May , 2008 Issue 7 ire Lewis Central High School 3504 Harry Langdon Blvd. Council Bluffs, IA 51503 the W Taking a leap, sophomore Kealy Prine, junior Austin Blay, and senior Hilary Sadler perform in the long jump at a home track meet. With each leap these students take the track team further than before. Photos by Josh Stroeher Educating The Future Educators “Exploring Teaching” is part Drake said, “It will open their class will give the students a Junior Melissa Vesper of the Education Academy which eyes to the other side of the safe environment to test the said, “[The benefits of the provides students the chance classroom and learn how to deal limits of the passion for the class] would be to get better to examine the profession of with disciplining students.” career. knowledge of all the hard work teaching through “discussion, Having the chance to The class also has benefits teachers go through for lesson reflection, and participation learn the importance of to those who are seriously plans and working with a variety Kaitlin Carlson in K-12 classrooms.” The “communication, collaboration, considering teaching as a life- of kids.” Assistant Editor class also includes the “role and decision making within the long profession. Those who The chance is just one of schools and educators in teaching profession and the use pass the course, once they moment away; it is not too late Do you ever consider a communities and society at of technology in education” is reach the age of eighteen, to sign up. Guidance counselor career in teaching, but are large; the process of developing the chance some people would become eligible to apply for the Julie McComas said, “It would afraid to dive in head first an understanding of how loved to have had earlier in Iowa Para-Educator Generalist be great for those going into without knowing the depth students learn and combining life. Certificate, without taking a early childhood education for of your choice? Then the that with strategies for meeting Guidance counselor Lu 90-hour course. The class is a hands-on experience. It lets newest addition to our school’s educational goals.” Peverill, who will be teaching for juniors or seniors and is the students know what they curriculum is perfect for you. Social Studies teacher John the class, commented that the two terms long. are getting into.” I Puppies: School Policy: Good In Theory Bad In Practice Man Page 3 N Pets Summer Social Law S Or Adventures Experiments VS. I Products? Page 8 Page 11 My D Page 2 Page 6 & 7 Law Et hi s i s su e: The ABCs Of High School Page 12 [may 2008] Horrors Faced By Four Legged Friends Ways To Find That Four Legged Companion 1. Adopt. There are dozens of dogs that are young, appealing, and need love in a shelter. Animal shelter Joe Stokes volunteer Lisa Nice said, “An Animal shelter is the best Reporter place to get your pets from because these animals Imagine a farm where more need a second chance and should not be ignored be- than one hundred dogs and cats cause they are in a sheter.” are constantly bred and are forced to fight for food, attention, and other necessities. Not only are Ask questions about these dogs and cats deprived, 2. Know the person. where the animals come from and ask to see the facil- they are also kept in small, dark Help stop puppy mills. Many people own a pet or two. pens that are held together with ity. chicken wire and that most of the There are four simple steps to go through when you time is not even big enough for the purchase your next four legged companion. Photo by Kaitlin Carlson animal to turn around in. There is Accord- a great chance that your new dog 3. Do not be fooled by pet st ores. or cat may have been from one of to keep popping out litter after in fact supported a puppy mill. ing to the Companion Animal Protection Society a little these farms. litter unable to feed the puppies at “Fifty percent of dogs at animal less than 90 percent of puppies in pet stores are from the alarming birth rate. shelters are pure breeds, so if you These breeding factories are puppy mills. called puppy mills. Puppy mills are “Puppy mills are inhumane and are an animal lover you would never no more than a farm where dogs there are plenty of dogs that need buy an animal from a pet store,” and cats are used to produce love. We don’t need to be breeding said media center teacher Donna more and more litters, oftentimes sick ones,” said senior Sami Juel. Bush. “If people quit buying animals 4. Avoid the temptation to “res- being killed when they can no More than 60 percent of puppy from pet stores, puppy mills would cue” a puppy from a mill by buying it. Even though longer reproduce. Once the female mills are in Iowa, Nebraska, and be completely out of business. Most your intentions may be good, do not buy a puppy has given birth and the puppies Kansas. This means newly bought people do not want to buy animals with the idea that you are “rescuing” him or her. Your look big enough to sell, they are cats or dogs from a pet store, from animal shelters because they “rescue” opens up space for another puppy mill puppy bought by pet stores and sold to are likely from a puppy mill. Many aren’t cute new puppies and may the public. These puppies are not people think they have helped the be afraid that older dogs won’t and puts money into the pockets of the seller. healthy, but look good enough for situation by buying an animal from love them. If you feed them and purchase. The mothers are forced one of these facilities, but they have water them they will love you.” Cameras Spell Safety At LC ways of making sure our school a teacher notices. when something happens that schools, when the cameras pan, is safe. “The last fight I separated, needs proof. Say if there’s a fight meaning they move by themselves, There are cameras scattered there was a huge crowd of people or something got stolen, the the cameras sometimes miss the around the school. The cameras around it. I had to scream just to cameras are useful because they things we needed to see,” said Chris Jensen are watched over, there’s no staff get the students to move,” said might have caught something on Story. Reporter member that watches the cameras English teacher Victoria Freivogel. tape. The administration is planning as they’re recording. Not only do teachers “[The worst things the on adding more cameras to our Lewis Central High School “Mostly they’re [the cameras] watch out for fights or other cameras catch is] just seeing all school. Places that cameras are has thirty-seven security only watched if something had bad things that are or might be the fights relived, because it really targeted to be installed at are the cameras, and the administration come up, when the cameras would happening, but students watch doesn’t give a positive reflection back hallways and the stairwells. expects there to be more soon. show what really happened,” said out for them, also. on our school,” said principal And even though cameras are a This school also has two security vice principal Paul Massman. “I really hate the fights, but Chuck Story. “The amount of good help for the safety, some guards, Richard Vogelzang Teachers have to be alert I watch them anyways,” said fights at our school has definitely students still wonder if we would and Shawn Shea and teachers half the time just so fights don’t sophomore Brandi Lane. increased from the past years.” ever actually get a metal detector supervising the halls in between happen, or so fights don’t get too The security cameras in The cameras at Lewis Central or not. classes. These are a few helpful serious if one gets started before our school are a good help for are moved manually. The faculty “[If we were to get them] the usually doesn’t move the cameras, culture of the building would have though sometimes they do just to change,” said Story. “Getting for precautions. metal detectors is really just a It’s A Strange World After All “From what I’ve seen at other last-resort.” Damien Croghan Reporter Free Tibet? Thinness Banned Editorial Policy The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relays have been France bans skeletal models: On April 15th, met with massive protests in many cities, including French parliament passed a bill that makes We the people ... London, Paris, and San Francisco. This is because many it illegal for anyone to promote extreme Of The Wire (official Lewis Central student newspaper) will distrib- people feel that China’s occupation of Tibet is unjust thinness in the media. Paris, known to be ute to any and all students free of charge. The opinions expressed in and their treatment of Tibetans violates human rights. the capital of fashion, can no longer have this publication reflect those of the student writers, not Lewis Cen- China claims that this is just an internal issue and that overly thin women promoted in fashion tral administration, faculty, or its advisor. The Wire is published seven the pacifist leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile, the magazines or web sites.