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Alex EntzStaff Writer

A competition where schools don’t compete with each other—in fact, the schools are encouraged to work togeth-er. Sound like a dream world?

It’s not; it’s the Model UN “com-petition” that recently took place from Thursday, April 17 to Saturday, April 18.

The students representing Cedar Falls High School were divided into three groups. One group represented the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), one represented Peru and the last group represented the African country of Chad.

After a short opening ceremony in an expansion room at Maucker Union on the UNI campus, the students broke up into a variety of different commit-tees. These committees included Politi-cal and Security, Legal 1, 2 and 3, and more.

Within the committees, a variety of topics were discussed, with students from different schools putting aside their true feelings and acting as a mem-

David BergstromStaff Writer

For the first time in nine years, Ce-dar Falls High School’s Robotics Team 525 qualified to compete at nationals in Atlanta, GA. Last Wednesday, Apr. 17 through Sunday, Apr. 20, Robotics Team 525 proved a fierce competitor in the qualifying rounds of nationals. They won in the first few steps of the competition, but came up against some obstacles in the semi-finals.

“Team 525 won all of their quali-fying matches, finishing 7-0 in the qualifying rounds Friday and Satur-day morning. In the process, we won matches over a couple of the other top teams in our division (Archimedes Di-vision),” robotics coach and physics teacher Kenton Swartley said.

The winner of the regional contin-ues on.

“Teams are split into four divisions with each division running like a re-gional competition. The winning alli-ance from each division goes on to a

‘Final Four’,” Swartley said.In the qualifying rounds they were

second, allowing them to choose their next alliance. They formed a familiar alliance.

“After qualifying rounds, we were number two in our division, so we were able to pick two partners to continue with us in the tournament as the sec-ond seeded alliance in the Archimedes Division. We picked Team #27 (from Michigan) and Team #93 (from Wis-consin). Team #93 was also at the Min-nesota Regional with us and the team we picked there that helped us win the Minnesota Regional, so we were happy to work with them again,” Swartley said.

Playing back and forth with victo-ries, they advanced to semi-finals.

“In the Archimedes Division play-offs, our second seeded alliance faced the 7th seeded alliance in the first round. We lost the first match, won the second match, tied the third match and finally won the fourth match to advance to the semi-finals,” Swartley said.

ber of their school’s assigned country would. Some found it difficult, such as delegates from DPRK, who had to defend against Non-Governmental Or-ganizations (relief groups, like the Red Cross).

The head of Cedar Falls’ chapter of Model UN, Andrea Aykens, agreed.

“Students need to know their as-signed country’s position on the issues so they can represent that country’s po-sition rather than their personal opinion on the issue being debated,” she said.

The students wrote papers on dif-ferent issues within their larger group. Sophomore Colin Ashwood wrote a paper on Non-Governmental Organi-zations for the Political and Security aspect of the conference.

“The paper was difficult, but the conference itself was actually pretty interesting to listen to the countries de-bate each other,” Ashwood said.

After papers were written, Aykens, a UNI student and the student’s head delegate corrected them.

“I got my students ready to debate major topics by exploring their culture, correcting their papers and having deep

Torie JochimsOpinion Editor

Last Tuesday, Cedar Falls Jazz One attended the Iowa Jazz Championships, competing with 14 other 4A jazz bands from all over the state. The competition was tough, but going into it, Jazz One had put a lot of effort forth and was confident in their ability to play their best.

Kyle Engelhardt, Jazz One’s direc-tor, felt that the band had prepared very well, and were ready.

“I thought we prepared very well. I feel like rehearsals were focused and progressive,” Engelhardt said. Not only the director, but also the band felt more than ready for the show.

When their time came to shine on stage, the band did not disappoint, playing their set of four songs, includ-ing one that they learned right after Spring Break, “Rockin’ and Rhythm”, extremely well. Also in the set were “Take the ‘A’ Train”, “Oblivion”, and “What Goes Around”. The set, as well as the soloists, showcased the skill, hard work, and raw talent of the band very clearly. The stage was different than any other the band had played on this year, and yet they adapted wonder-

fully. “I thought we played really, really

well. It was probably the best we’ve played all year. All of the soloists came through, and all of the ensemble parts were well played, and in place,” En-gelhardt said.

Then came the awards ceremony. The auditorium at the Civic Center was positively packed as all the bands 1A-4A, their directors, and many oth-ers struggled to find seats while the announcements began. It was a nerve-wracking thing for the performers to sit through, as the judging started at 1A and made its way from outstanding soloist awards to places 9-15 (in no particular order) followed by 8th – 3rd places, and finally, the top two bands, to go on to night finals, were announced. Cedar Falls, just like any of the other bands, was nervous as names were read off.

The places were called off. Anxious, the remaining bands sat on the edge of their seats. 9-15 place were called off, in no particular order. Somewhere in there, hopes fell as “Cedar Falls Jazz One” was called. Engelhardt went to accept the plaque, and the rest of the awards were given out. The bands filed out of the stadium, congratulating oth-ers as they went.

discussions with them,” Stephanie Kol-tookian, the head delegate from Chad, said.

Finally, all of the pieces came to-gether, and the students showed up to represent their countries in commit-tees. Students raised placards to vote on amendments that students put forth. These amendments were put together to create a resolution that the students agreed on.

“It was a long process, but we got some really good debating done, and the resolution we passed was a pretty good one,” Ashwood said.

Cedar Falls had a good showing this year; two delegates went home with Outstanding Delegate awards: Sarah Anderson and Nicky Singh.

“The hardest thing is to be able to debate well, without resorting to per-sonal attacks,” Koltookian said.

Aykens summed up the conference well.

“Students worked toward finding diplomatic solutions to world prob-lems. Students consistently represented their country’s positions and debated in a respectful manner,” Aykens said.

High gas prices may be one reason to cut down on driving, but the benefit the enviroment receives is also a plus. For more tips on how to achieve this, as well as some other Earth Day information, turn to the Opinion page.

This week, Mr. Black’s Ecology class is sponsor-ing several activities to reconize Earth Day, which was this Tuesday. The class and Mr. Black are challenging everyone to do something different to help make our environment better. We encourage you to carpool, walk to school or ride your bike.

In the semi-finals, they faced the team that went undefeated in the quali-fying rounds. But their alliance had is-sues.

“In the semi-finals, we faced the third seeded alliance (also headed by a team that was undefeated in qualify-ing). We won the first match, but lost the second and third matches. At some point during the second match one of our partners (Team #27) developed some mechanical problems. They were unable to fix it completely, so in the third match they were not able to perform at full strength. Despite that limitation, our alliance put up a good fight, losing 92-64 in the final match,” Swartely said.

Though they didn’t finish first, the Robotics Team is very proud.

“Although we were disappointed to lose at that point, we were very happy with our overall placing and perfor-mance. I’m extremely proud of our whole team, students and mentors, and what we have accomplished this sea-son,” Swartley said.

Torie Jochims Photo

Diligently practicing their instruments, junior Ben Morris, sopohmore Paul Strike, senior Michael Streicher, junior Steve Ramsey and junior Natalie Takes prepare for their performance at the Iowa Jazz Championships.

Robotics places at Nationals

Earth Friendly Tips

Spring Model United Nations Symposiumproduces two CFHS Outstanding delegates

Jazz One attends Championships

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Yesterday was Earth Day. Coincidentally, the current Iowa legislative ses-sion is nearing its end, and there are several issues of great environmental importance that are in danger of dying along with this session.

Iowa ranks 48th in the country as far as recreation funding goes. Iowans travel to other states because Iowa’s outdoor opportunities are so weak. Recre-ation and conservation have always been under-funded in Iowa. It is time to put an end to this. Iowa needs money to protect its natural resources. This money will provide a step in the right direction environmentally as well as economi-cally. Better recreation opportunities attract people, and people spend money.

One option for funding is an increase in the state collected sales tax from 5 cents to 5.375 cents. This would result in an annual $150 million for Iowa con-servation and recreation. The Iowa Senate has already passed this resolution, and we believe that the House should now do the same. Since this would in-volve amending the state Constitution, next year’s Legislature must also adopt the resolution, and then a majority of Iowa voters must approve. The process will take some time; however, once this resolution is implemented there will be a guaranteed source of adequate outdoor funding.

Another option is the proposed bottle bill reform. Although Governor Cul-ver backed down on his proposed beverage container 2-cent tax, we still be-lieve that this is a viable solution to secure adequate outdoor funding. The deposit would rise to 10 cents, but the consumer would receive 8 cents upon redemption. One cent would go to an approximate $20 million dedicated to fund conservation and recreation, and the other cent would go to help redemp-tion centers bear the burden of handling the multitudes of messy containers. We believe that at the very least, the deposit should increase to 10 cents and the category of containers included should expand to increase recycling.

A second issue involves manure. Legislators are considering a proposal that would allow livestock producers to store uncovered piles of dry manure as close as 400 feet from waterways. Add rain and this is a disaster. The runoff would be detrimental to Iowa water quality, which is already far from pris-tine.

Tomorrow lies the future. We believe that Iowa must take action to secure adequate funding for outdoors recreation and conservation, and that it must not back down on manure regulations.

How do you get to school?

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7.5% Bike

7.5% Walk 1% Bus

13% Carpool

71% Drive Alone

Do you believe in global warming?

77.5% Yes22.5% No

As the w e a t h e r warms up, gas prices are reach-ing an a l l - t i m e high. The possibil-ity of $4 per gal-lon sends c h i l l s up all new and experi-enced driv-ers.

Even so, the days of bicycle riding and walking miles to get from point A to point B are almost unusual. Ameri-cans have become more accustomed and reliant on their motor vehicles, but their trips are becoming unaffordable.

As pump prices rises, here are 11 ways to save hard earned money:

•Drive when needed. Limit daily trips to the store or other small waste-ful trips.

•Find the most convenient route for your trips in the car.

•If you’re at a stoplight or waiting for a train and it will take more than a minute, turn your car off. It takes as much gas to start your car as it would for a minute of idling.

•Keep a moderate speed and it will

eliminate the constant acceleration of the gas. Avoid routes with stops signs, and take the highway rather than the urban streets.

•Keep an eye on the road ahead; it will allow you to look for opportuni-ties to coast down hills. Again, avoid-ing unnecessary acceleration saves gas and money.

•Keep the windows up, supporting flags in, and the sunroof or soft top close. It will make the car more aero-dynamic keeping the your gas mileage per gallon high.

Traveling under 35 mph, having the windows rolled down is OK, but if you are traveling faster than that you will save more gas if you turn on the AC.

•Make sure your tires are inflated properly. Have the right amount of air in your tires, and it can increase your gas mileage by up to 2-3 percent. Sta-tistics show if everyone in the United States had properly inflated tires, we would save approximately 3 billion gallons of gas each year.

•Have a clean air filter, and it will

save you about .28 cents per gallon, meaning clogged filters can reduce gas mileage up 10 percent. It’s an easy way to save gas.

•The most effective way to save money on gas is to use a free or cheaper transportation. Miles of trails are spread across the Cedar Valley and other sur-rounding towns making it easy and safe to bike, blade or skate from point A to B.

With this in mind put aside selfish concerns, and give it a try. This also gives you the chance to appreciate nature, savings, and gives you a good exercise.

Another option is to find out the bus schedule.

This can provide you with a cheap consistent way of saving money and helping the environment.

Keep this around to remind you how much you could be saving.

These steps can help eliminate pol-lution, use of gas and headaches for all those still complaining about the outra-geous prices of gas.

Earth Day should inspire actions from legislature

Hi-Line Poll represents 10 percent of studentsKatie Dexter and Tasha Woods Conducted the Poll

Tasha WoodsStaff Writer

Earth Drive By following simple steps,

drivers save gas at pump

“These steps can help eliminate pollu-tion, use of gas and headaches for all

those still complaining about the outra-geous prices of gas.”

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David Weidenbacher

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ActionWomen’s TrackNext up: Drake Relays 4/24 - 4/26(Des Moines @ TBA)Men’s TrackNext up: Drake Relays 4/24 - 4/26(Des Moines @ TBA)Women’s SoccerNext up: D. Hempstead 4/26(Home @ 9:00 a.m.)Men’s SoccerNext up: D. Hempstead 4/26(D. Hempstead @ 9:00 a.m.)Women’s TennisNext up: Linn-Mar 4/26(Home @ 8 a.m.)Men’s TennisNext up: Linn-Mar 4/26(Linn-Mar @ 8 a.m.)Women’s Golf Next up: Metro Meet 4/23(Irv Warren, Waterloo @ 2:30 p.m.)Trap ShootingNext up: W’loo West 4/17(CF Gun Club @ 4 p.m.)

Arlene FreudenbergStaff Writer

The rain, wind and snow in spring has been bad for all sports this year, and it has ruined many chances for the CFHS track teams to run their best.

“We have lost three opportunities to get good times,” girls head coach Troy Becker said.

In spite of this, the Tigers have been able to overcome any challenge thrown at them this season.

“The biggest shame is that Drake moved the cut-off date up when they didn’t need to. It may have made it a little easier on them, but it’s not good for the schools or the kids,” Becker said.

The cut-off date has been moved from the Saturday night before Drake to Wednesday, April 16. Because of this cut-off, the chance at running well at one more meet was taken away from many teams.

“We have simply tried to train them the best we could and put them in events where they can have success,” Becker said.

Drake relays are a big event in track. It takes a lot of preparation for the run-ners as well as the coaches.

“The (first) half of the season in-volves conditioning and structuring meet line-ups to ensure Drake qualify-

ing,” Schmidt said.Even with these challenges, the Ti-

gers have been able to overcome these challenges and qualify for several races for the upcoming Drake Relays.

The boys qualified in the 4x800, 4x400, 4x200 and 4x100 relays. Alex Mark and Michael Streicher qualified in the 3,200. Corey Albrecht and Jesse Alexander qualified in the 100.

The girls are qualified in the 4x100, 4x400, 4x800, sprint medley and shut-tle hurdles relays. Faith Burt and Jac-queline Jordan are qualified in the 100. Molly Youde qualified in the 100 meter hurdles, and Shawn Shaddox qualified in the 400 meter hurdles.

For these runners, their hard work has paid off.

“You spend an awful lot of time and energy trying to get Drake qualifying times, but it is all worth it when you are running in Drake Stadium,” Schmidt said.

The bad weather hasn’t just affected the running at track meets, either.

“This is the worst weather I can remember during my 25 years (of) coaching track. It has had a negative ef-fect on training and meet preparation,” boys head coach Bob Schmidt said.

However, the coaches found work-ing around the bad weather may be hard, but it is not impossible.

“We have had to be very creative on

Cherrelle Tredwell Photo

Freshmen Molly Youde qualified in the 100 meter hurdles. Six other CF athletes qualified in induvidial events for the Drake Relays on Thursday April 24 to Saturday April 26.

Track teams qualify for Drake Relays

Sara StreverStaff Writer

The Men’s soccer team lost a close game last Thursday against 8th-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Kennedy with a 2-3 game score. The Tigers had some challenges set out for them from the beginning.

“The game was delayed due to lightning, and we finally started at about 7:30. It was pouring rain the en-tire game,” varsity player Alex Clopton said.

Rain seems to be a common omen for this team. Their games from Sat-urday was canceled due to weather as well.

“It’s tough because most of the time our fields our under water, and that makes us limited to what we can do,” head coach Josh Printz said.

our workouts, and the athletes have had to work out in some pretty bad condi-tions,” Becker said.

The weather hasn’t permitted the teams to run as much as they would like.

Nevertheless, the teams have learned to adapt to the sudden weather changes.

“You just simply go out and get wet while you do your workout and then try to recover inside,” Becker said.

Senior David Weidenbacher is one of the three captains of the Men’s Soccer team. He scored the 2nd goal of the season on a free kick in a rough game versus CR Kennedy last Thursday. 1.) How long have you been playing soccer?I have been playing for seven years. Competitive in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and part of 9th grade. This is my second year on varsity, and I play forward. I also played on the Cedar Valley United.2.) What is your favorite part about soccer?Celebrating with the team after a win is really fun.3.) What is your best moment ever?We won State in competitive soccer in 5th grade.4.) What was your best moment so far?Scoring a free kick versus CR Ken-nedy (Thursday’s game).5.) How do you feel about this team?I think we finally have team chemis-try, and it’s really going to be a good season. Definitely State potential.

Jakob ZiererSports Editor

The women’s golf team won their 2nd meet on Tuesday, April 15, at Ce-dar Rapids Prairie despite abnormal weather conditions throughout the first part of the season.

“We haven’t had many nice days to practice, and we have had to resched-ule a couple of meets, but so far, the team has done well,” senior Abby Ber-mel, who set her personal low of 35 in the first meet, said.

By winning the first two meets, the young team, under head coach Rich Strike, showed its desire for more and their goal for this season: State. “My main goal is to make it to State. Obvi-ously, I want to play well throughout the season, but going to State would be great,” Bermel said.

With 10 retuning players from last season and six new players, the team has “great potential,” as Strike said. Ev-ery girl in the team is, despite the rainy, cold and windy weather, working hard to get a spot in the top six (varsity).

“We don’t really have a set top six girls,” Bermel said. “Everyone’s scores are close together, which also shows potential for the team,” she said.

“We have a lot of experience com-ing back but also many young play-ers—this will be an interesting year,” Strike said.

The next meet is the Metro Meet at Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course in Waterloo, and coach Strike is con-fident that his goals “to be as success-ful as possible, have everyone improve and have fun!” will come true, if “the veterans continue to improve, and the younger players get some experience.”

Slowly but surely, the Tigers are im-proving. So far, their record is 0-3, but they are improving game scores.

“Our best moment was in the second half when Brandon Nicholson scored, It our first goal of the season,” Clopton said.

Varsity starter David Weidenbacher said he believes that even though they did not win, the Tigers are certainly im-proving.

“It was our best game so far this sea-son. Much more intense, and we really played as a team, but we need to work on trusting,” Weidenbacher said.

As for State, the Tigers will have to see what happens during Substate, when everyone has a shot at making into State.

“I really think we have a good chance at making State. But it won’t be easy,” Clopton said.

Golf team wins second meet, despite shortage of practice

CF Men’s Soccer team loses close game vs. CR Kennedy

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Sara StreverStaff Writer

Ever wonder what the ALPHA (Au-tonomous Learners Program for the Highly Able) students are crowding around in the morning?

Especially, when they are mumbling tactics and various strategies about how to take over an entire country?

Nine students play a game called Diplomacy. Diplomacy takes place in Europe, right before World War I. Sev-en major powers are used.

Though the situation is constantly changing, at last correspondance, Italy, was controlled by senior Peter Mar-shall, Austria-Hungary by juniors Ben Ulfers and Joe Youngblood, France by junior Amanda Wolf, England by ju-nior Tyler Schaub, Germany by senior Joe Kruempel, Russia by seniors Shaun Francik and Tyler Sweet and Turkey by senior Matt Moore.

Students often play twice a day, once

before school at 7 am and during lunch. In Diplomacy, moves are measured by time, as in two moves in a year. Also, a challenging part about Diplomacy is no dice are used. Everything is accom-plished through negotiation.

“There are no dice, everything is based on superior numbers. You can attack, but if you don’t have support, neither side wins. But if one army at-tacks and has support from someone else, they win over the other country,” ALPHA teacher Mr. Kangas said.

With everyone depending on each other, backstabbing often occurs.

“You have to make deals that are best for your country and breaking them when it is the best time,” Kangas said.

It is simply part of the game. The students each have their own moments of betraying each other in order to ben-efit themselves,

“I convinced Tyler (England) I was going to help him go into France and

getting him to move his army into the North, helping me do the same thing, at the same time. I convoyed an army from Norway to England and attacked him,” senior Joe Kruempel said.

Other students take other tactics.“I didn’t really backstab. I played

neutral. Then, I decided ‘Hey those French guys are going down. Tyler had been attacking France, so I just decided (to join in). I need to get some points and win,” Sweet said.

In this past game, Francik and Kruempel won in the end.

“I took out England, and Sean took out Turkey and a bunch of areas in be-tween. Then, in the end, we had 18.The basic strategy was the same from the beginning, but in this game the tactics had to change throughout the game,” Kruempel said.

If students would like to look in, or participate in Diplomacy, see Mr. Kan-gas, or simply stroll into the ALPHA Room and see for yourself.

Diplomacy: ALPHA students learnthrough board game

Alex EntzStaff Writer

The annual Day of Silence, put to-gether by the Gay-Straight Alliance, is encountering some controversy and opposition this year.

A group of about 46 students put together a plan this year to protest the Day of Silence, which takes place on Friday, Apr. 25.

The group planned on wearing shirts with the initials GSA.

In this case, however, GSA was to stand for “Great Straight American” as a protest to the gay lifestyle.

“It is my belief that this is our right to freedom of expression,” group lead-er and sophomore Alex Clopton said.

Administrators, however, disagreed, and Principal Dr. Rich Powers vetoed the shirts on two grounds.

First and foremost was that the shirts could be deemed “intimidating” to GSA supporters. Secondly, the ad-

ministration was afraid that the shirts could infringe on Iowa’s new anti-ha-rassment law, which Clopton called “a huge stretch.”

“The message is not in what is said, but in how a person receives it,” Powers said.

Guidance counselor Ryan Flaherty agreed.

“I don’t think the intent was to come across as an elitist, but if you change one word—say ‘Straight’ to ‘White,’ then the connota-tions are very offensive,” Flaherty said.

Flaherty did, however, step back on the issue when asked if the same shirt would be offensive if one replaced “Straight” with “Black” or “Hispanic.”

“In a society dominated by white males, underrepresented populations need the promotion, whereas majority

groups do not,” Flaherty said.The director of the GSA group,

Melissa Breddin, took offense to the

shirts.“They have the right to their opinion,

but they do not have the right to make any one group of students feel unsafe or unwelcome in our school setting. We

cannot allow this type of harassment in our schools,” Breddin said.

The Day of Silence seeks to pro-mote tolerance, especially for

GLBT students.Clopton saw no problem

with the message, but he and about 46 others who placed or-ders for the shirts did take issue with what the group stands for.

“A counter-message on the same day is always a difficult and complex situation,” Powers said. “The situation isn’t crystal clear. What is clear is that they picked that day to make an im-pact.”

The main point of controver-sy surrounding the shirts was the initials of “Great Straight

American,” GSA, which was seen as an obvious attempt to mock the Gay-Straight Alliance.

Clopton had a differing response. “The whole idea that we could be

charged with harassment comes from the fact that we used the letters GSA, but those are just generic letters. Do they have a copyright on those letters?” Clopton asked.

The controversy has even wrapped up science teacher Debbie Paulsen.

“The intentions of the day are pure, but I can understand where the oppo-sition is coming from, too,” she said. “Both sides have legitimate argu-ments.”

Though the group was barred from wearing the shirts, there was still talk of protesting the Day of Silence in an-other manner.

Powers made it clear to Clopton that the shirts would be confiscated if they were worn, despite students’ cries that their freedom of expression rights were being infringed upon.

“As teachers, we need to make (our school) fair for free speech, but we have to draw the line somewhere,” Fla-herty said.

Day of Silence expected to bring controversy

“As teachers, we need to make (our school)

fair for free speech, but we have to draw a line

somewhere”

—Ryan Flaherty Guidance Counselor

Playing Diplomacy (from left to right), senior Matt Moore, ALPHA teacher Tim Kangas, senior Shaun Francik, junior Ben Ulfers and senior Peter Marshall plot their next moves.

Briana McGeough photo