by CC

Remember starting kindergar-ten? Meeting new people including your teacher? Yes, this was all scary for me. Even though I started kinder-garten a number of years ago, I still had this feeling when I walked into their classroom to be a peer tutor.

When I first walked into Bren-da Diveley’s kindergarten room, all of the children stared as if I were a ghost and were very curious about who I was and what I was doing there. Mrs. Diveley told them I was going to be visiting every other day to help them with whatever they needed. They introduced them-selves and by the time I could re-member all of their names, they knew mine and were attached to me.

I wanted to help out with the kindergarteners because I enjoy working with little kids. When they start coming to me and hugging me, it just warms my heart that they trust me and enjoy my company.

I love helping all of them suc-ceed and watching them learn ev-ery day and how excited they get

by Mackenzie Boos

March 27, 2013

volume 9, issue 4

when they get the answer right.Junior Elizabeth Courtin also

helps with a kindergarten class. Her favorite part is having conver-sations with the kindergarteners and helping them with their work.

My favorite activity is to watch them singing with the books Mrs.Diveley holds up in the front of the room to help them learn different types of letters. Another favorite ac-tivity of mine is when they get to get out different shapes and design their own unique design. They are just all so creative, smart, and inspiring.

The experience of helping has also changed what I want to go to college for. Watching and getting involved with the students makes me realize how fun it would be to teach kindergarteners. It shows me that what I’m teaching them is making them learn and suc-ceed at something new everyday.

I’m glad I chose to help at the primary school and I look forward to helping the students in each and every way I can. They always know how to put a smile on my face.

by Megan Green

“Safe Haven,” the most recent film inspired by a Nicholas Sparks’ novel is a romantic thriller that came out on Valentine’s Day. Even though the movie has received mediocre re-views from critics, fans including my-self still think that it is worth the ticket.

The film is based around Ka-tie (Julianne Hough) who fleas from her abusive husband and marriage in Boston by boarding a bus. Along one of its stops, she decides to stay in a little seaside town in North Caro-lina. She goes on to get a job and buy a little cottage looking house in the middle of the woods. Katie meets Alex (Josh Duhamel) who is a store owner and widower with two chil-dren. They slowly start to develop a relationship, but both being cau-tious because of their troubled pasts. Katie still frightened of her husband Kevin (David Lyons) always has him in the back of her mind. Shortly after Katie and Josh start their ro-mantic relationship, Kevin finds them and nearly ruins their bliss.

The cast of “Safe Haven” did a great job portraying the characters in the novel. Julianne and Josh were the perfect actors to play the roles of Ka-tie and Alex. The setting, a small sea-shore side town is just as you picture it being in the novel. Even though the movie was close to the novel, there were also a few changes when it came to Alex and Katie’s relationship.

For those people wanting to see a great chick flick or date night movie you should hurry and see the movie before it leaves the theatres or just watch it when it comes out on DVD. It’s definitely worth the watch.

‘Safe Haven’ wins approval

Anybody who has been in the ag building lately immediately no-tices the funny smell and hears the loud cheeping of the baby chick-ens that are in the shop. They have been there since the beginning of the semester when they were brought by freshman Ian Nuzum.

“I think its really cool that we get to have real life chick-ens in the shop,” Nuzum said.

After a couple of weeks of

sleeping under the heat lamp, the 18 baby chicks were separated into three different groups. Each group was then fed a different food. One group was fed cracked corn, another chick starter, and the last, a layer feed. The reason for feeding each a different food was to see which type of feed was the best for the baby chickens.

The groups each received the same amount of food, and then it was recorded how much they ate and which group gained the most weight. This carried

on for a few weeks and it was found that the group eating the chick starter did the best.

As the chickens grew bigger, everyone got to see how quickly they changed from being cute little fuzzy chickens that were fun to hold to being larger, and not as cute chickens that have feathers and have a very unpleasant smell.

Through the past couple of months, the baby chickens have received a large amount of atten-tion from lots of the students who enjoy going out to check on them.

By Julie Vonderschmidt

Baby chickens take up residency in shopHit:

“Snow White”, the school play, and people not being afraid to act and

show a side to people that they never knew existed.

Hit:FFA showing their knowledge

and placing in “Selection Day” at Holton. Congrats ladies and gents!

Miss:The song “Call me Maybe” always being on the radio after it already

was big hit.Hit:

Luke Twombly showing off his style while looking as adorable as ever

and classy.Miss:

Snow at the end of March. Come on Mother Nature, make up your mind!

Miss:Tuxes and slacks that are too short and small for people to be wearing

them. If you are going to spend good money, make sure it fits!

Miss:People who still say SWAG or YOLO

when it’s the year of 2013.Hit:

The play was successful and lots of people came. Thanks everyone!

Hit:The weather being beautiful when

we get out of school.Miss:

Everyone being frantic about getting their prom dresses.

Miss:The first track meet/baseball/softball

games are just 3 short weeks after basketball ends.

Hit:Macee Scott always showing up and supporting at multiple events when she doesn’t have to. You go girl! :)

Hit:Getting out early for school when it’s a game day for baseball, track,

and softball.Miss:

People who don’t show others their prom dress.

Miss:Nobody saying “Good Morning”

when Mr. Lackey says it first. Stop being grumpy guys!!

Hit:Guessing the right teams on your

NCAA bracket.Miss:

Walking up the stairs and your legs are hurting when you reach the top.

Come on school!Hit:

Journalism students placing at regional contest and qualifying for

state contest!Hit:

Kayla Cook got a role in the college play “Joseph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat”!Miss:

Being sleep deprived because your sleep schedule is messed up.

Hit:Pre-Enrollment forms came out for

next year, we’re growing up!

HITS AND MISSES

Staying warm under their heat lamp is one group of the baby chickens that were in the shop. This group was fed cracked corn and ended up gaining the least amount of weight of the three groups.

Elizabeth Courtin on the left and Megan Green on the right stand with the class of kindergarteners to take a class picture.

Bottom Picture: Teacher Brenda Diveley and para Tracy Klaus stand with the class Megan Green helps.

Helping kindergarteners succeed brings hugs, smiles

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2 March 27, 2013

Dieting can be a great way to get back down to a goal weight, make wres-tling weight, fit back into some outgrown clothes, or even just to feel better about self image. But when is enough, enough?

According to the EDH foundation, in the United States 8 million people have eating disorders whether it is anorexia, bulimia, or obesity. Anorexia is a disease when a person refuses to eat, and research shows that most people go through anorexia when there are big changes in their life. Bulimia is when someone eats an excessive amount of food and then purges (tries to get rid of the food). It’s estimated that around 10% of Americans suffer from one of these two diseases.

So when is it just dieting and when is it a serious issue? The goal weight according to EDH for an average height woman 5’5 would be 125 pounds while a taller woman of 5’9 would be more around 145. The average weight of a 5’11 male would be 155 pounds. So while that is the goal weights there could be an ideal image that females have compared themselves to their entire lives and wouldn’t even know it. The childhood toy Barbie in life size would be 6’0 and weigh 101 pounds, obviously an unhealthy weight for a woman of that height.

Of 60 DWHS students surveyed, 46 said that they do diet or have before and 14 said they never have. Also, out of the 46 students who said they do diet, five said they started at the age of 9-11, 25 said they started at 12-14, and 16 said they started dieting from 15-18.

EDH also shows that the most effective diets would be the Dash Diet and the TLC Diet, which are both calorie counting diets. Out of the same 46 stu-dents from DWHS who said they do diet, 43 use calorie counting and eating healthy, while three use dieting pills.

DWHS students diet for many different reasons. “I wanted to lose weight for prom,” junior Madison Smith said. Some like junior Elayne Clevenger tried dropping weight for wrestling.

Many girls feel like they are not the way they should be. “I didn’t feel like I met the standards the world set. I wanted what every girl wants. I wanted to feel beautiful,” senior Aisha Diveley said.

So is society pushing teens to diet so that they can look like the people they see in the magazines and stores or even in their childhood toys? While dieting can be a harmless thing, it can also be life threating and needs to be something carefully watched over.

Dieting for an ideal image--When is it taken too far?by Malia Smith

Question of the Week

by Alysa Simmons, Bailey Boos

Q: What do you day dream about during class?

Zombies versus Humans

After studying Senior Project topics for several months, it is time for seniors to demonstrate to others what they have learned. Some demonstrations were given to middle schoolers, evening audiences, high school classes, and one involved the entire student body. Others opted to job shadow and create portfolios or blogs.

The content of this student publication, the D.West Express, does not necessar-ily reflect the views of the school board, the administration, the adviser, or the entire newspaper staff. The content has been selected and determined staff members.Staff members: juniors Macee Scott, Scotti Twombly, Megan Green, Julie Vonderschmidt; sophomores Regan Gibson, Mackenzie Boos, Carla Cahue, Bailey Boos, Leah Johnson, Alysa Simmons; freshmen Malia Smith, Lexie Whetstine, Cooper Leach.

The D. West Express is published by the Journalism I class of Doniphan West High School, P.O. Box 308, Highland, KS 66035.

D. West Express Staff News BitsCheer and Dance Tryouts

Cheer: Learn material April 3 - 6 p.m.Tryouts April 10 - 4 p.m.Dance: Learn material April 19 - 6 p.m.Tryouts April 24 - 4 p.m.

Senior Project scenes

oil paintingLaura’s Bakery

infant CPR

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Houston Cluck- Hunting

Chelsea Cluck- Food

Allen Dorrell- Trucks with Big Tires

Luke Twombly- Getting out of class

Derek Gibson- Dreaming about Dream-ing

Mackenzie Boos- Food, the birds outside, little puppies, sports, sleeping at home, leaving school, summer

Samantha Albers- Food, puppies, sun-shine, prom, boys, what I could be doing

Aisha Diveley- How awesome of a super hero I would be and all of the ways that I would save the world. All while looking good. :)

McKenzie Blevins- Summer, sports, boys, what I could be doing at home, and hanging out with friends.

1. While playing Austin Ricklefs’ Zombies vs. Humans game, juniors Adam Wilmes, Trevor Fee, and Chris Tygret try to drag freshman Justin Clark to their side of the field. 2. Austin Ricklefs explains the rules to his Zombies vs. Humans game, which is similar to Capture the Flag. 3. Senior Derek Hughes doesn’t let boots slow him down as he evades sophomores trying to pull his flag during the Zombies game. 4. Ruby Rhodd teaches oil painting techniques to Alexis Simmons and Jordan Sellers. 5. Laura Rush sells chocolate chip muffins before school. 6. Gabby Speer demonstrates infant CPR to Narissa Elrod during Parenting class.

Senior Project DayFriday, April 19: Seniors give pre-sentations to judges. No school for everyone except juniors.

23 days of school left for seniors and 33 days of school for everyone else.

‘Snow White’ cast delivers enchanting performances

Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell us this: Who gave a spendid perfor-mance of “Snow White” March 28-29? The answer is easy: the DWHS drama students.

When we think of the classic Disney story of “Snow White,” what we expect is a beautiful girl, a wick-ed queen, seven adorable little men with differing traits, a magic mirror, a handsome prince, and a cast of love-able forest creatures. The DWHS per-formance didn’t disappoint in bring-ing the story to life.

Senior Aisha Diveley portrayed

a beautiful, sweet Snow White, who won over the hearts of the audience and the seven dwarfs. Kim Elliott, junior, with a sinister voice and cack-ling evil laugh, was quite convincing as the jealous, wicked queen intent on being the most beautiful in the land.

The dutifully honest Magic Mirror was artfully played by junior Samantha Albers. Austin Ricklefs, senior, played a dashing handsome prince. The dwarfs, in bibbed over-alls and full-length beards, had dif-ferent names than the original story, but still showed fierce devotion to Snow White while adding a splash of

humor. They were Sarge (Mackenzie Boos), Gabby (Elayne Clevenger), Gloomy Gus (Madison Smith), Tick-lish (Payton Leach), Spritely (Cori Pottorf), Snore (Allen Dorrell), and Slowpoke (Gabby Speer).

Other supporting roles were Kevin Elliott as the Huntsman, who spares Snow White’s life; Chelsea Cluck as the Enchanted Vixen, who warns the Dwarfs of the queen’s evil doings, and Cooper Leach as the queen’s cat.

Cheers to the play’s cast, crew, and director Stanley Thornton for their enchanting performances.

by Marla Taylor

Upon arriving home after a day of mining, the seven dwarfs meet Snow White for the first time.

“Hold on now, girlie.

It’s plain to see you’re

no monster and no

thief. But what’s this

about calling yourself

Princess Snow White?”

~Sarge the dwarf

3March 27, 2013

Cory Smith

Tynan Bollinger

Elayne Clevenger

Jordan Sellers

Studentsin the mix

If you could go

any-where, where would

you go?

How would you change the world

if you could?

If the school had a hunger games,

who would win?

Who do you think is the best singer of all time?

What is your

superhero name?

If you were

famous, what

would you be famous

for?

If your life had a theme

song, what would it

be?by Malia Smith

We have all been there, minding our own business and then BAM! You’ve been embar-rassed for life in the blink of an eye. It could be tripping on that invisible line, when your body emits noises at the wrong time, or even having your fly undone in front of several people. Here are some real life experiences from our fellow peers.

Malia Smith- “I was riding my bike down a hill and I forgot to turn and tried turning last minute and flew straight into a ditch.”

Sam Albers- “First day of freshman year we were playing a game with partners and some people nailed me right in the face with their arms connected and I fell straight on my bottom and got the biggest bloody nose of my life. It was a memory for the books.”

Alexis Simmons- “I can’t ski to save my life, but in 7th grade when we went to Snow Creek, I tried to help a little girl who was slowly sliding down the hill, screaming. I took my skis off and they slid down they hill while I helped the girl, then I rolled, in slow motion, clear to the bottom. I officially hate skiing.”

Scotti Twombly- “I got pulled over twice in one night, I’ve run into three cars, I’ve hit two mailboxes, I’ve wrecked my Denali once, and a moped three times…”

Mrs. Taylor- “When I was in college my first year I was walking down the sidewalk in front of some stores and they took the tops off the parking meters but left the poles and I was not paying attention and ran into one of the poles and it doubled me over.”

Texas C-Woman “I Believe I Can Fly”

because C-Woman

can

World Peace Luke Bryan

Playing softball

Me!

to Derek’s house

Danger Dan

“Walkin on Sunshine”

Clone myself so the world

is full of eligible bach-

elors

Derek because

he’s a mix of Fergie and Jesus

Obviously myself

North Pole to

see Santa

Running Clev

Any Justin Bieber song

Make Justin Bieber live

closer to me

Justin Bieber

Running Austin, because I

don’t want him to die

The Moon

“It’s Raining

Men”

Brotherhood Change the national

anthem to “Friday”

by Rebecca Black

Cooper because he’s

sexy...

Coach Fuemmeler

Inventing Something

Sitting on the bench for foot-ball... ):

Embarrassing Momentsby Macee Scott

RED in the face-

Seniors afterhigh school

Vocational Center

1 senior

1 senior

1 senior

2 seniors

2 seniors

3 seniors

11 seniors1 senior

One of the most important things in a girl’s life is lovely locks of hair. Some girls spend years growing out their manes, while others keep it short. What’s the new hairstyle for 2013? According to the fashion website, “Fashionis-ing.com,” the bob, shoulder-length bob, and long hair are popular hairstyles in 2013.

The bob hairstyle is great for summer and spring. A bob is a blunt cut which is usu-ally chin length or shorter. It is now consid-ered versatile and modern. You can have layers with a bob that can be choppy or leave it all one length. Also you can have bangs or not. The shoulder length bob is longer than a bob, but not long enough to consider it being long.

Senior Bre Caudle said, “I love having short hair! Plus I feel like I can do a lot more with it.”

Ultra long hair is a big hit for 2013. To be considered “ultra long” hair would be lon-ger than shoulder length. With the exception of the bob, ultra long hair is the best way for a hair cut to make a big impact. Again, you have the choices of layers or no layers and bangs or no bangs. You can style it many different ways - curly, wavy, straight, up, down, you choose.

“I like that I can do pretty much any hairstyle to it,” said junior Elayne Clevenger. “I don’t cut it short because I did once and it looked horrible!”

The real question is what hairstyle is easi-est to take care of? Short hair might take less

Where are they going?

time to style, but long hair is more versatile. Thanks to new styling products and tools you can make almost any style straight or curly. But with long hair you can braid your hair which you can’t usually do with short hair. Also, on bad hair days if you have long hair you can put it up in a ponytail, but with short hair a hat is about your only option.

FFA receives hefty donation from local farmers, MonsantoThe DWHS FFA chapter has received a $2500 grant from the Monsanto Corporation through local farmers

Jerry and Carol Boos. Mr. and Mrs. Boos signed up for the grant offered by the Monsanto Farmers that Grow Communities grant program, and they designated the monies to go to two non-profit organizations, Doniphan West FFA and the Highland food pantry.

Every customer of Monsanto that lives in one of over 1200 counties can sign up any designee they wish to receive the money. Monsanto draws the name of one farmer from each county.

Long & luscious or short & sassy hair is hotby Leah Johnson

Top: Laura Rush has had a curly short bob for over a year.Bottom: Bre Caudle loves her short bob.

4 March 27, 2013

Express YourselfIf you could get a tattoo. . .What would it

be? Where would you get it? Why?

by Scotti Twombly

Red carpet being rolled up

by Scotti Twombly

by Scotti Twombly

Musical note/inspirational word on my wrist so I would always be

able to see it.

Kayla CookIan Bollinger

Tribal tattoo on my shoulder because they look really cool.

Derek Gibson

Psalms 118:6 on the inside of my arm becasue it is meaningful to

me.

“Believe” on my wrist because it would always remind me to

believe in myself.

Cory Smith

One of the most popular forms of expression dating clear back to 2000 B.C has been body tattooing. From dragon images that consume an entire back to heart designs that are intended to be covered by a simple ring, people all over the world love the idea of receiving the permanent symbols to signify whatever it is they want the world to see.

According to a recent Harris Poll, nearly 40 million Americans have at least one tattoo--with women being the majority of the group. Out of 20% of those United States citizens, 86% of them said they have never regretted getting their tats and really enjoy them.

DWHS students have recently been showing more and more interest in the world wide prac-tice of expression. Through a recent survey of DWHS students, it was determined that the girls found tattoos to be more desirable whereas the boys were somewhat put off by the everlasting ink.

In February senior Gabby Speer and freshman McKenzie Blevins got matching white-ink tattoos of a cross on their wrists, and Blevins also received a heart tattoo on her hip.

Another student in favor of tattoos is junior Megan Green, who has a tattoo of a cross on the inside of her wrist. Green said, “I feel like by getting a tattoo I am expressing myself and it brings me self-confidence.”

While countless teens love the popular trend, others aren’t so quick to jump on the idea. Cooper Leach, freshman, feels that tattoos are too painful and will look terrible with age. Junior Ian Bollinger was thinking along the same lines, expressing that tattoos are not attractive and will have to be redone several times.

I have gone back and forth on the thought of enduring a painful experience of needles pok-ing and prodding at my skin, then I thought “hmmm… better not.” I think tattoos look awesome on people who have the courage to get them, but I remain a skeptic.

D-West Ink

The traditional red carpet glam of prom day walk-in is being tweaked to more of a cocktail hour feel--without the cocktails, of course. The junior class has decided to put a little twist on prom this year by getting rid of the customary “walk-in” held at the high school and replacing it with a social gathering of the students and community members on the HCC campus.

The recent mix has led to many opposing views from students and junior class parents. However, the juniors stuck with their decision and said that their reason for changing walk-in was that they wanted a change, and the college campus would allow better scenery for pictures and less chaos when trying to take class photos.

After hearing word that walk-in was being changed, a majority of the students’ feedback is positive and many feel that getting rid of walk-in will be beneficial. Some vocalized that while the traditional walk-in was awkward, it was still a great opportunity for all eyes to be on them for a couple of moments.

Junior Payton Leach is a fan of the new idea. “I’m looking forward to congregating at the college because it allows me to talk to my friends and family whereas walk-in feels so rushed and short lived,” she said.

While many prom-goers were in favor of the new change of events, others were disap-pointed. Senior Aisha Diveley expressed that she was upset that walk-in would no longer be a part of prom. “It has always been a tradition and it really brings the community members out to support and admire the Doniphan West students,” she said.

Some negatives of meeting on the grounds of HCC are that if the weather isn’t nice, the entire gathering could drag on and be miserable. However, the idea of meeting at one location for pictures will hopefully lead to more space, less awkwardness and more time to socialize. Keep fingers crossed for good weather on April 6 and for an enjoyable new experi-ence!

Since last time I told you all about my thoughts on relationships, I was thinking out in the hallway about what thoughts to tell you next. I tried really hard to concentrate, but I kept getting distracted by all the things I think in the hallway, so that’s what I’m writing about.

Whenever I’m walking down the hallway I think things such as. . . “I seriously don’t want to go to this class.” “She always has such cute clothes!” “I probably should have worn makeup today. . .Oh well.” “Is it lunch yet? What is for lunch? Pizza! Score!” “It’s only 8:30?! I probably should have gone to bed earlier.” “What ARE you wearing?” “I’m exhausted.” “Did I do my homework?” “I don’t think it was necessary to take up the WHOLE staircase.” “Did you really just hit me with your bag?” “You smell good.” “DO NOT STOP IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I’M HEADED TO LUNCH!” “You’re attractive.” “Why are you walking so slow?” “Uh oh, there’s Mr. Lackey, better put my phone up.” “What’s my locker combination? Why won’t this stupid locker open?” “I bet I have homework in every class. Yup, I do.” “I’m hungry.” “I’m cold.” “Maybe my mom will come get me... Nope.” “I don’t want to do that.” “MOVE!” “Stop talking.” “I should have brought a snack or something.” “Who are you?” “What are you doing?” “Maybe someone texted me! Nope.” “Where did you get those crackers from? I’m starving my face off.” “Is it time to go home? What time is it?”…. These are a couple thoughts that come to me while in the hallway. See ya next time at Connie’s Corner!

Believe Psalms 118:6

Tattoo trend sparks interest of D-West students

Prom “walk-in” being moved to the HCC campus for social hour

Slang Wordsby Regan Gibson

Some really legit

we like to say

What do YOU think about in the hallway?

Megan Green Gabby Speer

At last year’s prom, Keshana Cook, class of 2012, and BreAnne Caudle, senior, participate in the red carpet walk-in along with their dates.

5March 27, 2013

by CC

Elayne Clevenger

Favorite Place- McDonald’s

Why? Because some of them have play places!!

What you eat at the place? Big Mac

Baylee Elliott

Favorite Place- Taco Bell

Why? It’s good and I love tacos!

What you eat at the place? Double decker taco

Houston Cluck

Favorite Place- Texas Roadhouse

Why? I like the food

What you eat at the place? Steak, baked potato, green beans, and a salad.

Derrick Hughes

Favorite Place- Texas Roadhouse

Why? Because it’s PRIME!

What you eat at the place? Steak, it doesn’t matter which steak either

by Megan Green

Favorite Places to Eat

“There’s no crying in baseball!”

“The strangeness of this life cannot be measured: in trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero.”

“Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”

“Honey, just ‘cause I talk slow doesn’t mean I’m stupid”

“You wanted to lose a guy in 10 days, congratulations you did it. You lost him.”

“Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady…. Oh look, you’re here too!”

Hand in a notecard with the name of the movies quoted above to Mackenzie Boos. The first 5 people with ALL correct answers will earn a “sweet” prize.

Can you guess the movie?

1. Go to Victoria Falls in Zambabwe and swim in Devil’s Pool.- Maggie Johnson

2. Catch a spider monkey.-Cori P.

3. Become a viking.- Allen Dorrell

4. Get my pilots license and buy a Cessna 172 airplane.- Luke Rush

5. See penguins in Antarctica- Julie V.

6. Go snorkeling in the Amazon -Regan Gibson

7. Go to Germany-Macee Scott

What’s on your

Q&Awith TEACHERS by Bailey Boos Mr. Fuemmeler Miss Grusenmeyer Mrs. Taylor Mrs. Cluck Mr. Hoffman

Favorite hobby in high school? Basketball Softball, reading,

collecting spoons

Reading, sports, playing the Wii (I

mean Atari)Basketball Playing pickup

basketball

How did you spend your free time?

Basketball, cruising Commercial Street in

Atchison

eating Chinese or BBQ food, swimming,

watching movies

Listening to cool music like REO

Speedwagon, Van Halen, & Bon Jovi

while cruising Main street

Went out to eat, and shopping

Cruise and play pick up basketball

Best friend’s name? Wade Morgan and Amanda Kristie, Amy, and Renee Sarah Mookie

High school mascot? Tigers Warriors Bluestreaks Trojan Knight

Job in high school? Sawmill/lumber and construction

Babysit for families and worked at daycare

Cutting weeds out of soybeans

Delivered flowers on Valentines day

Taco Bueno, and hayed during the

summer

Did you have a nick-name in high school? Fudd Little Goose

I have my brother to thank for my

nickname “Chicken”No nickname Rocky

What activities were you in?

Football, Basketball, Track, and Band

Softball, Track, FCA, Robotics, NHS, Band, Choir, Youth group,

Musicals, 4-H

Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Journalism,

musicals/plays

Basketball, Volleyball, Kayettes, Drama,

SADD, NHS, FCA

Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Track

Least favorite class?

Loved school, had great teachers, but if

I had to pick it would be government.

Chemistry, the boys stole chemicals Chemistry Trigonometry English

Did you have a favorite song/band in high school?

Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and

Alice in Chains

Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Jesse McCartney, Kelly Clarkson, Chris

Brown, Akon

REO Speedwagon, Guns N’ Roses,

Bon Jovi, and other big hair bands

Rascal Flatts “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” by Journey

Did you ever get in trouble in school?

Dropping stink bombs in the band room in 8th grade

Getting kicked out of Civics class with no

explanation

Talking too much, and passing notes in

class

Chewing gum in Home Ec class

Yes, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut

Many people who become involved in Internet relationships will later find out that the person they thought they were speaking to, really wasn’t who they said they were. If this occurs, people might refer to you as being catfished.

For those who don’t know what the term catfish is, and, no, it’s not the fish, a catfish is a person who makes a fake profile online and then pre-tends to be someone else by using their pictures. An example of a catfish-ing is when a person will message you on Facebook and you guys get to talking. You will ask to see the person, but he or she is always busy. Finally, when you meet him or her, you find out that person is someone else.

According to ABC News article, “Inside ‘Catfish’: A Tale of Twisted Cyber-Romance,” the idea of catfishing began when Nev Schulman start-ed a film and photography production company with his older brother, Ariel. In 2007, an eight year old girl, Abby, contacted him on MySpace and told him how she loved his pictures and how she would paint them. Abby then would paint his pictures and send them to him. By this time, Schul-man, his brother, and his friend started to document this story and called it “Catfish.” Two months later, Abby’s 19-year-old sister, Megan, messaged Nev. They began to talk daily and Nev fell in love with her. They would talk on the phone and text all the time. Finally, Nev went to see Megan. His brother and friend went to film what was about to happen. When they went to the house, they found out that it was Abby’s mother talking to him the whole time. There was no Megan… Nev was devastated and so he began the MTV TV show “Catfish” for people who wanted to make sure their online relationship wasn’t fake either.

Talking to someone on the Internet that you have never met or heard of can be very dangerous. Make sure the person you are talking to is who you think it is. Some ways to make sure of that is to meet in person, Face Time, and Skype. If he or she refuses to do any of that or always makes up an excuse not to see you in person, there is a big chance he or she is not for real.

A survey of 57 DWHS students showed that 23 have engaged in an online relationship. Out of those 23, only 12 relationships worked out. Also, 40 students out of 57 have started a conversation with someone they have never heard of. In the end, a majority of respondents said if they discovered they were talking to fake person, they would be mad or upset.

Catfishing Watch out for ‘fishy’ online relationshipsby Regan Gibson

Q. What’s your favorite color? A. Purple

Q. Where are you going to college? A. K-State

Q.What are you going to college for? A. Business & Accounting

Q. Who’s your favorite col-lege team? A. My Cats :)

Q. Who has been your best friend(s) throughout school? A. Lo, Mag & Ali

Q. What’s your favorite food? A. Pasta

Q. Who’s your favorite actor?

A. Gerard Butler

Q. Would you rather be by yourself or with a lot of people? A. Depends on the day

Q. If you had to be handcuffed to a person for a whole day, who would it be? A. Skylar Austin- so he could sing to me all day!

Q. If you could clone anyone who would it be and why? A. Channing Tatum, who wouldn’t want another hottie around?

BreAnne Caudle:Senior in the Spotlight

by Lexie Whetstine

6 March 27, 2013

by Lexie Whetstine

by Cooper Leach

Just Horsin’ Around Mustang Style

Q: Why do you want to coach all of these teams?

MA: It’s for the kids. Most of the reasons are exer-cise, learning the game, sportsmanship, working as at team. I also enjoy seeing kids improve and become a better player and a better person. Hope that I can help. The game is like life.

Q: Is it aggravating coaching all the kids??

MA: No, it’s not really. I enjoy doing it.

Q: How many teams did you coach this winter?

MA: I practiced four teams and coached three teams. I started a K-2 basketball program. I practiced all the kids at the same time, but parents or kids coached them during games.

Q: What is your favorite sport to coach?

MA: You might be surprised with this answer. I like all sports- football, basketball, baseball, softball, and track. The sport that is in season at the time. I like football a little more than the rest of the sports but not as much as people think.

Q: What is the farthest you have been that in-volved in coaching?

MA; I was the coach of our sports teams in South Korea when I was in the army. We had flag football, basketball, and softball teams when I was stationed in Teague, Korea. I coached our battalion headquar-ter’s teams.

Q: Is it easier to coach boys or girls? Why?

MA: I have coached both since 1968. I enjoy coach-ing both. It depends on the group of boys or girls.

“Find a penny; pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck.” This is only one of the superstitions that occur throughout the world. If you find a penny heads up, it is good luck, but if it is heads down, it’s bad luck. Along with Friday the 13th and knocking on wood, people think of these as bad things.

A rabbit’s foot is a good thing

by Alysa Simmons

Rabbits feet, or smelly socks?

Q: Which sports have you coached?

MA: Football (high school and college), boys basketball (alumni teams, jr high, high school, and youth), girls basketball (jr high, high school, Highland CC, and youth), baseball (Highland CC and youth), softball (high school and youth), track and field (college, jr high, high school, Jag-uar track club, and run discus off at the State track meet each year.

Allen currently coaches DWHS softball and is an assistant football coach.

Q: What did you play?

MA: I played all sports. Football(Soldier HS, Highland CC and K-State), basketball(Soldier HS, Highland CC, Army Rec team and town team), softball(Topeka fast pitch league and slow pitch), baseball(Little League and Ameri-can Legion), track and field( Soldier HS, High-land CC, and K-State)

Football, basketball, baseball, track, and softball. Who would want to coach all of these sports? The one, the only Marty Allen. Local teams of all ages don’t need to worry about having a coach because Allen will apply. Coaching since 1968, Marty never seems to quit on kids. All the way to South Korea and back, Marty has been coaching.

Athletes put a great deal of time and effort into a sport, practing and trying their best. Sometimes all that work and effort comes to a disap-pointing stop in just one moment-- when a player gets injured. Look-ing back over the year of sports for DWHS, it looks like it has been quite a year full of injuries. There are many different types of injuries athletes can get while playing sports.

Some of the most common foot-ball injuries according to studies from the website “Sports Medicine” are concussions, torn ACL, strains, turf toe, heat strokes, stingers, and many more.

At least seven Mustang football players sustained injuries this year, and a shoulder injury was the most common.

Brandon Caudle and Ian Cran-dall both had shoulder injuries that kept them out all season. Austin Taylor, freshman, got a broken col-lar bone in the middle of the season, sidelining him for the rest of the sea-son.

“I hated not being able to play the rest of the season with my team, but I wanted to get healed so that I wouldn’t cause problems to my shoul-der later on,” sophomore Brandon Caudle said.

Jordan Sellers, senior, had a vari-ety of pains, with a concussion keep-ing him out of one game, turf toe, and tendonitis in his knee. Wade Joyce,

freshman, had stingers which kept him from playing a couple games. Luke Twombly, senior, had one of the worst injuries of the season with a broken ankle, which required surgery and kept him out the last half of foot-ball and all of basketball season.

The basketball teams had their share of injuries, too. The girls were hit a little harder than the boys. Throughout the girls’ season five play-ers had temporary injuries, missing only a couple games. With one season ending injury, Cory Smith had a fro-zen shoulder. Abbi Ellis had a severe concussion, Payton Leach had a bone bruise on her knee, Jessica Neibling had an ankle sprain, and Lexie Whet-stine suffered a broken pinkie finger.

“I hated not being able to play because I wanted to be out there play-ing with my teammates,” freshman Cory Smith said.

Another player that suffered in-juries in basketball was Joey Edie with back probems. “It’s not fun sitting out. I wish I could have played more be-fore my back injury, but I’m lucky that I didn’t because I could have made it much worse than it already was. I will hopefully get to participate in spring sports, because I hate not being able to play,” Edie said.

There is still softball, baseball, and track starting up for this spring. Although some injuries can’t be pre-vented, all athletes should take special caution and really work hard on stay-ing stretched and being in shape.

Athletes experience injuries

Both sidlined from football injuries, Austin Taylor and Brandon Caudle watch the game versus Maur Hill. Austin suffered a broken collar bone and Brandon suffered a torn shoulder.

and the rabbit foot supposedly brings good luck. Athletics is one place where superstitions or rituals may come into play. When people’s favorite teams play, some people wear the team’s jersey for good luck.

There are many superstitions in basketball. One of them is to bounce the ball before taking a foul shot for good luck. Another is to

wipe the soles of your shoes before the game or before you go in.

The DWHS girls’ basketball team had a routine involving socks. Junior Scotti Twombly said, “All five of us starters wore our Nike elite socks.”

According to freshman Coo-per Leach, the boys’ basketball team did not not have any supersti-tions for the games.

Similar to superstitions, some people have rituals because it helps them feel like they will have a better game. Some rituals are just listen-ing to music before a game to get all pumped up. Even just eating the same food before every game, such as an apple.

The girls’ basketball team had a ritual to pray before every game. They did not go one game without it. The girls also had to end warm-ups on a made shot.

The boys’ basketball team had a ritual for both junior varsity and varsity games. “Before the jv games, a bunch of the boys got into Jeffrey Watts’ car and went to Casey’s to get some food,” Leach said. For the varsity game senior Austin Ricklefs lead the charge onto the court for their warm-up.

Marty Allen coaches today’s 6th graders when they were in 4th grade playing basketball.

Allen dedicates 45 yearsto coaching all ages

Some teams, players follow game day rituals, superstitions

Snazzy snapshotwinner

The winning student submitted snapshot for this issue is Kyleigh Edie!

Kyleigh, see Mrs. Taylor to collect your cash prize.

Juniors Trevor Fee and Taylor Sullivan check out some seasonal items and other trinkets as they stop by Claire’s in the East Hills Shopping Center.