CR Wash Surveyor April 2015

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SURVEYOR Volume 58 Issue 7

27 April 2015

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“Certainly, the Kardashians are the downfall of Western Civilization, so maybe Season One of ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians,’ just as like this is where it all started to go wrong.”

-Adam Witte, Wash language arts teacher

MEET THE STAFF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE “IT’S AN EDITOR!”

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Bridget Williams, Editor-in-Chief Nicole Rizer, Photo Editor Courtney Squires, News Editor Andi Lawrence, Opinions Editor Christian Petersen, Business Manager Lauren Barber, Arts and Entertainment Editor Avery Novak, Profiles Editor Brandon Cullen, Sports Editor Betsy Smith, Webmaster CC courtesy of https://openclipart.org/detail/3502/baby-01

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Bridget Williams Meet the Staff

What’s Inside// 5 News Antigua Guatemala, AP Stress: Is It Worth It?, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

8 Opinions Editorial: More Days or More Hours, Playing the Game Round Two, Kirkwood Stigmas, Roses and Thorns

12 Feature WHS: A Time Capsule

15 ProfIles Featured WLP Artist: Bree Linville, Freshman Bachelor of the Month: Scott Griffin, From Class to Council, Warriors Gone Campin’

17 A&E Vegan Victory,White Rabbit Reviewed, Summer Spotlight, 1D Gets Yoko-ed

20 Sports Soccer Pictures, Spring Sports, Skating Community, Playing After High School

24 Backpage Nicole’s Life as a Warrior

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mission The Surveyor is established as a school-sponsored designated forum dedicated to informing and entertaining its readers.

The staff will report as fairly and well-balanced as possible. All activities and news will be covered to the best of the staff’s ability.

The Surveyor accepts the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics as the basis for good journalism.

Readers are encouraged to express their viewpoints through guest editorials. The Surveyor also welcomes letters to the editor, with these guidelines: it is not libelous or obscene, it explains the material clearly, it is not longer than 500 words, and that it is signed.

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It is the policy of the Cedar Rapids Community School District not to illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (employment only), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and socioeconomic status (students/program only) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. District employees with questions or a grievance related to this policy should contact Jill Cirivello, Director of Human Resources, 319558-2421; jcirivello@cr.k12.ia.us. Students and others should contact Rhoda Shepherd, Director of Student Services, 319-5582964; rshepherd@cr.k12.ia.us. The District mailing address is 2500 Edgewood Rd NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405-1015.

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ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA Emily Burke Staff Writer Guatemala is home to part of the world's most materially impoverished population. However, it is also where one will find an example of humanity's most generous, altruistic and self-sacrificing cultures. A group of Washington Warriors took the opportunity to experience this lifestyle for themselves on a trip to Antigua, located just under the country's capital, Guatemala City, for their spring break vacation.

Spanish teacher, James Burke, was the leader of this year's team of 20 students. "I had been thinking and looking for a long time for a way to expose high school kids to the language and culture and social

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justice issues that got me excited about Spanish in college. In 2012 a group of four Guatemalan guys were in Cedar Rapids promoting their new organization, ImagininGuate," explained Burke. "We (Washington Spanish department) got a call from them asking if we would be interested in hearing their presentation, so we put together a quick assembly for some of the Spanish classes. As they were talking I realized that it sounded like the perfect program for high school kids." Burke tagged along with a kirkwood group that was already affiliated with ImagninGuate in the summer of 2013, and decided that high school students would indeed benefit from the experience just as much as he did. This past spring break was the second Washington group that he has taken to Antigua and plans on continuing the trip each year that there is interest.

Along with James Burke was parent chaperone, Sashi Eck. The student members of the group were Ashley Hageman (‘18), Serena Eck (‘18), Scott Griffin (‘18), Nathaniel Burke (‘18), Emily LaGrange (‘17), Rita Daoud (‘17), Katarina Newcamp (‘17), Grace Bryant (‘16), Alice Tosi (‘16), Stone MacNamara (‘16), Darian Thompson (‘16), Maya Altemeier (‘16), Molly Fox (‘16), Jerri Dale Temple (‘16), Amelia Rodriguez (‘16), Hannah Madsen (‘16), Samuel Eck (‘16), Connor Jacobmeyer (‘16), Emily Burke (‘16) and Lydia Kratovil (‘15).

Each student in the group devoted their break to helping those less fortunate than themselves. Prior to leaving Cedar Rapids, the group

collected an impressive pile of donations that they packed up and took down to donate. While in Guatemala, the group partook in numerous activities. Many were service-oriented, such as providing a traditional Guatemalan lunch to families living on the local garbage dump. Some were educational, such as their participation in a Mayan

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ceremony conducted by a Mayan leader. And others were activities particularly unique to Guatemala, such as a two hour hike to the top of a volcano and visiting an HIV orphanage.

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ImagininGuate's main focus, however, is for each group that comes to build 16 by 12 foot homes for families that would otherwise be living in shacks and sleeping on dirt floors. One house

“It just really shows you how thankful they are for something that seems so small to us� is built by every five volunteers, so this year's team was able to build a

house for four families in was such a good way to practice my need. Each home consists of Spanish. All of this applies to this a cinder block foundation, year's trip as well. Having last year's a concrete-drywall product activities repeated didn't stop me from that makes up the walls, a enjoying them just as much, if not steel roof, a door, a window more. I really hope I can go on the and tile flooring. The house is completed at the end of the fourth day of building, and the volunteers present the house to the families.

"We played with the children on our worksite everyday and on the last day a member of my building team asked a little boy if he wanted to come back to America with us. His response was 'No, because I'm excited to sleep in my new Photo courtesy of Maya Altemeier house!' It just really shows trip again next year," said Tosi. you how thankful they are Several of the 2015 group for something that seems so members say they also want to return small to us," said Rodriguez. for a second or even third time. "It's Many of the students that just a really meaningful experience were part of this years group to improve someone's life so were also part of last year's dramatically with such little sacrifice group. Among the returnees was on your end. Not only do they show Alice Tosi. "I decided to come back you endless love, but you can truly because of how great an experience it see how thankful they are for your was last year. Building the houses and help. I would recommend this trip to interacting with the people there all,"said Madsen. are already fantastic on their own, Photo courtesy of Emily Burke but the way the program also includes other, more touristy activities that allow us to see multiple facets of Guatemala makes it even better. I also loved the experience of living with host families because

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McKinstry AP Stress: is it Worth it? Claire Staff Writer As students worldwide reluctantly begin to drag out their old flashcards, lifesaving AP review books, and other test prep necessities, a familiar question may pop into their heads.

“Is it worth it?” students may ask themselves, referring to the stress that goes hand in hand with the annual AP tests. Although some students feel confident that they’ll earn college credit, others aren’t so sure, and don’t want to stress over a potentially looming reward when nothing is certain.

Another AP test concern is if college credit is even offered for particular courses, which, “depends completely on the college, the department, and the score,” said Dr. Ralph Plagman, who went on to list many other advantages of the tests, such as, “better housing options, better course choice, and [you] get to be a sophomore quicker. The best advice is if you think you’ll do okay on the test, take it.”

AP Language and Composition

and AP Literature are two classes that together pose a concern. Almost always, only one of the two AP test scores of these courses is accepted by colleges for credit. The predicament of whether or not to take both AP tests often evokes the “Is it worth it?” question in many students.

“There seems to be some evidence that taking the class and taking the test, regardless of how well you do on the test, [leads to] better success in college. I don’t know why that is but there seems to be some reason why taking the test forces a person to think about it in a way that is more focused and more emphatic than simply taking the class,” said Adam Witte, a Language and Composition teacher at Washington High School.

Harrison Baty, ’15, is a student who doesn’t see the value in taking every single AP test. “I’m not taking the Econ. AP test because I don’t feel confident enough in the class and I don’t want to relearn everything. I don’t usually get stressed out about

tests, but when I have to study for them it’s kind of a pain. I didn’t look forward to going through that because it does kind of stress you out,” said Baty.

Of course, many students endure the stress and take the tests, regardless of whether or not college credit is offered for the course. “I found myself taking some classes that I think might not be useful in terms of getting college credit, but I still take them. I think part of it is just how much it’s pushed in our school to take AP classes and tests,” said Alice Tosi ’16.

Although students may feel like their self image, future, or intellectual ability depend on these tests, that’s far from true. AP exams are to receive college credit, among other college perks, but if a student doesn’t feel confident in their ability to take a particular exam, it’s not the end of the world if they choose not to.

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with Trevor Noah

“The Daily Show”, a daily news program that runs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central, has been a game changer in the face of network news programs in the last several years. The host, Jon Stewart, strays away from the traditional broadcast journalism rule of just reading the news. He not only reads the news, he uses satire and comedy to give the news a surprising combination of both laughter and important information. He often has famous guests that are involved in politics, sports, and entertainment.

The show has lately become one

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of the leading ways that people, especially young people, have started to get their news.

“I’d definitely say that it’s the way that I get most of my news,” said Washington language arts teacher and WLP adviser David Duer. “I think that overall, I get more international news from The Daily Show than I get from any other network news channel.”

On Feb. 11, Stewart announced to the world that he will be leaving the show after 16 years so that he can retire. It wasn’t long before another comedian, Trevor Noah, was hired

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to take his place. Noah is a biracial Christian from South Africa who was raised by a white father and black mother. He has been one of South Africa’s most well-known comedians as of late. He has also made cameo appearances on the show as one of Jon Stewart’s correspondents.

“I’m thrilled for the show and for Trevor,” Jon Stewart said in an official statement. “He’s a tremendous comic and talent that we’ve loved working with.”

Stewart also added that he “may rejoin as a correspondent just to be a part of it.”

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Staff Editorial: More Days More Hours At some point, someone in the Cedar Rapids Community School District office decided that we should stop counting instructional time based on a full school day—that rather, we should start keeping track of the hours spent in school. That person has got their way in the end: at the start of the 2014-2015 school year, Cedar Rapids schools made the switch from days to hours.

The decision was met with some trepidation, but in August it was impossible to know exactly how we might be affected. Only time could tell—and tell it has. Seven months later, it’s pretty clear that, at the very least, this is the wrong answer to a very difficult problem.

Every year in Cedar Rapids, what with school cancellations and delays, we find the school year stretching into the first or second week of June. The switch from days to hours was meant to keep that from happening. More

importantly, counting hours has the huge advantage of ensuring that we make up as much lost instruction time as possible.

Unfortunately, this year we’ve missed enough school that, rather than continue adding on days to the end of the school year, the district has decided to lengthen the remaining school days by adding on twenty minutes until the end of this year, taking effect after spring break ends.

Period two now starts at 8:05 AM, and period seven ends at 3:15 PM. Setting aside school bus scheduling problems, and the irritation of both having to learn a new agenda and being forced to spend twenty more minutes in school every day, and this “solution” is still obnoxiously ineffective. Whole days and entire lesson plans have been missed, and a few extra minutes in class every day cannot possibly make up for those hours of cancelled school.

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This solution allows more time for the topic we are covering this week in class, but doesn’t provide the space needed to fit in the entire lesson plans which have been missed—not to mention the fact that this doesn’t even begin to cover the valuable time lost in Wash’s numerous AP classes.

Of course, adding on days to the end of the school year has also always been fairly ineffective—and not just for seniors and AP students.

Everyone knows how hard it is to pay attention in class in the last few weeks of school—and that it’s even harder when summer break should’ve already started!

The problem is a tricky one—and so far, there hasn’t been a good answer. Maybe, there isn’t one.

Either way, this particular solution is infinitely more aggravating than the old one.

1) The old method; adding days on to the end of the school year.

2) The new method; lengthening the remaining days of school.

Totals: 9th grade: #1= 6 #2= 22 10th grade: #1= 3 #2=7 11th grade: #1=10 #2=12 12th grade: #1=27 #2=5 No grade: #1=13 #2=16 Totals: #1= 59 #2=62

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Playing the Game Round 2

to jump through to get to the next level, a thought many students, along with myself, think when skipping out on assignments or ‘checking work’ when borrowing a friend’s homework. Some will do almost anything just to get these four years over with, but high school is important for building future life habits, an idea that many may forget. “Those [students] who think that, it’s to their great detriment, those habits and values can’t be easily erased, and I think those kids who think that about high school mostly struggle in college and usually don’t last very long because they can’t reverse their attitude and behavior and habits they acquired,” said Plagman.

Whether you’re a player of the game or not, manipulating the system or using the occasional cheat code will get you to the end result, but you won’t learn anything along the way. Isn’t that the whole point?

I know for me, that the final level is around the corner.

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it’s impossible to succeed without a high GPA. With so much emphasis on grades alone it can take away from the actual learning experience and what high school is meant for, and can cause some students to go to extreme levels. This emphasis on grades pushes some students to cheat. The standards set by these cheaters are unrealistic for students who are already trying their hardest, and are still struggling.

“We recognize grades [but I don’t think we do so] excessively. We give academic numeral letters, but that’s easily accessible for large numbers of students and they can use that as an incentive,” said Dr. Ralph Plagman, Wash principal.

The constant yearn for students to improve their GPA creates a lot of stress and competition between students, which can sometimes push students to try harder but many times pushes them to take short cuts.

This also creates stress on students which is known to be unhealthy.

High school doesn’t always seem that important and is just a hoop

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“I’ve played a game for the last four years at Anna Rizer Washington Staff Writer High School, learning the strategies and shortcuts for getting around the board without landing on “luxury tax” or “going to jail”...the game is getting through Wash as efficiently as possible and into college.”

This is an excerpt from a 2011 article “Playing the Game of High School”, written by former Wash student Brian Kopec, ’11, that we discussed in my U.S. Humanities class. Throughout the article Kopec talked about the emphasis on grades vs learning, GPA-booster classes, and how to do the minimal amount of work (whether that means cheating or exchanging work with others) while beating 91 percent of his class. Nearly 100 percent of my class agreed with Kopec and the points made, myself included.

In today’s world of education,

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For most people, seniors and otherwise, when thinking of a college a big university Lauren Barber is the A&E Editor first thing to come to mind. The next thing, if a big university isn’t for you, is usually a community college, with the most popular one at Wash being Kirkwood Community College, or better known as just Kirkwood. However, it seems that Kirkwood has a stigma attached to it that it is for people who are too scared to leave home, aren’t good enough for a big university, and overall other negative things.

Kirkwood is not deserving of any of those negative stigmas, and when considering a college, I would make

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sure to give Kirkwood more than just a glance.

Recently, I visited Kirkwood for a college journalism conference and while I was there I had the pleasure of talking to Doug Bannon, Dean of Admissions and Student Life at Kirkwood and what he had to say about Kirkwood really opened my eyes. During the visit Bannon made, he talked about the many reasons students should attend Kirkwood.

Though coming from the Dean of Admissions, they may be a bit biased, his points are no less true. One of the first big issues on every college bound student’s mind is cost, and Kirkwood is well equipped to solve that problem for you.

Currently, Kirkwood offers a presidential scholarship for incoming freshman for $5,000, and the only stipulations to get this scholarship are a 3.5 GPA and a 25 on the ACT. Since the average semester cost for

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a full time Iowa resident is only $2,175, this makes your first year of college virtually free. In addition to the presidential scholarship, the new Golden Opportunity scholarship makes it possible to attain free tuition once again. If your FAFSA application meets certain requirements, Kirkwood will pay the difference between the financial aid and the total tuition cost, making paying off the debt much easier, if you have any debt at all.

Overall, Kirkwood is a great option for people who are interested in solely a two year degree or are unsure of what they currently want to study and need some time to figure out what they are passionate about. With incredibly affordable tuition and a location not too far from most Wash student’s homes, give Kirkwood more than a quick glance when looking for a school in the upcoming years.

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WHS: A TIME CAPSULE Bridget Williams Editor-in-Chief

PUT IT IN A TIME CAPSULE Bottles of vodka. Cell phones.

A copy of “The Lorax.” Rolling papers. Cell phones. “Keeping up with the Kardashians: Season One.” Chewed up pieces of gum. A used condom. Cell phones. Twitter. A pair of Jordans. Two McDonald’s cheeseburgers. Instagram. Cash.

Cell phones. Pictures. Top ’40s hits.

An issue of the Washington Literary Press. Cell phones. Marijuana. A yearbook. iPhone cases, old to new.

A chart comparing carbon dioxide and global temperatures. A pair of leggings. A pair of yoga pants.

Bitcoins. A Starbucks cup. Video games. Cell phones. An issue of the Surveyor.

This is our time capsule.

What would you put in a time capsule to represent our generation?

“That’s actually…holy s**t uhh…,” said Jacob Reth, ’15.

The question was hard for people to answer, and when they finally did, the answers were still complicated.

“I would say like, if it was capable to put Twitter in there I would, but you can’t. That’s the difficult thing about our generation is it’s all online and it’s not like, tangible stuff,” said

Jackson Smith, ’17.

People tried to figure out how to make it work, with solutions involving screenshots, cutouts of social media icons, and printed out profiles.

“Yeah it’s kind of hard to represent our generation in a time capsule because it’s all digitized, unless if the time capsule itself was a computer with everything on it,” said Alice Tosi, ’16.

Still, tangible symbols of our generation do exist. Packs of teens continue to be defined by pieces of fabric and branded vernacular.

History continues to pause and play again.

“One object? I would say just a complete outfit of what people generally wear. Each generation kind of has their different…but then again there are past things, like old vintage stuff is coming back today, so I don’t know. Maybe in 40 years this stuff could be right there too,” said Kyle Williams, ’15.

Though in this century, tangible symbols seem to come from intangible places.

“It’s so hard, there’s just so many things…I don’t know, a screenshot of the swagged urban dictionary page,”

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said Emmanuel Hidalgo-Wohlleben, ’17. “It seems like we’re moving more and more to like an acronym based communication, especially when we use social media so much.

I mean, you know, we’ve got 150 characters so.”

On fonem. Squad. Tru. Insta. Turn up. Feat. On fleek. Swag. Bae. Basic.

TBH. Thirsty. Hashtag. I’m Dead.

This is the language we speak. This is our native and evolving tongue.

“I would put like…I mean you’ve got to put drugs in there because our generation is kind of messed up with drugs,” said Kemp Harriel, ’16.

This was a recurring theme, the second most answered.

“Vodka and marijuana…because that’s what everyone does so yeah…

You’re not going to put this in the Surveyor,” said Hunter Smith, ’15.

The top answer, our generation’s true symbol, is an obvious one.

“Probably an iPhone,” said Harrison Baty, ’15.

“I feel like we should put an iPhone in the time capsule,” said Cole Malcolm, ’15.

“Smart phones are of our generation literally. I mean we started off ourselves with brick phones, and now everyone has a smartphone and

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like if you look at the stereotype of teens in our age they’re on their smartphones all the time, so I think that’s definitely what we should put in the time capsule,” said Tosi.

“Like a cell phone or something, that way we could come back and be like ‘oh my gosh this is like primitive,’ because it’ll be 40 years in the future,” said Donny Lyon, ’15.

“Put an iPhone in there, you see?

You feel me?” said Reth.

“An iPhone case…because we can’t put a real iPhone in there,” said Katie Kigan, ’15.

She’s right. A sacrifice would be called for.

hangs on.

“Maybe we’ll be like flying everywhere, I don’t know. We’ll have like little flying machines, we can just fly wherever we want,” said Claire Schneidermann, ’17.

For most, this was no longer the vision, but when did that vision end?

INTO THE FUTURE “I think it looks pretty much like it looks right now,” said Terry Kahler, Wash Biology teacher. “Well, first of all 100 years isn’t all that long.

I never thought we would be flying in cars 40 years ago. I don’t think anybody thought that seriously. I think we’ll be overpopulated. I think food will be at a premium. I think that for the most part, transportation methods will be kind of like what they are today, based upon maybe not fossil fuels, but electricity. I think housing will be more solar, less wind…I think that the world will be toxic, but it’s toxic now.”

There were various foreseen pathways for the future. What it’s like now, with some technological upgrades; a toxic wasteland, water and glaciers removed; a fresh start on another planet; an international war zone; a couple steps backwards to go forwards; and even the Jetson-esque, “Futurama,” flying car utopia still

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“When everybody said it was going to happen in the 2000s, then the 2000s came and went and everyone was like ‘oh nothing’s changed,’” said Kate Lawrence, ’17.

Even those who brought it up seemed to think of it more as a popularized movie setting, than a legitimate prediction. *A conversation between Denae Wauqua-Diaz (’15), Leshaun Lesser (’15), and myself* “Do you see iPhones lasting forever?”

“Bluetooth with us all the time, just

telepathic,” said Lesser.

“They might stick something in our brains and you can think the number in your head and it will like tele-whatever to the other person and you know you can talk to each other through your heads,” said Diaz.

“You blink and it answers the call,” said Lesser.

“Do you guys really see that?”

Collective laughter.

“Maybe,” said Diaz.

“I’m creative,” said Lesser.

And for some, the machine will truly take over.

“I picture us becoming cyborgs,” said Jacob Mason Marshall, Wash Language Arts teacher.

A common concern was the environment, whether we’d do something about climate change or run resources dry.

“Remember the movie ‘WALL-E?’ I always think of ‘WALL-E’ when I think of the future. I think it’s like right on. I see it like a mix between “Avatar” and ‘WALL-E,’ on some other planet that we try to exploit to get resources. Eventually, I don’t know it seems kind of out there but… the chances of us finding another planet with water and life is pretty slim to none, but if we did, I bet we’d exploit it pretty quickly,” said JP Graham, Wash environmental science teacher.

While a fair amount of people believed things would get better, a movement would ensue, and technological advancements would lead to greener energy, others believed it’s too late to do anything about climate change, even now.

“Everyone needs to wake up,” said Lilly Hartman, ’15.

“It’s too late already,” said Kigan.

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“We’re going to have no water.”

“No glaciers,” said Hartman.

An overwhelming amount of people interviewed brought up the environment, what they hope for the future in terms of emissions and green spaces, and that in a video to the

“I would say socialize because I think that in a hundred years people will be so adapted to technology and not be nearly as social as we are now,” said Brandon McGriff, ’17.

Talking about what the future should know led to who we are, things we find in both the headlines and the halls, and future the message would be to keep where those things come from. the earth clean.

“I think that racism is coming “I think talk is cheap. It’s not too back again. I feel like it’s late to change the way it is, but until coming back and I feel like the Bionic Woman it becomes an economy, it won’t N word’s being used a lot and I Graphic by Kyla Yuza happen,” said Kahler. don’t appreciate it, like you see modify organisms too,” said Lori And from Peter Clancy, Wash a lot of people, you know, walk Human Geography teacher, when up and down the hallway like ‘what’s Johnson, Wash secretary.

This is Washington High School, faced with questions of the fate of up my N word.’ And it’s like that’s classes of 2015-18 and faculty, our world, our relation with other so rude…the word means ‘you’re a countries, what the future will be like worthless person’ and for me to know sending our voices to the future, but when will the future come? socially, in terms of technology, and that that’s what they used for slaves “We are the future. The thing with environmentally. back then, it doesn’t need to be used the future is that you will never reach “It’s so much…It’s Friday,” said now,” said Kamryn Heidelberg, ’18. the future because like in the ’60s Clancy.

But can words die? How do words get left behind in time capsules, while they’re like ‘oh 20 years from now we’re going to have flying cars.’ Stuff others continue to be popularized?

WHAT WOULD YOU “I think it’s because of the music. evolves, but it evolves really slowly, a SAY TO THE FUTURE? A lot of it’s in the music,” said lot slower than you think it will,” said Jackson Smith.

Heidelberg.

Here lies our time capsule, “To the future kids? I’m going to Talks also fostered reflections of considerations of what we hope is to tell them to not follow the media and our political culture, what the future come, what we see as inevitable, and be who they are because most people will look at in the same way we look who we are. now trying to be like the raps they at the Civil Rights movement.

“The future relies on me? I would listening to, everybody’s trying to “They’ll be like what? You didn’t say…what would you say JJ?” said gangbang now so that’s bad,” said let gay people be together,” said Baty.

Tayzha Stewart, ’18.

Nyafe Nehemiah Nkombe, ’15.

“Dress cute every day,” said JJ “Why did we pump our meat full Many fear a future where human Gray, ’16. interaction is left behind. of antibiotics and, like, genetically

Here lies our time capsule, considerations of what we hope is to come, what we see as inevitable, and who we are. \\

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Q&A with featured WLP Artist:

Avery Novak Profiles Editor

Bree Linville

How would you describe your style of art?

I just do it. I don’t really have a style.

What do you mainly do?

I mostly draw and paint, with some other stuff too occasionally.

When did you start becoming interested in art?

When I was 12 I wanted to be a shoe designer, and until I was 16, that was my goal in life. Since then I’ve been dedicated to art.

Where do you pull inspiration?

Everywhere. Everywhere is art

What are your favorite subjects to draw or paint?

Right now I’m mostly doing people for my AP studio art portfolio but I also like doing nature I heard you’re attending Minneapolis College of Art and Design, what are you majoring in there?

Hopefully illustration, but I could also do graphic design, or a combination of the two.

Do you have any advice to someone who wants to pursue art?

Be OK with the fact that you’re alwyas going to always hate looking at your past works but you’re going to be proud of them in the moment, and not to be scared of going into a career in art, you’re going to be OK. Describe your ideal painting environment I have a little studio space in my basement and I do a lot of my paintings there at around 2AM after I get done with all of my other homework. It’s a lot of exhaustion, mixed with paint that just smells awful, in a dark space. So it’s very cool.

What do you want to do for a career?

I want to either work at Pixar and create stories for them or illustrate children’s books.

Photos courtesy of Bree Linville

Who are some of your favorite artists?

Eric Carlisle is one of my huge ones for illustration, I like Shel Silverstein, just because he’s weird, but also classically I like Rembrandt and Caillebotte.

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Avery Novak Profiles

Freshman Bachelor of the Month: Scott Griffin Kate Nash

Staff Writer

While looking for the next freshmen bachelor, the captain of the 9th/10th grade soccer team caught the Surveyor’s eye. Scott Griffin is an active member of the soccer team, men’s golf, and the freshmen show choir group, “Vivace.”

When it comes to finding a girl, Griffin would prefer someone who “probably should be nice, not very shy,... and definitely not Rielle.” For his ideal dream date Griffin would like to “hang at my house in my basement watching Netflix or something. Nothing too out there where you need to spend a lot of money.”

Besides sports and Netflix, Griffin is interested in other things as well.

In his free time he enjoys playing soccer, watching TV, and “hang[ing] with people I hate on the weekends… like Rielle...I like to eat Chinese food too.” Griffin likes all types of music, except country and metal. There aren’t a lot people who don’t know about Griffin. “I’m an open book,” he says. When asked what his favorite movie is he commented, “Well my most memorable movie would be ‘Black Devil Doll from Hell’. It’s from the ’80s and is horrifying.. I don’t recommend it.”

If this well rounded soccer stud sounds like your type, maybe you’ll catch him at a local chinese restaurant watching Netflix on his phone.

Photo by Nicole Rizer

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From class to council Emily LaGrange

Staff Writer

There are staff within the walls of Washington High School that are not only changing the lives of students, but also the lives of others within our community. Jen Yukl, a paraeducator at Wash, has been part of the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County (IRC) for five years.

On Sunday Apr. 12, the IRC put on a Holocaust commemoration service, with the help of the Thaler Holocaust Memorial Fund, at the Mount Mercy Chapel from 7 PM to 9 PM. A woman named Renata Laxova spoke about her life experiences during the Holocaust.

“There will be readings from other people, but the service will be mainly about [Laxova’s] life,” said Yukl before the service.

Laxova also spoke to all of the sophomores in the Cedar Rapids Community School District on Monday Apr. 13 at Coe College during Wash’s third and fourth periods.

The IRC has been around since 1993, its purpose being “to promote understanding, compassion, and acceptance of each other and our beliefs,” as posted on the IRC’s website. They meet once a month, November being their busiest month of the year.

Yukl became involved in the IRC through her church congregation and her religious beliefs and upbringing. She is currently the secretary of the council and a co-chair of Communications. In this, she helps write newsletters, sends emails to people on their email list, helps advertise, and has gotten their website going within the past year. “Mainly I do paperwork right now, and I’ve helped plan other services in the past,” said Yukl of her experience on the council.

Contrary to popular belief, the IRC doesn’t deal with just strictly religious aspects of the community.

The IRC runs a program on KCRG on Sundays at 11 AM called “Ethical Perspectives” in which they discuss controversial topics such as vaccinations, college costs, and whether or not to sentence minors.

“They get people from both sides of a hot topic and have a discussion. It’s a very educational process,” said Yukl.

In these past five years of being on the council, Yukl has learned a lot from her experiences. “I’ve learned to be thankful for what I have.”

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Warriors gone campin’ Addi Westpheling Staff Writer

Photos by Nicole Rizer

Summer is a magical time that is full of the most memorable moments. Some of the best, funniest and just flat out weird memories happen at camp.

Up in Bemidji, Northern Minnesota, camp Thunderbird is where Sam McDermott spends four weeks of his summer. “My friend Jake from elementary school would go to the camp and he moved. I wanted to stay in touch with him so I decided to go up to the camp,” said McDermott, ’17. Younger kids at the camp do activities and go on small trips such as state parks or rivers, once you are older you get the opportunity to go on bigger trips. “Going into ninth grade you go out to the Pacific Northwest and go to Olympic National Park, the Olympic coast, and Cascades National park.” At the camp, there is a diverse selection of activities to take part in like creative arts, waterskiing, windsurfing, lacrosse, and backpacking (just to name a few).

Maya Gonlubol spends a week of her summer creating many art masterpieces at Cook Galleries and Workshops summer camp. Andy Warhol was the artist she studied at the camp. Maya spends her days in the workshop working on a variety of art projects. “We did a screen test one time which is just like a video of you sitting there. I still have it, it’s super cool.” When not busy creating art masterpieces, they read before and after lunch in the courtyard where they play a good game of cricket. “At the end of the week we have a little show in the gallery where we show everything that we did. We all get to bring a guest and show them all the projects we’ve created.” When it’s time to say goodbye to the inspiring week.

“I love all the knowledge I now have of pop art by Andy Warhol. Now Andy Warhol is an obsession of mine and I would have never known it if it weren’t for the camp. I got an Andy Warhol original for Christmas last year because this camp started

me on it.”

At Blue Lake Fine Arts camp in Northern Michigan, Julia Pohlman spends 15 days furthering her experience into her passion for music. Julia attended the camp as a clarinet major “You can choose your major there are all kinds of arts between theater, vocal, dance and all kinds of instrumental,” said Pohlman, ’16. The daily routine starts in the morning with multiple rehearsals, technique classes and sectional classes. Then in the evenings you watch performances that the camp arranges for you to see and clinics. “I absolutely loved my cabin mates we were all juniors and seniors. We were not all the same art so I was roomed with several ballerinas, a cellist, a pianist, two violinist and a percussionist. We all got along super well and had a great time.”

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Avery Novak Profiles

VEGAN VICTORY Betsy Smith Web Editor Photos by Maya Gonlubol

Picture this: 3 girls, 1 kitchen, a ton of fruit and a sweet potato. All the makings of a delicious, 100% vegan and gluten-free flourless chocolate cake.

Now, I’d love to tell you that this cake was super easy, but honestly, things got a little rough at times while baking this. The original directions (from Nutrition Stripped.com) for this cake were slightly lacking in the detail department which, for a majorly novice chef like myself, Caroline and Maya, created utter pandemonium. But the directions have since been revised to better suit the needs of beginner chefs.

As for the cake itself, if you don’t think it is very visually pleasing (as it turns out looking - and tasting - a bit like a cross between a brownie and a Clif bar) then serve with copious amounts of fresh fruit. Just because it might not be externally beautiful, doesn’t mean its interior isn’t incredibly delicious.

Ingredients: Cake: 1 cup fresh blackberry, pulsed (in food processor “medium” (about 7 oz) sweet potato, baked no skin 1 cup dates, pitted 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup almond meal ¼ cup dark chocolate chips, melted ¼ cup coconut oil, melted 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons water 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Garnish: 1 cup blackberries 1 cup strawberries (sliced) 2 plums (sliced) 1 cup raspberries powdered sugar (optional)

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Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400°, peel sweet potato & bake for 40-45, or until soft.

(After sweet potato is finished cooking) Preheat oven to 325° 2. Melt chocolate chips (we used double-boiler method, but microwaving would work as well). Set aside to cool to room temp.

3. Place 1 cup of the blackberries in food processor, pulse until smooth but not liquid. Pour into small mixing bowl and set aside.

4. Place coconut oil, dates, melted chocolate, and sweet potato, into food processor until combined.

5. Mix with pulsed blackberries, stir well, add almond meal and chocolate powder, mix until combined.

6. Add the vinegar, baking powder, baking soda and water to mixture as well, mix until it forms a batter-like consistency.

7. Pour cake batter into springform pan or cast iron, bake for 60 minutes.

8. Let cool before removing from pan, garnish accordingly and serve.

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With its welcoming interior and extensive variety of products, the White Rabbit elevates the shopping experience for the teenage girl in the Cedar Rapids/ Iowa City area. Strings of glittery lights hang from the ceiling, the wooden floors creak when you walk over certain spots, and indie music plays quietly in the background, forming an inviting environment for happy browsing.

Located in downtown Iowa City, the shop offers reasonably priced vintage clothing from leather skirts to high waisted shorts, jelly shoes to cowboy boots, and Hawaiian shirts to vintage sweatshirts. I would describe the White Rabbit as having the charm of a chameleon; their merchandise appeals to many different tastes.

At first glance, not everyone would immediately gravitate to something, but with a little searching, great finds can be discovered.

In addition to vintage clothing, the White Rabbit sells the most unexpected and quirky handmade

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White Rabbit Reviewed

products created by local venders.

This shop is ideal for gift buying.

Their selection is complete with soy candles in mason jars, greeting cards, jewelry, and notebooks bound by old book covers. If you’re itching to find something a little more out of the ordinary, you won’t have to look too far. The shop is not short of sock monkeys, sand art terrariums, crochet cactus plants, and other products that are brilliantly strange.

Someone with a sense of humor would definitely appreciate the offerings at White Rabbit. Besides cards, pins, and T-Shirts with funny sayings there are things like a two-sided door sign for the bathroom which indicates whether the room smells like flowers or otherwise.

Never once have I left White Rabbit without being in a chipper mood. The eclectic style, friendly employees, and comfortable atmosphere create a perfect combination that defies ordinary shopping standards.

Madeline Knutson Staff Writer

Photo by Bridget Williams

Photo by Madeline Knutson

Lauren Barber A&E

Summer Spotlight Population 3,046,355. Area: 56,272 mi^2. Known for producing approximately 2.1 billion bushels of corn.

Exciting. However, if you feel like you are stuck in this vast ocean of fields and farms for your summer, hope may not be lost.

Believe it or not there is a wide range of noteworthy events happening through the next few months. If you are someone who enjoys live music events then you are in luck! There is a wide range of music styles that are represented in various venues throughout the area.

CSPS brings in artists in from all over ranging from singer/songwriters to Celtic bands. For example Runa will be bringing their lyrical Irish music to CSPS on April 30 at 7 p.m.

If you are a person who prefers large well-known acts, Iowa can deliver! Acts like Barenaked Ladies will be performing at the McGrath Amphitheatre in Cedar Rapids on Monday, June 8.

Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines also has some large acts performing over the summer months. These shows include: Kenny Chesney on May 7, Ed Sheeran on June 9, and Dave Matthews Band on June 30.

Not only can Iowa meet your musical needs but Iowa can also provide you with a healthy dose of art. The Iowa Arts Festival, a weekend-long celebration, starts Friday, June 5 in downtown Iowa City. It will be featuring 115 visual artists that will have their works for sale.

Iowa of all places knows everyone needs a good laugh. Lewis Black, a comedian, actor, and author who has sold out shows throughout Europe, Canada, and New Zealand, will be performing stand-up at Riverside Casino and Golf Resort on Saturday, May 30.

So if you find yourself with nothing to do but shuck corn this summer, check out some of these fun filled events!

1D Gets Yoko-ed Graphic By Bree Linville

One Direction has lost its direction.

We teach our children history and tell them it’s to avoid repeating the past; Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles.

We told ourselves it won’t happen again. The events of March 25 tell a different story. Zayn Malik left us.

We can lie to ourselves and say that One Direction can survive without him, but we know the boys need the rough, dark exterior and the sensitive interior punctuated by the deepest brown eyes that Zayn brought to the boyband. Who will sing, “Your hand fits in mine like it’s made just for me” or “Oh baby, baby don’t you know you got what I need / Looking so good from you head to your feet”? Surely not the other four

members — how could they sing

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Aaron Bissell Staff Writer

Photo By Nicole Rizer Atticus Roberts Staff Writer when they are thinking about all the broken hearted girls in the world and looking sensitive? I just hope Harry doesn’t expect me to scratch Zayn out of all my 1D notebooks and folders.

I suppose if he asked me to I would but Zayn’s face is staying on my backpack, I don’t care what Harry says.

We all know who’s at fault though.

Perrie Edwards. I knew she was no good for Zayn and as it turns out she was no good for the band. Zayn chose her instead of us and that will always hurt. I hope I speak for the entire 1D community when I say I wish them the best. But I won’t lie and say I don’t hope Zayn wakes up and realizes how much we love him.

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Boys Soccer Photos Vs. Kennedy

All photos by Rielle Jones-Teske

Ian Klopfenstein, ’16, avoids a Kennedy defender in prepartion to pass the ball.

Austin Gregory, ’15, prepares to pass the ball up the field.

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JP Ampey, ’15, attempts to steal the ball from a Kennedy defender.

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Spring Sports

Brandon Cullen

Upcoming Games

Sports Editor

Gather all of your rackets, clubs, and shin guards, it’s time for spring sports.

The spring sports have already started, which includes mens and womens soccer, womens golf, mens and womens soccer, and with baseball which will start with a tournament May 26 and softball starting May 27. Rusty Graff is the mens tennis coach and he played tennis at Washington High School. Tennis is his passion and he has turned it into his career. “I’ve met and coached many great people and tennis has allowed me the opportunity to live the life that I’ve always wanted. Working with this team has been tremendously rewarding and enjoyable!” said Graff.

Graff’s goals for the season is for his team to win the Mississippi Division of our Conference, to have as many

of his players to the Individual State Tournament, and he wants to win the district then qualify for the state team tournament. Graff thinks that Jackson Hoyt ’16, Parker Muller ’17, Oliver Hammond ’15, and Dane Van Antwerp ’15 all have a great chance to compete in the state individual tournament, and both Will Rizer ’17 and Jack Parmley ’16 will also have an opportunity to qualify as well.

John Graham the coach of mens soccer, has a lot of returning players this year, but a lot of them were role players last year. They have several of players that have moved up from the sophomore and JV team to the varsity. “There is only one goal for Warrior soccer and that is to win a state championship,” said Graham.

• Baseball- Varsity Tournament- May 25 • Softball- May 26 • Mens Tennis- Varsity Match- May 2 • Womens TennisVarsity Match- May 2 • Womens Golf- Varsity Inventational- April 28 • Womens SoccerVarsity Match- April 28 • Mens Soccer- Varsity Match- April 30 • Mens Track and FieldVarsity InventationalApril 30 • Womens Track and Field- Varsity Inventational- May 5

Skating Community Jonathan Melander Staff Writer

Photo by Jonathan Melander A skater grinds a rail at the skate park near downtown Cedar Rapids.

Students can also skate at Eduskate.

At the heart of mellow Cedar Rapids is a small but thriving community of dedicated skaters, at the heart of all these skaters is the central hub for almost all skateboarding related activity around Cedar Rapids; Eduskate.

Eduskate is a shop run by ex-pro skater, Nate Sherwood, It’s the only shop of its kind in Cedar Rapids, in addition to supplying skateboarding supplies to Cedar Rapids, Eduskate also has a sponsor team who regularly produces videos.

Sherwood has skated for multiple companies, been a writer for Transworld Magazine and been feature in countless skateboarding films, a veteran of the trade in every aspect no doubt.

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In addition to Eduskate, Cedar Rapids also has a skatepark downtown near Penford that is often frequented by Cedar Rapids’ skaters.

Skateboarding has a positive impact on our community, it’s an activity that keeps kids from getting into trouble and gives them a hobby. “The [skate] park is a place where I can meet with my friends and just skate and chill,” said Luke Carey, ’16, who is sponsored by Eduskate.

Skate Culture is making a comeback not only in just Cedar Rapids, but also all over the country.

So next time you see a group of rowdy looking teenagers skating in public maybe give them a second look and realize they’re more than just a group of juvenile delinquents.

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Playing After High School

Courtney Squires

News Editor

Julian Good-Jones: Q: Other than ISU, did you have any other offers?

A: Yeah, other than ISU, I was offered by Kansas State, Oregon State, Indiana, and Louisville.

Q: Why did you choose Iowa State?

A: I felt a bond with them. They recruited me the hardest and the longest. The coaches really seem to care about you. It’s like a family. I especially like the Offensive-Line coach, Coach Blaney.

Q: What are you most looking forward to about being a Cyclone next year?

A: I’m just excited to get to work.

Lifting, practice, work in the classroom, and most of all, I’m excited to hopefully see some time on the field.

My main goal is to go in during the summer and work hard and gain weight so I don’t have to redshirt.

Q: What are you going to miss about playing in high school?

A: I’ll miss my guys for sure. Our football [team] was a huge family, I don’t know if I’ll have anything like that again.

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Connor Vincent: Q: Where are you playing next year?

A: Northwest Missouri State, home of the Bearcats.

Q: How did you choose that school?

A: They were on my pretty early this year and their coaching staff seemed very genuine. They just showed a lot of attention towards me and I got a good offer. Then I went on the visit and just really loved the campus. And they have been consistently good for awhile now and are a winning D2 program.

Q: Did you have offers from schools other than Northwest Missouri State?

A: Yeah, Concordia St. Paul and two junior colleges: Ellsworth and Iowa Central.

Q: What are you most looking forward to next year?

A: Probably just the opportunity for a new start and the opportunity to be more involved. That’s the one thing I regret about high school; I wish I would have joined student council or clubs or something like that.

Q: What was your favorite memory from playing at Wash?

A: That’s tough. Maybe when we beat Linn-Mar this past season or the semi-final game against Bettendorf.

Gunnar Lenzen: Q: Where will you be playing next fall?

A: Wartburg College.

Q: What are you looking forward to most about joining the Wartburg team?

A: The soccer team is like a family, and they compete at a very high level. So, I’m looking forward to competing at a very high level.

Q: How did you choose Wartburg?

A: I felt really comfortable on the campus and I felt like I had great opportunities to do a lot of the things I love at Wartburg.

Q: Do you have a favorite memory from playing soccer at Wash?

A: My favorite memories from playing soccer at Wash are from playing at the state tournament, competing with the best.

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