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an open public forum for student expression

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madibingham and nicoletrautmanstaffreportersAccording to Don Ide bullying has become

a huge issue in the Edmonds School District. It has become such a huge issue that they have completely changed up the policy and conse-quences when students are being bullied.

“In 2010 Federal Legislation made a state law on harassment that forces schools to be more strict on the policy of bullying,” said As-sistant Super Intendant Ken Limon. The law states that, “All principals now must respond on a timeline and speak to the victimís par-ents, the bully’s parents and also take it to the district office.”

Bullying has been such an issue nationally that Edmonds School District will be taking all cases, big or small more seriously than before.

There is reason for such drastic change, “It

is all to help kids get through school a little easier, nationally known cases have happened in the recent past, such as kids attempting suicide, or bullies seriously injuring their vic-tims,” said Limon.

Many students are afraid to express them-selves, due to the serious bullying within our school. There are still a few students out there who aren’t to afraid; like junior Harman Ma-hil. Mahil gets bullied often because of his pink mohawk.

The students at our school call him “a fag, queer, or gay,” said Mahil, “people are going to talk no matter what, but I am still going to keep it.”

Some students bully behind the face of a computer screen, through Facebook. “It makes me irritated, and sometimes emotion-al,” said junior Kristen Katzenberger. Now that

the policy has become more strict, “I still don’t feel anymore secure than I did before,” said Katzenberger.

No one can be bullied without the bully, and some students at one point have bullied other students at LHS. “I used to push kids around, and slammed kids into lockers,” said junior Ryan West-Ugartechea. “Although now that the policy has changed, it has helped me grow up, and stop bullying.”

Bullying isn’t always something so violent as physically hurting someone. “I used to put gum in people’s hair, and yell at them,” said ju-nior Arizbeth Pena.

Not only does this law affect the students at LHS, the teachers and adults are also affected by it. “The new policy will make the commu-nity at LHS a better place. It’s not too different but the consequences are different, so it makes

our jobs easier,” said Officer Barker. “Too long bullies have been getting away with it, its a great change,” said Principal Golden.

One LHS counselor, Larry Wilson is very pleased about this new policy.“It somewhat re-minds me of Finding Kind,” said Wilson. “Be-cause it is opening their eyes of what is actually the problem.”

Finding Kind is an anti-bullying organiza-tion, where two girls travel around the coun-try to different places to find girls who are be-ing bullied by other girls. These changes will hopefully make as big of an impact as Finding Kind did upon our school.

“It may bring in more people to see me, which doesn’t make me happy they are all get-ting bullied, but I am happy to help them,” said Wilson.

Policies change, with changing times

Junior class takes the Spirit BootsidneysheaspreadeditorAfter a close battle during spirit week over the boot, class

of 2013 won, 221 to 217, defeating the seniors in the only ever victory by a non-senior class for the spirit boot.

The battle over the homecoming spirit boot came down to a few points, which the junior class with the most of. “I think that we put out all our spirit,” said Soren Steelquist, junior class president, “we represented our class well and respectfully.”

The only other class to defeat the seniors in an assembly was the class of 09’ their sophomore year where they won the Spring Fling Thong.

“It’s happened before,” said Mollie Xitco, the senior class president, “unfortunately it was our class.”

The boot, which was presented at the Homecoming game instead of at the assembly because of last year’s inci-dents of tables being bro-ken, was announced to the juniors at half time where many seniors immediately left.

“I was fine [after finding out my class didn’t win the boot],” said Jake Latimer a senior. “I would have liked to win, but I was there to support my football team.”

Because of the points coming down to three points seper-ating the seniors and the juniors, there has been skepticism

over if the points we’re played correctly and if they were done right.

“We did everything on total points,” said Lindsay Schilaty ASB coordinator who handles the points durnig homecoming. “If we keep track of points and ask the teachers to take time to judge posters and the dance, then we need to honor those points.” Still, many seniors ex-

pressed frustration over the outcome, which Schilaty acknowl-edges. “I think I made a lot of students angry,” said Schilaty, but she added, “If I’m running a competition, I need to run it correctly.”

Juniors Ian Casey (left), Jason Meehan (middle), and Soren Steelquist (right) admire the fantastic glory of winning the golden Spirit Boot.

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sofiasbaistaffreporterThroughout the years we’ve watched Lyn-

nwood High School grow. We’ve gotten more and more students throughout the years and even staff members. But this year the growth went through the roof. Now it’s difficult to get through the halls and to be first in the lunch line and to even find a table to sit at.

“It’s very interesting. I started here 10 years ago and it was the smallest high school in the district,” said Principal Mr. Golden.

It’s definitely unbelievable to see how big LHS has grown. But maybe the growth isn’t making the school any better. “But now it’s the biggest. In just 2001 we had 1,200 and now we have 1,650. I believe the new school has some-

thing to do with it. It’s a beautiful building,” said Golden.

Since we have had our new building we have gained so many more students than we had when we were just that old swampy school by the Alderwood Mall. “But the plan next year is going to change,” said Golden. “A big percent of Alderwood Middle School kids will be going to Mountlake Terrace high school and fewer will come to Lynnwood.”

Our school has gotten a lot bigger and its definitely for the better that we decrease that. “Every room is being used in the building al-most every period and as we increased Mount-lake Terrace has decreased,” Golden added.

Senior LHS student Sarita Peter misses her old years of open halls and shorter lunch lines.

“I think it has gotten way too crowded over the years and it was definitely a big surprise to see the outcome this year. Its way harder to get around the school now,” said Peter.

“It’s hard to know if the increase in the num-bers is because if all these people moved into Lynnwood or if people are using an address to come to Lynnwood,” said Deb McGahan, a school counselor. The new building has been getting new students. We were the smallest high school and now were the biggest. “I agree with the new building it’s definitely the big factor on why we have gotten so many more students. It’s the same wonderful place it’s always been, we just have a new pretty house,” She added. Lyn-wood is our home and shall stay a home to all us Royals, even after the move.

aubreylecherstaffreporterFor the 2011-2012 school year at Lyn-

nwood high school parking passes will cost $65 dollars and $45 with an ASB card. For most this is a bit pricey to pay for parking and the school is making a big profit off selling parking passes. “We get around $5000-$6000,” said main office lady Nancy Hatch.

For all the students who believe the ru-mor that the school is towing cars and putting a boot on cars, that rumor is false. Currently the school is handing out warnings and tickets for those who are illegally parking on school grounds without a parking pass. “We issue tickets, the tickets go on your fines, by the end of the year if you have fines you cannot gradu-ate,” said Hatch.

Just like Lynnwood High School, Edmonds Woodway High School also walks around the school every once in a while to check for stu-dents parked without a parking pass. “A lady walks around from time to time looking at all the cars,” said senior student at Edmonds Woodway Allen Camerino.

A difference between the Lynnwood High School and Edmonds Woodway High School parking pass is the price difference. “Our park-ing passes are $60 dollars, they give you a sticker to put somewhere on your car and you can park anywhere,” said Camerino.

For Mountlake Terrace it works differently and the price gets even lower to making Lyn-nwood High School the most expensive. “You pay a straight $50 dollars and they do a raffle for which parking spot you get,” said junior student at Mount Lake Terrace High School Cristobal Valdez.

Even though Lynnwood High School is charging the most for parking passes, the mon-ey profited from the parking passes all goes to-wards the school. “Half the money is used for ASB and the other half is used for paper for the school,” said Hatch.

demibowerstaffreporter Back when the Alderwood Mall opened in 1979, it

wasn’t as strict but due to people breaking items and running around they have been forced to make more rules to try to ob-tain order. Teens in general have forced the mall to make and enforce their rules to regain their high standards. People just keep disturbing other patrons and getting them kicked out. If we obeyed the rules better then maybe the mall would relax and drop some of the rules. If people want the mall to remain fun then here are some rules to follow!

Don’t run: I have never seen this rule enforced although it is a rule because people might knock over the kiosks and hurt other patrons if they run. Running could cause deadly conse-quences.

Can’t be in a group of more than four people: This rule is

almost never enforced but it became a rule because people were standing in walkways and blocking traffic by being in huge groups.

Don’t linger in one place to long: This rule is never enforced but it is a good rule because everyone sits around and blocks off areas of the mall.

Can’t go in and out repeatedly: This rule is never going to be enforced; if they wanted it enforced they would get rid of stores like Cold Stone. This rule became a rule because people kept walking in an out over and over again.

No freedom of speech: This rule cannot and should not be enforced because it violates our rights stated in the constitution such as the first amendment. This rule is a rule because he mall is everybody’s mall and they don’t want to hear vulgar and inap-propriate language.

Can’t show affection for other people: This rule is enforced

at the mall same as at school; if they see you they will stop you. This rule is a rule because no one wants to see you all over someone in public.

No pets besides service animals: I haven’t seen people bring in pets so I have no idea if he mall enforces it. This rule is be-cause some people might have a severe (deadly) allergies to an-imals so only service animals are allowed. Also it is unhygienic to have animals in public spaces. The only animals needed in public are seeing Eye Dogs and things like that.

“The most important rule to follow at the mall is clean up after yourselves!” said a Nordstrom janiter who is just about fed up with teenage kids trashing his work area. “The mall does not have enough money due to the economy and can’t really hire as many workers as before. Also the janitors do not have enough time to clean up our messes.”

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With a senior:Erik Engstrom

Q: What was your first homecoming like? A: It was fun because I love the spirit at LHS. Q: What was your favorite part? A: The assembly and the game. Q: What are you looking forward to your senior year? A: I can’t wait to have the spirit the seniors have. Q: How do you plan on leaving your mark on LHS? A: I want people to know the class of 2015 will be a great class.

Q: How was your homecoming? A: Good but unexpected for obvious reasons. Q: What was your favorite part? A: The glitter on the posters was my favorite part. Q: How is it different than your freshman year? A: I am a lot more involved. Freshman year I didn’t do anything. Q: How is it different than the old school? A: I feel like we don’t have the same spirit or morale as the class of 2009. I feel like we have to live up to a new expectation at the new school. But there wasn’t the same at the old school.

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Q A& With a freshman:Rylee O’Dell

Clockwise from left: The seniors apply their gas masks and hold up thier signs while cheering during the assem-bly to ward off the juniors. Sophomore David Woody, dressed as wolvereen for the “Super Sophomore” theme, cheers while his class partici-pates in the class games. Durning the box game at the assembly, Joe Latimer is lifted above his fellow freshmen classmates in order fit more students in the box. After the seniors were disquali-fied, the Junior class won.After the junior class won the fetch a bone game, juniors pose for a picture showing off their “Meadival Junior” gear.

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jessicaweesePUBLICRELATIONSSenior Servant Nominations begin Mon-

day November, 17 in the ASB Office, nomi-nate your favorite seniors!

Picture Retakes are this coming Wednes-day morning October 19th

The Fall Drama Production begins Wednesday October 26 at 2:15, and Thurs-day through Saturday October 29 at 7:00.

New this year is Miss. LHS! Anyone in-terested get your application in the ASB of-

fice ASAPMacho Volleyball is November 8 at 6:00 the price is $3 w/ ASB, $4

w/o. If you bring in 2 cans you get $1 off (max of 4 cans) the top two

teams go to districts November 10 at MTHS. Another new event at LHS is the Turkey Bowl Co-Ed Flag Football

Tournament, Thursday November 17th Get involved and create a team! Get your packets in the ASB Office and return them by Thursday No-vember 10th

PPP is back and starts November 14! Start gathering your cans; they cannot be brought in until the 14th. Our goal is 17,000 cans. Let’s con-tinue the streak and beat Mountlake Terrace.

The PPP Races are coming back as well, gather a team, and get the team paperwork in the ASB office due no later than Tuesday November 22.

Upcoming events at LHS

Competition or tradition?ThIs arTICLe refLeCTs The vIews of The edITo-

rIaL Board.Fury and foul language built up inside the

class of 2012 right after an explosion of black and gold unbelief smacked them in the face as the Spirit Boot was granted to the juniors dur-ing the Homecoming football game. This was the first time in LHS history that the Spirit Boot was awarded to a class other then the se-niors.

This renowned, sought after prize did not exist until ago when a young lady named Astri McCartney used her ingenuity to create the Spirit Boot. Now everyone in LHS can’t stop complaining about it.

If the Spirit Boot was continuously award-ed to the seniors just because they’ re seniors the Spirit Boot shouldn’t exist and it wasn’t in-tended to for that purpose. If it were, it would be titled the Senior Boot.

Although this was the seniors last chance to win the Boot, they did have three other chanc-

es. Just like the freshman will, the sophomores, and the juniors.

The Boot is a symbol of the fiercest and most spirited class at Lynnwood High and if the seniors don’t represent that, then it shouldn’t go to them, they just need to step up their game, and even if there may be complica-tions in between, that shouldn’t be an excuse for the lose of the Boot.

One of the best parts of Homecoming is the competition, screaming louder then the juniors, looking better then the freshman, and getting down on the dance floor harder then all the other classes. If your class has what it takes and goes all or nothing then they should be a shoe in.

We support activities director Lindsey Schillaty in her commitment to preserve school spirit through class to class competi-tions for the coveted boot.

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Where has the music gone?davegoldenLhsPRINCIPALLately students have been asking me the

same question over and over again: Where has the music gone?At the end of the year last year and at the

beginning of this year, we found that playing some music toward the end of passing time gave students a “heads up” and helped them get to class on time.

However, what most people didn’t know was that to play the music, it required having a person in the office use a

CD player to override our bell system and play the music. It became too difficult and time – consuming to have someone do this.

We have now switched to playing a different bell tone that is already programmed into the system to provide the warning, thereby eliminat-ing the need for a person to cue up the music every period. We are trying to work with the bell system company to see if we can actually program music into the system.

If we can, the music will return. Stay tuned and remember… Get to class on time!!

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Mission Statement: Our mission at the Royal Gazette is to be the paper of record for the Lynnwood High School community. The Gazette is to provide the students, staff and community of Lynnwood High School with well-written, well-researched stories to allow readers to form their own opinions. Editorials: The opinion section of the Royal Gazette is for well-written forms of expression that is the opinion of the writer and only the writer. Any editorials that are not bylined is the view of a majority of the Editorial Board, and are written to express

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Easier alcohol access for teens?Should we be concerned about Initiative 1183

cassieknierimsTaFFrePOrTerImagine this; you walk into Fred Meyers with your mom

and little sister to buy something for dinner. As you grab a cart your little sister sees an obviously drunk man, trying to buy more alcohol and making a scene.

She asks your mom “why is he acting like that?” Then your mom has to go into the ‘dangers of alcohol’ talk with your little sister, but does your mom know the statistics of kids and alco-hol?

In Washington, where we haven’t voted on Initiative 1183, the sale of hard liquor in grocery store, 28 kids under 21 die

from drunk driving, 232 people yearly and 206 of them were over the legal limit.

In California, where you can buy hard liquor in grocery stores, so it has easier access to underage kids, 156 kids die from drunk driving and 1,118 people die yearly. These are the true facts, do you think Washington will be like California if this bal-lot gets passed?

Some adults worry about this ballot being passed “If this law makes it easier for underage kids to get access to alcohol then it’s not worth the added convenience for adults” said Lyn-nwood High School’s Student Support Advocate Kelly Land.

However teens don’t seem as concerned “I don’t care as long

as it’s blocked from underage kids” Junior Latrice McGhee said, if she could vote she’d vote yes. “It works in California, why not try it here?” “It would help bring more money into the econ-omy, easier access to hard liquor would make a lot of people happier” comments Sophomore Jadey Good.

Right now you can only buy hard liquor, like rum and te-quila, at liquor stores but you can buy beer and wine at grocery stores. This initiative will be voted on in November 2011, and will make Washington history. If it is passed, we will see how easy it is to illegally buy alcohol, and if it lead to more drunk drivers on our roads.

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It’s the Thursday of Homecoming week. As the sun starts to set, Lynnwood High School starts to glow, that is, from the bonfire happening on the sand lot in the front of the school. Students surround the bonfire, while cheerleaders dance around it.

In the bonfire burns a stuffed animal of the op-

posing team. Three years ago the doors of the new LHS opened.

However it also meant closing the doors of 39 years of memories and traditions that were held inside the doors of the old high school. The memories are still preserved in Lynnwood Alumni, but the traditions to be passed down are slow-ly slipping away with each graduating class.

Everything from the amount of posters that we are allowed time to make, car caravanning to the football games and even senior pants painting are starting to go away.

“Every wall in the gym was covered,” said Rhonda Hampson, a Lynnwood Alumni and now teacher, “Each class had a wall. Each wall had a theme. There were streamers even from the ceiling. It was cool.”

Now at the new school, our walls have been covered but with just a few posters compared to the waterfall of posters that used to poor down from the ceiling. Al-though the amount of posters could be caused by the amount of help and time allowed to paint.

At the old school there would be an open gym for everyone to come in and paint, anyone and everyone came.

“It was scattered,” said Hampson, “But everyone participated. There was something for everyone.”

One other thing that was lost in transition to the

new school was the coveted Senior Cove. For anyone who didn’t go to the old school, it sounds random and confusing, but to the seniors who spent their freshman year at the old LHS, it was a prized senior spot.

“I miss senior cove,” said Jordan Murry, a senior, “mostly because it was something you looked forward too.”

This is the first year however, seniors have had to improvise with the senior cove. There is a “Senior Ref-uge Center” in the agora for homecoming week.

Adapting seems to be a major theme of the new school. Sense it’s brand new, it seems harder to do things that other schools and even our old school able to do.

“I feel like the traditions are getting lost at the new school,” said Emily McNerney a senior, “Faculty is cracking down on traditions.”

With so many of the traditions disappearing, it leaves one question; what will future

classes have to celebrate?

The only way to be able to fix what is happening is to create our own new traditions, and to figure out ways to get around the new

regulations that we have. Well with the class of 2013 to be the first graduating

class to go all four years at the new school it leaves their class and future classes with the task of leaving their own mark on the new school.

Besides, traditions have to be started somewhere, right?

”“There was some-thing for everyone.

>>> RhonDahamPsOn

Scan this QR code with your smart phone to see video of LHS staff reminescing about traditions they remember.

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The ultimate guide to moochingHow to beat the moocher, how to be a moocher and how to mooch the moocher.

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How to dea l with a mooch. by jordyn berg

How to be a mooch. by anjelica lek

Identify the moocher

Tip 1: Tip 2:First, say no. Inculde

hand slap or death glare if necessary

Tip 3:If that fails, which it

will, construct a plan to fool the moocher

Tip 1: Choose your victim Tip 2:

Make “friends” with your new buddy

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Going Dutch vs. Chivalry There are so many options for going on dates. You could go to a movie, go ice skat-ing, or just enjoy the sunset on a secluded beach with your significant other. But who is the one who ends up walking away with a lighter billfold? Should it be both of the couple? Or always just one trying to always be polite?

Nicole Nuval, a sophomore at LHS is currently in a relationship with Pon Nuth, who is also a sophomore. She concedes with the philosophy that dates should be split in half and for the most part should be even between the couple going on the date.

“If one pays one day, the other pays the other,” said Nuval. “That’s how we split it… It’s more fair.”

Nuval and Nuth have been together for six months. Juniors Nathan Fabia and Becca McDowell on the other hand have been together for two years and have a different perspective on the matter. “I think that the guy should always pay because that’s how it’s always been,” said Fabia. “She doesn’t like me pay-ing for it but I do it anyway.”

Fabia is willing to spend every dime he has on his beloved McDowell, but does he ever draw the line and say no?

“For our one year anniversary I rented a big bouncy house,” said Fabia. “That was like two hundred buck… I paid for it.”

That pretty much sums up the answer to our question: Fabia has no limits, never draws the line, and never says no to cherished McDowell.

The old and experienced are either very wise or very naïve; Fabia always pays for dates himself but Nuval and Nuth always go dutch. And now, we explore the delightful relationship of the sophomore couple Kara Erny and Darrell Curnew, who have been dating now for over seven months. They also accept the philosophy of fairness and that all dates should be split in half by both people in the relationship. Erny actually prefers that and doesn’t like be-ing paid for.

“I like splitting it,” said Erny who went on and split with Curnew their first date at the Macaroni Grill.The bill was around forty dollars at the Macaroni Grill and the two of them split it roughly evenly. So unlike the

ever-giving and generous Fabia, Curnew definitely walks away with the heavier wallet.Raymond Campbell, a junior at LHS and has had a fair share of girlfriends and dates himself, has a different

viewpoint than all of these other students and actually thinks that it doesn’t matter. That relationships and who pays for dates can’t and shouldn’t be judged by bystanders outside of the couple’s association with each other. Campbell doesn’t interfere with other’s relationships in any way and hopes that others will do the same for him and for each other.

“Either way man,” said Campbell. “It’s their relationship, they control it.”

Chivalry, we have all heard the word, but maybe do not know exactly what it means for the times now. Chivalry was taken from medieval times referring to when a knight was being a chivalrous man. Knights showed chivalry by having great respect for author-ity and women, and would protect the innocent and those that were weaker.

In the world today, we do not see many chivalrous men anymore. A lady always picks up on it when a man shows respect. Many chivalrous actions today are little things people do every day without having to think about it. Placing your girls’ feelings and opinions above all others when you are with her is showing that you understand the concept of chivalry. When walking on the street, have her walk on the inside and the guy on the outside, showing that you care about her safety. Holding the door open for her when waking into a room. There is not a whole lot that a man to do to show respect and chivalry, most of these things should come naturally to a chivalrous man.

When going out to dinner, the man should always offer to pay the check, even if she insists that she will cover it, always offer and pay. “Most of the time, yes,” said sophomore Ali Mansour, “the exception would be if, say, the guy didn’t have change.”

Even if a girl doesn’t show or say that she wants a chivalrous man, almost all ladies do. The feeling of having someone care that much about you and do whatever it takes to make them happy and show their love is the feeling a lot of girls want, but will settle for

less when they can’t find that. “Some do, but I find that some enjoy a rather, abusive mat,” said Mansor. With today’s image in pop culture we hear about a lot of abuse that girls deal with, and some still

stay with a man that beats them. That is not what chivalry is suppose to be. A man is suppose to be a gentle-men if he cares about his woman.

We do not know exactly why chivalry has been slowly dying, but people have ideas as to why. “I think a lot of it is became the world we live in now is so much in need to get ahead of everyone,” said senior Taylor Hayes, “rather than being nice to others, it’s pretty much just being conceited.”

Hayes says it’s not hard to find a chivalrous man, if you know where to look.

by elijah bruington and alexa craig

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Are you a mooch? by jordyn bergAnswer a few questions, and find out your status.

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When a friend takes out their lunch, do you: A. Instantly grab the bag of cookies B. Ask if you can have something C. Keep eating your lunch

While shopping with a freind, you spot a pair of gold TOMS. You: A. Beg your friend for the money B. Dig through your wallet, find half, then ask if you can borrow the rest C. Look at them longingly and think of ways you can save some money

After the football game you don’t have a ride home because: A. You just assumed a friend would drive you home B. You’re waiting for a call back from your parents saying they’re coming C. You can’t find your keys... which you find in a few minutes

In the last six months have you paid for your own lunch? A. No... B. On occasion C. Yes

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Going Dutch vs. ChivalryChivalry, we have all heard the word, but maybe do not know

exactly what it means for the times now. Chivalry was taken from medieval times referring to when a knight was being a chivalrous man. Knights showed chivalry by having great respect for author-ity and women, and would protect the innocent and those that were weaker.

In the world today, we do not see many chivalrous men anymore. A lady always picks up on it when a man shows respect. Many chivalrous actions today are little things people do every day without having to think about it. Placing your girls’ feelings and opinions above all others when you are with her is showing that you understand the concept of chivalry. When walking on the street, have her walk on the inside and the guy on the outside, showing that you care about her safety. Holding the door open for her when waking into a room. There is not a whole lot that a man to do to show respect and chivalry, most of these things should come naturally to a chivalrous man.

When going out to dinner, the man should always offer to pay the check, even if she insists that she will cover it, always offer and pay. “Most of the time, yes,” said sophomore Ali Mansour, “the exception would be if, say, the guy didn’t have change.”

Even if a girl doesn’t show or say that she wants a chivalrous man, almost all ladies do. The feeling of having someone care that much about you and do whatever it takes to make them happy and show their love is the feeling a lot of girls want, but will settle for

less when they can’t find that. “Some do, but I find that some enjoy a rather, abusive mat,” said Mansor. With today’s image in pop culture we hear about a lot of abuse that girls deal with, and some still

stay with a man that beats them. That is not what chivalry is suppose to be. A man is suppose to be a gentle-men if he cares about his woman.

We do not know exactly why chivalry has been slowly dying, but people have ideas as to why. “I think a lot of it is became the world we live in now is so much in need to get ahead of everyone,” said senior Taylor Hayes, “rather than being nice to others, it’s pretty much just being conceited.”

Hayes says it’s not hard to find a chivalrous man, if you know where to look.

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The diversity in our school isn’t as simple as religion, race and ste-reotypes. It’s come to a broader purpose; passion.

“My tattoo’s mean a lot to me. It describes me; I don’t know. It’s just me,” said giggling radiant Annie Hoang while considerably antsy.

For people like freshman Kylee Williamson and senior Kenneth Brown tattoos don’t have an age limitation nor are they for looks. “My mum’s friend did the tattoo,” said Williason who got her tattoo at teh age of 15. Tattoos are a symbol of remembering and representing things such as the past or simply an intriguing way to explain one’s self.

“It’s special in a way, I don’t know,” said sophomore Caroline Mejia. This inspirational artistic ink lies on your skin permanently. “It’s a reminder,” said Shaneel Sologar.

From freshman to seniors, quiet, devoted teens have marked themselves with a deep, regretless illumination. Inspirations that have

planted themselves daintily into their being, stubborn and unful-filled until expressed.

A repetitiously asked question is what do they represent? “Well for one I see it as art. It tells a story, you know?” said senior Annie Hoang; she got her 2 tattoos last year at the age of 17. One is an anagram that delineates truth & trust. “It means truth hurts, and I have been hurt by the truth so it’s kind of a barrier.” With one negative tattoo and one positive “it like balances out”she said.

A simple “Blessed” elegantly drapes the shoulder of senior Au-drey Skillin as a gesture of how she got where she was. By feeling blessed from her family and getting past all she’s been through.

“They just feel good,” said So-logar as he shrugs as no other ex-plainable feelings justify. Getting them at 17 he has 3 tattoos; an OM symbol, Korean writing and his last name are inked black and bold on his arms and shoulder.

Most don’t understand the per-

spective of those who decide to do this. There is no stereo type for this expression. To some who are in fact quite open-minded, it’s art. “It was pretty meaningful; I mean my friends came to watch. And I’ve been waiting since I was 15 to get it,” said Brown.

In senior Jordan Silva’s case it was a long awaited enlightening tat. Recently after turning 18, Silva’s friend sketched the art for him and is now a display of the good thing in this life; his family.

It’s safe to say that people are moderately scared to get a tat be-cause they might not only get one. While asking teenagers if they are tempted to get anymore most re-sponded with a yeah. “Oh yeah. I’m like addicted,” said Hoang while laughing.

For those in LHS who have tat-toos it’s more than simply ink em-bedded beneath their skin, there’s a personal tale. But to others “One does not see anything until one sees its beauty,” said 19th century Irish poet Oscar Wilde.

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Junior Shakore Nelson wants the whole world to know that he’s blessed and what’s better then to write it on your skin.

Lost friends and loved ones are never for-gotten and will always be apart of Nelson, litterally. As well as his innitials on both his forearms.

Senior Dominque Collins tattoo is more then just random words on her back. This tattoo represents her love for her family which can never be taken away.

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LHS has a new officer this year. His name is Matt Barker and believ eit or not, he’s only been an officer for four years.

Before he was our new school resource officer he was a P.E. teacher and dean of students at Beverly Ele-mentary School. A few years ago he decided to change his career.

After Officer Lewis left there was an opening for the new officer and Deputy Barker heard about it and de-cided to apply for the position. He was chosen out of just three officers that applied.

Deputy Barker isn’t just our school officer, he’s the teacher for the Law & Justice class too. “[It’s a] fun challenge for me,” said Barker. According to Barker teaching Law and Jsutice isn’t easy.because all his edu-cation is in PE. “Teaching elementary PE is different than teaching high school students in a classroom,” said Barker.

He decided to put down his PE whistle and pick up a Snohomish county badge . “[I] had a really good his-tory teacher [who made me want] to be [a] teacher,” said Barker.

But he didn’t always want teach PE. According to Barker he got bored of being a PE teacher and some-time in between he wanted to be a cop and decided to go for it. “[I] like being a cop and working at school so it’s my perfect job,” said Barker.

LHS has adapted to the new officer. “He’s really cool, smart and young,” said junior Nathan Fabia.

While not on duty Deputy Barker still hangs out with his friends from Edmonds Woodway high school and his cop friends from Snohomish County Sheriff Department. During the winter he skis and even plays paintball, and Xbox 360 sometimes.

So far, LHS has been violence free. “My job [is to prevent violence and [I] hope nothing bad happens and if [it] does [I’ll be there to] respond to it,” said Barker.

The Best of Both Worlds

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Lynnwood High School is a closed campus, which many of the students here at LHS don’t under-stand why.

“People leave all the time at lunch anyway,” said junior Mi-chelle Wagner. “I personally think that as long as you’re on track with your school work you should be able to leave campus during lunch.” Another student who agrees with Wagner is Junior Andrew Ta.

“The school is located in an area around a lot of close stores and food places, we would be back before our lunch ends if it was an open campus,” said Ta.

Teachers at Lynnwood High School all have their own different opinions on whether LHS should be a closed campus or not, but one staff member thinks that at least some students should be able to have privileges to go off of cam-pus.

“I think juniors and seniors who have good grades, earns the trust of administrators and who would come back deserve the

chance to qualify to leave campus during lunch. The first two years of high school you shouldn’t be able to leave,” said Mr. Miranda, “but once you’re a junior or a se-nior, you are a young adult. I went to a school with a closed campus and I hated it.” Surrounding the outside of the school are video cameras to catch students who are up to no good.

“We have cameras all around the school. I catch them about 50% of the time. On nice days I catch them a lot, on rainy days not so much, and on Fridays a lot of people get caught leaving,” said Mr. Miranda.

The punishment for students who get caught leaving involve a Saturday school and then leads up to suspensions.

“The first consequence is a Saturday school which is 4 hours in the morning. After that it’s pro-gressive discipline. It’s then a 1 day suspension the next time you’re caught, then 3, then 5, and so on. The suspension goes up 2 more days every time you’re caught after that,” said Mr. Miranda.

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Driving school, a class that every teen in Washington has to take in order to get their license before they are 18. This class is not only expensive but time consuming so when deciding which driving school is right for you, put some thought into it.

One popular option is 911 driving school. It may be on the pricey end and no coupons are offered on their site, they get rave reviews and their unique qualities are a major attraction. 911 is famous for having slug bugs as their cars but in the last year they have added Ford Mus-

tangs to their fleet. “I would recommend 911 because it was taught by cops so everything we learned was up to date. They had funny and scary stories to tell us,” said LHS junior Allie McKay.

Defensive Driving School is the only driving school with multiple locations in the Lynnwood area. “It was one of the cheapest when I did it, I would recommend it, it’s pretty good,” said EWHS alum Dimitare Tachukov.

Sears driving school is a top competitor against 911. Here students are taught useful skills like how to change a tire. “I would recommend it but not during the summer because it gets so hot,” said LHS junior Rhett Day.

A-team driving school is another option. They are not only the cheapest in the area but they offer a “buddy discount” when you sign up with a friend, have military discounts and have advertised in the Royal Gazette the past two years.

Unlike the other top three schools, A-team is not lo-cated at the Alderwood Mall. “I loved it there!” exclaims Meadowdale Senior Braden Gladsjo, “super chill, amaz-ing instructors, easy schedule and overall a great class.”

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Boar, meatloaf, peanut sauce, lamb. These are all exotic and unusual but tasty items that you can order on your burger at the local Blazing Onion that has become a major hotspot for burger-lovers in and around Lynnwood.

If you’re getting sick of the same old boring burgers, stale buns, and meat made of rubber, then give the Blazing Onion a whirl and order one of their remarkably original burgers fresh and still sizzling with grease from the grill. “I got a Thai Peanut Burger,” said Sophomore Ray Bald-win. “And a New York cheesecake with chocolate whipped cream.” Al-though it may not sound appealing to most, Baldwin enjoyed his burger with Thai peanut sauce, red onion, and crispy julienned daikon radish all served on a kaiser bun.

Of course, if you just want to keep it simple, the Blazing Onion also has a delectable menu of classics. “I got the bacon cheeseburger,” said

Sophomore Maryjo Cline. “I had to take the bacon out because the food was kind of like soaked in grease, but aside from that it was really good.” Cline has been to a fair share of burger restaurants, but for prices, this one takes the cake . “The prices are really good. They give you a lot of food and you can’t even finish it,” said Cline.

With a mouth-watering menu and outstanding prices, everything about the Blazing Onion is as good as can be. But how about the atmo-sphere? “It’s dark and gloomy but it has a very nice feel,” said Sopho-more Jeremy McClelland. “It’s like a cave.”

There are two local locations for the Blazing Onion: the Alderwood Mall location and the Mill Creek Town Center location. Of the two the Alderwood Mall naturally seems to be getting the most heat, especially from teens. If you are a Ruby’s fan and are hating on the Blazing Onion for stealing the old residence of Ruby’s then don’t hate! Appreciate! The Blazing Onion is just as unique and is a good change of pace for this area. Just be sure not to let that overwhelmingly greasy bacon and dark environment turn you off. It’s all part of what makes the place unique!

Have funion at the Blazing Onion

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On September 13th 2011 two great metal/post-hardcore bands released an album. We Came as Romans with Under-standing What We’ve Grown to Be, and The Devil Wears Prada with Dead Throne. I personally liked The Devil Wears Prada more before these new releases, so I thought I would obvious-ly like Dead Throne more. Also the previous album from We Came as Romans, To Plant a Seed, wasn’t very impressive.

Once I heard The Devil Wears Prada’s new album Dead Throne I saw it was pretty incompetent. The first few songs were good, hardcore with heavy beats, fast drums, hardcore guitar riffs and shreds, heavy and loud unclean-vocals. Basical-ly all a Post-hardcore fan would ask for out of a band. As I got

further into the album though, that feeling went away. Most songs sounded too similar, followed the same exact beats and vocals. The beautiful poem-like lyrics are defiantly a plus in the album, but there is no real new material. This brings the whole album rating down dramatically. I still like to head-bang and rock out to their music though.

Lyrics are clearly The Devil Wears Prada’s strongest point. The bans is a lot of times judge as “Devil’s music” but the band admits to be a religious, Christian band. The interlude song “Kansas” succeeds to prove that with the lines “It is though God by command has withdrawn every other throne. And God is saying, ‘No. These people will deal with me alone.” If adults were to read the lyrics or at least pay attention to what they say in each song, before judging a band, they would be proved wrong a lot. Although they can be depressing lyrics a lot of the time, The Devil Wears Prada writes about every day stuff, the feelings most teenagers go through during life, feel-ing like you don’t fit in, self hatred, blaming yourself for things that are wrong in life, and sometimes about being just plain mad at everyone. Most songs in Dead Throne are about self ha-tred and blaming yourself for everything that goes wrong, and about wanting to change yourself and who you are. With deep lyrics like this, there is still positive sides to the album, even if they can get annoying with the same sound.

Unlike The Devil Wears Prada, We Came as Romans isn’t a Christian band. They tend to be reaching out for a wider va-riety of fans. They still manage to deliver beautiful, and mean-ingful lyrics. Self titled song “Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be” is my personal favorite, not just with beat, but

also the lyrics. This song is about having so many things going on in life that you don’t see what really matters, “...but once you have been drained, you can always be refilled...” (from “We Came As Romans ‘Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be’ Track Inspiration”, YouTube) said Joshua Moore, the guitarist and lyrics writer of the band. My personal favorite line from this song is “All these distractions kept me from seeing what I needed all along... An understanding!”. This whole album is filled with songs not just about love, or heart breaks like most bands, but about everyday things, and emotions, simply life in general. My favorite lyrics are in “Mis//Understanding” the first song of the album. And second favorite overall. This is a song about feeling like you have done things right, and thinking everything will be fine, but things still all go wrong for you. The deepest lines of the song are “Did all my words fall on deaf ears? Was what I wrote only shown to closed eyes? Have you ever felt like you did everything right, and it still all went wrong?”. I think these guys really care to deliver beauti-ful, deep, lyrics, that is another great thing from We Came as Romans.

Seeing that the album Dead Throne wasn’t what I hoped for at all, my expectations for We Came as Romans were pret-ty low. Once again I was wrong. Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be is an amazing album. I can honestly say there is not one song I don’t like in that album. Every song in Under-standing What We’ve Grown to Be has it’s own unique sound. They all have a stable drum beat, very smooth drummer, tran-sitions between fast and soft beats sound great. The bass isn’t a huge part of the whole music. Andrew, bassist, does what he’s there to do, simply keep the beats backed up and alive. Both guitarists do a great job of mixing the riffs evenly since guitars are a huge part of any type of rock genre. Both of them for the most part get almost the same notes to play. Except for a few short parts the lead guitarist Joshua Moore joins the synthe-sizer and vocalist Kyle Pavone in some breakdowns. Moore is a very skilled guitarist and it would be better if they gave him an actual guitar solo. But so far there seems to be no sign of that. Nevertheless Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be is one of the greatest albums of 2011, and has an awesome album artwork, perhaps the best artwork of the year as well.

Overall, if you have $10 to spend, i would highly recom-mend to buy Understanding What We’ve Grown to Be by We Came as Romans. If you have $20, buy a We Came as Romans T-shirt and to show the band some love.

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Must see movies of the summer

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The summer of 2011 was an excellent time for films. We’ve had super intelligent apes, the god of thunder, epic wizard battles, giant robots, and extra-terrestrials fighting 1800’s ranch hands. There were so many movies out this summer that it’d be hard to say which was the best. If that’s the case, than I shall solve this problem with the Top 5 Best Films of Summer 2011.

Transformers Dark of the Moon: With Mi-chael Bay having directed the first two movies in the series, Dark of the Moon closes the se-ries right with a lot of action and a fairly de-cent plot. As with any Transformers movie, it centers on an ongoing battle between two robot factions. With the aid of the humans, the Autobots must save planet Earth from ut-ter destruction from the Decepticons. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley makes her acting debut and for her first time, she does a nice job and makes you forget about that other girl. While Shia Lebeouf, can deliver a good joke here and there, his acting style is starting to become old. But you don’t watch this film for the humans; you watch it for the robots. The CGI is just as great as ever and the action is pretty good itself. There is some excellent stunt work showcased, like when several soldiers are gliding between buildings, falling aircraft, and Decepticons in wing suits. In addition to non-stop action, the plot can take some turns and get pretty deep too. If you’re part of the crowd that thought Revenge of the Fallen was a travesty, this film defiantly makes up for it and is a nice conclu-sion to an awesome series.

Cowboys and Aliens: Usually ideas like this movie’s premise are considered really weird. Leave it to the director of Iron Man, Jon Favreau, to make it better than expecta-tions. While the movie doesn’t set any new standards for filmmaking, it does live up to its title. Daniel Craig is top billed as a man who has lost all on his previous memories amidst an alien invasion of the 1830’s Arizona Territory. Its up to him to save the west from dying too early. Alongside him is Harrison Ford playing a retired colonial turned cattleman, and a very mysterious Olivia Wilde. All of them nail their parts and seem to fit rather well for the setting. The designs of the aliens and their technology are really cool and are the most original I’ve seen in a while. On the Western side, you have your classic bar scene and the usual character archetypes, while on the sci-fi side you have your kidnapping humans for lord knows what moments. Although we’ve seen these in many other films, they are pretty cool because of the acting, characters, and effects. If you want some new type of sci-fi film or want to please your curiosity, give this one a watch.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes: The Planet of the Apes franchise is wildly considered a favor-ite amongst sci-fi fans. With the release of this movie, it makes the series relevant again. Sci-entists working for a pharmaceutical company develop a serum that can cure Alzheimer’s, they test it on chimpanzees. This film utilizes the motion capture technology that was seen in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and 2005’s King Kong and it looks fantastic. Every ape looks just like the real thing. Also the movie makes you feel really sorry for them as they go through a lot of torment. It’s so well done that the human characters come off as secondary. They aren’t bad, but their motivations aren’t as good as the apes. However, when the apes get their revenge on the various bad guys, it is re-ally satisfying. As for action, it’s well done and can be really awesome at times. Any Planet of the Apes fan should check this out if you haven’t seen it.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Of course I might get a lot of flack for this, but hear me out. Very rarely I will say that a movie is 100% perfect with no flaws at all. Deathly Hallows Part 2 is one of those exceptions. Seeing a decade’s worth of a fan base come full circle was extraordinary. It is without a doubt one of the best climaxes to a film series since Star Wars. The Boy Who Lived returns to Hogwarts with all his friends to prevent it from being destroyed by Lord Voldemort. Everyone is forced to fight and defend the home turf. They use all the knowl-edge they’ve accumulated to save this once magical place from crumbling to the ground. While all that’s going on, we discover some new characters, as well as new knowledge of already developed characters. The action scenes are intense, special effects are wonder-ful, and it really gives you a feeling of despair and no hope. So much so in fact that some of the characters don’t make it out alive. But the movie does have its share of funny moments. The ending simply put is just heart breaking. Its one of the most rewarding endings ever and will leave you in tears. “J.K. Rowling fantasti-cally wrote a complex, intricate story with lik-able characters that you sympathize with and you learn to love,” said junior Klaire Smith. Overall, I found no bad parts in this flick and is a must see for any Potter fans or people who are following the movie series. While I do love this film and I consider this the best film of the summer, it isn’t my personal favorite.

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Clockwise from top:Senior Jordan Murray yells from the senior section at the Homecoming game. The football team was tied at half time agains Shorecrest.After a cheer by the cheerleaders, the senior section roars to show their spirit.Royal football players watch their teammates while they play against Shorecrest High School. The team ened up loosing 13-14 after they missed a two-point conversion.After the football game ended, students traveled back to the school to participate in the home-coming dance.Once the boot was anounced at halftime, junior president Soren Steelquist brought it into the stands to share with fellow juniors.

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In high school, sports play a very big role in students’ lives. But what happens when an injury affects their ability to play? Soren Steelquist, a junior at Lynnwood High School, got into an inner tubing accident leaving him unable to play soccer and basketball.

“I was inner tubing on the fourth of July and I went over a wave with my buddy, caught air and when I came back down I landed on his skull and broke my face in three places. My friend got a concussion,” said Steelquit. Knowing that his in-jury would affect going to soccer, Steelquist felt crushed.

“I was crushed and it was during summer. It’s a busy time then and my team plays a lot of games. I was crushed because I knew I was missing out,” said Steelquist. Recovering from an accident like that is hard, but Steelquist hung in there until he was at least cleared to run again.

“I was out of sports for two weeks, and my recovery was just lying in bed,” he said. “I was cleared to run before I was even cleared to play at practice.” Steelquist’s recovery went by fast, considering it was much shorter than expected.

“I recovered really fast because I was suppose to be out for three months, but I recovered in six weeks,” said Steelquist. “I wouldn’t be able to play but I would still go to their practices or games and watch. It was hard watching from the stands, I kept thinking about if I was in the game, what I would do.” Not be-ing able to play as often as he did before, Steelquist felt nervous getting back into the game.

“I felt out of shape since I didn’t play for a while,” he said. “The thing I feared the most was getting hit in the face. I still am scared but it made me step up my game to try harder and I’m stronger and better because of it.”

Another student, junior Madi Thompson, got an injury that affected softball.

“I sat down on the bench during a game, and slammed my butt on the catcher’s mask,” she said. “The feeling was unimagi-nable. I felt destroyed.” Thompson’s injury left her with a bro-ken tailbone, which made it painful for her to do anything.

“I couldn’t sit down and it hurt to stand for a long period of time. I didn’t go to softball practices for awhile and I had to take physical therapy,” said Thompson. “One time I got a butt mas-sage and it was a guy, it was really awkward.” A broken tailbone didn’t really affect Thompson’s playing skills.

“I got better at playing; it made me stronger,” she said.Junior Arsenia Ivonav tore her ACL on her left knee during

a basketball, this injury also affecting her playing. “I was trapping and I jumped up and all of my weight landed

on my right side and my body jerked. Then I fell to the floor. I affected basketball, volleyball, and anything having to do with working out,” said Ivonav. “It took me ten months to recover.”

During her recovery, Ivonav felt upset and in shock about the injury.

“At first I couldn’t even believe what happened. It sucks be-cause I was waiting for a couple of years to play on the varsity team to see how I would compete,” said Ivanov. “No one on my team or any of the coaches came to see how I was doing during my recovery which made me feel like I wasn’t really important to the team.” An ACL tear even affected her ability to walk.

“I couldn’t walk for a month and was drugged up on meds. But to get back on track I did physical therapy for seven months. Because I was out of the game for so long, I was more motivated to come back and do better. I’m better than I was,” said Ivonav.

Although these injuries affected their activities, it seems to be that it only made them stronger and better at their game.

Broken bones, broken dreams

Junior Corey Newman broke his collarbone in three places at a varisty football practice in a while durning a drill. After he gets surgery, he’ll be out for five to six weeks meaning that his junior football season is over. “I’m upset because I won’t be able to finish the season with the seniors,” he said.

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Goes the familiar chant led by a group of girls in black and gold uniforms. LHS cheerleaders are always there for the teams competing, but they themselves take the short end of the stick when it comes to treatment compared to other athletics and they suffer from budget cuts.

It’s game day, so be sure to show your school spirit! Football players wear your jerseys and cheerleaders wear your … warm-up suits? The cheer uniforms are against dress code, and some cheerleaders argue that it’s unfair that they can’t wear uniforms to represent them-selves on game days. ‘‘The school technically bought our uniforms, they should have told us what we could and couldn’t get.“ said Hailey Vileta a junior new to LHS cheer. The school owns and keeps the uniforms, but ‘‘every other

school in the Edmonds School District gets to wear their uniforms,“ Allie McKay, a returning junior, says. All the cheerleaders voice similar opinions, and say they should be allowed to wear their uniforms to school, whether or not the skirt is too short. But the skirt being too short is precisily the problem, even though the short skirt lets the cheerleaders have higher kicks and makes jumping easier. The same rule applies to other sports like volleyball though. They can’t wear their spandex shorts to school either, Lisa Gordon the Athletic Secretary pointed out.

Being a part of cheer means spending about 600-700 dolars, including a sports fee that eve-ryone else pays. But the cheerleaders are lac-king in some ways the other sports aren’t. The cheerleaders don’t get their own buses and aren’t allowed to ride with the football players, so transportation is difficult. Some games are

far away, and even with no way of getting there provided by the school, the cheerleaders make it there to cheer our team on. They aren’t the only ones in the situation of losing budgets however. Tennis is another sport that no lon-ger gets a bus either, mostly due to the fact it comes out of the overall sport budget,and that money could be better used for new equitment or better thing.

Cheer is an all year sport, and is the same amount of any other, if not more. They don’t receive the amount of recognition they deserve though. This year, Emily Chambers a returning junior said that, ‘‘Cheer is trying to do more for the school.‘„ They are still brainstorming ideas, but they are planning on improving their rela-tionship with the school. Maybe now it’s time for the school to do more for cheer,and show appreciation for all the effort and support our cheerleaders put in for the other teams.

The “sport” of being spiritedThe line between cheerleading and sports

High school student athletes reflect on injuries

LHS cheerleaders stand at attention during the National Anthem at Friday’s Home-coming Assembly.

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Fall sports shape up

One thing the football team wont give up this season is hope. After coming off a 1-9 overall season last year, the foot-ball team is finally ready for some wins. “We can beat teams,” said Blake Lord, a senior and the Royals’ varsity Quarterback, “We just have to do it.” The team also feels like they are building their chemistry. “We’re working on our team bonding because we feel it will help us unite more,” said varsity receiver and ju-nior Corey Newman. “We do a lot of things together to make us be more of a family.”

Coach Heberlein’s second year is off to a good start. “We are better than previous years and we’re on the right track for the season,” said Cassie Leishman, a co-captain and sophomore for the team. After winning four games last season, the girls are looking to better their score this year. “We’re improving,” said Hannah Lemm a junior and co-captain for the third year on the team. “A lot of players improved individually.” The team, who are all incredibly close can’t wait to use their drive and determi-nation and face the other teams this season.

As the season continues for swim, they are hoping their team will grow. But as for now, they are focusing on having the most amount of fun. “Our team is like a family,” said Jessica Thornberry, senior and co-captain, “We do a lot of stuff outside of the season.” Along with their team bonding, they also are get-ting pumped up for more matches. “We [recently] had a good match that really pumped us up,” said Thornberry. “For us it’s all about our spirit and heart.”

After coming off of a good season last year, the cross country team is even more excited for this season. “We have a lot more runners,” said Nick Zombor, Senior and JV co-captain, “And a lot of our top runners have improved a lot.” As for how their practices are going, the other JV co-captain Jordan Murray says, “We like to say that we love cross country, but hate running.”

One thing the volleyball girls this season can’t argue about is the chemistry as a team. “There is a lot less drama this season,” said Jennifer Tusji, a senior, “and we work well as a team.” Se-nior Samantha Rodriguez agrees. “We’re working as a unit and can read each other well since we’ve played with each other so long.” Freshman coach and assistant coach Sara Wike thinks the season’s going extremely well. “They’re playing for each other, she said. With the potential to do well this season, the girls are looking forward the what is to come.

After coming off of three wins last season in total, the boys tennis team is already at their record and ready to beat it. “We’re doing a lot better than last year,” said Erik Engstrom a Senior and a captain on the varsity team. “We have really good play-ers that came out this season.” Of those new players, it includes freshmen Mathew Hung and Brandon Pale, who says are a great extra to the team.

Freshman Tyler McArthur, Sophomore Kenzo Onishi, Senior Jared Hendricks, and Junior Ryan McArthur push through their 5k. “I love the team,” said Hendricks. “I’m really surprised with how fast some of the new kids are.”

Junior Andrew Basham (77) and Corey Horner (34) combine for a tackle during LHS’ 13-14 loss versus Shorecrest.

An all fall sports review; in case you missed it

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Football 0-7: Tennis 4-8:Soccer 0-9:

Volleyball 5-2:

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Footballoct 14 @ marysville pilchuck 7 oct 21 vs. meadowdale 8oct 28 vs. mths TBD

Boys Tennis3A Sub-District 3 @ JHS TBDoct 25-26 District @ Glacier Peak 12

oct 20 @ meadowdale 7oct25 vs mths 7oct 31, nov 3, nov 5 ESD District

Girls Swimoct 18 vs mariner 245oct20 vs glacier peak 245oct 22 ESD meet 10 AM

Girls Socceroct 18 vs meadowdale 730oct 20 vs mths 730oct 24 vs everett 730oct 26 @ marysville pilchuck 730

XCoct 22 wesco 3a meet @ lakewood

TBDoct 29 District 1 South Whidby TBD nov 5 3a state meet @ pasco TBD

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