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SANDERMAN By Staff Writer Hannah

Those who walk into the CFHS gym for the basketball game at 7:30 p.m on Friday, Feb. 12, and glance over to the student section will set their eyes on a sea of blue.

Students will be wearing the blue shirts designed for this year’s Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser, which Sophomore Leadership is organizing.

Sophomore Leadership adviser and math teacher Linsey Zimmerman re-membered last year’s Coaches vs. Can-cer T-shirt success when thinking about ways to raise money for this year’s fun-draiser.

“Last year the Sophomore Leader-ship group had designed a shirt and raised quite a bit of funds for this event, so we thought we could try it again,” Zimmerman said.

And looking closely at the T-shirt de-sign on that upcoming night in February, attendees will notice the CFHS school logo is not the only one that makes an appearance.

Traci Lake, social studies teacher and co-adviser of Sophomore Leadership, explained for this year’s fundraiser they will be teaming up with Waterloo West High School.

“This year’s event is a collaborative effort with Waterloo West to raise money

for the American Cancer Society,” Lake said. “Each school will be hosting its own event and fundraisers to raise money to be both competitive in who can raise more money, but knowing in the end that all of it is for a good cause.”

Even though Cedar Falls High School

is teaming up with Waterloo West for this fundraiser, both teams will be com-petitors on the court on Feb. 12.

“We liked the incorporation of the ball, the ‘vs’ in the middle to show Coaches vs. Cancer and that the game is CF vs West,” Zimmerman said. “They also all agreed on keeping the same quote as last year’s shirt on the back, as it went well with the event. It shows that even though we are competing with West on the basketball court, we all are supportive of the fight against cancer.”

The color was chosen to sup-port prostate cancer, and the halftime speaker is math teacher Rich Strike, who recently overcame prostate cancer.

“They [Sophomore Leadership] asked Mr. Strike to speak at the event due to his battle against prostate can-cer and wanted to show him their sup-port as well,” Zimmerman said.

Anyone can also continue to show support at the game by stopping by the bake sale, bidding on the autographed basketball from the UNI men’s basket-ball team in the silent auction or donat-ing $1 to join the Fans vs. Cancer wall.

Leading up to the game, supporters can order a Coaches vs. Cancer shirt for $10 and pay for it in the main office by Feb. 2. There will also be a bake sale

CF, West collaborate to fight cancerthroughout the day on Friday, Feb. 5 in the Tiger’s Den.

All of the proceeds from the Coaches vs. Cancer event will be donated to the UNI Relay for Life and then sent to the American Cancer Society.

“Everyone knows someone who has been affected by this terrible disease, whether it was them personally, some-one very close to them or even a friend of a friend,” Lake said. “The more mon-ey we can raise to support this fight, the sooner we can have an option for a cure or knowledge on preventative actions we can take to stop the onset or spread of this disease.”

Zimmerman said she wants students and staff to get involved in this fundrais-er any way they can.

“Cancer has affected many of our lives,” Zimmerman said. “Supporting this cause will help fund more research and support those fighting this daily battle. Not only can we show our sup-port monetarily, we can also show those fighting that they are not alone. This is just a small way students and staff can give to those in need at a very difficult time in their lives.”

As students log on into their Infinite Campus accounts, one striking difference that they may notice while checking their grades is the lack of any type of extra credit listed in the course workload.

With the beginning of the second se-mester, Cedar Falls High School has now also officially eliminated any use of extra credit in any classes. For the past four years, the topic of extra credit has been an ongoing discussion for the school admin-istration while putting its focus on effec-tive grading practices. Since the topic first arose, the administration came to general consensus that giving extra credit wasn’t best practice in grading, but they hadn’t decided to take a hard stand against it un-til very recently. The school district’s work in the Professional Learning Community (PLC) process is a large reason why Cedar Falls High School shifted to this change. Cedar Falls High School is one of many high schools moving to a system where grades are reflective of student learning and extra credit is not supported.

Principal Jason Wedgbury said that this approach isn’t necessarily brought up to increase academic performance, but rather that it’s based off of a philosophi-cal drive. “We want grades to be an ac-

curate reflection of student learning and what you’re supposed to know and un-derstand, not on the amount of work that you’re doing. Extra credit is more about grade inflation just to improve a score,” Wedgbury said. “We have practices right now where a student makes some errors on an assessment and students seek ad-ditional work to earn some points, so it doesn’t look like they did so poorly. More often than not, it’s a chasing of points, not going back to demonstrate stronger learning. I think students should chase their curiosity and learning within a class-room.”

Wedgbury also emphasized the no-tion that the removal of extra credit does not mean it’s impossible for students to improve their grades. “The one thing that we do encourage is when students make mistakes on something that was graded. You have opportunities to go back and improve on that learning,” Wedgbury said. “Maybe it’s a retest. Maybe it’s a dif-ferent assessment, but you can most defi-nitely earn points back, only in relation to what you didn’t demonstrate in your un-derstanding the first time.”

Administrators ban extra credit from all classes

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T-shirts for the Coaches vs. Can-cer event are available in the office fro $10 until Feb. 2.

Sophomore Arlo Hettle braved the cold on Sunday, Jan.24 for the Bernie Sanders campaign. Caucus night is this Monday, Feb. 1.

Caucus Crunch Time Olivia Grant Photo

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CAMPBELL By Staff Writer Tyler

Caucusing will be a new ad-venture for high school students who will be 18 by election time this coming November, but many have questions for how to get involved. Senior Aditi Rao understood that very well, and on Jan. 21 organized a mock caucus for students to answer these questions. This taught students not only some of the candidate’s political views but also helped prepare them for real caucusing on Feb. 1.

For Rao, her motivations were clear, “since so many peo-ple at our school, are eligible to vote and have a huge impact on the vote,” she said. “Also, it is good to hear what candidates are really about, not just what is seen on social media.”

Many students participated in this educational and fun event. There were six candi-dates represented at the cau-cus. They included Rand Paul, Martin O’Malley, Ted Cruz, Ber-nie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Of the candi-dates, Paul, O’Malley, Sanders and Clinton all had guest speak-ers to try and influence the stu-dent body to vote for them. On the other hand, Trump and Cruz both had student volunteers to speak on their behalf.

After listening to all of the speakers, students were per-suaded by speakers to come to their booths and vote for can-

didates. In the first round, stu-dents went to the booths of the candidates that they wanted to su

pport. Following that, the presidential candidates with the lowest amount of voters were eliminated, so in this mock cau-cus, Trump was eliminated first, and all the people who voted for Trump went to a new can-didate. Most joined the Cruz booth.

In the end, most of the stu-dents went to the Sanders ta-ble, followed by Clinton, Cruz, O’Malley, Paul and Trump in last.

Many students learned more about the caucusing system. Junior Olivia Habinck described the event as “great and fun.” She said she voted for Hillary Clinton to win the caucus because “I read a lot of articles about different topics and found that I am very liberal. I have had no influence from my family or friends on my political views.”

Sophomore Britney Sires said, “I thought the caucus was pretty cool seeing where every-one stands politically.” She said of her political views that “I’m a Republican, and I watch the news and form opinions on top-ics. My parents did help influ-ence, but what they say makes sense to me.”

Sanders, Clinton, Cruz take top spots in mock caucus

At the mock caucus on Jan. 21 in the gym during power hour are senior Aditi Rao, junior Isaah Sigler and senior Michael Flancha. At right, some Democrats take a selfie, and below that sophomore Shaffer Kirschermann and senior Kayla Baker check out the Rand Paul booth.

Photos by Chloe Den Herder, Olivia Grant, Molly Johnson and Albie Nicol

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MARTIN By Staff Writer Olivia

Step 1 - Make sure you are registered as a Democrat. To partici-pate in a Democratic caucus, you must be registered as a Democrat already or you can register at the precinct caucus as a Democrat. If you have an Iowa driver’s license, you can now register online at https://mymvd.iowadot.gov.

Step 2 - Find out where you will be caucusing. As a member of the Democratic party, you will meet in your specific precinct loca-tion. Your location depends on where you live. To find out where you will be meeting, visit this site: iowademocrats.org/2016-demo-cratic-caucus-locations/

Step 3 - Figure out what candidate you are supporting. Once you are at your location, people will gather in separate groups accord-ing to which candidate they are supporting. Those who are unde-cided will be asked to join one of the groups already formed.

Step 4 - Expect to discuss your views with fellow party members and hear what they have to say too. Some people will give per-suasive speeches for their preferred candidates. By the end of the night, your opinions could have changed. The whole process could take three hours or more, so be prepared.

Step 5 - Give your vote. This won’t happen in a voting booth — caucusing is much more casual than that. Voting might be done by writing your preferred candidate on a piece of paper, raising your hand or by a head count. Whichever Democratic candidate wins the most caucus votes in the state will also win the majority of the delegates from Iowa in the national convention this summer.

The 2016 Iowa Caucus is just around the corner. The caucus is different from a primary, where people vote on candidates throughout the day. Instead, it is a meeting where party members discuss which candidate they would like to be selected as their party’s presidential nominee.

If you are a high school student who will be 18 by voting day on Nov. 8, 2016, and have registered to vote, then you should consider caucusing. Iowa is the first state in the entire nation to caucus. Here is a step-by-step process of how to caucus for your candidate. The Iowa Caucuses will be held on Monday, Feb. 1 also. Registration starts at 6 p.m.

Before you start, you need to know what party you are caucusing for. There are many candidates for both the Democrats and the Republi-cans to choose from. Depending on what party you are going to caucus for, there are different steps.

Step 1 - Make sure you are registered as a Republican. To participate in a Republican caucus, you must be registered as a Republican or you can register at the precinct caucus. If you have an Iowa driver’s license, you can now register online at https://mymvd.iowadot.gov.

Step 2 - Find out where you will be caucusing. As a member of the Republican party, you will meet in your specific precinct loca-tion. Your location depends on where you live. To find out where you will be meeting, visit this site: www.iowagop.org/2015/12/03/iowa-gop-precinct-locations/

Step 3 - Figure out what candidate you are supporting. Once you are at your location, people will gather in separate groups accord-ing to which candidate they are supporting. Those who are unde-cided will be asked to join one of the groups already formed.

Step 4 - Listen to or give a speech persuading people to vote for your preferred candidate. Some people will give persuasive speech-es for their preferred candidates.Those in attendance are asked if anyone wishes to speak on behalf of a candidate.

Step 5 - Participate in the straw poll. At the individual Repub-lican caucus meetings, a straw poll is taken by secret ballot to influence the delegate. One person = one vote. The straw poll is an informal type of voting where the local votes are counted to deter-mine the overall opinion. The votes from the local precinct straw polls are sent to the state party headquarters to announce the win-ner of the straw poll popular vote, which will influence the selection of delegates.

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Senior Ariella Vernon walks the halls donning a graphic tee advertising the phrase, “Gypsy heart” and her destroyed blue jeans meet her low-top, 1461 Doc Marten’s at her ankles. Her white backpack is covered in a careful array of illustrations and quotes. One reads, “R.I.P. Purple Marker, you may have lost your cap, but you will never lose a place in my heart.”

Talking to Vernon, it’s hard not to be captivated by her warm, eccentric energy. It should be noted, a perpetual risk is posed for any phrase in a conversation. It might be taken up by her and used as fuel for raging sarcasm.

Just as intriguing as her aura is her com-mitment to theater. Walking into theater camp at age six, Vernon had no idea she was also walking into a life-long love affair. The now 18-year-old brunette-turned-blonde ini-tially met the possibility with a strong feeling of apprehension. “My dad was the one who got me started. I don’t know if I would’ve if he hadn’t pushed me to do it,” Vernon said.

Like many new endeavors, theater was in-timidating and needed to be met with a good measure of confidence. “I think the first time is just really scary because you don’t know anyone, and the feeling I used to get before going on stage was so overwhelming. I used to hate it so much,” Vernon said.

Even today, those puerile nerves still course through her body as she waits in the wings. “It’s crazy. I mean it is very surreal — the moments before a show, when everyone’s kind of racing around doing last minute preparations, and you kind of look around and see everyone who you’ve gotten to know. It’s very bittersweet, and then you start getting nervous, and the adrenaline kind of just rushes through you, and you warm up,” Vernon said. “The feeling doesn’t really

go away, I guess, but you learn to use your nervousness.”

However, the surge of confidence from walking onto a brightly lit stage is met with an even stronger dose of humility in all the hours of rehearsal. “You really learn about your flaws and how to better them,” Vernon said. “I have a tendency to laugh on stage and break character, and sometimes I go down at the end of my sentences.”

Constant critiquing is required for im-provement, which is something not every-one can handle with poise. However, in her persistence, Vernon has become one of the few who can.

A particular highlight for her even fea-tures an unfortunate blunder. “My favorite performance was state speech two years ago. It was all girls, and we were doing a piece called, Cave Dream. At one point I start-ed laughing, and I had to turn around and pretend to be doing something over in the corner because I was laughing so much. It was terrible, but it was so funny,” Vernon said, “but I’ve also learned a lot about being yourself. Gosh, that sounds so cheesy, but I really have learned how to present yourself and how to use actions to further an in-tention. I’ve also learned that it’s OK to be dramatic and over the top because you need to know how to do that if you want to be involved in theater, and you really learn to push yourself,” Vernon said.

The Cave Dream considered, it’s fair to say “favorites” and “bests” are two completely separate categories. “My most successful per-formance was this year. I was in a short one act called “Variations on a Theme,” and our piece was fourth. We went out, and it went really great because, A — we never messed up, and B — the audience laughed super hard. It was the first time the audience really

“I’ve also learned that it’s OK to be dramatic and over the top because you need to know how to do that if you want to be involved in theater,and .”

laughed during the whole one-act,” Vernon said.

Since her initial involvement in theater, Vernon’s interests have grown to encompass more of the stage than just acting alone. “It used to be that I really wanted to act in films, and I still would absolutely love to do that, but it’s kind of evolved more into making films, and I know that knowing how to act with be extremely helpful,” Vernon said.

At Cedar Falls High School, Vernon is a part of the advanced acting class and partici-pates in school productions and speech team. Looking forward to the rest of her senior year, it’s hard not to use rose-colored lenses. “I think the more you grow as a person, the more different things seem, so theater has been different [this year], and I think it’s just because I’m growing up,” Vernon said. “It’s kind of like my last round of high school plays and the speech team. The next step would be college productions, which are kind of a big deal.”

Despite this overwhelming thought, Ver-non is still focused on enjoying her remaining time here. “Going on stage is so amazing, when you are up there, and at first you know there is an audience, but eventually they just kind of melt away, and you kind of really get into the character, and it’s almost like you become them for a moment. It is really cool,” Vernon said, “and you meet really great peo-ple along the way, so I think that really helps you stay motivated and involved.”

Vernon still has 84 days to walk the halls and grace the stage. As she turns to the side with her white backpack and well-loved Docs, an arrow becomes visible next to her love note to the purple marker with its lost cap. It reads, “found it.”

DANIELSEN By Editor in Chief Sommer

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FEATURE 5Actress discovers character both on and off stage

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I have always been inter-ested in learning foreign lan-guage. In 2010, I was in my sec-ond year of Latin and my first year of Greek, but it was really to aid in speaking English more eloquently, and I thought it was time to learn something differ-ent. People often ask if I began studying Japanese because of my interest in anime, manga and cosplay, but it wasn’t until I began studying the language that I fell in love with the cul-ture.

I knew an elderly Japanese woman at my church, named Taeko (meaning,“mysterious child” or “blessing child”), and I asked her if she could teach me Japanese. She happily agreed, but under one condition: “You make me dumpling?” she asked, a sparkle in her other-wise milky cataracts.

So, a week later, I began my first lesson with her. We wrote on an old, dried out, yel-low notepad that she carefully pulled out of her red alligator purse. Where the notepad crumbled at the edges, the yel-low had faded to white. Today, I sometimes still find britttle flakes of the notepad in old moving boxes.

She taught me traditional greetings, everyday objects, how to ask questions, colors, numbers, history and even pop-culture. She began visiting my house every Monday to eat dinner with my family. When I answered the door, I would see her gap-toothed smile and would be greeted with “Kon ban wa [Good, evening]!” with a bow, and I would say, “Hai-jimemashite,” which basically means “Welcome.”

She’d say, “Please take care of me [Dozo yoroshiku],” which is a traditional Japanese greeting. I was corrected many times, and she would not come in until I said it right.

When we sat at the table, we’d say, “Domo arigatou,” which means “Thank you very much.” It is said to show grati-tude for the food. Her face was always beaming; she’d look ex-citedly for dumplings with her leathery hands folded in front of her face and covering up her smile, like she was embar-rassed. (I thought it was one of the cutest habits I’d ever seen.

Years later, I did find that this may be considered polite.)

I was nervous when I looked up a recipe for traditional Japanese dumpling soup. I’m thinking that if I didn’t make it correctly, it might taste ter-rible. What was I to do? I had never eaten dumplings be-fore, so I didn’t know how they were even supposed to taste. I enlisted my sister, an aspiring chef, to help me, and it ended up tasting “oishii [delicious],” but I still had no idea if they’d be accurate.

On that day of the first taste, when she was about to take a bite, she paused.

“I did not eat dumpling since 19 and 60,” she said. To my relief, she chuckled at the first bite. She smiled throughout the whole meal and thanked us again and again.

After dinner was finished, she told us stories of being a little girl in Japan in the mid-dle of World War II. Her father was killed in battle, leaving her mother to care for her and her 4-year-old sister, Chiyo.

When she was 9 years old and her mother was working hard to pay for her education, she would always get in trouble. One day, she spoke out of turn in class, and the sensei made the “bad children” lay in a line on the ground, and he hit the backs of their legs with a switch. She had sore, bruised legs when she got home and a very worried mother. Her legs would easily turn black and blue, due to her early onset diabetes. Her mother had no money to take her to a doctor, let alone to pay for school.

Taeko-san also told us that when she was a young school girl, she’d always lay her uni-form, her only other set of clothes, under a bamboo mat on the floor. This was so that when she slept on it, it would lay flat, since she had no oth-er way to make it ironed. If it wasn’t completely straight, she’d get switched again.

In her home, there was only one, very scratchy blanket to keep her and Chiyo warm. They slept by a fire while their moth-er went away to work in a tea house. By morning, Taeko was already awake and doing house chores.

On the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, the sun was almost risen, but Taeko’s little sister was awo-ken by a sudden, abnormal light on the horizon. It was far away, but very bright. She would later find out that it was the decima-tion of Hiroshima. Many of her relatives lived a few miles away, but they had been severely in-jured by radiation, and some died from the blast.

As our relationship grew, every week Taeko-san would ask for dumplings, teach me to make ramen (the real kind) or devilled eggs or onigiri, and she’d always tell us more stories. I remember eating so many dumplings that I became sick of them. I couldn’t even bring myself to make any more dumplings.

But she’d still want them, so we made bento (box lunches) for her to take home, and she kept teaching me.

Eventually, she told me to call her “Oba-san,” which

means “grandma,” and she almost stopped teaching me Japanese completely for a while. She ended up just visit-ing, and we would enjoy our time together. She brought over karaoke videos, and we would have a blast making fools of ourselves. Well, it was more from me attempting to pronounce the Japanese words and her laughing at my failure.

The next time she came, it was not a happy visit. Hanako, Taeko’s daughter, had driven to our house when Hanako’s son, Akira, had kicked a hole in the wall of her house and broke several dishes. I never met Aki-ra, and for good reasons. Taeko mentioned that he had violent outbursts and didn’t want him at her house, but they had nowhere else to stay. Hanako didn’t speak English very well. All I could make out was that she was saying something like “sorry for intruding” a lot. Taeko was stressed out, so I made

some tea. Hanako thanked me for the tea but didn’t talk much after that. Taeko explained that Hanako’s husband went to deal with Akira. Apparently he punched a cop because he didn’t feel like speaking Eng-lish, so they arrested him and concluded that he would need intense therapy for his anger is-sues.

The next summer, she went away with Hanako to visit family in Japan. Four months later, she returned with omiyage (gifts or souvenirs) from the island of Hokkaido. She brought two very tiny, golden cat figurines, called maneki neko, or “wel-coming (lucky) cats” (pictured at left). She had a new yukata (a lighter, more summery kind of clothing, similar to a kimono, both of which are very diffi-cult to tie properly), and hashi (chopsticks), which were hand carved by an Ainu (aboriginal people, mostly living in Hokkai-do and Honshu) man she met at a shop.

There were delicate hana (flowers) painted around the top.

She also brought a similarly-patterned red apron (pictured left), which is almost as confus-ing as the yukata. It’s all twisted around and buttoned in weird places, and it takes us a while to untwist it.

I thanked her for the gifts, and she went home. I didn’t see her many times after that be-cause I moved to Iowa, and she was in Texas, recovering from a cataract surgery and being treated for diabetes.

I don’t know her exact whereabouts today, but the last I heard of her was a phone call with Hanako. Taeko was not doing well, but she did relay a message to me I will not forget: “Yakusoku shite kudasai.” It means, “please promise me.”

I do believe she is in ten-goku (heaven), and I’ve grown to accept it. I am not sure what she wanted me to promise, but I did promise her that I would become fluent in Japanese for her, no mattter how difficult it can be. I will not give up.

I won’t forget Oba-aan. Without her, I would not be the same person I am today.

Student turns dumplings into taste for land of the rising sun, promise of persistence

A closeup of lucky cats, Kaoru and Hikaru (top left), a manga gifted from Hanako (in right hand) and Taeko’s apron (worn).

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FEATURE 7Turning JapaneseLiteracy is the first step to learning any language

When learning any new language, it is important to first learn about the culture, the language structure and the

reading/writing system, which in this case, are all very different from our own.

It would take hours to tell you about the culture, but a good start for learning the pronunciation and accent could begin by watching a lot of anime (cartoons) or

eiga (films) and TV shows in Japanese, or taking a song you like and memorizing the lyrics. Learn each meaning

of every word and analyze the song. Anime themes are a great choice. This can help with any language.

The Japanese language consists of three basic types of writing, called “kana.” The types of kana are, basically, hiragana, katakana and kanji, and the phonetic English spellings of Japanese words are called romaji. The first

one I learned was hiragana, and I’m currently on my way to memorizing katakana. I don’t know many kanji yet, but I’ll get there eventually. I still need to work on my

atrocious handwriting.

Hiragana is the basic Japanese phonetic script, consist-ing of 46 basic symbols, called gojūon. There are also 36

yōon, 20 dakuon, five handakuon, one sokuon and six alternative letters, but don’t freak out. For now, we will

break down the basic 46 hiragana.

Each hiragana symbol represents a syllable, and there are five vowels:

(a, i, u, e, o), pronounced “ah,” “ee,” “ooh,” “eh” and “oh.”

The rest of the symbols follow this vowel pattern, rhyming with each other. Watch: we’ll learn all of them with the chunking method (for those who did not take psychology this year, that means breaking information

into groups).

“Write them again and again until you’ve mastered them. Then write some more!”

Learn the first five before you move on to the next. The second row means KA, KI, KU, KE and KO.

The rest of the symbols follow the same pattern, with written exceptions. Use the chart to figure them out.

Grouping the symbols together and learning only a few at a time is a lot less daunting than learning all 46 at once. Make a mnemonic, like the first syllable of an anime character’s name (e.g. [na] is for Natsu), or a picture to go with it ([mu] is a cow. Mooo!), or color code them by group. All in all, the best thing to do is to write them over and over, every single day, until you’re confident you know them all, and then keep practicing. Whatever you do, never give up. I hope you have as much fun as I have in learning languages. For more Japanese, check out the iPhone app Dr. Moku, Youtube’s Learn Japanese 123, Miss Hanake’s hiragana song or check out the free and fun Chrome app Hiragana Katakana Cookies. (This one is seriously fun. Play it.)

“GANBATTE KUDASAI!” (basically “Good luck!” or “Hang in there!”)

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No ‘YI” or “YE” here. They do not exist in hiragana.

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By Staff Writer Ben

Welcome to the wonderful world of Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deakin — otherwise known as the acclaimed experimental pop band, Animal Collective.

Formed in 1999, the group has since generated a vast and in-credible discography, releasing albums with contributions with any or all members. From album to album, the band never sounds the same — endowing each creation with a unique route of sonic exploration and a personality of its own. This is not your average listening experience. Winning the hearts of fans through the years with its profound exploration of what music can be, Animal Col-lective is now set to release its 10th studio LP, titled Painting With, on February 19th. Now is the perfect time to join the bandwagon and delve into what this band is all about; however, with such an immense discography, it can be a little intimidating. Try out this handy-dandy flowchart to help get your bearings — and maybe discover some of your new favorite albums.

START HERE!

I want to dig right into what AnCo is all about

I want to try out their pop/accessible material first

What else can these guys do?

Digging the whimsical

acoustic stuff

Merriweather Post Pavillion

Sung Tongs

Holy cow, “Visiting

Friends” is amazing

Feels

Prospect Hummer

Campfire Songs

Young Prayer (Panda Bear)

Digging the loops and samples, pop vibes

Fall Be Kind Panda Bear Meets the

Grim Reaper (Panda Bear)

I love Panda with all my heart

Tomboy(Panda Bear)

Person Pitch (Panda Bear)

Digging the energetic instrumentation

Water Curses Strawberry Jam

This, but crazier

Centipede HzYes, more alien pop

please

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HOODBy Staff Writer Cody

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The masked man runs to the carnage of the battle, looking at the littered blades and bodies. He takes it all in, his eyes per-ceiving it as a beautiful piece of artwork assembled by the greatest artists of his world. He looks up only to notice escap-ing enemies. Taking his small rifle and fully assembling it into a massive cannon, he takes aim while the long cloak he’s wear-ing holds a massive engine un-derneath.

“Make Them Beautiful” is all that rings in his mind as he carefully takes each shot. The ring of each bullet is a masterful orchestra to his ears, each shot piercing his enemies looks to be a splash on an empty canvas of the battlefield.

At the end of it all, he fixes his cannon back to it’s normal state, taking a soft breath in and looking at the cherry blossoms and lotus flowers all around him. The actual battlefield now looks much more dark and grim with a single man leaving.

Jhin, The Virtuoso is a new champion being introduced to League of Legends in Patch 6.2. He is to be a bursty, high-range marksman capable of output-ting his damage from far away. His abilities are rather unique, each having a name corre-sponding to some element of drama, from dancing to a cur-tain call.

He’s an assassin for the corrupted leaders of a place named Ionia. It’s theorized by many that he is a schizophrenic, seeing the cherry blossoms and lotus flowers bloom when his targets perish, as well as when he thinks to himself while

an angelic choir sings in the background, but it cannot be heard when he’s verbally saying things.

His passive is named Whis-per. It has a few parts to it, the first being called Death in 4 Acts. This ability is a four-shot passive. His first three shots do nothing special, but when he fires his fourth shot, it’s a guar-anteed crit. He then needs to reload Whisper, taking about two and a half seconds in order to achieve that reload.

He can never grow in at-tack speed besides his natural attack speed growth. Instead of getting attack speed from his items, he instead gets extra damage and extra speed from the second part of his passive, Every Moment Matters.

His crits deal 25 percent reduced damage from normal crits, but whenever Jhin hits an enemy with a critical strike, he is granted extra movement speed for a few seconds.

This passive is mostly math-ematical in terms of increasing damage with the fourth crit, but I enjoy it. It helps solidify Jhin as an opportunistic damage deal-er, timing his attack to be when he’s at his strongest.

His first ability is called Dancing Grenade. It’s a point-and-click ability where he toss-es out a small canister that hits the targeted enemy, and then it bounces up to three addi-tional units. If a bounce kills an enemy, then the canister’s dam-age is increased by 35 percent. This effect can stack with each bounce.

This spell is Jhin’s only great ability to kill large amounts of

minions in one quick go. The ability isn’t very strong on it’s own, but once it gets rolling from minion kills, the damage becomes frightening. Overall, it’s a good ability, but not any-thing noteworthy.

Jhin’s second ability is Dead-ly Flourish. This ability causes Jhin to fire a long-range laser in a direction, going until it hits an enemy champion and deal-ing reduced damage to cham-pions. If an ally hits an enemy, Jhin hits an enemy or his third ability, Captive Audience is trig-gered, and then when he hits his enemy, they become rooted in place for a quick moment.

This ability has the longest range of any basic ability in the game, and it’s satisfying to land. There’s no audial cue, but see-ing somebody get hit by it can lead to quite a bit of damage adding up over time.

Jhin’s third ability is called Captive Audience. The passive is that when Jhin scores a killing blow on an enemy, a lotus flow-er appears out of the corpse and explodes moments later.

The active can stock up to two, and it makes him toss down a Lotus Trap, which goes invisible when it arms. When an enemy walks over the trap it triggers, causing the trap to bloom into a lotus flower, which slows enemies and explodes after a moment for high dam-age. This ability is quite good and helps to deter other en-emies from appearing in Jhin’s lane and threatening his perfor-mance. The passive also allows him to snowball when he scores a killing blow in a team fight, allowing him to sit back and

watch them detonate over his enemies.

Jhin’s ultimate ability is called Curtain Call. He sets up his rifle and fully assembles it into a cannon, forming a cone over a large area. During this time, he has 10 seconds to fire four bullets downrange, caus-ing high damage based on missing health and slowing. The last bullet does massively increased damage.

This single ability is my fa-vorite ability in Jhin’s kit, and it persuaded me to buy him as soon as he came out. He truly feels like a sniper, taking each of his shots precisely and lethally. The audio effects are absolutely beautiful, each round sound-ing thick and heavy as it flies through the air, the angelic cho-rus in the background truly so-lidifying the audio effects. The channel bar also says “Make Them Beautiful,” which is a nice touch to his character.

Overall, Jhin is an excellent character capable of incredibly high damage for a marksman. He feels more like a physical damage mage than a marks-man, but he feels very satisfy-ing overall. His abilities barely have any theatrical, dramatic theme to them, but in the same point, he feels like a dangerous hitman, capable of picking off a single target with his incredibly high damage.

His voice over fits him well, reminding me of a very harsh critic when he speaks, but it’s still with many types of terms from the theater. I’ll definitely be playing him a lot when he’s released.

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Senior Coty Kurth“Bags” by Cookie Money“I liked how much he

speaks to me. The way he shares his life.”

Senior Sara Ashar“Some Things Never Change” by Marc E Bassy “I like the song because

not many people know Marc E Bassy. He has a very chill vibe you can nod your head to.”

Senior Hannah Sanderman“Slow Down Time”by Us the Duo“I love all of this band's pre-

vious stuff, so when this song came out, I was super excited. This song is a little different from their other songs, but I love this song in particular be-cause it’s upbeat, and the lyr-ics really hit home since I'm a senior.

Junior Rachel Eastman“Robot Koch” by Nitesky feat. John LaMonica“I like the song because I

first heard it when my life was very stressful and hectic, so I now associate the song with those emotions I had while first listening to it. It’s crazy how a song can take you back to a certain time in your life. I really like the song because for each person, the meaning could be different based on what that person had going on.”

OLSONBy Staff Writer Kaylee

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WILSONBy Staff Writer Isabella

Boyhood:

This film itself is spectacu-lar, and the soundtrack some-how pulls you in. The nostalgia overwhelms a listener at first listen but then also brings a sense of life, being that you follow Mason’s life throughout the film.

Pulp Fiction:

This timeless gem is a wave of different kinds of genres, surfing from classic rock to old timey blues and jazz. What's great about this soundtrack is that it really captivates the feel-ing you get while watching the movie itself.

The Graduate:

Watch how this captivating film reels you in with the suede voices of Simon and Garfunkel, and try not to help but think of Mrs. Robinson when watching this film. One could say that the sound strip of this film is very memorable.

Submarine:

While this movie isn't all too known, its soundtrack captures 19 minutes of sad, happy and confused vibes. This album from start to finish is a roller coaster of emotions relating to a teen’s heart. Alex Turner, lead singer of Arctic Monkeys, actu-ally used all of his own rejected songs for this soundtrack.

Juno:

People remember this movie best because of Mi-chael Cera and Ellen Page’s undeniable love for each other. While the music really shows the movie’s true colors, it also brings a lot of indie music to the table. This film is a great watch and a good listen for a weekend night.

KRAABELBy Staff Writer Mercede

The 5th Wave was writ-ten by Rick Yancey. The Others are smart. They know what they’re doing. They wipe out most of the Earth’s population in about 5 months. The Oth-ers are the aliens that have come to take Earth.

Cassie Sullivan is one of the few left after the 4th wave. Cassie made a promise to her little broth-er and she is dead set on going to get him. She knows where he is.

She has two rules: 1) trust no one and 2) stay alone. She believes that is the only way she can stay alive to find her brother.

But then, in a twist of fate she meets E v a n W a l k e r and she breaks her two rules. T h o u g h she starts to think that he one of the Others, they are forced to trust eachother and fight for survival.

I really have no words for this book. It was really amaz-ing. It got me hooked from the beginning. It was an ac-tion packed, mind racing, survival book all in one. The

In the anime series of Magic Knight Rayearth, three girls from three different high schools en-ter a strange new world called Cephiro. The girls are Hikaru, Fuu and Umi. When they first en-ter the world, they’re confused, of course.

As they drama unfolds, they meet the master mage who sends to them to the forest of si-lence to get weapons while he stays back to fight a grunt of the dark mage. After get-ting loaned weapons and going to search for legendary ore, the girls meet a strange swordsman. Is he to be trusted? Find out for yourself!

The manga of Magic Knight Rayearth is very slow paced to me. The artwork is done very nicely, and it follows basically the same story as the anime, of course. In the manga, there are

small things done better and are actually kind of funny, but they also don’t include some things that I personally enjoyed. The manga’s artwork was very nice, and at the end of the volume,

there is a little credit to the writers and illustra-tor.

Overall, there is not much difference between the anime and manga. There are a few dialogue changes, and the manga explains things a bit more, but besides that, there’s not much. Another huge thing,

instead of ‘rune god’ in the manga, they say sprites. Overall, it’s tough to pick a favorite this week, but if I had to, the anime is much much cuter and more ap-pealing. I would recommend this series to anyone who wants a cute anime that, for once, shows girls beating up monsters.

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“Angeles” by Elliott means a lot to me because when my brother Ben learned how to play it on his guitar, he and I would sing together. Our house was always filled with Ben’s playing and singing. Since he went to col-lege, I don’t see him as much, and when I miss him, I listen to it. Sometimes I miss hearing the tunes from the living room, but my favorite version of that song is the way he sings it.”

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points of view change throughout the book. With the different viewpoints, it makes the plot seem more real. But I mean how more real can aliens get?

I personally, can’t wait to see the movie. While I was reading the book, I could tell what parts they would put in the movie and the parts that won’t be in the movie. I can tell this is gonna be a great movie.

Catch the 5th Wave in theaters today.

When talking about movies, some people look for certain actors, some look for the director, but some would look for the soundtrack or score, whether that is describing the theme of the movie or how good the soundtrack itself is.

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MAGEEBy Staff Writer Sam

Apple WatchApple’s flagship watch pairs

a vast variety of applications and health features with a sleek and unique look. Unlike other smart watches, Apple keeps the same case shape, choosing to limit the customization to their wide array of cases and the bands to match them.

Of course, it’s not just about the look of the watch. The Apple Watch is also a very functional device, offering thousands of apps from the App Store that pair up with your iPhone to make things like calling, mes-saging and health tracking very simple and discreet.

Siri also appears on the Watch, allowing for more con-trol over your iPhone, straight from your wrist. Another huge feature in this device is that all of your notifications are sent to your watch, giving you a glimpse at what you need to know.

Overall, the Apple Watch is a very sleek and functional de-vice that may be worth the hole in your pocket.

Android WearGoogle’s collection of wear-

ables generally use a more natural, circular case rather than the boxy shapes of other smart wearables. Much like the Apple Watch, this device includes many built-in features that allow it to pair with another Android device. However, un-like the lock Apple’s Watch has to only work with iPhones, An-droid Wear items allow for use with either Android or iOS.

The Android Wear devices put health in high importance like the Apple Watch, including a heart rate sensor, pedometer and several health apps built in. There are thousands of devel-oper-made watch faces due to Android’s ability to be custom-ized along with many different kinds of bands to fit your style.

Google also allows different brands to create their watches, giving the customer a wide range of choices between looks and costs.

Microsoft BandUnlike its major competi-

tors, Google and Apple, Mi-crosoft chose to use a band form factor for their wearable device. This device is meant to sit on the inside of your wrist, contrary to the design of tradi-tional watches.

It is made to work with Win-dows devices, but it has apps allowing it to work with iOS and Android as well. A similar feature to Siri, Cortana is “your personal assistant,” and helps with things like setting remind-ers and sending messages.

The band also focuses heavily on creating a healthier atmosphere for its user in an unobtrusive manner, using the Microsoft Health app for your phone or an online dashboard for pretty much anywhere else.

FitbitThe Fitbit collection of-

fers a few different products based on your goals. The Fit-bit is used to track your exer-cise, workouts and sleep pat-terns. All of this information is tracked in their app for cross platform use, as well as an on-line dashboard.

The app itself is a very so-phisticated piece of software that is well worth a download. You’re able to record your workouts, food and sleep pat-terns. You are also able to use multiple devices with their application, while keeping in perfect sync with your day.

Razer NabuThe Nabu and Nabu X

by Razer are bands made for gamers. Each have the inten-tions of relaying your mobile device’s notifications to your wrist and keeping you fo-cused on your fitness.

The Nabu simply gives your wrist a slight vibration in order to let you know what’s happening in a low-key way to keep you focused on the game. Razer also offers a fairly simple app to track your steps, calories and sleep in an all-inclusive form.

Smart wearables bring personal assistants to your wrist

When the list of Academy Award nominees came out this year, the actors chosen and specifically, not chosen, created a nationwide outcry with one question in mind, where are the black actors?

In a time when racial ten-sions seem to be peeking due to the Black Lives Matter move-ment which has been fueled by the killings of unarmed African American males by police all across the country, not one black actor was nominated for an academy award this year, leaving actresses and actors like Jada Pinkett Smith, a black actress who is the wife of Will Smith, to call for a boycott of the Oscars, and Tyrese Gibson, who is known for his role as Ro-man in the Fast and Furious se-ries, asking Chris Rock to step down as host of the Oscars this

year in order to send a message to the Academy Awards.

Ever since the Oscars were created to award brilliance in cinema, only 13 times has a black actor won an academy award, and ever since the for-mation of the Oscars in 1929, black actors have only been nominated 44 times.

Recently, other black actors have had a different outlook on the situation like Ice Cube who was asked if he would attend the Oscars and responded with, “I never used to go anyway. You can’t boycott something you never went to.”

Ice Cube went on to talk about the movie he produced, Straight Outta Compton, which many feel was snubbed after getting zero nominations this year. “We don’t do movies for the industry. We do movies for

the fans, for the people,” he said. “If the industry gives you a trophy or not, or pats you on the back or not, it’s nice, but it’s not something you should dwell on.” He added, “We got acco-lades from all levels. We got so much praise for the movie.”

The Oscars’ apparent preju-dice has left students looking for a change. “If I was an actor, I wouldn’t go to send a mes-sage to the people who pick the nominees that we have had enough. It’s time for a change,” senior Drew Walker said.

The reason for the acad-emy not awarding brilliant performances by black actors is unknown, which only makes things look worse in light of its omissions of exemplary perfor-mances such as that of black actor Michael B. Jordan for his role as Apollo Creed’s son in

the film “Creed” while opting instead for a supporting actor nomination for Sylvester Stal-lone, who played his classic character Rocky.

Many students agreed that black actors are just as deserv-ing as white actors to receive credit for their work, and the consensus is that skin color shouldn’t play a factor in any decision, especially not for who is deserving of an Oscar. As se-nior Drew Nida said, “As a mi-nority myself, I feel that the Os-cars can be used as a platform for more growth in diversifying society. We have taken major steps in creating an equally rep-resented America, and allowing minority actors to be represent-ed for their hard work would be a step in the right direction.”

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Iran Deal makes America less safeOn Jan. 12, Iran captured 10 U.S. sail-

ors and held them captive overnight after their patrol boats drifted into Iranian wa-ters for unknown reasons. The next day, Secretary of State John Kerry and the Obama administration expressed grati-tude to the Iranian government for releas-ing the sailors.

In July of 2015, it was announced that the government had reached an agree-ment with Iran over nuclear capabilities. Barack Obama and Kerry assured the American people that Iran would not produce nuclear bombs in exchange for a lift in economic sanctions, which would release almost $150 billion to the terror-ist regime in Tehran. The deal is severely flawed in many ways that it is hard to un-derstand how our president thinks this is a good plan.

One of the biggest holes in this is the fact that the Iranians are going to self-in-spect their nuclear sites. Why would any-one think letting the Iranian government self-inspect their sites is a good idea? It’s like students in middle school grading their own finals. You know they are going to cheat and give themselves 100 percent on the results. The Obama administra-tion trusts Iran with nuclear weapons, but it doesn’t trust American citizens with an AR15.

The next big problem with the plan is the Iranian government is the number one state sponsor of terrorism. They fund groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. Hamas attacks Israeli men, women and children with rockets, mortars and stabbings. He-

zbollah is known for the suicide bombing of the U.S. embassy in Beirut that killed 63 people, 17 of them Americans in 1983. Even though our government knows that they fund groups like these, a huge part of the deal was to lift of economic sanc-tions, releasing almost $150 billion. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that some of this money will go to terrorist groups who kill innocent people. Kerry, the former anti-war protester who accused the United States of war crimes in Vietnam, admitted that the deal will give billions of dollars to terrorists. He told CNBC in an interview, “I think that some of it will end up in the hands of the IRGC or other entities, some of which are labeled terrorists.” It is against the law to negotiate with terrorists, so why are we negotiating with the number one sponsor of terror?

After all that, we still have the fact that Iran hates America. When the deal was being negotiated, Iranians were burning the American flag and chanting “Death to America” in the streets. The leader of the terrorist regime, Hassan Rouhani, led these chants, but yet we continued to make a deal with them.

In the ’90s, President Bill Clinton made a “landmark” nuclear deal with North Ko-

rea, and we all know how that went. On his deal, Clinton said in the briefing room at the White House on Oct. 18, 1994, “Under the agreement, North Korea has agreed to freeze its existing nuclear pro-gram and to accept international inspec-tion of all existing facilities.” Twenty years later, the North Koreans are researching delivery systems for their nuclear war-heads. These deals do nothing to prevent them from producing a WMD.

After all the money that Iran will be receiving, in early January, Iran captured 10 of our sailors after the US vessel drifted into Iranian waters. There was no resis-tance at all. We know this because the Iranian government had cameras there videotaping the whole thing, which is against the Geneva convention. You can’t take photos or video of prisoners.

Why were our sailors not allowed to fire on the Iranians coming to take them prisoner? The boats that the Americans were aboard, had everything from M240 light machine guns to heavy .50 caliber machine guns. The Iranian so called “at-tack boats” were just speed boats with Iranian sailors on them. The Americans should have been able to tear them apart, but why weren’t they allowed to fire? The Iranians were coming at them with hostile

intent, but yet there was no resistance. Is it because our government wants the re-lationship between Iran and the United States to look great after the “landmark” nuclear deal, and so we ordered the sail-ors not to fire?

After holding our sailors overnight and finally releasing them, our leaders thanked the terrorist regime in Tehran. Kerry said this in relation to the incident, “I want to express my gratitude to the Iranian au-thorities for their cooperation in swiftly resolving this matter.”

You have got to be out of your mind to thank a terrorist government for releas-ing the U.S. sailors that they unlawfully took prisoner. This is one of those mo-ments where I really question whose side our leaders, meaning Obama and Kerry, are on. Say what you will about President George Bush, but at least we knew that his interest was protecting the United States.

There aren’t many excuses you can make for the Obama administration on this one. This wasn’t a mistake, this wasn’t stupidity, this was treason. We’ve known that Obama doesn’t care about protect-ing our country for awhile now, but he isn’t even trying to make an excuse for it this time.

As we’ve seen, the Iran Deal makes us less safe. Our enemies now see us as weak. Obama has made this country look feeble with the severely flawed and dan-gerous Iran Deal.

“Obama has made this country look feeble with severely flawed and dangerous Iran Deal.”

No appetite for suffering led to vegetarian dietSo, why am I a vegetarian? It’s pretty

obvious as to why I am, but where did this all begin? When did I realize my ap-petite for meat wasn’t more important than an animal’s suffering? It all started as a child, and it led me into a lifestyle trying to limit animal abuse.

Living in a home with plenty of ani-mals to keep me company, I developed such great feelings for any creature with fur and a set of lungs. Growing up, I had two dogs, four cats, a bunny, two guinea pigs and so many fish I’ve lost count. Sure, they’re a handful, but with the ones still alive to this day, I’ve set my heart on loving them and rescuing many others.

My dad’s a hunter, and I never re-ally understood all the aspects of it. He’d come home with bags of meat, and for all I knew, he had gone to the meat packing plants and bought it all. I didn’t realize he paid for the slaughter of a cow. I also didn’t realize the deer meat he brought home was due to the retched smell of death lingering on his clothing.

He also likes to fish, and he’d bring home buckets of fish, which he cleaned in the basement until one day I walked

in on him bringing a blade down against the fish’s flesh. Fish are different than mammals, that’s true. Yet, from a young age, I treasured all life.

I remember running down the stairs to see him after he was gone for the whole day on a fishing trip. I’d gone with him before plenty of times, but we always let the fish go back into the lake. The smell was horrendous, and the visu-al of seeing fish skin and blood covering tables in the basement made me sick to my stomach. Screaming, I was worried about the fish laid out on the table in front of my dad, and I threw a fit.

For what it’s worth, my dad had to explain to me the fish were already dead because I thought he was hurting them. To this day, I haven’t gone fish-ing, and I still get upset with him bring-ing dead fish home. I see this as playing God among these creatures, and at a young age it never sat right with me.

Along with this fish incident, I re-member a time when my dad and I were following one of his friends out to his farm so they could skin a deer. I was still relatively young, so I wasn’t quite sure what it meant, but I knew there would be farm animals out there, and

I completely forgot about the deer. I had fallen asleep in the backseat due to the never ending drive from the woods back into town, and I remember sitting up and seeing a dead deer tied to the back of a pick up.

Long story short, I screamed and screamed until I had cried myself to sleep. I woke up that afternoon terri-fied that my pets’ lives were at risk. At this point, I learned my dad killed in-nocent animals, and I took all my pets and locked them in my room with me. I promised to keep them safe from the scary man, and since then I’ve loved an-imals unconditionally. To this day, I hate hunting. And although there are plenty of reasons as to why it’s a positive thing, it weighs my heart down.

As I got older, I realized no one eats house pets. So why do we eat other ani-mals? Why do we get to end their lives, while other four-legged creatures live within safety of our homes?

I tried being a vegetarian plenty of times, but I could never make it past a week. Yet, seven months ago I found the will to forever stop eating meat. My mindset might be weird, but it’s the rea-son I’m doing what I’m doing.

Now that I see things through a perspective I never had, in my opin-ion, killing a once lively animal for our consumption churns my stomach, and knowing that the slab of meat sitting in front of me was once a beautiful crea-ture breaks my heart.

I don’t like knowing their sole exis-tence leads up to a slaughter. From the time many of those animals are born until the end, they never got a chance to live. Like us, I believe animals feel and love the way we do, and it’s breaks my heart knowing we’re responsible for their suffering.

I know many people can argue they don’t feel like we do or that slaughter-houses are a way to limit overpopula-tion, but that doesn’t make any of it right. No, I’m not judging or degrad-ing people who eat meat, or those in-volved in the killings, but I want to be a voice for these animals.

This is something so important to me, and it’s never been right to subject animals to pain in any setting. To me, cruelty is cruelty, and there’s no expla-nation that will ever make it right.

“He also likes to fish, and he’d bring home buckets of fish, which he cleaned in the basement until one day I walked in on him bringing a blade down against the fish’s flesh.”

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Teens should grabchance to caucus

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in and out of our lives. Some-times for the worse, sometimes for the better and sometimes for no clear reason at all.

I believe that each of us leave a small trail of friends. People that we were extremely close to at one point of time, but through some events, somehow filtered out of our everyday lives.

For me, one of my friends would be Mickey.

I met Mickey when we were both freshmen at West High School. It was first period or-chestra, and I played violin, and she played cello. We were never best friends per se, but she still made an impact in my life. We spent a year going to school events together and oc-casionally hanging out with our group of friends.

Then the next year my family made the transition to moving to Cedar Falls, and my little sister and I moved schools. This put a large strain on the friendships I had made at my old school because even though I was really only 15 min-utes away, I was still too young to drive myself there and back.

A lot of us also take for granted how much of our lives we plan while we are at school. Here we make new connec-tions and make plans for who we want to go out with that weekend.

I never meant for Mickey and my other friends to filter out of my life, but slowly, they did.

Then, last school year, Mickey moved to Portland, Ore. While I was excited for her and her new adventure, I felt a small pain in my heart because I knew that the few times that I got to see her then would evaporate.

And that is exactly what happened. At first we stayed in touch. A few snapchats here and there, and I think we might have Facetimed once as well, but just like when I moved, it didn’t last.

Soon enough, we both got busy, and we both just stopped trying. That seems a lot harsher in writing, but it is true. Life goes on, and we go on with it.

So then we just watched each other’s lives from behind social media accounts. In that time we both had visited Paris, gone to parties with friends and now are applying to col-

leges. This past winter break, she

came back again to visit her friends here in Iowa, and, I’m not going to lie, I was actually terrified that through all that time and how much we grew as people, it would be too much. That we would be just sitting together at Cup of Joe staring down at our cups in silence.

Now I didn’t completely go by myself. My friend Olivia also came with us to catch up and chat.

Still, I remember clearly the brisk air as I walked in, five o’clock on a school night, my stomach wrenching with nerves that our friendship would never be the same as it once was.

I stood in line to order something to drink and asked for a second to review the menu when they asked me what I wanted.

“Daphne?”I turned around and saw her

standing there at the door with a look of uncertainty on her face, like she was trying to pick apart my face, trying to piece together the me she knew from three years ago and from the pictures she sees of me online.

We quickly had an embrace where we asked how our days had been and tried to decide what we wanted to drink.

Then Olivia joined us, we all ordered and sat down to enjoy each other’s company.

The Iowa caucuses serve as an early indication of which can-didates for president might win the nomination of their political party at that party’s national convention and which ones could drop out due to lack of support. One can say that our state’s cau-cuses set the tone for rest of the presidential race. But why has the modern generation played a lesser role in setting said tone?

In our democracy, we not only get a say in who runs our country, but also a say about how our country is run. It is very easy to be apathetic about our right to vote and take a who-cares attitude, but especially in our first opportunities, we shouldn’t brush this great honor off so quickly.

It is true; campaign managers target their funding for ads and public relations traditionally towards older demographics and overlook younger generations. Why is this? Because the sad reality is that election after election, the percentage of youth who actually register and vote is meager when compared to the rest of the population.

Taking this into account, this is the year 2016. Presidential candidate campaigning has come a long way. Social media and, in turn, the youth of the nation have come into focus of those running for office. As per usual, the candidates speak at many colleges and schools around the country in addition to various other places, but over the course of history, the number of visits and public appearances at youth-centered establishments have seemingly increased.

Aside from this, candidates have even been taking to social media sites themselves to get closer to our demographic. They have been successful so far in establishing a rapport with those who use said sites, the majority of which is our generation. Their campaigns have included everything from conferences to emails to Snapchat filters, going the extra mile to reach out to us be-cause they realize the potential of which we are capable.

In light of this, let us clearly convey this to all who read the Hi-Line. Voting is worth the effort, and the youth of this country can definitely make a difference. And it’s not that hard. You can register for voting in the caucus on the night of the event, and if you think you’ll have trouble voting on election day in Novem-ber, simply request an absentee ballot. A little gas money and time out of your day are very small prices to pay for having a hand in shaping our future.

We should remember that an individual vote may seem little more than a whisper, but when our votes are combined with the votes of others who share our views, it becomes a voice. The more like-minded voters there are, the louder that youth voice grows.

Reconnecting AgainStudent has kindred meeting with an old friend

BECKERBy Staff Writer Daphne

Olivia and I spent the bet-ter part of the night hounding Mickey for information about her new and exciting life and reflecting on what was happen-ing in our own.

The conversation took a cool philosophic turn, and it was enlightening to see that through all the things, all the changes and challenges in each of our lives that we have faced, we could all get to-gether and talk about life on a deeper level.

Meeting with Mickey was an experience way more illus-trious than I could have ever imagined. It taught me that growth is something that you cannot fight in yourself, and growth is universal. None of us grow at the same rate, but that is what makes it fun. We all are constantly changing, and the people around us are constant-ly changing with us.

Well, maybe not with us. I am excited to see what chang-es these next years bring into my life and my friends’ lives. I hope that next time I might be able to see Mickey in Portland, to meet her new friends and to see her new life. I am so proud of my friend and all her accom-plishments in life, and more than that, I am so excited to watch her set the world on fire.

Old friends Daphne and Mickey reconnect at local coffee shop Cup of Joe.

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TURNER-HALL By Staff Writer Isaac

TOURNIER By Staff Writer Tehya

As Austin Green steps into the gym filled with hundreds of CF basketball fans, he finishes his last few Skittles as is his tradi-tion since last year, and he takes in the crowd’s energy. All that is on his mind is to put everything else aside and focus on getting the dub.

“I first decided basketball was a priority in about seventh grade because I knew that if I wanted to be good, I would have to put the time in,” Green said. “I want to play for as long as I can because it’s what I love to do.”

Green started playing or-ganized basketball at the age of four after his parents, Kyle and Michele, signed him up for league, and it “took off from there.” Last year Green started as a freshman for the Tigers, and he is starting again in his sopho-more year.

“Last year as a freshman it was different from this year be-cause this year I know I have a bigger role and have to be a leader, but last year I sort of felt like I was just playing my role and not really being a leader. Both are great experiences and a lot of fun, though,” Green said.

Green has also been invited to multiple camps. In his most recent camp, he attended the John Lucas Midwest Invitational in Louisville, Ky.

This summer he was invited to the Crossroads Elite Invita-tional in Indianapolis, and he was supposed to go to the Nebraska Elite camp but couldn’t after he broke his wrist.

Green said there is a lot of competition, and it also is very intense. The sophomore ex-plained that he has received letters of interest from Virginia, Stanford, Iowa, Nebraska, UNI and Western Illinois, and he has gone on visits to Nebraska and Minnesota.

“After high school, I want to play Division 1 college basket-ball and then play professionally, whether that be in the NBA or somewhere in Europe.”

Green said he is doing every-thing he can to reach his dreams. “I want to achieve my goals of being the best I can be and earning a scholarship, so to do that I know I have to put the time in when other people aren’t,” Green said.

He said he gets his inspira-tion and motivation from his fa-ther. His dad is always dropping inspirational quotes or advice that helps keep him moving to become great. Green said he looks up to his parents because they have always supported him.

“My biggest role models that don’t play basketball would probably be my parents because they are always showing me the right path, and they always give it their best effort no matter what they are doing,” Green said.

Green also plays for the Iowa Barnstormers travel team, but it is very different from high school basketball. “High school and travel ball are very different be-cause with high school you prac-tice every day and are always working with your team, but for

AAU we rarely practice, and we just show up to tournaments and have to play, so they are differ-ent, but both are very fun,” he said.

As the season continues, Green said that their team goals are to get better every single

Sophomore starter lending veteran experience in second season

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Sophomore Austin Green blows by the Linn Mar defense for lay in during a home game on Friday, Jan. 8. As a sophomore, Green is already a highly sought college recruit.

day and to do the little things that great teams do. He said it is also a big goal to make it to the state tournament, but whenever he wakes up on a game day, it’s a great feeling because he gets to go out and do what he loves.

“I continue to play because

I love competing and the thrill of adrenaline in big games. If I didn’t play basketball, I think I would feel bored and not really know what to do with all my free time.”

Sports Opinion: NBA All Star game offers old, new heroesNBA All-Star voting ended

on Monday, Jan. 18. Kobe Bryant led all vote getters with 1,891,614 votes, which destroyed the record for votes set last season by MVP favor-ite Stephen Curry. Bryant has held a firm lead the entire voting process despite not posting All-Star numbers and the Lakers failing to even win 10 games at this point in the season, so, of course, there has been some controversy in whether the Hall Of Famer should be an All-Star starter or even be playing in the game at all, but the fans have voted him in as one last farewell, and many players around the league have supported the fans’ decision, such as fellow Western Conference All-Star Starter Kevin Durant in an in-terview with Erik Horne of the Oklahoman.

“He’s a legend. He’s our heir to MJ, and he definitely deserved to be in there.”

Bryant starting in the game has also caused a couple play-ers that people think are “de-serving” to be snubbed of a starting spot like Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard and Sacramento Kings center Demarcus Cousins, who are both having great seasons posting career numbers. In the Eastern Conference, play-ers like Chicago’s Jimmy But-ler and Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond didn’t make the list because of Hall Of Famer Dwyane Wade, who, like Bryant, was having a be-low average year but was vot-ed in by the fans.

But despite the snubs, All Star weekend still looks to be lots of fun. There are many competitions that players

compete in by themselves. The Foot Locker 3-Point Con-test fan vote hasn’t ended yet, but this year it looks like the favorite is Curry, who’s been lights out this year for three. This weekend will also fea-ture the Verizon Slam Dunk Challenge, which was brought back to life last year by Zach Lavine who shocked every-body watching with his im-pressive leaping ability and creative dunks.

The last of the player chal-lenges is the Taco Bell Skills Challenge. This competition isn’t as flashy as the dunk or 3-point contest, but this truly tests a player’s basketball skills as they wind their way through an obstacle course that tests their passing, dribbling and shooting. All of these contest will be extremely exciting to watch and many of the players

in this will also be playing in the All-Star game as well.

There are also multiple games during this All-Star weekend like the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, which is more of a game for fun, but it still draws a large crowd in the stadium and on television. This year the celebrity teams will be coached by Grammy-winning artist Drake and for-mer Celebrity Game MVP Kevin Hart, and some of the notable names playing in the game are actor and singer Kris Wu, seven time All-Star Tracy McGrady, actor Jason Sudei-kis, actor Michael B. Jordan, Nick Cannon and WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne.

There is also the BBVA Compass Rising Stars, which is a game the pits the league’s best rookies against the league’s best sophomores in

two 20-minute halves. With no foul outs, this game will feature a lot of future NBA su-perstars, legends and Hall Of Famers.

And then there’s the game that features many Hall Of Famers, the best players in the world and the future faces of the NBA. This year’s Western Conference starters are Curry, Russell Westbrook, Bryant, Durant and Kawhi Leonard. The Eastern Conference will feature Kyle Lowry, Wade, Lebron James, Paul George and Carmelo Anthony.

All Star Weekend is Feb. 12-14 this year, and it will be a great one as we wave farewell to one of the greatest players to ever play the game of bas-ketball: Kobe Bryant.

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Weekofthe

What is the best and worst part about the recruiting process?

The best part of the recruiting process is probably getting to know, and building relationships with all of the different coach-es and players. I also enjoy getting on cam-pus and learning more about each school. The worst part is probably keeping track of when to call each coach and making time to do so. It feels great to hear what each coach likes about my style of play.

After beating the No. 1-ranked team of Cedar Rapids Kennedy, what are the team’s goals for the rest of the season?

Beating Kennedy felt great, and it was definitely a statement game, but we understand we have much more to work on, and we’re going to keep getting after it at practice and making each other better. Being the best defensive team in the state is what we have been working for.

What is it like to be a major con-tributor to the varsity team as a sopho-more?

As a sophomore I’m still kinda young, but the girls on the team are some of my best friends, so they make it easy to be myself. Our team understands each other well, and we know what each of our strengths is. I know that even though I’m a sophomore I need to be a leader and help my team out with whatever I can, just as they would do for me.

What would it mean to the team, and you personally, to win a state title?

If we were to win a state champion-ship, the feeling would be unbelievable, and there’s not a different group of girls I would want to experience it with. At the beginning of the season none of us had any idea how we would match up with the other teams in the state. We worked hard and pushed each other, and everyone gained confidence, and we realize if we keep working we have a shot.

Kiana BarneyWomen’s Basketball

HOY By Staff Writer Nathan

As junior Kari Starbeck opens her eyes and takes a deep breath, a whole new world is revealed to her. She enters a new reality that can only be described as eye opening and mystical.

She regulates her ears, checks her wrist computer and continues to dive into the un-known. Starbeck’s love for na-ture and exploration is perhaps a little different and exclusive than others. Ever since age eight, she has been exploring the depths of waters all over.

Scuba diving is a lifestyle, a passion and a word that highly correlates with the Starbeck family. It all started back when Starbeck’s father dove for the first time at the age of 12. After putting the diving hobby up on a shelf for a while, he took his family on a trip, and they all got the chance to go snorkeling.

Starbeck was only five when she got her first glimpse at what life under the sea was like; how-ever, she knew very well that this was only a fraction of what’s down there and knew that she had to go deeper. When the family got back to Cedar Falls, her dad found that there was a dive shop close by. He had just gotten his divemaster certifica-tion, which allows him to help teach the class and assist instruc-tors. Starbeck took her first dive in a pool at the age of eight and hasn’t looked back since.

Her dad’s best friend Chris Miller owns the shop called Scu-ba Too where Starbeck and her father are currently employed. She has the task of fitting peo-ple with gear, talking to them about classes and rattling off all the valuable knowledge she’s soaked up in her multiple years of diving.

Walking through the steps to a normal dive, Starbeck’s face lit up with excitement. It’s apparent to anyone listening to her talk about this unique hobby that she truly has a love for it that is impossible to describe. She explained how divers almost al-ways have a “dive buddy,” and hers is usually always her dad.

“In the class, you learn how to set up all the dive gear,” Starbeck said. “You do a safety check so you know where the weights are and so you know the air tank is turned on.”

She then explained how be-fore divers get in the water, they usually know the dive site pretty well. “We brief the dive and the

UNDER THE SEA

waters every time before making our way under water,” she said. “We need to know how deep we’re going and can only spend a certain amount of time at cer-tain depths.”

Illustrating a knowledge that a terrestrial human being would not understand, she made it obvious that she is very well in-formed on staying safe underwa-ter. “If you stay at a certain depth for too long, the pressure allows nitrogen bubbles to get into the bloodstream, and if you don’t allow that to get out, you can get severely injured. You have to slowly come up so that doesn’t happen.”

Starbeck has a wrist com-

puter that tells how long she can stay at certain depths. Her dad usually takes pictures so the pace is usually pretty slow, but she doesn’t mind. “You see something different every time,” Starbeck said with a smile.

This past October, the Star-beck family went to the Bahamas on a boat for a whole week and had the opportunity to make five dives a day. “I’d say my favorite dive has probably been a shark feeding dive,” she said. “The crew freezes fish guts and puts them under water while sharks feed on it and we watched. After the sharks left, we got to go look for teeth.”

Starbeck said her first dive in

the ocean was a little nerve rack-ing, but after the first one, all the nerves were gone. “The fish just don’t care; however, you can’t see jellyfish, so that’s always a little scary.”

But for her, the tradeoff of fears to bliss is more than worth it.

“There’s not anything else like it. You go underwater, and I know it sounds cliche but it’s a whole ’nother world. You see stuff you never see, and you feel like you’re floating,” Starbeck said with a grin and look of pure excitement. “It’s just straight magical.”

Junior dives deepto pursue her passion

Junior Kari Starbeck is exploring a reef in the Bahamas last October. She has been a exploring underwater worlds ever since her first adventure at age 8.

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