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Renowned Composer writes unique music for Enloe musicians on page 14 Volume XXIV Issue III EAGLE PHOTO BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN Xfire: new cell-phone ban for drivers under 18. Is it a precautionary measure, or an unnecessary inconvenience? page 5 Enloe students fight the fight against AIDS in Africa on page 7 S William G. Enloe High School EYE February 2007 Unfinished Building Raises Issues in Wake of Move BY KATY KOESY When Enloe students returned from winter break, they expected to find themselves in a nice, new building with more space and better accommodations than the East had been infamous for. Unfortunately, reality struck hard as they found themselves in an unfinished and disconnected new building. With no connection to the Novell login system and cramped entrance corridors and stairwells, there was angst and discontentment among students as they struggled to find their way around the building’s U-shaped structure. Junior Jiakaira Dixon relates how “it was a huge hassle with everyone cramming through the doors and no central stairway to follow. It was just ridiculous.” The most common complaint many students have about the building is how unfinished it seemed to be. With a central stairwell that is still just a shell (though set to be completed sometime in late February) and only two entranceways connecting both buildings, traffic flow is temporarily congested everywhere. This congestion proved problematic during a surprise fire drill (due to construction going on in the building) when a large number of students failed to find their way outside in a timely manner. In response to the many concerns ex- The News in Brief NICOLE BROSAN SARAH SHAUGHNESSY BRANDY WEATHERSPOON Teachers’ Non-Talent Show On Saturday, February 17, the NHS board will be hosting the first Enloe Faculty Non-Talent Show at seven pm. Students are encouraged to go watch their teachers perform their skills: singing, musical bands, comedy skits, and various other acts are expected. Also, a slideshow of the teachers from high school will be viewed. Tickets, sold from February 6th to February 9th at five dollars each, will help to raise money for the Enloe Faculty Hospitality Fund, used for teachers that take leave due to sickness. ¡Somos Unicos! Students filing into the usual traffic jam in the corridors linking West to “Middle East” between fifth and sixth periods pressed following the fire drills as they could no longer access their more money and a new contractor to whether or not the building was Novell login names in either the to speed up the process. By now, meeting safety regulations, Assis- new or the west building for the all floors of the new building should tant Principal Penny Vagle called first three weeks after the move. have Novell and Internet access in Safety Officer Robin Pace of the Mr. Moore, Enloe’s Instructional along with new Windows 2000 or Wake County Department of Risk Technologist, explains that, “the Windows XP computers. Management and Lee Lovic of the delay in Novell access for both stuUnfortunately for the teachRaleigh Fire Prevention Depart- dents and teachers was due to a ers, having to move their things ment to reassess the fire drill delayed completion of the wiring into the new building came at a routes. Both men found the routes system by a subcontractor.” The cost. Several teachers had to come to be within county guidelines and wiring had still not been completed in almost every day of winter break at the start of the new-year, and as to move just enough furniture and perfectly safe. To add fuel to the fire, many a result, Wake County had to persee “Move” on page 2 disgruntled students found that sonally intervene by contributing “¡Somos Unicos! ¡Somos Latinos!” is a conference for Hispanic students and their parents, geared towards motivating and informing teenagers about leadership and educational opportunities in the North Carolina community and throughout the world. The conference, to be held at Southeast Raleigh High School on March 17th, will feature resident Latino speakers who have been successful in their careers. The aim is to empower students through productive decision-making about their futures and how to become actively involved in their communities. Good News for College Applicants BY ELI HORNSTEIN With the rise of the Democratic congress, a new bill has passed in the House of Representatives that may be of particular interest to Enloe students. The bill, whose official title is “The College Student Relief Act of 2007” is designed to help make college more affordable for some students by gradually lowering the interest rates on student loans. The current interest rate for student loans is fixed at 6.8 percent. The main part of the plan is a phased reduction of interest rates by .68 percent every year for five years, until rates have been cut in half to 3.4 percent in 2011. This means that a 5-year $15,000 loan that now costs $20,100 to pay off inconveniently at the beginning of one’s career, would be lowered to a debt of $17,550 after 2011. However, this reduction only applies to student loans that in some way are financed by the federal government. Completely private interest rates will most likely remain unchanged. According to the bill’s proponents, ninety-nine percent of banks will be protected from significant loss, although how this will be guaranteed was not detailed. Although these loans typically apply to the students in the lower tax bracket who will most benefit from the program, there may be some gaps along the socioeconomic lines as to whom the bill applies. The bill also provides for the elimination of giving preferential status to loan applicants based on race or wealth, a decrease in collection agency fees, and continuously lower loan rates. Senior Aneitra Hoggard, who is applying to many of the more expensive private schools, expects to take out large loans to pay her tuition, graduating in debt as a result. So for Aneitra, the new drop in interest rates “is great!” California Democratic Representative Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and sponsor of the bill, spoke about it at a press conference on January eleventh. He deemed it to be unacceptable that, “an entire generation of Americans has had to go deeply into debt in order to get a college degree.” He also noted the risk to our national supply of teachers. “Public service professions, like teaching, are suffering,” Miller said, “because graduates often cannot manage their college debt on public service salaries.” By doing something as small as lowering interest rates, the House of Representatives hopes to contribute to the revitalization of the United States economy. Enloe students can immediately appreciate the effects of the bill with this year’s decrease in loan rates for seniors, but the benefits will follow everybody beyond high school. Although the bill undoubtedly has good effects, the increase in graduates will result in a tougher job market, and further schooling will be required for the same jobs which previously required none. New Staff to Clean Enloe For the past eight years, a cleaning company named R.T.P. has cleaned the Enloe campus. Their quality of work went down as the years went on. Facilities Manager, Mr. Ashley, explained that it got to the point where they would just enter the room, empty the trash, and leave. The school was not getting a good cleaning, things were being stolen, and money was being wasted. So, Enloe recently hired its own staff. The Auxiliary Services Dept. approved ten positions, eight of which been filled so far. Now if a job isn’t completely done, the head custodian can go to the employees personally and critique them. They are all still in training and doing their best. The two remaining positions should be filled by the end of this month. 2 BY HELEN JOHNSTON Imagine streets full of people, their marching feet all converging for the purpose of fighting for their beliefs and promoting human rights. In November of 2006, several Enloe students experienced this firsthand at the protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas (SOA). Located in Fort Benning, Georgia, this special military school teaches counterinsurgency and law enforcement to mainly Latin American students. According to SOA Watch, an advocacy group dedicated to closing the school, about one percent of its 60,000 graduates use their education to target civilian populations in attempts to resolve social, political, and economic problems in ways including torture, extortion and blackmail. Enloe teacher and Amnesty International Club Advisor Mrs. Slusser, who attended the protest, says these civilians who “give voice to people who are without rights,” are targeted to maintain the status quo of the more affluent citizens of Latin American countries. Each November, people around the world gather to protest the operation of the SOA and to call for its immediate closing. So on the weekend of November 17, several Enloe students, including Peter Helm, Avery Pittman, Kathleen Petermann, Molly Merwin, Ellen Biseck, and Emily Hudson, traveled to Georgia along with 22,000 other protestors. The school closed temporarily in 1996 because some of their instructional materials taught torture techniques to the students. The school reopened in 2001 with a new name and a revised prospectus, but HumanRightsWatch.org says the reforms “fell far short of what was NEWS needed.” According to Amnesty International, a human rights advocacy group, “hundreds of graduates of the school have been implicated in human rights violations in Latin America.” But according to WHINSEC’s website, the institution simply works to promote “peace, democratic values, and respect for human rights.” However, not all graduates of the school are dedicated to those ideas. SOA Watch’s website says EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 long event that includes concerts, films, and presentations. Peter Helm, an Enloe Junior, was astounded by the “amount of people who were there,” and “the overwhelming sense of community.” On the last day of the protest, there was a procession in which the names and ages of everyone killed by a graduate were read aloud. For Junior Avery Pittman, it was the most powerful part. She was especially moved by the recitation of unnamed children, whose “bodies were so destroyed they couldn’t be identified.” Enloe graduateGraymond Ward attended the protest and was arrested with fifteen other protestors for jumping the fence surrounding the campus. Ccrossing the femce is a federal crime, but Ward says his crime of conscience is justified because “graduates of the SOA commit grievous human rights violations in the name of democracy. I don’t think that it is acceptable for my government to represent me by assaulting the innocent.” As to Ward’s more radical forms of protest, he felt “like this allowed me to say the most, the loudest, in the shortest amount of time. Spending a few months as a prisoner of conscience seems worth it,” he says, especially if he can “help a group of people who need help desperately.” Speaking Out: Students on the Frontlines that the persons “targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others who work for the rights of the poor.” They also claim that these people have been tortured, massacred, and forced into political asylum. Emily Hudson, a junior, calls the curriculum of the school “appalling” and says the students are “from countries who use these tactics against their own countrymen.” The protest itself is a four day PHOTO COURTESY OF ELLEN BISECK Students pose with their signage depicting the phrase“Close S.O.A” at the S.O.A Protest in Georgia last November “Move” Cont. from Page 1 supplies to begin teaching with the start of the new year. In particular, the science department had a difficult time moving and securing all of their chemicals. According to Mr. Constantine who was assisting with the move almost every day over break, the deliverance of each teacher’s boxes went very smoothly. However, Mr. Constantine reports that, “the move really set me back on my grading because I had to be here during a time when I would normally be grading. It was a lot to move, but I didn’t mind.” Ms. Vagle explained that construction jobs often take place in overlapping phases in order to most effectively and inexpensively complete the work. So while teachers were moving into the building, renovation had already begun on the East. Because of this, it was crucial for the move to be completed and the new building to be as satisfactory as possible for students to begin classes on January 2. Ms. Vagle clarifies, “Safety is a primary concern. If there had been any possibility of Wake County shutting the addition down, we would have continued having classes in the East until the problem was fixed.” While adjusting to the new building might have taken longer than expected, it is already beginning to feel like home, as students have begun to affectionately call it the “Middle East”. the Eagle’s Eye Editors Matthew Price Editor-in-Chief Opinion Editor Rebecca Putterman News Editor Publications Manager Elly Schofield Features Editor Hannah Thurman Student Forum Editor Photo Editor Helen Johnston A & E Editor Katy Koesy Sports Editor Staff Writers Nicole Brosan Eli Hornstein Sarah Shaugnessy Brandy Weatherspoon Advisor Stewart King the Eagles’ Eye seeks to deliver news in a studentyfriendly manner while challenging readers to expand their minds and question their opinions. the Eagle’s Eye is the studentproduced newspaper publishd six times per year by the Newsmagazine elective at Enloe High School. Check us out on the web at http://enloehs.wcpss.net/ eagleseye/ rently solely left up to the administration, Dr. Cochran emphasized how she is “appalled sometimes at Cheating. Forgery. Identity what I hear some students say they theft. Plagiarism. Vandalism: five think is not cheating!” words that spell consequence acOne student, under condition cording to Enloe’s Honor Code, a of anonymity, expressed concerns document established last year to similar to Miss Patel’s regarding the confront cheating among stusystem in the aftermath of their dents. Last month, three students own experiences. “In such cases in Mr. Neiley’s AP Human Geograof Honor Code violation where a phy class were accused of the first student’s integrity is in question aforementioned offense. These and the punishments are so severe students surely faced the consethat a student’s life could be ruquences, earning a day of suspenined,” they said, “the system sion each. One student, Senior should have sufficient provisions Bunsree Patel, was removed from to let students’ cases be presented her position as Senior Class Presiand heard fairly.” dent, following the rules of their But as usual, there’s another Constitution. side to what is fair. Mr. Neiley, no Needless to say, a contronewcomer to handling such situaversy blew up over the incident. tions, concurs with Dr. Cochran Did these exemplary students acabout the lax prosecution of cheattually cheat? Was the process of ers. “I have seen it too many times their indictment genuinely fair? that teachers and others do not And if so, what are the lessons to follow through [with punishment], be learned? which may make the students feel The ambiguity of the situathat there are no consequences,” tion, a question of group work verhe says. One suggestion he has sus cheating in the context of a for reducing the prevalence of misunderstood assignment, has cheating is to have students sign led to a series of questions about the Honor Code, “like I had to do the Honor Code itself, and the due in college,” he explains. “Then each person can live with their own integrity.” Dr. Cochran relates that “the lesson I have learned is that we need to talk more with students and as a faculty about what constitutes cheating.” The Honor Code is set The first part of the Honor Code posted on English Teacher Ms. Slusser’s classroom wall to be reevaluatedsoon. BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN process rights of students. Dr. Cochran is most concerned with this broader spectrum of the issue. “I am disturbed that students argue about whether a teacher’s assignment was clear instead of addressing the real issue of cheating,” she explains. “We have to make judgment calls as we listen to student stories, read teacher referrals, and follow Board policy.” But Patel thinks that the School Board policy should be altered. An idea that originated alongside the Honor Code was to have a review panel of students and teachers to hear the cases of those involved. “Before anything gets turned into the administration, it should be taken to [the panel],” Patel suggests. “People should not only assess the evidence, but also have a reasonable motive behind why the students [allegedly] committed the action. We’re not treated as though we’re innocent until proven guilty, and we should be.” Right now, due process begins with a teacher referral, then a hearing for the student’s side, and ends with a decision by the administration. As the judgment calls are cur- A Question of Honor EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 OPINION 3 William G. Enloe High School, 128 Clarendon Crescent, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610 EAGLE S EYE Our Views hike down the breezeway. The two hallways create a bottleneck effect, with one heading down a narrow ramp (made even narrower by the faux-brick that juts from the side), and the other letting out into a tiny four-way intersection. Once inside, boxes rain down from jerks on the third floor who think they’re funny (or, more recently, soda bottles). People just drop trash in hallways and the stairwells. Moreover, students find it Student Poll: “How do you feel about Wake County’s ‘Abstinence-Only‘Til-Marriage’ Curriculum?” PHOTOS AND QUOTES COMPILED BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN North Carolina General Statute 115C-81 (e1) gives the guidelines for the Healthful Living Sex Education curriculum. Some general guidelines that the State Board of Education follows from this legislation include: • assuring that students understand that a mutually faithful, monogamous, heterosexual relationship in the context of marriage is the best lifelong means of avoiding diseases transmitted by sexual contact, including HIV/AIDS • offering positive reinforcement for abstinence • focusing on the benefits of abstinence until marriage and the risks of premarital sexual activity • establishing abstinence from sexual activity, which could lead to unintended pregnancy and disease, outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school-age children Starting off the year with classes in the new building has had its ups and its downs. And, although the move itself went smoothly, and the building is nice, we find that the finishing touches and new features leave a few things to be desired. First of all, it can be difficult to actually enter the new wing in the seven minutes between classes; this is time which we thought might become superfluous without the convenient to stop on landings or in crowded spaces, resulting in congestion and frustration for ambitious walkers. Both layout and attitudes, therefore, contribute to the clogging in the new building hallways. The workers banging on windows and walls during a busy test can be frustrating, but fortuantely that’s almost over... except, with the main stairwell being unfinished as of yet, maybe it’s not. A Wannabe Lord of the Rings BY HANNAH THURMAN I always thought they made us read stuff in school because it was good literature. I always thought we were assigned worthy classics (To Kill a Mockingbird, As I Lay Dying) in English class to broaden our horizons, to expand our minds, and most importantly— to show to us what constituted good writing. Obviously not. For years, the ninth-grade English curriculum has focused a good deal on the archetypal hero: the symbolic character that undertakes a quest to save the world and understand himself—largely an allegory for growing up. The books chosen to express this theme fluctuate between the standard Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin and other fantasy classics like The Lord of the Rings. This year, however, a substandard book has clawed its way onto the reading list, shedding scales as it went: Eragon, by child “prodigy” novelist Christopher Paolini. The plot is simple. A boy named Eragon (gee, the subtle symbolism starts even there) finds a dragon egg and is suddenly whisked off onto a quest that reeks of rehashed Tolkien. The characters are trite and it’s very clear that precocious—or should we say “pretentious”?—little Chris grew up reading Leguin and McCaffrey. If we’re trying to instill in our students the value of original thought, let’s skip the 509 pages of derivation, please. The writing, too, leaves much to be desired. Paolini’s prose is wordy and awkward (we are trying to dissuade kids from writing in the passive tense, aren’t we?) and his stilted dialogue falls flat. Clichés abound (“sleep…that covered him like a blanket”) and the vocabulary is dull. It is flat-out poorly written. But, oh. Here is the claim to Christopher’s dragonriding fame; this is what sets him apart from thousands of other nondescript fantasy novels: he was a kid when he wrote it! I won’t disagree that the guy finished the book at age nineteen. I won’t disagree that that is a pretty cool thing to do, and that he should be congratulated for sticking to it, and maybe his friends should throw him a party. I disagree, however, that we should hold this fact up as a literary merit for the work. Literature should be taken for its own value, divorced from the author’s background entirely. I don’t care if the writer was fifteen, fifty, or a hundred and five when he wrote it; if it’s a bad book, it doesn’t deserve to be read—and especially not taught. Also, the book was first selfpublished by Chris’s parents, and only later sold to publishing house KNOPF after Paolini had received publicity as a “young genius author.” Today’s world is cutthroat: if Paolini had sent in an anonymous manuscript and coverletter (without, as is near-printed on his books, “I WAS FIFTEEN WHEN I WROTE THIS!!!”), he likely would not have a book deal. Is this the kind of message with which to inundate our ninth graders? That, no matter how mediocre you are, your youth alone will get you fame and fortune? I don’t think so. Freshman deserve better. So next time the ninth-grade English curriculum goes in for review, here’s my vote: send Eragon flying on a dragon out into the real world of books, and teach the archetypal hero through something more worthwhile, like Nebulaaward-winner Dune—big surprise there: Frank Herbert was forty-five when he wrote that. “Honestly, I understand why we have the policy, but they should just teach more about contraceptives because kids may not learn it otherwise.” -Kelly Molin, 12th “I think it’s more important to teach students methods of safety. Although abstinence is the safest course, it’s not the most followed.” -Justin Pyatt, 12th “It seems that kids should learn about these things for themselves. I’m not a fan of premarital sex, but I’m also not partial to watching movies about it in health class.” -David Horton, 11th “The school should address the reality of the situation, given the context of our society... they must take responsibility to teach [that].” -Lawrence Le, 12th “Students will just break the rules, ‘cause we don’t listen!” -Chantal Austin, 10th - Lauren Lane, 10th CARTOON BY VICTOR RIVERA 4 OPINION EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Help-Attacked by Ads BY HELEN JOHNSTON Living in the twenty-first century, an age of great technological advancements, the average person is bombarded with advertising from all sources. From the giant neon Krispy Kreme sign, to the blaring RoomsTo-Go! ad on the radio and television, to the flashing banners at Facebook.com and MySpace.com, advertisements can be pretty hard to escape. It seems businesses will use any excuse to entice prospective customers to buy their product. Advertisers use all the tricks in the books, from the scantily clad men and women on Abercrombie posters, to cute animations like the Energizer bunny to sell their product. It’s not that I begrudge their job, I just wish they could find a way to distribute these advertisements in a more creative way. I understand the need for advertising, most importantly to convince you that you need to buy their product, while sometimes informing about the product itself and prices, but I would much rather not be bombarded by catchy jingles such as “Right Store, Right Price” the Kroger slogan currently running through my inner psyche, or the rendition of the song “Tomorrow” by Rooms-To-Go that always seems to be on the radio. I would prefer a version of advertisement similar to those found on the TV station PBS, radio stations NPR and WCPE, and in TV shows streamed online. This involves commercials at the end and beginning of the segments, but no interruptions every few minutes. One of my greatest peeves is how the Seinfeld reruns that I watch with my parents almost every night are cut to make room for more advertising in a thirty minute time slot. Television shows streamed online have approximately between 10-15 minutes of action before it stops for a 30 second commercial, shown only 3 times during the show. I actually prefer to watch Desperate Housewives on my smaller computer screen than on my television, simply because I don’t have to deal with so many commercials. Another, more innovative way to spread the words of advertising would be to incorporate ads into buying gasoline. Almost everyone, at least here in Raleigh, visits a gas station about once a week. Imagine the scope and audiences these ads would reach. Right now, there really isn’t anything I can do to change this. All I know is that I’m going to rent movies from Blockbuster, download music from iTunes, and find a route home from school that doesn’t pass by Krispy Kreme’s “Hot Fresh Now” sign. Shut Up and Drive! New Law Uneffective, BY KATY KOESY Finally, there is a bill that the state legislature has gotten right. Recently, the North Carolina state legislature passed a law making it illegal for anyone under eighteen who holds a provisional license to talk on a cellular phone while driving. This law extends to text messaging, email, music and games as well. Though teenagers can use their phone to talk to parents or for an emergency (911) call, if they are caught using cell phones for any other reason while driving they will face a twenty-five dollar fine. You, as teenagers, will have a choice… you will either have to hang up or pay up. Teen drivers are the single largest group susceptible to driving accidents if because of a lack of experience. That’s a simple fact. A staggering fourteen percent of motor vehicle deaths in the United States are teen drivers alone, and clearly distractions (such as a fellow passenger or cell phones) are a major contributor in teen accidents. And it’s not just another statistic either. Just the other day, I was riding home from school with a friend of mine when she turned the wrong way onto a one-way street while talking to her boyfriend on her cell phone. The wrong way down a one-way street! That’s someone who’s seriously distracted. For years the government continued to allow these distractions to be present in the car when they could have been controlled. Now, the state has taken the first real proactive measure to reduce single car accidents (such as running off of the road or hitting the guardrail) from cell phone use, which is a law that I, especially as a new teen driver, whole-heartedly support. As cell phones have become more prominent in our society, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started extensive studies on the effects of cell phone use and driving and has found that all types of cell phones, hand-held or not, affect the cognitive ability of the driver to perform acutely on the task at hand. The use of a cell phone is distracting to any driver (young or old) and inhibits their ability to pick up on audio and visual clues that could help prevent a crash. Teens need all the focus they can get at the wheel. One such method to reduce crashes has been the introduction of North Carolina’s provisional license program. In the months that followed the program’s introduction, number of fatal crashes involving young drivers decreased significantly because of the fact that there were less teens on the road late at night. Most students would probably say that they couldn’t live without their cell phone. And sure, cell phones come in handy at times, but let’s face it: we can survive without answering that one call, especially while we are on the roads. Let it go to voicemail, for all of us. Too Specific BY ELIZABETH GOYER I believe that the law restricting teen cell phone use was created with good intentions for our best interest. However, I think it is a bad law because it is too difficult to enforce and poorly constructed. Just like the “only one passenger per car” rule, or the “no driving after nine rule,” a driver violating the cell phone rule will not get caught unless they are pulled over for something else, or get in a wreck. And if a cell phone user gets caught because they are in a wreck, well, its kind of too late. The difference between the other two laws and the cell phone rule is a little thing called parental regulation. Speaking from my own experience and those of people I know, the only reason new drivers follow the one person and after nine rule is because their parents make them. It is much harder for a parent to regulate whether or not their child is driving after nine (are they home after 9? Ok, they aren’t driving) than it is to tell whether or not they are using the cell phone in the car. I think that this law really is having a very small effect on whether or not 16 and 17-year-old drivers choose to talk on the phone because they will almost definitely not get caught. I think that if they are going to make a cell phone law, they should’ve done a better job of it. For one thing, it should restrict new drivers for a certain amount of time (maybe two years) instead of people under eighteen. Plenty of people don’t even get their license until they’re 18, but that doesn’t mean they are any better at driving. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 25% of inattention accidents involve cell phone use. That seems like a lot, but compared to other combined distractions, for example, talking with other passen- gers (81%), playing with the radio or CD player (66%) or eating/drinking (49%), it’s really not that much. Maybe more restrictions should be made. While banning radio use or eating in the car is equally as difficult to enforce as cell phone use, if they think making a law will change that, perhaps legislators should focus on problems that cause more accidents. Should everyone be required to drive in complete silence, even when passengers are in the car? If not, then why should cell phones be taboo? It is clear that cell phones can a dangerous distraction in the car, but so are many other things; the way this law works doesn’t make much sense to me. It is too hard to enforce and ought to be consistent, applying to all new drivers in a variety of distracting circumstances. EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 OPINION between England’s Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. The time was in February, and it became a mating season filled with love. Another legend began with a man named Valentine. He lived in a place where marriage became outlawed in order for soldiers to avoid grief. Thus, Valentine was sent to jail and was unable to be with the woman he loved. He ended up sneaking her a love letter signed with “From your Valentine” (hint: the valentine cards people exchange on Valentine’s day). As a result, February 14 is a day that enables people to freely express their love for each other. Sweet, right? I thought so. So why do others hate on this holiday? If any pessimistic individuals don’t choose to participate then they should just not say anything about it. Or maybe they could try to supress their negative feelings, and learn to spread the love. 5 Spreadin’ the Love BY BRANDY WEATHERSPOON The day is coming. The day for chocolates, flowers, gifts, and overly mushy poems. The loveydovey day. We all know about it, some just prefer not to participate in all of the exchanging. I, on the other hand, adore Valentine’s Day. It’s such a happy, make-you-feelgood time, how could I not? When I was younger, I couldn’t wait until the time of year where we made those cute decorative bags and, at the end of the day, everyone ran around filling them up with little cards and candy. Though that doesn’t happen anymore, it’s still an overall fun holiday. I mean, who doesn’t like getting a bunch of chocolate for no reason? Even when I’m single, I don’t mope around wishing I had someone to share the day with. That’s what my friends are for. We could argue about the real meaning of Valentine’s Day. That the day has been excessively commercialized and nobody even acknowledges the real reason it began. Eli points out that Valentine’s day began as a ritual with men running around, slapping people with blood-soaked animal skin. Obviously that’s disgusting and a horrible reason for people to create a love holiday from it. Yes, to me that it is pretty sick, but for them it wasn’t! It was actually an annual festival known as Lupercalia celebrated on February 15. It honored the fertility of animals, and was perfectly normal in their culture. It was their own choice to participate in this activity, so why should we base our judgments on that? Just to let you know, the day of St. Valentine’s became associated with love in the 14th century. A man named Chaucer composed a poem in honor of the engagement Smells Like Teen Hipocrisy BY MATTHEW PRICE About once every other week I get invited to join some kind of Facebook group that really bothers me. It’s not one of the distasteful joke groups, or one that someone made for talking about a one time event (although those are definitely annoying). No, the kind of groups I’m talking about have names like “Save Darfur” or “Shut Down The School of the Americas”; I find them so offensive because they are symptoms of a terrible disease that I call Teen Hypocrisy. A first sign of this disease is how American teenagers, including myself and my friends, run the risk of becoming fixated on the “tragedy of the moment.” A year ago, people at Enloe cared about victims of Katrina or those displaced by the tsunami. Though more could still be done for those people today, the masses decided all at once that they had done enough. “Let’s move on,” they said, and logged onto YouTube to search for something else. Another symptom is that cause-devoted clubs like Stand as One and Key Club aren’t populated entirely by sincere people. It’s depressing as Key Club president to see how many scores of students ignore an opportunity to help without the promise of a tangible reward, such as hours or leadership credit. At the beginning of the year I hoped to stop the disease, by discouraging resume padders. Unfortunately, the disease makes its victims desperate, and many remained. I’m not trying to say people have to be consumed by some eternal, vital concern for any one cause. Nor am I insinuating that it’s wrong not to do anything, or that someone should help if he or she doesn’t want to. However, when my peers say they care about other people and make it clear by their actions that they don’t, it’s really sickening. Their definition of “caring” is that they get the immediate feelings that all people have when learning about a tragedy: the experience is intense, sorrowful, and indignant. They get the same emotions that they would feel upon seeing an emaciated dog, newly hit by a car, struggling alongside the road. The reactions end up being just as transient and fleeting. Fortunately, there’s a cure. When the temptation comes to run off and print 1000 bumper stickers for biofuels, I have to take a minute to think about how important the cause actually is. How much will it mean in ten days, ten months, or ten years? Is it as important as what is on the menu for lunch today? As valuable as what there is to wear Friday night with friends? All it takes is a few seconds of reflection and Teen Hypocrisy can be stopped before it even takes hold. Love?... Bah Humbug! BY ELI HORNSTEIN I dislike Valentine’s day. Some years, it even extends to extreme dislike. Now, I don’t dislike it for any of the standard reasons, like ‘it’s too commercial.’ What really irks me is that no one has any clue about why they are giving people overly expensive chocolate. I have here some facts, revealed by perfunctory internet research, research available to every Tom, Dick, and Harry, that may just be the reason for my bitter hum-buggery. Valentine’s day, like almost every other holiday, comes from a fertility festival. The festival was Roman, known as Lupercalia, and it was celebrated in a way that is hardly associable with heart-shaped boxes. First, everyone went and slaughtered a goat. Then, all the local men would strip naked and roam the streets wielding strips of blood-soaked goathide at the women. Strangely enough, the women did not run screaming from the skin-wielding maniacs. Rather, they tried to get whacked. The reasoning was that goat blood exposure is directly proportional to fertility. For those looking to have a good ol’ fashioned Valentine’s day, I hear that there’s a goat farm in Chatham County. As Valentine’s day progresses through the ages, it gathers some other lovely traditions. Such as being called Valentine’s day. There were actually three Saint Valentines. And, oddly enough, they were all killed as martyrs on February 14; it’s probably not a good idea to name any of your kids Valentine. They were Saints for the usual miracles. Most importantly, though, they had absolutely nothing to do with love. The day of Saint Valentine was actually just the Catholic church attempting to stamp out paganism. As you can see, it didn’t really work, since you still see people running around with those silly heart-shaped boxes Contradictorily, Valentine’s day no longer exists. The Roman Catholic Church officially denied the celebration of Saint Valentine’s day to the general populace in the 1960s. To avoid excommunication, it is probably best to give those horrid organ-shaped boxes for Saint Cyril day. Or, to really push the rules, for Saint Methodius day. Now, my esteemed colleague will perhaps tell you that history doesn’t matter to modern Valentine’s days. That is a choice for you, gentle reader, to make. Valentine’s day is now the holiday for guys to get screwed over. You know exactly what I mean. Gifts. Cards. Food. Sweet nothings. Is this a bipartisan holiday? Hardly. To that end, I suggest that modern Valentine’s day was contrived for the sole purpose of punishing males for the bloodslapping. 6 OPINION BY ELLY SCHOFIELD ing broken devices, but should messes like these be occurring in the first place? Enloe students seem to treat their bathrooms with the same neglect that they show the campus when they don’t throw away their trash. It’s easy to be negligent at school because the grounds and the bathrooms don’t belong to us. If we make a mess, it’s easy to just walk away and not care about the next person who has to deal with it. The best solution to the abominable state of the bathrooms is to take some action. It would be great if their condition were brought to the attention of the administrators. Taking the time to talk to the people in charge would show them that students are truly tired of having to use unsanitary bathrooms. Student Council could take on the advocacy, or maybe a special coalition of students and faculty. Discussing the issue with the custodial staff would also be a step in the right direction. The second part of the answer is, unfortunately, similar to the frequent appeals by the faculty for students to please pick up their trash. In other words, we students should take better care of our bathrooms. Perhaps the Golden Rule applies best to this situation: “Only throw dirty toilet paper on the ground that you would be willing to walk on yourself.” EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Bathroom’s Golden Rule Here’s the bottom line: the bathrooms at Enloe are gross. Disgusting, even. Take the girl’s bathroom right outside the West Gym Lobby for example: bits of toilet paper and paper towels litter the floor; for whatever reason, the paper towel dispenser on the far wall has been cracked in half; a thin film of slimy residue coats the floor and the toilets. The East building was worse. Unidentifiable pools of liquid streamed across the tiles (was it water, urine, or both?), and if you were lucky, you might happen upon a functioning soap dispenser and a door latch. Though the East Building is now closed, our beautiful new bathrooms in the new building run the risk of collapsing into the same mess. Junior Walker Sherk says that he “used to be a germophobe before I came to Enloe.” Diane Collopy, a senior, likewise prefers not to go near Enloe’s bathrooms. “To be honest, I try to avoid them,” she says. High school bathrooms aren’t expected to be sanitary havens of cleanliness, but why are we being subjected to these conditions? Overall, there appear to be two parts to the equation. The custodial staff is responsible for cleaning our bathrooms and fix- Janitor... CARTOON BY ELI HORNSTEIN A Class War on the Basketball Court BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN One, two, three, four, I declare a class war! I wouldn’t be particularly surprised if that was one of the cheerleading chants during basketball season, accompanied by some cute little whole-body adaptation of the thumb exercise to rally the crowd. As keys come out of pockets, the purpose of the war is defined: one side of the bleachers jingles beaten up keys for Volvos from the late ‘80’s, no automatic locks in sight, while the other side, just across the recently buffed, shining wooden floor, exposes brand new keys wired to automatically open brand new Tahoes and Suburbans. The side with the Volvos yells, “Tahoe! Tahoe!(Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap). Tahoe! Tahoe! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap).” And the other side shouts back, “Public Transit! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap). Public Transit! (Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap).” The last shot misses the rim by a millimeter as the buzzer goes off, and the Tahoe keys jingle mockingly, the shiny metal reflecting just enough light to blind the Volvo owners. It’s Enloe v. Broughton, in a simple high school basketball game on a Tuesday night in the Enloe gym. One group of boys against another, merely competing for the most balls to make it into the basket. But somehow, it’s become more than that. It’s also about the distinction between two classes, the one that can afford the fancy Sports Utility Vehicle and pay it off in hard cash, and the other that drives old Volvos and rides the CAT Bus to the mall. But why does that have any place in a school gym during a basketball game? Why does that have any place in schools at all? Let alone this country? It genuinely sickens me to think that my generation puts any stock in the material expression of wealth, when the difference in intellect and human integrity is often too small to measure, and far more important. I want to believe that we got past all of that–past the racism and the egoism–but apparently not. It’s right before our eyes at what looked at first like an innocent basketball game; a simple competition between point-guards and really tall guys. Next time, look a little closer when the keys come out, and you’ll see for yourself that the unmitigated measurements of wealth, race, power, and prestige still dominate this nation of a hypocritically acclaimed progressivism. Finally, let me pose a question: are our lives and our mutual future so empty that we can’t move on from the past, and accept each other for whatever car keys, or lack thereof, are in our pockets? Remodling the Runway BY HELEN JOHNSTON As a teenage girl, I applaud Spain for barring ultra-thin models from runways in September. As Italy institutes these practices as well, I can only think about the benefits of this decision. To me, it is the sign of a sad world when it took the death of model Anna Reston to make people aware of a problem that is not in any way new. According to the Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. website, about one percent of adolescents suffer from an eating disorder. Some of these teenagers are influenced by the fashion industry with the desire to be super skinny, but with the new policy the influence to be so thin will hopefully decrease. The slow, dangerous trend towards the super skinny ideal body type is shown quite clearly by looking at film stars. Think back to the celebrities of the 1950s like Marilyn Monroe, whose full figure and “hourglass” shape was stylish. Compared to those today, like Kiera Knightly and Lindsay Lohan they seem enormous, but in reality the stars today are just too skinny. The media, especially teen magazines like Seventeen, constantly bombard us with images of “perfect” bodies. Even though they try to make an effort, though pathetic to display all body types, they usually end up with four or five thin girls and one very heavy girl, with no more average sizes in between. This can be discouraging for girls who don’t fit the ideal, causing a self-confidence drop and an increased desire to be skinny. These girls model themselves after the movie stars who buy, and then wear, designer clothes. Designers make clothes for these body types, generally thin women. By forcing the removal of super skinny models, it might take the pressure off actresses, and therefore ordinary teens, to look malnourished. The removal of super skinny models will also hopefully bring a change in styles of clothes. Previously, almost all the models have been thin, and most clothing designs have been suited for very thin body types. Most people do not have the same body types as models. If designers have to begin creating clothing for more average bodies, then clothing styles presented to the public will be more suitable for the general need. The restrictions placed on the models may seem a little unfair. Models generally have body types that are much taller than they are broad, leading to a lower Body Mass Index (the measure used to determine whether a model is too thin to work the runway). The policies might ruin a thin young girl’s dream of walking the runway, and for that I am sorry, but the benefits to the public as a whole are much greater. The world only woke up to the problem of excessively thin models when Anna Reston died of complications related to malnutrition. I can only hope that other problems the world faces will not take such a drastic catalyst to begin reform. A New Take on an Old Test BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY When someone says the word “midterm” terms like exasperating, stressful and repulsive come to mind. So, I had originally planned on venting my frustrations and including all of these words in the following article. After all, who wants to take yet another test? However, upon further analysis, I realized that midterms do more than students (myself included) would like to give them credit for. Some may argue that these tests are unnecessary because students are assessed on the exact same material at the end of the year for their final exam, but, isn’t practice one of the best ways to learn? We take notes; we study the dates; the people; the vocabulary. And then we’re tested on it… and then we’re tested on it again… and yet again on finals. True, it might get boring studying the same material over and over, but after all that studying, students know the material really well. Furthermore, studies show that the more often information is studied the longer it can be retained. In addition, since these tests account for 20 percent of our semester grade they can really boost GPAs. Obviously, if students don’t study, midterms can significantly lower their grades. On the other hand, it’s nice to know that if you’ve been slacking off or not performing all that well on previous tests that midterms are there to save your grade. Also, instead getting out at 2:15, students are able to get out of school two hours earlier so we can “study” (or go out to lunch). Who can complain about a half day of school? Midterms are additionally a good benchmark for students and their teachers. They allow us to gauge our progress and take stock of the knowledge we’ve amassed first semester. They force us to take a break from typical school days, to regroup, and reorganize our notes and minds. Most importantly, midterms teach us how to study and retain new material, which, when it comes down to it, is the most valuable skill learned in school because it’s applicable throughout high school, college, and almost every career. Though some may argue that midterms are too lengthy and too stressful, they’re more of a help than a hindrance. EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 FEATURES [was] time to take action and time to make a difference, and so we are.” So one year ago, the group founded the nonprofit charity organization BAIA (Battling AIDS in Africa). They began from scratch, working closely with the local nonprofit organization “Campaign 2 End AIDS.” Through this relationship, they hope to gain the necessary connections to reach their goal, the current one being to build an HIV unit in the town of Boma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They chose to focus their project on the Congo after meeting with Father Charles Phukuta Khonde, a Catholic priest from Boma who worked at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church in Wendell. He happily connected the group with the Catholic Bishop in Boma, Father Mbuka Cyprien, who directs a health center and has been advocating for the addition of the HIV unit. He welcomed their efforts to aid his nation, where 90,000 people died of AIDS in 2005 alone, and the nearest clinic is currently 200 miles away. “We’re working hand in hand,” says Satterwhite. “He’s doing his part in Africa, and we’re doing the work to make it possible.” It will take approximately $12,500 dollars to construct the addition to the healthcare center, with continuous funds to be raised thereafter in order to staff and supply the clinic. To raise the money, the group decided upon the peerfriendly theme of concerts, holding their first one last spring, the Annual Jam for AIDS Benefit. On 7 Students Walk the Walk to Fight AIDS BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN It’s a cause that we’re all familiar with. A cause that we all feel powerless to face. AIDS is a wellknown, well-feared epidemic that has been sweeping the world, especially Africa, for the last decade. After watching the Live8 concerts sponsored by the celebrity ONE campaign to fight AIDS, Enloe Senior Molly Johnson explained how she, along with classmates Emma Anderson, Scott Satterwhite, Erika Alandt, and Cecilie May, “realized how desperate the situation is in Sub-Saharan Africa, and how outrageous it is that hardly anything is being done about it.” So, they decided to do something themselves. Feeling helpless as mere high school students, they felt that it was necessary to “just create our own opportunity,” said Anderson. “We realized that it December 1, 2006, World AIDS day, the group held a concert in a small venue in downtown Raleigh, where student bands including The Shrink and Pick Up, Set Down played for free, bringing the group’s total funds to $4,000. They hope to raise another $5,000 with a second concert this spring. Although the organization consists of all seniors, they plan to continue their efforts with BAIA when they move on to college. Johnson explains how they want to “make BAIA into groups at our respective colleges, and hopefully plan more events there. Then, when we come home, we can have our Annual Jam for AIDS Benefit together.” Successful and determined, Anderson explained how the students in BAIA were simply “enraged to see such passivity among people our age. We didn’t feel like being the same as everyone else by complaining about the problems in third-world countries while doing nothing to remedy them.” And so they did. For more information about BAIA, go to the group’s website at www.battlingaids.org. The seniors of BAIA discuss their organization at a recent meeting. Never a Talking Head: The Legacy of Ms. Woolard where a very special female proFor most of us, the idea of fessor “guided me through and inthirty-nine years at Enloe sounds sisted I major in physics.” For Ms. like a death sentence, but for phys- Woolard, physics “answered quesics teacher Elizabeth Woolard, “it tions for me that I’d always had...and led me into places I had has been a joy.” Growing up in western North never been.” Because it was “chalCarolina in the small town of lenging and intriguing,” she Mount Gilead, Ms. Woolard lived pegged away at it as a grad stuon a mountain lake from which her dent at NC State, discovering in her father’s hydroelectric plant drew its endeavors the “purest type of powater, introducing her at a young etry I’d ever seen.” But physics isn’t the be-allage to the beauty of nature coupled with the infinite capabilities of sci- end-all for Ms. Woolard. The poence. Fascinated, she brought her etry of her life began the traditional love of nature and science together way, with the words of classic novelists and the notes of great comin her first love, astronomy. She pursued her passions at posers. Ms. Woolard’s love of the Meredith College as a math major, humanities isn’t hidden beneath her chalkboard of inertia formulas, as she “reads vociferously,” continues to practice the piano, and does paintings here and there. Probably responsible for much of her ambitious intrigue, her favorite books, War and Peace and The Catcher in the Rye, pushed her to think in leaps and bounds beyond her own world as a “proper little girl.” In high school, Ms. Woolard was the editor of her school paper, winning poetry contests and publishing her work left and right. Part of her love of Enloe stems from this love of the arts, with the “uniqueness and individuality” of her students. “I’m spoiled,” she says, thinking about her students. “I Physics teacher Elizabeth Woolard PHOTO BY HELEN JOHNSTON Get Employed! BY NICOLE BROSAN During summer vacation, many students spend their time working at a part time or even a full time job in order to acquire some extra cash. Though summer may seem to be a long way off, it’s never too late to start looking around for possible employment opportunities. The first step in getting a job is to start creating new or updating old résumés. It is very important that the résumé is neat and free from errors. Mrs. Adams in the Career Development Center of Student Services says that she “will PHOTO BY NICOLE BROSAN BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN have never been able to travel the world, but the world has come to me through my students.” Ms. Woolard’s popularity among her students is no secret, as her dynamite personality and easy-to-understand physics classes are already a legend here at Enloe. When asked why everyone loves her, she was humble as usual, honest and straightforward: “they [my students], know I want them to succeed. Not everyone has to be perfect, everyone has such value.” Though physics’ combination of math and science can often be difficult, Ms. Woolard isn’t one to favor the geniuses. She explains that “the questions from the strugglers are the most important...it teaches me how people learn. It’s a ripple effect.” Not uncommon to Enloe, the rumors of retirement are abundant by this time of year, and the one about Ms. Woolard is unfortunately not a fabrication. Her eyes tearing up, she explains how, “there comes a time when you think that maybe your place in a certain environment is shifting, and you have to decide if you should make major changes to yourself, or move on to something else.” The new chapter of her life will begin with summer break, as she plans to tackle learning Spanish, having already achieved fluency in French and German. She also plans to return to N.C. State in order to continue her own studies and to contribute more of her time to NC State’s Science House. A nonprofit outreach program, Science House seeks to help K-12 teachers use hands-on activities in the classroom; as Woolard puts it, “to not be a talking head.” in finding employment opportunities. When submitting an application, usually the earlier the better. Most of the time, sending out applications at least a month in advance tends to be favorable with employers. If a long time passes without a response, it is important to call the employer to make sure that they are still hiring. If the application process goes well, the next step is an interview. Interviews are very important for employers to consider whether to hire or not. Dressing and speaking appropriately are key in making a good impression. Making eye con- Employment information is available in Student Services. gladly critique résumés that are e- tact, speaking clearly and shaking mailed to her at madams- hands tend to score points with @wcpss.net and will print com- possible employers. After getting the job, all teenpleted ones on a nice quality résumé paper.” Afterwards, keep an agers (under the age of eighteen) eye out for local businesses or must get work permit forms, which places of interest that are now hir- can be found in Student Services ing, or find out whether relatives and signed by the employer and parent of the student. Work perwith a family business are hiring. Students can find a list of mits must be taken to the Departpart-time jobs in Student Services ment of Social Services, along with that contain a description, required proof of age. The steps leading up to a skills, age, and salary. On Wednesday, March 7, Mrs. Adams will host summer job may seem long, but the a Summer Employment Expo in the effects of making a lasting impresMedia Center during both lunch sion can lead to memorable and periods for all students interested profitable employment. 8 STUDENT FORUM EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 The Perks of Being a Barista BY LILY DANCEY-JONES Not many teenagers can confess to loving their jobs. My job,however, is much better than that of the typical burger flipper: I am a barista at the coffee bar in Capital City Grocery, a store that recently opened in downtown Raleigh. The shop is a ten-minute walk from my home, and its convenience has attracted many shoppers from surrounding neighborhoods. Though it is small, there is a wide selection of basic staples as well as a growing variety of organic and ethnic foods. There is also amazing local produce, a reputable meat department, and a deli offering preservative-free meats and cheeses, as well as made-to-order sandwiches, hot food around lunch and dinner, and breads, muffins, and sweets baked on site. My niche is the coffee bar, stocked by local organic, fair trade PHOTO BY LILY DANCEY-JONES provider Larry’s Beans. I make lattes, hot chocolate, chai tea, frappes, smoothies, Italian sodas, and many other delicious treats. Not only are all of the employees there like family, we know many of our customers by name. Ron, the owner, is most often seen so- cializing up front with someone in the neighborhood, plugging our next cooking demonstration, or asking a customer what products they would like to see on the shelves. I not only enjoy, but also have pride in my job. It feels good working for an independent business devoted to quality. Though the majority of small businesses fail within the first few years, I hope and believe that my store, due to its community involvement (such as its donation of groceries to stock the new home in Raleigh’s “Extreme Home Makeover”), as well as the overall commitment of everyone from the managers to the bag boys, will lead to lasting success. Lily is a Senior. Restaurants, Really! BY HALEA BOSWELL I’ve always had the opinion that everyone should have to work in a restaurant at some point in their life. Right now, I work at Olive garden as a hostess. In the past, I’ve worked at Applebee’s and other restaurants. Many of my past jobs have been in the restaurant business. I can definitely say that I am an expert on the public and just how rude they can be. As a hostess, I have to greet and seat the guests in order to make them feel welcome. However, many guests do not have the same kind of patience that I am required to have. Often, those witnessing the irritated guest can see just how childish they are acting, and they themselves decide to join the “fun.” PHOTO BY HANNAH THURMAN However, don’t let the dark side of this line of work give you the impression that I hate my job, because that is not the case. I absolutely adore everyone I work with which is why I love my job. The server, cooks, bussers, and even the managers make work very exciting. If the people sitting at the tables or in the lobby took one day to be in my shoes, people would Enloe in the Students write extracurri know there is a lot more going into their dining experience than they give us credit for. Halea is a Senior. Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti --Work! BY TED OLIVER To my ears, the name Gerry Diamond brings about several titles: Pianist, theory teacher, friend—and, as of two summers ago, “boss.” Gerry, who has known me since I was in fourth grade, has been writing piano method books for about ten years. In the summer of 2005, he called me to ask if I would make CDs to go along with each book, and I immediately agreed to help him out. I was asked to record a “fully orchestrated” version of his melodies, which would usually include drums, bass, guitar or keyboards, and almost always vocals. To keep it fresh, I’d sometimes throw in a little brass or strings, or, on a good day, I would abandon the rock template altogether and orchestrate the song in a completely different genre. My work started with his “Mini Mozart” series for students ages 4 and 5; those books had fourPHOTO BY TED OLIVER or eight-measure melodies with such evocative titles as “Two Fat Frogs” and “My New Bike.” As the books covered more material, though, the songs got increasingly longer, and that made it easier to give them a more authentic, developed sound. Part of the challenge was keeping each song from sounding like the last five I had already done on any given day. Recording so many songs in a row (between four and eight each day) helped me to become a lot more familiar with the process of orchestration. Working so much with Gerry definitely helped my friendship with him as a fellow musician. Ted is a Junior. EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 STUDENT FORUM 9 It’s Fun to Work at the YMCA! BY KIERAN VED I started working at the YMCA this past summer as a camp counselor at Camp Raven, located at Ravenscroft School. It was a really cool experience. Right now however, I work at a YMCA afterschool program at Jeffreys Grove Elementary School. After the kids complete their normal day at school, my fellow YMCA youth staff and I conduct various activities with them. We organize anything from movie time, dodge ball, football, basketball, arts and crafts, playground, to even homework time. It is really fun because these kids are cool; well, most of them are anyway. I admit that there are always going to be those kids that never want to listen, but then there are the other who are just awesome. This is truly a unique job because you are able to have so much fun. In addition, this experience builds leadership qualities because the kids look up to you. Over the summer, I took care of mostly 4th and 5th graders. Right now, I have the kindergartners and 1st graders. I decided to start this job because I thought it would be really fun. I’ve grown up with little cousins my whole life and I enjoyed spending time with them, making them laugh and playing games with them. That was when I decided to give this job a try. Not only do you bond with the kids, but you also get a chance to bond with the YMCA staff, and everyone is just great. Although I believe this job is really amazing, I do not believe it is for everyone. One must really feel comfortable working with kids and so on. If you do not like children, then this job is probably not for you. Even when I first started to work I had doubts as to whether this job was really for me. But as days pass I began to realize that I could really have a fun time here. One reason was because I began to bond with the kids as I got to know them more. Everybody has those bad days at school or just bad days in general, but when I walk into the YMCA, it brightens me up. Kieran is a Senior. Babysitting: Brats, or Best? In my experience, my “career” as a babysitter has had many fluctuations, but overall, I enjoy my job. At first, I was stuck babysitting a spoiled little girl who had the attention span of a housefly. She would spend the entire time showing me her toys and otherwise making messes. Needless to say, I began to resent my job, and when her parents asked if I could babysit, I began excusing myself from work with mysterious “other arrangements.” Luckily, that family moved away, so I was not plagued with guilt about quitting. At about that time, I got another family to baby sit—three children, two 3-year-old twins, and a five-year-old. Their behavior was almost angelic compared to the first girl. They were trained to put their dirty dishes away and clean up their crayons when they were finished with them. Because there were three of them, I was able to give concentrated attention to one at a time while the other two played together. Babysitting this litter wasn’t all daisies and maypops, settle their disputes. Also, I felt that I was being ripped off. I was being paid way below minimum wage for supervising three young kids. Every time I would leave after a day chock-full of sandcastles, watercolors, and spilled juicy juice, I would resent that I was being taken advantage of financially. It took me a while to summon up the courage to ask them for more money even though I knew I deserved it. Once I did, however, I realized that babysitting is a job I am glad I have. As a busy high-schooler, the job provides a flexible schedule and I enjoy being a mentor to the kids. e Workforce e in about their icular jobs BY RACHEL BAHLER Babysitting. Whether or not you enjoy it depends on a combination of your attitude and the kids you work with. however. First of all, they argued over seemingly insignificant things, which was something I, being an only child, was not used to. I had to learn how to be a mediator in these disagreements, and Rachel is a Senior. A Dose of Reality BY COREY CUSIMANO With car maintenance and college expenses looming off in the distance, I decided that (or, well my father decided that) I could not just keep taking money from my parents. So, shy of robbing a bank (or my parents anyway) I decided that the next best thing was just to get a job. Nothing too serious, not a career or a lifetime commitment…. instead just an added 17 hours of labor a week on top of AP classes, college admissions, scholarship applications, and the waxing and waning of a social life - nothing too serious. The nearest economically overpowering bookstore outlet was the first place to take me in. You probably know it. It’s large, green, and has a Starbucks inside. Not that one, the other one: I work at Barnes & Nobles. I suppose I never wondered how the store kept clean, but, I now know that it is an uphill battle on the part of underpaid, understaffed employees who have the very delightful business of working in retail. Of course my parents love that I’m getting experience in “the real world” but as far as I can tell, half the adult population of the real world is completely miserable. Typical conversations with customers (if they decide to reply to my overly pleasant retail voice – you know the one) usually include an exclamation insightfully describing the price of the book followed by a description of how expensive it is to raise five children, put gas in the car, and sue an exhusband. “But ma’am, this is the best collection of Siamese cat photography that I’ve seen.” Now may I please leave and pick up your stack of knitting books placed in the middle of the floor? Not all customers are nasty though; some just can’t stop thanking for helping them find this book that they’ve been looking for the past three months. I really feel the love when I find it four hours later upside down, ripped, and soggy between seat cushions in the reading section - or in the store’s bathroom. This tendency for people to throw all common sense (and in most cases any social graces adopted throughout their miserable existence) before buying a book makes the coworkers better by default. Even from the first day working, however, there is that definite feeling that “if you are normal, they wouldn’t have hired you.” English majors who frequently recite poetry and old Korean War veterans who cough more than they breathe share this duty of upholding whatever it is that our boss has us uphold that week. It certainly isn’t our paychecks. I’m assuming that the punch line to that number on my check will involve removing all those minus signs. Now, I know that I’ve had some fun describing all of this but the truth is that I do really enjoy my job. There is opportunity to work with some cool people and be in an environment I’ve enjoyed (mostly as a customer) for a long time. So, to those of you reading this with envy: yes, it may be cool. To those who have yet to enter what our parents call “the real world,” realize this: they just may be familiar with that world and that’s probably why they want you to go to college so much. I may like my job, but not as much as the man who has been working there longer than I’ve been alive. Have yourself a super duper day and thank you for shopping with us. Cue obnoxious grin. Corey is a Senior. 10 FEATURES EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Shop with a Conscience BY ELLY SCHOFIELD From AIDS, to poverty, to Darfur, there are myriad causes out there to support. Fortunately, there is one easy way to show you care without lifting a picket sign: shopping “fair trade.” Fair trade products are usually hand-crafted items made by artisans in other countries. It is these types of products that are sold in two Triangle stores: Ten Thousand Villages and Beleza. According to the Fair Trade Federation, an organization of fair trade stores, the concept of “fair trade” means that workers in a country who sell their products abroad are paid a living wage— usually at least their own nation’s minimum wage. This presents a conscience-friendly alternative to buying products made by foreign workers who are paid only pennies for their labor. Ten Thousand Villages, or TTV, is a non-profit, fair trade organization that sells hand-made products from many developing countries. There are two locations PHOTO BY ELLY SCHOFIELD Avoiding the Application Blues BY MATTHEW PRICE A large number of Enloe seniors choose to pursue an education after high school, usually in the form of a four-year university. And, as nearly all of them would tell you, filling out college applications is not fun; more importantly, it’s not easy. Fortunately, these seniors can also say what they wish they had done differently, and offer suggestions for making twelfth-grade life a little easier. One of the most frequently offered suggestions depends on getting an early start—this might seem like common sense, but the months during and after junior year can be stressful and motivation is usually low. Of course, the first thing to do is to decide at where to apply. Without having a destination in mind, knowing what needs to be done becomes impossible. Signing up with the College Board’s search program through the PSAT, which all juniors take, is an acceptable way to hear from schools, as long as a slew of annoying college letters can be tolerated; all you have to do is check the box on the testing sheet, and your address and interests will be distributed to various schools within a few months. After selecting where to apply, make an effort to visit the campus, ask for information, or just read the website. Not only does checking out the school sit favorably with most admissions officers, but it reveals what the school offers and what they want from prospective applicants. If you still aren’t sure where to apply or how many applications to complete, senior Snayha Nath recommends choosing at least one “dream school,” one highly possible school, and one “safety school.” Use test scores and GPA percentiles, usually found on the admissions section of the school’s website, to roughly determine the chances of acceptance, although these aren’t surefire guarantees. Even simpler is making an organized chart of what each school requires: do they want teacher recommendations? Essays? Additional forms? Do they take the Common Application (a generic form used by a large number of host schools)? Be sure to note the price, the deadline days, and any potential scholarships to obtain. This list uses summer time productively since many actual applications are not available until August, and the process makes the school’s expectations seem less vague. On the first day of school, Senior Emma Guild recommends bringing in a folder complete with all the teacher recommendation information you need, such as a letter (which reminds the teacher what you have done and kindly asks him or her to commit to you), a manilla folder with every college’s individual requirements, and stamped, adressed envelopes. The envelopes should be typed, she says, for a professional look. Once you have this list in place, real planning can actually begin. Next issue, the Eagle’s Eye and more college-bound seniors will continue to explore more concretely what kind of steps can be taken to make applying to college easier and faster. Beleza, run by professor Philip Dail, is in Cameron Village. in the Triangle: one in Raleigh’s register or sorting products as part Cameron Village and at another at of a Key Club service project. Triangle Town Center in North Ra- Connie Chu, a freshman who leigh. Ten Thousand Villages sells chaired the project, says that she hundreds of different items: didn’t know much about fair trade beaded jewelry, handbags, home before working at Ten Thousand products like candles and soaps, Villages. After volunteering, and even musical instruments. though, she says she has a better Many Enloe students volunteer at understanding of what the store is each location by working the cash about, and liked “getting to experience a bit of culture from the around PHOTO BY ELLY SCHOFIELD the world.” Beleza, which was opened in 2004 by Philip Dail, an N.C. State textiles professor, is a fair trade shop across the street from TTV in Cameron Village. Although smaller and with less selection than TTV, Beleza still sells high-quality jewelry and other products made by foreign artisans. Mr. Dail’s connections to craftspeople in Madagascar and Brazil allow him to sell hand-made products from these countries in his store. In addition to overseas products, Dail also keeps a corner devoted to clothing custom-designed by some of his textiles students at State. Ten Thousand Villages in Cameron Village. Can the Magnets Still Attract? BY REBECCA PUTTERMAN In 1954, the famous Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education swept the nation as schools were integrated for the first time. But it took decades for integration to become a reality in many parts of the country. That’s why in 1982 the Magnet Program was adopted in order to make inner-city schools attractive to families in other neighborhoods. Creating special programs, school systems hoped, would lead to further integration. This is how Enloe came to be called the “Gifted and Talented/ International Baccalaureate Center for the Humanities, Sciences, and the Arts.” To the Wake County Board of Education, the magnet program is “just one component of a healthy school system giving individuals choices,” according to School Board member Rosa Gill. The singular goal is to make the schools attractive to those who have moved out of the downtown area, and to bring everyone together in one place. The Board of Education has Ethnic Restaurant Favorites BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY Tired of the same old boring American Ruby Tuesday- or Cook Out-style cuisine every time you go out to eat? Spice up your pallet with the wealth of ethnic restaurants the Triangle has to offer! If you’re in the mood for spicy vegetarian food Udupi Café is an excellent place to dine. Seated in a block amongst nail salons and Asian groceries on Chatham Street, the restaurant offers a calming, if slightly modest atmosphere and features a wide variety of South Indian vegetarian cuisine. A good time to visit is a day you have off from school. Udupi has a great lunch buffet that’s as easy on the budget as it is on the taste buds. Traditionally, most dishes are quite spicy. But don’t worry, they always PHOTO BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY have several lightly spiced dishes The restaurant Abyssinia offers great Ethiopian food. for the faint-of heart. Crazyfire Mongolian Grill taps in Raleigh and Cary, it’s a fun and exotic spices, fit to be mopped up into every diner’s secret desire to unique place to eat that’s not too with homemade spongey bread. create their own dishes. The buf- far away either. So, the next time you find yourfet features a wide selection of Abyssinia is a small family- self craving something other than meats, vegetables, and spices. Din- owned Ethiopian restaurant lo- a burger and fries, check out the ers fill their bowls at the buffet and cated in Mission Valley where the plethora of places that bring the then bring them to the huge grill, accents are as authentic as the enchanting flavors of Africa and where a cook stir-fries everything dishes. Don’t be fooled by the Asia close to home. to perfection, complete with a Kanki-like show, for a reasonable amount of money. If you’re not quite so daring, you can always choose one of the dishes from the regular menu too. With locations modest interior; what the restaurant lacks in décor, it makes up for in exotic flavor. Most dishes on the menu are designed to feed several people and feature chicken, beef, lamb, or just veggies seasoned with given Enloe the chance to become a prime example of how we can “live in a world not where all the rich do everything together, and all the poor do everything together,” Cochran relates. “All of us being here together makes us what we are; we have the opportunity not to be a school within a school.” According to Dr. Cochran, “The key is balance.” While working to ensure that minority and base students are receiving the education that Enloe is known for, we also have to continue to be creative and innovative to qualify for federal magnet grants. Cochran plans to expand the international component of Enloe’s experience by getting approval for study abroad programs, and working with Peace College to allow students to take courses there. These opportunities would stretch beyond the IB Programme and the trend of taking advanced college courses in Math and Science at NC State. The year 1982 only marked a step in the right direction for integrated education. It’s up to Enloe now to make sure that the court decision won’t prove to be moot. EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 FEATURES 11 Write On: Literary Clubs at Enloe BY NICOLE BROSAN ELO To some people at Enloe, literature goes beyond English class. ELO, or Enloe Literary Organization, is an entirely student-run club that collaborates writing and artwork from all types of students into their finished masterpiece, the magazine Stone Soup. ELO was founded close to twenty-two years ago by math teacher Marsha Royal. Currently, English teacher Priscilla Chappell is in her fifth year as the club’s advisor. Though the amount of people that show up to the meetings vary, the club regulars consist of around twenty students. Any student can submit their own artwork or writing to the editors, or online at enloeelo@gmail.com. After reviewing submissions, the editors choose what they consider the strongest quality work for the final product. Co-Editor-in-Chief Natasha Vitek, a member since sophomore year, is in charge of organizing the layout of the magazine along with junior Charlotte Mabe. Both editors also review all the final submissions. Poetry editor Emmy Levitas, a member for three years, has found that students tend to submit more prose writing than poetry. Nevertheless, she says that, “As long as the poem’s subject and style have some significant meaning to any reader, not just the poet, the poem could be chosen for the magazine.” The literary works in ELO include all types of literary genres, as well as student artwork. Ms. Chappell says that “Many people are amazed by the quality and talent that goes into the writing and illustrations, and are able to see a thorough representation of what Enloe provides.” In the past, ELO has won state and national awards for their work. Any student can see the talent of their fellow peers through their expression of writing and art, collaborated into one talent-filled magazine. Tales Club Another literary club accessible to Enloe students is the relatively new TALES Club. With fewer than half as many members of ELO, TALES is a small group that works throughout the year to create a collectively-written children’s story. Along with the board members, general members decide on a story topic to write about that is suitable for children. After brainstorming an idea through discussion and plot outlines, the story’s introduction is written by one of the members, and then progresses down the line, with each member writing their a different section. Though it focuses most on writing, the vice-president of illustrations, as well as any other artistically-inclined member, design the cover art and certain scenes in the story through sketches and drawings. Once finished and edited by the adviser, Laura Stavlas, TALES Club hopes to get the story published, and if so, will donate the proceeds to a children’s hospital. Though publishing a story can be hard work, Secretary Anna EstradaReyes feels that, “It’s definitely a goal we have, and hope to complete by the end of the school year.” Mrs. Stavlas relates that the publishing process can be a daunting task, but young writers should not become discouraged. She explains how, “A great start for Enloe students seeking a career in writing would be to enter writing contests…perhaps even seek out a summer internship with a publishing company, literary agent, or communication company, and remember that gaining as much experience as possible will open doors to future publishing endeavors. ” In later years, TALES club hopes to attract more members who will be dedicated to writing or illustrating. Though getting published is difficult, the club remains positive, and hopes for the best. Thank you, Sadie Hawkins! BY KATY KOESY Three years at Enloe, and I have never been to a school dance. Three years! My freshman year, I just didn’t have any inclination to go to winter formal. Last year, though I had bought a ticket and a dress, I opted to go skiing a day early with my family instead and for the second year in a row missed out on a school dance. This year, I decided that would all change. This year, I wasn’t going to waste another opportunity to have fun with my friends and to get dressed up. This year, I was going to convince myself to stick out the two months between actually buying a ticket and going to the dance. And I was going to ask someone to go with me. Now ladies, how many of you can honestly say you enjoy having to ask a partner… isn’t that supposed to be the man’s job? Having never really been the one to instigate the asking-out-process, I wasn’t really sure how this whole Sadie Hawkins thing was supposed to work. Did my date have to be someone I “like-liked”? Did I have to buy his ticket? How awkward is this whole thing really going to be and will it be, and will it be worth it in the end? I decided to bypass the whole selection process and ask one of my good friends to go with me, as I concluded he would make the whole situation a little less awkward. But even so, asking someone is just plain hard. I have a huge fear of rejection, as I’m told most people do, which hindered my asking him. Every moment that seemed right was just wrong (what if he says “no” or takes this to mean that I think our friendship is anything other than just that: a friendship), and in the end, my fear kept getting in the way. Finally, I had had enough. With only three days left in the ticket sales, I knew I had to suck it up and take the plunge. So I did. Those moments between the proposal and the acceptance felt like an eternity of nerves and fear. I never in my life knew how hard it was to ask someone to a dance, even just as friends. I thought the guys had the easy part (try having to spend hours on hair and makeup!); all they had to do was ask. Boy, was I wrong on that one. ‘Loe Down Wins Big with Short Film BY KATY KOESY It’s the night before Christmas and…Santa has procrastinated!? Now there are only sixty seconds left for Santa to get all of his holiday shopping done before the biggest day of the year: Christmas day. Sound like a mission impossible? Not for Ole’ St. Nick. With the extended hours at The Streets at South Point Mall in Durham for holiday shopping, Santa was able to get all the gifts on his holiday list and once again, bring the children of the world Christmas joy. This plot was the premise for the award winning Streets at South Point promotional entitled “The 24th”. The short film was a parody of the hit Fox television show 24 written, directed, edited, and filmed by Enloe juniors Sally Fry, Ross Maloney, and Alex Perrien. The grand cash prize was $1000, $600 of which went to the Enloe TV program and the remaining $400 dollars was split amongst the three of them in the form of gift cards to South Point. In the fall of 2006, South Point Mall hired a professional promotional designer named Bryan Gilmer to design a short promotional for the mall. Gilmer had the idea to hold an invitational video contest for local high school and college TV programs. Besides the Enloe submission, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Durham School of the Arts both suggested ideas for the competition. Though the students had free range with idea proposal, there were guidelines for the competition. The promotional had a limit of sixty seconds and couldn’t be too much like a commercial, mean- Juniors Ross Maloney, Alex Perrien, and Sally Fry (left to right) filmed a winner. ing it would resemble a “short film” soundtrack to create the finishing more than an advertisement. touches on the special effects. The film was shot on-site at A week or so after the confirthe mall with cameras borrowed mation that Enloe’s promotional from the ‘Loe Down’s TV produc- won the contest, the student’s film tion studio. After gathering all the appeared on the ‘Loe Down. The shots they needed from the three ‘Loe Down plans on putting the hour shoot (with Sally and Ross money from the competition into behind the camera and Alex as their growing resources that will Santa) both Alex and Sally worked fund new field equipment such as hard on editing the film and cameras and microphones. 12 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Stress Test How Do You Measure Up? BY STAFF WRITERS Singing When You Can’t! BY HANNAH THURMAN AND MATTHEW PRICE time), my quartet was the first to be called up . . . and I forgot the words to the song. ics would run “Sweeny waits in the parlor hall/Sweeny leans on the office wall” while Matthew would try to put in rhythm “Sweeny wishes the world away/ Sweeny’s weeping for yesterday.” It was even more difficult when we added the tenor and the soprano. At the audition itself, though we had the benefit of piano accompaniment (which, thankfully, was playing something like what we had to sing), the two other chorus wannabes were belting something quite different at most points in the piece. Bewildered by the task, our audition took a nosedive about four bars in: I skipped some notes, and led the soprano off by a bar; Matthew forgot where he was completely, and ended the piece with various interjections of “Sweeny?” “Sweeny?” Chorus music, I learned, isn’t that easy after all. Needless to say, neither of our names were on the callback list 1.) What runs in your mind when you arrive at school? a. I hope I can get to the library to finish up my homework. b. I can finally catch up with my friends! c. What’s on the lunch menu? 2.) How much time do you spend on homework? a. As long as it takes, well into the A.M. b. Depends on the day, but typically 2-3 hours. c. What homework? 3.) Where are you usually found during lunch? a. I don’t have a lunch period. b. I meet up with my friends in the West Gym Lobby. c. Running to Cook Out (literally). 4.) What do you do after school? a. Rush off to work for four hours, followed up by a heap of homework. b. Once or twice a week, I have club meetings. c. Playing on the Play Station for four hours. 5.) What time do you go to sleep? a. Two hours before I wake up to get ready to go to school. b. Around 10:00. c. Whenever the good TV shows end. 6.) What is the last thing that goes through your mind before you leave school? a. If only I had more time to finish my AP Chemistry lab! b. I can’t wait ‘til Friday! c. Thank goodness that’s over with! Hmm…now what happened in 8th period? 7.) When it comes to class rank, you… a. Freak out that you might not be in the top 10 percent. b. Think it’s interesting, but it doesn’t dominate your life. c. Hope you’re not dead last 8.) How do you spend your Saturdays? a. In front of the computer, doing your group member’s work. b. Finishing up homework, so you can see your friends later. c. In front of the TV. 9.) How do you describe yourself at school? a. Always tired. b. Usually upbeat c. Bored 10.) Why are you taking this quiz? a. OMG! Maybe I’m really stressed out! b. It’s entertaining. c. It beats paying attention in class! Matthew’s Tale I’m not a guy who sings very often, and I’m not particularly good at it. But since I do enjoy indulging my musical impulses from time to time, and since I had a lot of fun during the school plays of middle school, I leapt at the chance to audition for Enloe’s spring musical so I could write about the process. I found the experience informative, but I also discovered it to be intense and, for me, intimidating. As someone who has never had any voice training and has never been in a serious chorus, just walking into the audition room can be a little nerve wracking. My peers, whom I could only assume were already accomplished actors and singers by the very air of confidence they exuded, paced around sporting intense looks of concentration. Some f l i p p e d through the music; others simply closed their eyes and meditated. I, on the other hand, flopped my backpack into a chair, and double checked to make sure I hadn’t forgotten the form that everyone auditioning has to complete—a morosely blank page, where my “acting experience” was supposed to go, stared back at me. One has to start somewhere, right? After a good 15 minutes of strange, exotic “warm-ups” (I admit it is hard not to laugh when you hear a large group of people “musically hissing” for the first Hannah’s Story When Matthew and I first got the music for our audition, it didn’t look to me like an impossible task to learn. I’ve played flute for six years and am taking AP Theory, so I’m familiar with music—how hard could it be? The day we were set to sing, the two of us spent lunch in one of Enloe’s moldy practice rooms, trying to match pitches as I picked out our separate parts on an out-of-tune piano (I sang the Alto; Matthew, we decided, would be a Bass). It was harder than I’d thought: unlike Christmas carols or “Happy Birthday”s when we checked the next day. Matthew was a PHOTO BY ELI HORNSTEIN little relieved to or campfire songs—largely, our find out that he wouldn’t have to collective vocal repertoire—we memorize any more ominous lyrics couldn’t help each other along if about demon barbers—me too. For either got lost. Our parts were not this show, I’ll be happy to stick with only separate notes and rhythms, my—if you’ll excuse the pun— but for most of the song, we sung “forte” and play in the Orchestra different words! My macabre lyr- Pit instead. Sudoku Up for a challenge? Race your friends to finish this Soduko. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. If your answers were mostly… ‘A’s: you’re probably way to stressed out. Try to lighten your load by dropping a few of those extracurriculars and remember that there is more to life than school work. We promise you’ll still get into college. ‘B’s:it looks like you’ve got a pretty good grasp on you scholastic life. You understand how to balance you life between working hard and having fun. Keep up the good work! ‘C’s: you’re definitely not stressed out, but you might want to work a little harder. Just as it’s not good to work too much and have no fun it’s not good to not work at all. Benefit from the balance. EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Along with listening to music, he plays in a band and also composes (mainly for the IB Program). But at this point, Edwards is unsure where his hobby will take him. With high school now, college later and everything else swirling around in between, he predicts music will ”probably just be swallowed up in the whirlpool of life.” Like many students with a broad range of talents and high aspirations, Edwards wishes he could get into his music more, but as a senior with “a lot of this school thing going on,” he admits it will probably be pushed aside as just another hobby. Even with his current schedule, the only activities he can fit in are school, music, and work. He manages to fit in some time to play in a band called “Knock on Wood Panels” with Enloe musicians Scott Satterwhite, Corey Jones, James Crosson, and Jonathan Springfield. “We play music” was the mysterious description Edwards gave of the band’s sound. Want to know more? “The easiest way to find out would be to come to a show and see.” 13 Evan Edwards isn’t afraid of doing something a little out of the ordinary. Freshman year, he decided that instead of taking up a normal instrument like the piano or trombone, he would play the mandolin. The mandolin? Edwards embraces the struggles presented by this unusual instrument, “It’s the challenge of making a new sound on an old instrument that transcends these boundaries that makes mandolin so exciting.” Along with the technical difficulty of the mandolin, Edwards likes the fact that mandolin isn’t the most popular of instruments. Instead of following in another person’s footsteps, artists are free to trek their own way through the giant metaphor that makes up the world of music. He says that “mandolin and composition have got a whole lot of uncharted territory.” He doesn’t really have to worry much about pre-formed expectations. In fact, most people don’t even know what a mandolin looks like, let alone what it sounds Different Strokes - On the Mandolin Hilarious Sedaris BY KATIE MCNEIRNEY He listens to his iPod because like. The mandolin, a rather small, teardrop-shaped instrument, was often times, he finds listening to originally used in classical music music on the radio very frustratbut now used in c o u n t r y, bluegrass, and folk music as well. It has a higher and more m u t e d sound than the guitar, and artists often use tremolo and fingerpicking techniques, due to the inability of the mandolin to sustain the sound of a PHOTO BY MATTHEW PRICE note for very long, much ing. “96 Rock is the worst,” he like the guitar. Edwards recom- gripes. Some radio stations have mends the group Nickel Creek if the potential to turn their stations craving the sound of “a real man- around, he says, but the only one dolin player.” Along with Nickel that truly makes him happy is 88.1. Creek, he enjoys listening to the “Finally, when I’m down to the last band Radiohead but also classi- turn of the dial, I can say thank you,” Edwards concludes. cal music on his iPod. BY ANGELLA LIN I’m not exactly a humorless person, but it takes actual humor to make me laugh. To me, David Sedaris is one of the masters of making something hilarious. He is a North Carolinaian humorist whose books include, Barrel Fever and Naked. In his fourth book, Me Talk Pretty One Day, a collection of autobiographical essays, Sedaris makes everyday occurances unique and funny. It is interesting to see how North Carolinians can relate to what he writes, such as the rivalry between N.C. State and UNC Chapel Hill. Sedaris, being an extremely unathletic child, preferred to choose his favorite team based on the color of the clothing of the other person. He also writes about his brother, Paul, “The Rooster”owner of Sedaris Hardwood Floors which does flooring for a lot of residents in the Triangle. It is a great book for people from North Carolina who can relate to his Southern upbringing. In the second half of the book, titled “Deux,” Sedaris focuses on his new life in France with his lover. Although a bit darker, it still contains his trademark humour. In one essay, he talks about the difficulty of trying to learn French, and the difference between masculine and feminine nouns. This subject is a perfect example of what I struggle with in Spanish. It is paradoxical to think that something as mascuilinity is considered feminine, at least with regard to articles. The utter ridiculousness of that amazes me. When reading this, I could completely understand what he was going through. This particular essay made me glad that I wasn’t the only one who thought europeans were crazy, giving nouns gender. We complain about learning a new language almost every day, but David Sedaris turns his painful experiences into something we can laugh at. He describes his experiences in the way that a lot of us make fun of teachers. Sedaris seems like a fellow student who is telling us about the horrible day he has had trying to learn French. Don’t be put off by the labeling of this book as nonfiction. I wouldn’t have picked it up except we read a selection from this book in my short story class, and I was hooked. Out of all the stories we read, David Sedaris’ stories were the only ones that made me laugh. When I finally got the entire book, I devoured it in a matter of hours. I would recommend this book for anybody who needs some comic relief. Also, fans of “Running With Scissors” would enjoy this. Both books share the same element of funny mishaps based on the author’s true life. Be warned: David Sedaris tells the honest realistic truth. Me Talk Pretty One Day although hilarious, is also satirical, leaving the reader thoughtful after reading one of his essays. Out of all my books, I turn to this book for laughter. 2007: The Year of the Concert BY HELEN JOHNSTON It’s 2007, and time to party, or in this case, rock out at a concert. Instead of staying at home on your couch or in front of your computer listening to the songs you just downloaded off iTunes, why not go out and enjoy a night of live music, featuring some of the hottest bands of 2007. before Enloe’s last exam. Isaac Kaufman, a junior who attended the concert, said “[the band members’] enthusiasm came out as they played” and that the Peppers jammed for “at least an extra minute on each song, and during the encore for almost 15 minutes straight.” meet some country music royalty, this is your big chance: Kristofferson is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. March It’s happenin’ at the RBC Center in March with three major concerts in the works. First up is Billy Joel, who in addition to writing songs and singing them himself, also wrote a musical, called Movin’ Out which played at Memorial Auditorium in early January. Just two months later, on March 3, he is “moving in” for his turn in the spotlight. In contrast to most music-oriented, “sit-there-and-listen” concerts, Blue Man Group will perform on March 11. The performers are three men painted blue, hence the name, who use a variety of unique instruments to capture audiences. Audiences, Beware! The first five rows are the Poncho Section, where February February is the time for those of us with a little Southern blood in our veins, and bluegrass in our hearts, because Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder came to Meymandi Concert Hall on February 3, and Kris Kristofferson will play there on February 21. Skaggs’s performance will feature songs from their most recent, award winning CD “Brand New Strings”. Kris Kristofferson, another country music legend, is heading for the Triangle. If you want to January The first month of the New Year kicked off Raleigh’s music scene with the artists of last summer’s hit “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down,” Fall Out Boy on January 18. On January 21, indie rock band The Fray, popular for hits such as “How to Save a Life” and “Over My Head (Cable Car)”, performed to a sold out audience at Memorial Auditorium. Rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers rounded out January at the RBC center, the day the lucky few are splattered with custard, marshmallows, and paint. The Enloe orchestra department attended their show last year. Katherine Indermaur, a violinist in Chamber Orchestra, says Blue Man Group’s performance is more than just music, it’s an “experience”. She says “it’s pretty wacky, but also really fun.” With a thumbs up like that, why wouldn’t you want to see the show? And for those more classical music fans, Josh Groban will also perform in March at the RBC Center. Famous for his rendition of “You Raise Me Up”, Groban has also performed on the soundtracks of many films, including Troy and The Polar Express. His concert is on March 16. Information used in this preview was gathered from the websites of the bands and www.ticketmaster.com. Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back Distance Tracker East Building- Pods 843 Steps Length of the Breezeway 210 Steps New Building Lobby- Pods 338 Steps Length of East Building 340 Steps 2700 Hall to Auditorium 199 Steps New Building Top to Bottom 350 Steps BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY AND HELEN JOHNSTON Waiting over the long summer, and even at the beginning of this year, Enloe students held their breath and hoped, prayed, and wished that their daily class schedule would not serve as a substitute for gym class. The long trek from the “C&C Hall” of the East to Pod three in the senior parking lot was a point of anger and injustice for many students. “Why me?” they would ask. When word got out that a new building was planned, one situated just a stone’s throw away from the West Building, it seemed as though the students’ call had been answered. At last, the students believed, the days of sprinting alongside the breezeway in the mud, dashing madly in the rain, and utilizing elbows liberally just to get to class without incurring ASD were over. Well, no one uses the breezeway, except for the few who brave the cold, empty tunnel in a quest for Student Services or to get to the TV studios still located in the East. And no C&C students can be seen running along the building to their out-of-the way classes. Instead of worrying about how we are going to get out of the building in case of a fire, or complaining about the unfinished stairwells, this is the real question to ask ourselves: What are we losing in the change? The answer is about 155 steps. This may not seem like a big difference, but if you made this journey even just once or twice a day previously, how will you adjust to the next patterns? Will we all be required to take two years of Physical Education, not just one? Perhaps the new journey to class should be thought of as an adventure comparable to those of Odysseus, or even Harry Potter. Navigating the way through the suffocating sea of students to reach a distant stairwell while attempting to dodge a misplaced ladder, a lost book bag, or a trashcan purposelessly positioned in the middle of an already crowded hallway seems not unlike sailing through stormy waters plagued with creatures like Scylla. Students here enjoy a truly unique experience. Only at Enloe can you face your school day knowing that it will be an adventure of epic proportions. 14 BY HANNAH THURMAN Forget Raymond—Everyone loves Joel Martin. A professional pianist and composer, Martin first came to Enloe in the spring of 2006. He worked with the school’s music department while visiting Raleigh to play with an Enloe Jazz combo (composed of Corey Jones, Jeff Barton, and Paul Wheeler) at Artsplosure. He met with and performed pieces for the orchestras, chorus, and bands. (A memorable one: a classical version of “Stacey’s Mom.”) “It is really Joel’s personality that makes it all worthwhile,” says Kevin Kohler, who plays the euphonium in the Enloe Wind Ensemble. “I love Enloe,” Joel Martin repeated during his stay. “I love Enloe!” He loved it enough, apparently, to come back. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT This year, Joel Martin has returned to Raleigh from his home in New York (where he composes and plays “gigs”—including the background music for Sesame Street) to work with the Enloe music department once more. He has composed and orchestrated a concert full of music for Enloe’s Chorus, Band, Orchestra, and jazz ensembles. Some of the music is written for each ensemble seperately, like the Wind Ensemble’s “Song of Love,” which he wrote in honor of his wife, Luba. Martin’s main work, the centerpiece of the show, is written for all three ensembles to perform together. Music teachers Mrs. Huss, EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Jazzical Enloe: A Rarer Sort of Requiem ments and thirty minutes long. Unlike most Requiems, such as those by Mozart and Verdi, which are traditionally composed to honor the dead, this massive work was written, Joel says, “for the living.” “The Requiem for Peace honors man’s continued struggle for peace,” Joel notes. “Each movement represents something very different in the process toward achieving peace, and the listener will make his/her own determination as to its relevance in his/her life.” The fifth movement exemplifies this spirit: in it, Joel puts to music the text of Maya Angelou’s “I know why the caged bird sings.” The concert was held on February 11th, at 3:00 PM, in Meymandi concert hall (home of the NC Symphony) downtown. Martin came to Raleigh three times to work with the various groups for the concert, and has become a popular face in the Enloe music scene. During his visits, he has popped into music theory classes to chat, performed for and “jammed” with students, and even made it into the Music Club photo for the 2006/2007 yearbook. “It is my sincere belief that, through this unique collaboration with the students of Enloe, we can serve as an example to begin this process [of peacemaking],” Joel says, “and become the model for others to follow throughout this country and the world. You really can change the world. The world has changed me for the better. I am just giving back now.” Mr. Hunter, Ms. McCollum, and Mrs. Huff agree that this will be the biggest collaboration in Enloe music history. The work is called Requiem for Peace, and it’s colossal: eight move Chorus, Orchestra and Band Classes rehearse with Joel Martin in preparation for thier big performance PHOTOS BY MR. HUNTER Overheard in the Halls COMPILED BY ELI HORNSTEIN Masquerade BY BRANDY WEATHERSPOON Students stand, waiting in line for what seems like forever to get inside and experience Enloe’s 2007 winter formal. Most high schools have more than one type of formal dance a year, excluding prom. Homecoming is usually formal at other schools, and Broughton hosts the infamous “Queen of Hearts” dance every February. Enloe on the other hand, has but one dance for underclassmen to take advantage of. This year’s winter formal, themed masquerade, was held on Saturday January 20 beginning at 8 pm and ending at 12 am. For some it was, to say the least, a night to remember. For others, it was a Saturday like any other. Sophomore student council designs the layout of the dance. This year, decorations consisted of the regular drapery as well as the typical Christmas lights which transformed the school’s cafeteria into an Italian masquerade. In the designated refreshment area, tables were scattered with rose petals scattered and water, fruit punch and ginger ale, were served to the students. When first entering the building, a giant painted gold mask was hung up to set the theme along with vine wrapped lanterns. A plastic brick-like walkway covered the floors to hide the regular tile flooring of the building. As the dance ended, it was flashback to earlier that night, as students had yet another line to wait in: Coat check. Bad luck for you, if you were stuck at the back of the line. The privileged few were able to get out before 12:45 am. So, as everyone finally exited, memories were made, relationships changed, and overall, the night went well. Whatever expectations anyone had, student council pulled it off. Another winter formal down, many more to come. PHOTO BY BRANDY WEATHERSPOON At a large institution like Enloe, it’s hard not to hear strange things in the course of a day. For your literary pleasure, the Eagle’s Eye has collected the most entertaining and/or thought provoking blurbs and published them. Enjoy. And remember, these came directly from Enloe’s own halls. “Elephants are blue” “Dude, you make [cheese] with eggs” “Calories don’t count…if no-one’s watching” “Then we’ll go sneakily sneak yakisoba [Japanese buckwheat noodles]” “I like to just suck the salt off the French fries.” “So, what does Gatorade have to do with actual alligators?” “Don’t tell people you’re sick…It might give them the wrong impression.” “What’s a walkman?” “If you do it right, you can throw things at plateglass without breaking it.” “Sunburns get rid of acne.” EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 SPORTS team, says he enjoys being a manager because “you get to watch the meets, meet all the players, and even go out for pizza with the team without having to go to every single practice.” He adds that dedication to a sports team, even if you are not an athlete, looks good on a college resume. Person says one advantage managers have over athletes is that they don’t have to maintain good grades to stay on the team. The disadvantage, however is that, “we can’t get into the hype of the game like the players do. We sort of just sit on the sidelines,” she says. Scorekeepers and managers are typically cast in a dim light and often overlooked by athletes and sports fans. Lazoff wishes to dispel that reputation. “Athletes don’t realize how important managers are, yet without us, [teams] wouldn’t be able to compete,” he relates. So, the next time you go to a practice, a game, a match, or a meet, be sure to give your team managers a pat on the back for all that they do. They probably help you out more than you realize. 15 It’s All About a Team Effort BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY Sports features typically describe the lives and doings of athletes but little is written or said about the key people behind the scenes: the managers, a team of volunteers who help the coaches and athletes during practices and competitions. Every Enloe sports team employs 3-5 in addition to their athletes and coaches. Managers take responsibility for timing, keeping score, recording statistics of the games, and any other necessary tasks that coaches need to have performed. Sam Lazoff, a senior, has been PHOTO BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY Caught in Action PHOTO COURTESY OF DEBBIE LUCAS managing the Enloe swim team for four years. “Coach [Peoples] asked me freshman year if I was interested and I decided to just go with it. I really enjoyed it and I like helping the team out,” he explains. Others may decide to become managers if they love the sport but aren’t as athletically inclined as their classmates. Senior Isla Person, a manager of the women’s varsity basketball team, says she decided to become a manger because “I really love basketball but I’m not that great at it.” For her, managing seemed like the right choice. Eddie Zembrowski, a freshman and a scorekeeper for the swim Junior Lauren Bays swims the backstroke in a competitive Cap-7 meet. Senior Sam Lazoff has been a swimming manager since his freshman year. Wait... Enloe has a Hockey Team?! BY BRANDY WEATHERSPOON As the puck goes sailing through the air, Enloe scores! Wait...puck? Though it may not be official, a group of students from Enloe have formed their own competitive in-line hockey team to represent the school. The team has been up and running for three years now when was formed at a place called Dreamsports Center located in Apex. The owner started the high school hockey program and hockey players in the Apex area who play at Dreamsports talked to other hockey players at Enloe. And soon enough, people began signing up. To do so, students may obtain a sign up form online or at the facility. The in-line hockey season is from mid October to the end of January since the ice hockey season (in which most of the players on the team also compete) goes from March to May. The Enloe players must organize all their own practices and Dreamsports then takes care of the rest. All the schools get put together, and then divided into different divisions based on skill level. Each school plays ten games and then the play-offs take place in one big tournament. Enloe’s team, made up of ten players (even including a girl!), has been competitive against other schools, however, in a recent tournament lost in the first round to Wakefield High. Since the team is not school sponsored, players must pay Dreamsports Center to play. The team is treated like an out of school club sport, except the teams that play use their school to represent themselves. Uniforms must be ordered among the team, but players then keep them once the season is over. The team isn’t very publicized around Enloe so many people who are interested in hockey have not known about it in order to sign up. So now that the student body has gotten a low down on the team, hopefully more will decide to join. And with that, the team can continue on (and maybe even become school official) for years to come. Teacher Krupa Sports in Faces Tough Tackles Brief BY SARAH SHAUGHNESSY, KATY KOESY, AND HELEN JOHNSTON Enloe Swimming Enloe swimming has had another fantastic season. This year, Coach Vickie Minikus joined the team and both men’s and women’s teams won all six of their meets and Enloe dominated the conference championship meet on January 13, by more than 200 points. At the Eastern Regional Championship, which took place on February 3, the Eagle’s took home their ninth straight Regional Championship title. The boys took home their ninth straight 4A State Title on February 10 while the girls took second place Gymnastics Led by captains Melissa Kepke and Logan Mintz, the women’s gymnastics team has had a phenomenal season.The team won the Cap-7 conference meet where Junior Breann Moore took third on the vault. On February 3, the team competed in the High School States competition where Enloe took home their third first place trophy in three years. Junior Melissa Kepke dominated the competition as she was awarded the first place medal in a competition with high school gymnasts from across the state. Wrestling Enloe’s Wrestling Team, under Coach Sjogren, has worked hard this year with little reward. Their record as of February 4 is 2 wins to 13 losses. The team has 15 members, filling eleven out of fourteen weight classes. In their match against the Broughton Capitals, the Eagles won. At the Cap-7 Conference, Junior Albert Cooper received second place and Sophomore Matt Cotter received third place. Overall, the team received 6th place at the Conference. BY MATTHEW PRICE As students, we tend to think that teachers disappear around 3:30; perhaps going home to knit and talk to their cats, or simply melting into the painted cinderblock walls. While for some teachers this might be true, most live just like normal adults with friends, parties, and hobbies- some, like Ms. Erin Krupa, even play sports during their time out of the classroom. During the day it’s all sine curves and polynomials, but in the evening Krupa, a math teacher, transforms into a champion rugby player. She relates that it all started when she was sitting in her dorm room back in college. One of her suitemates invited her out of the blue to attend her rugby practice. Back then, Krupa admits that she didn’t even know what the sport was about. Nonetheless, after getting involved in the game she claims to have fallen in love with it. “It’s the greatest team sport,” she says, describing it as a kind of strange game of football only with “some extra rules” and “a lot more strategy.” In November, Krupa’s team, the Raleigh Venom, retained their title of Division Two National Champions, winning for the second year in a row. The Venom, a women’s team, operates through the Raleigh Rugby Club along with the Vipers, a men’s team. Though they are relatively new in relation to the Vipers Their success comes at the price of two practices a week, games on most weekends, travel time, and a lot of hard work. Obviously, even without the seven or eight periods homework, teachers can have very busy schedules too. Rugby, like football, has a Ms. Krupa: champion rugby player reputation for being a very aggressive sport. Even though Krupa feels that “the girls are far less violent than the guys” when it comes to rugby, she admits that tackles and blocks can get somewhat intense. However, once a player learns the moves, methods and rules for tackling, falling, and passing she explains, “it’s just really great.” Could such a sport perhaps be a substitute for taking out frustration on students? Or, could it be the byproduct of restless energy due to sitting in the same place for eight periods a day? “No,” laughs Krupa. “Of course playing relieves tension, but that’s not a teachersonly thing. It’s a human thing.” PHOTO BY MATTHEW PRICE Enloe’s Fans of the Month PHOTO BY KATY KOESY Disgruntled Enloe fans argue the accuracy of a call in a game against Broughton 16 SPORTS more than the game. Coach Shaw elaborates; “Our other goals are to be successful in the classroom and to be good leaders in the school and community.” And many new players are on their way to achieving just that. This year marks a first for the JV basketball team. Coach Shaw comments, “there are ten freshmen on this team, which is a first for me. It is usually a good idea to have more of a balance between freshmen and sophomores, but our freshman class this year is very talented.” Even though the freshmen will need another year or so to make it to the Varsity team, they are already playing key roles on the Junior Varsity team. This year, three freshmen start in every game. The team this year has proven to be especially dedicated. Coach Shaw remarks, “We are lucky to have fifteen very dedicated players who made it to all of the practices over the Christmas break. This is a first since I have been at Enloe.” And the extra work this year has really paid off. Coach Shaw reports t h a t , “Right now we are done with the season with a record of 15-5 (9-3 in conference) and played very well.” With a good season behind them and hard work ahead, the Junior Varsity team hopes to win a regional conference title this year. Coach Shaw is hoping, “that the lessons of dedication and hard work we have learned pay off with a conference championship at the end of the season.” The Varsity Basketball team is always trying to improve. Coach Moore of the Varsity team says, “Every year one of our goals is to be better today than we were yesterday. If you can achieve that as individuals and as a team, some of the other goals have a better chance of taking place.” The Varsity team wants to come away from the season with a Cap-7 championship title, and their greatest strength is a coherent, capable team. Coach Moore says, “they have accepted any wins or defeats with a togetherness mentality.” Stephen Cobb, a Senior Varsity player, believes that if the team is to achieve the ultimate goal of winning the state championship, they will have to, “take it one game at a time, play hard, and hope for the best outcome.” He continues, “I’m just glad to play with these guys and have a great coach like Coach Moore.” As one of the most popular winter sports, women’s basketball has always attracted a multitude of Enloe fans. Though initially off to a rough start, this women’s basketball team has pulled it together to make this year a memorable one. With Coach Haugen leading the team, Varsity has worked hard to overcome the many challenging teams that they have faced. Chelsea Brochu, a Junior who EAGLE’S EYE / FEBRUARY 2007 Shooting For Victory: Enloe Takes the Court BY NICLOE BROSAN AND ELI HORNSTEIN This year a new team and big plans have put the Enloe JV team at two wins and no losses in the Cap-7 seven conference. Coach Michael Shaw of the JV basketball team explains, “Our goals for our team are almost always the same. We want to win the Cap-7 seven conference regional title. Since there are no playoffs or tournaments for Junior Varsity, then this is our main goal.” Although the primary objective of the team is to win, the basketball players are learning about has been on varsity three years and plays center, has found that the members of this year’s team have been talented, with two starting freshmen. The team’s skill can mostly be found in it’s defense as the girls specialize in keeping the opposing team on their toes by constantly moving around the court. The offense on the other hand, has remained a challenge for the Lady Eagles, especially in turning over the ball and keeping the play-by-play smooth. Senior Diva Desai, who plays the guard position, admits how, “We’ve had our ups and downs this year.” Though with several crushing defeats, the Lady Eagles managed to beat East Wake twice and succeed over Durham Jordan. Despite the initial losses, the team has managed to still keep their heads up and continue to persevere and have a good attitude about it. Nacre Brown, who has played basketball for a total of nine years and holds the power forward position says, “Even if we lose, we always have respect for one another’s skills and ability.” Adding to the team’s solid defense, Brown also believes that a positive relationship between the individual players is another key point in keeping the team strong and cohesive. According to Desai one of the best qualities about this year is that the team h a s “matured a lot from last year.” Brochu comments that Coach Haugen is a dedicated coach and a n important part o f the team, as h e “works us hard and puts a lot of effort into what he does.” The main goal for the Enloe women’s basketball team is to be in the Top 4 Conference and to qualify for states. Last year, the Lady Eagles missed out by one game to Broughton, but are hopeful for this year. With a lot of talent and plenty of determination, the Lady Eagles hope to make this goal a reality. Photos are courtesy of Diva Desai, a Senior. Left: Senior Stephen Cobb goes up for the basket. Top: Senior Dana Hill dribbles the ball past tough competition. Senior Spotlights Melissa Guzman Women’s Swimming nior year), 4-year letterman, Allconference. Favorite sports memory: The fact that everyone on the team has good sportsmanship. Pre-game ritual: Loud team cheering befor each meet. Inspiring quote: “Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know that so it goes on flying anyway.” - Unkown Favorite Coach: “Mama Eagle” Coach Peoples. Other interests: Traveling, poetry. Plans for next year: College, but not sure where quite yet. Turner Pride Wrestling (Senior year), 2-year letterman, 2time Regional Qualifier, Most Improved Award (Sophomore year). Logan Mintz Gymnastics Awards received: Team State Champions, MVP, Most Improved, All-State, All-Conference, Conference Bar Champion, Co-Captain Junior and Senior year., FCA Player of the Week, 4-year Letterman Favorite sports memory: Sticking my beam routine to qualify for Regionals my first year in level 9 Chris Cheng Men’s Diving Awards received: 4-year letter, 06-07 Cap-7 Conference Champion Stephen Cobb Men’s Basketball Awards received: Captain (Senior year), Varisty Letter (Senior yr) Awards received: Captain (Se- Awards received: Co-Captain Most embarrassing mo- Favorite sports memory: ment: Going up to the board dur- Making the game winning shot ing a meet and doing the completely wrong dive... I guess my hearing isn’t that great! Pre-game ritual:I just try to control my breathing and keep warm. Many divers underestimate the importance of body temperature and heart rate. against Garner High School. Favorite sports memory: Road trip to New Bern for a Regional match... good times! Pre-game ritual: Running off a little extra weight before a match so I can make my weight class. Inspiring quote: “Go hard or go home.” - Unknown Favorite Coach: Coach Sjogren. He’s such a funny guy! Other interests: Long walks on the beach, candlelight dinners, horse back riding, and McDonalds. Plans for next year: ECU or Howard University for Biology. Song that pumps you up: “I Do Ya Bad By” by Yung Joc Inspiring quote: “You are in the presence of a true competitor when you observe that he is indeed getting the most joy from the most difficult circumstances.”- Unkown Role model: My dad. He showed me how to be a man and always had an answer for everything. Other interests: writing poetry Plans for next year: Attend a four-year university Song that pumps you up: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem Inspiring quote: “Your worst nightmare is the dream you never follow.” - Unknown Other interests: Junior Olympic Gymnastics Program (Levels 110) outside of school- Level 10. Plans for next year: College Gymnastics. Inspiring quote: “There’s no substitute for guts.” Paul Bryant Favorite Coach: UNC-CH’s diving coach Kenny Lawrence. Plans for next year: Hopefully diving at Emory University.