February 6, 2013 • Lowry High School • Winnemucca, NV Integrity, Honesty & Cheating February 6, 2013, Page 2 news The Brand, Lowry High School Integrity, honesty, cheating: Is it in you? BY JUSTIN ALBRIGHT AND WESTON IRONS alentines Day is one of the most important “Honesty is probably one in U.S. history. Madoff had to times of the year for all of the relationships of the most important things Honesty is probably one of forfeit $17.179 billion. How can Vin the world. However, what is a relationship in a relationship. Technically the most important things in a the United States of America, the without honesty and integrity? One of the most it wouldn’t be a relationship if greatest country of all time, ever important values in the world for anything is to have it was based off of lies,” said “relationship.” forgive someone who cheated so integrity, and to be honest. sophomore Tyler Benson. ~Tyler Benson many people? Valentines Day isn’t all about relationships. Yeah, When it comes to cheating Especially in the sports you can go buy your loved one certain items, but in on your loved one, honesty world, honesty is something general it’s about being kind, and just trying to be a can possibly help the that we fans always look forward to. However, these better person. Integrity and honesty are two of the relationship last, so a person professional athletes are some of the biggest liars in most important factors to be considered a good, solid doesn’t have to worry about the world. As already stated, Lance Armstrong might person. cheating, or getting cheated go in history as the biggest liar in the sporting world The definition of integrity is the quality of being on. history. Ray Lewis, Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, honest and having strong moral principles; moral “If both people are and Mark McGwire have had their whole careers uprightness. honest, then it might help surrounded by controversy. In a sports commercial “To me, integrity is prevent cheating,” said about sportsmanship, a basketball player makes having the courage and the junior Amaya Davis. his team lose the game by telling the referee that drive to do what you want to Cheating is an infidelity he knocked the ball out of bounds instead of the do, working hard, and being that ruins about 50% of opposing player. a good honest person,” said marriages, and in high school Amaya Davis./Courtesy • In all honesty, nobody in their right mind would senior Marc Esquivel. cheating happens left and Winnada make their team lose the championship game just to Even the people we right. Teenage boys and girls be truthful; although it is a nice thought. look up to in life struggle don’t know what they want which leads to multiple It’s funny how so many of these professional with integrity and honesty. cases of cheating. If couples were to be more honest athletes make their career based off of lies, and There are a ridiculous with one-another then the pain of cheating might be cheating. Baseball is America’s favorite past time Marc Esquivel./Courtesy amount of professionals that rapidly decreased. activity, but if you were to look at the majority of the • Winnada lie, cheat, and just frankly Honesty is also important in school work. How top stars in sports, are now linked to using HGH and mess up every single day. many of you have taken credit for work that isn’t other performance enhancing drugs. Most of these instances are forgotten because of yours? All of us have cheated in some sort of way, Yet, in a matter of a few years, everybody forgets how forgiving America is, but for people like Lance or have even glanced over at another persons work. that some of these athletes lie and cheat. Everyone Armstrong, how can you forgive him? “I don’t believe in ratting out people, but I guess it seems to have forgotten As we all know by now, Lance Armstrong is dishonest to not tell on someone who is cheating,” about the infidelity that recently admitted to using performance enhancing said Esquivel. Kobe Bryant committed drugs after repeatedly denying it for the past 12 Even outside of school and relationships, honesty years ago, and people also years. He came out and said that it was basically is important to becoming a young adult. don’t remember about how impossible to win the Tour de France without taking “Lying is probably one of the worst things you Ray Lewis was implicated performance enhancing drugs, ruining the sport of can do in my eyes, because there isn’t a reason to not in the murder of two people. cycling completely. tell the truth. Telling the truth may get you in trouble As a society, how For all of you baseball diehards, you know sometimes, but it will make you a better person,” said forgiving can people be? exactly how performance enhancing drugs can Esquivel. There are people that destroy the integrity of the sport. Look at the Hall of I know we have all seen others commit the crime commit lies and cheat all Fame induction this year, do you of cheating, and I know the time, but unless they’re Tyler Benson./Courtesy • notice how not one singe person When I see someone else cheat- probable 98% of us have a celebrity, people usually Winnada was inducted because every ing, it honestly doesn’t impact never told the teacher, we just forget about it in a candidate had a past history of just decided to let it slide couple years. People can forgive athletes for their me because it’s their decision.” using steroids? For the first time “ because nobody wants to lies, but why can’t we forgive just regular citizens for since 1996, no members were ~ Marc Esquivel be known as a “snitch”. lying, or even cheating? inducted into the Professional “When I see someone When it all comes down to it, everyone lies Baseball of Fame. How about Alex Rodriguez? One else cheating, it honestly doesn’t impact me, because and cheats on something. There’s no sugar coating of the most famous baseball players of all time, who’s that is their decision,” said Esquivel. it, everyone in this world lies and cheats, but the name is constantly being connected to steroids. Bernie Madoff, A former stock business man, important thing is how well people can come back Like integrity, honesty is also very important. stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier lied and make up for their lie, or righting their wrong. How can people be in a solid relationship if all and cheated millions of people out of their money in That’s the true measure of a person, how they’re able they’re going to do is lie to each other? what is known as one of the biggest financial frauds to come back from adversity. The Brand, Lowry High School news February 6, 2013, Page 3 Winterfest 2013 BY MARCOS DURAN-SALCEDO Honorary Buckaroo Tony Erquiaga stands with nephews Chloe Yates and Savannah Montero pose in thier cave- Mr. Cabatbat kisses the pig at Friday’s assembly./Ron Espi- Clay (left) and Cole (right)./Mikey Donovan • The Brand man attire./Jolyn Garcia • The Brand nola • The Brand interfest kicked off with a great pep as- The person chosen this year exemplifies what tin Hotel.Raven’s future plans are to follow in her sembly. The basketball teams were intro- it means to be a true leader in the community and mom’s footsteps and pursue a career in cosmetology. Wduced, and Winterfest King and Queen has given his time endlessly to Lowry High School. King Candidate Cole Michael Erquiaga. Cole nominees had a competition, in which Denise Ruiz This individual graduated in 1993 from Lowry High is involved in Lowry golf and has been a part of two and Jesse Studebaker came out as victors, and the as- School and served as the Lettermen’s Club president, state championship teams. plans The other candi- sembly ended with the continued chant “ GO LOW- Winnada year book sports editor, varsity football and dates included Denise Ruiz and Jesse Studebaker, RY, BEAT ELKO!!!” basketball manager and a four-year letterman for the and Tyler Brumm and Ashley Principe. golf team. This individual is the only person to have received 5 Varsity letters in one sport at Lowry High, and in total, he received 13 varsity letters. Please join me in congratulating our Honorary Buckaroo, Mr. Tony Erquiaga. Tony has spent his entire professional career with Winnemucca Publishing/ “Humboldt Sun”, where he has been employed for 18 years and has been the sports writer since 2003. His job requires him to cover all the Buckaroo sports teams, from freshmen football to varsity swimming. Queen Candidate Ra- ven Hunter Black. Raven is involved in Lettermen’s Cheerleaders show their new stunts to Lowry./Marcos Club, Leadership and track. She is currently the Freshman class cheering at pep assembly./ Marcos Duran-Salcedo • The Brand Senior Class Vice President and works at the Mar- Duran- Salcedo • The Brand Mr. Lowry Wyatt Lester and Raven Black and Chelsea Baker Allsion Barron rocking the cave- Winterfest Queen and King Wrestlers performing with the runner up Alec Mayo enjoy their show off their future selves./Tay- man look./ Taylor LaTray • The Raven Black and Cole Erquiaga./ cheerleadeers./ Marcos Duran- victory./ Courtesy • Winnada lor LaTray • The Brand Brand Jolyn Garcia • The Brand Salcedo • The Brand In The News Detective Barbara Mattson of the Con- necticut State Police Department displays a Bushmaster semi-automatic weapon during a hearing at the Legislative Office building in Hartford, Connecticut.