Opinions, pg 4See “The Staff Ed”

Sports, pg 14See “Fall Fest shows off athletes”

Welcome to the High SchoolFreshman gathered in the auditorium on Aug. 22. STUCO officers were introduced and a skit outlining the new tardy policy and dress code was preformed.

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Entertainment, pg 6See “Random Railer”

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Erickson takes over as principal, aims for ‘change’ASHLYNN HAMMfeatures editor

He pulled out a well worn leather-bound book full of sticky notes, page markers and writing scribbled on aged paper. With a smirk he asked, “Well, do you want the long list or the short list?”

In his 15 years as Assistant Principal of Newton High School, the now Head Principal Roger Erickson has created quite a list of improvements he would like to see at NHS.

“I would like to help every student establish an educa-tional purpose: prepare for college, prepare for a career or prepare for both,” Erickson said. “I [also] want students to

develop soft skills in addition to academic learning: appropriate speech and appropriate use of electronic devices - because that is what [students] are going to face in college and work.”

Erickson would also like for students and teachers to maxi-mize the use of classroom time.

“Of the little over six hours of class time each day, only two are used for engaged academic learning,” Erickson said. “That means that just 1/24 of the year is engaged in learning. I think we can do better.”

Erickson has put in his time in the education system. He taught at NHS eight years and Clay Center two years teach-ing business and computer classes. Then he was a counselor

at Chisholm Middle School in Newton for five years before ac-cepting the position as Assistant Principal at NHS. Even with his experience, Erickson had to give up a lot of his free time, includ-ing spending time with his fam-ily, being involved in his church and reading in order to prepare for his new position.

“I was here all summer, except for a week that I went on vacation with my family,” Erickson said. “And that’s okay, I’m not complaining. It was fun to prepare.”

Erickson began checking items off his list of improve-ments he would like to see. He has already put new policies into action for this school year.

“As an overview, I want to

emphasize with teachers the importance of starting class at the bell and using all the time,” Erickson said. “For students we’re going to emphasize estab-lishing direction in their lives and to take classes to meet their goals.”

An NHS grad, Erickson said he had a positive high school experience. He intends to create an environment where today’s students can experience the same.

“I had a lot of opportunities to take tech courses, college prep courses and to be involved,” Er-ickson said. “I [also] had a lot of caring teachers and coaches who made an effort to know students as people, and I think that will always be important.”

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Why did you take this job?

I enjoy the middle school kids, but I enjoy the high school arena more. Coach-ing here should be easier since it’s all in the same building.

Where have you worked previously?

[I worked at] Chisholm Middle School for three years as an assistant princi-pal, and have also worked at Buhler, as the middle school assistant principal.

Is there anything you want to change about the school?

I want to learn the job first and get comfortable. I’m not afraid of change, so if I see something after I get comfortable, I’ll make the change where it is needed.

Cameron

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SAME FACES, NEW PLACESThe journalism department at NHS will

undergo a major change this year. Former teacher, Erica Rickard, made the decision last December to begin teaching math and will be replaced by first-time teacher, Erin Amrein.

Amrein graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in secondary edu-cation emphasizing in journalism. She was drawn to journalism from when she was in high school.

“I loved my high school journalism teacher,” Amrein said. “She was really young and it just drew me into that. She made learning fun.”

Amrein said she hopes to be a teacher students can fondly look back on when reflecting on their time in high school.

“One day I hope I can be the teacher that makes a student want to go into journalism and that I made their time here fun,” she said.

Former journalism teacher and current math teacher, Erica Rickard

English teacher, Deb Helberg, is now teach-ing in the Brooks Trade Center.

First time journalism teacher, Erin Amrein

Business teacher, Lisa George, switched classrooms with English teacher, Deb Helberg

Q: How do you think your new room will affect your students?

George: “They’re probably going to like that they don’t have to walk outside and get rained on, hailed on and snowed on.”

Helberg: “Most of my students are in vo-tech classes, so they’re outside anyway. [This new classrom] gives us easier access to outside.”

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Technology conversion off to a rough startby the numbers

CONNER MITCHELLnews editor

In 2012-13, the District Technology Committee (DTC) met throughout the school year to determine what technological changes needed to be made across USD 373. Principal Roger Erickson, who was a mem-ber of DTC, said the Mac-Book laptops provided to NHS teachers was the most impactful change.

“Laptops for the teach-ers was the biggest thing [that changed this year]. I want every student to have their own technology. That may not happen this year or next year, but it is a big goal of mine,” Erickson said.

Every year, a separate portion of taxes is set aside for things such as technol-ogy upgrades, and that money was what the district determined should go to-wards this year. The entire conversion cost is spread out yearly.

Erickson acknowledged there have been schoolwide issues with the technology conversion. Issues have been raised by teachers and students regarding how the change is affecting their classrooms.

“The district is trying to create a software system that teachers use in their classrooms,” Erickson said. “It has turned out to be way more involved than people first thought.”

Edie Saylor, business teacher, echoed Erickson’s concern regarding the tech-nology conversion.

“From where we were from previous years, we have take giant step back-wards. The computers are slower, and there are prob-lems logging in. It takes ten minutes for paragraphs to load,” Saylor said. “Stu-dents spend more time sit-ting and waiting instead of learning. Honestly, I don’t think kids like to just sit and wait.”

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“I don’t like it. The screen, mouse, and key-board are all too small. What I don’t under-stand is last year I got a brand new computer system and right away it gets taken away.”

-Government teacher Charles Triggs

“It has been a good change. As there always is with these types of things there is a learning curve to go through. The iPads have been a good edition for teachers. The laptops are okay, but the screen is too small.”

-Assistant Principal Greg Dietz

“Everything is new for me this year. The hardest thing is the frustration students and staff feel about setting up. I feel bad that I can’t do more to help get everything set up.”

-Librarian Traci Henning

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sports editor Taylor Stahly

business manager Rebecca Schrag

photo editor Austin Prouty

graphic designer Corey Helsper

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Tardy policy hurts more than helps >>Students are missing more class than necessary

This year, students at NHS will experience major changes regarding disciplin-ary action for tardies. As soon as the bell rings to begin class, teachers are required to shut their doors and not allow students to enter. No matter what the circumstance is, a student who is late to class must go to in-school-suspen-sion (ISS) in the mezzanine. Administrators will begin escorting tardy students back to class after a minimum of 15 minutes, or when it is de-termined that the teacher is at a place in the lesson where students can return to class without interruption.

An NHS teacher who requested to remain anony-mous expressed concern with aspects of the new policy.

“I thought it was harsh. I was worried about the first

greeting for students being late was [seeing] the big ugly

sign on the door. I like rules, I really do, but I liked the tardy policy I had in my classroom [last year] more,” source said. This policy was enacted to address the vast number of

accu-mulated

tardies in the

2012-2013 school

year. NHS had roughly 1,000 enrolled students who were tardy to class 20,000 times. However, according to principal Roger Erickson, five percent of the 1,000 students were at fault for the major-ity of the tardies. The other 95 percent of the student population is being punished by this policy for the sake of 50 students who made the conscious decision not to show up to class on time.

Another issue with how tardies will be handled is that teacher passes will no longer admit students to class. This forces students to unneces-

sarily miss a minimum of 15 minutes of class time that will instead be spent in ISS. Not only does this pose a problem to students, but to teach-ers as well. Students are no longer able to stay after class to complete tests or anything else their teacher requires.

Shaun Bartel, parent of junior Sarah Bartel, is wor-ried that taking away the use of teacher passes could negatively affect students’ education.

“If you can’t use teacher passes, that is too harsh. Teacher passes need to be allowed if it is a legitimate excuse. There needs to be a warning policy. Everyone [deserves] a get-out-of-jail-free card,” Bartel said.

This policy hurts students more than it helps in address-ing the problem of tardies. Sending students to ISS for being late to class regard-less of the circumstance is taking it to the extreme and there are much more productive ways for tardies

to be handled. Teachers at Maize High School decide the consequence for a student who has racked up their first and second tardies, and if a student reaches their third tardy, they would then be sent to the administration for a one hour detention, accord-ing to principal Chris Botts. This is a much more feasible idea that leaves the teachers with the flexibility they need to evaluate situations based on individual circumstances.

The new tardy policy needs to be changed. Target-ing the entire student body based on the actions of a small number of students is wrong. It is absurd to address the issue of students not go-ing to class by deliberately keeping them out of class, liken to a parent spanking their child for hitting. While the idea of eliminating tar-dies had good intentions, it will end up having an adverse effect on most of the students in NHS, and certainly does not promote learning.

WE ASKED YOU: Do you agree with the new policies that have taken effect this year?

I don’t like the dress code one, because I like to wear tank tops and I know the girls really like to wear athletic shorts.

-sr. Josh Carlgren

I don’t like the tardy policy because you’re just locked out of the room and you don’t have time to get any work done.

-fr. Valentina Hernandez

I definitely like the dress code policy. I’m tired of seeing belly buttons and you know, cheeks.

-business teacher Katherine Shockley

Yes, if you want to start teaching kids to be proper citizens, it needs to start now.

-government teacher Charles Triggs

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REBECCA SCHRAGbusiness manager

It was the talk of the town when Miley

Cyrus chopped off her wavy locks

and put out her new summer hit We Can’t

Stop. Changing herself forever from the image of

country bumpkin Hannah Montana to edgy, short haired, fashion icon.

Miley is showing the world her new style with scandalous studs, body suits, and music videos. And she’s

not the only one. Ex- Disney channel stars everywhere are breaking free of their Disney ties. Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) and Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musi-cal) both starred in the R-rated summer movie Springbreak-ers that involved sex, nudity, drugs and violence. I don’t think that it should taken as a bad thing. Changing your im-

age can be a hard concept for anyone to do.

The day Cyrus premiered her hairstyle, pictures were flooding the Internet. Some critics praised the star while others compared her hairstyle to Harry Potter’s enemy Draco Malfoy. So maybe her VMA performance was in poor taste, but how many of you can say that after going through so much criticism you wouldn’t want to strut your stuff and twerk on national television? Even her own mother gave her a standing ovation. So why can’t we support our favorite “best of both worlds” super-star?

Everyone has been told a thousand times to “just be yourself.” Miley decided to go for it and express herself. Ditching the long wavy hair and country charm she put a new name out there for her-self. A pretty risky one at that. And if you listen to her hit song you can tell pretty quickly that she doesn’t care what other people think, and she won’t be stopping for anyone.

CONNER MITCHELLnews editor

Miley Cyrus has officially gone off the deep end. Her twerk-filled “performance” at the MTV VMAs on Aug. 25 has finally shown America that the innocence and class of the former Disney star has van-ished for good. Cyrus’ perfor-mance can only be described as embarrassing, shameful and vulgar. In one six minute span, she terrified Will Smith’s family, repulsed parents across the country and decimated the foam finger industry.

Cyrus’ reputation will be ruined forever because of this performance. All notoriety she gained from Hannah Montana is gone, replaced with angry parents, critical news articles not unlike this one, and a greatly diminished fan base.

The biggest problem with the Miley Cyrus saga is that no one close to her has publicly denounced her actions. Cyrus tweeted recently “‘Mile, if twer-kin woulda been invented.... And I had a foam finger.... I

woulda done the same thang you did.’- DAD.” Really Billy Ray? You’re only making the problem worse by not attempting to control your daughter. A public statement along the lines of “I will always support Miley, but I was not okay with her performance tonight” would at least show Ameri-ca you understand the significance of her vulgarity.

Cyrus has spoken incessantly about wanting to “change her image” since she left Disney Chan-nel in 2011. That is fine, but grinding on Robin Thicke in a size-too-small nude bi-kini isn’t the way to do that. Miley was a star with endless potential, but for some reason seems to be content with twerking it all away.

he sheShe won’t stopCan she just stop?

Get back into habits that will help you in the futureELYSE CASHreporter

The time is here to get to bed early and stop staying up until 2 a.m. It’s time to wake up early enough to actually get to class instead of being stuck in the administrator’s office

for half of the period. It’s time for school spirit, sports games and extra curricular activities. It’s time to get back to class, focus and do your homework. Welcome back for the 2013-14 school year.

I know it’s hard to get back on task, pay attention in class

and get homework done and turned in on time, but coming back to school will be good for us students. Getting back into the habit of trying your best and focusing can, and will, really help us in the future. It can even be fun. We get to see our friends every day again.

We can participate in the clubs, activities and sports we all love. We can finally have something productive to do for the day.

Summer is a time all of us love, but for now, it is gone. It will be back soon enough though. In the meantime: just

focus and work hard and the time will fly. Try to make the best of it. It will only be bor-ing and something you hate if you make it that way. Have fun with school and it will be over and summer will be here again before you know it.

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COREY HELSPERcolumnist

Gaius Julius Caesar marched his le-gions over the barbaric lands of Gaul, de-feating or kill-ing millions

of Gaelic tribes in order to push his political power amongst the Roman senate into new heights. Caesar was a man who held power over the largest Empire of its time. Alright so, Newton High isn’t exactly a great empire or anything, but work with me. I promise this analogy will make sense near the end. Now Seniors, place yourself as the great Julius Caesar. With all the power and influence over the Roman Senate (teachers, administrators, etc.) With me so far? Seniors = Julius Caesar, NHS = Great Roman Empire, Senate = adults; pretty simple. Now here’s where things get interesting, Julius Caesar never relinquished his power. Rome was a republic that would elect a leader to take total control over the empire during times of great need, Julius Caesar was selected. Once the threat was over, he then was supposed to relinquish his power back to the republic and the senate. Well, our good friend Caesar didn’t and got stabbed like 27 times. I’m sure this is just a nice history review for anyone who graduated the 8th grade.

How does this history les-son relate? Julius Caesar had a choice, to try and hold on to his power, or relinquish it peacefully. Just as seniors have a choice; to be mentors to the underclassmen and relinquish the power to them, ORRRR, be a

loud obnoxious senior who uses his power for personal royalties and privileges. BOOM, analogy established. Now, most of you have probably assumed that I’m going to go on about how we should help underclassmen out

and be nice and teach them what we know, yada yada yada.

But me, well I’ve person-ally chose the ladder of the two, loud, obnoxious and privileged. Haven’t been stabbed yet, but we still got a few months to go. Per-sonally, I’m tired of high school. I’m sure plenty of other seniors will agree with me and I feel like this year is going to drag on forever. I think I deserve to enjoy myself a bit this year, indulge myself in the spoils of war. War being high school; now that’s a metaphor I’m sure most of us can relate to, seniors or not.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with helping underclassmen, of course, I encourage that amongst seniors. Don’t you remember when going to high school was scary? You didn’t know anyone, know where anything was, which toilet stalls were actually usable. So go ahead and help them out, make a new friend for their ben-efit. While you’re at it though, be a little crazy this year, enjoy your rewards of making it through three years of war.

Now as for the getting stabbed by your best friend and his constituents over and over, I sug-gest wearing some chain mail or something, I don’t know.

SPOILS OF WAR

EMMALEAH SMETcolumnist

“We’re not freshmen any more,” “We can finally leave for lunch,” “We’re one year closer

to graduating high school.” These are some congratula-tory statements most “sopho-mores” excitedly told each other while leaving the school the last day of our freshman year. You can safely assume that I was one of the students to say those things. There are endless perks of moving on to sophomore year. Not being a

freshman is the first thing that comes to mind. By now, we should know our way around and know how things work at Newton High School.

So far I’m liking sophomore year better because we are considered by some to be more mature than we were before. Our teachers and parents give us more freedom now that we have “matured.” A lot of my friends are getting jobs now and getting their own cars. Some of their parents even ask them to run errands for them.

Being able to drive is fun, but being able to drive all alone is a different story. I can roll down the windows and feel the wind in my hair. It’s absolutely fantastic to drive,

even if it is just to school.Now that we’re no longer

freshmen, we can do what all freshmen wish they could: we can leave for lunch. Leaving for lunch is probably the best perk there is about being a sophomore. The first time I left for lunch, I felt like such a rebel because I was leav-ing school (even though it’s allowed). It’s such a nice break because I can just go home or go out to eat and not have to worry about school for a while.

I am expecting the worst but hoping for the best as we start this school year, praying that it will end well. With any luck, this year will be the best yet.

ANNALENA QUAAScolumnist

“Annale-na, welcome to Kansas.” These were

the first words I heard after arriving at the airport in Wich-ita. After the long flight from Germany, “my old home,” to Kansas, my “new home,” I was very nervous. I didn’t know what would happen to me dur-ing my time in Newton. Would my host family like me? What about the high school? Would I be able to make new friends? There were so many questions I had no answers for. I was worried about, but the mo-ment I went out of the airport and saw my host mother, Mary Beck, standing there with this big sign, I knew this

would be an awesome time.More than one year ago, I

decided to spend one semester at an American high school. I started looking for a good organization to send my appli-cation to. I had an application interview and then I had to fill out a lot of important papers and answer questions about myself. After turn-ing in all of my pa-pers, the hard part started. I had to wait for my host family. Almost every-day I checked my mail to see if there was the letter that told me who my host family would be, where they lived and see to which school I would go.

I can remember the day I got my host family like it was yesterday. I came back from school and my mother told me at the door that I received my host family. I was so happy and excited. Of course, I wrote them immediately and we stayed in contact since then.

After this moment, the time started running really

fast, I had to get my visa and now I am

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for this year to be awesome and

the best year of my life. I hope to find a lot of new friends. This will be a great experience

for me and hopefully for everyone I will meet.

Sophomore year: It will be the best one yet

A tale of two countries: from Germany to Kansas

“Alright so, Newton High isn’t exactly a great empire or anything...”columnist Corey Helsper

Exchange student shares her experiences

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SHARING TERRITORY:It’s been seven years since they’ve attended the same school. Twenty-five sets of senior-freshman siblings will share the halls at NHS this year, the first time since they were in 5th or 2nd grade. Will the already established seniors be a friend or a foe to their newbie freshman siblings? How will they share their territories?

CAITLYN AND JACEY WEDEL

Favorite thing to do in free time..Caitlyn’s real answer: Doing arts and craftsJacey’s real answer: Hang out with friendsJacey’s answer: SleepingCaitlyn’s answer: Riding horses

Sonic drink order..Caitlyn’s real answer: CokeJacey’s real answer: Ocean WaterCaitlyn answer: Ocean WaterJacey answer: Cherry Limeade

Favorite song..Caitlyn’s real answer: “A Thousand Years” by Christina PerriJacey’s real answer: “Gone, Gone, Gone” by Phillip PhillipsCaitlyn answer: “Can’t Stop” by Miley CyrusJacey real: Anything by Rascal Flats

DavidWhat is Nadia’s favorite band?A: Hoody AllenNadia’s Answer: One Direc-tion

What is Nadia’s fa-vorite movie?A: TangledNadia’s Answer: Batman

Which Superhero is Nadia’s favorite?A: Iron ManNadia’s Answer: Batman

What snow cone flavor would Nadia get?A: CherryNadia’s Answer: Blue Raspberry

NadiaWhat is David’s favorite band?A: WatskyDavid’s Answer: Sigur Ros

What is David’s favorite movie?A: Iron ManDavid’s Answer: Perks of Being a Wallflower

Which superhero is David’s favorite?A: Iron ManDavid’s Answer: Iron Man

What snow cone flavor would David get? A: CherryDavid’s Answer: Blue Raspberry

DAVID AND NADIA MONTELONGO

SAM AND JULIA PIERCE

What is the best part about being siblings?Sam: She gets to be my sister.Julia: We can relate about lots.

What’s the worst part?Sam: She still has to be my little sis.Julia: He’s bigger than me.

Does your sibling annoy you? Why?Sam: She gets on the moody side but I still love her.Julia: He’s really sarcastic.

Do you ever get along?Sam: It depends on the day.Julia: Yeah pretty much.

Who is better? Why?Sam: Why is that even a question? Me.Julia: Me, I’m just better.

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Senior & Freshmen SiblingsMaxHow does it feel to have Katie at the high school with you?A: It’s good because there’s someone there to show me around the school so I know where I’m going.

Does it make you more or less nervous knowing you have her here?A: I don’t get nervous that she’s there.

What are you most looking for-ward to this upcoming year?A: Playing sports and joining BPA. Katie’s into it, so I don’t really have a choice.

Do you and Katie get along?A: It depends. We get along most of the time.

KatieHow does it feel to have Max at the high school?A: I don’t mind it. I think my friends tease him more than I do.

Are you going to bully him, or be the nice big sister?A: The nice big sister... most of the time.

What was your #1 piece of advice for Max?A: Do what makes you happy.

Do you and Max get along?A: Yes we do, everyone has their fights but he knows I’ll always be there for him.

Sam and Julia

David and Nadia

Caitlyn and Jacey

Megan and Mikayla

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HANNAH CARLGREN Editor in Chief

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Friend, role model and the annoying person who lives down the hall are just a few of the ways people describe their relationships with their siblings. This year, many seniors will be sharing the halls of NHS with their freshman brother or sister.

Senior Megan Regier and freshman Mikayla Regier are no exception but in their case it goes beyond the halls of the high school, it also means

sharing the volleyball court and softball field. For some seniors, hav-ing a sibling playing with them could pose a problem, but Megan sees it as a good thing.

“I think it’s great because I can help [Mikayla] learn. We can prac-tice at home and I can help her get off to a better start,” Megan said.

Having a senior sister also has its benefits off the field and court for Mikayla. Helpful advice like what clubs to join, and what teach-ers are like and assistance with homework, as well as reminders on where to sit at football games and to “respect the seniors,” are among the benefits. It also means other thing: a person around to talk to when she needs it.

“It will be easier to talk to [Megan] about things because she has had experience in the same area,” Mikayla said.

While all the help and advice is great for her, it puts the pressure on her older sister to set a good example.

“I want to be a role model for her,” Megan said. “I just don’t want to make a bad impression.”

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Summer media has major hits and misses

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Newtonian AdviceStart of a new school year

‘Don’t worry about your popular-ity through high-school, if you enjoy hanging out with the “cool” kids then do that, if you like hanging out with “outcasts” then do that. Just enjoy yourself and pick friends you actually want to hang out with.’ - Corey

‘Respect the upperclassmen and they will respect you’- Austin

‘Be yourself. Don’t go through high school always trying to please others and blend in. You’ll get a lot more out of highschool if you stop trying so hard and do what makes you happy.’ -Han-nah

‘Get involved, you will meet more people and have a lot of fun doing it. You won’t ever re-gret it.’ -Ashlynn

‘You will lose friends throughout your high school career, but don’t be afraid because you will make friends with people you never could have imagined’ - Natalia “

Twitter Talk@izzy_bronson

”My drive to school is when I get pumped. I blast the music and pull up to the scene wit my ceiling missing

jr. Izzy Bronson@LillyAnne909

”It’s like I didn’t even go school clothes shop-ping at all, where’s the new cute stuff im sup-pose to haveee

sr. Lilly Webb

“ @KeithAttebery

”Kinda weird not having anyone older than you in the school

sr. Keith Attebery@chloe_danae

”Having to wake up 15 minutes earlier than I actually have to so my can take “last first day of school” pictures. sr. Chloe Denno@samBrofist

”Everyone seems to be mad about Mr. Erick-son’s new rules. He called me ‘Batman’ and sang to me in bass..I can’t dislike him now

fr. Sam Blaufuss

‘Grades are important throughout your entire high school career. Don’t slack off when you’re younger otherwise you will regret it later on. Study hard now to help you out later.’ -Conner

Cruise-Florida Georgia Line ft. Nelly I have recently found a love for country music but

the song Cruise ft. Nelly put my love for the genre in jeopardy.

This remix to the original song by Florida Georgia Line did not impress me. Throw in a catchy back beat, Nelly saying yeah a couple times and you have a hit that annoys many people to no end.

It is one of those songs that I have grown to love and I hate that I love it. The song reached number four on the charts and slowly began to fall after that and hopefully will stay at the bottom.

The song may get stuck in your head but it is one that will make you pull your hair out trying to forget the words. I believe that Nelly should stick to hip hop and leave the country to the ones in the boots and cowboy hats.

‘Don’t be afraid to fail at every-thing you do. You can always look back later and laugh at the memories you made in high school’-Sophia

The PurgeIf on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do?

In The Purge, a family must partake in the annual rampage when they harbor a man running from a group of killers.

James (Ethan Hawke) and Mary (Lena Headey) Sandin their morals to save their family and protect their home. This thriller had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was coming next and scared audiences due to its real life factor.

My only complaint is that the ending was very abrupt. It left you wanting and wondering what happened in the time that follows.

Under The Dome The show Under The Dome made its appearance on television and intrigued many viewers.

Based on a Stephen King book by the same name, a small town in Maine is cut off from the rest of the world, soon after strange things begin to happen to the people as things slowly fall into place.

This creepy, suspenseful series pulled me in and made me clear my schedule every Monday night. I recommend catching up on the first season and tuning in for the second because this is a series you do not want to miss.

“I have always gone to the derby and was part of (sr.) Justin McBeth’s pit crew this year, and was really excited to get to watch him and all the other cars. That all changed when the guys that were working the lift ended up dropping the big concrete barrier that they used to block the cars in on my foot. It took me a minute to realize what had happened, and my foot was just stuck under there. I just kept yelling, “lift it up.” It was definitely really painful and hurt a lot. I couldn’t walk, and had to take an

ambulance to the emer-gency room. The doctors basically just told me that my ligaments and tendons are all messed up, and I still don’t have feeling in my foot, which is really weird. I can walk on it now though. I was just sad that I couldn’t watch the finals, but Jus-tin sucked and he got out too fast anyway. I usually drive but my car was too messed up, so I was just going to support Justin. My demo derby didn’t go exactly as planned, in more ways than one.”

-Bryce Mathies

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HANNAH CARLGRENeditor-in-chief

Although he couldn’t hear the cheering and roars from the crowd at the time, students and spectators alike

were there to support the easily spotted American flag car and its driver, senior Justin McBeth, at the Demolition Derby on August 24.

“I decorated my car like the Ameri-can flag because ‘Merica. Enough said,” McBeth said. “I couldn’t hear anyone cheering me on or anything though, it’s

really loud and crazy when you’re driving.”Although he couldn’t hear it, McBeth did have quite

the fan base.

“It was really cool seeing someone I knew from the school there,” junior Olivia Hinz said. “I told him before that he better not hurt himself, because I’ve seen a lot of people get injured. There was like a whole section there just to support Justin though, which was really cool.”

Hinz might have been worried about McBeth getting hurt, but the driver himself had few concerns.

“My family has been doing things with the derby since I was like 12, and I drove in it last year too, “ McBeth said. “I wasn’t really nervous about getting hurt or anything, I was just excited.”

McBeth drove in the derby last year, but didn’t make the finals. This year, however, was a different story; when McBeth ended up winning his heat and placed 10th overall.

“I had a really crappy car so I was kind of surprised

that I made it past the first round, but with all that free-dom flying off my car, I knew it would happen. The whole time I was driving I was just pumped. It felt good to hit the other cars, but I was really sore the next day,” he said.

The “freedom flying” car took McBeth around three months to make, but McBeth said he believes it was all worth it.

“I love driving at the derby. It’s so cool to see all the people there cheering you on, and it’s always fun to hit the other cars. I’m not going to do it next year because I’ll be in boot camp for the Marines, but I will hopefully get to do it once I get back,” he said.

DEMO DERBY GONE WILDWhat did you think of the Demo Derby

I’ve been going since I was little. My cousins were in it and went to the finals.

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It was my first time and I thought it was cool. Especially having people that I know being in-volved.

-sr. Katie Brenneman

Every year I go and enjoy the fun. It seemed like there were lots of people this year. It is a great get together.

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WE ASKED YOU:Q&AWhat made you decide to be in the derby:“This was my first year driving in the derby, but I’ve been helping my dad since I was a little kid. I’ve always wanted to be a driver and now I’ve finally done it.”

How did you feel about the whole experience:“I took sixth overall, so I was very happy with that. At the beginning I was nervous driving, but after the first couple of hits it was a big adrenaline rush. I had a blast.”

Were you the only family member participating:“My mom was also a driver this year. I tried not to hit her, we wanted to work together and tried to help each other out, but I might have hit her once or twice.”

What did you enjoy most about your experience:“My favorite thing was definitely just getting into the finals and hearing the crowd yelling for me. I was wor-ried about the hitting, but I just stayed relaxed and was fine. I really want to do it again next year. My dad got me hooked on it.”

with junior Dayton Stucky

Senior surprises himself by reaching finals of Derby, places 10thWith all that freedom

flying off my car, I knew I could make it to the finals.”“

With Junior Bryce Mathies

Students participate in Demolition Derby

MCBETH

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Kelso runsQ&A with Sailors absence noticedTAYLOR STAHLYsports editor

Being 8,560 miles away, junior Savannah Sailors misses being part of her tennis team more than anything. After leaving for Townsville, Queen-sland, Australia in June, Sail-ors has experienced first-hand how competitive tennis is from the other side of the world.

“Tennis is so much bigger here in Australia,” Sailors said. “There are tennis events, com-petitive and social, going on every day of the week. Every-one is so insanely good.”

With tennis being the main sport in Australia, tennis play-ers practice for weeks on end according to Sailors. As she plans to play her senior season, Sailors says that she has been learning a lot about tennis from other players while she is away and is continuing to improve.

“I have learned that there is no point in playing tentative,” Sailors said. I have nothing to lose, so I might as well go for it. I am going to have to get in as many tournaments as I can in the summer and take all the

lessons I can [to prepare for my senior season.]”

Meanwhile, the high school tennis team has been prepar-ing to start their season. Coach Nick Sisson has noticed Sail-ors’ absence, and views her as a key asset to the team.

“We’ll miss Savannah this year,” Sisson said. “She was part of a regional champion doubles team last season and placed 11th at state competi-tion. Her talent will be missed on the team this season, but we have many girls ready to step up and compete.”

Townsville, Qeensland, where Sailors is staying for the dura-tion of her visit. (photo courtesy of kevsplace.com)

Q: How long have you played volley-ball?A: “Since the sixth grade during the summer.”

Q: Why did you pick volleyball?A: “I never wanted to play, but my

mom made me. I quit after a year, but then played my freshman year and started to take the game more seri-ously.”

Q: How do you think the upcoming season will turn out?A: “Really good. We all can work hard and show the other teams what we still got.”

Q: What are you most excited about this year?A: ” Fall Fest. All the teams will be doing a scrimmage.”

Q: What are some goals you want to set for the team?A:” To be really scrappy and show emotion but still be aggressive.”

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AVERY ANDERSONreporter

Junior Thomas Kelso ran over 500 miles over the course of the summer, which is about 65 miles a week in preparation for the upcoming cross country season. Kelso also ran in a series of different races, such as the Chisholm Trail Charge in Park City.

“It was good for [Kelso] to run that much over the summer, it will make his heart stronger,” cross country coach Richard Mick said.

Kelso hopes to make a run at the league and state title by his senior year. He is going to continue to run like he was over the sum-mer to meet his goals.

“My goal is to place top 15 at state and break the time of 16:30 this year,” Kelso said.

Last season the boys fin-ished sixth at regionals and the girls team took fifth.

“I would like to com-pete for a league title and qualify for state this year,” Mick said.

The cross country team will kick off their season in Manhattan on Saturday. They will be competing against 11 other teams across the state in the re-spective 5K and 3K races.

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Gymnastics team looking for boost from freshmen

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Freshmen Carlye Anderson and Kailey Naysmith are going to be an important part of the gymnas-tics team this year. They have both been doing gymnastics for about 11 years, but being on the high school team is a new experience for them both.

“It’s a completely different world. You don’t get scored the same and you have different require-ments,” Anderson said.

Anderson enjoys a lot of different as-pects of the sport as well as being around her peers.

“I like being with all my friends and learning all the cool things you can do with it, and how it’s

very challenging,” Anderson said.

Naysmith also enjoys being near her friends and said that it is her favorite part about compet-ing in gymnastics. She is expecting a lot out this year, but also expects a lot out of herself.

“[An expectation I have is to] place at state,” Naysmith said.

The first meet of the season is Sept.12 at home. Anderson is excited, but nervous for it.

“I just don’t re-ally know what to expect, so it’s a big challenge,” Anderson said.

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Castillo to take over goalie position

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After losing more than a handful of players, the boys soccer team is preparing for a great season. Junior Gustavo Castillo will be playing varsity for the first year, tak-ing over the position of former goalie Nat Dick.

“I have never played at the var-

sity level, but I have

to go out there and do my best,” Castillo said.

Head coach Scott Jantzi has high expecta-tions for his boys this season. He said this season should be very competitive and a learn-

ing experi-ence for Castillo.

“The

team has made Gustavo part of the squad knowing he has big shoes to fill. This is the first year, out of my ten, that we have not had a TRUE

goalkeeper. It will be a season long learning experience for [him], but he will do fine. Gustavo has stepped up and we are pleased with what we have seen so far,” Jantzi said.

Although making a transition from the junior varsity level up to varsity can be very difficult, it seems as though Castillo’s team has his back.

“He’s going to be ner-vous at first because it’s his first game as goalie [on varsity], but as a team we are going to give him confidence,” senior Frank Vasquez said.

During Fall Fest they showed just how much potential they have

for this year. They also won their first game at Andover 5-0 and tied their second game 1-1 at Andover.

Big shoes to fill as new season kicks off

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1. Freshman Emily Regier fights the rapids for her summer time adventure.2. NHS students pose in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. London and Rome were also stops on their two week trip to Europe in June.3. Senior Trevor Duerksen enjoys the sun and surf at Beaver Lake in Arkansas.4. Universal Studios in Orlando Florida brought the waves to the Robinson family: junior Josh, freshman Emily and graduated senior Hana. “It was fun, but it rained a lot” Emily said. 5. Senior Megan Regier and freshman Mikayla Regier visit Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, with their family during summer vacation.

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