Vol. 3 Issue 5 Drumbeat

Copley High School

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A look inside:

From Copley to Harvard

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College student vs. campus

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Bon Appétit!Page 3

Power of the paintbrush

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The silent treatment

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Little legs, big worldPage 4

Ramping it up!Page 5

Rapper’s delight-not!

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Concert feverPage 6

Oh, the places you’ll go!

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Advanced technology is key to a more efficient and interactive learning environment at Copley High School. More modern technology allows students to gain concentration and im-proves their willingness to learn. This is why Copley has taken it upon itself to update and fill the district with new learning equipment.

Copley’s technology is beginning to be outdated for cur-rent standards. The technology that Copley does have is diffi-cult to sustain with the budget at the time. Due to these draw-backs, Lance Green, Coordinator of Technology Services for the Copley school district, along with a technology commit-tee including Copley High School Principal, Mr. Aaron Sable, and twenty additional staff members, are developing a five-year plan to create a foundation and improve technology for the district.

“We have invested in making technology more accessible. By changing the current technology, we both update it and keep it within the price range,” said Green.

Every teacher will be awarded a certain number of points in which they can choose what technology best benefits them and their classroom, using the same theory as purchasing from a catalog. Green feels this is better than the standard procedure because teachers have “different technological needs.” A major part of the program is showing the teachers how to operate the new installations.

The intent of the initial five-year plan is to level the play-ing field district-wide, simply meaning that the high school won’t receive more new technology than the middle school and elementary schools. After the initial five years, the technology com-mittee plans to specifically help each building with their technological needs. For example, new mobile technology may be considered. Items such as Ebook readers, Netbooks, and Ipads will

most likely be seen first at the high school. Recently, the library has purchased a Kindle and an Ipad for students to use.

The technology committee plans to provide the district with new technology by installing audio systems and DVD players, mounting projectors, and placing SMART boards in every classroom. Other technological advancements, according to Green, include Elmo document

cameras and wireless slates. Elmos are cameras on a moveable arm that have similar functions as projectors. The benefit is that they do not require transparencies because they have the ability to project words off of ordinary paper. Wireless slates are hand-held SMART boards. They can be passed around the class, and while the students are in their seats the wireless slates show what is occurring on the board. Also, Copley hopes to invest in student response systems or “clickers.” Clickers will allow students to interact by answering questions that show immedi-ate results on the board. These advances will drastically increase the interactivity in the classrooms.

“Since it’s the 21st century, we need to make sure students and teachers have updated learning and teaching tools,” said Green.

Green, along with other members of the committee feel that the new technology will have a significant impact on the student body, teachers, and learning environment. Because it is the 21st century, stu-dents are more interested in technology since it is a daily part of their lives at home. When almost every teenager has a cell phone or easy access to a computer, they become accustomed to technology. By in-tegrating technology into school, students will be more motivated to learn.

“The middle school has already shown vast improvements,” said Green, “More of the students pay attention in class.”

Modernizing the school will make students more engaged and interactive. Most impor-tantly, updating the classroom will prepare students for what they will see in college.

By Laura Doncaster

French teacher Mrs. Lisa Ong uses the Elmo to teach her classes. Photo by Laura Doncaster

High school looks forward to technological advances

As the school year comes to an end, Copley High School prepares to say farewell to yet another class of seniors. Special about this year, however, are three other “graduates” of Copley, who have long been anticipating this moment. They are three beloved teachers.

Connie Kosanovich, Karen Soini, and Consy Warren are all handing in the school books, classrooms, and red pens in exchange for sleeping in and relaxation; they are retiring.

Soini, who has been teaching at Copley for 34 and a half years, and who was hired one month after graduating from Kent State University, is looking for-ward to “sleeping past 5 a.m., and having time to do whatever she wants, whenever she wants.”

Soini explained that she has achieved her child-hood dream.

She said, “I knew I wanted to teach as early as grade school. Rainy summer days were spent on our front porch with neighbor kids. We always played school, and I was always the teacher. We used old workbooks thrown out by the great teachers I had.”

After so many years of doing what she loved, Soi-ni, in regard to her decision to retire, said, “I wanted to leave the job while I was at my peak effectiveness before I became complacent about the job. I wanted to leave before the students stopped appreciating me.”

Widely known and loved throughout the school, Soini teaches Psychology and Sociology, classes which intrigue most students who take them.

“I also wanted to retire because a lot of my favor-ite [psychology and sociology] teaching materials have become less relevant to today’s world,” said Soini.

After nearly 35 years at Copley High School, Soi-ni has many memories.

“I can’t pinpoint any one best memory specifically; however, some of the best moments have occurred in teaching psychology and sociology, exposing students to the classic studies and research on human behavior, both the negatives and positives and knowing that they really ‘got it’!”

While teaching all this time, Soini has noticed “the school district grow from a rural patch of farmland to an affluent suburb. An educational emphasis has become very technological. Also, students are more worldly and sophisticated on a variety of levels, but they are all still kids at heart.”

Fellow teachers Consy Warren has also reached the “magic” 35 years of teaching this year.

“I have taught at Copley all my life, plus one year at The University of Akron,” said Warren.

Warren said, “It is normal to retire at 35 years, and since I now have a life outside of school, no time like the present [to retire].”

While her life outside of school is flourishing, her school life is also a blast.

Loved by the students and teachers at Copley, Warren said, “I will miss my teacher friends very much, and of course talking with the students I love so much!”

Warren, like Soini, “loved to play school as a child” even though she always “intended to go to med. school.”

Warren added, “When I was in graduate school, right after I graduated from Miami, the su-perintendent called and told me he needed a biology teacher and swim coach…and here I am, still.”

As Warren departs from Copley, she leaves her students with a single challenge: “Be the first Ohio high school to eliminate ‘Where’s it at?’ from the ver-nacular!”

The last teacher to reach her 35 years of teaching is Connie Kosanovich. Teaching at Copley for all but one and a half years, she said, “I will miss the wonder-ful people I have been privileged to work with. I have had wonderful students who have been enthusiastic for learning.”

“There have been so many teaching moments I will always look back to and remember, one being last year when I was teaching AP Biology. We were talk-ing about changes in the field of biology, and all of the students came to a realization at once; it was just so neat to see,” said Kosanovich.

Like most teacher, Kosanovich is looking forward to “slowing down, sleeping in past four a.m., and hav-ing time to help others; whether it be volunteer work, preparing meals, or just visiting with an old friend.”

After making the decision to retire, she said, “It was time fore me to leave and give a young teacher the opportunity to teach.”

As all of these well-loved teachers bid adieu to Copley High School, along with the class of 2010, they will be greatly missed. The promise of sleeping in, freedom, and time to reminisce over their successful teaching years makes the end of the year bittersweet.

Retiring teachers reflect on past yearsBy Jessica Wharton

Warren and Soini pose for a goodbye picture. Photo by Jessica Wharton

Copley High School Drumbeat

FeatureMay 25, 2010 2

Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Hu is really just your typical high school senior. She loves to hang out with her friends and count down the days un-til she is finished with high school; however, she always has one thought in the back of her mind: she still has to write her valedictorian speech for graduation.

“I remember when my guidance counselor, Mrs. Ehrman, told me that I was probably going to be valedictorian unless I got a B in something, since I took so many AP courses my junior year (3 classes) and my senior year (4 classes). I was so excited,” said Hu.

Hu said that if she had to at-tribute her success to one thing it would be her childhood.

“I was always reading as a kid, and not because my parents forced me to, but because I wanted to,” explained Hu.

She said that books are valu-able for their endless source of use-ful information, but Hu believes that reading makes humans smarter in general because with books, the reader doesn’t only know facts, but has the ability to comprehend them.

“I did receive a perfect score on my ACT (36) and a 2360 on my SAT, but that did not come without a lot of studying. My parents made me take many online practice tests and tests in sample booklets,” explained Hu.

Hu said that her parents really pushed her to try her hardest at school, and they motivated her to take all the AP classes and to really succeed at everything she does.

“I do owe a lot of my success to my parents, especially my father. He has always been support-ive of everything I have done and tried to teach me everything from chemistry to politics. I think he taught me curiosity, since he always answers my questions,” said Hu.

“I would not say that I have sacrificed my so-cial life for school. If I have ever had a social life in the first place other than being a comfortably self-aware nerd, I have sacrificed it for my extra-

curricular successes in dance,” said Hu. As for her big speech at graduation, she is

still very unsure of what she will be talking about. Hu said that she might talk about some of the ideals of the American Dream, since that is why she was born in America and not China. She said there is so much people can do if they work hard and use whatever talent they have.

Hu said that one of her proudest moments would most definitely be getting into Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Amherst, Williams, and Smith. After the nerve-wrecking stress of college applica-

tions, all acceptance letters made her proud.

“Yes, I do plan on attend-ing Harvard University in the fall and will major in either biomedi-cal engineering, or a double ma-jor in something fun.”

“I found out that for science and engineering, the undergradu-ate level of education is fairly un-important, and if I wanted to do engineering, I might as well go to The University of Akron for free, since my dad works there. The value of a Harvard or Princeton education actually seems to be in the humanities,” said Hu.

Hu said that if she had to pick a teacher who has influenced

her the most in her high school career it would be Mr. Stephen Zimmerer who taught her AP U.S. history class. Hu said that it was challenging mainly because she is more of a science person, so she claimed looking at history and thinking that this type of history is actually kind of interesting was very new. She said that she has no head for names and dates but Mr. Zimmerer made history very interesting. Hu said that she only had one big worry and that was failing the AP U.S. history exam when she took the class last year.

“I am very excited for next year because I think college life might be more fun than high school. There is less structure, more people, and so many more choices. I think in college, at least for me, maturing as a person will be just as important as academics,” said Hu.

Valedictorian Jennifer Hu.

It is a disease with no known cure. Teachers avoid it like the black plague, and parents pray for protection against it. The symptoms? Decline of grades, academic apathy, and a dire need for freedom. The only hope for treatment? Graduation!

As the 2009-2010 school year comes to an end, students of all ages become excited for sum-mer, but none can express the anticipation more than the graduating class.

Senior and soon-to-be graduate Anoli Shah said, “I definitely have senioritis. It is hard because school doesn’t really matter any-more since I have college acceptances; the nice weather plays a factor too!”

Senior Peyton Burns, who plans to play collegiate soccer in the fall, said, “I have senioritis because I am so excited to leave for col-lege.”

While some are preparing to play a sport in college, others are still trying to keep focus during spring sports and not let the hype of senior skip day, prom, and graduation distract them.

Senior baseball player Joey D’Attoma said, “I don’t think it af-fects my sport right now.”

“For me, senioritis takes effect when I get home after a long day of school and baseball,” said senior Matt Varley.

After already being accepted and planning to attend Case West-ern Reserve University, Varley said, “The only thing that will change, or matters, would be my GPA and class rank.”

While trying to stay focused, however, students find it is hard not to keep a countdown until the end of school.

D’Attoma said, “I have a countdown in my planner, and I will probably start another one after school ends of days until college starts.”

Adding to that, Burns said, “Who isn’t keeping a countdown?! I keep mine in my agenda and then tear out the pages. It’s fun to see how thin it has gotten since the beginning of the school year.”

With countdowns overriding homework assignments in agenda books, seniors notice that

simple, everyday tasks like taking notes and doing homework assignments have turned into daunting burdens.

AP English and Senior Composition teacher Amy Davis said, “In my opinion, senioritis is just a nonsense excuse for students to be lazy, like sleeping in class and not doing homework assignments.”

During the school year one can see teachers and stu-dents butting heads over points or test dates. However, with fewer and fewer days left of school, teachers and stu-dents begin to disagree over homework assignments and in -lass worksheets.

D’Attoma said, “Teachers were seniors once too. They should relax their work because it’s the end of the year.”

Adding to this idea, senior Monica Green said, “They should remember what it was like to be so close to finish-ing high school and be excited for summer themselves.”

To Green, senioritis is more than just not doing homework assignments. It is “being so excited to gradu-ate you can’t think of anything else, besides where you and your friends are going on senior trip, of course.”

Davis said, “I probably had senioritis when I was in high school too. The only difference is I would have never used it as an excuse or said it to a teacher.”

From a very different view point, junior Lauren Frank said, “In a way, I think it is kind of inspiring to see so many

of the seniors excited to go away to college, but sad at the same time that it means some of my friends are leaving.”

Frank also said, “I completely agree with the idea of senioritis because I feel as if I have it as a junior. I do use it as an excuse with classes, but it shouldn’t be because high school is way easier that college is going to be.”

As different views on senioritis emerge in Copley High School, one question yet remains: is is truly a disease curable only by graduation and freedom, or simply an excuse to coast through the last few months of school as seniors know it?

Senior Monica Green gives in to her senioritis.Photo by Jessica Wharton

By Jessica Wharton

Senioritis: procrastination at its finest

Hu makes the gradeLiving on a college campus is a

major change that can be both ex-citing and scary. Being on your own and gaining more freedom is a great feeling of independence. Guidance counselor Stephanie Barnes feels that getting familiar with the resources at college is an important first step.

“Look for the counseling center. You may find you often need help, and don’t be embarrassed about it,” said Barnes.

Often, future college students do not realize how overwhelming college can be. Whether they are just home-sick or are doing poorly in school, it is important to know that there are ways to get help.

“Don’t go it alone,” said Barnes.Do something to get involved.

This makes it easier to make friends, especially for shy people. It is fun to go to games, play intramural sports, volunteer, or even work part time.

College is a huge step for many graduating seniors and it can be stressful trying to figure out finances and scheduling, let alone packing ev-erything needed for the entire year. Dorm rooms are much smaller than what many people are accustomed to and, therefore, will not fit large amounts of clothes and other belong-ings. Try to bring your clothes in sea-sonal shifts, lighter clothes for the fall and spring and heavier sweaters and coats during winter.

It may be beneficial to discuss what items to bring with your room-mate. Divide up some of the big items that will most likely be shared, such as a television, stereo or ipod speakers, a chair, and lamps. For in-stance, one may bring the television and lamps, while the other brings the speakers and a chair. Below is a list of some things that are commonly for-gotten when packing for college.

College Survival GuideBy Laura Doncaster Ear plugs•

Fan•

Flip-flops for the shower•

Flashlight •

Snacks•

Tape/posters•

Hangers•

Power strips – room may not •have enough outlets

Extension cords – outlets •are not always in convenient places

Surge protectors •

Quarters for washing ma-•chines

Alarm clock•

Desk lamp/floor lamp – of-•ten there is poor lighting in dorms

Bathrobe •

Full length mirror•

First aid kit – Band-aids, Ad-•vil/Tylenol

Calculator•

Laundry detergent•

Batteries•

Pop-up hamper•

Utensils, plastic cups, micro-•wavable bowls

Plastic storage containers•

Adhesive hooks – stick on •doors or walls

By Nicole Pupino

Copley High School Drumbeat

FeatureMay 25, 2010 3

In the professional cooking world, Copley’s two-year Chef Preparation class is giving juniors and seniors in Copley, Norton, Wadsworth, and Barberton the competitive edge. The Culinary Career-Tech program is the only Four-Cities Compact class left at Copley High School. It’s com-prised of a handful of upperclassmen who work together to run CHS’s own restaurant, the Toma-hawk Room.

Since the spring of her sophomore year, Copley senior Pam Liberman has known that she wanted to pursue a career in culinary arts.

“When I cook I’m at my happiest; when I’m having a bad day, I go home and cook,” said Liberman.

She decided to take the Chef Prep class because of her love for cooking and her desire to be a professional pastry chef after high school. Because the class covers a plethora of culinary skills, Liberman and her classmates experience all kinds of cooking, as well as the manage-ment skills required to run a restaurant.

Senior Instructor Joe Schmeltzer described the pro-gram as teaching the students “all aspects of the restau-rant, from back of the house to front of the house, back of the house [including] kitchen prep, […] serving the meals, and plating, to the front of the house where [the students] take orders and serve the food.”

Schmeltzer and Junior Instructor Brad Smith teach their respective students in a classroom setting as well as in a lab setting where students use the fully-equipped kitchen to do hands-on cooking. Smith and Schmeltzer work together to supervise the student-driven produc-tion of the Tomahawk Room. As juniors, the students participate in “job rotation” which allows all junior stu-dents to experience a different food station, or front of the house job. As seniors, the students choose a job in the Tomahawk Room to execute the entire year.

From Wednesday to Friday, community members and Copley staff can dine in the Tomahawk Room. The student-made menu changes each week and Schmeltzer described the menu as in-tegrating “a variety of sandwiches, entrées, appetizers, desserts, and fresh soups and breads made every week.” Schmeltzer and Smith take on a secondary role in the production, only stepping in to make executive decisions.

However, for Liberman, the cooking labs are also very enriching.“Tuesdays, we’ll do cooking lessons,” she said. “I think that’s my favorite thing about the pro-

gram.”Learning new recipes is also Liberman’s key challenge.“You want [the recipes] to turn out perfect, but when they don’t, you have to figure out what

went wrong so you can go back and correct it.”Norton senior Amanda Bunnell also finds new lessons to be the most challenging, and also the

most rewarding. Despite the difficult recipes, Bunnell’s favorite thing about the class is “getting the experience to cook.”

Bunnell and Liberman are both enrolled in the fall term Baking and Pastry Arts program at Sul-livan University in Kentucky, which offers an associate’s degree for its Culinary Arts students.

Each year, several Chef Preparation students decide to seek a college degree in Culinary Arts. The program gives them the advantage in the higher education they wish to pursue.

“We’ve had many students return and say they are glad that they had this as a foundation,” said Schmeltzer.

Copley senior Billy Parsons has experienced this first-hand. “[This class] gave me a head start already,” said Parsons. “I noticed it when I [visited several culi-

nary colleges]. I already knew half the things going on while the people who were shadowing with me didn’t; I already have some sort of an idea about what’s going to happen.”

Thus, the Chef Preparation Career-Tech class is ideal for high school students who enjoy cook-ing and may want to pursue a culinary career in the future.

Despite the occasional challenges caused by what Schmelt-zer described as “a lot of different perspectives in life [due to] a mix of different people,” the students ultimately work to-gether to generate a productive restaurant and class.

“When they come in their senior year, they have a year be-hind them and know what’s expected,” said Schmeltzer. “They come together as a group, and I think it’s one of the best things I see every year.”

Despite the inevitable disagreements and conflicts, the students find friendships and bond throughout the two year course.

Lightheartedly, Liberman used “flour fights” as an example of this.

“Flour fights are so big. You can’t wear your uniform on Fridays because you’re covered head to toe in flour,” she said.

Looking back at her experience in Chef Prep, Liberman is contented with her decision to take the class and excited for her future in the culinary industry.

“Everyone said to me: ‘Pick the career you’re going to be the happiest with and that you’re going to want to do for the rest of your life. You don’t want to go into a career only kind of liking it and then ending up being miserable,’” said Liber-

man.For those who wish to take the Career-Tech class in the future, she advises to keep up with the

book work done in the classroom setting. “Sure, any class you go into will be fun, but do the work as well,” she said. “When you’re in the

kitchen, you’ll remember a lot of the stuff you learn in class.”Bunnell agreed with Liberman’s advice and added, “If you take the time to do something that

you’re really passionate about, it’ll come naturally to you.”

Culinary class has the recipe for success By Kaysea Thomas

When students walk down the halls of Copley High School, it becomes noticeable who are the athletes, the band lovers, and the Academic Challenge competitors. However, it is harder to find the everyday Pablo Picassos.

One way the Copley School district works to bring out these shining stars is by hosting the annual Copley-Fairlawn Art Show which features artwork crafted by students in the elementary school to ready-to-graduate seniors.

Interesting to note in the art show is the wide variety of people who possess a talent for different mediums of art. Voted most artistic, senior Hannah Schurr had her share of pieces in the show, along with fellow artistic senior Lexxi Kearns, while other, unknown artists included senior Matt Varley, junior Jon Berko-vitz, and freshman Alan Du.

Kearns said, “To get in the art show, you just go on with class work and continue to make different projects and then if the teacher likes your work, you are selected.”

While being in the art show is an honor, Schurr has bigger plans: “I am going to Edinboro University and I will study art there. I think I might end up being an art teacher, but I would love to travel outside of the country and just paint and make art. I’m not really sure if that is in any job description though.”

Kearns, who plans to be an art teacher, takes her inspiration from her “high school art teachers.”

She also said, “I really became interested in art after my grandmother died. She was so good at it and after she passed away, artwork made me feel closer to her.”

Some inspirations became apparent at a young age. Schurr said, “I have loved art since I was very little. As a kid, I hated coloring books because they were so restricting. I would love to just go outside and color on a plain piece of paper, that way, I was free to do what I wanted.”

Kearns enjoys “sculpture and multimedia” mediums of art. Her favorite piece she has created this year is her sculpture of a tree where the branches come off of the canvas.

“I like how it comes off of the original piece,” said Kearns.

Schurr, on the other hand said, “I love impressionist painting. I especially love Claude Monet. Sometimes, I call him C-money just because he was such an awesome artist.”

Schurr notes that in Monet’s paintings “he paints the same picture at different times in the day, a morning view, a day view, and an evening view” which is “one of the best things about it.”

While these two artists reminisce about their initial love for art and prepare for the future, oth-ers strive to be noticed at the art show, which becomes difficult as over 80 different student-artists from the high school alone are showcased.

Junior Grace Schoenberger stood out with her distort-ed picture of actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Schoenberger said, “The way I drew it made her head and hair really big and her body really small. It was like looking in a funhouse mirror at her.”

Schoenberger said, “I like doing art for fun. I usually just draw in my free time when I am watching TV or some-thing. I also like it because it is a release from academic classes.”

While taking numerous AP and honors classes, Schoe-nberger finds herself “looking forward to all the art classes” because she “gets so excited and into the projects.”

Freshman Alan Du displayed his artistic talent in the style of Chuck Close.

Du said, “I chose to draw Barack Obama, and I trans-ferred a small picture of him onto larger paper using grids.”

This detailed piece was “shaded with individual lines so that when someone looks at it from far away they would blend together and look like a shadow.”

While very artistic, Du said, “I don’t plan to do any-thing else with art in the future, but it is a good skill to

have.”Not unusual for most art students of Laura Addis and Jennifer Soltis, Du said, “I look forward

to art class every day, and I always get a laugh out of something in class!”While some students at Copley High School just want to have fun in art and relax, others

strive to become the teachers, and travel the world doing what they love. Which ever it is, at the Copley-Fairlawn Art Show, all artists were standouts.

Everyday Picassos honored in Art Show By Jessica Wharton

Senior Hannah Schurr presents her artwork. Photo by Jessica Wharton

Parsons, Bunnell, Liberman and Wadsworth student Kyle Stipkovich take a break from their Tomahawk Room jobs for a picture. Photo by Kaysea Thomas

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DrumbeatCopley High School

On April 25, 2008, I woke up thinking: “I’m going to make a difference in the world today.” That day, I participated in my first Day of Silence (DoS), a national event created to bring attention to the harassment and un-fair treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) students in schools. That year, the event was held in memory of Law-rence King, a 15-year-old gay male who was murdered at his school in California for giving a peer a friendly Valentine. Stories like King’s spark the equal-rights activist that my parents passed along to me, and when I heard about the Day of Silence, I couldn’t ignore the call to action.

So, I recruited a group of friends to par-ticipate with me and from the time I woke up until 5:00 p.m., I took a vow of silence for those who are forced to be silent every day and especially for those who are silenced forever. By passing out “Speaking Cards” explaining our cause, my peers and I urged everyone to think about the voices they weren’t hearing.

I participated in this event for the next two years, including this year’s DoS. With each passing year, I brought awareness to some of my peers, and I stood up for what I believed in, even though only a handful of others would stand with me. I pushed aside the face value of the event; giving up my social life for one day wasn’t a large sacrifice when my silence addressed such a monumental wrong in our society.

And a lot of people don’t get it. “I could never stop talking for a whole day,” they’d tell me, looking at me with sympathetic or even skeptical eyes.

“What can you change by not talking?” they ask, not understanding that by even ac-knowledging a participant, they’re proving that

our silence reaches people. I can only hope that those who choose not to participate will think about that question more before judging.

With each year, of course, some partici-pants are encountered with people who throw their fear, misunderstandings, and prejudices at us in the form of harsh words, and even vio-lence. For example, my friends and I had signs on our locker with our names and the heading “Day of Silence 2008” on them. By the end

of the day, they were defaced with tactless phrases, or ripped up on the ground. One of my male friends was maliciously shoved into a locker. Be-sides being unnec-essary and provid-ing us with real-life evidence of orienta-tion-related harass-ment, this kind of

reaction can be dispiriting. Many of my peers who proudly stood up for their beliefs in 2008 no longer participated in the following years because of these rare, but powerful discourage-ments.

Despite that, with the close of 2010’s Day of Silence, the last one I will participate in as a high school student, I look back on the past three Aprils and think: through all the trials and triumphs of Day of Silence, I’ve evolved as a human rights activist and I’ve evolved as an individual. Having three days of silent in-troversion to think about what I wanted to say, I’ve realized that this event is vastly important to me, no matter how small and insignificant my vow of silence may seem to others. And so with this understanding, I take a vow to my-self: as I grow older, I’ll keep advocating eye-opening events like Day of Silence, and I will stand behind my belief that every human de-serves to be treated equally. Because, although my peers may look at me and think: “What is she doing?” I want to always be able to reply, with complete self-assurance: “I made a posi-tive impact on the world today.”

Sometimes silence speaks louder than voicesBy Kaysea Thomas

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(excluding cakes, cupcakes, and pies) at Cold Stone Creamery-Montrose.

The world hasn’t exactly made itself short kid friendly. Sometimes buying a simple pair of jeans turns into a whole reconstructive pro-cess because of society’s inability to accept the fact that not everyone is of average height. Thus, the poor, short people of society, in-cluding myself, are left once again to find new alternatives to buy a simple pair of jeans that fit, or be forced to go out into the cold world…pant-less.

We short peo-ple go through tri-als every day of our lives to try and find ways to accommo-date our lifestyles. Tools such as step ladders and really big chairs become our best friends in our households. Places that don’t have said tools, like a grocery store, can become quite a hassle. Trying to master the art of maneuvering a grocery cart is hard enough, but with the added weight of trying to reach for the can (which of course always has to be on the top shelf ) something always goes wrong.

Most might just ask for help, at least, that would be the smart thing to do, but there are those of us who do have a short complex and are a tad prideful; therefore, we have our own methods of reaching the high dynasty of food products, the most common being the stand-on-the-cart way.

This works about 75 percent of the time. The other 25 percent you usually hear a per-son come over the speakers asking for help in aisle 11 because some freak dwarf tried to grab a can of pesto sauce and ended up bringing down the whole wall on them and now the firemen need to come and dig them out.

Still, grocery stores aren’t the only neme-ses we short folk are forced to deal with. There are the ever foreboding and dreadful crowds of people. I’m not talking about mall-sized crowds. I am talking about Disney World-sized crowds where you are literally squished betweeen other humaniods like a can of sar-dines gasping for air. Oh the humanity! This idea, to most of us short kin, sends chills up our spines because the thought of getting swallowed by the black hole of a mob causes

us to wake up in the night screaming. It only takes one moment of distraction for one to fall victim to the crowd and then be lost forever.

So, there are a few techniques to try and not be smothered or trampled by thousands of tourists. The first one is the ever popular bob and weave, which has been proven to be very useful and effective. Recently though, there has been a new product on the scene, the human leash. This item is mostly used on

unruly children, but it has become quite an advantage to the short people community. While others might think this looks silly, it saves a short person the trauma of getting lost and winding up on the boat of “It’s A Small World After All” ride.

There’s also the fun part of being the punch lines of your friends who think they are just so hilari-ous: “Hey there ankle biter,” or “How’s the weather down there? Sure hope it doesnt rain, you might

drown.” So, being in that position, we short-ies must also learn to be quick to retaliate in defense. It may sound stupid, but it helps us develop some quick mental motor skills, “quick thinking” if you will, when we end up in some tight situations.

Still, while there are a lot of downsides to being mistaken for a hobbit (minus the fuzzy feet) there are a few upsides. Our small size makes us ideal ninjas since we can virtu-ally go undetected because most of the pop-ulation can see over our heads anyway.

Since we are also so compact, we can fit in small spaces that, normally, people of standard height can’t fit into. That’s right, we make the perfect cleaning tools. You might find that utterly stupid, but try thinking about that when you’re trying to sweep that one spot behind the refrigerator.

Being so little also makes us pretty re-silient. When lanky people fall, they usually get pretty banged up but since we have such a short distance to fall we usually just bounce right back up.

We short kids have a lot on our plate, but these unique qualities enable us to keep up with society’s pace, even if we have to have a step ladder handy at our side. It’s defi-nitely not easy, but we manage to stack up somehow.

Life under five feet: not all it’s stacked up to beBy Olivia Lopez

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This spring, Copley High School has many tremendous stu-dent-athletes, some new and some returning. The athletes who have made a huge impression during this season are senior Matt Varley of the baseball team, sophomore softball star Kenzie Wal-lace, and freshman tennis phenom-enon Austin Aten.

The 2010 Copley baseball team has made their presence known in the Sub-urban League this year, and pitching has been a major factor in doing so. Varley, the ace and the hefty lefty, has been the core of the starting pitching rotation.

Varley, a four-time letterman, and a four-time Suburban Scholar Athlete award recipient, has pushed himself to perform at the top of his game this year.

“Not only do I work hard and practice every day, I am con-stantly forcing myself to achieve new goals, whether it be giving up less runs or getting more strike outs,” said Varley.

As good as Varley is on the hill, he also excels off the field as well. Varley is a member of NHS and has maintained above a 4.00 GPA throughout his four years in high school. He works at the nursing home across the street from the high school, and he is a hardworking member of Key Club.

Varley plans on playing college baseball at Case Western Re-serve. So far, his highlight of the season was his game against Glen Oak, where he gave up two runs and seven hits against the then seventh ranked team in the state of Ohio.

“It’s great to win those out of league games, but it’s impor-tant to focus on our league games, mainly Tallmadge, who is probably our biggest rival,” said Varley.

Kenzie Wallace is another pitcher who is racking up K’s like they are going out of style. Wallace has been featured in news-papers across Northeast Ohio, for her exceptional talent on the softball diamond. She has been a starter on the varsity team for her first two years at Copley, and she plans to continue her hard work and dedication to the sport even after high school.

“Softball is intense and fun. I just love it,” said Wallace. “I definitely would like to play in college and get a scholarship somewhere.”

So far this season, Wallace has been pitching great. She’s had many good outings, including a no hitter against Suburban League rival Barberton. Almost every time she has pitched this year, she has pitched a complete game.

When Wallace is not playing softball, she can be found vol-unteering in the community and at local hospitals giving a help-ing hand.

“This summer I am going to be at a few hospitals helping the patients. It makes me happy to know that I have made some-one’s day,” said Wallace.

Austin Aten is another star student-athlete, who is only a freshman, but is jumping onto the scene at Copley High School. Aten, in his first year at Copley, is the number one singles player on the boys tennis team.

“I’ve been playing tennis my whole life. My dad really got me into it at a young age, and I just haven’t given up on it,” said Aten. “I just love the sport. It’s just fun and enjoyable.”

This has been a good first high school season so far for Aten. He has had some terrific matches, including his match against Garfield, where he won both sets 6-0.

Aten continues to work hard and prove that as a freshman, he is worthy of a varsity spot.

Off the court, Aten is constantly working with his youth group and polishing up his leadership skills, as well as volunteer-

ing around the area as a devoted member of Key Club.

“Working hard and practicing are huge factors to my tennis game, and I do plan to play in college,” added Aten. “Also doing well in school, volunteering, and working with my church group are all very important to me.”

This year, Aten finished fourth in the Suburban League for first singles. That is a huge accomplishment considering this was his freshman year.

From the ballparks to the tennis courts, Copley High School has many student-athletes shining, and representing their school in a positive way. This spring has been full of excitement and action, with each of these three athletes showing a promising future.

By Elliot Shall

Spring athletes in full swing

Some people find enough joy in playing cards, reading books, or sitting on the couch for hours playing video games, but for a handful of students and teachers at Copley High School, life on the ground isn’t enough. They need gravity defying stunts and the wind blowing in their faces to quench their thirst for excitement.

Science teacher Mr. Rhodes, a mountain biker, enjoys biking regularly and describes it as being “more fun in the mud.”

Rhodes was introduced to mountain biking by his friends and goes biking two or three times a month at the metro park trails.

“Despite the evident danger of broken bones, I enjoy mountain biking because it’s good exercise, relax-ing, and a little dangerous,” said Rhodes. “The worst injuries I’ve suffered were a separated shoulder and a concussion.”

Although Rhodes is satisfied with the local trails, he still wants to pursue his hobby outside the country.

“My dream spot to bike would be New Zealand,” Rhodes said. “The back country is beautiful; it’s just a pretty place.”

Teachers aren’t the only ones brave enough to take a ride on the wild side. Sophomore Louie Gigliotti spends his winters snowboarding. Gigliotti has been snowboarding for a year and a half and occasionally goes to the slopes in New York. Unfortunately, in Ohio, he only has one season each year to venture down powder-coated hills.

“Sometimes there are better parks and resorts in other states because of the snow accumu-lation,” said Gigliotti. “I enjoy getting away. It’s fun, and I get alone time.”

Skateboarding is also part of the extreme sports world, as evidenced by senior skateboarder Christian Brienza.

“I’ve been skateboarding for five years, and I do it almost everyday,” said Brienza. Brienza finds a simplistic joy in what he does and considers it to be therapeutic.“Skateboarding is just fun; I blow off lots of steam.”Rather than skating in parks, Brienza chooses to skate on the streets of Akron. Even though

Akron may not seem like a challenging place to skate in comparison to skate parks, Brienza claims it still has its own risks.

“The worst injury I’ve suffered was a fractured shoulder in an attempt to jump five stairs. I sliced my arm open when I fell of my board.”

Despite numerous sustained injuries, Brienza continues to commit to his sport. Senior Annie Wells also has the same commitment to the sport of water skiing because she

has been involved in the sport since childhood.“My parents water skiied when I was a baby,” said Wells, “and so, I started when I was

two.”Wells’ love for the sport has carried on through the years because of the enjoyment she

finds in it.“It’s really fun, and I have a lot of friends in it,” said Wells. “We have a house on a lake

that we live at during the summer, and my family does it together.”Wells takes vacation time for water skiing in Tennessee and Kentucky, and she participates

on a water skiing show team.“We do pyramids on the water and really cool stuff like that,” she said. Freshman Andrew Morgan dabbles in both snowboarding and skateboarding. He said he

enjoys alternative sports as opposed to team sports because “you can only blame yourself if you mess up.”

Morgan has been snowboarding for years at Boston Mills and Brandywine. He also has been snowboarding in New York, but said the resort is not as much fun since it lacks a terrain park.

Morgan is no stranger to injury. He recalls, “I was going down a hill, fast, trying to do a flat 360; that’s how I bent my collar bone and separated my shoulder.”

When it comes to skateboarding, he’s been doing it for three years. He prefers to skate in local spots in Fairlawn.

“Both sports are exciting; that’s why they interest me. They’re really fun once you get into them,” said Morgan.

By Darius Simpson

Many students at Copley decide to get involved with track and field because they want to stay in shape for the off season of another sport; however they soon take a strong liking to it.

Although the pressures for a lot of runners are usually only a couple steps behind them when they are running, senior Thomas Elie only feels the pressure when running relays.

“I’m always scared that I’m going to drop the baton or when handing it off I’m not going to get it to my teammate’s hand,” Elie said. Other than that, he states, it, more or less, comes naturally to him.

After intense training with Coach Legrair, the teams’ warm-ups include multiple stretches, a two-lap warm-up, fol-lowed by a work out. Elie does this routine with his team, but he also does something else by himself.

“[After that] I usually go on my own, zone everybody else out, and get ready to run. I get ready to win,”he said.

Elie runs sprints, and he also is involved with long jump. He runs the 4x100, 4x200, and 4x400.

When it came time to decide on the most memorable meet so far he said, “[It] would definitely have to be the meet against Highland. Everybody in the Suburban League thought we were going to lose. We were the underdogs, and we won.”

As a senior member of the track and field team, Elie feels responsible for the teams’ dynamic.

He said, “As a senior, I also have to be the guy that cheers our team on if we’re in first place or last, guy or girl. I tell my teammates that you can do it. I tell them to get out of their comfort zones and run your best because the team needs you.”

Junior Katie Webb, also became involved with track and field because she wanted to stay in shape during the off-season for cross country. However, now she participates because she “enjoys running, and it’s challenging.” Webb also said that she runs, thanks to her teammates making the team “fun to be a part of.”

“I enjoy running distance, and I want to help my team whenever I can,” said Webb. She runs approximately 6000 meters every meet, running the 4x800, 1600, and 3200.

Webb recalls when she broke her personal record by two seconds at the Green dual meet.

“I ran the 3200 in 11:55. At the meet I dropped two sec-onds off my old time,” Webb said.

However, she shattered her old record at the Brush invita-tional and ran the two mile in 11:38.

Webb said, “At invitationals you’re running to break per-sonal records.”

Brienza jumps a flight of stairs. Photo provided by Christain Brienza

Congratulations Laura! We are so proud of you!

Good Luck at Ohio State University!

Love, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, and Granddad

CHS runs for funBy Tom Pernecker

Senior Matt Varley winds up for the pitch. Photo provided by Matt Varley

Sophomore Kenzie Wallace shows off her talents on the mound. Photo provided by Kenzie Wallace

Living life on the edge: adrenaline junkies of Copley

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This issue’s staff picks: summer readsBy Jessica Wharton

The 16th annual Vans Warped Tour will visit Cleveland again this year on Thursday July 8th at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater (Tower City). Being one of the most popular summer tours, Warped Tour is an experience that every alternative rocker should try at least once.

The Cleveland show has been growing increasingly more popular in the past few years as the tour expands its musical horizons to include a wide variety of bands and events. For the Cleveland show, the downtown venue is ex-panded from its usual boundaries to accommodate a large array of stages and booths. Beginning at noon, thousands of people pile into Tower City for a long day of sweat, blood, and music.

Notably, this year’s two main stages will be occupied with the likes of Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys, All-American Rejects and Reel Big Fish, along with a multitude of other musical acts. Watch for performances by bands such as We The Kings, who will be making their Main Stage debut, and a multitude of progressively popular bands, such as Mayday Parade, Bring Me The Horizon, and Nevershout-never.

If you plan on attending Warped Tour this year, it will be helpful to keep some basic tips in mind. When you ar-rive, plan your day accordingly. At any given time, multiple bands will be playing on different stages so make sure to write down the times and places of each band you would

like to see. Keep yourself hydrated and don’t push yourself too far – it’s likely that you’ll be walking around all day in very warm weather so look out for your own health above all other matters. Dress accordingly and wear good shoes, as well. Choose your battles wisely: depending on the popularity and reputation of the band, the manner of the crowd

can range from relaxed and laid-back to aggressive and sometimes rude.

When you’re not watching a band play, Warped Tour has many attractions to offer. Many bands will do signings at their booths, or even walk around among the crowd to promote themselves. If the situation is ap-propriate, don’t be afraid to go up to your favorite band members and start a conversation or ask for a picture. If you have extra funds, don’t hesitate to visit the bands’ booths to buy merch. Remember, most bands on Warped Tour are paying their way across the country with their own money and the profits from Warped tickets per band are virtually non-existent. If you love a band, sup-port them! Be sure to stop by the half-pipes as well to watch the skateboarding events going on throughout the day. They don’t cost extra, and the talented skaters who frequently inhabit the half-pipe area will be happy to show off their skills to anyone willing to watch.

Tickets for this year’s Warped cost $37.25 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater box office. More information can be found at www.warpedtour.com.

With his easy listening surfer tunes, Jack Johnson returns to Blossom Music Center with his fifth recorded album, To The Sea. This album is planned to be released on June 1, while his hit single “You and Your Heart,” has already hit the airwaves.

Jack is touring all over the world, not just the United States. With trips to Germany, Netherlands, France, England, Wales, Belgium and Denmark, this tour will be one to remember.

For example, Jack has made a CD called En Concert. It is a recording of him live in concert on his European tour. This shows Jack in his element and it also gives you a bit of a preview of what he is like in concert. One of his trademark concert routines is that he tries to talk to the crowd as much as possible. In between every song he has a small conversation. It just reminds you that Jack is a normal guy who got famous playing music that he loves.

Johnson has been criticized that all of his albums sound the same and have the same feeling to them. With

To The Sea, he tries to bring back his old roots of the mu-sic he used to listen to as a kid. Johnson told EW.com that fans should expect something a bit rougher around the edges on his follow up to 2008’s Sleep Through The

Static. “Sometimes people say all my stuff sounds the same, and usually that makes me want to make my music even more the same,” he (sort of ) explained. “But I got fed up saying that I just liked those bands. I thought it was time to show it in my music a little bit.”

With that being said, the concert in July should bring out the dancing shoes in everybody. This faster-paced music will lift everyone’s spirits, and the pavilion and lawn at Blossom is the

perfect place to enjoy it. I highly suggest everybody go get their ticket for this concert because this may end up being the most fun anybody has.

Unfortunately, I missed Johnson’s concert in Cuya-hoga Falls in 2008, but with all the hype surrounding this To The Sea tour, I will be sure to be in attendance this summer.

By Tyler McCormick

By Kaysea Thomas

Sing It Loud on the Hurley Stage at Cleveland’s Warped Tour 2009. Photo by Pam Liberman

No one can deny Lil Wayne’s success over the recent years in the rap scene. With the success of The Carter 3 as well as a multitude of mix tapes and awards, it is obvious Lil Wayne has become a predominant force in modern rap. Ground breaking record sales paired with a fan base that spans the globe puts Dwayne Mi-chael Carter, Jr. in a posi-tion to make many bold s t a t e m e n t s ; however, be-ing proclaimed the best rapper alive in a sub-jective and ever changing industry is extremely ques-tionable.

The overabundance of sub par music that has taken hold in the rap and hip-hop business over the recent years could push Wayne to cross the imminent line of quantity over qual-ity, and as Wayne prepares for a years stay in his six by ten white walled prison cell after pleading guilty to gun charges it is obvious that competition is only going to intensify over the “best rapper alive” position.

Clever metaphors and catchy hooks cannot simply win someone such a prestigious title in an area shrouded by controversy and objec-tiveness. It is impossible to proclaim an individual ruler of a certain genre by only examining the surface of monetary success and social acknowl-edgement. Declaring the utmost su-periority in rap is unthinkable. With sub genres of rap as widespread as dots on the map, and underground MC’s rivaling some of the best, it is clear that there is no apparent answer.

Hopefully after one year in Rik-ers Island penitentiary in New York City we will witness something more promising then his last studio album Rebirth which combined abrasive rock music with Wayne’s distinct voice. Unfortunately, expanding into alternate forms of music was a bold move for Wayne and was met with deep dismay. Wayne definitely has a

wide variety of additions to his music list; however, I feel that his lyrics sim-ply boil down to the same basic ideals, relating to materialism, and do little to evoke a more complex state of mind.

Artists with an emphasis on lyrics that expose social injustices and make us rethink our motivation and morals on everyday life will attain more re-

spect and re-membrance than some-one who repackages old material and sells it to the masses. With the re-cent death of Guru from Gang Starr,

the scene is out one of the best lyri-cists that questioned modern rap with calm wordplay that offered hope for the future.

Numerous artists can compete on the same scale as Wayne, or sur-pass him. I place Aesop Rock, Atmo-sphere, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Digable Planets, Gang Starr, Immor-tal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Rakim, and Lowkey above Wayne simply because the lyrical content is far more thought provoking than anything Wayne could hope to produce. No triple platinum albums, just modest rhymes that make you understand what real rap is all about.

Wayne states in his interview with Katie Couric that, “I’m a gangster Miss Katie, I don’t take nothing from no one. I do what I wanna do, and I will do that until the day I die, and if I can’t then I’ll just die.” However, Cash Money Records which employs many of today’s popular artists includ-ing Wayne, is a subsidiary of Universal Records, so Dwayne answers to one of the largest labels in the world.

Proclaiming Wayne as a gang-ster and rebel who has created benefi-cial rhymes couldn’t be farther from the truth. With Universal Records advertising Dwayne in every possible way, and Wayne pouring out new ma-terial every chance he gets, it is obvious they have an excellent cycle going.

The best rapper alive? Some people beg to differBy Alex Lee

Jack is back this summer: don’t miss your chance to see Johnson at Blossom

Getting pumped for summer’s biggest alternative tour

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIt seems fate that a young, wealthy bachelor would take residence

near the village of Longbourn, and would eventually lead to three sepa-rate marriages. This classic novel is filled with the age-old tale of unlike-ly love, long lost chivilary, eloquent banquets, and a romance to stand the test of time.

City of Thieves by David BenioffA seemingly simple mission: find two dozen eggs for the govern-

er’s daughter’s wedding, but not during the time of the Russian Revo-lution. This quest takes two unlikely friends on a life-threatening journey, into the home of cannibals, the fortress of invading German troops, and the barren forests of Russia in the middle of winter.

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThis national bestseller features a father-son bond created by the

end of the world. As the two travel south for the winter, with no real destination in mind, save for somewhere warm, they face starvation, the elements, and others as desperate as they are, but together, they overcome almost all obstacles.

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