t that serious at all, it went away in about two week,” he said. “I was just mad I couldn’t wrestle.”

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In which tournament were you named to the All Tournament team?

“I won the All Tournament team at the Piggly Wiggly Round Ball.”

“It would have to be being a senior and the privileges that come with it -- the leadership.”

What’s the best thing about the basketball season this year?

Who’s your most memo-rable moment?“Probably getting elbowed by Hampton Harvin in practice and making me bleed all over my jersey. That happened just this Sunday.”

Later in the match coach Adam Schneider chants junior Hunter Allen’s name with the rest of the team.

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shooting doubles

Some teams have that pair that’s at their best only when they’re together. !e pair that just works. !e bow-tie to their tuxedo. !e one pair of siblings, or in this case, twins.

For the girls junior varsity basketball team, twins are not the exception but the norm with two sets playing on this year’s team. Sophomores Mary and Katherine Craig are the "rst of these pairs; eighth graders Ashley and Tay-lor Oppold are the second pair. !e Craig twins both play number two guard while Ashley Oppold plays number four guard and Taylor Oppold plays numbers two and three guard.

Playing the same position has helped when it came time to practice, said Mary.

“I feel like we have a better connection, and we just know what we are doing together,” Mary Craig said.

!e Craig twins would be almost impossible to tell apart on or o# the court, even for their coach, Ashley Ka-linich. “Mary and Katherine are identical twins,” Kalinich said. “!ey play the same, they look the same and I have to have little cues to keep them separated, like their shoelace color or their jersey number.”

Mary and Katherine have been on the court together ever since kindergarten. “Over all the years on the court, basketball has done a lot for the us.”, Katherine said. “It re-ally brought my sister and I closer.”

Katherine and Mary may have always played on the same team, but it never stopped their competitiveness. Al-ways pushing each other to do better, Mary said.

!e years playing together gave the Craig twins more

Top right, the Craig twins, sophomores Mary and Katherine, watch on the sideline during warm-ups as their team-mates play. (Bottom) Eighth grad-ers Ashley and Taylor Oppold re-ceive balls at the same time in a drill during practice.

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than identical looks. Mary and Katherine even play simi-larly. “!eir feistiness and how they play defense, how they shoot; they shoot the ball the exact same. It’s crazy,” Kalinich said.

!e Craigs, however, are not the only twin combo on the court. !e Oppold twins attend Moultrie middle school.

Although Taylor and Ashley Oppold are also twins, they are not identical and they play a di#erent style. But that does not mean they do not share the same close rela-tionship as the Craigs.

“No matter what we’re doing, we are always togeth-er,” Taylor said.

Taylor is a second-year player on the team, but her sister is a new addition to the program, and Taylor is do-ing what any big sister would do.

“Taylor has taken Ashley under her wing and kinda taught her the ropes,” Kalinich said.

Having a pair of twins on a team is a unique thing. Having two pairs is an even rarer spectacle.

“All four of them are great kids,” Kalinich said. “I’m so lucky to have them all.”

hall of fame in MLB

It’s July 28, 2013. Cooperstown, N.Y. is a ghost town compared to its regular summer time bustle. !is is the "rst time since 1965 that the Baseball Hall of Fame does not have a living inductee.

!is follows a single inductee --Barry Larkin in 2012 and two inductees in 2011 --Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar.

!e dwindling number of inductees is due in part to the Steroid Era of baseball from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

!e Steroid Era has cast a dark shadow over all players that were active during this time period. Even though players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafa-el Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa may have taken steroids, others like Craig Biggio, Curt Shilling and Mike Piazza are presumably innocent. !e stock of the deserving and innocent players from this era has taken a hit, and only time will tell if they will be inducted.

To be on the ballot for the Hall of Fame, a player must have played 10 seasons in Major League Baseball and have retired "ve seasons ago. Once on the ballot, a player can be voted on for 15 years by the Baseball Writers Association of America as long as he gets "ve percent of the vote.

!ese past three years have marked the "rst of 15 years where the "rst wave of Steroid Era players will not be on the ballot. !e trend of little or no inductees cannot continue.

!e Hall of Fame it all too important to the town of Cooperstown and its economy, but beyond the hurt it would cause to the town it would also hurt the sport of baseball.

Baseball needs to move past the hiccup referred to as the Steroid Era -- it has a#ected the sport, players and fans enough. A cloud of suspicion has been put over the MLB, and steroids have become the public’s justi"cation for a player’s success.

!ere is no need to keep the Steroid Era players out of the Hall, even those who were proven to have taken steroids. If a player’s statistics are at par with other players in the Hall, then they are just as deserv-ing of recognition; it should not matter when they played the game.

How much of their impressive statistics is due to their use of steroids? Despite athletes taking perfor-mance enhancing drugs, the talent and skills needed to perform to the level that they did is equal if not greater than others in the Hall of Fame.

I would appreciate nothing more than the forgive-ness of Steroids Era transgressors, not for the sake of the transgressors but for the sake of baseball.

COLUMN BYjonathan rice, co-editor in chief

players should not be penalized for steriod use in profresional sports

tommy sanders

on and off basketball court, twins find common ground in sport they love

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warriors building the spirit

Seniors Henry Trotter, Tucker Willlis, Spencer Willis, Sam Bonner and Mace Gosnell cheer on the team as they play against West Ashley Jan. 22. Senior Trey Price takes a breather after a play in the game, which Wando won, 59-49.

It’s what the varsity boys basketball team knows best. Being a part of the team -- being a part of the spirit.

Time and dedication spent to perfect the sport is familiar for these boys. So was time preciously spent with Joe Kutcher -- the team’s former announcer for ev-ery game and biggest supporter until his death on July 17. In honor of Kutcher, the team has dedicated the Feb. 1 game against Goose Creek to him and will recognize him and his family during a hal!ime ceremony.

“He was a big part of our program, be-ing our announcer, and when he started going through the battle with cancer was like a motivation for us and just an inspi-ration to see how hard he worked,” senior Eric Wagenlander said.

Wagenlander, a member of the varsity team since his sophomore year, searches for ways to show his respect for Kutcher

and what he did for the basketball program. “When he passed away this summer, it

really touched all of us, and it was terrible to see him go. We dedicated the season to him, and we just always think about him and think about all the "ght he went through, and that pushes us forward to work for suc-cess this year for him,” Wagenlander said.

Coach David Eaton said the credit for the team’s success goes to players, not him-self, for their 3-1 conference record and 13-8 all-around record.

“It feels good [to be leading such a strong team], but I know that a lot of the accomplishment goes to the players -- they have to make the choice to be good leaders, have a lot of spirit and be a good basketball team; it just feels good to be a part of it,” Eaton said.

Winning has become normal to the team, partly due to its wide section of stu-dents in “#e Chophouse” cheering the team on.

“We know our goals, and we know what we gotta go for and what we need to do to get there, and Coach Eaton reminds us of that all the time so it li!s our spirits and expectations,” said junior Robbie Ross,

who has been on the team since his fresh-man year.

Ross has been on the team since his freshman year and believes being togeth-er as a unit provides for a better team.

“We do a lot of team tournaments, team activities, team fund-raisers and do other stu$ o$ the court besides practice, so we are obviously together all the time as a unit,” said Ross.

Allowing Kutcher to be the inspira-tion for the season encourages the team to push forward and strive for more in his name. “(Kutcher’s cause) is motivation and something to base the season o$ of. Even though it’s not gone as well as past seasons, he’s been a part of the team since Coach Eaton has, so we treat him like one of our own coaches [treated him like a part of the team],” Ross said.

“Teachers keep trying to remind the kids with the tie day and everything to keep him in memory,” he added, “and teammates like [Andrew] Glover and Wa-genlander put ‘RIP’ or ‘for Kutcher’ on their shoes for the season,” Ross said, “and we’ll break it down (in games or practice) in a huddle and say it’s for Mr. Kutcher.”

Boys bas-ketball head coach David Eaton watches the end of the game unfold as the Warriors win against the rival Wildcats.Girls basketball head coach Mickey Hunter motivates the girls during a timeout. The girls have a record of 12-13.

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senior players, coach reflect on playing and future of their sport

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hitting the ice

In the middle of a moderately warm South Carolina January, while most sports-enthusiasts are watching the regular season of basketball or

preparing for the Super Bowl, a few dedicated fans are gearing up for the !rst games in the

season of a sport better venerated in colder climes — ice hockey.

"ough the sport enjoys immense fame in North America — especially in Canada — it tends to be all but forgot-ten in the nigh-perennial heat of South Carolina. Senior Cai Gwinnup, captain

of the “Wando Warriors” hockey team, said the sport is growing elsewhere

but not in South Carolina.But for Gwinnup, these

impediments have never stopped him from playing the game he loves.

“I started out playing street hockey with neighbors,”

he said. “"en I went ice skating and loved it.” "e progression to ice hockey came naturally.Similarly, teammate Casey McDonough said

he started playing when he was four because his older brother played hockey. And though his brother, Kyle, no longer plays, McDonough con-tinues.

“"e best part is the moments when you work

with your friends and do something really great, like score or make a great play,” McDonough said.

"e team, made up of 24 Wando and Academic Mag-net athletes, plays as a club sport and is a#liated with the South Carolina Scholastic Hockey Association. "e team practices on Wednesday nights and plays games on Fri-day nights at the Carolina Ice Palace.

Despite their dedication to and love for the sport, many are doubtful for a bright future for South Carolin-ian hockey.

“It’s not that popular down here… [Hockey] is grow-ing more in the South, just not South Carolina,” Gwinnup said.

“In the South, they have football stadiums. In the North, they have ice rinks,” added Gwinnup, a native of Davenport, Iowa.

Still, the most dedicated hockey players have options. “A lot of people, if they’re good enough, will move

up North. I have friends that moved up North to play on better hockey teams,” Gwinnup said.

"e team continues their season, undeterred by geo-graphical woes. "e team, which currently has two wins, eight losses and one overtime loss, is preparing for the state tournament, which begins March 1.

Coach Joe Hutari remains hopeful. “"e sport grows when the Stringrays grow,” he said.

“When they are playing good there is more interest to play.”

Hutari has been involved in hock-ey for over 18 years. He began coach-ing six years ago at the request of for-mer coach Buddy Wallace. Since then, he has faithfully coached the team.

“I expect us to improve every practice and every game,” he said.

“It’s so much fun to me. I love hockey and everything about it,” Gwinnup said.

Likewise, McDonough remains a fan of the wintry sport, saying “hockey is the manliest of man sports, next to rugby… if a real hockey player breaks his nose or col-larbone, he doesn’t go on medical leave of absence, he spits blood and gets back on the ice.”

JADE YOUNG// staff

freshmanreid scharling

sophomorejazmine grant

history teacherbret davis

juniorjoseph dunn

seniorjacob jones

“The 49ers because they actually have a

good team.”

“49ers because Collin Kaepernick is

really good.”

“Ravens because of their experience and

Ray Lewis.”

“I think the 49ers because I think they’re a good team and Collin

Kaepernick.”

“49ers because their QB (Collin

Kaepernick) is better than the Ravens QB.”

speaking of sports: who do you think will win the super bowl? why?

“I love hockey and everything about it”

cai gwinnup

Forward Zach Bauer, a freshman, body checks on an opponent from the side at the Wando-Bishop England/Porter Gaud hockey game Jan. 4. The hockey team’s record is 2-8-1

37 « jan. 31, 2013 tribal columns

Syria. A country whose name !rst ap-peared on the media map in 2011 when protests started against the dictator-like rule of Bashar al-Assad. It looked like an-other Arab spring, but it hasn’t turned out that way.

In the last year, 60,000 people have died. It’s more than the 50,000-plus U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam.

With the rebels’ cause gaining mo-mentum and recognition, the predicament in Syria has grown concrete.

With such a problem, the United States was bound to get entangled. We Ameri-cans tend to have a hero complex. While historically we have proven our name, our growing economic problems coupled with the extraction of troops out of Iraq and Af-ghanistan is making the American people ask, is this really our !ght?

So, what do I think about the situation in Syria? It’s awful.

Did I fully hate the reign on Bashar al-Assad? No. He has provided free health care and quality education. He was even given the nickname “"e Hope,” but his violence against the protesters shows his role as a leader is not in the country’s best interest.

Do I think America should get in-volved? No. I think the idea of placing

COLUMN BYelizabeth levi, co-editor in chief

remembering the past to live in the future

editor’s chair

COLUMN BYmadison ivey, associate editor

syrian civil war proves difficult to solve

trouble in the middle easttroops on the ground of a country to help install the ideals of democracy is a beauti-ful idea and I fully support our troops, but we can’t repeat the same mistakes we just made. We are only just now pulling troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan. We had noble intentions there, but we have found that the end result we had aimed for is not so near.

President Barack Obama’s adminis-tration seemed to take a step in the right direction when he froze al-Assad’s assets in the United States and all of its jurisdic-tions a#er the protests ended in violence. "is was followed by subsequent acts by other countries, and it pressured al-Assad to make a speech on reform. "is, however, did not happen. "e Syrian government re-sponded to the protests with torture, arrest, propaganda and censoring.

Since then, the rebels have formed the National Coalition for Syrian Revolution-aries and the U.S. has recognized them as a viable entity. "e United States’ recognition is basically a stamp of approval. Not only have we recognized a band of rebels who we know basically nothing about, we have armed them.

"ere is concrete evidence that al-Qaeda members are part of the rebel force. "e rebels have pledged allegiance to the al-Qaeda group Nusra Front, a group re-sponsible for killing U.S. troops in Iraq. Are the rebels the best course of action? I think people tend to see the rebels as evil-!ghters, but evil can try to replace evil with the face of good intentions.

"e Obama administration is current-ly sending troops to neighboring countries

like Turkey and Jordan with the goal of containing the violence -- a move that I believe is sticking our nose in more places that it does not belong.

"ere once was a time when the prin-ciples of America included non-inter-ventionism. "e basic idea being that we would avoid being drawn into wars not related to direct territorial self-defense. Sometimes war is necessary, but it is never good.

Recently, a new player has been add-ed: chemical weapons. Possessed by the Syrian government is an arsenal thought to be the fourth biggest in the world.

Now, this needs attention and not only from America..

"ere is speculation that the Syrian government will not even use these weap-ons, but better safe than sorry. We don’t want such an unstable country to be in possession of such unstable weapons. It is estimated that 250,000 troops will be needed if our goal is to retrieve the weap-ons. And whose to say that they won’t use the chemical weapons while our troops are there? Luckily, that is the mindset of our government at this time. No proactive action is in the works.

Now, I realize I have given contradic-tory advice. We need to do something, but not anything that will put anyone else in danger.

"ere really is no right answer to such a complex and hazy problem.

I say Obama needs to talk to other world leaders and determine the best course of action.

“Are you hungry? You must to eat!”Savta’s thick Arab accent is persistent.

She !nds joy in shoving a spoon into my mouth. If she succeeds, another is to fol-low.

“You want to eat?” she asks.I’m irritated as she looks up with

pleading eyes. "ey’re the same eyes my father uses when asking me a favor. I, too, inherited their gaze; mine re$ect her ex-pression – pleading her to cease the feed-ing.

Her eyes penetrate much further than mine. Behind them is much more than a woman enticing her granddaughter to eat.

Behind those eyes lie a story of cour-age, strength and chutzpah.

My father’s mother was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Basra, Iraq. She was the oldest of seven siblings, and at 16, she married an a%uent, 30-year-old law-yer.

"ey were prosperous, but it was not easy to be an Iraqi Jew during 1949.

Public hatred towards the Jews began, and my grandfather refused to endure it. He decided that they must escape to Israel. But the borders were closed. "ey would leave behind their family, their fortunes, their property and, essentially, their life.

Twice they were arrested before es-caping. "eir few valuables were sewn into clothes hems and concealed within the braids of Savta’s hair. "ey emigrated to Iran where a plane took them to Israel.

Once there, they were placed in a ref-ugee camp – living in tents for two years. In Israel, my father was born – the !rst native Israeli in his family.

63 years, three children and four apartments later, Savta still speaks to her siblings in Arabic. I yearn to understand their guttural sounds - wonder if they speak about their past. Usually I am dis-appointed to !nd the conversation linger-ing around their descendants’ reluctance to eat.

Just as she forces me to eat, in bro-ken English, she told me her story.

It is part of who I am, what moti-vates me to be my best. My freedoms, my opportunities, my success are all due to them.

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syria at a glance: in the beginning

July 1 - “Friday of Departure”

July 8 - “Friday of No Dialogue”

July 15 - “Friday of Freedom for the

Hostages”

July 27 - “Friday of Klalid ibn al-halid

Grandsons”

July 29 - “Friday of Your Silence is

Killing Us”

June 3 - “Friday of Children,” largest

protest outside Daraa with 50,000 people

June 17 - “Friday of Saleh al-Ali”

June 24 - “Friday of Lost Legitimacy”

May 6 - “Friday of Challenge”

May 7 - Siege of Bahiyas

May 8 - Siege of Tafas

May 13 - “Friday of Free Women”

May 14 - Siege of Talkalakh

May 20 - “Friday of Freedom”

May 28 - Siege of Rastan & Talbiseh

Aug. 5 - “Friday of God is with Us”

Aug. 12 - “Friday of We Won’t Kneel

Except to God”

Aug. 19 - “Friday of Beginnings of Vic-

tory”

Aug. 26 - “Friday of Paitence &

Steadfastness”

Protests took place

primar-ily after

Friday afternoon

prayer ser-vices in the

beginning of the Civil War. Each Friday was

given a name of protest.

--compiled by liz benson and madison ivey

jan. 31, 2013 »38 tribal columns

EVERYTHINGIt was a ridiculous con!uence of

events on that mild January evening that led to being pinned face down on the ground, cu"ed at gunpoint.

#e day was Jan. 4, 2010, my sister’s 17th birthday. #ere was a gathering of various and assorted family and friends that night to throw my sister a surprise party.

People arrived at around six. #ere was booming laughter and much antici-pation of my sister’s arrival at around 7:45. Everything was ready, the food, the drinks, people dressed in silly party out-$ts, even face painting, which I took part in and would seriously come to regret.

As the time dwindled away and people grew ever more anxious, it was decided that there needed to be a look out so that we would not have to sit crouched in the dark waiting for my sister to be fashionably late to a party she did not even know about.

I was selected. #ey sent me out the door to hide

and watch for my sister. I was wearing shorts only, no shirt or shoes. It was not a warm night, but that never bothered me.

I found a suitable spot across the street in my neighbor’s bushes with a clear view of the road. So I waited in those bushes with my cousin’s brand new phone clutched in my hand (mine had been out of charge), ready to call and alert the boisterous party goers at a mo-ment’s notice.

Cars came intermittently down the road. As they came I would retreat far-ther into the brush to avoid being spotted by my sister.

Unbeknownst to me, people in the

adjacent neighborhoods had reported a strange occurrence. A man barely clad had been going around and exposing himself to women.

Normally this would not have a"ected me, but that night was a perfect storm.

A%er what seemed like forever, a car came up. It was obviously not my sister, so I did not bother hiding. It pulled into the driveway by the bushes where I was hiding. #e car dropped o" some of my neighbor’s children that live in that house, but the car lingered awhile as if the driver was waiting or watching something. It was dark, and the windows were tinted. I was unaware that the driver of the car was staring at me.

#e female driver, wary of the ru-mors of this naked man, informed the neighbors of whose bushes I was hid-ing in that there was a man half dressed hiding in their azalea bushes.

Of course, my neighbor called the cops.

#is all occurred while I inno-cently sat there twiddling my thumbs. #e cops were now on their way. From my hiding spot, I saw them driving down the street. #ere were no sirens or anything to alert me that they were doing anything other than simply checking the neighborhood.

As they approached the spot where I was nestled, the brights of their headlights !ickered on. #ey leaped out of the car, guns and !ashlights in hand. #ey began barking orders at me to get out of the bushes.

Naturally I complied. Next they told me to drop whatever

I was holding in my hands. It was my cousin’s phone. Not wanting to drop her new phone on the ground, I tried to set it down. #is angered them. #ey kept yelling till I just threw it on the ground. Keep in mind the fact that I had crazy face

paint on. Next thing I knew, I was on the

ground and having handcu"s put on me uncomfortably tight. #ey asked me what I was doing. As I tried to explain the situa-tion through my panicked gasps of air due to my utter and complete shock, my

mom headed out towards us. Apparently another one of our neigh-

bors called her and informed her that her son was currently being forcibly detained. She came out and calmly explained what happened.

Once the o&cers heard the entire story, they laughed heartily at my

expense, took o" the cu"s and promptly drove away. I then

went into the house and told everybody what

had happened. #e only thing that could have matched their

laughter was my feeling of embar-rassment.

A%er we all calmed down we sat silently in the dark and waited till my

sister came home. #e night ended up rather well. My sister prob-

ably got more enjoyment out

of that story than anybody all night.

In retrospect I gave her the best birthday present she could have asked for, her little broth-er being manhandled by the police.

COLUMN BYwesley maszk, staff writer

brother’s gift a unique one for sister

TAYLOR FOXWORTH // s

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what could go wrong?

39 « jan. 31, 2013 tribal opinions

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a dangerous proposalGuns are powerful things and should

be placed in the hands of those who are !t to handle them. Although it may -- in the-ory -- sound like a good idea to put pow-erful objects in the hands of teachers and administrators, it can be more destructive than helpful.

In light of the recent shooting in New-town, Conn., leaders from both sides of the aisle have proposed plans on how to prevent similar tragedies from occurring again.

President Barack Obama released a plan on Jan. 16 that would return the coun-try to the Clinton-era gun laws and help fund programs to help mental illness.

In response to this proposition, some members of the GOP and the National Ri-"e Association claim this plan trounces on the Constitution’s Second Amendment. In-stead, some believe this country should make !rearms more widely available as opposed to making them more scarce.

#e idea is that teachers with weapons in the classroom could protect students, should a gunman come and try to attack them. #is proposal has been raised by law-makers in at least six states, including state Rep. Phillip Lowe of South Carolina.

More recently, however, some wish to expand this plan and implement it in schools across the country. #is would al-low teachers and administrators to possess concealed weapons in the classroom, to

protect the students should the need to do so arise.

To put it simply, this idea is not funda-mentally solid. If this country were to allow teachers to have !rearms in the classroom, this would most likely lead to more prob-lems than good.

Although teachers are generally to be trusted, no one can claim that they are all saint. #ere may come a time when a teach-er has a breakdown of their own and is not thinking straight. Do we really want a gun in the hands of a mentally compromised person who has access to the students that easily? #e answer is most likely no.

And then there is the matter of getting the guns themselves. Would we, as a coun-try, pay with our taxes to buy every teacher a gun, or would the teachers bring their own guns?

#ere is also the matter of how e$ective this new law would be in general. Realisti-cally, as the gunman was car-

rying a semi-automatic weapon, it would take little time to walk into a classroom and !re. It does not seem likely that a teacher would have the ability to reach their desk, take out the gun, load said gun, aim and !re in the little time allotted for them to do so.

Back in 2009, a military doctor opened !re at the Fort Hood Military Post in Texas in 2009, killing 13 and wounding 30 oth-ers. #ese people are surrounded by and trained to handle guns. If people who know what they are doing can’t stop this type of

occurrence from happening, how will a teacher who has little experience with guns supposed to do any better?

#at also leaves the students them-selves. Should a student be overcome with destructive tendencies and the teacher leave the room for only a minute, who is to say that the teen cannot !nd a way to reach that gun?

According to recent federal statistics, there have been 33 violent school-related deaths between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. #ese numbers are alarming in that they show how dangerous people are not always trespassers and could be students or faculty themselves.

Many schools have also already hired School Resource O%cers who would hold weapons on campus. #ese men and women are trained to handle these weap-ons and are there for the sole purpose of protecting the school and its inhabitants. Teachers are there to teach, not to !ght.

It would be wise to leave the protect-ing to the people who are there and are well prepared, as opposed to someone who may or may not be trustworthy of having a !rearm at all.

Quite frankly, this idea of guns in the classroom is not a wise one. #ere are too many ways in which things could go des-perately wrong, and very quickly.

Other gun laws may be up for debate, but guns in the classroom is one idea that should not be taken any further.

in memory ofNick Stimpson

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polar bearplunge

!e Polar Bear Plunge, a local annual charity event in the Lowcountry, is considered a tradition for many fami-lies of Mount Pleasant. As every year, the Plunge was held on New Year’s Day and hosted by Dunleavy’s Pub as a fun-draiser for the Special Olympics of South Carolina.

Families from all around the Charleston area came out on Jan. 1 to donate and dress up in elaborate costumes before “plunging” into the Sullivan’s Island waters. With over $60,000 raised last year, the Plunge has been a local event for 16 years. Over the years it has raised $200,000, all of which has been donated to the S.C. Special Olym-pics.

Seniors Nicki Seidman and Lindsay Mandel, along with their extended family, were among those who at-tended the Plunge, taking full advantage of the costume opportunity. “Construction Land,” as the group was called, was among the more creative of swimmers.

“We’ve been going for about 12 years,” Rick Seidman, Seidman’s father, said. “!e "rst time we loved it, and now it’s a tradition. We have a meeting about a month before to decide what we’re going to dress up as. One year, we all wore ladies’ dresses. It’s a great cause, and a great tradition for our family.”

--deirdre borlandALL PHOTOS BY LIZ BENSON // HGLWRU

Juniors Sam Bunce and Jeremy Dinda stand waiting for the air horn to signal the line up. They came dressed as swamp people.

Seniors Haley Sabados and Jared Anderson stands with the Seidman family, dressed up as caution cones. Members of the entourage carried signs that say, “Welcome to the Construction Zone.”

(Above) A Dunleavy

brother starts the countdown until everyone

can plunge.(Right) At 2:30

p.m., an air horn sounds

signaling people to

line up at a rope on the

beach. Sixty-seconds to the

plunge and a countdown starts in the crowd. With

three seconds left, the crowd jumps the gun

and starts running to the

water.

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