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May 2007 - Volume 95, Issue 7
Humanities classes offer night of answers
u R oya E lizeh _______________
co-Editor-in-Chief
Honors Humanities
classes held two separate
nights of answering
and reflecting on the
knowledge the students
have gained during the
year-long class. Both
classes, taught by English
teacher Barb Murray, chose
a class question to answer
individually in an artistic
way. Their expressions of
their truth were displayed
on May 14 and 16.
"These nights were an
opportunity to express their
own beliefs," Murray said.
The third period class,
composed of all seniors
answered the question
"What is Reality?" on May
14 and on May 16, the fourth
-iod class responded
U Tie question "What is
Human?" Family members,
students and community
members were invited to
both Honors Humanities
nights.
The questions were
decided upon by each
individual class. Coming up
with the question took each
class period about five hours
to decide. Past questions
in previous years have
included "What is the nature
of reality?" and "What
makes life meaningful?"
Composed of two
presentation sessions and
a gallery, the nights were
put together by the classes
with the help of Murray.
Presentations were held in
the Forum and the Library
Alcove. The Gallery was
presented on the second
floor of the school building.
"Over 240 people
attended each performance
night," Murray said
Concentrating on past
philosophers such as
Aristotle and Socrates, the
Honors Humanities classes
were asked to take what
they learned and turn it
into their own truth. These
truths were presented
and explained by each
individual to the members
of the community.
"Honors Humanities is
an important class because
Kirstin Roby, senior, hangs up portraits demonstrating her answer to the question, "What is Human?"
for Honors Humanities Night on May 16. Honors Humanities, an application only class, explores the
Photo courtesy of Jordan Grelewicz
history of philosophy.
kids have the opportunity
to explore questions they've
never had the opportunity
to answer in a school
setting," Murray said. "This
class allows them to have
those conversations."
Projects include
photography, paintings,
music, dance, an interactive
movie, and a model of the
Grand Canyon. Students
have worked on the project
since November and set
their own deadlines for a
grade in the class.
"Even though the
project takes up so much
of our time , it is so
extremely worth it," Lacey
Mannex, senior, said.
"Once we were finished,
we felt so insightful and
accomplished."
Honors Humanities is an
application only class and
will be offered next year.
Alum ni com poses m usic fo r "Family Guy"
u J oseph M iller _____________
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When you think of
celebrity, you don't
necessarily think West Linn.
As great of a place it is to live,
it's not known for turning
out A-list stars. But, once in
a while, an unusual success
story comes along.
This is the case with Ron
Jones, a composer who has
worked for 20th Century
Fox and Paramount Pictures.
He's composed music
for many big-time shows
such as "Smurfs," "Duck
Tales," "Star Trek: The Next
Generation," "American Dad"
and "Family Guy," as well as
co-composing the worldwide
hit theme song of "The Fairly
Odd Parents."
Jones, who graduated
in 1972, has worked on
big productions and with
M o c k Trial Team
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staff Reporter
In its first trip to Nationals,
the West Linn High School
Mock Trial Team won and
lost two rounds each. How-
ever, they also came away
from the competition with
the national award for Out-
standing Professionalism and
Sportsmanship.
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"It was our most successful
year ever-largely due to the
quality and work ethic of our
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group of seniors. It’ll be very
sad to see them go,” Matt
Kellogg, Mock Trial adviser,
said.
M aggie G oldstein, se-
nior, won an award as an
Outstanding witness. Team
members included: Lauren
Currey, senior, Marta Hanson,
senior, Eric Nesbit, senior,
Hannah Cochran, senior,
Maggie Goldstein, senior,
Nina Dalgaard, senior, Amy
Brumbaugh, senior, and Wil
liam Fambach, senior.
celebrities such as David
Zuckerman, executive
producer of "Family Guy"
and Gene Rodenberry,
executive producer and
producer of "Star Trek: The
Next Generation."
Although he was only
at West Linn his junior and
senior year, he made a great
impact at the school that can
still be felt today. He started
the Oregon Crusaders' Drum
and Bugle Corps and wrote
for the high school's Jazz
Ensemble.
Jones not only played
the percussions, but he also
played instruments such as
the French horn, piano and
the trumpet. (Today, there
is still a form of the Oregon
Crusaders' Drum and Bugle
Corps organization.)
"[He] was phenomenal—a
musical genius. He could
sit down at any piano and
play anything without sheet
music," Gary Eppelsheimer,
fine arts and science teacher,
said.
Eppelsheimer also
graduated with Jones in
1972, took some classes
Composer Ron Jones, who wrote music for "Family Guy" and
"American Dad," visits the Advanced Film Studies class on May 15.
Jones lectured on the process of scoring TV shows and films.
Photo by Cole Fiala
with him, but mostly knew
Jones through the Oregon
Crusaders' Drum and Bugle
Corps which Eppelsheimer's
sister was a part of. Their
families also knew each other,
so Jones and Eppelsheimer
were well acquainted.
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