The grinding that students partake in at our high school dances is much too sexual and should not be so openly accepted. Take a step back and observe the dancing for what it is. Even Wikipedia points out the inherently sexual nature of grinding saying: “grinding is a type of close partner dance where two or more dancers rub their bodies (especially the genitalia) against each other in a sexually suggestive manner.” If you take away the music it’s just people rubbing their bodies on each other. The fact that it’s being done in a public school setting makes it unsettling to me. Have we come to a place where grinding is socially acceptable action even though it is about the most sexual thing you can do with your clothes on?
Teenage guys deal with an immense amount of sexual desire and grinding is a way for guys to release it. I have participated in grinding and will argue that it is indeed nothing more than such a release. However, what concerns me is what kind of message that we, the men of this school, are sending to the women of this school when we participate in a form of dancing where the sole purpose is to fulfill our sexual desire. I feel that any respect for women that we bring to a school dance doesn’t make it though the doors of the school on those late Friday nights; it is left outside and meets back up with us as we walk out. In an over-sexed world it has become difficult to find men with integrity who respect women. As Terrace men, I feel that we could be an amazing example to others by treating women well.
Many girls look at grinding as little more than “suggestive.” I want the girls to understand what it means to a guy. Most girls cannot comprehend that a guy can visualize a girl with her clothes off and engaging in something sexual with them at any time they want. It sounds unbelievable, but it is so true.
What is a fun Friday night for a girl is a sexual fantasy come to life for a guy. So, many girls I have talked to look at it as an innocent form of entertainment, but it is not. Going to dances and having multiple guys wanting to dance with you, hold you close, it all makes you feel wanted. The one thing a high school girl wants more than anything else is to feel wanted and loved; I can’t express how much I have come to understand that.
So, this is my suggestion to Terrace girls: Ask yourself what the intentions are of the man that I am trusting myself with?
If we can all come to the understanding that school dances are much too sexual and should not continue in the way they have, then that may other problems. ASB and other organizations profit greatly off of these dances. My call to action is that we as a student body can recognize the need for change and make dances friendlier to different kinds of dancing.
I am not alone in my opinion.
There are many students who agree and are discontent with going to dances because of grinding.

As some of you may have noticed there are a few coffee stands down the street from our school. One such coffee stand is the Blendz bakini barista stand. This bikini barista stand is an absolute disgrace. Not only is it degrading to women, but right down the road from an educational building full of young adults.
After a very entertaining interview with one of the nineteen-year old baristas, it could not be clearer that this coffee stand is entirely immoral. When asked about what her family thought about her job, all she could say was: “they don’t know, because they are really religious.” It was obvious why the barista did not want to tell her parents, because it is wrong to sell her body to desperate men. She also had a boyfriend who did not want her working at the stand.
Besides the fact that this coffee stand being all around degrading for employees, it is just down the street from a high school. Students constantly have to drive and walk past the stand to get home or to school and it sickening for the students who do not want to see a half naked woman standing by a full body length window on their way to school. The Blendz coffee stand reveals their employees, allowing the little kids in the back of a car, to the old married men to stare in and fantasize.
After ordering a tall iced caramel macchiato from the stand for four dollars, and then comparing it to a Starbucks equivalent for three dollars, it was obvious why the coffee stand tries to use hardly dressed women to gain customers. The coffee from the Blendz stand was smaller than the Starbucks coffee and it did not taste as good as the Starbucks coffee.
These stands are a bad influence and are destroying the minds of men. They are corrupting society and turning it into “a man’s world.” It is disgusting to watch all the women give up their dignity so a man can have his thrills.

Approximately 3,000 students in the Edmonds School District were left searching for other means of transportation to school this year as the news of the loss of state funding for bus services was spread. Families living within a one-mile radius of their child’s school received a letter in June, stating that “you live within a one-mile radius of your student’s school, which is recognized by the state as a no-bus-service zone.” This part of the budget cuts for the 2009-2010 school year is said to “free up approximately $500,000 annually that can be used to support students in the classroom.”
The district offers up other means of transportation, such as walking to school, a parent driving them to school, or walking to a bus stop outside of the one-mile radius. But is this fair to those thousands of students left behind? “They come through the one-mile zone, so why don’t they pick the kids up along the way?” states junior Joe Muriekes. Bussing kids who live miles from the school is reasonable, as they would have little to no other means to get to school, but to pass up the many students who live a reasonable distance from the school seems unfair. If they are in a direct route, why not pick them up as well? Here’s another suggestion: why not make the radius smaller?
Michael Ward, senior, states “getting kids to school is a necessity.” The President of the U.S. is pushing to get more kids to go to school, as an education is probably the most valuable thing you can have in this country. And with budget cuts, we are making it less possible. What about the students who were reliant on the bus services? School should be made more accessible to students, not harder to attend, and what good is saving funds to support the students if we are taking away the one main source that gets them to school? None whatsoever.
While Ward states to the opposing side, he also adds, “that’s fine and dandy for me, cause I drive to school.” There are indeed many students that already drive to school, and many who also already take community transit or get a ride by a parent or with friends, as well as still take the school-provided bus. For these people, the one-mile rule does not affect them. However, everyone should be concerned for the students who are affected. And who says that more won’t be affected as time goes on?

A lot of work has gone into suppressing stereotyping at this school. The funny thing is that many people don’t understand that a stereotype isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The negative effects only start to show when a derogatory value is assigned to groups of people. These types of assumptions are unfounded and sloppy. When this happens at Mountlake Terrace, students tend to change their ways for fear of fitting into these stereotypes. This is a terrible environment, where people have to think twice about being who they naturally are.
The first step to defeating these effects is to understand stereotypes and where they come from. People tend to make characterizations about their environment, even without noticing. It helps them deal with all of the information coming in through their senses. The process of taking data and making justifiable assumptions from it is done with a type of math called statistics. Ms. Paine, who is a trained statistician and the AP Statistics teacher at MTHS, says that stereotyping people is so popular because “Most people find it easier to work with categories than with the variability you find in individuals.” This explains why stereotyping is so common, even while most people agree that it has negative results.
When a student reinforces a stereotype that insults a group of people, they do a little bit to hurt the cohesiveness of the entire school. Every single one of us has unique strengths and weaknesses. When someone says a thing like, “Jocks are dumb,” they are potentially making the talented athletes at the school self conscious about their abilities. Athleticism has nothing to do with intelligence, but now some of these athletes aren’t as proud as they should be, because they think that others are assuming they are dumb. In a survey conducted at Mountlake Terrace, 24 out of 34 students answered yes to this question: Have you ever let a desire to not fit into a stereotype affect your decisions? This shows how many of us are affected by this issue, and how much room for improvement we have. School is a nicer place when people embrace who they tend to be naturally; it puts us at ease, makes us more productive, and helps us grow into interesting, vibrantly unique young adults.
The students out there who find making this school a better place an attractive pursuit should help to stop the negative assumptions being made about groups defined by race, gender, sexual preference, body type, economic status, style of dress, or any other attribute. They should acknowledge that people will always tend to make assumptions about each other, but what needs to end is the fostering of stigmas over the heads certain groups, and the fear this creates.
In the words of Yoda, “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

For a couple years now Terrace High School students have felt belittled, violated, and even betrayed by teachers and administrators when our personal electronics are taken away in classrooms. Students don’t fully understand why the abduction is occurring, so an explanation of the situation is in order.
Many students think that taking our electronics away is a violation of our rights. We bought these products and now a third party who had nothing to do with the transaction of the device is taking them. It is very important to know that nothing angers a teenager more then taking away their rights, either real or perceived. Sure, the teachers can ask us to turn them off, but to confiscate them is a violation of our freedom. It also insinuates that we are not mature enough to decide when we need to listen and what conditions we need to learn.
Most high school students should know their own limits about what distractions they could handle. High school students are supposed to be preparing for college and the real world; let them learn from the mistakes that are made. Our generation believes that we can multi-task with everything we do and using our cell phones or iPods during quiet study does not distract us from our work.
I agree we shouldn’t be listening to music while someone is teaching. Why shouldn’t we be able to use our iPods or send a text? There is nothing stopping our ability to focus on many things at once. Things may not get all of our attention and we might get bored or distracted more easily, but we can get five things done at once if we put our mind to it. High school students have so much incoming information all the time that we pick out the information needed and everything else becomes white noise. White noise such as a song, can still be pleasing to the ear yet not focus is needed to make it enjoyable.
The main reason high school students don’t understand the strict policies for electronics is because it is not an iPod or phone to us. It’s not instant messaging or surfing the web or even texting. To us it is just a way of life. Technology has become increasingly advanced to the older generations but being born into it and growing up being able to get a answer to every possible question in an instant changes how we think.
We communicate through our phones and iPods. Without the devices, we feel cut off from the world.

The grinding that students partake in at our high school dances is much too sexual and should not be so openly accepted. Take a step back and observe the dancing for what it is. Even Wikipedia points out the inherently sexual nature of grinding saying: “grinding is a type of close partner dance where two or more dancers rub their bodies (especially the genitalia) against each other in a sexually suggestive manner.” If you take away the music it’s just people rubbing their bodies on each other. The fact that it’s being done in a public school setting makes it unsettling to me. Have we come to a place where grinding is socially acceptable action even though it is about the most sexual thing you can do with your clothes on?
Teenage guys deal with an immense amount of sexual desire and grinding is a way for guys to release it. I have participated in grinding and will argue that it is indeed nothing more than such a release. However, what concerns me is what kind of message that we, the men of this school, are sending to the women of this school when we participate in a form of dancing where the sole purpose is to fulfill our sexual desire. I feel that any respect for women that we bring to a school dance doesn’t make it though the doors of the school on those late Friday nights; it is left outside and meets back up with us as we walk out. In an over-sexed world it has become difficult to find men with integrity who respect women. As Terrace men, I feel that we could be an amazing example to others by treating women well.
Many girls look at grinding as little more than “suggestive.” I want the girls to understand what it means to a guy. Most girls cannot comprehend that a guy can visualize a girl with her clothes off and engaging in something sexual with them at any time they want. It sounds unbelievable, but it is so true.
What is a fun Friday night for a girl is a sexual fantasy come to life for a guy. So, many girls I have talked to look at it as an innocent form of entertainment, but it is not. Going to dances and having multiple guys wanting to dance with you, hold you close, it all makes you feel wanted. The one thing a high school girl wants more than anything else is to feel wanted and loved; I can’t express how much I have come to understand that.
So, this is my suggestion to Terrace girls: Ask yourself what the intentions are of the man that I am trusting myself with?
If we can all come to the understanding that school dances are much too sexual and should not continue in the way they have, then that may other problems. ASB and other organizations profit greatly off of these dances. My call to action is that we as a student body can recognize the need for change and make dances friendlier to different kinds of dancing.
I am not alone in my opinion.
There are many students who agree and are discontent with going to dances because of grinding.

Can you remember 210 names?
This year students and teachers are subjected to class sizes as large as 35 in English classes and up to 43 in P.E. classes. That’s right, classes could get even more chaotic around here. One positive is that the best learning is surely done when it is your day to stand, due to the shortage of chairs.
50 years for MTHS
Happy Birthday Terrace! We have persevered through half a century and are still going strong. We have witnessed expansion and growth in every aspect. Our school continues to boast a plethora of renowned programs from music to sports and everything in between. Let’s aim straight and true for our centennial!
Well don’t we feel smart?
Last month the three-acre peat bog island in Lake Ballinger caught fire, which lasted about a week, due to an illegal barbeque. Wow, way to go random teens, ever heard of Smokey the Bear? Apparently everyone but you can prevent wild fires. Now you can add killing a handful of baby eagles and lighting 25-foot trees on fire to your list of accomplishments. You even are responsible for hurting a firefighter who was helping extinguish the fire. Everyone knows that peat fires are the hardest to put out, so next time light another type of ground on fire. But kudos on keeping it contained to an island.
Obama’s health care plan
Health care for just about everyone? Sounds pretty good. People can keep their plan and doctors, people who don’t have health care (over 50 million Americans, 80 percent of whom are from working families) can get health care, and families are protected from going bankrupt due to health care costs. Even if we don’t agree with every little thing in the lengthy bill, we agree it is clearly a good step down the right path.
And they say teens are immature?
Recently, two Hawkeye reporters went to a health care forum at EWHS. Although they were two of the youngest attendees they were shocked at the amount of immaturity, misinformation, viciousness, and overall rudeness that took place. While we are all for free speech, we are also for civility and truth, especially at a forum where the topic at hand is something of high importance. When Representative Jay Inslee would address something like so-called “death panels” numerous people would yell “Liar!” so that the rest of the audience couldn’t hear what the person who actually read the 1000-page bill had to say about it. Regardless of what they were saying, really, no one wants to kill your grandma regardless of what Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck may say.

On May 29, 2008, Avery Doninger of Lewis Mills High School filed an injunction to stop school administrators from removing her from running for senior class secretary because she wrote that the school superintendent was a “douche bag” on a live journal blog. Judge Sonia Sotomayor joined in a ruling to deny this injunction. The judges said her words had the potential of being disruptive and were “plainly offensive.” This is not the only ruling made by Sotomayor that goes against the First Amendment. She was also one of a trio of appeals judges who rejected a First Amendment claim by a Burlington student last year. The student was penalized by school administrators for the use of foul language in a blog she was running from home.
School administrators have been allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court to punish student behavior if it “materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school” under the 1969 Tinker Decision. However the Supreme Court still holds that administrators cannot hold students responsible for their behavior outside of school. Judge Sotomayor’s rulings were not in accordance with these past Supreme Court decisions, in either case, agreeing with punishment for student behavior outside of school instead. Now that Sotomayor has been accepted to the Supreme Court, students must sadly begin watching what they say and write not only inside but also outside of school.
This situation will escalate until student rights no longer exist. The need to stop these events as soon as possible could not be anymore apparent. It is ironic that we learn about the freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights while those same rights are taken due to the fact that we are students. The disregard for these freedoms simply on the basis of age is teaching the next generation that the government is not truly held to the ideals it was formed under. Instead the government is arguing the freedoms given under the U.S. Constitution to keep control of youths. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Are students not worthy of the rights they are guaranteed by our nation? Do these rights only apply after we have reached a certain age? No, these “unalienable rights” are ours no matter what our age. “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The U.S. government governs us as U.S. citizens no matter what our age, thus, the power of our government comes from the entire community, regardless of age.
Based on the ideals of our nation our government is required to secure our rights. Instead they have restricted these rights and gone against the ideals this nation was formed upon. By limiting the First Amendment rights of students we simply teach them that the Constitution doesn’t matter. This kind of disregard for basic human rights at the highest level will lead to an out of control government. This is what happened in Britain in the late 1700’s, it lead to the American Revolution. It all starts with the lack of attention being paid to student rights. Sotomayor is a contributor to this problem, as she has supported the restriction of student rights in the past. As the rights of those who aren’t involved in the government are trampled, we must look to the past, and learn from it.

In the last issue of the year, the Hawkeye staff would like to thank everyone who contributed to our success this year.
Thank you for your time, energy, commitment and support. We attended two national conventions this year and was awarded 7th in the Nation this spring. We also received Recognition of Excellence from WJEA at the state conference. This year, with your help, we volunteered at the Orion Center with food and blankets and once again produced a successful Jam Session. So here in our limited space are some specific thank you’s just to show a twinkling of our gratitude.
Students and Faculty: Thank you so much for your readership and support this school year. One of the reasons the Hawkeye has enjoyed success is because there is always news at Terrace from the interesting students and staff. We can hardly wait to serve you again next year.
Mark Isakson: Thank you for being awesome; need we say more? You have done a fantastic job as adviser working one-on-one with students, passing on your computer savvy to more generations of Hawkeye staff and for spreading your passion for our First Amendment rights across the school and beyond. We are very sad to see you go and wish you the best of luck in your next job. We will miss you.
Greg Schwab, Erin Murphy and Scott Morrison: Thank you so much for ensuring the safety of our First Amendment rights. Thank you for being easy to work with and great instructors of professionalism and responsibility. Thank you for caring about our school and our organization and we are excited to work with you next year. Hawkeye thrives because of you.
Kim Stewart and ASB: Thank you for caring so much about MTHS students. You are so helpful to our organization and we know we would be nowhere near as successful without you. This year has been difficult with declining funding but you still do an amazing job making this school a great place. Thank you for your hard work and cooperation. We hope to have another great year with you next year.
Nadine Coombs: Thank you for being so patient with us and for working so hard to make sure we could open the concessions stand and send students off to conventions. You have helped us to go so far (literally).
Hawkeye Parents: You are our secret weapon. You build us wheels, bring us food, help with Orion Center, and chaperone our events. Thank you so much for understanding how important our work is and continuing to believe in and motivate us. You are astounding.
Vincent DeMiero: Words cannot express our gratitude for our adviser emeritus in his help with Jam Session, conventions, guidance, and long weekend crunches. Thank you for always cheering us on and always “having” time to help. We will never forget what you have taught us, nor your passion for journalism.
DeMiero Family: Where to begin? Other than sacrificing one more family member to the vortex called Hawkeye, you have been constant motivators and encouragement. Thank you for the many hours you spent helping our eight issues, a special issue, Jam Session and conventions all run smoothly.
Scott Bush: You are always there for conventions, sporadically show up throughout the year and always try to remain available for retreats. Thank you for your continual support, great roll modeling and fond memories.
Tim Cashman and Michael Wewer: You two have graciously shared your classroom space with the Hawkeye even when we leave our papers lying all about and meeting notes on the board. Thank you for being so encouraging, supportive, and understanding of our work. We hope to work again with you both.
Jim “Animal” Pecotte and Lynda McDougal: Though we do not see you all the time and cannot enjoy your company on crunch nights or after all-staff meetings, we are always thinking of you and are eternally grateful for your continual encouragement. You will always be part of our Hawkeye family. We miss you two!
Richard Fazakerley, Terry Fain and Pacific Publishing: Thank you for helping us get out eight great issues—two of which have received awards. Thank you for remaining flexible, even when we are running late and for working with us past all our bedtimes. Most of all, thank you for helping high school journalists print their newspapers and exercise their rights.
Advertisers: Thank you for continuing to support our paper, even when budgets are thin. We appreciate your interest and hope to continue with you next year. We need you.

We are living in exponential times. For example, did you know that it is predicted that this year will generate 4 exabyte’s (4×10^19) of unique information? That’s more info than the past 5,000 years. But, amongst these wild changes, the threat of the status quo is also rising exponentially. “Wars” are still raging at an alarming rate for no adequate reason, destroying cultures and civilizations, breeding horrid chaos and ignorance, all without an end in sight. Five percent of the world continues to run the politics of the rest. The economy is turning into another great depression on a global scale. The world is taking a sharp turn, and our generation has the power to decide what’s around the corner. Either we recognize these problems and do something, or we continue to ignore them and procrastinate.
Take the advice of Martin Luther King Jr. and judge our current over hyped president “by the content of [his] character, and not by the color of his skin.” Since his campaign, Obama has extended his dates on the supposed withdrawal on Iraq. He’s flip-flopped on Iran in front of different audiences. The military budget has risen from the Bush era. He wants to escalate chaos in Afghanistan in an unwinnable war by defeating an imaginary enemy. Its neighbor, Pakistan, has also reported numerous U.S. assaults on innocent villagers in the name of “fighting terrorism.” He ignorantly backed Georgia when they attacked their neighbors the “evil Russians.” U.S. policy continues to aid the Israeli government in its 60+ years of Palestinian oppression.
Meanwhile back at home, in the midst of an economic recession that’s snowballing out of control, he has supported unpopular banker bailouts and an economic “stimulus” package made up of more of your money than the total current cost of Iraq. Furthermore, Chrysler is failing and legal deals are being made with contracts, lenders, and the government. One company, Perella Weinberg, was forced to quit from these negotiations because, according to attorney Tom Lauria, his client “was directly threatened by the White House, and in essence compelled to withdraw its opposition to the deal under threat that the full force of the White House press corps would destroy its reputation if it continued to fight.”
The White House is infested with lobbyists, such as William Lynn, Mark Patterson, and the now head of the CIA and king amongst Wall Street lobbyists, Leon Panetta. Taking these facts into consideration after just 100 days, does this justify the “change” we were all promised? However, it is important to realize energy should not be directed at blaming Obama alone, as we’ve had all the presidents after JFK to blame as well. Energy should be directed towards realizing that there is no real difference from the right or the left; they’re two wings on the same bird. As Jesse Ventura always says, politics is like professional wrestling. In front of the crowd they seem to fight each other, but in the back rooms, they’re all buddies. Trust people, not parties, nor mainstream media outlets. Breakaway from this false left-right paradigm that most of the older generation is trapped in.
The most talked about thing right now, news wise, is the economy. There is one concept that requires understanding: inflation. Inflation is when a currency losses it’s purchasing power. The government, to pay for massive programs such as the “stimulus” package, has to get the money from somewhere. Well, you can either tax the money, which would be counter-productive, borrow it, which would further burden the American trillions in debt, or print it. Printing money out of thin air devalues current currency (inflation) and every dollar you own loses worth. The money is printed by a private entity known as the Federal Reserve, which, as previous chairmen Alan Greenspan paraphrased, is above the Federal government itself. Translation: the worthless pieces of paper in your wallet are backed by nothing, not even trust in the government. Economist Peter Schiff, though mocked in the mainstream till now, has been predicting for this crash before it was even thought a possibility. “You can’t spend your way out of a recession” echoes Schiff and other economists with some common sense. Schiff understands that everything the government is doing is going to deepen the recession, not cure it. Take college for example. Why do you think college prices are so high? Government loans. A couple of generations ago, a student could afford a decent university by working as a waiter during the summer, without loans, scholarships, or outside help of any kind.
The crisis has just begun. Peter Schiff predicts that with all this government interference we’re headed for a hyperinflationary depression. Congressman Ron Paul is in the same boat, and knows that the ultimate end will be the destruction of the dollar. Though readers may be too young to understand or take action now, intelligent economists like Schiff say financial protection lies in buying gold. Gold has real value and can protect against inflationary measures. In 2004, gold bottomed at $250 an ounce; in the future, don’t be surprised to see it at $2,500.
Unfortunately, things only get worse from here. Gerald Celente is the foremost renowned trends researcher, who uses current events to predict future outcomes, such as the 1987 stock market crash or the collapse of the Soviet Union. He also predicted this economic state of being, documenting this last year as “the collapse of ’08.” Celente predicts that we are headed towards the “Greatest Depression.” Because people will lose and keep losing, crimes are going to go through the roof, rivaling third world countries. New York City will look like Mexico City, the United States itself becoming a dangerous place. Tax revolts, hunger riots, violence, kidnapping’s will be a norm. Not to mention the tens of millions of guns just lying around. The survival instinct will erupt. Christmas shopping will be about food rather than retail gifts. We will see the U.S. becoming the first “undeveloped country.” Celente has a saying: “when people lose everything and they have nothing to lose, they lose it.” Over the next half a decade, our generation is going to go through much worse than the depression of the 1930s. In order for things to get any better, government has to stop interfering, let capitalism take its place. Innovation must create new jobs, like the Internet did in the 1990s recession. The best course of action would be to gain protection, stay proactive and gain the right information, or as Celente describes it as “attacking the attacker.”