THE FREEDOM ISSUE Vol. 93, No.4 • February 2014 • Lakewood High School • 14100 Franklin Blvd. • Lakewood, OH 44107 www.lakewoodtimes.net Contents Letter from the editor Times Editorial Policy Times staff 2013/2014 Editor Contributors As preservers of democracy, our schools shall Matt Morgenstern Brett Brown protect, encourage, and enhance free speech and the Emily Suleiman exchange of ideas as a means of protecting our Amer- Assistant Editor Maggie Jawhari ican way of life. The Times and its staff are protected Robert Searles by, and bound to, the principles of the First Amend- Emily Houska ment and other protections and limitations afforded by the Constitution and the various court decisions Sports Editor Editorial Board Members implementing those principles. It is the mission of The Lakewood Times, the of- Aaron Morit Olivia Rinehart ficial newsmagazine of Lakewood High School, to Brandon Reid serve as a public forum that promotes the gathering and exchange of ideas, and uphold high journalistic Photography Editor Jacklyn Voll standards for the purpose of enriching the lives of our Veronica Gordon Kelton Greenwood readers. The Times is established as an open forum for Ashley Hirsch student expression and as a voice in the uninhibited, Adviser Emily Skeans free and open discussion of issues. The Times will not be reviewed or restrained prior to publication. Dennis Ebner Mackenzie Rivera Content of the Times, therefore, reflections only the views of the student staff or individual students and not school officials. Students may use online media to educate, inform, and entertain their readers. Both the Mandela profile................................................................ 4 school and the cyber community are entitled to the same protections and subject to the same freedoms and responsibilities, as all other student media out- lined in this policy. Online media are forums for self- Local heroes........... expression and are similar to traditional media, in 5 their freedoms, responsibilities, and professional ob- Civil rights?....................................................................... 6 ligations. As such they will not be subject to prior re- view or restraint. Student journalists may use online Black history month.......................................................... 7 media to report news and information, to communi- cate with other students and individuals, to question Teen dating violence.......................................................... 8 and consult with experts, and to locate material, to meet their newsgathering and research needs. 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Athletic director................................................................. 25 We reserve the right to withhold a letter or col- umn and return it for more information if we deter- Sarah Neff.......................................................................... 26 mine it contains items of unprotected speech as de- Grace Hinslea-Burke.......................................................... 27 fined by this policy. Letters will be edited for spelling and grammar. Should a letter contain errors in fact, Zach Moran....................................................................... 28 excessive grammatical errors or be too long, it will be returned to the author for re submission. Dead- Tori Milicevic...................................................................... 29 lines for letters and columns will be no later than ten days before the next publication date. The Times may Mike Angers....................................................................... 30 choose to report student, staff, faculty, and alumnus deaths as he editorial board is made aware of them. John Liber.......................................................................... 31 We reserve the right to decide not to cover a death based on relevance, timeliness and circumstances. In cases where the editorial board decided not to cover death, letters to the editor in regard to that death could be printed. All cover signatures courtesy of person’s official website/foundations 2 contents The Lakewood Times Letter from the editor Dear readers, Did you know that right now a myriad of tas well as the current pervasive invalida- human injustices are committed around the tion of liberties that run rampant through- A neighborhood shop.... globe due to prejudices, sexism, racism, out the globe. It’s probable that there are A world of treasures! and practical civil rights infringements? persons in Lakewood that believe in such You probably do. illegalities in personal freedoms, whether “Freedom!” as sung by Aretha Franklin, it’s expression, ideology, or even genetic is the primary theme of this publication - - inheritances. propagating the advocates of civil rights, Simply put, there isn’t much more to 15106 Detroit Avenue say about the subject. It’s an indescrib- honoring their legacies, and highlighting Lakewood,OH the infrastructures of what exactly makes able entity -- a field of human existence a freedom fighter. There are a myriad of that has a humane element. It is fought for 216-529-2328 facets to production, mainly of an histori- famously by select individuals such as the cal variety, but are nonetheless pertinent to late Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Open 7 days/week each and every involved citizen. Jr., and Mahatmas Gandhi, among others. This is not a nationalistic or a pro- So next time you hear about one Like us on facebook! American issue. This magazine is simply of these individuals, remember the neces- a celebration of democratic rudiments -- sary deification of these persons, and the something that holds firm and sound the elongated thing they fight for which has theories of an egalitarian republic. Thusly, been equally opposed and contested. 5 it’s important that one is aware of the pas- Best regards, Matt Morgenstern A Harper’s Weekly illustration from 1864 depicting the liberation of a slave plantation. Photo courtesy of sonofthesouth.net February 2014 3 Nelson Mandela: Apartheid’s “Goodfella” between he and Cameron. Nonetheless, political strife By Matt Morgenstern was momentarily strived in fa- 1913 to 2013 vor of celebrating Mandela. By now, one must know of the deceased state of for- French President François Hol- mer South African president lande, Danish Prime Minister and anti-apartheid visionary Helle Thorning-Schmidt, U2’s Nelson Mandela. The man that Bono, South African-born ac- President Obama honored as tress Charlize Theron, and an- “the last great liberator” in a ti-apartheid activist Desmond memorial speech on Dec. 8 Tutu were also present. passed away following months Thusly stands a partial lega- of health complications during cy of Nelson Mandela, a man, the night of Dec. 5. who according to CNN, less The history of Mandela is famously enjoyed boxing, tripe one often recanted throughout (the stomach lining of farm periods of discussing peace- animals), was a natural appear- ful resilience -- his imprison- ance con during Apartheid, ment in abysmal conditions