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NEWS NEWS BRIEFS: From an explosion in west, texas You have to be able to 4bombings in Boston, tragic events rock the u.s. appreciate someone, but DRESS CODE: spring fashion increases risk of remember they’re completely 5getting reprimanded for dress code. separate from yourself, and you SENIOR TAG: senior tradition reviewed and 6controversy over new rules discussed. need to appreciate yourself, too.” PAST PROM: underage-drinking scandal at ‘‘ 72007 dance still impacts current event. Senior Nina Wehner UP-GRADE: students explore post-secondary 8options beyond the UAHs curriculum. SPORTS SIGNED: students share their experiences of 9signing to play collegiate athletics. SPORTS SPREAD: 10spring sports featured. FEATURES TV FINALES: season and series finales of 17beloved shows are sure to intrigue audiences. CUSTODIANS: school employees say they 19don’t receive the respect they deserve. LITTLE THEATER, LITTLE SHOWS: students 20prepare for last performance of the year. GOLDEN BEAR: the history of the high 7 21 21school’s mascot is explored. COLUMBUS: statistics show that 23columbus is a city of rising popularity. OHIO STATE PARKS: Buckeye state offers 24 adventure at local beaches and parks. STUDENT PROFILE: meet Norwester editor- 27in-chief nicole carothers. OP/ED PHONE ADDICTS: youth obsession explored. 28YAY OR NAY: students vote on current trends. #PRAYFOR___: columnist finds strength in 29recent events, despite tragedy of lost lives. EDITORIAL: alcohol abuse discouraged. 29 10 30TRENDING TOPICS: students share opinions. publication design by Kate Magill, abby godard and elizabeth tzagournis, cover by abby godard, cover PHOTO LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: editor-in-chief illustration by LEXy ELLIOTT, contents by ABBY GODARD, contents photos by leXy elliott, natasha ringnalda, soMe content 31Kate magill weighs in on spotlight debate. courtesy ASNE/MCT caMpus high school newspaper service MAY 3, 2013 3 news N a t i o N al News briefs gun legislation fails Boston tragedy 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, is senate vote crushes families also believed to be involved in the bombings; Bombs kill 3, injure many more; however, he died in the shootout, as did devastated by gun violence 1 suspect dead, 1 apprehended Sean Collier, a Mit police officer. the FBI released video of the two amilies of gun violence victims filled the he peace of the historic boston Marathon suspected bombers thursday, april 18, side of the senate gallery wednesday, april F was shattered Monday, april 15 when two prompting the shootout with police that night. 17, awaiting a vote on a bill that would expand t bombs exploded near the finish line, injur- a day-long manhunt for the younger brother background checks for gun sales. some wore ing more than 200 people and killing three: ensued Friday, april 19, with the city of boston ribbons and shirts in kelly green, which has Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old woman, entering a full-scale lockdown; boston officials become the color of gun violence remembrance. Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old graduate student at halted the city’s mass-transit system and urged as votes of “yea” and “nay” sounded around boston university, and Martin Richard, an residents to “shelter in place.” them, a few looked hopeful, and a few looked 8-year-old boy who was waiting for his father dzhokhar tsarnaev was later found Friday anxious. Most were emotionless. to cross the finish line. evening, april 19, wounded and huddled in when the amendment fell six votes short of the following Monday, april 22, federal a boat in a backyard about half a mile away the 60 needed for passage, people began to file authorities charged Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, from the gun battle at Mit. out. then, a shout from Patricia Masich, a survivor 19, with using a weapon of mass destruction u.s. investigators are increasingly firm of a mass shooting in tucson, ariz., in 2011, in the bombings. the young man lay in a in their belief that the bombings were not echoed through the chamber: “shame on you!” hospital bed during the proceeding, suffering orchestrated by al-Qaida; however, one official after months of waiting and speaking from a neck wound sustained during a with knowledge of the investigation said to lawmakers, the failure came as a crushing shootout with police on the campus of the tsarnaev acknowledged that he and his brother disappointment to many working for their loved Massachusetts institute of technology. his were motivated by jihadist ideology. ones and for the prevention of future shootings. By Beena Raghavendran, McClatchy Newspapers A pressure cooker bomb FActory exPlosion Investigators say the bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon were made texas fertilizer plant blast leaves using a pressure cooker; how a common kitchen utensil becomes deadly: 15 dead, over 160 injured How a pressure Building a bomb cooker works Pressure • TNT or other explosives put in • Blasting • Can be n april 18 explosion shattered the fertilizer valve Sealing lid 6.3- qt. (6-liter) pressure cooker cap attached detonated aplant in a rural texas town, flattened blocks along with metal shards, nails, ball to top of with digital of homes and businesses, and left as many as 15 bearings to inflict maximum injury cooker watch, cell dead and more than 160 injured, officials said. phone, hours after the explosion tore through the garage heart of west, texas, a town of about 2,800 people door opener in the north central portion of the state, hundreds Steam of firemen and first responders were still battling the remnants of the blaze at the west Fertilizer co. the wednesday night blast shook Food houses 50 miles away and measured as a 2.1-magnitude seismic event, according to the united states geological survey. Locking handle “it was like a nuclear bomb went off,”Mayor • Cooker uses pressure and steam Tommy Muska said. “big old mushroom cloud.” 1 By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times to cook food faster at Heat from a higher temperature explosion 2 causes fire Poisoned letters • Air-tight lid keeps steam in pot 3 president, u.s. senator receive • Pressure builds in mail believed to carry ricin pot allowing temperature to rise above boiling point of ust two days after the boston bombings, 212 F (100 C) 1 When primary charge 2 Expansion 3 Blast fragments Jreports of letters possibly laced with poison set explodes, gases heat creates shock cooker, sends pieces • Pressure pushes up, expand rapidly waves travelling of shrapnel outward the nation’s capital on edge wednesday, april 17. hot steam into food law enforcement officials confirmed they under pressure outward at high speeds were investigating two letters, one addressed Why bombs like this can maim to President Barack Obama and the other to Earlier uses • Police say explosives used in • Shrapnel, • Force of blast can knock Sen. Roger Wicker, r-Miss. both tested positive • Pressure cooker Boston traveled under 3,300 feet debris can cause people down, throw them bombs used in in preliminary tests for ricin, a deadly powder. per second (1,005 meters per penetrating in the air, break bones, India, Afghanistan, later that day, the Fbi arrested a Mississippi second), but fast enough to wounds, blunt amputate limbs, cause Pakistan, Nepal and man on suspicion of sending both letters; propel shrapnel a long distance injury brain trauma 2010 Times Square however, he was later released. Source: AP, How Stuff Works, FastCooking.ca, NBC News, SemperMax Support Fund bombing attempt By Kathleen Hennessey and Brian Bennett, Graphic: Judy Treible, Robert Dorrell © 2013 MCT Tribune Washington Bureau national news brieFs coMpiled FroM stories provided by MCT caMpus news service 4 MAY 3, 2013 news Dress Code Debate photo illustration by Maria berger Short-length shorts are a common dress code violation at UAHS.