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GRUBIC By Staff Writer Cam

The deadline for the annual Shower of Gifts, an event or-ganized and run by donations of household items donated to military families across the state, was yesterday. The event was organized by senior Makayla Vaughn, niece of Army Specialist Travis Vaughn, and her grandma Kandie Vaughn.

Travis, a Cedar Falls na-tive, graduate from the class of 1999 and soldier in the U.S. Army lost his life in February of 2007 at the age of 26. He was traveling in a Chinook helicop-ter over Afghanistan when the engine malfunctioned, and the aircraft went down. His family celebrates his life and legacy by providing for the men and women serving our country in this annual fundraiser.

Makayla took a large role in leading the fundraiser both in and out of school. She took a major lead in the planning and setting up of one of the big-gest bake sales at Cedar Falls High School. She also gath-ered friends and family to help with the raffle, which was on Saturday, Feb. 13.

She has been helping with the process of the organization for over five years now, and her grandma Kandie has been working to support troops for eight years since the fundraiser

started. Kandie works hard reaching out to local business-es and public figures to gain discounts, coupons, gift cards, etc. to sell off in the raffle and to put toward the overall fund for items donated. Items do-nated included personal hy-giene items such as shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Items like socks, T-shirts or other clothing items for both men and women were also acceptable. A full list of el-igible items was provided and could be found at kandieskidz.org or on their facebook page.

All donations were deliv-ered by truck to Marshalltown, and were on display on a table on Feb. 18 for veterans to line up and gather what they need-ed. ”We’ve gained $1,000 more this year,” Makayla said.

Locations for donating ob-jects could be found in the school library and counsel-ing office. Makayla said she is proud of her role in the events leading up to the big day to celebrate the life of her uncle and his service to the country. As Makayla graduates this year, she plans to continue her ef-forts in supporting the troops with this event annually with the help of her grandma, Kan-die.

Cedar Falls High School is hosting it’s fourth annual dance marathon this Friday, at 7 p.m. in the gym. It’s a fun-filled night in order to raise money for the University of Iowa’s Children’s Hospital. All proceeds are going toward the kids, their families, medicine, medical bills, hospitality/care for the pa-tients and much more. The goal this year is to raise $3,000.

Dance marathon is a nationwide movement, in-volving college and high school students at more than 150 schools across the country who raise mon-ey for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in their communities.

Students learn valu-able leadership and social skills while raising funds in a variety of ways and interacting with children’s hospital patients and families. Many colleges culminate the year with a 12- to 36-hour-long event where the students stay on their feet through dancing, games and entertainment in order to celebrate the total amount raised that year.

Four years ago when The University of Northern Iowa came to the high school in hopes try to launch the event for younger students, dance marathon facilitator and counselor Erin Gardner was more than happy to help.

“My own son uses Univer-sity of Iowa hospitals services because he has a genetic eye disorder, so I was very up for helping them out. Every time we go down there, the facili-ties and people are amazing,” Gardner said.

Many teachers and com-munity members have chil-dren who struggle with health issues. When such an event is put on, the community comes together for a good cause.

Student Body President Sara Ashar recalled why she is fighting for the kids.

“I fight for those who can’t. Nothing hurts my heart more than knowing that there are kids much smaller and young-er than me who can’t physi-cally make it to another day. It’s not fair. It’s even worse for the families who have to see their babies in pain every day, let alone the financial burden that treatment brings upon them,” Ashar said.

This year the high school will be hosting three families,

and their children who are victims of illness attend the marathon and are supported by the school. As the kids walk into the dances, they are reminded that people are out there fighting for them, and there’s no reason to give up.

“The smiles on those kiddo’s faces after knowing that there is someone there that cares for them and wants them to live another day is priceless,” Ashar said.

The night will be filled with dancing, dodge-ball, DJs, nine square, karaoke, glow-in-the-dark hide and go seek and more. Everyone is wel-come to come and support.

Organizers and partici-pants said the satisfaction from knowing that students’ hard work was worth the time and effort put into it makes the event even better, and that raising hundreds and thousands of dollars for a cause, all while throwing a fun event for fellow students is an incomparable reward.

Gardner said,“I’m proud to help with such an amazing opportunity for both our stu-dents and kids.”

So get out there tonight! It’ for the kids.

Students, staff contribute to annual fundraisersShower of Gifts sets record results DJ joins list of many activities for Dance Marathon

TAIBER By Staff Writer Allie

Two teachers switching into new careers at CF

STORTZ By News Editor Sarah

Courtney LubsInstructional Coach

Kenton SwartleySTEM Facilitator

Next year, the school district will go through yet another change by imple-menting a brand new program called Teacher Leadership and Compensa-tion. The purpose of this state-spon-sored program is to strengthen instruc-tional practices by recruiting teachers from classes and encouraging them to become leaders by giving them super-visory roles over their peers. In order to implement this program, the school district had to submit a state applica-tion to qualify for the funding.

For the high school, both physics teacher Kenton Swartley and English teacher Courtney Lubs will be leaving their current jobs to work as the new STEM facilitator and an instructional coach respectively.

Swartley’s new job will consist of working with all schools in the district to promote STEM and connect it to other areas such as local community organi-

zations and businesses. “The two parts of this — the com-

munity and the STEM — are both things that I’ve been doing a lot of with robotics, and are both things that inter-est me, so I thought that it would be a new challenge that I would be excited about,” Swartley said.

Swartley said he is mostly look-ing forward to the process of trying to

improve on what’s happening in the school district. “I’ll get a chance to re-search and learn myself on what good things are being done already in our school district,” he said. “I’ll also select those that are the best and try to pro-mote those in our own schools so we can improve the education.”

As for Lubs, she will collaborate with other CFHS teachers to implement research-based teaching strategies and assessments. Additionally, she will also serve on the building leadership team and help to facilitate professional de-velopment. ¨It’s different from teaching in that I won’t have specific classes and students I teach but will still be partici-pating in teaching and learning,” Lubs said. “I am intrigued by the possibilities and am excited about the opportunity to learn and to grow.”

With both of these teachers switch-ing, the school board will eventually

look for replacement teachers along with deciding which English teacher will be the new head for the department. “Mr. Wedgbury is leading that process on finding a new teacher, but he has asked for my help doing interviews later when that happens,” Swartley said.

Although he said he feels mostly excited for the new opportunities that lie ahead, Swartley said that he’ll defi-nitely miss working with his students every day. “I highly enjoy the process of teaching students a lot and developing classroom activities,” Swartley said “I’ll still be involved with that, but it won’t be at the same level where I’m doing it at a daily basis.”

Despite not being able to work only in the CFHS building anymore, Swartley still plans to continue working as a men-tor for the robotics team next year.

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Every week, a number of students walk out of school af-ter seventh period, fresh keys dangling between finger tips, only to discover a $25 parking ticket lying on the front win-dow of their cars, but where does the money go?

Associate Principal Troy Becker said the student senate came up with the price of tick-ets a long time ago because they were frustrated with the parking. He also said the high school has been giving out tickets for as long as he has been here.

“It’s random. We might do it every day. It’s just a random thing. We don’t have a set time. We try to go out in the

Parking tickets paying for variety of campus projects

TOURNIER By Staff Writer Tehya

Sophomore Zosia Charlery has been awarded the 2016 Silver Key Award by Scho-lastic Art & Writing Awards for her short story “Sundown City.”

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest running recognition program for motivated, creative teens. The awards are presented by the non-profit organiza-tion, Alliance for Young Art-ists and Writers. More than 300,000 submissions were received in the 2016 com-petition. Of those, 1,900 were recognized. Those who received recognition were awarded the Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention or American Visions & Voices Nomination Awards. Local recipients will be honored on Saturday, March 26 at The Belin-Blank Center in Iowa City.

Charlery’s short story follows a boy, David, who seeks the help of a girl, Raina, to com-mit suicide, as an epidemic of seemingly contagious life-taking overcomes the city of Sundown. Its vivid imagery and satisfying de-scriptive language paints a clear picture of the contrast of hope and despair in human emo-tion.

In the midst of heavy circumstances, Char-lery features witty dialogue. In a mere eight pages of text, a reader can easily grasp the na-ture of David and Raina’s personalities through Charlery’s rich characterization.

Readers become hooked to this dark and twisted trend that continues to sweep through Sundown City and witness the characters’ struggles between conforming and thinking freely. David finds it difficult to decide whether he should dare to find purpose in his life and take responsibility or evade all hope and give up his life.

“I wanted it to be out there. Something that someone else wouldn’t write,” Charlery said.

“The message of Sundown City essentially

is to chase your dreams, and I think that if peo-ple can get that out of it, that would be great. If you read it don’t think about it as something

about suicide, but something about human emotion and dealing with stress.”

Charley is currently en-rolled in Honors English 10 with Michelle Rathe, who en-couraged Charlery to submit her piece to Scholastic Awards after reading it in class.

“What I found so fascinat-ing about her story was that it was so outside the box com-pared to what anyone else had. She has a very strong grasp of figurative language and imagery. The idea was amazingly different, so when

you blend that with her choice of words and images that she creates with the prose, it was extremely powerful,” Rathe said.

Receiving this huge honor was stunning to Charlery. “When I found out, I was pretty much numb to it. I have really bad reactions, but af-terwards it felt pretty amazing,” Charlery said.

Charlery carries a clear passion for writing, making time for it every day. Charlery also de-votes her time to drawing, photography, read-ing novels and working with the drama depart-ment as a part of the tech crew.

All students grades 7-12 will be eligible to submit their original work to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards next winter, although the of-ficial deadline for submissions has not been set. These submissions may include architecture, poetry, video game design, painting and more. Submissions are first shown to a panel of more than 100 local judges, who make decisions at the regional level. The pieces selected by re-gional judges then go on a panel of national judges who select pieces to be recognized.

All submissions are judged on three criteria: originality, skill and presence of personal vision.

Honors English student earns Silver Key award

The $25 fee for a parking ticket on campus was set by the student senate years ago. Payments from the tickets go to a campus beautification fund.

Sarah Stortz Photo

Pops PlayersSarah Gao and Claire Che-noweth (pictured above), along with the rest of the CFHS orchestra played selections from popular and more contempo-rary artists. Some pieces played at the annual pops concert included “Kash-mir” by Led Zeppelin, various Latin-infused songs, a “Pirates of the Carribean” medley, and selections from “Star Wars.” The orchestra will be performing on a cruise this spring.

Leah Florsblom Photos

DANIELSEN By Editor-in-Chief Sommer

mornings and afternoons, but some days we don’t get out at all. It just varies,” Becker said.

The associate principal ex-plained that if students don’t pay the fines beforehand, then they can’t attend things like homecoming, prom and walk across the stage at graduation.

“When they finish out their high school careers in order to get their diplomas, they need to have their fines and fees tak-en care of,” Becker said.

Throughout the year, it gets harder to find a parking spot because more sophomores can drive once they turn 16 and receive a car. “There are ap-proximately 165 parking spots that staff need plus the student

parking that is needed,” Beck-er said. “We just don’t have enough.”

The money from parking tickets goes into a campus beautification fund, and all the money goes back to support the students and the school. For example, it has purchased orchestra equipment in the past, and it’s helped with greenhouse supplies and the school garden.

“This year we are also thinking of buying some picnic tables to put outside,” Becker said. “By policy, all the money has to go back to the students and the school.”

Sophomore Zosia CharleySilver Key Winner

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STEEN By Graphic Artist Sierra

App-solutely StunningWhether you’re looking for the perfect filter or a way to up your cellular photography game, these favorite editing apps deliver

strongly. A picture with the right amount of tweaking and perhaps a filter can look professional, even if it was taken merely on an iPhone. With so many different social media sites encouraging creative photo sharing, it’s no wonder more and more apps are developed in order to provide audiences with the optimal photo editing experience. Here are a few apps that help make anyone’s photos stand out.

VSCO VSCO is one of the most popu-lar photo editing apps for good reason. It comes with a variety of filters of which you have control over how powerful they appear. You can also edit things like ex-posure, contrast and even upload and share to the VSCO gallery and community in order to get noticed and inspired.

PHHHOTOPhhhoto is one of the hottest apps right now. Instead of a still picture or video, the app takes five pictures and makes them into a gif (a moving picture es-sentially). There are special filters that come out on a random basis, but they’re only available for a day. People use the #wow tag in order to get noticed, and phh-hotos worthy of being featured are put on the WOW page. Also, the staff running the app is very sneaky, hiding a few tricks that only a few people know of. I’ll spill one of their secrets — the capture frequency and frame rate sliders (view below picture). Open the camera and make a peace sign with your fingers, and then rotate them around clockwise. If done correctly (it may take a few attempts), this little menu should pop up. By setting the top slider low and the bottom one high, your picture is taken rapidly, which is great if you want a still picture. By doing the opposite, the time in between pictures taken is strung out, allowing you time to do illusions. Take a little time to experiement with these newfound options, and find ways to make your own unique phhhoto.1967

Since it is a newer app, 1967 is a little difficult to navigate. It requires some figuring out, but the filters on this app are beautifully retro, giving your

photo that classic vibe you’ve been looking for. As it gains

more ground, more filters and more accessibility should be a

thing to expect, but for now, the options given are a great start. I truly enjoy the unique-

ness of the filters, shying away from typical black and white or low-contrast filters and instead

opting for more hue-based and faded looking ones.

PICSARTIf you’re looking more for technical things such as collages, stickers, doodling tools or whatever it may be, PicsArt is a good place to go. It allows you to create collages with multiple presets and frames, draw on your pictures, put stickers on and, of course, the basic options such as text, cropping, flipping/rotating and much more. While the other apps are good for filters and enhancement, this app is great for messing around and adding a special touch to any picture.

Wide variety of photo editing apps give mobile users creative freedom

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FEATURE4By just looking around a room full of

people you do not know, you could never guess what lies beneath.My life is a constant battle every single day. Now, I know that seems a little more dramatic than it could, but that is just how it is. I have so many health issues that my body fights itself to keep me alive, and not many people know what that is like.

I have a very rare genetic brain defect called Bilateral Periventricular Nodular Het-erotopia, or BPNH. In fact, it is so rare that Boston Children’s Hospital tested my par-ents for the same brain defect for free. Mind you, these tests are $4,000 a tube, and they did two tubes each. It turns out that neither of them have it. Well, my dad has a small “mutation” that is affiliated with the BPNH, but the doctor said that it is nothing to worry about.

There are a couple side effects to this brain defect that I have experienced. I was born with strabismus, a lot like lazy eye, and I have been in glasses since I was three, except for about three years in elemen-tary school. I also have what is called hy-perjointism. This means that I am extremely flexible, but only in my shoulders. I am at a high risk for strokes and heart attacks. My vascular system is also weak, and my blood vessels and arteries are fragile, so if I were to get hit hard enough, my blood vessels could break, and I would bleed internally. We all know that would not end well be-

cause you cannot put a band-aid on the inside of your body.

This is where I get into the details of my body fighting itself. I have Autonomic Dys-function, which is basically POTS. It causes me to have a low heart rate and low blood pressure, so I need to constantly drink water and eat plenty of salt, but salt is not good for me considering the fact that I am at risk

for heart attacks and strokes. If I am not eating enough salt or drink-

ing enough water, my blood pressure will lower and lower until it eventually bottoms out. I have a blood pressure cuff that used to come in handy, but I know now when it is low because I can feel the drop in energy and lack of oxygen. You might often see me almost gasping for air, and that just means I am struggling to get enough oxygen.

I basically live in hospitals, and I can di-rect you to Mayo Clinic in Rochester without a GPS because I make frequent trips there. They have slowed down drastically this last year or two, but I still go there a couple times a year. I have had more blood drawn than any person my age should have. It has gotten to the point where I know exactly what to do at a doctor’s appointment with-out being asked.

If you think that is all, then you could not be more wrong. I also have a kidney disease that is so rare, it does not have a real name, just numbers and letters. The “name” is c3g, and I take Losartan for it ev-ery morning. The problem with these pills, though, is that they lower my blood pres-sure even more than it already is, so I have to drink even more water and eat even more salty foods.

There are many little “mutations” that are affiliated with this disease, and I have one that no other person has. The BPNH defect cannot be cured, and neither can the

c3g, but it can be treated with my pills. I can grow out of the autonomic dysfunction, but I have had it for at least four years and still have not grown out of it.

Sept. 10, 2012 will forever ring a bell in my mind because that is the day that ev-erything changed. I was hanging out with some friends at the park when a little boy threw a branch at me and hit me in the eye. The appointments have been non-stop ever since then.

I have had an enormous number of tests done trying to figure out why my legs would randomly give out on me. I have had tests all way from blood and urine cultures to E.E.G.s, and I have even been in an epi-leptic chamber for two days.

I used to miss a lot of school, and I was even exempt from gym for a whole year in ninth grade. School has not been as easy as it used to be these last couple of years, but I have learned to cope with it. I have even stayed on honor roll since seventh grade.

My parents do everything they can to keep me from feeling like I live in a bubble, and I would say they succeed. I admit, I do some things that I should not considering the risks, but it has not killed me yet. I would like to think that it is not as bad as it seems, but I think it bothers me in ways that I do not like to admit.

What Lies Beneath

By Staff Writer Billie AnnALBERT

As she feels her hands start to shake, her heart start to race and her throat to close, junior Emma Weimerskirch knew something was wrong. She was present-ing to Peet Junior High students about broadcast journalism on Feb. 2 when she felt something that she has never felt be-fore, and as she walked out of the class, everything went black. Weimerskirch was about to have the worst anxiety attack she has ever had.

She was unconscious for 10 minutes, causing her to remember nothing that had happened.

As Weimerskirch woke up in the am-bulance, all she could see were the bright lights and feel the straps holding her down on the stretcher, which is when she started to scream and cry. She was be-yond scared, had no idea what was going on and had no one with her as she arrived at the hospital.

Upon arrival, they ran many sets of tests to see what was going on, but they couldn’t quite figure out what had caused the blackout. It took the the nurses half of an hour to calm her down enough to start to run more tests.

Weimerskirch’s mom was in Chicago, and her dad was in the hospital for an unrelated reason at the time, so she was all alone. Her sister LeKeisha, who lives in Arizona, got ahold of her when she arrived at the hospital and helped reassure her

everything was going to be OK.LeKeisha told Emma that she was get-

ting anyone possible down to the hospital to comfort her. Emma’s friend and jour-nalism classmate, junior Julie Jorgensen (who was with her when this all happened) was also there at the hospital, and Diana Kraemer (a good family friend), arrived later to sit with Weimerskirch until she was released.

Weimerskirch has been dealing with

Junior relies on friends, family to overcome anxietyanxiety attacks since she was 13. She al-ways knew that she would get it as both of her sisters and her mom deal with anxiety too. It was just when and where was she going to have her first anxiety attack she had to worry about.

When she first had her attack at age 13, she had no idea what it was, and she had no idea that those early attacks could get as bad as they are now. Weimerskirch doesn’t want to share what triggers her anxiety, but she said she wants people to know that if you are dealing with anxiety, that you shouldn’t be embarrassed, and it’s OK to have anxiety.

She suggests if you feel that you might be relating to this, you should talk to your parents about going to the doctor. The doctor can give you calming medicine that will dramatically help you with the anxiety, and the doctor will also give some helpful tips.

Weimerskirch said it was difficult for her to tell her parents that she was ex-periencing this day-to-day problem, that if she said it out loud, it all became real. After she told her very accepting parents, she felt more comfortable with telling her closest friends and being able to deal with it herself.

Everyone’s anxiety is different. For most people, it’s stress of a big test or picking out what to wear, but there are other types like Weimerskirch’s where it’s

the constant feeling of being anxious for no specific reason.

According to the Anxiety and Depres-sion Association of America (ADAA), anxi-ety disorders are the most common men-tal illness in the United States. It affects 40 million adults 18 or older in the United States. ADAA also says that anxiety disor-ders cost the United States $42 billion a year for treatments and tests. ADAA says that people with anxiety disorders are three to five times more likely to go to the doctor and six times more likely to be hos-pitalized for psychiatric disorders.

Weimerskirch said that her attacks last anywhere from two to five minutes, and she could get one every week to monthly. Most people like Weimerskirch know when they are about to have an anxiety attack. For her, getting an anxiety attack triggers pains in her chest and blotches from her neck down to her chest. After a couple of minutes of that happening, she starts to shake, and when that starts, she panics, which next causes her throat to close up, and she can’t breath. Anxiety at-tacks don’t just mean she’s nervous. They affect her mentally and physically.

Emma said she prays that she will never ever have to go through that again, and she would never wish that experience on anyone.

Two jounalism students share stories of overcoming physical challenges

by Staff Writer KayleeOLSON

Senior faces wide variety of life-threatening ailments

After an eye injury in 2012, se-nior Billie Ann Albert discovered that was just the tip of the physi-cal challenges she faced.

Juniors Emma Weimerskirch and Kaylee Olson rely on each other to face anxiety.

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FEATURE 5Need for SpeedCF actors join Black Hawk Theatre’s annual fundraiser

By Sports Editor JasonRATHJEN

Given 24 hours, a team of actors and a song, some CFHS students and graduates rose to the challenge of creating 10-20 minutes shows in under 24 hours. Altogether, five teams banded together to partici-pate in Speed Theatre this past weekend at Waterloo Com-munity Playhouse/Black Hawk Children’s Theatre. The event celebrated its sixth year and originally came to existence because the creators, Terry Kottman and Linnea Nicol, who are both previous WCP/BHCT board members, wanted a fun way to incorporate fund-raising into theater itself.

Each participant of the team pays $25 to participate, and when a team draws a song they’re supposed to incorpo-rate into the show, they can pay $10 to draw another song if they don’t like their original song.

Each year has a theme that the songs must fit into such as questions, weather, destina-tions and love. This year, since the theater had so many songs

left over from years previous, they put them all up for pos-sibilites with this year’s theme, grab bag.

This created a large range of acts, from a show about the woes of love and marriage to a show about an old woman who only cares about herself in life and in death. After the show, the judges deliberated and handed out awards: best actor and actress, best supporting actor and actress, best use of song and best use of props. They also typically have four to six other awards to celebrate exceptional efforts that don’t fit with the above mentioned categories.

While a majority of partici-pants were either high school graduates, parents or adults, there were some Cedar Falls students and alum involved in the event. Sophomore Arlo Hettle and senior Grace Gub-brud were on a team with Ka-tie Koester, a sophomore from West, and John Nicol, a 2015 alum. Senior Jonathan Kuehner was on a team that consisted of

Rachel Kuehner, who is a fresh-man at Holmes; Shelby Davis, who is a homeschooled high school graduate; and Tyler Fulks, who graduated from Co-lumbus in 2015.

The opportunity for Speed Theatre is an annual oppor-tunity at WCP/BHCT. “I do it every year because I enjoy the opportunity to write and per-

For me, the end of the week-end is usually a cram session in which I focus on the procrastinat-ed homework, but not this past Sunday. Instead of feeling the wrath of senioritis, I decided to join some friends on a campout.

This was not your ordinary campout, though. Instead of sit-ting around a fire in the woods singing songs, we jammed into a tent in the new IHOP parking lot in Cedar Falls.

The idea came from the mind of senior Eric Sesterhenn, an IHOP enthusiast. Sesterhenn has consumed every variety of pan-cake that IHOP has on its menu.

“I’m a big fan of pancakes, and I’ve always loved IHOP. It started as kind of a joke, thinking that we were going to camp out at IHOP,” Sesterhenn said.

The night began with us ar-riving in the parking lot at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night to set up camp. This proved to be a very difficult task in the cold. A few of us took a trip to Walmart since we forgot to bring pillows.

Once we got back, it was time to hit the hay. This was probably the most challenging part of the night since we had

nine people to fit into an eight-person tent. It was like a can of sardines, but it did help keep all of us at least a little warmer.

After a nearly sleepless night, we awoke at 5 a.m. to start get-ting ready to be the first custom-

ers at the new IHOP. After the tent was torn down and thrown into the back of my truck before anyone had arrived, the wait be-gan for the little hand to strike 6.

Walking into the restaurant was like discovering something

that people have been searching for years to unearth. The warm, inviting environment was just what we needed after enduring the elements for seven hours.

After I finished my Cin-a-Stack pancakes, eggs and hash-

browns, I decided it was time to head home to try and grab a few minutes of sleep before I had to get ready for school.

If I learned one thing from this experience, it’s that even though it was a school night, the memo-ry was worth it. The craziest part about the campout wasn’t the idea itself, but that KWWL got word and came to make a story out of some high school boys camping out at IHOP.

Once the story was posted to social media, it ignited a fire-storm of comments both posi-tive and negative. People were calling us “stupid people” and complaining that we were taking up parking space for other cus-tomers.

However, we also received very positive feedback from oth-ers, applauding us for braving the cold weather just for some good food.

Nevertheless, we had a great time and wouldn’t hesitate to do it again for the Chick-Fil-A grand opening on March 3. Gotta love those waffle fries.

Frozen FlapjacksNine students camp out for IHOP grand opening in CF

Senior Grace Gubbrod, sophomore Arlo Hettle, senior Jonathan Kuehner, CFHS 2015 alum John Nicol and freshman Rachel Kuehner performed the culmination of their 24 hours of Speed Theatre at the Black Hawk Theatre on Saturday night, Feb. 13.

form, considering that’s what I want to do as my career for the rest of my life,” said Nicol, re-calling the crazy havoc and fun he’s had the past five years of participating.

While the time constraint definitely isn’t a realistic de-piction of what most theatrical processes are like, it motivates the participants. “My favorite

part of Speed Theatre is when it all comes together about two hours before the final show. Everything up to that point is chaotic and hectic,” Nicol said about his favorite theatrical event of the year.

Nine students braved the night before the new IHOP opened on Monday, Feb. 15 in order to be first in line for breakfast.

By Staff Writer AlbieNICOL

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Stand with Smith to Do Better, Be Better as her fight returns

6Amidst the constant movement and chatter in the hall-

ways of the school, a single email made its way into many of the school staff’s emails two days ago. Interrupting the usual disposition of many teachers, reading even the very first sentence caused their expressions to change. A variety of emotions played across their faces, but the foremost was sadness. The sentence read,”Unfortunately, this email is to inform you that Jamie [Smith] had another brain bleed.”

A well known fact to all is the story of Mrs. Smith’s remarkable recov-ery from a stroke two years ago and her strength shown throughout the ex-perience. Sadly, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, she experienced a headache which continued to cause numbness in her face. She and her husband went to the hospital on Wednesday morn-ing where it was confirmed that her brain had begun to bleed again. So far, this is all the infor-mation we have on the matter as she is waiting to hear back from Mayo.

Mrs. Smith’s motto since the first incident has been “Do better, Be bet-ter,” which inspired the annual Do Better Be Better Dodge-ball Tournament. This year’s tournament ironically happens to be this Saturday. We hope for many to attend to support not only our beloved PE teacher but many others out there as well. Let us all keep Mrs. Smith in our minds, hearts and prayers as we remain optimistic about her medical results and hope she recovers from this as soon as possible.

As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Iowa’s ag gag laws restrict whistle blowers

SHEELEYBy Staff Writer Lexi

Ag-gag is a term used to de-scribe part of the agriculture in-dustry. It typically refers to state laws that forbid undercovering filming of activities on farm grounds or slaughterhouses without consent of the owners or managers. Many slaughter-houses use this law to keep ani-mal activists from being able to record abuse.

Supporters of these laws have argued they protect the industries from negative reper-cussions, and those who op-pose these laws claim the laws are intended to primarily censor animals abuse from the public.

In my opinion, ag gag laws violate the First Amendment, and in a society so gungho on abiding the amendments, such as the Seconds Amendment (the right to bear arms), I’m not sure as to why the ag-gag laws even still apply. As citizens, we have rights to free speech and

press. I can see how it would violate the privacy of meatpack-ing corporations, but we can’t pick and chose which amende-ments to follow and which to ignore.

Cases regarding these laws have been taken to the Su-preme Court time and time again trying to overrule it. Ev-eryday people like you and me have been able to change this law, and I think it’s so very im-portant we try to.

In Iowa, an ag-gag law was passed in 2012. Many states have passed similar laws, yet many haven’t. In this case, it’s obvious why it’s been passed in our state; we’re known for the pork we produce. Allow-ing whistleblowers (people who expose illegal activity) to record mistreatments in slaughter-houses might shut down some slaughterhouses throughout the state.

So, what does this have to say? We wouldn’t run into the problem if workers did their job without the extra beatings aimed towards animals. In my opinion, this law should never be overturned and stricter pun-ishments for offenders should take its place.

Though it’s much easier to subject animals to death than to put money and stronger laws into protecting them, it makes my stomach churn, and if I’m alone in this, there will never be change. I’m not going to sit here and tell you how inhumane it is if you disagree. I understand. It’s easier to turn the cheek, right? Yet, I think it’s gone on too long. I can’t express my opinion strong enough, and I hope some day people will see the bigger picture.

Attitude of GratitudeGratitude is a rare emotion

these days in a generation where people constantly want more, never settling for what you already have.

With more and more re-search being done on the subject, researchers have dis-covered gratitude is an emo-tional muscle. Strengthening this muscle can lead to feeling more content, joyful and ener-getic everyday.

Robert Emmons, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of California, Da-vis, has found grateful people see gratitude as a permanent characteristic and not a pass-ing attitude. Emmons research reveals gratitude can aid you in many areas of your life — the first one being your health.

Exercising gratitude each day can be tied with lower blood pressure and stress lev-els, as well as improved kidney function and a stronger heart. Being thankful can also signifi-cantly help when coping with daily problems, the main one being stress.

Keeping a gratitude jour-nal in which you write down at least one thing you were thankful for that day improves both happiness and energy according to Emmons’ re-search. His research states that for people who wrote down

at least one thing they were grateful for every day, they were 25 percent happier for up to six months after keep-ing a gratitude journal for only three weeks.

Another study by Emmons showed that people who reg-ularly wrote things they were thankful for in their gratitude journal felt more energetic. People who only kept a di-ary of everyday events did not reap the same benefits.

By practicing gratitude through journaling and always looking for the positive, even in the worst situation, you be-gin to become more resilient. From everyday trials to major losses, being grateful helps you to bounce back more quickly.

The key to being grateful is to start some sort of gratitude routine, whether it be start-ing a gratitude journaling and taking time each day to write what you are thankful for or being consciously observant of all the positive things you are surrounded by, no matter how small.

However, do not feel guilty if you slip up. If forget to write in your gratitude journal for a couple days, that is A-OK. Do not feel like you have to write something down every day. Just once or twice a week is great.

If you have a horrible day and cannot find anything to be thankful for or simply forget to look, that is OK too. Everyone has bad days, but the trick is to not let that single bad day affect the rest of your week or even month.

Acknowledge you had a bad day and leave it in the past. Surround yourself with positive, uplifting people or do something that makes you happy.

These are ways you can forget about your bad day but also enhance your gratitude.

Possessing the quality of being thankful is one of the best traits you can have. It does require a change in your mind set, but with some work, it can make all the difference.

Study shows being gracious can have positive effects

By Staff Writer HannahSANDERMAN

Free Speech for Farm Life

With her family and friends by her side last early October, PE teacher Jamie Smith awaits a color dusting in the 5K she created through her Do Better. Be Better. charity after her stroke a couple years ago. On Tuesday, Feb. 16, she was readmitted to hospital after more bleed-ing on her brain.

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“Emmons research reveals gratitude can aid you in many areas of your life — the first one being your health.”

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KOHLS By Staff Writer Brennan

Last Saturday, Feb. 13, former Su-preme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away. The 79-year-old died in his sleep while staying at a resort in West Texas. Scalia’s death has brought with it a slew of controversy and has turned into a politicized war that Republicans are deter-mined to fight for their own gains.

The law says the sitting president has the right to nominate a replacement for the former justice. The decision must then be confirmed by the United States Sen-ate. This protocol has been the law since the Constitution was written, yet modern Republicans are trying to deny President Obama his right to nominate a new jus-tice.

Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has made some remarks as of late that have yielded a lot of criticism, and rightly so. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, agreed with Senate majority leader Mitch McCo-nnell and some other Republicans who believe that the next president should be the one to find a replacement for Sca-lia’s seat on the court. According to The New York Times, Grassley made a state-ment shortly after Scalia’s death saying that “It only makes sense that we defer to the American people who will elect a new president to select the next Supreme Court Justice.”

It is interesting that Senator Grassley has taken this stance because it is utterly

inconsistent with his previous actions in a parallel situation. In 2008, he pressed for President George W. Bush, a Republican, to have the ability to make his own nomi-nations to the Supreme Court. During this time, Democrats had the majority in the Senate. This seems more than a little hyp-ocritical on Grassley’s part, right?

It seems that Republicans only like and abide by the law when it sways in their fa-vor. The Des Moines Register, in an edito-rial published on Tuesday, Feb. 16, agreed that Grassley’s stance on the matter at hand is purely a political ploy. The edito-rial makes the strong case against Grass-ley’s above statement, explaining that it was the same “American people” that the senator refers to who elected President Obama for two consecutive terms.

The Register raises an important issue that Grassley fallaciously disregarded in his statement: nearly 66 million people voted to elect president Obama in 2012, and “they did so with the expectation that he would fulfill his constitutional duties as long as he remained in office.” One of his constitutional duties is to nominate a new Supreme Court justice.

Those belonging to the GOP who act as if they are the true champions of the Constitution should take a step back and try to be less hypocritical for once.

Supreme Court justice dies, sparks controversyGrassley should allow vote on replacement

MARTIN By Opinion Editor Olivia

After Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court died on Saturday, Feb. 13, there has been a battle brewing between Republicans and Democrats, primarily between President Obama and the Republican majority in the Senate over the president appointing a new judge who will most likely hold the same ideology that he does, caus-ing an unbalance of conservatives and liberals on the court.

It is the president’s constitutional duty and right to nominate his or her pick for a replacement justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, making that the main argument for the Democrats, so now they suddenly pay attention to the Constitution. However, what they are either forgetting or in-tentionally leaving out is the fact that the Senate has the constitutional right to vote down the candidate.

In Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, it clearly states, “The President shall nominate, and, by and with the Ad-vice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appoint-ments are not herein otherwise pro-vided for, and which shall be estab-lished by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such

inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Depart-ments.”

In other words, the president can nominate a person for the Supreme Court, but the Senate can decline the nominee. Keep this single part from the Constitution in mind, “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Sen-ate.” Obama can quote the Consti-tution and blame Republicans all he wants, but he can’t erase the Senate’s constitutional right to shoot down his nomination.

Republicans in the Senate cannot let the president’s nominee become a part of the Supreme Court. It’s obvi-ous that Obama will pick a liberal jus-tice, causing the court to become un-balanced. Justices on the court are on there for life, causing more than a few years of a liberal-controlled court with some of the biggest cases coming up in the near future such as amnesty for the millions of illegal immigrants currently in the United States. Sen-ate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell must stand up to the president and the Democrats and block the presi-dent’s nominee for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States.

We all grew up watching television shows that had nerdy characters depicted as scrawny, pimple-faced kids with braces and glasses. They’re also known to be unathletic, ugly and awkward. This appearance also has connotation with anybody who appreciates sci-fi, video games and fantasy.

Anybody who does not fit that pre-set idea is believed to be attention seeking, es-pecially if she’s a girl. Strictly talking appear-ance, if a beautiful girl says she likes a cer-tain book-series/TV show/video game, she will be unfairly questioned about ridiculous details, and people will attempt to critique every word that she says.

I’ve seen this a multitude of times, but one of the most disgusting things is when a curvy woman is abused and is believed to be taking advantage of male nerds.

Female streamers on the video game-streaming platform, Twitch, experience this a lot. If they are attractive or voluptuous, they are accused of taking advantage of their viewers by “teasing” them and soliciting donations.

There are two aspects of this viewpoint that are horribly wrong. Sure, there can be a case where a girl knows she's attractive, wears revealing clothing, solely to get peo-ple's money. This might be unfair, but we all fall victim to this type of exploitation every day with advertisements; it’s just an easy way

to get business. But there are many well-meaning ladies

who still get criticized and bullied because they are girls and “they don’t belong.” They are viewed the same as the very small hand-ful of sleezy women who use their looks for money, rather than actual gameplay. And personally, I don’t believe those streamers are very popular. Many of the female stream-ers I’ve seen are cheerful and have a good attitude and play games for fun, like how it should be.

A Youtuber by the name “SuperMary-Face” was verbally attacked by the hosts of a radio show titled “The Woody Show” at a Star Wars convention in 2015. They came up to her and interviewed her, only asking questions about her appearance. She was not even dressed up in costume, so their ini-tiative to question her was only because they thought she was dressed too slutty.

They start the video off with “So we’re here at Star Wars Celebration, and this lady has decided to tease all the nerds. What's your problem?” Very clearly you can see that Mary was in disbelief that he said that to her. All of the questions aimed toward her were about if she has been sexually harassed be-cause of what she was wearing.

She defended the other convention-goers, saying they were all lovely people. The interviewer then asked if any men at the

celebration had “slipped her their room key” in regards to desiring something sexual from her. She said no and that she was engaged, and he replied, “Do you think that’s going to stop these guys?”

From the tone of this man’s voice, it just seemed like he was slut-shaming her and attacking all of the men at the convention, assuming they just wanted to see her naked.

On the same day “The Woody Show” posted the video interview, “SuperMary-Face” published a video of her rebuttal. She brought out the other distasteful side of this harmful, stereotypical attitude. The people who think that women dress revealing to taunt nerdy men with their bodies believe that the men can’t control themselves. This generalizes these men as predators who are too hormonal to know any better when, in fact, the people who go to these types of events are there because they share a com-mon interest.

These adorkable people should not be shamed for what they like or be assumed to be disreputable and sleazy. These people spend lots of money for plane tickets, con-vention tickets, costumes and memorabilia because it is something they are passionate about. Many parents bring their young chil-dren so they can experience the wonderful movies they grew up watching.

Is it really fair to assume these people

have no self-control and are there to sexually harass young women? A very large amount of these people are there to have fun! That’s the entire purpose of most conventions: to bring people together, have fun and give them all the means to be as nerdy as they want to be.

It is so important to treat people with kindness, and that is something it seems some people hate to do. It’s easy to hate, but it’s better to love.

At this high school, there are many who like to harass a mock innocent students for things they are passionate about. Ridiculing someone for liking a video game does not make you better than them. Teasing some-body because they like to read sci-fi books does not benefit you or anybody else. Mak-ing fun of a person who enjoys comic books, trading-card games, fantasy literature, retro video games or anything of “nerd culture” is just shameful.

There is no reason to torment a person for something they like, and I hope people who do can find something better to do with their time. We’ve all heard how bullying is harmful, so if you’re tired of hearing that, encourage people to stop. It really is not that hard to be nice.

ERICKSON By Staff Writer Haley

Stereotypes reduce true nature of sci-fi fans

Republicans should block Obama’s pick

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JOHNSONBy Staff Writer Kierston

Ghost:A relatively new band, formed out

of Sweden in 2010, have already won a Grammy for best Best Hard Rock/Metal Album and are up for another one for their hit song “Cirice.” According to the ever popular Rock 108 DJ Ned, Ghost is the most promising out of all them, having an extremely unique sound, blending grunge punk, metal and classic rock.

Nothing will ever beat the classics of rock like Metallica and Led Zeppelin, but some new bands are threatening to take the heavy metal throne. New bands create new sounds and new highly unreachable goals. These are the best bands in the 10 years that show the most promise.

Highly Suspect:A family affair coming out of Massa-

chusetts, twin brothers and their cous-in formed this out of the blue band in 2009. They mixed rock blues, punk and heavy metal to create a sound never heard before. Some of their most fa-mous songs are “Lydia” and “Blood-feather,” with lyrics about odd love and drug addiction.

Saint Asonia:The newest band on the list, start-

ing in 2015, shows amazing promise with their most popular song be-ing “Let Me Live My Life.” It features Adam Gontier, the lead singer of Three Days Grace; Mike Mushok, the lead guitarist from Stained and Rich Bed-doe, the drummer from Finger Eleven —basically a bunch of people who quit their bands and made their own rockin band together.

Nothing More:The oldest band on the list, forming

in 2003, I'm still including it in the list because they have been flying under the radar since the start of their band until they exploded in 2014 with their self titled album. With reliable songs like “Jenny,” about drug abuse, and “Fat Kid,” about standing up for who you are, this retro pop punk band is here to stay.

I have found that when it comes to makeup, people have a hard time picking out what brands to try, and if the products are worth the hype. This is a little about the brand Lush Cosmetics.

About the products the brand makes:All Lush’s products are handmade and include a

little portrait on the back of the person who made it and when he or she made it.

Every product is made with all natural products that you can read right on the back, so there are no chem-ical-sounding labels to read that put you in a frenzy of looking on the Internet trying to figure out what you are putting on your skin.

Some products are vegan, but only about 80 per-cent, so if that is something that is important to you, make sure to read the labels, so that you don’t acci-dentally purchase something you can’t use.

The brand is a cosmetics brand, but in comparison to lots of other brands, it has much more diversity in its products. You can purchase anything from bath bombs to perfume to nail polish and pretty much anything else you can think of.

Lush does not test on animals, and neither do the suppliers that Lush buys all its ingredients from, and the company is completely fair trade.

What the brand is known for:A lot of people know Lush for the high quality bath

bombs. It’s a mixture of dry ingredients that fizz up with contact of water. Lush invented them in 1989, and it is a fun way to bring colors and fragrance into your bath. Currently they sell dozens of bath bombs that have a whole array of prices ranging from $3-$7, mak-ing great gifts.

My personal favorite:One of my personal favorite products is Lush’s

Charity Pot lotion. Not only is it luxuriously creamy, it has a beautiful combination of floral scents and rose-wood oil that delivers a scent that can be worn by all, but to me what makes this so superior is that charity isn’t just part of it’s name but it’s also part of its story. Every penny that goes to purchasing the lotion goes to charity (excluding taxes). Charities that Lush sup-ports are small, grassroot organizations dedicated to environmental conservation, human rights and animal welfare. Unlike other all natural lotions, this one is self preserving, so worrying about leaving it out or it get-ting gross right away is unnecessary.

Something special:Something else that Lush offers that helps con-

serve waste and the money in your wallet is a deal that if you bring in five of their black pots that you will in turn receive a free face mask. Lush takes the pots and recycles them by melting them down and remak-ing new pots. Not only is it a great way to save the planet, you receive a face mask in return and, heck, why not just buy something else while you are already there, but from what I can see on it’s website [http://www.lushusa.com/], the only way to get this deal is by going to a shop in person and bringing it in.

How you can buy:The two ways to get Lush are in store and online.

While stores in the United States are expanding, so far in Iowa, we only have one, and that is in Des Moines. If you don’t want to make a small road trip, the other way is online. Most people have bought things online, and really Lush is not much different other than shipping. Shipping costs are based on the sizes of the item(s) you purchase. Anything three kilo-grams or around six and a half pounds is $6, whereas anything larger than four and a half kilograms (nine pounds) is $10. I know what you’re thinking. That’s a lot of lotion.

BECKERBy Staff Writer Daphne

New bands aspire to metal throne

Cosmetic company lays out ‘lush’ line of eco-friendly options for beauty

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HOODBy Staff Writer Cody

CAMPBELLBy Staff Writer Tyler

“It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini shows and describes how it feels to suffer from depression.

Stressed by school, friends and rela-tionships, 16-year-old Craig Gilner can barely handle the weight of life. Craig is determined to succeed, and after be-ing accepted into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School, this real-ity seemed to become more clear; however, he finds himself anxious that he isn’t doing well enough or is able to handle the workflow. Behind in his studies and not seeing friends, he struggles and is find-ing life hard to balance and control.

After contemplating suicide, Craig checks himself into a mental hospital because of ad-vice from a suicide hot-line. While there, makes three friends: a girl who scarred her face with scissors, a transsexual sex addict and a self-declared president named Armelio. While he’s there he learns more about himself and confronts his anxiety.

Reading this may sound very de-pressing, but this book is full of hope and comedy along a rollercoaster of emotion. This story is so great because readers will relate to the main character in many ways.

Like in The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, Vizzini represents himself as a main character of the novel. Given Ned’s experience in a mental hospital and his depression, it gives the character Craig

more depth and a true understanding on what it means to be depressed.

Vizzini himself spent five days in adult psychiatric in Park Slope Method-ist Hospital in Brooklyn. He started writ-ing It’s Kind of a Funny Story just seven days later and finished within a month. Another fact to know about the author is that he committed suicide in the

year of 2013. Now, this makes the novel almost more realistic in a sense. Vizzini showed and un-derstood how it feels to suffer from anxiety and depression. This fact also makes reading the story more heavy, know-ing his fate. It’s sad read-ing this book that has inspired so much hope and guidance for read-ers and knowing that he had lost the fight.

This is an excel-lent novel that exposes worlds of emotions. It is an absolutely beauti-

ful story that offers advice to those who may suffer from depression, and it can possibly educate those who don’t un-derstand how it works. And to the read-ers, if you struggle with depression, I highly recommend this novel. I hope you know that you’re not alone. If you ever need help, there are endless pos-sibilities. So please, if you have time on your hands, please read Ned Vizzini’s novel, It’s Kind of a Funny Story.

By Staff Writer SydneySEE

The sound of a gentle tick-tock fills the room as the bomb is revealed to the diffuser. The diffuser looks around the bomb, noticing a piece of the bomb filled with wires. He focuses in on it, noticing that there are three, with them each going yellow, white and blue.

The expert carefully looks at his manual before relaying to cut the last wire. A careful snip indi-cates the part of the that’s bomb is done for, and they continue until all modules are finished.

Keep Talking and Nobody Ex-plodes is a puzzle game devel-oped by Steel Crate Games and is currently sold for $14.99, while the bomb manual is free by go-ing to their website.

The game is based around a person defusing a bomb, and a bomb expert with the defusal manual. The catch is that the bomb defuser can only look at the bomb, and the bomb expert can only look at the manual. This requires the two people to com-municate between one another accurately and quickly, since the bomb is on a time limit.

The bomb has modules and pieces of the bomb that need to be interacted with in order to de-fuse the bomb. Each bomb has a different set of modules, each having their own design to them. Some have wires that need to be cut, some have hieroglyphs that need to be pressed in the right order and some even have a but-ton that needs to be pressed or

held until a specific time.Keep Talking and Nobody Ex-

plodes is based on communica-tion between the diffuser and the bomb expert. Each module has specific settings on it that corre-spond to something in the bomb manual. Be it checking the serial number or what color something is, it all requires the bomb expert to check the manual and make sure the directions are accurate and swift.

The bombs have varying dif-ficulties depending on the type of the bomb and the amount of modules on each bomb. Most bombs typically have three strikes until it explodes, but later on, there are some bombs that have no strikes, and the first mistake cause them to explode. It’s truly a challenge to the people defus-ing, but it’s definitely worth the satisfaction when the bomb is defused.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a fun experience for two people for the cost. Only one person requires the game, and the other can just look at the manual that is printed out or on his/her computer screen. It’s a challenging game, being a test of communication between the two friends. It’s a nice thing to play if people just want to redirect a stressful day, and it will truly test the bonds of relationships for time to come.

Ever since Ryan Reynolds made his film debut as the “merc with the mouth,” fans have been beg-ging for his return. Fans finally got their wish this weekend as Dead-pool graced the big screen in his own movie, and they weren’t let down.

The movie grossed the most money for an R-rated movie in an opening weekend, making $135 million. Along with its box office earnings, it has received critical acclaim from the website Rotten Tomatoes giving it an 84% fresh ranking. This success has led to a confirmed Deadpool sequel and Reynolds reprising his role in the X-men spinoff X-Force.

So what made this movie so good? The first thing is the ob-vious R-rating. The character of Deadpool was meant to be por-trayed in a “no-filter” context and say whatever comes to his mind.

The next thing that fans en-joyed was the fourth wall breaks where Deadpool talked to the au-dience. He would also subtly drop hints about his past movies.

Finally the best thing of the movie is the opening movie fight scene. It was not only funny, wit-ty and gore-filled, but the open-ing sequence was also a double-edged sword as none of the other action sequences in the movie compared to the first one. Next it

had a lot of flashbacks in it, which did drive the storyline although it did cause some confusion while watching the movie.

A number of students contrib-uted to the big opening week-end. Junior Madi Dempster said, “I thought it was funny with some adult humor, and it was fun to see with my friends.” Junior Matt Tim-mer said, “It was amazing and hi-larious. The movie stayed true to the Deadpool character as well.”

Graphic by Alyssa Dekutoski

Deadpool delivers R-rated thrills

‘Funny Story’ delivers dead serious message

New video game creates partnership for explosive fun

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LOUVIERE By Staff Writer Ben

One of the greatest wres-tlers of all time, Dan Gable, once said, “Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.” Cedar Falls senior Jacob Watters (126 lbs) and junior Bryce Pilcher (170 lbs) have adhered to the grind and have fought long and hard to find this alloy — one which is now taking them to Wells Fargo Are-na this weekend for the state championship wrestling meet.

After the Hi-Line deadline, Watters and Pilcher will have wrestled Thursday at 1:30 p.m. If these matches were won, the following match for either wres-tler will be held today at 9 a.m. Winning here would send them to the semifinal match. *Fun fact: Jacob Watters’ first match will have been against Jake Watters from Dowling Catholic.

Of the two wrestlers that Cedar Falls will send to State, both were motivated toward a tireless pursuit of victory this year after injuries prevented them from participating in much of last year’s season. “I missed the majority of the sea-son last year due to injury, so the opportunity this year means

a lot to me,” Watters said.This season challenged

many of the wrestlers to step out of their comfort zones.

“Our team had a lot of guys that were asked to fill in some spots where they weren’t re-ally comfortable — some were up a weight [class], and we had freshmen filling in on the var-sity squad. I think they worked hard in positions where they wouldn’t have normally been,” said Pilcher.

Watters also reflected posi-tively on the growth and per-severance of the young team this season. “We performed well for how young we are. We had a great group of guys who pushed each other to be the best they could, and we had fun doing it,” he said.

For Watters, Pilcher and wrestlers across the state of Iowa, wrestling at Wells Fargo is a dream. The chance to prove yourself in the greatest wrestling state in the Midwest is something that takes a little bit of crazy and, more impor-tantly, a whole lot of guts. “I’ve always wanted to wrestle [at Wells Fargo], since I was a little kid. I think the first time I went I was 6 or 7 years old, and that’s where I’ve wanted to wrestle ever since. I just want to make sure I make the most of my op-portunity there, and I’m ready

Cedar Falls sends two wrestlers to State

Junior Bryce Pilcher (top) and senior Jacob Watters (bottom) advanced to the state tournament this week. Pilcher wrestles at 170 and Watters at 126.

for some great competition,” Pilcher said.

What makes the battle at state even more important to both wrestlers is the chance to stand up for Cedar Falls on the mat. “I’m looking forward to representing CF at State because it’s an opportunity to show the hard work and atti-tude of our program that all of our guys put in,” Watters said.

“A lot of people don’t know it here, but our head wrestling coach, Wil Kelly, is very respect-ed throughout the state. Com-ing from Cedar Falls, wrestling under him and Brad Penrith, who coached at the college level for a long time — we have two of the best coaches in the state, so it’s a big deal to repre-sent them and our school. I’m very excited,” Pilcher said.

Dan Gable also once said, “There’s always ways of moti-vating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into ac-tion. Don’t just dream.” For Ce-dar Falls wrestlers, the dreams have become reality, and in front of them is the final action on the mat.

At the regional bowling tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 16, the women’s team placed second and missed advanc-ing to State by 24 pins, but the men’s team advanced after placing first.

The men’s’ bowling team has heavily built on a success-ful season last season to make it to the state tournament in Des Moines again this season. Last season, the Tigers finished fourth at State, and after anoth-er successful season, they are looking for a little extra push.

Senior captain Brandon Je-rome is said he is happy with how the season is going in all aspects of the game.

“As an individual, it’s been going great. My average has improved up to 225 from 220 last year,” Jerome said. “As a team, we have a lot more con-sistency than last year. We’ve grown a lot more being the same six from last year. I feel we’re a lot closer as a team than we were last year.”

Head coach Brad Baker echoed Jerome’s remarks.

“We met all of our goals we set at the beginning of the season,” Baker said. “We fin-ished second in our division, we didn’t lose at home and we qualified for State. Now we just have to see what we do at State.”

Jerome has one more goal to achieve.

“I’ve met all but one of my goals for the season so far,” Je-rome said. “I bowled a 300. We made it to State. All that’s left to do now is win.”

Baker looks forward to fu-ture seasons.

“We have extraordinary depth in the JV team this sea-son, and they will be pushing for varsity spots next year,” Baker said. “We want to get some younger kids bowling over the summer. We’ll have four varsity members returning, as well as a strong JV core to back them up.”

The women’s bowling team has improved heavily on last season, barely missing out on a chance to qualify for State this season, while still sending one

individual bowler, junior Jayden Robe, to State.

Head coach Scott Holman said he is pleased with how the season turned out.

“This bowling season went really well for the varsity girls. We won the Mississippi Valley Conference this year and fin-ished with a winning record,” Holman said. “Unfortunately, at Regionals, we finished in sec-ond by just 24 pins.”

Junior Emily Barth agreed. “As a team we have made so much progress. We exceeded all the hopes that I had for this team at the beginning of the year, and the fact that we could actually put a scare into the top team, Bettendorf, is amazing,” Barth said. “We’ve changed the way that everyone looks at us. No one has really seen us as competition, and now af-ter only losing by 24 pins they aren’t going to overlook us. I’m so proud of everyone on the team, and none of us would have made it this far without our coach and dedication.”

Holman is also looking for-

ward to the future.“We had three new varsity

members this season, and they all finished the season strong,” Holman said. “We are return-ing all of our varsity bowlers next year, and there are many JV bowlers that are improving as well. The team is improving as a whole, and I like what I see in our future.”

Holman has lofty goals for next season. “My goals for next season are making it to State, winning more meets than this year and to get better as indi-vidual bowlers,” Holman said. “Their teamwork is always get-ting better and I am looking forward to an improved team next season.”

Barth also said she wants to help her team make it to State.

“My goal is to go to State. I know we can do it. We were so close this year. It was literally at our fingertips. Now we just need to reach a little farther to get it,” Barth said. “My individ-ual goal is to be able to com-pete with the boys. Not literally, but I want to have an average

close to there’s. I want to aver-age about 190 to 200 a game.”

Reynolds is grateful to have been a part of the bowling team.

“Bowling has been a huge part of my life for the last two years. It has definitely affected my high school experience for the better. It taught me so much about commodity and competition,” Reynolds said. “I’m extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of this team. Hopefully we can end the last season for Brandon [Jerome] and I on a state championship.”

Jerome agreed with Reyn-olds. “I’ve been able to meet a lot of new people and develop some really awesome friend-ships through bowling. I’ve met so many amazing people from all over the state,” Jerome said. “It’s made high school a lot more fun being able to com-pete for a team each week.”

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Junior Emily Barth finished up the 2015-16 bowling season Wednesday. The women’s team narrowly missed qualifying for State. Barth finished the season with a 157.6 average, good enough for second overall on the team. Barth and the team look to dominate next season and not just make it to State, but capture a title.

What is the best quality about the women’s bowling team this year?

The amount of dedication we have on the team this year is great. Most of the team just started bowl-ing this year, and we have managed to make a big turn around due to the amount of time and effort we have all put into improving.

What motivates you through a stressful match?

I’ve come to realize that the only reason I stress during meets is be-cause I’m really hard on myself. Jok-ing around with my teammates and coach just to really get my mind off of everything else really helps. Also, I just listen to the sounds of the bowling al-ley that make me feel like I’m at home like the crashing of the pins and people talking. I’ve grown up at a bowling alley my whole life, and it’s all just so relaxing for me. Another trick I use that I try to share with my team is to look for five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell and one thing you can taste.

What is the most reward-ing part about the sport of bowling?

I think this is different for everyone. For me, it’s hearing my teammates, family and friends cheer me on after getting a strike or picking up a split. Or hearing your ball hit the pins just the right way, causing the pins to all crash down sounding like a thunderstorm.

What are your goals for next season?

I just want to see us im-prove even more and make it State. With how close we were this year, it should be a breeze to make it there next year. We have all six varsity players com-ing back, and with the dedica-tion we had this year, next year should be easy.

Emily Barth Women’s Bowling

Waking up on Sat-urday morning Feb. 13, the men’s soccer team had something in mind that not too many people would probably think about, consider or probably even have any knowledge of whatsoev-er. The team would come together to do some-thing greater than soc-cer. They were about to change and make an im-pact in lives that wouldn’t soon be forgotten by those affected. The team was about to serve and volunteer at the annual Special Olympics.

Without being exactly sure what to expect in the upcoming hours, senior Nate Shull headed down Rainbow Drive on his way to pick up teammate and friend Connor Houlihan. The two seniors arrived at the University of North-ern Iowa Wellness Center and headed to the gym to meet the other nine teammates.

The gym was split up into three sections, and each sec-tion consisted of an entire basketball court. After play-ing the Olympic theme song, the opening ceremony com-menced, introducing all the athletes and teams. Teams came from Goodwill, Cedar Falls, Waterloo West and all over the Cedar Valley area. After introducing the athletes, the volunteers were split into 12 stations; four stations in each section; however, all four stations in each section were

the same. The volunteers would

help shag balls for shooting challenges and help athletes with skill challenges such as dribbling and hitting targets. Shull helped out with the tar-get challenge where athletes would attempt to dial in their accuracy by hitting designated spots on a target with a bas-ketball, and Houlihan helped to rebound balls while athletes shot around and attempted to make as many baskets as pos-sible.

“Nate and I both met and got pretty close to a guy named Tom,” Houlihan said. “Tom was a character and defi-

nitely pretty ballsy because he wore Iowa State attire to a UNI facility,” Shull said.

Once the athletes had gone through all four stations, the scores were recorded and added up by the judges. The victors were then crowned, and each one of the men’s soccer team members was able to place a ribbon upon one of the athletes.

Head soccer coach Spencer Steffy had suggested that the team help out because it felt like the right thing to do, but little did the team know the impact that the athletes would have on them. “It was actu-ally a very fun experience and

taught me to see things in a whole new perspective,” Houlihan said. “It’s awesome to just see how happy sports can make people and how many smiles you can receive just by helping shag balls or giving high fives.”

“I couldn’t agree more,” Shull chirped in. “It was a blast to frankly meet new people and hon-estly make friends. Those athletes were some of the happiest people

I’ve ever seen and impacted me im-mensely.”

After the event, the team headed over to Village Inn

to continue their bonds and brotherhood that was hard to explain. Whether it’s battling on the same field together, sharing some pancakes or helping volunteer at the Spe-cial Olympics the men’s soc-cer team continues to grow together, building inseparable bonds. “It’s this kind of thing that you’ll remember and won’t regret in the future,” Shull said. “I don’t care how many championships you’ve won, genuinely helping others is what truly makes you feel like you’ve won.”

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A Cedar Falls athlete shares the thrill of victory with her mother after winning a blue ribbon in the Special Olympic basketball competition at UNI on Saturday, Feb. 13.

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The girls basketball team finished the regular season last Friday, Feb. 12 with a 60-36 win at Waterloo West, finishing with a 19-2 record and claiming the MVC title heading into the postseason.

The only two losses of the regular season both came from Iowa City High, including a heartbreaking one point loss, but the Tigers are focused on what is ahead.

This Saturday the team is home against Waterloo West as the team prepares to make another run at the state tourna-ment.

“Our goal is to be state champs. As a team we are go-

ing into every practice and not ‘setting a ceiling,’ meaning we want to get better every prac-tice. Defense is key for us, so as a team, we work on it every day in practice,” said senior Emma Gerdes, who lead the Tigers during the regular season with 13.6 points a game.

In addition to Gerdes, the Tigers are lead by sophomore post Kiana Barney and stand-out first year starter Cynthia Wolf. Barney is averaging 11.9 points a game while Wolf is av-eraging 10.4 with a team high 7.7 rebounds a game.

For Gerdes, getting back to State “would be the best way to end my senior season. It

would mean a ton to our team to accomplish our main goal: to make it to State. We all want it so bad after all the hard work everyone has put in at every practice and every game, so for it to happen would be awe-some.”

All three will have to be playing their best for a run at State, but the Tigers are also filled with a crucial support-ing class of juniors, including Calli Johnson, who is now in the starting lineup due to an injury to junior Reilly Johnson, and Ally Conrad, who has been a key to the team’s success all season. Johnson is putting up 7.4 points a game with a team

high 37 three pointers, while Conrad, a returning starter, is averaging 5.1 points with 50 assists in the regular season. It was at this time last season that Conrad hit the game winning shot to make it to State.

For the Tigers, getting to State is the goal, but as Gerdes said, there is one team that they would love to see. “It would be fun to play City High at State. They have both of our losses on the season, so getting another shot at them, especially at the state tourna-ment would be really cool.”

Women’s basketball readies for state run

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The dance teams hosted a clinic for aspiring young dancers on Saturdday, Feb. 13 at the high school. At top left and working down are junior Kloe Pilipchuck, junior Summer Pieters senior Andrew nurse and senior Jarod Smith. At top right and working down are Nurse and junior Megan Poppens.