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14The backwoods create a brotherhood
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Dear Readers,
Why do we do the things we do?
The reason the Star staff puts countless hours towards making sure you get a paper every month, is not so we can win awards.
We create the STAR for the same reason that Kristin Jacobchick and Sierra Kreft make blankets for children in the hospital (p. 20)- because we want to make a difference in other’s lives.
We create the Star for the same reason that Eric Jensen plays piano (p. 35)- because it’s our passion.
Little metal cups and large wooden plaques are nice, but our main goal is to make a difference.
When we set aside the idea of being thanked or recognized for the work we do, the work we do is fun. It’s amazing to hear that a story we wrote inspired someone or made someone think. (To be honest, it’s nice to hear that a story made someone furious too.)We want to get people talking. That’s why we do what we do.
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The lunch-line battle is reaching extremes
Understanding what hazing really is
Hunting brings these friends closer together
A figure skater opens up about her passion
How two students are helping others
The student behind the keys
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It’s my life
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Students share what makes them jump for joy or fill with rage
Coloring my kaleidoscope
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“I think it is very common for someone who is being hazed [to be] worried that things will escalate by their coming forward.” To learn other students’
opinions on hazing and what to do if you’re a victim go to p. 10
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In the fast-paced-high-school-lunch-line rush, who gets to the front first has always
been pivotal. But what happens when seniors are accused of cheating in the race for food?
Science teacher Kevin Ziegler, who has been a lunchroom supervisor for seven years, says that budging has always been present, and is notorious for being a senior trademark. However, such accusations are met by denial and anger.
“It’s not budging,” senior Eli Voigt said. “If you’re not moving, I’m going to move forward, that’s how a line works.”
Sophomores, who are generally the victims of budging when it occurs, tend to think that seniors budge unnecessarily, fueled by impatience and intolerance for their underclassmen.
“We’re both going to the same place,” sophomore Bridget Banker said. “So why don’t [seniors] wait?”
However, Voigt says that waiting for slow-moving sophomores isn’t an option in the lunch line where everyone is in a rush to get their food, eat and get to their next class.
“If we all slowed down and waited, we would all be waiting,”
Voigt said. “We all need to get our lunch. We have much shorter lunch periods here at Century, and we need to move through the lunch line at a fast rate, not only for ourselves but for the people behind us. If we’re moving through the line slowly, they have to wait longer.”
While sometimes budging is justified as a necessity for keeping the lunch line progressing in a quick, efficient manner, it isn’t always. Unfortunately, some seniors believe that it’s their right to jump to the front of the line all the time, regardless of whether it’s merited or not.
“Seniority does matter in the lunch line,” senior Dan Birhle said.
The problem, according to Birhle, is not budging, it’s people who cluster in the line, text and talk in line and wear their backpacks while trying to get food. Such behaviors necessitate budging, and, although Birhle believes that seniority matters, he says budging is not an exclusive right.
“Everyone has a right to get their lunch as fast as possible,” Birhle said. “At their own risk.”
Students fight the
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The low down on the struggle to get lunch
Love the lunch ladies and get to know them. They are really awesome ladies and they do great work for our school.
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Chat with your fellow lunch-goers to make the wait pass more quickly. The line is a great way to meet new people.
Pay attention and keep moving through the line to progress quickly and efficiently.
Decide what you’re eating in advance. Indecision in a cramped space leads to congestion.
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Raising the bar
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Four ways to receive an AT&T phone:Order online at www.att.com/choosemyphone
Mail in the business reply card with the correct information and phone choice filled in.
Call 1-877-930-9015
Go to your nearest Alltel Wireless retail store.
The new phones will be shipped roughly 1-3 weeks prior to the activation date. North Dakota’s activation date is Jan. 7, 2011. Phones need to be ordered by this time. If not, AT&T will choose a phone comparable to to the owners current phone and ship it.
Source: http://www.att.com/mergers/alltel
AT&T, along with its iPhone, is coming to Bismarck. The “nation’s fastest broadband network” merged with Alltel and is in the process of switching over Alltel’s customers. AT&T has mailed and emailed out information to existing Alltel customers regarding ordering their new, free phones. Customers will be able to keep their current rate plan, features, and phone number in the majority of cases. A new phone comparable to their existing one will be offered to customers, or they can upgrade. One of the most anticipated cellular devices is the iPhone. However, the iPhone is an upgrade and will not be free. AT&T is ranked number one in costumer satisfaction among smartphone users and covers over 97 percent of all Americans.
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“I think it’s a good idea, but it’s going to be really hard to enforce.” - Lexi Hagler, junior
In late October, texting and driving was banned by the Bismarck City Commission. Any person caught driving within city limits while reading or sending a text may face a $50 fine. This new law affects many teens, and here’s what they have to say:
“I think it’s great. It’s really annoying when you’re driving behind someone and they’re really slow because they’re texting.” - Jenna Inman, sophomore
“I’m against it...it sucks.” - Dakota Noot, senior
Top 10 excuses that should not be used if pulled over for texting and driving
10. “I wasn’t texting. I was updating my Facebook status.”
9. “So you didn’t notice I was speeding?”
8. “But I was trying to take a picture of my new shoes to show my mom!”
7. “I was checking the time!”
6. “I like the feeling of the keys on my fingers!”
5. “Actually, I was using my GPS.”
4. “Justin Beiber was texting me- I couldn’t make him wait!”
3. “I was using my phone as a mirror, not for texting.”
2. [After throwing the phone in the back seat] “I couldn’t have been texting...my phone’s over there.”
1. Just break down into tears and hyperventilate.
Remember: Don’t text and drive. Police can check phone records to see if you really were texting.
Source: bismarcktribune.com
“I don’t really like it. It’s kind of dumb.” -Katie Zeuger, sophomore
Hazing:
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Fear is both a motivator and a restrainer. Fear can become paranoia and has the ability to control. Fear can be inflicted by an eight-legged creature, or another
human being. In the case of hazing, fear is brought on by another person or group of people. This group of hazers takes it upon themselves to force another, generally younger, individual to either perform tasks or have things performed to them that put their emotional and/or physical health and contentment at stake.
“I think, [hazing is] anything that is done with the intention to harm anyone’s physical or mental well-being,” Century coach Nick Walker said.
Hazing intentionally degrades another human. Hazing situations usually involve seniors as the initiators, and the youngest lower classmen as the victims.
“Your typical hazing incident that you hear about all over the country is typically upperclassmen against underclassmen,” principal Steve Madler said. “Seniors to freshman or seniors to sophomores depending on the makeup of your school, but nationally that’s your typical hazing situation.”
Students acknowledge the severity of hazing, however, they do not feel it is a constant threat.
“I don’t see hazing as a prominent issue, not because it’s an okay thing to do, but rather it happens so rarely in Bismarck,” junior Andre Pagan said. “I [usually think] of hazing as something comical, like a fraternity making someone dress up in girl clothes for a day. Although, I know it is pretty serious stuff.”
Hazing is so serious, in fact, that hazers can potentially be charged with a Class A ($1,000 fine and a year in jail) or Class B ($500 fine and 30 days in jail) misdemeanor, and other charges can be added onto those.
“It is a criminal act,” Bismarck police officer Brett Anderson said. “You can get arrested for it.”
Hazing tends to happen in isolated incidents, and no certain ‘type’ of person seems to be at highest risk of being hazed. Once hazing comes to the attention of administration, it is investigated and the nature of the incident determines the outcome. However, it is rare that the targeted individual brings it to the attention of those in charge.
“In most situations it is other students aware of the situation coming forward and informing typically a coach that something has happened,” Madler said. “Typically, it is not found out by the victim coming forward. I think it is very common for someone who is being hazed [to be] worried that things will escalate by their coming forward, and [they] keep quiet about it [hoping] it will go away and it will stop. And in some situations, that may occur, but often those things don’t stop and the bullying behavior continues.”
Everyone is different, a statement instilled in children as they grow up. And part of being different is the way incidents- both traumatic and triumphant- are dealt with by an individual. Often times, in a hazing situation, the victim appears to be going along with it, when in reality they feel powerless. The hazer is not aware of the negative effects their actions are having on their victim.
“It may seem like it is not a big deal, but the victim does not have control or power, and that is a really hard place to be,” licensed independent social worker and executive director of Youthworks Melanie Heitcamp said.
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Distinguishing between bullying and hazing can be difficult, and lines are easily blurred. Bullying tends to be ongoing forms of harassment, whereas hazing is generally more isolated. Hazing is commonly used as a form of initiation. The person or group of people involved in the hazing are usually filled with regret following the incident. Not only are the consequences of hazing immediate, they can take an emotional toll on the hazer and their victim for many years following the incident.
“[In most situations]if you are identified as a bully or identified as someone who is a harasser, there is a certain level of rejection that others may exhibit towards you,” Madler said. “As you get older, and mature more it is those thoughts of regret thinking, ‘I wish I didn’t do that.’ It is like any of those ill decisions that teenagers make as they get older, they look back and wish they had not engaged in such things.”
After some time elapses, however, the hazer is often worse off than the victim.
“Everyone is different, [the victim] may never forget the experience, it leaves its mark,” Heitcamp said. “In the future, the bullies feel way worse than the victims. If there are negative long-term effects, they are as bad for the victim as they are for the bully.”
It goes without saying that situations involving hazing possess a degree of seriousness not to be taken lightly. There is a grave danger in hazing, and those who take part are emotionally bound to the incident long after the immediate consequences have been enforced, and the hype of the situation has blown over.
Definitions of hazing:
The Student: A type of bullying in which the victim is humiliated by a group of people.
The Principal: An intentional act used to intimidate or initiate an individual into a club or organization or as being part of a club or organization.
The Social Worker: Bullying is repeated behavior, and that is where the line gets blurred, people lump these things together. With hazing the power is to the group. Things can be so easily misread, the real danger is in the action hazers feel like the victim is going along with it, they do not have a perception of what is being done.
The Law: 12.1-17-10. Hazing-Penalty. A person is guilty of an offense when, in the course of another person’s initiation into or affiliation with any organization, the person willfully engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of physical injury to that other person of a third person. As used in this section, “conduct” means any treatment or forced physical activity that is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of that other person or a third person, or which subjects that other person or third person to extreme mental stress, and many include extended deprivation of sleep or rest or extended isolation, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, overexposure to the weather, and forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug or other substance. the offense is a class A misdemeanor if the actor’s conduct causes physical injury, otherwise the offense is a class B misdemeanor.
The Coach: Anything that is done with the intention to harm any one’s physical or mental well-being.
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Bring your earplugs to the Bismarck Civic Center Dec. 4 for the Rolling Thunder Motorsport Tour. Shows will be at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Dec. 14 Mandan will come to Century for a wrestling dual at 7 p.m.
Their friendship has gotten stronger with each hunt. Read about Jesse McCarren, Tyrell Miller, Brent Uekert and
Quinton Ewer and their hunting adventures on p. 14
Century boys’ and girls’ basketball will have their first home games vs. Mandan Thursday, Dec.16
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BrothersFrom a young age, these four friends have hunted together and formed a brotherhood
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“Not many people can say their three best friends live within 100 yards of each other. We’re pretty lucky that way.”
Seniors Jesse McCarren, Tyrell Miller, Brett Ueckert, and Quinton Ewer go on an annual three-day hunting trip together. It can be frustrating but the memories will last a lifetime.
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They’ve been together through thick and thin, grass that is. Seniors Tyrell Miller, Quinton
Ewer, Jesse McCarren and Brent Ueckert have been hunting together since they were 10 years old. It’s made their friendship unparalleled to any other.
“Not many people can say their three best friends live within 100 yards of each other,” McCarren said. “We’re pretty lucky that way.”
Their friendship began with a simple interest- hunting. Their passion for it started small with shooting sparrows in Ewer’s backyard. Though not a wild adventure, it fueled an obsession for them all, and a friendship began.
“Everybody thought we were weird at school ‘cause we ate sparrow,” Miller said. “They’re actually pretty tasty little birds.”
Eating sparrows is strange but Miller does something much more eccentric. He has shot almost every legal species of waterfowl in North Dakota and has his proof in a “foot necklace.” He hangs his necklace on his rear view mirror for all to see.
“It’s every species of game bird that I’ve ever shot, and one turtle,” Miller said. “From snow goose to a pelican, but just kidding- I never shot a pelican.”
While each boy has a different animal to hunt, the goose hunt holds the most memorable moments. A normal day of goose hunting with these boys starts off at the early hour of 4 a.m. It’s Miller’s job to round up the troops and get them headed to their destination.
“Tyrell is usually 15 minutes late from when he says he’s picking me up. Yet, we always seem to have an hour of doing nothing because Tyrell had to be there
so early,” McCarren said. “Then we wake Quinton up, he usually has very little clothing on, which is very disturbing.”
Then the decoy birds are thrown into the back of a muddy pickup and the boys hit the road. Even though they’re too tired to eat they’re always ready for a Red Bull and a ‘Hot Stuff ’ breakfast pizza.
“[They’re] a hunter’s best friend,” McCarren said.
They then continue on their way and hopefully get to the field around 6 a.m.
“[It depends] on how long Brent had to use the bathroom,” Miller said.
The truck tires spin in mud and grass as they pull into a spot where the geese were the night before. They start to unload the decoys and everyone pitches in to make the work go faster, well almost everyone.
“I don’t call or set up decoys,” Ueckert said. “I’m just there to shoot, but they usually make me drive.”
If Miller keeps the boys on schedule they’re usually done setting up at 7 a.m. and start to dig their shooting pits for half an hour. Once they are done it’s time for them to sit in their holes for about an hour and do nothing. But this is the time most of the memorable moments occur. Jokes, stories and laughs are heard. This time is reminisced and talked about endlessly.
“It’s all about the comradeship,” Ueckert said.
As they hunt together they all become one mind with one purpose. This connection they share makes their bond stronger and is what has made this friendship last throughout the years.
“We’re always thinking alike,” Ewer said.
Every 15 minutes or so for two hours, their shots are fired and geese usually fall and spin down onto the ground. Though their ears might be ringing, their heartbeats are louder from the excitement and adrenaline rush of doing what they love. When they are done for the day, the boys make their rounds through the field and pick up their prized birds. After they clean the birds, and Miller cuts off their feet, they pack up yet again and head home.
“It’s something about the way you see the sunrise and how you can hear the flap and the rush of the wings hit the water,” Miller said. “It’s something you can’t experience anywhere else except in the country.”
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Picking the pigskinStudents explain what their favorite NFL team is and why
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Minnesota Vikings. I watched them with my dad when I didn’t really care about sports and as I got older and more into it [the Vikings were] the team I was watching. -Darin Malafa, senior
Green Bay Packers, it’s what I grew up with. My dad got me into it. -Allison Remboldt, senior
New Orleans Saints, I love Reggie Bush. -Corad Schwarzkopf, junior
St. Louis Rams, it’s my boyfriend’s favorite team. -Jori Nies, junior
Pittsburg Steelers, I was raised into it by my dad. It’s the first team I fell in love with. -Medora Frei, sophomore
Atlanta Falcons, they used to have Michael Vick. -Seth Lundberg, sophomore
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Whether the frosty snowflakes are falling softly to the ground or pouring out of the sky like rocks, children emerge from their houses to frolic in the flakes. But, playing in the snow isn’t just for little kids.
Real winter sports, like snowboarding, skiing, broomball, ice skating, snowmobiling, hockey playing and bobsledding, are all excellent ways to spend snowy days. But, the classic snow activities- sledding, snowman making, snowball flinging, fort making, ice sculpting, snow angel making, jumping into piles and shoveling- are classic for the simple reason of fun for all.
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Senior Kristen Bortke offers a look into the life of a skater profile.tonyabauer
Q. Why did you start skating?
A. My older sister started out skating, and I wanted to be just like her, so then I started skating and I really liked it. I tried other sports but [skating] was my favorite. I like being able to do stuff that you can only do on ice.
Q. How has skating changed you or helped you become who you are today?
A. With individual [skating] you fail a lot, jumping in the air you always fall down, but then you always have to pick yourself up again and tell yourself to keep going. On the synchro [skating] team, you have to work together as a team to do something and be able to trust your teammates because you get judged together. It taught me how to be a leader, and I think it’s had a positive influence on me.
Q. How do you like competing in a sport where you can compete as an individual and as a team?
A. I really like it. I think it makes you stronger having both because you have self-determination and self-drive for your individual sport, but then you also have those teammates so that when you get down they help you and strive you to keep improving.
Q. What’s your best memory?
A. One time, on a synchro team, we tried to see how many people we could fit into a bathroom of a bus, we had this really weird thing where we saw how many people we could fit into places. It was funny, we also do a whole bunch of team building stuff.
Q. Are your parents supportive of your skating and how much time it takes up?
A. Yeah, they really are because it’s a really positive environment for us and we all strive together and bring out the best. They really like that I’m in a sport and they know how much I really like it.
Q. Any misconceptions about skating that you want to put to rest?
A. The movies that make it look so easy, like you can land a double by just doing these math things, that’s kind of frustrating. You can physically know, ‘I know what I have to do to do this jump,’ but that doesn’t mean I’m going to do that every time. Falling down hurts, and to be able to get back up and do it again, you can’t be a so called
‘prissy girl.’ It’s not all about the glitter and stuff. When people think of figure skating they think of getting in pretty dresses and getting their makeup done and getting their hair all nice, but in figure skating it’s more about jumping and stuff, not about the appearance.
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Bortke wears a necklace that her teammates gave her everytime she performs. She’s been in skating for 12 years.
Skating on the edge
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“I’d like to think I am [making a difference].” p. 20
Read about a girl who unleashes her artistic talent through writing, Omani Luger p. 24
Fire up the Internet and go to centurypulse.com where you will find a girl with a
flair for food- among other things
Congratulations to the Century LitMag for placing seventh in Best of Show at the National Journalism Convention
All tied upTwo girls find time to help the less fortunate
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Both Jacobchick and Kreft spend their time making blankets for the kids at Medcenter One. Together, they’ve made over 30 fleece blankets.
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Tying fleece ends together may get repetitive, but when it’s for a good cause, two friends find that it’s all worth while.
Juniors Kristin Jacobchick and Sierra Kreft are making blankets to donate to the pediatric center at Medcenter One.
“Last year in child development one of our classes made them, and I just got inspired to do it,” Jacobchick said.
Child development and family living teacher Lori Quintus has been having her classes make these fleece blankets for the past three semesters. This semester, her five classes hope to make up to 35.
“I really like the idea of doing a service project in class, because it’s so good for kids to learn how it feels to do good for other people,” Quintus said. “Tie blankets are fun and easy, so it just seemed like it fit.”
Quintus and her husband donate the fabric for all of her classes, but Jacobchick and Kreft have to supply their own. At about 15 dollars a
blanket, they can get quite expensive. The girls have an ad on BisManOnline for people to donate fabric, and with it, they’ve created about 15 out of their 30 blankets. They have gone above and beyond for these kids that they don’t even know.
“We made them so [the kids] can feel comfortable while they’re there,” Kreft said. “They have to stay in their hospital beds, especially around Christmas, and winter when the weather is bad.”
Most high school students have these blankets lying around their house, and don’t realize that they’re a source of comfort.
“When you think about the children’s hospital, and how it can be kind of a scary place, it’s nice that they have something,” Quintus said. “Then they get to take them home with them when they go.”
Jacobchick hopes that all of the children can find solace with the blankets, and knows that what she’s doing is for a good cause.
“I’d like to think I am [making a difference].” Jacobchick said. “I really hope so.”
“Tie blankets are fun and easy, so it just seemed like it fit.”
What’s the strangest thing in your backpack?
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Century students tell the STAR who their heroes are and why
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Century students open up their bags and share the out-of-the-ordinary contents with us
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My Ziplock bag of chocolate shredded wheat. -Bryaunna Jasper, sophomore
A Toy Story Band-Aid. -Dani Rhodes, junior
Okay, well probably the strangest thing I have is a love poem from my little sister’s boyfriend to her...she’s in the sixth grade -Allison Richter, senior
Probably my insulin shot. -Kalyn Omlid, junior
A drawing of my hand, drawn with a space pen, unfortunately not drawing another hand. -Andy Prokopyk, senior
I have a single large, wool sock, but that’s not that weird right? -Dan Towner, senior
Cat-dog, because two is better than one through the good times and the bad. -Jodi Homan, senior
Lady Gaga, not only is she a musical genius, she also breaks social barriers. The media dubs creativity and individualism as odd and negative, but she doesn’t care. She did, and still does, exactly what she wants and how. -Ali Cahoon, senior
My grandma because she raised eight kids by herself. She’s like a second mom to my family, and she always has good food. -Kelsey Rogstad, junior
Anyone who can rock socks with sandals. If you can do that, you can do anything. -Parker Endersbe, sophomore
My dad is my hero because he supports my decisions and is always there for me. He helps me make difficult choices and leads me in the right direction. My dad has made a positive impact on my life. -Abby Larshus, sophomore
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Question: What do you like the most about creative writing?Answer: Mrs. Beaudoin; She is a fun teacher and I love seeing her face and getting to choose what I write.
Q: What is your favorite form of writing?A: Short stories; I want to like poetry, but it’s just not my thing.
Q: What is your favorite short story that you’ve written?A: I just wrote one, and I don’t really like it, but it’s the only one I’ve written this year.
Q:What made you want to take creative writing?A: I had heard a lot of good things about the class, and it is easy, not going to lie, so I said, “why not?”
Q: Do you see yourself using these skills in the future?A: Possibly, it is making me enjoy writing more than I used to.
Q: So, what do you want to do in the future?A: I feel like I should know, but I don’t.
Q: What do you like to do with your spare time?A: I like to play Tetris. I like to do a lot of things, but Tetris was the first thing that came to mind.
Q: What inspires you most when you are writing?A: Things that I’m afraid of, whenever I am writing a short story I like to end with something scary.
Q: Who is your favorite author?A: Mary Doria Russell, I’m reading one of her books right now, and I love it.
Omani Luger
Luger’s haikus:
My dad is a birdA falcon to be precise
I am a liar
In the labryinthI want to visit my grandma
To borrow her pug
That man is evil He said my dog is a cat
Perhaps he is right
To read Luger’s short story go to centurypulse.com
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Senior Omani Luger expresses herself through creative writing
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Rant and Rave, Rave and Rant, however you want to say it...let us know what is on your mind and we will publish it
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Maddy (who since writing her first column has broken her 15th and 16th bones and gotten 14 papercuts)
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Hungry for more opinionation? Head to centurypulse.com and eat it all up
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Honey Bunches of Oats is possibly the tastiest cereal my tastebuds have ever tasted., and I mean the tastiest. Where else can you find not only honey, but bunches of oats as well? And don’t forget
about Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds/Real strawberries/Bananas/Cinnamon clusters! The possibilities are truly endless.
-Katie Johanson, senior
If you had submitted your opinions, they could have taken up this space
Maddy is on the hunt for the perfect psuedoname (pen name) and welcomes your suggestions with open arms. The person who submits the winning name will recieve a cookie.
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She spends a considerable amount of time at the library, and brings thermoses of hot tea to high school gatherings. She plastered the back of her
hundred-dollar van with chalkboard paint and more often than not has an unsmoked, corn-cob pipe in her mouth. She values her time with her elderly neighbors more than almost anything. Her tears are shed few and far in between. Her sewing machine consumes a large amount of her time, as do her various art projects and leather-bound journals. She loves thrift shops and babies and old furniture and cooking. Instead of going across state for college she is off to Greece, and instead of jeans she wears a dress. She is frugal. Sleeping in is replaced by Saturday morning yoga. She hides behind fake glasses, and the strength she claims to have is not always present when she needs it. She rarely depends on anyone but herself, and being alive is her greatest joy. She has never found a suitable spot to settle into. She has a tendency to take on too much, and expect too little. Two of her best friends are tall, blond athletes and she is a short, brunette, speech kid. Although she is to plan prom, she lies awake petrified she will not mean enough to someone to be their date. Her recovery time is so fast she may appear to not care, but she often cares too much. Being considerably different has always been her only method of ‘fitting in.’ The moment when she faces who she is, however, can be terrifying. It can happen on the upswing after a face washing, or an unexpected moment in a dressing room. It is the sudden moment when she, when all of us, look directly into our own eyes and are unable to look away because this is it. The eyes being gazed into are the eyes that promise to always be there to gaze back. What we are looking into in these moments is what we have, and who we have forever, regardless of the mistakes we make, or the moments we triumph over. Loneliness does not exist because who we have is ourselves- now, until death do us part.
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“The moment when she faces who she is, however, can be terrifying.”
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“I am green today. I chirp with joy like a cricket’s song. I am grey today, gloomy and down like a morning fog...” and so on and so forth goes
one of my favorite tunes, “Colors,” by Kira Willey.
I am currently sitting here listening to this melody loop its way around the corners of my mind, and trying desperately to find my favorite color.
Why? Because I believe that every person should know the exact shade of their favorite color at any given moment. Granted, it will change from year to year, week to week, day to day or even minute to minute, but the exact pigmentation is absolutely crucial in finding oneself, as us teenagers are so keen on doing these days.
Okay, maybe that’s a little over dramatic, but hear me out. Studies have actually proven that color can affect a person’s mood. From the moment I wake up in the morning- my stereo glowing green, to when I go to bed at night, my clock blinking red, I see colors. They vary into all hues, shades, pigments, stains, tints and tones, and I love it.
I have a crazy habit of associating colors with my moods. For example, right now I would say that I’m a mint green. Not mint like the ones that are eaten at weddings, but the mint that’s in the middle of those little chocolate candies that
are set on top of pillows at wanna-be-high-end hotels.
Color has also found a way to control me. It decides not only my mood and my perspective of others, but it chooses how I dress in the morning. If I’m feeling girly or upbeat, odds are that I will be wearing something bright and noticeable. If I’m tired and feel like blending into the crowd, I will more than likely be found wearing a darker color.
Color surrounds me. When I look at the sky, I see more than faces in the clouds. I see the color of Cancun’s coasts. When I watch the sun set over the river, I look for that shade of orange right after it turns yellow but before it turns pink, because that’s how the sunset makes me feel. When I’m angry I view the world in red and when I’m happy I picture this crazy place in purple. Color is not just a thing to me, it’s a state-of-mind.
The only way color has not affected me, is my perception of people. I view people the same whether they’re in all black with orange hair or wearing a cotton-candy-blue sweater with bubble-gum-pink lip gloss. Color doesn’t change who somebody is. It’s only an outlet of self-expression, just like words or music, it’s just much more noticeable.
So, I ask you now, how do you express yourself? What things make you angry or happy? What’s your favorite color?
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The commons of Century fills to the brim as lunch time hits, and students along with faculty rush to get to the front of the line. It’s a winner-take-all situation and
no one’s holding back. The lunch line has long since gone from being an orderly procession through the lunchroom to an all-out battle to get there first, and the weapon of choice is budging.
While budging seems to be a common tactic with no real consequences, that’s not true. It offends those who are cut off and signals disrespect and a sense of entitlement. It creates disorder and ruckus within the lunch line.
As it stands right now, maneuvering through the lunch line without getting bumped or jostled requires quick feet and plenty of forethought. More than one student has been seen clutching a tray like a shield trying to navigate through the lunch line. The fact is Century’s lunchroom wasn’t built to handle the current
volume of traffic and with more students pouring into the school, relief from the crush of students doesn’t seem likely.
While many have resorted to self-important budging to ensure their tray gets filled first, this behavior only escalates the situation.
In the future perhaps the school will be able to remodel its cramped lunchroom, but for now the only solution to the problem is patience. The lines won’t get shorter anytime soon, and there will always be a wait. However, if students remember that everyone’s trying to get to the same place and keep moving down the line, everyone will get served.
So calm down and take a chill pill. The lunch ladies prepare plenty of food, and as long as everyone waits their turn, it’s possible to get served in a calm, civilized fashion.
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I hate when people wear their backpacks in the lunch line. Not only are they annoying, it’s already packed in there the way it is and the wasted space of a backpack is nuts. Backpacks are huge and they take up enough room for another person. Backpacks hit trays causing the them to crash to the floor. This results with an apple rolling through the line of people, making someone trip and send their milk to the floor, thus a domino effect...all because of a backpack. So please, be considerate of all the apples and/or other food wasted on a silly backpack in the lunch line. Next time you are tempted to bring your bag to the line drop off it off at the table.w -Katie Kuchynski, senior
Birds, they are no good! All they do is freegin’ wake you up in the morning and freegin’ act all above you (pun.) They are incapable of love.-Charlie Duncan, junior
Butterfingers are indeed delicious, but so blasted messy! Whenever I go in for a nice bite it gets all over my shirt/pants/ground/table. -Logan McConnell, junior
To those guys who have pickup trucks- revving the engine every time someone walks by doesn’t make your rusty old truck look cool. It’s annoying and doesn’t make anyone think you’re all big and tough. -Shelby Svihovec, senior
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To those guys who have pickup trucks- revving the engine every time someone walks by doesn’t make your rusty old truck look cool. It’s annoying and doesn’t make anyone think you’re all big and tough. -Shelby Svihovec, senior
There is one thing too many people don’t know about us: our favorite colors are red, white, and blue. So, it is our honor to attend the most BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED school EVER! Everywhere we go, we see the wonderful blend of colors that are so pleasing to our eyes. The blue carpet, the red things on the walls, the white lights...perfection. We want to thank the school for being so majestically wonderful and having the most beautiful colors on display. WE LOVE YOU, CENTURY SCHOOL COLORS! LONG LIVE RED, WHITE AND BLUE!-Maddy Frederickson and Brittney Richter, seniors
Whoever came up with the ingenious idea of Rice-A-Roni should be praised. The health factor may not be the greatest, but it’s still delicious. I think I may be addicted, especially to the four-cheese kind.-Amber Cusey, junior
I love orange soda. I know that sounds reminiscent of the show Kenan and Kel, but I love it. I love the taste; I love the smell; I love everything about it. I buy, at the very least, two a day. I drink it during my off period, in between classes, and when I can manage it, I sneak sips during class.-Sam Swanson, senior
I really love walking outside when it’s below freezing. The rushing wind in my face. The inability to feel my fingers. Snow getting my shoes and pant legs wet. Then going back inside and warming up to some hot chocolate, Viking blanket, and the History Channel.-Colton Ulmer, junior
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Night Catches UsBlack Swan
I Love You Phillip MorrisThe Warrior’s Way
Dec. 10The Chronicles of
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The FighterThe Tourist
The Temptest
Dec. 17TRON: Legacy
Yogi BearHow Do You
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Shiloh will be hosting Lifelight’s fall tour Dec. 8 Everyday Sunday, John Reueben, live art painter Eric Samuel Timm, and DJ Steve Wade will be the guests
Dec. 3-5 - Pride of DakotaDec. 10 - Carrie Underwood
Dec. 18-19 - The Blender’s holiday tradition
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North Dakota is famous for few things, but certain foods are the tastiest treats around
In the middle of a sleepless night, infomercials are there to entertain all with demonstrations, testimonies and special offers. Purses, vacuum cleaners, bed spreads, digital cameras and nearly everything else can be found by watching these lengthy, hilarious commercials.
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Kuchen comes in a variety of flavors. Peach and apple being the most common,
this pastry is definitely one of a kind.
Popcorn Balls. There is nothing left to say. A ball of popcorn that sticks
together with marshmallow cream. Yum.
The inventor of Knoephla Soup is North Dakota’s best friend. It is what Kroll’s Diner makes a profit off of, and it is the best
combination of potato and broth ever created.
Scotcheroos are crunchy and sweet brought into one. They encompass everything
good about food into one bite-size bar.
Hot Dish is an all encompassing phrase for noodles, meat and sauce. It can mean a number of different things, but the vote
is unanimous - hot dish is amazing.
Carmel Rolls are a staple of American culture, or so North Dakotans think. This breakfast delight is a wonderful cinnamon roll lathered in the ooey gooey goodness of melted carmel.
OxiClean, introduced to the world by a very energetic infomercialist, gives clothes the cleanest clean they’ve ever seen.
Bumpits are working to make every hair more voluminous and Hollywood-esque.
The Fushigi Ball mysteriously floats as it is juggled, used in tricks or just sitting in one’s hand.
The Snuggie, the blanket with arms that has wrapped the entire nation in fuzzy warmth.
The Shake Weight gives you amazing arm muscles in just six minutes a day.
The Magic Bullet can mix up muffins, smoothies, omelets and pretty much anything else one can imagine...in under 10 seconds!
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His fingers dance on the familiar black and white keys. His hands travel up and down the keyboard in a musi-cal adventure full of gentle melodies and pounding bal-
lads. The music fills the room and the ears of those intently listening, but this pianist does not sit atop a bench on a well-lit stage in a suit and tie. He wears jeans and a sweatshirt, and taps the pedals with old tennis shoes. His stage consists of a corner in Century where an old piano sits; his audience is the students and faculty passing by.
“I play after school every day if I am able,” senior Eric Jen-sen said. “And sometimes during lunch if I’m not eating.”
Jensen plays anywhere between one and four hours dur-ing an average day. His dad tried to get him to start play-ing when he was in kindergarten, but Jensen didn’t want to. Years later, he started playing out of pure boredom.
“One day, maybe in sixth or seventh grade, I sat down at the piano and decided to try and play,” Jensen said.
Jensen has never had a piano teacher or even a lesson. He chooses to play when and what he wishes. As far as having a fa-vorite song to play, Jensen says it changes every day.
“There are times where I’ll suddenly be completely obsessed over a song,” Jensen said. “And then, a while later, I don’t care much about it anymore.”
Sometimes Jensen gets requests for certain songs by passers-by, and he tries to play the ones that he can. Over-
all, Jensen mainly gets positive comments from his audience.
“I’ve been told I play very well quite a number of times,” Jensen said. “And that sometimes hearing a cer-tain song can make someone’s day much better.”
The listeners are not the only ones benefiting from Jensen’s playing. The freedom and enjoyment he receives from play-ing the instrument keep him coming back to it every day.
“I follow what my heart thinks the music is saying,” Jensen said. “Not what the piece of paper with black ink says the music is saying.”
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Piano man“I sat down at the piano and decided to try and play”
Having a space that reflects one’s personality is a must, and a Century student has just discovered the joys of redoing her bedroom
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The door closes and the noises from parents and siblings are blocked out. The bed is comfortable and the walls
are a familiar hue. With friendly faces peeking out from posters and picture frames, the space is uniquely organized with different phases of a person’s life. A bedroom should reflect the owner, the finished piece should be creatively renovated; a calm place for a student to relax and just be themselves.
Junior Brooke Gardner’s room is now an exact reflection of her personality, but it hasn’t always been that way.
“I wanted to redo it for two years, because it was pink and I don’t like pink anymore,” Gardner said. “It was too pink and too girly, and it was too cluttered because I just put pictures people had drawn [for] me all over the walls so that it would cover up the pink.”
Now the color choices of the room reflect her high school self, instead of the younger version that had wanted the shockingly pink walls.
“I have two lime-green walls and I have a teal wall and a purple wall. I have black and clear frame collage pictures everywhere,” Gardner said. “Those colors are more me.”
The change, extreme though it was, only took Gardner and her family a week to complete, and the whole family was ready for Gardner’s room to get a change .
“I never really cared for the pink and lime green,” Gardner’s mother Roxanne Gardner said. “I know [redecorating] was something she really wanted to do, it was so nice to see her so excited about something.”
Gardner and her mother did a lot of the work themselves. The entire process took only three weeks, one to clean up the room, and the rest of the time was spent painting and arranging picture frames and lighting.
“I guess I helped her to come up with plan, cause first she had to clean up her room,” Roxanne said. “So I came up with a design to motivate her.”
Though Gardner and her mother tackled the renovation on their own, changing an entire space can seem like a daunting task. However, there are people who can help. Pier 1, a local home design store, is brimming with smiling faces that can turn a bedroom that has been the victim of design disaster into a cool space with a modern chic look that is a complete reflection of the owner.
“We listen, that’s important, and then we ask lots of questions, generally open-ended questions,” Pier 1 assistant manager Rebbecca Boyce said. “I would ask you what would you say your personality is?”
Though Gardner and her mother’s styles differ they came to an agreement that they both can live with.
“My personality is less dramatic, but it fits her, it’s her personality,” Roxanne said.
‘What are your favorite colors?’ is a common question asked by the experts, along with, ‘do you have an existing theme?’ and ‘do you have any bedroom furniture that you plan on keeping?’ A great place to begin with when designing is fabrics because they are a focal point in bedrooms.
“If you started from scratch, I would take you over to pillows first,” Boyce said.
Having a bedroom that is personalized is very important, and it’s something both moms and students can agree on.
“It’s their room, it’s the only place in the house that’s theirs. I think they should have some say in the place they spend the most time,” Roxanne said.
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With the opening of the door to the restaurant comes a breeze laced with grease and more grease. The “burritos” Taco Bell offers are nothing close to the kind I would imagine real Mexican burritos to be like, with wonderful tortillas, rice and beans. Instead, they’re filled with some sort of fake cheese, old meat and plenty of grease. As one bites into said “burrito,” taco, or pretty much anything else, grease will occasionally drip from their fingertips and the overwhelming taste of taco meat will linger on their breath for the coming hours, or even days. On the other side, the soda and smoothies are quite good, and the Crunch Wrap Supreme is stellar. But with the falling-apart food, overwhelming deep-fried appearance and occasionally indigestible food, Taco Bell is much less than splendid. All in all, it will do the job in extreme-hunger situations, but is not recommended for superb-tasting food.
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In the deluxe edition of Michael Bublé’s latest album, “Crazy Love,” the Canadian crooner adds four studio tracks and four live tracks to his 13 song, chart-topping 2009 release. With a good mix of upbeat jazz tunes and smooth ballads, “Crazy Love” ushers in a nice change of pace from the songs that have been on the radio lately. Bublé sings a variety of jazz standards and new tunes and he is occasionally joined by unexpected collaborators like Sharon Jones. However, some of the tracks on this album aren’t very memorable; but that’s quickly forgotten once one hears Bublé’s dramatic take on “Cry Me A River,” the album’s opening track. Overall, “Crazy Love” is not Bublé’s best album, but it still ranks highly on the scope of musical genius.
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Most kids in America grow up watching Disney Channel. With its kid-friendly shows and movies, it’s a perfect option for individuals of all ages; but the Disney Channel of today’s teens is long gone. Gone are the days of watching “Even Stevens,” “Lizzie McGuire” and “Sister, Sister.” And no longer can a person tune in at 7 p.m. to see a good old Disney Channel original movie like “Cadet Kelly,” “Get a Clue” or “Smart House.” It seems like in a few short years, Disney Channel has gone from being a high quality staple to a channel flooded with mind-rotting programs and lack-luster films. Shows like “Hannah Montana Forever,” “Sonny with a Chance” and “Good Luck Charlie” now fill the airwaves and rot the minds of preteens, clouding their thoughts with mindless plots and pointless story lines. However, a few shows still have some merit. “Phineas and Ferb,” for example, has maintained a bit of the Disney Channel tradition of excellence. It’s not “Dave the Barbarian” by any standards, but it’s still heads above some of their other programs. So, if one wants to view quality, high-class TV like they used to get as a kid, YouTube is their best bet.
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Senior Casey Demchuck and junior Ariel Landsberger share with us their out-of-the-ordinary relationship
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lifeHow long have you been dating?Casey Demchuck: 12 years...[laughs] 6 months.
How did you meet?CD: Her brotherAriel Landsberger: He took [Casey] to Happy Joe’s with him one day, and then I met him. We didn’t talk until March, we met in October.CD: [We started talking] five months later in gym.
Where was your first date?CD: We didn’t go anywhere.AL: We drove in his car the whole time. Then we went to my house and talked beside [it].
What are your favorite foods?AL: I like potatoes.CD: Pizza.
How did you start dating?AL: He asked me out, twice.Favorite color?Both: [In unison] green.
What’s your favorite memory together?CD: At the cabin.AL: His cabin on our first month anniversary. [We] watched movies.CD: Played Monopoly the whole day.AL: And Uno.
What do you have in common?CD: EverythingAL: The only thing we don’t have in common is that I like green beans and he likes his with cheese.CD: We both like pretty much every kind of food there is. Except tomatoes.AL: Tomatoes are the devil’s food.
How are you different?AL: He’s taller.CD: We have different colored eyes, sometimes.AL: His change.
Do you have anything of each others?AL: I have his magnetCD: I have her sweatshirt in my backseat.
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