The Bengal's Purr, Oct. 23, 2015

Homecomingpages 8 & 9Homecoming, Australian trip,iPad invasion,

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Lewiston High School October23, 2015 Vol.89 No.1

3EditorialFriday, October 23

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Lately, it seems as if ev-erything has gone digital, from books to paying bills at restaurants; almost anything can be done from a tablet. Classrooms were the next thing on the list of things to be turned digital, and thanks to Butch Otter, Idaho’s tax mon-ey bought Idaho’s schools plenty of the newest iPads, to use for each individual stu-dent. According to Dr. Don-aldson, superintendent, Lew-iston school district received 2800. Cool! A new, fun way to do classroom assignments, watch presentations and read textbooks, or a new, fun way to get DISTRACTED. Students, on a day-to-day bases, are virtually surrounded by tech-nology, cellphones, comput-ers, laptops, tablet, iPods, etc.

Do they really need more? Using iPads to replace class-room materials brews some concerns. “Digital” classrooms mean students get emailed an assignment and they do it on the iPad or at home on a personal computer. Teach-ers would stop giving out already outdated textbooks and rely on students having the internet accessibility to finish the work. Is there a big difference between virtual text book and a real hands-on text book? Most likely not, but some students don’t have constant access to the be-loved internet, some could be grounded from the internet, or anything else that could get in the way of them fin-ishing the assignment online. The iPads are wonderful

if the teachers using them know how to operate them and how to have the stu-dents use the technology to their advantage instead of a disadvantage. Sometimes students waste half of their class time attempting to get their devices to connect to Wi-Fi, use the right app or just plain trying to get them to work, resulting in unfin-ished work and frustrated students and teachers alike. The new BYOT [Bring your own technology] policies make it so every student will be able to bring their cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc., to do their class work and iPads will be provid-ed for any student lacking a device. The BYOT policy is great, but where is the line

drawn? To police the stu-dent’s use of their technol-ogy, students will log onto the school’s server and the district will control what apps personal devices can use. Living in the 21st century, one sees technology as a blessing, but what about the young students whose lives are already consumed by all sorts of technology? Accord-ing to studies conducted by Digiday, the Millennials are the first digital natives; the first people to have the world at their fingertips, literally, the first people to have their lives instantly and constantly chronicled online. Millenni-als were born in the middle of all these huge technolog-ical developments and this generation has witnessed

a large amount of change. Their brains don’t 100 per-cent understand how to pro-cess all those changes and because of this, millennials naturally romanticize sim-pler times, even one’s they weren’t there for, referred to as “early-onset nostalgia.” Early onset nostalgia caus-es such an informational overload that it has com-pressed their sense of time. Technology can help in many numerous ways, but in the long run could also affect student’s sense of nostalgia and wonder. The conversion to digital could be beneficial, but also isn’t necessary in ev-ery aspect of life. Leave some things in the Stone Age and be nostalgic over things of the past.

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Religion and race fall among many things tak-ing the blame for un-speakable acts that we, as a nation, are becom-ing numb to. (President Obama described the situation as “hopeless” in his address after the tragedy at Umpqua Com-munity College in Rose-burg, Oregon, that left nine dead.) America has become much too com-fortable with shootings, and needs options to stop these tragedies from occurring. One side of the argument states that gun sales r e q u i r e more re-str iction, but the s o m e -w h a t s u r p r i s -ing truth is that al-most half of the weapons used in mass shootings are obtained legal-

ly. According to statistics found by CNN, a high percentage of the gun-men were equipped with three or more weapons. Gun restrictions may not be the answer, howev-er pro-gun laws also will not solve the issue. Many people believe that mass shootings occur in places such as schools because they are gun-free zones. But, the state of Oregon is one of the few states that allows students to car-ry concealed weapons. Chances are that there was at least one student

present with a con-cealed weapon.

Why would stu-dents carry

a weapon if they didn’t have the intent ion of stop-ping such an event? Of par-t i c u l a r

interest is a petition

signed by 180 professors

at the University of Texas who do not wish to have

firearms in their class-rooms. From a pro-gun standpoint, a classroom full of armed youth might be a good idea, but we do not know what is in every-one’s best interest. This q u e s t i o n -ing of what people are t h i n k i n g , and who they are look-ing out for, is what makes guns so terrifying and mass shootings so real. There is one true fact, a mass shooter will not kill anyone else after being shot. But, if we put guns in the hands of everyone to watch for a potential criminal, aren’t we arm-ing potential criminals? We do not know what people are thinking. Think back to the case of a seemingly promising young man from Holly-wood who was angered because he wasn’t as rich or good looking as the people around him. Elliot Rodger always felt like he was on just the edge

of being great. Isn’t this something that would make everyone feel kind

of down? Well, yes, but not enough to kill six peo-ple and injure 14 others. This is the gray area that needs addressed -- the area between the weap-on and the killer, the mind of a potential criminal. The world puts so much emphasis on being “nor-mal” that people focus on being prim and proper rather than noticing oth-ers who are not develop-ing as they should and who feel confined within themselves. In many of the recent tragedies, the shooters were described as loners, full of emotion-al pain and who, at times, were blatantly antisocial. Most of society simply

ignores those people, fur-ther marginalizing them. Another question that is raised after a mass shoot-ing is “Should the par-ents receive any blame?” Of course they should. Many of the killers get their weapons straight from their parents and it is the duty of the family to not only teach chil-dren proper weapon eti-quette, but to make sure that kids are developing correctly and learning

social skills that will help them deal with every-day life. Without these skills people turn to vio-lence and nobody wins. We are not helpless, but helping others is of-ten so much of a burden that we just ignore the issues around us until the news reports remind us of what a cruel world we live in. Help someone and you may be helping a lot more than one lost soul.

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Bacon Bits: Gun control out of control

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  As each school year gets on its way, students in every high school sign up for classes that their school requires to get the necessary credits to graduate. Everyone wants to take classes that are fun, informative and useful for life after high school. Unfortunately, it seems like every year students overload their already-full plates with tough classes and too many extra-curriculars. Advanced Placement and dual-credit courses are wonderful and so useful, but also A LOT of work. Students who go to

school for seven hours a day, take college courses, play sports, join clubs, work and still manage to have social lives should be commended. It really is amazing. School is a full-time job, despite anything anyone else says. School can drain everyone, physically and mentally. It’s exhausting. Everyone’s school experience is different; some students choose to take their education to the next level and challenge themselves with difficult classes that earn college credits and look good on applications.

Students under pressureCan we talk about...

Meanwhile, some students take easier classes because they simply want to get out of high school with a good GPA. Students taking harder class-es can receive a boosted G.P.A., but too many can overload the students and send their G.P.A. down the drain. According to an article by Jeff Hudson from the Davis Enterprise, the number of AP courses you take won’t deter-mine your worth in getting into colleges. Colleges look for people who are talented, hard working problem-solvers, not just a per-son who took a lot of AP courses.

Here’s one thing everyone has to remember: Pressure makes diamonds, so don’t expect to shine without a little heat. Applying oneself in every way possible will only better a person, but please don’t stretch yourself beyond your own means. School is supposed to help you, not hinder mental stability. Don’t wear yourself paper thin. It’s okay to get a bad grade. It’s all right to not ace a test. If taking classes that intellectually stimulate you makes you happy, then do exactly that, but don’t do it for anyone else. Hard

classes will make you a well-rounded person. They’ll be fun and you’ll be super proud of yourself in the end when you see that you passed a class designed for someone in college.

This is the gray area that needs addressed -- the area between the weapon and the killer, the mind of a potential criminal.

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5Sports Friday, October 23 Girls take the footbal l f ie ld

Bengals Varsity Soccer finishes the season despite not qualifying for State. Lewiston Bengal girls’ soccer players ended their season just short of state in a district game against Coeur d’ Alene Saturday, Oct.10 with a loss of 2-0. According to Kallie Mas-troberardino, junior, the big-gest game wasn't the dis-trict match against Coeur d’ Alene, but the rivalry game against Clarkston Oct. 3. The Oct. 3 game took place at Clarkston, where the Lady Bengals went into over-time for the win with 2-1. According to Mastrobe-

rardino, Katie McVicar, se-nior, surfaced as the stand-out player of the season. McVicar played a great season, she said, despite the fact that she tore her lateral collateral ligament in the team's district game with Coeur d’ Alene Oct. 10. Mastroberardino added that sophomores Mad-die Haas and Demi Ran-dall also had great sea-sons and seemed to be up and coming players in the sophomore group.. On the other side of the field, the boy’s team ended its season 3-2-8, losing the district game Saturday, Oct. 10 against Coeur d’ Alene 3-1. According to Carlos Gon-

zalez, senior, the most fun game of the season was against Spokane, which the Bengals won 3-0. Gonzalez placed Gavin Hewitt, junior, in the spot-light as one of the stand-out players of the season. “He always goes to the ball, no matter what,” Gon-zalez said. Gonzalez himself scored 13 goals throughout the season. “It was a good season, but we are going to state next year. “ Gonzalez said. “All we need is the communication we had at the end of the season.” Trevan Pixley and Hailey Sorenson contributed to this report.

Varsity soccer teams fal l short of state

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After a long and stress-ful week at Lewiston High School, the Bengals won 42-15 at the Homecom-ing Game Oct. 16 against Post Falls. With this win, the Bengals have an over-all season score of 7-1. “Record dictates that we had a great season,” said Corey Williams, athletic director. “They compet-ed very well, despite the loss [at Coeur d’ Alene].” The stands were prac-tically overflowing with the fan support the Ben-gals received for their last home game of the

season. The support did not end with just the fans though -- LHS cheer alumni also re-turned to the field as a fundraiser for the current cheer squad. The returning alumni ranged from the 1997 class to 2006 along with last year’s cheerleaders. “It went great for the Ben-gals!” said Logan Ahlers, senior. “They killed it!” The Bengals play at Lake City Oct. 23 for their spot in the state competition. If they win, they will host the first game of the state competition on a date yet to be determined.

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Bengals win homecoming

game Bengal Girls got their foot-ball on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Bengal Field. This year, seniors took the win for the annual Powder Puff football game, 28-25. In the annual game, girls play as the football players while boys cheer on the sidelines, coach them on field or act as the referees. The teams were easily split -- seniors against under-classmen. Each team also had three student coaches. The senior team had Logan Chase, Jake Hollenbeck and Michael Rinard as the coach-es while the underclassmen had Nate Hutson, Robby Van Idour and Cody Baumeister. The new cheerleaders tried their best to fill the space left by the usual cheerleaders, even going so far as to wear both long wigs and tutus to fit the part.

“We have been preparing for years for this,” said Levi Spear, junior. With about a minute of play time left, the seniors put male football players with wigs on the field to pose as Powder Puff players. They scored a touchdown almost immediately afterward. The referees allowed the point, despite loud remarks from the underclassman coaches. “I think [the game] went well. The seniors cheated a

little, but what else would you expect?” said Elissa Hard-ing, a sophomore on the un-derclassmen team. “But they really did do good.” Through the slipping and sliding that occurred many times in the game, the play-ers had fun. “The [game] is a good idea -- we get to come together,” said Rachelle Shantie, a se-nior player, “especially be-cause we are seniors and it’s our last year.”

Bengal girls play football while boy football players coach them at the annual Powder Puff football game Wednesday, Oct. 21.

LHS plays Couer d’ Alene Sept. 16 at Bengal Field.

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The Lewiston High School volleyball team have maintained a fairly shaky season, losing to Lake City both times they met, as well as Post Falls and Coeur D’ Alene. The team competed in the Lindin Sheridian clas-sic in Spokane, Washing-ton. They participated in five total games at the classic, in which the scores were were 2-3. The Ben-gals defeated Kennewick and Bonners Ferry, but fell

short to Skyview, Richland and Rodgers High School. Upon facing Post Falls and Coeur D’ Alene the first time, the Bengals lost 3-0 to both teams. They faced off against Post Falls again on Oct. 13. and won 3-1. They competed against Couer D’ Alene again as well on Oct. 15. And lost 3-0 according to Idahos-ports.com. The team has yet to play in state which will be held on Oct. 30 and 31 in Couer D’ Alene. Times are still to be announced.

Volleyball season wraps up with highs, lows

Lewiston High School boys cross country team continues to impress, not just as a team, but

XC Bengals pull ahead in impressive season Bengals volleyball team plays a game in Booth Hall. Photo courtesy of Lewiston High School Yearbook.

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Cross country coach John Potter celebrates with junior Austin Byrer after Byrer takes seventh out of more than 400 runners in Montana Sept. 19. Photo courtesy of R. Byrer.

also individually with great individual perfor-mances by junior Austin Byrer, and sophomores Joey Perez and Sakti Woodbury. team took first place in

the Pasco Bulldogs Invi-tational, second in the Post Falls River Run and third in the Inland Em-pire League Meet. As far as individual per-formances, Austin Byrer,

who seems to be the biggest part of this team, PR’d (personal record) at the Mountain West Classic with a time of 15:49. Joey Perez, an impressive soph-omore, has also stepped up for the team. He PR’d at the Inland Em-pire League Cross Country meet with a time of 16:34. Sakti Wood-bury, another key component to this year's boy’s cross country team, PR’d at the Pasco Bull-dogs Invite with a time of 17:09. The girl’s cross country team has been equally impressive, with a nota-ble performance at the Post Falls River Run, plac-ing fourth The individuals who stepped up for the team include sophomore Kait-lyn Blume who PR’d with a time of 19:45 at the In-land Empire Cross Coun-try meet.

Another sophomore, Miriam Ames, has proved to be a key factor for the girls team. Ames PR’d at the Pasco Bulldogs Invi-tational with a time of 20:22. Miranda Cranston, se-nior, who also adds ex-perience to this young team, PR’d at the Inland Empire League Cross Country meet with a time of 21:42. The next and final event is going to be the 5A State Cross Country Meet at Farragut State Park, in Scott Field, Idaho.

7Friday, October 23 Feature

Q: Describe your se-nior project and its ef-fects on the community. A: I will do whatever I can to make voice actors respected for their work. They put just as much effort into their work as on screen actors do, but don’t get nearly the amount of respect they deserve. Q: What do you hope to

Abe Wesselman: Voice acting in animation, games

   The Pacific Northwest brews plenty of talent in many dif-ferent fields. Education and music aren’t always a typi-cal pairing, but Jenifer Ju-nior High Freshman English teacher, Will Thompson does both. Both have deep roots in his family just like he has his roots in the Pacific Northwest.   Thompson makes one half of local band, Astronaut and the Trees. They have performed the name for three years. The band name means more than it appears to on the surface.     “I wanted something that represented us being from the Northwest,” Thompson said. “… Andru [Gomez] loves outer space… [It’s] having an element of something that’s

grounded with an element of something that can be more fantastic,” said Thompson.   Andru Gomez is the other half. The two have known each oth-er for several years. They met through a mutual friend and started playing music together.   “At the time I rented a house up in the Orchards and we would play in this tiny little bedroom,” Thompson said.     Astronaut and the Trees have a sound to call their own.     “We’re loud, a little bit bluesy… I think we have a lot of similarities with grunge,” Thompson said.     Thompson has seen the Northwest music scene transform. He en-joys his part in the picture.   “I would love to help a local mu-sic scene grow,” Thompson said.    Thompson also has passion

for teaching, and started in    “My mom is actually a certi-fied teacher…and my grand-pa was a teacher [and] mid-dle school counselor for 30 plus years,” Thompson said. Thompson says Mrs. Atkin-son, Lewiston High School teacher, played a significant role in his teaching career.       ”I did my student teaching in 2010 here at LHS with Mrs. Atkinson,” Thompson said. Thompson enjoys the subject of English.     “I love to read and I love to think about the meaning of things” Thompson said.     Thompson loves teach-ing for many reasons.     “I like people, I like room to be creative and I also like structure,” Thompson said.     It may seem hard to bal-ance the two, but Thomp-

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A race against time, a true test of endurance in athletics. Cross country truly motivates its participants to practice and succeed in its race towards the gold.   A cross country meet can vary between 25 to even as much as 400 runners, the Lewiston High School cross country team has gone to

meets consisting of both numbers.  The Mountain West Classic in Montana consisted of 413 runners and over 50 schools. Lewiston as a team placed 24th out of 56, but the significant thing about this race is junior, Austin Byrer, finished seventh out of those 413 runners with a time of 15:49.  “I don’t really know what goes on in my head. When you’re running you’re not

thinking of much,” said Byrer when asked what goes through his mind during these five mile races.   Byrer, got his personal best time at the Mountain West Classic with a time of 15:49. He also has first place finishes at the Inland Empire League Classic as well as the Pasco Bulldogs invite.   Expect big things at the state meet from junior, Austin Byrer.

Thompson balances rock, school

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son has plenty of support.      “My lovely wife Julia is very supportive of me playing mu-

sic...my bandmate Andru isn’t too demanding...I’m able to balance it,” Thompson said.

Will Thompson plays with Astronaut and Trees while teaching at Jenifer Jr. High School. Above on Left: Andru Gomez, Right: Will Thompson. Photo courtesy of Will Thompson.

Right: Austin Byrer, junior, gets interviewed by the Spokesman Review Oct. 22. Photo courtesy of R. Byrer.

accomplish with your se-nior project and paper? A: I want to do what I can to get voice actors more known. They all have names and faces, but not many people know them. Q: What is your personal rea-son for picking this topic? A: I grew to (appreciate) voice acting. I admittedly didn’t care about it until very recently. After learning an impressive fact, I set out to learn as much as I (could) about voice acting,

and to become a voice actor. Q: Please share some of the most interesting facts that you have found re-garding your project. A: The same person, Tara Strong, voices Raven from Teen Titans and Bubbles from Powerpuff Girls, (as well as) many other characters. Mel Blanc, known for voicing Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and around 90% of the original Looney Tunes characters, had at least

400 unique voices. The first two Mass Ef-fect games have a to-tal of around 670,000 words. For compar-ison, War and Peace (the book) has around 500,000. Trey Parker and Matt Stone voice most of the characters in their show South Park. Each episode is also made within a week.

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highlights of your trip? A: We went repelling off a cliff in the Blue Mountains in Syd-ney, and that was totally out of my comfort zone, but I loved it! In my normal life, that isn’t who I am, but when I was away, I felt I could be someone else who I wished I was. We also scuba dived and snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, which was com-pletely breathtaking. We stayed with a host family for a few days in Forster. It was amazing for me to stay with people who lead different lives than me. Q: What were some of the strangest things you experienced? A: Everyone drove on the oppo-site side of the road, which took a while to get used to. It was also our summer time when I left and it was their winter time over there, which wasn’t much different since it was in the 70s most of the time. Also, it was so strange because the kangaroo there equate deer to us. They see kangaroos all the time on the side of the road. Q: What is your favor-ite story from your visit? A: When we went to go scu-ba dive and snorkel the Great Barrier Reef, to get out to the reef you have to go on a boat ride, one hour out. It was argu-

In first installment of this Purr series, Questions with Katie, Moi-ra Skinner tells of her summer trip to Australia.

Q: Where did you travel in Australia? A: We flew from L.A. to Syd-ney, Australia, then traveled up the east coast to Brisbane. We spent time on an island called Tagalooma, then we traveled farther up the east coast to Queensland. We spent time in Karens, the last leg of our trip, and then we flew back to L.A. The trip was over the course of 20 days. Q: Why did you go? A: I wanted to experience another culture and see as much of the world as I can. I could die tomorrow and I don’t want to say I didn’t go. There are too many beauti-ful places in the world. I want to see at least a few of them. Q: Who did you go with? A: I went with a group called People to People Student Ambassadors. My best friend was also in the group, Haley Heaton, and it was amazing to experience that with [her]. Q:   What were some of the

ably the choppiest water I’ve ever been on. The only people who I think have felt worse are the members of Deadliest Catch. They told us to take Dramamine, the mo-tion sickness medicine, be-cause people were going to get sick. So I did and so did Haley, but a lot of kids were like, “No, I don’t get motion sick. I don’t need to take it.”     We get five minutes into the boat ride, and kids are dropping like flies, vomiting like a movie scene. Everyone was slowly going to the back of the boat, and they would vomit over the side. I was hunkered down with Haley and our friend and we were snuggling together like, “We are going to make it through this you guys, we will not vomit.” And one by one everybody would go back and leave us. They were vomiting, so the crew started handing out “just in case” bags and we were like, “No, no it’s okay, we are trying to keep our business together, leave me alone.”    This kid in front of us was with our group, and we were alone up there at this point cause everybody else was vomiting, We hadn’t said anything to each other but we were silently in agreement that we were going to make this work, we are not going to vomit, we are going to stick this out. This kid that is with our group, you could see him start to turn white and sweat, and he vomited! I al-most started to cry because I felt so emotional that ev-erybody else was sick. But I never threw up. It was hi-larious. And then they fed us while we were out there and when we had to go back in, I think people forgot we had to go back in, because they just threw everything up again. It was gold.

Whose fault? Asphalt!

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Moira Skinner poses in ceremonial face paint, which an aboriginal tribe applied while she was hiking around Mossman Gorge in Australia. Courtesy of M. Skinner.

Skinner travels to Australia   Mr. Kelly Carper. When people from Lewiston High School hear this name, they are more than likely to think; “Sophomore history teacher.” What usu-ally doesn’t come to mind when it comes to Carper is: asphalt. It’s time to learn a little bit more about the man in Room 205.   When asked if he had ever had a weird job, he elaborated quite a bit on “the asphalt job” as he called it for lack of a better title. “I used a paint roller to roll scalding hot asphalt from the bowels of hell onto the foundation side,” he said. “Asphalt so hot it burned the hairs off my tender little 14 year old arms!”   All day in the hot, hot-- emphasis on the hot-- July and August sun he painted asphalt emulsion onto house foundations.       He e x p l a i n e d that there was a trench between the fo u n d at i o n of a house and the earth that was about 2-3 feet wide and 15 feet down. There was 9 feet of dirt above his head where he stood and he used a ladder to climb in and out. |     “No music, hot sun, asphalt, no money, asphalt again. Who’s fault? Asphalt!” Carper said. “It was just horrendous! I thought the world was gonna end! It didn’t.”   For the claustrophobic the job felt “like blech,” as Carper put it, worrying

about the sides of the trench caving in. Meanwhile, his skin was covered in dirt and drenched with sweat and asphalt.  “It’s awful. And doesn’t pay very well either,” said Carper.   Carper explained that he lived in Hayden, Idaho, at the time of the asphalt job. He re-ceived $3 per hour at the age of 14. “Fourteen, so young and innocent,” he added.   When asked why he took this job, he revealed that his brother hired him, adding that he was a jerk for doing so. He called Carper one day and said, “Hey, guess what you’re going to do?”   He also didn’t ask if Carper really wanted the job, which he didn’t.   Carper’s brother is 15 years older than him and Carper himself was only the “tender little 14,” while his brother was the “big bad nasty 29, making me do stuff I didn’t wanna do. It was cheaper to have me do it. My brother is a cheapskate.” Carper said.    “[On the job] I got water, but

it was never enough, no hairs on my arm, dirt everywhere, ickiness all over me, couldn’t get a date. Well, I couldn’t get a date before, but still,” Carp-er said l a u g h i n g .

  Carper whispered that he purposely did horrendous work at the job, by not taking the asphalt emulsion all the way to the bottom of the foundation.     “I just kicked up a bunch of dirt,” he said.     When asked what he did today [in regards to teaching] he replied with “Not much, but I got paid for it. So much better than asphalt!”

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Last year, Lewiston School Dis-trict switched to finding substi-tute teachers for classes in need substitutes on a website called Aesop. Aesop recently made an app called Jobulator. In the end it adds up to about $50 a year. The teachers aren’t required to buy it because they can get all their information for free on the

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Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium scores lack luster

Results for The Smarter Bal-anced Assessment Consor-tium (SBAC) gave to 156,500 Idaho students in the spring of 2014 are in (kind of ). Idaho had a contract with the Standards Achievement Test by Smarter Balance that results of the testing would be turned in within 10 days after the exam. The testing took place from March 30- May 22, and students in some districts, including Lewis-ton, still do not know where

they stand with their results. The Idaho Board of Education released that the scores have beaten projections from the state but the actual numbers are lack-luster. Statewide, 61 percent of 10th graders were at proficient or above in English, as were 48 per-cent of third graders. In the on-coming years a major focus may be to increase math scores. State-wide, 50 percent of third graders were proficient or above in math but only 30 percent of 10th grad-ers were proficient or above. All of these statistics were provid-ed by Idaho Education News.

This may not surprise the stu-dents who took the test, or the state that joined 43 others in administering the test. How-ever, the scores may shock parents in Lewiston. Dr. Don-aldson, superintendent of the Lewiston School District, stat-ed Sept. 23 that students and parents should expect to see individual scores in the begin-ning of October. (The district already knows that scores for each individual building are matching the statistics pre-sented by the rest of the state.)  

The infographs above show the statewide proficiency scores for the English and math sections of the SBAC test.

In their first Purr interview of the school year, administrators Kevin Driskill, Chad Arlint and Corey Williams highlighted the school’s future, senior projects and advice for sophomores. Administrators reported that the school district has commit-ted for freshmen to move to the high school sometime in the future. The school board hired an architect, Amber Van Ocker, but is now deciding on whether to “renovate or build a new school and research-ing expenses,” Driskill stated. When asked about the senior project, Arlint’s ad-vice was to start early. “Take advantage of the practice day — you get feedback,” he added. Driskill recommended that seniors use the school’s web-sites, lists of project dates and teachers’ help as resources. “The earlier, the bet-ter off,” Driskill said.

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sophomores to get involved. “I believe there is a place for everyone,” Driskill add-ed. He also mentioned that students here have more freedom than at most stu-dents’ previous schools. Principal Driskill stated that he doesn’t expect any major changes for school activities. “We’re mostly stick-ing with what we did last year,” Arlint added. “It’s your guys’ school. We like to let the students take it on,” said Driskill, with Ar-lint adding that they keep a balance with associated student body (ASB) and the administrative leadership. “It’s always fun around here!” Driskill said. “LHS is a great place to go! We’ve got great [students],” Driskill said. “There are lots of opportunities and a wider range, and more open classes of choice with the block sched-ule.”

Administrators give words of wisdom

Aesop website. Teachers across the nation using the app liked it better than the other apps that Aesop has worked with in the past. At first the teachers were receiving more positions. There are some features that could be added, such as filters on who they are subbing for, what age group it is, where it is, and when the class is needing a substitute. After teachers used the app for

a while they ran into some trou-bles keeping the app open. It would crash and there would be a delay between posting in the app and posting online, which led to less positions for some people. Another way teachers were losing positions is when the accept button wasn’t working correctly. Even with all of these features that need to be fixed teachers are still using the app.

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Finding a sub, not made easyOct. 27 Music Dept Concert, auditorium

Oct. 29 Soccer Banquet, 5-9 p.m., cafeteria Oct. 30-31 Varsity Volleyball STATE @CDA, TBA Oct. 31 Cross Country STATE @Farragut State Park,

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Nov. 6 EARLY RELEASE End Qtr. 1Nov. 9-10 Drama Christmas Play Auditions, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 11 Vetran’s AsssemblyNov. 11-13 Parent Conferences, 3:45 to 7:30 p.m.,

Booth Hall Nov. 18 Mass Band/Choir Concert, 7 p.m. Audito-

rium Nov. 16-19 Mr. LHS rehearsals Nov. 20-21 Varsity Football, TBA at Milk BowlNov. 20 Mr LHS, auditorium, 7-10 p.m.Nov. 24 Bengal’s Purr Issue Nov. 25-27 NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break

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    In a press conference Sept. 23 with the Bengal’s Purr, Lewiston Independent School District’s Superintendent Dr. Robert Donaldson, discussed important information regarding upcoming changes within the d i s t r i c t . As of Sept. 23 Donaldson said it was u n k n o w n whether ISAT 2.0 scores would be used as a g r a d u a t i o n requirement for the class of 2017. H o w e v e r , the Lewiston T r i b u n e r e p o r t e d Oct. 22 that the test would not affect graduation for this year’s sophmores. The school’s overall ISAT 2.0 results came in towards the end of August. The individual ISAT 2.0 scores will be released when the window of appeals closes, Donaldson said. Lewiston High School still contains asbestos but it is all sealed, contained, and regularly inspected. According to Donaldson, “There is absolutely no affect to students.”

The Lewiston School Board is committed to creating 9-12 grade high school, he said. This will be reached either through renovating the current high school or building on the 80 acres the district owns.     “I will 100 percent support whatever the board decides

we do” said D o n a l d s o n . “I did throw out the idea of a bond election in May, but it’s at the discretion of the board.” The board is looking into the option of increasing the local sales tax to lift some of the weight off the tax-payers shoul-

ders, he added.       The state looks at all resolutions for the high school and the board’s decision is only a recommend-ation, he explained.  As of mid-October there are 2,800 iPads in use district-wide.     ”District wide we aren’t one to one,” Donaldson stated. Tammany has an iPad for every student and that is the goal for the entire district. ”Someday there will be a de-vice for every student,” he said.

    This year the bandwidth at Lewiston High School’s Wi-Fi increased to support the growing number of wireless devices on the campus. With increased Wi-Fi bandwidth, the possibility of Lewiston

District boosts bandwidth

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    Over the past couple of years the students at McGhee Elementary School have been organizing fundraisers to raise money to build a new play structure where the Emrich, also known as Castle Park,

stands. Judy Fong had set up the Emrich Student council to put the decisions into place. On Tuesday, Sept. 29 a group of volunteers got together to tear down the Emrich at McGhee Elementary school. The group worked on tearing down the Emrich until six that night. Afterwards the volunteers

were served a dinner. Volun-teers spent all day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday working on rebuilding the new play structure. The new play structure is made of Trex recycled material. Trex is made to be used and to look like wood. The group of volun-teers finished Sunday, Oct. 4.

High School moving towards students bringing their own technology (BYOT). “Down the road, students will be able to log on to the Wi-Fi and teachers can push out apps for students to use,” said the Vice Principal, Chad Arlint. “There is no set time frame. In a perfect world it would be tomorrow, but there is no set time frame.”To access the apps teachers use, students log into the Wi-Fi using their school login and password; the 10-12 level filter will be in place

during all use according to Ar-lint. An informational website regarding blocked apps will soon be available to help teachers’ better plan lessons, according to Lisa Kokernak, the school’s computer technician. As mid-October 30 minutes of inactivity logs students off of the open Wi-Fi network according to Kokernak.The Wi-Fi service is provided through the state of Idaho, Kokernak said.

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Castle Park Volunteers came together and finished the rebuild of the Emerich and finished Sunday Oct. 4. Photo Cour-tesy of Carol Richel.

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Tame Impala’s Currents, released July 17, paves a bold new direction for this psychedelic pop/rock group. “Different” is Currents’ keyword. Its near absence of guitars is most notable. Currents transitions into a synth-driven sound that’s laced with electronics, but still feels organic and true to the band. Much like the band itself, Tame Impala’s primary member and producer, Kevin Parker, seems to be experiencing

changes. The lyrics reflect this with lines such as, “another version of myself I think I found, at last.” This album’s main theme is accepting change sonically and lyrically. Parker’s production shines at its best. The instrumentation sounds clean, the vocals are light and airy. Everything about it feels fresh and vibrant, boasting a light, dreamy sound. Currents proves to be tight and cohesive, a listening experience that flows well.

Every song fits in with the laid-back vibes this record gives out. Solid interlude tracks tie this LP together. There’s not much to complain about on this album, but there is a little. The vocals could use some variety as Parker’s voice hasn’t changed much since the band’s 2010 debut album. With fantastic songs like “The Less I Know the Better,” and “Let it Happen,” Currents proves to be a worthy addition to Tame Im-pala’s discography. For this, Currents earns four stars. Tame Impala relased Currents July 2015. Image courtesy of Tame Impala.

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    Movies are likely as popular now as they have ever been. Certain movies are good enough to get a sequel.     Sequels have the opportunity to expand upon the universe of a film and to make a better movie than the last. Movies have sequels when the movie is special and people want to see more, right?     Sequels used to be something special and were often better than the last one. Some notable examples include Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and The Dark Knight (2008), the second installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.   Lately, it seems as if a movie doesn’t have to be good to get a sequel. Sequels have lost their magic and many exist to make money.     Some sequels are so bad that they tarnish the reputation of the original, like Son of the Mask (2005). Some are unnecessary and have no reason to justify their existence such as Cars 2 (2011) and its spinoff Planes (2013).    Too many times, it doesn’t end with one sequel. Take for example, the bloated Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first wave of these movies offered a neat example of a film universe. Almost everything after that just feels like a gimmick

with many of the entries failing to deliver an experience as good as the original. Plenty of the movies follow a far-too-familiar blueprint. Things have gotten out of hand. Take the ending to Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), which just sets up its two-part sequel. This isn’t the end--Marvel

has movies planned up to 2019.     Many filmmakers now split a story into multiple entries, which often feels unnecessary. The 390 page novel Mockingjay (2010) is a two-part cinematic entry in The Hunger Games series. The book isn’t long or rich enough to be

divided into two movies. This resulted in the first part of Mock-ingjay feeling like a glorified trail-er just to set up the second part.  There are far too many examples of oversizing a series with too many entries. The Paranormal Activity series contains five films with a planned sixth one released Oct 23. None of them have a score higher than 70 percent on

Rotten Tomatoes ex-cept for the first movie.   Many stories manage to get a trilogy milked from them, Taken being one of these. The final two en-tries received poor critical reception. There is even a trilogy of American remakes; Case in point, The Grudge (2004)   is an Americanization of Japanese horror film Ju-On: The Grudge (2002).    There were three more Home Alone movies af-ter the first two. None of the three had any original cast members and all three received atrocious reviews.   Some series never made it past two but that’s because the sequels were effective series killers. Primary examples include Paul Blart 2 (2015) and Grown Ups 2 (2013). (It’s a good thing cancel-lation struck them at two,

as critics everywhere gave these sour sequels savage reviews)   A sequel used to be a cinematic treat. Viewers explored deeper into the stories of their favorite characters. Nowadays, the surprise is gone much like the thrills within the films.

    Change is on its way for Marvel Comics. Marvel is putting an end to main universe Earth 616, and the pop-ular Ultimate Universe and com-bining them into a new universe.    While transitioning into this new universe, Marvel plans to revisit many of its events, including the re-cent and popular Spider Island sto-ry arc. The Spider Queen is running amok and attempting to fill New York with her forces of evil. It’s up to Spider Man and Venom’s gang of mutated heroes to save the day.       Right off the bat, writer Chris-tos Gage establishes the tone. This is a fast paced, fun and over the top story filled with campy goodness. Everything is absolute-ly nuts yet still manages to get even crazier. There’s even an army of Peter Parker’s ex-girlfriends.     The writing is strong, full of one liners and snappy dialogue. Gage does a great job creat-ing a fun and adventure plot.    This issue is action-packed and filled to the brim with charm. It deliv-ers excitement and top notch thrills.     Artist Paco Diaz and color-ist Frank D’Armata handle the art well, making it color-ful and full of life and detail.

  This issue also includes a bonus Spi-der Girl story well worth the read.     Some lingering issues bring the issue down a bit, however. The quality of the art is inconsis-tent on few occasions. This issue doesn’t takes many risks, either.   This issue is a crazy and enjoyable trip. It’s filled to the brim with zany action and upbeat energy. For this, Spider Island No. 4 earns four out of five stars.

Shrek comes alive at Civic On Sept. 7 the Lewiston Civ-ic Theatre debuted a tale of an ogre who found true love. The story, based upon the DreamWorks movie Shrek, followed the life of Shrek, an ogre, on his quest to rescue a princess in order to take back his swamp from Lord Farquad. Along the way he becomes best friends with Donkey and falls in love with the princess, Fiona. True love’s kiss ends the story as Fiona transforms into an ogre and lives happi-ly with Shrek at the swamp. After just a few perfor-mances the show became a huge success, causing extra

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You Can’t Take It with You, a clas-sic comedy being performed at the Lewiston High School, featur-ing the story of a wacky family in late 1936, has been reenacted by the LHS drama department to create a fusion of interesting cast and a less desirable plot. While the play had its positives, as seen in the acting, its negatives were very apparent in the dragging plot line. Throughout the show-ing, one could only wonder why the play was referred to as a com-edy despite the lack of laughs. Of course, it is only reasonable to look at the glaring aspect of the play’s time period of the late 1930s. Comedic aspects from the previously mentioned era focus on the taboos and humor as present in the ‘30s, jokes spawning from the spoken word “sex” and the Russian Revolution are absurdly out of place today. Simply put, the plot of this play did not age well. The revolutionary status that this play held in the ‘30s was thankful-ly upkept by the incredibly high

skill level of those acting. With-out a doubt, the best part of the play was viewing students take on difficult roles and shatter the boundaries set in front of them. Every cast member, from sopho-more Carl Snyder, to senior Emily Brown, played their intricate roles to a tee. Even the improv, espe-cially from junior Andrew Bugbee, displayed the potential for a future performance to be even better. The difficulty in performing the play today is an idea that can be admired and respected. Although the drab plot was apparent, the ac-tors’ skills can only be a good omen for the upcoming winter play and spring musical. The hard work put into the performance is easily seen in emotion of the actors. Over-all this production earns a 3.5/5. You Can’t Take It with You shows at 7 p.m. Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 in the LHS auditorium. Admission costs $1 for LHS activity card holders, $5 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.

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performances to be added on Saturdays. Still, Shrek the Musical quickly sold out for each of its performances, ac-cording to actors in the play. The musical included lov-able characters, intricate sets and well delivered music, all of which made the show enjoyable and intriguing to watch. In at least one per-formance the audience re-sponded audibly in reaction to many humorous scenes. The play featured Austin Ma-son as Shrek, Amanda Klem-pal as Fiona and Ethan Smith as Donkey, as well as many Lewiston High School stu-dents including sophomores, Austin Rose as a pig and Ruby

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Moree with various ensemble parts; juniors, Marshall Fisher as Pinocchio and Maddy Cor-bitt as the Ugly Duckling; and seniors, Aiden Walsh as the Captain of the Guard, Shay Bonner with various ensem-ble parts and Emily Browne as a part of the stage crew. Only few complaints sur-faced. The microphones went out a few times. Also, by no fault of the cast, children talking in the audience make it hard, at times, to hear. How-ever, Shrek the Musical proved worthy of four and a half stars.

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Meet the staffEditor in Chief……………...................….............................…Kinsey RichardsonManaging Editors........................Paige Schumacher, Hailey SorensonNews Editor...................................................................................Jonika RinglingFeature Editor…………….....................……......................…...Kinsey RichardsonOpinion Editor............................….....….............................................Jacey BaconSports Editor……………………............................................……...Hailey SorensonWebsite Editor………..............................Paige Schumacher, Jacey BaconEntertainment Editor………….........................................................Tony MurilloChief Copy Editor...............................................................Kinsey RichardsonAdvertising Manager………………...........................................…….Sierra ElliottDistribution Manager.......................................................................Jordyn KimPhotography Manager...............................................................Ryan ConoverNews Assistant.....................................................................Kelsey MiddletonFeature Assistant...............................................................................Katie SwiftSports Assistants..................................... Trevan Pixley, Leyton Wallace Copy Editors............................................................Gabby Austin, Katie SwiftReporters.........................................................Intro to Journalism StudentsAdviser……….......................................................…...………………..…Charity Egland

Stumped on how to dress for All Hallows Eve? Try one of these last minute ideas:• Paint yourself orange and hit the road as a traffic cone. This will ensure

that no cars will hit you on your candy hunting adventure.• Cover yourself with a bed sheet. This will give you three costumes in-

cluding a ghost, a mummy, and mayonnaise (according to our student survey, a desirable costume).

• Dress up as your enemy and egg a few houses. If your disguise is good enough your enemy will get all the blame.

• Go out as a professional golfer. Use a golf cart to travel and a caddy to carry all of your candy.

• Borrow a grandparent’s clothing and become a deranged senior citi-zen, or Macklemore.

• Glue yourself to your crush to disguise yourselves as conjoined twins, then never let them go.

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Below: Super-official notes from a super-scientific survey conducted in the super-official laboratory, i.e., the LHS cafeteria this fall. Photo by J. Bacon.

Teacher, Brian Larson has collected photos of Bengal athletes over his years of teaching LHS. Above: displayed them in the halls for Homecoming spirit week this year. Photo by L. Wallace.