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FEATURE PAGE TWELVE THE LIGHTNING STRIKE SUMMER 2005 PARKING Parking shortage drives students to alternatives By ERICA SEMEL Staff Writer The 319 spots in the parking lot are never enough to match the number of students with cars. On Monday, Aug. 15, the remaining 160 parking spots were distributed in a drawing, leaving many students without a spot. The shortage forces students to look for other parking options. Junior Daniela Loebl currently parks in the gravel pit and said if she does not receive a spot she will “continue parking in the gravel pit and walking that ridiculously long walk.” Several other students currently use the gravel pit, as well as the driveways of the neighboring homes surrounding our school. Junior Joanne Niego owns a car but does not yet drive to school. “The only way I will drive to school is if I receive a spot. I refuse to park in the gravel pit because I do not think DRIVERS’ ED Students without decals park in the gravel pit despite vandalism during previous school years. This leaves their cars without protection and owners with a long walk to and from the school. it’s a good idea and I hate the walk.” All students like Niego can hope for is additional spots, which is only a slight possibility. According to Dawn Baglos, there is currently a fi ve-year plan to build a new building to alleviate the school’s overcrowding, which may mean a new parking lot. The PHOTO BY NAOMI ENZINNA new building may be in the current parking lot and a new lot may be built beyond the building. It is not known if the number of spaces will increase if a new parking lot is built. For now, students without a spot will either have to fi nd alternative parking or leave their cars at home. Overpopulation puts brakes on drivers’ education By INNA GRANOVSKAYA Staff Writer “Up only” stairs; “Down only” stairs; “Walk to your right.” These directions are the administration’s effort to help with hall crowding, the result of school overpopulation. Teachers have also been affected. Drivers’ education teacher Eric Phillips moved to the English department, leaving only Troy Parker to teach the course. According to Assistant Principal Roger Miret, the major focus is to hire another drivers’ ed teacher. Hiring a teacher for this course is not an easy task. “You need to have a P.E. certifi cate and a drivers’ ed endorsement,” PHOTO BY KATIA PHILIPPEAUX ‘02 graduate Frantz Florville visits counselor Lisa LaMonica and tells tales to school reporters of his experience in the army. He plans to return to his station in Iraq in late October. Beginning next issue, a current student’s story will be featured monthly. The student will be selected at random by opening a locator and pointing at a name. Find out next month who was chosen. Principal Matthew Welker said. P.E. teachers applied for drivers’ ed but were rejected because they did not have the drivers’ ed endorsement. The shortage of teachers has forced students into P.E. classes, such as basketball. Sophomore Natalya Cohen looks on the bright side: “At least we’ll stay in shape this year.” EVERYONE HAS A STORY By DALIA SABBAGH Staff Writer A young man emerges from an exhausting plane ride, having spent nearly a year in Iraq. He looks down and sees a child looking up at him. “Thank you for fi ghting for us,” the child said. This is the feeling of a payoff for Frantz Florville, a 2002 Krop graduate. Frantz enlisted into the U.S. Army immediately after high school. Enlisting was fi rst brought to his attention when a recruiter visited his English class. “He recruited four other people, but I was the only one that stuck with it after high school,” Frantz said. Frantz’s missions included work in Afghanistan, Korea, Germany, Iraq, Kuwait, England, Turkey, Qatar and Uzbekistan. After weeks of training in South Q: How do you feel about where you park? A: FROM THE STUDENT LOT Drivers’ ed and health were previously paired together; however, administration is focusing on health because it is a mandatory course, and drivers’ ed is an elective. Many students were moved to a different class; in this case P.E. Welker feels that the students can ask their families to teach them how to drive a car, or they can Carolina and Georgia, Florville walked away with new skills. “I jump out of planes,” he said. “It’s a pretty grueling process.” Florville trained to be a paratrooper and fl ies black hawks, a type of helicopter. Stationed in Iraq, Florville has been away since last November and is returning there in late October. After four years in magnet chorus, Frantz still hums those tunes in Iraq. “It’s hard in the military. Singing calms the mood,” Florville said. “Besides, the other guys get a kick out of it. It helps the time go by.” Before Iraq, he had been in Afghanistan for a year, and “they were always asking me to sing for them.” Frantz remembers Deborah Anderson and Wendy Abolsky as the teachers that made the most infl uence on his life. He kept up good grades and participated in “I feel privileged because there’s so few parking spots, and I don’t have to walk from the gravel pit.” Junior Enbar Cohen “[My spot] is really far away, but it’s better than parking in the gravel pit.” Junior Jeremy Leech A: FROM THE GRAVEL PIT “Most people say that the gravel pit is a dangerous place to park, but I don’t have anything valuable [in my car], so it doesn’t bother me.” Senior Jolyse Stultz “[Parking in the gravel pit] sucks because of the walk. It’s long, and after school it’s hot, and sometimes it rains.” Senior Elizabeth Carril COMPILED BY NAOMI ENZINNA take driving lessons at a local Department of Motor Vehicles, unlike health, which should be taught by a teacher. According to the head of life management and drivers’ ed of MDCP, drivers’ ed is a “luxury.” Because of graduation requirements, providing health is a priority since drivers’ ed is an elective. Florville fi ghts for freedom 500 role models (now 5000). Before enlisting in the army Frantz planned to go to FSU to study music. His mom, who feared him joining track in high school, was “totally against” joining the military. “She did not want to sign that paper,” Frantz said. Frantz keeps in touch with his friends and relatives through email and letters. “Emotionally, you learn to shut down some things, but it’s hard because you miss your family and friends,” Frantz said. “There’s no time for relationships, so it gets pretty lonely.” Overall, he admits it is a rewarding experience. “As soon as I come back it takes a while to get back into that happy mood of mine,” Frantz said. “But it’s a good foot in the door. Not long term, but a good foot in the door. I’d do it again.”
COLLEGE CORNER Northwestern University: A rock-solid college choice NORTHWESTERN FACT BOX DEADLINES Early decision: Nov. 1 Regular: Jan. 1 Cost to apply: $65 Percent admitted: 30 Financial aid: loans and grants to 76 percent of students Tuition and fees: $31,789 a year ‘The Rock’ can be viewed at www.north western.edu/wildcam/ rock.html. The image is from a webcam installed in University Hall and is refreshed every minute. By LINDSEY YOUNG Staff Writer Most would think that splattering paint on a college’s memorial boulder is an act of graffiti worthy of expulsion, but at Northwestern University, it is tradition. For over a century, NU students have taken an oath to forsake sleep, the bathroom and even their homework to guard a paint-bespeckled rock in hopes of coating it in the morning mist. Once dawn sets, students stop patrolling and add their own colors to the already multicolored rock. “Every NU student has, at some point or another, claimed and painted ‘the rock.’ It’s a rite of passage here,” ’05 NU alumni Jordana Mishory said. That tradition amplifies that “Wildcat spirit,” especially for the sports team. “After our girls became national champions in lacrosse, COURTESY OF GROUPS.NORTHWESTERN.EDU As part of tradition, these Northwestern University students are painting the college rock. In 2002, they celebrated an event called “The Watermelon Bust”, where students painted the rock like a watermelon. ‘the rock’ was plastered with our school colors and ‘we’re number one!’” Mishory said. This spirit is evident throughout campus, where students lounge under sculptures and picnic by the lake. “Everybody hangs out with FEATURE SUMMER 2005 THE LIGHTNING STRIKE PAGE THIRTEEN REMEMBERING FACULTY Dreyfuss’ retirement makes a hole-in-Krop By BENNY HYMAN Staff Writer Errol Dreyfuss always had his eye on students, whether pestering them to wear their I.D. badges or cruising in his golf cart with his flowing salt-and-pepper hair dancing in the wind. He was as well-known to students as Shaq is to Miami. Because Dreyfuss was so well known, students can’t help but notice his absence. He retired after the 2004-2005 school year. “He’s probably somewhere in Scotland working on his golf game,” said senior Eric Kaplan, who has been on the golf team since freshman year. Scotland is where golf originated during the 16 th century. “He’s not as cutthroat on the course but he was still not easy to deal with.” Kaplan said. In fact, Kaplan admired Coach Dreyfuss because he was stern. “If the team’s results were less than his expectations, we would feel the heat. I appreciated the way he pushed us to be perfectionists. He took it too far sometimes, even when we performed well. He taught me so much though so it was for the best,” Kaplan said. Opinions of Dreyfuss vary, however. “If you can’t beat me, don’t teach me,” senior Shane Hodson, a golfer, said. “Dreyfuss wasn’t bad, but he would make a better assistant coach. I think he lacked the general knowledge of the game to be an effective coach. His motivation to win was not the problem—it was his lack of resources to win that held us back.” Among other things, Dreyfuss taught Hodson how to deal with conflicting personalities. “He busted my a-- when he saw me in school. He expected more of me as his student athlete.” Dreyfuss wasn’t completely stone-cold, however. Senior Bruno Chiurliza said, “People didn’t like Dreyfus because he got them in trouble. Everyone is going to say the same thing about Mr. Aristide.” Chiurliza had no personal relationship with Dreyfuss; however he did have a single conflict with him. In his sophomore year, SADD members were gathered around the year’s wrecked car with their faces painted and their mouths shut, not a word was uttered from them that day as is tradition. “I was bored, so I ran up and I drop kicked the car and ran PHOTO BY KATIA PHILIPPEAUX Administrative Assistant Wallace Aristide instructs a student to wear his I.D. After taking over Errol Dreyfuss’ former position and responsibilities, he has assisted in keeping students in line. away,” Chiurliza said. With that, the entire club, faces painted, went on a manhunt for Chiurliza. They stopped their silence and started their cursing. “The black makeup was especially frightening.” Chiurliza had to change his shirt and hair in order to avoid them. Security caught him in class, and Chiurliza had to answer to Dreyfuss. “I was so scared of him from hearsay, but Dreyfuss just laughed it off and told me to apologize to SADD. He’s really not a bad guy at all.” Even when Kaplan posted Dreyfuss’ J-Date profile, which was personal information not intended for student eyes, Dreyfuss remained unflustered. “I didn’t admit it to him, but he knew it was me,” Kaplan said. Filling his shoes this year is Administrative Assistant Wallace Aristide; however, it appears he will have a tough act to follow. everybody; you know everyone here,” ’01 Krop alumni and ’05 NU graduate Ashley Shapiro said. Even Chicago is second to this intellectual base, whose students prefer an evening in the school theater to walking the city streets. “Students will go to the city on the weekend, but you can’t beat the campus; there is always something fun going on,” Mishory said. For example, the film club hosts a night once or twice a week to show block-buster movies, indie films or school-produced documentaries. Activities like these aren’t what attracted NU students initially. They came for an education. “It’s not a party school at all,” Shapiro said. “NU is definitely a learningcentered school.” “It’s kind of a nerdy school,” ’04 Krop Salutatorian and NU sophomore Baylee Shapiro said. Don’t cross off other schools, however, if you can’t fair cold weather. “Last January and February, it was never warmer than 20 degrees,” Ashley Shapiro said. So before shopping for paint to show case your wildcat spirit, remember to buy a decent coat. ECOLOGY Blooming beauty PHOTO BY KATIA PHILIPPEAUX Students help with greens Science teacher Sue Green and her AP Environmental classes help clean the pond area and butterfly garden. The two gardens, left unattended during the summer, were rid of weeds and overgrown plants during their class period on Sept. 1. More gardening is needed; however, once these gardens are fully finished, Green and her classes will only need to do minimal work for upkeep.
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