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03.11.2011v41.718111 Cumberland Rd. Noblesville IN, 46060
2010-2011Mill Stream Staff
Matt Loriaeditor-in-chief
Katie Soudersproduction editor
Jayde Klavephotography editorcirculation manager
Sidney Huberbusiness manager
Jace Hodsonfeatures editor
Jenna Larsonopinions editor
Brittany Burkhaltersports editor
Kendra FoleySunni LeMadi McNewphotographers
Abraham EcharryQuinn ReiffNavar Watsonartists/cartoonists
Alejandra CoarRachel CoxAinee JeongCarlie JordanAnna KreutzDrew MusselmanAustin Northwriters
Krista Shieldsadviser
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Dreams. Goals. Aspirations. Most seek to achieve these in their lifetime, normally when they’re older. But is it possible to fulfill these ambitions in high school? At NHS, students like senior Evan Slusher and freshman Hannah Groves are doing so with their music right now.
Slusher plays guitar and harmonica as well as many other instruments, and sings. Groves plays guitar and ukuklele and also sings. Both write their own songs and have a very acoustic sound. “Evan and I basically just share our music with anyone who will listen. We come up with some songs and then play them wherever people will have us,” Groves said.
Music inspires students to do what they loveSidney [email protected]
Story continued on page 8
Photo by S. Huber
Q&A March Madness picks
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Luv Tipper makes a
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Student goes the distance to help haiti
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[the way we see it] Mill Stream staff editorial
I never thought I’d see the day I would end up at Monster Jam. Yeah, I’m a guy, and yeah, I suppose monster trucks are kind of cool, but I wasn’t about to fork out some cash to go watch them live. So, it came as some-what of a shock when I learned that my qui-et, down-to-earth girlfriend has some sort of burning passion for these giant vehicles. And it came as even more of a shock that I caved in and bought tickets for us to go to Monster Jam when it came to Indy.
But what came as an even bigger shock was when my girlfriend and I went back out to my car for the ride home. Let me rephrase that: it came as an even bigger shock when the two of us went out to retrieve my car, which, along with the rest of the parking lot, had been towed. And then, naturally, it started raining. Talk about a nightmare.
Upon entering the parking lot, the first thing I noticed was the number of people standing around, holding their kids, or yell-
ing at the tow truck employee. My girlfriend and I arrived just in time to watch the com-pany wench up the last truck. We went up to
the man in charge and asked where the cars were being towed, only to be rudely told to call the number on the side of the truck.
At this point, I was feeling a full on panic attack kicking in. I was in downtown Indianapolis, at night, with my girlfriend, and no car. Luckily, my uncle and his family were in attendance at the event as well and was able to give us a lift home. But not be-fore the news station arrived, a man pulled out a gun on the tow truck company, and my parents drove down to pay the $182 to get my car back.
The little hut, which the company worked out of, was completely full and had a line forming out and around the block. Everyone was in utter outrage, including myself, because I had specifically checked for “no parking” signs before parking in the lot. I even learned that some people were charged up to $25 to park in the lot and still had their cars towed.
So, my uncle took us back to my house, and I flipped on the news channel, only to find some very disturbing news about the
whole ordeal. Some of the car owners and the news crew noticed that underneath the very shiny new sign the tow truck company posted were some very fresh metal shav-ings. And apparently, this wasn’t the first time the company had scammed car owners. This was only the first time that it had been brought to the media’s attention, which only happened because of an enraged car owner with a gun.
Moral of the story: park in a parking garage. If you can’t find one that’s not full, then find somewhere you know is secure to park in. If those are full as well, then find somewhere really far away to park. If all else fails, and you pay to park, and your car is still towed, then hope you have an uncle who you can hitch a ride with.
Matt [email protected]
Did the monster trucks eat my car?
Many students here at NHS would not deny that they have a pretty intense love affair with their iPods. Whether it be listening to their favorite songs while driving, using tunes to creatively tune out their parents, or utilizing the awesome powers of music to make the time past faster on otherwise boring occasions like car trips or family reunions, most people get pretty good use out of that small, gigabyte-packed piece of technology that is the iPod. And while iPods can be a simply fantastic, and perhaps even un-beatable, tool for entertainment and other time-killing purposes, their place in the school is indeed a very hotly debated subject.
When it comes to whether or not they should be permitted to be used in a scholarly setting, iPods have both passionate ad-vocates and just as ardent opponents. Each side of the conflict offers their own evidence to support whether to ban or encourage iPods in the school.
Opponents of iPod usage in school say that iPods are disruptive to the learning environment and would lead to less concen-tration, lower GPAs, and even an outbreak of cheating if there were no restrictions on their usage. They believe that iPods would be used to store information which could be retrieved on quizzes and tests. Advocates, however, acknowledge that the current generation is most definitely technology driven and oftentimes listen to music as they do their homework. They even support their positions of approval for iPods by citing several studies that claim that iPods can actually help children and teenagers with their learning processes.
NHS’s official policy about iPods in the classroom is that “listening devices with headphones” may be used in a class if the teacher says it is permissible, but the student handbook also states that “electronic listening devices may disrupt [a productive learning] environment.”
The student handbook, and the administration, obviously do not look too fondly upon the usage of iPods. Teachers at NHS, however, have their own sentiments on the issue. Depending on the teacher, iPods can be alllowed, tolerated at times, or banned outright. The most common policy for iPod usage by far is that they may only be used during individual classwork time or home-work time--and just about never during discussions, lectures or tests. This approach is so common that confiscations of iPods are relatively rare, with only about two iPods each week being sent to the office, according to Joann Brolsma of Student Services.
The Mill Stream staff wholeheartedly agrees with this commonly practiced policy; and while we believe that iPods can be a constructive tool when used during work time, at any other time, they would certainly be disruptive. Our staff acknowledges that listening to any music-playing device, or using any electronic device in general, while a class is in the process of being taught is highly disrespectful to the teacher and to the hard work that he or she has put in to the curriculum being taught. As for the topic of iPod usage during tests—tests are complicated enough, and require more concentration than possible while listening to an iPod.
While iPods have their benefits and also drawbacks in a school setting, it is really not likely that they’re going away any time soon, regardless of the current school policy, or even future changes to the policy. iPods have become an integral part of the lives of the current generation, and no doubt will be just as important in future generations, and they’re here to stay.
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Eavesdroppingat its funniest
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“What? I said mus-tard!”-Art Hallway
“I love peanut butter so much that if I was allergic to it, I would kill myself...by eat-ing it.”-Visual Communica-tions
“I love moonsand! You can play with it in the bathtub!”-English Hallway
“I’m bringing heelies back.”-Math Hallway
“I’m not tall, I have money in my shoes.”-Chemistry
“Don’t go to the darkside, Jake.”-Library
“You have a panda on your chest.”-Academic Lab
“I would totally go for a guy if he licked my calculator.”-PreCalculus
“Hey man, I want a British friend who’s buff and muscular.”-English Comp.
“We smell like rub-ber chicken.”-Music Hallway
To the people out there who like new bands that have good songs with raw, meaningful lyrics and energetic melodies, Go Radio’s new album is for you.
Go Radio just released their first full-length al-bum, Lucky Street, on March 1. The fourteen-song album is, overall, pretty dang good.
The band comes from Tallahassee and was formed in 2007 by May-day Parade’s ex-lead vo-calist, Jason Lancaster. Accompanying Lancaster are guitarist Alex Reed, drummer Steven Kopacz, and bassist Matt “Burns” Poulos.
The title song, “Lucky Street,” is a good song to start off the album. It starts off strangely with sirens but then kicks off with great vocals from Lancaster and some awe-some guitar riffs. It’s a simple yet complex song that talks about how people try to chase their dreams and escape their pasts even though they can never get away because they “have promises to keep.”
The second song on the album, “Any Other Heart,” is definitely a song that will require the repeat button to be pushed so that it can be listened to for hours on end. One of the best songs on the album, it is definitely a song to get hooked on. The lyrics and melody are catchy and ear pleasing.
The beginning of “Any Other Heart” starts out with the deep lyrics “And
this is my last remaining filter on my last remaining words. It’s leaving the taste of something bitter on my tongue.”
While some of the songs, like “Singing With the King” and “House of Hallways,” are easily forgotten because they are slow and somewhat unre-markable, the rest of the slow songs pack a hidden punch. With the lyrics,
“Just don’t think that this will be easy, say-ing that you love me when lying tongues are clumsy,” the song “Why I’m Home” is a soft but powerful ballad.
The album keeps pace the whole way through with the soft songs blended with the fast songs to bal-ance out the album perfectly. Some of the more upbeat songs, like “Kill the Beast” and “Fight Fight (Reach for the Sky),” are so fun they are almost irresistible to sing along with.
Along with the new songs, there is also a revamped ver-sion of their original song “Forever My Fa-ther” that got added
to the new album.Go Radio will be at Warped Tour this summer, which will be at the Ve-
rizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 7.
Get lucky with Lucky StreetMadi [email protected]
Katie [email protected]
From a young age we are taught to go to school, make good grades, and create a “plan” for the future. We are also taught the cliché to live our lives to the fullest, as if each one were our last. Would somebody like to tell me, please, how I can do both? Because I can say right now that if I was living this day, today, as if it were my last day on this Earth, I would not be sit-ting in a classroom, laying on my couch watching TV, or working out at the gym. I would be carrying out some kind of fantasy that I have. Whether it be skydiving or jumping off of mountains, it would be adventurous and somehow life fulfilling.
As adolescents we are expected to continuously go to school, do home-work, study, and make choices that are viewed as morally sound and so-cially acceptable. All of these things contribute in one-way or another to the “plan.” Without said plan, we, as individuals, will not succeed in our lives.
Nobody may ever come out and say that straight forward, but it is im-plied. I have spent my eighteen years of life attempting to create such a plan for my future, but as I get older I lose more and more confidence in the idea of a plan and begin to question the whole concept itself.
There is a plethora of things that I would like to experience before my life is over, but in order to do a majority of them, I need some sort of long, drawn out plan. So I spend all of this time doing stuff that I don’t want to do only to be able to do what I desire later on in life when the “plan” allows me to. But what if I don’t have a future? What if I died tomorrow? I would have spent all of my life doing things that I didn’t even enjoy. I find myself in a
never-ending circle and can’t seem to find an answer or a way out.The “plan” is a popular approach to life; most people seek comfort in the
idea of knowing what their future holds. The other approach is not widely accepted. Society frowns upon people, such as Chris McCandless from Into The Wild who completely abandon all conventional behaviors and expecta-tions to spend their lives doing what they actually want to do as opposed to what the world expects them to.
Death is a scary word, heavy with diverse emotions and meanings. With it comes grief and tears; but most importantly, death brings questions about how to live. People fear death and therefore make choices to guard them from it with their own personal ignorance.
It is no secret that with knowledge comes power and the ability to achieve what we desire in our lives. But without the knowledge of what tomorrow will bring, how are we to decide what to do today? If today was my last day, would it be a waste if I spent it doing the same mundane things that I did the day before? It is easy to assume that we will always have a tomorrow. For most, that is true, but for some that is not the case. Nobody truly knows when he or she is going to die.
Throughout my short high school career, I have seen students, the same age as I, lose their lives, and it makes me question every decision I have made.
Lifestyles can vary dramatically. However, there is one thing that we all spend our lives trying to find; whether it be with a plan or a bucket list, we seem to all be instinctively searching for some kind of meaning.
You cannot live your life both ways, so comprise and decide to try to enjoy everything you are doing, no matter what extreme.
Tomorrow is never a promise
Photo illustration by M. McNew
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Boy meets girl; boy falls in love with girl. They live happily ever after, the typical teen cliché movie that I never find memorable. How-ever, Beastly took the everyday romance plot and gave it a small twist.
This movie modernized the clas-sic fairytale, Beauty and the Beast. The plot captivated my attention, but I found myself disappointed of the ending when it concluded like every other romance movie I’ve seen: the main characters make out and then fade to the credits. Very creative, Hollywood.
Nevertheless, this is the perfect chick-flick. Girls will find them-selves melting over the main char-acter, Kyle Kingson, played by Alex Pettyfer. Kyle believes that beauti-ful people get through life with more success.
A witchy classmate, played perfectly by Mary-Kate Olsen, de-mands that Kyle should experience life without the good lucks he fre-quently boasts about. She puts a spell on Kyle that makes him ugly, hence the “beast.” It can only be broken if he finds love in a year.
In classic Hollywood style, cue the pretty, different girl who will
see Kyle’s inner beauty. Vanessa Hudgen plays Lindy Talyor, who is able to see Kyle’s inner beauty, which is deeply apparent now that he has tattoos and a weird mole.
On the other hand, Kyle’s blind tutor, Will Fratailli, and Kyle’s overall awkwardness while a beast gave the movie the necessary comic relief. Will’s sarcastic humor was by far the best thing about the movie. Will is played by Neil Pat-rick Harris.
The film has one intense se-cene filled with guns, drugs, and violence. This is the one scene that boys will find more interest in, and even some girls. It is a surprising twist from the overall romance. The scene pulls Kyle and Lindy to-gether and a connection between them begins.
Compared to her previous High School Musical movies, Vanessa Hudgens stepped it up to play the role of a troubled senior. I found her performance convincing, and I can not wait to see what movies she will be in next.
The audience also found that Kyle’s clumsiness around Lindy to be an amusing break from the serious story line. When around Lindy, Kyle couldn’t think of the
right thing to say and was alway tripping over his feet. It was a re-freshing difference from the Kyle at the beginning of the movie, who was errogent, self-centered, and an over-all jerk.
I was also pleased to see Mary-Kate Olsen in a new light in Beastly. It was definitely a lot dif-ferent to see her as a gothic witch as opposed to Michelle Tanner from “Full House.” I felt she did an excellent job of acting. Leaving the theatre, I had acreepy memo-rable image of Kendra, the witch. She had some good eye make-up too that distinctly reminded me of Ke$ha. Therfore,she played her part well.
The movie, dispite being a play off of Disney’s Beatuy and the Beast, is directed toward teens who will fall in love with the moral and Alex Pettyfer.
The plot was predictable, the moral has been done, the ending was unoriginal, but the acting was supurb.
Overall, Beastly is a cheesy kind of movie I would not choose, but fans of Disney and happy love sto-ries may find it to be entertaining. It’s definitely filled with love, ac-tion, and the moral that love can see inner beauty.
Beastly, a tale as old as time
Rootin’ tootin’ good ol’ talkin’ picture
Kendra [email protected]
Photo from www.teenwritersbloc.com
The Wild West; home of the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy, Clint Eastwood and not soon to be forgotten, Rango. This clever chameleon traverses the desert, after being abandoned on the side of the busy highway with nothing on his back but his Hawaiian shirt. Voyaging across the desert, Rango spins a tale and gets himself caught in the line of his own deception.
Soon after entering the completely empty theater, it was just as quickly filled with moviegoers: mostly par-ents and their children. After situating myself, I started to think about the movie, and I was wishing for a bet-ter movie than Gnomeo & Juliet. To my surprise Rango delivered a great action and comedy filled animated movie.
Here, let me lay down the storyline: Rango becomes the sheriff of the town, Dirt, after a show down with a notorious hawk. Leaving the hawk buried under the metal and rust of an old dired up water tower.
This however made room for another more danger-ous gunslinger that went by the name of Rattlesnake Jake. Yet, neither of these dangerous charactarers are not the main villian.
The town had just run out of its reserves of water and was just drying in the hot Mojave Desert sun. Who would save them from certain doom, Rango, the cold-blooded killer from the West.
As far as plots go, this one was far from predictable. It egged everyone along to believe that Rango was going to die the entire time, and well the twist in the plot was
simply great: but not overwhelming. The movie, as a whole, provided humor for all ages
from slapstick comedy to the crude adult humor that was sprinkled along the way. The theater erupted with every silly gesture made, but few laughed at the crude jokes about prostate exams, mammograms, and birth control.
Beans, yes beans, to most jsut another legume on your plate; but to Rango she is a love interest. The movie doesn’t go into much detail about rango and beans but it does create the illusion that sometime after the film Rango and Beans will become something more than friends.
Animation was rich with detail and made the entire movie easy on the eyes. Eerie in definition and goofy production, the entire cast of salty critters sets this movie aside from every other animated film: along with the fact that every character had a unique voice, none of those generic voiceovers that you here on straight-to-DVD animations.
Jhonny Depp (Rango), Timothy Olymphant (Spirit of the West), Isla Fisher (Beans), and Bill Nighy (Rattle-snake Jake) studed Rango with memorable characters. Each bringing a something to the table. Even a Clint Eastwood look a like showed up to lead Rango to show Rango that he really could be the hero of his own story
Nickelodeon created a one-of-a-kind original. Rango was engaging at every level from the music soundtrack to the clever plot. And was definitely worth every penny I paid to watch it. I recommend this movie for every-body, because no matter how old anyone is, there will be something to entertain just about everyone.
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“Haiti Lies in Ruins - Grim Search for Untold Dead”, “Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital”, “Nightmare in Haiti”. These headlines are just a fraction of what took over the media when the monumental earthquake struck Haiti on Jan 12, 2010.
Television broadcasts and newspaper headlines were bombarded with mayhem that showed rubble covering the streets where homes and buildings once stood. Approximately 421 days later, the situ-ation is the same. Haitians are left to near homelessness living in tents. Senior Jennie Costa saw this first hand as she traveled with White River Christian church and Damou Christian Missions to unearth the wreckage.
Upon first arriving in Haiti, Costa noted the amount of garbage littering the streets. “Everywhere we went there was trash,” Costa said. “One day we were walking around the town, and my dad was looking for a trash can to throw his water bottle away in. A Haitian boy said he knew where a trash can was, indicating the ground.”
While staying in an orphanage, Costa spent the majority of her time building a house. As a result of the quake, many people no longer have homes. Instead, tents make ceilings over dismantled shelters. As of last September, over one mil-lion refugees are living in tents; because of the extremely limited amount of resources, renovations move at a slow pace. Even the important government buildings remain in ruins.
Costa and her group of ten worked to improve this, similarly to Habit for Humanity, a group that builds homes for needy people here.
“It’s great that she [Costa] was able to go. If you can get the chance to help a community like that, awesome,” said senior Erika Sovacool, a friend of Costa’s.
Like all basic necessities, food is scarce. Even faucet water is dirty and needs to be filtered to avoid sickness. One day, Costa worked at a different orphanage to distribute meals.
“Some of the mothers walk four and a half hours from the mountains to get food every week for their family,” said Costa. They are then given a box of rice and a can of formula if they have a baby, which most of them do, before hiking back up the mountains with their load.
Driving is even more treacherous since lanes, speed limits, and even traffic lights are basically nonexistent. “They drive the way we walk. Imagine if you’re walking in a crowded hall at school or Castleton, that’s how they
drive. You bump into them, you say sorry and go about your business,” said Costa. Costa also spent time helping at a nearby school by giving overall health examinations. A doctor traveled with the
group and was able to give eye and heart checks. Although the destruction everywhere is hard to see, there is also still hope and many volunteers from all over the
world, like Costa, who are willing to repair what has been lost. “I fell in love with the kids there, and I can’t wait to go back,” said Costa.
Senior heads to help Haiti Anna [email protected]
Photos provided by Jennie Costa
Senior Jennie Costa saw Haiti from all different angles, but the majority of her time was spent working at an orphange. She also helped at the local school and gave the children there general health exams. Throughout the week, her church group also worked on rebuilding a house.
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Despite what one may be used to having heard, Easter is not simply a holiday where one has the excuse to gorge on chocolates or send his or her children out to find Eas-ter eggs in some wild thorn bush and come back all bruised up and scarred.
Some people, like members of Harbour Shores Church, see another meaning in the holiday, and through their soon-approach-ing play Behold the Lamb, they hope to share with individuals the reason for the season.
In its twenty-first production, the an-nual religious-based play Behold the Lamb (BTL) will be performed by members of Harbour Shores Church at the Noblesville High School Performing Arts Center from Wed. March 23, to Sun. March 27.
The all-original play, which has drawn the attention of thousands of individuals in the past twenty years, features 98 per-cent of Harbour Shores regular attendees, 300 performers, and over 200 volunteers working on set, according to beholdthe-lamb.com, the play’s official site.
Helping with the backstage crew this year is sophomore Ethan Puckett. With the upcoming 2011 performance being his fifth year involved with BTL, Puckett explained the effect that he and members of the church hope the play to have on its audience.
“I hope that BTL will open up the audi-
ence’s eyes to God’s love for us and that they will more deeply consider their rela-tionship with Jesus,” Puckett said.
Freshman KateLin Doyle too has strong hopes for this year’s show. “The main pri-ority of BTL is to have as many people as possible see the play and make a decision regarding Christ in their life,” Doyle said.
Doyle also mentioned that holding the production at Noblesville High School was more appropriate than hosting the show at the church, stating that the massive audito-rium of the high school, which has the abil-ity to seat more spectators than the church, was “better suited to carry out the goal of the play.”
Puckett likewise agreed. “People will be more inclined to come to the play at a large high school than at a relatively small church,” he said.
With the boundary between church and state present, beholdthelamb.com stated that transferring the performance from the church to a public high school in 1993 was a rather daring “step of faith,” but because of that move, the play has become more successful since.
Puckett, though not appearing on stage this year for the play, shared that in the past, it was exciting to see teachers, stu-dents, and other people he knew in the au-dience watching him.
“I feel like this is a perfect opportunity to demonstrate my faith,” Puckett said. “It doesn’t really bother me if people view me differently because of it.”
“There are a lot of things to be embar-rassed about, but a person’s faith should not be one of them,” Doyle said, later recit-ing Mark 8:38 from the Bible:
“For whoever is ashamed of me and of
my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels (Mark 8:38).”
Navar [email protected]
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Senior Evan Slusher (above) and freshman Hannah Groves (right) perform at Bar-ley Island. The performance was an open-mic night, as many of the two’s perfor-mances are.
Senior Max Rafert plays guitar in the middle of a crowded hall-way. Rafert typically plays bass with fellow musicians, Jonathan Chaudion and Alex Hamaker.
Photos by S. Huber
Picture a typical concert scene. An energetic audience dances around and sings along with the tunes blasting from amps on stage as group of musicians play their hearts out.
While many students would participate as fans in this scenario, a select few would actually take on the role of the band. Fall Out Boy and Train aren’t the only male musical groups out there. A few roam the halls at school.
“It’s like funk-fusion-jazz, with a little bit of punk added in,” junior Max Rafert said of his band’s style. The trio of students, also including junior Alec Hamaker and senior Jon Chaudion, has recently formed a musical group, which is currently untitled.
Rafert, the band’s bass player, began taking guitar lessons at the age of 10, when he notes his love for music began. Chaudion plays guitar and sings in some songs, and Hamaker plays the drums.
The three performed at Family Praise Center with a few other acts on Feb. 25. It was their first show as a group, and they thought it was an overall success. “I just enjoy performing in general,” Rafert said. “I just get in the mode. I kind of tune everything else out.”
Chaudion shares the same mindset while on stage. “I shut everything around me out. It re-ally helps my nerves and I can focus just on what I’m playing and/or singing. So pretty much, just the song that I’m playing is what’s running through my mind.”
The unnamed group plays a variety of songs, including originals and “covers of old jazz songs that we put our own flair on,” Rafert said.
Despite the range of tunes they perform, the band members still pick favorites. “I like the song ‘Coming Home Baby,’” Hamaker said. “That’s a fun song to play. I play a cool drum beat, and it’s kind of at a quicker tempo.”
The group hopes to continue making music together. “We hope to play somewhere around Indianapolis. Maybe we can expand if someone finds us. We’re hoping for that big break,”
Hamaker said. “I really hope to play music for a living,” Chaudion said. “I know that is a hard thing to do,
but it is what I love.”While Rafert, Hamaker and Chaudion form a relatively new band, senior Clint Simpson is
part of an older group. Simpson is the lead singer in the group Disappearing In Broad Daylight. Other members
include Drake Dell and Scot Earle on the guitar, Dustin Stahl on drums and Clayton Wilmot on the bass.
“I got started in music when my cousin showed me a band called The Devil Wears Prada. I found out about these guys freshman year, and from then on, I knew metal was my kind of music,” Simpson said.
Currently, the band is unsigned and hoping to be picked up by a record label. The mem-bers do, however, have recorded songs, such as “Impressions” and “Illuminated” available to listen to on their Facebook page, which had 640 likes as of March 3. The songs are from their upcoming EP Human Error, which the group recorded on weekends in January at Threshold Studios.
In addition to listening to recorded songs, students can also hear the band live. “We have played way too many [shows] to count,” Simpson said. “Some bands I’ve played with are Woe, Is Me and The Crimson Armada, and we have shows coming with The Color Morale.”
Disappearing in Broad Daylight recently performed at the Emerson Theater in Indianapolis on Feb. 16 with A Sequence of Ghosts, Father Horror and Never Ending Slumber.
The band is set to play at The ES Jungle in Indianapolis on April 6 and at the Emerson The-ater in Indianapolis on May 6. Simpson said he wants concert-goers to leave feeling as if they got their money’s worth and wanting to see the band again.
Although Disappearing in Broad Daylight classifies itself as a metal band, Simpson hopes to avoid limiting himself to a single genre. “I want to play all kinds of different music before I’m done,” he said. “After metal, I want to tone it down with some music generated towards God because He’s a big part of my life right now.”
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(Continued from cover)The two play instruments, like guitar, ukulele, and banjo; they mix in some vocals, and they’ve got a show.
They sometimes play with senior Jonathan Chaudion and juniors Max Rafert, and Alec Hamaker.Slusher usually plays two to four shows a month during the school year, and four to eight in the summer at
various locations- such as churches, restaurantes, cafes, etc. Groves, on the other hand, performs at the same types of venues but has just recently began to play regularly.
“It gets difficult at times, and it can get pretty stressful, but it’s completely worth it. I like being busy!” Slusher said.
They book most of their performances by getting asked to play by people they know and by going to open mics. Sometimes the two even get paid, but money is definitely not the reason either of them play. Groves and Slusher both love what they do and want to pursue it in the future.
“I’d like to make a job out of singing and songwriting. That may or may not be how it all turns out in the long run, but as long as I can still write my own songs and play my guitar, I’m a happy camper,” Slusher said.
Both have also recorded some of their music. Slusher’s original music was featured in the soundtrack for an independent film called “Paradise Recovered.”
“They are such talented musicians. They both were featured on a movie soundtrack, so obviously they are on their way to fame, I think. They help teens like us see that if you try hard enough, you can be or accomplish anything want,” senior Alex Gookins, friend and regular audience member of Groves and Slusher, said.
Slusher and Groves both agree that it’s very possible to live out your dreams at a young age. The two are examples to prove that statement true.
“There are students from our school that have already started their careers and living out their dreams. We have racecar drivers, musicians, and artists that have already made a name for themselves. There’s noth-ing stopping you from living your dreams but yourself,” Slusher said.
No matter what the dream is, whether it’s a sport, art, or music like Groves and Slusher, there are ways to pursue it. Even in high school.
“It’s possible to live your dreams at any age! Just find what you love, do it, and you’ll be a happy camper,” Groves said.
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Senior Evan Slusher (above) and freshman Hannah Groves (right) perform at Bar-ley Island. The performance was an open-mic night, as many of the two’s perfor-mances are.
Photo by S. Huber
Senior Max Rafert plays guitar in the middle of a crowded hall-way. Rafert typically plays bass with fellow musicians, Jonathan Chaudion and Alex Hamaker.
“The point wasn’t to last; it was just to record as many terrible songs as possible. And have fun,” senior Luke Clelland said. He was the group’s lead guitarist and did background vocals as needed.
Clelland admits the band Luv Tipper was never meant to be a forever thing. Now, for the first time since it broke up, Luv Tipper, is giving the Mill Stream the 411 on garage bands.
For those of you completely lost in thought, wondering, what in the world is Luv Tipper, it was an up and coming boy band here at NHS, made up of seniors Luke Clelland, Austin North, Mario Bozabadi and Tyler Degenkolb.
You can find the band on iTunes and indulge in their music, or get an outsider’s opinion when reading through the thoughts of other listeners.
“Most comments could be considered fabricated; we wanted to make sure we got better feedback,” senior Mario Borzabadi, the group’s lead singer, said.
It’s been some time since anyone has heard about this band that changed Silversurfer’s (iTunes user) life.
If they did in fact “change lives,” and have gone down in history as a “near epic master-piece,” where are they now?
“Luv Tipper didn’t last because we decided to move on and the original fun and creativity behind it wasn’t there anymore,” Borzabadi said.
They rocked the house with “Show the Luv,” and swept your girlfriends off their feet with “Tip That All Night Long.”
It’s obvious how easily swayed they were. When the band got together, they had a way with words.
“I saw her standing there/ and her voice was reeling in my head,” croons Borzabadi in “Tip That All Night Long.”
You may miss the band’s heartfelt lyrics, but don’t fret; Borzabadi is officially in the business to be recruited.
“In regards to having another band, I would be down for that,” Borzabadi said. “I’m really open for most rock or metal, but I’m not talking about metal core.”
Although, Borzabadi is in, Clelland is out of the music business. He had some great experi-ences and has a few choice words for other garage bands trying to make it big.
“Do not be anything like Luv Tipper,” Clelland said.Check out Luv Tipper and some of their “life changing” tracks on iTunes.
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Twentieth century American photographer Ansel Adams once stated, “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.”
Indeed, the regional artists who sifted through the various entries of the Scholastic Art Competition of Central and Southern Indiana would probably agree with Adams’ statement.
But as judges, they would have had certain rules and standards in selecting winners. Apparently, eight NHS students appealed to the judges’ rules.
Juniors Lauren Dowden, Breana Layman, and Shaun McNally each received the Silver Key award - the second highest award available - for their pho-tography pieces “Leaves,” “Traveling Tractor,” and “Decendance,” respectively.
The remaining five juniors received Honorable Mentions: Shelby Hudson, Kelly Miller, Tori Mu-maw, Madison Plumer, and Hannah Watson.
These students are currently enrolled in an AP 2D Art/Photography course, and were required to enter a photo contest, and the Scholastic Art compe-tition was one of the contest options.
“We went to the Scholastic website and just filled out a bunch of info,” Dowden said about the applica-tion process.
The three students agreed that they didn’t know too much about the actual competition, but what they did know was that it was statewide, and ac-cording to McNally, “[there were] a couple 100 Silver Key winners.”
All eight award-winners were honored by the Noblesville School Board on Feb. 15 and received Certificates of Achievement, but will further be hon-ored at Butler University on March 20.
“My art’s on display at Butler,” Layman said. “And I will be attending the awards ceremony.”
As for their individual art, each student found inspiration in Noblesville: Dowden at a lake by her house, Layman at a nearby barn, and McNally at a local cemetery.
They professed different feelings about whether or not they viewed art as a potential career.
“Yeah, I want to incorporate art...photography into my career,” McNally said.
On the other hand, Dowden expressed interest in photography as more of a hobby, and Layman recounts that art had been a former dream for her.
“When I was little, I wanted to be an artist,” Lay-man said. “But I don’t really know about now.”
The students’ photos are currently displayed at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University until March 20 when the awards ceremony honoring their art will take place.
A common question in kindergarten classrooms is al-ways, “What do you want to be when you grow up?,” and in the mind of every little kid is an ambitious answer: “Astronaut.” “President.” “Firefighter.” “Famous singer.” While dreaming of the fame granted by music stardom, a few of these determined tykes have gone through high school and taken a major step towards their goal; chosing music as their college major. Crystal Bolden, a junior flutist in concert band, is one of the few who chose to take on this competitive field as a potential career by choosing it as her college major. “I would love to make music my college major; I feel that playing music is a way to express myself as well as con-nect to those with similar interests,” Bolden said. While the music industry might seem like a prime area for a job, the huge amount of competition involved may hinder a successful career. “I know that there’s going to be a lot of competition...but at the same time I think it’s worth it. As long as I practice hard and believe that I can succeed, I think it will turn out for the best,” Bolden said. Such determination is vital in this field, regardless of the exact job desired. Senior and orchestra student Tyler Degenkol hopes his future career in music will be more technical than musical. “I really want to major in sound production and be a part of Broadway shows and the like. I am aware of the amount of competition, but I feel pretty confident I’ll be able to find a place in what I want to do,” Degenkol said.
Both Bolden and Degenkol are optimistic about their future in the music field, but other students who have an interest in pursuing music are not so sure. Senior Thomas Giffin has a great love of music, but feels that the risks are too great to pursue a long-term career.
“I intend to minor in music as opposed to having it as my major, so I can continue doing what I love while also being able to chose a separate career,” Giffin said. “I see music teachers being laid off left and right because of the budget cuts. Plus, there really isn’t a lot of money involved to the average person in the music profession.”
Mr. Jason Jasper, guitar and music theory teacher, decided early on that he wanted to enter the music field and has yet to regret his decision.
“I thought that my music teacher had the coolest job in the world, and I was right. It’s really cool to watch stu-dents who start out not even being able to hold a guitar and end up being able to play a variety of songs,” Jasper said.
Bolden, Giffin, and Degenkol all agree that being involved in music and having teachers, such as Jasper, definitely influenced their decisions in their careers.
Despite the unanimous agreement, Jasper insists that it is not the intention of the music program to turn high school students into music majors.
“I don’t believe that the goal of our department is to create music majors, but to create musicians who enjoy
playing on their free time. If a couple majors pop up, then that’s wonderful, but I just re-ally want my students to love playing their instruments and be able to really appreciate music,” Jasper said.
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Junior Breana Layman’s “Traveling Tractor” (above) won a Silver Key award in the Scholastic Art Competition. Layman was one of eight NHS students who received awards for their photography, which is currently on display at Butler Univer-sity.
Junior Crystal Bolden plays the flute in the NHS band. She plans to major in music and become a profession-al musician after college.
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Photo by S. LeThe advanced orchestra class has worked hard and is well prepared for the upcoming concerts this month. Here they are playing their Lady Gaga piece, which they will perform in front of the fifth graders on March 18.
Interested in music such as Lady Gaga and the soundtrack of Pirates of the Ca-ribbean? This is some of the music that the NHS orchestra will perform for their March concerts.
With two concerts coming up this month, the NHS orchestra class has worked hard to put together a show on March 15 with the freshmen and NMS. The advanced class has also been working on a concert for the fifth graders, which they will perform March 18. Orchestra teacher Elizabeth Jackson has guided the high school students toward a more pop-music environment to make it more fun for the younger students.
“We have been doing the concert for the fifth graders for a couple of years now; it can be considered a recruiting tool where the NIS students can see what orchestra is like in high school, and they can figure out if this is something they want to keep doing,” Jackson said.
Jackson also mentioned that the “re-cruiting” concert has gotten good re-sponses from the fifth graders.
“They love to see the high schoolers play for them, because they look up to the older kids and they get to see what goes on in the orchestra class,” Jackson said.
“It’s always fun to play in front of a crowd that thinks you are better then you really are, because they can’t easily hear the mistakes that are made during the performance,” said senior Jordan Burton.
Burton adds that it will also be neat to play with the freshmen and NMS, because it is in front of a bigger crowd.
“I think it’s more exciting playing in front of the fifth graders, because it’s all
new to them and show so much enthusi-asm,” junior Anna Wiegand said.
Anderson/Noblesville Symphony Or-chestra also plays at the fifth grader con-certs, but Jackson said the kids enjoys the high schoolers more, because they relate more to them.
Lady Gaga’s hit songs “Poker Face”, “Bad Romance”, and “Just Dance” are some of the songs to be heard at the concert. The soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean will also be performed.
“Orchestra mostly plays classical songs, but we try to change it a little and play more pop songs that the kids can en-joy. I discussed it with the advanced class to look at what kind of songs would be fun to play,” Jackson said.
As for the concert with the freshmen and NMS, classical songs are the focus, be-cause it is more of a preparation for com-petition, but the students are repeating the Lady Gaga number and adding “Moon Dance” by Michael Bublé and “Clocks” by Coldplay. Jackson mentioned that the or-chestra class tries to combine their music numbers with a little bit of classical music to pop.
The concert with the freshmen and NMS has its debut this year. Jackson decid-ed to put together this concert to build a bridge between the high schoolers, fresh-men, and middle schoolers.
“It’s to connect the kids and get them interested, and it’s also more of a mentor for NMS, so they can have a look at how it’s like in high school. The kids are very excited to play with the high scholars,” Jackson said.
Burton and Wiegand are both excited to perform for and with the younger stu-dents and encourage them to continue with orchestra in high school.
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Waking up on a January morning with snow cov-ering the ground outside is usually when anyone from elementary school age to high school age is scanning the bottom of the television screen look-ing for a closing or at least a two-hour delay for their school. During the 2010-2011 school year, there have been five snow days so far, and with those days off of school come consequences, including a change on the Noblesville Schools Facebook page and the ef-fects it has on graduation.
According to Noblesville Schools Public Relations Director, Sharon Trisler, during extreme weather conditions, all of the Noblesville Schools districts are examined. Each driver makes his or her decision as to if they think that it is safe for that area to be traveled or not and that decision is reported back to Noblesville Schools superintendant Dr. Libby Con-nor.
Connor then speaks to other superintendants in Hamilton County and makes her decision.
After the decision was made to close school from Feb. 1- 3, many students and parents were very upset and some were appreciative. Many of these opinions were voiced on the Noblesville Schools Facebook page.
As of Friday February 4, 2011, posts can no longer be made on the Noblesville Schools Facebook page, although comments on the different posts made by Noblesville Schools are still welcomed.
“It’s not that people were upset about the decision because we know that not everybody is going to be happy whether we stay open or delay, but rather it was the tone of the overwhelming majority of the comments that were being made and also the bicker-ing between people,” Trisler said.
Some people were upset with the decision to close school due to all of the effects that it ensues, such as making up these snow days, which will now need to be made up past the set date for the graduation ceremony.
“Senior class sponsors, the School Improvement Committee, and administrators will consider op-tions for seniors to make up the days we missed since two of the days occur after May 27 for grades 9 – 11,” Principal Annetta Petty said.
Senior Abby Fink feels that another form of mak-ing up snow days would be better than going to school after the official graduation ceremony.
“I think graduation should be pushed back after school ends because I don’t want to go back to school after graduating, and I would like to get my diploma at the actual graduation ceremony instead of them withholding them,” Fink said. Seniors aren’t the only ones that don’t want any more snow days.
Krukover feels that more snow days would make school more difficult, such as changing “the due dates for certain projects and grading periods.”
“Usually, I like them [snow days], but with the number of snow days that we’ve had this year, I’m not as excited about them as usual,” Krukover said.
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This past February senior Tyler Gadient qualified for the IHSSA wrestling competition. He was the first Noblesville wrestler in five years to qualify for state. Gadient qualified in the 135 pound weight class. The Mill Stream had the op-portunity to ask him about his state meet experience.
Q: How long have you been involved in wrestling?A: Fourteen years.
Q: What do you do to motivate yourself before competitions?A: I listen to music to pump myself up and pace back and forth to raise my heart-rate.
Q: How do you prepare physically?A: I have practice every day and I do athletic weights.
Q: How do you envision your opponents during a match?A: Before and after the match I’m friends with them, but during the six minute period where we’re competing they’re basically my enemy and I think, “I’m not friends with you.”
Q: What was competing in the state competition like?A: It’s been a dream of mine forever, and it’s held at Conseco Fieldhouse, so it’s a lot bigger compared to other places. There are about a thousand people in the stands, too, so it was really overwhelming.
Q: How was going to state different than high school matches?A: Well, state is obviously the biggest tournament in the state, and the size and amount of people there is huge compared to high school.
Q: Is it hard to recover physically from matches?A: Not really, as long as you don’t get hurt bad. The morning after you’ll usually notice a few bruises and scratches that weren’t there before, but other than that it isn’t hard.
Q: Is the uniform uncomfortable?A: No, I’ve been wrestling since I was four, so I’m used to it.
Q: What is your favorite take-down (wrestling move)?A: I like single-lays and spladles.
Q: How man pins have you had this season?A: I have no idea. There are too many to count.
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Q&A with Q&AQuinn Reiff Austin North
This issue, Q&A explore the wonderful and fantastic world of boys lacrosse. We shoot the winning goal with these zany questions involving the Ice Man, Nicolas Cage, and John Travolta. Please enjoy, and stay classy, San Diego.
Q&A: So, you guys think you’re cool when you call it “LAX”?Junior Luke Burrow: Yeah, it’s pretty cool I guess. Q&A: Like what does “LAX” stand for? (For the people that don’t know)Burrow: Well the “LA” is like la- and the “X” is like -cross.Junior Paul Garcia: Yeah, I think we’re pretty cool. You know, we’re the LAX bros. We’re like a family, you know?Q&A: Just chillin? Out LAXin’ and relaxin’ all cool?Garcia: Yeah.Senior Mick Hirshfeld: Yeah we’re pretty cool. I mean we’re gonna be undefeated this season, so it’s whatever.
Q&A: What’s the hardest part about playing lacrosse?
Hirshfeld: Uh... heh heh... I don’t know. Q&A: Okay... Burrow: The hardest part is probably learning how to control your shot.
Garcia: Um, I would say the hardest part is playing against the defenders.
Q&A: What superhero do you think would be the best at lacrosse, and why? Hirshfeld: Uh, probably The Flash because he’s really fast... and stuff... Burrow: Probably Superman, because he’s the best at everything. Garcia: I’d say The Flash, because he’s really fast. Q&A: Who do you think invented lacrosse?
Burrow: The Indians!Garcia: Probably the Indians.Hirshfeld: I don’t know, some super awesome guy. I probably went back intime and did it.
Q&A: Is a lacrosse face-off like the movie FACE/OFF with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta?Burrow: Not at all.Garcia: Not in anyway at all.
Hirshfeld: Um... yeah.
Q&A: Time for some word association. Hockey.Burrow: StickGarcia: PuckHirshfeld: Shelby.
Q&A: Water Polo.Burrow: Um... water?Garcia: Ball.Hirshfeld: Red-headed girls.
Q&A: Iceman.Burrow: Goose.Garcia: I don’t know!Hirshfeld: Shelby.
Q&A: Kanye West.Burrow: Glasses.Garcia: Sunglasses.Hirshfeld: Red-headed girls.
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On Monday, March 7, the gymnastics team met at A+ Gymnastics to watch freshman Katherine Chi-ninis prepare for regionals, which will take place on Friday, March 11. The NHS gymnastics team ended their season with a team score of 98.975, and finished in 4th place.
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(Above) Assistant coach Megan Huff gives freshman Constance Chininis a helping hand during practice. Chininis’ twin sister is also on the gymnastics team.
(Above) Coach Jody Kiovksy shows freshman Katherine Chininis on who to look out for at regionals on March 11. In an interview with Indystar earlier this year, Kiovksy said she saw great potential in Chininis.
During practice Chinisis worked on her floor routine for region-als. For the sectionals on March 5 Chininis placed 6th with a total score of 33.475 and advanced in all 4 events to regionals.
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Ohio State University: Winners of the Big Ten Conference, the Ohio State Buckeyes have only lost two games this season, to Purdue and Wisconsin, the number two and three teams in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes are always in contention for an appearance in the Final Four, and with this year’s addition of freshman Jared Sullinger, their case for a number one seed in the tournament is as strong as ever.
University of Pittsburgh: Currently, Pitt is the number one seed for the Big East Tournament and finished the season 27-4 overall losing only to Notre Dame, St. John’s, Tennessee, and Louisville all teams within the top 35 in Division I standings. Pitt cur-rently stands at number seven in the rankings and their bracket seed looks promising, considering they’ve won all games with teams ranked ahead of them so far.
Duke University: Although Duke has recent losses against North Carolina and Vir-ginia Tech, the team is almost unbeatable when they’re hot at the perimeter. Senior Nolan Smith leads the team in both assists per game and points per game. Look for players like Smith and Forward Kyle Singler to lead Mike Krzyzewski’s team deep into the playoffs like they did last year.
University of Kansas: The Jayhawks are the obvious choice as a favorite, being ranked number two and having a 27-2 record for the season and currently have the record for the most winning seasons and streak of tournament appearances with 21 consecutive appearances. Their home winning percentage is 94.8 percent under current coach Bill Self (129-7). Good luck to whoever wants to take on this powerhouse.
St. John’s University: Not many people know about St. John’s, al-though they have wins over Georgetown, Notre Dame, Duke, UConn, Pitt, and Villanova. However, they have some key losses against some unknowns like St. Bonaventure and Fordham that keep us guessing how they’ll do at the beginning of the tournament (does anyone know where Fordham is).
University of Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish, lead by Ben Han-sbrough, are twelfth in the nation in assists and are ranked eighth overall. Hansbrough averages eighteen and a half points a game and might follow in his brother, Tyler’s (forward for the Pacers) footsteps, provided this season goes well. A lot of eyes are on Notre Dame, in-cluding us Indiana natives, and they have a lot of momentum going into the tournament and should get a good look at the title.
Kansas State University: The Kansas State Wildcats got off to a rough start this season. Their borderline insane head coach Frank Martin rallied the team together at the end of the season though, and they’re definitely not a team anybody wants to play when the tourna-ment comes along. Senior Jacob Pullen leads the team with an impres-sive 19.6 points per game and shoots 38 percent from beyond the arc.
San Diego State: Along with BYU, the Aztecs are this year’s sur-prise team out of one of the smaller conferences. Although one could argue that SDSU is slightly overrated (they’ve only played a top 25 team three times, and lost twice), sophomore standout Kawhi Leonard averages a double-double and has the ability to take complete control over a game.
Syracuse: The Orange have recently lost six of their last thirteen games, a few of them to teams that weren’t even ranked. They seem to be on a slow de-cline since the New Year and are starting to look shabby before the tourney.
Brigham Young University: If you look at BYU’s stats without being a follower of NCAA basketball, you’d think that they would be a shoe-in for a number one seed. However, the team lost their number one rebounder and third best scorer in Brandon Davies when BYU decided to kick him off the team for violating the school’s code of honor. They still have the nation’s leading scorer in Jimmer Fredette, but other players will have to step up to fill Davies’ shoes.
Georgetown University: The Hoyas were a Big East preseason favorite to start the year. They won twelve of their first fourteen games, and even reached number nine in the coaches’ poll. The team has lost four of their last five, though, two of which being unranked Big East rival Cincinatti. The Hoyas do deserve some credit though; the Big East is the easily the strongest conference in college basketball.
Butler University: Butler has a lot of weight on their shoulders since they went to the championship last year. Now since Gordon Hayward has left, their chances at a championship have dwindled. However, everyone in Indiana has a special place in their heart for the Bulldogs and will be rooting for them regardless.
This year, just like every other year, millions of Americans across the country will fill out NCAA tourna-ment brackets. In fact, even the teachers here at NHS have a bracket pool. An estimated $2.5 billion is bet on brackets every year. Q&A want you to succeed. That’s precisely why you should take a look at our picks as a reference for your own bracket. Enjoy.
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Even with the loss of Robbie Hummel, between E’Tuan Moore, JaJuan Johnson, D.J. Byrd, and Lewis Jackson I think they have enough talent. Also, as if being ranked second in the Big Ten and sixth overall wasn’t enough, Purdue went undefeated at home and beat the number one and number three spots in the Big Ten. I believe.
The Buckeyes have so many playmakers and so much size that it’s ridiculous. Most teams simply won’t be able to match the power and scoring ability of players like Jared Sullinger, Dallas Lauderdale, and Deshaun Thomas while at the same time being able to guard lights-out three-point shooter Jon Diebler. The Buckeyes have the ability to cause fits for any team they face, although they are susceptible to the occasional upset (read: Purdue and Wisconsin).
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by Carlie Jordan
Honor Society March 14
Schoolboard Meeting March 15
Spring Concert March 15
Early Release Day March 16
Academic Success NightMarch 16
Marvin’s RoomMarch 17-17
Behold the LambMarch 23-27
Spring BreakApril 1-8
school events
cd releases
Allen County War Memorial ColiseumMiranda LambertMarch 24
8 Second SaloonEaston CorbinMarch 25
Indiana University AssemblyLil WayneApril 12
The Murat: Egyptian RoomPlain White T’sApril 15
White River State ParkArcade FireApril 27
In Theatres
Red Riding HoodMarch 11
Jane EyreMarch 11
Battle: Los AngelesMarch 11
LimitlessMarch 18
On DVD
The FighterMarch 15
The SwitchMarch 15
The TouristMarch 22
TangledMarch 29
Country StrongApril 12
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, part 1April 15
plan ahead...
movie releases live shows
March 8Goodbye LullabyAvril Lavigne
March 8EndgameRise Against
March 22FameChris Brown
March 22AngelsThe Strokes
March 22I am the Dance Com-mander + I Command You to Dance: The Remix AlbumKe$ha
March 29Femme FataleBritney Spears
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