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Volume 76, Issue 3 Wednesday, June 11 2014

Photos By: Travis Nienberg ofMerritt and Carter Adams of

Garrity

Patriotism Through MusicMatthew Wagner of Copeland

Imagine nearly 140 musicians meeting and playing together for the rst time only one hour beforethe rst Buckeye Boys State assembly. After just one hour of rehearsal, the Buckeye Boys State Band was

ready to roar in the Stroh Center. In defending the honor of past Buckeye Boys Bands, they had big shoes to

ll. After the rst assembly, it is apparent that this years band accepted the huge challenge. Even the band

director, Richard Albert, said that it was the best a bands rst day has ever sounded.

The BBS Band is a vital part of the entire Boys State experience. While the band gives a great

opportunity to all of those participating in it, it also adds a lot to the assemblies that take place throughout the

week. At these assemblies, the band adds key respect to our nation by performing patriotic songs like GodBless the USA and the Star Spangled Banner. When the band is not paying tribute to America, they are

rocking a variety of classic and modern hits like Seven Nation Army and Party Rock Anthem to help

ll the Stroh Center with excitement. The students who chose to participate in the band are not only given

the great experience that it entails, but also the all-important rst come rst served privileges at lunch and

dinner.

Although the band members have not met each other prior to the program, the director, Richard

Alberts, manages to pull together all of the varying musicians into a band that blends together very well

and sounds fantastic. Alberts has been conducting the Buckeye Boys State Band for the past 26 years and

certainly doing a great job with it. Although the task of getting this many students to work quickly and well

together is daunting, Alberts told me that his job is much easier by the cooperation and responsiveness of the

band members. He also noted that he loves doing this job, and that it is both uplifting and enjoyable for him.

The progress that the band already made is quite astounding and all of BBS looks forward to the bands plans

in the future.


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Job Fair

By: Matt Oviatt of Estepp

Photos By: Carter Adams of Garrity

Were the guys that are

useless, someone says when I walk

into room 201 in McDonald Hall. Im

jobless, bro! Do you guys want to be

just criminals? Were all equal here.

Unemployed, destitute. a guy who

was asked what job he wants replied No

clue. This is the job fair.

Tuesday night at around 7:30,

the room was lling up quickly. The fair

wasnt scheduled to start until 7:45, but

a counselor stood up to speak in front

of everyone and reminded the hopeful

employees, You will not not have a

job. The job-seekers in the room dont

seem too down, though. Theres plenty of

chatter, joking around, and light-hearted,

self-depreciating humor.

A few minutes later, a mannamed Tom introduced himself to the

crowded room or unemployed Boy

Staters. Thomas Worley has helped out

at Buckeye Boys State for roughly 41

years while going in and out of retirement

from a job in the government. He gave

a detailed run-down of the different job

sectors and positions available. Once the

presentation had ended, the hopeful jobseekers sprinted from McDonald Hall to

the patio outside Oaks Dining Hall, where

the jobs were advertised.

If you were not at the fair,

heres how the process works. Each

agency has a sign posted on a wall and

has a representative standing below it. A

candidate steps forward for an interview.

The agencies decide how many jobsthey need lled, and positions are given

to the rst qualied candidate. Theres

everything from the Lottery Commission,

Ohio Expositions, Secretary of State, and

Ofce of Inspector General. Its like

speed dating, Tom Worley tells me. Its

chaos that works.

An employer calls out Chief

economist, and a hopeful raises his hand.

He gets the job. On the other side of the

patio, a guy raises his hands in the air

and declares I have a job! He tells his

buddies I lucked out.

Buckeye Boys State prides

itself on zero unemployment and no

welfare programs. Whether the job fair

attendees were failed politicians or just

waiting for the right job, everyone nds

their role here. Legionnaires, counselors, andother faculty met Wednesday

in the Offenhauer Towers lobby

regarding scheduling for the blood

drive. Members of the BBS health

department and Terresa Houck, the

Donor Recruitment Supervisor of West

Lake Eries American Red Cross, laid

out plans for the upcoming blood drive.

The American Red Cross hasbeen working with Buckeye Boys State

since 2009, and since then, BBS has

donated 827 units of blood plasma to the

American Red Cross to be distributed

among twenty seven hospitals in the

West Lake Erie area. In the meeting,

Houck explained that for each unit of

blood donated to the American Red

Cross, up to three lives can be saved. Ifthis is true, that means Buckeye Boys

State has helped save about 2,481 lives!

This years goal is to

donate 180 units of blood plasma to

the American Red Cross. Delegates

who wish to donate can sign up online

at redcrossblood.org by entering

BOYSSTATE in the sponsor code eld.

Delegates who wish to donate are alsoreminded to get a good nights sleep

Friday night (easy, right?), eat a healthy

meal before donation, and hydrate

often. Delegates must bring a state-

issued ID to the Student Union on the

day of the donation. Delegates who are

sixteen years of age must bring a signed

permission slip from their parents. When

asked why some delegates do not donate,Houck stated the number one reason

that someone doesnt donate blood is that

they werent personally asked.

Platelets and Platforms at BBSBy: Maxwell E. Hoover of Brady

As many of you Buckeye

Boys Staters know, there will be an

American Red Cross Blood Drive on

Saturday June 14, on Bowling Green

State University main campus. The blood

drive will be held in Room 308 of the

Student Union.

Photos Done By: American Red Cross


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Why Must Our Attire Inspire

Us to Perspire?By Ryan Shockling of Abele

Photo By: Travis Nienberg of Merritt

One of the topics most

frequently discussed by Buckeye Boys

State delegates is clothes. Some people

prefer to wear casual clothes favoring

their comfort, increased mobility, and

their compatibility with the increasingly

high summer temperatures. Others who

have taken a liking to their formal clothesfeel the clothes help them to impress

others or improve their performance or

credibility at their jobs. Both options have

their positives and negatives as two sides

of an argument often do.

Those who have shown

preferential treatment to casual attire

believe the clothes they wear impose

fewer limits on them. Many have kepttheir casual clothes on in order to avoid

blisters on the daily mile walk to the

Stroh Center. Others prefer t-shirts and

shorts due to the amount of walking and

other physical activity. Most feel they are

able to walk adequately in these clothes,

as well as believing the clothes allow for

more movement than would a dress shirt

and coat. The nal and most prevalentreason for wearing the clothes one would

normally wear relates to circumstances

beyond the control of anyone at Buckeye

Boys State, this reason being the weather.

The heat can often overwhelm delegates

in formal outts, especially those who

typically wear casual clothing. This

reason nds itself at thefront of any

argument because even the most avidsuit supporter cannot defend his clothing

choice against the high heat of the

summer.

However, these suit supporters

have several other reasons to endorse their

choice. The feeling of necessity inspires

many to suit up, or at least wear khakis

and a button-up shirt, on a daily basis.

The reasoning behind this feeling stems

from a hope to impress any potential

voters when running for an election, or to

avoid showing up to a job underdressed.

However, with elections passed and each

delegate having obtained a feeling of the

room, so to speak, the need for formality

has passed (unless required by ones

job). Yet even despite the passage of this

precautionary formal period of time,

many continue to wear formal clothes.The reasoning for the continuation of the

formal period likely stems from the dress

for success mantra. Often employed

by athletes, dressing for success can

be described most simply in the words

of Deion Sanders, former professional

football player and current professional

football hall of famer. Sanders, now an

analyst for the NFL Network, has oftenbeen quoted as saying, Look good, feel

good. Feel good, play good. Whether this

Artist is Mathew Perry of Albert City

From Buckeye Boys to the Final

Frontier

BBS Delegate Reects on

Brothers Accomplishments

By: Mattew Wagner of Copeland

If there is anything that provesthe success of the Buckeye Boys State

program, it is the achievements of its past

delegates. While there are many successful

people who have gone through this

program over past years, often times we do

not understand its importance. To change

this, here is a connection to a recent BoysState alumnus who has accomplished a

great deal in their lifetime. One of those

alumni is my brother, former delegate

Travis Wagner. Travis participated in the

Buckeye Boys State program just 5 years

ago and has already paved himself a road of

success. Recently, Travis graduated from

the most prestigious engineering school

in the country, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT). Having recently

done that, Travis is already moving on to

something far bigger in his life. He will

soon be moving to Pasadena, California

to begin the next page in his life working

at Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL).

For those of you who do not know, that

means that hell be working for NASA on

various space programs. While his job title

is complicated, in laymans terms, he will

be controlling robots in space. Although

this job will be extremely challenging,

Travis has proven repeatedly that he is up

to the challenge. While he has yet to see

its challenges, this job is exactly what he

has wanted to do for nearly his entire life

proving that you can accomplish anything

you put your heart into. For Buckeye Boys

State Alumni, the sky is most denitelynot the limit, and my brother exemplies

that.

Photo By: Mattew Wagner of Copeland

theory occurs entirely in ones mind or

can at some point be proven as holding

some sort of real value, many hold it to be

true and attempt to look their best at all

times in order to boost their performance

and condence in their respected eld.


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First Day on the Job: MayorBy: Matt Oviatt of Estepp

Photos By: Travis Neinberg

D.O.V.A. Jonathan Brooks

After job fairs, appointments,

and elections, Boys Staters set out for

their rst day on the job on Wednesday

morning. Rather early, it was apparent

that McDonald Hall was the center

of attention for most delegates. Upon

arrival, rooms had been assigned, citycouncil meetings were in session, and

masking tape was being laid down to

designate road lanes.

Along the hallway, there was

talk of road construction, budgeting,

and other topics concerning new city

leadership. In other words, things were

underway rather soon.

In an interview with MayorEisenhower of Estepp, he discussed

what it is like to be mayor. Its a little

overwhelming, honestly, he said.

We had a lot of papers thrown in our

faces, but the Legionnaires came and

explained and helped out.

Of course, not all positions

in the city government are elected.

Theres city engineer, safety, parks

and rec, clerk, so ve full-time and 2

part-time jobs, Mayor Eisenhower

stated about the appointed positions.

Theres been a palpable

change in these young men, at least,

in the men from Estepp. The goof off,

typical high school boy behavior was

replaced by a certain professionalism,a mindset focused on accomplishing.

I think its great, said Mayor

Eisenhower. Its like a switch. When

the time comes, we can ip that switch

and get to work.

After working hours,

delegates switch back to high school

guy mode. Tons of pizza will still be

ordered, arm wrestling challenges will

still happen, and football is still a thing.

However, this hands-on program run by

the American Legion is already shaping

lives, preparing the future leaders of

America.

Paremount Lawyers from bottom right

to wall: Tristan Walters, John Beatris,

Jeffery Aqan and Vince Ruberto

for the game, Codding joked about his

hope that his game can someday become

as big as Flappy Bird, another game

that frustrated most who downloaded

it. In addition, the day he sees a phone

broken over the game, he will print out

a picture of it and hang it from his door.

Unfortunately, Codding has shared with

some of the other citizens of Abele that

he receives very little prot from his

creation, earning him less than a penny

for every thirty seconds a person spends

playing his game.

However, for this reason,

the citizens of Abele have taken it upon

themselves to turn the game into a

sensation. Several of the delegates living

in Abele have sent texts home, informing

friends about the game and requesting

they download it as soon as possible.

Others still have attempted to popularize

the game by word of mouth, requesting

that other delegates take the time to

give the ofcial app of Boys State, as

they have been calling it, a try and to

spread it to their friends. Another method

of getting the word out has been on

twitter. Many of the citizens who have

downloaded the game have followed @

pillar_pass on twitter in a twenty-rst

century attempt to raise awareness for

Coddings game. Their motivation for

spreading the word about the game is

uncertain, probably even to themselves,

but even still, the citizens of Abele hope

to make a difference.

Photo By: Nathan Shively of Estepp

Coddings Creation Popular

Amongst Abele CitizensBy: Ryan Shockling of Abele

A fairly new app has been

drawing the attention of Boys State

Delegates from the city of Abele in

DeWeese County. However, unlike most

apps, this game has a special signicance

to the citizens of Abele. One of their

own, Andrew Codding, also Speaker of

the House of Representatives, created the

game himself. The game, called Pillar

Pass is available to any Apple, Samsung,

or Droid smart phone or tablet devices.

A version available for Windows phones

is currently in the works. The object

of the game involves avoiding pillars

on the bottom side of the screen as the

player passes forward through a colored

environment. According to Logan Hess,

one of the citizens of Abele, its a little

frustrating at times, but its still fun.

Descriptions such as these have often

been given of many popular apps.

Codding, when asked about

the game, said Pillar Pass was not overly

difcult to make. When sharing his goals

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