2 The New Trier News Features Friday, September 13, 2013 Applied Arts Department cooks up a new course by Marissa Rogina didn’t have room for it.” Outside traditional recipes from these regions of culinary courses, Applied Arts and learn about how these cultures This year, New Trier’s Applied is also expanding other areas of and regions influence their cuisine. Arts Department added a new course its department. “You can see this Since this course is only offered to to its repertoire—International firsthand with our newer courses seniors it wraps up with a unit on Food. This class has been popular, such as Human Growth and Child cooking in college. featuring four class sections this Development, Project Lead the Cooking and baking are not the year. International Foods is different Way Engineering Courses, and our only things that students do to fill from the other culinary courses at Architectural course sequence,” their forty minutes in International New Trier—Creative Cuisine and continued Boumstein. Foods. They also spend time learning Gourmet Foods—because the foods Many students are confusing the about the various cultures and students cook are centered on what addition of International Foods with countries from which they cook up culture and influence is being studied Gourmet Foods, yet the two courses cuisine. Teachers initiate discussions in class. are actually very different. about these cultures and countries International Foods was Gourmet foods, offered only to that spark students to ask questions added because of the Applied Arts sophomores and juniors, focuses on and explore more about where the departments’ vision to offer more different types of gourmet cooking foods they make come from. Perry’s fans are sprayed with water while they wait for the next act | AP Images interesting and diverse courses. techniques, how and when to apply Examples of foods that students The goal of these courses is these techniques, and the differences create are scones and trifles from the to further students’ interests and between these techniques. British Isles, pierogi from Poland, open up new possible career paths. Is Lollapalooza still “Students learn techniques such spanikopita and baklava from the “We strongly believe that learning as baking, dry heat, moist heat, and Mediterranean, pot stickers from diversity about other cultures is also combination cooking. Those cooking China, and guacamole and chicken part of our mission as a department. methods are then used throughout fajitas from Mexico. about the music? Our culinary instructors felt strongly the year to alter foods in the units Despite Gourmet Foods and that New Trier students can benefit see my bands. Along with that, I got including fruits, vegetables, grains, International Foods having limited by Logan Mounts from an International foods course,” proteins, and dairy,” explained enrollment by grade, the Applied to see some other great groups in the concluded Department Chair Jason Department Chair Jason Boumstein. Arts Department believes in a no- Each year, the attendance of the process, like Queens of the Stone Boumstein. At the end of the year, students have prerequisite policy for culinary Lollapalooza music festival grows. Age, Band of Horses, Tegan and Sara. Despite this being the course’s a unit on current food trends and how classes. “It is our belief and mission As the crowd increases, less people I got to meet some great people first year, many students were eager to apply these trends to what they that all students at New Trier should seem to be there to see the bands. hanging around those stages for ten to try it. Senior Elizabeth Leavey have learned throughout the course. have access to an experience with For many people, Lollapalooza hours each day, all of whom were confessed, “I wanted to sign up On the other hand, according to learning about foods. Seniors who is not a musical gathering. It’s a there for similar motives as me. for the International Foods course, Boumstein, students “cook their way want to experience culinary arts for weekend-long party with special Everyone around me shared one key especially because it is my senior around the world” in International the first time should have access to effects provided by marijuana, thing in common: we were all there year and I haven’t taken any culinary Foods by exploring new cultures and it,” explained Boumstein. alcohol, and ecstasy. for the music. courses; unfortunately, my schedule countries. Students cook and bake One of the most occupied stages We couldn’t believe anyone at Lollapalooza every year is Perry’s, who wasn’t. I must reiterate that I named after the festival’s curator and have nothing against the musical Jane’s Addiction/Porno For Pyros tastes of those who do spend their Word Lens takes language frontman Perry Farrell. The stage Lollapalooza weekends under the features electronic music artists; this influence and inattentive to the music past year the stage hosted such acts as around them. Perhaps they could be Steve Aoki, Steve Angello, and Knife enhanced a bit, but that’s beside the translation to the next level Party. point. Another act that played on this The strange thing about all of this by Lizzie Cohan the web in foreign countries were Lens can process many words at the stage was Major Lazer, a duo that is that I don’t experience this feeling much too high. same time. The application is ever performs in the electronic subgenre at any other music festival. At the Disregard academic integrity for If only Good had already more accessible to students, without known as dancehall. Now, to be Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, two seconds. Imagine staring down at possessed Word Lens on his phone, Internet and direct from a phone so it honest, I was a little disappointed everyone I saw there was dedicated a hopeless body of Spanish text you his trip would have been seamless. is practically inconspicuous. that I did not get to see them perform. to the music. Even people I knew know has to be translated by next The application eliminates every While phones certainly aren’t Why? Because I’m a genuine fan of who attended that were unfamiliar period. foreign traveling dilemma. It must allowed in class, the outside price their music. In fact, their new album, with many artists still weren’t there You turn on your smart phone of course be downloaded – this comparable of buying Word Lens Free The Universe, is one of my and quickly open the application is free and there is a demo mode as opposed to a paper dictionary is favorites so far of 2013. ‘Word Lens,’ which brings up the that works rather well to show the significant, and Word Lens ultimately So, why didn’t I go see them? The three days phone’s camera. Now holding your app’s capabilities – and then in-app would require much less work to Well, besides staying at the Red device above the difficult passage language packs must be bought operate than looking up individual Bull stage the entire day to see The are just an expensive you look at the image on the screen Each language pack translates words and phrases by hand. Cure from the front row, there was and where there is Spanish on the to and from English and costs $4.99. Students feel Word Lens would one thing holding me back from excuse to get wasted, actual paper there is English on your Spanish, French, Italian, German, and be a valuable tool for translating ever stepping foot in the direction of phone’s camera. dress provocatively, Portuguese are currently the available foreign texts. Senior, Cassidy Miller, Perry’s stage: the people. Magic? No, but Word Lens, languages on Word Lens. said, “I would love to have that Now, I have no problem the newest cutting edge application and hang out with From there, the app works just app. That would be so helpful for with people who are interested in created by a company called Quest as previously described. Point the translating large bodies of French and electronic music. I actually enjoy a Visual, has revolutionized translation friends. phone camera at the foreign text you other languages.” variety of electronic artists myself. technology in seemingly magical want to translate and almost instantly On the other hand, teachers But it’s the way these people act and just to party - they were there to ways. on the screen a direct translation will reacted to Word Lens with reasonable in what they partake that bothers me. experience new music. Similarly, I appear. But the ultimate convenience concern. The first two really go hand in hand. witnessed people standing by a stage of it all? No Internet is required to run “I am kind of against the “Word Lens is The substances attendees at at Summerfest in Milwaukee waiting the application. use of this application for school Perry’s stage imbibe are certainly to see Pretty Lights, a band of which I Understandably, the media and work. Students at a certain level are a taste of science affect their behaviors. It’s not like they am not a fan, but can respect the fans technology worlds were gushing expected to match learning goals care though. The majority of people for taking the time and dedication fiction.” about Word Lens upon its release. and academic integrity. You can use hanging around Perry’s (and in some to be front and center. As I walked The New York Times gave it a Pogie a dictionary to look up a single word cases, other Lolla stages) are not around the rest of that festival, I award, an honor for what those at the or text, but you shouldn’t look up full The application was released by there for the love of music. The three didn’t see anyone who was just there paper deem one of the ten best tech paragraphs. Quest Visual in December of 2010. days are just an expensive excuse to to party. ideas of the year. “Students don’t learn from that Otávio Good, who created Word get wasted, dress provocatively, and Maybe it’s just me, but every Wired.com had nothing but good and it’s also not their work; it’s a form Lens, came up with the idea for his hang out with friends. year it seems that Lollapalooza things to say, writing; “Word Lens is of plagiarism,” said German teacher magnificent translation software as a As an avid music fan, I attended becomes less of a music festival and a taste of science fiction.” The ratings Venera Stabinsky. “Having said that, simple means of convenience while Lollapalooza to see two of my more of an excuse for useless public for the app on iTunes are 4.5 out of I think this would probably be a nice traveling. favorite bands of all time, Nine intoxication. What still surprises me 5 stars. It seems most reviews reflect application for traveling purposes.” On vacation with his girlfriend Inch Nails and The Cure. Unless is that the festival continues to book happy customers as well. While Word Lens appears is in Germany, Good encountered Perry Farrell’s mission was to have slightly out-of-place bands that still People who may not be so a wonderful resource for a worldly difficulty reading signs and menus, Lollapalooza be a giant hangover draw a huge attendance, which was thrilled by Word Lens, however, can traveler, it may not be as necessary so he wondered what he could use enducer, I’ve got a good feeling that the case this year for The Cure and be found right here at New Trier. For or helpful in schools. While that would help him to navigate the I went to the festival for the intended Nine Inch Nails, and last year’s Black teachers, this application presents a students yearn for it, teachers find foreign land and language. After reason: to see the bands I care about, Sabbath. threat to academic integrity. it a hindrance, and in the end, the trying paper and electronic translators and to live out my passion for music. Of course, the crowds at these Much like Google Translate, best way to learn is not by letting and deeming both too slow, Good On both Friday and Sunday, I performances are the real music fans. which can take large bodies of text technology do the work for you. resorted to the internet, but found to stayed at the same stage for the entire These people are who music festivals and translate them at once, Word his dismay that the charges to access day so I could be front and center to were made for.