The Oriole1Augusta High School2020 Ohio StreetAugusta KS 67010

September 30, 2011 Volume 78, Issue 1

Inside3 Learning Center5 Bradford goes to China

5 Foreigners invade

6 Summer flashbacks

10 Sports12 Reimer

Review14 Great Debate: Should membership in school clubs be manditory by all students?

New Year, New Shirts Art Club Vice President Blake Osborne gets his hands dirty as he and other club members design their art club shirts. Art Club decided to design their own shirts instead of ordering them. The stu-dents wanted to be more unique with their shirts, and what better way than for each member to make his or her own. (Photo by Rachel Pangrac)

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StaffEditor in Chief................................Natalie SykesLayout Editor......................................Ally SpeasePhotograper.................................Rachel PangracReporters: Hailey Base, Mackenzie Cool, Kathryn Hooglugt, Laura Ewertz, Nick Reimer Adviser.......................................Kathey Gibbs

Coming Next Month...Oct. 5/7- Plan TestingOct. 10/14- National Activities WeekOct. 17- No Classes (Staff Development)Oct. 25/26-Parent/Teacher Confrences Oct. 28- No Classes

Meet the new staff!

My name is Ally, I have three favorite things: Redbull, writing and my puppy Boomer. I want to become a youth pastor after I graduate. I plan to go to a college in North Carolina, so basically a year from now, I’ll be half way across the country from everyone who’s reading this.

My name is Kathryn Hooglugt. I’m on the tennis team! I love to draw any anime that’s out there. My favorite number is 72, and my favorite word is “awesome.” Two of my new favorite shows that I’m obsessed with are “Adventure Time,” and “Ridiculousness”.

I’m Mackenzie Cool. This is my first year at AHS, I moved to Augusta from Austin, Texas. It’s also my first year being on any newspaper staff. When I am not working on my stories, you can find me hanging out with friends and family or playing lacrosse.

My name is Laura. This is my first year on staff. I ride horses, and my horse’s name is Diamond. I also play video games and watch TV. I’m easily over-obsessive of things. I was obsessed with “Twilight,” then “Big Time Rush,” and now WWE. I don’t do any sports, but I go to the football games as much as I can.

Hey, I’m Natalie. Well, here are a few things to know about me. I was born on Christmas. My favorite animal is a cow. My favorite colors are safety orange, electric blue and ol-ive green. I’m the editor of the paper, I’m a senior and I like watching football and bas-ketball. I have a ferret and a black labrador.

I go by Nick. I am the youngest in my imme-diate family. I am a strong advocate against drinking, and uphold a straightedge lifestyle. I am currently struggling with a bad case of senioritis. Art is my life. Salt and pepper chips are the best. World of Warcraft is also my life.

My name is Hailey Noel Base, and I’m a senior. The most important thing to me in life is my family, which sounds totally cliché, but it’s so true. Aside from that, I really love Christmas, dance, pumpkin patches, “The Of-fice,” and McDonald’s fries dipped in sweet & sour sauce!

I’m Rachel Pangrac, a senior, and my staff title is Head of Photography. I enjoy photog-raphy and art in general. I’ve been told I have a strange fashion sense, and I almost always wear Converse.

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By Hailey Base Many people wonder what the Learning Lab is, and why they moved into the AHS facility.

“There are many benefits to our high school Learn-

Learning Lab moves to high school facility

By Mackenzie Cool AHS has two new staff this year, Spanish teacher Mandy Walker and registrar Marcie Terrones. Walker, who teaches Spanish I here, has been a teacher for 12 years and is very fluent in Spanish. This is her first year teaching at

a public school. Last year she taught at Kapaun Mount Carmel, which is a private school. Some of the rules are different here, which is interesting, according to Walker. She wouldn’t want to change anything about the school though. The main reason why Walker became a teacher was that she likes to see young minds learn new, interesting facts. Walker’s time outside of school is mostly spent with her family. Her husband and six children are very supportive of her coming to Augusta and being with new

Out with old, in with new

Mandy Walker Marcie Terrones

Two join AHS staff

Photo by Rachel Pangracing Lab students, as well as to every other high school student,” said Kelly Slaton, Administrator of the Learn-ing Lab. The Learning Lab stu-dents are now able to take electives offered by AHS that they previously didn’t have the option to take, as well as being able to social-ize with other high school students. Another benefit for these students is that they are now able to benefit from the expertise of our Math and Science Departments if needed. The benefits to AHS students are great as well. There are paraprofessionals who are available all day, every hour who offer help to any student who seeks it. Still another benefit affects everybody. No longer does the district have to pay for leasing the building for the Learning Lab, so all that ex-tra money can be put toward other things. Learning Lab students come in on various blocks, according to their sched-

ules, for study skills. For instance, if students were floundering in English, one of their electives would be taken away, and they would

be put into skills classes for extra beneficial help. Also, adults can

come in during the day Monday through Friday to take classes in order to work their way to diplomas. There are two teachers and two paraprofessionals, as well as the administrator, who make up the Learn-ing Lab staff. First, there is Aaron Craig, whom many of you already know as the spirited man who also coaches football, and the paraprofessional who works in conjunction with him, Terri McClellan. Second, there is Lynda Kerstetter and the paraprofessional who works aside her, Ardith Haagenstad, who also works with the adults that are tak-ing courses. It’s clear that the Learn-ing Lab is a great program, and that moving into our high school has not only benefited those students and AHS students, but really everyone. Just remember, if you ever need support, educationally or otherwise, there are many people willing to help, so don’t be afraid to ask.

Spanish teacher’s, registrar’s positions filled.

staff members. Marcie Terrones is the new registrar. She hap-pened to be looking in the newspaper for a new job. When she was looking, she ran across an ad for the postition. She wanted to be challenged and do some-thing that was new to her.

When she’s not work-ing here at the high school, then you can find her at the Transportation Center. Terrones likes having time to spend with her daughter. Their favorite activities would have to be going shopping and going to the movies. Five staff members did not return for this school year. They were, Jennifer Bagby (French), Bill Jack-son (Mathematics), Mary Francis Wilks (Business), Elizabeth Dingler (Regis-trar/Tech Department/Coun-selor Secretary) and Maxine Moore(Spanish).

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By Nick Reimer Two foreign exchange students are attending Augusta High this year, Xu (Rick) Hongbo and Fenja (Pronounced Fin-Ya) Murken. Rick comes from Middle China, while Fenja is from Osterholz-Scharm-beck, Germany. The education schedule here in America is much different from that in his homeland, In China, he is schooled from 7:15a.m.-12:00 a.m., a three-hour lunch, then back to school from 3:00 to 6:00, One hour for Dinner, and then back to school from 7:00 to 10:00. He is an only child, and his

favorite activities include sports and exercise. Fenja states that America is different from Germany because it is much more “open”. (For example, the houses aren’t as cramped together. Basically, in Amer-ica, we have larger yards.) Fenja explains that in Ger-many, there are no in-school sports; furthermore, she says that Germany doesn’t even have baseball, football or cheerleading. Both students say that they have made many new friends. Let’s wish them a good, and welcoming year here at Augusta High School.

By Hailey Base If you were at AHS last year, you may have heard or read about how English teacher, Mrs. Bradford was going to take a trip to China, in order to teach English to Chinese students. She left July 30, and got back on Aug. 16; after having a great experience! Although it was extremely humid in China during the summer (at least someone was getting some moisture!), Bradford had the time of her life. “Everything was good, even the food.” said Bradford. Before going, Bradford was a little worried about going through her church because she was told some Christians were being arrested in China; but soon after getting there, her worries dissipated. “It wasn’t at all like the China we hear about in America. Everyone was so loving. I’ve never

gotten so many hugs in kisses in my life, and all the children were so gracious for our help.” A highlight of Bradford’s trip was the fact that 41 kids and parents showed up for alter after talking to Bradford, and other workers. An interesting thing that happened to Bradford while she was staying at a very nice, five-star hotel; a Chinese speaking man started pounding upon her and her roommate’s door at 1:30 a.m., yelling words that they clearly couldn’t understand. “I’m pretty sure he was telling us to let him in.” said Bradford. They called the lobby, but couldn’t understand them well. After about half an hour of hearing his drunken rampage, Bradford’s roommate remembered that the room next to them could speak and understand English and Chinese, so they called them.

I’m Back Bradford comes back from her trip to China with new experinces. (Photo by Mackenzie Cool)

Welcome to America

New Faces, New Environment Fenja Murken (10) and Rick Hongbo (12), are the foreign exchange stu-dents. They arrived just before the beigining of school. (Photos by Nick Reimer)

AHS greets German, Chinese kids...

Bradford experiences Chinese atmosphere

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By Natalie Sykes With a new and exciting school year, there are also new and exciting things around the high school. There are different classes this year that were not available last year. Kellee Roberts (Business) teaches Game Design as one of her new classes. She also still teaches YEK. Lee Baldwin (Business) teaches Game Design, as well as Animation. Karen Hasting (Business) teaches Business Management and Introduc-tion to Entrepreneurship. Jeff Regier (Social Science) teaches ACT Prep, which can be a very useful class for anyone to take. Tim

Laner (Language Arts) teaches a speech class, and Kathey Gibbs, who also teaches in the Language Arts department, teaches a Creative Writing class. The journalism classes got new Mac computers. “We got them to keep in line with the vocational re-quirements. For us to teach, we needed to upgrade,” said Yearbook Adviser Julie Barker. The old classroom of Chris Husselman (Industrial Technology) was converted into dressing rooms for dra-ma productions at the end of last year. These are just a few of the many changes around our school.

By Rachel Pangrac Round one they crushed Mulvane High, round two they kicked Wichita Southeast to the curb, then in front of a stadium full of Wingnut fans drumline won the Wichita Wild Drumline Competition. Once Todd Hollis the band director caught wind of the competition last October, there was no stopping drumline. They practiced almost every day. On Saturdays they would practice three to four hours. Before each competition they would practice at least, two hours before leaving. They also came in two days a week during the summer. The drumline played it cool, but were they nervous? “Yes, especially against Southeast!” juniors Jacob Moore and Sierra Ricker answered in unison as if they had timed it perfectly. With the title of “number one,” the drumline also

received $1,000, which they used to get new drum equipment. They also used their money to hire a percussion instructor. “Honestly. The outcome of the finals was a surprise. We didn’t think we had won,” Moore explained. Of the many songs they came up with, their favorite was “Cheetah” because of the fall,” Brad Stevens (11) said. This year the drumline has two new captains, Jacob Moore (11) and Brad Stevens (11). The entire drumline is looking good this year. They are already planning on competing. What big plans does drumline have? “Get a van just for drumline!” Stevens said. Students should come out to support AHS’s award-winning drumline during home basketball and football games and during their other preformances.

Drumline wins big at Wichita Wild

Final Countdown One of the new things that we have gotten was a score board, but students, mostly athletes, were more exicted about the turf than anything else. (Photo by Natalie Sykes)

Amazing Performance Brett Hamilton (11), Jacob Hill (11), and senior Joey Paul (12) play during a pep rally. (Photo by Rachel Pangrac)

School continues to improveNew year equals ‘new stuff’...

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By Natalie Sykes A day that will not be forgotten... Sept. 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked by terrorists. Ten years ago, four planned hijackings occurred. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers at the WTC. One plane was flown into the Pentagon, and one was headed toward Washington D.C., when the passengers took over the cockpit and crashed in a field near Shanksville, PA. Fatalities included 19 hijackers, 2,753 people, 343 firefighters, 60 police officers for the New York City and Port Authority departments, 8 emergency medical technicians and

Remembering the fallen of 9-11What did

you do this summer?

By Laura Ewertz One big question that students asked as they walked into AHS was, “What did you do this sum-mer?” Many people may have stayed inside to get away from the scorching heat, but Ariane Chandler (10) did the opposite and didn’t even stay home. Infact, she left the country. Chandler went with her church on a mission trip to Canada. They went to Vancouver and also went to Whistler Mountain. There in Whistler, British Co-lombia, Chandler rode on a gondola. After coming back

from Canada, she attended both a show choir camp and a church camp. Tanner Wallace (9) went to many places, almost all in Topeka or Kansas City. He went to Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun, and Schlit-terbahn. They are all places in Kansas City, either Mis-souri or Kansas. “Schlitterbahn is a lot of fun,” said Wallace, talking about the water park that has many different water slides and lazy river. Wallace was in To-peka for his sister’s softball tournaments. When he was back in Augusta, he attend-

“Worked all day long, babysitting in the morn-ing and a dentist office after.” Kailee Headly (12)

“Went to Dallas, Texas.”Frank Espinoza (Spanish)

“Went to California.” Jacob Moore (11)

“Went to Maryland, rock climbing, and climbed a waterfall.” Adam Tabor (12)

(Photos By Rachel Pangrac)

paramedics, and 184 people in the Pentagon, according to Wikipedia. There were approximately 3,348 people killed altogether. American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the WTC’s North Tower at 8:46 a.m., and United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. American Airlines Flight 77 was flown into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m., and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field at 10:03 a.m. In the days to follow the attacks, memorials and vigils were held around the world. One of the first memorials was the Tribute in Light, an installation of 88 searchlights at the

footprints of the WTC towers, which projected two vertical columns of lights into the sky. The Memorial of the WTC was opened on the 10 year anniversary. The memorial consists of two square reflecting pools where the towers stood and the names of those who died in the North and South Towers, Flight 93, Flight 175, the Pentagon, Flight 11 and also those who died in an earlier attack on Feb. 26 1993. The Pentagon has a private chapel and an indoor memorial. America took time to remember those who lost someone on Sept. 11 or in the 10 years that have followed.

ed Vacation Bible School at his church. Exandrea Morehouse (11), on the other hand, didn’t do anything big for summer. Morehouse hung out with friends, and went to Kansas City with her best friend. Morehouse also did airsofting. Madison Cody (10) swam most of the sum-mer. When Cody wasn’t swimming though, she had softball tournaments. “We took 2nd in our soft-ball tournament in Topeka,” said Cody, who also attend-ed cheerleading practice and camp over the summer.

Ten years later...

Sizzling temps don’t stop fun

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Freshmen’s view of their new school

Say Cheese! Freshmen Dylan Myers, Nathan Moore, Bri Long, Gabby Meeds, Breck Winter and Tanner Wallace pose for a picture in the Senior hallway dur-ing seminar Sept. 9. (Photo by Mackenzie Cool)

By Mackenzie Cool Typical freshmen believe that high school is big and scary. Their main worries all whether the upper class-man will pick on them or if they’ll walk into the wrong class. “Once the day got started , it became easier. I found most of my classes,” said Gabby Meeds (9) about her first day of school. The teachers helped by being nice to all new students. “I got lost a lot the first day of school, but my teachers pointed out my next class which helped out a lot,” said Breck Winter (9). Now that school has been in session for a while

and the homework is start-ing to come in more, the teachers are becoming stricter. “Having a longer semi-nar gives you more time to work on the homework, so

I don’t have to do much at home,” said Nathan Moore (9). “Having A and B days makes school much easier, too, because in middle school you have eight classes a day, and that’s a lot more homework,” added Dylan Myers (9). Not having as much

homework gives students more time for sports or clubs at AHS. Activities include Spanish Club, foot-ball, baseball, volleyball, and many, many more. “ This year I am playing

“I got lost a lot the first day of school...”-Breck Winter

baseball and basketball for the school, but no clubs,” said Tanner Wallace (9). Wallace is also in choir and in the fall musical. “I am on the soccer team, and I am the kicker for the football team,” said Winter. Being involved in sports and clubs makes high school a little easier be-

cause you get to know more people. “I am in choir. I love singing. It’s one of my hob-bies,” said Bri Long (9). “Now that I have been in school more, it’s getting a lot easier. I know where all my classes are, and I am starting to meet more people,” said Meeds. “Even though I like most of my teachers, I just wish some would be less strict,” commented Moore. The freshmen finally feel welcomed and not as ner-vous as they were, although they do wish some things would change. Now that the first day is over, they know that they are officially Orioles.

School Spirit! Freshmen participate in the spirit com-petition for popsicles on the first day of school. They all chant and cheer. In the end, though, the juniors were victorious. (Photo by Rachel Pangrac)

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Yearbook and Newspa-per took a trip on Sept. 21, to Kansas University for a KSPA (Kansas Scholastic Press Association) confer-ence. There were classes held throughout campus that were designed to teach journalism students tips and techniques to better their productions. Also, individu-al fall pictures will be taken on Nov. 1.

Class And Club News

Stuco

Journalism

Stuco has been work-ing hard to put everything together for Fall Homecom-ing. Spirit Week began on Sept. 26. Some of the spirit days were; Mismatch/Crazy Hair Day, Superhero Day, and Black and Orange Day. There was a homecoming pep rally, and “Paint The Town” took place after school during Spirit Week.

Green Team

Future Education of America is helping sponsor the Breast Cancer Aware-ness Movement in early October. The club is also doing the “Pink Move” and urging everyone to “fight like a girl.”

FEA

Renaissance

Spanish Club

Counselors

Junior Class

The Green Team will be helping our environment in many ways this year. They will be picking up paper (located in the green bins in every classroom) when needed, as well as imple-menting the “three R’s”: reduce, reuse and recycle. If you are interested in joining Green Team; contact spon-sors Craig Thompson and Rachel Simmons.

Renaissance had its first meeting of the year Aug. 29. Once again GOTTCHA Awards will be given by teachers to students for achievemnts and good deeds, acording to sponsor Jeff Regier. Teachers are also nominating Students of the Week. Recipients so far inculde:Aug. 29-Sept. 2Austin Harlow (nominated by Mr. Baldwin)Emily Emmett (nominated by Mrs. Barker)Sept. 5-9Fredrick Ates (nominated by Mr. Bodyk)Colton Robinson (nomi-nated by Mr. Bishop)Sept. 12-16Laura Ewertz (nominated by Mrs. Bradford)Savannah Bird (nomi-nated by Mr. Connor)

Spanish Club had a meeting on Sept 1 to intro-duce Spanish Club to new students and potential mem-bers. They also introduced the new Spanish teacher to the kids.

A Pittsburg State repre-sentative was here at lunch Sept. 6. A representative from McPherson College was here during lunch Sept 8. Students took the ACT Sept 10. MAP testing was scheduled for the week of Sept 12-19. Sept 16 was the final day to sign up for the October ACT without pay-ing a late fee.

Junior Class met Sept. 21 during seminar in the au-ditorium for their magazine sales. They will also run the concession stand for Fall Homecoming Sept. 30.

By Rachel Pangrac This year has and will be a busy one for the members, sponsors and parents of the AHS band. Marching Band began

Band begins‘Incredible’school year

Cheerleaders Cheerleading helped paint the town during Fall Homecoming week. They cheered in the community pep rally Thursday before Homecoming with the Dance Team. There will be a parade that the team will be in on the Saturday fol-lowing Homecoming

Skills USADuring their first meet-ing, Skills USA members elected officers. The officers are President Ryan Jean-neret (11), Vice President Billy Cole (9) and Secretary Patrick Bruce(10). Skills USA also sent members to the District Conference in Wichita to select representa-tives.

practice this summer with their annual band camp. They practiced in the heat, but thanks to parents, the band members had a cold glass of water and even some fresh fruit and pop-sicles! The Marching Orioles performance this year is “The Incredibles,” which features three parts. The show is conducted by Band Director Todd Hollis, Assis-tant Director Randy McKee and Drum Major Dayton Baxtor (12). In March the Concert Band will be going on a trip to Washington D.C. The students, sponsors and parents have been working on many fundraisers. Stu-dents volunteered to work at a fireworks Stand start-ing at the end of June until July 5, which raised $5,000 towards the trip. Students have done con-cessions and cake walks as well. On Oct. 8 there will be a Pancake feed and Oct. 15 there will be a garage sale. The band invites everyone to come shop and eat.

Fundraisers help band earn money for their Washington D.C. trip.

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By Hailey Base and Mackenzie Cool Preparation for spirit raising and performance begins long before the fall sports season. Both the dance team and the cheer-leaders worked hard during the summer to be ready for the start of the school year. Every summer the AHS dance team goes to an overnight dance camp at

Emporia, where they build and expand on their dance technique as well as learn-ing a dance routine that they compete with on the last day of the camp. With the start of a new year and a new coach, former AMS cheer coach Kristie Haskell; the team was ready for success. “I was really ready for camp this year because we had worked very hard and I was expecting us to do great!” said Junior Lieuten-ant Ashley Rieschick. During the four rigor-ous days of camp there are

Two teams spend summer preparing for performances opportunities to win ribbons for things such as spirit, technique, showmanship, and the All-American rib-bon which basically means you can try out to be an All-American dancer for the NDA staff. All of the eleven ladies on the dance team received at least one ribbon, some more, and two of the members received the All American ribbons! Junior

Lieutenant Kennadi Kropf, and Senior Captain Hailey Base both received the All American ribbon and award. On the last day of the camp, the dance team com-peted with a routine they had learned during the week and waited for the results of their labor. All the work and sweat paid off because they ended up being rewarded with an invite to Nationals, which take place in Orlando every year, and the Gold award (aka the highest!!!!) in their category! Overall it was a very successful camp. The cheerleaders also

Preformance Ends With A Pose Captain Hailey Base (12) Sidney Dey (12) Kelsey Unrein (12) Kennadi Kropf (11) Ashley Rieschick (11) Bri Perry (11) Jenna Reynolds (11) Allison Scott (10) Cassidy Wheatley (10) Haley Schild (10), and Kenedaey Bratton (9) (Photo By Rachel Pangrac)

New year, new argumentBy Hailey Base Have you ever won-dered what the AHS debate squad argues about all class period? Well, the topic changes every year. This year the resolution is “Resolved: that the Unit-ed States Federal Govern-ment should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.” The students have pre-pared for the upcoming debate season in many ways, such as a lot of research, going to various debate camps, and taking a trip to the state fair to watch a mock debate round. Marian George (10) went to an overnight debate camp at KU this summer, where different debaters nationwide gath-ered to learn about the

topic and how to better their debate techniques. “Debate isn’t a hobby to me, it’s a way of life.” The KU debate camp is one of the most pres-tigious in the country, and according to George she got a ton of great evidence and even more great experience. On Sept. 13 the debate squad traveled to the Kansas State Fair in order to watch a mock debate round so that the novice debaters could see how a more advanced party did things. “It really helped me my freshman year to see the state fair debates,” said Brittany Thompson (12). After all their hard work and preparations, the debate squad, as well as their coach, Tim Laner, is expecting a great year.

had a summer camp. Dur-ing the three day event, the team learned plenty of the new cheers and chants. The girls worked hard getting the basics down, though some of the new cheerleaders needed help perfecting the material. Eight girls earned the All American award. The win-ners were Chasity Pinckney (12), Jordan Spellman (11), Jacie Gorges (11), Sidney Smith (11), Madison Cody (10), Kalley Trebbe (9),

Lexi Luce (9) and Shelby Clay (9). They were se-lected by two Elite Camp instructors. One important purpose of camp is team building and having some good laughs, according to Gorges (11). Though they did work hard, the team managed to have fun while they prepared for the new year. Coaches for the cheer-leaders are Teri Rinken-baugh and Rebecca Timber-lake.

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By Natalie Sykes As the weather gets cooler, the fall sports have begun to heat up once again. “We had a very strong summer, and the boys are prepared to go out and compete every game!” said Head Coach Roger Robben about the team before the season began. The Orioles had a football camp in late May through early June. They also attended the team camp in Hutchinson the first week of June. “We are working on giving maximum effort every day,” said Coach Robben. His goals for this year were to win games, have fun each and every day and to improve and learn each week. While the scoreboard

didn’t reflect Augusta’s hopes of winning during the first part of the season, it did show their determination. For Homecoming, the Orioles were scheduled to play the Anderson County Bulldogs. Augusta faced their biggest rival, the Mulvane Wildcats, Sept. 23. The final score was 61-14, which resulted in Augusta’s fourth loss of the season. The Orioles traveled to Nickerson Sept. 16 for the third game. This game resulted in the third loss for Augusta with a final score of 29-7. At the first home game Sept. 9, the Orioles challenged Clearwater, but lost this game as well 28-6. The Orioles faced the

Winfield Vikings Sept 2, in their first game of the season. They were defeated 34-6. This year’s team captains are seniors Alex Clausing, Joey Hasting, and Michael Gambale and junior Colby Willis. There are eight other seniors on the team. Hadleigh Jones (12) is one of three managers.

Jones has been a football manager for four years. “Every step is a learning experience. We do not like losing, but must have our guys learn how working harder and smarter creates better opportunities” said Coach Robben “The guys have worked very hard and have been looking forward to a good season.”

Oriole Pride! Head Coach Roger Robben peps up the crowd to support the Orioles during the pep assembly on Sept. 2. (Photo by Rachel Pangrac)

Orioles determined to learn, compete

Orange crush ‘em down

Six players return for another seasonBy Rachel Pangrac With the help of six returnings players, golf teed off another season. The girls’ main goal this year is to be competitive, according to Coach Keith Conrady. The team consists of seniors Hope Laubhan, Heather Spyres and Kelcee Sullivan; juniors Olivia Cox, Alyssa Bisagno; sophmore Bailey Ritchey; freshmen Baylee Jonhston and Lexi

Wirths. Even though the temperatures have been stifffling, the girls have been practicing hard. Now with cooler temperatures, they should be able to working even harder. At the Andover Invitational at Braeburn Aug. 30, Hope Laubhan scored 93 points, Heather Spyres scored 96 points, Kelcee Sullivan scored 135 points and Baylee

Johnston scored 115 points. Their total combined score was 439. On Sept. 6 at the Andover Central Invitational at Sierera Hills, Augusta scored tenth place over all, with a score of 345. At the Eureka Coutry Club, Sept. 14, Augusta placed second, ending with a score of 222. In the Goddard Invitational, Sept. 15, the girls placed ninth with a

score of 231, but on the Augusta course the girls came back with a second place win Sept. 19. Augusta placed seventh with a score of 447, Sept. 22 at the Buhler Invitational. The Orioles played in Andale Sept. 26 and placed eighth with a combined score of 222. The Lady Orioles play again on Oct. 4, in the AVCTL Tournament in Hesston.

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Cross CountrySept. 6- Kesten Trebbe (11) placed fifth in the

Clearwater Invitational two mile raceSept. 10- Chase Wells (12) placed seventh and Trebbe placed eighth at the Wellington Invita-

tional Sept. 15- The Orioles competed at Buhler

Sept. 22- Wells placed seventh at the Goddard Invitational.

SoccerAug. 30- Lost to Winfield 4-1

Sept. 6- Won against Independence 2-0Sept. 8- Lost to Maize South 2-1Sept. 10- Lost to McPherson 2-0Sept. 13- Won against Circle 3-0

Sept. 19- Won against Mulvane 6-1Sept. 20- Tied with Andover 1-1

Sept. 22- Lost to Valley Center 1-0Sept. 27- Lost to Maize South 1-0

Tennis

Set! The Lady Orioles hosted a quad on Sept. 6. (Photo by Mackenzie Cool)

Volleyball pepped for Pink Out Night

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By Mackenzie Cool This year’s volleyball team has been having a good season. They played Maize South on Aug. 27. That same day they played Andale, Parsons, Wichita Collegiate, Wichita Trinity and Wellington. Andale defeated the Orioles 25-23, 25-21, 25-19, a close game every time. Augusta defeat-ed Parsons with the scores of 25-16, 25-17. Another Oriole win was against Wel-lington. The scores were 25-17, 25-7. Maize South defeted Augusta, 25-15, Wichita Collegiate beat Augusta, 25-11 and 25-16, and Wichita Trinity beat the Orioles, 25-23 and 25-23. The team played against El Dorado and Buhler, and won against El Dorado 25-23, 25-19 but lost to Buhler 22-25, 22-19, and 25-19 August 30. They had a match against El Dorado and Rose Hill in which they lost 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 Sept. 6.

“This year I am looking forward to playing against Mulvane” said Destiny Williams (11). The Orioles played Mulvane Sept. 17. Augusta’s volleyball team defeated Kingman, 19-25, 25-13, 25-14, the Wichita Defenders, 25-19, 25-15, Winfield, 25-13, 25-16 and Conway Springs, 25-22, 25-21. The Orioles lost set to the Wildcats, giving Mul-vane a 25-20, 30-28 win. Augusta finished second, in the tournament. The Orioles played Clearwater, Mulvane and Buhler on Sept. 20. The Orioles lost to Clearwater, 25-21 both times, lost to Mulvane, 25-27, 25-18, and 25-16, but beat Buhler 25-19 both times. At Pink Out Night, Sept. 27, the girls played Win-field. The Orioles won 25-6, 25-21, and 25-17. Pink Out Night is one of their biggest games of the season. This is the second time the volleyball team has had a Pink Out Night.

Sept. 8- Claire Daniels (11) and Mary Allen (12) placed fifth as a team, and Megan Burkett (10)

placed fifth at Circle’s Tennis Invitational.Sept. 15- Caitlin Henry (12) won her singles

match. Burkett won both her matches. Seniors Becca Carr and Lexi Wallingford won their

match.Sept. 22- Henry placed eighth in her singles match. Burkett placed seventh in her singles match. Wallingford and Carr placed eighth in their doubles match. Daniels and Allen placed

eighth in their doubles match.Sept. 27- Henry won her round five match. Wall-

ingford and Burkett won their match. Taylor Childers (11) won her round four match and her round five match. Daniels and Allen won their

round three match.

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By Nick Reimer With the announce-ment of the “soon” to be released Diablo 3; much hype has been raised if Blizzard (That is, the company that made Diablo and Warcraft) has strayed from it’s dysto-pian roots. Many people, while playing Diablo 2, seem to have forgotten the old battered tomes of Lore and History that one found in the labyrinth of Diablo. This month’s Reimer Review is over Diablo I. Released in 1996, Diablo was truly a first. Playing the role of a Warrior, Rogue or Sorcerer, your mission is to venture to the heart of Diablo’s lair and slay him. Many obstacles bar the path between you and he, however, as is expected from any chal-lenging game. The gameplay is nice; simple click-to-move movement and click-to-hit combat. Diablo features a somewhat unique magic system; As each class (Warrior/Rogue/Sorcerer) can learn any magic spell they find via Tomes, granted their Magic stat is high enough. Imag-

ine a Warrior with a greataxe cleaving his way through countless demons, only to turn on his heel and petrify the nearest Lava Spitter to him with his trusty Curse of Stone spell. The World genera-tion is random, as well. Upon making a charac-ter, visible differences can be seen from one character’s world to the next. One character will be given the Poi-soned Well quest, while another would get The Butcher, and a third still would get both quests, plus the Tomb of King Leoric. The game’s story is presented in the form of Gossip from the lo-cal populace and from demonic tomes that the player finds while delv-ing into the Dungeon, and is great in design and depth. It’s like read-ing a book.. Because you are! While Diablo isn’t anything new, I felt the need for us to look back to where we came from. Diablo 1, my favorite game, receives a 5 in my book. (Granted, it’s hard to find a computer –old- enough to play it!)

Reimer’s Review By Laura Ewertz You feel the excitement in the air. The crowd is waiting patiently as the preliminary matches go on. Your heart is racing as Smackdown’s theme song starts. WWE was in Wichita Aug. 30. Superstars from both “Raw” and “Smackdown” were together for one night at Intrust Bank Arena. The show started with John Cena coming out and talking about his enemy, the WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio. Wade Barrett then entered the ring to start his match with Cena. The match was great and had some action with Cena coming up victorious. The next match was Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan. There was a lot of flying and action with Sin Cara picking up the victory over Bryan. After that match was a Divas’ match, the Divas of Doom vs. the Divas’ Champion Kelly Kelly and her friend Alicia Fox. Divas matches don’t have much action and end shortly, but the Divas of Doom won.

The second to last match was The Celtic

Warrior Sheamus vs. The Great Khali. Sheamus

won when Khali was disqualified because of his assistant charging the ring

and attacking Sheamus. Sheamus then came back

and hit Khali’s assistant with the High Cross

Powerbomb. The main event was

my personal favorite. Randy Orton, the World

Heavyweight Champion, vs. Christian who once was the champion. The difference between this match and all the others

was that it was a

steel cage match.

They lowered the cage and set

everything in place. Christian walked

out first to everyone booing, and then the entire

crowd grew quiet. As soon as Orton’s music hit, everyone was out of their

seats and screaming at the top of their lungs. The

crowd went crazy as Orton and Christian stared at each

other. The match was great,

with Christian constantly trying to get out of the ring.

In the end, Orton hit his special move, the RKO. He

pinned Christian, so he is still the reigning champion.

Another wrestler, Mark Henry then walked out and

beat up Orton, ending the show in typical fashion.

WWE Smackdown

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By Laura Ewertz “Captain America” and “Transformers” dominated the screens over the summer. One movie was fantastic, but the other didn’t reach my expectations. Captain America: The First Avenger- is from the comic company Marve. It stars Chris Evans, who is known as another super-hero, Tommy Lee Jones, and Dominic Cooper. Chris Evans became

known as the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four movies. The movie came out on July 22 and has grossed approximately $315 million in the box offices. This movie is action-packed from start to finish. There are great fighting scenes, and in the end the hero always wins. If you see this movie though, the ending might be confusing at first. Many people wouldn’t get it if they haven’t seen any of

the other Marvel movies. A true Marvel fan will get the hint of the ending easily. I truly love this movie and give it two thumbs up. “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”- The third installment of the Trans-formers movie. It stars Shia LeBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley replaced Megan’s Fox role as the lead female. The

movie came out on June 29 and has made in the box of-fice over $800 million. The movie has a lot of action. The movie has another fight between the Autobots and Decepticon. In my opinion, this movie is just like the first two. It was all ac-tion and no real plot to the whole movie. I didn’t like it because the second movie was the best. Most people liked this movie but I didn’t. I gave it a thumbs down.

Action movies dominate box office

TAM

When you’re in the bathroom and you start talking to yourself and then you hear someone flush the

toilet. – Laura Ewertz

When Mrs. Gibbs was talking about magazine articles, and she noncha-

lantly mentioned that “Playboy” used to have really great stories in

their issues. – Newspaper Staff

When Mr. Laner thinks that the Chicago Bulls are a professional

baseball team – Hailey Base

When you try to push open a “pull” door and someone sees you so you pretend it never happened. – Ally

Spease

When someone says “we should hang out,” and you re-

ally don’t want to hang out with them. – Rachel Pangrac

When your nephew tells you he had an accident on the carpet and when you

ask him where, he points to the ground where you are sitting

-Becca Akalis

“TAM” originates from when the AHS Dance Team was over-using the phrase “That awkward moment” and needed a short

abbreviation for it. You can use the term TAM when something totally awkward and uncomfortable has happened and there is

really nothing else to say!

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By Kathryn Hooglugt Membership in clubs should not be mandatory for students. The biggest problem with clubs is the timing of their meetings. Not all students can drop what they’re doing to attend club meetings. Most students have too much homework to leave seminar to attend club activities. Not only do they have homework, but also many have sports practices after school or work, so not all of them could attend club meetings or parties then. Taking time to go to a club instead of doing homework can put even more stress on a student, especially if they have obligations after school and can’t do their homework during seminar. Students can’t do their homework and go to club meetings instead. Some of the clubs even have meetings in the morning. Students often forget to show up or ride the bus and can’t attend these meetings. Some students

can’t attend meetings because of vehicle issues. They might not have rides to get to school early in the mornings for meetings. Having meetings during seminar could also be a problem for people who need to do make-up work or to take tests for class. Not all students can come before school to do their work and then attend club meetings. Students also might not be interested in any of the clubs that AHS has to offer. Belonging to clubs that students don’t really enjoy could be boring and a waste of time. There’s no point in making students attend something they’re not interested in. Having meetings after school would be complicated for students who play sports. They might not have enough time to finish their homework or attend meetings because they leave for games or have practices. There’s already too much pressure on the students to make them belong to clubs.

By Nick Reimer Students need a drive to be at school, if they don’t have it already. Students who keep a 4.0 normally do so on their own accord, for their own gratification and their self-betterment. For the rest of us, who are more laid back about school, we sometimes feel like school is an endless cycle of memorization, recitation, rinsing and repeating. It leaves us to ponder what exactly could be done to help the subject. Mandatory participation in clubs could achieve this; it could help a student feel as if they are a part of the school, and may-haps break the monotonous cycle of school life. And trust the word of a senior, it gets old fast. Really fast. Like you just realized it’s raining and you left your window open fast. Let’s face it: about a fourth of the school (rough guesstimation, and my opinion from what I see.) comes each day, only to hold their breath till the school hours are done

and they can drive home and go about their own way. In my opinion, this is somewhat counter-productive, as it leads to a ‘just drift by’ mentality. Students in clubs, however, may feel that school is an opportunity to get together with self-minded individuals and express themselves in a productive manner. Of course, there will always be the rebels, those that join their mandatory club, and cross their arms, ignoring the leader and simply slipping by. Or, drawing in the back of the class, like myself. The fact still stands that while I don’t exactly feel it’s the best of ideas, implementing mandatory clubs might lead to better participation from students, and furthermore, may lead to a net increase in school spirit and/or happiness overall. Besides, what’s the worst that could happen: waste a seminar you were going to sleep in?

The Great Debate

YesYes No

No

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By Ally Spease It seems as though the students of Augusta High School have come to the conclusion that school spirit is only for those who win their football and basketball games. In fact, school spirit is what hypes up a team to want to try out for sporting events, to dedicate their time to practices, and to have the determination that is essential to win. We shouldn’t expect our teams to win in order to make us proud of our school; we should be proud of our school so that the teams will feel desire to prevail. We are the Augusta

Orioles. We achieved the standard of excellence in reading and math last year. We have an award-winning drum line, regional pianists, and a Music Department that received a perfect score at a regional festival last year. Five of our bowlers won first team all-state, we have a debate team with members that place reoccurringly, and artists who have been continuously recognized for their outstanding work. We have state wrestlers, and record-breaking basketball players. We have every right to be proud of our school. We are smart, talented individuals in orange and black.

I’ve got spirit, yes I do!I ’ v e go t sp i r i t , how abou t you?

Let’s Work Together! Coach Craig got the classes involved at the first pep as-sembly. He divided students by their grade and made them work together to come up with an act to represent their class and school. The idea was to work on team building, and each class had a unique performance. (Photo by Rachel Pangrac)

TIP: One of the best ways to show spirit is to sing along to the fight song during pep assemblies and at sporting events. How many of you actually know the lyrics to our school fight song? If you don’t know it by now, here is your chance to learn!:

Orange crush ‘em down,We are the best team to be foundWe are proud to sayWe are the Orioles all the wayHey Hey Hey

We will not give inWe’re gonna fight until we winWe’re gonna go, we’re gonna fightWe’re gonna win this game tonight!

So let me ask you this: why are we sitting around complaining about the lack of school spirit instead of doing something about it? We say “well no one ever wants to do anything,” but we’re not doing anything either! It is on us, as students, to bring this school back to life. We need to get involved in activities

and support each other. School spirit is what brings everyone together- its what makes our high school experience fun. Graduation isn’t far for any of us- we don’t have time to sit and gripe anymore, we have to act on our complaints. High school is supposed to be the best years of our lives; let’s make it that way!

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What’s in your... PurseWe flip for you!

By Rachel Pangrac Brittany Thompson (12) carries a large stuffed purse wherever she goes. It’s not just a purse; it’s a trash can, a lunch box and a jewelry box. Thompson is ready for just about anything!

The contents include:•Breakfast Burrito•Piccolo•Hippo flash drive•Orange band polo•Bottle of water•3 floating dollar bills•EpiPen

•Animal crackers•Pink sunglasses•2 packs of gum•Floss•Digital camera•3 tubes of chapstick•2 containers of eyeshadow•Mini rubber duck

•3 Bobbie pins•55 cents•Pay check•Phone•Wallet•Money for debate shirt•Pocket hand sanitizer•Chip crumb

Be prepared! Brittany Thompson (12) shows off the contents of her purse. (Photos by Rachel Pangrac)

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