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04.16.2010v41.9
The Big P-R-O-M pg 6 & 7
Indulge Your
Sweet Toothpg 4
Bomb Threat
Safety Planpg 5
Baseball Prospects
pg 11
PROM 2010
Cover Illustration by H. Watson and P. Davis
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Dianne Oslandeditor-in-chief
Nathan Brownproduction editor
Kelsey Ploofbusiness manager
Gabriella Guyfeatures editor
Hannah Davisopinion editor
Jayde Klavephotography editor/circulation manager
Phoebe DavisHannah Watsonphotographers
Navar Watsonartist/cartoonist
Sarah BoyumBrittany BurkhalterAlex GookinsBri HandyZach HopperJace HodsonJenna LarsonPaige Owenswriters
Katie Souderssports editor
Molly CrumpMatthew Loriaco-web editors
Krista Shieldsadviser
2009-2010Mill Stream Staff
We learned about prom at a fairly young age when we come across our par-ent’s old pictures or yearbooks and find them wearing some hysterical old-style dresses and tuxedos. After hearing the memories of their prom experiences we build a sense of excitement for prom. Because for one night, we have the chance to ride in a limo, be especially dressed up, and dance with all our friends. For many, it could be one of the few times to experience such an event.
This event is important to many, and one student in Fulton, Mississippi had it taken away from her. Constance McMillen, 18, who attends Itawamba Agricultural High School, requested to bring her same-sex date to their prom this year on April 2. After the school board deliberated, they decided to cancel prom because of this, to simply avoid confrontation. McMillen was also planning on wearing a tuxedo, which was not regarded well by the school board. Consequently, they banned girls from being able to wear tuxedos, an obvious violation of the First Amendment rights.
Even after a private prom was permitted, the parent organizing committee would not let McMillen wear a tuxedo nor bring her girlfriend, because they wanted to keep the same school rules. This violation caused her to file a federal lawsuit against the school officials for violating her First Amendment rights. Although the judge did not rule to reinstate the prom, they did rule that the school violated McMillen’s rights. A victory for the student; however, she will not have her senior prom.
McMillen’s intentions were not to ruin prom for her school, but were to go with her girl-friend and have a great time. We consider the school’s reaction and later cancellation of prom to be wrong and unjust. One’s sexual orientation is one’s right to have, granted by the Constitution which values are based on freedom and personal rights.
For this, we are proud to have a school that is open and allows for everyone to express himself or herself. Although the topic of sexual orientation is taboo, and still an issue today in many parts of society, our school still tolerates same-sex dates. While we enjoy prom, we should be grateful that our school is tolerant and allows everyone to be an individual.
[the way we see it] Mill Stream staff editorial
Searching for identityIn the last 10 days, I’ve received
11 missed calls from 10 different un-known numbers. I’ve talked to grav-elly-voiced Aunt Linda, La’Shawn’s apologetic friend, and fuzzy TV background noise.
Last May, Red-Haired Ben changed phone numbers, and so Brown-Haired Dianne had the plea-sure of convincing Jared not once, but three times that he had the wrong number at all hours of the night.
Verna, Gwen, and Gwen called to remind me they wouldn’t make it to Indy yet because of a stop in Miss-ooh-ra to visit the caves. Oh, and Frank? He’s out of the hospital. Thanks for the tip, Ramona.
Freshman year cross country culminated with a banquet night that found me holding an engraved gold plaque listing Diana’s personal record in the 5K. Diana also enjoyed Geometry class and reading view-
books from a vast array of colleges.You see that face in that column
photo right there? That’s the face of a hey-you-look-really-fa-miliar-are-you-my-cous-in’s-neighbor?, a Pendle-ton Junior Higher named Katie, wow-maybe-I’ve-asked-before-but-do-you-have-a-sister-who-gradu-ated-last-year?, someone you swore you met at summer camp, and my identical twin sister.
Yes, somehow a class-mate once mistook me for my own twin sister, someone who does actu-ally exist but is, I assure you, not identical. And that’s when I found out that it’s impossible to reason with anyone who is convinced you’re the twin sister of the girl they sit next to in Biology class. Because it’s so
great to finally meet you; I’ve heard so much about you.
So I’m asking you, during a time when I’m sup-posed to be fig-uring out who I am, how am I supposed to find my identity when I’m appar-ently That One Girl--the every girl, the one who gets tapped on the shoulder by strangers and manically waved at in crowds?
I’m known for the activities I’m involved in,
as a student athlete, a newspaper staffer, an honors student. But is that who I am? Maybe, but those are only really labels. When I leave high
school and don’t have those things to describe me anymore, who am I? I’ve spent the last eighteen years crafting who I am today, but all of that, it won’t hold up if I’m only a faint sketch inside those boxes.
So I ask you, who are you? You’re a student, a friend, a son or a daugh-ter, maybe an athlete, an academic, or an artist. But it’s time to do a little soul-searching while you have the time. Don’t let those activities define you because they won’t last forever.
You won’t last forever either, but there’s plenty of time to figure out you. What makes you tick? What do you love?
I read this quote once, and it made me think: “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
And that’s who I am: alive. Are you?
Dianne [email protected]
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Eavesdroppingat its funniest“I AM the model.”-Statistics
“Bump-its are the Snuggies of hair ac-cessories.”-Jr./Sr. Cafeteria
“We found some na-ked hippies covered in gum, so we got a little distracted.”-Art History
“I know just enough Latin to be danger-ous.”-Statistics
“I just got the fun-niest picture in my mouth.”-Library
“Princesses do NOT eat Cheez-Its.”-Yearbook
“Did you hear? Aeropostale has a new tupperware line.”-English 10
“Any time there’s an awkward silence, we’ll think of Abra-ham Lincoln.”-English 10
“I love malaria.”-Government
“Do you have some-thing to tell us?......No, but I’d sure like a Twinkie.”-English 11 Compo-sition
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I recently went shopping at T.J. Maxx – for no particular reason except to hone my practiced fash-ionista skills. I followed my normal routine: saunter through the color-coded purse aisles; realize that I still lack the means of purchasing a legit hobo bag even at rock bottom prices, check out any cool kicks available in a size six and a half, etc.
But my innocent consumer ex-cursion took an unexpected turn when I made the familiar visit to the home décor/kitchenware/anything-else-you-can-stuff-on-a-shelf nook. I stopped dead in my tracks – not because I’d suddenly experienced an epiphany about the evils of con-sumerism – but because I saw the towels.
The towels. Do I need towels? Why do I feel like I need towels?
Yes, I did in fact need towels. And I needed them for college.
I can’t tell you the last time an obnoxious relative of mine has
pinched my cheek, all the while dot-ing over how much older I happen to look since the last Easter. Now, I might get an awkward one-arm hug ac-c o m p a n i e d with, “Breezy, what are you going to do with your life? Picked a col-lege yet?”
I also can’t tell you how many times I’ve replied o that question with a, “Still working on that, Auntie.”
But as of this spring break, I have an answer to at least one of those pressing questions: I’m going to IU.
Does this statement lack enthu-siasm? Probably. Shouldn’t I be su-per stoked to attend not only a great
college that offers a great education, but one that also sits in the middle of a gorgeous location just teeming with diversity? Yeah, perhaps. And I am. I just always told myself I would never go to IU – for reasons that mainly dealt with a certain amount of pride and need to do ev-erything in my power not to follow the crowd.
So when application deadlines approached, I set my sights on the Windy City – Chicago. I’d bask in the thought of a true suburban girl taking on the big city, plunging
my ignorance into a pool of cultured reality.
But unfortunately, I not only
have expensive taste in handbags, but also colleges. And when I final-ly received my financial aid packet from Loyola University Chicago, I realized there’s something bigger than the city, bigger than my pride, bigger than anything my conscience could ever handle. Money.
Trust me, I know what some of you are thinking, because I thought exactly the same thing: “Isn’t she giving up her dream, her burn-ing aspiration to live it up in Chi-Town?”
Nope, not just yet. I’ve come to realize that where I
go to college doesn’t determine my fate. What matters is what I choose to do with the best opportunity pre-sented to me. I’ve got a lot more liv-ing to do, and if I give up now, how will I ever expect to do any of the things I’ve dreamed of doing?
I’m not giving up on my dream. I’m taking the steps necessary to re-alize it.
A detour, not the finish line
Where did all the green go?Truthfully, I am not a “green” sort of person.
I do not recycle very often nor do I try to conserve energy, water, or anything much else. I know I take for granted the things that the land provides for us. Even though I love to trav-el, and it’s an actual hobby of mine, the reality is that I have done nothing to par-ticipate in conserving or protecting the places that I cherished.
It is sad, actually, be-cause I am the kind of person that can be moved by the Amazon Rainfor-est and the life that thrives amongst it; be captured by Mount Everest’s enormity; be in awe of the Grand
Canyon and its grandness.I know that deforesta-tion is a problem, and I know that natu-ral springs and fresh water are being depleted. I also know that Alaska will be drilled for oil, and I do not research or join organizations to help.
However, when something affected me, even just by a little, I realized that maybe I should do something about it and others as well. Not become a tree hugger, but at least try to recycle more often and conserve some paper at least. Because when I saw that trees were be-ing cut down for the new road projects on 38 and Little Chicago, I thought well that kind of sucks, bad.
Grown, beautiful trees lined Little Chicago, the run-down and semi-country road. Those trees may have blocked my view from coming traffic at the intersection of Hazel Dell and 38 when trying to turn, therefore made me
I had to wait two extra seconds for the light to change. However, I had gotten used to it. Now as the intersection is in construction, the road seems bare and not like the street that I had been going down for years. A strange feeling of unwanted change overwhelmed me. Especially seeing the foreboding marker sticks that basically outline the new road. The thing that gets me is this: what will happen to the houses that stand in the way? I can’t foresee their solutions, only the destruction.
But of course, new turn lanes need to be add-ed, a roundabout has to be put in, and two ex-tra lanes need to be created in order to make less traffic. (Whatever to make more people happy, even at the trees’ expense) I realize that this had been happening for over a hundred years now, but maybe I need take more action and help the environment that, you know, we actually need. It could just be turning off a light or the faucet, and recycling cans and so on. It may seem stupid or petty, but protecting what helps us live sounds like a good idea.
Gabriella [email protected]
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Cake to go, that’s the draw of the cupcake. With a variety of flavor combinations available in a small, easy to eat package, cupcakes have swept the nation, becoming the It dessert of the moment. Cupcake bakeries, dubbed cupcakeries, first sprung up in big cities like LA & New York, but have also come to call Indiana home, too. The Mill Stream visited cupcakeries around town to give you the scoop on these local tasty treats.
Dianne [email protected]
The Flying Cupcakehttp:// www.theflyingcupcakebakery.com
-Locations: 5617 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis, IN 46208 715 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208
-Hours: Mon-Wed 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thu-Sat 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sun 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
-Pricing: $3.00 & $3.50 (regular or jumbo sizes) -The Low Down: Outfitted in 50s retro décor and pastels,
The Flying Cupcake has cupcakes down to an art. It’s not a place for the indecisive, as this cupcakery offers a large menu that changes daily, as well as hourly. Placards identify wittily
named flavors that include Boston Cream Pie?, Pucker Up, and It’s Not a HoHo. We taste tested the popular Red Velvet Elvis
(RVE) and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, both cupcake creations on the heftier side. While both received high marks, the RVE came
out on top due to its perfect cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips ba k e d right into the moist cake. Indoor and outdoor seating was a plus, as well as the real plates and forks that came with each dessert. They also offer hand-scooped ice cream to go with those sweet treats or for those not so cake-inclined. The only thing better than eating at The Flying Cupcake would be working there, as one customer in line ahead remarked to us, “If I worked here I’d be like 300 pounds—fat and happy.” Pleasantly plump, it is. 4/4
The Cupcake Camperhttp://www.thecupcakecamper.com-Location: 13901 Towne Center Blvd, Noblesville, IN 46060-Hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m.-6 p.m.-Pricing: $3.75 (jumbo size)-The Low Down: If I felt pleasantly plump af-
ter sampling the Flying Cupcake’s fares, The Cupcake Camper’s only served to make me feel sick to my stomach. A disappointment indeed, seeing as this vintage Airstream camper parked on the sidewalk next to Paradise Bakery serves up the cupcakes closest to home. Four flavors come offered in one-jumbo-fits-all size and two of the be-hemoths put us out almost nine bucks.
Order a Chocolate Thunder, White Light-ning, Red Velvet, or Vanilla Bean on the stairs of the Camper and receive your treat in a brown box without a napkin or fork to aid in eating. We had to run into the neighboring Paradise for those necessi-ties and dug in sitting on the trunk of our car. Upon opening the box, we were greeted with an attractive Vanilla Bean and a tipped over Chocolate Thunder, which took some work and a mess to stand upright again. We should have left that cupcake sitting, because once swallowed, the dessert only failed to meet our expectations. Thick chocolate icing adorned with a ring of chocolate sprinkles and dusted with shaved chocolate may have ap-peared a treat to behold, but after mouthfuls of icing and not enough of the decent chocolate cake, a sickly sweet sugar coma set in. The Vanilla Bean proved no better, topped with a pile of authentic enough vanilla bean ic-ing that tasted overly sweet. The frosting only worked to hide a half baked white cake that was almost gummy on the bottom. It was with relief that we tossed the partially eaten cupcakes into a garbage can and shook our fists at the silver camper topped with a pink cupcake statuette. The license plate read Illinois. Time to move on, Cupcake Camper. 0/4
Holy Cow, Cupcakes!http://www.holycowcupcakes.com-Location: 545 S. Rangeline Rd., Carmel, IN 46032-Hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sat 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Sun & Mon-Pricing: $2.50 (regular size)-The Low Down: Holy Cow, Cupcakes! is kind of like the girl next door of cupcakeries; it’s
cute and sweet, but nothing really special. Physically attached to a Crystal Flash gas station, the easy-to-miss location doesn’t win it any points, but a green interior wall cov-ered in the signatures and messages of customers adds a friendly charm. It’s noted that flavors change, but on the day we visited, there didn’t seem to be much of a variety, most of the display being some sort of combination of vanilla or chocolate cake topped with vanilla or chocolate frosting. The others included Mocha, Red Velvet, and Lemon Lemon, with a decided lack of what its website named Flavor of the Month, Coconut. To note however, they claim to serve a Maple Bacon on Saturdays, that if actually available, would sure to be a unique eating experience.
We took a Chocolate Chocolate, Lemon Lemon, and Mocha home in a pink box, as there was no seating. We had to pay a visit to the con-nected gas station for napkins and plasticware, since those were also not offered with our order. While the five dollars even for two cupcakes was easy on the wallet, it didn’t make up for the lack of uniqueness in the treats themselves. The icing to cake ratio was noticeably off, with a frosting tower on each that tended to overpower the cake. The Mocha was disappointing, with a barely there coffee flavor in the buttercream icing and just a plain chocolate cake that tasted no differ-ent than something that could have come from a box. Lemon Lemon clocked in as the only mem-orable choice, but it was the tart lemon cake that shone, not the heap of icing that only tended to subdue the best of the small dessert. Maybe it was an off day, but this cupcakery wasn’t finding any of us saying Holy Cow! 2/4
Icing:1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted buttersoftened6 to 8 cups confectioners’ sugar1/2 cup milk2 teaspoons vanilla extractBeat butter, 4 cups of sugar, milk and vanilla onmedium speed until smooth and creamy. Gradually addremaining sugar until icing is thick. Icing can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
IngredientsCupcakes:1 1/2 cups self-rising flour1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter,softened2 cups sugar4 large eggs, at room temperature1 cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.Line 2 (1/2 cup-12 capacity) muffin tins with cupcake papers.In a small bowl, combine the flours. Set aside.In a large bowl, on medium speed, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar gradually and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla. Spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about 3/4 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or untildone.Cool the cupcakes in tins for 15 minutes. Remove from the tins and cool completely before icing. Yields 2 dozen
Recipe from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes
Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes
Photos by D. Osland
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Professor Fresh is a senior at NHS. During his senior year he’s held the presidency of the National Honor Society, often acts as a substitute teacher, plays football, raps, attends basketball games as a part of the Dark Ages, has constructed a wind tunnel, and in his future aspires to
be the next Doc Brown from Back to the Future. You may also know him as Jonathon Nance.
Nance has been a Noblesville student since second grade, but he really found his niche once he reached the confounds of NHS. A very reserved kid in his early days was hardly known by even his closest friends today before he reached the ninth grade. “I use to be a very quiet kid who really never did much. I suppose it was
after meeting Matt, Josh, and Jake that I really let myself loose. It’s a lot more fun like this,” Nance said.
But since high school, Nance has rounded up “a motley crew of individuals” as he called them including seniors Matt Koppold, Jake Elkin, and Josh Compton who have yanked him out of his shell.
Elkin, a fellow member of the National Honor Society with Nance, nominated him for president in the groups’ first meeting, a seat Nance on his own would have never run for. “After winning the presidency, I realized that I would have never been happy in the Society if I was anything other than president,” Nance said.
After being voted in as “the Society’s” leader, Nance presided over the Thursday morning meetings, gave speeches at every one, handed out awards, and really became the heart and soul of the group. “In the honor society, every person has a completely different outlook on what “the Society” really is. As an officer and more specifically as President, the Society played a huge role in my development into a leader,” Nance said.
The Society wasn’t Nance’s first shot at public speaking, though. He gained a reputation during his sophomore and junior years as
the one student any and every teacher should be aware might hop up at a moments notice to give the class an extra lesson. Whether it was drawing diagrams showing the migration habits of early Indians in Mrs. Debbie Marcum’s AP World History class or explaining the concepts of trigonometry in Mr. Gerry Porter’s Honors Pre Calculus class,
Nance soon became known around the school for his crazy antics, outgoing nature, and excelled smarts.
Since first setting foot in NHS in the fall of 2006, Nance has had many opportunities to branch out from the once shy middle-schooler he once was. He said he’s enjoyed the many facets NHS has offered him that allowed him to figure out what he truly wants to be in life
“To me high school is about experiencing as much as you possibly can before heading off into the big world. So I love the new experiences that I have been involved with. Least favorite part may be those almost all nighters of homework that I have had especially sophomore and junior year- yeah that sucks.”
And when it’s all said and done, Nance’s favorite high school moment?“The winning shot at the Carmel basketball game at the beginning of the year. I think
I had to get a new pair of shorts after that,” Nance said.
On Thursday, March 18, at about 7:10 a.m., a bomb threat was called in, effec-tive on all buildings in the Noblesville Schools district. This call took place almost five weeks after the first bomb threat on Feb 12, which was only effec-tive on the high school and resulted in a cancelation of classes for high school-ers.
Students may have noticed some dif-ferences in how the two threats were handled.
“Because the first call went to 911 instead of coming to the threatened building, NPD [Noblesville Police De-partment] mobilized its response team and managed the situation. NHS has a detailed plan for securing the building and conducting a search; however, our plan was not implemented because the police response took precedence over our plan,” principal Annetta Petty said of the Feb bomb threat.
After the first threat, a procedure for
searching the schools was set in place with students’ safety in mind.
The school system’s new plan was followed when the second threat was called in, meaning that, “…the building was cleared, the gym and adjacent areas were checked, students were brought into the gym, designated school per-sonnel searched areas they are familiar with (e.g. Mr. Smith checked art rooms, Mr. Lane checked technology rooms, Mrs. Balsley checked World Language rooms), teachers were sent to double check their rooms, and students were al-lowed to leave the gym,” Petty said.
Despite the threat, all buildings in the district were cleared and the school day continued. Students at the high school were allowed to begin class at approxi-mately 8:20 a.m.
Parents were notified about the dis-ruption via pre-recorded phone mes-sages.
Students with any additional infor-mation on the threat can report it by email to [email protected].
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A simple flower and “will you go to prom with me?” uttered in between classes used to suffice in asking a girl to prom. And it still does for many guys. But some guys are going above and beyond, using the opportunity to be very creative and romantic.
Junior Ty Degenkolb’s musical talent came in handy when he asked senior Celeste Brem-mer. Degenkolb had Bremmer’s friends tell her she forgot something in the piano room. When Bremmer came back in, he started play-ing the song he wrote for her on the piano and asked her to go with him to prom. All her friends were watching at the door and ran in screaming when Bremmer said yes. “She said yes, so I assume it’s good,” Degen-kolb said when asked if Bremmer liked his song. Senior Bryce Dzirbik also channeled his in-ner musical genius when he asked senior An-neliese Rupp. He wrote and played a song for her on the guitar with lyrics in both English and Spanish. In the song, Dzirbik sang about their relationship and how it has grown over
the past year (Dzirbik also took Rupp to prom their junior year). In part of the
song, he asked her, in Spanish, to be his prom date and she said yes.
“Yeah, I loved it. It was... person-al,” Rupp said about Dzirbik’s bi-lingual song. Rupp also admitted, “I’m a romantic and I like when guys get creative and ask girls [to
prom] in a cute way.”The movie Top Gun was senior
Max Wurster’s inspiration when asking his date. He attempted to re-create the bar
scene in the movie, where Tom Cruise’s char-acter sings “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling” Kelly McGill’s character. He got help from se-niors Sam Williams and Patrick Stroud, with Harrison Willman as designated cameraman. Wurster, Williams, and Stroud, decked out in aviators, just like in the movie, sang to senior Jenni Studt at her locker after school.
“We were going to do it in the cafeteria but that would probably be too embarrassing,” Wurster said, but added that “[Studt still] blushed the entire time.” But she did say yes. Wurster liked his idea, adding “I’m glad it wasn’t your stereotypical flower and ‘will you go to prom with me?’ deal.”
Senior Wilson Smith also recreated a scene, but it was more personal. When Smith first asked out his girlfriend, senior
Teachers like to boogie, tooIt’s time to promenade. Many students spend
the previous months over planning and just plain over doing the entire event for a few hours of fun. In reality, most teachers experienced the prom hype at their high school prime. Yes, prom has gradually evolved into much more of a flamboy-ant occasion, making it a supposed “best day of your life.”
Physical education teacher Deanna Fowler’s first confrontation with prom was far from a fairy tale. She was not able to go with her now husband due to the fact that underclassman were not per-mitted to attend the main event.
Much to her displeasure, her boyfriend took another girl to his senior prom.
“He took another senior girl, not as cute as me of course, and then broke his hand at post prom activities. Guess that served him for taking anoth-er girl!” Fowler said.
When her time at the festivities came around, everyone still went out for dinner before prom and even went to King’s Island the day after. No senior skip day afterwards, though.
“Prom was a big deal and everyone looked for-ward to it,” said Fowler.
History teacher Debbie Marcum said the big-gest difference was that her prom was in the high school gymnasium. They spent a month building decorations in order to transform the gym.
Senior year, she didn’t have the opportunity to go out to dinner with all of her friends. She was the manager for the baseball team and had a game. Her date, who was on the track team, had a meet. They barely made it to prom on time.
According to Spanish teacher Denise Adkins, proms today aren’t so different from proms in days gone by.
She attended Chatard High School, who rent-ed the ballroom at IUPUI. Her date and she went downtown with friends for dinner at an upscale restaurant. They had a live band rather than a DJ.
The part that is largely different is that they didn’t rent limos. The guys would just use the fam-ily car which today students would consider “clas-sics”. There wasn’t an after prom, she explained, but some students’ families would sponsor parties in their homes supervised by the host and other parents. The day after prom they headed to Mc-Cormick’s Creek State Park.
Noblesville High School’s prom will be held on Friday, April 23, at the Fountains Banquet and Conference in Carmel from 8:00 p.m. until 12:00 a.m.
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Boys and Girls Club12 a.m. - 3 a.m.R.S.V.P. on the CityWalk 2010 Afterprom Facebook event page
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A simple flower and “will you go to prom with me?” uttered in between classes used to suffice in asking a girl to prom. And it still does for many guys. But some guys are going above and beyond, using the opportunity to be very creative and romantic.
Junior Ty Degenkolb’s musical talent came in handy when he asked senior Celeste Brem-mer. Degenkolb had Bremmer’s friends tell her she forgot something in the piano room. When Bremmer came back in, he started play-ing the song he wrote for her on the piano and asked her to go with him to prom. All her friends were watching at the door and ran in screaming when Bremmer said yes. “She said yes, so I assume it’s good,” Degen-kolb said when asked if Bremmer liked his song. Senior Bryce Dzirbik also channeled his in-ner musical genius when he asked senior An-neliese Rupp. He wrote and played a song for her on the guitar with lyrics in both English and Spanish. In the song, Dzirbik sang about their relationship and how it has grown over
the past year (Dzirbik also took Rupp to prom their junior year). In part of the
song, he asked her, in Spanish, to be his prom date and she said yes.
“Yeah, I loved it. It was... person-al,” Rupp said about Dzirbik’s bi-lingual song. Rupp also admitted, “I’m a romantic and I like when guys get creative and ask girls [to
prom] in a cute way.”The movie Top Gun was senior
Max Wurster’s inspiration when asking his date. He attempted to re-create the bar
scene in the movie, where Tom Cruise’s char-acter sings “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling” Kelly McGill’s character. He got help from se-niors Sam Williams and Patrick Stroud, with Harrison Willman as designated cameraman. Wurster, Williams, and Stroud, decked out in aviators, just like in the movie, sang to senior Jenni Studt at her locker after school.
“We were going to do it in the cafeteria but that would probably be too embarrassing,” Wurster said, but added that “[Studt still] blushed the entire time.” But she did say yes. Wurster liked his idea, adding “I’m glad it wasn’t your stereotypical flower and ‘will you go to prom with me?’ deal.”
Senior Wilson Smith also recreated a scene, but it was more personal. When Smith first asked out his girlfriend, senior
Chelsea Aton, both of them were at a friend’s house for a bonfire. The pair took a ride on the Gator and it overheated. Smith used the opportunity to ask Aton what he would have to do in order to be her boyfriend. Aton “rat-tled off a whole list of things,” Smith said. But this time, when Smith got the Gator to reheat at the same place, he phrased the question the same way, asking Aton what he’d have to do in order to be her prom date. Only this time, there wasn’t a whole list. Aton said, “Nothing. Yes!”
Food was also used in the asking. Junior Delaney Riddle got asked to prom by a pepperoni pizza. Literal-ly. Her date, junior Tanner Watson, invited Riddle over for pizza. When it was ready, he had her take it out of the oven. “Prom” was spelled out in pepperonis on top of the pizza.
Riddle appreciated the effort because “it took a little bit of time to plan it out and do it.” And when guys take that extra time to plan something cute, Riddle said, “it shows how much they care about [the girl].”
Sophomore Cody Zehrung used the per-sonal touch in asking his date. Zehrung took senior Emily Albright out into his backyard with her eyes closed. When she opened them, Albright saw a path, lit up by Christmas lights, leading up to a swing-set, also decked out in Christmas lights. There was a sign on the swing that said “Emily, will you go to prom with me?” and two boxes, a yes and a no, were drawn underneath the question. Al-bright checked the ‘yes’ box with a marker. “We got to sit and swing! I love to swing and he knows that,” Albright said. Needless to say, Albright loved it. “It was so sweet and creative.”
Because Zehrung made his prom appeal personal, Albright liked it even more. “It makes the [prom] experience a lot more fun. I know he put some thought into it and really cares.”
The creative approaches guys used are much appreciated but maybe not a neces-sity when asking a girl to prom. “Some peo-ple would be fine with a ‘hey, wanna go to prom?’” Degenkolb said. But even so, Degen-kolb added, “everyone deserves to be asked in a special way.” It’s just more creative that way.
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Junior Chelsea Gunter“The actual prom isn’t, but stuff before and after is.”
Senior Kelsey Corbett“No. It’s fun to get ready, but prom is just okay. After prom plans are better.”
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Is it worth the hype?Junior Will Grabb“Yes. I believe it’s a special time of the year... couples are coming together for one of the best nights of their lives.”
- Make sure to eat a hearty break-fast so you have high energy to last throughout the day and evening.
- Get some light exercise to help you feel lighter and relieve some stress.
- Shower, of course! Girls, don’t wash your hair. Prom hairstyles last longer with unwashed hair.
- Begin getting ready. Deodorize, lotion up, do your nails, etc.
- Have your hair and makeup done. We recommend wearing a button up shirt.
- Make sure you pack everything you need. Have your tickets? Mon-ey?
- Take loads of pictures with friends and family
- Have fun!
Katie [email protected]
Photos by S. Boyum and J. Klave
Senior Emily Goggin (left) and junior Oakley Gianakos (right) model prom night finery. Both are attending with dates.
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Some blame the media; others blame the obesity epidem-ic; still others blame the lack of parental guidance. While everyone can point a finger at any potential culprit, no one can deny that the problem exists.
The obsession with weight.Type “thin” into Google’s search engine and drown in
a whopping 135,000,000 hits – all available in 0.14 seconds. Browse over some links and choose something along the lines of “The Thin Commandments” – a list of rules devel-oped by Carolyn Costin M.A., M.Ed., MFT, Clinical Director of the Eating Disorder Center of California and the Monte Nido Treatment Center. Costin interviewed countless pa-tients before determining the mindset of one who obsesses over food.
Note Commandment No. 1: “If you aren’t thin, you aren’t attractive.” Make sure to brush over the “thou shall” sacred regulations, including: “Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty… Thou shall not eat fattening food without punish-ing oneself afterwards… Thou shall count calories and re-strict intake accordingly.” Because “you can never be too thin” – Commandment No. 9.
While this way of thinking might raise eyebrows for some, according to “Eating Disorders: An Overview” writ-ten by Linda Ciotola, a certified health specialist and fitness instructor, nearly eight million Americans – seven million women and one million men – suffer from an eating disor-der that can instigate thought processes, attitudes, and be-havior tendencies adapted from such a regimen. Estimates
suggest that as many as fifteen percent of young women will experience just this.
“It isn’t an epidemic at the high school, and we don’t see huge numbers, but it is such a big deal when it does happen,” school nurse Cindy Hoskins said. “We certainly watch for it.”
Although cases are low at Noblesville, they do occur.For senior Kimmy Gerhart, struggles with eating began
in middle school.“Middle school is such an awkward time where you go
through a lot of changes physically and mentally,” Gerhart said. “I was so caught up in trying to be someone else that I started trying to physically change myself by being an-orexic/bulimic.”
Specialists have found that eating disorders stem not di-rectly from the desire to be thin, but from feelings much more deeply rooted.
“It’s not always about body image,” Hoskins said. “Some-times it’s a matter of control. Eating is something [one] can easily manipulate.”
Of course, the same does not hold true for everyone.“I think low self esteem was the biggest factor,” Gerhart
said. “I just hated myself so much and wanted to be beauti-ful. And to me, beautiful was stick thin.”
However, after recognizing her problem and receiving assistance from her friends and family, she began to change her perspective.
“When my mom found out I was making myself throw up she took me to an eating disorder facility called Charis right away,” Gerhart said. “I got a little bit of help but faked that I was okay and continued my habits. I eventually stopped
eating at all and had to be taken back. I just remember sit-ting on a gurney and not being able to function properly because I was so dehydrated and sick.
“For four years I went to regular doctor, psychologist, and nutritionist visits, and it helped immensely. Because my eating disorder was out in the open and people were trying to help me, I couldn’t hide anymore and I could real-ize that I had a whole life that I shouldn’t throw away.”
Through dedication and flexibility Gerhart managed to overcome her eating disorder, but her problems did not magically disappear. Unlike recovering alcoholics, those who triumph over eating disorders cannot simply avoid environments that expose them to temptations. Everyone must face food three times a day – if not more – and it takes a strong person to resist the urge of allowing old habits to die hard.
“I still have that voice in my head that tells me I need to stay skinny,” Gerhart said, “but I just tell it to shut up, and I go on with my life and eat when I’m hungry and when I want to. It’s definitely hard, but I’m extremely determined not to have those problems again.”
Gerhart understands the seriousness of the influence eating disorders can have on a person, and she graciously shared her experience to inform others of such negative im-pacts prompted by an obsession with food.
As for those who find themselves faced with the same difficulty, Gerhart has a few words of wisdom, “Look in the mirror and study something about you that makes you unique and special. Skinny does not mean beautiful. Every-one is beautiful in their own way.”
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While many students use the week after spring break to recover from their activities other students are preparing for the Destination Imagination State Competition that is to be held April 17 at Noblesville High School. Destination Imagination is an “academic competi-tion teamwork activity involving creative hands-on problem-solving skills” according to the packet handed out to students wanting to participate in the competition.
On Mar. 6 students participated in the regional competition at the Noblesville Freshman Campus. After the regional competition Noblesville was left with two groups moving onto the state competition.
“I hope the students can work together as a team and can be creative,” Physics teacher Charles Emmert said.
The two groups that moved on from regionals will both be competing in two different portions of the overall competition, a Team Challenge and an Instant Challenge. The Team challenge requires students to come up with a device that will do something technical and to create a skit to make it entertaining. The judges will be looking for creativity while watching the students perform.
The students are not introduced to the basis for the Instant Challenge until moments before they have to perform. They are given a task and a certain time slot to start and finish the task. Students will be judged on their brain storming capabilities, teamwork, and the finished project.
The students participating in the Destination Imagination State competition are seniors Sam Williams, Mike Strizan, Collin Hatcher, Michael Hayes, Johnathon Nance, Jacob El-kins, and Daniel Dubois; also juniors Reece Clark, Andy Sumner, Katie Souders, Brendan Elmore, and sophomore Ivan Keene.
When these students first signed up for this competition they were given many differ-ent team challenges to choose from. The group that consisted of seniors picked the DI-BOT challenge. Their objective was to build a robot that would perform a team-designed motion or task. The students in the other group chose Direct Deposit. In this challenge they had to construct an apparatus that could move objects over a six-foot wall onto targets without the students looking over the wall. Both teams have to create and present an original story (skit) that accommodates their challenge.
The students are supposed to use their own imaginations to create their skits and finish their projects. It is important that the students participating do not have outside help.
“Our main goal is to win, but also to make improvements from the last competition,” sophomore Ivan Keene said.
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Spring Break: think service, not sand
While some NHS students may have spent their spring breaks at a tropical beach some-where, others went out and made a difference in the world by going on a mission trip.
Seniors Evan Smith and Trevor Blossom both spent their spring breaks in New York City on a mission trip through Grace Community Church. Smith and Blossom went to three sep-arate locations in New York: Harlem, Brooklyn, and Newerk. They served soup and bread to homeless people through a New York not-for-profit organization called The Relief Bus.
Smith and Blossom served soup from 10-2 p.m. and also spent the time talking with the people who came, Blossom said. Talking with the visitors was Blossom’s favorite part, and he found them easy to talk to, with interesting stories, despite their differences.
“Even though we live hundreds of miles away, we actually have a lot in common wih these people,” Blossom said.
Last summer, both Blossom and Smith also went to Mississippi on a mission trip, which was also through Grace Community Church.
“I really connected with the kids, so I wanted to go on this trip, too,” Blossom said. “I want to help others and fight social injustice.”
Not only did he give time and service in New York, Smith also took some things home.“I went to learn about myself and meet new people,” Smith said. “It changed my view
about society and made me grateful for what I have. I think I take advantage of what I have.”
Photo from www.worldnextdoor.org
The Grace Community Church’s Relief Bus. Soup and bread was surved from the bus during the mission trip.
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It’s said that April showers bring May flowers, but for Noblesville, April track meets have brought great success, and when it rains, it pours for these girls.
The team has already broken several re-cords this year, and they are on the verge of breaking several more.
“It’s very exciting. The girls work hard. This is the most powerful team we’ve had. We’re covering every event with strong per-formances, and teams are having a hard time competing with us, and we’re not just winning, we have depth, and we’re sweep-ing events,” coach Dennis Scheele said.
Sophomore Ali Charles competes in the long jump, and earlier this year she broke the school record for indoor track, and she is close to breaking the school record for outdoor track in this event.
“It feels exhilarating and nerve-wrack-ing. For coming out as a sophomore, with much older and more experienced competi-tion, I have done much better than I expect-ed. My first jump this year was equal to my final jump last year,” Charles said.
There are girls on all levels and in all events that are having success like this.
Freshman Kendra Foley competes in the
2-mile race, and she is also very close to breaking the school record in that event.
“I broke the school record for the 5K this year in cross country, and breaking the re-cord in track would cap off a great freshman year of high school. I would hope to break it in the next race I run,” Foley said.
This team is very strong all around, and they have high hopes for this season.
“We have 99 girls, which is the most that we’ve ever had. Of the 15 events we’ve en-tered, we have girls competing at high lev-els in each one of them. Our goal is to win a conference championship. We have a very strong conference with a lot of good schools. We want to make a good showing at county, and we ultimately want people in the state finals,” Scheele said.
The girls all have individual goals as well.
“I would like to break 17 feet by the end of the season and go to outdoor state,” Charles said.
“I would hope for continued success in my running career and hopefully impress college scouts,” Foley said.
Only time will tell whether the team will accomplish these goals or not, but one thing that is for sure is that this team has great potential and can certainly achieve great things this season.
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Photo by H.Watson
Girls trackracingto win
Although the baseball team graduated a lot of power, talent, and experience last year, this year’s team expects to fill those shoes and then some. The team has already be-gun to prove themselves through their per-formance on their annual trip over spring break. They traveled to Cincinnati, Louis-ville, and Tennessee as they matched them-selves up against some of the top teams in the country.
“We go on this trip because we don’t want to take a week off from playing,” sophomore catcher Sam Wides said.
On the trip the team easily beat Farragut, the number one team in the nation, 10-1. Ju-nior pitcher Ryan Byrne only gave up four hits as they knocked off the powerhouse.
Having pitched against them last year as well, Byrne was able to identify what lead to the victory:
“We weren’t afraid of them this year. Last year we were intimidated and lost 13-2,” Byrne said.
“It was exciting to beat them. We have
really good team camaraderie and we all liked hanging out with each other,” Wides said.
The spring break trip also included a victory over Moeller, another nationally ranked team, in Cincinnati. The attention-catching victories are the product of team-work and strategy. Because of the tremen-dous losses from last year, the team had to re-focus and pull together even more.
“We are going to focus on getting better every day at practice,” coach Justin Keever said. Wides has confidence in the new team strategy.
“We lost all of our power, but now we can play ‘small ball’ by scoring runs through stealing bases and bunting more than hit-ting home runs,” Wides said.
“Last year we relied on home runs, but this year is more about strategy. We are going to focus on our defense and other skills,” Byrne said.
Byrne has earned much success during his three years on the varsity team filling a leadership position. An all-conference player his first two years and an honor-able mention for the all state team last year, Byrne holds goals for his team above his own personal recognition.
“We have the toughest sectional in the state, but you have to beat the best teams to win state anyway, so we might as well get rid of them early,” Byrne said. Wides has the same goals as Byrne: to win conference and state.
The team will look to continue their suc-cess Monday, April 19 at their home game versus Brownsburg.
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Freshman Kendra Foley attempts to break the 2-mile record at NHS. Foley nearly accomplished this feat during her first race of the season.
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