THE PRICE IS RIGHT VADER THE VILLIN

the rebel WORD
Winter 2010
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“Bringing the good Word to you!”
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
by Brad Cole
l and
d
Mark Mallory
Every student who encounters
Mr. Price learns quickly he is
not your average instructor. He
can put a smile on your face no
matter your mood. Inside the
classroom or on the tennis court
his presence inspires everyone
to do and be their absolute
best. He is a bright light with a
tremendous sense of humor and
has words of wisdom for every
aspect of life. As students and
athletes we have looked forward
to every moment spent with Mr.
Price.
Mr. Price grew up in
Winchester, Massachusetts, a
town 6 miles northeast of Boston.
He attended Belmont Hill, a small
private high
school,
and was a
star tennis
player. Price
went on to
college at the
University of
Pennsylvania,
followed by
graduate
school
at Tufts
University.
Before
coming
to teach
at South
Burlington
High School,
Mr. Price taught overseas in
Greece and Holland. He has
taught at the high school for over
25 years.
Mr. Price is very passionate
about his Public Issues World
Affairs (PIWA) class at the high
school. He
is a very
modern,
intellectual,
and aware
man.
These are
all factors
contributing
to why
he loves
teaching
this class
and why he
is so loved
for doing
it. PIWA
is a class
required for
graduation
and is taken most often during a
student’s senior year. Typically
there are around 50 students
who are team taught this course
in the multi-purpose room. It is
incredible how Mr. Price can hold
the attention of the entire class.
He is truly gifted in this way.
Another program that Price
cherishes at the high school
is Close Up. Close Up is a
student trip to Washington D.C.
that teaches students about
government policies. A group led
by Mr. Price goes to D.C. along
with many other students from
schools around the country, jointly
participating in discussions,
classes, presentations, and sight
seeing. The trip goes very well
with Price’s modern, aware, and
intellectual personality.
Mr. Price is a legendary tennis
coach at South Burlington High
School. In his twelve years at the
helm of the boys’ squad, he has
won seven state championship
titles to go along with two state
runner-up finishes. He also has a
career win percentage of 85% and
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VADER THE VILLIN
by Hannah Kay
K
Kolter Maximillion Hodgson
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not the average Rebel. Better know in SB
hallways as Max,
hall
he is
i known on
stage as Vader
d the
h Villin. For the
past two years, Max has been rapping. His inspiration? “Life.”
Max keeps rapping at a constant pace, making, “probably a
song a day.” Instead of sitting
at home with a thesaurus, Max
writes new songs in his head
throughout the day. He explains,
“I’ll usually write it while I’m
walking around or on the bus or
something like that. I just drill
it in my brain. When I get home
I’ll write it down, I’ll find a beat…
but I formulate everything up here
first,” he adds, tapping his head.
When it comes to his songs, he
confesses, “I’m definitely my own
worst critic.” However, his view
count on Youtube continues to
climb along with his popularity.
His recognition in the rapping
world has become more widespread from contests, blogs, and
websites, including General Made.
Local DJ David Biral has helped
to spread the word about Vader,
but so far, “it’s a slow road,” Max
reflects. “But I’m doing live shows
photo by Sarah Kjelleren
now that’s for sure. Burlington’s
a small area so it’s pretty easy to
get noticed around here.” His first
stage microphone was a gift from
his brother. Already, Max
has had shows locally by
request at The Stomping
Ground in Essex and
Vermont Commons School.
Most recently, Max
was asked to perform at
Club Metronome in Burlington.
Although he has a fan
base in Vermont, he predicts
his audience to be mostly
people he doesn’t know. “I’m
not really sure. I don’t even
know,” he admits. “People
e-mail me all the time like,
‘yo, what up’ and I’ll be like, ‘I
don’t even know you, but thank
you.’”
Cartoon
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photo by Sarah Kjelleren
WHAT’S INSIDE . . .
Faceoff - Invasion of Our Privacy?
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Although he has goals in music, fame is not his final frontier.
“I want to keep going, I want to
become better known and what
not and just work with some great
people. Basically, I just want to
make sick music, but I don’t really
want to be famous, so that’s the
weird part.” In the music industry, Max looks up to rapper Wax,
who has gained popularity from
websites such as Youtube.
Only seventeen, Max is
currently planning his life outside the walls of SB. Although
college is a possibility, “I don’t
really know where I’m going,” he says. “I’m going to
try and join something like
Americorps or Peacecorps
and do that for a while.
Just go on tons of adventures and
help people. And surf…If I had to
Students in Focus
page 6&7
Point - Counterpoint
Winter 2010
The Rebel Word
by Joe Gluck
The Rebel
WORD
“Bringing the good Word to you.”
The Rebel WORD is
written, edited and designed
by students from
South Burlington High School.
SOUTH BURLINGTON
HIGH SCHOOL
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Facebook,
created in
crea
2004 as
200
social
a so
networking
net
site available
only to college
students,
has mutated
t d t h
t t d into the
new social networking site for the
youth of America. As access was
opened to the many, the quality of
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the site went down dramatically.
Where once was academic
discussion and collaboration, now
there is foolishness of the highest
order. When idiots, morons, and
fools put pictures of themselves
committing illegal acts and posting
threatening statements, do the
authorities have the authority to
punish them? More specifically,
does the administration of our
school have the right to look for
illegal activity and then punish
those responsible, even if the
school is not involved in any
way? For an answer to this, look
no further than to the following
articles. Our crack team of
opinionated gentlemen has the
answers you seek. Prepare to
be informed, persuaded, and
spellbound by their masterwork
arguments. For this is PointCounterpoint: facebook edition!
pact you. It is far better to receive
help before drinking once turns
into being an alcoholic, or losing a
full ride scholarship.
There have been several incidents where some type of representation (sweat shirt, pants,
or hat) of South Burlington High
School displayed. Since the
schools reputation was threatened, the administration felt the
need to look further into these
cases.
While some may feel the administration is invading students
privacy, this action does have
several advantages. Knowing that
a student is making decisions that
jeopardize their well being could
be the difference of life and death,
or stopping these decisions before
they lose a scholarship or face
criminal charges. Since few people
seem to be affected by what we
learn about the negative affects
of drugs and alcohol in classes
like health, there must be further
action. Coming from a parent’s
perspective, one might not know
what to do or maybe they are just
in shock that they let this happen.
The administration or counselor
could encourage rehab, therapy,
and help the student recognize
that the decisions they make now
will affect them forever.
friended was just a person from
the school using a fake name?
You can’t, and now the school can
look at what you write and post.
Certainly, if a student is at
school drinking, wearing a South
Burlington jersey, or is on a school
sports team the school can take
action, but the school still punishes student’s who don’t meet this
criteria. They shouldn’t be able to
do this, and here’s why.
First off, it’s an invasion of students’ privacy. Almost no student
would knowingly friend school faculty, like Schultze, and when faculty trick their way onto students’
facebook friends they are invading
the student’s right to privacy. It’s
like the school equivalent to wiretapping, and if that is illegal, why
should the school be allowed to
monitor facebook?
Second, I know how easy it is
to get hacked, and when you get
hacked it’s pretty common for the
hacker to get you into trouble,
they can do things like make
threats against other people using
your profile.
Third I just took a digital photography class, and I learned
that it is pretty simple to paste
somebody into a different photo,
or their head onto someone else’s
body, and that photo can be
posted on facebook, and then the
school will punish you for something you didn’t even know about.
Is this fair? I think not, but that
is what could happen.
Finally, all of the policy on
drugs and alcohol specifically
states that the use of alcohol or
drugs must be on school grounds
or at a school sanctioned event, so
a student can’t be punished by the
school unless they are at school,
or on a school trip. Leave that for
the police to do.
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Veronica White, Editor
Philip Galiga, Art Director
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Michael Abate
Rachael Blair
Brad Cole
Alex Corrada
Alie Cunavelis
Amy Dunki-Jacobs
Joseph Gluck
Hannah Kay
Sarah Kjelleren
Mark Mallory
Brock McGinn
Lauren Mihan
Jessica Peden
Elena Valance
Austin Ventrone
Gigi Veve
Kelsey Watkin
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your opinion.
Opinions may be expressed in
letters to the editor addressed to:
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English Department
(vwhite@sbschools.net)
All opinions expressed in this
publication are those of the
individual writer and neither
of the WORD staff nor of the
administration of
South Burlington High School.
The Rebel Word is also online.
http://sbhs.sf.sbschools.net/
by
Ale
Alex Corrada
Nearly every
teenager has a
teen
MySpace, FaceMyS
book, or Twitter
boo
account. We
acc
are accountable
ffor what
h we post or say on our
profile. Is it our school administration’s business to look on your
account to see if you were at a
party with alcohol this past weekend? I feel that in some cases it is
the schools responsibility to make
sure you are not breaking any of
the schools rules or making life
choices that could negatively im-
by Austin
Ve
Vetrone
I’m not saying
that the school
tha
shouldn’t punsho
ish students
for drinking,
but according to school
policy, they can only do so under
very specific circumstances, and
photos on facebook don’t meet
any of them. However, the school
has taken action against students
based on facebook photos.
I’m assuming a lot of you are
saying that you haven’t friended
any school faculty. Well, even
though facebook’s privacy policy
prevents people who aren’t your
friends from seeing your page it
isn’t that hard for people in the
school administration to become
your friends. How would you
be able to tell if the person you
Opinion
Winter 2010
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The Rebel Word
GLOBAL WARMING: A Response to “Act Locally, Effect Globally”
by Amy DunkiJac
Jacobs
The DepartT
ment of Energy
men
estimates that
esti
about 3% of the
abo
CO2 in the atmosphere was put there by man. Even
if we eliminated, not just minimized, our CO2 in the atmosphere,
would it make a difference?
As of late, a heated debate
seems to be reverberating throughout the entire world. However, the
majority of the debate seems to be
revolving around why it is happening. Though this is a very valid
point, we must focus on the more
important issue at hand: what
are we going to do about it. Many
countries and businesses have
drawn up plans to reduce carbon
emissions, but instead of changing out habits and rewarding, it
is using a punitive system which
doesn’t necessarily help the environment as much as we should.
Think about this for a moment,
is being so drastically reactionary
really the right way to go about
this? If all we are doing is redistributing the wealth to other countries
through these ‘carbon credits’ and
other treaties, then we are just
making matters worse instead of
better. Short term, it seems as if
we are making a big difference, but
in reality we should be investing in
technologies that allow the entire
world to continue to decrease their
carbon footprint, while still advanc-
ing in green technologies that save
energy.
Bjorn Lomberg, author of the
Skeptical Environmentalist and
director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, has much to say
on the topic of economics. He said,
for example, say we take away $50
billion dollars of foreign aid per
year and put it towards climate
research. When calculated, that’s
4.3 million children that will not be
saved. Also, when calculated, that
money that went towards climate
change would postpone global
warming by six hours at the end of
the century. Either way, it doesn’t
help the problem. It just means
that fewer people die, we have a
few more hours, it all falls under
the same principle as ‘give a man
a fish and he eats for a day, teach
a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.’ Right now, we are just giving
people fish left and right because
teaching people to fish will just
take too long and the results we
want won’t happen quick enough.
If we jump into solving this
problem and expect to come up
with a solution immediately, we
are doing it wrong. We need to be
asking different questions than
the ones we are asking now, and
we need to be considering our
economic welfare as well. To get
answers to these questions, we
need to look towards economic
scientists; the majority of whom
are pointing out issues with our
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“AVATAR”: JAMES CAMERON MAKES IT WORTH THE WAIT
by
Joe Gluck
With a
budget greater
bud
than anything
tha
before it, and
befo
an all star cast
Sigourney
of S
Weaver, Sam Worthingt
Worthington, that girl
Weaver
who played Uhura in Star Trek,
Avatar is a sight to behold. A great
deal of the 500 million dollars
invested by the studio, (and the
3 hours invested by the viewer) is
spent Weta Workshop’s (Lord of the
Rings, King Kong, The Chronicles
of Narnia) perfect motion-capture
CGI effects. Never once do the
effects compromise, or look anything less than photorealistic. The
beautiful, natural flora and fauna
of Pandora as otherworldly as the
powered armor and helicopters
look familiar.
Now to the plot. In the year
2154, Earth has become like Blade
Runner. There is no green left, just
megalopoli as far as the eye can
see. A paralyzed marine has been
given an offer: take the place of his
recently-murdered twin brother in
a research/mining operation on
the moon Pandora. His brother was
going to pilot an “Avatar,” a cloned
body of one of the native humanoids, to negotiate human access to
the Unobtanium under the natives’
hometree. Needless to say, the task
falls to him. As is to be expected,
he wanders off into the forest, and
is about to be skewered by Neytiri,
the daughter of the Na’vi chief,
when she hesitates. And from
there, special effects take over.
There is nothing more that needs
to be said about the plot. It’s an action movie, a romance, a spectacle.
See it immediately.
“HOLMES”: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. & JUDE LAW REMAKE A CLASSIC
by Elena
Va
Valance
The new and
upc
upcoming
flick
lots of people are
talking about
talk
the 2009
is th
movie “Sherlock
mov
Holmes”
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l
” which
hi h was first a classic
mystery book series. This flick is
about a detective named Holmes
and his partner Watson. hey
must outsmart and catch a man
whose evil plan threatens the
future of England. The movies
stars three of Hollywood’s greatest
and successful actors; Jude Law,
Robert Downey Jr., and Rachel
McAdams. Girls absolutely adore
Jude and Robert while boys long
for Rachel. This is surely a movie
for both boys and girls to watch,
it’s packed with romance, action,
and a little bit of comedy as well.
“I didn’t read any of the books, but
it still looks fascinating! I don’t
think you need to read the books
to get what the movie is about;
it just looks like a lot of fun! I
just want to see Robert, he is real
handsome” an excited fan said.
Some movies that are made after
the book can be real box office
busts, what do you think about
Sherlock Holmes? Do you think
WHO’S HUNGRY?
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by Gi
Gigii V
Veve and
Jessica
Peden
Whether you know it or
not, poverty lives in Vermont.
According to an article written by
Molly Walsh from the Burlington
Free Press, low income children
who eat breakfast at school daily
hit 15,000 this year, jumping 15.5
p
percent from last year, as well as
m
making the largest increase in the
n
nation. While you may not realize
iit, the state is silently suffering.
When you think of hungry
p
people in Vermont, most assume
iit is prevalent in Burlington. It
iis true that Burlington is one of
tthe more severely hungry cities
in the state but it is not the only
city with food “insecure homes.”
Food insecurity means homes that
have food, but not nearly enough
to feed their entire families, as
well as not knowing where their
next meal will even come from.
What people do not know is that
the entire state suffers with food
insecurity in homes.
The increase in free student
breakfasts and lunches was
caused by the recession and 2008
legislation. The recession made
it more difficult for families to
feed children without assistance
and the law expanded eligibility
for free breakfast in schools. The
district serves estimated 1,5001,700 lunches a day. At South
Burlington High School, if a
student were to purchase a full
breakfast and lunch, the total
cost would be five dollars. This
total does no account for water
bottles bought during the day to
quench students’ thirst and keep
it will be
a hit or
a miss?
Let me
know
what you
think
about it.
hydrated. In addition, parents
who have two or three children
attending school end up having
to pay fifty to seventy five dollars
each week to keep their children
nutritiously fed, not including
extra money for snacks and water.
This is challenging for many
Vermont families because of the
recession and loss of jobs in the
area.
It is important for Vermont
citizens to be aware of food
insecure homes in the state as
well as work to fix this problem
before it further escalates.
School News
Winter 2010
The Rebel Word
STUDENT FORUM
by Lauren
Mihan
Mih
D
Do you have
concerns or
con
comments
com
about our
abo
school? If you
sch
do, the Student Forum is the
do
place for you. The Student Forum
is a Student Council run event
designed to bring the interests
of you, the students, directly to
your elected council. After hearing from participants, the council
compiles a master list and votes
on the issues with the highest priority. From there, the Administration Committee within the council
proposes changes to the administration (Mr. Burke specifically) for
approval.
The origin of the Forum lies
with the Executive Committee
of last year’s council. President
Megan Porter, Vice President Sam
Phelps, and Secretary/Treasurer
Kristen Igmaszewski along with
faculty advisors John Painter and
Greg Lewis, composed the basis of
the Forum, in hope of simulating
a town meeting. They oversaw two
forums last year, which resulted in
the addition of the Snapple vending machine, more chicken patty
and pasta bar lunch days, and
repairs to both the girls and boys
restrooms.
This year’s Student Forum took
place on Thursday, December 17
for freshman and sophomores
and on Friday, December 18 for
juniors and seniors. Compared
to last years, the forum saw many
alterations in the way it was run,
creating a more efficient system to
encourage student participation.
The council considered the first
forum of the year a success. They
have a plethora of ideas to deliberate about some of which include
modifications to the lunch menu,
the elimination of FACE time
passes, and amendments to the
Homecoming activities.
The Student Council would like
to thank the freshman and sophomore representatives along with
all the juniors and seniors who
attended on a voluntary basis. All
of the information received will be
voted on during the next council
meeting on January 11, 2010. If
anyone has any questions they
may contact the 2009-2010 Executive Committee of Peter Nelson,
Philip Charash, and Zach Rachlin
or faculty advisor John Painter.
The time for the next Student Forum is to be determined, although
it is anticipated to occur during
March or April. Listen up for an
announcement around that time!
GUESS WHAT?
Conclusion to Stairways, Hallways and
Doorways, Oh My!
In the small room they had discovered, laid an in ground swimming pool. It was half the size of an Olympic sized pool and was
covered in a thin blue plastic tarp. They walked up to the tarp,
peeled it back, and revealed the bone dry empty pool. Walking
around it the students noticed an old photo on the wall. Wiping
the dust off the glass, they saw some familiar faces of what appeared to be an old South Burlington swim team. Beaming with
excitement they ran back to class and reported it to teacher,
that, yes, the pool does exist.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA,
ACTIVISM!
by Hannah Kay
and Lauren Mihan
What is it?
Lights, Camera, Activism! is one
class that has been offered at our
school for the past four years. By
taking just one class, you receive
0.5 Technology credit and 0.5
English credit. Available to Juniors and Seniors, this class meets
during the regular school day and
also after school. The night class,
once every three weeks, is from 6
to 9, where they make up the tech
component of the class.
The students in LCA choose
a subject that they feel is important to the community. Chosen
by brainstorms, role plays, and
class discussions, the students of
this year’s class chose their topic:
South Burlington High School.
Under the guidance of English
teacher Joyce Sheehey and Technology teacher Geoff Bennett, the
students’ task is to compose a
documentary film.
Who should take this class?
Anyone can take it, but the
teachers expect you to be hard
working, independent, and have
the initiative to get your work done
in an unstructured atmosphere.
Instead of sitting in a class with a
teacher lecturing, you go out and
do the work to learn; they learn
from experience. The key to this
class is communication. Students
who wish to convey a message to
an audience in the community can
do so by taking this class. Joyce
comments, “It’s all about having
something to say because you can
communicate to those people you
might not talk to.”
Even though the students have
to be independent, more importantly, they have to be codependent on each other. Working as a
team will determine the quality of
their final product.
The Movie-Making Process
The goal of the film is to make
an impact. But before researching
the topic, the students most likely
have their own opinions already.
“You have to be willing to give up
the presumptions you came with,”
states Joyce Sheehey. “Tell the
truth that you found out.” In-
stead of trying to prove something
is true, the students gather the
information and then choose their
focus. Therefore, although the
LCA class has chosen their topic,
their final vision is still unknown.
As Joyce says, “They’re still working on it.” With a final compilation of their footage and research,
the students have to choose their
message.
To create their final result, they
have to organize all their footage. Joyce adds that she wishes
she could meet with her students
every day. “There’s just so much
work.” That way the information
would stay fresh in their mind.
“It’s more complicated than writing a book,” Joyce says about
the documentary. “They have to
work with each other to create an
organized structure to convey this
story they have to tell.” From mixing the sound to adding music to
editing the film, they have to pay a
lot of attention to detail.
Submerged in filming, they
have already collected some great
footage. They recently went to
Montpelier High School, where
they visited their greenhouse.
This greenhouse is solely responsible for providing all the vegetables
served in school lunches. They
plan on including this in their
movie as an example for what
SBHS can do to improve its quality of lunches.
What are their goals?
The LCA class hopes to make
some sort of impact on the community. A more immediate goal
would be expand the number of
viewers at their movie premier in
April. In the interview with Joyce,
she mentioned the typical audience is the parents of the students
involved. However, instead of just
leaving affected by the works of
their own children, they, “Leave
affected by kids they had never
met before, and what they learned
from the film.”
Joyce’s Favorite Memory So Far…
Geoff and Joyce, accompanied
by their LCA class, ventured down
to the waterfront for a documentary film festival. This was a
bonding trip for the group, where
they became the critics of the films
they watched. They were able to
reflect upon what they would have
done differently, and the positive
and negative aspects of each film.
In addition, Joyce went home with
$75 worth of Cabot cheese from
a silent auction. They all enjoyed
the cheese as a class with crackers as Joyce wore an apron included with the cheese auction.
Sports
Winter 2010
by
Mike Abate
Mik
The are
These
my Top Ten
sports Stories
spo
SBHS in the
of S
past decade
pas
2000 – 2009.
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In this list are great: at
athletes,
teams, programs, and games. In
this list I did not want to include
any coaches even though many
of them have had accolades that
are worthy of the top ten. I wanted
this to be about the students and
the SB programs and the great
things they have accomplished.
Here’s the Top Ten in descending
order.
#10 Fields and Dreams
Since 2005, a committee called
‘Fields and Dreams” has been
updating SBHS’s athletic arenas.
The biggest project has been the
artificial turf field. Constructed in
2004, it was the main focus of the
project. More recently stands and
lights have been put in around the
field. Currently they are on track
to build a Concession Stand for
the new facilities by Fall 2010.
#9 1000 points
Scoring 1,000 points in basketball is quite an accomplishment.
In this decade two players have
accomplished this feat Kelsey
Beynonn (2004-2008) and Chris
Magistrale (1998-2002). Chris
finished his 1,000 points in this
decade. Kelsey is extremely special
because she was the first girl in
Rebel history to have 1,000 career
points. She was a great player for
the Rebel girl’s basketball team,
playing guard, forward, and center. At 6’2” she was an all around
great athlete. She is currently a
scholarship athlete that plays for
Marist College, a DI program.
#8 Hockey OT
In 2006 the boy’s hockey team
won their only quarterfinal playoff
game of this decade. However it
was won in very dramatic fashion. With the Rebel’s down 3 goals
entering the third period they
charged a comeback to make the
game go into overtime. In the OT
Ryan Norton scored to win the
game and propel the Rebel’s to the
semifinals. This game was the best
comeback in this decade by the
Rebels without question.
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TEN IN 10
# 7 Becca Shaw
She was one of the greatest athletes to come through South
Burlington High School. She was
an all-state goalie in 3 sports
including field hockey, ice hockey,
and lacrosse. In her senior season
she was the goalie for 3 DI State
Championships. That’s incredible. She now attends Middlebury
College where she plays both ice
hockey and field hockey. The best
goalie I’ve ever seen in any girls
Vermont sport period.
into the DI playoffs as a number 3
seed. The team made it all the way
to the State Championship where
they faced the #1 ranked CVU
Redhawks. The game was tied 1 –
1 and went into overtime. Then a
2nd overtime and then a third OT
and finally a 4th overtime. In the
4th OT CVU the CVU Redhawks
scored with 30 seconds left on the
clock. The Rebels lost a heartbeaker in the DI title game 2 -1. This
is the game of the decade hands
down.
#6 Boy’s Baseball with the Help
of Casey Harmon
The year was 2007 the boy’s baseball team was back. The team had
its best season ever going undefeated 20 – 0. Superstar pitcher
Casey Harmon who is now a collegiate pitcher at Clemson University led the team. The Rebels had
an unbelievable season and so did
he. However what makes this story
better is a man by the name of
Jack Leggett. Jack Leggett went to
SBHS and won the DI State title,
he is now the current head baseball coach at Clemson University.
He was on the SBHS baseball
team the last time the Rebels won
the title until Casey Harmon won
it. He recruited Casey to play at
Clemson. Now that’s a story.
# 3 Boy’s Lacrosse Title
Last year the boy’s lacrosse team
did something it hasn’t done since
1991. Win a Division I State Title.
After a previous year there were
many who doubted the Rebel’s
lacrosse program. But in 2009 the
team had a goal and went into the
state title game playing # 1 Essex.
And you know that they won 9 - 8
over the heavily favored Hornets.
This is why they cracked the top
three.
#5 The Rise of Rebel Football
In 2000 it was the Rebel football team’s first season as a DII
program. In 1999 the team had
just won the DIII Championship
and were moved into Division
II. 8 years later, and after 2 DII
State Championships the Rebels are now in Division I. In their
first year in DI they went to the
State Championship by defeating #1 ranked Middlebury in the
semifinals. This was due in part
to a great performance by Taylor
DeVarney who had 2 spectacular
runs both resulting in touchdowns
sealing the game for SB. This
ended with SB fans storming the
Middlebury field. Then came the
State Title game, SB vs. Hartford.
With the score tied 7 -7 at the
end of regulation the game went
into overtime. The Hartford Hurricanes scored from 1 yard out on a
controversial play to win the State
crown. That’s a lot of stuff to have
happened in 10 years so hats off
to you Rebel football.
#4 4 0T’s
This may go down as one of the
greatest sporting events in SB
history. The Boy’s soccer team in
2006 had a great year making it
#2 Boy’s Tennis Dynasty
Since 2000 the boy’s Tennis team
has been on a mission. In the last
decade the Boy’s team had been
in 9 Division I State Title matches.
They have won 7 of the 9 times
they played for the Title, that’s
pretty damn good. If this isn’t a
dynasty then I don’t know what
is. Especially since last season the
Rebels were ranked 7th out of 8
going into the playoffs. The Rebel’s
pulled the upset and went on to
win the State Title. Again, how
does that not surprise me.
#1 Cpl. Mark A. Evnin ‘00
On April 3, 2003 Cpl. Mark Evnin,
of the USMC, a member of South
Burlington Class of 2000, was
killed in action while serving his
country in Iraq. Cpl. Mark Evnin
was remembered April 14, 2003
11 day’s after being killed in Iraq.
A ’00 graduate of SB he enrolled
in the USMC after graduating high
school in 3 ½ years. Foregoing
his senior spring to train for the
Marines. He was sent to Iraq in
the war and was one of the first
Vermonter’s killed by the war. He
is now remembered by the new
press box that is named in his
honor. Mark was a lacrosse and
football player, therefore every
homecoming game one football
player who represents his spirit is
allowed to wear his number #72.
He was a great person and will
never be forgotten, this is why he
is number #1.
Cpl. Mark Evnin
United States Marine Corps
USMC Third Battalion, First Division
SBHS Class of 2000
That’s it my top ten and I’d
say SB has some accolades to be
pretty proud of wouldn’t you? So
that’s my take, what’s yours? Do
you agree with me, or disagree
with me? Should the top ten be reordered, am I missing something,
is something ranked too high? Let
me know what would your Top
Ten be. Email them to me and the
editor at vwhite@sbschools.net
WINTER
SPORTS
PREVIEW:
TAKE 2
Cheerleading
The Rebels look forward to
another season under the helm of
coach Lynn Kynoch. The squad
has many returning members
including Juniors Shania Driscoll,
Nicole Dombi, and Susan Ong.
They also have returning sophomores Jamie Norseth and Jessica Capellan-Rodriguez to help
the squad. The team had a good
turnout this year and hosts one of
their largest squads in past years.
They look forward to a successful season. Their first event is at
SBHS on February 13th at 6pm.
Then the state title event is one
week later at Vergennes HS at
4pm.
Students in Focus
Winter 2010
Page 6
The Rebel Word
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: 230met
by Sarah
Kjelleren
Kje
This article
T
is a
another
edition
of
edit
our focus on
student
run
stud
businesses
bus
or student entrepreneurs.
entrepreneurs Carey
Wood is a junior here at SB. If you
have a business you would like
highlighted in the Word, send an
email to the editor at vwhite@sbschools.net. Here is Carey’s story:
What is your business?
Carey- I own my own skateboard and skim board company.
I make my own skim boards and
my own short boards, and they’re
kind of like old school cruisers.
I also have skate wax. It’s called
230MET; the significance is, I live
on 230 Matoksit Road in Cape
Cod and that’s where it all started.
That’s where our shop is where we
build all our boards. It’s my favorite place in the world. I live there
all summer with my grandparents
and my cousin.
When did you begin doing this?
Carey- I started doing this two
summers ago and I just started
because my cousin and I just
didn’t want to pay for anything
anymore so we decided to make
our own and it sparked interest with people we did our hobby
with, so we started selling it. I own
it with my cousin who is 16. He
lives in Massachusetts but goes
to a boarding school in New York.
I think the coolest part about it is
that I don’t have to buy anything,
also before I had my company I
was sponsored by a skim board
company and it was tough getting
what I wanted and asking them
for stuff, because they were on the
other side of the country and so
now I can just make everything
the way I want to.
Do make the skateboards and
skim boards yourself?
Carey- I make the skim and
skateboards myself but they
aren’t actual skateboards, they
are like the old school lord of dog
town skateboards with kick turning they don’t have a lip in the
front they are flat, and the wax
is organic which is good for the
environment. We build it all with
my uncle who is a carpenter. He
showed us the ropes and now we
do it all ourselves. So it’s pretty
fun.
How did you become sponsored by
them?
Carey-It all started when we
want to bring this flat land skim
board scene to cape cod so we
emailed these guys and they saw
a video of us and we kept talking and they sent us a board, and
that’s how it sparked. It’s kind of
hard to judge our success now
just because it’s such a young
business. All the money we make
we put directly back into the company. I don’t see funds for myself;
I don’t really pay myself. It’s really
cool to walk into a shop and see
my product on the shelf. It’s just a
rewarding feeling.
Where have your products been
sold and where are they sold?
Carey- It sold on Martha’s Vineyard in Cape Cod and one store
in New York and it’s going to be
sold this summer in a store in St.
Johnsbury as well as in Fitted in
Burlington. It’s not sold over the
winter just because we don’t produce it during the winter.
How much time have you put into
the company?
Carey- I spent a good amount
of time on it, but it’s a lot time
spent behind the scenes making
the board and testing it out, and
seeing if we actually like it, then
tweaking it, but with the wax we
photo by Sarah Kjelleren
photo by Sarah Kjelleren
just kept changing our ingredients and changing how we made it
until it was something that worked
for us. We weren’t about to sell
something that didn’t work for us.
How many people do you sell to?
Carey- It’s hard to say. Well I
know that the first year we sold
it the stores asked for more the
next year so I think were selling
it, but it’s hard to say if people are
using it for skateboarding or skim
boarding. It’s cool, we created our
own rail jam at a beach and somebody came up to us and said they
had seen our wax in the store and
purchased it before, so that was
rewarding to see that someone had
heard of us before and we didn’t
have to explain ourselves to them.
Are you thinking of continuing
this business in college?
Carey- I want to go to college for
business and marketing which
would indirectly help this, but
also just because I don’t want
this to be something I have to do.
If I could make this my career it
would be really cool, so I want
to go to school for business and
marketing.
Can you share a memory or
experience that the creation of this
business has brought to you?
Carey- I went to Camp
of Champions for skiing. It’s a park camp
over the summer in
British Columbia, and
I brought some of my
wax. We were hiking
a rail and I pulled the
wax out of my pocket
and just threw it on the
rail and they thought I
was pretty cool. But I
think the coolest thing
really was, my mom
went to Martha’s Vineyard into a skate shop
and asked for the wax
and they gave it to her,
and she asked about it
and they didn’t know it was my
mom. They were saying all good
things and then she was like.
“That’s my son.” They were really
psyched about that.
THE REBEL
RANDOMS
Random facts about SBHS
By Mike Abate and Lauren
Mihan
Number of Fish in Tank
11
Number of lockers open in
school on random day
174
Number of lockers in school
1,018
Percentage of lockers open
17%
Number of cookies made at
lunch everyday
240
Size of senior Carpet
20’4” x 20’ 4” or 413ft2
Number of parking spaces
in senior lot
134
Number of spaces in faculty
lot
232
Total number of parking
spaces
366
Number of phone calls
Ms. Stevenson gets every day
Avg. 75
Highest number of phone
calls ever
130
Average number of Mints Peg
in Guidance goes through
everyday
50
Number of Books in library
over 55,000
Number of faculty that went
to SB
9
Number of workers in DNS
6
Students in Focus
Winter 2010
The Rebel Word
Page 7
SPIN DOCTOR: DAVID BIRAL
by Sarah
Kjelleren
Kje
SK- So tell me
about yourabo
self, when
self
did you start
working with
wor
turntables
turn
and DJing?
because I used to be into strictly
mainstream rap there. But the
moment I moved up here everything changed. Though these days
I listen to almost anything no matter the genre.
SK- Are you strictly into DJing, or
do you do other things relating to
music as well?
DB- Well I’m really into music.
Music has been something I’ve
DB- Well I still play the piano on
the side. I’m mostly into DJing
right now, but I’m getting into production.
My biggest project
right now actually
though is a mixtape
I’m working on for this
rapper named Gerald
Walker. So I’m hoping that will take me
places and open up
a lot of new doors for
me.
always been around from an early
age. I started playing piano when
I was in first grade and just about
two and a half years ago I started
DJing.
SK- That’s awesome! How are you
going to put it together? As a person that doesn’t that doesn’t know
much about DJing, can you tell
me more about it?
SK-What got you started DJing?
DB- Well he’s sent me a couple
songs that have either been released as singles or haven’t been
released to the public at all and
it’s my responsibility to make a
mix tape, or in other words an
album of songs together. And right
now everything’s mainly private to
DB- When I first moved to Vermont I got really into underground
hip hop and just started doing
research about it. I really just
turned into a hip hop head. Listening to everything and downloading everything i could get my
hands on. And when I came across
The Lab DJing and Music Production School downtown on Church
Street I signed up and started taking classes.
SK-Where did you live before and
when did you move?
DB- I used to live in Pawtucket,
Rhode Island. I was born in
Providence and I lived there till I
finished 7th grade. It was funny
the public on what I’ve been doing,
but i guarantee the final version
will be dope.
SK- That’s great! Where do you see
yourself five years from now?
DB- Oh boy, I’d love to see myself
much bigger than I am now that’s
for sure. I’m hoping I can meet
many new people and impress as
many people as possible. Right
now I’m just building my first
steps and getting involved with
this blog called *General-Made
(http://general-made.blogspot.
com) who’s run by one of my
good friends Frendy Lemorin and
of course working with Gerald
Walker on this mix tape. I’m trying to get my face and my name
out there as much as possible
right now. But when I’m in college
I’m hoping to move to a different
state that can give me a lot more
notice, even though Vermont has
been pretty good to me for sure.
The blog is run by my good friend
Frendy Lemorin and his friend
Kwame Martin. Right now the blog
is up to 64,000 views and growing everyday and I’ve been asked
to be the first official intern for the
site. So it’s a big thing for me to
be a part of a blog that’s becoming
more and more popular everyday.
But many of the things on the
site include things like interviews,
exclusive videos, and just some
posts to keep the people interested
and reading something new. I recommend everyone check it out. We
update daily.
The Rear End
Winter 2010
Page 8
The Rebel Word
THE MAN ON THE STREET ASKS:
Are you Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Just in case you are not in the know (like me), the vampire series Twilight is all the rage.
Building on the popularity of the books and films, we asked Rebels to choose sides: Team Edward
(Vampire) or Team Jacob (Werewolf). Here is how it all shook out:
Portia Backus, 12:
Edward because he is
protective, immortal, and
good looking.
Curtis Britt, 9:
Team Jacob because I like dogs.
Daniella Simpatico, 10:
Team Jacob because wolves are
so much cooler.
Mr. Backman:
Edward because I don’t
like wolves.
Ben Jenkins, 12:
Team Cedrick... Oh wait, sorry
wrong movie.
Alyssa Jeffer, 10:
Team Jacob because he’s hot.
Baliey Holt-Gosselin, 9:
Team Jacob because he is way
better looking.
Connor Robare, 10:
I have not seen the movie
but team Jacob.
Kim Schroeder, 12:
Eww! Neither!
The Price is Right
(Continued from page 1)
has led three different teams to
perfect seasons. Price’s personality
on the court is what makes him
such a successful coach. There
hasn’t been a player who hasn’t
loved to play for him. He makes
playing so much fun with his
humor and relaxed demeanor.
Noah Johnson, a current member
of the team, had a few words to
say about Price’s coaching. “The
last two seasons we’ve won the
state championship as the 6th and
7th seeds. We’ve had solid teams,
but what separated us was being
able to play so well in the playoffs.
The key to our success was how
Price got us to play so relaxed.”
The team currently has won three
straight state championships and
will be in high contention for a
fourth this year. Price makes as
big an impact on his players as
any coach ever could. If you ever
get out to see a match at South
Burlington High School, you’ll
almost be guaranteed to find a
former player back to watch. Every
year, the SBHS tennis team has
been successful under Price, and
more importantly, the team always
comes together and has a great
time. Mr. Price has taught the
team one thing most, how to win.
Mr. Price is a terrific teacher
who has a lot to share with
people. He truly cares about
all of his students. He is a very
knowledgeable and intelligent man
and South Burlington High School
would not be the same without
him.
Vader the Villin
Aaron Shapiro, 9:
Team Edward because
he is fierce.
Emma Dulaney, 9:
Team Jacob...He is so hot!
Alex Corrada, 11:
Team Jacob because
he’s a wolf.
Global warming
(Continued from page 3)
very expensive, ineffective current
approach of attempting drastic,
short-term carbon cuts. Lomberg
comments that “we’re spending
a lot of money for something that
environmentally will end up doing virtually no good.” Our current
proposals require lowering our CO2
emissions to what they were one
hundred years ago in 1910. That
would essentially require replacing our entire fuel industry, and at
this point with the current technology we have, we simply don’t have
enough alternative energy no matter how much it costs.
The Director of Energy and
Global Warming Technology at the
Competitive Enterprise Institute
said that for the people who believe
in it, “global warming is a religion.”
If you are truly Liberal in the classical sense of the word, you should
question everything, as many more
people are starting to do. Global
Warming alarmists are claiming
that the consensus is that the science is settled, and everyone is in
agreement that Global Warming
is a man-made problem. However,
these ‘experts’ seem to be forgetting
the 31,000 scientists with their
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D.’s in related
subjects that signed a petition urg-
ing the United States government
to reject any agreements that proposed limiting greenhouse gases.
In 2005, 60% of Americans polled
said that global warming was a
man-made crisis that needed immediate reparation. Today, merely
three years later, that percentage
has dropped to 50%. Maybe the
rest of that percentage should seriously consider the facts, and which
experts they are getting their ideas
from - because if we jump into this
too fast, we will actually be creating
more trouble for future generations
rather than solving their problems.
(Continued from page 1)
order it, it’d go surfing then rapping.”
Although Max can surf,
snowboard, and is a skilled artist,
he raps because, “It’s basically the
only way I know how to express
myself. All different sorts of kids
have different ways to express
themselves, and this is the only
way I really know how to. If I’m
talking about myself, or something
that happened to someone I know
or telling a story-just everything;
life. I just say it all I guess.”
Max has lots of videos
at youtube.com/vaderthevillin,
and is creating his own website.
Meanwhile, Max is working on his
new mix-tape “Awake”, which will
feature several different artists,
and will be given out for free.