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TROY INVOICEFEBRUARY 11, 2011Auburn High’s Student Voice Since 1969

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Wake up and smellthe energy drink ?

Take a sip of this on pg. 6

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Is male chivalry on the decline?

Jordan Ondras’s opinion on today’s male culture. Pg. 7

See what sweets await on pages 4-5

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Snow days, they can be good and they can be not so good. Did you know that although there is one snow day built into the year, any extra snow day after that is added to the end of the year? So say we had five snow days during the year. That would make it a full extra school week at the end of the year that we would have to attend. That probably doesn’t sound very fun to most students.

Mid winter break was taken away because it was adding an extra week to the end of the year, cutting into everyone’s summer fun. So the question is, if we don’t get a mid winter break because it adds days to the end of the year, why are days added when we have snow days?

It is simply because there are a certain number of school days mandated by the state. Snow days are unexpected. So school has to go longer in or-der to make up for the unexpected snow days.

“I think it’s wrong for them to add it on to our summer, I don’t think they should.” Sophomore, Kristen Cleveland said.

Many people will agree with Cleveland. Students like to be out of school as much as pos-sible. That is a known fact. And when something

comes up where students have to go to school longer, they aren’t happy about it. Summer is a time to have fun, not have to go to school.

“Personally, I think it is messed up that we would have to go to school longer than we would normal-ly have to if we didn’t have snow days. People look forward to the last day of school. And when they see that they have to go to school longer they get all bummed that they don’t get to go on the normal last day of school and hang out with their friends.

“It’s not fair to get people’s hopes up for noth-ing. It’s dumb”, Senior, Jennifer Elliott said. Most students don’t really want to be at school in the first place and they get excit-ed to have snow days because that means no school. When we have to go to school even lon-ger, that makes most students very unhappy.

By AMBER BROWNREPORTER

Snow days impact school calendar

For the past three years I have had the pleasure of working alongside a classmate, and a friend. Her name is Robin Ball. She helped save the paper from near death in 2010, wrote excellent articles, and always gave her best effort to make sure the paper looked the best it could. I learned a lot, I laughed a lot, and made a lot of memories. You have skill and determination. Pursue your dreams and goals in life.

I miss having you on staff, Robin, but it’s now time for the next chapter in your life. I hope look-ing back, newspaper will always be a fond memory. Thank You!

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THANK YOU...

It’s not fair to get people’s hopes up for nothing. It’s dumb ”“

SENIOR, Jennifer elliot

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Guy’s B-Ball bounce back post injuryThe Boys of Troy are in the midst of their

season, competing hard as always. They have, however, met with some challenges, not just against tough teams, but from their division one player, Alphonse Wade. Committed to the Air Force Academy, Wade was injured during the previous football season, forcing him to sit out most games early in the season. Replacing Wade has been senior, Daniel Wunder. Wade, a.k.a Alphie, sprained his knee from playing in a football game just a couple months ago. Wade said that in his absence “The team has been doing good without me,” and added “Daniel Wunder has been big help to the team and really brings leadership.”

“The team has been doing alright except for the two losses from Kentwood and Kentridge,” said small forward Kevin Henderson, a.k.a GQ, the team’s leading scorer. When asked what has been the best game he’s played so far, ‘Mr. GQ’ said the best game has been against Franklin Pierce where he scored 32 at home.

Henderson doesn’t take all of the credit for the team’s success, however. He says the team has been playing well together and that some players have been key. “Zeke and Lil Pat, they are ‘doin’ work,” Henderson said. He also gave his assessment on Wunder and Alphie. “Daniel has done his part in making big plays. Alphonse is a big loss because he is a good defender.”

Henderson is currently ranked 9th in the state for his position and also averages 22 points per game.

Iszia Johnson, a.k.a Zeke, has been another key player for the team. When asked about the toughest game, he said “KW [Kentwood] has been the toughest game just because we couldn’t execute well and missed too many shots”.

‘Zeke’ also had a little to say about Wunder and Alphie. “Daniel has been ‘doin’ way better than I thought he would. He’s proved why he should be starting and Alphonse, we need that physical guy back”.

Johnson really thinks the team has been working well together. When asked who he thought was the biggest help on the team besides the leading scorer, Henderson, Johnson said that the whole team had been a big help and everybody had been doing their job. Also an added bonus has been the addition of junior Jodeci Johnson who is eligible and now a rotator for the Boys of Troy.

Head Coach Ryan Hansen said that Henderson is having a good year, having been one of the top players on the team since the beginning of the season.

“We are hoping Alphonse will be able to play soon but he will still have to work his way back into the rotation,” Hansen said.

He also believes Daniel Wunder has been a big help for the team in doing his job and taking pressure off ‘GQ’ and ‘Zeke’. Iszia Johnson is doing what is needed of him and is right where Coach Hansen expected he’d be.

“Zeke will get his opportunity to play at the next level,” Hansen said, so Kevin Henderson likely won’t be the only Trojan playing college ball next year.

Coach Hansen also told the Troy Invoice, “Rowland Quinit is a real important player to the team and although the statistics don’t show it, he does a lot for the team.” He added “He sets the tone for the team and that’s very important.” In terms of the rest of the season, Hansen thinks, “We’ll just have to take it one game at a time; hopefully get the opportunity to compete in the State Tournament.”

By Danny SheltonREPORTER

Photo courtesy of Prep Valley SportsIszia Johnson, number 34, steals the ball from the opposing team.

Senior Danny Shelton, Au-burn High School’s own top football recruit, finally made his mind up after narrowing his two schools to University of Washington and Oregon. Shelton intended to commit in January but committed sooner.

“ I set the date to commit De-cember 31”, said Shelton. He will sign his letter of intent on February 3, 2011, and then he will officially become a Husky.

“Obviously he’s strong enough and physical enough, and he’s got the right physical abilities (to play in the Pac-10),” Coach Elliott said. “But that’s a big jump, so now it’s a matter of how long it takes him to get used to the speed of the college game. But I think he’s going to be a really good player for them.”

Shelton has loved play-ing football since he was

a little kid, playing for the first time as a five year old.

As a freshman, Shelton real-ized what he needed to do in order to be a varsity football player. Having two older broth-ers (Tui who graduated in 2006 and Shannon who graduated in 2007), both of whom were Au-burn football players, Shelton felt the pressure to live up to the Shelton name. During his freshman year, all freshmen had to play on the freshman football team. Danny, however played his first game against Riverside as varsity, ending the game with two tackles.

As a sophomore Shel-ton was able to start on both sides of the ball, defensive line and offensive left tackle.

Danny said that he got his first college attention from UCLA after the first game of his sophomore year. Soon there-after he started getting letters from most of the schools in the

Pac-10. He ended his sopho-more year with about 50 tackles.

In Danny’s third season at Au-burn High, he had a bigger roll to play. On the offensive side Shelton moved from left tackle to right tackle because that’s the most experienced spot to play.

“They thought it would be a better position for me to play”, said Shelton.

Austin Embody, (1st all-league and 1000 yard rusher), Chris Young (1st team all-league, 1000 yard rusher, cur-rently playing at Western Ari-zona), and Alphonse Wade (two-time 1st team all-league offense and defense) together comprised the SPSL (South Puget Sound League) “three headed monster”, which Shel-ton helped create by making big holes for them to run through. By the end of his junior year, UW, WSU, Oregon State, Ore-gon, Stanford, UCLA & Hawaii had offered him scholarships.

During the summer of Shelton’s junior year, he at-tended a UCLA camp and was named MVP of the camp.

This being Shelton’s last sea-son, he felt like he needed to live up to his potential, since he was awarded All-State defense. The team felt as if they needed to switch up their offensive line. His fellow lineman, Nick Conlan, was moved from cen-ter to left tackle. Keila Suka was moved from right guard to cen-ter, and Cory English was moved from left tackle to right guard.

Shelton was also very ex-cited to play his senior year with his baby brother, Kev-in Shelton, who started as tight end his sophomore year.

Shelton ended the season with 56 tackles, and 3 sacks. Shelton was named first team all league defense and offense, made it to the all state game in Ever-ett, also the offense/ defense bowl game in South Carolina.

By Heather Hollis & Devonte’ Woods

REPORTERs

Top football recruit commits to purple and goldDanny Shelton opts to stay at home

Flowers, hearts, chocolates, and kisses. All these are things that re-mind us of Valentine ’s Day, one of those holidays that not everyone is good at. Most people go out of their way to do something special for their loved ones, but some peo-ple get anxious and aren’t able to come up with a smart idea to save their life. While some people try to be creative and original, thinking

they’ll switch it up, be careful. Your significant other might be expect-ing the old comfortable standbys. If you are that person that is not good at being romantic, or you’re that person that tries to be creative, but it never works out.How do you get someone to be your Valentine? Read on. Here are some Valentine’s Day ideas given by the students of AHS.

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“Go to each of their classes and leave a note with a rose and each note contains a word that at the end of the day will spell out ‘Will you please be my valentine?’ Then after school, stand outside their class and wait for them with more roses.”

- Junior, Madison Jones

“Bake a lot of heart shaped cookies with words on them that spell out, ‘Will you be my Valentine?’”

-Senior, Sharon Scarpett

“Get down on one knee and simply ask ‘Will you be my Valentine?’ with a single rose in your hand, either alone or in front of an audi-ence.”

-Senior, Kristiana Strickland

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“Have a group of friends and come up to the girl and stand in front of her holding signs that spell out ‘Will you be my’ and the guy who is asking will have the sign that says ‘Valentine?’ and a single rose and step into the middle and give it to her, and all the guys have to be wearing top hats.”

-Junior, Eliane Medina6

“Take the girl to Alki beach, and while you are there tell her you guys are having a picnic. Then take the food out of the car. Go to the sand. Tell her that you forgot the blanket and that its in the trunk of the car. When she opens the trunk a lot of balloons will fly out and then in the middle of the trunk will be a teddy bear with gifts around it and notes on top of the gift that say ‘Will you be my Valentine?’”

- Senior, Karen Rodriguez“Go to the girl’s house when she is not there, then burn down the house down and with the ashes write ‘Will you be my valentine?’ with Taylor Swift playing in the background.”

-Junior, Lauralann Avery

Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day is a day when people in relationships can give each other little gifts and be roman-tic. For the singles out there it’s a different story. This isn’t elemen-tary school anymore. You can’t just buy everyone a little card and

a sucker and then be done with it. And while it might be hard for

people who are not in relation-ships to see all the couples walk-ing around with gifts and being all sweet with each other, even if you are single there’s no rea-son why you can’t feel special on

Valentine’s Day. You can go out and buy yourself a little box of chocolate or some roses or even a big teddy bear. Now, I don’t know if people actually do this, but there is no law saying you can’t. At least you’ll know that you are getting something on Val-entine’s Day instead of praying that someone got you something.

Some single people even prefer to be single rather than being in a relationship.

“I would rather be single be-cause I don’t have to worry about anything and I can just sit back and watch everyone else freak out.” Said a freshman who preferred not to be named.

Plus if you are unattached you

don’t have to worry about look-ing all dressed up for that one day, and you can look how you normally look. Now, people in relationships can dress how they normally do on Valentine’s Day too, but let’s face it, couples tend to dress up on this day. When you are single you have no lim-

it to what you can do on Valen-tine’s Day because there is no one there for you to try and im-press, and no worries on what to get them, or what they got you.

It’s just you and no body can tell you different. So to all you singles out there, I just have one thing to say to you, Happy Valentines Day!

By KYLEE BERGREPORTER

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon so you should start thinking about where you could take your sweetheart. Going out to dinner with the one you love is one of the most ro-mantic things you could do for each other.

Red Robin is one nice restaurant to go to on Valentine’s Day and has great choices on food. Red Robin’s address is 1002 Supermall Way.

“I don’t know what the best place to go for a date is but I’d go with whatever the girl likes,” Josh Schmitt, a 12th grader, said.

Athens is also a good one and it’s right down the street at 959 E. Main St. Athens has great food for low prices. Athens also has beautiful paint-ing of Greece which sets just the right mood. It’s sure to add to the romance for the night.

If you don’t want pizza or sandwiches, go to a place that has amazing steaks and barbecued ribs.

Go to Longhorn Barbecue at 635 C Street Southwest. Other people have their own places to go for Val-

entine’s Day. If you’re low on cash, why not try to go to the park and have a picnic? Go out for a $2 dollar movie at 2501 S. Gateway Center Place in Federal Way. That’s a fun thing to do and it’s cheap. Or go to Subway for a $ 5 dollar foot long. You don’t al-ways have to go all out when it’s Valentine’s Day.

If you’re a guy you should get you girlfriend some roses and chocolates. If you’re a girl why not get your

guy a chocolate rose or something he’ll really like? ”I’d get my girlfriend some roses and

a huge teddy bear. I’d make it really ro-mantic,” 12th grader Maxwell Carey said.

Make it a surprise. Surprise your sweetheart with roses and a romantic date. It really doesn’t matter where you go as long as you’re with the one you care about. As long as the two of you are together it will most likely turn out as a great Valentine’s Day.

By Amanda McClurgREPORTER

Romantic places to stuff your face, and some helpful suggestions if you’re low on cash

Single? Valentine’s Day can still be for you even if you’re a wee bit lonely

Complied by Juan Luevano

Flowers, hearts, chocolates, and kisses. All these are things that re-mind us of Valentine ’s Day, one of those holidays that not everyone is good at. Most people go out of their way to do something special for their loved ones, but some peo-ple get anxious and aren’t able to come up with a smart idea to save their life. While some people try to be creative and original, thinking

they’ll switch it up, be careful. Your significant other might be expect-ing the old comfortable standbys. If you are that person that is not good at being romantic, or you’re that person that tries to be creative, but it never works out.How do you get someone to be your Valentine? Read on. Here are some Valentine’s Day ideas given by the students of AHS.

Valentine?how do youask your 1

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“Go to each of their classes and leave a note with a rose and each note contains a word that at the end of the day will spell out ‘Will you please be my valentine?’ Then after school, stand outside their class and wait for them with more roses.”

- Junior, Madison Jones

“Bake a lot of heart shaped cookies with words on them that spell out, ‘Will you be my Valentine?’”

-Senior, Sharon Scarpett

“Get down on one knee and simply ask ‘Will you be my Valentine?’ with a single rose in your hand, either alone or in front of an audi-ence.”

-Senior, Kristiana Strickland

45

“Have a group of friends and come up to the girl and stand in front of her holding signs that spell out ‘Will you be my’ and the guy who is asking will have the sign that says ‘Valentine?’ and a single rose and step into the middle and give it to her, and all the guys have to be wearing top hats.”

-Junior, Eliane Medina6

“Take the girl to Alki beach, and while you are there tell her you guys are having a picnic. Then take the food out of the car. Go to the sand. Tell her that you forgot the blanket and that its in the trunk of the car. When she opens the trunk a lot of balloons will fly out and then in the middle of the trunk will be a teddy bear with gifts around it and notes on top of the gift that say ‘Will you be my Valentine?’”

- Senior, Karen Rodriguez“Go to the girl’s house when she is not there, then burn down the house down and with the ashes write ‘Will you be my valentine?’ with Taylor Swift playing in the background.”

-Junior, Lauralann Avery

Valentines Day

Valentine’s Day is a day when people in relationships can give each other little gifts and be roman-tic. For the singles out there it’s a different story. This isn’t elemen-tary school anymore. You can’t just buy everyone a little card and

a sucker and then be done with it. And while it might be hard for

people who are not in relation-ships to see all the couples walk-ing around with gifts and being all sweet with each other, even if you are single there’s no rea-son why you can’t feel special on

Valentine’s Day. You can go out and buy yourself a little box of chocolate or some roses or even a big teddy bear. Now, I don’t know if people actually do this, but there is no law saying you can’t. At least you’ll know that you are getting something on Val-entine’s Day instead of praying that someone got you something.

Some single people even prefer to be single rather than being in a relationship.

“I would rather be single be-cause I don’t have to worry about anything and I can just sit back and watch everyone else freak out.” Said a freshman who preferred not to be named.

Plus if you are unattached you

don’t have to worry about look-ing all dressed up for that one day, and you can look how you normally look. Now, people in relationships can dress how they normally do on Valentine’s Day too, but let’s face it, couples tend to dress up on this day. When you are single you have no lim-

it to what you can do on Valen-tine’s Day because there is no one there for you to try and im-press, and no worries on what to get them, or what they got you.

It’s just you and no body can tell you different. So to all you singles out there, I just have one thing to say to you, Happy Valentines Day!

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon so you should start thinking about where you could take your sweetheart. Going out to dinner with the one you love is one of the most ro-mantic things you could do for each other.

Red Robin is one nice restaurant to go to on Valentine’s Day and has great choices on food. Red Robin’s address is 1002 Supermall Way.

“I don’t know what the best place to go for a date is but I’d go with whatever the girl likes,” Josh Schmitt, a 12th grader, said.

Athens is also a good one and it’s right down the street at 959 E. Main St. Athens has great food for low prices. Athens also has beautiful paint-ing of Greece which sets just the right mood. It’s sure to add to the romance for the night.

If you don’t want pizza or sandwiches, go to a place that has amazing steaks and barbecued ribs.

Go to Longhorn Barbecue at 635 C Street Southwest. Other people have their own places to go for Val-

entine’s Day. If you’re low on cash, why not try to go to the park and have a picnic? Go out for a $2 dollar movie at 2501 S. Gateway Center Place in Federal Way. That’s a fun thing to do and it’s cheap. Or go to Subway for a $ 5 dollar foot long. You don’t al-ways have to go all out when it’s Valentine’s Day.

If you’re a guy you should get you girlfriend some roses and chocolates. If you’re a girl why not get your

guy a chocolate rose or something he’ll really like? ”I’d get my girlfriend some roses and

a huge teddy bear. I’d make it really ro-mantic,” 12th grader Maxwell Carey said.

Make it a surprise. Surprise your sweetheart with roses and a romantic date. It really doesn’t matter where you go as long as you’re with the one you care about. As long as the two of you are together it will most likely turn out as a great Valentine’s Day.

By Amanda McClurgREPORTER

Romantic places to stuff your face, and some helpful suggestions if you’re low on cash

Single? Valentine’s Day can still be for you even if you’re a wee bit lonely

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At Auburn High School, and all schools in the Auburn School Dis-trict, it is now required that every student do a certain amount of com-munity service in order to graduate. At Auburn High School the required amount is twelve hours. There are a myriad of ways that this com-munity service can be served, such as working for the Auburn Food Bank, feeding homeless people, volunteering at a retirement home, participating in Clean Sweep in Au-burn, or offering your services at an animal shelter. Some people have gotten very creative at finding plac-es to do their community service.

Celeste Sorensen, a freshman, is choosing to get all of her commu-nity service done early on in her high school career with her own unique community service proj-ect. “In July I’m going to Montana with my Youth Group and I’m going to a poor Indian reserva-tion to build a church. We’re go-ing to be there for up to a week”.

Many students have ques-tioned why community service is even required to graduate.

Junior, Logan Palfrey has his own view on community service. “No, I don’t think any of this stuff we have to do is necessary. We should just have to meet the grade requirements. I don’t want to think about community service until next year.” He is planning to postpone doing his community service for as long as possible instead of just do-ing it and getting it done early on.

Palfrey brings up a point, name-ly what does community service

have to do with graduating high school? Isn’t the point of commu-nity service that it is volunteered out of the goodness of someone’s heart? Forcing students to par-ticipate in community service somewhat defeats its purpose.

That being said, some people think that community service is a good thing. “I like community ser-vice. It is young people’s way of giving back to the community and helping out those in need”, said sophomore Monica Sanseri. Un-doubtedly, without attaching a re-quirement to it, most high schoolers would never do any, and wouldn’t ever know if they liked it or not.

If you happen to walk into the Career Center at Auburn High school, you’ll likely be greeted im-mediately by the cheerful face of Jon Marrow, The career Center Coun-selor, asking if you need help with anything. If its community service he’ll promptly give you a packet of internet resources and show you which one you could go to to find the information you’re looking for. It turns out that community service doesn’t have to be shivering in the cold, dishing soup out to homeless people. There is a plethora of tutor-ing options at middle schools, or you could be a friendly visitor at hospitals or retirement homes, and even volunteer work available for someone with auto-body experi-ence. Or if you like art, you could present some art for your com-munity service. Mr. Marrow said that community service became re-quired because the hope was that once students had to do it once, they would come to enjoy it and then would do it on their own free time.

“Our nation is the most giving nation in the world; in other coun-tries they don’t even have commu-nity service!”, Marrow exclaimed. He believes that community service is part of the American culture and should be practiced as such. “The state’s goal is for people to enter society after high school as con-tributing members,” Marrow said. He went on to say that high school isn’t all about how high your GPA is and what your grades in particu-lar classes are. High school should prepare you for other things too. He pointed to Maslow’s Hierar-chy Of Needs, a pyramid of things people need. At the bottom are the basics: food, water, shelter, sleep. Second up is safety, the ability to

feel safe in your own home. Next is love, friend-ships, family, and inti-macy. Then comes having a good self-image and being respected and having respect. Finally, at the top, is community service: help-ing the less fortunate. Marrow said that we must start from the bottom and only when we have taken care of our own needs can we try to help with other people’s.

There is a reason for commu-nity service, so why not just do it and try to have a good time while you’re at it? Get a group of friends to go down to a retirement home, or visit your old middle school and tutor a younger friend. There are endless possibilities of ways to help your community.

Energy drink consumption on the rise at AHS

By lena wilsonREPORTER

Changes to community service requirements

Most students in high school have an energy drink in the morning. It is more common today for students to be all hyped up on energy supplements during school because energy drinks are so popular, wide-spread, and come in different flavors and brands. I did a survey that asked 30 students if they drink energy drinks, and 20 said yes while 10

s a i d no. With a final 2 to 1

ratio its clear that

many students enjoy having an energy drink.

One energy drink in the morning is okay, but how many do students drink throughout the day is varied. Freshman Adam Epps said, “I have two a day.” While junior James Stevenson said, “Just one.”

With many varieties of energy drinks on the market and with such a demand from students, there’s a lot of disagreement over which energy drink is best, whether it be Monster, Rockstar,

Knockout, Red Bull, etc. “Amped is my

favorite.” Said senior Adrian Putnam. While s o p h o m o r e

Lucas Muller had a slightly different take.

“I don’t drink energy

drinks often but I know that Red Bull is the

best.” Freshman N a t h a n Pauley was e m p h a t i c ,

“Rockstar. I love that one.”The main downside to having

an energy drink is when you “crash” which is slang for the feeling of exhaustion one gets after the affects of the caffeine and sugar wear off. But how good energy drinks are for you and what the ingredients are is widely unknown to most of the student body. Caffeine is the most well known energy ingredient. People are only supposed to consume about 300 mg (milligrams) of caffeine per day, and one energy drink at 8.5 ounces can have anywhere from 50-160 mg of caffeine. Energy drinks do not always label the exact amount of caffeine which makes it hard to gauge how much caffeine one is really consuming. For students, this means that one energy drink in the day is okay to have, but any amount past that is not recommended. According to About.com energy drinks are safe in moderation. There are also energy shots around for those that do not like the “crash”

feeling that most energy drinks give. The energy shots, like 5 hour energy, claim to not make the person crash after they drink it.

Besides being energized for a certain amount of time, there are other reasons for students to enjoy having an energy drink. The taste of energy drinks is one main reason. The taste is more electric than soda. Freshman Nathan Pauley says, “They give you energy. I love the taste.” While freshman Adam Epps stated, “I like the cheapness of Knockouts.”

Energy drinks are widely popular around most high schools in Auburn. And with a bunch of tired students attending these schools, it’s no wonder why they are so popular. Students brought in sodas when they were in middle school, but now that they’ve matured, energy drinks are the new thing to bring in the morning, afternoon, or at night to stay awake. Whether it’s the taste, caffeine, or the energy boost given, energy drinks are now accepted at more schools around the district.

By JONATHAN CASTROREPORTER

Photo by Matt ArquittCareer Center Counselor, Mr. Marrow can assist any students interested in more

Information about community service options.

Not that long ago males were honest, nice, and respectful of the female population, but as the years have gone by it seems that our music, men, and our expectations have devolved. The music our generation now listens to is degrading to

women. Music used to be about romance and wanting to be in love, now it is about “tooting and booting it,” slang for having intercourse with a female and then leaving her. History teacher, Ed Bender attended Brewster High School in the early 1970’s.

“The music teens listen to today is probably a big reason why teenage boys treat young ladies so disrespectfully. The music business has become very abusive of women in their lyrics, calling them bitches and referring to them as objects. Songs I use to hear were about love and relationships,” Bender said.

What about movies these days? Have you noticed how the box office draw increases as the prospect of scantily clad female bodies does too? Why is that? Sexism, homophobia and male insecurity explains it all.

Female nudes are acceptable because they are enticing to straight men. Male nudes are generally not enticing to men only to women. Since nude men are what women find enticing it is probably threatening to the male ego. Men won’t come right out and say that though. Instead, they come up with nonsense stories like, “Female nudes are classic, but male nudes are too vulgar for the eyes.” That is, of course, a complete load of bull.

Many men are also afraid that if they look at other men naked, they might realize that they like what they see, and that would force them to come to terms with any repressed

homosexual feelings they might have. Furthermore, men don’t want women

seeing naked men who might make them feel inadequate in comparison. Oh that fragile male ego. Get over it fellas.

Senior, Christian Wort said, “There’s much more foul language used in songs today, and a lot of these songs talk about drugs, sex, and alcohol. He added that all this, “Makes us, teenagers, feel like we should be having sex, drinking, and doing drugs to fit in.”

Wort continued, “But to see how boys treat girls you have look at different guys so it really just depends on the type of person you are looking at, some guys treat girls like they are one of their guy friends and some are more mature around the ladies.”

Not so long ago high school guys treated girls with more respect and would not have sworn around them, as you see a lot of young boys doing today. You would have to be a gentleman and open up doors for them and they would say “Thank You” politely. Some girls today don’t even say thank you if someone opens the door for them now.

Guys had to be very aware of the girl’s parents also. They had to ask the girl’s parents if you could take them out on a date, and you would never dare bring her home after curfew because you had to respect her parents’ wishes.

“Today I see much less respect towards women. Part of that, though women brought onto when they decided to ask for equality, and sometimes you get what you

ask for, ladies.” He added, “Sometimes I see guys treating or talking to girls like they are boys too, only because that is what they wanted. I also see females responding as if they are men too, but some girls appreciate when they are being treated with respect and not being compared to his other guy friends but yet one of his girl friends.”

Independent Living teacher, Lynn Morris said, “Granted it has been about a billion years since I was in high school. I noticed that we are treated the way we expect to be treated, regardless of gender or generation. I have always been treated with respect and I do appreciate being treated like a lady, whether it is opening doors, speaking in a way that does not involve using offensive language, and treating each other with mutual respect.” Morris continued, “There were rude and offensive people when I was in high school and there continue to be rude and offensive people today.”

Just remember we have a choice of who we choose to spend time with. “I

choose to spend time with people who make me feel good about myself by the way they treat me,” Morris said.

“In many ways the music is the same. It was loud in the 60’s, it is loud now. My Mom said ‘turn it down’, your mom says ‘turn it down.’ Most of the time I understood the words and was not embarrassed by the words that I heard. I think that we have crossed a line that is unacceptable in both the language and the message used in songs today and that’s really sad,” Morris said.

Morris went on to say, there are so many things that don’t need to be seen or said, whether it’s a girl’s top too low or a guy’s pants too low or foul language it would be nice to just leave some things to the imagination.

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Progress doesn’t always equal politeness

There were rude and offensive people when I was in high school and there continue to be rude and offensive people today. ”

“independent living Teacher, lynn morris

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AuburnConstruction

in the city of

We all like new things. A lot of construction has been going on around our humble city the last couple of months, and here a few brief highlights.

TOP: A new traffic signal will be activated within the upcoming weeks at the intersection of F ST. and 6th ST.

Photos by Matt Arquitt

TOP LEFT: The new Pick and Quick located on Auburn Way North next to KFC, will be opening soon. Serving traditional all-Ameri-can food, this will be the second location of the long Fife based restaurant. A strip mall will be adjacent to the right.

MIDDLE RIGHT: Traffic snarls through the F ST and 6th ST intersection. Various other traf-fic disruptions will begin to occur as warmer weather means city crews can begin repairing aging roads.

BOTTOM LEFT:The City hall plaza will soon be finished. A larger and more spacious gath-ering ground will now be available for city and community events, funds were provided through the state. A water feature will also be included.