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West Linn is holding out for a hero: Homecoming week

Julia Mogen
October 8, 2012

The hype of the game, the decorations and the dance – these are the things students most look forward to when it comes to Homecoming. The Associated Student Body, the group of students who help make Homecoming happen, wish for all students to participate. They have put together porch decorations, assemblies and made plans for the election of Homecoming King and Queen.

Maddy Baldwin, senior and director of projects for ASB, plans to “make everyone excited about Homecoming, have everyone participate in the dress up days, as well as attend the assembly, football game and dance.”

Leading up to the dance on Friday, the week will feature four dress up days:

Monday – Sloppy Day
Tuesday – Twin Day
Wednesday – Superhero Day
Thursday – Spirit Day

As the theme this year was superheroes, each grade chose different heroes to represent their class. The freshmen’s superhero is Incredible Hulk, sophomores’ is Superman, juniors’ is Spiderman, and seniors’ is Batman.

Not only will the students be participating, but so will the staff. They are putting together a staff dance for the homecoming assembly, and some teachers will join in on the dress up days.

“We are trying our best to get them just as excited about homecoming as the students are,” Baldwin said. “Since we have put so much time and effort into Homecoming I can say it means a great deal to me and ASB. I hope the school appreciates it and us.”

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Julia Mogen, Co-Arts and Culture Editor

While most high school students spend their free time hanging out with friends, Julia Mogen, senior, is out at concerts or the movie theater looking for her next story. “I started journalism my freshman year,” Mogen said. “My brother was a photographer, so it just felt right. I kept with it after freshman year because it felt different from all my other classes.” Ann Breyne, English teacher, enjoyed Mogen’s writing and encouraged her to continue writing in journalism, which lead to her becoming the Arts and Culture editor her junior year. “I just kind of started writing reviews. No one was writing reviews when I started, so I decided to start writing them,” Mogen said. “ I really like movies and music and didn’t like doing interviews. I stuck with Arts and Culture because it felt like my own thing and Ann liked my reviews so she wanted me to be editor for that section.” Mogen likes certain directors and reviews their movies. “One of my favorite directors is Wes Anderson. I also will search out movies that I have heard are good or have won Oscars.” Mogen also enjoys alternative music, specifically the radio station, 94.7 fm. Mogen enjoys watching Netflix in her free time. “I like watching older shows,” Mogen said. “I am watching the X-Files right now. It’ll take me a while to finish the show because when I really like a show and don’t want it to end, I just stop watching and it takes me years to finish.” As much as Mogen loves journalism, she is unsure if she will pursue it in college. “It seems daunting to continue in college,” Mogen said. “I feel comfortable in the way I am doing journalism now and to step up and be with other kids who have done it at their high school, I feel like I will be behind even though it’s not true.” “It scares me to enter such a good journalism program,” Mogen said. “But I have considered going to other journalism schools or going to University of Oregon to pursue other majors that I am interested in.”