As students file in, the noise level ratchets up. Five Japa-nese guests sit quietly, smiling brightly. After many attempts to calm the crowd down, Mr. Tony Sparks finally gains the audience’s attention. “...I would like to official-ly welcome our guests from Daiichi High School...” Mr. Sparks said to the crowd. An excited murmur rose in the crowd as a sixth person seated on stage translates those words into Japanese. Aug. 25 to Sept. 3

marked another huge milestone for the Sister Cities program exist-ing between Chubu Daiichi Uni-versity High School of Nishhin, Ja-pan, and DC. Three students and two teachers from Chubu Daiichi visited Owensboro and Daviess County for 10 days. The students, Akiko Oie, Fumiya Murakami and Yo-shio Yamada, stayed with juniors Heath Abney, Kendall Moore and Graham Simmons, three students who visited Japan over the past summer break. The teachers, Ms. Fumie Hiraiwa and Mr. Takeshi Ishimaru, stayed with Ms. Brittany Ward and Mr. Chuck Hayden, the two teachers who went to Japan with the DC students.

“It is important that we came because we need to know each other’s culture, get along with students from other schools and make new friends,” Mr. Ishi-maru said. During an assembly Aug. 26, each teacher and student from Chubu Daiichi introduced them-selves and mentioned things that they liked. All spoke at least part of their “About Me” speeches in Eng-lish. For those who did not know enough English, an interpreter assisted in crossing the language barrier. At times when the interpret-er was unavailable, Mr. Ishimaru, an English teacher, stepped in. “I am interested in how to take American classes,” Ms. Hiraiwa said. “The students switch classrooms here. At home they stay in one classroom all day and teachers switch.” Classrooms were not the only major difference experienced that day. On a tour of the school, the Japanese students were sur-prised to see all the decorations on the wall and at how bright the lights were in classrooms. Also, students who attend Chubu are not allowed to chew gum, drink or eat in class. During their 10 day stay, they visited the Corvette Museum and Mammoth Cave, toured Louis-ville and Frankfort, and visited col-leges around Owensboro. “I’m was very much look-ing forward to seeing Mammoth Cave,” Ms. Hiraiwa said. “I am a biology teacher, so it was very exciting.” Plans are already un-derway to recruit a new group of students to visit Japan this coming summer, much to the excitement of the Japanese guests. “We will definitely visit again!” Mr. Ishimaru said. “We are excited for the new group of students to come see Japan this summer!”

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New Flex Fridays set to improve success rateWill MeloneyIntern

Over the past few years, students have been dissatisfied with the occasional five-minute early release on Fridays, but that is about to change big-time. On six Fridays out of the DCHS school year, students who are passing all their classes and have no zeros on their assign-ments will be released at 12:20 in the afternoon. A three-hour early re-lease may not seem that substan-tial, but in that amount of time it would be possible to watch four and a half episodes of LOST, run a 5K at a VERY leisurely pace, or even travel to Bowling Green and back. The concept of Flex Fridays has been in the develop-ment stage for two years and is being implemented at Apollo High School and Daviess County High School. “We were wondering why students struggle, and what would be a good way to motivate them,” said Jennifer Higdon, the new staff developer at DCHS. The concept of Flex Fri-day is to motivate students to main-tain a high grade point average in their classes and keep up with their work. “It would help motivate students because they want to get out half a day early on Friday, I know I would,” senior Morgan Cornell said. Some see these Fridays to be a good opportunity for stu-dents to go home and relax after a stressful week, have more time to spend with friends, or even brush up in areas of their classes that might need attention.

See Flex on page 2 for more

GIVE A QUACK. The cheerleaders perform a specially choreographed cheer to show what prizes can be won per magazines sold. A pep rally was held Aug. 13 to promote the recent Magazine Drive. The Renaissance program managed to raise more than $33,000 to go back toward funding Success Sticker rewards, pep rallies and the annual Renaissance Rally. The Freshmen Class sold the most magazines.

Deron Millay

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News Briefs

•Tejas Sangio and Pa-ras Vora were National Merit Semi-Finalists. The National Merit Award is determined by the PSAT given to juniors.

•A group of 35 NJROTC cadets attended the Storm Sports Spectacular placed and took trophies in the following events: first in dodgeball; first in the 50-meter dash; second in the football relay. They also placed first in overall sportsmanship for the third consecutive sports event.

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Sally glances up at the clock. She waves goodbye to her friends and starts to walk away. “I’m going to weep,” she casually calls back over her shoulder. Sally’s not going off by herself to begin sobbing inconsol-ably. She’s going to help save the world. When Sally said she was going to weep, she was actu-ally talking about a club. WEEP is an acronym for Women’s Edu-cational Empowerment Program (for Southern Sudan). It’s a new club centered around fund raising, the whole purpose being to raise money to send to Southern Sudan, to aid in the education of women there. The southern part of the African country is in dire need of quality education. According to the official WEEP web site, www.weepfor-southernsudan.org, the literacy rates of men and women in South-ern Sudan are significantly lower than those in Northern Sudan, with a 71% literacy rate among men in Northern Sudan, as com-pared to only 37% in Southern Su-dan. Among women in Northern Sudan, 52% are literate, as com-pared to a tiny 12% in Southern Sudan. As stated on the WEEP home page, “Narrowing this edu-cational gap could raise econom-ic productivity, lower infant and maternal mortality, improve nutri-tional status and health, reduce poverty and reduce HIV/AIDS outbreaks.” Members of the club ac-tually have a sort of motto when it comes to their mission: “When you educate a woman, you educate an entire family,” said Michaela Jarvis, WEEP vice president .

Members believe that by raising money to send to Southern Sudan to build schools for young women, the newfound knowledge will make its way throughout the whole country, helping not only women there, but entire communi-ties of men, women and children. However, recruiting new members for the organization has been a bit of a difficulty for exist-ing participants. “When you tell people that you’re in a club called ‘weep,’ they automatically assume it’s some really depressing thing, and they’re not really interested,” said senior Caitlin Glenn, president of WEEP. “We need people to spread the word about what a great thing it is, and how it’s really helping women in Sudan.” Jarvis agreed, saying that WEEP offers a great oppor-tunity to care about people who would be otherwise unreachable. “It’s like a mission trip, but not,” she said. The DC division of the club currently has very few mem-bers, including only one male, sophomore Wesley Hartgrove. Hartgrove realizes that the whole “women empowerment” thing might be a bit of a turn off for guys. “Being a guy in a club with ‘women’ in the title often re-sults in misunderstandings among students,” Hartgrove said. How-ever, he encourages anyone who feels called to reach out and help others less fortunate to do so, and says that WEEP is a great means of lending a hand. WEEP meetings are open to anyone and are held every Thursday morning in Room 171, Ms. Aull’s room. Punctuality is encouraged. “The meetins start at 7:42 and 12 seconds exactly.” Glenn said.

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Going once, going twice, SOLD! Auction coordina-tors for the Wendall Foster Center hope to hear items selling quickly at their annual fundraising event. The auction will kick off at 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Sportscenter in Owensboro. Lind-sey Mattingly, development and community education assistant for the Wendall Foster Center, shared many featured items that will be up for grabs. Smaller items include gift certificates, home decor and antiques; bigger items include original art, vacations and sport-ing event tickets. “We’re going to have one-of-a-kind experiences like chartered flights, dinner parties, and houseboat parties, too,” Mat-tingly said.

However, what’s up for sale isn’t as important as what the auction is truly about: service and charity. “...there is a magic that happens that night that is almost in-describable. People are so excited to share what they’ve been given to help the children and adults we serve. There’s this generosity and excitement to be a part of some-thing so big—not just the night, but the entire mission to be to uplift these people—that makes the night so amazing,” Mattingly said. After seven years of run-ning the auction, the Wendall Fos-ter Center has found the fundraiser to be very successful. Last year, the center raised over $100,000; they plan to raise at least $80,000 this year. The money raised will go to the general services of the resi-dents and outpatients. In addition,

a section of the money raised will benefit a specially-funded item for the Wendall Foster Campus. “In the past, we’ve pur-chased wheelchair-accessible vans, beds, trees for Sensory Park and built a playground with a sec-tion of the auction’s profits,” Mat-tingly said. The auction will hold sev-eral new aspects this year. Many of the auction items are new; one of them will be painted live at the auction by performance artist Aar-on Kizer. “People should come out for the fun and excitement of the evening; with delicious food, fun emcee personalities, and amazing auction items, it’s always a good time...They’ll see their fellow citi-zens expressing great amounts of benevolence toward people with disabilities. They will take all that from the evening,” Mattingly said.

Morgan CarricoAds Manager

WEEP club raises awareness for, aids women in Sudan

Wendall Foster to host fund raising auction

Sydney SettleKODAK MOMENT. From left to right: Superintendent Tom Shelton; Board of Education Members Frank Riney, Merrit Bates-Thomas and Dr, Alben Shockley; Ms. Jackie Revlett; Board Member Dianne Mackey and Principal Anthony Sparks pose for a picture with the High Schools That Work (HSTW) Award in tow. The HSTW Award is presented by the Southern Regional Education Board, which is in charge of the credidation of high schools in the Southern District, to the schools that have performed the best in student achievement. The award was presented at the Board of Education Department on Aug. 19.

“Definitely, I think it’s a good incentive to do well in school,” said Kaleb Isbill, a new freshman at DC.

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Welcome to the United States of America, also known as the melting pot. Every culture of Owensboro came together for a special day of interacting with people of different cultures. The 12th annual Owens-boro Multi-Cultural Festival was held on Aug. 21 on First Presbyte-rian Church’s front lawn. This event takes place to “celebrate diversity and reach beyond ourselves.” The multi-cultural festival consisted of over 20 booths of dif-ferent cultures. Thousands of visi-tors all over the city came to enjoy a day of foods from different cul-tures and various activities. French teacher Terri Coke has been a part of the fes-tival for five years. She sets up the French booth and discusses with

people who have been to France, speak French and want to talk about France. Ms. Coke’s booth con-tained items of tourism, food and toys for kids, such as the Madeline doll. This event wouldn’t have been possible without countless hours of work by volunteers of Boy Scout Troop 611, students from area high schools, church mem-bers and numerous local organi-zations. Junior Patrick Hooks vol-unteered at the multi-cultural festi-val this year as a boy scout, Beta Club member and a member of Key Club. He has been volunteer-ing at the festival, for eight years. “We set up tables, chairs, basically everything in this multi-cultural fair,” Hooks said. “Last night, I guarded the tee pee (for the Native American section). The whole troop spent the night here.” Hooks’ favorite part

of the festival is everyone of all cultures getting together and cel-ebrating. Shows were held on a stage every half-hour to enhance the atmosphere of the festival. Songs sung by Chinese children to Zingara belly dancers from the Middle East appeared throughout the day. The information desk held scavenger hunts and quizzes for children to complete. “I came to learn about other cultures,” junior Anna Walk-er said. “There’s so many cultures around me and I wanted to be knowledgeable of everything around me.” Walker received a bal-loon hat, which was one of her favorite parts of the festival. “I learned that the cul-tures are very different from ours,” Walker said. “There’s so much more out there than what’s in our culture.”

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Thousands flock to recent local Multi-Cultural Festival

From a young age, read-ing is taught, enforced, assigned and recommended in schools across the nation. However, time made available to read for fun inside and outside of school de-creases as the grade level increas-es. DC is hoping to improve that falling number by setting aside 20 minutes a day to read every Wednes-day. This program, m o r e common-ly known as Pan-t h e r s Read, is m e a n t to allow students the plea-sure to read during school without missing out on anything in class. Panthers Read, however, is more commonly used to finish homework, talk with friends and do anything but read. “This year we’re going to try and make Panthers Read more fun and enjoyable,”Ms. Angela Gunter said. “One thing we’re for sure going to do is have a video contest to see who can make the best video about reading.” The teachers involved in this revamping of Panthers Read (Ms. Gunter, Ms. Marlys Mason, Ms. Jessica Grimsley-Mounts, Ms. Jennifer Higdon and other teach-ers that have yet to be revealed) are making a video to serve as the standard, student videos. “Ours is going to be re-ally cheesy, so I’m sure the student videos will be much better,” Ms. Gunter said. The video hasn’t started yet, but some elements for the vid-

eo are coming together. “At a staff meeting, Ms. Gunter got up and sang the song (that’s going in the video) in front of the whole staff, “ Ms. Mason said. Groups are either decid-ed amongst a group of students or can be assembled as a class. It has yet to be determined how videos will be submitted and how the win-ner will be chosen. On top of video con-

tests, Ms. Grimsley-M o u n t s is taking p i c t u re s of stu-d e n t s r e a d i n g to fea-ture on p o s t e r s that can be seen t h rough -

out the hallways. She’s already begun this by featuring senior Gl-enward Fuchs on a poster in the senior hallway. The teachers, along with Ms. Higdon, are also bringing in a guest author, Jennifer Bradbury. Bradbury is a DC graduate and was a three-year editor of the BRM. She recently wrote the novel Shift, about a cross-country bike trip. “We’re going to try and get all students to read Shift before she comes to visit,” Ms. Gunter said. With all these new ac-tivities, teachers hope to boost students’ desire to read and to find books that interest them. “I know several students who actually do like to read and have recommended me books.,” Ms. Mason said. ““(I think) stu-dents will react positively to the changes in Panthers Read.”

Alex AndersonPeople Editor

English teachers make Panthers Read moreenjoyable for students

Sept. 9-Tailgate for freshman in parking lot @ 5 p.m.

before the football game.

Sept. 10-National School Spirit Day

Sept. 11-ACT testing in the Media Center

Sept. 13

-Open house @ 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15 -first Panther ReadSept. 20- Life Touch–senior picture re-takes

Kaely HollowayNews Editor

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-Ms. Angela Gunter

A possible issue could be transporta-tion for students who don’t drive their own cars to school. Busses will run as usual on an earlier schedule to conform to the early release. Activi-ties will be provided for students with no ride. The motivation to do well will reflect well on student grades and on DCHS as well. Stu-dents who lack motivation will be more inclined to check their grades to earn the early release. “Students will use Infinite Campus like they’re supposed to,” Ms. Simmons said. With Flex Fridays pushing students to go the extra mile, Panthers will be able to look forward to future rewards for excellent student achievement.

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For some students, summer consisted of summer camps, laying out and preparing for the upcoming school year. Seven students and two teachers decided to spend their time differently than any others. Senior Graham Simmons, juniors Heath Abney, Caitlin Bur-ton, Kendall Moore, Brittany Legg, Gabby Canant and Caitlin Gupta were assisted by Ms. Brittany Hand-ley and Mr. Chuck Hayden on their 10 day long trip to Japan. When the students went to Japan, it was mostly for the experience itself. “It was a really big culture shock, we weren’t prepared for a lot of the things that we saw or was around,” Burton said. The the culture was very different. Every student lived with a different host family; they went to school with the host family’s child. Upon arrival they went straight to school and then home to eat dinner with the family. Gupta had an unpleasant experience when ar-riving to the house. “I got sick, we were so rushed at first and it was just too much stress to handle right then,” Gupta said. Instead of driving to school, everyone rides the bus. Also, they have school uniforms and stay in the same classroom all day and the

teachers change. Even though Japan is so technologically advanced, the students wrote on chalk board. “The learning environ-ment was a lot different than ours, we had breaks but just being in the same classroom all day was weird,” Moore said. Along with school the trav-elers toured some castles, went to the Toyota Museum and visited the mayor’s office. As they traveled more around Japan and the area that they were in, they discovered some inter-esting differences about the place. Moore and Burton explained the sur-roundings as more ‘cute’ than pretty and thought the teenagers dressed like a 10-year-old. They described the houses as smaller and more compact. At Bur-ton’s house they sat on the ground as they ate dinner and when they were in the living room. As they got settled into the home they noticed that the family didn’t really talk much and mostly wrote their sentences down instead of speaking them. “It was almost like they didn’t want to learn English or they didn’t want me to know Japan. They had never really seen white people before so when you came around them they just stared at your skin,” Moore said. Coming home, the students were excited to be home but knew they had just been through an experi-ence they would never forget.

Emmalee RyanEntertainment Editor

The BRM asked 30 students what their favorite Japanese restaurant is. The choices were Tokyo, Fuji and Ninki.

Students’ Top 3 Choices of Japanese Restaurants

Tokyo Fuji Ninki

Students spend their summer in Japan

As you can see, Fuji is the most popular, located next to Big Lots on Frederica Street

Only 1,000 students are selected out of the entire state of Kentucky to attend the experience of a lifetime: Gov-ernor’s Scholar Program (GSP). Out of the many that applied, juniors PJ Johnson, Tejas Sangoi, Emily Potts, Emily Free, Logan Frank, Paige Kramer and Aeriel Morgan were chosen. Kramer had a schedule conflict and had to pass on the opportunity allow-ing an alternate, junior Adam Rumohr, to take her place. “It was all good times,” Johnson said. Getting accepted isn’t all that easy. First the applicants have to fill out a massive appli-cation with many essays and then it’s sent to Frankfort where they are judged in six different sections blindly by a panel con-sisting of college admission per-sonnel, college and high school teachers and education leaders from different areas of the state. “I was an alternate. I got a phone call at nine in the morning on Jan. 6 while I was

driving home from Arkansas visit-ing family telling me I had been accepted,” Rumohr said. Each of the students were assigned to one of the three college campuses: Mur-ray, Centre and Bellarmine. All of the campuses have the same academic experience even though all of the participants agree it was more of a social get together. “Mine was the col-lege minus the work. It was like a social experiment. It’s hard to explain because we weren’t al-lowed to have cell phones and they made us socialize. When you get a lot of nerds together a lot of them are anti-social but you’re forced to be social,” Free said. The applicants have to enroll in three things: focus area, a “major” subject of study, assigned according to scholar preference as indicated on the application; a general stud-ies, an area of study assigned by staff to challenge the schol-ars, courses frequently include service-learning components in

the community and seminar, a discussion-based small group session. “I was in a film stud-ies class. We focused on hor-ror movies so we just watched a bunch of scary movies then made a not-so-scary movie of our own,” Free said. But it’s not all fun and games... well, maybe it is. “We did a lot of field trips and hands-on things. We had dress up days, one of which I dressed up as Zeus and four dances that we had to dress up for. My favorite experience was throwing water balloons out of our dorm window on the people below,” Rumohr said. GSP is meant for the “best and brightest” individuals in the state. High school students come from all over Kentucky to be with people just like them. “I just like meeting new people. [Centre] had nice fa-cilities. The only thing I like was being able to walk everywhere because you can’t do that in Owensboro. I also learned how to play pool,” Morgan said.

Embry LuallenEditor-in-Chief

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Countless young people have nursed huge dreams in their hearts: dreams of travelling the world, touring foreign coun-tries, and visiting strange and

exciting new cities. Just imagine if those dreams were real-

ized. How would it feel? Terrifying? Or exhilarat-ing? Just such a chance was given to Andre Araujo, a junior foreign exchange student from Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Dreams of travel there may have been, but he had no say in just where he would end up. “It’s all random,” Araujo said. “I did not choose the city; I just chose the region.” Araujo arrived on Aug. 27, and while he’s here, he’s staying with the Garner family, whose son Seth is a freshman. “It’s good because he plays soccer,”

Araujo said. He’s hoping to join the DC soccer team. “I’m waiting for an answer−there’s lots of papers to turn in,” he added. Living in a foreign city and attending a strange new school is sure to be a little more than weird for all those involved, and Araujo mentioned some of the things that are different than what he’s used to. “We don’t have these lockers,” he said. “And we don’t change classes; the teachers come to us.” Having only been here a few days, Arau-jo said that he doesn’t have many friends yet, but he hopes the situation will improve. “[My favorite class is] weights, definitely. And Spanish 1,” Araujo said. A common miscon-ception is that Brazilians speak Spanish. Portu-guese is actually the official language of Brazil. As to the social scene, Araujo said that right now, school, soccer practices, and home-work make up a typical day for him. When asked if he planned on attending homecoming, he shook his head with a smile. “No... I don’t like dances.”

Emily FergusonIntern

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Theairitselfissoftandmuted,thickwiththecon-centrationofthenation’sgreatestyoungthinkers.Theonlysoundtobeheardisthehushedscratchingofpencilonpa-per,ortheoccasionalrubofpinkerasers.Instarkcontrastwiththisscene,impatientbuzzersrespectonlytheswiftestofmindsandthenimblestof thumbsastheydoleoutop-portunitiestoprovethemselves. Thisisthesportofintellectuals,thegameofschol-ars.ThisisAcademicTeam. CompetinginthetwoareasofQuickRecallandAssessment,fourofDC’sowncomposedtheJVteamthatwouldattend theNationalAcademicChampionships this

pastsummer.ForfivedaysinJune,freshman(nowsoph-omore) Ella Shipp and sophomores (now juniors) LoganLeathem,CourtneyHamiltonandGrantNationmatchedwitswithsomeofthebestfromaroundthecountryineverysubjectareafromLanguageArtstoArtsandHumanities. Andattheendofitall,thescoresstoodthus:theDaviessCountyHighSchoolJuniorVarsityAcademicTeamhadearnedthetitleofNationalChampions. However, the team’s journey to this most presti-gious of endpoints hasn’t been easy. According to Ms.AnnKoshy,theAcademicTeam’svarsitycoach,theteammembersweretestedinthespringforthechanceatstate.Aftercompetingatthestatelevel,theyworkedtheirwayonupfromstatetonationals.Atthenationallevel,theteamdominated,winningeverypreliminarymatchexceptone.

Aftersufferingthissingledefeat,theDCAcadem-ic Teamwasgivena chance to redeem themselves,andtheyrosemarvelouslytotheoccasion,defeatingtheteamtowhichtheyhadpreviouslylost.Withthisfinaltriumph,theywerenamedchampions. Thisyear’schampions,however,werenotsimplythenextinalineofmany,oranotheradditiontotheHallofFame.DaviessCounty’sAcademicTeamwasactuallythefirst--ofanybody,ever—towinthetitleofJVChampions. “This was actually the first time they had a JVsection in thenationals,”Ms.Koshysaid. Inyearsprior,nationals were reserved for varsity teams alone, addingfurthertothemagnitudeofthewin. “It’s really cool, but I don’t really knowhow tofeelaboutit.It’sthebiggesttitleI’vehad,”Leathemsaid.

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Get the water! Set up thelecterns!Runthesecopies!Takethispackage!Bringupmylunch! ThesearewhatseniorSeanSouthard and juniors Emily BickelandCaitlinBurtonheardforroughlyamonthoftheirsummerasU.S.Sen-atepages. “We were basically justgophers for thesenators,”Southardsaid. Theirdutiesweretoruner-rands for the senatorsand takeoutthetedious jobstheywouldhavetodoifthesepageswerenotthere. To become a U.S. Senatepage, they applied online, have atleasta2.5.GPAandwriteanessayonwhy theywanted tobeapage.All threegot the ideatobeapagefromformerDCpages. “It was funny, becausewhen I found out I was going tobeaU.S.Senatepage,but Ididn’tget into GSP, one of my teacherssaid ‘Shouldn’t it be the other wayaround? Shouldn’t you have got-ten into GSP before being able towork for the senate in Washington,D.C.?’,”Southardsaid. Theydidnotworktogetherthough.BickelwasapagefromJune7toJuly2andBurtonandSouthardattendedfromJuly11toAug.6. Keep in mind, it wasn’t allworkandnoplay. “Unless you worked the

late shift,yougotoffat six,andaf-terthatyouhaduntil8:59p.m.todowhateveryouwanted,”Bickelsaid. Alongwithtouringthecapi-tal,theysawaNationalsballgame,watched Mary Poppins, visitedthe Smithsonian Museum, went toGeorgetownandevenvisitedJerseyShore. “I absolutely loved theSmithsonian Museum; it was my fa-vorite,”Bickelsaid. Goingonsummertripsusu-allygoeshand-in-handwithmakingfriendsandmakingstories,andtheydefinitelymadeboth. “The whole time I wasworking, I would wear my friendBrenden’sglassesandIrealizedthattheylookedgoodonme,sowhenIfound a $10 pair at Jersey Shoresthatlookedlikehis,Idecidedtogetthem,”Southardsaid. Bickel also made friendsthatshetalkstofrequently. “IstillcallthemandtalktoalotofthepeopleIwentwithonaweeklybasis,”Bickelsaid. Being the only three stu-dentsfromKentuckyalsomadethemstandout. “They said I had a reallyhickaccentandthoughtwealllivedintheghettobecausewedidn’t liveingatedcommunities,”Burtonsaid. After all was said anddone, they all felt that they camebackfeelinglikeadifferentperson. “Ifeltmorecultural,”South-ardsaid.

“On the last night we unplugged the clock so we could stay up later. When they told us to go to bed, we all joined up and sang the National Anthem very loudly

before we went to sleep.”-Emily Bickel

“Sen. McConnell smiled and winked at me when I went to go get his speech.”

-Caitlin Burton

“I remember when we took a trip to Jersey Shore and I got a scar from going down a water slide

that dropped off. I also won’t forget when some-one gave Sen. John McCain a tall podium and he

said, ‘Take this away!’ because he can’t lift his arms from his prison days.”

-Sean Southard

I will never forget...

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Three spend summer as senate pages

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The bell rings at the end of the day and it’s off to four hours of practice, after changing it’s to the after school job, then it’s time for the five hours of AP homework that’s due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Even a first grader realizes that the math doesn’t add up. Sleep isn’t something that people can do when they can fit it in their schedule. It’s a necessary life function. When their body be-comes accustom to a lifestyle that has fewer hours of sleep than needed they become sleep deprived. It isn’t a disease that can be cured by just taking a nap when they find time. It’s a habit that’s very hard to break because their body will not allow them to sleep until the time they normally are able to doze off. That’s why certain stu-dents always take a nap during Channel One, they’re use to it. It’s a schedule.

Most people that have sleep deprivation are just hand-ed some prescription pills and are told to pop two a day so they can sleep at night. This isn’t the way to go about it. Students that are involved an abundance of different activities probably need to cut back. Being involved is impor-tant, but when they try to balance five different clubs, a sport, a job and a social life they need to know their limits. Cutting back on sleep will drive their bodies to a break-ing point and they will become irritable and have a greater chance of becoming sick. Then no one wins. Adults need at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night. Teenagers are recommended to get 8-10. Sleep deprivation can even lead to sleep apnea, having one or more pauses in breathing or shal-low breaths during sleep, later in life, which isn’t pleasant at all. If there’s too much go-ing on in life, cut back and sleep. That’s a life essential.

Embry LuallenEditor-in-Chief

Sleep deprivation hurting students

It’s not a secret that the hallways at DCHS are crowded, but this year things seem to be getting out of control. Out of all the crowded places, the senior hallway wins the competition by a mile. As the bell rings to release students from class, the senior hallway becomes a roadblock slowing down student movement in all directions. Friends crowded around a locker, a classroom door, or flat-out in the middle of the walk-way ebbs the flow of traffic down to a stand-still. Don’t count on beating the tardy bell while trying to traverse through this hallway. I think we could use someone to motivate students to move out of the way, even though they believe it is a right that they have as a senior to stay put. Junior James Acquisto said the hallway is cramped and there’s no room to walk with per-sonal space. People come back from gym class and it gets a little bit of a stench.

The senior hallway is a crucial point in the school. Straight past it is the first-floor por-tion of the freshman academy, and beyond that is the entrance to the art wing. Blocking this hall-way blocks stairways, bathrooms and even water fountains. As the school day progresses from morning to afternoon, the lunch shift switching be-comes a fiasco. Students coming back from lunch are forced to go the same route back to class as the students going to the cafeteria, making a timely arrival back to class a challenge. I think it’s sad that such a simple concept as a hallway has become such an issue and hope that someday in the near future and that issues like this can be resolved. Teachers should deal with students coming back from lunch instead of forcing them to all go the same way back and forth, and students should stop standing around in the hallways and make way for traffic in both directions.

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Students of DC, I am so very proud of you for not following the rules. It finally paid off. No longer will students be getting in trouble and be hassled by teachers who try to enforce wear-ing student ID’s around your neck every day. How about new accessories for girls other than a colorful lanyard hanging around your neck? I’m glad I can actually wear a dress

with a necklace instead of a piece of string I ran-domly found to hold my ID. Students, you should be celebrating now that you will not be chased down a hallway or stairwell by any demanding teachers for not hav-ing your ID visible. Of course, everyone knows that they were just “doing their job...” Even though we are still required to have them in our pockets or purse, that’s not nearly as much of a nagging problem as remembering to

have it on at 8:16 every morning. I want to thank the administrators who finally gave up on trying to force kids to remember putting on a pointless form of identification every day. You definitely made my year a little bit less stressful. Imagine what changes are could hap-pen. Maybe if we boycott the new switch of breadsticks every Tuesday then they’ll go back to Little Caesars. Anything is possible, DCHS.

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Being in a new school, making new friends; everyone has been there. However, most weren’t making friends from the other side of the world.

Meet Benedetta Cecchini-Soulini, an exchange student who arrived from Rome, Italy, on Aug. 7. Staying with the Carmon family, she is 17 and in

her fourth year (out of a typical five) of high school in Italy. Turns out a typical day in an Italian high school isn’t like Daviess County. At home, Soulini arrives at school at 8 a.m. and goes home at 2 p.m. She has six classes in a day to complete her schedule, which last an hour per class. When class is over, the teachers switch rooms, and the stu-dents stay put. “The halls are so busy here,” Saulini said. “Ours (at home) are not.” What isn’t in her regular schedule is a lunch break. “I do not eat at school. I eat at 2:30, 3, after school,” Soulini said. “I eat before and after.” School is in session in her hometown from Sept. 15 to June 15, with breaks for Christmas and Easter. During the school year, Soulini spends most of her day in the afternoon studying and playing sports. Sports aren’t school-related and are individual teams formed in the city. Leagues are formed, and teams play against each other in competition. Soulini’s sport of choice is volleyball. She has been playing for six years and has recently started playing for DC’s varsity team. She is excited to be a part of a school team. “Volleyball will be very fun, and I want playing to

be a main goal when I’m here.” Her other main goals are to learn more English, make new friends and get a feel for the overall American culture. Some of the American culture she’s experienced so far isn’t new to her. “We (Italian teens) have the same style, same clothes,” Soulini said. “And we listen to the same music.” Popular artists, like Taylor Swift and Justin Beiber, are big in Italy. Soulini also likes another American singer, James Blunt, who sang the 2005 hit, “You’re Beautiful.” American films are watched as well. Soulini’s fa-vorite is a film called Armageddon, in which an asteroid is en route to Earth. “It is an older movie, but I like it,” Soulini said. From her experience at Daviess County so far, Soulini has found people to be the same. “There are the same types of people, types of groups, here, too. It is the same as home,” Soulini said. She hopes her new friends here will aid her in learning the life of the average American teen. She’s made many new friends in her classes at DC, and they all have something to say about her. “Benedetta is very quiet, but thoughtful and smiley. She’s so pretty, too. It’s fun to talk to her and listen to her Italian accent,” sophomore Jesse Sook said. Another friend from Soulini’s Latin class described the new exchange student. “She (Soulini) is an intelligent girl who is so kind. She is always willing to teach me and tell me more about her country,” sophomore Elizabeth Martell said. So while Soulini’s friends are learning from her, Soulini hopes to take away something as well. “I hope to learn more culture, more of America, more English with my new friends,” Soulini said.

GET TO KNOW ME:BRM takes a look into new staff and students

Cecchini-Saulini: Italy exchangeMorgan CarricoADS Manager

Rebels, rockers and revolution are what England was all about. At least that’s what it was all about when DC’s new staff developer, Ms. Jennifer Higdon,

studied there. This summer, DC had a loss and a gain of teachers, one of those being Mr. Brian Benjamin, former

staff developer. He is now an assistant principal at an elementary school in Ohio County. Lucky for DC, Ms. Higdon was ready to take the position. “I worked at Apollo for 13 years as an English, Drama and Fine Arts teacher,” Ms. Higdon said. Ms. Higdon is going to be working intimately with the teachers. This means that she will be helping the teachers with sorting out their difficulties. She has been working thoroughly on integrating Flex Fridays into DC’s schedule. She is really pushing for all of the students to get into it. She had many reasons for becom-ing a teacher, but some seemed to stand out to her more than others. “I always thought that teachers were the most influential people, and that if you wanted to make a dif-ference in the world, it was to become a teacher,” Ms. Higdon said. “They are the ones that make a big im-pact.” After studying at the University of Kentucky for two years and then graduating fom Western Ken-tucky University (WKU), Ms. Higdon took a trip to study abroad through WKU’s International Studies Program. “I spent six weeks studying at Kings College in London, England. I took a class called Rebels, Rock-ers and Revolution, and this was all about popular musi-cians like The Beatles, Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones, that made a real difference in the way people think about society and the world,” Ms. Higdon said. “This was a really cool class because it wasn’t just an in class experience. We took lots of different field trips.” Being an English major, Ms. Higdon loved visit-ing all of the famous authors’ houses throughout not just England but the rest of Great Britain. “It really is a different experience. If you ever have had even the slightest thought of studying outside of the country, go do it. It really is amazing,” Ms. Hig-don said. “It gave me some of the best memories of my life.” She was so much in love with her trip that after she married, she made her husband take a three week trip with her back to England before starting their family.

Higdon leads reform; Flex Fridays beginAndrea HowardEditorial Editor

Educational Background: associate degree in business and a bachelors in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in business. Currently is working on a Master’s degree in the Alternative Route certification for Special Education Teach-ers. Likes: reading, crossword puzzles, walking, watching her son play sports.Interesting Fact: feels very blessed to have this opportunity

(teaching) and is thankful DCHS believes in her and has given her the chance to make a difference in someone’s life. Sheila Stien

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Educational Background: Bachelor’s in social studies education. Master’s degree in second-ary education, from UK. Likes: spending time with his wife and daughter, UK sports, the Cincinnati Bengals and music.Interesting Fact: plays guitar at church.

Amaury Lejay is not your average student, in fact, he’s not an average American either. Originally from Marseille, France, Lejay is one of DC’s newest foreign exchange stu-dents. Lejay has been quick to find the trea-sures that America has to offer and he’s made some memories too. “I like hamburgers (in the US) and KFC. Everything is so big here, the food, the cars, everything. Everyone here is more wel-coming here than they would be in France,” Lejay said. Besides his apparent interest for the US Lejay has also pointed out the differences. “When I talk about France to my host family they say that the French have the best food, the best architecture and nice girls. It’s a different view point. We don’t have Abercrom-bie and Fitch in France, we love the brands but we can’t wear them because there are no stores...at my high school there is also more homework, no sports and its a lot smaller (than at DC),” Lejay said. As welcoming as everyone has been so far, one student has stuck out. Senior Kaitlyn Bartlett had become friends with Lejay when they met on the FFA trip earlier this year. “I’ve learned a lot about France from Amaury. So far I’ve learned that they actually dont have school dances there, hummers are like the dream car there because they are so rare and they don’t even have recliners, he sat in his first one the other day at reed’s orchard,” Bartlett said. Just by getting to know him stu-dents will be able to learn a great deal of infor-mation. “I think he’s a really interesting per-son and he’s really fun to hang out with. I like to tease him about how American girls are ob-sessed with him and I like his accent too. How-ever, i do think people should actually get to know him and not just his accent,” Bartlett said. Lejay is much more than just a foreign exchange student and he can relate to a lot of DC students. For instance, he wants to be a businessman and work in other countries; his favorite class is veterinary science, he’s plan-ning on joining DC’s tennis team and more im-portantly, he loves fast food.

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Amaury Lejay:French exchange Marina Kaminski is one of three foreign ex-

change students attending DC this year. She is from Guarapuava, Brazil ,and is staying with freshman Lyndsey Boling, her host ‘sister’.

Marina, who is a sophomore, had to go through a few things first before

she was guaranteed her trip to America.

Some people wonder if foreign exchange students choose Owensboro. Well, Marina set them straight.

“First, I sent out photos and an application to the agency, and I then waited until the agency connected me with a family,” Kaminski said. “Finally, when the family gave me an invitation we (the family) start talking over the computer.” Kaminski’s host ‘sister’ was not able to be there on the first day that she arrived from Brazil due to babysitting. But the second day when they were acquainted they really hit it off. “When she (Kaminski) first arrived we went shopping,”

Boling said. “Honestly, we have so much in common.” Kaminski said that people think that they’re sisters be-cause they look alike and have a similar personality but Boling jokes that they are cousins. Kaminski was surprised at some of the things she has seen, heard and enjoyed here in America. “Back at home people burp in the privacy of their own home, but here people burp in public and I’m like ‘Oh my gosh! They didn’t excuse themselves’,” Kaminski said. She also wasn’t used to the southern accents that some Americans use like the words ‘ya’ll’ and ‘huh?’ “All I hear around here is ‘huh, huh, huh?’,” said Kaminski, in a laughing manner. Kaminski is adjusting well here in America. She’s made new friends, is taking up sports at the high school and is enjoying the cafeteria food. “I love it!,” Kaminski said. “I like the school food better than the outside school food because my host “mom” does not cook much.” In the past Boling has had 3 foreign exchange students. But, she would never want to be a foreign exchange student in another country. “I would never want to because I don’t want to travel to far away from home,” Boling said. At the end of the year when it is Kaminski’s time to go back home it will be very hard for every-one including Boling. “It’s hard when they go back because you’re used to them being there with your family,” Boling said.

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“ It’s not popular to be a Christian...regard-less of what people think, we’re not here to judge. We just started the venue to give the town good mu-sic and a positive environment; building or not, we’ll still continue doing that” said Tori Hearne, when discussing the The Bone-yard Music Venue. Tori’s the daughter of an owner of the Boneyard which recently closed. The mu-sic venue began in late 2009 and was based as a Christian music hang-out. Heavy rock bands such as Plea for Purging, Seventh Day Slumber and Disciple are three among many bands who vis-ited. Lack of local support, expensive rent, and other problems eventually led to the closing of the venue. However, the company itself is still pressing on. Now titled Boneyard Promotions, they plan to continue to hold concerts. Instead of the old build-ing the company is now going to hold them at church-

es, the Daviess County fair grounds and anywhere music can be played. Despite all the change, a hope for a better future and joyful memories still remains. “ When Plea for Purging, Before There Was Rosalyn, and Onward to Olympus played, the place was packed. I can remember sweeping up people’s gauges for a week... If people would have come to

the venue they would have realized how wrong they are about us.” Said Travis cox, an owners son. Lack of local support was a con-tributing factor, but many teens, such as DC’s own Brandyn Atherton, are still fans of the company as well as the owners. “ I like the fact that they have some good bands there and they’re friendly...I enjoy some good tunes floating through my ears and it was just a place where people could come hang out and have

a good time watching and listening to musical acts,” Atherton Said. Building or not, the local Owners BJ Cox and Vic Hearne are generously providing their time and effort. Their main goals are just to give the com-munity a positive environment and a safe hangout.

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Grease sizzles. Loud chatter fills the entire room. The smell of French fries wafts around. A pink shirt flies by. Followed by another. Order up! A quick look around BeeBop’s, located at 122 W. 2nd in Owensboro, gives the general idea of the restau-rant’s theme: ‘50s diner. The black and white tiled floor looks as if it came straight from Happy Days. Pink and teal-green walls stretch down and around the -diners. The kitchen, on the left side, is in full view behind a 32-foot counter, and never seems to stop hopping. A few tables are scattered in the front, and geometric black and white leather booths line the right side. That’s exactly how Samantha Ellison, co-owner of BeeBop’s, wanted her restaurant to look. “I wanted that typical ‘50s style diner. I wanted that long counter. You used to go into Walgreen’s and go up to a counter like that and get a lemonade, a limeade, an orangeade…I remember that as a kid,” Ms.Ellison said.

Ms. Ellison opened the restaurant this past May with husband Stephen, during the weekend of the Bar-beque Festival. The two had worked on BeeBop’s for al-most 8 months before opening. A lot of work went into the building, including incorporating the diner theme in unique ways. On the walls, not only are there I Love Lucy posters and Coca Cola mem-orabilia, but stars of the past. The likes of Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn and El-vis shine in their black frames. The stars found their way into the menu as well. From the “Hepburn Panini” to “The Stooges” sandwich, basically all of Old Hollywood is rolled up into BeeBop’s menu.

However, there are a few items that stand on their own without a star’s name attached: burgers and shakes. “Definitely our specialty, our burgers and shakes. Where else can you go and get a good burger and shake for $5.99?” Ms. Ellison said. The food isn’t only the specialty, according to Ms. Ellison. “What separates us from the typical diner is our greeting and customer service. I hire friendly, outgoing people who can handle the stress of the job, and have fun,” Ms. Ellison said. The logo of BeeBop’s came from Ms. Ellison’s daughter-in-law. True to the restaurant name, it depicts two bees bopping to the music, which floats from a record ma-chine. “She (my daughter-in-law) came up with the bee idea, and the name, too. We (my husband and I) just added another bee,” Ms. Ellison said. In the future, the Ellisons hope to see more bees bopping in more BeeBop’s.

“I want to open 10 stores, definitely. That’s a goal in life, to have 10 BeeBop’s. Not all in Owensboro, but to have more,” Ms. Ellison said.

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Where else can you go and get a good burger and shake for $5.99?

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Located on Highway 54, some-thing new is brewing, or, blending. Its name? Smoothie King. According to their web site this company is the privately held Louisiana-area based franchise company and is the premier Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry. Luckily, Owensboro is now re-ceiving a Smoothie King to call its own. “There are lots of smoothies out there, but ours are “functional”. We categorize them into what you’re look-ing to accomplish: Stay Healthy, Trim Down, Get En-

ergy, Build Up, Snack Right, and Indulge. Our ingredients are all natural, nothing synthetic,” the new Smoothie King owner, Cuba Arm-strong said.. The smoothies are healthy but Smoothie King also boast some trade mark flavors that are customized to peoples needs too. “ We have smoothies for everyone. A very popular smoothie is the Ca-ribbean Way. It has an island-inspired mix of papaya, ba- nana, and strawberries.

A delicious and refreshing snack. The Power Punch Plus is the most nutri-tious smoothie on our menu. It contains our Opti-Fuel Nutrient Blend filled with ener-

gizing vitamins, miner-als, ginseng, CoQ-10, and octacosonal. The Gladiator was made for people

wanting to build up: it has the Gladiator protein mix containing Amino-gen, that helps the body absorb the 45 grams of

protein in this smoothie. The Hulk was designed

for cancer patients: it’s packed

with calories, nutrients, and protein. The Immune Builder contains our Herbal Nutrient Blend which has Echinacea, antioxidants, bioflavonoid, and other ingredi-ents that help strengthen the immune system. The Shredder is for people looking to trim down: it has our Gladiator protein and our Diet Down Enhancer. The Mangofest is for diabetics: it’s made with just fruit, fruit juice, and ice. It has no fat and no added sugar. Lastly, The Banana Boat is just pure indulgence. Try it with a shot of cinnamon…Mmmmm, “ Armstrong said. The smoothies may be great, but what about the prices? After-all students may not want to buy a smoothie no matter how delicious if it cost an arm and a leg. Well, Smoothie King has solved that problem too. Their smoothies will be coming in three differ-ent sizes, a 20oz, 30oz, and 40oz and they start at $3.99. Last but not least, Smoothie King is also planning on giving the community a neat enviroment and cool place to work. Also, it of-fers a nice hangout spot for teens after a long day of school. “We have a small, bright space with lots of windows. There’s not much seating, most of our business will be to go,” Armstrong said. “We want this to be a fun, upbeat place for us to work with our family and friends.”

Brittany GreesonIntern

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‘Five Guys Burgers & Fries’ receives rave reviews for masterpieces

High Protein Almond Mocha

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Smoothie King serves up healthier sideto smoothie world, set to open followingLabor Day

Packed full of protein, the smoothie is packed full of almond, mocha and chocolate flavors.

Peanut Power plus GrapeThis smoothie is filled with ba-nana, peanut butter and grape flavors.

Five guys + burgers + fries = magical-wonderful. Yes, magical-wonderful is not an actual adjective, but that’s the only way to describe eating at the newly opened Five Guys Burgers and Fries (FGB&F) in Weslyan Park Plaza next to the chinese place. It’s purely legit. The burgers are simply deli-cious. It tastes like Fourth of July home cooked in the backyard with fire-works included. Seriously, just think of a charcoal grill with some burgers on it on a hot summer day with some sweet tea and it’s that sublime. When bitten into the burger is juicy and magnificent. Don’t even try to diss the fries either. They come in regular or cajun and they’re both equally won-derful. But do not order the large unless there are A LOT of people. It could feed an Ethiopian family for a month. No jokes, it’s true. Also be aware of the burg-er portions. There’s a regular burger or a large burger. The large burger comes with two patties and they are ridiculously huge. Don’t try to look like a cool kid getting the large if it won’t get eaten. It’s almost too big for a starving football player to eat, just saying. Something that’s extra spe-cial and unique is that anything can go on it. ANYTHING. A-1 steak sauce and fried onions are only two of the unusual condiments found at FGB&F. Stepping through the door it looks like something straight out of a West Anderson. For those who don’t know, that’s an American director from the ‘50s. But on the real, if there’s a choice of where to eat, pick FGB&F. It’s heaven in a brown bag, well greasy heaven in a brown bag.

Pina Colada islandThis tropical smoothie is chalk full of pineapple and coconut.

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Senior Nolan Roberts wipes his dirty paint brush on his hand (because he doesn’t like the texture of paper towels) and gets ready to dip his brush into a new color to complete his work of art. Roberts spends most of his time here at DC in the art wing. “I basically live in the art wing this year. More than half of my classes are art classes,” Roberts said. Roberts has taken a total of six art classes in his high school ca-reer: Art 1-4, Painting and Photogra-phy. All of the art classes he has taken have helped him a lot in his artwork. Over the years, Roberts has created roughly over 40 works. Some of his favorite medias to use in his artwork are paint(tempera and acrylic), charcoal and even he has used melted cray-

ons. “My favorite media to use is paint. I love that you’re able to just manipulate the colors and mix them to-gether to create new ones,” Roberts said. Although Roberts has created many works, he isn’t

really a fan of any of them. “My art just doesn’t really appeal to me. I love other people’s art though,” Roberts said. However, Roberts has many people to back him up to say that his art is defi-nitely something to be proud of. “I love Nolan’s art, it’s unique and very awe-some,” sophomore Hannah

Merritt said. “We actually own a lot of it in our house.” Robert’s long time girlfriend, senior Caitlin Merritt,

also is by his side. “I always make sure to tell him that what he’s on working on is perfect,” Caitlin Merritt said. Caitlin Merritt also owns many of his artwork. One being a picture painted of herself, for her mother, for Moth-er’s day. “I’ve saved many of his works from being thrown into the trash bin,” Caitlin Merritt said. Roberts gets his inspiration from someone that he looks up to, and someone who has been there from the be-ginning: his mother. “My mom is awesome. She used to paint in high school and I would look at her paintings every day and I always wanted to be like her,” Roberts said. “I even have a lot of her paintings hanging in my room. She was the one who kick started me into art.” Roberts even plans to attend the Art Institute of Tennessee—Nashville after he graduates high school. “You can really tell that he loves what he does,” Caitlin Merritt said.

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also is by his side. “I always make sure to tell him that what he’s on working on is perfect,” Caitlin Merritt said. Caitlin Merritt also owns many of his artwork. One being a picture painted of herself, for her mother, for Moth-er’s day. “I’ve saved many of his works from being thrown into the trash bin,” Caitlin Merritt said. Roberts gets his inspiration from someone that he looks up to, and someone who has been there from the be-ginning: his mother. “My mom is awesome. She used to paint in high school and I would look at her paintings every day and I always wanted to be like her,” Roberts said. “I even have a lot of her paintings hanging in my room. She was the one who kick started me into art.” Roberts even plans to attend the Art Institute of Tennessee—Nashville after he graduates high school. “You can really tell that he loves what he does,” Caitlin Merritt said.

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Millay has returned to the Mal-co for yet another year. :) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’s tagline describes the movie entirely: “an epic of epic epicness”. To say the least “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” was ...epic, in all sorts of ways. First, let me tell you a bit of background information. Scott Pilgrim’s (Mi-chael Cera) life is awesome. Scott is 23 years old, has a high school girlfriend and is a bass player in a run-of-the-mill band called “Sex Bom-Omb.” Life is going good until he is blown away from a hot pink haired,dangerously fashion-able, Amazon delivery girl, Ra-mona Flowers. Flowers enters Scott’s dreams and invades his mind daily. However, getting to be Ramona’s other isn’t as easy as Scott hoped it to be. Before Scott can achieve Ramona, he has to defeat her seven evil exes. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” will blow you away with it’s unique video editing, sound effects and intense ac-

tion sequences. Director Edgar Wright did an excellent job put-ting this film together. Michael Cera plays his normal, teenage, socially awkward self in yet another film. But like in Cera’s latest film “Youth in Revolt,” Cera is play-ing another teenage boy, with a beastly side. Cera kicks some serious butt in this movie, seri-ously. Mary Elizabeth Win-stead does an excellent job with keeping the audience on their feet to see if she will truly stay with Scott. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” offers a whole new ex-pierence in film. Based off of a comic book series, they found a way to incorporate the comic into the movie and make it very true to the graphic novels. Overall, viewing “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” was an overall enjoyable ex-perience, however, I felt that it was a bit too long. Maybe five evil exes would have been more acceptable, as the audi-ence gets weary toward the end.

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Soccer teams off to kicking season

As September rolls around, it’s time once again to get the ball rolling for the girls’ and boys’ soccer teams. With many victories already under their belt, the teams have high expecta-tions for the 2010 season. Both teams had two-a-day practices for several weeks, mean-ing practice was held in the morning and again in the late afternoon. During the last week of July, the girls’ team traveled to Sewanee Uni-versity in Tennessee to participate in a soccer camp where they were trained by the university’s soccer coach. Toward the end of summer, the teams traveled to Lexington, Ky, to play in the Bluegrass Games. The tournament is spread out over several days, and are the teams first real competition of the year. The girls won. “Our starting lineup is a lot different,” junior Meghan Sallee said. “We have six new people starting, but we are still really strong.” As far as talent depth, losing 11 seniors hasn’t fazed the team in the least. “It has been different, but we’ve been able to reload easily,” senior Paige Kramer said. “We have a lot of talent on this team.” The girls plan on making it to the Final Four again this season, but this time advancing to the state championship. Last year the girls lost the first game in the Final Four. The girls recently tied Ohio County, and have soundly beaten Apollo and Owensboro. During the Owensboro game, junior Taylor Wingfield perfected a hat trick, which means scoring three goals dur-ing a single game. Wingfield has continued to be a lead scorer for the Lady Panthers this season. On the boys’ side, overcoming the loss of seniors hasn’t been as easy. “We have many new-to-varsity players,” JV coach Michael Fitzmaurice said. “We still have improvements to make.” After a first-ever loss to Ohio County, the boys went on to defeat Apollo, Catholic, Warren Central and Oldham County. “I want to play my best soccer in the post-season,” senior Sam Shipp said. Both teams play tomorrow night in Henderson.

The pure intensity of the game is unrivaled. Split-second decisions coupled with unthinking in-stincts will make or break the match. Spectators perch on the edge of their seats as they scream for their girls down on the floor, who slide across the court on their knees to dig up a ball, or leap into the air to snap it back down. Do the math: one pass + one set + one kill = one victory. And victory equals volleyball.

In the past two years on the courts of DC, the volleyball team has made a few changes in order to better their chances for victory. Christa Huskisson was appointed head coach, and last year a new JV coach, Meg Johnson, arrived. This year, yet another new addition to the coaching staff was made: Kendra Carroll was chosen for the posi-tion of freshman coach, to the delight of many of the team. “She’s really laid-back, and good with kids our age,” said freshman and team captain Morgan Warren. “She doesn’t get frustrated. She makes a good coach.” In agreement with Warren is fellow fresh-man player Victoria Beeler. “She’s not so intense that you feel like you’re going to disappoint her no matter what you do,” Beeler said, “but she’s intense enough to get us

through a game.” Beeler also said that she likes the fact that Coach Kendra doesn’t just tell the players what they’re doing wrong—she tells them that it’s OK and then shows them how to fix it. Apart from a brand new coaching staff, something else novel has occurred on the varsity vol-leyball team. This season, the team includes only four seniors. The other four members are all sopho-mores. “It has a lot of advantages, playing on an upper level,” said sophomore Stephanie Driskill, one of the younger varsity players. “There’s better com-

p e t i t i o n . ” She also said that p l a y i n g with the older girls is a good opportunity for a leader-ship role in the future. In re-gard to their

sport in general, both Beeler and Driskill said that the game is more intense than most people think it is. “Practices are a lot harder that what you think they are,” Beeler said. “You have to strategize and run plays.” This year, however, the stands are a bit more crowded with friends and family, to the im-mense pleasure of the players. “There are more fans this year, and it really helps,” Driskill said. “[Volleyball is] really easy for people to get into.” Driskill concluded with a smile, “It’s beast.”

Emily FergusonIntern

“ “There are more fans this year, and it really helps... It’s beast.- Stephanie Driskill, sophomore

Volleyball welcomes new coach, Kendra CarrollGirls working to advance to Final Four;

Boys rebuilding after loss of key seniors

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It’s the beginning of the school year and students can’t wait to get their favorite thing started; sports. One of those very important sports is cross country. Holding the tradition of coming out at the top is always the goal of the DC cross coun-try teams. “The team is a great group of guys, and we believe that we have a good shot at accomplishing our goals this season,” senior Evan Ehren-heim said. The goals of both the girls’ and boys’ team is to beat local schools and to be the top team in the state. Something the girls’ team is looking toward is winning a state championship and advancing to Nike Nationals. Their training is constant and rigorous. Hard work is leading the teams to their success. Both teams run after school every day, and even before school three times a week. Over the summer both the boys and girls traveled to Gatlinburg, Tenn., where they endured mountainous hills. “We practice really hard and expect to be in the top of the state,” sophomore Claire Payne said. The first meet took place on Saturday, Aug. 28. It was the DC 6K relay in which both teams participated. Each runner was paired with a teammate, and each ran a 3K. After the first runner completed their 3K, they passed off the baton to their partner. “When the meet was approaching we weren’t really nervous because we knew that we could do well,”junior Wesley Morris said. Both teams placed first. The girls won by only one point over major rivalry Bowling Green High School. BGHS is currently ranked 3rd in the state behind 2nd Daviess County. Pair Payne and freshman Amelia Reynolds led the team placing 2nd. Freshman Abby Eades and senior Sydney Settle followed closely behind placing 6th. On the boys side, Ehrenheim and junior Brad Sikes placed 1st overall. Morris and freshman Cameron Quisenberry placed 3rd. As the season continues, the teams plan to continue training hard in order to accomplish their goals. This weekend the teams will participate in the OHS Invitational.

XC teams advance strong tradition

Emmalee RyanEntertainment Editor

READY TO RACE. Freshman Abby Eades passes the baton off to partner senior Sydney Settle on August 28, during the DC 6K Relay at Yellow Creek Park. Each runner ran a 3k before pass-ing the baton to their partner. The boys’ and girls’ teams both kicked off their season with a first place finish.

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Payne, Ehrenheim set pace on the course for Panthers

Friday Night Frenzy Begins Swingin’ in a new season•The girls’ golf team is led this season by junior Libby Millsap.•“I hope to improve my game,” Millsap said. “I want to be better at chipping and putting by the end of the season.”•The girls will be taking on OHS and Union County tonight at Ben Hawes.

•The boys’ team is led strongly by four seniors with hopes of advancing to the state tournament once again.•“It will be harder to make it to state this year, but we definitely have a chance,” senior Jake Bosley said.• Over the summer, Bosley, along with junior Hayden Price, and seniors Chase and Cameron Davis traveled to near-by golf courses to play in the Junior Golf Series run by Coach Mark Price.•”We played pretty well,” Bosley said.

•Seniors defensive end Mark Wathen and middle linebacker Ethan Stone have high expectations for their senior football season. Wathen says the team’s main goal is to win district.

•”As the year progresses, we’ll get better. Since the Bowling Green (loss), everyone has been working harder than ever to prevent that (from happening again),” Stone said.

•Sophomore quarterback Darius Crite is looking forward to the new season and the new mind set of never giving up no matter who the rivalry is.

•The boys will be taking on Owensboro High School, Friday at 7 p.m.

•”Everyone thinks they’ll beat us, but we have to play smart ball and get it done,” Crite said.

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