by Morgan Harris

Paying for gas is becoming an increasingly important factor for people shopping for new cars.A few years ago, teens could talk about getting their favorite car, whether that means the fastest car, the

biggest truck, or just the coolest looking muscle car without having to put fueleconomy into consideration.

Now that the price of a gallon of gasoline can reach $3.60 or more,students without the luxury of having filthy rich parents can only dreamabout those sweet cars.

As it stands now, it can cost $60 bucks or more every couple ofweeks to drive a vehicle. If a teen is working twenty hours a weekmaking eight bucks per hour while going to school, he or she has to

spend almost twenty percent of every paycheck on gas!If this were the case for a teen a few years ago, he/she

would only have to use less than ten percent of their pay-check which gave them another $700 worth of spendingmoney every year.

With that being said, is it high enough to buy a brandnew $30,000 hybrid car with 50 miles per gallon? Orshould shoppers stick to the more reasonable $17,000Honda Civic type cars with 25 miles per gallon? Well,it could all boil down to how long the car lasts, howreliable it is, and whether it meets your needs orwants. However, if you are only planning on usingthe car for a few years, the Hybrid is not the way to

go.Driving a hybrid rather than a Civic, Camry, or Fusion

would save the average joe almost $700 every year.Therefore, unless you are only planning on driving your“Money-saving” hybrid for the next eighteen years, it is notworth $30,000.

If you are one of the unlucky ones stuck with an old truckor SUV struggling to get 15 miles per gallon, a small car (notnecessarily new) would probably be the most beneficial foryou. You might be thinking “Well, I only paid $3,000 for it!”

However, with such bad fuel economy, you are spending$2,400+ every year you drive it. If you upgrade to a vehicle with20 miles per gallon, you’ll be saving $600 every twelve months.

If you are looking to save as much as you can, a motorcycle isthe way to go for sure. As long as you are willing to take the

many risks that come with it. The average street bike only costs$4,000 and some of them, like the Honda CBR250R, can getup to 110 miles per gallon on the highway. Motorcyclist spendless than half as much money on fuel as Prius drivers. Thatdeal may seem absolutely worth the initial cost, however, onemust take into consideration that there is no trunk or roof.Therefore, during a thunderstorm or cold weather in general,the motorcycle will most likely stay at the house.

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History of the “Enterprise”Captain Henry Miller Shreve, steamboat pilot of the

1800’s and namesake of our high school, is famous for hisefforts in opening the inland waterways of America. Not sofamous, however, is Shreve’s first steamboat, the“Enterprise,” and its role in American history.

Wary of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly over trade onthe Mississippi River, Shreve realized the necessity ofbuilding a superior steam vessel. As a result, Shreve formeda partnership with entrepreneur Daniel French to designsuch a boat. The result of their work was the steamboat“Enterprise.” On Dec. 1, 1814, she left on her maiden voy-age with 29-year-old Shreve as her captain.

This first voyage was no leisurely trip. A precious cargoof munitions and supplies was desperately needed byGeneral Andrew Jackson’s troops in New Orleans. The longtrip down the Mississippi River was a success, and, withintwo weeks, the cargo was safely delivered to Jackson’scamp. Shreve’s fearless attitude and the dependability ofthe “Enterprise” were crucial factors in the victory over theBritish at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812.

Now, as the student newspaper of Captain Shreve HighSchool, The Enterprise strives to emulate the fearlessnessand dependability of Shreve and his ship in reporting thenews important to you, the students of Captain Shreve.

2010-2011 StaffMorgan Harris..................................Editor-in-Chief

Anna Boyter..........................................Photo Editor

Hannah Brosius....................................News Editor

John Clark...................................Business Manager

Abbie Tuggle....................................Opinion Editor

Alona Warren.....................................Feature Editor

Taylor Williams.......................Entertainment Editor

Kevin Allen.....................................Faculty Adviser

Editorial PolicyThe Enterprise is the official newspaper of

Captain Shreve High School. It is produced entirelyby the student newspaper staff and has been in con-tinuous publication since the school opened in1967.

The Enterprise has been established as a desig-nated public forum for student editors to informtheir readers as well as for the discussion of issuesof concern to their audience. It will not be reviewedor restrained by school officials prior to publicationor distribution. The content of The Enterprise isdetermined by and only reflects the views of thestaff and not school officials or the school itself.

Artwork by senior Cici Criswell

School debts shouldSchool debts shouldhave difhave differentferentconsequencesconsequences

At the beginning of theschool year, students arerequired to pay fees such asstudent fees or class fees.

If a student fails to pay afee, he or she goes on the debtlist. Once on the debt list, stu-dents will not be able toattend dances after school andthey cannot receive theirreport card at the end of thenine weeks.

It is understandable thatthese consequences are putinto action to encourage stu-dents to pay their debts, butthese punishments seemunfair.

Some students may nothave the means to pay for

their fees on time. So whypunish someone for some-thing that is not in their con-trol?

Maybe to pay off theirdebts, some individuals couldwork in the office or in thelibrary or even pay the debt ininstallments.

If a student makes a goodgrades they should be allowedto attend dances after school.

It seems unfair when stu-dents come to public schoolsto avoid paying high amountsof money. Teachers ask stu-dents to bring things such asKleenex and pencils when stu-dents already have to buytheir own.

For library fees studentsshould get two warnings andthen be charged. A recordshould be kept of the stu-dents’ late books and theyshould be restricted fromchecking out books.

Report cards should not bewithheld because of debts.Some students might want toget a debt to make sure theirparents do not see a badgrade. Then the student doesnot care to pay for their debts.

Some consequences fordebts are unfair and some areillogical, but since they arenot going anywhere studentsshould have alternative waysto dealing with them.

by Hannah Brosius

Major exams, such theEnd of Course exam, aregiven throughout high schoolthat students have to take tograduate. These test are sothat the statedepartment ofe d u c a t i o nknows all ofthe students aresmart enoughto graduate. Ifstudents needto be tested tomake sure theyare learninge n o u g h ,though, thensomething iswrong. Students should nothave to take so many highstake tests.

Even though this year ’ssophomore students have totake the Graduate Exit Examand final exams, they alsohave to take the EOC exam.Juniors have to take the sec-ond portion of the GEE.Most juniors have to take theACT and SAT that year, andthen they have to take finals.

Some people may say stu-dents need to be tested so thestate department of educa-tion can make sure studentsunderstand the classes, but ifthat is why students need totake these tests, then thestate department of educa-

tion needs to be testing theteachers and not the students.If the state department ofeducation needs to make surethe teachers are doing theirjobs well by seeing howsmart the students are, then

something isvery wrong.

The statedepartment ofe d u c a t i o nshould bea s s e s s i n gteachers byr a n d o m l ygoing intoclasses andseeing howthe teachers

teach. Someteachers may have extremelyeasy classes where studentsdo not have to do almostanything, and almost everystudent in that class has goodgrades, but the students arenot learning a thing. So whenthese exams come around,those students would proba-bly not do so well and mayhave to repeat a year. Inthose cases, it is not the stu-dents’ fault. It is the teach-ers’ fault for not teaching thestudents anything.

Students should not haveto bear the burden of takingall of these tests just so thestate department of educa-tion can see if the teachersare doing their jobs.

April2011 03OPINIONThe Enterprise

Vol. 44 No. 6

Yearly statetesting forstudentsshould notbe needed

by Abbie Tuggle

It all started when myfriend held up an ordinaryobject and asked, “What isthis?” Me, being smart, said,“A Coke tab,”to which myfriend saidthat I waswrong. Heproceed to tellme how aCoke tabcould bedonated toprovide oneminute of dial-ysis for a kidwith kidneyfailure. This struck me asinteresting. If everyone tookthe tab off their Cokes,Monsters, or other soda cansand collect them, after a

while, one could have easilygathered a hundred tabs.That is over an hour of dialy-sis for a child that could livefrom it. In turn, it is easy tosave a kid’s life from the

tabs.D i a l y s i s

is a processwhere a per-son with kid-ney failure ishooked up toa machinethat cleansthe person’sblood. It is avery painfuland time

c o n s u m i n gprocess, with all the bloodbeing take out, cleaned, andput back in. It is also veryexpensive on the families.The Ronald McDonald

House Charity is the one whois started the “Pop TabCollection”, wanting to helpease the financial issue onthe patients’ families andreduce metal waste at thesame time.

The average teenager con-sumes at least two cans ofsoda a day; that's fourteencans a week and 60 cans amonth. Though I’m not a partof these statistics, I have col-lected about 30 tabs in just afew weeks. I am hoping todonate all the tabs that I havebeen collecting after I hit theone hundred mark. With thehelp of friends, I’m not thatfar! Maybe you can take thelittle metal tabs off next timeyou grab a Coke, Monster, orother can of soda; that way,even you can make a differ-ence in some kid’s life.

Coke Tabs cansave lives

Hannah Brosius

Student VoicesDo you feel l ike you were preparedDo you feel l ike you were prepared

for the state tests?for the state tests?

Michael Sullivan, senior

“When I took the GEE last year“When I took the GEE last year, there was a, there was a

lot of stuflot of stuf f on i t that we didn’f on i t that we didn’ t go over int go over in

class, but i t was st i l l k ind of easyclass, but i t was st i l l k ind of easy.”.”

Dwayne Keller, sophomore

“I think I did good; the test was real ly easy“I think I did good; the test was real ly easy

and I was ready for i t . .”and I was ready for i t . .”

“ I real ly didn’“ I real ly didn’ t feel prepared for the tests. It feel prepared for the tests. I

feel l ike I could have done better and havefeel l ike I could have done better and have

been more prepared.”been more prepared.”

Jayla Nelson, freshman

“I think that I d id bad. W“I think that I d id bad. W e didn’e didn’ t real ly learnt real ly learn

that stufthat stuf f . I was unprepared.”f . I was unprepared.”

Zack Deyoung, junior

Abbie Tuggle

Shreve needs variet yby Hannah Brosius

Breanna Ponder, a junior,sits in first hour listening tothe announcements for tryouttimes for sports such as soccer,football and baseball for nextyear. But she wishes Shrevehad a more variety of sports.

“Girls lacrosse and volley-ball would be nice sports tohave,” Ponder said. “It’s funand it will help our school aca-demically. It’s not fair thatthere’s only a boys lacrosseand not a girls lacrosse.”

With more sports availableto students, there may be a bet-ter chance for them to getscholarships for college aswell.

“Shreve should offer moreactivities that people willlike,” Diana Chaves, a sopho-more, said. “It would help stu-dents because it’s more activi-ties and may help students getscholarships.”

Adding sports to Shrevemay also help students withmore than just getting scholar-

ships.“Sports are fun and they

teach you how to interact withothers,” Chaves said. “It mayhelp students in class.”

If students want to get on ateam, then they will have tostudy more.

“I think it would be good,”Robin DeBusk, an assistantprincipal of instruction, said.“Students have to have a cer-tain GPA to get on a team sostudents may have to workharder.”

Even though many studentswish there were more sportsthey could try out for, there arecertain requirements forschools to have these sports.

“There have to be a certainnumber of schools to sanctionthese sports,” DeBusk said.“The principal has to approvethe sport and there has to be aenough people who want to goout for that sport. We wouldalso need to get a coach whohas some knowledge of thesport, too.”

Shreve is not the only

school in the district that doesnot have as many sports asother schools outside the state.

“The number of sportsaround us is probably aboutthe same,” DeBusk said.“Schools in Texas prob-ably have more,though.”

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Vol. 44 No. 6

by Hannah Brosius

If Shreve were to add sportssuch as volleyball, girls lacrosseor gymnastics, then it may proveto be useful in the long run whenit comes to colleges. Every year,students get scholarships to playa sport at a college. If Shrevewere to add on sports here, then

that means it is just that muchmore likely for students here toget a scholarship.

Over 600 colleges give schol-arships to students who playsports such as volleyball,lacrosse, tennis, gymnastics, soc-cer and many others. Thesescholarships are for studentswho are serious about playing

the sport at the collegiate level.For volleyball, Louisiana

Tech is giving away 14 scholar-ships totaling $324,513, and13.5 scholarships totaling$319,868 for gymnastics. SinceShreve does not have either ofthose sports, though, none of thestudents here will be able to getone of those scholarships.

Sports may help academically

Adding sports not easyby Hannah Brosius

Getting a sport added toCaptain Shreve, such as vol-leyball, girls lacrosse andgymnastics, would not be aneasy thing to do. There are aset of requirements that eachsport has to have. Things suchas funding, a coach and find-ing students who would wantto play are some of thosethings.

One of the mostimportant require-ments Shreve wouldneed is funding. Theschool would needmoney for thingssuch as equip-ment and a placeto practice. For

example, if Shreve were tohave gymnastics, then thatteam would need a place topractice and the equipmentsuch as mats and balancebeams.

We would need a coachwho has some knowledge ofthe sport as well. If one of thepresent coaches has someknowledge of one of thesesports and is willing to coach

that sport, thenShreve would not

have tofind a

new

coach. Finding students who want

to play is also one of therequirements. There are manystudents who may say that ifthe school had volleyball,gymnastics or girls lacrosse,then they would go out forthose teams. But just becausethey say they would go outfor those sports now does notmean they would followthrough in the end. If they didgo out for any one of thosesports, then they would haveto be serious about it. If thatsport is not a something stu-dents would be serious about,

then there is nopoint in

having it.

Shreve needs variety

by Taylor Williams

American history teacherBarbara Doughty is now thepublished author of a chapterin the new historical text“Abraham Lincoln WithoutBorders: Lincoln’s LegacyOutside the United States.” Itwas released December 15,2010.

Doughty took classes lastsummer at Louisiana StateUniversity sponsored by theLouisiana Endowment forHumanities. LEH offered grad-uate history classes and shetook them with several otherCaptain Shreve teachers:Tiffanie Langdon, Kevin Ivyand Ned Leffingwell. “That ishow I met Dr. Pederson towrite a chapter in the book.”Doughty said. “This programpays to make us better teacherswith an excellent grant.”

The book details Lincoln’sinfluences around the world.“My chapter in the book isabout his legacy in Australia,”Doughty said. Lincoln’s

accomplishments have lead tostreets, places, stamps, statuesand schools named after him inAustralia. “I think it is wonder-ful that these tributes weremade,” Doughty said.

Doughty’s chapter also cov-ers information about an actingcompany that performs theGettysburg Address once ayear as part of their festivalsgiven in Australia. This bookis the first book coveringLincoln’s legacy with morethan a dozen nations.

Doughty said she has beenteaching American history forsix years at Captain Shreve.She taught at Herndon MiddleSchool before taking her cur-rent position.

“My father loved history,and, when I was a little girl, hekept me informed about whatwas going on at all times,”Doughty said.

Evidence of her passion forhistory can be seen in herchapter of the book, which isnow available in the schoollibrary.

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General classes toreturn to previousgrading scaleby Alona Warren

In February the Board ofElementary and SecondaryEducation voted to make anew grading system.

General classes will goback to the seven-pointgrading scale. This means a93-100 will be an A, an 85-92 will be a B, a 75-84 willbe a C, a 74-67 will be a D,and 66 and below will be anF.

The grading system forhigher level classes will bedetermined by local policy.For now these classes willremain a ten-point gradingscale.

Students might find thenew grading system unfairand feel like they have alesser chance to pass if theirin general.

There could be a possibil-ity of more students drop-ping out because of failing.

“The seven-point gradingscale is just going to makeclasses so much harder,”Seven Foley, freshman,said.

Some see the seven-pointgrading scale as a way tokeep general students fromslacking.

“If general kids have theseven-point grading scalethey might try to work hard-er to keep their grades up,”Kenneth Pham, freshman,said. “Honors and AP kidsalready have hard enoughwork. Keeping them on theten-point grading scale cantake some stress off them.”

Other students mightthink it’s best to go back tothe seven-point grading

scale. “They should just change

it back to how i t wasbefore,” Sarah Porter, soph-omore, said. “It’ll be morefair and everyone wouldhave to put in an equaleffort in class.”

The fact that there is noset grading scale for thewhole nat ion may eveneffect who gets into college.If the grading scale waschanged in the middle ofsomeone's high school yearstheir grades will not be con-verted. A student could havethe same percentage gradeas another student in a dif-ferent state but the lettergrade could be different.

“We need a standardgrading scale for all states,”Foley said.

April201106 ENTERTAINMENT The Enterprise

Vol. 44 No. 6

Portal 2 game promisesmore strategyby Abbie Tuggle

On April 21, Valve, the gam-ing company that created Portal,released the long awaited Portal 2to fans everywhere. This game isavailable on four gaming plat-forms: PlayStation3, Xbox 360,Mac OS X, and Microsoft win-dows. Falling into the science-fiction platform game, Portal 2has new tricks up its sleeves.

The player returns as Chell,having been in hyper sleep forseveral hundred years, whileGLaDOS, an artificial intelli-gence computer, and the rest ofthe Apeture Science facility havefallen into disrepair. Chell isawaken by Wheatly, one ofGLaDOS personality cores, andaccidentally wakes up GLaDOS.Long story short, GLaDOS isupset that Chell has returned andstarts testing her again throughnumerous puzzle chambers in therun-down facility.

Familiar equipment of the firstgame return to assist the playersolve the arduous puzzles, suchas Weighted Storage Cubes, theall-handy portal gun, and every-one’s favorite Companion Cube.While there are the same aspectsfrom the old game, new elementsmake the game more complicat-ed. Paint-like gels called

Propulsion Gel and RepulsionGel are used to access areas thatwould normally be inaccessibleto the player. The orangePropulsion Gel boosts Chell’sspeed as she crosses a surface,and the Repulsion Gel allows herto rebound off any surface coatedin it. Also, Aerial Faith Plates areused to launch objects over long

distances that would be impossi-ble to cross.

The most newest and possiblepopular feature in Portal 2 is thechance for two players to play thegame at the same time. Two play-er co-operative mode is muchmore difficult that the singleplayer mode, requiring both play-ers to work together to ensure

success. Players on different plat-forms can still play co-op togeth-er, meaning if one has anPlayStation 3 and another has aMac OS X, they can still playwith each other.

Portal 2 was released April 21in GameStops around the coun-try, but was released earlier onApril 20 on the Steam online

gaming store. Australia and Asiareceived an even earlier releaseon April 18. Named the bestoverall new game and best puzzleplatform game by popular com-panies such as EuroGamer andGame Informer, Portal 2 is sureto not disappoint gamers andleave them eagerly awaiting thenext sequel.

Photo from ign.comPortal 2 player tries to solve one of the many fun, yet frustrating puzzles within the game.

Uncharted 3 bringsnew featuresby Morgan Harris

Fortune hunter Nathan Drakereturns once again to thePlayStation 3, however, this timehe is lost in the middle of theArabian desert.

“Uncharted 3: DrakesDeception” is the sequel to“Uncharted 2: Among Thieves,”the 2009 game of the year awardwinner. “Among Thieves”became the first of the series toinclude multiplayer. Uncharted 3seems to be focusing in on themultiplayer component evenmore.

Many new features are beingimplemented into the Uncharted 3multiplayer, including gamemodes, gameplay, and much,much more. A few of the multi-player game modes have beenannounced recently.

The first is a team deathmatchmode where ten players are divid-ed up equally based on rank,experience, etc. and try to be thefirst to reach 50 kills. If the scoreis all knotted up when time runsout, the game goes into overtime,one minute of additional time. Ifthere is still no clear winner, thegame turns into “Sudden Death”where the last man standingclaims victory.

The next mode is an eightplayer free-for-all which is justwhat it sounds like. Nobody is onyour side, everyone is yourenemy.

The third game mode is a sixplayer team deathmatch wherethree teams of two play againsteach other until one reaches thescore limit or until time runs out.This mode also includes overtimeand sudden death.

Several coop games will alsomake their way into the newinstallment. Some gameplaychanges coming to “Uncharted 3:Drakes Deception” include theability to sprint, cinematic in mul-tiplayer game modes, offline andonline split-screen coop lettingmultiple players sign in toPSN(PlayStation Network), fourload outs in multiplayer, ability touse cash earned in single player inmultiplayer.

Other additions include brandnew characters like KatherineMarlowe, new hand-to-hand com-bat combos, ability to respawn onteammates, and power plays.

Power plays are used in multi-player to keep the score some-what close. The losing team willget “special” gifts that help themclose the gap. Meanwhile, duringthese power plays, the winningteam will earn more money thanthey usually would.

“Uncharted 3: DrakesDeception” will also include tonsof customization this time around.The customization will includethree booster slots. Boosters arebasically the same as perks thatcan be bought with in game cash.You will also be able to customize

your own character with tons ofdifferent clothing combinations.The weapons will have unlock-able attachments like sights, grips,suppressors, color, and clips.Along with these added goodiesare player emblems that are alsocustomizable.

Possibly the biggest additionto the Uncharted franchise is theability to interact with Facebookin game. The final feature lets allplayers record videos of up to 90seconds and upload them toYouTube or Facebook through thePlayStation 3. To top it all off, thecinema mode from Uncharted 2will be returning with rewindcapabilities.

If you wish to get a taste ofwhat Uncharted 3 will offer, amultiplayer beta will be availableto PlayStation Plus members onJune 28th. A public beta will beavailable to all PlayStation userson July 5th. “Uncharted 3: DrakesDeception” will be releasedexclusively on the PlayStation 3on Nov. 1, 2011.

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Master Baker’s Institute Of

Martial Arts & Wellness405 Ashley Ridge ~ 318.865.5600

Learn From The Legend, Master Caroll Baker~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

51 Years Experience 10th Degree Blackbelt• Develop:

• Confidence • Weight Control• Self-Esteem • Flexibility• Agility • Range Of Motion

• Tae Kwon Do• Kyukkido• Judo• Jui Jitsu• Self-Defense Classes

Tactical Training• Aerobic & Anaerobic Conditioning Classes• Extreme Overall Conditioning Classes

Tactical Training ~ Mon-Thurs 8:30AM & 6:00PMChildren’s Martial Arts ~ Mon-Thurs 4:30PMAdult’s Martial Arts ~ Mon-Thurs 7:00PM