members voiced their hearts out in their fall concert back on the 22nd, and they are prepar-ing for their winter concert on Dec. 6 this year, where they will be performing some holiday tunes.

Kranz said that during au-ditions he “looks for students that can read music without [him] accompanying with the piano, good tone and students whose voices are ‘blendable’ with the rest of the group.”

Kranz said that his favorite part of concert choir is “the lev-el of music is more advanced and is in depth. It’s [closer] to college level.”

Concert choir and both jazz bands will have their pops con-certs next semester: concert choir in January and jazz band in May.

The orchestra, of course, is also ready for upcoming per-formances, but the members do not have to try for any ex-clusive groups as the band and choir have done. The orchestra will host a winter symphony on Dec. 12 and a pops concert on Feb. 13. All three music groups will be sending their All State musicians to practice and perform in Ames on Nov. 21-23, and this performance will

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DALLENBACH By Staff Writer MacKenzie

After two months, The Sto-rytellers Campaign is almost at a close and ready for the last event, a benefit concert and si-lent auction this Sunday, Nov. 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the St. John’s Lutheran Church (715 College St, Cedar Falls).

High school students will be performing music while people can bet on student-made artwork. Fears VS Dreams photos will be also be displayed at the concert, for no profit.

Along with the money made from the silent auction, Storyteller bracelets will be

Those who are looking for homemade gifts should stop by Cedar Falls High School on Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and check out the crafts that CFHS students have made. The students in special needs teacher Tammy Frahm’s class are working on making many different things for the sale such as holiday bricks, jew-elry, baked goods, cards, orna-ments and much more to sell at the craft sale.

These crafts sell from $1 to $10. Parents also donate some baked goods and crafts.

“I enjoy watching the stu-dents when someone purchas-es an item they have made. They are always excited when someone shows in an inter-est in what they have done,” Frahm said.

The craft sale allows stu-dents to work social skills,

Some hard work and musical talent really pays off. Two, or rather three, big ways are through concert choir and jazz band, both which are up and running, and their directors are fired up and excited for these seasons.

Students have audi-tioned for both concert choir and jazz band, concert choir having auditioned back in February for this 2013-2014 school year, where jazz band auditions were back in Oc-tober of this school year.

The jazz band actually has two sections: Jazz I and Jazz, Too! Band director Kyle Engelhardt is the direc-tor of Jazz I, and band di-rector Gerald Ramsey is the director of Jazz, Too!

Jazz I has 19 musicians and Jazz, Too! has just three more musicians making a grand total of 22 musicians.

The more advanced mu-sicians earned spots on Jazz I, and the rest of the talent-ed musicians earned spots on Jazz, Too!

Jazz I has chosen some of its pieces already: a mod-ern blues by Piece Giering, a more classic piece called “When You’re Smiling” and an Afro-Cuban piece titled “African Skies.”

This year the Jazz Bands will be “focusing on soloing and improv,” according to Engelhardt.

Solos and improvisation are two very big parts of jazz. Improvisation allows the musician to come up with their own little spins on pieces of music by adding and playing some bars and a collection of notes that stay within the rhythm and can be carried out for a spe-cific amount of time before they rejoin the rest of the group. This gives the song a little extra flare.

Jazz, Too! hasn’t final-ized what all songs it will be performing for its shows and

are still reading some music. So far the group has read pieces like a jazz waltz called “The Next Chapter” and “As Light Though the Leaves.”

“Playing the music with the kids and performing,” Ramsey said was the the thing he was looking forward to the most about this jazz season, and Engelhardt said that he was most looking forward to “learn-ing a wide variety and covering a lot of music and playing a lot of styles.”

Jazz I and Jazz, Too! prac-tice every Monday evening at 8 p.m. and Wednesday and Friday at 7 a.m. This is the first year of Monday night practic-es, and so far there have been a “few evening conflicts, but the kids want to play, so they [make their] schedules work out,” Ramsey said.

Jazz I and Jazz, Too! will have their first performances on Jan. 27 at the state jazz fes-tival.

Concert Choir is an ad-vanced group of skilled sing-ers led by choir director Elliot Kranz. This group of 55 sing-ers practices every day during second hour in the choir room. According to Kranz, there are always between 50 to 60 stu-dents in concert choir every year.

This October concert choir

Musicians transition to winter groups

money skills and work skills. “This sale gives the students the opportunity to practice these skills in a natural environ-ment with unknown people,” Frahm said.

This will be Frahm’s fifth year doing the craft sale with her students. Frahm tries to take her students on about one field trip each month. This craft sale will help them raise money for some of their field trips they are going on.

Some field trips that they will be going on are the Gal-lagher Bluedorn, bowling and the museum. The have also purchased iPads and class switches, which are buttons that someone could talk into and give to the parent of a stu-dent to tell them what they did all day.

Craft sale opens Saturday

sold for $5, and free will dona-tions are welcomed.

All the proceeds will go to To Write Love On Her Arms, the nonprofit organization that provides awareness for mental health and a sense of hope, healing and community for those struggling with depres-sion, addiction, eating disor-ders and suicidal thoughts.

For more information about the event, the campaign, or the organization, please con-tact Abigail Van Patten at Abi-gailvanpatten@gmail.com.

WALLINGFORD By Editor-in-Chief Ellen

Storytellers host concert as last benefit for project

Junior Megan Hermanson and sophomore Troy Wilson finish an item for the sale on Saturday.

Abby Young Photo

On Tuesday, the jazz singers performed at the Gal-lagher Bluedorn for the annual Festival of Trees.

Martha Hall Photo

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“Nothing can prepare you for hopping your first freight train. The ground vibrates, you hear that lonesome whistle blow, and a wall of noise hits you like a tidal wave: groaning, screeching cars, steel wheels scraping against tracks, your partner yelling in your ear, ‘There’s your car, go for it!’” Frederic Larson said in expla-nation of a chronicle of photos explaining the life of a train-hopping vagrant.

Some people are born to travel and not have to worry about anything more than what their next meals are going to be and how to avoid the “feds.” Freighthopping is associated mostly with the Great Depres-sion of the 1930s, but it spans much farther earlier, and after.

There are still people today who choose the vagrant life over the comforts and mun-daneness of “civilization.” Take Ernest Hemingway, for a great example, who hopped a freight in 1916 on his way to Walloon Lake in Michigan.

Well, it’s catching on again, and many people disdainfully shrug it off as a “hipster fad.” Well, Ryan Piper, a janitor at Waterloo Elementary School, as well as my dad, explains it like this: “... In recent times the idea, the label of ‘hobo’ is pretty much absent from this culture and really is a culture it-self; separate from mainstream culture of computers, careers, malls, supermarkets and the illusion of comfortability: of a comfortable life. A comfortable life is nothing but a convenient lie.”

He continued, “In order to achieve that ‘comfortable lifestyle,’ you have to commit yourself to a master and take orders from our civilization, which isn’t all that civilized of a culture to begin with. Killing, torturing and bombing other humans in the name of safety and progress are not the en-deavors of a civilized culture, but of a barbaric one. These ‘hoboes’ of the past have be-come just train-hoppers. Kids 16 to 30 who want to see the world for what it really is and want no part of the savage cul-ture we live in.”

This may sound hateful or dissenting, but almost all train-hoppers are peaceful. They just

have alternate views on the world than the vast majority.

The town of Britt, Iowa, deemed the national hobo capitol, hosts a National Hobo Convention, and on Britt’s web-site, they explain it like this: “Hoboes they’re called, a word with as many possible origins as there are reasons to join the fraternity. The Latin words homo bonus mean ‘good man’ and could have been coined to make the term hobo. Some say that soldiers returning from the Civil War would be asked where they were headed and they replied, ‘homeward bound.’ Migratory agricultural workers of the 18th century were referred to as ‘hoe boys,’ and since hoboes worked as they traveled, it was concluded they were the original ‘boes. Ask a veteran hobo at a con-vention jungle what a hobo is, and you’ll receive a definite an-swer. The hobo is a migratory worker, some with a special skill or trade, others ready to work at any task, but always willing to work to make his way.”

But there are other general categories of hoboes. Some are nice, others are not. Here’s how one man explains it: “It’s more of a celebration of the by-gone era. Respect the old-tim-ers that did the ‘real’ hoboing back in the ‘20s and ‘30s. There are three classifications: the hobo, who rides trains to get from town to town looking for work, for some pay. Then there are the ‘tramps’ who ride from town to town panhandling, begging for money and food or taking a job if begging wasn’t fruitful. And then there’s your typical bum. They dig through

trashes, steal stuff, beg, but never work. These are your drunk bums in the movies.”

Unfortunately, the tragedies of 9-11 affected train-hoppers too. After that tragic day the rails became heavily guarded by “bulls” or the track’s own police force. They are most fre-quent near the bigger train sta-tions, which train-hoppers try to avoid, but bulls cause these va-grants trouble. Train-hopping is illegal, but many hoboes laugh at that because there are two ways they can be punished: a fine in the hundreds of dol-lars, which they will never pay off, or 30 days in jail, which is a good thing for hoboes because they get free, safe housing and food.

Kenneth Lyftogt, a professor at UNI, wrote a book about his experiencing the vagrant life, called ‘Road Freaks of Trans-Amerika.’ It goes through his experiences and who he met, encounters with bulls and other “authorities” of the railways. He also wrote books about the Civil War and Iowans who fought with the North.

The life of a hobo is not shameful; it’s just different from ours. Some people want to live free of care and the unend-ing list of responsibilities, and some live life according to the social norms of school, jobs, money and houses.

Personally, I like the idea and romanticism of life on the road, carefree except for find-ing food and a safe place to sleep. It’s the gritty, tough life this nation was born on.

That Lonesome Whistle CallsHobo dreams of following train rails still beckon some Cedar Valley residents

It’s Thanksgiving and the word explains itself. This time of year is when everyone is thinking about the things they’re thankful for in their lives. Going around the school, and asking a few students what they were thankful for, this is what people said:

I am thankful for … music and hot chocolate. “It gets me through hard times. There is a song for every emotion and every day no matter what your feeling.” she also said, “I am thankful for hot chocolate because I can’t stand coffee so hot chocolate is my alternative in the winter.” —MacKenzie Dallenbach

I am thankful for ... family. “They’re always there for me.” —Olivia Heath

I am thankful for ... my family. “I don’t know what i’d do without them even though I don’t like them at times.” —Ellie Burken

I am thankful for … art. “It helps me relax when I’m stressed.” —Lexie Jacobson

I am thankful for … video games and books. I like the stories they tell. —Liam Tate

Instead of just skipping over Thanksgiving this year, try and actually get something out of it. So this week take a while and think about your life. What are the things or people that you are really thankful for? Get into the holidays and tell people that have helped you and thank them. It could make their holi-day better as well.

Remember to say, ‘Thank you’Listen to your mother,

Brian Winkel Photo

Brian Winkel Photo

Old paths like this route in Allamakee County lie waiting to be discovered all around northeast Iowa.

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WALLINGFORD Editor-in-Chief Ellen

With the rapid approach of the holiday season, the break from school is only one cause of excitement among dedi-cated television fans. Three British television shows are set to return very soon. While the shows originate half a world away, they have gained huge popularity in the United States, and fans eagerly await the re-turn of these beloved shows. Even if you’ve never heard of the shows, or have just never seen an episode, be sure to check them out they are worth a look.

Doctor Who, the longest-running TV show in history, fol-lows the story of an alien Time Lord who travels through Time and Space, with various com-panions, in a blue 1950s police box. The Doctor has had many faces over the years, as he re-generates into a new body, and personality, every time he is supposed to die. Doctor Who ran from 1963-1989 with eight regenerations of the title character. Then, in 2005, it was relaunched by showrunner and head writer Russell T. Davies. In 2010, Steven Moffat became head writer.

In recent years, it has gained increasing popularity in

America. While the next season does not return until the fall of 2014, the 50th Anniversary Special is premiering on Nov. 23. This special episode has been highly anticipated be-

cause it is bringing back previ-ous Doctors and companions. Known for its wild special ef-fects, complicated yet brilliant writing, and heart-wrenching character development, the

Fans eagerly await return of British television shows

College teams angle for state glory as seasons tip offUNIThe Northern Iowa Pan-

thers men’s basketball team is coming off a somewhat disap-pointing 21-15 2012-2013 sea-son that ended with a fourth round loss to Weber St. in the CIT. UNI lost three starters from last year in Jake Koch, Marc Sonnen and Anthony James to graduation. With less experi-ence on this year’s team, the Panthers are still hoping to im-prove on last year’s record.

Preseason MVC first teamer Seth Tuttle, last year’s second leading scorer at 11.4 per game and leading rebounder at 6.6 per game, returns to help anchor the middle with freshman Ted Friedman and sixth man Chip Rank. Sopho-more sharpshooter Matt Bo-hannon joins preseason MVC second teamer Deon Mitchell in the Panther backcourt.

The name that may be new to fans is Wes Washpun, a former Cedar Rapids Wash-ington standout turned Ten-nessee Volunteer. Washpun sat out last year after transferring from a Tennessee program that

allowed him under a point a game in limited minutes. With a three guard, two big lineup of Deon Mitchell, Washpun, Matt Bohannon, Tuttle and Friedman, Ben Jacobson’s team is projected a third place finish in the Valley.

The Panther men have a 1-2 start to the young season with a win against Coe and

losses against George Mason and Ohio. They have marquee matchups with teams such as Iowa State and previous Final Four participants Virginia Com-monwealth and Wichita State.

IowaComing off a promising

run in the NIT that ended in a loss to the Baylor Bears in the championship game, the

Iowa Hawkeyes are poised to contend in the Big Ten as well as the NCAA tournament this year.

Coming off a 25-13 sea-son, the Hawkeyes return 93 percent of their scoring as Eric May is the only player to grad-uate last year. Seniors Melsahn Basabe and Devyn Marble will provide the leadership on the court as both start along side Mike Gesell, Aaron White and Adam Woodbury.

Fran McCaffery’s deepest team is led by former Cedar Rapids Jefferson star Jarrod Uthoff who transferred over from Big Ten rival Wisconsin.

Many solid contributors from last year will also come off the bench to attempt to spark the Hawks such as senior Zach McCabe and junior Josh Oglesby.

After an easy 4-0 start, Iowa moved into the top 25 in the USA Today poll where they hope to stay for the rest of the season.

ISUIowa State fans from all

over come to see “Hilton

magic.” Doubters have already become believers in the early season as the Cyclones have raced out to an undefeated 4-0 start. After two walk in the park games, the Clones welcomed No. 7 Michigan to Hilton Coli-seum. Energized by the return of preseason first team all Big 12 forward Melvin Ejim, Michi-gan was sent home with a loss.

Coming off a 23-12 season, Iowa State is looking to get past the NCAA tournament second round benchmark they set last season. Losing key pieces from an impressive and competitive club is difficult but Marshall transfer Deandre Kane and a very heralded freshman recruit Matt Thomas, who reminds many of the coach who guides the Cyclones, Fred Hoiberg, are making it a far smoother process.

After the upset win over Michigan and an impressive road win at previously unbeat-en BYU, the Iowa State Cy-clones find themselves at No. 21 in the AP top 25 and rising.

50th Anniversary is expected to raise the bar on its already amazing reputation.

Sherlock has also gained an enormous following, especially among fans of Doctor Who. Doctor Who writers Steven Moffatt and Mark Gatiss are the writers for Sherlock, as well, which brings a lot of Who fans to Sherlock as well. The show is a mini-series, with three epi-sodes in each season, and each episode being about an hour and a half.

Each episode is a modern-day retelling of one of the orig-inal stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, with slight adaptations to fit modern-day London. The show stars two very famous British actors, Benedict Cum-berbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, respectively. Part of the show’s appeal comes from the beloved actors; however, they are often working on oth-er projects. Therefore, Sherlock production is often delayed. Season 3, highly anticipated because of the cliffhangers in Season 2, premieres on Jan. 19, 2014.

Downton Abbey has also received surprising success in America; it’s already quite pop-

ular in the U.K., but perhaps even more popular in the U.S. Created by Julian Fellowes, the period drama depicts the lives of an aristocratic family with three daughters struggling to adapt to the changing times in the early 1900s. In the early 1900s, the times were quickly moving out of the aristocratic class system, leading to both financial and personal crises.

Season 1 begins with the news of the sinking of the Ti-tanic, where one of the heirs to the family perished, leading to a financial crisis for the fam-ily. Season 2 follows the family into World War I as they adapt their old estate into a hospital for wounded soldiers. Season 3 shoots into the 1920s, lead-ing to even more changes in the times and personal family changes.

Known for its large, ever-changing cast and its unortho-dox character exits, the show has captured audiences with the realistic and very beauti-ful costumes and set. Down-ton Abbey will premiere in the United States on Jan. 5, 2014.

Those who want to discover the stories that have thrilled fans of Downton Abby or Doctor Who before the next season starts can visit the Cedar Falls Library.

ANDERSON Editor-in-Chief Austin

Ellen Wallingford Photo

In a “Hilton Magic” moment, Cyclone fans celebrate their home victory over Michigan State last week.

Austin Anderson Photo

MUSIC

NEWRELEASES

MOVIES

GAMES

•BEACHWOOD SPARKSDesert Skies on Nov. 26•BLACK FLAGWhat The... on Dec. 3•LEONA LEWISChristmas, With Love on Dec. 3•DAM-FUNK & SNOOPZILLA7 Days of Funk on Dec. 10•R. KELLYBlack Panties on Dec. 10•BROKEN BELLSAfter The Disco on Jan. 14•JENNIFER NETTLESThat Girl on Jan. 14

ONLINEEXTRAS

•THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIREon Nov. 22•DELIVERY MANon Nov. 22•FROZENon Nov. 27•HOMEFRONTon Nov. 27•THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUGon Dec. 13

•PAC-MAN AND THE GHOSTLY ADVENTURESon PC/PS3/Wii U/Xbox 360/on Nov. 26•BATTLEFIELD 4: CHINA RISINGon Xbox 360/PC on Dec. 3•GRAN TURISMO 6on PS3 on Dec. 6•WII FIT Uon Wii U on Dec. 13

Scar Storiesby Olivia Martin

This week’s show features a dancing accident from junior Agatha Fenech.

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PS4, Xbox One fight to be named best console for next generation

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BROCKA

This year the PS4 and Xbox One have risen to the challenge of winning the name of best next generation console. The PS4 came out on Nov. 15th for $399, and the Xbox One is coming out on Nov. 22 for $499. There have been debates about which is better since they came out with their first consoles, but I hope this article helps you find out which system is right for you.

Let’s start with Xbox One. Xbox live has been improved with Xbox One to have a better performance. You can even record, share and broadcast any moments you have in a game. You can also do a lot of multitasking with the Xbox One like, for ex-ample, watching T.V. and Skyping with your friends at the same time.

Xbox has updated many of its acces-sories like the controller. They’ve made the wireless controller better fitting in your hands, added new impulse triggers, rede-signed the thumbsticks and created a new D-pad to provide better precision. They even made it so you can control the volume on your headset without taking your hands

off your controler. The Xbox One’s new long lasting bat-

tery can be fully charged in under four hours. You can charge the battery after you play or even while you play. New headsets and many other devices have been made for this new Xbox.

Originally Xbox One had a thing with games where if you played a game, it would connect to your console so that your friend that borrowed it wouldn't be able to play it. After Xbox got so many complaints about this, they re-did it, and the games can again be borrowed and sold as used. Also on both the Xbox One and the PS4, if you purchase a game online, it is on your account and not your console, so if you log into your account on your friend’s console instead, you can still play your games.

The PS4 sold over a million PS4’s in the first 24 hours of being available, making their console launch the most successful in recent history. The PS4, with its high-fidelity graphics and deeply immersive experiences, is good for producers to fit their new games easily onto this console.

The PS4 has created a new wireless con-troller called the Dualshock that includes a new touchpad at the top of the controller to experience games in a new way. There is also a share button so that it is easier to video stream and share a tap faster. Any video you’re uploading can upload as you play. You can also share your gameplay live if you want.

If you get a membership on the new PlayStation Plus, you can get access to a collection of great games. You also get to see a new world of other gamers to con-nect with in the all-new multiplayer service made for this generation.

With all the information on both of the consoles and both of them coming out so soon, which one will you choose? If you're already committed to one of the consoles, go ahead and get it, but, if you're just get-ting your first console or just aren't sure yet, make sure to do enough research on both and decide which console you think would best suit you. Good luck with your choice.

Teachers share top jazz albums

Kyle Engelhardt

•BIG BOP NOUVEAU - Maynard Ferguson

Jazz trumpeter Ferguson put together a 15-piece band for this 1990 album. “It’s a really fun album. I listen to it a lot.”

•KIND OF BLUE - Miles Davis

This 1959 album is often described as the bestselling jazz al-bum of all time., in addition to being listed as the No. 12 best al-bum of all time according to Rolling Stone Magazine. Engelhardt says this is an album that everyone should own. “[Kind of Blue] is one of the first CDs I ever got.”

•STUDY IN BROWN - Clifford Brown

The 1955 album from Brown, a jazz trumpeter, boasted hits that eventually went on to become jazz standards.

•LITTLE THINGS RUN THE WORLD - Ben Allison

Allison, a bass player out of New York, released the album in 2008. Engelhardt saw him perform the album live at the Cedar Falls bar The Hub. “It’s modern but interesting and accessible at the same time. I’ve probably listened to it over 20 times.”

Band teachers contribute vast knowledge of music

Gerald Ramsey

•HEADHUNTERS - Herbie Hancock

Released in 1973, the album went on to define the genre of jazz funk and has inspired various rap, funk, jazz and hip-hop mu-sicians.

•MATRIX (9) - Matrix

Named after the nine members of the band, Ramsey said this is an album that he listened to in high school. “In ninth grade I listened to it over and over because it was one of two jazz albums I had.”

•M.F. HORN TWO - Maynard Ferguson

The album, released in 1972, features big band covers of popular songs like “Hey Jude,” originally by the Beatles. Ramsey cites Ferguson as a talented jazz artist. “We listened to a little bit too much Maynard Ferguson back then, but it was always excit-ing.”

•IMAGINARY VOYAGE - Jean-Luc PontyThe 1976 album is an adventure in jazz fusion. Ramsey lis-

tened to this album throughout high school. By Editor-in-Chief Martha

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Young By Staff Writer Abby

AthleteWeekof

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Senior captain Lisa Schreck placed seventh in the State solo competetion earlier this month. She is one of the veterans leading the dance team to State Dance on Dec. 6.

How are you preparing for State?

We practice three days a week plus two times in the morning at 6 a.m.

How do you prepare differently for your three events?

For pom, we really work on getting our endurance up so we can have a lot of energy throughout the season. For hip-hop we work on staying low and keeping our energy up for that one too, so that the crowd sees it.

How has dance affected your life and high school career?

It’s introduced me to some of my closest friends, and it’s been a great experience. It re-ally helped me with the transi-tion into high school. It’s really like being a part of a family.

Do you want to continue with dance?

I want to major in dance in college and potentialy dance for the rest of my life.

Lisa SchreckDance Team

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Dance Team:State Competion Dec. 6 Wells Fargo Arena

SEASON OPENERS

Men’s BasketballMetro Jamboree Dec. 2 At

Waterloo East

WrestlingMVC Double Dual Dec. 5

Home

Women’s Basketball Metro Jamboree Nov. 25 At Waterloo

West

Men’s Swimming Nov. 26At Dubuque Hempstead

Bowling Nov. 26At Cedar Rapids Kennedy

The CFHS women’s bowl-ing team will be heading down to Cedar Rapids on Nov. 26 to play its first bowling game against Cedar Rapids Kennedy with a new coach, Scott Hol-man. Last year the team was coached by Brad Baker, but this year he will lead the men’s team only as Holman takes over for the women.

The women have been pre-paring for this by practicing every Tuesday, and the girls who are on varsity get a little extra practice by also practic-ing on Thursdays. At practice

the team practices the basic fundamentals of bowling such as getting spares and adjust-ing to certain lane conditions. They also practice Bakers bowling, which is team bowl-ing that consists of six varsity and six JV players.

The varsity team consists of seven players: Christine Holman, Jessica Hinz, Liz Ger-stenkorn, Emily Barth, Jayden Robe, Rachael Sears and Sa-vanna Hartman. Everyone on JV and varsity gets to bowl in the meets. “As a senior my goal is to help the team do

well and to be a leader. I love helping others who may strug-gle or get down when they don’t do well,” senior Jessica Hinz said.

Last year the team ended the season with three wins and eight loses which is one more win than the year before. The girls’ meet average also im-proved about 200 pins in the last two years. “I think we are going in the right direction,” Holman said.

The Tigers goals for this season are to finish the sea-son off 6-6 and to have each

bowler increase her score by 10 pins.

“One of my favorite parts of coaching the girls bowling team is to watch each athlete improve her bowling funda-mentals, skills and experience the fun of bowling. It is very re-warding seeing them becom-ing a team and learning a fun sport that they will be able to do their whole life,” Holman said.

Women’s bowling team ready for new season, coach

Since all of the fall sports are over, CFHS athletics are starting to shift attention to-ward winter and spring sports.

With the first CFHS men’s basketball game still a few weeks away and practice just having started on Monday, some of the players were look-ing to get a head start by par-ticipating in basketball open gym. Open gym is sort of like a pickup game, but more or-ganized, and anyone can par-ticipate.

“It helps them to get used to the movements and the skills that will be necessary as our season arrives. It also helps them begin to condition them-selves for competitive basket-ball,” men’s basketball head coach Ryan Schultz said. “I think it also begins to create a team atmosphere.”

Women’s basketball also has their own open gym, but they play on different nights or at different times.

Basketball is not the only sport that has open gym, how-ever. Many soccer players par-ticipate in their own open gym. It is played in the south gym, but sometimes, when there are more participants, the north gym is needed. Men’s and women’s soccer players both participate.

Sophomore Aaron Iehl also said he thinks that open gym helps to prepare athletes for their respective seasons.

“It helps people get back from other sports and shift their focus back onto soccer,” Iehl said. “It is a fun atmosphere where we get to hang out and play without any pressure.”

Open gym is not the only way for students to prepare for

winter and spring sports, how-ever.

Engineering teacher and head men’s track and field head coach Dirk Homewood runs an after school weight lift-ing program to help students prepare for a wide variety of sports.

Above: Students from all sports particpate in coach Dirk Homewood’s after school lifting and work out program. It is designed to prepare athletes for their respective sports in their offseasons.

Right: Senior Danny Watters and junior Henry Dropps run the hallways of the high school to pre-pare for their sports such as baseball and football.

Athletes prepare during off season

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Fall into good food:

Ingredients12 green apples, washed in hot water and dried well2 cups dark brown sugar1 cup butter (2 sticks)1 fourteen-ounce can of sweet-ened condensed milk1/2 cup pure maple syrup 1/3 cup dark corn syrup2 teaspoons vanilla extract1 pinch salt

DirectionsHelpful Tip: Apples must be thoroughly washed and dried to remove any waxy residue that will prevent caramel from sticking. Apples should also be room tem-perature, so that caramel doesn’t set too quickly.Pierce each apple through its core almost to the bottom with craft sticks, lollipop sticks or chopsticks. Set aside.In a medium saucepan, over medium-high heat, combine brown sugar, butter, sweetened con-densed milk, maple syrup, corn syr-ups, vanilla and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until the butter melts and mixture comes to a boil. Insert a candy thermometer into the pot (without touching the bottom) and continue to heat, stirring, until temperature reaches 238 degrees, or about 15 minutes. Immediately remove caramel from heat and pour into a large bowl.When caramel cools to approxi-mately 210 degrees, begin to dip apples, one by one, using the craft stick as a handle. If caramel becomes too firm, you can reheat it gently to loosen it up. Place the caramel-coated apples on a cook-ing sheet lined with waxed paper and place in the fridge to cool completely. Cooled apples can then be rolled in nuts or candies if desired.

IngredientsCupcakes: 4 eggs, beaten1 15-ounce can pumpkin1 1/3 cups sugar1 cup vegetable oil2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons cinnamon1/2 teaspoon ginger or nutmeg Frosting:1 3-ounce package cream cheese, soft-ened1/4 cup butter3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract2 cups confectioners’ sugar

DirectionsHeat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat together the eggs, pumpkin, sugar and oil until well blended. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and the ginger or nut-meg. Mix until smooth, then spread the batter in an ungreased 10- by 15-inch baking pan (or, for a fluffier version, a 9- by 13-inch pan). Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool.For the frosting, beat together the cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract until light and fluffy. Add the confectioners’ sugar and beat until smooth. Spread the frosting over the cake. Then cut into 24 squares.

IngredientsChocolate Frosting or Peanut ButterDonut holesCrumbled ToffeePretzel

DirectionsFrost a third or so of a plain or glazed dough-nut hole with chocolate frosting or peanut butter.Roll the frosted top in crumbled toffee (look for it in the baking section of grocery stores). Then add a small piece of a pretzel for the stem.

Whether you’re looking for a delicious dinner, a warm-you-up dessert or something you can snack on, these fall recipe ideas will please anyone’s growling stomach. Story by Sara Ashar

Pumpkin Bars

Acorn DonutsCaramel Apples

Treats sure not to be tricky

Ingredientsapplemelon baller or spoonlemon juice(for the drink):cranberry juiceapple ciderseltzer watercinnamon stick

DirectionsTo make a cupple, slice off the top of an apple. Hollow it with a melon baller or spoon, leav-ing 1/4-inch-thick walls all around. To prevent browning, brush the cup’s edge with lemon juice.Combine 1 part cranberry juice, 1 part apple cider, and 1 part seltzer water. Garnish each drink with a cinnamon stick.

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are “really accepting of her vegetarianism.” It makes her feel like she can be herself, and people try to help her feel comfortable and try to adjust meals to what she pre-fers, which she said is really nice, knowing that there are so many people like this.

Over all, Inamdar just loves being vegetarian. She said, “The one thing I love about being a vegetarian is knowing that no animals were hurt. My religion values animals incred-ibly; like I said, animals are very, very sacred. I also feel

like being a vegetar-ian makes me who I am, and it makes me me.”

S e -nior Holly P r o h a s k a became a vegetarian in spring of her fresh-man year in high school. She

is the only vegetarian in her family, who dissimilarly eat a lot of meat.

Prohaska chose to be a vegetarian because she does not support how many animals are treated when raised to be slaughtered for food. In addi-tion, vegetarian meat substi-tutes are healthier overall. “I also just find meat completely disgusting and nauseating the majority of the time,” Prohaska said.

Because of her vegetarian-ism, Prohaska cannot eat the typical Thanksgiving dishes her family usually eats such as turkey and gravy. She also does not eat cranberry sauce, due to its containing gelatin/gelatin products, which she re-fuses to eat as a strict vegetar-

ian since gelatin often contains parts of animals.

Instead of eating these things, she fills up on the side dishes on the table in order to receive that gratifyingly full stomach at the end of the meal. Occasionally, Prohaska will also eat tofu turkey if she really wants a meat substitute. Although she has many veg-etarian options for her meal, she does occasionally miss the Thanksgiving food she can no longer eat. “I definitely miss gravy the most; mashed pota-toes just aren’t the same with-out it,” Prohaska said.

Even generally in everyday life, Prohaska misses meat on occasion. It’s especially hard for her since she grew up eat-

Students typically look for-ward to Thanksgiving because of the food: turkey, gravy, cranberries, pie and all other kinds of delicious treats, but for vegetarians, some of the main courses on Thanksgiv-ing are completely off-limits. Instead, they create their own tasty alternatives to traditional Thanksgiving foods.

CFHS senior Anagha Inam-dar has been a vegetarian ever since she was born. Her entire family is composed of vegetar-ians, and her family has been vegetarian through every gen-eration.

I n a m -dar’s fam-ily practices Hinduism, which is a religion where ani-mals are considered to be sa-cred, so they don’t eat meat or fish of any kind. This means she can’t eat meat, such as turkey, on Thanksgiving. Instead, they eat lots of Indian food with vegetables.

For Thanksgiving, they make all of their favorite Indian foods, in addition to potato dishes like mashed potatoes or cheesy potatoes. “We’re all used to [eating vegetarian foods]. It’s what makes us all unique, and we like that. We like having a holiday and mak-ing it our own,” Inamdar said.

Although Inamdar has never eaten turkey, she said she has heard of a vegetarian substitute called “Tofurkey,” a kind of tofu that tastes like turkey. She’s never tried it, but she believes it could taste good.

Inamdar said that people

ing more than her share of meat before she decided to become a vegetarian. Pro-haska said, “[It’s] especially [difficult] at holidays when my whole family is eating a roast, and I’m having a peanut butter sandwich.”

However, Prohaska said that there are several tasty op-tions vegetarians can indulge in. Her mother buys her a couple of different meat sub-stitutes so she has a choice in what she eats. Prohaska said that Boca Burgers and Boca Chik’n Patties are very deli-cious foods she eats as a meat substitute. “The burgers come in a lot of different flavors, so if you get sick of one, you can easily substitute it for anoth-

Vegetarian students share what they eat on Thanksgiving

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er,” Prohaska said.Even though people are ac-

cepting of her vegetarianism, Prohaska said there are some people who are still skeptical about why she would want to be a vegetarian. Prohaska said, “Most people think I’m crazy, which I completely un-derstand. In this society, meat is a huge part of practically ev-ery meal, so the fact that some people cut it out is bizarre [to others]. People are usually quite supportive, though, be-cause it’s not like I’m trying to make them stop eating meat. I try to make sure my diet choice affects no one but me.”

ProhaskaSenior Holly

“I have felt much healthier since I sub-stituted meat for other alternatives. The fact that I’ve had the self-control to stick with it this long still amazes me.”

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Senior Holly Prohaska holds up Boca Burgers, one of the foods she commonly eats as a vegetarian.

Vegetarians’ Top Food PicksHollyAnagha

• Mashed Potatoes

• Indian Curry

• Pasta

• Tomato Soup

• Soy Burgers

• Peanut Butter

• Portabella Burgers (a burger that uses a huge mushroom instead of meat)

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CAPTURED8Dancing theday away

Starting at top, the dance team kicks off the exhibition with a performance at the high school on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Second row, left to right: seniors Brian Cook and Lisa Schreck perform the co-ed routine. Senior Megan Tucker performs a solo routine. Members of the dance team do handstands.

Far left: Alum Richard Lam (‘13) per-forms a solo routine. Middle: Senior Jessica Ubben and Hannah Gaffney during a dance team performance.Bottom left: Junior Agatha Fenech does the splits during her solo perfor-mance.

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Middle right: Junior Brian Keiser dances enthusiastically during the All-Male performance.

Bottom right: Senior Richie Korneisel dips his co-ed partner junior Michaela Mallin.

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