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tripodiumDec. 11, 2014 lVolume 43 l Issue 3 l Salina, Kan. 67401 l @SHSTripodium

Salina High School South

The staff of the Tripodium have been hard at work to have a successful sixth year of Project Tripodium at Salina High School South. With the staff manning the table and the tree, and many students participating in taking ornaments, all have successful-ly helped a total of six students have Christmas gifts this holiday season. Three girls and three boys, all students of South, will now be provided with a variety of needed gifts courtesy of those who participated. Six years ago, an idea of a staff Secret Santa turned into a desire to help other students get gifts for the holidays, rather than spending money on gifts for each other. Each year since, the news-paper staff, students and facul-ty have helped many students’ families have a Christmas when they may not have had one in the first place. Many gifts, stockings and food baskets have been given as well. South has helped gath-

By Tiffany Bowers and thankfulness on the part of the youth and families is heart-warming,” Tricia Keiswetter, so-cial worker, said. Students still have the op-portunity to participate in Proj-ect Tripodium, as it ends tomor-row at the end of the school day. Students can still buy a gift and turn it into Kim Warren’s room, 413. Those who have their gifts and have yet to turn them in can do the same. Next week, the newspaper staff will wrap all of the gifts in preparation for them to be deliv-ered for Christmas. The staff would like to thank all who participated and took the time to give back this holiday season. Thanks to the students at South, the newspaper staff along with Keiswetter, NHS and STUCO, are able to provide the essentials to have a normal, gift-filled holiday season like anyone else. If students would still like to participate in giving back, STU-CO will have the Salina Rescue Mission tree up in the commons through December 15.

er many gifts and gift cards for fellow students, the Tripodium staff has stuffed stockings and the National Honor Society and Student Council have worked together to gather food baskets for the families involved. Indi-viduals and organizations also adopted a few families too. Last year for Project Tri-podium, about 40 youth from Regular Education, Special Edu-cation (SPED), and Performance Based Diploma (PBD) were given gifts and/or gift cards, six families received food baskets and eight youth were adopted by individuals or a group and were given gifts and food baskets as well. Statistics, though not im-portant, still show that South students take the opportunity to give back to their fellow class-mates. It is this selflessness that gives South High families a Christmas to celebrate this holi-day season. “There is much joy on ev-eryone’s part in participating in all the activities that provide giving to SHS youth and fami-lies at Christmas. And the joy

The holidays are a wonder-ful time to be with family and cel-ebrate the season. Christmas is a time for giving and South High works hard to give back. Through clubs and organi-zations, South High is able to give to those who do not have the privilege of stockings and gifts under the tree on Christ-mas morning. Operation Christ-mas Child works hard to make sure no child wakes up Christ-mas morning empty-handed. “This year we collected money and club officers went to buy the items. Several people also donated complete boxes as well. We were able to donate 24 boxes with items such as stuffed animals, toothbrushes, tooth-paste, soap, wash cloths, etc.

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Basic items that a lot of people in the U.S. take for granted,” Tobi Eckhart, Spanish teacher and International Cultures Club sponsor, said. OCC focuses on younger children outside of the U.S. It also focuses on items that can fit inside the shoe boxes. Rough-ly $30 is spent on each box. “The items may seem small to us, but make such a big dif-fernce in the lives of children in other countries,” Eckhart said. Kaisha Edgerle’s ELO along with many others had a competi-tion to see who donate the most for OCC. Edgerle’s ELO raised the most and won the prize. Overall, the ICC raised $175+ and filled 24 boxes to the brim. Similar to Project Tripodi-um, OCC allows students to give

to those in need, but not specifi-cally to the same receivers. OCC creates boxes filled with child-rens neccessities to make their day as special as possible. Another group at South High that gives back for the holi-days is our student council. In the previous years, STU-CO has worked hard through Angel Tree to provide elemen-tary school students and their families with general necessi-ties. The Angel Tree started three years ago and last year there were about 19 families helped. “I like to see the positive impact the Angel Tree makes on our community,” Collin Truhe (’15), STUCO member, said.

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This year, however, STUCO will be collecting items for the Salina Rescue Mission. The mission is a “faith-based facility changing lives one at a time.” It is a non-profit orga-nization and receives no govern-ment funding. A board of volun-teer directors work hard to give more than the basic needs. “The students in our STUCO group really want to focus on how we can help others in the community. They understand the needs of others and they see how giving and generous our student body and faculty are and know we can work together to make our community stron-ger,” Melanie Hammond, STUCO sponsor, said.

Hammond stated that she believed the mission was a good organization to collect dona-tions for because they are pure-ly volunteer based and work to help the homeless in Salina. The mission has responded to homeless men and countless others for over 20 years. The number of beds have more than doubled since being founded in 1981. “It feels good to give back during the holidays,” Kaci Suli-van (’15) said. Make sure to stop by the tree in the commons.

The 24 boxes filled by the International Cultures Club. This club worked hard to impact children’s lives this holiday season. photo by brenda geist

Student Council worked hard to decorate the school for the holi-days. The tree is up in the com-mons. photo by tiffany bowers

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With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season in full swing, I am hitting a point of extreme happiness and excite-ment, as are many others. The holiday season is said to be “merry and bright”...right?: a season that is supposed to be filled with warmth, joy, fam-ily and friends. Well sadly, that is not always the case for every-one. During this time of the year, many people suffer with what is most commonly known as the winter blues. The scientific name for this is Seasonal Affec-tive Disorder (SAD), which I had

no clue was a legitimate thing until I did a little bit of research. SAD is a type of depression that is related to changes in sea-sons, with symptoms starting in the fall and continuing through-out the winter months; but some people have a reversed experi-ence, with symptoms starting in the spring or summer. Some symptoms include feeling depressed a majority of the time, low energy, sleep problems, agitation, suicidal thoughts or actions and loss of appetite or extreme weight loss, which brings me to my next point. During the holiday season, eating disorders also seem to have a very high prominence. Many young teens and adults see themselves as less than they actually are, becoming ob-sessed with weight and other practically nonexistent flaws

and imperfections. With the holiday season also being the time of grand feasts and content tummies, eating disorders can become extremely fatal during this time of year, which is really scary and sad at the same time. It is an issue that should never, ever be taken lightly be-cause of the serious dangers associated with starvation and malnutrition from anorexia ner-vosa, bulimia or other disor-dered eating patterns. Even though the holiday season seems like a time of good tidings and great joy for some, not everyone gets into the “deck the halls” mood, which is perfectly fine. If you see someone down during the holiday season, try and make their day by giving them a gift or by writing them a letter, much like the thank you

notes that just recently circulat-ed around South. You could even sing them a Christmas carol or two; or you could just simply let them know that you appreciate their existence and all that they have done for you. It really does not take a whole lot to make someone feel special and wanted, even if it’s just for a minute. But also keep in mind and remember that the holidays can be a sticky subject for some people. My main point being: if someone doesn’t like the holi-days, that does not automati-cally make them a real life, 3D version of Ebenezer Scrooge or the Grinch; it may merely mean that they associate the holiday season with melancholy memo-ries or that they are suffering with something that is not easily seen on the surface.

Keeping the seasonal blues away this winterBy Emma Snyder

By Iestyn Hurtig

Dying With Dignity is vital human right By Nathan Endreshak

Would you want to plan your own death? That is just what Brit-tany Maynard did when she found out that she was suffering from terminal brain cancer. Maynard was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (a form of brain cancer) in January. In April she was told that she had around six months to live which would involve a long process of chemotherapy that would cause her hair to fall out and giving her first degree burns on her head. She did not want to go through the pain but most importantly, did not want her family and husband to watch her suffer. Oregon is one of five states that have a law that helps people suffering from terminal illnesses wanting to end their suffering by giving them over the counter drugs that allow them to painlessly overdose. Maynard found out about this law and moved to Oregon but had to go through many requirements to qualify for the drug. She had to change drivers licenses and have a home in Oregon. Maynard received the prescription and was able to take them on her own terms, and died peacefully on November 1 in the pres-ence of her family and friends. Many people are saying that people can abuse the “Dying With Dignity,” law, if the patient suffering from the terminal illness is mo-tivated by depression of hopelessness. In the case of Maynard, she did not want to go through her family and herself suffering but in the past, people suffering from depression have used the drug. I know that if I was in the same position as Maynard that I would not want to spend months on end as I died a slow and painful death. Many people think that the Dying With Dignity act is selfish and hurts others in the same way that suicide might but in reality it is

better to others because they wont have to watch the person suffer. I feel that having this law in place is actually beneficial and that this can give a way out for those in need. Maynard looked at many other options before picking this one and was fully committed. It was not just something that she decided to do in an instant and when she was thinking it over, she took comments from her family members as well. The thing that seems weird is having to basically pick the day you die. Its something that you never really thought you would of had control over. I feel like for Maynard, it was a gift to be able to die on her own terms and to do so peacefully, but I would not want to know. To be in constant fear of the day that was approaching seems awful, but granted I do not know what it is like to be terminal and I am sure that Maynard probably saw things in a very different per-spective. Maynard is without a doubt a very brave and thoughful person for going through this and she is a great example for the Dying with Dignity law. As a staff, we feel that the Dying With Dignity act is a great idea, especially for someone who would die in pain otherwise.

Last-minute holiday deals for Christmas

Even though Black Fri-day and Cyber Monday have passed by, there is still plenty of time to save money on holi-day items before, and after Christmas. One of the best ways to save a lot money if you missed Black Friday or Cyber Mon-day is to shop really close to holiday times, as in just a few days before Christmas or New Years. This option is quite a bit risky though depending

on where you live, and what stores are in town. Some stores may have items priced way up, while others may be selling things for extremely cheap. Some of the best items to save on are computers, cell-phones, and other electronics. Many stores, such as Wal-Mart are having huge sales on electronics. Wal-Mart is offer-ing up to 30% off on most T.V.s and 25% off on other electron-ics, such as computers, gam-ing systems, and cell phones. Another way to catch big savings during the holiday season is directly after the holidays. While some items may not be marked down, the ones that are, are for sale for really cheap.

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Shopping after the holi-days helps to save on things like, wrapping paper, gift bas-kets, winter clothing, winter decorations and other holiday items. Grabbing these deals af-ter the holidays makes shop-ping next year easier, because you will already have most of the essential items that you need. Sometimes getting out to shop can be annoying, and if you are lazy like me you will want to shop from home. Shopping from home, wheth-er it be on your computer or on your phone, can be much more beneficial than actually driving to the store, especially if you do not have a car. Shopping online can save

you money on gas, plus you do not have to go outside in the cold winter weather or deal with any of the insane crowds either. Most retailers offer exclu-sive sales online that are not offered in their stores. Along with that, some items can only be specially ordered online that can not be bought in your local store. Nine times out of ten on-line shopping is always the best option. Not only during the holiday seasons but any-time during the year. Online shopping has slow-ly became one of the most popular ways to shop over the past few years due to its con-venience and over accessibil-ity.

dec. 11 3newsAvoiding peer pressure, bad decisions during holidays

for perfection: body standards set by media

By Emma Snyder

By Emma Snyder

The holiday season is one filled with laughter and great joy, as well as scrumptious treats and content tummies. During the holidays, delicious food is a staple in every home, which causes some to break their di-ets or worry aimlessly about gaining weight. For others, however, the holidays can become a constant nightmare or battle with the thought of gaining weight and can become obsessively fatal. Eating disorders are a se-rious mental illness, and have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness out there. Although eating disorders are a serious issue at all times, a light definitely needs to shine on the subject at this time of year. As soon as the holiday feasts hit the tables, deep in-ternal battles might start to play out.

The media With social media sites such as Tumblr, We Heart It, Insta-gram, etc., the excessive “need” to be skinny is further multiplied when coming across pictures of thin, gorgeous women. The new craze of “thin-spiration” or “fitspo” is trend-ing amongst teens and young adults world wide, meaning an even more intoxicated view of one’s self image than what was already there before the pres-

ence of social media. Now, this does not neces-sarily mean that social media is dangerous or a threat to all mankind; but it does show just how strong the influence of the media can be on a teen’s life. The constant strive to look as thin as, or even thinner than some of the models or people we see through the media can be just as self destructive as depression, alcoholism, or any other addiction. “With the amount of ac-cess to television, computers, social media, etc that teens have, there is an image being projected onto young girls that may or may not be healthy. Re-ality TV is a projection of how life should be played out and the topic of eating disorders, or body image in general, is being put into a specific light in these young girls’ eyes,” Jim Allen, ju-nior class counselor, said.

Body dysmorphia Going right along with the issue of eating disorders is another serious illness called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). People who suffer with this disorder think and obsess over their flaws, many of which are just a perception of the mind. This disorder can cause extreme distress and anxiety, which can result in low self-esteem, isolation from social situations, severe depression

and even suicidal thoughts or actions. BDD is often mistakenly diagnosed for obsessive com-pulsive disorder (OCD), social-anxiety disorders, clinical de-pression or eating disorders; mainly because the symptoms are very, very similar. The only way to specifically tell a difference between the disorders is to talk to a profes-sional in order to recover.

Recovery The first step in overcoming an eating disorder, or any other addiction or mental illness, is admitting that one needs help. This may take time and it make take a group effort from family or very close friends, but it is the most important thing to do in order to overcome the ill-ness and furthermore get mov-ing along with life again. If anyone is suffering at Sa-lina High School South in par-ticular, talking to a counselor is a good choice to getting started on the road to recovery. Do not hesitate to turn to them. “The school and the coun-selors in it have access to re-sources and maintain constant communication and strong rela-tions with those said resources. We want students and parents to know that we can help them locate these resources and get help. We have an incredibly car-ing staff that just doesn’t turn a blind eye,” Allen said.

December is a month full of holiday cheer and family tra-ditions, giving and receiving. It is also National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. December has almost reached its halfway point, which means the holiday season will be wrapping up before everyone knows it; but it also means that addressing the issue of peer pressure and the consequences behind it is necessary. Every high school teenager has experienced a time when they were put under pressure by their peers to do an activity that they necessarily did not want to take part in; this said activity be-ing related to illicit drugs or alco-hol. During the holidays, peer pressure heightens, so more destructive decisions are resul-tantly made. Drunk or drugged driving is a serious problem among teens and adults alike, and is a subject that should not be taken lightly. “This issue is huge. Teens feel like they are educated enough about the situation and are in the mindset that nothing is going to happen to them and that they will be fine. They don’t believe that alcohol, marijuana, potpourri or other drugs can be extremely dangerous. They just become numb to the things

they’ve known since kindergar-ten,” Amy Humphrey, drug and alcohol counselor, said.

Avoiding peer pressure Addressing peer pressure and the dangers behind it may be one way to avoid the poor de-cisions that may be made this December, as well as prevent any accidents related to drug and alcohol use amongst teens specifically from Salina High School South during the holiday season and then on throughout the year. The best way to avoid peer pressure is to just say no, which seems like such a simple task when faced with such difficult decisions. “You need to hang out with people who want what is best for you and don’t make poor de-cisions that will cause you to do the same. By surrounding your-self with these kind of people, you won’t even have to face say-ing no because you will never be put into that kind of situation in the first place,” Humphrey said.

Consequences During the holiday season, driving under the influence seems to become an even big-ger problem among teens and adults alike. “During the holidays, I see a lot of drunk drivers. Usually ev-

ery third or fourth is a teenager,” Danielle Lemon, SRO, said. Getting caught under the influence of any drugs or alco-hol comes at a high cost; but when the driver is underage, the cost is even higher. Offenders will be arrested for a DUI, with a possibility of a MIC (Minor in Consumption) or MIP (Minor in Possession). Any offenders will also have to go to court. If an accident oc-curs with others in the car and lives are lost, the driver could go to jail for life on homicide charg-es. “That’s the scare tactic, right there. So don’t drink and drive, no matter how old you are. Just don’t do it,” Lemon said.

In town resources Anyone with a drug or al-cohol addiction here at South can start by getting help from a counselor. Jim Allen, Heather Smith and George Troutfetter are all available to talk to and are easily accessible during the school day. Humphrey is the best person to talk to because she is South High’s drug and al-cohol counselor. Within the town, St. Francis Community Services (SFCS) can also help. They offer drug and alcohol counseling for youth ages 12 to 18. For more infor-mation, call (785)-823-0001 or visit st-francis.org.

•13 million in the U.S. binge eat

•10 million women in the U.S. battle anorexia or bulimia

•1 million men in the U.S. battle anorexia or bulimia

•80% of all ten year olds are afraid of being fat

•42% of all first through third graders want to be thinner source: CNN.com

Many people, male or female, are unhappy with their body image. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. photo by emma snyder

18.56% of Saline County teenagers admitted to smoking marijuana

37.38% of Saline County teenagers admitted to drinking alcohol

2.97% of Saline County teenagers admitted to being under the influence of crack or cocaine

2.58% of Saline County teenagers admitted to being under the influence of LSD

8.80% of Saline County teenagers admitted to being under the influence of prescription drugs (not prescribed to them by a doctor)

11.79% of Saline County teenagers admitted to using smokeless tobacco

18.68% of Saline County teenagers admitted to smoking cigarettes source: kctcdata.org

Saline County Stats: 2014

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Underclassmen girls get involved in career conferenceBy Kasey Renshaw

Quiz Bowl buzzes past the competition

and Sophomore girls come from South, Central, El-Saline, Sa-cred Heart, Southeast of Saline, and more. “My favor-ite thing about TWIST was meet-ing new people and learning new things about careers,” Lynn Nguyen (’17) said. “My favorite part last year was when the key speaker came in at the end and

By Nathan Endreshak Quiz Bowl has been around this school for quite some time and has been a large club here at Salina High School South. Coaches for the team are Matt Mosher, Michele Palmgren, and Man Tran. The Quiz Bowl season usually runs from early October until late April, although there are some small events be-fore and after. Many people think that Quiz Bowl is just about being the smartest player. While the ma-jority of the questions are over the general high school cur-riculum, there are still plenty of questions over current events, sports, and popular culture. Meaning that anyone’s knowledge can be vital to the team and students do not have

to have school smarts so to speak. Quiz Bowl is also one of the few competition based clubs in the school and allows students to spend time competing on an academic level instead of a more physical sports level. Quiz Bowl also serves as a way for students to learn more things that they may not but do it in a way that is fun and moti-vating.

The way it works Each game of Quiz Bowl consists of up to four players(although the school can have multiple teams at a tourna-ment). Players cannot play for mul-tiple teams at the same tourna-ment. Each question is worth 10 points and bonus questions are

worth 30. A player can buzz in, any time after the question has begun being read but the player cannot say the answer until the moderator(the person read-ing the question) has acknowl-edged them. Players will then have two seconds to answer or their an-swer will be not be recognized. Once a question is answered, teams have the opportunity to answer a bonus question. Each team must also have a designated captain who will be the speaker for the team and will have precedence over other players. Captains can be switched out during halftime though. Each game will consist of 16 questions and always follows under the same categories: history,literature, fine arts, sports, science, current events, and popular culture.

School victories While Quiz Bowl is still early on in the season and we can gurantee to see more wins from them. They just last Wednesday placed 4th place in Solomon out of 14 schools. Quiz Bowl’s varsity team also placed 1st at Chapman which was a huge victory. The varsity team consisted of Collin Truhe (’15), Tristan Irish (’15), Bryce Peppers (’15), and Tim Kroeker (’15). The Quiz Bowl team aslo just had their home

Mosher quizzes students on common questions at Quiz Bowl meets. This is Mosher’s second year coaching. photo by nathan endreshak

“TWIST is a good experience, and for freshmen it may help interest you, and help you find something that you did not know that you were interest-

ed in,”Petricia Hall (’17)

gave us all advice about struc-turing our future,” Hall (’17) said. Even if you do not particu-larly excel in math, science, or technology, TWIST is still a re-ally good opportunity that will definitely help in the future. TWIST gives young women

Are there any freshmen or sophomore girls who do not know what they want to do when they get older, or want to know more about certain profes-sions? TWIST can help.

What is TWIST? TWIST stands for Teen Women in Science and Technol-ogy. TWIST is a one-day career conference held at K-State Sa-lina every year for young women in high school. It is held forfreshmen and sophomores. TWIST provides girls the opportunity to consider ca-reers in different fields that are usually male-dominated. It lets young women look into careers like medicine, chemistry, engineering, law, avi-ation, and lots of others. Most of the careers deal with math, sci-ence, or chemistry. The goal is to motivate young women to enroll in math and science courses during their high school career to pre-pare themselves for college. “TWIST is a good eye-opener especially if you do not know what you want to do in the future and it is very helpful”, Cameron Munk (’17) said.

Cameron Munk (’17)

Lynn Nguyen (’17)

Viviana Lucio (’17)

When and Where? This year is the 23rd annual conference at K-State Salina. The conference will be held on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Students do not have to pay to go, and lunch is also provid-ed. The students will leave at 7 a.m. and return at 1:30 p.m. The deadline has already passed for this years confer-ence, but freshmen can still sign up and be a part of it next year. Teachers usually will recom-mend students that they believe will benefit from going to TWIST. This is a first come, first serve opportunity.

Why join? TWIST is a great way to learn more about careers, ex-plore new opportunities, look into different kinds of careers, and meeting new people. TWIST helps young women better prepare themselves for future academics in college. “TWIST is a good experi-ence, and for freshmen it may help interest you, and help you find some-thing that you did not know that you were in-terested in,” Pe-tricia Hall (’17) said. TWIST is also a good way to meet new people. Freshmen

Petricia Hall (’17)

the opportunity to explore dif-ferent careers and get a lot of background information into new experiences. If this sounds interesting to any of the freshmen girls, make sure to sign up next year! “It gives you a great experi-ence because you get to learn more about ca-reers and the food is really good too,” Vivi-ana Lucio (’17) said. Overall, TWIST is a very ben-eficial experience, and it teach-es students a lot. It is a great experience and students will get

a lot out of it. Students may just find the career they never even knew that they were looking for. Make sure to get involved in the group next year. As for those involved, the information for this year is listed below.

Some members of the team pose for a picture before heading to a compe-tition in Solomon. photo by Nathan Endreshak

meet on Tuesday.

What the future holds After this year, Palmgren plans on retiring from Quiz Bowl which will leave coaches Matt Mosher and Man Tran to com-mand the team. This is Tran’s first year of coaching but he remembers be-ing a student at South High and being a member of the team. “I relate to students who don’t always answer but that doesn’t mean that they’re not vital to the team,” Tran said. Quiz Bowl has always been a much simpler but incredibly fun club. It is available to every-one and all that is required is to show up with a brain. The rest of it is just having fun while doing

“I relate to students who don’t always answer but that doesn’t mean they’re not vital to the team,”

Man Tran

it. If students are interested, ask one of the three sponsors and make sure to get in for next year.

Who: 9th and 10th graders

What: TWISTWhen: Jan. 8,

2015; 7 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: K-State Salina

dec. 11 5featureStudent internships influence future career interests

By Nathan Endreshak

Students prepare to graduate at end of DecemberBy Iestyn Hurtig

Hannah UnderwoodHaili SuttonHannah wants to graduate early

so she can spend more time working and taking care of her

child.

Haili plans on graduating early so she can move to Lawrence and start cosmetology school.

Many students at Salina High School South are involved in multiple internships but most of them do not know how to par-ticipate in one. Some students, like Daniel DeWindt (’16), have already tak-en some steps to pursue their life long career. DeWindt is wanting to be-come a history teacher in the future and is currently taking an Introduction to Teaching class and then plans on doing an in-ternship next year as a senior. “I want to have the ability to communicate in a classroom and successfully make a les-son.” DeWindt said. DeWindt has been moti-vated over the years by many history teachers and always came to class excited for a new lesson. He hopes that when he becomes a history teacher, he can create that same feeling in many of his students.

Why do an internship? Deciding what to do as a lifetime career is a big desicion. Sometimes it is not always what it seems and careers are differ-ent than what they appear to be. Doing an internship allows for students to get a taste of what it is like to be in the profes-sion they want to pursue. Plus it can help narrow down options for students that do not know what they want to do in the future. For other students that know what they want to do, it can get them a foot in the door to start their career earlier than others. The downside to having an internship is that it eliminates a

Name:Kaci IsaacsonGrade:SeniorWhere:Salina Regional Health CenterDuration: First semesterDepartment:Emergency department and in RadiologyCareer in future:Emergency Room DoctorBest thing about your internship:“I’ve gotten to watch open-heart surgeries which has been one of the coolest experiences of the internship.”

Kaci Isaacson (’15) has been doing a medical internship this semester and has experi-enced things that some people do not get to do their whole en-tire lives. She has gotten to be

in the operating room during ac-tual surgeries. When she signed up for it, she was not expecting to get such a first hand account. She figured most of her work was go-ing to be simple paperwork and doing menial tasks but instead she gets to witness what the professionals do as well.

everyday problems and still has the intent on becoming a social worker. Motter did not expect that she would have such an impact on the kids at Lakewood and is also surprised by how much the kids have changed her life. When Motter first signed up

Name: Sarah MotterGrade:SeniorWhere:Lakewood Middle SchoolDuration: Both semesterCareer in future:Social WorkerBest thing about your internship:“I get to have an impact on chil-dren’s lives and help lead them to a better life.”

Sarah Motter (’15) is want-ing to fulfill her career of being a social worker and has taken the first step in doing so by interning at Lakewood Middle School. Motter works with Stacy Ash, the community and school coordinater at Lakewood. So far Motter has loved be-ing able to help kids with their

for this internship she did not think she would actually get to work with students as much as she does. “The internship has helped me prepare for my future and has given me a way to experi-ence the career I want to be in.” Motter said.

class period and you must have transportation to the internship. Teachers that offer intern-ship class are Larry Nutter, Mi-chele Palmgren, and Sue Mon-toy. South High offers intern-ships in many fields of work such as medical, educational, community work, and science.

How to get involved The easiest way to get in-volved in an internship is to talk to a guidance counselor and sign up for next year. Also talk to teachers that offer internships and see what is required. Deb Kohn, school to career coordinater, above the library can also help. Most internships last a year although most of the medical in-ternships last only a semester.

Students at Lakewood Middle School discuss common teen problems in a group called Expect Respect. photo by Nathan Endreshak

“The intern-ship has giv-en me more experience than what I assumed,”Kaci Isaacson (’15)

Graduating early can be extremely beneficial to some, while to others, it may not be the best choice. Early graduation is help-ful for students who want to prepare for college by saving money, or for students who want to get an early start into college. “Graduating early is a good choice for students who want to start saving money for college,” says Teresa Vernon, Senior Class Counselor. Most students who have jobs in high school only work part time, and having an extra semester to prepare for col-lege can give students more time to work full time and save money. Although students who chose to graduate early can benefit greatly by making that choice, there are lots of down-sides to graduating early. “Graduating early takes time away from being with friends and enjoying high school,” Vernon said. Though the deadline has

passed for early graduation sign up this year, underclass-men still have the opportunity to sign up before their junior year. According to the student handbook, to graduate early students have to submit an application by Dec. 1 of their junior year and must have at-tended USD 305 the two se-mesters prior to the semester of application, unless a waiver is granted by the principal. The principal shall approve or deny each request based on the circumstances of thee in-dividual student. Students who do choose to graduate early still have the option to walk the stage when the rest of their class gradu-ates. A couple of the students who have chosen to graduate this year are Haili Sutton (’15) and Hannah Underwood (’15). “I’m moving to Lawrence on Jan. 2 and I start Cosmetol-ogy classes on Jan. 13,” Sut-ton said. Sutton also said that her mom brought up the idea to

her and they both decided it would be a beneficial choice. “I want to graduate early so I’ll be able to spend more time with my kid and focus on work,” Underwood said. Underwood wants to be able to have more free time to focus on other things that she would not have time for with school. If early graduation is not an option but students still want the opportunity to have more time outside of school their senior year, flex sched-ule may be in a students best interest. From the handbook, stu-dents who are on schedule to graduate in eight semesters may apply no late then Mar. 15 of their junior year for per-mission to attend school part-time the second semester of their senior year. Flex schedule can be ben-eficial for students who still want to attend school but also want to have more time outside of school to work or volunteer to save money for col-lege.

• Must be a junior• Must have attended USD 305 two se-

mester prior to submitting an application• Request permission from school princi-

pal• Complete and submit an application• Wait for application to be processed and

approved• Plan and prepare for life after graduation

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Marlon Hernandez (’16)

Sofiel Montoy (’18)

Austin Delarber (’17)

“What is something unique about you? Some-thing that’s super interesting, that really adds to who you are?”“Probably my voice, it’s amazing. No, I don’t know, I’m an alright singer.”“How has singing shaped who you are? How does it add to who you are as a person?”“Singing helped me get out of my shell, extremely. Uh, helping me join New Dawn, make district, make state, stuff like that, which was fun. My freshman year was my first year ever singing.”“When you started singing, is that when you also got involved in theatre, or have you been doing that for a while too?” “No, I got involved more into theatre my sophomore year, then I became a [drama club] officer then I got bigger parts.”

“Was there any moment in your life that really encouraged you to be-come a better/different person?”“Probably when I got cut from the basketball team. Watched a lot of Michael Jordan and went back the next year and kept playing.”

“How do you feel that the way that you treat people or the way that you act makes a dif-ference?”“I am a very happy and outgoing person and so a lot of my friends often tell me that I am happy and that I really make their day, um, by saying nice things to them or just being really bubbly and out-going around them.”“How do people’s expectations of you being that way put pressure on you?” “Um, sometimes when, like, I’m not hap-py then my friends are more, like, I don’t know, judgemental. Then they pressure me to be happy so they can be happy.”“Was there any person that shaped you to be that way?”“My mom, she’s very friendly and usu-ally pretty happy.”“Being a freshman in high school and you have three more long years ahead of you, are you scared that you won’t stay the same hap-py, outgoing person you are right now?”“A little bit just because it’s already a lot of work and it’s only my freshman year.”

By Cassidy Sweet and Tiffany Bowers

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Emily Baker (’15)

Austin Delarber (’17)

“What is the one life event that has happened to you that has made you who you are today?”“Uh, I probably have to say being with my grandma when she passed away be-cause that really solidified me knowing that I want to be a nurse and helping other people. It’s not when I first wanted to be a nurse, but it’s what made me like, ‘This is what I wanna do.’”“When you’re a nurse in the future, what is your one main goal that you wanna make happen every single time you help someone?”“Give the best care I can possibly give and make sure they’re comfortable at all times.”

“Was there any moment in your life that really encouraged you to be-come a better/different person?”“Probably when I got cut from the basketball team. Watched a lot of Michael Jordan and went back the next year and kept playing.”

“If you had six weeks left to live, what would you do with your life and your decisions that would be most important to you?”“Um, for me there are a lot of people that I have impacted that have gone in and out of my life. What’s really important to me is closure because otherwise, like, if I don’t have closure, it drives me crazy for months. It’s proven to do so. So, if I had six weeks to live I would have big plans, like I do now, for what I wanted to do with my life. Not being able to do that would be depressing. So, for me, first things first, closure. I would try to apologize to any-body that I feel like I haven’t yet made it clear to them. I would help anybody, even like someone who thinks they’re obscure in my life. I would want them to know how much I love them and how much I love everyone and how much they meant to me be-cause I feel like I want something good to come out of my death. I want people to realize the impact they made on my life. I want some kind of legacy to live on because I have big plans.”“What are your big plans for your future?”“Well the thing that I’ve realized throughout history is that hu-man beings, in order to make progress, it takes a martyr. I was seriously willing to die for the idea of complete unification of peoples because people have always been divided, whether it was by natural force or by nationality. People have those futur-istic ideologies where the whole world has come together and they’re going across the galaxy and looking for planets and stuff, and I don’t think we can get to that point unless we unify. I think people need to realize that all human beings have the same color of blood and to put down their differences, people need to be more empathetic. We need to let go of things that divide us. I wanted to be able to do that and express those ideas with my art. Make those messages out there, and not be afraid that other people or factors may come into play.”

Michael Stueve (’15)

By Cassidy Sweet and Tiffany Bowers

dec. 118 sports

Cheerleading Showdown

New basketball season brings in

new team

Andover Central defeats South in season opener

A game of cheering is prac-tice for the showdown coming up in December. These ac-tivities are not competitive but more of cheering for fun. When preforming, each school that at-tends and performs gets rated with one being the best and three is needing improvement. The cheer activities are lo-cal and in the state of Kansas. Spirit competitions are illegal and are considered spirit ac-tivities. The state of Kansas believes all cheerleaders that participate should be allies with the other teams and should show positive sportsmanship. While some cheerleaders will say the showdown is for fun, others will see this event as a competition. At the spirit activities the cheerleaders do more than cheering. They have to create their own dance routine and stunts. For Breanna Ayers (’15) cheering is seen as a fun sport and an activity to participate in high school and have fun. She and others recently went to UCA, which is a cheer camp

held over the summer. Ayers is excited to be go-ing to the cheer showdown. She knows they will do great and have fun. “I get competitive a little,” Ayers said. With the seniors leaving, half of the team will leave with them. She knows leaving will not effect the team because there will be students coming in from middle school that will join the squad and will not be hard to fill. Megan Hertel (’15) said that at the events, teams get competitive. Future-wise, Hertel is undecided on whether or not she wants to be a professional cheerleader “I mean if the opportunity comes then yeah I’ll do it,” Her-tel said. For Hertel, the routines were hard for her to learn, but after doing them for a number amount of times, she got use to the routines. “It’s good to have team-mates,” Hertel said. The team has high hopes as they prepare for the upcoming Cheer Showdown.

By Cheyenne Burns

Breanna Ayers (’15) cheers for the football team at a past football game.

Cheerleaders pump up the fans at the Regional game. They yell cheers for the team and the crowd.

Cheerleaders end the game with a final cheer. pho-tos taken by cheyenne burns

With a new season in prog-ress, the team has high expec-tations for the 2014-2015 sea-son of girls basketball. Having lost no seniors in the previous year, the team will have already spent plenty of court time to-gether. “I am really excited for the upcoming basketball season. We return the vast majority of our players from a season ago, and I feel we will be much more experienced and in turn more competitive this season,” Coach Ryan Stuart said. Players to watch this sea-son include Emilee Holloway (’15), Bre Hogan (’15) and Bayli Huffman (’15), three leaders who have played their entire high school career. “I think this season will be successful because of the re-turning players and team chem-istry,” Huffman said.

Friday night the girls faced Andover Central and took a 57-24 loss. A basket made by Olivia Gi-roux (’16) in the second quarter cut the deficit to 14-10. In the 2nd half of the game, the Jaguars took a 42-18 lead and maintained the lead throughout. A 33 point lead kept the Jaguars on top with high mo-mentum. Holloway led the team of-fensively, with seven points. “We did not shoot well, but when you go against a team that’s as long and athletic as they are, you tend to rush your shots,” Coach Ryan Stuart said in an interview with the Salina Journal. Their expectations will be high for the season. The team will face Buhler tomorrow night.

From losing senior leaders in the class of 2014, this years boys’ basketball team keeps their heads high and expecta-tions higher for this season. The teams attitude towards this season is upbeat as they come ready to win each game. “We are coming in as under-dogs but we have high expecta-tions and will fly under the ra-dar,” Jacob Marcotte (’16) said. In the previous years, Sa-lina Central and South’s rivalry has grown stronger. This year, a team goal is to beat the Mus-tangs. “The team worked hard throughout the summer and it should all pay off during this season,” Trace Kochevar (’16) said. In the Andover Central

Fall sportsend seasons

Irish finishes in top 3 Ending his season on a with third place finish, Tristan Irish (’15) ran the state cross country course in 16:20.50. Irish was joined by Emi-lie Holloway (’15) who placed 30th and Josh Reed (’17) who finished 20th The 5A state cross country meet was at Rim Rock near Lawrence.

Football season ends After cruising through dis-tricts, regionals against Ka-paun Mount Carmel and sec-tionals against Maize South, the football team stumbled against Bishop Carroll in the quarterfinals, 49-0. Carroll went on to win the 5A state champtionship against St.

Thomas Aquinas.

Soccer makes history Finishing a historical sea-son for the boys soccer team, the Cougars ended the season with a playoff lose to Bishop Carroll who went on to the 5A state tournament and placed third. Before their final game, the Cougars had playoff wins against Arkansas City and Ka-paun Mount Carmel. The team ended their season with a 16-3 record overall.

Volleyball to substate The South High volleyball team completed their sea-son 17-22. The team accom-plished a lot and made it to the substate championship but lost 25-20 to Newton both sets.

game at home, starters include Jacob Marcotte (’16), Dylan Becker (’16), Jacob Yarochowicz (’16), Kochevar and Jacob Fos-ter (’16). The team played hard, but took a 52-37 loss. The team got close in the 2nd quarter with Andover Central leading only 21-17. Salina South was strong early taking a 4-2 lead in the firs two minutes. After half time, Andover Central came out with a strong offensive third quarter. The offense was led by Mar-cotte, Yarochowicz and Foster, all scoring six points. Salina South is 0-1 go-ing into their second week of games. The team will face Buhler tomorrow.

Megan Hertel (’15) does a cheer to help energize the students and other football fans.

By Hailey Chapman

Emilee Holloway (’15) communi-cates with her team. Holloway led the team offensively, scoring seven points. photo by hailey chapman

Bre Hogan (’15) prepares to shoot her free throws. The Andover Cen-tral Jaguars defeated South 57-24.photo by hailey chapman

Dylan Becker (’16) shoots from the three point line. The Andover Cen-tral Jaguars defeated South 52-37.photo by hailey chapman

Trace Kochevar (’16) prepares for the jump ball to start the game. The Cougars took an early 4-2 lead.photo by hailey chapman

By Hailey Chapman

9sportsdec. 11

Wrestling season has re-cently started up for Salina High School South and they have high hopes for finishing this sea-son like they did last year. Last year, South had four boys go to State, Tyler Irwin (’14), John McNabb (’14), Cole Hoover (’15), and Allen Heberly-Morabito (’17). This year some of the wrestlers to watch are Heberly, Hoover, Brett Hilkemann (’15), and Kaleb Garibaldi (’15). “This season I am looking forward to knowing that it is my last season, and hopefully plac-ing at state,” Hoover said. Wrestling practices started on Nov. 17, and the first wres-tling meet was Dec. 4 at Salina Central. The boys lost their season opener to their cross-town rival, Salina Central 18-58. Heberly- Morabito came out with a win by decision, leading him to win 4-0. Blaise Albers (’15) also pulled out a win by pinning his opponent. The boys had another meet just two days after, on Dec. 6, at Campus. The boys had four duals.

Wrestling has begun

Boys swimming team begins season with a huge splash

Divers start season The Cougar diving team be-gan their season last Thursday, Dec. 4. The team had a meet in Emporia yesterday as well. Under the coaching of Dustin Brungardt, the team has-worked after school to perfect

By Tiffany Bowers

By Morgan Ayotte Swimmers to watch:

Josh Miller (’15)Collin Truhe (’15)

Ben Weishaar (’15)

Trey Lorenson (’15) prepares to and then follows through with his dive. The divers practice hard to prepare for each meet. photo by iestyn hurtig

South wrestlers practicing after school, preparing for their upcoming tour-naments. photos by kasey renshaw

Peppers prepare for busy season ahead

By Kasey Renshaw

Cassidy Sweet

Peppers strike an end pose to a dance they performed during a halftime show while at a football game. photo by yearbook staff member

While other winter sports are only beginning their sea-son, the Peppers have stayed occupied throughout the entire school year. Preparing for basketball season gives the Peppers a much more complicated and busy schedule. The Peppers rehearse three times a week, every week. Prac-tices are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Basketball season is the busiest season for the Peppers throughout the school year. “We work really hard during basketball season. Sometimes

we only have three days to learn and practice a new dance,” Cait-lyn Sterrett (’15) said. Currently, the Peppers are working on a halftime dance that they are doing with the Sa-lina Central High School VETS. The captains of both teams get to choreograph the dance. The dance will be performed during the South-Central game later this month. The senior captains of the Peppers this year are Carly Sackrider (’15) and Sterrett. The Peppers are also work-ing on a Christmas dance, which will be performed later this month before the end of the se-mester.

The swimming season has kicked off in the last two weeks with a 1st place finish in the opener hosted at South Dec. 4. The team awaits their next meet happening in Emporia today at 4 p.m. Swimmer Brendan Borcherding (’16) took first place in the 200-yard individual medley, while three separate re-lay team’s including Colin Truhe (’15), Brendan Borcherding (’16), Zach Kaszycki, Trey Loren-son (’15), Rory Bowell (’15), Alex Dombrowski and Ben Weishaar (’15) took first in all three relays at the meet. Truhe says he his goals for the season are improving his swimming speed and conquer-

Boys and girls bowling teams introduced to SouthBy Morgan Ayotte

Cole Hoover (’15) tries to take down Curtis Hilkemann (’16) at a practice. photo by kasey renshaw

ing the one-mile school record in swimming. In practice the boys are prompted most to exercise their technique. “We work on our strokes a lot,” Truhe said. Coach Dustin Burgardt is busy building strategy and skill for the rest of the season un-folding. Burgardt, a teacher at Central High School, debuted as coach last swim season. This will be his second year. “We will have to get through the first several meets to deter-mine what our strategy will be for the team,” Burgardt said. “We have such a strong group that anything is possible.” The swimmers will be in ac-tion Dec. 17 in Manhattan.

New bowling coach Colin Carlson begins the strategic planning for the new school sport beginning in January. The sport’s season will pro-ceed through the beginning of March, which is the state tour-nament. A great turnout of students have expressed interest in pur-suing a spot on the team. Al-most 50 students, male and female, have stopped by to sign up for tryouts. The previous week, All-Star Lanes housed a bowling devel-opment camp for students. All-

They lost to Campus 60-15, won 39-30 against Hays, lost to Mul-vane 21-52, and lost to Wichita West 24-48. Brett Hilkemann and Heber-ly both took first at the Campus turnament. Albers and Brenner Vogan (’18) both took second at the tournament. “The best part about coach-ing wrestling is the amount of time I get to spend with my team. The tournaments are long so there is lots of downtime to get to know everyone,” Coach Seibel said. The boys next tournament is this Saturday, Dec. 13, in Clay Center.

Star Lanes has extended their support by being willing to help the local schools’ new programs get off the ground and spread interest for bowling into the community. “Goals for the team are to compete at a high level right out of the gate and prepare for each tournament like we expect to win” Carlson said. “At the same time Bowling is a naturally enjoyable sport so we want to build a fun culture that South High students can look forward to becoming a part of and having a good time with.” Carlson predicts that the team will face roughly two meets

a week on Tuesdays and Thurs-days. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays will be practice days will focus on bowler’s developing control of their ball movement and accuracy but always work-ing on consistency. Another goal is that the team will move into relying on muscle memory of accuracy when it comes to competition days. The new assistant coach, Zach Burkenbine, is a South High graduate who has been a bowler most of his life. Carlson said he will be a great resource in advancing the team’s individ-ual bowling abilities.

A swim team member swims in a race at the meet a week ago today. photo by iestyn hurtig

“It’s very exciting to have the opportunity to coach this team and have a hand in build-ing a program,” Carlson said. “The number one thing I’m looking forward to is work-ing with our athletes and find-ing anyway I can to help them represent their talent and their school in a way they can be proud of. This is a cool opportu-nity for students to get more in-volved as Cougars and compete across the State. It’s going to be fun being a part of that.” Everyone has hopes that the bowling team will do great this year, leading bowling to be a more frequent sport over the

next few years at South. With many students signed up, the team should hopefully be composed of many great up-and-coming bowlers. After tryouts, the plan is to have 12 girls and 12 boys, split up six and six to make up Varsity and JV. The tryouts are happening this week from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at All-Star Lanes on 624 S. Broadway. Girls met Wednesday and are meeting again tomorrow. Boys met Tuesday and are meet-ing again today and tomorrow. Shoe rental and bowling balls are free during tryouts.

their diving techniques, along-side Salina High School Central who shares South’s pool. Trey Lorenson (’15) is one of the divers to watch this sea-son, as pictured above. The team hopes for a suc-cessful and awarding season.

10 entertainment dec. 11New Dawn spreads Christmas cheer around Salina

By Reagan Hughes

By Cheyenne Burns

Performing arts students prepare for upcoming concerts Christmas is around that corner and in preparation, the band, orchestra and vocal will be holding winter concerts. Music that will be per-formed for the up and coming band concerts will be a mix of old time rock and roll, a little bit of jazz, short stand tunes and modern songs. The band practiced all through November to perfect the songs they will play for the students attending. To get the audience into the holiday spirit, the choir will be performing winter and Christ-mas songs for the vocal con-certs. Which they have been practicing for months. The orchestra will be per-forming songs such as “Ru-dolph”, “Mother Ginger” and “Nutcracker.” Go and support them at their forthcoming concerts.

Winter Orchestra Concert: Dec. 11 at 7p.m.

Pep Band plays South Central basketball game on Dec. 19

PBIS: Dec. 11 at 7:00p.m.

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Salina High School South has one of the most incredible performing arts, whether that be band, orchestra, or vocal. New Dawn features South High’s best singers. On Friday, Dec. 5 they went to Martinelli’s Little Italy to perform for Sa-lina’s retired teachers. Eddie Creer chooses places for New Dawn to sing every year. “I do not mind the places that New Dawn travels to, I just

The Band preforms at South’s past football game. Band members rehearse for an upcoming concert.

Students in vocal class warm up and practice songs for the concert. The orchestra practices for the big upcoming show. all photos by cheyenne burns

go with the flow because Mr. C is always right,” Brian Tran (’15) said. New Dawn not only does a Christmas show, they also do a Valentine’s Day show, which happens to be Marlon Hernan-dez-Soriano’s (’16) favorite show. While all members enjoy singing and spreading joy to oth-ers in the community, it is not

always fun and games. “New Dawn is always fun, but serious when we need to be,” Shea McAllister (’17) said. So far this year, New Dawn has performed at Pinnacle Park Retirement Home, Martinelli’s, and Kansas Weslyan University at the Candle Light Service. On Tuesday, Dec 16 at 7:00p.m. they will be doing their

winter concert in the South High auditorium. New Dawn has a winter con-cert every year. The concert is a fun way to get students into the holiday spirit. This year, the concert will consist of classic songs and a couple of new songs. They are

also going to be adding chore-ography for the concert. For an annual tradition, the stage will be open for all South alums to come and sing the last song of the concert with the current students.

Holiday Edition

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Favorite Christmas song: Jingle Bells

Christmas Wish: $1 million

Favorite Holiday food: Candy Canes

Fan of Buddy the Elf

What famous person would you most like to encounter under the mistletoe?

What object or person would you want to be from the song “The 12 Days of Christmas”?Pipers Piping

When did you find out about Santa?

3rd grade, when my parents said “Santa can’t afford nice things”Jennifer Lawrence

Favorite Christmas movie: A Christmas Story

Holiday tradition: Staying up all night

Does not believe in Santa

Pro-caroling but has never been caroling

Wants to meet RudolphEnjoys Micheal Buble Christmas music

Will be spending Christmas in Salina

Hopes to find new socks in his stocking

New Years resolution: To get bet-

Holiday drink favorites make the bitter cold a lot more bearable and a whole lot tastier. Here are a mix of drinks that can

Holiday drinks, yum!By Morgan Ayotte

Aztec Hot Cocoa4 Cups whole milk

One 3.2-ounce disk Mexican chocolate, chopped1 Dried guajillo chile, stemmed, seeded and deveined

1 Cinnamon stick1 Vanilla bean

be made over the holiday break, while warming up by the fire and wishing for lots of snow days to come.

Bring the milk to a simmer in a large heavy saucepan over me-dium-high heat. Add the chocolate, guajillo chile, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer for 10 minutes, whisking constantly to develop some froth and completely melt the chocolate. Remove the chile, vanilla bean and cinnamon stick from the hot mixture.

Sugar Plum Soda

Dip wet glass in cinnamon sugar and fill with 1 cup plum juice, 1/2 cup ginger ale and 2 chopped crystallized ginger. Garnish with cran-berries.

Gingersnap Shake

Bring 2 cups milk just to a boil; add 2 chai tea bags and steep 10 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup maple syrup.

Puree 1/2 pint each vanilla and mint chip ice cream with 1 cup milk in a blender. Pour into glasses and garnish with peppermint sticks.

Soak 8 crushed gingersnaps in 1 cup milk in a blender. Add 2 cups vanilla ice cream, 4 teaspoons molasses and 2 teaspoons ground ginger; blend. Pour into glasses and top with crushed gin-gersnaps.

Maple Chai

Peppermint Shake

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Ground gingerMolasses

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Mint chip ice cream

Spiced chai tea blendMaple syrup

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Cinnamon sugarPlum juiceGinger ale

Cranberries

Recipes as followed on foodnetwork.com

Seasonal gifts and must-havesBy Cheyenne Burns

For ladies, leg warmers are a huge must-have. The mul-tiple colors and designs make them good for each taste.

For the people out there that know someone who loves to read, get them a nice book this holiday. There are many new books in all genres that are hot on the shelf.

Gift cards are the best way to go when shopping for a last minute gift. There are many to choose from: iTunes, Buffalo Wild Wings, Amazon, McDonald’s and more.

A gift for athletic people or the ones looking to stay in shape this winter for their New Year’s resolution.

Bags are a great gift and essential style fanatics. Purses and satchels are available at many locations.

Watches are a great gift for a parent or a friend. There are many to choose from.

ter gradesShows Christmas spirit with Christmas sweaters

Extremely fond of a white, snowy Christmas

Prefers Prancer over the seven other reindeer

photos taken by cheyenne burns

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dec. 11 12photo storyFrom labs to lunch: fifth block scenes around South 1. The electronic clock in the commons at the beginning of fifth block on green days reads 10:55 a.m.

2. Benjamin Thornburg (’15) concentrates hard while he writes dialogue on his chromebook for Theatre Arts class.

3. Cory Peckham (’15) squats during Conditioning class, where students can workout during the day.

4. Karissa Stockham (’15) and Trey Turner (’15) take a Human Anatomy and Physiology quiz on their chrome-books. This method of test-taking has become popular since getting the Chromebooks.

5. Trevor Hawk (’16) and Abraham Jaquez-Aranda (’16) use a thermometer to find the temperature for their ex-periment during a Chemistry lab.

6. McKenzie Stanford (’16) carefully paints the monkey she made during 3D Art class.

7. Sophomores enjoy each other’s company whiel sitting together to eat lunch.

8. Charlie Todd, Geometry teacher, instructs a lesson using his promethean board while students take notes.

9. The clock by the attendence office reads 12:55 p.m.at the end of fifth block on green days.

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