Leadership

As a senior in high school we get a glimpse of what the world really is, we no longer see it for the perfect marble it once was. We see it for what it is REALITY. I have came to a conclusion that lack of leadership is one of the biggest issues we face.
Today in society everyone is so wrapped up in drugs, sex, and scandal. Many blame parents and others blame an individual’s determination. So who is really to blame? I say society and the lack of leadership. No one is really stepping up to the plate and saying “ who cares what the problem is lets just fix it!”

Last year I was informed that a Female Leadership Academy was looking for participants and I decided to look into it. Turns out, it was an experience I will never forget.
The academy taught me to be comfortable in my own skin and to not be afraid to voice my opinion. With the leadership academy I always felt empowered to make better decisions and take the knowledge I gained and influence others to be just the same. They informed us about what was going on in the world with politics and stuff I would expect to know but didn’t. I felt like a better person.

I know that great leadership can change anybody. So the un-perfect world we live in doesn’t need more punishment. What we need is people ready to lead us; lead us in the right path. The person to tell us NO and why, the person to give us an alternative and show us what we’re missing and how much better it is when you living life as a honest and genuine person. When that day comes is when we will soon realize that we as a country is invincible.
-Lisa Alvarado, Class of 2007 & 2008


Women and Religion
Spring 2007
Recently the Episcopal Church elected a new Presiding Bishop. This new person in charge of the church just happened to be a woman. This apparently created some cause for concern for our local diesis. To be more specific, it creates a conflict among our local priest and bishop. This conflict seems to stem from the fact that they are both men who have to take orders from a woman.
Our diesis, nay our bishop seems to think that the only way to resolve this problem is to split from the Episcopal Church and join the Anglican Church. This resolution would not be a problem if it had been discussed and voted on by the people that actually go to the church.
I feel this way because I have been going to this church my entire life up until recently when this issue came about. I was baptized in that church and I was confirmed there. It makes me very sad that this problem can not be solved in any other way in our diesis eyes.
In the end, this position is an extremely discouraging, mainly because it is so political for such a religious place. I never thought that in a place of peace, discrimination would be found. I also never thought that it would come down to someone else telling me what I can and can not believe.
Holly Thompson, Class of 2007 & 2008