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awprintUniversity High SchoolP Volume IV, Issue 9

May 19, 2011

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When I entered high school, I was most defi nitely full of expectations. I was full of nerves, full of

excitement, and full of breakfast. One thing I was not full of was life experiences. The kinds of experiences that I went through in high school were ones that began to shape the person I am slowly becoming. High school is broken up into four obvious parts; freshman, sophomore, junior, and of course senior year. For me, different experi-ences were gained during each one of these years and now that I am a senior, I can see how all of these experi-ences are tied together. Let’s go ahead and start off in year one: fresh-man year. This is probably the second most exciting year of high school directly behind senior year. The transi-tion from middle school to high school appealed to me in a way that is hard to describe. I was, as I said, full of excitement. However, the nerves that I felt almost over-shadowed all of that excitement. What I am trying to say is that nerves are completely normal. I once had a teacher tell me that if you weren’t just a little nervous, it meant you weren’t really invested in what you were doing. I think the most important thing to remember about fresh-man year is that you are still trying to fi gure out what you want your identity to be. When I was a freshman I, at times, got so caught up in trying to be “cool,” trying to fi t in, that I forgot about the values that were very dear to me. Trying to fi nd yourself is ok but don’t try to make yourself into something you weren’t meant to be or some-one that YOU really don’t want to be. Freshman year was awesome. Were there bumps in the road? Yep, there absolutely were but that made it all the more enjoyable.

Sophomore year of high school is a…let’s say, unique time. All teachers swear that when a kid goes from being a freshman to being a sophomore, they get a little, “wild.” When I was a sophomore I didn’t notice really anything so I thought teachers were just full of it. Looking at some sophomores now though, I realize that something does truly happen to all of us. Whether we be-come more comfortable with being ourselves because we are no longer the lowest on the totem pole or whatever; I promise something changes inside of us all. Don’t read this and think “he’s full of crap. I’m not going to change at all.” One, you are wrong and two, if you just accept it, you will have an absolute blast making a fool out of yourself. Trust me, I do it all the time! Another piece of advice for sophomores, if you get your license don’t speed. I swear it isn’t worth it. Get to class late because I promise the speech you will get from Mr. Wagner or the push-ups you will have to do for Mr. Kintz are nowhere near as bad as trying to explain to your parents why you were going 15 mph over the speed limit. “The line at Wendy’s was really long,” is not a good enough explana-tion - that you can be certain. Upper-classmen. That is usually the fi rst thing that comes to a new junior’s mind followed pretty quickly by “OH NO! The ACTs are this year!” Just relax they truly aren’t that bad. Now I do not have much advice on how to prepare for the ACT’s; I’m sorry but I got a 24 so I am no super genius and obviously there are better ways to prepare because I am in about the middle of the pack. However, if you see that score and are thinking, “Wow I hope I even come close to that!” here is my

advice: eat breakfast, don’t stress, and remember that if you do poorly you can take it again, and again, and again. Junior year has the reputation for being the hardest year of high school. In my opinion, each year of high school is as hard as you make it. That being said, you get out of school what you put in to it. For me, my junior year was the year I fi nally decided to buckle down and really focus on my grades, so it seemed easier than both my freshman and sophomore years because I was getting better grades. Junior year is relatively uneventful however, Prom does occur during junior year so that’s a plus. Okay; freshman, sophomore, and junior years are all great however, every kid knows that senior year is where it’s at. This is the year the seniors get to say goodbye to high school and complete the cementing of their legacies. Although I myself have not yet completed senior year, I still feel that I am close enough to the end to shed some light on how to enjoy it. The fi rst piece of advice I have for any incoming senior is to accept the fact that there is no such thing as an easy senior year. If you care at all about school or the future, I can promise you will not be coasting at all. Can you take an easy class schedule? Yeah, sure, of course you can! However, in case you haven’t heard, colleges are beginning to frown upon a senior year that is fi lled with art, PE, and underwater basket weaving. What I am trying to say is that taking those slack classes may seem easier now but it will probably be a detriment to you in the future.

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2 awprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19, 2011

The end of the school year brings many thoughts to the minds of students. Most

spend their classes, gazing out the window, begging summer to come upon us faster. Throughout this sea of drooling, crazed day-dreamers, there are a few students that have some motivation; an unexplainable desire to be productive, to take initiative, and to actu-ally make a difference in our school in the upcoming year. Jacob Regan is one of those people. He is a sophomore right now at UH, and he is a very involved student. Besides being in band, choir, and theater, he also saw the op-portunity to make a difference in the school. Many students here at University have seen his campaign fl yers, because he was running for treasurer for the executive board, using facial features to his advantage. Regan was a political poet, with comments on his hair color and freckles suiting him to his advantage. Such phrases as, “A face without freckles is like a night without stars.” and “Sunshine on a ginger is like heaven on Earth.” exemplify his passion for making himself appealing enough to be elected to this prestigious offi ce of the

executive board. Regan is now the treasurer, elected to the Executive Board at University Schools on April 29th, 2011. Along with him was Becky Reeve, elected to serve as the new historian, Stephen Bradley, our new communication’s director, and Maggie Bau-er elected as secretary. The true leaders of our school student body will be Tori Fisher, the new vice president, and Andres Flores, our president for the 2011-2012 school year.When asked for reactions on getting elected, Becky Reeve replied, “I’m really excited, but I wish I had someone to run against. It feels like they are stuck with me, whether they like it or not.” Reeve wants to bring a positive attitude to the student body and has many ideas about how to make next year phenomenal. Regan has a different idea. Instead, he dreams of bringing pride and self-worth to the board, but most of all he wants to change the school and bring respect to the gingers for all eternity. So, respect the leaders, but most importantly, respect the gingers.

Respect for the Gingers

With the year coming to a close there are no students who are affected worse than the senior class. It has been four years since the senior class fi rst entered high school.

With this being the very last year that the seniors will be in high school, they are making sure they leave with a fi ght. Some of the seniors have been diligently working and just trying to wait out the year while other are just blowing their work off altogether. Then there are the ones who sit in class and complain while they fi nish their work. No matter what the symptoms, it has very profound effects on the teachers.Then there are some that have suddenly just realized that everything that they are currently working on is pointless. No collage cares if you get an A on every thing you do in high school. All that matters at this point is that the class gets passed with a decent grade. The teachers are handling this in any number of ways. Some allow their classes to watch movies. These are the teachers that everyone likes. Some give busy work that is easy to fi n-ish. Still others keep pilling the work on. Determined to keep their students working up until the end of the year. No matter what keep up with the work. Remember seniors fi nish strong this is the last few weeks of school.

Each year, no matter what the class is, from math to English to AP sleeping,

one or more students always manage to fi n-ish with an “F”. Because failed classes can obviously not count for anything, students that fail are required to make up the credits to graduate. According to teacher Justin Boyd, who is running the summer school program, this year, a total of 80 students have failed: 31 freshman, 37 sophomores, and 12 juniors.“Each year a signifi cant number of students fail, and it is becoming a problem”, says Donna Gonzales, the high school counselor. When students fail, it affects the school more than they think. It costs money for the students to retake them, it makes class sizes bigger, and it causes the affects the school’s reputation negatively. In the past, students who failed were only required to take the class the following year. But this year, the school decided to make them take credit recovery on their own time. Either in the summer, or next year, students are required to make up the credits they lost for $200 each class. They can take them in the summer, or the next year. Students are only allowed to take two classes in the sum-

mer, and have to take the rest that they failed the next year after school.A freshman who failed several classes, and wished to remain anonymous stated, “As much as I don’t want to take summer school, I still think it is a good idea to keep class sizes small. But I think it’s stupid that they only let you take two classes in the summer. Then next year I will have to do school, and classes after school.”The summer school will be in two sessions. One will be from May 31st to June 30th, and the next from July 12th to August 11th. If seniors failed anything, especially in third trimester, they aren’t allowed to be a part of the graduation ceremony, and they have to retake the class in the summer to get their diploma.The letter sent out by Holly Sample stated that students who knew they were failing had plenty of opportunities to get help. There are after school homework help pro-grams, and most students offer help at lunch. Hopefully summer school will be a produc-tive way to lessen the amount of students who fail at University. Maybe students who fail will began to realize that their actions affect them, and their school.

Emily Anderson

Avery Hitchcock

Riley Mika

Photo courtesy of http://www.destination360.com. A photo of the beloved White House.

School in June

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Carl Backberg, Tim Medina, Alex West walking down the math halway. Photo courtesy of Riley Mika.

More Deadly Than The PlagueSenioritis

Learning How To Lose A Social Life

University Celebrates the First Ginger Tresurer In Almost A Year

News

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For all of the students who have yet to fi nish important material for their Graduation Requirements… Summer Break is an amazing oppor-

tunity to work on them without worrying about any of your school work and so that it doesn’t interfere with school. Often times Advisors require that students have a certain amount of their Graduation Requirements done or fi nished in one school year. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, most times some students don’t work on any of their requirements until their advisors make them or take a grade for this. Or they don’t even work on them until their senior year. During the summer though, many people don’t do anything except hang out with their friends or go on extravagant vacations that their parents pay for. Students probably don’t think twice about doing their Graduation Requirements if they are having fun. That or they don’t feel like doing them. “This summer I plan on doing some of my Gradu-ation Requirements that way I don’t have to worry about it later on if I can help it,” Samantha Kohlert, sophmore. Now, most students think that the Graduation Require-ments don’t really teach them anything. But they do. How many times has a high school student off ered to do community service without being paid? Probably not very often, the experience is one that can teach students more about themselves and how to interact with their com-munity.

The University Schools Advanced Drama Showcase took place on May 14th. The students of the Advanced Drama class presented pieces

that included dances, monologues, a make-up project, singing, and a movement piece. Sophomore Andy Garcia said, “My favorite part was Garret Coles singing.” At the end of the showcase, the senior and junior girls performed a one act play entitled, “When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet.” The play described what happens when six of Shakespeare’s heroines convene to give Juliet romantic advice. It included performances from Renata Diaz, Millie Gilliana, Renee Clang, Kayli Stiefel, Rebecca Ad-ams, and Katy Faulkner. “I thought it was great. People can really express themselves by doing it,” said Andy.

Six of Shakespeare’s ladiesAdvanced drama show case’s seniors final production

Senior girls who participated in the showcase.Photo courtesy of Millie Schreibman

So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, good-bye!

(Observe now the sadistic laughter of the au-thor as she watches you try to get that song out of your head. *snicker*)The fi rst thing learned in any high school Eng-lish class (besides doing homework and never EVER interrupting the teacher or forever shall you stand condemned,) is that all papers, be they essays, narratives or poems artistically spewed onto paper, must have a structure and a purpose. Ideally, this purpose is mentioned in the fi rst paragraph. But writing rules are made to be broken, and in the spirit of non-conformism, here is the summarized purpose of this article, sneak-ing its way into the second (or possibly even third!) paragraph. (how scandalous!) The illustrious seniors of University are leav-ing. We are spending this fi nal week being fondly nostalgic about high school as we race around trying to get every thing done so we can fi nally graduate. (The senior project pro-posal was due in NOVEMBER, are you KID-DING me?!!)We are also seized with a sense of wisdom that a deep-rooted instinct is urg-ing us to impart to the rest of you short people with the misfortune to be not graduated yet. In the next few days, you will hear much about how “school is a treasured treasure,” and “cel-ebrate your accomplishments,” all bits of sage advice, but there are a few things everyone needs to know about life at University High School.

1) The taller water fountain by the science rooms is possessed by a demon. Some-times it lets you drink without a problem, but other times it will explode in your face. Proceed with extreme caution.2) Playing hopscotch with the blue squares in the hallway does not make you weird.3) If you walk down the hallway without making funny faces at the security cam-

eras, you’re doing it all wrong.4) “Abraham Lincoln invented the emoti-con.” This is what you say when you get in trouble for the improper usage of the Eng-lish language. (And it has the rare quality of actually being true:)5) Be nice to Gary. Gary is the phantom who haunts the auditorium and makes any un-guarded belongings disappear. He seems to enjoy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. 6)When in doubt, the answer is C.7)Buy a darn burrito. 8)You don’t have to go with someone in or-der to have fun at a dance.9)Being nice to Mr. Clark will make your life a lot easier. The same philosophy also works with Mr. Boyd, Mr. Wagner, and Mr. Jones.10)Don’t complain about having to read Shakespeare. (Unless its the Taming of the Shrew. Please complain about that one to your heart’s content.)11) Don’t deliberately park in the clos-est parking space you can fi nd. Exercise is good for you.12) Making fun of Frontier is perfectly ac-ceptable. Just don’t be mean.13) Carrots and coff ee. (and Hakuna Mata-ta) Those two words will solve all your problems!(actually they won’t, but they will make pulling an all-nighter possible.)14) Quote the Princess Bride when ever possible. And Farris Bueller’s Day Off . And A Very Potter Musical. And the Lion King.15)Make friends with someone who has a King Soopers card.16) Like a highly caff einated signifi cant other, the Buzz will always be there for you. Really, though, don’t take it too seriously, and enjoy high school. It can be a lot of fun, and you will remember it forever, so try and make it something you won’t regret.

So long and farewell!!Katy Faulkner

Monique Becker

Rachel Myers

All the things you must do

Every year the elementary and part of the middle school hosts a competition, an indi-

vidual signs up, and they get assigned a team. They compete against other teams from the school, and if they win they get to compete against teams from other schools. The compe-tition encourages reading and the retaining of information. It has become a huge competition that schools all over Greely participate in. As a result of this competition, the younger genera-tions have become more literate and more willing to read. The same cannot be said of high school students who do not read by choice, or even when assigned to them. When asked if competition will help high school stu-dents to read more Mrs. Pedigo, one of the school librarians stated “It could, if it enabled them to choose their own books to read.” As a kindergarten through twelve grade high school needs to be the role model for the younger classes, but on the subject of reading the elementary is showing the high school up. They have easier time retaining information than some high school English classes. They sit in meetings and discus the books that they read. One participant claims it helps readers improve their comprehen-sion and pay attention to details. Where as when this same exercise gets attempted in English classes, people will not discus the as-signed book even if they did read it. Is the de-sire to read something that skipped the high

school generation, or is it something that the elementary and middle school students will grow out of as they get older? Mrs. Pedigo says she does see a decline in high school students checking out books, she also says that it could be due to the fact that classes are not regularly scheduled to come into the library. No matter the reason, high school should learn from the el-ementary and start setting the better example.

Literary battleSarah Karl

Battle of the books t-shirts Photo Courtesy of Sarah Karl

Senior project of students pastPhoto Courtsey of Monique Becker

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Imagine, a world fi lled with the most phenom-enal people ever created: musicians. People

whom everyone seems to respect, enjoy, and over-all be inspired by. This lovely dream was a reality for the students in jazz band on April 29th of 2011. From a student’s perspective, jazz fest just fl ew by. The entire event featured 250 schools from 4 differ-ent states coming down and participating in spreading and celebrating the jazz style. University sent a fair amount of students down to participate in UNC’s 41st Annual Jazz Festival and all enjoyed it indescribably. The students left school at 7:35 a.m., right as most students were starting fi rst block. They drove downtown to the Clarion Hotel where they warmed up for 15 minutes and worked on calm-ing down their nerves. Then, a performance was given in the ballroom in which everything went exceedingly well. After the breathtaking

performance, jazz-fi lled students enjoyed a clinic taught by a music teacher at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, who gave them some help-ful tips. Afterwards, the musicians walked down to the UCCC and watched some other bands perform, took a picture, and just enjoyed the rest of the day. Ryan Black seemed to really enjoy the entire experience saying, “It was one thing to watch it last year; it was a completely new and more amazing thing to be able to perform in it.” All the different selec-tions jazz band played were played incredibly well. These talented musicians received many positive re-views from judges, commenting on the amazing ex-ecution of “Living in a Dream” by James Medina and the overall performance of the saxophone section. In short, Jazz Fest never ceased to impress the students and all involved in this wonderful event, and the jazz band can’t wait to go back next year.

A very merry Jazz FestivalUNC Jazz Festival never ceases to dissapoint

Say avada kadavra to J.K. Rowling’s best-selling se-ries Harry Potter. The seventh and fi nal book in the

series was published in July of 2007. This caused a major upset amongst many fans of the Harry Potter series. Cur-rent sophomores were about three years old when the fi rst novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was pub-lished in the United States. Students have grown up with Harry and have grown close to his friends and adventures. With part two of the fi nal move edition of the series coming to theaters in July of this year, for many this is the end of a fond childhood memory. The bot-tom of the advertising poster for the movie reads “It All Ends”; seeming to symbolize the coming to an end of the much raved about series of novels and movies. However, there are many ways that the series that the series will be “kept alive”. English teacher, Mr. Boyd, is considering teaching a Modern Literature class during which he would teach writings of only one author. Next year, he will be teaching this class but not with the one and only J.K. Row-ling’s writing, but for the 2012-2013 school year, he is deep-

ly considering teaching three of the novels from the series. The fond memories of the adventures experienced by Harry and his trustworthy friends, Hermione and Ron, are beginning to fade into an adventurous past known as our childhood. Nevertheless, websites such as mugglenet.com are helping to keep the adventures of Harry, Herm-ione, and Ron alive and well. These websites include trivia to refresh knowledge of the events of the novel, fo-rums to discuss everything you can think of in the magi-cal realm in which the witches and wizards of the novels exist, and fun facts about each of the novels in the series. Despite the many upset fans, broken hearted lovers of Harry, and outraged followers of J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter will live on. Be it through classes, websites, or word of mouth, Harry Potter will live on as a classic piece of modern literature for quite a long time no matter the amount of fading it does from our memories as students. So maybe instead of saying avda kadavra to Harry and his friends, we should be saying episkey (a healing spell) to the heart broken and emotionally damaged fans of the highly-acclaimed series Harry Potter.

Avada KadavraHarry PotterEnding of extraordinary series brings heartbreakAshleigh Belle

Avery Hitchcock

Osama Bin LadenMost-wanted man found dead, joyous celebrations engulf the nation!

On September 11, 2001 a nation was attacked by a group of terrorists. The master mind

of this plan was Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda. The attack on the World Trade Cen-ter was one of the worst attacks on American soil, killing nearly 3,000 people. The death of Osama Bin Laden symbolizes closure to many families who were victim to the 9/11 attacks. On May 1, 2011 almost ten years af-ter that heartbreaking moment in the United States history, Twitters chirped like crazy, Facebook feeds blew up, and Sunday night sitcoms were interrupted by breaking news. Osama Bin Laden, the face of horror and global terror had been pronounced dead. “Watch-ing CNN, what a historical moment in the fi ght against hatred,” tweeted Lady Gaga af-ter hearing about the death of Bin Laden. On that night as American’s crowd-ed around the television to watch President Obama speak, a sense of patriotism reemerged from sleep and ignited a fi re. Many celebrated the death of Bin Laden and some disagreed with celebrating death. Charlie Sheen further expressed feelings of “winning” and tweeted, “Dead or Alive. WE PREFER DEAD! Well done SEAL team! AMERICA: WINNING that’s how we roll….” While others had other

opinions on that matter and felt the oppo-site. Ally Garza, a junior at University Schools Facebook status refl ected the opposite of win-ning, “I know he is a TERRIBLE guy… but why are we celebrating someone’s death?! What the heck is wrong with people these days?” Sophomore Amanda Geisick also agrees with not celebrating his death. “I think it’s sad that we celebrate somebody’s death, not say-ing he’s a good person at all, it’s just weird.” Others felt pure bliss and at peace as if the score had been settled and revenge had been given. “I feel safe; it’s not that I didn’t be-fore. It’s that now I know the person to blame for 9/11 has gotten what he deserved,” remarks Ashlee Schmitt, a junior. Some worry for our future, junior Brady Fisher is one of them, “I feel that it is a good thing for the world that one of the leading terrorists is dead. But I am also worried about the repercussions that this will cause.” President Obama’s powerful speech captured the emotion of a nation in a single sentence, “The American people did not choose this fi ght. It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citi-zens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifi ce, we know well the costs of war.”

Karissa Korf

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The LifersUn i v e r s i t y is one of

very few schools that off er a K-12 education. This gives students the opportunity to grow up with the same set of peers. However, many kids switch schools, move away, or drop out along the way. But despite the numbers that don’t stay here, every year there is a select group of students in the graduating class that have been attending University Schools since kindergarten. This year there are nine students that are usually referred to as “lifers.” Tim Medina, Shea Craven, Cassandra Bratton, Leanne Ebens, Keaton Shoe-maker, Renata Diaz, Jorey Jiricek, Nicolette Bardos, and Levi Goode are the ones who stayed at University for all thirteen years. Having never been new to a school you would think that these students would be nervous for college as there fi rst real new experience. It is obvious though that the tight knit at-mosphere that this school off ers has treated them well. You can see by just looking at each student that they are ready and willing to move forward in life. Tim Medina shows the good name that University has when he says that his parents “thought colleges expected good students from the school” and added that he has had fun along the way. Many of these eight students stayed because they loved the people here, others were forced to stay by their parents, but all of them are glad that they didn’t end up switching schools along with so many others along the way. Shea Craven, along with a few other of the lifers are not the fi rst generation in their fam-ily to attend University. Shea explains that “Being a Bulldog is in my blood

and it’s a family tradition. Not many people can say that about the high school that they attended.” With no regrets of staying for all of these years these students are proof of just how great of a school University really is.

Cassandra Bratton

Eight of the lifers stand together at the school where they fi rst started. Photo courtesy of Nicolette Bardos.

What’s the scoop?Karissa Korf

University School’s student purchases ice cream after school. Photo courtesy of Karissa Korf.

There’s no fancy bell that rings at 3:10, never the less, students fl ood the hall-

ways and stream out the doors. As stu-dents fl ee quickly from the school, they stop and pause. They hear a sound that takes them back to their childhood, a jin-gle that pulls their eyes to a white truck. The ice cream truck sits just on the outside of the parking lot at University High School preying on the students that hear his distinct call. Is this legal? Well of course there is no law stating an ice cream man cannot be on a school campus. But is this ethical? The Ice Cream Man, (who wishes to remain unnamed) thinks it’s a pretty ingenious idea. He is proud of his average $50 dollars he makes on his stop here. He is pretty new to this business and has only been an Ice Cream Man for about a month now, but expresses a love for the company, “ICW is a great place to work for, I get to drive around and go wherever I want.” He also wants to start promot-ing more catering and special events to the students at University High.

There are laws on where and when the ice cream trucks can sell. These vendor laws state that an ice cream truck cannot sell before sunrise and after sunset. The truck can only sell in residential areas on streets that have a speed limit below 25 mph. This ice cream truck is sneaky, it’s break-ing no laws. The road outside of Univer-sity is marked at 25 mph and is residential. So what is the scoop on this ice cream truck? Well according to Ed Clark, head of school security, he asked the ice cream man to park his truck outside of the school property. The reason for this is because on top of mini van moms and crazy teenage drivers there really is no room for an ice cream truck. Clark’s concern with the truck parking across the road is the student’s attraction to ice cream. We are a K-12 school, mean-ing there are lots of younger elementary students trying to cross the lot. It’s not a safe place for students to be running and dodging cars to get to an ice cream truck.

Our very own black holeSarah Karl

This year the school, teamed up with two other schools

bought two large buildings that are used for the storage of sports equipment. One of the buildings, as of now, has a gapping hole in the side of it. It also has rabbits living un-der it. The buildings were built at the beginning of the year and cost University $20,000. Only half of the storage unit space is ours, other space be-ing Frontier’s, so the school paid the half of the funds, the total cost of the storage units cost $40,000. For paying $40,000 one would think that the buildings would be built of relatively strong material. The material however is not strong and has failed in the smaller of the two buildings. The building has two holes in it, not small or even the size of someone’s head, somebody could fi t through the hole and get into the building if it weren’t for the other board on the inside of the building. This could pose a problem in the future if some an-imals such as rabbits were to get into the building and chew at the equipment and multiply in the build-ing. If that were to happen the replace-ment of the equipment would be equal to or greater than the cost of fi xing the holes,

which would be an estimated $105 for the supplies, not includ-ing the costs of manual labor. Now the building that is destroyed is used by Fron-tier, so why care? Beyond the fact that we share equipment and some sports are con-joined, we also do not want our building to get destroyed. The buildings are right next to each other and if theirs is get-ting punched/kicked in why wouldn’t they kick in Univer-sity’s? Now where are the se-curity cameras? Where is the footage? What’s going to hap-pen if equipment starts to go missing? Next, rabbits have been seen entering and exit-ing under the buildings, these don’t pose a problem as long as they do not chew through the building, or get into the build-ing and chew at the materials.

The infamous hole in the storage unit. Photo Courtesy of Sarah Karl.

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6 Freshmen ‘07May 2011awprintPUniversity High School

Rebecca Adams - Aims - I’m thinking about going into CounselingCarl Bachenberg - Aims - Criminal Justice, I want to be a copNicolette Bardos - UNC - Pre-med, most likelyShereen Barghelame - Undecided - UndecidedAbigail Bearden - Oral Roberts University - UndecidedTasha Betancourt - UNC - Minor in Pre-LawTayler Boltz - Undecided - UndecidedKelsey Bothwell - UNC - Elementary Education with a concentration in Studio ArtCassandra Bratton - Eastern Washington University - EducationJordan Bruning - UNC - NursingChris Buhler - University of Wyoming - EngineeringSean Chinn - Aims for their Fire AcademyFrankie Cisneros - UNC - ChemistryIsaac Coleman - Aims then BYU Idaho - DentristryShea Craven - Northeastern Jr. College - Agricultural BusinessDevin Day - UNC - Business ManagementAshley Decker - UNC - NursingNathan Depriest - CU Boulder - Business, Entrepreneurship, and a Minor in MediaNick Dermer - Western State - UndeclaredRenata Diaz - Princeton - LiteratureChristian Dick - University of Sioux Falls - History EducationLeanne Ebens - University of Arizona - I don’t know what I want to major inKelsey Estrick - Mesa State College - International StudiesKaty Faulkner - Going abroad to London, then going to Hastings College, and then going to Chef School in Paris - Double major in theater and English, Minor in music or historyLisa Fraser - CSU - Health and Exercise ScienceMichelle Freed - UNC - Major in Biology, Minor in Chemistry Carsyn Garcia - South Dakota School of Mines - Chemical EngineeringJeff ery Gerwig - Aims to start - I don’t know! Computer stuff Alex Geslin - Aims - Liberal ArtsKiersten Gonzalez - Aims - Physical Therapy or BiologyLevi Goode - Aims then UNC - Fine Arts with an emphasis in CeramicsLeandra Grant - Adams State College - TheatreSamantha Haessly - Unknown - UnknownJared Harmer - I’m joning the NavyJeff rey Holby - The NavyJordan Jacoby - CSU - CommunicationsJorey Jiricek - UNC - Double major Theatre Design/Tech and English Vanessa Jurado - UNC - ArchitectureJustin Kelly - Aims, then maybe CSU - Not sure what I want to be still, but I don’t mind chemistry so going to see what other fi elds there areDavid Krier - University of Wyoming - BusinessTevin Kuznik - Aims, then CSU - Fashion Design

McAlister LaFrance - Bellevue for baseball - BusinessAlex Lidiak - UNC then CU Boulder - Engineering PhysicsThomas Locke - Front Range - NursingDaniel Loesch - Aims then CSU - Welding, then BusinessErika Lopez - Aims or CCU - UndecidedAshli Maira - UNC or CSU - At UNC I’ll study Pre Med at CSU I would Major in Health and Exercise Science. I’m most likely going to CSU. Then go on to study Physical Therapy. Cassie Martin - University of Texas - Child PsychologyRobert/Anthony Martin - Undecided - UndecidedLindy Matthews - Hastings - Elementary education, Special EducationTim Medina - UNC - ArtCorbin Meyer - Bellevue University - Sports Management and maybe a Minor in Graphic Design Aleksandr Mezentsev - CSU - Computer SciencesRiley Mika - CSU - Natural SciencesSarah Miles - Trucking School Isaac Moening-Swanson - Pacifi c Lutheran University - I might Major in BusinessMikael Montoya - UNC - BusinessJacob Olin - Aims - EMT and FirescienceSydney Otto - UNC - Art/BiologyRachael Parks - UNC - Business and Event ManagementDarren Perez - Western State - History or BotanyBrittney Potter - Aims - UndecidedMiranda Ramos - Aims - Ultrasound TechnicianBrian Reinert - University of Wyoming - UndecidedDillan Roche - UNC - Business Millie Schreibman - Mesa State College - Musical TheatreKeaton Schumacher - Aims - BusinessDavid Shoemaker - UNC - Nothing. Just getting a college degree.Chelsea Smith - HairDynamics in Fort Collins - Cosmetology License, Hair StylistCassie Sovereign - Probably none - Phabotamy..it’s about taking people’s bloodBritney Speicher - Aims - Game DesignCaleb Spencer - UNC - Physical TherapyMollie Stotts - Cosmetology school in WyomingChelsea Strang - CSU - Double major Construction management, Civil EngineeringApril Strohauer - Baylor University - Elementary Ed ucationAustin Tappy - Eastern Wyoming College - Criminal JusticeSara Tappy - Regis University - Neonatal NursingMuzit Tecle - UNC - Pre-medAshley Warkentin - Aims for two years, and then transfer to Texas A&M Corpus Christi - Marine BiologySam Weighner - University of Wyoming - Petroleum TechnicianAlex West - Aims then CSU - Mechanical Engineering, I think.Bri White - Fort Lewis - Chiropractic MedicineJacob Winn - CU Boulder - Probably Biology, possibly EngineeringJustin Witt - Aims Community College - BusinessTim Wortman - Aims for General Ed - That’s not known at this time

plans for the futureplans for the futureThe graduating class of 2011. Photo courtesy of Nicolette Bardos.

Millie Schreibman

7awprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 2011Seniors ‘11

A word of advice to the A word of advice to the young and unwise (underclassmen)young and unwise (underclassmen)

The last four years...

Do what makes you happy and not what your friends want you to do.

Do everything! Sports, clubs, plays, even if it's random. Soak up as much as you can, high school fl ies by,

but they will be some of the most memorable years of your life!

It’s never too early to start looking at diff erent colleges.

Get to know everyone in your graduating class.

Figure out what you want to be early on and then

work hard to get there. It pays off even if it seems

like too much work and stress at that time.

“You're a sissy lala bed wetter!” -Mr.Garcia

Go on an adventure at

least once a month.

Don’t become a pregosaurus. It’s naaaasty!

“Life isn't about fi nding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself.” -

George Bernard Shaw

Experiment, analyze, and explore with good ethics.

Everything is what you make of it.

Kissing Garrett Coles on stage during the spring musical performance of Curtains.

The mind is everything. What you think you become. -Buddha

"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on

yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start

over again. That's the way life is, with a new game

every day, and that's the way baseball is." - Bob Feller.

When Mr. Moses fell intoMrs. Petersen at the pep assembly while running the obstacle course.

Senior year, tping the senior football players the night before homecoming.

Getting second at state for volleyball.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember,

you have within you the strength, the patience, and the pas-

sion to reach for the stars to change the world.

--Harriet Tubman

When I performed, "I guess that's why they called it the blues" to

everyone in the auditorium.

Watching Garcia do the Vanilla Ice dance in class

Probably strike for Guys and Dolls. It's what really got me interested in theatre; I fell in love with the people and the

atmosphere almost instantly! (insert witty remark about

starving homeless men and wood fi ller here)

Make sure you have all your graduation requirements done before the last month of school, or even sooner!

Going on a camping trip as an advisor group.

Our senior trip because everyone was like a family and talked

to everyone.

All of high school was like one big memory I will never forget!

Longboarding in Rocky Mountain National Park

My educational tour of Germany.

I’ve had so many great memories from friendships to relationships

to a trip to France to making Justin feel awkward. It was all GREAT!!!

Playing ball with my buddies no matter how cold or wet it may be, not only we were a team but we

really became a family.

Senior memories captured on camera. Photos courtesy of Nicolette Bardos, Lindy Matthews, Abigail Bearden, Millie Schreibman, and Mook.

8 OpinionawprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19, 2011

Going through primary school, students are formed into the people they will be later in life. For the most

part, students are reliant on so many people in their lives. When high school ends, students are in complete control of their lives. It is almost as they will be starting over in life. During childhood, people learn all kinds of funda-mentals for life from honesty to respect. When people are in elementary they are so dependent on others such as teach-ers and parents. As a person grows up, they start to depend less and less on other people and claim to be “independent”. However, that is not fully true. It is not until after high school that most people become independent for the most part. This is when those fundamentals have to come into play. This independence during high school is actually a false inde-pendence. Students believe that because they have a car they are able to do what they want, when they want. They are also able to decide who they want to be friends with and how they want to dress. It seems at the time students are completely independent but they are not. Students are still dependent on their parents. The parents give the students a place to live. They also pay for most things the students do or need such as for food, insurance and extra items the students “need”. “I am somewhat independent and dependent. I am inde-pendent with some choices such as school but I am depen-dent on my parents fi nancially,” states senior Sydney Otto. After high school, students start to gain more and more independence. Now, students do not gain full inde-pendence right out of high school because their parents still help out fi nancially. But, students are making more and more decisions on their own. Such decisions go range from if the student will go to college or not, how late they will stay out at night and when they will come home, if they will go to class or not. Students are making the ultimate decisions on their own. “I believe complete independence will come when I am 21 because I will have a job working for a living, I will fully be an adult,” stated senior Jake Olin. Now it is the time to become independent as students head to college. No longer is there a safe net in their lives. Students are now becoming their true per-son with the fundamentals they have learned with no one standing in their way. Go on and create your life.

The Circle of Life

The concept of having a three month summer break, and a nine month school year was started when America

was still a nation that was mainly centered around agricul-ture. Kids were needed in the summer to work in the fi elds. Because of this, the tradition has always been to cram the school year into August through late May or early June. But now, some schools are beginning to spread the 180 day school year out with smaller breaks between each term. This is known as year-long schooling, and is begin-ning to become popular in the United States. According to pbs.org, over 3,000 schools had year round schooling last year. That is still less than 4% of all schools, but it is 4 times more than the number of year round schools ten years ago. What if this idea was started at University? Teachers, students, and parents would all be aff ect-ed in some ways positively and negatively in others. Some people state that year long school will ben-efi t both teachers and students. Studies show that schools that follow the year round school program tend to do bet-ter. The frequent breaks will leave students refreshed, and ready to learn again. Without the long summer break, stu-dents also won’t forget everything they learned in a year. “It would be a good idea”, said fresh-man Yessica Berumen, “Breaks more fre-quently would make me feel less stressed.” But there are also people who don’t support the idea of year round school. Some students say that, without the long summer, it will be hard for them to get and obtain a summer job.But as well as students and teachers being a main concern when considering year long school, so are parents. Some would have to rearrange their schedules if they have kids who go to diff er-ent schools. Other parents claim that year long school would prevent them from going on wanted vacations with their kids. Year-long school would be a large change for students, teachers, parents, and administrators. It is starting popular, and maybe one day University will conform to this system as well.

Year Round School

Jordan Jacoby

Emily Anderson

OI! You whippersnappers listen up! As many of you know (or

should know by now) my name is Alex D. Geslin (Or Alexander Daniel Geslin). After fi ve years in this sti-fl ing alien world, or as we’ve come to know it… “University High School”, I’ll fi nally be leaving and taking my place in the “Real World.” I’ve been asked to write a farewell article to the student body, so here goes. Now, I’ll be the fi rst to ad-mit that there have been some great things that have happened to me over the last fi ve years. I’ve met friends that I know I’m going to stay in contact with in the future, I found a love for theater, and I came out of my shell as a shy, anti-social, awk-

ward nerd who disliked almost ev-eryone. I became a sarcastic, dap-per, anti-social nerd who dresses like he came out of a time machine from the 1800’s, has a walking stick and a fedora, but still dislikes every-one. But many of you don’t know the “mystery behind the nerd” so allow me to give you a bit of history. I suppose I should start at the beginning. I was born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on December 31st, 1990, and I lived in fi ve cities in Wyoming from when I was born to when I fi nished 7th grade. (Rock Springs, Hanna, Laramie [Twice], Cheyenne [Twice], and Rawlins.) My parents got divorced when I was 6, my Dad married my ex-stepmom when I was in 4th grade, and my Mom marred my ex (read: insane) stepdad when I was in 8th grade. My dad got me into Science Fiction at a young age (right when I got back from the hospital, according to my mom) and it pretty much infl uenced my life in more ways than I could imagine, but we’ll get to that later. After a year at Trinity Lu-theran School for my 8th grade year (I know, I’m not the kind of person you’d expect to attend a church school) I made the transition to University and a major transition in my life. Other than my cousin, and three people I went to Trinity with, I didn’t know a single person here at UH, but that all changed on the third day I was here. It was at lunch on a Day One, I skipped out on lunch (or whatever the slop

is that they call “food” ) and head-ed to the library to work on some of my fan fi ction (if you couldn’t tell by now, I’m a giant nerd) and that’s where I was “absorbed” into the nerd clique here at UH by the famous (or infamous; depend-ing on who you ask) Owen Fraser. Freshman year was pretty much half “great part of my life” and half “ god-awful depressing hole.” I was pretty much bullied and made fun of for being a nerd (mostly by people who were either jealous of my massive knowledge of Science Fiction and all nerd related things, or people who couldn’t tell the dif-ference between a TARDIS and a Galaxy-class Starship. It might have been both) and there were

troubles going on with my mom and ex-stepdad (he was cheating on her, the bald, trout head) and I was not sure if I was going to move in with my dad in Cheyenne or not. Then came the most life changing event in my life: sopho-more year. This was the year where I started my transformation from the “Old” Geslin to the “Slightly New” Geslin. After working at Qdo-ba Mexican Grill over the summer in Cheyenne, I started to be more… ‘truthful’ when someone did some-thing stupid (which I tend to see a lot of nowadays), and my outfi t started changing from jeans to a t-shirt to camo pants and a camo BDU Jack-et, to a dress shirt, cargo pants and a leather jacket that I wear now. I also had some issues with my (met-aphorically speaking) heart (I drank a lot of Mountain Dew that year, more than I normally do) but that’s all in the past now. I also started working full time on Stargate Pro-metheus – Faith of the Heart Part’s I and II (My Senior Project. Originally it started out as a two part script, but there was so much I needed to tell I made it into a three part script.) With junior year came a lot of changes. My mom and I moved into our current house, my closest friends were all getting ready to go to college, and I met someone who was very special to me, her name was Alexandra (I’m totally telling the truth too). She was the one bright spot in the dark sea that was my life, and she was the fi rst girl I

ever dated for more than 3 months. Senior year: Part I was the hardest for me emotionally. Alex-andra broke up with me a week after our fi nal theater production, my grandfather (on my dad’s side) passed away, and two of my best-est (I know it isn’t a word) friends were leaving for college. I was go-ing back to being the lonely “Nerd”. Then came this year. It’s been a learning experience. I start-ed to mellow out as the year pro-gressed, but that tends to happen when you turn 20. I got into AIMS (which came as a surprise to me) and I’m hoping to start writing my fi rst novel after graduation. I can honestly say that if I had a chance to go back in time and prevent my-

self from repeating my senior year, I wouldn’t take it for two reasons: 1. It would most likely end up rip-ping a hole in the space time con-tinuum and destroy all of reality, and 2. It was for the best. I wasn’t ready for college and all that “post High School stuff ” but let me of-fer a word of advice before I go… If you ever, ever have feelings for someone, never be afraid to tell them how you feel about them. If you care for them, you should tell them. If you don’t tell them, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life. And trust me… I know a lot about that, because there is someone who is also leaving that I will miss more deeply than they will ever know…Farewell, fare weather, and I’d like to leave you all with a quote with one of the (in my opin-ion) greatest Science Fiction shows in our history: Babylon 5. “I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go any-where in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we’ve exchanged. Long af-ter we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.” -Ambassador G’Kar-

Geslin’s FarewellAlex Geslin

Freshman Geslin Super Senior Geslin

9Voices awprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19, 2011

Cassandra Bratton

On top of the classes you choose to take, whether you

choose to go the easy route or the hard one, your life will also be fi lled with college applications and scholarships. Don’t be fooled by the apparent simplicity of these two tasks. College applications and college scholarships are liter-ally the consumer of your life from about November until around March. Don’t attempt to get around it. Just manage your time, put your head down, and plow through. More advice I have for fu-ture seniors is to enjoy every min-ute of senior year. Please don’t be the person that walks around every day saying “only 157 ½ more days until we graduate!” There are a few reasons why this is a complete-ly awful thing to do. First, think of how much slower time will go if every day you wake up and re-count the number of days left until graduation. Second, you will lose focus a lot sooner than you want to. Contrary to popular belief, most of the classes taken during senior year are ones needed to graduate. So, if you stop paying attention in math or history in December be-cause you just “can’t wait to leave,” you are going to mess yourself up. The third and fi nal reason not to be “that person” that counts down ev-ery day is because eventually your peers are going to get annoyed and eventually one of them will want to hit you, and eventually one of them will. Please, I beg you, try and enjoy your senior year because it goes faster than you may think and when the end nears, you will realize that it honestly is over. As I said earlier, I don’t know all of the answers to hav-ing a successful high school ca-reer. I don’t believe anyone knows all of the answers. That is what makes these crazy years some of the best times of our lives. High school is truly like an elevator. It has its up and downs just like everything else. How-ever, you control your destination whether it is a good or bad one. I hope that this piece of writing helped to shed some light on how to enjoy high school. How-ever, I also hoped I left some ques-tions unanswered because there are some things that we just have to learn for ourselves. More of the learning that happens in high school goes on outside of the class-room. It all depends on how recep-tive you want to be on the lessons you encounter. Good luck the rest of the way whether you are just starting or on your way out, and always remember, like a very wise high school student, Ferris Bueller, once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

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Loving others is over rated, just love yourself

There are two basic feelings of the human heart. Love is one that people are all born with. Fear is the other one which is

gained from standards and rules and expectations throughout life. Fear is one that leads to suffering and jealousy in everyday life. Drama, confusion and hate all come from fear within the heart. The most important feeling that one can have is love. The basis of all love is the love that one has for himself. If some-one completely loves himself then he will never doubt or have to understand the love that others have for him. When asked why it is important to love yourself sophomore Katelynn Job replied “Because loving yourself teaches you to look past all imperfections, and to love others as well.” If someone loved themselves fully they wouldn’t get hurt or have drama because he would love himself enough not to need anybody else’s love. So what is self love? It is accepting ones self for exactly what it is. It is knowing all strengths and weaknesses. Self love is the strong sense of respect for and confi dence in oneself. It requires positive treatment of the body and mind. Self love does not just come by a person; it must be created by that person. It’s not being “in love” with yourself in a narcissistic way, but rather accepting your-self and understanding that you are just an extension of all that is. When you totally and completely love yourself you will not rely on anyone else for your happiness. You will have no fear in your heart. You will be able to fully enjoy life and

those around you. You will then get to have the perfect relation-ship without drama and fear. Self-love can be taught through honesty, acceptance and unconditional love. It can be a process to start to truly accept who you are and to start to love yourself but once you truly do the possibilities for happiness are endless.

Monique Becker

Commercials, team coaches, and friends all discuss diets. In a way it is normal

to want to make students make themselves look better; the only problem is that if a diet allows more than two pounds of weight loss a week it is extremely un-healthy for the body. One of the best known diets is the South Beach diet, everyone hears about it because of all of the celebrities that are on it. Not that the tabloids or other media sources inform the readers of their articles on how unhealthy this diet is. Which indeed is as unhealthy as it is made out to be. Some diets seem to have a good idea behind them, so examples of these would be the Cabbage Soup Diet, Macrobiotic, Hallelujah, and the Atkins diet (which is similar to the South Beach

Diet). None of which provide the body with all of the nutrients that it needs to be healthy. The pressure to be ‘fi t’ in high school and college affects most aspects of a student’s life. Their social, mental, and physical well being all revolves around whether or not that they are doing things that will keep them healthy. Sports even effect how students eat and live because some sports such as wrestling require that participants keep a certain weight through out the season they are participating and even in the off season on occasion. It isn’t just wrestling that requires the special eat-ing habits; it can be almost any sport that requires this. Most coaches want the team members to eat healthier and eat less junk

food, which is understandable if it makes the players healthier and able to play longer. The problem is when they begin to restrict certain foods and have the students doing more activity than they should with the food restriction. Sleeping, eating, and getting plenty of exercise is the best way to keep a healthy weight. If you are thinking about going on a diet, think of all of the conse-quences of it and research it in detail. It is also probably a good idea to include your physician in your decision in case it causes problems with your health. “I don’t think diets are a bad thing if they are healthy, but it’s just gross when people are anorexic or something like that,” Anonymous.

Fad’ulous DietsThoughts from a person that doesn’t have all of the answers

Students showing self love. Photo by Karissa Korf

Picture digitally modifi ed in order to show Habtom in a few different states of body weight.

Sleeping, eating, and getting plenty of exercise is the best way to keep a healthy weight.

Chubby Lumpkin Habtom Normal Habtom Skinny Habtom

10 OpinionawprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19th, 2011

Looking for a job? Want to know how to get one? Don’t worry, there are only a few traits

needed to look go and get hired. Now, before anyone even starts to look for a job, they must consider this. Jobs aren’t easy to get, especially in the current economic mess that America is left in. The unemployment rate in America is up to 9.2%, which is almost double the 4.8% it was fi ve years ago. Unemployment is even high in Weld County, currently standing at 10.6%. These rates are also for adults too, so it will be much tougher as a part-time teenager. Not getting a job shouldn’t get any teen down.The biggest part about getting a job and keep-ing it is performing above expectations, but since one article can’t tell you how to do every job better, it’ll have to address the second most important part about getting a job, the inter-view. Without a good interview, nobody can get a good job. So take some notes, because these key points are critical to getting a job. Trust me; I’ve already had multiple jobs! Most evaluations begin before some-one even says hello. Attire is critical to getting a good job. “I once wore a Tux to my interview,” said Person. While most minimum wage sum-mer job (and the reality of life is that most high schoolers will only get such low wage jobs) don’t require a tuxedo for the day, just dressing formal will give the owner the impression someone re-ally does want that job. This means no shorts, holly jeans, T-shirts, tank tops, or anything in that category. Just dressing semi-casual will do fi ne. “In my opinion, the biggest part of an interview is the resume,” said student. Student is right; the biggest part about almost any in-terview is a resume. Most employers won’t give

anybody a job without a resume, and by most I mean all employers. If someone actually wants that job, they must make sure to type up a good resume before they even fi ll out an application. There are plenty of sites online that show some-one how to make a good resume. If anyone gets one thing out of this entire story, it’s that they should never, ever, handwrite a resume. They will be rejected before they can even say, “My bad.” Now that our perfect candidate has good clothes and a good resume, it’s time to nail that interview. First of all, don’t be late, ever! “When I walked into an interview late, they didn’t even let me do my interview,” said stu-dent. Someone that walks in late will automati-cally be disqualifi ed for the position. Remember, in the business world, early is on time, on time, is late, and late is fi red. There are two key words to a successful interview; calm and confi dent. No one should rush themselves or get nervous in any way. Sometimes, it’s hard to be rock solid sure about what someone’s doing, but they need to keep their cool and not freak out. Whatever any-one does, they should try to avoid sounding like a freshman in English class. So there you have it, ev-erything you’ll need to build your perfect inter-view. While McDonalds doesn’t hold your future (hopefully!), it’s a good way to earn disposable income (don’t know what this means, look it up!). There are several keys to almost any successful interview. And just remember, nobodies perfect, so if you do your best, than you shouldn’t com-plain about your outcome, because it’s probably better than you think it is! “Thanks for the help!”

said student, “Hopefully I’ll get a job soon!”

Dear Readers of the Pawprint,

In case you have forgotten, this school actually has a paper. Granted, we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus for….well, most of the year. Now, don’t take this the wrong way. We’ve been in here toiling away like workers in a sweatshop. We cer-tainly haven’t been using our time to take pic-tures of Zombie Babies or heckle members of our staff . Instead, we have been laboring vigorously to bring you this fi nal paper. There are several reasons we could give for our late appearance. For example, we’ve spent a good portion of the year cultivating re-lationships with our secret club, The Pawprint Website. We’ve been spreading our propaganda throughout the school, hoping to send a sublimi-nal message to the student body in order to in-crease our readership next year. So for those of you reading this, remember: www.uhpawprint.com. Join the movement, but only tell those who seem trustworthy. It’s truly a burden to carry a secret such as this. We also did this partly for the theat-rics. It’s been planned for months to make our grand reentrance right at the end of the year. We’ve timed it perfectly so just when you began to doubt we would ever return, we surprised you by doing so. Cue the fi reworks! Start popping the champagne corks! The downfall of the economy also had a great deal to do with our late return. It caused all of our prospective advertisers to morph into tight-fi sted misers. Said one store owner, “The Pawprint staff was incredibly professional and reliable. Incredibly.” THe store owner then

launched into a hysterical laughing fi t. Because of our lack of fi nancial interest, we had to resort to other methods of fundraising. For example, we recently had a booth at the University Schools Carnival. We could have made enough to fund the Pawprint for several years, but Mr. Boyd bla-tantly refused to go in the dunk tank. In the end, we were forced to become solicitors to fund our fi nal paper. We traveled the town with our Pizza Pal cards, crying out our wares like Old English vendors. While many people shut their doors on us, we eventually managed to scrape enough together to create the product you are reading now. Finally, we would like to state that we are all cynical newspaper people. The administra-tion doesn’t appreciate us! Why should we please them by creating a mass-marketed product for their enjoyment? We went underground instead, hoping to instill a sense of fear in them, so we can get leverage to procure more funding for our evil newspaper activities. In short, we would like to thank you, Pawprint readers. Even though we may have been lurking in the shadows for what is sure to have been a formative year of your high school career, we truly love and cherish you. For those of you who are leaving, we hope you carry the fond memories of our publications with you to where ever you may go. Don’t take our late appearance as an insult to you. We did it for the greater good of our fi ne establishment.

Love,

The Pawprint Staff

We’re back!Pawprint makes its (late) returnRachel Myers

Brandan Medhurst

Students pay attention! We have been going to class for years, but no one has ever bothered to investigate just who it is that

we are being taught by. Thankfully the Pawprint reporters have been busy uncovering just who our teachers really are. This knowl-edge will empower the reader to make smart decisions in their classes.

The fi rst teacher that our reporters investigated was none other than Dan Wagner, the high school math teacher. Be wary around this teacher after all he possesses a magical ability to make stu-dents want to learn math. This amazing magical feat combined with the fact that he is the undisputed leader of the math program here. This leads to only one conclusion. Dan Wager is actually Gan-dalf the Gray. Be cautious around him because if his work is left unfi nished. “You Shall Not Pass”

Even with Gandalf in charge of our math department there are still

other imposters. Digging even deeper into the teacher’s ranks I uncovered three more imposters. Often see together scampering around the hall. Mr. Moses, Mr. Betz, and Mr. Garcia are really The-odor, Simon, and Alvin. Take a look at the facts. All of these teach-ers have insane amounts of energy, which they project on their classes. Often times they can be caught together making plans on how best to surprise their students during class. Watch when one comes into the others class. This is when these teaches seem to have the most energy. Pay attention and don’t let their infi nite sum of energy divert attention from their assignments.

Now these discoveries might have shocked you, but I successful-ly have dug up some more teacher secrets. Everyone enjoys Mr. Argone’s classes for many reasons. Some like them because they are laid back, others like the classes simply because they are fun. Mr. Argone himself is a fairly large guy. He towers over he fresh-men and even many of the seniors. This Giant of a man has a jolly

demeanor and usually stubble. Stop right there Mr. Argone is not Santa Clause. He is however another bearded guy, He is none oth-er than Rubeus Hagrid. Without his beard it is almost impossible to tell that our gym teacher is actually the bearded giant. Think about the new classes showing up like adventure education. In this class Mr. Argone (a.k.a Hagrid) encourages students to pursue activities out side. The exact same thing Hagrid (a.k.a Mr. Argone) does at Hogwarts.

Knowing about these imposters in the school; think before acting up in a class. This will best ensure that students won’t end up going home with a pig tail. After all the conspiracy might just go farther than anyone knows. We here at the Pawprint will do our best in order to keep the readers informed of any new information that might be important.

News Flash: Your teachers are not who they seemRiley Mika

Getting a job 101

Mr. Wagner’s true identity revealed as Gandalf the Great. Graphic courtesy of Rley Mika.

Brandon’s tips and tricks for getting hired

Our delivery man arrives bearing the fi nal Pawprints.Photo courtesy of Rachel Myers.

11Sports awprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19, 2011

Weld Central soccer hosts “Fight Night 2011”University student and Fronti er soccer player, Kiersten Gonzales goes from kicking balls to starti ng brawls in the blink of an eye

Tiger Woods, Paul Stastny, Landon Donovan, Floyd Mayweather Jr.; all of these world class athletes

came from hard work and determinati on in each of their sports, respecti vely. And because of that, it means that they never would have gone to University Schools. Why won’t they go to UH? The next greatest hockey player or the up-and-rising lacrosse superstar will never come here because we don’t off er their sports. There are a total of nine CHSAA sports that University doesn’t off er, as well as several other sports that aren’t spon-sored by CHSAA, like rugby. “I wish University would off er more sports.” said freshman Spencer Bradley. How can the next Michael Phelps even pos-sible att end University? They play the sport at other schools. This may not be the most favorable way to play, because it really disconnects the athlete from the

team. Some students just plain leave their school to go to the other school that off ers the sport. Hence, the next Muhammad Ali isn’t going to University. So what can students do to fi x this? There ac-tually isn’t a whole lot that can be done. Unless you can buy/rent a hockey rink and purchase equipment, you won’t be able to create a University hockey team. Even for sports like soccer, where we have almost all of the equipment and a suitable fi eld, a UH soccer team would need jerseys and insurance, which cost more than most students think. “I certainly wouldn’t pay for a sports team!” said sophomore Tanner Sparks. It’s obvious that if we want a sport to be spon-sored at University, your only chance is getti ng it through the school board. And if you think that is an easy task, think again. Right now, University is not trying to admit

new sports, but to actually stop some of their current programs. Their was a proposal to cut the wrestling and football programs that almost got fi nalized. It will be extremely hard to get them to actually add a sport. There are a couple of possible soluti ons to University’s lack of sports: either get someone to pay for the sport at University, whether that is the board of governors at UH or a secondary party, or to go to another school to play. There are no other choices, and considering that CHSAA only spon-sors so many sports, you might just have to move to an enti re diff erent state to fi nd something like a boxing team. Maybe you can revoluti onize a change, or you might just have to “go with the fl ow.”

Throughout school, teachers have always taught that violence is not

the answer. Schools have been try-ing to create this “No Place for Hate” environment for many years now. However, human nature makes this idea somewhat diffi cult to uphold. During the Fronti er vs. Weld Central game, University’s own Kiersten Gon-zales found herself in a minor tussle. A Weld Central Rebel soccer player had been body checking many of the Fronti er players throughout the game. “Aft er Ki-ersten (Gonzales) received a few elbows and pushes, she began to get irritated,” stated teammate Kati e Doge. The player even laughed in Gonzales’ face which was what fi nally pushed her over the edge. Af-ter more pushing from the Rebel soccer player, Gonzales had fi nally had enough. Gonzales grabbed the Rebel by the back of her head and proceeded to slam it violently into her knee. The op-posing player got behind Gonzales and put her in a headlock while Gonzales punched the Rebel repeatedly in the head. Marrisa Gonzales, Kiersten’s sister, tried to break up the fi ght which led to

her being thrown to the ground. Aft er a while of fi ghti ng, the fi ght was eventu-ally broken up by the referee and anoth-er Fronti er player. “I believe the other girl deserved the fi ght,” stated Dodge. Gonzales and the opposing player each received a red card for the fi ght. Gonzales was not permitt ed to play in the next game which happened to be her senior game. She was, how-ever, able to sti ll present her parents with a rose like the other soccer seniors. Gonzales arrived back to her team just in ti me to help Fronti er in the post season. What an awesome story, huh? People tend to glorify fi ghts even though students are taught in school that fi ght-ing is ‘a bad thing’. Gonzales was not harshly punished, even though teachers have always said that would be the case if a student fi ghts. When a situati on aris-es, it is not handled the way people say it will be. Students enjoy watching a fi ght. Aft er Gonzales’ soccer fi ght, every stu-dent at UH was saying how cool this fi ght really was. Is this No Place for Hate really helping with the school environment?

The athletes that my never beDue to the lack of certain sports programs at University High School, some athletes may never get the chance to show what they can doBrandan Medhurst

Jordan Jacoby

University senior Kiersten Gonzales holds a ti tle belt aft er her altercati on with a Weld Central soccer player.

Photo Illustrated By: Jordan Jacoby

The school year is coming to a close which means

that the spring sports sea-son is winding down as well. With the conference track meet done and over with, the Bulldogs are sit-ti ng prett y well in terms of state rankings and who all will be parti cipati ng. In fact, if the state meet were to-day, University would send more competi tors than ever before and they would be sending the second most competi tors in the state on

the boys’ side with 17events (Classical-Academy would send 19). On the girls’ side, the Lady Dog runners are sending 10 events to state which is a drasti c step up from the three they sent last year. Overall, Univer-sity has made a huge step up from the team they were last year. Don’t be surprised to hear about the ‘Dogs making lots of noise at the state meet at Jeff erson County Stadium in Denver May 19th through May 21st.

Christain Dick

Off to State...UH sends a near school record tying number of athletes to state.

Success of UH Track

12 Summer!awprintPUniversity High SchoolMay 19th, 2011

The Summer Bucket ListSummer. 86 days for University High students. That may seem long but it’s only 2 months and 25 days. Less than 12 weeks to make it count. Only 2,064 hours to make memories to last a lifetime. For some of us it’s our last high school summer, and for others it’s their first. Only 123,840 minutes to embrace the summer sun, breathe in the chlorine, feel the hot pavement underneath our barefeet and stay forever young. So lets make every second count, all 7,430,400 of them. This summer I am going to...

“Drink Dr. Pepper with T-cat.”

- Nathan Drake

“Drink rootbeer with Nate Dogg .” - Tad Strohauer

“go on a mission trip to North Dakota.” -Sean Moore

“Go on a vacation to Puerto Rico and help those in need with my Youth Group.” -Trevor West

“Go t o a s many car s hows wit h Col et on a s pos s ibl e, go swimming at t h e lake and pool, go camping at Red Feat h er and t ake a trip t o L.A. wit h Col et on.” -Jordan Brunning

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“Try to keep at least one gold fi sh alive...” - Rachel Garcia

“Going backpacking through Europe.”

-Cassandra Bratton

“Follow a band around the

country on their summer tour.”

-Jordan Jacoby “Setting up the Christnast

lights...” -Brandon Medhurst

“Going to las vegas and Phoenix.” -Karissa Korf

“I’m going to run around the world, twice... in one day. No big deal.” - Uhpawprint Staff impersonating Garrett Coles

“Travel and see friends... and enjoy the sun.” -Rene Prinsloo

“travel to London before college.” - Katy Faulkner

“Going to Orland to Disney World and the Flordia Keys! Laying on the beach and jet skiing.” -Christian Dick

“Thi s summer will be bu sy, I am working 4 jobs. I have a lot of car s hows t hat I am really happy t o do and hang out wit h Jordan.” -Col et on Guerin

“be working as much as I can in my free time, I will hang with friends and go to the pool and lake.” -Ashlee Schmitt

“Go to San Antonio on a roadtrip wtih friends from church camp, itern with my brother in Philly, and work as much as possible so I have money to play!” -Aleia Amaya

“complete my summer to do list.” - Courtney Rusch

“visit colleges and go to sum-mer volleyball camps to hope-fully get recruited.” -Courtney Kjeldgaard

“go to the zoo.” - Taylor Reed