Having a teaching experience

is as easy as talking to your guid-

ance counselor.

The Cadet Teaching Program

offers second semester seniors

an opportunity to go to Cumber-

land or Happy Hollow to assist

an elementary classroom teach-

er. This program helps students

have a realistic experience of a

career in which they have an in-

terest and may help them choose

what age group they would even-

tually like to work with.

With this opportunity, stu-

dents gain awareness of the

preparation and training need-

ed for a career as an educator.

Some students, like Felicia Patel

’13, took this opportunity to try

something new and interactive.

During their Junior year when

scheduling classes, students can

talk to their guidance counselor

about being a part of this pro-

gram.

Mrs. Shukle, the organizer

of the Cadet Teaching pro-

gram, says the guidance coun-

selor must schedule the student

for two periods at the school of

choice (Cumberland or Happy

Hollow Elementary). All teach-

ing experiences are preplanned

by the teacher-coordinator of

the cadet.

The program is centered

on classroom organization and

management, teaching, and in-

structional experiences. A cadet

teacher takes on the responsibili-

ties of a teacher; grading papers,

teaching lessons, creating les-

sons, etc.

Felicia Patel ‘13 says she joined

the program to try something

new. “It sounded interesting

and I love to work with kids,”

she said.

As a cadet teacher, Patel as-

sists with grading papers and

teaching students. She works

with Cumberland second grade

students in Mrs. Trombley’s class

and third grade students in Mrs.

Nance’s class.

The program also helps with

developing leadership and com-

munication skills. Not all stu-

dents who join the class may

necessarily have an interest in

education related careers, but the

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Continued on page 2

Berry’s Camera Shop, lo-

cated on 328 Ferry Street, has

been a part of Lafayette for

sixty-four years. On December

15th, they went out of business

and offi cially closed.

Berry’s had been greatly in-

volved with the photography

program at our school, handling

everything from equipment,

camera repairs and student

discounts. Now that Berry’s

Camera Shop has closed, the

photography department is left

with some uncertainty.

“It’s [the closing of Berry’s]

very scary,” Mrs. Yoder, the

photography teacher, said.

“Now we don’t have the con-

venience of having a local

store.”

Berry’s was the only local

camera store in Greater La- fayette. Now, the closest camera

shop is Robert’s in Indianapolis.

At the beginning of every

school year, students would buy

their materials such as fi lm and

paper at Berry’s.

“I don’t know where we’re

going to get the materials now,”

said Tori Hamilton ‘14.

Now, most of the supplies

will be handled online. Yet if

a student loses or messes up

something, there will be no sup-

plies on hand and repairing will

be harder to be done without

the quick and easy aid of a local

camera store.

The photo department re-

lied on Berry’s almost every day.

In fact, the impact of the shop

closing was so big that it even

made the school consider stop-

ping the photography program.

Yet, they still have every inten-

tion of maintaining the class and

continuing the classic dark room

photography.

Cailey Daluga ’13 said that

it’s sad to see Berry’s close

down especially since there are

not that many camera shops

left that carry the chemicals

and materials needed to help

encourage the continuation of

traditional dark room photog-

raphy. Without stores like Ber-

ry’s, the interest in traditional

photography will fade away.

“I’m glad I took this class,”

she said. “I think it’s [dark

room photography] something

everyone should know how to

do.”

Cassie Howard ’14 also said

how it’s sad to see a local busi-

ness not be able to continue

now that people rely more to-

wards ordering online and digi-

tal photography.

Mrs. Yoder said, “it’s so

important to support the local

people, or we’ll have nothing.”

Camera shop closing leaves

photography program flounderingBY SARA JOHNSON

PHOTO BY SARA JOHNSON

THE END OF AN ERA: After 64 years of service, Berry’s camera

shop closed its doors on December 15, 2012. It was the only local

camera store where you could purchase materials for darkroom

photography.

BACK TO BASICS: Kurtis

Barnett ‘13 developes his film for

photography class. With Berry’s

closing, materials needed for

photo class can only be pur-

chased through online stores.

PHOTO BY SARA JOHNSON

Classes to be added, cafeteria to expandBY KATHRINE SCHULZE

During this coming summer,

West Side will see a lot changes.

Jovon Rayl A.I.A. of KJG ar-

chitecture said, “The object [of

the summer construction] is to

create three new classrooms in

this area, rework some art class-

rooms and then increase the caf-

eteria space for new sitting.”

The classes will be added to

the fi rst fl oor where the locker

bay now stands. Mr. Slaughter

said they are adding more rooms

“to accomodate the growth” and

to “make the space available for

the extra classes we are begin-

ning to offer.”

Mr. Slauter said that their rea-

soning behind constructing the

classrooms in the current locker

bay is so the language classrooms

can all be in one location.

“This enables us to be able to

utilize the space in an academic

stand point with out sacrafi cing

the lockers,” he said.

The new lockers will be placed

along the walls much like the cur-

rent junior high lockers.

“The current world language

classes will no longer have glass

walls”, said Rayl. Instead, lock-

ers will cover the outter walls of

the classrooms in an effort to re-

distribute the lockers.

The new classrooms them-

selves will look much like the

current classrooms in size. Mr.

Slauter said that there won’t be

much change in furniture or

technology.

The rooms that now house

Heir Studt and Senora Layden

will be converted into the 2D

Art and painting rooms. Accord-

ing to Rayl, they are also plan-

ning to “create a small art his-

tory classroom.”

Another change to the

school will be the expansion

of the cafeteria.

“They felt like if they ex-

panded the cafeteria a little bit

then people would have a place

to go”, said Rayl.

Space will be taken from the

foods classroom and the caf-

eteria kitchen to accomodate

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the foods classroom and

the cafeteria kitchen to ac-

comodate the larger caf-

eteria.

Steven Borders ‘14 said

of the demolition of the

foods room “honestly, I

think the only thing that’s

bad is the changes to the

FACS room.”

The foods room will

still be in place however,

it will just be “a smaller,

more condensed foods

room,” said Rayl.

After the remodel the

cafeteria will be about 890

sq ft.

With such drastic chang-

es made to the school time

becomes a major issue.

Normally it would take

three or four months,” said

Rayl. Instead, “we have

from june 1st until August

1st to get it all done”

The summer construc-

tion is fi nanced “through

what’s called a bond,” said

Mr. Slauter. “Financing on

it has to be set up and ap-

proved by the board”

A budget is set that

includes the construction

cost as well as cost for la-

bor and consulting fees.

Then the bond is set up

for that amount, which is

fi nanced by a bank.

While the locker bay

is being torn down, the

senior area will remain in-

tact.

Mr. Slauter said that

while their wasn’t enough

room to add another class-

room “the senior locker

bay is kinda a special place”

STRUCTURALLY SOUND: Architect Jovon Rayl, with the

architecture firm KJG, is the man behind the designs for the

new classrooms and cafeteria. Rayl also made the designs

for the student commons area, which was built last summer.

Students have mixed feelings about the impending demol-

ishment of the locker bay.

PHOTO BY KATHRINE SCHULZE

continued from page 1

Classes to be added, cafeteria to expand

education related careers,

but the program’s experi-

ence helps develop and

explore many aspects of

learning.

Amy Stull ’13 said that

she wants to major in edu-

cation and sees this as a

way to explore and exam-

ine her skills and with what

age group she wants to

continued from page 1

Cadet teaching program

On December 14, 2012

at Sandy Hook Elemen-

tary School in Newtown,

Connecticut, twenty stu-

dents and six adults were

shot and killed by twenty

year-old Adam Lanza.

Sandy Hook Elemen-

tary had more security

than West Lafayette High

School, only allowing

visitors who were buzzed

into the school to en-

ter, but Lanza broke a

window and crawled

through.

“I was very saddened;

sickened that anyone

would do anything harm-

ful to kids,” said Happy

Indiana State School

Musical Association (ISS-

MA) Solo & Ensemble

competition is routine for

most students in the West

Side music department.

Students can can play their

solo or compete with a

small or large ensemble in

one of fi ve groups of dif-

fi culty with Group I being

the most challenging.

Participation is required

for all of the school’s or-

chestra members and all

seventh and eighth grade

band students. The Wind,

Percussion and Strings

Solo & Ensemble is on

the 26 of January this year

while the Vocal/Piano

competition will be held

the following weekend.

Darian Williams ‘13 will

be singing in Group I this

year for the third time.

“I’ve been practic-

ing with Mr. Stearns,” she

said.

Jack Midkiff ‘14 will be

playing a Group I solo on

his viola, his 17th event for

his sixth year of playing at

Solo & Ensemble.

“I have done rather

well; I’ve gotten around

15 golds and only 1 silver.

It’s rewarding to have your

Practice is key for the

ISSMA competitionBY ERICA GIBSON

Sandy Hook has administration

rethinking school’s securityBY ABBY BIEN

Hollow principal Margaret

Psarros.

This tragic incident

raised national concern

efforts recognized by the

judges,” he said. “In the

month preceding the com-

petition I try to get around

45 minutes of practicing in

a day, between playing the

music and listening to re-

cordings of it.”

High school band and

choir students are not

required to play at Solo

& Ensemble and often

choose not to participate.

The commitment can be

too much for students

whose schedules can fi ll up

during the winter or who

simply don’t want to prac-

tice over winter break.

“I’m not competing this

year because I felt like it

was just too stressful to put

together a piece,” said Ka-

veri Sheth ‘15. “ Especially

since I do other extracur-

ricular things, I felt like I

wouldn’t have enough time

to prepare a good enough

solo to make it to state.”

Performing for an au-

dience is an intimidating

prospect to many and be-

ing judged can make the

experience worse.

“Going up in front of

the judge is something that

really stresses me out so I

thought I would avoid the

stress,” said Sheth

“I was very saddened;

sickened that anyone

would do anything

harmful to kids.”

surrounding the amount

of safety in schools; is

there enough?

Over the summer,

Happy Hollow Elementa-

ry School remodeled their

entrances, specifi cally to

improve the security at the

school.

The fi rst door into the

school is always open, but

to be able to walk the hall-

ways and leave the waiting

area, visitors must check-in

at the offi ce and wear a

name badge.

“If a stranger is roam-

ing the hallways without

a name badge, we know

they haven’t check and

need to report to the of-

fi ce.” said Psarros.

Cumberland Elemen-

tary has similar security

rules in place.

It seems that WLHS is

the only school that does

not have strict security

rules in place. The Grant

Street doors are open

throughout the school

day, allowing anyone to

enter the school without

notice.

- Margaret Psarros

work. Amy wants to help

kids when she’s older and

believes this is a great way

to start.

The Cadet Teaching

program is for students

looking into the fi eld of

education, as well as, those

wanting to try something

new and unique that gives

experience in working with

others.

and the administration

wanted to keep it that way,

making it”a pretty simple

decision to leave it as is.”

Construction will start

at the beginning of sum-

mer 2013.

A+ FOR TEACHER:

Felicia Patel ‘13

is one of the ca-

det teachers. She

teaches for 3rd grade

teacher Mrs. Nance.

PAGE 3SportsWest Side

JANUARY 24, 2013

In the game of foot-

ball, it is a given that even

a great player’s career will

come to an end.

Although the fans

that adore these players

deny that their favorite

athlete will quit playing,

it’s bound to happen.

Whether it be from re-

tirement or injuries, all

players will eventually

quit they game they love.

With the aging of

star players such as Pey-

ton Manning, Ray Lewis,

Tom Brady, Tony Gon-

zalez and others, their

glorious careers are set

to end sooner rather than

later. For many people

this may seem to be the

end of a great era in the

NFL, and they are right.

But fans need to be pre-

pared for a generation of

future stars.

This most recent draft

class featured athletes

Andrew Luck, Robert

Griffi n III and Rus-

sel Wilson. All three are

coming off better than

average rookie seasons

and will only get better

from here.

Throughout their re-

spective careers they will

provide the same heart

stopping, fi st-pumping

and hair-pulling mo-

ments that the current

greats did before them.

Although it may not

seem possible, in just a

couple of years, Andrew

Luck may be compared

to Peyton Manning.

The future of the

NFL not only will pro-

vide sensational quarter-

backs, but also players

on the defensive side of

the ball and other play

makers on offense.

These players include

hard-hitting linebacker

Von Miller (age 23),

ball-hawking safety Eric

Berry (age 23), big play

receivers Julio Jones (age

23) and AJ Green (age

24), and hard-nosed run-

ning back Ray Rice (age

25).

Along with other

young NFL players,

these athletes have al-

ready made a name for

themselves after just one

or two years in the league

and will only continue to

improve.

So if you are an NFL

fan and worried about

the future, don’t be.

There is plenty of young

talent to fi ll the holes

that these current stars

will leave behind once

their time in the league

is done.

THE HOT CORNERThe NFL’s future looks bright.

BY RYAN SCHMIERER

In the game of foot-

ball, it is a given that even

a great player’s career will

come to an end.

Although the fans

that adore these players

deny that their favorite

athlete will quit playing,

it’s bound to happen.

Whether it be from re-

tirement or injuries, all

players will eventually

quit they game they love.

With the aging of

star players such as Pey-

ton Manning, Ray Lewis,

Tom Brady, Tony Gon-

zalez and others, their

glorious careers are set

to end sooner rather than

later. For many people

this may seem to be the

end of a great era in the

NFL, and they are right.

But fans need to be pre-

pared for a generation of

future stars.

This most recent draft

class featured athletes

Andrew Luck, Robert

Griffi n III and Rus-

sel Wilson. All three are

coming off better than

average rookie seasons

and will only get better

from here.

Throughout their re-

spective careers they will

provide the same heart

stopping, fi st-pumping

and hair-pulling mo-

ments that the current

greats did before them.

Although it may not

seem possible, in just a

couple of years, Andrew

Luck may be compared

to Peyton Manning.

The future of the

NFL not only will pro-

vide sensational quarter-

backs, but also players

on the defensive side of

the ball and other play

makers on offense.

These players include

hard-hitting linebacker

Von Miller (age 23),

ball-hawking safety Eric

Berry (age 23), big play

receivers Julio Jones (age

23) and AJ Green (age

24), and hard-nosed run-

ning back Ray Rice (age

25).

Along with other

young NFL players,

these athletes have al-

ready made a name for

themselves after just one

or two years in the league

and will only continue to

improve.

So if you are an NFL

fan and worried about

the future, don’t be.

There is plenty of young

talent to fi ll the holes

that these current stars

will leave behind once

their time in the league

is done.

THE HOT CORNERThe NFL’s future looks bright.

BY RYAN SCHMIERER

When Brandon Colonis

‘14 was six years old, his lo-

cal swimming club needed

an extra swimmer for their

relay team. He decided to

join and hasn’t stopped

swimming since.

Brandon moved to

West Lafayette when he

was eight years old and

joined Boilermaker Aquat-

ics. With the exception of

playing football in junior

high, his main focus has

been swimming. Brandon

swims year round, so even

when it’s not the school

season he is competing

and getting better.

Brandon’s strong work

ethic is evident to every-

one around him. “He

doesn’t let his school life

or personal life affect what

he does at practice,” said

swim coach Debbie Fruitt.

“He always works hard.”

Brandon is one of three

captains this year. “He’s

a good leader,” said Fabio

Garofalo ‘15. “He’s always

motivating us and telling

us to swim harder.”

All his hard work

throughout the year allows

Brandon to enjoy success.

“It’s fun to race people

and succeed,” he said. “I

like traveling to meets and

swimming against area

schools.”

So far this season, Bran-

don hasn’t lost a dual meet.

His best stroke is the breast

stroke and his best event

is the individual medley,

which is made up of 200

yards of each of the four

strokes. He hopes to win

the remainder of his indi-

vidual events this season.

Fruitt has even higher

expectations of him. “He

should advance to state

and place very well,” she

said. She says he could also

break the school record in

the 100-yard butterfl y.

After this season con-

cludes, Brandon will be

swimming at Senior State

for Boilermaker Aquatics.

As for his future, Bran-

don still has another year

of high school left, but is

looking to continue swim-

ming in college. Right now

his top three choices are

University of Kentucky,

Louisville, and Indiana

University. He plans on

studying business or ac-

counting.

Brandon’s Favorites:

TV Show - “Community”

Movie - Dark Knight Rises

Sports Team - New England Patriots

Actor - Steve Carell

Food - Lasagna

Brandon Colonis ‘14 lies through the waterBY GRACE PALMIERI

PHOTO BY GRACE PALMIERI

FAST AND FURIOUS: Brandon Colonis’14 is swimming the butterfly, one of his best strokes. He is a great leader in and

out of the pool.

Boys’ Basketball:

Going into the season,

there were high expecta-

tions for the boys bas-

ketball team, both from

themselves and fans. With

four of the starters being

seniors, there was a very

experienced group on the

court. In the beginning,

however, Coach Wood

worried about how well

they were meshing. “There

were fi ve individuals on the

court,” he said.

Many improvements

have been made since

then. Throughout the fi rst

half of the season, the

team has shown major im-

provement in their effort,

as well as sharing the ball.

Coach Wood has seen

important contributions

made by each player, es-

pecially the “three-headed

monster” of Justus Stan-

back ‘13, Brian Bangs ‘13

and William Mbongo ‘14

. Wood said, “There have

been times when they have

dominated games.”

As for the rest of the sea-

son, the team will work to

improve their consistency.

Also, improved ball-han-

dling will help to cut down

on turnovers and get bet-

ter shots. Going into the

second half of the season

with an 8-3 record, they

hope to win the remainder

of their games.

Swimming:

The girls swimming team

is enjoying a very success-

ful season so far this year.

They have lost just one

of their nine dual meets.

“We’re doing really well,”

said Rachel Ho ‘14, who is

a captain along with fellow

junior Chloe Davis ‘14 “We

have a young team, and lot

of people have stepped up

and worked hard.”

Their numbers have

come down as there are no

senior girls on the swim-

ming team this year, but

they have been able to

adjust well. Without se-

niors, many girls with less

experience, including Ol-

ivia Long ‘15 and Melissa

Gutwein ‘15, have taken

on larger roles.

There are high expec-

tations for the rest of the

season. The team expects

to win conference, and

hopes to surprise people

Winter sports thriveBY GRACE PALMIERI AND NICO FRIEDMAN

by doing well at section-

als. “Winning the rest of

our meets will give us con-

fi dence going into section-

als,” said Ho.

The boys’ swimming

team hasn’t lost a dual

meet this year. They are

led by captains Pablo Ji-

menez-Corredor, Nicholas

Huetteman, and Brandon

Colonis. The team secured

the Hoosier Conference

title this past weekend,

which they haven’t lost

since 1994.

Girls’ Basketball:

The girls’ basketball

team has had a pretty good

season considering it is a

very young team with only

four seniors leading the

charge. With their season

mostly over, the Devils

fi nd themselves in position

to perform well through-

out the playoffs.

Wrestling:

The wrestling team is

doing well with the addi-

tion of the new freshmen.

“The team is a lot stron-

ger with the new fresh-

men because they increase

the amount of wrestlers

by a lot from last year,”

said Jeffrey Kim’16, “The

team has been through a

lot by the hard practices

by Coach Rick Roseman

which has made everyone

better.”

The team has a 13-5 re-

cord behind the leadership

of captains Jade Doty ‘14

and Jason Vanmeter’14.

PHOTO BY NICO FRIEDMAN

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: West Side wrestling is having

a great year with a 13-6 mid-season record.

COMPILED BY KATHRINE SCHULZE

By the numbers

12

6’3”

25

The number of games the

girls’ varsity basketball team

has won this season.

The average height of the

boys’ varsity basketball team.

22

The number of matches wres-

tler John Duvall ‘14 has won

in his undefeated season.

The date in February of the

boys’ basketball senior night.

6 The number of winter sports

played at West Side.

PAGE 4 FeaturesWest Side

JANUARY 24, 2013

West Side Tweets

COMPILED BY CRYSTAL WANG

All of my favorite res-

taurants in West Lafayette,

including Green Sprout,

Bruno’s, Bluefi n Bistro,

Xin Asian Bistro, and

Maru Sushi are coinciden-

tally owned by our very

own West Side students

and their families.

Esther and Paul Yoon’s

family owns Green Sprout,

a Korean restaurant. Their

family came up with the

idea when they decided

they wanted to come to

America to start a busi-

ness.

The Yoons’ grandfather

owns a restaurant chain,

so their mom had started

taking cooking classes to

keep up with the family

tradition. Their plan was

to have a restaurant that

serves Korean food which

Americans would also like.

Esther Yoon ’14 said, “I

love all the food there; peo-

ple usually get sushi salad

or the dosirak wraps.”

Yoon usually works there

when they are short on

servers; remarkably, she

also happens to know how

to make most of the food

on the menu.

The most embarrassing

thing that has happened to

Yoon while working there:

“One time I spoke in Ko-

rean to someone who

wasn’t Korean...It was re-

ally awkward.”

Bruno’s Pizza, a Lafay-

ette landmark has been in

Alexa Wisma’s family since

1955. It all started when

her grandfather moved

from Switzerland to Gary,

Indiana.

He worked as a baker

for others before deciding

to move to West Lafay-

ette. He had always want-

ed to start a business and

brought with him all the

traditional Swiss recipes

to this University town,

which did not have a single

Pizza place.

Wisma ’14 started

working as a server this

past year and is there two

to three times a week. Her

fi rst day of work was not

uneventful.

“It was the fi rst time I

was carrying a tray,” Wisma

said, “It had three bowls

of spaghetti on it. I fell

and it spilled everything on

a girl’s white purse; it was

awful and I was so embar-

rassed.”

Woojin and Hannah

Choe’s family have owned

multiple restaurants in La-

fayette, including Bluefi n

Bistro and a new restaurant

called Xin, an Asian bistro.

Woojin Choe ’14 works at

Bluefi n Bistro as a busboy.

He said, “It’s a comfort-

able working place because

I feel like I’m friends with

everyone there.”

Choe said, “I love the

Diablo roll at Bluefi n, but

many people get the red

fi re roll because it comes

out fl aming.”

Since the opening of

Xin, their family has spent

plenty of time there in-

stead of at Bluefi n. Xin

serves Chinese food that

is available in Korea, while

Bluefi n Bistro serves steaks

and seafood.

Choe’s dad creates new

recipes by spending count-

less hours in the kitchen

testing new ingredients.

His family and employees

are the taste testers who

give him feedback. Some-

times even the most stel-

lar creations, may not look

appetizing; like when an

employee threw something

out of the fridge that had

taken days to create.

Family restaurants own townBY ARTHI PURI

According to a study

done by Statistics stu-

dents Natalia Carignano

‘13 and Justus Stanback

‘13, about 50% of stu-

dents cheat on work-

sheets. Though this sta-

tistic may shock some

teachers, the seemingly

unanimous opinion of

upperclassmen at West

Side is that cheating on

homework is “not really

a big deal.”

Teachers try to drill

into the brains of stu-

dents that cheating

is cheating, even on

small assignments. As

Mrs. Yoder always said,

“If the temptation of

cheating is there, kids

will always cheat.”

Results seem to show

the failure of this man-

tra. Out of 53 anony-

mous students sur-

veyed, a hefty chunk,

49%, stated that they

have copied homework

and simple assign-

ments.

A contributing factor

to the alarmingly high

number of students

who cheat on home-

work may include the early

onset of senioritis. Some

students think that assign-

ments aren’t important

or vital to their grade in

the class. An anonymous

student from the class of

2013 said “Sometimes, I

just copy an assignment

because it’s not worth

the effort to do it myself.

Even if I did get caught,

those points wouldn’t

matter too much for my

grade”.

Another factor may

be the fact that teachers

also don’t stress work-

sheets or homework.

Some worksheets are even

taken straight off of the

internet, making fi nding

word for word answers

extremely easy. Another

anonymous student, ‘14,

said “You can fi nd a lot

of AP problem sets right

online”.

Online sets such as

MasteringPhysics or We-

bAssign foster plenty of

discussion forums about

the problems, but some-

times, students use fo-

rums to copy answers

rather than discuss prob-

lems. Ease of access to

answers also contributes

to the cheating.

The rampant cheating

in this school seems to

demand a solution, but

a clear one does not ex-

ist. With so many as-

signments, it is almost

impossible to keep track

of every student. There

is no clear answer to

the problem, except for

encouraging students

to keep in mind that

homework assignments

are given for the ben-

efi t of the students. If

people decide to copy

an assignment and skip

out on learning, their

fi nal grade will refl ect

it because they are only

cheating themselves.

West Siders say “Just Cheat!”

BY CRYSTAL WANG AND NATI CARIGNANO

According to a study

done by Statistics stu-

dents Natalia Carignano

‘13 and Justus Stanback

‘13, about 50% of stu-

dents cheat on work-

sheets. Though this sta-

tistic may shock some

teachers, the seemingly

unanimous opinion of

upperclassmen at West

Side is that cheating on

homework is “not really

a big deal.”

Teachers try to drill

into the brains of stu-

dents that cheating

is cheating, even on

small assignments. As

Mrs. Yoder always said,

“If the temptation of

cheating is there, kids

will always cheat.”

Results seem to show

the failure of this man-

tra. Out of 53 anony-

mous students sur-

veyed, a hefty chunk,

49%, stated that they

have copied homework

and simple assign-

ments.

A contributing factor

to the alarmingly high

number of students

who cheat on home-

work may include the early

onset of senioritis. Some

students think that assign-

ments aren’t important

or vital to their grade in

the class. An anonymous

student from the class of

2013 said “Sometimes, I

just copy an assignment

because it’s not worth

the effort to do it myself.

Even if I did get caught,

those points wouldn’t

matter too much for my

grade”.

Another factor may

be the fact that teachers

also don’t stress work-

sheets or homework.

Some worksheets are even

taken straight off of the

internet, making fi nding

word for word answers

extremely easy. Another

anonymous student, ‘14,

said “You can fi nd a lot

of AP problem sets right

online”.

Online sets such as

MasteringPhysics or We-

bAssign foster plenty of

discussion forums about

the problems, but some-

times, students use fo-

rums to copy answers

rather than discuss prob-

lems. Ease of access to

answers also contributes

to the cheating.

The rampant cheating

in this school seems to

demand a solution, but

a clear one does not ex-

ist. With so many as-

signments, it is almost

impossible to keep track

of every student. There

is no clear answer to

the problem, except for

encouraging students

to keep in mind that

homework assignments

are given for the ben-

efi t of the students. If

people decide to copy

an assignment and skip

out on learning, their

fi nal grade will refl ect

it because they are only

cheating themselves.

West Siders say “Just Cheat!”

BY CRYSTAL WANG AND NATI CARIGNANO

Study reveals that cheating is rampant at West Side.

PAGE 5FeaturesWest Side

JANUARY 24, 2013

Jae Kwon is always optimistic

If you asked one

of Jae Kwon’s friends

to describe him, most

will say things along

the lines of optimistic

and fun loving. Many

of his friends are

from his sports teams,

track and cross coun-

try, in which he is very

involved.

“As a freshman, I

wanted to play soc-

cer,” said Jae Kwon

’15, “but Jake Cohen

got me into track.”

“He seemed like

he needed to fi nd a

niche,” explained Jake

Cohen ’15. “He ran

well, and that’s what he

loved.”

Despite the fact that

Cohen felt the need to

get Kwon involved, he

is already a member of

many clubs, including

Spanish, WLDM, and

Boss. Perhaps this is

due to his outgoing and

friendly personality.

“He’s nice to abso-

lutely everyone and he’s

always happy,”said Co-

hen.

“He can always make

me smile,” added Sara

Suisman ’15. Kwon has

also been involved in

music. “I used to play

clarinet, but I don’t have

enough time now with

all of my other sports

and activities,” he said,

“Maybe I’ll pick it up

again later.”

Despite his many

activities, Kwon seems

to fi nd time to put alot

of effort into academ-

ics. “He’s really smart,

and always helps me

with math,” said Suis-

man, who has been in

school with him since

7th grade.

As for his future plans,

Kwon knows he wants to

go to college for further

education, but he doesn’t

have many specifi cs.

“Right now I don’t

know. I am interested in

psychology, but I defi -

nitely want to run in col-

lege,” he said. To sum

up his many activities

and other commitments,

Suisman said, “He just

takes on a lot at school.”

But despite that, she

adds”he’s always happy

and optimistic about ev-

erything.”

BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

Jae Kwon ‘15 won a featured article at The Scarlette’s winter bake sale

PHOTO BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

With low burning

candles, a grand piano,

and pizza cooked over

an open fi re, Sylvia’s

Brick Oven is a little

slice of Italy in the heart

of downtown Lafayette.

Known for their wood-

fi red oven, they proudly

display it through large

windows that invite din-

ers to get a glimpse of

the kitchen. The oven

isn’t just for display

though, but is used to

make the Italian pizza

that they are known for.

A 12-inch pizza,

which is the only size it’s

available in, is $13 for a

signature pizza and $9

for a personalized pizza

(where you pick your

own toppings). A 12

inch usually serves two

people, unless you usu-

ally eat a medium sized

pizza by yourself.

I ordered the Mar-

BY KATHRINE SCHULZE

FAVORITES:

Food: Red Mango

Color: Hot Pink

Music Artist: Taylor Swift

Hobby: Eating, hanging out,

running

School Subject: Math

BY CRYSTAL WANG

As we grow up, we

always face new issues

with the opposite gen-

der. The older we get,

the seemingly less we

know about relation-

ships. It’s not because

we’re stupid or can’t

learn, it’s just that the

number of problems

increases exponentially

as we grow.

The important thing

to remember is to not

let these problems

make you cynical be-

cause let me tell you,

it only gets worse and

eventually you’ll be-

come alone and ugly.

One issue that has

emerged in high school

is the disparity in matu-

rity between the boys

and the girls. The ad-

vice I’m about to give

might sound preachy

because it is more of a

rant than advice.

As an underclass-

man, the seniors always

seemed so masculine,

so brave. Perhaps its

because of some Gats-

by-esque elusiveness

that made the seniors

so attractive, but now, as

a senior myself, all the

senior boys seem like

brutish man-children.

My advice to the boys

is a list of things that

have not been acceptable

since seventh grade:

- Teasing couples relent-

lessly. Even worse, mak-

ing up your own couples

in your brain and teasing

them relentlessly. Stuff

like stealing your friends’

phones and asking girls

out over text as though

it’s the pinnacle of hilar-

ity is just dumb.

- Getting a girl’s atten-

tion by being weird and

annoying. You might as

well be pulling her hair

and stealing her Barbies.

- Bragging about your

academic achievements

as if it’s a replacement

for looks and bravado.

News fl ash, boys, an av-

erage of zero girls like to

hear about your debate

endeavors more than

1% of the time.

- Avoiding and running

away from girls when

you see them in public.

It’s not funny when you

pretend you’re afraid of

girls. It’s foolish and girls

will take you seriously

because you’re being im-

mature.

- Hanging out with only

guys more than 99% of

the time. It’s natural to

have friends of the same

gender, but treating girls

like a separate species is

some third grade level

immaturity.

- Obviously, there’s a

disparity in things you

talk about between boys

and girls, but ignoring

girls and treating them

like garbage as though

it will make them fall in

love with you because of

your blasé, nonchalant

swagger is a dumb and

disenchanted notion.

- Thinking that you

can win a girl over even

if she’s made it perfectly

clear that she is not in-

terested. You are not

Gerard Butler.

- Having your mom

pick out your clothes.

- Correcting a girls’s

grammar.

As for advice for girls,

just go for college guys.

Seriously.

gherita signature pizza

with fresh mozzarella,

tomatoes and basil.

I was prepared to

get something akin to a

campfi re pizza. What I

got was a work of art.

Monzerella and whole

basil leaves topped

a thin-crusted pizza,

which looked so good I

hesitated before taking a

bite, not wanting to ruin

someone’s hard work.

Food is meant to be

eaten, though, and eat I

did. With my fi rst bite

I understood why ev-

eryone raves about the

pizza in Italy - twice

the amount of fl avor is

packed into half the size

of a normal pizza.

My eating compan-

ion ordered the shrimp

carbonara - basically a

shrimp alfredo with bite-

sized pieces of smoked

sausage, snow peas, and

onions. It was a little on

the pricey side, costing

$13 for a bowl.

The shrimp carbonara

tasted delicious though,

with the smoked sausage

adding a punch of fl avor

that put this dish above

those found at Olive

Garden.

We topped our meal

off with Italian lemon

cake. Like our other

dishes, it carried a pow-

erful fl avor and was gone

much too quickly.

Sylvia’s Brick Oven

is the perfect venue for

a cozy meal with close

friends or your signifi -

cant other.

Jae Kwon is always optimistic

If you asked one

of Jae Kwon’s friends

to describe him, most

will say things along

the lines of optimistic

and fun loving. Many

of his friends are

from his sports teams,

track and cross coun-

try, in which he is very

involved.

“As a freshman, I

wanted to play soc-

cer,” said Jae Kwon

’15, “but Jake Cohen

got me into track.”

“He seemed like

he needed to fi nd a

niche,” explained Jake

Cohen ’15. “He ran

well, and that’s what he

loved.”

Despite the fact that

Cohen felt the need to

get Kwon involved, he

is already a member of

many clubs, including

Spanish, WLDM, and

Boss. Perhaps this is

due to his outgoing and

friendly personality.

“He’s nice to abso-

lutely everyone and he’s

always happy,”said Co-

hen.

“He can always make

me smile,” added Sara

Suisman ’15. Kwon has

also been involved in

music. “I used to play

clarinet, but I don’t have

enough time now with

all of my other sports

and activities,” he said,

“Maybe I’ll pick it up

again later.”

Despite his many

activities, Kwon seems

to fi nd time to put alot

of effort into academ-

ics. “He’s really smart,

and always helps me

with math,” said Suis-

man, who has been in

school with him since

7th grade.

As for his future plans,

Kwon knows he wants to

go to college for further

education, but he doesn’t

have many specifi cs.

“Right now I don’t

know. I am interested in

psychology, but I defi -

nitely want to run in col-

lege,” he said. To sum

up his many activities

and other commitments,

Suisman said, “He just

takes on a lot at school.”

But despite that, she

adds”he’s always happy

and optimistic about ev-

erything.”

BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

Jae Kwon ‘15 won a featured article at The Scarlette’s winter bake sale

PHOTO BY SOPHIA BERGMANN

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Food: Red Mango

Color: Hot Pink

Music Artist: Taylor Swift

Hobby: Eating, hanging out,

running

School Subject: Math

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has a creative mindBY NEHA RAMANI

Ellie Brower is conservatively chic

BY YASMEEN HAFEEZ

The days of crop-tops, daisy dukes and cut-outs are long gone and leading the way into the revival of classy is Ellie Brower ’13. Brower described her style as “conserva-tive and feminine” with “preppy streaks.” She enjoys wear-ing dresses and skirts and said a typical outfi t would “probably in-volve a cardigan.” Brower often tops off her outfi ts with an elaborate and intricate hairstyle. “Ellie Brower has hair like Rapunzel,” said Paul Yoon ‘13. Brower said she is simplistic when it comes to accessories, often wearing only her cladow, an Irish ring. She added, “I also really like shoes.” Modestly is impor-tant to Brower and she strives for a timeless rather than a trendy style. “I don’t like the idea of looking back at pictures of myself and cringing,” she said. Thus, her look has traces of vintage style from the ‘40s and ‘50s. Brower was quick to refute suggestions that

she takes inspiration from Audrey Hepburn, and said, “I don’t really understand what all the hype is about her.” She does, howev-er, appreciate the style of Katherine Hepburn, and can see similarities between her look and that of Hepburn’s in her old age. “I also really, really, re-ally like Martha Stewart,” Brower laughed. Unlike Stewart, how-ever, Brower eschews pants in favor of tights and a skirt dressed down with a shirt. A favorite store of Brower’s is online ret-ro retailer ModCloth. She described a recent ModCloth purchase as a “light, pinkish purple, above-the-knee dress with a white, scalloped collar.” Brower shopped at H&M a lot when she lived in Germany during the 6th grade. “I feel like Europe is kind of ahead of the curve in America,” she said. Here in the states, Brower shops at Target, Old Navy, Forever 21 and Goodwill. “A good 60% of my clothes come from Goodwill,” she said. “I’m a really frugal shopper.” Brower advises those

For Phoebe Moh ‘14,

inspiration and creativity

in art come naturally. Her

infl uences from anima-

tion, such as Pokémon and

Disney, are refl ected in her

sketches. “It’s mostly car-

toony art, it’s the style that

I like to draw in and its eas-

ier to draw in, also it’s just

really cute,” Moh says.

“Her artwork is like cute

and sunshine, rainbows,

ponies; its really cute fl uffy

little stuff that’s adorable

overall,” says close friend

of the artist, Melinda

Crane’ 14.

Her art folder holds

countless pages of sketch-

es that she makes in her

free time, “I’ll start doo-

dling something in be-

tween classes, and then

when I get home I’ll fi nish

it, its just here and there,”

she says.

Vivian Gu’ 14 says,

“Whenever I look at Phoe-

be’s drawings, all I can

picture are cute furry ani-

mals.”

For Moh, drawing has

been a favorite hobby as

long as she can remember.

She says, “I at least started

doodling things in Kinder-

garten, I’d turn in my pa-

pers with little drawings on

them.”

The majority of her art-

work consists of smaller

pieces; her larger sketches

are less abundant. While

nearly all of her drawings

are black and white and in

pencil, a few of them she

scans and uses Photoshop

to add pops of color.

The fact that Moh has

never taken a specialized

art class further proves just

how talented and gifted

she is. Her favorite creation

is of a colorful, detailed

bird beautifully displayed

against a faint background

which she holds in the pic-

ture above; she considers it

to be one of her larger art

works.

For Moh, “drawing is

just something fun I like

to do on the side, its just

a hobby”

GIRLY GIRL: Ellie Brower

‘13 wears a gray denim jack-

et over a plaid pencil skirt,

sheer tights and booties. Her

look is tied together with a

red shirt which matches per-

fectly with the stripes on her

skirt.

PHOTO BY YASMEEN HAFEEZ

PHOTO BY NEHA RAMANI

interested in thrifting at Goodwill to “have an open mind and be will-ing to try a ton of things on.” Brower is willing to take the extra effort to achieve her unique style. “Some people can pull off wearing sweatpants, but that style doesn’t suit me well,” she said, and added “I feel more com-fortable in the clothes that I do wear.”

PICTURE PERFECT: Phoebe Moh poses with her favorite

drawing of a colorful bird. She used photoshop to color the

photo.

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It seems like at the

beginning of every con-

gressional term, Indi-

ana legislators still have

one big thing on their

mind—gay marriage.

They are forever fi ghting

to add an amendment to

the Indiana constitution,

outlawing gay marriage.

There is already a law

prohibiting gay marriage

in this state, so why the

amendment?

It it because they’re

evil? No. It’s actually

because they’re smart.

Amending the consti-

tution makes the ban

practically unchangeable.

As the country becomes

more and more accept-

Why is Indiana so homophobic?BY NATALIA CARIGNANO

Prayer in school

crosses sensitive lineenough opposition to de-

bate this more than 30

minutes. The Senate also

passed the bill, and for the

measure to continue, the

House and Senate must

both pass the exact same

bill again in the 2013-2014

term. Republican Dennis

Cruze has already pro-

posed the bill in the Senate

and Republican Eric Turn-

er has publicly stated he

will be introducing the bill

into the house very soon.

So what does this mean

to you? Well, if both hous-

es pass the bill in this term,

then the issue will be on

your ballots in 2014.

People, this is scary. If

it is up to us, the voters, we

must NOT let this amend-

ing of the LGBT commu-

nity (which is happening,

although not as fast as it

should), more states are

beginning to legalize gay

marriage, but never Indi-

ana. With this constitu-

tional amendment in place,

it would be overwhelming-

ly diffi cult to ever legalize

gay marriage, so as Illinois,

Michigan, and Ohio go

blue on the issue, we will

remain a little red dot of

discrimination.

In 2011, the bill reached

Indiana’s House. On a bi-

partisan vote they passed

the bill 70-26. They took

less than 30 minutes to de-

bate the issue.

It is honestly embar-

rassing that there wasn’t

ment pass.

It’s as simple as this:

The innocent bystander

who sees the wimpy kid

get bullied on the play-

ground and does not do

something about it is just

as bad as the bully. Indi-

ana legislators are bully-

ing our state’s gay popu-

lation. This is not a state

in which they can feel ac-

cepted and safe.

Don’t be the innocent

bystander. If you are, and

if this amendment pass-

es, then you will be just as

guilty as the dirty bullies

who proposed it.

Take action. Email our

representatives at www.

in.gov/cgi-bin/legisla-

tive/contact. Tell them

that we kids, the future of

this state and this coun-

try, are not on board with

the idea of banning gay

marriage. It is a human

right that anyone should

be able to love and marry

whomever they choose.

And if worse comes to

worst, in 2014 vote NO.

In light of the recent

shootings at Sandy Hook

Elementary School, the

National Rifl e Association

has made a shocking sug-

gestion: to protect our stu-

dents, we should arm our

teachers.

The staff of The Scar-

lette feels that this idea is

completely inappropriate;

however, we do agree that

our school and students

in particular do not know

how to take precaution

and would be completely

unprepared for a situation

such as the shooting at

Sandy Hook.

In most cases of school

shootings, the attacker

has been found to have a

psychological disorder of

some sort. We believe one

of the steps that could be

taken in prevention is for

public schools to all have

some form of psycholo-

gists that any student could

talk to, or who simply visit

classrooms to see if any-

thing is unusual.

What our school does

provide is called a core

team. This consists of guid-

ance counselors, teachers

and administrators. These

people observe any drastic

changes in the behavior of

students, such as students

simply not taking care of

themselves.

A way that our school

has attempted to prepare

and educate students on

the dangers of school

shootings is to have lock-

down drills. Unfortunately

STAFF EDITORIALArming teachers not the solution to gun violence

from what our staff can

remember, these drills

were not taken seriously at

all, some students joking

around, others fi nding a

good excuse for a nap

Not only is this a waste

of class time, but these

drills are sporadic and in-

formal. In the midst of a

real emergency, it is very

likely that students would

be panicked and poten-

tially put themselves in the

way of more harm than

necessary. These drills are

not simply for a recess in

classes, they need to be

taken seriously for our

protection.

The third suggestion

we have is by far the easi-

est one to do. Simply be-

ing proactive can make the

biggest difference. If you

see a stranger in the build-

ing, do not hesitate to re-

port them to the offi ce.

We understand that it is

far easier to put a stick in

the door when leaving for

lunch, than to walk halfway

around the building, but

this provides an easy way

for an intruder to enter the

school.

When tragedies such as

the Sandy Hook shooting

occur, the fi rst reaction of

the public is to be shocked

and frightened. But re-

member, even though peo-

ple with guns have a large

amount of power, we also

have a different power, the

power to educate ourselves

and the people around us;

we do not have to be un-

prepared.

Ellen Degeneres;

talk show host Anderson Cooper;

new anchor

Do you really want to stop these celebrities from marrying?

Neil Patrick

Harris;

How I Met Your

Mother

Indiana State Sena-

tor Dennis Kruse’s bill

to require the Lord’s

Prayer blurs the line

between legitimate leg-

islation and a bill to

make a point. Kruse

currently sits as the

chairman of the Sen-

ate education commit-

tee, and he has also au-

thored a bill that would

require creationism to

be presented along

side evolution which

was shot down.

In the wake of the

recent tragedy in San-

dy Hook, Kruse isn’t

alone in thinking the

cause of the problem

is the lack of prayer in

schools.

To those people I ask

one question; where

does it ever say we can’t

have prayer? There’s a

big difference between

not having required

prayer and not having

prayer. Students are

free to express them-

selves in any way they

see fi t. Given the ever

increasing diversity of

our population, Kruse

asking students to just

give up their beliefs

while expressing a

symbol of his own is

at best ridiculous.

Like Indiana Senate

President Pro Tempo-

re David Long and the

Senate legal committee

pointed out, the bill is

Recent proposal to require prayer in

schools is unconstitutional and invasive.

BY JESSE SASSER

There is a big diff erence

between not having re-

quired prayer and not

having prayer

also quite clearly uncon-

stitutional. The idea of

forcing recitation of a

religious doctrine makes

a cruel joke out of the

separation of church and

state, and critics don’t

expect a passing vote.

This raises the ques-

tion, did Kruse ever ex-

pect his bill to become

law? Recently more and

more law makers are

making motions that act

more to create attention

than to create policy.

Just last month during

the fi scal cliff debates

Senate Minority Leader

Mitch McConnell put

foreword a bill to allow

the president to raise the

debt ceiling. When in-

terest existed in actually

calling the bill to vote,

McConnell fi libustered

himself.

While I have little

doubt that Kruse would

gladly see his ideas

passed into law, the

fact that it violates one

of our basic constitu-

tional rights serves as

a pretty big road block

and I would suspect that

Kruse knows that. The

bigger issue however,

is that if we continue

to waste time on things

like this, the roots of our

problems will never be

truly addressed.

ANDREW’S FAVORITES

Color: Redd

Clothing Store: Polo

Soft drink: Dr. Pepper

Dream job: Lawyer

Future university: Xavier/Wabash

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What’s your excuse to get out of shov-

eling snow off the driveway?

“It’s too long!”

Cyrus Hulen

Freshman

“Global warming will take care of it.”

Abbee Westbrook

Sophomore

“I have to give blood.”

Hayley Yocum

Junior

“What snow?”

Lucy Gotwals

Senior

“The car will be able to get out of

the drive way fi ne.”

Mr. Ohlhaut

French Teacher

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I was born on September 12, 1979 in New Castle, Indiana.

In high school I played basketball and tennis.

I attended Purdue University and majored in Education.

The best decision I have ever made is taking this teaching

job at West Side.

I have worked here for fi ve years, and before that I worked

at a vet clinic for four years.

My favorite part of teaching here is interacting with all the

students and having such a nice faculty to work with.

New York City is the most fascinating place I have trav-

eled to.

Something most people don’t know about me is that I

have worked at a group home for the mentally disabled.

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Redd-y or not?

A bustling group of kids

sits in the lecture hall talk-

ing, some yelling over one

another. Then, the com-

manding voice of Andrew

Redd ‘13 calls for attention.

This is the usual beginning

to a Student Council meet-

ing.

“This year we have

different committees for

events, like homecoming

and Hoops for Hope” said

Redd. These committees

are headed by upperclass-

men. Redd’s main job is to

make sure these groups get

their work done. “Com-

mittees get things done

more effi ciently and more

effectively,” he said.

This is good practice for

next year. In college, An-

drew wants to study politi-

cal science. That means a

lot of time spent just like

the student council meet-

ings that happen every

week here at school. Redd

plans on attending Xavier

University for a double

major in communications

and political science.

But handling the chaos

of a student government is

not all Andrew has on his

plate. He also competes

at debate tournaments on

the weekends with partner

Charles Hansen ‘13. Redd

said, “We’re pretty confi -

dent about our chances at

districts.”

In the fall, Redd was on

our school’s tennis team,

though this past season he

did not play as often due to

an injury.

“I still went to a lot of

the matches, and support-

ed the team as much as

possible,” he said.

Finally, before Redd goes

home he still has to stop by

Kathy’s Kandies, his job,

and check on the store and

stop in to talk to his boss.

But he has been involved

in the community in other

ways as well. This summer

he helped organize the

West Lafayette portion of

the Taste of Tippecanoe.

“I liked planning an event

for families to enjoy,” he

said.

Another way Redd

helps in the community is

through politics. During

the election this past fall,

being interested in govern-

ment, Redd was involved

and hands-on. He was a

democratic representa-

tive voting judge down at

the union for election day.

Also as part of a senate

debate, Redd was invited

to ask a question to can-

didates Mourdock and

Donnelly.He used a Pub-

lic Forum debate topic as

the basis for the question,

asking about the United

State’s foreign policy in the

Middle East.

Redd uses his talents

and incorporates them into

the challenges around him.

From being a leader, to

debater, or an athlete, An-

drew uses his intelligence

and drive at West Side.

BY HALEY ARNDT

PHOTO BY HALEY ARNDT

REDD FOR PREZ: Redd passes out the agenda before a Student Council meeting in the

lecture hall. As student body president, Redd leads meetings.

FAVORITESMovie: ‘Dirty Dancing’

TV Show: ‘Once Upon A Time’

Sports Team: Indianapolis Colts

Actor: George Clooney

Store: Target

Holiday: Christmas and Easter

Restaurant: Chili’s

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Andrew Redd ‘13 is ready to take over the world.

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