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January 2010 V V ' - Cub Edition 9 / i |Q s ¡ i ' r ¿i f i Z1 M / a r / f g l# 1 / ^ rrv 4i W w ' v f C I v ? I# v f«:udent artists take honors t it would be hers are more helpful in middle school and the •work is more spread out. id of having five or six > in one night it's one or tours every night." -Kendall Stowell H alie O wens & M ichael M c N inch At the recent Scholastic Art Com petition 13 students won honors and three artists, Chloe Coates, senior, (painting), Emma Kennard, freshman, (two drawings), and Jordan LeVeque, senior, (drawing), won gold keys. "The Scholastic Art Awards event is a nationally recognized program that honors excellence in the visual arts," Lynn Pass, art teacher, said. Silver key winners included: Julia Tatiyatrairong, sophomore, (fashion and mixed media), and Jeffrey Schafer, senior, (glass). Honorable mention winners included: Avery Breyne-Cartwright, senior, (photo), M axwell Gerber, senior (design), Sam Ihrig, senior, (painting), Samantha Neverick, sophomore, (painting), Kristina Reeves, senior, (painting), Dana Rost, freshman, (drawing), and Taylor White, junior, (mixed media). Artworks that received golds advance to the National competition in New York. Scholarships and national recognition will be presented to the artists with winning artworks. "Work that was submitted was mostly non-assignment work, so students could show all of their artistic potential," Diane Gauthier, art teacher, said. "Although some were assignments, they were still beautiful and some were even awarded." On Jan. 14, a crowded award ceremony was held at Pacific Northwest College of Art. The gold key pieces were on display, with art present ranging from paintings and drawings to pottery and even word font types. Honorable Mention and silver key pieces were featured on a slide show. During a lengthy ceremony, the gold key winning artists introduced themselves and scholarships were awarded. "Everyone that participated put in a lot of effort and came out with beautiful art work. Even people who didn't win awards created fantastic pieces," Gauthier said. Emma Kennard, Drawing, Mirogkor Chloe Coates, Painting, Blue Girl I'm not bipolar, I'm just moody Avery Breyne- Cartwright Photography, She's a Star Bipolar disorder often misunderstood G racie W all stren g th s and w eak n esses," M ike M iller, sch o o l p sy ch o lo g ist, said . For people with Bipolar disorder an understanding family and friends and proper medication are key. The jokes about this condition are not only inaccurate but are hurtful to people who have been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. When this happens the person who is Bipolar has a choice between staying quiet or speaking out. torture. I could never go outside and had to submit to blood tests For people with Bipolar disorder every day. I could not see my the ride never ends. It is a constant sib lin g s the w hole tim e. The struggle to hang on to the safetv bar of cameras in the rooms, the doors an emotional roller coaster that could not be locked and the it takes a bipolar person’s mood to horrible food were all a part of my an extreme high, an extreme low or experience. anywhere in between, the life of a Although people with Bipolar person with Bipolar disorder is a wild disorder can sometimes feel that and scary ride. their lives are hopeless, there still B ip o la r jo k e s circ u la te is hope. Because of the around the school, along the advances in m edicine, lines of, "You are acting so p e o p le w ith B ip o la r íí- bipolar" to describe someone The jokes about this condition are disorder can live w ith having mood fluctuations. not only inaccurate but are hurtful more regulated moods. B u t B ip o lar is a co m p lex Although effective, g en etic d isord er affectin g td People who have been diag the m e d i c i n e c an be the neurotransmitters in the » expensive, especially for brain. Neurotransmitters are nosed with Bipolar disorder. those w ithout prescription the connectors between one drug insurance. brain cell and the next that The struggles of people with allow the brain cells to communicate Ben Stiller, comedian and actor, is Bjp0 iar disorder are many, and and regulate mood levels. a living example that a person with nQ joke B ip o la r d is o rd e r ca u se s the Bipolar disorder can be successful in neurotransm itters to malfunction, the world. A rtist Vincent Van Gogh leading to extreme highs and extreme was also diagnosed as having Bipolar lows in mood. The highs are called disorder. "manic episodes" and the lows are Like with everything in life, Bipolar called "depressive episodes." A person Disorder has it’s blessings and curses. with Bipolar disorder can experience My memories consist of mostly the extreme highs and extreme lows. curses. For example the hospital "People need to become aware that v isit. Nine days of everyone is different and that everyone Jordan LeVeque, Mixed Media, Boy m Dana Rost, Drawing, Self Portrait has Taylor White, Mixed Media, Blue Splash
