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Student News

Features

Arts&Entertainment

Sports

Behind the scenes with Stugo 4Big Brother is Watching You 5Hipster Revolution 6

Mac vs. Pc 7Branded 8

Facebook Slamming 10Workshop 11At the Fringe 12

Post Potter Depression 14Pottermore 16Let the Game Begin 17

Meet the Players 18League Letdown 20Division Changes 21

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Opinions

photo illustration by: Alex Shea

Stacey Shcolnik AdviserAlex Shea Editor-in-ChiefHayley Mann Features EditorSam Brebner Student News EditorEmily Bell Opinions EditorErika Mionis Sports Editor

Meet the Staff

Hannah Beard Courtney FoltzRebecca GloverAlex GrunwaldGabby Hirneise

Kaci MelidoniMaddy ReckSarah RobinsMatt WallJulie Woudenberg

Staff Writers

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

YOU

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-Courtney Foltz staff writerPhoto by Samuel Brebner

jj-jAccording to Officer Bingham, the campus officer, during the last three years there have been between 35 and 40 reported thefts and burglaries at Chaparral. The most common items stolen are iPods, cell phones, wallets, and money, but hopefully these stolen items will be reunited with their owners thanks to the new security cameras around campus. Theft and burglary are the biggest crimes at Chaparral, as stated by Officer Bingham. So, what is administration doing about it? Officer Bingham proposed installing more security cameras throughout the campus. “A couple of years ago the District had some money to put cam-eras throughout the school district and there was a lack of communi-cation on where and how many cameras each school got, so we only ended up getting about five cameras,” said Officer Bingham. Those five cameras were not enough to monitor or deter students from stealing. Officer Bingham wished to keep an eye on the areas around campus that were left unsupervised because of the lack of coverage. “Over the past two or three years I’ve been here, I’ve noticed there were a lot of problem areas, so I wanted to get those filled in. Right now, with the economy, the District doesn’t have the money to do that, so I went to CHAPTS to see if they could help,” Officer Bing-ham continued. CHAPTS (Chaparral High Association of Parents and Teachers) usually pays for Project Graduation, things that help teachers, and, this year, Officer Bingham’s request for new security cameras. They purchased about 20 security cameras for the campus, and installed them mostly in the hallways, in front of bathrooms, and watching the fire lanes.

“I think CHAPTS paid about $27,000 [for the cameras],” said Principal Gayle Holland. Since stealing is a major threat at school, security cameras help administration find and repossess stolen items. When something happens, Officer Bingham can play back and review the tape. The cameras have benefited the school this year already. They have helped Officer Bingham and the administration investigate a previous issue using the playback feature that allows him to view earlier film in order to find out what happened. “We have had a few [incidents] and I’ve gone back to the cameras to view and speak with a few kids that looked like they may not belong,” Officer Bingham said. These new security cameras are mostly for benefit the administra-tion; however, how do the students feel about having the security cameras? Senior Megan Mahoney said that she thinks the cameras will improve the administration’s ability to find students who mis-behave, and they will benefit the student body if something bad did occur. “After what happened on the last few days of school last year, they might be necessary just to stop craziness,” Mahoney explained. Not all the students agree with Mahoney. Some think that the cameras are unnecessary and a waste of money. “I just think people are still going to be doing what they’re doing, like they don’t care. People still steal from stores even though they have cameras,” said senior Connor Harrison. Another senior, Troy Kozlowski, also said that he does not think the cameras are necessary. “Nobody in this school really does anything that terrible, so it’s not a big deal for them to catch them like throwing a water bottle,” Kozlowski said. The security cameras are greatly appreciated by administration, who feel they will benefit the students if any incidents occur. They are always watching over the campus; watching everything that goes on between class periods, at lunch, and after school. They are ready to record any crimes that occur on campus and to discourage students from steal-ing. If an incident ever occurs on the grounds of Chaparral High School, we will know who to blame. “This school year, 11-12, I have had one reported theft and five reported burglaries but with the use of the cameras we have been able to identify the offenders in three of the burglaries and get property back to the victim,” Officer Bing-ham said.

When 4th hour begins, Student Government gathers in Ms. Pratt’s room to plan events including Prom, homecoming, pep assemblies, Sadie Hawkins, and various charity drives. But what exactly does this entail? Planning for these events takes a surprisingly large amount of time and money. This year’s homecoming dance took months to plan and cost approximately $20,000. “Usually we plan homecoming from the beginning of school, but this year, due to how early the dance was, we had to plan Homecom-ing over the summer. So we put a lot of time into it,” said Senior Class President Aaron Goodman. Prom is even more expensive and time-consuming than homecom-ing. Student Government plans for the dance all year long, and \last-minute modifications are often made the day before Prom. Ac-cording to Goodman, last year’s Prom cost approximately $40,000. “For Prom, there are a number of fundraisers put on by the juniors, such as the Yogurtology Fundraiser because we obviously need to raise money. [The juniors] also host fundraisers at California Pizza Kitchen and at other locations,” said Goodman. Student Body President Douglass Jamison feels that fundraising is one of the more important responsibilities that StuGo members have. “The reason why the dances cost so much money is because of the venues. They’re really expensive. Choosing a venue is very difficult

to do because of district rules. We’re very limited in our options, and we have to see what we can afford, and what places can hold our projected capac-ity, and then we have to tour the places and vote. There is always pressure to put on a good event and to make things appealing as pos-sible. But at the end of the day we have to realize that we can’t make everyone happy,” said Jamison. StuGo representatives often feel the pressure that Jamison de-scribed, but they also feel that their hard work is worthwhile. “I was in StuGo last year so I’ve been more organized and on top of things, but Homecoming came so fast this year that it was still hectic. But I’m proud of making people feel involved in the school. Just the vibe that we have here at Chaparral. It’s so spirited and fun,” said Senior Class Secretary Bryce Patrick. Jamison’s main goal for this year is to keep the fun spirit rolling. “I love the school spirit. You can tell when the school is happy. When things are going well there’s a different feeling on campus. During homecoming week and during the first week of school there’s a different vibe, and I want to have that vibe on campus throughout the year,” said Jamison.

“Student govern-ment represents the student body like they speak up for the students by helping to express what the stu-dents want for the school.”

“They take care of planning events and speaking at the assemblies and stuff. They plan events such as dances and pre-football game events.”

“[Stugo] makes our life as a student here better by bringing our opin-ions to the princi-pal.”

“They plan activites for the school and have fundraisers to raise money for edu-cational things like books.”

Conor Wilson Sean Sun Maci Segal Jenna Bielek

Whatdoes STUGO do?

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-Rebecca Gloveer staff writer-Erika Mionis sports editor

STUGOBehind the Scenes

“First rule of being a hipster is you never admit to being a hipster… Ever,” junior Steven Bassett said. According to Time Magazine, the hipsters are a generation of mid-dle-class youths interested in an alternative art and music scene, but instead of creating a culture of their own, hipsters have been content to borrow from trends long past. “I don’t really admit to being a hipster,” Bassett said. There is no “central style” of the hipster. Everyone has their own influence and inspiration for their look. Tumblr inspires sophomore Nicollete Moldovan. Currently, the majority of the pictures blogged and reblogged on Tumblr are either pictures of hipsters, their clothing, or music artists that are popular within the hipster crowd. “Female hipsters love to use Blogspot, Tumblr, or Wordpress taking photos with their Holga cameras of cross-processed and ‘dreamy-like’ pictures of themselves in a field, by the ocean, in forests, in their

hipster rooms,” said a wikiHow article entitled How To Be A Hipster. Female hipsters seem to be more involved with these picture blogging websites than males because they are the main fea-tures of the pictures being shared. Hipsters are often influ-enced by media, but they can find inspiration anywhere. “But if I were to say if I had any influences it’s those people with shaggy hair, and unshaven faces, and abnormally colored, tightened clothing, listening to music that is too obscure for your taste,” Bassett said. The inspirations for these looks are found at various stores. When looking for particular shirts or accessories, even if it is a somewhat of a challenge, hipsters know where to go. “[My goal] is to not be like anyone else. I don’t follow like designers or anything,” sophomore Morgan Sands said. Like Morgan, a lot of hipsters don’t like to follow designers, they just pick up what fits their hipster look. “Stores? Well, exclusively Goodwill, exclusively Goodwill. That’s it. And occasionally if I get a coupon or something I’ll go to Urban Outfitters or something, but exclusively Goodwill,”

Bassett said. One of the latest looks is the mermaid hair. Mermaid hair is long, wavy, natural hair. No extensions added. “I think long, wavy hair is absolutely stunning on girls. It is my favorite, I wish mine looked like that,” said Gabby Deangelo, sophomore. Toms shoes seem to be essential as far as “kicks” go. The majority of teenagers have at least one pair of Vans floating around their closet, but these canvas shoes are part of a transition from Vans to Toms. They give a retro look, plus for every one pair of Toms shoes purchased, one pair goes to a child in need, the One For One Toms program…totally hipster. For the most part, hipsters don’t care what other people think. They make their outfits unique, have the confi-dence to wear them, and let no one get in the way of how they look and dress. The hipsters are simply free spirits with a unique fashion sense.

Hipster Revolution

>>Totally Hipster

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From left: Morgan Sands, vintage frames, Toms shoes, and bracelets.

Above: ShayeHoldawayRight: Jesse Bass

-Maddy Reck staff writer

Everyone likes to claim that they are the best. This is just the case between Windows and Apple (aka PC and Mac). Both operating systems declare that they are one of a kind and nothing can beat what they have to offer. Because of Apple’s massive following, there are many online news forums luring readers to buy its products. Both systems are the same when compared and tested. Apple and Windows are both great to use, and both claim that they are simply the way to go. Apple.com states that once a consumer buys just one of their products, they will not want to go back to Windows. According to the Windows website, PC is way better than their competitors. Both websites display negative examples of their opponent, while making their own products look better. Apple tends to compare the technical features, whereas Microsoft focuses on the fancier features (Blu-ray DVD players, etc.) “I like Macs because they are nicer and easier to use,” adds freshman Lauren Klein. “I use it primarily for typing papers and the Internet. It just has a better software.” There seem to be more articles siding with Apple than there are claiming their support for Windows. Consumers like the predictability and consistency of Apple computers, saying that they are faster, easier, and less confusing to use than Windows. “I recommend Mac OS because it’s faster, it gets very few viruses, and is more user-friendly. It has a clear layout and it’s easy to find programs without having to dig into tons of virtual files,” Natalie Mio-nis, a sophomore declares. “It’s way easier to use than

Windows because everything is so accessible.” On the other hand, there seems to be grow-ing support for windows, especially for the new Windows 7. When Windows introduced Windows Vista, many complications were reported by comsumers. They quickly fixed those mishaps and came out with the most recent version, Windows 7. “Especially with Windows 7, it is very reliable. It hasn’t really crashed or any-thing. They are pretty easy to use, and they have gotten a lot better at tech support recently, which is really nice too.” Steven Karis, a senior, claims. Surprisingly both systems use the same basic proces-sor, which is Intel. The truth is that Mac’s and PC’s are technically the same. A test was done by the magazine, Popular Mechanics, comparing both comput-ers to finally end the war. They compared start up times, shut down times, the download of Microsoft Word, and many other factors. The times were just milliseconds away from one another, if there was any time difference. Both companies have the same desire to produce the perfect product for their customers. Yes, Windows may be slower, but only by a fraction of a second or so. The two systems are both very easy to use, just in different ways. The only difference that was found were the download, start up, and shut down times, which really weren’t all that different, and the user rat-ings. Whether a Mac is better than a PC, the decision of one or the other is up to the buyer.

MAC vs. PC

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-Julie Woudenberg staff writer

The Art of War

jAmericans. We claim that our country is the best in the world, but is that still true? The rest of the world envied our ingenuity, our employment and our desire for a better future. But, in more recent years, we have started to settle for whatever is put in front of us. We want it simple, we want it cheap and we want it now. That’s the American attitude today. We don’t like change, and once some-thing works, we stick with it. We want the least amount of work to produce the best results. The problem is that the least amount of work often produces mediocre results. We usually end up with rushed, substandard goods. This is obvious when it comes to American eating habits. In the fast food industry, there is one iconic American restaurant everyone thinks of. McDonalds. When it first opened in 1940, McDonalds served a simple menu of burgers, fries and bever-ages. Without the fancy items offered at other restaurants, they were able to produce food more efficiently. Now, over 70 years later, there are gold-en arches all over the world. McDonalds advertises cheap, fast and well-known food. And that is why we love it. Because if McDonalds did a complete overhaul of its menu and changed everything around, it wouldn’t have the same feel-ing. We like the greasy burgers, the salty fries and the too-chocolatey milkshakes. Although it’s most apparent in our food choices, we stick with familiar favorites in other areas of life too. In a technologi-cal environment that is constantly chang-ing, it is rare to find a product that stays consistent. But, for most people, there is only one way to find information online: Google. For the past 12 years, Google has been the go-to for finding out anything and ev-erything. According to GlobalStats.com, over 90 percent of all searches are done through Google. It is fast, simple and

free. But, Google is far from perfect. It often shows irrelevant search results and forces the user to scroll through numer-ous links to find the valid ones. “I think that Bing.com is actually more practical but when I need to look up something I think ‘Oh, I have to Google that!’” commented senior Sam Frank. Even when it comes to buying every-day items at the store, Americans show a

tendency to take the easy route. Instead of taking the time to go to smaller, individu-alized stores, they drive to the nearest Walmart, a one-

stop shopping experience. Everything is cheap, and most of it is low quality, but it is fast and easy. “They literally have everything. Where else can you find cosmic brownies in the same place as you can find a t-shirt? My most recent purchase was a pair of khaki shorts. Before that, a pink princess crown. Like I said, Walmart has it all,” claims junior Margaret Stuart. It may be easy to go to one place and buy everything, but settling for low-qual-ity merchandise at places like Walmart is leading Americans to live lower-quality lives. Part of the reason for our addiction to these American stand-bys is their ad campaigns. Every time a McDon-ald’s commercial comes on television, it shows happy people eating perfect burgers in clean restaurants, enjoying life. This makes us associate a good day

with McDonalds and crave more of that greasy food. Walmart appeals to the average Ameri-can. The commercials show average Joes both working and shopping at Walmart, making the most of their pay check. It encourages middle-class America to come and save money when shopping for the family. When it comes to Google, there is no ad campaign. Google has such a well established reputation as reliable that it hardly needs to advertise. It was the first and only of its kind in the land of search engines for so long that few people feel the need to switch. In fact, other com-panies come to Google offering to pay if they can advertise on the search site. Americans need to make a change. There are healthier and better food op-tions. There are more efficient ways to do research. There are smaller stores that offer better products. Without the constant drive for better technology and higher living standards, we never would have gotten out of the Stone Age. It is time for us to adjust our complacent American attitude and start trying new things, even if they aren’t what we’re used to. If we stop demand-ing better choices, they will stop being available. And when that happens, we will be stuck with greasy burgers, generic clothing, and way too many links to scroll through.

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The Truth

Behind

Franchise

Loyalty -Emily Bell opinions editor

McDonaldsDick and Mac McDonald opened the drive-in restaurant McDonalds Bar-B-Que in 1940. In 1954, Ray Kroc decided to franchise the business. The rest is history. Today, the chain has expanded to have 33,000 stores in 118 coun-tries. It is worth $15.15 billion.

In 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart discount store in Rogers, Arkansas. By 1969, the company was incorporated. Today, there are 1,478 discount stores and 1,471 supercenters in the U.S. The company employs 1.2 million people and is worth $410 billion.

Walmart

When graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin first developed BackRub in 1996, they intend-ed it to be a search engine for Stanford students. A year later they changed the name to Google (a play on the word googol meaning a one followed by 100 zeros) and it became a hit. Today, with 20,000 employees worldwide, Google supports 15 languages and is worth $190 billion.

Google

“Where else can you find cosmic brownies in the same place as

you can find a t-shirt?”

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jAmericans. We claim that our country is the best in the world, but is that still true? The rest of the world envied our ingenuity, our employment and our desire for a better future. But, in more recent years, we have started to settle for whatever is put in front of us. We want it simple, we want it cheap and we want it now. That’s the American attitude today. We don’t like change, and once some-thing works, we stick with it. We want the least amount of work to produce the best results. The problem is that the least amount of work often produces mediocre results. We usually end up with rushed, substandard goods. This is obvious when it comes to American eating habits. In the fast food industry, there is one iconic American restaurant everyone thinks of. McDonalds. When it first opened in 1940, McDonalds served a simple menu of burgers, fries and bever-ages. Without the fancy items offered at other restaurants, they were able to produce food more efficiently. Now, over 70 years later, there are gold-en arches all over the world. McDonalds advertises cheap, fast and well-known food. And that is why we love it. Because if McDonalds did a complete overhaul of its menu and changed everything around, it wouldn’t have the same feel-ing. We like the greasy burgers, the salty fries and the too-chocolatey milkshakes. Although it’s most apparent in our food choices, we stick with familiar favorites in other areas of life too. In a technologi-cal environment that is constantly chang-ing, it is rare to find a product that stays consistent. But, for most people, there is only one way to find information online: Google. For the past 12 years, Google has been the go-to for finding out anything and ev-erything. According to GlobalStats.com, over 90 percent of all searches are done through Google. It is fast, simple and

free. But, Google is far from perfect. It often shows irrelevant search results and forces the user to scroll through numer-ous links to find the valid ones. “I think that Bing.com is actually more practical but when I need to look up something I think ‘Oh, I have to Google that!’” commented senior Sam Frank. Even when it comes to buying every-day items at the store, Americans show a

tendency to take the easy route. Instead of taking the time to go to smaller, individu-alized stores, they drive to the nearest Walmart, a one-

stop shopping experience. Everything is cheap, and most of it is low quality, but it is fast and easy. “They literally have everything. Where else can you find cosmic brownies in the same place as you can find a t-shirt? My most recent purchase was a pair of khaki shorts. Before that, a pink princess crown. Like I said, Walmart has it all,” claims junior Margaret Stuart. It may be easy to go to one place and buy everything, but settling for low-qual-ity merchandise at places like Walmart is leading Americans to live lower-quality lives. Part of the reason for our addiction to these American stand-bys is their ad campaigns. Every time a McDon-ald’s commercial comes on television, it shows happy people eating perfect burgers in clean restaurants, enjoying life. This makes us associate a good day

with McDonalds and crave more of that greasy food. Walmart appeals to the average Ameri-can. The commercials show average Joes both working and shopping at Walmart, making the most of their pay check. It encourages middle-class America to come and save money when shopping for the family. When it comes to Google, there is no ad campaign. Google has such a well established reputation as reliable that it hardly needs to advertise. It was the first and only of its kind in the land of search engines for so long that few people feel the need to switch. In fact, other com-panies come to Google offering to pay if they can advertise on the search site. Americans need to make a change. There are healthier and better food op-tions. There are more efficient ways to do research. There are smaller stores that offer better products. Without the constant drive for better technology and higher living standards, we never would have gotten out of the Stone Age. It is time for us to adjust our complacent American attitude and start trying new things, even if they aren’t what we’re used to. If we stop demand-ing better choices, they will stop being available. And when that happens, we will be stuck with greasy burgers, generic clothing, and way too many links to scroll through.

DID

YO

U K

NO

W?

The Truth

Behind

Franchise

Loyalty -Emily Bell opinions editor

McDonaldsDick and Mac McDonald opened the drive-in restaurant McDonalds Bar-B-Que in 1940. In 1954, Ray Kroc decided to franchise the business. The rest is history. Today, the chain has expanded to have 33,000 stores in 118 coun-tries. It is worth $15.15 billion.

In 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart discount store in Rogers, Arkansas. By 1969, the company was incorporated. Today, there are 1,478 discount stores and 1,471 supercenters in the U.S. The company employs 1.2 million people and is worth $410 billion.

Walmart

When graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin first developed BackRub in 1996, they intend-ed it to be a search engine for Stanford students. A year later they changed the name to Google (a play on the word googol meaning a one followed by 100 zeros) and it became a hit. Today, with 20,000 employees worldwide, Google supports 15 languages and is worth $190 billion.

Google

“Where else can you find cosmic brownies in the same place as

you can find a t-shirt?”

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Girls can get pretty nasty on-line and it’s hard to tell if the other person is being sarcastic or serious because online the

tone of voice isn’t clear.

As a person who spends more time doing things online than anything else, I’ve seen more than my fair share of cyberbul-

lying. I’ve known people who were driven to the point of suicide. I’ve noticed that many of these online bullies don’t

realize the full extent of what they are doing.

Cyberbullies are extremely dangerous because they can’t see the damage they cause to others. They often take things too far and cause massive amounts of emotional pain to certain individuals.

facebook slammingForty-three per-cent of teens have been victims of c y b e r - b u l l y i n g

in the last year according to the Na-tional Crime Prevention Council. Facebook has caused bullying to be-come more widespread, and Chaparral High School is no exception. “Kath-erine”, an anonymous sophomore at Chaparral, experienced this her fresh-man year, when she was continuously bullied over Facebook chat. People Katherine barely knew were calling her names and told her she should go die. “They didn’t have the balls to tell me in person, so they attacked me through facebook,” Katherine said. Katherine tried to brush off the inci-dent, but as the comments escalated to a point of trauma too great for Kather-ine to handle, she told her best friend. “Telling my best friend was re-ally helpful because she was ac-

tually going through kinda the same thing as me,” Katherine siad. She finally confronted the bullies at school and told them to stop bullying her. “They stopped because they re-alized that I wasn’t going to back down and that they definitely went too far,” Katherine said. This face-to-face contact sent the message that Katherine was confident enough to come out from behind a computer, unlike her bullies, and con-front the problem face-to-face and ending the bullying once and for all. Another student we’ll call “Charleen”, now a sophomore, experienced the same harassment throughout her fresh-man year as well. Peers looked through her pictures on Facebook and called her disgusting names through comments. “They would comment on my statuses that I was slutty and shouldn’t take pic-tures of myself at all. And they were all older than me which made everything

even more intimidating,” Charleen said. These upperclassmen even bul-lied her in school. This escalation forced Charleen to expose the bul-lying in order to attempt to stop it. “I told my mom first because she could see the mean comments through Facebook, and she told me not to mind them because they don’t know anything about me. My friends were also really helpful because they knew the truth about me and didn’t care what other people were saying,” Charleen said. 1 in 3 adolescents experience cyber-bul-lying, but Katherine and Anonymous both overcame the tumultuous bullying experience as freshman to emerge as stronger, more confident sophomores. “I know who my real friends are, and that makes high school and dealing with the bullying so much easier,” Charleen said.

antha perkins

calen leverant

blakeley koziol

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-Hannah Beard staff writer

ounseling for students by students. This philosophy is the essence of Leadership Workshops Founda-tion for Youth and Family‚ more commonly known as Workshop. In the late 1970’s Dr. Frances Mills-Yerger noticed that her children and other children in her community needed a place to grow and develop skills that aids in facing adolescence. The program is centered in D.C. Ranch, Ari-zona at the Homestead Community Center. The program accepts 110 kids each summer as participants‚ and students that have graduated the program can come back to become peer leaders. These peer leaders spend over 350 hours a year training and counseling. This select group of teens become a close family not only with each other‚ but also with the kids they counsel. “We’re just someone who can be there for the kids to talk to and give them someone to look up to since majority of them don’t have a role model outside of the program,” junior Megan Kotzin explains. Kotzin participated in workshop for one year‚ and is now a peer leader about to enter her third year. But to the peer leaders‚ workshop is more than various week-long sessions of counsel-ing in the summer. The peer leaders promise three years of volunteering and to adhere to strict rules regarding dating‚ bonding‚ and time commitment. Peer leaders are required to attend a weekend of ‘training’ which varies from bonding activities to discussing the rules of the program. “Hawley Lake is where the peer leaders go

to bond with each other for a weekend and learn the rules of workshop, like not dating one another and the time commitment. It’s such a cool place because we all get to know each other really well and have a lot of fun” junior Kylie Fortune says. Fortune participat-ed in workshop for two years before becoming a peer leader for the last three years. Despite the rigidity of the program‚ the par-ticipants and peer leaders acquire knowledge on how to navigate adolescence‚ from friend-ships to self confidence to peer pressure. “You make so many lasting friendships that you can rely on because you know a lot about the other peer leaders. We’re like a family” Fortune says.

These peer leaders are required to spend bond-ing hours with each other, which makes them form lasting friendships that they value for the honesty and supportiveness. Kendra Mitchell, a peer leader from 2001-2003 explains “I have learned that being chal-lenged to grow is a good thing. You cannot help others until you help and love yourself first. I have also learned how important it is to get involved in your community and with your peers, because they are the people that will help you, teach you and allow you to grow and become a better person in our beautiful journey through life.”

Workshops for Youth and Families

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-Hayley Mann editorFamilya new kind of

ounseling for students by students. This philosophy is the essence of Leadership Workshops Founda-tion for Youth and Family‚ more commonly known as Workshop. In the late 1970’s Dr. Frances Mills-Yerger noticed that her children and other children in her community needed a place to grow and develop skills that aids in facing adolescence. The program is centered in D.C. Ranch, Ari-zona at the Homestead Community Center. The program accepts 110 kids each summer as participants‚ and students that have graduated the program can come back to become peer leaders. These peer leaders spend over 350 hours a year training and counseling. This select group of teens become a close family not only with each other‚ but also with the kids they counsel. “We’re just someone who can be there for the kids to talk to and give them someone to look up to since majority of them don’t have a role model outside of the program,” junior Megan Kotzin explains. Kotzin participated in workshop for one year‚ and is now a peer leader about to enter her third year. But to the peer leaders‚ workshop is more than various week-long sessions of counsel-ing in the summer. The peer leaders promise three years of volunteering and to adhere to strict rules regarding dating‚ bonding‚ and time commitment. Peer leaders are required to attend a weekend of ‘training’ which varies from bonding activities to discussing the rules of the program. “Hawley Lake is where the peer leaders go

to bond with each other for a weekend and learn the rules of workshop, like not dating one another and the time commitment. It’s such a cool place because we all get to know each other really well and have a lot of fun” junior Kylie Fortune says. Fortune participat-ed in workshop for two years before becoming a peer leader for the last three years. Despite the rigidity of the program‚ the par-ticipants and peer leaders acquire knowledge on how to navigate adolescence‚ from friend-ships to self confidence to peer pressure. “You make so many lasting friendships that you can rely on because you know a lot about the other peer leaders. We’re like a family” Fortune says.

These peer leaders are required to spend bond-ing hours with each other, which makes them form lasting friendships that they value for the honesty and supportiveness. Kendra Mitchell, a peer leader from 2001-2003 explains “I have learned that being chal-lenged to grow is a good thing. You cannot help others until you help and love yourself first. I have also learned how important it is to get involved in your community and with your peers, because they are the people that will help you, teach you and allow you to grow and become a better person in our beautiful journey through life.”

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T his past summer, Chaparral’s theater department had the honor of participating in Edinburgh, Scotland’s annual Festival Fringe, an international performing arts gathering giving recognition to up-and-coming talents, as well as to familiar names in show busi-ness. Chaparral’s production of the The Robber Bridegroom was per-formed by theater students Boston Scott, Bella Schauer, Rachel Klausner, Jetta Jurianz, Ben Fox, Liz Thul, James Phillips, and Emily Statham, “We [performed] Robber Bridegroom, which is basically a case of mistaken identity where everyone falls in love with the wrong person,” senior Schauer explained. “We performed it four times, then we did a teaser at the Royal Mile, which is the place where everyone hands out flyers and stuff. It’s like the center, then every-thing expands from that. We also did some of our songs, so we were performing in the street for some of it.” The troupe navigated the Fringe’s hustle and bustle in full, elaborate and occasionally hilarious ensembles in order to attract potential Bridegroom attendees. “We [were] in full costume walking the streets and it [was] pouring rain,” senior Klausner said. “The lead had a dress and a petticoat that she couldn’t carry with an umbrella, so there were four of us surrounding her, picking up her dress, holding an um-brella, holding her purse, because it’s a really expensive costume that was just getting drenched.” Other actors from around the globe offered experience and advice to the newbies. "It was really supportive,” senior Klausner said. “We stayed with a bunch of high schools…when you took the bus to your show, another high school could be on with you that had seen the show. So, we traveled with our audience pretty much. They would always be really supportive... A lot of times people would clap.” Although the prominence of performing at the festival brought out their best, there were some new challenges. “You’re tired, you’re in a foreign country, you’re jet-lagged, you’re on a stage where you’ve never performed before, and you’re nervous,” Schauer said. Festival devotees and die-hard drama geeks alike drop in a customary donation or two to keep the productions running each

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year; however, when it comes to covering the skyrocketing cost of transportation and hospitality for overseas visitors like Chap-arral, this type of kindly contribution likely won't make much of an impact. "We’ve been planning this for about two years," said Klausner. “We pretty much went with no money in our account and ended up raising a ton. I personally took $1,000 off my trip just from fundraising. We had to work our butts off.” Even with the extra projects like Otter Pop sales, Improv shows, and large-scale performances like Fools and The Robber Bridegroom, most of the money had to be obtained by the par-ticipants themselves. In addition to these complications, many of the characters in the show, graduating students, had to be re-placed once the department got wind of the Fringe’s acceptance.

"A lot of [the show] got recast. We got in at the very end of our sophomore year,” Schauer said. “There was a lot of rehearsal over the summer. We rehearsed for a month for a show we’d done a year ago. It’s been a long process.” With all the trouble to get to Scotland, the stress hasn’t seemed to turn them off to the idea of undertaking such a venture again. “We want to get a few years ahead of it, so we’re gonna start trying to fundraise now so the kids in a few years don’t have to do that much work,” Schauer said. “We’re thinking of doing it maybe in 2014.”“Hopefully the class that does go next will be able to go for a lot less so they can enjoy themselves,” Klausner said. “We fund-raised up the wazoo. It was expensive, but it was worth it.”

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-Sarah Robins staff writer

year; however, when it comes to covering the skyrocketing cost of transportation and hospitality for overseas visitors like Chap-arral, this type of kindly contribution likely won't make much of an impact. "We’ve been planning this for about two years," said Klausner. “We pretty much went with no money in our account and ended up raising a ton. I personally took $1,000 off my trip just from fundraising. We had to work our butts off.” Even with the extra projects like Otter Pop sales, Improv shows, and large-scale performances like Fools and The Robber Bridegroom, most of the money had to be obtained by the par-ticipants themselves. In addition to these complications, many of the characters in the show, graduating students, had to be re-placed once the department got wind of the Fringe’s acceptance.

"A lot of [the show] got recast. We got in at the very end of our sophomore year,” Schauer said. “There was a lot of rehearsal over the summer. We rehearsed for a month for a show we’d done a year ago. It’s been a long process.” With all the trouble to get to Scotland, the stress hasn’t seemed to turn them off to the idea of undertaking such a venture again. “We want to get a few years ahead of it, so we’re gonna start trying to fundraise now so the kids in a few years don’t have to do that much work,” Schauer said. “We’re thinking of doing it maybe in 2014.”“Hopefully the class that does go next will be able to go for a lot less so they can enjoy themselves,” Klausner said. “We fund-raised up the wazoo. It was expensive, but it was worth it.”

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-Sarah Robins staff writer

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PotterPost-Depression

The excitement felt by Potter fanat-ics on the night of the last movie pre-miere was matched by an equally strong sense of loss. While “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” raised over 43.5 million dollars from midnight show-ings alone, there is one small caveat; there aren’t any more movies to look forward to. Post-Potter Depression, or PPD, is a period of mourning that is hitting almost every Pot-ter fan. The teens who have grown up with Potter no longer have any books or movies to anticipate, and the loss is devastating. Urban Dictionary defines Post-Potter Depression as “the feeling that a chunk of your heart was just ripped out after having finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Dr. Mark Reinecke, a professor of Psy-chiatry and Behavioral Sciences at North-western University, has another definition. “The first thing that’s worth noting is that this is not clinical depression. I’m not aware of anyone who’s become seriously depressed. It’s a consequence of a series coming to an end. Harry Potter was an en-joyable diversion for fans that liked it and followed it for the past decade, and now there’s a sense of a let-down as the fans look for something else that could be an enjoy-

able activity in their life,” said Dr. Reinecke. However, teens like Senior Ma-ria Viteri don’t consider Harry Potter a mere diversion-they see it as a lifestyle. Viteri spent the weeks preluding the Deathly Hallows premiere hand-making props. Viteri is most proud of her wand, which she fashioned out of a thin, knotted branch from her backyard. She felt that the time she spent sanding the pale wood was worthwhile and that her experience was better for it. Viteri went even further by making multiple costumes, with which she planned costume changes throughout the evening and even brought extra cos-tumes for those who had forgotten them. “I couldn’t decide which costume to wear. I had so many options to choose from and only one opportunity to wear them. My friends [also] had some trouble with their costumes, but we figured it out eventually. The whole [premiere] was just so much fun. It’s really sad now, looking back on it. I’ll miss all that fun,” said Viteri. Elements of the Harry Potter books reso-nate with fans in an unusually potent way. Harry Potter is often the driv-ing force behind friendships and cherished experiences. Junior Elaina Stein-gard attended the mid-night premiere of the sixth Harry Potter movie. “There were tons of people [at the premiere], and most of them were dressed up. People lined up all the way out the door of the movie theater and

they were screaming and having fake wand fights. It was insane. I went with my friends in California, and I got some good time to bond with my friends over our mutual ob-session with Harry Potter,” said Steingard. There are no more books to read, no more premieres to attend. Many expect the hype to die down and settle somewhere in the dust. But fans don’t wish for this to happen. They want to keep the magic of the series alive, and some are nearly desperate to do so. Pottermore, a website that will give fans the opportunity to experience Harry Pot-ter’s world online, will please mourning fans while still aiding them in their transi-tion to a somewhat Potter-less life. The fan community offered at Mugglenet.com, an online portal to Harry Potter trivia, games, and photos, is another venue available to fans with a lasting attachment to the series. Though participation in these venues will most likely be a remedy to the loss fans have suffered, it is clear that fans still need to adjust. “That movie was the first of lasts,” said Viteri. “My friends and I are starting our se-nior year. So this movie was the last premiere

we’ll ever see. Then Hallow-een will be the last time we trick-or-treat, and then it will be our last Homecoming, our last Prom. Before long we’ll be off to college and we’ll never do any of that stuff again. I was crying because Harry Potter is a tradition of ours, and now it’s over. It’s kind of like growing up.”

It’sallover.

“Post-Potter Depres-sion: the feeling that

a chunk of your heart was just ripped out after having finished ‘Harry Potter and the

Deathly Hallows’.” -Erika Mionis editor

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Grab your wands, fasten your cloaks, it’s time to go to Hogwarts. Not just through books or movies but through a virtual world. What is it you ask? Pottermore. Pottermore is a website that offers a more in-depth expe-rience for the Harry Potter fans. The end of the enchanting series left fans heartbroken. That is when J.K. Rowling had an idea. To make it happen, she partnered with Sony and Warner Bros. Fans would be able to enter the world of Harry Potter with just one click at Pottermore.com. J.K. Rowling introduced Pottermore through YouTube in June. She spoke about the Pottermore website itself and an opportunity access before the official release date. There would be a question asked, and if the question was answered correctly, the user would get to register. Only a million people were able to register. A few of those lucky million attend Chaparral. Some freshmen and a senior, Sela Britton, Kayvon Martin, and Maya Sarihan, had the opportunity to try the website early. These students explained the Pottermore website. Their favorite features included the interactive part, such as get-ting sorted into houses, purchasing wands, making potions and so on. “The questions for getting sorted were really cool. I had an impression that the questions would be really cheesy. But they actually made you think; it would ask you ques-tions like ‘What is your strongest characteristic?’ or ‘If you go into a fantasy land, which destination would you go to first?’ which I thought was interesting,” says Sarihan.To further the challenge, every day, Rowling would post a question related to the books. “One of the questions was ‘How many owls sit on top of the Eeylops Owl Emporium sign?’” and another was ‘What was the score between the Gryffindor and Slytherin Quid-ditch game in the third book,’ explains Britton.Rowling called it “7 books, 7 days, 7 chances.” As the

seven days progressed the questions became easier. The official release date is sometime in October. Who-ever registers and receives the e-mail knows they have officially become a wizard. When the registration process is complete, new users can begin their magical journey, starting with the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, exploring through all of the chapters collecting items, seeing illustrated pictures, and reading exclusive information that Rowling provides. “I learned about the true meaning of my house, Gryffin-dor,” says Martin. The site provides history and personal backgrounds of some characters from the story as well, such as Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, and Hermione. As the game continues, the user ends up at Diagon Al-ley, the popular place to shop and purchase the best owls, potions, wands. Just like in the book, new wizards don’t choose the wand, the wand chooses them. Then, once they have purchased the essentials the user finds themselves at Platform 93/4, there the train takes them to Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. Then the sorting begins. Gryffindor? Slytherin? Ravenclaw? Hufflepuff? Which one shall it be? “The house I was put in suits my personality because Gryffindor wizards are apparently really bold, brave and are leaders. I don’t sugar-coat things when I tell people information. I’m not really afraid to speak up. I am bold enough to speak the truth and brave enough to stop some-thing bad from happening,” says Sarihan Fans of Harry Potter should be on the website because it brings back the story. The whole experience of making po-tions, casting spells, and discovering new information about the series really awakens the imagination. Even though the book series is over, the magic never has to end.

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-Kaci Melidoni staff wirter

CHAPARRAL

It doesn’t get any better than flying through the clouds on a broomstick. While we can’t actually fly as mug-gles, the world-wide phenomenon of Quidditch can be enjoyed by all, not just by the students of Hogwarts.The sport of Quidditch stems from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. This mystical sport is a dream come true to the many Harry Potter fans found across and the world. The point of the game is to throw a deflated soccer ball (the Quaffle) through hoops that are found on either sides of the field and then capture the snitch to end the game. Players known as Beaters attempt to stop the Chasers from gaining points by throwing volleyballs (Bludgers) at them. If a chaser is hit with a Bludger they are forced to give up the Quaffle, which the other team can then pick up. The Keeper remains in front of the goals to block any at-tempts at scoring. While the chaos takes place, the Seeker tries to find the idle snitch. But what exactly is the snitch? The snitch is not a flying ball, like the small golden trea-sure Harry Potter victoriously captures in many of the books, but a cross-country runner dressed in all yellow that roams around the campus. The Seekers search for the snitch and attempts to capture the flag tied to the Snitch’s waist. “Usually the snitch is one of the Matiski triplets, and all the Matiskis are super fast. They’re hard to catch,” said senior Ben Lee, founder of the Flying Firebirds Quidditch Club.Not only do the players have to run around the field, throwing Quaffles through hoops and dodging Bludgers, but they also have to hold a broomstick between their legs at all times. Quidditch is no typical sport. It is an ac-tivity of strict regulations with over 700 rules to follow. This complex sport has triggered a Potter frenzy, spread-ing across many colleges in the United States and across the world. Quidditch teams can be found in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Austra-lia, Sweden, Ger-

many, France, Canada, Spain and many more. Ac-cording to the International Quidditch association, 46 colleges from 16 states in the United states swooped into the 2010 Quidditch World Cup in New York. And yes, there are legitimate Quidditch tournaments in the U.S.This international sport not only provides enjoyment for colleges, but provides entertainment for high schools as well. The Flying Firebirds Quidditch Club is a new, active club that rises to the standards of Harry Potter fanatics. Ben Lee and Sarah Bull officially established the Quidditch club after the original founder, Alex Zany, graduated last year.The only difference between Chaparral Quidditch and the International sport is the fact that there are fewer rules. With fewer rules comes excitement and danger. “There are not really any rules except to score the Quaf-fle through the hoops and catch the snitch”, said Lee.The lack of rules makes the game exciting and con-tributes to the danger of the game. Contrary to most beliefs, the sport is also quite rough. It is said to be a mixture of rugby, volleyball, and tag. “Once I ended up at the bottom of a dog pile, like you would in football, except there were brooms involved, and sometimes brooms break. So sometimes it gets a little dangerous,” said Quidditch Captain senior, Sarah Bull. The Flying Firebirds Quidditch Club is holds open arms to welcome any interested “Potter-preneurs”. The club not only offers a fun, danger, and adrenaline, but also provides the opportunity to imagine yourself in the Harry Potter world. Distinguishing reality from fantasy won’t be so easy. “The club will bring some laughs and good times. It’s a great way to be involved at school and meet new people,” said Freshman Sela Britton, who plans to join the club.With games every Sunday and meetings every Wednesday,

any student can join. Harry Potter fan or not, the sport provides a creative way to stay active and partic-ipate in the phenomenon known as Quidditch. “Harry Potter fan or not, I recommend

the club to anybody with an imagination” said Quidditch club director Mr. Joe Olney.

positions:keeper:

guards goalposts, which are hoola hoops on poles, against the three chasers

chasersattempts to score ten points by throwing a volleyball through any of the three goals

beatersthrows dodgeballs at the other team’s players. If they are hit, they must go back to to their goalpost

seekerchases the snitch, trying to grap the sock attached to their waist. If caught, 150 points is awarded and the game is over

snitchdresses in all yellow and runs away from the seeker

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-Gabby Hirneise staff writer

What are your goals for this season? As a team, we hope to contend for a state championship, and individually, I hope to place in the top 10 in the state championship.

How do you prepare for the season? A lot of practice and a lot of short game practice. I worked out a lot also. I competed in about three to four tournaments over the summer. A tournament is two days 18 holes per day. A match is one day 9 holes. How long have you been playing golf ? I have been swinging clubs since I could walk.

Why did you choose to play golf ? I used to play a lot of baseball, and then I played golf for fun and barely played, but I was still beating kids who were practicing all the time. It is a game that is different every day. Every game is totally different and a new experience.

How does the team celebrate a win? We are all really happy and excited. We won the championship sopho-more year and went out to a really nice dinner, which was really cool.

What’s new with this season?I’m swim captain this year. Last year they had a vote, and we all had to make speeches, and then we voted on it and I won.

How long have you been swimming?I’ve been swimming all through high school, and then prob-ably three or four years before that. So maybe sixthth or seventh grade.

How do you prepare for a swim meet?Before a meet we do our team cheer, and we all take out our buddy bags, which are snack bags that we make for each other.

How’s the team this year?We’ve won all of our meets so far. We’ve got some really good freshmen that joined this year. So hopefully we’ll con-tinue to win.

Why do you like swimming?I swim because it’s the only thing I can do. I tried soccer, but I’m not very coordinated. Another great thing about swim is that you never sweat. Well you do sweat, but it’s not like it matters because you’re in water. That’s a definite plus.

Do you have any pre-game rituals? I go over my assignments, and I go into a place in my head where I will succeed.

What are your goals for the season? I want to win a state championship because anything less is unacceptable and is failing. We are strong and have a lot of talent. We just have to find the heart of that talent.

How close are you to your team? We are a family and we are brothers. I love them all very very much.

How do you celebrate a win? We put on a bunch of music in the locker room and jump and fool around.

How do you cope with a loss? It is silent. No one talks. We only think about the next game and get on with our lives.

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When did you start playing?My sophomore year, so I haven’t been playing that long, but I think I picked it up so fast because of tennis. The hand eye-coordina-tion and footwork from tennis translates pretty easily.

How’s the team dynamic?I think we get along really well this year. My sophomore year we didn’t really get along, but last year we did. This year the varsity team is really close, and we try to include all the JV-ers, too.

How do you prepare for a game?Before a game we just warm-up. I warm-up with Hannah Lewellen. Sometimes we do some court footwork, but usually we just hit back and forth.

What position do you play? I am an outside hitter for Varsity.

Do you have any pre-game rituals? I guess we just eat for the most part, and we aways have a team meeting/discus-sion.

Any goals for the season? Our goal as a team is to do the best we can in tournaments and in-state rank-ings because the divisions for schools were changed this year so we have a much more challenging schedule of teams we play.

How is the team dynamic? Really good. We all get a long really well and have a lot of fun playing.

Why did you choose to play volleyball? I have loved volleyball ever since I was in fourth grade when I was on my first team. I keep playing because it is the sport I love and I’m good at it.

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How do you prepare for a meet? We have pasta parties, so the day before a meet one of the team members hosts a party at their house with lots of pasta and other goodies for carbohydrates so that the next day we will have a ton of energy for the race. The parties definitely make the team a lot closer. It helps the team dynamic a lot.

What time did morning practice start? We had to be at practice every day at 5:15 AM which was really tiring, but the weather was nicer out in the morn-ing and someone would probably get heat stroke if we practiced in the afternoon.

How long do you practice? For practices we run three to five miles. Some days we go on an “easy run,” and we run on the canals a lot. Other times we run down Doubletree, Scottsdale Road and 64th Street.

How do you feel after you win a medal? You feel really good. You have runners high, which is when, even though you are really tired, you are generally happy. It’s some chemical thing going on in your brain.

Do you hope to continue running in the future? I hope to keep running through college. I’m not sure if I will be able to make a cross country team, but it’s a good sport to get into because you can run for most of your life.

What’s your favorite thing about running? I have a pair of running flats for races that are white and red, which is really cool. The shoes give me a pick me up. You look at your shoes to make you feel good.

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-Matt Wall staff writer

Not even

sports can avoid issues

born from the bad economy. The

NBA went into a lockout on July 1st,

and virtually no progress has been made since. With preseason games around the corner and negotiations at a stand still, it is very possible that there will not be an NBA season this year. This year’s lockout began the same way all lockouts do: with de-mands for more money. NBA owners claimed to have lost hundreds of millions over the past six seasons. The NBA’s Collective Bargain-ing Agreement, the agreement that limits the amount of money a player can be paid, expired this past year. NBA owners now have a chance to change the agreement that resulted in a loss of money. Many owners wish to modify the agreement so that several veteran players cannot sign with a single team. Last season’s unity of stars Lebron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh perfectly exemplifies a “super-team”, a team that makes true competition nearly impos-sible to come by. Unfortunately, these “super-teams” are becoming more of a trend, making teams predictably good or bad. While the few “super-teams” collect revenue, teams with no star players lose money at an alarming rate. However, the owners are not the only ones with interest in a new agreement. NBA players also demand more money. According to NBA.com, the players submitted a last-minute proposal that would have raised the salary of an average player by seven million dollars. Not surprisingly, the owners rejected the proposal, and the lockout began. Now, over three months later, little progress has been made. Own-

ers and players have met to talk about a possible agreement, but all talks have fallen flat. It is now highly unlikely that preseason games will begin without delay. But a late season is only one of many major problems. Many NBA players are considering leaving the NBA to join leagues over-seas. While many of the overseas contracts have clauses that allow the NBA players to return to the U.S. if an agreement is reached, many more of these contracts are binding. Stars like Kobe Bryant, Deron Williams, Kevin Durant, and Sasha Vujacic are considering leaving the NBA. Many more players have already signed overseas contracts. According to NBA.com, a total of 32 players have left the NBA and 92 more are considering leaving. If the lockout does end in time for a season, will there be any fan-favorites left to play? “I’d say Grant Hill is my favorite player. I think he’ll stay. He doesn’t need to go overseas. He doesn’t need the money, and he’s involved in the community,” said senior Peter Northfelt. Students with long-time interests in basketball find themselves at a loss. According to Northfelt, a season ticket holder, the Phoenix Suns sent a notice to fans telling them that a partial refund or a ticket exchange could be received if the season was canceled. “Fans get a partial refund or they can exchange their tickets for the next season. I think it’s good. I think I was stupid to buy season tickets, but I’m going to take the exchange, and defer the tickets until next season,” said Northfelt. Varsity Power Forward Eric Conklin is mourning the loss of one of his favorite past-times. “My friend Drew and I would go to games right behind the home bench and have a great time. We [went] to a few games every year and my best memory was when Channing Frye threw his sweat band at us,” said Conklin.According to NBA commissioner David Stern, the disappointment of fans is a factor weighing heavily on the owners’ and players’ minds. NBA commissioner David Stern told CBS that it was “still the goal” to start the NBA season on time. Unfortunately, each passing day makes that goal more and more of an impossibility.

Feuds between NBA players and team owners have sent the league into

a lockout. As the start of the season draws closer, one question plagues fans: Will there be a season?

LEAGUE LETDOWN

-Matt Wall staff writer and Erika Mionis sports editor-illustration by Haley Schaub

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Budget cuts have affected everything in public schools. Classes are overflowing with students and student fees are rising. Now, the state is looking toward athletics to save money. This year, the AIA (Arizona Interscholastic Association) altered the football divisions. Instead of playing in the 5AII class, Chap-arral is now part of the combined Division II. The new divisions are larger than in the past, saving the state money by having fewer champions. According to The Arizona Republic, the AIA’s reason for chang-ing divisions was to save money. The AIA is using computerized schedules that factor in distance for matching teams against each other. Teams scheduled to play each other are closer geographi-cally, which saves money on transportation. The AIA claims the changes cut travel costs by 35 percent. The change in match ups comes at a cost, however. Many high school games are now mismatched, pinning large schools against small ones simply because they are close to one another. Many coaches of smaller schools are worried about injuries when they play much bigger and better teams. This comes at a time when the state is mandating concussion tests in all sports to help cut back on injuries. Football is not the only sport targeted by the AIA; the AIA also combined 5A badminton divisions with the 4A divisions. According to The Arizona Republic, the AIA combined badminton divisions because there were not enough 4A teams to support their own division. “We’re still playing good schools. It’s not really different,” said Coach Davis. In the past, Chaparral badminton has competed against many 4A teams during tournaments. “There are 4A teams that put on tournaments so there are 4A and 5A teams that go. We get to see the gamba of everybody and we get to play everybody,” said Coach Davis referring to previous years. The AIA started transitioning into the new divisions last year. At the state championship, the AIA awarded only one champion-ship for the doubles and singles teams, despite the two divisions present at the championship. Senior Alex Hoffman and junior Courtney Foltz claimed the doubles crown last year despite the tough competition. Coach Davis is not worried about how the new divisions will affect their chances at state again. “We are used to playing tournaments that combine 4A and the 5A together. You learn to get prepared both mentally and physi-cally.” Coach Davis said.

division Changes

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Budget BacklashBudge cuts across the district cause

unfair team match-ups

Many high school games are now mismatched, pinning large schools against small ones simply because they are close to one another.

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