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Page 1: Rogue News: End of the Year Edition

Vol. IV

Issue XIII

Ashland, O

regon

Photo taken by G

race Riley-A

dams

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Page 2June 10, 2010 Rogue News

To play or not to play?

You often read in the news about play-ers, such as Medford ’s Kyle Singler, mull-ing over the decision whether to stay in college or bring their talents to the profes-sional level. Kyle Singler is a rare breed of athlete to come out of Southern Oregon; However, in 2010, Ashland has one of those elite athletes in the form of pitching sensation Ian Kendall. Earlier in the year Kendall signed with Oregon State University after minimal interest was shown by professional or-ganizations. Yet as the 2010 season has progressed, so has the number of profes-sional scouts attending his games; conse-quently, the interest from MLB clubs has been skyrocketing. Kendall was almost an afterthought as a pitcher for Oregon State after he led first the Grizzlies, and then

the American Legion national runner-up, Medford Mustangs, with his bat more than his arm. However, with the development of his curveball, changeup and a fastball that has hit 95 mph on the radar, professional scouts are drooling over his pitch-

ing talents. Kendall is only ranked as the third best player in Oregon , a relatively weak baseball state, showing he is expect-ed to be drafted more on his vast potential than the skills he already possesses. The MLB draft works differently than other major professional sports, as players

do not necessarily have to turn pro if they are picked. In addition, they have to work through three levels of minor league baseball, which does not pay particularly well, be-fore they reach the big stage. The entic-ing part for Kendall is the signing bonus he would receive if drafted high enough. He is projected as a third or fourth round pick, where the signing bonus could be as high as $880,000 over five years. If he elects to fulfill his commitment to OSU, he could risk injury and would have little chance of improving his draft stock. However, this is not an easy decision for Kendall, “ Oregon State could potentially make me a better player, and more draft ready, and it has always been a dream of mine to play for the Beavers.” If Kendall does attend Oregon State in the fall, by NCAA rules, he would have to play for three years before being eligible for the draft again. Either way, there is a chance you could be seeing Ian Kendall in a major league uniform before you know it.

photo by Larry Stauth Jr.

by Mason Costantino

Senior Ian Kendall contemplates decision to skip OSU and play in MLB

In June 2011, orchestra students will take the trip of a lifetime: two weeks in Bella, Italia. Orchestra teacher Gerry Pare was inspired to plan the trip through her background in violin-making and the incredible experiences of previous trips to Germany and Austria in 2000, Guanajua-to, Mexico in 2004 and China in 2007, where she became “hooked on student-teacher travel.” Upon arriving in Milan, the student musicians, led by Pare, will travel by bus to Cremona, “the number one place in the world for string instrument making,” according to Pare. In Cremona, studentswill have the opportunity to visit the

shops of the finest string instrument makers in the world including Antonio Stradivarius whose instruments are worth millions of dollars and “produce the sweetest sound imaginable,” Pare added. During their stay in Cremona, the stu-dents also plan to meet several other lo-cal instrument makers, tour their shops, share a meal with them and perform a concert for them and the residents of Cremona.

The students will then travel to Pisa, known for the leaning tower, and Siena, where they will meet other high school string musicians with whom they will share music and culture. In Siena, the group plans on taking a cooking class, visiting a farm to see how cheese is made and visiting local grow-ers markets. After announcing the trip a few months ago, Pare has been met with “overwhelming support and excitement for the trip” by students, parents and community members. And of course, a trip to Italy wouldn’t be complete without seeing the works of Michelangelo, the inventions of Galileo, Renaissance art in Florence and Rome, medieval towns with stunning churches and the Italian countryside with its olive trees and vineyards.

It seems like our generation is constantly criticized for thinking we are entitled to ev-erything: first a cell phone, then a computer, car, education, money, success, and now… a 4.0 GPA. Grade inflation is running rampant throughout both high schools and universi-ties. At Ashland High School, for example, a per-son that only received two or three A-minuses in their entire high school career wouldn’t even be ranked in the top ten percent of his or her class. These unsettling numbers beg the question of whether more action needs to curb grade inflation. However, attempts to truncate this epidemic have largely been unsuccessful. “Students seem to think that because they

have a B in a class they are doing poorly. Since when did the letter grade “B” stop meaning above average?” Yet, students might want to think twice be-fore they bake that special cake for their math teacher on the night before the final. While at first more “A’s” might seem to benefit stu-dents, it might actually end up hurting them in the college admission process. “Colleges can tell when grades at a high school are inflat-ed,” says AHS counselor Steve Smith. Colleges are left unable to accurately evaluate student’s achievements and are therefore forced to place more weight on other portions of the student’s application, such as standardized test scores.

A‘s for Effortby Tim Borgerson

by Kara Wells

Orchestra heads to Italy

graphic by Sarah Lochmiller

100 Years of Grizzly Prideby AJ Bottimore

In 1910 the first edition of the Ashland High School yearbook was published, cherished, and remembered. This next year we will have another icon when the 100th, 2010-11, edition of the yearbook is introduced to the world. “It’s exciting,” Brie Glossop and Allison Christian said about being the new editors of this leg-endary edition. The theme of this yearbook will of course be “100 Years of Grizzly Pride,” and the design for the cover has been decided by the yearbook staff based on the entries to their contest. So remember to buy your yearbook as soon as possible, not only is it the 100th edition but it will be legendary as a celebration of 100 years of Grizzly students, athletes, teachers, events and pride.

Ian Kendall delivering the goods

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Claus of 2010by Paul Schwarzer

In memory of Dave Charles Kitchell (Coach K) who lost his battle with cancer on November 18, 2007, the Ashland Booster Club, along with donations from Ashland High School, has placed a bench overlooking the foot-ball stadium in his honor. The bench reads, “ ‘We love and care for each other’ Dave Kitchell 1955-2007 Coach, Teacher, Mentor, In Loving Memory.” Three state championships, more than twenty years on the football field as one of the most beloved coaches in Ashland history, a favorite teacher among Bellview students and citizen of a town that will forever remember him; Dave Kitchell was an influential and loving husband, father, teacher, coach, friend, and man.

Photo by AJ Bottimore

‘Tisn’t the season of mistletoe, reindeers and elves, but little Ashland High School will have an exuberant expression of ecstasy when it peers into it’s stocking in the near future. The school has been very well be-haved this year, so the Claus of 2010 has a sack full of goodies to leave under AHS’s non-exis-tent tree. For some time, the school has been disinte-grating and crumbling into nothingness. How-ever, as everyone knows, the school underwent an extreme makeover this year and has begun to look as refurbished as Dolly Parton. This year’s seniors are adding an-other touch of their own to help beautify the me-dian between Mountain St. and the bus ramp.

“We’re revamping the is-land next to the bus ramp,” Senior Class President Jackson Santee said. “There used to be ugly trees there and we have gutted it and we’re going to make a sort of brick mosaic saying “AHS” in big letters.” This gift is no small con-tribution. The goal is that the mosaic will give AHS a more school-spirited feel-ing and let passers know that this is Grizzly coun-try. “It will encompass almost the entire median, so it’s huge,” Santee said. “You can see it from space.”

by AJ Bottimore

In loving memory

Something new is a’brewin National Merit Scholars

Each year 1.5 million juniors take the PSAT/NMSQT(Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test). Of these 1.5 million, 34,000 high scorers are commended for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT, 16,000 are named National Merit Pro-gram Semifinalists and 8,200 are offered National Merit Scholarships. Last year, when the cur-rent seniors took the PSAT/NMSQT, five Ashland High School students made it in the top 8,200 high scorers in the country. Natalie Edson, Marie Keil, Jason Bluhm, Tim Borgerson and Eli Youngs have been offered college-sponsored Merit Scholarship

Awards for their outstand-ing academic achievement. “I was really happy when I heard that I had gotten the scholarship. Having the extra money will be handy,” Senior Natalie Edson said. Recently, current juniors have been recognized for scoring in the top 50,000 in the country. They are Mor-gan Carne, Amelia Farber, Tanner Hebert, Leland Ow-ens-Oas, Kathryn Reynolds and Dante Toppo. This recognition helps stu-dents with college entrance and is a reward for their con-sistent hard work through-out their high school years. With so many students re-ceiving this honor each year, it is another validation of the quality of education at Ash-land High School.

Whether your friends have ditched you, or you simply prefer the atmo-sphere, at one point, almost every-one has eaten in the AHS cafeteria. The Food Service Committee for the Ashland School Board has de-cided to take a different route due to three years of surveys by other schools that have taken seemingly similar routes. “We want kids to want to eat at AHS,” Ashland School Board and Food Service Committee member Ruth Alexander said. Seeing how the cafeteria has to contend with all the benefits of an open campus lunch, the cafeteria has not exactly been the place to be for a large ma-jority of the student body. Although the exact details for next year’s service have not been decided, Gema Soto has been hired

as the new food coordinator and began at AHS June 1st. “My goals include finding the best possible balance to meeting legal require-ments, what you are willing to eat and what your parents want to see you being fed to get the students into our lunch lines,” Soto said. Ashland High School will be tak-ing a more natural route possibly offering locally made food, as well as “made from scratch” options. With this seemingly good news also comes some worry. Our beloved cafeteria staff are under contract with Sodexo, not the school, so it is up to the next food service man-ager to determine if the staff will come back next year. “Our jobs are in jeopardy,” cafeteriaworker Min-nie Hooker said. Yet one thing is for sure; something new is a’brewin for the cafeteria next year.

by Brian Pascual

Senior mural...2010 edition

This year for 2010, Anja Dubois, Ati-anna Kuriyama , and Kaylee Tracy are painting “Taking Off ” an inspi-rational painting for those leaving and moving on.

Photo by Sophie Thruston

June 10, 2010 Rogue News Page 3

by Calynn Jenkins

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They say home is where the heart is. Not family, not four walls and a roof, not even mental stability, but heart. This August, I will leave the home my heart has learned to call its own: Ashland, Oregon. Perhaps my new home will come to be as comforting as my current residence, though I think it’s unlikely. This purple-mountain valley will always be my hometown, a title no oth-er place can claim. It’s nicknamed Hippie-town, Hashland, and the bubble. Medfordites talk about our strange ways and attempt to imitate the quality that is innately ‘Ashland.’ To them, this means wearing tie-dye shirts and Birkenstocks, but our little town is so much more. Our school is nationally ranked in the top 3 percent, and its teachers care about what they do. In the class of 2010, more than 90 percent of the graduating class

will go on to p o s t - s e c o n d -ary education. Not only do we

achieve academic excellence, but Ashland kids genuinely seem to give a damn, regardless of their social group or status. This year, we raised money for Hai-ti, planted trees and collected food for those in need. For her senior project, Alissa Olsen created a thermal electric generator to benefit the environment. Jem Kloor taught French at Helman Elementary. Some say that the Ashland bubble shields us from the realistic expectations of the outside world, yet we are politically aware and generally informed. Our community works to keep youth active within it. Because of the constant adult support and close-knit nature of my home-town, I know what it is to feel secure. I have done my fair share of high school experimentation, all within the relatively harmless parameters of this valley, all with the APD close behind. The recent episodes of teen crime are not the Ashland norm. When I make the leap to new cities and countries, I will bring my foundation of Ashland experiences. I am grateful that I have had the safety

net of a small town to fall back on. In the same line, that security can translate to an overwhelming sense of boredom. Ashland breeds a desire to escape, to discover the wealth outside our privileged bor-ders. The monotony of driving in circles until a potential social engagement arises is one that Ashland teens know all too well. On the pleasant contrary, the cities of our futures never sleep. Ashland is a town that attracts people with its beauty and charisma; it holds them here with its culture and compatibility. It is not unusual to see an unknown passerby smile and wave, just as it is far from bizarre to see multiple people you do know on a random walk downtown. Every corner of Ashland is filled with familiarity. Countless lunches at Mihama’s and the Bagel Shoppe, a break-up in uptown Starbucks, summer days at the Reservoir, hikes up Tolman Creek. And I’ve only lived here for eight years. For those who can point out the house in which they were born, the comfort-level is

a far greater story. Whatever outsiders call it, how-ever much we may sometimes want to get away, Ashland is an environment we’re lucky to grow up in. With a community that cares, an expanse of mountains to call our own and the security to make mistakes, Ashland is a home in which the heart can truly reside. The world may become my play-ground, but Ashland will always be hometown.

Just a small town girlby Ella Riley-Adams

June 10, 2010Page 4 Rogue News

Editorial BoardEditors-in-Chief........................Anna Hume, Arthur Lawniczak, Ella Riley-Adams...........................................................................................................Jackson SanteeFront Page Editor................................................Arthur Lawniczak, Hannah SaylesNews Editor..........................................................................................AJ BottimoreOpinion Editor......................................................Jack Dempsey, Ella Riley-AdamsSenior Page Editor..............................................Arthur Lawniczak, Jackson SanteeClass Map Editors.................................Jasper Raynolds, Wyler McAninch-RuenziThe Year in Retrospect Editor.......................................................Ella Riley-AdamsThe Year Ahead Editor..................................................................Ella Riley-AdamsClash of the Classes Editor.............................Arthur Lawniczak, Lucas OpgenorthSummer Activities Page Editor..................................................Grace Riley-AdamsBackpage Editor..............................................................................Taylor Patterson Photography Editor....................................................................Grace Riley-AdamsManaging Editor.................................................................................Adam PavlichChief Designer...................................................................................Hannah SaylesProduction Manager................................................................................Jesse SmithBusiness Manager…….…..….......................................Heather Case, Talen Heater Executive Editors’ Assistant................................................................AJ Bottimore

Rogue News Rogue News is published by the newspaper classes of Ashland High School, 201 South Mountain Ave., Ashland, Oregon 97520. (541) 482-8771 ext. 195. The edi-torials written by the Rogue News express the opinions of the editorial staff on issues relevant to the staff, the school and the community. Personal columns do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire staff and are written as the opinion of the individual author. Letters to the editor, which should be under 250 words, are encouraged. They can be dropped off outside of Room 202, put in Mr. William Gabriel’s box in the main office or emailed to [email protected]. No letters will be printed without a verified signature. Letters received in the second week of production will not appear until the next is-sue. The Rogue News staff reserves the right to refuse to print any potentially libelous or obscene material, anything that would invade the privacy of others, or anything that could cause a disruption of the school environment.

The class of 2010 has been waiting for this moment since the beginning of our meager freshman existence. The BK crowns, the foot-stomping, fist-pump-ing cheer of “Senior Power!” and finally, the chance to rule over the school that has, since eighth grade, really, been ours to claim. We at Rogue News began this year with the proclamation that change was imminent. A new principal, redesign and budget-cuts all altered—or prom-ised to alter--the school structure we’d grown comfortable with. Yet amidst the discontinuity, our brainstorming ses-sions were filled with story ideas that reflect the achievements of our student body. We have constantly worked to cover all aspects of our school, whether it be upon a stage, on a field or in the classroom. Although many of us have been expe-riencing senioritis since our sophomore year, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic when you begin to look at things in terms of

lasts. From never timid, school spirited freshmen to an impressively qualified and good-looking batch of seniors, the class of 2010 has come a long way to-gether. As the halls grew more familiar, and the teachers less intimidating, AHS became a home for many of us. But al-though you may never again eat a choc-olate chip muffin from the cafeteria or get your cell phone confiscated by Judy, there are plenty of firsts on the horizon. So congratulations Seniors, we did it. And to the remaining Grizzlies, it’s only a matter of time. Enjoy it while it lasts, because it’ll be over before you know it. We pass the torch to you and leave our dear AHS in your capable paws. But al-ways remember, as Dumbledore said, “I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me... Help will al-ways be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.” Peace out, we gotta go gradu-ate.

All’s well that ends well, a farewell from the Editors-in-Chief

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to be on the NYT Best-Seller List: Jes-se Sharpe & Rachel Woollard l to Never

Get Caught: Ananda Goldsmith & Ugyen Dorje l to be an American Idol: Ian Kendall & Calysta Rupert-Anderson l to be President: David Keck & Saba Buser l to Wake Up in the Morning Feeling Like P-Diddy: Lucas Opgenorth & Jaz Brunson l to be a teacher at AHS: Mack Gargus & Emily Curty l Biggest Flirt: Austin Dykstra & Callie McCoy l to Get Lost in the Amazon: Alex Landt & Lydia Zowada l to Acquire and English Accent: Eli Youngs & Ella Riley-Adams l to Get Famous Through YouTube: Jesse Smith & Ally Vaughan l to Join the Peace Corps: Noah Sohl & Smith Freeman l to Thank the Academy: Nick Dake & Emma Harding l to Join a Fraternity/Sorority: Adam Pavlich & Kalli Walker l to be an Olympian: Wilder Schaaf & Kay-lee Tracy l Best Hair: Colin Blake & Eliana Pool l Best Laugh: Nate Harris & Rosie Alspach l to Break Every Bone: Conner Macfarlane & McKenzie Maddigan l to Rule a Small Country: Brian Pascual & Jacy Mairs l Most Likeable: Alex Harris & Sarah Britting l to go through 12 More Years of School: Kevin Cassidy & Elise Chow l Most School Spirited: Evan Ransom & Natalie Knight l to Discover a Lost Civilization: Mahkah Wu & Atiana Kuriyama l to Act in a Horror Film: Gabe Dean & Moz James l Best Catch: Jordan Resch & Alaina Lehrburger l Most Optomis-tic: Willis Plummer & Ila Sturges l Class Dad/Mom: Ben Small & Kim Christian l Best Eyes: Oliver Krant & Molly Davis l Best Dressed: Steffan Westerberg & Meghan Edwards l Best Dancer: Reed Chasmar & Emily Nguyen l Best Friends Forever: Tess Ryneal & Gina Pennino l Class Clown: Alex Delgadillo & Ami Jacobson l to Travel the World: Oliver Light & Sophie Scheer l to Win a Million Dollars off of Jeopardy: Jack Dempsey & Marie Keil l to Find a Cure for Cancer: Noah Kass & Lara Heine l to Become a Rockstar: Raf-ferty Swink & Sophie Pfister l to Become a Trophy Wife/ Husband: Kyle Chaquico & Jasmine Gillett l Cutest

Couple: Rachel Woollard & Jackson Santee l to Move Abroad: Riley Hamilton & Emily Hand l to Climb Mt. Everest: Chance Conner & Laurel Cullen l to

Marry a Twilight Character: Preston Swanson & Niki Small l to Host a TV Show: Noah Slater & Anna Hume l Disney Prince/ Princess: Lucas

Stone & Danielle Halprin l to Become a Billionaire: Ian Greenberg & Jane Excell l to Stop Global Warming: Jimmy McMillan & Maraya Best l to Strut the Catwalk: August Haddick & Samantha Arias l to Fight Death Eaters: Artie Lawniczak & Raven Susu-Mago l to Win a Nobel Prize: Jackson Santee & Natalie Jane Edson l Master Debat-ers: Tim Borgerson & Jane Eisenberg l to be the Next James Bond/

Bond Girl: Nino Foley & Shelby Bennet l to Save the World: Beam Blackwell & Mariah Haberman l to Get Rich or Die Tryin’: Kelly Caldwell

& Margaux Wilcox l to become a World-Renowned Chef: Travis Bond & Jesse Jones l Cutest Couple that Never Happened: Nick Hall & Heather

Case l to be a Spartan: Joe Maulsby & Kai Yearsley l to Survive a Zombie Apoc-alypse: Zoe Smolen & Ezra Davis l to Invent a Flying Car: Jason Bluhm & Alissa Olson l to be a Mad Scientist: Thielsen Lebo & Jem Kloor l to Pay Back the Community: Alex Quadrini & Eliza Schaaf l to Never Come Back to Ashland: Wesley Davis & Jessie Karlovich l to Live in a Galaxy Far Far Away: Wynn Michael & Anika Ralston l to Wrestle an Alligator: Issa Shahin & Claire Dawson l to Start Their Own Clothing Company: Cord Walsh & Jessy Peters l to be a College Mascot: Andrew Harlan & Monica Palmesano l to Live Happily Ever After: Nick Hall & Katie Patton l to be on Jersey Shore: Jarrett Fogelman & Colette Balbuena l to Have Their Art Featured in the Louvre: Riley Price & Anja DuBois l to PWN Noobs for a Living: Brandon Scheirman & Lauren Koppel

Whilst wandering the quad, I heard a young strapping senior triumphantly bellow: “I feel sorry for you; you still have three more years!” I laughed. He was right. Seniors, we are so very close to walk-ing that red carpet to a diploma. With over 90 percent of our class graduat-ing and moving on to college, we have taken the long, arduous “Four Year Journey” and we’ve stomped it. We cannot depreciate the value of our high school experience. At times we may scorn it, cry about it or joke about it, but it’s incredibly important and it’s been worth the wait. As the technology guru Ms. Rensi colorfully puts it, “I have a Bachelor’s degree and two Masters and my high school di-ploma is my favorite.” Early congratulations to every se-nior on behalf of the school, and my-self, and a round of applause for Jack Dempsey, Marie Keil, Eli Young, and Natalie Edson for being finalists in the National Merit Scholarship com-petition, a hearty thank you to Anja DuBois, Atiana Kuriyama, and Kay-lee Tracy for representing our class through the vivid colors of our senior mural, and, again, another thank you on behalf of the entire senior class to Ted Loftus and Pete Silsow for our se-nior gift - a tribute to the school that has nurtured us, and a landmark to our legacy. We’re going to miss the good times, the old times, the bad times and the times in between, but as individuals there will be many, many more.

Jackson Santee, Senior Class President, reminiscing about the days of yore

by Jackson Santee

Photos by Zoe Newland

Photo above: (from left to right) Dal-las Cluff, Allison Gida and Weston

Cluff, (most likely to be cloned).Left photo: (left to right)

Chloe Deckwar and Paul Schwarzer (Most likely to be on

Bachelor/Bachelorette)Photo below: (left to right)

Mary Keiser and Camron Abbott(best smile)

photo by Sophie Thurston

June 10, 2010 Page 5Rogue News

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?Zakk Palombini

U.S. Marine Corps

Matthew AmrheinColin Blake

Kimberly ChristianClint Gorbett

Zoe HealdDavid Keck

Jeffery LaskosJoseph Maulsby-(ROTC-NAVY)

Jennifer McKernanEmily Nguyen

Johnathan PlumleeIan Reynolds-Kendall

Carley SanteeKalli Walker

Where in the World is the Class of

‘10

Work

Michael BatesNatasha BrooksCameron Budd

Alexander EngornKonstantin Farrell

William HallShelley JohnsonLauren KoppelThielson Lebo

Karissa LeRoy-(Year Off )Allison Mau

James McMillanShea Pasche

Meghan PayneJared Sanders

Eliza SchaafPaul Schwarzer

Mason TerrillCassandra Van HoutZhawen Wahpepah

Onna-Marie AndersonMaya Bourn

Ruth BreneiserAshley Chapman

Kyle ChaquicoDallas Cluff-(LDS)

Weston Cluff-(LDS)Wesley DavisGabriel DeanUgyen Dorje

Nelson Duenas MendozaAustin Dykstra

Meghan EdwardsAugust Haddick

Victoria HoodPablo LealJohn Lefler

Savannah MedeckDanika Nutter

Karli Pandelidis-(Year Off )Itzel Perez-Zaragoza

Rion PomeroyDanielle PrinceAnika Ralston

Blake Sanders-(Year Off )Rachel Segal

Lev SilbersteinRyan TeixeiraKyra TerrienKarli Weiss

Undecided

Alejandro DelgadilloAnanda Goldsmith

Arlen BadenhopMaria Kuhn

Tyler MeenaghanDeven Shroy

Illinois Wesleyan UniversityRosalie Alspach

California Baptist UniversityLuke Baldrica

College of WoosterCale Bickler

Lehigh UniversityMax Bloch-Kiss

Harvey MuddJason Bluhm

Paul Smith’s CollegeTravis Bond

Alexa Ambrosio WoodBeam BlackwellKamela Bogle

Amanda BottimoreSarah BrittingReed ChasmarJazmine DakeNathan HarrisKelsey Heun

Alisha JucevicJessie Karlovich

Mary KeiserForrest Kenning

Abigail KollarOliver Krant

Allison KrevitzOliver Light

Sarah McLainMolly Mortimer-Lamb

Monica PalmesanoEliana Pool

Evan RansomJordan ReschNoah SlaterMin Oh Suh

Clark Honors College

Mason CostantinoNatalie EdsonMahkah Wu

Alex CotrufelloSarah DerbyCora Duncan

Atiana KuriyamaRhiannon LeFay

Sabine LefkowitzJillian Moehle

Clinton MurphyZoe Newland-(Year Off )

Tess RynealZoe SmolenSkye TaylorCord Walsh

Hannah WilsonKai Yearsley

California Institute of the ArtsRodrigo Flores

Clementine Von Radics

California State University-ChicoJesse Smith

Catholic University of AmericaCamelia Mayfield

Chapman UniversityKate Jensen

Dominican University of CaliforniaHannah Jo Stocking

Drexel UniversityArthur Lawniczak

Fort Lewis CollegeCallie McCoy

Harvard UniversityMarie-Elizabeth Keil

Humboldt State UniversityLydia Zowada

Molly Davis

Lawrence UniversityJack Dempsey

Loyola Marymount UniversityEmily Hand

Ami Jacobson-(Year Off )

Lycee Vauvenargues-FranceMarion Blox

Marymount CollegeHannah Hart

Montana State UniversityAlexander Landt-(Year Off )

Northern Arizona UniversityNicole Small

Northwestern UniversityIan Greenberg

Occidental CollegeRaven Susu-Mago

Drew Van Vleck

Oregon Institute of TechnologyJordyn CoxAlissa Olson

Pepperdine UniversityBrandon Scheirman-Brown

Bard CollegeLucas Opgenorth

Fordham UniversityJackson Santee-(Year Off )New York University

Jane ExcellWillis Plummer

Sarah Lawrence CollegeEmma Harding

Ella Riley-Adams

Scripps CollegeJane Eisenberg

Sierra Nevada CollegeSophia Scheer

Soka University of AmericaLaura Heine

Sonoma State UniversityChloe DeckwarAdam Pavlich

The Academy of Couture ArtJesse Peters

The Art Institute

Christopher HammettPortland, OR

Hollywood, CAChaweewan Thamkaew

Universidad Santa Maria La AntiguaXenia Contreras University of Canberra

Christianne Gay

University of MontanaNoah Sohl

University of RedlandsElizabeth Westmoreland

University of San DiegoRachel Woollard

Virginia College (Online)Vicki McElroy

Washington State UniversityWilder Schaaf

Tufts UniversitySaba Buser

Berklee College of MusicSophia Pfister

Calysta Rupert-AndersonRafferty Swink

Wellesley CollegeKatherine Shulenberger

Blue Mountain Community CollegeEmilee McPherson

Broward Community CollegeGina Pennino

Central Oregon Community CollegeCamron AbbottKelsey GilbertRiley Hamilton

Teja KritikaConner MacFarlane

Kavi TarakaMichael Wurzell

College of the SiskiyousIla Sturges

Colorado Mountain CollegeCasey Jillson

McKenzie Maddigan

Colorado State UniversityEmily Greenblatt

Alaina LehrburgerFront Range Community College

Alexandra Vaughan

Full Sail UniversityJacy Mairs

Leap Now University-IndiaHannah Kechloian

Linfield CollegeLaura Friedman

Western Oregon UniversityCarolyn Thomas

Lane Community CollegeNatalie KnightBrian Pascual

Cynthia TrujilloSteffan Westerberg

Linn Benton Community CollegeJordan Alexander

Jessica Jones

L’Institute Parisien-FranceHayley Cronin

Oaksterdam UniversityAlexander Quadrini

Orange Coast CollegeKaylee Tracy

UC Santa BarbaraChloe Blair

Santa Barbara City CollegeChloe Bair

Brietta Powers

Universal Technical Institute-ArizonaJordan Wright

Western Washington UniversitySabina Augsburger

Whatcom Community CollegeLaurel Cullen

American UniversityCalynn Jenkins

University of Puget SoundColette Balbuena-Nedrow

Jem KloorAnna Ortlip-Hume

Lucas StoneEli Youngs

The Evergreen State CollegeTrevor Miftahittin

Pacific Lutheran UniversityNicholas Hall

Seattle Central Community CollegeRichard Deckelman

Brigham Young UniversityAlex Harris

University of UtahAllison Gida

El Camino Community CollegeAndrew Harlan

Northwest Nazarene UniversityEmily Curty

Whitman CollegeJacob Gavin

Walla Walla Community CollegeHeather Case

Stanford UniversityTimothy BorgersonMariah Haberman

Wynn Michael FIDM-San FranciscoMargaux Wilcox

San Francisco State UniversityNino Foley-(Year Off )

Cabrillo CollegeShelby Bennett

Hayley Ross

California Culinary AcademyNicholas Dake

Locations and colleges submitted by AHS students

Map created, typeset and arranged byJasper Raynolds and Wyler McAninch-Ruenzi

Washington DC & Surrounding Area

New York, NY & Surrounding Area

Boston & Surrounding Area

Denver & Surrounding AreaProvo & Surrounding Area

Olympia & Surrounding Area

Pacific Northwest College of ArtDashiel Fraser Moyers

George Fox UniversityAmanda Adams

Lewis & Clark CollegeJade Barrilleaux

Maraya BestKevin Cassidy

Jasmine GillettBenjamin Small

University of PortlandElise Chow

Danielle Halprin

Pacific UniversityShelby Queen

Reed CollegeSmith Freeman

Aveda Institute of CosmotologyDanielle Geschwind

East West College of Healing ArtsDana Kossluk

Mt. Hood Community CollegeAaron Pickering

Portland Community CollegeSamantha Arias

Jaz BrunsonChance Conner

Jarrett FogelmanMackenzie Gargus

Jordan HartoOlivia Mesco

Callie NewcombChristina Shulters

Noah Lindquist

Oregon Culinary InstituteEzra Davis

Portland & Surrounding Area

Salem, Albany & Surrounding Area

San Francisco & Surrounding Area

Los Angeles & Surrounding Area

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?Zakk Palombini

U.S. Marine Corps

Matthew AmrheinColin Blake

Kimberly ChristianClint Gorbett

Zoe HealdDavid Keck

Jeffery LaskosJoseph Maulsby-(ROTC-NAVY)

Jennifer McKernanEmily Nguyen

Johnathan PlumleeIan Reynolds-Kendall

Carley SanteeKalli Walker

Where in the World is the Class of

‘10

Work

Michael BatesNatasha BrooksCameron Budd

Alexander EngornKonstantin Farrell

William HallShelley JohnsonLauren KoppelThielson Lebo

Karissa LeRoy-(Year Off )Allison Mau

James McMillanShea Pasche

Meghan PayneJared Sanders

Eliza SchaafPaul Schwarzer

Mason TerrillCassandra Van HoutZhawen Wahpepah

Onna-Marie AndersonMaya Bourn

Ruth BreneiserAshley Chapman

Kyle ChaquicoDallas Cluff-(LDS)

Weston Cluff-(LDS)Wesley DavisGabriel DeanUgyen Dorje

Nelson Duenas MendozaAustin Dykstra

Meghan EdwardsAugust Haddick

Victoria HoodPablo LealJohn Lefler

Savannah MedeckDanika Nutter

Karli Pandelidis-(Year Off )Itzel Perez-Zaragoza

Rion PomeroyDanielle PrinceAnika Ralston

Blake Sanders-(Year Off )Rachel Segal

Lev SilbersteinRyan TeixeiraKyra TerrienKarli Weiss

Undecided

Alejandro DelgadilloAnanda Goldsmith

Arlen BadenhopMaria Kuhn

Tyler MeenaghanDeven Shroy

Illinois Wesleyan UniversityRosalie Alspach

California Baptist UniversityLuke Baldrica

College of WoosterCale Bickler

Lehigh UniversityMax Bloch-Kiss

Harvey MuddJason Bluhm

Paul Smith’s CollegeTravis Bond

Alexa Ambrosio WoodBeam BlackwellKamela Bogle

Amanda BottimoreSarah BrittingReed ChasmarJazmine DakeNathan HarrisKelsey Heun

Alisha JucevicJessie Karlovich

Mary KeiserForrest Kenning

Abigail KollarOliver Krant

Allison KrevitzOliver Light

Sarah McLainMolly Mortimer-Lamb

Monica PalmesanoEliana Pool

Evan RansomJordan ReschNoah SlaterMin Oh Suh

Clark Honors College

Mason CostantinoNatalie EdsonMahkah Wu

Alex CotrufelloSarah DerbyCora Duncan

Atiana KuriyamaRhiannon LeFay

Sabine LefkowitzJillian Moehle

Clinton MurphyZoe Newland-(Year Off )

Tess RynealZoe SmolenSkye TaylorCord Walsh

Hannah WilsonKai Yearsley

California Institute of the ArtsRodrigo Flores

Clementine Von Radics

California State University-ChicoJesse Smith

Catholic University of AmericaCamelia Mayfield

Chapman UniversityKate Jensen

Dominican University of CaliforniaHannah Jo Stocking

Drexel UniversityArthur Lawniczak

Fort Lewis CollegeCallie McCoy

Harvard UniversityMarie-Elizabeth Keil

Humboldt State UniversityLydia Zowada

Molly Davis

Lawrence UniversityJack Dempsey

Loyola Marymount UniversityEmily Hand

Ami Jacobson-(Year Off )

Lycee Vauvenargues-FranceMarion Blox

Marymount CollegeHannah Hart

Montana State UniversityAlexander Landt-(Year Off )

Northern Arizona UniversityNicole Small

Northwestern UniversityIan Greenberg

Occidental CollegeRaven Susu-Mago

Drew Van Vleck

Oregon Institute of TechnologyJordyn CoxAlissa Olson

Pepperdine UniversityBrandon Scheirman-Brown

Bard CollegeLucas Opgenorth

Fordham UniversityJackson Santee-(Year Off )New York University

Jane ExcellWillis Plummer

Sarah Lawrence CollegeEmma Harding

Ella Riley-Adams

Scripps CollegeJane Eisenberg

Sierra Nevada CollegeSophia Scheer

Soka University of AmericaLaura Heine

Sonoma State UniversityChloe DeckwarAdam Pavlich

The Academy of Couture ArtJesse Peters

The Art Institute

Christopher HammettPortland, OR

Hollywood, CAChaweewan Thamkaew

Universidad Santa Maria La AntiguaXenia Contreras University of Canberra

Christianne Gay

University of MontanaNoah Sohl

University of RedlandsElizabeth Westmoreland

University of San DiegoRachel Woollard

Virginia College (Online)Vicki McElroy

Washington State UniversityWilder Schaaf

Tufts UniversitySaba Buser

Berklee College of MusicSophia Pfister

Calysta Rupert-AndersonRafferty Swink

Wellesley CollegeKatherine Shulenberger

Blue Mountain Community CollegeEmilee McPherson

Broward Community CollegeGina Pennino

Central Oregon Community CollegeCamron AbbottKelsey GilbertRiley Hamilton

Teja KritikaConner MacFarlane

Kavi TarakaMichael Wurzell

College of the SiskiyousIla Sturges

Colorado Mountain CollegeCasey Jillson

McKenzie Maddigan

Colorado State UniversityEmily Greenblatt

Alaina LehrburgerFront Range Community College

Alexandra Vaughan

Full Sail UniversityJacy Mairs

Leap Now University-IndiaHannah Kechloian

Linfield CollegeLaura Friedman

Western Oregon UniversityCarolyn Thomas

Lane Community CollegeNatalie KnightBrian Pascual

Cynthia TrujilloSteffan Westerberg

Linn Benton Community CollegeJordan Alexander

Jessica Jones

L’Institute Parisien-FranceHayley Cronin

Oaksterdam UniversityAlexander Quadrini

Orange Coast CollegeKaylee Tracy

UC Santa BarbaraChloe Blair

Santa Barbara City CollegeChloe Bair

Brietta Powers

Universal Technical Institute-ArizonaJordan Wright

Western Washington UniversitySabina Augsburger

Whatcom Community CollegeLaurel Cullen

American UniversityCalynn Jenkins

University of Puget SoundColette Balbuena-Nedrow

Jem KloorAnna Ortlip-Hume

Lucas StoneEli Youngs

The Evergreen State CollegeTrevor Miftahittin

Pacific Lutheran UniversityNicholas Hall

Seattle Central Community CollegeRichard Deckelman

Brigham Young UniversityAlex Harris

University of UtahAllison Gida

El Camino Community CollegeAndrew Harlan

Northwest Nazarene UniversityEmily Curty

Whitman CollegeJacob Gavin

Walla Walla Community CollegeHeather Case

Stanford UniversityTimothy BorgersonMariah Haberman

Wynn Michael FIDM-San FranciscoMargaux Wilcox

San Francisco State UniversityNino Foley-(Year Off )

Cabrillo CollegeShelby Bennett

Hayley Ross

California Culinary AcademyNicholas Dake

Locations and colleges submitted by AHS students

Map created, typeset and arranged byJasper Raynolds and Wyler McAninch-Ruenzi

Washington DC & Surrounding Area

New York, NY & Surrounding Area

Boston & Surrounding Area

Denver & Surrounding AreaProvo & Surrounding Area

Olympia & Surrounding Area

Pacific Northwest College of ArtDashiel Fraser Moyers

George Fox UniversityAmanda Adams

Lewis & Clark CollegeJade Barrilleaux

Maraya BestKevin Cassidy

Jasmine GillettBenjamin Small

University of PortlandElise Chow

Danielle Halprin

Pacific UniversityShelby Queen

Reed CollegeSmith Freeman

Aveda Institute of CosmotologyDanielle Geschwind

East West College of Healing ArtsDana Kossluk

Mt. Hood Community CollegeAaron Pickering

Portland Community CollegeSamantha Arias

Jaz BrunsonChance Conner

Jarrett FogelmanMackenzie Gargus

Jordan HartoOlivia Mesco

Callie NewcombChristina Shulters

Noah Lindquist

Oregon Culinary InstituteEzra Davis

Portland & Surrounding Area

Salem, Albany & Surrounding Area

San Francisco & Surrounding Area

Los Angeles & Surrounding Area

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Ben and Noah reflect on the year’s successes in Leadership

“Have a good relationship with your teachers.” -Forrest Meed

“Don’t be afraid of the upperclass-men.” -Mason Mclellah

Advice from freshmen to freshmen

How many reconstructions?

June 10, 2010Page 8 Rogue News

The 2009-2010 school year has been an “Obama Year” at Ashland High School. “Change” has been the word; the head-line of the year’s first Rogue News summed it up: “Ch-Ch-Ch -Changes.” With the new heating and cooling system, the new gym and quad renovations, AHS is a different beast.

1 2 3Students used to go to extreme lengths to get cool. This year, it’s completely different. Not only has there yet to be a day that breaks 80

degrees; the new heating and cooling system features thermostats in each classroom that actually work. Years ago, half of the library building had air conditioning and the other half didn’t, so English teacher Leeann Wal-lace marched her classes through the air-conditioned classrooms to cool off and protest the disparity. In this new era of A.C., we shouldn’t see any more disgruntled processions interrupting classrooms.

Another change on campus this year was the recent renovation of the quad. Trees

were removed and planted, ce-ment was poured and the quad took on a whole new look. Un-fortunately, the relief-A behind the half moon does become a puddle whenever it rains, but art teacher, Mark Schoenleber, intends to fill it with red tile over the summer. “I thought they were going to put in a hot tub,” comments one disgruntled senior, Reed Chasmar.

The final 2009-2010 renovation received

the most hype. The new gymnasium is a testimony to the master craftsmanship of Adroit construction workers who spent the last two years building the new facilities. “The gym is really cool, and the mu-sic rocks,” Adam Good, future AHS basketball star, comments.

It’s as easy as ABC...

by Willis Plummer

We’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has positively supported our efforts as ASB Co-Presidents. This includes, but is not limited to, those of you who now compost at school, participate in the bike program, have gone to any dances or plan on donating your gradu-ation gowns. A special thanks goes to Reed Sorensen and the entire Leadership class. We continue to be a school hosting suc-cessful blood drives, dances and other school events. To us, Leadership is about more than the individual students in the class; it’s not just about the student body either. Leadership is about bringing the AHS communi-ty together in the spirit of collective service and reward. We hope that Leadership can continue to grow as the binding element that holds together our students and our shared aspirations.

A Chinese proverb advises that it’s “better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” In this sense, let’s move for-ward by supporting each other and individually taking initiative. Next year, the Leader-ship class will be full of hard working and dedi-cated students who are eager to turn your ideas into reality. Coco and Kathryn are two very

amiable individuals who will always lend an open ear. Your future co-presidents have worked hard to earn their positions and they deserve your support. You not only have the power to affect change at your school, you have the power to change the world!!! (Cue inspirational music.) As Yoda once said, “do or do not. There is no try.” And in the wise words of our second favorite alien, E.T., “Beeeeeee... gooood…”

YOUR Ashland High School Student Body Co-Presidents,“Don’t miss a lot of school, it’s hard to make the work up.” - Mckinzie Lillington

Photos by Azure Ginsberg

A WORD FROM OUR CO-PRESIDENTS

Photo by Azure Ginsberg

Photo by Dash Moyers

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The start of every new year at Ashland High School means new faces, new friends, and, of course, new Student Body Co-Presidents. There is always a certain wonder about new co- presidents: Will they be partiers? Or talkers? Per-haps they will productive? Next year is no different, but that doesn’t diminish the ex-citement. Recently elected with a self-described platform of “working with students and teachers to raise Ashland High School to its highest poten-tial,” Kathryn Reynolds and Coco Amarotico “strive to lis-ten to the voice of the people and relay the people’s message to the world.” Kathryn and Coco plan to improve interclass relations by expanding the Freshstart pro-gram and holding reunions bi-

annually. Kathryn described it as keeping “the Freshstart vibe alive from September to June”. The new presidents would like to make movie nights in the new gym a reality and to use the money raised from those events to assist the Fresh-start expansion. Themed danc-es will become commonplace with professional instructors to teach brief dance classes be-fore the dance begins.

The presidents plan to start an online forum to share lead-ership information, activities and general AHS news—ba-sically an expanded Grizznet for the school, which will have everything from a lost and found to a students’ advertise-ments page; the online page will also give students an in-side look to what’s happening on the leadership table and to choose such things as movies

for movie nights and songs for dances. When asked what the presidents will do to make sure activities don’t fall to the wayside he responded, “Kathy and I are aware of the possibil-ity of such things but we feel that the key to having a good leadership program is sched-uling, to the degree that we want to give each member of leadership their own calendar to make sure every one knows what they have to do.” It seems the new presidents have a lot on their plates be-fore their official term has even started, but Coco reassures us that the pair knew what they were getting into when they spoke of their plans for the next year. Kathryn adds, ”There’s a bunch to do, and we’re super stoked to make things hap-pen.”

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“I am good at talking with people and can hold a steady conversation.” -Hope Garcia

The end of each school year brings times of change: seniors graduate and go off to their next adventures, ju-niors finally get to hoard the half moon, sophomores become upperclassmen and freshmen get to be, well, not freshmen. As every class has left its own mark on Ashland High School, we come to wonder what the new class, the incoming freshmen, will bring to Ashland’s high school community. From Ashland Middle School to Willow Wind, John Muir and Pinehurst to the Siskiyou School, these students are the next leads on the Mountain Avenue Theater stage; they are the next varsity football play-ers, soccer stars, orchestra soloists and Student Body Presidents. A few of these incoming freshmen told us exactly what they will bring to Ashland High School. Welcome, Class of 2014!

“Our class is going to bring football back and go to the

championships. But we won’t even be upperclassmen because of

2012…” -Tanner Shumway

“I look forward to competing and adding to the high school running team.” -Noah Yaconelli

“Things I would bring to Ashland High School are that I love the-ater and singing, also I am a var-sity cheerleader so I bring lots of spirit.” -Amelia Mejia

by Mack ConroyIllustration by Jesse Smith

FreshMeetby Erin Keoppen

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The self-satisfied seniors

Juniors.... Zzzzzzzzz

             

     For me, the scariest part of envisioning a zom-bie apocalypse is the thought of being helpless-ly surrounded by hordes of the mindless, flesh-eating undead. However, I do gain comfort in the fantasy of being able to go all Woody Har-relson  on  those  brainsuckers  and  give  their ugly  faces  a  good  ol’  smash  with  a  banjo.  I, unfortunately, find no such thoughts of solace when confronted with the equally frightening ubiquity of the Class of 2012.                            These fifteen-year-olds seem to have discov-ered that everything in life is better when ex-perienced with 15-20 of one’s closest friends. This must be why the entire female population of the sophomore class decided that it would be awesome to join the swim team this year, leav-ing myself and my fellow upper-classmen, in a lonely corner of the pool, feeling like refugees in our own homeland. My own house doesn’t 

even provide sanctuary from  the sophomore horde because, apparently, this class has infil-trated  my  own  bloodline.  On  any  given  day, I return to my abode to find a gaggle of bros listening  to  Passion  Pit  at  ungodly  volumes, devouring  my  food  like  locusts  and  grunting quotes from ‘The Hangover.’ I’m sorry to be a ‘bro-pressor’ but the world is in trouble when this  class  is  thrust  into  the  harsh  realities  of life after the high school glory days. Oh wait a second, according to my Mayan calendar, in that year, the fabric of time and space is sched-uled to crumble in a violent and explosive hu-man  extinction.  Thanks  a  lot,  Class  of  2012.           These  sophomores  walk  around  campus, mouthing off to their superiors, acting like they own the place, but what have they contributed to society? Yeah, we get it, ‘He’s a sophomore’ but that’s about all you have going for you oth-er  than  being  “so-and-so’s  younger  brother” which can only take you so far. Simply put, I’ve got 99 problems, and they’re all sophomores.

       

     In case you’ve been wondering who all the kids blocking your path on  the  way  up  to  the  library  are,  they’re  not  elementary  students  or escaped Wizard of Oz cast members; they’re freshmen. It is often that I find myself  standing before  the  freshmen mass,  spreading my arms with a guttural cry of frustration. However, unlike the Red Sea, these youngsters stubbornly refuse to part.      It seems that as these little froshies took the leap from middle school to high school  their egos took a  leap as well. Now as big, bad ninth graders,  they presumptuously  feel  that  they have earned the  right  to give their clique a cute little name. I don’t mean to burst your BUB-BLE, freshmen boys, but the antics that earned you a crown of cool on the AMS playground won’t even get you into amateur night around here. These are the big leagues, little boys, and you’re running with the big dogs. The feminine  side of  the Class of 2013 has also been hard 

at work earning a reputation of their own. While most teenage girls choose  to  make  their  catty  remarks  behind  each  other’s  backs,  this batch  of  freshmen  goes  ALL  OUT  BABY!  Recently  turning  Face-book into a hormonal battlefield, these adolescents have given the rest of AHS’ student body a front row seat to watch their angst-ridden car-nage unfold.         Also, Ashland High School has taught me to re-spect all kind of people; but  it was only after meet-ing the freshmen class that I was forced to accept the orange  among  us.  I’ve  got  to  hand  it  to  you  ladies; there are few people who can sport a fluorescent tan in mid-January.          Freshmen, you have a long way to go before you reach the light at the end of the high school tunnel, which frankly, is awful for you. At this rate though, it would be a miracle if your train doesn’t fly off the tracks before you make it there.

by Lucas Opgenorth

by Elias Opgenorth

by Angelica Florio

The flocking freshmen

    As a skittish freshman, you walk onto the quad looking for your pack of friends to huddle with. Along the way you accidentally  step onto  the half moon-- a no crossing zone for any  lower-classmen  who  wish  to keep all  their  limbs  intact. Perhaps this  is  a  little  dramatic,  but  how much  do  the  dominating  Burger King  hats  and  the  slab  of  concrete called  the  “half  moon”  intimidate or impact the rest of the school?          “The seniors are arrogant and for the  most  part  egotistical  people. But,  in  actuality,  they  will  go  out into  the  cold,  dark  world  and  be-gin to realize  that  they are not  the shining lights that their sweet little mothers told them they were,” said junior  Ryan  Mills.  Spot  on  Ryan, spot on.    Freshman  Madeline  Honning-ford  seems  to  be  uninterested  in the  Class  of  2010,  “At  first  I  was intimidated by the senior class, but as the year progressed, I came to the realization that they weren’t all they were cracked up to be,” she said.     Different grades seem to have sim-ilar opinions about these seniors. I, for one, have been unaffected by the senior  class,  which  is  actually  just a  group  of  children  hiding  behind the  label  ‘senior’;  seeing them con-stantly  playing  Farmville  seriously downplays the intimidation factor.       In  the  words  of  rapper  Nicki Manaj, “Okay I get it, let me think, I  guess  it’s  my  turn!”  We  will  all have  a  chance  to  “rule  the  school” and I would like to wish the seniors luck  as  the  tables  turn  when  they become  incoming  freshman  next year.

                               During a recent conversation I had with one of the very few bear-able members of the  junior class,  I was  struck  by  the  way  this  unfor-tunately  aged  friend  of  mine’s  fol-lowing  words  accurately  summed up the truth about his peers: “I just don’t  know  what  I’m  going  to  do next  year.  It’s  not  going  to  be  any fun,” Not surprisingly, I have heard this  sentiment  echoed  from  sev-eral other juniors, all of whom have come to recognize the pathetic na-ture of  their class. With this Class of 2011 at  the helm of AHS’  ship in the coming year, we are looking at  a  dull  forecast  of  low  wind,  flat seas and a severe case of cabin fever. Ahoy  matey!  It’s  going  to  be  one long, boring journey.        All  this  year,  the  seniors  have been  single  handedly  carrying  the upper-classman  torch  while  the juniors  linger  on  the  outskirts  of the  quad,  timidly  eyeing  the  glori-ous  half-moon  of  which  they’re not even close to worthy. Instead of sharing this social Holy Grail with the seniors, as has been the norm in previous years,  the  juniors seem to have been kicked off and have ever since  been  looking  to  regain  their seat  at  center  stage,  hoping  that they might one day be cool again.           In  the  meantime,  they  scatter the  quad;  some  loud  mouthed  de-bate  kids  here,  some  chest  pound-ing jocks there, and the miscellany in between. The result of this class’ lack of unity is that they possess no spot  defined  as  their  own  and,  in-stead, their cliques speckle the quad with splotches that are as gray as the concrete on which they stand.       Sure,  the  juniors  may  have poked their head out of their prai-rie-holes  a  few  times,  picking  con-flicts  that  they  could  never  win (coin  toss  anyone?).  Yet  on  the whole,  they  are  boring  and  forget-table,  similar to a breakfast of oat-meal.  You may enjoy it, but it does not stick out or excite you, and it is hard to point out why you tolerate it.  Their  lack  of  class  pizzazz  and uniqueness  forces  them  to  take  a backseat in the car of AHS, where they will eventually fade away into forgotteness.

Illustration by Sarah Lochmiller

The soph-horde class

The brawl in the hall. The duel in the school.

June 10, 2010Page 10 Rogue News

by Erin Foley(a freshman)

(a sophomore)

(a senior)

(a junior)

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Summer Activities

Justin Bieber performs in

Portland.

7:00 pm

9:00 pm - MGMT performs in Port-land.

Slightly Stoopid and Pulse per-form at Britt.

Michael Franti & Spearhead/Brett Dennen at Britt.

7:30 pm - Jamie Cullum performs at Britt.

The Beach Boys play at the county fairgrounds.

Get some food at Mihama’s!

Daniel Meyer Pool opens. Time to flirt with the lifeguards...

Mt. Ashland’s Annual 13.3 mile Hill Climb begins at 7:30 am.

7:00 pm

“The Ultimate Hippie Fest”

Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers at Britt.

8:00 pm

6:30 pm

GRADUATION!

Freshstart Retreat #1

This summer, students have the opportunity to give back to Science Works by being a volunteer. There are three ways to volunteer at Sci-ence Works over the summer:1. Be a Science Activity Presenter Volunteer2. Be an Exhibit Guide Volunteer3. Be a Discovery Island and Pre-school Family Network VolunteerVisit the Science Works website at scienceworksmuseum.org to read detailed volunteer descriptions and fill out a volunteer application.

Science Works Hands-on Museum

Rogue Valley Habitat for Human-ity is a non-profit, volunteer-based housing ministry that is committed to eliminating poverty housing in the Rogue Valley. There are three ways to volunteer at Habitat for Humanity: 1. Construction VolunteersMonday thru Saturday from 9am-3pm. 2. ReStore VolunteersWork includes warehouse type work, cleaning, organizing, customer ser-vice.Monday thru Saturday 10am-5pm. 3. Fourth of July BoothHot dogs and hamburgers will be sold a booth in Ashland. Volunteers are needed for prep work, BBQ and clean up. If interested call Whitny Davidson at 541-779-1983 for more information.

Habitat for HumanityStill looking to fill those community service hours? Here are some great opportunities happening this summer:

Freshstart Retreat #3

Ever wondered what it feels like to be a senior? Go sit on the half moon.

Hike to the Fairy Ponds

Have a night worthy of Texts From Last Night.

Stop playing Farm-ville and plant real crops.

performs in Portland

8:00 pm

Get in line for the movie premier of...

Consider your-self a local? The rest of the town won’t until you drink Lithia Water. Today’s the day!

SAT Day in Grants Pass.

Gruesome.

Lady

Never wanted to grow up? Watch your favorite child-hood movie.

Freshstart Coun-selor two day re-treat begins.

welcomes you to Eugene, Oregon.

Protest Ashland’s nudity laws.

Hike to the Acid Castles

Monday Madness. Hit up La Tapatia and Gisseppi’s.

Feeling like a Champ? Try to hike Grizzly Peak, Table Rock and Mt. Ashland all in the same day.

Star

gaze

Kites and Crows perform at the Green Show.

7:15 pm -

Avatar: The Last Airbender opens.

Freshstart Retreat #2

Happy 4th!

Have a tea party.

Learn how to play poker.

Get a freshly-made doughnut from the Farmer’s Market.

Mr. Schlecht’s Re-tirment Party on the AHS football field.

Delete unnecessary Facebook friends.

Car camping!

Outside Lands continues...

Outside Lands Music festival in San Fransisco.

www.textsfromlastnight.com

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Move your com-puter outside.

The Jackson County Fair begins.

1-5 pm

Last day all the Gisseppi’s coupons are valid.

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Let’s see how far we’ve come...

Photos by Larry Stauth Jr.Winter Sports

Volleyball- Conference Champions; THIRD at StateFootball- Second Round of playoffsBoys Soccer- Conference Champions; State QuarterfinalsGirls Soccer- Conference Champions; Second Round of PlayoffsBoys Cross Country- SECOND at StateGirls Cross Country- FOURTH at State Boys Water Polo- STATE CHAMPIONS!Girls Water Polo- SECOND at State

Boys Basketball- Conference Champions; Second Round of playoffsGirls Basketball- Conference Champions; FIFTH at stateBoys Swimming- District Champions Girls Swimming- District ChampionsBoys Skiing-NINTH at StateGirls Skiing- EIGHTH at State Boys Snowboarding- SECOND at StateGirls Snowboarding- SECOND at State

Baseball- Conference ChampionsBoys Tennis- District Champions; THIRD at StateGirls Tennis- District ChampionsTrack & Field- Sam Jackson, STATE CHAMPION 800m; Katie Schulenburger, THIRD in 300m Hurdles; Allison Schulenburger, FOURTH in 400m; Camelia Mayfield, FIFTH in 3000m. Crew- SECOND in Women’s Novice Doubles; THIRD in Men’s Singles; THIRD in Men’s Varsity Doubles.Equestrian- Lauren Smith, STATE CHAMPION in Hunt Seat Over Fences.

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