Dickinsonian Issue #4 by Chapman Journalism

Chapman High School

DICKINSONIAN Vol. 93, Issue 4 400 w. 4th Street, Chapman, Kan. 67431 March 13, 2015

Not That Kind of Buzzer Beater

CHS Scholar’s Bowl team wins regionals and competes at State Competition Taylor Major Editor

Poland as the Scholars’ Bowl coach, the team has been doing very well, bringing home three gold medals this season, including the NCKL Tournament. They left around 12 for St. Thomas Moore Catholic School in Hays, no doubt practicing out of the Big Black Book

of Scholars’ bowl questions on the way. The team received first place in pool ebruary 5th was the Regional play and first in final rounds. Only Tournament for the CHS Varlost 2 rounds by 10 points each dursity Scholars’ Bowl team. Team ing the entire tournament – 9 wins to members that went include Derek 2 losses. They only lost to Abilene in Bartlett-Steede, Jordon Henderson, pool play by 10 pts. but beat them by John Young, Robert Honeychurch, 70 in finals. They team will be going and Brittni Atkinson. With Connie to state on Feb 14 in Wellington and hopefully the will come home with a victory. Sophomore Robert Honeychurch shares his opinion on going to state “It wasn’t perfect, we lost a couple, but overall it was amazing,” said Honeychurch. This year the Varsity Scholars bowl team is well rounded. The team was cohesive and worked well together in each category of questions. Atkinson excelling in literature and fine arts, Honeychurch in social science and year in review, Steede in math, Young also does well with math and foreign language. Every teammate has a strong suit, and having that mash up of difThe Scholar’s Bowl team presenting their 1st place Regional plaque dur- ferences does very well in scholars ing the boys game versus Herington. This is the first team CHS has sent to bowl. state since 2003. (photo by Megan Nelson) The team hopes to do just as well next year as they did this year. Seniors

Steede and Henderson will be leaving the Scholars bowl team and hope to leave their younger members in good hands. Poland shares her view on the two seniors leaving the team. “With Derek and John leaving, they were phenomenal in math and science,” says Poland, “and so, I don’t know who I will replace them with at this point. It all depends on who steps into their place.” After the team did exceptionally well at Regionals, they headed to state February 14th. Coming third after Iola, it was a very close match. Losing that round, took the CHS team out of finals. But overall the team did very well together. “I knew that this was kind of my dream team, but you never know,” says Poland “it depends on how the questions fall and who you’re competing against. There is a lot of little factors.” The accomplishments of the Scholars bowl team can not be understated. They have done very well and everyone should be proud. Heading to every match doing their best and ending the season with a bang.

State Competition at Forefront of CHS Club Members Minds Kyler Langvardt Editor

ompetition is at the forefront of everyone’s minds this time of year as state events begin and our competitors at CHS are preparing to succeed at an upper level this spring. This year our FBLA is sending nearly double the amount of students to the Kansas FBLA Conference on March 21st and 22nd. “We are sending 14 members who competed at district competition this past January on to state in Topeka this year,” FBLA advisor Jodi DeArmond said. “We have had many projects that had to be pre-entered and are currently being judged, but those who have presentations at state will present

in front of me and I will critique them before competition.” Last year the organization had many individuals place near the top of the podium, just missing the chance to compete at the nationals, like senior Lindsey Hurford. “This year (for Digital Design and Production) we got our materials turned in a lot quicker which has given us a lot more time to prepare and work on our presentation.” Hurford said. Both Hurford and DeArmond are expecting at least one individual or team to attend and compete at the national competition this summer. “I’m expecting a few top finishes as well as me and Kyler Langvardt to get

in the top three.” Hurford said. “I really feel like we will be taking a trip to nationals in Chicago this upcoming summer.” DeArmond said. History is being made this year within the CHS Forensics squad according to advisor Lisa Divel. “For the first time in school history Brittini (Atkinson) broke into the finals for three separate events,” Divel said. “To put it into a sport analogy, it’s like if a track athlete made it to state in three different activities.” The Forensics squad has already qualified five individuals for state competition May 2nd in Topeka. Matthew Tenpenny for Humorous Interpretation, Britteny Whittenton for Dramatic Interpretation, Savanna

Gorman for Oration and Brittini Atkinson for Extemporaneous and Improve. “I think that this year has been going remarkably well,” junior Brittini Atkinson said. “I’ve double qualified for state and the whole team has been doing well too so it’s been fun.” Though state may not be until May, the team will continue to practice throughout March and April. “I encourage the team to keep competing at events, and we could still have other members qualify,” Divel said. “Performing for other classes as well as Regionals here in Chapman April 11 will keep our team on its toes until state.

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Opinion

Turn Down For What?

Students that play music in the hallways think it is cool, while others dislike it Jacob Darsow Reporter

t’s 8:00 a.m. and I was sitting in the hallway trying to finish yesterdays homework before school starts. I was trying to remember what the teacher said that we had to do for the last part but I can’t focus because every few minutes somebody walks by blaring Eminem’s newest rap. Many like me find this disruptive. The bell rings and you still are not done. My grade will soon feel the pain of an undone assignment. Most of the music that is played is inappropriate for school and should not be

played. Not everyone wants to hear music with inappropriate language and themes. Students have to be at school but it doesn’t mean they have or want to listen to that kind of stuff. In the student handbook it states that students are not to bring items to school that will infer with the education of others. It is annoying when people walk around with music blaring. People are trying to read, do homework, or study and some can not do it properly if all they hear is music. Students have tests that if they don’t do well on will change their grade drastically. These students need all the time they can get to study. If a student who is blaring music is confronted and asked to turn off the music they

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just reply with some childish response and walk off, music still on. If confronted by a teacher they turn it off then as soon as the teacher is gone they start it up again. If someone asks politely for the noise to stop then it should. When confronted about their music students often claim they have a right to listen to it. This is not the case if it is disruptive and keeping students from their work. A simple solution for the problem is when you want to listen to your jam, use headphones. Keep it to yourself. I know this is a crushing blow but not everyone enjoys the same music you do. Remember this next time you are walking around and about to listen to some music.

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Making a Serious Matter, Seriously Matter Taylor Major Reporter

n high school, sexual harassment isn’t the first thing that pops into someone’s head when we hear a crude comment, or when we are put in an awkward situation. The person receiving the comments might just pass it off as weird and just walk away. Most of the time sexual harassment goes unreported. This is not what should be happening.

In a situation where you ever feel uncomfortable, unwanted touching, or words that hurt, the best thing to do is report it. Also, no one should go on witnessing or experiencing sexual harassment and not do anything about it. Sexual harassment is no small matter. By definition it is the harassment (typically of a woman) in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks. Does this have you rethinking

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some of your comments made in the past? Any small issue that has you thinking twice could be a possible sexual harassment situation. The first step to addressing it could be to confront the person making you feel uncomfortable and ask them to stop. If the issue continues afterwards, then you should take it to the counselor. Your counselor is always there to listen and advise you on any problem you might have. You have to trust that there is an adult

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out there that can help you. Parents always have an answer, too. The next step should be you trying to keep it from happening again. If you see someone being bothered or hear people making crude comments about a peer, try to stop it. Even if your peers think it is funny, make sure that if you don’t like what is going on around you to voice your opinion. A “hey, not cool” or “you should probably stop” will get your point across pretty quickly.

DK STAFF Page 1.............................................Kyler Langvardt Page 2...............................................Jacob Darsow Page 3.................................................Taylor Major Page 4-5.........................................Kyler Langvardt Page 6....................................................Eden Frick Page 7.........................................Tucker Moloney Page 8............................................Mara Kerrigan Reporters: Kyler Langvardt, Caitlyn Hartung, Taylor Major, Jacob Darsow, Tucker Moloney, Rebekah Johnson, Eden Frick, Mara Kerrigan, Alyssa Sewell, Abby Chewning

Editor in Chief : Kyler Langvardt Managing Editor: Caitlyn Hartung News Editor: Taylor Major Web Master: Robert Honeychurch

Reporting sexual harassment is vital. Just letting it pass is not what people should be doing. And then people who only complain about a uncomfortable situation to their friends are seen as uncool or as not being fun. This should not be the case. It should be respected that someone is uncomfortable with something. In this day and age, it has to be reported. Otherwise, sexual harassment will never be taken as seriously as it should be.

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How Far is Crossing the Line

Sexual Harassment not being reported is no small issue in high schools Robert Honerchurch Reporter

exual harassment and assault are endemic to CHS. It is so much so that multiple incidents occur before us each week. On Facebook, there is a post: “Swear to god if one more person touches my a** today they’ll die!” (posted December 2013). How many times a day is this one girl being assaulted? Most of these incidents are never reported. But even those with many witnesses are sometimes ignored. Some victims have stated that teachers do not respond, or respond with minimal effect. Why? “ I think that the teachers have tried to stop it in the past… [but] some of the girls said that they were OK with it, and the teachers gave up, because they can’t tell if its OK or not,” said Morgan1. Dr. Nan Stein2, the nation’s preeminent expert on schoolyard harassment and Professor Emeritus at the Wellesley Centre for Women, states the issue in the Harvard Educational Review: “These girls recognized that incidents of sexual harassment are often witnessed by

adults, and expect the adults to see and feel these violations as they do. Yet, many girls cannot get confirmation of their experiences from school personnel because most of those adults do not name it as “sexual harassment” and do nothing to stop it (Stein, 1992b). These chilling stories and others like them reveal girls’ repeated efforts to get adults to see and believe what is happening right before their eyes, and to do something about it. These young women begin to sound ominously like battered women who are not believed or helped by the authorities and who feel alone and abandoned.” Last year, a senior boy (18 yrs old) , tugged the back of a freshman’s (14 yrs.) blouse, so as to see down the front. “Stop!” she said, to this reply: “Why are you wearing a pink bra?” A passerby reported the incident to the office. The senior was in school the next day. The boy had a history of behaving inappropriately towards {typically much younger} women; ie: making sexual comments to victim’s

disturbance and ‘twerking’ towards several freshmen. The witness filed a written report, which the office should still have on record. When the subject of the incident came up at lunch, some {female} students had this to say: “That’s nothing compared to a lot of the s*** that happens here.” Principal Kevin Suther was presented with an earlier draft of this article: “I think that we are dealing with the issue fairly well,” he said, “We have to know what occurred to deal with it...and students may not see it when we do, because we can’t, and won’t, publicize it.” Further, Suther stated that “Student organizations such as SADD {Students Against Destructive Decisions} could help in prevention at that level”, and that the school’s culture is being altered by them through sex ed. “This is part of the reason freshmen are required to take Freshmen P.E. and Health… to prevent destructive sexual decisions.” He also stated that the school will soon be hiring a speaker to come and address

the entire school, rather than only the freshmen. Based upon the accounts above, sexual harassment is fairly common. Reporting is not. “In the six years I’ve been here, I have heard of four sexual harassment complaints”, said Counselor Jamey Dalke. Contrast with Morgan’s1 account: “Daily, it happens daily, to varying degrees”. Too many victims are afraid to complain. “They feel they have to submit to these sexual things to be accepted,” said Dalke, “Their self-worth is based on other people; too often, abusive males.” Can we take our school culture back? “I think success will depend on how hard the administrators crack down,” said Morgan1, “It is a relevant issue. I have been on the receiving end of it, and some of my friends.” “Here? Chapman? No, it isn’t really a problem”, said Senior Christina Hoffman. Junior Jaran Hedstrom comments that, “I don’t {think it is} a problem. I do not see it, and it is not currently prevalent in today’s CHS.”

“Anything you do’ll just keep happening”, said Sophomore Kirsten Jury, “Or make it worse. ‘Cause people just let it happen. It’s a big problem”. Is harassment a problem? Most likely, victims are repeat victims, and those unvictimized are left so. Later, Hoffman stated this: “You scared me this morning… I didn’t know it {sexual harassment/assault} was an issue here {CHS}. One senior, last May, grabbed a two-litre Mountain Dew® soda bottle and held it over his genitals. He then told a freshman, Minuette1, “Come on, grab my c*ck.” He chased her for a moment, feigned orgasm, and laughed it off with his friend, leaving a shaken and very disturbed Minuette1 .“That was seriously perved” [sic], she said at the time. There is no question that gendered violence is ingrained in our culture. But is it inherent? Can we do something about it? A better question: What if we don’t try?

DK In Focus

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The Subject Eve

The Dickinsonian staff explored the problem of s Why all the attention? A perspective from a girl Caitlyn Hartung Editor

Okay, so by now there hopefully is a common theme that can be found. Sexual harassment. But why, might the reader ask, is this so important? Robert Honeychurch told a lot of the unheard stories of mistreatment in the halls of this high school. Taylor Major reported on the perspective that men have on sexual harassment. In another story I wrote, I talked about how joking is truly a way to hurt others, but still there might be some out there who ask themselves, “why does it even matter to me?” That’s what I would like to explain. I’ve never been sexually harassed. I have no reason to really care about sexual harassment. It does not affect me directly. Yet I do care a lot. It’s a serious issue that needs to be properly addressed. Sexual harassment is some-

thing that affects not only the person who is being harassed or assaulted, but also members of the community, family, friends, co workers. It affects everyone. The other week I was in Manhattan getting my prom dress. It was nighttime, and all I could really focus on is what I would do if someone came out and attacked me. I had my cellphone in my pocket, my index finger already on the Emergency Call button. Unfortunately I didn’t have a mini taser or pepper spray, like a lot of my friends have. I didn’t meet eye contact with people. Whenever I looked up, though, there was usually a suspicious-looking male around (at least from what I saw), so I would start walking faster. Relief is not a strong enough feeling than what I felt when I finally got to my car safe. With the society that we live in today, there are

stories on the news every single day about women who are sexually assaulted. The number goes up the bigger the city you’re in. Women are then instilled with the fear that if you come across a stranger and it happens to be a man, they are either a potential friend or a potential rapist. With what news organizations seem to convey, though, it seems like it’s usually the latter. Sexual harassment is a lot more slick than that. It starts off with a comment or joke about a girl’s butt or her chest, and then it escalates. Soon an entire group is talking about that girl. Maybe she gets a DM or snapchat about it. If she takes it to a parent or responsible adult, she’ll get one of two responses. Either the boys get a slap on the wrist, or the girl is told that “boys will be boys.” The girl herself could even

get into hot water by the boys for being a snitch. The odds are not in the girls’ favor, or told that maybe it was her fault. That is simply not acceptable. Instead of telling girls that they “deserve it” or that they “have it coming to them” (phrases that I have heard so many times within the last week alone), we should be teaching boys to have more respect. I personally think that it is ridiculous that the type of pants I wear or the shirt I put on in the morning dictates whether or not I will be sexually harassed. That the choice I make in the morning to put makeup on or not says the type of person I am. Women should be proud of who they are. I am not condoning women dressing for the reason for attention. I think that we all should dress in what is comfortable for us, and respect

what others may wear. I would also like to point out that a lot of guys are already on the right track. There are strong campaigns started by men to defend women who are victims of sexual harassment or assault. It’s even greater when I walk in the hallways and hear a guy standing up for a girl when she is being picked on. It’s not as popular as an opinion, and it takes guts sometimes. I think that America’s youth just needs to do more. We need to be more aware of respecting eachother, and identifying with the fact that we are all different. This isn’t an unknown topic, but it is one that is often voluntarily ignored. It makes people uncomfortable. Maybe what we need to do is keep people uncomfortable. It seems like things are changing. Let’s keep it up.

It’s not just an issue for all the girls out there Men can also be the subjects of sexual harrassment, but there isn’t awareness Taylor Major Editor

Being sexually harassed is not a one side story. There are many versions or situations that can cause people to feel uncomfortable. Men are sexually harassed; maybe not as much as women, but it is there. The statistic (based off of infogr.am) is that sexual harassment happens to boys 40% and girls 56% of the time. This

shows that as rare as you might think it is for men to be on the receiving end of the crude comments, or unwanted touching, it does happen. Women can be perceived as flirting, or trying to be funny, but men may not like the way they are being treated. Trying to understand the male perspective can be hard, especially when you’re a female. To get a better understanding, I

interviewed Senior Lane Coberly. Coberly shared his input on sexual harassment of males just as much as women. “I don’t think it’s rare, I think it’s equal” said Coberly, “it is just a matter of if they say anything about it, like their pride might get in the way of admitting that it happened.” Pride is a major factor with men. They might not like saying out loud that they

were made to feel worthless in a way. Other things may prevent guys from reporting that they were sexually harassed in some way. Being scared they will be perceived as weak, being un-cool, or just being a debbie downer on what others might consider funny. Not everyone sees that men are just as sexually harassed was women. This might just be because it is not reported as much.

Jumping to conclusions like, it doesn’t happen, or it’s not as bad, is not the route to go. If you are a guy and you ever feel like something is not being treated unfairly. Everyone deserves a chance to be listened to and have their side of the story heard. Men and women both equally have issues in this world. All you have to do is listen to both sides.

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sexual harrassment. This is what we found out. “Just Joking”:You’re still doing it! The jokes students say may be funny then, but can also be harmful to others Caitlyn Hartung Editor

t’s everywhere. On your timeline, that snapchat you just opened, on your Twitter feed. People say it in the hallways before, after, and during school. You are completely surrounded by it. “It’s kind of everywhere,” junior Brett Lemon said. “In every song, Vines... It’s hard to stop it at some point.” What is it, exactly? They are the jokes that sometimes aren’t seen as jokes. The punch line made about a Muslim on that Vine you just watched. The comment about how a female student’s body looks in a particular piece of clothing seen on Facebook or Twitter. The statement made about girls making sandwiches or cleaning things up on a television show, or maybe by your own friends. Maybe even by yourself. “It’s mostly outside the classroom,” freshman Pierce

Hayden said, “usually where the eyes of the teachers aren’t on the students.” Everyone jokes around. It’s extremely natural for us to bond with others through humor, yet sometimes this can be at the cost of others’ dignity. Even in cases where the person being made fun of is laughing along, the banner of “just joking” doesn’t hide the fact that comments that students are saying are still making racist, sexist, or discriminatory remarks. “I often find myself doing the same thing,” New said, “so I really don’t want to sound hypocritical. The thing is, you’re still being hurtful, even if you don’t really mean to be sexist or racist or a bully.” That seems to be the case a lot nowadays, even in the halls of Chapman High School, but New thinks that a high school in the middle of Kansas isn’t the only instigator. “Although it does happen

here,” New said, “I think that it’s a problem that our generation has today. We joke around with everything, even the important things. We don’t take things as seriously as the older generations.” Lemon thinks that a contributing factor could be the Internet’s influence on teenagers today. “I think that it’s more on social media, and that’s the society we live in today.” Granted, we’ve come a long ways. Compared to what life was like fifty years ago in 1965, we’ve come a long ways. Women’s rights have become so close to equal with men’s. Racism isn’t something that national leaders are being shot over. Homophobic behavior is not treated with mental institutions and drugs, but has become more accepted by mainstream society as a whole. But this does not excuse the fact that there are still problems.

“I think that sometimes people forget that they’re being offensive,” Lemon said. Joking around isn’t taken very seriously by anyone. Standing up to peers can be scary, and the idea of a mob mentality sounds a lot better when you’re in the mob, not when you’re the one the mob is attacking. When it seems like you’re on the outs, it makes it harder to find people to confide in. “I don’t try to open up to people who I know are known for being mean and nasty and making bad comments,” Hayden said. So now the question at hand is what we can do about it. We are, after all, the up and coming generation. Hayden has an idea that might become a reality someday at Chapman High School, and already is in place all across the country in different high schools. “I think we should establish

a diversity fair here,” Hayden said. “Let’s show the students all sorts of different cultures and religions and ethnicities. Let’s show people that the things that they make fun of aren’t as weird and different as they believe it to be.” It’s hard to make a change in a society where imperfections or differences are blown out of proportion so quickly. But this is 2015, people. If we can go from segregated schools and no voting for women, we can surely become more conscientious about what comes out of our mouths. This shouldn’t be misconcieved as an effort for the student body to sing kumbaya and sit in a circle. We’re all different, and some personalities just don’t go together. The suggestion is that from now on, maybe we can tll a differnt kind of joke.

Sexual Assualt: By The Numbers Teens 16 to 19 years of age were

3½

Times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that approximately 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.

Approximately

1.8 Million

adolescents in the United States have been the victims of sexual assault.

Opinion

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Changing the Culture of Sexual Harassment/Assault at CHS Robert Honeychurch Editor

In high school and junior high, students begin to feel sexually towards each other. Usually, this is a healthy, normal part of human development. In some cases, a pattern emerges: One based not on mutual consent, but upon use of force or other subversive tactics to compel another to gratify him/her, without regard to the feelings of the victim. This is sexual harassment. From the above, it is clear that in high school and junior high, sexual harassment is all too common. Most of even the unimaginable cases are unreported. Victims are either afraid to report, don’t know what to do, or have been bullied into submission; either by society or individuals. What are we, as a school, doing about it? The district plans on inviting Emily Weddle, of the Manhattan Pregnancy Testing Centre, to address the entire student body, rather than only the freshmen. Applying the same ‘cure’ on a larger scale will, in this reporter’s opinion, almost certainly be ineffective, especially since the aim will be preventing sex in general. I submit that the class is not comprehensive of the issues of harassment nor domestic violence. This is not to blame the curriculum, but those issues are simply not what it is designed to address. It seems to me that the school is always eager to be the ‘morals police’, after all, students cannot dress themselves properly. However, the fact that student dress codes are often more emphasized than preventing and responding to sex crimes is concerning. It contributes to a culture of victim-blaming. Blogger Libby Anne sums up this idea in her blog Love, Joy, Feminism: Growing up in a conservative evangelical home, I was taught that the way women dress can cause men to ‘stumble,’ i.e. to think lustful thoughts or fall into sexual sin, and that Christian women should dress modestly so as to help their brothers in Christ avoid sin. Cause. Did you see that word? Cause. It wasn’t a typo. I was taught that I could cause a man to fall into sexual sins by dressing immodestly. In other words, if I dressed revealingly his sexual sin would be my responsibility, my fault. As a teen, I accepted this as a matter of course and was very careful about how I dressed. I never stopped to realize the full implications of this teaching. Rape culture. The idea that a woman who is raped must have been asking for it, that women who dress scantily are asking for it, that somehow, when a woman is raped, it’s her own fault. This idea that men can’t control themselves, that they can’t help it, that they are innocent victims of seductress females. The idea that when men express their sexuality in-

appropriately it must have been some woman’s fault for leading him on with her revealing clothing or

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Libby Anne demeanor This applies to harassment-blaming just as well. “Just boys being boys.” Assuming, that mistreating women is inherent to being male, hurts not only women but men who treat women as equals, condemning them to forever feel less ‘manly’ than those who use their power, entrusted by genetics in strength and by society in patriarchy, to hurt, abuse and tear down women for no reason other than that they can. This is not to be construed to mean that every case where a child makes an inappropriate comment that he is a harasser. Children will make unintentional sexual comments as mistakes from time to time. But we must correct it. By correcting such behavior, at as early an age as possible, we prevent the children from continuing as an adult. At the same time, those offences committed with intent, where inappropriate and causing disturbance to the victim, need a swift and strong response. The school needs to crack down on sexual

“I think that the teachers have tried to stop it in the past… [but] some of the girls said that they were OK with it, and the teachers gave up, because they can’t tell if its OK or not.” Morgan (Name Withheld) Senior misconduct and not let up. Immediate protection comes first. At the same time, new education needs to be implemented. What is needed is a “Contract with CHS”. I propose a conference between students and administrators. A meeting between students and policy-makers, with blunt honesty all around, can help create new policy which is more effective at the ‘locker’-level. We can identify ‘hot-zones’ in the school and increase protection in those zones, as proposed by Dr. Nan Stein, in her authoritative paper Shifting Boundaries, which was recognized as one of two approaches with a high degree of proven effectiveness by the Center of Disease Control (CDC) I also recommend we adopt her teaching guide Flirting or Hurting? A Teacher’s Guide on Student-to-Student Sexual Harassment in Schools for Grades 6 through 12. “I think it all started in middle school, 7th grade, or so, the guys started to do this to us,” says Morgan1.

That the start of the offences coincides with the onset of puberty is disconcerting, for it shows that boys are taught from the beginning to treat girls this way. We must correct the issue before it becomes a problem. Tommy Kessler1 has harassed five different women. A teacher at CMS told one of the victims, Tommy’s project partner, that she could “...punch him if he did it again,... I told my daughter the same thing if someone did it to {‘goosed’} her” (ie, pinch her breasts); when reported for harassing one girl in class his freshman year, by making sexual comments, and, on one occasion, groping, he changed seats. Tommy1 was once verbally reprimanded for his lewd comments in the hallway. While sitting with his friends on a bench, they observed a female student bending down, allowing them to see down her blouse. “Whoa!”, he said, “Drop stuff more often!”. His friend chimed in, “My testosterone levels just shot way up! F**k!” Telling the victims to resort to taking justice into their own hands; though, is not right. Schools have disciplinarians and, if necessary, police. Why is more not done? 1. Proper reporting mechanisms are not in place, or, at least, are not known, “ I think that the teachers have tried to stop it in the past… [but] some of the girls said that they were OK with it, and the teachers gave up, because they can’t tell if its OK or not,” said Morgan1, 2. The faculty do not sufficiently understand the consequences of sexual harassment. “Little girls always tease little boys and little boys always tease little girls”, as the Justice Antonin Scalia said; however, harassment which is ‘severe, pervasive and objectively offensive’ not only renders the excuse moot, but under Davis v. Monroe County BOE renders USD 473 financially liable to civil tort if they react with ‘deliberate indifference’. This is not currently the case, but we must be careful here. 3. Many of the perpetrators are ‘popular’. That gives them power. Those not quite at the highest level of popularity can still muster enough power to go after so-called “sluts” or “hoes ”. The fact that some women are classified this way is demeaning and dangerous; for it gives certain people implicit permission to treat them as less than a person. WE are a historically patriarchal society; but we do not have to anymore. We must progress. Although ‘progressive’ is often equated to ‘democrat’ or ‘liberal’, this issue crosses all party, ethnic, and other lines. An end to the scourge of sexual despoliation enhances us all, but requires all of us to unite against it. For more log on to chapmanirish.net Names changed for privacy.

Recently, the Salvation Army started an ad campaign with the popular ‘dress’, made popular by Twitter, about sexual abuse and harassment. (courtesy of InTouch Weekly)

The Dickinsonian March 13, 2015 Issue 4

Athletes of the Month

Jake Stoneberger 11th What does it mean to you to get this award? “ I feel like all my hard work is paying off.” What did you do to recieve the award? “I always give 100 percent of my effort

Jessie Heiman 11th What does it mean to you to get this award? “It’s nice to see that my coach is identifying all the hard work i’m putting in.”

DK Sports

Making Use of Dead Time CHS athletes improve on their strength as well as continue to compete in off-season Tucker Moloney Reporter

very winter with all focus being on basketball and wrestling, one group here at CHS gets overlooked. This would be the powerlifting team, which has quietly shared their own success and works just as hard as any other sport. This is another sport that practices almost everyday and competes just like everyone else does. They have participated in three meets already this year in Royal Valley, BasehorLinwood, and They will have two more, one in Horton and state in Clay Center to finish up the winter. Powerlifting consists of

weight classes much like wrestling and is determined among individual ability much like wrestling. Winning is based on the amount one can lift in each of what’s referred to as the core lifts; bench, squats, and cleans. Now each event has its own placings for people to take individual lift bragging rights. However they take all of your lifts and combine how much you can do all together, also referred to as your total lift weight. “I honestly love powerlifting, i believe it is my third sport and treat it the same as any other athletic event.” Junior Chris Hansen said. The thing is it doesn’t count

disagree. Now these are very good points and could be the difference. The point about not enough practice and lack of amount of attendance required. However no matter what your opinion, Powerlifting is out there. Not only does it make you better for everything else, you can still compete and have the competitive spirit in the time off. It’s something that will continue to flourish with the amount of people interested and give non winter athletes a chance to better themselves and compete while they are stuck in the winter offseason.

Chapman High School hosted the 2015 sub-state tournament with success E Tucker Moloney Reporter

However this year our teams won’t have that problem, as we are hosting the substate tournament right here in Chapman. Allowing our teams a chance to play with homecourt advantage and get another chance for seniors to play in front of the home crowd. The tournament is Thursday March 5th, through Saturday March 7th. With the boys teams playing on Thursday, the girls Friday, and the championship games being held on saturday. All of these being held here in Chapman at the District gymnasium. What’s also new this year is the teams playing in this region of sub-state. The schools including obviously the hosts our hometown Irish and Lady Irish as well as the Rock Creek Mustangs

and Lady Mustangs, Santa Fe Trail Chargers and Lady Chargers, and conference foe Clay Center Tigers and Lady Tigers. Now the season has been played out all the teams have also been seeded and the matchups are set. On the boys side Rock Creek is the one seed and will be playing the fourth seed Tigers from Clay Center. Then the two seed Santa Fe Trail Chargers playing the three seed hometown Irish. On the girls side the one seed Clay Center Lady Tigers are playing the fourth seed Rock Creek Lady Mustangs, with the two seed Lady Irish playing the three seed Lady Chargers from Santa Fe Trail. The winners of each game playing eachother for the right of being sub-state champions

Favorite CHS spring athlete?

Favorite spring sport?

Favorite big play or event?

Favorite concessions stand food?

Any Pitcher

Softball

A pickle or rundown

Hot Dogs

Golf

Hole-inone

Hamburgers

Track

High Jump

Cheesy Hot Dogs

very year when teams go through the grueling summer heat with the early morning lifting sessions and the time taken out of their vacation to work on their game. This all leading up into the season and all the hard work in practices and scheduling extra time to put work in around their school schedules. All of this leading up to the ultimate goal in winning in the state tournament, but getting their to begin with is the bigger challenge. That means going through the four team single elimination also known as sub-state. Which is always tough going somewhere else and having to play in someone elses gym without the backing of the home crowd.

and playing in the state tournament.

The student section cheers on the boys basketball teams at their game vwesus Santa Fe Trail. They boys won 55-45. (photo by Jennifer Green)

FROM THE CHEAP SEATS

“I always try to work as hard as possible.

Justsin Hultgren

Kody Busing

as a sport and isn’t recognized as one, even as many believe it can be one taking place at the same time as other winter sports and practicing almost as much as the others. It can’t be counted on the lack of events either, counting the meets they attend on saturday mornings. However with all this being said not everyone agrees with this argument. “I don’t believe Powerlifting should be counted as a sport because practice is only three days a week and unlike other sports attendance to practice and meets is not required” Senior Cody Blocker said. Now it is interesting to think with the argument made that even on the team would people

Home Court Advantage

What did you do to deserve the award?

Jasmine Erlandson

Kade Sims Alex Maulsby

Spring Break Safety Tips

The Dickinsonian March 13, 2015 Entertainment Issue 4

Recipes for Spring Break

Abby Chewing Reporter

hether traveling across the United States or getting your passport and traveling across the ocean to a new country there are multiple things you should keep in mind while going on your Spring Break trip. Know Your Destination • Before buying any type of tickets, or planning to go to any hotel do thorough research on the place that you are going. • Learn about the local people's cultural beliefs. You don’t want to accidentally insult any of the people there. • Make sure it’s safe, if there is any high crime rate, or tourist ending up missing, I would suggest to avoid that area. • Get information about unfamiliar tour operators. You can contact things like the: Student and Youth Travel Association or the Better Business Bureau, to find if a tour system is legitimate. Know Your Roads • It’s easy to get lost, even with a map. Try to see if there is any tips online about the best roads to take to get through the town/ city. • Always ask for help if you do get lost, a good idea would be to go into a business, not asking a stranger.

Mara Karrigan Reporter

Know the People You Hang With • Don’t wander alone around in places that are unknown. • Trust your instincts. Even if you meet people on your trip and they seem friendly, they might not have the best intentions, so if you hang out with somebody new, make sure you are also by people you trust. • Don't give out personal information or tell strangers what hotel you're staying in or where you're going.

Plan Ahead

• Being spontaneous isn’t always a bad thing. But make sure that you limit to yourself to only doing it once or twice. • Figure out what you want to achieve during the trip, and plan that ahead of time so you can be ready when you arrive at your destination. • Have a backup plan if something doesn’t work out.

Have Fun

• Vacation is supposed to be a time of relaxation, don’t stress over anything. Just enjoy the time you have, even if you are traveling across the world, or staying in your own bed.

Pack Carefully • Don’t overpack, and don’t stress about what you could forget. There is always shops that you can pick up anything that you might accidently forget. • Leave a little room for anything you buy at the place you're traveling, such as new clothes, souvenirs, or even momentos.

pring break is fun, but why spend your spring break eating the same junk over and over again for the whole week? Here are two recipes to add flavor to your spring break. No Bake Cookies (Warning: peanut allergies) • 2 cups white sugar • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder • 1/2 cup milk • 1/2 cup margarine • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1 pinch salt • 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter • 3 cups quick cooking oats Directions 1. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, cocoa, milk and margarine. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oats. 2. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Allow cookies to cool for at least 1 hour. Store in an airtight container. Cinnamon Apple Chex Mix • 5 cups Wheat Chex® cereal • 1 cup lightly salted whole almonds • 1/4 cup butter or margarine • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 cup dried apples • 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt-covered raisins Directions 1. In large microwaveable bowl, mix cereal and almonds. 2. In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and cinnamon uncovered on High about 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until mixture is boiling; stir. Pour over cereal mixture, stirring until evenly coated. Microwave uncovered on High 3 minutes, stirring and scraping bowl after every minute. Stir in apples; microwave uncovered on High about 2 minutes or until apples just begin to brown on edges. 3. Spread on waxed paper or foil to cool, about 15 minutes. Place in serving bowl, stir in yogurt-covered raisins. Store in airtight container.

What to do while you’re at home during

Spring Break MOnday

1. Have a Movie Marathon! gather all of your favorite movies and a bowl of popcorn and spend the day watching your favorites! to bring the fun up a notch, invite a friend over to watch with you. You can also up your viewing game, by creating a fort out of blankets and sheets or decorating the room with the theme of all of your movies. Having a movie marathon can be so much fun in many ways over spring break!

Tuesday

2. relax. Spring Break is your week off after all, so use some of the time to sit back and relax. You could relax by simply laying on the couch for a few minutes and watch tv and have snacks, or if the weather is nice go outside and tan a bit! You could also take a leisurely stroll to your neighborhood park or creek. enjoying your time over spring break is simple and a fun thing to do.

By: Alyssa Sewell

wednesday Thursday 3. Hang out with your friends. invite your closest friends over to spend the night or hang out. You could go to a movie, shopping or out to eat. Hanging out with your friend is an inexpensive way to enjoy your time over spring break. You could go out with them on plenty of actives, or you could stay home and simply enjoy the company.

4. take a day trip! You don’t have to spend all of your time inside during spring break. if the weather is nice, grab some friends and head to the closest park or campground for a picnic! You could also take a trip to the zoo, i mean, who doesn’t love zoos? Museums are a great place to spend the day, seeing all the new things you could learn, not all learning has to happen in school! Maybe the weather isn’t the greatest, and its cold and snowy, you could take a day to go ice skating! Do something for a day is always sure to add a little fun into Spring Break.

Friday

5. Have Fun! no matter what you do this spring break, be it going to a zoo or laying around and relaxing. You need to make sure you have fun! it’s never any fun to be laying on the couch bored, when you could be out doing something. invite friends over, go out for lunch, learn something new! Yes, spring break may be a time off from school but don’t just lay around, get out there and have fun!