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February 28, 2014 Volume 77 Issue 3
CDM cheatingscandal
on page 2
ShapShow
on page 8
School spiriton pages6 and 7
After many complaints surrounding the conditions of the Laguna Beach tennis courts, renovations could be coming soon!
Over the past years, the Laguna Beach community has expressed its frustration with the ongoing delay re-garding the approval of the much needed tennis court renovation project to the city and district.
The current status re-
garding the tennis court renovations is being pushed forward on the agenda; how-ever, there is only one prob-lem that is most prominent: budgeting.
After the many years of debate between the city and district, school board mem-bers have called for a bid process for the design of the tennis courts.
The city and district have agreed on the Irvine based LPA Inc. architect’s plan that has an estimated cost of $1.8 million for the capital
improvements of the courts.This cost exceeded the
budget of the city and dis-trict.
The agreement for post-tension slabs (recommended by the SCUSTA) instead of regular concrete on all courts upped the ante of the cost.
Post-tension slabs re-duce the cracks in the courts while concrete cracks very easily.
Installing the post-ten-sion slabs requires elevated costs.
Furthermore, raising the courts six inches higher cre-ates an issue with the dis-ability ramp. Thus, the costs keep racking up. Overall, the cost of the project rose VLJQL¿FDQWO\� EHFDXVH� RI� WKH�many factors required by the permit.
Other planned improve-ments to the tennis courts include installation of new drinking fountain and re-pairs to court lighting, court fencing and retaining walls.
The plans for the tennis courts were partly delayed
because of disagreement be-tween the city and the school district regarding how the funding will be divided.
“Hopefully, all parties will render a decision soon because a renovation proj-ect involving post-tension concrete requires at least two months. The window of opportunity is very limited and fast approaching,” said varsity coach Don Davis.
The city and district have a joint-use agreement, meaning the city provides ����RI�WKH�¿QDQFLDO�VXSSRUW�
while the district provides 30%. Moreover, the pool, J\PQDVLXPV� DQG� ¿HOGV� DUH�also included in the joint-use agreement.
“Currently the courts are not only dangerous, but are also quickly deteriorating. I am keeping the faith that the school district and the city will make the right choices in order to preserve the in-tegrity of our community’s desire to keep tennis as a vi-tal part of Laguna Beach as well as LBHS,” said parent Michelle Jaeger.
By Stephanie Tat Editor-in-Chief
By Vick KahlonGraphic Designer
Are tennis court renovations coming soon?
(Sprotte Watson Architecture Planning)After many years of debate, the tennis court renovations have begun to move forward. The progress was a result of recent school board meetings.
1. FencingRefurbish existing line posts and new fencing and windscreens
2. Tennis CourtsOption A: Repair and resurface courts 1-6Option B: New post-ten-sion slab courts 1-5 and resurfacing of courts 1-6
3. Lighting Option A: Repair existing light poles Option B: Replace all existing lighting Option C: Provisions for future lighting
4. Spectator SeatingOption A: New aluminum bleachers Option B: New individual spectator seating Option C: Concrete bleachers
5. Player Benches Aluminum or vinyl-clad metal benches
6. Shade StructureOption 1: Single-hip cantilever fabric structureOption 2: Four-post with metal roof Option 3: Cantilever steel structure
7. Court StorageConcrete masonry or metal stud framed structure
8. Retaining WallsOption A: Partial wall replacement Option B: Complete wall replacement
9. Curb Wall Along Park Avenue6ITEMV�HEQEKIH�GYVF�[EPP�ÁRMWL��-R�EHHM-XMSR��MQTVSZI�SZIVEPP�ÁRMWL�
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Exemplary Model United Nations students win prestigious award
(Heidi Burnett)Haleigh Burnett and Andrew Landsiedel display their awards. They were awarded Best Delegate at theInternational MUN Conference in Washington D.C.
Andrew Landsiedel and Haleigh Burnett, two of the Secretary Generals of the Laguna Beach High School’s Model United Na-tion class, earned the “Best Delegate” award at the In-ternational Model United Nations Conference hosted by Georgetown Univer-sity in Washington D.C. on Feb. 13-16.
At the conference, the MUN students debated
against 100 representatives from other schools from around the world. It was WKH�¿UVW�WLPH�VWXGHQWV�IURP�LBHS earned the “Best Delegate” award at an in-ternational conference.
“We worked really hard, and I’m proud that my stu-dents’ effort paid off,” said MUN teacher Jun Shen.
In order to assess the debate, the judges scored the students’ speeches and comments. At the end of the group committee ses- sion, the judges ranked the students based on their
scores.Landsiedel and Burnett
are both still dedicated to winning the remaining conferences and training the younger MUN stu-dents.
“We have a lot of new great kids in our group, and I’m looking forward to watching the class con-tinue to grow after I gradu-ate,” said Landsiedel.
The future of the class looks promising.
The Thurston MUN
program, which was founded to be a feeder for the high school program, has almost 80 kids in-volved.
For now, Landsiedel and Burnett are content with their success at the Georgetown conference.
“The feeling I had while walking up to the stage was unlike anything I’ve felt in my life. It was an af-¿UPDWLRQ� RI� HYHU\WKLQJ� ,�have worked for in MUN,” said Burnett.
News2February 28, 2014
Cheating Scandal rocks CDM
On Jan. 22, eleven students were expelled from Corona Del Mar High School for hacking into their version of Ae-ries and changing their grades. Timothy Lai, a tutor of all the accused students, aided them in the process. After being accused of this crime, Lai has since gone missing.
“I just honestly can’t believe that happened. It’s ridiculous that a tu-tor, who is supposed to help a student, would in-stead pressure them into cheating and in fact make them worse,” said junior Makenzie Fischer.
By plugging a device into the back of teach-ers’ keyboards, the stu-dents tracked keystrokes
and gained passwords and slightly changed their grades, trying not to draw attention to the sudden boost.
“If they are smart enough to hack into a computer system, do they really need better grades?” said freshman Isaiah Galland.
Instead of being ex-pelled, the students were merely ejected from the school. This, theoretical-ly, is a lesser punishment that should not hurt the students severely during the college admissions process.
“If I chose their pun-ishment, I would expel them and then put an ethics mark in their tran-script. I just want colleges to realize how dumb they are,” said freshman Au-tumn Geil.
The students volun-tarily left the school be-fore the administration disciplined them. Leav-ing before they were of-ficially expelled provides the illusion that they left on their own choice; therefore,they may not be questioned by colleges regarding why they trans-ferred to other schools
halfway through the year.“The students should
have been punished, but since they already trans-ferred out, I don’t know what they can really do,” said junior Daniela Lu-cidi.
Not only did they cheat in school, but the students seemingly cheated the discipline system, as well.
“I think that it is unac-ceptable and not fair to the students that areap-plying to the same colleg-es and may have worked hard to get thegrade they got,” said junior Caspian Brock.
(Bella Baldridge)The school is CDM, and many of the students were caught cheating changing their grades. The students’ tutor aided them in this process.
By Kirsten LandsiedelPR Manager andBella BaldrigeReporter
Students at Corona Del Mar High School hacked into their grad-ing system and changed their grades.
7KH�LQÁXHQFH�RI�the administration
As a result of unexpect-ed, inappropriate student behavior at pep assemblies in recent school history, students, teachers and ad-ministrators have had to be cautious regarding how school spirit is fostered.
“We have to look at ASB’s ideas in terms of practicality, safety and af-fordability, but we don’t restrict them otherwise. They’re more or less free to do whatever they want,” said principal Dr. Joanne Culverhouse.
The restrictions on class chants, the most often ref-erenced control on student behavior at pep assemblies, springs from a desire to maintain a certain level of order.
“I’m all about having fun, but it is very important
to show fellow students respect. We didn’t try to outlaw chanting, we just wanted to regulate rude be-havior,” said Culverhouse.
Administration has made deliberate effort to make “class color” days fun.
On the day of the last pep assembly, Culverhouse and other administrators offered to host a pancake breakfast for the senior class. No one took them up on this offer.
In regards to the pep as-semblies, it is important to remember the amount of ef-fort that goes into planning and executing such a huge event.
“I think our pep assem-blies are great. Our kids work really hard to put them on. Our ASB kids are usu-ally there until 11 o’clock the night before setting up,” said Culverhouse.
By Andrew LandsiedelEditor-in-Chief
Listen to “Rufus” on KX 93.5 Laguna’s Only FM! Ev-ery Saturday 1-2 Pm! Listen
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The picture to the right does not show one of Lagu-na Beach’s prominent sport stars or a prestigious aca-demic student whose GPA widens the eyes of anyone who sees it. Instead, it’s Willem Vanderveen. To the naked eye, he is your aver-age student who can make others laugh, but once we dug deeper, we found out he’s not that average. I de-cided to sit down with Wil-lem to learn more.
Just looking upon the home the Vanderveens like to call “Vanderhalla,” one could imagine the depth of mystery under Wil-lem’s alabaster peel. The ¿UVW� TXHVWLRQ� WKDW� KDG� WR�be addressed was, “where was Willem last year?”
Willem’s response would widen eyes more than any astounding GPA would: “I was in the southern region of Germany last semester.”
Willem went on to speak about his trip. He told in-teresting stories like how a week before Oktober-fest, he had to line up with hoards of Germans to get a pair of Lederhosen from Germany’s Lederhosen su-per store. He spoke of fun-ny stories like how at one Oktoberfest outing, his fa-ther tackled the traditional German Christmas villain “Krampas” when a group of them attempted to wreak havoc over the festival.
“I learned that you have to eat a full chicken before Oktoberfest,” said Willem.
:LOOHP� DOVR� KDV� TXLWH�an interesting life here in Laguna Beach. His taste cannot be paralleled. If one were to look at Willem’s keychain, he would see the keys to a 1973 El Cami-no appropriately named Smaug, fashioned with a paint-job of red and black stripes. Those who follow Willem on his Instagram also know that “Smaug” has made many friends ZLWK�WKH�VDPH�ÀDVK\�¿QLVK�on the road.
Willem also lightly hinted that he is a master in aeronautics, but he am-biguously added that “that is a story for another time.” There are just so many lev-
els of Willem that are yet to be discovered.
So that’s Willem Vanderveen, just your av-erage Laguna Beach High School student.
Features3 February 28, 2014
Mr. O’Connell joins counseling staff
On Jan. 20, counselor
Nichole Rosa had her baby and is now taking time off to spend with her newborn. Workability and Transitions Partner-ship Program Coordina-tor Kevin O’Connell has been asked to take her place until she returns.
O’Connell is not a stranger to his new job or to the school. He gradu-ated from LBHS in 1988.
“It’s a great experience to work with LBHS stu-dents by supporting their goals related to schooling and employment,’ said O’Connell.
A transition service co-ordinator is someone who works with students for post secondary education planning, career guidance and local employment op-portunities.
“Working as a transi-tion coordinator was also very helpful in preparing me for my current role of filling in for Mrs. Rosa,” said O’Connell. “Coun-seling can also allow you to connect with kids on a personal level and identi-fy their goals throughout high school.”
Having students of all ages is something that
differs with transition services and counseling. The work that O’Connell is currently doing as a counselor would normal-ly worry anyone without prior experience with high school kids.
“It’s nice to work with a wider variety of stu-dents with a variety of needs to keep the day in-teresting and fun,” said O’Connell.
O’Connell hasn’t giv-
en up helping kids with college needs completely; he still works with stu-dents in their final steps of college admission re-TXLUHPHQWV��7KLV�LQFOXGHV�grade reports, financial aid and college accep-tance.
Working in the front office is a change from working in the office that he has shared with Cory Brown, the other transi-tion service coordinator
on campus.“I am proud of him,”
said Brown. “That’s what he wanted to do, and he used this job as a stepping stone to become a coun-selor.”
Although O’Connell fills the role of counselor temporarily, he likes the change of scenery.
“There are so many nice people that I enjoy working with in the front office,” said O’Connell.
Debate Club is formed
By Kammie GeorgeReporter
Willem Vanderveen conquers Bavaria
Congratulations Mrs. Rosa!
Caden Matthew Rosa
Born January 20, 2014
9.1 pounds
“We are very excited about our new little guy! Sleep deprived, but loving watch-
ing him grow every day,”said counselor Nichole Rosa.
Laguna Beach High School added yet another club to its list: the Debate Club.
Club president Liam Porter, who has a passion for arguing in a civil and controlled space, started the club.
“Many kids our age struggle with public speech, argumentative skills and the due process of a courtroom,” said Por-ter.
On Jan. 28, the club held its first meeting to establish the foundation for future meetings.
The members also discussed several topics. Some were serious top-ics, such as Palestine vs. Israel and Text-A-Tip.
Other topics were more fun, such as Star Wars vs. Star Trek and whether or not Justin Bieber should be deported.
During lunch on Feb. 4, the club held its very first debate about Text-A-Tip.
“I was disturbed when the vice principal gave examples of the program being used to inform the school and the police
about non-school related weekend activities,” said senior Kayla Baskevitch.
During the debate, %DVNHYLWFK� VTXDUHG� RII�against junior Nolan Gunsolley who expressed support for the Text-A-Tip program.
“I think it’s good how the program keeps it con-fidential. No one wants to be the one to rat someone else out,” said Gunsolley.
Gunsolley reasoned that without the program, administrators would have had to go to the stu-dents and risk the kids not giving them full informa-tion.
Both sides did agree that Text-A-Tip is a pro-gram that can be abused due to people’s care-lessness and how oth-ers might say something that’s not true.
At the end of the de-bate, club president Por-ter informally polled the club members who had been listening from the sidelines.
The majority agreed that Baskevitch’s points were more convincing and that there are some aspects of Text-A-Tip that can be improved upon.
Willem Vanderveen, standing as tall and strong as the Northern Limestone Alps, poses in traditional Leider-hosen he fashioned at the festival known as Oktoberfest. Willem Vanderveen traveled to the land of milk and honey, Germany, this past semester.
(Rufus Barkley)
By Katie WilliamsReporter
By Rufus Barkley Reporter
If a man were to adventure into the Eu-ropean wild, would he still be the same man?
(Kammie George)
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Second semester of Mrs. Steele’s 10th grade English classes will be taught by student teacher Mrs. Karmynn Crites.
Crites has been ob-serving at LBHS since September as she pre-pares for her takeover of Mrs. Steele’s 1st and 5th period English class-es, where she will be in charge of grading and in-structing.
Crites graduated from Santiago High School in Corona, CA in 2009. In June of 2013, she ob-tained a bachelors de-gree from the University of California San Diego where she majored in English Literature and minored in education.
“I am going to re-ceive a Masters of Arts in Teaching and a Creden-tial for teaching Sec-ondary English from UCI,” said Crites.
In her free time, she enjoys writing, working out, going to the beach and spend-ing time with her sis-ters over coffee.
“Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of my free time at LBHS sporting events,” said Crites.
Crites has wanted to be an English teacher since her fourth grade teacher let her read in front of the class.
“In high school, I thought I was going to be a math teacher, but I guess looking back, that event foreshadowed my ultimate destiny of be-
coming an English teach-er,” said Crites.
Crites also feels teach-ers gain a more meaning-ful relationship with their students in a non-edu-cational aspect, which is an additional reason for wanting to become a teacher.
“Some of my teach-ers were mentors as well
as teachers. [They] were able to provide support for me through difficult times,” said Crites.
The students Crites teaches get along and re-late well to her and enjoy being in her class.
“I like Ms. Crites a lot because she is really nice, and I like the way she teaches,” said sopho-more Sterling Marshall.
Crites wants to apply
to Laguna for a teaching job if there is available space in the staff in the future; if LBHS does not work out, she would still like to teach in Southern California.
“My top choice [for a teaching job] would be here because I would love to continue teaching students that I have built
a rapport with, and I love the support stu-dents have here and the environment in general,” said Crites.
By being a stu-dent teacher, some struggle and realize that teaching is not in their future.
However, Crites’ expe-rience here has cemented rather than deterred her professional hopes.
“I do feel prepared to teach my own class,” said Crites. “I think that being able to teach with this added benefit is some-thing I will be even more thankful for when I move from ‘Student Teacher’ to ‘Teacher.’”
Features
English welcomes student teacherBy Sabrina FlagstadReporter
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle By Eva Johnson Reporter
4February 28, 2014
Freshman Brooke Bunn approached the LBHS caf-eteria with high hopes of selecting something deli-cious to eat for lunch. Be-cause it was a Thursday, Bunn chose Pick Up Stix’s famous grilled teriyaki chicken and rice.
Bunn was delighted by the enjoyable taste of the chicken and the rice, but she would still rather have left school for the half hour lunch period and grabbed a slice of Gina’s pizza.
Freshmen and sopho-mores are banned from exiting the campus, even for just 30 minutes. Every now and then, we freshies grow perplexed. We won-der why we are prohib-ited from leaving school to purchase the desired food of our choice.
Assistant principal Bob Billinger has his own stu-
dent-friendly insights re-garding the topic, but says he hasn’t had any success having the policy changed.
“If 10th graders are given a license by the state of California to drive a car anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 pounds, I’m think-ing it might be okay for them to go off campus at lunch. It would make sense that if a 10th grad-er obtains their license, that would be kind of the springboard for them to get approval from their parents to go off campus at lunch,” said Billinger.
However, Billinger ac-knowledges inherent dan-gers of driving during a WLPH�FUXQFK��2I¿FHUV�WUDFN�speed, erratic driving and safe driving. Some stu-dents may rush to return to campus in order to avoid tardies, resulting in tick-ets.
Despite the potential dangers, Billinger believes
that licensed sophomores should be allowed to leave campus for lunch, along with the juniors and se-niors.
As for the freshmen, one can assume that they have friends or siblings who can legally drive oth-ers.
This then leads to a
question: Why aren’t freshmen allowed to get driven around by their up-perclassmen friends or sib-lings?
Since there is a carpool system, there will not be DV�PXFK� WUDI¿F��:LWK� RII�campus privileges, fresh-men could be content with their idea of moderate free-
dom and independence.“Ninth graders will
stay on campus. It’s kind of like they have to earn their stripes or their right of passage, so to speak, for at least one year. But as it stands now, it’s two years,” said Billinger.
Freshman Liam Yates jokingly gives advice on
how to not get caught when attempting at going off campus at lunch.
“I’d say just leave as soon as the bell rings and exit somewhere where there aren’t going to be any campus supervisors nearby,” said Yates.
Multiple students have wondered if their parents are allowed to take their children of any grade out to lunch, dropping them off right before lunch ends. The answer is yes.
“If a parent comes to WKH� RI¿FH�� JRHV� WR� WKH� DW-tendance clerk - let’s just talk ninth or tenth grad-ers - signs their kid out and says they want to take their son or daughter to lunch, that’s no problem. The problem is when a 9th or 10th grader leaves campus without authori-zation, jumps into a par-ent car, goes to lunch and then may or may not come back,” said Billinger.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Everyone has heard that at least a million times. So why doesn’t it ever seem to happen?
Polar bears are dying, the weather is erratic and orangutans’ forests are be-ing chopped down to make Nutella. Our school still tosses paper in the trash like how you throw away your hopes and dreams after see-LQJ�\RXU�¿QDO�JUDGHV�
The earth is the only place where we can live, so we should probably stop destroying it.
In San Francisco, re-cycling is second nature. There are giant compost bins and recycling recep-tacles in every building. Some schools even have their own natural com-posting, which means that worms eat leftover lunch and make dirt.
Laguna may be the most water-wise town in Orange County, but we still pow-er-wash the school? That seems kind of contradic-tory.
Extra papers are printed constantly and then thrown away. Writing on the test is super helpful, but a com-plete waste. Paper is being used constantly. It would be so easy to recycle- serious-ly, all we need are recycling bins, and then the garbage trucks do the rest.
“Right now we do have a small recycling program. We recycle our paper and plastic that the Waste Man-agement company does for us, but maybe we could do better with copy paper,”
said administrative assistant Durinda Klein. “I would think that since technology is changing so much, we ac-tually go through a lot more copy paper. We buy a lot of copy paper.”
Recycling is easy and good for the environment, so why aren’t we doing much to recycle?
Composting is another story. It’s a natural, envi-ronmentally-friendly way to get rid of extra food and cardboard, and it also makes great dirt for planting, but it is harder than recycling.
“I think we should have more recycling bins, but I don’t think we should com-post at school,” said fresh-man Autumn Geil. “Maybe some of the science classes could do it, but it would just get messy.”
However, just hav-ing simple composting wouldn’t be that hard: Clean cardboard and lunch WUD\V��KDOI�¿QLVKHG�OXQFKHV��and wet papers just go in the giant green bin. Simple.
“I don’t believe we have
any set-up for composting, like the elementary schools where they have gardens, and our gardeners don’t do that either,” said Klein.
Here in Laguna, we seem to always have nice, sunny weather, but recent-ly we’ve been having too much. Rain has been scarce lately.
So let’s think here. Is recycling really that much of a chore when you look at all the trees needed for all that paper? Is keeping the school clean by power-washing really necessary, especially in the drought we’ve been having? In America, we use so much every day- so many plastic bottles, so many pieces of paper- just excessive waste. Recycling is an easy way to keep materials in the loop, creating instead of destroy-ing. Composting is a way to make sure that someone- or something- gets your left-overs.
Being environmentally conscious is good for every-body and everything.
(Emma Barker)We must all work to conserve water as it becomes scarce. LBHS’s water conservation practices have always recent-ly fallen short.
Underclassmen question the off-campus rulesBy Claire BarnettReporter
(Claire Barnett)A freshman gets caught by campus supervisor Colleen for going off campus. Under-classmen have always been forbidden to leave campus for lunch.
(Sabrina Flagstad)Crites assists some of her students with an assignment HYVMRK�GPEWW��7LI�XSSO�SZIV�1VW��7XIIPI¸W�ÁVWX�ERH�ÁJXL�TI-riod classes second semester.
“In high school, I thought I was going to be a
math teacher”
FeaturesStudents’ favorite games5 February 28, 2014
Mid-Winter Break Fun
Along with these four events, this year’s winter Olympic events include Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Curling, Freestyle Skiing, Luge, Nordic Combined, Short Track, Skeleton, Ski Jumping and Speed Skating. The United States earned a XSXEP�SJ�ĀĆ�QIHEPW��ć�KSPH��ą�WMPZIV��ÿĀ�FVSR^I�
SNOWBOARDING
FIGURE SKATING
BOBSLEIGHING
ICE HOCKEY
One hundred students voted for their favorite winter Olympic sport to watch. Snow-FSEVHMRK�[MRW�MR�ÁVWX�TPEGI�[MXL�āĄ�ZSXIW��[LMPI�ÁKYVI�WOEXMRK�IEVRW�WIGSRH�TPEGI�[MXL�Āą�ZSXIW�
SophomoreNanette Smith:
“Went out to the slopes in Utah and did some skiing.”
Junior Liam Porter:“I took some friends that came down from France skiing.”
FreshmanBayley Thomas:“I took a trip out to San Louis Obispo with the baseball team.”
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Entertainment8February 28, 2014
“No Suits Allowed” for the 26th time By Greta ChiocchettiOpinions Editor
By Sophia GarrettReporter andJordan HartmanEntertainment Editor
To honor the drama de-partment’s grand production of Guys and Dolls, the pho-tography class has agreed to conduct a photo shoot of the play’s actors in their cos-tumes.
The theme is vintage 1940 as the theater cast poses in front of photographers for the project known as “Photo *X\V� DQG� 'ROOV�´� 7KH� ¿Q-ished works of art will be displayed in the entrance of the Artists Theatre during the show.
“It will be a lot of work,
but I’m excited! We’re go-ing to try to have it more or-ganized this production and get the main cast’s portraits featured so that they will be in the artwork,” said photog-raphy teacher Bridget Porter.
All of the students in her classes are excited to partici-pate in different sections of the project, such as setting up the lighting and painting.
“We use models in pho-tography class all the time, but working with actual ac-tors from the play makes ev-erything a lot more real and fun,” said senior photography student Ali Lindsay.
The assignment is highly complex, varying from Rock-
well-style paintings to silk screening designs. However, students in the photography class and drama department are excited to take on the challenge.
“It will be awkward to be dressed up and to pose in front of a camera,” said fresh-man Victoria Mastrocola. "I can’t wait to see how I end up looking in the pictures after they’ve been edited.”
7KH�¿QLVKHG�SURGXFWV�ZLOO�be on sale during the show and the proceeds will be used for art equipment for the vi-sual arts departments. With this worthy cause in mind, students are encouraged to do their best work on the project.
Photography, Guys and Dolls Colaboration
A lot of work goes into organizing a musical production at LBHS, as many of those involved in the department will tell you.
Math teacher Gary Shapiro is no stranger to the process. For the 26th year in a row, he has put on a tremendous show for, and partly by, the stu-dents of LBHS.
Suits were barred from the Artists Theatre in lieu of Shap’s “Shap Show.” The theater was practi-cally packed at 7:00 p.m. when doors opened, and many found it difficult to find a front-and-center spot.
When the lights dimmed, the audience erupted into applause and enthusiastic cheers to welcome Shapiro to the stage.
He showcased the nu-merous talents of LBHS in a night of entertain-ment that also acted as a fundraiser for the class of 2014’s Safe and Sober Grad Night.
A typically success-ful night, the Shap Show raised $7,000 for the
class of 2014. Judging by the size of the crowd on this particular night, this year’s level of success was to be no disappoint-ment.
Shap opened the night with a “solo,” though it wasn’t long before other students joined him on-stage, and it became a group effort.
However, Shap seemed not to mind as he played his opening piece and was able to throw a few jokes in here and there.
Shap’s interaction with the audience is always something nice to see, and it mirrors his light-hearted exchanges with his students in his math
classes. The fourth and fifth graders of El Morro stumbled in, looking hag-gard and, well, undead. Dressed in apocalyptic wear and armed with ka-zoos, they performed a rendition of “Radioac-tive” by Imagine Dragons that caught the entire au-dience’s attention.
The house had run out of places to sit around this time, as proud par-ents filled the room with constant flash photogra-phy, but that didn’t faze their little zombies.
They filed out still clawing at the air and growling.
Fellow math teacher Steve Bogusiewicz and
Shap’s rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” was nothing short of leg-endary.
The audience enthusi-astically participated in the clapping toward the middle of the song, prov-ing that a little Bowie can truly bring everyone to-gether.
Despite Marlie Beck-er’s song choice being traditional and somewhat repetitive, she executed it with the style and grace of a seasoned performer. There’s no arguing that Becker is adorable in ev-erything she does, this performance being no ex-ception.
After intermission, sis-
ters Makenna and Carissa Collins took the stage for “More Than Words.” Makenna had the misfor-tune of suffering from a cold the night of her per-formance but masked it perfectly.
Lucas Connor’s voice is always impressive and continues to impress me every time I hear it. His rendition of “This Will Be Our Year” showcased his talent and definitely didn’t disappoint.
Bailey Jaeger’s “Grav-ity” was enjoyable to watch. Some students mentioned that they liked it better than Sarah Ba-reilles’.
Rosie Morreale cre-
ated a spectacle when she introduced herself. She dedicated the song to an unnamed individual who the audience assumed had wronged her in the past by the end of the perfor-mance. I still wish I could have high-fived her in person.
Giules Clemente was a powerhouse, which is why it was unsurprising that the audience loved her.
Tony Davia combined both modern and classic rock with his mashup of “No Buses” and “Nor-wegian Wood” by the Beatles. I appreciated his tribute to the fab four, es-pecially since it was their 50th anniversary arriving in America just this Feb-ruary.
The grand finale, in-volving a father-son trum-pet duo, brought things to a close for the applauding audience.
Very soon after, stu-dents and parents filed out of the theater for the 26th time to the waiting attendees of the famous Shap Show Bake Sale.
It goes without say-ing that this year’s Shap Show was a huge success.
(Perry Nielson)Seniors Connor McCombs and Makenna Pitz pose for the Guys and Dolls/ Photogra-phy collaboration.
(Greta Chiocchetti)Left: Steven Bogusiewicz and Gary Shapiro strum their guitars in unison. The two math teachers performed a duet of “Space Oddity.” Right: The honors chorus class sings “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons. The group of elementary school students dressed up as zombies for their performance.
Opinions9 February 28, 2014
By Andrew LandsiedelEditor-in-Chief
The tyranny of Text-a-Tip Money well spent?
By Rufus BarkleyReporter
OC is louder than ever
Many universities are charging hefty amounts of unnecessary fees. Cost has played a huge factor for many when applying to college.
As students begin to apply to college, they might hope to save mon-ey and prepare for the ever-so-dreaded college tuition that comes all too fast.
Instead, students and parents have to deplete their bank accounts with a myriad of charges in order to apply to a school that the student may not even attend.
For the last decade, colleges have begun charging colossal sums of money to simply fill out and submit an online ap-plication, keeping in mind that there is a chance the university may deny ac-ceptance.
Could we possibly be paying an unidenti-fied person to deliver us bad news? Recently, well-known universities such as the University of Southern California are charging up to 80 dollars per application.
“This is why we ask students to think before they apply to a school. Students need to look at the freshman profiles to see if they are in the ball-park,” said Dawn Hun-nicutt, ROP coordinator and writing lab instructor. Hunnicutt assists seniors with their college essays in the writing lab.
The financial stress that colleges put on stu-dents is not necessary; I would hope they realize that money does not grow on trees.
“Students need to look into seeing if they can get the application fees waved. It such a burden on students. Save your money for college, not on application fees. That
is where you are going to
need it, “ said Hunnicutt. Generally, students
will apply to seven to ten schools which could add up to a whopping $560-$800.
This prodigious sum does not even reflect half of the charges to apply to college. Not only does a student
need to pay for appli-cations, but transcripts need to be sent, which cost about $4 each. SATs need to be taken, and some students need to take the tests several times, paying around $50 per test. Sending SAT and ACT scores to pro-spective colleges roughly costs $25 per school.
“Why can’t this money go towards something students will actually have to use, such as text-books, without having to pay additional fees?” said senior Charlotte Stiles.
Universities encour-age us to get a college education, yet these large charges cause me to question whether it is all worth it.
Of course it is; educa-tion is a necessity. How-ever, could universities go a little easier on the accumulation of charges?
College tuition some-times exceeds $40,000 a year, especially if you de-cide to go out of the state.
Therefore, if colleges already demand so much money for tuition, why are these unessential ap-plication charges needed?
This seemingly end-less list of questions may never be answered, but one thing is certain: col-lege is becoming more of an income opportunity than a means to provide education for students’
Music director Mookie and owner of the station Tyler Russell strike a stunning pose. The station recently won an award for their outstanding work in the community and putting Orange County on the musical radar.
(Rufus Barkley)
With overall album sales in 2013 falling a staggering 8.4%, the music business is looking for something or someone to pick this industry back up.
While music hubs of the world, such as Nashville and New York, seem like the place to search, recent breakout bands from Orange County have proven that this county produces a lot more than originally perceived.
Orange County has given birth to some of the most current and most demanded bands in recent years, such as The Growlers, Cold War Kids and Young the Giant; this leads this writer and ra-dio DJ to believe that Orange County is becoming a major player in the music world. The talent is here, and now
with the emergence of promi-nent venues like “The Obser-vatory,” more agents and re-cord label heads are stopping
by to see local talent.“If Orange County was a
major media market, it would be in the top ten in the United
States,” said Laguna Beach radio station owner Tyler Russell.
Local stations are a great way to get new, upcoming artists press.
“That’s the most exciting thing about starting the sta-tion. There is so much talent around here that hasn’t had the outlet to get out there before,” said Russell. Artists themselves are excited about the music scene around here.
Robert Jon from Robert Jon and The Wreck, which was voted Orange County’s best live band in 2013, simply said, “[I] feel pretty good.”
That is the universal feel-ing around here. With more community backing, local outlets and natural talent, Orange County’s musicians are busting down the door of the music industry, just like the Cold War Kids song title, “louder than ever.”
(Emma Barker)
The administration’s use of Text-a-Tip as a means of monitoring student be-havior outside of school is a massive overreach. This unethical practice makes a potentially effective system seem ludicrous to the stu-dent body.
Several weeks ago, as-sistant principals Bob Bill-inger and Lisa Brackez visited English classrooms to talk to students about the new program.
In addition to speaking about its use on-campus, they also mentioned that they intend to use it on weekends, vacations and even during the summer.
Am I the only one an-gry at the school for playing nanny to us? These types of measures aren’t attacking drug use or making the stu-dents safer; they are driving the students away.
This program has bred resentment in the student population. I have conclud-ed that not a single member of my immediate peer group supports the administra-tion’s use of Text-a-Tip.
This should not be the case.
If the administration had adopted this program with-out the motive of monitor-ing student behavior outside of school, it would have EHHQ�¿QH��
Text-a-Tip may or may not have been effective, but it wouldn’t have been so poorly received.
As it stands, the program is a symbol of the rampant conservatism that is threat-ening our student body.
The school administra-tion needs to respect bound-aries.
When we are on campus, our safety is in their hands. Off campus and after hours, they need to take a step back and realize that they can’t solve all of our problems.
No one can swoop in, wave a magic wand and solve every single issue fac-ing our student body.
Our school can’t even keep hard drugs off our own campus; what makes them think that they would have any chance at ending drug and alcohol use after school hours?
The school has openly said that it is working with the police towards this end. The administrators talking to my English classroom
outright stated it. I can understand the
school working with police to ensure safety on campus, but that is where the rela-tionship should end.
The administrator speak-ing to my English class even mentioned certain “police contacts” that could be used to break up parties reported through Text-a-Tip.
What makes the school think that this is within their realm of authority?
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I understand that shad-owing students is not the primary use of Text-a-Tip. To me, that is completely ir-relevant.
The fact that school ad-
ministrators came to every English classroom and told kids that the system could be used to report private parties is insane.
For a long time, I have felt disillusioned about the actions of our administra-tion.
On one hand, they are taking measures, albeit excessive, to protect the students. On another, their hard-line approach has set them at odds with the peo-ple they try to protect.
The Text-a-Tip debacle has given me a moment of clarity.
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Ethically speaking, I have serious problems with the school becoming in-volved in the private lives of its students.
On a quantitative level, I also take issue with school policies. Clearly, they are not working. The results from the Healthy Kids Sur-vey gathered over the years have proven this.
We, as students, need to tell the administration that we do not support their ac-tions. The only way to cre-ate change is through activ-ism.
That said, speak up. Tell them the error of their ways. If they can’t recognize it themselves, then we must step up to the task.
If you have comments about Text-a-Tip, please email the Brush and Palette at [email protected].
There is so much talent around here that hasn’t had an outlet to get out
there before.
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By Audrey RodriguezReporter
(Emma Barker)
As a high school senior, I realize my world
is all about change.
It seems as if nothing is staying the same.
I’m not sure where I’ll be going off to college
next year, where I’ll be working, with whom
I’ll spend time with or how many people I
will keep in touch with from high school. This
in itself can be terrifying. However, because
everything is shifting, I’m open, perceiving
change on both a large and small scale. Bob
Dylan’s “The Times, They Are A’Changin’”
comes to mind.
I have just as hard of a time coping with
the lightning-fast changes occurring around
me as anyone else does—however, recently,
I’ve sensed a trend with my peers. It’s no
question that things have quickly moved to
the online social outlet. Shockingly enough,
the very platforms that have been invented
with us in mind—Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr,
Instagram—have been written off as silly or
unnecessary. Although there are some ways to
use these sites that can be detrimental, I don’t
agree with curmudgeons who feel superior to
others because they don’t partake in the social
media platform.
I’m not saying there’s no room for missteps
in using a public forum; in fact, there are prob-
ably a million ways to make a fool of yourself
online, just as in any other public setting. The
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The ability to connect with people any-
where in the world is invaluable. This is indis-
putably Facebook’s greatest asset. Although
the site has its pitfalls (namely, online privacy),
there are so many opportunities to make con-
nections. For someone like me, who has the
majority of my family living halfway across
the globe, Facebook gives me the chance to
know them and embrace my heritage.
My father and his side of the family live
in Milan, Italy, and I hadn’t seen them for
ten years after making a move to the United
States. Thanks to Facebook chat, I have the
opportunity to know who my father is—we
can share countless bits of information, in-
cluding links to classic rock music, which is
something I feel has connected us since my
birth. He has had a lifelong career in broadcast
radio, has hosted TV shows and interviewed
music icons. Facebook links me to my father
and allows us to relate—I love the Beatles,
and so does he; at least we will always have
something to talk about. How else could he
share a video of our favorite Paul McCartney
song, “Jenny Wren,” with me? It’s safe to say
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Lately, I’ve noticed many of my peers
changing their Facebook names, most likely
because we are in the midst of the great col-
lege search, and they do not want admissions
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leaving a trail of good records behind you is
being resourceful. Come gather ‘round peo-
ple, wherever you roam: the times, they are
a’changin.’
OpinionsFebruary 28, 201410
In defense of Facebook in a changing world
By Katie GraydenNews Editor
Is Cupid coming for you?Valentines Day occurs every Febru-
ary 14th, a day in which many people
express their love through a bouquet of
red roses, a box of dark chocolates or a
thoughtful card.
This holiday has been around for sev-
eral centuries, and in fact, many other
countries celebrate this holiday too!
This holiday started many centuries ago
in Rome, when Rome outlawed mar-
riages.
Saint Valentine, a priest, secretly per-
formed marriages and then wrote a let-
ter expressing his love for his mistress.
Saint Valentine may have died right af-
ter sending the letter, but his legend is
still remembered today.
Although Saint Valentine was pas-
sionate for his loved one, you don’t
have to have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
You can celebrate this important holiday
with family and friends.
“Valentines Day is the time to show
people you care about how much you
care about them,” said senior Kay
Baskevitch.
This day allows one to appreciate the
hard work and loving care of one’s par-
ents. It also allows one to be grateful for
the patience of an older sibling or to be
thankful for the energetic younger sib-
ling. This holiday provides endless op-
portunities for one to be thankful.
Giving a friend a thoughtful card or
gift is the perfect way to honor your
friends and make their day.
“I like this holiday because I can
show people that I care about them,”
said Christian Marron.
What other holiday makes someone
feel so loved and cared for? None! This
holiday is absolutely necessary for so-
ciety. Unlike Christmas, this holiday
doesn’t consist of pricey gifts and ex-
pectations.
Instead, this holiday consists of
thoughtful ideas to make people feel
cared for. Of course, some people go out
of their way and buy pricey jewelry, but,
the pricey gifts are not needed to make
someone feel loved.
Valentines Day is not useless, for it
also helps the economy. About one bil-
lion cards are bought each year for this
important holiday, and about one hun-
dred and ten million roses are bought
each year for this holiday too. Valen-
tines Day provides anyone the chance
to express their love towards their loved
ones.
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EditorialGive me Liberty
As students with the privilege of attending a school with such
high emphasis on making our campus safe, we are familiar with the
administration having to take certain measures to protect us. How-
ever, a recent slew of tightening restrictions on student activities has
us wondering if this is all really necessary. The more they restrict us,
the larger the gap becomes between the student body and the admin-
istration.
Limiting our freedoms, especially for the senior class, frustrates us
DQG�HQFRXUDJHV� VWXGHQWV� WR�¿QG�DOWHUQDWLYH�PHDQV�RI� HQWHUWDLQPHQW��Many of these alternatives are less than desirable, including vandal-
izing campus after school hours.
Though we understand why it is important that alcohol is not asso-
ciated with school-sponsored events, the actions taken by the admin-
istration to ensure this makes us feel as if we are guilty until proven
innocent.
The new addition of Text-a-Tip’s invasive double identity as a
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cerns that the administration is overreaching its powers.
We feel as though the administration should be isolating the few
who have proven to be a problem instead of monitoring all of us col-
lectively. A staff member put it the most incisively: “They are limiting
the many to deal with a few. They should just get rid of the few.”
By: The Brush and Palette Staff
(Katie Grayden)
By Greta ChiocchettiOpinions Editor
(Emma Barker)
The Brush and Palette is published by Laguna Beach High School students
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SportsFebruary 28, 201411
By Kylie GeorgeFeatures EditorEmma BarkerReporter/Cartoonist
Juggling sports, school and life isn’t a cake walk
By Amy HewlettSports Editor
Sports: in sickness and in health
Most students in any high school spend a large amount of their time in sports. They can build use-ful skills through sports such as teamwork, depend-ability and dedication; however, balancing sports DQG�VFKRRO�FDQ�EH�GLI¿FXOW��
Okay, let’s face it: it’s really, really hard. Speak-ing as four and three year soccer players, we have spent most of our high school careers on a turf ¿HOG�IDU�DZD\�IURP�VRFLDO-izing or nose-to-book study sessions.
Playing a sport is fun, but dealing with tons of homework, tests, projects and work as well as man-aging to get more than six hours of sleep are chal-lenges athletes face every single day.
“Although sports great-ly help a person’s charac-ter, they take up a majority of your time. When I get home I don’t have much time to study or relax. I think sports slightly low-ers your grades because, instead of spending time studying, you are constant-ly training for your sport,”
said senior varsity baseball player Grant Wilhelm.
Why would playing sports be any harder than taking an ROP class or working at a part time job?
People with normal lives study and get a lot of sleep before a big test. Ath-letes don’t have that luxu-ry. When it comes to high school sports, we make time.
“I practice every day af-ter school and on the week-ends as well. During my season, I have to be able to commit myself whole-heartedly to both school and my sport. That can be hard, “ said senior varsity golfer Audrey Curtis.
The time sports players are given to actually “rest” is close to zero.
Soccer players at LBHS leave school early to go to away games twice a week during league, and many other sports require play-ers to miss class regularly. The student often feels that missing class for sports hinders his or her grade in the class he or she is miss-ing.
It’s even worse when coaches don’t adhere to the schedule that they or-ganized.
Student athletes budget
their time and schedule tu-tors around practice times, and sometimes the timing is very close. When coach-es go over the designated time frame, the kids are hurt academically because they aren’t getting the maximum amount of help from their tutors.
Some coaches go so far
past the regulated time that parents don’t even bother showing up until a half hour after practice because they don’t want to wait at the school forever.
Not only do sports cut into school time, but they also cut into students’ so-cial lives. Many sports, in-cluding boys golf, football
and girls cross country, cause students to stay out until as late as 7 p.m. for practices, and even later for matches. These long hours prevent kids from having productive social lives be-cause student athletes are trying to balance studies, sleep and sports already.
“I don’t have much time for anything other than getting my homework done and getting some shut-eye,” said junior boys golfer Gavin Blow. “I don’t mind doing that, as it forc-es me to focus on my stud-ies, but I would enjoy hav-ing some time to do what I want for at least a little while.”
In addition, both boys and girls water polo have insane hours of commit-ment. Practices go for roughly three hours af-ter school and an hour and twenty minutes in the mornings before school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
“It’s more like life out-side of water polo cuts into water polo than the other way around. It’s my life,” said junior varsity water polo player Jack Dodsen.
As athletes, we must VDFUL¿FH�JRLQJ� WR� WKDW� OHJ-endary birthday party that
everyone will talk about for the next two weeks, or seeing that awesome mov-ie that will win a ton of DZDUGV�LQ�RUGHU�WR�¿W�LQ�WZR�more hours of practice that may or may not be needed.
As more and more of WKHVH� FRQÀLFWV� DULVH�� ZH�start asking ourselves, “Do I really need to practice? I go to every single practice, but I miss all of the once-in-a-lifetime chances that are put my way because of it. Is it really worth it?”
Sometimes, it really isn’t. We’re not saying don’t go to practice or put in an effort for your sport. No, we’re just saying that maybe going to your old friend’s snowboarding party in Big Bear might be a bit more rewarding than going to practice for a sport that you’ve played your whole life.
Students who can bal-ance everything well are our heroes. We all want to aspire to be like them so that maybe we can stop stressing about how to get DW� OHDVW�¿YH�KRXUV�RI�VOHHS�a night after doing those three hours of homework, going to practice for four hours and creating healthy relationships with friends for a little bit.
If you play a sport, as most students at this school do, you are well aware of the struggle of playing through sickness.
It sucks. As you try as hard as you can to move your body around the ¿HOG�� FRXUW�� WUDFN� RU� SRRO��you suffer from body aches, nausea and frequent coughing attacks.
“Run through it,” they say. “Sweat it out,” they say.
In many cases, working out results in you becom-ing even sicker. It is just frustrating to put all of your effort into practice or a game only to succumb to your illness.
To add to that, by at-tending practices you are most likely infecting your teammates with whatever illness you have contract-ed.
To avoid the dreadful FROG�RU�ÀX�WKDW�VHHPV�LQHY-itable to most high school athletes, consider the fol-lowing tips.
We have a relatively small school, meaning there is not enough space for every team to have a practice right after school.
This leads to late night practices, even when it
is raining, windy or just freezing out.
If you know it will be a little chilly out, bring some sweatpants and a jacket - maybe bring two jackets.
You may not look too cute, but at least you won’t freeze.
Once one person on your team gets sick, it seems to spiral out of con-trol; practices begin to ORRN�OLNH�DQ�LQ¿UPDU\�
If you are sick, distance yourself from your team-mates; if your teammate is sick, stay away from him or her.
You are not indestruc-tible; if your friend is coughing her lungs out two feet away from you, you will most likely get hit by some of the germs.
In the midst of a sea-
son, athletes tend to get overwhelmed with re-sponsibilities; schoolwork, practices, work and social lives leave athletes fully occupied.
With so many things to do day-to-day, athletes tend to neglect their health. Even if you are swamped with work and activities, it is important to eat health-ily, to sleep often and not to run yourself into the ground.
Even after following all of these precautionary steps, it is still very likely for one to catch a cold or ÀX�GXULQJ�D�VSRUW�VHDVRQ�
The best thing to do when you are sick is to rest and to take care of yourself rather than push yourself too hard and spread your illness.
(Kylie George)
Junior Taylor Addis and fellow football players stay late after school to work out. Many sports require players to put in countless hours of work that could be spent on studying or hanging out with friends.
(Emma Barker)
Sports12February 28, 2014
Girls Basketball:Record: 18-9-0CIF: made it to the second round against Cantwell High School.“We had a really great season and we all worked really hard and had a lot of fun,” said sophomore Fran-cesca Cecutti.
By Amy HewlettSports Editor
Score Board:
Boys Basketball:Record: 25-6-0CIF: made it to the second round against Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School.“Hard work beats tal-ent when talent doesn’t work hard,” said senior Joshua Adams.
Girls Soccer:Record: 13-6-4CIF: made it to the second round against Serrano High School.“I’m really proud what we accomplished this season and can’t wait until next year,” said sophomore Sum-mer Stanaland.
Boys Soccer:Record: 11-6-4CIF: made it to the second round against Baldwin Park High School.“Our soccer squad was as masterful as a Pi-casso painting. T’was a good year,” said junior Harrison Gregory.
Girls Water Polo:Record: 29-1CIF: play in the finals against Newport Har-bor High School on March 1.“It’s been a great season so far with a great group of girls, ” said junior Makenzie Fischer.
Two Wongs make a right Breaking breakers’ basketball record
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