Issue 9 (May 2016)

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Zeus Alcon — CSU

Richard Alvarez — Gap Year

Jakob Albo — FRCC

Bernabe Alvarado-Torres — Working

Emma Alaimo — Fort Lewis College

Kim John Christian Alud-Ud — FRCC

Jaden Adamson — Gap Year Parker Andrist — FRCC

Jaymes Alexander — FRCC

Autumn Anderson — UNC

Carolina Aldana — FRCC Max Arellano — CSU

Andrew Allen — FRCC Shirley Avila — FRCC

Sidney Allen-Harper — FRCC

Bridget Arnott — Colorado Mesa University

Cooper Allenbrand — University of Alabama

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Today’s fundraiser to support greenhouse Adelaide Tomsic Staff Writer Today from 3- 5 p.m., plants will be sold from the FCHS Greenhouse for $2- $8.

“It’s a fundraiser for the Greenhouse itself so we can buy more seeds, more soil, more pots, more equipment,” science teacher Susan Hunter said.

The plants, including tomatoes, peppers, squash, flowers and some herbs, were grown by Hunter with help from Bioscience Career Academy students.

The sale isn’t limited to teachers and students.

Other members of the community are welcome to purchase plants and support the Greenhouse.

Moby arena to host graduation rehearsal Eleanor Glenn

Staff Writer

Graduation rehearsal will take place at Moby Arena on Friday from 12-2 p.m.

Students should enter the building through the lower south side entrance, close to the softball fields. Those who are driving to the event should be aware that parking in the Moby Arena lots is by permit only.

“There’s parking by the Lory Student Center where they [students] can pay to park,” Vice Principal Emily Dunn said.

The rehearsal is required for all seniors, as well as those participating in graduation, including orchestra, band, and choir students. The event is in preparation for this year’s graduation ceremony on Saturday.

Summer school registration ends Friday Kevin Sullivan

Bradley Brown — Creighton University

Brianna Bowden — CSU

Michael Boxberger — Working

Jada Bozmans — Undecided

Hannah Brazeal — FRCC

Elizabeth Bridgwater — Lawrence University

Taylor Bridwell — FRCC

Jack Briggs — Colorado Mesa University

Briana Brotherton — FRCC

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Photographer Registration for summer school classes for credit recovery or advancement ends on Friday.

“Taking summer school courses opens up class periods in the school year for other classes,” Counselor Cindy Benger said.

Summer school is offered in both online and in-class formats. Tuition for PSD courses is $175 for each 5 credit class or $135 for free and reduced students.

The subjects offered include language arts, math, science, social studies, finance, physical education, and health and wellness. In-class courses begin Thursday, June 2 at FCHS.

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The print head (LABEL) is the final component of the Fused Filament Fabrication process, where the plastic is layered in a thin bead onto the print bed (LABEL)

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Prepare for end of year laptop turn in

Andrew Jessen-Tyler Columnist

Next Monday, May 23, all freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will receive their check-out sheets from the front office. The sheets must be signed or stamped by classroom teachers, the bookkeeper, and the LTC. To get that stamp from the LTC, textbooks, laptops, and chargers must be turned in.

Turning in a textbook is just like turning in a library book, but the staff may not appreciate you putting a laptop in the book-drop.

Instead, simply bring your laptop, power it down. Make laptop to the LTC after you sure the laptop is shut down are done using it. If you need and not on sleep. This means it for a final, no LED lights do not turn should be on. it in until Bring your after you checkout sheet, are done, laptop, and Dell as laptops charger to the will not be LTC. The charger loaned out and laptop will for finals. be collected Accompanying images Before and scanned can be found at: http:// turning in to ensure they fchsspilledink.weebly. your laptop, are yours com/issue-9-may-2016. make sure before your html to create a checkout sheet backup of all will be signed. your needed Any laptops data. The laptops will be not turned in by Friday, May reimaged so no data will be 27, at 3 p.m. will be considered left. For more information lost and students will be on backing up data, refer charged $694 for the laptop to last issue’s Tech Tips. and $31.99 for the charger. If When you are fully you have any questions, talk committed to turning in the to a staff member in the LTC.

Summer presents challenge of retaining learning Spencer Thompson Staff Writer

The end of the year marks the beginning of a three-month academic break. A noticeable problem teachers plan for is the month of review that becomes necessary because of loss of memory over summer.

According to an oxfordlearning. com study, this is due to student failure to complete any educational practice over the summer.

Oxfordlearning.com says a variety of apps, tutoring programs, summer classes, and books could allow students to keep up with academics during the summer months.

“It would help me if I studied over summer,” junior Briar Christensen said. “I can see how it would benefit, but I can’t seem to find an easy way to do it.”

Summer brain drain challenges memory. In a study done by selfgrowth.com, an average of

two months of instruction are lost.

The same study points out the importance of reading over summer.

Summer reading has been shown to ease the transition back into school.

“Over the summer I read, and I have a math book I fill out occasionally,” junior Han Gil Ryu said. “I do what I can to stay up on my school work over summer.”

For students who don’t know where to begin, apps help simplify the process of retaining information.

Some of the more prominent apps, such as Zite and Evernote, help to maintain reading and writing levels.

Students can also enter tutoring programs to stay ahead.

“Sometimes I tutor over the summer,” Gil Ryu said. “It’s good to remember the content of work when we aren’t in school.”

Staying sharp doesn’t have to be a hassle or take up much summer time, and effort made will help to improve results when school starts again.

How To: Avoid Summer Memory Loss Make time for learning Learn and practice affixes Develop math skills Focus on specific skills Information gathered by Amanda Evans Source: Edutopia.org

Taylor Campos — University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ivonne Chavarria Baquera — Working Kailyn Chance — FRCC Cameron Castro — CU-Boulder Samuel Carlson — CSU

experience in AP Language and Composition.

“He really took the things I was teaching to heart and thought about them and processed them,” AP Language and Composition teacher Jason Clarke said. “His curiosity and how he really appreciated the class and the

Samuel Carlson — CSU

“I just want to be able to embrace the world and just have endless horizons.”

—Joe Sponsler

Antonio Calderon — Undecided

The core of Joe Sponsler’s spirit comes from new encounters. These encounters arise through music ventures in orchestra and choir, journeying through newfound dimensions created in novels, and exploring his mind for new ideas about philosophy. Sponsler has gotten all the joy possible out of these experiences, and in three months he’ll start a new experience—attending Stanford University.

Sponsler will graduate from FCHS on May 21, and from there he will start preparing for his first year at Stanford. But he never really thought he would get to this point.

“It wasn’t my dream college when I was in 7th grade,” Sponsler said. “Once I got into high school I was thinking about maybe getting into Mines. But I just tried to keep the academics relatively decent.”

He received a stroke of serendipity last summer, when he was accepted into an MIT engineering camp.

“I did pretty well there,” Sponsler said. “And so I think they took that into consideration as well as the essays.”

He said the essays are a crucial part of the acceptance process, but more goes

content and the philosophical ideas and things like that really separated him from most students who just go through the motions.”

Sponsler says AP programs, like AP Language and Composition and AP Literature and Composition, were some of the most impactful classes he’s taken. But what he’ll miss most about high school is the music program.

“When my sister was here—and engaging in the music community with her—that’s when it felt most like high school,” Sponsler said. “The music community has been fantastic here.”

Sponsler hopes to join Stanford’s symphony orchestra and decide what he’ll major in within the next two years.

“The beautiful thing about this is that you don’t go into a specific college,” he said. “Like, you don’t go into a college of engineering or a college of liberal arts, you just go into Stanford University. And then from there within the next two years you can decide what you want to major in.”

For now, and for the rest of his life, Sponsler wants to remain free of the fetters found in a limited life.

“I just don’t want to be confined by anything,” he said. “I just want to be able to embrace the world and just have endless horizons.”

Randall Cain — Working

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into it than having writing aptitude.

“I would say the most important thing, besides doing what you’re passionate about, is not just trying to make your resume look good,” Sponsler said. “Put it all out there and if that college really wants you and they think you are the right fit then they will accept you.”

For one of his essays, Sponsler wrote about his

Justin Bussey — Day Program

Joseph Mason

Emily Burnside — Brigham Young University-Idaho

Student finds freedom through education

Liam Burk — Cooper Home PSD Transition Program

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Arturo Chavez — FRCC

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Marissa Cano — UNC

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Armond Dai — California Polytechnic State University Matthew Crane — CSU Jarrod Cox — Undecided Diana Cornejo — FRCC Sean Cooley — Penn State Michael Cooklin — Working Catherine Cook — FRCC William Conlon — George Washington University

Janeth Chavira-Ramos — FRCC

McKenna Christian — University of San Diego

Alexia Clark — FRCC

Eleanor Clary — CSU

Lynne Clouser — FRCC

Cameron Cluver — FRCC

Zoelle Cochran — Colorado Mesa University

Morgan Cole — UNC

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Local drive-in theater conjures nostalgia Joseph Mason Sports Editor

In Brief Instrument turn in deadline nears Adelaide Tomsic

Staff Writer

Students will need to return instruments borrowed from the school during their last week of school.

“If they have a guitar or a piano checked out, those get checked into the LTC; any school owned instruments for band or orchestra would be checked in with Mr. (David) Miles or myself,” Orchestra Director John Hermanson said.

Students are asked to clean instruments before returning them and will need to pay a fee for any damage to the instrument.

Students attending FCHS next year are allowed to keep instruments over the summer to practice.

CSU to host summer theater program Joe Decicco Guest Writer In June and July, CSU will host six sessions of the Kids Do it All program.

Each five and half day program is a comprehensive and practical study of theater, including performance, writing, design and composition, for kids ages 9-13.

“I think that CSU has the best summer theatre, when I was doing it anyway,” Openstage show director and acting teacher Matthew G. Smith said. “Openstage does theater under the stars now and it’s quite similar. Outside, there’s a fantastic vibe. The shows are edited to have a great feel for outside staging. So it’s very unique and purpose driven for the genre.”

Kids Do It All costs $299 per week of education. Each session runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, with a final performance Saturday morning. Availability and pricing are online at theatre.colostate.edu.

New club teaches art of fly tying Eleanor Glenn

Staff Writer

Fly Tying club, founded this semester by social studies teacher Chris Tholl and science teacher Chris Lee will continue through the end of this year and be resumed next fall.

“Tying flies is useful and artistic at the same time, which is cool,” Tholl said.

“We’ve had a lot of students who are just interested in creating something during lunch–people who don’t even fish.”

Flies are decorated hooks used in fly fishing. Feathers and other materials are used to make the hook mimic the appearance of an insect.

The club meets in room L201 every Thursday during common lunch. Students will learn to tie a new fly each week and material kits are available for anyone who comes.

Driving through the middle of nowhere, with gloomy, gray rain clouds looming overhead, I had to stop for a sign bearing four movie titles.

I didn’t stop for the movie titles; they were all contemporary garbage. But the sign was intriguing. The sign was the complete antitheses of these movie titles—it’s old.

This is the Holiday Twin Drive-In’s main characteristic.

The Holiday Twin is coming up on its 53rd anniversary, and you can tell. Before the double-feature commences you tune into the radio 95.5 and the theater plays classic oldies like Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” and Sam Cooke’s “(What a) Wonderful World.”

These songs use the process of mental time travel to send you to a time of happiness. But the times I traveled to were the times I watched the movies “Stand By Me” and “Inherent Vice,” two movies I’d much rather watch in place of “Captain America: Civil War,” the latest obnoxious installation of Marvel’s overdone universe, and “The Jungle Book” which I’ll admit was a feast for the eyes.

At the double-feature’s intermission, an ad for the snack store flashed upon the mammoth screen. It was an ad featuring a pickle wearing a

top hat and bow-tie, calling itself “Chilly Dilly: the personality pickle.” Chilly Dilly pickles are ice-cold pickles served singularly in “a sack for you to savor.” I was too low on money to buy a Chilly Dilly (they’re $1.75 a pop), but staff writer Spencer Thompson was able to buy one.

“Chilly Dillies were crisp and tender,” he said.

“They were cold and fresh which juxtaposed the perfect amount of savory spice, making them the ideal snack to get at the drive-in.”

The snack bar also served sublimely buttered popcorn which I spent my money on, in place of a cold pickle.

This was my first time eating theater-served popcorn in nearly ten years. In the ad following the Chilly Dilly commercial, an animated bag of popcorn was showcased juggling its kernels. That’s the exact feeling you’ll get inside your mouth. Unlike most popcorn, which is stale, this popcorn delivered the pop. It made me wonder why I ever went into popcorn retirement.

The movie experience was pretty good too, sans the thunderstorm and the projector problems. But this is what you get when you go to a movie whose showtime is unlisted.

Neither the movie experience nor the popcorn sent me back to nostalgic times, but the theater as a whole does. This seamless integration of nostalgia is arguably the toughest thing for a theater to accomplish. You could call nostalgia a lazy feature to publicize, but it continually feels good and feeling good is always the point.

Novel discourages obsessive focus on negative, stressful aspects of life

Samantha Ye

In-Depth Editor Many events to me signal the end of the school year: AP tests, a growing sense of doom as finals approach, and a tornado of activities so ridiculously large I sometimes wonder why the world, the universe, and the AP gods hate me.

It is during this demanding time you’d think I’d have a very low level of focus—and to be fair, I have forgotten to do something important for someone every day since April—but I realize now, in this past month, I have been more focused than ever.

Of course, I don’t mean as in the concentrated, high functioning type of focused, but focused as in I have not been able to look or move away from the enormous bus labeled school as it races to run me over. And it has run me over. Like four times now.

Laura Resau’s “The Lightning Queen” not only helped me realize this, but also provided a much needed

break from the insanity previously known as my life.

In the novel, Teo, a Mixteco Indian living in the Hill of Dust relates a story to his grandson Mateo, a story of how Teo forges a lifelong friendship with Esma, the Romani Queen of Lighting.

As the two overcome obstacles which threaten to thwart their friendship, life becomes increasingly muddled, yet captivating to the point it overwhelms Mateo, who only listens to the

events.

“It’s like when you’re so absorbed in a movie that when your friend says something, you feel like he’s speaking a whole different language, even like he’s on a whole different planet,” Mateo says.

Any human who speaks of something not related to the event I’m panicking about may as well be speaking Latin.

When a stressful event approaches me, it consumes me

whole, and when ten or more events approach me, they leave little more than a tiny puddle of tears on the floor. And I have no routes of escape. Or maybe it just seems that way.

“Life is like a movie,” Teo’s grandfather says. “We get so involved, we think that’s all there is, what’s on the screen.”

I am so focused on my awful world of tests and final projects (yet simultaneously disorganized within it), it seems nothing else exists beyond the walls of “too much stress” because when you’re caught up in the whirlwind of the final stretch, it can be impossible to remember the life outside.

The truth is, I’m tired: tired of school, tired of stress, tired of watching this same old movie.

But I don’t have to watch it if I don’t want to, and for now and into my senior year, I think I’ll try a different reel.

“We laugh, we cry, we love,” Teo’s grandfather says. “We forget that if we only moved our eye away, we’d see so much more.”

1965 Mustang

WHEN?: May 21, 2016 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

WHERE?: Downtown Fort Collins, CO COST?:

Free for spectators

INFO?: (970) 484-6500

• Wax them regularly to keep the paint looking good • Keep the carburetor tuned • Check the front ball joints regularly to help with steering • Check all fluid levels regularly

1981 Corvette Information gathered by Dalena Groen Source: http://downtownfortcollins.com/

Kaitlyn Downes — FRCC

Jorge Diaz — Arizona State University Antonio Diaz — FRCC

Timothy Douglas — FRCC Matthew Douglas — Autism Program Alexander Doble — University of Alabama

Old Town Car Show

Emily DiTommasso — CU-Boulder

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Miranda Dill — FRCC

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Nicole Dietrich — Emporia State University

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Ruby Devora — Working

In May alone, Colorado will host 23 car shows.

With events scheduled throughout the year, the official car show season kicks off in May and runs through September. Participants and gear heads travel across the state to see centuries of vehicles polished and tweaked for the season.

Though the shows are often appreciated by older generations, a number of high school students enjoy taking part in the events.

Senior Taylor Ortivez participates in several car shows along the Front Range throughout the summer, each show offering something unique to the experience.

“I am signed up to go to six or seven this year,” Ortivez said. “I go to the one in Wellington, the Old Town one, and there’s a couple in Loveland. My favorite show is in Wellington on the Fourth of July. It’s pretty big and they have a parade in the morning. That’s where I spent the most time with my family.”

Ortivez has been attending car shows with her family since she was five, and thinks of car shows as a fond tradition.

She and her family continue the showing of Ford Mustangs, with Ortivez presenting her late father’s cherry red 1965 model at the events.

“We’ll always keep and show that car, because it has a lot of meaning behind it,”

brand new 2015 Camaros and things like that.”

The cars themselves are not the only draw to the auto events, as vendors set up alongside the vehicles and resident shops prepare for constant rushes. The Old Town Car Show sees an average of 5,000 people throughout a show day, according to Wilkinson, and is limited to approximately 300 vehicles, as enthusiasts travel to enter and admire cars of all kinds.

Auto shows continue to influence people on a global scale, and in Fort Collins, students fuel their interests at events around the state and in town, and plan to carry on to for years to come.

“I’ll definitely continue car shows, with either that car or if I sell that one for another,” Linenberger said. “I love the people there.”

Tyler Deprey — Undecided

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Ortivez said. “But someday I want my own cherry red Mustang, since my grandpa has one, my dad had one, and I would have one.”

Junior Peter Linenberger also had the tradition passed down to him when he began participating in shows with his family last year, and plans to attend three shows this season.

Linenberger enters his 1981 Beige Corvette, which he has owned for three years. He prides himself on the car and its distinctiveness in the parking lot, along with its relatively low cost.

“I like that it is pretty unique, and that it is an older car, and that I can have my own fun with it,” Linenberger said.

Older models of cars are often the norm at auto shows, and though a number of name brands are recognizable, the Old Town Car Show accepts all makes, models, and years.

“Traditionally they are older cars,” Events Coordinator Torre Wilkinson said. “We do have new ones though. There are some that were there last year that were really nice,

Mayra Del Toro — UNC

Alexia Clark

Hailey Davis — CU-Denver

Vintage cars celebrated during citywide event

Robert Darragh — Army

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Courtney Daire — UNC

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Katherine VanShaar, Piano Instructor The piano is a keyboard instrument played by pressing keys, causing hammers inside the instrument to strike strings tuned to specific notes.

A standard piano has a total of 88 keys, each a different note. Junior Katherine VanShaar has been playing piano for nine years and teaching private lessons for three years.

Jolisa Escobar — FRCC

Darien Espino — University of Arizona

Fernando Esquivel Morales — Working

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Meet the Musicians

Robin Darragh, Tuba Instructor

Kelley Ervin — Gap Year

The tuba is a brass instrument played by blowing air into the mouthpiece to buzz the lips and pressing valves to divert air through slides. There’re various types of tubas, including F tubas, BB-flat tubas, E-flat tubas, and sousaphones. Senior Robin Darragh has been playing tuba for six years and teaching private lessons for two years.

Emily Erickson — UNC Jack Ellmer — College of the Atlantic Jonah Ellis — FRCC Samantha Elliott — CSU

Jaclyn Dull — FRCC

Jason Dunn — Wyoming Air National Guard

Kathleen Dunn — University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Leslie Dvorak — Texas State University

Dirk Dykson — CU-Denver

Richard Edwards — Undecided

Garrett Elder — Black Hills State University

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Elizabeth Thilmany, String Bass Instructor The string bass, also known as the upright bass, acoustic bass, and double bass, is a stringed instrument generally played using a bow for symphonic music, or by striking or plucking in jazz. Pressing strings down against the finger board in different locations allows the bassist to change notes.

Junior Elizabeth Thilmany has been playing bass for seven years and teaching private lessons for a year and a half.

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Music lessons benefit both instructors, students Looking into teaching private lessons students an opportunity to Photographer offers get a specialized job, and share their Playing musical instruments is generally musical knowledge with students. agreed to be part of a well-rounded “I wanted to get a job but I also wanted to be able education as is shown by the Gallup to develop and share my abilities with students Poll by Linda Lyons “Americans Want instead of working a rudimentary job,” junior Music Students to Play On” in which 95 Elizabeth Thilmany, string bass instructor, said. percent of Americans supported this claim.

For private music lessons, generally The process of learning and mastering instructors will meet with their students a musical instrument can be both difficult and work through lesson materials ranging and time consuming. The school offers a from musical method or theory books, variety of music classes to teach students, parts for an ensemble, solo works, or yet some still want more learning, or have anything else the scholars have interest in. schedules too busy for music courses. Some Private music lessons offer learners an FCHS students provide a solution to both introduction to playing music and can help problems by helping students learn or master novices improve their musical skills. Lessons also an instrument through private lessons. give teachers the chance to experience tutoring

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and watch their pupils develop and grow.

“I like seeing the face of the student when he knows that he is getting better or has done something right,” senior Robin Darragh, tuba instructor, said.

Music tutoring presents a unique opportunity for students to work on developing musicality. As some students have found, tutoring music students provides the opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience. Students interested in taking private lessons can contact the school music directors for assistance in finding a private teacher.

“For non-musicians thinking about lessons, just try it,” junior Katherine VanShaar, piano instructor, said. “Music gives such a sense of accomplishment, is a great way to unwind, and makes you smarter.”

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Josephine Glenn —Savannah College of Art and Design Moises Gaytan Vizcarra — FRCC Grace Gaugler — Working Nicole Gardner — Undecided Noah Garcia — FRCC Joel Garcia — Undecided

Elise Forzley — Texas Christian University Amanda Evans — New York Film Academy

Creighton Evans — FRCC

CREIGHTON EVANS

Benjamin Freeman — Western State Colorado University

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Talon Flynn — CSU

Advice from Evans

Olivia Flot — CSU

Managing Editor

Denise Flores — Undecided

The song Evans performed at Mr. FCHS was inspired by race riots in Ferguson.

“It blew my mind that civil rights is still When he’s not serving ice cream at Cold an issue even in modern society,” Evans Stone Creamery, working with his dad for said. “It [the song] is just kind of about D&D Painting, or spending time outdoors not caring about what people think about fishing and hiking, senior Creighton you. Probably the most powerful lyric in Evans is writing and making music. there is ‘Public opinion is weak compared Evans has written around 20 rock ‘n’ roll to your own,’ which is a quote from Henry and protest songs, is working on around 40 David Thoreau, because it’s so true. I feel more, and hopes to like everyone continue fostering takes everybody his talent and else’s opinion passion for music. way too much “I’ve been into consideration “Don’t let intimidation or fear stop making music compared to you from being who you want to ever since I was their own.” a little kid,” he Evans has had be. Don’t ever compress yourself to said. “I was to listen to his be something you’re not.” really into The own opinion in Beatles all order to make “Keep love in mind over all his songwriting other things. Religion and a priority, although other all this other stuff is known c o m m i t m e nts to separate people, but I have taken his feel like as long as you are time in the past. just good to everybody, you can’t “My whole go wrong.” growing high school career up, and I’ve been the recently athlete, the middle I ’ v e linebacker,” been into Bob Dylan. I see the Evans said. “I’ve always been the athlete, way that music affects people, and you can’t be both in today’s society, and there’s always just but after football ended I realized I have to something that society can’t focus on what’s actually important to me.” do but music can do it.”

Evans has started writing a book and In an effort to spread often writes poetry, which is how many this message, Evans of his songs are inspired and created. performed one of his “I’m writing all the time so sometimes songs at the Mr. FCHS my poetry will just turn into a song,” Evans pageant earlier this year as said. “Usually I’ll play guitar, try to find “Mr. I Don’t Give a Lamb.” something that sounds good, and then make “The whole reason lyrics to it about something I care about.”

I actually did it was for In the future, Evans hopes to the talent portion, to take keep music prominent in his life by whatever chance I can to play following his passion for songwriting. in front of people,” he said.

“I’m going to Front Range next year, but Evans believes performing I’ll just keep writing and hopefully release for a live audience is an EP pretty soon,” Evans said. “I just have an important aspect of one album that I really want to put out, but songwriting and musicianship. like I said, it’s finding a band. That’s what “Everybody gets famous I’ve got to do before I do much more.” off of YouTube nowadays,” he In the meantime, Evans continues to said. “Everyone from Justin value and respect the power of music.

Bieber to Damn Daniel, and “Music means everything to me, it’s so fake. Why should a honestly,” Evans said. “It’s something musician just be able to put his unreal to me. You can’t really connect music on the Internet and get famous instead with any person or any thing or any of actually having to play for people?” moment like you can connect with music.”

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How to concentrate when you’re...

Break is a few days away and concentrating on schoolwork might seem impossible with thoughts of summertime activities.

While focusing on schoolwork can prove difficult, it can be beneficial to keep working, maintain grades, and not give up.

Nancy Chin, a personal academic coach, offered Diablo magazine three suggestions for staying on task at the end of the year to reach your full potential. These suggestions are get organized, set a schedule, and be consistent.

Getting organized at the end of the school year can help you know where everything is, what needs to be done, and how to study efficiently.

Creating a daily schedule can help efficiency at the end of the year by setting aside an hour or two devoted solely to working on homework and saving enough time in your day for adequate sleep and other activities.

“It’s important to organize your time so you don’t wind up sleeping from 3 to 7 and doing homework in the vicinity of 10 to 4 a.m. instead of the other way around,” senior Alison Kessenich said.

Being consistent by working in regular locations and having a regular schedule can be important for helping with productivity and time management at the end of the school year.

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Kielar Harpham — Black Hills State University Rebecca Hamner — New York University Collin Hamlin — FRCC Matthew Hall — Working Brandon Hall — CSU Brandon Hahn — University of Arizona Jordan Guerra — Metropolitan State University of Denver

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According to the American Psychological Association (APA) chronic stress can develop when a person experiences stress over a prolonged period of time. Chronic stress can result in fatigue, inability to concentrate, and irritably.

“Stress at the end of the year is bad because it distracts the brain from more im-portant things,” junior Marshal Goff said.

Recommendations for reducing stress from the APA include identifying what is causing stress, building strong relationships, walking away when you’re angry, resting your mind, and getting help.

Writing down what is causing stress can help develop a plan for addressing it and helps to assess priorities.

Having weak or hostile relationships can be stressful, so reaching out to family and friends can help build healthy relationships and reduce stress.

Before reacting rashly, taking a few seconds to regroup and going on a walk can increase endorphin production and work off steam.

According to APA’s 2012 “Stress in America” survey, stress keeps more than 40 percent of adults awake at night. To counteract this effect, cutting back on caf-feine and removing distractions from your bedroom can help you get more rest and reduce stress.

If stress is preventing you from concentrating and is too overwhelming, consider consulting a psychologist or other medical professional.

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While the word “con” alone conjures some negative connotations, when put into proper context, the Latin prefix possesses considerable flexibility, making it ideal for this eventful month’s In-Depth theme.

With the last Spilled Ink of the school year comes a bittersweet goodbye to those who will not return next fall.

Nevertheless, the seniors’ stories will continue beyond the short path of high school, and the centerfold covers the future plans of three seniors. It also gives a glimpse of the paths many other seniors will be taking.

Of course, not all of us are lucky enough to graduate before finals week. For those of us confined to school for another six days (and to take tests, no less), page 10 contains tips on how to concentrate on the books. No matter where you fall on the Stress-O-Meter, the story will help you enter finals with low stress and high confidence.

Page 14 is all about staying connected with friends despite barriers of time and distance. Just because some people are now 500 miles away doesn’t mean your strong friendship with them can’t be maintained.

Page 11 profiles the Spanish Conversation Club.

While Spanish classes teaches the basics, the conversation club gives students the opportunity to speak informally in the language outside of class and in a social setting to improve fluency.

The simple arrow, this issue’s In-Depth logo, urges you to continue to each page, but with stories like these, do you even need convincing?

How do you prepare for finals?

Isabel Layne Freshman

“I usually make flash cards and read over all my notes.

For some classes I write summaries of my notes.”

Bailey Leder Sophomore

“Review packets.”

Dong He Junior

“Doing all of Learnerator. All 639 questions.”

Jack Grauberger Senior

“I try and do whatever review they provide.”

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Callie Holcomb — CSU

Austin Henderson — FRCC Conner Helm — Marines

Rebecca Hoffman — CU-Boulder Alec Hoffman — Boise State University Tessa Hoenig — CSU Zachary Hill — Working Edgar Herrera Sanchez — FRCC

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The Spanish Conversation Estaba con un grupo de Club de Conversación española han Club, a group of students in AP experimentado mucho de los mismos estudiantes. Me gusta mucho Spanish teacher Carolina Regge’s beneficios sin salir de Fort Collins. salir con los estudiantes, y por class, meet at a restaurant once El Club de Conversación eso he continuado la tradición “. every semester to practice their La clase de español AP de Regge es Español, un grupo de Spanish in a social and estudiantes en la clase del una combinación de los estudiantes conversational setting. profesor que hablan español como su primer “It got started idioma, pero quieren aprender years ago when a formalmente y estudiantes de lady by the name habla inglesa quienes se of Lynne Atencio comprometieron a was the Spanish adquirir fluidez teacher here,” en español.

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“It gives them the opportunity en un restaurante “Una vez que mantuvimos una to have conversations about una vez cada semestre para conversación sobre lo divertido whatever topic they want with practicar su español en un que es Bernie Sanders, por medio their classmates, their friends, in ambiente social y conversacional. del uso de español”, dijo Dykstal. a casual setting,” Regge said. “It “Se empezó hace años, “Y eso fue un buen recuerdo provides them an opportunity to cuando una señora nombrada para mí, porque era un momento talk about things that we normally Information gathered by Samantha Lynne Atencio era una de las maestras de crecimiento. Fue un parteaguas might not talk about in class.” Ye; Sources: Pew Research Center, For the students, these The Dana Foundation, CIC Network de español aquí”, dijo Regge. “Ella en mi camino a ser fluente.”

Isaac Hefner — FRCC

Managing Editor

conversations often demonstrate how much they have learned or improved over the year, which can be rewarding.

“One time we were managing to hold a conversation about how funny Bernie Sanders is, within Spanish,” Dykstal said. “And that just felt like a good memory for me, because it was a growing moment and a milestone.”

Jasmine Hedgepeth — FRCC

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Kevin Heckman — University of Nebraska

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Leah Johnson — CU-Boulder

Trel Johnson — University of Wyoming

Stephan Ikeler — Oregon State University Claire Hooker — Florida State University

Chase Hopkins — University of Denver

Autumn Horne — FRCC

Ashleigh Horwitz — CSU

Amylynn Hulse —CSU

Devin Hunt — CSU

Katie Hurley — CSU

Matthew Hyatt — CSU

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Fully motivated seniors embark o Alex McWilliams News Editor For graduates, one stage of development in their lives has begun to close and the rest of life is a mystery.

Although these students have spent the last few years as classmates, their post high school plans are unique to their own identities.

Fulfilling a Dream Through Travel After concluding the high school stage of her life, senior Ivy Black will follow her passion for working with children all the way to South America. Combining her love for children and her desire

to explore, Black sought out work in Ecuador, where she will take a semester off of school to volunteer as a kindergarten teacher. In addition, Black plans to work as a part-time nanny, earning money to spend on her days off from teaching.

“I’ve always wanted to leave the country, and South America was always a favored destination,” she said. “It’s not an expensive place to travel and it is an amazing culture with a rich culture and great people.”

Developing a goal for her future wasn’t difficult for Black. Having realized her interest in working with children at a young age through babysitting, Black began to look forward to a child-oriented career.

“When I was younger I wanted to be a nurse, but I knew it would cost too much, so I chose to follow the piece that was most important to me— working around kids,” Black said.

Inspired by her own teacher,

Black realized where her passion could lead her. Even though a clear goal is in mind, Black is aware that plans can change. However, she is certain that her time spent in Ecuador will not go to waste.

“If I don’t decide to be a teacher as my career path, I still want to work with kids,” Black said. “My experience with the children in Ecuador will only benefit me.”

After returning from Ecuador, Black intends to return to school to further her future.

“I’m going to major in early childhood development and Spanish.

I plan on going to Front Range for two years and transferring credits over to a four year university,” she said.

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ms of development a person’s character, rsonal goals. Because adulthood are not erson bases his final own personal goals.

Rittner, despite being ultimate career goal, history and business y of Utah next year. have no idea what I I do know that it is business major under ince I was young I tory,” Rittner said. vered his love for gh his history classes. ducation, Rittner not cholarships based on ents in academics and so received a Legacy ause of his uncle’s e University of Utah. as UU in my family, ing the campus I

discovered how beautiful it is.

The weather is about 70 degrees year round,” Rittner said.

Although Rittner looks forward to the different climate, he intends to return to Colorado after his schooling is completed.

“I want to come back, especially because my parents live here,” Rittner said.

Following Faith into Mexico As seniors venture off into the early stages of adulthood, personal goals and religious beliefs can be helpful in making important decisions.

Senior Coulson Thurgood is aware of the position his personal beliefs have played in shaping his future.

Thurgood has been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since he was born. As a devout Mormon, Thurgood’s relationship with the Church has always played a significant role in his life.

Members of the Church are expected to take a mission trip to enhance their relationship with Jesus Christ. Thurgood was assigned a mission in Mexico to further his faith after graduation.

“I’m going with my church to Tampico, Mexico, to do mission work there,” Thurgood said. “We plan on bringing Bibles, supplies, and other products to help out the citizens of Tampico. These missions build our faith and give us an enriching experience.”

Although Thurgood intends to stay in Mexico for two years to

complete his mission, an objective has already been established regarding his post high school education plans. Due to parental influence and scholarships, Thurgood aims to attend college in Utah.

“I’m going to Utah State University to study both mathematics and engineering,” he said. “Both of my parents went there, so I was eligible for a Legacy scholarship to help pay for my classes there.”

Knowing the values and beliefs important to him allowed Thurgood an opportunity for selfdiscovery. Because of his selfdiscovery and set goals, Thurgood was eligible for scholarships he received after evaluating all of his options including career choices and educational goals.

“Make sure you know what you want to do,” Thurgood advised.

“You’re going to pay the consequence of the dividend of your choice.”

Sage Kooi — Montana State University

Logan Kirkman — University of Mississippi

Nicholas Kipp — CU-Boulder

Arthur Kipp — CSU

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Austin Kerbs — University of Nebraska

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Matthew Keesee — Working

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Kyle Karnes — CSU

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Friends maintain contact after graduation Spencer Thompson

Staff Writer The two graduates from this year’s class who will be the farthest apart will have approximately 6,212 miles between them. As soon as the class flips their tassels, they will mark a farewell to fellow s t u d e n t s , teachers, and

Antoni Lieser — Wyoming Technical Institute

Trevor Lamperes — Gap Year Noah Laliberte-Merrill — Gap Year Caitlin Laffey — CU-Boulder Joseph Krafsur — George Washington University James Kraemer — CU-Boulder

Joshua Kukafka — New York University

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“After four years with familiar faces it will take some time getting used to the fact that high school’s over,” senior Seth Romero

said. “On top of that a few of my closest friends are moving out of state. It’s terrible to think we might lose touch.”

Distance, in many cases, creates a barrier that can result in a loss of communication with old friends. Today’s graduates have traditional options as well as new and developing options for staying in contact.

At the oldest school in town, Lambkins value tradition. A long history of events such as class reunions and alumni breakfasts continues.

“I’ve gone the past couple of years to the alumni breakfast.

It was very good,” alumna and science teacher Angela Morris said. “It’s nice to see people that you don’t know, and look at the yearbooks and stuff.”

Former students will also always have a seat at the

annual Homecoming assembly.

“I sit at the assembly on the floor with all the other alumni and we cheer,” alumna and math teacher Sara Slagle said. “It’s great.”

But Slagle has also noticed some changes in the way people interact over social media and the effect it has on events like class reunions.

“I feel like high school reunions are becoming less relevant in our current culture because of the fact that I already know everything that’s been happening on social media,” Slagle said.

Technology makes for easier communication throughout everyday life. Social media users can update their friends no matter how far apart they are.

“My friend Tyler would pose a perfect example,” alumnus Boston Lepetit said. “He went to ASU for his first semester in college. He ended up moving back in January of the following year and we were able to stay close because we would Snapchat each other.”

Meeting new people is inevitable, and with time growing apart from close friends is too.

But, according to teenvogue.com,

venturing into the unknown of adult life without childhood buddies can be scary and overwhelming.

A simple exchange of college experiences over social media can ease the challenge distance creates.

“I still see some of my closer friends from FCHS that now go to CSU,” Lepetit said. “For other people, the occasional text message is all. I’m meeting new people now but I try to stay in touch with other kids from my graduating class.”

As this year’s graduates walk down the aisle they won’t have to worry about losing touch because of the many possibilities to maintain communication.

“I have already arranged to stay in contact with my closest friends,” Romero said. “My life wouldn’t be the same without my best friends, and I want to do all I can to stay connected.”

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The Northside Aztlan Center located at 112 E. Willow St. features a gym, running track, skate park, and handball courts for those looking to exercise. The complex also offers many classes such as yoga (schedule available through the Recreator). Those under eighteen are charged a $1 daily fee, and 18 and up, $4.

Horsetooth Mountain Open Space Just four miles west of Fort Collins, the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space features 29 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails.

The area includes Horsetooth Reservoir so visitors can go swimming, fishing or boating.

Additionally, some areas of the open space permit rock climbing or bouldering.

Horsetooth also features several camping grounds and cabin rental. Most trail heads are equipped with water

stations and restrooms. A $6 fee per vehicle is charged in some areas of the park, but

the Horsetooth Open Space is still a great place to spend the day being active in nature.

Edora Pool Ice Center Located at 1801 Riverside Ave., Edora offers a multi-use indoor skate rink, diving and lap pools.

Additionally, Edora has a cardio training room. Outside of the building is a skateboarding park and access to the Spring Creek and Power trails. The entrance fee is $2.25 for youth and $4 for adults.

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Joseph Mason Sports Editor

Five minutes before the biggest moment of his life, Laremy Tunsil saw $13 million slip away. Someone hacked his Twitter account and posted a video of Tunsil smoking out of a bong connected to a gasmask moments before he was bound to be a top five draft pick. He fell to the 13th pick.

The next day, the most insincere and robotic figure in sports, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, went on the radio and said, “I think it’s all part of what makes the draft so exciting.”

He’s right, that was the most interesting part of the draft, but it also suggests that he doesn’t care about the league’s players.

He sees them as products existing solely to make money for the NFL. A less robotic man would feel bad for Tunsil. But Goodell is the most unemotional, machinelike figure in sports, which is also why he has repeatedly attempted to punish confirmed saint Tom Brady for a non-existent scandal.

We are now on day 485 of Deflategate (the non-scandal uneducated Patriot-haters with an inferiority complex, also known as Broncos fans, point to when they count their rings and come up short of Brady’s four). Anyone who has taken a course in physics should know there was no tampering in the Patriots locker room. The ideal gas law explains how the temperature affected the balls on that night in Foxboro.

Meanwhile, Goodell is feeding flimsy and ridiculous conspiracy theories to ignorant and jealous NFL fans. He looks at a single text from a Patriots’ ball boy, taking place eight months before the AFC Championship Game, and says it definitely incriminates Brady… even though the text wasn’t even in the context of footballs. And now people point to how Brady refused to hand his phone over to the NFL, even though he was never obligated to. This is a terribly idiotic argument because the NFL is incredibly corrupt and they leak everything. Putting your phone in the hands of a real-life HAL 9000 is not a smart move.

Goodell shouldn’t be allowed to keep suspending deities for no reason and we can’t have him handing down punishments at all. He screwed up the Ray Rice suspension, the Adrian Peterson suspension, and the Bountygate punishment. To avoid further embarrassment, Goodell should just focus on the money he’s making and the increase in franchise value and work on the public look of the league. Going on witch hunts and starting a smear campaign against the greatest quarterback of all-time isn’t a good look— it looks like he’s wearing a gas-mask bong.

Madison McFeely — FRCC Morgan McConnell — Warren Wison College Audrey McCaw — Roosevelt University

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Richard Maxwell — FRCC

NFL has worst commissioner on planet earth

Julia Maxwell — Undecided

Located at 2626 W. Horsetooth Rd., Spring Canyon Park offers fields, basketball courts, a skate park and a horseshoe pit. Because the park also backs up to mountain biking trails and the Spring Creek Trail, users can easily spend a few hours being active while not straying too far from home.

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Bayley Makloski — Becker College

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Connor Morrissey — Marine Corps

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Elizabeth Morrissette - FRCC Irene Moreno — Undecided

Robert McIntire — Rose State College

Brenek McIntosh — Working

Ellen McIntosh — CU-Boulder

Yesica Mendez — FRCC

Gaven Mikels — College America

Zoe Milner — Colorado Mesa University

Blake Moncur — University of Denver

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From its roots in roller skates and plywood in the ‘60s, to abandoned swimming pools and sewer drains in the ‘90s, to the high tech parks and boards available today, skateboarding has come a long way.

Hundreds of parks and facilities, both indoor and outdoor, now exist for beginning and seasoned skateboarders. Fort Collins offers five outdoor skate parks, but the Launch Community Center aims to create a different type of skating environment.

Jonah Sroufe, a local skater for six years, is familiar with Launch.

“I like that it’s built for skaters by skaters,” Sroufe said. “You have a bowl, a pocket, and a wall. You can do a lot here. It’s our go-to place.”

Andy Weiss, the founder of Launch, created the park as a non-profit to fill the need many skaters had for an indoor ramp with accessible prices.

“Every indoor park I’ve ever been to is up north and it costs like eight dollars an hour, so being a nonprofit allows us to have low rates,” Weiss said.

In addition to seeing it as a skatepark, Weiss sees it as a community center, and a place where parents can feel safe leaving their kids.

“You have five skateparks in Fort Collins that are just parks, and anything could happen to some kid who just wants to learn to skateboard,” Weiss said. “We’re a monitored environment so parents know what kids are getting into when they drop them off here.”

The feeling of the park appeals to Lee Emsrie, a skater of eight years.

“It’s a great place,” Emsrie said.

“Andy is a great person, and the atmosphere is relaxed, and the collections of boards and magazines they have is really cool to look through.”

An extensive collection of magazines and other skateboard paraphernalia is an important facet of the Launch Community Center. Encompassing both vintage and modern aspects of skateboarding, the collection has been recognized as one of the most wide-ranging in the country.

“I’m a hoarder so I never threw one of these magazines away so in the ‘80s I just dragged these things around,” Weiss said. “And when I managed skate shops I would take some of whatever magazines we were subscribed to at the time, and over time it just grew into this collection we have now.”

The Launch Community Center is open to people of all skill levels on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 5-8 p.m.

May 18, 2016 17 Sports Student gains memories, lessons from 14 years of figure skating

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The triple axel is one of the more spectacular figuring skating jumps. It is omnipresent in Olympic routines.

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Now 18 years old, Brotherton is an adult, but she hasn’t forgotten how figure skating has guided her through her life, and she hasn’t given up the sport.

For 11 years she’s worked her way up in the yearly ice show put on by EPIC, from being an Austrian kid in “The Sound of Music” to step-outs and solos. Her flashy charisma on the ice landed her parts like Mama Morton in “Chicago,” a Broadway show converted for the ice. But her favorite part was a few years back, when she played Meg in “Hercules.”

“That was a really fun part, to finally play a princess,” Brotherton said.

According to Brotherton, her favorite memory was doing artistics, performances that concentrate on the theatrical part of skating, with her coach Shelby Harrison.

“That was always really fun and she kind of really helped me get out of my shell and

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she hasn’t drifted from her roots.

“It’s kinda weird, since it’s been such a huge part of my life and a big chunk of it too, but it’s kind of an accomplishment,” she said. “It feels really good, to know that I have gotten this far, and that I stuck with it.”

Sticking with it has been equal parts hard and rewarding.

“I think the most challenging part is the mental game of it,” Brotherton explained. “Being able to focus on what to do in the middle of a jump or a spin, trying to convince yourself that you know you can do it is extremely hard.”

According to Brotherton, the most satisfying part of the sport was “finally feeling proud of yourself when you do a clean program or land a jump that you’ve been working on for a really long time.”

But even with all that difficulty with only moments of gratification, the lessons learned last a lifetime.

“It’s super cliché but it’s getting up even when you fall down,” she said.

“Even when life gets hard, you have to pick yourself up and keep going.”

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The glint of metal on ice. Complicated hair-dos.

Bruises blooming from the knees.

Fantastically bright lipstick. Falling down. Trying again.

Figure skating is a mix of grace and strength, just as senior Briana Brotherton is. Skating since she was just four years old, Brotherton is well versed in all that makes up the sport.

Tiny scars dot her slender hands from the catch of her blade, and her closet is filled with old costumes and competition dresses, little remnants of her childhood.

purple sequined jacket as she does a Michael Jackson-esque performance complete with dramatic fedora tips and moon walking across the ice.

Earlier this year, Brotherton graduated from the Fort Collins Figure Skating Club, but

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break out of my shyness that I’ve kinda gotten myself into,” Brotherton explained.

On the ice, there is no remnant of that shell now, as she skates to “Smooth Criminal” in the Cirque de Solei section. This year, she is adorned with a

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I started playing football in fourth grade. That was my first year of tackle football but I was playing flag football before that. My brother played and so he was playing all these different sports and I wanted to play also. And my dad played, also. He played at UNC. What’s been your favorite memory?

Probably just my senior year in general. Like, playing this year with the friends I’ve played with.

I’ll always be friends with them and I’ll never forget the times we’ve had.

What’s the most difficult aspect of football?

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I’d say being mentally tough because it’d be easy to quit on yourself especially when things aren’t going the way you want them to. It’d be really easy to say, “All right I’m done. I can’t do this anymore.”

What’s been your greatest accomplishment?

I would probably say going to the next level, playing football at Black Hills State for college. That’s like a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Kielar Harpham helped lead the Lambkins to the 4A Northern Football Conference title. Despite playing with three different quarterbacks, Harpham led the conference in receptions (47) and receiving yards (937).

He also scored the second most receiving touchdowns (11), and accounted for the fifth-most total yards (1292).

He will continue playing football at Black Hills State.

ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Becca Schulte is one of the fastest high school runners in Fort Collins. She’s the 2015 state champion in the 400m and she was a part of the 4x400m championship relay team. She won the 2016 conference championship in the 400m and the 200m. Because of her accomplishments, Schulte was accepted to the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle.

She’ll be running for Vanderbilt University next year.

When did you start doing track?

I did it when I was young. I’ve always ran but I started actually doing track when I was in 8th grade.

My whole family has always been super into running so it was just a part of the family.

What’s the most challenging aspect of track?

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Probably the mental side and getting past mental blocks of thinking you can’t do it.

Have you ever wanted to give up?

Yes at some points. But not really, but there are certain workouts where you’re just like “Why am I doing this?” Or if you’re not getting better.

What’s your favorite memory?

Probably winning the 4x4 last year at state just because it was the end of the meet and the team was really cool about it and we were all just so excited.

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Humanity has the unfortunate tendency to fashion its own frustrations, both internally and externally. Continuing to grow amidst the chaos of the world’s people and constant unpredictability is hardly the simplest necessity, with ceilings put above our heads and walls built around us and our lackluster insecurities.

Like vines, we must stop feeding what is no longer beneficial to us and flourish toward the sunlight, leaving the rest behind. The people surrounding us are not meant to stunt us, just as we are not rooted to the humdrum environments in which we find ourselves. If negativity outweighs positivity, we must rise above the circumstance and allow ourselves the relief of detachment from the undesirable.

The biggest wall I’ve had to surmount in my 18 years of being was the realization that my happiness does not rely on the rest of humanity, but on my own sense of comfort and wellbeing. A person, no matter how close to me, has no control over my emotions, and I have no obligation to limit my happiness for another’s.

Along with my flourishing sense of independent serenity, I have also found for myself a sense of determination that does not rely on another individual’s boundaries; as

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the saying states, “a glass ceiling is made to be broken.” Though every individual is unique, all hope to grow into bigger, better, and brighter people, despite the limits that we have placed above ourselves, and those others have constructed.

As we struggle to overcome our complications, the universe has a tendency to present a fair share of inadequacies, both externally and, to the majority’s dismay, internally.

Among pettiness and apathy, ego is the worst thing a person can be plagued with, just as killing such weeds is the best achievement. Once a person’s ego is gone, many of the senseless little things disappear along with it; and with the insignificant negativities no longer draining us, we can ascend to become, subjectively speaking, healthier people.

Walls and roots cannot keep us in discontent, and ceilings never truly have the ability to keep us down. We must grow like honeysuckle and ivy above our artificial and existential complications, and strive for the sunlight, where we, as humanity, can be content with our one human existence.

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The first thing on seniors’ minds after accepting their departure from high school tends to be where they will live. Some may move in with friends, others may live on a university campus with an assigned roommate, or some may live alone in a new apartment.

I moved into an apartment alone for the first time in March. Living alone comes with many benefits, such as having a large personal space, creating your own rules, and the overall sense of freedom from parents. However, right after moving, I experienced conflicting emotions.

When I realized I was alone, I felt lively. It wasn’t something I had felt when living with roommates or parents. Sure, people are still on the other side of the wall since I live in an apartment

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complex, but having a lock and key to my home was incredible. I didn’t have my parents dictating my every move; I didn’t have to bicker with my siblings, and I could get up and make a snack at 3 a.m. without having to tip-toe across the floor.

However, not everything was pleasant when this journey began. The greatest difference I had to get used to was sleeping alone. I constantly double-checked my doors to make sure they were deadlocked, and I still do.

For the first night few nights, I ended up staying up late until I passed out while watching TV. But after I got comfortable being in the apartment alone, I started to be able to sleep normally rather than staying up until 3 a.m.

This wasn’t the only challenge to face.

Living alone means no one is there to tell you to clean your room, wash the dishes, or take out the trash. Personally, since I lack selfdiscipline, I let my messes stack up until I have company over or I run out of dishes or clothes.

Despite the troubles, I still enjoy opening my door to an untouched home. It is an experience that many will go through, but it won’t be an easy transition. When you go to get your first home and live by yourself, keep these changes in mind and be prepared to find your own challenges to overcome.

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Fort Collins has a thriving biking culture. With over 280 miles of bike path winding throughout the city, we can get almost anywhere in a safe, non-polluting way. As the temperature starts to climb, more students are choosing to ride their bikes to school.

In addition, our school was the first public high school to be recognized by the American League of Bicyclists.

The organization recognized that FCHS encourages biking and provides amenities for students who choose to pedal to school.

With all of these factors taken into account, it would make sense to have enough bike racks for all students who want to ride to school. Unfortunately, some bicyclists have been forced to secure their bikes to fences and railings because of the limited number of bike racks. FCHS offers approximately 450 spaces, which is inadequate for our 1,600 students.

Having a place to lock up a bicycle is not a right exclusive to those who get to school first. Every student who decides to bike to school should have an equal amount of space and security at the bike racks. If the security of bicycles becomes a stress for students, they will stop riding to school.

Adding racks around school would be a small sacrifice. Bike racks are a relatively easy and cheap way to encourage students to choose a healthier mode of transportation.

As our environment continues to deteriorate, switching from cars to bicycles should be encouraged.

Not only does bicycling help the environment, but it is also an effective way to stay fit. According to Trekstorewashington.com, pedaling at 10mph, a 140-pound cyclist would burn about 400 calories for every hour biked. And studies prove that biking only a few times a week reduces blood pressure and stress and can increase energy and elevate mood.

Biking is positive for everybody.

If the school wants to remain an impressive role model to other schools who are attempting to become more bicycle conscious, we must seriously reevaluate the number of bike racks we are providing for students.

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Stephen Scoggins — CSU

Sahro Seong — Colorado School of Mines

Annelise Sherman — Gap Year

Joshua Shirley — Working

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Rebecca Schulte — Vanderbilt University

Samantha Ruff — Studying Abroad in Italy

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It’s human nature to see a person and think, “I like that one.

I’ll talk to him.” We’re drawn to people that we find interesting, and we tend to stay with people we share interests with.

Friends are always important because you can talk to them, and they’ll listen to you. Whether you think of them as people who didn’t want to be lonely during their lunch hour, or the most important people in your life, friends are vital to an enjoyable high school experience.

However, some students don’t have a circle of friends.

They stay alone, or they don’t know who to talk to.

That’s where clubs come in.

Clubs can act as places that will always feel comfortable to students, no matter what happens. They will be there to help in times of need, offering a safe environment in which students can enjoy their day.

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This place for me was the publications room. “The Pub” always felt like a sanctuary to me. I always felt happy here in a safe and peaceful place. I could walk into the Pub and all of the chaos that is the daily life of a high school student would go.

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No matter what happened throughout the day, I could always count on the Pub being an escape.

The room itself wasn’t the only thing that helped me. The people

that stayed in the Pub with me were just as much of a comfort.

My fellow staff members, the students who make the yearbook, and especially the advisers to these groups all helped me. These people were more than just friends and teachers to me; we assisted each other when we needed it, and we always cared for each other, no matter what.

We were family.

The same can be said for all of the clubs here at FCHS. Students can come together with people they share interests with, talk, and enjoy themselves. And there are clubs for everyone out there.

The school’s annual Club Rush is evidence enough for that.

Clubs are more than just clubs. They’re places for students to open up, or to finally feel like they fit in. The people within the clubs look out for each other and stay close to each other. Clubs are a very important part of life in high school, and I recommend that everyone join one and experience the same joys that I, and all the other staff of this newspaper, have enjoyed for so long.

Introverted demeanor empowers strong students

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Editor-in-Chief If you know me, you know I’m a very quiet person. Maybe you’ve wondered why.

Like any question regarding a person’s identity, the answer is far from straightforward.

It’s multifaceted, and something I’m still figuring out myself. However, part of my quiet demeanor, to put it simply, can be attributed to who I am—and that’s the personality type known as an “introvert.”

The terms “introvert” and “extrovert” were first popularized by psychologist Carl Jung as a means of defining two opposing temperaments, which exist not as a strict dichotomy, but along a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum, extroverts derive energy from social interaction; on the opposite side, introverts are energized through time to themselves.

In modern society, an institutional bias toward outgoing and charismatic personalities sometimes causes introverts to feel ashamed of their quietness, restricting what they believe they are capable of achieving. In her popular 2012 TED Talk, “The Power of Introverts,” author and self-described Quiet Revolutionary Susan Cain examines this societal bias and argues for the unique strengths contributed by the soft-spoken and contemplative.

“When psychologists look at the lives of the most creative people, what they find are people who are very good at exchanging ideas and advancing ideas, but who also have a serious streak of introversion in them,” Cain said.

Cain reveals many influential figures throughout history who identified as introverts.

“Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these people described themselves as quiet and softspoken and even shy,” Cain said.

“And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to. And this turns out to have a special power all its own, because people could feel that these leaders were at the helm not because they enjoyed directing others and not out of the pleasure of being looked at.”

Understanding the strengths introverts can contribute is important to maximizing society’s potential.

“Because when it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best,” Cain said.

In empowering introverts to be themselves, Cain does not wish to downplay the tremendous value of social connection and teamwork on which a current cultural emphasis is placed.

“What I’m saying is that culturally, we need a much better balance. We need more of a yin and yang between these two types,” Cain said.

Disadvantages of being quiet certainly exist, and some aspects of my introversion are challenges I wish to overcome. These include, for example, social anxiety, selfdoubt, a reluctance to show personal vulnerability that stems from perfectionism, and the tendency to overthink everything.

Often, though, our weaknesses and strengths are inextricably bound, as they are mutually tied to what makes us unique as individuals. For me, being quiet allows me to gain insight as an observer, understanding others more deeply and processing my surroundings before rushing to assert myself.

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TEENS Name of Talk: “The Power of Introverts.”

Presenter: Susan Cain I am fortunate to have always felt welcomed among my peers with a level of kindness and acceptance for which I am truly grateful, but not everyone has had the same experience.

In high school, a culture of conformity and a tendency to judge others based on what makes them stand out from the rest too often allows trivial differences to divide us as we undergo this shared experience.

The parting advice I wish to leave comes down to the importance of unconditional acceptance, and fostering the courage to embrace, rather than eliminate, that which makes us unique. At a time when we are establishing our identities, it is crucial to do so in an environment in which everyone can feel appreciated for the people they are.

And sometimes, to achieve this acceptance, it helps to talk a bit less, and listen a little more—as long as you’re not afraid to share your voice when it counts.

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Time is one of the few goods everybody gets free.

Unfortunately, even though time is free, free time is not a leisure many people have, and balancing it with sleep and work can prove difficult.

According to the Monthly Labor Review from November 2008, high school students have an average of 4 hours free per day and spend almost twice as much time attending class and doing homework at 7 hours, 30 minutes. This unequal ratio can cause individuals with more work as a result of advanced classes or time-consuming jobs to face the dilemma of losing leisure time or sleep while making time for work.

When balancing work, students may find homework to be time consuming. A statistic possibly interesting to those

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Anna Spillman — FRCC Brian Spadafora — Working

Matthew Sutherland — Aims Community College Cassandra Suppes — Savannah College of Art and Design Bryan Sullivan — CSU Jordan Stroik — CSU Victoria Stansberry — CSU

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solution is probably making a lighter or easier schedule. For some students Average Time Spent by Teens taking fewer classes isn’t an option. Avoiding procrastination, attempting to finish work early, and keeping a schedule of work are ways I have found effective in decreasing the amount of time spent on school work and increasing opportunity for leisure.

“For me it’s Sleep Sports important because Other Education Leisure Beauty it keeps me focused Religion Work on what I have to do Eating Media/Communications and helps me not be so stressed,” junior Annie Yang said.

I share the sentiment of weekdays only 30 percent of students spend time doing wanting to make sure there is coursework outside of school. enough time to do everything I I found this statistic to be want without cutting into time incredibly surprising as an AP for what I need to do with many and music student who is far of my peers. I know personally too familiar with hearing birds how difficult it is to reach this chirping before I go to sleep. balance as I still struggle with it, For the others like me who but when the perfect balance of find the idea of little homework work, leisure, and sleep is reached appealing, the most effective the benefits are innumerable.

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For 12 years we are surrounded by them. They shape our personalities; they have an incredible impact on our young souls. Helping us overcome our differences and accepting us with all our childish fears, they guide us through the scary world of school. These magicians have a very ordinary title: teachers.

Everyone has moments and people that help them become who they are. Looking back, I can see who and what shaped my individuality, and many of these influences are teachers.

I will never forget my first time in drama school – I met a person whose wisdom helped me become the person I am today.

It has been three years since I had my last class with my drama teacher. I still remember the serious, apprising look in his eyes while watching our daily etudes. I learned about theater during the time but, moreover, I learned to think critically not only about the plays, but also about life. My drama teacher explained to me what a good theater performance is, but also taught me ethics, sociology, and rhetoric.

When I started taking language classes, I was extremely afraid of writing a bad essay, so I didn’t turn one in at all. I had an “F,” and finally decided to talk to my teacher. I walked into the classroom scared, but I walked out feeling confident.

Because of my teacher’s support, I started turning in assignments and raising my grade. The most exciting part was getting feedback that encouraged me to continue working and was so positive I didn’t believe it was really for my essays. This experience helped me to stop being afraid of trying and helped me to gain confidence.

I wonder if teachers realize they have an incredible impact on our lives. Doctors can see that their job had an impact; they can see that they saved somebody’s life. Software specialists know that their software works. But how can teachers know what difference their support made?

Teachers, thank you. We might forget your faces or your names, but we will never forget what you’ve done for us.

Joe Sponsler — Stanford University

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Cassandra Southard — Montana State University

Rhythm is a concept some people have and others need to learn. It was something I struggled with, but quickly achieved and strived for more.

As I’ve grown, I’ve realized that life has its own groove, discovering what family really is, the dynamic that memories hold, and how I want to spend my remaining years.

My rhythm started when my elementary school music teacher, Jean Johnson, saw my affection for pulse and handed me a tubano drum.

I fell in love immediately.

The following year, my parents bought me an electronic drum set. It fueled my passion

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Johnny Bugarin for influencing my decision, I stayed in the band program. This meant being in both concert band, and marching band. I immediately felt welcomed not as a member, but as part of a family.

The years were filled with decisions that were not my best; for example, ditching classes, having poor grades, and making some poor friend choices. Despite this, high school has ensured many firsttime experiences: true love, international trips, and seeing music bring joy to someone’s soul and tears to their eyes.

Though high school was packed with drama and events that will eventually mean nothing, it has helped me see that blood doesn’t define family, and memories are always something to hold on to. For the rest of my life, I want to show people how a simple instrument can create a network of emotions and an escape to a reality no one else can even imagine.

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and I practiced daily, learning new techniques and rhythms.

I purchased a conga drum from my neighbor to expand my newfound knowledge.

I joined band at Lesher, under the direction of Robert Borger. Explaining concepts such as why certain notes sound pretty together and others don’t, he showed me correct techniques and where to strike each instrument to achieve the best tone.

The next year, Loni Elly took over as the orchestra and band director. To fill the hole Borger had left to the best of her abilities, she studied more about the band instruments and about the students; she showed me how to play timpani for a piece called “March of the Aliens” by Barrie Gott.

Time flew, and during my transition to high school, I was faced with a decision that tested who I was: continue band or end my pathway as a musician?

With gratitude to alumnus

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Preston Snavely — Wichita State University

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Caleb Slade — Montana State University

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Larissa Sifuentes — FRCC

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Austin Wade — Aims Community College Gabriel Verduzco — FRCC William Verbest — SUNY-Albany Alondra Vazquez — UNC Ramiro Vargas — FRCC Javier Vargas — FRCC Matthew van den Heever — CU-Boulder Halee Van — Undecided

Coulson Thurgood — Utah State University

Zoie Tollison — UNC

Daphne Tran — CU-Boulder

Glorianne Trippe — Franciscan University

Jacob Unger — CU-Boulder

Ceasar Valdez — Undecided

Mason Valdez — CU-Boulder

Vanessa Valenzuela Lucero — Undecided

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The contrast between the need to protect our schools and the personal integrity of a teacher’s control over his or her classroom emerges when faced with the issue of having cameras in the classroom.

Cameras create a constant feeling of guilt for both teachers and students, an electric eye watching and evaluating every movement, sentence, and interaction. We need to drop the notion that a school environment replicates the rest of the world, justice is served to every wrongdoer, and total security through surveillance is expected.

For Professional Development School student D a n i e l l e Clifton, who is studying to become a teacher, cameras in classrooms create a clear problem.

“I feel like that could be potentially disrupting,” Clifton said. “And that it could interfere with the student’s or the teacher’s ability to work.”

If the goal of cameras in classrooms is to increase teacher accountability, cameras are not the solution. In a presentation given by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a productive classroom environment is one where: “Students feel emotionally & physically safe, and the daily routines, learning activities, and standards for appropriate behavior are all designed to promote learning in productive classrooms.” If implemented in classrooms, cameras would proliferate a sense of fear and distrust in an environment where those are the last two emotions that should be present.

School is a place of education where people come to acquire knowledge, not a place of distrust and fear. Under prison-like conditions, students and teachers Cameras are bad would become convicts who are guilty until proven innocent, and • Installing cameras where deans and administrators would act as wardens. These would disrupt learning. conditions are not conducive to the productive environment •Additional cameras or academic achievement we desperately need. would proliferate fear In classrooms, some aspects in students while in the of complete security and safety must be sacrificed in order for classrooms. a student to truly be challenged and develop character. Let us • Cameras would not, out of fear for the safety of our children and integrity prevent students from of our classrooms, destroy challenging themselves. what we are proudest of: our fundamental rights and liberties.

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Increased surveillance encourages student accountability Parker Andrist

Head Graphic Artist

Putting cameras in the classroom would help in a multitude of ways, from discouraging illegal conduct such as vandalism and theft to reducing bullying between students, and limiting disrespectful student-teacher relations.

Teachers can try their best but they won’t be able to stop kids from bullying each other when they aren’t in the room. As soon as teachers walk out the door, the environment changes from a safety zone to a cluster bomb of ego, giggles, and testosterone.

During unsupervised time, students become subject to harassment and in extreme c a s e s violence.

Bullying is something the school strives to abolish and if we spend the money to put cameras in classrooms, we can and control as much of the mistreatment as possible.

According to stopbullying. gov, 12-15 school shootings that happened in the 1990s were a result of someone being bullied. If we can help the students being bullied, we might prevent such disasters.

Although the cameras will be expensive, the life of a student is priceless in comparison.

“It [cameras in classrooms] can discourage bad behavior and can reinforce kids doing the proper things— kids not doing the wrong things and teachers not doing the wrong things—so I don’t think that this will be a detriment in any way,” math teacher Dan Reinke said. “If nothing else it’s increasing integrity when no one is watching.”

Cameras can help with not only bullying, but vandalism. I see it every day and I get a feeling of Cameras are good excruciating irritation that people can take advantage free public school and come • Cameras would in saying they hate it and abuse the resources and decrease student tools that they are given. bullying in classrooms.

“I bet my desks get written on just about every day and my focus • Vandalism would is teaching and trying be discouraged with to get the subject matter across,” Reinke said. enforced punishments.

If we put cameras in classrooms, we could • Pillars of excellence hold students accountable for their actions, and demands better become closer to reaching behavior from peers. our goals known as the Pillars of Excellence.

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Don’t worry about stepping out of your comfort zone; everyone has had to do it at least once. It makes you stronger.

Alexander Winkler — Nazareth College

The only true obstacle that stands in your way is you. Let go of everything you fear and jump into a new experience.

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Don’t be afraid to go after your dreams, even if it means going somewhere you’ve never been before.

Brandon Welch — CU-Boulder

I’ve always loved getting deep into a book and creating an emotional connection with the characters. Page by page, the story develops and the hero goes through struggle after struggle just to overcome obstacles and triumph in self-discovery. Caught up in the action and excitement of the words, I’m hooked on the book and I cringe knowing it will eventually end.

Letting go of the characters and the stories we fell in love with is painful, and it’s even more difficult when they’re real. The look of pride I remember wearing when I aced the test I was stressing over, or the feeling I got when a teacher caught me doing something wrong, or the meeting of new people who changed my life are real chapters in my book I will never forget. But in order to move on and get the full experience of what comes next on the page, or in real life, you have to let go.

Remembering the past is important because it made you who you are today, but clinging to the past is dangerous because it prevents you from moving on.

Luke Weaver — Alabama State University

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Sometimes you find a new book, but other times the story continues in a sequel.

Yet to get the most out of the new book, you have to discard the previous one.

As I get close to graduating, I am reminded of one of my favorite C. Joy Bell lines: “No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!”

Let’s begin reading the sequel in a brand new place, with new people and experiences. I have to see what fills the pages of my next book. About to submerse myself in a fantastic world that I haven’t had the chance to explore, I am excited to go, but certainly s c a r e d about leaving everything I know behind.

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Seniors, what is your parting advice?

Sam Ruff

Mason Valdez

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Senior

“Don’t be ashamed of stress eating.”

Senior

“Don’t procrastinate, because if you put everything off until the last minute, you’re stuck finishing all the work.”

Mayra Del Toro

Spencer Blanchard Senior

Senior

“My biggest advice would be to get involved. It looks good for college!

Just do it.”

“Buy pants that are larger than you think.”

Matt Hall

Katie Hurley

Courtney Porter

Senior

Senior

Senior

“Do what you want to do, not what everyone else wants you to do.”

“Definitely don’t ditch every day. Make sure you’re trying your best.

Surround yourself with good people but have fun.”

“Stay in school, don’t procrastinate, be nice and not a smartass to your teachers.”

“My advice would be to take it one day at a time.

Don’t worry about drama.

Today is a new day.”

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