the appleton north NOCTILUCA Appleton, Wisconsin November 2010 Vol. XVI Issue III Inside this issue: Photo from wcco.com Photo from postcrescent.com Photo from nydailynews.com Photo from care2.com Photo from dallavoice.com Justin Aeberg, Cody Barker, Raymond Chase, Tyler Clementi, and Billy Lucas were all LGBT young adults subjected to sexual orientation discrimination and took their own lives. Impact of abuse hits home Campaign combats Cody Barker of Shiocton, Politicians and celebrities like Wisconsin, was a member of ‘intolerance and hate’ President Obama, Ellen DeGe- “The loss of Cody and the Appleton LGBT Alliance neres, and Ke$ha have shown all the other victims of of rising gay-bullying and good friend of many. His their support for this peace recent death on September 13 hurtful bullying has By Siri Pairin movement by posting videos American brought shock and hurt to not spreading the message of toler- sparked a new only his family and friends, but educational system Over the past few weeks, a ance. determination in the entire community. Cody pg. 3 string of suicides and cases of Several Wisconsin Univer- LGBT and young adult was 17 years old. abuse due to sexual orientation sities have also taken action in The loss of Cody and all the communities alike.” discrimination have forced the spreading the “It Gets Better” other victims of bullying has -- Siri Pairin issue of acceptance directly message. Students at UW Madi- sparked a new determination onto the table. son attended a candlelit vigil on in LGBT and young adult com- LGBT community members Because of the lack of ac- October 20th in action against munities alike. The “It Gets and allies together. Rally at- ceptance, tolerance, and un- the bullying of gay students. At Better” Campaign, founded by tendees listened to personal derstanding society offers for UW-Whitewater, home to sev- author and media specialist Dan stories of gay abuse victims Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and eral victims of gay abuse—both Savage, pledges to “speak up with accepting ears and partici- Transgendered students, many verbal and physical—a rally to against intolerance and hate.” pated in voicing their troubles, LGBT young adults have a counter the intolerance brought concerns, and comments in an hard time coping in a society open mic format. that tends to singularly praise Many students in the Ap- “the norm.” Gay-bullying has pleton community have been Obesity in America peaked in its trend across the impacted by not only the loss nation, and the results have pg. 6 of Cody, but also the effects of been devastating. bullying. Some victims of abuse and “You may have noticed peo- discrimination tragically took ple walking around with purple their own lives to escape the T-shirts last Wednesday, Octo- prejudice. Justin Aeberg, Bil- ber 10th, and that was a signal ly Lucas, Asher Brown, Seth of remembrance for the lives Walsh, Raymond Chase, Tyler lost due to gay suicides,” says Clementi, and Cody Barker are junior Anna Barton, co-presi- only a handful of those across Photo by Siri Pairin dent for North’s Gay-Straight the nation who elected to end Students at UW-Whitewater gather in support of the Alliance. their lives rather than suffer. “It Gets Better” campaign. See Pairin, page 2 Basketball preview Panel rejects recent book ban request intendent Lee Allinger as a she said “no one in his right defended the parent’s request pg. 9 Creed challenger result of the parent’s request mind would go through.” to remove the novel from the calls on parents for reconsideration. In Feb- Garnering a fair amount of freshman curriculum. Lueck ruary, Linda Hash submit- public attention, the meeting tearfully implored the com- to be vigilant ted a request that Creed be was attended by over thirty mittee to “take social agendas removed from the freshman people. Four people addressed out of classrooms.” By Catie Edmondson the committee and shared The challenger was allot- “It is vital that we are their opinions; two students ted ten minutes to present her Emotions ran high at the able to discuss issues and two parents. request to the committee. Cit- Appleton Area School Dis- Maria Peeples, a senior at ing profanity and sexual situ- trict materials review com- that we face in the Appleton East, spoke against ations as her justifications for mittee meeting October 25th, hallways every day.” banning the book. Voicing removing the book, Hash said where it was unanimously -- Maria Peeples that she understood the edgy she felt “it would be a disser- voted to reject a parent’s re- subject matter of the book vice to students” if she did not quest to ban the controversial curriculum. Though her son, a could be offensive to some, try to remove the book. novel The Body of Christo- student at East High School, she maintained that “it is vital Remarking “the con- pher Creed from the AASD was given an alternate book that we are able to discuss is- cept of educational value Mumford & Sons freshman curriculum. to read, Hash felt that the con- sues that we face in the hall- seems to triumph profanity,” tent of Creed justified greater pg. 12 The committee assembled ways every day.” Hash urged the committee with the purpose of providing action, and embarked on the In stark contrast to Pee- a recommendation to Super- removal process; a journey ples’ views, parent Jody Lueck See Edmondson, page 2 NEWS Appleton, Wisconsin November 2010 Vol. XVI Issue III Page 2 One Act advances to state Dance to turn By Laurel McKenzie The theatre department’s One Act team competed on North neon Friday last week in Oconto By Natalie Duncombe bands. The opening set fea- Falls to advance from the sec- tures music from Joe Hujet, tional level to the state level. The thought of school will Paul Episcipo, and Ryan Col- The One Act team, a group of typically bring to mind thick ligan, with the band Some- technicians and actors that per- textbooks and bad cafeteria thing Solid to follow. form competitively at schools food -- not exactly a recipe For the five dollar entrance Photo from ANHS Theater Facebook ANHS Photo from across the state, is performing Students practice before a big performance. for a party. Well, that’s about fee, people will also get front a 30-minute rendition of Wil- colades are awarded to deserv- Sunday sessions as well. It to change. row seats to the much antici- liam Shakespeare’s A Midsum- ing schools, such as Acting all accumulates to a twelve- The students of Mrs. pated glowstick competition. mer’s Nights Dream. Awards, Ensemble Awards, hour rehearsal on a Saturday, Dechant’s third hour business An extra two dollar charge Halfway through October, and the highest award of the in which the team rehearses class are putting on a Neon will be applied at the door for the team passed on from the festival, Critics Choice. The the sole act of putting up and Dance Party this Friday, No- those who have not purchased district level at Bayport with theatre department has an out- taking down their enormous, vember 19th, which is defi- their ticket in advance. the unanimous approval of the standing record of One Act multi-level set. nitely not a usual class proj- What should be worn to judges, citing their highlights pieces; North has advanced The complexities and intri- ect. Working with an advisor such an event? Casual, pref- of the show to be the costumes, to state for the past thirteen cacies of the set can create a from the Junior Achievement erably neon clothing will staging, and unity of the cast consecutive years, and been unique challenge for the team, program, students have cre- most likely do. There is no and crew. awarded Critics Choice for said Junior and cast member ated a “company” in their need to bring out the home- One Act is a section of fo- eleven of those years. Anna Barton. class. coming suit or dress for this rensics that requires partici- The process of One Act is After a week of dress re- After brainstorming for school function. pating schools to put together a difficult one. The director of hearsals, the team takes their a potential “product,” the Because it wouldn’t be a play of 35 minutes or less, the program, Mr. Parker, se- work to the district competi- idea of a dance won the most a party without some danc- and be able to set and strike lects the show and then the cast tion to perform for three judg- support. Under the leader- ing, a DJ will be there to lay the scenery in under a total of in early September through an es. Judge comments in the past ship of Company President down some beats to dance to ten minutes. There are three audition process. Cuttings of have noted the cohesiveness Nick Kapheim, the class has until 11 p.m. So make sure to levels of competition: district, the script and blocking begin of the group, teamwork, and a planned out the whole dance. dust off those glowsticks, be- sectional, and state, each one and move on from there. The professional level of maturity Beginning at 8 p.m. the cause in the words of senior getting progressively more cast and crew rehearse daily when dealing with the compe- night will start with perfor- Ryan Colligan “it should be a difficult to pass. At state, ac- every evening, with frequent tition as a whole. mances from a few student bumpin’ time.” Career Academy designs logo for Pairin, Abuse, from page 1 Students have begun to get Goods Made Good organization involved in the “It Gets Better” By Cassy Konter pleased in the variety of logos campaign and expressed their and narrowed it down to two sorrow, support, and determi- Appleton Career Academy designs which consisted of a nation to overcome bullying in students recently helped local flower and a tree.