National Signing Day
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
ISSUE TWELVE | VOLUME LXXVI Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 STUDENT-PRODUCED # SINCE 1940 Thank you to all readers of The Tower who attended the fundraiser at Chipotle on Feb. 16! We appreciate your continued support. JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS ADAMS ADAMS SPORTS OPINION: A review of the drama Adams enjoys vast musical Senior Spotlight: Stephanie Conservatism in the age of department’s “A Christmas Carol” success at ISSMA Portolese, swimmer 2 Trump 5 7 8 apart of the girls varsity soccer team for four thank Antwon Jones, Weston Lambert, and years. has been playing soccer since the age Kyle Harvey for seeing his potential and al- NATIONAL of four and her position was center midfield. ways pushing him to be the best player as well Burnett believes that soccer is beautiful, the as person that he can be. SIGNING DAY: game is all a creation, and is not made of Jack Driscoll has been playing football for plays and set ups. Since Burnett’s sophomore seven years, three years for Pop Warner and ADAMS’ year, she has been the team’s MVP. Her favor- four years for Adams. He enjoys football ite memory is bonding with her girls at the because of the hard work, brotherhood, and SUCCESSES team’s cabin trip and laughing endlessly. Bur- dedication that comes along with it. Jack nett had three college offers” one from IUPUI, has received six awards throughout his high KAYLAN PARKER and KENNEDI KYLE - Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan. She school career: All State Junior Offensive line, REPORTERS made the decision to attend Western Michigan All State Senior tight end, All State Senior De- because it is a very successful program and is fensive end, Defensive MVP, and Academic All- National Signing Day was on February 1, a medium state school not too far from home. Conference. He also shares the same memory 2017, and five student athletes from Adams Burnett would like to thank her best friends of beating Mishawaka his junior year with participated in signing to a college for their re- Caroline, Mia, Mary Cate, and Gabs for their Burgess. He received offers from Valparaiso, spective sport. On behalf of JA, we would like support and love. She would also like to thank University of Indianapolis, and walk on offers to congratulate the following students: Kaitie her parents for allowing her to grow academi- for Ball State and Bowling Green University. Derrickson, Mary Claire Burnett, Andrew Bur- cally and athletically, and a special thanks to Jack made the decision to attend Grand Valley gess, Jack Driscoll, and Felix King. Coach Mac for pushing her to work harder and State because they have a great team and it is Kaitie Derrickson has been a member of the for being her role model. a great school. Jack would like to thank Coach volleyball team at Adams for four years as li- The first senior football player we would Jones, Lambert, Harvey, his parents, brother bero and backup setter. One thing that gained like to congratulate is Andrew Burgess. Bur- Liam, and teammates (especially Alec Breiler). her interest in volleyball is that it is a team gess was the quarterback of the John Adams Felix King has been playing football since the sport, but everybody on the court has their varsity football team. Burgess has been play- age of four. King likes football because of the own objective to do. In the past two years, ing organized football since eighth grade. He competition and the enthusiasm of it all plus it Derrickson has received three awards- one of enjoys the game of football, because of the is a fun sport where life lessons are taught and them being for sportsmanship, and the second environment of a big game and playing under great relationships are made. King previously being MVP of the team. Her favorite memory the lights. Burgess has received five awards attended school in Chicago before transferring while playing at Adams was during the Bre- over the course of his high school career. The to Adams. His junior year he received team men game when the team won a very exciting first one is most improved, the second is 2nd MVP and All- Conference. This past season as contest as the set ended 30-28 which resulted team all NIC, during his junior year. He re- a senior he received an All- Conference award. in a win for Adams. Derrickson had two offers ceived the other awards during his senior year, The most memorable moment for Felix was to play volleyball in college: one from Indi- the first award being offensive MVP, second ending the regular season with a win against ana Wesleyan University and the other from for 1st team all NIC, and lastly Burger King Saint Joe, proving Adams has the best football Glen Oaks Community College. On signing Outstanding Student Athlete. Burgess’ favorite team in South Bend. He received offers from day, Derrickson made the decision to commit moment is beating Mishawaka the first time University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Quincy to Glen Oaks Community College because it in 23 years last year. Burgess had offers from University, Robert Morris University, Saint is a very small school that is like a family and Kentucky Christian and Valparaiso, but he Ambrose University, Northwest Missouri State, a handful of teammates from her travel team will be attending Eastern Kentucky. Eastern but he committed to Mckendree University. will be attending as well. Derrickson would Kentucky was the best choice because many Felix would like to thank his family for sup- like to thank her family for the love and the other schools wanted to change his position. porting him in his football career since he was support throughout the past four years. She The coaches from Eastern guaranteed that he young. He would also like to thank all of his would also like to say a special thanks to her would stay at the quarterback position. When coaches past and present, and new friends at co-captain Cleo Barnes and her coaches who he visited the campus he fell in love with Adams and old friends from Chicago. always believed in her. it. Andrew would like to thank his parents The next signee is Mary Claire Burnett, and family for all the support and guidance known by her friends as MC. Burnett has been throughout his journey. He would also like to 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 3 RD , 2 0 1 7 THE JOHN ADAMS pull a Herman Cain and be far from my mind by, say, February 2017. I went to the Iowa Caucuses TOWER CONSERVATISM - the first primary in the union - and fangirled S T A F F in the age of over Marco Rubio from the press box at his rally EDITOR-IN-CHIEF in Des Moines. A month later, when Rubio was Mariah Rush TRUMP gone and the lockscreen on my phone was no ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF longer his face, I spread the New York Times’ Kaity Radde OPINION endorsement of John Kasich like the plague and MANAGING EDITOR KAITY RADDE - ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF prayed that people would vote for him over Ted Alice Goulding Cruz (who falls under the same category of con- LAYOUT EDITOR Being a self-described “independent conserva- servative as Mike Pence), ever ignoring Trump. Kaity Radde tive” in South Bend, the glorious blue dot on After the primaries, I was disappointed. And REPORTERS a red state, isn’t the easiest thing in the world. in a perpetual “I-told-you-so” state over my Casey Carroll And, while my acute aversion to party labels feelings toward party labels, because I certainly David Engel deprives me of the ability to speak to the issue wasn’t lumped in with the Republicans who Brendan Hayner-Slattery personally, being a Republican in South Bend - were now synonymous with Trump, but that’s Alicia Koszyk especially now - probably isn’t too easy, either. beside the point. Hillary Clinton, though, wasn’t Kennedi Kyle The Tower, as regular readers know, tends to a bad option, as far as I was concerned. She was Hunter Melanson lean left. The fact that its conservative voice - moderate; I felt that in another life, we would Abby Myers me - is decidedly moderate and utterly disgusted be friends who often got into debates but gener- Kaylan Parker by Donald Trump hasn’t helped. However, I’m ally agreed that political extremism was danger- Taylor Waldron writing this op-ed in the ous and America was ADVISOR hope that other conserva- great. Samantha Lewis tives can see that Trump “I thought that all Many conservatives does not define the word disagreed. Obviously. just because he is the Americans, If it were 1980, I tried EDITORIAL POLICY president. to remind my Republi- Before the 2016 elec- regardless of ideology, can relatives who had The Tower is a student-run newspaper publica- tion cycle, I thought the resigned themselves to tion and a voice for the Adams student body and biggest difference be- could go for a good a Trump vote because staff. Letters to the Editor must pertain to Adams tween the broad ideolo- they were well-behaved gies of conservatism and ‘U-S-A’ chant and lifestyle, student/staff opinions, or local issues. Republicans, Hillary liberalism in the United Clinton would probably Letters to the Editor must be sent to slewis@sbcsc. loved the ‘New States - and, to paint with be the one with an R. k12.in.us, or submitted physically to room 1831 or the broad brush I tend Colossus’” after her name, and you mailed to John Adams High School, 808 S.