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cer Collins is assist-ing Rathe in directing “Meeting Sam,” which is a one act play that will be performed before “Harvey.”

Junior Megan Kleitsch, who has a part in “Meeting Sam,” ex-plained the benefits of having Collins as a di-rector.

“He has differ-ent ways to memorize lines than Rathe, and he makes play fun,” Kleitsch said.

Although Collins makes participat-ing in the play fun, the actors appreci-ate both directors.

“They’re very helpful in getting us to do things and making things that make the play turn out for the best.

CFHS students will perform “Meet-ing Sam” and “Harvey” on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the CFHS auditorium.

Tickets will cost $4 for students and $5 for adults. Activity passes will be accepted.

“The one act is about an author coming home to her apartment to find a bunch of her creations begging her to finish their stories,” senior Dallas Sal-mons explained. “The play “Harvey” is about a family trying to deal with a relative who sees a large white rab-bit. It’s the story of them trying to set things straight, and they realize the best thing for them is to let Harvey stay.”

Since directing a play is such a time-consuming job, CFHS graduate Spen-

Arlene FreudenbergStaff Writer

They build our self-esteem when we do things right,” Salmons said.

However, the directors can only do so much, so the real work has to come from how much the actors put into it.

“In the beginning it was challenging to remember lines, and as play contin-

“ It’s sometimes hard to balance school work, play, and all the other stuff going on, but

when the performance comes it’s all worth it because you realize all your hard work has

finally paid off. —Katelin DeSerano Sophomore Actress

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ues, the challenge is doing character-ization,” sophomore Katelin DeSerano said.

The actors also put a lot of time into perfecting their performances.

“We’re here every day until six, and it’s a blast. But as the performance

moves closer, we have late practices until nine.” Deserano said.

With all the time and work the ac-tors are putting into the play, some would assume it doesn’t leave time for anything else.

“It’s sometimes hard to balance school work, play and all the other stuff going on, but when the performance comes it’s all worth it because you re-alize all your hard work has finally paid off,” DeSerano said.

However, if questioned about the reasons on why to participate in play, the answer is always the same.

“Being able to hang out with my friends and doing the stuff I love do-ing,” Salmons said.

DeSerano agrees that both the play and the partnership make it worth it.

“I love acting, and I love play,” De-Serano said.

Drama department to host productions of ‘Meeting Sam,’ ‘Harvey’ on March 7-8

Correction to Feb. 27 Book Nook story

The Book Nook story from last week noted that “all items range from 10 cents to $2, but nothing went be-yond that.” In fact, some items are priced higher due to their current appeal and popularity.

David Bergstrom Photo

Working on the team’s creation, robotics members junior Deanna Ament and early grad Kyle Redfern ready the robot for the upcoming competition.

Robotics team takes third at RegionalsDavid Bergstrom

Staff Writer

The CFHS robotics team won the quarterfinals in St. Louis, but lost to the top two teams in the semifinals by just a few minor errors, and was awarded the Motorola Quality Award for best robot. The next regional competition will be held on March 26 in Minneapolis.

Each year in robotics there is a com-petition that the team must work to-gether to accomplish.

This year Team 525, which consists of 25 students and 10 adult mentors, also known as the “Swartdogs,” have been given a challenge by First Over-drive. This is the ninth year Kenton Swartley’s robotics team has been eli-gible to compete.

“This year we call DisTek our home, but in several months, we will have to move to another location,” Swartley said. “We have been at DisTek, CFU, a store in the mall and in my classroom over the past years.”

The Motorola Quality Award is giv-

en to the team that has the best anima-tion design of their robot and of their animation of the theme of the year. This year’s theme was, “What can you in-vent that can help your community?”

“Last year we were given the third rank at semifinals at Regional and lost due to a judge’s error,” senior Christian Sims said, “and the same thing hap-pened in 2003,” Swartley added.

The competition was held in St. Louis on Feb. 27 through March 1, and all projects were due on Feb. 19.Each team had the drivers of the robots, the coach for the drivers and a new posi-tion this year called the “Robo-coach.”

The competition took place on a 54 x 27 foot carpeted arena with a steel piped fence as a lane divider on the field that the robots must go around in order to collect points.

At the beginning of the race, the ro-bots went around the divider to collect points. Six and a half feet above the floor in the middle of the course was a horizontal ladder that went all the way across the field. There were four

trackballs that have a 48-inch diameter that will be positioned on the ladder in a random order for each game. Each team got to work with two of them.

The teams got points for putting their trackballs back up there and for knocking the others down.

The robots must be built to with-stand the trackball falling on them in case the opposing team does knock their ball down on them.

The team got points for taking the ball with them around the course and each time it went around. The teams also received extra points for having the robot grab the ball and reach it over the ladder and drop it on the other side.

Team 525 competed in 1999, skipped the competition in 2000, and has been competing every year since.

Thanks to several team sponsors, this has been made possible. These sponsors are Rockwell Collins, Dis-Tek Integration, John Deere Waterloo Operations, Eason Grant provided by Cedar Falls High School, UNI College of Natural Sciences and Iowa Space

Grant Consortium. Each of these spon-sors has donated $1,000 or more. While

there are other sponsors, they usually give anywhere from $20 to $500.

Along with capturing ‘best robot’ award,

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Mercedes LarsonStaff Writer

Last weekend, the CFHS Jazz 1 Band captured first place honors at the District Jazz Festival at Waterloo West High School. This means that they are invited to perform in the Iowa Jazz Championships to be held in the Des Moines Civic Center on April 15. Three CFHS students, Joe Citta, Mark Lukasiewicz and Natalie Takes were recognized as Outstanding Perform-ers.

Jazz, Too finished ahead of all other second bands.Additionally, last week junior Hanley Coyle was the first CFHS student

to be selected for All-State Jazz Band in Director Kyle Englehardt’s years at Cedar Falls High School.

The Tiger Hi-Line Staff would like to wholeheartedly congratulate the jazz bands, and specifically Coyle, Citta, Lukasiewicz and Takes, for their wonderful accomplishments.

This winter has been filled with triumphs for Cedar Falls High School students. The women’s basketball team’s outstanding performance that qualified them for State, speech team’s many Division I ratings, Future Problem Solver’s advancement to State, robotic team’s extraordinary scor-ing at regional competition and the many philanthropic acts of students, have all reflected very well on our proud school.

Additionally, senior Sarah Anderson received the prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International internship for her work with the issue of world hunger. Anderson was selected for this honor from a pool of applicants after pre-senting at the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium in Des Moines earlier this school year.

Such accomplishments are the result of the dedication of the CFHS staff and student body. As we approach the final months of the school year, we hope that our string of good fortune continues. We offer best wishes to the cast and crew of Harvey and Meeting Sam during this week’s performance. We offer best wishes to students competing in spring sports and other ac-tivities. And we offer best wishes to the many seniors awaiting admissions decisions from colleges or hiring decisions from employers.

The impressive accomplishments of recent months have shown that the CFHS student body is one that has achieved great things and is ready for the competitions and challenges that the future holds. Our experiences thus far have prepared us for the future.

Student efforts reflect well on school

Romance thriller Twilight comes to big screen

Superdelegates harm electoral process

Vincent StiglianiStaff Writer

In the current Democratic presiden-tial nomination, there are two different results you have seen.

There are solely the delegate count from delegates given out correspond-ingly to the results of the primaries and caucus, and then there are results with these delegates plus super delegates.

S u p e r delegates are del-egates that party of-ficials and high rank-ing members of the Democratic Party.

They can put their support behind any candidate. Super delegates make up 1/5th of the convention.

A candidate would have to have over a 3/5th lead for them to not have the power to overturn everything the candidate has accomplished.

Following the hectic 1968 Demo-cratic National Convention, changes

were made that lessened the impact of party leaders and gave more power to the voters.

Following this, many Democrats felt that too much power had been tak-en away from elected officials, which weakened the Democratic ticket.

After the 1980 election the super delegate system was implemented in response to these concerns.

Many Democrats hoped this would ensure that the Democratic Party’s stances did not waver and that candi-dates from other parties would not be able to succeed on the Democrat tick-et.

This system has already swayed an election.

In a very tight 1984 race for the Democratic nomination Walter Mon-dale was able to triumph over Gary

Hart because of the large backing of elected officials.

In this year’s election, Hilary Clin-ton’s delegate count looks much better when the super delegates are taken into account. She has been in politics for a while and is getting more pledged su-per delegate, for she is more of an “es-tablishment,” candidate.

That these super delegates are even a factor in this election is not fair.

Although the original intention was to make sure the Democratic nomina-tion was given only to someone who follows the party line, both candidates accomplish this requirement.

These super delegates definitely need to be disbanded.

In a time when voting numbers are already low enough and we are trying to bring them up, nothing says “We don’t trust your vote,” like this broken system.

I find it incredibly disappointing that in the Democratic race, the winner of the popular public vote may not be the candidate to win the party nomina-tion.

Are we a country of the people, or of the high-ranking party leaders?

The Twi-light series by Stephe-nie Meyer has become a huge suc-cess with y o u n g adults, such a success in fact that now this amazing se-ries is com-ing to the big screen.

Director Cathrine Hardwicke, will soon be shooting, Twilight, in Oregon by the end of February.

So far, Lana Veenker the casting director for Twilight, has announced that Kristen Stewart will be starring as Bella and actor Robert Pattinson will be starring as Edward.

For a visual of these celebrities Kristen Stewart has been in the follow-

ing movies: Panic Room, In the Land of Women, The Messengers, Zathura, and many other movies.

She has also been in the March 2007 cover of Teen Vogue, which also in-cluded a photo spread.

Robert Pattinson has been in movies such as: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Cedric and Little Ashes as a young Salvador Dali.

“I am ecstatic with Summit’s choice for Edward,” Stephenie Meyer notes on her website StephenieMeyer.com, “There are very few actors who can look both dangerous and beautiful at the same time, and even fewer who I can picture in my head as Edward. Robert Pattinson is going to be amazing.”

Meyer also comments on the cast-ing of Stewart on the website. “She’s an amazing actress with experience all across the board—action, horror, com-edy, romance and more.

“Since Twilight has moments that fit into every one of those genres, I’m thrilled to have a Bella who has prac-

tice with them all.” Veenker has also recently announced

that there is a current casting call for Jacob Black.

Hardwicke and Veenker are looking for an authentic Native American male within an age range of 16 and 18.

The entire casting for the Cullen family has been set, and they are as follows: Peter Facinelli as Carlisle, Elizabeth Reaser as Esme, Jackson Rathbone as Jasper, Nikki Reed as Ro-salie, Ashley Greene as Alice and Kel-lan Lutz as Emmett.

Seeing that the Twilight books are so popular, many teens and young adults in Cedar Falls and throughout the United States will be anxious to visit theaters once this likely box office hit comes out.

A release date, however, has not yet been set for the film.

For more information and updates on the Twilight movie, visit http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html.

Leave it to the people:

Are we a country of the people, or of the high-ranking party leaders?

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Athleteof

the Week

Laura JohnsonWomen’s Basketball

In the Tigers’ heart-breaking loss to City High at State, sophomore Laura Johnson provided a stand-out effort, scoring 16 points.

1.) How was this season different from other seasons you’ve played?We had a lot of team chemistry this year. We all got along with each other on and off the court.2.) What did coach tell you after the game? The coaches told us that we should be proud of ourselves and what we’ve ac-complished as a team this year. They said that when we look back on the game later, that we can hold our heads high because we know we left it all on the court.3.) What will you miss most about this season?This season was a ton of fun, and I’ll never forget it. I think what I’ll miss most is just hanging out with the team.

Tigersin

ActionWomen’s Basketball2/27 lost against City High 52-40Women’s TrackIndoor Wartburg 3/10(Waverly @ TBA)Men’s TrackIndoor Wartburg 3/11(Waverly @ TBA)Women’s SoccerMetro Jamboree 4/1(W. East @ TBA)Men’s SoccerMetro Jamboree 3/28(Home @ TBA)Women’s TennisDubuque Hempstead 4/5(Away @ 9 a.m.)Men’s TennisDubuque Hempstead 4/5(Home @ 9 a.m.)Women’s GolfMVC Quadrangular 4/8(Cedar Rapids @ 3:15 p.m.)

Alex EntzStaff Writer

If there is one word to describe this year’s team, it could only be this: deep. The team boasts a squad of 90 players, and expectations are exceptionally high.

“I will not put any limitations on what this team can accomplish,” coach Robert Schmidt said.

The team is currently in the midst of some gruel-ing workout sessions. The sessions focus on core training and lifting; the hard running will come later.

By doing this, the team hopes to cut back on the chance of sustaining severe injuries.

“We need to make sure that we use every play-ers’ best talents, so avoiding injuries is key,” sopho-more sprinter John Gogola said.

Though the running hasn’t started, the optimism has. The team is already being called a serious con-tender for a state championship.

“I think we’ll do really well once we start the season, but right now our job is to go out and give 110 percent every day,” Gogola stated.

The players and coaches alike seemed to be happy to bear the burden of being the perceived frontrunner.

“We have never won a boys track state title at Cedar Falls. If our talent and training come togeth-er, we can be a top team,” Schmidt said.

Sara StreverStaff Writer

The women’s track and field season has offi-cially started and head coach Troy Becker, who has been coaching for the past 13 years, has high ex-pectations, especially after last year’s success.

Last year, they won the district meet and finished 5th at the state meet.

“Our goal (this year) is to finish in the top two at State and win Districts again. Because of the weather, we have only been able to practice two times, but we have a lot of really talented people returning and a very good group of new people, so we are very optimistic,” Becker said.

Nina Savage, who has won two state titles, has similar high expectations.

“Because of the incredible amount of talent we have on the team this year, our goal is first and foremost to improve as much as possible. After we take care of that, it will be winning Cedar Falls’ first women’s track and field state championship!” Savage said.

The team has 20 returning letter winners. These team members include several state and conference champions. Faith Burt, sprints, has won 10 state championships;

Shawn Shaddox, middle distance, has won two state championships; Brianne Hutchins, sprints, has won three state titles; Nina Savage, hurdles,

has won two state titles; Charla DeVries has won a state championship; Summer Anderson, a con-ference champion; Leah Blanchard, a conference champion; Danielle Sturm, a state place winner; Liz Bauer, a conference champion; Paige Hersom, a conference champion and state place winner; and Natalie Reindl, a conference champion.

“If we can stay healthy and come together as a group, I think we can be one of the best teams in the state. The key will be finding ways to utilize the new people and their talents. If we can stay healthy and come together as a group, I think we can be one of the best teams in the state. The key will be finding ways to utilize the new people and their tal-ents,” Becker said.

Coach Becker has plans in order to make this one of the best teams.

“Key people on this team will have to sacrifice some personal goals and events for the benefit of the team. If we can get the team first attitude, then we have a chance to be very good.”

“Our goal (this year) is to finish in the top two at State

and win Districts again.”—Troy Becker

women’s track head coach

Deep men’s track team readies for top finishes

With 20 returning letter winners,women’s track team has big goals

Track teams prepare for season despite weather woes

Women’s 16-game win streak comes to end in loss to eventual state champ

Matt HartStaff Writer

The hearts of many CF basket-ball fans and players were broken last Wednesday in Des Moines at Wells Fargo Arena as the clock ticked down to a final score of 52-40.

Cedar Falls stayed right with Iowa City High until the fourth quarter where City High scored 14 unanswered points after being down by one starting the fourth quarter.

Regarding preventing City High’s fourth quarter run, head coach Dan List said, “I really do not think it was so much what we could have done dif-ferently, rather the fact City High did what they had to do. We were geared

to shut down the inside game of City High, and Kelli Krei went out to the perimeter and hit two 3’s. She is their 6’ 3”, All State Iowa recruit.”

Krei scored a game high 20 points for City High and proved to be almost unstoppable.

The Tigers high scorer, Laura John-son, had 16 points in the game.

“Wednesday’s game was a tough loss. We were right there the whole time but just couldn’t come out with it in the end. I think the hardest thing for me wasn’t the loss itself, but realizing that the season was over.”

This year’s Tiger team had done something that hadn’t been done since 2001 by qualifying for the state tourna-ment.

“They had a tremendous will to win. They had great team chemistry. What we lacked in size, they made up for by playing their hearts out. There was no ‘me’ or ‘I’ with this group. It was ‘we’ and ‘team’,” List said.

This year’s team did not disappoint

with their 19-5 record and their 8th ranked, state-qualifying team. They also beat No. 2-ranked Ankeny on their way there. This year was a spe-cial team, but a lot of people are won-dering, “Can they do it again?”

“It will be very difficult to dupli-cate this season, all things considered. Yet, it will be up to the returning ju-niors and sophomores to dedicate themselves to becoming better as indi-viduals and to begin building the team chemistry. It starts in the off season. There is talent there, but they need to put time in and dedicate themselves as this year’s seniors did. Will they work to develop the unselfish chemistry this senior bunch had? The potential is there, but only time will tell.”

“I really do not think it was so much what we could have done differ-

ently, rather the fact City High Did what they had

to do.”—Dan List

women’s basketball coach

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Nadia HonaryStaff Writer

Poetry slam: a competition at which poets recite original work. These per-formances are then judged on a numeric scale by previously selected members of the audience. This is the encyclope-dic definition of a poetry slam.

But according to UNI student Sher-eena Honary, who started the monthly poetry slam events held at the Cup of Joe cafe, the words “poetry slam” mean much more.

“To me, a poetry slam is an end-less opportunity. It’s an opportunity to get up and say whatever I want to say. I can’t scream at people my anger on any random day. Poetry slams let me get it all out. It’s like looking at a blank canvas. The canvas is the audience, and I spew my words on to them. For that moment, I have their ears,” Honary said.

To share something as personal as a poem in front of an audience can be in-

t imi-dating,

but Ho-nary wants

people to know that it’s OK.

“It’s scary. You may share your very best poem, but the audience may not like it. But regardless of how they react, it’s still your space, your mo-ment to get your thoughts out. They can take it or leave it, and that’s the thrill of it. Audience interaction,” Honary said.

Honary said that poetry is an impor-tant form of self expression, which is what inspired her to start the slams.

“I like poetry. I always wanted to do something different that no one else has done. I wanted to bring something urban to Cedar Falls. I work at Cup of Joe, and we’ve had a lot of artists coming through to perform, but rarely any poets. We always have musicians, but there are other art forms that Cedar Falls has not been exposed to. People have done poetry slams in the past, but I wanted it to be more regular. It’s never been a community event, bringing high school students and college students

together. I wanted it to be available for everyone, not specific for a certain audience, like just college students at UNI,” Honary said.

The poetry slams are open for any-one to participate in.

“It’s perfect that the slams are held at Cup of Joe because there’s no alco-hol and people of all ages can enjoy it and get inspired. I was worried at first. I wasn’t sure if the slams would take off. I wouldn’t say it’s a hit yet. People are still afraid to get up and perform. I en-courage anyone to express themselves because it is an environment where people will not judge. I want to make it really fun,” Honary said.

Senior Megan Creasey enjoys going to the poetry slams.

“They’re very supportive of the po-ems. And it’s a very open and friendly

environment. Listening to other po-ets is very fun. Plus, the prizes at the end are very cool, like banana hooks,” Creasey said.

Creasey said that more high school students should drop in.

“Students should attend; even if you don’t like poetry, slam poetry is different. It’s more in-your-face. It’s more modern and fresh. It doesn’t have to rhyme; it just has to flow. You can slam about anything from RoboCop to the war, and it’s just a lot of fun,” Creasey said.

Local artists make the ad-vertisements and posters for the

slams.“It’s another way to involve the

community. I want the community to be exposed to the art and the artists to be exposed to the community. They help me out and I help them out,” Ho-nary said.

Creasey has made a poster for the upcoming poetry slam.

“It’s cool to have gotten the chance to design the poetry slam poster of the month,” Creasey said.

In the end, Honary said that every-one needs to express him or herself in some way.

Honary said, “It’s important because we all need a form of outward expres-

People in this society aren’t al-ways given a voice. The poetry

slams gives everyone an oppor-tunity to have a voice.

—Shereena Honary Poetry Slam Coordinator

Cup of Joe poetry slams provide outlet for ideasSLAM!

Next Slam:Friday, Mar. 78:00 P.M.Cup of Joe

sion; an outlet of some form. My ex-pression is poetry. I don’t paint out my frustrations or play out my frustrations through music. I do it through words. It’s important to have the opportunity to voice you opinion in some way.

“People in this society aren’t al-ways given a voice. The poetry slams gives everyone an opportunity to have a voice.”

Jillian DallyStaff Writer

After the state competition in Des Moines on Monday, Feb. 25, the CFHS chapter of DECA, Distributive Educa-tion Clubs of America, will be sending 11 students to Nationals, which will be held April 26-29 in Atlanta.

“I’m going to Nationals. I got sec-ond place in Des Moines where I pre-sented a paper, took a test and did role playing. My group got second place with honorable mentions,” sophomore Colin Ashwood said.

Students can compete in a number of different events both individual and

group. The individual events include ac-

counting; apparel and accessories; food marketing; restaurant marketing; and retail merchandising. Group events in-clude buying and merchandising; hos-pitality team; sports and entertainment; and travel and tourism.

“I received third place overall, and in my specific sports and entertain-ment individual bracket, there were 25 competitors. Due to default, the first or second place competitors might not be able to go, then I would be able to go to Nationals,” sophomore Allison Duch-man said.

DECA is recognized nationally as

an entrepreneurship opportunity. It’s an opportunity for those who are interest-ed in any business career choices.

“My favorite part of DECA is get-ting to know a lot of people involved in it at Cedar Falls and other places throughout the state. My favorite part about the competitions is being put in a situation where you have to think fast and creatively. You also have to for-get about your nerves and just do it,” Duchman said.

According to Duchman and Ash-wood, DECA is a lot of fun; though, it requires commitment. Students have to be dedicated and work with what they have.

DECA sends 11 students to national competitionAward Winners:Stephanie Mally - Outstanding Chapter memberWhitney Gerholdt - $250 scholarship winner - Individual Events:Amanda Traetow - 1st Place Restaurant & Food Service Marketing (1st place test, 1st place role play)Stuart Steffy - 2nd place Entreprenuership Business Plan, & Honorable Mention Retail MerchandisingStephanie Malley - 1st place Business Services Research PaperAllison Duchman - 3rd place Sports & Entertainment Marketing (2 - 3rd place role plays)Mason Troendle - Honorable Mention Sports & Entertainment (3rd place Test score)Team Events:Whitney Duhaime & Mark Otte - 2nd place Business Law TeamMike Bangtson & Alper Tuken - 3rd place Buying & Merchandising TeamColin Ashwood & Alex Entz - 2nd place General Marketing Research paper, Honorable Mention E-Commerce TeamNatalie Craig & Whitney Gerholdt - (1st place Hospitality Team testing scores)Stephanie Malley & Carie York - Honorable Mention Travel & Tourism Marketing Team