Volume 51Issue IVMarch 8, 20116001 Cassia St. Boise, ID 83709borahsenator.com

The Borah

Senator

“If you really want to save things, you need to go to class.” Page 4

Meet art student teacher, Chin KimPage 15

See photos from education protests

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Read about creative writer, Katharine Breithaupt

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Letters to the Editor2 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

I know that your fans are few and far between, which is a sad fact. I think that you guys do such a wonder-ful job creating the school newspaper for us-- the stu-dents and staff-- and all your hard work gets taken for granted. I’m under the impression that no one outside of Senator Staff realizes all the work, stress, and co-ordination (if that’s the appropriate word to use) that goes into making the newspaper. If someone reads an article they don’t like, they give a snort of disapproval, and then disregard the rest of the paper where ever they see fit. (I’ve seen this happen quite frequently.)

But I’m writing this letter to you, Borah Senator, to tell you that I am your fan and that I have been since sophomore year. I have kept every paper I’ve gotten since my first year here, and I collect all the new edi-tions that come out as well.

I think you’ve got a great group of journalists, re-porters, interviewers, and graphic designers on your hands.

-- Jaimee Thomas, senior Letter received Feb. 17, 2011

Student shows respect for Borah Senator

Senator StaffEditor in Chief: Megan MizutaAssociate Editor: Kristin BracewellTech Support: Jessica Powell, Troy RobinsonPrint Photo Editor: Katie Helm Assistant: Ali ClapierStaff Photographers: Kristin Bracewell, Ali Clapier, Korey Combs, Katie Helm, Jamie Jones, Megan Mizuta, Ashley Rice Text Editors: Megan Harrigfeld, Megan Mizuta, Samantha NelsonAdvertising Manager: Kristin Bracewell

Assistant: Brittni HanrahanPage Editors

Front Cover: Megan MizutaLetters to the Editor: Ali ClapierArtist Bio: Ali ClapierNews: Megan Mizuta, Matthew BrayOpinion: Samantha NelsonLife: Jamie Jones, Ari AnchusteguiSpread: Megan HarrigfeldA&E: Justin Kirkham, Haylie PeltonQ&A: Kristin BracewellPeople: Samantha WhittakerSports: Brandie Cichy, Sage UnsworthJV Sports: Savannah HarrelsonPhoto Essay: Megan MizutaFun & Games: Adam Thompson

Editorial Cartoonist: Chris LawsonStaff Writers: Matthew Bergman, Mitch Bergman, Mechelle Conner, Lisa Garrard, Brittni Hanrahan, Jacob Horton, Logan Nye, Ryan Personette Web Editor: Grace GibneyWeb Photo Editor: Ashley RiceVideographers: Nic Schweitzer, Zack ThomasAdviser: Michelle Harmon

Dear the lovely Senator,

Artist BioThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 3

Student artist is spectacular sculptorBy Jamie Jones

While most artists find inspiration from people and places, this issue’s cover artist, Emma Clark, discovers the meaning of her art through intuition.

“The clay itself inspires me,” Clark boldly ex-pressed. She explained she uses her imagination and creativity to pull her projects from out of the air.

She also sees everything in a different manner, not just clay.

“People may just see a cabinet, while I see about seven different faces,” she said. “When I’m using clay, it is whatever the clay looks like to me, that I make. It’s that simple.”

Emma has been in art classes for as long as she can remember but discovered ceramics during her sophomore year. She is currently in AP Ceramics, level 8. She entered her pieces in a competition, and is considering other contests.

“It’d definitely be a possibility for art to be in my future. I’d like to think that I can continue it,” Clark mentioned.

When it comes to naming her pieces, she has a simple system. The veteran ceramics sculptor “fol-lows her gut.” “Whatever they look like to me,” she said. “That’s where their name comes from.”

Her titles range from Gilbert and Photorp to Montemery and Kimberly, and have a life of their own.

“I simply go with whatever fits their personality,” she finished.

Cover artist Emma Clark works at a pottery wheel to cre-ate another character.

Photo by Katie Helm

More work by Emma Clark

News4 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Two education reform bills pass Idaho SenateBy Megan Harrigfeld

Two of the three public education reform bills passed in the Senate and were presented to the House of Representatives March 1.

Senate Bill 1108 deals with labor contracts and 1110 confronts the issue of continuing con-tracts (collective bargaining) vs. pay for perfor-mance both passed 20-15 in the Senate Feb. 24.

Senate Bill 1113 was the only proposed bill that did not pass, and may have been one that has drawn the most controversy among students. The bill has been left on the cutting room floor much to students’ relief.

“Different people learn in different ways,”said senior Kelsey Nelson, “and while some students are able to learn without a teacher and a class-room, other students need these in order to be academically successful.”

Superintendent Tom Luna claimed that he heard the opposition and was open to revision of his proposal. “If people keep it civil, if they don’t make it personal,” said Luna, “I’m always open to talk.”Since the plan was introduced, more than 20 changes have been made--includ-ing how teachers will be paid, how many online classes would be mandated, and how those online classes would be taught. In addition, more and more power has been given to the individual dis-tricts as the bills progress.

“We need to spend the money we have differ-ently if we are going to keep student achievement moving forward,” said Luna. Significant budget cuts around the state have affected Idaho school districts the past few years.

Last year, textbook spending was cut from state funds. Many Category 1 teachers (teachers that are in their first three years of the profes-sion) were not rehired, and teacher salaries were decreased by shortening the number of days in teacher contracts.

Luna reported that all the $100 million in the Dept. of Education savings account has been wiped clean. “In order to get our education sys-tem back on firm financial footing, it takes this kind of legislation,” urged Luna.

Photo by Katie Helm

Kat Davis, senior, addressed a crowd of students who walked out of their classrooms and gathered by Borah’s entrance in protest of Supt. Tom Luna’s proposed education reforms.

By Megan Mizuta

Some 150 Borah students left their classrooms as part of a statewide student walkout to pro-test Supt. Tom Luna’s proposed education reforms.

Word of the Feb. 28 walkout was perpetuated via text and facebook, although some fliers promoting the event were print-ed and distributed to classrooms minutes before the 8:30 a.m. demonstration.

“I think this is really important because students are finally get-ting up and doing something in-stead of just complaining about it in class. Nobody’s listening when you’re just in your class. This is something that will get us no-ticed,” said Taylor Green, junior.

Students first gathered at the entrance to the school, but then moved over to the grass outside the New Gym, while sporadically chanting phrases like “save our teachers” and brandishing quick-ly crafted signs.

Other students, like Martha Ortiz, junior, said they were par-ticipating in the walkout because they felt the recently passed bills were “unfair for the teachers.” However, several other attendees agreed that there were students attending the walkout just to miss class.

According to Security Guard Archie Wright, the cause for the walkout is “something kids think is very im-portant.” Wright also said that students were or-derly when they left class, although the chanting was “getting loud.”

The Borah rally was short lived, however, lasting about half an hour.

After Principal Bonita Hammer came outside and spoke with students, Kat Davis, senior, made an announcement and students returned to class.

Students walk out in protest

Davis, who was not a formal coordinator of the rally, but emerged as a leader, said via mega-phone, “Ms. Hammer makes an excellent point,

that we are not saving our teach-ers by ditching our classes, and we would make a much much much better

point if we came back out at break or lunch or after school or on our own time.”

When speaking with students, Hammer said that she would be available to meet with anyone at break or lunch, but that “if you really want to save things, you need to go to class.”

Davis is organizing an after-school rally during which protesters walk from BSU to the Capitol.

“We are not saving our teachers by ditching our classes.” -- Kat Davis, senior

NewsThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 5

Jazz band travels to annual world acclaimed jazz festival By Logan Nye

Countless hours of rehearsal and practice paid off as the jazz band traveled to minus 15 de-gree Moscow. Twenty-three students arrived ready to participate in the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival where they received a superior rating.

Immediately as they stepped off of the bus, they fell into the crowd of fellow music enthusiasts trav-eling from Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. “In Boise, there is no competi-tion,” said senior Jordan Fife. “I was overcome with a sense of disillusionment by where I am (musically) and where I need to go.”

Ecstatic after his countless nights of sleepless-ness and hundreds of cups of coffee, veteran cel-lo player Fife described his first impression of the event as “Huge, everybody was there”.

To evaluate the band membrs performance, each instrument section was grouped into smaller clinic sessions and received constructive criticism and tips from professors.

Senior Jake Busche said the clinic “made me learn to be not the best again.” The individual at-tention, he said is what made such a large festival special.

Jazz band varies the competitions it annually attends, but this was definitely the largest event members reported to have ever experienced. Bus-che marveled at the organization and quality of the festival and “all of the talent present.”

This 40-year running musical palooza has ex-panded exponentially since its founding in 1967. The three day event takes place every year during the last week of February at The University of Ida-ho.

This long standing tradition honors jazz mogul Lionel Hampton by continuing his legacy and love for jazz music. The festival’s merit was recently hon-ored the National Medal of Arts, a highly celebrat-ed achievement.

By being immersed in a world of jazz all week-end, participants had the opportunity to reflect on their musical careers.

The Hampton Festival had a positive impact on senior Kelsey Nelson. “It allowed me to see larger plans and gave me incentive to play better.”

After performing their music for numerous judg-es, students watched professional musicians in con-cert. Busche marveled at five-time Grammy winner Victor Wooten. “Face meltingly good, it was a life changing concert,” he added. “It clarified that I re-ally want to play in college.”

DECA competition fields largest number of entrants

Possible amendment to Borah constitution would stipulate greater club participation in spirit weeks

Library tries Netflix accountBy Megan Mizuta

While the Library usually participates in tri-al subscriptions for databases, it recently began a trial for Netflix. The popular Internet subscription service allows members to rent and stream movies and television shows, although the Library’s free, one-month trial only allowed for streaming.

Teachers were able to check out the Library’s “Netflix card,” containing log-in and password information, for a day to access films available in the limited “Watch Instantly” section of Netflix. However, only one teacher made use of the Netflix card.

Titles available instantly include a selection of National Geographic films as well as PBS docu-mentaries.

The trial period ended on Feb. 25, but the Li-brary will likely not renew the subscription unless more demand for the service arises, according to Head Librarian Jenn Boyd. Boyd said that teach-ers can use their personal Netflix accounts, but added that some teachers may not have “thought of using their own account” to show documenta-ries at school.

By Savannah Harrelson

A proposed Student Council amendment to the Borah constitution will require all Borah club members to dress up and participate in spirit weeks and could come into effect as soon as this May.

This amendment would require all club partici-pants and its leaders to take part in the spirit weeks that are held throughout the year.

The proposed amendment was sparked by a per-ceived drop in the amount of spirit at Borah. Senior and ASB president Ryan Dennis said that, “Over the last three years that I have been here, the spirit seems to have slowly gotten worse and worse.”

While this amendment could come into effect before the year is over, Dennis said that the pro-posed idea will be loosely enforced until next year,

so that students can get used to the idea.To be considered active, all clubs must meet cri-

teria set by the Student Council, so this amendment would be acting as another guideline for clubs to follow. Therefore, if the majority in a club fails to participate in the spirit weeks, the club might risk Student Council approval as a bona fide school club.

“It would be a good idea if it was a competitive thing,” stated Kat Davis, senior and president of the Gay-Straight Alliance, “but if it is pushed too much, people will resent it.”

Some, like Davis, fear that the spirit days aren’t broad, or inclusive, enough for every single club member in the school. “If they are going to do this, the days need to be legitimate, not just ‘Twilight’ versus ‘Harry Potter,’” Davis added.

This action will hopefully “get people involved,” Dennis said.

By Haylie Pelton

Mark Bilger, DECA adviser, has 28 students competing at the state marketing competition, the largest number of students he has ever had.

DECA, which stands for The Distributive Edu-cation Club of America, focuses on marketing techniques in many areas ranging from fashion to sports, Bilger noted.

The competition will span three days. On the first day, students will compete in a Quiz Bowl, ac-cording to idahodeca.org. DECA president Jenna McCullough, senior, mentioned that Borah has a “strong Quiz Bowl team.”

The next day students will “role play, ” where students are given a prompt with a problem that they must solve in front of a panel of judges, Mc-Cullough explained.

The last day will consist of receiving awards.McCullough, Tyler Higby and Grant Dar-

rington, both juniors, are returning winners from last year’s competition.

Opinion6 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Luna’s education reform needs public’s approval Staff Editorial

Revolution has rapidly approached Idaho in the shape of an education reform plan that can only be described as Luna-cy in 2011.

Earlier this year, State Superintendent of Public Education, Tom Luna, released a plan to radically reform Idaho’s public education system with seem-ingly immediate opposition from the public. “He is hurting [students] by definition,” art teacher Patrick Rose said. “My biggest heartache is that he is so fix-ated on passing legislation, he isn’t even listening.”

To all appearances, this is true. Hate mail, hate crimes, insur-mountable enmity have been demonstrated to-ward the plan, yet some legislators appear to be deaf to those opposed.

At a President’s Day rally against Luna’s pro-posal, where more than 1,000 demonstrators gath-ered, picketers claimed that 90 percent of Idahoans are against it. Junior Elyssa Taylor attended, and keeps to a slogan that many adversaries are making a theme: “How could you be putting students first when you are putting teachers last?”

Luna holds he has been completely up front about reform philosophies in his recent political career in education. However, many vocal constitu-ents are bewildered about where such rhetoric was during his campaign, especially since the plan was unveiled strikingly soon after he was elected.

“We’re talking about change,” said Luna, “and that always gets people concerned and wor-ried.” What Luna can’t seem to acknowledge or understand is that most Idahoans are amenable to change. It is specifically this change that has stom-achs churning.

There’s no pretty way to package the Depart-ment of Education’s budget situation. How does one plug a $1.2 billion-size budget hole with as much as $60 million fewer dollars in a fiscal year, and still expect appreciation at the end of the school day?

Although talk of raising taxes is a cardinal sin in this red state, teachers like Stefan deVries wonder why increases weren’t considered. What scares him is why even a “meager tax increase to fund the fu-ture” was sidestepped.

Many citizens still feel disappointed with Luna’s emaciated remedy to what is accepted as an eco-nomic fact that requires sacrifices. However, the plan could trigger a proverbial shell game. The money districts plow into buying laptops to be used by often immature 14-year-olds could come at the expense of teacher salaries and increased class sizes.

Boise State University senior and future teacher Taylor Hixon asserted, “I don’t, as a first year teach-er, want to manage a huge classroom. I already know as a teacher I am not going to be making a lot of money. This plan makes it seem even less.”

The plan could save on teachers’ salaries and send those precious tax dollars to private out-of-state technology companies, and out of state is where many of the potential new teach-

ers should relocate to make ends meet if the plan is passed.

Taking teachers out of the classroom to babysit students in front of a laptop is not the answer to a budget cut that is being touted as the silver bullet of Idaho public education.

Furthermore, it’s especially not the solution for Borah, a school that is already slated to house the new Language Academy students who are to be relocated next year. Although not being attributed to budget cuts, refugees from the Language Acad-emy will be integrated into the mainstream learning community here.

“These are kids that we don’t reach in the class-room,” argued government teacher Ron Freeman. “Computers aren’t going to help that.”

The plan is also rather insulting considering that Borah as well as most other Idaho high schools are already using the latest technology. Databases, com-puter labs, and optional online courses are already offered. Counselor Cary Cada postulated that ap-proximately 55 students have signed up for Idaho Digital Learning Center classes this year.

When will the Idaho Legislature realize that a computer cannot replace a teacher, a mentor, a friend? A computer cannot hold your hand, con-sole your heartache, or shape itself into a lasting memory in a child’s life. “A computer does not have a heart,” said Rose. “A teacher does, and that is what a kid needs.”

“A computer does not have a heart. A teacher does, and

that is what a kid needs.” -- Patrick Rose, teacher

Senator Staff Opinion

JThe King’s Speech wins four awards, including best picture, in the 2011 Oscars.

LAn anti-gay church’s protests at mili-tary funerals for homosexual soldiers are upheld by the Supreme Court as practices of free speech.

LLibyan leader Moammar Gadhafi bombs areas of unrest and warns the United States not to intervene.

JApple announces the release of the iPad 2.

JYouTube releases a new program that helps users earn money by posting videos.

J K L Good Indifferent Bad

OpinionThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 7

Amendment may require school spiritBy Ari Anchustegui

Spirit weeks come and go. They offer fairly random hues of color and contrast to a normal school day.

Some, if any, students dress up, showing just how little enthusiasm our school contains.

Many students aren’t the slight-est bit aware that a themed week is taking place. This truth is a ter-rible sadness for all of us Lions, and must be changed.

In the (Green and) Golden age of the Lions, we imagine more stu-dents succumbed to the stereotypical school spirit.

The legendary pep rallies of our imaginations loom as large and peppy as those seen on ABC family original movies.

However, our real attempts at showing spirit lack the same viv-idness, and amount to little more than whispered slurs of being too cool heard over Borah’s school anthem.

Showing spirit should be optional

Our school spirit has virtu-ally died, and the lion blood is on all of our hands. Each and every one of us is guilty of allowing our school spirit to wither as it has.

To change the environment, Student Council has proposed each club require members to dress up on spirit days to remain an active organization.

ASB President Ryan Dennis said Student Council “is trying to get more incentives with encour-aging this.”

An amendment to the Student Council constitution is being con-sidered.

Students are not allowed to organize clubs without agreeing to the Student Council constitu-tion.

Although the amendment has not yet been passed, such an action would greatly im-prove campus morale.

Student Council approves more than 55 Borah clubs.

Imagine if each and every person that belonged to one of them, represented his or her Borah pride during spirit

weeks by switching up everyday attire a little bit.

This would per-tain to a good portion of the student body, leading to more and more people finding spirit weeks an excit-ing trend.

If we truly want to be in-volved in school clubs and activities, we should all shoul-der responsibility for making spirit weeks successful.

Although this effort would potentially increase Borah pride, senior class president Kiri Higham said, “We don’t know if we’ll actually go through with it or not.”

PRO:

By Matt Bray

Ever wonder why students come to school with fake vampire teeth and wizard cloaks, looking as if they stayed up too late with their fantasy novels?

Well, that’s how Borah does spirit. Luckily for us, this role-playing

nonsense isn’t required. But that could all change.Our student council is considering

requiring official school clubs to par-ticipate in spirit weeks if they want to continue to officially exist.

Of course, this leads to numerous technicalities. What happens on Har-ry Potter Day for the strictly religious chess fanatics?

“I worry that we’re targeting the wrong audience. The students in clubs are usually the students with school spirit,” said senior Deb Jackson, Spanish club p r e s i d e n t . “It’s the kids that aren’t as involved that don’t have the spirit.”

Does the student council really find it a good idea to force kids to sit in class dressed like pizza because they wanted to join math club?

If the students don’t want to do one of the spirit days, such as “Cray-on Day,” they shouldn’t be forced to

because they’re in Japanese club.Students don’t like to be forced to

show pride for something. Just listen to how many people still say the pledge

every morning. Senior Dax Colwell said, “I don’t like that they’re tak-ing away the choice. Wheth-

er I dress up or not, I don’t want to be forced either way.”

The fact of the matter is, a lot of students just don’t want to dress up like we’re five, especially when we don’t have the best spirit themes. Don’t make us play ball if we don’t

want to.So will our student body allow the

sacrifice of true pride for fake pride? It’s scary to think that the student council can simply change the con-stitution and force clubs to agree with them to survive and exist.

I can see it now. A student coun-cil member runs into a kid from Latin club on Superhero Day. The Latin club kid isn’t wearing his superhero garb, so the student council member rips out a cape and tights and chases the kid down. Justice has been served!

School spirit is important. Pride is important. But the day we force our students to show spirit is the day spirit is lost entirely.

“I worry we’re targeting the wrong audience.”

--Deb Jackson, senior

Photo by Katie Corp

CON:The September 2008 Borah Senator cover depicts an example of school spirit..

“We don’t know if we’ll actually go through with it or not.”

-- Kiri Higham, senior classpresident

Life 8 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Community program fosters leaders

Boise Music Week’s pro-duction of the classic musical, “Bye Bye Birdie,” portrays a satiric view of American soci-ety in the 1950s.

Five students from Bo-rah will be performing in the musical: seniors Christina Warner, Hannah Hyde, and Seth Taylor are accompanied by juniors Elyssa Taylor and Sandy Walker.

For most of these stu-dents, the Morrison Center production will be the larg-est venue in which they have

performed. However, they don’t seem to be discouraged the least bit, only excited for the op-portunity.

“It’s going to be awe-some performing in that large of a venue,” said Walker, who plays Ursala Merkle, an en-thusiastic young girl from a small town in Ohio. Taylor performs the lead role, Con-rad Birdie, a young rock star. This will be his largest role yet, and is looking forward to it. “I love performing,” said Taylor. “All eyes are on me,” he added. “It’s like being a ce-

Through dedication, hard work and perse-verance, high school ju-niors, ranging from the Nampa and Caldwell high schools to Borah and the surrounding high schools have been competitively reach-ing for their spot in the Leadership Boise Acad-emy, a program sponsored by the non-profit Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, that only holds 57 spots for the 33 high schools in the valley.

“The goal is to educate potential leaders in the com-munity and to show them the challenges of being a leader in Boise,” Director of the Chamber’s Leadership De-velopment Programs, Ben Quintana expressed.

The Academy began with the graduating class of 1983 and has continued to grow. It generates its own budget

Singers say Hi Hi Birdie to classic

through fundraising at a golf tournament; the proceeds go strictly to the program, not the students.

“People may think that we’re only accepting 4.0 GPA students,” said Quintana.

“But we look for students with leadership and potential, students that are well round-ed and want to give back to

the community. Not everyone has a 4.0. We’re looking for students who are involved.”

The Academy begins and ends each January through May, taking learners out of school only four days, or one school day in each month.

Students travel to ven-ues, such as the Boise State Student Involvement and

Leadership Center, to devel-op leadership skills and team building.

“It really helped me get to know Boise,” said junior Baylee Crithlow, a Borah member of the Academy. “It really opened my eyes to the business side of our commu-nity.”

Along with Critchlow, ju-

niors Chanse Ward, Erica Alberston and Rachel De Voe are also members.

“It helps us learn what we want to do in our lives,” explained Ward. “It shows us how to do whatever we want to do in our post-college ca-reers.”

Both Critchlow and Ward heard about the Boise Leadership Academy through friends, teachers and the Ca-reer Center, but they agreed it isn’t popular among the student body. They strongly recommend the program to sophomores.

“If people actually knew what it was though, I think they’d want to do it,” Ward said. “After this, I definitely plan on coming back to help my community.”

“I think it’s a really cool program,” Critchlow said. “I’ve gained a lot of good friends and I’ve met some amazing, influential people.”

By Jamie Jones

lebrity for a week”Taylor’s sister, Elyssa, is

also participating.“It’s going to be a lot of

fun,” said Elyssa Taylor, “a good experience.”

Although the play isn’t until April 27, the actors are already rehearsing. Every weeknight, they meet at a re-stored warehouse studio at 6 p.m. and practice until 9:30 p.m.

Photo by Korey CombsJunior Sandy Walker rehearses

her role as Ursala Merkle.

Lucky Dog is an assembly where seniors vote for favor-ite farewell titles--categories range from Best Smile to Mr. & Mrs. Borah. Student Council sponsors the annual Lucky Dog tradition.

“Lucky Dog is an event where we give awards to the seniors,” junior and stu-dent council member Gavin Stewart said. “It’s really just a reflection of the year and a farewell to the seniors that are graduating.”

Seniors vote in February and there is an assembly held for them. Winners of the ballots are announced at the

assembly May 19. About two hundred ballots were submit-ted. Another round of voting will determine winners.

“I’m speechless. I think it’s awesome that I was nomi-nated,” said senior Corden Fuhriman, nominated for Best Laugh, Class Clown, Best Personality, Most Social, Most Spirited, Mr. Borah, and Mr. Senior.

“To me, Lucky Dog is about putting yourself out there to get noticed in a good way,” stated senior Michaela Mehas, nominated for Best Dressed, Best Hair, Best Smile, Most Likely to Suc-ceed, and Best Arms.

Photos by Kristin Bracewell and Ali ClapierJuniors Rachel De Voe, Baylee Critchlow, Chanse Ward and Erica Albertson expand their leadership qualities.

“The goal is to educate potential leaders in the community...”

-- Ben Quintana, Director of Leadership Development Programs

By Sage Unsworth

Graduates remembered as ‘best’ in year end assemblyBy Brandie Cichy

LifeThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 9

Campaign promotes safe language By Jamie Jones

Gay Straight Alliance’s (GSA) upcoming day of si-lence is about changing the way students talk.

GSA will promote its Safe Language Campaign and end the week with The Day of Silence. The week before spring break, posters and an-nouncements will prepare the students for the campaign that ends on April 15.

The day of silence is a day in which students supportive of the LGBTQ community and sympathetic of the suicides committed from bullying and harassment will take a vow to silence their voices in “light of the suicides.”

“The Day of Silence is a day that we try to get sup-porters of LGBTQ to convey the message of the silence that is heard,” senior Tawni Beierlorzer said. “The Safe Language Campaign overall, to me, is a huge deal because I think that it helps people to understand or at least try and understand some of the as-

pects of being part of the LG-BTQ community.”

The Safe Language Cam-paign started two years ago, with senior and GSA Pesident Kat Davis, but the Day of Si-lence is a national holiday that has been practiced in the LGBTQ community for years.Posters, banners and p e o p l e w i l l b e

u s e d to help eliminate the inappropriate use of “gay” among the student body and provide 75 substitute words to use instead.

“It’s about having some ef-fect on people,” Davis said. “It’s

our generation that’s making people do that.” Ridiculous, absurd, silly, crazy, different, unusual and weird are only a few of synonyms on the list that GSA hopes w i l l

m a k e an impact on cam-

pus. Davis compared the Language Campaign and the Day of Silence to the Drug Free weeks and Drunk Driv-ing Campaigns that happens every fall.

“People usually make fun of it,” she stated. “But, hey, at least their thinking about it!”

Davis and GSA have also surveyed students, finding

that most are sick of hear-

ing

“gay.” They are

also pleased with the increase

in survey participation over the years.

While Borah has a num-ber of supporters of this event, others feel the cam-paign is unnecessary and in-appropriate.

“It’s stupid,” junior Bran-don Ashton said. “ They want to be treated equal? We don’t

have our own day, so why should they if they want to be equal to us?”

Ashton was joined by ju-nior Cole Rogers who dis-agreed with the celebration as well. Rogers stated: “Why should we have a day for them? They are no better than anyone else.”

Both juniors will not be participating in the event.

Davis explained that the purpose of silence is to “have people notice that you

aren’t talking.” She explained: “The peo-

ple who are dead can’t talk; we’re representing them.”

Both Davis and Beier-lorzer stated that the phrase, “That’s gay,” dehumanizes people.

“These are people you’re talking about; it’s not just words,” Davis concluded.

“I think this campaign is extremely appropriate just because it does try and get the message out and it does try and explain to people certain things,” Beierlorzer added. “And, I feel like it can have a huge impact on people.”

Select students achieve WEB scholar awardBy Justin Kirkham

AP American Govern-ment, AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, AP Microeco-nomics, AP Physics, semi-nary, and then civil engineer-ing. Such a schedule, heavy with homework, studying, and time management, is common of a William E. Bo-rah scholar here at Borah.

Preserving the tradition forged in 1980 by a group of teachers aiming to celebrate

academic excellence, 2.2 percent of the senior class, nine seniors have qualified for this year’s award: James Scott Anderson, Candace Claiborne, Emily Greene, Trent Hellmann, Melissa Lee, Kelsey Nelson, Spencer Nelson, Lindsey Rogien, and Steven Rupp.

“It’s to honor seniors’ commitment to academic rigor and that they made it through a battery of AP class-es,” explained teacher Chuck

McHenry, co-chairman of the W.E.B. Scholar commit-tee. Students receive a set amount of points for each AP or accelerated class they take, along with third-year-or-above language classes, and three years commit-ted to certain electives or a school sanctioned sport. If a student earns 11 points and maintains a 3.70 unweighted grade point average, he or she is eligible for the award.

“Their names go before

the board of 10 teachers and administrators,” said McHenry, “to make sure they have no behavioral prob-lems.”

To earn the award, se-niors Emily Greene and Trent Hellmann took a vari-ety of classes, including AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP U.S. History, and AP Biology.

“When I was a sopho-more, I told myself I want-ed to get this,” said Hell-mann. “I was counting up all

the points I thought I could get.”

Both found taking their AP classes extremely help-ful. “They’re beneficial for preparation for college and for getting credits out of the way,” explained Greene.

“It’s a great award,” de-clared Hellmann. “Only nine kids got it.” Greene, too, was ecstatic to have re-ceived the award. “It’s ex-citing to have all our hard work recognized.”

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10 The Borah Senator Volume 51 Issue IV March 8, 2011 11 Three Pillars: How Many Sides?“The current educational system we have is not

financially sustainable. Some people are under the false impression that if we do nothing... everything in eduaction will stay the same. In order to reform the

system, it doesn’t mean just cutting, it means being able to take the money we have and be willing

to spend it differently.”--Superintendent Tom Luna

Superintendent Tom Luna

The 21 Century

ClassroomS1113 Modernize

and Reform-Increased Class Sizes-1:1 stdent to computer

ratio.-Four mandatory online

classes-Each district shall be entitled to a salary-

based apportionment

Great Teachers and

LeadersS1110 Pay for Performance

-Increase minimun teacher pay to $30,000

-Impliment “Pay for Perfor mance” plan based on

-Student growth and achievement

- Teachers taking hard to fillpositions

- Teachers taking on leader ship roles

Photos by Katie Helm

10 The Borah Senator Volume 51 Issue IV March 8, 2011 11 Three Pillars: How Many Sides?“Luna is not thinking the plan through.

The plan sounds good on paper but the prob-lems it could cause are limitless. NCAA Athletic

Scholarships don’t accept online credits. Did he take that into consideration? Ninth graders with computers--who is responsible for lost or stolen

computers? The district or the student?”--Libby Perry, senior

Great Teachers and

LeadersS1110 Pay for Performance

-Increase minimun teacher pay to $30,000

-Impliment “Pay for Perfor mance” plan based on

-Student growth and achievement

- Teachers taking hard to fillpositions

- Teachers taking on leader ship roles

Transparent Account-

abilityS1108 Collective

Bargaining-Phasing out Tenure-Implementing one or

two year contracts-Eliminating seniority as

a factor in staff reduct- ions.

-Limiting collective bargaining to salaries andbenefits

-Includes feedback from parents in student achievement growth

Graphic by Ali Clapier

Libby Perry, senior

A&E12 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Presenting with passion

Blues legend performs in city

Photo courtesy ofbluescentric.com

By Ali Clapier

For six years Poetry Out Loud, a national move-ment of poetry recitation, has existed in the nation and here at Borah.

Billy Collins, the nation’s Poet Laureate at the time, started Poetry Out Loud six years ago when he saw that poetry in public high schools was under appreciated.

“Every year it gets a little more prominent,” said Chuck McHen-ry, English teacher and Borah’s Poetry Out Loud adviser. It start-ed in the Boise School District, but now Idaho is split into differ-ent regions: the Valley, in which Borah competes, the Northern Idaho region, and the Southern Idaho region.

This year, five Borah students participated in Poetry Out Loud: sophomore Wyatt Hersom, junior Elyssa Taylor, and seniors Jaimee Thomas, Jo Hersom, and regional winner Seth Taylor.

Taylor moved on from the Bo-rah competition to win regionals, and made it to state, which was held Feb. 26 at Northwest Naza-rene University in Nampa. Taylor did not place for nationals.

Contestants stand on stage and recite a memo-rized poem for an audience and panel of judges. The number of poems recited depends on the level of competition, but the suggested amount is three.

There are only two guidelines. One poem has to be pre-20th century and another has to be 25 lines or less. All chosen poems must come from a list on the competition’s website, poetryoutloud.org. The poems have to be completely memorized, a process which “can be grueling,” as Thomas put it.

Nevertheless, the outcome can be extremely rewarding. The state-level competition, where two po-ems are recited, has a prize of $250 to the student, $500 dollars to the school’s library and an all-expense paid four-day trip to Wash-ington DC for nationals.

The nation’s winner, af-ter reciting three poems, gets $25,000 in scholar-ships and even more for the school.

Borah participants vary from theater to choir to aca-demics. Senior Jo Hersom entered because she won fourth in the state last year, and “enjoyed it an awful lot.”

Junior Elyssa Taylor just wanted to branch out and

move away from her comfort zone. However, it’s not for everyone. “It’s the scariest thing I’ve ever done, and I’ve sung many a solo,” she said, referring to how nerve-racking the competition is. “If I could have sung that, it would have been a breeze, and I really admire those who can handle it.”

By Haylie Pelton

Relaxing all day with feet kicked up and a book in hand isn’t what most students have time to fit into their schedules, but members of Borah’s Book Club would if they could.

Seniors Brett Taylor and Alejandra Ayon started Book Club last year. Taylor said that the club ran “pretty strong” for being its first year. Meetings were held after school.

However, both seniors said they just didn’t have enough time to run Book Club again this year. With college coming up for Ayon and studying abroad plans for Taylor, schedules have been so hectic that having meetings dur-ing any time of the day didn’t work out.

Taylor said that one meeting was held at the beginning of the year, but the club ended up “dying out.”

Ayon added that she “really wanted” to run the club again. She mentioned that she intends to “send out a message” to book lovers to have a club for next year.

Librarian Jennifer Boyd, said she was “very sad” the club wasn’t held this year. Boyd acted as the adviser, but stressed that the club was a “student run endeavor.”

On the topic of bringing the club back, Boyd stated that it would be “cool to have four or five” book clubs based on different genres.

Last year, Taylor said that there was a list of books to choose from and that members would vote on which books to read and discuss.

Book Club fizzles due to lack of time

Senior Seth Taylor performs at the Poetry Out Loud state competition.

A portrait of BB King and his guitar.

Handful of students compete in poetry competition

Leaning back in his chair, guitar resting on his stomach, calmly telling short stories and jokes in be-tween songs, The King of Blues and his band per-formed at the sold out Morrison Center.

The 85-year-old B.B. King shuffled onto stage and took his seat in the middle of the floor. He ad-justed the microphone to his seated height and in-troduced himself, then gave a brief sincere apology to those who had seen a show of his before, for now in his old age he said he has begun to feel the toll that the road has placed on his body.

The stage was dressed in black and the lights very dim, even for a concert house. King began

By Sage Unsworthintroducing his band one by one as they entered the stage. Each member played a short solo as they found their instruments and took their spots.

He played hits from the beginning of his career, like “The Thrill is Gone” and “Bad Case of Love,” to ones on his latest album, such as “The World is Gone.”

His vocals were more hoarse and raspy than they are on CD. Being a blues musician and already hav-ing been known for a deep, raspy voice played into his performance.

The King also couldn’t keep up with his own playing and had to call an early end to the show. The entire experience lasted just under two hours.

Photo by Katie Helm

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Writer’s Corner:Katharine BreithauptBy Justin Kirkham

From strikingly placed vocabulary to impressive diction, senior Katharine Bre-ithaupt’s writing spans more than just a few short pages. In short stories, “you don’t have time to have a character fully devel-

New handheld innovations uncover a third dimension By Justin Kirkham

Packed with revolutionary features and innova-tive controls, Nintendo’s newest evolution in the DS, Dual Screen, family emerges: the Nintendo 3DS. Sporting aqua blue and cosmo black color schemes, the 3DS offers not only appealing graphics, but also intriguing color schemes.

The most prominent feature of this new system is its 3D graphics. Glasses are not included, as the system can portray stunning scenes without the aid of eyewear. “I think it would be cool to actually be immersed in the game,” said junior Rebecca Berg, an avid Nintendo gamer.

Not only are the 3DS games presented with an extra dimension, but the cameras also provide three-dimensional entertainment. Stationed on the front of the system are two cameras. These devices are used to take two pictures of an object, and then fuse them into a 3D image.

“They’ll be more informative than most pic-tures,” explained eventual 3DS owner, sophomore John Regnier. “I don’t know anyone that has a 3D camera.”

Like the Wii, the Nintendo 3DS includes motion and gyro sensors. As described on nintendo.com, these sensors allow new games to include movement and tilt controls.

In addition to the original DS control pad, the 3DS has a circle pad for analog movement. This pad will allow gamers to have more control over the movement of their characters in 3D environments. With this new analog control, motion control, origi-nal DS buttons, a microphone, and a camera, the options in gameplay are endless. Mario has a tough adventure ahead of him.

Instead of the usual power cord to charge the 3DS, the system is accompanied by a charging cra-dle. In this cradle, the system can remain in sleep mode to access many passive wireless features. No more fiddling with oddly shaped plugs for this hand-held, as it can simply be placed in the cradle to re-main charged.

A relief to all Nintendo DS veterans, the 3DS allows gamers to play their old DS games along with new system-specific games on the revolution-ary system. “The only thing I’ll miss is the ability to play Gameboy Advance games,” said Regnier, “but there is a possibility that you can download them.”

Already downloaded into every 3DS system is a variety of exciting features. This system includes

a Mii making application that allows gamers to take a picture of themselves with the inward fac-ing camera. The handheld then assembles a Mii, a cartooned caricature, to fit the photo. Like the DSi, the latest branch of the DS family tree, the 3DS also has a camera application to edit photos and a sound feature to distort songs or recorded phrases.

Another popular feature that makes use of the system’s three cameras is Face Raiders. In this game, the player takes a picture of his or her face, and then shoots down multiple enemies, all wearing the newly acquired face. The outward facing cam-eras make use of the gamer’s surroundings, using the environment as a playing field.

“The aspect of your own face attacking you from surroundings that actually exist is exciting,” said Regnier.

Announced games for the 3DS include “Nin-tendogs + Cats,” the original Nintendogs and their new found kitten friends in all three stunning di-mensions, and “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.”

“I’ve always been a Zelda fan,” said Regnier, “and now it’s gonna be in 3D. I’m hoping the graphics are even better.”

The North American release of the Nintendo 3DS is March 27, over a month later than Japan’s release. The price is $249.99. Despite the system’s overwhelming innovations, some find this price ri-diculous. “Honestly, that’s really really expensive for a gimmick,” explained Berg. But, some Nin-tendo fans are eager to pay such a high price for Nintendo’s newest evolution.

Graphic by Adam Thompson

op,” explained Breithaupt, who turns her writing predominately into longer fiction.

In the areas of realistic fiction and gothic hor-ror, Breithaupt is a literary sage. “You can take reality that already exists and mutate it,” she said, referring to her foremost favorite genre, realistic fiction. In this type of writing, Breithaupt can “take the reader on a little journey,” wherein ev-ery detail could occur in reality.

The genre of gothic horror can be seen in the classics Frankenstein and Dracula. Gore was looked down upon as a tool for inciting fear or discomfort in the era of these novels. “They were more about breaking morals to get under people’s skin,” explained Breithaupt.

Breithaupt’s writing habits coincide with her other artistic interests. “I write when I’m not drawing or painting,” she said, laughing, “which is usually around 2 a.m.”

“I love accidentally coming across a word in a dictionary and using it,” said Breithaupt. In ad-dition to new vocabulary, she also incorporates deep description into her work. “I like to describe things differently to make people think, ‘That doesn’t make sense,’” she continued. “I like to be obnoxious like that.”

Her writing is “manic.” Pausing thoughtfully, Breithaupt continued, “Maybe that’s not a word. Yes, yes it is.” Firm in her choice of vocabulary, she explained, “Manic implies mania, which im-plies insanity.” Coming to a realization, she ex-claimed, “Flighty. That’s the word.”

When individuals read her writing, they “get a sense of culture,” explained senior Alejandra Ayon, “and vocab wise, it’s very profound.”

“She’s also sort of an artist,” said creative writ-ing teacher Chuck McHenry. “Her writing is fully imaged.”

Read her short story, “Garden Snakes,” a smaller portion of a larger work in progress, on the Creative Fiction page at borahsenator.com.

Photo by Ashley RiceBreithaupt spends her late hours writing realistic fiction and gothic horror pieces.

Q&A 14 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

If you had to choose between taking a core class online or in a traditional classroom, which would it be and why?

“I would choose a traditional class. I feel very focused here and I can really connect to the subject I’m learning. I could get feedback from not only my teacher but from everyone around

me. If I was taking the class online, I

wouldn’t have those social experiences.”~ Olivia Adams,

junior

“Traditional. In an online class you don’t develop the social lessons that also

come from being in a classroom with 30-ish other students your age. In an online class, you are not learning from a

teacher, you are learning from a book, or

wikipedia. Without that experience, you will lose out on the opportunity to apply a lesson into the

real adult world.”~ Nate McMurdie,

senior

“Traditional class. There is so much

that you can learn from just being in a room

and having teachers there for your

one-on-one needs.”~Alex Guerrero,

senior

“I choose online. I would have

personal initiative to complete

this (online class). Most kids in this

probably don’t have this personal initiative to

complete something on their own.”

~ Lucus Cook,junior

See borahsenator.com for more answers.

PeopleThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 15

Weight loss bet stirs cutthroat streak Math teacher Jeremy Dovel and English teacher

Stefan deVries recently concluded their long run-ning weight loss bet.

The bet began when the two teachers took a snow shoeing trip over winter break. They were hiking and deVries “felt sorry for Dovel.” The bet stated that neither could shave their faces until they had lost at least 10 percent of their body weight. Fifty dol-lars was also involved, according to deVries.

When asked why the bet began, deVries stated simply, “When you bet Dovel, you win.” Both ad-mitted that deVries won the bet, reducing his weight

to around 250 lbs. down to around 210 lbs. deVries argued that Dovel would see things dif-

ferently, saying, “Mr. Dovel has a short memory...no pun intended.”

Dovel acknowledged deVries’ victory, but ac-cused him of cheating. “He ate lots of berries and

veggies,” adding that, “it wasn’t real food, and he ordered diet pills.”

Dovel further com-mented that, “We both ended up shaving, but he shaved first.”

deVries stated that he would not accept the $50, but instead wanted “a written admission of defeat from Dovel, and a formal apology for

numerous in-class interruptions by Dovel about the bet.”

Both have a long term bet in place now, to see who can lose the most weight by the end of the school year.

“I first fell in love with art,” said student teacher Chin Kim , “and as I went along, I felt like I had a knack for directing other students.”

His ambitions to “change the world” led him to pursue a career as an art teacher.

Supervising art teacher Pat Rose described his protege as flexible, inventive, passionate, and caring. “The students respond to him in a posi-tive way,” he said.

Kim said he would like to experience life and travel before becoming a teacher. Student teaching is not what he expected. “I expected it to be easy breezy, nothing,” he said.

Kim spends his time helping students on an individual basis.

“I follow my own curriculum, but he still helps me--no problem,” said senior art student Catlyn Bridges. “He’s really good at dealing with students,” she added.

Outside the classroom, Kim said he enjoys spending time with his family, saying that he wants to spend as much time with them as pos-sible. Although he gets inspiration from outside of school, Kim sees the two parts of his life as separate.

Student teacher highlights importance of art

By Adam Thompson

By Samantha Whittaker

English teacher Stefan DeVries said he wants “a written

admission of defeat from Dovel, and a formal apology

for numerous in-class interrup-tions by (Math teacher Jeremy)

Dovel about the bet.”

(Above) Chin Kim assists Sophmore Russel Hipple in the art room. (Right) In an email, Kim decribes his art. “This painting was done in my Painting 1 class at the University of Idaho. The project was called ‘Masters Study.’ The purpose of this project was to use a painting that was done by a famous/well known painter and crop the painting to make a completely different composition. I chose to do Woman Playing the Mandolin (1909) painted by Pablo Picasso. “

Math teacher Jeremy Dovel and English teacher Stefan deVries stand back to back across from Dovel’s classroom.

Photo provided by Chin Kim

Photo by Korey Combs

Photo by Katie Helm

Sports 16 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Budget woes cut tennis season short

By Haylie Pelton

With budget cutbacks, the Boise School District has shortened the tennis season by six matches this year.

Head coach Patrick Moore said that the season cut requires both players and coaches to “have their act together.” Every match this sea-son counts towards players’ seating at state. With fewer matches, mem-bers of the team must know what area they want to compete in at the beginning of the season.

Senior Kelson Chaney has been playing tennis for four years. He said that the cuts made him “so, so angry.”

Kevin Blosser, senior, has been playing the sport for two years and said that “match experience is im-portant.” Players know how their other teammates play, so playing matches against new opponents is important, Blosser also noted.

Even though the season has been shortened, Moore stated that, “every dark cloud has a silver lin-ing.” This year the team will go on a trip to Lewiston to compete. The team has also scheduled a “fun” match against Bishop Kelly as the last match of the year.

Boys basketball falls short at districts, turns focus to stateBy Savannah Harrelson

With hopes of winning the state championship, the first place Borah varsity boys basketball team made it through the district tournament, and is headed toward the state tourna-ment held March 3-5.

In the first game of the district tournament Feb. 21, Borah defeated last place Meridian, 63-38. Ben Tu-cakovic, junior, led the game with 18 points and five assists.

District semi-finals were Feb. 22, with Borah taking the win against Timberline 63-45, and qualifying Borah for the state tournament. The leaders of the game were Tucakovic, senior Austin Scott, and senior Jer-emy Jones, each having double-digit points.

Borah’s players fouled numerous times within the game, leaving op-portunity for players on the bench to get out onto the court and help Borah achieve this crucial win.

On the first two district tourna-ment games, senior Nathan Lorona said, “I feel like the team really clicked and our momentum was off the wall.”

Many of the Borah players expect

to win state. Braden Corpus, junior, stated that, “If we play as usual, we can win.”

Tucakovic added, “We are a lot better talent wise than last year.”

On Feb. 25, Borah took charge against Centennial in the district championship, but failed to come out with a win. This game determined the seeds for the state tournament as well as the 5A District III champion. Borah lost by ten, 47-37. Tucakovic was the game leader, with 14 points and the game’s only slam dunk. Isaiah Wright, freshman at West Junior High, led the game in assists with 3.

Senior Kevin Shepard said about the loss, “We definitely did not play as hard as usual.”

Tucakovic and Corpus both stated that the team’s greatest challenge for the state tournament will be playing together. Tucakovic said, “If we work together, we can be any team.”

In the first round of the state tour-nament on March 3, Borah played Post Falls at 8 p.m.

The 5A state qualifiers are Borah, Centennial, Mountain View, Timber-line, and Eagle. The state tournament will be held on March 3-5 at the Idaho Center in Nampa.

Softball welcomes new coachBy Grace Gibney

As anticipation builds for the approaching softball season, the play-ers begin to mold their hopes and ex-pectations for their team.

As for leadership, Shawna Juarez Marky is stepping in as the team’s new coach and is setting high goals.

“I look forward to our new coach. She’s good and a lot different. She will lead us to win more games,” said sophomore Jennifer Porter.

Junior Ben Tucakovic slam dunked over a Centennial player in the district title game.

Most players have dedicated them-selves towards self improvement dur-ing the season. “I want to be a more consistent player, improve leadership, batting average, and all that good stuff,” said sophomore Kourtney Armstrong.

For returning varsity pitcher Shel-by Zinn, improvement is crucial even beyond high school. “I want to im-prove pitching and be better for play-ing in college.”

As for upcoming games, the team has their targets aimed at who they want to beat. “We want to beat all of

them,” said Zinn, “but as for more personal games, we really want to beat Boise, Capital, and Rocky Mountain.”

Preparation for the upcoming sea-son and new coach is a focus. “I look forward to our new coach and work-ing harder,” said sophomore Emme-rie Smith. “I think bonding more and making new friends would help im-prove our team.”

Some of the work is already set in motion as far as the friendships between the players. “I love Shelby Zinn,” said Armstrong. “She’s my best friend!”

Photo by Katie HelmSenior Zach Buker, a varsity tennis player of four years, hits a forehand shot during practice.

Photo by Megan Mizuta

SportsThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 17

Hockey’s state ranking disappointsBy Brandie Cichy

With the ice hockey season coming to an end, the com-bined Borah/Capital team went to state in Idaho Falls Feb. 25-27. The team’s record is 6 wins, 6 losses and 2 ties.

The team’s goal was a strong finish.

“We are competitive and we have a good chance of ad-vancing to the playoff rounds if we play the way we are ca-pable,” stated head coach Ian Bond.

Each team was guaran-teed three games to play: if Borah/Capital would have won its division, the team would have qualified for the

state playoffs.The team’s first game in

state competition was against Canyon County. The second game scheduled was against the losing team of the Bonn-eville/Hillcrest vs. Meridian game. After that match up, the team played host team Idaho Falls.

“I would like to win at least two of the games. We compete well,” junior and forward Shawn Grove stated.

The Borah/Capital hock-ey team competed against schools from across Idaho in Idaho Falls. Both boys and girls play on these teams.

“We play as a team well and we work well. The coach-

es are great and the team gets along well,” forward Kelci Lester, senior said. “I think we will have a good competition and we’ll fit in.”

The combined Borah/Capital hockey team lost their first game to Canyon County 0-7. The team lost its second game 2-11 against Bonneville.

In Borah/Capital’s third game, they played Idaho Falls and lost 1-5. The team did not qualify for the playoffs.

Dayna Daniel, junior and goalie, expressed her frustra-tion with the tournament ref-erees.

“We played hard and the score did not reflect our effort,” she said. “In the game against

Idaho Falls, the referees were pleasing the crowd. They threw out one of our players, junior Chandler Kingsbury, for a hit because the Idaho Falls fans

created an uproar in the stands. It was completely un-fair. They also came and sat on our fans’ designated side just to start fights.”

Borah senior athletes sign letters of intent for college Money, lack of interest hurts

girls lacrosse team numbersBy Sage Unsworth

National signing day for high school students com-mitting to play college sports was Feb. 2; this indicated the start of the recruiting process. Three athletes from Borah have committed to schools thus far, and a few more are expected to in the near future.

Seniors Natalie Fuller, Josh Price, and Antonio Var-gas have signed letters of in-tent: Fuller for soccer, Price and Vargas for football.

Fuller committed to play for Treasure Valley Commu-nity College by signing a full tuition scholarship. The sign-ing took place in Principal Bonita Hammer’s office. Full-er’s parents and coaches were there to congratulate her.

“I’ve always wanted to play after high school,” said Fuller. “It will be a good op-

portunity for me to get some of my schooling paid for.”

Price signed a full tuition contract to play for Snow College in Utah. His sign-ing took place in head foot-ball coach Chester Grey’s office, in front of his parents and the administration. Price was very modest about his achievement, saying, “I just walked in, signed the paper, then went to lunch.”

Vargas committed to Col-

lege of the Canyons in South-ern California. This was a goal that he had recently thought was out of reach af-ter a knee injury that kept him from playing the majority of his senior year football season.

“Right when I was in-jured, I thought that my foot-ball career was over,” said Vargas. “I’m very grateful for this [playing at the College of the Canyons in Southern California] opportunity.”

By Brandie Cichy

Girls lacrosse is faced with a dilemma. There weren’t enough girls to form a full team, even with Centennial girls join-ing. However, that will not be necessary because the team now has enough girls to play.

“A lot of the girls can’t play because of cost. Gear is really expensive, but scholarships are available,” junior Toree Tuck stated.

Borah’s girls lacrosse play-ers used to be joined with Capital, but Capital’s girls have gone to play with anoth-er school. Money issues and a lack of interest seem to be the culprits. Some of the Borah girls have also gone to play for other teams.

“There doesn’t seem to be as big of an interest in wom-

en’s lacrosse at Borah as other schools like BK, Boise, and Eagle,” girls lacrosse coach Ohran Schlund stated.

“We also look to the youth league for up and coming play-ers moving into the high school level of play. If there aren’t any players being fed up to the high school teams, then we need to look for other players in another place,” he added.

“My hopes are to change that in the next few years by building a strong supportive program.”

There are solutions though. The team is setting up a sign-up sheet at a booth during lunch and taking any girl that wants to play. Another option is that the girls from Borah will play for another high school’s team.

Club sports

The combined Borah/Capital hockey team photo was taken at Quest Arena. The team finished 6-6-2 in the regular season before the state tournament.

Photo by Kristin Bracewell

Photo courtesy of Lisa Jordan

Senior Natalie Fuller signs a letter of intent for TVCC.

JV Sports 18 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

As the junior varsity wres-tling season comes to an end, players look back on a season full of young talent and hard work.

No wrestler from the ju-nior varsity team qualified to go on to the state tournament at the district tournament Feb 18, however, 11 players from varsity qualified to go to state.

Two people from each weight class went to district tournament, one from the varsity team and one from the junior varsity team.

Borah finished seventh overall at the district tourna-ment.

Junior Tyler Loyd from

the junior varsity team said that, “There was lot of young talent on the team this year, with a lot of freshmen, but this year was definitely a lot better than last year.”

Loyd and Brent Ruddy, a sophomore who has been on the team for two years, both said that some people quit because they knew that they would not be in the running to go to districts.

The way the junior varsity and varsity teams are decid-ed is by a “wrestle off.” Two people from each weight class wrestle and the loser of each battle is put on the junior var-sity roster, while the winner goes on the varsity’s.

Ruddy said he enjoys the

By Savannah Harrelson

Wrestling team season finishes bittersweetly

Co-ed ultimate frisbee season beginsThe Ultimate Frisbee sea-

son is underway. Tryouts were held Feb. 22,

24, and 28. Taylor Green, a junior

player who was “recruited” by coach and science teacher Alex LaChance last season, said she likes the sport because “you get to know everyone on a personal level and make connections that you otherwise wouldn’t,” she said.

She added that the sport being co-ed is part of what makes it fun because “you’re not separated,” she said.

Green also expressed high hopes for the varsity team which she hopes to join this season. “I really hope that the varsity team coming in can fill

the shoes of last year’s team,” she said.

Another Ultimate Frisbee player, junior Shawn Grove, characterizes Ultimate Fris-bee as “fast paced with lots of running.”

Also recruited by La-Chance last season, Grove said he hopes to make the A team. Compared to last year, Ul-timate Frisbee is “a lot more o r g a n i z e d , ” Grove said, add-ing, “More peo-

ple are coming out with good talent.”

Furthermore, Grove said, “I think everyone should ex-perience ultimate.”

Green and Grove said they both share in the team’s goal to win the state championship this season by attending prac-tice and working hard.

By Samantha Whittaker

team because, “It’s just you and some other kid, so it’s really competitive.” Loyd agreed with this comment, and said that he liked the competitive aspect as well.

The junior varsity team this year, however, seemed inspiring for some. Wilson Kroll, a sophomore junior varsity wrestler, said, “It was a pretty good season.” He add-ed that he is looking forward to a great next season.

Loyd also said, “It’s one of the best experiences of my life.”

The state wrestling tour-nament was held February 25 at the Idaho Center where senior Taylor West became a state champion.

Photo by Korey Combs

Kyle Hines, junior, demonstrates his throwing skills in front of Borah. This is his first year playing on the team.

Sophomore Wilson Kroll and junior Tyler Loyd were both on the junior varsity wrestling team.

Photo by Kristin Bracewell

“I think every-one should experience ultimate.” --Shawn

Grove, junior

Photo EssayThe Borah Senator March 8, 2011 19

Education rally draws students, teachers“Kill the bills, kill the bills” protesters chanted

in the park outside the Capitol building on Feb. 21, days before the first Senate vote on proposed educa-tion reforms took place. The rally was held to dem-onstrate dissatisfaction with proposed legislation that would eliminate collective bargaining for teach-ers, give freshmen laptops, and require students to take online courses, among other changes. Esti-mates put the attendance at about 1,000 protesters, many of whom brandished signs with slogans such as “My dog ate my laptop” and “I love my students! They need me!”

There were several speakers who addressed the crowd including school board members, parents, and students. Junior and ASB secretary Konnor Moden spoke at the rally, and credited his student council adviser, Korrin Rue, with inspiring his in-volvement.

Spencer Nelson, senior, attended the protest against education reforms proposed by Supt. Tom Luna. (right)

Konnor Moden, junior, addressed a crowd of protestors across the street from the Capitol on Feb. 21. (below)

Protestors gathered in the park across the street from the statehouse, as part of a statewide protest. Rallies were also held in Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, Nampa, and Twin Falls.

Photos by Megan Mizuta

Fun & Games 20 The Borah Senator March 8, 2011

Each player takes alternating turns by connecting two dots with a line. When you create a box by closing the fourth line, you get one point and take another turn.

The Dot Game SudokuEach row, column and block must have numbers from 1 to 9 in them. No number can appear more than once in any row, column, or block. When all boxes are completed, you win.

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