UNLEASHEDTBHS

//// in this issue //Post-season wrap up page 12// Dress for success meets on the hunt for stylepage 11// Marching pride page 5

PEN SEASON

Editor-in-Chief Cayla Brown//

Paige Martin//Design Editor

Staff Ali Walker//

// Jeff Fennewald

//writer

Megan Ryba//

photographerwriter

Jennifer Firoved//Business ManagerEditor

Letterfrom the

Contributors

Meagan Weldon// photographer Brent Debert// columnist

Ryan Buchanan writer

With the hunting season arriving and the election just around the corner, the school is abuzz with excitement. For some of our student population, the start of the hunting season is highly anticipated. With eager eyes targeting turkeys, deer, and fish, amateur and avid hunters and fishermen share their triumphs(pgs 6-7). Hunting is a time when one can truly appreciate the outdoors, create bonding moments with family and friends, and hone their skills. While the elections were in full swing, political enthusiasts loaded their arsenals for the major issues. For those political enthusiasts, check out Fennewald and Deberts views on the political parties and their advice on voting (pg 4). Also discussed are four of the biggest issues affecting the people: education, jobs, immigration, and healthcare (pg 8-9). If hunting and politics are not your cup of tea, two of the largest organizations, FFA (pg 7) and the Troy Buchanan Pride Marching Band (pg 5), that students spend countless hours of their high school lives devoted to are featured. Be sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest for all the latest news and information.

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TBHS Unleashed is a biweekly publication produced by the newspaper staff at Troy Buchanan High School. TBHS Unleashed is an open-forum publication with the intention of accurately and fairly reporting the news, events, and interests of Troy Buchanan High School to the student body, faculty, and administration of TBHS, as well as the surrounding community. The newsmagazine is solely funded by advertisers. Advertisements appearing in TBHS Unleashed do not necessarily represent the beliefs or viewpoints of the newspaper or staff. The opinions expressed in this newsmagazine or its online edition may not be those of TBHS, Lincoln County R-III School District, faculty, staff, or administration.

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NEWS 5

OPINIONTRENDS

// Cayla BrownMarching Pride 12

11// Ali Walker

Post Season Wrap-Up// Jeff FennewaldKeeping Road Safety a Priority

Dress for Success Meets On the Hunt for Style

4

// Olivia Grelle

FFA Garners National Success

// Paige Martin Open Season

8

// Jeff Fennewald & Brent DebertTo Party or Not To Party

// Megan RybaMonster Dash

SPORTS

// Jeff Fennewald & Stephanie AdelmannPolitical Divide

FEATURE

Cover Image taken by Paige Martin. Students pictured: Samantha OHanlon (12), Sean Mooney (12), Devon Fuller (11), Clayton Carroll (10), and Jodi Niehoff (11)

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// Emily Hutsler

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As each election quickly approaches, voters may find themselves re-evaluating their personal beliefs to see what party they will align themselves with: Democrat or Republican. This political polarization is crippling our election system. It becomes more about what you call yourself and what the candidates call themselves rather than what the election should be focused on: deciding who would be better suited to run our country. There is too much focus on the beliefs of these parties. It seems that these political parties are counterproductive. I dont want to hear about the partys beliefs; I want to hear about the candidates beliefs. This is the only way to know if I am voting for someone who will represent me and my personal beliefs. We should resist from relying so heavily on the political parties. If we just simply voted for the candidates based on what they stand for and how they plan to follow through on their promises, this would result in having the most worthy candidate elected to the presidency. Candidates for the third party would also be given a better chance. These people could be just as qualified to represent our country as those of the two big parties. I have heard people complaining about their lack of choices this year. They have strongly voiced their dislike for both Obama and Romney. The other candidates are consistently overlooked because they are not Democrats or Republicans. So when you vote this year, remember that you are voting for a person, a leader, not a political party.

Democrat vs. Republican, this has always been the battle when it comes to politics. There has been no thought as to who else could be elected to run our government. Some people may not know that the political system has more then two parties: The Independent Party, The Tea Party, The Green Party; the list goes on and on. I believe that somewhere along the way, voters forgot their job to be educated, to know that there are more than just two parties, that they dont just have to choose a lesser evil this year or any year. There are constant commercials where you see politicians slinging mud at each other but then there are the politicians that dont even have a commercial. Some Americans may think that since canidates are not on television and their views arent put in big bold letters on a newspaper, these Third Party politicians arent imporant enough to be considered. If there was ever a time where a voter needed to be educated about who and what they vote for, the time is now. Yes, we have been in a recession. Yes, we are in debt. Its time for something besides these Democrat and Republican wars in Congress where nothing gets done. A middle ground needs to be found and a few of these Third Parties may be capable of finding it. They may be capable of compromising with Democrats and Republicans instead of worrying about their re-election and their pride as one of the top political parties. Your vote does count no matter who you vote for, I am just urging that it is an educated vote and is not for a party that will worry about themselves more than the people that elected them.

fiveNEWS

Night of the Living Dead// Megan Ryba

Marching Pride // Cayla Brown

Keeping Road Safety a Priority

// Jeff Fennewald

On the morning of October 1, students might have experienced the seat belt checkpoint. Deputy and TBHS Resource Officer Jacob Martinez entered our school in a six-week long MODot contest against other schools statewide. The school with the highest belt usage percentage, as well as the most improved percentage, will receive grant money for safety education. Sixty-five percent of students that were checked were wearing their seatbelts. Martinez was impressed with the drivers; he said the passengers were usually the ones not wearing their seat belts. That leaves a lot of room for improvement, he said.

That leaves a lot of room for improvement. -Officer Martinez

Theres no need to freak out about the Zombie Apocalypse. Zombies seen running around Troy on October 13 were part of the Monster Dash, a 5K race sponsored by Drama Club to raise money for the Rise Above Scholarship Fund. Despite the pouring rain, approximately 40 people showed up in costumes to scare more than 75 runners. One zombie actor, David Stuckmeyer (12), said, It was great even though we sat in the rain for 40 minutes. Among the runners were teacher Emily Hogan, and principals Dr. Chris Chaney, Dr. Stephen Hunter, and David Jones. The student involvement was awesome, Chaney said.

This year, the Troy Buchanan Pride Marching Band, numbering approximately 170 students, marched as tall as always. The show this year was entitled Masked By Shadows. The music could have been easily recognized as the Inspector Gadget theme song. Drum majors consisted of Gina Finazzo (12) and Lauren Holmes (11) and Josh Beauchamp (11). Featured soloists included flute Frankie Hawkins (11) and saxophone Evan Musterman (11) along with a flute trio featuring Hawkins, Sam Parks (11), and Cayla Brown (12). The band attended marching band competitions hosted at Washington, Sullivan, and Potosi, Missouri, and Quincy, Illinois. For the fourth year in a row, the band received Grand Champion at Potosis Bi-State Marching Festival. They also were the Grand Champions for the parade and the Grand Sweepstakes winner at Quincys Oktoberfest. Going from the first day of band camp to the last time we play at Quincy, it is amazing to see the change, said Musterman. The band ended the year on a high note and is already making plans for next year to make everything even better.

Going from the first day of band camp to the last time we play at Quincy, it is amazing to see the change.

-Evan Musteman

// photo by Megan Ryba

// photo by Paige Martin

Zombie Bride Morgan Grandon (12) stalking her next prey, photographer Megan Ryba.

Focused bass drummer Julia Chesser (9) prepared for the halftime show of the football game.

pen Season

// Paige Martin & Ryan Buchanan

-Taylor Paine (12)

- Brandon Falls (11)

-Jake Zorn (12)

-Ben Eggering (12)

// photos by Megan Ryba, Meagan Weldon

- Doyle Justus, Agricultural Teacher- Taylor Wilson (10)

-Victoria Hulme (10)

Come March and April, students in the Agriculture Science program will spend hours after school and on the weekend practicing to achieve success in their contest teams. Then, if their team wins first at the State contest, they start practicing again in September. The Issues team picks out an issue involving agriculture and does a 15-minute presentation. Juniors Baylie Carroll, Olivia Hoelting, Clara Jungermann, Kellianne Mitchell, Abigail Mennemeyer, Cortlyn Unser, Sara Van Ausdal and alternate Olivia Grelle, represented Troy FFA at the National Convention in late October.

This was Mennemeyers second year competing at National Contest. Last year, she competed on the FFA Knowledge team. I can not wait to see all the blue corduroy jackets come together from all over the country, Mennemeyer said. This was also Carrolls second time competing on the FFA Knowledge team. I am excited to compete and see how we do and I hope we do well, she said. Last year the Agriculture Issues team competed at National Contest. This year, the Issues Team ranked 5th out of 39 teams.

FFA Garners National Success

What was the biggest game you ever killed? An 800 to 900 pound Blue Wildebeest.

What do you hunt with? Compound bow.

What do you do? Snagging, anything friends orientated.

How many kills have you gotten in one season? Total of five deer: two bucks and three does.

What specifically do you hunt and why? Waterfowl, I grew up doing it.

Are you planning on going anywhere? I am planning to go to Wyoming next year to hunt Pronghorn Antelope.

Where do you hunt? We rent property -just for hunting.

Although many students dont like getting up early for school, theres a large portion of students who willingly rise at the crack of dawn to sit and anticipate the perfect kill. Here are a few hunters imputs on a hobby they love.

// Olivia Grelle

I could not wait to see all the blue corduroy jackets came together from all over the country.- Abigail Mennemeyer (11)

IMMIGRATION// Jeff Fennewald & Stephanie Adelmann

P LITICAL DIVIDE

Im afraid that the rights of immigrants will be restricted.KEVIN TOVAR (11)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA S STANCE

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY

We are a nation of immigrants ... But were also a nation of laws. So what Ive said is we need to fix a broken immigration system ... The first thing we did was to streamline the legal immigration system, to reduce the backlog, make it easier, simpler and cheaper for people who are waiting in line, obeying the law to make sure that they can come here and contribute to our country and thats good for our economic growth ... Number two, we do have to deal with our border so we put more border patrol ... If were going to go after folks who are here illegally, we should do it smartly and go after folks who are criminals, gang bangers, people who are hurting the community, not after students, not after folks who are here just because theyre trying to figure out how to feed their families.

I want our legal system to work better. I want it to be streamlined. I want it to be clearer. I dont think you have to shouldnt have to hire a lawyer to figure out how to get into this country legally. I also think that we should give visas to people green cards, rather, to people who graduate with skills that we need ... Number two, were going to have to stop illegal immigration. There are 4 million people who are waiting in line to get here legally. Those whove come here illegally take their place. So I will not grant amnesty to those who have come here illegally. What I will do is Ill put in place an employment verification system and make sure that employers that hire people who have come here illegally are sanctioned for doing so ...

If regulations on small businesses

are altered to allow them to

expand, then jobs will increase.

JOB CREATION

JIM ZUROWESTE, Physics teacher

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA S STANCE

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY

Number one, I want to build manufacturing jobs in this country again. It also means were helping them and small businesses to export all around the world to new markets. Number two, weve got to make sure that we have the best education system in the world ... Number three, weve got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which weve been investing in; but also, weve got to make sure were building the energy source of the future, not just thinking about next year, but ten years from now, 20 years from now. Thats why weve invested in solar and wind and biofuels, energy efficient cars.

We have to make sure that we make it easier for kids to afford college And also make sure that when they get out of college, theres a job. I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing. Were also going to have our loan program, so that people are able to afford school. But the key thing is to make sure you can get a job when you get out of school. I know what it takes to get this economy going. With half of college kids graduating this year without a college excuse me, without a job. And without a college level job, thats just unacceptable.

// photos by Megan Ryba

EDUCATIONPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA S STANCE

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY

When it comes to community colleges, we are seeing great work done out there all over the country because we have the opportunity to train people for jobs that exist right now. And people who are going through them know that theres a job waiting for them if they complete it.

The primary responsibility for education is, of course, at the state and local level. But the federal government also can play a very important role. The federal government can get local and state schools to do a better job. I happen to believe, I want the kids that are getting federal dollars from IDEA or Title I -- these are disabled kids or poor kids or lower-income kids, rather, I want them to be able to go to the school of their choice. So all federal funds, instead of going to the state or to the school district, Id have go, if you will, follow the child and let the parent and the child decide where to send their student. I dont want to cut our commitment to education. I wanted to make it more effective and efficient.

After the three presidential debates, it became apparent that the two candidates have different views on various topics. Many of these issues have an impact on the TBHS community. In addition to presenting where the candidates satnd on the issues, several individuals voiced their opinions as well.

HEALTH CARE

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA S STANCE

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY

... There are two ways of dealing with our health care crisis. One is to simply leave a whole bunch of people uninsured and let them fend for themselves, to let businesses figure out how long they can continue to pay premiums until finally they just give up and their workers are no longer getting insured, and thats been the trend line. Or, alternatively, we can figure out how do we make the cost of care more effective. And there are ways of doing it. ... When Obamacare is fully implemented, were going to be in a position to show that costs are going down ...

Number one, pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan. Number two, young people are able to stay on their family plan. Thats already offered in the private marketplace. You dont have to have the government mandate that for that to occur. We instead need to put insurance plans, providers, hospitals, doctors on target such that they have an incentive, as you say, performance pay, for doing an excellent job, for keeping costs down, and thats happening.But the right answer is not to have the federal government take over health care and start mandating to the providers across America, telling a patient and a doctor what kind of treatment they can have.Thats the wrong way to go. The private market and individual responsibility always work best.

**PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STANCES TAKED FROM PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TRANSCRIPT OBTAINED FROM CNN.COM , ABCNEWS.COM, NYTIMES.COM, AND CBS.COM

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Dont get caught underdressed

On the Hunt for Style

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TBHS students allow their dress to reflect their success.

TBHS students represent their love for the sport by wearing camo.

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Dane Colbert (12)

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My backpack shows people I

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Dressing up makes you

look classy. -Rachel Martinek (11)

Wearing their hearts on their sleeve// photos by Megan Ryba

DRESS FOR SUCCESS

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Post-SeasonWrap-Up

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Upcoming EventsBully Awareness Week begins Nov. 12 and lasts until Nov. 17.

The District is closed from Nov. 21 through Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving Break.

We had a good year. Teams all over the state increased their athletic abilities so we had to try harder and work better as a team.

- Stephanie Dwiggins (11)

This year, sports at TBHS are flourishing. With tennis, volleyball and cross country wrapping up a tremendous season, it is safe to say fall athletes played well. For tennis players, the two to three hour practices a day paid off when they ended with a .500 season, losing half and winning half of their games. We had a good year. Teams all over the state increased their athletic abilities so we had to try harder and work better as a team, said Stephanie Dwiggins (11), who went from the number 10th spot to the 4th spot. Despite the growing competitiveness in todays tennis games, Dwiggins is convinced the tennis team can only improve from here. We have three juniors on top six and we know what to expect next year, we are very prepared, said Dwiggins.

As volleyball prepared for Districts, Samantha Hogan (12) was confident the volleyball team didnt go down without a fight. Our team has played really well and were tough, said Hogan. Volleyball has always been an intense sport for students at Troy Buchanan to watch, and the promise of winning Districts only heightened the anticipation of the game. This season, Cross Country athletes ran towards the finish line and never looked back. With Riley Fader (12) knocking three minutes off of her running time, the Cross Country athletes were even more determined to perform their best. Alex Boulware (11), a member on the Cross Country since freshman year, said, I think, performance-wise, we had a good season, she said. As a team, we grew stronger, but we also grew individually. My freshman year, I was running the 5K in about 32 minutes. Now, Im at about 28 minutes. Although the TBHS Golf team did not fare as well as they had in the past, winning was not the most important thing. Each girl determinedly stepped up her game. Meg Weissenborn (12) said, Overall, I feel we grew as a team this year and get along better than last year. TBHS fall atheletes had great seasons and truly set the stage for the upcoming winter season.

// Ali Walker

Singles player, Haley Gardner (11),waited for the Francis Howell North opponent to serve the next point.

//photo courtesy of Jenna Massey