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Iowa City High School • Iowa City, Iowa • Vol. 72 Issue 5 • Thursday, April 30, 2015 • www.thelittlehawk.com i

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Democrats and Republicans Battle Over Education Funding

By Lindsey Parrott & Olivia Parrott

ABOVE: Rand Paul supporters gather in the second floor ballroom of the IMU. BOTTOM LEFT: Hillary Clinton speaks with Kirkwood Community College President Mick Starcevich in Monticello, Iowa on April 14. BOTTOM RIGHT: Rand Paul addresses the crowd at the Stand For Rand rally on April 10. PHOTOS BY ELISE GOODVIN

Presidential Pile-Up Candidates of both parties battle for the next presidential bid, and flock to Iowa to win over the influential swing state.

By Lucy McGehee Numerous national headlines have included Iowa recently, as possible presidential candidates swarm to small farming towns to boast their beliefs and publicize their campaign.

Out of the fourteen presidential hopefuls that have visited Iowa so far, Senator Rand Paul (Kentucky -R) made a stop in Iowa City on April 10.

“We believe that young voters are a growing force in American politics, and it is our goal to make them a central part of our caucus coalition,” Steve Grubbs, Advisor for Senator Paul’s Political Action Committee, said, via email.

From 1964 until the present, Johnson County has consistently voted for democratic presidential candidates, so holding a rally in the primarily liberal college town of Iowa City can

be considered a risk for a Republican campaigning. However, there can be benefits because of the ample amount of youth, and the opportunity to push beliefs that students may relate to.

“Senator Paul has tremendous appeal among young voters due to his stance against putting ‘boots on the ground’ in the Middle East, as well as his push for criminal justice reform. It could be risky [coming to Iowa City], but we believe that even

students who may not agree with Senator Paul appreciate his stance protecting our phone records from NSA searches,” Grubbs said.

“He also is for devolving government from Washington to the states so average people can make a difference.”

The recurring issue for many college students and one uncertainty for future college goers, such as Cyan Vanderhoef ‘17, is the looming accumulation of college debt.

“I FEEL LIKE WE’RE KIND OF IN THE SPOTLIGHT. THE ONLY SPOTLIGHT THAT IOWA USUALLY GETS IS FROM ELECTIONS.”

-CYAN VANDERHOEF ‘17

“To attract more youth votes, [candidates should] make college cost less, so we’re not in so much debt when we hit adulthood,” Vanderhoef said.

Vanderhoef has also noticed that Iowa gets much more attention nationally from media and potential candidates during the start of elections.

“I feel like we’re kind of in the spotlight. The only spotlight that Iowa usually gets is from elections,” she said. “It’s hard to [go everywhere in Iowa] because candidates have a budget and there’s only so many stops that can be made. When they go to smaller towns, it’s great for smalltown people. There’s not just big city people, there’s also smalltown people who make a large difference.” continued on A5

One hundred million dollars.

That’s the three percent difference between the Republican and Democratic proposals in the Iowa Legislature for a budget increase in K-12 funding. Republicans have proposed a 1.25 percent increase in 2016, with a 2.45 percent increase the following year. Democrats have proposed a four percent increase for the next two years.

“We don’t have oceans and we don’t have mountains and we don’t have big major cities or professional sports, but the state of Iowa has always prided itself on the state motto ‘A place to grow’,” Principal Bacon said. “This means a place to grow families, to grow up. Priding ourselves on public education is critical,” he said. “I want to see the state of Iowa leading the way.”

Iowa has slipped to 35 in the nation in public education funding per student, and is currently $1,612 below the national average.

“That’s an embarrassment,” Bacon said.

The average amount of money spent on school funding between the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota is within 0.4 percent of the national average.

“We should be able to fund at similar levels as our neighbors,” President of the School Board, Chris Lynch, said.

Both City and West were each asked to cut 6.5 FTE (employee fulltime equivalency) teaching positions.

However, City grew by nearly 100 students, and continues to grow. This year the school will graduate 333 seniors, but will welcome an incoming freshman class of approximately 440 students this fall. This results in a 110-student increase to the building.

The Republican proposal of 1.25 percent and 2.45 percent budget increases for 2016-2017 would not meet the needs of a growing high school.

“City High is in a position where we desperately need to grow our staffing next year,” Bacon said. “After taking a big cut last year and continuing to grow, I feel that w e must be able to add sections back of the courses we offer in order to have acceptable class sizes next year.”

Murley believes the main concern of parents are large class sizes for their children.

“The feedback we have received is mostly based on this concern,” he said.

Freshman Rachel Strang experiences the result of a rolled-back budget on a daily basis.

“I think that large class sizes affect my quality of learning,” she said.“I feel like I can’t ask questions because there are so many people in the class.” continued on A3

A2 PREVIEW

April 30, 2015 The Little Hawk Feature Magazine

Section A

5 PARKER GOES INTERNATIONAL

By Ayla Canin

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AMBER BOYD TO LEAD SOUTHEAST NEXT FALL

By Emma Pradarelli

Introducing the new principal of South East Junior High.

Jake Parker ‘16 plans to tour the country this summer after being accepted into exclusive International Drum Corps

By Will Barker Delving into the deep unknown world of hypnosis and party after prom

8 TAPPING INTO MOBILE LEARNING

By Sadie Hobbs & Bella Pittman How are schools incopoorating technology and apps into their curriculum?

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By Sofie Lie & Lucy McGehee Learn about the underground network of tunnels that lay beneath downton Iowa City.

HYPNOSIS! WOAAAAAAAAAAH!

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IOWA CITY UNDERGROUND

MARY POPPINS: Q&A

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

By Caroline Brown & Sonali Durham Get into the heads of your fellow Little Hawks and learn some of their unique phobias.

By Jonas Geerdes Eddy Galstad ‘16 and Addie Bass ‘17 share their experience playing Mary Poppins in the spring musical.

Section B

KISS HIS ACE

By Innes Hicsasmaz

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Joe Hoff ‘17 is City High’s top tennis player. Check his swag.

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SMALL, BUT MIGHTY

By Innes Hicsasmaz Girls soccer is on the rise, and have high hopes come state tournament time.

SEGREGATION IN SCIENCE

By Lydia Kaufmann The Little Hawk investigates gender imbalance in certain career fields, and in classes at City High.

From your editors...

By Anton Buri & Payton Evans

Spring has sprung and change is in the air, as thoughts of summer and new beginnings cloud the minds of seniors, adding to the overwhelming feelings of senioritis. The moment we’ve all been dreading is finally here. Fellow Little Hawks, we present to you our final issue of The Little Hawk.

It’s a bittersweet moment. The time has come for us to turn over our roles as co-executive editors and pass on our vast amounts of knowledge and

wisdom to our three fabulous successors.

The past year has been an innovative one for The Little Hawk. We’ve gotten our feet wet in a variety of journalistic elements that are rarely, if ever, seen in high school newspapers. We united the virtual and textual world with the integration of Aurasma in our February issue. We ventured into previously unknown realms of design constantly, trying new things with each issue. We even went as far as to create a completely separate special edition magazine, Ignotus, consisting mainly of photos and very little text.

This issue we took a little more time than usual to bring you the best final issue possible. We extended our deadline by a week in order to perfect every story, every photo, and every page design.

Our ever growing staff has provided for an abundance of stories this issue, ranging from serious news stories concerning budget cuts to interesting features about phobias. A wide variety of writers

has amounted in a wide variety of stories, opinions, and creativity.

The added amount of time has allowed for additional focus on our website. Like always, our number one priority is you, dear reader. It’s our job to serve as the number one source of news around City High. We have renewed efforts to post breaking news stories as soon as possible and promote them via Twitter and Facebook. Our website is accessible to you 24/7, so even when we aren’t publishing, you have an awareness of the ongoings in your school and community.

As always it’s a pleasure to write for you, Little Hawks. We hope you’ve enjoyed our work as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it.

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April 30 , 2015

Mapping out the Future The ICCSD releases a fourth set of redistricting maps in another attempt to equalize the demographics of the three area high schools.

By Payton Evans

Amber Boyd to Lead South East Next Fall

By Emma Pradarelli Southeast Junior High is getting its second principal in just two years. Newcomer Amber Boyd has been hired as full-time principal of South East, and will start this fall.

Matt Degner has served as principal since Deb Wretman retired in 2013 after 24 years in the role.

In January, Degner was promoted to District Director of Secondary Schools, and this spring divided his time between South East and the district offices.

Boyd is currently working as a School Improvement Leader (SIL) at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, and has worked in education for 10 years. Degner, along with South East counselor Brian Ingram, were involved in interviewing Boyd for the job.

“I look at the person’s ability to make relationships, and to have a students-first mentality,” Degner said. “I also want to make sure a principal can effectively communicate a decision to different groups, and bring all the students together to do great things.”

Ingram agreed, stating that Boyd was “energetic” during the interview, offered lots of ideas, and seemed very positive.

“On the upper administration’s on-site visit when they went to Des Moines, they got a lot of positive feedback, which is exciting for us,” he said.

Although starting a new job in a new city with new co-workers can be nerve racking, Boyd said she’s looking forward to the position.

“The one thing that sticks out to me [during my visit to South East] is the fact that the staff members that I met kept referring to their co-workers as family,” she said. “I loved hearing that, and I am so excited that I will be a part of the really cool things happening there.”

Boyd said her top priority as South East principal will be to look out for her students.

“Always do what is best for the kids, period,” Boyd said. “Having said that, I think it is important to create an environment that both staff and students enjoy coming to every day.”

Boyd is also looking forward to interacting with the larger South East community.

“Building relationships is something that is very important to me, and one way to do so is by celebrating the accomplishments of both staff and students,” Boyd said. “I also plan to make and maintain relationships with other stakeholders – including parents and our community-a priority.

It definitely takes a village.”

The Iowa City Community School District has tried yet again to battle the geographic and demographic barriers preventing equality in the future of local high schools. The fourth rendition of redistricting maps were released Wednesday, April 1 at the request of the Iowa City Community School Board.

Map 4B takes into account geographical boundaries while simultaneously attempting to “(1) balance distribution of low SES, special needs, and ELL learners, and (2) avoid boundaries within 1/2 mile of current and future elementary schools, where feasible,” as described in the summary provided with the map.

Map 4F, similar to previous map 3F, vocalizes the assignment of Van Allen Elementary School to Liberty High School, instead of West High School as well as the assignment of Coralville Central Elementary School to West High School, instead of Liberty High School.

Accompanying the fourth round of proposed boundaries are charts dictating the coordinating demographic makeup of area elementary, junior high, and high schools. As it stands, Liberty High School is projected to have a significantly smaller population than the other two area high schools. According to an interview with the Iowa City Press-Citizen, chief operating officer David Dude said the most recent proposals pose challenges similar to previous ones in regards to creating a balance between geography and student demographics.

Future construction plans following the opening of the school for the 2017-2018 school year, when the boundary changes will take effect, are expected to eventually equalize the population of Liberty High School with City and West High Schools.

*Education Spending from A1 District inflation has been in the three to four percent range, which would maintain current standards.

The Democratically proposed four percent increase would allow City to make progress on challenges, such as class size.

“There will be some difficult choices. We shouldn’t be in this position,” Bacon said. “We can do better than this.”

Although a lesser increase would not be ideal, the ICCSD would fair better than other districts. Because the ICCSD is a growing district, they would receive a higher state supplemental assistance rate than districts who experience a decrease in student enrollment. If the Iowa Legislature approves a four percent increase, the ICCSD would actually receive a 5.3 percent increase. A 1.25 percent increase would mean a 2.6 percent increase for the ICCSD. Contingency plans are always in place, but Bacon has no intention of having to implement them.

“It is my expectation that we will be funded at an acceptable level, so we can continue to offer the quality programming we expect in this community.”

Bacon has emailed a letter to parents urging them to contact state legislatures, but believes the parental response to budget cuts has not been

strong enough. We tried to contact Republicans from the legislature, but they did not respond.

“The time is now for anyone interested in supporting public schools and maintaining our excellence in programming, to contact state legislatures and advocate for the senate’s plan of four percent,” he said. “We need to find a way to branch out and contact others in the state legislature and the governor’s office to tell them that we value public education in the state of Iowa, and that we want to get back to leading the way.”

The Iowa Legislature is currently several months behind in approving K-12 budget increases for 2016 and 2017.

“It is time for the state to step up and put our students first in setting priorities,” Murley said.

A 1.25 percent budget increase would not allow the district to function from year to year, and according to Murley, would not only harm the district and students next year, but also for years to come. Lynch and Bacon agree that a four percent increase would allow for a decrease in class sizes, and a restoration of course selection.

“It would be outstanding. It would be a huge step in the right direction.

It would allow us to do what we so desperately need to do,” Bacon said.

“We’re not shooting for the moon here-it’s not outrageous that four percent would be the decision.”

The District budget was designed around what was believed to be a conservative estimate of two percent allowable growth.

“To have the forecast be conceivably less than that is very concerning,” Bacon said. “I realize that resources are scarce and decisions are hard, but I worry sometimes we play politics a little bit with these decisions. There’s too much at stake here,” he said. “We must continue to live up to the great

tradition of investing in public education in the state of Iowa.”

The recently approved $223 million budget for 2016 was decided on without information about state aid from the legislature.

Lynch thinks “it’s unfortunate” the District had to decide on a budget without a decision on state aid from lawmakers.

From a midway standpoint, although Murley does not see a need to cut staffing positions or programs, the District plans to leave all vacant staff positions unfilled until more infor-

mation is available about state funding for next year.

In an attempt to reach a compromise after many months of debate, Democrats have lowered their proposal to 2.62 percent.

Murley believes the approval of a smaller increase will make the delivery of a quality education more difficult.

“However, the district will not falter in providing every student an excellent education,” he said. “Regardless of the decision that comes from the State regarding budget increases.”

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NEWS April 30, 2015

This Spring Break, students went on school trips to a variety of places for music, language, or service. A few of these students came in to tell us a little bit about their experiences.

By Addy Smith The plane will no longer be filled with eager students looking to come to City High. The school board has decided to not allow foreign exchange students until the Fall of 2017.

“The argument was ‘if the school is full for us, it should be full for them too,” Superintendent Stephen Murley said of complaints from parents.

Many parents shared their unhappiness that, as taxpayers, they were denied the voluntary transfer option [open enrollment] to send their kids to West High, but foreign exchange students were being allowed to attend City High.

When City High was closed to open enrollment earlier this year, the district followed the same practice.

“City High has been an amazing school for us, that’s why I’m so sad about my students not being able to go there for a couple years,” Becky Corbett, the regional coordinator of EF (Education First) said. “Mr. Bacon has always been great, nice, and easy to work with, and the guidance counselors are very cooperative as well are the teachers at City,” she said. “The host families in Iowa City have always been amazing, and again that makes me sad, because I know some of them would like to host again, but won’t be able to.”

Although no schools in the district will be able to host students from abroad next school year or the succeeding one, when Liberty High School is opened for business in 2017, spots for EF students will eventually be available at all three high schools.

Amanda Sanderfelt ‘15 a current EF student from Sweden believes in the importance of foreign exchange students.

“It’s not only fun to meet people from a different country, it’s also important education-wise to be able to learn what it’s like in different countries, and to be able to get more insight of the world from students at your own school without leaving your town.”

After finding out that she is apart of the last class of exchange students for a couple years, Amanda is now more than ever thankful for her experience at City.

“I got really lucky by getting to come to City High. Because City High is one of the bigger schools in Iowa, I’ve been able to take a lot of different classes that some of my friends that went to smaller schools haven’t been able to, I’ve gotten to meet more, as well as a wider variety of people, and I’ve gotten to pick from more sports [at City High] that I ended up loving!”

Even though the District will be allowing exchange students again in 2017, students like Nia Washington ‘18 will be seniors then.

“I was really upset when I heard that there wouldn’t be anymore foreign exchange students at City, because this year I’ve met some really awesome people from other countries,” she said. “Then I found out that they would be coming back in 2017, and so that was a relief, but I realized that I’ll be a senior then and will have missed out on two whole years of the complete high school experience.”

SPAIN

MEXICO

Laura Cornell 16’ traveled with a group of students who accompanied the U of I Dentistry and Pharmacy students and a construction team on a service trip to Mexico. The group helped with things such as putting fluoride on small children’s’ teeth and keeping the children in line as the Pharmacy team gave out medications.

“I think my favorite part was being with the kids,” Cornell said. “And especially knowing that we made a difference.”

Maria McCoy 15’, along with 26 other City and West High students, traveled to Spain over Spring Break. In their first week they toured the southern parts of Spain including Segovia, Toledo, Granada, and Sevilla. In the second half of their trip they stayed with host families in Huelva and lived the life of a Spaniard for a week doing things such as going to the schools and taking family trips to the beach and farm. McCoy describes that staying in a house with strangers for a week was a crazy thought to her, but that she really enjoyed it.

“When you first get there you’re like, ‘wow this is kind of insane’,” McCoy said. “But it was amazing.”

FLORIDA

Joseph Stoltz ‘17 traveled to Diseny World with the City High band to perform in Orlando, Florida at Downtown Disney. While in Orlando, they spent time at the Disney Parks and also spent a day at Universal Studios. At their concert in Downtown Disney, they performed a few Disney tunes as well as a few other pieces. Stoltz says that he had the most fun riding the rides in the parks, and just spending time with friends.

“It was all a really amazing experience,” Stoltz said. “It’s definitely something that people should do.”

Finding a Fit:

By Payton Evans Years of preparation. Consecutive, grueling hours spent completing application after application. Months of anxious, yet eager anticipation. Over the past few decades, the college application process has become a more stress-inducing and frustrating process, requiring students to work harder as admission rates continue to become increasingly competitive.

Recently, shopping for “namebrand schools” such as the Ivy Leagues has become more common among students and parents. The intelligence and potential of a student is often associated with which schools they are accepted into, and which they decide to attend.

FRANCE

Ellis Fontana ‘16 was one of two students who traveled to France this Spring Break. While in the country they visited Paris, and La Rochelle.

They traveled around the two cities sightseeing, and stayed with a host family.

“I really liked Paris,” Fontana said. “The castles that we saw on the way to La Rochelle were really cool.”

Fontana says that the most memorable thing from France was walking in the cities and admiring the unique architecture.

“Everything [in the United States] is so modern,” Fontana said.

“But there things just seem to go wherever they want.”

Author Frank Bruni sets out to change the perception of the college admissions process with his 2015 book.

“I think the macro issue is in our brand-conscious, consumer world we live in: Parents and applicants overemphasize rankings’ importance,” Director of the Business Solutions Center at the University of Iowa, Mark Winkler, said. “University choice is about ‘fit.’ It’s as individualized as you are.

Find a college that will give you the experience you need at this stage in life.”

College admissions offices stress that each individual student is unique when it comes to finding a college that is best for them.

“Avoid comparing your situation and decision to someone else’s,” Winkler said. “Make a decision that is right for you and your family.”

Author Frank Bruni has begun to shift the perception of the importance of a school’s reputation. In his book Where You Go Isn’t Who You Will Be, Bruni poses the idea that a student’s worth and future success isn’t determined by the reputation of the school they attend.

City High guidance counselor Tom Carey agrees.

“If you find a fit for you at a school

“UNIVERSITY CHOICE IS ABOUT ‘FIT.’ IT’S AS INDIVIDUALIZED AS YOU ARE.” -MARK WINKLER

that’s a non-name brand school, I believe, in most cases, you’re going to come out with the same kinds of opportunities and the same tools that you would have at any other school.”

Bruni claims that it isn’t so much about where a student attends college, as what they do at that school.

“I think they’re going to be interested in what the people you interact with say about you, what the students are taught, or whatever your pre-professional experience was,” Carey said.

“They are going to listen very carefully to what those people have to say about you, and how you did.”

City High student Peter Larsen agrees with the concept of the book.

“You’ll find success anywhere you go if you have the right mindset and you’re ambitious,” Larsen said.

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NEWS April 30, 2015

*Politicians from A1

#City Real Encourages Body Positivity

The first caucuses in the country are held in Iowa, and spark national talk of who the front-runners are based off their results. Kevin Techau was a Caucus Captain for Hillary Clinton in Des Moines during the 2008 elections, and is now the U.S. Attorney for Iowa’s Northern District.

“Iowa Caucuses are good testing waters for candidates and presents the opportunity for many lesser-known candidates to emerge,” Techau said. “They also weed out candidates that may not do as well [in the caucuses].”

Since the last election took place in 2012, social media, such as Twitter and Instagram, has become much more popular. Almost every candidate has a Twitter account, and tweet when and where they will be next.

Social media enables candidates to reach out to youth who constantly check their cell phones and use Twitter and Instagram routinely.

“Social media will be used more [this coming election], because that’s all teenagers look at all day. It’s not your wallet anymore in your back pocket, it’s always your phone. At lunch, in between classes, whenever we have free time, we’re on social media,” Vanderhoef said. “The thing is you can’t just sit down at lunch and just flip through these awesome pictures of candidates and pick which one you want, or read a funny tweet that could be completely biased, you’ll have no idea because it’s in social media. You have to sit down and listen to what the candidates are saying and decide for yourself. It’s not a quick little blitz.”

Predicted Republican front runners in the 2016 elections that will be visiting Des Moines, Council Bluffs, and surrounding area in late April and May include Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Senator Lindsey Graham (South Carolina -R), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.

Notable candidates competing for the Democratic Presidential Nomination will be visiting Des Moines and surrounding areas in early April, and will include former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb.

By Taylor Milefchik

ABOVE: Hillary Clinton speaks at a small roundtable discussion in an auto tech classroom at Kirkwook Community College. LEFT: Rand Paul speaks to supporters at the University of Iowa. PHOTOS

BY ELISE GOODVIN

Parker Goes International

“IT’S NERVEWRACKING TO AUDITION. IT’S DIFFICULT-JUST THE MUSIC PART OF IT- AND THEN JUST BEING IN FRONT OF THE STAFF, BECAUSE THEY’RE SUCH MUSICALLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.”

Jake Parker ‘16 plans to tour the country this summer after being accepted into exclusive International Drum Corps.

By Ayla Canin The Drum Corps International calls itself “Marching Music’s Major League.” The competition to be accepted into one of the group’s two summer touring corps is intense, and the majority of those who win one of the coveted spots have already had college-level drum corps experience. But after a series of auditions, City High junior Jake Parker was chosen to be a part of this prestigious group of musicians performing shows across the nation this summer.

“None [of my students have gotten into the DCI] while they’re in high school, I don’t think,” Ryan Arp, City High Band Director, said. “I think some have gone to college, and then entered the ranks of DCI, but Jake’s

the first one that’s done it while in high school that I know of.”

Jake was thrilled as well, after the news sunk in.

“It was kind of a shock honestly [when I found out that I got in],” Parker said. “They send out letters, and I got my letter, opened it, and it kind of didn’t hit me at first. I was kind of like, ‘Oh that’s, that’s kind of cool,’ and then my mom started freaking out and she’d like ‘Ahhh! oh my gosh you got in!’”

Parker’s audition process began with attending a Drum Corps International camp, followed by a group audition, and then a one-on-one audition with a staff member.

“It’s nerve-wracking [to audition],” Parker said. “It’s difficult- just the music part of it- and then just being in front of the staff, because they’re such

musically intelligent people.”

The DCI is made up of percussion and brass, and separated into two divisions: Open Class and World Class. Parker was accepted into Open Class, still very prestigious, but with a slightly less demanding schedule. But a less demanding schedule does not necessarily mean a relaxing summer.

“Drum Corp’s intense! He’s gonna come back a changed person,” Arp said. “I mean, we’re talking 12-hour days, outside, working on their show, and lots of drumming, lots of marching, lots of sun, and then the next day you do it all over again. It’s just superintense, non-stop music all summer.”

Parker has been playing the drums since third grade, and wants to pursue a career in music if possible, but it was only after he started high school at City that he really cracked down on

Sophie Gottler ‘17 peers into her reflection, fixes a stray hair, and begins to scrawl in large bold letters across the school mirror with a bright red marker. This is not any sort of vandalism; quite the opposite - Sophie is launching a body-positive movement based on Aerie’s campaign.

In Spring 2014, the teen lingerie and apparel store Aerie instigated a body-positive campaign, “Aerie Real.”

The movement features untouched models, exposing tattoos and beauty marks.

“By making the promise to not retouch anyone in our images, we wanted girls to see that even models have their flaws,” Jenny Altman, Aerie’s Fit & Style Expert, said. “Our models have real body flaws, and that’s okay with us, and with them!”

The movement is meant to empower young women and men by showing real untouched images with positive messages, as opposed to advertisements including edited images commonly used by other brands.

“We want girls (and boys) to know that whatever they see in a magazine or online is not always what it seems.

That being real is what makes you strong, confident, and beautiful,” Altman said.

The campaign quickly spread globally, presently affecting students and staff at City High. Its message of self confidence and positivity resonates through the school, as City High students have started their own campaign, “City Real.”

To kick off the movement, eight girls wrote positive messages on the boy’s and girl’s bathroom mirrors in order to spread encouragement.

“To me body positivity is loving not just your body, but all types of bodies.” Gottler, said. “Everybody is different, and everyone has flaws, so you should accept that.”

Besides students, the movement is equally affecting the staff members of City High.

“I think it’s so important that they are doing this campaign, because we’ve all seen untouched images of people; we are all untouched.” Mrs. Kolker, City High guidance counselor, said. “It’s important to realize that your body is more than something for people to look at; it helps you do whatever you want to do.”

PHOTO BY ELISE GOODVIN

his dream.

“I’ve always kind of wanted to do something like this, but I really kind of got into it my freshmen year of high school,” Parker said. “I really started pursuing this goal and I wanted to get it.”

Parker’s friends have all been very supportive, and his teachers are thrilled that he has received this recognition.

-JAKE PARKER ‘16 “I’m very proud, but not surprised,” Principal John Bacon said.

“Jake is somebody that getting a chance to watch him grow here at City High into just a confident, positive, enthusiastic, young man has really been a joy. I think being a part of something is important. It’s great to see Jake doing well and getting this recognition.”

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NEWS April 30, 2015 Things Better

than Prom

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Go to a concert with your BFF

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Eat takeout sushi while watching Netflix in your sweatpants

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Play paintball with a group of friends

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Have a threeday weekend in Chicago.

Remember, no school on Monday for seniors!

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Create your own holiday/festival

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Go to the zoo

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city high crossword

Go shopping (you’ve got all that extra money from not going to prom!)

Watch “Dance Moms”

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Randomly pierce body parts

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Burn your face on the stove

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AD: Eat wasabi peas

Listen to Skrillex while painting your cat’s claws Shave something

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Start a riff-off

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Karaoke with your parents

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Girl’s Guide Preparing for Prom can be one of the most exciting times of the year-especially if you’re a girl- from buying your dress, to planning out your group and hair. Fortunately, Katrina, Arielle, and Maggie are here to help you out with all the details to prom.

First of all, you don’t need a date to go to Prom!

Get a group of your girls together, go have a blast and dance the night away. Even if you come alone, you will have so much fun. How could it not be a good time when there is: bangin’ music, dancing, and chocolate-covered strawberries? If you do want a prom date, don’t be afraid to ask someone; the guys are just as nervous as we are.

Finding the perfect dress is one of the biggest stressers for a high school girl. Price and brand do not matter- just find one that you feel beautiful in!

You may not find your dress right away, but don’t stress, it’s out there.

Here are some things to keep in mind when shopping for your dream prom dress: Start looking early: As it gets closer and closer to prom, stores will start to thin out of options, that way you won’t be stressed and pressed for time a week before the actual dance. Don’t be afraid to look at secondhand stores! You may be surprised what you find, and the prices are unbeatable.

Fit your figure: All dresses aren’t made for everyone, so find one that compliments your body. For some, this

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means buying a short prom dress, for others it could be a two-piece. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and do something unique. But whatever you do, wear your dress with confidence. You are beautiful!

Finding the right shoes: This one can be tough. If you want to wear heels, make sure they are comfortable enough to take pictures and go out in. Remember, you can always check your shoes in at the dance. For those of us who just cannot walk in heels, go with a pair of flats or sandals. Be different and be you!

Match your hair: To some this doesn’t seem that important, but your hairstyle can really make or break your whole outfit. Check out our Piktochart “OMGProm: Hairstyles” for the best tips on how to wear your hair based on the cut of your dress.

Don’t forget about your nails: It would not be fun on prom night to look down and see bare nails and toes! This doesn’t mean you have to go and spend lots of money at a salon, just slap on a solid color or nude and sparkles to go with the color scheme of your outfit.

French tips are always a classy choice, and they can go with almost any dress.

Be sure to communicate with your date and-or group about where you are going to eat. If you plan on eating out, be sure to make a reservation in advance. It’s important that it is planned so you won’t have to stress when prom day arrives.

Guy’s Guide

Preparing for Prom can be a difficult taskespecially if you’re a guy. From how to ask your special someone, to deciding where to eat, prom can quickly turn into a sticky situation. Luckily, Kennedy and Drew are here to help you out.

One of the first and most important tasks to do is ask. It’s important to not automatically assume you’re already going if you’re dating the girl. You need to ASK!! Every girl loves to be asked.

Here are some things you should keep in mind when asking your date: Do not asking in front of her friends or in front of a large group: This is a no-no. Unless you are 100 percent sure she is going to say yes, do NOT ask her in front of a large group of people. Doing this will make her feel awkward and pressured into saying yes, regardless of how she feels.

Asking with an inside joke: This has potential to work and can be good. If the joke isn’t gross or anything, go for it. Using an inside joke will show her you are being creative and care about her. The more creative the better!

Asking over text or social media: This is also a big no! Doing this will make the girl feel unimportant and seem like you

could care less about her.

After you have asked your date (and hopefully were accepted), it is very crucial to find out the color of her dress. You must coordinate with your date. Make sure the color of your bow tie and vest match the dress color of your date.

The next most important thing to figure out is where you are going to eat. It is extremely important to make reservations (in advance!!!) someplace your date likes, because if she isn’t happy, you definitely won’t be. Be sure to ask her what she wants to eat.

If she says she doesn’t care, she’s lying!

(Also, don’t have your date pay the tab.

Just don’t.)

After that, it’s simple. Go to the dance, have fun, and don’t be too stiff. Let loose and have fun. After the dance, you can decide to go to the party after, or do whatever you want.

Although it’s important to remember to be safe, since we live in a college city.

Follow all of these tips and we guarantee that not only will prom be a fun time, it will be a night to remember.

And lastly, remember that no matter how much you’re stressing over prom, your date is stressing ten times more.

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NEWS April 30, 2015

Tapping Into Mobile Learning

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As more technologies and apps are coming out, schools are developing curriculums to use them in their classrooms for the near future.

By Sadie Hobbs & Bella Pittman ACT or American College Testing, explains the changing face of how students learn individually. Apps, whether on your phone or your computer, can be downloaded anywhere and everywhere. ACT believes that sometime in the near future, educational apps will have a large impact on students nationwide.

“Apps have unique things they bring to the table as far as different learning environments, different ways to collaborate, and different ways to manage individual learning, as well as classroom learning,” Director of ACT profile Tyler Coon said.

Most people never think of differentiating the words “education” and “learning” because they sound somewhat similar.

However, they have fairly separate meanings.

“There are two pieces to knowledge acquisition; one is education and one is learning. They are fairly distinct. Education is what people do to you, and learning is what you do to you and for yourself,” Chief Innovation Officer Miguel Encarnação said.

Nonetheless, education within classrooms will remain a part of growing up.

But now students will be learning in whole new and different environment. Students will become more self-motivated to learn through apps and education in technology because of their ability to select their studies in the most advance way yet.

“Since you learn on your own, you can determine the pace at which you’re learning,” Encarnação said. “You can pull together the resources that lend yourself to better learning, so it can be much more personalized.”

Students are already so advanced in technology that this new learning process can be used not only out of class, but can also be incorporated within class. With this sort of technology at school, the learning environment itself can be more fun for the students.

“Kids are more technology–savvy than ever before,” Media and Communications Assistant to the CEO, Kayla Berning, said.

“Teachers need to make sure they’re ‘speaking their lingo,’ and use education technology in the classroom so that students are

excited to come to class each and every day.”

However, even with all the advanced technology and the growing number of students plugged in, the experience between the classroom and learning through devices is very different.

“The interaction with your friends in

the halls, or the ability to raise your hand ,or the ability to see the teachers body language of how they present a given topic are all things that an app can’t really replace,” Coon said.

Although students wouldn’t have that face-to-face interaction, apps can crunch data much quicker than learning in a regu-

lar classroom.

“In a classroom it’s hard if you have 40 students or so for a teacher,” Encarnação said. “There’s not a lot of personalization that you can do, and with educational technology there’s a little bit more.”

When students learn and are educated through technology, they advance the student through the learning process very efficiently. Apps can meet certain needs of the students that they may be having trouble with during school by providing more indepth explanation.

“It’s going to evolve collaboration, and specifically the personalization of learning and education,” Coon said. “So it’s really going to evolve into meeting the individual needs of the learners.”

The workplace is quickly adapting to technology, and therefore the pace becomes more rapid. Learning and understanding terms through technology could possibly determine how well students manage their careers in the future.

“The job market, through technology, is changing at much quicker pace. Now it’s very hard to anticipate the jobs that will be out there when you go out into the workforce,” Encarnação said. “That means that it’s getting harder and harder-on the education side-to prepare students for everything out there.”

Introducing technology into the classroom earlier promotes out-of-class learning, enthusiastic course selection, and self-motivation. Future generations will continue to benefit from enriched education.

“With the increase of students (and school districts) owning smart phones, iPads, and tablets, and more proficiency in education technology, this is the time to embrace education apps and connect with students, rather than in the traditional classroom,” Berning said.

As noticed by many teachers, students are always on their phones during class time, even though it’s prohibited.

“Teachers need to embrace this fact, and instead of prohibiting cell phones in class, embracing the idea to support curriculum: Have students use their phones in class for various classroom assignments through the use of apps,” Berning said. “Whether or not educational apps transform education, they sure will transform the way students learn.”

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One Study Hall to Rule Them All City High will implement Little Hawk Advisory next year, a 26-minute period designed to help students get more one-on-one time with teachers.

By Anton Buri It can be a challenge finding time to get help from a teacher, making up a missed assignment, or even getting all of one’s homework done in one night. In realizing this struggle, City hopes to provide students with more time to do these things, as well as encourage individual studentteacher interactions, with Little Hawk Advisory: a sort of built-in study hall for every student.

“We’re seeing lots of schools across the country developing some type of what they’re calling an ‘intervention block’ into their day, to provide either: tutoring, teaching of concepts that need to be gone over again, or just extra support time to help students in being successful,” Principal John Bacon said.

The educational strategy that’s sweeping the country is known as “Multi-Tier System of Supports” or “MTSS”. It’s a system that’s focused on providing various and diverse ways to support students. This past fall, Bacon and other City High teachers visited Cedar Rapids Washington High School, where an extra block of time with these purposes was recently put in place.

“We met with their teachers, and we watched it in action, and learned a lot about what this looked like,” Bacon said. “Their students love it. We came back pretty enthused about giving this a shot at City High. The thing that really sold me on it, ultimately, was that I wanted something that benefits all students.”

LH Advisory will take place after fifth period on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week, and will be 26 minutes long. A special sounding bell will chime after fifth period, alerting students and faculty that Little Hawk Advisory has begun. From that point on, students have two options.

The first option is visiting a teacher with whom that student has a special pass to see. That pass can be obtained prior to the advisory period by either asking the teacher for a pass, or having the teacher requesting you to their classroom, and writing you a pass.

“You’d get a little extra time with that teacher, either to go over an assignment, get a little bit of extra help, or finish something up,” Bacon said.

If you do not have a special pass, then you stay in your fifth hour class, and it essentially becomes a study hall. “[Little Hawk Advisory is] a period of 26 minutes to let you just catch your breath, get organized, or get started on something,” Bacon explained.

The task of finding a time when both a student and teacher are able to sit down and discuss something can be quite difficult, as teachers have only two open periods, and some students have none.

“Normally in the school day I don’t have time to sit down and talk with the teacher, and say, ‘Hey I don’t understand this. I need some help’,” Rasmus Schlutter ‘17 said. “So I think going into more challenging courses, such as AP Chemistry and AP Calculus, and having the teacher connection there would really prove invaluable.”

Hopes are that Little Hawk Advisory can be a remedy for this students struggling to meet with their teachers and

getting the help they desire.

“We recognize that our students are busy, and our students are stressed. Our students take on unbelievably rigorous loads. We have a lot of very high-achieving students at City High whose schedules are absolutely unbelievable.

They’re packed. They’ve never had a study hall in their life.

They take seven classes, they’re involved in tons of extra curricular activities after school, and they just do not have time in their day to go and get extra support from teachers,” Bacon said. “This is a chance to just give you a little jump start. Let you have a little bit of sanity in your day, and just catch your breath, get organized.”

Another advantage to this designated time is that it helps students get around other barriers that may interfere with getting help in their education.

“If you take the school bus to and from school, it can be very difficult to come early or stay after to see a teacher. If you’re busy with activities, same thing,” Bacon said. “Right now it’s sort of hit and miss in, terms of kids who can go see teachers that they need to see. This would provide a consistent chance for students to go in and see a teacher that they need help from.”

Furthermore, this block of time could be used as a time to host unique extracurricular learning.

“I think there could be some neat things that we could do with this,” Bacon said. “We have some ideas about bringing in a series of speakers that can deliver three-day, 20-minute workshops on college applications, or doing a resume, or learning about a career path, interview tips or whatever.”

The cost of implementing LH advisory is essentially 12 minutes off of each period every week, as the 26 minutes is obtained by stripping four minutes off of each class period besides fourth, where only two minutes are cut off. The lunch periods will remain the same.

This loss in class time is a potential downside to installing this block of time.

“Four minutes doesn’t seem like a lot, but I feel like once you get going into the year, it could really start making a difference,” Schlutter said. “Definitely, there is the question of, ‘Are you going to be using the time to work that you aren’t doing in those four minutes of class time?’”

In this sense, a lot of the success of this implementation falls into the hands the students hands, as well as the teachers’.

“Frankly, the whole thing is predicated on studentswho are in the study hall part of it-using that time effectively,” Bacon said. “If you don’t have a pass and you aren’t signing out to go work in a small group with a teacher, how do you use that time?”

Ideally, students will use the time to get a start on their homework, and not spend time looking at their phone.

“I don’t want it to turn into a 26-minute recess break ,where everyone is on their phone,” Bacon said. “There’s a double edge here, because on one hand the phone is a technology that can be useful, I totally get that. On the other hand, it could very easily turn into 26 minutes of Twitter, or whatever. We’re hoping that students would respect that, and understand that we’re here for education,” he said. “We’re here to get a great education, be successful, so we can move on to something great post-secondary.”

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Staff Editorial:

Religious Freedom Laws

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New laws that could allow for discrminination by businesses in Indiana have ignited a firestorm of controversy

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It is the policy of the Iowa City Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic status in its educational programs, activities, or employment practices.

If you believe you have (or your child has) been discriminated against or treated unjustly at school, please contact the Equity Director, Ross Wilburn, at 509 S. Dubuque Street, 319-688-1000.

I suppose that history is indeed doomed to repeat itself. Those who languish in the minorities are in a constant struggle for equality, and those in power will forever claim that this case of minority suppression is not the same as the last one, that this time it’s justified. It is never justified, nor will it ever be. The current struggle for homosexual equality has been grinding slowly forward since the 80s, and has faced one of its largest setbacks so far with the implementation of new religious freedom laws in Indiana.

These laws, among other things, allow for the refusal of a business’ services by the business owner on the basis of a religious disagreement with the customer. Being able to legally discriminate against customers is a very slippery slope. One instance of allowed bigotry will allow for the perpetration of countless more, until those politicians who’ve been salivating at the thought of increased inequality in the form of written law have their dreams realized.

For those of us who live in Iowa City, however, these issues may seem farther away. We live in a very liberal, open, intellectual community, which has always led to the acceptance of societal changes before most of the rest of the country.

Even in the days of slavery, abolitionist John

there are many other anti-gay laws that are being proposed across the country, including one seemingly ridiculous law that would strip the salaries of clerks who give marriage licenses to same-sex couples that could gain more traction if the religious freedom law in Indiana passes.

A number of religious bakeries who have been involved in these cases of religious freedom have pointed out the fact that samesex couples who want wedding catering can simply go to another bakery. Many have accused same-sex couples of intentionally seeking out religious bakeries to cause controversy. Many see that practice as unnecessary and malicious; however, these same sorts of strategies are what pushed the civil rights movement through in the 1960s. Black civil rights activists in the 60s would intentionally sit in diners that had policies against serving black people. By infuriating racist business owners and creating controversy that made it to the front page, they were able to get the support they needed for their cause. The situation is the same today; it’s only the issue that has changed.

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Brown frequently stopped in Iowa City. However, we can’t expect the rest of the country to be as progressive in its policy. We generally can’t even expect most of the rest of Iowa to be as progressive.

When looking at small isolated incidents like a religious baker refusing to cater a gay wedding, it seems like something could be done to make a compromise and help everyone involved. The problem, however, is that the issue of gay rights is so much more than a few isolated incidents.

There is still a large portion of the population who would love to see any type of legislation that even slightly halts sexuality equality. Any law of this type will encourage these people to push for more extreme, and harmful laws. At the moment,

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OPINION April 30, 2015

Hypnosis! Woaaaaaaaah!

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By WILL BARKER

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As prom rapidly approaches, most City High students are rushing to rent fancy clothes and acquire dinner reservations. Even in all this confusion and uncertainty, however, one small prom-related event occupies the collective consciousness of the student body, almost as if it were planted there by a hypnotist. Without fail, the hypnotist that entertains at the Party After Prom always manages to generate a good amount of hype.

Tales of students forgetting their last names and imagining they are in labor are what keep students coming to the Party After Prom year after year.

But what is really happening when our friends, who were perfectly normal minutes before, are suddenly jumping around the room making fools out of themselves? Most people, when watching hypnosis, do not try to really understand what they are seeing and instead take one of two opposite and extreme views of the situation: one point of view is that the subjects have no control over themselves and are in the complete control of the hypnotist; the other is that the hypnotist has no control and that the subjects are faking. The reality is somewhere in between these two views. While hypnosis can genuinely affect a subject’s behavior and grant a certain

amount of control to the hypnotist, studies have shown that the subject of hypnosis must be willing, and must believe that the hypnosis will work.

Over the years, movies and the media have corrupted the public’s view that hypnotism is a cartoonish and dangerous experience. The 1960 film The Manchurian Candidate was one of the first mainstream movies to feature hypnosis as a plot device. The movie depicts an American soldier who gets captured and hypnotized by Russians. He then returns to America to unwillingly carry out the Russians’ diabolical plots. While this is an exciting movie, it completely misrepresents hypnosis. In reality, a hypnotist cannot make their subject do anything that is too far off the subject’s moral compass. Since hypnotism relies on the subject believing in hypnosis, it is easy to believe that this would cause them to act immorally; however, this is not the case.

Researchers such as Vaughan Bell, a clinical psychologist, have found that hypnosis has the ability to seriously affect a small population, is unable to affect an opposite small population, and can affect a majority of the population in a minor way. Because certain people are naturally more susceptible to hypnosis, their behavior once they are hypnotized reflects

their overall personality as well.

Having watched the Party After Prom hypnotist two years in a row, I have noticed many situations that support Vaughan Bell’s theories. After the volunteers are picked from the audience and brought through the initial phase, a variety of things happen. Usually, a bit more than half of the volunteers become hypnotized in some way, while the rest of the volunteers have not managed to become hypnotized and either give up or continue to fake it to make their friends laugh. It is because of these few fakers every year that students come to the conclusion that hypnosis is just a silly party trick and has no real power. However, just because some students fake it doesn’t mean it is all hokey. To me, a student who drowsily imagines a bird on their shoulder is much more convincing than a student who goes crazy and makes bird noises while they are obviously conscious. This further supports Bell’s theories that hypnosis can affect a majority of the population in some way, but that some people are simply not hypnotizable.

So this year at Party After Prom, if you want to witness true hypnosis, look for volunteers who are performing the hypnotist’s actions in a drowsy haze, and not those who are performing consciously for the audience.

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Maturity is a whole new ball game thanks to our broadening collection of technology and tools for success — especially now, with the same advanced technology and tools for success becoming available to both 15-year-olds and 35-year-olds. It is one thing to walk into a room full of people twice your age and seamlessly insert yourself into conversations that showcase knowledge beyond what is expected of you, and another thing to find yourself in the same scenario, and, upon being given praise for a wordy answer to some obscure questions about economic development, reply with, “Yeah... Thanks, I guess.” Maturity is confidence, and confidence is scary, especially for teenagers who can escape behind their cell phones. I say it’s high time for the modern teen to rise to the challenge of utilizing this technology to not only improve their book smarts, but their street smarts, too.

Part of the fascination with or pressure to be smarter than the high school chums you’re surrounded with may be due to the advanced technology being made available to both teenagers and adults. Now, there are kids pirating movies online on the same computer a business major overseas is using to track investments in Iceland. Some teens take notice of that and just roll with it, while others utilize that as a challenge to become just as successful as the guy halfway across the globe with the same make and model of the newest tablet. When you combine that with the fact that this technology is becoming more available to a gradually low-

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ering age group, things begin to get more complicated. Especially in the education system.

This poses a challenge in the school system for dealing with new information to be taught and studied. When so much is already available to your students, what’s left to teach in school that can’t be self-taught at home on individual laptops? Introduce the French revolution to your 9th graders and the better half will go home, log on, and come to school the next day with the entire Wikipedia page memorized.

The possibility of being an in-home, self-taught scholar can make the most prepubescent of kid seem intelligent beyond their years. But come on — Wikipedia? And that’s part of the problem. Sure, there are thousands of sources for information online, but for every 100 reliable sources, there are 300 where people have decided to rewrite history to their liking.

However, that’s not really an unfixable problem. You can always personalize education based on accessible technology. Google has done this with Google Classroom, no doubt improving our education system. This would also solve the problem of unreliable sourcing, because with a more compute- based lesson plan, there would be a bigger focus on recognizing a phony source when doing research. So I think it’s safe to say that technology has potential to greatly improve kids lives in school. But this leaves the issue of a lot of opinionated, naive 12-year-olds broadcasting all over Instagram, Twitter, Vine, Tumblr, and, god forbid, Facebook.

I’ve found that social media really showcases the three not-so-distinct categories of maturity. You’ve got the one-third of kids who seem like they were raised in Cambridge and Tweet like their grandmother follows them; generally the type to reblog/share NY Times articles and make study guides in their spare time. Then there’s the one-third who still think that saying the R-word is cool and use memes from 2011, generally posting anonymous hate out of insecurity. And then there’s the rest of us, the people who fall somewhere in the middle of that scale and are mentally present enough to recognize the other two. And what do the kids in these three groups all have in common?

Their smartphones. Social media creates a mask for kids to post whatever they want without repercussion. Well, until 2007, when cyber harassment was outlawed in Iowa.

All the same, it’s just as tempting to use the mask social media provides to lash out anonymously at others as it is to use it to research a thesis. It’s easy to throw away all respect, empathy, and ability to know when to stop talking, (and ignore how capable we are of self- education), when you can hide behind a keyboard. This kind of technology is advancing so quickly that it’s difficult to know how to regulate it. So in the mean time, watch what you post and try to stay respectful. The Internet is a big place, and there’s so much left to explore and create. Just make sure what you create on the permanent ink of cyberspace is something you’re proud of.

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OPINION

April 30, 2015

The Miracle At Disneyland

By MIGUEL GARCIA Last December, a measles outbreak in Disneyland made headlines and has since resulted in 147 confirmed cases in the U.S. Right now, Canada is recovering from their own recent outbreak of some 159 cases that were traced back to the same park. That brings us to a grand total of at least 307 cases spanning three countries, all originating from one incident that persisted for over four months.

The CDC finally declared Disneyland’s scare over, allowing healthcare professionals to come to the consensus that unvaccinated individuals were the cause, 67% of whom were unvaccinated by choice. This should come as no surprise given the leniency of our vaccination mandates. Typically, exemptions from MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccines are provided for religious, medical, or philosophical reasons. Luckily, Iowa doesn’t grant philosophical exemptions, although parents have been known to blur the line between religious and medical reasons with their own philosophical inclinations. This is where things get murky, seeing as there is literally a total of zero reputable studies that demonstrate a causation between vaccines and autism (or anything else, for that matter).

Furthermore, the Internet and prominent health journals are replete with studies and proof of the unanimous safety of vaccines. As per the law of exceptions, there are some rare cases of them having some adverse effects, but the odds of suffering a serious complication as a result of an MMR vaccine is less than one in a million, and those serious complications are usually things like anaphylaxis, a severe

allergic reaction. Other complications are so rare that they haven’t even been proven to be caused by the vaccine.

With the fluidity of these outbreaks, the last thing I want to do is leave my front doorstep only to end up in a quarantine ward (think Bubble Boy), coming down off of a severe case of measles or mumps or rubella or whatever someone’s immunologically regressed children have succumbed to in their blind, hipster-like pursuit of living an alternative lifestyle. It’s not ideal. Work needs to get done, fun needs to be had, and days await to be seized. However, for the sake of getting along, let’s come to terms on two things. Two things that we can all agree with. The first: we want to be healthy. That’s right! I don’t like being sick or near-death, and I’m sure you don’t either. The second is this: You have every right to not vaccinate your children, so long as you homeschool them, visit public spaces as infrequently as possible, and live in relative seclusion. If you want to play by your own rules, more power to you, but don’t make yourself a hazard. As much as I respect the right to choose what goes into your body, it doesn’t undo the egregious repercussions of it. If I decided one day to act on my personal conjectures and cease to vaccinate my child, and he or she went on to contract something that spread to others, then that “personal choice” to not vaccinate my child would have just stopped being personal. I would have committed a social act. That act be

ing the willful spread of a deadly pathogen.

Perhaps it’s a stretch, but that’s how accountability works. If someone died as a result, I could never live with that. I’d like to believe we’re all considerate enough of one another to see it similarly.

Doubt in modern medicine, specifically in MMR vaccines, just doesn’t have a place in our time. In the 1800s, when the evidence to debate this topic was scarce, perhaps being an avid supporter of the anti-compulsory vaccination league or society (or fan club) wasn’t such an aberrant thing to be. Flash forward a few centuries and any trace of an argument against vaccines has no grounds left. In saying that, I’m not denying that something within our everyday lives is probably inducing autism or insisting that we cease to fight it, but singling out the MMR vaccine as a scapegoat isn’t going to get us any closer to eliminating it or keeping our children safe. Neither will forcing vaccines on unwilling parents. For the time being, all we can ask of anti-vaccinators is to respect our needs, as we respect theirs ,and hope that maybe, just maybe, the incident at Disneyland has changed us all for the better.

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RIGHT TO REMAIN

“Gina Appleby, I love you, but get that out of my classroom.”

“I have very small hands in comparison to the average felon.”

-Ms. Koepnick, on the Cubs

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“We’re gonna talk about sex and finches.”

“Watch where you put your fake legs!”

-Mr. Sheldon

-M. Balcaen, on students with crutches

“I’m not saying that Mr. Casey is a robot, and I’m not saying that he’s related to our national defense.”

-Mr. Koepnick

“I want to go to West High prom to be able to experience prom, without seeing any of my students.”

-M. Balcaen

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Down Goes Frazier

By CODY OWEN

Mayweather-Pacquiao. Pacquiao-Mayweather. What is hyped as the “fight to save boxing.” Boxing was once the most popular sport in the country, the source of entertainment and national pride, but it has fallen out of grace ever since the face of boxing got a lithp (and was then convicted of rape). Not to poke too much fun at Tyson; he managed to turn things around. Now he breeds pigeons and has a violent, Scooby-Doo-esque show on Adult Swim. But Tyson’s biggest problem wasn’t even Tyson. It was that he had no one good to challenge him. Sonny Liston had Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. George Foreman also had Muhammad Ali. These were great boxers and great athletes existing in the same era, challenging each other’s dynasties.

Perhaps the biggest reason for the decline of boxing is the lack of a good public figure.

Muhammad Ali wasn’t particularly nice, but he was hilarious, and was able to forward a relevant political agenda. Joe Frazier was probably one of the nicest hall-of-famers in the sport. The important part here is that these men were personalities. They gave the sport an entertaining, respected face that could relate them to the public.

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have both been public faces for the sport.

Mayweather certainly draws plenty of attention to himself; he spends $10,000 on food a day, which I suppose is only appropriate when your ring name is “Money.” There were also some pretty hilarious rumors that Mayweather was actually illiterate, and that there was a member of his posse who did all of the necessary reading. Manny Pacquiao has been a huge public figure in the boxing world, and became a national phenomenon in his home country of the Philippines, being elected to their Congress and even becoming the first dual-sport professional in the country after a short run the the Filipino Basketball League.

Part of the reason that these men are so much less well-known than their predecessors is that they haven’t had good fights or good enough opponents. Since the 2002 institution of the Ali-Frazier Fight of the Year Award, only Pacquiao has been part of the fight of the year. However, he’s won the Fighter of the Year award as many times as Muhammad Ali. Mayweather has not been part of the Fight of the Year, and has received the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year Award only once.

The issue here is that these men have never fought, and now that they are, it’s arguably too late. It’s been six years since either of them received the Fighter of the Year Award. These men should have fought in their prime. The Ali-Frazier rivalry was at the heart of the best years of boxing, as it was the two best fighters in the world, fighting in their prime. Mayweather and Pacquiao are both nearly 40. My hope for the fight is that both men have the respiratory strength to make it past the third round. The last thing I want is a Ronda Rousey-type fight where it’s over before it even starts (granted, watching Rousey destroy people in under 20 seconds is pretty exciting) as the price tag attached to the event is predicted to be the most expensive pay-per-view event in history. All we can do now is mark the date on our calendar (May 2nd) and hope that our hard-earned $90 doesn’t go to waste.

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OPINION April 30, 2015

Meninists to the World: Stop Taking Away My Rights!

By SOPHIA SCHLESINGER

We Need Rights Too!

ART BY NOVA MEURICE

It’s a known fact that for years our society has been plagued by equal-rights grubbing activists who hate men. I speak, of course, of the modern feminist — or perhaps the most pressing threat to our modern society. Feminism isn’t about equality! It’s for the advancement of women exclusively. Undoubtedly, if we give women too much power, they’ll eventually take over the world. I mean, they can vote; what else do they want? This is why I’ve devoted my efforts to a new, bold cause. Meninism: the movement to protect men’s rights, threatened by feminism everywhere.

As it currently stands, any woman in the workplace has a loaded gun. A man can be fired for giving a compliment — something as simple as “that dress looks really good on you.” So what if she doesn’t want to hear what I think? I want to tell her what I think! I demand the right to say whatever I want, regardless of whether it makes someone uncomfortable. They can deal with it, especially since misogyny is so much worse in other countries. I mean, if a problem is worse somewhere else, why deal with it where it’s not as much of a problem? If you have a dirty room in your house, but someone else has a dirtier room, it makes the most sense to ignore your dirty room because it’s not as bad as theirs. Meninism coming at you with logic!

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Is women’s equality even still an issue, honestly? As a straight, white male, I think I can accurately judge who’s being discriminated against, as I am familiar with discrimination myself, being such a frequent target in this man-hating modern society. I can definitely probably recognize discrimination when I see it, most likely. With my credibility established, believe me when I say women and men are as equal as they ever should or will be in our current era.

Which is why I need meninism. Feminists spewing “facts,” such as the alleged wage gap, which clearly doesn’t exist. I refuse to believe the actual studies done that show men earn more for the same work. It just isn’t true — look at Hollywood, which is definitely representative of the rest of society. Women earn more than men, and the same is true for the porn industry — again, completely and totally representative of the real world. Women are paid more for their bodies. They’re able to earn tons based on physical appearance. If this isn’t inequality, I don’t know what is. They’re using objectification to their advantage! How are we allowing this?

Men are at a clear disadvantage.

Let’s not forget that meninism is a response to feminism. All feminists definitely have the same beliefs and all of them definitely hate men and refuse to shave. What historical or cultural reason would women possibly have to be wary of men anyway? No, feminists are far too dangerous. They’re irrational people who don’t even have an idea of what it is they want. I mean, I suppose there are the campaigns against rape culture, the wage gap thing, representation in politics… It doesn’t matter; it’s irrelevant.

They’re whining. Clearly, issues such as body violation and wage inequality are trivial. They don’t actually negatively impact someone’s life.

Feminists are whiners and meninists are just trying to regain the rights we have lost. Like the right to say whatever we want to anyone and… other stuff. I don’t need to explain myself.

There are definitely rights we have lost. I’m sure of it. Straight, white males such as myself are the oppressed minority not just in the United States, but all over the world. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to shout vulgar things at women on the street with my friends, to reclaim the rights I deserve.

Somebody’s Watching Me

By ELLIS FONTANA

As many Americans in the 20th and 21st centuries know, spies are cool. I mean, they’re super badass. After WW2, spies became commonplace in American culture as we tried to fight back against the USSR in the shadows.

Eventually, tales of these spies would become known to the rest of the public (after it wasn’t a matter of national security, of course) and we began to see stories of suave alcoholics saving the world by banging nearly every woman he sees (that would be Bond, James Bond, if you didn’t know). So what changed? It’s clear that at one point in American history, we Americans turned from thinking that spies and surveillance were not only necessary but also pretty damn cool, to today where we are somehow surprised that the NSA has been recorded phone conversations when George Bush clearly signed the PATRIOT Act that gave the US government the ability to use wiretaps and conduct surveillance on individuals suspected of terrorism. So the question is, what’s different now?

It’s no classified secret that spies and surveillance were very important in the Post-WW2 world. Both the US and the USSR were faced with the conundrum of having to fight each other without also having to blow everything up and destroying all hopes of life on planet Earth. So they found the next best thing: making other people fight each other!

Soon each of the superpowers began placing

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bets on their respective third-world countries and letting them duke it out in the international political revolution ring. First it was Korea; then we got Vietnam; after that we went to the Bay of Pigs in Cuba; then Cambodia took a swing; after that Afghanistan was on the stage; then Nicaragua. And let’s not forget the others: Israel, Greece, China, Tibet, Laos, Guatemala, Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Angola, Libya, and Egypt. Point is, we didn’t like having to do all of the dirty work. It was just so much fun watching the smaller countries beat each other up. And what was the best way to do this?

Spies. Lots of spies. Spies were everywhere, in every corner of the world on every side. They would be monitoring almost everything and trying to orchestrate everything else. Whether it was CIA or KGB, if there was a political revolution in a third-world country you bet James Bond had something to do with it (or Джеймс Бонд if it was the USSR). And the thing is, unlike today, the American people were mostly aware of these spies. They knew that their government was sticking its fingers in other countries, and many of them thought that this was necessary; they simply believed that this was the world that they lived in, that there was no changing it. Which makes sense, because for most Americans the government made it clear that changing the world at that time would mean a hefty dose of nuclear fallout for your good ol’ Small Town, USA.

But needless to say, that didn’t happen, and the times have changed.

If you ask me, there is one date in particular on which America’s opinion on spying changed. That date is December 26, 1991 (that’s almost my birthday!), otherwise known as the day the Soviet Union collapsed. For many Americans this was the end of spying; after all there was no longer a threat of an eternal nuclear wasteland, so what was point of Mr. Bond anymore? The 90s would grow to be the ideal time to live in America for many citizens. No more communists, no more bombs, a booming economy, the Internet finally arrived, and no more spies. If you wanted to see the switch in opinions of spying you can look to the movies, where James Bond used to be hot stuff in the 60s, 70s, 80s; he was being replaced by his goofier equivalent, Austin Powers, whose entire films are dedicated to parodying and making a mockery of the “classic spy”.

Then another date came around that changed everything. That date is September 11, 2001, otherwise known as September 11, or just 9/11.

Honestly I don’t think it’s necessary to tell you what 9/11 changed, since it’s such a central event in our lives that you should already know enough about it. Instead I’ll just focus on the part that matters to this here piece: the PATRIOT Act and the NSA. After Bush signed the PATRIOT Act (shortly after 9/11) we went

to war in both Iraq and Afghanistan for 13 and a half years, and spies were brought back into business. Once again the culture shifted with the country and as Austin Powers ran out of steam he was replaced by new franchises such as Mission Impossible, The Bourne Legacy, the Taken series, and the Daniel Craig Bond movies, all of which show a darker, grittier, more realistic version of the light-hearted and campy world of spies from the 60s and 70s. Suddenly, spying wasn’t so glamorous.

When we were facing the USSR it felt like there was an actual threat over our heads (that threat being a bomber with, you guessed it, a bomb). Now these threats are not so apparent. Sure, the news media likes to blow things out of proportion sometimes, but if you ask the average American living in, say, Kansas, if they think they will be the target of the next massive terrorist attack, the likely answer will be “No,” and “Get off of my property!” For most people, terrorism shouldn’t be their main concern. According to the Centre for Research on Globalization, you are 35,079 times more likely to die from heart disease than a terrorist attack, and only 33, 842 times more likely to die from cancer. So what I’m getting at here is that while the government and the media will want you to believe there is a major threat, for most people (especially us in Iowa City) it isn’t so apparent. Which brings up the question, why does the NSA need to spy on me?

The Journey From The Lower Lot

ART BY SARAH SMITH

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#Prom2015 Meet the Band After receiving a standing ovation at the Spring Show, the boys are back for one last performance at Prom 2015.

By Jonas Geerdes Emmet Adamson ‘16 walks on stage. Accompanying him are three other musicians: a drummer, a guitarist, and a bassist. All four dressed in tuxedos, the audience wonders what new special act the Spring Show has brought before them. Adamson, nervous, sings two magic words: “Day Tripper.” And the crowd goes wild.

“People told me it was the best special act of the night,” Adamson said. “Even someone’s little brother came up to me and said it was their favorite.”

People began comparing them to the Beatles, with the similar wardrobe choice of all tuxedos. The following Monday morning, Adamson was approached to perform at Prom 2015.

“Immediately, I was like, ‘Hell’s yeah,’” Adamson said excitedly. “I mean, I wasn’t going to decline.”

Adamson was asked by Christine Lewers, the co-advisor of the junior class. Lewers explained that she had trouble getting live student bands before, and that this was a first in her career.

“It’s a big commitment,” Lewers said. “These kids are all bringing their own equipment, and it’s taking time out their proms. It adds a whole new layer of complication to their day.”

After the invitation, the four adopted Levi Pugh ‘18 into the band as the new pianist of the band.

“Tony wanted me to join for the special act.” Pugh explained.

“But I had no idea what the music was so I just backed off at the last minute.” With the new addition to the band it brings their total to five, a number they all agree with.

Jake Parker ‘17, the lead drummist, explained why he liked performing in such a small band.

“It’s so much easier for me,” Parker explained. “I can trust these guys to go off, and I can screw a little around and go my own way.

It’s really great.” With the feedback from the Spring Show, they’re confident that they will live up to their last performance.

Tony Soberanis-Fern ‘15, the lead bassist, said the experience was one he would never forget. The crowd he explained, was one of the best things of the night.

“It was pretty freaking awesome,” Soberanis-Fern said. He’s hoping for another loud night at Prom. “I think the louder the crowd is, the better of a time everyone will have.”

Parker agrees.

“I think the more energy the crowd has, the more energy we will have,” Parker said. “And then we can feed off each other, and it will be a good time.”

Settling on the name of Vinyl Denial, their line-up includes an opener of Fire by Jimi Hendrix, a mysterious second Beatles tune, and a fan-favorite closer with Day Tripper. They began to practice once a week, after they agreed to perform at Prom. However, time is one thing that is keeping them apart. Cody Owen ‘16, the lead guitarist, explains that their conflicting schedules is cutting into their practice time.

“We try to practice, but we all have full schedules,” Owen said.

“And with the musical, getting everyone together has been hard.”

Parker and Pugh, who both played in the musical’s pit band, agree on the problem.

“It’s honestly hard as hell. Especially now with Tech week, its really stressful for pit, to find times we are all available,” Parker explained. “And that makes practices with these guys a lot more complicated, since they’re are all so busy.”

Even with the time constraints, the band plans to put on one of their best performances yet.

“When I went to prom last year, I felt like this is what it was missing; it was just a DJ last year, and no live anything,” Soberanis-Fern explained. “Not to knock DJs, but I just think they’re not that good, he said “Nothing can beat good, ol-fashioned music.”

Prom 2015 Music of the Night

May 2nd 8-12

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A&E April 30, 2015

Modeling: Fantasy or Reality?

top 14 SONGS we hope are played at prom according to resident music expert:

By Hazel Crew Emily Butcher and Briley Jones are two up-and-coming teenage models. Butcher is an 18-year-old originally from the UK, who now calls Ireland her home. She began to model a few months ago, and is currently living in London. Jones has just celebrated her 19th birthday in Paris and is now also working in London. She grew up on a farm just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Jones has been on and off with modeling since she was 15, but now she is doing it full time.

Arielle Soemadi

LH: Why did you get into modeling?

EB: I didn’t intend to do it, I was going to go to college. I mean of course I thought about it; I used to watch America’s Next Top Model with my mum! I never had the confidence to believe that I could actually do it. It was more of a fantasy, and I was on the outside looking in.

BJ: I was taking pictures and stuff like that. I was completely obsessed with magazines, and I wanted to be that girl in the photo. But the reason that I continued with modeling was because I wanted to travel and meet new people. I had a better understanding of what this industry is.

LH: What kind of affect has modeling had on your life?

EB: I really miss my family; my parents live in Ireland. I’m never going to be able to work at home or be based at home because it’s not a fashion city. But I wouldn’t trade the friends that I’ve made here for the world.

BJ: I have gotten what I wanted out of modeling, I got to travel, and I meet some amazing people. The connections you make with people, the agencies, the designers, the places you see! It’s something most people don’t get to do. But school is something that is very important for me, I really want to go back to college and finish my degree.

LH: What’s the craziest thing that has happened to you?

EB: I think getting signed in the first place, because I definitely didn’t see it in myself. It was crazy to me that someone saw that I had it in me!

BJ: What part hasn’t been crazy for me?! I feel like everything crazy that can happen to a person happens to me. From getting cut from the Marc Jacobs show two hours before I was supposed to walk, to getting electrocuted by my electric blanket in New

Album Review:

ABOVE: Briley Jones in Tokyo for the Miu Miu fashion show.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HAZEL CREW

York.

LH: Do you intend to make a career out of modeling?

EB: I want a career out of it. I don’t think everyone does, I’ve spoken to some other girls and they are just doing it for fun or for the moment, but plan on doing something else with their lives. I would really like to make a career out of it if I can, but obviously that doesn’t happen for everyone.

BJ: I better have a career out of this! I have sacrificed so much, but I have no doubts that I will go back to school and finish my degree. That might be later in life, but I know that’s something that I want. Do I want to be doing this when I’m 50 years old?

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Get Low

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Where are U now

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Trap Queen

A two-and-a-half year hiatus between albums seems practically like a decade in today’s age of music. Such a span seems even longer when attempting to follow up an album that has been widely heralded as a classic by critics and fans alike. 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city rocketed Compton’s Kendrick Lamar to mainstream rap stardom, with Lamar’s lyrical and storytelling ability submerging the listener into his world as a youth on the verge of manhood. In just months the twentysomething MC went from a mid-level rapper with a modest cult following, to one of the hottest stars in not just Hip-Hop, but the entire music industry. So, it was no surprise when Lamar’s second major-label offering, To Pimp A Butterfly, hit iTunes and Spotify a week earlier than its original March 23 release date, that the internet nearly self combusted. Shattering Spotify’s previous record, the album was streamed over 9.8 million times the day following its release, and is already well on its way to a platinum status, just weeks after its release.

While good kid played out like a movie, in which a teenage Kendrick comes of age, To Pimp A Butterfly is more of a jig-saw puzzle, with each track piecing together to convey the sentiments of a post-fame Lamar. One of the projects most personal tracks, “u”, dives into the regret of leaving home, and the idea of survivor’s guilt.

“A true friend never leaves Compton for profit,” raps Lamar from the perspective of a personification of his own self-doubts. The album, and Lamar’s greatest strength in general, come from his ability to effectively convey his views and opinions by giving the listeners a front row seat to the experiences that shaped his current mindset.

He makes music that demands to be heard, and TPAB is no exception.

To Pimp A Butterfly is a project sonically drenched in jazz and funk. Tracks like “Institutionalized”, featuring Snoop Dogg, sound as if they could be straight out of the golden age of West Coast G-Funk rap, when Snoop and Dr. Dre (TPAB’s executive producer) reigned supreme. But the album’s sonics even regress past G-funk, to a time before hip hop’s inception, when the genres of soul and funk dominated the industry. This retro sound found throughout is curated by the live instrumentation of Los Angeles’s neo-jazz movement. Producer Flying Lotus’s crew, consisting of bassist Thundercat and saxophonist/producer Terrace Martin, can be heard throughout.

Lamar goes further to strengthen this vintage feel with features from the 70’s funk super-group Parliament’s frontman, George Clinton, and notable soul legend Ronald Isley. At first listen, TPAB’s funk-laced instrumentals are surprising, if not off-putting. Yet, slowly, as the project continues, the jazzy melodies reminiscent of a funky past seem to wrap you like a blanket, and by the final tracks you find yourself musically engulfed in a world where James Brown could still sit atop the Billboard charts.

Skrillex and Diplo ft. Justin Bieber

Fetty Wap

4 Bend Ova Lil John ft. Tyga

5 GDFR FloRida

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Kole Butler’s Remix

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DJ Snake

Earned it The Weeknd

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I Don't Mind

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Big Spender

Usher

Trap Remix ft. ASAP

10 Worth It 5th Harmony ft Kid Ink

11 Time of Our Lives Pitbull ft Ne-Yo

12 Shut Up & Dance Walk the Moon

13 Want to Want me Jason Derulo

14 I Want You to Know

Zedd ft.

Selena Gomez

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: Mary Poppins QA Eddy Galstad ‘16 and Addie Bass ‘17 share with us their experiences in the spring musical, Mary Poppins.

By Jonas Geerdes

Addie Bass

Eddy Galstad

LH: Tell me about playing the role of Mary Poppins.

LH: What’s it like being Mary Poppins?

It’s the most magical thing I have ever done. It’s an honor for me to be playing such a wonderful and interesting character that is not only sassy but kind. It’s a little bit daunting standing in front of an audience (mostly kids) knowing that whatever you do, will influence them- but that might be the best part. [It’s cool] knowing that your acting or singing can affect the life of someone you don’t even know.

It’s the most magical thing I have ever done. It’s an honor for me to be playing such a wonderful and interesting character that is not only sassy but kind. It’s a little bit daunting standing in front of an audience (mostly kids) knowing that whatever you do, will influence them but that might be the best part. Knowing that your acting or singing can affect the life of someone you don’t even know.

LH: What was the hardest moment you had in the musical?

LH: What was the hardest moment you had in the musical?

Knowing that at some point it had to end. I had so much fun, made so many memories, and gained friendships I could never have imagined. Mary Poppins always meant a lot to me but becoming Mary Poppins was a whole different ball game.

Leaving the role of Mary Poppins will be hard because of the wonderful experiences I have had that I never want to end.

Knowing that at some point it had to end. I had so much fun, made so many memories, and gained friendships I could never have imagined. Mary Poppins has always meant a lot to me, but becoming Mary Poppins was a whole different ball game. Leaving the role of Mary Poppins will be hard because of the wonderful experiences I have had that I never want to end.

LH: What was your favorite moment in the musical?

My favorite scene would probably be the last scene but it’s also my least favorite. Mary sings her final goodbye, and the kids tell her they’ll never forget. It’s really touching not only for me but for many in the audience.

One of the final verses in the song is “with every job when it’s complete there is a sense of bittersweet” which I really thinks sums up how I feel.

LH: What was your favorite moment in the musical?

My favorite scene would probably be the last scene, but it’s also my least favorite. Mary sings her final goodbye, and the kids tell her they’ll never forget. It’s really touching not only for me, but for many in the audience.

One of the final verses in the song is “with every job when it’s complete there is a sense of bittersweet” which I really thinks sums up how I feel.

LH: What was it like working with everybody in the cast?

Amazing. I have never been in anything like Mary Poppins so I came into the musical knowing about 5 people, but everyone was so accepting and kind.

I think we all being around each other making Mary Poppins even more enjoyable.

LH: What was it like working with everybody in the cast?

LH: .Are you happy its over?

Amazing. I have never been in anything like Mary Poppins, so I came into the musical knowing about five people, but everyone was so accepting and kind. I think we all being around each other making Mary Poppins even more enjoyable.

No. If I could do this show forever I would. It’s a wonderful show with a wonderful cast, an exceptional, and a fantastic pit. I will never forget this. Ever.

LH: What was flying like?

I love flying. Everyone thinks it is really scary, but it isn’t. The kids in the audience really in awe, as well was many adults. The best is when people cheer for you, you feel all warm inside. It’s great.

LH: Are you happy it’s over?

No. If I could do this show forever I would. It’s a wonderful show with a wonderful cast, an exceptional, and a fantastic pit. I will never forget this. Ever.

LH: What are you going to miss the most?

LH: What was flying like?

I was quite nervous at first! I’m not the best with heights, but after seeing how seriously Flying by Foy takes its flying, a lot of that fear went away. I think the best flight in the musical was the very first one, because you know it’s what a lot of the audience came to see, and they’ve been waiting for it and getting to hear those “oohs” and “ahs” from the audience is so rewarding.

I don’t know.. Everything? The Music is fantastic and the show is so fun to perform. There is nothing like the rush you get while performing on stage is unparalleled. I love that, I love the cast. I love the crew. I loved every second, as stressed out and worries as I was during tech week, I think this was an amazing experience.

LH: Where can we expect to see you again?

LH: What are you going to miss the most?

I’m definitely going to miss the people. I honestly don’t know what I’ll do without my regular dose of Eddy Galstad! And my green ensemble dress. Ask anyone, I LOVED that thing. I definitely WILL NOT miss the quick change in Jolly Holiday.

You never know. Musical theater is pretty new to me but hopefully in some more productions and next year’s City High Musical.

LH: Where can we expect to see you again?

I’ve been cast as Morticia Addams in City Circle Acting Company’s production of Addams Family this summer. Rehearsals for that actually start the Monday after Mary Poppins’ final matinee so I hope I don’t pass out.

PHOTO BY CORA BERN-KLUG

Sports

April 30, 2015

ATHLETES

ABROAD

Adam Nicholson ‘15 and Lizzy Ward ‘16 have traveled all over the world to play the game they love the most: soccer.

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April 30, 2015

SPORTS

SPORTS HUB

Remembering Jim Sangster

UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS

Boys’ Soccer Thursday, Apr. 30 @ 4:15 vs.

Waterloo East

@Cedar Valley Complex Tuesday, May 5 @ 4:15

@ Prairie Point School

Girls’ Soccer Thursday, Apr. 30 @ 4:15 vs.

Waterloo East

@ Home ABOVE: Jim Sangster was the leader and founder of the City High Alumni Association. He donated thousands of dollars to City High through the past decades. Sangster helped to restore the iconic City High tower, and donated thousands to the Stand Up for City High campaign (which provided new bleachers, a new press box, and the restoration of the old press box). Jim Sangster was a graduate of the City High class of 1947, he was student body president, lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and was an All-State athlete in football and basketball. Sangster died on March 21, 2015, and he will be dearly missed by the students, faculty, staff, and community of City High.

PHOTO BY KIERRA ZAPF

Innes Hicsasmaz

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Dear City High, This has been a pretty hectic issue for us here at the Little Hawk Sports Staff. We had a lot of stories, a lot of small design work, and a lot of trouble going right up to deadline making sure stories were done [making sure my stories were done]. In the end, we produced the first themed Little Hawk Sport section. City High’s soccer team was the 6th in the nation at the time this letter was written, and that’s reason enough to highlight soccer in this edition. From stories about the boys team to opinions about the growing popularity of FIFA and soccer in general in the US, we’ve got a lot of content to pour over. None of it could have been possible without the help (and help doesn’t do it justice) of Cora Bern-Klug, who is the unspoken fourth Sports editor, who practically makes the Sports section every single time, and who will be severely

missed in more ways than one; without Innes Hicsasmaz, who wrote almost half of these stories, always without complaint, always

Becca Meyer without requiring (or even wanting) praise, without complaint, that Jim Sangster had. It’s the kind of effort that truly great people put forth because they care. If you’ve ever enjoyed reading the Sports section, maybe if you only looked at the pictures and things involving your friends, know that the only reason it exists is because people out there care. This is the last issue that will be made with Cora Bern-Klug.

It’s the last issue to feature stories

by Becca Meyer, and it’s the last issue with Innes Hicsasmaz as my co-editor. The Sports section isn’t going to go to pieces, at least not more than usual, and if all goes well, it will probably be the best it’s ever been next year. I’m so excited to have House as the editor next year, and I’ll still be heavily involved (whether he likes it or not) in the Sports section from my position as executive editor. Just know that although it may not seem like it, this is the end of an era, and it’s a time that I’m going to miss.

If you’ve ever enjoyed reading the Sports section, maybe if you only looked at the pictures and things involving your friends, know that the only reason it exists is because people out there care. professionally; without Becca Meyer, who gets her stories done way ahead of time, even before I’ve has started mine; and without the diligence and open-mindedness of our reporters, one of whom, Jonathan “House” House, will be taking over as Sports editor next year. This kind of dedication is rare. It’s hard to come by. It’s the kind of dedication,

Tuesday, May 5 @ 4:15 vs.

Prairie @Home

Girl’s Tennis Saturday, May 2 @ 8 am vs. Kenn. @Home Thursday, May 7 @ 4:30 vs. CRX @Home

Boys’ Tennis Thursday, Apr-. 30 @ 4 vs Prairie @Home Saturday, May 1 @ 8 am

@CR Kennedy

Boys’ Track Friday, May 1 @ 4:30

@Kingston Stadium Varisty Div. Thursday, May 7 @ 4:30

@Waterloo Memorial Stadium

Girls’ Track Friday, Apr. 30 @ 4:30

@ West High School Thursday, Apr. 7 @ 4:30

@ Home THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS ISSUE POSSIBLE! Dominic Balestrieri-Fox

Anton Buri

Cora Bern-Klug

Girls’ Golf

Jonathan House Innes Hicsasmaz

Becca Meyer Sam Bloom

Thursday, Apr. 30 @ 3:15

@Gardner Golf Course Monday, May 4 @ 9:30 am

MVC Super Meet

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SPORTS April 30, 2015 TENNIS

Joe Hoff: Kiss His Ace

By Innes Hicsasmaz

PHOTO BY KIERRA ZAPF

LEFT: Joe Hoff ‘17 concentrates on the ball as he serves to a Linn-Mar opponent. BOTTOM LEFT: His body tenses up as Hoff sends back a bullet. PHOTOS BY CORA BERN-KLUG

Towering at 6’3,” sophomore Joe Hoff ambles to the baseline, his head bobbing to the movement of his lanky limbs. As he fiddles with a tennis ball in his pocket, he doesn’t seem like a leading athlete. But as he starts to fire ball after ball across the net, it’s obvious why Hoff is considered one of the best junior tennis players in Eastern Iowa.

“The hours I’ve put on court have definitely been worth the time and money,” Hoff said. “But I’m working to be even better, even higher in the rankings by the end of my junior career.”

Hoff has been playing tennis since he was seven - along with basketball, soccer, and baseball. An allaround athlete, he was strong in each sport, but trying to keep up with all of them became too time-consuming. Attracted to the individuality of tennis, he decided to drop the other sports. “[Dropping other sports] let me have two hours a day on the court instead of just four days a week. It’s just been every day, a lot of repetition,” Hoff said.

Hoff has grown five inches in the past year, and his game has grown right along with him. He had a winning record of (8-4) last year as a freshman playing at No.1 for City High. He is currently ranked No. 26 in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Missouri Valley. Such achievements have come with the help of his private coach, former top British doubles pro, Sarah Borwell.

“Before she came to Iowa City, I didn’t know what hard work was. I just went and played,” Hoff said.

“She’s taught me that repetition is one of the best things in tennis.”

Borwell came to the US for college, where she attended and played for the University of Houston and ranked as high as No. 8 in the NCAA. She turned pro in 2002 ,and four years later, she broke the top 200 in singles. In 2010, she became No. 65 in the world in doubles. “[The pro tour] is a really amazing experience. Everyone thinks it’s really glamorous- you have Wimbledon and US Open, and that’s what everyone sees,” Borwell said. “I was lucky enough to have four years at the end of my career where I was at the very top. The first six years I was traveling, living out of a bag, indebt. I don’t miss it, but I definitely enjoyed it.”

After retiring from the pro tour in 2012, she married the head coach of the Iowa women’s tennis team, and moved to Iowa City. She is now the director of Tennis Smart, a successful college sports placement company, and she coaches out of North Dodge Athletic Club; where she met Hoff.

“I was lucky enough to meet Joe when he came to one of my groups. He was a bit of a clown to begin with, but physically he’s got a great physique for tennis.

You can tell he’s an incredible athlete,” Borwell said. “I could also tell that he’s a hard worker. So we’ve been working together, and he’s really improved quite a lot.”

Over the past two years, Borwell has taken him from an average player, to one of the best juniors in Eastern Iowa. Armed with a ferocious forehand and powerful serve, Hoff dominates the court. Over and over, he pulls his opponents out of bounds, then ends the point with the perfect kill shot. Whether at the baseline or at the net, he can hit each four corners of the court.

“Placement is more important than power. If you hit a really powerful shot right to them, it’s so easy to get the ball back,” Hoff said. “But if you hit with good placement you’re making them run and making them tired, which sets you up for the point better.”

The urge to hit the ball hard is something every tennis player struggles with, including Hoff. Placement takes patience and patience takes concentration. When Hoff loses his concentration, the ball goes sailing to the back fence, which usually elicits a yell of, “God, I quit tennis!” from his side of the net.

“It’s just the fact that he can’t stay in the moment and process a problem,” Borwell said. “If he misses his backhand, he tells himself off and gets upset rather than just thinking, ‘Okay, why did I miss this backhand, what can I do to correct that?’ So that’s really his biggest weakness.”

Mental toughness is a key aspect to Borwell’s coaching philosophy, as it is one of the most important and hardest things to master in tennis.

“Control what you can control. You’re going to lose points in tennis. It’s all about being able to deal with losing those points,” Borwell said. “You have to focus on what’s important, what you can control. And you can control your work ethic and your mentality.”

Tennis is an individual sport; players are on their own with no teammates or coaches. With no outlet for negative thoughts or frustration, this solitude creates extra pressure. The winner of a match is usually determined by who is mentally stronger- which player not only has the ability to concentrate for the entire match, but the ability to force themselves out of their own head.

“Technically I had a huge serve, massive forehand, I can slice, I can volley. But you put that onto someone like Sharapova who is mentally incredible, with a world-class game - I couldn’t mentally cope at the highest level. [Mental toughness] is everything. If you don’t have it then you can’t succeed,” Borwell said.

Just like every other junior tennis player, Hoff is impatient and loses concentration. But his success in the USTA circuit and during high school season proves that these characteristics do not define his game - he excels despite them.

To test how far Hoff has truly come, Borwell secretly watched him play against a friend one night. “[Joe] was playing at West and I walked over from my house and hid behind a bush,” Borwell explained.

“I just wanted to see how he would act when I’m not there watching.”

She was not disappointed.

“His conduct was amazing, he worked hard, and you could tell he was trying to process things. Being able to do everything away from me is probably what I’m most proud of him for,” Borwell said.

Hoff ’s biggest challenge this season will be West High’s No.1 Jiung Jung. Like Hoff, he is a sophomore who never loses, and Hoff just can’t seem to beat him.

“I want to have a good score against Jiung,” Hoff said. “That’s really my main goal because I have never beaten him. If I get to a super tiebreak with him, that will be a big achievement.”

“Jiung’s an incredible player, and he works hard and he’s done very well. But I think at some point, Joe will beat him,” Borwell said. “Technically, physically, Joe has a bit more to offer, but mentally he doesn’t believe that he can do it. We need him to believe that he can.”

For Hoff, tennis is much more than a hobby - it’s his ticket for college scholarships. Setting his goals high, he is shooting for the University of Iowa, ranked No. 72 in Division I of the NCAA. “It’s a very good tennis school. I’ve seen their practices and it looks like a fun but hard-working environment,” Hoff said. “Right now, my level of play is going to have to keep increasing, at an even higher rate than now. If I continue to practice as hard as I can during these next few years, I might have a shot at [Iowa].”

Until then, Hoff plans to exceed almost every expectation that Borwell and he have put forth. So far, he’s ahead of schedule: in December, they made a goal to break the Missouri Valley Top 25 by June- as of April, he is now No. 26, just one ranking shy. But his rankings and records are not what makes Borwell proud: it’s his dedication and willingness to learn.

“I can be pretty tough. I know what I want and if you don’t do it then I’ll give you a few chances and then I’ll probably get rid of you,” Borwell stated. “Just the fact that when I text him at 9.00 pm and just say, ‘I need an answer to this,’ he’ll always respond. The fact that he’s willing to do what I say, and buy into it.”

Girls are a Force to be Reckoned With

By Sam Bloom Domination. The City High girls’ tennis team is undefeated, having shut-out every team they’ve played thus-far with the exception of Cedar Rapids Prairie, a (6-3) win.

“I think the season has gone very well,” Innes Hicsasmaz ‘16 said. “I think that everybody is doing really well individually, and that makes the team strong as a whole.”

Like the boys’ soccer team, the girls have stayed undefeated in the large part because of their quality depth. At the bottom half ,the team has younger up-and-coming players

in Lucy Wagner ‘17 and Bihotza James ‘18.

The top half has more seasoned players in Eve Small ‘15, Hicsasmaz, Kit Finley ‘15 and Susanna Gianola ‘16. Small will play for UNI, starting next fall.

Because of the team’s performance, they now experience a heightend pressure to stay on top, but head coach Fred Pedersen thinks that the girls are able to handle it.

“I think they handle the pressure well.

They want to be successful, andI think that in itself reduces the pressure,” Pederson said.

“They want to be the best they can be, and do whatever they have to do to be the best, and I think that really reduces the pressure,” explains

Pedersen.

Pedersen attributes the success of the team to confidence, a sentiment Hicsasmaz shares, with the added element of teamwork: never letting each other down.

“We have done really well at supporting each other; after one person is done playing, we all go and watch whoever is still on court,” Hicsasmaz said. “That is part of being a team.

That really strengthens the team bond, and it makes the other players play better,” she said. “That is something that makes us pretty unique as a team” The girls’ next match is Saturday, May 2, at home against Cedar Rapids Kennedy.

ABOVE: Susanna Gianola ‘16 battles the wind against Cedar Falls. PHOTO BY MADELINE DENINGER

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April 30, 2015

SPORTS

TRACK

Junior Leaders Stepping Up

By Dominic Balestrieri-Fox Long? That’s the 1500. High? High jump.

Deep? You’re talking about the team - strength in numbers is seen as a major advantage by athletes such as sprinter Sarah Plock ‘15.

“We have good depth, it’s a really fun team to be around,” Plock said.

Plock, the first girl to ever win three Drake 400m hurdles titles in a row, and just about the team’s fastest runner from the 100m dash through the 400m, has been a huge asset to that large team, in individual events and relays. “[There is depth] especially in our longer sprinting events, 200s and 400s.

We haven’t really had four strong 400 runners [in the last 4 years], so our 4x400m this year is the strongest it’s ever been, it’s really exciting to see,” Plock said.

She agrees with fellow sprinter and the team’s leading high jumper, Rose Gamamou ‘16, that everyone involved with the team is necessary as far as success is concerned.

“Without them [everyone], we wouldn’t have gone to Drake,” Gamamou said.

Chemistry between teammates and good camaraderie is another advantage the team has this year.

“The last few years, we’ve always had a little bit of drama in the sprinter group, but this year we’ve had no problems, we all get along really well,” Plock said.

The number of dual athletes on the team girls who do both track and soccer - can make things hard to manage at times, but the group stays solid. The team ran into some trouble early on regarding sickness, something Plock jokes is due to their closeness.

“The whole soccer and track thing is still a juggle, but we haven’t had many injuries so it’s been successful. We had a lot of people sick during indoor season, we’re all together all the time, so we spread stuff,” she said.

The impact Plock has had on the team, even

outside of the sprinter group, is apparent to coach Graf.

“She will take whatever is put in front of her, she may not always like it, but she will step up and do what’s right for the team, based on our lineups,” Graf said.

Graf thinks that Plock’s willingness to do what needs to be done stems from her unwillingness to lose.

“She’ll do whatever it takes to win and be the best, and that says a lot about a person, because some people won’t do certain things because it’s not what they want,” he said.

nent to the team, Graf feels that Plock’s shoes will be filled by a strong junior class.

“Sarah Plock’s a big leader for us, but we’ve got girls like Molly Shepherd [senior], Claire Noack, Hailey Verdick, Fanta Traore, those junior girls are really stepping up to those leadership roles,” Graf said.

The juniors listed all belong to one of the youngest, but quickest growing groups on the team - mid-distance/distance.

“The size of our mid-distance [group] and their abilities and their unlimitless ceiling has surprised us. We were unsure of some of our new girls, but they’ve impressed us, and they can only get faster.”

Plock agrees that the team is on the right track despite losing seniors; the team lost standout athletes last season but has recovered, proving that they’re doing the right things.

“We’ve definitely made big leaps, we lost good seniors last year, and people were hesitant to see how we would rank up compared to other schools, but at some of our home meets, with the times and jumps that we’ve gotten, the state is finally seeing that we’re still up there,” Plock said.

Athletes such as Kinsee Brands ‘17, who achieved a standard of excellence in her second 1500 debut, offer promising signs that the team is on the right track, even if they aren’t dominating the conference.

“We don’t necessarily think that you always have to win a race or get a medal to be recognized. The standards of excellence were made, because back in the 90’s and 2000s, they couldn’t give girls enough races because there were so many great athletes,” he said.

So far 25 standards of excellence have been awarded to 15 different athletes. The times and heights required by the standards are based on a general average from around the state. Graf sees them as a way for girls to move from one victory to another.

“The next thing you know they’re winning something at Drake, or on a state relay - it just keeps going,” he said.

BELOW: Sarah Plock ‘15 sprints her leg of the 4x400 at the Drake Relays. Plock ran in the 800 SMR, 4x100, and the -400 hurdles, as well as the 4x400. PHOTO BY ELISE GOODVIN

“PEOPLE WERE HESITANT TO SEE HOW WE WOULD RANK COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS. BUT AT SOME OF OUR HOME MEETS, WITH THE TIMES AND JUMPS WE’VE GOTTEN, THE STATE IS FINALLY SEEING WE’RE STILL UP THERE.” -SARAH PLOCK ‘15 He believes that Plock sets a good example for her teammates.

“I think she’s nervous just like the other girls, and it helps the other girls to see that,” he said, “other girls are very capable of doing what she does, she didn’t wake up fast one day, she worked for it.”

Graf faces a problem with Plock, not in spite of her work ethic and success, but because of it - it’s hard to know where to put her. At Drake, she competed in the 800 SMR, the 4x100, and the 4x400, as well her own 400m hurdles.

“It’s definitely a lot of pressure to hold that [position on the team], but at the same time, it sets a model for anyone on the team to go and try that,” Plock said of herself.

Although she is such an important compo-

MIDDLE: Fanta Traore ‘16, running the first leg, prepares for the 4x400. BOTTOM: Rose Gamamou ‘16 races towards the finish during the 4x100 . PHOTOS BY ELISE GOODVIN

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SPORTS April 30, 2015 TRACK

PHOTOS BY CORA BERN-KLUG AND BELLA PITTMAN

BOYS 100m dash

11.21 s

200m dash

23.22 s

400m dash

52.40s

bryson runge

james martinez-burney lucas firmstone

1600m run

4.46 m

long jump

19-09 ft

tom mcdowell

keyshawn trice

shot put

micah martin

BELOW: Chuch Riley ‘15 prepares for his race.

Riley is the first leg of the men’s 4x100 for the Little Hawks this year. PHOTO

BY ELISE GOODVIN

By Brady Vanlo

45-09 ft

4x100 relay

43.49s

4x400 relay

3.29 m

GIRLS 100m dash

12:57s

200m dash

28:08s

400m dash

57:31 s

1500m run

4:57 m

long jump

15-07 ft

SARAH PLOCK MADDIE DEPRENGER SARAH PLOCK

MOLLY SHEPHERD

ANNA ROEMERMAN

shot put

SHANNON STAMP

34-05 ft

4x100 relay

51.23 s

4x400 relay

4.01 m

Boys’ Track Team Aims for State

MIDDLE: Jason Jones ‘16 runs the last 100 meteres of the 4x200. BOTTOM: Juma Burnett ‘16 finishes the 4x100 at the Drake Relays . PHOTOS BY ELISE GOODVIN

With sub-State and the State meet quickly approaching, boy’s head track coach Mike Moore is focused on getting his team prepared for the road ahead of them.

As this is his first year in the position of head coach, Moore is excited about the outdoor track season after a strong finish at the Davenport Assumption Invitational and the Forwald Relays.

“We’ve made a lot of progress since the indoor season,” said Moore, “all of the kids are going out and giving it their all every time they run and improving every time as well, and thats all we can ask for,” Embracing their school motto, many of the team’s senior members have taken on leadership roles.

“The team has a lot of seniors competing that are growing into that leadership role,” Moore says, “they’ve got a lot of energy and are always encouraging their teammates,” Bryson Runge ‘15 is no stranger to the hard work it takes to compete for the track team.

Runge, is currently the fastest 100m dash runner at City High with a time of 11.21s and is also the 2014 Drake Relays 100m dash Champion.

“As the reigning champion, there is always an urge to repeat, especially for your senior year,” says Runge, “however, for being injured most of the season, I’ve been putting a lot of work in and I’m just gonna give it my all when it comes to Drake,” On the other hand, Runge’s track career at City High came to an abrupt stop after suffering from an injury a day before he could travel to the Drake Relays.

Underclassmen have also stepped up to provide leadership and direction to the team.

Lucas Firmstone and Zach Jones, both freshmen, lead the team in their events.

Jones competes in every hurdle race for City High and has the fastest 110m hurdle time in the school at 15.92s.

“Being a freshman competing on varsity is very fun, but it also takes a lot of maturity, and thats what my teammates always bring,” says Jones, “they don’t single me out because I’m a freshman and they help me improve every time we’re out on the track.”

Firmstone competes in the 400m dash, 4x400m relay and the 800m run. He currently runs the fastest 400m dash time for the Little Hawks, and shattered his personal record of 53.20 and set his new and current personal record at the Forwald Relays with a time of 52.40.

“Its really cool that I have the opportunity to compete on varsity as a freshman,” says Firmstone, “Its kind of crazy that I’m the fastest in the school for the open 400m, but since it’s my first year competing, theres always room to improve,” The Boys Track team only took two of their teams to Drake this year, the 4x100m relay team and the 4x200m relay team.

The 4x100m relay team consisted of Juma Burnett ‘16, James Martinez-Burney ‘16, Chuck Riley ‘15, and Rajay Rodney ‘17. They finished 5th in their section and 15th overall and had a time of 43.86s.

The 4x200m relay team consisted of three out of the four 4x100m relay runners (Juma Burnett, James Martinez-Burney, and Rajay Rodney) with the addition of Jason Jones ‘16. The 4x200m relay finished 7th in their section and 22nd overall with a time of 1:33.49.

After the strong start to their outdoor season and the Drake Relays happening this month, the track team shows no signs of stopping when it comes to the state track meet in just over a month.

Despite not bringing back a Drake title, coach Moore stays positive, and believes that that shouldn’t be the only goal for his athletes.

“Our conference is extremely tough, as well as the state as a whole,” Moore said, “when it comes to Drake, we may not be able to get some things in that we had hoped for, but last that I checked, [Drake is not State].”

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April 30, 2015

SPORTS

BOYS’ SOCCER

Position Profiles

By Jonathan House

Playing forward is tough in some aspects but it can be easy in others; there can be games where you might only touch the ball once in a half, but you still have to stay high on the field and make runs for your teammates,” forward Henry Mosher ‘16 said.

“It’s nice to play forward, because you don’t have to run the whole field like a midfielder would.”

One big strength for City High this year is the team’s depth, especially in forwards. There is John Havugarurema ‘15, Sarrive Rukakiza ‘16, Henry Mosher ‘16 as the returning forwards. The forwards hope they can use experience to their advantage.

The Little Hawks are expected to switch up their line up this year, with a deep bench and a lot of players able to play multiple positions. The Little Hawks have five true forwards listed on the roster this year, including many other players that play either forward or midfielder.

“Our bench is really deep, which allows us to sub whenever someone looks tired. This lets whoever is on the field to go hard for as long as they can,” Mosher said.

Mosher hopes to make a run for the state championship this year.

“I’m really excited that we have a great team, and a really deep bench. I’m excited for our probability of winning a state championship, and I think we have a really good chance of doing it this year,” Mosher said.

Defenders “Playing as a defender is sometimes grueling, but very rewarding, because we have the most responsibility,” Tribbey said.

“People don’t always see that we have to kind of clean up when our team loses the ball. It’s our responsibility to always direct the team, because we see the whole field.”

The defenders are an experienced group, with senior captains Tribbey and Nicholson both playing center back. In contrast to the leadership in the middle, the Little Hawks have younger players on the outside. They have Schlutter and Meyer, two underclassmen on the outside. The defenders can also provide an offensive spark. Nicholson led the team in scoring last season with nine goals; Tribbey was right behind with six.

Having experience in the middle of the defensive line helps the younger players.

“There’s definitely more defensive responsibility, but with having such experienced players as Scott and Adam playing center back, there’s also a lot of good leadership and communication,” Schlutter said.

All athletes can improve, and the defenders are no different.

Tribbey said that practices are intense, and are very important to the team’s success.

“Individually, I need to work on some technical things, but as a team we need to keep focusing on our tactical discipline and that all comes from practice. So our practices need to improve too,” Tribbey said.

The players think that experience will be a big factor this year, and will help lead the team to be successful in big games.

“Adam and I in the back are a good foundation for the team, and our experience, I think, sends a message to other teams, especially because everyone knows Adam,” Tribbey said.

goalies Standing at the far end of the field, goalkeepers Daniel Goldenstein ‘15 and Sam Tomek ‘17 are the last line of defense for the Little Hawks. They hope they won’t have to make a play, but must make sure that those few plays won’t put the team in an unfavorable position.

“We have a good team, so 95 percent of the time it’s completely boring, and then five percent of the time very exciting,” Goldenstein said. “It’s a really transparent position, because if you mess up, everyone is going to notice. There’s no just kind of shrugging it off, because it’s going to affect the entire game.

We’ve just got to make sure that those few shots aren’t going to put our team in an unfavorable position.”

In addition to having to prevent goals from being scored against the Little Hawks, they have to also have to sometimes sacrifice their bodies for the team.

“I think our biggest contribution to the team is just putting our bodies on the line. When there’s a scuffle in the box, and the ball is loose, you really just got to jump down on it, even if a striker’s kicking where your head is going to be,” Goldenstein said.

Second-string goalie Sam Tomek ‘17 agrees that the position is scary, because it receives a lot of attention, which puts extra pressure on the goalie. “[Playing goalkeeper is] extremely scary, because if you screw up, it’s a goal,” Tomek said.

Despite last year’s loss in the first round of the state tournament, Goldenstein says he has high expectations for both himself,- and the team as a whole.

“I think we’re going to see a similar season to last year, with the exception of a more satisfactory finish in State. I think last year, we had the team to do it, but when it came down to it, it didn’t work out for us,” Goldenstein said. “This year, we have the talent, we have the coaching staff, we’ve been training really hard. I think this year, we are going to progress much farther in the state tournament.”

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SPORTS April 30, 2015

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The Little Hawk midfielders are some of the most vocal players on the field; they are responsible for communication in the middle of the field. They are constantly trying to set up teammates.

“Making sure your teammates are in position and organized is very important, and oftentimes, the midfielders are responsible for that,” starting midfielder Anton Buri ‘15 said. “[We are] always striving to make [ourselves] available for a pass, and to help the team transition from one area of the field to another.”

For the midfielders, the running and communication are the most important part. They take a big role in setting up the team.

The Little Hawks have a lot of options at midfielder. They have 11 players on the roster listed at midfielder. Captain Peter Larsen ‘15, Mitchell McCarthy ‘16, Victor Brown-Rodriguez ‘16, and Collin O’Meara ‘16 are the four players that are truly midfielders. The Little Hawks have seven other players that can play either midfielder or other positions.

“Having depth and talent in the midfield is great, because it keeps everyone competitive,” Buri said. “It’s also helpful to have a player who can come in off the bench and be just as productive as the player they’ve replaced. Having fresh legs can change the game.”

The Little Hawks also hope to build upon their experience.

Brown-Rodriguez, O’Meara , Buri, and Larsen all played on varsity last year.

“Tactically, it’s very fortunate that we have good players that can fill those midfield spots. Especially the way we play, since we are a team that loves to keep possession of the ball, with quick and short passes,” Brown-Rodriguez said.

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The Recap Last Thursday, the team played at home against Cedar Rapids Xavier, a team who destroyed City High last year with a score of (04). Going into the game with a vengeful mentality, City High battled Xavier into double overtime. With three minutes left on the clock, Xavier finally scored off of a corner kick, a disappointing end to a hard-fought game.

“We created enough chances to win the game and played very well at times,” head coach Michael Prunty said. “We were just missing that sharpness in our attacking third, and we allowed a good team to stay in the game for too long. Xavier capitalized on a good chance.”

New head coach Michael Prunty is leading the girls’ soccer team towards a promising end to this year’s season. With a winning record better than this same time last year, Prunty’s arrival has brought large improvements, boding well for the second half of the season.

“Michael is a really good coach, and he’s a good leader,” forward Delaney Johnson ‘16 said.

“He knows what we want, and he’s trying to get us there.”

Prunty has coached at all levels of play, from being a director of the Iowa Soccer Club (ISC) to an assistant coach at colleges, such as St. Ambrose University and Simpson College. Prunty is now focused on bringing something new to the City High soccer program. This season he has drilled the concept of passing for possession into his players’ minds.

“Soccer is a player-driven game that cannot be joy-sticked from the sidelines. I want my team to control and dictate the game,” Prunty said. “We want to control the game through possession of the ball that builds through the thirds of the field.”

While such focus is a fairly new concept to the team, it’s a strategy that is proving to work for City High.

“Every game we talk about playing smart.

Because we’re tired and don’t have a lot of people on the bench to step in,” Claire Rutherford ‘16 said. “We want to move the ball around, make good passes and possess the ball. We will beat teams by playing better than them.”

Rutherford is playing holding midfielder

this season, but she considers herself more of a defender, a position she played last year.

“We don’t have enough players for each position on the field, so people play positions that they don’t usually do,” Rutherford said.

City High has a small team this year, a challenge made harder by a plethora of dual athletes on the roster. Midfielder Maddie DePrenger ‘16 is among the many girls who balance both track and soccer during the spring.

“It takes a lot of effort, but it’s worth it because both teams are amazing,” DePrenger said.

“All the dual athletes are important parts of both teams, but we always miss out on something.”

Not only is the team small, it is young, with two freshmen starting for varsity.

“When you come into [varsity as a freshman], you’re like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to make anyone mad, I don’t want to take anyone’s spot,’” Captain Sara Blowers ‘15 said. “That can be very stressful as a freshman, but at the same time I think everyone else is very welcoming to them.

If you don’t understand something, ask. There’s no problem asking questions.”

City High has embraced their shallow roster, dual athletes, and young players as just a part of the game; they are determined not to let these so-called “challenges” slow them down in their journey to the state tournament.

“We are lucky to be playing in a conference that provides us with great competition,” Prunty said. “As we dive deep into our conference schedule, the girls will be able to measure themselves against some of the best teams in state. As an athlete, that should be an exciting proposition.”

The Preview City High has had a pretty smooth first half of the season, with a better record than this same time last year. The team is looking forward to playing against harder teams in the coming weeks, especially crosstown rival West High, who beat City in the first round of Regionals last year. “[City vs. West] is always a big game. I think this year we have a really good chance of beating them,” Johnson ‘16 said. “I know we all want to win-everyone on the team wants to beat West. It’s going to be a good game. It’ll be close, but we’re going to put up a fight.”

City will face off against West at the University of Iowa Soccer Complex at 5:00 pm on May 18.

TOP LEFT: Maddie Deprenger ‘16 clears the ball from the sideline. Deprenger is one of six juniors on the girls’ varisty team. PHOTO BY CORA BERN-KLUG TOP RIGHT: Sydney Schroder ‘17 runs down field during a game against Xavier. BOTTOM: Shelby Burden ‘16 chases down a ball. PHOTOS BY KIERRA ZAPF

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Deprenger Sisters

Look to Succeed in Dual Sport Season

PHOTO BY CORA BERN-KLUG

They’ve Got The World... at Their Feet Adam Nicholson ‘15 and Lizzy Ward ‘16 have traveled to Europe and Central America to play the game that they both love: soccer.

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By Innes Hicsasmaz 240 million. That’s the number of people around the world that play soccer. It is the most popular sport on Earth, yet very few who are not professional players get to cross continents to play the game they love.

Adam Nicholson ‘15 is among these lucky few. Traveling around and outside of the US with his teams, soccer has given him the rare opportunity to experience the culture of soccer around the world.

“It’s one of the few sports that brings together many different people from different countries and cultures to play a game that so many people love,” Nicholson said. “It’s been cool to see how other countries get so into it. ” Playing since he was six, Nicholson is considered one of the best junior soccer players in Iowa. His ball skills and ability to read the field has set him apart from teammates and opponents alike.

“I’m proud to be recognized in that way. It makes me feel like the work and time I’ve put into soccer has paid off,” Nicholson said.

Other than playing for the City High varsity team, Nicholson has played for the Alliance Soccer Club, the Iowa Soccer Club (ISC), and is a part of Iowa’s Olympic Development Program (ODP). His experience in these programs is to which Nicholson attributes his success.

“I’ve been able to play with and against really good players,” Nicholson said. “I’ve learned to work harder and practice more than other people. I take it more seriously.”

Nicholson has traveled to Denmark, Sweden, and Costa Rica for soccer, as well as all over the US for club. In Costa Rica he played a semipro team whose skill taught Nicholson a lesson in humility.

“They were so good, it was kind of crazy. Our coaches were amazed,” Nicholson said. “I guess it just goes to show that even if you think you’re really good, there’s people out there that are a lot better.”

Nicholson will play for the Drake Bulldogs next year, and is looking forward to playing at the college level.

“Drake will be a different atmosphere. It will be a lot more competitive,” Nicholson said. “It will be a great experience, and I’m really going to enjoy playing with that group of guys next year.”

City High defender Lizzy Ward ‘16 also has her eyes set on playing soccer in college. Much like Nicholson, Ward has been playing since she was little, and has traveled all over the US and the world for soccer. “[Europe] was so much fun. For the soccer aspect, just seeing the different styles of play and how other teams do everything,” Ward said.

“The kids that play soccer there dedicate so much time towards it, it was basically their life. They would train together and shower together-which I found weird. Everything was so much different than how we do it over here,” she said “It was cool to see that.”

While they play the same position, Ward and Nicholson have different approaches to their roles on the team.

“For me, I don’t really get in on the attack,” Ward said. “My mind is more defensive-minded than offensive-minded. Personally, I get more of an adrenaline rush from stopping the attack. And that happens way more often.”

For Nicholson, stopping the offense is simply his job-he gets more of a kick out of being part of the offense and scoring a goal. With nine goals last season, Nicholson led the team in scoring, showing that he takes any chance he can to be part of the offense.

“It’s rare to be able to in an attack. It’s simply normal for me to stop players rather than score,” Nicholson said. “It’s more exciting to score a goal than just win the ball from someone.”

Both leaders of their teams, Ward and Nicholson see soccer as a way to unite people. It allows people from different places to communicate with each other, even if they don’t speak the same language.

“It’s so simple. All you need is a ball, and that’s it,” Ward said. “I think that’s why it’s so popular around the world. With so many other sports, you need more equipment. But it’s so easy to find a ball and go kick it around.”

By Stella Lindaman & Nia Washington Sharing everything from clothes to parents, Maddie and Sydney DePrenger now have another thing in common: spots on the City High girls’ track and soccer varsity teams.

“I’m really looking forward to playing with [Sydney] and getting our seasons going, it should be really fun,” Maddie DePrenger ‘16 said.

With their demanding athletic schedule, the sisters have no problem bringing the heat to the competition in whatever sport they do.

“We have always had a competitive background,” Sydney DePrenger ‘18 said. “Especially with our mom being so competitive, we’re used to the lifestyle.”

Getting along is one of the things the girls try to keep consistent at hom,e and on the field and track. Although difficult at times, they always come back to a congratulatory hug at the end of a well run race or good game.

“After I’m done running, I like to hug Maddie, she’s always there cheering me on and it’s such a great feeling,” S. DePrenger said.

Both have big goals for this 2015 season.

It has always been a personal expectation for the girls to go above and beyond the normal standards.

“We want to qualify for every relay we can for state [in track] and finish in the top ten or better. For soccer, we really want to qualify for the state tournament too. That’s what we’re working towards,” M. DePrenger explained.

S. DePrenger agreed. She wants to follow in her older sister’s footsteps, but wants to pave her own path as well.

“With the name ‘DePrenger’ people can sometimes assume things. I want to make a name for myself,” S. DePrenger said. “A bunch of people think that since I’m a DePrenger I’m automatically good at everything. I’m not really.

The things that I am good at I’ve worked hard at, and I will always try to be better.”

It’s no secret that the girls have impressive personal records (PRs) for their age. M. DePrenger has a slight edge on her younger sister in the 400m, with a time of 60.7s compared to S. DePrenger’s 62.3s.

“There’s no sibling rivalry between us.

Sometimes we get a little competitive but it’s all for fun. [Maddie] is older than me, so she will obviously be better,” S. DePrenger said.

The two are almost evenly matched in their 200m times; M. Deprenger has a time of 26.9s and S. DePrenger trails closely behind in 27.3s.

“Sydney has always been really good at sports for her age. Especially in soccer and track. Everyone is excited to see her compete in high school sports,” M. DePrenger said.

Both DePrengers are outside forwards in soccer, and are a huge part of the team’s offense.

S. Deprenger has scored four of ten goals in the team’s last two games, and was the only player to score in their last game against Union.

“Maddie and I have different styles of playing. I like running the ball to the goal, and she likes to cross it more,” S. DePrenger said. “Both of our ways are really successful, and work for us.”

The sisters are excited to be playing together side-by-side for the rest of their high school careers.

“I love my sister, and competing with her is going to be crazy, difficult, and really fun.

With her as my role model I think I’m going to get a lot better as an athlete and as a sister,” S. DePrenger said.

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SPORTS April 30, 2015

Four Boys, Four Stories John Gaby

By Dominic Balestrieri-Fox One of City’s varsity strikers, known to many as simply “Soccer Boy”, wasn’t always so into the sport; it was something he picked up when he moved from his old home in Tanzania to Fort Worth, Texas.

“When I got here, it was the thing that I loved to do the most. When I was in Texas, it was everyday soccer, everyday soccer. When I was in Africa I couldn’t think about soccer,” John Havugarurema ‘15 said.

Life didn’t have as much of a focus for Havugarurema in his old home as soccer gives it here. “[I was] just going around, hanging out, doing some funny stuff. I was not into soccer, yeah, but when I got here I was into soccer,” he said.

Upon arrival in Fort Worth, Havugarurema saw other kids playing a street game in his neighborhood and decided to join in.

“What I saw, it was mostly people who were interested in soccer and sports, and I said, ‘at least I can try doing that too, and I tried playing soccer, and then I made a team,” he said.

After moving to Iowa City, Havugarurema began attending West High, and made the JV squad there after joining late in the season. He transferred to City High, and was happy to be a part of such a close team.

“The way our team is, we are like a family.

We work with each other. It doesn’t matter who you are, what color you are, what you are, when we step on that field we are a family,” he said.

One of soccer’s major benefits is that it provides Havurgarurema with a unique bonding

experience with his teammates and opponents.

By Dominic Balestrieri-Fox “I feel emotions. When I’m playing soccer, it’s easy for me to know other people. I rememWhen Gaby Baloci ‘16 agreed to be interber when I was playing against Regina, because it’s a really nice team,” he said. “They would tell viewed, he wanted to get one thing straight: “As long as it has to do more with soccer and me their names, and I was like ‘soccer players are supposed to hate each other; OK, these peo- less about where I’m from, I’ll be alright.”

It makes sense, seeing as how the midfieldple are really nice’,” er has moved The sport is a around a lot. constant in his life, “[I’m] origiand one of its maTHE WAY OUR TEAM IS, WE ARE nally from Conjor social aspects.

LIKE A FAMILY. WE WORK WITH go, I was born “I play every I went to day.

Offseason, EACH OTHER. IT DOESN’T MATTER there.

Oregon, and I just go and ask my friends if they WHO YOU ARE, WHAT COLOR YOU then I moved to Iowa,” he said. want to hang out ARE, WHAT YOU ARE, WHEN WE Soccer has and play street remained the ball. Then I go STEP ON THAT FIELD one constant home and play in Baloci’s life, some FIFA. I have WE ARE A FAMILY.” something insome friends that herent to him I used to know in since he began Africa, and they playing at the are here now, we age of three. hang out.”

“Soccer The nickname “Soccer Boy” came about easily enough, a joke means a lot to me, that’s my whole career,” Baloci by a teammate, but it has been something that said, “Soccer has moved me towards more stuff, like making friends, making friends more easily.” really sticks with Havugarurema.

Baloci’s love for soccer began as a large part of “When I got to City High, I was in a PE class, and I was just playing. I think it was Collin life in Africa.

“It’s like culture there. Every single kid dreams [O’Meara ‘16] who said ‘Soccer Boy’ and I was like ‘OK...’. Then, when I got on the team, more to play soccer professionally. ‘Maybe I can bepeople started calling me that,” he said. “I really come a professional player, maybe I can be somewhere else’,” he said. enjoy it [now].”

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-JOHN HAVUGARUREMA ‘15

Jonah Jackson

By Becca Meyer Joining soccer club soccer in fourth grade, Jonah Dancer ‘18 has always had one long time friend by his side. Starting ISC in elementary, all the way through being moved up to varsity as freshmen, Dancer and Meyer have been working together on and off the field for six years.

“Jackson joined ISC a couple of months before me,” Dancer said. “He kept talking about how fun it was, and how I should go out. I decided to give it a try.”

Now Dancer and Meyer are two of three freshman who will join the varsity team this season.

“It’s nice to have someone who you’ve been playing with forever with you out on the turf,” Dancer said. “It’s almost like I know what Jackson is going to do before he does it. We know each other’s play really well on the field, and we work extremely well together.”

Dancer and Meyer have been playing soccer for a new time, but the high school scene is totally new for these first time players.

“I love the new competition,” Dancer said.

“It’s tough and it’s fun to play against totally new people that you aren’t used to seeing in club.”

There’s no one Dancer is used to seeing on the field more than Meyer, but there are also 10 other team players on the field at all times, and new faces that he will have to get used to playing with.

“The older kids are super supportive of us, and we all love to play with each other,” Dancer said. “They are trying to get us used to high school soccer and teach us how Jose wants things, and basically just how the team works.”

Along with a new team, Dancer is adjusting to a new coach.

America presented the opportunity for Baloci to pursue his dreams, when he moved to Oregon as a 13 year old.

“My parents decided. Most people dream to come to the US, because the US has a lot of opportunity to do things, freedom to do what you want. ‘I want to be a soccer player, I want to work for this company’, freedom of religion, that’s the main idea,” he said.

The change from Africa to the US wasn’t a walk in the park, however. Baloci believes that soccer was a major component to making friends in his new area.

“I won’t lie, yes, that was like the first thing when I came to Oregon, people asked me ‘do you play soccer’. It’s what I look for. I started playing soccer over there, I made friends easily,” he said.

The change from Oregon presented its own challenges for Baloci. He was told by teammates in Oregon that soccer doesn’t exist in Iowa, that “they’re all farmers” “Oregon is like Europe, people over there like soccer. It changed a lot [coming here], I was really nervous, I didn’t like to move. I had teammates back in Oregon, coaches, a school, even a club, and they told me, ‘people over there just farm, they don’t do sports’, and I was like ‘oh man’,” he recalled.

Learning early on that that wasn’t the case, he began to make friends quickly as soon as the people around him knew how much soccer means to him. It’s part of who he is.

“I’m a serious soccer player, that’s my persona, most people know me as ‘hello, smiling, make fun of people, have fun with your friends’, but I’m a serious soccer player,” he said.

By Becca Meyer “I like the coaching staff at ISC. They keep everyone connected, and it’s a sense of family,” Dancer said. “Jose has been a great coach too.

He’s working us super hard and we do a lot of conditioning to keep us in shape. We all have a goal to win State, and Jose is working us so we can get there.”

Last year, the soccer team was beaten out in the first round of state against Prairie. This year they are fighting to make another appearance.

“It would be awesome to make it to state,” Dancer said.

“Getting that experience as a freshman would be a really great way to start off my years at City.”

Dancer is playing a few different positions, especially outside midfielder, but plans to help the team get to state no matter where he is on the field.

“As an individual, I’m going to keep improving my skill and adjusting to the new level of play,” Dancer said. ”As a team, we are going to keep working towards the end product, which is winning state.”

Since he was nine years old, blue and white have been the colors of the jersey Jackson Meyer ‘18 has worn. Used to the classic rivalry match of Alliance vs. Iowa Soccer Club (ISC), this school season’s rivalry of City vs. West will be a change for this young player.

“During club soccer there’s always been a huge rivalry between Alliance and ISC,” Meyer said.

“Now during school season, I have people from Alliance on my team, and there’s people on ISC that go to West. So the rivalry totally changes.”

Senior Scott Tribbey’s last-minute goal won the game for the Little Hawks last year and now the team is working to defend the trophy.

“This season, I’d like to be a starter in games, and especially the City vs. West game,” Meyer said. “That’s such a big and exciting game, and it’d be awesome to get to play in it.”

The varying rivalries in club versus school soccer is not the only difference between the two seasons.

“City soccer is basically a team coming together to try to win state,” Meyer said. “It’s all about using the skill you learned in club and putting it all together in a short two months. It’s more about tactics, given the skill set a team has, instead of developing each player.”

Another difference between school and club is the level of play.

“You have to change the way you play in school ball,” Meyer said. “People are bigger, older, and quicker, and you aren’t used to seeing them in club. You might have been able to do a move or dribble through a defense in club, but when you’re playing at a higher level, it’s harder and more physical.”

Meyer has had to adjust to the new play of high school soccer, but having someone who he has played all through club with has made the adjustment easier.

“Jonah and I have grown up playing soccer together. In club, our positions are right next to each other, so we are very used to talking and connecting balls and finding each other on the field,” Meyer said. “It’s super easy to play and communicate with Jonah, because we’ve done it for so long.”

Although, Meyer and Dancer are not super close on the field like they’re used to in club, and they’re playing slightly different positions than in club, they’ve found ways to adjust to the different play on the field.

Meyer has played in all seven of City’s games and has started in four. Dancer has scored two goals so far.

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SPORTS April 30, 2015

Thank You, FIFA?

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By Anton Buri Futbol. Not to be confused with football. It’s a sport that most Americans know of, but don’t know much about. The two sports may share a name, but are completely different - physically, strategically and, most importantly, in popularity. One has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world, and the other is battling to gain attention. This sport, soccer, has a long way to go be on the same level as football, it’s well on its way to doing so.

The United States is one of the only countries in the world where soccer does not rank as one of the most popular sports. Here, football, basketball, and baseball dominate TV screens, billboards and jerseys. People don’t pay much attention to soccer, and why should they? It’s not what people are talking about, and it’s not what the media is covering. The majority of a soccer game lacks the big hit, slam dunk and home run moments that can be seen in just a couple minutes of watching the more popular American sports. One may wait 90 minutes and not even see a goal in a soccer game. Why would one do this when they could watch over 100 points being scored in a basketball or football game? The contrast soccer has with these sports is great and watching soccer requires much knowledge and patience to really enjoy. Even for a soccer fan like myself, it can be difficult to stay attentive for a full game. So where does our enjoyment for the fast paced, high intensity sports come from, and why don’t we generally enjoy the unique qualities of soccer? Ironically, soccer is one of the most played youth sports. Where does this interest die out?

Could it be the short attention spans that we are said to have because of all the technology we use? Is it simply that we’re are surrounded by these other sports, and we idolize the athletes that play them? There’s likely many factors that, for now, keep soccer in the shadows of America’s athletics, but there is one thing that soccer has done for this country that no other sport

has been able to do.

Last summer, Brazil hosted the most viewed sporting event in the world: the World Cup. I feel that within the span of the tournament, America’s appreciation for soccer made a giant step. Soccer provided the United States with the opportunity to unite and support one team, one country, on the world stage. For a country rooted in pride and competitive nature, what more could be asked of? The most inspiring part is, American soccer did not disappoint. It proved itself legitimate and made a name of itself, competing with the best teams and players in the sport. Better yet, the soccer team represented American athletics in its fullest: dramatic and full of heart and perseverance. The U.S. National Team created a buzz in the media worldwide, providing some of the the tournament’s most entertaining matches to watch.

As a passionate soccer player and long-time soccer fan, it has been a joy to see soccer becoming more accepted and attractive to the American audience. The United States’ performance in the World Cup gets better each appearance. The MLS is gaining fans like crazy. Teams are popping up all over the country like never before. Stars in the soccer world are flocking to the MLS. Soccer in the U.S. is gaining airtime as well. Not too long ago, NBC started airing the British Premier League every weekend. Watching soccer is so much more accessible than it used to be. Even this year Soccer Sunday arrived for the MLS, providing a reliable day of the week that soccer can be watched, similar to Sunday night football. In my own community, I’ve seen an interest in soccer increase dramatically.

More people are coming to high school soccer games, some friends even trying out for the team. More of my friends are playing FIFA, familiarizing themselves with the sport and its rules, strategies, and players.

I am convinced that the popularity and quality of the sport I love will continue to grow here in the U.S., and I can’t wait to watch it all happen. It won’t be long until American soccer is a real world powerhouse.

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SPORTS April 30, 2015 PLAYMAKER PROFILE

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By Becca Meyer Not many people can wake up in the morning and brush their teeth next to someone who looks just like them. Not many people can walk down the school hallway and walk by someone who looks like them. Not many people can look to their side on the basketball court, or soccer/softball field and see someone who looks just like them. That is the power of being a twin, and for seniors, Sam and Sara Blowers, having a twin has always been an advantage in the sports world.

“Sam and I have been in sports for so long together, it would be weird not having her by my side,” Sara Blowers said.

“We’ve worked together on and off the court/field for years, and we’ve built a strong connection; we play together very naturally.”

As well as working well together with the ball, the sisters know how to mentally support each other.

“I know when Sara needs to be given a compliment, I know when she needs to be given an extra boost of confidence, and I know when I need to be tough on her and tell her what to do,” Sam said. “We communicate well together, and we help make each other stronger.”

Some siblings play with a constant desire to be better than one another, but for these twins, their passion to help each

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“When Sara does something well, I feel so proud,” Sam said. “It’s almost like when she does something well, I do something well too and that feels really good.”

Because of being elected captain of the soccer team this season, alongside Lizzy Ward ‘16, Sam is often responsible for leadership and praise when other players perform well.

“Sam and I are super encouraging to each other,” Sara said. “Even when we are mad at each other off the field, we turn it off on the field, and act like nothing is wrong in the game for the good of the team. We are constantly pushing each other to strengthen our skills.”

The attitude is different on the field this year, following the hiring of new head soccer coach, Michael Prunty.

“It’s a lot more focused this season,” Sam said. “There’s a lot more movement that involves the ball, instead of just running for no reason. It’s more productive, and I think we’ve been improving a lot throughout practices.”

Although the team is young, the twins and the rest of the girls aspire to come together as a team this year, and build a strong program for the years to come.

“The goal for my last season at City is of course to go to State,” Sam said.

“I’ve gotten the opportunity to go for basketball, but I’d love to go with my soccer team too.”

PHOTO BY CORA BERN-KLUG