Happening Now•Track and Field: Athlete/parent meeting 5:30 p.m. in commons•PTSA: Monthly meeting 6:30 p.m. in library•Booster Club: Monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. in library

Lunch Time at WHS•Today’s lunch: Pancake breakfast•A la carte lines: Pepperoni pizza, taco fixings, baked potato bar, chef salad, sandwiches

Group Meetings•WHS Booster Club: Monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. tonight in the library. Note the time change from usual.•Football: Open gym begins Tuesday and continues each Tuesday and Thursday at 6:45 a.m. in the gym.•Boys: Interested in playing tennis this spring should attend the meet-ing, along with a parent, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the commons.

Other Reminders•Sign: A pledge to make the R-word “Respect” during lunch periods Tuesday in the commons.•Purchase: A shamrock to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the school store through March 17 and be entered to win a Warrior sta-dium blanket.•Summer School: Registration is now open. Follow the “CommEd” link from the district web site to reg-ister.

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Monday, March 10, 2014 Vol. 19 • No. 120 www.whsnow.com

NOW Monday StaffCo-Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Vroman

and Lizzie SpierAssistant Editors . . . . . . . . .Connor SchneiderStaff: Samantha Small, Tad Brakke, Mason Jones, Matt Schievelbein, Matt Rehurek, Lexi StoltzEditor-in-chief. . . . . . . . . . Chloe GoodhopeManaging Editor . . . . . Anna Kate NiemanAdviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Lueth

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Warrior debaters earn second place in state

Liu, Lyon finish co-champions in Lincoln-Douglas eventBy Chris Vroman, Mason Jones and Matt Schievelbein

Over the weekend, debate team members competed in the State Debate Tournament in Huron.

Warrior debators finished second overall as a team, behind Aberdeen Central.

At the event, a pair of WHS seniors took first and second place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Senior Angeal Liu finished in first place and senior Carleigh Lyon took second as co-champions in Lincoln-Douglas.

Liu also took third place in Original Oratory at the event, and said she was happy with the way the state season ended for the team.

“This was a good way to wrap-up the sea-son,” Liu said.

In other action, the duo of seniors Zach Person and Kyle McKee took second in Policy Debate. McKee also took second in International Extemporaneous Speaking and Person fourth in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Coach Travis Dahle said he was very excited about the team’s performance.

“We had a great weekend,” Dahle enthused. “We were only seven sweepstakes points away from first place. I am super proud of our team, especially the eight seniors who led the team to the State Runner-Up title.”

The debate team will wrap-up their season next month with a team banquet.

By Matthew Rehurek and Tad Brakke

Warrior boys basketball team members are continuing their quest for a state title after defeating Brandon Valley 64-60 Friday in the District 2 elimina-tion game at WHS.

The team will now host O’Gorman Tuesday in the Region 1 game for the trip to state or to end the season.

Junior Deng Geu had 20 points and eight rebounds, fol-lowed by senior Brett Stanley with 17 points in the win over the Lynx.

Senior Austin Heins said the team played hard.

“Now, we have to get ready for Tuesday against O’Gor-man,” Heins said. “It is going to be a big game and we need everyone there to support us.”

Coach Craig Nelson is ready for the region game Tuesday.

“It is do or die on Tuesday,” Nelson said. “This is what they have been working hard for all off-season, for an opportunity like this.”

Boys still alive after 64-60 win over Brandon Valley

Photo courtesy South Dakota Public BroadcastingCHAMPIONS—Lincoln-Douglas co-champs seniors Angela Liu and Carleigh Lyon (center) pose with coaches Travis Dahle (left) and Jalatama Omar (right).

Photo by Josh JurgensJUMPER—Junior Deng Geu puts up a shot as senior Derek Johnson of Brandon Valley defends. Geu led all scorers with 20 points Friday.

• News of Washington Page 2 Monday, March 10, 2014

By Julie MakinenLos Angeles Times(MCT)

BEIJING — Forty ships and 34 aircraft continued searching for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, missing in the South China Sea, as American investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to assist in the inquiry.

Vietnamese officials said Sunday that searchers had spotted what appeared to be part of a door from the missing aircraft. But Malaysian authorities said Monday that they had been unable to confirm the report and that no debris from the Boeing 777 had been found.

Meanwhile, Interpol confirmed that at least two stolen passports were used by passengers on the plane, and the police agency’s head railed that few countries were checking its interna-tional database on lost and stolen travel documents.

Interpol said the two passports—one Italian, one Austrian—had been entered into the agency’s database after they had been stolen in Thailand in 2012 and 2013 but no checks of those pass-port numbers were made by any country between the time they were entered into Interpol’s database and the time that the Malaysia Airlines flight departed Kuala Lumpur early Saturday, bound for Beijing.

“Whilst it is too soon to speculate about any connec-tion between these stolen passports and the missing plane, it is clearly of great concern that any passenger was able to board an inter-national flight using a stolen passport listed in Interpol’s databases,” the agency’s sec-retary-general, Ronald K. Noble, said in a statement.

“What is important at the moment is to find out what caused Malaysian (Airlines) Flight 370 to go missing, and in this regard Interpol is making all need-ed resources available to help relevant authorities in Malaysia and elsewhere find out what happened,” he said, adding that the agency was in contact with officials in Malaysia and elsewhere to “determine the true iden-tities of the passengers who used these stolen passports.”

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Junior has true love of, addiction to coffee drinksHave you ever thought about what life would be like

without coffee? Those late night study and cram sessions for AP classes? They wouldn’t exist. How about that much needed shot of espresso on the Monday morning after

Daylight Saving Time kicks in? No way, Jose.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I could survive! I crave that bitter

taste of espresso and look forward to my morning cup of joe. I know my in and outs of Starbucks, and can whip out lattes like it’s my job.

Life without coffee would be a dismal and lethargic

existence. So in order to take a moment to praise the oh-so-necessary coffee, I have decided to compose an ode of appreciation for the greatest drink in the world:

O coffee, great brown drink!With toasty espresso shots and bitter roasts

From grande to ventiWhether foamy or black

Mocha or caramelEven gas station brew You are irreplaceable O coffee, O coffee!How I do love you!

So whether you prefer Starbucks, Caribou, Dunn Bros or even the gas station dispenser brew, take a moment today to treasure the java that gives our lives a little jive!

Junior Lizzie Spier could never give up coffee for Lent.

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SportsEditor’s note: The Warrior Q & A is a weekly profile of Warrior students with the goal of helping members of the WHS community come to know each other bet-ter. Subjects are chosen by the Student/Activity Leader of the Month Committee at WHS.

Assembled byChloe Goodhope

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Warrior

A profileof WHSstudents

StephanieNeumeisterSophomore Student

of the Month•What activities are you involved in at WHS? I am involved in

SALSA, the Youth Advisory Council, Student Ambassadors, freshman tutoring and photo club at WHS.•What are your plans/dreams for the future? I plan to go to college and get a nursing degree, then raise a big family in the future.•What is your favorite class this semester? I am enjoying English 2 this semester, because I find the holo-caust interesting, and because my instructor, Mrs. (Heather) Dickson, is the best teacher ever.

YordyBarrera-Mendoza

Sophomore Studentof the Month

•What are your plans/dreams for the future? I

plan to go to college and become a lawyer after leaving WHS.•What is your favorite class this semester? My favorite class is Spanish, because it is really fun.•What is your message to the read-ers of the NOW? Keep working hard, because at the end it is worth it.•How do you want to be remem-bered after you leave WHS? I want to be remembered by future Warriors as a nice and respectful young man after I leave.