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Our Town opens for Friday, Saturday performancesOn Friday, March 4 and Saturday,

March 5, around 40 students will be showcasing their four months of hard work as they present this year’s spring show, “Our Town.”

The three-act play written by Thorn-ton Wilder takes place in the small town of Grover’s Corner, N.H., as it follows the lives of small community members, all while simultaneously answering the question on what it means to be alive.

The show is narrated by two stage managers (senior Leo Gibson and se-nior Grace Gubbrud) who present the events taking place and directly ad-dress the audience.

The managers primarily focus on two teenagers named George Gibbs (senior Jonathan Kuehner) and Em-ily Webb (sophomore Clare Rollinger), along with their blossoming romance, which eventually develops into mar-riage and ultimately ends in sorrow.

The play is directed by English teacher Joe Frenna, who eagerly want-ed take the show up after reading the script last summer.

¨It’s a beautiful play that I never got around to read. I opened up the first page, and it seemed so hokey that I could never continue it. When I finally sat down and read it this summer, I was in tears by the end,¨ Frenna said ¨The impact at the end makes you feel like you’ve really experienced something.¨

Senior Jonathan Kuehner, who plays one of the leading roles, is no stranger to the process of putting together a show, as he’s been involved with the-ater for six years.

With this show in particular, Kuehner needed to learn how to come to terms with a style of acting that he’s never ex-perienced before.

¨I have to play really three distinct characters for the three different acts, and playing with emotions that I’ve never really played with before,¨ Kue-hner said ¨I’ve always been told to find your character and bring them to life, but Mr. Frenna has really coached us to not play a character, but to be yourself in this situation. ¨

While several of the actors are fa-miliar with working on the auditorium’s stage, it also marks the theatrical debut of just as many others, such as sopho-more Clare Rollinger.

“When I initially auditioned, I hon-estly really wanted to get in and experi-ence it because it’s something I’ve nev-er done before,” Rollinger said “It really came as a shock to me when I figured

out that I got a role like this.”During her first play, Rollinger re-

garded her experience of being Em-ily as nothing but positive, though not without it’s challenges.

“Some of the hardest parts are truly becoming her at times. Getting over the fear of worrying what other peo-ple think and letting loose is what’s so great about play. You get to be some-one else for awhile and have fun with it,” Rollinger said “This has been such an amazing experience, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.¨

“Our Town” is notorious for its repu-tation of being difficult to pull off well, due to its requirement of having no set and minimal props. Frenna lamented on this challenging aspect while putting

the show together.“That felt like a real risk because you

can easily hide behind tech. Set design automatically enhances any show,” Frenna said. “What [Wilder] is pretty much saying is that you can’t hide be-hind certain things. The audience has to imagine everything, and the actors have to make it real for them. There’s much more of a focus on the actors interacting along with the lighting and costume.”

Instead of being drawn away from the significant disadvantage, Frenna took on this play as a way to challenge himself as a director.

“Artists are risk takers. There’s no point in engaging in artistic pursuit if there’s not some element of risk to it,” Frenna said

After the final lines are muttered, an-other practice run of the show comes to the end, and Frenna yells at the actors to get out of their costumes to listen for his notes on their performance.

While he may be giving criticism now, Frenna showed clear delight over how far the show has come.

¨When done right, there’s going to be a big emotional connection for the audience during this play,¨ Frenna said. ¨Real life is highly reflected in this, and that’s why we go to the theater, to re-connect with our own lives. I think that people are going to walk away changed from seeing it.¨

Performance dates are Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will cost $4 for adults and $3 for students. Activity passes are also ac-cepted.

The romance between George Gibbs (senior Jonathan Kuehner) and Emily Webb (sophomore Clare Rolliinger) is to the mortal les-sons of this year’s spring play, “Our Town.”

When senior Andrew Nurse rose from his warm, comfy bed on the morn-ing of Sunday, Feb. 28, little did he know that this was a day that would go down in the record books.

As he went through his normal rou-tine of brushing his teeth, hopping into the shower, quickly scarfing down some food and driving to Godfather’s Pizza on 1st Street, he thought he was in for a normal day of work where he would greet customers in person and on the phone, and then pass on the hungry customers’ orders to the kitchen.

“The day started out like any other. My shift was 9:45 to 2, so I was making the salad bar and stocking the shelves

and getting everything ready for an exciting day working at Godfather’s,” Nurse said. “It was unusually quiet at the beginning, so I experienced a bit of cognitive dissonance, shoutout to Mrs. Rogers. I love working, but I was happy that it was not busy, meaning I wouldn’t have to work as hard.”

Nurse’s co-worker pulled into the snowy parking lot at 10:55 and prompt-ly began working, as per usual. Togeth-er, the dynamic duo greeted customers, took orders, took out food and were a constant presence at the counter. How-ever, Nurse soon began to notice some peculiarities about his co-worker.

“She was frequently visiting the re-

stroom and blowing her nose. Her eyes were a little bloodshot, and there was a hint of mucus on the cleft of her lip. Her hair was more frizzy and messy than I had come to expect,” Nurse said. “Soon, she said she felt kind of sick and asked if I could work for her. I was re-luctant, but I finally gave in because of Lent. I told myself that every day, I was going to do something extra for some-one. I felt that picking up her shift would give me a chance to work on the virtu-ous skills in life.”

Nurse’s co-worker, Brooke, left at 1 p.m. In order to finish her shift, Nurse thought he would be staying until around 4 p.m.

Now came what’s typically the lull of the day. Normally, Godfather’s does not get much business in between the hours of 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This time pe-riod falls between lunch and dinner, and not many people are looking to get a sit down meal and eat pizza.

UNI freshman and close friend of Nurse, Hiram Marquez, said that he does not remember the last time he had pizza in this time frame.

“Honestly, I don’t know if I’ve ever eaten pizza between 2 and 4. It falls re-ally awkwardly in between the meals,” Marquez said. “I usually eat some sort

Pizza King Senior sets Godfather’s recordfor most pizzas sold in one day

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“I let out a high pitched shriek to release my euphoric feelings, and I looked around, and all the workers were staring at me.”

—Andrew Nursereigning record holder of Godfather’s Pizza orders

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Senior Andrew Nurse recently topped the Godfather’s employee record for most pizza orders in one day: 59.

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of healthy snack here, but it’s never as big as a full Godfather’s pizza.”

However, following the theme of the day, this so called “lull period” turned out to be the busy time of this particular Sunday.

“At around 2, I’m thinking that time has passed pretty fast. I’m thinking I should be able to see out the remainder of Brooke’s shift without much trouble at all,” Nurse said. “That all changed when I see a nice middle-aged woman walk into the store with her restless 3-year-old daughter. She told me that she was here for the party.”

A few minutes later, people started

to roll in. At the peak of the party, there were upwards of 25 people all sitting down to get pizza, and since Nurse was the only counterboy working, he took all of their orders.

Senior Chris Hintzman was present at the three-year-old’s birthday party.

“Doc [Nurse] was fearless. I felt like I was at an Adele concert because he was so inspiring in the way that he was tak-ing orders and basically making pizzas out of thin air. He made me cry a little bit,” Hintzman said.

During the party, a couple of other families and customers showed up, but for Nurse, they were easy to take care of. The party itself prevented Nurse from doing his normal afternoon duties such as mopping and vacuuming, and he thought that he should be able to see the rest of his shift, the remaining hour until 4:30, with relative ease.

At around 3:45, Nurse answered a phone call. However, he recognized this person’s voice as one of his co-workers, the very coworker who was supposed to come into work at 4:15 and relieve Nurse of his duties. Nurse didn’t know what the co-worker wanted, and he re-directed the line to his manager.

“I heard some rustle and bustle in the back of the store, and I overheard some yells from my manager and the rest of the kitchen gang,” Nurse said. “I’m thinking that maybe she can’t come into work, and that they found a replacement, so I don’t bring up the issue with my manager since he never brought it up with me.”

But 4:15 rolled around, and no sec-ond counter worker came through the doors.

“I ask my manager, ‘Is Brooke com-ing?’ and the first thing he said was, ‘Nope.’ He had a little smirk on his face, knowing that I had no idea that I was about to work for another three hours,” Nurse said. “With that, I asked if I was

staying for a bit longer, and he said, ‘Yes, you get to stay.’”

Nurse’s famous cheerful smile turned into a distraught frown almost instantly. The people from the party were trick-ling out, and Nurse had already been at Godfather’s from 9 to 4:15.

“I was a little salty because I had been there since the morning, and now I was working with a person down, but I tried not to let that change my atti-tude,” Nurse said. “I realized I got to keep spending time with the same won-derful people I had been working with all day, and that another worker was coming in to help me at 5.”

Nurse and his co-worker were able to smoothly fly through the day by tak-ing orders, making conversation with the eager customers and holding down the fort until 6:45.

At 6:45, Nurse heard his manager call him to the back, and Nurse was instantly hit with a strong dose of anx-iousness.

“I felt frozen for a second. He had an aggressive tone to his voice, and I hadn’t got any good news from him all day,” Nurse said. “The 15-meter walk felt much, much longer.”

“How many orders have you taken today?” Nurse’s manager asked.

“My first reaction was of fear. I was wondering if I did something wrong and didn’t take enough,” Nurse said. “Then, my manager explained why I was in the back with him.”

“My boss just texted me asking how many orders you’ve taken today,” Nurse’s manager said. “He says you’ve taken the most orders in a single day at a Godfather’s in the state of Iowa: 59 orders.”

Nurse was absolutely astonished at this news.

“My jaw dropped, and I stared at him with disbelief. My mind was racing with questions. I had no idea this type of feat could be accomplished by a sim-ple counter boy who has only worked there for 10 measly months,” Nurse said. “I let out a high pitched shriek to release my euphoric feelings, and I looked around, and all the workers were staring at me.”

Nurse had a couple co-workers slap him to make sure that he wasn’t dream-ing about this wonderful feat, and when he realized it was very real, he began to think of what this meant. Would he receive some sort of commemoration?

“I started brainstorming possibilities of what kind of reward I would be get-ting, but then I remembered this quote

from High School Musical,” Nurse said. “This feeling is like no other. I think Ryan said that. I realized that this feel-ing would stick with me for the rest of my life, and that is reward enough.”

Unfortunately, Nurse’s extended work day got in the way of a few plans that he had made with some friends, specifically a dinner with Marquez and senior Ethan Smith.

“I was extremely shocked when Doc told me that we had to reschedule the dinner. We had been planning it for a long time now, and I know that I at least was really looking forward to it,” Mar-quez said. “However, when I heard what he had accomplished as a result of re-scheduling, a sudden rush of pride filled my body. I hugged him very tight.”

Nurse’s mother, Lori, is very proud of her son.

“I was excited to see the look on

Andrew’s face as he had me guess how many pizzas orders he placed. The hon-or feeds into the friendly competitive spirit Andrew brings to everything he is involved with,” Lori said. “Godfathers has taught him some great life skills. I am proud of how hard he works and how he strives to make others happy.”

Hintzman takes credit for part of Nurse’s effort.

“I feel that he wouldn’t have been able to do it without me. Words are powerful, and I gave him some pretty heavy duty encouragement, so I feel like a lot of the credit should go to me instead of Andrew,” Hintzman said. “But I guess even he needs a win once in a while. He has a lot of wins though. I mean just look at that jawline.”

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NICOL By Staff Writer Albie

It’s your 18th birthday, and you have been saving hundreds of dol-lars for the first one. You’ve been looking for it since you were in mid-dle school. You made the appoint-ment last week, and today is the day. The day you finally get the tattoo you’ve wanted forever.

When I turned 18 this was what was going through my head. I was so nervous, imagining the unbearable pain of a needle going through my skin and leaving a beautiful, perma-nent line that can only be removed at thousands of dollars. Tattoos are becoming a more normal thing in our culture nowadays, and some se-niors have taken initiative to get one of their own when they’re 18 from a trusted tattoo artist.

One of the most noted things that come into conversation when talking about getting a tattoo or hav-ing one is people asking you “Well, what does it mean?” This traces back to popular belief that each and every tattoo has a deep and spiritual meaning with the person who has one. Thinking about today’s culture, if you want a tattoo, you can get one, and it really doesn’t have to mean anything. Making up your mind for your first tattoo can take weeks, months, even years.

People can make up their minds on anything, but one thing to keep in mind is that the bigger the tattoo, the more it will cost. Unfortunately, a sleeve won’t take only one session, and a tattoo of a face taking up a ma-jority of your back will be very costly. Making up your mind for the tattoo is very important also because you will have this on you for the rest. of. your. life. If you’re wanting to get a profes-sional career, be careful on where you get this tattoo as well, as it may affect your chances on getting a job in the future.

What helped me make up my mind once and for all was when one of my family members passed along, and I wanted something in memorial of him. For the longest time, I had decided on a huge hundred-leaved rose and his name along the end of it. I had my mind set on this but then changed my mind when a friend of mine posted a picture of her tattoo with the same design, just a different flower. This shocked me at first that this friend had the same idea as me, and I felt that it would be disrespect-ful to get the same one, so then I decided on a signature on my wrist.

When I got to the tattoo shop, the artist had mentioned if I got the signature that small, the letters had a potential to blot together as years went on and that it would have to be retouched more often than I was hoping, so then I decided on get-ting the signature going along my forearm.

If you’re wanting to get a tattoo, you also have to think of the right place. In the Cedar Falls area alone, there are over 10 different tattoo shops you can visit to schedule your own appointment. My only expe-rience is at Third Eye Gallery and Tattoos, but I know of people who have gone to different places, such as Omega Red, Twisted Fate and Eternal Ink. I am very biased on Third Eye because I knew the tattoo art-ist personally, so I cannot really give personal recommendations, but all of these places have licensed profes-sionals behind the tattoo gun, creat-ing different and beautiful pieces on hundreds of individuals in the area.

When it comes to taking care of your tattoo, coming home with your area wrapped in Saran Wrap can be quite a bit of change. Just like a pierc-ing, you never know how often you touch the area you got tatted until

Tattoo choice leads to questions of personal taste, personal safety

VILLAVICENCIO By Staff Writer Cala

Last week President Obama submit-ted his plan to Congress for how he plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and relocate its inmates onto U.S. soil. Since his original presidential campaign run in 2008, Obama has promised to close the camp but has not been able to.

Guantanamo Bay, or GITMO for short, holds some of the most dangerous terrorists to ever live. Currently there are 91 detainees in the camp, all of them accused of some sort of terrorism. The center is holding one of the central masterminds behind the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Obama wants to put this animal in an Ameri-can prison on American soil. Let that sink in.

Previously the Obama administration has cited GITMO as a terror recruiting tool though the facility was not open in the 1983 Beirut bombings that killed 241 American

service members, and the facility was not open on Sept. 11, 2001, when al-Qaeda op-eratives killed 2,977 Americans. Terrorists do not attack us because of a detention facility. They attack us because we are American.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, described the utter stupidity of Obama’s claim during a hearing in February of 2015: “It is not a security decision. It is a political decision, based on a promise the president made on his campaign.”

Releasing detainees to their home coun-tries in the Middle East is how the Obama administration has been attempting to close the facility, but, of course, as anyone with half a brain should be able to see is that these “reformed” terrorists are obviously going straight back to the front.

In July of 2012, an Al-Qaeda operative,

Ibrahim Qosi was released from GITMO, and in December of 2015, it was discovered that the “reformed” terrorist is now a leader of al-Qaeda in Yemen. These terrorists can-not be released back into the world because they say they’re “reformed.”

In May of 2014, in a terrible, ill-advised trade with the Taliban, the president gave them five extremely dangerous, high level terrorists in exchange for the deserter, Bowe Bergdahl. It’s already been confirmed that three of the five have already tried to get back into the fight. It is so clearly obvious how releasing these animals does not make the world safer, but yet our president contin-ues to advocate for it. The release of detain-ees is not a success, as Obama would like you to think.

Moving detainees from the detention camp to U.S. soil is currently illegal because

of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act in Section 1031, which strictly prohibits “transfer, release or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its ter-ritories.” The president cannot legally move detainees from the camp to prisons in the United States, even though he will most likely try to use executive action.

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp cannot be closed, and we cannot have the most dangerous people on earth in Ameri-can prisons because they will radicalize American prisoners and cause huge national security problems.

It is so obvious that this is a bad idea, but yet Obama continues to roll with it based on his campaign promise of closing it.

KOHLS By Staff Writer Brennan

Guantanamo prison should remain open

S.D. governor delivers ‘miracle’ veto of restrictive transgender bill

I didn’t believe in miracles. Not Christmas miracles, not birthday miracles, not divine miracles. No kind of miracles had proven their existence to me, but now I sit staring at a head-line from the heavens: “South Dakota Governor Vetoes Bill on Transgender Bathrooms.” And I start to think maybe miracles happen after all.

The bill in question is House Bill 1008 introduced by South Dakota State Representative Fred Deutsch, a Republican who wanted to “protect the in-nocence of children” with this legislation. The bill would have required transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms their biological sex corre-lated with. While the bill passed through all the hoops it must, Gov. Dennis Daugaard had till March 1 to decide if he wanted to sign the bill, veto the bill or automatically pass it by not do-ing anything. And, boy, my com-munity and I could not be more relieved.

While no, I do not live in South Dakota, I hate to see op-pression of my community tak-ing place in any setting even if I am not directly affected or op-pressed. Using the bathroom is a basic human right and shouldn’t be a cause of anxiety or lost sleep. Sadly for many transgen-der people it affects their mental well being and also their confi-dence in who they are. I believe that had Bill 1008 passed, some trans youth would have taken their lives. While this may seem drastic, I wish I could put it in per-

spective for you.But across the nation almost

daily, adults are discussing the genitals of transgender teens who just want to use the bath-room of the gender they identify with. People who identify with the gender they were assigned at birth use the bathroom they feel comfortable and identify with every day. I think it’s time we allow the same courtesy for my community. While some trans-gender teens feel safe using the bathroom of the gender they identify with, many trans youth don’t feel safe using the rest-room they identify with because they don’t pass as the gender they identify with; they’re afraid of how peers may react or how parents of peers may react. That isn’t something someone should have to consider when entering a bathroom, right? It’s time to end the stigma of transgender people and what bathrooms we use because really it’s none of your business.

South Dakota would have been the first state to pass a bill restricting bathroom usage to the biological sex of transgender students. While no state techni-cally has a bill like this, many trans students use the bathroom their biological sex lines up with because it’s easier than the com-plications of dealing with reac-tions.

I may not believe in full-fledged miracles, but I’m starting to believe again, one vetoed bill at a time.

you feel the pain of the first hour. It doesn’t hurt a whole lot, but you can feel a burning sensation, as if you placed your area under a hot light for a while. It is bearable but it doesn’t kill you.

You always want to be sure you have a travel-sized bottle of Aquaderm or an Aqua-based lu-bricant. Vaseline is not good for a new tattoo. You want to be sure to not keep your tattoo constricted under any clothing or bandages, and you’ll also want to stop by a convenience store and pick up some antibacterial soap to use during the first week of healing.

Wash and apply Aquaderm about four times a day, making sure the tattoo is clean and well kept. After doing this for about four or five days, you’ll want to get unscented lotion, applying this about five times a day, cutting down on washing the tattoo, as it can start fading. You want to keep wary of this because it happens more often than you would think.

I do not plan on being a tattoo artist, so don’t take all of these rec-ommendations as if I were a pro-fessional. I am solely giving these recommendations as a person who knows a lot about the topic and after I saw someone with a new tattoo applying both Aqua-derm and lotion one after another on their new tattoo.

I hope that you can takes these tips and recommendations into mind the next time you think about getting a tattoo because safety is the most important thing.

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Kudos to all who participated in successful dance marathon

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Addie, Josephine and Ellie helped inspire everyone on Friday, Feb. 19 when Cedar Falls High School had its annual dance marathon. They shared their amazing recovery stories, including when Josephine’s dad told us about how Josephine was born premature, Addie’s parents shared how Addie went from being a neuroblastoma patient to now bouncing around with her friends, and Ellie’s family shared their story as they worked with the community to help her fight through her cancer.

Along with listening to their incredible stories, the night was filled with dancing, dodgeball, board games, nine-square and hide and seek in the dark. These activities started at 7 p.m. and went on until 11 p.m. All money raised that night was donated to the Iowa City Children’s Hospital.

“This year has been our best year of dance marathon. Student senate put a lot of hard work into planning, and it really paid off,” said Secretary Grace Gubbrud, who was also in charge of taking care of the kids.

After the festivities were finished at the high school, students were invited to Village Inn where a portion of the proceeds were donated to Iowa City Children’s Hospital.

Following the events on Friday, a bake sale on Thursday, Feb. 25 raised money for the Children’s Hospital as well. Between the money raised through ticket sales, donations, Village Inn proceeds and the bake sale, Cedar Falls raised a total of $3,000.

Thank you to all who attended, and we hope to see you again next year.

Sibling RevelryI’ve done gymnastics, tee

ball, tennis, basketball, vol-leyball, track, softball, soccer and, if you count fighting with my sister, boxing. But despite my multiple conquests, noth-ing ever stuck.

My parents first put me in gymnastics when I was about three or four. Because my little sister, Lily, is only about three years younger than me, she spent her whole infancy watching her big sister out on the mat having fun. So when she was around two, she de-cided she wanted to do it too.

Lily was so young that the gym and my parents didn’t re-ally know if she could do it, so they gave her an ultimatum (a word that she didn’t even un-derstand yet): if she wanted to do gymnastics, she had to be potty trained before she could start. At two years old, she had potty trained herself (with help from my parents) and started out on the mat with me.

She moved up level to level at a rapid pace and soon passed me. As a sister, I was proud of her, but as an older sister, I was extremely jealous and angry that Lily had the natural ability that I lacked, and that my little sister was better than me at something.

I am the older sister. I be-lieved that being older meant that I was supposed to be ahead of her in most every-thing.

But instead she was ahead of me. How was I supposed to be someone she looked up to when she is better than me?

After almost eight years of gymnastics, I finally quit and

tried to venture into other sports to see if I could finally find something I could be suc-cessful in.

I bet you can already guess that again I didn’t really suc-ceed.

Part of the reason I believe I didn’t succeed is because I didn’t really want to work to become good at a certain sport. I wanted what my sister had, natural athletic ability.

Not to demean the work my sister put in. She had a nat-ural ability, but her life, and in a way my family’s life, revolved around gymnastics. Whether it was spending a weekend at a meet or trying to get Lily to and from practice, once Lily got to a certain level, my home would be filled with po-tential floor music.

She trained hard to be good at her sports. She worked harder than most peo-ple try at anything.

I have always had a lot of love and pride in my sister. She is such a beam of light and really knows how to bring laughter to any situation, but the deep pited jealousy I felt made it hard to feel happy about her successes.

It took me a long time to realize that I don’t have to be sporty to have value. Instead, my talents lie more with cre-ativity.

My sister thinks more straightforward, whereas I think more outside of the box.

As a child I would tell sto-ries and write music and take art classes, and that is what I felt I had a natural ability with. I just never thought it mat-

tered because sports always felt like they held more impor-tance in my household.

Everything I did and all the successes I had always felt second best to what my sister was doing. I never thought the things I did ever measured up to the cool things my sister did and continues to do today.

Looking back, I can see that necessarily isn’t true. My parents gave me a lot more freedom to express myself. My sister didn’t really get the types of opportunities that I did because she had a strict schedule she would have to follow whereas I had a lot more time to do things I en-joyed.

Lily still does a lot of sports. In fact, right now she is competing in the Crossfit open for the 14-15 age group and doing a really good job of it. In the first workout, she tied for 10th place of all the girls competing in the world.

Accepting that we are different has allowed me to support and love my sister without feeling jealous of her successes. I can be her role model through my behavior and actions and not because I can do a better tsukahara than her (mostly because I can’t).

You don’t get to pick your family, but you can decided on how you treat them, so despite our numerous differ-ences, I will choose to stop being a jealous brat and be my sister’s biggest fan.

Team Lily all the way.

Little sister’s strengths led to personal discoveries

By Staff Writer DaphneBECKER

Addie was one of three children sponored by CFHS dance marathon participants this year.

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Senior Daphne Becker and her little sister Lily have come to embrace their distinctive family roles.

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Lack of sleep creates need for artificial energy

It’s 3 in the morning, and while it is expected to be asleep at this time, there are still screens glowing in the dark of midnight.

Whether it is due to simply not being able to fall asleep, stress or catching up on home-work, many high school stu-dents are seeing that getting a good night’s rest is getting harder and harder.

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By Graphic Artist Sierra

are turning to different ways to keep themselves awake.

While staying home and catching up on sleep might seem like the best option, sometimes it is simply not fea-sible. School, work and other stresses take up our time dur-ing the day, and in order to tackle these head on, we have to be as alert as possible.

Both a blessing and a curse, caffeine has impacted our lives in a huge way. It gives us that awake

feeling that we desire, even if we didn’t get a wink of sleep.

After both talking about and seeing for myself the im-pact that caffeine gives to peo-ple, I have come to the conclu-sion that we as a generation have become addicted. Simply looking around a classroom or hallway will guarantee that you see at least one cup of coffee or energy drink. Some people told me that they can’t even go a single day without coffee and

that it makes them feel physi-cally sick when they do.

It only gets worse as we grow older. The cups of coffee increase as our time for sleep decreases. We are too busy to even take a short nap.

Guilty of this myself, I find that I have to take caffeine pills every once in a while to ensure that I stay alert.

As great as getting enough sleep sounds, artificial energy is sometimes the only option

Many times, people find themselves looking at a screen or their ceiling as they try to find the will to sleep. Instead of dreaming and resting their brains after a long day, their minds swirl with thoughts that keep them up until their eyes greet the rising sun, and they proceed to get up and get their first hot cup of coffee of the day.

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KRAABELBy Staff Writer Mercede

FORKERManga Master Noah

HOODBy Staff Writer Cody

In the anime of “Naruto,” Naruto Uzumaki is causing trouble as he al-ways does. He goes too far one day and gets punished harshly and ends up dragging the rest of his class down. After passing some trials, he gets assigned to a team with his crush, Sakura Haruno, and his bitter rival, Sasuke Uchiha. Their first test to prove they’re worthy is to get two bells from their sensi. However, whoever doesn’t get a bell, gets no lunch. How will the “friends” fare against this challenge?

In the manga of “Naru-to,” the first chapter opens with Na-ruto up to his usual tricks, causing trouble around the village and such. On this specific day, he went too far and graffitied a sacred monument. After getting caught by his teach-

er, he is punished. After failing his graduation exam, one of his teach-ers tells him that if he steals a sacred scroll from the Hokage’s Library, that he will be able to pass. Will Naruto

succeed in getting the scroll? Will the forbidden power locked in this scroll really help him?

Overall, both the an-ime and manga are more or less the same. The only major difference is several words that probably just got translated differently. Also, one scene that looks awesome in the manga doesn’t come until later,

while it’s shown right off the bat in the anime.

Both are more or less the same, but because of how awesome the fight scenes look, I’m going to have to say I like the anime better.

“ E v e r y -thing, Ev-erything” is written by Nicola Yoon. For as long as she can remember, M a d e l i n e Whittier is, was and for-ever will be sick. Now we aren’t talking about the common cold or the flu. This is the kind of sick where Madeline can’t leave her house.

Why? Because she is basically al-lergic to the world. It is a rare kind of sick. The only people that she has ever known are her mom and her nurse, Carla.

Then one day everything changes when a boy moves next door. When she first sees him through her win-dow, she knows that she wants to get

to know him. His name is Olly. Now everything is going to change. This is the biggest risk that Madeline had ever taken.

I thought this book was a beauti-fully written novel. Madeline tells us what her life is like through diary en-tries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations and more.

I have to say that this is the first book in a long time that I finished in two days. This is truly one of the most unique novels that I read this past year. This novel is beautifully written about finding oneself and making a new friend, and it has all different kinds of love: parental, friendship and romantic. It also has loss and despair.

This is a book that you’ll want to read again and again. I know that I will read this book again in the near future. There’s really nothing else that I can say about how great of a book this is.

Four people step out of a van, looking around the bank. The mem-bers point out various guards and cameras to the crew. Once the men are all ready, they put masks on their face to hide their identities and walk into the bank. They yell at everyone to get on the ground, and they take out all of the guards, answering their pag-ers to prevent the alarm from being raised. One crew member snatches a large thermal drill, stashed in a truck. After getting through the vault, they bag the money, and the four men es-cape without a single alarm sounding.

Payday 2 is a game developed by Overkill Studios and is priced at $19.99. The game is centered around four robbers going to various places and stealing from them in order to get large sums of money. Each heist takes place in a different location and has different objectives, from stealing jewelry to assassinating a large figure in a cartel to breaking their friend out of high security jail.

The game has five difficulties: normal, hard, very hard, overkill and death wish. Each difficulty will provide more dangers, such as special kinds of cops or better armored SWAT forces. Each difficulty provides a challenge at each level, although death wish is the ultimate challenge for any heister, even at maximum level.

The game has a variety of weapons,

but the big issue with these weapons is that many of them are locked off by downloadable content, abbreviated as DLC. The game can still be enjoy-able without this DLC, but some of it is required for good proficiency on higher difficulties. Each gun has at-

tachments, which can customize how much damage a gun does or how well it can be hidden. There are thousands of combinations because of this, and each gun can be unique.

There is a system within Payday 2, which is called Infamy. Infamy is Pay-day 2’s version of prestige from Call of Duty. It requires $200,000,000 to get to the next rank. Each time that it is leveled, it gives the player a mul-tiplier on his/her experience that is earned on a heist, and each rank up also rewards a certain mask to a play-

er. It keeps the game going, although only for so long, as the Infamy system eventually becomes a grindfest.

The biggest issue with Payday 2 is the DLC. This game has an absolutely insane amount of DLC, and it can’t be evaded. It can prove frustrating to

new players when other players have other types of guns that are at times superior to the guns in the vanilla ver-sion of the game. The heists that are given from DLC can be accessed if another player has them, though. The biggest problem with all of this DLC is that it clocks in at easily over $100 on its own, five times the amount of the original price of the game.

Another problem is the recent edition of the Black Market Update, which brought along safes that can be found in random drops after heists.

The drills that are required to open these safes can also be found, but it’s incredibly rare. Some of the skins can offer attachments on the gun, which bring a certain “pay to win” aspect to the game.

The addition of all of this DLC and these safes makes me quite sad, since at this point, the game has quite an element of pay extra to win in it. Even the community is angry at Overkill Studios for making all of this, espe-cially since they said to the communi-ty that they would never have micro-transactions like safes or crates.

Overall, the game itself is great, but the amount of DLC required to get the absolutely full experience of the game is far too much for the av-erage consumer. The heists can get repetitive, and it is boring to play them through over and over to grind the money required to get that new gun that is desired or to go to the next level of Infamy. I wouldn’t be able to recommend the game to most people, since the amount of money required to sink into it to get the full experience is far too much, although some people may be able to get past the DLC and enjoy the stock game for what it is.

Costly add ons transform decent gameinto heist of players’ bank accountsOverpaid

‘Naruto’ sends naughty heroon quest for redemption

After limited possibilites, ‘Everything’ opens up after chance encounterFight scencs make anime slightly better than manga

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LOUVIERE By Staff Writer Ben

Genre Essentials Try out these top-tier selections to delve into new realms of music

Dream Pop

Shoegaze

Post-Rock

Vaporwave

Hipster Black Metal

Progressive Rock

Downtemp/Chillwave

Ambient

Neo-Psychedelia

Lo-Fi

Emo

This genre, in fact, sounds ex-actly like its name. Emphasizing a union of melody with textures and atmosphere, this style of music is perfect to zone out and daydream.

Who wants to float in eternal sea of blissful guitars and vocals soaked in distortion, letting the waves of sound wash over your ears? You do. Find some decent headphones and become the sound, man.

“Post-rock” implies that this music is made with instruments and influences common to rock music, yet with a heavier focus on different, often instrumentally driven directions. Get ready for some crescendos, emotions and existential epiphanies. (Seriously).

Welcome to the vast virtual plaza of amalgamated Internet culture and utopian consumer capitalism. You are exploring a retro-future mall built in cyberspace with a Windows 98 computer and a weird sense of irony. This is all a dream. This is aesthetic.

As of recently, black metal is no longer reserved for the old-school Norwegian purists who kill their band members. A new dynamic has come to light in this genre to unearth it’s beauty and sheer emotional evocativeness. Yes it’s abrasive, but isn’t it the extremi-ties which give life its vibrance?

Like post-rock, prog rock uses elements of rock music in an attempt to enhance the possibili-ties and progressions of the art form. Here you will find complex and infatuating arrangements of instrumentation and grandeur. To some, this is the logical conclu-sion of music.

With a focus on synthesizers, vin-tage sounds and, essentially, love-ly melodic grooves, this genre is crucial for studying or, quite simply, chilling out. Exploring this genre is easy and rewarding due to its relative newness and effort-less listenability.

With a focus on atmosphere and tone, the world of ambient music is a wide open area of spacial structures and soundscapes. Often, we forget the things in life as simple as remembering to just breathe.

This genre has its roots in the 1960s emergence of psychedelic music, yet employs new, creative and wild ideas — all while main-taining the mind-warping essence of psychedelia. Imagine sunshine, where each ray forms a kaleido-scope of color and energy.

A broad category which incorpo-rates any and all music recorded with low-fidelity, “lo-fi” music has a certain appeal in which all the flaws and fuzziness feel just right.

Are you a suburban teenager dealing with a broken heart and/or other emotional angst? First of all: there’s nothing wrong with that. Second of all: there’s some really great music that you might be into. (This is not Hot Topic mall-goth emo, I promise).

•Beach House - Bloom•DIIV - Oshin

•My Bloody Valentine - Loveless•Sweet Trip - Velocity : Design : Comfort

•Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven•Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun

•Macintosh Plus - Floral Shoppe•Chuck Person - Eccojams Vol. 1

•Deafheaven - Sunbather•Liturgy - Aesthethica

•King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King•Yes - Close to the Edge

•Tycho - Dive •Bonobo - Animal Magic

•Helios - Eingya•William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops

•Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion•Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage

•The Microphones - Glow Pt. 2•Car Seat Headrest - How to Leave Town

•American Football - American Football•Tigers Jaw - Tigers Jaw

Trip-Hop•Massive Attack - Mezzanine•Neat Beats - Cosmic Surgery

Take an average hip-hop beat, send it through a washing machine in outer space and then paint it with the colors of your soul. Introspective and experi-mental, this is the perfect music to stay up late with.

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TAIBER By Staff Writer Allie

Henry Shockley was struck by the inevitable truth. The junior spread his body along the com-forting sanctuary of his friend’s couch. His limbs sunk into the welcoming cushions as his friends embraced him as he truly was for the first time ever. His body lay frozen in an entity of tranquility as he painted every thought and emotion out onto the canvas of his own reality. A seamless con-nection had been made between his head and his heart, allowing him to soar above any fear of re-jection.

The words “I’m gay” pushed themselves through the bars of Shockley’s lips, and a new light began to shine upon him. A light that granted complete ambiance and separated him from whom he thought he wanted to be, and who he was.

Growing up, Shockley experi-enced a fairly average childhood. Despite being surrounded by friends and many siblings, he of-ten felt alone. He was constantly pressed with the need to please those around him. He drifted from group to group, and the idea of needing to be accepted by his peers clung at who he was.

Despite the warm, social and friendly persona of Shockley’s character, he felt as though some-thing was off. Restrained by the small Catholic school he grew up in, he always knew something wasn’t quite right.

“I often felt very in the dark,” Shockley said. “I felt like I was dif-ferent, but I just attributed it to other causes.”

The Internet and mass media showed him the many possibili-ties of why he felt “off.” Friends began to date each other, media sexualized just about everyone and nothing felt right.

The moral compass of his heart versus his head teased him back and forth between who he felt he needed to be, and who he truly was.

The insecurity of not fitting in continued to haunt him day by day. It grew harder to act like himself, but he couldn’t put into words the reason why. Aside from questioning his own character, the missing ingredients led to an anx-ious and unsettled Shockley.

“I felt like everybody else knew everything and had it all worked out,” he said. “I felt bro-ken.”

After making the switch to public schooling, his outlook on life began to shift. He began to make use of his resources. He be-

gan to look at things with an open mind and changed his attitude on himself, friends and the physical aspects of his life.

“Having an open mind chang-es everything,” he said.

Journeying through friend groups and interests, Shockley began to open up to himself about who he was. Although his sexuality was just one aspect of his life, it threw everything off. As night settled on a friendly hang out, the talk about who he was presented itself. Thanks to his friends and their support, he now had a greater idea as to who he was.

“Whether it be giving me sup-port in something positive like my coming out experience, or indi-rectly through a bad experience and learning from it, my friends have really shaped me into who I am,” Shockley said. “I wouldn’t have the strength or confidence within myself without them.”

Shockley accepting himself made it possible for him to stand where he is today. To stand free, independent and in love with who he is. When he learned to accept himself, everything changed.

The only wall now standing between who he was and who he thought he was, was the pressure to tell everyone else.

“It began to eat away at me,” he said. “Although I had told a se-lect few, I still just couldn’t handle it. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. My thoughts consumed me, and I knew I’d have to make a state-ment soon.”

The barrier of telling his par-ents played a huge role into his stress. As they are both members of the Catholic church, Shockley was nervous as to how they would react, but there was no need. His parents’ unconditional love trumped any other allegation.

The surprising and encourag-ing words of his father proved his

nervous thoughts to be incorrect. “I’m always going to love you,” Shockley’s father told him. “It’s not what I would’ve wanted for you, but I’ll live with it, and I’ll always love you.”

The successful experience led to others, and he was now able to openly admit his sexuality. The beauty of being OK with him-self was like no other. “So much of what made me unhappy and what made me unsatisfied with my life was because I was trying to be someone I wasn’t,” Shockley said. “Accepting yourself, loving yourself is one of the most benefi-cial things you can do.”

He now recognizes that things take time. The process of learning about who you are doesn’t just happen by the flip of a switch. As he began to open himself up to his true self, things started to make sense.

Accepting who he is was one of the hardest yet most reward-

Out Front After struggles with his identity, junior emerges in confidence

Junior Henry Shockley has emerged in confidence after answering questions of personal identity.ing phenomenon he had done. Shockley looks back at when he was unable to do so and the neg-ative impacts it had on his life. “I remember that time often, a time before I was honest with myself,” Shockley said. “I remember a time before I accepted my quirks and specialties instead choosing to hide them behind a mask of con-formity. I remember a time when I settled for unhappiness over truth and pain over openness. I remem-ber a time that helped me more than any other to grow and burn away the shell of who I was to who I am today.”

From the most challenging obstacles, Shockley has learned, grown and shone bright. The day Shockley came out was a day he’ll never forget. As he walked the roads later that night with a friend, he felt free, connected and happy with who he is.

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Editors Note:In a related feature, be sure to check out Henry’s pod-cast from first semester entitled “How Not to Hate Your-self.” Find it on the Hi-Line Online Website (www.hiline.cfschools.org) by following link at top to videos, then podcasts and then to Shock Talks.

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BLAIR By Staff Writer Jamie

In addition to my manga collection, chopstick collec-tion, movie ticket stub collec-tion, Harry Potter collection and name-tag collection, I have a wig collection.

And it’s not just because I’m a nerdy cosplayer. I like to wear them on a regular basis (mostly when I go out on weekends). They are like an accessory to me. I wear a different color or style of wig to match my outfit, and if I sell my cosplay, I always keep the wig. I never know when I’ll need it again. I can always cut the wig for another character, and if they get old, it doesn’t matter. I take great care in making sure they stay as beautiful and silky-soft as they were on the day they came.

People ask me all the time why I wear them, saying that they’re too afraid to do any-thing “bold like that,” but it’s not really bold; I just don’t care what people think. Surprisingly, though, not many people know that it’s a wig. I don’t know why, but I guess people are just a lot less observant than we think. And if I get negative feedback, I usually have someone to back me up. I don’t normally get bad reviews on wearing wigs. If you want to wear one, wear it.

The reason I wear them is that I just want to have fun. Also, I’m not going to buy a wig for a cosplay and not ever wear it again. It’s a waste of money to do that. I want to get the most out of whatever I do, so I wear them when I want to. Rather than spending tons of money on hair dye and products, it’s better to wear a wig and change up my appearance in a snap. It makes me feel like J.K. Rowling’s Nymphadora Tonks, the metamorphmagus.

In all, I have about a dozen wigs, not counting three hair pieces and the four wigs I’ve sold (tearfully sacrificed for an-other cosplay item is more like it). My collection is ever grow-ing; my friend, Luca, thinking she’d not need it again, kindly gave me her black wig from the convention we went to. My best friend Emily Johanningmeier bought me a white wig (pic-tured at far right) for my birth-day, and it was just in time for the convention. Thank God.

There is a system for wear-ing a wig well. First, gather up a load of sass, because you have no reason not to feel fabulous.

Then, get your eyebrows grooving and put your real hair (if long) in two French braids, pinning them up to the sides your head.

Shove that mess into a wig cap. If you’ve got super short hair or no hair(rock that, too!), then you may skip this step, but I find that a wig cap helps the wig stay on your head, and the inside of a wig is kind of itchy without one.

Now, do your makeup (obvi-ously optional). Flawless, babe. Work it. Now it’s time to get that wig.

Pull from the back of your head and adjust the wig to your hairline. Don’t let any of your wig cap show, and especially not your real hair.

Next, get some leave-in conditioner (found at Sally’s

Beauty Supply or LBL) spray, made especially for wigs and extensions, and follow the bot-tle’s instructions. I recommend the Miracle for Heavenly Hair line. It comes in a red bottle; you can’t miss it.

Gently comb through from bottom to top, brushing out the tangles. Always use a special-ized wig brush, which has not touched human hair. The oils from human hair may damage the wig. If the wig is curly, usu-ally I will spray extra and brush it out with extra care, but only if it’s a minor curl.

For a super curly wig, do not brush it. Scrunch it with your fin-gers, just like normal curly hair.

Now you’ve got your wig on. I like to wear it with a themed outfit, but that’s my preference. Wear something

fabulous and go enjoy your day with your temporarily new hair. Maybe you can even go all out and try cosplaying. Wigs are a ritual in the cosplay world, and convention goers accept any-one, even if you’re wearing gigantic, bright pink pigtails. In fact, we’ll love you for it.

That’s why I love them, and I guess wearing a wig is my way of feeling like I’m cosplaying all of the time. If you don’t wear them all the time, you should at least see how it feels to be different (AKA, doing what you want to without giving a toss what other people think). May-be you’ll like it. Whatever hap-pens, “you do you,” and you’ll be grand.

Getting Wiggy Changes up top opendimensions of character

A wide range of wigs opens many possibilites for senior Jamie Blair.

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SCHWICKERATH By Staff Writer Lane

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Prep:Slice up mushrooms and sausages.

Sausage TortelliniPrep time: 3 minutesCook time: 25 minutesFeeds:2-4

Needs:A large pan4 Polish sausage linksOlive oil1 cup of mozzarella1/2 cup of Parmesan24 oz. package of cheese tortellini1 jar of spaghetti sauceItalian seasoning1 can of mushrooms

Hour of Power LunchesSausage Tortellinimakes easymeal in under 60 minutes

Step 1

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Cook:Heat the pan to medium heat.Brown the mushrooms and sausage.Add spaghetti sauce.Add Italian seasoning.Add tortellini.Let simmer until tortellini is tender.Remove from heat and add both the cheeses.Let sit until the cheese is melted.Serve hot with your favorite sides.

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MARTIN By Opinion Editor Olivia

The tangle of war, religion and politics in the Middle East can be hard to decipher. The first step to understanding the wide array of conflicts is to grasp the differences between the two main sects of Muslims: the Sunnis and the Shiites.

The divide between Mus-lims occurred hundreds of years ago. The major figure of Islam for all Muslims is the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of the religion. However, after his death in 632, there was a dis-pute over who should take his place and lead the growing fol-lowers of Islam.

Some people thought that a new leader, or caliph, should be chosen by consensus while others believed that the next leader should be a direct de-scendent of the Prophet. But, Muhammad had no surviving adult sons (and his daughter didn’t count).

Eventually, Abu Bakr, a trusted aide and friend of the prophet, was chosen to be the leader. This became the Sunni

branch. However, some still believed the person who really should have been chosen was Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Later, Ali was given the position as caliph, but only after Abu Bakr’s two successors were assassi-nated. This became the Shiite branch.

Despite differences in theol-ogy, both Muslim sects agree about many aspects of Islam. They all agree that Allah is the only God and Muhammad is his messenger. Muslims follow the five pillars of Islam which encompass Ramadan and their holy book called the Koran. And, both sects place impor-tance on the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city and the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad.

However, according to an article by The Economist, Sun-nis stress the importance of the Prophet and his teachings (the “sunna”), while the Shia see their leaders as reflections of God on earth. Sunni Muslims

consider themselves to be the more orthodox of the two sects. According to the BBC, “the name ‘Sunni’ is derived from the phrase ‘Ahl al-Sunnah’, or ‘People of the Tradition’. The tradition in this case refers to practices based on what the Prophet Muhammad said, did, agreed to or condemned.”

The Shias got their name because it translates literally into “Shiat Ali” or the “Party of Ali,” holding true to their belief that Ali was the rightful suc-cessor to the Prophet Muham-mad. Some Shias also hold the ideology that the 12th imam, or leader, disappeared and will reappear at the end of time to bring peace and restore the earth.

These differences have caused Sunnis to name-call Shias and criticize them for not being orthodox enough and for Shias to blame Sunnis for the rise of more extreme orthodox offshoots. For example, ISIS is an extremist Sunni terrorist or-ganization.

The Differences Between Sunni and Shia Muslims

Sunni Muslims are still the majority. According to the BBC, of the world’s more than 1.5 billion Muslims, 85 percent to 90 percent are Sunnis. In the Middle East, Sunnis make up 90 percent or more of the popu-lations of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Shia Muslims constitute about 10 percent of all Muslims, and globally their population is estimated at between 154 and

200 million. Shia majorities can be found in Iran, Iraq, Azerbai-jan and Bahrain.

Today, religious sectarian-ism is influencing politics in the Middle East. Different regions have either Sunni or Shia ma-jorities, and this factors into feuds among the countries in the Middle East.

Long-held religious differences create tension between two groups

‘Out of Bounds’ play opens dialogue on bullyingOn Tuesday, Feb. 25, the

Gallagher-Bluedorn Perform-ing Arts Center brought the Working Group Theatre Pro-duction to perform Out of Bounds for junior high stu-dents and the community in two separate showings.

The main character of the fresh and funny play, Amy Linder, is a shy girl who moves to a new junior high due to her parents’ divorce, and she is try-ing to make some friends. The play shows perspectives of a parent, victim and bystander all while Amy is struggling to make friends, do well in school and deal with reminders of her past experiences with bullies.

The play’s optimistic begin-ning goes downhill as Danny, a girl who isn’t so interested in the new girl, accuses Amy of being transgender and dares her to take an inappropriate picture to prove who she re-ally is. As this picture swirls around, the threats, tears and flashbacks of Amy’s mother’s childhood make up the ob-stacles for the main character.

As the play winds down and the humor takes a halt, Amy grows stronger and decides not to run from the problem but to face it gracefully.

Junior Allie Taiber said the play was pretty good because cyberbullying is definitely a real concern for teens. Taiber also said it was shown from more of a parent perspective.

“It was very emotional. It showed all of the sides of what it’s like to be in that kind of situation, of being a bystander, a victim, the parents, the par-ents’ friends, people within the

school and in a sense it was relatable because it was about cyberbullying, and that’s a lot more present these days than anything else.”

School counselor Susan Langan and Taiber both agreed the big picture and lesson of the play was one can never un-derstand what someone is go-ing through or has been going through, and it showed what people go through from the outside.

Taiber had experience with cyberbullying earlier this school year during homecoming week

that had to do with the dis-putes over Jell-O wrestling. When more and more people were getting into trouble and no one had no idea why it was happening, people started to attack Taiber on Twitter.

“There was a lot of blame going on through social me-dia. My experience was just one day; it was never ongoing. Once people found out the truth about the situation, it all kind of stopped. It was pretty bad for that day, and I kind of took what I had gone through and decided to do something

TOURNIER By Staff Writer Tehya

“It was very emotional. It showed all of the sides of what it’s like to be in that kind of situation, of being a bystand-er, a victim, the parents, the parents’ friends, people within the school and in a sense it was relatable because it was about cyberbullying, and that’s a lot more present these days than anything else.”

—Junior Allie Taiberplay attendee

about it for other people who have gone through the same thing and make it more of a positive.”

Langan agreed that the situation in the play was very relatable to what goes on to-day, that it was very powerful and kid’s go through so much especially now with social me-dia that it is hard for a parent to know how to help.

“It was very good because some of the audience were parents and teachers and counselors, so you can kind of forget sometimes that there can be different perspectives in those situations. It was hon-est and very powerful. You could tell the actors were very passionate about their roles,” Langan said.

The school counselor also said it was very realistic to what everyday kids go through in this generation,

and the play shows how someone can gracefully over-come those types of struggles.

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CAPTURED12The spring play “Our

Town” runs Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Clair S. Stanard

auditorium at the high school. It follows two

lovers’ journey through life ... and beyond. Tick-ets are $4 for adults, $3 to students and activity

passes are accepted.

At right are sophomore Alex Sulentic, junior

Brooke Prohaska, junior Makenzie Nichols and

senior Gabby Holtzman. Below them, left to right

are sophomore Clare Rolinger and seniors

Sydney Coloff and Jonathan Kuehner.

Do We Really Understand Life While We Live It?

All Photos Vanessa Kime and Leah Florsblom OUR TOWN

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At left is senior Nathan Doyle with sophomore Clare Rolinger and senior Jonathan Kuehner in the background. At top is Kuehner and junior Gabe Gotera. At bottom left is Rolinger and Julia Cor-bett. At bottom right is sophomore Arlo Hettle.

Do We Really Understand Life While We Live It?OUR TOWN

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SANDERMAN By Staff Writer Hannah

At exactly 3:25 p.m. every day after school, 95 girls crowd into room 13, and they all have one thing in common.

A passion for track and field.

With every season comes new changes. New athletes, new attitudes and this year even a new coach: guidance counselor Chris Wood.

This year’s team has already made a standout impression to the new coach.

“It’s become clear and evi-dent that we have a team that is driven to succeed,” Wood said. “We have a great core of senior leaders who are pushing the team to not only train ef-fectively and determined, but to build a strong, lasting team culture. We have a team that is not only determined to do well, break PRs and build on previous years of success, but also have fun and enjoy it in the process.”

Wood said he hopes to leave a lasting impact on the team on and off the track.

“As a new coach I hope to give a few fresh perspectives, but more than anything lend support, motivate and help all of our athletes set goals to make them better track and field participants,” said Wood. “Ultimately, I hope that I can help all of our athletes learn something new about them-selves and in the process be-come not only better athletes but better overall individuals.”

Head coach Kara Hulse is looking forward to when the team will be complete.

“We are still missing some

of our key runners as they are finishing the season with play, basketball and swimming,” Hulse said.

Despite the absence of cru-cial athletes, junior Mackenzie Nichols said everyone on the team is putting in the work now in order to see success later in the season.

“We are all working on building our strength physically and mentally,” Nichols said. “It can be hard when we are not running meets every week to see where our hard work is go-ing. We are all trying to push

“Ultimately, I hope that I can help all of our athletes learn something new about themselves and in the process become not only better athletes but better overall individuals.”

—Chris Woodnew assistant women’s track coach

Women’s team relying on veterans, new coach for personal, team goals

each other and keep a positive attitude about practicing, even when the workouts are really tough.”

Without many meets to size up the competition early in the season, it is hard to know what teams to look out for, but se-nior Alicia Harrington said she believes the competition is not another team.

“Our biggest competition in my eyes is ourselves,” Har-rington said. “You have to push past what you think you are capable of in order to achieve your ultimate goals.”

Hulse said this year’s team has some hefty goals.

“Our team goal is to be top five in State,” Hulse said. “We are working toward reaching this goal by one: setting indi-vidual goals and two: having great leaders who work hard motivating our freshman. Last season we lost two state ath-letes, so we are coming back with great numbers. You can see the drive and determina-tion in my athlete’s eyes each

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day at practice. They are work-ing hard to do and be better.”

Just like her team, junior Mackenzie Nichols also has some sizable goals of her own.

“My personal goal this sea-son is to get noticed by a col-lege coach and to go to state track again,” Nichols said. “I would really like to run in col-lege, and this is an important year to make an impression on those coaches. Going to state track again would be an amazing honor, and I feel very lucky getting to represent my school at the meet. I am going to work really hard during prac-tice and during meets this year. I am going to push myself and never give up during a practice or during a race. Most impor-tantly though, I am going to go out there and have fun.”

Harrington’s personal goal for the season is a simple one.

“To enjoy my last track sea-son and to have fun because that’s what it’s all about.”

As the final scores were tallied up at the state bowling meet last Wednes-day, the Tiger bowling team anxiously awaited confirmation of their state title. The Tigers took home a dominant state tournament win with a total score of 3230.

“It was awesome. The best bowl-ers in the state were there. The energy was high, and so were the hopes. Every team there had a goal, and that goal was 1st place,” senior Jackson Reyn-olds said describing the atmosphere of the day. In all, seven teams competed for the right to be named state cham-pions.

While one would expect the two se-niors to carry the team on their backs, it was the exact opposite. The underclass-men of the team, including junior Nick Hanson and sophomore Avery Bauer, were up the challenge of helping their team to win a state title. “It looks really bright,” said senior Brandon Jerome about the future of the team. “We lose two seniors, but we have a lot of depth.

I think they could make it to State for the third year in a row next year.

This is uncharted territory for the Ti-ger bowling team, as they have never been this successful in the team’s his-tory. Head Coach Brad Baker attributes the success to the growth that team team has made. “From the beginning of the year they all have improved aver-ages,” Baker said.

After a title winning run, the team’s goals will look to remain much the

same, with no holding back of expecta-tions. “We want to continue to improve and get better from the beginning to end of the year. We don’t want to lose at home, and we want to be in the top two in our conference to stay competi-tive,” Baker said.

Baker will look to Hanson and Bauer to lead the team next year on the new journey to the state tournament in Des Moines. Bauer has been a two-year var-sity letter winner and was a first team

All State and first team All Conference selection this year.

Teams don’t have success without great coaching, and Baker was proud to see the hard work had paid off. “It was a very proud moment to see all the dedication that they have done and to see the seniors go out on the state title and for everyone to achieve their goals set at the beginning of the year,” Baker said.

The two seniors that will be depart-ing off the state title run are Jerome and Jackson Reynolds. Jerome will be attending Grand View University in Des Moines where he will be a part of the bowling team. Reynolds will be taking off for either UNI or Wartburg to be-come a social science teacher. He will not be participating in collegiate bowl-ing but will continue to bowl in leagues. He hopes to become a high school bowling coach some day.

“It was a very proud moment to see all the dedication that they have doe and to see the seniors go out on the state title and for every-one to achieve their goals set at the beginning of the season.”

—Brad Bakerhead bowling coach

RATHJEN By Sports Editor Jason

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The men’s basketball team made a statement as they marched past the Linn Mar Li-ons in overtime on Tuesday, March 1 in 4A substate play.

The men were down 4 points with a minute left as ten-sions came over the players and crowd. As the clock ran down in the last moments of overtime play, the Tigers had the ball with about 15 seconds left. Sophomore AJ Green had the ball in hand and took a filthy pull up jumper with two players in his face to end the game with an assist by senior Tra’von Fagan.

Green ended with 31 points and played a commanding role in this win along with the rest of the team and monstrous stu-dent section. “I knew that I had to redeem myself after turning it over at the end of regulation and try to make a play, and af-ter I made that shot, it was the best feeling I have ever had,” Green said.

The win marks the first time that head coach Ryan Schultz has led a team into the state tournament. “This is a phe-nomenal win for our school and program. I am so proud of our guys, and I’m excited that we have the unique opportunity to play in the state tournament,” Schultz said.

The Tigers were ahead most of the game and had a wide lead at half. Iowa commit Jordan Bohannon led Linn Marr with 44 points, making the game close, but it was just not enough to get the job done.

The Tigers are the eighth CFHS men’s team to make it to State in school history. “It was just a great game. The thrill of it was just exciting. To be able to be the eighth boys basketball team to go to State is some-thing special,” senior Tra’von Fagan said. “I love how we never gave up, we stayed in the game until the end.” Fagan contributed 21 points to the win against the Lions.

Stat keeper and team man-ager Mitch Franklin has seen first hand how much work the players have been putting in. “When I attend practice, I see the guys put in tons of work. They have put in time and ef-fort to get to where they are to-day. I’m proud to be a manager for these guys, and I wouldn’t want to do it for any other

team,” he said.Following this win, the men

show that they are truly a family on and off the court. After last night’s win against Linn Mar, the team was jacked and ready to begin the road to the cham-pionship as a team and family. “It was the craziest game I’ve ever watched,” senior Kam Watts said. “Since the begin-ning of the year, we’ve been talking about holding each other accountable and play-ing like a family every single day. We put the hard work in, and now it’s showing. We have the best student section in the state, and the guys really ap-preciate the support. I love our family.”

The bench continued to feed the players’ energy and have been very supportive all year helping the team. Sopho-more Ben Gerdes said, “It’s a dream come true. I’m so proud of the team and thankful for the great senior leaders we have.”

Continuing to get the team rowdy, the players on the bench also had plenty of en-thusiasm and good looks for the team. “The bench energy was electric, and that trans-ferred to the floor when it mat-tered,” senior Logan Mozena said. “We have some of the best players in the state, and when we feed them energy, they gain confidence and play at a high level. The best bench in the state is headed for Wells Fargo.”

As the moment all the play-ers have been waiting for is approaching, all the hard work put into the season will show next week. “It’s a great group of guys, and their perseverance and hard work has paid off,” Schultz said. “Now, we need to turn the page and focus in on our next opponent. Our team and our coaching staff has done a great job all year with our preparations, and this will be no different. Our guys will be ready to play.”

The Tigers are now on track to play next Wednesday, March 9 at the Wells Fargo arena. The Tigers face up against the 22-1 Council Bluffs Lynx from Abra-ham Lincoln High. The 19-4 Ti-gers are competing for the first state men’s basketball title in school history.

State BoundTigers return to State after hitting last second shot in overtime

With just seconds left on the clock in overtime, and the score tied at 74 with Linn Mar in the Substate final on Tuesday, March 1 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, sophomore A.J. Green pulled up and hit the game-winning shot over two defenders. He finished the game with 31 points.

From left to right at bottom are junior Isaiah Johnson, sopho-more TreyShawn Lebeaux and senior Tra’Von Fagan. Lebeaux finished with 19 points, and Fagan added 21. Johnson was key in trying to slow down Linn Mar’s Jordan Bohannon, who finished the night with 44 points, 33 of which came in the second half.

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Senior Emma Gerdes has been lighting up the court this season. Lead-ing the team with 13.7 points per game, Gerdes has been a key factor in the team’s success. Just two days ago, Gerdes nailed an ice cold game winner against last year’s state champi-ons to keep the team’s state title hopes alive. The girls will play Ankeny Centen-nial today at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines at 3:15 p.m. in the semifinals of the state tournament.

What does it mean to you to make State as a senior?

It’s awesome. It means a ton. We’ve been working hard all year for this, so it’s special

How do you handle the pres-sure of the state tournament?

I like it when the stakes are high. I think it’s fun to play in that type of at-mosphere.

What is it like to make a game winning shot?

It’s crazy. You practice last second shots all the time just messing around, and you don’t think it will ever happen. It’s a crazy feeling.

After the season is over, what is next for you?

I am not sure what next year holds yet, but right now my plans are to play basketball somewhere next year.

EMMA GERDESWomen’s Basketball

TigersActionin

Men’s Basketball (19-4)Beat Linn Mar 76-74

Next up State Quarterfinalvs. Abraham Lincoln (21-1)

Wednesday, March 9 @ 6:35 p.m.@ Well Fargo Arena

in Des MoinesWomen’s Basketball (22-2)

Beat Waukee 48-46Next up State Semifinal

vs. Ankeny Centennial (21-3)Friday, March 4 @ 3:15 p.m.

@ Wells Fargo Arena in Des MoinesMen’s Bowling

State ChampionsFeb. 24

Special OlympicsNortheast Area Spring Games

@ UNI Domeon Sunday, March 6, 9 a.m.

Women’s TrackWomen’s Varsity Indoor

@ UNI Domeon Monday, March 7, 3 p.m.

Men’s TrackWomen’s Varsity Indoor

@ UNI Domeon Monday, March 8, 3 p.m.

Last Second StrikeFor the second time in two nights (middle right) the game came down to a final shot from a Tiger basketball player, and senior Emma Gerdes sealed the revenge victory over Waukee in a quarterfinal game at the Wells Fargo Arena on Wednesday, March 2. The final score was 48-46, and Gerdes add-ed 25 to the score to tie her highest scoring total so far this year. Waukee was the defending state champion last year, and North Dakota State recruit Reilly Jacobson finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds.

At top, the team celebrates the victory. In the middle left is junior Ally Con-rad, and at bottom right is sophomore Kiana Barney. The Tigers face Ankeny Centennial (21-3) on Friday, March 4 at 3:15 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Arena.