Baseball player works past the blind spot
May 22, 2013 • Angelica LaVito, Graduating Editor-in-Chief
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Looking around a baseball field, one can see the plates, other players, as well as how close these objects are. Mike Stutzman, freshman, sees things differently: he is blind in one eye. While playing baseball nearly five years ago, Stutzman foul tipped a ball and broke... Read more »
Communication policy updated to fit technology change
May 21, 2013 • Jenny Steinberg, News Writer
Filed under News, Top Stories
The Board of Education created a new social media policy for next year to protect faculty members from misinterpreted communication with students in extracurricular activities. LZHS encourages communication between teachers, club sponsors, or coaches with... Read more »
May Whitney gets new school principal
May 2, 2013 • Carolyn Busse, bear facts news writer
Filed under News, Top Stories
A new principal for May Whitney Elementary School was approved by the District 95 Board of Education at the April 25meeting. Christopher Martelli will officially begin working with the district starting June 1. Martelli will be replacing retiring Principal Lettie Ekovich. Currently, Martelli is the assistant... Read more »
StarGazer makes the sky the limit
April 16, 2013 • nicole syverson, bear facts entertainment writer
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
An LZ band, StarGazer, first met in 2000. Thirteen years later, they are band and have won LZHS’s and St. Matthews Battle of the Bands as well as opened up for the LZHS’s talent show. StarGazer describes themselves on their Facebook page as “Some dudes from... Read more »
Obsessed with technology, rude to people
April 16, 2013 • Kat Pauli, Bear Facts Viewpoint Editor
Filed under Top Stories, Viewpoint
A total stranger knows your birthday, hometown, where you work, what TV shows you watch, and even who you are dating. How do they get all of this information? Surprisingly the answer is not identity theft or stalking, but social media. Users need to be more careful with what they put online, especially... Read more »
Heerdegen brothers hear without fear
April 16, 2013 • madeline jordan, bear facts features editor
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Hear them out: Although senior twins Bob and Matt Heerdegen live with a progressive auditory syndrome, life is not double trouble for the brothers who thrive despite their condition. In the first grade, the Heerdegen twins were diagnosed with progressive large vestibular aqueduct... Read more »
SNAP supports Special Olympics
April 16, 2013 • Jenna Roach, Sports Writer
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Leaders are often times the people who take control, teach lessons, and act as role models. However, sometimes the leaders are the ones learning and growing, and the people they are in charge of become the role models. In the Special Needs Athletic Program (SNAP), each athlete... Read more »
Growing up Muslim: Student educates peers about faith
March 12, 2013 • Angelica Lavito, editor in chief
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Senior Zohah Beg is like most students at LZHS. She studies, organizes Culinary Club, and spends time with friends. Unlike most LZHS students though, she is not Christian; she is Muslim. Beg was born and raised in the U.S., and both of her parents emigrated here from Pakistan... Read more »
Do not ignore all the love in life
March 12, 2013 • Sam Fraser, bear facts viewpoint writer
Filed under Top Stories, Viewpoint
Movies and TV shows demonstrate that “happily ever after” is achieved when a couple finally comes together. This romanticized idea of happiness is unrealistic. Teens need to be able to appreciate the love in their lives that does not come from a romantic partner. Today’s... Read more »
New LZHS principal selected
February 15, 2013 • Angelica LaVito, Editor-in-Chief
Filed under News, Top Stories
Kent Nightlinger, Associate Principal of Operations at Rolling Meadows High School, was named the successor to current principal Kim Kolze at the Board of Education meeting on Thursday, February 14. The search for a new principal began last fall when Kolze announced she would retire after the 2012-2013... Read more »
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