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Peoria, Illinois April 15, 2016 Volume 59, No. 5 INSIDE The Queen on the Keys Richwoods Knights Elizabeth Lindqwister Shows Her mettle at Tickling the Ivories, News (pgs. 3-4) Winning the Peoria Symphonia Guild 2016 Young Artist Competition By Winston Lindqwister - Obama Visits It’s no secret that there’s piano and roughly seven years Cuba a lot of talent to be found into learning the flute, Eliza- - Illinois Budget in the halls of Richwoods, beth has fostered an incredible Crisis especially in the areas of drive for success through her fine arts with music. Some dedication to musical accom- - Zika Virus Cover- students begin their musical plishment and ability. age careers their freshman year, “Piano means a lot, definite- opting for either band or ly. I started at a really young orchestra to introduce them age and I can’t honestly re- Feature (pgs. 4-5) to the world of rhythms and member a time when I wasn’t - Teacher Feature: melodies. Some students start taking lessons or playing an Mr. Stalter a bit beyond that, transferring instrument. It’s just become skills from primary school something so integrated in my - Further Coverage and middle school into a more life that I couldn’t imagine liv- of Good News. mature setting, sometimes ing without it,” said Elizabeth, - WYSE team com- even showcasing their talent looking in retrospect to the in the form of performances birth of her musical career. petes at State and competitions. And then If there’s one thing that does some students go even be- define Elizabeth, it’s most yond that, striving to achieve Elizabeth playing at the PSO competition. Photo by Nguyet Le-Lindqwister Entertainment (pgs. music to heart. Investing over Piano Continued on musical self-actualization in Lindqwister. a decade into mastering the 6-7) high school. Enter Elizabeth Elizabeth has always taken Page 2 - Top albums, mov- ies, and Netflix Good Show! original series The Shield Gives an Up Close Review on The Richwoods Theater Department’s Latest - Batman vs. Super- Smash Hit: Good News! man Review By Raven Moore - Full House Re- GOOD NEWS, Rich- education. Students could turns woods High School! The definitely relate,” gushed school’s annual spring Hannah Fauser-Hoyt, a Technology (pg. 9) musical, Good News Richwoods Junior who was a complete success! attended Friday’s show. - Samsung Releases From the show’s brief They couldn’t both be Galaxy S7 in-school premiere, giv- more right! - Top Tech for 2016 ing the student body a However, the success short snippet of life at of this production cer- - Music Streaming Tait College, leading tainly didn’t happen over- Services all the way up to the night! The week before the closing-night show on show, also known as “Tech Saturday, Good News Week” was complete cha- Sports (pg. 10-11) definitely did not disap- otic madness. Despite hav- - Softball Coverage point. Pulling in a mas- ing the largest tech crew The complete cast of Good News. Photo by Audri Jeffs. - Track Season in sive crowd well mixed this year than ever before, with students, teachers, the audience had nothing but ladies. a dedicated gaggle of help- Full Swing and parents alike, the audi- good things to say about the While parents praised their ful parents, and the extensive ence was fortunate to witness production. children who sang, hopped, help of the show’s director, a romantically comical glance “The musical was abso- and skipped on stage, students Peggy Breaux Hupp, pulling into in the roaring twenties lutely great and funny. I loved were enchanted by the come- Good News together was defi- through the eyes of the stu- seeing it and [Richwoods dic story line of the musical. nitely no easy feat. Backstage dents attending fictional Tait productions] get better every “[Good News] was great! was a jungle crawling with College. Good News served year,” said Tim Morrow, the It incorporated a little bit of Good News Cont. as an enjoyably fun-filled father of Maddy Morrow, one everything: a love triangle, experience for all ages and of the shows dazzling young sports, and the importance of On Pg 5 2 News/Opinions April 15, 2016 The Shield Volume 59, No. 5 Piano Continued. From Pg. 1 place members of Conferring With the competition (Laurel Cramer, a soprano from Cuba Notre Dame; and President Obama makes a historic visit to Nick Xie, a violin- America’s Southern Neighbor ist from Dunlap) in performing in By Dylan Tomlins front of thousands of District 150 stu- dents of all grade levels-- no pres- sure, right? “I’m certainly nervous about playing in front of such a big audi- ence and with an Elizabeth and the other competitors from middle left to right, Lauren Cramer orchestra of high and Nick Xie. Photo by Nguyet Le-Lindqwister caliber,” remarked Elizabeth “ But it’s going to be an amaz- definitely a competitive spirit. tition. Competing against ing experience, I’m sure. In the realm of music, this has dozens of other high school Being soloist, playing the honed and inspired her own students from across the Peo- Barack Obama and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhoades speak- Grieg… It doesn’t get much ability to be the best she can ria area, Elizabeth worked ing with Cardinal Jaime Ortega in Havana, Cuba. Photo courtesy of white- better than that.” house.gov. be. From ILMEA to Bradley diligently to secure her spot as No matter what happens at Symphonic Festivals, there is the 2016 champion-- and con- the Student Concert, Eliza- A strange scene occurred in In a column he released in no musical challenge Eliza- versely a chance to perform beth most definitely plans the streets of Havana last month Politico Magazine, Cruz stated beth will not rise to. Recently, as a featured soloist with the to pursue music “till the day as Cubans crowded the streets that, through Obama’s presence Elizabeth has risen to her most Peoria Symphony Orchestra heralding the arrival of Barack in Cuba, “political prisoners she dies.” Whether continued daunting musical triumph yet: (PSO) for their 63rd annual Obama. American flags and languishing in dungeons across through professional study or the 2016 Peoria Symphony Student Concert. Elizabeth chants of “USA” were a drastic the island will hear this message: as just a hobby, her passion Guild Young Artist Compe- will join the second and third change from the traditional rheto- Nobody has your back.” for music is something she ric exchanged between the two Concerns about Cuban political will never give up. Though countries. prisoners echoed across the po- From the days of the Cold War SHIELD STAFF all forms of music appeal to litical spectrum in America, but her, ELizabeth definitely has until April of last year, formal President Raul Castro has denied diplomatic relations had been an affinity for a more classical their existence when confronted. frozen due to complications re- “Dame la lista [Give me the listening experience. Editor-in-Chief: Jessica Lawler, Rachel garding Cuba’s authoritarian rule list],” Castro repeated on several Winston Lindqwister Robinson “First and foremost, classi- and the infamous Cuban Missile occasions, with specific reference Advisors: Dr. Kerns cal music sounds awesome. Crisis. However, a commitment to to the list of political prisoners increased ties was made through and Mrs. Phelps Technology Editor: It may not be “in style” now, that he denies Cuba detaining. Justin Chen but I just think it;s a timeless last month’s visit. Despite Castro’s statements oth- “I have come here to bury the erwise, it is impossible to know Copy Editor: Dylan Technology Writers: beauty that can’t really be described. It’s also an absolute last remnant of the Cold War in the amount of prisoners due to the Tomlins Zac Cirone, Mia Ae- the Americas,” President Barack lack of public information made joy to perform. It brings about schliman Obama said in a speech at The available about them. Though News Editor: Isaac a sense of peace that can’t re- Grand Theater of Havana. “The Cuba is taking steps towards mod- Ngo Sports Editor: Winston ally be described,” remisced differences between our govern- ernization, its secrecy and severity News Writers: Sarah Lindqwister Elizabeth. ments over these many years are surrounding prisoners still lags far real and they are important… but behind standards of other western Antonacci, Mary Sher- Sports Writers: Ethan You can catch Elizabeth we also need to recognize how nations. Questions surrounding man, Nolan Alexander Griffith, Keshawna playing her heart out on Fri- day, April 15th at the Civic much we share. In many ways, their treatment of prisoners are Butler, Mia Aeschli- Sledge the United States and Cuba are Center. In regards to what she just the latest instance of a string man, Alex Chang like two brothers who have been of human rights violations alleged Photography Editor: planned on doing with music estranged for many years, even as against Cuba. Feature Editor: Audri Jeffs for the future, Elizabeth was we share the same blood.” According to Human Rights Elizabeth Lindqwister Photographers: Luke unsure. However, she knows This rhetoric of international Watch, an international group unity continued in virtually all Feature Writers: Raven Otten that no matter where she goes responsible for the policing of interactions President Obama had violations, Cuba “continues to Moore, Nicholas Scott, in life, she will always keep those ivory keys close. with Cubans during his week-long repress dissent and discourage Beckett Kenny, Ramo- stay. Amidst discussions of future public criticism.” While President na Naseri cooperation, Obama stopped to Obama has acknowledged these enjoy an exhibition baseball game issues, he believes that the only Entertainment Editor: between the Tampa Bay Rays and way to accomplish reform and Riley Aldridge the Cuban national team.

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