The graduating class’s combined achievements have maintained Wash’s position as first on the University of Iowa’s list of the top Iowa AP high schools and have kept Wash the top ranked Iowa high school on Newsweek’s list of “America’s Best High Schools.”

“Anybody that was at senior recognition night heard of all of their academic accomplishments and even though they may not be absolutely setting the school records in areas like four years of math or percentage of students completing one AP class, if you look at the whole broad picture of all those categories, they might’ve been in the top three in about everything; so I think their achievement was maybe not spectacular in one area but very strong when you look at the whole big picture,” said Plagman.

In surmounting their indifferent reputation, Wash seniors have contributed their time and talents to the arts and musical departments as well as the sports programs to achieve individually and as teams.

“They’ve done lots of great things here. They’ve been great leaders in the class, they’ve been some amazing athletes, probably more Division I athletes than any recent class that I can think of- especially in varying different sports. Amazing things in music,

both vocal music and instrumental music,” said Plagman. The 2011 graduating class’s success in scholastic and extracurricular areas has

been complemented by their social development.“[They’re] very accepting of one another, very accepting of individual

differences, incredibly tolerant of quirkinesses of their colleagues and teachers,” said Wenzel. “They speak with respect for each other that I have noticed... and of their teachers. [They are] very defensive about any type of harassment, they hate that, [they’re] very worldly kids... I look around the room and there’s very few exceptions to what I’ve said, very few.”

Whatever reputation the class of 2011 may end up having, their accomplishments and participation as Warriors is undeniable.

“In spite of their achievements they’re humble,” said Wenzel. “They love the school.”

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Volume 54, Number 9May 23, 2011

SurveyorThe George Washington

Seniors achieve despite class stigma

Alyssa ChristianProfiles Editor

With commencement right around the corner, Washington High School reflects on a graduating class that has achieved both scholastically and socially to overcome an apathetic reputation.

Freshman class teachers were told not to expect much with the arrival of the class of 2011.

“I met with that freshman class, [the] current seniors, when they were freshmen and I said, ‘I hate to stereotype and stuff, but you guys came in with an image of not the greatest class and we’re gonna fix that, because that’s not what they’re gonna say when you leave here in four years,’” said Wash principal Ralph Plagman. “That’s certainly not the image I have of them.”

Throughout their high school careers, the seniors of the class of 2011 have achieved many academic milestones. 239 members of the senior class will be awarded 548 Four Year Scholar Medallions for completing four years of study in the subjects of mathematics, science, world languages and AP social sciences. In addition, 173 students will be receiving an Academic Letter and 90 graduates will leave high school with a cumulative GPA at or above a 3.5. Further, on Commencement Night there will be 151 Wash seniors wearing medallions through the Academic Honors Program.

In addition to high achievements in core curriculum, most seniors took on extra educational challenges. 188 seniors completed at least one Advanced Placement class and some took up to 13 in their four years. This constitutes two-thirds of the graduating class. Demonstrating a high commitment to education, 50 students will graduate having taken 100 more credit hours than necessary to graduate to join the esteemed 400 Credit Club. 68 members of the class of 2011 also were members of Wash’s chapter of the National Honor Society, Adastra, exhibiting excellence in character, leadership and service.

Their accomplishments have not gone unnoticed by the school or the community.

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“‘...you guys came in with an image of not the greatest class and we’re gonna fix that, because that’s not what they’re gonna say when you leave here...’”

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You’ve probably heard all about the L.O.S.T. vote that took place on May 3, 2011, and that the “NO” vote won by a slim margin. Due to this, the $.01 local-option sales tax that was previ-ously in effect in our city will cease to exist.

The tax, which existed primarily to help fund flood recovery, was first put into effect after a vote in March 2009, nine months after the memorable flood of 2008. The flood caused over $6 billion worth of damage. At that time, 59 per-cent of the voters agreed that the tax was a good idea. However, this time around, the results were different. The “NO” vote won by only 216 voters out of the 32,000 citizens that voted, but

that was enough to remove the tax. Had the “YES” voters won, the tax

would have been extended for another 20 years, generating an estimated $30 million per year in that time. About $170 million of this new revenue would have been used to help pay for a flood protection system at a cost of $375 million.

There was also a legisla-tive proposal to provide $200 million for Cedar Rapids to help pay for the protection system, but the legisla-tion appears to have lost much of its support due to the results of the election.

Despite the defeat in the recent vote,

the tax will stay in effect for three more years before its actual removal. Wheth-er Cedar Rapids will find another way to pay for the protection after the tax is removed remains to be seen.

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With over two billion viewers, the Royal Wedding that took place on April 29 between Prince William and Catherine Middleton was one of the most watched TV specials ever aired. That being said, it’s no surprise that some people took celebrating this historical event to the extreme.

Norma Wenzel, language arts teacher at Washington High school, was one of these fanatics. Upon first hearing about the Royal Wedding, Wenzel was not very interested. However, about a week before the wedding occurred, Wenzel received an exact replica of the invitations sent to the 1,900 guests of the Royal Wedding from her good friend Mary Jarvey. Wenzel began to become more excited about the whole event but it wasn’t until she stepped foot inside Jarvey’s house that she became a true devotee.

The party started with an English dinner that consisted of shepherds pie, English tea, fruit cake and chocolate cake with Jane Austin’s and Charles Dickens’ books be-

ing used as center pieces. Following dinner, the four women attending the party then watched “The King’s Speech” and went to bed at midnight, only to be woken at 4 a.m. by Jarvey playing “Here Comes the Bride” on the piano. The women then continued to dote on Middleton’s wedding dress while wearing tiaras and eating lemon curd scones. As a whole, the party “...superseded my expectations,” said Wenzel.

The wedding itself was held at Westmin-ster Abbey in London. Although Westmin-ster does not have a reputation for being sce-nic, those involved in planning the wedding put a great amount of effort into enhancing the appearance.

“I’ve been to Westminster several times, and they made it look beautiful,” said Wen-zel.

It is at Westminster that Middleton, origi-nally a commoner, was transformed into Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. It is this fairy tale story that gave girls of all ages, from all around the world, the oppor-tunity to act like princesses for the day, even Washington High School’s very own Norma Wenzel.

Madeline Berg Staff Writer

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Wash welcomes new teachers

There’s no question that Washington is home to some very outstanding teachers. Many students would even dare to argue that Wash-ington is home to the best faculty in the area.

After this year, 12 teachers will be departing from Washington High School. Having so many teach-ers leave at once may sound like quite a problem, but Principal Ralph Plagman and the teacher committees have been interview-ing, searching for the most qualified candidates.

It is clear this work has paid off. As of the end of April, nine new faculty members have been hired for the 2011-2012 school year.

Some-times the search is difficult, to find the best indi-viduals to fill positions. For some teachers filling these positions, the search branched outside of Iowa. Kaitlyn Finn, who will be teaching five sections of chemistry next year, is originally from Big Ugly, West Virginia.

Although some teachers are new, this will not be a few teacher’s first time walk-ing through the halls of Washington. Three of the new faculty members graduated from Washington, including Peter West-phalen: the new co-director of the vocal

music program, Angie Fogle: a special education teacher, and Kelly Aull: who will teach AP World History and World History.

Jacob Mason-Marshall is another new faculty member with experience at Washington. Ma-son-Marshall, who is currently student teaching in Mr. Duer’s classroom, originally planned to search for a position in the Washington D.C. area but jumped at the opportu-nity when a job opening came at Washington. After receiving his MAT from the Univer-sity of Iowa he will take his positions in English Nine and U.S. Humani-ties.

“Wash really fits my teaching style.

It’s been wonderful to be a guest in Mr. D’s class, but I’m excited to create my own

environ-ment and let my freak flag loose,” explained Mason-Marshall.

Many students at Wash-ington have

already taken a liking to Mason-Mashall.“I think Mr. M’s teaching style is unique

to Wash and other students at other schools are missing something not being exposed to it, plus he’s a pretty cool guy and has soft hair,” said Lewis Blake, ’12.

It’s never easy for students to see a favorite teacher leave, but Dr. Plagman has worked hard to find replacements that will excel and bring their own individuality to Washington.

Cedar Rapids votes “no”Michael AnderslandStaff Writer

Wenzel, your majesty

Graphic by Stacia Drafahl

Photo by Megan AndersonMason-Marshall helps Matt Wittman, ’13, with AP Composition.

Photo by Amy ParkerJacob Mason-Marshall caught at an awk-ward moment.

“I think Mr. M’s teaching style is unique to Wash and other students at other school’s are missing something not being exposed to it, plus he’s a pretty cool guy and has soft hair”

Lewis Blake, ’12.

Graphic by Kitty McGurk

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A couple of days ago I was talking to a parent of a student from Jefferson. Not knowing that I was from Washington, our conversation boiled down to one thing: the perception of Wash students from the outside. The one huge detail that bothered me about this conversation was the exceptionally negative perception she had, with almost no contact with anyone from Wash. All of her ideas about our high school were completely based off of dramatized little slip-ups from students, past and present. She said something to the effect of: Wash and its students have such a horrible reputation that the recent disqualification of some of our tennis players was no surprise. The repercus-sions of this far-reaching and completely unfair bias against Wash students reaches farther than just into the sports world but also leaves almost every student in a

negative light. What’s worse is that this undeserving hate directed straight at our student body creates an atmosphere that, even though almost no one in the student body has knowledge of this hate, we are two steps behind the “superior” and more “righteous” other high schools in the Cedar Rapids area.

I’m not saying that our school is perfect, and that some of the bias isn’t deserved but because it exists we have to work that much harder. With the senior class leaving us behind, in the eyes of Cedar Rapidians they have left behind all their faults, while they have stolen away all their victories. But it’s only a matter of time before the classes of 2012 and 2013 are remembered by their slip-ups and we once again have to claw our way out of the shadows.

So what can we do? There really isn’t much we can do, no matter what we do, only our problems will be remembered. Hopefully people begin to see change and change themselves.

Perceptions leave our school in the shadowsGrant KaminStaff Writer

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High School is supposed to be the best four years of your life. Memories are created and knowledge is gained. There will always be the one teacher who im-pacted your high school career the most. For many this year, that teacher would be Mr. Jacob Mason-Marshall, a student teacher for Mr. Duer’s English classes. Mason-Marshall will be a new teacher at Washington High School next year.

Mason-Marshall got his undergraduate degree from Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He is soon to receive his graduate degree from the University of Iowa in the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program. It might be said that he was born to be a teacher, seeing as his father is a professor of teaching and his mother got her undergraduate in teaching, but Mason-Marshall said it wasn’t until his junior year of high school, when his brother was born, that he knew he wanted to be a teacher.

“My plan was to move to D.C. and find a school. I chose Wash over every-thing else. I knew I wanted to teach at Wash after my first week. Just walking through the halls and seeing that everyone is comfortable is what attracted me to be here. Once you talk to students and see what goes on in the classroom [I saw that] my teaching style would work here. It’s presumptuous to say that I’m a good fit for Wash, but Wash is a good fit for me.”

And it’s safe to say that Mason-Marshall is a good fit for Wash, by the popu-larity of his class.

“Best student teacher I’ve ever had my whole life,” said Ellie Peck, ’12.“Mr. M is the freakenist- awesomist teacher!” said Makayla Kellen, ’13.While Mason-Marshall is flattered to be loved by so many students, he said

“teaching isn’t a popularity contest. My teaching style is unique to me.” It’s his unique style that engages so many students in his class. “He’s really passionate about anything that interests people to learn,” said

Haley Stamats, ’13.His passion for teaching is noticed by all of his students, creating an amazing

classroom environment. “The moment when you forget that we are supposed to be teaching and do-

ing things and there are 30 people in a room when we’re all talking about a book they care about. Those are the serendipitous moments I care about,” said Mason-Marshall.

Mason-Marshall should have plenty of time to achieve moments like this next year when he’ll be teaching U.S. Humanities and English Skills 9, as well as being a freshman counselor.

“When you’re an incoming teacher to this school, you look to the principal. It’s incredible that you [Wash students] have such a resource.”

Mason-Marshall: a one of a kind teacherKatharine GoodwinStaff Writer

Freshman Jonah Shah, ’14, is a laid-back bachelor looking for an equally chill bachelorette. Shah is heavily involved at Washington where he participates in several activities including Vivace, choir, tennis, golf and math team.

When not occupied with one of his many extracurricular pursuits, Shah is busy hanging out with friends and watching televised sports. You can expect humor and friendliness from the bachelor, as well as a selfless individual who is confident in his assets.

“I’m hot and a cool person,” said Shah.The bachelor, nicknamed “Moj” by friends, is interested in an outgoing girl

who shares his love for humor.“We were really good friends to begin with. It was comfortable and he was

always kind,” said Rina Moore, ’14, a previous girlfriend of Jonah’s.With an ambitious outlook on everything he partakes in, Shah is the perfect

catch.

Funny man tickles women’s heartsShanay GonderStaff Writer

Mason-Marshall wants all of his students to succeed and use the resources available.

“Students feel like they can sleepwalk [through high school] and win the game. High School isn’t a game. It’s your life. If you approach it with a flippant attitude, you can survive Wash, you might get a 4.0, but you failed to see the point. High School isn’t about jumping through hoops, high school is about growing up and finding what you’re good at. Wash students are blessed, [being] surrounded by brilliant teachers.”

Next year, Mason-Marshall will join Wash to be one of those brilliant teach-ers.

Freshman FavoritesFavorite Food: Barbecue bacon cheeseburger from Granite CityFavorite Season: SummerFavorite Sports Team: Pittsburgh SteelersFavorite Music Genre: Hip HopFavorite Movie: The HangoverFavorite Song: “All of the Lights” by Kanye WestFavorite Color: BlueBiggest Pet Peeve: Chalkboard Scratching SoundBest Quality: SmartBiggest Dislike: Mushrooms and watching baseballCelebrity Crush: Megan Fox

Photo Illustration by Amy ParkerJacob Mason-Marshall.

Photo Illustrations by Natalee Birchansky

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Claassen rocks the dance floor for Wash

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The Sway Machinery’s African journey

Chloe KohlStaff Writer

Miley Cyrus is no Kurt Cobain

How did this happen? With her undying punk credentials, Joan Jett dared to play a duet with pop star Miley Cyrus on Oprah, single handedly destroying the song “Bad Reputation.”

Maybe Joan Jett was just throwing another curve ball to spice up her career. A woman who’s worked with real Riot Grrrls should know the dif-ference. Yet this isn’t the only example of Cyrus’s crime against music.

If Cyrus wasn’t incessantly trying to be associated with a rock mentality amongst her Hannah Montana rise to fame, perhaps this rendezvous could have been seen as “fun.” Yet Cyrus found a way to take the last bit of sincer-ity out of Nirvana’s hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” with her toe-curling cover during a show in Ecuador.

It’s not the reworking of a classic song that ignites this harsh reaction. Patti Smith’s acoustic cover of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a heartfelt rendi-tion worthy of the task. It’s the assumption that musically she believes to have achieved a respectable enough level, artistically and socially, to push her commercial bull on songs that were revolutionary in their own right.

Since the public can’t necessarily control what Cyrus decides to regurgi-tate, let’s just hope she leaves “Anarchy in the U.K.” alone and goes back to living out her daddy’s dream.

It’s a tale of self realization and the inflicted inner workings of a pilgrim-age. The Sway Machinery’s second disc “The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1” goes through the bands intimate journey to The Festival in the Desert in Timbuktu, Mali and the inspiring music it procured.

The Sway Machinery included the Jewish influence that is inherent in all their music but then integrates African rhythms and vocals, as provided by the “Queen of Desert Blues” Khaira Arby. The added languages of Arby’s Malian heritage along with the English and Hebrew of Lockwood’s upbringing give a more involved listening experience.

The album comes with an all-color booklet, explain-ing lead singer Jeremiah Lockwood’s experience and pictures documenting the event. There are also some tape-recorded tracks on the album of the culture in Timbuktu, like intriguing camel grunts, that also help put the listener inside this mythic adventure.

This is the music of another world, another time. The use of horns and guitars and the powerful singing of Khaira Arby are something of enhanced tradition, paying respect to, but not completely adhering to the sensibilities of their ancestors.

“The House of Friendly Ghosts, Vol. 1” is another genre-defying record for the Sway Machinery, and with Vol. 2 in production with more music of their Malian travels, another album of life-changing music is sure to come.

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Known for his conspicuous school spirit, Sam Claassen, ’11, has mastered a new hobby outside of being the warrior mascot.

Sam Claassen, a.k.a DJBlindSoul, recently found a new striking career as a Disk Jockey at last Wednesday’s ultimate frisbee competition.

“Ultimate Frisbee competition was a total success and Sam’s DJ’ing made it even better,” says Nemo Newman, ’14.

Claassen has DJ’d for multiple different school events including WPA, with last year’s senior Will Hart, and helped DJ the Dance Marathon at the Iowa Memorial Union.

“It feels like I’ve been a DJ for 75 years but it’s on been half a year,” said Claas-sen. He plans to DJ in upcoming jam sessions and hopes for the best in his thriving business as DJBlindSoul.

“It was stellar. Best DJ of the century hands down. If you are looking to party for sure hit up DJBlindSoul,” said Evan Zalesky, ’13.

Claassen plans to continue his career as a Disk Jockey for as long as possible. Claassen began his career as a DJ by being selected to perform at a birthday party.

“Kinda decided it would be cool from there on out,” Claassen said. As the end of his senior year approaches, Claassen takes a look into his future. “I

could definitely see myself DJ’ing in Hollywood for Britney Spears and Madonna,” He isn’t interested in expanding his DJ crew but hopes to be the driving force behind his occupation.

“I wanna make da money solo!” Claassen said.“My favorite jams are Johnny Cash and Chumba Wumba. I like to party with

my music,” he said. Claassen not only strives for success, he plans on achieving his goal as the ultimate disk jockey.

“I don’t practice, I just go out on the dance floor like dynamite,” said Claassen.

Photo by Lauren Johnson

CC by Mike SchmidMiley Cyrus performs on tour.

Sports6 5-23-2011Joe Berry

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As the summer comes to a close, a new sports season begins. The summer sports season consists of men’s baseball and women’s softball. The baseball team kicks off play on May 23, while the softball team begins the next day.

BaseballMay 23-25 Metro TournamentMay 28 at Des MoinesMay 30 at OskaloosaMay 31 at Iowa City High June 2 vs JeffersonJune 3 at JeffersonJune 4 at OttumwaJune 6 vs XavierJune 8 vs BettendorfJune 9 at Linn-MarJune 10 vs Linn-MarJune 13 vs Iowa City West

SoftballMay 24 vs XavierMay 31 at Waterloo EastJune 2 at Iowa City HighJune 7 vs PrairieJune 9 vs Dubuque WahlertJune 10 vs MarionJune 14 vs Cedar FallsJune 16 at Dubuque SeniorJune 17-18 Tournament June 21 at Thomas JeffersonJune 23 vs Dubuque Hempstead

The men’s District tennis tournament was played on May 12 at Veteran’s Memorial Tennis Center. The War-riors finished third in team score, advancing them to preliminary sub-state. Warrior’s Cole Rhatigan and Alex Intlekofer, both ’11, competed in the singles competition. Doubles teams Mitch Blades, ’13, and Charlie Ham-mond, ’11, as well as Mitch Anderson and Clayton Hoyt, both ’12, competed. Both Rhatigan and Intlekofer were eliminated during early rounds, Intlekofer being defeated by the singles runner-up. The doubles teams were more successful, Anderson and Hoyt lost in the semi-finals to Linn-Mar, and won the consulation game to take third place. The 2010 state double runner-up team of Blades and Hammond advanced into the championship round of doubles to face off against Linn-Mar.

At Districts, the doubles matches work so that the two teams play two sets, and if after both sets they are tied, then they play a third set to decide the champion. It was during the second set, following a first set victory, that the match began to heat up. Blades had received a formal warning during the first set for unsportsmanlike conduct, and it had been suggested to the Meet Manager, Kennedy’s Athletic Director, that he keep an eye on the court. During the second set, Linn-Mar made a call that a shot had not bounced in bounds.

“[Charlie] served the ball, and Linn-Mar returned it. Then when Mitch volleyed it back to finish it off, they said that the serve had been out,” said Anderson, “it was obvi-ously in.” Blades and Hammond were frustrated with the

call and strongly protested.“It is hard because tennis is the only high school sport

without a referee,” said Washington women’s head coach Dan Reyner. While Coach Reyner did not see the dis-agreement, he did note his belief that tournament officials should be careful that a quick disqualification, such as this, fits the situation.

“Mitch had received a formal warning in the first set, and how it usually works is that in doubles there are two warnings before a disqualification,” explains men’s tennis head coach Frank Howell. In this case though, the Meet Manager got on the phone and called Allen Beste of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the overseer of tennis. They decided that these circumstances fit for an immediate disqualification. Most of the unrest at the meet was players, parents and fans demanding an explanation for the disqualification and inquiring whether immediate disqualification was the correct response.

“Obviously I wish it wouldn’t have happened,” said Howell. Not only does the disqualification dash Blade’s and Hammond’s hopes for being state champions, but has team implications as well. “Had we been able to make it through the finals without the disqualification, we would have had them for preliminary substate as well,” he added. The Warriors were defeated by Linn-Mar, 5-0, at the pre-liminary sub-state level.

“It was just a bad situation turned ugly,” commented Hammond.

“It was a ridiculous call,” said Blades. The teammates plan on filing an appeal to regain the opportunity to com-pete for the state championship.

Due to the disqualification, the Warriors’ other doubles

team, Anderson and Hoyt, advance onto state since they finished in third place. Warrior fans can watch them in action on May 27 and 28 at Veteran’s Memorial Tennis Center.

Photo by Colby BjornsenMitch Blades, ’13, discusses the decision to disqualify him and his doubles teammate Charlie Hammond, ’11.

Joe BerrySports Editor

Warrior tennis heats up at Districts

Men’s100m Dash- Griffin, A. Carr200m Dash- Griffin, A. Carr400m Dash- Corbett800m Dash- Hogg1600m Run- Hogg, Nzoyisaba3200m Run- Nzoyisaba400m LH- Hickock4x100m Relay-Az. Carr, Griffin, Gardener, A. Carr4x200m Relay-Az. Carr, Griffin, Gardner, A. CarrMedley Relay- Az.Carr, Gardner, A. Carr, LuebeShuttle Relay- Hickock, Vega Sailor, JohnsonLong Jump- HoggShot Put- Henry

Women’s3000m Run- Rogers100m H- Beard, Foreman400m H- Foreman4x100m Relay- Beard, Foreman, Oney, Royster4x200m Relay- J. Jones, Muller, Sanders, Vogel4x800m Relay- Gorman, Niyokwizigigwa, Stuer, KlineSprint Medley- J. Jones, Oney, Sanders, VogelDist. Medley- Frye, McPherson, Muller, Gorman Shuttle Relay- Foreman, Vogel Oney BeardLong Jump- BeardDiscus- T. Jones

Track and Field state qualifiers

The Washington Women’s Soccer Team assumed this would be a year to rebuild after losing seven graduating seniors last year. This year’s squad of only five seniors, has helped to put together one of the best seasons they have seen in a long time. They are currently 8-1 overall and 8-0 in conference play.

As of May 9, the Warriors are ranked first in the Mississippi Valley Conference and eighth in the state. This comes as a pleasant surprise to many of the play-ers on the team.

“Better than expected,” said Sophie Malcolm, ’13, about how the season has gone so far.

Malcolm, goalkeeper for the Warriors, puts their season in perspective very simply, but the Warriors

have beaten teams

state-ranked teams including Linn-Mar and Xavier in major upsets.

Annee Cooper, ’14, agrees with Malcolm about the success of the Warriors.

“We weren’t expected to do as well as we are do-ing because of all the seniors we lost last year,” said Cooper, “Our season has been going really well, but we still have a long ways to go.”

Both Cooper an d Malcolm are underclassmen who hope to help lead their team to their first ever state tournament appearance.

The Warriors beat Xavier on April 30, snapping Xavier’s 35 game winning streak and beating the 2A defending state champions, handing Xavier the first loss they have seen in two years.

“They [Xavier] have been good for so long, so it was a good way to prove ourselves.” said Katie Ham-mond, ’12, in response to the Warrior’s victory over Xavier.

Even though their record is great, it hasn’t been a smooth ride for the Warriors. Three games have been decided in penalty kick shootouts. Four games have been decided by two or less goals and four games have gone into overtime. The Warrior’s margin of victory has ranged from ten to only one. The bumpy ride doesn’t stop there- Wash may have to end up playing Linn-Mar to get a bid into state after a hard victory already this season.

“It’s not exactly the best pairing we could have got-ten, but we know we can beat Linn-Mar if we try our hardest,” said Cooper.

Perhaps the most astonishing thing about this team is the three victories after penalty kick shoo-touts. Malcolm has saved seven penalty kicks throughout the shootouts, respectively.

“Yes and no,” said Malcolm about whether or not she is nervous for more PK shootouts. “No, because I feel confident in what the team and I can do, and yes, because nobody is likely to win four straight shootouts.”

Regional play begins on May 31 and the state tournament begins June 9.

Women’s soccer team goes above and beyond preseason expectationsMJ KaminStaff Writer

Maddison Hines, ’12, kicks the ball down field in their May 16 game against North Scott.

Photos by Amy Parker and Megan AndersonSarah Keppler, ’13, and Ashley Piper, ’11, take a quick breather before bringing the ball back into play.

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Last month I mistakenly called myself a cheater and a student who lucked his way through high school. I made it appear as if a teacher has done nothing for me other than assign me a homework assignment that I just simply wouldn’t do. This was not my intent; I have never “sold” any school assign-ment or plagiarized an assignment, nor

do I advocate anyone else doing those things. The teachers here at Washington High School

have thankfully shown me what my interests and talents are. They have also thankfully shown me where I struggle and have helped me survive those classes.

My Wash career started off second hour Top L.A. 9 with Peter Clancy my freshman year. Almost everybody in my class complained about reading Great Expectations. Clancy always told us, “Trust me, you will need to know this book for the rest of your high school career.” Myself for one, and I’m sure many others were sure that we would never need to know what happened to Pip after freshman year was over. As Clancy said, it came back to bite sophomore year when Adam Witte would repeat-edly refer to it in AP Comp.

I always questioned the purpose of Witte having us analyze the “f-word” in class beyond its use in common language. Little did I know that Witte was kindly introducing us to what language arts classes consisted of for the rest of my life, analyzing every little bit out of every little word.

In AP World History I sat in Ben Hamburger’s class wondering what the purpose of this so-called “DBQ” was. At that point I thought it was the strangest thing in the entire world. Hamburger focused a large portion of his class on the DBQ only for me to find out that it was what I was most

prepared for on the AP exam (and I passed). He gave us a life saving tip of, “If you can’t think of anything else just suggest a document from women and children,” for when the AP exam asks, “suggest any additional documents needed…” I thought that was a cheap way to answer a question, but as I found out, he was right.

Algebra Two came around my sophomore year and I was almost sure that Tracy Stranathan was wasting my time teaching me all about logarithms and the number “e.” I never thought I would need to know how to divide logarithms again in my life but I just sucked it up and did my large home-work assignment consisting of about 42 logarith-mic problems. Calculus came around and I had practiced the rules of logarithms so many times in Stranathan’s that it almost became a break from math for me and I was able to succeed.

I walked through the first two years of my high school career thinking that all the information I learn up until I’m an upperclassmen is just filler until I can get to the interesting classes. I sat in AP Physics and Advanced Pre-Calculus my junior year asking myself, “How the heck am I supposed to know how to do this?” Usually my teachers told me “Brian, you should know how to do this, you learned part of it last year,” and then kindly explained to me what to do. As I look back on past years, my education has built on itself, as my teachers tried to tell me it would. If I ever had a teacher that was anything less than great, or if I ever cheated my way through a class, I wouldn’t be able to survive the ones I am in now and do well in them.

As I said earlier, my education has continued to build off itself through the past four years. Wash’s goal for each student is to build an education that students can take with them after high school, and I believe all students need to realize that. If a step is skipped in the building process of your education, it never builds as strong as it could. I have come to realize that nothing in school was ever point-less, every topic and every homework assignment. Without the support of my colleagues and the work that each and every one of my teachers has put into teaching their class every single day, I wouldn’t be moving on to a college of my dreams and most im-portantly, taking my education with me. For that, I thank you all.

This is my anti-senior col-umn. I call it this not because I am at all opposed to being a senior or to writing columns. In fact, these are two things I have become incredibly comfortable with. I’m ventur-ing that every student in the senior class would agree that the adjustment to becom-ing a senior is a non-existent one. Using “It’s senior year” as an excuse for everything from waking up late to being obnoxious in the hallways to parking illegally comes naturally. Standing in the

front row at football games and actually caring if we win seems like old hat. As for the

column-writing; after deciding that I’m going to spend the rest of my life as a journalist it is just an idea I had to get used to.

No, I’m calling it my anti-column because I’ve become frustrated with the idea of it. The hours I spent racking my brain for something insightful that would perfectly encapsulate my four years at Wash left me with only an anecdote about the flammability of bug spray and drawn out analogy between dragons and librarians. Neither would suffice in explaining how I feel about suddenly being thrown into the “real world” or “nirvana” whichever you prefer. They would not shed light upon my warm feelings for this place where, as my parents will tell you, I sometimes spent more time in than my actual house.

I’m not going to try and explain what it feels like to be graduating. All 305 of us who will walk across the stage on Thursday know all about the bittersweet end to our time here. We are all going though the same emotions that come with leaving friends, moving on and the uncertainty of what hap-pens next. Whether we will admit it or not, that red cap and gown that has been staring at us from our closets for weeks is intimidating enough without the idea of actually having to put it on.

So underclassmen, as I cope with the mental image of myself dressed all in red, ready to be handed that navy blue di-ploma holder, I’m not going to pretend I have some life chang-ing words of wisdom for you. I will say, enjoy high school. As much time as you spend counting down to 2:45 sometimes, it is really something pretty sweet. And I promise you, it goes faster than you could ever expect. If you haven’t started to love this place yet, look around I bet you’ll find something or someone worth missing even if its that chair in the choir room with the white out on the back or the gaggle of hockey players always in Mrs. Adams’ room.

As Tina Fey points out in her book, “Bossypants,” “The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s 11:30.” So get ready seniors, this is our five minute warning.

Brian KopecManaging Editor

Lauren SinesEditor-in-Chief

Attention seniors: This is your five minute warningWhat am I doing? It may appear that I know, but how could I possibly

know? After all that high school has taught me, perhaps the single most important lesson I have learned is how little I actually know. Or more spe-cifically, how little I am actually certain of, especially pertaining to my life. I’m about to graduate from high school, which is a very odd feeling that still hasn’t fully sunk in. All I know is that the end is near, and that I am not that sure of myself.

I’ve come across a part of teenage life that is so glamorously exhibited in popular culture - the search for self-identity. This is the Holden Caulfield type of lifestyle of an angry teen who rebels against the world. But, see, I’m not pissed. Holden was pissed. I’m just confused. I feel like I have reached a sort of, “Now what?” in my life. I realized that the problem was I’ve been working towards the same thing for so long that I don’t really know what to do with myself.

For four years, I have worked extremely hard to get in to college. Now, I’m enrolled and feel sort of lost. I’m excited for next year, but still pretty uncertain as to what I am actually going to do with my life. In the last six

months, I’ve realized that it is okay to be unsure. I’ve spent so much time worrying and thinking about things from every possible angle. Perhaps this feeling of uncertainty is the liberation from worrying I have so long awaited.

I don’t have my entire career planned out, I don’t even know what I’m going to study next year, but I know for some reason that I don’t need to worry. The key is to remain open to new experiences, and soon enough your life path will shape itself. I have come to understand that this is why Wash is such an amazing place. There are so many opportunities just waiting to be utilized. Get involved in something, and soon your interests will be sparked.

You may not be on your parents prescribed path, or have your entire life laid out until you are ninety, and that is okay. It may seem that other people have it all together, when in all actuality they are as uncertain as you. Keep an open mind, and allow your experiences guide your interests.

There is no reason to worry about what lies down the road. The uncertainties I have are only curiosities waiting to be triggered. I may not understand what I’m supposed to do with my life, or even what classes I will take next fall. But I do understand the one goal I have set for my final summer before college – I am going to chill real, real hard.

Isaac HalyardA&E Editor

Isaac Halyard discusses the importance of embracing uncertainty

Wash helps Kopec discover the fundamentals of building an education

Senior Columns8 5-23-2011 SurveyorWHS@gmail.com

Every day throughout elementary and middle school, when I sat down to din-ner with my family the same question would come up, “What did you learn at school today?” and almost every day I would give the same answer, “Nothing.” In the early years my parents would press me to come up with something, anything I had learned, but eventually they gave up. By the time high school rolled around, they rarely asked any more, knowing they wouldn’t get an answer.

I know that this question and answer process is a common experience for many parents, but don’t worry, it isn’t because kids aren’t learning anything. Learning is a slow process and on a day-by-day basis, it’s hard to see that progress is being made. However, looking back on high school, I’m finally able to see all the things I’ve learned.

“The Crucible,” integrals and the water cycle are just a few of the things I have come to understand during these four years, but more importantly, I have learned to understand a few things about life too. I went into high school scared and stressed-out. I can remember spending nights crying about too much homework and not enough free time my freshman year. Now that I leave high school I may not have any less homework or any more time to myself, but there are a couple key things I learned in high school that help me deal with it.

First, I learned organization quickly once I started high school. After missing a few assignments and meetings because I forgot, I realized that I have to write things down if I want to remember them. Now I live by my planner. Even though

some may make fun of me for it, it is the only way I could ever hope to keep track of everything. So Dr. Kahler, and every other teacher out there who encourages students to use their planners, thank you. It actually rubbed off on one student.

Secondly, I have learned that most of the time I just need to relax. Living a low-stress lifestyle is one of the keys to living a long and happy life and there have been a few people throughout the years who are still helping me work to-wards de-stressing. My dad’s commitment to running for at least an hour every day, even the days he spends upwards of 12 hours at work, has proven to me it is important to keep some personal time, especially when life gets hectic. Also, my boyfriend, Martin Strobel, has taught me that sometimes it’s okay to not have a plan. Things will usually work out on their own given time and patience.

These two lessons, organization and being able to relax, have given my life a balance that was necessary get through high school. A 4.0 GPA is great, but what’s even better is the ability to just chill out, and most importantly, have fun.

Shana MatthewsCopy Editor

What did Shana learn today?

Classy Things To Do:- Rub aloe all over David Tann’s body- Go on a road trip with your friends, preferably to Traer,

Iowa (Yes it is a real place!)- Rule #4 (Get Some!)- Date Asian men- Wear sunglasses in class- Go bowling with Zach Detweiler and Jacob Meyer- Get to Charlie Hammond’s house as much as possible- Go out for swimming- Have a crush on Isaac Halyard- Go on classy dates with University of Iowa students- Get to Kate Rohde’s house- Work at the YMCA- Get Doc Wenzel to vote you for “Best Legs”- Take Britt to the movies- Listen to the song “Big Jet Planes” as much as possible- Drive around looking for something to do as much as

possible- Have a lemonade stand on senior skip day- Go to Nightstorm and get a guy’s number, who has

four teeth- Late night Wendy’s runs with Zach Detweiler- #Fantasy

Unclassy Things To Do:- Rule #1 (Piss off Jill)- Get Neel Ghosh to pick you up at one in the morning

from the Von Maur parking lot- Pee in Brian Kopec’s front yard (Sorry Nancy!)- Give someone who despises you a cookie cake- Make out with a Justin Bieber look-a-like- Call every single person on your contact list on a Satur-

day night- Wear athletic shorts to school everyday whether other

people appreciate it or not- Drop your phone as many times as possible- Show up to people’s grad parties that you weren’t

invited to- Put chips in people’s pockets as they walk by in Charlie

Hammond’s basement- Look like you’re a classic Linn-Mar girl as a freshman

High school has been a per-sonal journey for me. The fol-lowing is a list on how to stay classy at all times during your four years here at Washington High School.

Jill’s guide to classy...

Jill BroghammerStaff Writer

I graduate soon, and I have concluded certain things are true, or at least rela-tively true. Don’t waste your time. Do what you want to do, not what you think you should do. Do not waste another waking second of living for what others want you to do. As obvious as it sounds, it is tough to stray away from the line of normality.

I’ve spent too much of my time attempting to build a resume, because that’s what I thought would be the right thing to do. I tried laboriously to get into a good college, because I assumed that would provide a successful career. And yet, like many others, I have no idea of what I’m doing. I’m not even sure of what I’m interested in anymore. Sure, I know day-to-day things which I enjoy doing, but an entire life devoted to a specific field blows my mind.

I spend too much of my time thinking about what I’d like to do instead of doing it. I’ve failed to take enough risks in my life because I’ve tended to think too much about the negative outcomes. I’m scared now. I don’t want to live a boring life, working on things of which I have no interest. I want a fulfilling life that makes me happy. I hope it’s not too much to ask for because honestly I would work as hard as I could to get there.

For me, my transition from high school to college has caused introspection over the last four years and as evoked many different emotions inside me. I’m not sure if my time has been well spent or wasted, an eerie feeling of misuse clouds

my mind. It is up to you to experience these same feelings of uncertainty. You must take the risks and make the mistakes

to discover what truly makes you happy. If you’re afraid to take a step, remember that it is only four years and then you’re out of here, don’t reserve any room for judgement.

Although I sound idealistic and probably also pessimistic, I believe Washington has provided me with essentials to achieving exactly what I want to. Although some of the homework and lectures are a bit mundane, you can’t go anywhere without a solid foundation, and that is what Wash gave me. Good bye and good luck.

Ian FischerNews Editor

Good bye and good luck

Even though the past couple months of my senior year have consisted of preparing me for graduation, the fact that commence-ment is only a few days away hasn’t really sunk in yet. My mind just can’t get a grasp on the idea that it’s almost all over, and that this next week is the last time I will attend school with kids I’ve known and grown up with for the past 12 years. Looking back I realize that above everything else, high school goes by very, very fast.

I can remember a Friday during my sopho-more year when a group my friends and I gathered at Brian Kopec’s house after an early dismissal to grill, play Frisbee, listen to music and, above all else, chill.

Since that day it seems like high school has been in fast forward. I’ve crammed in so many activities, events and times spent with friends, yet the past four years seem like they were only a couple of weeks.

As a freshman, senior year feels like some sort of mirage, but be

warned, when your counselors and Dr. Plagman tell you graduation will be here before you know it, they’re not lying. I know graduation seems like its hundreds of years away, but it will sneak up on you. So take advantage of your high school years because even though there’s a

lot of work, there’s also a lot of fun to be had.Spend time with your friends and get in-

volved in a lot of activities, because if you don’t you’re going to regret it after its all over. If you’re an athlete, cherish every season, don’t assume you’ll always have next year to accomplish the goals you set out for yourself (especially if you have weak and easily breakable collarbones).

Lastly I have a word of advice about college. If you are a freshman, sophomore or junior and you have no idea what your plans are for college

welcome to the club. My junior year and even most of my senior year I had no idea where I was going to go after high school, or what I was going to major in. Don’t stress about it, it’ll all work out somehow, so just relax a little and enjoy the rest of your high school career.

Joe EkenSports Editor

Don’t assume you’ll al-ways have next year to accomplish the goals you set out for your-self.

Listen to DP: Four years fly by

Superlatives 95-23-2011SurveyorWHS@gmail.com

most school spirit:Bryant Wright, Sam Claassen, Dani Willson, Patrick Anderl (not pictured)

most likely to make a million dollars: Isaac Halyard, Gail Barnum, Neel Ghosh (not pictured)

most likely to play a professional sport:Brandon Besong, Alex Carr, Wes Washpun, Josh Oglesby

most likely to write a best-selling novel:Britt Bergquist, Hannah Philgreen, Lauren Sines, Cole Rhatigan

most likely to win an Oscar:Wes Carlson, Abra Mathews, Allison Klasson, Ellen Hart

best hair:Joe Eken, Lindsey Taylor, Max McGee

most likely to be on a reality tv show:Abra Mathews, Alex Carr, Camron Harrison, Abby Shey (not pictured)

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most likely to become president: Isaac Halyard

most liberal: Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Chris Ritter, Lauren Sines

most conservative: Michael Olsen, Susie Herder, Toby Ziemer, Liz Townsend (not pictured)

most artistic:Stacia Drafahl, Chris Ritter, Morgan Hagerman

best laugh:Britt Bergquist, Toby Ziemer, Manesha Buress (not pictured)

biggest flirt:Cory Harrison, Tonya Boots, Kristin Rogers, Lauren Witte, Megan Schmidt, Tedde Jones (not pictured)

best eyes:Madelyne Rosenberg, Paige Heaton (not pictured)

most stressed out:Emily White, Marissa Carson, Katie Parsons, Allison Klasson, Liz Townsend (not pictured)

class clown:Brad Weaverling, Wes Carlson, Cory Harrison, Trevor Northrup (not pictured)

best smile: Josie Delgado, Ian Fischer, Wes Washpun, Neel Gosh (not pictured)

most likely to get married: Maddy Rosenberg and Hunter Gallagher, Adam Sailor and Morgan Bjornsen, Toby Ziemer and Nicole Johnson

most likely to compete in the strongest person competition: Cory Harrison, Adam Sailor, Alex CarrMost likely to win a Grammy:

Wes Carlson, Ellen Hart, Neel Ghosh, Camron Harrison, Miles Maurice

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most likely to become president: Isaac Halyard

most liberal: Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Chris Ritter, Lauren Sines

most conservative: Michael Olsen, Susie Herder, Toby Ziemer, Liz Townsend (not pictured)

most artistic:Stacia Drafahl, Chris Ritter, Morgan Hagerman

best laugh:Britt Bergquist, Toby Ziemer, Manesha Buress (not pictured)

biggest flirt:Cory Harrison, Tonya Boots, Kristin Rogers, Lauren Witte, Megan Schmidt, Tedde Jones (not pictured)

best eyes:Madelyne Rosenberg, Paige Heaton (not pictured)

most stressed out:Emily White, Marissa Carson, Katie Parsons, Allison Klasson, Liz Townsend (not pictured)

class clown:Brad Weaverling, Wes Carlson, Cory Harrison, Trevor Northrup (not pictured)

best smile: Josie Delgado, Ian Fischer, Wes Washpun, Neel Gosh (not pictured)

most likely to get married: Maddy Rosenberg and Hunter Gallagher, Adam Sailor and Morgan Bjornsen, Toby Ziemer and Nicole Johnson

most likely to compete in the strongest person competition: Cory Harrison, Adam Sailor, Alex CarrMost likely to win a Grammy:

Wes Carlson, Ellen Hart, Neel Ghosh, Camron Harrison, Miles Maurice

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Sangamithra SathianSurveyorwhs.focus@gmail.com

BRIGHAM-YOUNG UNI-VERSITY - PROVOBenjamin Davenport

Roy MeyerKaitlynn MeyersJulia MichalecSpencer NelsonStephen NemerJoHannah OlsonLogan O’NealAlex PanekZachary PfeiferXuan PhamAustin PintDarious PledgeJason PolandTawnee PusateriCortrell RobinsonMegan SchmidtJustice ShulteDylan SeatonSimranjeet SinghTiyanna TaylorBenjamin TodtzMichael TroendleCaitlin VintTanisha WeemsNataysha WestDanielle WillsonLauren WitteCheyenne Wright

UNIVERSITY OF IOWAAllison BarrKatherine ChristiansenJustin ColeStacia DrafahlOliver Hidalgo-WohllebenEmily JacksonTheodora JonesSamuel Kacenaua OglesbyHannah Philgreen

KIRKWOODJordan Abben Eileen Alati-WilliamHaley AustinJennifer BaumannAnge-Marie BayubaheMitchell BeebeAlysia BernsMaRaya BingerShakia BoddieTricia BurnsDiavonte CarterMichael ChomeySamuel ClaassenAustin ClimerClayton ColquhounIreta DanielsAmanda DaoudAmber DavenportShelbie DefordAmanda DickensBrittley DixonIan DravesHarrison ElliottMallory EntringerTaylor FrederickHunter GallagherZachary GibsonAlyssa GoodwinTia GraySobay GuzmanJames HallShanieka HarmonTanieka HarmonCamron HarrisonPaige HeatonLuke HernyAlex Hivento Kelvin HootmanHunter IversonJuan JarquinAnkerria JohnsonRobert JohnsonTevin JonesAlejandro JordanChristina KimbleTroy KnightOlivia LaGrangeHaley LockwoodWilliam MakerRyan McClungMercedez McDaniels

Madelyne RosenbergSamantha ShannonAlex StephensShea StobaughBradley WeaverlingEmily WhiteEmily WittmanLucy YoungAlexander ZaleskyBrianna Zumhof

COE COLLEGEKatherine BirdMarissa CarsonSarah DeshaiesJoyce DuNicole JohnsonBenjamin NelsonDaniel Roalson

ST.AMBRO SE UNIVE RSITYTonya BootsNatalie PalmerBryant WrightWARTBURG COLLEGEWesley Carlson

WORKINGDalton ClaypoolJoshua BehelAmanda HintzDena HolybeeJoshua HootmanJoshua WoolfEthan TrumbleeCabot ToddBrennen TevisJoshua Odeen

LUTHERCelia Garner-ProwdyTobiah Zeimer

MILITARYGilbert UllrichJordan Smothers

DART-MOUTH UNIVER-SITYTia Dawson

USCNeeladri Ghosh

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAMo Green

POINT PARKAlyssa Pearson

STAN-FORD UNI VER SITY Isaac Halyard

MT.MERCY UNIVERSITY Nicholas HeinsChelsey McMahon

WASHINGTON STATE Estelle Nshimirimana

IOWA CEN-TRALSaromo MugishaBrenice NdayizeyeDavid NegaMiles BartonMarques WrightBryce WatsonEveline Niyokwizigigwa

JACKSON-VILLEManesha Buress

IOWA WESTERNKristopher GardnerCory Harrison

UNC-CHAPEL HILL Ellen Hart

CARLETON COLLEGE Ian Fischer

MINNESOTATWIN CITIES Becca Herron

DUBUQUEZachary Zingula

CAPRIChelse WellsSavannah Reyn-olds

UNIVERSITY OF TENNEN-NESSE Wesley Washpun

ST.OLAF COLLEGE Elizabeth TownsendJohn Reasoner

ST.PAUL Bradley Tate

WILLIAM PENN Janay Pritchett

UNIVERS ITY OF AL ABAMA Michael Olson

SIMPSON COLLEGERachel Jones

NORTHWEST-

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SITYCharles Hammond

ST. MARY’S Allison Klasson

ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN TECH-NICAL COLLEGE James Patrick Jr.

CENTRAL-COLLEGEQuinn VincentMiles Barton

ART INSTI

TUTE CHIC

AGO Connor Jackson

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Molly Strand

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DES MOINES AREA COMMUNI-TY COLLEGEBritt ClarkFausine Ntunzwenimana

WARTBURGCOLLEGE Wes CarlsonSarah White

MARINES Ilya Kalyushik

Kipp WebbNataysha WestDaniel WhiteConrad WhitakerElbert WhiteAshley WilliamsKhristian WilliamsLawrielle BeamanColin HennessyPatrick James Jr.Shawna JohnsonMatthew Hansen

OMAHA-NEBRASKAGage Hough

NEBRASKA-OMAHA Kristin Rogers

DARTON COLLEGE Jameisha West

DEPAUW UNIVERSITYCharles ParksBRYAN

COLLEGE Susanna Herder

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Tydel Jones

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Patrick Anderl

YOUTH WITH A MISSION Amy Ennis

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDERVictoria BarrigarColeman Rhatigan

COLORADO CHRISTIAN Ashley Piper

COLORADO COLLEGEBrian KopecDENVER

Abby Overland

UNIVERSI-TY OF TEX-AS-AUSTINAmina Ahadda

ST.LOUIS UNIVERSITYBrittany BergquistSara LarsonNatalie Neppl

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURILauren Sines

KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTEMorgan Hageman

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MISSOURI STATEBrandon Besong

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FLAGLERCOLLEGE Madeleine Ficken

UNIVER SITY OF FLORIDA Emily Meyer

FULL SAIL Aaron Kowalsky

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TUFTS UNIVERSITY Natalee Birchansky

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Senior column through artStacia DrafahlGraphic Artist

Natalie NepplStaff Writer

On Monday, May 16, 2011, I collected quotes from senior class members. High School is simply what you make of it, with your friends, and as a student. The seniors express their feel-ings about senior year.

“Seniors go hard.” “AP White Face.” “Bomb Day for days.” “Fun, fun, fun.” “Go to class, every single class.” “Frosted tips.” “Hell yeah.” “Boo-ty.” “Put him in the game.” “Foopah.” “Let the games begin.” “For all the good times, and to remember the bad.” “Who is moving to Mon-tana.” “Twitter trends.” “P4L.” “Mondays at noon.” “Senior Frogges.”

“Get classy or go home.” “Warriors, we run this mhmm.” “If there is a bee, you should run.” “Get naked.” “Go get juicy at the AP Stat lemon-

ade stand.” “I’ll meet you in the jock lot.” “Get to the bonfire.” “Forget practice, I’m going fishing.” “Life is always good, treat it well.” “Avoid sig-nificant others.” “I’m in love with a boy in my APES class.” “Just because he is a goalie, doesn’t mean you cannot score.” “They don’t go to Wash, why do they always show up.” “Spring Break 2011.” “Make good friends but keep the old.” “High school is just a pre game.” “It is a mad dash to the finish line, but always remember how great the dash was.” “Its been

real, its been fun, but it hasn’t been real fun.”

Final senior quotes say it all

Senior Columns 155-23-2011SurveyorWHS@gmail.com

Sitting in my room as I type my final article for The Surveyor, I wonder what has changed between the moment I entered Washington High School as a wide-eyed freshman and now, as I roam the halls for the last time. I’ll start out by saying that this has been the hardest article I’ve ever had to write. This is not some mindless rant, nor is it a humorous piece in which I strictly try to appease Isaac Halyard, ’11. This article is the culmination of my high school career and I’ve been forced to look deep within myself to convey a message to the masses of Wash. That being said, hours of soul-searching and deep meditation have led to what I believe is a message all should adhere to.

First of all, don’t regret anything you have done in the past. Regrets lead to unhappiness and a constant obsession with things you can’t change. Going back in time is unreasonable unless you’re Chris Ritter (he goes hard), so don’t waste your time. To be truly happy, you must ac-cept your mistakes and learn from them. Although this may sound like a cliché lesson, there is truth in this statement. I have made my fair deal of mistakes throughout this past year as those close to me know, but I have grown from them, and I believe I am a much better person as a result. From these mistakes, I have discovered what I will be able to handle in the future, and I have made huge progress in discovering who I am as a

person.Secondly, I believe you must live to please yourself. That isn’t to say that you can ignore other people’s

feelings, but everything must come from within. Take classes that you like and pick a job that you thor-oughly enjoy. There really isn’t much to this concept, but it means everything. As soon as I took these words to heart, I have been much happier and my outlook on life has changed dramatically.

Thirdly and lastly, you must surround yourself with the right people. Don’t fill your life with the people who look to just have fun and make poor decisions with you, but with those who actually care for you. Some people are hard to judge, but being with the right friends makes all the difference. When someone likes you for who you truly are, you will undoubtedly have more fun. This is where Wash has been the most influential to me. Within the school’s loving exterior, I have been constantly surrounded by the best people I could ask for. I would like to thank all of my teachers, the Surveyor staff, my parents and all of my boys for everything. I love all of my gazebros and we’ll always ride together and die togeth-er. It got real, real quick.

So as I sit in my room and attempt to think of everything that has changed in the last four years, I find that I have learned a lot. I feel I am the same person innately, yet Wash has given me insight to who I am and how to be happy. Thanks to all who have helped me along the way, I love you all <3. To all the underclassmen, adhere to these rules, never lose to Linn-Mar, keeps it realz and let’s all survive 2012. #WINNING

My terse senior letter to myself asked one poignant question: “Do you have a smoking hot boyfriend by now?”

Alas, this is not so. But thanks Fresh-man Britt for rubbing it in.

However, this doesn’t mean I haven’t tried to search for that special someone. In the beginning I did a lot of window-shopping. I spent freshman and sophomore year recovering from the death of Heath Ledger. Junior year I tried importing from out of state, but to be honest, getting a guy from South Dakota is just embarrassing. And it didn’t work out anyway.

This year I really stepped up my game. My first objective was to find an older man. I turned towards the University of Iowa for a pool of potential cuties. Unfortunately, my first choice, Keenan Davis, was completely uninterested in me. But after a drive by Mayflower, seeing all the boozed up grenades in beaters and baseball caps, I realized that I could never keep up with the fast paced lifestyle of a college guy, so I moved on.

I then tried to find a younger guy. Sadly, Sean Bredl was off the market.

My last solution was to try a guy my own age. Which is what led me to accept an offer from Mitchell Huffman. He picked me up for dinner and a movie one chilly December night. Festively dressed in button down shirt and tie, he greeted me bearing a long stemmed red rose. Dizzy from the romance and the sight of his bulging pectorals, I made the earnest mistake of being turned off. Mitch and I never got far enough for a second date.

So I failed. A week of school left and I don’t have that boy-friend. But I couldn’t have had a better time. Senior year has been the time of my life and my failed attempts at love have only added to the fun. I love my friends, I love my freedo and I never needed a boy to make me happy. I can confidently conclude that high school was a success.

Britt BergquistOpinions Columnist

I’ll begin this article by stating the obvious; this is the last column I will write for the Washington Surveyor. I can’t bring myself to write about how important and life-changing high school was to me, because that’s simply not true. Coming to this school for four years was very enjoyable. I was able to meet new friends, go to fun events and have teachers put up with me. On the other hand, it is important to know that the things that happen in high school aren’t important. The social issues will not hurt your future, and the drama will not destroy your life. The only thing I regret about high school is that I didn’t try harder on my grades during my first few years at Wash.

However, I want to thank all of you who took the time to read my opin-ions. I appreciate all the people who came to talk to me about the things I wrote and who shared their opinions on the content of my articles. If it weren’t for the readers, I wouldn’t take the time to write. Just as important, I’d like to thank my editor, Patrick Anderl, for polishing my grammar and unfiltered rants.

Also, throughout my four years at Wash, my greatest resource has been Kathy Ulrich. Without her I’d be lost when it comes to college planning. Because of her I applied and was accepted to Mount Mercy University and I

am on the right educational path. Though I never had her as a teacher she took me under her wring, helped me with school work and gave me great advice as

she did for my older brother, Mike. Ulrich is a great advisor and advocate for all students. She has a wealth of information and with her retirement this year she will be greatly missed. She is one of a kind. In other words, she is faaaaabulous. Thank you Ulrich.

I also want to thank my mother and father for their role in making sure I brought my grades up when I slipped and keeping track of my schedule so that I never forgot important events. I appreciate everything they’ve done for me including encouraging me and seeing potential where I did not.

I cannot forget my friends, who stood by me all these years. Jordan Abben, Dylan Seaton and my best friend Josh Newman were all there to talk to me when I needed them. For that I thank them.

Last, and most important, my appreciation goes to the one, who gave me everything I have, for I am nothing

Nick HeinsOpinions Columnist

Nick’s final “Thank you’s”

Britt’s quest for the perfect man

Patrick AnderlOpinions Editor

High school without regrets

I entered high school with my mind pretty set on what I wanted to do over the course of my four years at Washington. Little did I know that my aspirations of show choir and being a counselor at YMCA Camp Wapsie would be in the back of my mind by senior year.

Freshman year I fol-lowed the lead of the majority of my friends and tried out for show choir. I can still remember the day that I got a letter telling me that I hadn’t made Vivacé. I was so upset and lost as to how I would become in-volved at school. Then one

day, I went to diving practice with my friend Kate. Needless to say, I have been diving ever since.

The other curveball that I was thrown involved Camp Wap-sie. I had spent every summer since about third grade going there and continued it through my summers before sopho-more and junior year as an L.I.T. and C.I.T. When the staff applications came out during junior year I was beyond excited. I couldn’t imagine any place I would rather be all summer. Turns out, diving got in the way of that dream.

Now even though I had my fair share of disappointment in high school, I wouldn’t change any bit of it. Everything that I went through brought me to where I am today and made me

Ch-ch-ch-CHANGESthe very person I am. The events made me try getting involved in things that I never expected myself to do.

My experience at Washington was all over the place, sometimes I hated it, other times I loved it, I lost friends, made some new ones and gained old ones back. I discovered new interests, figured out things that I re-ally didn’t like and figured out what kind of person I want to be. Everyone is going to hit a rough patch eventu-ally, and all you can do is deal with it and look forward to the next day, because I can guarantee that things will get better.

Regardless of what experiences you have during your four years, make the most of them and don’t be sur-prised when you find yourself loving things that you never imagined yourself doing.

Sara LarsonCopy Editor

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I began teaching Spanish at Hudson High School just outside of Waterloo. There I had Dennis Schlicht’s niece, Dawn as my student. Thirty-six years later I am ending this phase of my career with Dennis! ¡Qué coincidencia!

For 20 of my 23 years in this district I have been a Wash-ington Warrior. I have typically had five Spanish classes with at least 25 students each. In all, I have taught approximately 2,500 Washington Warriors. I have learned with and from them. This is because I have always believed in being a life-long learner.

On the walls in my classroom hang three yellow posters stating my two most central beliefs. #1 Students learn what they do, not what I do and #2 Students will not remember everything they learn, but they will remember how they are treated in class.

It has been an honor to work with so many fine students, Dr. Plagman, the entire administrative team and my wonder-ful colleagues.

WashingtonAcademicsSuper StudentsHard WorkersIntelligentNumerous Ethnic GroupsGreat AdministrationTalented TeachersOutstanding SupportNot to be Outdone

WarriorsAthleticsRespectfulResponsibleIntegrityOpportunityRated NationallySpirit

What does it mean to be a Warrior?

Trudy JohansenSpanish Teacher

36 years of continuous learning

The word vocation comes from the Latin word, vocatio, defined as a bidding, a calling or an invitation.

This was a word that I learned very early as a first grader. It is how I have always felt about teaching. It’s been a source of much joy, happiness and yes, sometimes sadness and frustra-tion.

After teaching for six years right out of college, I took four years out to explore my other passion, nursing. I decided that I

really had it right the first time. I returned to teaching in 1986 and I have never looked

back. I have taught many things in my time at Washington because I believe deeply in lifelong learning. My work in special education has been the most satisfying of all.

For me, there will always be something new to learn just over the horizon. I look forward to the challenges ahead while never looking back.

Kathy UlrichSpecial Education Teacher

In a few days a myriad of valedictorians and most of the senior class will walk across the stage and out of Washington High School. A few days later I will follow them. My role has been mostly “the man behind the curtain,” but when the Surveyor offered space for a few words, I thought, why not?

A few years ago on a warm day with my door open, I overheard a young man in the hallway trying to impress some girls with his extensive four letter vocabulary. He happened to see me as I looked up.

“What are you looking at you old gee-zer?”

I took this as a teachable moment. He had obviously mistaken late middle-

aged, (I planned to live to 110,) for the late middle ages, and since I try to be as unob-trusive as possible when called to a class for a problem, he may also have mistaken the strong silent type for that of pusillanimous

mute, though he probably wouldn’t have used those words. As I rose and came toward him, he asked where I was going.

“To the office with you.” Any PE teacher will tell you that a good education molds character as well

as imparting knowledge, and I thought it was important for the young man to learn that though freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment, good citizenship requires us to know when to keep our mouths shut. If our two cents aren’t recognized as legal currency they run up our debt to society.

Democracy is about working together, and I’ve learned that people are reluc-tant to cooperate with people that have given them a bad impression. Impres-sions are caused by many things beyond our control—the color of our skin, hair, socks—which is why it is important to learn to be aware of the things we can control—what we say and how we say it.

“I don’t need your help, old man. I know where the office is,” he said, but he had already impressed me as someone who would say anything, so I accompanied him.

The Wizard was right, you can’t hand out brains, just diplomas… and t-shirts.

David MitschelenMedia Specialist

Toto, we’re not in Washington anymore

An education vocation

Striving Awards 175-23-2011SurveyorWHS@gmail.com

Most likely to improper-ly use a suitcase: Ma-rissa Carson, for constantly bringing her dog to physics

class... in a suitcase.

Most likely to get beat up by a child: Brian Kopec for getting hit in the face

by a four foot, ten year old ginger.

Most likely to be friends with all of the jail guards: Brad Weaverling for constantly being locked up.

Least likely to get a real haircut: Joe Eken, for never getting a legitimate haircut.

Most likely to get shot in the leg as a child: Cory Harrison for getting shot in the leg as a child.

Most likely to be Mr. Green: Quinn Vincent for knowing every detail about Mr. Green’s life while he was hypnotized at post prom.

Least likely to have a car full of Americans: Charlie Parks for always having a car full of Africans.

Least likely to be mean to you: Gail Barnum for being the nicest person alive.

Most likely to never be thirsty: Neff Kester for always having a two liter of soda in his pockets.

Most likely to work at Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Wes Carlson for constantly making up words like teemreenani.

Most likely to beat Adam Sailor in a fight: Jill Broghammer for being swoll.

Most likely to write a week’s worth of SportsCenter scripts: Zach Detweiler for know-ing everything about every sport.

Most likely to scare everyone at prom: Tydel Jones for being extra hypnotized.

Most likely to total three cars: Andrew Clair... for totaling three cars.

Most likely to never leave The Surveyor room: Mr. Phillips for never trusting any of us.

Most likely to create words as well as Wes: Saromo Burundi Mugisha for getting the whole school to say “headass”.

Most likely to pretend to be a senior: Morgan Barnes for being in all of the senior class-es.

Striving Awards 2011

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