homecoming 2010

September 2010Sandpoint HigH ScHool

Volume 88, iSSue 2

What’s inside?News.....................................................................Page 2

Arts & Culture.....................................................Page 4, 5Sports...................................................................Page 6, 7

Opinion................................................................Page 3

The Brownell Siblings

Page 4

Fall Sports Calendar

page 7

Class of 2011 uses photos from junior year student identification cards

It’s a new

school year,

and with

a new

year usually comes

a complete restart for

students. Their grades start at A’s, they have all new teachers, and they get a new ASB card photo to replace the one they had the year before.

This is not the case for the class of 2011 with ASB photo. This was mostly due to the antics of the Class of 2010. Some of them switched names so that

their cards had a picture of their friend instead of themselves. Others took pictures together, and last but not least, some students of last year’s class even took their photos upside down.

This doesn’t seem like a huge deal, but if one were trying to take the pictures of more than a thousand students, and

some were acting this way, you could see where the reasoning for the ban came from.

Some students don’t seem to mind it, and didn’t even really want to take photos in the first place. Others, such as Danielle Raymond, weren’t very happy about it.

“I think it’s pretty

ridiculous,” Raymond said. “It isn’t fair that just because the class before us acted that way they treat us differently.”

The photos on the ASB cards will be the pictures that the class of 2011 had their junior year. Seniors who wanted school photos taken were given that option.

Garrett Dunn

News Editor

No new ASB photos for seniors

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Home Alone

Its Friday night, where are you?

Jessie Webster

Editor-in-Chief

With all the excitement of homecoming week, it is important to re-member the reason we celebrate. This school has been loved by gen-erations of students. Take this easy quiz to see how how you rank. Are you a Sandpoint super fan, or a suppressed supporter?

Will you dress up for Homecoming week?

Feel like doing some clubbing?

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Dylan VoGel

Many students have noticed a change in their classes this year compared to last year.

Th ey’re bigger. A lot bigger. Not only the classes, but also the halls seem to be swarming with new faces.

Why is this? Well, one reason is the freshman class came in with an 30 more students than any oth-er current class at SHS. Also, the school lost fi ve full time equivalent faculty positions last year, of which four were teachers, due to budget cuts.

Some students feel overwhelmed

with the over-sized classes, including se-nior Dakota Blaese.

“ T h e r e are way too many kids in my classes,” he said, “there just isn’t a lot of one-on-one learning.”

Natalie Charbonneau said the situation has made it diffi cult in some classes.

“It’s hard for the economics teacher to control his classes be-cause of the numbers,” she said.

It isn’t only students who fi nd

t h e m s e l v e s annoyed at these circum-stances.

“We don’t like it, and we’re not happy with it,” counselor Jeralyn Mire said.

So if the over sized

classes seem to be so unappreciat-ed, why keep them? Well there’s an underlying reason for the new sizes.“We’re the only district in the state of Idaho that has not declared a fi -nancial emergency,” Principal Dr. Becky Kiebert said.

Keeping the district in the best state possible requires making sac-rifi ces, whether it be over-sized classes or laying off positions here at the school.

“We really owe a lot to the Levy too,” Mire added, “Th e money coming from that has really helped us in getting somewhere.”

So maybe instead of being an-noyed at the over-sized classes at our school, we should be apprecia-tive for what we do have

Junior George Wood may have said it perfectly, “We really have to stop taking what our administra-tion does for us for granted, they’re trying as hard as they can.”

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Medal of Honor not for sale in military GameStops

U.S. military bans a not-yet released video game from military bases

Th e Cedar Post looked up the event, tour, and visit dates of four regional

colleges so you don’t have to

Teachers, students adapt to crowed classes

Garrett Dunn

News editor

Save the dates: Regional colleges visit SHS

Jule Paul

Staff reporter

A new Medal of Honor game set for release next month is causing a stir.

Th is game, a reboot of the popular Medal of Honor franchise, will not be sold at military base GameStop stores, because in the online multiplayer mode, you can play as the Taliban against the United States forces in Afghanistan. Th e game will not be sold at 49 GameStop stores across the U.S.

Th is is quite a controversy among the gaming community and the military be-cause games with terrorist characters are nothing new. Call of Duty: Modern War-

fare 2 had a mission in the game where you played as an undercover agent who was spying on Russian terrorists (the enemies in the game). In order to keep your cover, you had to help the terror-ists slaughter innocent citizens in a Rus-sian airport. Th is mission was optional to play, but was still present, making the banning of Medal of Honor seem a little extreme.

Whether or not this is the correct de-cision, it is the one the U.S. Military has taken. GameStop has said that they want to continue to respect the wishes of the military and agreed to not sell the game in order to maintain full respect of the men and women in uniform.

M o n t a n a State University:

Oct. 22, MSU Friday: Montana State is inviting prospective students and their families to come and learn all about scholarships, fi nancial aid, the

campus, and much, much more. To fi nd out more and sign up, go to

montana.edu.

Washing ton State University:

Oct. 1, Fall Preview: Get to know every little aspect of the WSU lifestyle — learn about

fi nancial aid, check out the academic fair and walk around campus with a current WSU student.

Oct. 9, Game Day Tour: Love WSU? Love the Cougars? Get the best of both! Get to know the campus and go to a Cougars game. For more

dates and to sign up, go to wsu.edu. School Visit: Oct. 21 at Noon

Boise State University:

Oct. 16, Discover BSU: Cam-pus tour, housing, scholarships and

fi nancial aid – everything you need to know about Boise State will be available to you and your family. To sign up for the tour, visit boisestate.edu.

School Visit: Boise State: September 27 at 10:30

University of Idaho:

Oct. 8, Envision Idaho: High school seniors and their parents get the chance to get to know the Universi-ty of Idaho campus, learn about fi nan-

cial aid and go to an activities fair. To sign up and to fi nd out more,

go to uidaho.edu.

As the class of 2011 starts its last year of

high school, seniors are making plans for what they want to do aft er

graduation. Sometimes, however, it can be extremely overwhelming with all these dates to remember — not to mention all the homework they get from their teachers.

So, seniors, here are some dates to re-member for four popular colleges

and universities of the area.

Th e Model United Nations class plans to host an international evening on Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. in the Atrium at Panhandle State Bank.

Entertainment at the event includes presentations from SHS Model United Nations students, music from Holly Mc-Garry, the SHS Jazz Band and a dinner with diff erent ethnic cuisines.

Tickets are available at Eve’s Leaves, at the door, from Debbie Smith (room W17) or from any student in the class. Tickets are $20 each.

MaCKenZie Jones

Business manager

MUN hosts dinner Oct. 9

Model United Nations hosts annual dinner

MaCKenZie Jones anD Jenna FauDe

Business manager and Staff reporter

Th is fall, Scholarship Flight Training is off ering SHS students who are 16 or older, the oppor-tunity to take part in a six-week program to attain their student pilot’s license.

Th e mission of Scholarship Flight Training is “to make avia-tion accessible to all teens.” Th e

program will take place from September until October. Th e program includes 54 hours of Private Pilot Ground School, 6 hours of fl ight training and a fl ight bag with books and sup-plies. Th e cost for the program is $999.

During the ground school part of the program, students will have four 90 minute classes per week. In addition to this, students will

be able to take one fl ight lesson per week in a Cessna 172. Af-ter completion of the program, students can take the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA written test to attain their license. To get more information or to participate in the program, stu-dents can go to www.aviationed.org or contact Chris Rinehart at (208) 610-0868.

Jule Paul

Staff reporter

Large freshmen class, 4 less teachers lead to adjustments

Flight training available for area students

Students 16 and older can take part in a 6-week program to earn students pilot’s license

GRAPHIC BY EVAN METZ

■ PACKED LIKE SARDINES: Students and teachers are adjusting to crowded classes this school year.

Loving life is no easy task. It requires an open mind, an optimistic attitude and sometimes even a little pain that

we have to keep fi ghting through until we see the light again. One thing I can promise you though, is that if you try to have the best char-acter you personally can, life will be a lot more rewarding.

Good character includes many factors, but one that high school students should adopt at the beginning of any school year is Do Your Best. We students, whether we’re engaging in academic, extra curricular, work or leisure ac-

tivities, generally function at one of three lev-els: (1) getting by, (2) doing pretty well, and (3) doing our “personal best.”

It’s easy just to get by; there’s little risk and virtually no pain. Th ere’s more risk in doing pretty well; trying something, even half-heart-edly, and not succeeding can hurt. But the hurt isn’t too bad if you don’t try too hard. Th e biggest risk is when you try hard, and don’t achieve your goal. Th at really hurts.

So why should your personal best be some-thing you strive for all the time? Because you might succeed. And that feels really good. And even if you don’t succeed, the eff ort usually re-sults in something positive.

As students, we are given opportunities to do our personal best on a daily basis. Every test we take, every song we sing, every play we make, and every piece of art we create gives

us a chance to do our personal best. We owe at least that much to ourselves - and to our school.

September 2010Cedar Post

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Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, nor should an opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as opinion or policy of the administration, unless so attributed.

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The CP strongly encourages you to voice your opinion through the student paper. E-mail your letter or bring it by E8.

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Th ese are phrases Cedar Post staff members have heard from students of SHS. Th e views expressed in Word for Word are not necessarily shared by the Cedar Post.

eDDie oGleSports Editors

• Woah! Th at man looked like a raisin!

• Look, people dressed strangely carrying teddy bears

• All a girl needs is a juicebox, some sun-shine and a couple of good friends who love her

• Th at demonic English language

• Th e porrige was too thermally enhanced to eat

• She would be smelling his belly button

• Wait, so accuracy is getting it where you want it, right?

• Yes, now don’t worry students, we’re al-most out of the hole

• Here, feel this stick

• It won’t fi t, and even if it does go in, it won’t work

• A lot of volume, small holes, a lot of pain

• It’s better than wearing pants

• Th ey might be really tiny

• Well this is gonna be dry

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MaCKenZie JonesBusiness Manager

Our View

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Although it may be noble of our school to decide that the future will no longer contain any failure, it is

entirely infeasible, unless perhaps they decide to discontinue grading.

Th e fact that there are kids who are failing is not the fault of the school, and it is not that any student is without the means necessary to suc-ceed. It is that many just don’t try, and unfortu-nately, teachers giving extra care and attention does not compensate for the students who just don’t care at all.

How do we know that the kids who are fail-ing are the ones who don’t care? Because in all honesty, high school is not very hard. Anyone who cares even the slightest bit should be able to slip by with a 60 percent. High school ac-tually requires a fairly minimal amount of ef-fort to achieve that somewhat depressing mark of success, the “D”, and making that eff ort is a choice.

It is because of these truths that an academic intervention system will help either few or no students, and potentially harm many others. To assume that focusing enough on a strug-gling student will help them pass is an inno-cent enough idea, but in reality is not so simple.

Th e system seems more likely to force someone to pass, although somewhat against their will; otherwise, he or she would be passing in the fi rst place.

Of course there are exceptions to every rule. Sometimes students have legitimate learning disabilities or, in a display of trying a bit too hard, sign up for classes that are simply beyond a level for which they have been prepared.

It is these scenarios that can be aided or prevented, and for which programs should be created. Putting a student into a class of appro-priate advancement, rather than forcing him or her through a “challenge” that will cause an in-ordinate amount of stress and anxiety is more pleasant for all parties involved.

Instead of spending energy on those who chose not to be a part of the school, time should be dedicated to the people who take advantage of their resources. Use funds to create a debate team or an AP chemistry class, not one-on-one tutoring with a student who doesn’t appreciate the attention.

Maybe anyone who doesn’t personally want to achieve high grades could at least try not to ruin the system for everyone else.

In school, and in life, failure will always be

Much of what we do in life is mo-tivated by fear. We fear the un-known. We fear anything that re-

minds us of situations that have hurt us in the past. We are afraid that if we act in a certain way, or a certain chain of events occurs, we will be able to throw our hands up and say “See? I knew this would happen. Th e world sucks and it’s never going to change.”

Th at’s the easy way out. Anyone can be sur-prised by a bump in the road and decide that a cynical attitude is the key to a painless life. But what you have to realize is that everyone gets hurt. Everyone learns. All of us have had expe-riences that have shaped us, and changed us.

Many of us just don’t know how to change

our fear into knowledge. We leave it shelved in the walls of our psyche, telling us what to do and what not to do. We all have a slew of things we just don’t do anymore, because they have hurt us in the past.

Th is isn’t healthy. For example, if you burn your hand on a hot stove, does it mean that cooking is dangerous and that you should nev-er do it again? Of course not. It just means you turn the burner off and keep going. Or, if you’re trying to guess the combination for a lock and you don’t get it on the fi rst try, it doesn’t mean you get frustrated and stop. You try something diff erent. You learn. You adapt.

Th e world is not always a friendly place, and there are many circumstances that a person can be caught in that aren’t fun. Th ey burn. But don’t stop moving forward, or you’ll never get to where you want to be. Face your fears; try again. Turn off the stove, try a diff erent combi-nation, and maybe this time you’ll succeed.

The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulat-ing any charge known to the law,

and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government.” -Sir Winston Churchill

When I was a young child at the tender age of seven, my father and I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Th e most exciting attraction? Th e touch pool of course. I was particularly enthralled with the mysterious blob of jelly I now understand to be a sea cucumber.

In my excitement I managed to commit murder. Yes, I loved that slippery creature to the point of squeezing it in half. What can I say, I only wanted to keep it from falling so I held it as fi rm as I could, successfully separat-ing it into two completely diff erent pieces.

Safety is a basic need for human existence, but what happens when security ends up po-larizing the population? Students have this

feeling pegged to a science. Th e result is some perfectly behaved and therefore ignored stu-dents; or the rebellious, idiot children who de-mand so much attention.

Th ough nearly everyone has accepted this as fact, the entire population is punished as a means of prevention. Perhaps if the minority (immature kids who have the common sense of Brittany Spears) could behave themselves, the consequences wouldn’t aff ect so many: falsely labeling all peoples as criminals.

Just as all prisoners can reasonably not be completely trusted, apparently neither can students. Th e convicts may have it better off . Th e food is most likely better and they had the luxury of an individual trial. Th e teenager is contained, packed into cells that lock from the outside. But at least in this facility there aren’t any bars over the windows.

So why the shackles? Are we all that bad? Is it our “rebellious nature”, or will we have to wait until we are older to understand?

Personally, maybe if the choke hold was re-leased, the school could live again. I’d hate to see another living thing “secured” to death.

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Time to bring out the orange

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Th e secret to why no one ever tries anything new

Th e biggest risk one can take is also the most rewarding

Cartoon by eVan MetZa choice. No dedicated teacher should ever try to take that diffi cult decision away from a stu-dent.

Just about everyone in or around Sandpoint know that we live in a very artistic com-munity, whether it’s visual, theatrical, written or musical. Th ere are many people in the school with these talents, and this article spotlights two in particular: Cameron and Bai-ley Brownell.

For people who are un-aware, these two very talented musicians have been making

a name for themselves in lo-cal music. Th ey have real drive and passion for what they do with their art. Th ey both said that their genre is like “folk” or “soft rock” with a sort of mel-low feel to it.

Like most artists, Bailey and Cameron said that they have somewhat of an idea for their future in music. Cam-eron said that “if things turn out, I mean, if we do end up going somewhere, we might go to Tennessee or L.A. for our music. “

Bailey said that they might go either place as well.

“Th ere’s a record company in Tennessee called ‘Curb Re-cords,’ we might end up get-ting a deal with them if we’re good enough,” she said.

Even with the both of them having high goals for them-selves as musicians, they have made it clear that it’s not about getting famous, it’s about their love and passion for the music they create.

Bailey said singing is “what I love to do, I sing for myself.”

Said Cameron: “It’s my love for music, it’s kind of in my blood, like something I just have to do.”

When asked where they might play next, both were unsure. Th ey have given out demos of their music to sever-al local restaurants, but so far there is no set place or time for their next performance.

If you would like to know what they sound like, take a look at their Facebook page for playlists of their songs and when they will perform next.

Mime & MasqueInterests: Acting, Being center stage

Once again, the famed SHS Mime & Masque club is coming to a venue near you, off ering enter-tainment of the theatrical canon. If you’ve ever even dreamed of being an actor/actress, and maybe want to pursue that dream, there are plenty of “characters” in this club that will make that path to national acclaim a little more enjoyable. Count on the local crowds, M&M is known for the productions they put on, and they are sure to impress SHS and the Sandpoint with their talent once again this year. Talk to Jeannie Hunter in the Auditorium if this is your destiny.

HOSAInterests: � e health/medical world,

a career in medicine

HOSA is a good example of a club that provides education that the standard school curriculum is un-able to give, and help students with career specifi c viewpoints. If you’ve ever been interested in anything le-gitimately medical, and maybe want to dig deeper then freshman health, this club, (and possibly the Health Occ. classes), is for you. Th e high-lights of this club are movie nights, and the HOSA competition near spring break, prizes include scholar-ships and good college cred for that expensive med school. Leading up

to that are raucous study nights with the friends and people you meet in HOSA, sometimes barbecues, chips and dip, and good times in general. Talk to Kathy Holm in the W15 if in-terested.

Math ClubInterests: � e appreciation and pur-

suit of.. take a guess

Th is is the club to be a part of if math is your thing, and you wish to subtract sometimes suppressive class-room environments to further cel-ebration of math. You’re sure to meet many friends with similar interests to yours, and opportunities to volunteer, fund raise, and pit your mathematical knowledge against other students in state competitions. Talk to Nachele Search in room E4 if you are piqued by the idea of a club devoted to the great numerical pursuit.

Video Game ClubInterests: L33tness, Pwnin n00bs

Th e Video Game Club is back for students wanting to get their aft er-school fi x in Dave Miles room, W13. Th is is the place to go when you’re wanting to pick up some matches on a variety of hardwares and games. Whether it be with some of your bros or going in solo, you’re sure to make some friends and have a good time.

Also, look out for the occasional tourney sponsored by the V.G.C., see how you stack up against classmates for cash prizes.

National Honors SocietyInterests: Volunteering, Juicing up

that College App

Boasting one of the largest club enrollments in our school, NHS is the club to join if you’re interested in making connections with many of your classmates, as well as your community. Th is club is all about vol-unteering, from working at Panida shows, to restoring the Pack River Delta, you never know what oppor-tunities may come up. Bonus if you can get shift s with your friends. Talk to Wendy Auld in room E2 if you’re interested in joining the ranks.

Pep ClubInterests: Sandpoint Bulldog Lovin’,

Spirit-y activities

Th e SHS Pep club is dedicated to spicing up events at SHS, rally-ing our home game crowds to cheer and support our teams and generally make every day, “A great day to be a Bulldog.” Th ey are responsible for our mascot, concessions and most notably, putting the “Mad” in Moose Madness.

Talk to Nancy Miller in room E10 to catch the spirit, and have a hand on the heart of the school. Dawgs fo’ life.

Key ClubInterests: Good Samaritan-ship, Do-

ing your part for the world

Helping the children of the world,

and serving others, this is the objec-tive of the Key Club. In the process, friends are made, values are taught, and good times aplenty. Both clubs have sizable membership and do vol-unteer work, though. While NHS re-wards its volunteers with hours that add up to a sharp graduation mantle, Key Club is more based around that satisfi ed sigh when you get home and know you did your acts of kindness for the day.

Key Club does food drives to help less fortunate children in other coun-tries, they volunteer at Headstart and the Festival of Trees, supply schol-arships, and so many other events. Connie Kimble in room W14 is the one to talk to about joining up.

Creative Writing ClubInterests: Flexing that literary ex-

pression muscle, storytelling

If you enjoy making stories, po-etry, or think you can make an art form out of words on paper, this club might be a real enjoyable thing. Fi-nally, a time devoted solely and soul-fully to molding the imagination. You can become a better, more fl u-ent writer through practice and there is a whole group of people that are possible sounding boards and have in common a similar passion. Th ey occasionally have contests with cash prizes, writers workshops, and many other activities. Room E14 is where you’ll fi ndBarbara Crumb, and that’s who you’ll want to talk to if harness-ing those creative juices to fl ow onto

paper appeals to you.

Venture ClubInterests: � e Great Outdoors, Life

to the EXTREME

By far the most active club on the list, Venture Club is that once-a-month retreat from the constrains of society, to chase what Adviser John Hastings calls, “high adrenaline ad-venturous pursuits.”

Venture Club meets once a month to make plans for the activity of the month — past examples include mountain biking, rock climbing, and river raft ing — and then meeting once again to carry out those plans. If you love adventure, this is your club. Chat with Hastings way over in Por-table 6 or Mike Martz in room S8 if you feel the call of the wild.

French ClubInterests: � e French culture,

yummy food and movie nights

A real youth group feeling club, but instead of celebrating Jesus, you’re celebrating the French, and not necessarily the language, but the culture — past and present. A cul-ture celebrated through experiencing good times with tasty food, friends, and fl icks, also look for the upcom-ing Tour de Dover, all French-related. Guranteed, chill times will follow, and all that school stress will be forgotten. Swing by room W8 and ask for Ma-demoiselle Stockman if this sounds like your baguette.

Cedar Post September 2010

Brownells take music to the streetWinter bennett

Staff reporter

Spotlightthe

Join the clubStaff writer, George Wood, explains the various clubs at SHS

Th e Drama Department will only perform one play this year. Despite people’s slight disappointment, there is another alternative that is coming soon in place of another play: a silent fi lm.

Jeannie Hunter, the head of the drama department, and Aaron Gordon, the band director, collaborated on the idea for the upcoming silent movie. In a quick summary of the movie, Hunter said it would be like “one unfortunate event aft er the other for the main character.

“It’s this guy’s fi rst date with a girl and anything that can go wrong, does,” she added.

Th e movie is supposed to be comedy with a Charlie Chaplin twist to it, somewhat having and old 1920s feel to it.

Along with the fi lm being directed by Hunter, the music will be directed by

Gordon. As far as what genre of music he was planning to put in this movie?

“I’m not really sure yet,” he said. “It’s a work in progress by this point, but it’ll be an older style of music, for sure.”

Gordon said that he is “unsure, but it seems like they’re [the band] pretty excited for this.”

With the new collaboration of the band and actors, the results of the silent movie are defi nitely looking good. Both Hunter and Gordon say they look forward to completing the fi lm. Both Hunter and Gordon stated it should turn out great and both agreed that it would b a new and exciting challenge for both the band and the actors.

If anything, this mix of talent will defi nitely impact everyone involved in the most positive way, both musically and theatrically.

Th e movie is scheduled to be released in January.

Winter bennett

Staff reporter

Classical DramaDrama, Music departments

team up for silent movie

FAMILY TALENT:Cameron and

Bailey Brownell are performing music

around Sandpoint. The siblings call

their music a cross between folk and soft

rock.

Th e Video Game Club. “VGC” meets Mondays from 3-5 p.m. each week to play games, including Halo and Magic: � e Gathering.

One of the upcoming ac-tivities for the Video Club is the Halo: Reach tournament. Th e tournament will take place on October 9 at 1 p.m. in W13.

Teams will consist of four players. Each team has to pay a $20 entering fee and regis-ter with Mr. Miles or senior Gavin Quinn.

Students who are inter-ested in participating need to get a permission slip signed before they are able to play. Th ese permission slips can be picked up in Dave Miles’ room, W13, or can be printed out from his School Fusion page.

Jule Paul

Staff reporter

Video Game Club hosts tournament

As we delve further into a more tech-nologically advanced and dependent life-style, we are becoming more comfortable with putting ourselves out in the open. Th ough most of our parents have e-mails, cell phones, and other ways of com-municating elec-tronically, we are truly the “Face-book Gen-eration.” We are also the “ M y s p a c e Kids” and the “Tweet-ers.” If get-ting in touch with friends and family via computers seems like your jam, maybe you would like meeting kids around the world through a safe Web site similar to Facebook.

Studentsoft heworld.com is a teacher-monitored Web site that lets you get in touch with thousands of people from virtually every country. You can create your own profi le and browse countries for your ideal pen pal. It’s just a matter of letting your personal business out in the

open for countless other kids to see. Right on the site, it lets you know that teachers monitor what students write, but keeping a Web site safe can be next to impossible.

Students of the World can be perceived as a two-sided story. Most of the students seem eager to meet anyone that can speak

the same language as they do. Th ese users oft en write on

their profi le that they are interested in

learning culture. But if you look

at more pro-fi les, you will see scattered here and there the “c r e e p e r ”. Many boys

ask for pretty girls to e-mail

them promis-cuous and fl irty

messages and pic-tures. No doubt many

lonely girls would be des-perate enough to sell their self es-

teem to someone they have never seen or heard of. A couple students have shared their stories and opinions about student-soft heworld.com.

“I feel like it’s a safe enough Web site,” junior Emily Curtiss said. “My experience with it has been nothing but safe. I would recommend it to a friend. It’s a great way

to learn about other countries and meet people from around the world.”

Junior Michele Rockwell has a diff er-ent view. Rockwell has been a member of Students of the World for a little more than three months now, and has experi-enced some rather uninvited aff ection. When she met her African pen pal, Jeff ry, all seemed well. But aft er she spent more time writing him, she began to grow un-easy.

“He seems like he really, really wants to come to America,” Rockwell said, “And he is doing some weird things to try and make me get him here.” She believes it may be a cultural diff erence that makes her pen pal seems to be okay with asking her strange questions.

“I would recommend that you not add anyone from Africa. I knew nothing about him and he literally asked me if we were dating. He comments on my friend’s pictures on Facebook and assumes that I’m funny and respectful even though he has never talked to me in person. I don’t know, it’s just really weird,” Rockwell said.

Th ough Rockwell struggles with decid-ing how comfortable she is with Students of the World, she would like others to try it out. Her words of Wisdom? “I guess it probably depends on who you get. Some people are relatively safe, but others are kind of sketchy. And do not ever add any of your pen pals on Facebook. Th ey will be able to see too much about you.”

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Since his birth in approximately 2006, Justin Bieber has grown to be a very notable fi gure in the world of pop mu-

sic. Ever since his debut album in November 2009, Bieber has climbed higher and higher on the proverbial “ladder of fame.” On Sept. 12, 2010, Justin Bieber even performed live at the Video Music Awards.

Although his music career is undeniably

exceptional, Bieber could have been more graceful and less preteen-like in his rise to the top. Groups of people throughout the world even

profess to hate the singer. Unfortunately, most pubescent Americans are not susceptible to the “Bieber Fever.”

Along with dog lovers and those suff ering from sensitive hearing, many Americans fi nd Bieber’s incredibly high-pitched voice un-pleasant. In fact, while touring in California a female fan threw a water bottle at the baby-faced star. Th e water bottle hit him in the face.

Also, many Facebook groups are devoted to the defamation and demise of Justin Bieber.

Even still, instead of refl ecting on why these events have occurred, recently Bieber allegedly threw a water balloon at a state trooper. As-sault on a state offi cer, or anyone for that mat-ter, is illegal. Although hilarious, this bombing will undoubtedly lead to a barrage of more hateful feeling toward the young performer. No criminal charges were fi led against Bieber.

If advice could be off ered toward such a developed pop singer (career-wise, not body-wise), Justin should know to act like more of

a human. He is in the public eye aft er all. So does this column writer approve of Justin’s recent actions and overall style of living? Like baby, baby, baby no.

Th is year Sandpoint High School is playing host to a wide variety of students from diff erent cultures. Th e fi ve students are Leif Gruener and Anna-Katharina Felgentreu from Germany, Caique Lima from Brazil, Gyulee (Amelia) Kim from South Korea, and Brecht Minnen from Belgium.

Th ere are a wide variety of ups and downs that come with exchanging countries for what is most students’ last year of high school. Everyone benefi ts from learning about a new culture but for the fi rst few months the language barrier is a hard thing to break down.

Making new friends is also a challenge for some Foriegn Exchange students. Some accents can be hard to understand on both sides and that may intimidate a lot of people.

Th ere are a lot of things for people from far away

to come to like, or maybe even love, about Sandpoint. Th e scenery, the people and the programs off ered at the school are just a few.

Some don’t realize just how diff erent the United States is from other countries.

In Belgium it is considered impolite to bring food into someone else’s house. If you go to Germany and bring your hostess fl owers, make sure they’re not lilies or chrysanthemums, as they are used at funerals. In South Korea, remove your shoes before entering a house. And in Brazil, if you are invited to dinner, arrive 30 minutes late. And for a party, arrive an hour late.

Culture shock can be common among people who move to a far away country for a year. It can help a lot just to invite one of SHS’ guests to eat lunch with you or sit next to you in class.

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War Memorial Field has been kind to the town of Sandpoint for the past 82 years, but it is now wearing out.

From the Festival at Sandpoint to Friday night football games, many people have enjoyed its ambi-ance and the movie-like setting it provides. However, because of the facility’s age, many renovations will

have to take place within the next fi ve years. In 2006, the community raised over $60,000 to

“patch” the grandstands for the next 10 years. Today, the city and some prominent citizens led by Doug Hawkins Jr. hope to raise nearly $250,000 per year until 2016, when the “patch” will expire. An estimat-ed total of $1.4 million is what it will take to succeed in the restoration process.

“No plans are fi nal, but we are basically starting from scratch as a community,” vice principal Tom Albertson said.

Jenna FauDe

Staff Reporter

Local group wants to renovate historic sports and concert venueA look at what’s planned

A lot of work and money is needed to renovate War Memorial Field. A fi ve-year fundraising eff ort is under way to give the sports and concert venue a face-lift . Here are some of renovations planned and their estimated costs:

$175,000 is needed to replace the lights. Fundraising is under way on this phase.

LightsNearly $1 million is needed to

replace the grandstands. It will increase capacity by 20-30 percent.

Grandstands

About $30,000 combined with the fi eld improvements is needed to replace a multi-sport scoreboard.

Scoreboard$30,000 had been allocated to

improve fi eld conditions, with possible turf renovations.

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9/28Girls Varsity Soccer - Vs. Mos-cow High School, away. 4:30 p.m.Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 7 p.m.

9/29Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, away. 5:30 p.m.Powderpuff - 6 p.m.

9/30Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Moscow High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/1Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lewiston High School, home. 7 p.m.

10/2Girls Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake-land High School, home. 3:00P.m.Boys Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake-land Highschool, home. 5 p.m.

Boys Junior Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 1 p.m.

10/5Boys Varsity Soccer - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 4 p.m.Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 7 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/7Girls Junior Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 4 p.m.

10/8Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Post Falls High School, home. 7 p.m.

10/9Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country - Invitational, at Riley Creek. 9:30 a.m.

Boys and Girls Varsity Swim-ming - Invitational, at Clarkston. Noon.

10/12Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Central Valley High School, home. 4:30 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Central Valley High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/13Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 4:30 p.m.

10/14Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 7 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/15Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lakeland High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/16Boys Junior Varsity Football - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 1 p.m.

10/19Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. St. Maries, away. 6 p.m.

10/21Boys Junior Varsity Football - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 6 p.m.

10/22Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/23Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 10 a.m.

10/29Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Moscow High School, home. 7 p.m.

Th e homecoming game will take place at Memorial Field on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Th e game is against Lewiston, which Sandpoint beat 36-0 last year.

Th e halft ime show will include a dance team performance as well as a cheer routine. Th e Homecoming Royalty will also be announced at halft ime.

“I think we’ve got a great chance of beating them [Lewiston] again ... I’m expecting a great game,” athletic director Tom Albertson said.

— Barry Wilson

Bulldogs host Bengals for Homecoming

Kelsey Sadowski has joined the ranks of SHS staff members.

A graduate of the University of Idaho and the University of Hawai’i, she has degrees in sports science and an entry level masters in athletic training.

Sadowski is at the high school every aft ernoon from two to six p.m. except on days when there are home games, in which case she leaves the school an hour before the game. She also travels with the varsity football team to away games.

When asked what athletes and coaches can expect from her, Sadowski said, “Th ey can expect a hard working athletic trainer whose main goal is to get athletes back on the fi eld as safely and quickly as possible.”

— Molly Burgstahler

Sadowski joins sports staff


On Sept. 10, Floyd

Mayweather was jailed for Grand Larceny, aft er allegedly stealing his ex-girlfriend’s iPhone. While released on a $3000 bail, the district attorney’s offi ce in Las Vegas said they were reviewing more charges.

Mayweather has been charged with battery domestic violence, as well as three charges of harassment. Police reported that he threatened to kill

Josie Harris and her new boyfriend on Sept. 9. Along with this, Koraun Mayweather, Floyd’s oldest child, said he witnessed Mayweather “hitting and kicking” his mother. He tried to get out of the house, but James McNair, Mayweather’s associate, allegedly blocked the back door.

Finally aft er escaping, Koraun told the security guard at the front gate about the violence. Aft er the

crime, Harris went to the hospital and was treated for her minor injuries. Police also said

Mayweather has threatened to beat his children if they leave the house or call police. Even though his lawyer denied all accounts, odds are against him when he goes to court on Nov. 9 to face these serious charges. Floyd Mayweather is obviously a disaster of violence, and should be punished fairly for his actions.

Ines Sainz, the self-proclaimed “hottest sports

reporter in Mexico,” is at the heart of a controversy with New York Jets coaches and players. Allegedly, Rex Ryan ran pass plays towards Sainz to grab her attention, where the coach and players made comments to her. Aft er practice, she entered the locker room where she was allegedly verbally harassed by the players, who reportedly cat-called and made other sexual references.

Th e Jets owner called her to apologize for her inconveniences, in addition to NFL

Commissioner Roger Goodell sending a memo to all 32 teams reminding them that female reporters should be treated professionally and with respect.

Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis commented on the issue, saying that athletes are naturally going to want to say something to a woman in the locker room and, “I don’t know what kind of women won’t [want somebody], if you get to go and look at 53 men’s packages.”

Whether the comments in the Jets’

locker room were appalling or G-rated is up to opinion, but if Ryan really altered the course of his team’s practice to heckle Sainz, there’s need for real intervention. Ryan, who is known for coaching the Jets as if they were in a frat house, is a typical subject for the controversy.

Sainz, who also poses in bathing suits on her Web site, does bring up the question of how much she was provoking, although she reports she wasn’t.

Th is incident could bring future problems for a Jets team hoping to reach the playoff s.

Mayweather steps over the ropes Locker room talk

Senior Danny Pfeifer is the No. 1 runner for the cross country

team. He recently broke the school’s 3-mile record by two seconds with a time of 16:26.

Q: When did you start running?A: I started running in seventh grade.

Q: Did your brother inspire you to compete because you wanted to beat him?A: Yeah, he did, especially when I got to high school. He was always ahead of me,

then I fi nally beat him.

Q: Were you a naturally good runner?A: I was never great for the fi rst couple years, but when I made it to State my freshman year, that was my breakthrough. But it’s always been hard work in training.

Q: Do you feel pressure being the No. 1 runner for two years in a row?A: Yeah, I defi nitely feel the pressure. I just don’t think too much about it; I just run.

Q: What are your expectations and goals for

the team and yourself this year?A: For the team, I want to place [at State]. Th e top four teams place and we haven’t done that for something like 10 years, so it would be a huge feat. As for me, I want to keep my No. 1 spot on the team, fi nish in the top fi ve at state, and break the school’s 5K record.

Q: With you chasing the 5K record and coach Matt Brass at the No. 2 spot on that list, are you working harder for it?A: Yeah, it would be pretty awesome to beat my mentor, so I’m working hard for it.T

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Nicole Alamillo is a lineman on the freshmen football team. She is the only girl in the football program at SHS.

Th e Cedar Post caught up with her at Sandpoint Junior Academy, where she goes to school, to ask her about her experiences with the sport.

Q: What position do you play?A: On defense it’s nose guard and on off ense it’s guard. Yeah, I’m on the line (laughs).

Q: What inspired you to play football?A: I wrestled for a while. I wrestled with my cousin and everything and my uncle and cousin were saying, “Oh, you should play football! You’d be really good at it.” Th e fi rst year I couldn’t because I was late for the sign-up but the next year I did and the coaches were really nice and I was pretty good. And I started and everything, so it was really fun so I just kept doing it.

Q: And what year was that for you?

A: It was last year in 8th grade.

Q: So what’s it like being the only girl on the team?A: It’s OK actually. I thought it would be worse because of all the guys, but they respect me so it’s pretty cool.

Q: Yeah, I asked what they thought of you and they said you kick butt.A: (Laughs) It’s really nice when they do that.

Q: Does it drive you to beat the boys on the team, you being the only girl?A: Oh yeah. I don’t want to be bad and have them think, “Oh, the girl’s on the team, she must be really bad.”

Q: When you go out on the � eld, are the other teams surprised to see you?A: Yeah, kind of. Th e whole team doesn’t usually see me but when one does, the sideline is like, “Th ere’s a girl on the team! Th ere’s a girl on the team.” It’s funny to watch because everyone comes up to me and says, “Did you hear them? Th ey were talking about you.”

Q: Did you have more of that on the � rst day of practice because the guys respect you more now?A: Kind of. Th e guys who played with me last year knew I was pretty good and that was most of the kids on the team. Everybody else I knew from wrestling or something else, so it was OK.

Q: What were the coaches like on that � rst day?A: I knew one of the coaches and he knew that I was pretty strong and everything but the other coach, the head coach, wasn’t really sure how I would play or not. And Coach T’s not very impressed but it’s all good. So those two were kind of like, “Oh, this is a girl.”

Q: Do you plan on sticking with it through high school?A: I’m not sure yet. I don’t know, it depends on how this season goes.

Q: Do you like it so far this season?A: It’s OK. I don’t get much playing time, which kind of sucks but it’s alright.

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■ ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?: Nicole Alamillo telling a story about her foot-ball experiences. She is a lineman on the freshman football team.

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War Memorial Fieldon

War Memorial Field has been kind to the town of Sandpoint for the past 82 years, but it is now wearing out.

From the Festival at Sandpoint to Friday night football games, many people have enjoyed its ambi-ance and the movie-like setting it provides. However, because of the facility’s age, many renovations will

have to take place within the next fi ve years. In 2006, the community raised over $60,000 to

“patch” the grandstands for the next 10 years. Today, the city and some prominent citizens led by Doug Hawkins Jr. hope to raise nearly $250,000 per year until 2016, when the “patch” will expire. An estimat-ed total of $1.4 million is what it will take to succeed in the restoration process.

“No plans are fi nal, but we are basically starting from scratch as a community,” vice principal Tom Albertson said.

Jenna FauDe

Staff Reporter

Local group wants to renovate historic sports and concert venueA look at what’s planned

A lot of work and money is needed to renovate War Memorial Field. A fi ve-year fundraising eff ort is under way to give the sports and concert venue a face-lift . Here are some of renovations planned and their estimated costs:

$175,000 is needed to replace the lights. Fundraising is under way on this phase.

LightsNearly $1 million is needed to

replace the grandstands. It will increase capacity by 20-30 percent.

Grandstands

About $30,000 combined with the fi eld improvements is needed to replace a multi-sport scoreboard.

Scoreboard$30,000 had been allocated to

improve fi eld conditions, with possible turf renovations.

Field


9/28Girls Varsity Soccer - Vs. Mos-cow High School, away. 4:30 p.m.Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 7 p.m.

9/29Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, away. 5:30 p.m.Powderpuff - 6 p.m.

9/30Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Moscow High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/1Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lewiston High School, home. 7 p.m.

10/2Girls Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake-land High School, home. 3:00P.m.Boys Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake-land Highschool, home. 5 p.m.

Boys Junior Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 1 p.m.

10/5Boys Varsity Soccer - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 4 p.m.Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 7 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Coeur de Alene High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/7Girls Junior Varsity Soccer - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 4 p.m.

10/8Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Post Falls High School, home. 7 p.m.

10/9Boys and Girls Varsity Cross Country - Invitational, at Riley Creek. 9:30 a.m.

Boys and Girls Varsity Swim-ming - Invitational, at Clarkston. Noon.

10/12Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Central Valley High School, home. 4:30 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Central Valley High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/13Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 4:30 p.m.

10/14Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 7 p.m.Girls Junior Varsity Volley-ball - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 5:30 p.m.

10/15Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lakeland High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/16Boys Junior Varsity Football - Vs. Lakeland High School, home. 1 p.m.

10/19Girls Varsity Volleyball - Vs. St. Maries, away. 6 p.m.

10/21Boys Junior Varsity Football - Vs. Lake City High School, home. 6 p.m.

10/22Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 7 p.m.

10/23Boys and Girls Varsity Swim - Vs. Lake City High School, away. 10 a.m.

10/29Boys Varsity Football - Vs. Moscow High School, home. 7 p.m.

Th e homecoming game will take place at Memorial Field on Friday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Th e game is against Lewiston, which Sandpoint beat 36-0 last year.

Th e halft ime show will include a dance team performance as well as a cheer routine. Th e Homecoming Royalty will also be announced at halft ime.

“I think we’ve got a great chance of beating them [Lewiston] again ... I’m expecting a great game,” athletic director Tom Albertson said.

— Barry Wilson

Bulldogs host Bengals for Homecoming

Kelsey Sadowski has joined the ranks of SHS staff members.

A graduate of the University of Idaho and the University of Hawai’i, she has degrees in sports science and an entry level masters in athletic training.

Sadowski is at the high school every aft ernoon from two to six p.m. except on days when there are home games, in which case she leaves the school an hour before the game. She also travels with the varsity football team to away games.

When asked what athletes and coaches can expect from her, Sadowski said, “Th ey can expect a hard working athletic trainer whose main goal is to get athletes back on the fi eld as safely and quickly as possible.”

— Molly Burgstahler

Sadowski joins sports staff

September 2010 Cedar Post

*Homecoming Guide*

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RAINBOW DAY Seniors wear pinkJuniors wear yellow

Sophomores wear greenFreshmen wear blue

Teachers wear orange

HOMECOMING DANCEThe theme is red and white so come dressed appropriately. Remember the new dance policy and please keep it clean.

G’D UP FROM YO FEET UPFind your best bling and get your thug on. Just don’t let

your pants be so loose they fall off.

SENIOR CITIZEN DAYBecause we love our old people!

POWDERPUFF GAMECheer on the girls in your graduating class!

LUMBERJACK DAYGrab your boots, hard hats and plaid shirts. This day is all about get-ting in touch with your inner lumberjack. Warning: do not bring any

weapons to school, this includes fake axes and chainsaws.

RED AND WHITE DAYShow your school pride by dressing in the school colors

HOMECOMING GAMEFootball game vs. Lewiston High School at 7 p.m.

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wiping the sweat from my forehead, and shift my pack higher over my shoulder. It’s contents are precious. My arms burn, but rest is not an option. Th ey have

been chasing me for some time now, and every second I gain is necessary if I am to keep the contents of the leather bag on my back safe. I continue my weary ascent up the cliff . I have no idea what I will encounter at the top; they could be waiting

for me there as well. I know it’s my imagination, but I feel I can almost smell them, their beady eyes fl ashing, thirsty for information; their sucking breath hot on my trail, as if to siphon every last clue as to my

whereabouts. I have to keep it safe. I have to. Th e face of the cliff looms over me, never-ending, but as overhanging grass and bushes from the summit grow more distinct, I realize that I am almost through with my ordeal.

As I close in on the last stretch of the climb, I hear the clatter of rocks above me. A sense of dread diff uses through my body; are they waiting for me? With one last heave, I pull my aching body over the edge and see...To be continued...

� is tandem story will be continued every editon by a di� erent sta� member.

� is edition’s author is Elaina Arriondo

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